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Sunday, May 31, 2009
Tiananmen Square, 20 Years Ago This June
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Trade Liberalization and the Right to Food -- A WTO Video Debate
Does liberalizing trade help or hinder the right to food? Olivier de Schutter, UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food, and Pascal Lamy, Director-General of the WTO, discuss this question in a video debate. Click here to watch. It is one hour and 36 minutes long, in French.
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Saturday, May 30, 2009
Call for Papers: A Conference in Toronto in October 2009 on Labor Migration, Trafficking, and Business
Themes to be focused upon include:
* Illicit Migration and Human Trafficking
* The Current Economic Crisis: Implications on Migration and Labor Trafficking
* Socio-Economic Dimensions of Labor Trafficking
* Forms of Labor Trafficking
* Historical and Contemporary Aspects of Bondage
* Child Trafficking for Labor Exploitation
* Businesses and Child labor: Financial Analysis of Trafficked Labor
* Corporate Liability and Code of Conduct
* Government Responses to Illegal Migration and Trafficking in Human Beings
* International Labor and Human Rights Standards
A one page abstract should be sent to Antonela Arhin at cdts [at] utoronto.ca by June 15, 2009. Acceptance notifications will be made by June 30. Submissions of final papers will be accepted until September 1, 2009. For more information click here.
A one page abstract should be sent to Antonela Arhin at cdts [at] utoronto.ca by June 15, 2009. Acceptance notifications will be made by June 30. Submissions of final papers will be accepted until September 1, 2009. For more information click here.
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Palau Senate Approves Open Ship Registry
The Senate of Palau's national legislature approved on third and final reading the 107-page proposal to create an open ship registry. Under the Bill, any sea-going vessel not operating exclusively in Palau's waters may be registered on Palau's registry, provided that a "qualified person" owns it. A "qualified person" is defined as a Palauan citizen, a corporation wholly owned by Palauan citizens, the Palauan National Government, or any person or corporation that the Minister of Industries, Infrastructure and Commerce determines is a qualified person. Click here to read more.
Hat tip to the East-West Center.
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Investing in Africa
USA Africa Investment.com has published a new report that details the reasons why Africa has not attracted more interest from the U.S. business community, such as problems in the perception fo the rule of law. The results of their quite interesting and informative study are collected in a report that is available by clicking here.
Hat tip to Fabiane Dal-Ri
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Judge Sotomayor and International Law
We're pleased to see this post on Intlawgrrls that analyzes Judge Sonia Sotomayor's rulings in cases involving international law issues. Click here to read more. U.S. President Barak Obama nominated Judge Sotomayor to the U.S. Supreme Court to replace Associate Justice David Souter.
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Former President Clinton Appointed as U.N. Envoy to Haiti
Click here to read more on the Intlawgrrls Blog about former U.S. President Bill Clinton's appointment as the United Nations Envoy to Haiti.
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Friday, May 29, 2009
U.S. State Department Releases Its Treaty Priority List: CEDAW, UNCLOS among Obama's Priorities
The U.S. State Department has released its list of treaties that are currently pending before the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Click here to see the list.
The Obama administration is seeking Senate action on these (and some other) treaties:
- Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty
- Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW)
- U.S.-Rwanda Investment Tax Treaty
- ILO Convention on Employment Discrimination
- U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea
- Hague Convention on the International Recovery of Child Support
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Thomas M. Franck
Professor Thomas M. Franck, honorary President of the American Society of International Law and a well-respected scholar of international law, passed away this week after a resurgence of cancer. Professor Franck was the President of the American Society of International Law as President from 1998 to 2000 and Editor-in-Chief of the American Journal of International Law from 1984 to 1993. He authored more than 30 books and countless articles, he received the ASIL lifetime achievement award, the Hudson Medal, in 2003, and he was awarded the ASIL Certificate of Merit for four of his books. He was a professor at New York University School of Law where he taught foreign relations law, international law, and the law of international organizations. He was a good friend and mentor to so many international lawyers and law students. He will be missed.
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Jessup Results, Photos, and News
We've just received this message from the International Law Students' Association . . .
Dear Friends of the Jessup,
The ILSA Executive Office extends its sincerest thanks to the FOJ community for its support of the Jessup's 50th Anniversary Year. More than 104 teams competed in the Shearman & Sterling International Rounds, with eight Observation Teams and nine Exhibition Teams bringing the total number of participating teams to 121 – the largest ever in the Competition's history.
We could not have managed this extraordinary turnout without the unending assistance of the FOJ community. Thank you to those who judged oral rounds in Washington and at national and regional tournaments around the world; to those who spent hours reading and grading memorials, and pouring over the Compromis and Bench Memorandum; to those who served as coaches, competition administrators, judge and bailiff coordinators, scoring calculators, and organizers of much-deserved social activities. Your combined efforts made for a spectacular anniversary celebration.
Standout highlights of the Shearman & Sterling International Rounds include the long-awaited Reverse Moot, the Friends of the Jessup Trivia Night, and the 50th Anniversary Celebration Dinner, which featured former ICJ Presidents Stephen M. Schwebel and Dame Rosalyn Higgins as the evening's distinguished guest speakers.
Pictures from the Jessup 50th Anniversary Celebration Dinner are now available by clicking here.
The complete results of the 2009 Shearman & Sterling International Rounds are now available by clicking here. Congratulations to the 2009 Shearman & Sterling Jessup Cup World Champion Team, Universidad de los Andes (Colombia).
The Spring Issue of the Friends of the Jessup Newsletter is available by clicking here.
Finally, some terrific news for those of you who are still pondering over the fate of Piccardo Donati and the Dasu Refugees: Jessup 2009 isn't over yet! We are currently seeking judges to grade this year's top memorials for the Hardy C. Dillard and Richard R. Baxter competitions. The best memorials of the national and regional rounds will compete for the Dillard award. The Dillard finalists and Alona E. Evans Award finalists (the best memorials of the International Rounds) will then be considered for the Baxter Award, which is given to the best Applicant Memorial and best Respondent Memorial of this elite group. If you would like to evaluate memorials for either of these competitions, please contact Ashley Walker at ILSA.
Thank you once again for your continuing support of the Jessup Competition, and making the Jessup's 50th Anniversary a truly remarkable year.
With our warmest regards,
The ILSA Executive Office
Amity R. Boye, ILSA Executive Director
Jill Schmieder Hereau, ILSA Programs Coordinator
Caroline C. Cowen, Jessup Outreach Coordinator
Ashley E. Walker, Jessup Competition Coordinator
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Lawyer Nominated as U.S. Ambassador to Japan
The White House has nominated John Roos to be the U.S. Ambassador to Japan. Roos is the chief executive officer and a member of the board of directors of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, a leading technology law firm in Palo Alto California.
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ITLOS: We Have No Jurisdiction to Try Pirates
The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea issued a press release to correct erroneous press reports that it was prepared to try pirates. It is not. ITLOS deals mainly with disputes between States Parties to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. ITLOS is not a criminal court and has no competence to try pirates.
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Resolving Business Disputes in Russia
The American Bar Association Section of International Law is sponsoring a program in Moscow, Russia on "RESOLUTION OF RUSSIA-RELATED BUSINESS DISPUTES: THE NEXT WAVE." The program will be held on September 21, 2009 at the Moscow Marriott Grand Hotel. Speakers include the U.S. Ambassador to the Russian Federation and the Presdient of the American Bar Association. Topics will include arbitration in Russia, investment treaty arbitration, and related civil and criminal proceedings. To REGISTER visit www.abanet.org/intlaw or call 202-662-1660.
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Thursday, May 28, 2009
WTO Announces Next Ministerial Meeting
The General Council of the World Trade Organization (WTO) has announced that the WTO will hold its seventh Ministerial Conference from November 30-December 2, 2009 in Geneva, Switzerland. The theme of the meeting is "The WTO, The Multilateral Trading System and the Current Global Economic Environment." It has been four years since the last Ministerial Conference, despite the fact that the Agreement Establishing the WTO states that such meetings should be held at least once every two years. Chairman Matus stressed in his statement announcing the meeting that this Conference is not to negotiate the Doha Development Agenda - those negotiations are proceeding on a separate track. Chairman Matus also stated that this meeting will be guided by "FIT" principles of full participation, inclusiveness and transparency.
