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Statement of Senator Ben N. Campbell: The Troubled Media Environment in Ukraine
U.S. Helsinki Commission, www.csce.gov
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Mr. President, later this week individuals around the world will mark World Press Freedom Day. The functioning of free and independent media is tied closely to the exercise of many other fundamental freedoms as well as to the future of any democratic society. The Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, which I co-chair, is responsible for monitoring press freedom in the 55 participating States of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). Recently, I reported to the Senate on the deplorable conditions for independent media in the Republic of Belarus. Today, I will address the situation of journalists and media outlets in Ukraine.
Several discouraging reports have come out recently concerning the media environment in Ukraine. These reports merit attention, especially within the context of critical presidential elections scheduled to take place in Ukraine next year. The State Department's Country Reports on Human Rights Practices in Ukraine for 2002 summarizes media freedoms as follows: "Authorities interfered with the news media by intimidating journalists, issuing written and oral instructions about events to cover and not to cover, and pressuring them into applying self-censorship. Nevertheless a wide range of opinion was available in newspapers, periodicals, and Internet news sources."
Current negative trends and restrictive practices with respect to media freedom in Ukraine are a source of concern, especially given that country's leadership claims concerning integration into the Euro-Atlantic community. Lack of compliance with international human rights standards, including OSCE commitments, on freedom of expression undermines that process. Moreover, an independent media free from governmental pressure is an essential factor in ensuring a level playing field in the upcoming 2004 presidential elections in Ukraine.
In her April 18, 2003 annual report to the Ukrainian parliament, Ombudsman Nina Karpachova asserted that journalism remains among the most dangerous professions in Ukraine, with 36 media employees having been killed over the past ten years, while beatings, intimidation of media employees, freezing of bank accounts of media outlets, and confiscation of entire print runs of newspapers and other publications have become commonplace in Ukraine.
The murder of prominent journalist Heorhiy Gongadze - who disappeared in September 2000 -- remains unsolved. Ukrainian President Kuchma and a number of high-ranking officials have been implicated in his disappearance and the circumstances leading to his murder. The Ukrainian authorities' handling, or more accurately mishandling of this case, has been characterized by obfuscation and stonewalling. Not surprisingly, lack of transparency illustrated by the Gongadze case has fueled the debilitating problem of widespread corruption reaching the highest levels of the Government of Ukraine.
Audio recordings exist that contain conversations between Kuchma and other senior government officials discussing the desirability of Gongadze's elimination. Some of these have been passed to the U.S. Department of Justice as part of a larger set of recordings of Kuchma's conversations implicating him and his cronies in numerous scandals. Together with Commission Co-Chairman Rep. Chris Smith, I recently wrote to the Department of Justice requesting technical assistance to determine whether the recordings in which the Gongadze matter is discussed are genuine. A credible and transparent investigation of this case by Ukrainian authorities is long overdue and the perpetrators - no matter who they may be - need to be brought to justice.
The case of Ihor Alexandrov, a director of a regional television station, who was beaten in July 2001 and subsequently died also remains unsolved. Serious questions remain about the way in which that case was handled by the authorities.
A Human Rights Watch report, Negotiating the News: Informal State Censorship of Ukrainian Television, issued in March, details the use of explicit directives, or temnyky (lists of topics), which have been sent to editors from Kuchma's Presidential Administration on what subjects to cover and in what manner. The report correctly notes that these temnyky have eroded freedom of expression in Ukraine, as "editors and journalists feel obligated to comply with temnyky instructions due to economic and political pressures and fear repercussions for non-cooperation." To their credit, the independent media are struggling to counter attempts by the central authorities to control their reporting and coverage of issues and events.
Another troubling feature of the media environment has been the control exerted by various oligarchs with close links to the government who own major media outlets. There is growing evidence that backers of the current Prime Minister and other political figures have been buying out previously independent news sources, including websites, and either firing reporters or telling them to cease criticism of the government or find new jobs.
Last December, Ukraine's parliament held hearings on "Society, Mass Media, Authority: Freedom of Speech and Censorship in Ukraine." Journalists' testimony confirmed the existence of censorship, including temnyky, as well as various instruments of harassment and intimidation. Tax inspections, various legal actions or license withdrawals have all been used as mechanisms by the authorities to pressure media outlets that have not towed the line or have supported opposition parties.
As a result of these hearings, the parliament, on April 3rd, voted 252 to one to approve a law defining and banning state censorship in the Ukrainian media. This is a welcome step. However, given the power of the presidential administration, the law's implementation remains an open question at best, particularly in the lead up to the 2004 elections in Ukraine.
Mr. President, I urge our Ukrainian parliamentary colleagues to continue to actively press their government to comply with Ukraine's commitments to fundamental freedoms freely agreed to as a signatory to the Helsinki Final Act. I also urge the Ukrainian authorities, including the constitutional guarantor, to end their campaign to stifle independent reporting and viewpoints in the media. Good news from Ukraine will come not from the spin doctors of the presidential administration, but when independent media and journalists can pursue their responsibilities free of harassment, intimidation, and fear.
Thank you. Mr. President.
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Connected To The Case Uses the Power of Social Media to Connect Citizens to Cases
Revolutionary new crime fighting tool takes community policing into cyberspace: Click-Connect-Solve
San Francisco, CA Oct. 1, 2012 – Praetorian Labs and Crowd Sourced Investigations, LLC, today announced the launch of Connected To The Case, a revolutionary new approach to crime fighting that leverages social media to connect citizens with information that can solve crimes to the agencies investigating those crimes.
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The job was a big one—first humans to the moon—so it looked like they'd have to work the weekend. December 21, 1968, fell on a Saturday. Astronaut Jim Lovell waddled in his spacesuit across an enclosed gantry at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Thirty-six stories above the launch pad, he regarded the open hatch of the Apollo 8 command module. Though the vehicles that would follow had names like Gumdrop, Charlie Brown, and Apollo 11's Columbia, this one was simply CM-103. It had as much living space as a van, and it would be Lovell's home for the next week.
From This Story
It was still dark outside. The great moon rocket, the Saturn V, taller than the Statue of Liberty and heavier than a Navy destroyer, was illuminated from the ground by searchlights. The vehicle was by far the biggest and fastest flying machine ever built, and remains so today. On that cool, clear morning, the first day of winter, no astronaut had ridden the Saturn V. It hummed with electricity and hissed with five and a half million pounds of kerosene, liquid hydrogen, and liquid oxygen, as it waited to throw men for the first time beyond Earth and into orbit around the moon.
Lovell, then 40 and a veteran of two Gemini missions, had more hours in space than any U.S. astronaut. He recently admitted during a Washington, D.C., that at that moment 40 years ago, he paused as he stared into the hatch. Rookie astronaut Bill Anders, 35, was firmly harnessed in the right couch, facing skyward. On the left, mission commander Frank Borman, 40, was also strapped in and ready for launch. "I looked at them," said Lovell, "and I looked down at the ground, and I said, 'These people are really serious. This is not another Earth orbital flight. This is going to the moon.' And that maybe was the time when I said, 'Well, here we go.' "
"We were three explorers doing something entirely different," he continued. "We were going the entire distance, 240,000 miles, and we were going to see the far side of the moon."
Apollo 8 was originally scheduled as another hardware test in Earth orbit. The decision to send it to the moon instead ranks as one of the gutsiest in the history of space exploration. The astronauts themselves believed they might have only a one-in-three chance of success.
"The genius behind the Apollo 8 mission…was a man by the name of George Low," said Borman. Low, who died of cancer in 1984, was the NASA manager in charge of redesigning the three-man command module after the Apollo 1 fire that had killed astronauts Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee in January 1967. "You couldn't get any change in the spacecraft unless [Low] approved it," recalled Borman. And after the redesign "there wasn't a problem in any of the missions with the command module, ever. So it was a tribute to George Low and the people that he put together that made that work."
Early in 1968, a year after the fire, Low came to his own This is it realization that now was the time to get serious about aiming for the moon. Born in Austria in 1926, Low had emigrated from his Nazi-occupied homeland in 1938. He served in the U.S. Army in World War II, earned a master's degree in aeronautical engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1950, and joined the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, the precursor to NASA. At 30, he was promoted to chief of the Special Projects Branch, where he was heavily involved in the new fields of orbit calculations and space rendezvous techniques. Two years later, when NASA was established, he was summoned to Washington, D.C., and installed as the chief of manned spaceflight. Throughout the 1960s, Low played a central role in planning the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo missions.
