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'The real Skyline Drive is the Milky Way — it's not the asphalt'
It was all stars at the Castleton Festival last Saturday night, when the Rappahannock League of Environmental Protection hosted a free night of astronomical fun focused on preserving Rappahannock's beautiful — and rare — dark skies.
RLEP President Rick Kohler kicked off the educational evening — featuring a lecture by NASA Solar System Ambassador Greg Redfern — by reiterating the organization's commitment to preventing light pollution.
Kohler noted that Rappahannock County is one of the few places left on the eastern seaboard where people can still view the Milky Way and other stars. Kohler and fellow RLEP members are working to ensure that Rappahannock can maintain the dazzling night skies, and perhaps even draw tourists to the area to see the spectacular overhead views.
When it came his turn to speak, Redfern wowed the audience with his presentation, "The Universe and You."
The NASA ambassador began by projecting a few images he had taken of the Milky Way in Shenandoah National Park, where he gives similar presentations on the stars and space at least three times a month. Redfern echoed Kohler's calls to conserve these beautiful views, noting that 80 percent of the U.S. population cannot see the Milky Way from their homes.
Redfern marveled at Shenandoah National Park's preservation of these disappearing dark skies, stating, "As I'm always fond of saying to my audiences, the real Skyline Drive is the Milky Way — it's not the asphalt."
He went on to relate many other wonders of space to the 280 in attendance, touching on Earth's place in the Solar System, the formation of stars, black holes and the Event Horizon Telescope, plus the innumerable number of planets in our universe.
"We live in a time where we know of 4,000 planets beyond our own solar system. We're finding out that exoplanets are as common as grains of sand on an ocean beach," he said.
In addition, Redfern discussed the movement and evolution of galaxies and the Big Bang. Redfern noted that astronomers have identified at least 2 trillion galaxies, and that the Big Bang formed our own galaxy through transforming "nothing into something."
Redfern also explained the concept of dark matter, noting, "We can detect dark matter in our universe through its effects on ordinary matter … We have found out that dark matter is in between galactic clusters."
While it was too cloudy outside for Redfern to lead a celestial laser tour of the stars and constellations, the audience enthusiastically welcomed the ambassador's offer to give an additional presentation, featuring images of constellations that Redfern had taken in Shenandoah National Park and other locations surrounding the county.
All in all, RLEP members and guests left the event boasting of a better knowledge of space, our solar system, and the important mission of preserving dark skies.
"May you enjoy our rare and unique Rappahannock View of the stars even more with this new knowledge of the incredible immensity and staggering breadth of the stars and galaxies of our universe," Kohler said in closing the well-attended event.
Since 1970, RLEP has been instrumental in protecting Rappahannock County's fragile environment, preventing everything from excess power lines from destroying the beauty of the natural landscape to holding educational seminars on forestry; creating meadows to educating about Lymes disease and dark skies.


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The game never saves. No matter how you save, how many slots you use, or the way you shut the application down the game does not save. The puzzles and artwork were amazing. Occasionally though the puzzles were a little absurd in how to solve them. Especially when you try something ten times, because it has to be the right answer, and it still does not work. Then you use the guide which shows you that you were right, and then it all of a sudden works. I'm still really confused why that kept happening. As a puzzle game lover this game looked and was amazing for a short period of time. This game was so addicting that I stayed up too late playing it, and lost a lot of sleep. However when I returned home to play after a sleepless night all of my progress was gone. I saved on multiple slots the next time around, and still all of my saved data was nowhere to be found. Fool me once shame on me! fool me twice shame on you Amanita Design! Not cool at all! I rated this five stars in hopes that some would be buyer can see this, and not waste their money. The game is awesome, but the "not being able to save your hours of work on these fun yet tedious and sometimes absurd puzzles" earns it a half of a star. The robot moving one click at a time is god awful as well… Thank you....More
Great characters, cute storyline and beautiful graphics
This has to be my favorite game purchased from the App store. It's addicting, it's fun and it can get challenging. There are a lot of puzzles throughout the game, which require one to think carefully and to strategize. Throughout the game, one cannot help but admire the graphics – the artwork, and, of course, the music. It's all very enchanting. The storyline is cute and I always wanted to continue playing to see what would happen next. The controls are easy and it's a game to which one can easily adapt. Moreover, there are mini-games that make it much more fun!
However, not everything is in rose. There's a major glitch in the game that caused me to begin all over again, which I shan't mention because it is also a spoiler. Just make sure to save often and in different slots. Furthermore, it took me a few hours to arrive at this spot in the game. When I restarted, it took me thirty minutes to get to the same spot. I was about 65% done with the game! Way too beautiful and addicting of a game to be this short. Once you get the puzzles down, which some can get repetitive, it's can get easy.
Bottom line, it's definitely worth the money because one can replay it several times to enjoy the artwork and music. It's also a challenge to oneself to test how well one has already learned the puzzles.
Beautiful, charming puzzle game!
I didn't know what to expect of this game even though the reviews seemed mostly positive. I only purchased this game out of a whim because of the beautiful artwork shown in the sample screens. Well, it turns out to be one of the most beautiful and enchanting game I've ever played. The plot is very interesting and clever, and at times, touching. The puzzles are original and clever, but could be very very difficult at times. Fortunately the hint book and comprehensive walk through is there to rescue you if you ever get stuck. But what really draws me to this game is the simple, but beautiful and lively animation presented throughout the game. The scenes and characters look like simple pencil sketches, but they come alive with movements and dramatic facial expression. No two robots looks the same in this game, and every character is unique.
The cons: the game is a bit short, though it took me quite a while because I got stuck a lot with the puzzles. The game control is rather weak. You can only interact with a person or an object by being next to them. Even then, sometimes you have to be "precise" with your clicking otherwise nothing happens.
Overall, I'm very satisfied with my purchase. I bought it for $5. I'm generally not into puzzles, but this puzzle game definitely had me charmed!
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The weather is warming up and you want to get outside. The only problem is you don't have a BBQ! Rather than going to your local garden centre and buying a BBQ off the shelf, why not make you neighbours jealous with one of these highly unusual barbecues:
This BBQ is impressive. It was built by Tim Kowalec for Chrysler's ''What Can You HEMI?'' contest in 2005. The BBQ features a 5.7 –litre V-8 HEMI Engine and can cook 240 hot dogs in 3 minutes. Now that's some serious barbecuing.
If you thought the previous on was impressive, check this bad boy out! This is the Texas Legend Smoker and Grill. It's big measuring in at 30 feet long, 8 feet wide and 10½ feet tall. It has a massive 27,500 square inch of cooking space among other crazy features like a 5,500 watt generator, freezer, fridge, sink and some sweet 18'' custom chrome wheels. Got to Love It.
So this one is the cream of the crop of BBQ set outs. Made by Lynx Professional grills, this BBQ has everything you need: 42'' grill with access doors, double burner, storage drawers, warming drawer, beverage area with outdoor refrigerator, ice machine and a cocktail station. Honestly this is what you want. Heads up though, the ice maker is worth 3000$ alone. Just to give you an idea and not get your hopes up.
