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By Dr Martin Roberts
20 July 2015
Metaphorical understanding is arguably the most powerful intellectual device we have. Fascinating to study, and no less so to employ, the metaphor is without doubt of inestimable value when it comes to the transference of ideas. Take the following, for instance:
Throughout the entire history of high-rise construction, there have been only three recorded instances of steel-framed structures collapsing as a result, supposedly, of fire damage. All three instances occurred in New York on September 11, 2001.
To be compared with:
"I can't ever remember where the Government has acted as a PR adviser/stroke minder for a family in a situation like this. This is just one of the factors that make this story so extraordinary." (Roy Greenslade - former tabloid editor, speaking of the McCann case).
It makes one pause for thought rather. The sort of thought that might accompany a further comparison:
The BBC's Jane Standley describing the recent collapse of building 7, the World Trade Centre, while standing with her back to an image of said building, intact and still erect.
"Some more breaking news for you this morning. Errr... We're just hearing that a search is underway for a 3-year-old British girl who's gone missing in the Algarve area of Portugal; and she went missing last night. Hundreds of people have been searching for the girl; and that search continuing this morning. So we will try to get as much on that as for... for you as soon as we can; errr... that, errr... missing girl in Luz and we will bring it to you as soon as we get further detail." (Transcript: Nigel Moore).
Notice the time of the broadcast – 7.48 a.m., on the morning of 4 May, 2007.
'"Yaddah, yaddah", what's the matter?'
Bridget O'Donnell (the Guardian, 14.12.2007) wrote:
"The next morning, we made our way to breakfast and met one of the Doctors, the one who had come round in the night. His young daughter looked up at us from her pushchair. There was no news. They had called Sky television - they didn't know what else to do. He turned away and I could see he was going to weep."
That tells us all we need to know, surely, especially as only two days later (16.12.07) we had confirmation of same, sort of, from David James Smith, on behalf of Timesonline no less:
"It is widely believed among the Portuguese media, and perhaps the police too, even now, that the McCanns called Sky News before they called the police. For the record, Sky News picked up the story from GMTV breakfast television, at around 7.30am the following day."
'For the record' – Got that!
Well Jill Renwick certainly got it (the message from Kate McCann that is) via a 7.00 a.m. communique (text or voice, the account is a touch ambiguous in that regard). According to Bridget O'Donell (again):
'McCann family friend, Jill Renwick, revealed how panicking Kate sent her a text saying: ''I need help.'' Jill Renwick has known the McCanns since they all worked together at a Glasgow hospital more than a decade ago.
'She spoke to Kate at 7am on the morning after Madeleine vanished and said: ''Kate was at the police station in hysterics. When we spoke she said the police weren't doing enough.'''
Helpfully, the Guardian (2.6.07) embellished Renwick's commentary with: "They didn't know what to do. So I phoned GMTV.
(We'd better just gloss over the fact that the McCanns did not even leave for the police station until after 8.00 a.m. that morning or we'll lead ourselves astray).
The sequence of events is perfectly clear is it not? Kate McCann 'phones Jill Renwick, who in turn 'phones GMTV, who break the story, so that SKY News can run it a few minutes later. The Tapas 7 then ring SKY Television (to ask for confirmation, or a set-top box perhaps, who knows?). End of story.
Well it might have been had Martin Frizell not 'relived the moment' in the company of Kate Garraway, for the purposes of last year's Channel 5 documentary, Madeleine McCann – A Global Obsession, the 'promo' for which reads:
"In May 2007, Frizell - then editor of GMTV, ITV's breakfast programme - took the unprecedented decision to put a call through to the studio from a family friend of the McCanns. A three-year-old British girl had gone missing in the sleepy Portuguese resort of Praia da Luz and the family was distraught. By that afternoon, it was the leading news story on a number of channels."
Sensing the importance of what he had just heard, Frizell put Jill Renwick in direct contact with his presenters that morning. As Frizell himself recalls:
"On May 4, 2007, I was the editor of the country's most popular breakfast show broadcasting to millions of viewers every day. It was a Friday. It was just after 8.00 a.m. and the mood was lighthearted."
For her part Kate Garraway describes how:
"We were having a generally jokey moment on a Friday morning and, suddenly, and I think you can even see on the footage, I sort of go a bit like that 'cause you, the call came through on my earpiece saying – "we're going to do an interview with a woman, she's really concerned about her friend, her friend's child has gone missing and she's desperate for help."
The actual broadcast dialogue that Friday morning (4 May, 2007) proceeded as follows:
KG: "We've got some more breaking news for you this morning, very serious story is developing and is coming through to us and it's of a 3-year-old British girl has gone missing in Portugal. We can speak now to Jill Renwick, who err, who's a family friend – 'What can you tell us about what happened?'"
JR: "They were just, you know, watching the hotel room erm, and going back every half-hour….and the shutters had been broken open and they've gone into the room and taken Madeleine." *
Martin Frizell (in documentary mode once more) continues:
"My instincts had been right. The story that we'd just broken was developing fast."
So fast, in fact, that SKY News had broken it some fifteen to twenty minutes earlier!
