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accuser of the man formerly known as Father Anthony Cipolla was re-
peatedly caught lying and changing her story numerous times. She
even lied about me, and I was NOT in the North of Pittsburgh in 1978.
I had nothing to do with the events of 1978, yet she dedicated her web
blogs to assassinating my character, harassing me, telling lies about me
as much as the 1978 case, and bullying me from a very safe coward's
distance ( bullying a 200+ lb Chicago/Pittsburgh construction worker.
That which is now definite is that the Pittsburgh Post Gazette spent
years lying to the public, in claiming that Anthony Cipolla was arrest-
ed for molesting a male child in 1978. He was merely served with a
SUMMARY NOTICE that was only signed by his accuser, Diane
Thompson. If the police had evidence against Cipolla, they would
have filed the necessary paperwork that would lead to his arrest and
arraignment. There would havebeen no need of Diane Thompson.
Now, I have spoken with lawyers involved in the Cipolla Case, and
from that world I was expressly told that "there was no police report."
Of course, the Pgh Post Gazette stated that Donald Wuerl took a copy
of the police arrest report to Rome, for his rehearing on the Cipolla
Case which had nothing to do with molestation. The Cipolla Case
at the Vatican only involved Wuerl removing Cipolla on account of
a Depression & Suicidal Tendency diagnosis given to Cipolla at a
Maryland psychiatric institute that was founded by a rebel priest
who, in his Sodom & Gomorrah lifestyle, died of AIDS. This was
followed by St. Michael's of NYC declaring that diagnosis to have
been a misdiagnosis.
This is in keeping with a private criminal complaint and Summary
Notice. If there were a police report, it would have served the pur-
pose of "affidavit," and a judge would have signed-off on it, trigger-
ing an indictment of Anthony Cipolla. If there were a police report,
as the Piitsburgh Post Gazette, Diane Thompson, and the "profession-
al Catholic" from Wilkesbarre/Scranton claimed, then there would
have been no need for Diane Thompson to sign anything. The fact
that she signed a Summary Notice proved that there was no police
report or DA indictment .... or grand jury indictment ... or an indict-
mentn issued by the State Attorneys' General office.
Let us begin:
Diane Thompson did file the 1978 version of a private criminal com-
plaint. Thus came the police serving a SUMMARY NOTICE upon
Anthony Cipolla. It included the police investigating Thompson's
accusations, to see if there could be found any evidence to merit
a prosecution of Cipolla. Thus far, up to that time, the police had
NO CAUSE to file an affidavit which would result in Cipolla's in-
Now, a priest was already arrested, charged, and arraigned earlier in 1978.
Thus, the local law enforcement officials would have had no reservations
about arresting, charging, and arraigning yet another priest. If they had
something on Cipolla, Cipolla would have been in handcuffs. He was
NEVER in handcuffs.
There also came with the SUMMARY NOTICE notice of a scheduled
August 28 hearing which was for Diane Thompson to show probable
cause as to why the State of Pennsylvania should prosecute Cipolla
for indecent assault and corrupting the morals of a minor. Up to that
time, police found no probable cause.
Now, being that Diane Thompson initiated that particular process, on-
ly she could finish it. She, for one of a few possible reasons, refused
to attend the August 28 hearing. One very plausible reason would
have been that she and the police had no evidence.
Now, keep in mind that this process was a matter of public knowledge.
This meant that evidence was not going to being easily spoliated. In
fact, a priest had already been arrested and prosecuted that same year.
Therefore, if there were any evidence against Cipolla, he would have
been taken through the prosecution process, all the way to conviction.
Concerning due process, the police have their own form of process.
This meant that the two detectives of which she spoke, if they really
did exist and if they were supportive of Thompson, could have filed
a police criminal complaint against Cipolla and have him taken into
custody, for due processing of the law. If they believed in her, and if
she did withdraw her complaint out of duress, then why didn't one of
the two detectives take a form to a judge, for a signature?
There even could have been a grand jury convened. If Cipolla were
as guilty as sin, then where was the grand jury?
The DA could have taken matters into his hands and filed on Cipolla.
Why did he not do so?
All in all, the idea that Cipolla was blatantly guilty and got away with
murder was total bull crap. Diane Thompson is one of the most irritat-
ingly obnoxious and feisty hags on this Earth. She would have only
not shown up to the August 28 hearing if she had no evidence against
an Anthony Cipolla whom she seethingly hates ... or if the police were
considering to file on her for lying to the police. She didn't refuse to
continue the process she started out of the kindness of her heart.
As far as went her claim of having been harassed and pressured into
dropping charges, if she were vandalized and harassed as she claimed,
then she would have become financially solvent in a lawsuit against
those whom she claimed did violence to her. She would have had a
treasure trove of evidence.
If Cipolla's friends really did vandalize her landlord's property and slit
her tires ... and if parishioners did sent her hate mail ... then she also
would have had the needed fuel to get Cipolla prosecuted, but for a
couple of criminal charges different than indecent assault. And it can
be reasonably assured that, if Diane Thompson could get Cipolla on
anything, she would have done so.
You have to understand how filled with hatred toward him she is, and
you doubly have to understand that her hatred for him was reduced to
a word that she used to describe Cipolla one of her harassing emails
to me. Thompson called Cipolla a LEECH ... nothing but a leech ...
despite his diligence in studies and managing youth groups which
never resulted in anyone in those groups accusing him of molesta-
tion, etc. Of course, Cipolla told Thompson that the Saint Vincent
de Paul Society didn't have the money to pay her rent. Shortly
afterwards came her accusation.
You know, in her harassing emails to me, she didn't accentuate her
allegation of Cipolla molesting "Tommy." She harped on Cipolla
taking the older son to Michigan with other lads. She said that
Cipolla molested her eldest son there. But, why didn't Cipolla
molest other lads whom he drove to Michigan. I located one
such individual. He was quoted as having said that the only
thing that Cipolla did out of the ordinary in Michigan was
put an M&M in front of each door, saying, "ET was here."
No lad was touched in the process of him making sport of
the ET movie..
