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TRINITY — An outdoor shopping mall and movie theater would highlight a planned 800-home community on the former Mitchell Ranch property at Little Road and State Road 54.
The Tribune reported in January that Kitson & Partners was negotiating to buy the 330-acre tract from the Mitchell family, who have owned the longtime cattle ranch for generations. Project Manager Debra Dremann said the lifestyle center - complete with plenty of cafes and restaurants - will be comparable to Wesley Chapel's The Shops at Wiregrass. It will have a Main Street district perfect for hosting community events and festivals.
"I would say it's fair to draw the comparison to Wiregrass," she said. "We're going to be developing 800,000 to 900,000 square feet in an open-air market setting. We hope it can be game changing for west Pasco in the same way Wiregrass was for Wesley Chapel."
Kitson & Partners hasn't yet closed on the land, but it is already lining up its development entitlements. "We're still in the contract phase," Dremann said. "We're going through the zoning process with the county and permitting with Swiftmud and the Army Corps of Engineers. We're still a good two years away from construction."
Ranch owner Dewey Mitchell said Kitson founder Syd Kitson shares his vision and passion for sustainable design. The company adheres to the Florida Green Building Coalition standards and is already in talks with the county to add a transit stop on S.R.54. The neighborhood will have trails linking residential areas to the market and to neighboring schools and YMCA. There will also be bike access to a future bike trail connection - through Mitchell Ranch - between the Pinellas Trail and Starkey Park.
"It's going to be really nice," Mitchell said. "It's a beautiful piece of land. I live on the property now, so I guess I'll have to start looking for a place to live."
Kitson & Partners is best known for its Babcock Ranch project that sits in both Lee and Charlotte counties.
He sold more than 80 percent of the ranch property to the state for $350 million, cheering environmentalists. That project got national attention in 2006 for its massive size, encompassing 17,800 acres and 19,500 homes.
Dremann said the Trinity project would have a mix of residential uses that will total between 600 and 800 units, including an apartment complex with around 250 units. The rest will be a mix of townhomes and single family homes ranging in price from the low $200,000s to the high-$300,000s.
"What's important to us is making sure we provide something unique to the community," Dremann said. "We want to make it a go-to place, not only for Pasco but also for Pinellas and Hillsborough residents. It's been great working with the entire Mitchell family. They really care about what you do with the land, he really wants it to be something special."
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- Corner Adderley and Wale Streets, Cape Town
- Open from Monday to Saturday from 09h00 to 17h00
- Closed on Sundays, Workers' Day and Christmas Day
- Tel: +27 (0)21 467 7229
- Fax: +27 (0)21 460 8238
- Adults R30
- 6-18 years R15
- SA Students and pensioners R15
- Family Ticket (2 adults & 2 children) R75
- Under 5's enter for free
Current Exhibitions
Permanent Exhibitions
Slave Lodge
The Slave Lodge is one of the oldest buildings in Cape Town. The many names of the building over three centuries – Slave Lodge, Government Offices Building, Old Supreme Court, and SA Cultural History Museum – reflect the long and rich history of the building.
In 1998 this museum was renamed the Slave Lodge. Under the umbrella theme, 'From human wrongs to human rights, exhibitions on the lower level of this museum explore the long history of slavery in South Africa. Through our changing, temporary exhibitions we address issues around and raise awareness of human rights.
The upper level galleries as well as other spaces in the museum will be renewed in the coming years.
An audio-guided tour can be rented at a nominal fee. This guide takes you on a historical journey through the Slave Lodge and gives you insight into the dismal living conditions.
School groups can book lessons with one of our educators. For more information about school visits see the Education and Public Programmes section of this website.
Unfortunately, the museum does not have a shop. Visitors are however able to purchase an informative brochure entitled "Slaves at the Cape: Oppression, Life and Legacy". The brochure provides visitors with an overview of the history of slavery at the Cape. Visiting exhibitions are sometimes accompanied by publications which can be purchased at the reception desk.
Exhibition Space
The upper galleries of the Iziko Slave Lodge are open to the public. The majority of these exhibitions are older displays which showcase some highlights from our ceramics, silverware and Egyptology collections to name a few. These exhibitions do not focus on the history of the slavery in South Africa.
A selection of ceramics from various parts of the world can be enjoyed in the ceramics gallery. South African wares on show include Ceramic Studio and Linn Ware objects made at Olifantsfontein during the first half of the 20th century, as well as contemporary works.
The silver gallery shows a range of domestic and commemorative objects of Cape, English, Malaysian and Russian origin. The Mullne Collection of Cape silver, on loan from DITSONG Museums in Pretoria, is also on show.
In the coming years we wish to transform these galleries to draw links to national heritage and history.
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Monday, 31 December 2012
Mana - Evolution
66 comments:
Just saw the piece on BBC news, so had to look you up. I used to think I was good with a pencil and a face to draw, but holy cow, you make me look like a positive amateur.ReplyDelete
You have a great talent - kudos to you.
Pure talent.ReplyDelete
Amazing , just saw you on BBC news and had to check it out . your brilliantReplyDelete
I actually held my breath as I followed the evolution of Maya. Awesome talent, thank youReplyDelete
I adore your work . I like the way you work with shadows and highlights bringing brilliance to the dark. Your art amazes me. I wish you all great things and thank you for sharing your work. LynReplyDelete
Absolutely Stunning!ReplyDelete
If you don't join the all time greats i'll eat my hat, or one of your pencils!ReplyDelete
For once in my life, I am speechless. Just WOW!ReplyDelete
Amazing work! I used to illustrate, but never managed this level of detail - I think my move into a digital based medium was now a smart one!ReplyDelete
Maya's eyes chico, they are brilliant. Thank you for sharingReplyDelete
You are a magician! Your wand is a pencil!ReplyDelete
amazing hand !!ReplyDelete
All I can say is WOW... had to instagram your Amy Winehouse piece... AMAZING....ReplyDelete
wow your technique is stunning!ReplyDelete
You have an extraordinary talent - congratulations!ReplyDelete
Abolutely amazing. You have a great talent. If only everyone can find their inner talent the world would be an amazing place (well, even more amazing than it is!).ReplyDelete
wow! this is really amazing! pls keep up the good workReplyDelete
OMG!!! Some one please put my jaws together! wow....still cant close my mouth..ReplyDelete
Your hands are extremely gifted Kelvin.This is rare...never seen or heard of someone who can do this...
You got amazing things to look forward to! You have an amazing gift. CANNOT wait to see what else you have to offer!ReplyDelete
Amazing, Awesome, Excellent, Stunning, Outstanding...i can go on and on!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous30 January 2013 at 15:31
Awesome, you are good.ReplyDelete
OMG!!!! My dear you've Got What i call a combination of talent and Skill...Totally Awesome! Please Keep it up.ReplyDelete
Wow! Amazing!! Wow again!ReplyDelete
This is...outstanding. Incredibly talented!ReplyDelete
Totally stunning.........you are a genius Kelvin....ReplyDelete
You are so A-M-A-Z-I-N-G!!!!ReplyDelete
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And well done on the Cork Street award Kelvin, I'm sure this will be the start of many, many more awards and accolades that will be coming your way....keep believing in yourself and your God given talents will speak for themselves....ReplyDelete
Its so weird I had been really getting into photo realism recently and I came home and you were on the news! I had to look you up and commend you; you're so talented and gifted.ReplyDelete
Congratulations on your success and thank you for the step by step images, they are very insightful.
Good luck in the future, not that you need it!
