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Monster. A gigantic bloated white spider which spits strands of paralysing thread and has a high Combat Skill; a powerful opponent.
Appears in Lone Wolf 21: Voyage of the Moonstone, carried on board a pirate ship.
Appears in Lone Wolf 21: Voyage of the Moonstone, carried on board a pirate ship.
Not only is it impossible to avoid combat with the creature, you need to use Kai skills or magic to make sure it doesn't hit you with its threads before you get into close combat range.
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Welcome to Eagles of Africa
Birds of prey have fascinated people since time immemorial. Eagles, in particular, have gripped the imagination of humankind for ages. One can read about eagles in ancient texts, and one can see them on the coat-of-arms of many nations of the world. This website is dedicated to a very special group of birds of prey – the eagles of Africa.
About Eagles Of Africa
Twenty-six species of eagle occur on the African mainland. Their ranks include some of the most spectacular predators on earth. They deserve to be just as well-known as the famous mammalian carnivores of Africa. A further two species occur on the island of Madagascar, but they fall beyond the scope of this website. Ornithologists group eagles into smaller groups such as fish eagles, snake eagles, and 'true' or booted eagles. These groups may be more closely related to other birds of prey than to each other. For this reason, one could argue that it is somewhat artificial to treat eagles as a special group of birds, distinct from other birds of prey.
However, to me, it is utterly natural to devote a website, and a book, to the magnificent birds of prey that we have endowed with the name 'eagle'.
An illustrated list of the twenty-six eagle species occurring on the African mainland can be found here.
I worked many years to produce my own eagle book, titled Eagles of Africa. You can read more about Eagles of Africa here. Eagles of Africa is also available in Afrikaans, and you can read more about the Afrikaans version here.
While working on Eagles of Africa, I tried to locate all the best books dealing with African eagles, and you can find a list of my favourite eagle books here.
Most eagle populations around the world are declining in numbers, and the conservation of eagles should be a world-wide priority. Information on the use of environmental laws in the conservation of eagles can be found here.
Johann Knobel has been interested in eagles since childhood, and has spent more than twenty years collecting photographic material for his book Eagles of Africa. Johann also embarked on a study of the utilisation of environmental legislation in the conservation of birds of prey, with special emphasis on eagles. He is married to Ina and they have two sons, Johann and André.

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With Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice back in the news and Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling all over it this week, I have to revisit this post I wrote on TMZ in February, when the Rice-allegedly-knocks-his-then-fiancee-unconscious story first broke.
As I say in the piece, for all its journalistic sins, I love the way TMZ refuses to let itself be rolled over by the great hype machines of professional sports.
Let the less enterprising and easily intimidated homers in the press corps take their talking points from the home team publicists; TMZ gets video and audio as it did with Rice and Sterling that shows us who some of these athletes and owners are -- beyond the glowing press releases of their agents and team publicists.
Here's the piece I wrote about the valuable role TMZ has come to play in American media:
Five years ago, I knew exactly how I felt about the tabloid website TMZ. It sometimes paid for news, and that put it outside the realm of trustworthy journalism. End of story.
But last week, with TMZ posting video of Ravens running back Ray Rice dragging his apparently unconscious fiancee off an elevator at the Revel Casino in Atlantic City, I realized my attitude has been changing. Or maybe, as President Barack Obama says of his view on same-sex marriage, I should say it's evolved.
Given the tremendous disconnect between the Ray Rice on that video, who is shown pushing Janay Palmer around the floor like a slab of meat, and the Ray Rice celebrated by the NFL and much of sports media as a model player and citizen, I have to acknowledge that I am grateful to TMZ for the offstage look it offered in a video confirmed by Rice's lawyer as authentic but incomplete.
I am also grateful, I realized, for the offstage look TMZ offered in September of former Ravens offensive tackle Bryant McKinnie, wide receiver Jacoby Jones, a woman named Sweet Pea and a party bus event in Washington that wound up with Jones being injured and police being called in. The scene TMZ described in its account of the event was considerably at odds with coach John Harbaugh's version early in the season of how in control and focused the Ravens were.
And, thinking back through the last few years, I have also decided I am most grateful to TMZ for revealing the anti-Semitic words of Mel Gibson and the racist rant of Michael Richards. I was also impressed with the website's reporting on the death of Michael Jackson.
The question, however, remains: Is TMZ doing good work that deserves some of my respect and gratitude? Or are my standards getting lower? Maybe tabloid online operations like TMZ.com have lowered journalistic standards in general, and my evolving attitude is mostly a reflection of my acceptance of such decline.
There's no doubt that journalistic standards are being challenged by the epic changes in technology, lifestyle and media business models. Does paying for video and sometimes being dead wrong even matter any more?
TMZ acknowledges that it sometimes pays for video but declined Friday to say whether it paid for the footage posted on Rice last week.
Evan Rosenblum, executive producer for TMZ and TMZ Sports, says there are strict standards of verification for anything the site publishes.
"We consider ourselves a very serious news operation," he said. "And we vet stories thoroughly and seriously. Our reputation as reputable journalists is the most important thing."
Rosenblum said he believes TMZ Sports, which has its own section within the TMZ site, got the video because it worked the Rice story harder than anyone else.
"Ever since the news broke that Ray Rice was arrested in Atlantic City, we've been on top of the story. Clearly, Ray Rice is a huge star, and this is a shocking incident," he said.
"We were trying to reach every single person connected to this thing, and you know how it goes in news some times: You talk to one person, who gets you to another person, and another person. That's kind of how this situation happened with this video — we ended up getting in touch with somebody who had some footage."
Once Rosenblum had the video, he said, he called Rice's attorney, Michael Diamondstein, and "had a thorough conversation, out of fairness giving them a chance to tell their side of the story."
While there have been reports saying there is yet-to-be-published video showing Rice hitting his fiancee and knocking her out, as charged in the court summons, Rosenblum said TMZ is not the source.
"If that exists, we have not seen it," he said of such video.
"The fact of the matter is we don't know for sure what happened in that elevator before the doors opened," Rosenblum added. " We're all trying to figure that out."
Media critics, meanwhile, are trying to figure out how they feel about TMZ and the power it wields these days.
"TMZ is a difficult case, because it is often right about its celebrity scoops, but it has also made some high-profile mistakes," Eric Deggans, TV critic for NPR News, wrote in an email. "Last year, it reported rapper Lil Wayne was receiving the last rites after a series of seizures, which people close to him denied."
For all the scoops TMZ has enjoyed in recent years, Deggans pointed out that it was also the site that published a picture in 2009 purporting to be President John F. Kennedy surrounded by naked women on a yacht. Turned out it was a doctored picture that had been taken in 1967, four years after Kennedy's assassination.
"It's tough to know if TMZ makes any more mistakes than any other media outlet," Deggans said. "But they have helped normalize the consumption of news developed under questionable circumstances, with little transparency about their reporting methods. We don't know when or how they pay for scoops when they do, and it is hard to track their accuracy rate because they don't seem to have a roster of corrections available anywhere."
Once upon a time, Deggans said, "Such methods were controversial and kept certain outlets from acceptance by mainstream news consumers. Now, the public has seemingly accepted that the price for big scoops like Michael Jackson's death is that outlets such as TMZ will pay people and use other unclear methods in reporting."
His bottom line: TMZ has "gained credibility," but it also has come to "embody a lot of what is troubling about modern entertainment journalism, including an insensitivity about the people they are skewering and a tendency to make their mistakes vanish without much acknowledgment."
For the record, TMZ did correct the faked Kennedy picture after The Smoking Gun revealed that the website had been duped.
As for the seizures, according to the Los Angeles Times, Lil Wayne later told an LA radio station that he is an epileptic who had multiple seizures and was gravely ill.
When asked specifically about the TMZ reports of the extent of his illness, the rapper said, "I can't get upset at TMZ for doing what they do."
Howard Kurtz, host of "Media Buzz" on Fox News, has been treating TMZ like a serious player for years in his previous jobs as Washington Post media correspondent, Daily Beast Washington bureau chief and host of "Reliable Sources" on CNN.
"TMZ may have a tabloid sensibility, but it consistently beats the mainstream media on important stories," he wrote in an email. "The Ray Rice video is just the latest example of TMZ's knack of obtaining damaging footage or documents about celebrities from different walks of life. And while the website sometimes pays for these scoops, they are exclusives that force the rest of the press to play catch-up."
