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Jan. 25: Managers Argue Against Dismissal
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Mr. Manager CANADY. Mr. Chief Justice, Members of the Senate, on behalf of the House of Representatives, I rise to speak in opposition to the motion to dismiss. During the hour allotted to the managers, I will offer a few introductory comments concerning why adoption of the motion would be inconsistent with constitutional standards and harmful to the institutions of our Government. Mr. Hutchinson, Mr. Graham, and Mr. Gekas will present arguments concerning the facts and the law, and then Mr. Hyde will close.
At the outset, I must urge you to consider the fact that this motion to dismiss is without precedent. The Senate has
never--not once in the more than 200-year history of our Constitution--dismissed a proceeding against an official who remained in office after impeachment by the House of Representatives. I humbly urge you not to depart from the Senate's well-established practice of fully considering cases of impeachment and rendering a judgment of either conviction or acquittal.
In the midst of the great differences between the President's counsel and the House managers, there actually is at least a little common ground. Both sides agree that the impeachment and removal power is designed to protect the well-being of the institutions of our Government. But there is a critical difference that divides us, as is obvious from the argument that has gone before.
The managers have argued that this power--the power of impeachment and removal--is a positive power granted by the Constitution to maintain the integrity of Government, a power to preserve, protect, and strengthen our constitutional system against the misconduct of officials that would subvert, undermine, or weaken the institutions of our Government.
The President's lawyers, on the other hand, advance a much narrower view of the role of the impeachment power in protecting our institutions. Their case rests on the argument that it is a power to be used only in response to conduct threatening devastating harm to the system of Government--at least when it is used against a President.
But I submit to you that Alexander Hamilton did not contemplate that the impeachment process would be so restricted when he spoke of it as a 'method of national inquest into the conduct of public men.' And James Iredell did not have such a narrow view in mind when he spoke of the accountability through impeachment of anyone who 'willfully abuses his trust.' Iredell did not have such a limited view when he spoke of the impeachment of a President who, as he said, 'acted from some corrupt motive or other.'
Under the standards urged by the President's lawyers, the misdeeds of Richard Nixon would not be the threshold for impeachment and removal. What he did was corrupt. The legal rights of citizens were treated with contempt. President Nixon showed an egregious lack of respect for the law. But all these misdeeds did not threaten the sort of ruinous harm to the system of Government that the President's lawyers argue would be required to justify conviction and removal. After all, the core charges against President Nixon related to the coverup of a third-rate burglary.
Members of the Senate, as you consider the motion to dismiss, I ask you to pause and reflect on the consequences of the standard advocated by the President's lawyers. Consider the consequences for the system of justice of allowing the President's dangerous example of lawlessness to stand. Consider the consequences for the Presidency itself.
I respectfully submit to you that the standard advocated by President Clinton's lawyers will debase and degrade the institution of the Presidency. I know that is not the intention of the President's lawyers, but it is the necessary consequence of their position.
Only 42 men have held the office of President of the United States. Some of them have been ordinary men of limited talent. A handful of our Presidents have been great men. Most have been capable men who brought special skills to the office. No matter what our individual judgments may be concerning President Clinton, it is clear that he is one of the most intellectually gifted and politically skilled men to hold the office of President.
He was raised to this great eminence--the most powerful office in the greatest Nation in the history of the world--an unparalleled opportunity, honor and privilege. And in this position of eminence and honor, and in this position of trust, what did he do? He made a series of choices that has brought us to this day. He made the choice to violate the law--and he made that choice repeatedly. He knew what he was doing. He reflected on it. Perhaps he struggled with his conscience. But when the time came to decide, he deliberately and willfully chose to violate the laws of this land. He chose to turn his back on the very law he was sworn to uphold. He chose to turn his back on his solemn oath of office. He chose to turn his back on his constitutional duty.
As you deliberate on this motion, I ask you to consider what William Jefferson Clinton has done to the integrity of the great office he holds as a trust. I ask you to consider the harm he has caused, the indignity he has brought to the institution of the Presidency.
Some have asked of us, 'Where is the compassion and where is the spirit of forgiveness?' Let me say that I, for one, believe in forgiveness.
Without forgiveness, what hope would there be for any of us? But forgiveness requires repentance; it requires contrition. And so I must ask, where is the repentance? Where is the contrition?
It is true that the President has expressed regret for his personal misconduct. But he has never--he has never--accepted responsibility for breaking the law. He has never taken that essential step, as the argument advanced so vigorously by his counsel makes clear. He has refused to accept responsibility for breaking the law. He has stubbornly resisted any effort to be held accountable for his violations of the law, for his violations of his constitutional oath, and his violation of his duty as President. To this day, he remains adamantly unrepentant. And, of course, under our system of justice, even sincere repentance, which is so lacking here, does not eliminate all accountability.
In the discussion thus far, the debate has brought the concept of proportionality to the fore from time to time. You have been urged to reject your own precedents--the clear precedents establishing that crimes such as lying under oath justify conviction and removal. The principle of proportionality, it has been urged, requires that the rule you have applied to Federal judges not be applied to the President of the United States.
I will be the first to concede that removing a President of the United States is, without doubt, a more momentous decision than removing one of the hundreds of Federal judges who hold office in this country. When the Chief Executive is removed, the gravity of the matter undeniably reaches a higher level. But it is also true--and it must not be forgotten--that when the President engages in a calculated and sustained course of conduct involving obstruction of justice and perjury, the gravity of the consequences for the Nation also reaches a far higher level. Such lawless conduct by the President does immeasurably more to subvert public respect for the law than does the misconduct of any Federal judge or any other Federal official.
As has been pointed out more than once, the Constitution contains a single standard for impeachment and removal of all civil officers; there is not one standard for the President and another standard for everyone else. There is nothing in the Constitution that requires you--or allows you--to set a lower standard of integrity for the President than the standard you have set for other officials who have been convicted and removed by your solemn action.
Although they can point to nothing in the Constitution, the President's lawyers assert that the President is simply different because he is elected. So let me say this. The Senate itself has established a standard of integrity for its own elected Members that President Clinton could not meet. As recently as 1995, an elected Senator resigned under imminent threat of expulsion for offenses that included acts similar to the acts of obstruction of justice committed by President Clinton.
Senator Robert Packwood was elected, yet he was on his way to certain expulsion. Listen to what the Senate Select Committee on Ethics had to say about Senator Packwood's conduct. He was guilty, the committee found, of
The statute referred to by the committee in the Packwood case is closely analogous to the obstruction of justice statute the President has violated. Senator Packwood unlawfully sought to impede the discovery of evidence. President Clinton has done the same thing. For his violation of the law, Senator Packwood, an elected Senator, was judged worthy of expulsion from the Senate.
But the President's lawyers argue the President should be held to a lower standard of integrity than the standard you have set for yourselves as Members of the Senate. According to them, the Constitution establishes a lower standard of integrity for the President than the standard for Senators, a lower standard than the standard for Federal judges, and a lower standard than the standard for members of the Armed Forces of the United States.
Ladies and gentlemen of the Senate, I submit to you that the President's lawyers, honorable as they are, are simply wrong. They advocate an arbitrary standard that would insulate the President from the proper accountability for his misconduct under our Constitution. Our Constitution does not establish a lower standard of integrity for the President of the United States.
The Senate, I respectfully submit to you, should follow the well established precedents. The Senate should reject the motion to dismiss.
The CHIEF JUSTICE. The Chair recognizes Mr. Hutchinson.
Mr. Manager HUTCHINSON. Mr. Chief Justice, how much time has expired?
The CHIEF JUSTICE. Twelve minutes.
Mr. Manager HUTCHINSON. Mr. Chief Justice, ladies and gentlemen of the Senate, in my former life, when I tried cases, the defense counsel would routinely offer a motion to dismiss and my clients would always ask me how they could argue to dismiss a case before we had a chance to put on our evidence. I would always explain that there was more than sufficient evidence to get this case to a jury and they didn't have to worry.
We all know that granting a motion to dismiss is a weapon that is rarely used in court. It is a severe remedy that cuts off an individual's right to seek justice in court. For that reason, a motion to dismiss must fail if there is any substantial evidence to support the case. In addition, as you evaluate evidence under a motion to dismiss, the facts are to be considered in a way that is most favorable to the respondent--in this case the House managers.
For example, if there is a dispute between the testimony of Ms. Lewinsky and the President in consideration of this, I would urge you to--and believe that under proper rules you should--consider that in the favor of the theory of the articles of impeachment.
