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AND above all things, next morning Warden Atherton came into my cell on murder intent. With him were Captain Jamie, Doctor Jackson, Pie-Face Jones, and Al Hutchins. Al Hutchins was serving a forty-year sentence, and was in hopes of being pardoned out. For four years he had been head trusty of San Quentin. That this was a position of great power you will realize when I tell you that the graft alone of the head trusty was estimated at three thousand dollars a year. Wherefore Al Hutchins, in possession of ten or twelve thousand dollars and of the promise of a pardon, could be depended upon to do the warden's bidding blind.
I have just said that Warden Atherton came into my cell intent on murder. His face showed it. His actions proved it.
"Examine him," he ordered Doctor Jackson.
That wretched apology of a creature stripped from me my dirt-encrusted shirt that I had worn since my entrance to solitary, and exposed my poor wasted body, the skin ridged like brown parchment over the ribs and sore-infested from the many bouts with the jacket The examination was shamelessly perfunctory.
"Will he stand it?" the warden demanded.
"Yes," Dr. Jackson answered.
"How's the heart?"
"You think he'll stand ten days of it, Doc?"
"I don't believe it," the warden announced savagely. "But we'll try it just the same. Lie down, Standing."
I obeyed, stretching myself face-downward on the flat- spread jacket. The warden seemed to debate with himself for a moment.
"Roll over," he commanded.
I made several efforts, but was too weak to succeed, and could only sprawl and squirm in my helplessness.
"Putting it on," was Jackson's comment.
"Well, he won't have to put it on when I'm done with him," said the warden. "Lend him a hand. I can't waste any more time on him."
So they rolled me over on my back where I stared up into Warden Atherton's face.
"Standing," he said slowly, "I've given you all the rope I am going to. I am sick and tired of your stubbornness. My patience is exhausted. Doctor Jackson says you are in condition to stand ten days in the jacket. You can figure your chances. But I am going to give you your last chance now. Come across with the dynamite. The moment it is in my hands I'll take you out of here. You can bathe and shave and get clean clothes. I'll let you loaf for six months on hospital grub, and then I'll put you trusty in the library. You can't ask me to be fairer with you than that. Besides, you're not squealing on anybody. You are the only person in San Quentin who knows where the dynamite is. You won't hurt anybody's feelings by giving in, and you'll be all to the good from the moment you do give in. And if you don't"
He paused and shrugged his shoulders significantly.
"Well, if you don't, you start in the ten days right now."
The prospect was terrifying. So weak was I that I was as certain as the warden was that it meant death in the jacket. And then I remembered Morrell's trick. Now, if ever, was the need of it; and now, if ever, was the time to practice the faith of it. I smiled up in the face of Warden Atherton. And I put faith in that smile, and faith in the proposition I made to him.
"Warden," I said, "do you see the way I am smiling? Well, if at the end of ten days, when you unlace me, I smile up at you in the same way, will you give a sack of Bull Durham and a package of brown papers to Morrell and Oppenheimer?"
"Ain't they the crazy ginks, these college guys?" Captain Jamie snorted.
Warden Atherton was a choleric man, and he took my request for insulting braggadocio.
"Just for that you get an extra cinching," he informed me.
"I made you a sporting proposition, Warden," I said quietly. "You can cinch me as tight as you please, but if I smile ten days from now will you give the Bull Durham to Morrell and Oppenheimer?"
"You are mighty sure of yourself," he retorted.
"That's why I made the proposition," I replied.
"Getting religion, eh?" he sneered.
"No," was my answer. "It merely happens that I possess more life than you can ever reach the end of. Make it a hundred days if you want, and I'll smile at you when it's over."
"I guess ten days will more than do you, Standing."
"That's your opinion," I said. "Have you got faith in it? If you have you won't even lose the price of the two five-cent sacks of tobacco. Anyway, what have you got to be afraid of?"
"For two cents I'd kick the face off of you right now," he snarled.
"Don't let me stop you." I was impudently suave. "Kick as hard as you please, and I'll still have enough face left with which to smile. In the meantime, while you are hesitating, suppose you accept my original proposition."
A man must be terribly weak and profoundly desperate to be able, under such circumstances, to beard the warden in solitary. Or he may be both and, in addition, he may have faith. I know now that I had faith and so acted on it. I believed what Morrell had told me. I believed in the lordship of the mind over the body. I believed that not even a hundred days in the jacket could kill me.
Captain Jamie must have sensed this faith that informed me, for he said:
"I remember a Swede that went crazy twenty years ago. That was before your time, Warden. He'd killed a man in a quarrel over twenty-five cents and got life for it. He was a cook. He got religion. He said that a golden chariot was coming to take him to heaven, and he sat down on top of the red-hot range and sang hymns and hosannahs while he cooked. They dragged him off, but he croaked two days afterward in hospital. He was cooked to the bone. And to the end he swore he'd never felt the heat. Couldn't get a squeal out of him."
"We'll make Standing squeal," said the warden.
"Since you are so sure of it, why don't you accept my proposition?" I challenged.
The warden was so angry that it would have been ludicrous to me had I not been in so desperate plight. His face was convulsed. He clenched his hands and, for a moment, it seemed that he was about to fall upon me and give me a beating. Then, with an effort, he controlled himself.
"All right, Standing," he snarled. "I'll go you. But you bet your sweet life you'll have to go some to smile ten days from now. Roll him over, boys, and cinch him till you hear his ribs crack. Hutchins, show him you know how to do it."
And they rolled me over and laced me as I had never been laced before. The head trusty certainly demonstrated his ability. I tried to steal what little space I could. Little it was, for I had long since shed my flesh, while my muscles were attenuated to mere strings. I had neither the strength nor bulk to steal more than a little, and the little I stole I swear I managed by sheer expansion at the joints of the bones of my frame. And of this little I was robbed by Hutchins, who, in the old days before he was made head trusty, had learned all the tricks of the jacket from the inside of the jacket.
You see, Hutchins was a cur at heart, or a creature who had once been a man but who had been broken on the wheel. He possessed ten or twelve thousand dollars, and his freedom was in sight if he obeyed orders. Later, I learned that there was a girl who had remained true to him, and who was even then waiting for him. The woman factor explains many things of men.
If ever a man deliberately committed murder, Al Hutchins did that morning in solitary at the warden's bidding. He robbed me of the little space I stole. And, having robbed me of that, my body was defenseless, so that with his foot in my back while he drew the lacing tight, he constricted me as no man had ever before succeeded in doing. So severe was this constriction of my frail frame upon my vital organs that I felt, there and then, immediately, that death was upon me. And still the miracle of faith was mine. I did not believe that I was going to die. I knewI say I knewthat I was not going to die. My head was swimming, and my heart was pounding from my toenails to the hair roots in my scalp.
"That's pretty tight," Captain Jamie urged reluctantly.
"The hell it is," said Doctor Jackson. "I tell you nothing can hurt him. He's a wooz. He ought to have been dead long ago."
Warden Atherton, after a hard struggle, managed to insert his forefinger between the lacing and my back. He brought his foot to bear upon me, with the weight of his body added to his foot, and pulled, but failed to get any fraction of an inch of slack.
"I take my hat off to you, Hutchins," he said. "You know your job. Now roll him over and let's look at him."
They rolled me over on my back. I stared up at them with bulging eyes. This I know: Had they laced me in such fashion the first time I went into the jacket, I should surely have died in the first ten minutes. But I was well trained. I had behind me the thousands of hours in the jacket and, plus that, I had faith in what Morrell had told me.
"Now laugh, damn you, laugh," said the warden to me. "Start that smile you've been bragging about."
So, while my lungs panted for a little air, while my heart threatened to burst, while my mind reeled, nevertheless I was able to smile up into the warden's face.