Concerning Thompson asking for Saint Vincent de Paul dollars to
pay her rent, didn't she ever hear of HUD and welfare?
This is confusing, especially in light of the fact that she did admit
in her web log that she was getting a humble measure of aid from
the parish where Cipolla was assigned. Okay then, she beseeches
the church for money. Uhhhhm, what about welfare, food stamps,
and Section 8 housing vouchers, as well as child support payments
and even alimony? Add energy and heating assistance.
And why couldn't she find work in a city that was the king of steel,
where steel workers had ample disposal income to buy the various
products and services for sale throughout the city? Did she never
hear of daycare? Was she merely lazy? Did she have a criminal
record? Was she declared mentally incompetent? Where was this
guy whom she said intermittently returned to her life? When you
analyze the whole scenario, her presence at that parish was bizarre
at the threshold ... at the outset ... from the beginning.
In fact, Diane Thompson's two sons never accused Cipolla of molesta-
tion in any public forum, and we don't know what they aid to hte po-
lice in 1978. Molested youth eventually come forth, even as John Does
in civil cases and in criminal prosecutions. Those two gentlemen remain
invisible & silent. Why?
The fact that she didn't file a private criminal complaint for being harassed,
vandalized, and tampered-with is the reason why she is plausibly believed
to be a pathological liar.
As I previously mentioned, she was also thought to have been a deliberate
liar in her claim of having been harassed into dropping the case, because
the protective instinct of a mother is so great that not even the pope could
get a mom whose child was actually molested to drop charges. The fact
that Thompson gave in so quickly was the red flag in the minds of a couple
people with whom I spoke. After all, this is a woman who was endlessly
harassing me, until I cut off her ability to send me those emails.
None the less, I still more evidence. I need to talk to Diane's two sons.
Don't you think that it's quite strange that they have been entirely invis-
ible throughout this entire period. I am assuming that what I wrote about
Thompson is regarded as insults tossed into her face, even though the in-
tention was to show that Wuerl and Ann Rodgers used a surrogate liar to
make Wuerl look caring and protective. Therefore, one would assume
that the woman's two sons would be outraged and in my face, talking to
me with gritted teeth, if not physically taking swings at me ... with a base-
ball bat in each one's hands. But, they have been entirely invisible and
unheard. There is some very con artsy about that picture, too.
Cipolla's testimony of the August 28 hearing goes as follows:
He said that he went to the hearing with his pastor, only to hear the magi-
strate say, "She dropped the charges." Then, within a shorr time span,
the same judge allegedly said to Cipolla:
"Watch out who you try to help."
(Proper English would be: "Beware of whom you chose to help."
Then Cipolla left,
according to Cipolla's testimony.
I'm tired of this Diane Thompson atuff, but I made a promise. I would
like to end this research now and make the correct conclusion with effec-
tive evidence. Please help, especially if you can explain to me the 1978
process of the SUMMARY NOTICE:
The two Cipolla-related news articles pertaining to 1978 were too vague
to decipher, in relation to today's language on the same subject. Today, a
person files a private criminal complaint at the local magistrate's office
of the proper jurisdiction. The complaint is then assigned to an assistant
DA, for investigation. The assistant DA then approves of the complaint
or he/she doesn't do so.
If the complaint is approved, then a notice is sent to the magistrate's office
and the clerks there "issue process," beginning with a warrant for the accus-
ed person's arrest.
If the complaint is NOT approved, then notice of denial is sent to the magi-
strate, anyway. The complainant then has the option of filing an appeal in
the PA Court of Common Pleas, asking the court to review the complaint
and to order the issuing of process.
In the August 1, 1978 edition of the Pittsburgh Post Gazette, the article refer-
ring to Anthony Cipolla stated that the police served him with a SUMMARY
NOTICE. The accusation pertained to only one alleged event in July, and
a hearing on the matter was scheduled for August 28th of that same year.
There was NO report of Cipolla being taken into custody, aka arrested.
And there most certainly was NOT mention of an arraignment or bail.
The pending charges were 1} corrupting the morals of a minor & 2} indecent
assault. That was it. No details into the procedural aspect of the case were
given. None the less, being that Cipolla was not arraigned meant that he was
not in the criminal court system. He was still in the inquest phase of his case.
Once again, for those of you who gossip, keep in mind that the news article
did NOT state that Anthony Cipolla was arrested. He was simply served with
a notice and a court appearance date, as if he were being sued in civil court.
However, the pending charges were NOT civil court issues. They involved
prison time.
Then, the August 29, 1978 edition of the same Post Gazette had an equally
short article that was too vague to decipher. It simply stated that the Chief
Magistrate of City Courts dismissed the pending charges:against Cipolla,
because the mother "refused to prosecute." Apparently Thompson did
not show up for the hearing. But, I need more details to this.
"... because she refused to prosecute.: What did that phrase mean? What did
it mean light of the fact that she is such an obsessive bully who doesn't back-
down to anyone? What is for sure is that the narration she described in the
October 13, 1995 edition of the Post Gazette was filled with easily proven
lies ... even with contradictions of what she said at other times?
In the name of truth, justice, and the American way, can somebody please
tell me what the Hell happened in 1978? Can somebody give me the truth?
Please come forth, even if it's to be in confidentiality and secrecy. I can
dress up like Humphrey Bogart and meet you under one of Pittsburgh's
446 bridges.
Technically, only the prosecutor does any prosecution, and even if a mom
dismisses her own private criminal complaint, the prosecutor can pick up
the ball and start running with it, in terms of doing the filing of charges.
Even a grand jury could have been convened and intervened in Cipolla's
1978 case which never made to the status of a case.
Yes, it sounds as if she stepped-back, because she didn't want to get caught
contradicting herself. After all, she is a complete liar. But, writing her off
as a liar still doesn't answer the question convincingly. Why did she back-
down? I need more than circumstantial evidence and her history of being
a pathological liar on this one. Something is wrong here. Something does
not check-out in this August 28 default.
