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High Output Intercooled Supercharger System P-1SC-1 2012-2017 Jeep Wrangler JK 3.6L

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High Output Intercooled Supercharger System
  • 2012-2017 Jeep Wrangler JK 3.6L
  • P-1SC-1 Supercharger, 50+% HP @ 7 psi
  • Standard Straight Cut Gear Set
  • Black Finish

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    HO Systems

  • P-1SC-1 Supercharger

    This ProCharger System is supplied with proven tuning calibrations and a handheld programmer set for a 50+% HP (@ 7 psi) power gain over stock, running pump gas for Stock engine - Stock exhaust or Cat-back exhaust vehicles only. Featuring the most advanced and durable supercharger, with the industry's coolest charge air temperatures, much higher power levels are possible with higher boost and custom tuning. Installation of this system is the easiest of any Jeep supercharger system to date-a customer can install this system in his/her garage with common hand tools in a day. 100% reversible, with no trimming or cutting to any factory OEM plastics or hardware.

    • 50+% gain with P-1SC-1 complete system on 7 psi, and quality pump gas
    • 6-rib shared drive, Belts and pulleys can be changed without removing supercharger
    • 100% reversible, no permanent modifications necessary
    • Self contained oiling head unit, with CBC billet gear case and impeller
    • Complete Systems includes handheld programmer with programming supplied

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    Bolt On Kit Provides Over 50% HP Gain @ Only 7 PSI !

    ProCharger is proud to bring you a complete air-to-air intercooled supercharger system for the 2012-2017 Jeep Wrangler JK equipped with the 3.6L engine. The HO Intercooled System features a shared-drive design for the P-1SC-1 supercharger, and comes standard with the industry’s largest and most effective air-to-air intercooler for the Jeep Wrangler JK. These proven systems produce a reliable 50%+ horsepower gain with just 7 psi, on otherwise stock 3.6L engines running pump gas. Featuring the easiest and quickest installation available, this kit was designed with simplicity in mind–no permanent modifications are required, with no cutting, bending, or drilling necessary. Even with the industry’s-best belt wrap, you can still swap supercharger pulleys in a matter of minutes and change the serpentine belt without removing the supercharger or any accessories.

    The High Output Intercooled Supercharger Systems utilize the patented, proven and self-contained P-1SC-1 ProCharger, a compact supercharger drive system, a highly-effective, air-to-air intercooler, OEM-quality mounting brackets, fuel system upgrade (fuel injectors), ProFlo anti-surge / bypass valve, tuning and all necessary supercharger and intercooler tubes for installation onto your 3.6L engine.

    ProCharger supercharger systems feature easy installation, minimal relocation of components, no need for external oil feed and return lines and avoids having to deal the complexity and maintenance issues of an air-to-water-to-air intercooler configuration. This new system produces a reliable 50%+ horsepower gain with just minimal boost on otherwise stock engines running premium pump gas. ProCharger systems for your Jeep features a visually appealing, "from the factory" look and come with a standard 3-year warranty on the intercooler and 1-year warranty on the supercharger (Optional 3-year supercharger warranty is available).

    HO Intercooled System Features:

    • 50%+ HP gain with P-1SC-1 complete system on 7 psi, and quality pump gas
    • Fuel System Upgrade (fuel injectors)
    • The industry's coolest charge air temperatures and largest power gains using a large intercooler made specifically for the Jeep Wrangler JK to maximize core size
    • ProCharger P-1SC-1, 3 year warranty available
    • ProCharger's patented, self-contained oiling design requires no external oil lines
    • Large air-to air intercooler, 3 year standard warranty
    • ProFlow anti-surge / bypass valve
    • Includes Handheld Tuner with programming supplied
    • System is 100% complete with OEM appearance and quality

    Supercharger Quality from the Innovator and Leader

    ProCharger supercharger kits are the most powerful and reliable supercharger systems available for your vehicle. For street use or at the track, Intercooled ProCharger supercharger systems will deliver the largest increase in horsepower and torque available from any supercharger system. And thanks to the extremely low charge air temperatures provided by ProCharger technology, ProCharger kits also provide much better engine longevity by protecting your motor from detonation. ProCharger systems are designed with a fundamental understanding of the physics behind supercharging, and are engineered to the highest quality standards.

    ProCharger supercharger kits are produced from the finest materials available. All castings are poured from "virgin" 356 aluminum alloy and heat-treated to a T-6 hardness before CNC machining. ATI's exclusive billet impellers are machined from 7075 T-6 aircraft aluminum, while the super precision bearings used in all ProCharger models are made in the USA, and are of a consistently higher quality and speed/load rating than those used by any of our competitors. In fact, ProCharger superchargers are so reliable that they are used as standard equipment by many leading boat manufacturers in the extremely demanding marine environment.

    Complete Systems
    Fuel-injected automotive and truck ProCharger Systems are generally 100% complete, with all the components needed for an attractive, OEM-quality installation. An exception is larger fuel injectors, as some systems exclude these, especially if larger fuel injectors are only needed for upgraded boost and power levels. All hardware is of the highest quality, and fuel-injected systems include a high-flow external fuel pump as standard equipment if necessary for proper fuel delivery. Most Intercooled ProCharger kits can be installed in 8-10 hours with simple hand tools. Carbureted systems can generally be installed in 4-6 hours. All ProCharger kits contain extremely thorough installation instructions with plenty of photos, illustrations and diagrams to help ensure a successful installation.

    ProCharger superchargers are absolutely the most reliable in the industry, and are backed by the industry's best warranty coverage. It is not uncommon to find ProCharger kits warrantied for 1 year at power levels which their competitors will not even warranty for 1 day.

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Jerry Casey Was Featured Guest Composer

The McConnell Arts Center Chamber Orchestra, Worthington, Ohio, Antoine Clark, director, featured Jerry Casey as guest composer on a concert performed on Sunday, March 22, 2015, at 3:00 p.m., in the McConnell Arts Center Concert Hall. The orchestra performed her work, “The Musicians of Bremen,” for Chamber Orchestra and Narrator. The narrator was Sarah Luckay. Mrs. Casey, now residing in Naples, Florida, was present for the concert.

The rest of the program featured winners of the Women in Music – Columbus Scholarship Auditions performing concerto movements accompanied by the orchestra.

The Making Of Pilate’s Wife 4

The final section of Act I has been completed. Here is the action. Deborah departs and sends Darius, Pilate’s servant, to Procula. The final scene of this act includes the entrance of Pilate and his interaction with Procula revealing their relationship. I wanted Pilate to have something special in his music so I used a synthetic scale and worked to give him a military air. At one point in his interplay with Procula he expresses his frustration with the Jewish people. “I think this city is accursed! Why? Why can’t these people see Roman rule is fair and just. Roman rule is fair and just. Why? Why must they be so obstinate?” Click here for an example (remember that these are MIDI files without words).

I also want people to see the loving relationship between Pilate and Procula. Some of the music of the opening aria returns, this time cast as a duet. The couple reflect on Pilate’s appointment as procurator of Judea, Procula:” I remember that day when you told me your good news.” Pilate: “I had been appointed the Prefect of Judea. That posting was an important step in my career.” Both: “Best of all it meant we would marry.” Click here.

They sing of their wedding in Rome, Procula: “I remember our wedding.” Pilate: “I remember your flame-colored veil.” Both: “I remember our love fulfilled.” Click here.

They remember their honeymoon voyage to Caesarea, Judea’s seat of government, Pilate and Procula: “Then came our journey across the sea. Sunny days, warm nights.” Click here.

Then they recall the difficult times in Jerusalem and the possible results of the treason of Pilate’s mentor, Sejanus, and their fears of trouble at Passover time.

Deciding to turn from their somber thoughts and enjoy the evening together, they drift away to dinner as the curtain closes, Procula: “Ah, Pilate, let us not think about that tonight. Let us enjoy this evening.” Pilate: “Ah, yes, you are right, dear Procula. Let us enjoy our time together.” Both: “Our time together.” Click here.

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NYT on the relationship between health and climate change: unraveling the science is "tricky" but the risks are real

Monday, July 20, 2015

Last week, the New York Times published a nuanced and thoughtful piece on the complicated scientific relationship between climate change and health outcomes. It lays out several health effects that advocates frequently bring up - vector-borne diseases, natural disasters, and temperature extremes - and examines the strength of the research behind each association.