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By Jennifer Copley (Last Updated 19 September 2011)
The best-known reason to spay or neuter cats is to avoid contributing to feline overpopulation. In just a few years, an unfixed cat can produce an enormous number of kittens, very few of which will find good homes. However, there are many additional good reasons to have pets fixed. Despite this, pervasive myths cause owners to delay or avoid the procedure.
Arguments Against Neutering Cats
Common arguments against neutering male cats are based on the following misconceptions.
Myth: Neutering a cat will make him fat and lazy.
In a survey of cat owners, just 25% reported their cats becoming more docile after being neutered, and this perception may be due to the fact that neutered cats are less likely to roam and fight. There is an obesity epidemic among cats, including cats that have not been fixed, due to overfeeding, providing cheap high-carbohydrate foods, and lack of opportunities for exercise. By making minor adjustments to a cat's diet, providing toys and cat furniture for indoor cats, and playing with their cats regularly, owners can reduce the likelihood of weight gain and lethargy.
Myth: Getting a cat fixed will make him feel less male.
Cats don't have a sexual identity in the same way people do, so neutering doesn't bring about any sort of identity crisis. There are also no pressures to conform to any sort of gender identity within the cat world.
Myth: Neutering a cat will have an adverse affect on his health.
The opposite is true. Neutered male cats are less likely to develop prostate problems and suffer serious injuries in fights, reducing the risk of injury-related health problems and costly veterinary bills. Also, because they are less aggressive, neutered male cats are better able to get along with other cats, which may reduce the stress that can contribute to health problems.
Myth: Neutering a cat will ruin his personality.
Neutering stops cats from spraying and roaming far away, as well as reducing the urge to fight. Otherwise, the personality remains unchanged.
Arguments Against Spaying Cats
Female cats that have been spayed will never suffer ovarian cysts or uterine infections, and their likelihood of developing mammary tumours is significantly lower if they are spayed before they go into heat for the first time. In addition, owners don't have to put up with the screeching of a cat in heat. Despite these benefits, there are a number of myths regarding spaying that cause owners to put off or even forgo this necessary procedure.
Myth: A female cat should have at least one litter before she is spayed.
Many people derive a sense of fulfillment through parenthood, so they believe that cats do as well, but cats don't feel as though they're missing out on anything by not having kittens. Cats live in the moment; they don't speculate as to how their lives might have been different had different choices been made.
Myth: Children should have the opportunity to witness a cat giving birth.
Many people let their cats have kittens so that their children can witness the birth, and this practice contributes to the death toll as large numbers of unwanted cats are euthanized in shelters each year. There are plenty of videos and picture books that can be used to teach children about the birth process.
Myth: Letting the cat have a litter is alright because it will be easy to find good homes for the kittens.
Many people believe that it's fine to let their cats have kittens because they will find homes for them rather than bringing them to a shelter. The reality is that plenty of seemingly well-intentioned individuals show up to adopt kittens and later surrender them to shelters for stupid reasons. Also, Class B dealers who collect animals to sell for medical experimentation answer "Free to a Good Home" ads pretending to be legitimate adopters.
Myth: Not spaying a cat saves money.
Cats require far more food during pregnancy and while nursing. This extra expense over the course of months combined with the cost of supplies and veterinary services required to properly care for a pregnant cat and then her kittens will add up to more than spaying in the long run. For those suffering financial difficulties, there are a number of charities that help with vet bills. Such organizations often assist with spaying or neutering costs. A local animal shelter or rescue organization may also be able to perform the surgery at a lower cost or recommend a low-cost veterinarian or charitable organization that can help.
Most Cats That Enter Shelters Never Come Out
Approximately 75% of cats in shelters that practice euthanasia will be put to death, and unwanted pets that don't enter shelters often die from trauma, disease, exposure, or starvation. Animal lovers can prevent this suffering by spaying and neutering their pets before they reproduce, and choosing adult cats for adoption rather than kittens. See Reasons to Adopt an Adult Cat for information on the benefits of bringing home an older cat.
For more cat articles, see the main Cats page. For more dog articles, see the main Dogs page.
- Plotnick, Arnold, MS, DVM, ACVIM, ABVP. (2006). "Spaying and Neutering: Facts, Myths, and Misconceptions."
- University of California School of Veterinary Medicine Behaviour Service. (n.d.). "Spaying or Neutering Your Cat."


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I was surprised by this review:
"I was also interested in Stirling's choice of Wiccans as his protagonists. Juniper Mackenzie is kind, intelligent, and clearly sincere about her Wiccan religion; and the fact that she practices what she preaches leads many other characters to adopt Wicca as the book progresses. I find that troubling.
If you think of religion as primarily an internal thing, as a way of viewing the world that helps you cope, then it may well be true that there are many paths that lead to God, as Juniper says at one point. By that view, Wicca makes as much sense as any other religion. But if you think of religion as being based in truth, as being our confrontation with ultimate reality, then obviously some views of the Godhead are truer than others. As a Christian, I believe that Jesus Christ is God and the Son of God: "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." Wiccans are not satanists, as such, and I do not hate them or wish to persecute them; I'm sure the proportion of good and bad people is much the same within Wicca as without. But they are, at best, misled–and as teachers, at best misleading. It troubles me to see them lauded in what is arguably a mainstream novel. That said, one of the basic messages of the book is that courage, fortitude, decency, charity, and other virtues are survival traits, and that's a message worth spreading."
I find it sad that a positive description of characters following a different religion is 'troubling'.
At a loss for words....
Posted by mapletree7 at Tuesday, July 25, 2006
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- Richard Mason said...
Supposedly there was an effort to ban D.T. Suzuki's book Zen Buddhism: Selected Writings from Michigan public school libraries on the grounds that "this book details the teachings of the religion of Buddhism in such a way that the reader could very likely embrace its teachings and choose this as his religion."
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1909-1911 T206 Ty Cobb - Green Background
Starting Bid - $1,500, Sold For - $5,875
Graded EX+ 70 by SGC. Extremely high grade example of this classic tobacco card of Hall of Famer Ty Cobb. The Green Background pose has long been considered the rarest of the four poses of Cobb in the T206 set. The offered example has flawless registration, perfect colors, clean both front and back (one insignificant light spot on reverse), centered slightly toward the left border, and with four square corners displaying just the slightest hint of wear (most easily seen on the upper left corner and lower left corner). This is an extremely attractive high-grade example of one of the key cards from the premier tobacco issue of the 1910 era. Sweet Caporal advertising on reverse. Please note that this very card was auctioned last year at REA. It appeared as Lot 170 in May 2009, selling for $4,994.50 at that time, and has been consigned to this auction directly by the original purchaser. Reserve $1,500. Estimate $3,000+. SOLD FOR $5,875
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European Migration and Diversity
Overall objective and focal areas of the programme
The overall objective of EPC's Migration and Diversity Programme (EMD) is to generate and develop policy recommendations, provide decision-makers and the wider public with expertise and independent information, as well as to promote a positive and constructive dialogue on the multidimensional consequences of Europe's migration management crisis. With a multidisciplinary team, the EPC is following and contributing to the policy debate from several angles:
The reform of the Common European Asylum System.
The integration of beneficiaries of international protection in the host societies with specific attention to their employment in the labour market.
The implementation of hotspots in Italy and Greece as well as relocation and resettlement mechanisms.
The external dimension: EU cooperation with countries of origin and transit, the migration and development nexus, remittances.
The impact of Brexit on the rights of EU citizens.
The link between migration and populism.
The management of the EU's external borders and cooperation with neighbouring countries to this end, in particular Turkey and Libya.
The EU's enduring need for legal migration (also as a means to ease pressure on irregular flows).
