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David Bowman's first inkling of the tidal wave about to strike Canberra was a chance encounter at Parliament House in late February 1964. Bowman, editor of the Canberra Times for the past eighteen months, had accompanied the paper's chairman to a reception in King's Hall to celebrate the opening of parliament.
"There were six or eight of us in a small group," he recalls. "Rupert Murdoch was there. Arthur Shakespeare, our chairman, was there. I was there. Silence fell — one of those awkward silences — and Shakespeare turned to Murdoch and said abruptly, 'What are you going to do with that land in Mort Street?'" Murdoch, Shakespeare knew, had bought a block in the same street as the Canberra Times. "Rupert paused for a moment, and then said, 'Run you out of business!'" Everybody laughed, says Bowman, but there was no doubt that the comment was double-edged.
Double-edged in more ways than one, as it turned out. Not much more than a year later it was Murdoch's new paper, the Australian, that came close to going out of business. Just nine months after the first edition, with one editor already dispatched, Murdoch told senior staff that the News Ltd board had decided to close the fledgling daily. The attempt to take over or kill off the Canberra Times had dealt a near-fatal blow to Murdoch's longer-term strategy.
Arthur Shakespeare had been managing editor of the Canberra Times since his father established the paper in 1926. "A short, trim man in whom there is a mixture of toughness and sentimentality," in the words of the fortnightly magazine Nation, he ran a tight operation — so tight that one journalist later described the paper's headquarters as a sweatshop. Ian Mathews, a future editor of the paper, told a National Library interviewer that conditions at the Times in the early 1960s were "incredibly bad, in terms of accommodation and the hours one worked." But he loved working with David Bowman and quickly grew to enjoy "the enormous difficulties of producing that paper under those conditions."
In combination with Canberra's accelerating population growth, Shakespeare's frugality had boosted the paper's annual profits to a healthy £80,000 by the late 1950s. Now he feared that the paper's river of advertising revenue would prove too tempting for the big newspaper proprietors in Sydney and Melbourne. He also worried that the next generation of Shakespeares was too thin on the ground to keep the business going as a family affair. Six Shakespeares had worked on the paper more or less simultaneously over the decades, covering everything from advertising sales to linotyping. Facing a shortage of willing sons and nephews, the chairman laid plans to keep the Canberra Times in friendly hands.
"We have thought that the most desirable course for us to pursue," he wrote to the managing director of John Fairfax Ltd, Rupert Henderson, in 1958, "would be to reach an understanding which will ensure that in the place of family succession this newspaper would be in hands which would uphold it always as a useful organ of public opinion at the federal capital." Beneath the letter's elaborate formality was a clear message: only Fairfax was acceptable as a new owner of the Canberra Times, and if any other proprietor made an offer or threatened to launch a competitor, the publishers of the Sydney Morning Herald would be called in to help.
"Henderson filed this letter away carefully," writes Gavin Souter in his history of Fairfax, Company of Heralds, "and on more than one subsequent occasion asked his secretary to bring it to him so that he would know it was safe."
The agreement was extended and formalised in April 1963. Fairfax bought one-eighth of the shares in the Shakespeares' operating company and took an option to buy the rest in 1967. More importantly, it was agreed that an early takeover would be triggered if a strong competitor entered the market — and Rupert Murdoch, only thirty-two years old but already a force in Adelaide and Sydney, certainly met that criterion.
If Shakespeare's secret weapon was Fairfax, then Fairfax's was John Douglas Pringle, the man Henderson sent to Canberra to turn the Canberra Times from a provincial tabloid into a metropolitan broadsheet.
Scottish-born Pringle had edited the Sydney Morning Herald from 1952 to 1957 after being coaxed to Australia from Britain, where he'd worked on the Manchester Guardian and the Times. Back in London and working for the Observer — but missing, he later wrote, "the hot sun, the brilliant light, the crackle and glitter of the Australian bush, the warm, aromatic air and starlit nights" — he'd had another visit from Henderson. Would he be interested in coming back to Australia to edit a national weekly in Sydney or a national daily in Canberra? And, while these projects were being developed, would he host a current affairs program on Fairfax's Channel 7?
These offers, expressed with Henderson's usual "immense enthusiasm and personality," seemed exciting enough to justify a return to Australia. Pringle resigned from the Observer, packed up his family and sailed to Sydney in late 1963. He then spent a frustrating few months hosting Seven Days, an under-resourced rival of the ABC's Four Corners. ("I discovered, slightly to my surprise, that I was no good on television," he confesses in his memoir Have Pen: Will Travel.) And then, in early 1964, he was summoned to Henderson's office and presented with the job of saving the Canberra Times.
"Mr Henderson, who was an ebullient man, several times announced that the Canberra Times was to be a 'national paper,'" recalled Pringle. "This was not strictly accurate… Our aim was to make the Canberra Times a paper which served the federal capital in the same way that the Washington Post served Washington." The hope was that the paper would grow with the city "and eventually acquire a national importance."
In Canberra, David Bowman was surprised to find that he didn't need to look for a new job. He would still be editor, with Pringle taking Shakespeare's old title of managing editor. "This was a reflection of Pringle, who was very sensitive about these things," Bowman says. "He handled people well — he was really a man you could follow."
The admiration soon became mutual. Bowman was "a journalist of far greater technical skill than I and a young man of extraordinary drive and energy," wrote Pringle. "He would be sitting at his desk when I arrived at eleven in the morning and would still be there, subbing copy, reading proofs, making up pages, when I left in the bitter frost of a winter's night at one or two the next morning. Heaven knows when he went home."
Pringle wasn't the only new arrival. "For the first time," writes George Munster in his biography of Rupert Murdoch, A Paper Prince, "the Canberra Times had a news editor, a features editor, a political correspondent, an economics writer and a chief subeditor." They set about remaking the paper for what might well be a fight to the death.
Rupert Murdoch had already acquired a reputation for audacity, but the Australian was his biggest gamble yet. The launch of the paper was announced in April, a few weeks after he had tried to persuade Shakespeare to sell him the Canberra Times. Murdoch was "not greatly troubled" by Shakespeare's refusal, Fairfax's general manager Angus McLachlan recalled, because he believed that "under the active competition of the Australian, the Canberra Times would either go out of business or fall into his hands."
The publicity machine was already ticking over. A generously illustrated hardcover booklet, circulated to potential advertisers, described the Australian as "the most exciting development in the newspaper world in many years." More ominously for the Canberra Times, it promised that the new paper would serve Canberra readers "on a scale and at a level of quality never previously attempted in this country."
The Australian would be edited, assembled and printed in the national capital, with copies sent interstate by truck and plane. Large bureaus in the main capitals would supply state news, with international stories coming mainly from the wire services of major English-language papers around the world. ("At least a quarter of a million words a week of cable matter will flow into the Australian's Canberra editorial offices," confided the promotional booklet.) Among its journalists, "the policy and aspirations of the Australian called for the highest collective calibre ever attempted in Australia… a new kind of elite force." If the reality matched the sales pitch, the Australian would be a triumph.
Reality was moving in a different direction. On 1 May, a few weeks after the booklet began circulating, Shakespeare and Henderson dropped their first front-page bombshell. "The whole of the share capital of the Federal Capital Press of Australia Pty Limited, publishers of the Canberra Times, has been bought by John Fairfax Limited," said the announcement. "The Canberra Times will be developed as a national newspaper based on Canberra as Australia's capital… Mr Arthur Shakespeare, a son of the founder of the Canberra Times and the present chairman and managing editor, will remain as chairman."
Murdoch immediately modified his plans. The Australian would launch far sooner than anticipated, and would now be pitched at the major capital cities rather than primarily being a Canberra paper with a national circulation. It would still be edited in Canberra, but only the local copies would be printed there. Printing matrices would be flown to presses in Sydney and Melbourne by chartered plane, and the content of the largest state editions — and, especially, the Canberra edition — modified when necessary to suit the local market.
The second jolt for the creators of the Australian came on 1 July, when the Canberra Times converted from tabloid to broadsheet. Two stories dominated the spacious new front page — Indonesia's konfrontasi with Malaysia, and the fast-rising price of land in Canberra. The weather forecast predicted "rather cold" weather with occasional showers.
"Today," wrote Shakespeare in a letter to readers, "the Canberra Times appears in a new shape and new size. Our readers will want to know why this is necessary and whether it foreshadows other, and more fundamental, changes in its policy and character." He answered the second question first: "The Canberra Times will remain the same independent, responsible and wholesome newspaper that it has always been, tied to no party or interest, avoiding sensation and scandal, dedicated to the pledge which remains at our 'masthead' — To serve the National City and through it the Nation."
On the first question, Shakespeare observed that any newspaper must adjust its "form and content" to match the times. "New writers, new features, a wider coverage of news, more authoritative comment" almost inevitably called for bigger pages. He concluded with a flourish: "Big or small, tabloid or broadsheet, the Canberra Times will continue to serve the capital city as honestly and faithfully as it has done in its first thirty-eight years."