The article's tone is cautious, and it acknowledges early on that public health initiatives based on climate risk are politically fraught and, in some cases, the science is not as robust as some would like.
A White House report listed deepening risks. Asthma will worsen, heat-related deaths will rise, and the number and traveling range of insects carrying diseases once confined to the tropics will increase.

But the bullet points convey a certainty that many scientists say does not yet exist. Scientists agree that evidence is growing that warmer weather is having an effect on health, but they say it is only one part of an immensely complex set of forces that are influencing health.
“There’s a lot of evidence showing that extreme weather can hurt people, but what we don’t know is whether those effects are getting worse,” said Patrick L. Kinney, director of the Columbia University Climate and Health Program, adding that scientists don’t have the long-term data needed to pinpoint how climate change is affecting health.
Mary H. Hayden, a scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colo., who studies climate and health, said of dengue fever, a tropical disease carried by mosquitoes: “I don’t think we can dismiss the role of climate. But can we say there is a direct causal link? No, we can’t. It’s more complex than that.”
The central point of the article is that the science examining climate and its effects on health is (as most scientists will cheerfully admit) quite complicated, and the data that the scientific community has on the subject is incomplete and patchy for many countries and geographic regions. The upside to this, however, is that we now have much more data than we used to, in no small part thanks to increased political will and a greater sense of urgency.
Evidence is accumulating, however. In 2000, the first National Climate Assessment, a government document weaving together the best evidence on climate change, had just 21 pages on health. The most recent assessment included a special section on health that filled more than 400 pages.

Two peer-reviewed British journals — Philosophical Transactions B and The Lancet — have dedicated many pages to the topic this year. Europeans, unburdened by the level of political controversy over climate change in the United States, often give more conclusive interpretations of the science.

“We are in a far more certain place now,” said Nick Watts of the University College London Institute for Global Health and a co-author of the Lancet analysis. “We feel very comfortable talking about direct effects of climate change on health.”
One thing that the article pointed out was that the effects of climate health - particularly with regard to temperature extremes - is that they disproportionately affect the poor because they are more vulnerable to the elements. This is one thing that we focused on in the health chapter of Climate Risk and Resilience in China (which I co-authored) and why I like the idea of working to reduce climate-related risks to the most vulnerable populations, as that may be a less politically controversial option. No one can argue that many lives are at risk from a heat wave when so many have no access to AC.

Rose Schneider, the IH Section's Climate Change Working Group Chair, agreed on that point of the article. "It makes sense to be 'skeptical' and it is true that especially in developing countries most is written about 'projections' of the effects on health, but it is true that the toll is much worse, especially on the poor, if from nothing else than major climate events like floods, windstorms, crop damage from drought, and sea rise. I liked the last line of the article; I'm not waiting."
As Dr. Kinney noted, “if we wait for the health evidence to be ironclad, it may well be too late.”

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@MSF Video for World #AIDS Day: People with #HIV still face major hurdles

Tuesday, December 1, 2015

Note: This was cross-posted to the IH Blog.
Another year and another December mark the passage of another World AIDS Day. This has been an exciting year for HIV research and policy, with the WHO updating guidelines to recommend that anyone diagnosed with HIV get on ARVs, PrEP gaining traction in the US (even in my own Lone Star State!) and approval in France, new optimism in the effort to development a vaccine, and talk of ending AIDS by 2030. Aw, yeah.

Alas, we are not there yet - and World AIDS Day is an important day to remember that. While many countries have turned the tide of their HIV epidemics, it is getting worse in several others and, in South Korea's case, presents the potential for a fast-approaching crisis. MSF is always a good resource for bringing optimists back to reality. In this video, they remind us that in order to keep up the progress we have made against AIDS by treating HIV, we need to make sure that those who are infected stay in care - which will take sustained efforts in treatment, policy, and funding.

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New Jersey's Filipino population is helping to mobilize relief for its homeland, but some here don't even know whether their loved ones survived.

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November 12, 2013 from Courier News, MyCentralJersey.com
Written by Sergio Bichao @sbichao

New Jersey's Filipino population is helping to mobilize relief for its homeland, but some here don't even know whether their loved ones survived.

Mostiolo Garcia, a 63-year-old pathology assistant at JFK Medical Center in Edison, said Monday that he has no way of reaching his brother and 97-year-old mother, who live near the center of Tacloban, one of the cities hardest hit Friday by deadly Typhoon Haiyan.

"I would like to go home and help," said Garcia, who moved to the United States in 1992 and whose son also is in the Philippines, but far from the areas of calamity.

The hospital, which counts a large number of Filipinos on staff, said Monday it would donate $10,000 to the Philippine Red Cross.

At least 9.7 million people in the Philippines may have been affected by the disaster and the death toll may be as high as 10,000. At least 23,000 houses had been damaged or destroyed.

"It's devastating. I feel like I want to do something but I won't be able, so the contribution to the Philippine Red Cross is an opportunity for us to help out," said Bernadette Inocencio Klabonski, 38, a nurse at JFK who moved to the United States when she was 10.

Klabonski said she has relatives living on an island not affected by the typhoon. Co-workers with relatives there are reaching out via Facebook and the Internet because phone lines don't work, she said.

"Everybody is asking each other, 'How is your family?' " she said. "It's such a relief to hear when everybody they know is OK."

About 100,000 Filipinos live in New Jersey, with 16,000 in Jersey City, where donation boxes were set up on counters at many Filipino-run businesses.

Bea Sabino, a Philippine community organizer in Hudson County, says the focus is on collecting financial donations through the group the National Alliance for Filipino Concerns.

Although people have been dropping off food, clothing and other supplies at various locations, organizers say past experience has shown a lack of infrastructure and complex bureaucracy in the Philippines makes sending goods there quickly very difficult.

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JFK Medical Center, part of JFK Health, is a 498-bed full-service, acute care hospital, and the adjacent JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute. Located in the heart of Edison, NJ, it has remained at the forefront of quality care in the region since its inception in 1967. Today, JFK accommodates more than 20,000 admissions, 3,000 births and 60,000 Emergency Room visits on a yearly basis. The Medical Center features a complete array of services, including general surgery, emergency medicine, mental health, orthopedics, maternity and pediatric care. It is home to two world renowned institutes: the JFK Neuroscience Institute and the JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute, as well as JFK Haven Hospice, JFK Imaging & Breast Center and the Center for Wound Healing. Learn more about JFK Medical Center at www.jfkmc.org.


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Services: Memorial Service Sat (2-28-15) 11:00 AM at Crosspoint Bible Church, Omaha, Nebraska.

Visitation: Friday (2-27-15) 5:00 to 7:00 PM at the John A. Gentleman Pacific Street Chapel, Omaha, Nebraska.

Interment: Saturday (2-28-15) 9:30 AM at Evergreen Memorial Park Cemetery, Omaha, Nebraska.

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Lead Stories Why Shorting the VIX Could Be a Terrible Idea Jared Dillian – The New York Times’ DealBook had a great piece of journalism a couple of days ago about short VIX carry monkeys. Well, that is what I call them. The article features a former Target logistics manager who has goosed his net worth up to $12 million by betting that the VIX will go down. He is in the process of raising $100 million for a VIX-smashing hedge fund. / ****SD: Dillian – “If this really does blow up, there is going to be some soul-searching…


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Garden design ideas are various. There are a lot of garden designs that you could install as yours. Vintage is one of the favorite styles in these 5 years. This style is quite eye catching and it always brings a combination between classic style and bohemian style. Indeed, this style seems outdated, but recently, outdated […]

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Small garden design is commonly a great idea to have in everyone’s backyard. Gardening is always a nice hobby to do, and it likely never gets boring. Having small house is certainly a problem if you want to have a garden, but if you have a little space behind your house, you could make a […]

Feeling Peaceful with Japanese Garden Design

Japanese garden design is a brilliant idea to build, because this is very attractive and cozy. There are many advantages by creating a Japanese garden. First, it is unique, because it is very rare and difficult to find. Then, it brings a peaceful and enjoyable vibe that is very suitable for releasing the stress and […]

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A new client for my most recent startup: Odovox.com

Earlier this year I began a startup venture dedicated to helping people listen to their favorite websites and blogs. At Odovox.com, we partner with established and quality content creators to produce podcasts from their blog posts. This helps bloggers reach a new audience in a new medium at no risk and no cost.