It has been explained to me many times that standard courtroom rules do not apply in the U.S. Senate. But, still, granting a motion to dismiss by the Senate has the same effect--to cut short the trial and avoid the development of the facts--as it would in any State court case. In this case of impeachment, the House of Representatives found that there was substantial evidence to support these articles. And the Senate should not summarily dismiss the charges.
I might add that, despite Mr. Ruff's references, the House standard for the articles of impeachment was not simply probable
cause. My colleagues on the Judiciary Committee looked at a much higher standard of clear and convincing evidence.
But, coming back to the Senate, to dismiss the case would be unprecedented from a historical standpoint, because it has never been done before; it would be damaging to the Constitution, because the Senate would fail to try the case; it would be harmful to the body politic, because there is no resolution of the issues of the case; but, most importantly, it would show willful blindness to the evidentiary record that has thus far been presented.
An appropriate question, you might ask, is: How should you decide whether this motion should be granted? I would contend that you should decide this issue based upon the facts that you have before you in the record and not on any other criteria. A motion to dismiss should not be granted because you do not think there are presently enough votes for conviction.
Let me assure you that I want this over. As Bruce Lindsey, sitting over here, will probably attest, this is bad for me politically. I am from Arkansas, the State Bill Clinton dominated politically for years, and certainly its most influential politician. But we do have our responsibilities, and I happen to believe that we should follow the process which is dictated by the Constitution and the facts.
I know I am making legal arguments to this Court of Impeachment, in which I understand you make your own rules, and I respect that. But, as opposing counsel pointed out on many occasions, there are reasons for these rules of procedure and they have relevance to your deliberations today. Again, your decision should be based upon the facts, and so let's discuss the facts.
Does the record support the charges of obstruction of justice and perjury? To look at this from a different angle, because we talked about it at length, let's examine how the President responded to critical developments in the Federal civil rights case in which he was a defendant.
First, how did he handle those people he knew to be witnesses? The President did not want them to testify, and, if they did testify, he did not want them to testify truthfully. Two of those witnesses were Monica Lewinsky and Betty Currie.
Clearly, he did not want them to testify in the Federal civil rights case and, likewise, his lawyers today do not want those witnesses to testify before this body.
Now, let's look at what happened when the President learned that Monica Lewinsky was on the witness list. Very quickly, it was December 5 that the witness list came in. He learned about it probably the next day, December 6. Monica Lewinsky visited with him and said Vernon Jordan was not doing very much on the job front. The President's response is, okay, I will talk to him. I will get on it.
Now, Ms. Lewinsky assumed that was a brushoff, but he was serious about it because he later learned that day that at the latest--he learned later that day that Monica was on the witness list when he met with the lawyers.
After that, the next day, he meets with Vernon Jordan at the White House. And even though Mr. Jordan says he thinks it was unlikely that the job situation was discussed, Mr. Jordan makes it clear that he ultimately went to work to get Ms. Lewinsky a job at the direction of the President. According to Mr. Jordan's grand jury testimony on June 9, he testified, 'The President asked me to get Monica Lewinsky a job.' That is undisputed. He had testified to the same grand jury, 'He,' referring to the President, 'is the source of it coming to my attention in the first place.'
And so as the result of the President's request, Vernon Jordan got to work, met with Ms. Lewinsky, assisted her in securing key job interviews and kept the President informed. The job search became critical when she was put on the witness list on December 5, and the December 11 order of Judge Wright served to reinforce the urgency of the matter.
Now, all of this was happening when the President knew she was a witness in the civil rights case, but the individuals affected by the President's unlawful scheme of obstruction may not have been privy to his plans. He kept Ms. Lewinsky in the dark about her being a witness until he had the job search well underway. And Mr. Jordan indicates that he was simply trying to get Ms. Lewinsky a job at the direction of the President without any clue that she was a witness until she got the subpoena on December 19.
Now, the President kept his information about Ms. Lewinsky being on the list away from her until he called her at 2 a.m. in the morning on December 17 to let her know the news.
So how does the President handle witnesses in the judicial system that are a danger to him? He wanted to make sure that they were taken care of and cooperative in concealing the truth from the courts.
The next critical step for the President to assure that Ms. Lewinsky sticks with her predesigned cover stories was that she would not deviate from that even though they were now in the court system. Vernon Jordan testified in the grand jury that 'it didn't take an Einstein to know when she was under subpoena the circumstances changed,' and, of course, that is clear.
When Ms. Lewinsky was placed on the witness list, the truth became a threat to the President. He tried to avoid the truth at all costs and was willing to obstruct the legal processes of the judicial system in order to protect himself. The obstruction started with the job favors and then continued through the December 17 conversation with the President when the President encouraged her to keep using the cover stories even though she would be under oath as a witness, encouraged her to sign a false affidavit, and then on December 28, according to the testimony of Ms. Lewinsky, the President sent Betty Currie to retrieve items of evidence for the purpose of concealment and with the obvious effect of obstructing the truth.
Despite the concerted effort of the President in keeping Monica Lewinsky from being a truthful witness, the President was not yet home free. He still had to go through the hurdle of his own deposition on January 17. And even though he knew there were going to be questions about Monica Lewinsky, he was hopeful that the false affidavit, the representations of his attorney, Robert Bennett, and the President's own affirmation of the false affidavit would be sufficient to prevent questioning about Ms. Lewinsky. But it didn't work. Despite this effort, the Federal district court judge ordered the President to respond to the questions. At that point he had a choice. He could tell the truth under oath, or he could provide false statements. He chose the latter, and that decision forced a continued pattern of obstruction.
During the deposition, he asserted the name of Betty Currie at least six times, and by doing so he dared the plaintiff's lawyers to question Ms. Currie as a witness. They knew it, and he knew it. When the Jones lawyers returned from the deposition, they immediately set about issuing a subpoena for Betty Currie. And what did the President do? He immediately set about attempting to assure that Betty Currie would not state the truth when called as a witness.
They defended that she wasn't a witness, she wasn't a prospective witness, but yet we produced the subpoena that she was a prospective witness, and they wanted her to testify and everyone knew it. The President called her at home, arranged
for her to come in the next day, and put her through the questioning: He was never alone with Monica, trying to establish that; that Monica was the aggressor and that the President did nothing wrong. That is what he was trying to accomplish through his questioning of Betty Currie.
Can you imagine how uncomfortable Betty Currie was, must have felt on that occasion, being called in to see her boss, then having the President recreate a fictional account in order to prevent the truth from coming out in a court of law. But once was not enough, and 2 days later Ms. Betty Currie was brought in for the same series of questions. The message was clear. You have got to cover for the President even though the purpose was unlawful.
And so we see a pattern developing. When it comes to a witness, whether it is Monica Lewinsky or Betty Currie, the choice is made. The President encouraged the witness to lie, and the President chose to impede the administration of justice rather than assuring that the laws be faithfully executed.
But the President had one final choice, and that was in his grand jury testimony in August. At this point, the embarrassment of the relationship was public, and that could no longer serve as an excuse not to tell the truth. But, once again, the President chose not to abide by his oath but to evade the truth and provide false statements; not to protect his family, not to preserve the dignity of the Presidency, but to prevent the grand jury from knowing the truth in their investigation and to continue the coverup began during the truth-seeking process in the civil rights case.
I do not have time to cover all the facts, but they are more than substantial, they are compelling, and they are convicting.
Let me leave you with some questions. First of all, who asked Vernon Jordan to get Monica Lewinsky a job? The answer? It was the President.
Secondly, who suggested that Monica Lewinsky sign an affidavit to avoid testifying in the civil rights case, which by its nature had to be false? The answer? It was the President. Who obstructed the truth when Monica Lewinsky was subpoenaed as a witness? It was the President. Who impeded the gathering of evidence when the Federal court subpoena called for the production of gifts? The answer? It was the President. Who tampered with the testimony of Betty Currie when it was clear she was a witness in the case? It was the President. Who took an oath and failed to tell the truth before the courts of our land? It was the President.
I state these facts with sadness, but these facts are true. The motion should be defeated.
I thank the Senate. On behalf of the managers, Mr. Chief Justice, I reserve the remainder of the time.
The CHIEF JUSTICE. Very well. The Chair recognizes counsel for the President.
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Massachusetts has a serious budget problem. Year after year, the state struggles to cover the cost of public services — roads and schools, health care and child protection, law enforcement and the courts.