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International Law Institute - Summer Courses
The International Law Institute in Washington D.C. has announced two courses for its 2009 Summer Orientation program. This year's program has been revised to include more subjects and has also been redesigned to provide a more interactive training. The program now consists of two segments:
Introduction to Legal English and Writing (July 6-17, 2009). The seminar is both: an intensive course on Legal English, describing the basic institutions of American Common Law; and a Workshop on Legal Research and Writing. This seminar is a highly participatory course in which students engage in a process of active learning that will improve their skill sets required in the legal practice. The seminar is designed to improve the law practitioners and student's command of legal English, research and legal drafting abilities. Participants will develop a writing project along the seminar.
Orientation in the US Legal System (July 20 - August 7, 2009). The seminar concentrates on both the legal methods and the major areas of substantive law that foreign lawyers are most likely to encounter when conducting business in the United States or with American clients abroad. Furthermore, the program will cover the role of Common Law in international and supranational organizations such as the WTO, the EU, and other similar institutions. Focusing on the US legal system, we will illustrate how understanding Common Law legal methods is important for all lawyers working with any of these organizations. The seminar now also integrates subjects such as corporate governance, Law of the Cyberspace, and the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
For more information on the program visit the ILI's Summer Orientation webpage by clicking here.
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ICJ Says No Preliminary Measures in the Case on the Obligation to Prosecute or Extradite (Belgium v. Senegal)
The International Court of Justice ruled today on the request for the indication of provisional measures submitted by Belgium in the case concerning Questions relating to the Obligation to Prosecute or Extradite (Belgium v. Senegal). In its Order, the ICJ found by 13 votes to one that "the circumstances, as they now present themselves to [it], are not such as to require the exercise of its power under Article 41 of the Statute to indicate provisional measures." Click here to read more in the ICJ's press release.. Belgium is seeking the prosecution or extradition of Hissene Habre, the former President of Chad.
Although it rejected Belgium's request for the indication of provisional measures, the Court emphasizes that its decision in no way prejudges the question of the jurisdiction of the Court to deal with the merits of the case or any questions relating to the admissibility of the Application, or relating to the merits themselves. It added that the decision also leaves unaffected Belgium's right to submit in future a fresh request for the indication of provisional measures if new facts arise.
The United Nations International Court of Justice (ICJ) today issued an order leaving former Chadian president Hissène Habré in the custody of Senegal, where he is under house arrest for alleged war crimes.
Belgium lodged a request to the ICJ in February to bar Mr. Habré, who has been accused in a Senegalese court of massive human rights abuses committed by his regime during the 1990s, from leaving Senegal while his trial is pending.
It had also sought to have him extradited to face charges in Belgium, citing among other things procedural delays in Senegal's handling of the case. For its part, Senegal had asked the Court to dismiss the Belgian filing, saying its judiciary is competent to carry out the prosecution.
In its order, the ICJ found that "there does not exist, in the circumstances of the present case, any urgency to justify" Belgium's bid.
However, the Court also stressed that today's order leaves unaffected Belgium's right to pursue the case should new facts emerge.
In addition, Senegal has given assurances it would not allow Mr. Habré, who has been living in house arrest for nearly 20 years, to leave the country pending a final ICJ ruling on the matter, noted the Court, which is based in The Hague, Netherlands.
Mr. Habré ruled Chad from 1982 to 1990, when he was overthrown and went into exile in Senegal, and it is alleged that during his rule thousands of Chadians were tortured and unlawful killings and other serious human rights violations took place.
Although he was charged in February 2000 by a lower court in Senegal's capital, Dakar, an appeals court later ruled that Senegalese courts did not have the legal competence to try such cases if they were perpetrated in another country.
But then in April 2008, Senegal's National Assembly adopted an amendment to the constitution that together with previous changes allowed the country's legal system to deal with such cases.
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Wednesday, May 27, 2009
U.S. Court of International Trade
Are you admitted to practice before the U.S. Court of International Trade? A new court rule [USCIT Rule 74(3)(1)] requires all attorneys admitted to practice before the CIT to file an attorney renewal registration (and pay a $50 fee to do so, unless you qualify for a waiver as a government attorney or unless you apply for a hardship waiver). Visit the court's website for more information and to download the form you'll need to file by June 1, 2009. You can also call the court's attorney admissions office at 212-264-2812.
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Henry King
Professor Henry T. King, Jr. died on Saturday, May 9, 2009 (just a few weeks before his 90th birthday). His passing is a great loss for legal academia, the legal profession, and for all who knew him. He was a Professor at Case Western Reserve University School of Law and Chair of its Canada-United States Law Institute for more than 30 years.
Here is some more information about Professor King from his school.
At the age of 25, fresh out of Yale Law School (B.A. 1941, LL.B. 1943), Henry was hired as the youngest Prosecutor at the Nuremberg Trials. At Nuremberg, Henry worked on the Justice and Ministries cases, led the prosecution of former Luftwaffe Field Marshall Erhard Milch, deputy head of the Luftwaffe under Hermann Goering, in the High Command trial. Henry interrogated many of the major Nuremberg defendants, including Albert Speer, who Henry later chronicled in a critically acclaimed book, The Two Worlds of Albert Speer: Reflections of a Nuremberg Prosecutor.
Upon returning to the United States, Henry served as director of the Agency for International Development during the Eisenhower Administration, and worked as a chief corporate international counsel for more than twenty years with TRW Inc., and later was of counsel at Squire, Sanders & Dempsey LLP. He then joined the faculty of Case Western Reserve, where he taught International Business and International Arbitration.
Through the conferences he organized in the late 1980s as Chairman of the Canada-United States Law Institute, Henry played an integral role in facilitating the drafting and negotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement.
In 1998, Henry and two other 80-something-year-old former Nuremberg prosecutors, Whitney Harris and Ben Ferencz, participated in the Rome diplomatic conference to create a permanent international criminal court and used their unique moral authority, dogged persistence, and skills of persuasion to convince the delegates to include the crime of aggression in the Court's statute (pending agreement on a definition and trigger mechanism).
Last fall, in cooperation with the President of the ICC Assembly of States Parties, Henry co-chaired a conference and experts meeting on "The ICC and the Crime of Aggression" at Case Western Reserve, which developed proposals that significantly advanced the effort to define the crime and the conditions under which the Court could exercise its jurisdiction over it.
Henry was an influential leader of the American Bar Association, serving as a member of the ABA's special task force on war crimes in the former Yugoslavia and as a former Chair of the ABA Section of International Law. In addition he was the U.S. chairman of a joint working group, organized by the American, Canadian, and Mexican bar associations, on the settlement of international disputes. Henry also founded the 200-member Greater Cleveland International Lawyers Group
We will all remember Professor Henry King quite fondly and cherish the legacy of his contributions.
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Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Important Updates on the Situation of Lawyers in Fiji and the Fiji Law Society
We have promoted on this blog some stories about the deteriorating situation in Fiji following the military coup and the emergency declaration that followed a Fijian court decision that found that the current military government is unlawful.
The government responded to that court ruling by abbrogating the Fijian Constitution on April 10, 2009 and since then taking many repressive measures against lawyers and others who support the rule of law.
The Solomon Times Online is reporting that that people in Fiji are afraid of being caught using the internet because they fear being accused of reading anti-government websites.
Last week, three lawyers in Fiji were detained (and their computers reportedly seized) because they were suspected of contributing to anti-government websites.
The Solomon Times Online also reports that plainclothes policemen raided the offices of the Fiji Law Society this past weekend.
The Fiji Law Society was also told of a new decree by the Interim Military Government that removed the Society's standing to regulate lawyers. Click here to read the government press release establishing an "Independent Legal Commission."
