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Our kids have been asking for "cheeseballs" for months. Our middle child is a self-professed "cheeseball", and it's a bit of a joke in our house. A few months back, the kids saw a huge tub of cheeseballs at the store, and as always, I passed them by. It's not something that we buy or feed our kids....until today. It's not a new habit, but I did pick up a container when the kids saw them on our last trip to the store. I decided to incorporate them into this lunch. (Funny enough, although all 3 kids loved them and asked for more, once they were out of sight, none of them have mentioned them since!) This is in the Laptop Lunch box.
- Rice cake "peanut butter sandwiches"
- Vanilla yogurt and raspberry jam with large black grapes
- Tomatoes and homemade Ranch dressing
- The infamous cheeseballs
- I didn't have time to do anything cutesy for the theme, so I just wrote a note on his napkin to tie the theme together.

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text: Its so good and I don't even know why I love it but can't prove it. Its what we've all wanted for years but all we got was anime. I mean we have freaking expresion on the cartoon and the toys. I mean sure I'm a tad bit upset with the mythbusters and their not to cleaverly desguised muttonchops but I still love the design it keeps pulling me in. When I saw the target exclusive shcockwave I cryed a little. I mean why do we like these guys the toys are simple, no detail and yet they pull us in. I guess in short does this show rock, do the toys rock? Myth confirmed


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The dream to replace the notoriously traffic-choked Gowanus Expressway with a tunnel was quietly killed this month when the federal government announced that it was dropping plans to rebuild the highway between Sixth Avenue and the Battery Tunnel or knock it down and burrow it underground.
The Federal Highway Administration released a statement on Nov. 16 proclaiming that plans to replace or tunnel the highway would be killed because of exorbitant costs, and that the existing road would remain for the foreseeable future.
"[The state] is reevaluating its program with emphasis on preserving our existing assets to ensure a continuous system-wide operations," the notice, sent out by Jonathan McDade of the Federal Highway Administration, reads.
The news comes midway through the state Department of Transportation's $680-million "interim" fix of the Gowanus, an 11-year-project to shore up the famously clogged artery, which many residents demanded be replaced with tunnel back in 1996, when the government announced plans to completely rebuild it.
The mammoth repair job was started in 2005 to keep the decrepit, 70-year-old highway intact for the next 15–20 years while the state comes up with a long-term plan for cars headed from the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel to the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge.
Now, those plans are dead, and drivers will have to settle for its laundry list of upgrades which are on pace to be finished by early 2016. They include:
• Installation of a new concrete deck along most of the roadway.
• New lighting on the sections of highway that pass through Red Hook and Sunset Park.
• A wider connector ramp for cars accessing the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway from the Gowanus.
• A high-occupancy vehicle lane between the bridge and the tunnel that will be used for Manhattan-bound traffic from 6 to 10 am and Staten Island-bound traffic from 3 to 7 pm on weekdays.
To make the high-occupancy vehicle happen, the state is building an extra lane at the Prospect Expressway and an elevated span to carry carpoolers over the Belt Parkway interchange — all without shutting the busy Gowanus, which the state says carries 200,000 vehicles a day.
The project's designer said the changes would nevertheless bring the expressway into the 21st century.
"It's still a long ways off," said state Department of Transportation Project Manager Harold Fink. "But when the project is complete, driving on the Gowanus will be very smooth."
That's how master builder Robert Moses envisioned when converted an elevated train to a highway in 1941.
With the construction of his masterpiece, the Verrazano Bridge, the Gowanus, which was widened to six lanes in the 1960s, provided a southern link to Staten Island and New Jersey — but also divided Carroll Gardens from Red Hook, split Sunset Park in two, and displaced a swath of residents in Bay Ridge who lived along Seventh and Eighth avenues, where the approach to the bridge was built.
The highway's concrete deck and steel structure were severely deteriorated by the 1980s, prompting a slew of minor repairs to keep it from falling apart.
The current rehabilitation was considered the last such "interim" repair on the Gowanus before the Department of Transportation would have released a Draft Environmental Impact Statement for a permanent fix. But now, the government won't be conducting that study.Reach reporter Daniel Bush at firstname.lastname@example.com or by calling (718) 260-8310. Follow him at twitter.co
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Speaker: Jim Gray
Affiliation: Microsoft
Date: November 16, 1999 - Tuesday
Time & Location: 4:15PM, B14 Hollister
Title: What Next? A Few Remaining Problems in Information Technology
Babbage's vision of computing has largely been realized. We are on the verge of realizing Bush's Memex. But, we are some distance from passing the Turing Test. These three visions and their associated problems have provided long-range research goals for many of us. For example, the Scaleability problem has motivated me for several decades. This talk defines a set of fundamental research problems that broaden the Babbage, Bush, and Turing visions. They extend Babbage's computational goal to include highly-secure, highly-available, self-programming, self-managing, and self-replicating systems. They extend Bush's Memex vision to include a system that automatically organizes, indexes, digests, evaluates, and summarizes information (as well as a human might). Another group of problems extends Turing's vision to include prosthetic vision, speech, hearing, and other senses. Each problem is simply stated and each is orthogonal from the others, though they share some common core technologies.
Jim is a specialist in database and transaction processing computer systems. At Microsoft his research focuses on scaleable computing: building super-servers and workgroup systems from commodity software and hardware. Prior to joining Microsoft, he worked at Digital, Tandem, IBM and AT&T on database and transaction processing systems including Rdb, ACMS, NonStopSQL, Pathway, System R, SQL/DS, and DB2. He is editor of the Performance Handbook for Database and Transaction Processing Systems, and coauthor of Transaction Processing Concepts and Techniques. He did has PhD dissertation at Berkeley, is a Member of the National Academy of Engineering, Fellow of the ACM, Trustee of the VLDB Foundation, and Editor of the Morgan Kaufmann series on Data Management, a member of the National Research Council's Computer Science and Telecommunications Board, and a member of the President's Information Technology Advisor Committee. He received the 1998 ACM Allan M. Turing Award.


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Stuart Ng and Labyrinth Books did grab some books from us to sell and ship internationally so if you would still like one please visit their sites - But hurry, we gave them a very small amount of books!
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Joe is ecstatic to see them finally arrive!
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Mark Walton, the voice of Rhino! Signing books!
We arrive at Comic Con!
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Joe Moshier and Conduct Happiness!
Steve Anderson Director of Meet the Robinson's throws down his autograph on some books!
This was the line for the Disney Story Process Panel - Unbelievable!
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Last week our dock was still above water, not this week.
These pictures are just down the lake from our cottage. Pretty well every dock is either under water or has been lifted from the water and snow.