Moral support is later offered by Mary Nightingale (ITN):
"I remember seeing the Maddie story on GMTV first of all."
So too did David James Smith no doubt – for the record of course.
Apparently Martin Frizell has, for the past seven or eight years, been under the mistaken impression that it was he and his GMTV colleagues who 'broke' the McCann story via the UK broadcast media, when it was SKY News after all. Which obliges us to return to that vexatious question of who informed SKY News, since the record (as espoused by David James Smith at least) is clearly wrong in that respect.
The first default setting in this instance would appear to be the Tapas 7, one of whose members let it be understood (by Bridget O'Donnell) that they had 'phoned SKY Television before breakfast that Friday morning. Whoever they were, they must have put the call in before that 7.48 a.m. broadcast, obviously.
It seems, however, as if 'they' was something of a proxy vote as far as Bridget O'Donnell's doctor was concerned. With the sole exception of David Payne, none of the Tapas 7 made any 'phone calls early on the morning of 4 May. David Payne's solitary pre-dawn 'ping' was at 1.17 – way too early to have been a news feed for SKY, whose reporter was only just learning the details at the time of the 7.48 broadcast.
Which leaves the McCanns.
Gerry made a number of calls. He also sent and received several text messages (which I think we might dismiss as a sensible means of communicating an out-of-the-way emergency to a televised news desk). Concentrating on his voice calls up to and including 7.15 therefore, we may note that none of them involved SKY Television, as their switchboard number simply doesn't feature in the schedule.
What about Kate McCann? She made so many calls before 10.30 that morning the phone 'ping' map couldn't keep pace! It must have been she who had SKY Television on 'speed dial' therefore.
Just how likely is that? Are we to attribute such initiative, such presence of mind, to the same woman who, by 7.00 a.m., thought only of contacting a friend in the UK with a plea for help, and left said friend to dial GMTV on her behalf?
Someone clearly contacted SKY News, and did so before Jill Renwick spoke to anyone at GMTV. They were either very quick off the mark that morning, or even quicker the night before. On balance it would appear that the McCanns were not that fleet-of-foot (24 hours elapsed before they were ready to face the press, Gerry McCann reading from a prepared script – it didn't take that long to write his little 'words cannot describe' speech, surely?).
Should anyone feel this conclusion to be unjustified, they might prefer to place a little more faith in SKY News' own reporter, Ian Woods:
"It is absolutely not true that they (the McCanns) reported it to SKY News before they reported it to the police. We didn't know that Madeleine had disappeared until 8.15 on the Friday morning – not the Thursday night, the Friday morning, at 8.15, and that was because a friend of the McCanns, knowing that their child was missing, and knowing that they were desperate, 'phoned a television station called GMTV – another television station, not SKY News – and did a telephone interview at 8.15 on the Friday morning. That was the first time any journalists knew anything about this. Kate McCann did not call SKY News. And I know that it has been put out there as an accepted fact, and I've heard, you know, Carlos Anjos talking about this on Portuguese television, that he knows that the McCanns called SKY News. It…it…it is just not true."
Run that by me one more time, Ian…
"8.15 on the Friday morning… was the first time any journalists knew anything about this."
'Believe half of what you hear, three-quarters of what you see' so they say. Well, here's that three-quarters once again ('Breaking News' being broadcast by SKY at 7.48 a.m.):
Given Ian Woods' effective denunciation of his own broadcasting company, what could possibly have been incriminating about his either inferring or explaining that someone contacted SKY that Friday morning after Kate McCann had 'phoned them – someone like Jill Renwick, for instance? Why deny knowledge if it springs from an admissible source?
The implication appears to be that the source itself was inadmissible.
So if it wasn't the McCanns, then who was it? In sum, not only do we not know the 'who' in this instance, we do not know the 'whence' either.
There are good grounds for suspecting the FCO's earliest diplomatic initiatives to have been kick-started from within the U.K. Should the paradoxical appearance of a press release in the Telegraph, timed at 12.01 on 4 May, be substantiated in all respects, then it too will ultimately have been FCO progeny, since an FCO spokesperson was cited therein.
Is it at all reasonable to suppose that the FCO could have had a vested interest in statements issued via the press, but not those broadcast on national television?
Martin Roberts
* Before we had even heard the name Madeleine McCann, the script had been written, distributed, and was being learned by rote, albeit to an embarrassing degree, by seemingly every member of the McCann's extended family and various friends. The source of which, and undeniable, Kate and Gerry McCann. Madeleine McCann Was Not Abducted Includes a section on the phone records.


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I could do a whole blog with cards I start, inspired by challenges, and then don't finish in time to enter.
Here is one. I started it weeks ago but then couldn't decide how to finish it. Finally I thought of the star and gold thread and that just finished it off. By then the challenge was weeks old.
I made it for my daughter who has just graduated with a First. I couldn't be more proud.
The stamps are:
Inky Doodles - Border star stamp and individual stars.
The sentiments are printed. Then I've added coloured highlights to the stars with a gel pen. The gold star is embossed and wrapped with gold thread.

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Can you spot the seven spotted dice?
