Urinal thief comes clean Follow up from the first story about this guy
LONDON (Reuters) - A British man caught on camera stealing a urinal from a pub gave himself up to police after media reports of his antics attracted global attention, detectives said Tuesday. Theyze onz to me!
The 42-year-old man carefully removed the toilet from the bathrooms of the Royal Oak Pub in Southampton, on the English south coast, stuffed it into a rucksack and walked out.
Last week officers released photos of the bizarre theft, which was captured on closed circuit television, and reports of the crime appeared around the world from as far afield as India, Australia and China, Hampshire Police said. No where to run... No where to hide... The man handed himself and the urinal over to police, saying he had taken it as a "souvenir." WHAAAAAAAAT?
Detectives decided to let him off with an "official caution" after interviewing him. Yep, it's the UK property crimes unit at it again.
OK friends, it's time to select a name, flag, governing system, and of course motto for Rantburg's new Fortress of Solitude and Bourbon Tastings. Don't forget to hit the tip jar so Fred can put up the down payment! Shall Fred be a constitutional monarch, a bloody handed tyrant, or that guy in the basement nobody ever mentions? Should he dress more like Muammar Qadaffy or Pervez Musharraf? Who will head up our United Nations delegation?
A former World War II fort in the North Sea, which was settled 40 years ago and declared a state with its own self-proclaimed royal family, is up for sale, the Times said on Monday. The tiny Principality of Sealand, which began life as Roughs Tower in 1941, is a 550 square metre steel platform perched on two concrete towers 11km off the coast of Harwich, eastern England. Balance at the link.
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Name: Principality of Rangurgia
Flag: Flag
Governing system: Bloody-handed dictatorship
Motto: Oderint dum metuant (alternatively, Hasta la Vista, Baby.)
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Rangurgia. Jeeeeesus. RantBURGIA!
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..Pleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleaseplease can I be Minister Of Defense? I'll let everybody play with the rockets and I'll make Joe the Ministry Press Secretary.
Mike
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01/10/2007 10:07 Comments ||
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We don't need no stinkin' Minister of Defense. War Minister. That's what we need.
Joe as press secretary is brilliance, though. With an official title like Speaker to Animals.
Posted by: Laurence of the Rats ||
01/10/2007 10:11 Comments ||
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I've got a problem with the name. "Sealand" sound a bit too much like a shipping container. What does avery one think about.... "The Isle of Pruitt?
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Jeebus, the current King/Prince has fought off 2 coups already, one by the British Navy and one by some German and Dutch businessmen, who kidnapped his son? That's one tough SOB! I can't wait to see how tough Mr. Pruitt will be.
Question is, does Fred have time to run his own country AND mod this fine place we call the 'burg? Methinks he can do it, with the following help (hat tip to posters above):
TW: Sec. of State (and Interior Decorating)
Joe M: Sec. of Mis-Information
.com: Minister of "Outreach" (or alternative: Ambassador to Soodi)
Besoeker: Sec. of War
Jonathon: Minister of Decorations (incl. flag)
Barbara S.: U.N. Representative (or Ann Coulter, if she's available)
Desert Blondie: Deputy Sec. of War (over futuristic weaponry)
John: Secretary of Education
Doc Steve: Sec. of Health/Human Services
Others, feel free to add to the list!
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01/10/2007 10:25 Comments ||
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Sealand was burned bad in a recent fire.
Over the years its been attacked and invaded
Last owners set it up as an encrypted data and server center for anybody except child pr0n.
Fiber was running there. I doubt the UK will permit any services to be restored.
The most importantant post on that site would be defense. From bad guy in Germany who have tried several times an the UK military.
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The flag suggestion is a good start, but those swords need to be scimitars.
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01/10/2007 10:33 Comments ||
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I get dibs on building the first brewery (heavily taxed though it might be).
"Pruitt's Pilsner"
"Seafarious Stout"
"Anonymoose Ale"
And once a year, "Besoeker Bock"
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01/10/2007 10:34 Comments ||
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Cool...Can I be Sec. of Commerce? Think we should start charging the outside world for viewing our daily "Good Mornings". Not exactly web pr0n but it might help pay for Swamp(Desert) Blondie's cool new weapons
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Jonathon: Minister of Decorations (incl. flag)
Thanks BA! I intend to stick with a blood-stained mail theme. TW, what color uniforms go with gore-encrusted steel?
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OldSpook: Minister of Intelligence (and Spymaster)
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On to practicalities. Set up a duty free shop with a 1-ton boulder (or concrete) tax for ships who want to use it. They dump the boulder on the sandbar on which Rantburgia rests, making it the only non-volcanic island in the world that is growing.