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Shelly Frome has always been intrigued by Los Angeles.
"It's an unreal place," he says.
"You see aspirants who can't find Hollywood. There's Melrose and people walking up and down looking for Jay Leno. It's a twilight zone."
And it's where Frome, an emeritus professor of dramatic arts, set his new novel, Tinseltown Riff, published by James A. Rock & Co.
"In L.A., there's an invisible line between illusion and reality," says Frome, "but the people there don't seem to know it. Ben, the book's main character, is a dreamer. He fabricates his own history. He says he's a screen writer, but he's really an animator. He loves old movies. He's 30 years old and lives with his aunt – who really isn't his aunt because he's an orphan. He's going to be kicked out of the house, and hasn't worked for a long time. When he becomes embroiled in a shadowy world, he doesn't know it's a shadowy world. It's typical and atypical at the same time."
All the characters in the book are on the fringe, says Frome.
"Ben is on his last leg, and he has an opportunity to do a screenplay for a female rock star who needs a jumpstart in her career. There's a girl who is following a Hollywood dream who becomes involved in illicit activities, and a tracker from Las Vegas, among others. Everyone is desperate."
Frome says he knew an abandoned studio would have a place in his book.
"I knew the story had to play out in an old studio," he says.
"The characters converge there. A few years ago I took a tour of a studio a few blocks south of Paramount, off the beaten track. All the sets were abandoned – old western sets, sets for science fiction movies. Fake villas. They now rent it out for TV cop shows. The studio seemed to cry out to me to bring it back to life, so I did that in the book."
Frome says his views about L.A. are validated whenever he visits.
"Last summer I was there doing interviews for a book on screenwriting and film," he says.
"I stayed at the Avalon Hotel. Marilyn Monroe used to hang out there. The first person behind the hotel desk said to me, 'Hey man, I'm really a screenwriter.' The second person I spoke to said, 'My girlfriend is a screenwriter, and I'm here temporarily.' More illusion. When we went to dinner, the girl who waited on us said, 'I look like a waitress, but I'm really an actress.'"
Frome says he was compelled to write the book. He recalls the advice of a teacher: "'The best way to write is to try not to write,' he said. 'Then, if you wake up in the middle of the night and can't stand it any more, maybe there's something there worth expressing.'
"I thought it would be interesting to go on this journey with Ben," Frome adds.
"I was trying to see if there was truly a line between illusion and reality in Tinseltown. Moreover, if I really put him in danger, would there be a point when Ben would be pushed to the limit and discover what really matters in this life?"
Tinseltown Riff, which has just been published, received advance praise from such notables as Academy Award nominee and Edgar winner Donald Westlake.
A nonfiction book by Frome on screenwriting and film will be published in the fall.
His other works include novels Lilac Moon and Sundance for Andy Horn, and a non-fiction book, The Actors Studio: A History.


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As Zab Judah (40-6, 27 KOs) closes in on the final weeks of preparation for an upcoming IBF Junior Welterweight Championship Fight against Kaizer Mabuza (23-6-1, 14 KOs), he hopes that a new addition to his camp will help him secure the currently vacant title on March 5th. Now working alongside Judah is seven-time world champion Pernell Whitaker, who sat in with the media on a conference call to discuss his relationship with the WBO NABO Junior Welterweight Champion.
"It's been a phenomenal four weeks so far with Zab," Whitaker reflected. "He's been looking me right in the eye cause he wants to know these things. He wants to get it down right. So now I'm gonna put all those things together - the finesse, the speed and the power that he does have. I want to put all three of those things together into one and let him work it out March 5th. What you're gonna get this time is some good boxing, some great defense and a good jab."
This union marks the first time that this duo has worked together exclusively, and Whitaker says that he sees a newer version of Judah in training.
"You can't even imagine the feelings I am having right now about this kid," he stated. "He's like a student all over again. It's like re-teaching the guy some of the best things about himself. Nobody probably knows better than me, other than his father, about his fight game. It's been easy for me to give him the transformation to do all the things I know he can do very well, and to please the crowd."
Whitaker feels Judah is much more focused now at the age of 33-years-old than he was earlier in his career, and that determination is something he has been looking to capitalize upon in the preparation for Mabuza.
"Zab had a different mentality," Whitaker confirmed. "It's not Zab's style being a knock out artist and trying to prove that he could punch. He's a finesse fighter. He has probably the quickest hands in the sport, and he has power. So he has to let all those things come together."
Obviously an extremely accomplished fighter when he used to lace up his boots himself, Whitaker feels he has the exact knowledge that can bring Judah to the top of his game.
"I'm a scientist now," he commented. "I'm not a boxer, but I was a legend. I wasn't just a boxer. I knew the game from A to Z. You can come to me with your opinion, but I know the facts. So what I'm doing with this young man is giving him the facts. If I think something don't work, we won't do it. I don't take no risks. There's no carelessness."
And while he applies his personal experience in training, Whitaker says he feels it is very important to strictly use what works best for Judah himself.
"I don't train guys to be like me. I help guys to do the things that work for them," he said. "If I can teach you how to hit and not get hit, then that's a blessing for you. Zab has the same abilities that I have, but Zab still has to put it together and do it the way that Zab knows how to do it."
This championship bout is slated to be a 12-round affair, and Whitaker is making sure Judah is ready to go the distance if necessary.
"If the fight is scheduled 12 rounds, we're prepared to go 12 rounds," he remarked. "My job is to make sure he's ready to give you people 12 solid rounds. If anything less happens, that's just a tribute to his hard work."
This championship fight will mark the inaugural event at the AmeriHealth Pavilion, which is located inside Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. The co-feature event on this card features undefeated former U.S. Olympian Sadam Ali (11-0, 6 KOs), who will face Juliano Ramos (16-4, 13 KOs).


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"Once More into the Cuisinart, Dear Friends"
When last we left James Bond, newly double-0'd agent On Her Majesty's Secret Service, he was nursing a broken heart and the betrayal by his lover, by the one way that he knew to ease the pain--shooting someone in the leg with an assault rifle.
After the success of Casino Royale, the last complete James Bond novel not to be given an "official" film version, and the revival of the franchise with the casting of Daniel Craig, one had to wonder what the producers would do for an encore.
Or a sequel. Quantum of Solace* takes place 30 minutes after the ending of Casino Royale, (in mid-car-chase) with Bond going "rogue" and seeking revenge.** It's the first "true" sequel in the Bond series--all of them previously being stand-alone stories, where for budgetary or scheduling reasons, the secondary characters --like CIA agent Felix Leiter--would be played by different people from movie to movie.