You are crazy talented! WOW! I hope to have one of your beautiful portraits on my wall some dayReplyDelete
I'm speechless but i have to say something...You are awesomely amazing (sobs) what a gift you are to the world.ReplyDelete
Dudeeee....OMG!!...this is like a miracle happening right before my very eyes...you're like d next picasso...ReplyDelete
Great work, I stumbled across your work on the BBC,thanks for sharing the photos of the work in progress as well,it helps to see how the creation came about.ReplyDelete
OMG!!!!!!!!!!! my GOD!!!!!!! what a telent!!! I LOVE N APPRECIATE UR TALENT... God gave me too, i love urs more... superb... keep it up BRO! MORE BLESSINGReplyDelete
Stunning! The love you put into your work shines through - success always!ReplyDelete
What is the tool you first use in slide 7 ??ReplyDeleteReplies
- Anonymous31 January 2013 at 16:59
Great job!ReplyDelete
Saw this on a friend's wall post on FB.
Magnifique ! Tu fais un boulot incroyable.ReplyDelete
Amazing !
Now that's what you call Britain's got talent !! Exceptional talent, not like modern rubbish which passes for 'art' these days.. Best of luck my friend..ReplyDelete
Dude, the 20th image amazed me. You have drawn mana's hair so life like that I thought it actually WAS hair on your pad?? Your art is the best thing out this year by far!ReplyDelete
Kelvin, your fame is spreading. I'm sitting here in Texas absolutely in AWE of your talent. Your sketches are breathtaking. So glad you're sharing your talent with the world. Maybe someday I can afford one of your masterpieces! -Kristin CopeReplyDelete
Dude - your skills are amazing!ReplyDelete
So finally someone appears who is actually doing soemthing that resembles real life. Discussing your cover picture and knowing it was such a skillfully produced pencil drawing literally drew us into the picture. Had we thought it just a photo then we wouldn't have paid as much attention to it, but the realisation it was done in pencil awed us. Amazing.ReplyDelete
This is incredible. The accuracy, the realism, absolutely astounding.ReplyDelete
ink jet printer ?ReplyDelete
You work is amazing ! Very realistic. Thank you for sharing your talentReplyDelete
You have set the bar young man, I have been drawing seriously for about 3yrs and am 47 next week. I was beginning to think I wasn't half bad (pencil being my favoured medium at the moment) but now having seen a little of your work I realise I have to step it up.ReplyDelete
Congratulations on your awards in London
Ciao Kelvin,ReplyDelete
i tuoi lavori sono davvero fantastici! Hai veramente un gran talento!
Se tu avessi voglia di fare un giro nel mio blog io ne sarei più che onorata. Mi trovi già fra i tuoi followers come "perlArte".
Ti auguro una buona giornata e complimenti ancora.
What tool are you using on the hair at image nos. 7, 10, 15, 39, & 48? Looks like a fine eraser?ReplyDelete
Just out of this world !ReplyDelete
Best GIF Ever
Hi I am really hoping you can get back to me on this!ReplyDelete
First of all your work is amazing. Second of all, I notice in some of the steps you are filling the bangs with a black. Then I start seeing the highlights in the next picture. Are you using a white pencil? eraser? to achieve this look?
Thank you!
Amazing work. Absolutely mind blowing.ReplyDelete
It's amazing ! You are very talented !ReplyDelete
An admirer from France.
This is excellence,ReplyDelete
My Little boy already sees you as a model.
Kelvin please, is there any way i could get in touch with you?
I will appreciate your response.
Brilliant! Wonderful work. Your hands are blessed.ReplyDelete
Amazing pencil art. Lot of details and have so much control over the texture and values.ReplyDelete
Amazing!!!!!!!! I have nothing to say.....ReplyDelete
My mouth dropped to the floor as I scrolled further and further down the page. You are truly blessed with talent beyond words.ReplyDelete
Look people I think I found it! http://arttoys.wordpress.com/2011/07/27/erasers-with-a-point/ReplyDelete
Amazing work Kelvin!
seriously you are amazing i thought i can sketch but you are beyond the impossibleReplyDelete


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"This was a hard fought match on all angles," said Bisons coach Andrew Harris. "The guys came out flat in doubles and responded well in singles to pull out the win."
Singles winners for the Bisons include Chad Pierron, who defeated Felipe Gama 6-3, 6-0. Daniel Hangstefer defeated Luis Maselli 7-5, 6-1.
James Murrell clinched the match for the Bisons at no. 5; defeating Ryan Vogt 7-6 (3), 6-4. Mario Hernandez defeated Diego Arteaga in no. 6; 6-0, 6-3.
"James Murrell clinched the match for us at No. 5," said Harris. "James really stepped up in a clutch situation and this should give him confidence going into this weekend against Jacksonville and North Florida."
The Bisons will play host to conference team Jacksonville on Friday, March 13. The match will be played at the Richland Racquet Club at 7:30 p.m.
Hangstefer/Hernandez vs. Kuschke/Artega LU Won 8-5
Murrell/Pierron vs. Gama/Maselli IPFW Won 8-6
McArdle/Mizell vs. Vogt/Collins IPFW Won 8-5
McArdle vs. Kuschke IPFW Won 6-3 6-2
Pierron vs. Gama LU Won 6-3,6-0
Hangstefer vs. Maselli LU Won 7-5,6-1
Mulibeu vs. Tamashiro IPFW Won 6-3, 6-4
Murrell vs. Vogt LU Won 7-6 (3), 6-4
Hernandez vs. Arteaga LU Won 6-0, 6-3


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PanoTools talk:History
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'Since then JS policy is not reliable. One day he offers peace: [23] the other he spreads wild accusations - mostly on his site (No link here, since articles come and go there).'
Suggest change to 'Since then JS has acted in a very unreliable manner. One day he offers peace: [23] the next he spreads wild accusations, mostly on his site, the next he removes the accusations again (hence no link).'
Note that I've not used the wiki before, so someone might need to do tidy up this page afterwards...
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Old European Cut Diamonds & Old Mine Cut
The Old European cut diamond or "Old Euro Cut" was the primary diamond shape used in the Art Deco Era. Old Mine cut diamonds or "Miner Cut" were used in Victorian and Edwardian Eras. There is some overlap between the periods when both antique diamond cuts coexisted. Transitional Cut diamonds were the common cut in the 1940's. Diamond cutting and technology advanced quickly then to the modern round brilliant cut. Many old cut heirloom diamonds and old family stones are often repurposed and set into modern styles. Antique diamonds regularly show warmth in color as many of the whiter old diamonds have been recut into modern round brilliants. Great features of the old cuts are that they tend to face up whiter then their modern counterparts of similar color and they also draw your eye into the stone.


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Myanmar's Suu Kyi hopes victory is dawn of new era
Aung San Suu Kyi claimed victory Monday in Myanmar's historic by-election, saying she hoped it would mark the beginning of a new era for the long-repressed country.
(AP) Aung San Suu Kyi claimed victory Monday in Myanmar's historic by-election, saying she hoped it would mark the beginning of a new era for the long-repressed country.
Suu Kyi spoke to thousands of cheering supporters who gathered outside her opposition party headquarters a day after her party declared she had won a parliamentary seat in the closely watched vote.
The Election Commission has not yet confirmed the results, but government officials have commented on Suu Kyi's victory and the people of Myanmar have reacted with jubilation.
"The success we are having is the success of the people," Suu Kyi said, as a sea of supporters chanted her name and thrust their hands into the air to flash "V'' for victory signs.
"It is not so much our triumph as a triumph of the people who have decided that they have to be involved in the political process in this country," she said. "We hope this will be the beginning of a new era."
If confirmed, Suu Kyi will take public office for the first time and lead a small bloc of lawmakers from her opposition National League for Democracy in Myanmar's military-dominated Parliament.
