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Wikiquote:Transwiki/American History Primary Sources Articles of Confederation and Const. Convention
The United States During the Articles of Confederation Edit
c. 1776
- The word republic means the public good of the whole, in contra-distinction to the despotic form which makes the good of the sovereign, or of one man, the only object of government.
- Thomas Paine
c. 1776
- In a republic, a citizen in "public property. His time and talents — his youth — his manhood — his old age — nay more, life, belong to his country.
- Benjamin Rush
- The fate of America is already decided. Behold her independent beyond recovery. But will she be free and happy?... They are the hope of the world.
- Anne Robert Jacques Turgot, French economist and retired official, in a letter to pro-American British philosopher Richard Price.
- The style [name] of this confederacy shall be "The United States of America."
- Articles of Confederation, Article I.
- Here individuals of all nations are melted into a new race of men, whose labors an posterity will one day cause great change in the world. Americans are the western pilgrims who are carrying along with them that great mass of arts, sciences, vigor, and industry which began long since in the east; they will finish the great circle.
- From Hector St. John de Crevocoeur, Letters from an American Farmer.
America After Winning Independence Edit
- You and I... have been sent into life at a time when the greatest lawgivers of antiquity would have wished to live. How few of the human race have ever enjoyed an opportunity of making... government... fort themselves or their children.
- John Adams
Problems of the Confederation Edit
c. 1783
- The Americans will have no center of Union among them.... [T]he American can never be united.
- English commentator on the newly independent United States
- So long as any individual state has power to defeat the measures of the other twelve, our pretended union is but a name, our confederation, a cobweb.
- Noah Webster, in Sketches of American Policy, complaining about the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation.
- To the Honorable Congress,
- I, Rachel, do make this complaint, who am a Widow for advanced in years & Dearly have occasion of the Interest for that Cash I Lent.... I Lent the State a considerable Sum of Moneys & had I justice done me it might be sufficient to Support me in the country where I am now, near Burdentown. I lived here then... but Being... so Robbed by the Britains & others I went to Phila to try to get a Living... & was There in the year 1783 when our assembly was pleased to pass a law that No one should have any Interest that lived out of Jersey States....
- Now, gentlemen, is this Liberty?... I have done as much to carry on the War as many that Sit now at the helm of government.... My dear Sister... wrote to me to be thankful that I had it in my Power to help on the War, which is well enough, but then this is to be Considered — that others get their Interest & why then a poor old widow be put off?...
- Letter from Rachel Wells of Burdentown, New Jersey, to the Continental Congress. Problems such as her eventually led Alexander Hamilton, the first Secretary of the Treasury, to have the new Federal Government take responsibility for paying off holders of the states' Revolutionary War debts.
- I predict the worst consequences from a half-starved, limping government, always moving upon crutches and tottering at every step.
- George Washington, complaining about the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation.1787
- The toils of agriculture will here be rewarded with a greater variety of valuable productions, than in any part of America.
- Manasseh Cutler, The First Map and Description of Ohio.
- Religion, morality, and knowledge, being necessary to good government and the happiness of mankind, schools and the means of education shall forever be encouraged. The utmost good faith shall always be observed towards the Indians; their lands and property shall never be taken from them without their consent; and, in their property, rights, and liberty, they shall never be invaded or disturbed, unless in just and lawful wars authorized by Congress; but laws founded in justice and humanity, shall from time to time be made for preventing wrongs being done to them, and for preserving peace and friendship with them.
- Northwest Ordinance, passed by the Confederation.
- [New states in the Northwest would join the United States] on an equal footing with the original states in all respects whatsoever.
- Northwest Ordinance, passed by the Confederation.
Shays's Rebellion (July 1786-January 1787) Edit
- Our property is torn from us, our gaols filled & still our debts are not discharged.
- Protest from western Massachusetts during Shays's Rebellion.
- We have probably had too good an opinion of human nature in forming our Constitution [of the Confederation]. Experience has taught us, that men will not adopt and carry into execution measures best calculated for their own good, without the intervention of a coercive power.
- George Washington
- No morn ever dawned more favorably than ours did; and no day was ever more clouded than the present.
- George Washington to James Madison
- I hold it that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical.
- Thomas Jefferson, U.S. Minister to France, in a letter to James Madison, as France was nearing the outbreak of revolution.
THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION Edit
- To see this nation happy... is so much the wish of my soul.
- George Washington, on agreeing to give up his retirement and return to public life by heading the Virginia delegation to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia.
- It is too probable that no plan we propose will be adopted. Perhaps, another dreadful conflict is to be sustained. If to please the people, we offer what we ourselves disapprove, how can we afterwards defend our work? Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair. The event is in the hand of God.
- George Washington, speech at the start of the Constitutional Convention.
- Let us not be afraid to view with a steady eye the [dangers] with which we are surrounded.... Are we not on the eve of [civil] war, which is only to be prevented by the hopes from this convention?
- Edmund Randolph, governor of Virginia, speaking to delegates early in the Constitutional Convention.
- New Jersey will never agree to the plan. She would be swallowed up! If we are to be considered as a nation, all state distinctions must be abolished.
- New Jersey delegate William Patterson, objecting to the Virginia plan.
- Some of the members from the small states wish for two branches in the general legislature and are friends to a good national government; but we would sooner submit to a foreign power than submit to be deprives, in both branches of the legislature, of an equal suffrage, and thereby thrown under the dominion of the larger states.
- John Dickinson, on stresses between small and large states at the Constitutional Convention.
- I confess that there are several parts of this Constitution which I do not approve, but I am not sure that I shall never approve them....
- I doubt... whether any other Convention... may be able to make a better Constitution.... I cannot help expressing a wish, that very member of the Convention who may still have objections to it, would with me,... put his name to this instrument.
- Benjamin Franklin, urging all member of the Constitutional Convention to agree to sign it.
- In all our deliberations on this subject we kept steadily in our view that which appeared to us the greatest interest of every true American — the consolidation of the Union — in which is involved our prosperity, felicity, safety, and perhaps our national existence.
- Delegate to the Constitutional Convention
- We, the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, and ensure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote our general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
- Preamble, Constitution of the United States .
THE DEBATE OVER RATIFYING THE FEDERAL CONSTITUTION Edit
Against the Constitution Edit
- After so recent a triumph over British despots,... it is truly astonishing that a set of men among ourselves should have had the effrontery to attempt the destruction of our liberties.
- Letter from an opponent of the Constitution.
- For what did you throw off the yoke of Britain and call yourselves independent? Was it from a disposition fond of change, or to procure new masters?... This new form of national government.... will be dangerous to your liberty and happiness.
- "Cato" (probably Gov. George Clinton of New York).
- We contended with Great Britain ... because they claimed a right to tax us and bind s in all cases whatever. And does not this Constitution do the same? Does it not take away all we have — all our property? Does it not lay all taxes, duties, imposts, and excises?... These lawyers, and men of learning, and moneyed men that talk so finely... to make us poor illiterate people swallow down the pill.... [They] expect to be managers of this Constitution, and get all the power and all the money into their own hands, and then they will swallow up all us little folk.
- Amos Singletary, an Anti-Federalist farmer from western Massachusetts.*
- You ought to be extremely cautious, watchful, and jealous of your liberty; for if instead of securing your rights, you may lose them forever....
- What right had they to say, "We, the people"?.... Who authorized them to speak the language of "We, the people," instead of "We, the states"? States are... the soul of a confederation....
- This government will... destroy the state governments and swallow the liberties of the people....
- This Constitution is said to have beautiful features, but... they appear to me to be horribly frightful.... Your President may become king.... If your American chief be a man of ambition and abilities, how easy is it for him to render himself absolute!
- Patrick Henry, speech attacking the Constitution, at the Virginia Ratifying Convention.