The ongoing migration management crisis
The migration management crisis (often called the "refugee crisis") will stay with the EU for years to come. Against this background, EU policymakers will be in constant need of objective and informed policy ideas and analysis to ensure the legitimacy of the decisions they take and the effectiveness of the policy instruments they set up. The EMD team thus plans to carry on its monitoring and policy shaping activity in this particularly challenging context. In collaboration with analysts from other EPC teams, the EMD programme will follow, accompany and advise policy makers on the different components of this multidimensional crisis.
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Programme Team
Head of European Migration and Diversity programme and Senior Policy AnalystMarie De Somer
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Junior Policy AnalystKatharina Bamberg
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When's the last time you drew something? Aside from doodling on the sides of our notes, most of us haven't drawn anything since elementary.
But drawing assistant professor Michael Namkung in the College of Communication, Architecture + The Arts, says drawing can help us understand the most difficult of subjects.
Namkung has launched a website called Dragan – the Old English word from which drawing is derived – to show how important drawing is in the lives of everyday people in South Florida.
For 10 months, he will post bi-monthly online journals featuring interviews with people who use drawing in everything from the arts to science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields. He wants to broaden the definition of drawing and demonstrate its value across the disciplines.
"The impulse to make marks and behold what one has made—as a way of thinking about the world and our place within it—is a phenomenon we all experience as young children," he says.
In fact, drawing is one of the most important toddler developmental milestones, according to babycenter.com. Early Childhood Central's website, citing Founder of Drawing Network Bob Steele, shows how each developmental stage of drawing helps children develop other skills, too – from fine motor skills to problem-solving and trial-and-error reasoning. The latter two are necessary for future endeavors in the arts, sciences and math.
"When a child draws," Namkung says. "It's just a natural way to use your body to make an image that helps you understand the world, see the world or reflect the world. There's a saying which drawing instructors constantly repeat: 'learning to draw is learning to see.'"
He says adults use drawing the same way, but they don't always realize it.
"Although drawing is no longer the mainstay it once was in formal education, the intuition, necessity or even urgency to draw persists," he says. "Like when engineers… [sketch a project when brainstorming] or when a surgeon draws to communicate to their patient what they are going to do. It plays this social role to communicate an understanding."
But drawing doesn't always mean putting pen to paper. Namkung says drawing can be anything from children making shapes while playing with their food to a beachgoer scribbling in the sand with a stick.
Geology professor Grenville Draper, who will be featured in one of Namkung's online journals, uses drawings routinely in his research and teaching.
"I communicate a lot of concepts through drawing," Draper says. "Most common sedimentary rocks are layered, and different layer thicknesses affect the kind of geometry that develops. You can scribble as many words as you like, but the only way to see it is with a cross-section drawing like in engineering."
Students are often surprised when he asks them to sketch rocks and processes.
"When you make the sketch, you have to not just reproduce the rocks, but analyze and interpret them," Draper explains. The geologist, especially when doing field research, will sketch rocks in a way that emphasizes the features that are most crucial from the scientist's perspective.
Draper often draws diagrams in class to help students visualize the material. He recalls a few years ago, he drew a complex diagram on the board during class. His students appreciated the diagram. "But," Draper adds with a chuckle, "one student snapped his pencil and said, 'how do you expect us to draw that?'"
Inspired by Namkung's project and fueled by the realization that many students don't have a clue about how to draw, Draper plans to help his senior geology students understand a few basic drawing concepts, so they can sketch rocks and geological processes with confidence.
Click here to read Namkung's first online journal, which features interviews with several people, including FIU physicist Angie Laird and her use of drawings to understand her research on the brain.
Support for DRAGAN is provided by Cannonball through its WaveMaker Grants program, which is part of the Andy Warhol Foundation's Regional Regranting Program. WaveMaker Grants is supported by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs, and Wells Fargo.
Additional support is provided by Florida International University's College of Communication, Architecture and the Arts through its Interdisciplinary Seed Grant program.


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We know our truth, but sometimes we need someone else to exclaim, "Girl, you're amazing!" A couple of years ago, I was inspired by the dynamic life coach and best-selling author, Debbie Ford, who challenged me to join in the Summer Self-Esteem Game.
Thursday, April 30, 2009
50 Days of Affirmations
Labels: Life Lessons, Mind and Body, Relationships
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Dear Nina
A couple of months ago, my brother-in-law's mother, Nina, passed away. I got the horrifying phone call late one evening. They said she was dead. They said it was a massive heart attack. They said she didn't suffer. I was shocked, numb to the bone. She was way too young. And although I didn't have the privilege of knowing her for long, I miss her. We had a simple, special bond; we are moms.
Labels: Small moments
Sunday, April 26, 2009
It's the Little Things . . .
Labels: Mind and Body
Thursday, April 23, 2009
The Lonely Chalker
As many of you know from my Staycation Report, my family recently spent a memorable afternoon on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. I failed to mention, however, that right before heading home, I saw something etched onto the blacktop of a school playground, something glaring, scribbled in stark white chalk:
Labels: Life Lessons, Small moments
Sunday, April 19, 2009
Go Green Expo NYC
Go Green. Go Recycle. Go sustainable. Go solar powered. Go this, go that. It's everywhere. This weekend I checked out the Go Green Expo in NYC, and I'm back to share some of the highlights!
Labels: Family Fun, Food and Nutrition, Gift Ideas, Go Green
Friday, April 17, 2009
Baby Food: The Courage to Make Your Own
Expectant mothers have great intentions . . .that die. Reality sets in, and hectic lives necessitate actions you vowed never to take, like feeding your child that strangely orange mac & cheese from a box. You know what I'm talkin' 'bout!
Labels: Food and Nutrition, Go Green
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Experience the Spa at Home *Giveaway*
One month after Liza was born, a friend invited me to her home for some girl bonding. I didn't really want to go; I couldn't squeeze into anything cute or stylish, and I felt ugly. Besides, how can you feel good with leaky boobs? C'mon. Honestly.
Labels: Gift Ideas, Giveaways, Mind and Body
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
The Children's Museum of Manhattan
I'm so glad that I stumbled upon CMOM. It's a hands-on environment that supports and celebrates creativity and the imagination. We spent most of our time in the Playworks exhibition, perfect for young children under 4. Below are some pictures that highlight our adventures!
Labels: Family Fun
Saturday, April 11, 2009
The Staycation Report: 3 Things I Learned
Meal planning allowed us to stock the fridge and steer clear of last minute trips to the supermarket for one last thing (I'm famous for that!). Rachel Ray's "Make Your Own Burrito Bar" recipe was a big hit. Yes . . .we ate out too (ahh...no dishes), and left room for spontaneity; my sweet tooth couldn't resist stopping at Ben & Jerry's for some mint chocolate chunk ice cream. Twice. But the second time- totally planned.
Labels: Family Fun, Life Lessons, Relationships
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
A Shower for Your Brain: Who Would Have Thought?
Labels: Mind and Body
Monday, April 6, 2009
Jack Johnson: The 3 R's
I love the idea of learning through music. When Liza was born, my chunky granola sister introduced me to the 3 Rs song by Jack Johnson. It doesn't disappoint. In fact, I love his tone and message in this song; it's fun, catchy, and mellow enough for mommies to listen to over and over again. And, ready for the bonus? We can raise happy, smart, environmentally conscious little citizens all at the same time. Nice, right?
Labels: Family Fun
Saturday, April 4, 2009
Fight or Flight: Dealing with Negative Feelings
Labels: Life Lessons, Parenting
Thursday, April 2, 2009
Homemade Playdough Recipe
Kids love playdough. Why? Because they can dig their little fingers into a gooey blob and create something totally cool. I'm a big fan of simple things that encourage creativity and ingenuity in children. But there are two things that bug me about playdough. One, that smell (You know exactly what I'm talking about!). And two, it inevitably ends up embedded in the high-pile carpet, and weeks later you're still scraping away at these irritating bits, now painfully wedged under your fingernails. At last, here's a simple recipe for homemade playdough . . .perfect for a rainy day!
