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2008 Lexus IS-F Preview

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By Carey Russ

Performance sells, especially in the compact sports-luxury class. And for that class, factory tuner cars provide a showcase for the manufacturer's most serious commitment to performance. If the formula is simple - let the in-house hot-rodders loose on what is already a first-rate sports automobile - the implementation is not, and it has a positive effect on the rest of that automaker's cars, especially the all-important compact sports-luxury sedans, coupes, and convertibles.

BMW has the M3, acknowledged king of that particular hill for many years now. Challenging it, Mercedes-Benz has the AMG C63. Audi has RS4. Even Cadillac has played in this tough league, with the CTS-V, now on hiatus. And Lexus, new kid on the block with the second-generation IS, has, um, er...

...the IS-F.

As the old saying goes, if you're going to be late to the party, you had best be prepared. And well-dressed. The IS-F should have no problem competing with the world's best serious sports sedans. Four hundred horsepower is the minimum for entry into the big league, and the IS-F bests that with 416, two more than the newest M3's 414. It comes from a 5.0-liter V8, based loosely on the 4.6 found in the Lexus GS and LS sedans but with significant modification.

For a start, the engine was developed in partnership with Yamaha. Nothing new there, as Toyota/Yamaha partnerships go back to the Toyota 2000GT of the late 1960s. The Yamaha engineers involved were last associated with the company's most recent Formula One engine effort, so they were well-versed in high-performance engine design and development. The block is die cast aluminum, with a forged steel crankshaft featuring mirror-polished journals for minimum friction. Connecting rods and pistons are designed and built for strength and durability in high-rpm operation. The Yamaha-designed cylinder heads have a lightweight four valve per cylinder valvetrain with titanium intake valves, a dual-intake induction system that opens a secondary intake above 3600 rpm for more power, the SFI D-4 direct and port fuel injection system (similar to that used in other IS models) that allows a high 11.8:1 compression ratio for increased power and efficiency, and a new twist on the VVT-i variable cam phasing system. VVT-iE still uses conventional hydraulic control to "degree" exhaust camshafts - rotate the shaft relative to its static position to advance or retard valve timing and change valve overlap. Because this uses engine oil, which needs to be warmed to operating temperature and viscosity for the system to work, it doesn't operate when the engine is cold. To get by this problem, the intake camshafts are degreed by computer-controlled electric motors. The result is improved running from cold, increased power - and increased fuel efficiency and decreased emissions. Unlike some competitors, the IS-F will not come with a "gas guzzler" surcharge. Maximum power, all 416 horses worth, is developed at 6600 rpm, with maximum torque 371 lb-ft at 5200. Redline is 6800. And EPA mileage is 16 city, 23 highway. Ymmv up near redline...

If the engine is interesting, the transmission is even more so. Manual shifting is a necessity in a high-performance automobile, and high-tech high-performance these days means an automated manual gearbox, with lightning-fast up- and down-shifts controlled, along with the clutch, by electronic and hydraulic wizardry. Such gearboxes are found in all major road-racing series, and in many of the IS-F's competitors. They are not torque-converter automatics with manual shifting. Audi's twin-clutch DSG is the benchmark. Lexus challenges it with an eight-speed gearbox with a twist - it's both a torque-converter automatic in automatic mode, and fully manual in manual mode in gears two through eight. First uses the torque converter to deal with the stresses of starting, but it's locked up otherwise in manual, to provide a direct connection between the engine and transmission. Upshifts can take as little as one tenth of a second, with downshifts taking two-tenths. Engine and transmission revs are automatically matched during downshifting.

All that power must be matched to a chassis that can handle it, and it is. Wheelbase is unchanged, but the F is about 3.5 inches longer than its V6 relatives, and looks even longer because of the styling changes. The suspension, although unchanged in basic layout, with double wishbones in front and a multi-link setup in the rear, has been made considerably stronger to cope with the increased horsepower and potential cornering forces. Suspension pieces are high-strength steel, and the F sits an inch lower than other IS models. Springs, shocks, stabilizer bars, suspension bushings, and subframe mounts are all stiffer, and there are suspension geometry changes to better deal with the 19-inch forged alloy BBS wheels, shod with 225/40 front and 255/35 rear tires, all Y-rated. Steering is electrically-assisted, and vehicle speed-sensitive.

Brakes are impressive, cross-drilled and vented discs 14.2 inches in diameter in front with six-piston calipers and 13.6 inches at the rear with twin-piston calipers. Antilock, of course, and with the full suite of Lexus electronic safety aids and then some. The VDIM (Vehicle Dynamics Integrated Management) system integrates braking, traction control, stability control, and even the engine and transmission management and throttle control systems. It has three modes: normal, with the highest amount of stability control; sport, which lets the driver drive closer to the car's limits, and is less intrusive; and off, for the ultimate in performance driving.

The IS-F has a four-seat interior, with trim that is unique in the IS lineup. The front seats are reinforced, have higher bolsters than other IS seats, and use high-density foam padding. "High contrast" is the design theme, with contrast-colored stitching in the seat leather and hand-finished composite aluminized trim on the console and door panels.

Outside, the IS-F stands out in the manner of the German tuner cars. Which is to say, it's more athletic than the lesser models in the IS line, but leaves oversized wings and fender flares seen in lower-priced sport-compacts for the aftermarket. The grille and front fascia are unique, and a bit more assertive. The larger air intakes are functional, feeding more cooling air to the radiator. The brake scoops are also functional. And those huge, sticky tires do require some noticeable fender flares, with sill extensions between the front and rear. Quad stacked exhausts give the IS-F a distinctive appearance from the rear.

Who is the potential IS-F customer? Lexus enthusiasts, obviously - and yes, "Lexus" and "high performance" go together just as well as "Lexus" and "luxury". GS sedans did well in road racing a few years back, and Lexus-powered sports prototypes have done well in the Grand Am series, including winning the recent Daytona 24-hour endurance race. But during the marketing presentation, another, less obvious group was mentioned - current sport-compact drivers, the people in WRX STis and Lancer Evos. Why not? They're already fans of Japanese performance machinery, they may make more money some day and want a more prestigious car, and the makers of their current rides are not likely to offer that. Enter Lexus.

Of course, potential customers will have to come up with the required $56,000 to buy an IS-F, and supply will be limited.

So how is it on the road? A short ride and drive session after the presentation, on the roads east of Las Vegas, Nevada, didn't give the opportunity to test the IS-F's reputed 170-mph top speed - speed limits and enforcement of such - but did give a good taste of the car's refinement and ride quality.

As designed, at low throttle openings, the IS-F is as smooth and quiet as any Lexus. More pressure on the right foot opens the secondary intake, and creates music to the enthusiast's ears from both intake and exhaust. It also creates force on the seatbacks. My driving partner wanted to take his own 0-60 times, to check with the factory's figure of 4.6 seconds. Three tries, with a stopwatch so not precise, but 4.4, 4.6, and 4.6, with D - yep, in automatic - providing the quickest result.

Brakes match the acceleration, and, most importantly for any long-distance driving, the ride quality is Lexus, not Conestoga wagon. It's firm, with minimal body roll in the corners, but it's not punishingly stiff. A long day in the driver's, or passenger's, seat should be a pleasure. It should also include fewer stops for fuel than in some other ultra-performance sedans, as the trip computer in the car showed a 23 mpg average for the 60 or so miles through desert secondary roads.

The new kid is a very capable player at the top level of the performance sedan class. I've already notified my regional Lexus office that I'd like to get an IS-F for a week's test as soon as possible, and eagerly await the opportunity.


