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• Brother: Pistorius "relieved... but it's a long road ahead"
• Bail set at 1 million rand, with 100,000 to be paid immediately
• Pistorius cannot leave Pretoria without permission
• Must surrender his firearms
• Due in court again June 4
• Listen live to the Oscar Pistorius bail decision
• Lead investigator is taken off the case
• Day one: as it happened
• Day two: as it happened
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18.30 We'll end our live coverage of the final day of Oscar Pistorius' bail hearing here, with Aislinn Laing's full story on the the magistrate's decision to grant the athlete bail.
Thanks for sticking with us and good night!
18.23 Women are rightly furious that Pistorius has been freed on bail, Telegraph Olympics Editor Jacquelin Magnay has blogged.
I still can't fathom a judicial system that allows Pistorius, who has admitted to killing his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, not once with a stray bullet, but with multiple shots through a locked door, to enjoy his freedom...
Perhaps, ladies, our only hope in the relentless battle to combat violence against women is to have a female judge.
17.55 A local reporter captures journalists' effort to file their stories from Pretoria:
17.46 Barry Roux, the lawyer defending Pistorius, has said he is looking forward to "a cold beer". Of course his client, under the bail conditions, is banned from taking any such refreshment.
17.40 Under South Africa's creaking justice system it could be a year or more before the death of Reeva Steenkamp comes to trial, William Booth, a criminal lawyer in Cape Town, tells us.
Meanwhile, we have video footage of Pistorius's uncle Arnold speaking this afternoon:
17.09 While giving his reasons for granting bail, Mr Nair identified key flaws in the athlete's story and in the prosecution's case. They were:
Mr Nair found it "difficult to understand" why Pistorius "did not seek to verify who was inside the toilet" before firing four shots through its locked door.
He was puzzled that Reeva Steenkamp, on Pistorius's account, did not "scream back" when the athlete shouted that there was an intruder in the house.
Mr Nair had "difficulty appreciating" why Pistorius should "venture further in danger" by entering the bathroom, where he thought an intruder was hiding.
It was "astounding" that Warrant Officer Hilton Botha thought his key witness lived "600 metres" from Pistorius's house – and still could have heard an argument inside.
The police "blundered" over the substance found in Pistorius's home, wrongly identifying it as testosterone.
W/O Botha "did not bother" to check Pistorius's mobile phone to see whether the athlete had made emergency calls after shooting Miss Steenkamp.
16.50 The relief of Carl and Aimee Pistorius, the athlete's siblings, is plain to see.
16.48 Pistorius may have appeared emotionless as the magistrate announced he would be bailed, but according to AFP he only just managed to hold it together:
Following the magistrate's decision, Pistorius was escorted to the holding area sobbing uncontrollably, as his brother Carl hugged sister Aimee and the broader family huddled in prayer.
16.23 An image has come in showing Pistorius and sister Aimee in the car leaving court. The athlete's jaw is still set and he appears to be clutching an iPad-like device in his lap as he stares straight ahead. Is that a scratch just in front of his left ear?
Picture: EPA
16.14 Indeed.
16.06 The Telegraph's Aislinn Laing has summed up the morning's proceedings in a dispatch from Pretoria this afternoon, saying that the bail decision is significant for all South Africa and predicting an outpouring of emotion:
15.57 A silver Land Rover believed to be carrying Pistorius has left the court in Pretoria. The Paralympian is free on bail and is not scheduled to appear in court again until June 4.
15.26 The ANC's Women's League, which yesterday berated the "special treatment" that Pistorius appeared to be receiving, are disappointed at the bail ruling, telling Reuters:
For now we will abide by the rules of law in this country but honestly we are saddened because women are being killed in this country.
15.11 Reuters news agency has also noted Pistorius's apparent lack of emotion at the result, filing a piece from court stating:
The decision by Magistrate Desmond Nair drew cheers from the athlete's family and supporters, although he appeared unmoved.
14.58 The Pistorius family is making a brief statement, reiterating that while they are relieved, they are also a family in mourning for the death of Reeva Steenkamp.
They also say they know the truth of what happened, and assert that the truth will prevail.
Here's the full text:
Although we are obviously relieved that Oscar has been granted bail, this is still a very sad time for the family of Reeva and for us. We are grateful that the Magistrate recognised the validity and strength of our application. As the family, we are convinced that Oscar's version of what happened on that terrible night will prove to be true."
Friends of Miss Steenkamp, who were present in the courtroom, are speaking to media:
14.51 The hearing is adjourned, seconds after Pistorius spoke his first words in court today, replying simply: "Yes" when Nair asked if he understood the conditions.
Now, once he pays the 100,000 rand, he can walk free.
14.49 His family may have reacted joyfully, but for Pistorius it seems to be a different matter, according to Kate Forbes of the BBC:
Local reporter Aldrin Sampear agrees:
14.45 The next court date will be June 4. But in a twist, Nair has overruled the state request and upped the bail dramatically - to 1 million rand, or roughly £74,000. Of that, 100,000 rand must be paid up front as a guarantee. The rest must be paid within the week.
He must also get permission to travel anywhere outside Pretoria, must surrender his travel documents, and - perhaps unsurprisingly - must surrender his firearms.
He is also banned from drinking alcohol, and must report to a police station every Monday and Friday. He can not communicate with witnesses.
14.43 The address Pistorius will be staying at during his bail will not be disclosed in court - presumably because of the massive interest.
14.40 Aislinn Laing, from inside the court, tells us:
Carl Pistorius emerges from holding cell, tells me his brother's "relieved. I'm relieved, but it's a long road ahead."
14.32 Barry Roux, Pistorius' lawyer, says the bail posted is around 250,000 rand (£18,455).
14.30 Next questions: Where will Pistorius live while he is awaiting trial? And how is his emotional state?
14.28 And the Pistorius family has gone into a huddle to pray.
14.24 A shout from Pistorius' family, and the court adjourns for another five minutes.
14.24 "I come to the conclusion that the accused has made a case to be released on bail"
14.21 If the police had bothered to check whether Pistorius actually had a property in Italy, and the defence had failed to mention it, that would have counted against him. But they didn't.
14.18 And the magistrate has gone off on another detour. Is he trying to break a court record?
14.16 From Aislinn Laing in court:
14.15 We are taking another detour through some case history to back up Magistrate Nair's argument.
14.11 Poor old Warrant Officer Botha has not "spent as much time as he should have" to show that the accused is violent. No medical records etc. Firing a gun in a restaurant is not enough to establish that Pistorius has a tendency to violence, says the magistrate.
14.09 Will Pistorius be a danger to others though? "The accused has shown tendencies of aggression. It is not in dispute that he threatened to break someone's legs". But the magistrate says now there is a case against him, the situation is different.
14.08 Again it seems that Magistrate Nair is sceptical about the idea that Pistorius would flee trial. "I cannot find that it has been established that the accused is a flight risk".
14.05 From Aislinn Laing in court:
14.03 "But equally the state cannot show its case is so strong and watertight that the applicant must feel the need to flee".
14.02 "The defence has failed in showing there is a weakness in the state case to the extent it can be construed an exceptional circumstance (for bail)"
13.59 An hour and a half in now and Magistrate Nair is getting to the nitty gritty, saying he has several problems with Pistorius' version of events. He says he has difficulty understanding why Pistorius did not check where Reeva was, why he did not call out to her in the toilet, and why he would even go into the toilet, given that he knew there was an intruder there who could attack him before he had the chance to respond. "There are improbabilities that need to be explored".