After the Apollo 1 fire, NASA elevated him to manager of the Apollo Spacecraft Program. Borman was the only astronaut on the team that redesigned the craft. If there's a single moment that can be identified as Apollo 8's genesis, it's an April 1968 meeting between Low and Borman, when the astronaut asserted his faith in the redesigned spacecraft. Borman was convinced the problems that had led to the Apollo 1 fire had been solved. The plan at that point was to test the command module and the new lunar module in Earth orbit on the next two flights. But after his meeting with Borman, Low began quietly considering the feasibility of a lunar orbital flight before the end of the year, and wrote a memo about it to his superiors. He told his assistant to consider the memo "007," which meant that after it was read, she was to destroy it, and even refrain from keeping a copy for Low's files.
Spring became summer, and the lunar orbit idea stayed in Low's head as Apollo fell behind schedule, dogged mainly by delays with Grumman's complex lunar lander. Competition with the Soviets also was on his mind.
"I was told that the CIA had intelligence that the Russians were going to try and put a man around [the moon] before the end of the year," recalled Borman at the Newseum event. "And that was the reason for the change in our mission. Because, after all, the Apollo program was just a battle in the cold war."


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Demetrious Johnson
He might be small in stature, but Demetrious "Mighty Mouse" Johnson stands tall among UFC champions.
Johnson is the UFC's first and only flyweight titlist, having won the belt in September 2012 and defended it six times -- a stretch that includes three wins by submission and one by knockout.
In a career that began in 2007, Johnson is regarded as arguably the quickest and most technically skilled fighter in MMA, a big reason he's ranked as one of the top pound-for-pound fighters in the UFC.
Mighty Mouse has scored victories over some of the division's toughest challengers, including Joseph Benavidez (twice), John Dodson and John Moraga. His submission win over Kyoji Horiguchi of Japan at UFC 186 came with one second left in the five-round bout, marking the latest finish in UFC history.
Johnson's fast hands and footwork helped him rise up the UFC ranks after a successful stint in World Extreme Cagefighting as a bantamweight. He joined the UFC after it absorbed WEC and promptly won bouts against Norifumi "Kid" Yamamoto and Miguel Angel Torres in 2011.
TRAINING: The typical training for this fight is just like all the other fights – I'm staying focused and becoming the best martial artist I can be.
When and why did you start training for fighting? I started training to fight in October of 2005. I was watching the first season of 'The Ultimate Fighter' and I liked how they were in shape. I always liked to be healthy, so the training regime intrigued me. Reese Andy was the one who influenced me to sign up with AMC and then it's just taken off from there.
What ranks and titles have you held? UFC flyweight champion. In my amateur circuit I held 4 different titles. Genesis MMA & Genesis Muay Thai, Rumble on the Ridge, Ax Fighting Championship
Do you have any heroes? Batman, because I grew up watching him and always wanted to be like him.
What does it mean for you to fight in the UFC? It means everything. I can't wait to fight for the UFC and I can't wait to show the UFC that I belong here.
What was your job before you started fighting? I worked in a warehouse in downtown Tacoma that's a recycling tube plant.
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Before history began, the dwarves of Thrymhaiam fought against the dragons as the Longest War raged in the deep roads beneath the Northhold. Now the dragons have returned, allied with the dead kings of Cor and backed by the masked gods of Fate and Chaos.
The dwarves are cut cut off from the Graith of Guardians in the south. Their defenders are taken prisoner or corrupted by dragonspells. The weight of guarding the Northhold now rests on the crooked shoulders of a traitor's son, Morlock syr Theorn (also called Ambrosius).
But his wounded mind has learned a dark secret in the hidden ways under the mountains. Regin and Fafnir were brothers, and the Longest War can never be over...
A Guile of Dragons will mark the return of the character Morlock Ambrosius for many readers, for me however, it was a new experience. I've yet to read James Enge's previous Morlock novels and since this new Tournament of Shadows series was a prequel to those books I decided to dive in here.
The book is broken into parts, with the first couple sections detailing Morlock's birth and his youth. It seemed out of place and had little to do with the story as a whole other than to introduce his father Merlin. Much of the first half of the book was disjointed and slow moving. It was a good example in the difference between a story starting at the beginning and one returning to it in a prequel as I could imagine readers already familiar with the characters finding more interest in the details here. Unfortunately, the story doesn't pick up much once Morlock is an adult, continuing to plod along.
Morlock, as a character, seems to have a great deal of hate for his birth father and often his adopted father. It is never really explained adequately, however, leaving it to the reader to make assumptions. For all the time taken in detailing certain events, that time could have been better spent elsewhere. As it stands, it seems like Morlock is broody for the sake of being broody.
A mixture of Enge's style of prose and focus on details that seem unimportant will keep some readers from being pulled into the story. The formal use of language can be quite boring, especially in dialogue when a story normally picks up the pace even when descriptions are tedious, which was not the case here with the story slowing to a crawl when characters interact. The handful of chapters that focus on a random character, sometimes one we have no knowledge of prior, instead of Morlock also throws off the pacing.
The world itself seemed to be experienced with blinders on, overly focusing on some details, but not fleshing out the world around the story enough. One never gets the sense that this is a big, full world of people, even when you assume it is. Cities seemed comprised of less people than some of the villages visited and with a signifigant amount of time spent focusing on a man wandering alone in the wilderness, that problem only grows.
Magic in the world, considering the Merlin angle, is somewhat rare. Perhaps the Guardians (or their leaders) are all mages of some sort, but it's not the sort of magic where wizards are shooting fireballs out of thin air. It takes the approach toward magic as a mystery, but again, it would have benefited from a bit more explanation, especially considering the readers is following a character as they learn. But, the mystical magic approach does benefit the story, and seems to fit with how many readers might picture a character they know from outside this novel like Merlin.
Enge does offer his own spin on traditional fantasy races such as dwarves, dragons and even humans, making their history and culture somewhat interesting and unique even if you're very familiar with the races and creatures from other fantasy stories. Again, sometimes details are vague in certain aspects, perhaps assuming the reader has knowledge of Enge's societies from his prior work.
If you have not read Enge's previous novels about Morlock, I would not recommend starting here, despite this being his origin. I would imagine readers that have loved his prior work and want to know more about Morlock would enjoy this, but as this novel stands on its own, I can't recommend it. Perhaps I set myself up for this experience by deciding to read this novel first, and I may return to Enge and read Blood of Ambrose, but for now it's not a world, character, or author I want to immediately revisit.


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Look closely: at line 50 we have:
[face=SPIonic]ou)rh=av m\en e)pwixeto kai\ ku/nav argou/v[/face]
& then next at line 53 we have
[face=SPIonic]e)nnh=mar me/n a)na\ strato\n w)ixeto kh=la qeoio[/face]
In Samuel Butler's translation we have the following: "For nine whole days he shot his arrows among the people, but upon the tenth day Achilles called them in assembly", that's ok.
But think: epí + oikhomai (vv. 50)= visit with death, strike; while oikhomai alone means "to leave" as in Latin "abesse" (not "abire"); don't you think the God may have given the Danaans a pause in the nineth day? don't you think, guys, we have a tmesis in vv. 53 & that we should take "ana" with "oikhomai" as to mean "he removed his arrows from over the Danaans and then (having time to do so) Achilles summoned them to the Agora in the tenth day"? Think also about purification periods, and the significance of the number nine to ancient cultures...
&, obviously, let me know what you think about, because I am at a loss here...


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DIY It! Festive Circle Banners
Circle banners are a clean, modern take on the traditional triangle banner. Decorations make parties celebratory and bright! While I'm not a fan of disposable decorations because of eco-friendly issues, reusable streamers like this one get a big thumbs up. Armed with scissors and your favorite paper, this project will be done faster than the time it takes to watch Mad Men.
Use bold colors or prints for the best effect. Also, to boost the eco-friendly quality of this project, save and reuse this banner time and again, and use recycled supplies in constructing it.
