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"This Fall, Radius Books is proud to publish Violet Isle, a photographic duet about Cuba, by Alex Webb and Rebecca Norris Webb. Ricco Maresca Gallery, in New York's Chelsea District, is launching the book with a wonderful exhibition of photographs by both artists.
The gallery talk and booksigning will be held on Saturday, November 7th from 4–6 pm. "
Like many of the Radius titles, this book is available in a trade edition, signed edition and limited edition.
About the book, from the Radius website:
"This multi-layered portrait of "the violet isle"—a little-known name for Cuba inspired by the rich color of the soil there—presents an engaging, at times unsettling document of a vibrant and vulnerable land. It combines two separate photographic visions: Alex Webb's exploration of street life, with his attuned and complex attention to detail, and Rebecca Norris Webb's fascination with the unique, quixotic collections of animals she discovered there, from tiny zoos and pigeon societies to hand-painted natural history displays and quirky personal menageries. The result is an insightful and intriguing blend of two different aesthetics inspired by Cuba's existence over the last fifty years in an economic, political, cultural and ecological bubble virtually untouched by the rest of the world, and unlikely to remain that way for much longer.
Alex Webb is best known for his vibrant and complex color work, especially from Latin America and the Caribbean. He has published seven books, including Crossings and Istanbul, and has shown at the Whitney Museum of American Art, the High Museum of Art, and the Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego. He became a full member of Magnum Photos in 1979. He received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2007 to continue photographing in Cuba.
Rebecca Norris Webb, originally a poet and journalist, had her first NYC solo exhibition at Ricco Maresca Gallery in 2006, the same year her first book, The Glass Between Us, was published. Her series, which uses text and images to explore the complicated and vulnerable relationship that exists between people and animals in cities, has also been included in several group exhibitions, including "Why Look at Animals?" at the George Eastman House Museum of Photography. Her project was awarded sponsorship by the Blue Earth Alliance. Currently, she's working on a series of photographs in the American West called, "My Dakota."
Pico Iyer is a British-born essayist and novelist of East Indian descent who is currently based in Japan. A regular columnist for Time magazine since 1986, he has also written for Harper's, The Financial Times, The New York Times, The New Yorker. He has written over ten books, including Global Soul: Jet Lag, Shopping Malls, & the Search for Home (2000), Sun after Dark: Flights into the Foreign (2004) and most recently, The Open Road: The Global Journey of the Fourteenth Dalai Lama (2008)."


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Illinois residents cite taxes as a big reason, while the high cost of living is a big factor in Connecticut.
Indeed, Illinois and Connecticut have some of the highest property taxes in the U.S., according to the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy's annual 50 State Property Tax Comparison Study. The study finds that Bridgeport, Conn., a coastal city that is the state's most populous, has the highest property tax rate relative to the median home value of any urban area in the U.S. Newark, N.J., just west of Manhattan, is No. 2 and Aurora, Ill., a distant Chicago suburb, is No. 3. (Data for Illinois excludes the city of Chicago.)
New Jersey tied with New York for sixth among residents most wanting to leave.
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Saturday, March 11, 2006
If This Isn't Racism, What is It?
The following paragraphs contrast the excellent Wall Street Journal reporting on the recent Dubai Ports World's aborted effort to acquire certain U.S. ports with the also-recent acquisition of a toll road in Chicago by the Australian investment bank, Macquarie Bank.
I have not added, changed, or modified a single word.
Dubai Ports World's offer to delay exerting corporate control over operations at five U.S. ports did little to calm the political firestorm in Congress as several key lawmakers dismissed the step and continued to demand that President Bush reopen a federal review of the deal.
—Wall Street Journal, 2/25/06
Last year, the city of Chicago was in a bind. It faced a $220 million budget deficit and its credit rating was under review for a possible downgrade. Voters feared a jump in property taxes.
Then help came from a surprising place: Australia. Macquarie Bank, Australia's biggest homegrown investment bank, organized a deal to take over Chicago's historic Skyway toll road under a 99-year lease for $1.8 billion -- hundreds of millions of dollars more than some Chicago officials thought it would fetch.
—Wall Street Journal, 12/6/05
Officials at the government-owned Dubai management company said they plan to complete the $6.8 billion purchase next week of London-based Peninsular $ Oriental Steam Navigation Co, but to freeze all operations as they are at the five U.S. ports where P&O now manages terminals -- New York/New Jersey, Baltimore, New Orleans, Miami and Philadelphia.
Australia's emergence as Chicago's white knight illustrates a surprising development in the world economy.
On a given day, Macquarie Bank has a dozen bankers roaming the U.S. in search of deals.
But Sen. Charles Schumer (D., N.Y.), who has led the charge against the transaction, shot back that "the cooling off period isn't going to work." He and other Senate critics insisted that Congress needed more than just additional briefings by the White House and DP World officials, and should begin a full 45-day investigation of the security implications of the deal.
In San Diego, one of its funds is building a 12-mile-long toll road. In Virginia, a Macquarie fund invested more than $600 million to take control of the Dulles Greenway, a 14-mile toll road outside of Washington. Macquarie operates the tunnel that connects Detroit to Windsor, Ontario, and just bought, with other investors, Icon Parking Systems, one of the biggest parking-lot operators in New York City.
In another sign that the uproar hasn't subsided, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, (D., N.Y.) plans to introduce legislation barring all foreigners from managing U.S. ports, despite the fact that the vast majority are now run by foreign companies and that U.S. companies are minor players in the industry. "We cannot cede sovereignty over critical infrastructure like our ports. This is a job that America has to do," Ms. Clinton told a gathering in Miami.
Macquarie funds also hold stakes in the airports of Brussels, Copenhagen and Kilimanjaro, Tanzania. Macquarie funds own stakes in a major port in China, a Japanese turnpike and one of England's biggest toll roads. This year, Macquarie said it was weighing a bid to buy the London Stock Exchange, though it is unclear whether that deal will be completed.
Mr. Chertoff [Homeland Security Secretary] denied that DP World was being held to different standards than other prospective foreign investors, but said that because the company was the first foreign terminal operator to be vetted by the secret Committee for Foreign Investment in the United States, the safeguards could serve as a template for future deals. "I would certainly anticipate that if another country had a company taking over a port [terminal] we would do the same thing," he said.
Chicago is certainly glad the firm came knocking. Opened amid great fanfare in the late 1950s, the Skyway was supposed to be a critical leg in a stretch of toll roads extending to New York City. The Skyway turned into an epic white elephant. The toll road failed to generate enough traffic. In the 1970s, Chicago defaulted on its Skyway debt.
[DP World] said they played by long-established rules that control the government's review of foreign investments. "We just complied with what was required," said Ted Bilkey, DP World's chief operating officer. Mr. Bilkey said the company began working last October to get the administration comfortable with the deal, and he personally met with senior officials in early December. "We felt we've done everything correctly, and all of a sudden there's this furor," he said.
Executives at Macquarie say U.S. drivers can expect to see more of them in the future. Says Nicholas Moore, the head of Macquarie's investment-banking division: "It's a firm bet that all of the roads that are being talked about in America, we'll be looking at."
If the political outcry against unfamiliar and dark-skinned foreigners from one side of the world owning ports in the United States, when contrasted with the red-carpet treatment given a more familiar brand of white-skinned foreigners from another side of the world, isn't ignorance at best and racism at worst—then what is it?
Jeff Matthews
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25 comments:
- Kenny said...
Welcome to the U.S. of A.
- simpleton said...
Macquarie isnt owned *by* the Australian govt. A better analogy here would be the CNOOC for Unocal dispute which in the end went the same way as the port issue.
But nice try to frame the issue around race when it isnt.
- DH921 said...
There is a huge difference between ceding control of our ports to a state owned entity and allowing a foreign corporation to collect tolls an maintain a portion of a local roadway. If you call that racism, you are missing the point. There would be NO public outcry over Dubai collecting tolls or building a bridge in San Diego.
- Idaho_Spud said...
