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On Thu, 2002-06-27 at 03:15, Steve Murphy wrote:
I'll throw in my .02 here. As far as dropping pgp support in evolution, in favor of gpg, I think that it's a perfectly reasonable thing to do, seeing as pgp is not supported any more, is broken, and it won't change the level of <evolution/other mailer> interoperability one bit. GPG libraries are 100% available for linking against, on all platforms evolution can be compiled and run on. Even on windows, if you are using PGP, you can still build GPG and not affect your PGP installation at all. Ralph Sanford's issue of how interoperable evolution is with outlook and other mailers is orthogonal to the direct support of a pgp interface in evolution. Here's my view on the state of PGP encryption interoperability between the several email GUI providers: 1. it completely, totally, unanimously sucks. It's easier to find the mode whereby it works at all between vendors, and keep that in mind as you use it. Here's some of my observations: 1. evolution evaluates encryption in the wrong place in the dataflow, and therefore has a difficult time verifying signatures. The dataflow reformats the letter, like modifying the line widths, etc, and would probably have been better to check the original message at the front of the dataflow instead. Fejj, I think, has been working on this, and I think he knows all about the limitations, and apparently, it will take a lot of work to re-do this, if it ever gets done.
multipart/signed has been fixed in 1.1.x version. It treats the content entirely as opaque data as per rfc. The 'openpgp' inline-pgp stuff wont, and probably never will, be reliable or supported.
2. Evolution PGP signatures louse up outlook. It's most likely OK to PGP- sign your letters, if you don't have any attachments. But if you do, it's useless to sign the letter if the recipient is an outlook user, because they most likely will not be able to recover your attachment properly. And, outlook PGP users will most likely not be able to verify the signature with attachments in the mix anyway.
Only check it against the 1.1.x tree. The 1.0.x tree has many known issues and *usually* creates broken signatures.
If you want to send encrypted attachments using evolution, with an outlook recipient, encrypt the files first, then send the encrypted file as an attachment from evolution to outlook. And don't sign the letter if it has attachments. 3. PGP for outlook has some interesting limitations, probably most likely because the interface available to them with MS Outlook. At least, that's the impression I got from wrangling over these issues with PGP support. I'd have to assume that the PGP team were fairly intelligent people, and tried to do what they could. I pointed out a weakness in the way they were doing things: If you sign just the letter, and require each attachment to be encrypted and/or signed separately, how can you really tell if some third party removed an attachment? They never answered this one. At any rate, the multilevel mime encapsulation that evolution does is way over PGP's head as far as capability.
Maybe they're working with the older rfc. Some things changed, some in a non-compatible way. The whole thing is a bit of a mess.
With each email vendor doing encryption their own way, and probably all them following the RFC's concerned, but restricting themselves to supporting just certain segments of the RFC's, interoperability is non-existent.
Always the problem with 'may' features. Apparently s/mime is much worse.
Fejj has found some loopholes and problems with the encryption specs. Yet PGP as a standard set is virtually dead. The mailing lists are silent. Maybe a new standard is in order; maybe a reduction in the number of options available in the current one is in order, I can't say. All I know is, if the world wants to use encryption generally, it ain't gonna get what it wants. The best thing I can think of some mail-preprocessor to handle the decryption/signature verification for evolution. Because what you see when a letter ends up being displayed in evolution may not be exactly what you got originally, it's too late to successfully decrypt most messages, except what's been sent by another evolution user.
Well as i said multipart/signed should be reliable now, and is the only reasonable solution anyway.
Enough rambling. I'd love to see encryption more widely used. Right now, I feel like the only thing you can send via email is the equivalent of a post card. To heck with privacy. murf


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Pope Francis urges world leaders to protect the environment
Pope Francis has said there is a "right of the environment" and that mankind has no authority to abuse it, during a speech at the United Nations.
He told more than 100 world leaders and diplomats that urgent action is needed to halt the destruction of God's creation.
Hoping to spur concrete commitments at upcoming climate change negotiations in Paris, Francis accused the world's powerful countries of indulging a "selfish and boundless thirst" for money by ravaging the planet's natural resources and impoverishing the weak and disadvantaged in the process.
He asserted that the poor have inherent rights to education and what he has termed the "three Ls" - lodging, labour and land.
Francis' speech, the fifth by a pope to the UN, was a distillation of his recent teaching document on the environment, Praise Be, which has delighted liberals and environmentalists and drawn scorn from big business interests.
By bringing the document to life before the UN, Francis made clear his priorities.
"Any harm done to the environment, therefore, is harm done to humanity," he said.
His speech kicked off what was expected to be a whirlwind day in New York that blended the powerful and the poor, from the solemnity of ground zero to the struggles of East Harlem.
His visit was scheduled to include events as large as a processional drive through Central Park, as personal as meetings with schoolchildren and immigrants, and as inspiring for the faithful as mass for thousands at Madison Square Garden.
Francis was greeted on his arrival at the UN by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, a key supporter of his eco-friendly agenda. In his opening remarks, Mr Ban praised Francis for his moral leadership.
"You are at home not in palaces, but among the poor; not with the famous, but with the forgotten; not in official portraits, but in selfies with young people," he said.
While his visit marked the fifth time a pope has addressed the United Nations, the Vatican flag was raised for the first time just before Francis' arrival. The General Assembly recently agreed to allow the UN's two observer states, the Holy See and Palestine, to fly their flags alongside those of the 193 member states.
Speaking in the packed General Assembly hall, Francis stated that "a right of the environment" exists.
He said the universe is the result of a "loving decision by the creator, who permits man respectfully to use creation for the good of his fellow men and for the glory of the creator: He is not authorised to abuse it, much less destroy it."
Echoing his encyclical's key message, he said a "selfish and boundless thirst for power and material prosperity leads both to the misuse of available natural resources and to the exclusion of the weak and disadvantaged."
He called for immediate access for the world's poor to adequate food, water and housing, as well as religious freedom.
He drew applause when he called for a reform of the UN system and international financial agencies to give poor countries a greater say.
That, he said, would ensure that they are not subjected to "oppressive lending systems, which, far from promoting progress, subject people to mechanisms which generate greater poverty, exclusion and dependence".
While his speech carried a progressive social message, Francis also made clear that he firmly upholds the church's unchanging doctrine on life issues.
He called for the "absolute respect for life in all its stages" - including the unborn. He cited "moral law written in nature itself" in insisting there is a natural difference between men and women. The Catholic Church has been on a campaign to denounce "gender theory" and the idea that people can choose their sex.
And he repeated his denunciation of the "ideological colonisation" of the developing world - a reference to how Western, progressive ideas about contraception and gay rights are often imposed on poor nations as a condition for development aid.
