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Subodh Gupta, India's hottest new artist, talks about skulls, milk pails and cow dung
The Times October 10, 2009
– Ginny Dougary
His swaggering, exuberant work has made him India's most talked-about artist, and the paintings of his wife, Bharti Kher, are also winning wide acclaim
India's hottest contemporary artist, Subodh Gupta, dubbed the "Damien Hirst of Delhi" — they share an interest in skulls — is telling me that he likes his wife and fellow artist, Bharti Kher, as a friend. Sorry, could you repeat that? "I like Bharti more like my friend than my wife . . ." Kher, who is sitting with us in her husband's newly built concrete and glass ultra-modern studio, nods her head. Hang on a minute, when you say that you like Bharti more as a friend than you do as a wife . . . ? "Revelation!" Kher cocks her head. "No! No!" Gupta (whose English is a little approximate) exclaims. "You've made me confused now. When we talk about art, it's like a friendship, no? And then domestic work is completely different, and that's irritating sometimes . . ." OK, but let's get this straight: you are pleased you married each other? Gupta: "Yeah." Kher: "Oh, yeah." Whew, just checking. "Talk about Lost in Translation," Kher whoops. "Good job I'm here, really!"
This conversation took place during a long, sweltering day in Gurgaon — an hour's drive southwest of Delhi — where the couple work and live with their two children, Omi, 12, and Lola, 6. Since General Electric opened its call centre there in 1997, shiny high-rise buildings have been sprouting one after the other, transforming what was once a small farming village into one of the most prominent outsourcing hubs. En route to Kher's studio, we drove past a building site advertising a new five-star Westin; across the way a couple of pigs snuffled in a mound of rubbish, and a cow moseyed past.
While Gupta is the couple's undoubted superstar — last year his London gallery, Hauser & Wirth, sold two versions of his Mind Shut Down for €1 million each and, as his wife says, there hasn't been a recent Biennale that hasn't featured him — Kher's work is also commanding attention. She was one of the artists featured in the Serpentine Gallery's recent Indian Highway (along with Gupta) — India having replaced China as the global art flavour of the month, with Charles Saatchi's forthcoming contemporary Indian show (featuring Gupta again) — and has her own solo debut with Hauser & Wirth in 2010.
Gupta's work displays a swaggering, rock'n'roll exuberance: his towering mushroom cloud, constructed from his trademark stainless steel pots and pans, at Tate Britain's Altermodern certainly made an impact. As did his huge skull, Very Hungry God, bought by François Pinault and displayed outside the French billionaire's Palazzo Grassi, at the 2007 Venice Biennale. This was the same month, June, that Damien Hirst showed his diamond-encrusted, deity-invoking human skull — For the Love of God — at White Cube.
When I ask the Indian artist whose skull was conceived of first, he says that he started work on his project the previous year (where it was exhibited in Paris). Aha, so should we be calling Hirst the Subodh Gupta of England? "I have a lot of respect for him," he laughs. "Art is in the air. Theme, subject, everything is in the air. It's just a matter of time who begins first."
His work, like Kher's, can be delicate and beautiful, too, but despite its authentic Indian flavour — or occasionally stinging subversion of what we, Westerners, consider to be "authentic Indian" — the effect is sometimes a bit obvious. In his new show, the referential nods are overt: a black bronze bust of Duchamp's moustachioed Mona Lisa; the stack of Puppy boxes, emblazoned with the name Jeff Koons.
Just as Gupta's staples are the stainless steel tiffin sets, cow dung and milk pails; Kher's Indian trademark is the bindi, the women's forehead decoration. She leads me into a room where one of her assistants, a slight woman in a sari, starts to peel away a plastic sheet protecting a huge canvas, every surface covered in brightly coloured swirls of what look like felt spermatozoa. The effect is dazzlingly gorgeous but also odd; like something scientific, maybe sinister, the origins of a mutating virus, perhaps, picked up under the microscope.
On the top floor, there's a work in progress: a cascade of chairs, some stacked, others fallen; a chintzy tea cup in broken shards, a scattering of pearly teeth, a pair of high-heeled shoes; the sense of a genteel occasion that has gone awry. On a shelf, protected by a glass box, is a tarantula that I last saw resting on the hand of one of Kher's horn-headed, fibreglass models. She strokes its furry legs and tells me how beautiful she finds it, partly, I suspect, because of its poisonous reputation.
Her parents came to England in 1967, two years after they married. Kher's mother was 23 when she arrived, pregnant with her first child — and able to speak only Punjabi. Bharti, the middle child, made the reverse trajectory at the same age, barely able to speak a word of Indian, and says it was only then that she realised "what courage it took to just get up and leave everything to start your life again. It made me understand my parents a lot better."
When Kher was 6, her parents separated amicably and remarried English people: "So we have this quirky, nutty family where we all meet and holiday together." She recalls loving the flocked wallpaper in her childhood home — "I used to sit there and stroke it" — and her mother's sari shop in Streatham, South London, where Bharti and her elder sister, Mona, would help every Saturday. The girls would take down roll after roll of material and Kher can still recall the precise sound of the fabric when it was unfurled, and the whip-like rip as they would cut it.
The privately educated Kher sisters were taught by an inspirational art teacher, Martin Shaw, at Greenacre School for Girls in Epsom, Surrey, and both went on to art college: a foundation course at Middlesex, followed by St Martins for Mona and Newcastle for Bharti. What was that like? "Very tough the first year. Newcastle [like Surrey] is also very white. I lived in a small house in Gateshead and on my first night I thought I was going to get mugged on my way home. I have never been so terrified in my life."
After leaving college, Kher moved in with her father in Hampstead and painted in a studio that he organised for her, next door to his textile-importing office in the West End. But unsatisfied and restless, Kher decided to take off travelling: "I hadn't been to India since a visit when I was 4, so I thought I should see my grandmother."
Her plan was to spend some time with her family, meet some artists in Delhi, and return to England when her six-month visa ran out: "But within two weeks of being here, I'd bumped into Subodh." They fell in love and that was that.
But it wasn't that straightforward, as Gupta explains when we move from Kher's workspace to her husband's impressive studio. We break for a basic but delicious lunch: beetroot and spinach-stained chapatis to dip into bowls of yoghurt and vegetable curry, washed down with a sulphurous-tasting black-salt lime soda.
Kher takes off and her husband resumes their story. Her father, perturbed by the news that his daughter had taken up with "some kind of criminal", flew in to Delhi and demanded to see him. Gupta recalls: "So he sits down and says, 'My daughter wears Coco perfume which cost three and a half thousand rupees, so where can you give it to her? It's unrealistic.' Then he said, 'Can you paint?' I say, 'Of course I can paint.' He said, 'Do you paint very closely or do you go distance sometimes?' I say, 'Of course I go distance sometimes.' He says, 'Well, you see my daughter very closely and now I am taking her … so you see her from a distance. And if you still like her from a distance, I will bring her back.' So he just took her and I was suffering with shock, and she was not happy either."