Here, things are consistent: Jeffrey Wright again plays Leiter, Giancarlo Giannini returns as Rene Mathis as does Judi Dench as "M." And the mysterious Mr. White (Jesper Christensen), behind so much of Bond's troubles last film is in the rather bumpy custody of MI6, where he drops the news that there's a world-wide criminal organization that the Brits aren't even aware of, presumably the one financing the bombing of the Skyway jet, the funding of "freedom fighters," and high stakes poker games from the last film. Apparently these activities are so "under the radar" that the world's network of spies--and in this film even Bolivia has a Secret Service--hasn't noticed. But that is just a wild goose chase to Bond achieving that quantum of solace about the events of Casino Royale.
One could go on and on with the trivial aspects of QOS, but in broad strokes, one can answer the entreaties of those who couldn't wait for the next installment last time. No, it isn't as good as the last one; Casino Royale was one of the best film in the series (this is No. 22 of the "official" Bond films), even after the perspective of a couple years.
Does Bond find out the answers to the questions he's seeking? Yeah, for all the good it does us. We spend 95% going down a blind alley--at 90 miles an hour, with a shaking camera pointed aimlessly and an average edit length of half a second. More on that in a moment.
Does Daniel Craig take off his shirt? Yes, all too briefly for some, I'm sure.
The dialog is crisp and also very, very brief. The acting is uniformly good, with particular mention of Craig, Dench, and Giannini. Even the "Bond girls," traditionally where the Bond films fall down in the presentation category, can act: former model Olga Kurylenko is quite good, using a cat-walk scowl as the basis of her performance; and Gemma Arterton is pert, spunky...and sadly disposable. Mathieu Amalric--so good in The Diving Bell and the Butterfly--makes the most of his reptilian looks, as a sort of bug-eyed Roman Polanski.***
All well and good. The film feels like a less goofy version of the Roger Moore Bonds where outlandishness is the order of the day, but without the obvious winking. There are some lighter moments (and Craig makes the most of them) but most of it is played with deadly earnest. One expects to get lost in some details along the way by the orange light of the explosions. Indeed, two of the major players in this film are brought up and never mentioned again.****
But there is a major problem with Quantum... which dims the viewing experience, that being the slap-dash way that director Marc Forster and his second unit director Dan Bradley (who stunt coordinated the "Bourne" and last couple "Spiderman" movies) have staged and assembled the action sequences--and there are a lot of them--on land, sea, air, and fire, by foot and all manner of motorized vehicles. These sequences are nearly incomprehensible, with a rapid pace that does not allow the distinguishing of any participant or the context in which they're being done. A good action director allows the time to register surroundings and environment, and provides the context of relationship--who's doing what to whom and where. It's that information that provides suspense. Without that information, it's just fleeting images that don't add up—in other words, a trailer. What Forster and Bradley may be trying to do is put the audience in the same dizzying, disoriented position as Bond, but even then, there are times when there isn't enough context to inspire alarm. At one point, in one of the hand to hand fights it becomes apparent that, suddenly, one of the combatants has acquired an axe. There was just enough time for me to register that perhaps the film would be better if it were edited with that. The shame is that a lot of work went into these sequences--QOS is the most expensive Bond film while simultaneously being the shortest--and a couple of marvelous shots that literally tumble along with Bond merely disorient, rather than thrill, as you're not allowed to see the original position from where these shots start. At the end of it all, you're left with a battered Bond but absolutely no idea how he got that way.
This is a major mis-step. These are suspense films, after all. But in pushing the envelope of how fast to take these action sequences, post-Bourne, the film-makers have reached the point where they are no longer telling a story, no longer communicating with the audience, at which point they've failed in their own mission.
I'm not even sure what is to be gained by seeing Quantum of Solace in a theater, even in the back row. The best way to get anything out of the action is to watch it at a slower speed on DVD.
Hence, "Quantum of Solace" is a Rental.
Two of examples of the subliminal editing style of Quantum of Solace.
* The name is taken from a Fleming Bond short story in which Bond merely sits and listens to a tale of a marriage turned ruinous, and a "quantum of solace" is the smallest particle of comfort one can derive to keep it going. The only Bond titles left to be used are "Risico," "The Property of a Lady," "The Hildebrand Rarity," and "James Bond in New York," none of which is a "grabber" of a title, or would make a good song. But then, who thought you could do anything with Thunderball? Passing a reader-board for another theater en route to the Cinerama, it read simply "007."
** "What, he's gone 'rogue' again?" is what a friend said after seeing the trailer. Bond had already done something similar in the Timothy Dalton-starring Licence To Kill, which combined equal parts "Miami Vice," Yojimbo, and elements of the Fleming novel, "Live and Let Die."'
*** Director Marc Forster used directors Guillermo del Toro and Robert Rodriguez as voice-actors on this film, and the "director" connection applies to a henchman called "Elvis" who reminds one of Quentin Tarentino. What with the "colorful" names of the villains, ala Resevoir Dogs and the producers' history with QT--he famously announced that he wanted to make "Casino Royale" with Pierce Brosnan and griped about not getting the chance--it wouldn't be too far afield to think he was being tweaked.
**** I've since been told by one of the "Opening Night Regulars" I see the Bond's with, that a sequence resolving their stories (all one minute of it) was left on the cutting room floor, giving the producers a chance to start afresh next film, rather than continue with yet another sequel.


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An interview with Kendall Bennett, CEO and Co-Founder of AMain.com
From RC Driver Issue: 133
If you are a racer your ultimate goal is to make the A Main week in and week out, to be with the top, fastest, most consistent racers. Simply put, to be among the best of the best. When Kendall Bennett began his online radio control hobby shop a decade or so ago he had one goal in mind, to be the best in providing his customers with phenomenal service and selection at a great price. The name he chose for this company is A Main Hobbies. Now known as AMain.com, his company has grown exponentially over the past several years to the point that there are close to 100 employees working at several locations to serve loyal customers. Recently I was lucky enough to bend Kendall's ear for a bit to find out exactly how AMain.com got started, what they are up to today and where he sees this great hobby and AMain.com headed in the future.
RC Driver: Hi Kendall. Thanks for taking the time to sit down and chat with us.
Kendall Bennett: No problem, thanks for having me.
RCD: Before you became involved with all things radio controlled, what were you up to?
KB: I first got involved in RC when I was 10, flying planes. So before that I was just a little kid. Before being involved in the RC business, I went to school and did computer science. After I got my honors degree in computer science I started a software company that developed graphics device drivers that was popular with computer game developers.
RCD: What was your first hobby level radio control vehicle and were you immediately hooked?
