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Metro-North adds trains, barring glitches
Jim Shay and
Metro-North said it will have more trains Wednesday morning on its New Haven Line. But a full fix remains days away, and commuters on Tuesday encountered new problems with the railroad's aging infrastructure.
Additional power is flowing from its temporary substation in Harrison, N.Y., Metro-North said, meaning the New Haven Line will be operating with about 65 percent of its usual capacity, up from half-capacity earlier in the week. The line has been crippled by a Sept. 25 power failure along an eight-mile section of track in New York.
Even with service creeping toward normal, New York-bound workers face a tough commute. Interstate 95 and the Merritt and Wilbur Cross parkways were jammed with traffic Tuesday, with some delays stretching more than 20 miles. Similar conditions are likely Wednesday.
But, bad as the traffic was, it wasn't gridlock, said Kevin Nursick, a spokesman for the state Department of Transportation. He described the traffic volume on I-95 as "a little heavier than normal'' Tuesday morning.
Some who braved the trains found themselves coasting to a stop on tracks near Mamaroneck, N.Y. The cause: another power problem.
David Walker, a former U.S. comptroller general and resident of Bridgeport, tweeted "On a (Metro-North) train with no power headed to NYC. Our federal govt. shutdown and third world rail system are both global embarrassments."
Spokeswoman Marjorie Anders said the train experienced a power problem about 10 a.m. The train was sent back to Stamford and "rerouted," though Anders said the train's 700 passengers weren't moved to a diesel train. She said the overhead catenary wires were inspected and re-energized around 11:20 a.m. and deemed "good for use."
The outage occurred along the section being powered by temporary transformers, but according to the railroad, it was not related to the temporary remedy that Con Ed put in place over the weekend. Full service on the New Haven Line is expected to be in place on Oct. 7 or 8. That's a week earlier than previously estimated, but the pace of repairs was small consolation Tuesday to people whose daily routines have been disrupted.
"Brutal commute!" Tweeted Metro-North passenger Allison Lloyds. "We are a bunch of unhappy commuters this morning. Packed trains and many couldn't fit."
A rider named Joe Doran tweeted that his train had only standing room as it left Noroton Heights.
"Even more sardines are packed in at Stamford," he said. "And rolling slow."
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority board, which governs Metro-North, met Tuesday and moved to pay back railroad customers for weekly and monthly tickets they have not used following the power failure.
Many of Connecticut's political leaders, including U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., had called for such a move. On Tuesday, Blumenthal said that Metro-North and Con Ed still have many questions to answer about the devastating power outage.
Blumenthal has said he wants a Senate committee to grill top executives from the railroad and the utility. But with the federal government partially shut down, many congressional staffers have been furloughed from their jobs. Many hearings have been postponed.
The Democratic senator from Greenwich told Hearst Connecticut Newspapers that he won't let the issue go, even the New Haven Line is fixed before the fiscal standoff in Washington ends.
"I will lose absolutely no motivation or determination to do this hearing and conduct a full and aggressive congressional inquiry," Blumenthal said. "There are other similar substations and feeder cables at other points on the line. The question is: Where will the next crisis or breakdown be?"
Blumenthal also said he thinks Con Edison should reimburse Metro-North for the payments it will have to make to riders. Many commuters in southwestern Connecticut depend on the railroad for their daily transportation, but Connecticut state taxpayers also pay for a large chunk of the railroad's operations and improvements on the lines east of the Hudson River.
"The state has a very major economic stake in the railroad and the its proper functioning, since it pays a very large portion of the expenses," Blumenthal said.
The Associated Press and staff writer Martin B. Cassidy contributed to this report.


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General Description of the Treasure
of the Tayu (Tayhuantinsuyu)
1. A library consisting of thousands of metal books on shelves, each weighing about 20 kilograms, pages stamped on one side with ideographs, geometric designs and inscriptions.
2. A second library of hard, polished, rectangular, translucent plates, each with parallel, encrusted channels, laid on gold-leafed trestles.
3. Hundreds of zoomorphic and human statues, some on heavy plinths, representing various species of animals and insects, also humans in different positions displaying a variety of emotions.
4. 'Metal' bars of various shapes, together with toys and piles of alluvial gold.
5. Instruments for making buttons and jewellery.
6. Sealed doors (possibly tombs) covered in semi-precious stones.
7. A sarcophagus of translucent material containing a large, gold-leafed, human skeleton
Both the Moricz expedition in 1969 and the British/Ecuadorean expedition in 1976 did not find any treasure in the Tayos Caves in the Coangos River area. After many years of enquiring the Real Discoverer (Petronio Jaramillo) Stan Hall directed smaller expeditions to the Pastaza River area where he believe the treasure would be found, below are the coordinates:
77º47'34" West and 1º56'00" South
Separate 'Cave of the Tayos' is on the Coangos River, mapped by the 1976 Expedition: 78º 13' W 3º 6' S
Close to the Southern border of the Amazonian Province of Pastaza, Ecuador; marked by a line running due east from Mount Sangay converging with another running due south from Mount Sumaco: concealed below river level inside a treacherous section of the Tayu Caves System, some kilometers in length, formed by the River Pastaza.
After separate odysseys with Moricz and another key protagonist Hall broke his rule of rejecting any treasure, monster or ufo that cannot be dragged up to his front door, or that Steven Spielberg can replicate, by finally accepting the Tayos metal library and treasures had to exist! Packed with scientific and historical information but lacking an ancient script in South America he distilled from Mytho-history a model of The Origins of the Solar System and Humanity that might accommodate the metal library...
... and a more astounding 'crystal' library that accompanies it!
Following the deaths of the two key protagonists in the 1990s Hall became sole custodian of the treasure story. Realizing such a fantastic tale could never stand on its own he developed an Optical Relativity Model (see Grailscope) to effect an empirical distillation of data gathered since 1974, finally emerging with two non-fiction and two fiction manuscripts covering his analyses and discoveries.
Tayos Gold – The Archives of Atlantis
Tayos Dawn – From Eden to Atlantis
Tayos Fever – Jungle Fire
Savage Genesis – The Missing Page
This is a photograph of the site which Hall believed best matched the descriptions given by Petronio, together with the information gathered from all other sources involved in the story. Over the years after the death of the two key protagonists, Hall ventured into the Amazon on various Reconnaissance Trips in order to further distil his information and research to help narrow down his proposed location of the treasure, on more than one occasion these trips nearly cost him his life..
A full Analysis of the Treasure and its location, along with more detailed descriptions of Hall's quest can be found in Tayos Gold: The Archives of Atlantis.
Sequence of events involved in the treasure trail
1946 - Petronio's first visit to the treasure cave.
1956 - Petronio records his story to-date.
1964 - Petronio is variously interviewed: by Alfredo Moebius, Andrés Fernández-Salvador Z, Pino Turolla and Juan Moricz.
1965 - First visit by Moricz to the Tayos Cave in Morona-Santiago.
1968 - Mormon expedition to the Tayos Cave region.
1969 - 'Expedition Moricz' to the Tayos Cave. Media announcement.
1972 - Moricz and Dr. Peña take Erich von Daniken on trip to Cuenca.
1974 - Notarised document of Moricz's alleged discoveries (6th June).
1975 - First meeting of Stan Hall and Moricz. 'Stones' expedition to Mendez.
1976 - British-Ecuadorian Expedition: Tayos Caves of Morona-Santiago.
1978 - Moricz introduces Hall to Don Andrés Fernández-Salvador Z.
1979 - Important Hall/AFS meeting on Moricz, Dyott, and Jaramillo.
1982 - Moricz invites Hall to bring Cumbaratza gold-mining projects to attention of international Mining Companies and come to Ecuador. Hall begins in-depth historical investigation of the Empire of Tayhuantinsuyu and Reino de los Kitus.