My bottom line: Despite its journalistic sins, TMZ has become an invaluable site on the media landscape.
The hype and image-building machines that athletes, performers and politicians have at their disposal once they demonstrate their bankability have become all-powerful in American life. They pump out images and narratives that often have little or nothing to do with the truth — and play us as fools, as we do everything from buying their jerseys to voting for them.
I believe TMZ has grown in direct proportion to its ability to puncture some of those media lies and spin. We could use a few more online and social media sites doing the same.


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Integrate this how?
Curve is closed (t from -Pi to Pi) and in polar form r[t_]:=(1+Sin[t]) (1+9/10 Cos[8 t]) (1+1/10 Cos[24 t]) (9/10+5/100 Cos[200 t]) Would like to find out its arc length, so the integral of Sqrt[r[t]^2+D[r[t],t]^2] Version 7 complains but returns a somewhat reasonable number (something around 50; drew together with a circle of the same length), version 8 says nothing but gives just too low a number (five and something). How can this be? New Mathematica should have no problem with such high oscillatory integrands, shouldn't she?


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Bobs Worth clears the last ahead of Sir Des Champs (left) and Long Run
PICTURE: Patrick McCann (racingpost.com/photos)Bobs grabs Gold to notch 50th win for Henderson
Report: Cheltenham Festival, Friday
Betfred Cheltenham Gold Cup, 3m2½f, 5yo+
BOBS WORTH brought up a half century of winners at the Cheltenham Festival for Nicky Henderson with a hard-fought win in the Betfred Cheltenham Gold Cup.
The 11-4 favourite came home seven lengths clear of a shattered Sir Des Champs (4-1) with the winner's stablemate and 2011 winner Long Run a further two and three-quarter lengths back in third at 7-2.
Bobs Worth, who was winning at his third successive Cheltenham Festival, took his perfect record at the track to five as he gave Henderson a second win in jump racing's biggest championship event.
In doing so, he added another £313,000-plus to Henderson's prize-money tally and the trainer now has a lead of more than £400,000 on Paul Nicholls in the race to be champion trainer. Nicholls' own hopes of winning a fifth Gold Cup came unstuck when his runner Silviniaco Conti fell three out.
Bobs Worth was a fourth winner at Cheltenham this week for Henderson and a third for Barry Geraghty who was equalling Tony McCoy's tally of 28 winners at the meeting.
Long Run was always in a prominent position under Sam Waley-Cohen and he was joined by Tony McCoy on Sir Des Champs six out with Bobs Worth under Geraghty and last year's runner-up The Giant Bolster and Tom Scudamore joining the party late on.
The winning jockey said: "He has a great attitude and travelled, although he was struggling on the ground.
"I was hunting them and turning in I thought I had every chance and thought I should win. He's game as a lion and loves the job."
Geraghty's joy though was slightly dampened by the serious injuries suffered by amateur rider JT McNamara in a fall the previous afternoon. He added: "I would love to be happier but all we're thinking about is John Thomas McNamara. I just hope and pray he's okay."
Henderson, who continues to rewrite the Cheltenham history books was pleased with the efforts of both his runners.
"They were great - both horses were fantastic," he said. "Everyone has done one hell of a job as we've purposely not run them.
"Bobs Worth has not run since the Hennessy and Long Run since the King George and it's all down to what they've done at home and what the team have done, so credit to them all."
Trainer Wille Mullins said of Sir Des Champs: "It was a hell of a run.
"He didn't appear to travel as well as he normally does and Tony was niggling him all the time."
Reflecting on his front-running role, Waley-Cohen said: "We needed to make it a stamina race. There was no other pace so it was us."
David Bridgwater trainer of The Giant Bolster said: "He is obviously a decent ground horse but what a great race he ran and what a great horse the winner must be. He was phenomenal but our horse ran brilliantly as well."
Ruby Walsh said Silviniaco Conti was fine after his fall. "Three out is a long way home," he said. "I hadn't asked him a question so there might have been more there but there might not have been. If you don't jump you don't win. There's not a bother on him so I imagine he'll go to Aintree or Punchestown."
The win left bookmakers split over what they had just seen. BetVictor made Bobs Worth just 5-2 to win again next year while William Hill went a more generous 5-1.


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More travelling on the King's Road
Trip Start
Jul 31, 2011
Trip End
Oct 02, 2011
Where I stayed
Gold Coast Backpackers and Resort
What I did
Drove, got lost, and slept a bit
With breakfast down us we (to quote Alicia) "got the fuck out this stupid town" and headed north up King's Road toward Rakiraki under the mistaken impression that it was a resort town. It was not. We got lost a couple of times along the way near Nasouri but some friendly locals helped us out with directions and we were soon making good progress. A fair section of King's Road at the eastern side of the mainland (Viti Levu) is still under construction/reconstruction from dirt track to actual road and we had an awesome ride through some seriously beautiful scenery and the local villages on the way. This is definitely a drive I would suggest to anyone with a day or two to kill on the mainland and I'd do it again right now given the chance. I knew Fijians –especially rural Fijians – had a reputation for being friendly but I had no idea just how nice they are until we hit this part of Fiji. Everyone was so happy, and seeing where they lived I couldn't blame them. Everyone we passed gave us a smile and a wave, and I mean literally everyone, even the road workers. Our arms were soon getting tired from waving so much and some of the scenery nearly brought a little tear to my eye, not quite but almost. I don't think the photos I took ever stood a chance of doing it justice.
Eventually as it started to get dark we got to Rakiraki which is a bit of a ramshackle town with a Muslim flavor, it didn't look all that enticing so we carried on for a while until we found a little roadside place about half an hour further down the road. We pulled in and asked where we were, "you are in the middle of nowhere sir" said the receptionist. Perfect, we'd like a room please.


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The Ford Pinto was a cheap subcompact car released in 1970 under the tagline "the little carefree car". How did this harmless vehicle become synonymous with death and corporate greed? This chapter explores the environment in the automotive market and at Ford at the time, the Pinto's design flaw and discovery, and the fallout that resulted. Much of the negative sentiment toward Ford was in response to their use of an economic risk-benefit decision making analysis which found that the cost of a recall would outweigh the value of the lives it would save. This chapter will also discuss the ramifications of using this type of analysis in the Pinto case and beyond.
Subcompact cars emerged during the 1960s. Foreign companies like Volkswagen and Toyota found great success in Europe and Japan, and demand began to rise in the United States. Lee Iacocca, the president of Ford at the time, recognized this new demand for smaller cars, and led the initiative to design a Ford model called the Pinto. The typical time frame for getting a car from conception to production was 43 months, Lee Iacocca set the Pinto's at 25 months. Competition from foreign subcompacts and domestic companies like General Motors and their Chevrolet Vega can be attributed to this ambitious time frame. Iacocca also stressed that the car must be under 2000 lbs and cost less than $2000.[1] The faster Ford could get the Pinto into production, the more market share they could attain.
Design FlawEdit
The Pinto controversy centered on a single design flaw which made this "carefree car" a potential deathtrap. Despite owning a patent on an alternative tank design, Ford engineers chose to place the fuel tank at the back of the car, directly between the rear bumper and rear axle. This fuel tank placement was common for domestic and foreign cars at the time and was considered a conservative choice compared to the untested above-axle design. However, the potential dangers of this placement were exacerbated by other decisions made in the design process. For instance, due to Iacocca's cost constraints, the walls of the fuel tank were exceptionally thin. Additionally, the fuel tank design incorporated four poorly arranged bolts, which protruded from the rear differential directly adjacent to the tank. As a result of these poor design choices, rear-end collision tests showed that, in collisions over 25 mph, the protruding bolts punctured the thin walls of the fuel tank, resulting in fuel leakage. The danger of the Ford Pinto stems from this fuel leakage, for a single spark could ignite the leaked gas, potentially culminating in fatal consequences.
While this flaw was discovered quickly during testing, the short timeframe of the Pinto's development meant that final tooling had already begun. Tooling normally begins after product design and quality control are completed. However, the short production time of the Pinto required that tooling be completed while product design and development were finishing.[1] If an error was found during testing, unless it was a major error, it would likely be overlooked. Otherwise the production machinery would have to be retooled, making it impossible to reach the 25 month production timeframe. Evidently, Ford did not deem this fuel leakage as a major design flaw because they did not undertake the efforts to retool the machinery.