This is the Texas Lil's Monster Smoker. The Texans love their BBQ and David Klose built this 57 ft. long and 60'' diameter transportable monster. A few fun facts about this one: It has a cooking surface of 90,000 sq. in. and weighs in at a massive 25,000 lbs.
How about this Baby Carriage Pit? Another entry by David Klose, although a little different to the Texas Lil's Monster Smoker. The baby carriage is believed to be a turn of the century one made in London, England, although it was found in the countryside around Houston. It took David 3 weeks to restore it and now it looks in pretty good shape.
As if owning a beautiful 911 isn't enough, this guy decided to put a bbq on his spoiler! We couldn't find much background information about this picture but I think this says it all. To add to all of this, his number plate is BBQ! Can't really top that I'm afraid.
Thought this one was great for tailgating. Can't think of any better set up before going to a game. I am sure you would get a good crowd at a tailgate with this one.
This is a clever concept, and maybe even the future of BBQ'ing. The Cole Henley Table Barbecue enables everyone cook their food how they like it, whilst sitting all together. You may think that the table gets hot and it's dangerous but it isn't, it has been designed and insulated so only the grill gets hot. The table is handmade in the UK and is available as a four, six or eight seater.
Another car entry: A vintage Jaguar Austin-Healey transformed into a grill! He has even made an area for storage and everything. This BBQ / Car (hybrid) was found at a classic Jaguar meeting.
Back to luxury barbecuing. This is the Talos Outdoor Cooking Suite by Frontgate. Among its features are a 42'' grill with 800 square-inches of grilling space, 2 side burners, a warming drawer and searing station with griddle, bartender module and sink. In case you wondered, you will need 35,000$ for this one.
We will finish here with a classic frat keg barbecue. It's pretty easy to make and apparently very efficient. You can buy them in shops, but why not try your hand at making one!
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Plot & ThemesComposition of Book Actual chase scenes or violence 80%Feelings, relationships, character bio/development 20% Time/Era of Movie: - present 2000+ Crime & Police Story? - Yes Combat acrobatics/martial arts? - Yes Criminal enemy is... - Asian crime gangs Kind of movie - combat acrobatics/bullet time
Main CharacterIdentity: - Female Profession/status: - unemployed Age: - 20's-30's Ethnicity/Nationality - Chinese
SettingAsia/Pacific - Yes Asian country: - China City? - Yes City: - San Francisco
Writing StyleAccounts of torture and death? - non-gory references to death/punishment Sex/nudity in movie? - Yes What kind of sex: - kissing Kind of violence: - hand to hand Unusual forms of death - boiling Any profanity? - Occasional swearing
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Searching for lost treasure was never so fun as it can be when you play the exciting Solomon's Mines video slot machine game. The slot game has it all, 5 reels, 25 paylines, and plenty of bonus features to make this journey for riches a thrilling one. The sounds are exactly what you would expect when you strap on your backpack and head into the mines looking for treasures. Choose correctly, and you could escape with a bankroll full of more cash than you can imagine.
The Solomon's Mines video slot game has just about everything for the serious player to really get excited about. In addition to the wild multipliers, the scatters, the huge payouts, you have one of the more intriguing bonus features you will ever play. The possibility to break the bank and leave the mines with a bankroll full of coins is all up to the decisions that you make.
Once you have your backpack loaded and the map to find the mines, it is time to get familiar with the layout of the game. The first set of controls in the bet amount, and with Solomon's Mines you can select from as little as a penny all the way up to $10.00 per betting line. The controls are easily made by pressing the up or down arrows. The next set of controls is the line bets, and here you can change the bets from playing a single line all the way to the max of 25 active paylines. With all 25 paylines in play, betting the max $10.00 per line, your $250 bet has the potential to explode your bankroll if the winning symbols correctly line up.
Before you begin spinning the reels, it is important that you understand how each symbols pays when in a winning combination. The lower paying symbols are the traditional playing card symbols. These range from the Ace, King, Queen, Jack, Ten, and the Nine. The better paying symbols are the red ruby, the coins, the backpack and the skeleton. All of the winning combinations pay from the left to right in the Solomon's Mines. This is not the case with the scatter symbols that can appear anywhere on the reels for a winning payout.
The only other two symbols in the game are the green book and Penelope. Penelope is the wild symbol, and will substitute for any symbol on a winning payline. This screaming lady will only appear on reels 2, 3, and 4 respectively. When this wild symbol appears in a winning payline that combination is doubled so the payouts are more bountiful.
The green book is the scatter symbol and is the key to helping you discover all the treasures in the Solomon's Mines. When two or more of the green books appear on the reels, the player is awarded 2 bonus coins. When 3 or more of the scatter symbols appear, you unlock the Solomon's Mines bonus feature. Once the bonus game is activated, a second screen will open and two large green vases will appear. On the left of the screen you will see the prize scale, this is the key to grabbing as much of the treasures in the mines as possible. Players choose one of the two vases, hoping to find a jewel inside.
If a jewel is selected in the chosen vase, the prizes pay as following. The yellow jewel pays 5 times the bet, the blue gem pays 10x, the green gem 25x, the red gem 50x, and if you can locate the white gem you are rewarded with 100x your bet. If you select the MISS symbol, the bonus game is over and the total prize is determined. The player who chooses a jewel will be given 2 more vases to select from. Continue choosing between 2 vases until the MISS symbol appears.
If at any time during the game you have any questions about a certain payline or how much a symbols pays, simple click the paytable button in the lower left corner of the user interface. This section is extremely detailed, giving the player all the information they will need to navigate the Solomon's Mines and walk away with bags full of riches.
The one other fun feature within Solomon's Mines is the autoplay feature. This button will allow you to select from a number of spins so that you no longer have to press the spin button every time to spin the reels. The autoplay feature will allow you to simply sit back and watch the reels spin until the bonus feature is triggered. Once you are sent to the bonus round, you can get back to work at trying to uncover all the riches hidden deep in the dark caverns of the Solomon's Mines video slot game.


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Saturday, May 18, 2013
2013 Digital Cutter Reviews
Good Morning All,
This is just a quick post to let you know that the Top Ten Reviews for digital die cutters is out, and the Silver Bullet Professional cutter is Number One! Of particular importance is the rating of 100 for customer service. A great machine with terrific customer service is what has me saving for a new Silver Bullet cutter. I currently own and love a Black Cat Cougar purchased from Sherri Jensen of That's Scrap, Inc.,so I have first hand experience with her exceptional customer service.
Huge congratualations to Sherri and Dawn, the creators and distributors of the Silver Bullet Professional line of cutters!
Happy Weekend!
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Clustering humans
Some who comment on social media have postulated that the Young appreciate online social interaction more than the less-Young. 'Ha', they say. "We're the young generation, and we've got something to say." - The Monkees circa 1970. The more experienced, they say, aren't socially agile enough to grasp the satisfactions of the new concepts of social interaction.
This past week I commented on facebook about the decline of geo-located social interaction with the final closing of Borders Books. I was taken to task by an acquaintance I "met" on Consummating a few years ago. Bradley just turned 30 and lives in Eastern Tennessee. He countered that social networks have expanded his world. He attributed his enlightened stance to generational experience that, like blanket radiation, imbues the lot with an easy acceptance of the new paradigms of social media.
