Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Merced

Volunteers Jefferson Airplane

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=SboRijhWFDU

http://www.musicstack.com/album/jefferson+airplane/volunteers
Excerpt:
It took just two years for the folk-rock shimmer and Camelot optimism of Surrealistic Pillow -- Jefferson Airplane's exquisite 1967 score for America's Summer of Love -- to harden into the black temper of Volunteers, the band's requiem for an America under Nixon. It is hard, in an Eminem era, to appreciate the original shock of hearing the Airplane sing "Up against the wall, motherfucker" in "We Can Be Together." Thanks to the blow-dried legacy of the 1980s' Starship, the sound of the Airplane's golden vocal triad -- Marty Balin, Grace... Read More

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surrealistic_Pillow
Excerpt:
Surrealistic Pillow is the second album by American psychedelic rock band Jefferson Airplane, released in February 1967.[1]
Original drummer Alexander 'Skip' Spence had left the band in mid-1966, replaced by a jazz drummer from Los Angeles, Spencer Dryden, a nephew of Charlie Chaplin. New lead vocalist Grace Slick, formerly of the Great Society, joined the band in 1966. Both Slick and Dryden debuted with the band on records with this album and its attendant singles, thus completing the best-known line-up of the group, which would remain stable until Dryden's departure in early 1970. It is also considered to be one of the quintessential albums of the 1960s counterculture movement.

http://www.mercedsunstar.com/2011/12/07/2147885/crowd-protests-officer-involved.html (reporter Joshua Emereson Smith (209) 385-2486 or jsmith@mercedsunstar.com)  ...cal
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"We didn't hear no cops say nothing about getting down, drop a gun, nothing like that," he said. "All we heard was gunshots fired. And after that, everybody just started running in the house because we didn't know what was going on. The guy that died, his cousin, she was telling everybody, 'Call 911.' "
Camacho and his sister, Nancy, who was also present during the incident, said they had no idea the police were the ones shooting. They also said Xiong didn't have a gun.
"First I hear that they said they got called out here because (of) someone brandishing a gun or something, which wasn't true," she said. "I know no one was going to have a gun here. Everyone knows that there's kids here in the house. There was no gun and they didn't find a gun as far as I know. If there really was a gun, where is it?"

http://www.ksee24.com/news/local/One-Killed-Two-Injured-in-Officer-Involved-Shooting-in-Merced-135072638.html
Excerpt:
The Merced County Sheriff’s Department SWAT Team assisted Merced PD with a check of the Buckingham Court house. During a check of the home a third person with a bullet wound to the leg was found in the home. The 17-year-old juvenile was taken to Merced’s Mercy Hospital for treatment.
The Merced Police Department Crime Scene Team (CSRT) was called out to collect evidence. The weapon held by Xiong was recovered at the scene and is undergoing ballistic testing.
Detectives are interviewing witnesses and conducting an investigation regarding the incident. The department’s standard protocol is that officers involved in shootings be placed on administrative leave.
Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to contact Detective Russell at (209) 385-4707.
Anonymous Tips can be provided by calling the department’s “Anonymous TIP Line” at (209) 385-4725 or by texting your tip to TIP411 (847411) using the keyword “comvip.”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleveland_School_massacre
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1) The Cleveland School massacre (also known as the Stockton schoolyard shooting) occurred on January 17, 1989, at Cleveland Elementary School in Stockton, California, United States. The gunman, Patrick Purdy, who had a long criminal history, shot and killed five schoolchildren, and wounded 29 other schoolchildren and one teacher, before committing suicide. His victims were predominantly Southeast Asian refugees.

2) In the fall of 1987, he began attending welding classes at San Joaquin Delta College and complained about the high percentage of Southeast Asian students there. In October 1987, he left California and drifted between Oregon, Nevada, Texas, Florida, Connecticut, South Carolina, and Tennessee searching for work. In early 1988 he worked at Numeri Tech, a small machine shop located in Stockton, and from July to October as a boilermaker in Portland, Oregon, living in Sandy with his aunt. He also purchased the Chinese-made AK-47 derivative used in the shooting there on August 3.[14] He eventually returned to California where he rented a room at the El Rancho Motel in Stockton on December 26. After the shooting the room was found decorated with numerous toy soldiers.[2][4][8]

http://www.jefflindsay.com/Hmong_tragedy.html
The Hmong in America:A Story of Tragedy and Hope