Second, we will need at least two ships, if we are to invade and conquer England.
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I would nominate myself for Minister of Silly Walks, but the very real problem is one of money. I'm afraid that the Ministry of Silly Walks is no longer getting the kind of support it needs. You see there's Defence, Social Security, Health, Housing, Education, Silly Walks ... they're all supposed to get the same. But last year, the Government spent less on the Ministry of Silly Walks than it did on National Defence...
Instead I'll be the Rantburg ambassador to the Osaka Women's Fashion University and Modeling College.
Fred for Hereditary Dictator For Life El Presidente El Supremo El Capo De Primo Capo (often shortened to simply "Don").
TW's tea parties have to be an annual state event and I'll second her for Minister of State.
.com for Minister of Prisons/Executions (although the Executions part is a state secret).
Joe for Minister of Information.
muck4doo for honorary (since we don't hear from him anymore) Press Secretary.
Flag has got to be a red banner with the Rantburg banner emblazoned on it (in black with Fred's profile in back or doing the kicking) and the motto "Oderint dum metuant" of course (this gives it the whole "Che" look so loved by the left).
Of course, the 'Burg will be defended by the Army of Steve.
Old Patriot should get Minister of Intelligence.
For myself, I will accept a lowly (unpaid and unrecognized) position as "Advisor", Agent Provocateur, or Ambassador Without Portfolio.
My apologies to anyone not mentioned (Desert/Swamp Blondie, Anonymoose, etc.).
Now, how do we go about nominating a Congress? And, I assume with Fred's iron-handed fist, he will be the "Supreme Court" too!
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TW's tea parties have to be an annual state event and I'll second her for Minister of State.
I am all for we meet every year to disguise as Indians and throw beags of tea to the sea. Drinking tea is unamerican unrantburgian. Coffee and whisky that is the rantburgian way of life.
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I hereby petition for the office of Ministry of (re)Education. As the Dean of the Crusader War College, I have overseen the training of many a fine Storm Trooper in the Service of Darth Misha I and the Rotweiler Empire, and can set up the branch campus with student-manned sweat-, er, Industrial Ed, shops dedicated to the fabrication and assembly of Black Helicopters (pat. Pend.). I will be more than happy to set up a Chair for Intelligence and Black Ops, with Old Spook as the first holder thereof, in addition to his membership as minister of Intelligence.
Are we going to have a Committee for the Prevention of Virtue and Promotion of Vice? (and no, I did NOT mis-swap the nouns).
Joe Mendiola as press secretary is a brilliant stroke. However, Muck4doo is better suited for the Ministry of the Interior. Of course, there is not much of an "Interior", but I repeat myself.
.com as Ambassador to Saudi? I vote for that as well.
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49Pan dear, you can be such an ass sometimes. I accept State, although all Rantburgers (note the tricky spelling change to denote the citizenry) will be seconded at need if people are being mean and hurtful.
JFM gets the Cheese sub-ministry under Commerce, of course, although Rantbourgh (with an H, as we prefer the traditional spelling) will have to import the various raw milks (goat, sheep and cow -- we want a nice variety right from the beginning) -- there doesn't seem to be proper pasturage. Rob Crawford, you can have Sausage, 'k? That's even more fun because you can experiment with spices and sausage casings to find the distinctive Rantburgerwurst, and make a play for head of the Democratic Party. That way we can ensure that the Dems really are a loyal opposition, the way they're 'sposed to be. To be honest, Crazy Fool, given the resident population's quick assessment of newcomers, welcoming mensches and driving off trolls, I don't think a formal Immigration Ministry will be necessary. ;-)
3dc is seconded to OldSpook at Information -- there are some simple security fixes he's been dying to institute for years, and OldSpook will know how to appreciate them. If we give .com Hospitality (under Commerce, perhaps, or Homeland Security, whichever is deemed more appropriate) as well as well as the entire Arab world, the parties will be worth going to and we'll be a favourite R&R spot for all the Navies worth knowing, which should keep our Navy and Marine contingent happy. (And that should give him the opportunity to enable acquisition of the two ships Anonymoose deems necessary.) So long as .com and OldSpook don't ever cross paths, both wonderful darlings will be able to serve their country happily and effectively.
