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La Vanguardia On Device(s) On Under Boeing Ua175, Boeing Cites "Security Reasons"
Jan 19 2012, 09:53 PM
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I know how Rob has felt in the past about the claim of their being an object on the bottom of the plane purported to be Flight 175. And he ain't for it. But I figure since we have pretty solid evidence that the plane that hit the South Tower appears to be swapped out with a modified, high-speed, remoted guided aircraft a' la Operation Northwoods that I should post a credible examination of this object on the bottom of the alleged "Flight 175", which just so happens to include response from Boeing. I am putting this here for reference also.
La Vanguardia (Spanish for The Vanguard)[2] is Catalonia's leading daily newspaper as well as the fourth best-selling in Spain. It has its headquarters in Barcelona, Catalonia's largest city.
The Plane that Crashed Into The South Tower Of The
World Trade Center Shows Shapes Of Unknown Origin
By Eduardo Martín de Pozuelo
La Vanguardia - Spain
June 22, 2003
[Translated into English; original in Spanish below]
BARCELONA - One and a half years after 9/11 many questions remain as to the circumstances surrounding the attacks on the Twin Towers. One of these unknowns is the nature of certain forms or marks which can be seen on the fuselage of the plane which crashed into the south tower of the World Trade Center. "La Vanguardia" asked Boeing about these marks, who claimed they were unable to respond for reasons of national security and referred it to the independent commission which has been conducting an inquiry since 31 March into what happened.
In the frozen images of various film shots of the final run of United Airlines flight 175, there are three strange shapes discernible, which the aeronautical experts consulted find difficult to explain. They consist of two long shapes located underneath the fuselage, one towards the bow and the other towards the stern of the plane. There is a third, seemingly pyramidal in shape, on the underbelly, almost in the center of the plane. Boeing's department of commercial aviation, with headquarters in Seattle, examined the photographs for ten days and, having announced an explanation for the phenomenon, declined to make a statement on what it saw. Finally a spokesman stated that Boeing was unable to offer an opinion "for security reasons" and because it had not officially participated in the investigation of the attacks.
Various aeronautical engineers at official Spanish centers have found no clear explanation for the reflections or shapes which can be observed on the hijacked plane. However, a contour-detection digital analysis of the stills, carried out at the Escola Universitària Politècnica de Mataró, concludes that the "objects discerned cannot be due to shadows caused by the angle of incidence of the sun upon the plane as they always appear as the same shape and size, although their luminosity varies." This result was reached having subjected the photographs to a digital image process "which would respond to changes in luminance" which can be seen with the naked eye and which, in principle, would make no sense, given that the fuselage of commercial airplanes is cylindrical and flat, according to the cited technical report.
The author, who has had extensive professional experience in digital image processing, artificial neuronal networks and biometry, says in the report that "the same treatment" was applied to each of the photographs "using three standard digital image processing algorithms", the technical data of which are detailed at length in the dossier. Having clarified that "the images studied are taken from different angles of observation", it establishes that the "objects detected present distinct luminosity as they are in relief" and adds that "this is the only possible explanation", finally pointing out that "the objects detected can be clearly distinguished from the landing gear."
The reconstruction of the events leading up to the horrific attack on the second tower show that preparations for the United Airlines flight UA-175 from Boston to Los Angeles were routine on the morning of 11 September 2001. The aircraft, a B-767-222, registration N612UA, left the United terminal at Logan International airport at 7:58 and was in the air by 8:15. There were 56 passengers on board, including five Al Qaeda terrorists armed with box-cutters. The captain was fifty-year-old, ex-Naval pilot, Victor Saracini.
The aircraft followed its usual route until 8:47, when, at the level of George Washington bridge, which joins the north side of Manhattan to New Jersey over the River Hudson, it changed course veering sharply left. The hijackers, having slit the throats of several stewardesses, had taken control of the cockpit. For twelve minutes the Boeing flew over the Hudson following its western shore, until it again made another tight left turn. Right before it was the south tower of the World Trade Center, into which it crashed at 9:03.
At the time live television cameras were broadcasting a fire in the north tower, caused by the impact of an American Airlines B-767 which had taken place at 8:48. Millions of viewers witnessed live the UA-115 (sic) fly into the south tower, between floors 78 and 84, causing a much greater explosion than the one caused minutes earlier by the American Airlines plane.
The official investigation by the Federal Aviation Authority determined that the Boeing crashed into the building at a velocity of 937 kilometers per hour. Another study by the Massachusetts Technology Institute, however, established a speed of 859 kilometers per hour at the moment of impact.
Neither of the two investigations mentioned there was any strange form attached to the aircraft. Their conclusions form part of the half million documents serving as a departure point for the ten members of the national commission looking into the causes of the attacks.
The commission began its investigations at the New York Port customs building. Its objective is to continue the investigation started by the Joint Senate-House of Representatives Intelligence Committee. Before handing over to the national commission, the committee identified several human and organizational errors which had hindered work by the intelligence services to prevent the attacks. The White House then tried to get ex-Secretary of State, Henry Kissinger, to preside the commission. Having failed to achieve this, it then cut off financing and the commission has still not received the eleven million dollars budgeted for their work. The commission, which has the support of both the Democrat and Republican parties, is due to present its conclusions to Congress in May 2004. The families of the 2,798 people who died on 9/11, 1,095 of whom were in the south tower of the World Trade Center in New York, will have to wait until then for concrete answers as to how the biggest attack the United States has ever suffered was carried out.
El avión que estrellaron contra la torre sur del World Trade Center
presenta formas de origen desconocido
Los misteriosos reflejos del 11-S
by Eduardo Martín de Pozuelo
La Vanguardia
June 22, 2003
Barcelona - años y medio después del 11-S, persisten muchas dudas sobre las circunstancias que rodearon los atentados contra las Torres Gemelas. Una de esas incógnitas se refiere a la naturaleza de unas formas o manchas que pueden observarse en el fuselaje del avión que se estrelló contra la torre sur del World Trade Center. "La Vanguardia" preguntó por las manchas a Boeing, que alegó no poder contestar por motivos de seguridad nacional y se remitió a la comisión independiente que desde el 31 de marzo indaga lo sucedido.
En las imágenes congeladas de las distintas filmaciones del tramo final del vuelo 175 de United Airlines se pueden apreciar tres extrañas formas, que los técnicos aeronáuticos consultados no aciertan a explicar. Se trata de dos formaciones alargadas, situadas sobre la parte inferior del fuselaje, hacia la proa y hacia la popa del aparato. Hay una tercera, aparentemente piramidal, ubicada en la panza, casi en el centro del avión. El departamento de aviación comercial de Boeing, con sede en Seattle, examinó las fotografías durante diez días y, tras anunciar una explicación sobre el fenómeno, declinó pronunciarse sobre lo que veía. Finalmente, una portavoz manifestó que Boeing no podía opinar "por razones de seguridad" y por no haber participado oficialmente en la investigación de los atentados.