The way she described the 1978 event was a fact-checked lie. But, there
is something too disturbing about this scenario, for anyone researching it
to chalk it off to an unstable liar who ever-so-coincidentially filed against
Cipolla when she was desperate for rent money and was told that the Saint
Vincent de Paul Society didn't have the money to spare on her. If it turns
out to be the case, then fine. But, I need more evidence.
There was no credibility in Thompson overly theatrical presentation, as
was published in October of 1995. So, we have to look elsewhere.
And remember, we also know that she's a liar in what she stated about me,
being that she never spoke with me, never got a letter from me, never saw
me act in public or in private, etc. She didn't address my writings. She
simply attacked my character from A to Z, mocking me, damning me,
disrespecting someone close to me who wasn't even in the fight, as a
diversionary tactic designed to make you so repelled of me that you
would refuse to read my writings or view my photography works.
Well, that was a couple million pageviews, ago. I haven't gotten
the torch and pitchfork lynch mob at my door, yet.
Instead of mocking me, marketing fear of me, and playing expert psycho-
logist, all that she had to do was disprove my writings. She never produced
one shred of evidence and she brought forth no corroborative witnesses.
This begs the question: Where are her two sons?
Keep in mind that this newspaper's language is nothing more than colloquial
English, and the 1978 articles definitely weren't law school tutorials.
There is still unfinished business in this case, as to convincingly ascertain, be-
yond all reasonable doubt what the truth actually was. Of course, those people
with deeply imprinted prejudices need to be put aside, because they are not at
all unbiased. There are people who want priests dead, per se. And the New
Jersey Conspiracy Theory Brawler wants to see Cipolla buried in four yards
of concrete, simply because he dyed his hair and squirmed at the mention of
the name of the cleric who destroyed his life. Let only the unbiased come
forth, simply for the sake of what is right, descent, and honest.
Thus far, all evidence and corroboration gathered points to the innocence of
Anthony Cipolla. But, I'm not satisfied. Diane Thompson is an unmitigated
liar, without doubt. But, I need more evidence, observations, witness corro-
boration on this matter to regard this case as closed in the Court of Public
Opinion and ready for a report to the Papal Nuncio.
Can anyone get Diane Thompson's two sons to speak with me. Even if they
do, it doesn't guarantee that I will feel convinced of my findings. What ac-
tually did happen that made her back-down in August of 1978? Her being
caught lying? Okay. I'll accept this if I can get more facts on the issue.
Her description of what happened didn't happen, at least the way in
which she described.
If Thompson weren't such an immature brat who spent most of her time
attacking me ad hominid, all the while marketing fear of me so much
that it seemed that she was trying to get me criminally indicted, I could
have spoken with her at length and in detail and found the truth. The
problem is that Thompson has been repeatedly tested and found to
only tell lies.
As far as goes Tim Bendig, him being a con artist is fully ascertained,
being that he tried to con me more than once. Originally, he did so by
making me think that I was going to be criminally indicted for calling
him a liar in a public forum, when such a thing is addressed in civil
court where there are not jail cells outside of those reserved for con-
tempt of court charges. Then Bendig tried to con me by acting like
the nicest guy in the world. In the end still came the lies ... from
Bendig's mouth. So, I have to reconstruct what actually was go-
ing on in the Diane Thompson segment of this case. It's like a
pea and shell game, where more shells are added.
Oh, and concerning any former child star who made or still makes money
off of Bendig's services, such a person is locked in a conflict of interest
and must be dismissed as a credible witness.
None the less, is there anyone out there with a sense of maturity and honesty
who can help find the final answers to this case? Even giving me a tutorial
on how the SUMMARY NOTICE process worked in 1978 would be mag-
nanimously helpful. So, if you believe in Truth, Justice, and the American
Way ... or if you simply have a sense of compassion in your heart and can
answer my final questions, please do so. 724-709-4716


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Robert Young Estate
This is home of a pioneer of Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon and producer of one of the industry's most iconic Chardonnays. Tours of the historic vineyards are enjoyed in a tractor-pulled gondola, leading to wine cave where guests can savor a private pairing of rich artisanal chocolate and beautiful wines.
Details: Robert Young Estate, 4960 Red Winery Road, Geyserville, 707-431-4811.
Deerfield Ranch Winery
The expanse is impressive – more than 23,000 square feet of wine caves spanning the heart of winery, and cut in the shape of a wine glass. Tucked behind beautiful Redwood portal doors sit hundreds of barrels, leading to the Grand Room furnished in overstuffed couches and chairs. Such comfortable seating is a good idea, considering tasting flights can include up to 20 wines (try the standouts of super Tuscan style "Super T Rex" red and the Old Vine Zinfandel). For quieter escapes, more intimate seating areas are scattered about, too, and your host will find you, bringing your glasses right to your table.
Details: Deerfield Ranch Winery, 10200 Sonoma Highway, Kenwood, 707-833-5215.
Kunde Family Winery
More than 32,000 square feet of wine caves tunnel through ancient volcanic lava flows, tucked into a steep hillside just behind the winery set on 1,850 contiguous acres. They burrow 175 feet below the earth, welcoming with a deep perfume of aging wine and oak barrels.
And they encourage all kinds of special celebrations, such as private meals in the dining room that sits encased in five million year old volcanic rock, complete with a volcanic rock stage and elegant redwood tables. Comfort is guaranteed, too - the caves are ideal for aging premium wines, with year-round temperatures of 58°F and a natural humidity of 78 percent, which decreases evaporation of wine from the barrels.
Details: Kunde Family Winery, 9825 Sonoma Highway, Kenwood, 707-833-5501.
Gundlach Bundschu Winery
You pop in one side of the cave, through the heavy wood doors tucked in a tunnel off the courtyard from the tasting room, and when you're done, you pop out the other, to find yourself overlooking the vineyards and an enormous lake. That's just one of the unique aspects of this historic site, carved into a gentle hillside. Throughout the year, "GunBun" hosts a variety of activities relative to the winemaking season, including a guided Farming Tour & Cave Tasting, a Harvest Tour & Cave Tasting, and a Barrel Cave Tour & Tasting. Each adventure ends with a seated wine tasting in the Barrel Cave Dining Room.