Grimshaw v. Ford Motor Co.Edit
In May of 1972, Lily Gray was driving a 1972 Ford Pinto with thirteen year old passenger Richard Grimshaw. The car stalled and was rear ended by another. Upon impact, the fuel tank of the Pinto ruptured, leaked fuel, and quickly ignited, killing Lily Gray hours later after the accident and severely burning Richard Grimshaw. As a result of the burns, Richard Grimshaw had to have over 90 surgeries. The families sued Ford Motor Company, and, in 1978, a judgment was given against Ford, awarding the Gray family $560,000 and the Grimshaw family $2.5 million in compensatory damages. The jury also went on to award $125 million in punitive damages; although, this was later reduced to $3.5 million by the judge.[2] The reason for such a large judgement was the troubling mix of rumors and facts that emerged during this case, which sparked a media frenzy. The most notable of these is the document which came to be known as the "Pinto Memo".
The Pinto Memo and Its Risk-Benefit AnalysisEdit
The Pinto Memo was a short document which included a cost-benefit analysis weighing the cost of an $11 per car fix against the cost of settling cases where the flaw caused death or injury. The breakdown of the risk-benefit analysis is as follows:
Burn Deaths | Burn Injuries | Burn Vehicles | |
Savings | 180 | 180 | 2100 |
Unit Cost | $200,000 | $67,000 | $700 |
Sub-Totals | $36,000,000 | $12,060,000 | $1,470,000 |
Total Cost | $49 million |
Car Sales | Light Truck Sales | |
Sales | 11,000,000 | 15,000,000 |
Unit Cost | $11 | $11 |
Sub-Totals | $121,000,000 | $16,500,000 |
Total Cost | $137 million |
After the release of the memo, critics of Ford found several points of contention with Ford's risk-benefit analysis. For starters, while calculating the benefits, Ford claimed that the incidence of burn injuries would equal the incidence of burn deaths. In reality, experts say that the ratio between burn injuries to burn deaths would be more along the lines of 10:1.[3] If Ford had estimated the incidence of burn injuries to be 1800, ten times greater than the incidence of burn deaths, then the total cost of the benefit would have risen to $158 million, trumping the total cost of the risk. As a result, Ford's risk-benefit analysis would have indicated that it would be more cost effective for Ford to make changes to the Pinto's fuel tank.
Additionally, Ford received flak for their low value of the human life. In order to help them determine an appropriate value, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) suggested that Ford use $275,000, which in-and-of-itself is a relatively low estimate considering that most other federal agencies at the time set the value of human life at $350,000. However, Ford ignored both of these estimates and chose a much lower value of human life: $200,000.[4] By choosing a number so low as $200,000, Ford consciously cut the apparent benefits of fixing the car, eliminating the burden of implementing changes to the fuel tank.
Finally, critics also faulted Ford for inflating the unit cost of the repair to the car, claiming that it would cost $11 per vehicle. At the time, several companies heard of Ford's fuel tank issues and proposed several quick and cheap fixes to the car manufacturer. For instance, Goodyear proposed a rubber bladder that would completely encase the fuel tank, preventing leakage in the event of a fuel tank rupture.[5] The total cost of this fix would have been less than $5. However, Ford disregarded these cheap and simple solutions and, instead, claimed that the cost of the fix would be $11. As a result, this inflation of the unit cost of the fix consequently inflated the total cost of the risks.
Thus, if Ford had heightened the likeliness of burn injuries occurring, had increased their value for human life, and had used a cheaper unit cost of the repair fix, then Ford's risk-benefit analysis would have indicated that it would be more cost effective to implement the repairs than to risk human life. While each of these individual critiques irked the public, ultimately, what led to the media frenzy and public outcry was Ford's implementation of the value of human life in its risk-benefit calculations. Prior to the release of the Pinto memo in the Grimshaw v. Ford Motor Co. lawsuit, the public was predominantly unaware of the widespread use of the value of human life in cost analysis - companies typically kept this practice under wraps. Therefore, when this practice was revealed and put in the limelight, the American public was shocked by its morbid nature. After all, is not human life priceless? Ultimately, the Pinto memo instigated the debate over the assignment of a dollar value to the human life.
While the controversy behind the use of the value of human life in risk-benefit analysis still persists, it has become not only a common practice but an expected practice. In fact, most federal agencies actually require companies to carry out risk-benefit analysis using their predetermined values of human life. For instance, the Food and Drug Administration requires pharmaceutical companies to conduct risk-benefit analysis on the safety of their drugs; the Environmental Protection Agency requires chemical companies to conduct risk-benefit analysis on the extent of the effects of their air pollution. Nowadays, the controversy behind its usage does not revolve around its ethical implications but around the precise dollar amount assigned to the human life. The debate asks: how exactly we are to determine this monetary value? Are some lives worth more than others? Is the college graduate worth more than the high school drop-out?
Further BacklashEdit
Future investigations would put Ford in hot water for their actions related to the Pinto. In 1974, Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) 301, legislation that was intended to tighten the standards for fuel system integrity in accidents, was ready to be released. If this legislation passed, it would have necessitated a change in the Pinto design. Ford lobbied to delay this legislation and succeeded in delaying it for two years. Ford managers voted to delay a fix for new models until it was legally required.[6]
Not long after the Grimshaw case concluded, Ford was headed back to the courtroom. An Elkart County, Indiana public prosecutor charged Ford Motor Co. with reckless homicide and criminal recklessness after three women died when their Pinto was rear-ended on the freeway. Although the charges were dropped, this was the first time ever that a company faced criminal charges in a product liability case. This is certainly indicative of the public anger at Ford's seemingly callous attitude toward its customers' safety. Mounting pressure from the public and regulatory agencies finally led to a voluntary recall in 1978.
The Ford Pinto Myth?Edit
The Ford Pinto is constantly brought up as an example of poor business ethics. However, later studies have made the claim that the case was a misunderstanding, blown out of proportion by the media. For instance, in regards to the Pinto memo, the public was led to believe that this was an internal Ford document meant to weigh the cost of court settlement versus redesign of the Pinto. In actuality, the memo was prepared for the NHTSA to investigate the problem of fuel-system fires from rear-end impact, lateral collisions, and vehicle rollover. The memo was also not prepared only for Ford vehicle predictions, but for the cost of tort liability to be taken by all American car companies from fuel-system fires. In the Grimshaw court case the defendants lawyers knew of this, but tried to use the document as a way to show Ford's lack of concern for safety. The judge in the case ruled against admissibility, a fact that was little known to the public at the time.[7] Public perception was also skewed by the Mother Jones article that first released the Ford Pinto memo. The article used emotional terms such as "firetrap", "death trap", and "lethal car" that, along with the Pinto Memo, left people with a distrust in the Pinto and in Ford. The Mother Jones article also estimated that 500 to 900 persons were killed in fires attributed to the fuel tank design. This was followed by a 60 Minutes segment where they accused Ford of buying 2000 deaths and 10000 injuries because they wanted to build a cheaper car. However, a NHTSA study indicated that only 27 deaths and 24 nonfatal burn injuries were attributed to rear-end fuel tank leakages.[7] There was a difference between the facts and the public perception of the Ford Pinto, but Ford executives did know of a safety issue with their fuel tank design and decided against a redesign. This leaves the question, does the Ford Pinto case represent poor ethical decision making or how bad publicity can affect a company?
- ↑ a b Birsch, D., & Fielder, J. (1994). The ford pinto case: a study in applied ethics, business, and technology. Albany: State Univeresity of New York Press.
- ↑ Legget, C. (1999). The ford pinto case: the valuation of life as it applies to the negligence-efficiency argument . Retrieved from http://www.wfu.edu/~palmitar/Law&Valuation/Papers/1999/Leggett-pinto.html
- ↑ Birsch, D. & Fielder, J.H. The Ford Pinto Case. Albany, NY: The State University of New York Press. Retrieved from http://books.google.com/books?id=qIlPURPTx30C&pg=PA29&lpg=PA29&dq=Andrew+McGuire+ford+pinto+burn+injuries&source=bl&ots=z-PrAx1rng&sig=hAHxQe8eHGl2NVgSL5Rsf44B6tE&hl=en&ei=vde6TYjBDJG5tgewzKC0BQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBwQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Andrew%20McGuire%20ford%20pinto%20burn%20injuries&f=false
- ↑ SafetyXChange Staff (2008). Cost-Benefit Analysis: The Ford Pinto Example. Retrieved from http://www.safetyxchange.org/tools/cost-benefit-analysis-the-ford-pinto-example
- ↑ Samuel, A. & Weir, J. (1999). Introduction to Engineering Design. Burlington, MA: Elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann. Retrieved from http://books.google.com/books?id=xxuyvQR34O4C&pg=PA347&dq=ford+pinto+goodyear+bladder&hl=en&ei=adi6TeL9M8bcgQeN16TdBg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CGsQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=ford%20pinto%20goodyear%20bladder&f=false
- ↑ Dowie, Mark (September/October, 1977). "Pinto Madness". Mother Jones,. http://motherjones.com/politics/1977/09/pinto-madness?page=1.
