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'Rich Man's War – Poor Man's Blood'
I found this photo recently, taken 13 years ago on this day at an anti-war protest held here in Cork. I've re-touched the image only for effect and re-posted it below.
Back in 2003 we were being told that the US led invasion of Iraq was all about finding those "weapons of mass destruction". On the other hand the banner suggests a different narrative to do with oil and greed. From the vantage point of 2016 I thought it might be worth it to take a quick look over what we now know. Here it is:
CNN ran an article on April 15th 2015 about the Iraq war. In Why the war in Iraq was fought for Big Oil the following was noted:
- Before the 2003 invasion, Iraq's domestic oil industry was fully nationalized and closed to Western oil companies. A decade later, the same industry was largely privatized and utterly dominated by foreign firms.
- ExxonMobil, Chevron, BP and Shell Oil all set up operations in Iraq once the war was 'officially' concluded.
- A number of smaller American oil service companies are also doing business in Iraq. One particular company that is busy there is Halliburton, a firm linked to Dick Cheney who was George W. Bush's running mate in 2000 US Presidential election.
- Also noteworthy is the fact that Western oil companies are now at the head of efforts to produce more oil from Iraq oil fields – considered to the among the largest and most lucrative in the world.
- CNN notes that this did not happen by accident either. "Representatives from ExxonMobil, Chevron, ConocoPhillips and Halliburton, among others, met with Cheney's staff in January 2003 to discuss plans for Iraq's postwar industry. For the next decade, former and current executives of western oil companies acted first as administrators of Iraq's oil ministry and then as "advisers" to the Iraqi government.
- The Bush Administration also led the way in forcing through contracts in the Iraq oil industry hat are highly favourable to Big Oil. CNN again: These contracts "provide exceptionally long contract terms and high ownership stakes and eliminate requirements that Iraq's oil stay in Iraq, that companies invest earnings in the local economy or hire a majority of local workers."
What about the other side of the equation – Poor Man's Blood. Business Insider, drawing on data from the Iraq Index [The Brookings Institute] and the Costs of War Project, reported as follows last year. To date:
- 134,000 civilians have been killed directly due to the Iraq War.
- 2.8 million persons remain either internally displaced or have fled the country.
- 655,000 persons have died in Iraq since the invasion that would not have been expected to die if the invasion had not occurred. This particular piece of data has its origins in a study explained here and published by The Washington Post.
- The cost of war has been estimated at $2.2 trillion. This figure referring to costs up to 2014 only. It is expected that they are will rise further.
Oh, and those "weapons of mass destruction"? They haven't been found… I guess you could say the protest banner was spot on.
The "Drone Bomber" Arrives To A Warm Welcome From Our Glorious Leaders
Hamid Mir, Editor with Geo News in Islamabad (Pakistan) recorded that there were 34 drone attacks in the Pakistan region between 2004 -2008. Between 2008 and March 2009 the number rose dramatically and there were 46 drone attacks alone in that 15 month period. [Note, as confirmed in reports below, the number of drone attacks has risen further and sharply under Obama's first office term. See in particular this Google Map of the attacks]
Mir points out that there 80 drone attacks during the entire period referred to above. In all of these attacks 513 people were killed. Having checked all the records Mir has ascertained that of all these casualties only 14 were actually of alleged terrorists (names confirmed by US Defense Dept Press Releases). The remainder, 499 people, were all civilians.
Hamid Mir investigated 11 individual incidents of drone bombings. In two of these, he found that two 'low-level' Taliban activists had been killed. In the remaining 9 attacks only civilians were killed. As he states in the second of the two you tube clips below this is violation Article 3 of the UN Human Rights Charter – among many other violations contrary to the conduct of war.
Today, our glorious leaders, will warmly welcome the Commander In Chief of the US armed forced responsible for these atrocities.
And Hamid Mir on Drone attacks in Pakistan.
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Bradley Manning …Stop, spread the word!
The video below, from German TV, tells the story of one of the infamous war crimes committed by the US military machine in Iraq. The brave individual who stood up and exposed this dreadful crime – Bradley Manning – has been targeted by those same authorities that gave the green light to this atrocity. Currently Bradley is under a 23 hour lockdown imprisonment in a high security military prison in the Quantico, Virgina in the United States. His conditions of incarceration are harsh:
- He is held 23 hours in each day in solidarity confinement.
- His cell has no window and he is not allowed to see daylight at any time.
- He is not allowed exercise.
- He is allowed for one hour each day to walk in chains in an empty room.
The documentary explains that Bradley Manning is being punished severely for speaking out. His situation is grave. Recently, however, it worsened with the news that the US army had filed 22 additional charges against Bradley. These include a new charges of "aiding the enemy" – a capital offense under Article 104 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice.
There are a few things that you can do. Most of all, inform others about Bradley's story and encourage them to do the same. You can do this easily by sharing this video below and/ or by directing people to the web site for Bradley Manning. There is further information here as well as an extensive What You Can Do section.
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- You: Bradley Manning, WikiLeaks' alleged source, faces 22 new charges (washingtonpost.com)
Don't Mention The War at Frank O'Connor Short Story Festival
Sometimes the best way to get your hands on the cream of short story writing for the year is to get along to the Frank O'Connor Short Story Festival, held in Cork. This year the short list of six writer (see below) for what is regarded by many as the most prestigious prize for the short story in the world, included five writers from the United States.
There is no doubt that the short story is a valued form in the States. Publications such as the New Yorker have in particular promoted the discipline and must be credited for their support for the short story over the years. Frank O'Connor himself benefited enormously from US patronage when he struggled to make a living here in Ireland all those years ago. Furthermore we cannot easily dismiss writers of the caliber of Raymond Carver, Richard Ford, Jane Anne Philips and Annie Proulx – to name just a few of the accomplished writers who have penned stories from over in the States.
But – and here's the thing – it stuck me forcefully this year, with the US having such a strong presence in the final shortlist, that there is something wrong. The United States after all is at war. Actually it is fighting not just one war but two – in Iraq and Afghanistan. These wars, it must be underlined, are major conflicts.