1991 - Moricz dies suddenly in February. In September Hall meets Petronio Jaramillo for the first time. Start of 6-Year collaboration.
1996 - Petronio and Hall update their stories: formulate plan for expedition.
1998 - Petronio is assassinated near his house in Esmeraldas.
1999 - Hall makes reconnaissance trips to the Oriente.
2005 - Hall publishes calculated location of the treasure and informs Ecuadorian Embassy in the U.K. on January 17th.
2008 - Hall passes away in Scotland from liver cancer. His daughter Eileen Hall takes on his legacy
2009 - Eileen Hall explores some of the Pastaza River Caves
2011 - The Legend of Tayos is featured in the Ancient Aliens show on the History Channel.
2015 - Eileen joins an expedition to film a documentary about the treasure story.
2017 - Eileen joins an expedition led by The Toulkeridis to map the Tayos Caves fully and in 3D, they are joined by Josh Gates from Expedition Unknown
2018 - The Hunt for the Metal Library is featured on the Travel Channel's Expedition Unknown. Eileen and Theo lead a scientific & art expedition to the caves (www.tayos.org).
Featured here is an article written by Philip Coppens which summarises the story of the Treasure well, for the original article follow this link
The Quest For The Metal Library
A system of tunnels and caves beneath Ecuador and Peru is reputed to hold an ancient treasure-house of artefacts including two libraries, one containing inscribed metal books and the other storing tablets of crystal.
Philip Coppens
It's not what you know, but who you know. In 1973, Erich von Däniken, at the height of his fame following the success of Chariots of the Gods?, claimed that he had entered into a gigantic subterranean tunnel system in Ecuador, which he was told spanned the length of the continent—surely evidence that our ancestors were highly advanced, if not extraterrestrial? The structure was believed to house a library in which books were made out of metal—this in an area where today there is nothing but "primitive" Indian tribes with no written language. Evidence of a lost civilisation? It was a major claim, and it did not go unchallenged.
Neil Armstrong, inside the Tayos Cave, 1976
The story centred around Janos "Juan" Moricz, an aristocratic Argentinian-Hungarian entrepreneur who claimed that he had discovered a series of tunnels in Ecuador that contained a "Metal Library". In a signed affidavit dated 8 July 1969, he spoke about his meeting with the Ecuadorian president, where he received a concession that allowed him total control over this discovery—provided he could produce photographic evidence and an independent witness that corroborated the discovery of the underground network. Newspapers reported on the expedition that Moricz had organised.
In 1972, Moricz met with von Däniken and took him to a secret side-entrance through which they could enter into a large hall within the labyrinth. Apparently von Däniken never got to see the library itself, just the tunnel system. Von Däniken included the event in his book The Gold of the Gods:
"The passages all form perfect right angles. Sometimes they are narrow, sometimes wide. The walls are smooth and often seem to be polished. The ceilings are flat and at times look as if they were covered with a kind of glaze… My doubts about the existence of the underground tunnels vanished as if by magic and I felt tremendously happy. Moricz said that passages like those through which we were going extended for hundreds of miles under the soil of Ecuador and Peru."
However, one of the world's potentially biggest discoveries soon turned sour. Journalists from the German publications Der Spiegel and Stern interviewed Moricz, who now denied ever having been in the cave with von Däniken. It undermined von Däniken's credibility (though some would argue he had none to begin with), branding him a liar.
For many, the incident proved that von Däniken was a fabricator of lies—a much more damaging assertion than being known to make outlandish claims that the gods were ancient astronauts. No one pointed out that if von Däniken had been lying, he would not have left such an easy trail to Moricz. He could have claimed that he could not reveal his source, and Der Spiegel and Stern would have been none the wiser. Instead, it seemed that something was amiss with Moricz, who had landed von Däniken in an international controversy from which his career never really recovered.
There are several oddities with this story. First, Moricz merely denied having taken von Däniken there; the existence of the network itself he did not deny. In Der Spiegel, 19 March 1973, we can read:
Der Spiegel: "How did you discover the [metal] library?"
Moricz: "Somebody took me there."
Der Spiegel: "Who was this guide?"
Moricz: "I can't tell you."
Moricz further stated that the library was guarded by a tribe.
So, in short, Moricz claimed to von Däniken that he had discovered caves, and he showed these to him. Now he claimed to have seen the caves, led there by a guide whom he could not identify, but denied having taken von Däniken there.
The logical conclusion seemed to be that Moricz had shown something to von Däniken, was now caught by the fact that everyone seemed to know that he had done so, and had to make sure that whoever had shown him did not bear any grudges against Moricz, no doubt because Moricz himself would most likely have been asked not to show anyone else the site.
A small step for Armstrong, a major step for mankind
By 1975, the story had killed the career of one notorious author, so who would dare to tread in his footsteps? The answer: Neil Armstrong, the first man on the Moon—or rather, a Scotsman who wanted to change the precarious status quo in which the Metal Library controversy had found itself.
Stanley ("Stan") Hall had read von Däniken's book and subsequently befriended Moricz. The latter confirmed that he had met von Däniken in 1972 and had taken the Swiss author from Guayaquil to Cuenca, where they met Padre Carlos Crespi and saw his collection of enigmatic artefacts. There was insufficient time to take von Däniken to the "true location", so instead they decided to show him a small cave some 30 minutes from Cuenca, claiming it connected to the network. This seemed to clear up the von Däniken–Moricz controversy, but not the Metal Library itself.
Gastón Fernández inside the Tayos Cave, 1969
Where was it? Moricz's 1969 expedition had ventured into the Cueva de los Tayos, which Moricz identified as the cave that led into the Metal Library. But in 1969, no Metal Library had been uncovered. So Hall decided to organise an Ecuadorian–British expedition that would explore the Cueva de los Tayos; it would be a purely scientific expedition.
I had met Stan Hall a few times over the course of a decade, without knowing that the person I was speaking to was Stan Hall. He was a member of the audience at the Scottish Saunière Society conferences. Stan blends into the background and is unlikely, if not unwilling, to stand out. It's by pure accident that I found out I knew Stan Hall—the Stan Hall, who furthermore lives nearby… It provided me with an opportunity to get a personal perspective on this story, and one I was willing to take with both hands.
Originally set up to take place in 1977, the 1976 expedition occurred at a time when von Däniken's public profile had been damaged by Moricz—and Hall was apparently about to endorse Moricz's claim. It left von Däniken feeling wary about Hall for more than 20 years, until both men realised they were kindred spirits rather than mortal enemies.
Why did he do it? Hall wanted to create a framework: if there was indeed a Metal Library of a lost civilisation, the first step would be to map the site. That was the main and only goal of the expedition; there was no treasure-seeking. Hall used his professional expertise to create a three-week exploration of this famous cave: a joint venture of the British and Ecuadorian armies, supported by a team of geologists, botanists and other specialists.
How did Neil Armstrong get involved? "The expedition needed an honorary figurehead," Stan Hall said. "The name of Prince Charles, who had recently received a degree in archaeology, was proposed, but I knew Neil Armstrong had Scottish connections. My mother was an Armstrong and via another Armstrong in Langholm, where Neil Armstrong had been made an honorary citizen, I made contact. Months later, I got a reply that Neil Armstrong was more than willing to join us on this mission. It's when the expedition suddenly became a life's challenge."
On 3 August 1976, when the expedition was winding down, Armstrong entered the tunnel system. Even though they were not looking for it, the team members did not stumble upon a Metal Library. Had they done so, the discovery would have altered mankind's perspective on our history and origins. For Amstrong, it could have been his second great contribution to mankind's exploration. However, the team did catalogue 400 new plant species as well as a burial chamber inside the cave, in which a seated body was found. The chamber was later dated to 1500 BC, and it was believed that at the time of the summer solstice the sun illuminated this tomb.
