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Sunday, March 2, 2008
Why the World Hates Kwame Kilpatrick
Kwame Kilpatrick is feeling more heat than Michael Jackson when he burned his Jerry Curl in that Pepsi commercial. Detroit Chickens are coming home to roost and the Mayor of this great city, the shining Kilpatrick star of yesterday is getting just a little bit dimmer every time we look.
Mayor Kilpatrick has been hit with some interesting and disturbing charges, including having police officers fired for their willingness to snitch on a stripper-heavy party held at the Mayor's Mansion. He has been charged with perjury for lying about an affair with his Chief of Staff. He has even been hit by a nasty rumor about a stripper named Strawberry, who was assassinated (yes, I said assassinated, since the shooter used a whole bunch of bullets) right before she was expected to blow the whistle on some possible misbehaving by Kwame and his Mayoral homeboys.
I don't know what's what, but I do know this: Kwame Kilpatrick is in serious trouble.
When I first met Kwame Kilpatrick, I wasn't sure what to expect. I'd heard about this highly successful young man, who'd found a way to become the youngest mayor in Detroit history. He was clearly a man of the people, earring, hip hop and all.
To my surprise, I didn't see the Tiger Woods-like focus I thought I would see from such a young achiever. I didn't see the damn-near holy charisma possessed by a future Barack Obama. I just saw Kwame Kilpatrick, a man who impressed me as neither extraordinarily capable nor incapable of doing the job.
Quite honestly, Kwame Kilpatrick left me a little empty, unsure if I was getting a great black leader of tomorrow or a privileged kid who was smart enough to ride the coat tails of a mother who'd served in Congress. I honestly saw a little bit of both, as listening to Kwame speak made me feel like I was hearing a politician, not a black leader, and not a visionary. But truth be told, I never held it against him, since politicians are trained to say alot without saying anything.
What I see in Kwame Kilpatrick is that he is simply YOUNG. Kilpatrick took on a huge job that most of us would not have been able to do successfully. He took on a city that has been gutted like an economic fish, with jobs leaving, crime rising and corruption left and right.
Kwame's public screw ups as an alleged cheater and perjurer are not, in my opinion, any worse than what Slick Willy (Bill Clinton) did in The White House. The difference is that Kwame Kilpatrick did not have a great economy to allow forgiveness of his sins. He also didn't have the privilege of white skin, nor the kind of charisma that makes women forget about the last 50 women you've slept with.
Kwame had none of that. He was no Bill Clinton. People didn't see him as a Slick Willy, they saw him as a Trifling Negro. Kwame Kilpatrick was simply Carolyn Kilpatrick's son. Had he not been Carolyn's son, he would not have been Mayor of Detroit.
Should Kwame be forgiven? I think he should. Should he be removed? Absolutely. The reality is that, although his job was one of the toughest in America, the truth is that he was not quite ready for it. What made it worse was that Kwame did not approach the job with the humility and focus necessary to take on such a daunting task. He approached it with arrogance, and the cavalier nature of a young man who didn't quite realize what he was getting into.
I don't disrespect Kwame Kilpatrick as a black man, because I still think he is an extraordinary human being. However, I fully understand why Detroit is angry. Given the crime, economy and horrible school system, Detroit residents have reason to be angry every time they walk out the door. But through his arrogance, mismanagement and audacious behavior, Kwame Kilpatrick made himself a convenient target.
54 comments:
Well Spoken.
- March 6, 2008 at 10:55 AM
The people of Detroit, Wayne county, the State of Michigan, and the rest of the U.S.A. deserve better than this. The notion that what Bill "Slick Willy" Clinton did in the "Monica Lewinsky" scandal is no different than what Kwame did in the "Text Message" scandal is ludicrous. President Clinton soiled a dress and ruined a nations confidence in their leader. With his sexual escapade and ensuing perjury, Mayor Kilpatrick has soiled a struggling city and state with his $9 million "Text" book settlement. How much more will he cost the great people of Detroit if he continues to stay in that office? He has become so much more than an embarrassment, he has become a huge financial liability.
- March 11, 2008 at 8:00 AM
Kilpatrick is a shining example of what happens when you give the monkeys the keys to the zoo.
- March 11, 2008 at 8:06 PM
Tonight's State of the City address was a classic "Kwame performance." His audience was hand picked and, therefore, right at home with his righteous attitude. This person (he is beneath being called a man) has humiliated and shamed the city and has now made a bigger fool of himself by encouraging the city to set an example for their children. He also personally attacked the head of the City Council and alleged that this is just a personal attack on him and his family.
Detroit has a lot to offer. However, they need to take out the trash and get someone to lead by example to make it the great City it once was.
- March 11, 2008 at 9:43 PM
- Brother OMi said...
well said
i have to agree with you. i feel terrible since i had so much stake in his career has mayor of detroit and supported his campaign back then.
but you are right. maybe he wasn't ready for it
and he does come from privilege
- March 12, 2008 at 12:33 AM
- March 12, 2008 at 6:41 AM
If he had any class at all, he would resign - for the sake of his family and for the city. Implying that this is racially motivated is beyond absurd - he did it to himself and is too self-centered to admit it. He set the city of Detrot back 20 years with his racist, outrageous statements last night.
You did it yourself, Kwame. You. Nobody else. It wasn't the media that hurt your wife and family, it was you. They simply reported what you have done. And what you have done cannot and should not be ignored.
- March 12, 2008 at 4:09 PM
I do not understand how a person in public office can be excused for a wrong doing. We had some police officers in Grand Rapisds, mi caught messing, screwing, on the job and they were suspended that day.
Bill Clinton the d f _ from detroit, marion barry, now he is a pc of work, the senator from la.
Come on, uphold the law, they are criminels. if it were us common folk, jail time!!
- March 12, 2008 at 8:50 PM
He perjured, he cheated on his wife, he had stripper party in the Manoogian mansion, he might have ordered a stripper killed, and then he tried to play the race card. Pathetic. Its good to see some black press call for his removal rather than rally around him just because he is a "brotha." I mean blacks want to be treated with equality right, just like MLK said? Well when they do wrong they have to be punished just like white people are. Otherwise they are not being treated equally they are being treated superiorally. Granted kwame is part of the political class so his punishment will/should be light just like white politicians and a few years from now he can run for congress like Marion Berry. Kwame wants to be treated like a man. He ought to take his punishment like one.
- March 12, 2008 at 11:24 PM
The way blacks throw the N word around this ought to be a good case to extend some diversity publicly to white people to use the word to describe Kwame. I define a nigger as an irresponsible ignorant vicious black person. Not that whites don't exhibit the same traits but when a black man is acting like this why do whites have to kid themselves about what he is. I mean are blacks not big enough to take some serious criticism. Blacks certainly want people like Kwame to have serious responsibility. Now make no mistake I think Kwame is a nigger but there is a larger point and that is that blacks need to get over it for the benefit of their own race, a race that has sorely lagged behind. Now what would be the benefit? Basically it would be a catharsis for white people because the word is pent up in them and needs to be released and I don't be in an Oprahfied praise the lord manner. What you ask might the real benefit be? Well lest anyone forget there is a black man running for president. He is a good man to say the least. I am sure he has faults which of course aren't mentioned but that is typical enough. So far he has done well perhaps even well enough to win his parties nomination. There is however what I will call the N word factor and that is the fact that a large number of potential supporters have this thought that maybe he is one even though there is no real evidence. These potential supporters though are dictated to, brain washed by media to not say that word even when it applies as in Kwame's case. So, the word festers and they rationalize fair minded reasons not to vote for a well qualified candidate. There anger becomes misapplied rather than vented appropriately. I know I feel this way. Why should I should I vote for a black man if I can't criticize as fairly as another? Why should I vote for someone if my opinion is considered less than? Now you can say I am a racist fine, but alot of blacks feel that whites think that anyway and you know what they're right. In fact in this case they would be really right because this particular candidate is close real close. In fact he is so close that he is going to need a few of the racists to change their mind perhaps even more than just a few. True this man may prevail even without my suggestions but why not triumph triumphantly? So my suggestion is this the media should really pig roast Kwame call him a nigger and everything, really play up this story nationally,( it hasn't been just google it to see what I mean) let all the whites join in the name of diversity to freely call Kwame what he is. Let's have a national catharsis. One in which even Kwame can feel proud that he played no small part in having a black man elected president.