Finally, the interim government also issued an order stating that ALL lawyers in Fiji will need the approval of the new Chief Registrar to continue practicing beyond the end of June 2009, a role that was taken by the Fiji Law Society until the new decree. Under the decree, the 16th following the abrogation of Fiji's Constitution on April 10, anyone who continues to practice after June 2009 without a proper legal practitioners certificate will face fine of up to "$10,000" or imprisonment of up to "2 years, or both". Lawyers will need to apply by June 15 to be able to practice until February 2010.
Click here to read the government press release on the Legal Practitioners Decree.
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Sunday, May 24, 2009
Our First Anniversary
The International Law Prof Blog has just celebrated its one year anniversary. We thank all of our blog readers from around the world.
Mark, Cindy, Cyndee, and Laurent
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December 7th, 2010
'The Walking Dead' finale breaks ratings records
The ratings for "The Walking Dead's" just-ended first season have been such that perhaps AMC is wishing that it had lasted more than just six weeks.
The anticipation for the season finale garnered six million viewers, according to the network, and it received the highest ratings of any basic cable show, ever, in the all-important 18-49 demographic.
To put those numbers into perspective, October's season finale of "Mad Men" had an audience of 2.44 million, according to TVbytheNumbers.com.
(On the other hand, that 18-49 number is very important, because the New York Post reported in 2007 that a post-"High School Musical 2" episode of "Hannah Montana," with much of its audience under 18, averaged 10.7 million viewers.)
As hot as "The Walking Dead" is, it's not quite to the level of some episodes of "The Sopranos" final season, which on two occasions had around 13 million viewers.
Still, the network says that "The Walking Dead's" average 18-49 viewership of 3.5 million for this season makes it the most watched drama series in basic cable history in the demographic.
The big question is, now that the show has grown beyond its core fanbase, will the "Dead-heads" tune in once again next Halloween (the likely start date for season two), despite the long wait? What do you think? Share your comments below.
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The Following: Does Joe Carroll Have a New Protégé?
The Following's Joe Carroll (James Purefoy) fell off the "let's not kill people" wagon on last week, and it looks like he'll be getting the hell out of dodge Arkansas post-haste to reunite with his followers in New York City. But will his adopted daughter of sorts, Mandy (new cast member Tiffany Boone), go with him?
"You will be very surprised by Mandy," Boone tells TVGuide.com. "I think [Monday's installment] is the episode that defines who she is and who she's going to be for the rest of the season. I was shocked by the things that she does and decisions she makes, and I think the fans will be too."
The Following: What to expect from the "more intense, more graphic" Season 2
After having Joe (a.k.a. "Darryl") live with her and her mother Judy (Carrie Preston) for the past year, Mandy has come to see the serial killer as a father figure, according to Boone. "Mandy is a young girl who's really impressionable," Boone says. "She grew up without a dad. She grew up without a man to lead her. And this person comes and cares about her and has all day to spend with her and teach her things and read with her. So, she will follow him anywhere because it's the first time that anyone genuinely cared about her. ... Everyone who becomes a follower is missing a leader, a place to belong. And he reads you and he makes you feel like you're wanted."
Though 15-year-old Mandy seemed completely horrified when she witnessed Joe committing his first murder in a year last week, Boone says the relationship her character has established with the cult leader clouds her judgment. "I think she believes that the things that he does come from a good place," Boone says. "She believes in the idea that, as he says, when he kills someone, that he's releasing them and that he's giving them a gift. ... I think that gets more complicated as the season goes on and she starts to question a little bit. But she loves him so much that she pretty much thinks that everything he does is perfect."
One person who probably won't take kindly to the presence of a new protégé in Joe's life is Emma (Valorie Curry), who's only just found out that her former mentor/lover is still alive. But don't look for Mandy to take Emma's place, according to Boone. "Emma's relationship with Joe is the most important relationship that I think we see him have this season," Boone says. "[But] you will see Mandy and Emma meet up, and they have a tumultuous relationship for sure."
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Monday's episode also offers more insight into Mandy's strained relationship with her mother, a follower of Joe's who wrote him letters while he was in prison. "It's just the two of them, and Mandy hates where she grows up," Boone says. "She doesn't have a lot of friends. Joe kind of becomes her only friend. And there's a lot of men in and out of her house because her mother's a prostitute. So, while I think that Mandy and her mom are close, neither one of them are happy."
It seems like Mandy would seize the chance to leave her lackluster life behind her, and judging from the exclusive sneak peek below, running away with Joe might seem like nothing less than a golden opportunity for her. But at what cost?
"I think Mandy's a good person on the bad side," Boone says of her character. "She kind of blindly follows [Joe] into a lot of sticky situations, a lot of situations that pressure her to grow up faster than she probably should be. ... She's challenged to make a lot of really difficult decisions in a short period of time."
Check out an exclusive clip from Monday's episode, "Trust Me," below:
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Of all the tools you use to shape wood, the hand plane is the one that has come to symbolize craftsmanship of the highest order. And it's no surprise. Here's a cutting tool that's designed to create truth: dead straight and flat surfaces ready for finishing and precise joinery. Tuning one up and mastering its use are two of the greatest thrills of woodworking. But, if you really want to bring the planes in your shop to the next level, it's time to make your own.
Our interpretations are easily built, and the basic design is well-suited to modification so you can make planes that match your needs. We offer three sizes: a block plane, smooth plane and jointer plane, all based on the same shape but each with a different-size cutter iron. We used irons specifically designed for wooden planes, available from Hock Tools, 16650 Mitchell Creek Dr., Fort Bragg, CA 95437; www.hocktools.com. The three sizes are: 1-1/4 in. (No. PI125), 1-1/2 in. (No. PI150) and 1-3/4 in. (No. PI175). Each iron comes with a cap iron and assembly screw.
While many woods are suitable, we chose cherry for the bodies and wenge for the soles of our planes. Wenge (pronounced WEN-gay) is a dense African hardwood that's available from mail-order suppliers such as A&M Wood Specialty, 358 Eagle St. N., Box 32040, Cambridge, Ontario, Canada N3H 5M2; www.amwoodinc.com. A sole isn't absolutely necessary, but a hard, dense wood resists wear on the bottom surface. Try to select stock that allows you to orient the grain vertically in both the plane body and sole to provide better dimensional stability.
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Click on link for high-resolution version of the plans. (Illustration by Eugene Thompson)
Step 1: Preparing the Stock
If you're going to make more than one plane, it saves time in machine setup to make them all at once. First rip and crosscut the body blanks to size as shown in the plans. Take care to ensure that the blanks are perfectly square in cross section.
Use a band saw to cut 5/16-in.-thick wenge slabs for the plane soles.
Step 2: Preparing the Stock
Plane each piece to a finished thickness of 1/4 in., then trim it to length and width--about 1/4 in. larger in each dimension than its body blank. Glue the soles to the body blanks. When the glue sets, scrape off any squeeze-out and trim the soles flush.
Step 3: Internal Shaping
Clamp a tall fence to the band saw table and adjust it to cut 7/16-in.-wide cheeks from each side of the body blanks. After cutting all the cheeks, use a sharp plane or jointer to true one side of each inner body blank, then use a band saw to cut the bodies about 1/16 in. thicker than finished dimension. Plane the inner body pieces to their finished widths, and plane each cheek to 3/8 in. thick.
Step 4: Internal Shaping
Mark the cheeks and body blocks to indicate the 1-1/2-in. waste portions at each end as shown in the drawing. Then, measure from those marks to lay out the angled internal shape. Use an angle gauge to lay out the cuts, and saw to the waste sides of the lines on a band saw.
Step 5: Internal Shaping
Use a razor-sharp block plane to plane the sawn surfaces of the body blocks so they're square to the sides of the blocks. Work carefully because the results will affect the performance of the plane. If the back block is not flat, the iron will rock or chatter in use. When the back surfaces are flat, use the plane to relieve the sharp edge at the bottom of the rear block to form a 1/16-in. flat edge.
Step 6: Internal Shaping
Clamp a support block so that its surface is flush to the angled face of one of the back body blocks, then mount that assembly in a vise. Use a 3/4-in.-dia. straight bit in the router, along with an accessory edge guide, to cut the stopped slot for the cap-iron screw in the face of the block.
Step 7: Internal Shaping
Clamp the front and back body blocks to one of the cheeks using a straight board to align the parts accurately.