- 1 c. flour
- 1 c. warm water
- 2 tsp. cream of tartar
- 1 tsp. vegetable oil
- 1/4 c. salt
- food coloring optional
- Mix all of the ingredients in a pot and stir over medium heat until smooth.
- Knead into a ball and allow to cool completely, kneading every few minutes. It becomes more firm as it cools.
- Store it in a container with lid. It lasts for days.
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"Once religion sinks in, it stays there—deep down. The lads who get religious training, get it where it counts—in the roots. They may fail it, but it never fails them." George Herman Ruth Jr. uttered those words in 1946, two years before he died. Babe was a product of a Catholic education. He was raised a Catholic and attended St. Mary's College. It was actually at that Catholic school that a teacher, Brother Mathias Boutlier, encouraged the boy to play baseball.
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Ok, I have complete about 90% of my PCB milling machine, about all that is left is the stepper motors, the drivers, and the tabletop. It's looking and working good. Come take a look.
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Ok, I have complete about 90% of my PCB milling machine, about all that is left is the stepper motors, the drivers, and the tabletop. It's looking and working good. Come take a look.
Hehe, Jim... too funny, I've done the same thing, except, I don't care who's watching. Keeps them wondering..........
SUCCESS!, I have come up with a simple, accurate and CHEAP means of making an X,Y,Z stage. If you get the chance, check out the PCB/MILL project on my site: www.roboshack.com. let me know what you think..............
Ok, I have finally found some time to start on my PCB Mill / Engraving machine. I managed to get some parts and start some of the concept art. Come and take a look, and let me know what you think: www.roboshack.com
Welp, I'm not going to work on any robots for a while. I absolutely must do something about the way I build my prototype boards. I'm tired of taking hours to hand wire my proto boards, in fact its sickening. And I can't justify the cost of sending this stuff out to a PCB house. After all I'm just playing....... I attempted to use a flat bed Roland plotter to do some etching, however the resolution was terrible and I would have to make every thing 10x the size. Also, SMD is out of the question. Not to mention the little accident I had with the enchant solution. I made a few test boards using the plot / acid method, I forgot and left the plastic tub with enchant on my workbench in the garage. Several days later I returned to the garage to find all of the tools hanging on the pegboard near this tub completely RUSTED!
After a little research, I found several companies that make machines that ``Machine'' the copper off the PCB's, these machines are capable of working with SMD foot prints as well as multi layer boards. Unfortunately, they also cost any where from $6,000 to $20,000 US. Once again, since I'm just playing around, I couldn't convince my wife that I ``NEED'' said machinery. With that in mind, my next project is to build one of these PCB prototyping machines.
The concept is relatively simple, to make an X,Y,Z stage with a high speed milling spindle. At this point, the hardest part of this project is the software that reads in the Gerber files then creates the cutting paths around the traces, I'm about 70% complete with the software to perform said function. When I complete the software Ill start with the design of the XYZ stages. When I get further along Ill post the details on my web site for any one that would also like to build one of these machines!
I've got another crazy concept on how to make an eight leg walker using only 2 SERVOS!, however, I don't have time to work on it with my current project. If any one is interested, I could put together some drawings of the concept. You would have to use ``hacked'' servos for this design, however, I think it would be a lot of fun. Any ways, here's my email address if your interested: firstname.lastname@example.com
Hehe, finally I get to post some information about my current project. This is a good site, however, I'm not sure I like this certification process. I feel that it might discourage people with like interests from posting their projects, thoughts and ideas, or in fact prevent them from doing so.
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Environmental Hydraulics for Open Channel Flows
1st Edition
Environmental Hydraulics is a new text for students and professionals studying advanced topics in river and estuarine systems. The book contains the full range of subjects on open channel flows, including mixing and dispersion, Saint-Venant equations method of characteristics and interactions between flowing water and its surrondings (air entrainment, sediment transport).
Following the approach of Hubert Chanson's highly successful undergraduate textbook Hydraulics of Open Channel Flow, the reader is guided step-by-step from the basic principles to more advanced practical applications.
Each section of the book contains many revision exercises, problems and assignments to help the reader test their learning in practical situations.
Key Features
·Complete text on river and estuarine systems in a single volume ·Step-by-step guide to practical applications ·Many worked examples and exercises
Students (senior undergraduate, but mainly graduate and research) of civil engineering, environmental engineering, especially hydraulics and fluid mechanics.
Table of Contents
About the author
List of Symbols
Part 1: Introduction to Open Channel Flows
Introduction: Introduction to Open Channel Flows
Chapter 1: Introduction
1.1 Presentation
1.2 Fluid properties
1.3 Fluid statics
1.4 Open channel flows
1.5 Exercises
Chapter 2: Fundamentals of open channel flows
2.1 Presentation
2.2 Fundamental principles
2.3 Open channel hydraulics of short, frictionless transitions
2.4 The hydraulic jump
2.5 Open channel flow in long channels
2.6 Summary
2.7 Exercises
Part 2: Turbulent Mixing and Dispersion in Rivers and Estuaries: An Introduction
Introduction: Turbulent Mixing and Dispersion in Rivers and Estuaries: An Introduction
Chapter 3: Introduction to mixing and dispersion in natural waterways
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Laminar and turbulent flows
3.3 Basic definitions
3.4 Structure of the section
3.5 Appendix A – Application: buoyancy force exerted on a submerged air bubble6
3.6 Appendix B – Freshwater properties
3.7 Exercises
3.8 Exercise solutions
Chapter 4: Turbulent shear flows
4.1 Presentation
4.2 Jets and wakes
4.3 Boundary layer flows
4.4 Fully developed open channel flows
4.5 Mixing in turbulent shear flows
4.6 Exercises
4.7 Exercise solutions
Chapter 5: Diffusion: basic theory
5.1 Basic equations
5.2 Applications
5.4 Exercises
5.5 Exercise solutions
Chapter 6: Advective diffusion
6.1 Basic equations
6.2 Basic applications
6.3 Two- and three-dimensional applications
6.4 Exercises
6.5 Exercise solutions
Chapter 7: Turbulent dispersion and mixing: 1. Vertical and transverse mixing
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Flow resistance in open channel flows
7.3 Vertical and transverse (lateral) mixing in turbulent river flows
7.4 Turbulent mixing applications
7.5 Discussion
7.6 Appendix A – Friction factor calculations
7.7 Appendix B – Random walk model
7.8 Appendix C – Turbulent mixing in hydraulic jumps and bores
7.9 Exercises
7.10 Exercise solutions
Chapter 8: Turbulent dispersion and mixing: 2. Longitudinal dispersion
8.1 Introduction
8.2 One-dimensional turbulent dispersion
8.3 Longitudinal dispersion in natural streams
8.4 Approximate models for longitudinal dispersion
8.5 Design applications
8.6 Exercises
8.7 Exercise solutions
Chapter 9: Turbulent dispersion in natural systems
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Longitudinal dispersion in natural rivers with dead zones
9.3 Dispersion and transport of reactive contaminants
9.4 Transport with reaction
9.5 Appendix A – Air-water mass transfer in air–water flows
9.6 Appendix B – Solubility of nitrogen, oxygen and argon in water
9.7 Appendix C – Molecular diffusion coefficients in water (after Chanson 1997a)
9.8 Exercises
9.9 Exercise solutions
Chapter 10: Mixing in estuaries
10.1 Presentation
10.2 Basic mechanisms
10.3 Applications
10.4 Turbulent mixing and dispersion coefficients in estuaries
10.5 Applications
10.6 Appendix A – Observations of mixing and dispersion coefficients in estuarine zones
10.7 Exercises
10.8 Exercise solutions
Revision exercises
Part 3: Introduction to Unsteady Open Channel Flows
Introduction: Introduction to Unsteady Open Channel Flows
Chapter 11: Unsteady open channel flows: 1. Basic equations
11.1 Introduction
11.2 Basic equations
11.3 Method of characteristics
11.4. Discussion
11.5 Exercises
11.6 Exercise solutions
Chapter 12: Unsteady open channel flows: 2. Applications
12.1 Introduction
12.2 Propagation of waves