Fortunately, his beloved's mother took pity on her pining daughter and paid for her ticket back to India. Years later, Kher had told me, her father turned to her and said, 'Sometimes, you know, you just meet your soulmate' and that's what happened. But then because we were so different, it was: 'Where is this connection?', 'How are you communicating?' "
They may both be Indian, but their backgrounds, it is true, could scarcely be more different. Gupta's tales of his childhood and teenage years are wonderfully rich. He was born (one of six children) in the northeastern state of Bihar, which he describes as the Wild West of India. His father, a railway guard, was a drinker and died in his early forties, when Gupta was 12. His mother, who came from a farming family, sent him off to live with her brother for a few years in a remote village — "Not a single school kid wore shoes, and there is no road to go to school. Sometimes we stop in the field and we sit down and eat green chickpea before we go to school — it comes in my memory like a movie. Fantastic! My kids, when I tell them, will not believe it because they live a very urban lifestyle."
At night, villagers would water the huge communal roof to cool it down before placing their mattresses. "So all the families, after eating their dinner, would meet on the roof and go to bed. It was good fun — fantastic! — a great memory to have."
After leaving school, Gupta joined one of the four small theatre groups in Khagaul and worked as an actor for five years. He also designed posters to advertise the plays, which is when it was first suggested that he go to art college. He ended up working as a part-time newspaper designer and illustrator while studying at the College of Art, Patna. The day he was offered a permanent job by the newspaper, he packed it in to try his luck in Delhi, where he was awarded a scholarship by a government-run initiative, and a space to work in the Ghari Studios.
This is where Kher met Gupta, who explains that "most of the artists in India in the generation above us have been through those studios".
At that time, Gupta was painting typical Indian scenes, but it wasn't until 1996, and his first residency, that he came into his own. "It was a very peaceful place and I collected my childhood memory to do what I wanted to do. My first installation was called 29 Mornings," Gupta says. "With 29 stools, where I would eat my breakfast, lunch and dinner, and in one corner of the room there was a bulb and a black wire hanging, and some of that what the spider makes … web."
Since then, Gupta's career hasn't looked back, sparked as it was by that single act of looking backwards. Part of his education was a stint in England in 1999 when, after another residency in the Gasworks Gallery, South London, Gupta was offered four months in a brewery in Kendal: "A fantastic place to be! Countryside, rain, pub, beer — I love it."
Gupta is at his most fluent when he talks about the rationale behind his art, The relevance of the skull in Indian culture, with the sadhus who "sometimes eat the flesh of the burning human to make them powerful and carry the human skull. You don't see that anymore so much." Why he uses the stainless steel utensils, again and again: "The poor, the middle class and the rich use it at home. In this country, how many people have the utensils but they starve because there is no food?"
Kher returns, and I ask her why she thinks there is such interest in India. "In the way that China [was picked up on], people felt that India is a country one needs to look at … The thing is that although these shows are very useful, at the same time, you know, you shoot yourself in the foot."
Could she explain? "It's fantastic but no artist is 'overall' or 'generic'. One wants people to go in deeper. You don't want them to read the synopsis of the book, and then not read the actual book."
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Common Man, Subodh Gupta at Hauser & Wirth, London W1 (hauserwirth.com), until October 31
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Guardian Asks UK Gov't To Investigate Google News For Not Contributing To Journalism?
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The reasoning is a bit convoluted, but, basically The Guardian says that since the online ad market is tough right now, it can't make enough money on the traffic that Google sends it. So stop accepting traffic from Google, right? No, it can't do that, because then competitors like the BBC would sweep up all of the traffic.
Is it just me, or does this reasoning suggest that The Guardian should be asking the government not to investigate Google News, but the BBC for representing unfair competition? The Guardian's reasoning here is a bit tortured. It seems to be saying it can't compete with other sources due to Google News... even though those other sources have the exact same issue (getting traffic from Google News). It's only real complaint is that the BBC offers its content for free online -- and (though it doesn't appear to explicitly call this out), the BBC is publicly funded and doesn't have to focus on ad revenue like The Guardian does. So why isn't the complaint against the BBC instead of Google News?
The Guardian always struck me as a pretty good paper, but the logic here is hard to understand. If it doesn't want the traffic, fine, don't take it (though, most people recognize that would be a mistake). If the problem is that it can't monetize the content effectively, then that's a business model problem for The Guardian -- not Google News. Finally, if the problem is (as it appears) competition from the BBC, then take it up with the BBC or those who fund it, but don't misplace the blame on Google News.

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There are some 14,000-bail agents currently working in the United States. Of those, there are some agents in high population cities that make hundreds of thousands of dollars a year and there are other agents in those same large towns that won't make ten thousand dollars a year. The average bail agent across the country probably makes between twenty-five and fifty thousand dollars a year The bail profession is probably more about whom you know (or rather who knows you) than what you know. To be successful, you must be known by a very large number and extremely diverse group of the local population.
Getting Started:
Before you worry about getting a license, take some time and evaluate your market. Talk to the Sheriff of your county and see what he requires to approve bail agents. Talk to the Police officers and Sheriff's deputies you know and see what they think of the idea of your writing bail. If you don't know the Sheriff and a lot of the police in your area, this may not be a good business for you. While it's certainly not required, knowing the local law enforcement certainly helps being a bail agent. How many criminal defense attorneys do you know? Do you know the prosecuting attorneys in your area and how well do you know the Judges? These are the key audiences of the bail agent and without them you'll be starting with a severe deficit.
Other questions you need answered are how much competition is there in your area. Are you in a high population center with scores of companies already there? Are you in a small county with only one company? Sometimes that one company will be harder to compete against than the high population center. If they've been there a long time and have a long established record of fair dealings in the community and are well respected by the law enforcement and judicial community, it will be very hard to compete with them.
The other question you need to answer is how many people go to jail and of those how many actually post bail as opposed to being released on their own recognizance or some other court release program. There are four states that do not have commercial bail; they are Illinois, Kentucky, Oregon and Wisconsin. And there are other places where they have very little commercial bail, such as Maine and Nebraska.
How to become licensed:
In most states, bail agents are licensed by the Department of Insurance. There may not be a license specific for bail agents; in many states, the license required is for property & casualty insurance. Contact the licensing division of the insurance department of your state and they can tell you which license you need. If they don't have a specific bail agent's license and they seem confused about what you need, tell them you need a license to post surety bonds.
Ask them what the education requirements are for the license and where you can get the education. Ask them if there is a separate test required and where to take the test. Then ask them to send you all the forms you need to apply for such a license and how much money you will need to send in with the application. Ask them are you needed to submit fingerprints; pictures or anything else required they haven't told you about.
A Bail Bond Board regulates the state of Arkansas and you will need to contact them, rather than the department of insurance. In a few states, if you have enough money, you don't need an insurance company and you can put the money up with the court. You will need to contact your courts if you feel you would qualify.
Unless you are independently wealthy and live in one of the states that allow personal surety, sometimes called pocket bondsmen or property bail agents, you must be appointed by an insurance company to write bail bonds.