It's happening now, with Governor Charlie Baker racing to fill a hole in the current budget with just a few months left in the fiscal year. And while the troubles are partly about lower-than-expected tax revenue recently, the real problem goes a lot deeper.
Deficits are supposed to come and go. When times are tough, it's fine to end up a bit in the red, raiding emergency savings to cover essentials. But when the economy rebounds, the coffers should be flush, so you can replenish your savings and prepare for the next storm.
This isn't happening in Massachusetts. Despite rising wages and historically low unemployment — even after an uptick in the jobless rate for March that was reported Thursday — we face perennial deficits. That's proof the state suffers from what's called a "structural" budget deficit, the kind that doesn't go away even in good times.
What brought us to this budgetary low? Here's the short version: Since the late 1990s, the state has reduced taxes substantially, yet we've never cut spending to match.
This is not meant to imply that tax cuts "caused" the budget problem. Both sides matter here: the costly tax cuts and the inability to offset them with spending cuts. But somehow the full impact of these tax cuts is rarely appreciated, even though they have contributed more to the deficit than even the explosion in health care costs.
Central to these tax cuts was a successful 2000 referendum to drop the income tax rate from 5.85 percent to 5 percent. The phase-in has taken longer than expected; the income tax is still at 5.1 percent and descending slowly. But a before-and-after snapshot gives a sense of the budgetary effect.
During the 1990s, state taxes amounted to roughly 6.7 cents of every dollar earned in Massachusetts. These days, it's more like 5.9 cents. And if that doesn't sound like a big change, it adds up to something like 3.5 billion no-longer-collected dollars every year — more than enough to resolve the budget woes.
Compare that with the big driver on the other side of the ledger: the rise in health care spending, particularly on Medicaid. This, too, is a very big and very real fiscal challenge. In the late 1990s, less than 20 percent of the state budget went to Medicaid (known here as MassHealth); these days, it's over 35 percent. And while about half of those expenses are reimbursed by the federal government, the state's share is swelling, too.
Had these health care costs not exploded — but merely grown at the same rate as the rest of the Massachusetts economy — it would have freed up about $2.5 billion every year. That's a big number, by any metric, but a good deal smaller than the $3.5 billion cost of tax reductions.
So that's the big picture. Tax cuts drained away money, health care spending absorbed a growing portion of the remaining funds, and the result is a budget that's been out of balance for over a decade.
What to do about it? There are efforts to tackle the problem from both sides. The push for a "millionaires' tax" would be one way to increase revenues; Massachusetts has a new mechanism to stabilize the growth in health care costs; and the governor has proposed penalties for companies that shift employees onto state health plans.
But the clock is ticking. Nearly eight years have passed since we escaped the last recession, and if we find ourselves in an economic free fall anytime soon, we won't have a lot of good options.
The "rainy day" fund has $1.3 billion, far below the level during the economic expansions of the late 1990s and mid-2000s. What's more, the state withdrew more than that, over $1.6 billion, to maintain services during the financial crisis.
Without that protection, there's a real risk a recession could open a deficit too large to fill. Lawmakers would have little choice but to cut programs hastily, precisely when the need for help is greatest and the time for careful deliberation is short.Evan Horowitz digs through data to find information that illuminates the policy issues facing Massachusetts
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Homeless due to the housing crisis
A recent meeting of Waltham Forest Housing Action, set up by the local trades council, heard from several housing campaigns and people affected by the housing crisis. One was Claire Murphy, who told her story:
I've lived in Waltham Forest all my life. I've got two kids - my daughter is 12 and my son is ten. I was living in rented accommodation in Waltham Forest. The owner wanted to increase the rent by £600 a month because it was cheap compared to others in the area. For me that was impossible, as a working single parent.
So I was evicted on 9 March. I told the council I was homeless and I've been placed in 'emergency accommodation' outside of the borough, in Dagenham. Me and my kids are in one room in a shared house. We've got a double bed and a single bed for the three of us. For my daughter, who's just hitting puberty, it's a really big issue having no privacy, having to share with me and her brother.
Every day we have to get three buses to school and work. The room costs £176 a week. I work part time, four days a week. A three-bedroom private rental in Waltham Forest is at least £1,500 a month - that's more than my wages, without thinking about bills or food. A mortgage would be cheaper but I don't earn enough to get one.
The letter I got from the council when they placed us clearly said "this property is not suitable for you" but they're not doing anything about it. Someone else in the shared house we're in has been there for eight months.
It's all because the area is changing. If I went elsewhere maybe I could afford a nice three-bedroom but it would mean leaving behind where I was born and all my friends and family.
- Housing Action, including Socialist Party members, will be organising action to raise awareness of Claire's case and the housing situation in general.
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Maritime Administration Unveils Comprehensive Web-Based Information System
The information system, called MarView, provides access to more than 2500 links to transportation data sources.
WASHINGTON – Information on the condition and performance of the Marine Transportation System – including U.S. ports, vessels, waterways and intermodal connections – will be available on a Web-based, data-driven set of tools developed by the U.S. Department of Transportation's Maritime Administration, announced Maritime Administrator Sean T. Connaughton today.
The information system, called MarView, provides access to more than 2500 links to transportation data sources, giving statistics on intermodal freight transportation and on trained and licensed mariners. It provides real-time tracking of vessels, plus physical attributes information on national and international ports, vessels, and related facilities. MarView provides real time information on waterways and facilities and background facts about domestic and foreign shipbuilding and repair yards.
"Through MarView, we know instantly how much traffic is going through a port on any given day, plus how much goes through in a year and what kind of facilities a port has," Administrator Connaughton said. "When Hurricane Ike approached the Texas coast, MarView enabled us to keep an eye on a ship that was in trouble. We knew where it was, its physical capacity, and who owned it—instantly. Without MarView, such information might have taken several days to get."
Access to MarView is granted through a free subscription only. For more information or to subscribe, please visit www.marview.gov. MARAD Reference: 24-08 (October 3rd 2008).
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Talk about a meeting of the minds! At the time of this album, Henderson & Ayers were probably the biggest names in the jazz funk business – both with a smooth soulful style that was pushing the genre onto whole new levels, while still keeping firm roots in jazz – a rare blend that few other artists could handle this well! This initial debut from the pair seems to be much more dominated by the spirit of Roy Ayers' work at the time – particularly the mellow jazzed up work he was laying down on albums like Vibrations and You Send Me – a wicked sound that's rooted in modern soul modes, but filled with plenty of warm jazz elements too. The album's got wonderful vibes and electric piano from Roy – and tracks include "Step Into Our Life", "Lovers Should Always Be Together", "No Deposit No Return", "Ooh Baby", and "For Real". (Cover has a cut corner.) © 1996-2018, Dusty Groove, Inc.
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6EM40-2 Richmond 240V electric WH stopped heating
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i have a 6EM-40-2 Richmond 240V electric WH installed 2-3 yrs ago at lake home (an hour drive away) which worked fine until now. water is not heating, reset switch is not tripped - flush to unit & no idea if i can force it to trip to reset it. house has well water which didnt lose pressure - water flows freely out any hot tap. moving temp setting from 105 to 125 changed nothing. looks like power for the WH & some baseboard heating runs thru a 2nd utility controlled meter outside. the wiring is similar to first pic. 2nd pic is identical to upper thermostat unit.
with power off: (1) checked 4500W elements & both read ~12.5 ohms (didnt disconnect any wires when checking) compared to 12.4 spec for comperable AOSmith elements & (2) high temp cutoff (T2) to power lead (L1) shows 0.3 ohms.
power on @ 30A breaker has 2 stranded copper wires @ 124V each going to WH using a flexible metal electrical conduit for ground (used this ground for all measurements). 124V @ all contacts - thermostats & elements.
not sure which (if not all) should read 240V (or 248 = 124+124). i checked the wiring @ the top of the WH with the incoming wires @ 124V & the green ground wire coming from inside the WH had 0 ohms to the flexible conduit ground. so i'm left with some failure i can't see in the wiring or the thermostats. i can pick up spare parts on the way to the lake. should i get both thermostats & an element or 2 (anything else) to swap out or is there enough info here for anyone to point to a likely culprit? what other tests could i do, and what would they indicate?
thanks for your attention & help
I cannot say what is blown if anything.
You have to check for 240 volts (supply voltage) at the upper thermostat (black to red)
Using the white Neutral or ground (the conduit) will not tell you if you are getting the correct voltage.
Note that Neutral and ground are the same thing.
Neutral is not part of the heating element circuit.
One side of the elements is probably always connected to one side of the line so you will see it on both sides of the element as long as the thermostat contacts are closed.