In 2003 the United States led coalition invaded Iraq. It deposed the regime there and installed another one. Massive civilian casualties were suffered and many atrocities occurred. It was discovered that torture and the ill-treatment of prisoner by US forces was rife – recall the Abu Ghraib revelations. In sum Iraq has been bombed into a relic of what it was once by the US war machine for dubious and long discredited objectives. Then there is the war in Afghanistan. Attacked in 2001 it has been in a state of crisis for nearly 9 years. Again the casualties have been massive. Torture has been rife and there is the ongoing plague of drone bombings which have in fact escalated in intensity since the Barak Obama's election. Significant numbers of civilians have been massacred. We are talking here of outrages as serious as what Guernica represents to modern warfare. Now however it seems as if atrocities of the scale of Guernica have become so commonplace that they are hardly commented on any more. But they are still outrages and they are still happening.
What has all this got to do with the short story? Well, for me, it is this. Here, on this occasion in Cork, we have five US short story writers shortlisted for a prestigious international award. These are very good writers – some are new and have produced debut collections while others like TC Boyle and Ron Rash are established. But is there one significant story about the above wars in the collective output from these writers? Well, so far, if it is there, I haven't been able to find it. And by the way if someone does find such a story, then do let me know.
The pat explanation of course is that stories or literature (and art), if you want, are above these base matters. Or another generous explanation might be that the material for stories about these wars has yet to filter down through the great sponge that is contemporary life and civilisation. In other words, with regard to US output these stories will come in time – as indeed they did when we look back at the invasion of Vietnam by the US.
The above points are indeed reasonable. Or are they? Do they explain the avoidance of these US wars – that's the question? Or maybe avoidance is too strong a word – is it? 'Omission' perhaps? Lack of interest perhaps? Well what then? Why silence about such important and vital events?
I accept that this blog observation of mine is not a scientifically valid study of contemporary US fiction and it's engagement with war. Fair enough. Nor is it intended to be of course! And perhaps there is an explanation, or part of one, in the process of selection for the Prize – from long list to short list even. There were, I think, over twenty US writers on the long list so, maybe, along the way the writers of war stories were weeded out. I don't know if that is so. And so maybe I am getting the wrong end of the stick here?
But my main point has been taken up elsewhere too. The dearth of novels about the current US wars has already been previously noted. US writer and small press publisher, Tony Christini has pointed out in a number of articles that there is serious lack of material emerging in the States to do with the current wars. Tony Christini's points to a number of reasons for the paucity of fiction relating to these wars. Publishers are business people (as we all know – don't we?) and as such they are uncomfortable with any rocking of the boat. And on the writer side, a focus on these wars can lead to the stigmatization of the writer as 'political' or as 'having an agenda'. Apparently such qualities are good for your career. So is the issue censorship or perhaps more worrying still: self censorship?
Returning to the collections at this years prize, something else struck me though. And this in some ways is the most disturbing thing. It is not just that the collections concerned here don't touch on the various wars now being waged by the USA. Rather there is also the inverse problem: this indeed is even more damning of the state of writing in the US to my mind. What I mean is: the picture that emerges of the Untied States from the collective output of the shortlisted US writers for this years Prize is of a society NOT at war. Indeed the concerns of many of the characters is rather of a world not unlike our own. (Note that Ireland is not currently at war or in the process of invading any other countries – that I know of anyway.) What I mean is that the characters obsess about normal and everyday concerns (mean neighbours; bad parenting and so on and so forth). And perhaps this is the double injustice of the literary output from the States as exemplified by this shortlist. In these times the ugly truth of a nation at war and a society driven by a voracious military-industrial complex is not only not being examined, it could even be argued it is being airbrushed from the picture we are being offered to see of that same society.
As a short short writer myself and as someone who has always admired Frank O'Connor's engagement with the political, I must say I am unsettled by what I've read, and by this short list. But lastly let me say a few words about the worthy winner, Ron Rash. His stories in this collection are a cut above the others IMHO – going by the US entries anyway. While I couldn't find any stories in his collection, Burning Bright, about the current US wars, this in a way is not surprising since his work has a focus on the southern, US Civil War dynamic. Fair enough I suppose. Indeed Rash's collection points out well the problems in what I am attempting to draw attention to here and I accept that. Burning Bright is very good in its own right and indeed all the collections are worthy. It's just as I say: how can you, you know… (… THE WAR). It's still on everyone, isn't it? Right now.
The Short List:
If I Loved You, I Would Tell You This (Picador UK, 2010) by Robin Black
Mattaponi Queen (Graywolf Press, 2010) by Belle Boggs
Wild Child (Bloomsbury, 2010) by TC Boyle
The Shieling (Comma Press, 2009) by David Constantine
Burning Bright (HarperCollins, 2010) by Ron Rash
What the World Will Look Like When All the Water Leaves Us (Dzanc Books, 2009) by Laura van den Berg
Note: TC Boyle had to withdraw from the final contest due to an his inability to travel to Cork for the Festival.
The Long List is here. (Scroll to the end.)
Related Articles
- US writers dominate prize shortlist (guardian.co.uk)
- Dzanc Title Short Listed for Frank O'Connor Short Fiction Award! (emergingwriters.typepad.com)
- Progressive Political Fiction by Tony Christini
- Frank O'Connor award goes to Ron Rash (guardian.co.uk)
Lest We Forget … Rachel Corrie and Palestine
Democracy Now is a beacon of honest news reporting in this age of censorship. Check it out…
At the moment they have a very informative (and for me, ultimately, a very sad) report online about the case of Rachel Corrie who was crushed to death in Palestine by the IDF seven years ago. Rachel was there with the International Solidarity Movement.
At the moment the Corrie family and supporters are taking the State of Israel to court. This audio report tells about the current state of play with that action and you can hear it here.
Bloodshed and 'Togetherness' in Afghanistan
A brief post: the war in Afghanistan. Only last week (Feb 14th) NATO slaughtered a slew of civilians in a mis-aimed missile attack. Children, men and women were blown to bits as they traveled along a road going about their business. On the RTE news I heard the atrocity reported as a 'set back'. This Orwellian description was rejoined by a brief sound-bite interview with the US commander there – whose name I can't recall but let's for the purpose of this post call him Commander Fire Now and Apologise Later. Commander Fire Now and Apologise Later informed us that the NATO campaign was still on track despite the murderous mistake that had been made.
All just spin – let's face it. Because it has now emerged that in the past week at least 60 (yes, 60!) more civilians have been slaughtered in various mistakes made by NATO troops. When these atrocities happen it often takes quite a while for the details to filter out – so it may well be in a number of months from now that we get the full facts on these war crimes. But as an example of the sort of thing that is now happening as a routine, check out this news article on a murderous NATO attack in December.
Anyway the point I want to get to is this. We are not hearing much about this brutal war that is being conducted in Afghanistan. It has grown bigger and bigger and more and more Afghanis are suffering (in order to 'free' them, of course.)