What does an insurance company do for me?
When you consider what a bail agent does, where does the insurance company fit in? If the bail agents' job is to return the defendant to court, how does an out of state insurance company help? If you're not wealthy enough to write on your own assets, then you need the assets of an insurance company to guarantee your bonds.
When an insurance agent sells an auto policy, the agent gets a small commission and if the auto is damaged, it's not the agent's problem. The company steps in and settles with the policyholder. When a bail agent writes a bail bond, the agent gets the money and pays the company a premium. And when the defendant doesn't appear, the agent recovers the defendant and if they can't recover the defendant, the agent pays the bond. The purpose of the insurance company is to step in if the agent fails. It's more reinsurance than insurance. The bail insurance company covers the agents' family if something happens to the agent by cleaning up the outstanding liability accrued by the agent.
What determines how much I have to pay the insurer?
The premium rates an agent pays a company is determined by the financial status of the agent. The financial stability, credit ratings, community ties, experience level and other factors determine the agent's rate. The other determining factor is the amount of money placed into a collateral account or build-up-fund (BUF) by the agent. What is a BUF? It is money that belongs to the agent, held by the company in trust, which guarantees the company that the agent will fulfill the obligations of their contract. What happens to the BUF? The BUF is the agent's money – the company must be accountable for it – and if the agent takes care of their business, it turns into quite a retirement account. If the agent fails, then the BUF is used to pay judgments, recovery fees and legal fees. A word of caution here – if you become an agent, make sure your BUF is held in an FDIC insured account and that you receive monthly statements showing what's there. Too many people have lost money to dishonest general agents and a couple of companies that went bad over the years. It is the best policy that the insurance company holds your BUF. At any rate make sure that you receive a copy of the bank statement each month.
What else should I do?
When you decide on the insurance company you want to represent, you may have to deal with their general agent. Many companies use general agents (GA's) as a buffer between the company and the agent for liability purposes. They also use general agents because of the expense they would incur if they had to hire all of the personnel necessary to train and supervise agents. Some companies have one national general agent while other companies use large regional general agents.
Once you've found the company and general agent you want to work with, you need to take your time and make sure of what you're getting into. Have them explain the contract to you in detail and then take the contract to your attorney and see if the attorney's interpretation is the same. If it's not, ask yourself the question, WHY? In any contract, you assume specific obligations and you need to fully understand what you're doing – so take your time.
One last thing – ask for a referral list of the general agents/companies agents and call them up and find out how well they like the GA/company. Ask those agents if they know anyone who ever had a problem with the GA or the company. Get their phone number and call them up and find out what the problem was – it may be sour grapes and there again – you won't know if you don't ask!
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Saturday afternoon an eighth inning solo home run over the right field fence by M.L. Williams proved to be the game-winner in a 7-6 win over Stetson in Atlantic Sun Conference play at Ken Dugan Field at Stephen L. Marsh Stadium.
The Bisons and Stetson close out the series Sunday afternoon at 1. Right-hander Josh Smith, 2-0, 3.46 ERA, will be on the mound for the Bisons.
"It was one of those back-and-forth games," said Bisons coach Jeff Forehand. "M.L. is not a home run guy."
In some ways it was a case of redemption for Williams who made errors in the third and eighth innings.
"M.L. didn't let a bad play get to him," said Forehand. "He is learning every day about playing the game in the field."
Williams' home run capped a three-hit day, a season-high and his first multiple-hit game of the season. His three RBI were also a team high and tied for the game high.
It was Williams' season-high for RBI in a game and his fourth multiple-RBI game of the season. He also has a four-game hitting streak.
"It was basically a perfect pitch," said Williams of his home run. "I am more of a get on base style of player."
Justin Sanders has hits in his last nine games, his second nine-game hitting streak of the season. Ryan Wilkins, Tennyson Dodd and Branden Cadavid all have five-game hitting streaks.
Catcher Logan Hostettler hit his first double of the season as he joined Wilkins and Dodd in getting two hits. Antonio Butler tied Williams for the team lead in hits with three.
The Bisons had 15 hits, the sixth straight game they have had 10 or more hits. They are averaging 13 hits a game during this stretch.
The Bisons opened with one run in the first as Sanders, Dodd and Cadavid all singled with two outs. Cadavid brought in Sanders.
In the second the Bisons extended the lead to 3-0 with two runs.
Stetson responded with five runs in the third to take a 5-3 lead.
The Bisons chipped away with one run in the fourth and two in the fifth to tie the game, setting the stage for the home run by Williams.
Senior right-hander Brandon McClurg started for the Bisons, pitching 6.2 innings. He gave up eight hits and six runs, only one of them earned. He struck out five and walked one in a hard luck effort.
Junior right-hander Matt Bowling relieved McClurg in the seventh. Bowling allowed one hit, walked one and struck out one in 1.1 innings. Bowling picked up his first win of the season.
The first batter Bowling faced was Jeremy Cruz, one of the best players in the conference. Bowling struck Cruz out swinging to end the seventh inning.
"I can't say enough about Matt Bowling," said Forehand. "He came in and got Cruz with a fastball.
"We need somebody who can come in and pitch, if needed, in the seventh and eighth innings. Matt might be our guy. He is getting grittier. One of the things we have been telling him is that he can go all out with his fastball."
It was a rough day for Cruz who had two home runs stolen by Bisons outfielders. Left field Tyler Wilson hauled one back in over the fence in the fifth inning and Antonio Butler did the same thing in right field in ninth to end the game.
Senior right-hander Kyle Tognazzini, the Bisons stopper pitched the ninth. He shut down Stetson on one hit and one walk for his fifth save.
The Bisons moved back to 10-10 overall, 7-1 in the A-Sun. Stetson slipped to 8-14, 2-3 in the conference.


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In one of the highest-profile sentencings of a public official ever in Orange County, U.S. District Judge Andrew Guilford sentenced former sheriff Mike Carona to 5.5 years in prison on Monday.
Here is a transcript of the judge's remarks when imposing the sentence, with several subheadings added by the Register for ease of reading. The two codes Guilford talks about, 3553(a) and 5(k)(2.7), are federal guidelines dealing with sentencing. The Quint letter he mentions was written by Wayne Quint, head of the Orange County deputy sheriff's union. Mr. Sun is Brian Sun, one of Carona's attorneys.
All right. I am now going to give my analysis of the 3553(a) factors which I am required to do. I will then state my sentence. We'll determine release status. And we'll be done. All right. The first factor in 3553(a) is the nature and circumstances of the offense. I want to emphasize that the focus here is on the crime of conviction, which is urging someone to withhold testimony, requiring them to perjure themselves. That is the focus of my analysis. I believe that (is what) provides an underlying basis for the sentence I will impose.
I believe that crime is actually worse than perjury because it involves another in the process. I noted earlier that Mr. Haidl said, "I'm not going to G. D. perjury." I think Mr. Haidl felt had he continued along the path with Mr. Carona he would have been in a situation where he would have been required to perjure himself, and he broke away from that path perhaps because he understood the significant seriousness of perjury. A few years ago, I wrote an article. In that article, I stated my concern about a diminished commitment to the truth.