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Our latest client is Miranda Marquit of PlantingMoneySeeds.com, a freelance journalist and personal finance expert. What struck me about her style that made me want to partner with her was that she focuses on the income side of the equation and not the expenditures. Too many personal finance gurus focus heavily on stretching the almighty dollar.

Years ago I too was in that trap until one day I realized how foolish I'd been. After that point, I began focusing on growing my income instead. Life's much easier focusing on growing your income instead of debating whether to buy Ramen or "splurge" on a can of tuna. Of course, that doesn't dismiss the need for some frugality. People who become independently wealthy consistently live below their means. Check out The Millionaire Next Door to dispel the mainstream notions of what wealthy people are and how they live their lives.

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Gazans Restive; Hamas Nervous; PA Calls For Early Local Elections

Yesterday I posted the suggestion that Hamas’s refusal to allow Gazans to demonstrate in support of Egypt’s protesters might be the product not only of fear of retribution but also the fear that Gazans might take the opportunity to protest Hamas itself.

And lo: this morning Haaretz reported that thousands of people have joined a Facebook group calling for a protest against the Hamas regime to take place this Friday in Gaza. A few Gazans have already attempted to demonstrate (also in response to a Facebook mobilization), but the Hamas police quickly stepped in, arresting six people — all women — and detaining a couple of dozen more. (At least one of the women is reported to have been slapped around by the police following her arrest, and Human Rights Watch has criticized Hamas for refusing to allow peaceful demonstrations.)

The Palestinian Authority is also taking steps, not only to quiet dissent but to preempt it. Like Hamas, the PA sent its police to disperse a small demonstration, although reportedly without using Hamas-style intimidation. It has also called for early municipal elections. (Its officials were elected in 2006, so they are now serving beyond their original terms without a popular mandate.)

These elections would be for local councils only, not for the president or members of parliament, but this still represents an interesting development because it appears to begin to formalize the Authority’s break with Gaza. Until yesterday, West Bank officials have always said elections could not be held since the two territories are divided. They have now reversed that position and called for elections in both the West Bank and Gaza, a demand Hamas says is beyond the PA’s authority. Hamas says it objects on the grounds that elections are premature before the two sides are reconciled, but presumably they would be eager to hold elections if they anticipated a great success.

The Hamas Factor

Hamas has been relatively quiet of late. No longer. Last night, they sent a barrage of rockets and mortars from Gaza into Israel. One rocket hit the town of Ofakim and another the town of Netivot, where it landed near a wedding celebration. Four people were treated for shock; there were no other injuries. (lsrael, by the way, has reinforced the army and police presence on the border in response to the unrest in Egypt.)

As far as Egypt is concerned, Hamas is in a bind. On the one hand, they’re salivating at the prospect of permanently ending the Egyptian blockade of Gaza, which began the moment Hamas threw out Fatah in 2007. Once the blockade is lifted, it’s onward and upward. If the Mubarak regime falls and is replaced by ElBaradei, the inflow of arms into Gaza will almost certainly become infinitely easier. Hamas will have reason to celebrate.

But what if Mubarak stays, or departs only to be replaced by Suleiman? For Hamas, life could get even tougher than it already is.  As you know, the Egyptian army received permission from Israel over the weekend to enter the Sinai for the first time since the signing of the peace treaty in 1979. Its object is to seal the Egypt-Gaza border in order to prevent members of Hamas — which, remember, is an offshoot of the Muslim Brotherhood — from infiltrating Egypt and joining the opposition. In the process of securing the border, Egypt has shut down the smuggling tunnels in the Philadelphi Corridor, resulting in a cutoff of fuel supplies into Gaza. Gazans are reported to be texting one another to hurry up and fill up their cars.

So what should Hamas do? Come out swinging in favor of the opposition, or maintain a tactful silence until it becomes clear which way the cookie’s going to crumble?

On the one hand, they are not allowing Gazans to demonstrate in support of the Egyptian protesters, for fear of retribution if Mubarak/Suleiman comes out on top. (The PA has made the same calculation, quelling a demonstration before it could get off the ground.) But on the other hand, there are reports of direct clashes between Hamas and the Egyptian army. DebkaFile — which, I caution, is notoriously alarmist — even goes so far as to say that Hamas has “opened a second, Palestinian, front against the Mubarak regime on orders from Hamas’ parent organization, the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood, confirmed by its bosses in Damascus.” They do not reveal the source of this information, and I have not seen confirmation of it elsewhere. It appears fishy on the face of it — if the decision has been made from on high that Hamas is officially to take on the Egyptian regime, there’s no logic to the suppression of Gazan demonstrations on behalf of the Egyptian protesters — but there might be another explanation for the silencing of Gazans. If Hamas allows them to gather and protest, who knows? They might protest Hamas.

Hey, a girl can hope.

The Muslim Brotherhood Ascends in Egypt

This just appeared in the NY Times: “‘We’re supporting ElBaradei leading the path to change,” said Mohammed el-Beltagui, a Brotherhood leader and former member of Parliament. ‘The Brotherhood realizes the sensitivities, especially in the West, toward the Islamists. And we are keen not to be at the forefront at this time.’”

Translation: ElBaradei works for us now, and we’ll step forward formally when we’re good and ready.

The Brotherhood has said it will only take part in a unity government (there it is, the inevitable phrase) from which Mubarak’s party has been excluded. Because ElBaradei has apparently allied himself with the Brotherhood, that statement is tantamount to a refusal by ElBaradei to govern together with Suleiman (not that Suleiman would necessarily have been interested in stepping back from any position other than President anyway, now that Mubarak has placed him in line for the top spot — particularly if it means answering to a Brotherhood stand-in). There are now, therefore, two clear sides: the Muslim Brotherhood (fronted by ElBaradei) and Suleiman. We will not see a scenario in which one will temper the other in a unity government. One will defeat the other full stop.

The Americans are in a serious bind here. Suleiman is undoubtedly the more palatable of the two choices from an American perspective, but ElBaradei — the fig leaf for an Islamist, anti-democratic organization — is ostensibly a pro-democracy figure at the head of a popular uprising against a repressive autocrat. It’s difficult to see how the US can possibly back Suleiman — the dictator’s designate — over the putative democrat. According to al-Jazeera, protesters in Cairo are already chanting, “Hosni Mubarak, Omar Suleiman, both of you are agents of the Americans.”

Still, the game isn’t over. As ever, beware the hasty generalization. It may be probable, but it is not a given that an election pitting ElBaradei against Suleiman would result in an ElBaradei landslide. The Times spoke to Sarah Elyashy, “a 33-year-old woman in the neighborhood of Heliopolis, where men armed with broomsticks and kitchen knives took to the streets to defend their homes against the threat of looters. ‘I wish we could be like the United States with our own democracy, but we can’t,’ [she] said. ‘We have to have a ruler with an iron hand.'”

Whether or not you approve the sentiment, there may be many others who feel the way she does — to say nothing of Egyptians who are determined to see democracy overtake autocracy but are horrified at the prospect of opening the door to an Islamist takeover. A tenth of Egypt’s population is Christian, and they, as well as other groups, will not be inclined to welcome the Brotherhood with open arms. Assume nothing, in other words. We are watching the contenders take up positions. We don’t know yet which way the contest is going to end.

Still. A commenter on one of my earlier posts asked if the Israelis are starting to get nervous. This one is.

BREAKING: The Brotherhood Makes Its Move

ElBaradei is in Tahrir Square in central Cairo right now, making a speech to protesters. This is his first appearance on a major stage since his return from exile last Thursday. He told the people, “You have taken back your rights and what we have begun cannot go back.”

Al-Jazeera is reporting that “The Muslim Brotherhood has said that ElBaradei is to negotiate for the opposition.” If this is true, it essentially constitutes an alliance between the Brotherhood and ElBaradei. Expect it to be pitched as a “unity government.”

The Brotherhood is a visible presence in Tahrir Square right now; the NY Times is reporting that Brotherhood members are moving through the crowd while ElBaradei speaks.