The story had gone from ancient astronauts to astronaut par excellence, but what would be the next step?
The third man
Stan Hall with Petronio Jaramillo 1996
Everyone and everything had revolved around Juan Moricz, but in retrospect he was the wrong centre of the universe. From 1969 until 1991, the year he died, the Metal Library eluded him. So what next?
That Moricz was not the originator of the story was clear, as von Däniken himself noted on page 53 of his book. In the 1973 interview with Der Spiegel, Moricz confirmed that an unnamed person had shown him the cave. But who was this person?
After Moricz died, Hall decided to track down this "third man", who had disappeared into the shadows. Hall had a name—Petronio Jaramillo—but nothing more.
"Moricz died in February 1991," said Hall. "I had a name and a telephone directory. But there were an awful lot of Jaramillos in Quito. Finally, I found him—or, rather, his mother. It was September 1991 when she gave me the phone number of her son. I phoned him. He told me that it had taken 16 years before our paths crossed. He was willing to meet me, and stated that he needed three days to fill me in."
Jaramillo confirmed that when Moricz arrived in Guayaquil in 1964, he teamed up with lawyer Dr Gerardo Peña Matheus. Moricz told Matheus of his theory about how Hungarian people have been at the root of practically every civilisation. Through acquaintances, Andres Fernandez-Salvador Zaldumbide and Alfredo Moebius, Moricz met Jaramillo in Moebius's house, and from there Moricz ran with Jaramillo's story. Hall was annoyed with himself, for various people had tried to direct him towards Jaramillo as early as 1975, but it took until 1991 before the two met.
Jaramillo and Hall realised that had it not been for Moricz, who focused attention on the Cueva de los Tayos (which was not the actual location of the library), the 1976 expedition could have resulted in the discovery of the century—and what a track record for Armstrong it would have been! But it's a two-edge sword because, had it not been for Moricz, the story would never have come about like this. And today, Hall's biggest desire—if he were able to turn back time—is to sit down at one table with both Moricz and Jaramillo. At the same time, he realises that Moricz had been intent from the beginning that the Metal Library would be his legacy. When Hall showed Moricz a manuscript about the 1976 expedition, Moricz point-blank refused to return it. It ended their friendship, but Hall never understood why until 1991, when he realised that the manuscript mentioned Jaramillo. It was a name Moricz did not want to see published—as he had confirmed in the 1973 German newspaper interview. Moricz was incredibly stubborn and, equally, incredibly loyal, but obviously was the wrong man and was sadly mistaken if he thought he could ever pull off the discovery of the century.
Subterranean treasures
Jaramillo and Hall became friends, though both agreed Jaramillo would not prematurely reveal the location of the site. Still, he was willing to talk in detail about its contents and any other aspect Hall wanted to discuss.
From Jaramillo, Hall was able to learn the true story of the Tayos library—which was not in the Cueva de los Tayos at all! Jaramillo stated that he had entered the library in 1946, when he was 17 years old. He was shown it by an uncle, whose name has gone unrecorded but who was known as "Blanquito Pelado" (a loving description of the man's appearance). He was apparently on friendly terms with the local Shuar population, who invited him to see a secret in gratitude for the kindness and goodness he had shown towards the tribe.
Stan Hall with Neil Armstrong during the 1976 expedition
Jaramillo entered the system at least once after that. On that occasion, he saw a library consisting of thousands of large, metal books stacked on shelves, each with an average weight of about 20 kilograms, each page impressed from one side with ideographs, geometric designs and written inscriptions. There was a second library, consisting of small, hard, smooth, translucent—what seemed to be crystal—tablets, grooved with parallel encrusted channels, stacked on sloping shelves of trestled units covered in gold leaf. There were zoomorphic and human statues (some on heavy column plinths), metal bars of different shapes, as well as sealed "doors"—possibly tombs—covered in mixtures of coloured, semi-precious stones. There was a large sarcophagus, sculpted from hard, translucent material, containing the gold-leafed skeleton of a large human being. In short, an incredible treasure, stored away as if hidden in preparation for some upcoming disaster.
On one occasion, Jaramillo took down seven books from the shelves to study them, but their weight prevented him from replacing them. It also meant that they were too heavy to remove from the library and reveal to the world. Jaramillo never produced any physical evidence for his claims, which may explain why he wanted to live in the shadows of this story.
Hall did ask him why he never took photographs. "He said that it would not prove anything." Other discoveries, such as the infamous Burrows Cave in the United States, prove that seeing actually isn't believing. Still, Jaramillo stated that he had left his initials in these seven books so that, if the library were ever discovered, it could be proved that it was he who had entered it.
Expedition plans and setbacks
Jaramillo and Hall wanted to combine forces to see whether the Metal Library could be opened; one knew the location, the other had a proven track record in organising proper expeditions. It would be the "expedition of occupation".
First, contact with various ambassadors and politicians was established; then the scientific community was brought in. The plan was for Jaramillo to lead the team to the site, where they would remain for a period of three to four months (during the dry season), cataloguing the contents of the site and guaranteeing that nothing went missing. Everything would remain in situ. A report with recommendations would be the only outcome of this expedition, which would involve UNESCO. But in 1995, Peruvian jets bombed an Ecuadorian military base and the project had its first setback.
In 1997, Hall used a major anthropology conference to promote the idea. Six anthropologists came to meet him, interested in what he was trying to accomplish. But that same year, Ecuador's political regime changed (in Hall's opinion, for the worse); Hall felt that his family could not live in the new political reality, so he moved back to Scotland with them. (Shortly afterwards, our paths would cross anonymously). This was nevertheless not a setback; planning for the expedition continued.
However, it was in 1998 that the expedition had a major setback. Hall received by telephone the sad news from the mother of Petronio Jaramillo that he had been assassinated. Was he murdered because of the plans that were afoot? Life in South America is cheap, as anyone who has visited or lived there knows. That day, Jaramillo was carrying a large amount of money on him. It was a street robbery, close to his home. Random violence stopped one of the world's biggest discoveries dead in its tracks.
It seems that fate only allowed for Jaramillo and Hall to meet, but never to work together—as if their combined efforts would break the spell of the cave and turn a dream into a reality.
Location, location, location
Moricz and Jaramillo had both died. Hall was in his sixties. Would he go it alone and claim the Metal Library for himself? Hall isn't a treasure-seeker. He emphasises that the region is a—if not the—veritable El Dorado. There is gold everywhere; the roads are quite literally paved with it. Even if the library books are made out of gold—though Jaramillo never spoke of gold but of "metal" (in fact, it seems copper was an ingredient, as Jaramillo had seen a green colour on the books)—there is more gold outside the library than inside. The presence of Moricz in the region was because he held extensive gold concessions; his interest in the library was not for its monetary value but for its historic importance.
Still, various treasure-hunters in the past had tried to open the cave. Count Pino Turolla made contact with Jaramillo in the 1960s through the same channels that later brought Moricz to him. Turolla was obsessed with Cayce's Hall of Records, and the Metal Library would be absolute proof of Cayce's prophecies. But Turolla's attitude and sense of organisation meant that the two never got along. Turolla pressed Jaramillo for details that the latter was unwilling to offer. So Turolla opted to search around the Cueva de los Tayos and came up empty-handed.
The most active Indiana Jones today is Stan Grist, who also knew Juan Moricz as well as his confidante, Zoltan Czellar, also a good friend of Hall. In 2005, Grist wrote: "As I write these words, I am in negotiations with the native Shuars who live near the Cueva de los Tayos, whose permission is necessary to enter and explore the area of the caves. I plan to mount an expedition in the coming months to search for the secret entrance to the cave from which the alleged metallic library can be accessed. Many people have entered the cave by the well-known, vertical entrance near the top of the mountain. However, I calculate that it is nearly impossible or is impossible to reach the metallic library through this well-known entrance. The secret entrance is only accessed from underwater!"