I don't know what the WH expected as far as public outcry over this. They've used the 'terrorist' excuse to win elections, and to bizarre Nixonian stuff like illegal wiretapping, and even torture "dark-skinned foreigners" - not to mention ignoring the Geneva convention and their constitutional rights (Moussoui).
Now suddenly after all this fear-mongering and bypassing of the Constitution, we're being told, "No, it's OK, don't worry about it". Money talks.
- Aaron Koral said...
Kudos Jeff, once again, on an excellent post.
I get the sense that a creeping "protectionist" sentiment, led by a Republican-controlled Congress, is leading the U.S. to become "neo-mercantilists", where capital investment from specific countries such as China and the UAE are perceived, incorrectly IMHO, as threatening to our supply of capital (examples could be oil, labor/intellectual, and/or land).
Your post also made me think of Mittal Steel and its takeover attempt of Arcelor, causing furor in the business circles of Luxembourg. One has to wonder what the "tipping point" was (is) to cause such a shift in sentiment and, more importantly, can it be changed?
- sausagewrap said...
Jeff,the Dubai deal is more complicated than simple racism. As several other posters noted, there is a substantial difference between a government-owned enterprise based in the Middle East and a non government-owned corporation based in Australia.
Lots of my fellow libertarian-minded free marketers in the press have followed your line of thinking, but it is a cloudy way of conceptualizing this deal. Nobody likes a xenophobic racist, so framing the DPW deal in racist terms is an enticing way for proponents to slam the opposition. It may be enticing, but its dead wrong.
First of all, there's not much about government-owned enterprises, no matter where they are based, that screams "free market." Second of all, if we are going to do business with foreign governmental-owned enterprises, it is silly not to consider the political and security positions of the owner entity.
If we are going to consider such things, we have to be willing to think about troubling little facts like UAE's lack of diplomatic relations with Israel, as well as their boycott of Israeli products. Given the fact that the Western world is in a full-blown hot war with radical Islam, and the fact that UAE's relations with Israel are disturbingly anti-Semetic (i.e. racist), it hardly seems a stretch that we might consider not handing over control of our ports to them.
This non-deal has lots less to do with racism than it does the long-overdue realization on the US's part that appeasement is not a viable foreign trade policy.
- BelowTheCrowd said...
Strange that suddenly people are worried about foreigners owning our ports.
LA Times the morning notes that all but the smallest terminal at the ports of LA and Long Beach are operated by foreign shipping firms.
The map of the port area isn't included in the online edition, but the facts are still there. Three of the largest terminal areas are operated by foreign companies that are directly or indirectly controlled by foreign governments: Two are run by China and one by Singapore.
In fact, the Chinese operated terminals are considered to be model tenants.
An interesting point made was that most of the large shippers want to operate the major terminals the operate in/out of. Which is why the large ports rarely have a single operator. The associated point being that if we want to trade with developing nations (aka China) where state ownership and control are the rule, then we're going to have to deal with the fact that they're going to own some assets over here.
Alternately, I guess, we could go back to Smoot-Hawley.
- Sidney Falco said...
COSCO, a state-owned enterprise of the Chinese government already operates two American ports: Long Beach and port of Boston. Nothing novel about Dubai Ports World being owned by the UAE.
Congress is substantially screwing American relations with Middle Eastern allies to win votes.
- RDS said...
with or without the UAE port deal, UAE citizens will continue to enjoy extreme oil wealth. maybe they could share the wealth with their indain and bangladeshi servants.
anyway, labeling the UAE port deal racism diminishes true racism, real suffering.
who cares if the emirs aren't allowed to get even richer.
- the management said...
I think it's crazy to pretend that what people don't like about DPW is that it's "government owned". The government of Dubai are the safest people there. The government of Dubai hates al-Qaeda more than we do, for the excellent reason that they would be first up against the wall in an Islamist revolution. This is not just my theory either; the UAE governments have regularly and repeatedly given important help to us (by which I mean the US and UK and Australia) in the war against terror, at substantial cost to their own standing in the Arab world.
Surely, btw, this whole thing could have been solved by setting up a US company to act as a shell for the port operations of DPW, clearing up any legal ambiguity about who was responsible for the regulation of US ports. Owning the lease on the operating contract is not the same as "controlling a port", by the way.
- SiamTwin said...
for better or worse, we are involved in an epochal, cultural/religious struggle with the muslim world. this will inevitably spill over into the investment world. things will really get nasty when the muslim countries start using oil as a political weapon. just wait...
- jucojames said...
I have to agree with other commentors that you are at least partially off base here. The US politicians have certainly played up the Arab angle, but one can make a very principaled argument against the deal because of the state ownership issue. Personally, I believe that the US should restrict ANY private asset from being purchased by ANY government - including our own. Allowing so opens up the dangerous option of printing money by governments to fund empire building. We are already seeing signs of this type of distortion in the asset backed and corporate bond markets, as foreign central banks are now reaching for yield with their currency manipulation-induced currency reserves.
- El Macho Grande said...
I agree with you Jeff. The reflexive anti-Arab reaction by Schumer and Clinton was is a depressing reminder of the old Know-Nothing strain in US politics. The Republicans in congress unaminously joined in the fun--so as not to be out done. Many of the same folks are busily mining the anti immigrant vein (people like JD Hayward).
Now that they tast blood who knows where they will stop?
- stealthelephant said...
I'm not sure race is the central issue concerning this kerfuffle Jeff, but I believe you have the right mix of indignation and outrage over this matter. You draw the correct analogy with Macquarie. The reason this issue has become a political football is the need for the Democrats to get to the right of the Republicans in order to help them win interim elections and take back the White House. The President's own party has abandoned the Administration on this deal because it is indefensible in the press. It just looks bad. As you imply, the reaction to the Ports deal smacks of hypocrisy, irresponsibility, and political opportunism. It ought to go through. And the opportunists that have jumped up to shout down the Ports deal will need more credible bona fides if they want to be seen as tough on terror.
- stealthelephant said...
The Ports deal was scuttled by sheer political opportunism. The Democrats need to burnish their anti-terrorist bona fides in order to win elections and take back the White House. The President's own party abandoned him because it plays so badly in the press. Although I don't agree that racism played a part in sandbagging the agreement, it does appear that a double standard is being applied.
- BDG123 said...
I have to agree a little bit with the spud man. Now, I do believe there is a possible debate to be had that foreign government purchases of American assets should be reviewed if they are restricting our investments in their countries. But, this had nothing to do with that logic. It was purely an emotional and political play.
Both Dubai and China most definitely restrict our ability to buy assets in their economies. Frankly most economies do restrict those rights to some degree. Ain't gonna buy the oil assets in Russia. Ain't gonna buy Toyota in Japan. Ain't gonna buy Boeing in the US. All for diffeent reasons.
I'm not saying that legitimizes this fiasco but it could be an argument that has merit if you believe in reciprocity. I do believe in reciprocity. But I also believe in being pragmatic. I supported the CNOOC and Dubai Ports approval with a caveaut. That caveaut being that in private, if possible to save face, our trade negotiators tell those countries they are on borrowed time and that we expect full or partial reciprocity with written outlines of when and how that will happen. The WTO nomination by China was littered with garbage and we sort of made our own bed by supporting it and now we don't like what we agreed to. These countries, even if they want to open markets, need to be concerned about so many issues including unrest that they cannot change at the drop of a hat. But they are changing at a reasonable pace and both should be rewarded for that. We should continue to foster such actions with positive reinforcement. It is pure racism, jingoism, protectionism and fear mongering that is sort of ironic given that was Bush's agenda.
- dkman said...
I think "racism" is too strong of a term for the Dubai Debacle. Institutionalized biggotry fits better perhaps, although I am not sure what the difference between these two would be.
I think the root cause here is simply the timing of this event vis-a-vis the US electoral process. With the mid-term elections approaching, the Dems are very hungry for anything that can be used to discredit the current administration. On the other hand, the Republicans, especially the ones who are campaigning for a re-election are reluctant to openly support a lame-duck and unpopular president.
- timothyb said...
Interesting, US Navy ships and US Airforce planes use facilities owned by the UAE, in the UAE, and nobody seems worried about the security risk there.