- March 12, 2008 at 11:57 PM
Well I apologize. You didn't delete my comment but sometimes when you click on this site you get a green background with comments and mine didn't appear there. Again get rid of Kwame and let the media use him as a national example of what a black man shouildn't be. Even more important let whites speak the truth without fear of recrimination so we don't have to keep "moving to the suburbs" mentally.Geraldine Ferraro had to resign for pointing out an obvious fact and look at your background Mike Vick net to Obama next to is it 50 cent? This solidarity mentality has got to change negro not for whitey 's but for your better. Quit feeling sorry for yourself you haven't even been the worst treated group in this country. Sorry my friend but that honor goes to the american indian. The reservations he lives on make any project look like the Ritz. The problem with your people and it can be applied to Kwame is that through slavery whitey took your pride your manhood your dignity and you have yet to get it back. The american indian we all but wiped out but what's left of hin still stands proud unlike your people. So try try try to grow up and don't stand behind Kwame any more in a world of true equality he diesn't deserve it.
- March 13, 2008 at 8:29 AM
As an almost 60-year-old proud native Michigander, it pains me greatly to hear the calliope at any mention of this truly ridiculous bumbler, who, unfortunately for all of us, stole the most important mayor's position in our State only to heap upon us his embarassments and shame. The greatest tragedy of his administration will be the long period after he's gone, as it will be increasingly difficult to find ANYONE with respect and competence willing to clean up after all the messes this clown and all of his elephants have left behind.
- March 14, 2008 at 8:29 AM
A very good article. I agree with the author of the article that kilpatrick was not ready for the job, and he has done a disservce to citizens of Detroit.
- March 14, 2008 at 2:58 PM
What no one seems to mention is that not only did he cost the city of Detroit 9 Million dollars, he also cost three fine policemen, who by the way are African American their careers and put them thru hell for three years, until they won their court case. He also opened the city up to a sexual harassment case for havung sex with a subordinate. It is a matter of time before Christine Beatty file a sexual harassment suit. All this on top of perjury. We do not know all of the facts of the Tamara Greene case, but you can bet there are some more indiscretions there also. Kwame Kilpatrick needs to look in the mirrior and blame the one person who caused his problems. The media is not putting his family thru hell he is.
- March 14, 2008 at 9:08 PM
Hes a nigger and i just want to see blacks and whites marching hand in hand singing kumbaya as they flush this turd down the drain. Kwames an ape stand up like men and drive the gorilla into Lake St. Clair
- March 16, 2008 at 12:08 AM
- cynthiadetroit said...
As for real stupid comments from those who are real stupid, too bad your mother didn't stay too long on the toilet.
KK is a very intelligent and one of, if not the most, articulate people I've ever heard speak. Let's put it like this, he could make Ray Charles believe he could see.
KK is an embarrassment. I live in Detroit and I'm sick and tired of this criminal. So please stop don't make this a race thing because it is not.
KK is a race baiter, no doubt about it, and I see it, and I'm not blind, but I am black.
- March 17, 2008 at 7:52 PM
Well said. I was one who hoped that Kilpatrict would be great. However, I saw first hand how shallow the administration is.. Remember the Cops, Clean & Kids? He went from district to district spent a day cleaning and then moved on leaving large messes on the side of the road. How about Mayors time? Did anyone realize that it meant taking funds from operating non profits to new non profits (with newly minted executive directors who just happened to be Kilpatrict family and friends?)
I was stunned to see him re elected--perhaps the re election fueled his recklessness. he man has to go--his mia culpa is the joke of the nation, his state of the city another example of his lack of judgment. the man is simply over his head. I disagree he is not extraordinary, he is simply an arrogant ordinary man with an extraordinary ego. Time for him to go.
- March 18, 2008 at 8:34 AM
- Black Monitor said...
When are the people of Detroit going to start a recall of this disgraceful Mayor?
- March 18, 2008 at 10:54 PM
As a citizen of Detroit I am ashamed to tell people where I am from because of all the negative publicity our city gets. Just like our national gevernment, our local government is founded by the people, for the people. Lets take our city back and help it to reach the potential it has to become an exemplary city.
- March 19, 2008 at 3:15 PM
Kilpatrick is a joke and he promotes every negative stereotype in the black community.I just can,t wait until the day that fat bastard get,s what he deserves. Once he goes down all of his little boyfreinds are going down with him.HEY KILPATRICK!word of advice DON,T DROP THE SOAP!
- March 19, 2008 at 5:51 PM
First of all, the City of Detroit went to hell in a hand basket when Coleman young told white people to "to hit 8 mile".....so they did. From there it was down hill. The black people with any money and sense then decided it was their turn. Now all you have left is low income and transients. This is what Kwame is in charge of. He'll be in jail with 6 months. He's a race baiter and the whites can see this. Sad!
- March 22, 2008 at 5:08 PM
It amazes me that some Detroit citizens don't get the fact of how much money,time,lives ruin,corruption that goes far and wide.From the police chief not issuing search warrants back in 03 to Micheal Cox's.Yes,I said" Michael Cox".Did his people really investigate and how well,obviously not that well!!How well could his people of looked into the so called partyAnd found nothing!!.This attorney general looks to me like he was a good old boy that just jumped off the hay wagon when he finally realize it was on fire! How much money lost to business in Detroit via {mayor convention at MGM!!} Citizens it's not about sex anymore wake up!Is'nt it your millions?It makes me sick that peole think it's just between him and his wife.WAKE UP!!
- March 24, 2008 at 12:38 PM
I grew up in the city of Detroit and stayed for 36 years. Never throught that I would leave. I now live in a differnt state and travel throughtout the US on business. I have yet to find anyone that thinks Detroit is nothing but a laughting stock, It makes me sad because I see cities that were once the same as Detroit and have recreated themselves. Also I come to relize that Detroit is the most segregated big city in America and that has to do with the leadership over the last 30 years. Delivering the same old story about poor old me. Instead of taken responsabilty for themselve and family.
When I try to defend Detroit, people some it up with one thing, How can the people relect the mayor of Detroit and I have no answer.
- March 25, 2008 at 8:55 AM
First of all let me say I am a white suburbanite (Wayne County). I am absolutely APPALLED at the time and resources that are being spent on this case. Precious resources that could be better utilized elsewhere. I believe Mayor Kilpatrick is a tremendous distraction and an embarassment to the City of Detroit. We deserve better than this. I pray this situation is resolved quickly but it appears the Mayor has taken on an Adolph Hitler bunker metality. He appears intent to take down the City and everyone around him. I truly pity the residents of Detroit. He has set us back years.
- March 25, 2008 at 11:04 AM
To whom it may concern,
Please reread Biblical history and other such history. Leaders fell short all the time. Yet, some were the apple of God's eye. The Universe/God continued to favor them regardless. The Kilpatrick family are obviously the offspring of the leaders that the Universe favored long ago.
So, hands off everybody. Back up, because you are bringing judgement on you and your household when you judge him.
Finally, save and spend your own money wisely and teach your children not to hate and discriminate.
I care.
- March 26, 2008 at 5:06 AM
- truehart2012 said...
