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Discussion in 'E39 (1997-2003)' started by JAMAICAN TWIN TURBO, Aug 24, 2008.
..How much of a difference do the K&N air filters make compared to BMW air filters?
K&N 5 Serier
I just switched to the K&N and did notice a small boost in power...now it could be a placebo effect or wishful thinking cause I spent $50....:
That's funny. I just replaced my air filter and thought too myself, "Wow, the car feels like it's driving smoother." Could just be in my head, but thanks for the answer.
Use OEM. BMWs air intake system is pretty well engineered to begin with. If BMW could have given you 10 extra horsepower by creating a better air filter, don't you think they'd do it? I mean, at the very least, they'd have a reason to charge you 50+ bucks on an air filter. If there is a performance increase due to using a K&N air filter as opposed to a new OEM filter, it's because it's not filtering as well as the OEM filter, therefore allowing particles to enter the intake which could be catastrophic is the long run.
Now I'm not saying your engine will blow up next year, but you really should ask yourself if it's really worth it when the filter your car was designed to use is so cheap.
You have probably notice that there is a substantial difference between the purists and the enthusiasts out there. I am definately the later...
Why would BMW try to get an extra 10 HP out of an upscale sedan by re-designing the air filter? Well...they wouldn't.
The fact is that BMW and other mfgs rely on the aftermarket to provide additional equipment and functionality for specific applications. Dinan, Racing Dynamics, Bilstein and countless others take a look at the holes that BMW leaves (intentinoally or otherwise) and develop cottage industries for those of us who are looking for modest performance gains and can't afford an "M" series car.
The other fact is that K&N has been around forever...you don't get to hang around in this economic climate by producing substandard products that don't work and that people don't want. Think about it. BMW would have plenty to say (in court) about products that are advertised to be compatible and cause damage to the engine.
I say let the purists alone and let me enjoy my K&N filter!!!
Hmmm. Maybe because said 'upscale sedan' (the E28 535 and M5) is the fastest four-door you could buy in the US at the time? Nah; they wouldn't mess with that.
Why? Because they could easily decline any warranty claims from a puffed engine? Think again. They don't care if you install a Turbinator© as long as they don't have to pay for the damage it might do.
Sure. As soon as I see your dyno sheets showing a 10 hp gain from using it ...
^^^^ He called me a purist
Please read the thread. The 10 HP increase reference was not mine...I just said in my original post I felt that I was getting some increase....the key word here is "felt" that is a perception not a documented fact. Just like I "feel" that you want to argue for the sake of it and really don't have a point to make. Frankly I don't have the time for it...I'm too busy enjoying my BMW....maybe you should do the same.
Calm down, killa! Nobody's saying you're a horrible person that should be fed to the wolves for using a K&N. If it makes you happy, then by all means...! The OP asked for other members' opinions on them and that's what he got. You seem to be pretty short tempered for someone with no time to argue. Have a nice day and happy Bimmering.
K&N's still exist because of several reasons. One is because people think they add horsepower. Those stupid little intake cyclones are still around but that doesn't mean they work.
There are many tests out there showing the K&N filters do not work as advertised. Placebo effect.
Well, me an' ole WVE28 here will be roomies at O'Fest in a couple weeks, so if you want to join up with us and see how guys with BMWs old enough to vote enjoy them, you'd be welcome. Just don't leave your hood unlatched at night or you might find your air filter run up a flagpole ...
Sorry to hi-jack the thread, the quote about the tornado/cyclone brought back something I saw at our local BMW dealer in the service bay about 2 years ago:
Brand new V10 M5..........with two decals under the hood proudly the declaring the Tornado Gas Saver was installed......
The horror......
So I take it you have no mods on BMW at all huh? Classic, I can dig it.
Oh, not at all! No sentient being with a 3.5 E28 keeps those stupid metric TRX wheels around, so that's always the first thing to go. Then, there's the suspension to consider. Urethane control arm bushings, sport springs, HD shocks, etc. E32 and E34 brakes bolt right into our smaller, lighter cars. I'm just not a big fan of spending money that doesn't really make any significant difference in performance. Long before I'd start rethinking the perfectly good E28 (or any BMW) intake system, I'd spend the money on a Motronic chip for a little better power curve and a slightly higher ignition cutoff.
Of course, this is not to mention the Saab glass moonroof panel in my 535 ...
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At least you're civil with one another.
In addition to actual tests showing there is no imporvement using a K&N filter there is one big reason you shouldn't -- the slightest over-oiling of the filter element will degrade the performance of the airflow meter and you'll end up with, at best, worse performance and in a worse case, hosed cats from the computer trying to adjust fuel and timing to address inconsistent readings between the pre-cat oxygen sensors and the airflow meter.
If the believe is that the stock paper filter is more restrictive than a K&N (and the difference really produces measureable horsepower) you may want to try running without filters which will result in the least restriction.
Problems with K&N
Hi All... I am a brand-new member, just recently bought my first BMW, a 2002 540i. I am a pretty good mechanic, having raced American (Ford) and Japanese (Honda) for decades, but I have never touched a BMW before. I was about to purchase a K&N, but I stopped by a highly-recommended BMW shop here in Houston and talked to the owner about using a K&N. His response was a strong 'NO !" and he stated the same reason(s) as Louis said (see previous post). I was shocked, but he said the K&N almost always creates problems with the Mass Air Flow Sensor. His strong recommendation was to stick with OEM.
My question to all of you is this: where does one find the best online prices for OEM BMW parts? (including the air filter I need !)
Welcome to your first BMW!!!
OEM filters are always best. Glad you heard the same thing from your mechanic.
For parts...
Not to defend K&N, but I think the problem is more operator error in the cleaning and recharging process. My guess is that people use too much oil on the filter and don't wait for it to dry. Then the oil gets sucked into the MAF. I like ITG foam filters, and can easily make the same mistake. When I do my inspection I or II, I clean and recharge the filter first, then do everything else on the car. And wait until it is absolutely dry before reinstalling.
For OE, I buy from http://www.getbmwparts.com.
Think about it...
This topic has been discussed ad naseum at BF.c and the jury is still out...LOL! Opinions are like a-holes, everyone has one. Well, from my research, we all know there is something in-line to measure airflow called a MAF/HFM5 (Mass Air Flow Sensor or Hot Film Meter). These sensors are just that, sensitive measuring devices and the oil from the K&N filter tends to follow the air flow and leaves an oily film on the MAF sensor components over time, which in turn causes poor engine performance since the sensor can't operate as it was designed.