If the UAE had some secret desire to use control of a port to hurt the US, why not just use their own port (the only deep water port in that part of the world) instead of going through all of this trouble.
- Kaleberg said...
There are a few more differences between the Macquarie deal and the Dubai port deal aside from race.
1) Macquarie is a private organization, not a state owned corporation. If the Macquarie deal proves unsuitable for security or monetary reasons, there is adequate resource to the court system, without foreign policy implications.
2) Australia is an open democracy with a long history of cooperation and sympathy with the United States and its democratic goals. The UAE is a monarchy, and not a constitutional monarchy. The UAE recognized the Taliban which sheltered Al Qaeda in Afghanistan, the UAE is a center for laundering terrorism money, and at least two of the 9/11 terrorists were UAE citizens.
3) Control of port operations provides many more opportunities for terrorism than control of public highways. For example, many ships enter US ports from foreign countries, and port operations are not transparent. The Chicago area highways are entirely within the US, and most of the skyway is open to the public.
Despite what many people think, there is a global war on terror, except that right now, we are stil in the Munich stage. We are still hearing about the plight of German minorities in nasty foreign parts. Our current administration's policy, including the invasion of Iraq, has been appeasement. The issue is not race, but ideology.
- Jeff D said...
Y'all are aware that most of our major ports are operated by foreign companies, right?
And that Long Beach is run by the a Hong Kong firm that is controlled by the Chinese government?
I have to agree with JM. This would not have been an issue if a French government firm had been buying the British one.
It is only an issue because an Arab government owns DP, even if the UAE is one of our strongest allies.
- Romanesco said...
First of all, I doubt most people ever knew there was foreign investment in our ports.
Secondly, while complaining about the Dubious Dubai Deal may be racism for some, for many others like me, it's all about national security. Dubai is dangerous, as reported by USA Today in 2004 in an article that should be required reading for everyone mouthing the Bush party line, wittingly or otherwise. Australia is not a threat to us, Dubai most definitely is:
Bin Laden's operatives still using freewheeling Dubai
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Osama bin Laden's operatives still use this freewheeling city as a logistical hub three years after more than half the Sept. 11 hijackers flew directly from Dubai to the United States in the final preparatory stages for the attack.
The recent arrest of an alleged top al-Qaeda combat coach is the latest sign that suspected members of the terrorist organization are among those who take advantage of travel rules that allow easy entry. Citizens of neighboring Gulf states such as Saudi Arabia can come to Dubai without visas, which other nationalities can get at the country's ports of entry.
Once here, it's easy to blend in to what has become a cosmopolitan crowd.
The Emirates is home to an estimated 4 million people, and nearly 75% of them are foreigners. In Dubai, expatriates of all nationalities are catered to, from concerts by top Western musicians to cricket and rugby matches to a German-styled Oktoberfest.
The expatriates, mostly from the Indian subcontinent and the Arab world, are employed in the real estate, insurance, tourism and banking sectors. Westerners, numbering in the tens of thousands, are employed as military advisers and oil specialists.
While the Emirates has taken concrete steps to fight terrorism since Sept. 11, 2001 — including making high-profile arrests, passing an anti-money laundering law, and imposing close monitoring procedures on charity organizations — the characteristics that make it an ideal place for legitimate business also attract militants and others with suspect motives.
In August, Pakistani Qari Saifullah Akhtar, suspected of training thousands of al-Qaeda fighters for combat, was arrested in the Emirates and turned over to officials in his homeland, authorities in Pakistan announced.
Emirates authorities have refused to comment on Akhtar's arrest. They were similarly tightlipped in 2002, when the United States announced the arrest of Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, the suspected mastermind of the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole, which killed 17 U.S. sailors.
It was a month before Emirates officials confirmed al-Nashiri had been arrested here. Then they said he had been planning to attack "vital economic targets" in the Emirates that were likely to inflict "the highest possible casualties among nationals and foreigners."
The Saudi-born al-Nashiri, one of six Cole defendants in an ongoing trial in Yemen, is in U.S. custody at an undisclosed location. Besides the Cole attack, he is suspected of helping direct the 1998 bombings of U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, U.S. officials say.
With open borders, multiethnic society and freewheeling business rules, the Emirates remains vital to al-Qaeda operations, said Evan F. Kohlmann, a Washington-based terrorism researcher.
Dubai still "plays a key role for al-Qaeda as a through-point and a money transfer location," Kohlmann said, although he also noted the country could be working to combat such activity with "an aggressive but low-profile intelligence strategy."
al-Qaeda isn't the only organization that has found Dubai useful. The father of Pakistan's nuclear program, Abdul Qadeer Khan, has acknowledged heading a clandestine group that, with the help of a Dubai company, supplied Pakistani nuclear technology to Iran, Libya and North Korea.
Emirates officials refused to discuss the country's latest steps to combat terror.
Dia'a Rashwan, an Egyptian expert on militant groups, said trumpeting developments such as the arrest of al-Qaeda suspects could be misread as serving the United States when the Emirates, led by its President Sheik Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, cultivates an image as a champion of Arab causes. The Emirates nonetheless has a close relationship with Washington.
Rashwan said the reticence also could stem from fear that saying too much could cause "panic among the huge expatriate community, which is proportionally the largest in the Gulf."
Kohlmann said if more al-Qaeda suspects are arrested in the Emirates, the network might retaliate with a strike here, perhaps on a U.S. mission or military target.
While the country has not been singled out as a target by al-Qaeda, the United States issued a warning in June that it had "information that extremists may be planning to carry out attacks against Westerners and oil workers in the Persian Gulf region, beyond Saudi Arabia."
Security is tight in the Emirates, but not visible, and violent crimes are uncommon.
"The United Arab Emirates is considered a safe haven for everybody," said Emirates analyst Abdulkhaleq Abdulla. "It has not yet got entangled in any of the violence that other countries around it have experienced and it wants to keep that image."
Shortly after the Sept. 11, attacks, U.S. authorities said the United Arab Emirates, especially the commercial hub Dubai, was a major transit and money transfer center for al-Qaeda.
A new report dated Aug. 21 by the U.S. commission investigating the Sept. 11 attacks provided the most detail yet on the extent to which the hijackers used Dubai as a travel hub.
According to the U.S. government, 13 of the 19 hijackers entered the United States between April 23 and June 29, 2001. And 11 of those late-arrivers — who were Saudi citizens and primarily the "muscle" for the hijackings — went through Dubai, according to the report.
The hijackers traveled in groups of two or three, taking off from Dubai and arriving at airports in Miami, Orlando, or New York City, the report said.
As for the money trail, Bin Laden's alleged financial manager, Mustafa Ahmed al-Hisawi, received at a Dubai bank a transfer of $15,000 two days before the Sept. 11 attacks and then left the Emirates for Pakistan, where he was arrested last year.
Marwan Al-Shehhi, an Emirates citizen and one of the hijackers, received $100,000 via the United Arab Emirates. Another hijacker, Fayez Banihammad, also was from the Emirates.
About half of the $250,000 spent on the attacks was wired to al-Qaeda terrorists in the United States from Dubai banks, authorities said. al-Qaeda money in Dubai banks also has been linked to the 1998 U.S. Embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania.
- Daniel Preece said...
I think Mr. Matthews is significantly off the mark here.
Any racial issues here are incidental. The fuss is over:
1. Dubai's connections to terrorism. They've only become staunch "allies" against terrorism since 9/11. A few months before that, they happily gave medical treatment to Osama bin Laden. Dubai's connections are clear, but we're supposed to overlook it. (If Iraq's dubious-at-best connections were justification to invade, then Bush should be bombing--not giving ports to--Dubai. To many Americans, this port deal makes no sense at all.)
2. Dubai being in control of security. In 2003, Dubai failed to stop the shipment of WMD material (trigger devices or somesuch) to Iran through one of their ports. What was DPW's defense? On CNN, their representative blamed--I kid you not--"the intelligence community." He as much as admitted they cannot be counted on, and that they will gladly blame others for their failures.