But for an interesting look into what is going on and why, and how the media side of 'spinning' this war is being conducted, see the current, excellent article from Media Lens entitled "War As PR – Operation Moshtarak, Meaning "Together". Media Lens is a small dedicated media analysis organisation who have done sterling work over the last number of years examining and reporting on the bias of the corporate media. At the end of the Media Lens article there are various suggestions on what you can do with regard to the way in which the Afghanistan war is being reported. None of these actions in their own right are going to change a whole lot but nevertheless it is vital that we make ourselves aware of the lies and slant that are being used to justify and brush over these crimes. Read the article – inoculate yourself.
the glove and the iron fist
Does anyone believe this hand-wringing in respect to US atrocities in Western Afghanistan?
For the last few months there have been repeated massive bombardments in the area without any concern for the impact on the huge number of civilians caught up in the conflict. A series of leaks from the latest US military report on this concedes as much stating that "dozens of civilians were killed in the air strikes in western Farah province" earlier last month. Dozens? It seems that the real number is more in the region of several hundred. Note this: "In one case, a compound of buildings where suspected militants were massing was struck, even though it was in a densely populated area and there was no imminent threat, the New York Times said." Indeed, a disregard for civilian casualties so that mission objective is achieved seems to be order of the day.
I drew attention to this in an earlier blog in February entitled The Obama Lie. It seems that on the one hand Obama is keen and adept to present a caring image of his presidency. But the reality for many ordinary citizens of this planet is much different: women, men and children have literally been bombed beyond recognition in what is a brutal and unrelenting assault in Western Afghanistan; that assault is all about securing US foreign policy into the future.
Few column inches are spared for the dead from these dreadful assaults by the US military machine. Indeed we hear little about them and who they are; what they loved in life and who was near and dear to them. Instead these hundreds of dead in Afghanistan are anonymous and will remain so it seems, discarded as mere numbers in the various reports which which casually allude to each atrocity as it happens. Contrast that with, if you wish, the many column inches given to the awful killing of the traveller Edwin Dyer in Mali earlier this week. The Guardian carried a good article about Mr Dyer – who he was and the fate that befell him. It is a sorry, ugly story but in it we learn that Mr Dyer was 'was well-respected in his community'. A number of strongly worded condemnations of his murder also carried in the same article. Such a report of course is important for his family and friends – granting them and the victim some respect in what is for them a tragic time.
But no such words and not even the names for the countless murdered by the US military machine.


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USA: House Approves Bill to Move Money From Deaf Services Fund to Education FundThe Alabama House of Representatives tonight voted 61-34 for a bill to take USD30 million from a fund created to pay for telephone services for the deaf and put the money in the state Education Trust Fund. The telephone services fund finances a ''dual party relay system'' that lets deaf or hearing-impaired people use phones to communicate with others, and pays for related programs. From blog.al.com/spotnews/, April 13, 2011
FCC to Ensure Deaf-Blind Americans Have Access to 21st Century Communications TechnologyThe US media and communications regulator, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), has announced that it will spend USD10 million per year to provide low-income people who are deaf-blind with access to 21st century communications technology.From mediaaccess.org.au, April 11, 2011
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Illumination Entertainment has been on something of a roll ever since 2010's Despicable Me through to this year's The Secret Life of Pets. Sing, sadly, sees the roaring creative engine under that hood slow to an idle purr with the occasional throaty rev. Also, coming at the tail end of a year where there have been far superior humanimal animations in theaters, Zootopia specifically, and just more effectively constructed animated movies period, it already faces a number of hurdles even before the opening credits roll.
Sing is about a koala named Buster Moon, voiced by Matthew McConaughey, who has one final chance to restore his theater to its former glory by producing the world's greatest singing competition with an accidental grand prize of $100,000.
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As a director, this is Jenning's first film since Son of Rambow but this, as a whole, doesn't display a fraction of the warmth or creativity or heart of that, his previous feature, The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, his video work with the likes of R.E.M., Blur or even his recent promotional short for H&M. While Sing looks good and ticks boxes, it is a disappointingly average piece from the Illumination team and from Jennings himself.
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Despite a valiant effort, Sing hits more bum notes than high ones and it feels sadly flat. It looks good and the cast all give it their best but it just doesn't hang together as well as it should. Sometimes all a film needs is heart to help other things fall into place and this lacks that. Sing is fun but it's not funny enough or engaging enough to fully live up to its promise before the credits roll. There's a great film in amongst it all, but this isn't it.


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text: PORT CHARLOTTE - If there were certain expectations for how the reigning American League Cy Young Award winner should have looked against a Single-A team, David Price probably fulfilled those standards.The Tampa Bay Rays' prized left-hander, pitching as a member of the Charlotte Stone Crabs, threw five shutout innings, allowing just two hits and a walk. He also struck out eight Bradenton Marauders to make his case to come off the disabled list."I guess whatever I did out there today is going to be my lobbying," Price said of his chance to rejoin the Rays. "If that's not enough, I guess I'll have to throw another one."More importantly than the start itself, Price said he felt the strained left triceps that has kept him out since mid-May felt fine, and he added he had plenty of stamina to last longer than the 72 pitches (54 strikes) he threw Wednesday at Charlotte Sports Park."I didn't feel tired whatsoever out there," said Price, who threw to fellow former Vanderbilt Commodore Curt Casali. "The humidity out here can take a lot out of you, but it cooled down a lot after the bullpen. The body feels strong and I've been out in the sun quite a bit."If the results on the stat sheet weren't a strong enough indicator, the radar gun was.It regularly showed Price working his fastball in the 92- to 94-mph range while working in each of his secondary pitches, including an off-speed pitch roughly once every four throws."I don't know what it was today, but I felt good," Price said of his velocity. "I felt good with my fastball ... I was able to get some swings on (the curve ball), and it was good - I didn't hang any."Whether he'll wear the Stone Crabs uniform again or not is not under his control, but he's optimistic either way."Obviously the decision is not in my hands, but I put my best foot forward today," Price said. "It was very good to have the results that I did today."


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BASED SOLELY OFF EXPERIENCE; To good to be true!