Soooo...purists or enthusists should agree that making a sensor dirty with oil will certainly cause that component to operate improperly or fail completely. Use a high quality dry filter (don't skimp cause it's a BMW) and clean it frequently between changes FTW...believe me, it works!
Go here to read about cleaning your MAF: http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum/showthread.php?t=833346
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Here is a favourite winter shot of mine of a railway crossing on the western outskirts of the city. In the distance you can see the skyline (My World)
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Love the soft pastel of the sky against that silhouette.
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A beautiful capture. The sky is just gorgeous.
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Gorgeous capture of the sky. Beautiful scenery. So calm and peaceful.
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This scene really exudes solitude! Love the pinkish clouds in the sky; they do seem to add a bit of warmth. Stay warm...
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She offers frames in all price ranges and works to help customers make their own decisions about their frame and mat choice with some guidance on what might look good. Each customer receives one-on-one attention from Rishkofski, who said she asks a lot of questions about their preferences and decorating style during the consultation.
A framing job can take from two to three weeks, but Rishkofski said she always tries to accommodate customers who might need a rush job if it is possible.
The gallery will play host to about four special events throughout the year with artists, who will be on hand to discuss their work and speak with customers. Rishkofski is also working to plan workshops for customers, including an upcoming one designed to help people learn how to hang their art for the best display. She often has people ask questions about how high to hang art, owing to the different height of people in the family, as well as how to light up their work once it is on display in the home.
"It's teaching what I've learned throughout the years and giving them some ideas," she said.
Frames range from basic and more economical metal frames to more museum-quality wooden frames. "There's something here for everyone," she said. "I frame posters as well as $5,000 prints."
While some of her friends questioned why Rishkofski was venturing into a new business at age 65, she said she is excited about the new space and looking forward to growing. "After all these years, I still love what I'm doing. I'm not ready to retire, not yet."
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The fifth annual "Green Industrial Coatings Asia" combined fair and symposium was held in Shanghai on October 23-24. The focus was set on environmentally friendly coatings systems including the latest developments of binder systems, pigments and additives, which fulfill the criteria to be "green."
Experts from companies, including Akzo Nobel, DuPont and Sachtleben, presented papers on the latest developments in "Green Coatings;" a jury had award prizes for the best papers and the most notable innovations. Sachtleben received the "Green Raw Material Supplier Award," for its new functionalized barium sulfate product. "A new technology of particle functionalization and its contribution to green coatings and sustainability," presented by Milan Krumbe, sales director coatings at Sachtoeben, addressed concepts and ideas focusing the three leading cornerstones within the coatings industry: performance, efficiency and sustainability.


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hi my name is Dwain Alacastro Kevin Moore i was born on may 2 1987 in Calfornia i got 1 brother an 1 sister my mother was killed by my step father when i was two years old an i been in foster care all my life i have no real family for me to fall back on i been in 32 foster homes 26 group homes i stand about 5ft 6incs with black hair an brown eyes... i first got locked up at the age of 16yrs old for stealing my teachers car in high school... than when i was older went to prison for the first time in Chicago ill for selling drugs i did 18 months for that crime... than i moved to Wisconsin to be wit my sons mom an she cheated on me so i left her an meet a girl an i had a one night stand with a gurl an than just found out that i have two twin girls that is the two lil girls that are on my page by her than about jan 9 2007 i was sent to jail for braking in to some ones house an then i did 5monts in the brown county jail in Greenbay Wisconsin an than i was sent to prison for that an i did 30 months for that crime also an i was let out again... than i meet some one that's when i moved to Kansas city Missouri an thing's were good for the most part we were in love an than i went back to prison for 9months an when i got out i came back to Missouri to be wit her an i was told that i need to get married or have kids to live in Missouri so what i do i got married to some one that i was gonna spend the rest of my life wit but that's not what happen... after we got married she change up on me an what i mean by this she be came lazy an controlling an was very physically an emotionally abusive an started cheating on me an doing shit that i didn't like.. by takeing my pay checks an makeing me do a lot of a shit that was not cool wit me at all i was not allow to have a cell phone or have an friends an just last december 16 2012 she came out to one of my friends house an put a gun to my head an so the out come of that was i protected my self an by that i put my hands on her an im oh im not proud of it at all by any means so please dont judge me by what i did but i was afraid for my life yea i was put in jail for three months for that i just got out this april of this year an when i got out she told me tat she cheated on me when i was in jail an had sex in out home an in our bed so i left her an after that i have been in a lot of bad relationships because the woman thought that she could do any thing that she wanted to do to me an thought i was gonna stay around an wait on her but i want not about that life.... when i was 15 i broke my back playin football so i had to teach my self how to walk an than just last year i broke my baick playin football i have been shot i have been stabed i still have a bullet in my foot so with my back being messed up an me being in an out of jail an prison it's very hard for me to work so if me not working is a big issuse with you just tell me so i don't waste your time an u dont waste mine me im cool im laid back i dont do good wit the drama cuz i feel if u wanna have drama in your life u might wanna go turn on your dame tv or netflix or just plan out watch a dame movie...no need for lies be cause if you gonna lie to some one just think about some one lieing to u an see how u will fell after the truth is been told..you cant build a relationship on lies...i fell if you wanna play games there are so many board game an game system an go play that mother fucker. i dont dated some one off looks i just did an it was fucked up i will never do it again one n i dont look for whats on the out side in i look for the in side side be cause if your personality is fucked up i will not talk to you i love to cook i love to clean i one very sexual man i love every part of a womans body i love to use my hands im good wit them in every way that you can think of good an bad lmfao have male friends all i ask is that you let them know in the door that friendship is all its gonna be no nude pics no sex no sex talk cua if you say you wanna be wit me than you should not feel the need to do that wit another man if not just go be with him or them an leave me the hell out of it cuz i dont have time for all that drame ma an heartace well if u cool with all of what i just said than talk to me an if there is any part of this that you are not cool with than there is no need for you to try to get with me
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Since the end of World War II and the founding of the United Nations, genocide, crimes against humanity and other war crimes—mass atrocities—have been explicitly illegal. When such crimes are committed, the international community has an obligation to respond: the human rights of the victims outweigh the sovereignty claims of states that engage in or allow such human rights violations. This obligation has come to be known as the responsibility to protect. Yet, parallel to this responsibility, two other, related responsibilities have developed: to prosecute those responsible for the crimes, and to provide humanitarian relief to the victims—what the author calls the responsibility to palliate. Even though this...