13.57 The magistrate separates the prosecution's case from the hopeless performance of Mr Botha. "He is not the state case". No mention so far of the other charges facing Mr Botha.
13.54 Will Warrant Officer Botha ever be given another major case to investigate?
13.51 Mr Botha is being heavily criticised for his bungling. His perception of distance from the witness to the crime was "astounding", the magistrate says.
13.50 After being told there were offshore accounts, he did not deem it necessary to seize the memory stick with the information on it.
13.49 Poor Mr Botha. "He may well have contaminated the crime scene by not wearing protective covers on his shoes", he could have established if Pistorius had a history of violence. He blundered on the testosterone issue. "Did he write testosterone in his notebook? No. Did he write in in his clipboard? No."
13.48 "He does not verify the cell phone information of the deceased. It is of crucial importance to show that there were calls or sms that might have been made up to 2am".
13.47 Magistrate Nair now picks apart Mr Botha: "He made several errors and concessions. He didn't bother to ask for the other cellphones that might have been present, nor did he check the records given by the defence."
13.46 "If the defence had succeeded in showing the state case to be weak, then that is a ground that falls into exceptional circumstances."
13.45 We're back, and we are going through what the "exceptional circumstances" are that would enable him to grant bail.
13.37 The court adjourns for five minutes. Sighs all round. Is this a loo break?
13.34 Magistrate Nair confirms Pistorius will be charged with premeditated murder
"I would venture to say at this point in the hearing, I am not as much seized with the issue of finding beyond reasonable doubt that the applicant had committed a premeditated murder," said Magistrate Nair.
Instead, he explains, it is his responsibility to make sure the prosecution can make a prima facie case at trial and that he is satisfied that it has done so, having presented "enough" evidence.
13.34 "I have heard extensive and thorough argument" that this is not a premeditated murder, says Magistrate Nair.
13.30 "The issue of the bail hearing is not guilt, but where the interests of justice lie," says the magistrate, as he hits the hour mark with no sign of slowing down or reaching a conclusion.
13.26 I think we can say that Magistrate Nair is enjoying his moment in the spotlight. And is determined to be as thorough (and long-winded) as possible. Pistorius, meanwhile, seems on the edge emotionally.
13.23 Magistrate Nair is now clarifying under what conditions bail is granted. And indeed the history of the concept, reaching all the way back to the Boer War.
13.21 Magistrate Nair is still simply summing up the evidence that was presented. He has not weighed in with his own opinion yet.
13.18 The magistrate is rounding up the long list of fumbles and concessions that Mr Botha was forced to make by the defence.
13.16 "Mr Botha conceded to the extent that the defence version was that the applicant had shot from the entrance to the bathroom. He did not indicate that the ballistics statement to him, that the shots were fired from 1.5m into the bathroom, were untrue," reports the magistrate.
13.12 One key to this case, when we get to the trial, will be the angle at which the bullets were shot through the bathroom door. Mr Botha said the shots had been fired "through the top of the door at a downwards angle", suggesting that Pistorius had time, before he fired, to put his prosthetic legs on.
13.11 This summing up could take at least an hour. Possibly more.
13.10 There was one iPhone 4 and one iPhone 5 in the bathroom, on the mat.
13.08 One of the requirements for a gun licence in South Africa, we are reminded, is the ability to judge when to shoot and when not to shoot.
13.05 Now we are moving onto the evidence presented by the prosecution. It's Warrant Officer Hilton Botha's testimony again.
13.04 "Reeva said Oscar was a great guy and treated her like gold. She said the relationship was moving fast, but she was in love with him," says one female friend.
13.00 The magistrate is reading out the statements of Pistorius' friends about his relationship with Reeva Steenkamp.
12.59 Pistorius is quietly sobbing again.
12.58 Magistrate Nair is summing up the defence case, who argue that Pistorius is no flight risk, will not contact witnesses, has no propensity to violence, and will hand in his travel documents.
12.56 Sky's Alex Crawford is keeping a close eye on the Pistorius family:
12.54 "He slept with his 9mm parabellum under his bed", the magistrate says, with an old-fashioned flourish. Also worth noting there was an obscure Japanese rock band called 9mm Parabellum Bullet.
12.54 But I suggest you let me sum it up for you.
12.52 Click on the link above if you want to listen to the audio feed live.
12.50 The magistrate is explaining why Pistorius was kept in a police cell, rather than remanded to prison, while waiting for the bail hearing. He says Pistorius' lawyers needed to easily reach their client and that he worried there would be a bureaucratic delay if the athlete had been held in prison.
12.47 Magistrate Nair: "I ruled that the matter be heard as a schedule six offence". The defence argued that the crime should be downgraded from this level.
12.43 "The applicant sometimes comes out of the police cells and stands in the dock and what happens is a large contingent of journalists and photographers flash at him and it raises the picture that the accused is some kind of species the world has never seen before. I appreciate, however, the need for freedom of expression and I have tried to accommodate the press wherever possible," says Magistrate Nair.
12.38 Magistrate Nair is explaining why he has allowed cameras and microphones into the court.
12.37 And we've started.
12.33 Before we get underway, here's a summing up from Aislinn Laing in court
I think Pistorius will get bail - and that's the generally-held view of people watching this hearing. Desmond Nair, Pretoria's Chief Magistrate, has tried to play Devil's Advocate on both sides of the argument but on balance, I think he'll come down in favour of Mr Pistorius. His question yesterday to Barry Roux, Mr Pistorius' lawyer, was most telling. While discussing the public mood about the case, he asked Mr Roux anxiously: "Do you think there will be shock if the accused is released on bail?" Mr Roux responded: "I think there will be shock if he is not."
Mr Nair faces what he himself described as an "unenviable" decision. If he grants bail, he will come under fire from womens' groups - two members of the ANC's Womens' League have been in court throughout the hearing and are likely to summon their members to make merry hell if Mr Pistorius walks free. Following the particularly brutal rape and murder of a Cape teenager earlier this month, there have been calls - acknowledged by President Jacob Zuma in his recent State of the Nation address - for tougher action against those who abuse women and children.
If he denies the athlete bail, he will be pilloried by his many fans the world-over, and potentially take flak from his increasingly well-oiled PR machine, run by former Sun editor Stuart Higgins. There have also been suggestions that he can appeal the decision at the High Court.
To recap - the prosecution say Mr Pistorius should remain in custody because, through previous incidents such as his accidentally firing a gun in a Johannesburg restaurant then persuading a friend to take the rap, he said he has shown he does not take responsibility for his actions, and would thus pose a flight risk. He pointed to high-profile cases such as Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, who absconded while on bail and sought refuge in the Ecuadorian embassy in London, to prove that even world-famous people can be fugitives of justice.
Mr Pistorius' lawyer has responded that the defendant loves his country, and wants to clear his name in court. He said that practically, life on the run would be too difficult for him, since he needs regular access to medical care for his stumps and prosthetic legs.
He added: "If he goes through airport security there's always a commotion and the system reacts. That shows you how difficult it is."
Karyn Maughan, legal journalist for the rolling South African television station E News Channel Africa, said Mr Nair would probably set the bar high with bail conditions, asking for a surety of between R100,000 to R200,000 and regular visits to police.
"To avoid any accusations of leniency, he will really make his life hell," she said. "It will basically be like house arrest."
She said that the entire bail application process, and Mr Pistorius' decision to present his version of events in an affidavit, was a risky strategy. It means the prosecution can now work to disprove every aspect of his defence in forensic detail.