Here's my thread-killing post in its entirety.
"Bradley values communities online for their social diversity and quantity - getting beyond the immediate geographical environs. I live in a place with plenty of social diversity, and I value bonding and social commitment. Case in point - when a person shatters their ankle into toothpicks, a social network isn't going to run errands for you or bring you a pot of chicken soup or hang out and play video games. In fact, the social network hasn't a clue that such acts are even needed. So values determine whether social institutions are benefitting each individual."
"It's not about generation. I interacted with hundreds of thousands in a three-state area as a top rock radio DJ in
Nashville and yes, I did get to know a number of the listeners. I regularly used ATMs, computers. I would have totally been on social media then if it had been available and I would have had much the same relationship with my network as I did with my audience, just as I am on all kinds of social media now. All that said, I'm pleased that online communities are doing so much for so many. It's just not the same as local in-person relationships."
Were I to comment further on the point, I'd add that there are plenty of 20-somethings who are not active on social
media. And guess what – they're not speaking up about it on social media.
I'll agree that people 39+ are generally less exposed to the grand technical evolutions of our era. Younger people tend to maintain that connection with age-peers after their school years until personal life changes the social dynamic. Complexity sets in. One tends to interact with a wider age contingent and maybe self-identity is more apparent in whether you own a dog and what kind of dog, whether you drink coffee and what kind, or other beverages, whether you hang with standard social institutions like religious or sports team-based. Later, work cohorts are not like school cohorts; though you may have closer interactions at work there's something to be said for professional distance. Social isolation becomes a very real state of being. And thus the continuation of such gathering places as beer gardens in Germany.
And so, what roles will social networks fulfill as we age? Can a social network be as satisfying as repeated singular face2face interactions? It's easy to adopt facile explanations for the effects of emerging technologies, like emphasizing apparent dicotomies. But really, online social networks have their own purposes and support the purposes of real-life social networks. The Eames' said "Eventually, everything connects."
Experience researcher in high tech, healthcare, and built environments with an anthropology provenance.
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The penguin road patrol
When Pavement Management Services, the Melbourne franchise of a Sydney outfit, was granted a contract by VicRoads to carry out the annual survey of the road network in September last year, the company's owner, Rishi Viner, decided that the time was right to begin doing the surveys using video technology.
Until then the survey, which covers half of the state's 22,000-km road network each year, had been done by a two-man team driving at 20kmph, with the driver calling out the defects and the passenger jotting things down. It was an arduous procedure that took a long time, posed dangers to other traffic and pretty expensive to boot.
Viner used a video camera and an Apple Macintosh to convince VicRoads that video footage would provide pictures of sufficient resolution for VicRoads to be able to diagnose things such as ride comfort, rutting, and stone texture.
What Viner and his team have ended up with today is a system that uses Linux to run five video cameras from the same kind of van used as an ambulance. It is all done at a speed ranging from 80kmph to 100kmph. The cost of the annual survey has, in the process, fallen from $1.2 million to $850,000. And the system which was devised has so far generated about 1.3 terabytes of video footage with few problems.
But getting everything up and running hasn't been an easy ride.
Once Viner had got the nod from VicRoads to go ahead with the video footage, he started searching - on the internet - for a person with the skills to devise a technological solution.
And, in so doing, he ended up contacting Dr Tim Ferguson, a computer science lecturer at Monash University. Ferguson's doctoral research was on fractal video techniques.
It was expected that the solution would be one involving Windows and written in Visual Basic. But Ferguson's Windows experience was negligible to say the least and after understanding what was being sought, he said he would do the programming in C in a Linux environment.
"My experience with Windows is limited. I have been a Linux user since 1993 and I have considerable experience in programming in that environment," Ferguson said. "In any case, I don't think that I would have undertaken a task like this, where a computer is on the road, using anything but a robust operating system."
"We needed the VicRoads contract to proof the concept, else there was no way we could have funded the development of the system which we had in mind," said Viner. "I had limited experience with Linux at that time but when I spoke to Tim and realised that he was confident about his software choices, I gave him the go-ahead."
The two started looking at the hardware requirements in October. Ferguson started working on software development the following month and in about six weeks he came up with two packages - LINServo to capture and rate the video footage and PMSVideo for clients to look at the finished footage.
LINServo runs only on Linux and is used by the crew who capture the footage and also by those in the office who rate it and prepare the finished product for the client; PMSVideo runs on both Linux and Windows and the client can use it to view the footage, which is amazingly clear.
But before he came up with the software, on which testing began in January, Ferguson had to overcome the problems of getting drivers to work correctly with firewire cards. "You have to use firewire and the drivers for different cards to run under Linux were rather underdone at that point in time," he said. "However, we had a lot of help from the Linux firewire driver development team and they gave us several helpful leads. At one stage, I was beginning to wonder whether it would fall apart and I would have to look at some other method of getting the whole thing out."
But persistence won out in the end. The system was ready to go by February and after about 100 km of trials, the crew hit the road. As of this writing, the first half of the survey has been completed and the footage submitted to VicRoads. Due to the time overlap, the second half of the survey has to begin in August.
The van used for the survey has five cameras mounted - four on the top in front and one at the rear. The camera covering the road ahead (what is technically called the pavement) captures a frame every metre; the other cameras capture a frame every 20 metres. An odometer in the van triggers the shutters of the cameras, using a chip programmed by Secad Mini Systems. (Pictures are here)
The van is equipped with a computer which is a dual-Athlon 1900 with one gig of RAM. Due to limitations of the Linux firewire drivers, only 896 meg of RAM gets used. "There were problems with power consumption in the van so we took out the air-conditioner and added a second alternator," said Viner. "Then we had to solve the problem of vibration."
This, like everything else about the project, was solved with a local solution. A metal mounting box was made for the drives and this was isolated from vehicle vibration by a specially designed rubber vibration absorption system designed by Adrian Naugebauer of Flexible Drive Agencies.
An LCD terminal is present in front of the passenger seat right next to the driver for monitoring the process of video capture. The crew can cover about 200 kms a day.
The computer has 800 gig of storage, including RAID. It runs IDE drives. "We opted for Athlon processors because of the cost," said Viner. "Yes, they run hot, but we are a small outfit and every little bit helps to keep costs down."
The van crew, Matthew Boyd and Andrew Arya, did not find it difficult to operate the system. "It took me about two hours to get used to it," said Boyd, while Arya, who was with the Sydney branch before coming to work in Melbourne, said he had ridden in the back of the van and watched for two days, before climbing into the passenger seat to begin capturing video.
"It was a scary experience when we got to the South Australian border and had a power supply in the PC fail," said Arya. "But that's been about the worst of our problems. Dust is present but the hardware copes with it quite well."
Looking back on the whole process, Viner admits that it sounds a bit offbeat. "Yeah, we didn't do things in the approved business-style with meetings and the like," he said, grinning. "But I don't think it would have done us any good. We probably would have had a computer that blue-screened on us at least once or twice a day."
The experience has made Viner a firm Linux convert. "The office is moving over to Linux and we are looking at getting some form of network-attached storage for our clients," he said.