KB: My first hobby level radio control car was the Mugen Bulldog back in 1985—I drove it mostly in the street with a buddy of mine. I was really into RC airplanes when I was younger. My first radio-controlled product was actually an RC airplane for my birthday back in 1980. I loved flying and from about 1980 to 1985 that is all I did.
RCD: So when did you get the idea to open AMain.com?
KB: It was probably in early 2004 when we were selling products on eBay under a different name. At the time, we were parting out kits to make money. We had the concept of building an e-commerce website and selling other RC products and brands instead of using eBay. Our intention was to build a software package that we could sell to other businesses. A Main Hobbies was originally intended to be an incubator project to develop that software, but it took off for us on its own, and as they say, the rest is history.
RCD: Did you ever envision that AMain. com would grow to such proportions?
KB: No, not at all. It was a side project for me and we always had plans to sell the software as the primary business objective. As it started to grow, I realized the company's potential. Once things started to take off and we moved out of our garage and into a commercial building, I knew that we could grow exponentially. Although we have changed locations a few times and continued to hire new employees, in reality we don't feel that big. Kelly (Kendall's wife and co-founder) and I are still very hands-on and it's very important for us to stay connected and committed to the industries and communities that support us. Kelly and I continue to guide the company with our customers and employees in mind.
RCD: Going from a home business to an operation with 100 or so employees is no easy task. What were some of the growing pains and how did you deal with them?
KB: Our first major growing pain was when we grew so big that we were no longer able to communicate with all of our employees directly. In the early days it was very easy to communicate with everyone when we only had 10 employees. It was also easy for people to understand who we were and what we were about in regards to A Main and our core values. If you're not directly communicating with someone, the message can easily get messed up in the translation. When we hit about 40 employees is when things really changed. Since we had grown so fast, I could no longer be involved with everyone. At this point we really had to put in some management structure. Kelly and I had to be comfortable delegating work to others. It also took some time getting used to trusting others when you don't see everyone on a daily basis. That's why it was so important for us to formalize our core values and share them with our entire team. We had to really define what it means to be A Main and for our employees to understand it and live it.
RCD: The product line ProTek and AMain.com go hand and hand. When did you get the idea to start your own brand of products and accessories and did you expect the product line to be so expansive?
KB: We actually started doing our own line of products very early on in 2006. It wasn't actually ProTek at the time; they were all under A Main Hobbies. Our first products were a complete line of bearings. We added screws, nuts, bolts and Lithium-polymer helicopter batteries when we moved everything under ProTek R/C. I knew the product line could do well for us, but it has become more successful than we originally anticipated.
RCD: Tell me about your tracks, Outback Raceway and Silver Dollar RC Raceway.
KB: Our indoor track, Outback Raceway, started life as a carpet track. It was back in 2007, when I was really into on-road racing and I was sick of traveling all over to various tracks. We ran the on-road track for a few years until the "speed control wars" killed on-road racing. You had to have the latest speed control with timing advance, otherwise you were getting smoked. We ripped out the carpet and put in dirt and started racing off-road. Over the years, Outback Raceway has grown into one of the premiere indoor off-road racetracks on the west coast. With Silver Dollar RC Raceway, we wanted to create a world-class facility to host national and world championship level nitro off-road events. We also wanted to provide local racers with a great place to club race. We put a lot of time and effort into every detail at Silver Dollar and believe it's one of the best facilities in the world.
RCD: Recently Silver Dollar RC Raceway hosted the IFMAR World Championships. How was the experience?
KB: It was very eye opening and we learned a lot. We figured out some things about attracting spectators and what they like and don't like. To be frank, spectators don't like our current racing format. During IFMAR qualifying a number of spectators left because they didn't understand what was going on. Because of the pending rain on Sunday, we had to move the last qualifier for 4WD to Saturday night so we could finish earlier on Sunday. Since all the qualifying was over Saturday night, we asked IFMAR if they would let us run a dash for cash heads-up with the top drivers who were interested, and they obliged. We put on the heads-up race with the qualifying order reversed―no turn marshals, and if you crashed you were out! The spectators loved it and cheered during the entire race because they understood what was going on. We also learned a lot about managing our team and managing the event. The World Championships took a lot more manpower and hours to manage than we had anticipated, and it took a lot of work and a huge team effort to fix the track after it had rained twice. I am happy we managed to pull it off and put on an awesome race for both spectators and racers alike.
RCD: AMain.com has gone through a bit of a metamorphosis. Can you elaborate on the change from A Main Hobbies to AMain.com – Performance Sports & Hobbies?
KB: As far as the name goes, we realized quite a while ago that our customers referred to us as AMain and they often dropped "hobbies" when talking about us. When we started looking at carrying other products it became clear that we should change our name to something that can mean something to more than just the hard core RC car enthusiast. We originally tried to find a totally new name, but once I discovered the AMain.com domain name was available, we finally settled on shortening the domain name and changing our tag line to 'AMain.com Performance Hobbies. This fits really well I think, because racing RC cars or flying RC helicopters and airplanes is more than just a hobby; it is very performance oriented. We are still using that name today for our brickand- mortar retail hobby shop. Later on, as we looked at new potential categories to get into, we eventually settled on bicycles. Riding bicycles is more of a sport than a hobby, but it is a little of both depending on the target customer. So we then decided to extend the tag line for the website to be 'AMain.com Performance Sports & Hobbies', which still fits really well for the RC enthusiast as there have been many discussions over the years about whether the RC hobby is really a hobby or sport. Now it can be both, depending on your perspective. Some of the most recognizable changes recently are related to our website. During the past year we have made more changes than we had since our inception in 2004 and we know that some in the radio control community have had an adverse reaction to them. I do want to take the opportunity to thank our customers for their patience, support and feedback since our new site launched. We do listen and all of our executives here regularly read and respond to customer suggestions personally. After our launch we spent a lot of time going back to modify and fine-tune the features and functionality of our website based on the recommendations we received from customers and we are thankful to those who spent the time to work with us. Meeting the needs and expectations of our customers and building a trusting relationship with them is one of our core values. That has been the backbone of our company and the reason we were able to succeed and grow the way we have. We have not forgotten that. There will be more changes based on our customers' feedback, which we believe will improve the online experience and add benefits and value to those who love RC.
RCD: So when we talk about bicycles, I assume we are not talking about Huffy, but high-end bikes and accessories.