For the Constitution Edit
- [A]n objection is made to the form: 'We, the people' is thought improper. Permit me to ask the gentleman who made this objection, who but the people can delegate powers? Who but the people have a right to form government?
- Edmund Pendleton, speech in Virginia Ratifying Convention.
- [The Federal Constitution is] the single greatest effort of national deliberation that the world has ever seen.
- John Adams, supporting the Constitution.
- This is a new event in the history of mankind. Heretofore, most governments have been formed by tyrants and imposed on mankind by force. Never before did a people, in time of peace and tranquillity, meet together by their representatives and, with calm deliberation, frame for themselves a system of government.
- Gov. Samuel Huntington of Connecticut, addressing the Connecticut ratification assembly.
- To the people of the State of New York:
- After an unequivocal experience of the inefficiency of the subsisting federal government, you are called upon to deliberate on a new Constitution for the United States of America.... It has been frequently remarked that it seems to have been reserved to the people of this country, by their conduct and example, to decide the important question, whether societies of men are really capable or not of establishing good government from reflection and choice, or whether they are forever destined to depend for their political constitutions on accident and force....
- It has been frequently remarked that it seems to have been reserved to the people of this country, by their conduct and example, to decide the important question, whether societies of men are really capable or not of establishing good government from reflection and choice, or whether they are forever destined to depend for their political constitutions on accident and force....
- Yes, my countrymen,.... I am clearly of opinion it is in your interest to adopt it. I am convinced that this is the safest course for your liberty, your dignity, and your happiness.
- Alexander Hamilton, writing as Publius, No. 1 of The Federalist, writing in favor of adopting the Federal Constitution, On the power of the people to establish governments.
- Nothing is more certain than the indispensable necessity of government, and it is equally undeniable, that whenever and however it is instituted, the people must cede to it some of their natural rights, ir order to vest it with requisite powers....
- It has often given me pleasure to observe, that independent America was not composed of detached and distant territories, but that one connected, fertile, wide-spreading country was the portion of our western sons of liberty.... With equal pleasure I have as often taken notice, that Providence has been pleased to give this one connected country to one united people — a people descended from the same ancestors, speaking the same language, professing the same religion, attached to the same principles of government, very similar in their manners and customs, and who, by their joint counsels, arms, and efforts, fighting side by side throughout a long and bloody war, have nobly established general liberty and independence....
The Federalist No. 2 (John Jay), On the people giving up power to establish a government.
- The smaller the society, the fewer probably will be the distinct parties and interests composing it.... The more easily they will concert and execute their plans of oppression. Extend the sphere and you take in a greater variety of parties and interests; you make it less probable that a majority of the whole will have a common motive to invade the rights of other citizens.
- James Madison, in Federalist No. 10.
- [I]n a democracy, the people meet and exercise the government in person; in a republic, they assemble and administer it by their representatives and agents. A democracy, consequently, will be confined to a small spot. A republic will be extended over a large region.
The Federalist No. 14 (Madison). The differences between "republic" and "democracy".
- The principal purposes to be answered by union are these — the common defence of the members; the preservation of the public peace, as well against internal convulsions as external attacks; the regulation of commerce with other nations and between the States; the superintendence of our intercourse, political and commercial, with foreign countries.
The Federalist No. 23 (Hamilton). The purposes of the new Constitution.
- We may define a republic to be, or at least may bestow that name on, a government which derives all its powers directly or indirectly from the great body of the people, and is administered by persons holding their offices during pleasure, for a limited period, or during good behavior. It is ESSENTIAL to such a government that it be derived from the great body of the society, njot from an inconsiderable proportion, or a favored class of it.
- James Madison, writing as Publius, in Federalist Number 39.
- The federal and State governments are... designed for different purposes.... Many considerations... seem to place it beyond doubt that the first and most natural attachment of people will be to the governments of their respective States. Into the administration of these a greater number of individuals will expect to rise.... With the affairs of these [government officials], the people will be more familiarly and minutely conversant. And with... these [officials], will a greater portion of the people have the ties of personal acquaintance and friendship.... Measures will too often be decided according to their probable effect, not on the national prosperity and happiness, but on the prejudices, interests, and pursuits of the governments and people of individual States....
- [A]mbitious encroachments of the federal government, on the authority of the State governments, would excite not only the opposition of a single State, or of a few States only. They would be signals of general alarm. Every [state] government would espouse the common cause....
The Federalist No. 46 (Madison). On the loyalty of the people to state or federal governments.
- If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary. In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficult difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself.
- James Madison, writing for the Constitution as Publius, in Federalist No. 51.
- In Great Britain it is the province of the House of Commons to prefer the impeachment, and of the House of Lords to decide upon it. Several of the State constitutions have follo
wed the example....
- Where else than in the Senate could have been found a tribunal sufficiently dignified, or sufficiently independent? What other body would be likely to feel confidence enough in its own situation, to preserve, unawed and uninfluenced, the necessary impartiality between an individual accused, and the representatives of the people, his accusers?
- Could the Supreme Court have been relied upon as answering this description?.... The awful discretion which a court of impeachments must necessarily have, to doom to honor or to infamy the most confidential and the most distinguished characters of the community, forbids the commitment of the trust to a small number of persons....
The Federalist No. 65 (Hamilton). On impeachment
- [T]he election of the President is... not perfect, [but] it is at lease excellent.... The process of election affords a moral certainty, that the office of President will never fall to the lot of any man who is not in an eminent degree endowed with the requisite qualifications. Talents for low intrigue, and the little arts of popularity, may alone suffice to elevate a man to the first honors in a single State; but it will require ither talents, and a different kind of merit, to establish him in the esteem and confidence of the whole Union, or of so considerable a portion of it as would be necessary to make him a successful candidate for the distinguished office of President of the United States.
The Federalist No. 68 (Hamilton). On electing the president.
- I have lived in a part of the country where I have learned the worth of good government by the lack of it. There was a black cloud of rebellion that rose in the east last winter and spread over the west.... Our distress was so great that we should have been glad to grab at anything that looked like a government.... Now when I saw this Constitution, I found it was a cure for these disorders.
- A Western Massachusetts farmer who had witnessed Shay's Rebellion, on why he supported the Constitution.
- Some gentlemen say, don't be in a hurry..., don't take a leap in the dark. I say... gather the fruit when it is ripe. *
A Federalist farmer, speaking in support of the Constitution at the Massachusetts ratifying convention.
- Anarchy leads to tyranny... These lawyers, these moneyed men, these men of learning, are all embarked in the same cause with us, and we must all sink or swim together.
- A Western Massachusetts farmer who supported the Constitution.
- The interpretation of the laws is the proper and peculiar province of the courts.... It therefore belongs to them to ascertain... the meaning of any particular act.... The courts must declare the sense of the law; and if they should be disposed to exercise WILL instead of JUDGMENT, the consequence would be... the substitution of their pleasure to that of the legislative body.
- Alexander Hamilton, writing as Publius in Federalist Number 78, on one weakness of the Constitution: the possibility that the Federal Courts would become a super-legislature.
On the Need for a Bill of Rights Edit
- A bill of rights is what the people are entitled to against every government on earth,... and what no government should refuse.
- Thomas Jefferson, United States Minister to France, letter to James Madison
- I have seen the [Virginia] bill of rights violated in every instance where it has been exposed to a popular current.
- James Madison, on why the checks and balances in the federal Constitution are a better safeguard for the rights of the people than a bill of rights.
- Such bills generally begin with declaring that all men are by natures born free. Now, we should make that declaration with very bad grace when a large part of our property consist in men who are actually born slaves.
- Charles Cotesworth Pinckney of South Carolina, on the conflict between a bill of rights and slavery.
- 'Tis done. We have become a nation.
- Dr. Benjamin Rush, in a letter after a July 4th parade in Philadelphia celebrating the ratification of the Constitution.