Step 8: Internal Shaping
Adjust the blocks so that there is a 3/8-in. space between them at the sole, then mark their position on the inside face of the cheek. Add the opposite cheek, then temporarily clamp the parts and bore pilot holes in the end waste areas for screws. Install the screws and remove the clamps.
Step 9: Crosspin Work
Mark the location of the hole for the crosspin on the outside of the plane assembly, and use the drill press to bore the 3/8-in.-dia. hole through both cheeks. Repeat the procedure for each plane. Remove the screws and set the parts aside while you prepare the crosspins.
Step 10: Crosspin Work
Rip a strip of wenge stock to 1/2 x 1/2 in. and crosscut the pin blanks from this piece. Wrap the faces of each blank with masking tape so that your layout marks will be easily visible, then mark the shoulders of each tenon. Use a dovetail saw or backsaw to make a 1/16-in.-deep cut along each layout line to define the tenon shoulders.
Step 11: Crosspin Work
You could use a knife and rasp to shape the tenons on the pins, but a much easier technique is to use a 3/8-in.-dia. plug cutter. Install the plug cutter in the drill press, then clamp a tall fence and stopblock to the drill press table. Clamp one of the pin blanks to the stopblock, and check that it is perfectly centered under the drill chuck. Install the plug cutter in the drill and use it to cut the tenon. Stop the cutter just before it reaches the shoulder kerf, then remove the blank and use a sharp chisel to clean up the shoulder. Repeat the process for each tenon.
Step 12: Crosspin Work
Check the fit of each tenon in a test hole drilled in a piece of scrap lumber. If the tenons are too tight, use 120-grit sandpaper to adjust them until they slide easily into the hole. It is important that the tenons are snug, but the pins need to be able to rotate to adjust properly to the angle of the wedge. Use a rasp, file and sandpaper to round the top pin surfaces as shown in the plans.
Step 13: Plane Assembly
Prepare one of the plane bodies for glue-up. Spread glue on one of the cheeks, keeping the glue about 1/8 in. back from the layout lines for the body blocks, so that squeeze-out is minimal in the central cavity of the plane. Next, apply glue to one face of each of the body blocks and place them on the cheek. Position the crosspin in the opposite cheek and spread glue on the remaining surfaces. Assemble the parts and drive the screws to ensure that the parts are aligned.
Step 14: Plane Assembly
Clamp the assembly, and allow the glue to set for at least an hour before removing the clamps and scraping off excess glue. Repeat the assembly process for each plane.
Step 15: Plane Assembly
Use a band saw to cut off the waste portion at the ends of each block. Transfer the side profile of each plane to its blank and cut out the shape. Mount one of the plane bodies in a clamp and use a rasp to shape the back-end profile. Keep in mind that the plane should be comfortable in your hand, so test its feel as you shape it. Now is the opportunity to personalize your tool. Finish shaping the back using a file and sandpaper. Then chamfer the top and front edges, and sand all outer surfaces with 120-, 150- and 220-grit sandpaper.
For a plane to be useful as a flattening and straightening tool, it is essential that the sole be perfectly flat. If your assembly has gone smoothly, your tool is probably pretty close to being flat, but it still needs some work. The easiest way to flatten the sole is to stick a strip of self-adhesive sandpaper to the table saw table and repeatedly pass the plane over it. Apply pressure only on the forward stroke, then lift the tool to bring it back for the next stroke. Examine the sole of the plane frequently as you work. You will be able to see if there are areas that still need work. Use a sanding block to ease the corners around the sole, then repeat the process with 150- and 220-grit to polish the sole.
Step 16: Wedge and Cutting Iron
Rip a strip of wenge to width for one of the plane wedges, place a piece of masking tape on one edge and lay out the wedge shape. Then cut the inside surface of the wedge.
Step 17: Wedge and Cutting Iron
Slide the iron and cap-iron assembly into the plane and test the fit of the wedge. Use 120-grit sandpaper to adjust the shape of the wedge, as necessary, so that it exerts even pressure across its entire width. You will know when the fit is correct when you see an evenly burnished line across the wedge face at the point where it contacts the crosspin. Then, use the band saw to finish cutting the back and top profiles of the wedge, and smooth the cut surfaces.
Step 18: Finishing and Adjusting
To seal the wood we applied a penetrating finish of several coats of boiled linseed oil. Use a rag to completely soak all surfaces of the plane and wedge, let the oil absorb for about a half-hour and then wipe off the excess. After overnight drying, repeat the process. Apply at least three coats using this technique. When the final coat is dry, buff the surface of the plane with 4/0 steel wool and polish with a soft cloth. You can then apply a light coat of wax to the sole of the plane to further reduce friction.
Sharpen the plane irons according to their instructions, then assemble the cap iron to each blade, leaving about 1/32 in. exposed at the cutting edge.
Step 19: Finishing and Adjusting
Slide an iron assembly into one of the planes so that the cutting edge is flush and parallel to the sole, then position the wedge and give it a light tap to lock the iron in place. To increase the depth of cut, use a small hammer to tap the iron lightly. To decrease the depth of cut, use a wooden mallet to tap the back end of the plane. After each adjustment, you should check the tension on the wedge, as it may need tightening.


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UPDATE 4:03 p.m. ET: The House of Representatives will not vote Monday on any potential fiscal cliff deal, meaning the U.S. is technically headed over the fiscal cliff. The House will wrap up Monday around 6:30 p.m. ET. After a House GOP Conference meeting at 5 p.m. ET they will have one vote series and then head out for the evening.
Washington (CNN) - House GOP sources told CNN the House is increasingly unlikely to vote on any fiscal cliff package until New Year's Day, after the midnight deadline and after tax rates have technically already gone up.
The reason is partly about process, but the benefit is political.
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House GOP sources said the main reason the House is not likely to vote before the deadline is because the deal is not yet done, and it still has to go through the Senate–which takes time.
GOP leaders prefer to vote in broad daylight, sources said, instead of in the middle of the night.
"There is no difference in voting at 2 a.m. than tomorrow at 4 p.m.," one of the GOP sources said.
GOP sources admitted there is an added benefit to the Senate's delay: taxes would already be up, so lawmakers could argue that they are voting for tax cuts, as opposed to tax increases.
One GOP source also said that may help get more House Republicans to vote for the deal.
"I wouldn't overestimate it, but a handful may be the difference we need," the source said.
Publicly, House Republican leaders and aides say they remain in a holding pattern until details are released from negotiations between Vice President Joe Biden and Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, and members are being told to stick around the Capitol.
The arrogance of Republican House members is truly dismaying. They are all acting like a bunch of French Aristocrats from 1788, but without any of the class.
Tampa Tim
This may well be the GOP's last chance to destroy our government, a task that even al Qaida could not achieve.
No, Tim: the GOP/TP can still hold the whole nation's credit rating hostage over the debt ceiling, if this attempt to destroy our government fails. What else can we expect from a bunch of thugs who signed Grover "I'd like to shrink government so small you could drown it in a bathtub" Norquist's treasonous pledge.
Sickening, just sickening. I feel sorry for all the folks whose unemployment runs out tomorrow. Too bad Boehner , Cantor, Ryan & McConnell aren't some of them.
Are these people serious? Are they using their heads? Are they ready to force the economy back to the recession because of their greedy? This is beyond me!
The GOP is going down in flames.
Fire the GOP. They are useless and have proven time after time that they do not know how to govern. The ONLY thing they know how to do is abide by Grover Norquist.
The Teapublicans own this one. No amount of Teapublican BS can change the fact that they refused to act and taxes will go up on everyone. 2014 cannot get here soon enough. Off they go into the dust bin of irrelevance.
American exceptionlism at work!!!!!!!!
R.I.P G.O.P. Gee,a bunch of old white guys who don,t want to see a black president be successful.
As usual, the republicans in the house think the American public is stupid, and treat us as such. They will have to have Fox News working overtime to convince the public of this political charade.