Have you tride flipping the breaker off/on slowly a couple times.
Sometimes you can loose half the line without actually tripping the breaker.
FYI. I am do not know how much electrical knowledge you have so below is a blurb on how it works.
Your house wiring is actually 2 supplies (L1 and L2) which share a common Neutral.
Each supply is 120 volts but they are 190 degrees out of phase.
Therefore when one is at positive 120 volts, the other is at negative 120 volts.
If you measure between them you get 240 volts and this is what runs your heating elements.
The Neutral/ground is just connected as a safety. If one side of the line (element) shorts to the water heater then it will blow the circuit breaker instead of putting 120 volts onto the water heater case.
thanks for the reply. when i measure across L1 & L2 the voltage goes from 1v to 0 to -1v. from what i've read this happens if they are in the same phase cancelling themselves. i'll have to test from the breaker to see if it's happening there too next time i'm at the lake.
Yes it looks like you have lost half the line at the water heater.
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Re: Feeling
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What changed my view completely was when I was thrown for the first time by Endo Seishiro.
I didn't feel anything. There was nothing to feel. I was sure he didn't even touch me. Next thing I realised was being hammered into the tatami. I felt the enormous energy of this throw only when it was over and sensei stood some steps away.
Then. What I feel when practicing with someone who is experienced with Endo's way of aikido is not my partner. I just feel that somebody laid his hand on my body. But I don' t feel that this hand does something to me. It just is there. So I just feel my own body. It's like I'm moving in a very pleasant and natural way, but it is not be felt why I am moving. I am just moving. And although it feels very "good", I am finally collapsing, going down to the ground. At no time I have to think about danger, have to jump or feel pain. I just move myself although I am not moving myself.
Sometimes it feels like every physical (not mental!) energy leaves me and my body is no longer able to stay upright.
When practicing with someone who is not so experienced I, and on the other side, people who practice with me, can feel that it is the hand, touching the body, that moves it and how the hand does it.
Another very interesting experience was being uke of Ikeda Hiroshi. He didn't move when grasped. And he didn't feel different in no way. It was just that I was off balance when he said I would be. And that I regained my balance, when he said so. On off on off ...
There was nothing to feel in his body, nothing that changed. But my body changed clearly.
Those three examples sound familiar to what I was taught and practiced over the first years. But what I tried to describe was/is fundamentally different from those familiar pictures and experiences. It was something I had not experienced ever before.
It feels kind of being connected to oneself. Like grabbing oneself and not at different person. There is not two bodys any more. So there is no letting go or connection to a center or something like that. Just me. And I am doing strange things.
And if there is resistance, it is not like moving against an unmovable thing. But like not being able to move further. Again it's me who can't go on. It is not a resistance outside of me.
I don't understand: You mean fives sense = feeling?
Or feeling is different from five senses?
"Feeling" in my textbook can mean an psychological phenomenon: Emotions. This is not what I am talking about in aikido.
"Feeling" can also mean a physiological phenomenon. Then it is the sensory impression or cognition of the surrounding world. This is what think to be related to aikido.
Neither of both in my understanding is related to "Spirituality".
I don't get how you understand this phrase in this context?
What is interesting to me is, that there is a different quality when touching Endo or Ikeda or my teacher or my students. Completely different. And touching Endo for the first time, like touching Ikeda, had no parallel in my life on and off the tatami. This was completely different.
Hearing Endo talking about spiritual issues was very familiar to me. I understand it, even if I don't understand everything he says.
Very nice experiences. I love the Endo one. I can't say exactly what he is doing there as I would have to ask him but it is very familiar so I could say I understand. I would call that true kokyu.
When I say spiritual I do mean it though. The feeling you felt from Endo was not physical, it was not mental, so what was it?
We have five senses we are used to, body senses. Thus five body perceptions. Then we have numerous spiritual perceptions, as we don't categorize them we put them down to feelings. As we get used to them and use them we can then 'see' perceive and detect more than what we could before.
Thus the 'Master' or 'Teacher' can see and do things differently.
All perceptions are a matter of outflow, inflow. Giving and receiving. The basic premise of yin and yang.
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AC Milan Primavera coach Pippo Inzaghi has no problem being blocked from a move to Sassuolo.
Milan rejected an approach from Sassuolo last month for Inzaghi.
"(Adriano) Galliani has never wanted to get rid of me. The offer was important, Milan didn't want me to go and I did not even think about it, I would be sorry to leave my boys.
"Milan is my home. I want to finish my second adventure and then we shall see. The relationship with Galliani is amazing as always.
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Development of Corrib Natural Gas
As a result of the screening studies, it was concluded that the preferred development scenario for the Corrib field was a subsea system tied back to a processing terminal onshore. This method of development represents the best solution in terms of safety and the environment and is in line with the most up-to-date industry practice.
Minimising the environmental impacts of the project is an important objective for the Corrib gas field development. The use of best available technology and the integration of environmental protection practices into the design, construction and operation of all aspects of the project helped to meet this objective.
To ensure that environmental considerations are adequately covered, Environmental Management Plans (EMPs) were prepared for the construction phases of the development. The implementation of the plans ensured that preventative and management measures identified in the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) were implemented throughout the construction phase. This ensured that the environmental impacts associated with the construction were avoided, minimized and mitigated. Prior to commencement of construction, construction method statements were prepared and agreed with the appropriate consent authorities.
The Corrib Gas Terminal
The Bellanaboy Bridge Gas Terminal will be operated in accordance with an environmental management system.
Emissions from the terminal will be monitored to demonstrate that emissions are within stringent limits set by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the conditions of the Industrial Emissions License.
The EPA has confirmed that emissions from the Corrib gas terminal "will not adversely affect human health or the environment and will meet all relevant national and EU standards, when operated in accordance with the conditions of the proposed licence".
As part of the planning application for the Bellanaboy Bridge Gas Terminal, an Environmental Impact Assessment was carried out on the basis of the Environmental Impact Statement, which was submitted to the planning authority as part of the overall planning process.
The Corrib Gas Pipeline
A key criterion in the identification of the modified route for the onshore pipeline was the environmental impact of its location. The construction methods used for the onshore gas pipeline were selected accordingly to minimise and mitigate the potential for impact of the proposed route on the receiving environment.
Corrib Biodiversity Plan 2014 – 2019
The 'Corrib Development Biodiversity Action Plan 2014 – 2019', was published by Shell in June 2014.
The plan describes the extensive biodiversity, conservation and rehabilitation measures that have been implemented by Shell and its contractors since 2001 to protect and enhance the local environment in Co Mayo. Measures outlining how Shell will continue to respect the environment as Corrib becomes an operating asset are also contained in the document.
Much of Co. Mayo is designated for nature conservation under Irish and European legislation and rigorous environmental monitoring has been undertaken throughout the construction of the project.
The objectives of the Biodiversity Action Plan include:
- To protect habitats and species by means of appropriate mitigation measures during construction and operation
- To monitor habitats and species before, during and following construction
- To reinstate habitats affected by the construction of the project
- During reinstatement, to enhance local biodiversity on lands in the stewardship of Shell and elsewhere where feasible
- To maintain species numbers and diversity within, and in the vicinity of, the footprint of the development
- To put mechanisms in place to control invasive species in reinstated habitats
- To achieve sustainability in day-to-day project activities
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State Sen. Marlin Stutzman won the Republican nomination for the seat left vacant by former Rep. Mark Souder (R-Ind.), easily outpacing his rivals at a caucus of local party officials held in Columbia City on Saturday.
Stutzman will be the GOP nominee in both the House special and general election races for the 3rd District seat, which are to be held simultaneously on Nov. 2.
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When Democrats caucus next week, they are expected to nominate former Fort Wayne City Councilman Tom Hayhurst in the special election. Hayhurst already won the May primary to compete in the general election.
Hayhurst ran unsuccessfully against Souder in 2006, losing 54 percent to 46 percent.
Stutzman captured the GOP nod Saturday in a second round of balloting, when he was the lone candidate to pass the 10 percent threshold needed. Of the 15 Republicans vying for the nomination, he and state Rep. Randy Borror, Fort Wayne City Councilwoman Liz Brown, local TV news anchor Ryan Elijah and Fort Wayne auto dealer Bob Thomas all surpassed the 5 percent threshold needed to advance after the first round of voting.
In the second round, Stutzman captured 229 votes from the 520 local GOP precinct committee members who made up the caucus, placing him far ahead of Borror, his closest rival, who picked up 69 votes.