- ↑ a b Schwartz, G.T. (1990). The myth of the Ford Pinto case. Rutgers Law Review, 43, 1013-1068.


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Low Oxalate Diet
What is a low-oxalate diet?
A low-oxalate diet is a meal plan that is low in oxalate. Oxalate is a chemical found in plant foods. You may need to eat foods that are low in oxalate to help clear kidney stones or prevent them from forming. People who have had kidney stones are at a higher risk of forming kidney stones again. The most common type of kidney stone is made up of crystals that contain calcium and oxalate. Your healthcare provider or dietitian may recommend that you limit oxalate if you get this type of kidney stone often.
What foods should I include?
Include the following foods that have a low to medium amount of oxalate.
- Grains:
- Egg noodles
- Graham crackers
- Pancakes and waffles
- Cooked and dry cereals without nuts or bran
- White or wild rice
- White bread, cornbread, bagels, and white English muffins (medium oxalate)
- Saltine or soda crackers and vanilla wafers (medium oxalate)
- Brown rice, spaghetti, and other noodles and pastas (medium oxalate)
- Fruit:
- Apples, bananas, grapes
- Grapefruit and cranberries
- Peaches, nectarines, apricots, and pears
- Papayas and strawberries
- Melons and pineapples
- Blackberries, blueberries, mangoes, and prunes (medium oxalate)
- Vegetables:
- Artichokes, asparagus, and brussels sprouts
- Broccoli and cauliflower
- Kale, endive, cabbage, and lettuce
- Cucumbers, peas, and zucchini
- Mushrooms, onions, and peppers
- Potatoes and corn
- Carrots, celery, and green beans (medium oxalate)
- Parsnips, summer squash, tomatoes, and turnips (medium oxalate)
- Dairy:
- American cheese, Swiss cheese, cottage cheese, ricotta cheese, and cheddar cheese
- Milk and buttermilk
- Yogurt
- Protein foods:
- Meat, fish, shellfish, chicken, and turkey
- Lunch meat and ham (medium oxalate)
- Hot dogs, bratwurst, bacon, and sausage (medium oxalate)
- Drinks and desserts:
- Coffee
- Fruit punch and lemonade or limeade without added vitamin C
- Desserts:
- Cookies, cakes, and ice cream
- Pudding without chocolate
What foods should I limit or avoid?
Limit the following foods that are high in oxalate.
- Grains:
- Wheat bran, wheat germ, and barley
- Grits and bran cereal
- White corn flour and buckwheat flour
- Whole wheat bread
- Fruit:
- Dried apricots
- Red currants, figs, and rhubarb
- Kiwi
- Vegetables:
- Collard greens, leeks, okra, and spinach
- Wax beans
- Eggplant
- Beets and beet greens
- Swiss chard, escarole, parsley, and rutabagas
- Tomato paste
- Protein foods:
- Baked beans with tomato sauce
- Nut butters and nuts (peanuts, almonds, pecans, cashews, hazelnuts)
- Soy burgers
- Miso
- Dried beans
- Desserts:
- Fruitcake
- Chocolate
- Carob and marmalade
- Beverages:
- Chocolate drink mixes
- Soy milk
- Instant iced tea
- Other foods:
- Sesame seeds and tahini (paste made of sesame seeds)
- Poppy seeds
What other dietary guidelines should I follow?
- Drink about 12 to 16 (eight-ounce) cups of liquid each day. Liquids help clear kidney stones and prevent them from forming again. Water is the best liquid to drink. You may need more liquid if you are physically active. Ask your healthcare provider or dietitian how much liquid you need to drink each day.
- Your healthcare provider may suggest that you make other diet changes to help prevent kidney stones. This may include decreasing the amount of sodium you eat each day.
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Gender effects of education on economic development in Turkey
Several recent empirical studies have examined the gender effects of education on economic growth or on steady-state level of output using the much exploited, familiar cross-country data in order to determine their quantitative importance and the direction of correlation. This paper undertakes a similar study of the gender effects of education using province level data for Turkey. The main findings indicate that female education positively and significantly affects the steady-state level of labor productivity, while the effect of male education is in general either positive or insignificant. Separate examination of the effect of educational gender gap was negative on output. The results are found to be robust to a number of sensitivity analyses, such as elimination of outlier observations, controls for simultaneity and measurement errors, controls for omitted variables by including regional dummy variables, steady-state versus growth equations and considering different samples.
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By Philip Gerson and Johannes Wiegand
For an economist interested in examining the evolution of monetary and exchange rate regimes, Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe (CESEE) provides a habitat of unparalleled diversity. Almost every type of regime can be found in the region: from floating and inflation targeting over various pegs to the unilateral use of the euro and full euro area membership.
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I did ask my audie for the tubing I need another extra, in case of emergency that I might need it so badly if it's smthg happened to my tubing damage torn apart, it already dries up cracked by itself that way I don't have to come back again. She said no, that I can't buy one until I have to come back after for only a short months, it makes me so mad tired of going back/forth.I do not think this person should be expected to keep going back to the audiologist to get the hearing aid tube replaced; a simple procedure people can learn to do themselves.
I think everyone should try to learn how to replace their hearing aid tubes, if possible. I don't know many people who have the time and money to keep going back and forth to the audiologist to get their hearing aid tubes fixed or replaced. I replace mine often. I can't imagine having to make appointments every 2-3 months for such a simple procedure. Some people replace their hearing aid tubes more often.
If replacing the tubes yourself is not an option, find an audiologist who would be willing to replace your tubes for free or cheap. It doesn't hurt to shop around. I am appalled at some of the prices some audiologists and hearing aid dispensers charge for replacing the tube. No one should have to repeatedly make visits to the audiologist to pay a fee of 10-40 dollars each time for something so simple.
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High Eagle The Many Lives Of Colonel Tim Mccoy
June 1977 | Volume 28, Issue 4
Who is Colonel Tim McCoy? He is the last surviving cowboy hero of the silent screen. His contemporaries—Tom Mix. Hoot Gibson, Buck Jones, Ken Maynard, Fred Thompson, Harry Carey, and lesser lights—are all gone, some of them for many years. Only McCoy remains, now as then solidly sure of the choices in life and decisively intolerant of injustice.
Timothy John Fitzgerald McCoy was born in Saginaw, Michigan, in 1891. At age eighteen he went west, while the West was still a proving ground for young men of grit. He learned the skills of a cowboy, homesteaded in Wyoming, and became a rancher of sorts. The Indians of the area, the A rapahoes and Shoshones, saw in h im a man of their own spirit. He learned their language, including the sign language, and was given by them the name "High Eagle."
His career was a varied one. He served during World War I as a Cavalry officer and mustered out at the end of the war with the rank of lieutenant colonel. For a time he served as an aide to General Hugh L. Scott, an old Indian fighter, and when Scott was appointed head of the Board of Indian Commissioners, both he and the Arapahoes wanted McCoy to become an Indian agent. McCoy declined: "The bureaucratic restrictions would almost certainly have ruined our friendship."
It was his expertise m the language and customs of American Indians that first brought him to Hollywood in 1923 as technical adviser for the filming of the epic The Covered Wagon, directedby James Cruze. In addition, he acted as liaison between the director and the hundreds of Indian extras. When the picture was released in Los Angeles, at Graumann's Theater, McCoy and his Indians performed a live prologue on stage. The picture, and the prologue, proved so popular that both ran for some eight months before moving on to Europe. MGM, attracted by McCoy's rugged good looks, military bearing, and no-nonsense style, signed him as their first cowboy hero star, at an age when most current stars are feeling the pangs of professional mortality.