Varios ingenieros aeronáuticos de centros oficiales españoles no han encontrado una explicación clara sobre los brillos o formas que se observan en el avión secuestrado. En cambio, un análisis digital de detección de contornos de las fotos, efectuado en la Escola Universitària Politècnica de Mataró, concluye que los "objetos que se advierten no pueden ser debidos a sombras provocadas por el ángulo de incidencia del sol sobre el avión porque siempre aparecen con la misma forma y tamaño, aunque sí con distinta luminosidad". Para llegar a ese resultado, las fotografías fueron sometidas a un procesado digital de imagen "que diera respuesta a los cambios de luminancia" que se aprecian a simple vista y que, en principio, no tienen sentido, dado que el fuselaje de los aviones comerciales es cilíndrico y liso, según se expone en el citado informe técnico.
Su autora, con una dilatada experiencia profesional en procesado digital de imágenes, redes neuronales artificiales y biometría, señala en su informe que a cada una de las fotos se le aplicó "el mismo tratamiento utilizando tres algoritmos estándares del procesado digital de imágenes", cuyos datos técnicos desarrolla profusamente en el dossier. Tras aclarar que "las imágenes estudiadas tienen distintos ángulos de observación", establece que "los objetos detectados presentan a su alrededor distinta luminancia por tener relieve" y añade que "esta es la única explicación posible", para matizar finalmente que "los objetos detectados se distinguen perfectamente del tren de aterrizaje".
La reconstrucción de los hechos que precedieron al terrorífico atentado contra la segunda torre, indican que los preparativos del vuelo de United Airlines UA-175 que cubre la ruta entre Boston y Los Ángeles fueron rutinarios en la mañana del 11 de septiembre del 2001. El avión, un B-767-222, matrícula N612UA, abandonó la terminal de United en el aeropuerto Logan International a las 7.58 horas y a las 8.15 ya estaba en el aire. A bordo iban 56 pasajeros, incluidos cinco terroristas de Al Qaeda, armados con cortaplumas. El capitán era Victor Saracini, de 50 años, ex piloto de la Navy.
El aparato siguió la ruta habitual hasta las 8.47, cuando, a la altura del puente George Washington, que une la parte norte de Manhattan con Nueva Jersey por encima del río Hudson, efectuó un brusco viraje a la izquierda. Los secuestradores, después de degollar a varias azafatas, se habían hecho con la cabina de mando. Durante doce minutos, el Boeing estuvo sobrevolando la orilla oriental del Hudson hasta que realizó otro giro muy cerrado hacia la izquierda. Delante tenía la torre sur del World Trade Center, contra la que impactó a las 9.03 horas.
En ese momento, las cámaras de televisión retransmitían en directo un incendio en la torre norte, provocado por el impacto de un B-767 de American Airlines que se había producido a las 8.48 horas. Millones de espectadores pudieron ver en directo cómo el UA-115 entraba en la torre sur, entre los pisos 78 y 84, y provocaba una explosión mucho más potente que la causada minutos antes por el avión de American Airlines.
La investigación oficial de la Administración Federal de Aviación determinó que el Boeing chocó contra el edificio a 937 kilómetros por hora. Por su parte, un estudio del Instituto Tecnológico de Massachusetts estableció una velocidad de 859 kilómetros por hora en el momento del impacto.
Ninguna de las dos investigaciones mencionó que hubiera alguna forma extraña adosada al avión. Sus conclusiones forman parte del medio millón de documentos que sirven de partida a los diez miembros de la comisión nacional que están revisando las causas de los atentados.
La comisión empezó sus trabajos en el edificio de aduanas del puerto de Nueva York. Su objetivo es proseguir con la investigación que inició el comité de inteligencia conjunta Senado-Cámara de Representantes. Antes de traspasar las competencias a la comisión nacional, el comité identificó varios fallos humanos y de organización que dificultaron la labor de los servicios de inteligencia para prevenir los atentados. Entonces, la Casa Blanca intentó que el ex secretario de Estado, Henry Kissinger, presidiera la comisión. Al no conseguirlo cortó la financiación y a la comisión todavía no han llegado los once millones de dólares que ha presupuestado para su trabajo. La comisión, que cuenta con el apoyo de los partidos demócrata y republicano, deberá presentar sus conclusiones al Congreso en mayo del 2004. Las familias de las 2.798 personas que murieron el 11-S, 1.095 de las cuales estaban en la torre sur del World Trade Center de Nueva York, esperarán hasta entonces respuestas concretas sobre la ejecución del mayor ataque que ha sufrido Estados Unidos.
This post has been edited by Aldo Marquis CIT: Jan 23 2012, 07:45 PM
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Thanks for all that Aldo.
After having first seen those unusual contours on the airplane's belly, I am still of the opinion that the airplane was a modified 767.
My theory is that the modification is part of the work necessary to convert the 767 into tanker configuration, and if records here at PFT are accurate, my guess would be that the airplane was one of a batch of about 24 that were delivered to USAF at McDill AFB by one of the companies owned or controlled by Dov Zakheim.
There was a long running controversy at the Pentagon and in the press during the 90's regarding which airplane would replace the KC-135 and the KC-10, the 2 tankers in the USAF inventory. A modified 767 was the favorite candidate, and apparently some were modified by Zakheim's company in Israel.
Mar 26 2012, 09:53 AM
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Just thought I'd add a few images and videos to this thread. There's definitely at least one object to the right underside of this aircraft.
Just an addition to Aldo's link to the Spanish article
Two interesting images taken from this site
And this "old school" thread at LCF
And here
Here are images of tail number N612UA
(There was allegedly a military grade 767 refueller mentioned- kc 135? - that is claimed to have a similar appendage but I can't find it)
This is the clincher for me personally. The so called "shadow" has a physical reaction on impact.
I think that this anomaly and that of the Flight 11 preimpact(?) explosion were the reason that NPT was tagged on to the images and videos captured. 2cents.
Clearer image seen in this Simon Shack video.
The flash isn't touched upon at all by this guy.
Mar 26 2012, 10:22 AM
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Good stuff OSS.
The KC designates a tanker. KC-135 was a modified Boeing 707. KC-10 was a modified Douglas DC-10.
To my knowledge, the 767 was talked about as a replacement for the older aircraft but was never given a designation as such. Zakheim's company delivered about 25 of candidate (prototype, if you wish) aircraft to the USAF from Israel.
It is my theory that perhaps 2 out of that batch of 25 were used that day, only as a POSSIBLE explanation for the external bulges/fairings we see.
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Good stuff OSS.
The KC designates a tanker. KC-135 was a modified Boeing 707. KC-10 was a modified Douglas DC-10.
To my knowledge, the 767 was talked about as a replacement for the older aircraft but was never given a designation as such. Zakheim's company delivered about 25 of candidate (prototype, if you wish) aircraft to the USAF from Israel.
It is my theory that perhaps 2 out of that batch of 25 were used that day, only as a POSSIBLE explanation for the external bulges/fairings we see.
Definitely a consideration.
Found these too
Finally, pause this video at 00:28
Look at the "bulge" to the underside of the right wing and fuselage. Then compare it to the image posted earlier
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Military aircraft with appendage
Haven't identified the above yet.