12.3 The simple wave problem
12.4 Positive and negative surges
12.5 The kinematic wave problem
12.6 The diffusion wave problem
12.7 Appendix A – Gaussian error functions
12.8 Exercises
12.9 Exercise solutions
Chapter 13: Unsteady open channel flows: 3. Application to dam break wave
13.1 Introduction
13.2 Dam break wave in a horizontal channel
13.3 Effects of flow resistance
13.4 Embankment dam failures
13.5 Related flow situations
13.6 Exercises
13.7 Exercise solutions
Chapter 14: Numerical modelling of unsteady open channel flows
14.1 Introduction
14.2 Explicit finite difference methods
14.3 Implicit finite difference methods
14.4 Exercises
Revision exercises
Part 4: Interactions between Flowing Water and its Surroundings
Introduction: Interactions between Flowing Water and its Surroundings
Chapter 15: Interactions between flowing water and its surroundings: introduction
15.1 Presentation
15.2 Terminology
15.3 Structure of this section
Chapter 16: Interaction between flowing water and solid boundaries: sediment processes
16.1 Introduction
16.2 Physical properties of sediments
16.3. Threshold of sediment bed motion
16.4 Sediment transport
16.5 Total sediment transport rate
16.6 Exercises
Chapter 17: Interaction between flowing water and free surfaces: self-aeration and air entrainment
17.1 Introduction
17.2 Free-surface aeration in turbulent flows: basic mechanisms
17.3 Dimensional analysis and similitude
17.4 Basic metrology in air–water flow studies
17.5 Applications
17.6 Appendix A – Air bubble diffusion in plunging jet flows (after Chanson 1997a)
17.7 Appendix B – Air bubble diffusion in self-aerated supercritical flows
17.8 Appendix C – Air bubble diffusion in high-velocity water jets
17.9 Exercises
Appendix A: Constants and fluid properties
Appendix B: Unit conversions
Abbreviations of journals and institutions
Common bibliographical abbreviations
- No. of pages:
- 488
- Language:
- English
- Copyright:
- © Butterworth-Heinemann 2004
- Published:
- 13th February 2004
- Imprint:
- Butterworth-Heinemann
- eBook ISBN:
- 9780080472690
- Paperback ISBN:
- 9780750661652
About the Author
Hubert Chanson
Hubert Chanson is a reader in fluid mechanics, hydraulics and waterengineering at the University of Queensland, Australia. His research interests include hydraulic engneering, design of hydraulic structures, two-phase gas-liquid flows, mixing and dispersion in coastal and estuarine zones. He has had over 200 international refereed papers, written 7 books and has been an active consultant for both governmental agencies and private organizations.
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The University of Queensland, Australia
"…This book could provide a skeleton for a course in environmental hydraulics or transport processes… [it]…contains some useful material for different courses and may provide an elementary reference for certain topics . . ." – Environmental Fluid Mechanics " Overall, a well written, clear and concise book which will serve the intended audience satisfactorily." –Intl. Journal River Basin Management "Over recent decades many civil engineering departments and organizations have added environmental to their title, so it is not surprising to find this change emulated in a book...Throughout the book the author's enthusiasm for his subjects shows. The preface stresses the value of field work and points the reader to the author's substantial web sites, among others." - Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 557-2006


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As seen on the previous page, the middle of the periodic table contains the transition metals. Unlike other parts of the periodic table, elements in the entire block of transition metals have similar properties, not just the columns. For example, transition metals conduct heat and electricity well. They are also ductile and malleable (flexible/bendable).
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Stop pretending there isn't a third choice you immensely ignorant FOOL!!!!
That's at least 75% of the problem right now, and why we don't vote these idiots out of office. Because people like you still think there's only an "us or them" choice to make. Our 'two party system' hasn't really worked for us since Kennedy was shot, or even before that. But we still forget that WE CAST THE VOTES! WE IMPACT POLICY! All to the extent that we take action to do so.
When idiots like you stop thinking the choice is between bad and worse and there's nothing we can do about it, and start looking for GOOD CANDIDATES outside the giftboxes that, let's face it, the huge corporations that are the DNC and RNC place neatly in the middle of your favorite TV show with messages that have been field tested to make you like them...Maybe, just maybe then we'll get some meaningful change. But honestly, for the sake humanity, progress, and all things good, if you just want to spout off about how you're too weak and ignorant to make an effort at improving the world, just keep it to yourself. Because those of us that do want things to get better don't need you gunking up the gears of change.
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AP Claims Copyright Over Manning's Request For Pardon
23 Aug 2013 @ 4:27pm
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It could just be there to cover that one sentence that they added to it....though, it's likely that they don't mind people thinking it means the whole page...
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Dear Everyone: Stop Calling 911 If Your Cable Is Out When Breaking Bad Is On
20 Aug 2013 @ 8:14am
Since moving to CT about 7 years ago, there have been a lot of times that I've been slightly embarrassed to admit that I live here. This is not one of those times. I am not slightly embarrassed, I am down right ashamed...
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More NSA Spying Fallout: Groklaw Shutting Down
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Exactly, evil doesn't fear evil...only good.
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Germany And US Government's Agree Not To Spy On Each Other... But What About Their Citizens?
15 Aug 2013 @ 12:07pm
Not considering he doesn't have to worry about re-election...
"it seems somewhat ridiculous that President Obama has rushed to stop spying on Germany, while refusing to do anything to stop the surveillance of Americans themselves."
It only seems ridiculous if you forget that he doesn't have to be re-elected, and apparently no matter what his crimes in office, once he's done, no one in the U.S. will go after him for them. Germany doesn't have that "proud to be American" mentality that handicaps U.S. citizens, so he knows if he doesn't look like he's appeasing them, they might actually do something about it. And considering what we know so far, thinking that there's an international war crime he could be guilty of somewhere that Germany could track down and bring upon him isn't too far fetched...so it really comes down to who's bad side to you want to stay away from? The citizens who blindly love their country and wouldn't dare to speak ill of it unless caught red-handed, or the rival country that would love to see you fall if you pissed them off??
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NSA Recruiters Get Smacked Down By University Of Wisconsin Students
14 Aug 2013 @ 10:04am
LOVE the ending!
I actually laughed out loud when I got to the end of the embedded recording... The last line is:
"Meanwhile, let's let everyone hear more about karaoke"
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Verizon Lobbying Congress Over NSA Data Collection
12 Aug 2013 @ 3:30pm
I'd actually bet that they're lobbying at this point to make sure the government keeps it's mouth shut about how cooperative they've been in violating constitutional rights, since that's where the debate is clearly headed already...
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25 Jul 2013 @ 2:26pm
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LOL. I'm not new here, I love this site and have for years. Tim has written a lot of funny stuff about a lot of things, and I normally enjoy his posts.
I'm just a little bitter because I feel like he wasted his time and ours by writing anything at all about this one. It's not his fault, it's just my opinion, but I felt it strongly enough I wanted to express it. And it could have been anyone in the contest (though I'd be lying if I said I didn't have a crush on Taylor Swift) that wasn't the point... Stupid things that stupid people do on the internet are stupid.
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Boston Radio Station Shutters Online Contest To Meet Taylor Swift Because Of 4Chan Shenanigans
25 Jul 2013 @ 2:19pm
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Well that response won't help anything. I'm sorry if I offended you, it wasn't meant to be personal...I usually get, appreciate, and enjoy your humor.