The victory would mark a major milestone in the Southeast Asian nation, which is emerging from a ruthless era of military rule, and also an astonishing reversal of fortune for a woman who became one of the world's most prominent prisoners of conscience.
Nay Zin Latt, an adviser to President Thein Sein, told The Associated Press he was "not really surprised that the NLD had won a majority of seats" in the by-election. Asked if Suu might be given a Cabinet post, he said: "Everything is possible. She could be given any position of responsibility because of her capacity."
Unofficial counts continued to trickle in Monday from poll watchers within Suu Kyi's party, and spokesman Han Than said the opposition had won at least 43 of the 44 parliament seats it had contested. Those included all four seats up for grabs in the capital, Naypyitaw, which is populated by civil servants and would be an embarrassing sign of defeat for the government.
An official from the Election Commission said its regional office for Yangon had confirmed that Suu Kyi's party had won all six constituencies contested in Yangon and that full results from remote areas were expected by midweek. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not allowed to speak to the media.
The former junta had kept Suu Kyi imprisoned in her lakeside home for the better part of two decades. When she was finally released in late 2010, just after a general election that was deemed by most as neither free nor fair, few could have imagined she would so quickly make the leap from democracy advocate to elected official — opening the way for a potential presidential run in 2015.
But Myanmar has changed dramatically over that time. The junta finally ceded power last year, and although many of its leaders merely swapped their military uniforms for civilian suits, they went on to stun even their staunchest critics by releasing political prisoners, signing cease-fires with rebels, relaxing press censorship and opening a direct dialogue with Suu Kyi, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991 while under house arrest.
Hoping to convince the international community of its progress, Myanmar invited dozens of Western and Asian election observers to monitor the vote and granted visas to hundreds of foreign journalists.
Suu Kyi herself said Friday that campaigning had been marred by irregularities and could not be considered fair — allegations her party reiterated Sunday.
Malgorzata Wasilewska, head of the European Union's observer team, called the voting process "convincing enough" but stopped short of declaring it credible yet. "In the polling stations that I visited ... I saw plenty of good practice and good will, which is very important," she said.
The United States and the European Union have said that the fairness of the voting will be a major factor in their decision on whether to lift economic sanctions that were imposed to penalize the former junta.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton congratulated Myanmar for holding the poll. Speaking at a news conference in Istanbul, Turkey, she said Washington was committed to supporting the country's reform effort.
"Even the most repressive regimes can reform, and even the most closed societies can open," she said.
The topdown revolution has left Myanmar befuddled and wondering how it happened — or at least, why now? One theory says the military-backed regime had long been desperate for legitimacy and a lifting of Western sanctions, and its leadership had quietly recognized that their impoverished country, formerly known as Burma, had fallen far behind the rest of skyscraper-rich Asia.
Sunday's by-election was called to fill 45 vacant seats in Myanmar's 664-member bicameral assembly, and the military-backed government had little to lose by holding it. The last vote had already been engineered in their favor — the army was allotted 25 percent of the seats, and the ruling party won most of the rest.
David Scott Mathieson, an expert on Myanmar for Human Rights Watch, said "the real danger of the by-elections is the overblown expectations many in the West have cast on them."
"The hard work really does start afterward," he said. "Constitutional reform, legal reform, tackling systemic corruption, sustainable economic development, continued human rights challenges ... will take many years."
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Swedish police have arrested Stefan Eriksson, thug and Enzo-destoryer, for a variety of serious crimes in his homeland. Took 'em long enough. We've only been yelling for authorities to "Save the Enzos" for, like, ever.
Eriksson, also known as Fat Steffe, was arrested along with two suspected associates, on suspicion of theft, assault and extortion. This is almost a year after he was released from prison and deported to Sweden. We guess some people never learn.
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Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport announced July 30 that 2,189,148 commercial passengers flew through the airport in June 2012. That figure, an increase of 2.9 percent over June 2011, was a new record for the month of June, and the second busiest month in the history of BWI Marshall.
Southwest Airlines, the largest airline at BWI Marshall, served 1,263,110 passengers in June, a 6.5 percent increase over June 2011. Other airlines to show growth for the month include Delta Air Lines, JetBlue Airways, American Airlines and British Airways.
"Consistent growth at BWI Marshall affirms the strength and success of this market," Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley said. "We continue to make investments and improvements to ensure that BWI Marshall remains a convenient gateway to the world."
Work began last month on a major terminal enhancement program at BWI Marshall. The improvements will include a new security checkpoint, a secure connector between Concourses B and C with new passenger amenities, and an improved Concourse C facility with enhanced airline gate hold rooms and new food and retail space. BWI Marshall is also conducting preliminary work on a comprehensive, multi-year airfield pavement rehabilitation program.
In recent months, several airlines started or announced new air service for BWI Marshall. Bahamasair initiated service to Freeport, Grand Bahama Island in May. Condor Airlines started flights to Frankfurt, Germany in early July. Earlier this month, Spirit Airlines announced it would start service to Dallas/Fort Worth and Fort Lauderdale in September.
"Passenger traffic continues to rise, thanks to growth from our existing airline partners and the addition of new service," Paul J. Wiedefeld, executive director of BWI Marshall said. "We remain focused on providing excellent customer service and an efficient gateway for travelers throughout Maryland and the National Capital region."


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223 Students get to attend GOP debate
An advantage of UIS being located in the state capital played out again this week when several of them got tickets to the GOP gubernatorial debate downtown. Putting the group together was Riley Quinlan, external vice president of the Student Government Association.
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In addition, although claiming to generally avoid getting involved in matters outside their field, Google officially supports the [[liberal]] and social [[libertarian]] cause of so-called "[[same sex marriage]]."<ref>http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/09/our-position-on-californias-no-on-8.html , Our position on California's No on 8 campaign</ref> On June 21, 2009, Google displayed a special multicolored line for searches on the word "gay". More troubling, Google recently announced plans to compensate employees to cover taxes paid on their domestic partner's health benefits, but only offers its 'generosity' to homosexual couples.<ref>http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/07/01/google-raises-eyebrows-new-gay-employee-benefit/</ref> Google is also big promoter of [[Charles Darwin]] and atheistic science, even to the point of giving special recognition to the anniversary of Darwin's birthday ("Darwin Day").
In addition, although claiming to generally avoid getting involved in matters outside their field, Google officially supports the [[liberal]] and social [[libertarian]] cause of so-called "[[same sex marriage]]."<ref>http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/09/our-position-on-californias-no-on-8.html , Our position on California's No on 8 campaign</ref> On June 21, 2009, Google displayed a special multicolored line for searches on the word "gay". More troubling, Google recently announced plans to compensate employees to cover taxes paid on their domestic partner's health benefits, but only offers its 'generosity' to homosexual couples.<ref>http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/07/01/google-raises-eyebrows-new-gay-employee-benefit/</ref> Google is also big promoter of [[Charles Darwin]] and atheistic science, even to the point of giving special recognition to the anniversary of Darwin's birthday ("Darwin Day").
Its online translator system generally "translates" by predicting from linguistic patterns based on UN documents in various languages. This generally results in shoddy translations from languages that don't have the same or similar linguistics as English, such as [[Japanese]].
Its online translator system generally "translates" by predicting from linguistic patterns based on UN documents in various languages.This generally results in shoddy translations from languages that don't have the same or similar linguistics as English, such as [[Japanese]].
Major competitors of Google include [[Yahoo!]], [[Duck Duck Go|DuckDuckGo]], and Microsoft's [[Bing]].