Stutzman had waged a bid for the Republican Senate nomination earlier in the year, emerging as a favorite of tea party-oriented, grass-roots conservatives and winning the backing of Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.). But he fell short in the May primary to former Sen. Dan Coats, 40 percent to 29 percent.
Souder abruptly resigned the Fort Wayne-area seat last month, after he acknowledged having an extramarital affair with a part-time staffer. Souder had only weeks earlier won a bitter primary contest for the seat he had held for eight terms.


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NoSQL Matters
Even though the term, NoSQL, has issues, it's become important.
Recently, leaders from several NoSQL projects (Riak, HBase, CouchDB, Neo4j) came together for a session at Gluecon. And while they came from divergent perspectives, they all basically agreed that the term had been very helpful to developers and architects in identifying their systems as new database and/or database-alternative technologies.
There have been numerous NoSQL taxonomies, discussions about them, and calls to move beyond them. And while it's clear to us, as well as our friends and customers, that MarkLogic Server sits among these technologies, we haven't yet fully described why NoSQL folks should pay attention. To that end, this post is a first step at explaining why and how we're more than "yet another NoSQL system". And I'll start with some context for NoSQL folks.
MarkLogic Server is a NoSQL Document Store
MarkLogic shares several key architectural components with well-known NoSQL Document Stores. While this alone doesn't make us interesting to NoSQL folks, it should help facilitate some understanding of our architecture. So here are a few high-level details that will sound like motherhood and apple pie to NoSQL folks.
MarkLogic Server has a:
- Document-oriented data model, no schemas required.
- Simple key-value interface (we use URIs for keys).
- Highly-configurable partitioning including support for consistent hashing.
- Shared-nothing cluster architecture
- Multi-value-consistency-control (MVCC)
- REST/HTTP interface (actually full WebDAV support)
- Use of memory-mapped files for performance gains
If you haven't already, you can read about how these choices facilitate a number of NoSQL solutions at places like the CouchDB book or the MongoDB site. These choices get us the same benefits in MarkLogic Server - high-scale, high-performance, no bottlenecks, and simple programming interfaces. But to us, that's just what gets us invited to the party. What's interesting is what separates us.
What Distinguishes MarkLogic Server from Other NoSQL Alternatives?
While MarkLogic is like these systems in someways, it is quite distinct in others. At a high-level, MarkLogic is distinguished by
- Focus on intra-cluster consistency and ACID transactions
- Use of the XML data model
- The MarkLogic Universal Index
Fundamentally MarkLogic is designed and optimized to store, index, update, and search XML data. MarkLogic can also store plain text, JSON, and binaries data as well. But MarkLogic is optimized for XML. And as much as JSON is simpler and ideal for interaction with web browsers, XML still reigns supreme when dealing with structured documents that contain lots of text.
Because MarkLogic is based on a real-time search-engine core, we index the structure (elements, attributes, hierarchy) of documents as well as the full text. In MarkLogic, you can compose meaningful queries for semi-structured (or un-structured) data - the kind of data that is most prevalent in the real world. And you can do this without having to bolt on separate processes or separate pieces of technology (e.g. Lucene, SOLR). And because MarkLogic is also focused on ACID, every document insert or update results in a fully-transactional update of the index as well. The query results are always based exactly on what's currently in the database.
So that's a quick summary of the highlights.
And for those who don't know us well, I thought I'd include one more high-level distinction in terms of how we're organized as a business. We have, what appears to many developers today, to be a crazy business model. We have this notion that you can craft kick-ass software and ask people to pay you for it. Yeah, we're proud of our stuff, we know it kicks ass, and we're not afraid to be upfront about it.
A Bit More Detail From Chris Biow and Wayne Feick
Ok, that all sounded pretty cool. Can I get the details?
Chris Biow, MarkLogic Federal CTO, recently gave a great talk at our 2010 MarkLogic User's Conference (#mluc10) on the MarkLogic Universal Index. And while not originally intended as a multi-part talk, we've broken it up into a few pieces that we are releasing for those who want to learn a bit more. We know we need to get more details out there, this is just a first step.
This first clip provides a great introduction to MarkLogic by examining it from each of the three potential starting places: a database management system (DBMS), a search engine, and an application server. To see the video in full, click here or you can use the embedded player below. I've got a few more posts planned here that launch into the meat of the talk, but if you're interested in a particular set of details, drop me a line or a comment below.
Shout-outs to Kelly Stirman and MarkLogic University for helping produce these clips.


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text: DigitalChicago Sun-Times Hires Marketing PresidentBy Drew Grant|December 9, 2009ShareBy Drew Grant|December 9, 2009ShareOut of all the positions in the newspaper industry to freeze during a recession, it's sad that the people who write and edit the actual copy are the ones who have to find work in a different field. Meanwhile, advertising and marketing staffs continue to grow in many sectors, because media execs are still looking for ways to market and sell their products during this new digital age.We can't blame them: so many advertisers have pulled print ads in 2009 that it seems like it can only go up from here. But in places like Chicago, where The Chicago Tribune has been shattered by bankruptcy and editorial staffers have defected over to a non-profit consortium that's providing content for The New York Times' new Chicago-centric edition, you'd think that the newspapers still in existence would focus more on punching up their copy rather than hiring another marketing person to tell them they need to get on Twitter.Yet Sun-Times Media has hired Matthew A. Saleski, formerly of Yahoo! and Kraft Foods, to do exactly that. Saleski has already worked a five-year stint at The Tribune Co., which makes him the perfect person to figure out the competition's plans before they happen. Which, unfortunately in this case, just includes "not folding."Full press release below.Read More: Sun-Times Media Names Marketing VP — E&PPreviously: Tribune Co.'s No Good, Very Bad Week, More Tribune Employees Join Chicago News Cooperative CHICAGO – Sun-Times Media today announced it has appointed Matthew A. Saleski as Vice President of Marketing for Sun-Times Media, effective January 4, 2010.Mr. Saleski, 41, has an extensive background in online, media and corporate marketing. He most recently worked as Strategic Account Director for Yahoo! Inc., where he was responsible for major corporate clients including Kraft Foods, Mars/Wrigley and PepsiCo. Formerly, he had been National Sales Manager-Yahoo! Display/Search. Prior to joining Yahoo! in 2007, he worked for Getty Images as Group Sales Director-Premium Accounts and Research.Mr. Saleski also spent five years with the Tribune Company, from 2000 to 2005, where he worked in three positions, including Division Advertising/Sales Manager-Chicago Tribune Print and Online; Senior Manager-Classified Marketing-Chicago Tribune Print and Online; and Manager-Trade Marketing/Business Development and Strategy-Tribune Interactive. Prior to joining the Tribune, Mr. Saleski had extensive experience with two of the nation's largest corporations, Kraft Foods and Ford Motor Co."Matthew's distinguished background in marketing and media make him a natural leader for Sun-Times Media in its efforts to grow its footprint in the Chicago region, where we already serve an impressive 3.7 million readers each week through our newspapers and Web sites," said Rick Surkamer, President and Chief Operating Officer for Sun-Times Media. "His impressive management skills and broad experience in online media will help lead our efforts to capture a greater share of the Chicago marketplace.""As Sun-Times Media pursues its goals of expanding its print and digital operations, our sales and marketing teams are at the forefront with creative, innovative solutions to better serve our customers and our marketplace. Matthew is the right person to lead those efforts," said Barbara Swanson, Senior Vice President of Advertising and Marketing for Sun-Times Media. "He knows this marketplace and our industry inside and out, and will be very helpful in growing our respected brands and finding new growth opportunities for us."Mr. Saleski has a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and a Bachelor of Science from the University of Michigan-College of Engineering. Mr. Saleski will report to Ms. Swanson. Sharehttp://adweek.it/2l40t6t copy Adweek Adweek


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In conversations about the Cafritz property, I have often wound up conversations about how the property will relate to the community around it. Two basic models can be followed – the urban street grid or the suburban pod. Street grids have a lot going for them, most notably on walkability. You can get a lot further in a one kilometer walk on a grid than in pod.
Grids also have an impact on traffic. When there are only a handful of roads to travel on, a problem on any one of them creates tremendous impact. Grids create alternative routes and spread out the traffic more, relieving pressure. In short, there's a reason humans have built cities on this pattern for millenia.
Although College Park itself, particularly Old Town and Calvert Hills, leans towards the grid, it exists amid a series of pods. Calvert Hills is itself a pod, with Riverdale Park another pod, University Park a third, Hyattsville and Berwyn and University Town Center all pods further away.