I am ashamed to say that I live in the city of Detroit. KK is guilty. He should have had more decorum and respect for the office he was elected, the city and its people. It is extremely embarrassing to have to constantly see Detroit in another shameful light. This is just one of the many reasons why many have left and are not EVER coming back. KK should step down IMMEDIATELY, so that Detroiters and MICHIGAN can heal. Do not be fooled, there is no race card here, there is only right and wrong. KK was wrong.
- March 26, 2008 at 4:23 PM
I can't believe how the Det. news and the public are playing the Mayor of Detroit. If anyone deserves this kind of action, it should have been Bush. Look at all of his crimes. Until we can dill with our president, we should leave the mayor alone. Thank you
- March 26, 2008 at 6:26 PM
- fourpints said...
Detroit is trying to drag itself out of the reputation of a violent and horrible place. I know that the rep will never full go away, but while Kwame hangs around making Detroiters look a joke for ever putting him in office in the first place it seems that once again Detroit gets to be the butt of the worlds jokes. Kwame needs to resign for the City to move forward. The City can no longer turn a blind eye to corruption from its leaders. Detroit needs a fresh start and Detroit needs to be the city where people want to be.
- March 26, 2008 at 7:49 PM
Forgiven are you serious? Forgiving is for someone who steals from a store, or unintentionally harming, this man was down right vicously hurting an already suffering and fragile comunity. He blames others, and honestly thinks that he is a victim. He uses race, as a shield, I'm sorry to say, even brings up other individuals such as Arabs and Asians, to help in his defense. This has nothing to do with race, other than the fact that he is a very poor representative of the black comunity, a sad example of a husband father and leader. He screwed Christine and raped the city.
- March 27, 2008 at 12:21 PM
KWAME!!!!! Put the city and great citizens first. This is not a time for your ongoing selfishnes. So "rap" it up and step down, before Detroit gets in so deep that we can't crawl out of your pot hole.
- March 27, 2008 at 12:24 PM
Just wow!
I like your views and will read more of your blog.
I like would like to walk through life with rose color glasses and say it is not a black or white issue. Personally, I think the fact that Sick Willy did not get charged, impeached, and his wife has the ability to run for president, is something that will haunt the moral up bringing of the youth of our nation for generations to come.
Mayors, presidents, and any person who holds a high profile position which is responsible for constituents must be aware they are role models. Not only does the law pertain to them, they must go above and beyond respecting the most minor laws to show our youth what responsibility is.
The most significant positive aspect of what is currently going on here in Detroit is a change showing we have made some progress in race relations. There is still a long way to go on both sides here in Detroit. However, Kwame's Coleman Young approach no longer works within the city. Citizens of Detroit will no longer be exploited as they were during the Young tenure because they felt they had to support their race. They now have options to come forward and say this is my city, my children, our future, and you are not the only ticket in town.
Detroit has so much potential, history, and wonderful architecture. It's time someone comes in like Archer and knows the suburbs need Detroit as much as Detroit needs the suburbs. We are all one.
- March 27, 2008 at 6:43 PM
Kk Is what I call JAN Just another nigger. nothing special. just your common garden variety nigger. without the great white daddy keeping them in line they.. whatever they can't eat or f__k they destroy. just look at detroit! I live just north of detroit and whenever I read the newspaper about who is doing all the crime here in warren mich. It is 98% black. They are only about 1% of the population of warren but do almost all of the stealing and killing that happens. Why is it rascist if you state the facts?Blacks cry rascism whenever they are caught breaking the laws that pertain to all of us.
- March 27, 2008 at 6:49 PM
- cynthiadetroit said...
KK reminds me so much of tenants who want to "pay back" the owner of the house their living in. Those criminal minded individuals who would trash the place before they leave.
He also reminds me of the fox in the chicken coop.
It's time for the Governor Granholm...to step in.
- March 27, 2008 at 7:04 PM
- dr. mike check said...
Kwame Kilpatrick is hip hop.
check out my post at http://reallyrealtalk.blogspot.com/2008/03/dont-worry-if-he-writes-rhymes-he.html
- March 30, 2008 at 1:53 PM
- email@example.com said...
I wanted to inform you that a website has been started as of March 31th, 2008 as an Internet Petition to Recall Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick. This site can be found at http://www.recallkwame.org. The site is not directed at the City Council of Detroit. It is directed at Gov. Jennifer Granholm and what we feel she needs to do.
This petition allows for all individuals of Michigan to sign the petition, not just the citizens of Detroit. Not only is the City of Detroit being affected by the Mayors foils but so is the entire State of Michigan.
We would also appreciate your support by emailing or notifying your family, friends, co-workers, news organizations or anyone else that you feel would be interested in the petition. Thank you for your support !
- April 2, 2008 at 8:07 AM
For those of you who think Kwame should not resign and are not residents, you are entitled to your opinions.However, as a resident, what Kwame does affects my quality of life relative to City services. He should resign and for those of you who think that he should not encouraage him to move to your city and consider running for Mayor.
- April 17, 2008 at 10:59 AM
I work for a major law firm in Detroit and I live within seeing distance of Mayor Kilpatrick's home. The infamous house party that everyone claims did not occur, actually did happen, I saw it.
- April 18, 2008 at 11:52 PM
Party- no party...don't matter. KK is a liar and a thief. Monica Conyer's gonna finish off what was left of this city's integrity by continuing to show the country just how CRAZY and SELFISH all the folk are who run this city. What a bloody freaking mess.
- April 19, 2008 at 11:34 PM
It is SO much more than his blackness; if he were white he would be gone. You do Detroit a dis- service by stating it as such. He is a criminal, a liar, a thug, a womanizer and possibly a murderer, who dines high and hard on the backs of some of the most impoverished Americans in the USA and he does not give a damn. He needs to go but doesn't want to give up the lifestyle and lawyers being paid for by Detroit people don't believe for a second he is paying. We need help here, its will be a Detroit Riot this summer if he doesn't go away. People are hurting, They are hungry, no jobs, no homes, no decent schools, guns, murder, drugs, dog fighting, and this is the Norm and has been for as long he has been Mayor. Want Him? He's yours.
- April 26, 2008 at 11:57 PM
Excellent article. Well written!
Mayor Kilpatrick, you should resign.
And restore honor and dignity to your family's life. Get in a prayer closet.
Carlita, you are a strong sister, stay that way. I am praying for your continued strength and courage.
As for your husband, just tell him to cover up when you just got to reach out to touch him a little bit. It will help you mentally, temporarily. Get good counsel, too, now.
Tell your son that as long as you on Earth they better not ever treated ANY WOMAN as their Father has done. Or else... fill-in whatever you think is appropriate.
The citizens of Detroit must feel mighty sad, I know, I do.
Wake Up Call!
For all those women who are messing around with somebody else's husband, you should send them packing to their wives and tell them to get on their knees and ask GOD for instruction and guidance to be in a better relationship with their wife.
If the marriage is not going to work, get the paperwork straight and holler back--maybe.
Stop the madness in the family. Don't be a home wrecker!
As it stand the home wrecker gets the worst end of a stick.
It is shorter lived fantasy and carries the most shame and confusion for the woman, always.
The tingle ain't worth it, seriously.
- May 1, 2008 at 10:17 PM
- msdee said...
Enough haters are being seen when they want to ride the coat tails of other haters. He will beat every last charge and for those who hat the Mayor so much leave the city. Leave the city for those who choose to stay here like myself! I don't have to hide like some and be anoymous.
- May 12, 2008 at 11:30 AM
This guy is a user and an abuser. And he's the worst kind..the kind who will put all of the people around him in jeopardy just to satisfy his own ego. That's the most dangerous kind of person to grant any kind of power to. He will abuse it at every level for every self serving purpose he can, and he will feel no remorse what-so-ever. Detroit deserves better.
- May 25, 2008 at 5:13 PM
Finally someone gets it. He was simply too young for the job. If you dont live here, you will never understand what we are going through. I ve lived here all my life and at 46 im embarassed to say i live here.