Although Nation contributor Ken Inglis initially felt that the early broadsheet editions looked "no more professional than the old paper" ("It was a hell of a rushed job," says Bowman), by the middle of the month it was, he wrote, "looking a little more comfortable in its broadsheet pages" and its photos were less "muddy." Angus McLachlan, watching from Sydney, was more impressed. Pringle and Bowman had applied "tremendous zest, working almost unbelievable hours," to create "an attractive quality newspaper," he later wrote. Even more impressed, in retrospect at least, was Rupert Murdoch. "It was a remarkable achievement. And a pretty rough welcome for us," he told biographer William Shawcross a quarter of a century later.
Overnight, the paper's circulation in Canberra and beyond increased by 2000, to more than 20,000. In a town with fewer than 20,000 households it was a remarkable achievement.
And so, in mid July 1964, the four characters who would play key roles in what Pringle called a "ferocious" newspaper battle were on stage and ready for the drama to begin.
At 18 Mort Street, Pringle and Bowman were working amicably together, backed by a significantly larger staff than the Canberra Times had ever fielded before. Space was so short in the newly renovated building that the two editors were sharing an office, their desks at right angles to one another. Ian Mathews recalls addressing editorial questions to a point midway between the two of them.
At 42 Mort Street, where the Australian's new premises were still being built while its large local and interstate staff were at work on the first edition, relations between the two leading figures, Murdoch and the man he had chosen as editor, Maxwell Newton, were less harmonious. Newton had joined the new project from Fairfax, where he had been editor of the Australian Financial Review during its transition to a daily, and had brought with him a small group of talented journalists unhappy with Fairfax management.
A "big, thick-haired, gap-toothed, raucous-voiced young man with the kind of vitality that reminded some people of the young Frank Packer," as Gavin Souter describes him, Newton is among the more puzzling figures in Australian journalism. (His entry in the Australian Dictionary of Biography is subtitled "journalist, editor, publisher and brothel owner.") At the Financial Review, first as a weekly, then a biweekly, then a daily paper, he had reshaped business reporting by employing university-educated journalists, linking the coverage of business, economics and politics in new ways, and encouraging direct, vivid language in headlines and reporting. (The brothels came much later, after a series of personal and business failures.)
Although Newton had been meeting secretly with Murdoch for some time, the trigger for his resignation from Fairfax was the intervention of the chairman, Warwick Fairfax, in editorial policy, especially to promote the interests of Liberal prime minister Robert Menzies. (According to Newton, Rupert Henderson responded to the news that Newton was leaving Fairfax with the words, "If I had a heart, you would have broken it.")
On paper, the relationship between the proprietor and the editor of the Australian seems doomed from the start, especially given Murdoch's hands-on style. "Newton was a free trader and a supporter of the Vietnam War; Murdoch was then a protectionist who opposed the war and favoured what Newton saw as other 'Left-Liberal causes,'" writes Murray Goot in the Australian Dictionary of Biography. "Newton wanted a paper that attracted an elite readership and charged high advertising rates; Murdoch, who had not planned for a national paper and was desperate to stem its losses, was more at home with what Newton saw as 'vulgar journalism.' Above all, Murdoch 'constantly interfered editorially.'"
Strangely, Murdoch appeared to have no coherent vision of what kind of paper the Australian would be. As one of his senior journalists, Guy Morrison, told media historian Denis Cryle in 2002, "I didn't really think he had devoted enough thought, planning and proper examination and discussion with the right people to make it viable from the start." For a contributor to the quarterly journal Dissent, Alan McConnell, the problem was an attitude of reckless optimism: "The assumption, particularly by Mr Newton and Mr Murdoch, seemed to be that it was quite an easy thing to establish a 'quality' paper if only you had youth and enthusiasm."
The haste isn't altogether surprising. Murdoch had been forced by the Canberra Times to abandon his plan to establish a monopoly in Canberra before taking on the rest of the country, and to accelerate preparations for the launch. "We never thought of pulling the plug," he told Shawcross. "We just said, 'Well, we'll have to go national right away.'"
On Wednesday 15 July 1964, a fortnight after the Canberra Times went broadsheet, the first edition of the Australian rolled off the presses. It was a cold, gusty day in the national capital, and the reception for this and subsequent editions was mild to warm.
"The Australian is, first of all, a clean and handsome thing to look at," wrote Ken Inglis in Nation. "Not all the news pages have the 'elegant appearance' we had been led to hope for; but compared with those of every other Australian newspaper they are, as promised, 'uncluttered.' The double-page carrying editorials, cartoon and features seems to me simply beautiful: a few square feet of black and white fit to place alongside the best-designed newspapers of our language and time — the Guardian, say, or the Observer, or the New York Herald Tribune.
"The prose is less elegant than the layout," Inglis continued. "Contributions by such writers as Robin Boyd, Jock Marshall, Kenneth Hince and Edgar Waters read as if the layout were designed for them; some other pieces, signed and unsigned, sit there less happily." Overseas news was given more space than in any of the other main metropolitan papers, and the sports pages were tailored for different states.
George Munster, writing in his 1985 biography of Murdoch, is more acerbic. The first edition was "a hotch-potch," he writes, and the editorial in the first issue was right to confess that "we are growing up. But we have manifestly not achieved maturity."
The biggest disappointment was page three, which signalled a failure of nerve on Murdoch's part. Inglis was appalled to discover a horoscope: "Here, in a newspaper candidly designed for the best-educated part of the population, was a daily dose of the most mindless of superstitions." And what, he wondered, was the point of the rest of the page, which was billed as the Peter Brennan Page, "the column that goes round the world's lighter side"? "It appears to be a copy of the 'William Hickey' page of the London Daily Express," said Inglis, "a section of crisp, trivial and often malicious gossip."
For both Munster and Inglis, the Saturday edition would be where the Australian really shone. The weekend features section, Inglis wrote, "looks better, ranges more widely, and is written with a more even competence, than the comparable section of any other Australian paper." "Through the rough times ahead," says Munster, "the Saturday edition would be widely read and would pull up the average sales."
For the editors and journalists anxiously watching from further up Mort Street, it was the Australian's eight extra pages of Canberra news that were particularly worrying. Bowman had seen a copy of the first edition of the new paper before he'd gone home the night before. "It was two or three o'clock in the morning, I suppose. When I pored over it to get some measure of it, I felt that we were being outgunned."
For Inglis, though, the Australian seemed "not quite as efficient" on local matters. The Canberra Times was running many more columns of classified advertisements, "which serve an urban community as a people's market," and "printing rather more hard news about the city's affairs." The photographs appear to have lost more of their muddiness too.
Pringle's experience writing editorials on foreign affairs back in Britain soon became an enormous asset for the Canberra paper. "It was absolutely incredible," recalled Ian Mathews, "to see the way in which Pringle could grasp matters of international and national importance and immediately write a comment which was so apposite that you would find it being quoted back a few days later — whether it was by Australian Associated Press or by other newspapers. He really was, I found, a most incredible operator."
Nevertheless, the circulation of the Canberra Times fell by thousands of copies, mainly because the Australian was being delivered free to Canberra households for a month. "It was a hell of a drop for us," says Bowman. "There was reason to wonder about our future."
At 42 Mort Street, though, there were signs of trouble. "Murdoch, the ubiquitous shirt-sleeved presence, was an evening paper man, hungry for events translatable into headlines," writes Munster. "Newton was a weekly commentator turned editor of a daily. They had spent months preparing a mix that didn't blend."
The differences between the two men weren't the only problem. "There were nights when the charter planes could not take off at the fog-bound airport, the printing in Sydney and Melbourne accordingly ran late and readers saw their papers at around eleven in the morning," writes Munster. Adrian Deamer, who became editor in 1966, recalled that Murdoch was reputed "to have come out one night in his pyjamas and his dressing gown, shouting at the pilot, 'You can take off! You can take off!' You know, the fog all around over there and Rupert saying… 'Off you go!'"
For readers, there was plenty of evidence of the paper's confused identity. "Day after day, in the first months especially," wrote Alan McConnell, "sensational stories were chosen to lead the paper," with the aim of making readers change their reading habits. "The trouble was that it was so badly done, with the headlines and introductory paragraphs not supported by the body of the article, or the whole story not worth the prominence it was given."
The Australian's circulation dropped after the free copies to Canberra readers stopped, so almost immediately Murdoch added an expanded liftout of local coverage to what it called its Canberra and Southern Edition, "the two papers having taken the skirmishing as far across the plains as Goulburn and as far up the mountains as Cooma."
That observation is Ken Inglis's, in a Nation article taking a second look at the paper in December. The Australian, he wrote, "is not, as a prospectus for it said that it would be, 'one of the world's great newspapers'; and it was probably wild of Mr Rupert Murdoch or anybody else to think that there could be such a thing in Australia." He went on:
On Saturdays it seems to me quite clearly the best paper we have. During the week, if I lived in Brisbane or Adelaide or Hobart I would feel a daily surge of gratitude to Mr Murdoch for giving me an alternative to the stifling parochialism and ugly layout of my morning paper… If I lived in Sydney or Melbourne or Perth, my estimate of the Australian would depend on how it happened to be performing on any particular day; for its quality as a provider of news varies much more than its readers were led to expect.