Many in the communities surrounding Cafritz have rightly pushed for both a connection southward into Riverdale Park, and a bridge Eastward across the CSX tracks. Both of these links would increase site access in general and help provide connection alternatives to Route 1 and East-West Highway. With these connections already under consideration, County planning staff have also suggested studying a connection Northward into Calvert Hills.
I live in Calvert Hills and like the idea of having a way to leave the neighborhood that does not involve Route 1. A connection between Calvert Hills and Cafritz would provide direct access South into Riverdale Park and East across the planned CSX Bridge. I do not know what all the potential impacts would be but I believe it is worth studying because more informed choices tend to be better chocies.
Sadly, others in my neighborhood disagree. Councilmember Stullich, encouraged by certain hysterical Calvert Hills residents, fired off an e-mail Saturday decrying County staff for even daring to suggest studying the matter. Posters on the local listserve conjured visions of a giant "through way[sic]" which would "destroy" Calvert Hills, slammed County staff "who do not live here" as liars, and dismissed the idea of study even while acknowledging the general principle that connectivity provides benefits. The sheer ferocity of the opinions gave me pause and I realized that I was not reading a rational discussion – it was about faith.
Planning decisions have an emotional component. We all make value judgments that are not strictly rational. I dislike brutalist architecture and I will not for a minute pretend that this based in fact. It is taste, which is emotional. We ask for trouble, however, when we let emotion become everything. One can claim that a link between Calvert Hills and Cafritz would create a huge new highway, destroy the neighborhood, increase crime or unleash a plague of frogs, but merely asserting it does not make it so. That is the entire point of study – to gather the best facts and best forecasts possible so that we know what the impacts of our decisions are.
I have no idea if a connection between Calvert Hills and Cafritz makes sense. I do not have any facts to make an informed decision. If, like me, you prefer to make your decisions based on evidence and not supposition, I encourage to contact Councilmember Stullich, the City Council and the Planning Board and encourage them to support rational decision making.
Councilmember Stullich's original e-mail is available below the jump.
From: Stephanie Stullich
Date: Sat, Dec 3 2011 at 3:49pm
Nearly every Calvert Hills and Old Town resident who has spoken with me about the Cafritz proposal has emphasized the importance of protecting these neighborhoods from cut-through traffic from the Cafritz development via Rhode Island Avenue. I and other College Park elected officials have been very firm with the developer that we see this as a non-negotiable condition for this re-zoning to be approved. The developer has responded by stating, repeatedly, that they have no intention of designing this project around vehicular access to Calvert Hills. Their draft site plan, although non-binding at this point, shows Rhode Island Avenue within the Cafritz development as a hiker-biker path, not a vehicular road, which I think is good for creating a good experience for walkers and bicyclists as well as preventing future efforts to connect up the road. Most Calvert Hills residents that I have talked with have supported the concept of extending the RI Ave hiker-biker trail through to Cafritz.
My motion at the last City Council meeting included two proposed conditions related to this:
- Preclude vehicular access to the Calvert Hills residential neighborhood to the north.
- Continue the hiker/biker trail to the north to connect at Albion Road and provide a bike facility along Van Buren Street.
However, the county planner for this project, Susan Lareuse, has included in her staff report a recommendation that appears to encourage vehicular access along RI Ave into Calvert Hills:
"Consideration should be given to requiring the combining of the trolley trail and vehicular roadway along the entire length of the subject site's portion of the former Rhode Island Avenue Trolley right-of-way and extending across the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) property, connecting to the terminus of the existing trail at Albion Street and south to Tuckerman Avenue."
In general, professional planners like the idea of through-roads through neighborhoods as a way to relieve congestion on arterial roads such as Route 1. They will point out the convenience for neighborhood residents who would be able to get to the new retail without having to get on Route 1. However, it would also result in significant new traffic through the neighborhood, as other visitors to the new development would use Rhode Island to avoid traffic on Route 1.
I am confident that the City Council will continue to support the neighborhood's desire to be protected from cut-through traffic via RI Avenue. However, I am not confident about what position the Planning Board will take on this issue or other issues related to traffic impacts, density, etc. The Planning Board will hear public comments on this re-zoning request at its Dec 15 meeting, and I strongly encourage residents who want their views to be taken into consideration by the Planning Board to attend that meeting.
The Planning Board meeting is scheduled to begin at 1:00 p.m. on Dec 15th and will be in Upper Marlboro in the County Administration Building.


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Sierra McCormick: Variety's Power of Youth 2012
Sierra McCormick hits the blue carpet at Variety's 2012 Power of Youth event held at Paramount Studios in Hollywood on Saturday afternoon (September 15).
The 14-year-old A.N.T. Farm actress dolled up in a cute BCBGeneration romper for the annual event.
Sierra is also pictured at the Finding Nemo 3D premiere held at El Capitan Theatre earlier in the week and Fashion's Night Out 2012 at The Beverly Center the week before.
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Prescott Sheldon Bush was born in Columbus, Ohio, on 15th May, 1895. Like his grandfather, James Smith Bush, he went to Yale University in 1913. While at university he became a member of the Skull and Bones Secret Society. A fellow member was E. Roland Harriman, the younger brother of W. Averell Harriman.
His father, Samuel Prescott Bush became General Manager of Buckeye Steel Castings Company, which manufactured railway parts, in 1901. The company was run by Frank Rockefeller, the brother of oil magnate John D. Rockefeller, and among its clients were the railroads controlled by E. H. Harriman. In 1908 Rockefeller retired and Bush became President of Buckeye.
Samuel Prescott Bush was also closely associated with Samuel Pryor, who, along with the Rockefellers, controlled the Remington Arms Company. During the First World War, Clarence Dillion, a senior figure at the War Industries Board, arranged for Bush, to become chief of the Ordnance Small Arms and Ammunition Section of the WIB. This involved giving out contracts to supply arms and ammunition to the United States Army. Over half of the small-arms ammunition and 69% of the rifles used by the United States in the war were supplied by Remington.
In 1919 Bush was introduced by W. Averell Harriman to his business partner, George Herbert Walker. Later that year, Bush was introduced to Walker's daughter, Dorothy. The couple married in August, 1921. Bush and his new wife moved to Columbus, Ohio, and went to work for his father's family business.
In 1926, Bush's father-in-law, appointed him vice-president of W. A. Harriman & Company. This company had made considerable investments in Germany. At the end of the war, the commercial steamships of Hamburg-Amerika were confiscated by the United States government. As the authors of George Bush: The Unauthorized Biography have pointed out: "These ships had then become the property of the Harriman enterprise, by some arrangements with the U.S. authorities that were never made public." In doing so, Harriman created the world's largest private shipping line.
Samuel Pryor, the chairman of Remington Arms, and George Herbert Walker, both became directors of the American Ship and Commerce Company, Harriman's shipping front organization. Walker and Harriman set up their European headquarters in Berlin. With the help of the Warburg Bank, W. A. Harriman began to invest heavily in German industry.
In 1926 Prescott Bush became vice president of W. A. Harriman & Company. Soon afterwards the company expanded into the Soviet Union. After negotiations with Leon Trotsky and Felix Dzerzhinsky, Harriman obtained a contract to mine manganese. In 1927 the company was criticized for its support of totalitarian governments in Italy and the Soviet Union. George Herbert Walker wrote to W. Averell Harriman pointing out that "the suggestion... that we withdraw from Russia smacks somewhat of the impertinent.. I think that we have drawn our line and should hew to it" (11th August, 1927).
W. Averell Harriman also formed a partnership with the German industrialist, Fritz Thyssen. In 1926 Harriman and Clarence Dillon of Dillon Read Company helped Thyssen and Friedrich Flick to establish the German Steel Trust. According to Anton Chaitkin: "The Flick-Harriman partnership was directly supervised by Prescott Bush". Dillon Read provided two representatives to the board of the German Steel Trust and took responsibility for its corporate banking.
In 1928 Thyssen formed United Steelworks, a company that controlled more that 75 per cent of Germany's ore reserves and employed 200,000 people. Thyssen started a joint-venture with Harriman called the Union Banking Corporation. This was used to transfer funds between the United States and Germany. In 1931 W.A. Harriman & Company merged with the British-American banking house Brown Brothers. Prescott Bush, along with W. Averell Harriman, E. Roland Harriman and George Herbert Walker, became managing partners in the new company, Brown Brothers Harriman. This was to develop into the most important private banking house in America.