As for Ferguson, he is not surprised that the final outcome has been satisfactory. "A proprietary solution could probably have been purchased off the shelf," he said. "But that would have been much more expensive. Additionally, there would have been no question of being able to customise it beyond the options which it has.
"Development using open source software means the developer is totally in charge. You can do what you like, and customise things to your own needs. There are downsides, like the problems I faced with the firewire drivers. But then you'll generally find that you are not alone in this; there will be others to contribute little bits of knowledge until the jigsaw is complete."


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I came across this picture as I was flipping through the latest edition of Atlanta's LGBT newspaper The Southern Voice and it somewhat affirmed some troubling feelings I'd been wrestling with all weekend long. As I walked through the park during pride weekend I saw many white gay couples and dozens of interracial couples. Now I'm as liberal as they come and I truly believe that love has no color, but I couldn't help feeling like the scorned black woman who was losing all of her potential mates to the other team. But on the other hand I wondered if I were missing out on love because I was determined to only have it with a black man.
If you've read any of my posts about my experiences dating then you know I've received the short end of the stick more times than not, and my last experience is just another addition to the list of relationships that have gone nowhere.
If you look at the picture closely you will see rows of smiling white faces and two black men that are almost impossible to pick out of the crowd. Are we not in commited relationships? I can answer that question for myself, I know that we are. So I guess the black couples who do exist are just not out, right?
Do white gay men know something we don't ? I refuse to believe that black gay men aren't capable of being in long term relationships or we don't care enough about an emotional connection to even consider being in a committed relationship.
What's sad is my experience almost supports the above notion. So what am I and brothas like me to do who desire a real connection with another brotha and the desire is not lining up with reality? Give up and date outside of the race? Hold on before you start to get all opinionated. I swear I'm almost to the point where I'm ready to throw in the towel and say goodbye to Raheim and hello to Hector and Billy. Not that I think it's going to be easier on the other side because building a real relationship with anyone regardless of race is hard work. But I'm not getting any younger and it's time out for games.
A friend told me that he thinks the lack of black gay long term relationships are a result of us not having a model to base our relationships on unlike our heterosexual counterparts. What do you think? All I know is that if I keep doing what I've always done I'm going to get the same result. So it may be time to try something different and women are not an option.


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I was bullied and victimised: discrimination watchdog tables her distress
The high profile barrister and author, Jocelynne Scutt, has ended a troubled term as Tasmania's first anti-discrimination commissioner with a sweeping attack on the state's legal institutions.
The state's Supreme Court was also a target of the broadside that extended to lawyers, the Director of Public Prosecutions, Ombudsman and Department of Justice.
Dr Scutt said attempts were made to destabilise her office and she was bullied and coerced. Support in the job was denied her, as was natural justice and a duty of care.
"The attacks pained me deeply, causing me huge grieving and distress," she said in her last annual report, tabled in the Tasmanian Parliament yesterday.
A widely known feminist and lawyer, Dr Scutt came to Tasmania in 1999, early in the premiership of the late Jim Bacon.
Rocky relationships developed with many in the legal system, which Dr Scutt put down to resistance to her attempts to administer the Anti-Discrimination Act. "Bullying, pressure and other means have been employed to curtail the independence of the office and to curb the integrity of decision-making," she wrote.
Dr Scutt said she considered suing for defamation, false imprisonment, abuse of process, contempt of court and victimisation. But such a step would require confidence in Tasmania's justice system.
She recounted one case in which the Supreme Court denied her procedural fairness, adding: "In my extensive experience as a member of counsel, admitted to practice in every Australian jurisdiction and practising in most of them, I have never encountered such an approach outside this state."
Unique in Australia, she said, Tasmania's DPP could act as a solicitor in civil matters, meaning they could appear in an anti-discrimination case.
Dr Scutt said a small number of Tasmanian lawyers habitually used abusive and unprofessional language, and she once received a pornographic image and a brutal statement that appeared to have come from someone in the legal profession. She also had to ask for police protection.
She said the commission received little thanks for its work or assistance against attempts to destabilise it.
Dr Scutt did not reapply for the position at the end of her five-year term and indicated yesterday she was putting the experience behind her. She had restored her name to the Melbourne bar's practice list, she said.
The state's Attorney-General, Judy Jackson, declined to comment, but the shadow attorney-general, Michael Hodgman, said the government owed Dr Scutt an apology.


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Practice Management
How the Advisor's Role is Being Radically Transformed
Advances in technology and better informed clients are forcing firms to adapt their strategies to a changed business environment.
This Practice Management article is intended for financial advisors only (registered representatives of broker/dealers or associated persons of Registered Investment Advisors).
Advisors' roles at a basic level―particularly how they interact with clients―will be radically transformed in the coming decade, according to a new report by the Boston Consulting Group.
"RIAs in the U.S. will be directly impacted," says Bruce Holley, a senior partner and managing director at the firm. "The economics are unavoidable and the value proposition is critical."
Currently, many relationship managers spend a lot of time on administrative tasks, focusing mostly on existing clients and working primarily during office hours. What's more, they are typically hired from a competitor and have experience but little formal training.
Two factors are going to upend the status quo, according to the report: advances in technology and better informed, more sophisticated clients.
Need for 'More Formal Education'
Machines are expected to help advisors make better investment decisions for clients and continue to liberate them from administrative work.
And as clients become more sophisticated and more tech savvy, "they will expect relationship managers to match their 24/7 online lifestyle and embrace their geographic mobility and faster-paced cycles of building and selling enterprises and altering family structures," the report states.
Regulators are likely to begin requiring advisors to "to possess more formal financial education," while new certification programs for the job are likely to be developed, the report predicts.
Wealth management firms need to set up training programs, if they haven't already, and hire new advisors directly from universities and other client-service oriented industries, the report recommends.
Technology and interactive devices will not only allow advisors to have more frequent contact, but also closer working relationships with clients, according to Holley.
New Advisor Archetypes
Consequently, Boston Consulting Group sees the emergence of three relationship manager archetypes:
The Orchestrator: This advisor will cater to select high-net-worth and ultrahigh-net-worth clients who are "demanding and performance focused," the report says.
The advisor's role will be that of a "trusted primary point of contact and fierce custodian of the clients' sensitive data. Rather than try to be an expert in every field, the orchestrator will select specialists who are best suited to meet each client's specific goals."
The Enabler: Boston Consulting envisions this type of wealth manager serving a large number of "sophisticated, self-directed clients at all wealth levels."
Although self-sufficient, their clients will demand access to analytical tools, fast execution of transactions, and technical support for digital infrastructure.
The Guardian: This wealth manager will service wealthy clients who are uncomfortable with financial markets, uninterested in the latest digital tools, and would rather concentrate on personal interests than investments.
Clients in this segment "are looking for a trusted person to guide them and the process as pleasant as possible," the report says.
-by Charles Paikert
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All you really have to ask yourself, before you drive your beloved and significantly costly new car in to an automatic car wash is; what would be the best possible way to treat your vehicle's paint?
Consider the more time-consuming method of washing your car carefully, by hand, with warm, clean water and carefully chosen washing agents.
Now picture yourself actually doing that.
Now, if someone were to offer you a big, spinning brush that hadn't been washed for a while to use on your shiny car, what would you say?