- May 28, 2008 at 2:05 PM
I feel sorry for Kwame. He was over his head, and now motherfuckers hate this nigga. I say that in the most respectful sense.
- May 28, 2008 at 6:13 PM
Dr. King looked forward to a day when African-Americans would be judged on the content of their character, not the color of their skin. Kwame's mess is almost entirely due to his lack of character.
- May 29, 2008 at 5:27 PM
Yes I agree he was "too young". Young black men only care about BOOTY and HOs and GETTIN PAID.
Dollah Bill, Y'all.
- June 8, 2008 at 12:17 PM
- cynthiadetroit said...
That's a very unfair statement. There are many A--holes but there are many good young men, who happen to be black.
- June 8, 2008 at 12:34 PM
I don't care what random idiots have to say about Kwame Kilpatrick. He is not a bad person. Also, his experience as mayor has nothing to do with black men as a whole.
- June 8, 2008 at 3:04 PM
Please resign! I think highly of the man however, sometimes one has to know when to throw in the towel. He continues to embarrass his family by remaining in power. This is a young man who is clearly not ready for such a prestigious position.
- June 9, 2008 at 3:01 PM
I feel sorry for Kwame. It's hard to know if a brother is being set up or if he really is messed up. Either way, he needs to step down, since it is tough to govern without the support of the people.
- June 9, 2008 at 3:24 PM
The problem is...
If Mayor Kilpatrick had just cheated on his wife (now I'm not going to tell any guy in any way that its OK to cheat on your wife---a real dumb thing to do) but if you do that and do it with your chief of staff (if he were CEO of a private company and all this came to light they'd do due diligence but they'd do it quickly and if he was found in error he'd be fired already!!!) and then to cost the City an additional 6 million dollars---that's "strike three" and you're out. Yes he's young, yes he's black but he also appears to have very bad judgement and if his wife can't trust him how can the citizens of the City???
- July 1, 2008 at 10:04 AM
we luv you mayor! fight back at dem white devils! we know you're innocent and getting railroad. white people just can't stand seeing a powerful black man. kawme is a hero of the people. he should be baracks vice presidemns.
- September 3, 2008 at 6:22 PM
- MrsCruz said...
Really? He took on a job that most of us would not have been able to..."successfully."????
Anyone of us could've talked our way into a city job, looted the office, threw our weight around, bribed people, took kickbacks while we giggled and lied about it all.
That's not tough to do. Just requires no moral compass, no integrity, no personal dignity. Lots of narcissistic sociopaths can all if that.
Nothing about Kilpatrick's tenure was anything close to successful.
He robbed his constituents without a gun; smiled in their face's while telling ball faced lies, acted like a thug and continued to do so even after telling people he simply made a few mistakes and tossed out allegations of race-driven conspiracies created to "make" him "look" bad & guilty. Hogwash.
Then he denies all wrongdoings then cries, apologies and begs for leniency at sentence.
Then he continues flaunting his arrogance, immature & sociopathic behavior by hiding and lying about income, financial gifts (then we see him on video counting thousands of dollars at a Walmart) while claiming he has no money and cannot pay his victims back.
All the while he's driving luxury SUVs, residing in a home bigger than the Mayoral mansion & shopping at high-end markets...and flagrantly so!
Then he refers to his lie about that $2K as "ignorant" and apologizes, begrudgingly, mind you and only AFTER he realizes that he's on TAPE.
What a guy.
While he and his wife, relatives, mistresses and members of his entourage and his wife's dined in expensive restaurants then left without paying the bill or even tipping the cook), canoodling in 5-star hotels, cruised in luxury cars, bullied, violated and anihilated other city officials and never blinked...the city choked and sputtered last breathes.
He could've cared less. He was arrogant, abusive, trifling , deceitful and narcissistic.
Kwame "Ya'lls Boy" Kilpatrick is no one to pity. He is incarcerated, in debt, beaten and busted thanks to his worse enemy: himself. He was no appointee of God and he was not a man for the people.
He did not behave like a man period let alone a man on a mission from God.
His disingenuous apologies, speeches were all designed to con, manipulate and get over.
He is where he belongs and I hope he manages to mature.
No real matter though. By the time he completes his sentence, he'll be too old to be of any harm to anyone other than himself and probably, unfortunately if they're still dealing with him, his children and wife. Smh
- November 5, 2016 at 1:42 PM
- MrsCruz said...
Really? He took on a job that most of us would not have been able to..."successfully."????
Anyone of us could've talked our way into a city job, looted the office, threw our weight around, bribed people, took kickbacks while we giggled and lied about it all.
That's not tough to do. Just requires no moral compass, no integrity, no personal dignity. Lots of narcissistic sociopaths can all if that.
Nothing about Kilpatrick's tenure was anything close to successful.
He robbed his constituents without a gun; smiled in their face's while telling ball faced lies, acted like a thug and continued to do so even after telling people he simply made a few mistakes and tossed out allegations of race-driven conspiracies created to "make" him "look" bad & guilty. Hogwash.
Then he denies all wrongdoings then cries, apologies and begs for leniency at sentence.
Then he continues flaunting his arrogance, immature & sociopathic behavior by hiding and lying about income, financial gifts (then we see him on video counting thousands of dollars at a Walmart) while claiming he has no money and cannot pay his victims back.
All the while he's driving luxury SUVs, residing in a home bigger than the Mayoral mansion & shopping at high-end markets...and flagrantly so!
Then he refers to his lie about that $2K as "ignorant" and apologizes, begrudgingly, mind you and only AFTER he realizes that he's on TAPE.
What a guy.
While he and his wife, relatives, mistresses and members of his entourage and his wife's dined in expensive restaurants then left without paying the bill or even tipping the cook), canoodling in 5-star hotels, cruised in luxury cars, bullied, violated and anihilated other city officials and never blinked...the city choked and sputtered last breathes.
He could've cared less. He was arrogant, abusive, trifling , deceitful and narcissistic.
Kwame "Ya'lls Boy" Kilpatrick is no one to pity. He is incarcerated, in debt, beaten and busted thanks to his worse enemy: himself. He was no appointee of God and he was not a man for the people.
He did not behave like a man period let alone a man on a mission from God.
His disingenuous apologies, speeches were all designed to con, manipulate and get over.
He is where he belongs and I hope he manages to mature.
No real matter though. By the time he completes his sentence, he'll be too old to be of any harm to anyone other than himself and probably, unfortunately if they're still dealing with him, his children and wife. Smh
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Ladies and gentleman, prime time prank season is upon us. Why? Everyone's so stinkin' happy around the holidays, and the last thing they'd expect is for an evil prankster to pull out hilarious (and sometimes mean) tricks.
While we're huge fans of joking around, we tend to go for ones of the innocent and hilarious variety, like putting saran wrap over a toilet seat or dressing up like a snowman and scaring the pants off passersby. It's all for the giggles. That's exactly why we love this guy Peter's take on funny business.
Basically, he went around to a ton of different businesses to quit jobs he never had. The dude was never an employee at a convenience store, an art shop or a fast-food joint, but Peter does one heck of an acting job convincing current employees he did in fact work there. However, what's most impressive is that he's able to pull out the tears at the perfect moment to make prank victims feel super awkward.
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"I'm puzzled as to how anyone could think Mr. Rice was someone who should be representing our state university on a national level," said Assembly Speaker Sheila Oliver, who later said she could hold legislative hearings on the topic. "I expect a full and detailed explanation from the Rutgers administration as to why Mr. Rice was not dismissed sooner and how exactly that decision was made."
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Governor Chris Christie calls the move the "right and necessary action to take in light of the conduct displayed on the videotape." He is "very optimistic that Rutgers will select a new head coach who not only puts a winning team on the court, but will make everyone proud of the example he sets every day for the young men in his charge."