And I said this should concern lawyers and motivate action. I could have said it should concern lawyers and judges. I noted that there was far too much lying in our society. And I noted that the truth is an essential ingredient in the third branch of our government. And since that's the case, it is particularly important that lawyers – and I could have added judges – be truthful in their conduct, particularly as they search for truth in trial. Numerous things can be done in the judicial system to promote the pursuit of truth. Judges and district attorneys should be more open to perjury prosecution.
I wrote that as a lawyer, and I am now a judge. And I think I am called upon to act as I urged a few years ago. I note there is a new book perhaps reflecting the significance of this issue in our society. It's called "The Importance of Being Honest; How Lying, Secrecy, and Hypocrisy Collide with Truth and the Law." It includes this quote in the beginning. "In the absence of trust, the police cannot fully protect anyone. Fewer crimes will be reported. Fewer citizens will come to the aid of the police. Fewer witnesses will to come forward. Indeed, fewer juries will be satisfied with police evidence. And fewer criminals will go to trial."
I do believe the victim in this case is our community, in general, our legal system, and particularly our community of Orange County. I've been a proud resident of this community, and I must confess this case causes me some shame on behalf of our community.
In that quote I just referenced, it talked about the system, it talked about police officers. On a regular basis, I have sheriff's deputies take this stand and tell their story to juries sitting in that box right there. And I have juries called upon to analyze the credibility of those deputies, deputies and other police officers. I can't help but think that in that analysis some of them will think, "Well, the Sheriff's Department had a sheriff who told someone to lie."
I'm sure those words will get mentioned in the jury room just behind you folks. That is a huge, huge cost being paid … as a result of this crime. Evaluating the veracity of sheriff's deputies sitting on this stand.
I guess in a way I'm saying the zone of silence just got very loud in this case. In a bad way. I have sent numerous defendants to jail. And generally they passed through the jails run by the sheriff of this county. And I need a sheriff I can trust to protect those defendants as they run through the jails of this county. Again, it's an issue of trust. And I believe that trust has been harmed here.
I'll go to the Quint letter. It's pretty powerful in terms of the harm that's been caused here. "The department has lost credibility with other law enforcement agencies as a direct result of his conviction. In my duties as president, I have frequent interactions with various law enforcement entities throughout the State of California. And it is very sad that the many advances and achievements that our nationally recognized former sheriff and his then-organization made now take a backseat to the fact that our former leader is a convicted felon."
There has been talk about badges in this case. I've had a few law enforcement folks in my family. And I have always been taught to protect the badge and to honor the badge. Mr. Carona wrote on this issue: "Our badge has been both worn by people who can only be described as heroes – eight members of the department have paid the ultimate price in the line of duty while wearing it. And all who have worn it over the years have tirelessly worked towards building this department's commission of dedication to the communities we serve. Our badge represents nothing less than the history and honor of the department itself. The small piece of metal is a symbol of (an) organization that has set the standard for other law enforcement agencies to follow for over a century. The design has changed over also years … And whatever shape our badge will take in the future, it will always stand as a symbol of pride, dedication, and professionalism of the finest law enforcement offices in the nation, the men and women of the Orange County Sheriff's Department."
I had a case in this courtroom where I was called upon to evaluate the importance of a uniform and a badge. And in that case I think I was alone among three or four district courts to find that a uniform and a badge are important as reflective of trust, trust that is necessary for this ordered society. So I consider the nature and circumstances of the offense of witness tampering alone here to be a very serious offense. And when its done by the highest ranking law enforcement officer, it justifies a 5(k)(2.7) departure.
And here I would just like to say specifically under 5(k)(2.7), I believe there has been a significant disruption of a governmental function. I'm to look at the nature and extent of the governmental function and the importance of the governmental function effected. The governmental function here of course is law enforcement, the core of our society. And the unusual circumstances are that it is the highest ranking law enforcement officer who was involved. I believe that justifies a 5(k)(2.7) departure. And, if not, then I would do it as a variance.
As the article I mentioned, the article I wrote, said this conduct is growing in our society, we see it out there all around us, I would like to say it must stop. I don't pretend to be able to stop it. But I hope in a little way as I suggested in the article perhaps we can slow it. Lying will not be tolerated in this courtroom, especially by law enforcement. Especially by the county's leading law enforcement officer, which now brings me to turn to the history and characteristics of the defendant.
Reference was made at the trial that he was the highest elected officer in Orange County. And with that of course came power. And with that power I think comes expectations. He was also the highest ranking law enforcement officer in the nation's fifth largest county. There was one moment in the trial where someone said – the question was asked, "Why did you do it?" And he said, "He was the sheriff. I did it." That's the kind of power that sheriffs have, and that's the kind of power that sheriffs should have, that's the kind of power that sheriffs must have, but that's the kind of power that sheriffs can only have if we are vigilant in upholding the integrity of the office.
One of the defendant's campaign promises was that he would be there to protect victims not coddle criminals. Well, what goes around comes around. And I want to make sure that this court does not coddle any criminals. There will be no coddling here.
There was the theme of two Mike Caronas. The measure of a man's worth is what that person does when no one is watching. Everything someone does should be something that person would be proud to see on the front page of the Register or the Times. The Mike Carona we see telling a man to lie speaks poorly of your characteristics.
Now, we come to a reflection of Mr. Carona's life. Mr. Carona, you have had hard times. I read your letter. I read the stories. But I have sentenced – in fact, I usually sentence – folks with far tougher histories or certainly tougher histories. And that's a factor to take into consideration here, but there are limits to how much that can be taken into consideration. In our sentencing we often find that very unfortunate people with very unfortunate backgrounds nevertheless face tough sentences that must be imposed.
Now, I noted that there were good deeds that Mr. Carona has performed. But many of those are really to be expected of the highest law enforcement officer, the highest elected officer in this state.
As I look at your achievements, Mr. Carona, I think your highest achievement is your son. And that speaks very well of you. I think your biggest blessing is your wife. And that speaks very well of you. You've had a loyal wife and a son who has achieved and is proud of his father and whose father is no doubt proud of him. The sentence I will impose will be tough on them. But I've been forced to sentence in situations where families have been hurt more, where families have been left without sources of income. It is … perhaps sadly, perhaps necessarily the nature of our criminal justice system.
Mr. Carona, you've also been blessed with many friends who have written many letters. And I have read through those letters. I acknowledge the blessing that you have such friends. But the letters, I kept reading them and struggling with them. Because none of them helped me reconcile the man they're friends with, the man they're loyal to, the man they like, (with) the man we saw at trial, at that restaurant with Haidl when he thought no one else was listening.
And if I had thought the letters could address that, explain that, reconcile that, I might have different views, but to me it left me with the impression of the two Mike Caronas we've heard about. All right. 3553(a) then calls me to look at the seriousness of the offense. I need to promote respect for the law, and I need to establish a just punishment. I need to take into account deterrence and the protection of the public. I think these issues have already been covered. It should be clear that I consider the offense to be very serious. The sentence I impose I believe is necessary to promote respect for the law.