Three hours ago, Egyptian fighter jets circled low over the crowds in Cairo Square.

The Egyptian Revolution Right Now: A Situation Report

Here’s a snapshot of Egypt as of Sunday morning folded together with some analysis.

ON THE STREETS: The beginnings of anarchy. The police have thrown in the towel, leaving the maintenance of law and order to the army — but the soldiers inside the tanks, who have chosen for the most part to stand by inactive while crowds pour into the streets in defiance of the dawn-to-dusk curfew, are also doing little to keep the protesters safe. (You are probably reading reports that the army has taken the protesters’ side en masse; beware the temptation to swallow this whole.) Groups of people, primarily looters (as opposed to peaceful demonstrators), were taken off the streets last night, but the army is not enforcing a strict crackdown on either protesters or violent opportunists by any means. (More on this below.)

The product of the security vacuum is chaos. The death toll has tipped 100 and 2,000 are reported injured so far. Mubarak’s party headquarters building was burned to the ground and other government buildings set alight. As in Tunisia, prisons have been torched, and many convicts have escaped and are now roaming the streets. Egyptian television is reporting that at least sixty rapes have occurred since the unrest began five days ago. Citizens are arming themselves with sticks, clubs, bats, broom handles, kitchen knives, razors and guns to protect their homes from marauders; neighbors are banding together to defend individual streets. Looting is rampant: opportunists are pillaging everything they can get their hands on, and many otherwise law-abiding citizens are raiding supermarkets to get supplies into the house before there’s nothing left on the shelves. Store owners have been seen frantically painting their windows white to conceal the goods within. There are no longer any guards minding the banks, and ATM machines are being smashed and looted. Rioters broke into the Cairo Museum, smashing statues and pulling the heads off mummies. (Again citizens were seen taking matters into their own hands: Al-Arabiya reports that “young Egyptians – some armed with truncheons grabbed off the police – created a human chain at the museum’s front gate to prevent looters from making off with any of its priceless artifacts.”) Wealthy Egyptians are scrambling to fly out of the country on private jets and foreign airlines are suspending flights. Al-Jazeera, which had been broadcasting the protests around the country, has been taken off the air.

MUBARAK’S STATUS: Mubarak is refusing to resign, but there is word (as yet unconfirmed) that he’s fled Cairo for his home in Sharm-al-Sheik. He has sent his family (his two sons and his wife) to London and has appointed his intelligence czar, Omar Suleiman, as VP. This amounts to a concession by Mubarak that his son Gamal — who has been groomed as his successor — will never take power. (Mubarak was Sadat’s VP and ascended to power when Sadat was assassinated; the VP spot is the presidency’s on-deck circle.)

Many protesters will likely view Suleiman as a spider’s compromise, however, since he has been Mubarak’s intelligence chief since 1993 and is essentially his right-hand man. The Americans are no doubt torn on this one: he’s described as “deeply distrusting Iran, favoring close relations with Washington, supporting the cold peace with Israel, and against easing up on the Muslim Brotherhood” and is thus a nearly ideal candidate, but a candidate is exactly what he isn’t. He hasn’t been chosen by the people; he is being appointed (to all intents and purposes) by the ruling despot. Whom to back — Suleiman or ElBaradei? ElBaradei hopes to establish himself as the people’s choice, but Suleiman not only slots better into American foreign policy goals but will almost certainly have the army on his side.

As far as Egyptian popular opinion goes: as always, beware the reckless generalization. It is not a given that all Egyptians will be outraged by Suleiman’s appointment — either by the subversion of democracy it represents or by the man himself. Some will welcome the return to law and order a strongman can provide, and that proportion will increase the longer the current anarchy continues.

WITHIN THE MILITARY: Egypt has the draft. Unlike its policemen, its soldiers are not in uniform voluntarily. From Mubarak’s perspective, the men inside the tanks could have gone either way, and they are indeed showing themselves to be undecided at best: they are neither cracking down on the protesters nor actively defending them. Many striking images are circulating of soldiers emerging from their tanks to be held aloft on the shoulders of protesters, but less mention is being made of the protesters urging the soldiers to open fire on the riot police — a step they refused to take. The army has not formally taken any side and is unlikely to do so until it becomes clearer whether or not Suleiman — an ex-general who is perceived as the army’s candidate — will take power.

MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD: These people are much too smart to get out in front of this until the movement has received strong Western approval. The question, however, is not if they will make their move, but when. The Brotherhood has a real shot in Egypt and they will try to make the most of it. To build support abroad, they will employ what has become their modus operandi: they will try to co-opt Western opinion through the use of strategic buzzwords. (Expect much conspicuous talk about democracy and moderation.) This will not be evidence of their change of heart; it will be a means to their end, which remains a theocracy that is in every way the diametric opposite of a liberal democracy.

The Brotherhood threat will diminish materially if Suleiman succeeds in taking Mubarak’s chair soon. He’s been keeping a tight lid on Egypt’s Islamists for years and will undoubtedly consider it a top priority to reassert his authority over them.

ISRAEL: Bibi has finally spoken, and what he said reflects Israel’s extreme reluctance to wade into this situation. “The peace between Israel and Egypt has lasted for more than three decades and our objective is to ensure that these relations will continue to exist,” he said. “We are following with vigilance the events in Egypt and in our region … we must show responsibility and restraint and maximum consideration.” Internally, this mess is seen by some as further evidence that the central problem in the region isn’t us. I would imagine that that point is quietly being made by Israelis in diplomatic circles.

Bibi will likely breathe a sigh of relief if Suleiman is able to take power smoothly and hold on. In addition to keeping Egypt’s Islamists under control, he has long been Egypt’s top envoy to Israel, Fatah and Hamas, according to Dr. Ely Karmon, a senior researcher at the International Institute for Counter-Terrorism at the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya. He is pro-Fatah (i.e., pro-PA) and deeply suspicious of Hamas’s Islamism, which is obviously in keeping with Israeli policy. ElBaradei is a big question mark, although he is generally perceived as both wobbly (at best) on Iran and weak. Not an appealing combination.

Israel is worried about the impact of regime change in Egypt on its struggle to prevent arms smuggling from Egypt into Gaza, but that ties into a greater concern with much deeper implications. The peace treaty with Egypt meant the IDF could focus on the northern front, but if the Brotherhood takes over, that will have to change. The Brotherhood has already said that one of its first acts, if given the opportunity, would be to rip up the Egyptian-Israeli peace treaty. Israel is thus reported to be considering a reallocation and reconfiguration of its defense resources.

IRAN: Publicly, they’re expressing warm satisfaction, but they don’t know which way this is going any more than the rest of us do. Their hard-liners are busy taking credit: “‘Today, as a result of the gifts of the Islamic revolution in Iran, freedom-loving Islamic peoples such as the peoples of Tunisia, Egypt and nearby Arab countries are standing up to their oppressive governments,’ said a leading hard-line cleric, Ayatollah Mohammad-Taghi Mesbah-Yazdi.” Iran stands to gain a great deal from the turmoil: their client Hezbollah has just taken control of the government of Lebanon, and if Egypt goes down too, Iran doesn’t need to wait for Jordan to collapse to take on Israel (and Jordan is teetering anyway). An Egyptian descent into Islamism won’t necessarily make an Iranian attack on Israel (by proxies or direct) imminent, but it would make it quite a bit more likely. Remember that Iran already has an arm to Israel’s west: Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

HAMAS: Watching and waiting, like the rest of us. They will be in a much stronger short-term position if Islamists take over Egypt, although they may ultimately be pushed out: Hamas has been struggling for some time with extremists who believe the organization is not sufficiently Islamist. Still, Hamas is bankrolled by Iran, so it’s not going anywhere overnight. If Egypt goes Islamist, it will ultimately be Iran’s strategic decision to make whether or not to stick with Hamas or put their money on a more hard-line horse.

Is the Muslim Brotherhood Behind the Egyptian Uprising?

No, it isn’t.