Details: Gundlach Bundschu Winery, 2000 Denmark St., Sonoma, 707-938-5277.
Buena Vista Winery
As the oldest commercial winery in California, the Buena Vista boasts caves that speak of ancient history. Built in 1857, the caves are an official historic landmark. Renovated for modern safety measures, they remain elegantly dark and mysterious, and it's a must to enjoy a tasting straight from the barrels. Paired tastings are the best way to explore, where a host will first offer the barrel wine, then the finished wine, and explain the evolution.
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Date Joined Jul 2006
Total Posts : 495
Posted 2/19/2008 10:15 PM (GMT -6)
Okay, I know this may seem like a really weird question. The thing is that hopefully (if the seller does his stuff right this time) we will be getting keys to our new home tomorrow.
As soon as we started looking for a home, I started packing, slowly, so that I wasn't playing a game of catch up and killing myself more than I needed to. My back is royally ticked off right now. The plan is to move on Sunday right now.
My problem is this... I won't be able to pick anything up. I know better. I'm trying to avoid hurting myself more - which is what has happened each time we've moved. I'm talking ER pain. We have friends that are helping, but I know that I'll feel bad sitting around not doing anything except directing furniture. It goes against my whole work ethic watching other people do work that I can't do.
Does anyone have any ideas?? I know if I help I'll end up in so much pain for the next week... at the same time, if I don't help, I'm going to feel bad.
I know it sounds like a stupid question - but I worked well after I should have quit just because I didn't want to admit that I couldn't do it anymore. I end up overdoing things just about
every day - because I don't like to admit that I just can't do things.
"When we come to the edge of the light we know, and are about
to step off into the darkness of the unknown, of one thing we can be sure; either God will provide something solid to stand on... or we will be taught to fly.'"
"Cause when push comes to shove You taste what you're made of, You might bend, till you break Cause its all you can take; On your knees you look up Decide you've had enough, You get mad you get strong Wipe your hands shake it off, Then you Stand" From "Stand" by Rascal Flatts
Dx.: Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome, Ulcerlative Colitis, Chronic Inflammation of the Colon, Ruptured & Fused L4-L5-S1 w/pinched nerves, Degenerative Disc Disease, Chronic Costochondritis, Back Muscle Spasms, Asthma, Benign Tremmors (hands)
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Posted 2/19/2008 11:13 PM (GMT -6)
Well, my suggestion would be to share this info with your husband/significant other....have HIM make sure he and the others keep you in check! I know exactly what you are saying about
not being able to sit and watch, perhaps you could make it your job to keep the other workers happy, say with beverages and food. Maybe you could run some other errands that need to be done, like setting up phone/electric/gas/cable/internet services and paying the deposits, post office for change of address.
Mochiah/a.k.a. Sue
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I'm going to smile like nothing is wrong, act like everything is perfect, and pretend its not hurting me.
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Posted 2/20/2008 1:04 PM (GMT -6)
How goes the move? What you need is a director's chair and ball cap that says the same thing: Director! Plant yourself in it, and have your husband strap you down with bungee cords if necessary.
I know it's terribly difficult to stay put when these things come up, but you already know how much worse it will be if the moving activities have to stop because you need to make an ER run. If the people helping out don't know that by now, then you have to make that fact very clear. I finally got it through my own thick head that the more honest I am with myself, my family and my friends about
my limitations, the easier everyone's life is. I am blessed to have a husband and some very solid friends who understand perfectly and we all have a crazy sense of humor. Can't tell you how much it heps to joke off some of those limitations. Give your friends some credit. If they're true friends, they'll understand and insist you stay firmly planted and out of the action. Now get busy sitting!
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minus a gallbladder, a couple of cervical discs, appendix, uterus, and 18" of colon; but still alive and living with my husband, 2 dogs, 1 cockatiel, 1 quaker parrot and 2 gold fish.
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Posted 2/20/2008 4:16 PM (GMT -6)
My suggestion is leave the house during the move. Surely there are some neccessary chores that need to be done that you can do during the move. Also take a friend out to lunch or something. All of the people who are helping you are probably at least partially aware of your condition and won't be offended if you are not there supervising and noone wants you to do something that would cause you extra pain. So just leave. That is what I would have to do in order to avoid moving just one box that ends up being ten and leaving me unable to move for several days afterward.
No matter what you decide to do, have a great moving day and enjoy your new home.
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Total Posts : 495
Posted 2/20/2008 6:55 PM (GMT -6)
Thanks all of you.
I actually broached the subject with my husband today, and he told me that every person knows I'm not allowed to pick up ANYTHING. He said not even a feather.
I'm going to work on painting some tomorrow with a friend, should be getting keys tomorrow morning. I was actually thinking that my job could be to tell people where to put stuff.
It's good to know that I am not the only one who has problems just watching. I hate seeing other people work even when I know it's going to hurt me.
"When we come to the edge of the light we know, and are about
to step off into the darkness of the unknown, of one thing we can be sure; either God will provide something solid to stand on... or we will be taught to fly.'"
"Cause when push comes to shove You taste what you're made of, You might bend, till you break Cause its all you can take; On your knees you look up Decide you've had enough, You get mad you get strong Wipe your hands shake it off, Then you Stand" From "Stand" by Rascal Flatts
Dx.: Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome, Ulcerlative Colitis, Chronic Inflammation of the Colon, Ruptured & Fused L4-L5-S1 w/pinched nerves, Degenerative Disc Disease, Chronic Costochondritis, Back Muscle Spasms, Asthma, Benign Tremmors (hands)
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Posted 2/21/2008 12:14 AM (GMT -6)
Can you do some light cleaning at the new house? I know how hard it is to just sit and watch. But, like you say, you can direct everyone on what goes where. Just stay away from the lifting of things its no fun going to ER and run the risk of being treated poorly. Good luck, Susie
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Total Posts : 138
Posted 2/22/2008 3:07 AM (GMT -6)
After several moves I have become really good at keeping busy so as not to feel guilty because everyone else is working and I do this by realizing my job is just as important and has to be done as well.