Thoughts by Jeff Lindsay of Appleton, Wisconsin

Excerpt:

About the Author

Jeff Lindsay is a resident of Appleton, Wisconsin, who has known and worked with Hmong people since 1994. Jeff has a Ph.D. in chemical engineering from Brigham Young University, has been an Assistant and Associate Professor at the Institute of Paper Science and Technology on the Georgia Tech Campus, where he taught graduate-level science and engineering courses and advised many graduate students. Jeff is a registered U.S. patent agent and the former Corporate Patent Strategist of Kimberly-Clark Corporation, and loves inventing, photography, writing and learning.
Though it does not deal with the Hmong people, immigration to a strange land is a key motif in Jeff's recently published book on innovation, entrepreneurship and strategy from John Wiley & Sons: Conquering Innovation Fatigue by Jeff Lindsay, Cheryl Perkins, and Mukund Karanjikar. See the related blog, InnovationFatigue.com. Preview the book at http://tinyurl.com/nofatigue. Also see what some significant leaders in business and innovation have to say about the book.



Excerpts:
1) France: 15,000 Australia: 2,000 French Guiana: 1,500 Canada and Argentina: 600
Within the United States, the Hmong population is centred in the Upper Midwest (Wisconsin, Minnesota) and California

2) In their opposition of the repatriation plans, Republicans also challenged the Clinton administration's position that the Laotian government was not systematically violating Hmong human rights. U.S. Representative Steve Gunderson (R-WI), for instance, told a Hmong gathering: "I do not enjoy standing up and saying to my government that you are not telling the truth, but if that is necessary to defend truth and justice, I will do that."[48] Republicans also called several Congressional hearings on alleged persecution of the Hmong in Laos in an apparent attempt to generate further support for their opposition to the Hmong's repatriation to Laos.

http://dosfan.lib.uic.edu/ERC/democracy/1993_hrp_report/93hrp_report_eap/Laos.html
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Department Seal
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TITLE:  LAOS HUMAN RIGHTS PRACTICES, 1993                              
DATE:  JANUARY 31, 1994
AUTHOR:  U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE

                          LAOS
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     b.  Disappearance

In September Vue Mai, a Hmong leader who in November 1992 had
returned voluntarily to Laos from a refugee camp in Thailand to
seek a settlement site for his family and adherents,
disappeared in Vientiane.  The Government said its
investigation produced no solid leads, and there was no
evidence to implicate LPDR officials in Vue Mai's
disappearance.  In 1991 Vue Mai had been evacuated from a
refugee camp in Thailand.  A grenade was thrown at his house in
the camp after he spoke out in favor of voluntary repatriation,
which the Lao insurgents have opposed.

     c.  Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading
         Treatment or Punishment

The Penal Code prohibits torture or mistreatment of prisoners,
and the police do not appear to use torture or abuse during
arrest and detention.  Jail conditions, however, are harsh, and
prisoners are routinely denied family visitations and proper
medical care.  Prisoners in some jails reportedly must resort
to bribing their guards to obtain food and medicines.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merced,_California
Excerpt:
Hmong community
Main article: History of the Hmong in Merced, California
Anne Fadiman, author of The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down, said that Merced was "most intensely Hmong place in the United States." As of 1997 Fresno, California and the Minneapolis – Saint Paul area have larger Hmong populations than Merced, but Merced has a higher concentration of Hmong residents than those two places. Blia Yao Moua, a Hmong leader in the area, said that the concentration "lets us keep more Hmong culture here than in Vientiane."[17]

[edit] Politics

In the state legislature Merced is located in the 12th Senate District, represented by Republican Anthony Cannella, and in the 17th Assembly District, represented by Democrat Cathleen Galgiani. Federally, Merced is located in California's 18th congressional district, which has a Cook PVI of D +4[18] and is represented by Democrat Dennis Cardoza.

