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  • The Semaphore Circular No 661 the Beating Heart of the RNA July 2016
    The Semaphore Circular No 661 The Beating Heart of the RNA July 2016 The No 3 Area Ladies getting the Friday night raffle ready at Conference! This edition is the on-line version of the Semaphore Circular, unless you have registered with Central Office, it will only be available on the RNA website in the ‘Members Area’ under ‘downloads’ at www.royal-naval-association.co.uk and will be emailed to the branch contact, usually the Hon Sec. 1 Daily Orders 1. Conference 2016 report 2. Remembrance Parade 13 November 2016 3. Slops/Merchandise & Membership 4. Guess Where? 5. Donations 6. Pussers Black Tot Day 7. Birds and Bees Joke 8. SAIL 9. RN VC Series – Seaman Jack Cornwell 10. RNRMC Charity Banquet 11. Mini Cruise 12. Finance Corner 13. HMS Hampshire 14. Joke Time 15. HMS St Albans Deployment 16. Paintings for Pleasure not Profit 17. Book – Wren Jane Beacon 18. Aussie Humour 19. Book Reviews 20. For Sale – Officers Sword Longcast “D’ye hear there” (Branch news) Crossed the Bar – Celebrating a life well lived RNA Benefits Page Shortcast Swinging the Lamp Forms Glossary of terms NCM National Council Member NC National Council AMC Association Management Committee FAC Finance Administration Committee NCh National Chairman NVCh National Vice Chairman NP National President DNP Deputy National President GS General Secretary DGS Deputy General Secretary AGS Assistant General Secretary CONA Conference of Naval Associations IMC International Maritime Confederation NSM Naval Service Memorial Throughout indicates a new or substantially changed entry 2 Contacts Financial Controller 023 9272 3823 [email protected] FAX 023 9272 3371 Deputy General Secretary 023 9272 0782 [email protected] Assistant General Secretary (Membership & Slops) 023 9272 3747 [email protected] S&O Administrator 023 9272 0782 [email protected] General Secretary 023 9272 2983 [email protected] Admin 023 92 72 3747 [email protected] Find Semaphore Circular On-line ; http://www.royal-naval-association.co.uk/members/downloads or..
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  • BIOLOGICAL FIELD STATION Cooperstown, New York
    BIOLOGICAL FIELD STATION Cooperstown, New York 49th ANNUAL REPORT 2016 STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK COLLEGE AT ONEONTA OCCASIONAL PAPERS PUBLISHED BY THE BIOLOGICAL FIELD STATION No. 1. The diet and feeding habits of the terrestrial stage of the common newt, Notophthalmus viridescens (Raf.). M.C. MacNamara, April 1976 No. 2. The relationship of age, growth and food habits to the relative success of the whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis) and the cisco (C. artedi) in Otsego Lake, New York. A.J. Newell, April 1976. No. 3. A basic limnology of Otsego Lake (Summary of research 1968-75). W. N. Harman and L. P. Sohacki, June 1976. No. 4. An ecology of the Unionidae of Otsego Lake with special references to the immature stages. G. P. Weir, November 1977. No. 5. A history and description of the Biological Field Station (1966-1977). W. N. Harman, November 1977. No. 6. The distribution and ecology of the aquatic molluscan fauna of the Black River drainage basin in northern New York. D. E Buckley, April 1977. No. 7. The fishes of Otsego Lake. R. C. MacWatters, May 1980. No. 8. The ecology of the aquatic macrophytes of Rat Cove, Otsego Lake, N.Y. F. A Vertucci, W. N. Harman and J. H. Peverly, December 1981. No. 9. Pictorial keys to the aquatic mollusks of the upper Susquehanna. W. N. Harman, April 1982. No. 10. The dragonflies and damselflies (Odonata: Anisoptera and Zygoptera) of Otsego County, New York with illustrated keys to the genera and species. L.S. House III, September 1982. No. 11. Some aspects of predator recognition and anti-predator behavior in the Black-capped chickadee (Parus atricapillus).