Grow up, Congress. It is so far beyond ridiculous that an elected official will create drama and go home because a decision tomorrow makes them feel better than making the same decision today. No one in their right mind is going to view your decision differently. All I hope voters will pay attention to us who continues to play games with OUR future. Get to work or resign.
Only people that I know can get a raise for doing nothing. They want to take benefits away from the working poor. I start working at the age of 14 I am 62 know. Never had unemployment never got anything from the goverment I want my tax dallors going to the working poor not those fools. How dare they get raises.
To you ignorant right-wingers, 70% of all welfare recipients are white, vote Republican, and reside in "red" states. Wanna cut off welfare? Hell yes, I'm all for it, it's your side that'll suffer more.
If they can not come up with a compromise to avert the fiscal cliff then we as tax payers need to demand that all of the senate and house members not receive any pay at all till they fix the mess that is about to be created. They are truly overpaid and really don't care about their own country.
I must say that as a federal Civil Servant that dedicates himself to the Department of Defense and our troops overseas, I now have to worry about my job and what the impact to my familiy will be. Im very disapponinted that my New Years is packed with worry and doubt, because of political push and shove. I wish the best to the lawmakers, and hope that I do not end up on the unemployement line myself. A Great thanks for my years of dedication to the United States of America.
Why are Obama & Biden negotiating with Reid & Pelosi? Shouldn't they be talking across the aisle? Wow.
What a bunch of baloney! I've voted as a Dem most often but this congress tells me it is definitely time for a third party.maybe then more people would vote which is a major problem in itself. What happens in the next few days will be a bunch of posturing on both sides and the middle class will get taken again and the countries debt will still keep going up because these idiots want to protect their own interest.
The Democrats have complained so much and so often about the Bush tax cuts, but they constantly keep renewing them.
Nice example USA. Bravo GOP!


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Americans don't like Big Business. And they don't like government waste. Put the two together, and we have a nightmare scenario: public money lining the pockets of corporate bigwigs.
Even as federal government workers' pay is repeatedly targeted for reductions and average Americans' wages have either stagnated or declined, the amount the government pays to the executives of firms that live off of government contracts has soared over the past 15 years.
Currently, federal government contractors can charge taxpayers up to almost $1 million annually for each contractor employee's compensation. This is up from $250,000 in 1998 when it was set by law — this cap has increased at a pace that regularly exceeds the rate of inflation.
Large corporate contractors — many of which subsist almost entirely off of government largesse, mostly from the Pentagon — pay their executives many times the amount they charge the government for reimbursement, but the public still pays for their compensation because of their high profit margins.
For instance, in just CEO pay in 2012 alone, Lockheed Martin's Robert Stevens made $27.5 million (82 percent of Lockheed Martin's revenue is from government contracts), Northrop Grumman's Wesley Bush made $24.4 million (90 percent of the firm's revenue is from government contracts), and Huntington Ingalls's C. Michael Petters made $14.9 million (his company gets 100 percent of its revenue from government contracts).
These enormous salaries are possible because the profits military contractors get from government work are huge.
Don't take my word for it. A 2012 study by two professors of financial management at the Naval Postgraduate School determined that "when compared with their industry peers, defense contractors earn excessive profits" and that this has become more pronounced since 1992. These companies, by the way, don't tend to have great track records when it comes to doing their jobs on time and on budget. So why are their execs getting mammoth paydays?
And why not at least reduce the amounts contractors can charge for high-salaried employees?
A bipartisan group of senators and some members of the House have legislation that would do just that. They'd like to reduce this amount to the vice president's salary, which is currently $230,700 with a narrow exemption for scientists, engineers, and other specialists if a government agency believes higher salaries are necessary to ensure access to individuals with specialized skills. As recently as 2012, President Barack Obama endorsed an even lower cap.
The potential savings aren't chump change. Demos, a research group, estimated that a cap of $230,700 could lead to annual savings of around $7 billion. There are lots of better things this money could be used for than lining CEO's pockets. It could pay for education, infrastructure investment, or scientific research that could help rebuild a vibrant middle-class and an economy that lifts people out of poverty.
The new budget deal brokered by Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) and Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) wouldn't go as far as the other plan, but it would nearly halve the compensation cap to $487,000, which is roughly what the subsidy cap would be if it had only kept pace with inflation since 1998. This is a step in the right direction, but clearly more could be done.
As to be expected, the high-powered lobbyists of these contractors have fought these common-sense reforms with their usual misinformation. After all, they get paid big bucks to keep the money spigot open and flowing.
Yet the status quo is clearly out of whack and something needs to change. As Obama stated in his recent income inequality speech, "government can't stand on the sidelines in our efforts" to create a more equal society.
Excessive CEO compensation is one of the factors making inequality worse — in 2012, the average CEO-to-worker pay ratio at companies in the S&P 500 was 354-to-1. Government contracting policies should be bucking this trend not making income inequality worse.


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IN THE CLUBS: Parties, shows and nightlife
Funk legends Tower of Power open a three-night stand at Scullers in Boston. The All American Rejects rock the Paradise in Boston. Celtic trad-rock with Enter the Haggis at Johnny D's in Somerville tonight (and Friday at the Narrows Center in Fall River). Traci Lynne highlights Country Night at the Charlie Horse in West Bridgewater. Folk singer Jake Armerding at Club Passim in Harvard Square. Kevin Meaney and the Loren & Wally Comedy All Stars at Showcase Live in Foxboro. Satch Romano jams at the Next Page in Weymouth.
Soulman supreme Al Green graces the stage at Showcase Live. Genre-busting jammers Rustic Overtones open a weekend at Harpers Ferry in Allston. Blues princess Shemekia Copeland sings at the RegattaBar in Harvard Square. Don't be late for the Mudskippers classic rock at the Next Page. Iconoclast rocker Robyn Hitchcock at the Somerville Theater. Yale grad Jonathan Coulton, a popsmith who's become popular through his Internet persona, makes his first stop at the Paradise. Mission of Blues takes over the C-Note in Hull. Four local rock bands, including Drago and Gash Station, at the Beachcomber in Quincy. Songwriter Chad Perrone warms up Johnny D's. Fumble Tongue rocks Mount Blue in Norwell. The Dark Star Orchestra brings Dead-heads to the Lowell Auditorium.
Some of Rhode Island's best musicians are in Roger Ceresi's All Stars, bringing hot R&B to the C-Note. The 16th Graders rock the Beachcomber. The Smoking Jackets heat up Mount Blue. Roots 'n 'blues songsmith Kelly Joe Phelps worth a trip to the Narrows Center. Sondre Lerche at the Paradise. Showcase Live welcomes Salsa Live, with Jesus Andujar leading a 12-piece band. Blues guitarman Duke Robillard at Johnny D's. The Pilfers ska and rock at the Middle East in Cambridge.
Sunday afternoon the C-Note hosts a special benefit for their longtime bartender Eric Peters, now battling leukemia; the noon to 6 p.m. event features The Love Dogs, Fat City and Steve Smith and the Nakeds. After that, Sunday night features Boz Scaggs at the Wilbur Theater in Boston. Wednesday is Songwriter Night at Jake's in Providence featuring Mark Cutler. Taunton-bred country charmer Sarah Borges and her Broken Singles headline the Narrows Center on Nov. 29. Folksy songsmith Sebastian Grainger & the Mountains hit T.T. the Bear's in Cambridge on Dec. 4. One Republic, with Augustana, make for a good pop-rock bill at the Orpheum Theatre in Boston on Dec. 5. The Orpheum also hosts a pair of WFNX concerts: Dec. 6 with Franz Ferdinand, and Dec. 7 with Vampire Weekend.


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A politician ascending to the pinnacle of American power receives custody of the Presidency and its powers on January 20th, but he becomes President over time, through a testing procession of civic rituals and occurrences planned and unplanned: his announcement of candidacy; his acquisition and acceptance of his party's nomination; his campaign debate appearances; his electoral mandate; his Cabinet and staff choices; his Inaugural; his first full-scale news conference; his first trip overseas on Air Force One; his first crisis in office. Barack Obama—whose first crisis took hold before his election and dwarfs any of his predecessors' since Franklin D. Roosevelt's, which it chillingly resembles—performed another of those rituals last week. In his first address to a joint session of Congress, President Obama took full possession of his job and his role.