This one (or more what the appendage actually is) caught my eye
FILE PHOTO -- The E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System is a joint Air Force - Army program. The Joint STARS uses a multi-mode side looking radar to detect, track, and classify moving ground vehicles in all conditions deep behind enemy lines. The aircraft is the only airborne platform in operation that can maintain realtime surveillance over a corps-sized area of the battlefield. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Shane Cuomo)
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The E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System, or Joint STARS, is an airborne battle management, command and control, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance platform. Its primary mission is to provide theater ground and air commanders with ground surveillance to support attack operations and targeting that contributes to the delay, disruption and destruction of enemy forces.
The E-8C is a modified Boeing 707-300 series commercial airframe extensively remanufactured and modified with the radar, communications, operations and control subsystems required to perform its operational mission. The most prominent external feature is the 27-foot (8 meters) long, canoe-shaped radome under the forward fuselage that houses the 24-foot (7.3 meters) long, side-looking phased array antenna.
The radar and computer subsystems on the E-8C can gather and display detailed battlefield information on ground forces. The information is relayed in near-real time to the Army and Marine Corps common ground stations and to other ground command, control, communications, computers and intelligence, or C4I, nodes.
The antenna can be tilted to either side of the aircraft where it can develop a 120-degree field of view covering nearly 19,305 square miles (50,000 square kilometers) and is capable of detecting targets at more than 250 kilometers (more than 820,000 feet). The radar also has some limited capability to detect helicopters, rotating antennas and low, slow-moving fixed wing aircraft.
As a battle management and command and control asset, the E-8C can support the full spectrum of roles and missions from peacekeeping operations to major theater war.
Joint STARS evolved from Army and Air Force programs to develop, detect, locate and attack enemy armor at ranges beyond the forward area of troops. The first two developmental aircraft deployed in 1991 to Operation Desert Storm and also supported Operation Joint Endeavor in December 1995.
Joint STARS supported NATO troops over Bosnia-Herzegovina in 1996, Operation Allied Force from February to June 1999, and Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003.
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The 116th ACW is the only unit that operates the E-8C and the Joint STARS mission. The 17th and final E-8C aircraft was delivered on March 23, 2005.
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Primary Function: Airborne battle management
Contractor: Northrop Grumman Corp. (primary)
Power Plant: Four Pratt and Whitney TF33-102C
Thrust: 19,200 pounds each engine
Wingspan: 145 feet, 9 inches (44.4 meters)
Length: 152 feet, 11 inches (46.6 meters)
Height: 42 feet 6 inches (13 meters)
Weight: 171,000 pounds (77,564 kilograms)
Maximum Takeoff Weight: 336,000 pounds (152,409 kilograms)
Fuel Capacity: 155,000 (70,306 kilograms)
Payload: electronic equipment and crew
Speed: 449 - 587 miles per hour (optimum orbit speed) or Mach 0.52 - 0.65 (390 - 510 knots)
Range: 9 hours
Ceiling: 42,000 feet (12,802 meters)
Crew: (flight crew), four; (mission crew) normally 15 Air Force and three Army specialists (crew size varies according to mission)
Unit Cost: $244.4 million (fiscal 98 constant dollars)
Initial operating capability: December 1997
Inventory: Total Force wing, 17; Reserve, 0
And this one (not identified yet, but the appendage appears very similar to the anomaly on the "UA175" underbelly)
A radome is often used to prevent ice and freezing rain from accumulating directly onto the metal surface of the antennas. In the case of a spinning radar dish antenna, the radome also protects the antenna from debris and rotational irregularities due to wind. Its shape is easily identified by its hardshell, which has strong properties against being damaged.
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Yes, and I think somewhere in that JSTARS program, the name "Rivet Joint" comes up.
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2. Wife hating her husband upon seeing his face. in this type of magic, when a wife looks at her husband she feels angry and thus they both live a miserable life.
3. having a headache all the time. this too is a sign of magic and the victim feels pain in the head all the time.
4. having throat infection all the time. one feels pain and cant speak, the voice seems to have stopped in the throat.
5. difficulty in breathing. it is a type of silly magic. one cant breath easily. he feels suffocation.
6. making someone deaf. he cant hear things. and he feels pain in his ears.
7. women get periods before the proper time and she cant get close to her husband. this too is done through magic.
8. pain in the entire body. there is pain in the whole body and sometimes its too much in both the legs or in the backbone. one feels its weakness but its magic.
9. making someone blind. a magician can make one blind with magic and his sight is lost.
10. pain in the teeth and decay in the teeth and blood from the teeth. this too is done with magic.
11. making the heart beat faster than it should be. the heart beat is made faster with magic. one feels its some disease but its not.
12. one remains sick all the time. having fever. and remains weak.
13. head spinning. it too is done through magic. one is made dizzy.
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16. one does not feel like doing anything. his heart wants to run away from things. he does not take interest in his work.
17. making astray. someone is made astray and derailed.
18. making one habitual of smoking cigarette and hash.
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20. making one long for having sex. or making one enter into prostitution.21. making one hate religion, and the holy book and the creator.
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24. giving stomach aches.
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27. The wife sees the husbands face as swine or a dog, he appears to her as a swine or a dog. This too is done with the help of magic to create problems in someone.
28. Making a man gay. A man cannot get physically involved with anyone when this spell is cast upon him because he becomes useless.
29. Magic using voodoo dolls. This too is a very harmful form of magic. And the victims doll is made and pins are stick into it and the spell is cast upon it.
30. Children weaken and die. In this type of magic, the child becomes severly weak and then his condition deteriorates day by day and then eventually dies.
31. A woman loses her child during pregnancy. The child is killed inside the womb before he is born. This too can be done using black magic.
32. Making the cattle sick using magic. Magic on animals.
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34. Men start hating women. A husband is made to hate his wife.
35. Girls dont get proposals anymore. In this type of magic, the girl that this magic is cast upon, does not get any proposals for marriage.
36. Pain in the bones and joints. Arthritis.
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World markets were upended last week by the first Chinese default on a domestic bond and the prospect of more to come at the same time as evidence mounted that growth in the world's second-largest economy is slowing.
The upcoming Chinese data calendar is light but the picture seems clear: Growth in investment, retail sales and factory output have all slumped to multi-year lows, suggesting a marked slowdown in the first two months of the year.
Chinese premier Li Keqiang said the economy faced "severe challenges" in 2014 and hinted Beijing would tolerate a slower expansion while it pushes through reforms aimed at providing more sustainable growth in future.
He also flagged the government will allow further debt defaults. Chinese corporate debt has reached unprecedented levels.
Bank America Merrill Lynch has cut its first-quarter growth forecast for China to 7.3 percent from 8.0 and is revising down its full-year estimate too.
There may be a counter response. Sources involved in internal policy discussions told Reuters that the central bank was prepared to cut bank reserves if growth slowed further, though they said action may only happen in the second quarter.
The other motor of world growth — the United States — has a monetary policy meeting to contend with.
The Federal Reserve could use its Tuesday-Wednesday session to sketch out its plan for eventual interest rate rises, in its formal statement or in new chairman Janet Yellen's news conference.