Thirsty Thursday's- Thought & lesson taught
As a writer, entrepreneur, or anything that requires sales, clients/customers, and or interaction. In the beginning, it is easy to become almost desperate for new followers/supporters, views and will do just about anything to gain them. Most of us research, work long and hard while investing into the very thing we believe in. Sometimes it gets frustrating when it seems as if we are simply stuck in the same place. I know personally there are people/ groups that prey on the lost and determined. I too have been in the same boat, I did what most people would do; google some ish and stumble across some bogus Ads stating, they have the marketing strategy to drive traffic to one's platform. Well let me tell ya, IT'S A SCAM! What these people do is down right horrid, they take your money and basically play you. Yeah sure they promise you higher numbers and they provide those however, if you check out each account that followed your platform; you'll soon learn that they are empty fake accounts aka bots. The creator is nothing more than a hacker so to speak. They manipulate the systems and or somehow gain control over multiple accounts and span likes and follows. Only problem is once they are done, you will not receive constant activity only high numbers. Prime example: EXPERT GRAM; found this company through facebook ads. It wasn't until I decided I wanted to write and do positive outreach did I notice alllllll the facebook ads geared towards what I wanted, tried and attempted to do.
Basically, anyone can create an ad or company via facebook without much research into the company. I left a comment on their facebook page stating that I knew how these things work and forewarned people of the bogus company and their types. Guess what? That stroked a nerve, the next thing I knew I received a filtered message calling me a fxxxing bxxxx. Then an Dm via Instagram requesting I remove my comment and rating, a bit of back and forth with the creator; telling me that I was wrong and that I knew northing about their company. Once I refused to take down my ad…. BOOOM! Not only did the man prove my point by flooding my IG with rude comments, spammed over 2000 likes on a picture and continued to spam the heal not harm facebook page. Oh, and I almost forgot my personal website healnotharm365.com was also spammed with dirty comments. All because I gave facts and a rating. Success cannot be bought overnight and even if it could, it wouldn't be 9.99 or even 29.99. Also, I want to point out all the positive /motivational speaker's ads and or courses that are floating around; ESPECIALLY ON FACEBOOK! Targets are created and based on one's interest (frequent clicking) . Be smart! Truth be told, there isn't any paid or magical formula to success! Just because it glitters doesn't mean its diamonds or gold. I paid for an e-book that supposedly gave tips/steps- on how to successfully blog. Yeah it was merely $5.85 but imagine $5.85 times 1000+, not only that; as I was trying to check out the ebook I agreed on, there are at least 3-5 additional services that are apparently offered as a supreme package upgrade. Now if everything is in this ebook for 5.85, why do I need the additional information, which was anywhere from $100-300!! Once I denied the additionals, next; I received a free webinar invitation. Long story short, the speaker talked in circles and offered additional courses for a price of course. The webinar simply covered the speaker's success and minimal pointers, but the topic went from blogging to selling. Hence why I feel that hard work will quench a thirst faster than a quick payment. Sacrifice, patience and consistency are the keys to success ❤


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The 1960's
'The most powerful white blues singer of the 1960s.'
Originally from Port Arthur, Texas, Joplin joined Big Brother and the Holding Company as lead vocalist in 1966. She won rave reviews for her performance at the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967. Her albums were Cheap Thrills (with Big Brother), and I got dem ol' kozmic blues again Mama (1968, solo). Janis died of a drug overdose in 1970 and did not see her albumPearl yield a number one single 'Me and Bobby McGee' in 1971.
Began the theme album trend of the late 1960s.
Inspired by the Beatles album Revolver, Brian Wilson produced the Beach Boys masterpiece album Pet Sounds in 1966. The album used innovative overdubbing recording techniques to give a thickly textured sound and developed a connecting theme of youthful insecurity throughout the song lyrics. Although it was critically acclaimed, Pet Sounds did not sell well. However the highly produced, psychedelic single Good Vibrations which followed Pet Sounds went to number one.
Born: Robert Zimmerman
May 1941, Duluth, Minnesota
'The most influential American pop musician of the sixties.'
In the early 1960s, Bob Dylan's biting humour, his expressive, topical lyrics and his unique nasal singing style gained him a large following, especially in the New York folk scene. His second album (1963) included 'Blowin' in the wind', a million-selling hit for Peter, Paul and Mary.
Dylan created rather than followed popular music trends. He changed his sound from acoustic to amplified rock in his 1965 album Bringing it all back home, then changed to country rock in 1968 with the album John Wesley Harding and later Nashville Skyline.
The summer of love, June 1967.
A pivotal event in rock history, it caught the flowering of hippie culture and started a pop music revolution. Thirty acts from around the world played to an audience of 50,000 and introduced major new artists like Jimi Hendrix to the public.
Some artists who performed at Monterey were Janis Joplin, the Who, the Grateful Dead, the Byrds,Jefferson Airplane, the Animals, Ravi Shankar, Hugh Masekela,Simon and Garfunkel, the Mamas and the Papas, Otis Redding,Booker T and the MGs, the Steve Miller Blues Band and Jimi Hendrix.
Monterey showed that there was an audience for new and different styles of music that embraced elements of jazz, blues, folk, soul, African and Eastern music.
'Pioneers of folk rock'
The members of the Byrds, David Crosby,Chris Hillman, GeneClark, Michael Clarkeand Roger McGuinn all belonged to other folk groups before the Byrds. The Byrds' first hit was Bob Dylan's 'Mr Tambourine Man' which featured tight harmonies and McGuinn's unique 'finger-picking' 12-string electric guitar sound. The song went to UK and US number one in 1965. Their next hit in the same year, 'All I really want to do', was another Dylan song. The biblically inspired 'Turn, turn, turn' was followed in 1966 with another hit 'Eight miles high'.
The Byrds influenced many later rock bands including the Eagles, Tom Petty, Fleetwood Mac and R.E.M.
'Three days of peace, love and music'
The Woodstock Music and Art Fairbecame the touchstone of a generation in August 15, 16 & 17, 1969 and remains the biggest outdoor overnight festival ever.


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Born in 1904 to an American mother and a Japanese poet father, Isamu Noguchi split his childhood and adolescence between two countries in which he never felt he belonged. But creating art made him feel at home, and Noguchi traveled the world and worked with some of the most renowned artists of the 20th century. The ingenious ways he blended both his American and Japanese heritages into sculpture, furniture, stage sets, and public gardens made Noguchi a world-renowned artist. This detailed biography examines how Isamu Noguchi was able to nurture his artistic vision, and in turn mold a striking aesthetic legacy.