The Western was the first (though temporary) casualty of the advent of sound pictures, and most silent-screen cowboys, including Tim McCoy, found themselves suddenly at the end of their bright careers, with no more to show for their stardom than the strength of character they tried to instill in their young admirers and discovered in themselves. McCoy went home to his ranch in Wyoming, content with his moment of glory. But soon he was called back again, first to make a talking serial at Universal, The Indians Are Coming , and later to do a series of sound Westerns at Columbia.
During the 1935 through 1938 seasons, the last golden age for American circuses, McCoy went on the roadwith Ringling BrothersBarnum and Bailey and gave the children of the country a chance to see one of their heroes in the flesh. The tours were enormously successful, so much so that he was persuaded to put together his own Wild West show and take to the road. It was a disaster. To recoup his losses, he went back to Hollywood to do a series of Westerns with Buck Jones and Raymond Hattonfor Monogram Pictures called The Rough Riders .
World War II took him away from films for the duration, andwhen he returned he became involved in early television as the host of his own show, for which he won an Emmy. Since then he has taken parts in occasional movies, the most memorable being that of a Cavalry colonel in Around the World in Eighty Days .
At the age of seventy-one McCoy joined the Tommy Scott Wild West Show, displaying his virtuosity with a gun and a bullwhip, and toured on the road into his eighties. Today he spends his time writing his autobiography (to be published in the late fall) with the help of his son Ronald in Nogales, Arizona, where the following interview took place during the last weekend m October, 1976.
Colonel, you're eighty-five years old now and you qualify as a survivor in every aspect of that word. Do y ou feel any sense of victory?
No, I have no sense of victory, but there is a little bit of satisfaction in realizing that I am one of the few men that I know of who has done everything he ever wanted to in life. I have no unfulfilled ambitions. I have no frustrations. Any time an idea ever came to me, I made it come true.
Looking back, which one gives you the most satisfaction? Oh, how can I tell?
You see, it depends on whether one can get enthusiastic about anything or interested enough. And all of these things that I've done have been most interesting, from the days that I was a cowboy on the range. I wanted to be a cowboy, so I became a cowboy and it was great. I wanted to be an Army officer and I became an officer. I have two wars behind me and I am now a retired colonel of the Cavalry with over thirty years' service. Motion pictures is a thing that just happened because of my Indians, and once I got into that I enjoyed it.
Let's talk about all those things. Now,you came out West whenyou were no more than a boy. You were eighteen, wer en 'tyou?
Yes, that's about right.
What was your dream whenyou set out on that journey as an eighteenyear-old?


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EY comment on gas generation strategy and Government's plans to simplify green tax
Ben Warren, Environmental Finance Partner at EY said:
"The government's gas generation strategy clearly demonstrates the increasingly important role that gas fired plants will play in the UK's energy mix, particularly in the country's efforts to address security of energy supply and to make a cost effective contribution to lower emission power production.
"However, like all energy technologies, gas is certainly not the silver bullet. It is imperative that the UK continues to invest in renewables to help improve the cost competitiveness of technology, especially at a time when onshore wind and solar PV are tantalisingly close to competing with conventional sources of energy. More importantly we need to ensure that the UK is well placed to drive some strategic value out of the renewable energy sector in terms of jobs and economic growth. It would be unforgivable if in a decade's time the UK was a net importer of renewable energy technology, jobs and know-how."
With regards to the Government's plans to simplify the green tax, Ben Warren added:
"It is a welcome relief to many large organisations, both in the public and the private sector, that the CRC (Carbon Reduction Commitment) is to be further simplified. Despite placing the importance of reducing consumption through increased energy efficiency in the spotlight and raising the accountability of energy efficiency performance to Board level, its current administrative burden appears to outweigh many of the benefits.
"In fact many will see the decision not to scrap the CRC altogether as a happy compromise. The scheme keeps large organisations focussed on reducing carbon emissions, but also brings in much-needed 'green tax' revenue to the Exchequer. Finally, it ties in with the government's increased emphasis on energy efficiency in the Energy Bill."


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Executive Summary
The Critical Need for High Availability in the Branch
• Ensure fast recovery from typical faults while minimizing or eliminating the impact on service
• Simplify network configuration and management
• Provide secure connectivity and automatically defend against attacks
• Optimize delay-sensitive applications such as unified communications and video
• Ensure continuous voice-over-IP (VoIP) services
The Cisco High Availability Solution for the Branch
Fast Recovery from Typical Faults While Minimizing or Eliminating Service Impact
• Hardware failures and loss of power
• Circuit or link failures outside of the branch office
• Software failures
• Poor performance due to lack of bandwidth management or unexpected traffic bursts
Figure 1. Points of Network Failure
Managing Hardware Failures and Loss of Power
Responding to Link Failures from Outside the Branch
Managing Hardware or Software Failure
Figure 2. High Availability with Cisco IOS Nonstop Forwarding (NSF)
Managing the Network for Maximum Connectivity
Easing Network Configuration and Management
• Reliably configure powerful branch network routing for simultaneous delivery of multiple services
• More quickly deploy basic and advanced services
• Manage these services using common tools and interfaces for simplicity in operations
• Increase network security while minimizing the number of separate boxes
• Use existing and future interfaces and network modules that speed data delivery and free up hardware for new applications
• Troubleshoot faster, "spare" more easily, and train staff more quickly
Provide Secure Connectivity and Automatically Defend Against Attack
Figure 3. IPSec Stateful Failover
Enabling the Self-Defending Network Against Attack
• DoS attacks or oversubscription, where hackers deliberately overload connectivity pipes to bring the network router to a standstill using a "Trojan horse" command.
• Viruses, which are pieces of malicious code that attach themselves to a host file or message and are physically propagated by users sending or sharing them through e-mail or by loading disks.
• Worms, a subclass of viruses that do not need a host. They are freestanding applications that duplicate themselves and use system resources (most notoriously by tapping into Microsoft Outlook address lists) and the modem drivers to send those duplicates out.
Configuring and Monitoring the Network Against Attack
Dealing with a Network Attack
Ensuring Continuous VoIP Services
• Failure of any sort of link to the PSTN
• Failure of the WAN link, especially as it may be sharing PBX info
• Failure of the Ethernet connection from an IP phone to the switch, or from the router to the telephone
Managing Unexpected Outages in Voice Networks
Figure 4. SRST-Voice Redundancy in the Event of WAN Failure
Figure 5. Secure, Toll Quality IP Telephony with SRTP
Optimizing QoS
Comprehensive Support and Professional Services
Conclusion: Cisco's End-to-End Approach Improves Availability


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By Ryan Clark | December 27, 2007
From Roger Lockridge: Happy Birthday to Bill Goldberg, who turns 41 today.
WWE will officially announce the on-sale for tickets for the 2008 Royal Rumble at tonight's Smackdown/ECW house show in East Rutherford, New Jersey. They are expected to go on sale this Saturday 12/29. It is unusual for the company to wait just 1 month before putting tickets on sale for one of their biggest PPV events of the year. The feeling within WWE is that they did not want to distract from WrestleMania ticket sales and they know the Royal Rumble will sell out no matter what, especially in New York City.
WWE.com currently features a tribute to the Nature Boy Ric Flair. The tribute includes pictures and videos covering some of the biggest moments in Flair's career, including his 1st NWA title win over Harley Race, his 6th title win over Ricky Steamboat, his WWF debut, his WWE title win at the 1992 Royal Rumble and more. You can check the Flair tribute at WWE.com.


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HP said that it was aiming to make the source code available under an open source license by September. Accompanying the open source announcement, HP said it was now releasing versions 1.0 and 2.0 of its developers' tool for the platform, Enyo.
'Write Once, Run Anywhere'
One particular feature of Enyo could make it appealing to developers -- the "write once, run anywhere" ability to write a single app that works on mobile devices and in Web browsers, for iOS and Android platforms in addition to webOS. Silverlight and Flash will be supported through plug-ins.
Bill Veghte, executive vice president and chief strategy officer at HP, said in a statement that the open sourcing of webOS was "a decisive step toward meeting our goal of accelerating the platform's development" and making it part of an ecosystem of Web apps.
The source code for webOS, including Enyo, will be made available under the Apache License, Version 2.0, which is the same license under which Android is available. This means that there is already an acceptance of this licensing approach among a range of manufacturers, carriers and developers.