The Fed has signaled the first rate rise is likely to come around the middle of next year as long as the U.S. economy keeps healing, but for now the vista is clouded by an unusually harsh winter and its effects on economic data.
Three top Fed officials said on Wednesday that the economic outlook would have to change dramatically for it to alter the pace at which it winds down its bond-buying program, a process which has cause turmoil in emerging markets.
Thirty-two of 63 economists surveyed by Reuters forecast the Fed would lift overnight rates in either the second or third quarter of 2015, while 14 saw a rate hike coming earlier.
With Crimeans expected to vote to join Russia in a referendum, U.S. and European Union sanctions on Moscow are set to be imposed.
The EU has drawn up a list of 120-130 senior Russian officials who could be subjected to travel bans and asset freezes. One EU official said it contained the names of generals and others from the top echelons of Russia's military and political establishment.
That will do nothing to help Russia's already struggling economy and, while it probably cannot afford to disrupt its supply of gas to Europe, it could well retaliate in ways that will damage the West.
"Obviously Russia will not back down, so it all points to an escalation," said Viktor Szabo, a fund manager at Aberdeen Asset Management.
Politically this story dwarfs all others in the world but economically, some perspective is required.
Scott Anderson, chief economist at Bank of the West in San Francisco, noted that on a purchasing power parity basis China has 15 percent of global GDP, Russia has 3.0 percent and Ukraine 0.4.
But in sum, Anderson said, "the downside risks to the U.S. and global economy from emerging markets should not be taken lightly".
The UK's annual budget, on Wednesday, is always a big set piece but there has been an unusual dearth of leaks and speculation in advance, indicative perhaps of a steady-as-she-goes approach by finance minister George Osborne rather than a grab for votes.
Having put so much political capital into reducing the deficit, to switch tack now at a time that the economy is recovering strongly could be costly.
While the deficit has come down it is forecast to be about 7 percent of gross domestic product in the current fiscal year, still much larger than in other big economies in the European Union.
"With his current fiscal plans on track, the chancellor seems unlikely to set out material new austerity measures," said Nick Bate, economist at Bank America Merrill Lynch.
"But at the same time, despite a general election being just over a year away, there seems little scope for significant fiscal loosening, given that the deficit remains so large."
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COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – Senior Mariah Robinson led a balanced scoring effort and helped the Murray State Racers to a 68-52 Ohio Valley Conference women's basketball victory Monday night over Tennessee Tech in Eblen Center.
The Racers (13-7/6-3 OVC) have won four in a row and five of their last six, and are within one game of West Division leader Eastern Illinois. The Golden Eagles (11-10/5-3 OVC) are third in the East Division standings, and heading to division leader Belmont on Saturday.
Shooting troubles doomed Tech, which trailed the entire game after falling behind 9-0 in the opening minutes.
Robinson finished the night with 16 points, one of two Racers in double digits. Erika Sisk added 12 points, while six different players record at least five points in the road victory. Erica Burgess scored none, Tessa Elkins had eight, and Keiona Kirby finished with seven.
Jessica Winfrey led the way on the boards with 14 rebounds, but the Golden Eagles owned a slim, 40-37 advantage overall on the glass.
Diamond Henderson was Tech's lone double-digit scorer with 17 while Jala Harris added nine. Tech also saw balanced scoring as seven different Golden Eagles scored four or more points.
As deadly as the Golden Eagles were Saturday from long range, they had trouble zeroing in Monday, going 0-for-7 from outside the arc in the first half and 1-for-10 for the game.
The Racers, meanwhile, were filling it up from outside the arc, going 7-for-12 in the first half for 58.3 percent as six different players buried a trey. Murray State finished the game 10-for-18 from long distance for 55.6 percent, a higher mark than inside the arc (16-for-36 for 44.4 percent).
MSU pulled on top 9-0 in the opening minutes, and held a 10-point lead, 12-2, with 12:49 to play in the half.
The Golden Eagles went to work and stitched together a 13-5 run to pull within one point, 17-16, with 7:46 remaining with Molly Heady, Harris and Henderson doing most of the scoring.
But a 3-pointer by Bianca Babic, layup from Robinson and trey by Elkins opened Murray State's lead back to nine. Tech's shooting continued to haunt the Golden Eagles, and the Racers up 35-20 with 3:20 remaining.
Neither team scored again until Kylie Cook's layup beat the halftime buzzer and made it a 13-point difference at the break. Tech missed nine straight shots during the stretch, including four layups.
Only once in the second half did Tech really challenge, pulling to within 10 at 40-30 with 14:21 to play to a layup by Mariah Dean.
Kirby and Robinson each scored quickly after that and the lead was back to 14. Murray maintained a comfortable margin the rest of the way, going up by 20 points twice late in the contest.
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A few weeks ago, ten nations began negotiations on the most complex and important problem facing the world today - the problem of disarmament.
But despite the fact that these critical negotiations have already begun - despite our nation's basic desire to channel the immense sums now being spent on arms into peaceful activity - despite the absolute necessity of ending today's disastrous arms race if we are to reduce world tensions and move toward a lasting peace - despite these things, the United States has put forward a hurriedly prepared disarmament plan - compounded of old proposals and a lack of new, creative thinking.
If we are to develop new ideas - if we are to take the initiative in planning for peace - we must act quickly. For as each year passes, the need for disarmament becomes more pressing - the possibilities of disarmament become more remote.
Modern science has created weapons of fantastic destructive power. A single nuclear weapon today can release more destructive energy than all the explosives used in all the wars throughout history - the radioactive fallout from that single bomb can destroy all higher forms of life in an area of ten-thousand square miles. And the powerful new gases and deadly bacteria which are now being developed for war promise suffering and devastation in many ways more horrible than even the threat of nuclear destruction.
But if modern science has made arms control essential - it has also made arms control more difficult. The development of underground missile launching sites - the growth of nuclear stockpiles - the evolution of new techniques for launching surprise attacks from beneath the earth, or under the seas or from the air - have all multiplied the difficulties of achieving arms control - of developing an effective inspection system.
Yet, despite these difficulties, I believe that today's international climate, more than ever before, holds out the possibility for an effective start on arms control. For the Russians realize, as we ourselves realize, that the spread of nuclear weapons to other nations may upset the balance of power and increase the danger of accidental war - that a war of mutual destruction would benefit no one nation or ideology - that funds devoted to weapons of destruction cannot be used to raise the living standards of their own people or to help the economies of underdeveloped nations.
The Soviets will not, in the sixties, or as far as we can foresee, give up their ambitions for world communism. But the historian Toynbee reminds us that the cold and hot wars waged by a fanatic Islam and crusading Christendom gradually transformed themselves into centuries of perpetual truce, although both parties retained their universal goals.
Of course, I do not want to minimize the Russian threat. The Soviet Union still believes in the victory of world communism. They still want to "bury us" economically, politically, culturally and in every other sphere of interest. Nor do I believe that we can rely for disarmament on merely trusting the word of Soviet leaders - we must have an inspection system as reliable and as thorough as modern science can devise. But I do believe that under what appears to be a more fluid and rational atmosphere since the death of Stalin, the Soviet leaders may realize that the path of Russian self-interest permits - and perhaps compels - them to agree to some steps toward comprehensive arms control.