http://www.firearmstactical.com/briefs1.htm
Excerpt:
Tactical Briefs #1, 15 February 1998
We've added a new page "Tactical Briefs". The purpose of our Tactical Briefs page is to sell you ballistic protection for your privates. We're kidding! The REAL concept of this page is to serve as an informal means to announce recent changes to our web site as well as to provide you brief articles of interest and commentary on current events. AK-47/SKS 7.62x39mm Cartridge Wound BallisticsRemember the tragic 1989 Stockton (California) school yard shooting in which 35 school children and adults were shot by gunman Patrick Purdy, who was armed with a Chinese Norinco AK-47 type semi-automatic rifle? In response to immense news media exaggerations about the wounding effects of bullets fired from AK-47 type rifles, Col. Martin L. Fackler, M.D., (a former Vietnam combat trauma surgeon) of the U.S. Army Wound Ballistics Laboratory published an article in the Journal of Trauma to correct and clarify the news media falsehoods. We’ve located a slightly different version of that article in a very remote location of the web for you. Unfortunately, the article appears to be incomplete, but the portion which has been published is quite informative. Click here to go to Fackler Stockton article.
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Gangsta Shooting Method
In the January 1998 issue of Handguns, gunwriter Massad Ayoob investigates "gangsta-style shooting," a method of shooting being popularized by the entertainment media.
Gangsta-style shooting is an unorthodox one-handed combat handgun stance wherein the weapon is canted 90 degrees from "normal." This unconventional shooting method is appearing more and more frequently in movies and television.
When Hollywood first introduced us to gangsta-style shooting it was met with snickers of derision from firearms instructors and experienced shooters, who quickly recognized it as an inferior technique. However, Ayoob mentions his encounter with an unnamed European armed service that was teaching its personnel to shoot gangsta-style as the technique of choice. According to Ayoob, their reasoning was: "Americans are on top of pistols, and they have their best people as technical advisors for their films, so it must be the thing to do."
It’s not uncommon for new shooting students to inquire of their instructors why they aren’t being taught this specific technique. After all, it’s new, they’ve seen it on TV and in the movies, it looks "wuz-up cuz" cool and cold-killer businesslike, so it obviously must be better than the old fashioned methods!
If you’re a firearms instructor, this would be a good handout article for your new students. In it Ayoob conjectures about the origins of the practice, and discusses a few shooting incidents that he’s personally aware of in which this trendy street technique was used. He also puts gangsta-style to the test, with very poor results.
Ayoob, Massad: "‘Gangsta’ Shooting: Does it Work?", Handguns 12(1): 24-27, 69-71, January 1998.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massad_Ayoob
Excerpt:
Massad F. Ayoob (born July 20, 1948) is an internationally known firearms and self-defense instructor. He has taught police techniques and civilian self-defense to both law enforcement officers and private citizens in numerous venues since 1974. He was the director of the Lethal Force Institute (LFI) in Concord, New Hampshire from 1981 to 2009, and he now directs the Massad Ayoob Group (MAG).[1] Ayoob has appeared as an expert witness in several trials. He has served as a part-time police officer in New Hampshire since 1972 and holds the rank of Captain in the Grantham, New Hampshire police department.[2]

http://www.youtube.com/topic/Tvla2ZN0BdQ/massad-ayoob

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http://www.talkleft.com/story/2005/01/22/060/15132
Spencer Dryden, a nephew of Charlie Chaplin.
Excerpt:
Though Spencer was the oldest member of our band he was, in some ways, the youngest. He lived in his imagination. A master of "fills" on the drums, he could connect disparate phrases & unify a seemingly impossible leap of time changes. I know because I was often the main offender with my strangely written hybrid tempos. From Los Angeles, he was more "San Francisco" than a lot of people who were born there. His thought processes were almost always from a gentle storybook hopefulness rather than the pragmatic truss that often inhibits creativity. Many of his ideas could not be realized in the paradigm of the times but that didn't stop him from enjoying enthusiastic late night marathons involving lots of paper, pencils & endless ideas for music, movies, books & television. We laughed & talked about an impossibly carefree future. We argued & cried about imposing realities. We loved. And he is loved.

http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/Lather-lyrics-Jefferson-Airplane/F7148A04D82CD45D48256BF40008EE3F
Excerpt:
There was Harwitz E. Green, just turned thirty-three,
His leather chair waits at the bank.
And Sergeant Dow Jones, twenty-seven years old,
Commanding his very own tank.