Thou Shalt Forget: Indigenous sovereignty, resistance and the production of cultural oblivion in Canada
November 15, 2019
What is 'cultural oblivion' and 'psychological colonialism', and how are they affecting the capacity of Indigenous Peoples in Canada to actively resist systematic and territorial oppression by the state?
Following a decade-long research project, this new book by Pierrot Ross-Tremblay examines the production of oblivion among his own community, the Essipiunnuat [or, 'People of the Brook Shells River'] and the relationship between a colonial imperative to forget. The book illustrates how the 'cultural oblivion' of vulnerable minority communities is a critical human rights issue but also asks us to reflect upon both the role of the state and the local elite in creating and warping our perception and understanding of history....
September 13, 2018
Envisioning Global LGBT Human Rights: (Neo)colonialism, Neoliberalism, Resistance and Hope is an outcome of a five-year international collaboration among partners that share a common legacy of British colonial laws that criminalise same-sex intimacy and gender identity/expression. The project sought to facilitate learning from each other and to create outcomes that would advance knowledge and social justice. The project was unique, combining research and writing with participatory documentary filmmaking. This visionary politics infuses the pages of the anthology.
The chapters are bursting with invaluable first hand insights from leading activists at the forefront of some of the most fiercely fought...
Environmental Displacement in 2018 - Current Protection Challenges: RLI Working Paper Series Mini-volume (23–25)
July 17, 2018
June 16, 2017
This book reflects on the relationship between Chile and the Inter-American Human Rights System, focusing on an interdisciplinary and detailed examination of the consequences of recent cases decided by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights against the Chilean state. These cases illustrate central challenges in the areas of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex rights, as well as shedding light on torture and indigenous rights in Chile and the Americas as a whole.
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In July 1994, the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) set out to stabilise and secure Rwanda, a country decimated by genocide. This mandate was later extended to include the herculean task of promoting unity and reconciliation to a population torn apart by violence. More than two decades later, these goals appear to have been achieved. Beneath the veneer of reconciliation lies myriad programmes and legislation that do more than seek to unite the population - they keep the RPF in power. In Reconciling Rwanda: Unity, Nationality and State Control, Jennifer Melvin analyses the highly controversial RPF and its vision of reconciliation to determine who truly benefits from the construction of the new post-genocide Rwanda.
December 10, 2012
The countries of the global north and west that have enjoyed hegemonic preponderance in international affairs over the last two centuries are seeing their relative influence on the world stage decline in favour of rising powers of other regions. As the ability of the global north and west to project normative standards with regards to social organisation, international relations and the role of the state is waning, what emerging norms might guide future trajectories for global society? As human rights is a highly politicised and contentious area of discourse and practice, what future might there be for human rights in a non-western world? The London Debates 2011 workshop sought to bring together established academics and early career...


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We can always count on John Boehner to give us a lift by continually saying things that are grimly foolish. For example, without tearing up, Boehner asserted that he fully expected Romney to win because he is a proven success and the voters don't like losers. Was he thinking about President Obama as the loser who isn't worth a couple of hundred million dollars because his father, well...blah, blah, blah? As he put it:
"The American people don't want to vote for a loser. They don't want to vote for someone that hasn't been successful. I think Mitt Romney has an opportunity to show the American people that they, too, can succeed." (As we've previously noted, there isn't a million or two difference between Dubya and Romney. )At what point will Romney''s Midas card be shelved?
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Here's another in championship political style:
Romney advisor Hank Brown predicted that his man can win the youth vote because...because..because at 65, Mitt is "younger'" and "more dynamic"than John McCain was in 2008. He said what??? Pause, while I get another shovel.
(In the inspirational words of our former president: "Brownie, you are doing a heck of a job.")
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It was good to read this paragraph from Economist magazine's report on the NRA's recent convention in St.Louis:
"The [NRA's] future does not look bright , either. Despite attempts to attract women, most convention-goers in St.Louis were white men over the age of 40 - a segment of the population in decline. The classified sections in NRA magazines such as American Rifleman feature, besides all the weaponry, advertisements for gardening equipment and Viagra."+ + + + +
Finally, what's with the big stink from Republicans over President Obama's references to Osama Bin Laden? And Romney's laughing remark that even Jimmy Carter would have acted in the same manner. Good grief, once again history has been trashed. Obama, all authoritative accounts have since reported, was warned by some of his top advisors that it was a high-risk deal that could ruin him if it went awry. And wasn't it the very same Romney who urged college students to take risks if they wanted to succeed in the post-collegiate world? It's an opportunity that Obama can't replicate because the carrier is now headed for the Bush Library.


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Glas Cymru is a single purpose company formed to own, finance and manage Welsh Water. It is a 'company limited by guarantee' and because it has no shareholders, any financial surpluses are retained for the benefit of Welsh Water's customers.
Under Glas Cymru's ownership, Welsh Water's assets and capital investment are financed by bonds and retained financial surpluses. The Glas Cymru business model aims to reduce Welsh Water's asset financing cost, the water industry's single biggest cost.
Financing efficiency savings to date have largely been used to build up reserves to insulate Welsh Water and its customers from any unexpected costs and also to improve credit quality so that Welsh Water's cost finance can be kept as low as possible in the years ahead.
Glas Cymru. was created by Nigel Annett and Chris Jones in 2000, with the support of its first Chairman Lord Burns, for the sole purpose of acquiring and then managing Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water, the water and sewerage service provider in most of Wales and some adjoining parts of England. After a process that took around 18 months, Glas Cymru successfully acquired Welsh Water from Western Power Distribution (a US owned electricity network company) in May 2001, financed by a £1.9 billion bond issue (thought to be the largest ever, non-government backed, Sterling corporate bond issue).
Glas Cymru is unique in the UK utility industry in that it is:
Welsh Water provides an essential public service to the households, businesses and the environment in Wales. It is a highly capital intensive business, with assets that will serve many future generations. It has a huge capital investment programme, over £3 billion since 2001 with similar amounts to come. Its strategy is to deliver a secure, long-term credit quality to investors (such as pension funds and insurance companies) so as to raise the finance it needs at the cheapest possible cost, thereby keeping down bills to customers (around a third of which go to remunerate finance for investment).