3. America had no idea that ANY of our ports were controlled by foreigners. Americans have little idea of just how much of America (especially American security) has been sold off to foreign countries/companies. That Bush is wanting (trying to force) the sale of our ports to an Arab country with known ties to terrorism is very upsetting.
4. Bush can't have it both ways. You can't fear-monger about Muslim terrorism 24/7/365 and then expect everyone to immediately forget it all. If people are overreacting (and I don't necessarily think they are), it's Bush's own fault. Bush's whole governance has been based on fear and simple-thinking. Well, now he's getting it in spades.
5. The state-run nature of DPW is an irritant, not the major complaint. We hear everyday from our capitalists just how evil socialism is when it's in our own country, but now we're going to actually support it elsewhere? Explain again why the WH is upset with Chavez...?
The whole "racism" argument smacks of intimidation, to get people to back off because they're afraid to be called a racist. Racism is incidental at best. A stronger argument (for obfuscating the issue) would be religious intolerance.
Regarding Democrat involvement in this scandal, I personally have seen or heard virtually NOTHING from that party to fuel this. This scandal blew up (from my POV) totally on its own merits. If anything, the Dems jumped on a bandwagon already speeding downhill of its own momentum. Sure, they're trying to cash in on it, but it's not hurting the Bush admin because of anything THEY did. The Dems just don't have that kind of clout anymore. Not that I can see anyway.
- Bryan said...
I cannot believe that a rational human would think that Dubai would spend billions to attack or allow an attack on the US. They know that if they did, the US would take control of the ports and they would be out billions of dollars. Furthermore, no other country would trust the company either and likely take back those ports as well. Not to mention that the US would likely see this as an act of war and invade the UAE.
This whole debate really frightens me, not from a security aspect, but more importantly from a protectionist aspect. Sadly, too many of our decision makers and other political foke have not taken and economics course, asked for an economist's consult, or even thought about how important a free economy is to everyone's standard of living.
Will we really be safer? No!
Are we fostering a protectionist attitude that could be much more damaging to Americans in the long run? Yes!
I know that this is not a political bog and I like that, but as a democrat I count on the republicans to do the smart thing when it comes to economic decisions but they are both guilty here and I am starting to think that a Dem. might be better for the US's continued economic growth. (Okay, Schumer, D-NY, would be really bad)
Both sides need to step away and not make silly political decisions, that likely have huge standard of living reprecussions.
- Watching JihadWatch said...
Fantastic post Jeff.
It is strange that Singapore and China, to give two examples, can operate ports in the US without anyone raising an eyelash; that we rely on help from Dubai and the other Gulf Emirates (including Qatar and Bahrain, not part of the UAE, where the US has significant military bases) without worrying about a security threat; that we count on overseas ports, many in places like Dubai, to screen containers before shipment and consider that reliable. And yet someone cries "Arab" and "Homeland Security" and all heck breaks loose.
This is all about bigotry and political opportunism. Well done, Jeff, for pointing it out.
- Honest Abe said...
Forgive me if I'm wrong, but it wasn't Australian government officials hunting and hanging out with Bin Laden in 1999; it was the UAE Royal family (owners of DPW). This was AFTER the first WTC bombing, AFTER Bin Laden declared war on US, AFTER the African embassy bombings.
The Aussies are America's proven allies. The UAE is a center for terrorist money laundering and nuclear proliferation. It's not racism to question the deal; it's realism.


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"What I tell patients is, if you like coffee, go ahead and drink as much as you want and can," says Dr. Peter Martin, director of the Institute for Coffee Studies at Vanderbilt University. Right, with all of the cross talk about the virtues or vices of coffee drinking, research has proven that not only are most of coffee's ill effects little more than myths, there are inherent health benefits in that cup of java. In fact many experts advocate that it's actually a nutrient.
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After nearly a month of silence surrounding the Siskiyou County Board of Supervisor's decision to investigate County Counsel Tom Guarino, details began to emerge on Tuesday – first with an appearance by Guarino at the board's regular meeting and later when he attempted to enter his office and was barred by Sheriff Jon Lopey.
After nearly a month of silence surrounding the Siskiyou County Board of Supervisor's decision to investigate County Counsel Tom Guarino, details began to emerge on Tuesday – first with an appearance by Guarino at the board's regular meeting and later when he attempted to enter his office and was barred by Sheriff Jon Lopey.
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Guarino appeared before the board Tuesday and submitted a letter from his attorney, John Lawrence, alleging that the board has acted illegally in its prosecution of the investigation into his job performance. The letter also details Guarino's version of events surrounding the investigation.
Guarino told the board, "This letter sets forth, in detail, my objections to the conduct of the board and the county administrator over the past few weeks. In keeping with your direction that you will not speak with me or communicate with me, I have nothing further to say."
The letter states that on or about Aug. 16 or 17, "an agent to the board came to the office of County Counsel Guarino and presented him with a written demand from the board that he immediately leave the office. This demand was backed up by the presence of an assistant sheriff and two marked patrol units..."
According to the letter, Guarino left the office "under duress after specifically informing the board's agent that the actions were illegal." The locks were allegedly changed the next day.
Lawrence alleges that, in Guarino's absence, county council staff have been instructed to cooperate with the investigation under threat of punishment; Deputy County Counsel Brian Morris has been given authority over county counsel staff and operations; and staff have been instructed not to allow Guarino to enter the premises of the county counsel office building.
"There is no legal authority for such actions as the county counsel is the supervising authority of that office, and neither the board or county administrator have any legal authority to take such actions," Lawrence writes.
Guarino told the Daily News he believes county counsel can only be removed by the specific legal procedures established by law and those procedures have not been followed in this case.
In the letter, Lawrence writes, "Government Code Section 27641 provides the sole and exclusive means to remove a county counsel. It does not authorize the county administrator and/or the board [of supervisors] to summarily force him from office, temporarily or otherwise, without the process provided by law."
David Prentice of Cota Cole, LLP – the law firm hired to oversee the Guarino investigation performed by a private investigator – does not believe the actions taken against Guarino are illegal.
Prentice told the Daily News, "The board hasn't done anything to Mr. Guarino. He remains county counsel. He remains paid with full benefits. They've simply asked him to be someplace else during an investigation. So we don't find that to be illegal."
Lawrence also states, "we do believe in part that individuals are upset about a recent legal opinion rendered by Mr. Guarino." Lawrence believes the actions against Guarino may be reprisal for the opinion.
Prentice also denies these allegations.
He said, "It has to do with his own conduct and he knows what that conduct is. Nobody is questioning his ability as a lawyer or his legal opinion."
Prentice added, "This whole thing was a response to certain events that occurred and they involved him. So they needed to be dealt with and that's what the board is trying to do."
Entry refused
At about 3:15 p.m. Tuesday, Guarino attempted to enter the county counsel offices on S. Broadway in Yreka for the stated purpose of retrieving personal items from his office. He told the Daily News that, at that time, employees in the office refused to allow him to enter.
At approximately 3:45 p.m., Guarino again attempted to enter the office and was met in the reception area by Deputy County Counsel Brian Morris, Siskiyou County Sheriff Jon Lopey, and Assistant Sheriff John Villani. Lopey told Guarino he could not allow him to enter the office per an order from the board of supervisors and the county administrator.
Guarino asked Lopey, "What legal basis do you have for keeping county counsel from his office?"
Lopey did not cite any warrant or criminal complaint, but repeated his statement that he was acting on the order of the board and county administrator, adding that there were employees in the office who were intimidated by Guarino and "fearful" of him – a charge to which Guarino expressed disbelief.
Lopey asked Guarino – "as a work associate and a friend" – to cooperate and leave the premises while he "worked this out" with the county administrator, stating that he was sure an arrangement could be made to retrieve the personal items.
During the encounter, Guarino announced that he had received an ultimatum from Cota Cole.
"Their lawyer, today, delivered a threat that, unless I resign, they are going to file an accusation against me. But they will not tell me what the accusation is or specify the charges," Guarino said.
Sheriff Lopey told the Daily News on Wednesday that, as of that time, no criminal charges had been filed against Guarino but the incident at the county counsel office had been documented. He called the situation "unfortunate," adding that County Administrator, Tom Odom, had assured him arrangements would be made for Guarino to retrieve personal items soon.