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This ain't your mama's drive-in.
The city of Zurich, Switzerland is set to a build a series of drive-in "sex boxes" which, starting next August, will provide a discreet environment for prostitutes to meet clients.
The "boxes" are garage-like structures that are large enough for a car to be parked inside. According to the Telegraph, the site will facilitate meetings for around 30 prostitutes, and clients will use the drive-in slots on a first-come -- ahem -- first-served basis.
Prostitution is legal in Switzerland, but Zurich officials have struggled with controlling sex-trade related crime and violence.
"We can't get rid of prostitution, so have to learn how to control it," police spokesman Reto Casanova said in 2010, when the idea was first introduced.
The decision was also motivated by complaints of city-dwellers unhappy with seeing prostitutes walking the streets.
"We're sick to death of looking at it," one resident said, according to the Mail Online.
Michael Herzig, of Zurich's social welfare department, says that getting prostitutes off the streets will also be beneficial to the women involved in the world's oldest profession.
"The women will be better protected from attack, and it will also mean better business for them," he told Swiss Radio, as translated by the Telegraph. "With the women right by the sex boxes there is no 'travel time' so they can deal with more customers."
Women working in the boxes will be required to take out medical insurance and pay for a license fee, the Sun reports. Additionally, each night they work, they will need to insert five Swiss francs into a machine to "clock in."
The boxes have faced some local opposition.
Margrit Haller, representing Swiss People's Party in Altstetten, told World Radio Switzerland in 2011 that, "The idea that women will be better protected and monitored is good, but I don't really see it as an alternative that women either work the streets or work in the boxes."
Nevertheless, voters gave a green light to the creation of the boxes in a national referendum last March. Installation was approved by the Zurich city council on Monday, the Local reports.
Drive-in sex boxes are already employed in several German cities.

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PERRAULT (Perrot, Perreault), PAUL, adjutant-general of militia in Canada; baptized at Deschambault (Que.) on 4 April 1725, son of Jacques Perrault and Marie-Madeleine Paquin; d. at Kourou, French Guiana, 29 Jan. 1765.
Son of a farmer and a farmer himself, Paul Perrault also apparently engaged in trade and transportation ventures, and was successful enough to buy extra land. An early testimony to his ambition and ability was his appointment to head his community's militia. As captain for the côte he was a sergeant, inspecting drills and equipment; a sheriff, enforcing the decrees of Intendant Bigot*; and a social symbol with a special pew in church. He directed statute labour (corvée) for the upkeep of roads and bridges and could even act as a minor magistrate.
With the coming of war in 1755 Perrault assigned the men of Deschambault to serve chiefly as bateau crews to convey troops and war materials to Lake Champlain. Military supplies were kept under armed guard in a storehouse on Perrault's property, and he billeted passing officers, for example the Chevalier de La Pause [Plantavit*], in his home.
Perrault received a new appointment on 3 June 1759, with a rise in status. Governor Pierre de Rigaud* de Vaudreuil, having been refused permission to fill the vacant post of adjutant-general of militia with his first choice, his nephew, named Perrault. Though a simple habitant, he was perhaps marked for promotion because of his record as militia captain. Moreover, his wife – Marie-Joseph Rivard, dit Lanouette, whom he married at Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade on 3 Aug. 1750 – may have been related to Joseph-Pierre Cadet*, Bigot's associate. To one onlooker Perrault's outstanding characteristics were his zeal and his fondness for intrigue.
As adjutant-general of militia Perrault coordinated the employment of all Canada's able-bodied men (16,000). They were required as bateaumen, soldiers, and farmers: all of these needs were simultaneous and all were urgent. He was stationed at Montreal, his work being primarily as administrator and inspector, although he might occasionally advise the strategy-makers when he had particular knowledge. In 1759 one of his tasks was to select the militiamen to be incorporated into French regular and colonial regular units, in accordance with Montcalm's favourite scheme for increasing the usefulness of colonial manpower. Writing to Lévis* about the importance of efficient supply convoys from Montreal to Quebec, Île aux Noix, and La Présentation (Oswegatchie, now Ogdensburg, N.Y.), Vaudreuil stressed that for planning "Perrot can be useful to you in this matter; you know just as well as I do how keen he is."
Vaudreuil's continued confidence was shown in his proposal (9 Nov. 1759) that Perrault should become assistant town major of Quebec: previous incumbents had all been officers in the colonial regular troops. Early in 1760 Perrault toured the parishes of non-occupied Canada to review the militia and to bolster the habitants' determination to recapture Quebec in the spring, a difficult task after five years of war.
Perrault, his wife, and his three daughters (a son was born later) survived the war unscathed. Their homestead burned in August 1759, however, when an enemy raiding party blew up the military storehouse behind it. He was offered the chance to stay on as adjutant-general of militia under the British but refused. Instead, he aspired to serve the king of France further, and in 1761, without his family, went to Paris. By April 1762 he found himself in prison, charged with graft in the affaire du Canada. He was released on 10 Dec. 1763, and given the type of post he sought. "I have the anguish of seeing swindlers given 2,000 livres, 1,600 livres," wrote Jean-Baptiste-Nicolas-Roch de Ramezay* to his wife in April 1764. "Even one of our Canadian peasants is to have 1,600 livres, namely that inconsequential Perrot from Deschambault, who is going to Cayenne [French Guiana] as adjutant of militia."
In the summer of 1764 Perrault came to Canada to fetch his family. They sailed from Quebec during August in the Nourice, calling at Saint-Pierre and Miquelon on the way south. Perrault was charged by the French government to persuade about 300 miserable Acadians there to accept an offer of three years' initial support if they would emigrate to French Guiana. The refugees were afraid of its hot unhealthy climate, which, Perrault argued in writing, was exaggerated; moreover, he added, Miquelon might be attacked by the British: "You, and myself too – we're like the Israelites seeking the promised land. . . . In St-Pierre and Miquelon there are no streams flowing with milk and honey, on the contrary. . . . I am on my way to settle at Cayenne. Do you think that my family and my health are less dear to me than yours?" He could not move the Acadians, and in the middle of September carried on to South America.
Within three months of his arrival in French Guiana heat or a tropical plague brought him down, at Kourou. His family returned to France. Talent, tact, good luck, and good connections carried an ordinary habitant into association with the powerful men who ran the French administration. He was only 39 when he died – the price of ambition.
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Miss America is asking a Pennsylvania school district to reconsider the punishment of a high school senior who asked her to be his prom date during the question-and-answer portion of an assembly.
The York Dispatch newspaper reported on Sunday that Nina Davuluri posted a statement on the Miss America Organization's Facebook page saying she contacted Central York High School to ask officials to rethink the three-day in-school suspension issued to 18-year-old Patrick Farves.
Davuluri says her travel schedule will prevent her from attending the dance with Farves.
School officials knew Farves intended to ask her to prom and warned him not to do it.
Fellow students cheered afterward, but Farves was suspended for misbehaving.
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Hey! Welcome to AO If you're interested in joining a guild, check out forum.albiononline.com/index.p…rmoil-starting-AO-Branch/
Looking nice. I will debate joining. What's your current roster? The link you gave me says 3, but the video on the link has more than three players. Could you clarify?
The roster isn't currently updated. We're around four now with multiple pending(by the time alpha hits we'll be around 30). Khor will also eventually give in and rejoin rather than being a solo player.
I love playing MMOs for the guild experience. I have a lot of leadership experience in MMOs like Runescape, and a few random MMORTS games which I've been in positions of leadership. I guess my biggest interest in joining would be for a leadership position in the group. We can talk more if you want credentials. Of course an application is needed, I'm just feeling out what is available in the group.
Presuming you've read the thread, we are looking for players with leadership abilities. I'd love to talk more to hear your credentials, and I would be willing to grant a trial officership position during which time I'd get to know you better as I want a leadership team in place by the launch of the game.