For an hour, Obama spoke with a measured urgency that occasionally overrode even the customary bobbings up and down of the Speaker, the Vice-President, and the audience. (Congressional standing ovations: America's answer to North Korean calisthenics.) The President began by casting the crisis in human terms ("the college acceptance letter your child had to put back in the envelope"), offering reassurance ("America will emerge stronger than before"), reviewing the immediate goals of the economic-stimulus bill he had signed a week earlier, and explaining why the government's hugely expensive effort to re-start the flow of credit is an absolute necessity ("It's not about helping banks, it's about helping people"). He then sketched the outlines of a program for change as ambitious as any President has proposed since this one was a toddler: first, a new energy economy, based on a surge of public investment in renewable technologies and including, crucially, a cap on carbon pollution; second, the long-postponed comprehensive reform of our health-care system, aimed not only at bringing "quality, affordable health care to every American" but also at lightening its burden on American business; and, third, an expansion of educational quality and opportunity such that "every child has access to a complete and competitive education, from the day they are born to the day they begin a career."
For some thirty years, the American political conversation has been dominated by a strain of ideological conservatism that wields market fundamentalism as a sword and cultural populism as a shield. In this speech, the President began to take up the task of reintroducing the public to what once was called, and one day may again be called, liberalism. He would have been perfectly within his rights to focus blame for the nation's condition on his predecessor and his predecessor's party, but he made a different choice. (The closest he came was when he said, "A surplus became an excuse to transfer wealth to the wealthy instead of an opportunity to invest in our future.") Instead, he spoke of "we"—of a common responsibility for the past and the future alike. He was able to anticipate and soothe the reflexive emotions of his opponents while explaining, in undogmatic yet value-laden terms, why the times demand a decisive departure from an essentially amoral exaltation of individual success. "Dropping out of high school is no longer an option," he said. "It's not just quitting on yourself, it's quitting on your country." That admonition, which won applause from both sides of the aisle, was not directed solely, or even primarily, at the young and underprivileged. It was a metaphorical call to duty and a redefinition of patriotism.
During the speech, CNN equipped a roomful of Democrats and Republicans with dials to turn this way or that. Though sometimes the red and blue lines crowded each other at the top of the resulting graph, at other times no lines at all were visible. They were literally off the charts. In a followup CNN/Opinion Research Corporation poll, ninety-two per cent of viewers had a positive reaction to the speech; eighty-two per cent said they supported its proposals. The science of this sort of thing may be doubted, especially as a predictor of future opinion. But politicians tend to take notice.
The opposition response attracted more attention than usual. Bobby Jindal has been cast as the Republican equivalent of Obama. A decade younger than the President and from a comparable background (his parents immigrated from India), he is reputed to possess a command of policy detail rivalling Bill Clinton's. Even so, Jindal's delivery was received kindly by no one; the only controversy was about whose it more nearly resembled, that of the late Mr. Rogers or that of Kenneth, the page on the television comedy "30 Rock." But what was truly pitiful was what he said, not how he said it. Understandably (he is the governor of Louisiana), Jindal built his talk around Hurricane Katrina; incredibly, the lesson he drew was that the national government tries to do too much. The emotional heart of his speech—an anecdote about how, during the hurricane, he and a local sheriff defied "some bureaucrat" who refused to let volunteers launch their boats to rescue victims on rooftops because the volunteers didn't have the proper paperwork—was quickly shown to be rather less heroic than it sounded.
Jindal dismissed Obama's stimulus bill by harping on its funding of "something called volcano monitoring," which allowed him to venture a feeble joke about "the eruption of spending in Washington, D.C." The stimulus does in fact allocate a hundred and forty million dollars—less than 0.02 per cent of its total—for U.S. Geological Survey facilities and equipment, with a tenth of that amount aimed at predicting events like the eruption of Mt. St. Helens, which, in 1980, killed fifty-seven people and caused billions of dollars in damage.* Coming from the governor of a state whose suffering from a natural disaster was first compounded by the incompetence and the indifference of a Republican Administration in Washington and then relieved, however inadequately, by more than a hundred billion dollars in federal outlays, this was stupefying. Jindal's mockery recalled Sarah Palin's campaign-trail ridicule of fruit-fly research, a key tool in the study of human genetics. Interestingly, one of the volcanoes currently causing geologists the most worry is Mt. Redoubt, about a hundred miles southwest of Anchorage, Alaska. Those 2012 primary debates should be fun.
Two days later, the President unveiled his budget proposal, which put to rest any doubts about his seriousness. Paul Krugman, the Nobel Prize-winning economist and Times columnist, who has been among the doubters, was convinced. "President Obama's new budget represents a huge break, not just with the policies of the past eight years, but with policy trends over the past thirty years," Krugman wrote. "If he can get anything like the plan he announced on Thursday through Congress, he will set America on a fundamentally new course." A big if. But we finally have a plan, and a President. ♦
*Correction, March 9, 2009: The hundred and forty million dollars for U.S. Geological Survey facilities and equipment is less than 0.02 per cent of the stimulus total, not less than 0.0002 per cent, as originally stated.


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Chief Meteorologist Kevin Robinson returns to the Tri-state after four and a half years at The Weather Channel and a tenure as a meteorologist at WAPT in Jackson, Miss.
"Kevin covered every weather situation there is while forecasting at The Weather Channel, working side-by-side with the top meteorologists in the country," said Richard Dyer, president and general manager of WLWT. "His forecasting experience, weather knowledge and engaging style, along with his Tri-State connections, bring a unique combination to Cincinnati television."
Robinson graduated from Princeton High School and his family members still live in the area, including his father, who works for Procter and Gamble.
Robinson graduated in 2001 from Mississippi State University with a bachelor degree in broadcast meteorology, and he carries the American Meteorological Society Seal of Approval.


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You might think the KOOZIE-LIKE HOLDER you've got wrapped around your can is doing a great job at keeping your drink cold. But a quarter inch of neoprene can't compare to how well this gigantic novelty foam fist would insulate your cold beer.
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text: [i:Vibes] :: View topic - Learning To DJ [01] - What Is Mixing? Guidelines FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Bookmarks Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in Main Menu Frontpage News Reviews Interviews Party Reports Artist Profiles Label profiles Diaries Tutorials What is... Links Radio-info Interactive Forum User Stats Info FAQ Crew-info i:Vibes Info Site Updates Learning To DJ [01] - What Is Mixing? [i:Vibes] Forum Index -> Tutorial Discussion View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message [i:Vibes] SystemSystem RoleVibes: 0.00Joined: 01 May 2001Member #: 6Posts: 9097 Post subject: Learning To DJ [01] - What Is Mixing? Discuss this [i:Vibes] article here! Post rating: 0 Rate this post: Not logged in Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2001 5:51 pm Back to top dj_infernoTotal NewbieVibes: 0.00Joined: 26 Feb 2002Member #: 1,816Posts: 1Location: Los Angeles Post subject: regarding mixing my question is. can someone make some short video's that can be streamed or to be downloaded about the tutorals? just a suggestion on how it can be shows to others that want to start mixing. thanks. Post rating: 0 Rate this post: Not logged in Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2002 7:12 pm Back to top mu5tan9chrizTotal NewbieVibes: 0.00Joined: 13 May 2003Member #: 3,688Posts: 1Location: Amsterdam Post subject: A 'How To become a DJ' DVD is being produced right now.... I'm sure it will help you become a better DJ. practice makes perfect Post rating: 0 Rate this post: Not logged in Posted: Tue May 13, 2003 12:40 pm Back to top RecessDj RecessCloakroom DutyVibes: 1.45Joined: 18 May 2005Member #: 7,563Posts: 13Location: Glasgow Post subject: Hey, I'd just like everyone to know that this article was lifted DIRECTLY from my website (www.recess.co.uk). As of December 06, this will infringe on copyright for a book I'm about to release. (Click here to pre-order it on Amazon). So I'd like to make a request to the forum owners that this, and the other posts by Steven H are credited as my work, and I'm allowed to re-edit them with content that won't breach copyright. It's not my intention to remove these tutorials, merely to have their credit properly... credited, and have them in a state that won't impact the copyright (and, it must be said) sales of my book. This message will be posted on all offending posts, and I'll also PM the site admin. Thanks for your time. Recess (aka John Steventon) _________________C.ya Recess www.recess.co.uk Success is merely a failure to imagine more. Post rating: 0 Rate this post: Not logged in Posted: Tue May 30, 2006 9:39 am Back to top warpedprojectWarped ProjectNewbieVibes: 0.44Joined: 18 Apr 2007Member #: 11,504Posts: 2 Post subject: thats dark!! if anyone is interested you can check out my multimedia dj courses here.. www.djtutorial.com Post rating: 0 Rate this post: Not logged in Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2007 11:30 am Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First [i:Vibes] Forum Index -> Tutorial Discussion All times are GMT Page 1 of 1 Jump to: Select a forum Spam----------------Spam posts Music----------------Music discussion (trance, techno, progressive and other genres)EquipmentArtist and Label NewsRadio BroadcastsMusic Production and DJ Mix PromotionClub Listings Non-music related----------------Other discussionBuy & Sell [i:Vibes]----------------Site Feedback and Help Content Discussion----------------News DiscussionReview DiscussionInterview DiscussionTutorial DiscussionWhat is...Party ReportsArtist ProfilesLabel Profiles You cannot post new topics in this forumYou cannot reply to topics in this forumYou cannot edit your posts in this forumYou cannot delete your posts in this forumYou cannot vote in polls in this forumYou cannot attach files in this forumYou can download files in this forum Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2005 phpBB Group


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Editor's Note: Geoff Hiscock is a former Asia Business Editor of CNN.com and the author of "Earth Wars: The Battle for Global Resources," published by Wiley.