I confronted Hall with Grist's opinion. "Jaramillo always said that the entrance was under the river," he said. But that river is not near the Tayos Cave. That river is the Pastaza River.
Aerial photograph of the area where the real cave is located. The marked area is the bend in the Pastaza River, which Hall visited in 2000 and which has all the required characteristics.
Though Hall never learned the location from Petronio Jaramillo himself, after Jaramillo's death in May 1998 Hall organised a trip with Mario Petronio, Jaramillo's son, in which both combined their knowledge about the site. The trip had to be abandoned before "point zero" could be reached.
In May 2000, Hall returned.
"When we were preparing the expedition in the 1990s, whenever diving equipment was discussed as a necessity Petronio would say that even though it [the entrance to the cave] was under the river, it did not mean we would get wet."
Hall showed me aerial maps, pointing out a bend in the river that meets a fault line, which is known to open up into a cave system that runs for several miles. His suggestion is that the fault line—evidence of an ancient earthquake—opened up the underground network, which someone at some stage in the distant past then discovered and used as a place to install the metallic library. Hall had visited this location and deduced that it fits Jaramillo's description perfectly.
The need for cooperation
So, what happened next? Hall was 64 years old when he last travelled to the region; now he is seventy. When he was 68, he decided that more than likely he would not see this story come to its conclusion. However, he does not consider it to be his story, and he does not want to make the same mistake that Moricz did. So, on 17 January 2005, Hall informed the Ecuadorian government of the location of the cave that fits Jaramillo's description, and which he hopes will become the focus of an expedition.
For anyone who is interested, the location is at 77º 47' 34" west and 1º 56' 00" south. GoogleEarth brings you very close and can satisfy any initial curiosity. But knowing the location doesn't mean it will be easy finding it. Hall thinks it will take decades or a paradigm shift before people can work together in a manner that will result in a successful "occupation". He argues that the 1976 expedition only succeeded because a military regime was in power; "a democratic bureaucracy will swamp the expedition before it crosses any swampy river".
What is required is a sense of cooperation and openness. Too many people have tried to use the library as evidence for their own theory, whether involving aliens, globe-conquering Hungarians or Edgar Cayce and his Hall of Records. Perhaps that is why the missions were doomed. Perhaps we should just let the library speak for itself. The answers to questions as to who built it, where they came from, what they accomplished, etc. may all be found inside the structure itself. After all, it is a library.
This article appeared in Nexus Magazine 13. 4 (June-July 2006), World Explorers Club 4.5 (December 2006) and Ancient American Volume 12, Issue 73 (June 2007). All photographs copyright of Stan Hall.

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CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - After a shaky start, the Coe College football team bounced back to beat Central 34-13 in the regular season finale. The win was the 11th-straight, completing Coe's perfect regular season.
Central won the toss and deferred, giving the Kohawks the opportunity to start the game with the ball. After a 29-yard return, sophomore Nicholas Lenstra (Peosta, Iowa/Western Dubuque) fumbled with the Dutch recovering. Central was then forced to take a timeout before snapping the ball and was held to a loss of one yard on the drive, as Kevin Sheldon nailed a 47-yard field goal with 12:38 to play in the first quarter.
On Coe's first offensive play of the game, Central's Jacob Tune intercepted senior Jared McNutt (Warren, Ill./Warren) at the Kohawk 46 yard line. Central gained 18 yards off the second turnover, but were again held to a field goal as Sheldon connected from 44-yards out with 9:50 to play in the first quarter.
The Kohawk offense clicked from that point. After Sheldon's kickoff went through the endzone, the Kohawks went 75-yards on 12 plays. Coe completed a third down and a fourth down on the drive, as senior Brendan Leiran (Waukon, Iowa/Waukon) scored on the final play from eight-yards out, dragging nearly the entire Dutch defense into the endzone with him. Junior Wes Anderson's (Newhall, Iowa/Benton Community) extra point gave the Kohawks a 7-6 lead with 5:24 to play in the opening quarter.
Central pieced together the longest drive of the day after the Kohawk score, as they went 78 yards on 16 plays, using eight minutes of the clock. Being chased by senior Frank Weymiller (New Albin, Iowa/Waukon), Central's Aaron Eiseler found Blaine Forsythe for an eight-yard touchdown pass, giving the Dutch a 13-7 lead with 12:21 to play in the first half.
Coe responded back with a long drive of its own, as it went 76-yards on 15 plays in 7:22. This time around, the Kohawks converted five third downs, with Leiran plunging in from a yard out with 5:03 to play in the half. The extra point failed, leaving the teams tied at 13.
The Kohawk defense forced a Central three-and-out on the ensuing drive. Coe took over at its own 41-yard line and took the lead quickly. In just four plays, the Kohawks went 59 yards for the score. On second-and-eight, McNutt found seniorJared Kuehner (Center Point, Iowa/Center Point-Urbana) for a 14-yard touchdown pass. The touchdown gave Kuehner the score record for receptions in a season with 55 at the time.
Central marched down the field on the first possession of the second half, but Sheldon's 37-yard field goal attempt went wide left. Coe took over a its own 20-yard line. Coe's possession was cut short, as McNutt was intercepted for the third time on the day with 7:08 to play in the third quarter. Coe got the ball back just six plays later, as senior Alex Herink (Clutier, Iowa/North Tama) intercepted Eiseler at the Kohawk 33-yard line.
Facing third-and-14, McNutt found Kuehner for a 47-yard touchdown pass on the eighth play of Coe's drive. Kuehner's second score of the day put the Kohawks ahead 27-13 with 2:09 to play in the third quarter.
On the fifth play of the fourth quarter, Sheldon missed a 29-yard field goal attempt, as it sailed wide right. Coe's next possession was a three-and-out, giving the Dutch the ball back at their own 49 yard line. Central moved to the Kohawk 21 yard line, but a fourth down pass from Eiseler to Norgaard fell short. Coe again had to punt, but got the ball back four plays later. Weymiller sacked Eiseler at the Kohawk 27 yard line, forcing a fumble that he recovered and returned to the Coe 44 yard line. A facemask penalty gave the Kohawks the ball at the Central 41 yard line.
Leiran carried the ball on the first two plays of the drive before sophomore Colin Ferring (Waukon, Iowa/Waukon) took a third-and-three carry 33-yards up the middle to the one yard line. On the next play, Ferring scored from a yard out.
Coe held a 391-337 advantage in total offense, running 19 fewer plays than the Dutch. Coe gained 162 yards on the ground and 229 through the air, while Central had 100 rushing yards and 237 passing. Central held the ball for 35:17, while Coe had it for just 24:43. Coe converted 9-of-13 third downs, while the Dutch were 8-of-19. Coe scored on four trips to the red zone, while Central was 1-of-3.
Leiran had a game-high 25 carries for 112 yards. Ferring added three carries for a career-high 46 yards. McNutt was 20-of-31 passing for 229 yards. Kuehner caught eight passes for 104 yards. Senior Matt Barnd (Marion, Iowa/Marion) caught a career-high four passes for 49 yards, while senior Kris Hopkins (Keokuk, Iowa/Keokuk) caught three passes for 40 yards.
Leiran moved into fourth on the single-season rushing touchdowns list with 18, while he moved to third on the career carries list with 611. Kuehner surpassed Jon Rife's 2005 record of 54 receptions with his 58th of the season. McNutt moved into fourth on the single-season completions list with 180 and sixth with his 20th passing touchdown.