I'll join up, and see how it goes in the first summer Alpha.
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Southern Ocean Iron Experiment (SOFeX) Cruise
January 5 - February 26, 2002
Skip to Log Entry from the R/V Melville
Skip to Log Entry from the USCGC Polar Star
February 11, 2002: Day 38
R/V Revelle:
Position @ 2/11/02 0506Z, -50 38.2901, -175 37.0412
No. Patch Argos Drifter @ 2/9/02 1500Z, -53 12.12, -168 4.68
No. Patch SOLO Float @ 2/9/02 2300Z, -54 9.72, -169 12.252
R/V Revelle Log Entry: Hello all. Most excitement of the day - group photo on the aft deck. Thanks to all of these folks for making a difficult and ambitious project become a reality. We've accomplished a very significant result and it took the entire team to do it. Even linemen score a touchdown occasionally.
Things are really starting to wind down. There was a flurry of activity this morning as boxes were broken out of the hold and equipment was packed away. I'm always amazed at how much faster we pack up than we unpack. Labs that were completely full and buzzing with activity yesterday are now empty but for large stacks of shipping containers lashed in the corners - and a coating of the inevitable trash that comes from 40 days of having scientists doing the cleaning.
There is still lab work going on, though, and it continues to confirm our results - the North Patch was a large diatom bloom driven by the iron that we had added. Satellite imagery suggests that the patch extends 100 km to the NE.
Last entrant in the Shackleton lookalike contest - me - and now its time for a shave. Only 1000 kilometers to go and I want the pilots to let me on the airplane. Bye for now.
- Ken J.
R/V Melville:
Position: 66 degrees, 10 minutes South, 171 degrees, 58 minutes West
R/V Melville Log Entry: We just heard from Ken Buesseler that the USCGC Polar Star departed McMurdo Station yesterday at 1830. We also have calculated transit times from here to the North Patch and then between North Patch to Lyttelton. The Captain just reminded me that he would like to transit Iceberg Alley (the band of waters with lots of icebergs) in daylight (we are getting a couple of hours of near darkness here now) thus moving up our departure. These factors combine to firm up our schedule over the next few days and now our time here seems more finite. Unlike IronEx II, the fertilization experiment in the Equatorial Pacific during 1995, we may not be here in Antarctic waters long enough to see the end of this bloom. During IronEx II, the bloom completely ran its course and evolved back into the native equatorial condition all in 17 days. In these colder waters, cell division rates are one third what they are at the equator. Even at this rate, with zooplankton grazing rates so low, many expect the biomass here to double again before we leave. Here at day 19 of this experiment things are still on the upswing. Although many may be ready to go north, few would admit that they are ready to leave this patch when things are going so well and the processes we are measuring continue to evolve.
Yesterday we finished up a series of vertical profile stations that bisected the patch from North to South. Unlike the areal maps that were constructed from surface mapping surveys, these sections give us a semi-synoptic picture of the vertical structure of the Patch. We see, as in the maps, that there is a blob of water in the south in which represents a maximum in chlorophyll, SF6, and the drawdown of carbon dioxide and nutrients.
As we have been working this patch, our reference buoy that the Revelle had left for us has wandered off. In fact it wandered so far, it was out of radio range and no longer in regular contact with us. We were hoping we could leave it in for the rest of the trip and only recover it once, but without regular contact and being so far away, it was no longer a useful navigational tool, nor was it collecting data from within the experimental area. Following our transect, we steamed for a couple of hours to the east to recover it. The recovery went smoothly and we were able to change out the batteries in the strobe light, return to the center of the Patch, and re-deploy the drifter in a blinding snow flurry at midnight back in high chlorophyll waters. Although the strobe was working fine on deck, it was dark after deployment and our hearts sank. Within minutes, however, it was back on the air transmitting its position faithfully to us. We had it right in the middle and, except for the strobe, it seemed to be functioning perfectly.
We deployed sediment traps inside and outside the patch. These traps will collect particles that fall from the waters above them. They will stay until the MELVILLE picks them up on their return to New Zealand in late February. Steve Fitzwater, and Craig Hunter from MBARI and MLML, and Tammy Baiz, the Ship's Resident Technician did the deployment. More on Tammy and Melissa Turner, the Ship's Third Officer, when we can get them to slow down long enough for a good photo.
USCGC Polar Star Log Entry: Greetings from the Polar Star- This is the first log report from Ken Buesseler, Chief Scientist on the USCG Ice Breaker Polar Star, the 3rd ship involved in SOFeX (notice how you had to be named Ken or Kenneth to lead one of these ships). Our goal was to extend the time window of the experiment by meeting up with the Melville & continuing a final week of observations.
I'm writing this report from the US Antarctic base in McMurdo where we are waiting for our ship to come in. For those of you unfamiliar with McMurdo, it is the largest base in Antarctica, with a peak of around 2000 inhabitants during the summer. We arrived along with the over winterers, hardy soles who will be isolated here for the next 9 months!
Just getting here is a bit of an ordeal. Like typical research cruises, all supplies for the 13 scientists in our party needed to be shipped ahead, and both supplies and passengers are loaded in Christchurch, New Zealand for a 5-8 hour flight to McMurdo in the belly of a C-141 military cargo plane. Before even stepping near the plane, we are issued ECW, or extreme cold weather gear that must be worn during the flight and is used later on the ice. For the flight, you are strapped into a type of mesh seat, given a bag lunch and most importantly, ear plugs, as the roar of the engines is horrendous. This flight is serious business, and frequently the flights either don't leave or are 'boomeranged' back to New Zealand at the 'PSR', or point of safe return if weather conditions are not good. Visibility and winds are two reasons for a boomerang, and two consecutive days prior to our flight, they didn't even take off.
McMurdo itself looks something like an industrial site or mining town, surrounded by beautiful ice sheets and snow covered volcanic mountains. It's a historical site as well, since 100 years ago the explorer Scott arrived on his ship the Discovery to the very same docking area we are at, and established his base camp prior to his ill-fated quest to reach the South Pole.
Our ship is at the docks! Time to see if everything works or can be fixed when we unpack our scientific gear. We are only a short 3 day steam from the Melville, so its time for the SOFeX clean-up batters to get going.
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TO CHEW ON: "But you, beloved, building yourselves up on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit, keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life." Jude 20-21
Jude, the brother of James wrote the short letter of Jude. It's a letter of warning to an unnamed church or churches. False teachers were the problem.
Jude talks of the havoc these teachers had created by comparing them to Bible characters. They acted in the spirit of:
Cain: destruction. Cain murdered his brother instead of caring for him (Genesis 4:8).
Balam: greed. Balam was a prophet who consented to try to curse Israel for King Balak in return for money (Numbers 21:1-22:41).
Korah: rebellion. Korah led a rebellion against Moses (Numbers 16:1-24).
How can the people resist these teachers? Jude says by "building yourselves up on your most holy faith."
The phrase "building yourselves up" brings to mind the gym. There people do multiple repetitions of exercises (sit-ups, crunches, leg lifts, bench presses, cycling, etc.) to build up different parts of the body. What would a spiritual workout look like? It could consist of reading, studying and memorizing the Bible, praying in the Holy Spirit (praise, thanksgiving, petition, intercession, worship), and singing.
The crowd of runners we pass on our way to church Sunday morning have tapped into another effective way to work out physically. They do it together for companionship, accountability, even safety. In our spiritual workout program, this would compare to being part of a faith community — a church, home group or Bible study group. (Of course Jude's letter, written out of the need to warn church members about false teachers within tells us that such togetherness also has its hazards.)
We know that in order for a physical workout program to accomplish what we want it to, it has to be consistent. That's where we get tested. For no matter how exciting a fitness program is at the beginning, it's hard to stick with it. Doing the same exercises over and over can get boring. Sometimes we're tired and don't feel like exercising. We may not notice any difference in our body and wonder if it's actually making us stronger.