Major competitors of Google include [[Yahoo!]], [[Duck Duck Go|DuckDuckGo]], and Microsoft's [[Bing]].
Revision as of 17:20, 10 October 2018
Google is a company whose primary business is Internet-based services, including a popular search engine, browser, analytics api, and phone operating system. In many ways, Google's offerings have evolved into one singular full-scale surveillance platform.[1] Google is associated with liberal causes and has been criticized for manipulating search results,[2] along with catering to communist China in censoring information from the people as requested by dictators:[3]
- Reporters Without Borders joined others in asking how Google could stand up for US users' freedoms while controlling what Chinese users can search for. Its previous search engine for China's fast-growing market was subject to government blocks. The new site - Google.cn - censors itself to satisfy Beijing. While cooperating with China's government, Google refuses to fulfill requests by the U.S. Department of Justice.[4] Google counsel Nicole Wong said "..we intend to resist their motion vigorously."
Google has also been accused of delisting conservative news sites from its search engine. As one of many examples, "In February 2005, Michelle Malkin wrote of the difficulties she was having becoming part of Google News."[5]
In addition, although claiming to generally avoid getting involved in matters outside their field, Google officially supports the liberal and social libertarian cause of so-called "same sex marriage."[6] On June 21, 2009, Google displayed a special multicolored line for searches on the word "gay". More troubling, Google recently announced plans to compensate employees to cover taxes paid on their domestic partner's health benefits, but only offers its 'generosity' to homosexual couples.[7] Google is also big promoter of Charles Darwin and atheistic science, even to the point of giving special recognition to the anniversary of Darwin's birthday ("Darwin Day").
Its online translator system generally "translates" by predicting from linguistic patterns based on UN documents in various languages.[8] This generally results in shoddy translations from languages that don't have the same or similar linguistics as English, such as Japanese.
Major competitors of Google include Yahoo!, DuckDuckGo, and Microsoft's Bing.
- 1 Corporate Information
- 2 History
- 3 Secular Progressive Culture
- 4 Google bombing
- 5 Controversy
- 6 International Agitation
- 7 See also
- 8 References
- 9 External links
Corporate Information
The CEO of Google since 2001 was Eric Schmidt. He announced that he was stepping down as CEO in 2011. Google is headquartered in Mountain View, California. Google was founded on September 7, 1998, by Larry Page and Sergey Brin. Since then, it has grown to be the largest Internet search engine in the world. According to Alexa Internet, over 25% of all Internet users visit Google monthly.[9]
Google also owns YouTube, the homemade video clip site. Viacom is suing YouTube, and thus Google, for a reported $1 billion, arguing that the economic model of YouTube is based on copyright infringement.[10]
After much debate about their corporate Code of Conduct, Google's founders settled on the all-encompassing "Don't be evil", saying,"It's built around the recognition that everything we do in connection with our work at Google will be, and should be, measured against the highest possible standards".[11] This Code of Conduct has generated much criticism, saying they have missed that mark badly.
Google was originally a research project, started by Larry Page and Sergey Brin in 1996, when the two attended Stanford University. The two registered the domain name google.stanford.edu, and the small search engine went online for the first time.[12]
The year Google was created 1998, it had amassed 26 million unique URLs in their database. By 2000, Google had indexed more than 1 billion pages. As of July 2008, Google has indexed over 1 trillion pages. Its core service is usually referred to as Google Search. [13] Google Search was enhanced with a feature called Google Instant in 2010 which quickly displays suggested search works as the user types. This reveals how the search information is organized in a "semantic Web" and the degree to which is it understood beyond just simple string matching. This feature seems to be further enhanced by the semantic information in Knowledge Graph.
Microsoft has been aggressively competing with Google for a larger share of the search market. Their latest effort, Bing.com, is a "next generation" search service which has generated praise for its user interface and criticism for its speed and performance in comparison to Google and Yahoo.
Other potential competitors, such as Apple, have chosen to keep Google as its default search provider. In return, Apple received $9 billion dollars.[14] That amount will increase to $12 billion in 2019.[15]
Secular Progressive Culture
Google's West Coast headquarters hires a majority of left-leaning personalities, explicitly in executive decision-making.[16] Google supports causes that are a radical departure from traditional American views, such as their public support of a 'no' vote for California's Proposition 8, which defined marriage as being between a husband and wife. Also in a subtle way, they favor politically-correct global liberalism, championed by secular progressives. They select certain days of importance for tribute, some of which are controversial. As such, Merry Christmas is replaced by Happy Holidays. Even though, poll [17] after poll [18] after poll [19] shows the public prefers 'Merry Christmas'. The problem may be that Google doesn't respect traditional Christian holidays, in favor of a 'culturally-correct' approach. In addition, Google accepts the Theory of Evolution by Charles Darwin as fact, promotes Darwin on their homepage with a Google Doodle logo.[20]
Google often honors Russia with their logo of Sputnik and for composer Igor Stravinsky. Google based their United States Independence Day logo on 'This Land Is Your Land' as an ode to leftism. Woody Guthrie wrote the lyrics and also wrote for The Daily Worker, a Marxist newspaper.[21]
Google versus Conservatives
- Many instances whereby information is comprised ideologically and displayed for the masses. Watchdog Web site NewsBusters.org published that Google had in fact labeled conservative American Spectator as "This site may harm your computer." [22]
- Google once blocked pro-family Web site MassResistance. Some people complained his organization promotes hatred towards homosexuals. Google gave the standard legal trash as an excuse "'Users may not publish material that promotes hate towards groups based on race, ethnic origin, religion, disability, gender, age, veteran status, and sexual orientation/gender identity.'" MassResistance replied "Of course we are not promoting hate against anybody." [23]
- YouTube owner, Google continues to protect Planned Parenthood by removing undercover videos exposing abortion clinic law-breaking.[24]
- Without any prior explanation or notice, Google had been terminating its News relationships with conservative e-zines and Web journals.[25]
- Google attempted to minimize global awareness of the ClimateGate emails and the truth about the anthropogenic global warming theory, whence the term "Googlegate" gained recognition across the Web. Non-coincidentally, Al Gore is on the Google advisory board.
- Curiously, leading up to Restoring Honor 8-28-10—on Google Maps—the Lincoln Memorial was being misplaced in favor of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial, which is a good half a mile south of the more famous memorial.[26] This may have been an ongoing, known problem or bug in Google Maps that hadn't been fixed yet; or, Google is censoring search results; or, Google is playing with searches for political power and gain.
- As of August 15, 2016, a Google search for "The Murder of Seth Rich" Conservapedia, yields no results, likewise a search by "The Murder of Seth Rich" Site: Conservapedia.com. But a Yahoo search brings up the Conservapedia article.
- During the 2016 Presidential campaign Google filtered emails from Donald Trump into Gmail users spam boxes.[27]
- Many more examples exist of Google censoring conservatives or exhibiting bias against them.[28][29]
Google versus Anti- Obama Blogs
The question immediately raised, "Did Google Silence Barack Obama critics?" It turns out, no they did not. A group of separate blogs were targeted by their spam filter as a result of manipulating the 'flag' feature. This caused a temporary blockage for five days. Sites affected were Hillary supporters and all anti-Obama. They include http://bluelyon.blogspot.com, http://comealongway.blogspot.com, http://hillaryorbust.blogspot.com and http://mccaindemocrats.blogspot.com and their main associate JustSayNoDeal.com [30]
Google sensitive to Islam
In 2010, it was noted that Google's search suggestions for the world's various religions would bring up many negative results for Christianity, Judaism, Hinduism and Buddhism. Typing a search for "Christianity is..." the results would be "Christianity is a lie," or "Judaism is..." would be "Judaism is a cult." Google removed negative search suggestions when typing "Islam is...",[31] however it seems that Google has reverted this, as the current first suggestion when typing "islam is..." is "Islam is evil".