Equally, the debacle with Warrant Officer Botha, who saw old charges he was facing re-enacted the day after he gave a distastrous account of the police evidence on the witness stand, has prompted the country's police chiefs to dedicate some of their most senior officers, working with more resources, on the case.
"He may have won some public sympathy but it could considerably harm his chances at trial," she said.
As for what Mr Pistorius will do if he is released, we've heard he will likely head to a house belonging to one of his uncles.
I've been told that there will be "absolutely no interviews" with the athlete himself, but his family may conduct one or two at a later stage.
12.31 Reeva Steenkamp's relatives say they will not be making any comment after the decision, and that they are simply in court "to represent Reeva".
12.30 From Sky's Alex Crawford
12.30 We should have live audio shortly.
12.29 Journalists and legal teams are in court as we prepare for the magistrate's verdict.
11.55 Our chief foreign correspondent in London David Blair comments:
"If he is granted bail, that would be a highly unusual, although not unprecedented decision. He has been accused of premeditated murder under schedule six of South Africa's criminal procedure act. That means the onus is on Pistorius to show why he deserves bail - and it can only be granted under "exceptional circumstances". Nonetheless the mood music suggests that the magistrate will probably find in his favour."
11.42 If Pistorius is released on bail he will be free to go home this afternoon.
11.30 Two tweets from journalists at the court sum it all up:
11.23 The Guardian has a first person story about what life is like as a paraplegic in a South African jail.
"Living here is very hard. We are 88 men in this cell which is meant for 32. Sometimes there are more. Twelve people sleep in two bunks pushed together, that's six on the top and six on the bottom. I have my own bed on the bottom, which is a privilege. Luckily, I don't have to share because of my medical status.
"I can't rely on other inmates for help because they change all the time. People come and go so I have to help myself. My upper body is very strong so I just pull my legs along the floor. There's only one toilet and one shower for this cell. It's so crowded people even sleep on 'sponges' on the toilet floor. Sometimes there's no water in the toilet and it doesn't work. The smell and the flies are horrible. The food in the kitchen is also covered in flies.
"It's a big mission for me to get food. It takes 30 minutes to drag my legs to the kitchen. That's why I don't have breakfast, I just drink water. I only go to the kitchen once a day for lunch, which is at 11am. The warders in the kitchen won't allow other prisoners to bring me food. They say I have to fetch it myself.
11.01 The journalists in court have cogitated and ruminated:
10.40 The New Yorker has a good blog summing up the incompetence of the South African police investigating the case:
"Reading accounts of the proceedings, one wonders how much expertise South African investigators and courts actually have in dealing with cases of violence against women, even though, as Charlayne Hunter-Gault has written, the number of attacks is unsettlingly high."
Oscar Pistorius's father Henke (right) with his children Carl and Aimee in the magistrate court in Pretoria (AP)
10.22 If Pistorius is granted bail, and a lot of the journalists in court are confident he will be, there will be a media scrum outside the court as he walks free.
10.14 Alexi Eliseev, a local journalist at the court, neatly sums up what the decision hangs on:
10.04 Magistrate Nair says he has to make an "unenviable" decision.
Photographers take photos of Oscar Pistorius as he stands in the dock during his bail hearing (AP)
10.02 Here is the rather optimistic Ampie Louw, the man who trained Oscar Pistorius to Paralympic glory, saying that he hopes to have his man back on the athletics field next week.
09.59 Magistrate Nair promises a bail decision will arrive at 14.30 local time, roughly two and half hours from now.
09.47 The defence is back up, describing the frantic effort that Pistorius made to save his girlfriend's life. How much more back and forth will there be? It feels like we're treading back over the arguments from yesterday and the day before.
09.38 Oh but wait. This from ITV's man in court:
09.36 The court is back, and there's an hour and a half left on the clock. Are we about to get a judgement?
09.15 Magistrate Nair seems skeptical over the argument that Pistorius would be a flight risk: Would he be "ducking and diving every day? On those prostheses?" he asks.
State prosecutor Gerrie Nel (left) and Oscar Pistorius's defence team including lawyer Barry Roux (right) (EPA)
09.09 The state has wrapped up its case, saying that Pistorius should not get special treatment for being disabled or famous, and the court has adjourned for ten minutes.
08.55 Gerrie Nel, the prosecutor, says it does not make sense that Pistorius went downstairs, after the shooting,
08.49 The prosecution underlines that this is a test case, and that the court must be seen to be taking violence against women seriously.
08.41 The prosecutor says: "I'm not saying the murder of Reeva Steenkamp was planned days in advance, or weeks in advance". But he says Pistorius "wanted to kill".
08.39 Magistrate Desmond Nair asks: If Pistorius was trying to make the crime look like a break-in, why didn't he break a window or fake some signs of an intruder?
Oscar Pistorius appears in court on the 4th day of his bail hearing (ALEXANDER JOE/AFP/Getty Images)
08.22 From Aislinn Laing in court:
"The prosecutor: From every angle, Oscar Pistorius' story is improbable. It's always easy to give a version if there is only one person there".
08.20 The prosecutor begins by suggesting that in order to believe Pistorius' version of events, you need to believe that Reeva Steenkamp did not cry or shout out.
08.11 We are underway, and, for the first time, the court has allowed live audio today.
08.03 The hearing is about to begin.
07.45 Pistorius' family has arrived at court. His defence lawyers have also entered.
Oscar Pistorius enters the courtroom in Pretoria (ALEXANDER JOE/AFP/Getty Images)
07.18 Ampie Louw, Pistorius' coach, is a remarkably optimistic man. Not only does he think the athlete will get bail, but he's hoping Pistorius will be back in "light training" next week.
07.14 It should take around an hour and a half for Gerrie Nel, the prosecutor, to wrap up his case. Then there will probably be an adjournment and hopefully, after that, a decision on whether Pistorius can be allowed bail. It is possible, however, that the magistrate will reserve his judgement for another day.
07.05 BBC correspondent Andrew Harding tweets that the corporation may carry live coverage of the judgment:
06:45: From Aislinn Laing outside court:
It's quite quiet at Pretoria Central Magistrates, which is strange given that today is probably D Day - the day Mr Pistorius finds out if he'll get bail. Carl Pistorius, the defendant's brother, has arrived in a black shirt.
He wouldn't comment on whether this was an indication of his expectations for his brother's bail. As to whether the magistrate will make his decision today, it depends who you believe.
Prosecutor Gerrie Nel told me he thought the magistrate would take his time and come back with a decision on Monday, caveating this by saying he would be mindful about extending Mr Pistorius' anxious wait in custody over the weekend. The magistrate's clerk today me he would "definitely" make his decision today, having had Thursday evening to think about it. We're lined up waiting to go into court now.
05.10 Yesterday saw scenes of high drama as the officer heading the murder investigation was abruptly pulled off the case following charges he himself had committed murder. Aislinn Laing reports:
The police officer leading the investigation into Oscar Pistorius was replaced on Thursday after it emerged that he faces seven charges of attempted murder for allegedly shooting at a crowded minibus.
Warrant Officer Hilton Botha, who gave a shaky performance in the witness box on Wednesday, has been succeeded by General Vineshkumar Moonoo, a 32-year veteran of the South African police force.
The move came after details of the incident in Dec 2011 emerged, in which W/O Botha allegedly opened fire on a minibus carrying seven passengers.