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2014 Hyundai Azera Walk Around

At first glance, the Hyundai Azera looks like an ever-so-slightly larger edition of the Hyundai Sonata. In fact, the grille looks like it's taken directly from the Sonata assembly line and bolted onto the Azera. It isn't, of course, and on closer examination, its cross bars and framing are thinner and it's subtly recessed in the surrounding fascia, giving it a more stately presence. The headlight assemblies wrap farther around the front fenders and are more sharply tapered at both ends. The bumper and lower fascia are flat and edgy, with sharply outlined lower air intake and fog lights. But that grille dominates, which, depending on one's opinion of the Sonata's styling, can be good or not so good.

The side view presents a subdued iteration of the styling theme Hyundai labels Fluidic Sculpture. A sharp crease starts behind the trailing point of the headlight housing and then fades just forward of the B-pillar (the vertical roof support between the front and rear door windows). Another, even sharper crease begins just ahead of and then flows over the top of the rear door handle, kicking up as it rounds the rear fender to flow into a gentle lip topping the trunk lid. A lesser character line runs the full length of the Azera, from the front wheelwell to the leading edge of the taillight. All of this sounds busy, but the differing degrees of severity in the lines blend and complement nicely. The roofline is fast, arcing gracefully from just behind the front wheelwell to just aft of the taillight's leading edge, with triangular rear quarter windows emphasizing the deeply sloped backlight (rear window). Perfectly circular wheelwells wrap snugly around low-profile tires, putting the finishing touches on a fresh, sporty profile.

As for the rear perspective, were it not for the trademark Hyundai flying H perched proudly above the reflector band tying together the high-tech LED taillights, one might for a moment, while squinting with one eye, think Aston Martin. The dual exhaust tips integrated into the lower bumper contribute to the illusion. But opening that eye reveals a much taller body than on that megabuck Brit, although in all truth it's just as pleasing a collection of arches and cut lines.

From the comfortable, evenly supportive, 10-way power driver's seat to the 8-way power front passenger seat (which includes a height adjustment, often a rarity even among pricier sedans) to the dual-zone, automatic climate control to the navigation system with its 7-inch screen, Azera's cabin coddles its occupants.

The standard leather upholstery is supple without being soft. The Limited sedan includes a most welcome extendable section on the driver's seat for thigh support, and that model's front seats have remarkably effective ventilating fans. That combination makes long highway stretches quite bearable.

The instrument cluster glows soft, blue and white lighting that's easy on the eyes. Primary controls for personalized settings and audio/climate systems are conveniently and clearly mounted on the center stack, which flows smoothly up from the center console with its properly positioned shift lever and seat-heater buttons.

Dashboard styling is a bit swoopy, but is integrated nicely with the interior door panels, which, along with the passenger dash, are graced with thin strips of blue ambient lighting in the Limited. The uplevel sound system delivered wonderfully full and robust sounds; even satellite sports talk radio sounded almost conversational.

Storage is plentiful, with front-door map pockets apportioned, proportioned and molded to hold real maps and water bottles. Twin cupholders fill the front center console next to the shift lever.

Front-seat occupants of the Azera will enjoy more head and leg room than drivers in the Ford Taurus, Nissan Maxima, Buick LaCrosse, or even the Toyota Avalon, although the Azera's hip room gives up a smidgen to all but the Maxima.

Rear-seat passengers won't notice any difference in headroom among that group of sedans, but those in the Azera and Maxima will give up a couple inches of leg room to those in the other cars. Rear-seat passengers are likely to love the dual-panel, panoramic sunroof. Rear-seat passengers get twin cupholders in a fold-down center armrest, and magazine pouches on front seatbacks, contoured to provide added knee room.

Azera families also will have at least two more square-feet of trunk space for luggage and weekend gardening supplies than Maxima and LaCrosse owners. Toyota's Avalon nearly equal's the Azera's trunk capacity, and the Taurus will tote almost four more foot-square boxes than either of them.

If there's any fault to be found with the Azera's interior, it's with such minor issues as having to use your foot instead of your hand to set the parking brake, and what to some might seem an overabundance of steering wheel-mounted buttons. One suggests a policy of insulating the driver, the other of encouraging, almost demanding, involvement. Over a half-day/half-night, 600-mile trip, however, such seeming inconsistencies faded to trivialities.

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June 13, 2021 - 8:00am
posted by David Reilly in batavia, nostaglia, history, news.

My life in the teen years growing up in Batavia in the late 1950s and early 1960s was a mix of trying to please my parents and teachers while also attempting to be more independent. Of course, this is true of young teens pretty much anywhere at any time.

My friends and what they thought and did became all-consuming it seemed.

When I was 10 and going into the fifth grade, we moved from the Thomas/Ellicott Avenue area across town to North Spruce Street. After some begging and whining (and maybe some fake crying) my parents agreed to let me continue at St. Mary's School on Woodrow Road, even though it would involve solving some transportation issues.

Most of my friends still lived on the west side of town and at first, I didn't see as much of them except during school.

The exception was Charlie, my partner in shenanigans, whose parents built a big house on East Avenue. Their basement was so big at one time they considered putting a bowling alley down there. They also installed a fountain in their front yard, which featured spraying water that changed colors. Older teens used to park in front and make out until the police shooed them away.

So, Charlie was right down the street and then as we got more toward 12 or 13 years old my friends' and my parents allowed us further range on our bikes and the gang was back together again.

A huge kid advantage to living on North Spruce was having lots more outdoor room to play and horse around. At that time, we were the last house on the northeast side of the street. North Street ended at our corner. All around us were woods, which today is the Narramore and Allanview Drive area.

Charlie vs. Dave

We had a big back yard and Charlie and I would spend hours out there playing whiffle ball. He was the New York Yankees and I was the Milwaukee Braves. We'd designate certain areas for singles, doubles, triples and home runs and we'd play entire nine-inning games, even to the point of writing down lineups and batting orders.

We had some epic games and even a couple fights because Charlie was not a good loser.

In 1957 the Braves won the World Series and I got to lord that over Charlie, for a year at least. Back then the games were in the afternoon and one day, to my immense surprise and everlasting admiration, my mom let me be “sick” and stay home from school to watch the game on TV (in black and white of course)

The Braves moved to Atlanta in the '60s and I've not had a favorite baseball team since.

A number of years ago I started collecting 1957 Milwaukee Braves memorabilia and I now possess all the Topps baseball cards from that team as well as signed baseballs from the four Hall of Famers who played for them that year: Warren Spahn, Hank Aaron, Eddie Mathews, and Red Schoendienst.

Into the Woods

Our house became a popular gathering spot with my friends because what kid doesn't want a woods to mess around in? Especially in the summer, we'd spend a lot of time out there. We'd play chase and someone had built an awesome tree house and we'd actually have “wars” where we threw rocks at each other. My friend Ray got clonked in the head one time and as my mother bandaged him up her comment was, “You guys already have rocks in your head.”

Another nutty thing we'd do is light fires in the dry grass and then put them out just before they got too big. Anything for excitement, I guess. One time though we came home to find fire trucks out there. A kid down the street had started a fire, but it spread too fast and he panicked and ran away. Neighbors spotted the smoke. He got caught of course and his dad may or may not have lit a fire on his behind.

Fort Reilly

Right on the edge of the woods and our property we built a “fort."

Constructed of an old piece of plywood, some 2x4s, and a bunch of old sheets and bedspreads, it was place to hang out and sneak cigarettes.