I found that making sure all the boxes are correctly labeled and clearly state where they go and either sorting them on the truck by rooms or moving them by rooms if your using a small truck making frequent trips then you go on to the new house while they pack a room say and when they deliver it you start unpacking it and putting away what you can so you at least know where things are located when you get in there.
Say they bring the kitchen stuff first to you and while they are off getting another load you and maybe you might want to assign a helper to put the boxes up on the counter for you and a older child or teen is great for this since they are not much help otherwise start organizing your kitchen and even if you dont get it all done and you most likely wont be able to work that fast you will at least be emptying boxes and can send them back to be packed again with odds and ends they come across not packed yet,and when night comes and your first meal in your new house arrives you will at least be able to find a fork and plate!
The same with say the bath? How many times have you moved and not been able to locate the tiolet paper when you needed it? Or desperately needed a bath after the long dirty hours of moving and packing and its really late your searching thru mounds of boxes looking for a towel and wash cloth and soap and shampoo!
Just a little trick I have found to make the transition from old to new easier less stressful and more rewarding to everyone when someone knows where to look for the bengay! hehe. Plus it beats the crap out of standing in the middle of for knox in boxes not marked trying to begin to find the screaming kid in the bathroom the tissue paper!
Good luck and congrats on the new place!
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Posted 2/26/2008 3:18 AM (GMT -6)
When I moved over a year ago my family helped a little. But shockingly I was the one who packed up a whole house all by myself. Thank God for the Heating Pad and Percocet at the time. I don't know what I would do.
See I have Fibromyalgia due to several injuries and don't believe my family believes that much in the disease. Except my 75y/o mother who is ill herself. Like I was going to have her pack.
I also unpacked once we moved. And yes I was crippled on the couch for a long period. Was able to clean a little each day for a bit, but come to find out prior to all that packing in the first place I had torn cartiledge off the bone of my shoulder (Top of humerus). And I did all I did with my shoulder like that, and in extreme pain.
But I guess we force ourselves to do the things we need to do, especially when no one understands our disease or cares to help their little sister.
If you don't have to help, I would suggest not helping. Especially with your Medical History. Though you might do something nice for everyone who helped once you move. Like invite them to a nice dinner in your new place. Just a thought.
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Monday, 31 January 2011
'She remembers the moment. The photographer took her picture. She remembers her anger. The man was a stranger. She had never been photographed before. Until they met again 17 years later, she had not been photographed since.'
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Sunday, 30 January 2011
The Crystal World
Psychedelic images from Science - in order, a quartz crystal through a microscope, computerised model of a sunset and a fractal from the Juliet set.
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Friday, 21 January 2011
Civeta Dei
The club kids, now they looked like a fun bunch didn't they? For those not in the know... well I guess you could (and should) just watch the above video with them on The Joan Rivers show. Essentially they were a gaggle of eccentricly dressed popular promoters, designers and party types from New York (and to a different extent London) who dominated the club scenes from the mid 80's up until the early 90's. They're a spectle and an entertaining one at that, both visually and due of the stories them all.
I might as well get the juicy part out of the way, in 1996 one of the founding clubkid members Michael Alig was convicted of murder of his friend Andre "Angel" Melendez because of a dispute over drugs. There's a lot more to the story, including heroin, self-exile and decomposing bodies in bathtubs, but the wikipedia article is probably more enjoyable than the atrocious looking early noughties film Party Monster, starring Macaulay Culkin as Alig and bizarrely Seth Green and James St James that portrays Michael's rise and fall.
Despite all this Alig's still got a bit of an endearing appeal, for example in this interview with an imprisoned Alig bemoaing his sober situation the top comment is someone stating how they 'can't wait to go to his first party when he gets out!', this being the party of a convicted murderer and notorious heroin addict, but let's be honest, you know it would be good wouldn't you?
In an another far less jovial interview on the Phil Donahue show the 'clubkids' are forced to justify their outfits, and describe them as a way of living out their fantasies and the whole movement is about espacism essentially. One of the few (if only) surviving clubkids, i.e. not dead, drug riddled or in jail, James St James talks quite soundly about Ketamine in the video below, and claims that it gives him that fulfilling high that apparently all them were always searching for. Quite a strangely sweet sentiment when thought about that way. With the way people live out double lives these days online who knows how these people would have dolled out their personal brands. In fact James does post a lot for the very good blog worldofwonder.net.
But the real star of the scene has to Leigh Bowery, the guy was just phenonmenal, totally above and beyond his peers, just look at the man, listen to him talk, he co-starred with Mark E. Smith in an opera Smith wrote based on the death of Pope John Paul II for gods sake, that's amazing.
Insanely productive and talented during genuinely remarkable career he designed for The Michael Clark company, posed for Lucien Frued, co-owned the nightclub Taboo (which Boy George would later name his musical about the era on), wrote the disgusting semi smash Useless Man and was a celebrated artist and designer, turning his life and body in a living gallery of his works and ideas.
There's a very in depth if not particularly well done documentary called The Legend of Leigh Bowery on Youtube that's worth it's 90 minute run time for all the footage of his life and engaging interviews with close friends and associates. I even got a bit teary towards the end actually.
When you look at sheer outrageous clothes people like Bowery were wearing and look at what people/celebutantes wear in London now it reminds of the interview Vice did with Lawrence a few years ago, where he states, quite rightly, something along the lines of you can't really shock anyone with the clothes you wear now. You feel like you've seen it all before and not even a pack of 7ft raving Cybergoths could make you arch your head. Even though I do maintain that it is good that people can freely wear whatever they want to without getting abused or thrown dirty looks, its feels more like apathy rather than tolerance. And that ability to shock comes from the unexpected and the original, and that's the main attraction of Bowery and the sheer amount of brilliant ideas he had. People are still trying to shock others in how they present themselves and always will, it's just the ease of the internet, that's taken it out of the public sphere, perhaps.