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I took this shot the last time I went parachuting. No, not really. I was in Pacific Beach focusing on minimalism and this curvy concrete strip in the grass caught my eye. I shot this at f/2.8 and at f/16 because I knew I'd get quite a bit of background blur shooting wide open. After reviewing the two images on my computer, this one stuck out as being the more interesting of the two. It kind of gave me that tilt/shift-miniaturization feel, so I ran with it. I toyed around with adding extra blur to make the effect more pronounced, but I ended up being happier with the original blur. Next time I'm in Pacific Beach, I'm bringing a few Hot Wheels with me.
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The color was actually pretty good on this, maybe just a touch too cool.
- Processed RAW
I warmed it up quite a bit to get a softer green and bring out the dead spots a little more.
- Cloning
I got rid of the breaks in the concrete to give it a more road-like appearance.
- Curves Adjustment
Added lots of contrast and darkened the greens quite a bit. This really helped bring out the shallow depth of field.
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Photo by Brian Auer
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DARK STAR, Fla. – If you were thinking that things couldn't possibly go as bad for Melvin Upton Jr. than when he was known as B.J. Upton, well, it only took a few days for that theory to be disproved. Say what you will about how bad B.J.'s first two seasons with the Braves were – and they were terrible – but he never had an injury that kept him out two months.
And this one could keep him out even longer, if you think about the tentative rehab plan they've laid out. If I had to guess, I say we don't see Upton before mid-May, and it wouldn't surprise me if it's closer to June. More on that in a moment.
Many Braves fans have commented on social media and elsewhere that it's the best development of the spring in regards to Upton. That's cruel and kicking a man when he's down, which ain't cool. So I won't join in that exercise. But I will say, it could benefit the Braves in that they'll now get to take a longer look at the options they have to replace Upton in the event he struggles this year (when he returns) like he struggled the past two years.
Because we all know the leash wasn't going to be as long this year as it was in the past two years. Upton wasn't going to still be in the lineup in July if batting, say, .200 and striking out every third time he batted.
So anyway, now we'll get to see Eury Perez a lot this spring and find out if the speedy center fielder was a great pickup, after posting a high average and OBP in Triple-A with the Nats but slipping through the cracks with them and Yankees because they had studs or at least guys with big contracts in the outfield and Perez was the victim of a numbers game (even if he might have been better than an outfielder or two that was kept by those teams; if that sounds like Jordan Schafer with the Braves, well, it probably should).
Perez hit .310 with a .371 OBP and 26 stolen bases in 67 games last season with Nationals minor league affiliates. But he has just 23 total plate appearances in the majors in callups with the Nats in 2012-2013 and Yankees in 2014. So it remains to be seen what he can do against big-league pitching. We'll get a little better idea this spring when he plays a lot and faces some good pitchers (and plenty of garbage pitchers, too, which is why spring-training numbers shouldn't always be taken at face value).
We'll get to see if Eric Young Jr. can play good center-field defense. We know he's a solid enough left fielder, and came up as a second baseman, but he's not played a whole lot in center in the majors, and Braves officials want to see him out there to decide if he's good enough to play it on a regular basis. Fredi Gonzalez and some Braves officials are intrigued by the idea of Young batting leadoff, perhaps giving the Braves the first prototypical leadoff hitter they've had since Michael Bourn.
Problem with that is, almost nothing about his offensive stats suggests Michael Bourn, other than EY doesn't walk at a high rate. (Bourn didn't either, but at least he used to hit for a high average and a lot of triples, etc.) EY Jr has a .252 career average and .320 OBP in the majors, and his .229/.299 last season is why he had to settle for a minor league contract and non-roster invite. So let's not get the expectation machine cranked up too much.
Even if he can play center, is he a guy you want leading off on a daily basis? Not unless he hits a whole helluva lot better than last year. (I like him better as a part-time option in left field and pinch-runner, if he's on the roster.)
Todd Cunningham? Good dude. Solid outfielder at all three positions. But not going to give you much of anything offensively. Spent the past two seasons in Triple-A and had totals of 10 homers and 39 steals in more than 1,000 PAs in that span, while OPS'ing at .675 2013 and .754 in 2014. Remember, that was in Triple-A. And he's almost 26.
The other possibility is Zoilo Almonte, who would be a lot better option if we were talking about an injury in left or right field. (If Nick Markakis isn't ready to go at the start of the season, maybe Almonte will be the best option in right field.) But center? He's only played it on a very limited basis, and the former Yankee farmhand isn't built like a center fielder and doesn't run like one. He's got thick, muscular legs. Some pop in his bat. Weighs about 220 pounds. Had 18 homers in 454 PAs for the Yankees' Triple-A affiliate last season and was one of the best hitters in the Dominican Winter League this offseason.
But he's a corner outfielder, not a center fielder.
If Mallex Smith was 22 and coming off a big year in Double-A, I'd say the Braves might be best going with him. But he's 21 and coming off a big year in A-ball, having batted .310 with a .403 OBP and 88 stolen bases in 120 games. A year from now, maybe he could be the guy to replace Upton if the Braves have traded or just given up and released him by that point. But not now. Nope.
The Braves plan to have him start the season in Double-A. Smith doesn't have a strong arm and scouts say he needs to keep working on getting better reads on balls to better utilize is speed. Also, he needs to sharpen up his basestealing skills -- he was also caught 26 times, which translates to a 77-percent success rate that's not great for a guy who runs that much.
We'll see how this plays out, and whether the Braves, despite stated intentions to go with what they have, decide instead to make a move and bring in another center fielder. But for now, if I had to guess, I'd say they go with Perez, who impressed new Braves third-base coach Bo Porter when Porter held that same position with the Nats in 2011-2012 and got to see him plenty in spring training and in a couple of callups.
Perez, 24, only had 23 plate appearances in three callups with the Nats and Yankees, who claimed him off waivers from the Nats in late September. The Braves signed him to a major league contract about five weeks ago, and that move was one of those under-the-radar moves that we said at the time might pay big dividends down the road. Well, "down the road" might be here a lot sooner than anticipated.
Perez stole 268 bases and hit .305 with a .360 on-base percentage in 698 games over eight minor league seasons with the Nationals, including seasons with 64, 45 and 51 steals from 2010 through 2012. He had more triples (25) than homers (20) in the minors.
He's a right-handed hitter who had a .310 average with a .371 OBP in the minors last season, with 18 extra-base hits (two homers) and 26 steals in 30 attempts over 67 games, including 57 in Triple-A.
On the day the Braves signed him, I asked John Hart about Perez. "We like this player -- he has speed and can hit," said the Braves president of baseball operations.