Most of our parents smoked like chimneys, but it was "Do as I say, not as I do.”

We used to play poker for smokes, but most of the time the cigs we gambled with were ones we pilfered from our parents.

As we got a little older our parents agreed to let us occasionally “sleep out” in the fort. Of course, very little sleeping took place.

I was especially bad about being able to nod off. Usually, what happened was it would start to get light and I'd sneak off to the house and go to bed. My friends would wake up, see I was gone and just get on their bikes and go home. I deservedly took a lot of mocking over that.

A really bad incident that happened out there involved my younger brother Dan. I had already gone into the house (again) and was sound asleep.

Apparently, when the other guys woke up, they decided to start a fire in a pit we had dug. They couldn't get it going so little brother went in the garage to get some gas.

You can predict what happened next: the gas caught fire as he poured it and in trying to jump away, it spread to his face.

I woke up to screaming. I ran to the kitchen along with my parents and there was Dan with his head in the sink splashing cold water on his face.

My father, dressed in his nighttime attire of tank top undershirt and boxers, tried to go get dressed, but my mother literally pushed him out the door to go to the hospital. He was lucky to get his pants on.

Fortunately, although he was in pain for a few weeks and had some nasty looking scabs, Dan recovered fully with little or no scarring.

Our fort was decommissioned by General Mom Reilly and we had to find somewhere else to hide out.

Tanks for the Memories

One of the things we used to do on our overnight “fort” escapades was go wander around the streets.

We weren't really doing anything bad like vandalism, but rather just looking for some excitement. For example, if we saw car headlights coming at 1 in the morning, more than likely it was a police car on patrol. So, we'd dive into the bushes like we had escaped from prison. If it turned out not to be the cops, we were disappointed because it just wasn't as thrilling.

At some point on one of these ventures we ended up on State Street by the National Guard Armory. Sitting there next to the building was a genuine military tank. It was not a World War II leftover like you would see in front of a V.F.W. or American Legion. I'm pretty sure it was a real working tank that they must have used for training purposes.

The unbelievable thing was that they left the tank unsecured.

We would climb up, open the hatch and go inside. We would look through the slit visors and I seem to recall a periscope we would play with. Hopefully, the guns weren't loaded or operational because I don't even want to think how that could have ended.

This was at the height of the “Cold War” so it seems odd that the National Guard wasn't concerned that some “Commies” might take the tank and topple the Upton Monument or something.

Today, there is a fence around the Armory and most likely lots of security cameras to identify any surreptitious anarchist types who might be up to no good. Not to mention goofy teenagers.

What put an end to these early teen hijinks? Three things: summer jobs, getting driving permits, and interest in girls. You can't really leave work at the hot dog stand at 2 a.m. and head over to climb around on an Army tank.

But teenage mistakes kept getting made.

On my very first real date with a girl I took her to see Alfred Hitchcock's “The Birds,” one of the scariest movies ever. I think it was a coincidence, but soon after that she moved out of state.

I guess it's a good thing to grow up and mature (although some never do). But those teen years certainly provided me with some good stories to tell when I got old.

April 4, 2021 - 8:00am
posted by Anne Marie Starowitz in batavia, history, nostaglia, news.

Recently, we were all vaccinated against coronavirus and off to finally visit our grandchildren. How wonderful to finally see them in person. On our first night together, we were talking about what they were doing to have fun.

The conversation turned into what we did for fun at their age.

A typical day in the '60s would be playing kickball with our homemade bases and arguing about who was out. In the afternoon, we would go to the end of our street, where there was a swampy area, and we would try to float on our makeshift raft.

At night we sleep outside in a tent or at a neighbor's house on their back porch. We actually caught fireflies and put them in a jar.

We would ride bikes when the park was open and spend afternoons at the community "New Pool." We would go over to our neighbor's for her Kool-Aid popsicles.

The highlight of the summer would be a block party. If you notice, none of these activities cost any money, just our imagination and the participation of neighborhood kids. I guess you could call those our playdates.

If we fought with a neighbor kid, which happened often, the moms and dads never got involved. It was a life skill to learn how to get along.

The other part of growing up, and the most important part, was your family. My memories are going to church and being separated from my brother, so we didn't fight in church. As we entered the pew, our dad would give us a tiny pinch just to remind us to behave in church.

We were usually late because getting eight family members ready for church was an event.

We took a memorable trip to Florida when I was in fifth grade in our station wagon. My parents in the front, with my youngest brother in the middle, I was in the middle seat with my grandmother, and my other two brothers were in the backward seat. My sisters were too little to travel.

The trip only took four days to get to Florida. It included bathroom stops about every hour. It was like one of those movies about a crazy vacation adventure.

Family holidays were so important with grandma, all the aunts, uncles and cousins with a food table that would feed 100!

So now that I'm in my 70s, my memories seem to mean more to me. When I'm with my siblings, we love to talk about growing up and sharing our stories.

One Christmas, when we were over at mom and dad's, and our children were running around, our mom gave us each a photo album filled with pictures of each of us growing up. I can't express how much those albums meant to all of us. She captured our childhood with photos and her love.

Now I've turned into my parents -- telling my grandchildren what it was like when I was growing up.

My dad's favorite story to tell was about how he had to walk miles to school and home for lunch in all weather conditions. We live in the house he grew up in, and walking from our house to Ross Street wasn't that far, but he sure loved to tell that story, and we never got tired of listening to it.

Growing up in the '60s, a tablet was something we wrote on, a screen was on a black-and-white TV, and our phone was attached to the wall.

If you were lucky and had a Kodak Instamatic camera, it would have a little tower on it where you would put a flashcube to take a picture. It would take a week for the photos to develop.

So, I have lived through my childhood of the '60s, our daughters' in the '80s, and our grandchildren's in the 2000s.

I hope they have memories that they will cherish growing up during their time and the same for my grandchildren.

Yes, times have and will always change, but I hope everyone can still hold on to those memories of growing up.

I think we baby boomers have the best memories!

If you are fortunate to have your parents, ask them to tell their story, write it down or tape it. You will never regret their memories.

Always feel free to share your memories with me.

Photos of the Peca family, courtesy of Anne Marie Starowitz (née Anne Marie Peca).

Top, Anne Marie with her dad and two of her brothers - and two cameras!

Below, the nuclear Peca family all dressed up.

Bottom, the extended Peca clan, each member looking sharp.

May 10, 2020 - 8:00am
posted by Billie Owens in nostaglia, batavia, news, 1960s.

Story and photos courtesy of Anne Marie Starowitz.

In touring the Holland Land Office Museum a visitor can be taken back to the time when Joseph Ellicott surveyed the land with the help of our Native Americans. They can imagine what it was like to cook on the hearth of a fireplace.

The numerous artifacts illustrate our early history. Every decade has its own memories and artifacts. Fast forwarding to the 1960s, people in their 60s might have shared some of these childhood memories with their children.

It always seems an exaggeration, the “hardships” our parents endured, until parents in their 60s are telling similar stories to their children.

In the ‘60s, your summer would include playing outside. What that really meant was you would create your own fun and the word “bored” was not part of your vocabulary.

Children still love to play kickball today, but kickball in the ‘60s was a game that could be played for hours. Where it was played was quite an adventure. If your front yard was big enough, that was where the bases would be put. The bases would be very creative depending on what you could find for the day.

Sandlot baseball games could be found in almost any vacant lot.

If you had a piece of cardboard from Max Pies Furniture Store you could be seen sliding down the side of the South Jackson Street overpass.