And if that opportunity comes, we must be ready for it - and we are not ready now. The harsh facts of the matter are that today - during the Geneva negotiations - we have less than 100 full-time men, scattered through a dozen agencies, engaged in arms control research and planning. Less than 100 men to deal with the most complex problem of our time. Less than one-hundred men to plan for what must be the core, the central purpose, and the ultimate object of America's foreign policy.
We have had Presidential speeches, Presidential advisers, and Presidential commissions on disarmament, but no policy. We have participated in previous conferences on disarmament, on nuclear testing and on surprise attack - but our conferees in every instance have been ill-prepared and inadequately instructed. We invited our Western allies to Washington in January to make joint preparations for the Geneva Conference - but we had no positive proposals of our own to offer them.
The president has recently announced that he will try to remedy these deficiencies - that he will bring our scattered disarmament experts together in a single division of the State Department. This is a welcome step forward. But it does not increase the number of men working on disarmament - it does not assure us of dynamic leadership from the White House - and it does not, by itself, take us measurably closer to the vast effort which is essential if we are to deal effectively with the complex problems of peace.
Of course, the President is sincere when he says we want disarmament, but I am also afraid that the rest of the world is justified in wondering whether we really do.
There are, of course, many powerful voices in the Government - both in and out of the Pentagon - who do not want disarmament, or, professing to want it, do not really believe in it.
Disarmament to them is still merely a fuzzy ideal for fuzzy idealists. There can be no disarmament, they say, until world tensions have ceased, or until we know for certain that the Russians will live up to their agreement, or until a foolproof inspection system can be worked out, or until the Russians give up communism and its dreams of world domination. There can be no disarmament, in short, according to these Pentagon and other policymakers, until - to use Mr. Khrushchev's term - "the shrimp whistles."
But who, I ask you, are the true realists - those interested in serious efforts at arms control - or those who talk of war and weapons as though these were the good old days, in the pre-World War II, or nuclear monopoly, or pre-missile eras? The world of 1960, the utter folly of the present arms race, requires a new and different look at where we are headed.
We cannot - we must not allow our failures of the past to recur in the future. The world's hopes for peace rest on the effort for effective arms control - we cannot disappoint those hopes. We must exert all our efforts, our will and our courage to take the first steps toward arms control.
But such a beginning can lead the way, once the Russians learn that international control and inspection are not necessarily to be feared; once Americans learn that accommodations are not necessarily appeasement; and once both sides learn that agreements can be made, and kept.
I do not say that we should rely simply on trust in any agreement. Certainly we need an inspection system which is as reliable and thorough as modern science and technology can devise. However, even with such a system, there will be risks. Peace programs involve risks as do arms programs, but the risks of arms are even more dangerous. Those who talk about the risks and dangers of any arms control proposal ought to weigh - in the scales of national security - the risks and dangers inherent in our present course. The only alternative to pursuit of an effective disarmament agreement is reckless pursuit of our present course -the arms race, the gap, the new weapons, the development of ever higher orders of mutual terror, all of which not only reflect tensions but obviously aggravate them.
I do not look upon arms control negotiations as a substitute for negotiating disputes. Certainly I would never permit an effort for disarmament to excuse any lag in our defense effort now. For it is an unfortunate fact that, while peace is our goal, we need greater military security to prevent war - an effective deterrent to encourage talks -and to bargain at those talks, as I have said, from a position of strength. In fact, as George Kennan has pointed out, we would facilitate the acceptability of nuclear arms control if we were to increase the strength of our convention forces, as a means of weaning ourselves away from total nuclear disarmament.
Finally, I would never say that disarmament is a goal easily achieved. It will take more than hard thinking and hard bargaining - it will require, first of all, hard work.
Plans for disarmament - specific, workable, effective plans - must be formulated with care, with precision, and above all with effective research. Of course, we need much more than research. We need constructive leadership, and clear vision, and careful planning. But research can give us the vitally important knowledge which we must have if we are to lay the groundwork for effective control of today's vast and complex weapons systems.
To provide us with this essential information, I have introduced a bill to establish an Arms Control Research Institute. This Institute - under the immediate direction of the President - will carry on and coordinate all the research, development and policy-planning needed for a workable disarmament program. It will vastly increase the effort now being put into disarmament. Essential studies in new techniques of aerial reconnaissance, radar surveillance, and atmospheric sampling - techniques necessary to the development of the expensive and complex monitoring and inspection systems which alone can control modern arms - will be carried on by the Institute.
The Institute will also make plans to facilitate the conversion from a war economy to a peace economy. And it will engage in positive programs for peace - programs of international cooperation in research, in eliminating such world-wide scourges as hunger, illiteracy and poverty.
Here, in one responsible organization, would be centered our hopes for peace. It would be tangible evidence of our dedication to this ideal.
But a new agency alone is not enough. It must be supported by all the agencies of our Government - and above all by the President himself. For only the President has the authority and the prestige to overcome resistance - to weld the diverse thinking of the Pentagon, the AEC, the State Department and many others into one harmonious program - one united objective - the pursuit of world peace.
I do not say that a greater national effort - or strong leadership - or an Arms Control Institute can halt the arms race. Perhaps nothing can. But we owe it to all mankind to make an effort. "Give me a fulcrum and a place to stand," Archimedes is reported to have said, "and I will move the world." Today we stand at a decisive point in history. Let us hope that a renewed effort and renewed vision will provide the fulcrum - and perhaps we, too, can move the world - on the road to world peace.
Speech source: Papers of John F. Kennedy. Pre-Presidential Papers. Senate Files. Series 12. Speeches and the Press. Box 908, Folder: "'Disarmament,' South Eugene, Oregon, 22 April 1960".


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DALLAS (AP) — A pregnant Texas actress who told FBI agents her husband had sent ricin-tainted letters to President Barack Obama and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has been arrested for orchestrating the scheme herself, law enforcement officials said Friday.
It was not immediately clear what charges would be filed against Shannon Guess Richardson of New Boston, Texas, a mother of five who has played bit roles in television shows. Two U.S. law enforcement officials confirmed her arrest to The Associated Press but spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly during the ongoing investigation.
FBI agents wearing hazardous material suits were seen going in and out of her house Wednesday in New Boston, about 150 miles northeast of Dallas near the Oklahoma and Arkansas borders. Officials have said the search was initiated after Richardson contacted the FBI and implicated her husband, Nathaniel Richardson.
An attorney for Shannon Richardson, 36, couldn't immediately be found.
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John Delk, who represents Nathaniel Richardson, told the AP on Thursday that his client had filed for divorce and may have been set up by his wife. He said his client was cooperating with authorities investigating the letters, which were sent last month to Bloomberg, his Washington gun-control group and the White House threatening violence against gun-control advocates.
"There are a lot of factors I'm aware of that indicate (Nathaniel Richardson) was set up in this deal by her," Delk said.
Delk said his client, a 33-year-old Army veteran, came to him to discuss a potential divorce a year ago and finally hired him on May 6, weeks before the ricin incident came to light.