The board of supervisors discussed the investigation of Guarino again during a closed session on Tuesday. No reportable action was taken.
According to Prentice, the board is "still working on it."
Look for further coverage of this story in future editions of the Daily News.


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Hi all - I have puppy 1.04 running finally after 15hours of troubleshooting, and going through a lot of freakin' problems, none of them too bad, except that deducing that your cmos battery is dying sometimes takes real detective work, and using the bios is a bit whaky when you don't always know quite what you're doing
Actually puppy has always been fine, its the hardware setup that took the time
Anyway - I am ready to do a hard-drive install as I am now trying to use Puppy as much as possible and phase out my other operating systems.
Lots of good info on the wiki and forums for this and I know it should really be a no brainer - my problem is I can see
hdc1 and hdc5, and hdc6 on the load up and mount hdc1 and hdc6 using the mounter utility and see them using rox (hdc5 isn't fomatted yet but was planning on making it ext2 - dunno enough about linux swap yet or if I need one)
but when I use rxvt which has the cfdisk utility I'd like to start getting used to its only picking up my hda1 drive and if I type /mnt/cdrive which is where rox says hdc1 is I just keep getting this permission denied message
I tooled around with rox's permissions popup menu to no avail..
so help with the permissions thing, please or tell me what I'm doing/thinking wrong
and also any partitioning suggestions? should I have a swap file? advantages of having it?
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I am gonna suggest a quite radical solution but also quite simple. Put another distro on the Hard Drive and boot from CD Puppy.
It is what I do (Using Ubuntu) and I must say it works well. A swap file is not essential for Puppy if you have sufficient ram. However most distros (all apart from the tiny floppy based ones and embedded ones as far as I am aware) use an essential HD (Ubuntu sets up the HD for you incidentally) swap file as an extended (but slower) memory storage device.
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the command should be
cfdisk /dev/hda for the 1st hdd (usually primary drive on IDE0 )
cfdisk /dev/hdb for the 2nd hdd (usually secondary drive on IDE0 )
cfdisk /dev/hdc for the 1st hdd (usually primary drive on IDE1 )
cfdisk /dev/hdd for the 2nd hdd (usually secondary drive on IDE1 )
/dev/hda1 /dev/hdaxx refer to the partitions
so cfdisk /dev/hda1 will give you an error
so to recap
/dev/hda refers to the whole drive regardless if it is partitioned or not, whereas /dev/hda1 refers to an actual partition
and of course cfdisk can not be used on a directory.......
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> Anyway - I am ready to do a hard-drive install as I am now trying
to use Puppy as much as possible and phase out my other operating systems.
Smart move
> ...my problem is I can see
hdc1 and hdc5, and hdc6 on the load up and mount hdc1 and hdc6 using
the mounter utility and see them using rox (hdc5 isn't fomatted yet but was
planning on making it ext2 - dunno enough about linux swap yet or if I need one)
I think you should make a swap partition,
because some programs swap things there,
even if you have enough memory. But you
could get by without one, considering the
amount of RAM you have.
> but when I use rxvt which has the cfdisk utility I'd like to start getting used to its only
picking up my hda1 drive and if I type /mnt/cdrive which is where rox says
hdc1 is I just keep getting this permission denied message
This is undersandable if the partition is not in fstab and I don't think it is.
Also, /mnt/cdrive is not an acceptable command. Shudda been:
# mount /mnt/cdrive
Here are some examples how to mount hard disk devices:
# mount -t vfat /dev/hda1 /mnt/mountpoint
# mount -t ext2 /dev/hdc5 /mnt/mountpoint
# mount -t ext3 /dev/hda1 /mnt/mountpoint
where 'mountpoint' is the name of the available directory under /mnt
where # is the prompt
one can make a mountpoint just about anywhere, see this example
# mkdir /root/hda1
# mount -t vfat /dev/hda1 /root/hda1
> I tooled around with rox's permissions popup menu to no avail.. So help with the permissions thing, please or tell me what I'm doing/thinking wrong
and also any partitioning suggestions?
We all make mistakes.
> should I have a swap file? advantages of having it?
I am a swap file avocate.
As far as partitioning here are my recommendations:
1) partition magic (not free)
2) system rescue disk (free .iso download)
use qtparted for a graphical partitioner
3) use other utilities, there are many
I've used MS fdisk to make the
primary, extended and logical partitions.
(free DOS downloadable utility) to tell it what type of partition it wants to be. Example: 82 for swap and 83 for Reiserfs, Ext3 Ext2
Then when you install your distro, it usually likes to format the install partition as part of the install process.
Not to mention
because bladehunder already showed you how to get it going.
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Guess you would know which one of your hard disk is master and which one is slave. cfdisk automatically brings up the master (hda) - and i mean those drives in the "primary" cable slot.
Things will be easier if you will install Puppy in the master, although just understanding the naming system as explained above will help, too. Should the space be tight, you may skip swap file creation, as your memory is already more than 200 MB (for running Puppy, that is).
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Thanks so much for all the input Lobster, Bladehunter, Bruce B, and Raffy! - I realized I posted originally as a guest .. anyway I will look into the links and posted info, do some reading, and some fiddling, probably some more fiddling, and I will post my hd install results whenever they arrive for others info.
I have soo many questions but that's because there are soo many new apps to figure out - but the challenge is fun
Lets see how long this one'll take...
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Now it all makes sense to me - just wanted to close this thread by saying again, thanks for the links all, I think the cfdisk commands are needed by many, as well as the mk2fs, mkswap ones.
There are better links to all my questions in this thread - it didn't have enough focus - as most "what the _ is going on" posts have a sense of urgency to them. To all who read, remember - search the forum, the wiki, linuxquestions.org as well as other links in this thread. My questions are answered for this thread. End.
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I am Japanese.
When trying to connect to the wifi of Mario Sports Mix, error code 92070 came out and could not be connected.
Yesterday I was able to connect, but suddenly I got an error code and again.
Other Japanese Mario Sports Mix players are in the same situation.
Is there a workaround?
I invite you to play games
(I don't have any packet dumps and the ones from others are encrypted communications, so they're helpless).
I was able to make progress because of Dolphin Debugger, Wiimmfi/Altwfc and my python SSL server.
Coolnez -
Ah alright. Thanks for responding.
Coolnez -
Hey, Just wondering, will work on the Monster Hunter Tri Special Server(s) ever continue? I've only found about the project recently and the progress so far to get pass the first login is awesome! (Mainly cause this game went down in 2013, so the fact that you were able to make it that far with just packet dumps from your wii in 2014-2016(?) is amazing!)
patou -
I want new friend on animal crossing. Do you still play this game ?
Name : Patou
City : Olbia
Friend code : 2196-4348-1692
I play on a PAL version in France.
Let me know if you add me and give me your friend code


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Apple Picking Around Town | Families
Whether it's the upcoming autumnal equinox, the cinnamon broomsticks at the local grocery stores, the cooler air, or the fact that the sun is setting earlier, there is no doubt that September marks the coming of fall.
Coincidentally, September also marks the prime time for apple picking and many local Western New York farmers are opening their orchards to the public.
Below is a list of farms in our area that are open to the public this fall:
Chautauqua County
- Chadakoin Farms - apples, grapes, pre-picked produce.
10459 Prospect Road, Forestville, NY 14062. Phone: (716) 965-2674. Email: firstname.lastname@example.com. Directions: Follow Route 39 into the Village of Forestville. Turn right onto Prospect Road. 1/2 mile outside the Village of Forestville. And for a map, click here. Crops are usually available in September, October. Open: Monday to Sunday 9 am to 6 pm. 3rd Saturday in September through mid-November. Payment: Cash, Check. Sweet apple cider, fall vegetables.