The firestorm over Rice's future at Rutgers developed yesterday when ESPN aired a video showing numerous clips of Rice at practice firing basketballs at players, hitting them in the back, legs, feet and shoulders.
Rice was also shown pushing players in the chest and grabbing them by their jerseys and yanking them around the court. Rice could be heard screaming obscenities and gay slurs at players. Pernetti was given a copy of the video in late November by a former employee. He suspended Rice for three games a month later, fined him $50,000 and ordered him to attend anger management classes.
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"Parents entrust their sons to the Rutgers Athletic Department and the men's basketball program at an incredibly formative period of their lives. The way these young men were treated by the head coach was completely unacceptable and violates the trust those parents put in Rutgers University. All of the student-athletes entrusted to our care deserve much better.
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Kimura is a French band based in Liancourt, Oise.
Kimura as it is today was the result of an encounter between Caroline Varlet, aka Ysleenn, (vocals, lyrics) and Ludovic Roux, aka Deweak, (composition and keyboards, vocals, lyrics). After starting out as a group in 2007 playing a repertoire of covers of heavy and neo-progressive bands like Porcupine Tree and Marillion, Kimura was re-formed as a duo in 2008 after several band member departures, and the two co-founders undertook the task of writing their first album. Taking inspiration from the worlds of science fiction and video games, Caroline introduces the concept of the story that will become Aleryon, and Ludovic uses his many influences from the world of music to compose a decidedly progressive accompanying score, skillfully mixing metal riffs with classical and Celtic sounds and also the electronic sounds that are soon to become the defining characteristic of the 'new' Kimura. They are subsequently joined in 2011 by two additional members, who form the powerful rhythm section that becomes the core of the new group, and they are now able to take their concept album on stage. Kimura is a young band that reminds the public that progressive rock is very much alive and well.
Ludovic Roux (Deweak) / keyboards, vocals, programming
Caroline Varlet (Ysleenn) / vocals
Xavier Dutthilleul (eX Cess) / guitar
Manon Lagache (Bette Rave) / keyboards and guitar
Additional Members:
Nicolas Bazin / bass, Franck Cougard / drums
Former members ** **
Mathieu Surmon / guitar, Thomas Roland / bass, Charles Evrard / drums.
Porcupine Tree, Marillion, Genesis, Pink Floyd, Nine Inch Nails
Deweak himself has a long history as a solo artist, being involved in numerous and quite varied projects over the years, and you can read all about those here: http://www.deweak.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=68&Itemid=64
His solo samples, of which there are many, can be heard at: https://soundcloud.com/#deweak, or http://www.myspace.com/deweakmusic.
The Kimura debut album 'Aleryon' was released on March 22nd 2013, and is a science fiction story and rock opera featuring a hero called Ayrin on the green landscapes of Aleryon:
1. Prologue (3:41)
2. The Village of Saerys (6:01)
3. The Other Side (5:06)
4. Dagnir (4:03)
5. Before the Storm (5:43)
6. This Day (3:54)
7. That Night (10:15)
8. Here and Now (4:23)
9. The Return (5:52)
10. Epilogue (5:57)
Short samples all ten tracks can be heard here: http://www.deweak.com/index.php/boutique.html
or here: https://soundcloud.com/#kimura-live
Longer demo versions of the ten tracks making up the album can be heard at: http://www.myspace.com/kimuralive
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Montage of clips from the album played live at Pacific Rock (Cergy-Pontoise, France), October 2012:
See also: https://www.facebook.com/Kimura.live
They class themselves as Celtic/Neo progressive, and I guess that's not too far off the mark...
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Checked their stuffs. Great ones indeed ... Neo-ish flavour they have indeed, but too mainstream-y for Neo.
Crossover is one of their best places, methinks.
Anyway, "Kimura" is one of the most popular Japanese surnames (like "Brown" or "Smith" in English bloc) hehe.
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Public testimony was taken on HB114, sponsored by Rep. Brian Greene, R-Pleasant Grove, but the committee's vice chairman, Rep. Lee Perry, R-Perry, said there wasn't enough time left to take a vote.
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McIff did not attend Friday's committee meeting but said later he hasn't made up his mind whether to put the bill back on the committee agenda for a vote, citing the concerns about its constitutionality raised by legislative staff.
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On Wednesday, both proponents and opponents of the bill were turned away when that meeting was adjourned without taking testimony. Many came back Friday despite a snowstorm, lining up against the walls of the crowded committee room to speak.
Kyle Crozier, of West Valley City, who had been escorted back to his seat by Utah Highway Patrol troopers at Wednesday's hearing after demanding an opportunity to testify, told the committee Friday that guns are merely tools.
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The committee, which took testimony on the bill for about 45 minutes, did not discuss the bill Friday before adjourning shortly before the start of the House floor session at 10 a.m.
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Perennial or subshrub from caudex or rhizome, generally ± hairy
Stem often ± leafy on lower half, rarely trailing and leafy throughout
Leaves generally simple, basal or sometimes cauline, generally alternate, generally petioled; veins ± palmate
Inflorescence: panicle, generally ± scapose
Flower generally bisexual, generally radial; hypanthium free to ± fused to ovary; calyx lobes generally 5; petals generally 5, free, generally clawed, generally white; stamens generally 5 or 10; pistils 2 and simple or 1 and compound (chambers 12, placentas 24, axile or parietal), ovary superior to inferior, sometimes more superior in fruit, styles generally 2
Fruit: 2 follicles or 24-valved capsule
Seeds generally many, small
Genera in family: 40 genera, 600 species: especially n temp, arctic, alpine; some cultivated (Bergenia , Darmera , Heuchera , Saxifraga , Tellima , Tolmiea )
Reference: [Soltis 1988 Syst Bot 13:6472]
Rhizome scaly; bulblets 0
Leaves basal, sometimes a few cauline; blade ovate, base cordate to reniform, lobes and teeth shallow, irregular
Inflorescence generally raceme-like; bracts generally scale-like
Flower radial to ± bilateral; hypanthium partly fused to ovary; calyx lobes equal or not; petals 0 or 5, generally equal; stamens 5, generally equal; pistil 1, ovary > half inferior, chamber 1, placentas 2, parietal
Fruit: capsule
Species in genus: 50 species: North America
Etymology: (J.H. von Heucher, German professor of medicine, 16771747)
Reference: [Rosendahl, Butters, & Lakela 1936 Minn Stud Plant Sci 2:1180]
A very difficult genus, highly variable at many levels and needing much additional research.
Leaf: petiole 115 cm; blade 860 mm, broadly ovate to ± round, ± deeply 59-lobed
Inflorescence 755 cm, often 1-sided, open or dense, cylindric to conic, glandular
Flower ± bilateral; part of hypanthium fused to ovary 0.92.5 mm, ± = long side of free part, together with calyx lobes 36 mm; calyx lobes generally unequal, whitish to pink-red with green tips, becoming redder; petals 36 mm, > calyx lobes, narrowly oblanceolate to thread-like; stamens > calyx lobes, exserted; mature styles generally >> 1.5 mm, exserted
Ecology: Dry, rocky areas
Elevation: 15004000 m.
Bioregional distribution: Sierra Nevada (except Tehachapi Mountain Area), Peninsular Ranges, Great Basin Floristic Province (except n Modoc Plateau), Desert Mountains
Distribution outside California: to Oregon, Idaho, Colorado, Texas, n Mexico
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Searching for an cure to vibration
Vibration has always been an issue with impellers – and it challenged the new Grundfos S-tube® in the beginning. In early lab tests, the impeller was efficient and robust, but it vibrated excessively. Vibration can cause premature wear of components, damage to mechanical shaft seals, copper windings, loss of power and even pump failure.