Glas Cymru is a "company limited by guarantee"; it has no shareholders and so its corporate governance functions are the responsibility of its Board, which has a majority of independent non-executive directors, and its members, around 70 individuals appointed following a process undertaken by an independent membership selection panel. Members are not representatives of outside stakeholder groups but rather are unpaid individuals whose duty is to promote the good running of the company, in the best interests of its customers.
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Bad news out of Carolina as quarterback Donovan McNabb broke a rib during the Birds 38-10 romp of the Panthers.
The injury could keep McNabb out for two to four weeks.
The Birds, though, are taking the injury day by day, said Head Coach Andy Reid after the game. He left open the possibility that No.5 could play next week against the Saints.
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D-Mac was injured while scoring a touchdown to put the Eagles up 38-10 on the Panthers with 6:59 left in the third quarter. He went down in the end zone after getting hit by at least three Panthers as he drove the ball past the goal line.
He immediately seemed to be reaching for his knee but it was the cracked ribs that would take McNabb out of the game.
After being tended to by trainers McNabb left the field on his own power and seemed enthusiastic as he walked towards the Birds' locker room.
He walked back onto the field with about 1:30 left in the third quarter and was seen sitting on the Eagles bench but occasionally grimacing with pain.
If McNabb plays next week could depend on how much he can deal with the pain. Remember that he played a game a few years ago on a broken leg -- so it could happen.
Kevin Kolb replaced No. 5 under center he could start the Eagles home opener next week as Michael Vick won't be allowed to play until Week 3.


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Bereau of Land Management Releases Plan for Eastern Montana
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) - The U.S. Bureau of Land Management has released its draft plan for managing 2.7 million surface acres and 11 million mineral acres in eastern Montana.
The Billings Gazette reports the agency's Miles City Field Office released the 1,800-page Draft Resources Management Plan and Environmental Impact Statement on Friday. Its final plan will guide management of the region for the next two decades.
Public comments are being taken until June before the plan is finalized.
The agency plans to allow grazing on all but about 3,000 acres.
Oil-and-gas development would be allowed with conditions on the 2.5 million acres that include sage grouse habitat.
The agency would also add six new protected areas.
Four of them are historic battlefields from the Indian Wars and two contain dinosaur fossils.
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The yearlong worldwide Salsa celebration produced by Albert Torres Productions, -the most important salsa music and dance live events producer worldwide- makes its Los Angeles stop, prepared to once again receive an astounding 3,000 attendance per evening.
We are very excited to host the historic reunion of the remaining members of The Fania-All Stars a one of a kind night only in Los Angeles on Saturday May 25, 2013.
Now The 15th Annual International Los Angeles Salsa Congress is the most anticipated international music festival featuring award-winning talent such as Colombian super stars Grupo Niche, The Legends of Salsa from NYC & Puerto Rico, El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico, & Dominican Bachata star Joan Soriano international dance ensembles such as Tripidium direct from Colombia & Dubai, film, workshops, plus veteran instructors and energetic DJs providing music and entertainment from all over the globe.
Already on its 15th edition the International Los Angeles Salsa Congress is so monumental that it is known as the hub for other congresses to scout and recruit talent. This year, the festival will be held at The Westin Bonaventure Hotel, located at 404 South Figueroa Street, in downtown Los Angeles. The massive venue has three large rooms with over 40,000 square feet of dance floor for social dancing, salsa, bachata, kizomba & zouck, pop, hip hop, animation, hustle, and much more.
Produced by the world's premier producer of live salsa music and dance events, Albert Torres Productions, this traveling musical extravaganza has stops all over the world including Dubai, Canada and Japan. The week-long festivity in Los Angeles attracts over 20,000 Latin Music fans from all over the world and boasts talent from around the world including performances by top billing artists, interactive classes by the world's top dance instructors and the best tropical music DJs from around the globe.
Starting May 22 through May 26, 2013 at the Westin Bonaventure in Downtown.


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Heavy clashes between Libyan soldiers loyal to a renegade general and Islamist-led militias killed 38 people, health officials said Sunday, as fighting between rival militias around the capital's international airport raged on and European nations warned their citizens to leave, reports AP.
Forces loyal to Gen. Khalifa Hifter battled militias in the eastern city of Benghazi in clashes that started Saturday and continued through early Sunday morning, a security official said. Commando forces regained control of four military camps captured by Islamist militias in the past few days, the official said. The fighting killed eight militia fighters, including the brother of an alleged leader of an al-Qaida-inspired group, the official and a militia website statement said.
The statement published on the website of the powerful Islamist militia Rafallah Sahati confirmed the death of Ahmed al-Zahawi, brother of Mohammed al-Zahawi, the leader of Ansar al-Shariah. U.S. officials believe Ansar al-Shariah was behind the Sept. 11, 2012, attack in Benghazi that killed U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans.
Rockets fired during this weekend's fighting hit civilian homes, causing casualties and wounding dozens of people, health officials said.
All officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to brief reporters.
More than two months ago, when Hifter started his offensive to crush Islamist militias and their political backers, Mohammed al-Zahawi vowed to continue fighting, calling Hifter an "American agent." Hifter once served as dictator Moammar Gadhafi's top military official but later defected and spent years in the U.S., though American officials say they have not been in recent contact with him.
The fighting in Benghazi came as fierce clashes resumed between rival Libyan militias for control of Tripoli's international airport. The battle began two weeks ago when Islamist-led militias — mostly from the western city of Misrata — launched a surprise assault on the airport, under control of rival militias from the western mountain town of Zintan.
The fighting has killed dozens of people and forced residents to flee. Associated Press video of clashes Saturday showed a jet airplane burning and heavy smoke rising over it, as militiamen fired rockets and heavy machine guns.
Shells struck the airport Sunday, while a main market and shopping center near the airport caught on fire.
A statement Sunday by the Libyan Health Ministry said that the ongoing battle for the airport has so far killed 79 people and wounded more than 400. On Saturday, 23 people, including Egyptian nationals, were killed when a rocket struck their house in Tripoli, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry said.
More than three years after Gadhafi's downfall, Libya is witnessing one of the worst bouts of violence amid growing lawlessness in the country. On Saturday, the U.S. evacuated its diplomats in Tripoli to neighboring Tunisia and shut its embassy. The U.N. Support Mission in Libya and the International Committee of the Red Cross have withdrawn their staff as well.