After the UN, the pope was scheduled to visit the 9/11 memorial, where two waterfall pools mark the outlines of the World Trade Centre's twin towers before they were toppled by the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.
He was expected to meet relatives of some of the nearly 3,000 victims before heading below ground to the September 11 museum for an interfaith service.
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UPDATE, 11:07 A.M.: The lockdown at Whitman Elementary School has been lifted. Lincoln High School was also on lockdown for about 15 minutes. "We determined that the suspects weren't on either campus," Cool said.
Cool said the people in the alley fled before officers arrived.
FIRST REPORT: One man was shot in the leg early this morning in a Tacoma alley, police said, and the investigation has a Tacoma elementary school on lockdown.
A half a dozen people called 911 around 10:20 a.m. this morning to report that several people were shooting in an alley at South 37th Street and South Thompson Avenue.
Officers arrived and found a victim shot in the leg nearby. He is expected to survive.
Whitman Elementary is on lockdown while police investigate.
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Nokia C2 apparently shows up, tries to reinvent the 6800
Let's forget about the Nokia N8 a bit and turn our attention towards what seems to be the Nokia C2, an unannounced phone from the Finnish company's Cseries range (which currently includes the Nokia C3, Nokia C5 and Nokia C6).
There's a leaked image over at Ciao Mondo, which supposedly shows a render of the C2.
What we have here is a phone that tries to take the old Nokia 6800 series to a new level. The C2 has a QVGA display (possibly touchscreen) that can swivel to unveil a QWERTY keyboard – or at least that's what the image suggests. The keyboard might use some sort of e-ink technology, like the Samsung Alias 2.
The Nokia C2 also has a 2MP camera with Carl Zeiss optics – and that's all we know about it.
Just for the record, this is what the Nokia 6800 looked like:
Since the Nokia C2 is positioned slightly under the Nokia C3 on the feature scale, it should use S40 UI, so it might be the first S40 phone to have a touchscreen.
For the moment, there are no details on the release date of the C2.
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Issue Date: August 3, 2007
Effective Date: July 22, 2007
Expiration Date: August 3, 2008
Subject: Processing Claims for a new Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) Class for covered employees of the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), March 15, 1943 through December 31, 1975.
Background: Pursuant to the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 (EEOICPA) and 42 C.F.R. Part 83, a petition was filed on behalf of a class of employees from the Los Alamos National Laboratory in Los Alamos, New Mexico to have a class added to the Special Exposure Cohort (SEC).
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) reviewed the petition and decided it qualified for evaluation under 42 C.F.R. § 83.13. NIOSH submitted its findings to the petitioners and the Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health ("the Board"). On May 23, 2007, the Board submitted recommendations to the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS).
Based on the Board's recommendation, the Secretary of HHS designated the following class for addition to the SEC in a report to Congress on June 22, 2007:
Employees of the Department of Energy (DOE), its predecessor agencies, or DOE contractors or subcontractors who were monitored or should have been monitored for radiological exposures while working in operational Technical Areas with a history of radioactive material use at the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) for a number of work days aggregating at least 250 work days from March 15, 1943 through December 31, 1975, or in combination with work days within the parameters established for one or more other classes of employees in the Special Exposure Cohort.
A copy of the Secretary's letter to Congress recommending the designation is included as Attachment 1. The SEC designation for this class became effective as of July 22, 2007, which was 30 days after the Secretary of HHS designated the class for addition to the SEC in the report to Congress. While Congress has the authority to reject the recommendation within the 30-day time frame, no action was taken to contradict the addition of this new SEC class.
NIOSH has determined it is possible to reconstruct components of the internal dose including tritium, polonium, plutonium, and uranium, and of the external dose including gamma, beta, neutron and occupational medical X-ray. As such, cases with a non-specified cancer, and/or do not meet the employment criteria of the SEC class, may be considered for partial dose reconstructions.
This is the second SEC class designation for LANL. A previous SEC class for LANL based on exposure to radioactive lanthanum (RaLa) was approved on December 9, 2006 and was the subject of Bulletin No. 07-11.
References: Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000, 42 U.S.C. § 7384 et seq.; 42 C.F.R. Part 83, Procedures for Designating Classes of Employees as Members of the Special Exposure Cohort Under EEOICPA; the June 22, 2007 letter to Congress from the Secretary of HHS in which Secretary Leavitt makes the designation.
Purpose: To provide procedures for processing claims for this second LANL SEC class.
Applicability: All staff.
1. This new addition to the SEC affects employees of the Department of Energy (DOE), its predecessor agencies, or DOE contractors or subcontractors in certain locations at the LANL from March 15, 1943 through December 31, 1975 for a number of work days aggregating at least 250 work days, either solely under this employment or in combination with work days established for other classes of employees included in the SEC. This new SEC designation is established for employees who were "monitored or should have been monitored" for exposure to radiological exposures while working in operational Technical Areas (TAs) with a history of radioactive material use. This additional class encompasses claims already denied, claims at NIOSH for dose reconstruction, and future claims yet to be submitted.
2. NIOSH has provided two lists of employees who claimed employment at the LANL during its SEC class period. One list covers employees with specified cancers and the other list addresses employees with non-specified cancers. NIOSH will return dose reconstruction analysis records for cases with specified cancers to the appropriate district office along with a CD for each case. The CD contains all of the information generated to date, e.g., CATI report, correspondence, and dose information. Also, included on the CD in the Correspondence Folder should be a copy of the NIOSH letter sent to each claimant informing the claimant of the new SEC class and that his or her case is being returned to DOL for adjudication. A copy of the NIOSH letter to affected LANL claimants is included as Attachment 2. The claims examiner (CE) must print out a hard copy of the NIOSH letter for inclusion in the case file. Case files returned from NIOSH to the district office for potential inclusion in the SEC class must be coded as "NW" (NIOSH, Returned without a Dose Reconstruction) in ECMS. The effective date for the code entry is July 22, 2007.
Since the NIOSH lists contain only cases that were with NIOSH for dose reconstruction at the time this SEC designation became effective, the Division of Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation (DEEOIC) has also produced a list identifying all LANL cases that may potentially be included in the SEC class including cases that were previously denied. The list identifies those cases that must be reviewed by the district office(s) to determine whether SEC class criteria are satisfied including pending cases with employment during the SEC period with either a specified, non-specified cancer, or previous denial for POC less than 50%. The DEEOIC will compare the NIOSH and DEEOIC lists to ensure all potential SEC cases are identified by the district offices. The lists will be provided to the appropriate district offices under separate cover by the Policies, Regulations and Procedures Unit of the Branch of Policy.
3. For any cases identified (either by NIOSH or DEEOIC) as having a potential for compensability based on the new SEC class, the responsible CE is to review all relevant documentation contained in the case file, including any documentation that NIOSH may have acquired or generated during the dose reconstruction process. Action #5 provides additional guidance on making the determination of whether the employee worked in one of the TAs with a history of radioactive material use.