The sentence I impose I believe is necessary to deter and protect the public. I noted there is a growing trend, and it continues to grow. I believe cynicism is the curse of our time. Cynicism is the curse of our time. And it is particularly destructive when it involves government officials.
And, with that, I have to address, Mr. Carona, your post-trial conduct. Mr. Sun, I fully understand why your client may choose for pursue an appeal. There have been many, many issues presented in this case, and I look forward to guidance from the 9th Circuit when you appeal as I'm sure you will, as I'm sure you should.
And since I fully understand your right to appeal, I understand that Mr. Carona cannot be allowed to admit his guilt. I want the public to understand that. There has been people writing, wondering where the admission is. It's just not the way it happens really when you're pursuing an appeal, as Mr. Carona has every right to. Neither the decision here to admit guilt, nor the decision to go to trial, to take this case to trial, are or will be held against Mr. Carona. But it is a different matter for you to proclaim victory after you were convicted by a jury as a felon. It's one thing not to admit guilt. It's a different thing to celebrate the verdict with proclamations of victory and proclamations of innocence. If we're going to celebrate and thank the jury — and I see some jury members here in court.
Again, I thank them for their service – if we're going to thank the jury for the first five counts, we've got to honor the jury for that remaining count. And I did not understand the unrestrained celebration and proclamations of innocence and complete vindication.
I think many were left confused by that. Perhaps the press didn't report it correctly. A few did. Most didn't. And I think many were left confused. A wrong message was sent concerning respect for the law and respect for the jury system.
Again, more cynicism, which is the curse of our time. A wrong message was sent on the issue of deterrence, I believe. A wrong message was sent on protecting the public.
You know, in this case it was really important I believe, and I think all judges would agree, to get an unbiased jury who would take an oath and give Mr. Carona a fair trial. I just want to say after all was said and done there has been a lot of comment about the jury, but Mr. Carona certainly did not get a jury that was biased against him. And I think that speaks well for the system. And we can only preserve that kind of system if we continue to battle against this cynicism I've talked about.
The sentence I am imposing is tailored to promote respect for the law, to provide deterrence from this conduct happening again, and to protect the public. Now, on the issue of protecting the public, that's protecting the public basically from Mr. Carona. And on that point, at this point Mr. Carona's conduct gives no indication that he wouldn't again ask someone to lie. Again, that's partly because he can't admit his guilt, but that is partly because he was rather celebrating the entire result, which included conviction for a felony.
Now, there are other issues to address. One is the need to provide the defendant with education or vocational training. I don't believe that applies here. The defense raised the issue of disparity concerning Mr. Haidl and Mr. Jaramillo, suggesting that they're going to get lower sentences. Of course, that's not yet been decided. They do have — they will be entitled to whatever benefit 5(k)(1.1) provides. That's a provision that allows cooperating defendants some credit in their sentencing.
I note in Mr. Sun's paper, the defendant's paper, number 630 at footnote four, the statement is made, "These disparities between Haidl and Jaramillo on the one hand and Mr. Carona on the other are inherent in the federal criminal justice system as it is currently structured." And that is true. Mr. Jaramillo and Mr. Haidl will get whatever benefit they can under 5(k)(1.1). And that will lead to a difference, which I don't consider is an inappropriate disparity.
I would also note Haidl's statement that he was not going down for perjury. For whatever reason, he recognized that he was in a position he did not want to be in. And that is something that distinguishes him from Mr. Carona.
I would also note perhaps the most important issue in response to charges of potential disparity is neither Mr. Haidl, nor Mr. Jaramillo were elected by the citizens of our nation's fifth largest county to be the chief law enforcement officer in that county.
An issue was raised about Mr. Carona's safety in jail. I think the government actually did some research and investigation. And I think they've addressed that as to what the bureau of prisons will do. And I believe the Bureau of Prisons will protect Mr. Carona just as Mr. Carona was charged with protecting prisoners in his care. I have faith in the Bureau of Prisons.
I would also note in argument that the government made in their papers that in the federal system Mr. Carona will not be seeing those he imprisoned since they would be going to the state system.
Now, in formulating a sentence, I considered different alternatives. I considered fines. And frankly as I look at the reasonableness of the sentences, I would prefer to be heavier on the fine than on the term of imprisonment. I sometimes think as I get recommendations on sentencing there is not enough focus on fines, there is not enough focus on restitution. There is focus on throwing folks in jail. Here, I know this case has imposed financial hardship on Mr. and Mrs. Carona, but I also see that they got a generous retirement guaranteed to them. And I might find that that's a retirement that comes partly from a job that I think Mr. Carona failed to perform properly when he called for lies to be made while he was the sitting sheriff. So as I consider that and I consider the restitution issue – I'm sorry – and I consider the fine issue, I intend to impose the highest fine available at the guideline range we've discussed.
I've also considered community service. Mr. Sun, I hear you when you recommend community service. But I've decided custody is necessary in this case, particularly to promote respect for the law, to provide deterrence, and to meet the other 3553(a) factors. That does not mean that community service would not be something I certainly would encourage Mr. Carona to do during his period of supervised release or particularly while he's in prison."
All right. Reading from document 618, adjusted according to my evaluation of what is an appropriate sentence, under 3553(a), reflecting all the factors of 3553(a), and making sure that the sentence is sufficient but not greater than necessary to comply with the 3553 A factors, I'm considering the advisory guideline range, which was 63 to 78 months. And noting that the guidelines are advisory, but do act to avoid disparity and promote consistency, with an advisory guideline range of 63 to 78 months and a fine range of $12,500 to $125,000, with a criminal history category of one, the Court makes the following sentence:
It is ordered that the defendant shall pay to the United States a special assessment of $100, which is due immediately. It is ordered that the defendant shall pay to the United States a total fine of $125,000, which shall bear interest as provided by law.
I note that in document 618 the fine was to be paid no later than thirty days after the date of this judgment. I have increased the amount of the fine and so I would like to give more than thirty days. My inclination now is to give a year to pay that fine. When I ask for comments — and I will ask for comments at the end of this before I impose the sentence – I would ask for a response to the notion that the fine should be paid within one year rather than thirty days.
The defendant shall comply with general order number 0105. Under the Sentencing Reform Act of 1984, it is the judgment of the Court that the Defendant Michael S. Carona is hereby committed on Count Four of the fourth superseding indictment. (Here, the attorneys correct Guilford on the count number.) I'm sorry. Thank you. – is hereby committed on the Count 6 of the fourth superseding indictment to the custody of the Bureau of Prisons to be imprisoned for a term of 66 months.
Upon release from imprisonment, the defendant shall be placed on supervised release for a period of two years under the following terms and conditions: The defendant shall comply with the rules and regulations of the U.S. Probation Office and general order 318. During the period of community supervision, the defendant shall pay the special assessment and fine in accordance with this judgment's orders pertaining to such payment.