Also on Sunday, gunmen attacked a British embassy convoy in Tripoli, firing on a car but wounding no one, Ambassador Michael Aron said on Twitter. A Libyan official said investigators believed the attackers were criminals who wanted to steal the car.
Egypt has warned its citizens living in Tripoli and Benghazi to leave the cities. The U.K. Foreign Office advised its citizens Sunday to leave the country immediately because of the "greater intensity of fighting" in Tripoli and the likelihood of further attacks on foreigners. Germany and Spain also issued warnings for their citizens to leave.
Italy's Foreign Ministry said it helped more than 100 Italians leave Libya and would help other countries evacuate their citizens as well.


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The Lubrizol Corporation has launched the Solsperse M Series, a family of hyperdispersants for multimedia colorants. The Solsperse M Series is designed to deliver broad compatibility to colorants for solventborne industrial coatings. The Solsperse M Series enables formulators to quickly select the ideal hyperdispersant for their unique industrial colorant requirements optimizing compatibility, efficiency, regulatory compliance and overall quality, according to the company. The Solsperse M Series requires less grinding resin in the millbase, thereby reducing viscosity and enabling even higher pigment loading in the colorant, which, in turn, allows better mill utilization for faster dispersion and increased production volumes. Some Solsperse M Series options completely eliminate the need for grinding resins, resulting in even further reduction of millbase viscosity.
Solsperse M Series hyperdispersants are designed for formulation of universal colorants with the broadest range of compatibility allowing rationalization of tinter inventories. A reduction in additive inventories is also possible. By reducing inventories and streamlining dispersion processing, the Solsperse M Series enables significant cost savings in labor and materials. Solsperse M Series hyperdispersants are available now for dispersion of organic and inorganic pigments in resin-free and resin-containing solvent borne colorants, suitable for tinting a wide variety of industrial coatings.


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Many of our riders frequently participate on our social media sites; posting pictures and videos from their travels with NY Waterway. We encourage everyone to post any content you would like to share on any of our social media channels listed below! User participation has been increasing and we are very excited about the immense growth with our social networks!
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So how does it work? Volunteers can arrange with their academic institution to gain transferrable course credit by participating in our field programmes. Our research team both in our London Headquarters and overseas field staff will liaise with your academic course supervisors on your behalf to ensure that your participation contributes to your academic performance and confers course credits. Further to this, we are able to sign supporting documentation, verify your participation and provide mentoring and in-country support. To sum up, Frontier will be there for you every step of the way!
Set between its tropical Caribbean and Pacific coasts, Costa Rica is one of the most breath-taking countries in the world. Even though it covers just 0.03% of the world's landmass, it is home to an incredible 500,000 species including jaguars, pumas, four species of monkeys and five species of turtle. This is the highest density of species of any country in the world.
Frontier volunteers are carrying out groundbreaking survey work, exploring Costa Rica's remote habitats and helping to combat the effects of global warming by establishing a baseline against which future protected area management can be assessed. On this project you will live in a wilderness camp set in dense tropical forest on the shores of the Pacific Ocean next to pristine turtle beaches.
You'll live and work with other enthusiastic and energetic volunteers at a basic research camp near some of Costa Rica's most impressive protected areas. You'll carry out crucial surveys that are being used to find out how climate change is affecting endangered species and threatened habitats. Jaguars, sloths, pumas and turtles are just a fraction of the species here that are under threat; it is your job to help find out how to best protect these species and preserve their environment.
Join this incredible project to discover a world of fragile beauty and help safeguard Costa Rica's precious wildlife and exceptional habitats for future generations.
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Home to one of the largest tropical primary lowland rainforests in the world, Corcovado National Park is also home to a large range of endangered plant and animal species. Over millennia, the dense rainforests have created a dramatic and ideal habitat for hundreds of bird and mammal species and the warm waters surrounding the park are also home to several marine species.
On this project, you will help to carry out extensive and broad biodiversity surveys, which could include:
In addition to wildlife and research activities, volunteers also participate in various other conservation-related tasks. For example, typically once a week all project participants assist with the creation and maintenance of forest trails which help to facilitate the majority of the surveys we conduct. This can be difficult work, but is actually an excellent opportunity to see more of the jungle! In addition to this, there is plenty of time to experience the peninsula with regular walks to indentify and observe rare and endangered species, including nocturnal walks to discover the jungle after dark when the big cats are most active.
Things will be busy! However, there will also be sufficient down time to get stuck into a book while swinging on a hammock or taking a dip in ocean or jungle stream. There are also plenty of optional activities to take part in including horse riding, forest canopy tours, dolphin and whale watching tours and guided trips to the national park, so remember to bring along some extra funds!
The project boasts a busy schedule focusing on a broad range of high impact, groundbreaking conservation strategies and scientific research for which volunteers receive full field training in order to undertake. There will also be a wide range of regular lectures designed to complement the practical research component of the project, which cover topics such as species biology, ecology and conservation needs.
The long term goal of this project is to determine the richness, abundance, distribution and ecological niche of a wide range of endangered, endemic and ecologically important species on the Osa Peninsula. This is also in order to assess the animal's use of the reserve area on the peninsula in comparison to neighbouring Corcovado National Park. The national park is only a small piece of land and cannot sustain healthy wildlife populations making it critically important to understand the health of the surrounding reserve area and to increase its protections.
This is a wide-reaching project covering many different topics, but has been developed with the understanding that the different research areas we focus on fundamentally overlap with one another. In order to protect the important ecosystems on the Osa Peninsula, we have to understand various key species habitats, habits and trophic preferences amongst other things. These understandings can in turn indicate what actions need to be taken by local communities, governments and the global community more broadly so that we are able to protect the vital biodiversity of the Osa Peninsula.
Volunteers patrol two beaches close to camp, which aim to not only gather valuable population data of the endangered marine turtles, but also serve to discourage poachers and predators trying to raid nests and collect eggs. The two species of turtle most frequently observed are the Olive Ridley and the Pacific Green Turtle. During peak nesting season (July-October), turtles found nesting on the beach at night are tagged and given a health check. In the mornings we also conduct nest excavations which involve checking the hatched nests to assess reproductive success after the hatchlings have emerged.