This is a tricky one!
This puzzle will drive you dotty!
There's dozens of dice in the picture below, but can you spy the one that has seven dots instead of six?
This tricky puzzle was created by gaming company Casumo, and features one dodgy dice traditionally used for cheating.
If you look hard enough, you'll spot it in the bottom left hand corner.
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"Changing the Guard"
As the 2004 riding season draws to a close, I would like to thank the chapter for supporting me as
your Director these past three years. I've been blessed to have worked with a great officer team
which has come up with really good ideas and to have had the members respond as they did by
participating in the things we have offered. And while I am counting blessings, the support and
trust I have received from the dealer ownership and the way in which they have supported the
chapter has been tremendous and unequaled.
Over the past three years, I think a lot of progress has been made in terms of getting folks out to
ride and to participate in meetings and activities. I have enjoyed the challenge of leading a team
both eager and capable of moving the chapter forward. The current Officer team has worked
hard to put together a varied program of riding and activity opportunities for you and your
response to that has been truly great. Participation is up three to four fold and it is rewarding to
see you all taking part and offering feedback, most of which has been very positive. More of you
are volunteering and a higher number of folks are stepping forward to be road captains. This is
what it takes to have a great chapter---all the vision and planning doesn't mean much unless the
members respond by taking part both as participants and in having a hand in making it happen
through their volunteering. We've seen many members from other chapters come over to "check us out" because they heard some good things about our rides and how friendly a chapter we are.
So the stage is set for great things to continue. And I am confident that they will, but under new
leadership. There are other folks in our chapter who have things to contribute and they deserve a
chance to do so. New ideas and new management styles make for continued growth for our
chapter and it deserves nothing less; so some current officers will change positions while others
step aside and perhaps assume a smaller role or perhaps no role at all. Personally, I will serve as a
Road Captain next year to lead some of my favorite rides and to plan some new ones. I have been
involved in the Atlanta Chapter for seven years or so and it is truly in my blood. I have also tried
to "objectively" observe our chapter in contrast to others and I honestly believe that we are the nicest and friendliest of them all. You guys are the best hands down! We do ride a lot and we
have a heck of a lot of fun, which is what H.O.G. says it is all about. The rest of it, like who has
the most members and who won what charity outings are not, in my mind, the right things to
focus on. Its all about participation and camaraderie.
So thank you again for the opportunity to have served you. It has truly been my pleasure! I hope
all of you have the happiest of holidays with family and friends and are looking forward to another
great year of riding in 2005.
Calling All Whiskey Drinkers (Or One You Might Know)
While touring the Jack Daniel's distillery in October we learned what was meant by a "single barrel" whiskey. It means that select barrels are selected by the Master Distiller to be bottled and sold from an individual barrel to a single purchasers. Each bottle is numbered with the barrel number on it. When bought this way, the purchaser receives approximately 40-6 bottle cases on a
pallet, PLUS the barrel itself, signed by the Master Distiller and fitted with a brass plaque custom
engraved to the purchaser's specification. Each single barrel purchaser is recognized at the
distillery with an engraved wooden "brick" on the wall of the bottling facility. The purchaser then becomes a member of "The Single Barrel Society". It is interesting to note that one of the Tennessee H.O.G. chapters is a member of "The Single Barrel Society".
Several of us were wondering if our chapter might be interested in making such a purchase.
Windy Hawkins suggested that if we did, the barrel could be kept at the shop and used as a
collection site for funds for the charity of our choosing, with the idea that once per quarter or so
the money be taken out and donated to the charity, such as SHARE House or MDA.
The cost of a single barrel is somewhere between $8,000 and $9,000 (depending on state and
local taxes), which equates to about $34.00 to $38.00 per 750ml bottle (very close to the old
"fifth"). To this per bottle price we will add a $5.00 per bottle "donation" to go to the SHARE House (about $1000 in all). Please keep in mind that in local liquor stores Jack Daniel's Single Barrel whisky is generally about $45.00 per bottle plus tax.
In order to do this we need to pre-sell the 233 bottles and collect the money up front which would be held in a chapter "barrel" account. The barrel would make a very unique item for the chapter to display at the dealership. Buying this way would offer some savings over the bottle price if one were to buy it locally from a liquor store. If you do not drink whiskey yourself, perhaps this would make a very nice gift for someone you know who does.
Here is the overall process involved in doing this:
1. I will contact the distributor who will arrange for delivery to a local liquor store.
2. Once the store is selected, a more exact price can be determined per bottle. The store location
will determine the tax implications. A single barrel yields 233-244 bottles, depending on the
"Angel's Share" (evaporation), but the exact figure is not known until bottling occurs. The distributor rep will give us the pricing.
3. Once the price is determined, we will collect the money. Payment can be made to Rene', who will record the name, number of bottles ordered and the date ordered. Checks are preferred and
should be made payable to the Atlanta Chapter, H.O.G.
4. Once the money is in the bank, payment can be made to the distributor and the order will be
5. Following order placement, bottling takes place in about six to eight weeks.
6. The order is delivered to the local liquor store, and we will arrange pick up.
7. Distribution of individual orders will occur on a SATURDAY and that date will be published
in advance.