Weymiller led the Kohawk defense with 11 tackles. He added four sacks, tying a career-high and the second most in school history, four and a half tackles for loss, two forced fumbles, a fumble recovery and six quarterback hurries. SeniorZach West (Tiffin, Iowa/Clear Creek-Amana) added 10 tackles. Senior Demetreus Johnson (Cedar Rapids, Iowa/Kennedy) and sophomore Gaetano Tarantino (Valejo, Calif./St. Patrick-St. Vincent) had eight tackles apiece, a career-high for Tarantino. Junior Antoine Allen-Jackson (Aurora, Ill./Oswego East), senior Bryce Sampson (Roland, Iowa/Roland-Story) and junior Jordan Atwater (Cedar Rapids, Iowa/Linn-Mar) each added seven tackles.
Recording 18.5 tackles for loss this season, Weymiller moved into third in the school record books. His 11 sacks on the season is the second most in school history. Weymiller now owns the top three single-season sack records at Coe, recording 15.5 in 2009 and 10 in 2010.
The victory gave the Kohawks their 10th undefeated regular season and first since 1993. For the fourth time in school history, the Kohawks have recorded 10 wins, the most by a Coe football team.
Coe will participate in the NCAA Division III Playoffs next Saturday at a site to be determined. The selection show revealing the opponent and location will air on NCAA.com Sunday at 5 p.m.


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Wanted: Execs to back climate push
President Barack Obama will need help from top business leaders if he's going to marshal the support needed to enact the climate policies he's expected to promote in Tuesday's State of the Union address.
The question: Who will they be?
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Many of the power company executives who aided Obama's unsuccessful attempt at cap-and-trade legislation in his first term have either retired, put one foot out the door or apparently lost interest. And advocates say the White House would be wise to broaden its base to draw support from other types of industries as well — including renewable-energy companies, as well as insurance companies paying out billions in claims for storms like Hurricane Sandy.
( Full coverage: State of the Union 2013)
The administration's focus this time will be Environmental Protection Agency regulations and other moves Obama can make without help from a divided Congress. But even there, business leaders can play a critical role — for example, by helping craft regulations that Obama can sell to the broader public and in the courts.
For now, though, the cast of potential supporters from the executive suites is shrinking.
"The people who led last time are not there to lead now for a variety of reasons," said David Crane, president and CEO of NRG Energy.
Gone or soon leaving are leading business members of the U.S. Climate Action Partnership, a now-defunct industry and environmental coalition that released recommendations for instituting a mandatory, market-based greenhouse gas reduction plan early in Obama's presidency.
( POLITICO's White House team previews State of the Union 2013)
They include John Rowe, the retired CEO of Chicago-based Exelon and one of Obama's earliest political backers. Also retiring by the end of the year is Duke Energy CEO Jim Rogers — whose close relationship with the administration has spawned talks of a dark-horse candidacy for energy secretary. And NextEra Energy Executive Chairman Lew Hay is ending his one-year chairmanship of Edison Electric Institute in June and retiring from NextEra at the end of the year.
"There is a need to identify some new names," Rowe told POLITICO.
Also gone are former Pacific Gas & Electric CEO Peter Darbee and former PNM Resources CEO Jeff Sterba, now head of New Jersey-based American Water Works.
Crane cited Rowe, Rogers, Hay, Darbee and Sterba as five CEOs "that were sort of the intellectual spiritual leaders of the power industry" during the climate talks in Obama's first term.


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Two recently released surveys of registered voters appear to provide contradictory results regarding the 2012 presidential election. The first, conducted by Pew during the second week of March, shows President Obama handedly beating a generic Republican candidate for president.
However, CNN released a second poll of registered voters yesterday, conducted by Fairleigh University from March 21-28 that indicates Obama is in essentially a dead heat with both Mike Huckabee (46%-46%) and Mitt Romney (Obama leads 44%-43%) in the 2012 race.
As Peter Baumann notes in an e-mail, these results seem surprising; it is more often the case that incumbents do worse against hypothetical generic opponents because survey respondents can fill in the blank with their ideal candidate. When matched up with specific candidates, however, voters are asked to choose between two real people, and incumbents often benefit. If Peter is right, what explains the results in these two surveys which show Obama doing better against the hypothetical Republican? The answer, I suspect, lies in the question wording of the respective surveys and in the smaller sample size of the Dickinson survey.
Pew begins its survey by asking respondents whether they have a favorable or unfavorable opinion of a number of people, beginning with President Obama. They also ask about former presidents Bush and Clinton and House Speaker John Boehner.
Although Obama's job approval ratings are hovering in the mid-40's, his personal favorability ratings have consistently been higher. In the Pew poll, 58% of respondents view Obama "very" or "mostly" favorably, compared to 27% who view Boehner this way. (Bush is viewed favorably by 42% and Clinton leads the pack with 67% favorability rating). After leading with the question about Obama's favorability rating, and implicitly comparing it to that of Boehner and Bush (and Clinton), Pew then goes on to ask about the 2012 hypothetical matchup with a generic Republican. So respondents, in thinking about that generic "Republican", do so in the context of being asked about two unpopular Republicans: Bush and Boehner.
Now look at how Fairleigh Dickinson begins its survey.
By beginning the survey this way, respondents are "primed" to answer the head-to-head matchups question primarily in terms of their views on whether the country is heading in the right direction, and on Obama's job approval – not his favorability ratings compared to other Republicans. As you can see, a substantial percentage of Americans believe the country is going in the wrong direction, and a near majority disapprove of the job Obama is doing. It's not surprising, given the way the question wording primes them, that respondents in the Fairleigh Dickinson poll see Obama doing less well in head-to-head matchups than Pew finds him doing against a generic Republican opponent.
There is a second difference between the polls as well. Although the Dickinson survey of 800 respondents has a margin of error of +/- 3.5%, which is quite similar to Pew's margin of error (+/- 3%) this does not hold for all the survey questions in the Dickinson poll. In fact, the numbers for these subsamples of respondents comparing Obama to Romney and Huckabee are much smaller (see table above) meaning the margin of error for both groups is substantially larger than the poll's overall margin of error. So, we need to view these results indicating that Obama is in a dead heat with both candidates with the requisite dose of salt.
My point here is not to say that one poll is more accurate than the other. It is to remind you that, as we enter the 2012 presidential campaign, you will be inundated with polling data, much of which will be spun by politicians and pundits according to their political persuasions and which will be hyped by news media outlets that views poll results as "hard" news. As consumers, you need to cut through the spin and hype to examine the details of the polls. Pay attention to both question wording and order, and to the margin of error associated with survey subsamples. All polls are not alike.
Addendum (2:32 p.m.) Three days ago Quinnipiac released a nationwide poll taken March 21-28 that received quite a bit of national play for its headline "Obama Gets Lowest Approval, Reelect Score Ever". His approval/disapproval rating was 42/48%, and 50% of respondents said he did not deserve reelection. Of greater relevance to this post, however, is that in the hypothetical 2012 matchup between Obama and a generic Republican, the poll found that Obama got 36% of the vote compared to 37% against the unnamed Republican. In contrast to the Pew poll, however, the Quinnipiac poll used different question wording; the generic matchup question was the first one Quinnipiac asked respondents, so they were not primed to respond in terms of a specific Republican, as they were in the Pew poll. Again, it is a reminder that question order can influence polling results, even when identical questions are asked.


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Kids display talents at Pitch, Hit & Run competition
CLEVELAND -- Some pitchers, even big leaguers, have trouble throwing from the stretch. Jimmy Hickey is not one of them.
On a pleasant Saturday morning at Progressive Field, Hickey threw as if there were runners on base, taking time to become set before unleashing strike after strike after strike.
CLEVELAND -- Some pitchers, even big leaguers, have trouble throwing from the stretch. Jimmy Hickey is not one of them.