KB: Yes (laughs), we expect to sell a lot of high-end bicycles and high-end accessories because our target customer is the dedicated cyclist who is knowledgeable, knows what they want and is comfortable shopping online. We assume that the high-end cyclist will be shopping online because they are more technically savvy and know exactly what they want, as opposed to the new cyclist on a budget looking for a cruiser or commuter bike. That customer, we feel, is probably not shopping online and is better served with advice and help at a local brick and mortar bike shop. I also truly believe a new RC hobbyist is very similar and is often better-suited buying their first RC car or plane at a local hobby shop, so they can get help and have their questions answered.
RCD: How much crossover is there between Cyclesport and AMain.com?
KB: There is very little crossover between the two stores, but with the growth and exposure of Multi-Rotor or "Drones" we do see a lot of interest in both locations. We also recently added a radio control skateboard that is exciting to bike and RC customers alike. As I mentioned before however, between the customers of the local store and online we do not expect that the online website will do nearly as well selling entry level bicycles and cruisers, which is something Cyclesport does really well. We are expanding the Cyclesport shop to carry more of the higher end cycling products and bicycles, but expect that those brands will be the bread and butter of the online business.
RCD: Have you ever thought of turning AMain into a chain and opening up brickand- mortar locations from coast to coast?
KB: No comment. (Smiles)
RCD: You've been involved with this hobby for 10 years now and have seen hot items and fads come and go. What do you predict to be the next big thing in the entire RC community in the surface category and beyond and for AMain.com?
KB: I wish I could predict that, as I could probably retire early! In all honesty, I knew electric would come back, but I am surprised that short course has dropped off as much as it has. I also expected that short course buggies would take off, but they never really did. I wish I had predicted a couple of years ago how red hot the RC multi-rotor and drone category has become, as that is probably the hottest segment for us right now in terms of growth.
RCD: Thanks for everything and best of luck in all of your future endeavors.
KB: Thanks, no problem.
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FDI rises 25% to six-month high of $2.32 bn in April
Foreign direct investment into India increased 25% year-on-year to $2.32 billion in April, the highest level in the past six months. In September, 2012, foreign inflows were $4.67 billion, according to data from the DIPP.business Updated: Jul 14, 2013 11:12 IST
Foreign direct investment (FDI) into India increased 25% year-on-year to $2.32 billion in April, the highest level in the past six months.
In April 2012, the country had received FDI worth $1.85 billion, according to data from the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP).
In September, 2012, foreign inflows were $4.67 billion.
The sectors that received large FDI inflows during the month include hotel and tourism ($2.32 billion), pharmaceuticals ($987 million), services ($238 million), chemicals ($51 million) and construction ($32 million), according to the data.
The most FDI in April came from Singapore ($1.29 billion), followed by Mauritius ($355 million), the Netherlands ($173 million) and the US ($149 million).
According to an official, steps taken by the government are helping to boost FDI flows.
Since September, several reform initiatives have been taken, including liberalising FDI norms in civil aviation, retail and power exchanges.
FDI inflows in 2012-13 aggregated $22.42 billion, a decline from $36.50 billion in 2011-12.
Commerce and industry minister Anand Sharma and finance minister P Chidambaram travelled to the US in the past week to pitch for investments.
Following the decisions taken in September, the government is also expected to further liberalise the FDI regime in sectors such as telecom and defence.
The finance ministry has proposed changes in FDI caps for sectors, including tea, media, petroleum and natural gas.
India needs about $1 trillion from 2012-13 to 2016-17 to fund infrastructure such as ports, airports and highways to boost growth.
An increase in FDI will help support the rupee, which depreciated to a record low of 61.21 against the US dollar on July 8.
First Published: Jul 14, 2013 11:08 IST


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3 weeks of a different routine. Consisting of 10 days in a different community, 4 days at my parent's and a week back at the woods but having lots of appointments.
Two new guests come tomorrow. So we go from this week 4 adults and 3 kids to 7 adults and 3 kids. Stress.
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Character History
Season 11In Spring Fever, she makes her first appearance as the model for Holly J.'s art class, where Fiona takes an interest in her.
After the art class, Fiona strikes up a conversation with Charlie about her scooter, and they make plans to ride their scooters together.
The next day, Fiona admits she lied about being interested in scooters to impress Charlie.
After Fiona confesses her sexuality to her, Charlie tells her she is a lesbian as well. When they run into each other later, Charlie gives Fiona a ride on her scooter as Fiona had never ridden one before.
Fiona is inspired by Charlie to buy a scooter and get her license, and reveals to Holly J. that she is coming over to sketch later at her place.When Charlie arrives, she models for Fiona, who in turn, puts on a bikini for Charlie to sketch her. Charlie calls her "one of the most beautiful things in the world" and they begin to make out before Fiona pulls away, looking umcomfortable.
The following day, Fiona and Charlie decide they were going too fast and decide to stay friends first above anything.
In Cry Me A River (1), Fiona is short an art credit and is placed in 11th grade Drama class. Fiona is left with no group and excuses herself from class.
Fiona goes to see Holly J. getting ready to have her graduation photos taken and talks to her about her woes of not being able to make friends easily. Holly J. suggests spending time with Charlie so, Fiona goes to Charlie's job to have lunch with her where she sees that Charlie's friend was also there and invites her to eat with them.
Later, Fiona takes Charlie back to her house when her mom comes home early and yells at Fiona for skipping school.
Charlie leaves and Fiona tells her mom about how she feels lonely now that she has to be in 11th grade classes and promises to not skip class again.
The next day, Fiona is about to leave for school and is trying to get a hold of Charlie on the phone to apologize for her mom telling Charlie to leave but she won't answer and Fiona is scared that Charlie's mad at her.
In Cry Me A River (2), Fiona tells Holly J. about what happened the day before when she skipped school to hang out with Charlie. She worries about the fact that Charlie isn't calling her back and leaves to go talk to her in person. She shows up and watches Charlie argue with her friend. The fight ends when the girl hugs Charlie close,leaving Fiona disappointed.
Fiona goes to talk to Charlie. Attempting to make her feel better, she irriatates Charlie, who tells Fiona to go back to school. Fiona tells Holly J. what happened.
In drama, Eli begs Fiona to convince everyone not to make a play based on a TV show. Fiona is made director and Eli the writer. After talking to Eli, Charlie shows up and apologizes to Fiona for snapping.
Charlie reveals that her ex kicked her out of their apartment, which is why she was in a bad mood, but she doesn't want to talk about it. Fiona tells her that she was made director and they go to hang out. Fiona has Charlie move in with her.
In Paper Planes (1), Fiona wakes up to find that Charlie is already up, dressed and has gone for a coffee run. Fiona hands Charlie her key.
Charlie reveals that she has early morning classes, works in the afternoon and then volunteers at a homeless shelter.