Other games included hopscotch and 7UP (not the game played in school today but one that involved a ball and a slanted roof). The players had to catch, bounce, and throw a ball in seven different ways. The one who completed the seven steps was the winner.

Rollerblades were unheard of but roller skates with ball bearings were the skates to own.

The skater needed to have a pair of shoes that had leather soles.

The skates were clamped on the shoes with a skate key.

They were quite heavy but if you were lucky enough to have a pair you learned how to maneuver them.

Misplacing the key was the biggest problem with these skates, so the skater would wear the key on a string around his or her neck.

If it was hot out, which seemed to be almost every day, a sprinkler was set up and you would run through it. There was a rope swing over the Tonawanda Creek for the daring swimmers at Kibbe Park.

Many children frequented the two wading pools in the city. In the winter the wading pools were transformed into ice rinks.

Young people also could ice-skate on the tennis courts at MacArthur Park with music playing and hot chocolate to warm them up.

On any given winter day there would be a line of children waiting to slide down the State Street Hill, today known as Centennial Park.

Backyard pools were very rare, but there was the Community Pool or as it was called by kids of the ‘60s, the New Pool. Most of the young people were very coordinated, probably because everything they did was outside, running, walking, hopping, riding a bike.

There were many versions of playing tag and there was a game called Spud (Scroll down the link's list of 30 classic children's games to find Spud).

There was also the saying that “when the street lights come on, you are to come home.”

A highlight of the summer was the Parks Program. A young person would be waiting at the park for the park supervisor to open the door to the day’s activity.

When a child would bring home a plaster of paris mold of "The Last Supper," the mom would say how much she loved it and would wonder what she was going to do with another mold from the park. It weighed a few pounds and was painted in multicolors and had a little hook attached to the back to hang it. Somehow next summer "The Last Supper” would be gone but another plaster of paris craft would soon be brought home to be admired by the parents.

Many dads were proud owners of rattlesnake ashtrays.

There were many activities that involved movement. There was the (pre-skateboard era) bongo board, a pogo stick, and tetherball (plus, jump rope and hand-clapping games*). Youngsters could also play baseball, ride bicycles or just plain walk.

Parks would play other parks in baseball and started preparing for the annual Parks Parade on the first day the parks opened.

One year the theme was "I Never Saw a Thing Like that!" Farrall Park created a "Zelepea," which had the head of an elephant, body of a zebra, and the tail of a peacock. The head moved and water squirted out of the nose.

Every park entered a float, scrapbook and crafts to be judged on the final day of the parks program.

One could not list all of the technology the young people today have at their disposal. In the ‘60s you were lucky if you had a transistor radio and a high fidelity stereo (Hi-Fi) to play your 45-RPM records on.

Popular music included The Beatles, The Beach Boys, and Franki Valli & the Four Seasons to only name a few.

As far as a telephone, the phone was attached to the wall and if you were lucky it had a long cord you could stretch to another room or a closet for a little privacy.

Today a child learns at an early age, not only the rules of a fire drill, but how to react to an active shooter or a bomb threat.

People in their 60s remember the bomb drills that included hiding under their desks with their arms over their heads.

Young people today will someday have to share with their children what it was like to live in their decade. One cannot imagine using the story the people in their 60s heard when they were young -- “I had to walk to and from school in blizzards, rainstorms and extreme heat uphill both ways.”

Today, there is still the Parks Program. It has changed but then everything changes over time. Unfortunately, due to the COVID-19 there will not be a parks program this year.

These are only a few memories of growing up in the 1960s, unforgettable to those who lived them.

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Sunday Manicure: Lilac Illamasqua Speckle + swatches of other speckled alternatives

I always wanted to try one of Illamasqua's Speckled Nail Polishes, but I very rarely spend more than £10.00 on a bottle of nail polish. The regular price of this beautiful nail varnish is £14.50, but... I managed to get it for £7.50!
Illmasqua's sales are fantastic and since I discovered the brand, I always keep an eye on their twitter to stay up to date with discount codes and offers. Unfortunately, the speckled effect nail polishes were part of the I'mperfection Collection and were limited edition, but... you can still buy them from Debenhams and Selfridges.

Illamasqua Speckle nail polish is a gorgeous pastel lilac shade with tiny speckles of round glitter and bigger hexagon shaped glitter. The effect is very unusual and it was inspired by the fragility and beauty of irregular markings upon bird eggs. It looks very pretty and I absolutely love it! The formula applies like a dream and dries to a smooth, streak free finish after just 2 coats. Perfect!

If you don't feel like spending £14.50 on this beautiful nail polish, you can achieve a similar effect by painting your nails with a pastel lilac colour and adding L'Oreal Confetti Top Coat or Nubar Black Polka Dot Nail Lacquer. I couldn't resist picking up the real deal :)

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Thomas Jefferson told us in the document we celebrated this week that we have a right to be governed by officials “deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.” Yet 243 years later, our governing elites believe that an unelected and life-tenured Seattle-based judge can dictate to the entire country that we can no longer regulate who comes into our country and who is released into our communities.

This latest radical judicial ruling, in a series of stupefying rulings attacking the foundation of our sovereignty and immigration laws, demonstrates once again that we don’t have an immigration law problem; we have a judicial supremacy problem.

On Tuesday, with the flick of her pen, a random federal judge in Seattle expanded the judicially created catch-and-release loophole from family units to all single adults. U.S. District Judge Marsha Pechman, a Clinton appointee, nullified the 1996 immigration law mandating detention of those coming here seeking asylum and created a Fifth Amendment right for them to be released on bond. She went a step further and required that all those within custody receive bond hearings within seven days, that the proceedings of the immigration court trials must be recorded, and that the immigration judges must provide explanations for the basis of denying bond. Also, in contravention to 130 years of case law, she placed the burden of proof on the government, not on the alien, to show why these people shouldn’t be released.

There are no words in the English language to describe the radical nature of this ruling. Section 235(b)(1)(B)(ii) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, which passed the Senate unanimously in 1996, says that those seeking asylum “shall be detained for further consideration of the application of asylum.” Now, in a growing trend among judges in the district courts within the Ninth Circuit, a judge is saying that the law itself violates the Fifth Amendment. Pechman claimed that this administration’s implementation of the 1996 law violates “50 years of statutory and case law supporting the right of persons detained for non-criminal reasons to be released upon posting bond.”

In fact, her application of bond hearings to aliens within the context of immigration proceedings is a violation of settled case law. As the court established in U.S. v. Ju Toy (1905), “The petitioner, although physically within our boundaries, is to be regarded as if he had been stopped at the limit of our jurisdiction, and kept there while his right to enter was under debate.” There is no Fifth Amendment right because one cannot unilaterally assert jurisdiction before being admitted to the country. Jurisdiction for constitutional rights is a legal distinction, not a physical one.

Judge Pechman wrote that denying bond hearings is a violation of due process, but due process for aliens in the context of immigration decisions is whatever Congress says it is. As the court said in Lem Moon Sing v. United States (1895), “The decisions of executive or administrative officers, acting within powers expressly conferred by Congress, are due process of law.”

The court therefore said that one cannot assert that “if the alien is entitled of right, by some law or treaty, to enter this country, but is nevertheless excluded by such officers, the latter exceed their jurisdiction, and their illegal action.” How ominously the court warned: “That view, if sustained, would bring into the courts every case of an alien claiming the right to come into the United States under some law or treaty, but who was prevented from doing so by the executive branch of the government.”