Simlarly though it's this focus on the importance of ideas, and more specifically fresh perspectives that's one of the main arguments of this interesting video I watched recently by Sir Ken Robinson on the need for a new type of school system in the 21st century. Though I must admit that this wide-eyed 2006 lecture carries a somewhat redundant feel in austerity riddled company-sponsered-Academy age of 2011. Then again it was during the last society-purge under Thatchers 80's regime that colourful escapist characters like Bowery emerged, who knows. It's either that or all black Hard Times Chic ala Sade.
Also I couldn't fit it in but in an episode of the Dexters Laboratory spin off Dial M For Monkey Bowery served as inspiration for a fur hungry fashionista villian, though I can't find any footage of that episode I remember it from when I was younger. Sure I do.
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Friday, 14 January 2011
I guess we haven't really been exelling at this blog recently, but I think I'm gonna start working on my 'blogosphere presence' again this year, unless until I get bored of it, which I probably will, probably around March/April? But I've written it down and posted it, so that might make a differece. I guess with the Crystal World because posts are so infrequent you never want to post anything unless you're 100% sure about the subject and so it's incredibly easy to talk yourself out of it, especially when you look at a site like Dangerous Minds, which does everything you want to do but better.
I was playing Karaoke at a girl called Purple's house the other day, Love Fool by The Cardigans cropped up and I had forgotten how incredible that song is and they are, here's another gem.
I was playing Karaoke at a girl called Purple's house the other day, Love Fool by The Cardigans cropped up and I had forgotten how incredible that song is and they are, here's another gem.
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Music videos influenced by Henri-George Clouzot's unfinished masterpiece Inferno (which was documented in the excellent and imaginatively titled 'Henri-George Clouzot's Inferno') are like buses - you wait ages for one, and two come along at the same time.....
(For the record, Scissor Sisters song & video >>>>>>>>>>> British Sea Power song & video)
(For the record, Scissor Sisters song & video >>>>>>>>>>> British Sea Power song & video)
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Green Building Adoption Index 2015, (CBRE Group and Maastricht University, June 2015)
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Chicago Ranked as One of the Top 10 U.S. Cities for Green Commercial Real Estate in New Study, (RE Journals, June 24, 2014)
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Building a Green Future, (Management Today, May 2011) E
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Our Festivities
For 10 days starting in the middle of June, we capture imaginations, celebrate diversity and explore Portsmouth's amazing heritage.
Our festivities
Now in its 19th year, the Portsmouth Festivities has developed a reputation for providing high quality events with professional artists in the city's unique venues. Both regionally and nationally, our reach continues to grow.
Our vision
Every year, we will champion the very best of Portsmouth, bringing its rich heritage and thriving cultural scene to the forefront. What's more, we will help to shape the provision of accessible cultural experiences for all. And every year, we will grow and develop - extending our reach, reputation and impact.
Our mission
To broaden participation in and access to artistic and cultural activities by providing a high quality programme of performances and events which capture imaginations, celebrate diversity and reflect on the heritage value of Portsmouth.
Our goals
- To attract audiences of all ages and communities to Portsmouth
- To inspire and involve the city's diverse communities in our work
- To provide opportunities for lifelong learning
- To support local artists, cultural and creative organisations
The Festivities team
Erica SmithFestivities Director
Erica Smith has been working in the creative and cultural industries sector for nearly twenty years as a producer and programmer where she has managed and produced hundreds of projects in the UK and Internationally. Erica has a specialist interest in producing interactive media programmes. In her spare time she is the co-founder and Chair of Voice FM (103.9) radio station in Southampton. Erica is also an Excite accredited trainer for Excellence, Creativity and Innovation in Teaching and Education.
Victoria SmithFestivities Administrator
Victoria Smith is a graduate from the University of Portsmouth with a degree in BA (Hons) Photography. She has had a varied career in administration and eventing, including a placement year opportunity at the university, where she worked in the industry as an Events and Promotions Assistant in the CCI Faculty. In her spare time, Victoria volunteers as a Treasurer to the 5th Gosport Sea Scouts and also takes part at fundraising events
Alfie Evans-HutchisonFestivities Assistant
Alfie Evans-Hutchison is currently undergoing his second gap year, having left Hampton School in 2016. Music is Alfie's passion, and he would like to study cello and singing at a conservatoire next year. He very keen to gain experience working for the festivities team in the coming year, and is looking forward to all its challenges. Alfie also loves playing football, amongst other sports, and is an avid Man Utd fan.
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The Portsmouth Festivities would not be what it is today without the expert advice, inspirational enthusiasm and tireless support of our Patrons, Trustees, Creative Partners and Education Associates.
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The adaption will also be directed by Angela Bassett.
Yaya DaCosta, a former America's Next Top Model runner-up who has since appeared in Lee Daniels' The Butler and The Kids Are All Right, will play Whitney Houston in an upcoming Lifetime biopic directed by Angela Bassett. The biopic plans to cover Houston's rise to fame and turbulent relationship with husband Bobby Brown. According to TMZ, the Houston family isn't thrilled about the adaption: "Whitney is certainly worthy of more than a television movie," said Pat Houston, the singer's sister-in-law and co-executor of her estate. Don't hold your breath for any actual Whitney songs.


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Sabres bring the noise, bring home victory
Whenever the Sabres win, cheers and applause are audible in Buffalo's dressing room. The players and coaches take a few minutes to celebrate before opening the door.
There are certain victories that feel – or sound – different. This was one of them.
"It has the feel of a turnaround game," coach Dan Bylsma said Saturday after a 4-3 comeback victory over Winnipeg. "We left it all out there. We played hard in the third period and came all the way back to get the win. It feels like a big game for us."
There's no doubt. The roar from the room was louder than normal. The chants were more intense.
Now they need to keep it up.
"Consistency is the word for our team," goaltender Robin Lehner said. "Going from periods like the first two to a period like the third is incredible."
Incredible is one word. Another way to put it is season-altering. At least the Sabres hope so.
"It shows that we have the pieces in here," Lehner said. "We've got to just decide if we want to play that for 60 minutes."
So many things went right for the Sabres in the final 20 minutes that it'll be a colossal failure if the team doesn't build off it:
*After being totally outmatched for two periods, they scored three times to erase a 3-1 deficit in suddenly raucous KeyBank Center.