Shannon Richardson's resume on the Internet movie database IMDb said she has had small television roles in "The Vampire Diaries" and "The Walking Dead." She had a minor role in the movie "The Blind Side" and appeared in an Avis commercial, according to the resume.
Delk said the Richardsons were expecting their first child in October. Shannon Richardson also has five children ranging in age from 4 to 19 from other relationships, four of whom have been living with the couple in the New Boston home, the attorney said.
The FBI is investigating at least three cases over the past two months in which ricin was mailed to Obama and other public figures. Ricin has been sent to officials sporadically over the years, but experts say that there seems to be a recent uptick and that copycat attacks - made possible by the relative ease of extracting the poison - may be the reason.
If inhaled, ricin can cause respiratory failure, among other symptoms. If swallowed, it can shut down the liver and other organs, resulting in death. The amount of ricin that can fit on the head of a pin is said to be enough to kill an adult if properly prepared. No antidote is available, though researchers are trying to develop one.
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While driving the 2019 Aston Martin DB11 Volante with the top down, my hair was being lightly tousled by chilly air as we passed patches of snow.
The British automaker was trying to sell us on the fact the DB11 Volante could be a four-season top-down driver and challenged us to drive its new convertible without a top for the next few hours.
Being a bit of a cold wimp, I wasn't sold on the idea, but my drive partner and I decided to give it a go.
And what do you know? Even after 3 hours, I wasn't cold.
To be fair, I should point out we had the windows up, rear windscreen in place, heat on and heated seats and steering wheel activated. But I didn't feel the need to wear a hat (even though I brought one), and it was invigorating to lift my face toward the open sky and breathe in the fresh pine air.
Of course, if the weather is inclement or too, too cold, Aston Martin has you covered – literally. The canvas top on the DB11 Volante is specially insulated with eight layers.
Plus, the top goes up in 16 seconds, down in 14 seconds and can be operated at speeds up to 31 mph.
We did a short stint on a highway to test the sound proofing, and with the top up you wouldn't know you were in a convertible – it was just as quiet as the coupe.
But I would expect nothing less from an automaker that pays close attention to detail. Everything on the DB11 Volante is beautifully crafted from the canvas top all the way to the hand-stitched seats.
The test vehicle we drove was decked out with black leather seats, white stitching and a brilliant "Spicy Red" broguing on the seats and armrest. It had carbon fiber inserts on the center stack and glossy clear push-button gearing.
Every time I sit in an Aston Martin, I can't help but compare the interior to a pair of intricately crafted Italian leather shoes – supple, soft and stunningly beautiful.
What's more, I love the seemingly infinite customization possibilities. In addition to 35 exterior paint colors, you can select from five different brake caliper colors, three different types of seat leather, 20 different leather colors, six different seat belt colors -- and I could go on. The interior can be just as vibrant or simple as the owner would like.
While the DB11 coupe is available with a V-12 or V-8 engine, the Volante is only equipped with the V-8. Not that this is a bad thing.
I have previously stated more isn't always better. Sometimes, it's just more. Such is absolutely the case with the V-8 engine in the DB11 Volante. The lighter weight lends itself to a certain nimbleness on the road that the V-12 just doesn't have.
The V-8 engine is a 4.0-liter twin turbo that delivers 503 horsepower and 497 pound-feet of torque. Though the V-12 engine may have almost 100 more horsepower, the 0-60 mph times are separated by only 0.2 seconds.
The V-8 engine is the result of a collaboration with Mercedes-AMG, and though it is the same engine that appears in the C63 S and GT, it is specially tuned to sound and perform like an Aston Martin.
As we were driving through the twisty bits – and there were a lot of them on our drive route – I couldn't help but notice how planted the DB11 Volante felt and how easily it maneuvered.
In fact, it was so responsive, it was as if it was reading my mind.
It's refreshing to know that the DB11 Volante isn't just another pretty face. It has a top speed of 187 mph and gut-flipping fast acceleration with a 0-to-62-mph time of just 4.1 seconds.
During our short first-look test of the Aston Martin DB11 Volante, I can easily say I loved pretty much everything about this car – from the handling all the way to the Spicy Red brogue accents that matched my nail polish.
But if I had to complain about one thing, it would be the infotainment system, which is also part of the collaboration with Mercedes. If you are familiar with Mercedes vehicles, you will readily recognize the COMAND system in the design and implementation. It is not intuitive to use and the graphics look dated.
Good thing you can turn it off. I'd rather look at a blank screen.
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The Aston Martin DB11 Volante is a sinfully beautiful car. The attention to detail is breathtaking, and the V-8 engine is spot-on amazing. I've loved every iteration of the DB11 I've driven so far, but the Volante is special. It gives you an open-air experience when you want it with a no-compromises canvas top when you don't.
The DB11 Volante will go on sale in the United States beginning in June with a base price of $216,495, which is about $18K more than its coupe counterpart.
Editor's Note: Driving impressions in this "First Look" review are from an invitation-only automaker launch event that allowed special access to the vehicle and executives. Aston Martin covered our accommodations, meals and transportation costs.


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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – Junior center fielder Whitley Gerhart and sophomore first baseman Madi Vogelsang (above) each cracked solo home runs during the second game of a doubleheader at UC Santa Barbara's Campus Diamond on Saturday afternoon, but Gaucho first baseman Lauren Boser's single up the middle during the bottom of the eighth inning awarded the hosts a 5-4 victory. The Mustangs also dropped Saturday's opening contest, 4-1.
During Saturday's nightcap, the Mustangs (12-33, 4-13) banged out a season-high 13 hits – highlighted by a career-high four from senior left fielder Nora Sobczak – and thrice came from a run down to tie and eventually overtake UC Santa Barbara (26-28, 11-6) before ultimately falling by a solitary run for the ninth time this year.
Cal Poly advanced baserunners into scoring position during each of the first two innings, but it was UC Santa Barbara that opened the scoring through third baseman Jenessa Jeppesen's two-out, run-scoring base hit during the bottom of the second.
The first of Cal Poly's three responses was struck during the top of the third as Gerhart drove her fourth homer of 2012 to left center field. After UC Santa Barbara reaffirmed its lead during the bottom of the third through designated player Allison Taylor's bunt single, the Mustangs deadlocked the scoreline again as Vogelsang lashed her team-leading fifth homer of the season over the left field fence.
Once again, however, UC Santa Barbara managed to stay a run ahead with center fielder Jessica Soria dumping a two-out single into left field to score pinch runner DeJanee Moore for a 3-2 Gaucho advantage after four innings.
Not to be outdone again, Cal Poly knotted the score at 3-3 in the top of the fifth. Sobczak set up the scoring opportunity with a leadoff single. After advancing to second through a sacrifice bunt from freshman third baseman Celina Lafrades, Sobczak raced home from second on a single up the middle from Gerhart.
The Mustangs required just another inning to grab their first lead of the game. With two out and runners at the corner bases, Gerhart came through for Cal Poly a third time by singling up the middle to score sophomore right fielder Cami Brown for a 4-3 advantage.