4. Based on this review, the CE then determines whether the claimant has a specified cancer, as listed in the Federal (EEOICPA) Procedure Manual, Chapter 2-600.5. If the employee has a specified cancer, proceed to Action #5. If the employee does not have a specified cancer, proceed to Action #7.
5. If the employee has a specified cancer, the CE must determine if the worker was employed at least 250 work days at a location delineated in the SEC class designation. In determining whether the employment history meets the 250 work day requirement, the CE must consider employment either solely at LANL or in combination with work days for other SEC classes. There are essentially three evidentiary categories for CE to consider when making a judgment of SEC membership in the new class:
· Employment at a Technical Area specifically identified as a location where radioactive material was present
· Personal dosimetry
· Occupation or job category that likely involved employment duties at a location or multiple locations where radioactive material was present
LANL is organized into land divisions called Technical Areas (TAs). The current convention for describing locations at LANL is TA-10-1, where 10 is the Technical Area and 1 is the building number. In total, there have been no less than 75 TAs in the LANL with several TAs currently no longer active, including TA-1 and TA-10.
NIOSH has provided a list that identifies TAs with a history of radioactive material use. All TAs found on this list are covered for purposes of assessing employment at a location that is part of the SEC class. This list is provided as Attachment 3 to this directive and is an addendum to the SEC Petition Evaluation Report (Table Addendum-2: List of TAs NIOSH has Concluded Used Radioactive Material During the Covered Period). Evidence showing employment within the perimeter of any of these TAs, including work at a building or other geographic designation within the boundary of the TA, is considered covered for purposes of the LANL SEC class.
Employees who worked exclusively at TAs 17, 28, 34, 38, 57, 64, 65, 69, 70, and 74 are specifically excluded from coverage under the SEC provision. These TAs have no known history of radioactive material use or were not operational during the evaluation period. However, the evidence of record would need to demonstrate conclusively that the employee was employed solely at one of these specific locations, did not perform job functions at other potentially covered TAs, and did not have any personalized dosimetry data.
In addition, the NIOSH website (http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/ocas/lanl.html) contains a more detailed summary of all key LANL facilities (including TAs found not to have radioactive material use and not subject to this SEC class), the type of activities that were conducted at the TAs, its operational dates and type of radioactive material use (if any).
The CE must be aware that a TA may encompass more than one building or other designated areas (such as waste storage yards or testing areas). It is also important to note that TA designations changed over time and the current list of TAs with confirmed radioactive material use is based on information available at this time. NIOSH may update its list of locations where radioactive material was present and notify DOL of any additions to the list as information becomes available.
Upon receipt of any evidence to show that the employee was monitored for radiation exposure and was employed at LANL during the SEC designated period, the CE may accept the period of monitored dose as evidence of employment at a covered TA and as qualifying for the SEC class. Since requirement standards for radiological monitoring have changed and early monitoring at LANL was limited to employees thought to have the highest potential for receiving radiation, the adjudicator cannot assume that an employee without a dosimeter badge or dosimeter record did not work at a TA with radioactive material use.
In addition to evidence placing an employee at a specific location where radioactive material was known to be present or evidence of personal dosimetry, it may be necessary for the CE to consider the occupation or job category of the employee. This is necessary as it has been confirmed that maintenance workers at LANL (predominately Zia Company contractor employees) were assigned to different TAs as needed. Absent evidence to the contrary (for instance evidence clearly indicating a maintenance worker solely assigned to TA not known to have radioactive material use), maintenance workers at LANL are considered part of this SEC class. This is true even if evidence is not present to demonstrate the specific TAs where duties occurred or evidence of personal dosimetry. The following are considered maintenance workers:
Rad Technicians
Truck Drivers
It is not necessary for the CE to ensure that the employee's position directly matches that of one of the titles listed above, merely that the description of the employees' position is one that can reasonably be considered "maintenance."
For qualifying SEC class employment, it is essential that the claims examiner review the case file in its entirety, including information obtained from NIOSH during the dose reconstruction process, dosimetry records and contemporaneous medical records to determine if evidence indicates the employee worked at one of the locations involved with radioactive material use during the period from March 15, 1943 through December 31, 1975. The evidence merely needs to be of sufficient probative value to convince the adjudicator of the accuracy of the claim that the employee worked in one of the TAs with radioactive material use. The evidence does not need to rise to the level of beyond all reasonable doubt to qualify for consideration.
For example, a claim is submitted based on a deceased employee who worked as a lab technician at the LANL from August 1948 to 1952. The Department of Energy confirmed employment at the LANL for 1949 to 1951, but no evidence was found to indicate the TA(s) where the employee worked. However, employment records show the employee was issued an AEC dosimeter badge in May 1950 with an expiration date of June 1951. As such, it is reasonable to conclude that the employee worked at a TA with radioactive material given the job title (lab technician) and the existence of a dosimeter badge. Since there is no evidence to the contrary, the confirmed employment dates of 1949 to 1951 at LANL coupled with the existence of the dosimeter badge is probative evidence of 250 work days at a covered TA.
For those cases in which the adjudicator cannot determine whether the employee worked at a TA with history of radioactive material use, had no personal dosimetry, and can not be shown to be a qualifying maintenance worker, further development must occur. In terms of suggesting to claimants what type of additional evidence could be persuasive, claimants can be encouraged to submit affidavits from co-workers regarding work location and type of work performed at LANL.
LANL was also subject of a previous SEC designation for covered employees with exposure to radioactive lanthanum (RaLa) from September 1, 1944 through July 18, 1963 under Bulletin No. 07-11. As instructed in that Bulletin, those cases that were pended because the CE was unable to make an affirmative determination of RaLa exposure must now be developed for coverage under this new SEC class.
6. Once the CE has determined that the person named in the claim has a diagnosed specified cancer and meets the employment criteria of the SEC class, the CE should proceed in the usual manner for a compensable SEC claim and prepare a recommended decision.
7. As discussed earlier, the Secretary of Health and Human Services determined that it is not feasible for NIOSH to perform complete dose reconstructions for the class of employees who worked in certain areas at LANL from March 15, 1943 through December 31, 1975. However, NIOSH has indicated that partial dose reconstructions may be possible based on components of the internal doses, external doses and occupational medical doses. Accordingly, for a case with a non-specified cancer and/or that do not meet the employment criteria of the SEC class, the CE must refer the case back to NIOSH with a new NIOSH Referral Summary Document (NRSD) to perform radiation dose reconstruction. The CE should code the case as "NI" (Sent to NIOSH for Dose Reconstruction). The status effective date is the date the Senior or Supervisory CE signature
Upon receipt of the dose reconstruction report, the CE proceeds in the usual manner and prepares a recommended decision. The CE should code the case as "NR" (NIOSH Dose Reconstruction Received) and select the appropriate reason code. In this case, the "PD" (Partial Dose Construction, SEC) reason code would apply. The CE should not delete the "NW" (NIOSH, Returned Without a Dose Reconstruction)or "NI" (Sent to NIOSH for Dose Reconstruction) code already present in ECMS.