But, jest or no jest, I felt almost embarrassed for having read about this. It might be newsworthy if I were in the contest area, but then I would have heard about it on the radio. Maybe file it under
but really giving it any attention at all is sort of a reward..
Maybe it's just me, but I think this site is one of the more respectable news outlets on the web. I get that you need to have your fun too, I appreciate that, but please mark the trash more clearly... I mean, I haven't commented in months and this was just such a waste of webspace that I couldn't restrain myself from saying something...
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Former DHS Official Says Boston Bombing Proves ACLU & EFF Are Wrong About Surveillance And CISPA
19 Apr 2013 @ 8:48am
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so far...
As recently as 10 years ago only 34% of Americans thought that Marijuana should be legal, while 64% said it should be illegal. The most recent data I saw shows 48% now think it should be legal, with only 50% still claiming it should be illegal.
The United States of America did not cement its status as an independent nation overnight just by signing the declaration and telling the King it was so... Progress takes time...education takes time...
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19 Apr 2013 @ 8:40am
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People also tried to say that the housing bubble would never burst either, and we were dreaming if we thought real estate investments were bad...
If there's one thing we've learned from our history in a capitalist system, it's that all bubbles burst eventually.
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Seems familiar...
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Anonymous Hacks US Sentencing Commission Website, Grabs Sensitive Files And Demands Legal Reform
29 Jan 2013 @ 10:02pm
I'd also add for the people trying to downplay it as "big deal, they hacked an old site" that, hey, you noticed it didn't you? Maybe they took down that site, because they wanted to be heard, more so than do harm...like a warning shot or something.
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That Was Fast: Hollywood Already Browbeat The Republicans Into Retracting Report On Copyright Reform
17 Nov 2012 @ 7:50pm
I agree that they use it as a tool to gain popularity, but that popularity is a double edged sword. They have to be popular enough with the public to get votes, but also popular enough with the people who fund campaigns so that they can run. They probably really did mean everything in the report, until someone told them they make a lot of money for taking it down (or lose money for not taking it down..)
"All they have to do is be willing to tell some Hollywood lobbyists to pipe down."
Honestly, Obama should do exactly that now that he doesn't need anything from Hollywood to win his next election. Kind of stinks that we always seem to need to wait for someone to stop campaigning in order to take a stand for the people...
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When Every Practical Economic Idea Is Political Suicide, Something's Wrong With Politics
25 Jul 2012 @ 11:35am
Re: Re: Re: Ok - I'm confused.
A combination of " Don't tax companies in an effort to tax rich people." and the next proposal where it says to impose a consumption tax as an alternative source...
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When Every Practical Economic Idea Is Political Suicide, Something's Wrong With Politics
25 Jul 2012 @ 11:29am
Re: Re: Hmmm
Also, ending the "war" on marijuana might save enough money all by itself to eliminate the need for the income tax. After all, we're not just fighting the "enemy" in that "war," we're then providing them all with room and board after they've lost a battle....only to set them free to fight in more battles. If that's not the definition of a war you can't win, I don't know what is.
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Disappointing: Craigslist Sues Padmapper For Making Craigslist More Useful & Valuable
25 Jul 2012 @ 9:17am
I see it as Craigslist is cutting itself out of the market by doing things like this.
PadMapper isn't stealing listed adds, it seems exactly like a specialized search engine that displays some factual info and a link to the original posting. It's got other cool features too, but that's beside the point. I'd bet PadMapper's goal isn't to disrupt and take customers away from Craigslist at all, in fact, I'd bet that they hope Craigslist stays around for a while so that they can still be useful. But I'd also bet that they don't want to limit their information database to Craigslist either. If you look at the real world, Craigslist isn't popular in all areas of the United States, and I don't know for sure, but I'd have to figure that in at least some of those areas, there is a different local site that does something similar.
I think that if Craigslist were smart, they'd try and partner up with these types of sites...make it mutually beneficial for the companies that users post any and everything on Craigslist in order for it to show up in all of the most popular search sites on the web (Google, PadMapper, 3taps, etc.). It's really up to Craigslist to keep people interested in posting their stuff there, and I think limiting the people who view Craigslist data to only visitors of the real site while all these other sites with cool features pop up all over (ESPECIALLY if your site isn't EVER getting any better...) is basically putting a noose around the company's neck.
I agree with you to a degree on 3Taps though. They are likely to be hoping to take users from Craigslist...but mostly because they are a site with better features. No one would be out there wanting to copy Craigslist data and make it more usable if Craigslist would make it more useful itself. Maybe the smarter thing would have been (or hopefully their next move will be) to make a "better"list(.com?) that does interface with sites of the future.
Truth is...the time for holding back innovation is over. It's get on the train, or get out of the way time.
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Microsoft Releases Utterly Bizarre And Confusing Anti-Piracy Video
4 Apr 2012 @ 4:23pm
Yes, I agree that it was good. I think it was a good advertisement for how bad "anti-piracy" laws have become... When someone tries to tell you that you have to go a website to make sure you're visiting the right websites....we've gone too far...
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Rupert Murdoch Personally Lobbies Congress For SOPA And PROTECT IP
12 Dec 2011 @ 5:00am
That friggin guy...
By now, the world should realize that if that asshole (You Rupert, Rupert Murdoch) is in favor of any form of legislation, we need to take a second, and third look at it. This would be like the guys in charge of Enron during that scandal coming out to lobby for a new energy bill so that they could get back in the game... We should know that there are NO good intentions behind it.
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NFL Ramps Up Security Theatre
22 Sep 2011 @ 8:57am
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Right, so think of it this way:
If you have security, and it doesn't stop something, so you ramp up security and it still doesn't stop that something, then the ramped up security is all theater.
That's the point here, a certain level does scare away some would-be criminals, but there is almost no stopping someone who's really got their heart set on causing problems.
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Though Skate 2 does plenty of things extraordinarily well, a few things tarnish its flashy veneer. One of the new elements is the ability to hop off your deck and move around objects in the environment. This sounds decent on paper, but in execution, it's the game's main stumbling point. Sure, you can now run up stairs or move ramps and other objects around a spot, helping you to set up tricks, but getting everything just right is more of a headache than anything else. The objects will twist as you drag them around, so it's difficult to get everything flush with your line. On top of that, the controls when you're off your board are sluggish, tedious and a chore to deal with. The bright side is that, on the rare occasion you're forced to deal with it, the time you spend off your board will be brief, so you'll be able to quickly get back on and back to business.
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Aldo Ray
|Aldo Ray
Ray on the DuMont version of Twenty Questions, 1954
|Aldo Da Re
September 25, 1926
Pen Argyl, Pennsylvania, U.S.
|March 27, 1991
(aged 64)
Martinez, California, U.S.
|Cause of death
|Throat cancer
|Film actor
|Years active
Aldo Ray (born Aldo Da Re; September 25, 1926 – March 27, 1991) was an American actor.
Ray was born in Pen Argyl in Northampton County in eastern Pennsylvania, to an Italian family of five brothers (Mario, Guido, Dante, Dino & Louis) and one sister (Regina). His brother, Mario DaRe (1933-2010), lettered in football at USC in the years 1952 to 1954, and on May 12, 1955 appeared as a contestant on the NBC quiz show You Bet Your Life hosted by Groucho Marx.[1] In 1944, at age 18, during World War II, Aldo entered the United States Navy, serving as a frogman until 1946; he saw action at Okinawa with UDT-17.
Early life
Upon leaving the Navy, he entered the University of California at Berkeley, but his studies there were brief. Shortly after leaving Berkeley, he settled in his family's hometown Crockett, California, with his first wife, Shirley Green. They had one child, a daughter named Claire.