8. Orders will be taken on a first come, first serve basis, so you may order as many bottles as you
like. The first 233 bottles sold does it.
9. If the full barrel price is not collected within a reasonable amount of time, such as 45 to 60
days, we will deem there is not sufficient interest in doing this and all money will be refunded.
Stay tuned for more details in the January 2005 HOGWASH!
Tom SigerfoosDirector, Atlanta Chapter, H.O.G.
See you on the road.
Tom ArnoldAssistant Director, Atlanta Chapter, H.O.G.
Rene' DurhamTreasurer, Atlanta Chapter, H.O.G.
Ride Safe and Have Fun
David DevlinSecretary, Atlanta Chapter, H.O.G.
Wet Weather Riding
It's now officially Fall and no matter where you live it's probably a wet season. If you find
yourself riding through rain drops, follow this advice: SLOW DOWN!
Inclement weather can slow your reactions and cause fatigue. Loss of traction robs your
motorcycle of its two greatest assets; quickness and agility. With your ability to react and control
your bike diminished, and stopping power greatly reduced, you need the extra time to scan ahead
in order to avoid sudden movements and quick stops. Look ahead through curves in the road
because your bike has even less traction in a lean.
Beware of standing water which decreases your traction and can cause you to hydroplane and
lose control. Avoid slick spots, such as painted lines, metal manhole covers, railroad tracks and
bots dots. Remember that if you get caught in the first rain following a dry spell the roads are
covered with lots of oil and dirt that will be lifted to the surface, especially in areas like the center
of the lane.
So slow down, be prepared and ride safely!
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Head Road Captain, Atlanta Chapter, H.O.G.
The End of Another Great Year
Here we are, coming to the end of 2004. We have all done well. We have had a great year of fun
and safe riding. We're coming to that time of the year when most motorcyclist don't do much riding. Our bikes sit in the garage and don't get much attention. Then we start getting that itch to get the bike out and go for a ride.
What I want to do is give you a couple of acronyms that will help you to have your bike ready
and "yourself" when that itch strikes you: . T-CLOCS, MOM and SEE.
MOM – Motorcycle Owner's Manual: This is your primary source of information about how a motorcycle should be inspected and maintained. This will help to ensure a trouble- free ride and give you the confidence that your motorcycle will respond properly.
Always remember to dress appropriately and to be in the right frame of mind. Don't get on your bike if you're sick, taking medication that could make you drowsy or slows down your response time. Don't forget passenger should also be dressed appropriately.
So, when that itch strikes you, take time and check out your bike and yourself. Make sure your
bike is ready. It will only take a few extra minutes once you get use to looking at everything.
You'll be glad you did.
Until next time, be careful and ride safely. My wife and I would like to wish all of you a very
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Until next time "be safe" and keep the shinny side up.
Doug Claycomb
Safety Officer, Atlanta Chapter, H.O.G.
Chili Cook-off Winners!
Thanks to everyone who came out for the 4th Annual Chili Cook-off. This year all of the proceeds benefitted the Share House. We raised $620.00 with 16 chefs competing. The winners were:
1st place – Sue Peters
2nd place – John Bjerre
3rd place – Charles Slomka
Hottest – Doug Gibbs
Best Name – Terry Lalama (Multi Bean Butt Thruster)
Most Deserving of Rolaids – Ed Compton
Wimpiest – Linda Heck
Most Unique – Randy Richardson
Volunteers Needed
I need volunteers to work a Gift Wrapping Table at the dealership on weekends between
Thanksgiving and Christmas. We provide free gift wrapping, but take donations for the Share
House. Last year we raised several hundred dollars doing this. There will be an After
Thanksgiving Sale November 26th, 27th, and 28th that will hopefully bring a lot of shoppers into the dealership. Please contact me if you are available to volunteer a couple of hours wrapping gifts.
SHARE House Christmas Angel Tree
Look for the angels to adopt on the Christmas tree at the dealership. The child/mom's name and age will be on the angel. Their wish list will be in a notebook under the tree. Gifts will need to be
wrapped with a copy of the angel attached. They will need to be at the dealership by December
12, 2004.
On Saturday, December 18, 2004 we will have a ride for the SHARE House with Santa as our
special guest.
Chapter Christmas Social
Mark your calendars and make plans to attend the Chapter Christmas Social on Friday, December
10, 2004 from 7:00 PM until 10:00 PM at the dealership. Bring an unwrapped gift for SHARE
House and receive an additional 10% off merchandise (excluding motorcycles) for a total discount
of 20%. Food and beverages will be provided. Please note that this social is for Chapter
members only (plus one guest). You must show your current Atlanta Chapter, H.O.G.
membership card at the door. See you there!
Email Address Change
Please note that my email address has changed. My new email address is
Terri Varnum
Activities Officer, Atlanta Chapter, H.O.G.
John Metcalf
Photographer, Atlanta Chapter, H.O.G.
Corolla Vandiver
Photographer, Atlanta Chapter, H.O.G.