Google versus Vladimir Putin
On the day of Olympic Winter Games in Russia, Google created a homepage icon, that supports the homosexual agenda. It shows a rainbow-coloured group of athletes. The background is Putin's position on Homosexuality.[32]
Google bombing
Perhaps the most innovative contribution Google has made to Internet searching is its PageRank algorithm. This system works by counting the number of sites that link to another site; the more links pointing to a page, the higher that page will be ranked. The engine also takes note of how often the page is updated. Due to this, Wikipedia® is consistently ranked very highly by Google, due to its constant updating and heavy linkage. More recently, Internet-savvy Googlers have discovered ways to game the system; creating massive numbers of pages with links pointing to one page to form what is known as a "Google Bomb". Some examples can be found below.[33]
- "Miserable Failure": For nearly two years, typing "miserable failure" (or even just "miserable", or "failure") and then clicking "I'm Feeling Lucky" in the Google search engine would return the White House Biography of George W. Bush.[34] This was orchestrated by Democratic Party supporters in late 2003,[35] as part of the 2004 Presidential election. However, at times, Conservative supporters were able to shift the phrase to Jimmy Carter, Hillary Clinton and Michael Moore.
- '"Great President": returns the White House Biography of George W. Bush.
- "Jew": The first result used to be the home page for "Jew Watch", a racist, anti-Semitic hate group. As of September 2012, Jew Watch is the 4th result, although it has now shown even lower in the result list.
- "Waffles": Also as part of the 2004 Presidential election, Conservative supporters managed to link the term "waffles" to the official Web site of John Kerry.
- "French Military Victories": Hitting "I'm Feeling Lucky" for this term directs you to a fake Google page (in reality, it is an AlbinoBlackSheep.com page, styled to look exactly like a Google page, here) giving no matches, and asking if you meant "French military defeats?".
- "Weapons of Mass Destruction" would bring up a similar page with the error message 'not found.'
- "[Rick] Santorum": Homosexual activist Dan Savage created a Web site with an obscene definition for the word "santorum" because politician Rick Santorum opposes same-sex marriage. This page was number one on Google for several years when people searched for his last name (and at times, his full name as well). Once Santorum began to campaign for President, his campaign Web site eventually made it up to the top spot, but as of September 2012, the Wikipedia page about Savage's actions is currently the top result, followed by the Wikipedia page for Santorum. Savage's site has fallen to the third spot. Santorum's presidential campaign Web site has fallen to number four, since Santorum is no longer in the race.
On January 25, 2007, Google claimed to have modified their PageRank algorithm to lessen the likelihood of future Google bombs[36]
Tax Dodging
A report by Bloomberg News has Google setting up offshore banks accounts to avoid paying taxes on foreign profits. More than $3.9 billion have made it to Bermuda bank accounts over the last several years. Google has cut its effective tax rate abroad to just 2.4%. The practice is common and George Soros has been known to place his billions of dollars in Cayman Island banks. This costs the U.S. government more than $60 billion in revenue.[37]
Privacy Concerns
Google has been criticized by privacy activists and others. Recently, Google chief executive Eric Schmidt said, "We cannot even answer the most basic questions because we don't know enough about you. That is the most important aspect of Google's expansion." [38] Google has attempted to "remedy" this situation by storing search information, in effect, keeping tabs on people for two years after they search. This has led Google critic Daniel Brandt to create "Scroogle.org", which runs Google searches that users conduct through his organization's personal servers to prevent Google from being able to connect any personal information to the searchers.[39]
Hypocrisy on Net neutrality
Neil Stevens of Redstate.com notes that Google says one thing and does another, tarnishing their reputation in the process. He lists where Google emphasizes support then does what they want in regards to shutting down access.[40]
Benghazi attack
After the Benghazi attack, Hillary's State Department was in contact with Google. Hillary publicly claimed a controversial video was the source of a 'spontaneous' riot which proved to be a knowingly false statement. Google participated in the ruse by agreeing to block the video even after President Obama admitted it was a pre-planned terrorist attack. Copies of the email were forwarded to Denis McDonough, Cheryl Mills, Patrick F Kennedy, Jake Sullivan and John Brennan. The email also contains contact information for Google CEO Afternoon (Larry) Page and YouTube CEO Salar Kamangar including their mobile and office phone numbers.[41]
Relationship with the Hillary Clinton campaign
It was discovered Google was manipulating autocomplete search engine results to favor Hillary Clinton.[42] Autocomplete returns the most popular trending search queries. [43] When a user types in Hillary Clinton cri to query about the criminal investigation into Mrs. Clinton for example, the Google results do not match at all popular trends on all other major search engines.[44]
Supporters of Bernie Sanders complained throughout the 2016 primary season Google had inflated Hillary's delegate count by adding unelected Superdelegates who, by rule, were to remain unpledged until the convention.[45] Some in late primary states considered this another form of voter suppression.[46]
In an article titled How Google Could Rig the 2016 Election in August 2015 Politico warned Google "can easily shift the voting preferences of undecided voters by 20 percent or more—up to 80 percent in some demographic groups—with virtually no one knowing they are being manipulated... In the United States, half of our presidential elections have been won by margins under 7.6 percent".[47]
Billionaire Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google's parent company Alphabet funded a startup company called The Groundwork to ensure Hillary has the engineering talent needed to win the election.[48] Schmidt and Google are both donors to the Clinton Foundation.
When Googling, Hillary Clinton's he-
Google yielded,
- Hillary Clinton's headquarters
- Hillary Clinton's health plan
- Hillary Clinton's healthcare plan
Search results on Bing return the suggestions
- Hillary Clinton's health
- Hillary Clinton's health issues
- Hillary Clinton's health and weight
Search results on Yahoo return the suggestions
- Hillary Clinton's health problems
- Hillary Clinton's health
- Hillary Clinton's health issues
Relationship with the Obama Administration
Consumer Watchdog crafted a 32-page report detailing how Google has inappropriately benefited from its close ties to the Obama Administration. NASA's Moffett Airfield has been turned into a taxpayer-subsidized private airport for Google executives used for corporate junkets. NASA's Moffett Airfield is a short distance from Google's world headquarters. The report details, "A growing fleet of jets and helicopters stand ready to ferry the company's top executives near or far, for business or pleasure, for vacations or schmoozing, including at least three wintertime trips to the Caribbean and a trip by Google chief executive Eric Schmidt to the Cannes Film Festival." [49]
Homosexual agenda
As was already mentioned, Google has been actively blocking certain websites and services which oppose sodomy (homosexuality). They also speak out in support of the homosexual movement, and promote search results which do the same.[50][51][52][53] They also donate to some other organizations which do the same, as well and politicians who seek the same goal.
Interference with Trump presidency
Owing to all of the above, Google has been accused of trying to stifle conservative voices (especially those that support Trump) and only allowing for left-wing viewpoints to be shown on the search engine. Although Google twice denied these claims, this was eventually confirmed on September 12, 2018, via a leaked video via Breitbart for the TGIF session immediately after Donald Trump's election, where the upper management not only made their views of the American public clear by inferring that those who voted for Donald Trump were "fascists and communists", but also strongly implied that they were going to dedicate all of their resources to making sure the rise of populism is squashed.[54][55][56] Google also was caught trying to increase Latino turnout in the 2016 election.[57]
International Agitation
Google's Map service is responsible for escalating tensions between foreign nations by radically misleading versions of current borders.