Indeed, that is where we are today!

President Trump is going to have to recognize at some point, a recognition he should have internalized with the census ruling, that he must draw a line on lawless judges. He keeps asserting that our laws are broken and that they need to be changed. But the reality is that our laws were designed to prevent this very rush at the border, yet judges are now saying our sovereignty laws are unconstitutional.

The Ninth Circuit earlier this year ruled another provision of the 1996 law unconstitutional, even though Congress explicitly stripped the courts of jurisdiction to hear such cases. Through every stage of the immigration process and in every class of immigration filings, the district and circuit judges within the Ninth Circuit keep playing a game of “catch me if you can” with the Supreme Court. They create a right to bond hearings in one case, and it will take at least four years for the high court to slap it down. But then rather than applying the rationale to every other case, lower court judges continue to mandate bond hearings in slightly different cases. Meanwhile, thousands of aliens are irrevocably released into our communities. This cannot continue.

Just this week, the Ninth Circuit ruled that Trump could not build a wall with defense funding. Trump has no choice but to assert executive power and finally demonstrate that it is the courts that are engaging in civil disobedience against immigration laws. If any district judge can legislate any new law he wants, there is quite literally no purpose to Trump’s presidency. He has agreed to halt dozens of policies in which he was merely countermanding a lawless action of a predecessor, thanks to the courts. If he can’t even end Obama’s unilateral executive actions, then we as may as well invite Obama himself back to the White House.

For over a year, even right-leaning commentators have been wrong about the border crisis. They are suggesting that we can’t secure our border until we pass new laws while they continue to miss the point that we already have laws against illegal immigration, especially the ones strengthened in 1996. If we agree that judges have the power to nullify them, there is nothing about the new proposals that will change the game. What laws could possibly be drafted that are stronger than the ones written already that are ignored by the executive branch and violated by the judicial branch? If we keep agreeing that courts have such power, then no new statute can rectify the problem.

Either we push back against judicial supremacism, or we have no country left. There is no middle ground.

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Myspace ain’t my place, but I guess someone’s there.

     I had to spend some time in the room the I used to work at this weekend for some odd reason and the group there spend a good amount on the net. Their place of perusal, Myspace. A couple of them (probably all of them) have accounts. One of them was telling me of some issues one his boys were having with his now ex group, Stuck Mojo, and pointed me to their page to look at something. Well, later on that night and the next day, I starting thinking about how many artists have a page on Myspace. It’s kind of REE-diculous.  So, the next night during a lull (read: my co-worker was gone so I could do it with good conscious. That’s another story.), I just randomly tried to find pages for artists I knew of on a whim. With the exception of two that were under different names (somebody else had it already), everyone I plugged in, was there. Including a group I thought had broken up (Portishead*), which also was under another name. I have a list. Keep in mind that I had already mentioned a few people myself a while back. Also, keep in mind that I know I could have just looked on Myspace’s music page. I told you, there was a lull and for once, I got bored. Wanna see the list? Like to see it here it go:

Those I did that night. These I did while writing up this post.

The aforementioned Portishead

And speaking of Jaguar Wright, she has a song on her latest album, ‘Divorcing Neo 2 Marry Soul‘, that has a song called,’My Place’. On this song, the hook goes like this:

“Let’s go to my place,
Let’s go to my place,
Let’s go to my place,
Up in my place, Up in my space”

     Or something like that. Is it a coincidence? Yea, probably, but the point is, there are a lot of artists on the site. However, you can’t possibly tell me that 90% of the people I listed are that savvy enough to get it. Thomas Dolby? Believe it! MC Hammer? He’s been getting it. The Roots, I can see it. But REM? Lil Kim? Anita Baker (I love you but no). Jody freaking Watley? CULTURE CLUB????? NO! Maybe i’m not giving them enough credit. Or maybe I know the real deal.

     Myspace is a marketing wet dream for A & R. This is not totally a bad thing. For them, it’s smart. All the kids are there, so that’s where they are pushing their artists. Independent and Major label artists alike are flocking there. The independents have good reason. They are trying to get heard. You can tell also because they are ‘friending’ the artist and you see comments like: “come to my site”, “Please listen to my demo“, etc. Major’s are doing it because they can and it’s “free”. The thing is, it’ll only last until the kids leave and find somewhere cooler and less commercial. It’s an Internet fact. So, junkies, enjoy it while you can. In fairness, it is a good source to try out and hear new songs, but the rest of it is bunk and garbage. No disrespect to those with pages. My ‘I See Stupid people‘ colleague, The L, has a page that I have yet to check out there. So do a few other people I know (someone has one they don’t know about). I can’t do it, but I suppose I can’t knock those who do. Some of the pages I have seen are ugly, for real. That’s my problem with it, though. Anyway, the catalyst for this tirade was sparked by this article from CNET Go check it out.

MySpace blurs line between friends and flacks | CNET

and some more food for thought.

In the meantime, here are a few more i’ve found.

Anyway, Try it yourself. Type in: and see if they come up. Make it a game if you’re bored. Bonus points for the most obscure person you can find. Post in the comments. And no I do not and will not have a page, L Boogie.

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Located along Smallman Street in the Strip District of Pittsburgh, the Heinz History Center includes 275,000 square feet of exhibits and archives devoted to the study of western Pennsylvania’s history. The center opened for visitors in 1996 in the former Chautauqua Lake Ice Company building after ten years of fundraising and renovations and added a Smithsonian wing eight years later after becoming a Smithsonian Institution affiliate in 2000. Operated by the Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania, the center is named for the noted politician and philanthropist Senator John Heinz. Since its inception, the Heinz History Center has become Pennsylvania’s largest history museum, with over 40,000 artifacts throughout six floors of exhibition space and satellite museums at the Fort Pitt site and the Meadowcroft Rockshelter and Historic Village. The Heinz History Center is open from 10 AM to 5 PM daily.

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  • As one would expect, sports history has its own exhibit in a history center located in Pittsburgh.
  • As expected, sports history plays a large role in a history center located in Pittsburgh.

The push to create a museum that could serve as the centerpiece of Pittsburgh and western Pennsylvania’s historical community originated with a conference on November 16, 1985 hosted by the Committee of Pittsburgh Archaeology and History titled “Salvaging Pittsburgh’s Past: A City History Museum.” The conference highlighted the urgency of establishing a more formal infrastructure for preserving the region’s past, particularly artifacts from its rapidly vanishing industrial heritage. The Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania took up the mantle of this project the following year under the leadership of society president William C. King, who hired John Herbst as executive director (expressly for the purposes of creating an industrial museum) and initiated a $21,000 study to determine the best means of moving forward. The study considered twenty buildings in the Pittsburgh area as potential locations for the new museum, including the Greyhound Terminal on Liberty Avenue, the Armstrong Cork building in the Strip District, and the Lawrence Paint Company building on West Carson street, before settling on the former Chautauqua Ice Company warehouse on Smallman Street in 1989.

The warehouse, constructed in the 1880s, was owned at the time by BT Corporation, a private firm operated by descendants of the original owners, and occupied by the Adelman Lumber Company. Together with two adjacent four-story buildings, the seven-story former Chautauqua complex the historical society sought to purchase occupied the entire block on Smallman between Twelfth and Thirteenth Streets. Through a grant from Allegheny County, the society was able to purchase the buildings on Smallman for $3.1 million and begin moving forward with its plans to renovate and combine the buildings into a single complex for a projected cost of $11-20 million. With Pittsburgh native David McCullough as honorary head of its fundraising campaign, the historical society was able to pull together over $30 million in donations and grants from the state of Pennsylvania and National Endowment for the Humanities. These funds paid for the renovations that architects Bohlin Cywinski Jackson and Notter Finegold & Alexander Incorporated oversaw beginning in 1992. The historical society held its groundbreaking ceremony on March 9, 1994 and announced two months later that the museum would be named in honor of Senator John Heinz (who had died unexpectedly three years earlier). The Senator John Heinz History Center opened for visitors on April 29, 1996.