Typically, the acceptable vibration levels for pump impellers vary between 3-7 mm/sec. These standards apply to multi-vane impellers and pumps using clean water, however. There are no standards for wastewater single-channel impeller pumps. Therefore, there are often higher vibration levels in wastewater pumps. This is due to the hydrodynamic characteristics of a single channel pump and the varying solids and air content of wastewater together with variations in the incoming flow. Although not ideal, the wastewater treatment industry has largely tolerated higher levels of vibration.
Grundfos set out to change these standards by reducing vibration to levels lower than those of wastewater pumps with multi-vane impellers, says Flemming Lykholt-Ustrup.
Video: Optimisation of hydraulic forces and torque in the Grundfos S-tube® impeller
Wet balancing brings the answer
One specific type of vibration is imbalance, or the vibration caused by rotating machinery. One of the main tasks of the Grundfos S-tube® is to reduce the vibration level and consequently the noise level to a minimum in order to ensure the longest life for vital components such as bearings and the shaft seal faces.
"The traditional approach to reducing imbalance and running the motor smoothly is to minimise the imbalance in the rotating components and thereby avoid vibration," says Flemming Lykholt-Ustrup. "But this is not sufficient due to the unsteady pressure forces."
Grundfos took another approach to reduce imbalance in pumps: wet balancing.
"Wet balancing is a statically and dynamically balancing method similar to that we use when we balance the tires on our cars," he explains. "The difference is that for wet balancing, the impeller is in perfect balance when the pump housing and the impeller are submerged in or filled with water. Being in perfect balance under water, we ensure the optimum operating conditions. In some cases we meet vibration levels below those known for standard norm motors." He adds that the pump industry has previously attempted similar methods of wet balancing without success.
Wet balancing involves introducing a deliberate mechanical unbalance to counteract the unsteady dynamic forces originating from pressure fluctuations within the pump.
This approach cannot address the full spectrum of unsteady forces, he says, but does deal with a major source of excitation.
To reduce the basic excitation in the pump, Grundfos combined the unsteady hydraulic forces with the unsteady mechanical forces that come from wet balancing in order to obtain a state of equilibrium, he explains.
"We calculate the forces acting on the impeller when it is pumping – the direct force and the torque – and those obviously change, depending on how much flow is going through the pump," he says. "We cannot make all these forces go to zero. This is something we need to balance out. So we have made our own little cookbook in how to do it – how to put the impeller off balance."
Tests showed a significant reduction in vibration. By introducing wet balancing in its single-channel S-tube® impellers, Grundfos reduced vibration levels by 50-70%, says Flemming Lykholt-Ustrup.
These results mean sturdier and more reliable pumps for Grundfos, he adds, because the dynamic balancing of the impellers and rotors is essential to prolonging the reliability and functioning of the pump system.
Read more about the Grundfos S-tube® and the SL1 and SE1 pumps from 1.5 to 30 kW wastewater pumps in which it is included.
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- Incumbent Sen. Pat Roberts beats tea party-backed challenger Milton Wolf
- The Kansas race was largely defined by personal attacks on both sides
- Tea party will get another chance to knock off an establishment candidate in Tennessee
- Voters in Michigan, Missouri and Washington also voted Tuesday
Tuesday's Senate primary in Kansas ended another ugly showdown that pit a tea party-backed challenger against an establishment Republican incumbent.
CNN projects incumbent Sen. Pat Roberts has fended off conservative challenger Milton Wolf in the state's GOP Senate primary.
In his victory speech Roberts said that "we celebrate tonight" and that "we have another job starting first thing tomorrow."
"That job is to unite Republicans under a common and vital cause," he said. "Unity must happen if we are to keep Kansas red. It must happen if we are going to defeat an Obama agenda and send Harry Reid back!"
The race saw controversies over residency and Facebook photos and a rare streetside confrontation.
Roberts' win leaves only Thursday's nominating contest in Tennessee, where incumbent Lamar Alexander faces a bunch of conservative challengers, for a tea party-backed candidate to prevail in Senate primaries.
Wolf's campaign for months tried to portray Roberts as more in tune with Washington than Kansas, pointing to reports from earlier this year that the senator listed his voting address at the home of two longtime political supporters who rent a room to him.
Wolf said in his concession speech that "while we came up short tonight, I believe our battle just begins."
"I believe we're just getting warmed up," he said to his supporters.
"I believe we're going to save this country because it's up to us. Our republic needs us to stand up and fight and it is the greatest honor of my life to stand shoulder to shoulder with you," he said. "To run towards the screaming instead of away. And I will always stand up and fight for our country and fight for our state. And it is the biggest honor of my life to say that I stood with you."
Still, Roberts was seen as the heavy favorite in the nomination battle with a large double-digit lead in the most recent poll. A couple of other minor candidates were also on the ballot.
Dueling controversies
The Wolf campaign ran numerous ads attacking Roberts over his residency.
At the same time, the Roberts' campaign over the past couple of months went up with TV ads reminding voters that Wolf, a radiologist, posted X-ray images of mortal injuries and made light of them and the victims. Wolf was later forced to admit he made "insensitive" comments.
Wolf painted himself as a conservative activist with the guts to stand up to the GOP establishment.
As a doctor, he frequently campaigned against the Affordable Care Act and proposed his own plan that he calls "PatientCare."
He enjoyed the backing and the support of some major national tea party groups, such as the Tea Party Patriots and the Tea Party Express, and some influential anti-establishment organizations, like the Senate Conservatives Fund and the Madison Project.
Roberts enjoyed the support of the National Republican Senatorial Campaign, which is chaired by fellow Kansas Republican Sen. Jerry Moran.
Showdown on the street
In the closing weeks of the primary campaign, Wolf highlighted what he said was Robert's refusal to debate him. Last week, Wolf changed his travel plans at the last minute to confront Roberts as he met with business leaders in Emporia, Kansas.
"You told Kansans you would give them your word and you would give them a debate," Wolf said to Roberts.
"You have said it multiple times in multiple places. You tell us that you are tough and you're tested and trusted. And I want you to keep your word on that, I want you to debate. I think Kansans deserve it."
"Milton, Milton, Milton, Milton," Roberts said dismissively. "This is not the time. We have a regularly-scheduled event, a listening tour event. This is not the time."
"When would be the time, senator, because I'll go anywhere you'd like. You've given your word to debate. Let's just debate," Wolf continued as Roberts walked off.
Roberts' campaign was asked why he wouldn't debate.
"The question's not about debating. The question is about an immature candidate with a desperate campaign, an unethical candidate pulling stunts like he did today. When you're 20 points down, these are the kind of desperate stunts you pull," spokesman Sean Fitzpatrick said.
2014 tea party challenges
The primary in Kansas comes six weeks after longtime Sen. Thad Cochran of Mississippi narrowly won re-nomination, edging out tea party-backed state Sen. Chris McDaniel in a runoff. McDaniel officially contested the results of the June primary runoff on Monday after revealing alleged evidence of voter fraud and irregularities.
While the Kansas contest has made some headlines, it pales in comparison to the Mississippi showdown, which played out in the national political spotlight.
More primary highlights
Also in Kansas, Rep. Mike Pompeo beat former congressman Todd Tiahrt in the Republican primary for the state's 4th Congressional District, CNN projects. Tiahart held the seat for 16 years before giving it up to run for the Senate, ultimately losing in 2010 to Jerry Moran.
Voters in Michigan, Missouri and Washington also voted Tuesday in their respective state's primary contest. Here are some of the highlights:
In Michigan's 3rd Congressional District, the familiar 2014 narrative -- tea party challenger takes on establishment GOP incumbent -- was turned on its head.
Challenger Brian Ellis, a businessman who has support from the Chamber of Commerce, tried to unseat two-term Rep. Justin Amash, a libertarian who won his seat in the 2010 tea party wave that landed Republicans in the House majority.
But despite being outspent, Amash staved off his establishment-backed challenger.