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  • The Norwich Gun Industry
    salzer_40_47 2/14/05 3:17 PM Page 40 The Norwich Gun Industry Dick Salzer New England and, especially, Connecticut have been and remain the center of the American gun industry ever since the days of the American Revolution. Gun makers orig- inally were attracted to Connecticut because of that state’s many assets—year-round water power, a skilled industrial labor base, good ports and rail lines, and proximity to the major population centers of New York and Boston—all of these contributed to that centralization. These factors were especially prevalent at Norwich. The City of Norwich was founded in 1659. By the time of the American Revolution, it had grown to become one of the 10 largest cities in the Colonies.1 It was richly endowed with all of those assets desirable in a manufacturing site, not the least of which was the confluence of the Shetucket and Yantic Rivers, which merged at Norwich to form the navi- gable Thames River. As a large city by the standards of the breadth of the Norwich arms industry during its golden day, it offered sources of capital, a diverse population of years. skilled workers, support industries, and easy access to the This presentation will focus largely on the period New York and Boston markets through its sheltered port starting in the 1840’s when conditions were exactly right and rail lines. for the incubation of the arms industry. This period The first record of arms making in Norwich was a con- includes names like Allen and Thurber, Smith and Wesson tract for 200 muskets of the Charleville pattern, placed with (and thereby Winchester), Manhattan, Christopher Brand, Nathan and Henry Cobb in 1798.2 These muskets were deliv- Thomas Bacon, Hopkins and Allen, and others.
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  • Champion Maker
    MAKER CHAMPION The Toyota Blue Grass Stakes has shaped the careers of many notable Thoroughbreds 48 SPRING 2016 K KEENELAND.COM Below, the field breaks for the 2015 Toyota Blue Grass Stakes; bottom, Street Sense (center) loses a close 2007 running. MAKER Caption for photo goes here CHAMPION KEENELAND.COM K SPRING 2016 49 RICK SAMUELS (BREAK), ANNE M. EBERHARDT CHAMPION MAKER 1979 TOBY MILT Spectacular Bid dominated in the 1979 Blue Grass Stakes before taking the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes. By Jennie Rees arl Nafzger’s short list of races he most send the Keeneland yearling sales into the stratosphere. But to passionately wanted to win during his Hall show the depth of the Blue Grass, consider the dozen 3-year- of Fame training career included Keeneland’s olds that lost the Blue Grass before wearing the roses: Nafzger’s Toyota Blue Grass Stakes. two champions are joined by the likes of 1941 Triple Crown C winner Whirlaway and former record-money earner Alysheba Instead, with his active trainer days winding down, he has had to (disqualified from first to third in the 1987 Blue Grass). settle for a pair of Kentucky Derby victories launched by the Toyota Then there are the Blue Grass winners that were tripped Blue Grass. Three weeks before they entrenched their names in his- up in the Derby for their legendary owners but are ensconced tory at Churchill Downs, Unbridled finished third in the 1990 Derby in racing lore and as stallions, including Calumet Farm’s Bull prep race, and in 2007 Street Sense lost it by a nose.
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  • Transportation Professional
    February 2019 ciht.org.uk transportation professional Southwark puts its best foot forward interview urban realm apprentices cleaner air Campaign for Car ban helps Career tips Cities make Better Transport’s the high street offered by progress to Darren Shirley in Cheltenham award winner cut emissions p7 p14 p18 p24 Visit CIHT’s official jobs website: cihtjobs.com CIHT Annual Conference 2019 @CIHTUK Thursday 7 March 2019 #CIHTconf Park Plaza Victoria London SW1V 1EQ Transport - Improving our productivity The unmissable conference for highways & transportation professionals Explore how the transport sector can improve its productivity First look into findings on CIHT's Local Highways Review with Matthew Lugg OBE In-depth interview with Minister of State for Transport Jesse Norman MP www.ciht.org.uk/annualconf | [email protected] If you would like to know more about sponsorship opportunities contact: [email protected] 2019 - New Future transport conference advert.idml 3 31/01/2019 15:53 CIHT Annual Conference 2019 contents transportation @CIHTUK Thursday 7 March 2019 #CIHTconf Park Plaza Victoria London SW1V 1EQ professional Transportation Professional, BBA, 7 Linden Close, Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN4 8HH T: 01892 524468 Editor: Mike Walter 01892 553148 [email protected] News Editor: Steve Dale 01892 553146 [email protected] Consultant Editor: Nick Barrett 01892 524468 Transport - [email protected] Production: Alastair Lloyd 01892 553145 [email protected] Andrew Pilcher 01892 553147 [email protected]