Google has been labeled "professionally irresponsible" for disseminated Cambodia territory, which is embroiled in a bitter diplomatic row with Thailand over the demarcation of the frontier.[58]
Costa Rica took offense to Google Maps version showing that a specific area of encampment was on Nicaraguan soil. The dispute that had ensued over Google's version of the Nicaragua-Costa Rica border has became rather serious. So much so that the secretary general of the Organization of American States had to intervene.[59][60]
Google Maps was busy fixing another error in its map program of a port city that reignited border tensions between Germany and The Netherlands.[61]
Egyptian Uprising
Google executive Wael Ghonim helped with protesting Egypt's rule of Hosni Mubarak, calling for him to step down and organizing protests. He was detained by authorities and released after two weeks. Ghonim is credited as being a major factor in sparking Egypt's uprising. Google CEO Eric Schmidt said that Google is "very, very proud" of Wael Ghonim.[62]
Syrian Civil War
Newly released emails from Hillary Clinton's State Department shows Google coordinating the overthrow of Bashar Assad in Syria.[63]
Wi-Fi Snooping
Google collected information from Wi-Fi networks as its street-view vans cruised neighborhoods around the globe, raising issues in more than 30 countries. The information Google gathered included e-mail fragments and passwords, alarming politicians and privacy and security advocates in Germany, France, and Spain.[64] It was noted that Google supplies special mapping and search products to the U.S. military and intelligence community, with some Google employees enjoying Top Secret clearance to work with the government. Google said it was "accidental" data gathering. Rep. Joe Barton of Texas, a senior Republican lawmaker, suggested that Google's data collection wasn't accidental and that it was "something to look at." Under the Democrat leadership, the FCC investigated, but dropped further inquiry, coincidently, just before a Google Democrat fundraiser was held. Many groups have been calling on Republican Darrell Issa to investigate Google's cozy relationship with the Obama administration.[65]
- France: Privacy watchdog CNIL awarded its largest fine to date with a judgement of $141,300 against Google in relation to snooping.[66]
See also
- Search engine manipulation effect
- Bing
- Censorability
- Censorship
- Duck Duck Go
- Evolutionist censorship
- Fairness Doctrine
- Liberal censorship
- Media censorship
- Tools of censorship
- Yahoo
- ↑ How Google Made Android The World's Most Ubiquitous Surveillance Platform
- ↑ Nolan, Lucas (September 21, 2018). 5 Times Google Manipulated Search, YouTube, and News Results. Breitbart News. Retrieved September 21, 2018.
- ↑ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4647398.stm
- ↑ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4630694.stm , BBC Google defies US over search data, January 20, 2006
- ↑ http://newsbusters.org/node/5477
- ↑ http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/09/our-position-on-californias-no-on-8.html , Our position on California's No on 8 campaign
- ↑ http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/07/01/google-raises-eyebrows-new-gay-employee-benefit/
- ↑ https://blogs.transparent.com/language-news/2015/09/02/how-google-translate-works-and-why-it-doesnt-measure-up/
- ↑ Alexa Traffic Results for Google
- ↑ Viacom will sue YouTube for $1bn
- ↑ Google Code of Conduct
- ↑ Corporate Information:Google Milestones
- ↑ Google reveals scope of Web-crawling task CNET News, July 25, 2008
- ↑ Google reportedly paying Apple $9 billion to remain default search engine in Safari on iOS
- ↑ Google reportedly paying Apple $9 billion to remain default search engine in Safari on iOS
- ↑ See [1] for a list of board members and senior staff.
- ↑ Wish Me A Merry Christmas Campaign Crusades to Change Retail Culture PRWeb, November 26, 2008
- ↑ 68% Prefer "Merry Christmas" to "Happy Holidays" Rasmussen, November 27, 2008
- ↑ Poll: More Americans prefer 'Merry Christmas' greeting CNN, December 20, 2005
- ↑ [Scientists unveil fossil of Darwinius masillae]
- ↑ Google Chooses Communist-Oriented 'This Land Is Your Land' July 4th Theme, Breitbart.com, July 4, 2012
- ↑ Google Claims Conservative Website 'May Harm Your Computer' December 28, 2007
- ↑ Accusation: Google targets, blocks pro-family Web site again OneNewsNow.com, July 15,2009
- ↑ YouTube Bans Student Group's Video Showing Abuse at Planned Parenthood Christian News Wire, July 21, 2009
- ↑ Is Google Purging Conservative News Sites? NewsBusters, May 22, 2006
- ↑ Sarah Jacobsson Purewal. Google Maps Misplaces Lincoln Memorial, PC World, Aug 28, 2010.
- ↑ Users Claim Google Is Putting Trump Emails In Their Spam Box, Alex Pfeiffer, Daily Caller, 8:19 AM 06/23/2016
- ↑ Duke, Selwyn (August 28, 2018). Google Is Not a Search Engine; Twitter and Facebook Aren't Social Media. The New American. Retrieved August 28, 2018.
- ↑ Bokhari, Allum (August 28, 2018). 10 Times Google's Far-Left, Anti-Trump Bias Was Exposed. Breitbart News. Retrieved August 28, 2018.
- ↑ Google and the Anti-Obama Bloggers NYTimes June 30, 2008
- ↑ Google Blocking Negative Search Recommendations On Islam – Why?, The Next Web, May 1, 2010
- ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-26080047
- ↑ Dropping 'Google-bombs'
- ↑ 'Miserable failure' links to Bush
- ↑ In October, Johnson, a Democrat, added the phrase "miserable failure" to his Web site, Old Fashioned Patriot. He then linked the site to the online White House biography of President Bush and asked others to follow his lead
- ↑ Bush no longer "miserable failure": Google tackles googlebombs
- ↑ After news of Google tax dodges, Obama raises money with Google execs, Washington Examiner, October 22, 2010
- ↑ http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/c3e49548-088e-11dc-b11e-000b5df10621,dwp_uuid=e8477cc4-c820-11db-b0dc-000b5df10621.html
- ↑ http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=55935
- ↑ Google undermines the Internet, RedState.com, August 23, 2009
- ↑ UNCLASSIFIED U.S. Department of State Case No. F-2015-04841 Doc No. C05739829 STATE DEPT. wikileaks.org
- ↑ How Google Manipulates Search Results In Favor Of Hillary Clinton, by Tyler Durden, Jun 10, 2016. zerohedge.com
- ↑ Here Are 10 More Examples of Google Search Results Favorable to Hillary, Tech giant accused of whitewashing autocomplete results, Brent Scher and Elizabeth Harrington, Washington Free Beacon, June 10, 2016
- ↑ Did Google Manipulate Search for Hillary?, Matt Lieberman, SourceFed, Jun 9, 2016. UPDATE: Friday June 10. youtube.com
- ↑ Failing Delegate Math, A popular meme detailing the actual delegate count between Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton in May 2016 is mostly accurate. Kim LaCapria, Snopes, May 10, 2016
- ↑ Superdelegate System Has Been Used as a Form of Voter Suppression, Posted by G.A. Casebeer, The Bern Report, May 23, 2016
- ↑ How Google Could Rig the 2016 Election, Google has the ability to drive millions of votes to a candidate with no one the wiser, By Robert Epstein, Politico, August 19, 2015
- ↑ THE GROUNDWORK The stealthy, Eric Schmidt-backed startup that's working to put Hillary Clinton in the White House, Adam Pasick & Tim Fernholz, Quartz, October 09, 2015. qz.com
- ↑ Consumer Watchdog Sends Issa's Oversight Committee Google Report Showing Inappropriate Relationship with Obama Administration, RedOrbit.com, January 24, 2011
- ↑ https://blog.google/topics/causes-community/transvoices
- ↑ https://money.cnn.com/2012/07/08/technology/google-legalize-love/index.htm
- ↑ https://winteryknight.com/2012/07/09/google-starts-wordlwide-campaign-to-legalize-gay-marriage-target-donates-to-gay-rights-groups
- ↑ https://onetoday.google.com
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRf9UxsM-NE&feature=youtu.be
- ↑ Bokhari, Allum (September 12, 2018). LEAKED VIDEO: Google Leadership's Dismayed Reaction to Trump Election. Breitbart News. Retrieved September 14, 2018.