Scott Vandiver
Membership Officer, Atlanta Chapter, H.O.G.
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Please contact Rene' Durham at 770-944-1340 for more information or to place your ad today!
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following URL:
Please, check it out! You will be able to chat with other Atlanta Chapter Members. You will have to register to sign on to chat, load pictures and post messages. When you register, please give you "Real Name". That way other members will recognize your name and be able to e-mail you as a member of the Atlanta Chapter and not someone in Kalamazoo. If you have problems, e-mail me and I will try and help.
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Signal Mountain Ride Recap
As I approached the meeting point of Hwy. 278 & 61 I wondered if the day was going to begin as
my night had ended . . . two desktops, two printers and an office copier all malfunctioning . . . ah,
life with four budding internet savvy children. Nonetheless, a fellow HOG member and I
communicated on wireless and were able to print 15 copies of directions and maps.
When I arrived at the QT there were six bikes, then 10, then 20, . . . final count 31 BIKES!
WOW, LIFE IS GOOD! Promises of sunshine and 80 degree temperatures to be shared with 37
HDA members. Fortunately, I had many fellow Road Captains on hand to manage the group . . .
Scott, Chris, Terry and Doug . . . Doug who? (Details on that one later). Many thanks to all of
you for your comforting words of confidence.
We made our way north on 101 around Rome, GA and headed to the beautiful "mountains" of
NW GA and TN via 337, 193, 157, 41, 27 and the unforgettable "W" road. There were some
relaxing roads to see the beautiful Fall colors and some challenging curves to hone our skills. As
usual, the weather forecast was incorrect, it was mostly gray skies, misty rain and fog. But this did
not dampen the spirits of the 37 participants. You could feel the electricity in the air at our second
gas stop in anticipation of Lookout and Signal Mountains. Everyone wanted to know what is the
"W" road? Was this some pre-election prank by the rookie Road Captain?
At our second gas stop, I made the decision that Lunch plans at the quaint LOOKOUT
MOUNTAIN CAFE would sacrifice riding time. So we enjoyed the tree canopy of the Lookout
roads and made it down the steep slope of Hwy. 318 into Tiftonia where we conquered the
Cracker Barrel, Taco Bell and the Waffle House. After lunch, we headed north on 41, traversed
the western slope of Signal Mountain via old Hwy. 27 for a rest stop at the River's Inn. A
beautiful place on the river with views of Lookout, Raccoon and Signal Mountains . . . and of
course the river. (Sorry NOEL, no time for Frog's Leg's, it's 3:00 p.m.)
Upon leaving the River's Inn the passenger on bike number 28 apparently forgot to secure their
helmet. Not being able to see that far back, I am told it became a bouncing ball. However, Doug-our Safety Officer-was riding sweep and he put the passenger and helmet back together. We
pulled off to gather for the ride up the "W" road . . . no Doug and no bike # 28. We wait, we
wait, we call cell phones. I ride out to collect them. No fellow members in sight. I return to "the
pack" to lead the ride up Signal. Everyone made it safely up the "W" and you could hear the echo
of their "whoa, I can't believe I could see cars and other bikes over my head!"....and the best was
yet to come! We stopped at our meeting point on Signal, but again no signs of bike # 28 and our
Safety Officer . . . were they safe? Was Doug still instructing them how to properly secure a
helmet? I was worried, but only for a short while. There were 35 of us and more miles to go.
We made it down the northeast slope of Signal via 10 miles of switchbacks . . . getting into
swaying the curves left, right, left. ALL 35 of us made it to the bottom and headed to the last gas
stop where the ride officially ended . . . no Safety Officer in sight. We shared the thrills of the day,
secured friendships and collected into groups for our ride back to Hotlanta.
It was rewarding to hear the thanks and positive comments from my friends. I hope I exceeded
the needs of "my 35 customers" . . . and Doug.
I look forward to leading another group on Sun., Nov. 21, 2004 for the "One Lane Wooden
Bridge Tour" through Cartersville, Euharlee, Kingston, Pine Log, Waleska and Blackacre!
Steve Magel, Road Captain
Yoder's Restaurant
Yoder's Restaurant Saturday, December 4, 2004. Yoder's Deutsch Haus is a Mennonite operated
and nationally renowned restaurant, bakery and a gift shop located in the center of Macon
County's charming Mennonite community. Serving home made Southern style dishes including
roast beef, chicken, fish, casseroles, southern vegetables and home made desserts. The restaurant
is cafeteria style and open from 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. for lunch. Andersonville National Park is
nearby. The ride officially ends at Yoder's. We will encounter a little traffic on 19/41 until we get
past Griffin. From Griffin we will view a lot of peach and pecan orchards, farm land and beautiful
antebellum homes. The ride will take us thru Barnesville, Fort Valley and Marshallville. The
distance is approximately 125 miles (three hours). Two safety stops are scheduled.
Meet: 8:30 a.m.
Krystal on Tara Blvd. (Value City Shopping Center) Directions to Krystal (I-75 South take Exit
235 toward US-19/Griffin/US-41/Jonesboro. (US 19/41 Tara Blvd.)
Leave: 9:00 a.m.