Total clutch size, number of successfully hatched eggs and the number and stage of development of un-hatched eggs are recorded. Any hatchlings that might have remained trapped in the nest chamber are freed and placed on the beach to allow them to reach the sea. The peak season for turtle monitoring begins in June and ends in February/March. Outside of this time, vital work is still carried out but at a markedly reduced level.
There are four primate species found on the Osa Peninsula, including the squirrel monkey, mantled howler monkey, Geoffroy's spider monkey and the white-faced capuchin monkey. The primary objective of this project is to estimate the density of all four primate species in the areas outside of the Corcovado National Park and to record habitat preferences. Work usually includes walking primate transects for data collection and recording observations.
These surveys are typically conducted three to four times each week and involve recording every troop encountered during slow forest treks, using binoculars. It is important to take an accurate count of the number of individuals within the troop (a good pair of binoculars will certainly prove beneficial) as well as calculating the size of the area surveyed by taking measurements of the distance between the trail and the troop of monkeys. Behavioural data is also collected to determine activity patterns in different habitats, and information regarding plant foraging preferences is also recorded to gain a better understanding of the ecosystem as a whole.
Five species of big cat call the Osa Peninsula home, including the larger jaguar and puma, the smaller jaguarondi and margay, and the intermediate sized ocelot.
Our big cat research is a relatively new multi-phase project initiated in October 2015 that combines a range of field research methods to study the abundance, distribution and habitat of Costa Rican wildcat species. Conflict between landowners and wildlife is one of the most significant challenges facing wildlife conservation and wildcats are not immune. The wildcats are one of the most heavily threatened species in Costa Rica as a result of retaliatory killing and persecution as a preventative measure against livestock predation.
There is a direct correlation between the success of the prey of wildcats and the success of wildcats themselves, and recent poaching of their prey is directly linked to reduced wildcat populations. Both the wildcats and their prey are studied in an attempt to understand the health of cat populations on the peninsula. The ultimate objective is to understand how this ecosystem works, which then allows for a formulation of sustainable strategies to maintain predators and prey in this critical biological corridor neighbouring Corcovado National Park.
It is important to note that these species are elusive and sightings are rare. Even if you don't see them whilst out on the trail or on camp, it is very likely that you will find evidence that they are around through leaving tracks and faeces. Seeing a big cat is mostly down to luck and being in the right place at the right time, though the nocturnal treks increase your chances of a sighting.
Classified as Data Deficient on the IUCN Red List, the neotropical otter (Lontra longicaudis) found in the waterways of the Osa Peninsula urgently requires research so that authorities can gain a better understanding of the conservation status of this elusive animal. Very little is known on the distribution, abundance and habitat use of the otter which makes it very difficult to assess the population status and whether it falls under the Critically Endangered or Vulnerable.
Our study seeks to provide one of the first year-round studies of a local population of otters with regard to the spatial distribution throughout the year. It is critical to study these animals all year round as it is expected that the otters will expand, contract or shift their core areas of use as the river changes in depth, width and course within and between seasons. This information has conservation significance as it ensures that any strategies to protect this species that are recommended as a result of this work consider the habitat requirements throughout the year and not just within a specific shorter period.
We are using GPS to record where indirect evidence of otters has been found into a Geographic Information System (GIS) to assess the spatial distribution through computer analyses. We are also initiating interviews with local communities to gain anecdotal understandings of the presence and distribution of the otter. The data from local people is vital to understanding the population patterns of these elusive animals. Frontier has just published our first research paper on river otters in the area and look forward to strengthening this research.
Bring your binoculars, put on your twitcher's hat and get set to be up bright and early for bird surveys which occur several times a week. Surveys typically take place along the Rio Carate and at the ecologically sensitive lagoon, Pejeperrito. Many of Costa Rica's hundreds of bird species can be sighted here, as well as several migratory species. Frequently sighted are trogons, antbirds, hummingbirds and tanagers, and if you are lucky maybe a Baird's Trogon or Great Curassow.
Bird counts are a commonly used method of identifying avian species composition in an area and we aim to study the diversity of the bird community in primary and secondary forest as well as within the river course and more disturbed areas such as plantations and gardens. Not only will you be identifying birds by sight, but you will start to learn to identify birds by the calls they make. You be surprised at some of curious ways in which staff have learnt to identify the unique calls of different birds!
Butterflies are a well recognised indicator of habitat quality, ecosystem function and health and can be used as an early warning system for environmental change. As a key part of the food chain a greater richness and abundance of butterflies will promote greater diversity of animals at the top trophic level (e.g., wild cats) and any changes in the environment and forest health that results in detriment to butterfly populations will have significant negative impacts on other wildlife. This work is conducted only in the dry season due to damage caused by rainfall and therefore typically runs between October/November and May/June.
Costa Rican amphibians and reptiles are a diverse group and are amongst one of the most sensitive to climate change due to their use of small microhabitats and the porous nature of their skin. Declines have already been seen amongst these two groups due to reductions in rainfall, and humidity and increased temperatures increasing bacterial growth and disease transmission. The sensitive nature of amphibians and reptiles to altered climatic variables makes them an excellent indicator group for studying the effects of changing climates.
Our study aims to collect baseline data on the different species that live within primary and secondary forests and more degraded areas on the peninsula, whilst also collecting data on ecological variables related to the species. Environmental data such as temperature and humidity is also recorded to monitor the effects of climate change on populations between years. The idea of this project is to create an inventory of all amphibians and reptiles in the area, which will allow us to estimate the number of species there are likely to be in the area and can be used to monitor not only the richness but also the abundance and microhabitat preferences of the species.
If you arrive on a Monday before 12:00pm, you will be greeted at Puerto Jimenez airport or bus station by a Frontier staff member and escorted by local bus to the project camp. If arriving after 12:00pm on a Monday or at any time on any other day, a pick-up can be arranged for an additional 68 EUR.
Life on camp is a unique experience! You will be staying in simple, shared, mixed-sex eco-cabins amidst the jungles near to Carate. This is a jungle research camp, so you may sometimes find yourself sleeping in a tent or in a hammock – a mosquito net is an absolute must! We have tried to keep the camp in harmony with its pristine surroundings, so conditions are simple, but environmentally friendly and comfortable.
The camp is situated about 5 minutes walk from Playa Carate, a beach which stretches for over 20 miles all the way into Corcovado National Park. There are cool, refreshing showers and environmentally friendly, composting toilets on camp too. You'll be feeling one with the jungle before you know it!