- ↑ Freiburger, Calvin (September 17, 2018). Top Google leaders vowed to alter future elections to avoid Trump 'hiccup': leaked video. LifeSiteNews. Retrieved September 19, 2018.
- ↑ Duke, Selwyn (September 14, 2018). Google Caught Red-handed: Tried to Get Clinton Elected. The New American. Retrieved September 14, 2018.
- ↑ Cambodia blasts Google map of disputed Thai border, Reuters, February 5, 2010
- ↑ Envoy to solve latest Google Maps border dispute? CNET, November 5, 2010
- ↑ GOOGLE MAPS BLAMED for BORDER DISPUTE, Spectre Footnotes, November 11, 2010
- ↑ Google Maps Blunder Reignites Centuries Old Border Dispute, Fox News, February 21, 2011
- ↑ Google CEO Eric Schmidt says company is 'very proud' of Egypt's Wael Ghonim, LA Times, February 15, 2011
- ↑ Clinton email reveals: Google sought overthrow of Syria's Assad, Washington Examiner, March 19, 2016
- ↑ Is National Security Behind Google's Wi-Fi Spying?, Fox News, July 23, 2010
- ↑ Congress Must Investigate Google-Obama Ties, National Legal and Policy Center, November 10, 2010
- ↑ France fines Google for Street View privacy breach, Forbes, March 21, 2011


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(CNN) -- A top Australian government official met with Chinese authorities Saturday to discuss the arrest on spy charges of an Australian mining executive.
The visit by Trade Minister Simon Crean came nearly a week after Stern Hu and three of his Chinese colleagues at mining company Rio Tinto were detained on suspicion of espionage and stealing state secrets.
Crean told reporters he expressed Australian's "strong concern" over the detention of Hu, the general manager of Rio Tinto's Shanghai office, where all four employees work.
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Enrique Rojas of ESPN is reporting that Cano and Mariners agreed to a 10 year deal worth $240 million dollars. That is an ungodly amount of money.
Earlier this morning, it was reported that talks had broken down after Seattle made an offer of nine years and $225 million, according to Mark Feinsand and Bill Madden of the Daily News. Reportedly, Cano's agent Jay-Z was pushing for a deal closer to $252 million, but the M's didn't budge – and rightfully so.
And with that, Cano's career with the Yankees comes to an abrupt end – at least for now. I can envision the Mariners eating 25% of the contract in a year or two and giving him away to the Bombers. Admit it… You can see that happening too…
By the way… I heard early this morning on WFAN, that if the Yankees get shutout on Cano, they would go hard after Brandon Phillips in a trade with the Reds, according to Mark Malusis.
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The Miami Marlins have agreed on a one-year deal with free agent Rafael Furcal reports Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports,
The Mets were considering the veteran shortstop according to many reports but were wary of his health. Furcal, 36, last played 121 games with St. Louis in 2012, but missed the 2013 season due to Tommy John surgery. He's a lifetime .281 hitter in 13 major league seasons.
12/5 – Reliever Edward Mujica and the Boston Red Sox have agreed on a two-year, $9.5 million deal, sources told Jeff Passan of Yahoo Sports. The deal is pending a physical, which Mujica is taking Thursday.
Mujica spent almost all of last season as closer for the St. Louis Cardinals, writes Passan, before losing his job to Trevor Rosenthal in September. The 29-year-old right-hander saved 37 games with a 2.78 ERA for the Cardinals.
12/5 – The Milwaukee Brewers announced that they have traded outfielder Norichika Aoki to Kansas City Royals in return for LHP Will Smith.
The Mets were rumored to have had discussions with the Brewers for Aoki in exchange for Ike Davis, but those talks never went anywhere and it all went out the window anyway once the Mets settled on signing Chris Young instead.
Aoki, 32, batted .286/.356/.370 with eight homers and 20 stolen bases last season.
Jon Heyman says that the Royals like Aoki as a leadoff option and believe he can play center field for them. Also, they are not done dealing and are still very much interested in Carlos Beltran.
12/4 – Yahoo's Jeff Passan reports that the Mariners, Dodgers, Angels, Pirates, Rangers, Diamondbacks and Blue Jays are among the teams with serious interest in dealing for David Price. He believes that Seattle is in the strongest position to acquire Price, given their impressive core of young and presumably tradeable talent.
The former AL Cy Young winner and three-time All-Star is still just 28 years of age, and he's not eligible for free agency until after the 2015 season. He's coming off a 2013 season in which he pitched to a 3.33 ERA (114 ERA+) and a 1.10 WHIP in 186.2 innings.
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Morneau, a former MVP, batted .259/.323/.411 this season with 36 doubles, 17 homers and 77 RBI while playing for for the Pirates and Twins. He's no longer the slugger he once was, but the 32-year old should give the Rockies some adequate offense at first base in place of Todd Helton.
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WOOOOOOOO-HOOOOOOOOOOOOOO - Tittans going DOWN!!!
WOOOOOOOO-HOOOOOOOOOOOOOO - Tittans going DOWN!!!
We got our "6-PACK" - time to work on a CASE!
Im excited as always. I predict a big night for the Steelers in all 3 phases of the game!!!
Yeah, man, fired up !!!
They dissed the towel. The price will continue to be paid. Locker is lucky to not be playing, or he'd be out of the league in 3 years or less. That's part of the price paid for dissing the towel.
No NFL network, have the kiddo so no sports bar, and I refuse to watch streams anymore (quality is crap) so looks like I'll be waiting until tomorrow to watch it. I have to get my Planet fix now since I'll have to stay away from the board until after I watch it so GOOOOOOOO STEELERS!
Hell, back in the day, my old man would take me to the bar, order himself a Grape Nehi and me a Budweiser...that's exactly how we were served...ahh, memories...
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Cornies, Johann (1789-1848)
Johann Cornies, who was born 20 June 1789 at Baerwalde near Danzig, migrated to Russia with his parents in 1804. After a two-year sojourn at Chortitza, the Cornies family joined the new colony on the banks of the Molotschna, where they took over a homestead of 175 acres in the newly settled village of Ohrloff. Here father Cornies became the settlement "doctor" until his death in 1814, using healing herbs found in the steppes.
Johann Cornies, the oldest of the four sons, worked first for a year as a laborer for a miller at Ohrloff. Then for three years he marketed farm produce from the settlement in the nearby cities of Simferopol, Feodosiya, and Sevastopol.
In 1811 Cornies married Agnes Klassen and the following year bought a homestead at Ohrloff and erected buildings. But his plans reached far beyond the boundaries of his own village. He soon recognized the favorable opportunities that the steppes presented for cattle breeding, and began to breed sheep, renting the fallow-lying government lands for grazing.
In 1830 Cornies leased 9,000 acres of government land along the Yushanlee River, where he had until then maintained a small sheep ranch. Six years later Tsar Nicholas I gave him 1,350 acres of this land as a reward for his services in the improvement of agriculture. Here Cornies first raised cattle, but soon began gradually to cultivate 729 acres of the land, using 16 acres to start a large nursery to furnish the colonists with tree seedlings. He also began to plant a forest that in a few years numbered 68,000 trees.