Ride Rating: 2-pig
Terry Gibbs, Road Captain
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Bleed Away wrote on Dec 10th, 2010 at 12:29pm :I am fine, thank you How has modding been for you? I hope to start writing something soon enough
it's been alright, just doing the usual, hehe. and yes, it would be cool having you around.
hey, nice to see you dropping by, how you've been, fred?
i'm a spring chicken
(not sure if you'll get this massage)
Bleed Away wrote on Aug 7th, 2010 at 5:31pm :Did you ever read my PM, Allen?
hey, yes! sorry, i've just been busy lately, I replied now, sorry 'bout that.
Thanks so much for commenting on my poem, the one about that thing it was about. I really appreciate it.
Bleed Away wrote on Jul 26th, 2010 at 4:36pm :Thank you David You should also post a piece; I would love to read your ideas.
I think I just might.
slanted and liminal was sooooo genious
Bleed Away wrote on May 24th, 2010 at 2:33pm :Thank you very much David, I really do appreciate it!
How have you been?
Kind of meh, actually. Not the best couple of weeks. I did graduate from high school, so it's not all bad
Happy birthday, Fred!
Bleed Away wrote on May 6th, 2010 at 12:20pm :Welcome to S&L
Thanks. :-)
it seems that you & i have similar views on poetry and the rest of the stuff that floats around the boards.
Bleed Away wrote on Mar 20th, 2010 at 6:36pm :Physics at University must be pretty cool, I would think. Are you doing your PHD now. If so, what is your thesis on?
I'm working towards my PhD, yes. I'm not close enough to have a definite thesis/dissertation topic. My current work is on the scattering of neutrons off of protons using a beam of neutrons and then using a detector to capture the neutrons and process information about how they scatter.
Bleed Away wrote on Mar 15th, 2010 at 4:04pm :Life has been a bit strange, I must say, and not really in a good way. I'm very uncertain about life, and where it is going, and that makes me very apprehensive. How about you, Zach?
It's going pretty well. Just going to school and stuff. The usual. I enjoy it well enough.
Bleed Away wrote on Mar 19th, 2010 at 8:07am :What's Going On is the best album ever made
Right on, my friend, right on
How's life sir?
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Tuesday, January 31, 2012
A New Perception on #FTP & #BlackBloc within #OccupyOakland
From what I gather talking with Occupiers and sitting at some general assembilies, there were mixed emotions. Some people were adamantly against the blackbloc tactics while others thought it was a little cool even though they wouldn't do it themselves and of course there were the outright supporters. After the start of FTP (Fuck the Police march held every Saturday night)in response to the violence the Oakland Police Department has subjected the Occupy supporters to during the course of the almost 6 month old protest; the divide in opinions about blackbloc tactics deepened. This happened because of the bottle throwing that made many marchers be kettles by police and then chased several blocks by riot police. I think this divide is organically dissipating.
On Saturday many peaceful protesters who were not necessarily supporters of the blackbloc tactics seem to be more grateful for the shields, vinegar, malox and other defensive supplies that come from the blackbloc tactics as well. I saw the march to move in turn into a FTP march because of the violence that the protesters encountered. I almost think it helped merge the people who were previously split because now some people who have been against some tactics are aware of the fact that they are not against them all. Here may be the organic beginning of a warmer embrace to the diversity of tactics :)
Not that I'm for violence. I'm not, but I'm not a pacifist I do think I have the right to defend myself in the event of severe violence. Especially if it is unjust, like I didn't commit a violent crime deserving of a violent response. I'm sure most feel that exact same way, and the way the march turned into FTP hours before it was scheduled because of what was happening was pretty telling in my opinion. I think this push into acceptance will allow for more a more open minded approach to the decisions made within the movement from this point on.
A good example of preemptive decision making, it seems equally fortunate that the General Assembly decided to move to 19th & Telegraph because there was a statement that almost 100 protesters that were arrested on Saturday are also under a threat of a stay away order. Well. Unfortunately the stay away could be from the entire area of Downtown Oakland. That s a new blog post altogether though so I'm going to move on.
The point that I wanted to make with this blog is that Occupy is a truly inclusive movement. There is room for all types of different autonomous action as long as it has the same goal. When the militarization of the police department is successfully dealt with Occupy Oakland is going to probably look more like Occupy Wall Street, but may be forced to approach it differently than other occupations. There needs to be a discussion about what property damage is, what violence is, and what self defense is.
Once these different conversations get started, I can imagine that many people would start to see how their viewpoints may actually be more similar than they all believe. Making it to where the infighting about FTP and blackbloc tactics will quiet down. They might quiet down because the understanding that self defense is necessary will be understood. Those who are more responsible will understand that there isn't much that you can do about people who want to throw bottles and fruit randomly after being tear gassed or having smoke grenades thrown at them. People will start to understand that the political movement that has corporate greed as a target, might break a window at Bently or Starbucks. Spray paint the City Hall where abusive orders come out of from the Mayors office with obscene messages that are sure to be seen since the heartfelt cries of concerned citizens & Occupiers are ignored at City Council meetings, and through the form of emails and complaints to representatives and the Internal Affairs department of the Oakland Police Department.