On a pleasant Saturday morning at Progressive Field, Hickey threw as if there were runners on base, taking time to become set before unleashing strike after strike after strike.
Aided by his arm accuracy, Hickey was the top boy finisher in his age group during the Cleveland team championship level of Pitch, Hit & Run, a North American skills competition presented by Scotts that rewards fine, young ballplayers with game tickets and the opportunity to compete on a Major League field -- and, for some of the top point-getters, a trip to the July 16 All-Star Game in New York City.
"It feels awesome," said Hickey, whose pitching impressed adults in the stands as well as kids on the field. "I practice at home a lot."
Hickey was one of of eight children to finish first in the team championship level at Progressive Field, one of 30 such events across the continent that test the skills of 24 talented boys and girls. All the participants at Progressive came from the northwest Ohio area and had to make it through a couple of levels of competition for the chance to flash their abilities in a big league park.
Each player was given six pitches, three swings and one mad dash from near second base to home plate to show off those fundamental baseball skills.
The eight winners from Saturday will be recognized for their accomplishments before that evening's Tribe game against the Nationals. All the participants received two tickets to the game.
"They were good. They were very good," said Bennett Mayfield, a Pitch, Hit & Run organizer. "There were some scores that stood out over others, but at the same time, each kid did very well to get here today. Some of them may not have had their best day, but at the end of the day, like I said, it's a special opportunity they had on the field -- no one else is around, it's their chance to soak it up and play on the same diamond that the Indians will be playing on later today."
For the boys and girls, there are four age divisions: 7-8, 9-10, 11-12 and 13-14.
Hickey, a North Royalton, Ohio, resident, took first place in the 9- and 10-year-old boys division. The other young men to come out on top include Justin Bremner (7- and 8-year-old division), Rigo Ramos (11- and 12-year-old division) and Matt Sivy (13- and 14-year-old division).
The morning's top girls were Ella Voigt (7- and 8-year-old division), Elle Mooney (9- and 10-year-old division), Amanda Strapp (11- and 12-year-old division) and Serena Sammarone (13- and 14-year-old division).
"Wow. Finally, I made it and won," said Strapp, a tall girl from Findlay, Ohio. "I liked the running, the running and the hitting."
All eight are eligible for a trip to the 84th edition of the All-Star Game, which will be played next month at Citi Field. Once each of the 30 Major League stadiums host its edition of the team championship level, the top three boys and girls from each age group will be selected to compete against each other in New York, while also catching fly balls during the Home Run Derby and participating in other All-Star Game events.
The national Pitch, Hit & Run finalists will be announced live on MLB Network at the end of the month.
Like Hickey, Ramos enjoyed the pitching portion of the event. A lanky left-hander from Stryker, Ohio, Ramos had made it to the team championship level for the second straight year, though he didn't finish first last summer. Things were different this time around.
"I knew what to expect," Ramos said. "That would be sweet, going to New York, because I've never been to New York before. That would be a huge step."
Ramos and the others had already taken major leaps simply by making it as far as Progressive Field. Dressed in matching green shirts but unique pants and socks, the boys and girls who made the Indians' diamond their own on Saturday looked like members of an All-Star team -- which is exactly what they were.
Mark Emery is an associate reporter for MLB.com.___


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HeidiSQL is good and for someone simply irreplaceable tool for working with databases MySQL. This GUI has everything you need to work with the MySQL database. But HeidiSQL missing important functionality is the connection through the HTTP tunnel.
HeidiSQL is an easy-to-use interface and a "working-horse" for web-developers using the popular MySQL-Database. It allows you to manage and browse your databases and tables from an intuitive Windows® interface.
When you can't connect to the MySQL server directly, for example a firewall blocks the access from all network protocols, except HTTP protocol, you can use HTTP tunneling.
In this article I'll show you how to connect to remote MySQL server using HeidiSQL via HTTP Tunnel.
As mentioned earlier HeidiSQL not support connection via Http tunnel, so I used HTTPtunnel GNU package for the organization HTTP tunnel with web server where the MySQL server.
1. Install HTTPTunnel GUI server and the PHP script.
Download phpserver.zip and upload this file on the your hosting, then extract phpserver.zip. The result: phpserver folder on your hosting.
To verify you can open HTTPTunnel control panel by typing in the browser URL:
If you want to configure authentication, logging and other options, you must open your control panel _http: / / your_domain.com / phpserver / admin.php and configure. You can just manually change the file cfg.php. For authorization is necessary to rename the file htaccess.txt to .htaccess.
In this example, all default.
2. Install HTTPTunnel Client. Just run and install file package: HTTPTunnel_1.2.exe
- Start it c:\Program Files\HTTPTunnel\client\httptunnel_client.exe or click Start -> All Programms\HTTPTunnel\HTTPTunnel Client
- Open your Client control panel _http://localhost:1079/ and tune configure portmapping. Add example:
3000 -> 127.0.0.1: 3306
usually your_remote_mysql_server = localhost(127.0.0.1) because MySQL server is located on the same server where the Web site.
This means all requests to localhost port 3000 will be redirected through HTTP-Tunnel on port 3306 of your database server.
- Tunnel Server tab, specify the URL to the PHP-script server side of the tunnel, authorization and proxy (if necessary). _http://your_domain.com/phpserver/tunnel.php
Press Save button.
3. Configuring connections HeidiSQL.
Now to connect to remote MySQL server using HeidiSQL specify localhost: 3000. Other settings you should be aware of.
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|I Like The BFL, but what about....??
I really like the BFL. However; I like it so much I've pretty much burned up my rear tire on The Snow Dog. Yes- I'll probably get another, but then there is By-Tor the Titanium Mukluk, and it has the old, original 27tpi Larry 3.8"ers on it. That's the bike that desperately needs the upgrade here, but that's where these choices start to get my brain foggy.
The titanium Mukluk has some odd rims too. I have the original Fatback Uma II's which are 70mm wide. My inclination is to go with some 45NRTH tires, but I also hear that guys are liking a Nate rear/BFL front combo. Oh....yeah, did I mention that 45NRTH has not only the Husker Du, but the Escalator tires as well?
And some of you non-fat bikers may be wondering, what is the big deal? Just get some tires! Well, at the prices these things command, you do pause to consider your choices a bit longer than you might for a 29"er.
So, does anyone want to recommend me a combination? These will likely be kept off road only, so no gravel, commuting, etc.
Otherwise I may end up in non-decision mode and stick with my old Larrys. Which wouldn't be the worst thing that's ever happened!


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Congress likely to approve budget pact despite complaints from right and left
Congress' bipartisan budget deal appeared headed for passage Thursday in the House of Representatives, despite protests from angry conservatives and skepticism from wary Democrats.
Debate began around 12:30 p.m., and a final vote was expected in early evening.
Rep. Rob Woodall, R-Ga., kicked off the debate by citing the bipartisan nature of the agreement--and the modest reach of the deal.
"We could not find the big budget deal and for that I am deeply sorry," he said. "What they did find were those elements of an agreement that could be found."
House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, rejected criticism of the deal from conservative groups as uninformed and self-serving.
"They're using our members and they're using the American people for their own goals," Boehner said Wednesday. "This is ridiculous. Listen, if you're for more deficit reduction, you're for this agreement."
The deal also got a boost from the White House, as the Obama administration issued a statement of support.
"The legislation would allow for critical investments in areas such as education, infrastructure and scientific research, while keeping the nation on the path to long-term deficit reduction," said a statement from the Office of Management and Budget. "The legislation includes targeted fee increases and spending cuts designed in a way that does not hurt the nation's economy or the federal government's commitments to seniors."
Most lawmakers saw the agreement as a modest but significant step in easing the political tension that has gripped the Capitol for years.