Sticking with a spiritual fitness program is just as challenging. Some parts of the Bible are hard to understand. We may wonder if our prayers are making any difference. We may get discouraged by the spiritually immature tendencies we still see in ourselves and feel disheartened when temptations still trip us up. But just like sticking with a physical fitness program eventually brings about changes in our bodies, so sticking with regular routine of spiritual fitness will strengthen us spiritually.
Do you work out spiritually? If not, decide to make such a program a part of your routine. Life is full of challenges. You'll want to face them with a well-toned faith.
PRAYER: Dear God, thank You for being my teacher and trainer. Help me to be as devoted to developing my faith as I am to caring for my body. Amen.
PSALM TO PRAY: Psalm 39
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Just when we thought things were finally looking up, the results of the Supply Chain Group's 6th annual "Warehouse and Distribution Center Operations Survey" show that there might be some slowdown ahead. Playing out in front of the backdrop of a shaky global economy, this year's findings reveal that inventory turns are not improving, more DCs are closing rather than opening, and many companies are opting to be more cautious, leveraging cost reduction measures that require little or no investment.
Designed to gauge activities and trends in warehousing and distribution center management, the annual survey reveals the current state of warehouse and DC operations. In September 2011, a survey was sent by email invitation to Supply Chain Group subscribers. A total of 598 qualified responses (a jump up from 521 in 2010) were received from mid-level, upper-level, and senior-level managers who are personally involved in decisions regarding their company's warehouse and DC operations.
Most participating companies came from manufacturing (36%), followed by distributors (26%), third party providers (15%), and retailers (13%). A broad assortment of products handled in the DC was once again well represented, with food and grocery leading the pack at 14%, followed by building materials/construction at 8%, and general merchandise, electronics, apparel, paper/packaging and parts, all tied for third at 7% each.
Norm Saenz, senior vice president and principal of TranSystems, a supply chain consulting firm and our research partner for this survey, sums up this year's findings in four words: "More done with less."
"In fact, most companies are trying to do more with fewer people, fewer buildings and less automation investment," he adds. As a result, they're operating with a reduced staff, consolidating facilities, and taking the more conventional route in terms of storage and picking.
"Much of this stems from top management pressuring distribution to reduce costs," notes Don Derewecki, senior business consultant with research partner TranSystems. "But this comes with a catch for warehouse and DC management. Top brass wants a reduction in costs without reducing service to customers in an effort to stay cost-competitive in the marketplace," he adds.
This year, portions of the survey were updated to capture these and other emerging trends, while critical measures of warehousing activities were continued as in years past. Over the next few pages, we present in greater detail how the nation's warehouses and DCs have fared during the past 12 months. And with another year of results locked into our database, definitive trends in warehousing and supply chain management are also identified.
Clear trends and conclusions
One finding that immediately leaps out is that after years of decrease, there are more respondents operating single facility networks this year than the past year—from 30% in 2010 to 35% in 2011.
We also noticed slight decreases in networks with multiple facilities. Saenz believes that this is proof of managers trying to do more with less, trying to operate with fewer facilities. "Companies are clearly consolidating their distribution networks to reduce facility costs," says Saenz.
Derewecki agrees, "From what we're seeing right now, companies for the most part have been trying to reduce the number of buildings that they're in." However, companies are not just consolidating; they're also actively trying out other options. To lower operating costs, over 75% of respondents are improving warehousing processes, 60% are improving inventory control, while nearly half have changed racks as well as their layouts. When compared to last year's results, significantly more companies are reducing staff—43% compared to last year's 36%—yet another testament of how companies are doing more with fewer people.
There was also a 7% increase in companies renegotiating their leases to lower operating costs. Derewecki notes how this move makes perfect sense given the continuing glut of available space in the industrial real estate market that's putting downward pressure on rents. And to lower transportation costs, most (62%) continue to renegotiate their freight rates, followed by shifting their mix of common/contract carriers (31%). The bottom line: Not many people are sitting back and doing nothing. In fact, 95% are actively taking steps to reduce operating costs, while 87% are keeping a lid on volatile transportation costs.
The bottom line: Not many people are sitting back and doing nothing. In fact, 95% are actively taking steps to reduce operating costs, while 87% are keeping a lid on volatile transportation costs.
While the recurring theme is one of cost reduction, there's also an overall reluctance by respondents to invest in automation and mechanization. There are sharp increases in conventional methods of storage and replenishment with statistically zero change in the use of automation or mechanization.
"One of the reasons you put in automated storage methods is to reduce your footprint and reduce your occupancy cost," says Derewecki. "But when the developers and landlords have excess space, occupancy cost goes down, and there's less motivation to go to more sophisticated dense storage methods."
However, Saenz cautions against being too conservative with investment inside your four walls. "You can only get so much throughput from conventional materials handling systems. Companies looking to get more out of their existing facilities will at some point need to consider automation," says Saenz.
Another clear trend is the continued "leaning and greening" of distribution facilities. The implementation of lean improvements to the supply chain has grown significantly over the years, from just 30% in 2007 to 46% in 2011—growth of more than 50%. Saenz attributes lean's continued popularity to its low-investment nature while getting the most out of existing facilities.
"The lean movement is largely process improvements that don't cost anything for the most part," says Saenz. "These kinds of process improvements are generally smart and eliminate waste, without necessarily investing in technology, equipment, and software."
We also found this year that more companies continue to go "green," with sustainability initiatives rising steadily from 89% in 2008 to 93% in 2011. Recycling remains the top initiative implemented, while the use of "fans to circulate cool or warm air" gained the most momentum during this past year.
Saenz points out that while the installation of fans is a great way to reduce utility costs, energy-efficient lighting is still more popular. "Lighting may be showing a decline only because so many companies have already improved their lighting over the past few years," he adds.
Catastrophe and network planning
Whether it's earthquakes, tsunamis, hurricanes, system hackers or labor strikes, so many catastrophic events seem to keep grabbing headlines these days that we decided to add it to this year's survey and investigate the impact on warehouse and DC operations.
When asked whether any part of their supply chain experienced a catastrophic event in the past two years, almost 30% answered in the affirmative. "This underscores the need for contingency planning," says Derewecki. "When the tsunami struck Japan, a lot of people got a wake-up call. We had plants in this country that shut down because they couldn't get parts from that region of Japan."
When asked what actions they've taken to protect against supply chain disruptions, one respondent—a paper and printed goods manufacturer— offered the following response: "We continually implement our business continuity plan, build redundancy networks within our DC infrastructure, and require our suppliers to maintain business continuity plans that we approve to ensure that they have multiple sources to obtain materials within their supply chain." Others have installed off-site back-up/cloud computing systems, added buffer inventory in a separate facility, and added more providers and carriers.
We also added a series of questions to investigate distribution networks and how often organizations study them. Our survey shows a significant number, 72%, of respondents undertook these studies. Of that percent, 38% execute them periodically, ranging from annually to every five years, while the remaining 34% do them only when necessary.
"The volatility of the global supply chain environment, competitive pressures, and the fluctuations in the price of fuel have caused more companies to use these studies to improve their supply chain networks," says Derewecki. "In fact, in six months we found this to be an area of high interest among the more aggressive, market-leading companies."
What's been done as a result of these network studies? Fifty-five percent are moving inventory among warehouses. Not a surprise, says Saenz. "If you put an investment number next to most of these options, moving inventory around doesn't really cost anything, yet it can improve service and potentially lower your space needs as well so that you don't have to invest in any physical expansion."
However, 33% have consolidated and/or closed warehouses—giving credence to how many are trying to drive costs down in their new networks. By closing warehouses, there's a reduction in manpower resulting in much needed labor savings. And by combining inventory into fewer facilities, there's less inventory duplication, spurring a decrease in inventory costs. Saenz believes this again ties in with the previous finding of how companies are still "doing more with less."