That is not to say that that Islamist, profoundly anti-democratic organization (which, by the way, is technically banned in Egypt, although its members hide in plain sight as “independent” critics of the government) will not maneuver its way to the forefront, nor that it will not ultimately hijack the movement for its own ends. But this appears by all accounts to be a genuine popular uprising, inspired by the eviction of the Tunisian dictator by his own people. The Brotherhood has not directed any of the Egyptian demonstrations or even ordered its followers to attend, although it has announced that it will participate in a demonstration after noon prayers today. Still, to be on the safe side, the Egyptian security services — whose efforts to defend the beleaguered regime have not abated and have in fact been redoubled, despite calls from high places to cool it — have taken at least twenty senior members of the Brotherhood into custody. Al-Arabiya reports that those arrested include five former members of parliament.

The Egyptian uprising remains leaderless (although probably not for long: keep an eye on pro-democracy figure Mohammed ElBaradei, who returned from his exile in Vienna yesterday and will appear at a demonstration today). The protesters are enraged by high prices, rampant unemployment and a brutal, autocratic government. Their rage can certainly be tapped by an organized movement with an Islamist agenda, but Islamists are by no means the only players in the field. The window of opportunity is open, possibly very briefly, for both the forces of good and the forces of darkness.

I realize that that sounds melodramatic, but I cannot emphasize strongly enough what is at stake here. This could be the moment at which Egypt, an American ally and the first Arab country to make peace with Israel (however cold that peace might be), emerges into the light of true, pluralistic, liberal democracy. It could also be the moment when Egypt descends irrevocably into the dark night of theocratic repression — a descent that would have incalculable consequences, not only for Egyptians but also for Americans and for the world.

President Obama will have to take an unequivocal stand one way or the other, and he’ll have to do it fast. To stand politely on the sidelines of an upheaval as geopolitically important as this is to concede defeat. We should not underestimate the difficulty of Obama’s task here — support, if mishandled, can be perceived as intervention, which could then hopelessly delegitimize the movement for change — but if ever there was a time for the American president to demonstrate his intelligence, diplomatic skill, foresight, and commitment to democracy, that moment is now.

Riot Roundup: Add Yemen to the Mix

I have to dash but want to give you a snapshot of what’s going on today:

EGYPT: Anti-government riots are continuing into a third day. Riot police are using tear gas and rubber bullets; demonstrators are using petrol bombs and rocks. Four confirmed dead so far (three demonstrators in Suez and a policeman in Cairo). Demonstrators torched a government building and a police post in Suez. Hundreds arrested; forty people have been charged with trying to overthrow the government. Reports of flight by Mubarak’s family have been denied. Take particular note of this: Mohammed ElBaradei, identified by Haaretz as a pro-democracy “reform campaigner” (but probably more familiar to you as the ex-DG of the International Atomic Energy Agency), is returning to Egypt today after years of exile and is expected to take part in demonstrations tomorrow.

YEMEN: Thousands of protesters, apparently organized by Yemen’s opposition coalition, appeared on the streets of Sanaa to protest corruption and poverty. Note that Yemen’s President Ali Abdullah Saleh, who has ruled the dirt-poor country for over 30 years, is considered a critical ally to the US in the fight against al-Qaida in Yemen.

TUNISIA: Protests continue amid the general chaos (an example of which is the statistic that a reported third of the country’s prison population has escaped). The aim of the protesters, now that President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali has fled, is a purge of his loyalists from the government. An international arrest warrant has been issued for Ben Ali, his wife and other members of his family. Lazhar Karoui Chebbi, the Minister of Justice, is calling on Interpol to locate and return Ben Ali et al to Tunisia for trial. The family’s assets have been frozen and the head of Ben Ali’s former presidential guard is now under investigation for violence.

LEBANON: Calm today. All roads have been reopened and barriers removed.

What We Didn’t Hear in the State of the Union

Huh. I know it was a state of the union address, not a state of other unions address or a state of our union in relation to other unions address. Still, there were some striking omissions.

Not a peep about that pesky Israeli-Palestinian peace process. Surprising though that is — I could have sworn it was a fairly high priority for the administration — there was something rather refreshing about the choice not to subject the parties concerned to all the familiar empty bromides. (Besides, al-Jazeera is busy orchestrating the process anyway. Why commit yourself when you can leave matters in the capable hands of the Emir of Qatar?)

Not a peep about Egypt, either. Thousands of Egyptians poured into the streets yesterday, facing down riot police bearing tear gas, rubber bullets and water cannons, to protest years of human rights abuses, poverty, unemployment, and the thirty-year grip of an unpopular prime minister. Now, that’s an awkward one. Mubarak’s an ally, and who knows who might arise in his place if he’s tossed out? Obama’s speech contained a shout-out to the revolutionaries in Tunisia, so presumably he figured he was covered on the hooray-for-freedom-around-the-world side. Best to keep mum on Egypt. Hey, it’s fresh; it’s complicated. Cut the guy some slack.

But I ask you. How do you not mention Lebanon after what happened this week? A US-friendly prime minister — a guy you just hosted in the Oval Office two weeks ago, Mr. President; remember him? — was overthrown by an Iran- and Syria-backed terrorist organization that assassinated his pro-Western father and has handpicked his successor. Hello? Lebanese citizens took to the streets yesterday to protest the theft of their country by the enemies of freedom — people who, lest we forget, have been committing terrorist acts against Americans for decades, including the bombing of the Marine barracks in Beirut that killed 241 American servicemen in 1983 — and you have nothing to say to the protesters in support? I know — this one is complicated too. You’re trying to get Syria to like you right now. You’re trying to find a way to get Iran to knuckle under without doing anything icky or scary. I get it. But if you’re worried about their opinion of you rather than the other way around, you’ve already lost. And so has Lebanon.

Ah, well. At least they’re not alone. The Lebanese protesters can console themselves with the thought that when Iranian citizens went out in the streets to try to stand up for freedom against tyranny, Obama had nothing to say to them, either.

A Quick Word About PaliLeaks

Now everybody’s doing it.

Al-Jazeera has pulled off its own version of Wikileaks by announcing that it has, and will gradually produce, over 1,600 documents that show senior members of the Palestinian Authority to have caved in to and even pre-empted Israeli demands during peace negotiations. Abbas et al are thus doubly to be humiliated: for having gone on bended knee to the Zionists and for still coming home with nothing.

The provenance of the documents is unknown, and there are plenty of details that should be setting off alarm bells among the documents’ readers (say, why is this piece of paper dated 2011? Because al-Jazeera made fresh PDFs? And they did that because…?) Israel comes out looking bad, but no one seems to care about that much. The real story — the story most of the world’s journalists seem hell-bent on swallowing whole — is the public disgrace of Mahmoud Abbas and his negotiators. The “PaliLeaks” story thus appears to be a deliberate attempt by al-Jazeera, which is owned by the Emir of Qatar, to influence Palestinian politics by compromising Abbas beyond the point of no return.

Hamas doesn’t seem to have engineered this — they’re not that slick — but this business obviously works to their advantage, and they’re trying to use it to leverage Palestinian popular opinion against the Palestinian Authority. Haaretz, curious to see if Palestinians are indeed turning on Abbas and his crew, went to Ramallah to investigate, where they found the opposite of a popular uprising. Not only officials but the citizenry at large appear to be closing ranks around Abbas. Al-Jazeera’s offices, not Abbas’s, were set upon by angry Palestinians who have accused them (inevitably) of being not Arab, but Zionist.

The Reuters photo above is of Palestinians burning an Israeli flag with “al-Jazeera” painted on it. You can’t make this stuff up. (Actually, it appears you can.)

Hezbollah Rising: A New Era Begins in Lebanon

The New York Times headline says it all: “Hezbollah Chooses Lebanon’s Next Prime Minister.” Hezbollah’s candidate, Najib Miqati, secured enough support yesterday to form a new government. Supporters of ousted PM Sa’ad Hariri, as seen in this al-Jazeera video, are calling the development a “coup.”

photo by Bilal Hussein, taken in Lebanon yesterday, via the Washington PostHariri, whose government was disintegrated by Hezbollah when he refused to denounce the UN tribunal that is expected to indict members of the group for his father’s assassination, has refused to join a government run by a Hezbollah appointee. Hariri is considered by most Lebanese Sunni Muslims to be their leader, so his absence from the government leaves a large chunk of the population unrepresented and effectively consolidates Hezbollah’s power. Miqati has not yet spoken about the tribunal, but his acceptance of the nomination was allegedly contingent on his agreement to cease all cooperation with it and  halt its funding upon assuming office.