*Jake McCabe made highlight reels across the hockey world with a clean, open-ice hit that knocked out rookie sensation Patrik Laine.
*The Sabres fought together after the final buzzer, with the six guys on the ice (including Lehner) going fist-to-fist with the Jets in a 12-man battle royale.
"It was a good way to end it," Sabres left wing Marcus Foligno said.
It's the type of victory that can galvanize a team. The Sabres, who leapfrogged from 16th to 13th in the Eastern Conference, need to come together if they want to make an improbable push for the playoffs.
"We needed to pull our heads out and get playing the game," Bylsma said. "We got momentum from the whole group of guys pushing and playing their guts out to come back in that game."
Foligno started the rally, scoring with 5:12 gone in the third. Zemgus Girgensons followed up by tying the game, 3-3, just 28 seconds later.
After only 13 more ticks of the clock, McCabe caught Laine with his head down. The rookie didn't get up for several minutes and wobbled to the dressing room.
Patrik Laine just got destroyed by Jake McCabe pic.twitter.com/Lcy5ITO2Em
— Brady Trettenero (@BradyTrett) January 7, 2017
"A big turning point in the game there," Sabres captain Brian Gionta said. "It changes their focus. They start running around, trying to redeem that hit, and we were able to settle into our game and continued to push forward."
Added Foligno: "It's a good hit. It's a star player, though. You have to have a reaction from any team. If not, it's embarrassing. We know they're going to answer with something. We did our best as a team."
The Sabres' biggest punch was scoring again. Gionta completed the comeback, finding the net with 10:06 to play. Lehner needed to make just five saves during the third period as Buffalo shut it down one game after allowing Chicago to rally.
"The guys were just going," Girgensons said. "That's how we have to play every period from the start. Teams can't handle that if you play with such a high pace. You finish them, you put the pucks on the net, and that's how you win games."
As Girgensons talked, blood trickled from a gash on his swollen nose. He got cross-checked in the final minute, just before the main event. After the buzzer, the Jets rushed toward the Buffalo net. Lehner manhandled Bryan Little, then tried to fight Dustin Byfuglien as officials and the net separated the two.
"They came in and they started [expletive]," Lehner said. "You've got to stick up for each other. It's too bad the refs came in between."
Crazy finish to Sabres/ Jets. Lehner shoves Little, Byfuglien throwing punches over the net pic.twitter.com/V38RsSTmew
— Brady Trettenero (@BradyTrett) January 7, 2017
The adrenaline of the fight and the rush from the victory spilled into the locker room, hence the shouts and applause. The Sabres and their fans will find out if it carries into the rest of the season. The first opportunity comes when Philadelphia visits Tuesday.
"It's been a good week for our hockey team," said Lehner, whose team went 2-0-1. "We've just got to keep building, keep practicing, keep doing the things that we're supposed to do. If we stick to the game plan, we're going to see better results."


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Jerry began his career at WFAN first as an intern and then moved up to producer and board operator, before taking over as the overnight anchor.
He left the FAN for a short time to disc jockey at FM106.3 in New Jersey and anchor sports at Sportsphone before returning in April 2000 as part-time anchor and full-time board operator for the Mike and the Mad Dog show.
Born in Brooklyn and raised in New Jersey, Jerry received a BA in Media Arts from Jersey City State College.
Jerry is an avid golfer and Dallas Cowboys fan. Although Steve Somers hates the Dallas Cowboys, he and Jerry have worked through their differences! In fact, Jerry's favorite on-air moment is when Steve introduced Jerry to the listening audience for the first time. It was a memorable experience since Steve is the first person Jerry ever heard on WFAN.
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Get flu shot, says first lady
With medical providers seeing an increase in flu across Texas, Anita Perry, first lady of Texas, on Jan. 9 said it's not too late for Texans to get immunized.
"As a nurse, I know how safe and effective the flu vaccine is, and how easy it is to get. I'm urging all Texans to protect themselves and their fellow Texans from this potentially deadly disease by getting vaccinated," she said in a Jan. 9 announcement along with state Health and Human Services Commissioner Kyle Janek.
Flu kills an average of 23,600 Americans a year, say statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Safety meetings scheduled
The State Fire Marshal's Office on Jan. 13 announced plans to conduct a series of meetings with county officials and first responders to reinforce best practices for ammonium nitrate storage facilities.
Partnering in the initiative are the Texas Division of Emergency Management, Texas Department of State Health Services, Texas Office of the State Chemist, and Texas A&M Engineering and Extension Service.
The purpose of the meetings is to review lessons learned from the April 2013 fertilizer plant fire and explosion in West, Texas, best practices for storage of ammonium nitrate with facility management, and response techniques and strategies of first responders to these type of incidents. Meetings were scheduled in Edinburg Jan. 15, Hillsboro, Jan. 23, and Pasadena, Jan. 31.
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Texas Department of Public Safety announced Jan. 14 its Texas 10 Most Wanted Program set records in 2013 in total captures, including sex offender apprehensions.
The program's 32 total apprehensions during the past year broke the record of 30 arrests in 2012.
The 19 captured sex offenders exceeded the previous record of eight also set in 2012. And, the $77,500 paid in rewards is the second-highest total payout in a year, the DPS stated. DPS Director Steven McCraw said, "Tips from the public are just as essential to the success of this program, and we are grateful for the public's efforts to protect our communities from these dangerous criminals and sexual predators."


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Since the Obama Administration has launched the Accountability Review Board (ARB) to investigate the murders of U.S. diplomats and intelligence gatherers in Benghazi, the State Department has been tight-lipped on any developments discovered by news agencies. That changed this week when a State Department official went on the record in an attempt to explain some of the decisions by the State Department in response to the consulate attack.
While the Administration claims they have been stonewalling reporters' questions because there is an ongoing investigation, frustrations are growing because of the fact that an explanation to already widely-reported events and cables could not possibly interfere with an investigation about unknowns in the aftermath of Benghazi. Is the Administration stonewalling reporters to keep the integrity of an investigation, or is this just a stall tactic because an election is only days away?