- Falcone Farms - apples, grapes, U-pick and already picked
1707 King Road, Forestville, NY 14062. Phone: 716-965-2503. Fax: 716-965-2469. Email: firstname.lastname@example.com. Open: Daily 10am to 5pm, September to November. Directions: Click here for a map and directions. Pick your own apples September 10 to November 1, Pick your own Concord grapes September 20 to October 20. Payment: Cash, Check. Offers a variety of apples (Jersey Mac, Paula Red, Cortland, McIntosh, Macoun, Melrose, Crispin, Northern Spy, Rome, Red Delicious, Ida Red) that mature at different times during the season. Call to find out what variety is being picked.....it changes weekly. Fresh local cider, honey, cheese and maple syrup are available for purchase at the farm stand.
- Meadows Farm - apples, U-pick apples and already picked,
10459 Prospect Road, Forestville, NY 14062. Phone: 716-965-2674. Also apple cider, and picked pumpkins, squash, broccoli, cauliflower. September-November, 9 a.m.-6 p.m.
- Sheridan Hill Farm - U Pick Apples
PO Box 494, Forestville NY, 14062. Phone: 716-965-4899.
Erie County
- Bence Apple Farm - apples,
1355 Brant North Collins Road, Brant, NY 14111. Phone: 716-549-0112.
- Brant Apple Farm (formerly Bence Apple Farm) - apples, pears, school tours
1355 Route #249, Brant, NY 14027. Phone: 716 549-0112. Email: firstname.lastname@example.com. Open: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday through Saturday; Closed Sunday and Wednesday; Hours: 9:00 am to 6:00 pm; Opening for the 2011 season is anticipated to be on September 19. Directions: Route #249 in the Town of Brant, NY. Approximately 4 miles East of Route #20 and 4 miles West of Route #62. Click here for a map and directions. Brant Apple Farm, formerly Bence Apple Farm will be providing the same quality of service the public has enjoyed; There are 12 varieties af apples and 3 varieties of pears; Payment: Cash, only.
- Stonehill Orchard - apples, grapes,
2356 Shirley Rd, North Collins, NY 14111. Phone: 716-337-2380. Email: email@example.com. Open: call ahead. Directions: From I90: take exit 57a (Eden-Angola) and turn left. Go into Eden to the only traffic light and turn right (south). Go 8 miles through the town of North Collins. One mile south of the town, turn left onto Shirley Road (just past the cemetery). Go 1 mile. We are at 2356 Shirley Road on the left side. Click here for a map and directions. We normally have you pick and already picked apples, 21 varieties, from August 25 through October 31. Payment: Cash, only. No dogs please.
Genesee County
- Roanoke Apple Farms - apples
6370 East Bethany Leroy Road, Stafford, NY. Phone: 716-768-2042.
Niagara County
- Becker Farms - Apples, asparagus, blueberries, cherries, peas, pumpkins, raspberries, rhubarb, strawberries, tomatoes, Precut Christmas trees, Santa appearances, Christmas decorations, trees tied, pumpkin patch-pick in the field, pumpkin patch- already gathered from the field, corn maze, haunted corn maze, and prepicked produce, gift shop, snacks and refreshment stand, restrooms, picnic area, tractor-pulled hay rides, wagon rides, pony rides, petting zoo
3724 Quaker Road, Gasport, NY 14067. Phone: 716-772-2211. Fax: 716-772-7429. Email: firstname.lastname@example.com or email us on the website. Directions: from Buffalo NY Take NYS 290 to NYS 990 to Millersport Highway. Take Millersport to Transit Road in Lockport. Follow Transit straight through Lockport until you hit Route 31. Take a right onto Route 31 and follow it about 7 miles to Gasport. Once in Gasport take a left onto east ave (Gasport Road or Hartland Road They are considered the same road.). Go over the drawbrige in Gasport and take your first right onto Slayton Settlement Road Follow Slayton Settlement for one mile and take a left onto Quaker Road. Follow Quaker Road one mile. We are on the left hand side of the road. Click here for a map to our farm. Crops are usually available in June, July, August, September, October, and December. Open: Fall hours: 11 am to 6p.m. Winter hours: Weekends, noon to 5p.m. Call ahead for exact picking dates. Payment: Cash, Check, Visa/MasterCard, Discover. We also offer homemade fruit pies made from our own fruit, homemade fudge, gourmet cookies, ice cream, drinks and gift items. There are also several weekend festivals in June, July, September, and October. We offer several options for tour groups. Becker farms also has a winery with over 15 different fruit and grape wines! Rest room facilities and a wheelchair ramp are available in our farm market. Reservations are required for the pie and coffee or hay ride activities. Reservations are not necessary to stop and shop, however if we know you are bringing a group, we can be sure to have extra help on hand to provide fast service. We are open every day from the second weekend in May through Christmas. We are always having special events. Check our Calendar for the latest! Remember to plan for autumn and evening hayrides and bonfires. Becker Farms invites you to experience Vizcarra Vineyards. Stop by and enjoy as we uncork our home-made wine. Relax in our Mediterranean-style tasting room, open seven days a week.
- Betts Farms - apples
9433 Ridge Road, Middleport, NY. Phone: 716-735-3662. Directions: Click here for a map.
- Blackman Homestead Farm - apples, pears, winter squash, pumpkins, grapes
4472 Thrall Road, Lockport, NY 14094. Phone: 716-434-7116. Fax: 716-434-7116. Email: email@example.com. Open: Farm Stand Hours: September 1 through December 31, 9am to 6pm. Directions: located at the scenic Niagara Escarpment. U-pick and other produce, all offered by the pound. We also offer apple cider, beef and turkey. Tours of the farm, including the farm animals are available.
- Ellis Fruit Farm - apples
4748 Thrall Road, Lockport, NY. Phone: 716-434-1005.
- Jane Beilein - Apples
4874 Lake Road, Burt, NY 14028. Phone: 716-751-9219. Open: Apple Season (about September 15th - November 15th) on Saturday from 10 to 5, Sunday from 1 to 5, Weekdays: please call in advance. Email: email@example.com. Children welcome, please no climbing trees or ladders. Most trees can be picked from the ground. No restroom. Directions: The orchard is located between Tuscarora State Park in Wilson and Olcott Beach in Olcott, NY. Payment: Cash only please. Occasional roadside stand. Weather permitting. Apple varieties: Cortland, Empire, Macoun, Red Delicious, Yellow Delicious, Northern Spy, Liberty, Crispin/Mutsu, Twenty Ounce. We have about an acre worth of apple trees (about 150 dwarf trees total).
- Murphy Orchards - strawberries, cherries, peaches, apples, pears, gooseberries, raspberries, currants, and pumpkins.
2402 McClew Road, Burt, NY 14028. Phone: 716-778-7926. Fax: 716-778-8979. Email: firstname.lastname@example.com. Open: Farm Stand Hours: May 1 - October 31, open 8:30am to 6:30pm; from November 1 to April 30, open 9:00am-4:00pm. We sell our fresh produce and our jams and jellies right here on the farm. We also wholesales our produce and preserves to other farm markets. We ship gift boxes of our bery best Western New York apples and jams and jellies. You can pick your own produce at our farm during the growing season, or buy it pre-picked. Have lunch or afternoon tea in our tea rooms overlooking our strawberry fields. Walk along our nature trails or we can host your bridal or baby shower. We give educational tours.
- Niagara Farms - apples,
West Creek Road, Newfane, NY 14028. Phone: 502 439-4210. Alternate phone: (502) 356-0373. Open: Usually early to mid October; Call for dates and hours . Directions: Take 78 or 18 towards Olcott, NY. Farm is one mile south of 18 and one road west of 78. Click here for a map and directions. Apples early October. Payment: Cash, only.
- Peter Baker Farm - apples, pumpkins, winter squash, tomatoes, other vegetables, snacks and refreshment stand, restrooms, Bouncy castle or moon bounce, school tours
2100 Youngstown - Lockport Road, Ransomville, NY 14131. Phone: 716-7913440. Fax: 716-791-8870. Email: email@example.com. Open: Friday to Saturday to Sunday Monday 10am to 5pm. Directions: five miles west of Ransomville on route 93 just past Dickersonville Road Ten miles east of Robert Moses Parkway on Route 93 between Porter Center Road and Dickersonville Road. Click here for a map and directions. Open September 1st to November 1St. Payment: Cash, only.