8. For those cases that were identified by NIOSH as having a specified cancer and therefore returned to the district office, if it is determined that the case does not qualify for the SEC class, the CE, through the Senior CE (SrCe), notifies the appropriate point of contact at NIOSH via E-mail to proceed with the dose reconstruction. The SrCE then prints a copy of the "sent" e-mail (making sure the printed copy documents the date it was sent) and inputs the "NI" (Sent to NIOSH for Dose Reconstruction)code to ECMS, effective the date of the E-mail requesting NIOSH to proceed with dose reconstruction. The E-mail should include a brief statement of why the case should proceed with dose reconstruction, e.g., non-qualifying employment at the LANL, insufficient latency period, does not meet the 250 work day requirement, or not a specified cancer. A hard copy printout of the E-mail is to be inserted in the case file.
9. For any claim that was not already at NIOSH on July 22, 2007 and for which the CE determines a dose reconstruction is appropriate, the normal NIOSH referral process will apply.
10. If the claim includes both a specified cancer and a non-specified cancer, medical benefits are only paid for the specified cancer(s), any secondary cancers that are metastases of the specified cancer(s), and any non-specified cancers that have a dose reconstruction that resulted in a probability of causation of 50 percent or greater.
11. If a case with a denied final decision now meets the SEC class criteria and the employee has/had a specified cancer, the CE must submit the case for reopening through the appropriate process in the district office. The case must be forwarded to the DEEOIC Director to reopen the claim per 20 C.F.R. § 30.320(a).
12. FAB personnel must be vigilant for any LANL cases that have a recommended decision to deny. If the employee worked in one of the specified areas during the time specified, has a specified cancer, and meets the 250 work day requirement, the recommended decision must be remanded to the district office in the usual manner.
13. On all accepted SEC claims, the CE must enter the "SE" (Confirmed as SEC Claim) status code in ECMS. The status effective date is the date both employment and medical criteria is met.
14. The district office operational plan goal for the specified cancer cases on the NIOSH list is to complete recommended decisions or refer the cases back to NIOSH within 60 days of the date of this Bulletin for at least 75% of the cases. All cases requiring action due to this Bulletin should be completed within 90 days.
Disposition: Retain until incorporated in the Federal (EEOICPA) Procedure Manual.
Director, Division of Energy Employees
Occupational Illness Compensation
Distribution List No. 1: Claims Examiners, Supervisory Claims Examiners, Technical Assistants, Customer Service Representatives, Fiscal Officers, FAB District Managers, Operation Chiefs, Hearing Representatives, and District Office Mail & File Sections


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We are finding that social enterprises and community groups up and down the country are starting to think about growing their own healthy local food.
There are growing concerns for climate change, sustainability the need for meaningful work, healthy lifestyles and the affordability of good food. It all adds up to fundamental changes to the way communities think about food, growing and their environments.
We aim to encourage these groups by helping them to plan practical effective and manageable growing projects.
About us…
Incredible Farm was founded by Nick Green the hidden growing force behind the first ever Incredible Edible town of Todmorden.
Starting in 2007 Nick planned, organised and often just got on with the jobs at hand and built most of Todmorden town centres growing infrastructure. Planting edibles in public spaces with permission or not. The police station got cop corn, the fire station, cherry trees and the health centre, apples.
This tiny mill town went from being obscure gritty and grim to become a trendy "must move to" place. The local economy boomed and became a destination for a new phenomenon "Veg Tourism". The project has spawned an international movement of some 800 Incredible Edible towns all around the world.
There is even a book about it all, Plant Veg and grow a Revolution!
In 2011 Nick founded a new social enterprise, Incredible Farm. The site is a hand built community farm, market garden and learning centre with a mission to model a healthy, happy and sustainable future for food the environment and people.
The farm is an inspirational learning place for both expert and beginner growers . There is almost year round salad and veg production, inside growing spaces within the polytunnels . Outside there are hot beds and a variety of growing methods which make the most every square inch of the land and the diversity that nature offers.
The farm is 100% off grid, self-sufficient in water and electricity. We cultivate wacky edibles from around the world and there is a big fruit tree nursery. Generous bees donate their honey, poultry their eggs and the farm is home to the most delightful pair of dairy cows you ever did see.
In 2015 Nick and the farm won second place in the Lloyds Bank national Social Entrepreneur of the Year Award for his work developing the farm.
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Financial dislocation
The conventional view of the financial system is that it acts as an intermediary function, converting the money created by central banks into a form that can be used in the wider economy and circulating it through lending and deposit-taking. The unconventional monetary policy instruments that have been used by central banks to reflate economies since the financial crisis (and in the case of Japan, for much longer) make use of this model. One way or another, the additional money created by central banks was supposed to find its way out into the wider economy, stimulating new investment, creating jobs and generally increasing economic activity.
But this isn't happening. Economies in the developed world remain flat, while the additional money created by QE has gone to inflate asset bubbles and increase inflation in emerging markets. Why has the additional money not gone where it was intended to go?
The problem is twofold - damaged banks, and risk-averse corporations. Banks that have risky balance sheets and low levels of capital, and that are under regulatory pressure to reduce their risks and improve their capitalisation, don't lend. Or rather, they only take on low-risk lending (prime mortgages, for example), and if they offer higher-risk lending such as small business finance, it is at very high rates. Meanwhile larger corporations that can raise finance in the capital markets are refinancing debt at lower rates and buying back equity rather than investing for the future. The two main channels - banks and large corporations - by which money reaches the wider economy are blocked. Not wholly, admittedly - but the flow of funds through them has reduced to a trickle. Rather like water, there is not enough money in some places - so small businesses, for example, die of thirst - while in other places productive activity is being washed away by rivers of unnecessary cash. Central banks have flooded the world with money on the assumption that the transmission mechanisms are working properly. The evidence is that they are not.
How did we end up in this situation? It is easy to blame it on the financial crisis. But I think the problem is much deeper. It really concerns the way in which the financial system views itself and the dysfunctional nature of its relationship with the wider economy.