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Check out our video on Frontier Gap Year TV from Costa Rica, showing you volunteer life on the Osa Peninsula.
We feel it is very important to support the local economy, so most of our supplies are sourced locally. This means we do not have access to everyone's preferred foods and much of what we eat is seasonal and fresh. Costa Rican food is delicious, with a focus on rice, beans and good quality fruit and vegetables.
Cooking and cleaning are carried out communally on a rotational basis, so everybody will be responsibility for meal preparation. You will have the opportunity to learn how to cook the national staple food, gallo pinto, consisting of fried rice and black beans. Another dish that is simple to prepare with local ingredients and is often eaten on camp is light and crispy tortillas stuffed with refried beans and vegetables.
There are no refrigeration facilities for meat, fish and dairy, so the team takes the environmentally friendly option of vegetarianism during their time on project. If this sounds worrying to you, not to worry, as volunteers regularly make delicious comfort foods such as pizza, falafel-style burgers, curries with homemade chapattis and ginger and cinnamon cakes to name but a few. Get creative! There is also powdered milk to satisfy you avid tea-drinkers.
Much of the fresh water in the streams surrounding the camp and on the peninsula are safe to drink and it's important to remember to keep hydrated. Just be sure to check with staff first.
Costa Rica is also world famous for its coffee and it represents the country's biggest export, so coffee lovers will have plenty of opportunities to get their hands on some. Luxuries like chocolate and packet soup are available in the town nearby, but it is worth bringing some of your favourite treats out with you as well as any herbs or spices. It is recommended that you buy snacks when in town (cereal bars, biscuits etc) for mid-morning sugar dips or to give you energy on long treks.
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Costa Rica provides everything you could ever desire for an action packed and eye opening gap year or eco break. You may wish to explore some of the activities and unforgettable sights that are on offer here whether it is in your spare time, or even in a few extra days spent in this spectacular country at the beginning or end of the project. There are so many possibilities to explore – here are just a few suggestions! Try white water rafting, river kayaking, or even ocean kayaking – all activities that Costa Rica is famous for whether you are an expert or a compete novice.
If you have a head for heights see the landscape stretch out beneath you from above with a canopy tree top tour, or even an aerial tram! Other adventure activities that are on offer include biking, hiking, snorkelling and even bungee jumping! For something more sedate, there are butterfly and insect farms – fascinating for those with an interest in the natural world. The Costa Rica camp is also close to the border with Panama so you could always add another country onto your list by heading to this fascinating country too.
Alternatively you may wish to visit the Frontier house or local hostel in Puerto Jimenez ($7.50 per day, food not included). Costa Rica really does have something for everyone – you will never be short of ways to enjoy your spare time!
* Please note that you will need to cover your own costs for extra activities.
Learn more about one of the most biologically intense places on earth as you explore solitary beaches, beautiful rivers, mountains, waterfalls, farms and amazing diversity of wildlife on a guided kayak tour. You will have the unique opportunity to explore the mangroves from the water, and then paddle towards the sea where you may encounter dolphins, sea turtles, fish and ocean birds. You can kayak individually, in a group or with a guide who will teach you more about the incredible mangrove and coastal environment of Costa Rica.
Visit this remote wildlife sanctuary which is providing wildlife rescue and rehabilitation for orphaned, injured and displaced animals indigenous to south Costa Rica. The sanctuary promotes conservation through education and community involvement and work promote the maintenance of natural biodiversity. The sanctuary run a public education programme and you have the opportunity to visit the organisation for a day to see the animals, meet and chat with staff and walk around 700 acres of local forest land.
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Microsoft's .NET runtime platforms and its Visual Studio development environments represent for many developers the height of closed, proprietary systems. Although Redmond has released much information about the internals, the code that makes up .NET remains a carefully guarded secret. This careful guarding means, among many things, that .NET and Visual Studio run on the platforms Microsoft favors. Today, that means only Windows.
When .NET appeared nine years ago, an enterprising software developer, Miguel de Icaza, took on the job of creating an open source equivalent, along with the necessary development tools. This project, which he named Mono after the Spanish word for monkey, generated considerable controversy. It was viewed by many in the open source community as a form of subversion; namely, that it provided an antagonist, Microsoft, with the benefits of the very open source process and values it disdained.
De Icaza and the developers he worked with persisted, and in a remarkably short time had running examples of the.NET equivalent and VS counterparts. His team polished the software, so that it was a first-class alternative to the Microsoft products. Then his group of iconoclasts was hired by Novell.
With Novell's financial support, Mono became the premier platform for developing .NET applications for Linux, Mac OS, and mobile devices. Since Novell owned the SUSE LINUX distribution and had close ties to Microsoft, Mono appeared to be a natural investment. Contrary to popular belief, Novell's ties to Microsoft didn't detrimentally affect Mono. "Microsoft was supportive of our work," De Icaza says, "Not in an official way, but they answered questions, and my contacts there were always friendly."
Late last year, everything changed when Novell was unexpectedly acquired by Attachmate, a company that purveys terminal emulation tools. Curiously, some of the funds for that acquisition came from Microsoft itself. While Attachmate hasn't revealed its strategy for other products, it has determined its path with regards to Mono: In May, it fired all the developers. Attachmate retains the intellectual property much of which is open source, and much of that is copyrighted by Novell but it no longer really has Mono.
This transition raises questions for .NET developers interested in cross-platform product delivery. For the time being, the Mono tools are all downloadable from the project's website. But what about ongoing development?
De Icaza has formed a new company, called Xamarin, with the core Mono development team. His first goal is to push ahead with Mono on mobile devices. Specifically, Mono for Apple iOS (called MonoTouch) and Mono for Android. Reached at the company's Boston headquarters, he says that the immediate goal is to enable developers to use Microsoft's C#, which he terms a "beautiful language," on mobile devices. The overarching aim is to deliver true portability, in which one language can be used for development on three key mobile platforms the third being Microsoft's own Windows Mobile.
Each mobile device has its own unique peculiarities, de Incaza says, but most of the code will port without extensive modification and the rest can still be done with C# due to Mono. Desktop Mono is less of a priority for Xamarin, as the available version for Windows, Linux, and Mac is mature and stable.
For many developers, the continuation of de Icaza's team's work surely is good news. The question remains whether Xamarin can secure the backing and generate the sales momentum needed to keep it going and retain developers' faith in Mono.