- Philo Brooks - U Pick apples
2237 Youngstown-Lockport Road, Ransomville NY, 14131. Phone (716) 791-3865.
- Sanger Farms - apples, cider
852 Route 93, Youngstown, NY. Phone: 716-745-7297.
Orleans County
- Brown's Berry Patch - apples, blackberries, blueberries, cherries, currants (red and black), gooseberries, pumpkins, raspberries (red), raspberries (Spring, red), raspberries (Autumn, red), raspberries (yellow), raspberries (Autumn, yellow), raspberries (black), raspberries (Spring, black), strawberries, gift shop, snacks and refreshment stand, restrooms, face painting, pony rides, farm animals, birthday parties, school tours, events at your location (call for info)
14264 Roosevelt Highway Route 18, Waterport, NY 14571. Phone: 585-682-5569. Fax: 585-682-5502. Email: email@example.com. Open: Pick Your Own Hours Same as Market Hours. Click here for current open hours, days and dates. Directions: Click here for a map and directions. Visit Our Website for Specific Dates and Hours for Picking and Barnyard Adventure which is a Family Fun Area for All Ages;. Picking updates: Click here for picking updates and see their Harvest calendar. Payment: Cash, Debit cards, Visa/MasterCard, Discover, AmEx. Please Note, Barnyard Adventure Hours, Weather Permitting Spring, Saturday and Sunday Only 10AM to 5PM May 9 to June 14 Summer, Daily 10AM to 5PM June 19 to September 7 Fall With Mazes, Weekends Only September 12 to October 31.
- Hurd Orchards - U Pick Apples
17260 Ridge Road, Holley NY, 14470. Phone: 585-638-8838. Email: firstname.lastname@example.com. Open: May 1st through December 24th, 10:00 am to 6:00 pm, winter hours by appointment.
- Kirbys Farm Market - U Pick Apples
9739 Ridge Road, Brockport NY, 14420. Phone: 585-637-2600. E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
- Lyn Oaken Farms - The apple depot - U Pick Apples
11540 Maple Avenue, Lyndonville NY, 14098. Phone: 585-765-2046. E-mail: email@example.com
- Watt Farms Country Market - U Pick Apples, apricots, cherries, nectarines, other berries, peaches, plums, raspberries (red), raspberries (Spring, red), raspberries (Autumn, red),
3121 Oak Orchard Rd Route 98, Albion, NY 14411. Phone: 585-589-8000. Alternate Phone: 800-274-5897. Fax: 585-589-8001. Email: firstname.lastname@example.com. Open: Picking from 9 to 7 daily in season. Directions: Click here for a map and directions. Payment: Cash, Check, Debit cards, Visa/MasterCard, Discover.


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Yesterday was a whirlwind day of news for Windows Phone and as such, a few items fell between the cracks. Sorry! But that's what Thursday's are for, evidently. So today we want to remind our friends up north in Canada who have an HTC 8X or HTC 8S that you should check for an OS and firmware update on your phone.
We received numerous tips from users noting that Bell Mobility and Rogers have both begun pushing out Windows Phone 8 1327 aka GDR2 OS updates along with the corresponding firmware to their 8X and 8S devices.
Both Rogers and Bell users for the HTC 8X and 8S will also get the coveted Data Sense feature. Meanwhile Bell has detailed the update for the 8X and 8S on their website (1,2) noting improvements to battery life, camera, photo viewer andText and multimedia messaging.
To see if your HTC 8X (or 8S) has an over-the-air update waiting, simply navigate to your Settings and select Phone Update and then 'check for updates'. The process will require a Wi-Fi connection and could take up to 20 minutes due to the process requiring a backup of your contents.
Thanks to all of our Canadian readers who tipped us!


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Fathers, Sons, and Brothers, Book One
The Civil War has been on for over a year. Nathan marries his sweetheart Sarah on the 27th, then volunteers to fight for the Union on July 28th. He musters in volunteers for the Maine State Militia, and by mid-August, they are on the way to the battle front . . . leaving their loved ones behind to fight the good fight. Bravery, Courage, Honor, and Valor in the Twentieth Maine Regiment. Some thought it would be an adventure . . . most found it a living ni...


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Very odd. You're under the microscope; when you tell strangers what you do, you must get a variety of questions and issues dumped on you and people must think you're a millionaire. But most difficult and (hopefully) most fascinating of all: you're constantly dealing with all sorts of new problems.
Just last week, for instance, a splendid website called deathreferencedesk.org worked out that something like 19,000 Facebook users must die every day. That compares with about 1,500 dying every day across England, Scotland and Wales.
Facebook has, obviously, already spotted this and there is a special process for dealing with it - it has written a blog post about it called "Memories of Friends Departed Endure on Facebook" and there is a special page called "Report A Deceased Person's Profile". All well and good. But with 19,000 or so users dying every day, that's soon not going to be enough. There will have to be a whole department to deal with false reports, reinstating the undead. And imagine when future historians or biographers want to research people and there's no "next of kin" left to authorise it - what happens then? How long do the memorial pages last? Fascinating, difficult problems.
Possibly more fascinating, probably more difficult, is the more immediate problem of how all those Facebook people get themselves paid. How does Facebook make its money? There are a ton of people there who may or may not be millionaires, depending on the current stock price, but the world at large is starting to question whether Facebook's business can justify their riches.
This debate is perhaps best expressed in a tremendous article by Michael Wolff in Technology Review. He points out the tiny amount of money Facebook earns per user, how rapidly that amount is declining and how businesses such as General Motors are realising Facebook isn't a very effective "advertising" platform. Sure, there are lots of users there and it may well be worth interacting with them, giving them things to look at, click and like, but whether it's worth actually paying Facebook for anything extra is starting to prove debatable.
Wolff's further point is that Facebook doesn't have a "native" advertising idea. Targeting something people are searching for - as Google does - makes sense. That's an understandable addition to a marketing plan. But that's not how people use Facebook. The Facebook millionaires have yet to find an effective alignment between the behaviour of their users and the interests of their advertisers. Not in a big, common-sense way, anyway. Still, it must be a fascinating problem to think about - not least because of their scale. They've got 19,000 users dying every day - just think how many are being born.


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The Ford Fusion, a midsize family sedan, was introduced in 2006. The Fusion is built on the same chassis as the Mazda6. The first generation of the Fusion featureda three-bar chrome grille, which was inspired by the concept of the Ford 427. A similar-looking grille became the standard on most of Ford's products thereafter. The 2006 Ford Fusion is equipped with a 2.3-liter Duratec 160 hp four-cylinder engine, 150 hp, and a five-speed manual transmission. A 3.0-liter Duratec V-6 was offered with a six-speed automatic transmission on the SE and SEL models.
The Ford Fusion was designed to replace the Ford Taurus, which went out of production in the same year it was introduced. This was no small feat, as the Taurus was a popular car sold in the U.S. for many years. Known for its performance and fuel economy, the Ford Fusion is a four-door sedan that can compete with the likes of the Honda Accord and Toyota Camry. The Ford Fusion offers seating for five, and has adequate headroom and legroom. Its introduction helped Ford regain its hold on the midsize family sedan market, which was dominated by imports.
The 2006 Ford Fusion S, which was the base model,is equipped with the 2.3-liter Duratec 160 hp four-cylinder engine, which was designed by Mazda and paired with a five-speed manual transmission or five-speed automatic transmission. Standard equipment includespower door mirrors, air conditioning, cruise control, power windows, remote keyless entry, tilt/telescoping steering wheel, auto-dimming rearview mirror, front and rear cup holders, AM/FM/CD/MP3 audio system with four speakers, variably intermittent wipers, and rear window defroster.
The 2012 Ford Fusion offers the following models in their lineup: S, SE, SEL, Sport, and Hybrid.There are many mechanical features that are standard across all models of the 2012 Ford Fusion. They include front-wheel drive, four-wheel disk antilock brakes (ABS), power rack and pinion steering, front and rear stabilizer bars, a front independent suspension, and rear multilink independent suspension.