http://www.bay-area-bands.com/bab00090.htm
Excerpt:
The band was founded by brothers Darby and Jerry Slick and Jerry's wife Grace who all came from a wealthy bohemian background, i.e. they did whatever they liked to do and once they decided to start a band they did just that. In the beginning Jerry would play the drums, Grace sang harmonies and played guitar as did Darby who had already played guitar in several bands.
Subsequently Darby Slick became the driving force in the band and especially his musical eastern influences (Ravi Shankar), paired with Grace's outstanding vocals, became one of the band's trademarks. The band recruited Bard Dupont as bass player - actually Bard couldn't play bass but his long hair made him look like one and when he promised to learn how to play he got he job. Bard also brought in guitarist David Miner who worked with him at the Post Office. It was Bard's friend David Freiberg who came up with the name The Great Society (in sarcastic honour of LBJ). The exclamation mark which can be seen on early posters and handbills was originally added by Bard's girlfriend Michele.

http://www.who2.com/bio/ravi-shankar
Excerpt:

Ravi Shankar Biography

Ravi Shankar is the 20th century's most famous player of the complex stringed instrument known as the sitar. The 1950s were possibly Shankar's most creative period: he composed and performed, worked as musical director of All-India Radio in Delhi, created the Vadya Vrinda Chamber Orchestra, scored films (most notably the Apu Trilogy of director Satyajit Ray) and began touring the world and winning acclaim for himself and for Indian music. In the 1960s Shankar grew still more famous for his influence on The Beatles, who used a sitar in some of their more psychedelic tunes. (Shankar was particular friends with George Harrison, who produced some of Shankar's later albums.) As years passed Shankar became known less as a performer and more as an elder statesman of world music. In 2000 he was given the French Legion of Honor, and in 2001 he was awarded an honorary knighthood by Queen Elizabeth II.
Extra credit:
Shankar's daughter Anoushka Shankar also is a popular sitarist... Shankar is the father of vocalist Norah Jones... Like Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin, Shankar played at Woodstock.

http://www.herbgreenefoto.com/
Excerpt:

We Can be Together
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxA3Q96a8XE

We Can Be Together LyricsWe can be together
Ah you and me
We should be together
We are all outlaws in the eyes of America
In order to survive we steal cheat lie forge fuck hide and deal
We are obscene lawless hideous dangerous dirty violent and young
We should be together
Come on all you people standing around
Our life's too fine to let it die and
We should be together
All your private property is
Target for your enemy
And your enemy is
We
We are forces of chaos and anarchy
Everything they say we are, we are
And we are very
Proud of ourselves
Up against the wall
Up against the wall(motherfucker)
Tear down the walls
Tear down the walls
Come on now together
Get it on together
Everybody together
We should be together
We should be together my friends
We can be together
We will be
We must begin here and now
A new continent of earth and fire
Tear down the walls
Come on now gettin' higher and higher
Tear down the walls
Tear down the walls
Won't you try

The House At Pooneil Corners
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9s_oAV9LtJE

http://www.jeffersonstarshipsf.com/catjs/01jacoc.htm
Excerpt:
The House At Pooneil Corners (Kantner/Balin)
You and me, we keep walking around and we see
All the bullshit around us.
You try and keep your mind on what's going down,
Cant help but see the rhinoceros around us.

Then you wonder what you can be,
And you do what you can to get far and high.
And you know I'm still gonna need you around.
And you know I'm still gonna need you around.

You say its healing, but nobody's feeling it.
Somebody's dealing, somebody's stealing,
And you say you don't see and you don't.
You say you wont know and you wont, when it comes.

Everything someday will be gone except silence.
The earth will be quiet again.
Seas from clouds will wash off the ashes of violence
Left as the memory of men.
There will be no survivors, my friend.

Suddenly everyone will look surprised,
Stars spinning wheels in the skies,
Sun is scrambled in their eyes
And circles like a vulture.

Someone stood at the window and cried one tear.
I thought that would stop the war, but someone is killing me.
That's the last time I do think anymore.
Jelly and juice and bubbles bubbles on the floor.

Castles on cliffs vanished
Just like heaps rubbish
Seen from the stars hour upon hour
As splinters, dust, and black flowers.

From here to heaven is a scar,
Dead center, deep as death.
All the idiots have left.
The idiots have left.

Cows are almost cooing,
Turtle doves are mooing;
Which is why a Pooh is poohing
In the sun
Sun

http://www.elephantjournal.com/2011/07/take-the-koch-challenge-cartoon/
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http://joemohrtoons.com/2010/11/11/koch-brothers-tilting-at-clean-energy-cartoon-and-articlecartoonicle/
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