Difficulty rating: beginner
• Large circle craft punch in 2.5 - 3.0 inches (Alternatively, a large jar lid for tracing circles onto paper. This is slower, but will get the job done.)
• Bold paper in solid or print
• Ribbon (or yarn.)
• Craft knife (a.k.a. Exacto knife)
• Scissors
1. Punch circles using craft punch (Or, if using a jar lid, trace and cut out circles.)
2. If words are desired, like "happy birthday," use a dark thick marker to write text onto circles. (Or, if you're not fond of handwriting, print text onto paper in advance.)
3. To string circles together, use a craft knife to cut a vertical slit about the width of the ribbon at the three o'clock and nine o'clock positions on each circle. (See Photo 5.)
4. Alternatively, for a different look, use a craft knife to cut two vertical slits near the top of each circle at the eleven o'clock and one o'clock positions. (See Photo 3.) An advantage to this look is that circles always lie flat, rather than spinning.
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Doctor Who: The Sun Makers (UK - DVD R2)
The Wilson Bros take a look at the timely Fourth Doctor satire on taxation...
Season fifteen of Doctor Who was well underway - Leela's eyes had inexplicably turned from brown to blue (that sounds like the cue for a song...) at the end of The Horror of Fang Rock; The Doctor and Leela had picked up K9 as a new travelling companion in The Invisible Enemy and battled the Fendahleen in Image of the Fendhal; there are many who would say that the show was still coasting on the golden era that producer Philip Hinchcliffe and writer/script editor Robert Holmes had established over the last couple of seasons, but with Hinchcliffe gone and Holmes left to work with producer Graham Williams, many would say that after Holmes' biting satire, The Sun Makers, Doctor Who would start on a downward spiral for the rest of the season and the very pessimistic would have pinpointed season fifteen as being the point when the rot started to set in...
The Doctor (Tom Baker), Leela (Louise Jameson) and K9 (voiced by John Leeson) abruptly materialise on the (former) planet of Pluto, which has been colonised by the human race - the air is now breathable and huge cities, Megropolises, have been constructed with each city having its own sun. The Company who has built the suns all of the vast Megropolises is taxing the inhabitants out of all reason, even to the point of taxing the relatives of the dead. The Doctor and Leela encounter Cordo, a lowly worker who has been saddled with an enormous tax demand accrued through the death of his late father and has taken the decision to end his life by throwing himself off a very tall building. The Doctor and Leela stop him from taking this most drastic of action and they decide to investigate the colonised planet and discover just who the mysterious Collector is.
Writer Robert Holmes could always be relied upon to draw the humour out of the grimmest of subjects and there are many who would have seen tackling the touchy issue of high taxation as being one that would have been a tricky task to pull off, but Holmes succeeds brilliantly, with so many references, both blatant and subtle, that even today, The Sun Makers stands up wonderfully.
Holmes himself had encountered issues with the Inland Revenue and The Sun Makers allowed him to vent his displeasure in a manner that is both entertaining and bitingly satirical. There are clever references peppering the script, from the more obvious, namely having characters called The Collector and The Gatherer, to one of the numerous corridors in Megropolis One being given the designation of P45. The dead are even taxed on Pluto - Cordo is visibly relieved to learn that his father was under a certain weight when he died and qualified for a lower tax band - this is vaguely reminiscent of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy's planet Bethselamin, where any net imbalance between the amount you eat and excrete is surgically removed when you leave; curiously enough, the production of The Sun Makers must have been around the time when the young Mr Adams was nosing around the Beeb, looking for work.
There are a couple of aspects woven into this story that add extra subtexts to an already deeply satirical story; the Megropolises have a sweet-smelling gas pumped into the atmosphere, which is being used to keep the workers docile. Holmes seems to be using the gas as a metaphor for television, which has popularly been seen as a way of keeping the lower classes entertained; the public execution of Leela was deemed a financial failure because people weren't prepared to buy tickets to see it live, as it was being broadcast live on TV, which could also be seen as Holmes further damning television by saying that it destroys the incentive to attend live events.
As he was through much of season fifteen, Tom Baker is clearly having a ball in The Sun Makers, as he injects his customary gusto in the role, but not going over the top in the manner that seemed to plague the following season; Baker obviously latched onto the satirical aspect of the story and played it for all it's worth, but stays the right side of the line. The very fact that Robert Holmes fashioned an engaging and witty script is what helped to keep Baker's interest peaked and kept his performance on the straight and narrow, as Baker's boredom eventually led to him embarrassingly overplaying scenes, with nobody in the production having the balls to tell him to tone it down a little.
Original Doctor Who producer Verity Lambert had always envisioned The Doctor as an antiestablishment figure, and this was never more apparent in this story, in which everyone's favourite Timelord takes a stand against a corrupt (but not evil) government and sides with a bunch of terrorists who are intent on toppling the oppressive regime; The Doctor even attempts to raise money to fund the terrorists by using a crooked Consume-card (a credit card that looks suspiciously similar to a Mastercard) - this action results in The Doctor being gassed within the cash-point booth (a novel idea which we're surprised hasn't taken off in real life), captured and carted off to the Correction Centre. You can't help but wonder if Robert Holmes had Patty Hearst in mind when he was writing the script. Bob Holmes was taking a risk turning The Doctor into what was essentially a terrorist, especially during a time when unrest amongst the lower classes was paralysing British industry. Still, as our eldest brother once said to us, "one man's freedom-fighter is another man's terrorist"...
Louise Jameson has gone on record and said that The Sun Makers was her favourite story during her time on Doctor Who and it's not easy to see why - Jameson is given several times to shine, with her already strong character showing greater strength than ever as she tackles the cowardly and menacing bunch of rag-tag drop-outs, including the bloodthirsty leader, Mandrel; Jameson is absolutely magnetic during this scene, making the most of Leela's steely determination and displaying a level of intelligence that belies the character's "primitive" origins. Leela, with her skimpy outfit might be regarded by casual outsiders as something of a sexist stereotype - something to keep the dads watching in exactly the same way that Catherine Tate didn't in New-Who - but the reality was that with the right scripts, Leela was a powerful and fascinating character that would have probably had the younger female audience members rooting for someone that could be looked upon as a positive role model.
The Gatherer is played with considerable gusto by Richard Leech, bringing an almost camp sensibility to the character, with the flowing robes and Aztec-inspired clothing (complete with flowing robes) only accentuating this aspect to Gatherer Hade. The generous portion of relish that Leech heaps upon his already larger-than-life performance brings to mind the sort of thing that the late Glen Shadix always injected into his roles.
Henry Woolf makes for a suitably slimy Collector, dressed in a pinstripe suit and having eyebrows like Dennis Healy (who was the Chancellor of the Exchequer at the time) and talking in a variation on the sort of nasally voice usually reserved for officious civil servants. Woolf was a classically-trained actor who was equally at home on the stage or on television and he brings an intensity and a consistency to his performance that is impressive to watch.
Special mention should be made of the performance by David Rowlands; as incarcerated worker Bisham, he perfectly embodies the sort of bewildered, cast-down civil servant that Orwell had as his protagonist in 1984. Rowlands seemed to specialise in this sort of role, and he will be known to many Douglas Adams fans as the hairdresser in the Hitchhiker's television series who is given two sticks and told to make fire and instead produces a pair of curling tongs.
Though there's a great script, numerous impressive performances and some interesting location work, The Sun Makers falls down somewhat when the inevitable switching between videotape and film happens; this was standard practice by the Beeb at the time, but this story seems to suffer more than most. The white passageways seen during the location footage (at Bristol's WD and HO Tobacco Factory) are replicated in the studio, but even in mid-shots, the walls are merely wallpaper-covered boards, with wrinkles in the wallpaper screamingly apparent and they have a characteristic gap between the bottom of the "walls" and the studio floor. This unfortunate trend was continued during season fifteen, with The Invasion of Time showing some of the expansive interiors of the TARDIS, which consisted of unconvincing location footage of what looks like a municipal swimming pool.
We were pretty surprised at how good The Sun Makers looked on DVD; we first watched this on UK Gold a number of years ago and the words "looked like shit" summed up our feelings on the image quality. We weren't expecting much from this, but we were more than pleasantly surprised with the presentation - the videotaped studio sequences can always be relied upon to look great on DVD, but it's the filmed location scenes that really surprised us. Though it's very obvious that the original film elements dematerialised like a Type 40 Gallifreyan time and space vehicle, the clean-up job that has been performed by the guys in the Doctor Who Restoration Team is eye-opening. The colours are surprisingly strong and image detail is pretty pleasing, far better than the way that we originally watched it.