If no budget is adopted before Jan. 15, about a third of the government runs out of money, meaning another partial shutdown. The Oct. 1-16 shutdown sent Congress' already dismal approval ratings reeling.
The new deal would fund the government through the rest of this fiscal year, which ends Sept. 30, and fiscal 2015 as well. It would spend $45 billion more this year than scheduled spending cuts called the sequester would have allowed, and $18 billion more next year. Half the extra spending will be on defense programs, half on domestic items.
The agreement aims to offset the increased spending with $85 billion in new revenue over 10 years. The biggest items include $12 billion from higher airline passenger security fees and a nearly equal amount in changes in federal employee pension contributions.
People hired after Dec. 31 typically would see contributions increase, while younger military retirees would get lower cost-of-living increases.
Over 10 years, the new plan would cut projected deficits by $20 billion to $23 billion.
Democrats were largely unenthusiastic, mainly because of the federal pension changes and the absence of any extension of unemployment insurance benefits, which expire soon.
House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi of California said colleagues familiar with budget issues would review the details.
"I don't know where that will come down because, as you know, our budget that (we) were putting forth was quite different. It was about growth," she said after meeting with House Democrats.
Democrats remain concerned about extending emergency unemployment benefits, which is unaddressed in the agreement. Those benefits expire Dec. 28 and could affect about 1.3 million people.
Democrats want an extension. Many Republicans are balking, saying that the economy is rebounding and that extending benefits further discourages people from seeking work.
Democrats emphasized their displeasure in a letter to Boehner Wednesday, urging him not to adjourn the House until it takes up a measure to extend emergency unemployment benefits for one year. The letter was signed by 166 House Democrats.
"I'm deeply disturbed that this deal does not include an extension of unemployment insurance," Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., a co-signer of the letter, said Wednesday. "Congress should not leave town for the holidays until we have extended these vital benefits."
Boehner would not rule out an extension, but he said he wanted to see a plan from the White House. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said he would push for a bill after Jan. 1.
Democrats were also miffed that Republicans back a small three-month increase in Medicare payments to physicians, called the "doc fix," while not taking care of jobless people. Without the Medicare change, payment rates to doctors could be cut 24 percent Jan. 1.
Reps. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., and Sander Levin, D-Mich., said they've introduced a measure to extend jobless benefits for three months. The two Democrats warned that doing one without the other could put the overall budget agreement in jeopardy.
"This does now add a new dynamic that could upset the apple cart, put at risk the budget agreement," said Van Hollen, who supports the doc fix.
Democrats are widely expected to back the deal, as it's backed by Reid and Obama and was crafted partly by Senate Budget Committee Chairman Patty Murray, D-Wash., regarded highly by liberals.
The House is seeing a similar dynamic with conservatives, who blasted the agreement. Heritage Action, the political arm of the conservative Heritage Foundation, called the deal a key 2013 vote and urged lawmakers to vote against it.
"This is a significant achievement for President Obama, who believes that government spending is a panacea to America's economic woes," Heritage Action said of the deal. "By increasing spending, increasing fees and offering up another round of promises waiting to be broken, the deal represents a step backwards."
The support of House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis., the deal's other architect, is considered crucial. He's viewed in conservative circles as a budget hero.
"Look, our budget that we passed here in the House, the Republican budget, represents our ultimate goal and our ultimate vision: balance the budget, pay off the debt," Ryan said after a meeting of House Republicans.
"But we understand in this divided government we're not going to get everything we want."


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If you were to describe what it means to be a man in one word, what would it be and why?
"When I think about what it means to be a man, I think about my grandfather. He was the most profound male figure in my life and I miss him dearly. All men should strive to be the kind of man he was."
Word: Honorable
Occupation: Songwriter/singer/pianist/producer
Age: 38
From: Kansas City, MO
The Start
What is masculinity? This question is a core reason why I started this blog and photography project here at The Man Effect. I have been pursuing and exploring this question for years. I love it and the ramifications on my life it has had.
Masculinity, manliness, and the nature of men are not only something that I believe every human should take the time to ponder on. As humans, it is also something we should conceptualize and analyze the belief of how men exist and represent themselves in immediate and extended communities.
Moving forward, I think it would be appropriate to build some foundation of a definition before we proceed with the importance and impact this question can and does have on our lives if we are open to going down this path.
Questioning what it means to be a man is something that I would consider to be a foundation to this website. So, in honor of that, I decided to compile 15 questions about masculinity that I have seen and heard asked often.
Now, before we jump into these questions, I would like to explain how the answers were created. I chose to ask four men who I respect to take time and share their wisdom. The next thing I will do is introduce them so you know a bit about the men behind these words.
I am writing this article for two predominant reasons. One, so I can have a tangible point of reference when I reflect upon this season of life I have been through. Two, the possibility that the lessons I have learned may inspire one person to not give up on life as struggles confront them.
"Believe in yourself, take on your challenges, dig deep within yourself to conquer fears. Never let anyone bring you down. You got to keep going. " ~ Chantal Sutherland
Have you ever asked yourself the question before, "Why is mental health important?" I have, and this is a topic that western society seems to be discussing and exploring more, due to the ramifications of depression, suicide, and other mental hurdles that many are experiencing.
With the help of social media, I have seen more and more pockets in the interwebs where people are reaching out for help and doing their best to survive in the darkness. It could be a Facebook group or a sub-Reddit but I have observed many outcries for help.
Life, it likes to do this thing where it challenges everything that you believe and dream of. You can say it is the universe, god, or a spiritual entity, but at the end of the day, the source of friction that you believe is delivering this to your doorstep does not really change the amount of challenge that every human is confronted with.
Years ago I had taken it upon myself to learn how to craft my own wooden furniture. I spent hours online looking at designs and styles I loved, watched YouTube videos, and bought books on the topic. Finally, I decided on my first project and proceeded to start the arduous scary process of doing something for the first time.
I drove around until I found some wooden pallets in a dumpster or scavenged Craigslist for any free lumber that was posted. After accumulating a mountain of wood and a decent amount of frustration trying to pull the pallets apart, I was then launched into the phase of the project that slowly began to change my life. Articulating my vision. Back in Step 2 I briefly touch on the topic of creating a vision. Well, woodworking is a very practical example of creating a vision and then acting upon it.
The western world is saturated with self-help literature, self-proclaimed gurus, and nonsensical material attempting to manipulate you into following their "best" methods. If you spend any time on social media the amount of content created to inspire and motivate you seems to be an up an established trend. This stuff is everywhere.
Time and time again I run into men who struggle with finding the motivation to get up and actually take action in life. So, I started an ongoing series to help men who struggle with this. I wanted to create practical tools and ways for men to get a jump start in their life.
This whole article is based on the current results of a survey The Man Effect started in early April 2018. So, if you have not yet had a chance to take this survey on masculinity please take a couple moments out of your day, click the button below and go take it.
Yet again, another shooting has happened in America, and I am sad to say I believe it won't be the last. It saddens my heart deeply when lives are unnecessarily taken, and I find it odd that this has become something that our society has to now be on alert for. I remember when Columbine shooting happened. It was as an eerie day, and yet we seem to be living in a sort of groundhogs type society where this is repeating.
When ponding on the lost lives and the heated gun control debates that are ruining social media, I wondered what can I actually tangible do to make a difference in these moments when I feel so helpless from afar.