The history center has expanded its operations considerably since its opening in 1996. In 1999, the Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania announced its intention as part of a five-year plan to absorb the Meadowcroft Museum of Rural Life in Avella, Pennsylvania fully into the Heinz History Center system, an intention that culminated with the opening of the Meadowcroft Rockshelter and Historic Village Site. The following year the Heinz History Center officially became an affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution. This agreement granted the center access to Smithsonian artifacts related to the history of the region and resulted in the construction of a $27 million five-story Smithsonian wing in 2004 that includes a two-floor Western Pennsylvania Sports Museum. Five years after the Smithsonian expansion, the Heinz History Center system grew once more with the acquisition of the Fort Pitt Museum in Point State Park, a response to budget shortfalls that threatened the Fort Pitt Museum’s closure. In conjunction with its operation of the Detre Library & Archives, the Heinz History Center’s expansion efforts have ensured its status as a premier museum in Pennsylvania and undisputed centerpiece of the regional historical community.

Over the course of its operation, exhibits in the Heinz History Center have included “We Can Do It! WWII,” an examination of Pittsburgh during the Second World War, the city’s influence on the war, and the war’s effect on the city; “Mister Roger’s Neighborhood” in the Special Collections Gallery, displaying artifacts from the show and set; the Heinz exhibition, illustrating the 145 year history of the company; “Pittsburgh: A Tradition for Innovation”; “From Slavery to Freedom”; “Clash of Empires: The British, French, and Indian War 1754-1763”; “Close Up: Photographs from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 2014”; and “Glass: Shattering Notions,” which looks at glass making and its history in the Steel City. The center’s major collections include H.J. Heinz, Westinghouse, Alcoa, and Gulf, but the history center also displays items from everyday life depicting the history and culture of Pittsburgh, such as letters, photos, paintings, uniforms, and records. The history center’s programs include the African American Program, the Italian American Program, the Rauh Jewish Achieves, and the Westinghouse Collection.

Such exhibitions have offered visitors to the Heinz History Center an unparalleled opportunity to understand the deep and complex histories of race, gender, ethnicity, disability, and class in Pittsburgh and the surrounding region. The opening of the center in 1996 represents a major turning point in the story of both the regional historical community and the Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania itself. What began in 1879 as an organization known as the Old Residents of Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania that limited its membership to men who had lived in the region for at least fifty years has become the foremost purveyor of a more equitable, inclusive, and authentic view of the past. As the Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania’s operations continue to expand in the coming years, the Heinz History Center will no doubt only further augment its reputation for scholarly excellence.

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Combine the two popular disciplines of Criminology and Sociology as you study some of the most contentious issues in contemporary life. This stimulating combined degree is jointly taught by the world-leading, research-active academics based in our prestigious Law School and Sociology Department. They will encourage you to look beyond traditional views and consider how ideas about crime, justice, society and culture are shaped by history, economics, politics and ideology.

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When it comes to decorating her 1936 Tudor-style home for Christmas, Ellen Gaberlavage lets the house speak for itself. “I just stand back and visualize what I want,” she says. “This year, when I stood back and looked at the house, I could just see pine.” Her vision resulted in an exterior draped in pine garland dripping with oversize pine cones. Framing the porches and tucked into window boxes, the greenery complements the warm brick and rough-hewn stone of the home’s exterior with rich, rustic style.

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It’s a style that demonstrates Ellen’s passion for holiday décor, which she carries throughout her entire home. “I probably have hundreds of thousands of decorations,” she says with a laugh. “I change everything up from year to year.”This year, in order to execute her vision, Ellen hired holiday décor designer Tracie Davis Allen, who enlisted the help of Emile Earles, owner of the Sweet Georgia Brown antique store.

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That vision included a color palette of serene blue tones and shimmering silvers and golds influenced by Ellen’s most-cherished collection. “My source of inspiration was, I think, my china room,” she says, referring to the home’s former library, which she uses to display her ever-changing collection of china. Starting in her late 20s, Ellen began collecting at estate sales and discovered a true passion. She notes that she currently owns 15 to 20 sets. “I’ve given my son and my daughter a lot of it,” she adds. “My house is just not big enough to keep it all.”

Throughout the home, the light, fairy tale-esque theme inspired by the china room is complemented by touches of antique character. A dark wooden hutch in the family room houses more of Ellen’s collection, covered in a soft glow from the regal tree that resides in the corner. Foil-wrapped gifts reflect the warm light, calling out the fresh green tones throughout the room and setting the scene for family gatherings.


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Last year, I had spent an enthralling week volunteering at the Elephant Nature Park in Thailand. So, during my brief stop off in London in January, I spent more time researching volunteer schemes in South America than any other travel planning task. Funnily enough, even with all that time spent, I hadn’t come across La Senda Verde. Instead, it was a tip off from another traveller who had heard from another traveller about the animal refuge, that gave me the pointer I needed.
After a read through the wealth of information on their web site, I dropped Vicky (one of the owners) an email and a week later I was walking across the beautiful bridge entrance into the eco reserve. As a volunteer, I would be spending two weeks caring for wild animals ranging from tropical birds, tree-climbing bears, astoundingly smart monkeys and head butting tortoises. […]

The Unbelievable Scenery on the Salt Flats Tour

After Patagonia, I headed north by boat and plane to the Atacama Desert and onto Salta. I’d write up both journeys and cities in retrospective posts, but in summary, the final resting place was a small town called Tupiza, in the South of Bolivia near to the Argentinian border. Tupiza is the town where Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid were eventually caught and provided the perfect rest before embarking on a 4 day trip around the Salt Flats area.
The Salt Flats tour involves jumping in the back of a 4×4 and driving around the area on dirt roads and offroad taking in the scenery during the day, staying in refuges by evening and finishing up in Uyuni for onward travel. As far as scenery goes, it is truly unbelievable. The region is high altitude (3500-4800m) hills and plains packed full of minerals. So we’re talking deserts, mountains, lagoons and salt fields all close together. Of course, the most sought after attraction is the Salar de Uyuni (the Salt Flats in the cover photo) which is planned on most tours for sunrise and the early morning of the final day.
Having the luxury of travelling from Salta to Tupiza with four other backpackers, we were able to book ourselves in on our own private car. Five friends, a driver and a translator made for an awesome 4 day trip.


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Your Hormonal Birth Control Could Be Making You Depressed

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In news that is sure to spark many an “I told you so,” new research has found a link between using hormonal birth control and developing depression. But it’s worth unpacking the new paper a bit.

For the study in JAMA Psychiatry, Danish researchers followed more than 1 million women ages 15 to 34 who had no prior depression diagnosis for 13 years. They noted what kind of hormonal birth control the women used, if any, and if they were diagnosed with depression at any point in the study period. They found that women who used combination oral contraceptives, a.k.a. the pill, were 23 percent more likely to take an antidepressant than women who didn’t use hormonal birth control. Women who used progestin-only pills, patches, rings, and hormonal IUDs were also more likely to take antidepressants.