If he turns out to be as good as the Braves think Perez can be, then the Upton injury might actually have come at an opportune time, allowing them to take a good look at Perez this spring and perhaps giving him – or someone else – a solid month or more in center field during the regular season before Upton would be expected to return. And if Perez or another CF is impressing, don't look for Upton to be coming back before a significant rehab stint in the minors.
The Upton foot injury diagnosed this week is likely to keep him out longer than what he or most of you might be thinking. Because if the tentative rehab schedule they gave us is correct, and he spends two weeks in a cast followed by four to six weeks in a walking boot, well, that's a minimum six weeks there before he'd be back running and doing any strenuous baseball activities.
And it's not as if he's going to go from walking boot to the lineup in under two weeks.
Once he gets the boot off he's going to have to progress from jogging to running, sprinting, cutting, etc. This injury, inflammation to a bone behind the ball of the foot, doesn't permit him to push off. Can't do much in baseball until that's healed, especially when speed is your best asset. And they're going to want to make sure it's completely healed so it doesn't linger, since without speed Upton isn't of much use even if his swing's better (and no, we can't truthfully say we've seen his swing enough this spring in the batting cage to know if his swing is better).
So to recap, I'd guess we're probably looking at more than two months before he's ready to play. And to be honest, I'm thinking it might be three months or more before he's on the 25-man roster.
As I said, the positive in this is that it gives the Braves time to observe their other in-house options and figure out if they have the guy to replace Upton should he be dropped at some point in the next year. The negatives? Well, for one thing, this could halt any offseason progress Upton made, mentally and/or physically, in his effort to snap out of his two-year doldrums. He's got a lot of time to sit around and think, which might not be good for a guy who's hit under the Mendoza Line for the first two years of the largest free-agent contract the Braves ever gave a player, and knows the Braves would've traded him this winter if any team would've been interested in paying part of the more than $46 million he's still owed.
The other negative? Well, not to be cold, but if the Braves were inclined to perhaps dump Upton later this season should he still be hitting around .200 with a ton of strikeouts and playing mediocre defense – the way he's played the past two years, in other words – then what does this period of inactivity at the start of the season do to that possibility? Do they wait two or three months longer than they might have to release him, if they were/are so inclined should he struggle mightily once again?
If none of the other options steps to the fore, would they be less inclined to dump him without bringing in another established center fielder? Or would it even matter? I mean, if he struggles again, for a third consecutive year, it really would be hard to make any case for doing anything other than eating the rest of his contract.
But if he doesn't play until May or June, then they would probably have to wait until at least after the All-Star break to give him a chance to show what he can do. And what if one of the other guys who's filling in for him plays well in the interim? Then presumably they wouldn't just bench that guy in order to prelace him with a .198-for-the-past-two-years hitter.
I mean, it shouldn't take the next Lou Gehrig to make Upton the next Wally Pipp, because Upton is no Pipp. Not since the Braves got him. No Pipp. Just a dud.
And now he's hurt. And until he's ready to play, there will be no way to tell if Melvin is any better than B.J. was.
Stay tuned.
• OK, let's close this with this cut from a little band that formed in Florida but thrived out of Macon, Ga., the mighty Allman Brothers Band with a cut off their Eat a Peach album.
"STAND BACK" by the Allman Brothers
I recall once upon a time,
Livin was so easy and I felt so fine.
But, my, my, my right before my very eyes,
Satan came with fire to burn me,
Wouldn't listen when they warned me.
A dagger in my back while she's calling me honey,
Wouldn't stand back, for neither love nor money.
Thirty minutes after my ship set sail,
She put up a sign and my house began to wail.
But, why, why, why I couldn't see it in my little girl's eyes?
She had such a way to fool me, Lord she had a way to fool me.
And I would ask the woman, "Can you find it in yourself to please stand back?
You ain't gonna rule me."
Just when all began to fade,
I reached out, threw the Ace of Spades.
I put her on a train to the Everglades.
Now that it's all over and gone,
Somehow I just don't feel so alone.
But, lie, lie, lie it seemed like such a waste of time.
She did not ever seem to know me,
But, now it's much too late to show me.
But, if I ever see that woman walkin down the street I'll just stand back,
And try to move away slowly.
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I had a bit of time today to close some open issues:
The oldest one was Fix Travis CI environment, at some point the way the test environment for Atom works changed and we were outdated, that's now fixed. We sometimes have a problem with a file, but we'll need more time to fix that, it seems a
timeoutproblem or an
unlink fileone.
We catched an exception to fix wrong json payload. If you add an invalid json payload now you'll get a nice error.
- It's possible to use a proxy server with the
rest-client, wasn't possible before.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is the date of the race for 2018?
The Irish 3/4 Marathon will be run on Sunday, 7th October 2018 – Starting time is 10.00 am
How can I enter the event?
2018 Event Entry HERE
Name changes will be permitted for free But Only Permitted up to Monday 24th September 2018
Please do not attempt to run the race under anyone else's number as this messes up results and often prize allocation, etc
Future Entry for this event Will Be Refused to anyone who uses someone else's number of permits their number to be used by anyone else after 24th Sept changes deadline
What race is being held?
The race is a three-quarter-marathon – Distance is 19.664 miles or 31.646 km
Where is the Irish 3/4 Marathon Based?
Our race is based in Longwood, Enfield, Co Meath – Location & course map HERE
This is and easy 30 mins drive from M50 & M7 and 50 Mins from Athlone
PLEASE Carpool to Access Priority Parking
Cars with only 1 person will park furthest from Race HQ/ Start & Finish
Driving Directions to Longwood are HERE
From South & East access is via Enfield (Via M4 or R148) – Go west from Enfield for ~3km on R148 (Direction Kinnegad) & take right turn for Longwood (5km)
Turn left at roundabout entering village and follow signs to parking and race sign on
From West go towards Enfield on R148 from Kinnegad ( Exit M4 or M6 motorways at Kinnegad)
Take left turn at big white house ~3km after Clonard and follow road to Longwood.village
Follow signs to parking and race sign on
From North approach Longwood from Navan / Trim on R160
Go straight at roundabout entering village and follow signs to parking and race sign on
What is the route for the 2018 Irish 3/4 Marathon?
Route for the 2017 Irish 3/4 Marathon was as shown HERE
In 2018 we plan to slightly alter the start of the event to aid race and traffic management.
Start and finish will be within the GAA Grounds / Race HQ
Total climb over the 19.6 mile/ 31.6 km route is only ~88m which is approx 3/4 of the climb in DCM
When do I collect my race number?