The Dolby Digital 2.0 mono soundtrack is pretty good, with clear dialogue and Dudley Simpson's incidental score is free from hiss or distortion.
Running From the Tax Man: This 25 minute making-of may not have the participation of Tom Baker, but this deficiency is more than made up by the involvement of Louise Jameson; Jameson is essentially the backbone of this entertaining documentary, as she seems to have razor-sharp memories of the production of The Sun Makers, providing insight into not only her role and experiences during filming, but also speaking of others, including what was supposedly the REAL reason why Robert Holmes wrote it (this was apparently because he was disgruntled with the BBC and wanted to leave the company ( "all praise to The Company!").
Much like the audio commentary, Jameson kicks things off in positively beaming fashion by stating that it is her favourite tale, which comes as a surprise when she goes on to explain that it was made at the time when she and Baker were at the height of the uneasy working relationship - splitting them up for a few episodes was just what the Timelord ordered.
Also interviewed are director Pennant Roberts and astronomer Marek Kukula, both of whom chip in their keen observations from their respective fields, with Roberts coming out with the most interesting stuff, as he was directly (no pun intended) involved with the production of the story. Astronomer Kukula delivers some relatively dry facts about the (former) planet Pluto and it's relation to the other planets within our solar system, all of which helps to put one of the main aspects of The Sun Makers into perspective to those in the audience who aren't that clued up about the reality of extraterrestrial environments. Keating is wearing well and mentions that he and Baker used to go drinking every evening during the production of this story.
Writer and historian Dominic Sandbrook is on hand to put the fiscal satire of the show into context, at how Britain was in the worst recession since the thirties, and ingeniously speculating that even though there are obvious swipes at the machinations of money and the system itself, the hyperinflation occurred by the left-wing parties in power at that time gave rise to the twin terrors of Thatcher and Reagan, so The Sun Makers can also be read as a right-wing story!
A surprisingly enthusiastic Michael Keating speaks very fondly of Baker, and the star's way of literally throwing the script to the ground and rewriting it as he went, only to revert back to the original text later on! Drinking with Baker, listening to his fantastic tales of just how the army has a tough time dealing with emotion, and Keating's invitation to the show ( "the money is just awful") are all up for discussion, with a refreshing lack of bitterness on his part.
Audio Commentary: With the inevitability of a bill from the Inland Revenue comes another commentary track for the show, this time with Louise Jameson, Michael Keating and director Pennant Roberts. Oh, and did we also mention that you might notice the mousy, inconspicuous presence of noted actor Tom Baker?
Baker is a great reactor, which probably explains his absence from this documentary when he appears on the commentary. However, when recording a track, it comes as no surprise that he dominates the proceedings, even when he does nothing more than utter an "Ah…" when listening to others. Things start off amusingly, with Baker almost gasping in disbelief as utters the name Robert Holmes when it appears on screen. Right after, Jameson reiterates that this is her favourite story, largely for the high calibre of supporting cast. These omens are right in alluding to another fun escorted tour through the world of Doctor Who.
Baker is on terrific form, rattling off blank statements with the conviction of a Tomahawk missile in the Middle-East. The discussion of how Henry Woolf's career was held back due to his physical stature sees Baker slip the chain of sanity once more: "He was reduced to grotesques because he was just so tiny. Well, I wouldn't say tiny, not so tiny… Ian Holm is not a big man… [Baker is informed he was under five-feet tall]… oh, was he? So on all fours, he was very average."
Inadvertently touching off the old rivalry between the BBC's two science fiction series from the seventies, with one veteran pointing out that the voice of K9, Mr John Leeson, appeared in a couple of episodes of Blakes 7, refreshing Baker's memory by describing it as: "…that series you've never seen." Baker counters with: "Ah, right. What was it called again?" Keating and Roberts note that the schedule on Doctor Who seemed luxurious when compared to the punishing turnaround on Terry Nation's series. Baker clearly feels left out when such talk takes place.
Given there being three actors of a certain age involved, there is a lot of talk devoted to other thespians, including such topics as why some thespians' careers failed, how you can end up going nowhere if you play a chicken in a string of commercials and just who was involved with Harold Pinter. Directors are also mulled over, with Baker relating that one: "…used to talk to me whilst sucking a boiled sweet… and it broke our relationship. It's very difficult to talk to someone when there's a rattle coming out of his mouth, you know, like he's actually sucking on a fragment of cobblestone."
Keating and Roberts are game contributors to the discussion, and deliver a lot of pertinent information, but the problem comes in the form of Baker's looming shadow. Even Jameson feels as though she is having to compete, but she shines on her own, probably fuelled by her favouring this particular tale. When the subject of being made to wear straitjackets in the story comes up between Baker and Jameson, the two actors have polarising opinions about them. Naturally, it's Baker who loved the experience, going on to reveal that he still has the very same one he wore during the production, whilst Jameson really disliked being restricted in such a way. Oh, come on, we've all thought about Leela and such things…
Baker likes to be morbid on more than the odd occasion, and he chooses to point out that many of the people he's worked with over the years are now dead before noting that Jameson and Keating "…are the only survivors, as far as I know." This is another commentary to treasure, and with the previous requiem, just be thankful that Baker is still here to baffle the mind with non-sequiturs and blank statements so bold, some have probably built religions around them. Excellent stuff.
Trivia Track: Once again, everything you ever wanted to know about Doctor Who, but were too cool to ask is provided another achingly definitive info track. Regardless of changes made between various drafts, on-the-fly alterations or post-production tampering, it 's all dutifully listed for your reading pleasure.
Not only facts, it also delves into the opinions of those involved, the store being set out early on when it confirms not only Louise Jameson's choice of The Sun Makers as her favourite, but goes on to state that this owes a lot to Robert Holmes, who "built drama out of characters' interactions and personalities". You could probably knock up a shortlist as to whom this comment might have been a swipe at…
That K9 had no chance of being able to negotiate his way over the very small step from the TARDIS is thoroughly grassed-up by the track, almost taking pains to point out when the effects is cheated to have him exit the ship. It's funny, but with the correct alignment of visual effects, he can take out a Polyphase Avatron, but a little bump becomes and insurmountable task.
Some of the admittedly few inconsistencies in the script at pointed out, with the most notable being that of why the altogether toothless Others take Leela hostage when they already have seen her kick some serious arse?
There are some watching whom won't really get a number of the satirical references in the script, purely for them not being around at the time, but - and you know where this is going - this wonderful track picks up on every piece of satire and allegory written into the script. The Collector's robes are a perfect example, where his costume is a fusion of banker's pinstripe suit and the garments worn by a Sheik. The early/mid 70s were the time of the energy crisis and when OPEC was a global headache, and Middle-Eastern attire became associated with obscene wealth, so tying it in with The Collectors' garbs was a very clever piece of sly humour.
The customary sense of humour is very much in evidence, and there is nothing better than a chuckle to ease the digestion of facts. One sequence notes the approach of two technical clangers within the space of a few seconds. The microphone boom drops into shot, the track noting how one of the extras "helpfully" looks at it to make it easier to see! The second goof comes as a camera accidentally crashes into the set, causing a noticeable knock to the image. In terrific fashion, the track primes us for the oncoming collision with: "…any second now, any second now… there it is!"
We even get to read the results of when The Sun Makers was used as part of the BBC's periodic Audience Research Reports, where it fared rather well, with most finding it "compelling" and "up to the usual high standard" of the show. There was at least one voice of against it, but we hope that that particular panellist was put into a burlap sack and kicked around the room for a few hours. Comments from the report are peppered throughout on particular episode, and are a very cool addition.
In fact, "a very cool addition" is the best way to describe this venerable backstage pass to The Sun Makers, a story which is held in high regard by the faithful. Whilst Joe Public can get their jollies out of any number of average Dalek stories, the rest of us can stick on yet another superlative info track and learn more whilst kicking back and having an entertaining time. Need we say more?