Prescott Bush was appointed as a director of the Harriman Fifteen Corporation. This in turn controlled the Consolidated Silesian Steel Corporation, that owned one-third of a complex of steel-making, coal-mining and zinc-mining activities in Germany and Poland. Friedrich Flick owned the other two-thirds of the operation. Flick was a leading financial supporter of the Nazi Party and in the 1930s donated over seven million marks to the party. A close friend of Heinrich Himmler, Flick also gave the Schutz Staffeinel (SS) 10,000 marks a year.
Fritz Thyssen was also one of the leading backers of the Nazi Party. In 1931 he recruited Hjalmar Schacht to the cause and in November, 1932, the two men joined with other industrialists in signing the letter that urged Paul von Hindenburg to appoint Adolf Hitler as chancellor. This was successful and on 20th February, 1933, they arranged a meeting of the Association of German Industrialists that raised 3 million marks for the Nazi Party in the forthcoming election.
(Smedley Butler, Whistleblower)
The Blackshirts (Italian: camicie nere, CCNN, or squadristi) were Fascist paramilitary groups in Italy during the period immediately following World War I and until the end of World War II. Blackshirts were officially known as the Voluntary Militia for National Security (Milizia Volontaria per la Sicurezza Nazionale, or MVSN).
The term was later applied to a similar group serving the British Union of Fascists before World War II, to the SS in Nazi Germany, and to members of a quasi-political organization in India.
Inspired by the military prowess and black uniforms of the Arditi, Italy's elite storm troops of World War I, the Fascist Blackshirts were organized by Benito Mussolini as the military tool of his political movement. The founders of the paramilitary groups were nationalist intellectuals, former army officers and young landowners opposing peasants' and country labourers' unions. Their methods became harsher as Mussolini's power grew, and they used violence and intimidation against Mussolini's opponents.
"A clique of U.S. industrialists is hell-bent to bring a fascist state to supplant our democratic government and is working closely with the fascist regime in Germany and Italy. I have had plenty of opportunity in my post in Berlin to witness how close some of our American ruling families are to the Nazi regime.... A prominent executive of one of the largest corporations, told me point blank that he would be ready to take definite action to bring fascism into America if President Roosevelt continued his progressive policies. Certain American industrialists had a great deal to do with bringing fascist regimes into being in both Germany and Italy. They extended aid to help Fascism occupy the seat of power, and they are helping to keep it there. Propagandists for fascist groups try to dismiss the fascist scare. We should be aware of the symptoms. When industrialists ignore laws designed for social and economic progress they will seek recourse to a fascist state when the institutions of our government compel them to comply with the provisions."
The coup was aimed at toppling President Franklin D Roosevelt with the help of half-a-million war veterans. The plotters, who were alleged to involve some of the most famous families in America, (owners of Heinz, Birds Eye, Goodtea, Maxwell Hse & George Bush's Grandfather, Prescott) believed that their country should adopt the policies of Hitler and Mussolini to beat the great depression.
The Fascist Plot to Overthrow FDR, Part 1
The Fascist Plot to Overthrow FDR, Part 2
The Fascist Plot to Overthrow FDR, Part 3
The Fascist Plot to Overthrow FDR, Part 4
Originally posted by Oldnslo
Great thread!! S & F.
I believe the Coup d'etat proved to be successful on November 22, 1963, a day that SHOULD live in infamy.
On this day, the CIA took control of America's Foreign policy, LBJ got his much desired Presidency, Corporate America got the Vietnam War, and the elite bankers began deficit spending.
Looking at the American Government today, an overthrowing, or coup d'etat if you will, seems like nothing more than an Impossibility and something that, quite frankly, can not and will not happen.
I still have a gut feeling Henry Ford was involved somehow too, do you know if there are any FBI files on Ford?


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Several businesses and homes were destroyed in the Petal area due to Sunday's tornado. Workers are still trying to restore power and clean up the debris left by the storm.
For many residents, it has been a long and emotional 24 hours.
One resident said it just happened so fast. This just 24 short hours after the tornado touched down in Petal...emotions are still running high. Many residents said they were terrified by what they saw.
As people ventured into the street, debris everywhere. On Monday, families combed through the wreckage, trying to salvage what memories they could but for some, there was nothing.
Residents say at this point they don't know where they will go next or how the will rebuild. .
Many volunteers have been walking the streets with chain saws in hand, assisting those in need.
Several of the homes were flatten but the debris can be seen from blocks away.
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Lauren London: Hollywood's Not-So-Nice Girl
LAUREN LONDON IS MILES beyond Down South coming-of-age flick ATL, both literally and figuratively. The 28-year-old actress phones in from the Left Coast, somewhere in the Hills where cell service is worst than kitten heels. She sounds calm but prepared. Sugary sweet even. But the mom of 4-year-old son Cameron with rapper Lil Wayne makes no mistake about her ability to take it to a place called There when it comes to he said, she said chatter.
Despite hanging against the Hollywood ropes for a round (or three) while pregnant, L-Boogie maintained consistent work, managing to appear in quite a few silver screen features (I Love You, Beth Cooper, Next Day Air, Good Hair) and TV slots (90210, Entourage). Still, her off-screen journey is where most media attention locks in, splashing headlines of false romantic match-ups and speculations about her relationship with Weezy across the 'net. "I'm still a human and things do hurt, but you can't let people's opinions define you because we're all battling something," she says of brushing up rumors, adding, "Me? Yeah, I'm definitely a fighter."
While appealing to both African American-specific and mainstream audiences like a Top 40 pop record, Lauren's personal life–the intimate details, at least–remains off-limits. Behind the curtain? A semi-vet who is admittedly in the business but not of it. "My life, my son's life, my soul and who I am as a person means much more to me than the limelight," she explains. "[Acting] is what I chose to do, not who I am." No matter how much blogs try to peel back specifics, Lauren remains tight-lipped. "If they want to see more of me, go rent your movies or watch the show."
Now, officially taking lead role reigns in BET's fan-favorite sitcom The Game as flirty former child star Keira Whitaker, the Rachel Zoe-loving prima donna's back on Hollywood geo-maps and rubbing elbows with Tinseltown's brown-faced elite (see: Gabrielle Union, Loretta Devine, Regina King, Mekhi Phifer). Edit in: London's forthcoming character as Paula Patton's little sis and bride-to-be in David E. Talbert's Baggage Claim, due later this year. "I'm engaged to Terrence J, which is awesome because he's really like my brother in real life, so I love him."
Any chance LL's walking down the aisle anytime soon? "I'm not dating at all. I don't know if I'll have the time. But I'm very fiery and sassy, so I need someone to keep up with that."
But there's more to Lauren's bark and bite. And apparently, we don't know the half. — Niki McGloster


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Blood sugar levels are tested by placing a small amount of blood on a testing strip and feeding it into a glucose meter, notes Mayo Clinic. The glucose meter processes the blood and indicates the amount of blood sugar found in it.
The most accurate readings are obtained using blood from a finger, according to Mayo Clinic. Patients should wash their hands and then insert a test strip into the glucose meter. They should then prick the side of the finger near the nail to minimize soreness in other areas, notes the American Diabetes Association. Patients should hold the drop of the blood to the test strip, which returns blood sugar results in approximately 15 seconds.


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About Me
A born and bred Singaporean, I am passionate about food, beauty, tech/gadgets, social media and popular culture (books, movies, music). I also have an adorable mini schnauzer dog named Mickey (#mikmikk on Instagram), whom we took in in 2011 after she was found abandoned.
I've a day job working in advertising and media because I am passionate about digital marketing and social media.
Though I've started this blog at 14, I've only started writing food reviews/recommendations in April 2010 because I originally wanted to share with my friends what I liked (without repeating myself too much) after I joined the workforce, only to realize the world (mostly hungry Singaporeans) can read them too. So you will find mostly positive reviews - bad ones are not worth writing about, and the really bad ones will only be posted if I am really cheesed off. Most of what's here are good food recommendations sprinkled with a dash of travel lust, music, beauty and tech.
Read about an interview and photo shoot I did on Spoiltbytes. You can also follow me on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook or LinkedIn.
You can also join me on the new Pepo App's "Singapore Foodies" chat group where we chat about where to eat in Singapore, and delicious #foodporn photos!
This blog receives more than 35,000 page views and 21,000 unique visitors each month, and has amazing SEO. Food review invites or hellos are welcome so please feel free to contact me.