Inglis had encouraging words for the team at 18 Mort Street. "For my fourpence," he wrote, "the Times still gives the better coverage of local news. In the few cases where I happen to have been able to check reports from my own knowledge, the Times has been on the whole more accurate. The Australian seems to miss more things than the Times."
Readers, meanwhile, were voting with their pennies, reports Munster. The Australian's circulation had averaged nearly 74,000 in the first fortnight of publication; by November, after Canberra households stopped receiving free copies, the figure was below 52,000. Murdoch was losing money at an alarming rate, and a pattern of significant losses would persist for much of the next half-century.
The battle was taking its toll on Murdoch, who was living apart from his first wife and their daughter and working long hours. Visiting the city from Sydney six months after the launch, Fairfax's Angus McLachlan dined with the young proprietor at his home. "He struck me as lonely and depressed," McLachlan wrote in his diary.
But Fairfax was finding the battle draining too. In another diary entry, McLachlan reports talking to colleagues in Sydney about the "Canberra situation," which "worries me because while [the] Australian keeps going I see little chance of reducing losses running at about £400 a week." But the Times, after faltering, was starting to win back its pre-Australian circulation and adding to it.
"To me, those twelve months in Canberra are now a blur of endless labour," recalled Pringle in Have Pen: Will Travel. Bowman, for his part, was enjoying himself immensely. "I thought there was no better place in heaven or earth than at the Canberra Times," he told me recently. "Canberra really was a fascinating place in which to edit, or even work for, a newspaper. There was such variety. If you're going to do it properly you've got to work bloody hard, of course, but the variety — parliament, the public service, a big university, the ACT Advisory Council… And all that was going on the Canberra 'village,' of course."
The turning point came — not a minute too soon for Fairfax and the Times — in March, nine months after the battle had begun. Newton, feeling increasingly out of step with his proprietor, had sent Murdoch an ultimatum demanding more power and autonomy. Murdoch rejected it, and Newton was replaced as editor. "I was genuinely sorry to see him go," wrote Pringle, who had given Newton his first job back at the Sydney Morning Herald in the mid 1950s, "but it was always pleasant to be on the winning side."
Two weeks after the new editor, Walter Kommer, took over, Murdoch told him that the News Ltd board had decided to close the paper. Munster, who knew Murdoch socially during this period, writes: "Visiting Sydney, Murdoch called one night into a restaurant to catch a friend and, unusually distraught, confided that he might have to sell the Australian to someone like [the Canadian media owner] Roy Thomson, who was on the lookout for new properties."
The crisis passed, but Murdoch was retrenching for the long haul. "Conflicting reports of Murdoch's intentions in Canberra," wrote McLachlan in his diary in June 1965, "but it seems certain he is to drop his Canberra edition of the Australian. Other reports are that the Australian is to become a national Sunday [paper] and that he is to put out a Canberra evening [paper]. I can't see that would do much to reduce his losses." McLachlan was planning a trip to Canberra the following day to see firsthand how Pringle and Bowman were faring.
Later that night came the news that Murdoch had dismissed sixteen staff and the Australian's Canberra edition had been dumped. For McLachlan, there was no reason now to delay his plan — brewing since before he took over as managing director — to bring Pringle back to Sydney to restore the tarnished jewel in the Fairfax crown, the Sydney Morning Herald, which had never recovered from his departure in 1957.
The battle for Canberra came to a definitive end in March 1967. The Canberra Times's circulation was now 23,000, mainly in the capital and nearby towns. The Australian, distributed across the nation, was selling 46,000 copies all up, far fewer than its launch publicity had anticipated and well short of the Sydney Morning Herald's 289,000.
Bowman heard the news of Murdoch's next move from an unexpected source one Saturday afternoon.
"I was busy digging up something or other in our front garden in Deakin," he recalls. "A car pulled up in the street and Max Newton got out. He said something like, 'Well, the Oz has gone.'
"I said, 'What do you mean?'
"And he said, 'They're going down to Sydney.'"
Bowman pauses for a moment, then laughs. "I couldn't have been happier." •


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Anti-Hate Law Used to Harass Media
Security and intelligence agencies are enforcing the Anti-Hate Law, even though it stems from an illegitimate institution. First they went for protesters, now a Cumaná newspaper became the first in its kind to be under investigation.
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#URGENTE Despues de casi dos horas, sale de la base de la DGCIM, en #Cumaná #Sucre, la periodista @Yndilu. Fue interrogada por una denuncia de un Círculo de Lucha Popular por supuestos previstos en la ley contra el odio. Aquí sus declaraciones #30Ene #LaDictaduraAtaca pic.twitter.com/vQx7TCgXKQ
— SNTP (@sntpvenezuela) January 30, 2018
This week, the infamous Anti-Hate Law entered a new stage in Cumaná (Sucre State), with its first-ever use against a media outlet: The main board members of newspaper Diario Región Oriente were questioned by officers of Military Intelligence (DGCIM) over an article published on January, 11. Last month, two protesters became the law's first casualties.
Journalist Yndira Lugo, director of the paper, endured a two-hour meeting, saying the case was brought by a Popular Struggle Circle (Circulo de Lucha Popular), a low-level PSUV branch of Cumaná. The investigation will now pass to the Public Ministry.
The article, titled "The Communists warn!" (¡Los comunistas lo advierten!), is based on quotes made days earlier by Perfecto Abreu, a high-ranking member of the Venezuelan Communist Party, who said that Venezuela is "at the gates of great social unrest" and that the majority of Venezuelans feel "uncertainty, indignation and desperation… over the aggravation of the socio-economic situation in the country."
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With Abreu's words as backdrop, the article goes into an analysis of 1989's "Caracazo", its main causes and the possibility of a similar scenario today. Looks like the 27-F references were alarming enough for some local chavista apparatchiks.
Some of you are probably wondering "what's a Popular Struggle Circle, anyway?" .
The term came from the PSUV's 2011 internal document Strategical Lines of Political Action, in which the future organization of the party is outlined. The circles are the second level basic groups, formed from the smaller patrols (which later became the Bolívar-Chávez Battle Units, or UBCH). Four UBCHs form a Popular Struggle Circle (which I'll refer from now on as "CLP").
Reading the article, you can see the rationale used by the local CLP members to strike. I admit that the piece is a structural mess, but it also offers different opinions and the main source is a public statement made by a pro-chavista politician, published in other outlets.
This incident isn't the first rendezvous of Diario Región Oriente with the hegemony: The paper flirted a couple of times with Newsprint-geddon and Yndira Lugo herself was attacked last May by pro-government demonstrators. The National Guard detained her later.
The use of the Anti-Hate Law to coerce the media was something I warned about since its proposal last August. As previous legislation only covered radio, TV and Internet, this one can cover from newspapers to public gatherings – and even street graffitis.
At least 20 restrictions against the press were registered on the first month of 2018, according to NGO IPYS Venezuela. Meanwhile, some private outlets decided to keep things quiet by either firing presenters or censor their social networks to avoid talking politics.
This is how the hegemony rolls.
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Since the introduction of Liquid Silicone Rubber (LSR) in the 1970's, the optimization of processes and procedures has become increasingly important for achieving higher strength, hardness, flexibility, soft-feel, and durability properties in the end product; reducing lead times and costs.
During the LSR production process, a crosslinking reaction occurs as the liquid silicone rubber flows through the extruder, injection mold, or compression mold. Determining the key parameters in processing is an important first step, as these parameters directly affect the crosslinking reaction [1]. Less than optimum processing parameters can lead to air voids, warpage, swelling, incomplete filling, premature gelation, incorrect curing profile, local overheating, cracks and deformations. When LSR was first introduced, any processing and part quality issues that occurred could only be addressed during production, after the mold was complete, and resulted in significant monetary losses.
Today, the technology exists and tools are available that can simulate and evaluate numerous design and processing conditions, before the mold is built or production begins. There are a variety of systems that can help detect and alleviate many of these issues, some that focus on part production, and others that focus on mold design. Companies such as SIMTEC Silicone Parts, a recognized technologically-advanced LSR injection molder, and other molders have taken advantage of the technology, and utilize CAD, CAM and/or CAE programs to give them the ability to foresee potential production issues, and make the appropriate adjustments before building tools, or initiation of the Liquid Silicone Rubber Injection Molding Production. The end customer benefits as well, with the reduction of their product development costs, and improved end-product quality.
Computer Aided Design (CAD) systems incorporate the 2D data from the engineering drawing of the part/product design, and creates 3D data for production of the mold and parts. In addition, any modifications or revisions made to the 3D structure will automatically update the 2D drawing [2].