Race sign-on for those pre-entered on-line will be on race day at race HQ between 8.15am and 9.30am.
Race sign-on will close promptly at 9:30am
Will there be race medals?
YES- Details of the 2018 Finisher Medal will be announced in due course
What is the 2018 Race Top?
For 2018 we are providing mens and ladies fit quality tees as detailed below
Please provide the correct size for somewhat tight fitting tops when you enter – If in doubt or if you like a loose fit then order a size bigger than normal please
You will need to take the size selected at sign-on as orders will have been made in accordance with this information provided by you at entry stage
If size is not suitable and you wish to change then this will be facilitated post sign-on subject to available stocks
We will also be providing an additional running accessory – Details will be announced shortly
Is the race distance certified?
Yes – Race distance has been measured accurately using a Jones Counter and certified by an AAI trained & accredited course measurer
Exact placement of intermediate km & mile markers is not certified and are for general information only
Will chip timing be used?
Yes, chip timing will be used to ensure accuracy of race results
Individual Split Timing will be provided at each 1/4 marathon point in Final Results
What is the entry fee?
2018 Entry Fees** are shown below
Our fees are designed to encourage early entry and gives €5 off to entry of teams of 5+ in a single booking
Up to 31/10/17 – €29/hd – All entries From 1/11/17 -> 31/12/17 – €34/hd or €29/hd for groups of 5+ From 1/1/18 -> 31/4/18 – €39 /hd or €34/hd for groups of 5+
From 1/5/18 -> 30/07/18 – €44/hd or €39/hd for groups of 5+
From 1/8/18 Until Sold Out*! – €49/hd or €44/hd for groups of 5+
* Entry will close earlier than advertised once race limit is reached
We expect to sell out well in advance again in 2018
**Entry fees are subject to Entry Systems Provider's booking fee
THERE WILL BE NO LATE or ENTRY ON DAY for the 2018 EVENT
Are there elite entries available?
A limited amount of elite entries will be made available – Please e-mail with your elite entry request by 18th Sept 2018
Recent half-marathon standard required for elite entry consideration is sub 70 minutes for men and sub 82 minutes for women or similar.
What happens when I enter on line?
Your credit card or laser card details will be processed and debited for the entry fee amount.
You will receive an e-mail detailing your Receipt Number.
Please bring this e-mail to race registration to collect your race number w chip attached, race top & souvenir
What is provided at race sign on?
Details for 2018 will be provided shortly but to give you an idea of previous events:
For our 2016 event you got a decent quality race tee and race socks – For 2017 you got a l/s tech top and running gloves – 2018 Details TBC
One of our key objectives is to minimise race entry fees for athletes and as a result we do not intend to provide a "goody" bag preferring to keep the costs down and the quality of the event itself up.
Do I get a refund or deferment if I can't run?
No – Sorry, we are unable to provide a refund or deferral unless requested within 14 days of your entry (and only when requested before 15th Sept).
Can I transfer my number if I can't run?
YES – We will permit entry transfers (1 per entry) Free of charge until 24th September 2018
You can do this at the Entry Link Information provided on your Race Entry Confirmation Mail until 24th September
On 25th September we will finalise our entry list & order our personalised race numbers so transfer requests must be received prior to that date
No deferrals to subsequent events are possible
Please don't allow anyone else to run with your number
Allowing someone else to use your number in this manner is unfair to those who have missed out on the entry limits
It also adversely effects the results service we can provide with our timing partner particularly in relation to prizes
If you use or allow someone else to use your number in this manner then you will not be allowed to enter future events
SO PLEASE – NO NUMBER SWAPS UNLESS DONE OFFICIALLY ONLINE BY 24th Sept 2018
Where do I pick up my Race Number?
Race numbers with timing chips attached will be available for collection on the morning of the race between 8.15 and 9.30 at Race HQ.
Enter by 24th* September 2018 to get a race number with your name printed on it – *unless we sell out in advance of this date as looks very likely
Will the course be marked?
The route will be very clearly marked and marshaled.
There will also be signs at each km & mile intervals FYI – These signs are not officially measured and are for information / general assistance only.
At each quarter marathon point Split Timing will be provided to give you chip timed results including 1/4 marathon splits.
Where can I leave my car key or bag?
A key drop for your vehicle will be provided so please use that if you wish and leave your bag in your car which will be parked nearby.
Items left in this area are to be labeled with your race number before handing in – We will provide labels
Although every effort will be made to keep this area secure, the race organisers will not accept responsibility for items left in this area and we recommend that you keep your vehicle key on your person if possible
Where will water stations be located & what will be provided?
Water stations will be provided at 4 locations along the route as well as the finish
The following refreshment stations are planned for the 2018 event:
Station # 1 (approx 4.5 mile/ 7.0km) – Sport Top Bottles & 150ml cups of water
Station # 2 (approx 9 mile/ 14.5km ) – Sport Top Bottles & 150ml cups of water, banana segments
Station # 3 (approx 13 mile/ 21.3km) – Sport Top Bottles & 150ml cups of water/ cordial, bananas & water melon segments & fruit cake
Station # 4 (approx 16.5 mile/ 26.7km) – Sport Top Bottles & 150ml cups of water/cordial, bananas & water rmelon, fruit cake, sweets
At the finish area there will be:- Water/ Cordial/ Fresh Fruit segments/ Fruit Cake/ Tea / Coffee
Where will the toilets be located?
Toilets will be provided at the race start/finish area.
There will also be portable toilets provided close to each refreshment station.
Are changing facilities provided?
Yes – Basic changing facilities will be provided in GAA club
Where will the First Aid stations be located?
Two first aid ambulances will be on hand for the duration of the race.
When will the results be available?
We will process results as soon as possible after race finish. The focus will be on identification of prize winners immediately after race.
We aim to have a text issued that afternoon with your provisional result.
We aim to have provisional results available online by Sunday evening
When can I find previous 3/4 Marathon results?
We have held the 3/4 Marathon between 2010 and 2015 on an undulating course near Glasson in Co Westmeath
The results from this events are available at Athlone 3/4 Marathon Results Link
Our 2016 & 2017 Results from Longwood are at: 2016 Irish 3/4 Marathon Results Here & 2017 Irish 3/4 Marathon Results HERE
Will pacemakers be used?
Our intention is to use pacemakers for the course to aid inexperienced participants use this as the ideal marathon preparation event.