Although I understand these tactics, I don't partake in them. I just can understand and without criminalizing those who feel strongly enough for that to be their desired way of protesting. I can understand that some may also feel as if picket signs get ignored because the world is so well adjusted to injustice. Maybe that is a part of the "imagine a new world" scenario. The one in which instead of sitting there like sheep, people are fighting back in any way they can to secure economic justice. To address police misconduct all the way to the abusive department policies and the way rights are infringed upon while protesting against governmental corruption and corporate greed.
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- AnonymousJanuary 31, 2012 at 9:28 PM
wise words indeed. good to have you in the movement comrade! long live the oakland commune!ReplyDelete
You are a true believer! I defer to your insider's view of Occupy Oakland. You may be right that recent events will close the rift within #OO by radicalizing those who formerly had misgivings about Black Bloc. In that case, #OO will emerge stronger.ReplyDelete
As an interested outsider, however, I see #OO from a different vantage. According to the latest SurveyUSA poll, there has been since #J28 a net 23% loss of Occupy supporters in the Bay Area—down from 58% to 35%.
So the question becomes: at what cost is Occupy Oakland solidifying itself? #OO seems headed towards an internally tighter group that operates within an ever-expanding vacuum of public approval.
When it began, the Occupy movement professed to be about the 99%. In the Bay Area, at least, it's now about the 35%.
The inescapable conclusion is that #OO is fast marginalizing itself to the point of irrelevancy.Replies
I think it's happening because of closed minds and thrown bottles. People can't say that they're inclusive and as soon as someone does something they don't like all of a sudden that's not a part of the inclusiveness.Delete
Bella, I urge you to think strategically, and check this out if you haven't yet: http://www.slideshare.net/noobgank/patterns-of-conflictReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 1, 2012 at 1:35 AM
thank you as a staunch supporter of the bloc I will now tune in to your stream more often just cant stand all the hate negativity and all around bullshit I hear on many stream hope this text will be read by many.ReplyDelete
one little thing when the lady from the anti repression march J29 GA spoke about "dry snitching" I could hear you disagreed with her but remember that you always have the choice of where you point your camera and nothing wrong with filming your shoes for for 3 second if something is happening I say this because when i watch streams from Greece where the peoples taking part in black bloc don't fuck around with people with camera the streamer for his safety and the safety of his equipment, quickly point cam on the ground as soon as black flag is close to him, because filming Black bloc participant over there means getting ass kicking and camera taken to be destroyed even if the guys are just standing there doing nothing unless the guy with cameraman gained their trust and is not live and who they trust enough they will let him be. as tension keep rising in north America and people see their friends get jailed over footage taken like many of our comrades in Toronto G20 from videos on the internet camera will be more harshly targeted.Replies
The streams are there for the protection of protesters. I can't speak for others, but I make it obvious that I'm recording & have been heard telling ppl there is a streamer behind you. The point is to keep protesters safe not sabatoge the black bloc tactics within the march.Delete
Bottom line don't do something dumb infront of a camera and be mad the person filming. Not only that but I ask permission and turn away when ppl tell me they're not comfortable.
- AnonymousFebruary 4, 2012 at 4:12 PM
please just stay away from the white bloc shit and the right wing live steamers such as timcast and any other who are trying to antagonize the black bloc this shit will get dangerous in Chile the call those peoples "pacos rojos" that I freely translate into Red Pigs and only lead to fight try to find footage of the student protest from over there it's almost impossibleor it's taken from behind police lines because the first thing the black bloc or "encapuchados" as they call them over there dois attack everything with a camera and this white bloc shit make me fear that we are heading right in this situation I take the time to tel you this because I appreciate your writing and the fact that you try to push for greater understandingDelete
i really like how we're all growing. i think that Saturday showed Black Bloc where they fit in the movement and showed the haters that they do, in fact, have a place.ReplyDelete
we need their shields for our medics, our children, our pregnant women and our elders. they have just as much right to be there as us able bodied crazy twenty and thirtysomethings, and they need protection. our injured need protection.
OPD showed they don't care who they gas, as innocent bystanders were exposed, people in the Uptown Apartments were exposed and OPD made no attempt to help them or provide them with aftercare. that is even setting aside that it was a peaceful, nonviolent march!
BB saved the day more than once and prevented many injuries and several hundred more arrests and should be commended.
i was always against their tactics myself, as i counted myself nonviolent and against property destruction. i'm still against throwing bottles and rocks from the back, putting innocents in danger, but the proactive defense tactics are absolutely needed and quite stunning when put into place.
- AnonymousFebruary 2, 2012 at 11:39 PM
it sounds like you're saying that people are beginning to accept black bloc as a tactic. i disagree with that assessment. i think that because OO has been getting smaller and smaller, the people who support a "diversity of tactics" have coalesced more as a group, and those dissenting voices are now no longer present because the people who are dissenting are pulling back from OO, what seems to be a reconciliation of ideas is probably a segregation of ideas. one group over here, one group over there. i think you're experiencing an echo chamber, not a acceptance of these stratagems and approaches.