The defendant – three, the defendant shall cooperate in the collection of a DNA sample from the defendant. Four, the defendant shall apply monies received from income tax refunds greater than $500, lottery winnings, inheritance, judgments, and any anticipated or unexpected financial gains to the outstanding court ordered financial obligation. Five, as directed by probation officer, the defendant shall provide to the probation officer, one, a signed release authorizing credit report inquiries; two, federal and state income tax returns and a signed release authorizing their disclosure; and, three, an accurate financial statement with supporting documentation as to all assets, income, expenses, and liabilities of the defendant. And, six, the defendant shall maintain one personal checking account. All of the defendant's income, monetary gains, or other pecuniary proceeds shall be deposited into this account which shall be used for payment of all personal expenses. Records of all other bank accounts, including any business accounts, shall be disclosed to the probation officer upon request.
The drug testing condition mandated by statute is suspended based on the Court's determination that the defendant possesses a low risk of future substance abuse. All right. I believe those conditions of supervised release are appropriate. Conditions one, two, and three are standard conditions of supervised release or are otherwise statutorily required. Conditions numbers four, five, and six have been recommended in light of the financial nature of the offense, and I find them to be appropriate.
As we conclude, Mr. Carona, this has been a tough case for me. There is the issue of the two Mike Caronas. I've seen some of the public one, and there is much to speak well of him. The good father, the friend of those writing the letters. But I've also seen the other side of Mr. Carona, the one telling someone to lie.
Now, I've made my sentence. I hope – well, I note that some people can make good use of time in custody, Chuck Colson, and others. There are service opportunities while in custody. I hope you do that. And I hope while in custody you listen to the better angels of your nature and you come out a better man and better citizen. And I wish you good luck in that. And we're adjourned.
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Very cute...love all the hearts! Tilda looks perfect in the center..great job :)ReplyDelete
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Beautifully done Linda, I love that little heart die, delightful card my friendReplyDelete
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Very pretty card, Linda! Love all these hearts!ReplyDelete
Very pretty cards! I love all the different hearts. The pink is very pretty on Tilda.ReplyDelete
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Linda this is gorgeous and tilda is so cute I love al of those little hearts too, thanks for joining us this week at Just Magnolia xxReplyDelete
All those hearts are just pretty! Thanks for joining in the fun at Cheery Lynn Designs. Good luck!ReplyDelete
Wonderful Linda! Lots of gorgeous hearts. I bet that was tedious weaving the ribbon through those hearts. Beautiful results. Your blue card below is another fantastic creation.ReplyDelete
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This is so cute Linda, love all the hearts and that sweet Tilda in her bright pink coat.ReplyDelete
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This is stunning. Lee xReplyDelete
Absolutely gorgeous Linda. The hearts are beautiful and Tilda in the center is beautiful colored. I love your design.ReplyDelete
So sweet Linda, a very pretty cardReplyDelete
This card is so beautiful! I love the ribbon thru the hearts and love all the lace and lacy look to this card. All of the hearts are beautiful and so is Tilda. Beautiful job on this Linda.ReplyDelete
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And I love the ribbon through the heart, great idea.Fabulous work.:)Hugs Merethe
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Wow I see not only one gorgeous doily, but extra little heart dolies around Tilda. very cute project Linda :o)ReplyDelete
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The Andalusian club, who drew 2-2 with Anderlecht on Tuesday, secured the three points against Granada with goals from Joaquin, Javier Saviola, Ignacio Camacho and Roque Santa Cruz.
"It was important to come back from a Champions League match and deliver a good performance," the 26-year-old said exclusively to Goal.com after the game.
"We have had a hard time this season after returning from Champions League matches. So it was perfect with a 4-0-victory today."
The victory for Manuel Pellegrini's side was vital as they prepare for a run of tough fixtures that will see them face Sevilla and Real Madrid before Christmas and then Barcelona in the New Year, but the left-back is looking forward to the challenge.
"We end the year quite complicated. They will be difficult games, but also exciting matches. So here we just have to be ready from the start and be focused and try to get as many points as possible," he added.
For Monreal the defeat of Granada was also special as it saw him start a game for the first time in two months after recovering from a back injury, and he was keen to acknowledge the support he received from fans.
"I am very happy. I've been sidelined for a long time, and I had much desire to come back and fight for the team," he explained.
"Today I got the opportunity to enjoy the first 45 minutes, and it was great. I still need something to find the rhythm and to be back at the same level as I was before the injury.
"I would like to thank the fans for the warm welcome they gave me today, when I returned to the starting line-up. They have been fantastic all season."


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A Long Line in the Sand
Mexican perspectives on Mexican immigration to the U.S.
Of all people, New Mexicans should understand that borders aren't simply about physical boundaries of land and territory; they're also about people and cultures that can shift and change. In the past few weeks, massive pro-immigrant rallies have forced the U.S. to publicly address the growing cultural and economic contributions of peoples from countries south of our border.
Estela Peñaloza
Estela stands beside her washer and dryer and tells a group of American students the story of her family. Her cinderblock home hugs the side of a ravine in Cuernavaca, Mexico. The group sits in one room of the tiny home, under a corrugated plastic roof. Four beds, a couch, a refrigerator, a small stove, boxes, a TV and a stereo crowd the upper level of the room. Estela stands on the level below. Behind a curtain is a bathroom with a barrel of water for pouring down the toilet. On the walls are two guitars, a tennis racquet, a plastic NFL clock and a crucifix with a white Jesus.
Ofelia Laureano
Ofelia Laureano was born in a rural village in the state of Puebla where her parents were farmers. The family was poor, and her parents had trouble supporting all their children. Every day, the family ate tortillas and beans. Ofelia took care of the younger children while her siblings worked in the field.


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Transposition of the great vessels is a heart defect that occurs from birth (congenital).The two major vessels that carry blood away from the heart -- the aorta and the pulmonary artery -- are switched (transposed).
Alternative Names
Transposition of the great arteries; TGA; d-TGA
The cause of most congenital heart defects is unknown.
Factors in the mother that may increase the risk of this condition include:
- Age over 40
- Alcoholism
- Diabetes
- Poor nutrition during pregnancy (prenatal nutrition)
- Rubella or other viral illness during pregnancy
Transposition of the great vessels is a cyanotic heart defect. This means there is decreased oxygen in the blood that is pumped from the heart to the rest of the body.
In normal hearts, blood that returns from the body goes through the right side of the heart and pulmonary artery to the lungs to get oxygen. The blood then comes back to the left side of the heart and travels out the aorta to the body.
In transposition of the great vessels, the blood goes to the lungs, picks up oxygen, returns to the heart, and then flows right back to the lungs without ever going to the body. Blood from the body returns to the heart and goes back to the body without ever picking up oxygen in the lungs.
Symptoms appear at birth or very soon afterward. How bad the symptoms are depends on the type and size of additional heart defects (such as atrial septal defect, ventricular septal defect, or patent ductus arteriosus) and how much the blood can mix between the two abnormal circulations.