The source code will be made available in monthly steps, culminating in the full release by September. An open webOS beta will be available in August, to be followed by the full open webOS 1.0 the next month.
HP obtained webOS in its $1.2 billion acquisition of Palm in 2010, but the resulting webOS products, including the Palm Pre smartphone and the TouchPad tablet, have had meager sales. As of August, the products are no longer being manufactured, and the company announced last month that it would release the OS software as open source.
Strategy Not Clear
With webOS on a clear path to becoming open source, there is a possibility that HP may once again build webOS products. HP CEO Meg Whitman has said that the company is considering the release of new webOS-based products sometime next year.
The company's chief technology officer, Sam Greenblatt, has told news media that the products would not necessarily be mobile or desktop ones, but could include TVs and home entertainment systems, auto-based navigation systems, and other devices. Any device that can run Linux can use webOS.
Al Hilwa, program director for application development at industry research firm IDC, said that it "remains to be seen" if an open source webOS can catch on. It's also unclear, he said, "exactly what HP is trying to achieve" with this strategy.
He added that some of the pieces of webOS, such as Enyo, may end up being more interesting to developers and others than the entire platform.


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Postgame notes: "I think they're ready for it"
During his two years in New York, Russell Martin was pretty popular with the media. He developed a reputation for thoughtful analysis, and he became a go-to player in the clubhouse, a player willing to step away from clichés to deliver meaningful answers and worthwhile scrutiny. He was worthwhile again this afternoon standing outside the Pirates clubhouse.
On signing with the Pirates (and being passed over by the Yankees)
"I thought I was going to be in pinstripes. I thought I was going to be penciled in there, but shows how much I know. There's really no hard feelings or anything like that. I see it as a business move, and that's it, really. … There's no regrets, that's all I can say. I have no regrets. I am where I am, I'm happy, and I'm just ready to take on the season and see what happens."
On Chris Stewart (and the Yankees catching situation in general)
"Both those guys can catch. I like both of them. I learned some stuff from Stewart last year just on how quick he is, first of all. Just throwing the ball to second base, and how quick his hands are. His game calling is really good. His receiving's really good. So defensively, both those guys have got a lot of upside. Offensively, they don't have the most power in the world, but that's not the most important part of the game. Taking care of the pitchers is what's going to get you to the playoffs, and I think they're going to do a fine job."
On Francisco Cervelli (and Cervelli's past throwing problems)
"The thing with Cervelli that I noticed is that he tried to be quicker than he needed to be. I think maybe he's more under control (this spring). He tried to be so quick, and he didn't need to be. He's got a great arm. He's got great actions behind home plate. He's really good defensively, but he'd get in his own way by trying to be too quick behind home plate, playing like he had his hair on fire sometimes."
On the Yankees (and their lack of home run hitters)
"It seems like they always find a way, but it's not the same bench. Swisher's out. I'm out. Jones is out. Chavy's gone. It's going to be tough. Right now, with all the guys that are injured, it's definitely an uphill battle it seems like, but I think they're up for it. They're going to prepare the same way. They're going to go out there and compete the same way. It's going to be a battle. It seems like it's a little tougher division this year, too. It's going to be a battle. I think they're ready for it, but only time will tell."
On A.J. Burnett (and Burnett's role in Pittsburgh)
"He really relishes the fact that he's the ace, and that he's pretty much the leader of the pitchers. He's embraced that role, and his attitude's been awesome. If your ace is doing it, everyone else kinda follows. Kind of the way Jeter is. Now, I'm not comparing A.J. to Jeter at all, but as far as you want your leaders to go out there and lead by example, and that's what A.J. is doing."
• Ivan Nova was pitching pretty well before things started to get away from him during a three-run fourth inning. He said he's still getting used to his altered mechanics without so much length in his delivery. "The curveball to Russell Martin, 3-2, middle of the inning, it wasn't the motion of the arm that we've been doing," Nova said. "Sometimes I fall behind hitters trying to get too slow. That's when I get in trouble. As soon as I see that, I've just got to think, pick your arm a little bit more and short arm. … We've got like two more starts. I think this is going to be enough time to get ready for the beginning of the season."
• Joe Girardi on the decision to release Matt Diaz: "We just thought the other guys were a little bit ahead of him, and to be fair to him and have a chance to catch on somewhere else."
• Francisco Cervelli and Bobby Wilson are going to the minor league complex to help catch for Phil Hughes (sim game), Andy Pettitte (minor league game) and Mariano Rivera (minor league game).
• Kevin Youkilis has his batting average up to .308 with three home runs this spring. He went 2-for-4 with three RBI today.
• Melky Mesa crushed a grand slam today, his third home run of the spring. But he also made a pretty bad throw to first base, the second time in two days that he's shown a strong arm but sent the ball sailing way too high.
• After being held scoreless in two games yesterday, the Yankees won 11-9 today. They scored eight runs in the first three innings, but wound up needing the cushion after Matt Tracy couldn't close the door. He pitched a scoreless eighth, but couldn't get an out in a four-run ninth. Chase Whitley wound up closing out the game.
• Eduardo Nunez had two hits and two stolen bases. … Brennan Boesch also had two hits and stole a bag as part of a double steal with Nunez. … Dave Robertson piched a scoreless inning, which ended with him catching a popup in front of the mound. Pitchers usually get out of the way in that situation, but this one was right to Robertson. … Mesa and Thomas Neal each have three stolen bases this spring (including one today).
• Tomorrow is an off day for most of the Yankees.
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Hi everyone
Mexican carriers have certain "benefits" for their clients like having the possibility to call 4 friends using the same carrier as much as we want for in 5 minute intervals. After 5 min you need to end the call and dial again. The problem is after 5:01 they will start chargin you per minute instead of deducting those minutes from your plan. It will be great if we could have an app that ends a call after a certain duration lets say 4 minutes. If ending only certain calls is not possible then an app that ends All calls after 4 minutes would be appreciated.
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It seemed somewhat apt to arrive at the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution by train. Manchester was a favourite of mine when I visited back in 2007, and I was keen to show Paul the sights. We set aside two days in Manchester to get a decent feel for the place.
"Ladies and gentlemen, we're having a few track works today. We're not going to be stopping before Manchester as we're going to take a different track. But this is actually make us go faster, so we're going to stop along the way for a twenty-one minute break so we will arrive on time. Here you can leave the train to buy snacks and so forth. I will update you later to let you know if we are to expect any delays."
As an Englishman nearby so eloquently put it, "Why the bloody hell don't they use that line all the time then?"
As we crawled into Manchester, the clear blue skies and Tudor buildings we'd experienced in York had been replaced by grey, heavy clouds and 1960s office blocks. I didn't remember this about Manchester at all. My memories were full of that great mix of old and new, similar to Melbourne's CBD.
I could see Paul's imminent look of disapproval and tried to ignore it. After dropping off our bags, into the city centre we went. Hungry, we made a beeline for Manchester Arndale, a massive modern shopping centre built after the IRA bombing in 1996. Europe has hardly any food courts, at least in city centres, and Paul especially loves them. Nevertheless, a a dodgy burrito welcomed us to the world of Manchester's haute cuisine.
After an afternoon of wandering around Manchester's city centre, I was a little disappointed. Sure, the city has its pluses – a tram network, pockets of lovely nineteenth century buildings and some daring modern architecture. Little surprises like the John Rylands Library and the pubs along Oxford Road were winners, but there was a lot of so-so in between.
But where I found the real charm of Manchester was in its relatively new districts. The most famous are MediaCityUK and Castlefield, the former of which my jury is out but the latter of which I'm a huge fan.
I have a general rule of not trusting anything which has capital letters in the middle of a word, so MediaCityUK was always going to be a tricky one. It's basically Manchester's new water development – just like Docklands in Melbourne, HafenCity in Hamburg (again with the misplaced capitals) and Wilheminapier in Rotterdam. Just like its counterparts, it's unfortunately a wind tunnel. But, the area has something. It's got Old Trafford within spitting distance, the great (and free) Imperial War Museum just opened as well as theatres, restaurants and shops. Unlike other developments, it's not at the end of a line, without through traffic. There are actually people around, working and living there. It's got potential.
However, my heart really belongs to Castlefield. Neglected until about a decade ago, this is the area that put Manchester on the map. Castlefield was home to the mills, the railways and the factories that acted as the nucleus of the Industrial Revolution. Mercifully, it's been saved as an 'urban heritage park' and they've done a fantastic job with it.