He was chasing the vehicle because he believed that a suspected murderer was on board. The policeman is understood to have begun shooting when the bus tried to force his own car off the road.
Lieutenant-General Vineshkumar Moonoo (left) will take over the Oscar Pistorius case from investigating officer Hilton Botha (AFP/Getty Images)
05.05 Today is the first of what will be many, many judgement days for Pistorius as a judge rules whether to grant bail while he awaits the start of his murder trial. We're expecting proceedings to begin at Pretoria Magistrate Court at around 8am GMT.
05.00 GMT Good morning and welcome to our live coverage of the final day of Oscar Pistorius's four-day bail hearing in Pretoria.


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Upcoming free workshops at Blue Ridge Books in Waynesville will offer writers behind-the-scenes tips on getting published and provide guidance to women writers over 50.
• "Don't murder your mystery — or any other manuscript," will be led by seasoned book editor Chris Roerden from 10 a.m. until noon on Saturday, Aug. 7 at the bookstore.
Writers will learn how submissions are really evaluated by agents and editors. In a two-hour workshop, explore the techniques that reveal your "writer's voice" to a pro. Have your questions answered about the most effective ways to get published. Registration not required.
Chris Roerden has been a hands-on book editor for 44 years. A former university instructor of writing, she leads workshops for writers throughout North America. http://www.writersinfo.info
• "Women's Lives, Women's Wisdom: using the writing process to review our struggles, resistance, and wisdom" will be led by Nancy Werking Poling from 3 to 4:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 7.
The workshop is designed for women over fifty, but younger women are welcome. Participants will be guided through a process of examining their lives through writing. Ground rules will work toward encouraging everyone to share stories and insights that are appropriate for a room of neighbors and strangers.


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Recent Purchase - Philip's Spanish Cob
Written by Joshua Horn on Saturday, February 16, 2013 / Comments: 0
|King Philip V
When Spain settled the New World they found mines which yielded vast riches. But those riches had to be shipped back to Spain and taxed 20%. To do this, in America they were made into temporary coins, called macuquinas or cobs. Instead of rolling the metal into a smooth sheet, the cobs were just cut off of a bar at their approximate weight and then hand struck in a rough die. Roughly made, they were only in this form temporarily until they could be melted down in Spain and turned into coins or jewelry. Some cobs, however, did circulate as currency making their way to the Spanish colonies. This brought numerous problems. Since they were of such poor quality, a little metal could easily be clipped off without anyone noticing, because their shape was already irregular. This produced coins that were significantly lighter than the originals.
This particular coin, which I bought a few weeks ago, was minted during the reign of Philip V, between 1700 and 1746. When King Charles II of Spain died in 1700 without any children, he named Philip, the grandson of his half sister, his heir. The succession of the Spanish kings at the time was very complex. Philip was the first member of the House of Bourbon to become king of France. Bourbon is a French family, but Philip had attained the kingship through the marriage of his grandmother to King Louis XIV of France. To avoid an international crisis because of a powerful alliance, Philip upon becoming King of Spain had to renounce all claims to the kingship of France. Interestingly enough, upon becoming King of Spain, the 17 year old Philip had not yet learned Spanish.
|Philip riding into battle
Although the English and Dutch had not opposed Philip when he became king, the next year the War of Spanish Succession broke out because they feared that France and Spain would be united under one Bourbon monarch. The Holy Roman Empire, with Great Britain, the Dutch and parts of Spain loyal to the House of Habsburg fought against France and the rest of Spain under Philip. The war finally ended in 1713 when Philip renounced all claim to the throne of France. This costly war sped up the decline of the Spanish empire.
|King Louis I
In 1724 Philip abdicated his throne to his 17 year old son Louis. The reasons for this are still debated. It may be that he hoped to obtain the kingdom of France, or he may have been gradually going insane and become unfit to rule. Either way it did not last long. Within the year his son died of smallpox, and he resumed the kingship as he had no other son old enough to take the kingdom. Although Spain had been very rich because of the precious medals obtained from the New World, by this time they were in serious financial difficulty. Thousands of servants were employed at the palace while the rest of the government went without pay for months. The government was only kept going by the treasure ships coming from America, one this coin may well have been on. Spain effectively went bankrupt in 1739 by refusing payment on its debts. Philip died in July, 1746 after the longest reign in modern Spanish history.
You can get coins like this one very inexpensively on ebay.
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San Antonio Independent Christian Film Festival 2013
Written by Joshua Horn on Friday, February 15, 2013 / Comments: 0
I went to this year's San Antonio Independent Christian Film Festival this past weekend for the showing of one of the episodes from our DVD series Discerning History: Causes of the Civil War. Here are some pictures taken along the way:
|Confederate center
|Doug Phillips opening the festival
|Charlie Zahm and Tad Marks
|The Wintons and Phillips
|The Alamo
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Stimulis: Because all economies have performance issues:
- certain side effects, including lack of response to stimulis may occur if economy over stimulated for periods exceeding 8 years. Should displacia lasting longer than a decade occur, please consult an economist who understands math and ignore everyone trained in the ways of Freidman or Keynes.
Stimulis – "Because central bankers can't get enough of your money!"
Annoying, isn't it?
Stimulus Aims Two-Phase Jolt at Fading U.S. EconomyWe're cooked alright. This entire article leaves me shaking my head in disbelief. This "stimulus" is going to save jobs? How? Unemployment is going to stop rising by the end of the year? Why?
By Matthew Benjamin
Feb. 13 (Bloomberg) -- The stimulus plan emerging from Congress may jolt the U.S. economy in successive waves: relief to cash-strapped consumers, businesses and states, then a job- creating lift from spending on roads, utilities and public transit.
While the package will take time to have an impact, and unemployment is likely to keep rising for months, it will start returning the U.S. toward growth by the end of the year, economists said.
Jobs Turnaround
"The hope is, with the stimulus, that we actually stop losing jobs by the end of this year," said Josh Bivens, of the Economic Policy Institute, a Washington research group aligned with labor unions.
The House of Representatives is scheduled to vote today on the $789 billion stimulus plan that President Barack Obama has said he wants to sign by Feb. 16.
The bill contains a $400 tax reduction for individuals and $800 for families for this year and next, according to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office. Workers will see the relief in the form of a smaller amount of income taxes withheld from their paychecks.
"We can basically change those withholding tables very quickly so people will immediately see some more money going into their bank accounts," Christina Romer, chairwoman of the White House's Council of Economic Advisers, said in an interview yesterday on Bloomberg Television.
New Method
Many economists argue that such a delivery method, untested in previous stimulus packages, will be more effective at increasing demand because consumers will be less inclined to save the money or use it to pay debt.
"There is an argument from behavioral economics that people react differently to big lump sums versus these smaller increases in take-home pay they'll get every paycheck," said Joel Slemrod, an economist at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor and an expert on tax policy.
Some economists argue that temporary tax cuts do little to help growth because consumers only alter spending habits based on income changes they believe are permanent. To get them to spend more, the argument goes, tax rates must be lowered for good.
"Temporary tax cuts don't make people work any harder or get businesses to hire extra workers," said Chris Edwards, director of tax policy studies at the free-market Cato Institute in Washington. "They don't change marginal incentives for productive activities."
Aid to States
Still, other provisions in the bill will have larger, more measurable effects.
One is money for states, most of which are facing budget deficits. Forty-two states and the District of Columbia have mid- year shortfalls totaling $51 billion this year and projected shortfalls of $94 billion for fiscal 2010, according to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities in Washington.