But it’s important to note that women were not randomly assigned to a particular method of birth control, nor were they initially screened for depression. The researchers excluded anyone who had already been diagnosed, but this doesn’t account for teens and women who may have been depressed but not yet diagnosed. And, interestingly, after a few years, women using birth control actually had lower rates of depression than nonusers. As Kaiser Health News explains:

The newest findings also revealed the rate of depression dropped dramatically as the women continued using their contraceptives. The rate of developing depression actually fell below that of non-users after four to seven years of taking birth control. Women who begin birth control at an older age also experienced reduced rates of depression.

Plus, doctors say their patients see many benefits from using pills, patches, rings, and hormonal IUDs.

But Dr. Cora Breuner, a Seattle pediatrician and chair of the committee on adolescents for the American Academy of Pediatrics, cautioned against overreacting to the study. She noted that most women use hormonal contraception with no mental health effects and said she sees patients who seek contraceptives to help regulate their moods. Regular access to contraceptives enables women to regulate their menstrual cycles with precision, she said. And although the drugs presents certain risks, the benefits of birth control trump the risks of the alternative.

“An unintended and unwanted pregnancy far outweighs all the other side effects that could occur from a contraceptive,” she said.

So, yes, digest this information, but maybe don’t go switching birth-control methods just because of this study.

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COVID Propaganda Roundup: Where’s the Evidence?
By Ben Bartee - March 23, 2021

The latest updates on the “new normal” – chronicling the lies, distortions, and abuses by the ruling class.

Rand Paul Dismantles Faucian Doublethink: ‘Where’s the Evidence?’

Rand Paul – seemingly the only national-level politician with the moral fortitude to challenge unelected public health commissar Anthony Fauci – made a simple request in the most recent March 18th COVID Senate hearing: produce the evidence or, as the kids say, GTFO.

“You’re telling everybody to wear a mask, whether they’ve had an infection or a vaccine… What studies do you have that people that have had the vaccine or have had the infection or the vaccine are spreading the infection? If we’re not spreading the infection, isn’t that just theater? You’ve had the vaccine and you’re wearing two masks.”

What Rand Paul has identified is a glaring flaw in the technocrats’ logic. Both of these propositions cannot be true at the same time:

  • The Moderna and Pfizer gene therapies provide near-total protection against either becoming infected or spreading the virus (95% after two doses according to the claims)

  • You still have to wear a mask (or two or three) following vaccination to protect yourself and your family from the virus.

An observant five-year-old could slice through the holes in this illogic like a hot knife through butter. Unfortunately, Rand Paul’s peers in the Senate are either too stupid, too submissive or too corrupt to ever raise the issue in public.

The mask debate comes on the heels of the devastating and growing realization among normal Americans that the social engineers are never going to allow normal life, or even the mere semblance of normal life, to resume – ever.

In a recent public address, Biden’s speechwriters tried their hand at black humor, citing July 4th as a potential “Independence Day” from the virus:

“If we do all this [get vaccinated], if we do our part, if we do this together, by July the 4, there’s a good chance you, your families and friends, will be able to get together in your backyard or in your neighborhood and have a cookout or a barbecue and celebrate Independence Day. That doesn’t mean large events with lots of people together, but it does mean small groups will be able to get together.”

Thus, the goalpost for “normalcy” is moved further downfield once again.

Now, the best you can hope for is a socially distanced, small gathering in your own backyard, which you are expected to celebrate as “independence” on July 4th.

The Gates Foundation’s Donations to Corporate Media Passed Off as ‘Community Engagement’

In addition to sheer incompetence, celebrity-worship, laziness and groupthink, the primary reason that the corporate press features a propaganda interview with Bill Gates seemingly every other day is shaded green: it’s the money, Lebowksi.

Under the auspices of “community engagement,” the Gates Empire has quietly built its corporate media network over several decades.

Since early 2020, Gates has regularly appeared on:

  • CNN
  • The Daily Show
  • PBS
  • Fox
  • CBS
  • BBC
  • CNBC
  • The Ellen Show

How does the most powerful private Foundation in history infiltrate and control the messages disseminated by the corporate press? In addition to direct donations to corporate media, the Foundation, armed with billions of dollars in disposable assets, uses several mechanisms to leverage influence in its long-game:

“The foundation has invested millions in training programs for journalists. It funds research on the most effective ways to craft media messages. Gates-backed think tanks turn out media fact sheets and newspaper opinion pieces. Magazines and scientific journals get Gates money to publish research and articles.”

Dogs rarely bite the hand that feeds.

The Rollout of Dystopian ‘Vaccine Passports’ to Restrict Basic Human Freedoms Has Begun

The 4th Amendment of the United States Constitution unequivocally protects against unreasonable search and seizure:

“The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things”

These concepts of essential human liberty precede even the US Constitution by centuries; this is the foundational stuff of the 1215 Magna Carta.

By both the letter and spirit of the law, the US government would need an individual warrant for each person’s private medical records (i.e., vaccination status) that it attempts to inspect at each time it attempts to do so.

Per Bloomberg:

“The idea of a vaccine passport would be to create an updated version of the so-called yellow card, more formally known as the International Certificate of Vaccination or Prophylaxis, a World Health Organization-approved booklet documenting your past inoculations.”

The US government is directly involved in both the creation and propaganda rollout of unconstitutional “vaccine passports”:

“President Biden issued executive orders asking government agencies to assess the feasibility of creating digital Covid-19 vaccination certificates.”

Once purely a fantasy of social engineers, “vaccine passports” are now a looming reality for billions around the world. In Israel, the civil liberties nightmare has already come true:

“Vaccinated people can download an app that displays their ‘green pass’ when they are asked to show it. The app can also display proof that someone has recovered from covid-19.”

As of March 2021, only “Green Pass” holders are allowed to enter Israeli gyms, bars, restaurants, and hotels.

COVID ‘Vaccine’ Damage Was Already Evident in Clinical Trials in Early 2020 — and Regulators Approved It for ‘Emergency Use’ Anyway

In clinical trials last year, AstraZeneca had enormous evidence that its vaccine would trigger potentially deadly autoimmune reactions in the human experiment subjects who received it.

The researchers overseeing the human experiment even pinpointed the source of the autoimmune issues at hand:

“More worrisome is a phenomenon called ‘molecular mimicry.’ In such cases, some small piece of the vaccine may be similar to tissue in the brain or spinal cord, resulting in an immune attack on that tissue in response to a vaccine component.”

They knew the dangers, and approved it anyway. As casualties mount, several European countries have “temporarily” halted distribution of the “vaccine.”

Time will tell if public pressure will force these governments to commit to protecting their citizens from future harm – which, after all, is their only theoretical claim to legitimacy.

Ben Bartee is a Bangkok-based American journalist with opposable thumbs. Contact him via his portfolio or on LinkedIn.

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Police and protester standoff in echo park

A line of officers in riot gear advance down Sunset Boulevard in the direction of protesters.

Echo Park -- Criminal charges will not be filed against the 179 protesters, legal observers and journalists who were arrested for failure to disperse during demonstrations against the city's clearing of a large homeless encampment that had developed at Echo Park Lake during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Following the demonstration on March 25, the Los Angeles Police Department reported that 182 people were arrested. It was not immediately clear if charges were brought against the remaining three people, but the Rob Wilcox of the City Attorney's Office told City News Service that all people arrested for failure to disperse will not face the charge.