Pacers will be running at approx 105% of the 3.00, 3.30, 4.00 and 4.30 Hour MARATHON Pace.
We're pacing 5% slower than your marathon pace to make sure you don't empty the tank on this event which should be treated as preparation race for DCM.
Pacing will be based on the following:
– 3:00 Marathon Pace Group: Planned 2:22 for 3/4 Marathon = approx. 4′ 28″ /km = approx. 7′ 13″ /mile
– 3:30 Marathon Pace Group: Planned 2:45 for 3/4 Marathon = approx. 5′ 13″ /km = approx. 8′ 24″ /mile
– 4:00 Marathon Pace Group: Planned 3:10 for 3/4 Marathon = approx. 6′ /km = approx. 9′ 40″ /mile
– 4:30 Marathon Pace Group: Planned 3:43 for 3/4 Marathon = approx. 6′ 44″ /km = approx. 10′ 50″ /mile
Please identify and join an appropriate pacing group at the race briefing at Race HQ at 9.40am
Please identify and join an appropriate pacing group at the race briefing at Race HQ at 9.40am
What prizes will be awarded?
2018 Prizes will be announced in due course including age group voucher sponsor but are value of prizes are likely to be similar to 2017
2017 Prize Details were as follows:
1st* Male & Female: €300 + commissioned prize from Crannmor Pottery
+ €100 Cash bonus for Course record
€200 Cash Bonus for Course & 3/4 Marathon Race Record
2nd Male & Female: €200 + commissioned prize from Crannmor Pottery
3rd Male & Female: €100 + commissioned prize from Crannmor Pottery
Current Course Records are 1h 45′ 54″ (M) & 2h 06′ 33″ (W) & 3/4 Marathon Race Records are 1h 40′ 13″ (M) & 1h 59′ 42″ (W)
2017 category prizes were:
First male and female finishers over 40, 50 and 60: €60 Amphibian King Vouchers
Second male and female finishers over 40, 50 and 60: €40 Amphibian King Vouchers
Your age category will be based on your age on race day – 1 prize per person
All Prizes are based on Gun Time / Order of crossing finish line NOT Chip time as per International Rules
Are iPods and MP3 players banned?
We strongly request that you do not use personal music devices for safety of you, other participants and other road users
This is not something we can actively monitor and we appreciate your co-operation to maximise race safety.
Is there a race cut off time?
Yes – The full course will officially close after 4 1/2 hours in 2018
We will allow maximum of 1hr 30′ for each section (1/4 marathon) of the course to be completed.
i.e. You must have passed the first 1/4 marathon point by 11.30 and the 1/2 marathon point by 13.00
This is sufficient time for someone to walk the course at a 6 hour marathon pace, so we feel this is appropriate in balancing the needs of participants, marshals and residents along the route.
Walkers are very welcome to participate if they are confident of meeting these cut-off times.
Race signage, refreshment stations, marshals and timing equipment will be removed in accordance with this schedule.
Who is organising the event?
Paul Mahon of Outfront Events is the main 2018 race organiser.
His track record in this 3/4 marathon and many other events organised under the Outfront and Multisport Adventure Ireland banners since 2010 are testament to the quality you can expect in 2018
Who can I contact for further help?
Please check these FAQs and the rest of the website for the answer to your query
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OLD SAYBROOK – Two Florida men were arrested by the Old Saybrook Police Tuesday after they tried using fraudulent credit cards to buy high-priced items at a store that sells boating accessories and fishing supplies.
Police said that at about 2:30 p.m. employees of West Marine at 1667 Boston Post Road told them two men were acting suspiciously and attempting to buy items with what they suspected were fraudulent credit cards.
When police arrived, they said one of the suspects was still trying to complete a transaction using different credit cards. It was determined the credit cards were fraudulent and Yosbell Ciscard Jimenez, 37, and Toniel Eugelle Argamonte, 48, both of Miami, Fla., were arrested on charges including credit card theft, forgery, and identity theft.
The suspects were trying to buy merchandise like high-value items such as GPS map plotters, radios and speaker systems.
In all, 71 fraudulent credit cards were seized. The suspects' name, a credit card number and various bank names were on the actual cards but the information contained on the magnetic strip did not correspond with that information.
The suspects had been driving a rental vehicle that was impounded and searched. During the search, police said more credit cards and thousands of dollars' worth of additional merchandise was found. It was determined the merchandise was bought fraudulently statewide.
The U.S. Secret Service, one of the Federal agencies that investigates credit card fraud, is helping Old Saybrook Police with the investigation.
The investigation continues and is active.
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|…and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.
Matthew 28: 20
|O Immanuel,
Thank You for Your eternal presence. Help my children to embrace this truth with their whole heart. May they talk to You morning, noon, and night. May they be still enough to hear You - Your words of peace, Your calm sweet delight in their days.
A Passage and A Prayer... Matthew 28:20
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"In speaking of the Real H P Blavatsky I use the term first of all as correcting the false representations and misconceptions which have been so commonly and so lightly accepted by the world at large: and secondly, as signifying – what in fact each of us possesses – an inner Self, a real Self as distinguished from the fluctuating, changing personality; a Self which, in the majority of us, is only very feebly active in or through the temporary personality. This distinction between the higher and the lower Self is a fundamental one, not merely in Theosophy but also in all Mysticism, both philosophical and devotional." Partial list of Contents: Some Personal & Impersonal Characteristics/ The higher & the Lower Self/ Spiritualism/ The Writing of 'The Secret Doctrine'/ Appendix – critical analysis of the 1885 SPR Report.
Author: William Kingsland
Publisher: Theosophical Publishing House London
Edition: 1985, 2nd edition
Book: 322 pp paperback


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When you have a country as big as China, justice is not a easy task. Physical punishement in public and public humiliation were two powerful means to enforce justice.
A friend told me as he was a kid, he saw a man hung by his feet from a pool. Several of his fingers were cut.
I learnt that in the past a thief was mutilated. One of his finger phalanx would be cut. But then if he was caught a second time they would take a second phalanx, and then a third... and so on...
He would also be hung by the feet and beaten.
When I first came to China, I saw a man handcuffed outside to some pillar. People would stop and stare at him.
This man was probably a thief. And this punishement was some kind of humiliation. The man loses face in front of other people.
Today physical punishment and humiliation is no longer a mean of justice.
Still important trials are often broadcast on television.
Also when dealing with relations between people, humiliation is a powerful weapon... For instance, some teachers use humiliation to punish some students.