Cal Poly's leverage, however, lasted just an inning. Mustang starting righthander Jordan Yates (3-13) scattered eight hits through the opening six innings and induced flyouts from Gaucho second baseman Kathryn Pilpil and Taylor to open the seventh. With two out, however, UC Santa Barbara shortstop Keilani Jennings lofted a homer over the left center field fence to send the matchup into extra innings.
The Mustangs advanced sophomore third baseman Kim Westlund as far as second during the top of the eighth before the Gauchos sent Cal Poly to 3-9 in one-run games this year with Boser's single during the bottom half of the inning.
Westlund, Vogelsang and sophomore second baseman Jillian Andersen each collected two hits during Saturday's nightcap.
During Saturday's opening game, Mustang starting lefthander Chloe Wurst (4-14) retired UC Santa Barbara in order during the bottom of the first and Brown preserved a scoreless deadlock in the second by throwing out Jennings at home to close the inning.
Brown returned as Cal Poly's offensive spark during the top of the third as her leadoff double – indeed, her first collegiate two-bagger – was complimented by a two-out single through the right side of the infield by freshman third baseman Celina Lafrades.
The Mustangs, however, were able to hold their lead for just the half inning as Jeppesen opened the Gaucho half of the fourth by homering to center field to tie the game.
With the score deadlocked, UC Santa Barbara starting righthander Shelby Wisdom (20-14) set down Cal Poly in order during the fourth before helping the Gauchos wrest the lead during the bottom half of the inning. Jennings led off the frame with a single before a fielding error by Mustang sophomore catcher Mariah Cochiolo on an attempted sacrifice from Gaucho catcher Lainey DePompa placed runners at the corners. Wisdom followed with a run-scoring base hit to give the Gauchos the lead before left fielder McKenzie Kane furthered the advantage to 3-1 by singling home DePompa with two outs.
The Mustangs threatened just once more with Sobczak singling to open the sixth before reaching second through a Lafrades sacrifice. Wisdom, however, struck out Cochiolo before inducing an inning-ending groundout from Gerhart.
UC Santa Barbara capped the scoring during the bottom of the sixth with Soria singling into right field to plate Boser.
Sobczak finished with a Cal Poly-best two hits during Saturday's opener.
The Mustangs and Gauchos complete their three-game series on Sunday at 1 p.m.


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RebusFarm is a spin-off from RebusMedia and was founded in Cologne, Germany, in 2006 by Ralph Huchtemann.
RebusFarm aims at fulfilling the growing need of rendering power in the field of 3D-animation. RebusFarm supports a wide range of 3D applications, including the host applications, as well as secondary rendering applications. Furthermore, RebusFarm targets offering the largest possible rendering capacity at the most affordable price, while maintaining service oriented contact to the customer.
In 2009 RebusFarm presented a completely new and unique concept for integrating a render farm into the workflow of the 3D community by publishing the Farminizer Software (Patent pending). This revolutionary new concept gave the user full access to the power of the render farm from inside their 3D application. Users can also export render jobs directly from the individual 3D application and manage all jobs from all their devices with ease.
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Following this morning's report that says a third sequel to 2007's Transformers is in "active discussions," comes word, via Variety that the plan may actually be to shoot a fourth and a fifth film back to back. The same article also states that Shia LaBeouf is unlikely to return and that the franchise may instead place Jason Statham in a leading role, though no official negotiations have begun.
Michael Bay, meanwhile, is said to be interested in returning to direct but, again, nothing is official at this time. No matter what, Bay is likely to complete his next, Pain & Gain, before production on another Transformers would begin, potentially as early as late 2012.
Transformers: Dark of the Moon was an immense financial hit earlier this summer, reaching the fourth spot on the all-time worldwide box office list with $1.119 billion earned.
UPDATE: Michael Bay has posted the following note about this on his site.
I am currently not talking to Paramount on T4 and T5 despite reports. I'm looking at a lot of possibilities coming my way right now weighing options. Most likely going to be doing the low budget Pain and Gain, a true story crime thriller. It's a very quick shoot and quite funny. Also just finishing the 3 disc set of the Transformer trilogy.


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pov603 » November 14th, 2016, 11:52 am wrote:Anders, it is all well and good speculating about alternative theories but based upon 'what' exactly?
I think it explains the why. And the reason for why I think the oil spill was fake was that they showed what they claimed to be huge areas of oil on the surface of the ocean, then later it had somehow all disappeared, with lame explanations from the media like: "the oil sank" and things like that.


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So far I have three blogs here. By the Way is the oldest. I started it in 2003. I lost a couple of years to Vox because I was too lazy to bother to export when they shut down. I consider it an exercise in accepting impermanence. When I followed my husband to Singapore for his first expat assignment, I started (T)expatriate: A Southern Girl in Singapore. That covers 2010 and 2011, give or take. Next came Oslo, and (T)expat 2: Norwegian Boogaloo, in 2012. Now I'm back home, and back on By the Way.
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Courthouse security on chopping block
After spending more than a million dollars over the past three years on equipment and personnel to scan and search citizens trying to enter the Jefferson County Courthouse, commissioners are considering axing the program, citing ineffectiveness and cost as the primary reasons.
Hanging their hats on fears of attack by angry citizens and possibly even terrorists because of the building's proximity to the Port of Beaumont, courthouse employees and elected officials jumped on the security bandwagon in 2008, using the events of 9/11 and incidents at other courthouses as the backdrop for why the Jefferson County Courthouse needed to be on lockdown.
At the time, commissioners and County Judge Ron Walker spent nearly $500,000 of taxpayer money to install a video surveillance system, X-ray machines and metal detectors, as well as to hire a number of retired police officers and sheriff deputies to check everyone going into the courthouse. And as of Wednesday, one of the X-ray machines had been broken for weeks and several security cameras were not functioning.
During a courthouse security committee meeting Thursday, July 21, County Judge Jeff Brannick made it clear that he didn't want to continue funding the program he called "ineffective."
"I just don't think we should spend money on it," he said. "I think the men who work at the front of the courthouse are all excellent employees doing a wonderful job but architecturally, this building cannot be effectively secured. There are way too many entrances and the fire code prevents us from taking steps to make it more secure. Additionally, you have to look at the fact that we take in $140,000 from the security fee and we spend an additional $375,000 from the general fund for the appearance of security rather than the reality of security.
"If someone wanted to do harm and was determined, our system would be ineffective. The security checkpoints might catch someone who is mentally unstable and incapable of planning something or who might have a spur of the moment violent reaction, but it will not stop someone who is determined to do harm."
The current system will cost taxpayers about $525,000 this year. Between $140,000 and $150,000 of that cost is covered by a courthouse security fee tacked onto legal cases in the county. The remaining amount is covered from the county's general budget. And that's after a budget cut last year; the cost was considerably more in 2009 and 2010.
According to County Auditor Patrick Swain, the county's general fund subsidized the courthouse security program with about $530,000 in 2009. In 2010, the general fund was tapped for another $475,000 over the amount collected from the security fee. That is more than $1 million from the general fund before the 2011 fiscal year is put into the equation. Swain said the budgeted amount to be paid from the county's general fund is $375,000.