The Doctor's Composer - Part Two: Picking up from where it left off, this covers Dudley Simpson's time of the show during the seventies, also known as the decade of change for Doctor Who. With new technologies taking hold, it represented a golden opportunity to explore new musical avenues - and for Barry Letts to save a fistful of cash.
Well, that's how Simpson sees it, and is quite frank in how he read his indoctrination into the Radiophonic workshop as a way of removing costly musicians out of the equation, with merely one man and modern technology to do the work of several people. This led to the era where many found some music in the Pertwee era to sound as though Tiddles was walking up and down the keys of a synthesiser, when in actual fact, the audio was more for atmosphere than anything with rhythm or structure.
Out of such freeform styling, came one definite triumph, that of the piece used for The Master. Coming in the form of a "sting", it jolted audiences and reinforced to them that this was someone to be feared, right from the outset. Simpson rightly received recognition for this particular motif, which he is quick to note that it was among the few of that period he did get any recognition for.
He muses that it was rather difficult to come up with a theme for the Daleks, which he ended up creating a form of march to herald their arrival. According to Simpson, the real problem came was born of the Deadly Dustbins being too clipped in their movements to get a substantial piece of music, as "…you don't get much of an opportunity. They come around the corner and stop, and then you've had it. Once the music gets started, then you have to stop again".
Does he have a favourite of his scores? Yep - Pyramids of Mars, which allowed him to stretch his musical muscles a bit, and is one of the stories where he feels his music contributed towards the drama of final product - something we happen to agree with, a tale which manages that tricky balance of appreciating the music without it dominating events. The modest director chuckles away at his cameo in The Talons of Weng-Chiang, where he found his enthusiasm for the chance to conduct an orchestra in the theatre dampened somewhat by the fact that the musicians in question didn't know one end of an instrument from another.
He spins the rather amusing tale of Jon Pertwee's competitive streak and the former Doctor's love of vehicles. Both Simpson and Pertwee owned 1.5 Lancias, and the musician had to drive through Pertwee's neck of the woods. Naturally, laying in wait, was Pertwee, revving his engine and racing out to beat him to the local car-park.
Simpson was happy in his work on the show, and thought that he "…was going to go on writing it forever", but during a very irregular lunch with John Nathan-Turner, the veteran composer was told that JN-T was "wiping the slate clean" and this meant terminating Simpson's work on the show. Whilst he still had Blakes' 7 to keep him busy, he felt Doctor Who was his "baby", through working on it for so long. Another triumph for the man who poisoned Britain's longest running sci-fi show.
Simpson is a very likeable guy, and is eminently entertaining to listen to. His contribution to the show as a whole have been invaluable, in spite of many not being that find of his Pertwee-era stuff. If ever someone merited a documentary of this calibre, it is certainly Dudley Simpson.
Outtakes: You might think that these are deleted scenes, but they aren't. Instead, we get to watch the amusing sight of one particular thespian struggling to get his gun to fire in celebration of the struggle being over. Not once, not twice, but again and again. Reaction from everyone else ranges from laughter to frustration at having to retake. It's not often that these things are included, so enjoy them whilst you can. Though fans have had access to these outtakes via underground sources for decades, it's a pretty safe bet that they haven't looked as great as they do here.
Trailer: Consisting mainly of the opening scene where the Doctor and Leela encounter a certain suicidal character, this is really warm, nostalgic stuff, and you can bet your bippy it would have had us tuning in. Small, but perfectly formed.
Photo Gallery: Set to the wonderful music of Dudley Simpson (and the special sounds of Dick Mills), this isn't the best gallery from 2Entertain, but are some really good pictures in here, including one of Baker which might easily be labelled "iconic". The most interesting comes in form of images taken during rehearsals, where Baker is in full costume, and everything looks normal - apart from Henry Woolf, who doesn't have the bald-cap on! It's really weird to see him looking exactly like his Steptoe and Son Frankie Barrow character! A few rather nice back and white still generate atmosphere in a way colour still struggles to match. The bulk of them consist of copious set-photos, which we assume to have been for reference during the production. If you have ever wanted a really good look at the Undercity and its more respectable spires, then this will answer your prayers.
PDF Radio Times Listings: Can this ever fail to provide a mighty charge of purest nostalgia? Remember when flipping though the pages of the Radio Times for the Doctor Who listings actually meant something? You will when you explore this in your drive. The usual brief plot descriptions are preceded by a lovely, moody shot of Baker, further enhanced by the grainy, black and white nature of the image. It's exactly as we said about monochrome photography above…
Coming Soon: This is the release that many Doctor Who fans have been waiting for since it was first officially announced - the special edition of Jon Pertwee's Day of the Daleks! Enhanced with CGI to broaden the scope of the story, along with new and improved Dalek voices by Nicholas Briggs, this looks like it could very well be the Doctor Who DVD release of the year.
The Sun Makers is a wonderfully witty story and one that is timeless, with the current economic climate making it more pertinent than ever. Tom Baker is visibly enjoying himself and Louise Jameson delivers her strongest performance, and the leads are surrounded by a uniformly excellent supporting cast. This is a most impressive DVD release - the AV presentation of this Doctor Who story managed to impress us and the extras are very entertaining, so 2Entertain should be praised for their efforts...
"All praise to the Company!"
Review by Wilson Bros
David Blackwell Senior Member Join Date: February 2004 Location: United States Posts: 2,825
I enjoyed the review and I enjoyed the story whenever I watch it- I can't wait to see it on DVD after seeing it last several years ago
Wilson Bros Reviewer Join Date: August 2004 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 1,182
Thanks, David - you'll be really pleased with the restoration job that has been performed on it.
You'll also love hearing Baker on barking-mad form for the audio commentary...
Kevin & Nick W
You'll also love hearing Baker on barking-mad form for the audio commentary...
Kevin & Nick W
Suitable for all
Disc Details
Release Date: 1st August 2011
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Single side, dual layer
RCE: No
Video: PAL
Aspect: 1.33:1
Anamorphic: No
Colour: Yes
Audio: Dolby Digital 2.0 English
Subtitles: English
Extras: Running From the Tax Man, The Doctor's Composer Part 2, Audio Commentary, Outtakes, Trailer, Production Subtitles, Coming Soon Trailer, PDF Materials
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Pennant Roberts
Cast: Tom Baker, Louise Jameson, Henry Woolf, Michael Keating
Genre: Sci-Fi
Length: 100 minutes
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Living in Springs, I'm not used to hearing a lot of aircraft overhead, and thus, perhaps, have been less sympathetic than I am now with those who built houses in the airport's environs, knowing, of course, that they knew an airport was there.
Once home, I thumbed through "American Prometheus," the biography of J. Robert Oppenheimer written by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin, and found the descriptive words I was looking for on page 309 in Oppenheimer's reaction to the initial mushroom cloud, which he had taken from the Bhagavad-Gita: "Now I am become death, the destroyer of worlds."
I am become death, the destroyer of worlds. . . . That's how it sounded. Then and there it became clear to me that jets like this should be banned from our airport. Let these destroyers of our world land at Westhampton and be driven the rest of the way in sleek stretch limos as they sip aged Scotch and watch "Wall Street Week."
Remember the sports car track in Bridgehampton? Closed down, in part, because the decibel levels on Millstone Road soared to power lawn mower range? The noise at the track was nothing compared to this. Nothing.
Karl Grossman recently wrote of how these destroyers of our world pay $12,000 to be helicoptered to and fro. "It's pocket change to them," a friend of mine said, with a smile.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Dietary supplements company Herbalife will add two new members to its board of directors at the request of billionaire investor Carl Icahn, who has backed the company in a public spat with hedge fund manager Bill Ackman.
Herbalife said in a statement Thursday that it will nominate two new directors chosen by Icahn, increasing its board from 9 to 11 members. As part of the agreement, Icahn can increase an existing stake of 13.6 percent to as much as 25 percent. Icahn had previously suggested he might push the company to go private, though the 25 percent ownership cap makes that option less likely.
"We appreciate the Icahn Parties' shared views on the inherent value of Herbalife's operations, products and future prospects," said Herbalife Chairman and CEO Michael Johnson.
Herbalife Ltd. shares rose $2.85, or 7.6 percent to close at $40.29.
Herbalife, which uses a network of distributors to sell its nutrition and weight loss products, has been fighting off claims that its business amounts to a pyramid scheme.