Fox News has reported that in the critical response time after the Benghazi attack that senior counterterrorism officials felt "cut out of the loop" and that decisions were "isolated" to "the most senior level." These officials told Fox News that a FEST team (Foreign Emergency Support Team) should have been deployed immediately because it would have helped the FBI gain access to the consulate much faster. State Department spokesman Philippe Reines explained to Fox News, off camera, that a FEST team is only one "resource" of the State Department, and that one wasn't called because the embassy in Tripoli was able to operate normally.
This has frustrated reporters because the Administration has now given an official, on the record, statement but refuses to comment further on anything, especially on camera.
Read the exchange below:
QUESTION: There's another report about security in Benghazi and – well, about the immediate aftermath of the attack and whether or not a FEST team should go. I notice that your colleague, at least one of them, has spoken about this on the record. I am wondering if you can tell us why the decision was made not to ask for one of these teams to go.
MS. NULAND: Again, I am going to leave it to the ARB to do a full review of what went on before, during, and after. I'm not going to get into any of the details from the podium.
QUESTION: So as soon as you stand down, you'll go on the record and say something?
MS. NULAND: I'm not planning on speaking on this issue at all.
QUESTION: Well, then can you explain why Philippe was quoted in this story, a State Department official?
MS. NULAND: I'm going to again —
QUESTION: You've seen what he had to say?
MS. NULAND: I actually didn't see on this particular matter, but I'm going to refer you to him for anything he wants to say on it.
QUESTION: I think that since it is a television network that is reporting this, that they would – they and all the rest of us would love to have something on camera.
MS. NULAND: I'm sure that the television networks will appreciate you advocating for that, but —
QUESTION: Well, I hope they do.
MS. NULAND: Yeah.
QUESTION: And I think it's ridiculous for someone, an official in this Department, to speak on the record about something and you not be able to speak about it from the podium. Just because it's on camera —
MS. NULAND: Well, again —
QUESTION: — doesn't mean that —
MS. NULAND: Again, I didn't see what he said this morning, so I will —
QUESTION: Well, can you explain to us why and – since has spoken about it on the record and is quoted in this story as talking about it, can you take that and come back to us on camera and give us a similar explanation as to why a FEST team wasn't thought to be necessary?
MS. NULAND: I will speak to him and figure out what it is he said, and we will go from there.
But the stonewalling didn't stop there. After multiple reports that classified documents have been left exposed, to be found by looters and journalists, at the the Benghazi site, reporters in the State Department press pool are questioning how the administration could be so incompetent to let that happen. The State Department didn't have any answers for reporters and hid behind the excuse that they didn't have enough facts, 50 days after the attack, to make any comment.
QUESTION: Wait, wait, wait. I got – these documents that Foreign Policy wrote about yesterday also from Benghazi have prompted a letter to the Secretary from Congressman Issa. She's gotten that, I assume?
MS. NULAND: She's gotten the letter. We are reviewing it and we expect to respond shortly.
QUESTION: Can you tell us whether anyone – to your knowledge, anyone other than the FBI team that went to the consulate, any other U.S. officials have been to the site since then?
MS. NULAND: I don't have the answer to that, Matt. I —
QUESTION: Can you explain how, six weeks afterwards, there would still be documents lying around? It seems like maybe this question best directed to the FBI, but the – you basically – the State Department has basically abandoned this site, correct?
MS. NULAND: Again, I'm not going to speak to any aspect of Benghazi.
QUESTION: No one has gone back and no one is there right now?
MS. NULAND: I frankly just don't have the – all of the facts on that here. We will come back to you afterwards if we have anything to add on that.
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KEVIN Rudd has increased Australia's pressure on the Chinese Government over the Stern Hu affair by saying that foreign countries and corporations will be closely watching its actions.
As the China Daily claimed that Rio Tinto had bribed executives from the country's 16 major steel mills, Mr Rudd reminded "our Chinese friends" that China had "significant economic interests at stake" in its relationship with Australia and other commercial partners around the world.
"A range of foreign governments and corporations will be watching this case with interest … and they'll be drawing their own conclusions about how it is conducted. It is in all of our interests to have this matter resolved," the Prime Minister said at a joint news conference with former US vice-president Al Gore.
Meanwhile, the Chinese Government has moved to reassure that relations with Australia will not be affected by the Hu case, in which Australia has not been able to get detailed information about what the senior Rio Tinto executive, accused of espionage and bribery, has allegedly done.
Commerce ministry spokesman Yao Jian said in Beijing: "China and Australia are very important trading partners and have good co-operation in areas including raw materials, free-trade talks and agriculture. I think these relations will definitely not be affected by an individual case."
Mr Yao also said the Rio Tinto case would not harm China's "trade environment or foreign investment environment".
China's apparent effort to take control of the iron ore market by arresting mining and steel company executives has backfired, with the spot market price of iron ore rising 10 per cent in the week since news broke last Wednesday.
China's vast and fragmented steel industry is reeling on daily news reports in the Chinese media of more arrests, investigations and allegations of corrupt collusion between Rio Tinto and leading steel mills.
The China Daily yesterday said: "Executives from all 16 Chinese steel mills participating in iron ore price talks this year have been bribed by Rio Tinto employees, an insider claimed Tuesday." A report in the 21st Century Business Herald claimed officials were considering depriving 20 iron ore traders and steel mills of their iron ore import licences.
Mr Rudd revealed Australian officials had made 20 representations in Beijing and Shanghai in support of Mr Hu.
"We in our further engagements with the Chinese are seeking to explore further bases as to why this particular action has been taken in relation to Mr Hu," he said.
The Chinese Government has said Mr Hu and three Rio Tinto Chinese colleagues caused large economic losses to China by bribing steel mills and stealing state secrets, but it has provided no evidence.
Many industry analysts and executives in China who normally speak freely are now reluctant to answer media calls, amid uncertainty as to where the investigation will lead.
Industry analysts say the crackdown — whatever the motivation — will widen and result in serious penalties.
"I think a lot of people will be put in jail," said Xu Zhongbo, chief executive of Beijing Metal Consulting.
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