Ideally, a Computer Aided Manufacturing (CAM) system is used in conjunction with the CAD system. A CAM system utilizes the 3D CAD data for production of the mold/die used in the injection molding or extrusion of Liquid Silicone Rubber parts. The data is translated into language a machine understands, creating the tool cutting paths used to manufacture the molds/dies − this is known as Numerical Control (NC) [2] automation. In some cases, a part design may need to be modified to improve mold manufacturing, or required due to elaborate features in the part design, difficulty producing certain mold surfaces, or the availability of tools. Because of the ever-present possibility a change in the part design can occur, it is important that CAD and CAM systems are compatible to allow for real-time updates and feedback.
Once the CAD/CAM information has been generated a Computer Aided Engineering (CAE) system can be used to simulate the process. CAE systems analyze both the way the product is processed, and its performance. Please note, unlike other materials, when processing Liquid Silicone Rubber (LSR), a CAM analysis is necessary before proceeding with Computer Aided Engineering.
Using the CAD/CAM data, the CAE program simulates, validates and optimizes the process. This is a multi-step process outlined below, and is necessary for attaining the desired optimized processing and parts production:
- Pre-processing: The variables to be analyzed are introduced
- Analysis: Silicone rubber processing is simulated
- Post-processing: The results are visualized using diagrams, charts, figures and/or videos
A CAE system can assist in an optimal mold design, optimum processing parameters taking into consideration the material and product, and calculates the mold filling behavior, temperatures, pressures, weld lines, air bubbles, etc. Typically CAE systems are based on Finite Element Method (FEM). In addition, for Liquid Silicone Rubber (LSR), a model for analyzing the curing behavior is also used [3]. FEM converts the process into Partial Differential Equations (PDEs) that are related using numerical model equations, and solved using numerical methods–all done in the software's backend. A final graphic is produced providing a maximum amount of information, directly correlated to the CAD data, and in accordance with the variables introduced in pre-processing. The value of these simulations are the time and costs savings achieved by avoiding mold/die modifications after production and testing. [2]
When using LSRs, additional processing analysis is necessary to determine the optimal parameters during mixing. Normally, processed LSR consists of a 2-part liquid silicone rubber, therefore the proportion, shutoff valve, and pressure must be controlled to avoid negative effects during processing [1]. The mixing simulation provides flow visualization, and offers a better understanding of the impact the process variables will have on the final product's properties.
Since part and mold designs directly affect the temperature profile and curing behavior during processing, poorly implemented changes to sections, ribs, bosses, housings, and other factors can cause a reduction in the product's mechanical properties due to higher shear stress resulting from increased temperature and faster curing than desired, and will lead to material degradation [4]. Since reprocessing liquid silicone rubber is still under developed, problems such as flashing, scorching or premature cure are challenges that should be evaluated before production [4]. Due to the associated quality issues, high precision, high quality molders like SIMTEC do not use reprocessed LSR's. Knowledge of a material's characteristics and the product design will also increase productivity, decrease nonconformities, and improve the quality of the final product.
"Before the construction of a mold for processing Liquid Silicone Rubber (LSR),
consideration should be given to which parameters and conditions are best in order to achieve the highest properties in the part based the application."
Other design parameters that affect processing can also be evaluated during the simulation. One of the most critical parameters in the injection molding process is the location of the gate, this is the place in the mold where the Liquid Silicone Rubber (LSR) enters into the mold cavity. Placing the gate in the wrong location can negatively affect the quality of the final product. Polymer design guidelines suggest the gate should not be located in areas where high external pressures are applied. The gate is considered a weak spot in the part, therefore it is advised that the gate should be as small as possible, and should not be placed on technical surfaces or those with critical dimensions. Sometimes the effect of gate location is not obvious, but with simulation it is possible to see the effect the location will have on the filling, cure, final dimensions, surface quality, shrinkage and final properties of the silicone rubber product, as well as calculate shear stress, air traps, weld lines, and viscosity, before a single gram of material is used.
A common strategy used to determine the optimal gate location is to run three different simulations [2]. In the first simulation, the gate is located centrally along the part; in the second simulation the gate is moved 90° around the part to the smallest side of the part; and for the third simulation, the gate is located on the bottom of the part. The simulation with fewest weld lines, better flow behavior, and lower cycle time are chosen.
Figure 1. Effect of gate location [4]
It is well known that premature curing should always be avoided. During a process simulation, the filling speed (slow speed, premature curing) and the flow length can be calculated. The effects the temperature of the material, the mold, and the part thickness has on the curing can also be forecast.
Some computational tools currently have the ability to anticipate or simulate changes in inherent properties of the material through the PVTC (Pressure, specific Volume, Temperature, and Cure) diagram. The effect of swelling and changes in the coefficient of thermal expansion can also be used to calculate the contraction and possible warpage.
The information obtained using different process conditions and understanding their effect, makes it possible to calculate an optimum processing time. For certain processing conditions, how the temperature and cure profiles change, and how the processing defects appear or disappear can be shown. By conducting a series of simulations, optimum processing conditions can be obtained. With elastomers, if the curing time is long, the costs will be higher and profit margins lower [1]. As discussed, there are many advantages to using simulations, and there are also areas for improvement. Currently a database does not exist with all of the various compounds that are available, therefore it can be cumbersome to sort through the thousands of possible combinations of additives that can be used in a specific application [3].
Having the capability to simulate the processing of Liquid Silicone Rubber (LSR) is beneficial to both customers and processors. Processors are aided with having a visualization of changes in the final product based on variations in the processing conditions, design processing validation, and optimization. As a result customers enjoy less time and costs due to the reduced need for prototypes, remanufacturing and reprocessing, and expedites product development time and time-to-market.
Contact SIMTEC Silicone Parts and take advantage of the benefits our optimized manufacturing, and our team of experts in LSR and LSR Multi-Shot injection molding solutions can offer you on your next project. Contact Us today!
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Are you facing DUI charges or DWI charges anywhere in Maryland? If so, according to Maryland DUI laws, you are looking at very serious penalties such as loss of drivers' license, loss of child custody, heavy fines and possible jail time. Our Maryland DUI lawyers handle misdemeanor, felony, DUI, DWI and juvenile cases throughout Annapolis, Baltimore, Ellicott City, Frederick, Glen Burnie, Salisbury, Silver Spring, Upper Marlboro and Wheaton, Maryland. Our team of Maryland DWI defense lawyers includes former prosecutors as well as former career police officers. Together with our private detectives and forensic experts, we work as a team, drawing on more than half a century of law enforcement experience. We know firsthand how cops and district attorneys put together cases. We used to be in their shoes. We have the playbook. Now we use this insider knowledge to your advantage in fighting your pending DUI and or DWI charges.
Contact Our Maryland DUI Lawyers
Please feel free to email our Maryland DUI lawyers and Maryland DWI attorneys. Maryland is one of the few states to have different laws based on BAC level. Our MD DWI attorneys have been handling all types of Maryland impaired driving cases. They offer free consults and serve all of MD: Annapolis, Aberdeen, Baltimore, Bel Air, Bethesda, College Park, Columbia, Denton, Easton, Elkton, Frederick, Upper Marlboro, Landover, Hyattsville, Chevy Chase, Olney, Towson, Silver Spring, Wheaton, Oakland, Salisbury and Ocean City.
Maryland DUI Laws & Maryland DWI Laws
If you are stopped by a law enforcement official and he or she thinks you are under the influence, they may request that you to submit to a field sobriety test or portable breath test. If you are arrested for impaired driving, the officer will advise you of your rights and provide you with an Advice of Rights form (DR-15) before requesting that you submit to a chemical blood alcohol concentration (BAC) test.
Blood alcohol concentration (BAC) is the amount of alcohol present in a 100 milliliter (mL) volume of blood. For example 80 mg is 0.08 grams, 0.08 grams of alcohol in 100 mLs is written as 0.08%. In other words, 80 mg% is equal to 0.08% which is equal to 80 mg/dL (deciliter; 100 mLs). This value can also be described as 0.08 BAC.
If you test above the legal limit for alcohol (0.08 BAC), or refuse an officer's request to submit to a chemical test for alcohol or drug use, you will be issued an Order of Suspension (form #DR-015A) along with your traffic citation(s).
The police officer will confiscate your Maryland driver's license and may issue you a 45-day temporary paper license.
If you were operating a commercial vehicle or are a commercial driver license holder at the time of your stop, you are also subject to the disqualification of your commercial driving status.
Violations Of License Restriction
An alcohol restriction on your license prohibits you from operating a vehicle with any level of alcohol in your blood. If you are under the age of 21, your license automatically carries "Under 21 Alcohol Restriction." If you have a prior impaired driving offense, your license may carry an alcohol restriction on it that was placed there by the Administration or the Courts. An alcohol restriction on your license also mandates that you submit to a chemical test when an officer suspects that you may be driving under the influence. If you refuse the test, or test positive for any level of alcohol, then you will be subject to additional sanctions.
Maryland DUI Penalties
If you are convicted of an impaired driving offense, you face both criminal penalties and license sanctions.
If you are convicted of Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol (DUI):
- For a first offense, you face up to a $1,000 fine and up to one year in jail. Twelve (12) points will be assessed on your driving record and your license may be revoked for up to six (6) months.