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  • Santa Anita Derby Santa Anita Derby
    Saturday, April 8, 2017 $1,000,000$750,000 SANTA ANITA DERBY SANTA ANITA DERBY EXAGGERATOR Dear Member of the Media: Now in its 82nd year of Thoroughbred racing, Santa Anita is proud to have hosted many of the sport’s greatest moments. Although the names of its historic human and horse heroes may have changed in SANTA ANITA DERBY $1,000,000 Guaranteed (Grade I) the past seven decades of racing, Santa Anita’s prominence in the sport Saturday, April 8, 2017 • Eightieth Running remains constant. Gross Purse: $1,000,000 Winner’s Share: $600,000 This year, Santa Anita will present the 80th edition of the Gr. I, Other Awards: $200,000 second; 120,000 third; $50,000 fourth; $20,000 fifth; $1,000,000 Santa Anita Derby on Saturday, April 8. $10,000 sixth Distance: One and one-eighth miles on the main track The Santa Anita Derby is the premier West Coast steppingstone to Nominations: Early Bird nominations at $500 closed December 26, 2016; the Triple Crown, with 34 Santa Anita Derby starters having won a total Regular nominations close March 25, 2017 by payment of of 40 Triple Crown races. $2,500; Supplementary nominations at $20,000 due at time of entry Track Record: 1:45 4/5, Star Spangled, 5 (Laffit Pincay, Jr., 117, March 24, If you have questions regarding the 2017 Santa Anita Derby, or if 1979, San Bernardino Handicap) you are interested in obtaining credentials, please contact the Publicity Stakes Record: 1:47, Lucky Debonair (Bill Shoemaker, 118, March 6, 1965); Department at your convenience.
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  • Golden Dawn and the Deafening Silence of Europe
    Analysis Golden Dawn and the deafening silence of Europe Jerome Roos, editor, ROAR online magazine With a neo-Nazi party on the rise in Greece, it seems that even a Weimar-like scenario might be tolerable for EU leaders insisting on further austerity. “For Peace, Freedom and Democracy. Never Again Fascism. Millions of Dead Remind Us.” Those are the words carved into a memorial stone underneath the Austrian house where Adolf Hitler was born in 1889. “Never Again.” This was the uniform slogan resounding across Europe after the full scale of Nazi atrocities became known in the wake of World War Two (WWII). The cosmopolitan project of European integration was founded upon this promise. Never again would fascists and warmongers be allowed to tear the Old Continent and its people apart. One day it may therefore be considered one of history’s greatest ironies that, as EU leaders were busy deciding who would collect its Nobel Prize for “the advancement of peace and reconciliation, democracy and human rights,” those same leaders remained woefully silent when a recent survey indicated that the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party now polls third [1] in Greece, at 14 percent. This is a showing comparable to that of Hitler’s National Socialist German Workers’ Party in 1930, three years before rising to power and setting the world on course for WWII. For clarity’s sake: the comparison made between National Socialism and Golden Dawn is by no means an exaggeration. Golden Dawn is an extreme-right organisation whose emblem [2] deliberately resembles a swastika; whose leader publicly gave the Nazi salute [3] upon his election to Parliament; whose magazine [4] regularly features articles and pictures of the Führer himself; whose spokesman recently assaulted [5] two female rivals on a live TV show; whose manifesto pledges to drive all immigrants [6] out of hospitals and all non-Greek children out of kindergartens; and whose MPs actively participate in racist pogroms [7] against Greece’s immigrant population.