Or if you were asked to use recycled water – which may or may not have been delicately filtered to remove the dirt that came off the cars before you – would you be happy?
Swirls, scratches, smears and a partially cleaned car, that's what you'll get from an automatic car wash. Don't do it.
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WRITTEN BY: RIRDC Equine Research News [January 1999]
Change in Diet May be the Solution for Horses that Suffer from "Tying Up"!
Rhabdomyolysis, commonly known as "tying up", is a muscular problem that affects all types of horses. In its mild form it may result in cramps but in severe cases it may lead to horses being unable to rise and even death. While the cause of the problem remains unknown, it appears that some of the affected horses have an inability to handle a diet with a high energy content. It has been observed that horses often 'tie up' after they have had a few days of rest while fed on grain and then recommence exercise.
A group of researchers at Cornell University investigated if changes in the diet from one of high energy content to one of low energy content reduced the chance of tying up reappearing (BA Valentine, HF Hintz, KM Freels, AJ Reynolds and KN Thompson Dietary Control of Exertional Rhabdomyolysis in Horses Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association 1998 Vol. 212, No. 10, pg. 1588). 19 horses with histories of tying up were selected for this study. The research showed that with the change in diet, there was a significant reduction in two enzymes (CK and CPK) in the blood of these horses. These enzymes are abnormally increased in the blood when there is muscle damage. The changes took place within 3-6 months after the change in diet and coincided with the disappearance of signs of tying up following exercise.
With these results, it may be worth checking the energy content of the diet of horses that experience episodes of tying up, and gradually change this for one with a lower energy content (less grain and more oil).
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>>> "Thus, it seems, a shot from the rear will move an object in [the] direction of its flight, but one from the front will not." <<<
Why on Earth are you saying something silly like this? Vince Bugliosi
certainly never, ever implied any such stupid thing.
The reason you won't find any initial bodily movement going BACKWARD
in the Z-Film is due to the fact that no shot hit a victim from the
front. Period. (And Duh!)
BTW, another good example of a bullet from the rear pushing a victim
FORWARD (in the direction the bullet is travelling) is at Zapruder
frame 224, when we can watch John Connally's right shoulder being
pushed slightly FORWARD and DOWNWARD by the impact of the SBT bullet
striking him at exactly Z224 (and that's not even counting the
additional sign of the bullet striking at exactly that Z-Frame, i.e.,
the lapel of Connally's coat being moved significantly also at Z224).
Mr. Bugliosi, however, feels that the precise "SBT" Z-Frame cannot be
determined beyond all reasonable doubt...and I can appreciate that
conclusion by Vince. After all, the Warren Commission said the same
thing via its "range" of frames for the SBT hit at Z210-Z225.
But I'll wager the homestead I could convince Vince that Connally and
Kennedy were, indeed, hit at exactly Z224, via the following excellent
toggling 2-frame Z-Film clip, which I'm pretty sure VB has never seen
(although I'm perplexed, to a degree, as to why Dale Myers couldn't
convince Vince of the 223-224 SBT hit). ~shrug~ .....
>>> "He [Vincent Bugliosi] blindly accepts the word of his friends/contacts at the CIA that they had "no operational interest in LHO", when documentary evidence from the ARRB and even before them proves otherwise." <<<
And just how did the ARRB "prove" that?
Vince B. has an interesting line of thought on the CIA (one which is
really quite humorous...and forthright, IMO). Let's listen:
"Even though normally innocent they insist on acting guilty so
that conspiracy theorists will have more fodder for their charges.
(They do so because being innocent, they have no guilty conscience and
continue to be angered and shocked when they are later accused of a
"cover-up.")" -- VB
"The CIA had nothing to hide in thousands of previous documents
the agency initially refused to release voluntarily but ultimately did
release under court order. The CIA specializes in always acting
guilty, even when it is not, and always being, from a public relations
standpoint, its own worst enemy." -- VB
"To the point, arguably, of perversity, the silly spooks at
Langley--like the pathological liar who lies even when it would be to
his benefit to tell the truth--will fight Morley and his lawyer every
inch of the way, thereby helping them, every inch of the way, to
convince everyone that it has something to hide--Joannides's and
perhaps its own complicity in the assassination. .... Joannides and
the CIA conspired with Oswald to kill Kennedy as much as you and I
did." -- VB
>>> "Some might think it was CE 399 [that went into JFK and stopped]." <<<
Not even remotely possible, of course (and Tony [Marsh] knows this
full well...he just wants to argue the obvious), because Kennedy's
stretcher was never even close to that corridor where CE399 was found
by Tomlinson. Why this major fact is totally ignored by many CTers can
only elicit a shoulder shrug from yours truly.
>>> "How about Posner's bullet which hits a tree branch which strips off the jacket entirely allowing the lead core to go on to hit the curb near Tague?" <<<
That's what I certainly believe happened--although, admittedly, it's
just a guess...but I think it's by far the best guess, and it's a
guess that solves two problems.
One, if the bullet hit the tree and separated the jacket from the lead
core....the lead can go on out to hit Main St. and then Tague; hence,
no copper tracing on the curb. Perfectly reasonable, IMO.
Two, with the bullet now split into two parts, the copper jacket can
strike Elm St., resulting in the "sparks" that some witnesses said
they saw near JFK's limo. While the other portion of the bullet can
separately go on out to meet Mr. Tague.
I completely disagree with Vince Bugliosi's explanation re the first-
shot miss and the Tague wounding...which, btw, Vince only briefly
mentions in his book. He gives the whole matter two short paragraphs
on pages 471 and 472.
Vince thinks that the first Oswald (missed) shot hit the Elm pavement
on the fly, and then the same bullet (somehow) finds its way (at grass
level) over to Main Street to hit the Main curb and cause Tague's
cheek injury.
I, myself, find that hopping & skipping bullet scenario hard to
swallow, although I cannot disprove it, of course; nor can anyone
else. Since we're talking about a shot that missed the limo occupants
and was never recovered, all we can do is guess. But I find Posner's
"guess" to be the best guess....in that it can explain multiple
questions re. the shooting -- e.g., the sparks on the Elm pavement and
the non-copper tracings on the Main curb and Tague's wounding.
I respect Vince Bugliosi's opinion re the first shot at Z160...I just
don't agree with his complete scenario of the path that bullet
followed on November 22. (At least we agree about one thing about the
first shot though -- when it was fired by Oswald -- Z160. I agree with
VB on that 100%.)
As a footnote to the above discussion re the Tague wounding --- I
must also point out that Mr. Bugliosi does mention in "Reclaiming
History" (in an endnote on the CD-ROM disc that comes with the book)
that Gerald Posner's tree-branch deflection theory "is possible" (VB;
footnote on page 315 of endnotes).
>>> "In the end, I tend to agree with the line in [Oliver Stone's film] "JFK", about how the only good reason to wait until the limo is on Elm is to get the triangulation of fire into effect." <<<
Not a chance....especially within the framework of the type of crazy
PRE-arranged multi-gun, 1-patsy plot that Stone and Garrison have
advocated over the years.
What in the world would have been going through the plotters' heads
when pre-arranging such a stupid, impossible-to-pull-off Patsy Plot
like that? Were they ALL total morons?