The conventional view of the financial system as an intermediary, enabling and regulating flows of money to the wider economy which is the generator of economic activity, is not consistent with the financial system's view of itself. I've talked before about the "looking-glass world of finance". In the recent BIS report, the skewed, self-centred view that the financial system has of itself and its work is very apparent. Various people have commented on the sheer economic idiocy of BIS's suggestion that monetary policy should be tightened AND countries should embark on fiscal consolidation to make their debt "safer". But from BIS's point of view - representing as it does the interests of the financial sector - it makes complete sense.
You see, the financial sector has come to see what it does as real economic activity. Moving money around efficiently and profitably has become an end in itself. Whether or not those movements of money actually facilitate activity in the wider economy is of little concern. So blocked transmission channels don't matter. As long as the financial system has lots of liquidity, everything is fine and economies will gradually recover. And monetary policy makers buy into this: they maintain liquidity in the financial sector in the belief that the money will somehow find its way out into the wider economy, when actually all it is doing is increasing the scale of money flows around the financial sector while the wider economy remains parched.
BIS's argument is that the purpose of government debt is to provide safe assets for the financial sector. A plentiful supply of safe assets other than cash improves the flow of funding around the financial system, enables risk-averse investors to find safe homes for their money and provides opportunities for portfolio hedging. At the moment there is a scarcity of safe assets due to increased demand, collateral hoarding and actual shortages - exacerbated, it has to be said, by the very monetary policy instruments that have produced all the excess money. But BIS's stated concern is the shortage of safe assets caused by the decline in quality of sovereign debt in recent years. BIS's strategy for easing the safe asset shortage is for countries to squeeze money out of their economies to create primary surpluses, thus reassuring investors that debt will continue to be serviced in the future. The fact that primary surpluses coupled, in many cases, with trade deficits imply contraction for the private sector in those countries - many of which are already suffering economic stagnation or even deflation - is of no concern to BIS. As far as BIS is concerned, the provision of safe assets to the financial system is far more important than the economic health of the countries providing those assets, or the well-being of their populations. I have to say this is an extremely short-sighted view: the debt of an economy that is contracting does not remain safe for very long, since the ability to maintain a primary surplus depends on economic activity in the private sector generating tax revenue in excess of government spending needs. But this view amply demonstrates the dislocation of the financial system from the wider economy.
It is not hard to imagine how toxic this is. The Archbishop of Canterbury recently remarked that we needed to stop thinking of finance as a "system" and start thinking of finance as a living being. I would take that further and say that we need to think of the economy as a living being, of which finance is an important part. And I am reminded of St. Paul's observation that when one part of the body starts to think that other parts don't matter, the whole body is in danger. This is what is happening. The heart and lungs have started to think that as long as blood is flowing freely between them - from heart to lungs and back again - the whole body will recover. Not only that, but well-meaning cardiologists, seeing the start of gangrene in the feet, are providing copious blood transfusions in the hope that somehow, if they provide enough blood, it will start flowing around the rest of the body. But the circulation to the rest of the body has slowed to a trickle. And the blood is pooling in the chest cavity, slowing the circulation of blood even between the heart and the lungs and making it difficult for the patient to breathe.
Actually, despite my criticisms, BIS is halfway to recognising the real problem. It advises correctly that unconventional monetary policy is having unfortunate effects on the financial system and should be ended. And it is explicitly critical of the world's failure to deal with undercapitalised and dysfunctional banks. Unfortunately it recommends use of public funds YET again to recapitalise weak banks, which as the weakest banks are associated with the most highly-indebted sovereigns seems like asking for the moon - though I suspect BIS's comments are really aimed at the European Union, which is dithering about use of the ESM to recapitalise banks directly. BIS calls for real banking union in the EU, including common resolution, common supervision and common deposit insurance. I fear this is also asking for the moon, since Germany has explicitly ruled out all of these.
But the underlying problem - that the financial system's relationship with the real economy is distorted - urgently needs addressing. No amount of recapitalising banks and improving financial flows will work if the financial system is dislocated from the real economy. Movements of money around the financial system are not in themselves productive economic activity, however much financial people might like to think they are: they are only productive when they enable people and businesses in the wider economy to do something useful. Damaged and dysfunctional institutions in the financial sector short-circuiting the flow of funds to the wider economy results in slow economic death.
There is a view that if we maintain the transfusions - or even increase them - eventually the financial sector will heal itself and money will start flowing to the rest of the body. This may perhaps be true. But we don't have time. We have already waited 5 years for the financial sector to recover from its heart attack, but it is still stuck on a drip in intensive care. And the rest of the body is slowly dying - as is evidenced by high unemployment figures, particularly among the young, falling wages, extensive misuse of skills and under-employment. We cannot wait any longer for the financial system to heal itself. Somehow, we must get money out into the wider economy by other means, so that people and businesses can start investing productively, generating jobs and incomes. Until that process is well under way, BIS's idea of widespread fiscal consolidation to improve the supply of safe assets would be very dangerous, squashing what little real economic activity there is.
I would remind BIS that the path to primary surpluses and sustainable debt service lies in improving economic activity, not in fiscal consolidation as an end in itself. If fiscal consolidation and structural reforms will result in improved economic activity in the longer term, then they are certainly worth doing. But without adequate flows of money to the wider economy, fiscal consolidation can only make things worse. The broken money transmission channels must be fixed first.
So we need to put the patient on bypass. When the financial sector will not lend productively, and corporations will not invest for a future return, circumvent them. When the financial sector's instinct for self-preservation leads it to short-circuit the flows of funds to the wider economy, find alternative ways of transmitting money. Kill the sacred cows - and the laws, in the case of the EU - that prevent governments funding productive activity in their own economies. Invest directly in the businesses and the people that will drive real economic recovery:
- Have state investment banks providing funding directly to businesses (as I've suggested previously, this could be at arms-length via a GSE-type structure).
- Support and encourage the growth of new, diverse forms of financial provider, especially those that embrace and use the technology that is our future.
- Provide financial support to people of all ages financially so that they can train, retrain and look for the jobs that best suit their skills - rather than forcing them into any job, however unsuitable, just to get them off the unemployment register.
- Provide microfinance to entrepreneurially-minded people to enable them to create the jobs that best suit their skills.
- Provide a basic income for people who work unpaid in socially useful and productive activities - after all, these too contribute to the economy and therefore to the recovery, and many of those activities may become the paid jobs of the future.
This is by no means an exhaustive list of direct government interventions that to my mind would be a far better use of resources than pouring yet more money into propping up a damaged financial system.
Having said that.....a vibrant, diverse economy needs a vibrant, diverse financial sector, incorporating large banks and capital markets as well as small providers and state funding. I am no supporter of Soviet-style nationalised banking systems, and have only (reluctantly) suggested that the state takes over provision of funding to the wider economy because the financial system is not doing its job. I see that as a transitional stage while the financial system is reconnected with the economy it is intended to serve. The goal, for me, is a redesigned financial system that actually acts as the intermediary that it is supposed to be, and that uses new technologies to support new industries with the aim of improving the economy as a whole and the well-being of its citizens. Because in the end, the well-being of people is the purpose of all economic activity.