Tensions are rising fast. The Times describes the scene last night:

By nightfall, angry opponents of Hezbollah took to the streets in parts of Beirut, Tripoli and other cities, burning tires, shouting slogans and offering at least an image of what many feared Hezbollah’s victory might unleash: strife among communities in a country almost evenly divided over questions of foreign patrons; posture toward Israel; and the relative power of Lebanon’s Shiite Muslims, represented by Hezbollah, and its Sunni foes.

Acrid smoke billowed into a nighttime sky, as barricades temporarily blocked some roads into Beirut before security forces dispersed the demonstrators. Hezbollah’s foes called for “a day of anger in all of Lebanon” on Tuesday, and martial language and cries of treason began punctuating the public discourse.

“Down with Hezbollah! Down with Miqati!” young men shouted in Beirut.

This victory — which depended on the support of Druze leader and gifted political flip-flopper Walid Jumblatt, who became allied with Hezbollah all of a week ago — marks the apotheosis of Hezbollah’s ascension into the mainstream of Lebanese politics. And because Hezbollah is Iran’s obedient offspring, its nominee — the billionaire and soon-to-be-premier Miqati — is being viewed by some as little more than an Iranian proxy. Israeli Vice PM Silvan Shalom, for instance, describes the new situation as “an Iranian government on Israel’s northern border.”

But these events do not (yet) represent a full conquest of Lebanon by Iran. For one thing, the view that Iran is pulling all the strings discounts the great influence Syria continues to have over events. (Syria, not Iran, is believed to have selected Miqati.) As long as Hezbollah remains beholden not only to the mullahs in Teheran but also to the ostensibly secular Syrian dictator, they will be hard-pressed to drag Lebanon into a full-scale theocratic thugocracy. (Of course, all bets are off if Bashar al-Assad gets religion, which in this neighborhood is by no means out of the question.)

And as the protests in the streets suggest, the nation’s people are not yet down for the count. Hezbollah, which has no experience constructing governments, could easily antagonize its Sunni opponents to the point that they are stirred to direct, and possibly organized, confrontation. As the Times suggests, a Sunni militancy could arise as a backlash against Hezbollah, particularly in restive Sunni strongholds like Tripoli. A development of that kind has the potential to backfire badly for Hezbollah, since most of the greater Arab world is Sunni. (Oh, and by the way — lest you think anything about this region is ever simple – Miqati himself, the handpicked candidate of Shiite Hezbollah, is Sunni too. That was almost certainly part of the calculation in choosing him, but Hariri’s Sunni supporters aren’t buying it.)

The US will obviously need to review Lebanon’s status as an ally, particularly if the new government disavows the UN tribunal. (According to al-Jazeera, hints have already been made that the change in government will affect American aid.) Israel remains publicly unruffled by the developments, with one person — IDF general (ret.) and former national security adviser Giora Eiland — spotting a silver lining. “If Hezbollah is behind the government,” he said, “it will be much easier to explain to the international community why we must fight against the State of Lebanon.” (I’m not quite as reassured by this as he is, but it’s something.)

In the meantime, we wait. Today is meant to be the “day of rage.” It’s still morning. I’ll let you know what the day brings.


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Worshipping other gods 13 1[T]If a prophet, or one who foretells by dreams, appears among you and announces to you a sign or wonder, 2and if the sign or wonder spoken of takes place, and the prophet says, ‘Let us follow other gods’ (gods you have not known) ‘and let us worship them,’ 3you must not listen to the words of that prophet or dreamer. The Lord your God is testing you to find out whether you love him with all your heart and with all your soul. 4It is the Lord your God you must follow, and him you must revere. Keep his commands and obey him; serve him and hold fast to him. 5That prophet or dreamer must be put to death for inciting rebellion against the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt and redeemed you from the land of slavery. That prophet or dreamer tried to turn you from the way the Lord your God commanded you to follow. You must purge the evil from among you. 6If your very own brother, or your son or daughter, or the wife you love, or your closest friend secretly entices you, saying, ‘Let us go and worship other gods’ (gods that neither you nor your ancestors have known, 7gods of the peoples around you, whether near or far, from one end of the land to the other), 8do not yield to them or listen to them. Show them no pity. Do not spare them or shield them. 9You must certainly put them to death. Your hand must be the first in putting them to death, and then the hands of all the people. 10Stone them to death, because they tried to turn you away from the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery. 11Then all Israel will hear and be afraid, and no one among you will do such an evil thing again. 12If you hear it said about one of the towns the Lord your God is giving you to live in 13that troublemakers have arisen among you and have led the people of their town astray, saying, ‘Let us go and worship other gods’ (gods you have not known), 14then you must enquire, probe and investigate it thoroughly. And if it is true and it has been proved that this detestable thing has been done among you, 15you must certainly put to the sword all who live in that town. You must destroy it completely,[U] both its people and its livestock. 16You are to gather all the plunder of the town into the middle of the public square and completely burn the town and all its plunder as a whole burnt offering to the Lord your God. That town is to remain a ruin for ever, never to be rebuilt, 17and none of the condemned things[V] are to be found in your hands. Then the Lord will turn from his fierce anger, will show you mercy, and will have compassion on you. He will increase your numbers, as he promised on oath to your ancestors – 18because you obey the Lord your God by keeping all his commands that I am giving you today and doing what is right in his eyes.
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9:00 am Sunday, November 8, 2015

Meditation is a foundational tool for Buddhist spiritual practice. One's suffering and one's happiness is dependent upon one's mind. To ensure for ourselves the happiness that we so ardently desire, it is essential that we begin each day with a peaceful and calm mind.

The silent meditation includes 20 minutes of sitting meditation followed by 10 minutes of walking meditation (optional) and another 20 minutes of sitting meditation. Participants should arrive no later than 9 a.m. Each and every one is invited to come. You will find it to be a wonderful and relaxing way, not only to begin your day, but also your week. All are welcome regardless of one's level of practice.


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• Discovering the Past

    Treasure dating back to the 14th century has been discovered by archaeologists working on a £70million development site in Norwich. A medieval Augustian friary has revealed human remains, pottery, coins, oyster shells and painted glass amongst findings uncovered by archaeologists, who began the excavation in May 2015, at the St Anne’s Quarter site.

    Orbit Homes is developing the site and appointed Norwich Property Services (NPS) Archaeology to ensure finds are recorded and preserved. In the last days of the dig Trigger Air was commissioned by NPS to take aerial photographs of the site which is situated in the centre of Norwich. As this is a 'congested area' flying drones is more strictly regulated and additional safety measures have to be considered. The international airport is also located nearby and so flight clearance was gained from air traffic control before take off. Located beside the river the site is a considerable size and will eventually contain 400 new homes.

    Trigger Air are based on the Norfolk Suffolk border in East Anglia and fly drones for aerial filming and photography throughout the UK.

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    Last year I filmed some aerial video for Lord & Lady Tollemache of Helmingham Hall in Suffolk. This was purely speculative and I provided an edited video that could be used in their marketing, if they liked it. In return I had the privelage of flying our drones and filming at a stunning location which has been their family home for 600 years.

    This week I had a phone call from London publishers Little Brown that had seen a still photo taken from the video and wanted to use it in a new book called 'private gardens' and it was urgent, of course. Unfortunately taking a still image from a video is not high enough quality to reproduce in print at a reasonable size, but after a hasty call to Helmingham Hall I was given permission to fly the drone and re-shoot some high resolution photographs later the same day.

    It had been cloudy all afternoon and driving to the location in the early evening I was still doubtful that it was going to improve, the last thing I wanted was a flat image. But as I waited the evening sun finally appeared beneath the remaining clouds and a glowing light stretched across the walled gardens to the moated red brick hall. The scent of roses in full bloom and as absolute silence filled the air, I couldn't have asked for anything better.

  • Trigger Air - Drone Filming

    As well as a photographer based with my feet firmly on the ground, I'm also a CAA qualified remote pilot flying professional drones which means we can also get amazing images from the air. Drone aerial filming and photography is very much a developing technology which means there is new kit coming onto the market every week. Since we started flying two years ago specialist drone cameras are getting smaller while their capabilities are getting higher, drone gimbals are getting lighter and remote control systems like the DJI A2 are getting more sophisticated, making flying safer and more practical. As a drone filming company we are at the forefront of this era where drones are going to be seen increasingly in our lives. Trigger Air is based on the Suffolk Norfolk border in East Anglia but travel throughout the UK for clients who include the BBC and Channel 4.