Ray was elected as the Constable of the Crockett Judicial District in Contra Costa County California. Ray drove his brother Guido to an audition for the film Saturday's Hero (1951). Director David Miller was more interested in Ray than his brother, because, it is rumored, of his voice, and hired him for the small role of a cynical college football player opposite John Derek and Donna Reed. Columbia Pictures wasted no time in signing Ray to an exclusive contract, and despite having no acting experience, Ray soon appeared in several films under his birthname, Aldo DaRe.[citation needed]
Hollywood stardom
Ray's husky frame, thick neck, and raspy voice made him perfect for playing tough sexy roles. In his first film as Aldo Ray, he starred with Judy Holliday in The Marrying Kind (1952), directed by George Cukor. Cukor famously suggested that Ray go to ballet school because he walked too much like a football player. That same year, Ray appeared in Pat and Mike, starring Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn, again directed by Cukor. Ray's work in Pat and Mike led to his nomination, along with Richard Burton and Robert Wagner, for a Golden Globe as Best Newcomer. Burton won the award that year, but Ray's career was launched. Columbia Pictures head Harry Cohn liked Ray and wanted him for the role of Private Robert Prewitt in From Here to Eternity (1953) but Fred Zinnemann insisted Montgomery Clift be cast.[2]
In 1953, he and first wife Shirley Green were divorced. He starred opposite Rita Hayworth in Miss Sadie Thompson (1953), a remake of the W. Somerset Maugham story Rain. This began the most productive period of Aldo's career, preceded by his marriage to actress Jeff Donnell (from 1954 to 1956), which also ended in divorce.
In 1955, Ray featured in starring roles in Battle Cry, Three Stripes in the Sun, and one of his best-loved films, We're No Angels (1955), in which he starred with Humphrey Bogart, Peter Ustinov, Basil Rathbone, Leo G. Carroll, and Joan Bennett. In 1956, in between appearances in Three Stripes In The Sun and Men in War, Ray tried his hand at radio, working as a personality and announcer at Syracuse, New York hit music station WNDR. A photo of Ray with a colleague in the WNDR studios, taken as part of a station promotional package, survives and can be found on a WNDR tribute website, although it's not known if any aircheck tapes of his radio shows still exist. By 1957, in any event, he had left WNDR and the radio business and returned to Hollywood. He would appear in 11 films during the following 11 years (1957–68), the busiest period of his film career.[citation needed]
On January 31, 1957, Ray appeared on NBC's The Ford Show, Starring Tennessee Ernie Ford. He and Tennessee Ernie Ford did a comedy skit from a foxhole.[3]
He also appeared on an episode of Bonanza "The Wild One" as a horse wrangler, October 4, 1964
Author Richard Matheson said that his best-known work, The Incredible Shrinking Man, was inspired by a scene in Aldo Ray's Let's Do It Again in which a character puts on someone else's hat and it sinks down past his ears; "I thought, what if a man put on his own hat and that happened?" he recounted in an interview for Stephen King's non fiction work Danse Macabre.[citation needed]
This period of Ray's career would culminate with a starring role in God's Little Acre (1958), an adaptation of Erskine Caldwell's controversial novel, starring Robert Ryan and Tina Louise. Ray appeared in The Naked and the Dead, an adaptation of Norman Mailer's novel. He starred in 1959 in Four Desperate Men (The Siege of Pinchgut). The movie was filmed on location in Sydney Harbour, Australia. Pinchgut is actually Fort Denison. The film was the last produced by Ealing Studios, a small British Studio which lasted from 1939 to 1959. In 1959, Ray was cast as Hunk Farber in the episode, "Payment in Full" of the NBC western series, Riverboat. In the story line, Farber betrays his friend and employer to collect reward money, which he uses to court his girlfriend, Missy.[4]
Typecasting in the 1960s
By the dawn of the 1960s, Aldo was most often typecast as the tough guy, capitalizing on his husky good looks and gravelly voice. He married Johanna Bennet, who continues to work today under the name Johanna Ray, as a respected casting director. They were divorced in 1967 after having two sons. Johanna Ray, a longtime collaborator with David Lynch, cast her son Eric DaRe with Aldo in Lynch's Twin Peaks series, as well as the movie Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me. Aldo's work of this decade included The Day They Robbed the Bank of England, What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?, Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round and Welcome to Hard Times. His best-known work of the 1960s however, was his portrayal of Sergeant Muldoon, alongside John Wayne, in The Green Berets. Ray starred in Kill a Dragon and Suicide Commando. He also made two television pilots in the 1960s; neither was picked up.[citation needed]
Career decline
As the 1960s ended, Hollywood's appetite for Ray's machismo started to wane. Though he worked steadily in the 1970s, the quality of his roles diminished, and he was typically cast as gruff and gravelly rednecks. In 1976, Ray appeared in Haunted, and also a pornographic movie, Sweet Savage, in a non-sexual role. His career decline accelerated in the 1980s, and after being diagnosed with throat cancer, he accepted virtually any role that came his way to maintain his costly health insurance. His SAG membership was revoked when it was discovered he was acting in non-union productions. His last film was Shock 'Em Dead in which he appeared with Traci Lords and Troy Donahue.
Final years and death
Ray remained in Crockett, with his mother and family and friends, where he died of throat cancer on March 27, 1991.[5] He was cremated and buried in Crockett, with a majority of the residents coming out to pay their respects. The Crockett Museum has a display depicting his life.
Selected filmography
- ↑ Wolf, Scott (April 21, 2010). "DaRe Dies". Inside USC.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ From Here to Eternity on IMDb
- ↑ "The Ford Show". Tennessee Ernie Ford. Season 1. Episode 19. 31 January 1957.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ Payment in Full (Riverboat) on IMDb
- ↑ Flint, Peter (28 March 1991). "Aldo Ray, Actor, Is Dead at 64; Portrayed Lovable Tough Guys". The New York Times.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
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Election count update: Stephen Bett elected as Norfolk's first police and crime commissioner (PCC)
PUBLISHED: 19:07 16 November 2012 | UPDATED: 19:19 16 November 2012
Former police authority chairman Stephen Bett has been declared Norfolk's first police and crime commissioner (PCC).
In profile: Stephen Bett
The former chairman of Norfolk Police Authority emotionally quit in September so he could embark on a campaign as an independent candidate in the race to become the county's first police and crime commissioner this month.
Stephen Bett, who had been chairman for six years, also resigned from the Norfolk County Council Conservative Group (NCCCG) and the North West Norfolk Conservative Association (NWNCA).
Mr Bett's decision to stand as an independent came after he missed out on being selected as the Conservative candidate for Norfolk in July.
In his election statement, Mr Bett pledged to keep Norfolk safe, keep party politics out of policing, secure the financial future and be firmly focused on what our community needs.
He said: "Putting the safety of individuals and communities first, I will:
Keep Norfolk safe as one of the lowest crime counties in the country;
Ensure that police fight serious and organised crime and support vulnerable people, including our elderly and disabled. Priority crimes include drug dealing, sexual offences, domestic violence, hate crime and anti-social behaviour;
Protect the frontline in the face of cuts;
Secure the constabulary's financial future;
Protect local policing from privatisation – achieving the savings we need by collaborating with other police and public services, and with the voluntary sector;
Ensure the Constabulary works smarter – using targeting and prevention to reduce demand, working with young people to stay clear of crime; and using restorative justice to achieve long-lasting solutions.
Making balanced decisions in the best interests of the community, I will:
Listen to communities and victims;
Reach out to minority communities and the disengaged to ensure policing is fair and equitable;
Be a strong, independent voice, robustly challenging the chief constable to deliver what the public needs;
Reject party politics and work with other Independents to provide a national voice."
He added: "Why Me? I am the candidate with the most experience of policing. I have been on the police authority for 16 years, the last six as chairman.
"Under my chairmanship Norfolk has become one of safest counties in England. We have delivered large savings while increasing efficiency and satisfaction."