Thanks to John Van Reenen for the title of this post.
Related links:
When governments become banks - Coppola Comment
83rd Annual Report - Bank of International Settlements (BIS)
....and the 82nd Annual report too, it's remarkably similar.
Good Banks debate with Justin Welby - St. Paul's Institute (video)
BIS fears fresh bank crisis from global bond spike - Daily Telegraph (paywall)
The BIS loses its mind - Naked Capitalism
The twilight of the central banker - The Economist (from 2012, but still relevant)
Educated, with a dead-beat job - Reuters
A broken model - Frances Coppola at Pieria
The case for basic income - Stumbling & Mumbling
Bible reference is 1 Corinthians 12:12-26, NIV.


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HTC One E9+ has 2K screen, live in China
5.5-inch phablet with MediaTek Helio X10 MT6795M
The world is still buzzing about the HTC One M9, but it looks like some of HTC's divisions are ready to move to a new adventures.
HTC plans new 8.9 inch tablet
1530 x 2048 pixel resolution
HTC is planning to launch a new 8.9 inch tablet at its media event next month, new rumours suggest.
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HTC has invited press to an event in Shanghai and they will most likely see the HTC One M9+, and possibly the E9, an inexpensive version of the new HTC One.
HTC CEO Peter Chou stepping down
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Peter Chou is no longer the CEO of Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC.
HTC One E9 and M9 plus spec looks good
Both rely on MediaTek 6795 SoC
HTC will be launching two cool phones to follow up the HTC One M9 release. The flagship phone looks good and performs quite well, powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 810. We could not get to overheat it doing our time with the device.
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HTC has just announced the One M9 smartphone, the HTC Grip smartband and a Valve cooperation on a device called Vive - a Virtual Reality headset.
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HAGERSTOWN, Md. – Some supporters of an Army private charged with aiding the enemy are releasing a leaked audio recording of his explanation for giving U.S. secrets to the WikiLeaks website.
The Freedom of the Press Foundation posted the 68-minute recording of Pfc. Bradley Manning on its website Tuesday. It's from a Feb. 28 court-martial pretrial hearing at Fort Meade.
News organizations reported on his statement at the hearing, but no spectators were allowed to record the proceedings.
The foundation was co-founded by Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg. Ellsberg says he doesn't know who made the recording.
He says his group felt it was time for the public to hear Manning's voice.
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Shane L writes:
That's a pretty cool indicator. It does make me think, though, that perhaps it would be better yet if schools were free to admit any students they liked. Seems like a lot of resources are wasted by ambitious parents forced to move house just to get their children to a good school.
Posted January 27, 2014 9:16 AM
Brett Champion writes:
The Chinese people can get as educated as they want, but until the Chinese government allows at least a minimum of real freedom, the economic rewards of that education will, to a great extent, accrue to other countries because many of the best and brightest of Chinese society will continue to seek their fortunes in lands that permit them to live their lives without fear of being dragged away in the middle of the night because they dared believe in the primacy of human dignity. A people will accept being told to sit down and shut up for only so long before they decide to make themselves heard in no uncertain terms. Unless the Chinese government undertakes real political reform, China is soon headed for a period of deep political upheaval that will cause a real setback for its economy.
Posted January 27, 2014 9:22 AM
Daublin writes:
As you say, this is the norm in the U.S. We have "public education", but the way you get access to it is that you buy an expensive home on the private market.
It's not clear this is better than straight-up private education, augmented by vouchers. If you can't afford a good private education, you're also not going to afford to live somewhere with a good "public" school.
Megan Mcardle has way to put it: "you're already sending your kid to private school. You're just confused because your tuition fees came bundled with granite countertops and hardwood floors."
Posted January 27, 2014 9:39 AM
dave smith writes:
Is this data or anecdote?
Posted January 27, 2014 11:48 AM
Ian Brown writes:
Anecdote; but an excellent one.
Posted January 27, 2014 12:49 PM
Jody writes:
It suggests that there is relatively less cost to living in a Chinese slum than in an American slum.
[Read as - I would like to see crime statistics comparisons between US slums and Chinese slums before drawing any conclusions]
Posted January 27, 2014 2:51 PM
DougT writes:
China has *always* revered education. Anyone even remotely familiar with Confucius and Mencius knows that. Brett is right, though: without the rule of law, the benefits of education will tend to accrue to the rulers. And without accountability, those rulers will become increasingly corrupt. After education, the item most necessary for Chinese entrepreneurs to succeed will be luggage.
Posted January 27, 2014 4:00 PM
Steve Sailer writes:
Clearly, they don't have enough diversity in China.
Posted January 27, 2014 4:00 PM
foobarista writes:
If they "run-down courtyard houses", they mean hutongs, they may be crappy buildings, but they are emphatically not in "bad (poor) neighborhoods". The only hutongs left are in central Beijing, within walking distance of Tiananmen Square.
We aren't talking about Compton or East Oakland here...
Posted January 27, 2014 4:36 PM
Scott Sumner writes:
I agree with all the pro-voucher comments.
Brett, Agreed, but believe it or not there is far more freedom of speech than in the old days. I've been to China and the newspapers are allowed to criticize the government, as long as they don't touch the three Ts (Tibet, Taiwan, Tiananmen). And of course you can't advocate overthrow of the CCP. But you can criticize corruption, economic policies, etc. Again, I agree with you, but things are gradually getting better over there.
Dave, Anecdote, but very likely true.
Jody, The crime rates would be lower than American slums, especially violent crime.
Doug, Too much goes to the rulers, but almost everyone is seeing rapid increases in real income.
Steve, When China get rich and its population falls, they'll be bringing in lots of south Asians to do the tough jobs.
foobarista, I've been to the hutongs in Beijing, and they are certainly slums by US standards, and to some extent by Beijing standards. Many don't have indoor plumbing, you have to use lousy public outhouses a block away. But they do have great market value. On the other hand townhouses in Harlem, NYC have great value, don't they?
Posted January 27, 2014 9:46 PM
Foobarista writes:
@Scott, I lived in Beijing for awhile, and spent a fair amount of time downtown. The hutongs may not look wonderful, but they aren't "slums" population-wise. There are very few poor people there; what few there are tend to be retired old people who have a sort of tenant tenure (and are waiting to be bought out by developers). You certainly don't have the drug addicts and desperate types you have in American slums in the hutongs. (You can find them in other parts of Beijing, away from the central city.)
Also, many of the courtyard houses in the hutongs have been extensively rehabbed and house some of the richest families in China or made into clubs and restaurants, although this isn't typically visible from the street.