There are currently 11 part-time employees and three full-time employees dedicated specifically to courthouse security.
"We are on track to be on budget with that," Swain said.
But those numbers are not a true reflection of the entire cost of security at the courthouse, The Examiner has confirmed, as the sheriff's office still spends money on courtroom bailiffs and other positions that were covered by the courthouse security fund before the security program was implemented in 2008.
Sheriff Woods said he has at least 12 sheriff's deputies assigned as courtroom bailiffs and other deputies in place that also provide security in the courthouse. Swain said the cost of a bailiff is about $75,500 annually.
"Unfortunately, the only way to try and screen to keep weapons from entering the courthouse is the situation we have now," Woods said. "But the courthouse was not built with that type of security in mind. This is a public building with public access, and there is no perfect solution without locking all of the doors and funneling everyone (through one) entry and exit point."
But there isn't just one entry and exit point. Members of the Jefferson County Bar Association have special access cards that allow them to bypass security, as do county employees, who can come and go through a number of entrances.
As sheriff, it is Woods' duty to provide security for the courthouse, and he said he will do whatever commissioners allow him to do, financially.
"If they say it is not worth the money, then I will respect that decision," Woods said. "I know it is being discussed and we have a different opinion versus some others. I can't do it without the resources to do it. If it goes away, it has to go away. We will deal with it the best we can. It is not perfect now.
"If those guys up front are gone, then what you will have is no one being screened coming into the courthouse."
Woods said he has bailiffs assigned to every courtroom and deputies roaming throughout the courthouse in addition to the screeners at the front entrance."The truth is we have more law enforcement in this building now than at any time in the history of Jefferson County," he said. "I think it is what it is. Not everyone has been happy with it. We tried to do it as cost effectively as possible. That was our goal."
Proponents of the security program point to records showing the system has stopped a number of knives and guns from coming into the courthouse. Those records indicate there have been seven citizens found with firearms who were trying to enter the courthouse, but Woods conceded security personnel didn't believe there was any intent of wrongdoing – more likely someone forgot their firearm was in a briefcase or handbag. In all of those instances, only one person was charged with trying to bring a firearm into the courthouse, and that case was later dismissed. Instead, security personnel escorted the citizens back to their vehicles so they could leave their weapon locked inside and return to the courthouse to conduct their business. There have also been a large number of pocketknives found during the search process that had blades longer than three-inches, but security personnel tell those citizens to take the knives back to their vehicles. Originally, there were no knives allowed inside the courthouse but county officials had to relax that policy after a backlash from the public.
"We can't say those people were bent on any type of wrongdoing or mischief," Woods said. "The purpose of the security is to deter weapons inside the courthouse perimeter."
Ironically, Judge Al Gersen gives away pocketknives to his guests and is on record saying he never wanted the county security system. In 2008, Gersen said, "For years I fought against this. This courthouse has been here for 80-something years and nothing has ever happened inside. I know times change but statistics have not. I believe in the numbers and the numbers don't support the need to spend all that money and have all this security. You know, I tell our jurors that this is the people's courthouse. I am just here pulling the wagon. I wish they would have just left it alone."
Judge Bob Wortham believes much as Gersen does, very pointedly saying when the system was first implemented that county leaders should have just left things alone. He said the courthouse belongs to the people, and their access should not be hindered.
But that view isn't shared by everyone in the courthouse. Judge Layne Walker is a supporter of the courthouse security program because of the criminal element he deals with on a daily basis in his courtroom. On Tuesday, Walker sentenced more than 25 people to the state prison system for various crimes.
He said he understands the commissioners are looking at ways to cut the budget, but he questions whether they have looked everywhere in the county before the security program.
"Have we exhausted all other remedies?" Walker asked during an interview with The Examiner. "Does it need to be revamped? I don't know. It makes those in the courthouse feel good to know that someone is looking out for safety. I think we need to look all over the county for cuts."
Walker said if courthouse security is the only place to cut, then he would favor getting rid of it, but he believes commissioners could find other places to cut the budget."
Three years ago, when the courthouse security plan was rolled out, The Examiner on multiple occasions easily exploited various weaknesses in the system and left business cards underneath desks, behind filing cabinets, in stairwells, in judge's chambers and in offices on every floor of the supposedly secure building. That security breach led to changes in the system and the establishment of the courthouse security committee, which is now considering the idea of scaling back the security program.
Commissioner Eddie Arnold said the committee will make a recommendation to commissioners, and one of the scenarios being looked into is improved camera surveillance technology.


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One of the biggest battles at the California state Capitol two years ago is back for another debate. Hunting groups want to repeal the ban on using dogs to hunt bears and bobcats.
Dozens of people wearing bright orange shirts rallied outside the Capitol about an issue they say is at the heart of their livelihood.
"We have to get it back! Not just for the ecosystem; not just because scientifically it's the only way for wildlife to thrive properly; we have to get it back for Red Top," said 24-year-old Sara Thompson of Fresno, recalling a houndsman who recently passed away.
Jennifer Fearing with the Humane Society of the United States says there's absolutely no reason to overturn the ban. "I would encourage them to provide for you a single scientific report that supports either the need or desire to have hounds chasing after animals in the woods," Fearing said.
This year's measure would allow counties to set their own rules in place of a statewide ban. It's up for a committee hearing next week.


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Celebrated American filmmaker Martin Scorsese has recently wrapped production on his intriguing biopic The Wolf of Wall Street, and as the Cannes Film Festival approaches he's already readying to promote his newly minted next venture Silence. Deadline reports financing for the adaptation of Shusaku Endo's controversial but acclaimed 1967 novel has been secured by Emmett/Furla Films, and Silence's producers will be shopping the will-be picture's distribution rights at Cannes next month.
Scorsese has reportedly been interesting in pursuing this project since 1991, and over the years has considered Daniel Day-Lewis, Benicio Del Toro and Gael Garcia Bernal for its cast. Memorably, he was hoping to shoot Silence in the summer of 2007. Then in the winter of 2011, he insisted it would be his follow-up to Hugo, but he made The Wolf of Wall Street instead... then renewed his claim to make Silence next. This is a story we've heard again, and again, and again. But with its financing lined up, it seems like this really could be Scorsese's shot to make the movie he's so longed to shoot. Depending on the scheduling requirements of his not yet announced cast, Silence could shoot in Taiwan as early as July 2014.
The novel centers on 17th century Jesuits who put their very lives at risk when they travel to Japan to spread Christianity. When one of these missionaries, Fr. Cristóvão Ferreira, has reportedly abandoned his faith and calling, Sebastião Rodrigues, a young Portuguese member of the order, goes to discover the truth. He and his colleague Fr. Francisco Garrpe discover a culture where Christianity has been forced underground by persecution and torture of admitted believers. The book's title refers to God's silence during these troubling times.
While this is good news for Scorsese, it bad news for his Snowman adaptation as it appears to confirm reports Universal is looking elsewhere for a director. But Scorsese is never short on potential projects, so I'm sure he'll get over losing that one.


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