- For a second offense, you face a $2,000 fine and up to two years imprisonment (with a mandatory minimum of five days). Twelve (12) points will be assessed on your license and your license may be revoked for up to one year.
- For two convictions within five years, a mandatory period of suspension will be followed by a minimum required period of participation in the Ignition Interlock Program.
- You may be required to participate in an alcohol abuse assessment and program.
Maryland DWI Conviction Penalties
- For a first offense, you face up to a $500 fine and up to two months imprisonment. Eight (8) points will be assessed on your driving record, and you face a 6-month license suspension. If this conviction is the result of a driver under 21, you will face a 1-year suspension.
- For a second DWI offense, you face up to a $500 fine and up to one year imprisonment. Eight (8) points will be assessed on your driving record, and you face a license suspension of 9 to 12 months. If this conviction is the result of a driver under 21, you will face a 2-year suspension.
The penalties are substantially higher if you are transporting a minor at the time of the offense or for a third offense.
Maryland Juvenile DUI Laws
If you are under the age of 21 and found to have purchased, possessed or consumed alcohol, you face a fine of $500 for your first offense and $1,000 for your second or subsequent offense.
Anyone under 21 who violates their alcohol restriction must automatically participate in the ignition interlock program or face suspension. If assignment to interlock is for a second alcohol violation in 5 years, the duration of participation in the ignition interlock program is determined by how many times they have been assigned to interlock due to one of these violations.
If you are under 21 and in possession of a fake ID, you face a fine of up to $500 and up to 2 months in prison. Twelve (12) points will be assessed on your driving record, and your driver's license may be suspended or revoked.
If you are caught selling fake IDs, you face fines of up to $2000 and up to two years in prisonfor each fake ID sold. You are also subject to prosecution for violating federal and homeland security laws
If you are over 21 and knowingly furnish alcohol to a minor, you face a fine of up to $2500 for the first violation and a fine of up to $5000 for a second or subsequent violation.
Maryland MVA Point System
You will be required to go to Court for the citation(s) that were issued for an impaired driving offense. If you are found guilty of the violation, a record of the conviction will be posted to your driving record and points will be assessed.
Once the points have been assessed, if you have accumulated between 8 and 11 points within a two year period, your driver's license will be suspended. For an accumulation of 12 or more points, your license will be revoked. You may request a hearing or, in some cases, be eligible to opt into the Ignition Interlock Program.
Maryland Repeat DUI & DWI Offense Laws
If you are convicted of driving under the influence of alcohol and you have had a prior driving under the influence of alcohol or controlled dangerous substance violation within five years of the date of the violation, your license will be suspended for one year followed by participation in the Ignition Interlock Program for one year. You may, if eligible opt into the Program for one year in lieu of your suspension.
Maryland Ignition Interlock Device Program
Ignition Interlock is a device that is installed in vehicles that prevents drivers from operating the vehicle while impaired by alcohol. The driver must blow into the device and if his or her breath alcohol level exceeds the accepted level set on the device, the vehicle will not start. When installed, interlocks are associated with about a 70% reduction in arrest rates for impaired driving.
The 2011 Drunk Driving Reduction Act, implemented on October 1, 2011 expanded Maryland's Ignition Interlock program by requiring more drivers to participate. Participants in this program must have an Ignition Interlock Device installed in their vehicle, obtain an ignition interlock-restricted license and must successfully complete their assigned period of participation before they may regain full licensure.
Maryland Implied Consent Laws
Maryland implied consent laws, which are similar to all other states implied consent laws, are meant to punish drivers who operate a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol. If you have received a temporary driver's license, contact an attorney about scheduling an administrative license hearing with Maryland's Motor Vehicle Administration. Read on to learn more about Maryland's implied consent laws and how my law office can help you.
Under Maryland's implied consent laws, drivers are required to take a blood, urine, or breath test (includes preliminary) if an officer reasonably believes the driver is driving while intoxicated, or under the influence of alcohol. The officer does not have to arrest the driver in order to request a chemical or breath test. The officer must inform the driver that his/her license may be suspended for up to 120 days if he/she refuses to take a chemical test. In addition, the officer must inform the driver that if he/she fails the test, his/her driver's license will also be suspended for up to one year. If a driver refuses to take the test, or fails the test, the police officer will confiscate the driver's license and issue a temporary license that is good for 45 days. The driver should request a hearing with Maryland's Motor Vehicle Administration to have his/her driving privileges reinstated.
Civil Administrative Hearing
As mentioned above, the process of suspending a driver's license occurs when the police officer issues a temporary license as a result of the driver refusing to take a chemical test or failing one. The temporary driver's license will be valid for 45 days. Upon the 46th day, the MVA may officially suspend or revoke the driver's license.
If the driver failed the breath test, his/her license will be suspended for 45 days (first-offense). If the driver refused to take the test, his/her license will be suspended for 120 days. A driver can request a hearing immediately following the issuance of the temporary driver's license. An experienced attorney can represent the driver during the hearing. If the driver request the hearing within 10 days of the temporary license issuance, he/she can have a hearing set within 30 days. The driver's license will not be suspended prior to the hearing. If a driver requests a hearing after this 10 day period, his/her driver's license may be suspended prior to the 45 day hearing request limit.
An administrative law judge will oversee the matter and decide whether the driver's license should be suspended. The driver will have 30 days to appeal the judge's decision to the Circuit Court.
If you have received a temporary driver's license, contact an attorney to represent you at your administrative hearing. Hire an experienced attorney to represent you and protect your driving privileges. Do not delay in contacting an attorney when your driver's license is on the line. Doing so can result in your driver's license being revoked for a prolonged period of time and points being added to your driving record.
Maryland Probable Couse Laws
If you are pulled over for DUI or DWI in Maryland you may not be sure exactly why you were pulled over. Frequently the reasoning behind being pulled over had nothing to do with the arresting officer thinking you were intoxicated. Sometimes you can be pulled over for erratic or improper driving behavior and then, once the officer approaches you, he or she decides that you may be drunk or intoxicated. Under Maryland law, to legally pull you over, a police officer only has to have reasonable suspicion you have committed a crime or are about to commit a crime. A Maryland DUI Defense Attorney can help you understand the situation and also protect your rights.
Reasons You May Be Pulled Over For DUI
A law enforcement official may pull you over for any number of driving behaviors that may make him or her suspect you are driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol. Examples are:
Drifting Into Other Lanes
Driving Below Speed Limit
Erratic Braking
Driving On Center Lane Marker
Driving On Right Shoulder Marker
Signaling Inconsistently With Driving Actions
Driving With Headlights Off
Inexplicable Slowing Or Stopping
Being Reported By Another Citizen
No matter what driving behavior you exhibited that led to you being pulled over you have rights and they need to be protected. The best way to ensure your rights are protected is to enlist the help of a skilled and experienced DUI defense attorney who is familiar with Maryland DUI laws as well as Maryland Probable Cause Laws.
Determining Probable Cause In Maryland
Merely being pulled over for any of these driving behaviors in Maryland does not necessarily constitute probable cause to arrest for DUI or DWI in Maryland. Once you are pulled over you have no legal obligation to answer any incriminating questions the officer may ask you. Of course, they will be looking for signs of intoxication such as bloodshot eyes, slurred speech, decreased motor skills and an alcohol odor from your car or breath.
An officer needs probable cause to arrest you. However, he only needs reasonable suspicion to believe a crime has been committed or is about to be committed to pull you over. Thus, any infraction of the motor vehicle code gives the police reasonable suspicion but that's not probable cause to arrest you for a DUI without more. Accordingly this is why you may want to refuse to answer questions or do field sobriety testing. If you are facing DUI or DWI charges anywhere in Maryland, and have concerns regarding probable cause, contact our tenacious Upper Marlboro Maryland DUI lawyers to discuss your case.
Maryland DUI Court Programs
The state of Maryland offers various DUI treatment courts and DWI treatment court programs to those facing DUI & DWI charges in MD. These courts are built upon a unique partnership between the criminal justice system and the drug and alcohol treatment community. A single DUI/DWI treatment court judge, through his or her authority and personal involvement, structures treatment intervention. DUI/DWI treatment courts are dependent upon the creation of a non-adversarial courtroom atmosphere where a single judge and dedicated team of court officers and staff work together toward the common goal of breaking the cycle of alcohol abuse and criminal behavior.
An Aggressive Approach To MD DUI & DWI Cases
Many Wheaton Maryland DUI defense lawyers take a wait-and-see approach. They stall until the first court date, or until they receive the police reports, before investigating and working up your case.
By contrast, our Towson, Maryland DUI lawyers believe there's no time to waste. The most critical window for DUI and DWI defense work may be the first few days following an arrest, or even prior to formal charges being filed. By getting to work immediately, often we can locate favorable defense evidence and witnesses, and get a "head start" towards defeating the charges.
Make no mistake. Cops concern themselves mainly with aiding the prosecution and building up a case against you. They should not be relied upon to gather favorable evidence that helps exonerate their suspect. They are not on your side.