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The Indian Government has now threatened a total shutdown of BlackBerry services in India, unless RIM complies to their demands. The government wants encryption keys so that they can monitor all messages sent from BlackBerry devices within the country... They are concerned about the possibility of terrorists using the devices to communicate.The threat, er, 'ultimatum' was reported in the Indian newspaper The Economic Times. The article quoted anonymous attendees of last weeks' meeting between RIM, Indian officials and the Canadian High Commission. For all intents and purposes it is looking like last weeks' meeting will be the last.
The longer this ordeal has gone on, the more the Indian Government has looked like the 'Soup Nazi' (at least in my mind) from Seinfeld. 'No master encryption key? Get out of my country!'
RIM has to stick to their guns here. I'd be very surprised and extremely dissapointed if they backtrack and succumb to the Indian Governments demands... especially when the demands are for something that RIM insists they can not produce.
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text: http://www.apple.com/displays/digital.html - see bottom right corner: Dual Link DVI The 30-inch Cinema HD Display requires the next level of DVI connectivity dual link to drive the massive amount of pixels to the screen. And the NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra DDL graphics card (available from the Apple Store) delivers, with the most advanced graphics engine available. This card, designed specifically to support the dual link DVI connection, delivers 2560 by 1600 resolution. And with two dual link connectors, it can drive two 30-inch Apple Cinema HD Displays, giving you the ultimate creative canvas. This card will be available for Mac only in August 2004.


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Representative of the roof style found in England and Northern Europe and is versatile enough to accentuate any architectural style. Saxony 900 Shake roof tile perfectly captures the rustic warmth and beauty of country living by recreating the look of hand-hewn shakes.
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Last week, OnLive announced that it would be bringing its streaming gaming service to tablets, allowing players to access complete, PC-quality games on-the-go. At E3 , the company demonstrated the new mobile functionality on the HTC Flyer and Apple iPad 2, including live gameplay with both on-screen touch controls and using their new universal controller.
The system operates on new versions of the existing OnLive tablet app, which currently only allows users to spectate on live gameplay or access the social features of the service. With the new version, players will be able to access the entire suite of services, including a new integrated browser, and, of course, the ability to play games.
Two demos were shown using custom-tailored touchscreen controls -- one with touch controls natively supported, Ubisoft's From Dust, and another with OnLive's custom touch interface added, Sega's Virtua Tennis 2009.
In the case of From Dust, the system worked like any other tablet game, using gestures and swiping controls, as well as the ability to use an on-screen control overlay. Though there were moments where touch detection dipped due to network slowdown on the E3 showfloor, it otherwise worked fairly well. There was a consistent, albeit slight, delay in input, but not to the point where the gameplay experience was tarnished as a result.
The same could be said about Virtua Tennis 2009, which also offers touchscreen controls, but can also can be used with OnLive's new universal wireless controller. According to the company, the method for pairing the controller with a tablet varies from device-to-device. In some cases, the universal controller connects to the device over Wi-Fi and others over Bluetooth.
Most interestingly, OnLive representatives say that games can be played using not only Wi-Fi connections, but 3G as well. Though we were unable to see how the service faired on 3G connectivity, representatives maintain that with a 3G connection of at least 1Mbps, users can access and play their full library of games, adding that accessibility will be further improved as 4G-enabled tablets become more prominent.
The entire platform is based on the promise of being able to play complex PC titles on any device, regardless of processing power, and tablet implementation certainly represents that ideal. Though OnLive still has some work to do before the public release, I can't help but feel excited by the prospect of being able to play Battlefield: Bad Company 2 or Bioshock using only the tablet in my backpack.


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Back and disc surgery
If you have been experiencing back pain for months or years due to a damaged disc, you may think surgery is your last option to find pain relief.
In fact, many people may think that back and disc surgery is the only way to relieve the symptoms of a damaged disc. However, surgery is often reserved as a final treatment option — only used if several months of conservative treatment have proven ineffective. Before back and disc surgery is recommended, your doctor will likely direct you through a course of nonsurgical treatments, which may include any of the following options:
- Pain medication
- Chiropractic care
- Physical therapy
- Yoga and stretching
- Corticosteroid injections
- Weight loss
These nonsurgical treatments are often effective methods of pain relief for many patients. Still, some patients may not respond to this type of treatment, making back and disc surgery the next option.
What is back and disc surgery
Back and disc surgery — commonly referred to as a discectomy — is used to remove a damaged disc that is pressing against a nerve root near the spine. A compressed nerve root is usually the cause of the pain and symptoms associated with a damaged disc. That's why removing pressure from this nerve root helps to reduce your pain and get you back to an active lifestyle.
A discectomy can be used to remove a small portion of the damaged disc or the entire disc if it is no longer able to support the spine. This can be performed through a highly invasive method called traditional open back surgery, or it can be done through minimally invasive spine surgery which holds many advantages over traditional methods.
Understanding back and disc surgery
During a traditional open back discectomy, the spine is reached through a large incision that cuts and tears the muscles surrounding the spine. This can lead to complications and excessive scar tissue, increasing the risk of failed back surgery syndrome. If the entire disc is removed and a fusion is required, the surgeon will insert a metal cage and rods to stabilize the spine in that specific area.
Unlike traditional open back surgery, minimally invasive spine surgery uses a small incision to avoid unnecessary muscle damage and disruption. Through this incision, a small portion of the damaged disc is removed and pressure is relieved from the pinched nerve. If the entire damaged disc should be removed, an artificial disc will be inserted in its place, allowing the spine to maintain some mobility in that area.
Because of the minimally invasive nature of the procedures at Laser Spine Institute, our patients can experience a shorter recovery time^ with a lower risk of complication compared to patients who choose traditional open back surgery. Also, because each of our procedures are performed in an outpatient surgery center, our patients have a lower risk of infection and can return home or to their hotels within hours after surgery.^
It's time to take the next step on your journey to pain relief. Contact Laser Spine Institute for your no-cost MRI review* today to find out if you are a candidate for one of our minimally invasive procedures.


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People usually say it's my passion, Liking, hobby. These are interrelated words. You can say it anything which you love to do in your free time. Now question is can you earn money from your hobby. Just keep reading to know the answer.
Friends, Let me know do you have any hobby? Because this post is only for those who know exactly what their hobby is. I just want to know, are you doing anything related to your interest or not?
In my opinion, you must have a hobby and you must have a desire to convert your hobby in profession. Let's take the example of some great people. Bill gates is one of the richest person on earth. But how he became rich? Just think about it. He became rich from his hobby of programming. Let's take another example of Sachin Tendulkar, one of the greatest cricket player. It was his hobby to play cricket and he turned his hobby into profession.
Now I want to mention few things which you will get when you start converting your hobby into profession.
- You can live your dream life.
- You can decide when you want to retire.
- You will never feel bad when you have more work to do.
- Your income will not be limited and you can earn as much as you want from your desire
Now if you love doing something, then don't do that only for enjoyment. Try to bring your that interest to next level.
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- Be Positive & Set your Mind:- First of all think and decide can you convert your hobby into profession. If you think you cannot do this, then just leave my blog. As you will not be able to do anything in your life. If you cannot do what you just love to do, then there is nothing easier task than this. You have to be positive. Think, about all the people who have achieved a lot like Bill gates. Negative thinking was miles away from their mind. Always ask yourself if he can do that, then why I can't.
- Give more time to your hobby:- You love to do something in free time, then try to get some more free time and start doing what you want. You will realize that you are becoming better with time in that task. You can join any short-term course or certification course related to your interest. Try to meet people with similar interest and you will learn a lot.
- Take Action Right Now:- Most of the people fails here. This is the most important step. People think that they can do, but they just don't start. Just stand now and take action. Keep in mind only those fails who takes action. And, success stories are always written by those failures. So don't be afraid being a failure. Just think you don't need anything. You just want to live your life. Take the risk of living your dream life. Just start the work.
- Be patient, Don't think about Money:- Just don't think about money every time. You have to be patient. Just think about creating value. First, you were just doing the same thing for your own time pass. But here comes the real trick. Now you will do the same thing, but you will monetize it with any product or service. This process may take some time in starting, but once you are familiar with it you will never fail in your life. For example, if you have good knowledge of something, then just start writing blog as I am doing. Create value for people through your knowledge. Then, monetize it with any product or service. If you have got my point, then your life will never be the same.
In the last I just want to say that you will earn money to live the life. But if earning money is the final thing, then why not earn from what you truly love to do. If you like the post, then hit the below social sharing buttons.