2011 DC network
While the number of buildings within networks may have decreased, other properties of the distribution network have stayed essentially the same. This year, we found that the typical size of all DCs in a distribution network remains in the range between 100,000 square feet and 249,999 square feet with clear heights of 20 feet to 29 feet. In 2010, 21% had total networks with areas of 100,000 square feet to 249,000 square feet, while this year 25% had networks with the same square footage.
This year, inventory turns have remained steady, even decreasing ever so slightly from a mean of 8.4 in 2010 to 8.2 in 2011. Derewecki speculates that, to some extent, many companies increased their inventory position in anticipation of 2011 being a better year. "But it clearly didn't turn out to be that much better," he adds.
The use of the DC for value-added services continues to be a common occurrence, with most respondents (81%) reporting some kind of special labeling (56%) and promotional packing (31%) being done inside the four walls.
RF tagging—as a value-added service—continues to spiral downward from 17% in 2010 to just 9% this year. "RFID is not really gaining any traction," says Derewecki. Why? One explanation can be gleaned from the fact that most of this year's respondents clearly favored more conventional routes in storage, picking and replenishment. As such, there is less interest in using technology, specifically RFID technology.
Despite the overall slowdown, however, at least we're still moving up in terms of future plans for expansion. Those planning to expand their operations in the next 12 months continue to increase—up to 40% this year from a survey low of 33% in 2009. Most are planning to increase the square footage of their existing buildings (61%), followed by expanding the number of SKUs they plan to offer (58%). But, again, it looks like not as many new DCs will be opening up, as fewer respondents are planning to expand the number of buildings in their network this year.


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And so, the season of carnivals, fairs– of Midway Madness– begins… Covet that kewpie? Wanna take home that teddy? "Beat the Carnies: The Secrets to Winning 5 Popular State Fair Games" has you covered.
As we wash the cotton candy off of our fingers, we might send illustrated birthday greetings to Richard Scarry; he was born on this date in 1919. Scarry wrote or illustrated over 300 children's books, which have (so far) sold over 300 million copies worldwide.
Mrs. Bunny turned on the television to little bunny's favorite program.
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Oh naughty bunny.
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Since my iso experiments was built on faulty assumptions about how analog gain registers and analog iso registers were related I decided to simply erase those code parts in following builds:https://bitbucket.org/Dannephoto/magic-lantern/downloads/crop_rec_4k_mlv_snd_isogain_1x3_5D3113_presets.ziphttps://bitbucket.org/Dannephoto/magic-lantern/downloads/crop_rec_4k_mlv_snd_isogain_1x3_5D3123_presets.zipWhat still is valid testing and developing is 1x3 presets together with playing around with analog gain registers creating 10/12 bit. Those two settings can still be found in the sub menu of crop mode. In a longer perspective iso tweaking is still valid and could be developed further I´m sure. I might dig into this and revive some code parts in crop_rec later on but without mislabeling menu items.Commit:https://bitbucket.org/Dannephoto/magic-lantern/commits/4e18649356067e49e15134e432025acdb2b6f0a7
@Danne modules loaded: crop_rec, mlv_snd, mlv_lite, mlv_playres: 1920x1080p /14bit lossless (not crop mode)CF (KB1066x) card seems to be working/saving fine when I revert to a previous 4K_crop-rec Danne build 2/4/19 Still odd…
now it works im not sure what i had done in my first test. now i just clean install and turn on the anarmophic preset in crop rec and no more greenish black preview. i have a very slow 4gb cf card atm. wil test more as soon a i recieved another card
Try fomatting card in camera (non exfat) reinstall clean build.
Tried formatting your card to fat32 on computer and then format in camera?Well, I can´t say what would work or not here. It´s all guesswork atm.
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Google has warned it would exclude French media sites from its search results if France adopts a law forcing search engines to pay for content, in the latest confrontation with European governments.
A letter sent by Google to several French ministerial offices this month said it "cannot accept" such a move and the company "as a consequence would be required to no longer reference French sites,"
France's new Socialist government, which is open to helping struggling media companies, warned Google that it should not threaten democratic governments. Google said a law which would require it to make payments to media sites for displaying links to their content, would "threaten (Google's) very existence".
It also noted that Google "redirects four billion 'clicks' per month towards the Internet pages" of French media, which has had difficulty benefitting from the Google traffic, however, as online readers resist paying for access when so much content is free on the Internet.
Newspapers around the world have seen their bottom lines come under pressure as their print advertising revenues slide as more people read news online. Meanwhile, Google takes in tens of billions of dollars annually as companies seek to advertise their wares as Internet users search for content.
Leading French newspaper publishers last month called on the government to adopt a law imposing a settlement in the long-running dispute with Google, forcing it and other search engines to share some of the advertising revenue from user searches for news contained on media websites.
Their demand follows the German government approving in August draft legislation that would force search engines to pay commissions to German media websites.
Google France has said that it believes such laws "would be harmful to the Internet, Internet users and news websites that benefit from substantial traffic" sent to them by Google's search engine. But the French government has been receptive to the plea of newspaper publishers.
French Culture Minister Aurelie Filippetti told a parliamentary commission this week that she was in favour of the idea, calling it "a tool that it seems important to me to develop". She said she was surprised by the tone of Google's letter. "You don't deal with a democratically-elected government with threats," Filippetti said.
A media association also criticised Google's attitude, calling it a "complete refusal by the dominant actor on the market … of all dialogue." The IPG association of newspapers and magazines said the objective of discussions should be finding an acceptable compromise that would recognise the value they bring to search engines and would help the further development of both of them.
French lawmakers last year ultimately rejected plans for a tax on online advertising revenues, fearing the project would hurt small local companies more than global Internet giants like Google, Facebook or Twitter.
Google France representatives are to meet Friday with officials from the finance ministry to discuss the project and this week's statement from European data protection agencies saying Google's new privacy policy does not comply with EU laws.
Google rolled out the new privacy policy in March, allowing it to track users across various services to develop targeted advertising, despite sharp criticism from US and European consumer advocacy groups. The EU agencies told Google it had a few months to fix the policy or face legal action.
EU competition authorities also have an ongoing anti-trust probe into whether the Internet search giant had abused its dominant market position. Google made several proposals in July to address concerns about preferential treatment in its search results, doubts over Google's full respect of copyrights; and restrictive measures in advertising.
The EU competition authorities have yet to say if they are satisfied with the remedies Google has proposed. If not, it could choose to issue a formal statement of objections.
Fines eventually imposed under this type of probe could reach up to 10 percent of a company's sales — meaning record EU penalties.
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Feds issue 4,000 orders to seize guns from people who failed background checks, 2017
Exclusive: Feds issue 4,000 orders to seize guns from people who failed background checks
Kevin Johnson, USA TODAY Published 2:04 p.m. ET Dec. 4, 2017 | Updated 6:23 a.m. ET Dec. 5, 2017
A USA TODAY review finds thousands of guns were sold to people who should have failed their background checks. Now, federal agents have the dangerous jobs of trying to get those guns back. USA TODAY
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WASHINGTON Federal authorities sought to take back guns from thousands of people the background check system should have blocked from buying weapons because they had criminal records, mental health issues or other problems that would disqualify them.
A USA TODAY review found that the FBI issued more than 4,000 requests last year for agents from the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives to retrieve guns from prohibited buyers.
It's the largest number of such retrieval requests in 10 years, according to FBI records an especially striking statistic after revelations that a breakdown in the background check system allowed a troubled Air Force veteran to buy a rifle later used to kill 26 worshipers at a Texas church last month.