To Fiona's immediate dismay, Charlie also has a cat which she brings in. Then, they play with cat. Fiona comes to talk to Holly J. about Charlie. Holly J. is shocked to find out that Fiona never told her mother about Charlie moving in.
Fiona blows it off, figuring that when Mrs. Coyne sees how happy Fiona is that she won't kick Charlie out. Eli talks to Fiona about the play, and she explains that she has an allergy to Charlie's cat.
Eli thinks the bites are something more and jumps away from Fiona when it's revealed she has bedbugs.
Fiona has an exterminator come over,who confirms that she has bedbugs. She realizes that Charlie brought them with her. When Charlie comes home, they argue over the fact that Fiona assumed Charlie brought them with her,because of all the places she's been.
Fiona and Charlie patch things up and talk about their lives. Fiona's mother reveals she brought the bedbugs.
In Paper Planes (2), Fiona and Charlie patch things up after the bedbug incident. Charlie suggests they celebrate their first night bedbeg free with champagne. Not having told Charlie she's a recovering alcoholic, Fiona is slightly uneasy.
Noticing Fiona's reaction, Charlie's thinks she's never tried it, but Fiona says it's because she likes her so much and doesn't want to mess anything up. Charlie reveals that she's falling for Fiona also, and they share a kiss.
While in drama class, Eli takes notice in how Fiona is glowing and she says that she had an intimate moment with Charlie, and hasn't told her she's a recovering alcoholic. Eli advises that she tell her and that if she really likes her, she'll deal.
Later at her condo, Fiona walks in on Charlie preparing dinner,and she pours the two a glass of champagne.
Fiona reveals to Charlie that she was once an alcoholic and went to rehab for help, but she has control. Feeling anxious, Fiona runs to call her mom and later tells Charlie her therapist says she's not ready to be around alcohol.
Charlie seems willing to give it up, but is disappointed that Fiona waited until she moved in to tell her. Fiona says she doesn't have to do anything, but the fact she waited so long proved she isn't ready to be in a relationship.
Charlie asks if she'll be moving out and moving back in with her mother. Fiona apologizes and says she really wanted them to work. She asks Charlie if she's okay and she responds by saying she's a big girl.
In Take a Bow (1), Fiona is out with Anya and Holly J. and runs into Charlie, who invites her to her art show. Holly J. and Anya turn out to have dates for prom, leaving Fiona alone. Fiona meets Eli at his locker and asks him to prom, which he turns down as he is a server.
Eli encourages her to ask Charlie to go with her. Fiona meets Charlie at her art studio and startles her. They discuss their breakup and Fiona offers to take care of Mr. Tuxedo-Pants.
In return, Charlie says she'll go to prom with Fiona. Holly J. meets Fiona at her house, as Fiona cleans (her mom is coming the next day) she tells her she is going to Prom with Charlie. Fiona reassures Holly J. that everything is ok. At Charlie's art show, Charlie shows Fiona the portrait she did of her. Charlie goes to seal a deal and Fiona decides to buy the painting.
Charlie introduces Fiona to her girlfriend Meredith, to Fiona's shock and disappointment. Fiona takes a drink. Charlie calls Fiona. She lets the cat leave, and drinks some more.
In Take a Bow (2), Fiona tells that Charlie that she will help found Mr. Tuxedo, however, Charlie tells her that he was already found.
As they are looking at Fiona's painting, Fiona tells her that she will go to rehab instead of prom.
- She has a cat named Mr. Tuxedo Pants.
- She is one of four models in the Degrassi Franchise (first figure model). The other three are Simon, Terri and Mia.
- She works in a scooter store, Motoretta, which is located across the street from the Dot.
- She owns an electric scooter.
- Every time something goes wrong in Charlie's life, her mother expects her to come running to her door.
- She is an artist.
- She is the second female to be named Charlie on the series. The first was Matt Oleander's ex-girlfriend Charlie.
- Although she has a girlfriend after breaking up with Fiona, both still showed mutual feelings for each other, though Fiona's feelings for her may have faded after she and Imogen began dating.
- Her name, Charlie Lima, if reversed, spells Lima Charlie, a military alphonetic term for "loud and clear."
- Main article: Fiona-Charlie Relationship
- Fiona Coyne
- Start Up: Paper Planes (2) (1111)
- Broke Up: Paper Planes (2) (1111)
- Reason: After becoming anxious around champagne, Fiona realized she wasn't ready to be in a relationship yet.
- Meredith
- Start Up: Sometime between Paper Planes (2) and Take a Bow (1)


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So what are "Friendly Numbers"? They are the numbers that go together to make up 10. Sounds easy enough doesn't it? Unless you're just starting to learn maths...
Then it can apparently be quite difficult! This is something that I want to help Ziggy learn/revise so she can increase her confidence when studying maths. And, after spending *way* too much time putting together these sheets, I thought I might save someone some time and put up mine.
I think the idea is to print out each "frame" of 10 squares and laminate it. And then they can be used as flash-cards or maybe as a memory type game or anything to which you set your mind.
So, as you can see from the images below, 9 and 1 are friendly; 8 and 2 are friendly; etc.
Here's a blank board in case you want to use pebbles or shells or whatever you can imagine to play a different game.
Finally, I created a poster based on something I heard was on Pinterest (sorry to original poster, I tried searching for an original source using google images, but couldn't find it).
PS- If you choose to download, please let me know: I'd love to find out if anyone ever ends up here :)
Friday, July 26, 2013
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By Emily Leventhal
Volunteering has been a part of Washington and Lee University junior Joni Deutsch's life since she was a little kid. She used to tag along with her mother to read to children at a transitional shelter and their local library, where she also participated in summer programs. Now, the English major encourages young readers in Rockbridge County as co-chair of First Book and vice president of philanthropy for the Pi Beta Phi sorority.
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Old rules: derivative contracts: basic rules pre FA 2004: which authorised method?
Which authorised method?
This guidance applies to periods of account beginning before 1 January 2005
FA02/SCH26/PARA18(1) sets out the general rule that the paragraph has effect for deciding which of the methods authorised by FA02/SCH26/PARA17 is to be used.
Different methods may be used for different derivative contracts - for example, financial traders may use mark to market on their dealing accounts, but accruals on their hedging transactions.
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Taxable Person: joint ventures
Strathearn Gordon Associates Ltd (VTD 1884)
Keydon Estates (VTD 4471)
Fivegrange Ltd (VTD 5338)
Latchmere Properties Ltd (Ch D [2005] STC 731)
The basic principles of this subject area are outlined in VTAXPER and this paragraph will confine itself to the land and property considerations.