OO is not united, and the move-in was not anything close to being a unifier across groups and committees of occupy oakland. i say this as a member of different groups hearing different voices. there is a lot of upheaval and turmoil within occupy oakland not only about FTP and the building occupation, but about the general unrest regarding violence, nonviolence, strategy, and tactics.
i don't denounce black bloc. as a matter of fact, i think occupy oakland needs to be schooled on what real black bloc is and how to utilize that tactic effectively and strategically. i'm open to learning more about cuz what i've seen so far in oakland does not impress. IMO, the black bloc of occupy oakland has been very irresponsible, except maybe for tearing down a couple of fences and helping injured people escape from cops. other than that?...nope.
Hello Yvonne, I'm not saying that it's being embraced with warm hugs, but I m saying that certain aspects of the black bloc tactics are being accepted. So when the medics know what to do, or some of the strategies that are attempted like the shields are partly successful at helping people, those individuals are thankful for the tactic. Now there is need to build the bridge between liking certain things and letting people know that it is in fact black bloc.Delete
I do agree that it's not being done all together right. There is more uniformity needed and three is a lot of tension/controversy behind the subject. The points that people are learning about the real black bloc and having to say that they approve of some of the tactics. That there is a step towards some acceptance. Is it going to be a ideal situation? No. I am hoping that people can be autonomous and still get along. Would be nice, but I see that people want to go their own separate ways. I'm hoping that doesn't happen.
If that does happen, the police tactics have won over Occupy Oakland which would be a sad thing to see. Hopefully, the movement can go on. Maybe the discussion of violence and nonviolence needs to brought up in a few GAs in a forum so that there can be an understanding of what's acceptable and unacceptable then vote on an official statement? I'm not sure but this is fixable, if Occupy Oakland is willing to work on it.Delete
- AnonymousFebruary 3, 2012 at 12:32 AM
i love the presumption that black block and nonviolent protestors are mutually exclusive...i think you have just stumbled into making the same assumption about black block that so many argue against, its a tactic not a personReplyDelete
as if nonviolent protestors couldnt possibly unarrest their fellow demonstrator, or have gas masks, or maalox, etc. etc.
the difference is neo-anarchists and people with a romanticized ideal of revolution and power hungry naive IDIOTS made a grave error on saturday and throughout the organization of this entire action.
when will you and other people admit this was a grave tactical and strategical error...more concerned with trash can shields then where to lead a march of 1000 people...TO NOT leave them ripe to be kettled, talkin about Laney College route, leading a crowd through the tiniest streets in downtown oakland after failing to be essentially 'let in' to the kaiser building?..assuming in some naive way the cops were not going to stop you from doing a highly publicized illegal action...in shock when they throw tear gas and flash bombs! hell they did that when we weren't doing anything but marching let alone trying to take over a fucking building...lambs to the slaughter...and led by which wolf in sheep's clothing? think about that please...if this wasn't agents infiltrating then who the hell needs undercovers when we can just shoot ourselves in the foot at an epic rate?! when is anyone going to take responsibility for this complete tactical failure that gave us 400 casualties for what? what did we accomplish? oh right! more solidarity and marches from other occupys? whoopdeefuckindoo! the choir is liking the sermon...great...problem is while you are all on your pulpit you are not taking the time to look out into the empty pews of your church...at what point will people take responsibility for their actions or maybe even rethink them?
this is from someone deep within the movement...that lives in oakland...considers themselves an anarchist...believes in nonviolent strategic actions...
Occupy Oakland- the only occupation in the world that denounced itself as a nonviolent movement for the sake of being CO-OPTED by the diversity of tactics brigade.
- AnonymousMay 8, 2012 at 2:43 AM
that pretty much sums it up right there^ReplyDelete


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Wow! It has been a while since I posted.
I've been loving kumihimo braiding, beading, leather work and anything else that strikes me as fun and interesting.
Lets just say I don't like to be limited by my materials. When I work with fiber, I want to work with all kinds, colors, sizes and textures. The same goes for beads and cloth and leather and metal and on and on and on. And I want to be able to use many different techniques, whatever seems appropriate right now, so I like to have lots of tools, as well.
I get such a fabulous rush of energy from colors and textures. I'm constantly finding glorious combinations I want to play with. The possibilities are truly unlimited.
I have let my garden get really wild. There are still lots of flowers but not much organization and nothing that requires high maintenance. It's the "survival of the fittest" approach to gardening. Right now the Phlox, Physostegia, Cannas, Boltonia, Virgins Bower Clematis (a weed), Ruellia, altheas, crepe myrtles, wild asters, some dahlias and roses, are happily blooming. My red passion flower and Tibouchina are bursting out of the greenhouse while the creeping fig is attempting to shade everything again after being cut to the ground in the spring. My Anisacanthus (hummingbird shrub) has survived the cold winter, thank goodness, and although the fig lost the top 6 - 8 feet of branches, it has finally produce fruit which I still can't reach. Cyprus vine and morning glories are draped all over the place so the hummingbirds are happy. Beautiful chaos.
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