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  • We're Not Nazis, But…
    August 2014 American ideals. Universal values. Acknowledgements On human rights, the United States must be a beacon. This report was made possible by the generous Activists fighting for freedom around the globe continue to support of the David Berg Foundation and Arthur & look to us for inspiration and count on us for support. Toni Rembe Rock. Upholding human rights is not only a moral obligation; it’s Human Rights First has for many years worked to a vital national interest. America is strongest when our combat hate crimes, antisemitism and anti-Roma policies and actions match our values. discrimination in Europe. This report is the result of Human Rights First is an independent advocacy and trips by Sonni Efron and Tad Stahnke to Greece and action organization that challenges America to live up to Hungary in April, 2014, and to Greece in May, 2014, its ideals. We believe American leadership is essential in as well as interviews and consultations with a wide the struggle for human rights so we press the U.S. range of human rights activists, government officials, government and private companies to respect human national and international NGOs, multinational rights and the rule of law. When they don’t, we step in to bodies, scholars, attorneys, journalists, and victims. demand reform, accountability, and justice. Around the We salute their courage and dedication, and give world, we work where we can best harness American heartfelt thanks for their counsel and assistance. influence to secure core freedoms. We are also grateful to the following individuals for We know that it is not enough to expose and protest their work on this report: Tamas Bodoky, Maria injustice, so we create the political environment and Demertzian, Hanna Kereszturi, Peter Kreko, Paula policy solutions necessary to ensure consistent respect Garcia-Salazar, Hannah Davies, Erica Lin, Jannat for human rights.
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  • Download Rubino.Information.Pdf
    2019R00980NBK UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY UNITED STATES OF AMERICA : Hon. : v. : Criminal No. 21- : JOSEPH RUBINO : 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) and (b)(1)(D) : 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) I N F O R M A T I O N The defendant having waived in open court prosecution by indictment, the Acting United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey, charges: COUNT ONE (Possession with Intent to Distribute Marijuana) On or about July 24, 2019, in the District of New Jersey and elsewhere, the defendant, JOSEPH RUBINO, did knowingly and intentionally possess with intent to distribute a quantity of a mixture and substance containing a detectable amount of marijuana, a Schedule I controlled substance. In violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1) and (b)(1)(D). COUNT TWO (Possession of Firearms by a Convicted Felon) On or about July 24, 2019, in the District of New Jersey and elsewhere, the defendant, JOSEPH RUBINO, knowing that he had previously been convicted in a court of at least one crime punishable by a term of imprisonment exceeding one year, did knowingly possess in and affecting commerce firearms and ammunition, namely: 1. An Intratec Arms Model TEC-DC9 semi-automatic assault handgun, bearing serial number D062728, with a threaded barrel attachment; 2. A Cobray Arms Mac-11 9mm semi-automatic assault pistol, bearing serial number 89-0057884, with a high-capacity magazine; 3. A loaded Smith & Wesson M&P pistol, bearing serial number HLJ4405; 4. Two (2) sawed-off double-barrel shotgun barrels; 5.
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  • PIVAŘI a FRAJEŘI Průvodce Světem ZZ Top Neil Daniels Beer Drinkers & Hell Raisers: a ZZ Top Guide
    Neil Daniels PIVAŘI A FRAJEŘI Průvodce světem ZZ Top Neil Daniels Beer Drinkers & Hell Raisers: A ZZ Top Guide Přeložil Milan Stejskal Translation © Milan Stejskal, 2015 Copyright © Neil Daniels, 2014 ISBN 978-80-7511-121-0 ISBN 978-80-7511-122-7 (epub) ISBN 978-80-7511-123-4 (pdf) Neil Daniels PIVAŘI A FRAJEŘI Průvodce světem ZZ Top PŘEDMLU VA od Stevena Rosena S Billym Gibbonsem a jeho kapelou ZZ Top jsem se poprvé se- známil v roce 1973. Právě vydali album Tres Hombres a já s nimi dělal rozhovor – se všemi třemi – pro nezávislý plátek jménem Los Angeles Free Press. Jakmile jsem vešel do jejich pokoje v ho- telu Continental Hyatt House – nechvalně to proslulém příbyt- ku mnoha rockových hvězd sedmdesátých let, který byl bohužel před mnoha lety zbourán – byl jsem přijat s pravou jižanskou po- hostinností, takže jsem se hned cítil v pohodě a klidu. Billy patřil mezi nejmilejší, nejzábavnější a nejbystřejší lidi, na něž jsem kdy narazil, a také díky tomu jsem si ho od první chvíle zamiloval. Během následujících let jsme se ještě mnohokrát sešli a v této před- mluvě uvedu rozhovor, který se odehrál zhruba šest let po našem prvním setkání. Podle mě právě toto vyprávění nejlépe ilustru- je, jaká kapela byla a je a jací jsou její členové po lidské stránce. Asi vám nemusím říkat, jak důležitou roli ZZ Top sehráli v šíření blues mezi širší vrstvy posluchačů. Billy Gibbons patřil a stále pa- tří mezi nejunikátnější a nejtvořivější kytaristy, kteří kdy drželi šestistrunku v ruce. O tom již napsali mnozí jiní. Ne, já vám nechci vyprávět o Billy Gibbonsovi, Franku Beardovi a Dusty Hillovi z hlediska historie, zvolím spíše osobní pohled.