One particular area that has posed frequent problems is where two or more parties come together to refurbish a property with an intention to sell it. In such cases, the key point to establish is whether the parties are genuinely involved in a 'joint' venture, or whether, in actual fact, one venturer is simply providing services to another.
The terms 'joint venture' and 'consortium' are not defined in law. There are, however, a number of characteristics that we would consider to be indicative of this type of association:
- the venturers agree to act in unison;
- they fulfil agreed obligations and contribute resources, which are later correspondingly reflected in the level of benefit which they receive when the profits of the venture are shared;
- although the profits may not be shared equally, the co-venturers are equal in the sense that no one venturer has control over another.
The advantage to the parties in claiming that their arrangement is a joint venture is that they could then treat their "share of profits" arising from the exempt sale of the refurbished property as outside the scope of VAT by virtue of the joint venture. In contrast, where only one party owns the property and a supply of services is provided by the refurbishing or developing company to the property owner, those services will be standard rated and thus create sticking tax for the property owner making an exempt supply of the property.
You will need to examine the contracts between the parties to establish who is doing what, and for whom.
The treatment of joint ventures engaged in property development has been considered in a number of Tribunal cases. In each of the cases described below, the Tribunal's decision turned on the key issue of who held the interest in land; a partnership cannot exist where the property in question is owned by only one of the parties.
Strathearn Gordon Associates Ltd (VTD 1884)
In Strathearn Gordon Associates Ltd (VTD 1884) the appeal concerned a company who entered into a number of property development ventures with overseas companies. In all of these, Strathearn supervised the development and provided the management skills, whilst the other venturer provided the funding. Strathearn charged the overseas venturer a management fee, based upon a percentage of the profits of the venture.
The Commissioners ruled that the fees were consideration for a supply of services, but the Appellant contended these fees represented an outside-the-scope profit share.
In dismissing the appeal the Tribunal concluded that two parties could not enter into an agreement to carry on business together when the property in question remained at all times the property of only one of them:
'In our judgement the mere fact that remuneration for services rendered was measured by the share in profits does not convert into the partnership agreements which are in their essence agreements for the supply of services.'
The 'profit share' was thus actually consideration for the service of supervising the modernising, repair and decoration of the property.
Keydon Estates (VTD 4471)
In Keydon Estates (VTD 4471), the appellant negotiated the purchase of a plot of land on behalf of London and Overseas Land PLC (LOL). It also obtained planning permission and arranged with the sitting tenants for vacant possession. LOL later paid the sum of £125,000 to Keydon Estates.
The Commissioners ruled that the sum received was consideration for services supplied to LOL and was taxable at the standard rate, but the Appellant contended that this sum represented the share of profits paid under a partnership.
The Tribunal concluded in dismissing the appeal that a partnership did not exist and that Keydon had supplied services to the other company in return for an expected share in the profits of the venture:
'It is evident that the Appellant Company had no legal or equitable interest in the land and that the decision to sell the land was entirely that of LOL.'
Fivegrange Ltd (VTD 5338)
In Fivegrange Ltd (VTD 5338), the appellant identified a property which was suitable for redevelopment. It did not purchase the property, but negotiated with another company Crofthaven Properties (CP), who were able to provide the necessary finance.
Two agreements were entered into by the companies.
The first agreement stipulated that Fivegrange would act as a property consultant to CP. A set annual fee, subject to VAT, was payable for these services.
The second agreement referred to the joint venture aspect. It stated that the two companies were engaged in a 'joint venture' by way of redeveloping the property. However the joint venture would be in the name of Crofthaven and controlled by the board of directors of Crofthaven, which was able to put together the funds for the venture. The agreement was at great pains to stress that no other partnership existed, and that the venturers could not sue each other for negligence. The net profits were to be divided between the two companies, 95 per cent to Crofthaven and 5 per cent to Fivegrange.
VAT was not declared on the 5 per cent to Fivegrange. The Commissioners asserted that the money was consideration for the supply of services to Crofthaven and taxable at the standard rate, but the Appellants contended that this money was the share of profits from a joint venture and outside the scope of UK VAT.
In dismissing the appeal the tribunal concluded:
'The agreement under which Fivegrange Ltd was to be paid 5 per cent of the profits of the Leicester Square project expressly stated in paragraph 8 that Fivegrange Ltd was not to be a partner of Crofthaven. That this was the intention of the parties seems to me to be confirmed by the fact that Fivegrange Ltd was at no risk if the result of the project was that a loss was made. Equally it was clear that Crofthaven paid for and owned the property, and Fivegrange was not a joint owner. The joint venture was to be carried on through and in the name of Crofthaven and to be managed and controlled through the medium of the board of directors of Crofthaven. Crofthaven was, therefore, to be solely responsible for the management and control of the project. In these circumstances it does not seem to be possible to say that the relationship of a partnership subsisted between the two companies.'
The Fivegrange case is interesting in that the contract was divided into two parts, with the profit share element being separated from that which provides for the supply of management consultancy services. However, this did not influence the decision of the Tribunal, and together with the other cases mentioned above, this forms a body of cases which have upheld our line that a partnership cannot exist where only one party owns the property in question.
If you decide that one venturer is in a dominant and controlling position over the others, supplies are made:
- by the controlling venturer to outside bodies, and
- within the venture, from one venturer to another.
We will register joint ventures as partnerships for VAT purposes, as long as they meet the necessary criteria. Full guidance is contained within VATREG Registration.
In this connection, confusion frequently occurs when the parties, who satisfy the partnership criteria, also continue to trade as separate legal entities. It has been known for traders who act in this dual capacity to confuse the borderlines between one legal entity and the other.
However, it is perfectly feasible for a company in its own right (eg builders) to supply services to a partnership in which it is a partner and joint owner in a property. In this situation it is essential when examining accounts, contracts and invoices, to keep clearly in mind exactly which entity is doing what, and for whom.
Latchmere Properties Ltd (Ch D [2005] STC 731)
The importance of the contractual position between the parties was demonstrated in the case of Latchmere Properties Ltd (Ch D [2005] STC 731). The case concerned some properties that the owner (B) wished to redevelop and sell. To that end they entered into a development contract with company (L), who under the contract were to carry out the work required (including unit sales) and in return receive part of the sale proceeds. The High Court upheld the decision by the tribunal and found that the arrangement amounted to a joint project between the parties to which each made its separate contribution. It followed that (L) had not made a supply of construction services to (B). Of significance is that it also concluded that the overall effect of the agreement between the parties was that (L) had acquired an equitable interest in the properties.


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Paddleboarding in Scotland...« on: June 07 2006 17:06:00 »
as well as surf when I can,
I do paddleboarding up here near Inverness,
lots of lochs etc....
im just getting a raceboard,
just wondering if anyone out there in Scotland also does paddleboarding?