Some of our Ellicott City Maryland DUI lawyers are former career police officers. But now their job is to find the evidence that will benefit you. We assign them to re-interview and locate witnesses, to canvass neighborhoods, to obtain surveillance tapes, to do background checks on key prosecution witnesses, and to locate evidence to corroborate our client's version of the events.
Our Towson MD DUI Lawyers Know the Local Courts
Every county and every courthouse has its own way of doing things. The DUI court process in Baltimore County, for example, differs significantly from the process in Anne Arundel County. But even within Worcester County, the procedures at the central courthouse vary considerably from Harford and Frederick County. As each county has a different system and process for handling DUI and DWI cases it is important to retain a local attorney who is familiar with all counties laws.
Our College Park, Maryland DUI lawyers are all very well versed in the working at their own local courthouses. By working day in and day out in the same places, we develop trusting relationships with judges, prosecutors, probation officers and court staff. Moreover, we know how things work in particular courtrooms, and with particular prosecuting agencies. We've learned whom to talk to, who has discretion, and the most effective ways to get the job done.
Contact Our Maryland DUI Lawyers
Facing Maryland DUI and Maryland DWI charges can traumatize most people. This is especially true of those who are facing their first run in with the ever. Nothing compounds the stress more than the inability to reach your attorney.
Our Bel Air Maryland DUI lawyers put a premium on the accessibility of our criminal defense lawyers and support staff. We're here to provide moral and emotional support as well as legal representation. To do this, we observe two policies:
- Every client phone call, email or text is returned the same day; and
- Every client gets the personal cell phone number of his/her attorney and the lawyer's assistant
Not only does this provide you the assurance of knowing you can reach your lawyer at critical times. It also helps us to do our job more effectively.
We find that close client interaction is pivotal to our work. Our DUI clients are the best resource for understanding what happened and who the key players are in the case. We want to hear from you, and you'll definitely be hearing from us as together we map out the story and put together the best defense possible.
Early Intervention Before Charges Get Filed
Sometimes it's possible to stop criminal charges from ever being filed.
Following an arrest or investigating a suspected crime, the police take their evidence to the district attorney. The D.A. evaluates the potential case and decides what criminal charges (if any) to file. Usually, the prosecutor makes this decision based solely on what the police present. But often there's much more to the story.
Many times our network of Maryland DUI lawyers serving Annapolis, Essex, Bel Air, Rockville and Upper Marlboro can also meet with the D.A. during this same time period. We can present our witness statements, our evidence and our information.
Knowing your side of the story may affect the D.A.'s calculations. When the prosecutors see the whole picture, not just what the cops (or the alleged "victim") have to say, they may decide to file lesser charges (a misdemeanor rather than a felony, for example) or not to file DUI or DWI charges at all (we call this a "D.A. Reject").
Legal "Second Opinions"
Do you already have a Maryland DWI defense lawyer? Has your case been pending for awhile. Your attorney advises you on a certain case strategy, such as accepting the D.A.'s offer, or taking the case to trial. Now you face a major life decision. And you're just not sure what to do.
We can evaluate your case and offer our independent judgment as to your various options and the merits of each. Much like a patient may see another doctor for a "second opinion" before deciding whether to undergo an elective surgery, we can give you a legal second opinion.
In the end, we may concur with your present attorney's position. Or we may not. Or we may suggest a totally different approach. But our advice to you will be (a) unbiased, (b) independent, (c) looking only to your best interests, and (d) based on a careful analysis of all the facts and law.
Help With Bail And Release
If your loved one is custody for DUI charges, our skilled Ellicott City DUI defense attorneys can often arrange a bail hearing to get bail reduced or to secure your release. We assist inmates in custody at any of the state's jails, detention centers, juvenile facilities and correctional facilities.
Types Of DUI & DWI Cases We Handle
Many of our Maryland DUI defense attorneys are former DUI prosecutors and law enforcement officers with decades of experience both prosecuting and defending drunk driving cases.
Over their legal careers out Bel Air Maryland DUI lawyers have worked closely with the law enforcement officials and police toxicologists, compiling evidence and presenting cases in court. They use that experience to effectively defend your rights and have your charges dropped or dismissed. If that cannot happen they will do everything necessary to minimize the legal repercussions associated with your case.
We proudly serve those facing DUI and DWI charges of all types including:
Maryland DUI Lawyers
MD DWI defense attorneys
First offense and subsequent offense DUI
Reckless driving alcohol related (aka wet reckless)
Ambien DUI and Lunesta DUI
Drugged driving
Juvenile DUI
College student DUI
Marijuana DUI
DUI with minor in vehicle
DUI with property damage
DUI with physical injury
DUI on federal property
Military DUI
CDL holder DUI
These are some of the more common DUI case our Upper Marlboro Maryland DUI lawyers handle. No matter what DUI cases you are facing, or what secondary charges are bundled in, you should seek experienced legal counsel right away.
Contact Our Annapolis Maryland DUI Lawyers
Our Silver Spring Maryland DUI lawyers start every case the same way. We listen. Once retained our Ocean City Maryland DUI lawyers sit down with you (and your witnesses) to hear exactly what happened. The police and the accusers are going to have their story. We'll be presenting yours. So we want to start by hearing and understanding your side of it. Contact our Glen Burnie Maryland DUI lawyers to schedule a consultation to see if we're the right Salisbury Maryland criminal defense lawyers for you.
Our College Park, Maryland DUI lawyers have local criminal law offices in Annapolis, Baltimore, Bel AIr, Bethesda, Bowie, College Park, Crownsville, Denton, Elkton, Frederick, Easton, Landover, Salisbury, Havre De Grace, Oakland, Glen Burnie, Hagerstown, Hyattsville, Landover, Laurel, Ocean City, Rockville, Silver Spring, Upper Marlboro and Wheaton.


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Mossimo Giannulli is best known as the creator of the fashion
brand, Mossimo. Here's Mossimo Giannulli's net worth and how he makes his
How Mossimo Giannulli became famous
Mossimo Giannulli became famous after starting his namesake
fashion brand, Mossimo. Giannulli reportedly dropped out of the University of
Southern California back in 1987. The former architecture student left college
so he could focus on his fashion brand, which he started in 1986. He borrowed
$100,000 from his father and started his business in a garage, according to The
Hollywood Reporter.
Mossimo Giannulli and Lori Loughlin
and Full House star Lori Loughlin
have been married for more than two decades. They were married right after
Thanksgiving, on November 27, 1997. The couple decided to elope instead of
having a traditional wedding. Before meeting and marrying Giannulli, Loughlin
married Michael R. Burns in 1989, two years after the premiere of Full House. The couple divorced in 1996,
after the television series ended.
Mossimo Giannulli's children
Giannulli and Loughlin have two daughters, Olivia Jade and Isabella Rose. Olivia Jade became famous after setting up her lifestyle YouTube channel and Instagram account. As her following grew, fashion and cosmetics brands linked with the social media star so they could promote their products. However, Olivia Jade lost some of her partnerships after the college admissions scandal broke.
In March 2019, Giannulli, Loughlin, and actress Felicity
Huffman were among roughly 50 people accused of participating in a college
admissions bribery scheme to help get their children admitted into some of the
nation's top colleges. Wealthy parents were accused of allegedly bribing
college coaches and workers at college testing centers, according to federal
How Mossimo Giannulli made money
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Giannulli built most of his wealth from his clothing company,
Mossimo. The brand went public on the New York Stock Exchange in 1996, and the
company's value rose to $275 million. At the time, Giannulli was the youngest chairman
of a company listed on the New York Stock Exchange (he was 32 years old),
reports the Los
Angeles Times. This was a very good time for Mossimo, as the company's
earnings grew quickly. Mossimo reported $15.1 million in net income for the
nine-month period ended Sept. 30, 1996, according to the publication. This was
up from $7.4 million in 1995.
In 2006, Giannulli sold Mossimo to Iconix Brand Group. The company also owns London Fog, Candies, Ed Hardy, Joe Boxer, and other fashion brands, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Mossimo is sold in Australia, Europe, the United States, Mexico, Japan, New Zealand, the Philippines, and South America. In 2018, the clothing brand collaborated with managers of the The Simpsons brand to feture the show's characters on athletic clothing. A few years later, in 2000, Giannulli collaborated with Target on a licensing deal. Mossimo partnered with the department store for 17 years.
Mossimo Giannulli's net worth
Mossimo Giannulli has an estimated net worth of $80 million.