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  • ZZTOP Treshombres a Heinous Decision in The'80s to Remix Zztop's Cjassigar:Fy EXCI Tracks Didn't Totally Diminish Frank Beard's Funky Groorles;.Bv!,,:,., LI..JDW
    ZZTOP TresHombres A heinous decision in the'80s to remix ZZTop's cJassigar:fy EXCI tracks didn't totally diminish Frank Beard's funky groorleS;.bV!,,:,., LI..JDW it sure was a buzzkill. Fortunately, that call was reversible, and HARD Beard's beauteous beats were presented in all their grltty coL0l glory on a comprehensive 2013 box set. lt's never a bad time {I.sS0: to behold the band's not-so-simple wonders. ' '': a rlrruirr::r l' r:;'.i:r " , ,.!;;r;t .i ,:l:l:ll;r:1ii::ttl $9r by Patrick Berkery ,l $l( I t was one thing for Zzfop b experiment Nothing was worse than I with drum machines, synthesizers, and hearing Frank Beard's once sequencers in the early'80s, in an attempt dry and punchy drums BEK)' tt00 to modernize its swampy boogie-and- dripping wet with unneces NA'L) REBAI blues sound. But it was complete sacrilege sary reverb, noise gates, and the like. when the Little Ol'Band From Texas took Thankfu lly, ZZ Top began righting this "&" of 2, and the "&" of 4. (They fall the sheen of its Eliminator (1983) and sonic wrong on 2003's Chrome, Smoke & between ghost strokes, which sound Afterburner (1985) albums and grafted BBQ box set, where the early tracks so lovely minus the wetness of the Slx those tones onto classic early-Top appeared in their original form, and then Pack remix.) As Gibbons soins his Texas long-players for 1987's remixed Six Pack with the 2006 CD reissue of 1973'sTres roadhouse tale in the verses with a woozy collection, which compiled the trio's first Hombres.
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  • News Briefs the Elite Runners Were Those Who Are Responsible for Vive
    VOL. 117 - NO. 16 BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, APRIL 19, 2013 $.30 A COPY 1st Annual Daffodil Day on the MARATHON MONDAY MADNESS North End Parks Celebrates Spring by Sal Giarratani Someone once said, “Ide- by Matt Conti ologies separate us but dreams and anguish unite us.” I thought of this quote after hearing and then view- ing the horrific devastation left in the aftermath of the mass violence that occurred after two bombs went off near the finish line of the Boston Marathon at 2:50 pm. Three people are reported dead and over 100 injured in the may- hem that overtook the joy of this annual event. At this writing, most are assuming it is an act of ter- rorism while officials have yet to call it such at this time 24 hours later. The Ribbon-Cutting at the 1st Annual Daffodil Day. entire City of Boston is on (Photo by Angela Cornacchio) high alert. The National On Sunday, April 14th, the first annual Daffodil Day was Guard has been mobilized celebrated on the Greenway. The event was hosted by The and stationed at area hospi- Friends of the North End Parks (FOTNEP) in conjunction tals. Mass violence like what with the Rose F. Kennedy Greenway Conservancy and North we all just experienced can End Beautification Committee. The celebration included trigger overwhelming feel- ings of anxiety, anger and music by the Boston String Academy and poetry, as well as (Photo by Andrew Martorano) daffodils. Other activities were face painting, a petting zoo fear. Why did anyone or group and a dog show held by RUFF.
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