The suburb is full of brick and steel, but in a considered way which acts as a reminder that industry doesn't have to be ugly. Spelling out the history for us is the excellent (and again, free) Museum of Science and Industry, which explains Manchester (and the country's) heyday magnificently. A trip to Manchester wouldn't be complete without a visit here.
And, as we collected our bags and headed back to the airport via another slow, chugging commuter train (Manchester's one of the only places in the UK which has a rail link to the airport), again our mode of transport felt apt. Manchester's children of its revolution may have been eclipsed by the achievements of others, but they're sticking to what they know.


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Posted on 05/16/2004 8:23:25 AM PDT by jmstein7
When the "prisoner abuse" media-sponsored hit on the president broke, I remembered, in the back of my mind, having seen videos of what torture in was like under Saddam. It figured, I though, that the mainstream media found pictures of U.S. MPs making Iraqis wear underwear on their heads was more gruesome than Saddam throwing prisoners, head first, off buildings.
Anyway, I just discovered that some new videos of Saddam's own brand of torture are going to be revealed. These are supposed to be much worse than what we have already seen. But, I figured I'd see if I could dig up the ones that have already surfaced, but that the media has suppressed. If you have not already seen these, I highly suggest watching:
Click . If you have trouble starting it with that link, go to the FNC page here and the video is there. The link to the video is mid-way down the page, and the actual video starts after a short Fox promo.
For more info on Saddam's brand of torture, check out this story.
Also, I have put aside a declassified British Dossier on Saddam's torture methods. It is quite grisly, and you can download it here.
I also found two of Uday's torture "home videos" floating around. The files are a little large (~7megs), but you can get them here and here.
If it weren't such a serious matter, Kennedy's and Levin's mock outrage at our MPs would be laughable.
This posting should provide some much-needed perspective.
*** Warning: Most Material Linked to Herein Is GRAPHIC ***
(PS I'm finished with finals. Thank you all for your prayers!)
Yes,it is Vitally important to get this out to the public!Don't be surprised if The Majors balk at this.Showing the obvious disparity with the"Outrages"committed by a few handfuls of MPs,and illustrating TRULY outrageous and sadistic behavior at the hands of Saddam and his henchmen is not in their PLAYBOOK!!!!Don't hold your breath!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm glad you posted a warning - I just can't go there.
Thanks for all you do on this site - you're a national treasure.
If you listen to THE RATS,Saddam even got HBO for his prisoners so they could watch "The Sopranos"!
Now, if only the Bush campaign would hire me... I could *guarantee* them a landslide.
Now, if only the Bush campaign would hire me... I could *guarantee* them a landslide.
Here's a question ... Have the Rats viewed those pictures and video's????
Thank you for all your great work, jmstein7.
Were the victims humiliated?
Have we sunk so low as to use this kind of relativism to defend ourselves? I expect that from weasel Rats, but not from people with honor. I'm with Lindsey Graham.
However, the pictures of 9-11 including those jumping from the Twin Towers are simply too graphic and might be used to seek political advantage by the VRWC. Besides, we know that there is no connection between Iraq and OBL.
Those are the things the liberals are really worried about
Thanks. I have download the Uday videos and put them on Kazaa. Do you know how to rip the Fox one out of the web site into a file?
To anyone: Ping me if you have any others. Here is my Kazaa War and Aviation directory. Please no questions about how to get onto Kazaa...use google.
19/01/2004 01:50 579,588 A-10 - cluster bombing.mpg
18/01/2004 00:38 546,820 A-10 - dropping BSU-49s.mpg
18/01/2004 00:59 13,361,156 A-10.mpg
07/12/2002 17:46 37,101,568 AC130 Gunship - Afghanistan.avi
17/01/2004 03:04 11,973,914 AC130 Hercules Gunship demo.mpg
06/02/2004 00:40 5,226,393 Aviation Crash - NASA Boeing 707.mpg
18/01/2004 00:32 1,081,196 B-52 - crash.mpg
06/02/2004 00:28 911,976 Boeing 747 Extreme Landing.mpg
06/02/2004 06:37 753,670 Bomb Explosion Test in Boeing - Lockerbie Investigation.mpg
18/01/2004 00:42 3,418,128 C-130 - rocket assisted landing - accident.mpg
20/01/2004 01:25 1,226,496 Checnya - Russian execution - beheading full version.asf
19/01/2004 01:17 6,781,651 Daniel Pearl Execution Video.wmv
16/05/2004 16:42 0 dir.txt
06/02/2004 00:36 1,006,292 Disturbing - Boeing Misses Runway.mpg
18/01/2004 22:52 42,670,964 F15 - trailer.mpg
17/01/2004 08:15 91,609,756 Grouchy Media - Bomb Saddam - SVCD.mpg
17/01/2004 08:21 59,201,576 Grouchy Media - Die Terrorists Die - SVCD.mpg
13/01/2004 07:15 77,765,688 Grouchy Media - Hero - SVCD.mpg
16/03/2004 19:10 47,825,596 Grouchy Media - Iraqi Freedom - SVCD.mpg
13/01/2004 08:36 37,641,828 Grouchy Media - SLAMRAAM - SVCD.mpg
18/01/2004 22:46 25,449,084 Grouchy Media - Taliban Bodies - special edition.mpg
15/03/2004 22:31 33,530,672 Grouchy Media - WooHoo - SVCD.mpg
18/01/2004 00:42 2,786,476 Hercules - dropping flares.mpg
10/01/2004 23:10 10,649,604 Iraq (probable) - Apache helicopter in the dust.mpg
19/01/2004 00:54 12,614,220 Iraq - Apache Toasting Terrorists.avi
11/05/2004 22:08 5,566,007 Iraq - Berg Beheading.wmv
18/01/2004 07:05 2,941,376 Iraq - British Tornadoes Bombing.mpg
19/01/2004 00:48 4,329,128 Iraq - Bunker Busting.avi
07/03/2004 17:01 10,227,712 Iraq - Downed U.S. Apache Helicopter.avi
19/01/2004 00:48 4,645,766 Iraq - Hand Amputation (Poor Quality).avi
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19/01/2004 01:07 6,415,425 Iraq - Iraqi Propaganda inc Parade Ground.wmv
19/01/2004 01:23 7,506,520 Iraq - Saddam Portrait Destruction.mpg
19/01/2004 02:11 77,326,540 Iraq - Shock And Awe (CNN).mpg
19/01/2004 11:17 4,596,017 Iraq - Shock And Awe (Fox).wmv
19/01/2004 00:53 1,634,321 Iraq - Tank Destroyed.mpg
16/05/2004 16:35 6,935,812 Iraq - Uday1.mpeg
16/05/2004 16:36 8,460,806 Iraq - Uday2.mpeg
27/10/2003 20:43 4,374,396 Javelin Anti-Tank Missile Test.mpg
18/01/2004 00:32 1,351,236 Jet breaking sound barrier.mpg
07/02/2004 02:03 3,238,146 Military Helicopter - Inflight Refueling Mishap.mpg
18/01/2004 00:00 11,919,796 MOAB bomb test.mpg
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06/02/2004 23:19 3,716,192 Osprey - V22 Crash during testing.avi
23/01/2004 10:43 4,204,822 Palestinians Celebrate-911.mpg
08/02/2004 00:57 2,338,708 Shuttle Enterprise + Boeing 747 - In-flight separation - NASA Dryden 1977.mpg
07/02/2004 15:02 4,106,631 Shuttle Enterprise + Boeing 747.mpg
08/02/2004 03:12 12,686,754 Space Shuttle Challenger Explosion - CNN Live.wmv
18/01/2004 00:51 3,740,257 SR-71 - Take off.mpg
19/01/2004 01:21 5,828,514 Taliban - execution 1 (poor quality).mpg
18/01/2004 22:32 7,096,324 Taliban - Execution Of Woman (CNN).mpg
18/01/2004 22:19 2,355,200 Taliban - execution.mpg
18/01/2004 22:18 1,170,440 Taliban - Helicopter hit with guided missle.mpg
18/01/2004 22:15 1,204,200 Taliban - Penis Amputation (possibly fake).mpg
21/01/2004 01:03 1,747,898 Taliban - public beheading.mpg
18/01/2004 00:56 22,577,156 The United States Air Force.mpg
18/01/2004 09:41 717,169 Vietnam - Execution.mpg
20/01/2004 01:12 708,257 WW2 - execution of nazis.asf
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Thanks for the post (don't know if I'll actually look). Glad your exams are finished. Hope you aced 'em!