Debbie Dingell, a Democrat, declared victory Tuesday in Michigan's 12th Congressional District against opponent Raymond Mullins. She announced plans earlier this year to run for the seat being vacated by her husband, Rep. John Dingell, the longest serving member of Congress in history.


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This busy neighborhood library extends out to a beautiful reading garden with sculptured benches by Cambridge artist Judy McKie.
The artist's idea of making the garden as natural as possible, with soft organic forms and an "urban wild" planting scheme, will offer a respite from the heavy traffic along Cambridge Street. In line with her well-known functional animal sculptures, McKie has created bronze benches for the space.
Three friendly "Alley Cats" will greet visitors to the garden with an offer to sit down for a while and read a book or chat with a neighbor. The landscape design also offers a space for small community gatherings and library events.
The Valente Branch closed for renovations on January 14, 2016.
The Valente Branch Library is located in an area between Lechmere and Inman Square, which receives many of Cambridge's new immigrants. The branch plays host to a community that includes large populations from the Caribbean and the Portuguese speaking countries of Cape Verde, Portugal and Brazil. Check out the calendar of events for monthly programming information.
In addition to our vast assortment of English Language materials, the library is the proud home of the Manuel Rogers, Sr. Center for Portuguese Culture (The Rogers Collection). It is a collection of Portuguese language books, DVDs, and CDs that serves the needs of our Portuguese speaking community.
Check out information on the upcoming King Open and Cambridge Street Upper Schools & Community Complex Project that will affect the Valente Branch.
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New hospital to offer more than patient care
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The opening of a new Rockingham Memorial Hospital (RMH) is a milestone that will affect the region's economy as well as its health care, local officials say.
The $300 million, 630,000-square-foot facility in Harrisonburg, which began operating June 22, will boost economic development efforts dramatically, says Rockingham County Administrator Joseph Paxton.
"Good health care is one of the key components that can set you apart from others when you're trying to attract new businesses and top employees, along with good education, good quality of life and affordability of housing," he says. "But this hospital will also add an additional component to our growing biotech industry."
In fact, the 238-bed hospital already is exploring partnerships with bioscience companies and educational institutions.
For example, Jim Krauss, RMH's president and CEO, has had preliminary discussions with SRI International about designing a multi-skilled curriculum for laboratory technicians at the local community colleges, vocational technology schools and James Madison University. SRI's Center for Advanced Drug Research is based outside Harrisonburg.
RMH also has an affiliation agreement with Vanderbilt University to perform oncology and cardiology clinical trials. The hospital is negotiating a similar arrangement with the University of Virginia. RMH is also looking for ways to conduct research with JMU. The university is buying the old RMH hospital building, which sits on 15 acres in Harrisonburg.
RMH was founded in 1912 as a 20-bed hospital. The new facility's features include advanced cardiology and oncology equipment and services, a much larger emergency department and sophisticated health information technology and wireless communication systems. In addition, all of the patient rooms are private and contain in-room computers and medication storage.
As the hospital continues to grow at its new 254-acre campus, Krauss expects its advanced design and technology to attract top-notch health-care professionals. "It's a pretty snazzy place," he says. "It's not often that a community builds a new hospital, but when it does, it creates a 'halo' effect in that it will attract new doctors, new nurses, other clinicians who are interested in working in a state-of-the-art hospital. And that will serve to draw more patients and more businesses. It's all positive."


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This Is The Life: Collected Works: Palestine/Israel 2003
by Will Hewitt
This collection represents some of the best thoughts I have seen come out of the middle east penned by a white man, person or being. Hewitt's shrewd wit and bitter sense of irony permeate this 62 page 'zine documenting his travels in the West Bank and Gaza and his stay in Rafah back in 2003 when he carried Rachel Corrie's body away from the murderous Israeli bulldozers provided by Caterpillar and here's the article from Common Dreams. Will is again in the gaza strip working with the International Solidarity Movement there. Will is one of the most amazing people I have ever met and his words and beliefs and actions have helped to shape the artist and activist I am continuing to become. Please check out his latest (12.15.2005)e-mail from Palestine.
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Billy Bragg released a song about Rachael, called, "Rachael Corrie." Cosmo played the song of the most recent Clubside Breakfast Time podcast (recorded at Eastside Club 3/29/06).
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Rocket Team Wins International Flight Contest
SOCORRO, N.M. July 12, 2013 – A New Mexico Tech team of mechanical engineering students won top prizes at the Intercollegiate Rocket Engineering Competition in Green River, Utah, in June.
The Scepter 1 rocket performed the best among more than 20 teams and brought home the top prize in the advanced catetory. Scepter is an acronym for Scientific Cargo and Experimental Payload Transportation and Exploration Rocket.
Team leader Andrew Godsil said, "This was our first year in the competition and, doing as well as we did was especially gratifying."
The team competed in both the basic and advanced divisions, taking first place in the advanced. They also won the Save Your Bacon Award – for offering assistance to other teams. For a video from the competition, click here.
The team came together through the Senior Design Clinic in the Mechanical Engineering Department. Other team members are Joel Runnels, Jon Alger, Jared Alberts, Stephanie Wilvert, Adrian Blair, Miguel Alguirre, William Valliant, Wyatt McBeth and Isaiah Ware. The Techies flew Scepter to 10,376 feet altitude in the basic competition, within 4 percent of the target of 10,000 feet.
They switched out the motor for the advanced competition and flew to 20,755 feet, well short of their target of 25,000 feet.
"We didn't do quite so well at hitting the target," Godsil said. "We're still analyzing data to figure out why it happened."
However, that height not only was good enough to win, but also set the record for the highest flight in the history of the competition.
Andrew Godsil (right) explains the rocket team's project to Sen. Martin Heinrich during a campus visit earlier this year.
About two dozen teams competed from across the country and from Canada, Turkey, India and Brazil. The competition also included a 20-minute presentation with 10 minutes of Q-and-A.
"The biggest portion was team preparedness," Godsil said. "Both mornings, we were ready to fly before the judges arrived at the launch pad. We were more prepared than the other teams. The most important thing is that we had many opportunities for test flights. That gave us a leg up."
The team began design work in August 2012 and eventually tested Scepter a handful of times during the spring 2013 semester.
The Scepter rocket stands 11-feet, 6-inches tall and has a diameter of 5.5 inches. The rocket weighs 84 pounds, including a 10-pound payload. The motor and solid propellant provide 1,100 pounds of thrust and reached Mach 1.4 – a bit more than 1,000 miles per hour.
The rocket's boost phase lasts about six seconds, then it continues its climb for another 25 seconds. Scepter free-falls to about 1,500 feet; at that point, the onboard electronics, along with an altimeter, deploys the parachutes.
The competition also served as a test flight for data loggers that the team designed from scratch. Team member Joel Runnels designed a new data acquisition and electronics package.
"Joel did such a fantastic job that it generated a lot of interest at the competition," Godsil said. "They suggested that they may want to make his electronics and data acquisition package available to other teams."
The team will do more testing on the rocket and the new electronics during the fall 2013 semester.
The Tech team launched Scepter both days at 8 a.m., then spent the rest of the day interacting with other teams.
"We were able to recover our rocket quickly and that gave us the opportunity to meet other teams," Godsil said. "We had spare parts for everything. Five other teams wouldn't have been able to fly without our help. We just wanted to see them compete."
"That was very impressive," professor Dr. Warren Ostergren said. "They had the maturity and integrity to try to help out other teams. That reflects on the type of student we have here at Tech. They are students who are serious, but also considerate. It's such a gesture of good will and we couldn't be prouder of them."
During the summer of 2012, Ostergren and Dr. Keith Miller, who teaches the Junior Design Clinic, gave Godsil their blessing to apply for a grant from the New Mexico Space Grant Consortium, which is funded by NASA. The team won a $5,000 grant to pursue their rocketry work.