Because most states have balanced-budget requirements and plunging tax revenue because of the recession, "they're in terrible shape," said Iris Lav, who studies state budget issues at the CBPP. Since the crisis began, 38 states have made or planned workforce cuts, Lav said.
"It's dire; the things they were going to cut is unbelievable," she said.
The stimulus bill contains about $54 billion to help states with expenses. That may keep layoffs from happening, Bivens said. "Even if money doesn't get to a state right away, the promise of it can allow them to avoid some job cuts," he said.
Jobless Benefits
The plan has more than $60 billion to increase unemployment benefits and a boost to food-stamp programs, housing assistance programs and other aid for the hardest-hit Americans.
Funding such programs is particularly effective, said Alan Blinder, a Princeton economist and former vice chairman of the Federal Reserve. "These are hand-to-mouth consumers. If you put cash in their hands they're going to spend it right away," he said.
The legislation includes $29 billion for highway construction projects; $16 billion for investments in public transit; $7 billion to expand access to broadband; and $11 billion to renovate the nation's electrical grid. The measure also would provide $5 billion to weatherize low-income homes and $4.5 billion to make federal buildings more energy efficient.
If the aid to states and consumers and the government spending all have the desired effect, there could be 3.5 million additional jobs in the U.S. economy by the fourth quarter of 2010, according to Fair's model.
All bets are off if credit markets stay frozen, the economists said.
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner outlined a plan earlier this week to help remove illiquid assets clogging banks' balance sheets and restart lending. It's far from clear that the plan, which investors criticized as short on details, will work.
"We're fighting a two-front war," Blinder said. The economy and the financial system need help in tandem because "if we don't do both, we're cooked," he said.
Are these the same people who didn't see the underlying math and the resultant effects? You bet they are. And Obama is now the biggest cheerleader of further wasteful deficit spending there is. I've been embarrassed by the bad math for quite some time. Now Obama is embarrassing all Americans and himself by talking about creating 3 or 4 million jobs. What nonsense.
D'oh! Caterpillar CEO Contradicts President on Whether Stimulus Will Allow Him to Re-Hire Laid Off Workers
February 12, 2009 6:16 PM
EAST PEORIA, ILL. -- President Obama today repeated the claim we asked about yesterday at the press briefing that Jim Owens, the CEO of Caterpillar, Inc., "said that if Congress passes our plan, this company will be able to rehire some of the folks who were just laid off."
Caterpillar announced 22,000 layoffs last month.
But after the president left the event, Owens said the exact opposite.
Asked if the stimulus package would be able to stop the 22,000 layoffs or not, Owens said, "I think realistically no. The truth is we're going to have more layoffs before we start hiring again"
"It is going to take some time before that stimulus bill" means re-hiring, he said.
DOH! Obama says one thing, and the CEO of Caterpillar says the exact opposite – that's quite a show…
You can HOPE all you want that huge deficit spending will create or save jobs, but I would contend that's only possible in a closed system that is not already debt saturated. In a debt saturated economy, money is hoarded or used to pay down debt, not to assume more debt.
The ultimate result of government deficit spending will be a further loss of jobs as the burdens of debt, taxes, and ultimately higher future interest rates will kill future growth.
All future income has already been pulled from the future into the here and now. Once that happens, there's no pleasant way out – math demands that something give.
I know that everyone doesn't want to hear that and you want a way out.
There are two ways out: If you wish to keep the present system, which I certainly don't, then you must force the people/bankers who assumed the risk to default on their debts. Clearing the current debt will allow the system to add more debt in the future so that we can do it all again. Does that sound terrific? I thought not.
How about the other way out? We change the entire system into something more sustainable? That's completely possible, but people just aren't desperate enough to act… YET. They will be, when we're at the Bottom of the 'C'...
The ultimate solution will involve dispensing with central bankers, revisiting the Constitution of the United States, setting goals for society that move it towards a common goal, downsizing government/military, and removing the corporate influence from the system. In other words, we're not even close, but it's coming… sooner than most people believe.


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Updated: Mariano Rivera's Torn ACL: The Luck Runs Out
Update Friday 5:45 EDT: Mariano Rivera answers one question, tweeting:
Thank you fans, friends and family for your prayers, well wishes and support. I will be ok. I will be back.
He also told reporters in Kansas City "I'm not going out like this." The under-covered part of this story is not the torn ACL but the addition of the meniscus damage, which Rivera originally knew about, but the Yankees did not. Interestingly-timed piece in the New York Daily News.
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At the risk of further turning major league baseball pitchers into the equivalents of the pampered and petrified thoroughbred race horses – don't the Yankees have somebody to shag fly balls forMariano Rivera?
In considering the implications of his likely torn Anterior Cruciate Ligament in his right knee, it is important to remember that since his days in the low minors, Rivera has included in his pre-game routine fairly vigorous pursuit of batting practice shots. But something then-manager Joe Torre said in 2006 is just as important. Somebody was looking at the Yankees' lack of outfield depth and wondered if Derek Jeter might be an option in center, and Torre noted that while Jeter would survive there, the man on the team who was easily his best defensive center fielder was Rivera.
Torre's observation was spoken seriously – Rivera has a great ability to read a fly ball, and is a terrific athlete – but it was not supposed to be taken seriously. But the New York newspapers did, and I actually called Torre to ask him about their extrapolations that this was a hint that Rivera was now somehow the greatest closer of all time and an emergency outfielder.
"Yes, he's a great outfielder," Torre said, "He's always bugging me to let him play there in a game. But does anybody really think I'd be crazy enough to let him play in a game? What if he got hurt?"
Tonight we know the answer. After his pre-game injury sustained trying to chase down a fly off the bat of brand-new Yankee Jayson Nix, Rivera underwent an MRI, and after the Yankees' 4-3 loss in Kansas City, manager Joe Girardi told reporters that the Royals' team doctor said he thought the imaging indicated a torn ACL. Any tearing injury to that knee ligament would be severe enough to end Rivera's season and, at his age, perhaps to his career. "If that's the report," Girardi told reporters in a media gaggle carried on the Yankee-owned YES network, "that's about as bad as it gets."
Did Rivera's luck just run out? Did the luck of all pitchers just run out? Will they no longer be allowed to do anything unnecessary on the field? Girardi, whom the New York Times noted got the same 'put me in coach' pleading from Rivera as Torre had, thought not: "You can fall off a curb and get hurt. You have to allow him to be an athlete and be a baseball player and have fun out there. I've never seen Mo do anything recklessly, I've never seen Mo dive or try to rob a home run. It's one of the way he exercises."
But the disturbing, harrowing video of Rivera's injury suggests he was in fact doing something that could be considered reckless, or at least slightly so. Just before his knee buckled, Rivera can be seen stretching his glove arm back over his body in a way he would not ordinarily do during a game, while simultaneously leaping. Can you trust pitchers not to jump, not to feel they have to catch that fly ball that's just out of their grasp? Can you trust 42-year old future Hall of Famers not to?
Rivera told reporters in Kansas City that if he had to be injured, at least it happened while he was doing something he enjoyed. "Shagging, I love to do. If I had to do it all over again, I would do it again. No hesitation." He confirmed that "it's torn" and added a detail Girardi did not mention "meniscus also." It's unclear the extent of any injury to the meniscus. Rivera said he had no idea if he would pitch again.