The President can reach the masses over the heads of the media -- he has the means, and he has the bully pulpit. It is high time he starts using it. The new tone is dead -- the country is OVER if Kerry wins. It is high time Bush stops playing nice and puts the good of the country (i.e. his re-election) over his high-minded, "play nice" attitude.
Nothing could be more humiliating than being pictured with a butch Lynndie England.
They probably will not air the HORRIBLY, INHUMAN, BARBARIC, TORTUROUS act of SADDAM making them parade around in panties, masturbating, and piling on one another naked. Oh the humanity!!
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And THIS is the CRAP CNN HID from all of us....
I wouldn' think so.The Rats and The Majors will be in agreement that these pictures of REAL ATROCITIES would upset our gentle souls were we(in fly-over country)to view same!!Either that,or they will go to great lengths to draw SPECIOUS analogies between what a couple of handfuls of MPs did and what Saddam and his HENCHMEN did as routine!!!Pardon my cynicism!!!!I nurtured it for the eight-years of The BeelzeBubba hi-jinx!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Saddam is compassionate enough to just let them die a horribly long and painful death with their loved ones to boot.
He would never stoop so low into the abyss of hell to conjure up such an atrocity as humiliation.
Guess the tyrant wasn't such a bad guy after all.../sarcasm
Very Good?Were you a member of The Clinton PC travesty?(I know you're kidding)!!
wow..so you're into snuff videos eh? Methinks that is only a stones throw from kp, which I sincerely hope you do not delve into, as you have with these.
I know it.
Also, the president needs to talk more often about the direct links between Osama bin Laden and Saddam Hussein, who AT LEAST knew 9/11 was coming.
less than two months before 9/11/01, the state-controlled Iraqi newspaper Al-Nasiriya carried a column headlined, American, an Obsession called Osama Bin Ladin. (July 21, 2001)
In the piece, Baath Party writer Naeem Abd Muhalhal predicted that bin Laden would attack the US with the seriousness of the Bedouin of the desert about the way he will try to bomb the Pentagon after he destroys the White House.
The same state-approved column also insisted that bin Laden will strike America on the arm that is already hurting, and that the US will curse the memory of Frank Sinatra every time he hears his songs an apparent reference to the Sinatra classic, New York, New York.
Other direct links between Saddam and OBL are here:
This is what Kennedy has said we are equal to.
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Glad that ole' Uday and Qusay are decomposing now......
Yes it is important to get this out. Maybe Fox would do a story on it. The rest of them will still be too busy going gaga over Lynndie does Baghdad.
Thanks for the ping! Let us know how you did on the finals :-)
You mean Sadam and his merry men didn't tuck their prisoners in at bed time and give them tea and scones as it appears our guys are going to have to do?
Bookmarked and bumped.
This isn't relativism, this is what was going on before we invaded and kicked Saddam out of his palaces.
The two are separate but how soon we forget how noble our cause is. I tried to watch one video of one of the sons beating soldiers I assume...Just the screams were too much for me.
Here in Texas we are providing 7 Iraqi businessmen with prosthetic hands to replace the right hands that Saddam had severed because he blamed them for the economy slumping. We also are providing plastic surgery to remove the mark of shame carved into their faces.
I'm downloading the last video now. The Iraqi detainees must be laughing themselves sick at us. We need to step it up, not sing nursery rhymes to them :-(
The steel for the finest swords is thrust into the fire 1,000 times.
But now it's time for beer, and lots of it. CONGRATS!
Ted Kennedy needs to be publicly humiliated for his outrageous comments equating our military with Saddam Hussein. How sad that those profiles in courage "Republicans" in the Senate haven't taken to the Senate floor to lambast that drunk, murdering a$$hole from Massachussetts.
Your finals are finished - Halleluiah! I will mark this thread JM, but I have to admit that I will not watch them, the stills are enough to sicken me. The poor people. I will pray that the Iraqi people's hearts will open to Christ and hear his voice that they may know the truth and be saved.
Can this type of Islamic punishment
ripple into America Law?
Read All About Islamic law, or Sharia in CANADA!
Canadian judges soon will be enforcing Islamic law, or Sharia, in disputes between Muslims, possibly paving the way to one day administering criminal sentences, such as stoning women caught in adultery.
Send everything to Hannity, Rush, et al, and email@example.com my guess is that Hannity will support posting to his website. We've got nothing to lose but the election...
I agree .. Kennedy is WAY over the line with the comments he's been saying
There have a been a few Republicans that have spoken up .. but they need to be much louder
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BSides Hamburg 28th December 2015
November 20, 2015
What is BSides
Taken from the Security-BSides's community wiki;
"Each BSides is a community-driven framework for building events for and by information security community members. The goal is to expand the spectrum of conversation beyond the traditional confines of space and time. It creates opportunities for individuals to both present and participate in an intimate atmosphere that encourages collaboration. It is an intense event with discussions, demos, and interaction from participants. It is where conversations for the next-big-thing are happening."
What is BSidesHH
BSidesHansestadtHamburg is a Security-BSides event being held in Hamburg on the 28th December 2015. This year will mark the second year this conference has been organised. CCC's annual four-day congress event taking place in Hamburg around the same time it seems a great opportunity to host a Security-BSides event. BSidesHH2015 will start at 09:30 (opening ceremony) and should be finished by around 18:30(ish). Giving people the chance to grab the night-time talks at congress. Of course, i also imagine some people will want to hang-out and grab after conference-drinks which seems like something we can work out closer to the time.
Opening and Closing talks
Along with announcing our 'Call for Papers' being open, we are also announcing our opening and closing talks for the event too. Meredith Patterson will start off our BSidesHH2015 event with her talk 'Ambiguity Is Insecurity'. Aaron Zauner with Wilfried Mayer will close our BSidesHH2015 event with their talk 'Yep! We poked all your mail daemons. State of Transport Security in the E-Mail Ecosystem at Large'
How to book tickets
You can book tickets to the conference, via our Eventbrite page.
How to submit a talk
Although we've already announced some talks, our 'Call for Papers' is
open. Now we're not really looking for papers, we're looking for talks. Talks that
hackers, geeks, and nerds might find interesting. You'd be surprised how much we
all love a talk that's just a little bit different. So don't be shy and submit
your idea, if you're unsure drop us an email or better yet
grab @f1nux on twitter for a chat.
CFP IS NOW CLOSED - Check out the Schedule
Getting in contact
You'll find us on twitter mostly, https://twitter.com/BSidesHH but you could email is at bsideshh gmail com.
How you can help
Currently we have no plans to photograph or record the event, this may change if we have someone
wanting to help us with these jobs.
Problem solved due to the epic 'cooper'.
We have a Call for Volunteers form, if you let us know we'll get back to you.
You don't have to be a photographer or videographer to help out though, if you think you may have a few hours to help out on the day then also drop us a line. It would be much appreciated.
If your business wants to sponsor
As with any community-led event we wouldn't get very far without the help of sponsors. BSidesHH2015 is looking for companies that wish to join us in delivering 2015 last Security-BSides event of the year.
First Round Talks Announcements:
So we've been busy organising BSidesHH2015 and although our Call for Papers is still open until the 10th of December we'd like to announce 4 talks today which will be featuring at the event.


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"The 888 LED panels move apart from their neighbors in a very organic way as the screen expands and starts to grow, and audience tries to figure out what's happening," explains Matt Davis, a senior designer at Hoberman Associates and project director for their work on creating this groundbreaking, transformable LED screen, which was built by Barco and its subsidiary Innovative Designs. "The programming allows for the video images to be distorted as the screen elongates and stretches, or ...
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text: I tuned into Eve TV during the day today and learned a bit about the battle tactics of the Eve elite. The show swings between in-studio commentary and In-game team PvP battles between Corporations. The commentary is precisely like a traditional sports cast and the fellows calling the matches seem quite knowledgeable not only on the technicals of play, but also the backgrounds of the competitors. If you have an opportunity to check it out, I recommend it. The entire production is well produced and quite slick. Kudos to CCP for organizing this event. Let us hope they record the event and will eventually post the live coverage as downloadable content (AKA: Eve Tivo), as I'm sure most of us can't watch for 5 days straight. Here is the link and the schedule for days 1-3.