Ackman argues that the company makes most of its money by recruiting new salespeople, rather than on the products they sell. Salespeople buy marketing materials and products directly from Herbalife.
Icahn has publicly upbraided Ackman, and the two got into a televised shouting match over Herbalife and their past business dealings on CNBC in late January.
On Thursday, Icahn said in a statement that "Herbalife has proven its ability to increase revenues and returns, and we will work with the company to build on its results."
Herbalife has also said that it will begin disclosing more information about its customers and product sales — but Ackman countered that the change wasn't enough for him.
A surge in Herbalife stock would be disastrous for investors who, like Ackman, have taken a "short" position in the company. Selling a stock short is a tactic in which an investor borrows shares in a company from a broker and then immediately sells them on the open market. The investor anticipates that the stock price will fall, allowing him or her to buy back the stock at a lower price in the future. The investor then returns the borrowed shares to the broker, pocketing the difference.
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January 27, 2012: The Editor had to rush off mid-week to get his two dime-sized kidney stones surgically removed. Before he left to catch his seat on the Pain Train, he wrote a review of the Kia Forte Koup SX, uploaded an infographic about the Nurburgring, and reviewed Beverly Rae Kimes' history of the early years of the American auto industry. Sawyer found Kia's Forte Koup to be handsome, reasonably quick and roomy, but wonders if it doesn't demand too many compromises in a rapidly changing market. As for the Nurburgring map, that comes courtesy of our friends at Car Buzz. Not only does it show you the squiggles and curves of a track affectionately referred to as The Green Hell, it gives interesting facts… like how many people, on average, die at the track when it's open to the public each year. Life and death struggles also were a part of the early years of the automobile industry in America, and Beverly Rae Kimes does a masterful job of recounting this tale. Speaking of tales, tall and otherwise, Al Vinikour makes an impassioned plea to automakers everywhere for digital speedometers as a way to reduce traffic fines.
January 20, 2012: Solyndra. It's a name that's likely to go down in history alongside Enron as a case study of corruption. In the case of Solyndra, however, it was government, not private enterprise, that ignored the warning signs and poured millions of taxpayer dollars into a sinking ship in a vain attempt to jump start the green jobs revolution. Unfortunately, Solyndra wasn't the only "green jobs" debacle from this administration. The latest is the joint EPA/NHTSA-run plan to increase CAFE standards to 54.5 mpg by 2025. Volubly supported by UAW president Bob King, the mileage standards, it is claimed, will not only cut our dependence on foreign oil, but put money back in car buyers' pockets and clean the skies. But at what cost? Chris Sawyer takes a look at a Center for Automotive Research study that says the cost of this wishful thinking could decimate the UAW, automakers, and put as many as one million people out of work. On a brighter note, Al Vinikour is back, and no longer ready to run people over with a Craftsman tractor. He takes us behind the scenes with perhaps the most famous car spy photographer in the world in his review of Car Spy, then has filthy fun with license plates — just like his Uncle Barney. Finally, we take a quick look at the twin-turbo technology found on four-cylinder S-Class sedans in Europe. Enjoy the weekend and we will see you next Friday.
January 13, 2012: Friday the thirteenth during a full-moon cycle, the worst possible combination. Except that the weather for the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) was unseasonably warm and sunny. After two long (l-o-n-g!) days at the show with "Mr. Tirade" Al Vinikour, Chris Sawyer is about to collapse from sore feet and sheer exhaustion. However, before he heads off to rest, we had him sit down and pound out a report on the highlights of the auto show with the long, awkward name. Everyone was there, even Sears, which introduced its new line of Craftsman CTX Series tractors. With traction control, electronic fuel management, electronic deck height adjustment, cupholders and more, it was more sophisticated than the Chinese cars on display at NAIAS shows past. If the Craftsman tractors had one problem, it was that Al wanted desperately to use them as his personal transport during the show's press days! Speaking of the irrepressible Al, we've given him the week off. After long hours ignoring Sawyer's instructions at the show, his latest Tirade was so hot it self-combusted. Better to let him rest than give TVD a NC-17 rating. He's back next week, tanned, rested and ready — just like Nixon in '68!
January 6, 2012: When is a crossover not a crossover? When it's a four-door hatchback with a body kit and all-wheel-drive. It would be easy to slap Suzuki for an overly liberal use of the crossover designation or a cynical marketing ploy, but the SX4 acquits itself well is you remember it's a compact hatchback, not an off-road athlete. Just watch out for the boring interior. Speaking of boring, Chris Sawyer reads a book about a noted engine expert. While that, in itself, might seem boring, the man's life spanned two World Wars, the introduction of jet propulsion and the development of the Wankel engine. He was there for it all. Unfortunately, this skilled engineer gives us an engineer's view of his life. Never boring, Al decides to dunk some donuts, but this has nothing to do with sweet, doughy confections.


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A popular rumor that refuses to die purports that Microsoft's Xbox 360 successor – a machine which, I suspect, will simply be called "Xbox" and may be revealed on May 21 – will require an always-online Internet connection. Since we heard the first rumblings of this prospect, the gaming community's incendiary outrage has lit up message boards, IGN comments sections, and social media alike. Is this rage justified, or is it simply a knee-jerk overreaction without the benefit of key facts?
This rumor is so 2 weeks ago, why does it keep getting approved?
yea this is really getting old, i doubt M$ is dumb enough to make a console always online... think of all the people who dont have internet!? millions os sales to say goodbye too. Either way, ps4 is where its at this year.
The pros of an always online xbox: Nothing
Cons: Everything
Not going read the stupid article.
The pros listed were either weak or basically not pros at all and the cons are massive.
How about PROS & CONS of North Korea getting nuclear weapons along the same lines as this article?
PRO: Kim Jong Un is not afraid to take risks.
CON: People fear change.
PRO: You won't see the nukes coming.
CON: Death.
PRO: More and more countries are embracing nuclear energy.
CON: Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Chernobyl, Fukushima.
PRO: Kim Jong Un might not nuke us.
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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea says it will enter the Asian Games hosted by South Korea in September, a glimmer of possible rapprochement in what has otherwise been rising animosity between the rivals in recent weeks.
The North's Olympic committee told the Asian Olympic Committee it will soon make the necessary applications, Pyongyang's official Korean Central News Agency said on Friday.
The announcement came a day after the Koreas traded artillery fire in disputed Yellow Sea waters. The artillery shells landed in the water, and South Korea said the North's firing was likely a warning, not an attempted attack.
In January, North Korea said it would take part in men's and women's football but hadn't made clear if it would participate in other events in the games in Incheon, west of Seoul, from Sept. 19-Oct. 4.
Last month, South Korean organizers said they asked the International Olympic Committee to urge North Korea to enter more athletes.
North Korea boycotted the 1986 Asian Games and the 1988 Summer Olympics, both held in Seoul, but the country attended the 2002 Asian Games in the southeastern South Korean city of Busan.
During past periods of warming ties, athletes from the two Koreas marched together at the 2000 Olympics opening ceremony under a "Unified Korea" flag, and did it again at the 2004 Athens Olympics, the 2002 Busan Asian Games and the 2006 Doha Asian Games.
The Korean Peninsula officially remains at war because the 1950-53 Korean War ended with an armistice, not a peace treaty.