But there is a responsibility to balance a player's rituals and athleticism – and fun – and the inevitability of the clock running out. Decades ago, the Yankees moved Mickey Mantle from center to first base in hopes of preserving his knees and his career a season or two more. Even now Joe Mauer's future – catcher, first baseman, or outfielder – is debated.
And with time, we reassess what a player should and should not be allowed to do. Jim Lonborg helped to pitch the "Impossible Dream" Boston Red Sox into the World Series, and won the 1967 Cy Young Award. That winter he tore up a leg while skiing, and soon player contracts began to be peppered with clauses prohibiting them from participating in dangerous sports. 26 years later, Texas Rangers' manager Kevin Kennedy acceded to Jose Canseco's wishes and let him throw 33 pitches in a blowout game against the Red Sox at Fenway. By the end of another incidence of letting a player do what he wanted, the blowout was in Canseco's elbow and he would require Tommy John surgery. And just this past winter, the New York Mets made it clear that pitcher R.A. Dickey could go ahead with his plan to climb Mount Kilimanjaro, but if he were injured, they would exercise their right to void his contract.
Girardi is right: Shagging flies has always been integral to Rivera's pre-game routine, his exercise regimen, and his simple enjoyment of baseball. But that doesn't mean it was the right thing to do, nor the smart thing – just that nobody this good had previously sustained a potentially career-threatening injury. And Joe Torre's rhetorical question about what would happen if Rivera were injured playing center underscores another essential element. If it had happened that way, it would at least have happened in a game, presumably for some vital or unavoidable reason, and not because a future Hall of Famer just had to throw himself off balance because his competitiveness demanded that he go all out to catch a batting practice fly ball.
With Rivera's career potentially over, will teams try to curb their pitchers' non-essential on-field activities? The answer may lie in another question: When Kendrys Morales of the Angels sustained a devastating fractured ankle during a team celebration after his walk off grand slam two years ago this month, didn't we all assume we had seen the end of the 'group jump'?
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They're Baseball players and for a lot of them, the kid surfaces every once in a while. This was obviously the case for Mariano, who enjoys fielding. Sadly, the end result is the entire organizations worst nightmare. I'm sure this will change how management handles key players participating in non essential activities. IE: Suggs.
I agree. I realize he can step off a curb and hurt himself, just like Joba did this year after his own Tommy John surgery, but the fact that his 16 year Major League career could have ended in batting practice, is just unforgivable!
I think that there has to be a line drawn that clearly demarcates a difference between climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro, in the case of Dickey, and simply doing something active and athletic, in the case of Aaron Boone. If you'll recall, Aaron popped his knee playing pickup basketball, causing the Yankees to void the rest of his contract (there was a clause in it), and that ultimately was the reason A-Rod became a Yankee. To take it to its logical conclusion means to start taking all players, pitchers especially, and essentially locking them in hyperbaric chambers so that their only physical exertion is in playing the game. And no matter how much money the business of baseball insists on making and spending, that just can't be done.
Age also needs to be taken into account. For all its imagery of lazy summer days, baseball players put themselves through an incredibly brutal schedule. They basically travel and play 7-10 months out of the year, and Rivera's been training and playing this way for 15-20 years, if not more. I mean, the possibility was there for something like this to happen in a freak occurrence during a game. The body can only take so much stress, even if Mo only pitches 60-100 innings a year.
As a Yankees fan, I cringed watching the video, and am understandably depressed at the thought of finishing this season, in THIS AL East, without the best closer in the history of baseball. But this day was going to come. Obviously, there are better ways to go out than blowing out your knee shagging fly balls. But if it really is it, then hats off to, again, the Undisputed Greatest Closer in the History of Baseball. Ever.
If this could happen to Rivera who is very athletic, then it could happen to any player shagging fly balls. Are you going to stop it for every one.? This is almost akin to controversy of playing Derek Rose in the last 60 seconds and then blowing out his knee. I know there is big money involved in these athletes, but you just can't protect them every minute. I do agree that they shouldn't be participating in dangerous activities. In the Longberg case, if that happened today he probably would have been able to rehab and be as good as knew. You see athletes coming back from injuries that they wouldn't have come back from 40 years ago. Just look at Jake Peavy So far this year he has been great and I hope it continues. Even 5 years ago he probably wouldn't have been able to come back from his injury.
This was an unfortunate accident that could have been avoided both by Girardi and Rivera. First; Girardi could have limited Rivera to his 'shagging' and Rivera could have let the ball bounce off the wall without going full force. It was only practice, and he would not be doing such activities in a game. I feel that maybe Rivera was hot-dogging it too and paid the consequences for his actions. It's a shame but he has got to live with it now. I hope he recovers to some extent but his career is not looking too promising. It is unfortunate that the team is being depleted with all the injuries they have undergone. But they may just find some promise in the talent they have to draft up from the minors.
The greatest closer ever…A class act also… I hope he can come back next year. I have know issue with Mo shagging fly balls. Thats part of the game. I would have more issue with him or other players being forced to just do their 'Specialty' and nothing else on the field before or during games. Going to a game and watching players during batting practice was always one of the great pleasures of being at a Baseball Game. Showing up early and watching the players hit field and throw was as much fun as the game .
It was interesting to me (at least) that you would use the race horse analogy here with the Kentucky Derby less than two days away. I am a fan of that sport, and have seen more and more horses run less and less to avoid injury. Ball Players, especially relief pitchers, need to be ready to go at a moment's notice, and shagging has always been part of that prep. I recall Tom House having his pitchers run pass patterns and catch footballs, heard the whispers that someone would turn an ankle or blow a knee, so all went back to shagging and running as prep work. I have always admired Mo and his ability to get guys out with one pitch, and can only wish him a speedy recovery and if it is possible another chance to get back on the bump.
I cannot believe mlb lets you write a blog for them. "Luck runs out"…What kind of nonsense is that? Take your stupid left wing ugly face out of here. Libtards have ruined this country. I don't want you to ruin the only American Pastime left. God knows you left wing loons have taken everything else and made it god aweful.
Hey, pal, Keith Olbermann was reporting on sports before he ever became the "evil liberal". Do a Google search or two before you open your hate-filled trap.
This is not your best work Keith. Mariano always does this. It was a freak accident. And as far as his luck running out– he had been relatively (remarkably) healthy since 1996. Yeah, everybody's luck runs out– they die. You'd have to go by that measure according to your logic. Yankee fans have been unbelievably lucky. Joe Nathan's luck ran out. Mariano went beyond that description sometime in 2003 or 2005. Try being objective about the Yankees for a change.
First of all, it was great to find out about Tommy John. (Ol' teachers have to look up every word they don't know.) He was quite the pitcher himself! (Why was I thinking groin injury? Dirty mind, I guess.) It is true that one can step off a curb and get hurt, but chances are, unless the bus is running late (going very fast and doesn't stop, which is the case here by my corner) and the mind is preoccupied, it is not very likely. Secondly, I loved that horse analogy and it was not lost on me, either. Everything connected. Always. Finally, I am considering all the hazard there are out there for the players. The germs (and slipping risk) from all that spit, possibility of being impaled by a bat shard traveling at 50 mph, odds of a ball shattering your noggin at 90 mph, chances of swallowing a peck of dirt or someone's glove on sliding into home, and the probablility of pulling something as one contorts to make that ever-lovin' play all present dangers. Heck, a guy could choke on his bubble gum in the dugout! Sports are risky, some more than others. People are realizing this more each day. But there is life after baseball. And even if this is the career-ending injury, something wonderful could still happen to the great Mariano Rivera! Unless they play in hazmat suits or the thing The Bubble Boy had, some injury is as predictable as winning, losing, and the rain.