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As any Mopar-head knows, Chrysler has a history of coming up with a line of mind-blowing products, getting self-satisfied, churning out crap and then making a Hail Mary that invariably ends up saving their asses. Now that AMC is dead and gone, ChryCo, even under the auspices of their German masters, continues to play the game of spastic, innovative weirdness soiled by mediocrity. To wit? The new Sebring and Avenger. The Compass and Patriot. The Aspen. It's as if they don't know what to do with the capital they gain by introducing products like the Hemi (in all its iterations), the minivan and the '68 Charger.
They come up with a brilliant idea and then seemingly can't follow it up for a decade, duriing which their market-share tanks, the government bails them out, or Germans buy them. On the heels of Chrysler Group's anticipated $1.52 billion loss, Sweet Peet D. goes after the fruit of Walter P.'s loins, and well, as much as we hate to say it, rightfully so.
Chrysler's Way Backward [Autoextremist]
Sweet Peet D. Fires Back at Chrysler: Autoextremist-Vines War a Go [Internal]


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Maryland Death Fest Announced
The fourth annual Maryland Death line up has been announced. The festival will take place May 26th and 27th at Sonar in Baltimore, MD. The line up thus far is as follows:
BRUTAL TRUTH (New York)
ZYKLON (Norway)
PSYCROPTIC (Australia)
GOREROTTED (England)
GUT (Germany)
DEAD INFECTION (Poland)
REGURGITATE (Sweden)
RETALIATION (Sweden)
EXTREME NOISE TERROR (England)
CRIPPLE BASTARDS (Italy)
ROTTEN SOUND (Finland)
BIRDFLESH (Sweden)
GOROD (France)
ORIGIN (Kansas)
COCK AND BALL TORTURE (Germany)
FUCK THE FACTS (Canada)
JIGSORE TERROR (Sweden)
NUNWHORE COMMANDO 666 (Germany)
LOOKING FOR AN ANSWER (Spain)
FOETOPSY (Wisconsin)
FLAGITIOUS IDIOSYNCRASY IN THE DILAPIDATION (Japan)
EXHALE (Sweden)
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Plainfield's slimemeister strikes again!
Assemblyman Jerry Green's political style (you didn't think these campaign mailers flooding your mailbox were the candidates' idea, did you?) rears it ugly head in the final weekend's REALLY NASTY mailings.
On behalf of Council President Harold Gibson, who COULD NOT WIN A SEAT IN AN OPEN ELECTION (he ran and lost against Councilor Burney, who still sits in the seat Gibson could not win), the same Harold Gibson who had to serve the party machine for 50 years before -- at age 72 -- he could get a seat on the Council, Jerry Green attacks Annie McWilliams for her YOUTH.
As if being young and savvy were a crime.
And as if being old and toeing the Democratic machine's line were a virtue.
Sadly, Assemblyman Green fails to give Gibson credit for the REAL service he has given to the UNION COUNTY DEMOCRATIC MACHINE.
While trying to give Gibson credit for everything except inventing sliced bread (who knows?) -- singlehandedly reducing crime (does his undershirt have a Superman logo on it?) and working (once he woke up) alongside Jerry Green (once HE woke up) on the Muhlenberg closing -- he fails to mention the most compelling example of Gibson's UNPARALLELED FINANCIAL EXPERIENCE, costing the taxpayers $650,00 for his partisan political activity.
As Union County's Public Safety Director, Gibson approved the appointment of a political hack, the unqualified son of a Democratic mayor, as Superintendent in the Division of Weights and Measures, part of the Public Safety Department.
The well-qualified longtime employee who was passed over sued Gibson and Union County and won $300,000 in her first suit, which alleged discrimination job. In a second lawsuit to compel Gibson and the County to appoint her to the job instead of the mayor's son, the County agreed to a settlement of $200,000 in her favor plus a pay raise to the Superintendent's level, but without giving her the job.
Another applicant who was more qualified than the mayor's son who was appointed also sued. He won a settlement of $150,000 for Gibson's and the County's discrimination against him. (You can read about the whole sleazy business on The Countywatchers blog here.)
So, I would agree that Council President Gibson has UNPARALLELED FINANCIAL EXPERIENCE: his partisan behavior has cost you, dear taxpayer, $650,000.
Skip the cornball sleaze in the last mailings from Assemblyman Green's team (including one for Don Davis due in your mailboxes today) and focus on the real question: Do we need a change from the 'same old, same old' in Plainfield?
I think so.
That is why I will be voting for Annie McWilliams (6E) and Adrian Mapp (7E) on Tuesday, June 3, and hope you will too.
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There is a fascinating article by Adam Goodheart in the June 9 edition of Disunion in the New York Times. It describes the role of George Scott, a Virginia slave, in the Battle of Big Bethel, the first significant land battle of the Civil War, which occurred 150 years ago on June 10, 1861.
Scott was one of the slaves to seek sanctuary at Fortress Monroe in late May-early June 1861. He had considerable knowledge of the land around the fort, as he had spent time in the region at liberty as a fugitive slave. He scouted informally for Union forces after his arrival at Fortress Monroe and it was George Scott's intelligence that led to Big Bethel. Even more remarkably writes Goodheart, Scott accompanied Union forces into battle armed. Goodheart writes:
Butler's final instructions to his officers [before they left the fort for the engagement] was a remarkable order: "George Scott is to have a revolver." It marks the first recorded instance in the Civil War when a Union commander put a gun into the hands of a black man. (A different account by a Union soldier suggests that ultimately Scott was given a rifle.)
Although Benjamin Butler, by arming Scott, certainly was not endorsing the formal enlistment of black soldiers in the Union army, nonetheless his act had great symbolic significance. By arming the slave, Butler acknowledged George Scott as a man worthy of the trust of being armed. He also, probably without intending so, took the Union a small yet significant step closer to arming the slaves. Adam Goodheart writes, Scott "had proven that the South's newly liberated slaves were ready to serve, and even to risk their lives for, the Union cause." It would take a year of war, military failure, and thousands of deaths to shift northern public opinion toward accepting their services. But an important step toward black Union soldiers had been taken–arming a slave and using him military both for intelligence and in battle.


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Until overtaken by China in 2012, Japan was the world's second biggest cinema market and still has the characteristics of a major industry, incuding long-established film studios with their own long-running film franchises. Although high real estate costs mean that the market is relatively low-attending on a per capita basis and remains a youth-oriented one, recent record attendances suggest a strong future.
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