"Free speech and peaceful protest are fundamental to our democracy," Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer said in a statement this afternoon. "These peaceful protesters did not threaten public safety and it would not be in the interest of justice to prosecute them."

Word spread on March 22 that the park would be closed for repairs, but many in the community saw it as a veiled effort to remove the hundreds of unhoused Angelenos who took up residence in the park. The park underwent $600,0000 worth of cleaning and repairs before reopening to the public on May 26.

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Protesters blasted the city for forcing the park's homeless population out of an area that had grown into what they called a supportive community - - including a vegetable garden, working showers and shared kitchen.  The city's actions, however, were praised by some in the neighborhood, as many neighbors had complained about increasing trash at the park, and said they no longer felt safe there.

The Los Angeles Police Department came under fire from City Council members, the public and media representatives for detaining multiple journalists during the protests, including Los Angeles Times reporter James Queally, who had LAPD credentials, and Spectrum News 1's Kate Cagle, who had Los Angeles County credentials. Knock L.A. journalists Jonathan Peltz and Kate Gallagher were also detained.

The Los Angeles City Council on May 5 requested a report from the LAPD on officers' detention of journalists during the protests and the department's broader conduct toward journalists.

"The right of a free press to cover demonstrations, political protest and police activity is essential to a functioning democracy and must be preserved," stated the motion, which was introduced by Councilmen Mike Bonin and Kevin de Leon.

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Anglican Church Honours Adenike Makinde With ‘Iya Egbe’ Title

Prominent corporate lawyer, businesswoman and society matriarch, Adenike Margaret Makinde was recently garlanded with the Iya Egbe title of the Anglican Diocesan Women organisations. The event took place at the Cathedral Church of Emmanuel, Okesa, Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State, on Saturday, July 3.

Makinde, 65, is the daughter of the late General Adeyinka Adebayo, the former Military Governor of the defunct Western Region, and the elder sister of Otunba Adeniyi Adebayo, the Minister of Trade and Industry.

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White Male Who Raped And Killed Girl Scout Dies In New Jersey Prison

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Devil: Joseph McGowan

A white brute from New Jersey who raped and killed a 7-year-old Girl Scout after she knocked on his door to sell him cookies has died in prison, reports said.

Joseph McGowan was sentenced to life in prison following the 1973 murder of Joan D’Alessandro and died June 5 while serving out his term at the South Woods State Prison in Cumberland County, the New Jersey Department of Corrections said, according to NorthJersey.com.

His cause of death wasn’t immediately known.

The ruthless sex terrorist was working as a chemistry teacher and lived three doors down from Joan in bucolic Hillsdale at the time of her death, the outlet said.

“She said, ‘Goodbye, Mommy. I’ll be right back,’” mom Rosemarie D’Alessandro told News 12 of her daughter’s last words to her.

Devil: Joan D'Alessandro

The diabolical pedophile admitted to the murder and little Joan’s body was later found at New York’s Harriman State Park.

He was sentenced to life in prison for the crime but was still eligible for parole, family said.

McGowan last failed to convince the parole board in 2009 and would’ve had another shot come 2025 — an opportunity the family is grateful he’ll no longer have.

“The first thought that came into my mind is now we could concentrate on the 50th anniversary of Joan’s impactful and loving legacy, which will be 50 years in 2023,” D’Alessandro told the outlet, calling the parole hearings “torture.” “We won’t have to use the time and energy to fight to keep him in prison.” Following her daughter’s murder, D’Alessandro helped create “Joan’s Law,” which forbids criminals who murder kids under 14 in connection with a sexual offense the ability to get parole. In 1998, a similar version of the law was passed on the federal level. “Joan could’ve been put in a cemetery and left there,” the mom said of the law’s creation. “I didn’t want to leave Joan there. I wanted her to be remembered, to be known. She stood up for others, I was going to stand up for her.” While Joan’s Law wouldn’t have applied to McGowan as it passed after his conviction, D’Alessandro is just grateful his cell became his tomb. “I’m so thankful he didn’t make it out,” she told News 12. “So this way no other children, no other adults can lose their lives and suffer a lot, and that’s what I’m so thankful for.”

Source: https://nypost.com/2021/06/13/man-who-raped-and-killed-girl-scout-dies-in-new-jersey-prison/

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Manila's Signature Dishes : Pizza hut bistro

Manila's Signature Dishes

Pizza Hut Bistro's Lechon Pizza feast

Honestly speaking this particular feast is one my most anticipated one as you have seen above,
LECHON PIZZA FEAST! How could I resist.  We started the feast with their fabulous salad, just in case it is not obvious, this set is good for at least 3 persons.  The Olive Garden Salad was very tasteful with the black olives adding texture and substance to the already delicious salad.
The Seafood Supremo Salad is awesome, Pizza hut has gone a long way in making new pasta dishes even more delectable, remembering the good old days, there was only spaghetti on the menu and nothing else, now they serve more than 6 kinds of pasta combinations that make me crave even more for the pasta dishes.

And now the most awaited dish of the night, THE LECHON PIZZA.  At first, I was really skeptical on how this pizza would taste, as it struggled in my mind and how can you mix pizza with lechon? So I finally gave in and took a slice, and now I am a fan... I believe!  It was a most unexpected surprise.  The Lechon Pizza is delicious beyond words.  The crust is not so thin to be crispy, and not so thick to be like a Pan Pizza.  It had the right softness that made you appreciate the air dried lechon skins, and don't forget the pizza is infused with lechon meat pieces mixed with mozzarella cheese and their special lechon sauce. It was a breeze finishing the first slice and then I took another, Oh I'm in bliss,.  Try it now you will never regret it...
Blend it well a glass of Casillero del Diablo Merlot red wines.

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Throughout the course of the comic, we’ve had a few people ask some interesting things about Skärva. What type of shark is he? Does he have gills? Does he have bones? Let’s talk a bit about sharkmen!

It’s important to remember that Tiberius Skärva and his descendants were not cursed to be sharks, but to look like them. (The gods had their reasons for this specific animal, which you’ll find out in due time.) People might call them sharkmen, but “shark-like humans” would be more accurate – just a lot less concise, and fun. They are not anthropomorphic sharks in the sense that they are a totally different species. Apart from a lack of body hair and abnormal skin color, they are completely human from the neck down.

So that means no gills. The gods didn’t want the curse to come with any advantages.

As for their heads, the Skärvas have a modified version of the human skull around the cranium to protect their villainous brains, attached to snouts and jaws made entirely of cartilage. Remember that our own noses are made of tough cartilage too! The cartilage gets softer further out along the rostrum, allowing for some flexibility and springiness. You may wonder how we know so much about their head structure! Good question!

Squishy nose-tips.

…Sharks are known for having multiple rows of teeth in their mouths at a time which continuously grow and move forward throughout their lifetimes, with the back rows being more or less “reserves” as sharks lose teeth at a high rate. But don’t worry! Either because they didn’t want the poor Skärvas to be completely horrifying, or they didn’t do much research on their own creations, the gods didn’t mess with all that, and a Skärva only has one row of teeth.

As far as the ears, while they have been noted to somewhat resemble a shark’s fin, it really has nothing to do with that. Pointy ears have long been a sign of curses or disfavor from the gods, as seen prominently with the Lurkins.

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This stunning Hermès Kelly 35cm bag is featured in Rose Jaipur color. This bag is made from Epsom leather, which is very soft to the touch, lightweight and highly resistant to scratches. The blind stamp located inside the bag is T, which indicates 2015 as the year of production.

Bag: Hermès Kelly (35cm)
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