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  • A Drone Pilots Guide have recently published this great piece of information called The Drone Pilots Guide. If you're new to flying UAV's it's well worth a read.

    1. Intro
    2. What are Quadcopters?
    3. Meteorology
    4. Flying in Different Conditions
    5. Laws of the Air
    6. No Fly Zones
    7. Aeronautical Charts
    8. Aircraft Knowledge
    9. FPV Information
    10. Flight Safety
    11. Pre and Post Flight Procedures
    12. Drone Flight Exercises
    13. Drone Flight Assessment

    Introduction to the Drone Pilots Guide

    The aim of this guide is to provide the information that a newcomer to the quadcopter flying requires to progress to being a knowledgeable, legal, safe and competent pilot.  It is intended to be used as a handbook – so you can dip in and out at leisure and refer back to it later as needed.  A flight training guide is provided – but before rushing to that you should dip your toes in some of the other sections.  Many pilots have, on their first attempt, seen their quadcopters take-off and fly away, never to be found. Spending a bit of time with the manual and this handbook should help you avoid any such disasters!

  • Solitude - The Movie

    On the very rare occasion I travel with commuters on the early train to London I can hardly restrain my smug delight that I'm not the owner of a shagged out grey suit. Who on earth thought it was a great idea to spend at least three hours a day on a train struggling to stay conscious at work before having another bad nights sleep and getting up to do it all over again the next morning. These super humans have my respect but I wouldn't vote for them. Who in their right mind would select this option as a life choice. Most of us need a good eight hours under the duvet and a balanced work schedule but for some this should mean getting a smaller mortgage and running a cheaper car.

    Fortunately flying drones or UAV's allows a greater degree of what can be described as relaxed attire and flexible hours. A fetching fluorescent vest is sported regularly and so I could easily be mistaken for a dustman or officious car park attendant, nothing wrong in that. Occasionally a hard hat and building site regulation boots are required to keep pace with health and safety but more often than not the decision is based on whether it's going to be hot or cold. A glance at the met the night before while doing final pre deployment checks and you're sorted. The main issue is often whether to don the attractive thermals and maintain a degree of body heat and comfort whilst standing in the bitter cold of a Cambridgeshire field or whether this might lead to an uncomfortable situation later in the day when under pressure from a sudden change in weather conditions the assembled crew watch you attempt to land 10kg of dancing multicopter in a force 4. It can be a tricky decision.

    And so it was a pleasant surprise today that despite having to drag my feeble body from the security and warmth of a comfortable duvet at the ungodly hour of 3:15am, way before the first train to London, it was not cold. The thermals could stay snug in their drawer, the fingerless gloves likewise. Based near to the Suffolk Norfolk border in East Anglia today we were travelling down the A12 via Colchester to set up some aerial filming shots in Essex for director Neil Horsman, who is working on a short film called Solitude. We arrived just after dawn and it was spectacular, the orange sun and blue tinted sky reflected in the estuary high tide with mist draped over the twisting mud flats. Now that's worth getting up for.

  • New CAA Exemption for Flying SUA with FPV

    First Person View flying is the ability to control a radio controlled aircraft, drone or fixed wing, from a “pilot’s eye” perspective through the use of an on-board camera and ground-based receiving and viewing equipment. The viewing equipment is normally a set of video goggles. The new CAA regulations now allow the pilot in charge of the SUA to use FPV up to 1000ft providing a competent observer maintains direct unaided visual contact with the SUA and the take-off mass of the SUA does not exceed 3.5kg including batteries or fuel. If you're flying commercially for aerial work you're still limited by your own personal CAA permissions which may be the standard 400ft AGL.

    Exemption E4049

  • Aerial Filming with the BBC

    Flying a drone safely is about practise and preparation but on the day it's really helpful if the gods are on your side and a certain degree of planet alignment is also available. This time we've been out again filming for the BBC for a program to be aired on 11th May 2015, BBC 1, titled 'VE Day: The First Days of Peace, Rebuilding the Countryside'.

    Shot in April, when the weather can be unpredictable at it's best our first location was just south of Bottisham. With Cambridge Airport only 4 miles to our west and the busy A14 only 1 mile to our East we rendevouzed in an exposed farmers field at the end of a strip of woodland. A stiff Cambridgeshire breeze was blowing as we were briefed by BBC director Paul Baker together with award winning BBC cameraman Martin Giles and presenter Ben Robinson. It was our job to capture the scale and location of this oddly located woodland in the surrounding open countryside. With thousands of motorists passing nearby every day all but a few must be oblivious to the historic role associated with this peaceful landscape. From the ground it simply appears as mature woodland where it provides shelter for breeding pheasants but old aerial images brought along by Ben reveal a more turbulent past.

    As we were operating near to an Air Traffic Zone I'd been in touch with the Control Tower at Cambridge Airport to get clearance for our flights. So as light aircraft buzzed overhead on route to the nearby landing strip across the fields and chill gusts of wind caught us side on we prepped the drone. We were flying the Aeronavics X4 fitted with the Z15 gimbal and a GH3 Lumix camera, this multirotor is able to cope with winds up to 25mph and still produces super smooth video in flight, the trickiest part can be landing in gusty conditions! A quick call again to the local ATC, check the skies and the wind and the light, all clear, and we were up in the air, lining up our shots of Ben as he walked out of the woods. Then up for the reveal shot flying low over the trees as they stretch into the distance towards the traffic on the A14.

    It's only from the sky you can appreciate the scale of this unusual strip of woodland set in open landscape 1,470 yards in length and fifty yards wide with concrete tracks that wind their way around this precise rectangle. The mature woodland has replaced a steel meshed Summerfield Track runway built by the American Air Force in 1943 for the 361st Fighter Group equipped with P-47 Thunderbolts and P-51 Mustangs and renamed AAF Station F-374. Looking down you can now imagine this long thin stretch of countryside as the departure point for many young American airmen during WWII. Setting off in their fighter planes to protect Flying Fortress bombers on raids in Europe.

  • Flying Above Eye Airfield With The Hexacopter Drone

    Perfect conditions on Sunday evening to try the multirotor and GoPro Hero 3 in a big open space. Not far from where I live is an old WWII airfield, the runways are now part used by an industrial park but there is still a long strip of concrete where Lancasters used to take off sixty years ago. The local radio control club has permission to fly on part of it and I was lucky to meet up with the main man by pure chance tonight. The airfield recently had two wind turbines installed and another two are on the way and so I thought I'd test the drone and Go Pro with the photo time lapse feature taking shots every 2 seconds. As I didn't have the fpv set up it was guess work where the camera was exactly pointing but here are a few results.

    Trigger Air is fully qualified and operates within CAA regulations across the UK. If you want to add production value to your next project or require aerial surveys feel free to call for a chat about how our drones (UAV) can help your business.

  • Going to Cornwall

    This is the first decent summer we've had in England for about five years so the opportunity to visit the Cornish countryside was not going to be missed. We're fortunate to have great friends who let us stay in their beautiful country cottage on the north Cornish coast and from that day forward it was glorious weather and stunning sunsets. I'm not a big fan when it comes to shots of the setting sun, we've all seen them before but I just couldn't resist taking a few back with me.

    This is the sea pool at Bude which is a great place when you want to avoid the jelly fish and sharp rocks hidden by the high tide.


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Hearne: Tale of the Tape; David Cook vs Daughtry

6a00d8341c4fe353ef017c36d0decb970b-320wiHow about we take a more objective look at David Cook?

Between myself and local music industry veteran Mark Valentine, we’ve already pretty well covered the Blue Springs export’s more obvious entertainment career bases.

You know, that Cook got cut by his record company after two albums – the last of which stiffed – that he’s gone from playing arenas, then theaters like the Midland to bars like Knuckleheads here in KC.

And as duly noted by Mark, Cook’s big win on American Idol in 2008 put him in the pop culture history books for all time and should afford him name recognition well into the immediate future. He’ll probably never again be the total nobody he and most bar band musicians that never break out nationally inevitably are.