If just one non-LHO shot hits anyone in Dealey Plaza, the ballgame's
over. Period. And via Stone's "JFK", it doesn't even appear that
Oswald's rifle is even used AT ALL during the shooting. Again...were
total morons leading this group of assassins?
They attempt to frame a solo patsy named Oswald (per Oliver's silly
film), but they don't even bother firing a single shot from Oz's
rifle? Per the film, three shells are "planted" below the sniper's window
after the shooting, indicating that not a single bullet was actually fired
from the "planted" Carcano.
Idiots all!
Back to reality.....
Oswald waited to fire until the cars were on Elm Street. The exact
reasons he did this? -- Who can know for certain. Nobody can. But the
sum total of evidence says he DID do this. (Oliver Stone's unbelievably
stupid "Triangulation Of Crossfire Within A Single-Patsy Assassination
Plan" notwithstanding.)
>>> "The missing weight of CE399 comes from a piece being taken off the bullet for testing by the government." <<<
And once more, per the above belief about CE399's weight, we have
virtual proof that whoever the people were who decided to "plant" or
"switch" the Parkland bullet were (without question) total morons.
I.E.: Somebody decided to plant (or switch) the bullet(s)....and they
decided it was wise to place "CE399" into evidence, a bullet that (per
the idiocy spelled out by the CTer above) had absolutely NO GRAINS
MISSING from its total weight AFTER it supposedly went through at
least one of the two Dealey Plaza victims.
Can these plotters get any more feeble? Is it truly POSSIBLE to be
that stupid?
Yes, a goodly portion of the missing 2+ grains of CE399 could very
well be portions the Government sliced off of the bullet for testing.
But CTers still haven't a leg to stand on....because not all of the
fragments taken out of Connally were weighed officially (that I'm
aware of) and, therefore, we can only guess as to the total weight
(and the weight of the very small flakes left inside JBC as well).
And, as previously mentioned, the TOTAL WEIGHT of all the fragments in
question is very, very small....and certainly is a total weight that
does not exclude CE399 as being the bullet that could have deposited
those fragments in Mr. Connally's body.
And common sense alone tells a rational person (i.e., a person who
isn't inclined to scream "It was planted!" every time he turns around)
that CE399 HAD to have been inside Governor Connally's body.
Given the sum total of evidence, CE399 is the ONLY POSSIBLE BULLET
that could have been inside John Connally's body on November 22,
E-Mail Subject: Hi Jerry [Dealey] (JFK Chatter)
Date: 7/30/2007
From: David Von Pein
To: Jerry Dealey
Hi again Jerry,
Thanks for the link to your "Bothered" webpage. I had not seen that
page before.
Some good thoughts in your "Bothered" article (as always). But I think
a whole bunch of the things that "Bother" you can be reconciled with
the following explanation from Mr. Bugliosi.
This VB statement below wouldn't negate the whole notion of a
conspiracy BEHIND Oswald's lone-gunman actions, true....but I think it
makes a lot of sense from the standpoint of arriving at the FACT that
Lee Oswald shot JFK (which is a raw fact that so many conspiracists
simply refuse to accept):
"With respect to the Kennedy assassination, once you establish
and know that Oswald is guilty, as has been done, then you also
NECESSARILY know that there is an answer (whether the answer is known
or not) compatible with this conclusion for the endless alleged
discrepancies, inconsistencies, and questions the conspiracy theorists
have raised through the years about Oswald's guilt." -- Vincent
Bugliosi; Page 953 of "Reclaiming History"
As you know, so many people tend to micro-analyze every tiny little
thing surrounding the JFK case. Everything is looked at with a wary
eye of potential "conspiracy"; when, in fact, all of these things that
CTers "over-manage" (IMO) do not necessarily lead down a "CT" path at
For example -- Take two very small incidents that Vince mentions (at
some length too) in his book -- the "Dial Ryder" incident (where an
Oswald-like person had a scope mounted on a rifle prior to
11/22)...and the "Bogard" incident (which has "Oswald" taking a high-
speed test drive in a new car shortly before the assassination).
Those things are certainly "fringe" things, at best. But to hear the
kooks at the various forums tell it, these things (in some way)
"prove" a conspiracy existed, with these "imposter Oswalds" running
all around Dallas.
But CTers fail to see the built-in illogic being exhibited by any
string-pullers and "patsy"-creators when it comes to incidents like
this. The CTers who think things like this lead down a CT path must
also think that the plotters were performing these peripheral NEEDLESS
acts of silliness to frame Oswald, even though each of these incidents
goes against the grain of the overall patsy plot they are trying to
pull off.
Example: The "used car" incident has Oswald apparently telling the car
dealer he'd be coming into some money in "2 or 3 weeks". That'd be
silly for any plotters to do....i.e., to essentially tell people that
Oswald will be PAID for something he'll be doing right about the time
of the assassination! Just...dumb.
And in the Ryder example, evidently some Oswald imposter was getting a
scope mounted on a NON-Carcano rifle (which is a weapon the plotters
won't be using to frame their patsy with on 11/22 anyway).
So what were these plotters trying to do here? Were they trying to
blow their plot wide open by announcing to the world (in a fashion)
that Oswald had a SECOND rifle in his possession, when we know he
really had only one rifle, his Carcano?
Anyway, those are just 2 of the dozens of similar examples of things
that GO NOPLACE, but CTers love to dredge them up anyway...because
such CTers fail to see the inherent illogic of these things; and those
same CTers, let's face it, WANT a conspiracy in this case. They NEED
it. And they'll do whatever it takes and skew as much evidence as
possible in order to work the word "conspiracy" into this murder case.
Simple as that.
Because, to borrow from VB once again, to face the Oswald Probably Did
It Alone reality is, for them, to forfeit a large section of their
lives. And who likes the idea of doing that?
David Von Pein
>>> "If VB doesn't say that LHO didn't do any work all day long, why comment on an unfilled order when half a day's work remains to be done?" <<<
Fair point, Gerry, I'll readily admit that.
>>> "Did VB speak further on this?" <<<
I don't think so. But it's possible he mentions it further in an
endnote. There's so much stuff in the book, it's difficult to say for
sure if one particular small sub-topic is dealt with or not. It's
possible that it is dealt with further; but I just cannot recall at
this time.
But, IMO, the biggest factor concerning the clipboard incident (if we can
even call it an "incident"; I'd prefer to say the "clipboard placement") is,
in fact, the LOCATION where that clipboard was found -- very near those
stairs and very near the boxes where Oswald (without a shred of a doubt,
given the sum total of evidence that tells us he's guilty) stashed the
rifle after the shooting.
Whether or not there were 3 or 33 unfilled orders on the clipboard
isn't really too germane to this issue, in my view. I suppose it could
be considered a small factor in the wake of the events that did
transpire that same day...i.e., LHO's mind was elsewhere (on killing a
President and figuring out how he could do it in privacy) on November
22; therefore he shirked his regular Depository duties.
But we know that Oswald did perform at least a little bit of his
regular TSBD work on November 22. We know this via the following
portion of James Jarman's WC testimony:
MR. BALL -- "Did you talk to Oswald that morning [11/22/63]?"
MR. JARMAN -- "I did."