Standard exterior features include a bright chrome three-bar grille, EasyFuel capless fuel filler and quad-beam halogen headlights.Standard safety and security features include front seat side airbags, two side-curtain airbags, AdvanceTrac electronic stability control with brake-actuated traction control, battery saver, MyKey, remote keyless entry with keyhead transmitters, side intrusion door beams, and a tire pressure monitoring system.
At every trim level, the 2012 Ford Fusion offers performance, safety, convenience, and striking fuel economy.
The 2012 Ford Fusion S (the base model) comes with a 2.5-liter four-cylinder engine and a six-speed manual transmission.
The base S model offers the quality and convenience that drivers and passengers have come to expect in a midsize sedan. It includes all of the standard features mentioned above plus an air filtration system, full center console with armrest and storage, message center with trip computer, AM/FM/CD/MP3 stereo, power door locks, power trunk release, and a tilt/telescoping steering wheel.
The 2012 Ford Focus S offers cloth seats that comfortably fit five passengers. Split-fold rear seats offer cargo space in addition to the trunk. Exterior features include 16-inch alloy wheels and power sideview mirrors.
The 2012 Ford Fusion SE offers a 2.5-liter four-cylinder engine with a six-speed transmission.It includes all of the standard features listed above plus upgraded seats, stereo, and steering wheel-mounted cruise and audio controls. Exterior features include 17-inch alloy wheels, automatic headlamps, power sideview mirrors, and fog lamps.
The 2012 Ford Fusion SEL offers a 2.5-liter four-cylinder engine and a six-speed transmission. A 3.0-liter V-6 engine and a six-speed automatic transmission with SelectShift paddles are optional.
The SEL includes the entire standard SE features plus upgraded seats with heated and leather-trimmed features, ambient lighting, dual-zone temperature control, Ford SYNC voice-activated communication system, and a universal garage door opener.
The 2012 Ford Fusion Sport is equipped with a 3.5-liter V-6 engine (263 hp and 249 lb-ft of torque) and six-speed automatic transmission. It also comes with SelectShift as well as a sport-tuned suspension.
It includes all of the SE features listed above plus upgraded leather-trimmed seats and door inserts, SYNC, and an applique on center stack and dash. Exterior features include 18-inch premium painted alloy wheels, a black chrome grille, rear deckled spoiler, and side rocker moldings.
The Hybrid is equipped with a 2.5-liter, inline four-cylinder engine with permanent-magnet AC-synchronous electric motor, an electronically controlled continuously variable transmission (eCVT), 275-volt sealed nickel-metal-hydride (NiMH) battery and regenerative braking system.The Hybrid merges the style of the Fusion with the benefit of an eco-friendly driving experience.
In 2007, Several features were improved across the model line. A year later, antilock brakes, SYNC, and Sport appearance package were introduced.In 2009, stability control and traction control were made standard for V-6 models.The Fusion was re-styled for 2010 and the Hybrid model was introduced. In 2011, MyKey was introduced as well as manual shift on automatic transmissions.
2019 Ford Fusion
Midsize, Sedan
2018 Ford Fusion
2017 Ford Fusion
2016 Ford Fusion
2015 Ford Fusion
2014 Ford Fusion
2013 Ford Fusion
Hybrid, Midsize, Sedan
With a whole new look and functionality, the 2013 Ford Fusion may finally be able to claim the top spot as the most popular midsize sedan.
2012 Ford Fusion
With no real big changes for the 2012 model, the Fusion will continue to ride the wave of popularity the 2011 model created.
2011 Ford Fusion
2010 Ford Fusion
Just about everything on the 2010 Fusion is new or heavily updated, including the powertrains, exterior and interior design, plus high-tech features like Ford's blind spot Information system.
2009 Ford Fusion
The 2009 Ford Fusion debuted three years ago, marking the model's best version ever.
2008 Ford Fusion
2007 Ford Fusion
With the introduction of the 2007 models produced by Ford, the 2007 Ford Fusion reaches only in its second year of production, so most changes concern the features included in the car.
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The Good Book
Of course, I'm talking about Jennifer Government, which came today. Somehow, this book managed to impress me despite my ludicrously high expectations of it. Imagine if The Matrix trilogy lived up to it's potential, rather than following the Star Wars model (the first movie is revolutionary due to the topic and implementation, the second movie is the best movie from an entertainment POV, and the third movie is a total letdown after the first two), and you've got Jennifer Government. I don't think it's outside the realm of possibilities to have this book end up alongside 1984 in Jr. High School reading lists.
And to finish the "fanboy" tone, I'll say that this book is good enough for me to double my typical reading speed out of sheer enthusiasm. Really, buy the damn book. :-)


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Federal judge in Idaho strikes down state ban on marriage for same-sex couples
May 13, 2014
Today, May 13, U.S. Magistrate Judge Candy Dale, a federal judge in Idaho, ruled in favor of the freedom to marry, striking down the state's discriminatory constitutional amendment that bans same-sex couples from marriage. The ruling is the 16th consecutive victory in state and federal court for the freedom to marry since the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in Windsor v. United States in June 2013. The ruling is the 12th win in federal court for marriage since June.
Read stories from eight same-sex couples celebrating the big win in Idaho HERE.
The ruling is set to take effect on Friday, May 16 unless the appellate court grants a stay in the ruling. Today, the Governor of Idaho preemptively filed a request for a stay.
The decision was filed in Latta v. Otter, a federal case filed by the National Center for Lesbian Rights last fall that seeks the freedom to marry and respect for marriages legally performed in other states. It comes just a few days after a May 5 hearing in the case, where Judge Dale heard arguments on the plaintiffs' motion for summary judgment.
The judge wrote in today's ruling:
Idaho's Marriage Laws withhold from them a profound and personal choice, one that most can take for granted. By doing so, Idaho's Marriage Laws deny same-sex couples the economic, practical, emotional, and spiritual benefits of marriage, relegating each couple to a stigmatized, second-class status. Plaintiffs suffer these injuries not because they are unqualified to marry, start a family, or grow old together, but because of who they are and whom they love.
Freedom to Marry founder and president Evan Wolfson celebrated the victory today, saying:
Today's ruling from the federal court in Idaho is the latest in more than a dozen rulings unanimously holding marriage discrimination unconstitutional. From Idaho to Arkansas, Utah to Michigan, the courts are affirming that there is no good reason for government to deny marriage to committed couples. As gay couples and their families begin to share in the joy and security of the freedom to marry, hearts and minds are opening, discrimination's barriers are falling, and we're moving our country to the right side of history. As the federal appellate courts now take up these marriage cases, America is ready for the freedom to marry.
Judges have struck down marriage bans now in 6 states in the past few months: Utah, Oklahoma, Virginia, Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and now Idaho. More limited decisions in favor of the freedom to marry have been handed down in Kentucky, Indiana, Tennessee, and Ohio.
Read all about marriage litigation here, and read stories from 8 same-sex couples celebrating today's huge ruling HERE.


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MAGIC has come to life for the children of Charlton-On-Otmoor primary school for World Book Week.
Staff have turned the school near Bicester into a Harry Potter-style place of magic for the children, with the help of dry ice and dance teacher Sissi Tellechea on Monday morning.
She said: "It was just a normal assembly for the children, and then they started noticing smoke coming out of the cupboard and got really excited."
Headteacher Mike Wisbach continued: "I went into the cupboard as if I was working out the cause, and then Sissi jumped out as a witch.
Headteacher Mike Wisbach
"She told the children that the Board of Wizard Education said the school's magic was so poor they would shut it down, but they had one week to prove themselves.
"The teachers all came out dressed as witches and wizards, and we used a hat with a walkie talkie in to sort the children into houses."
In their new magical houses, the children are spending the the week learning magical maths, potions, fantasy books and baking bizarre treats.
Oxford University's Quidditch team has also made an appearance to teach the children how to play the magical sport.
Mr Wisbach, 57, said: "It makes the lessons totally different from what we normally do for a week."
Miss Tellechea, from Headington, said: "The children are enthusiastic and happy about it. It's beautiful."