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July 13, 2010
When one of our fellow citizens becomes infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) every nine-and-a-half minutes, the epidemic affects all Americans. It has been nearly thirty years since the first cases of HIV garnered the world's attention. Without treatment, the virus slowly debilitates a person's immune system until they succumb to illness. The epidemic has claimed the lives of nearly 600,000 Americans and affects many more.1 Our Nation is at a crossroads. We have the knowledge and tools needed to slow the spread of HIV infection and improve the health of people living with HIV. Despite this potential, however, the public's sense of urgency associated with combating the epidemic appears to be declining. In 1995, 44 percent of the general public indicated that HIV/AIDS was the most urgent health problem facing the Nation, compared to only 6 percent in March 2009.2 While HIV transmission rates have been reduced substantially over time and people with HIV are living longer and more productive lives, approximately 56,000 people become infected each year and more Americans are living with HIV than ever before.3,4 Unless we take bold actions, we face a new era of rising infections, greater challenges in serving people living with HIV, and higher health care costs.5
President Obama committed to developing a National HIV/AIDS Strategy with three primary goals: 1) reducing the number of people who become infected with HIV, 2) increasing access to care and optimizing health outcomes for people living with HIV, and 3) reducing HIV-related health disparities. To accomplish these goals, we must undertake a more coordinated national response to the HIV epidemic. The Strategy is intended to be a concise plan that will identify a set of priorities and strategic action steps tied to measurable outcomes. Accompanying the Strategy is a Federal Implementation Plan that outlines the specific steps to be taken by various Federal agencies to support the high-level priorities outlined in the Strategy. This is an ambitious plan that will challenge us to meet all of the goals that we set. The job, however, does not fall to the Federal Government alone, nor should it. Success will require the commitment of all parts of society, including State, tribal and local governments, businesses, faith communities, philanthropy, the scientific and medical communities, educational institutions, people living with HIV, and others. The vision for the National HIV/AIDS Strategy is simple:
The United States will become a place where new HIV infections are rare and when they do occur, every person, regardless of age, gender, race/ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity or socio-economic circumstance, will have unfettered access to high quality, life-extending care, free from stigma and discrimination.
We must also move away from thinking that one approach to HIV prevention will work, whether it is condoms, pills, or information. Instead, we need to develop, evaluate, and implement effective prevention strategies and combinations of approaches including efforts such as expanded HIV testing (since people who know their status are less likely to transmit HIV), education and support to encourage people to reduce risky behaviors, the strategic use of medications and biomedical interventions (which have allowed us, for example, to nearly eliminate HIV transmission to newborns), the development of vaccines and microbicides, and the expansion of evidence-based mental health and substance abuse prevention and treatment programs. It is essential that all Americans have access to a shared base of factual information about HIV. The Strategy also provides an opportunity for working together to advance a public health approach to sexual health that includes HIV prevention as one component. To successfully reduce the number of new HIV infections, there must be a concerted effort by the public and private sectors, including government at all levels, individuals, and communities, to:
As a result of our ongoing investments in research and years of clinical experience, people living with HIV can enjoy long and healthy lives. To make this a reality for everyone, it is important to get people with HIV into care early after infection to protect their health and reduce their potential of transmitting the virus to others. For these reasons, it is important that all people living with HIV are well supported in a regular system of care. The Affordable Care Act, which will greatly expand access to insurance coverage for people living with HIV, will provide a platform for improvements in health care coverage and quality. High risk pools are available immediately. High risk pools will be established in every state to provide coverage to uninsured people with chronic conditions. In 2014, Medicaid will be expanded to all lower income individuals (below 133% of the Federal poverty level, or about $15,000 for a single individual in 2010) under age 65. Uninsured people with incomes up to 400% of the Federal poverty level (about $43,000 for a single individual in 2010) will have access to Federal tax credits and the opportunity to purchase private insurance coverage through competitive insurance exchanges. New consumer protections will better protect people with private insurance coverage by ending discrimination based on health status and pre-existing conditions. Gaps in essential care and services for people living with HIV will continue to need to be addressed along with the unique biological, psychological, and social effects of living with HIV. Therefore, the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program and other Federal and State HIV-focused programs will continue to be necessary after the law is implemented. Additionally, improving health outcomes requires continued investments in research to develop safer, cheaper, and more effective treatments. Both public and private sector entities must take the following steps to improve service delivery for people living with HIV:
The stigma associated with HIV remains extremely high and fear of discrimination causes some Americans to avoid learning their HIV status, disclosing their status, or accessing medical care.7 Data indicate that HIV disproportionately affects the most vulnerable in our society -- those Americans who have less access to prevention and treatment services and, as a result, often have poorer health outcomes. Further, in some heavily affected communities, HIV may not be viewed as a primary concern, such as in communities experiencing problems with crime, unemployment, lack of housing, and other pressing issues. Therefore, to successfully address HIV, we need more and better community-level approaches that integrate HIV prevention and care with more comprehensive responses to social service needs. Key steps for the public and private sector to take to reduce HIV-related health disparities are:
The Nation can succeed at meeting the President's goals. It will require the Federal Government and State, tribal and local governments, however, to do some things differently. Foremost is the need for an unprecedented commitment to collaboration, efficiency, and innovation. We also must be prepared to adjust course as needed. This Strategy is intended to complement other related efforts across the Administration. For example, the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) has taught us valuable lessons about fighting HIV and scaling up efforts around the world that can be applied to the domestic epidemic. The President's National Drug Control Strategy serves as a blueprint for reducing drug use and its consequences, and the Federal Strategic Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness focuses efforts to reduce homelessness and increase housing security. The White House Office of National AIDS Policy (ONAP) will work collaboratively with the Office of National Drug Control Policy and other White House offices, as well as relevant agencies to further the goals of the Strategy. The Strategy is intended to promote greater investment in HIV/AIDS, but this is not a budget document. Nonetheless, it will inform the Federal budget development process within the context of the fiscal goals that the President has articulated. The United States currently provides more than $19 billion in annual funding for domestic HIV prevention, care, and research, and there are constraints on the magnitude of any potential new investments in the Federal budget. The Strategy should be used to refocus our existing efforts and deliver better results to the American people within current funding levels, as well as to highlight the need for additional investments. Our national progress will require sustaining broader public commitment to HIV, and this calls for more regular communications to ensure transparency about whether we are meeting national goals. Key steps are to:
This Strategy provides a basic framework for moving forward. With government at all levels doing its part, a committed private sector, and leadership from people living with HIV and affected communities, the United States can dramatically reduce HIV transmission and better support people living with HIV and their families.
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This will be where stuff about chemistry goes. Feel free to edit as you like; I'm starting with lists of reagents and glassware that I will be bringing, and will add photos as time goes on.
All images are from Wikipedia and used under the GFDL.
All items are 24/40 standard taper unless otherwise specified. Some items are not glassware, but are used in reaction setups.
Prices are from Sigma-Aldrich's catalogue. In reality these can be had much more cheaply on ebay.
- Liebig condenser, 200mm ($55.10)
- Allihn condenser, 200mm ($172.40)
- 3-neck 500mL round-bottom flask ($94.20)
- 500mL round-bottom flask ($30.70)
- 250mL round-bottom flask ($27.00)
- 100mL round-bottom flask ($23.50)
- 50mL round-bottom flask ($22.90)
- 2x50mL round-bottom flask with distiller arm (not standard taper)
- Addition funnel, 125mL ($113.40)
- Separating funnel, 100mL (not standard taper; use a 1-hole stopper for an adapter) (~$20 from American Science and Surplus)
- Separating funnel, 125mL
- Stillhead adapter ($68.10)
- Vacuum adapter ($47.10)
- Claisen adapter ($56.70)
- 0-360 degree thermometer
- 500mL beaker
- 250mL beaker
- 2x200mL beakers
- 40mL beaker
- 500mL one-arm Erlenmeyer flask (not standard taper)
- 2L one-arm Erlenmeyer flask (not standard taper)
- Buchner funnel
- 100mL graduated cylinder
- 10mL graduated cylinder
- 10mL burette
- Evaporating dish
- Aquarium pump with hoses (attaches to condenser for cooling it down) (~$25 at any aquarium store)
- Test tubes, various sizes, lots of them
- 2 ring stands with clamps
- Hose clamps
- Mortar and pestle
- Fritted funnel
- Repipet
- Millipore 1225 sampling manifold
- 2L reagent bottle with hose barb and hose
- Watch glasses
- 1 gallon methanol
- 1 gallon phosphoric acid
- 1 gallon hydrochloric acid, 12M
- ~1lb potassium hydroxide
- Calcium chloride, anhydrous (drying agent)
- Magnesium sulfate, anhydrous (drying agent)
Things that are broken but could be fixed[edit]
- A 500mL round-bottom longneck distillation flask with the distiller arm broken off. If someone has an acetylene torch, this could be repaired by fusing a glass tube onto it, or the hole could be sealed up and the flask used for a reflux reaction flask.
- A Liebig condenser, not standard taper, with part of the stillhead end in several pieces. Again, fixable with a hot enough torch.
- A vacuum aspirator with a bunch of pipe-fitting adapters. It works, but currently the adapters are on there really tight and I can't get them off. If someone has a plumber's wrench and a bench vise, this is easy to fix.