MR. BALL -- "When?"
MR. JARMAN -- "I had him to correct an order. I don't know exactly
what time it was."
I suppose I could start speculating further on this rather peripheral
matter of Oswald needing to have one of his November 22nd TSBD book
orders "corrected" by the "checker" (which was Jarman's job at the
Book Depository at the time).
Perhaps I should start talking about how Oswald's mind was on other
things that morning....and therefore he wasn't able to concentrate on
filling his book orders accurately....and therefore one or more of his
orders had to be "corrected" after Checker James Jarman took a look
at them.
That could conceivably move in the direction of Lee Harvey Oswald's
11/22 mindset too....don't you agree?
Could be. But nobody can know for sure, of course.
>>> "Do you know anything about how bullets are identified as having been fired from a particular gun?" <<<
Oh, I'm sure you (a kook) think you know a whole lot more about
firearms identification techniques than the guy who was assigned as
the LEAD F.B.I. FIREARMS EXPERT IN THE BIGGEST MURDER CASE OF
THE 20TH CENTURY. Right?
You must know WAY more than Robert A. Frazier of the FBI. Right?
So, why not tell us how Frazier lied through his teeth...over and over
I like fantasy. And the tripe being spewed by a Super-Kook named Walt
could fill a whole library with such fiction.
>>> "The SBT stands debunked, and the counter scenario outlined here fits all the established evidence." <<<
Bull. You've got ZERO bullets to back up any anti-SBT scenario. None.
Where did the bullets go? Where?
And where's the JFK neck/back damage from those two non-transiting
missiles? Where?
And where are the many fragments that SHOULD be present in JFK's neck/
back if TWO bullets just stopped? Where are the fragments? Those
bullets hit something to stop them, didn't they? So, what was it that
stopped TWO bullets inside Kennedy's body?
Plus: Where's the Connally bullet? (I.E., the "real" one, if you think
399 is a 'plant' -- you surely think it was planted, right? Virtually
all CTers do.)
Why aren't these simple questions EVER answered by the ant-SBT bunch?
(I'll answer that --- They CAN'T be answered logically, or with a
straight face.)
>>> "These LN idiots promote the "factoid" that the coat was bunched in defense of their belief that there was an entry hole in the base of the neck." <<<
Think again. No LNer thinks the upper-back wound was/is in the "neck".
It is where it is -- 14cm. south of Mr. Mastoid Process, just like
Boswell said.
And, as Jean Davison has so magnificently conveyed, any movement of
that wound NORTHWARD destroys the SBT trajectory. Just look.
>>> "There is at least one major book coming out near the same time which hopefully will help to offset [Bugliosi's] nonsense." <<<
Yeah, I think Fetzer, Groden, Marrs, and Lane are releasing a 64,500-page
behemoth entitled "BEHIND EVERY ROCK: THE JFK CONSPIRACY: THE
COLLECTIVE CONCOCTED CRAP OF FOUR KOOKS DISGUISED AS RESEARCHERS" [Harper & Row; $79.95 MRP; ISBN: 0039-415-00989].
>>> "Here is what the evidence indicates: First bullet through JFK's neck (and planted butt-first in JBC's thigh): CE399. ... Second bullet went through JBC's chest, wrist." <<<
Bull. The evidence supports no such nonsense.
Your first-bullet scenario is totally impossible, given the [approx.]
1,775fps velocity of the bullet coming out of JFK's neck. It would
have certainly shattered Connally's femur at that speed, plus done
lots more leg damage to boot (per Lattimer's tests and via WC
testimony from others with an opinion on the matter as well).
And your second bullet scenario is also impossible for another variety
of reasons -- The most obvious is: NO WAY THAT BULLET GETS TO
Plus, without going through JFK, his wrist would probably have been
pulverized beyond repair. Lattimer did tests on that too, with much-
greater wrist damage sustained by mock JBCs if the bullet does not go
through a simulated neck first.
You can spit on Dr. Lattimer's tests if you so desire -- but try to
answer this:
How likely is it that virtually EVERY test that John K. Lattimer
performed with a Carcano rifle and WCC/MC ammunition would end up
supporting and buttressing the general "LN" scenario if, in fact,
multiple shots from varying angles had actually struck the victims?
Were the plotters so incredibly fortunate that even SIMULATIONS and
exacting RE-CREATIONS of the shooting variables and evidence could be
duplicated with such sterling "Pro-LN" results (even when, per CTers,
the shooting was really achieved in a totally different, multi-gun
Is there no END to the conspirators' good fortune?
E-Mail Subject: Shaw, Ferrie, Oswald, And The CT-Kooks
Date: 2/26/2007
From: David Von Pein
To: Patrick Collins
Hi Pat:
I'm unable to answer your question re Tannenbaum specifically, but
here is the photo in question, supposedly showing Ferrie, Shaw, and
Oswald together:
Now, Pat, if you can positively identify ANYONE in that miserable-
looking picture, then you're a much better man than I.
It's just another murky, cloudy "What If?" for the conspiracy kooks to
drag out of their stale closet every so often, in an attempt to tie
those three guys together. And even if they DO tie them together,
there's still not a speck of hard evidence to show that the threesome
conspired to kill JFK.
And, almost of equal importance, there's no hard evidence to show that
the Government would have then had a desire (following the
assassination) to frame the VERY SAME PATSY that Shaw and Ferrie, et
al, wanted to frame for JFK's murder.
Are we to actually believe that some low-life druggie like Dave Ferrie
had the power and influence to make the United States Government want
to go along with the "Triangulation Of Crossfire" One-Patsy plot that
Oliver Stone advocates in his movie?
Now, granted, Mr. Shaw probably had a little more clout than Ferrie
(what with Shaw being a respected and leading businessman in New
Orleans), but I don't for one second believe that even Shaw had the
mighty clout to get the Government of our country to just go with the
"Oswald Did All Of This" flow following an assassination that involved
THREE different shooters.
That's where most rabid CTers make one of their biggest mistakes, IMO--
i.e., falling for such wild and crazy PRE-11/22 planning of an event that
wouldn't have been carried out in such a loony manner in a million years.
Which, IMO, is a major stepping stone to believing that such a Patsy Plot
never occurred in the first place.
David V.P.
>>> "My position is the same as 3 of the 7 members (Boggs, Russell, Cooper) of the Warren Commission." <<<
Senator Russell, for one, comes across as a total goofball (IMO). But,
then again, the 7 WC heads did virtually none of the hard work in
their investigation. Belin, Specter, Ball, and Liebeler (and a few
others) did the legwork. The WC merely observed from a distance most
of the time. Belin fully admits that in his forthright '73 book.
Or, to quote VB yet again:
"The Warren Commission might not have done much work, but its
staff was prodigious." -- Vincent Bugliosi; 1992
Vince then goes on to correctly point out:
"He [Oliver Stone] deliberately twisted and warped the record.