Sorry. Make HAZARD plural for me. (Hazards) Old English teachers die hard…and we don't play a lot of sports. 😉
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Hi Keith. I don't know, what are you supposed to do, keep him in a protective bubble? Shit happens,people get hurt, does that mean we all sit on our hands and not have fun? Sometimes one person's injury can lead to unreasonable restrictions. Kids at my daughter's elementary school are not allowed to play "tag" any longer because someone might fall and get hurt. A simple, childhood game, taken away, because some kid fell, got a bit scraped up, and now, it is forbidden. I understand, this is a career we are talking about, millions of dollars at stake, blah blah blah. The man plays baseball because he ENJOYS it. A shame he hurt himself, but he could have injured his knee stepping off a curb or slipping in the bathtub. I don't think anyone should take the FUN out of baseball. Hope you are well, Keith. Miss you on my tv. 🙂
thinking about what causes ACLs to get torn, and what pitchers do on the mound on every single pitch, it's amazing that (1) they don't all tear their ACLs within the first few weeks of trying out for pitching in little league, and (2) if they survive that, their ACLs can be torn by anything short of a chainsaw.
as for protection, well, stuff happens and people get hurt. fans need to protect themselves against the emotional pain of the inevitable. but then they wouldn't be fans, so that's not going to happen.
"….didn't we all assume we had seen the end of the 'group jump'?" I don't know, Keith, but we damn sure should have. I amazed it hasn't panned out that way.
"Shagging, I love to do." Now the Brits are going to love that comment!
OK on the semi-serious side, as one that considers shagging fly balls one of life's simple joys and something that carries anyone who played even sandlot ball back to the how they came to love the game, barring MLB players from shagging flies would be one more wound to the heart of the game. As kid if I could find even one friend with nothing to do, we could always go and hit each other fly balls. Great peace is found in that frozen instant when you are tracking a fly and you know you've got it.
I'm with Mo on this one. And to hear he would do it all over again helps me see him as the young boy who discovered the game. If MLB stops players from shagging flies, the sport will continue to die a death of a thousand cuts.
As to asking the players to be a little smarter in how they go after fly balls, well stupid injuries are also a part of the history and tradition of the game. It's another reason why we love it.
Jim Palmer did this every day. Earl Weaver had no problem with Palmer shagging balls in BP every day
isn't it at least _not implausible_ that his knee went out while shagging flies, not _because_ he was shagging flies?
I'm 53 and I shag flies once a week. It's easy. And it's probably a lot easier on the body if you do it every day, not once every week or two.
Oh for gosh sakes — Mariano has been doing this his entire career. Has anyone thought that perhaps shagging fly balls is what kept him healthy all these years? Maybe ALL pitchers should do that before a game. Perhaps it helps maintain flexibility.
To say they have to keep all baseball players from doing almost anything is foolish. They are, for the most part, athletic young men. Some are athletic middle aged men. In addition to strength, they have to maintain the ability to run, stop, turn, stoop, bend, stretch, etc., etc. What do you suggest they do?
A fine baseball player – a Hall Of Fame baseball player – got hurt. It happens. Heck, most minor league "can't miss" pitchers either don't make the majors, get hurt, or have mediocre careers. Both Mariano and The Yankees have been very fortunate. Stuff happens. Let's hope he returns. Let's move on, and stop trying to lay blame on someone — anyone!
I'm sorry Mariano got hurt. I wish it had not happened. The Yankees will survive.
But, if you don't get your ass back on the t v…… and soon….. You have lost a fan. My patience is gone.
Well, Keith is going to be recovering from surgery over the next couple of weeks. So he won't be on tv any time soon. But his LOYAL fans will be around for everything–just like we've always been. Keith is definitely worth it! Keith, take care and get well soon!
Sad news! I just pray hope for the best and sooner everything will be alright. And I will look forward for the latest update regarding to this matter.
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House of Delegates Office Building, Room 180
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Thursday, February 21, 2013
Time: 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
6 Bladen Street
Annapolis, MD 21401
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2. The products must be in downloadable format. For instance, if you are writing an e-book, make it available in PDF format which is easy to share and print. If you are making an audio product, create it in MP3 format which is the most widely used format for audio files. On the internet, people want instant gratification. As soon as they sign up to your list, they would expect to get the freebie or the product.
There are many types of products you can create digitally. I will explain about 3 such products.
1. E-book: You can create an e-book which is nothing but your content, organized in chapters and presented with an attractive title. E-books are very popular information products and can be used in a variety of ways.
2. Audio Product: You can record a training session or an interview and develop and audio product. If the interview is long, break it up into small parts and run an email audio course. All you need to do is to give out the link in the email and students will access it from your servers.
3. Screen Capture Product: You can develop products to teach people how to use the internet or any other software product. Use tools like Camtasia to capture screens of the products and add a voice over to explain the navigation.
Developing your own product is the first step to take your entrepreneurship to the next level of success.


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What also always surprised me was when you bought the Oberon replacements noone looked at our Walrus(strange because it was considered the most advanced conventional submarine when they came out)great range,stealthy and i might add looked perfect for the Canadian Navy aswell.
Thus, in the early 1990s, the Navy again found itself looking for areplacement for its old Oberons. Vice-Admiral (Retired) Peter Cairns, who was thecommander of Maritime Forces Pacific and later commander of the Navy prior to hisretirement in 1994, confirmed in his testimony to the Committee that between 1989and 1993, the Navy examined many types of conventionally powered submarinesas possible replacements for the Oberons. The candidates included the Walrusclass submarine produced in the Netherlands, the German Type 209 and theBritish-made Upholder class then entering service with the Royal Navy. The Navyfavoured submarines with enough range and other capabilities to operate in theoceans far from their home port rather than those designed more for coastaldefence.
The supporters of the acquisition point out that the significant submarinecapability provided by the Upholders was obtained at a fraction of the costs Canadawould have incurred if it had purchased new submarines from a foreign shipyard orhad contracted a Canadian company or a consortium of companies to constructthem in this country. The option chosen by Australia which involved the selection ofa foreign hull design, in this case Swedish, the construction of the new vessels inAustralia, and the design and manufacture by Australian companies of theelectronic and other equipment installed in the submarine, with all the integrationproblems this entailed, has often been cited during the Committee's meetings on theacquisition. As in Canada, Australia's acquisition of submarines is verycontroversial, but for different reasons. Australia has constructed six new Collinsclass submarines at a total cost of over A$5 billion, but the planned expenditures for2003-2004 included another A$773.7 million for additional work to correct theshortcomings identified in initial trials and in an Australian government report.36Indeed, Australia is also receiving help from the U.S. Navy to rectify some of theproblems. Thus, Australia has acquired six new submarines at a cost of almostA$1 billion each while Canada acquired four relatively new vessels for$800 million.37 For the advocates of the Upholder acquisition, the low costs of thepurchase compared to the significant sums being paid by Australia and othercountries to build new submarines from scratch highlights the advantages of thispurchase. The problems encountered by the Australians have also been used toillustrate the potential pitfalls of constructing new submarines and the complexity ofsubmarine technology, if only to show that Canada's submarine problems are notunique.