As early as 1816, Cornies undertook his first successful attempts with horse breeding, and about the same time improvement of the cattle by the use of imported bulls, whose progeny he gave to the colonists. By 1847 his own livestock consisted of 500 horses, 8,000 sheep, and 200 head of cattle of Dutch stock.
Two years after the establishment of Yushanlee, Cornies purchased Tashchenak, an estate of 9,450 acres near Melitopol, and ten years later another estate, Verigin, bordering on it, so that he was finally cultivating about 25,000 acres. His own brickyard produced the bricks necessary for his many buildings, while the tile works yielded worthwhile profits.
The government soon took note of Cornies' large-scale activities. By 1817 it had made the 28-year-old Cornies lifelong chairman of the Society for the Effective Promotion of Afforestation, Horticulture, Silk-Industry, and Vine-Culture, later called Agricultural Association which was founded on the suggestion of the Fürsorgekomitee. The settlers of Chortitza also founded an agricultural society in which Cornies became influential by virtue of his position as authorized (governmental) agent over all the Mennonites.
Cornies was tireless in opening up new industrial possibilities for the settlers. For a long time, the silk industry was his special concern. To develop this industry on a large scale, he built a school in Ohrloff to instruct the girls of the colony in the art of silk reeling. But in the end it proved impossible to reel the silk with the available help, and in addition the silkworm plague and strong Italian and French competition injured this industry. The tobacco industry met a similar fate. Also the culture of corn made slow progress; the colonists valued summer fallow more highly than the profit from growing corn. Growing of flax also made little headway at the Molotschna. Grain production thus became the most important enterprise of the immigrants.
With tireless zeal and at his own expense Cornies experimented to find the methods of farming best suited to the locality. For example, he recognized that it was essential to preserve the moisture in the soil during the winter because of the lack of summer rainfall. As early as 1835 he began the practice of summer fallowing in the Molotschna. Three years later the colony began the system of four-crop rotation. By damming up the streams of the steppes, which in summer were largely dry, Cornies irrigated the meadows, tremendously improving both pastureland and the hay crop.
Cornies exercised special care in the planting of forests. He understood their significance for treeless steppes, and, when necessary, promoted his long-range purpose with ruthless force. In 1845 over a half-million fruit and forest trees were found in the Molotschna alone, to which 300,000 mulberry trees were added. Six years later there were over five million trees in 47 villages. Fruit trees were planted on the comparatively wide space between the street and house, and hedges and rows of trees were planted on the back of the long lot, thus giving the villages a more inviting appearance. Cornies also instructed the settlers in raising vegetables and flowers.
The confidence of the government in Cornies' educational abilities is shown by the fact that it placed a number of young Russians in his hands every year for instruction in practical agriculture. In 1839 Cornies accepted 16 boys, while his wife took four Russian girls into the house to instruct them in the domestic arts. Later these Russians established special model villages. The value of such training was soon clear. For example, potatoes were unknown in South Russia until the Mennonites introduced them. Many Russian and Ukrainian farmers were sent to the Mennonite settlements to learn how to raise potatoes. Cornies' aid also was given to the Dukhobors and the Molokans, and he was made responsible for placing model Mennonite farmers in the newly established Jewish settlements in the province of Kherson.
Under Cornies' leadership 50 Hutterite families emigrated from Radichev, Chernigov province, near Melitopol in 1842 and founded the villages Huttertal and Johannesruh. Cornies founded Neuhalbstadt, a business and handicraft village, to provide the Molotschna settlement with an industrial and trade center.
Cornies was also instrumental in settling the nomadic Nogais, 17,000 of whom were made sessile after 1835 because of Cornies' efforts, although later they immigrated to Turkey. At the wish of the government, Cornies traveled to the distant Kalmuck steppes to advise these nomadic tribes there in settling.
Cornies particularly insisted that the educational system of the Mennonites was in need of reform. In 1818 he founded the Society for Christian Education, which built its first secondary school in Ohrloff in 1820. He also began a library and created a reading circle. Until 1843 the schools of the Mennonites in Russia were controlled by the church. As there were no trained teachers, farmer-teachers instructed the children. That year the schools were placed under the Society for Christian Education that was to co-operate with the church leaders. Cornies divided the Molotschna settlement into six school districts, planned for the improvement of the school buildings, dismissed a number of the most incompetent teachers, and insisted upon regular school attendance.
The curriculum itself, however, was in need of a thoroughgoing reform. The only sources of instruction were the ABC-book, Bible, catechism, and hymnbook. Among the major written contributions of Cornies in the field of education are his "General Rules Concerning Instruction and Treatment of School Children," which reveal the understanding and vision with which he sought to improve the system. Although Cornies was able to serve as chairman of the Society for Christian Education for only five years (1843-48), his long-range work constituted a real reform. It was Cornies who laid the foundation for the later development of the school system of the Mennonites in Russia. A year before his death the Department of Crown lands also placed the Chortitza schools under his control.
On 13 March 1848, Cornies died at the early age of 59 years. A huge crowd attended his funeral, among who were many Ukrainians, Russians, Nogais, Molokans, and Tatars. His people placed a memorial for him in the cemetery at Ohrloff that, according to the wishes of the deceased, was a broken marble column. His wife had preceded him in death on 30 March 1847. Two children, Johann and Agnes, survived.
That Cornies' influence and activities spread beyond the limits of the settlement is shown by the esteem in which he was held by the South Russian authorities and by the government at St. Petersburg. The governor of New Russia and Bessarabia, Count Vorontsov, was a frequent guest at the Cornies home and sought his advice on problems concerning agriculture and cattle breeding. Ten years before his death the Committee of Scholars of the Department of Crown lands asked him to become an honorary member. Here also Cornies did exemplary work; he sent countless reports and charts regarding his work to the Committee and stimulated and advised the authorities at St. Petersburg.
The officials of Russia showed their appreciation of the great Mennonite pioneer by various honors. In 1825 Tsar Alexander I as well as the Crown Prince visited him. In 1837 he was received by Nicholas I at Simferopol. He refused honors and medals that were offered him on various occasions, accepting only a simple gold commemorative medal.
Cornies achieved more than anybody else in the realm of cultural and economic advancement among the Mennonites of Russia. In dealing with the opposition of religious leaders, ignorant conservative farmers, or personal opponents he could be ruthless. That he was able to carry through his mighty reforms in spite of great opposition was due to the fact that as representative of the authorities, he was endowed with almost unlimited powers and that he was self-sacrificing and upright in his dealings. A warm feeling of good will and a superb calmness marked his relationships with people. In spite of his great wealth and influence Cornies remained a plain Mennonite farmer.
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Friesen, Peter M. Die Alt-Evangelische Mennonitische Brüderschaft in Russland (1789-1910) im Rahmen der mennonitischen Gesamtgeschichte. Halbstadt: Verlagsgesellschaft "Raduga", 1911: 75 ff.
Harder, M. S. "Johann Cornies - Pioneer Educator." Mennonite Life (October 1948): 5-7, 44.
Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. Mennonitisches Lexikon, 4 vols. Frankfurt & Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe: Schneider, 1913-1967: v. I, 347.
Neff, Christian. "Was aus einem einfachen Bauersmann werden kann." Mennonitischer Gemeinde-Kalender (1914): 83-95.
Quiring, Walter. "Johann Cornies - A Great Pioneer." Mennonite Life (July 1948): 30-34, 38.
Unruh, Benjamin H. "Johann Cornies zum hundertjährigen Todestag." Der Mennonit I (1948): 54-55.
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