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Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin speak at APEC Monday
U.S. President Barack Obama canceled his trip to Asia to deal with the U.S. shutdown
Comes as U.S. trying to pivot foreign policy strategy to be a bigger player in Asia
Hiscock: Obama's withdrawal is a gift for Putin and Xi, as they steal the limelight
Courtesy of the U.S. government shutdown, Chinese President Xi Jinping finds himself in the box seat at his first Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum as leader of the world's second largest economy.
Usually the United States makes the running at the annual APEC get-together of China, the U.S., Russia, Japan and 17 other Asia-Pacific economies that between them account for half the world's output, 45% of its trade and 3 billion of its inhabitants.
But U.S. President Barack Obama's decision to pull out of the APEC forum and leaders' retreat in Bali, Indonesia this week because of a domestic political brawl leaves Xi and Russian President Vladimir Putin as the two most powerful men in attendance.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry now leads the U.S. delegation to Indonesia for APEC and to the East Asia summit and U.S.-ASEAN meetings that follow in Brunei starting Wednesday.
Obama's cancellation was no surprise. He had already trimmed Malaysia and the Philippines from his Asia itinerary because of the failure of the U.S. Congress to pass a new budget. The possibility that the U.S. government shutdown could escalate into the almost-unthinkable disaster of a debt default later this month prompted him to drop the visit entirely.
As Obama warned the world in remarks in Rockville, Maryland Thursday, "As reckless as a government shutdown is, … an economic shutdown that results from default would be dramatically worse."
Obama's comments have been dismissed by his Republican opponents as scare tactics, but the world economy can do without this sort of drama. As Putin said after the G20 summit in St. Petersburg, Russia, last month, the global economy is doing better than it was five years ago, "but the risks are still very high."
Obama was scheduled to speak Monday, the last day of the APEC forum before the leaders' retreat on Tuesday, on a theme that now seems particularly pertinent – "America's leadership and priorities: What they mean for the world."
Obama's 2010 "pivot to Asia" policy was supposed to enmesh the U.S. ever more deeply into the region, as a counterweight to the rapidly growing influence of China. But he cancelled trips to Asia in 2010 because of domestic pressures, and in 2012 declined an invitation to attend the APEC forum in Vladivostok because of the timing of the Democratic convention. His cancellation statement on Thursday showed his frustration at another domestic issue getting in the way of his Asia-Pacific aspirations: "This completely avoidable shutdown is setting back our ability to create jobs through promotion of U.S. exports and advance U.S. leadership and interests in the largest emerging region in the world."
Obama's withdrawal is a gift for Putin and Xi. Putin, who was scheduled to follow Obama on the APEC speaking agenda, has as his conversation theme the evocative "Taking another look at the Asia Pacific: Where are the new opportunities for growth?"
Xi is APEC's final speaker and will deliver a keynote address entitled "China in transition: What can the Asia Pacific expect?" China's economy may have slowed a little in 2013 and its structural employment, environmental and social issues present big challenges ahead, but it remains very much the regional engine of growth and its Asian neighbors know their prosperity is intimately linked to what happens in China.
The U.S., of course, has enormous commercial advantages as a consequence of its recent shale gas energy revolution, but the current political impasse is putting stress on its reputation, and a debt default – however unlikely it may be – would be an enormous setback.
With Obama out of the APEC picture, Kerry is doing the heavy lifting in discussions with Xi, Putin and other key leaders such as Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Indonesian host President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.
In particular, Kerry is pushing the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade negotiations that have the ultimate objective of creating a free trade pact for Asia-Pacific nations. Twelve countries are in the TPP talks – Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan (which entered in July this year), Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, the United States and Vietnam.
Although some observers see the TPP as an U.S.-promoted exclusionary device aimed at China, Xi has already welcomed the "mushrooming" of regional free trade agreements (FTAs) as a "positive sign." In remarks released by his office last week, Xi referred to a Chinese saying, "the ocean is vast because it admits hundreds of rivers," and said China supported the process of Asia-Pacific economic integration with an "open attitude." But, he said, "at the same time, we believe that in developing FTAs, the parties should cherish the principles of openness, inclusiveness and transparency and, in particular, demonstrate flexibility for economies at different development stages, so as to offer more options for integration."
There is an expectation on the Chinese side that it will be a TPP member within three or four years, though issues such as restrictions on internet access remain a potential stumbling block.
When Xi and Obama met on the sidelines of the G20 summit in St. Petersburg last month, the focus was on Syria, greenhouse gases, global economic growth, job creation and investment. In part, it was a continuation of their informal discussions in California in June this year, when Xi made it clear that he wanted to work with Obama on building what he called a "new model of a major country relationship."
For Xi, APEC would have been another opportunity to talk to Obama about rebalancing the U.S.-China relationship, to give due weight to what Xi regards as China's role as a world power not just economically, but in strategic terms as well.
Instead, he has more time this week to talk with Putin about the growing Sino-Russia relationship and with other Asia-Pacific leaders on regional free trade agreements, economic integration, expanded investment co-operation and sustainable long-term growth.


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It was on this day in 1854 that Ashmun Institute, the first college established solely for African-American students, was officially chartered.
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"A mind is a terrible thing to waste," the almost universally recognized motto of UNCF, the United Negro College Fund, has come to represent the aspirations of all historically black colleges and universities to ensure that all Americans can earn the college degrees they need and the 21st century economy demands.
UNCF makes those aspirations real for nearly 60,000 students each year by providing financial support for 38 private historically black colleges and universities and awarding 13,000 scholarships to students at 900 colleges and universities.
Like Lincoln University, these historically black colleges and universities began when African-Americans had few other higher education options. Much has changed since then. Today, a college education is not a "good-to-have" but a "must-have," the basic requirement for almost every fast-growing and good-paying job and career path.


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CRAMPING PAINS everywhere, also lightning-like in coming and going.
Spasmodic affections without febrile symptoms. Colic, whooping cough, cramps in calves, etc.
Modalities: < cold air, cold water, touch, > heat warmth, pressure, bending double.