The FBIs National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) vets millions of gun purchase transactions every year. But the thousands of gun seizure requests highlight persistent problems in a system where analysts must complete background checks within three days of the proposed purchase. If the background check is not complete within the 72-hour time limit, federal law allows the sale to go forward. ATF agents are asked to take back the guns if the FBI later finds these sales should have been denied.
More: Black Friday posts new single day record for gun checks at more than 200,000
More: Texas church shooting: Background check breakdown highlights federal gun record problems
In addition to the public safety risks, the ATF agents tasked with retrieving the banned weapons from unauthorized gun owners across the country are exposed to potentially dangerous confrontations.
"These are people who shouldn't have weapons in the first place, and it just takes one to do something that could have tragic consequences," said David Chipman, a former ATF official who helped oversee the firearm retrieval program.
"You don't want ATF to stand for 'after the fact.'"
It was not immediately clear how many gun seizure requests agents successfully executed last year or how many weapons were ultimately recovered. Since multiple firearms can be purchased in a single transaction, the actual number of guns that should have been banned could be even higher.
Chipman, now a senior policy adviser for the Giffords Law Center which advocates for more gun restrictions, called the retrieval process "uniquely dangerous."
Stephen Morris, a former assistant FBI director, said FBI examiners who review gun purchasers' backgrounds also recognize the risks.
"They are very aware of the inherent risk to law enforcement officers when they (seek) a firearm retrieval," said Morris, who recently oversaw the bureau's background check operation based in West Virginia. "They feel tremendous pressure to make a determination" within the three-day period.
Review of the gun vetting system
The FBI was overloaded with more than 200,000 background check requests for gun purchases this BlackFriday--setting a new single day record. Veuer's Chandra Lanier has the story. Buzz60
The sudden spike in gun retrieval directives is attributed in part to the record 27.5 million background checks fielded by NICS examiners last year.
Yet the increase is notable in the wake of last month's decision by Attorney General Jeff Sessions to launch a sweeping review of the vetting system after a reporting breakdown allowed a troubled Air Force veteran to purchase a rifle. Devin Kelley later used the rifle in the Nov. 5 massacre at a Texas church.
More: Sessions orders review of firearms tracking system
More: Texas shooter allowed to buy weapons after Air Force failed to flag him
Air Force officials have acknowledged that the service failed to transmit a record of Kelley's court martial for domestic assault to the FBI that would have made him ineligible for the 2016 purchase of the rifle. And on Tuesday, the Air Force said a preliminary review concluded that the reporting error was part of a broader problem within the service, indicating that "similar reporting lapses occurred at other locations" within the Air Force.
The Kelley case highlights longstanding problems with government databases that are rife with incomplete or inadequate record submissions. Morris said that NICS continues to depend on those databases that largely rely on voluntary record submissions from law enforcement agencies, the military and mental health authorities to guard against unauthorized firearm purchases.
Mixed success rate
The government's success record when it comes to retrieving guns that were improperly purchased has also been mixed.
The ATF declined to provide information on the 4,170 gun purchases the FBI referred for seizure last year. They reflect a substantial increase from 2,892 requests the previous year.
The FBI said the ATF is not required to report back on the status of the retrieval efforts.
Yet in 2004, the Justice Department's inspector general found that the ATF's retrieval efforts were plagued by staffing shortages, technological inefficiencies and a general lack of urgency that resulted in recovery delays of up to a year.
"ATF agents did not consider most of the prohibited persons who had obtained guns to be dangerous and therefore did not consider it a priority to retrieve the firearm promptly,'' report concluded.
A separate inspector general's report last year found marked improvement. Of 125 transactions examined between 2008 and 2014, investigators found that the ATF recovered 116 or 93% of the firearms.
Of the nine outstanding cases, five buyers could not be located. Two had already re-sold the firearms. One case was turned over to local authorities. And another was not pursued because the agency "did not have the resources to retrieve the firearm," the report found.
Powerful gun industry
Larry Keane, general counsel for the firearm industry trade association National Shooting Sports Foundation, noted that the FBI's seizure directives represent only a small portion in the flood of of transactions that the bureau has been processing in recent years. On Black Friday alone, FBI examiners fielded more than 200,000 background check requests, a one-day record for the system.
"What we support are more resources for the NICS operation to process the volume of requests," Keane said.
Keane said there has been no discussion in the industry about extending the three-day time limit for completing background checks, adding that more than 90% of all checks are completed almost immediately after the request is forwarded to the FBI. He said less than 1% of all firearms transactions are later referred to the ATF for retrieval.
In some cases, Keane said the FBI gets more than three business days to complete the checks when purchases fall on weekends or holidays.
"We don't really see much reason for changing" the three-day time limit, Keane said, adding that some gun dealers elect not to transfer weapons until the FBI completes the check, even if it takes longer than three days.
However, the former ATF official Chipman called the 72-hour provision "reckless" and a concession to "the powerful gun industry that nobody wants to irritate."
For now, much of the attention on gun policy by lawmakers has focused on boosting compliance with current reporting requirements to the FBI.
Last month, a bipartisan group of senators led by Republican Sen. John Cornyn of Texas introduced legislation that would penalize federal agencies that fail to properly report relevant criminal and mental health records and provides incentives to states to improve their overall reporting to the NICS repository. The bill also directs more federal funding to the accurate reporting of domestic violence records.
For years agencies and states havent complied with the law, failing to upload these critical records without consequence, Cornyn said. "Just one record thats not properly reported can lead to tragedy."
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Among the logistical marvels which made the US Navy so successful in the Pacific War of World War II were various kinds of floating dry docks it could deploy into areas close behind the westward-moving 'front line'. These could be towed to advanced bases by tugs, and were designed and delivered in a variety of sizes to accommodate most of the US Navy's combat and auxiliary vessels.
Planning for floating dry docks was prompted by the fortifications clause of the Washington Naval Treaty, which was signed by the USA, UK, Japan, France and Italy on 26 February 1922, with the exchange of ratifications following on 17 August 1923, and registration in the League of Nations' treaty series on 16 April 1924. This Article XIX forbade any further development of fortifications and bases in the western part of the Pacific Ocean, and was in itself a significant victory for Japan, as US and British fortified bases would pose a serious problem for the Japanese in the event of any future war. The provision of the treaty essentially guaranteed that Japan would become the dominant power in the western part of the Pacific Ocean, and was crucial in gaining Japanese acceptance of the limits on capital ship construction.
The US's response in an attempt to offset this Japanese advantage included the development and construction of floating dry docks as a matter of high priority, and the resulting docks came to be seen as an important 'secret weapon' in the event of war with Japan. Plans were considered for giving the largest floating dry docks their own propulsion plants to increase their mobility, but peacetime funding restrictions meant that the process of designing and building floating dry docks took place only slowly during the 1920s and 1930s.
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At the time war broke out in the Pacific on 7 December 1941, the US Navy had three steel floating dry docks. One of these, YFD-2, was assigned to Pearl Harbor and was occupied by the destroyer Shaw when Pearl Harbor was attacked by the Japanese in the 'Ai' carrier borne air assault. Both the destroyer and the dry dock were badly damaged, but were subsequently repaired. Another of the docks was Dewey at Olongapo in the Philippine islands group, and was scuttled to prevent it falling into Japanese hands as the Japanese seized Luzon Island. The third was ARD-1, which had been built in 1933 to a sophisticated design, was designed to be self-sustaining, once towed into place at an advanced base, and therefore possessed its own ballast pumps, power station, machine shops and crew accommodation, able able to lift ships of up to 2,200 tons. This too was assigned to Pearl Harbor.
Capitalising on the success of ARD-1, the US Navy ordered the construction of another 30 Auxiliary Repair Docks (ARDs) during World War II, and most of these were completed between 1942 and 1944. Six of the docks were 485 ft 8 in (148.0 m) long and could accommodate a ship 413 ft (125.9 m) long, 49 ft 4 in (15.0 m) wide and displacing upward of 3,500 tons. Thus these docks were sufficient for a destroyer or a submarine. The clear width of the other ARDS was increased to 59 ft (18.0 m) to permit the accommodation of a tank landing ship.