Vast hutong neighborhoods were torn down in the past 20 years, but many of the ones that are left have been awarded a sort of national registry of historic places status, so they're more likely to be rehabbed than torn down nowadays.
Posted January 28, 2014 3:53 AM
They seem excessively interested in schooling. If it is excessive that very thing could hold them back.
BTW I had a friend who was a college professor from Korea and he told me that he moved his family here to the USA for a few years to get his children away from going school + tutoring from 7:00 am to 10:00 pm. He was in education psychology and he thought that what they do in Korea is excessive and not productive.
Posted January 28, 2014 11:03 AM
Scott Sumner writes:
Foobarista, I said they are slums in the sense of low quality housing, and the article seems to confirm what I claimed. I've walked through many hutongs, and while a few have been turned into luxury homes, especially near hou hai lake, many are still low quality. I specifically said they did not have the social problems you associate with slums in other countries, so I agree with you there. I was merely describing the quality of the housing stock.
Perhaps I shouldn't have used the term 'slums' as it has connotations, and even with my disclaimer about social problems being lower than elsewhere, it might be misinterpreted.
Floccina, I'm not sure what "excessively interested in schooling" means. There are different attitudes toward schooling among different ethnic groups. I've met people who think Asian Americans are excessively interested in schooling and African Americans are not interested enough in schooling. (Not saying those views apply to you.) But I wonder if there is a tendency for people to assume that their own culture has the correct attitude toward the optimal amount of schooling. That's not to say you are wrong, it's just that I find it hard to find an "objective" position on the issue. So I remain agnostic on this question.
Posted January 28, 2014 1:26 PM
Here the term 'slum' simply refers to the physical characteristics of the housing stock, not other implications (crime, poverty, etc) that are associated with the term in other parts of the world.
IMHO the best thing we could do for the bottom income people in the USA would be better crime control. Starting with legalizing all drugs. Make the street safer but the left seldom talks about that. If white middle class males were victims of homicide at the rate that young black males are something would be done about it.
Posted January 28, 2014 1:49 PM
Mark V Anderson writes:
Floccina -- Be careful what you ask for. You are probably right that if the middle class was subject to the crime level of slum-dwellers something would be done about it. Maybe a police state.
Although I do think that the most important aspect of a safer communities is that these communities won't stand for more crime. The residents themselves stand up for themselves, and shame the bad guys. Neither of those things happens in crime-ridden slums, and there might not be much outsiders can do about it when the city dwellers themselves don't do anything.
Posted January 28, 2014 7:42 PM
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"Someone told me long ago, 'there's a calm before the storm.' I know. It's been coming for some time." Creedence Clearwater Revival
Riley was a normal sixteen year old boy the day the letter came.
In fact, he was above normal. Exceeding the averages in all his classes, he tied with Darrel for the top score. The boys often butted heads when it came to school, but only in fun. Outside, on their own, they used their free time to create two new video games.
"Come on, Ri, you're playing worse than Joy!" Darrel poked Riley in the chest. Joy, on the floor in a play pen, looked up when she heard her name, drool dripping from her mouth onto a ring of plastic keys. At almost two, she had intelligent, almond-shaped eyes and clear white skin, a true mutt. Darrel and Riley were taking on the role of babysitters for the day, opting out of a seven-hour car ride and lecture given by the Gates couple.
Riley swatted his black friend back, fist connecting solidly with thigh. He waved his hand as a sudden burst of pain burst through his fingers. Though he hadn't broken a bone in the two years he'd been with the Gates, old injuries still occasionally pained him, and his hand had been broken more times than anything else.
By shifting the joystick, Darrel was able to change his character from Arthur to Lancelot to Galahad or even, on Abigail's bid, Queen Morgan le Fey. This particular video game was a product of Darrel's intricate work, converting Riley's computer skills to a PlayStation adaptable consol, and the Gates' obsession with history. Riley himself was the one who suggest a Camelot setting, as he had been fascinated by the legend since getting his hand on The Once and Future King three months after living with the Gates.
They played in silence for a while. Even Joy was happily gnawing on her rings, feet wheeling lazily through the air. Riley looked down at her and smiled, pushing his glasses further up his nose so he could see her. She really was a beauty, slanted eyes and high cheekbones contrasting with blond hair and fair, freckled complexion. She was talking, and said his name as 'Wi-Wi'.
Abigail said it was cute, but the first time Darrel had heard it, he wouldn't quit with the nickname for a month.
"So, you're going with Ben next week?" Darrel moved his knight, blocking Riley's view of the castle he'd been aiming to invade.
Riley nodded, glowing inside. "Yeah. He's been promising to take me ever since Joy was born, but he's never really had the time. Now he's closing in on the treasure, and says I could help him more on the field. We're going to the Rocky Mountains."
"Ever been camping?"
"No. First time for everything, right?"
And he'd had a lot of first in the past two years. First time riding a bike, swimming in a pool, going ice skating. First public presentation, walk-a-thon, s'more. First, second, twentieth museum. First Communion, first Confirmation, first time feeling secure in the eyes of God.
First time going to a circus. This had been just a week before, when, in the heat of summer and unwilling to drive two hours to the beach on a Friday afternoon, Ben had suggested heading to the Big Top, which had just come to the area, two towns over.
Abigail was clutching Joy, who sat patiently through the whole thing, clapping her hands every time the lions roared, even though all the other babies cried. Riley slinked in behind Ben and sat very close to the older man, eyeing the men on the floor suspiciously. He didn't like crowds, didn't like being around men he didn't know. He suspected that would never change, thanks to Pop.
"Want to go somewhere quieter?" Ben had whispered in his ear, but Riley shook his head, cringing when an air horn blew over the audience. So many times, Ben had left with him when he was uncomfortable in a new situation, but this was supposed to be fun. Only little kids were afraid of clowns.
He looked over at Joy, saw her smiling face, and motioned to Abigail to hold her. Having the solid, damp weight of his younger sister on his lap made Riley feel more secure, and slightly braver. He'd once confessed to Darrel that he looked p to Joy, that she made him do things he wouldn't normally do. Darrel had taken him seriously, as always, and didn't laugh, telling him that it was probably normal, though how much did he know about Riley's situation?
With Joy on his lap, he felt a little safer when the clown came by next. Dressed in over-sized suspenders and a painted white face, he made a motion towards Riley, who flinched at his hands, jerking away so quickly he startled the baby, now dozing, in his lap. She opened her mouth in the beginning of a cry and Riley felt terrible, guilty, ashamed. Old feelings die hard.
An impossibly gentle hand cupped his face and Riley was forced to stare into the deep, dark eyes of a circus clown as paint was put on his cheek, marking the path of a single blue tear.