I know some in Cornwall/Devon, but not come across any up here.....
RE: Paddleboarding in Scotland...« Reply #1 on: November 03 2006 04:11:00 »
Hi,I'm an aussie coming over to the uk next year doing a gap year stint at a college in shewsbury.Would love to hear from anyone who is into paddleboarding for training.
RE: Paddleboarding in Scotland...« Reply #2 on: November 03 2006 06:11:00 »
Hi for training? Its kind of fun too for exploring!
If you make it to Scotland let me know, I should have a spare paddleboard then too and will be around at that time.
There are a few people in Cornwall/Devon who paddleboard too.
RE: Paddleboarding in Scotland...« Reply #3 on: December 09 2007 06:12:00 »
Hey i also passleboard ....down in Fife though in the Forth .Just got into it and lovin it ...great for fitness and relaxed exploring...although had my first shot in small waves in st andrews a few weeks back and it was brilliant...they catch almost any wave or even swell.Let me know if anyone is ever in the area.
RE: Paddleboarding in Scotland...« Reply #4 on: December 09 2007 08:12:00 »
Alright there, I dropped you an e mail.
kinghorn« Reply #5 on: December 31 2007 10:12:00 »
i was looking at kinghorn in fife as a possible surfing site if the waves were coming from the east, looks a good place from the photos on google earth (even shows swell breaking on the sat picture) Does anyone know any site not as far north as kingsbarns?


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The more lethal suicide bombers
LOBBYISTS for nuclear arms everywhere, more so in India and Pakistan, would like us to have unalloyed faith in their infallibility. Whatever the nature of their nuclear doctrine, be it declared or wrapped in secrecy, they want their brainwashed citizens to feel invincible under their stewardship.
These lobbyists are more dangerous than any religiously driven suicide bomber. The religious fanatic sheathes his recklessness in his willingness to die for an intractable divine cause. Nuclear lobbyists make a living by selling pipedreams of a heaven on earth. The operative phrase `if we survive the holocaust` is relegated to an unreadable fine print
The media mostly follows the Pied Pipers unquestioningly, which leaves large swathes of humanity vulnerable to accepting the doctrine of mass suicide without being told in clear terms what horrific possibilities millions of jingoistic cadre had become party to.
While major nuclear powers are at least trying to grapple with a bad situation as reflected in the latest START (Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty) confabulations, India and Pakistan remain cavalier. True to form, the nuclear menace, despite the fact that we have had a few close calls, is not even mentioned clearly as a topic for official discussion.
So much premium is given in the globally forced dialogue to issues ranging from the Tulbul project and the mapping of a maritime boundary, counter-terrorism or even Kashmir and Siachen — which are extremely important in their own right — that "peace and security, including CBMs" is all that we get as an inserted topic that may take us close to a discussion on the nuclear threat, if at all.
The inherent risks of a nuclear conflict in South Asia are, of course, not just related national doctrines or the number of warheads that each side is said to possess. A palpable and ever-present threat comes from a possible technical failure or a computer glitch.
Earlier this month, a group of international activists and scientists attending a meeting in Delhi of the World Academy of Art and Sciences wrote a letter to the Indian prime minister and to the Congress party president to highlight this aspect of the danger.
Of the examples quoted in the letter of the close calls that scientifically advanced nuclear rivals like Russia and the US have had, the more bone-chilling incidents could apply in equal measure to India and Pakistan, not the least because of their shared borders that give them little or no lead time to verify an error from a real launch.
Some nightmare scenarios the letter shared with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh go as follows:-
"On Nov 9, 1979, computers at three US military command centres simultaneously picked up over 200 missiles from the Soviet Union headed for the United States. Officials had only minutes to assess what appeared to be a massive, first-strike nuclear attack. As minutemen missile launch control centres in the Midwest were readied, national security adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski prepared to call President Carter when he was informed that threat was reassessed at 2,200 missiles, enough to end the United States, and by fallout and nuclear winter, perhaps the entirety of civilisation.
"Just before he picked up the phone, he was informed that the satellites designed to detect launches and early warning radar systems indicated that there was no missile attack at all. Senator Charles Percy had been visiting a defence facility and an officer, wanting to impress the politician regarding the seriousness of his mission, had mistakenly put a training tape into the wrong computer.
"On June 3, 1980, US command posts again indicated a Soviet attack, and again launch crews for Minuteman missiles were given preliminary launch warnings and bomber aircraft manned. Computer displays showed two missiles attacking, then none, and then 200. A simple computer chip had malfunctioned.
"On Aug 30, 2007, a US B-52 bomber was mistakenly armed with six nuclear warheads and flown for more than three hours across several states. "On Oct 19, 2007, the Department of Defence and Air Force released a report that concluded handling standards and procedures had not been followed. Four commanders were relieved of their commands, numerous personnel were disciplined, and, in the wake of this and other incidents, Secretary of the Air Force Michael Wynne and Chief of Staff of the Air Force General T. Michael Moseley resigned.
"While US nuclear near-misses might be under-reported, we know only a fraction of the errors that occurred in the silos and command posts of the former Soviet Union.
"On Sept 26, 1983, the Soviet Union`s launch detection satellites reported that US Minuteman intercontinental missiles had been launched. Lt Col Stanislav Petrov, however, concluded that his satellites had malfunctioned and, on his own authority, prevented a Soviet alert.
"On Jan 25, 1995, the Russians mistook a weather satellite for a nuclear weapon launch from a submarine off the coast of Norway. President Yeltsin said the next day that he had activated his `nuclear football` — a device that allows the Russian president to communicate with his top military advisers and review the crisis in real time. Recent mishaps should cause continuing concern.
"Such incidents are not unique to the United States and Russia: Vanguard Le Triomphant
"On Feb 3, 2009, the, a British Royal Navy nuclear submarine, and , a French nuclear vessel, collided in the Atlantic Ocean. Both carried nuclear warheads and were on routine patrol. Defence officials said they were `unable to see each other`.
"Even under the best of circumstances, amid good relations between countries, mistakes can, and have been made — especially given the limited time allowed to discern fact from fiction. As President Reagan admitted: `Six minutes to decide how to respond to a blip on a radar scope and decide whether to unleash Armageddon! How could anyone apply reason at a time like that?`"
That`s what the arriving India-Pakistan talks should primarily focus on. We`ll get the rights for the Kashmiris if we survive a possible computer glitch, something which no nuclear lobbyist would admit to. They are the real suicide bombers.
The writer Jawed Naqvi is Dawn's correspondent in Delhi.


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