Now we come to the prince of the MAGNESIAS. It is comparatively new and has never been accorded a place in our Materia Medica according to its importance and merits. Dr. H. C. Allen gives the best rendering of it in the transactions of the International Hahnemannian Association for 1889. MAGNESIA PHOS. takes first rank among our very best neuralgia or pain remedies. None has a greater variety of pains. They are sharp, cutting, piercing, stabbing, knife-like, shooting, stitching, lightning-like in coming and going (BELLADONNA), intermittent, the paroxysms becoming almost intolerable, often rapidly changing place and cramping. This last is in my opinion MOST CHARACTERISTIC, and is oftenest found in stomach, abdomen and pelvis. For colic of infants it ranks with CHAMOMILLA and COLOCYNTH and for dysmenorrhoea of the neuralgic variety, with the characteristic crampy pains, I have found no remedy equal to it. In this last affection I habitually prescribe the 55m. made by myself upon the gravity potentizer, so that I know exactly what it is. So often are we confronted with the question when we report cures with the high potencies, where do we get them, and are you sure they are what they purport to be ? Now let me say right here, if I have not done so before, that we have potencies as high as the m. m., made by ourselves upon this accurately self-registering potentizer, that are marvelous for their curing powers. We (Dr. Santee and myself) invented the machine for our own individual use and have never yet offered the potencies for sale. So we can hardly be accused of mercenary motives in reporting cures, from them. Alongside the characteristic cramping pains of this remedy is its characteristic MODALITY—RELIEF FROM HOT APPLICATIONS. No remedy has this more prominently than ARSENICUM ALB., but you will notice that among all the various kinds of pain we have mentioned as belonging to MAGNESIA PHOS. the one conspicuous for its absence is the one most characteristic of ARSENICUM, viz.—BURNING pains. I watched this difference and found that if burning pains were relieved by heat, ARSENICUM was almost sure to relieve, while those pains not burning but also relieved by heat were cured by MAGNESIA PHOS. I think that this will be found a valuable diagnostic between the two remedies. At least I have found it so. During painful menstruation MAGNESIA PHOS. is quicker in its action than PULSATILLA, CAULOPHYLLUM, CIMICIFUGA, or any other remedy that I know. The CIMICIFUGA seems to me to cover better, cases of a rheumatic character, or in a rheumatic subject, while MAGNESIA PHOS. cures those of a purely neuralgic character. The pains cease when the flow begins, for MAGNESIA PHOS. In facial neuralgia this remedy has made many cures. In fact, it seems to be applicable to neuralgic pains anywhere if the proper conditions are present. So far as its power to control spasms or convulsions is concerned, I have no experience that proves it unless its power over cramping pains is proof. I have no faith in the Schuesslerian theory in regard to it. Similia similibus curantur has stood the test with other remedies and will with the so-called tissues remedies regardless of theories.
Now in regard to the cramping pains so characteristic of MAGNESIA PHOS.; when such a symptom stands out so prominently, it is a great LEADER, and narrows down the choice to a CLASS OF remedies having the same. Let me illustrate.
Cramping pains. CUPRUM, COLOCYNTH, MAGNESIA PHOS.
Burning. ARSENIC, CANTHAR., CAPSIC, PHOSPHORUS, SULPH. AC.
Coldness (sensation). CALC. OST., ARSENIC, ALB., CISTUS, HELOD.
Coldness (objective). CAMPHORA, SECALE, VERATRUM ALB., HELODERMA.
Fullness (sensation). AESCULUS HIP., CHINA, LYCOPOD.
Emptiness (sensation). COCCULUS, PHOS., SEPIA.
Bearing-down. BELLADONNA, LILIUM TIG., SEPIA, etc.
Bruised soreness. ARNICA, BAPTISIA, EUPATORIUM PERF., PYROGEN, RUTA.
Constriction. CACTUS GRAND., COLOCYNTH, ANACARD.
Prostration or weariness. GELSEMIUM, PICRID ACID, PHOS. AC.
Numbness. ACONITE, CHAMOMILLA, PLATINA, RHUS TOXICOD.
Erratic pains. LAC CANINUM, PULSATILLA, TUBERCULINUM.
Sensitiveness to pain. ACONITE, CHAMOMILLA, COFFEA.
Sensitive to touch. CINA, HEPAR SUL., LACHESIS.
Bone pains. AURUM, ASAFïETIDA, EUPAT. PERF., MERCURIUS.
Sticking or stitching pains. BRYONIA, KALI CARB., SQUILLA.
Pulsation or throbbing. BELLADONNA, GLONOINE, MELILOTUS.
Haemorrhages (passive). HAMAMELIS, SECALE, CROTAL., ELAPS.
Haemorrhages (active). FERRUM PHOS., IPECAC, PHOSPHORUS.
Emaciation. IODINE, NATRUM MUR., LYCOPOD., SARSAPAR., etc.
Leucophlegmasia. CALC. OST., GRAPHITES, CAPSICUM.
Constitutions (psoric). SULPHUR, PSORINUM, etc.
Constitutions (sycotic). THUJA, NITRIC ACID, MEDORRHINUM, etc.
Constitutions (syphilitic). MERCURY, IODIDE POTASSIUM, SYPHILINUM, etc.
Blue swellings. LACHESIS, PULSATILLA, TARANTULA CUB.'
So we might go on and indicate from one to three or more remedies having characteristic power over certain symptoms or conditions, and it is well to have them in mind, for with this start we will be very apt to have, or seek to find out, the diagnostic difference between them. Such knowledge forearms a man, preparing him for emergencies, and often enables the prescriber to make those wonderful SNAP-SHOT CURES that astonish the patient and all beholders.


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Top 5 Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Sam @ Thoughts on Tomes and created by Lainey @ Ginger Reads Lainey. You can check out the group's Goodreads page for this month's topics!
This week's theme is Books Without Romance or they can be books with very little romance as well. I personally am a huge fan of books with little to no romance, it's a big pet peeve of mine when romances cloud over the plot and all other happenings. I'm very happy to find books like this and share the ones I've read as well!
I will link up my reviews for each title as well if you'd like my full thoughts!
5.) This Savage Song by Victoria Schwab
While I suppose it could be debated a little bit since it sometimes feels like the two main characters are developing feelings for each other throughout, this is still very much romance free. This is a story about monsters and monstrous humans and that's where the focus stays, there's no getting muddled up in any lovey-dovey moments here!
You can read my full review of "This Savage Song" here.
4.) Vicious by V.E. Schwab
Um…yeah here she is again! Schwab really is a master at keeping the plots of her books straight and interesting without getting too lost in any romance. This is a very complex novel about two men that gain "superpowers" and turn into enemies but the lines between who's good and who's evil blur very much.
One of the characters does have a girlfriend and the other character loves her as well but it's very briefly mentioned and serves more as a motivator in the story than it does an actual romantic subplot. So no romance!
You can read my full review of "Vicious" here.
3.) Stormdancer by Jay Kristoff
Have I talked about this book enough on my blog? Yeah, I don't think so either. This is an amazing fantasy story with fantastic world building and a brutally unpredictable storyline, plus the heroine is a badass! I digress, there is a point in the story where Yukiko becomes a bit smitten with a boy but it is extremely brief and hardly mentioned. Plus when you get to the end of the book you definitely wouldn't say there is any romance either…..trust me.
You can read my full review of "Stormdancer" here.
2.) Lost Boy: The True Story of Captain Hook by Christina Henry
I cannot recommend Christina Henry's books enough, honestly, and them being very romance-light is one of the reasons. With "Lost Boy" there is a point in the story where a character has a crush on someone but other than that it's very romance free. It was nice to see a female character whose sole purpose wasn't to be the love interest.
You can read my full review of "Lost Boy: The True Story of Captain Hook" here.
1.) Every Heart A Doorway by Seanan McGuire
What's great about this book is how diverse it is with the characters' genders and sexuality. We see both a transgender character as well as an asexual character, which I though was absolutely fantastic! Plus there was no romance at all, it was really great that we got to see such diversity like this and the author didn't feel a need to push any of the characters together.
You can read my full review of "Every Heart A Doorway" here.
Have you read any of these books as well? What did you think of them?
Do you agree about the "non-romance" in any of these books? Disagree?
What are some books you've read with little to no romance? (please tell me I love these kinds of recommendations!)
Do you find that you enjoy books with little to no romance more or less?
Let me know in the comments!