"They had an idea; Andrew researched the competition; they did a proposal and got funded," Ostergren said. "That's unique for a design team to take that much initiative from the beginning. What's really been unique is how organized, how progressive and how hard-working they've been."
The team found a local rocket hobbyist, Doug Gerard, who provided advice, guidance and equipment. Gerard has a launch set up that includes several cameras, which he graciously allowed the students to use for initial test flights.
"He was extremely important in aiding us with the recovery system," Godsil said. "His suggestions were monumental in our success."
The team lost three members to graduation this year and is looking forward to adding at least three new juniors to the team this fall.
Godsil said they may try to develop a new rocket motor and consider other design elements during the next cycle.
"Since we have a rocket that we know functions well, that gives us leverage to explore different designs and manufacturing process in the future," he said.
By Thomas Guengerich/New Mexico Tech


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For the Reflexologist, the feet are a microcosm of the human body and every organ and body part is represented in the feet. Where there are two organs in the body they will be represented on both feet, e.g. lungs and kidney and where there is only one organ, this will be represented on one foot, e.g. the liver will be on the right foot while the heart will be on the left. Where the organ or body part is reflected in the feet, this is called the "organ" reflex, e.g. the heart reflex.
The right foot represents the right side of the body as well as the past while the left foot represents the left side of the body as well as the present and future.
Each foot has over 7,000 nerve endings, 26 bones, 107 ligaments and 19 muscles. This type of drugless therapy creates a physiological change in the body by naturally improving your Circulation, which reduces our body Tension and enhances relaxation. It aids in the elimination of the body waste and restoring the body functions to better health.
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By stimulating reflexes on the feet with a type of pressure massage, the organs of the body are stimulated, thus allowing them to start unblocking and healing themselves. In addition to this, the stimulation of these reflexes allows the body to begin detoxing and eliminating poisons which have built up through bad diet, thinking and habit.
Centuries ago, man mapped out a healing energy that circulates through the body on specific pathways. This energy we call "life force" or "vital energy". This force can be "tapped" at more than 800 points in your body.
Ancient medical philosophy teaches that to obtain and maintain health, which is the balance and maintenance of harmony within the body, there must be a free and unimpeded Circulation of energy flowing through the body's organs.
Traditional medicine, not only of the Chinese, but from the use of Acupuncture in other countries as well, we learn that traditional medicine is based on the belief that the body's blood Circulation follows the flow of energy. If this energy Circulation, which follows circulates freely in an endless cycle from the main organs through the channels beneath the skin, is blocked at some point, then the Circulation is impaired.
This blockage results in a deficient oxygenation of the tissues around the affected area and throws the body off balance. This imbalance produces malfunctioning not only of the tissues surrounding it, but, if not corrected, spreads to related organs nearby.
Tapping this healing current can bring prompt and natural relief from practically all of your aches and pains, chronic or acute, by the simple process of working the 'reflex buttons' located in your hands, feet and/or body.
Stimulating, pressing or 'working' a reflex point (or button) connected to a particular body organ, system or part sends a surge of healing energy for prompt relief of a condition. Working a reflex also loosens and flushes out Crystals and blockages within the body's energy channels allowing the life force or vital energy to resume its free and natural flow through the channels. This encourages the body to swing back into its normal balance, so harmony and health are again established.
This method of restoring the body to normal functioning involves no expense, no special equipment (although reflex tools can be utilized and do help save wear and tear on your finger and thumb joints!), no drugs or medication. The results are amazingly fast, bringing relief often in a matter of seconds.
Reflexology, which helps a wide range of situations, not only cures specific ailments but can be used to keep you in good health and help build resistance to attacks of disease. In addition, this method often detects health problems before they become serious by you recognizing a sore or tender reflex.
Reflexology is a simple technique that can be applied at any time and practically anywhere. It is Nature's 'push button' secret for dynamic living, abundant physical energy, vibrant health, better living without pain, retaining youthful vigor and enjoying life to the fullest.Save
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Reviewed by Hope F. (age 8)
I liked the book because part of it was funny. The bodyguards were funny because they made silly faces. The book had a little evil and a little happiness. My favorite character is Snow White because she is a good person. I like to draw and I loved the pictures because they are colorful like a rainbow.
I recommend this book to my mother because she likes things that are both happy and sad. I think almost all kids would like this book. It?s like the old story of Snow White, but a little different.


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News for Foodies 10.06.11
Oktoberfest continues at Rowdy Hall in East Hampton, with a special featuring weinerschnitzel on the menu today and tomorrow. Starting Saturday, the $24 Oktoberfest prix fixe dinner menu will feature kassler rippchen — smoked pork chops — with braised red cabbage and house-made applesauce, plus a Black Forest trifle for dessert. The special Oktoberfest dessert is available a la carte as well. The restaurant's German-style celebration, which includes beer specials, will conclude at the end of next week.
Southampton's little/red
Autumn hours at little/red in Southampton, an eatery near Agawam Park that is a sibling of the red/bar brasserie in that village, will include lunch from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday through Sunday, and dinner on Tuesday through Sunday beginning at 5:30.
Smorgasbord Wednesdays
The Living Room restaurant at c/o the Maidstone in East Hampton is having "smorgasbord Wednesdays," with a Swedish happy hour from 5 to 7 p.m. that includes specially priced cocktails and wines by the glass, served along with complimentary hors d'oeuvres.
Phao Prix Fixe
A $24.95 prix fixe at Phao in Sag Harbor will include four courses and be available on Monday through Thursday from 5:30 to 7 p.m., or until 9:30 p.m. at the bar. Menu choices include papaya salad, a fresh basil roll, or soup to start, followed by items such as pork or chicken satay, pad thai, and curry dishes. Dessert is included as well.
Spring Close Class
The owners and chef from Spring Close restaurant in East Hampton will present the next class in the East End Chefs series at the Whalers Church in Sag Harbor on Wednesday. Colin Keillor and Michael Lomasney, along with Justin Hoke, the chef, who has worked at Le Cirque 2000 in New York City and Le Bec Fin in Philadelphia, will discuss how to make oysters with apple cider jelly, crispy pork belly with honey butter sauce and butternut squash purée, and pear salad with granola and duck rillette, with butternut squash jam, kimchi, and duck jus.
Apple cider cappuccino will be the dessert. Wine will be served. The cost of the class, which starts at 6:30 p.m., is $30, which can be paid by cash or check at the door. Reservations have been requested, as space is limited, and can be made by calling the church. Proceeds from the classes benefit the church's community house fund, which is used to maintain church facilities that are open to community groups.
Harbor Grill Brunch
In addition to its Saturday lunch hours, reported here last week, the Harbor Grill on Three Mile Harbor Road in East Hampton has added a Sunday brunch buffet. From 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., the restaurant will serve made-to-order omelettes, scrambled eggs, French toast, pastries, home fries, bacon, sausage, oatmeal, wraps, soups, and more, for $14.95, plus tax and gratuity. The brunch also includes coffee, tea, and juice. Each week a lunch special will be offered as well. There will also be $3 mimosas and Bloody Marys from noon to 3 p.m.
Turtle Crossing's Best
Arthur Wolf, the chef at Turtle Crossing restaurant in East Hampton, will offer a continuing education class through the East Hampton School District this fall. Two sessions will be held from 6 to 8:30 p.m. at the restaurant, on Tuesday and again on Wednesday. The cost is $35 for each session. With light student participation, Mr. Wolf will demonstrate how to prepare and serve a full three-course meal including organic, healthy choices, and beverage.
Class size is limited to 12. Registration is made through the district, by calling Joan Carlson of Sag Harbor.
Fall Class Preview
Those who drop in to the Loaves and Fishes Cookshop in Bridgehampton on Saturday between noon and 2 p.m. will get a free preview of this fall's Loaves and Fishes cooking school classes, with Carolyn Giacalone, a chef.
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