The APAR window is still open and with the new shipbuilding strategy going on we will most likely pick that for our new main radar (fingers crossed). As for other things Canada has worked closely with the Dutch in the past for many things regarding military procurement, you bought our old Chinooks, we bought your old tanks and both armies use the C-7 and C-9, with a few local mods.But at the end of the day its a political decision regarding purchases for many things.
WalterYou are asking the same questions many of us have been asking on this site for a long while.One thing that has always come up, along with the politics, is the money.You are brilliantly placed to answer a couple of questions.Can you come up with the real price - as paid out of the Dutch treasury - for each of those vessels you named? Both capital and operating costs if you can find them.And the second question is:I understand that the Dutch decided to stop seeking industrial offsets (kickbacks from suppliers to the national economy) because it was not found to be cost effective. Can you confirm that and find any relevant government reports? I remember seeing one a long time back but I lost it.Cheers, Chris.
Many thanks Walter.
We did look at the Walrus class.http://www.parl.gc.ca/content/hoc/Committee/381/NDDN/Reports/RP1773092/nddnrp01/nddnrp01-e.pdfWhy did Canada go the route that it did for replacement of the O-boats? Money.It is only hindsight that shows the obstacles that resulted from this decision. At the time, the options were probably either cheap subs or no subs.
KD could you possibly in the future put a space between letters and brackets. KY jelly(is ok)but not your best option vs. Astroglide (is the cats pyjamas) as many will attest. Same deal with comma's and periods. This is ok,but harder to read. Vs. I'm not trying to be an ***, but I can appreciate people thinking that.
And sorry if i'm repeating Blackadder,but at the time of our procurement they(Walrus)were about 500 million a pop not 800 for the Upholders,so at the time they were "cheaper"(don't know offcourse what Canada would've had to pay for them,but the logicall thing says,for me,if the series was not 4 but let's say 8 i think they would've been even "cheaper")
financing arrangements included an eight-year, interest-free, lease-to-buyarrangement, a bartering "of Canadian lease payments on the four submarines forthe costs charged to the U.K. for continued training of British Forces in Canada atbases in Wainwright, Suffield and Goose Bay" (according to the backgrounder), anda nominal sum at the end of the lease of one pound Sterling to purchase eachsubmarine.
I think you may have misunderstood the link that I provided in my previous post. While the actual dollar amount may not be as identified in that 2004 parliamentary report, the $800 million figure that they used for the acquisition cost of the used Upholders was for all four boats (i.e. $200 m per sub). Now compare that to your quoted "$500 million a pop" for the Walrus class (which I understand is for each submarine). Additionally the original hoped for purchase plan included unique financial arrangements, which, however, did not turn out as planned - though it was probably a good selling point in getting government (and public) approval for the sub replacements.


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Hall of Fame boxer Jimmy Bivins dead at age 92
CLEVELAND (AP) — Jimmy Bivins, a boxing great of the 1940s and 1950s who defeated some of the greatest fighters of his time, has died at 92.
Bivins died of complications from pneumonia early Wednesday at an East Cleveland nursing home, according to his family.
Bivins retired from boxing in 1955 after more than 100 professional fights and was inducted in the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1999.
He never fought for a world title, but in 1942 he was given the unprecedented ranking of No. 1 contender in the light heavyweight and heavyweight divisions. He met seven fellow Hall of Famers, beating four, and 11 world champions, defeating eight.
Bivins had winning bouts with world champions Archie Moore, Ezzard Charles, Gus Lesnevich, Melio Bettina, Anton Christoforidis and Teddy Yarosz. He also went the distance with Joe Louis and fought Jersey Joe Walcott to a split-decision.
He finished with a record of 86-25-1 (31 KO).
Gene Glen, secretary of the Ohio State Former Boxers & Associates Inc., said Bivins was an outstanding fighter, who made "outstanding contributions, not only as a boxer, but also as a human being."
Bivins taught kids about boxing in his later years, said Jerry Nelson, who is married to Bivins' nephew.
The year before Bivins was inducted into the Hall of Fame, police found him in the attic of his daughter's Cleveland house. He was covered with bedsores and weighed only 110 pounds (50 kilograms), 70 pounds (32 kilograms) below his fighting weight. Bivins' son-in-law later pleaded guilty to criminal neglect.
Bivins recovered and lived with a sister for years before moving to the nursing home in 2009, Nelson said.
"He was a kind and gentle man who always had a smile on his face," Nelson said.
She said Bivins is survived by a daughter, five grandchildren and several great-grandchildren, great-great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews. Funeral arrangements were pending.
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Who Will Become America's Next Great Inventor?
(Los Angeles, Calif.) - Discovery Channel announced today that actor, producer, and civil servant Kal Penn will serve as host of its new competition series "The Big Brain Theory." Penn, who starred in the hit film franchise "Harold & Kumar" as well as worked in the White House, began taping episodes earlier this week at WET in Los Angeles. The series, set to debut in the spring of 2013, will feature a seemingly impossible engineering challenge to be solved by the contestants each week.
"With the death of Steve Jobs, I think we all have wondered about the future of American innovation, and who will be the next great technological mind that will have serious impact on our lives. This show seeks to find that person, along the way revealing and celebrating the level of innovation that exists within our scientific community," said Nancy Daniels, executive vice president of production and development for Discovery Channel.
There are countless television shows in search of the next breakout singer, dancer, chef, fashion designer and business executive. However, there is nothing quite like this. Competitors will have just 30 minutes to come up with a solution using their own intellect to complete the challenge.
Based on logic and design, the expert panel of judges will determine the best engineering concept and select two captains to lead their team to execute the project. The team with the best design will remain safe, but the losers will face the judges who will determine which member will be eliminated.
The cameras will not only capture the tension and pressure in the design workshop, but will also go inside the living quarters where all the competitors must reside - dealing with each other's quirks and habits.
The winner of the competition will earn $50,000 and a one year contract to work at WET, the industry leader behind some of the world's most innovative water-based designed environments and experiences including the Fountains of Bellagio in Las Vegas.
"The Big Brain Theory" is produced by Pilgrim Studios for Discovery, with Pilgrim's Craig Piligian and WET CEO Mark Fuller serving as executive producers. Kal Penn also serves as a producer for the series. Craig Coffman serves as executive producer for Discovery. To learn more, go to www.discovery.com, on Facebook at Facebook.com/discovery and on Twitter @Discovery.
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Discovery Channel is dedicated to creating the highest quality non-fiction content that informs and entertains its consumers about the world in all its wonder, diversity and amazement. The network, which is distributed to 100.8 million U.S. homes, can be seen in 210 countries and territories, offering a signature mix of compelling, high-end production values and vivid cinematography across genres including, science and technology, exploration, adventure, history and in-depth, behind-the-scenes glimpses at the people, places and organizations that shape and share our world. For more information, please visit www.discovery.com.
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John The Ripper (JTR) is one of best password cracker ever built. At the first time, it's design to detect the weakness of UNIX password. Now, it's available for Unix, Linux, Windows, DOS, BeOS and Open-VMS. It supports several crypt password hash types in Unix, Kerberos AFS and windows NT/2000/XP LM hashes.
John The Ripper is a free and open source and distributed in source code file but for easy installation you can buy John The Ripper Pro.
Before we start, you have to download JTR from http://www.openwall.com/john/g/john-1.7.9.tar.gz and put it in your selected folder.
In this tutorial, I put JTR under /opt folder.
Type 'sudo tar xvzf' following by JTR file name. The name can be different depend on which version that you have. I type: sudo tar xvzf john-1.7.9.tar.gz