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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7385734613853151197.post3035483485085014283..comments2023-09-06T02:59:22.928-06:00Comments on Ask Your Dad Blog: Dear Crappy ParentJohn Kinnearhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7385734613853151197.post-24749764135831515422016-03-14T05:27:18.730-06:002016-03-14T05:27:18.730-06:00every parents is bestevery parents is bestRashel Ahmedhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7385734613853151197.post-34874181250273704482016-01-09T03:25:58.230-07:002016-01-09T03:25:58.230-07:00I loved this. I was one of those judgemental paren...I loved this. I was one of those judgemental parents when my 16 year old son was younger. I cringe at the thought. I now know how humble you can become when you realise you are far from perfect yourself. A much better place to be, in my opinion. kimhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7385734613853151197.post-48091720506561839542015-10-10T01:03:01.785-06:002015-10-10T01:03:01.785-06:00Your current little one lowers a new soft drink on...Your current little one lowers a new soft drink on to the ground plus your fury can be a great deal more as opposed to predicament should get. Men and women end along with stare in anyone. Your current words and phrases are generally high in volume along with damaging along with My spouse and i speculate for you to me the amount you happen to be detrimental your current little one.Robert Joneshttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7385734613853151197.post-81653439699809055902015-07-27T12:46:24.001-06:002015-07-27T12:46:24.001-06:00Pretty darn well written and cool blog! Gratz and ...Pretty darn well written and cool blog! Gratz and cheers from another dad! 27 and my daughter will turn 5 in a few days! :) Yay! :) Time sure flies...

Anyway, came across this blog after the media in my country wrote about this woman here where I live who copied and stole half if not all of your text... So I had to find out what the source was and what the fuzz was all about. Sure glad I did. :)
was a good read. Thanks ;)

Ps... You forgot something at your end of this blog there where it says:
" Be cool to each other. We're in this together :) "
There is a quote very similar to that line that goes like this: We're in this together, I see you, You are not alone.
And the I see you part fits well with the opening part of the blog. :)

Take care and greetings from Norway! :) email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7385734613853151197.post-54879812407250209472015-07-26T08:17:25.231-06:002015-07-26T08:17:25.231-06:00It is very obvious that the article linked to abov...It is very obvious that the article linked to above has borrowed (stolen) a lot from the AYD article without giving proper credit. It was published in a major Norwegian newspaper, but they deleted the article on their web site after they discovered the plagiarism.

The author behind the plagiarist article still claims she didn't read the AYD article before writing her blog post. Embarrassing.a-jayhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7385734613853151197.post-32459980621820718582015-07-26T07:42:10.807-06:002015-07-26T07:42:10.807-06:00There are someone out there pretending to be the a...There are someone out there pretending to be the auther of this text:

http://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7385734613853151197.post-80407951078738118302015-07-26T06:15:26.650-06:002015-07-26T06:15:26.650-06:00Really nice text, you have a great point. I would ...Really nice text, you have a great point. I would like to make you aware that there is a woman in Norway (mammadamen.com) who has translated your text and published it as her own, and sensuring all comments that asks her to credit you. Her title is "Kjære udugelige mamma, jeg så deg". email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7385734613853151197.post-66641668468728220922015-07-24T22:25:18.871-06:002015-07-24T22:25:18.871-06:00Very good article in my opinion! I'm one of t...Very good article in my opinion! I'm one of those parents being judged! My husband and I adopted 3 siblings of a meth addict. They came with so many issues. I grew up in a very stereotypical home. I had no clue kids could behave as mine did. My husband and I read every book and article we could get our hands on. We saw therapists and doctors. None of them were able to completely figure out how they ticked. Our parenting had to be individually tailored to each kid. What worked with one didn't work on the other. I got glares, comments and dirty looks from many parents. I always felt like I need to hand out disclaimer pamphlets to explain our particular situation and why I was parenting the way I did. It was a very lonesome time! Adults didn't want my kids playing with their kids because they didn't understand them. It was hurtful.

I really appreciate you bringing this topic out in the open. You can't judge a book by its cover! Thank email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7385734613853151197.post-42978441355406992992015-07-22T22:50:37.217-06:002015-07-22T22:50:37.217-06:00I've been in the same shoes.My friends took ov...I've been in the same shoes.My friends took over and tried,but my son didn't learn how to ride a bike without training wheels until 9. My father in law was getting ready to teach him,turned around and bam he was off biking on his own.Confessions of an Italian sushi eating womanhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7385734613853151197.post-52462249145609402342015-07-20T20:54:40.564-06:002015-07-20T20:54:40.564-06:00http://www.news-journal.com/blogs/reader/entries/2...http://www.news-journal.com/blogs/reader/entries/2015/jul/20/note-to-self/ONLY SONhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7385734613853151197.post-70603677573894247032015-07-20T02:07:27.066-06:002015-07-20T02:07:27.066-06:00I don't think you're getting the point... ...I don't think you're getting the point... What if I am on my phone trying to get my kid into the specialist I've been trying to get him in to for 6 months, or answering an email from my boss because he doesn't care if I'm at the park with my kids.... What if my kid has aspergers and the only way she will sit thru a meal is to have a screen in front of her...

The point is, don't assume you know anything about anyone. In fact, go with the assumption that you know nothing about everyone and that they are doing the best they can. email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7385734613853151197.post-50640366233319636322015-07-19T12:40:04.453-06:002015-07-19T12:40:04.453-06:00You seem like a remarkably pleasant person.You seem like a remarkably pleasant person.John Kinnearhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7385734613853151197.post-80638271360329519452015-07-19T10:46:39.567-06:002015-07-19T10:46:39.567-06:00We seem to be forgetting the child here. As adults...We seem to be forgetting the child here. As adults we have choice, can hopefully make sensible decisions and reason with situations where emotional conflict in our own lives affects our judgement.
We all have those tough days, no money, stress at work and general conflict BUT when has it ever been right to raise our voices to children, feed them rubbish, teach them how to behave in social situations, babysit you child through computer aided consoles! IT isn't!
A poorly written article that certainly doesn't touch on the bigger picture in society right now!! Nobody is perfect, we know that but when you bring a child into this world you have a right to treat them with respect and teach them the skills to become confident adults and respect the word NO. Without that that a child will mirror behaviour regardless of whether it has had a bad day, is stressed at work or needs an easy life. Behaviour breeds behaviour without reason. firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7385734613853151197.post-28467865928221336332015-07-17T17:10:23.869-06:002015-07-17T17:10:23.869-06:00And I would never judge you for that. Give them an...And I would never judge you for that. Give them an iPhone, tablet, coloring book... Whatever it takes to keep their little butt in their seat. It just bothers me when I'm dining out, and I see some distracted parent not give a hoot about what their kid is doing. It's not the job of the restaurant staff to babysit your kid. It's rude, thoughtless, and quite frankly it can be dangerous. email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7385734613853151197.post-68926696972637436082015-07-17T13:06:45.787-06:002015-07-17T13:06:45.787-06:00Well, that is why I gave him the iPhone! To stop h...Well, that is why I gave him the iPhone! To stop him from running around :)John Kinnearhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7385734613853151197.post-77303603865677289152015-07-17T13:00:58.648-06:002015-07-17T13:00:58.648-06:00I agree with most of this... Most. The parents who...I agree with most of this... Most. The parents who let their kids run around the restaurant actually do suck. Do you not understand that there are people rushing around, carrying hot food? So when that unsuspecting waiter who trips over your unsupervised child and spills hot soup all over himself and\or the child- is it his fault? The child's? Or perhaps the parent who let their child run amok in a semi dangerous circumstance? Food for thought... Pun firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7385734613853151197.post-8726370629909296802015-07-16T20:03:04.850-06:002015-07-16T20:03:04.850-06:00What? Bruce Willis is dead the whole time? Way to ...What? Bruce Willis is dead the whole time? Way to ruin the end of Sixth Sense for me. ;)Bettyhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7385734613853151197.post-32087524277043112492015-07-16T13:10:02.471-06:002015-07-16T13:10:02.471-06:00I would rather my kids know that I love them than ...I would rather my kids know that I love them than have a spotless house. It sounds like you have your priorities straight. Triciahttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7385734613853151197.post-1574841678149706852015-07-16T11:52:04.029-06:002015-07-16T11:52:04.029-06:00Gah, its been such a tough week with my 3 year old...Gah, its been such a tough week with my 3 year old son and 13 month old daughter that this made me cry. Everyone seriously just needs to mind their own business and choose kindness over firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7385734613853151197.post-66297779281423705282015-07-16T10:24:28.917-06:002015-07-16T10:24:28.917-06:00We all make mistakes, it's true. I've been...We all make mistakes, it's true. I've been thinking all week about a dad who was holding the hands of his two little boys (5 and 6, approximately) while screaming obscenities at his wife who was walking behind him. The littlest son was terrified and bawling.