Workshops we could do[edit]
- Distillation and drying. 99% ethanol is really expensive, but we can make it cheaply with everclear (or cheap vodka) and a little bit of work.
- Liquid-liquid extraction and organic separation -- polar vs. non-polar solvents, how to use them
- Column chromatography
- Steam extraction from organic materials -- make your own essential oils and hydrosols
- Acid/base extraction
- Build a rotary evaporator
- How to set up a reaction under reflux conditions
- Fractional distillation
- Build a fume hood
Things we should have on hand[edit]
There are many reagents which we should have in stock and which can be acquired easily from hardware stores or photography supply stores. Here are some, please add more:
- Acetone (hardware store)
- Xylene (hardware store)
- Toluene (hardware store, though do they sell it in California?)
- 99% isopropyl alcohol (pharmacy)
- Glacial acetic acid (photography supply)
- Dichloromethane (hardware store)
- Denatured alcohol (hardware store)
- Naphtha (hardware store)
- 99% ethanol (can be purchased at places like The Science Shop in San Jose, but is very expensive; cheaper to make our own)
- Silica gel (finer ground than the stuff that comes in packets, but we can grind it up in a mortar)
- Calcium chloride (hardware store, "Damp-Rid")
- Magnesium sulfate, anhydrous (pharmacy; buy Epsom salts and bake them in an oven to dehydrate, then put in a bag and crush into little chunks)
- Astroglide, glycerin/paraben-free (for greasing glass joints)
- Nitric acid, 70% (electronics supply -- used for etching PCBs)


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The Building Services and Grounds divisions are responsible for educating the University faculty, staff and students. Staff attend Freshmen Orientation classes and provide sessions for staff and faculty to share the Two-Part Process the University Recycling Program follows. Other departmental staff assist in teaching faculty, staff and students through the use of videos, displays, oral presentations and brochures/mailings.
Recycling at Murray State is a two-part process: Your Part and Our Part.
Your Part - Source Separation
There are three containers next to most desks at Murray State:
- A blue container for white office paper.
- A red container for mixed office paper.
- A neutral (tan, brown, green, etc.) container for trash.
Your part in this process is source separation. Source separation is the key to Murray State's recycling success. Sorting paper at your desk is a key factor in the success of the University Recycling Program. Placing the cardboard in the bin is done most efficiently, if you break the box(es) down first. If you have numerous boxes to remove, please call the Recycling Line at 809-3183.
Our Part - Maintenance and Distribution
Facilities Management's part of the recycling process consists of building service technicians collecting the recyclable paper, cardboard, plastic and aluminum cans, and placing the materials in separate plastic bags. The bags are then identified with either a blue tag (for white paper) or a red tag (for mixed paper) affixed to it.
The building service technicians carry these identified bags to designated areas on campus. The solid waste handling crew of the Grounds Division then removes the recyclable paper from the dumpster areas and delivers the material to the recycling building. Gaylord boxes are used to keep the various grades of paper separated. When a Gaylord box is filled, it is placed onto an over-the-road trailer.
Cardboard is picked up by the building service technicians and carried outside to the dumpster areas unless it is raining, then the solid-waste handling crew picks up the cardboard the next day. Cardboard is bailed at the Recycling Center and loaded onto the trailer with the paper. When the trailer is completely filled, the load is hauled to various processors in the region.
Aluminum cans are retrieved from vending areas by solid waste personnel also. These cans are placed in separate containers. When filled, these containers are loaded onto a truck and sold to a nearby vendor. Additional items building service technicians collect include magazines, telephone books, textbooks and newspapers. Facilities Finance and Administration personnel receive and submit work orders to initiate action by the Grounds Division staff to fill.
The Office of Environmental Safety and Health is involved with the recycling procedures due to EPA guidelines. Because of the mercury and metals in fluorescent tubes and computer monitors, Murray State recycles them also.
Additional Materials Recycled
Transportation Services is responsible for recycling used motor oil and filters; tires; mineral spirits; antifreeze; batteries (wet); and freon. The division also recycles faculty, staff and students' used motor oil and batteries (wet), when delivered to the shop behind the Department for Facilities Management Complex, 615 Gilbert Graves Drive, Murray, Ky. For more information about recycling used motor oil or batteries (wet), please call 809-4770 during normal week day hours (7 a.m. - 4 p.m.).
Inventory Control
Inventory Control, of Procurement Services, is mainly responsible for the recycling of computer monitors, printers, keyboards, cables, and CPUs. In accordance with EPA guidelines, computer monitors may not be taken to a disposal facility. Therefore, the Grounds Division of Facilities Management works hand-in-hand with Inventory Control to assure that all computer parts are recycled. Inventory Control will pick up used computers and their accessories. For additional information, please call 809-4435 during normal week day hours (8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.).
The Center for Teaching, Learning and Technology (CTLT) and Central Receiving, of Procurement Services, collect and recycle the toner cartridges on campus with the assistance of the University Recycling Program. Personnel in University departments call Central Receiving, at 809-6986 during normal week day hours (8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.), and request a pickup of used toner cartridges. CTLT has supplied Central Receiving with the proper mailing labels and keeps a record of the toner cartridges that are returned to a specific vendor who provides Murray State with technology points for free lap top computers, digital cameras and other technological equipment. The University Recycling Program continually educates and encourages the faculty and staff to recycle toner cartridges.
Bonus Materials
Because Murray and Calloway County community residents support recycling, the University Recycling Program cooperates with them. The Murray City Make-A-Difference Days began in 1996 in an effort to provide local citizens with a place to recycle paper, used motor oil, used eye glasses, aluminum, glass, plastics and food staples. Make-A-Difference Days are held on the Roy Stewart Stadium parking lot on a bi-monthly basis. Murray State receives many books and binders from faculty and students throughout the academic year. Books and binders are also recycled by the university libraries and various departments on campus. The books are offered and delivered to local schools and correctional facilities. The binders have been collected and donated to the Murray Need Line.
Promoting the University Recycling Program is the responsibility of the Grounds and Building Services divisions. This is accomplished through the use of educational media presentations, bi-annual campus-wide surveys, and word of mouth. The Grounds Division personnel set up promotional displays and the proper containers needed at special events. They distribute campus-wide mailings which include surveys and the Recycling Update newsletter. The Building Services Division personnel are in contact with faculty, staff and students daily. The building service technicians have the opportunity to educate and encourage faculty, staff and students on a personal level.
The university also utilizes the Recycling Line (809-3183) as a tool to provide faculty, staff and students with information concerning questions and work orders.
More than 11 million pounds of material have been recycled in the past decade due to the successful efforts of the campus community including faculty, staff and students. The two-part process is just the beginning of what the campus community has contributed to the recycling efforts at Murray State. Building service technicians remove numerous bags of recycled paper from campus buildings after normal work days (Monday-Friday). Many, many departments take the time to recycle their discarded mail, catalogs, file folders, telephone books, and remove staples and paper clips.
Residential colleges cooperate with the two-part process as well. All dorms contain large marked mixed paper recycle containers in the mail rooms and other areas. Small red and blue containers are located in the front lobby for administrative paper recycling. Also, recycling cardboard is encouraged as a means to trim the amount of waste material that is thrown down the trash shoots. An annual event held in August is the Move-In Day Cardboard Collection. This is a united effort of Facilities Management personnel, housing personnel, students and their families. These collection days bring in approximately 7,000 to 10,000 pounds of cardboard that would have occupied landfill space.
The University Recycling Program recognizes outstanding faculty, staff and students for their efforts on campus. Recognition for the enormous efforts made on campus has been delivered in a variety of ways. University personnel and students have been given Environmental Awards for individual efforts made on campus.
"A great team effort" was used to describe Murray State University at the Governor's Awards Luncheon on Oct. 2, 1997. The university was officially recognized for its efforts in energy reduction. "Energy awareness is clearly demonstrated by the involvement of university personnel," said James Bickford, state secretary for Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Cabinet. Murray State staff focused on three areas in which they reduced energy consumption: heating/cooling, elevator drives, and lighting.
The University Recycling Program has saved more than $200,000 in tipping fees in the past decade and was recognized in 2000 with the Who's Who in Recycling Award by James Bickford, state secretary for Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Cabinet.


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