Mr Bett, who resigned as chairman and from the Conservative party to embark on a campaign as an independent candidate, beat Tory candidate Jamie Athill into second place.
Mr Bett received a total of 39,988 votes compared to Mr Athill, who was selected as Conservative candidate ahead of Mr Bett in the summer. Mr Athill received a total of 36,605.
The results were announced at St Andrews Hall, in Norwich, just after 6.15pm.
Mr Bett said: "Thank you Norfolk! I'm delighted to have won the election to be Norfolk's first police and crime commissioner and pleased that my non-party political stance won the day with the voters."
He also thanked his family and campaign team, who dubbed his bid The Safe Bett, for their "fantastic" support.
Mr Athill said: "This is my first election and of course I'm disappointed to have lost but the first thing Iu must to is congratulate Mr Bett and his team." He added he was a supporter of the post of police and crime commissioner and said Mr Bett would have his "support".
The race to become Norfolk's first PCC became a two-horse race after the first round of voting. Mr Athill and Mr Bett were out in front after the Norfolk first round results were announced just before 4pm.
But as no man had secured more than 50pc of the vote, voters' second preferences were counted.
Mr Athill, who received 30,834 (31.7 pc) votes, and Mr Bett, who got 27, 842 (28.6pc) then went head-to-head in a second round of counting after the three other candidates were eliminated.
Former Norwich City Council leader Steve Morphew, Labour's candidate, received 21,456 votes (22pc), Ukip's Matthew Smith 9,633 (9.9pc) and Lib Dem candidate James Joyce got 7,392 (7.6 pc).
The total valid first preference votes for Norfolk was 97,157 while the total rejected was 3,251, which means a total of 100,408 people voted in Norfolk.
Overall turnout was 15pc of eligible voters, which breaks down as Breckland 12.9pc, Broadland 15pc, Great Yarmouth 12.6pc, King's Lynn 14.5pc, North Norfolk 16.1pc, Norwich 16.3pc and South Norfolk 17pc.
In Suffolk Conservative Tim Passmore has become Suffolk's first police and crime commissioner.
Labour's Jane Basham had held a narrow lead in the race after round one, but after the second choices of those who voted for David Cocks, an independent, and Bill Mountford, Ukip, were counted, Mr Passmore won.
The turnout figure in Suffolk has been confirmed as 16.01pc, meaning 88,497 of the county's 552,780 voters bothered to take part in the election.
For full story see tomorrow's paper.


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UFO Sighting Report - Mexico
April 6th 2007 : Cerro de la Estrella
The Journal of Hispanic Ufology
April 9, 2007
Source: La Prensa newspaper
Date: April, Saturday 7, 2007
Mexico: UFOs Reported During Holy Week
According to a news item from reporter Alfredo Ibanez, a very bright metallic object was reported over Cerro de la Estrella. It remained suspended in the sky for several minutes and subsequently moved toward the Mount Ajusco region, just as the Iztapalapa Passion Play was being re-enacted, West of the Mexican capital city.
Twenty minutes after the first sighting, some translucent flying objects were also sighted; these were seen by the multitudes present for the traditional Good Friday devotions.
Alfonso Salazar, a researcher and aviation technician, made it known that on that same day (April 6) at 15:50 hours, there were reports of an unidentified metallic object over Cerro de la Estrella. This observation was made from Mexico City International Airport through binoculars.
After making several other cases known, Salazar highlighted the events that occurred some 20 days ago, when a black-colored sphere hovered above the AeroMexico hangars at the same airport.
Translation (c) 2007, Scott Corrales, IHU
Special thanks to Ana Luisa Cid and Alfonso Salazar
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Beth Mason sponsored Hoboken411 falsely accuses Elysian Cafe of breaking the law
In the latest attack on a Hoboken business, Hoboken411 has turned its regular bottom feeding diatribes against the popular uptown eatery, the Elysian Cafe. The cybersewer complains the restaurant is breaking established ordinances on outdoor cafes claiming its due to reasons of your "imagination."
There's just one problem: the flouting of the law is yet another Perry Klaussen Hoboken411 imagining and in point of fact a baldfaced lie.
A municipal expert with the cafe regulations in Hoboken laughed off Mason411's allegations saying of Elysian Cafe's outdoor tables, "No issues. Their setup has been the same for a decade."
Perry Klaussen who lives on the same block had nary a bad word about the outdoor cafe, but suddenly he's making false accusations on a cafe which hasn't changed an inch over many years.
From the picture above, courtesy of TheBokenOnline, it's clear there is no sidewalk impediment of any kind. The stanchions have obviously not changed over years and neither the location of their placement.
The Elysian restauranteur has hosted mayoral candidate Ruben Ramos fundraising efforts. Ramos recently saw behind the scenes success to have HHA Executive Director Carmelo Garcia selected on the Brian Stack - HCDO slate as his replacement for the 33rd Assembly seat. Beth Mason spent well over a year telling everyone she was the inevitable selection for the position. She's been fuming over the snub of both her political ambitions and the Mason family checkbook.
In the past, Perry Klaussen's ready lies and iron fisted Nazi censorship in service to Beth Mason's political ambitions had them meeting right at the Elysian although her ads on Hoboken411 don't appear on any ELEC report over years.
Beth Mason has been questioned point blank on this, notably by MSV in council meetings and she's NEVER provided an answer, notable as a slew of her political operatives have also not appeared on her campaign reports.
Similar questions have been posed asking how political operatives working under the umbrella of her "charity," the Mason Civic League are being properly paid for their efforts. Inquiries posed to Beth Mason on the matter produced no answer to the question, instead bringing a threat of a civil lawsuit against MSV right during a City Council meeting two weeks before a SLAPP suit was filed against more than a dozen Hoboken residents who have publicly spoken against Mason's actions, the Hoboken Sopranos and corruption.
Talking Ed Note: Chalk up another business being smeared by Hoboken411.
Questions surrounding Beth Mason and Hoboken411 and the massive Data Theft Ring conspiracy in 2011 have not been answered either.
So how did those interviews with the Feds go? http://www.hobokenhorse.com/2012/08/whatever-happened-to-beth-masons.html


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Six inmates strangled in Salvadorean prison
Six inmates, two of them minors, have been strangled to death in a prison in El Salvador, officials say.
Police said they belonged to the Mara Salvatrucha gang, an international criminal group which engages in extortion, racketeering and drug trafficking.
Prison officials believe the murders were a carefully planned settling of scores between gang members.
Extra police have been drafted in to patrol the jail in Tonacatepeque.
'Pre-meditated attack'
According to prison director Irma Mejia, the killings happened after the inmates had been celebrating Prisoners' Day but before they returned to their cells.
Inmates called the guards telling them the six had been taken ill, but when the guards arrived, the victims were already dead, Ms Mejia said.
The victims were serving sentences for crimes including extortion and murder.
Prison officials said they suspected their deaths had been ordered by gang leaders serving time in another prison.
They said it had been planned to coincide with Prisoners' Day festivities as the victims would have been drunk and therefore easier targets.
The mother of one of the victims, who was among the relatives attending the event, said it was not unusual for prisoners to drink.
"They always take alcoholic drinks, that's normal, but my son wasn't drunk, just the usual," she told the local press.
Prisons in El Salvador are notoriously overcrowded and violent as thousands of members of the country's notorious Mara Salvatrucha and 18th Street gangs await trial or serve their sentences.
The two gangs signed a truce in March 2012 but there is fear it may be crumbling, with gang-related murders on the increase in recent months.


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Here is an article from Ten Ton Hammer with some thoughts on Planetside 2.
Unfortunately, these are not mine. I have been trying to get into the beta with no luck so far. I am really looking forward to this game, and this preview seems positive.
Update: The Planetside 2 beta NDA has been lifted, so expect to see many more details about PS2 in the near future.