Nbody can take any of that away from him.

That said, he’s also a card carrying member of a not-so-exclusive club; Idol winners who got dumped by their record labels and are out beating the streets all on their lonesome.

Clay Aiken

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“Other show alums no longer signed to Sony-affiliated labels include season 7 runner-up David Archuleta, season 9’s Lee DeWyze and Crystal Bowersox, season 6’s Blake Lewis, season 5’s Taylor Hicks, season 4’s Bo Bice, and season 2’s Clay Aiken and Ruben Studdard, among others,” The Hollywood Reporter writes.

And in a matchup with season five Idol contestant Daughtry, Cook doesn’t come close.

Eight years after the fact, Daughtry is still going strong. He’s scored four No. 1 hits, four Grammy nominations, five CDs (including last year’s Baptized), sold more than 17.5 million albums and is still playing arenas and theaters.

What’s more Daughtry didn’t even win American Idol, he came in fourth.

In Forbes 2012 top 10 Idol money-makers competition Daughtry banked $5 million, five times what Cook took in. And remember, those numbers are gross not net, and Cook still had his album deal for much of that year.

What got me thinking about the two Idol winners was turning past an AXS TV concert with Daughtry on television earlier today. That and the announcement earlier this week that Daughtry will embark this summer on a third leg of a co-headling tour with Three Doors Down.

So while Mark Valentine basically said – that it’s highly unlikely that Cook will end up sleeping under any bridges in this life – where do you go next after playing Knuckleheads on the way down the career ladder at age 31?

Kansas City Star freelancer Bill Brownlee tried to put a positive spin on Cook’s recent Knuckleheads gig – his second in three months.

“Detractors have been quick to pounce on David Cook’s appearance at Knuckleheads as an indication that the career of the winner of the 2008 season of ‘American Idol’ is fading,” Brownlee began.

That’s funny, I wonder who Brownlee’s referring to?

“The extensive list of legends that have graced the primary stage of Knuckleheads serves as a reminder that there’s no shame in performing at the East Bottoms roadhouse,” Brownlee summarized.

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Merle-Haggard-Okie-From-Muskogee-P792014034521That’s just silly. It’s one thing for long past their prime acts like Merle Haggard (76) Leon Russell (71) and Johnny Winter (69) to grace the stage of hip clubs like Knuckleheads. Quite another for a barely 30 year-old reality show winner with a single lukewarm album and arena tour under his belt and no record deal.

There’s little doubt that middle age mothers and grandmothers will be buying Cook drinks every chance they get for a long, long time – possibly forever. However the chances that classic rock radio will be playing Cook tracks a couple decades from now – at this stage of the game anyway – appear to be between slim and none.

Merle Haggard today

I wouldn’t bet the farm on him either, but he’s blowing the doors off of David Cook.

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10 Responses to Hearne: Tale of the Tape; David Cook vs Daughtry

  1. paulwilsonkc says:

    You overlooked the REAL Idol winner; Simon Cowell! Revenue comes screaming his way faster than the output end of the Fed Reserve printing presses,regardless, and it’s music biz genius. He keeps his fingers in show ownership, the recording contracts of the top 10, if I remember, as well as the post season concert tour they do.
    SC optimizes every margin dollar to be had while they are hot, IF they get hot, and off loads the expense when sales diminish.
    And his promotion expense? The SHOW he’s already making money from.
    His risk exposure? NONE, as long as viewers stay tuned to the less and less exciting show.
    It’s good to be Simon, if the top finishers make it long term or not! Either way, Simon stays winning.

    • the dude says:

      And he gets to bang hid good friend’s wives and have children out of wedlock with them! What a great guy! **cough** DICK!

      • paulwilsonkc says:

        Dude, sorry I didn’t include that; I assumed with dickish behavior went without mention. Mega Douchyness is as much a part of you he is as his size-too-small tee shirts.
        That’s all I can say before I’m pointed out as a hypocrite….

  2. rkcal says:

    If Jardine’s ever had a grand re-opening with David Cook head-lining this site would, like, blow-up.

  3. harley says:

    hearne again attacks a guy who went from local bars to national music
    But again…hearne’s never done anything in his life.
    He thinks a reporter refers to him…no way hearne…you’re not the
    ouly guy who’s tried to publicly bring down cooks career.
    not cool…but what would we expect.
    asfor simon…think what he made off that group one direction….
    smart smart man.

  4. PB says:

    I don’t give a shit how successful that Daughtry might be from a monetary stand point, that guy and the Nickelbacks and Trains of the world are the absolute epitome of how fcked the music business is. Using this ridiculously flawed logic, Justin Beiber beats the crap out of a musical icons like Allen Toussaint and Tony Joe White.

    Not sure what David Cook may have done to you in the past, but there’s no legit reason for bashing on a local boy makes good, especially one that didn’t completely compromise his musical ideals during that process. Perhaps Mr.Cook’s fall from Idol-level stardom is an irritant to the jealousy-fueled, frustrated musician buried deep inside of you somewhere, but there shouldn’t be any shame in his realizing his life-long ambition of being a working musician that is still adored many. Give it a rest, man, you’re only embarrassing YOURSELF in your continued and unreasonable efforts to defame David Cook.

    • admin says:

      Fair enough…

      I’m actually with you on your Daughtry take…musically speaking, that is. However, the comparison I’m making isn’t about whether one Idol member sang country or schlock and another hard rock, etc.

      It’s a critical look at the music reality show phenomenon in general which calls into question, not just David Cook but many (if not most) of the other winners, well on their way to becoming yesterday’s news. Look at that list of Idols who no longer have record contracts and think back to how big some of them were at the time.

      Clay Aiken being one of them.

      The latest on Aiken being that he’s thinking of running for Congress. So who knows where these guys artificial fame will take them. Cook could end up running for governor of Missouri!

      Here’s my deal; I have no problem with Cook personally or otherwise. I judged a battle of the bands a couple years earlier in Olathe and selected his band as the winner. However for the most part they weren’t do pop covers and attempted Top 40 hits. They were playing mostly original alt rock.

      You say Cook didn’t compromise his ideals. I suspect you are completely unaware of what those ideals were before he TOTALLY compromised them to try and win a mainstream television reality show.

      Hey, I did play piano and drums, but never fancied myself a “frustrated musician.”

      Cook may “still” be “adored” by some, but I’m not so sure about “many.”

      It’s a long way from the stages of the Sprint Center (18,000) and Midland (3,000) to Knuckleheads (500 and change?)

      • PB says:

        First off, I said he didn’t COMPLETELY compromise his ideals. For a guy that fancies himself as a somewhat legit musician, just taking part in American Idol was indeed a huge compromise, but at least he seemed to stay somewhat true to his previous vision as at the time, part of his appeal was that he was the atypical Idol. While you bring up a fair point about the other Idols, I think the difference with Cook is that at least he’s not a total product of that show and even with his huge drop in popularity, I think he’ll be just fine with his new lot in life as a small-time, working musician as opposed to some of those others who are no doubt hoping and praying for a reboot of The Surreal Life.

  5. Factopinions says:

    Performing at Knuckleheads > writing for a blog

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Bad Habit #18: Criticizing Not Complimenting

We are such a negative, self-interested, society. It’s really sad that when we come across people we are quick to criticize their shortcomings before we even think about complimenting their strengths. We often mask our criticisms as “constructive”, but the reality is we don’t constructively criticize people to their faces, instead we essentially just put them or their ideas down and talk shit behind their backs. Why do we do this? What a bad habit, yet so prevalent, particularly for our generation. A lot of this stems from our own insecurities and jealousy. Jealousy is often the fuel of criticism. When we see someone with the things we want (happiness, the perfect relationship, ideal job, etc.), we try to justify why they have it and we don’t… bring on the criticism. Secondly, when we see behaviors in others that we don’t like about ourselves, we criticize them for it, often times subconsciously.  It’s the trend for us to tear other people down by looking for faults and exploiting them in order to make us feel better about who we are… but funny how we somehow never acknowledge our own faults. Look… we all have good and bad things about us, and it’s a good habit for us to start getting into the business of complimenting people’s strengths…wholeheartedly. If your criticism isn’t going to be constructive, keep it to yourself. If you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say anything at all.

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