- Blueness of the skin
- Clubbing of the fingers or toes
- Poor feeding
- Shortness of breath
Exams and Tests
The health care provider may detect a heart murmur while listening to the chest with a stethoscope. The babys mouth and skin will be a blue color.
Tests often include the following:
- Cardiac catheterization
- Chest x-ray
- Echocardiogram (if done before birth, it is called a fetal echocardiogram)
- Pulse oximetry (to check blood oxygen level)
The baby will immediately receive a medicine called prostaglandin through an IV (intravenous line). This medicine helps keep a blood vessel called the the ductus arteriosus open, allowing some mixing of the two blood circulations.
A procedure using a long, thin flexible tube (balloon atrial septostomy) may be needed to create a large hole in the atrial septum to allow blood to mix.
A surgery called an arterial switch procedure is used to permanently correct the problem within the babys first week of life. This surgery switches the great arteries back to the normal position and keeps the coronary arteries attached to the aorta. Prior to the development of this surgery, a surgery called an atrial switch (or Mustard procedure or Senning procedure) was used. There are still many people alive who had this surgery.
Outlook (Prognosis)
The childs symptoms will improve after surgery to correct the defect. Most infants who undergo arterial switch do not have symptoms after surgery and live normal lives. If corrective surgery is not performed, the life expectancy is only months.
Possible Complications
- Coronary artery problems
- Heart valve problems
- Irregular heart rhythms (arrhythmias)
When to Contact a Medical Professional
This condition can be diagnosed before birth using a fetal echocardiogram. If not, it is usually diagnosed soon after a baby is born.
Go to the emergency room or call the local emergency number (such as 911) if your babys skin develops a bluish color, especially in the face or trunk.
Call your health care provider if your baby has this condition and new symptoms develop, get worse, or continue after treatment.
Women who plan to become pregnant should be immunized against rubella if they are not already immune. Eating well, avoiding alcohol, and controlling diabetes both before and during pregnancy may be helpful.
Webb GD, Smallhorn JF, Therrien J, Redington AN. Congenital heart disease. In: Bonow RO, Mann DL, Zipes DP, Libby P, eds. Braunwalds Heart Disease: A Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine. 9th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2011:chap 65.
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Kurt R. Schumacher, MD, Pediatric Cardiology, University of Michigan Congenital Heart Center, Ann Arbor, MI. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Isla Ogilvie, PhD, and the A.D.A.M. Editorial team.


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While engineers and designers feverishly worked overtime on the development of a four-passenger cars they code-named the F-car, the Chevy public relations, advertising and marketing group prepared the world for the intro of a car they called the Panther.
All through the summer of 1965 essentially every aspect of the automobile's design and development, from preliminary design sketches to clay models, was photographed and carefully documented. Chevy utilized the possessions to develop a 30 -minute motion picture The Camaro for sale in Smithville MO , which was later on shown on TV and in cinema. They likewise introduced ladies's clothing called the Camaro Collection and even a Camaro roadway race game.
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Automotive legend has it that somebody at Chevrolet lastly proposed the name Camaro and upper management rapidly agreed. Although the name has no real significance, GM scientists reportedly found the word in a French dictionary as a slang term for "friend" or "companion." It's reported that Ford Motor Company researchers also discovered other definitions, consisting of "a shrimp-like animal" and an arcane term for "loose bowels."
Because a number or pre-launch products had currently been released using the Panther name, Chevy's a lot of pressing challenge was to now relabel their new Mustang killer, the Camaro. Camaros are found in Smithville MO by looking for classic car dealers.
Lastly, on June 28, 1966, General Motors held a live press conference in Detroit's Statler-Hilton Hotel. It was the first time in history that 14 cities were connected in real time for a press conference via telephone lines. Elliot M. "Pete" Estes, who replaced "Bunkie" Knudsen as Chevrolet General Supervisor in July 1965, began the press conference by declaring all individuals were now charter members of the Society for the Elimination of Panthers from the Automotive World (SEPAW.) Estes confidently announced that Camaro was chosen as the name for Chevy's new four-passenger cars to honor the custom of beginning Chevy model names with the letter C such as the Corvette, Corvair, Chevelle, and Chevy II.


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:: creating the quirino walkable district:
an urban planning sketch
(cross posted from Another Hundred Years Hence)
Roby's original intent with the Philippines Makeover blog was to inspire people to use Google Earth and SketchUp to reimagine our cities. I am finally indulging him (and myself) with a sketch study on creating a walkable district using Quirino LRT station as the epicenter -with Quirino Avenue as the axis and the southern Malate district as the study area. I'd like to explore how we can improve this part of the city by making it more walkable -and hopefully, more livable.
Click on the image to the right to see a larger view of the study area. You can also see the area and the markers on Google Maps. If you prefer, you can download the kmz file for viewing on Google Earth.
Why the Quirino Station? I don't know. It seemed a good a choice as any but what appealed to me was it's proximity to several urban amenities (the zoo, the bay, the sports center, remedios circle, leveriza children's park, etc.). The stretch of Quirino between Taft Avenue and Roxas Boulevard also presents some very interesting opportunity sites.
I am doing this urban planning sketch...
- as a thought experiment, to see what possibilities there are
- as a model/instigation to hopefully jumpstart other flights of imagination
- as a showcase of physical urban planning -to show what comes into play and into consideration when you plan an area (i.e. -the physical designs, the policy approaches and the community consensus building)
So we start with the walking shed. A normal, healthy person can comfortably cover 1/4 of a mile during a 5 minute walk and 1/2 a mile during 10 minute walk. (The number is awkward when translated into kilometers -but if you want the figures: 5 minutes = 0.402336 km or 400+ meters; 10 minutes = 804672 km or 800+ meters.) That radius has been the basis for the design of neighborhoods since Clarence Stein and Henry Wright proposed the plan for Radburn, New Jersey. (If the Radburn plan looks familiar to you, whip out your Google Earth and navigate to Philamlife Subdivision. Philam as well as most of the QC Projects were patterned after the Radburn/Garden Cities template.)
The following landmarks are within a 10 minute walk radius of the Quirino LRT Station:
- The bars in malate
- The Remedios Circle
- The San Andres Market
- Malate Church
- The Manila Zoo
- The Leveriza Children's Park
- Ospital ng Maynila
- Harrison Plaza
- The Rizal Sports Complex
- DLSU, Benilde, St. Scho and PCU
- The MET
- Bangko Sentral
- The Manila Yacht Club
- The Army-Navy Club
- UP Manila
- The Supreme Court
- Robinson's Malate
I'd like to fill up this map with as much data as I can and gather as many landmarks as I can place within the walkshed, so if you have the time and GoogleEarth skills, churn out markers on places / landmarks (restaurants, shops, offices, etc.) within the walkshed and send us the kmz files.
Digital copies of barangay maps of this district would also be very helpful.
Next up: opportunity sites within the walkshed.