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The West Coast's answer to the Last Poets, Watts Prophets didn't get quite the same recognition for their contributions to raising black consciousness and laying the foundations for rap. The group was formed at the Watts Writer's Workshop, an organization started by screenwriter Budd Schulberg designed to provide a creative outlet in the wake of the 1965 Watts riots. Father Amde Hamilton (an Ethiopian Orthodox priest, born Anthony Hamilton), Otis O'Solomon, and Richard Dedeaux met in the workshop circa 1967, and soon began performing together as Watts Prophets, setting their socially and politically conscious poetry to spare, often jazzy musical backing. They won second place in an inner-city talent show, which led to a residency at John Daniels' Maverick's Flat club in South Central L.A.; they also performed at fundraisers, in prisons, and around their community whenever possible. In 1969, Watts Prophets debuted with The Black Voices: On the Streets in Watts. Two years later, the group released Rappin' Black in a White World on ALA, with lyrics and vocals provided by former Motown songwriter Dee Dee McNeil. The radical, incendiary tone of their work fit right in with the emerging black power movement, and attracted unfavorable notice from the government; the home of the Watts Writers Project was destroyed by fire in 1975 after having been infiltrated by an FBI informant. Record deals were hard to come by, and were continually falling through (including one with Bob Marley's home, Tuff Gong, that evaporated with Marley's premature death). Still, they remained sporadically active as performers, and were rediscovered by the hip-hop generation as their records were sampled frequently; additionally, O'Solomon's "Hey World" was covered by Ziggy Marley. In 1997, Watts Prophets released an album of new material with pianist Horace Tapscott, When the 90's Came, on Payday/ffrr, which also reissued their two original LPs. The Prophets remain dedicated community activists today, promoting creative self-expression and the arts for young people around Southern California and beyond.
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Bond Investing For Dummies Cheat Sheet
If you want to invest in bonds, you need to know how to read the bond ratings that the big three rating companies use and how to figure whether a taxable or tax-free municipal bond is the better investment. Knowing the right questions to ask about a bond can save you money, and you can find answers to many of those questions on the Internet.
How to Read Bond Ratings
Before you buy a bond, get an idea of how much financial muscle the issuer has. Bond ratings are available through any brokerage house. Three of the most popular rating services are Moody's, Standard & Poor's, and Fitch. The following table shows the system each uses to rate bonds:
|Credit risk ratings
|Standard & Poor's
|Investment grade
|Tip-top quality
|Premium quality
|Near-premium quality
|Take-home-to-Mom quality
|Not investment grade
|Borderline ugly
|Definitely don't-take-home-to-Mom quality
|You'll be extremely lucky to get your money back
|Interest payments have halted or bankruptcy is in process
|Already in default
Bond ratings are available through any brokerage house.
Questions to Ask a Bond Broker about a Bond
As you enter the world of bond investing, you may choose to work with a broker. But use some caution. Ask the questions in the following list — and get acceptable answers — before parting with your cash.
Who is the bond issuer?
Is it the U.S. Treasury? General Electric? Dade County, Florida? The Russian Federation? Moe's Hardware Store? A bond is an IOU, and an IOU is only as good as the entity that owes U. In addition, different kinds of bonds have different characteristics, such as taxability, callability, and volatility.
How is the bond rated?
Especially among corporate bonds (more likely to default than municipal or agency bonds), you want to know whether the company issuing the bond is financially stable. Ratings are readily available through any brokerage house.
What is the maturity date?
Long-term bonds tend to pay higher rates of interest, but your money is tied for longer and the price of the bond, should you wish to sell it before maturity, tends to be more volatile.
What is the yield-to-maturity?
There are many ways of measuring a bond's return. Yield-to-maturity is perhaps the most important measure. (Bond funds, which have no maturity, can be more difficult to compare.)
Is the bond callable?
Can the issuer of the bond hand you back your money at any time? All things being equal, a callable bond is not desirable, and you should get more interest in compensation for the call feature.
What's the worst-case yield?
Suppose the bond does get called. What would be your yield on the bond at that point? When comparing callable bonds, this figure is very important.
May I please have the CUSIP?
The CUSIP (Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures) identification allows you to go to www.investinginbonds.com or www.finra.org to see what recent trades have been made on any particular bond. Doing so gives you a very good idea of what a fair price would be for the bond you're being offered.
Important Websites for Bond Investors
Successful bond investing isn't about luck, it's about researching markets, comparing offers . . . and luck. These seven websites serve as your navigation guide through the vast universe of bonds and bond funds.
Run by the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, this is the place to go to find out overall bond market yields and, perhaps more importantly, what individual bonds (which you can look up by their CUSIP number or issuer) are selling for.
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority
This independent securities regulator was formed in June 2007 when the National Association of Securities Dealers merged with the New York Stock Exchange Member Regulation. Find scores of information on bond yields, prices, and trends.
Find out what your savings bond are worth. Buy and sell U.S. Treasury bills and bonds at no cost.
Go to Market Data→Rates and Bonds for up-to-date information on multiple bond markets.
Find scads of information on individual bonds and bond funds. Go to Bond Screener for a complete bond shopping guide.
In this simple calculator, you put in the price of the bond, the coupon rate, and the maturity date, and out comes the all-important yield-to-maturity.
Click the Funds icon on the bar at the top of the screen to find lots of information on any bond fund you can imagine, including Morningstar's exclusive rating system. (Avoid one-star funds; shoot for five stars.)
How to Choose between a Taxable and a Tax-Free Municipal Bond
As a bond investor, you're probably most interested in the bonds that will leave you with more money at the end of the day. If it comes to a choice between taxable and tax-free municipal bonds, grab your calculator and apply the following rather simple formula to determine the potentially more profitable bond:
Start with 100.
Subtract your tax bracket to find your reciprocal.
If you are in the 28 percent bracket, for example, subtract 28 from 100. That number — 72 — is called the reciprocal of your tax bracket.
Divide the municipal yield by the reciprocal.
The result tells you what you would have to earn on the taxable bond to equal the amount you would get on the tax-exempt municipal bond.
Using these numbers, consider a muni (a short, and rather endearing, abbreviation of municipal bond) paying 5 percent:
5 / 72 = 6.94 percent
That number, 6.94, represents your tax-equivalent yield, or your break-even between taxable and tax-exempt bond investing. If you can get 5 percent on a muni versus 6.94 percent on a taxable bond, it won't matter which you choose, as far as take-home pay. (Of course, other factors may matter, such as the quality or the maturity of the bond.) If the taxable bond is yielding greater than 6.94 percent, it will likely be your best bet. If the taxable bond is yielding less than 6.94 percent, you're likely better off with the tax-free bond.


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Oh, fuck! The European team just stole the Ryder Cup despite beginning the day well behind on points to the U.S. team. Three Americans lost both 17 and 18 (the U.S. went 0/7 on the 17th hole), the 10-6 lead the U.S. came in with today was not safe, and Gene Wojciechowski's "Ryder Cup all but locked up for U.S." column from yesterday was proven hilariously, perfectly wrong. (Seriously, read that, he's making Marty McFly jokes.) Phil Mickelson lost to Justin Rose, Jim Furyk and Steve Stricker blew big putts, Tiger Woods could not save us, and the jingoistic announcers kept talking about how they were having trouble breathing. We all were. Especially Steve Stricker.
In the end, it was the largest final day comeback in Ryder Cup history, and even the hometown announcers had to hand it to the European team—some of them apparently played well.
Europe wins 14-14, because a points tie goes to the incumbent. Europe wins 14.5-13.5, but a tie does go to the incumbent, in case you were curious.
Now, for the post-tournament concessions: until the next Ryder Cup, the capital of America is Dublin (Barcelona in winter), we all use the Euro, and Rory McIlroy gets police escorts everywhere.


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The 2600B Series SourceMeter SMU instruments family of single- and dual-channel models offers the industry's widest dynamic range: 10A pulse to 0.1fA and 200V to 100nV. They significantly boost productivity in applications ranging from benchtop I-V characterization through highly automated production test.
- Max Current Source: 10 A
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- Measurement Resolution: 0.1/100 pA/n
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