The Auxiliary Floating Docks (AFDs) were of welded steel construction, with a length of 200 ft (61.0 m) and width of 64 ft (19.5 m), and could lift a ship 45 ft (13.7 m) wide with a displacement of up to 1,900 tons. Thus the AFDs were suitable for repairs to smaller landing ships, minesweepers and patrol craft. The first AFDs were completed at a time late in 1943, and about 34 such units had been built by the end of the war.
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By 1943, steel had been deemed a critical resource, and the US Navy ordered the construction of 13 dry docks in concrete. Each of these units had a capacity of 2,800 tons, which was sufficient to accommodate a large destroyer, and its dimensions were 389 by 84 by 40 ft (118.6 by 25.6m by 12.2 m). Each of these units had a floor divided into 12 compartments with a dry passage for personnel, and was fitted with a 5-ton crane on each wing wall. Of the 13 such units, six were outfitted with Diesel generators and manned by crews of five officers and 89 men for independent operation, and the other seven remained in developed ports. These concrete docks proved durable, and were surprisingly popular with their crews, as their massive construction provided considerable stability, and the considerable ballast represented by their lower hulls meant that the wing walls could be outfitted with extensive crew facilities.
Battleship and aircraft carrier capability
The Advance Base Sectional Docks (ABSDs) were huge floating docks, and were built in sections. The individual sections were small enough to withstand the stresses of being towed in heavy seas, and were then welded together once they arrived at the intended advanced base. The ABSDs were of two sizes, with the larger units built of 10 sections, each 256 ft (78 m) long and 80 ft (24.4 m) wide, and provided a lift capability of 10,000 tons. These were welded together to produce an assembled dock 927 ft (282.5 m) long and 256 ft (78 m) for the lift of a warship 827 ft (252 m) long, 133 ft (40.5m) wide and possessing a displacement of as much as 90,000 tons. The ABSD could therefore accommodate any ship in the US Navy's inventory. The smaller version came in seven sections, each 204 ft (62.2 m) long and 101 ft (30.8 m) wide, and provided a lift capability of 8,000 tons. When assembled, it could lift a ship 725 ft (221 m) long, 120 ft (36.6 m) wide and possessing a displacement of as much as 55,000 tons. The sections possessed an approximate hull form, and this permitted them to be towed at speeds of between 6 to 8 kt; their side walls were folded down to reduce wind resistance and at the same timer to lower the centre of gravity. The units possessed their own Diesel generators and crew quarters, and each assembled dock was characterised by a pair of cranes, with a lift capability of 15 tons, and these ran on rails above the assembled walls of the dock.
Some 58 ABSD sections were constructed during the war, which was sufficient for three larger docks and four smaller docks. The first ABSD was assembled at Nouméa on the French island of New Caledonia during 1943, and a second was being assembled at Espíritu Santo, in the New Hebrides islands group, at the end of the year. The ABSD was in theory capable of disassembly for movement to another location, but this was attempted only with ABSD (later AFDB-1 Artisan) at Espíritu Santo, which was moved to the Philippine islands group, much closer to the 'front line', just as the war was coming to a close.
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Portland, Oregon, April 15, 2014 — DesignMedix, Inc., a biotech startup with ties to Portland State University, received a grant for almost $3 million from the National Institutes of Health to continue development and manufacture of a new anti-malarial drug.
"Each year, over 600,000 children under the age of five die of malaria," said Dr. Sandra Shotwell, president and COO of DesignMedix. "Our new drug will provide another weapon to target this deadly disease, which kills more young children than any other."
The drug in development is as a low cost cure for drug-resistant malaria that is as safe as chloroquine, a frontline drug that used for many years until rendered ineffective by drug resistance. Malaria drug resistance — widespread in Africa and Asia — is created by a mutation that causes rapid transport of the drug out of the malaria cells, rendering the drug ineffective. The DesignMedix technology approach creates a new drug that inhibits the transport and overcomes the drug resistance.
DesignMedix will share the three-year grant with the chemistry lab of PSU professor David Peyton, who invented the technology and co-founded the company. Three patents have been issued relating to the drug molecules, and DesignMedix has exclusive rights to develop the technology.
"I am very pleased that NIH has continued to support this work in such a significant way," said Peyton, who has been working on malaria for more than 15 years.
Several malaria drugs currently are available from large multinational and Indian drug manufacturers. Most current therapies show drug resistance, and some cost up to tenfold more than the cost projected for DesignMedix's drug. This drug has high potential to be a good partner drug for existing or pipeline malaria drugs to both overcome drug resistance, and reduce cost. DesignMedix has partnered with Oregon Consultants Inc. (OCI) of Eugene, Oregon to produce material for preclinical and clinical studies.
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Warren Sapp revived his long-simmering feud with Michael Strahan on Tuesday, saying once again that he didn't believe Strahan was worthy of election to the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Sapp, who said Simeon Rice was more deserving of the honor last year, and Strahan have had their issues since Sapp criticized Strahan's single-season sack record because Brett Favre eased himself to the turf like an old man into a nice, warm bath. On Tuesday, Sapp said Strahan "comes up short" of his standard for the Hall.
Strahan played his role in the proceedings later in the day by batting back Sapp's comments. Strahan dismissed Sapp's comments as the irrelevant bleating of a sheep before moving on to call Sapp a coward.
"I don't understand what the problem is, to be honest with you," Strahan said, via the New York Daily News. "If you have a problem with me, I'm the type of guy you come and talk to me. I'm not a coward to talk to somebody else when I have somebody's number. I'm going to come to you and tell you if I have a problem. So I don't understand what this whole thing is about."
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Tech companies go on a spending spree in Washington
IBM could have boosted its results by $1.8 million in the second quarter by eliminating its spending on lobbyists. Instead, it increased its spend by 7 percent. Other companies spent more, however: Amazon doubled its lobbying budget to $2.15 billion, while Facebook's expenditure on lobbying rose by a quarter to $2.7 billion in the quarter. Apple and Intel each spent about $1.25 million, both up from the year-earlier quarter. Alone among the big tech companies, Google cut spending to $4.62 million—but at that level, it's hard to tell whether peer pressure or thrifty new CFO Ruth Porat were behind the reduction.
Uber will use courts to convince Europeans it's right
Days after a case pitting ride-hailing service Uber against Spanish authorities was referred to the highest European court, Uber's public affairs head for the continent said the company will consider further legal action to defend its disruptive business model, the New York Times reports.
Apple to announce results, including first full quarter of Watch sales
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Another automotive hire suggests Apple may be planning an autonomous vehicle
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Qualcomm considers break-up, significant job cuts
Qualcomm could announce the lay-off of up to 10 percent of its workforce during a conference call to discuss its earnings on Wednesday, Forbes reports. The company is also considering a plan to break itself up following pressure from an activist investor. While the smartphone industry is booming, things turned sour for Qualcomm when major customer Samsung Electronics decided to use internally developed chips for its flagship S6 smartphones.
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In the wake of the massive data breach at surveillance vendor Hacking Team, in which 400GB of documents were taken, companies are looking for ways to find out who is leaking their data, and who's looking at it once it leaks. CSO takes a look at tricks for making stolen data phone home to say where it has ended up.
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It's plain Tuesday, not "Patch Tuesday," but Microsoft wants you to patch your Windows PC all the same. A flaw in the code for displaying OpenType fonts allows hackers to remotely take control of a machine. The flaw was reported by researchers sifting through the trove of leaked Hacking Team documents, reports Computerworld. Microsoft has issued a patch for versions of Windows from 7 through the as-yet unreleased Windows 10 to fix the vulnerability.
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