Now, do I know what kind of pressure this guy is under? No. Do I know if his wife cheated on or something? No. But I do know that sometimes, your kids are terrified and you need to be the adult and hold off on a confrontation--especially with your email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7385734613853151197.post-74747838602661603632015-07-16T10:06:27.519-06:002015-07-16T10:06:27.519-06:00Thank you, thank you, thank you for this. The stru...Thank you, thank you, thank you for this. The struggle has been real in my house lately and I needed email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7385734613853151197.post-39691067266209426752015-07-16T04:08:43.345-06:002015-07-16T04:08:43.345-06:00U are a hero. My big brother is a stay at home dad...U are a hero. My big brother is a stay at home dad. 9, 4 and 2♡ He loves to take care of the kids while his wife is a business type. She would go crazy as a stay at home mom. My brother has a seizure disorder so therefore gets tons of judgment. Unfit parent, grow some balls, be a man... Bull Shit! U guys are awesome, despite ur disability u are wonderfully capable of being the best parent u can be. Which is what we all strive to be. Im a SAHM of a 2yo girl and another girl almost here. Its rrough and I dont have a disability at all. I have no clue how u guys manage. Keep on keeping on and let the negative roll off ur shoulder. firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7385734613853151197.post-51743609261893673042015-07-16T00:43:10.755-06:002015-07-16T00:43:10.755-06:00Love this post - thank you. I'm so often too s...Love this post - thank you. I'm so often too sensitive to the judgement I receive in those moments where I"m at my worst. I wrote a post on my blog not too long ago in the same vein: http://afrenchamericanlife.com/2014/02/10/an-open-letter-to-moms-everywhere/
Agreed that we could all stand to back off of the criticisms and the judgement and just be supportive and kind to our fellow parents out there. Hardest job ever, and we need all the positivity we can get.
email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7385734613853151197.post-12508264077255767752015-07-15T22:10:24.372-06:002015-07-15T22:10:24.372-06:00My son is adhd, pdd-nos, and oppositional defiant....My son is adhd, pdd-nos, and oppositional defiant. Many only see me frustrated and stressed after a long day of dealing with his behaviors. They can judge all they want thinking I'm being too hard or snapping too easy. They don't see how much work I put in day in and day out to help him improve his behaviors and do better socially to make friends. They don't see all the activities I take him to in order to always be working on those skills. They don't see the praise for even the tiniest good deed. But I don't care. I am a good mom. My son tells me so.Anonymoushttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7385734613853151197.post-36586398462872727282015-07-12T14:55:34.876-06:002015-07-12T14:55:34.876-06:00Yes, this! Of course there are terrible parents. O...Yes, this! Of course there are terrible parents. Of course the one who looks like they're being neglectful may actually be. But by and large, I think that most parents probably are doing their best.
I have a short temper, unfortunately. When I tell my little boy to stop doing something, in a gentle way, and he just won't do it, then I get mad. I think it's because I feel so helpless and hurt. Why won't he just listen to me? I love him, I do so much for him, and he'll completely ignore me sometimes. So I snap. If anyone saw me snap, they wouldn't know about the times I sit him in my lap, without him having to ask me, and read story after story after story; they wouldn't know the times I've put down what I was doing and listened to him; they wouldn't know I hug him every night before bed and tell him 'I love you', or that I give him a kiss in the morning before I go to work, even if he's asleep; they wouldn't know how I pray for him. All they see is that one moment when I snap and show my temper, and that's all they think they need to know. They don't realize that when I do it, I myself feel like a terrible person. I hate getting angry, even at the moment I'm doing so. firstname.lastname@example.com


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This briefing note lays out the NCD Alliance's priorities for the process leading up to the 2018 High-level meeting to ensure an inclusive, comprehensive preparatory process and a successful HLM. It describes the meeting background and the four main process priorities (namely regional preparatory processes; UN civil society task force; a civil society hearing prior to HLM; and participation). This note also outlines the NCD Alliance's position on the optimum timing, length, and outcome of the meeting.


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Civil rights activists are pushing communities across the nation to limit their cooperation with federal deportation officers. They are keeping their phone lines ringing. They are packing their City Council meetings. And they are drafting model rules for them to adopt.
Those efforts are catching fire in the Atlanta area now that President Donald Trump is carrying out a broad crackdown on illegal immigration. Since May, three Georgia cities — Atlanta, Clarkston and Decatur — have adopted measures in favor of restricting their interactions with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
The debate is helping shape Georgia's gubernatorial race and Atlanta's mayoral election. And it is happening as Trump is asking Congress to punish so-called "sanctuary cities." Meanwhile, Trump is tying the issue to the fate of Obama-era protections for "Dreamers," or immigrants who were brought to America as young children without authorization. The president announced Sunday that any congressional deal to continue their protections must include penalties for communities that cut off ties with ICE.
As of February, there were about 140 cities, counties and states that had enacted policies restricting their cooperation with ICE, according to a report by the federal agency. Some jails in these communities won't honor ICE detainers, or requests to detain people for up to 48 hours beyond when they would normally be released so the agency can pick them up and seek to deport them. Courts have found complying with such detainers can violate Fourth Amendment protections against unreasonable search and seizure.
Azadeh Shahshahani is part of the Georgia #Not1MoreDeportation Coalition, a group of civil and immigrant rights organizations pushing Peach State communities to restrict their work with ICE.
"What is at stake is compliance with the Constitution," said Shahshahani, the legal and advocacy director for Project South, an immigrant rights advocacy group. "It's important for localities to send a strong message to their constituents that they are in fact welcoming communities and that immigrants and refugees should not be afraid of living in various Georgia localities."
There is now a debate raging in Georgia over whether a state law prohibiting "sanctuary policies" bars the rules Decatur adopted last month. Either way, Shawn Hanley, the chairman of Georgia's Immigration Enforcement Review Board, said he is troubled by the actions taken by Decatur as well as Atlanta and Clarkston.
"They are dividing this country even further," said Hanley, who stressed he was sharing his own opinion and not speaking on behalf of the state board he leads. "All they are doing is encouraging more illegal immigration."
The resistance in Georgia began years ago during the presidency of Barack Obama, who drew the derogatory nickname "deporter-in-chief" after his administration began carrying out record numbers of expulsions.
In September 2014, Fulton County commissioners passed a resolution urging Sheriff Ted Jackson to block ICE from using county facilities for "investigative interviews or other purposes." Two months later, the Clayton County Sheriff's Office announced it would no longer comply with ICE detainers. And a month after that, the DeKalb County Sheriff's Office said it wouldn't honor those detainers without a warrant or "sufficient probable cause."
Then in May of this year, Clarkston's City Council approved a policy saying city authorities shall not arrest or detain anyone based on ICE detainers. The council's decision followed the announcements of Trump's travel bans, his executive orders ramping up immigration enforcement and ICE's arrests of many Somali nationals in Clarkston. Mayor Ted Terry called the council's decision a "principled stance."
"I probably got more phone calls and emails on that issue than probably any other issue that we have dealt with in Clarkston," he said. "It clearly hit a chord with just the average residents."
Last month, Decatur City Manager Peggy Merriss adopted a one-page policy prohibiting city police from arresting, detaining or transporting anyone based solely on an ICE detainer. Merriss said her decision codified an unwritten policy Decatur police had been following for more than 10 years.
Still, her move drew the ire of Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle, a Republican gubernatorial candidate. He accused Decatur of violating a state law prohibiting "sanctuary policies." In a letter he sent last week to State Auditor Greg Griffin, Cagle pointed out state law bars cities from adopting policies prohibiting their employees from "communicating or cooperating with federal officials or law enforcement officers with regard to reporting immigration status information."
Decatur City Attorney Bryan Downs defended the city's policy Monday in a letter to Griffin, saying it "does not address — much less prohibit or restrict — communications or cooperation with federal officials or law enforcement officers with regard to reporting immigration status information."
Other GOP primary candidates — Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp, former state Sen. Hunter Hill and state Sen. Michael Williams — have also firmly opposed sanctuary cities. Each is taking positions on the party's conservative flank, wary of being painted as a moderate by one of his GOP rivals.
Williams, for example, accused Decatur of "using a loophole to avoid deporting illegals" and urged the expansion of the federal 287 (g) immigration enforcement program statewide. Named after the federal law that authorizes it, it gives local law enforcement officials the power to question people about their legal status, serve arrest warrants, and detain and transport criminals for immigration violations. Four counties in Georgia – Cobb, Gwinnett, Hall and Whitfield — already participate.
The debate over immigration has also surfaced in the wide-open race to succeed Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed in November.
In September, Atlanta's City Council passed a symbolic resolution saying city police should not arrest or detain anyone based on ICE detainers. The move followed Trump's decision to rescind the Obama administration's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which is temporarily shielding from deportation nearly 700,000 young immigrants.
It was sponsored by City Councilman Kwanza Hall, a candidate for mayor who posed this question: "What if they were your children?"
Reed has condemned Trump's immigration policies. But he's stopped short of declaring Atlanta a formal sanctuary city. Some of his would-be successors say he hasn't gone far enough. Former state Sen. Vincent Fort pledged earlier this year he would declare Atlanta a "sanctuary" even if it means risking heaps of federal dollars.
"I don't know about you, but we're going to fight to make sure that Atlanta is a refuge from evil," Fort said. "I know a thing about politics: We want Atlanta to be a sanctuary city before January 2018. But if it's not, it will be when I become mayor."
Other contenders urge a note of caution. Former Fulton County Commission Chairman John Eaves, also a candidate for mayor, said Thursday at a debate that he would make Atlanta a "safe zone" and order police to ban racial profiling and foster a tolerant atmosphere.
"You can embrace a sanctuary city concept," he said, "without calling it a sanctuary city."
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