There was nothing mysterious about Oswald's shots. The first was from
only 57 yards, the second from only 83 yards [sic]; all were fired at a
stagnant target with a favorable angle. My firearms guy says he was a
sitting duck." -- VB
>>> "They (Ford) decided to go with that which worked for the SBT, the drawing, and therefore changed the wording in the final report from "back" to "neck"." <<<
The Rydberg drawing doesn't really "work" for the SBT....but the
ACTUAL autopsy photo (and the "14cm. from the Mastoid" measurement)
certainly work for it. Those two things most closely represent the
WC's SBT, as can easily be seen in CE903. The wound in is the UPPER
BACK, not the "NECK", via the CE903 demonstration:
Moving the wound UP to the neck doesn't enhance the SBT -- it ruins it.
>>> "...An unfixed point like the mastoid process..." <<<
Wrong. The mastoid is a fixed body landmark. But, then, I guess you
must know more than James Humes, huh? From Humes' ARRB testimony:
QUESTION -- "When you recorded it as being from the right mastoid
process, was it your understanding that the right mastoid process was
a fixed body landmark?
DR. HUMES -- "Oh, sure. It doesn't move around in most people. You're
really in trouble if it does."
David Von Pein
April 25, 2008 (Re-posted material)


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|Sapphire Blue and Falls Creeck Shino
Yesterday, the glazing process went well, I have checked myself a few times, checked the glaze buckets, the manes, anything to succeed and to achieve the right glaze color. This afternoon I have opened the kiln and was really pleased with the beautiful Sapphire Blue on the dishes.
I have also used Val's Turquoise, and Mastering Cone 6 Semi mate Blue. I love them both.
|Semmimate Blue MC6 with Fall Creeck Shino
the outer side of the dishes glazed with Fall Creek Shino, and I have also tried to use a new batch of Waterfall Brown from Mastering Cone 6 book as well. This one came out from the kiln unfortunately, with pinholes… something to check out.
Val's Turquoise, and WB MC6
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Thomas Matthew DeLonge, Jr. is an American musician. He is the guitarist and one of the two lead vocalists for the punk rock band Blink-182. DeLonge is the guitarist and lead vocalist for the alternative rock band Angels & Airwaves. He also founded the band Box Car Racer.
After being expelled from Poway High School during junior year after being caught drinking at a school basketball game. He attended Rancho Bernardo High School and was introduced to Mark Hoppus through Hoppus' sister, Anne. In 1992, they met Scott Raynor at their school's battle of the bands and decided to form a band together that would become Blink-182, originally just Blink but the band had to change due to an Irish techno band with the same name. Raynor was replaced with Aquabats Drummer Travis Barker in 1998. Though he agreed to go to rehab, the band fired him anyway. Travis was on tour with The Aquabats, another band touring along with Blink-182. After sitting in on two shows Barker formally joined Blink-182. With Travis on board Blink-182 released Enema of the State, which was met with a huge amount of mainstream success, spawning three hit singles. Follow-up Take Off Your Pants and Jacket went straight to No.1 on the Billboard 200. In 2003, Blink-182 released their eponymous album. DeLonge then decided to leave the band, allegedly due to mounting tensions and communication difficulties, creating a rift between him and the other members of the band. Blink-182 announced an 'indefinite hiatus' in February 2005.


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Tribute to Stan Loweby Senator John Barrasso
Posted on 2013-01-03
BARRASSO. Mr. President, next week in Casper, a member of
America's greatest generation will be recognized by the Casper Area
Chamber of Commerce for a lifetime of service and leadership. I am
honored to tell my colleagues about my friend, R. Stanley Lowe.
In 1943, Stan was in college and had been deferred from the draft because of his studies. But, at age 19, he wanted to do his part to protect our great Nation. He enlisted in the U.S. Merchant Marine. He served on five ships in the Pacific and Atlantic, each voyage lasting several months. Stan became a staff officer, in charge of personnel and payroll. He was also a chaplain and medical officer, called a pharmacist's mate and purser.
Stan served from 1943 to 1946, seeing things that would have a life long impact on him. The Merchant Marine had the highest rate of casualties of any service, dying at a rate of 1 in 26, and Stan was there to help the injured and comfort the dying.
Following his service, he returned to Wyoming to complete his law degree and then practice law in Rawlins. It was there he met the love of his life, Anne ``Pat'' Kirtland Selden Lowe, while they were skiing. She was remarkable, too. Pat was among the first female geologists--and a scholarship in her name continues to support students pursuing degrees in geology at the University of Wyoming.
Wyoming has benefited immensely from Stan's career. He served in the State House of Representatives and was elected to be the county and prosecuting attorney for Carbon County. He spent the majority of his distinguished career as general counsel for True Oil. In 1985, Stan led a delegation of American lawyers on a goodwill tour to China. The legal profession benefited from his wisdom through his service as counsel for the American Judicature Society.
While practicing law, he never forgot about his service and his fellow veterans. Stan was appointed to the Wyoming Veterans' Affairs Commission by Governor Mike Sullivan in 1991 and upon his retirement he was named chair emeritus. In 2003, Stan was awarded the Civilian Meritorious Service Medal. Stan has led the efforts to expand Wyoming's only Veterans Cemetery. His passion for history paved the ground for the Wyoming Veterans Memorial Museum.
Stan served in supportive and leadership roles in multiple veterans' organizations. Stan is a 3 year district commander of the American Legion. He was recently honored with the title of Honorary Past Department Commander, a title only given four other times in the history of the Wyoming American Legion. Stan continues to highlight veterans events and issues through his weekly article in the Casper Journal and attends almost every troop homecoming and veterans event.
Wyoming's veterans have benefitted immensely from Stan Lowe's wisdom and leadership. Stan will turn 90 this year. Wyoming continues to look to Stan as the voice for veterans. My wife, Bobbi, and I are happy to have Stan as our friend, and veterans all over Wyoming are fortunate because Stan chose to serve.


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Beginning at 11:30 p.m. on Oct. 27, service on the east and westbound Green and Blue rail service lines will be interrupted. MARTA will establish a bus bridge to bypass Dome Station and the exercise. Patrons utilizing the bus bridge will be directed to exit at Vine City Station or Five Points Station and board a MARTA bus that will take them to the next available station.
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Today's Boston Globe trumpeted John Kerry's "decisive" win over Ed O'Reilly in the junior senator's first primary contest in 24 years. Kerry should be worried, however, by the strong showing O'Reilly made in Quincy, where the little-known challenger not only won a few precincts, but trailed Kerry in most by a mere 20 or so votes. (In one precinct, the North Shore-based O'Reilly was just three votes behind the Nantucket crowd's favorite career politician.)
That's good news for Republican nominee Jeff Beatty, a decorated Army veteran and former FBI agent and CIA counter-terrorism officer. Kerry's poor showing in a traditionally Democratic stronghold like Quincy means that there's a lot of dissatisfaction with Kerry out there — even among his traditional base of supporters. While O'Reilly is to be commended for having the guts to take on Kerry, all of his elective experience was at the local level, a fact that may have hurt him with some voters.
Beatty, however, possesses a rare combination of national security expertise and economic experience gained from running a nationally respected anti-terrorism consulting business. That's exactly the kind of experience we need in Washington.
Generally, when I think someone should be worried about losing his job, I suggest that the person start practicing the phrase, "Do you want fries with that?" In John Kerry's case, however, I think the still-junior-after-24-years senator might want to start brushing up on his "Pardon me, do you have any Grey Poupon?"