"No!" Darrel yelled, watching as Riley stole his castle and stormed it with a hundred knights. "How do you always win?"
"I bugged it in my favor." Riley joked, setting the controller down and stretching.
"You're lying, man," Darrel slapped him on the back, hard. Riley's eyes fluttered closed and he groaned, descending onto the chair he'd just vacated. Not in two years had his back ceased to hurt him, and though his friends and family mostly remembered not to aggravate it, there were times when they'd slip and forget, think he was normal and not screwed up. Riley liked that, liked that they weren't always thinking about how dirty he was, about his past mistakes.
"Oh, God, Riley, I'm sorry." The teen backed away, though his hands flew imploringly to Riley's back. He knew that the last thing his friend wanted was to be touched, but he couldn't help himself sometimes. Taking a cloth from the counter, Darrel ran it under cool water and carefully, slowly lifted Riley's shirt, not missing the stiff back, the soft groan.
As always, seeing Riley's back angered him. A mess of scars from knives and wood and even the blunt, terrible lines of a two-by-four, it was a lasting reminder of Pop's cruelty. He placed the cool cloth on Riley's back, moving it gently along the more grisly marks.
"I'm sorry." Darrel sighed at the words, remembering a time when they were among the only ones to come out of his friend's mouth. Riley was better now, but he was still afraid, always afraid, and Darrel didn't really know how to make it better.
"It's alright."
"They just hurt some times."
"I shouldn't have hit you. I didn't mean to hurt you."
"I know."
They were quiet until Joy began fussing on the floor, throwing her body around until she tottered unsteadily to her feet. Darrel scooped her up, motioning for Riley to stay where he was. "I'll change her, you rest." He glanced at the clock, "Ben and Abigail will be back soon, anyway."
As if his words had summoned them, the front door opened and the couple walked in, looking worn from the long ride but otherwise pleased with themselves. "Riley! We're home!" Ben poked his head in the door to the living room in time to see Riley ball the towel in on e hand. "You okay?"
"Fine." Riley's smile only seemed a little forced. "How was the lecture?"
Abigail breezed in, having captured Joy from Darrel. "Ben went off on a rant. He lasted an hour longer than everyone else."
"It wasn't a rant, I was merely pointing out to the man that, while President Polk is not one that people usually chronicle about, he did have some high points in his career." Ben placed his hand lightly on Riley's shoulder, squeezed, meaning, in a gesture, are you sure you're okay?
"Yeah," Riley glanced up at the man who was, for all intents and purposes, his father, "Remember the Alamo?"
"Not exactly the high point I was talking about, kiddo." Ben ruffled Riley's hair. "You ready for our trip?"
"Can't wait." Riley said, and meant it. He loved Abigail and his sister, but he was closer to Ben than to anyone else, Darrel included. It was improbable that, after Pop, he'd take on another male mentor, but he felt himself drawn in by Ben's confidence, stubbornness, charisma, all things Riley wanted but could never quite achieve. He tried too hard.
"You have mail, Riley." Darrel pointed to the table, where the day's mail had been dropped by Abigail when she walked in the door. "Looks official."
Riley glanced at it and motioned Ben over, recognizing the state seal of Pennsylvania. He'd been formally adopted more than a year before, and was no longer a ward of the state. Why, then, would he be getting mail from them?
Ben shrugged in response to Riley's unasked question. "Just open it. How bad can it be?"
With Darrel, Ben, Abigail, and even little Joy watching, Riley opened the envelope, and his life fell apart. Again.
Dear Mr. Poole, (it read)
This is to inform you that Mr. Thomas A. Poole his been released on parole from the state Penitentiary...
Complication in the first chapter! I mean…uh…poor Riley.
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Canada unveils another memorial to Air India victimsJune 23rd, 2011 - 1:34 pm ICT by IANS
Toronto, June 23 (IANS) Canada will unveil another memorial to the 1985 Air Indian Kanishka bombing victims Thursday - the 26th anniversary of the tragedy.
The new memorial will be unveiled at Lachine in Quebec province. It is the fourth memorial to the Air India victims in Canada.
Kanishka flight 182 from Montreal to Delhi was blown off near Ireland June 23, 1985, killing all 329 people on board. Within an hour, another bomb meant for another Air India flight went off at Tokyo's Narita airport, killing two baggage handlers. Both the bombs were planted by Khalistani extremists to avenge the India army action at the Golden Temple in 1984.
In a statement, the Indian high commission said the government of Canada is organizing a memorial service at Lachine to pay homage to the victims of the Air India flight 182.
"Endorsed by the families of the victims, this project is supported by the Government of Canada and built on a land provided by Parks Canada."
Indian deputy high commissioner Narinder Chauhan will represent India at the tribute ceremonies.
Canadian leaders, diplomats and families of the victims will also pay tributes to the victims at the Air India Memorial in Commissioner's Park in the capital Ottawa.
Tributes to the victims will also be paid Air India memorials in Toronto and Vancouver. Anil Singh Hanse, whose father Narendra Singh Hanse was the pilot of the Kanishka flight, told IANS, "On the twenty-sixth anniversary of the cowardly bombing of our loved ones whom we miss so much, I have a message for the Canadian PM: this year makes it twenty-sixth painful years (for us) and we the families would like to see a resolution to this matter with grace that was shown by the current government in 2006 by ordering an inquiry."
Only one person Inderjit Singh Reyat was jailed for the bombing. While plotter Talwinder Singh Parmar, who fled to India, was killed by Punjab Police in an encounter in 1992, two suspects - Ripudaman Singh Malik and Ajaib Singh Bagri - were acquited in 2005.
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- Canada unveils Kanishka Project to honour Air India victims - Jun 24, 2011
- Kanishka victims reject Canada's $24,000 ex-gratia - Jul 11, 2011
- Families angry as Air India bomber appeals conviction - Feb 09, 2011
- Kanishka crew families write to PM for memorial in Delhi - Jan 18, 2011
- 25 years later, Canada offers $25,000 to each Kanishka victim family - Oct 23, 2010
- Air India bomber gets nine more years in jail - Jan 08, 2011
- Air India bomber gets nine more years for perjury (Lead) - Jan 08, 2011
- Air India bomber found guilty in perjury trial - Sep 19, 2010
- Air India bombing accused faces $5.2-million bill - Apr 22, 2011
- Air India bombing convict faces fresh trial - Mar 03, 2010
- Kanishka victims to get ex-gratia before Christmas - Oct 29, 2010
- No ex-gratia for Kanishka victims in action plan (Lead) - Dec 08, 2010
- No ex-gratia for Kanishka victims in action plan - Dec 07, 2010
- Air India bomber faces fresh trial next week - Sep 01, 2010
- Air India Kanishka bombing report next week - Jun 11, 2010
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