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A nobody walks a dangerous path in a bid to become a big-shot in this gritty drama from the United Kingdom. Tony Cocozza (Ian Hart) is a small-time Scottish vocalist with a gimmick -- he loves the music of Frank Sinatra, and his repertoire consists almost entirely of songs associated with Ol' Blue Eyes. While Tony has a good voice and can bring off Sinatra's material quite well, he's a clueless nebbish offstage and hasn't been able to advance his career beyond the bottom rungs of the Scottish nightclub circuit. One night, while Tony waits out an intermission in his dressing room, an imposing-looking man named Chisolm (Brian Cox) arrives with a request -- his boss (Iain Cuthbertson) would prefer to hear some songs by Elvis Presley. Chisolm's boss turns out to be a powerful and dangerous crime kingpin, so Tony swallows his pride and sings like The King for a few minutes; the mobster is pleased, and Tony soon finds himself playing a better grade of nightclubs and spending his spare time with some of Glasgow's most notorious crime figures. Bill (Alun Armstrong), Tony's pianist and closest companion, warns Tony that he's getting in over his head with his new and dangerous friends, but imagining success is finally around the corner -- and emboldened by his new relationship with Irene (Kelly MacDonald), a pretty but cynical cigarette girl he met at a gig -- Tony refuses to listen to him. Strictly Sinatra also stars Tommy Flanagan and Richard E. Grant. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi


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At the ceremony, Leight presented the first ever Fest Genius Audience Award with The Hurt Locker actor Anthony Mackie! The award was selected by public voting on Gotham's website.


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|2007-05-24, 02:42
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Join Date: Dec 2005
White Devil is a fanon title for Nanoha. Likewise, Fate's fanon title opposite of Nanoha's is Black Angel. However, the only canon title she has is "Ace of Aces".
Fate's canon title is "Golden Lightning", I think. Hayate's nickname was...Mistress of the Night Sky?
Anyway, Signum and Vita have a title too if I'm not wrong, but don't hold me up on it.
|2007-05-24, 02:47
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: 3 times the passion of normal flamenco
|2007-05-24, 03:37
|Link #83
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Keep in mind that the rank system isn't just descriptive, but more like a certification - you take a test to get "promoted", which verifies that you've learned all the stuff that you're supposed to know at that rank, and can actually use it. We see Fate's AAA-rank test in a chapter of the manga, including a mock battle with Chrono (she loses, but does well enough to count.)
Skills have a rank associated with them, and doing a particular skill when it's harder than your achieved rank is a special sort of accomplishment - so Teana's ability to use Variable Shot, which is a AA-rank skill, is actually doin' really well for a B-rank mage.
The only problem I have is that, if flying is A-rank, well... the TSA has a friggin' ton of flying mages. We see whole crowds of flying mages in A's and early in StrikerS. Presumably the majority of those mages are actually A-rank and not just gifted aviators, so that means that there's actually a pretty good amount of A-rank mages in the TSA (at least in the air force arm.) Kind of puts a limit on how rare that rank is, and obviously the new forwards have a ways to go on that score.
(Mind you, we've seen precisely one army battalion, and they're absolutely not up to magical snuff, to the point where they were more or less overwhelmed by -firefighting- until some kids on vacation showed up. So it's not too much to say that the TSA has a definite bias towards higher-ranked mages in the air arm, and thus we'd expect to see very few mages with high ranks come up through the ground forces. Or, if people tend to join up with the ground forces, like Subaru, and then get promoted into the air arm when they master the skills necessary, that'd be a source of really fierce interservice rivalry...)
Anyway, just because none of the new forwards are A-rank, it doesn't mean that they're unable to fly. However, where their capabilities exceed their rank, the show's been letting us know, and we haven't seen any of them catch air yet, so it's entirely reasonable to guess that they can't actually do it yet. However, it's just the sort of thing that we'd see in a moment of dramatic tension... of course, Caro doesn't really need to fly herself when she can just catch a ride, but still. Adding flight capability to Subaru wouldn't improve radically on her Wing Road either. But it would make a tremendous difference to both Teana and Elio, so if either of them need a mid-season power-up, we can expect this to be in there somewhere.
|2007-05-24, 06:19
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Join Date: Sep 2006
(It's the same article to the one that had the infamous "time table")
This does NOT, however, defines that there were/will be no human mage of SS+ and above.
It simply says that Hayate is of highest rank at present time, and under TSAB rank, so there're lots of room for exception.
|2007-05-25, 04:08
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Philippines
Okay, my question now. I remember a conversation in A's about Lotte begging Chrono to release their powers during his conversation with Graham (After Chrono captured the Lieze twins). Just wondering, is it an additional effect of Struggle Bind? You'd get to hold the power of the one you captured even when the bonds are not present? If so, perhaps the limiters work in a similar way.
|2007-05-25, 04:24
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Confused person
Is that even struggle bind? i dont remember him actually saying the bind name when he caught lieze twin.They just suddenly got bind out of nowhere.
Perhaps after the twin rendered unmovable, he casted something else on em with similar effect to limiter.It might not be necessarily part of the bind itself.
So far we have seen that device's limiters are removed through long arch control station.Most probably body's limiter also worked the same just require special key or something ala gaogaigar.Since there is level activation for the device , perhaps they could also control the amount of body's limiter release (Hayate goes from AA to S only for example)
|2007-05-25, 04:33
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Location: 3 times the passion of normal flamenco
|2007-05-25, 04:34
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Philippines
And by the way, he did identify the bind as Struggle Bind and provided an explanation after he caught the twins.
|2007-05-25, 05:43
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We're Back
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Discord
Age: 30
Chrono's Struggle bind was described as "A very powerful binding spell that also acts as a magical "ground", specifically, it inhibits magical abilities of the target and can even dissolve transformations in use"
While Yuuno's Struggle bind was simply to bind.
I remember Chrono saying that he had learnt from the twins to always continuously improve himself, so I believe it is possible that Chrono had 'customized' his bind to add in those other effects.
|2007-05-26, 22:47
|Link #95
Knowledge is the solution
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: St. Louis, MO
Age: 34
One of those things that remind us that the forum discussions are full of traps and illusions
|2007-05-26, 23:23
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Mistress of Impatience
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: In a place of extremes. From below freezing to above boiling.
|2007-05-28, 16:25
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: United States
I'll make it simple: are there any text-based translations of ANY (I'd prefer all of them) of Nanoha CD dramas?
Due to my deafness, it bothers me a lot that I'm missing out on scenes and dialogue from them since they're audio-based.
|2007-05-28, 16:29
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Adeptus Animus
Join Date: Jan 2007
Age: 31
The music discussion thread has several translations, provided by Nagumo.
|2007-05-29, 02:40
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Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Currently Recovering in the TSAB Rehabilitation wing.
Age: 31
Ok my turn to ask something that I feel I should already know^^
What is the ranking system in the TSAB I have looked at all of the (USA) military branches and it seams to be a combination of them but not in order. A little help would be appreciated^^
Links, lists, or anything at all thanks
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