Jonathan, bloodied steel goes with everything except Swiss-dotted lawn frocks, and in a pinch even that can be worked out. Uniform design is rightfully the province of the War Ministry (since we seem to be doing ministries instead of departments), but may I suggest severely simple dress uniforms -- not fascist black or brown of course, perhaps a dark blue for winter and spotless white for summer? -- with just enough bits that need polishing and pressing to keep the Master Sergeants happy, and the latest in useful camouflage and wash-free underthings for the interesting operations I imagine Intelligence, Homeland Security and War will find necessary. Old style billed caps instead of berets will go over well, I think, but I have no expertise in such matters.
Angie, Extra-Terrestrial Affairs should be a sub-ministry either under Hospitality or State, with close ties to Weapons Research to take advantage of your skills as a scientist. Shouldn't Desert Blondie have Civilian Aviation, though? The lady lives for exotic travel, after all.
More later -- I have to run out for a bit. Do let's try to keep the organization tight, as we don't want to be as top-heavy as Somalia and suchlike. One quick thought though: I think information analysis can be a major and lucrative export, along with a steady stream of accurate news reporting. I can see the Rantbourgh Press "True and Accurate - you can check for yourself and see" imprint handily beating out AP, Reuters et al, enabling the News Industry to regain the trust of the public. Actually, that's an even more important place to take advantage of .com's skills and connections, along with some of our more astute business people and lawyers to structure the contracts and purchase ever larger computers for Fred and all to play with. Ta ta for now, my dears!
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I am all for we meet every year to disguise as Indians and throw beags of tea to the sea. Drinking tea is unamerican unrantburgian. Coffee and whisky that is the rantburgian way of life.
Cher JFM, all my tea parties always have a sideboard whereupon liquors are available for those who prefer something more interesting. And I always have coffee. You've managed to miss all my little parties (something about going to sleep at a more or less reasonable hour because you have to get up for work the next day, I suspect), or you wouldn't have been concerned. I know my duty as a hostess. ;-)
I herebye announce my candidacy for Minister of Single Malt.
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If I can't be MInister of Single Malt, can I at least be Ambassador to Scotland?
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PleasePleasePlease can I be Minister of Tourism, where I can write lovely evocative pieces describing the Scenic Wonders of Rantburgia/Rantburgundy and it's storied past, many natural wonders and architectural wonders?
Considering it's current location and condition, I am really going to have to pull out all stops in this sterling endevour. I'd better not wear open-toed shoes, anyway, 'cause it's going to get pretty deep!
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I'd like to apply to be in charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms. It will be a convenience store however, not an enforcement agency!
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Fortunately we won't need an Office of Meter Reading since they never seem to work here anyway.
#46
I assume that Mr. Pruitt will (in addition to iron fisted dictator, and "Supreme Court") also be Minister of the Treasury and control the purse strings.
I nominate Frank for Secretary of Energy (Rantburgia should be nuclear powered!), and to keep us all honest (to be a constant reminder of what a TRUE dictator will do to a nation), I nominate Bob Mugabe for Secretary of Agriculture. I'm sure he'll be lookin' for a new job by the time we set this all up anyways!
Posted by: BA ||
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Aw, hell, Sgt Mom beat me to Minister of Tourism. Bummer, I would have loved that...
Could I be the representative to the UN? I promise to introduce a "tell the Palis to STFU" resolution every week, apply for UNESCO grants to study our unique "culture", and demand food aid to be sent to us since we have no viable farm land. I think that tasty vittles from five-star resorts sent back to the Republic on a weekly basis would help us avoid starvation out there on the high seas. And, hell no, I won't allow them to insult our people by demanding inspections of our futuristic weapons, either. Damn imperialistic swine!
I'll do what I can to represent the thoughts, wishes, and hopes of all Rantburgians whenever it is in session. Preferably while eating some damn tasty pork BBQ or takeout Chinese pork near the Arab League seats. While wearing shorts, and no head covering, since it is our traditional dress, right?
I still get to play with the futuristic weapons, right? I mean, just so I can assure the other nimrods esteemed representatives that there is no such program, and even if there were, we would most assuredly dismantle the whole freaking thing. Heh.
BTW, I hope to enroll the Tsarevich in the Rantbourgh school system....I hear it's heavy on the math, science and foreign languages, with none of that "diversity" and "self-esteem" crap. ;)
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Rob Crawford, you can have Sausage, 'k? That's even more fun because you can experiment with spices and sausage casings to find the distinctive Rantburgerwurst, and make a play for head of the Democratic Party.
In that case our official breakfast "meat" is goetta. Can't decide what the official lunchmeat will be.
Maybe braunschweiger?
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I'd like to be the 1st Commandant of Rantbourgh's Marine Corps or hell, even Colonel of the Urinal would be cool. Maybe a JCS position. I've already drawn up plans for our re-re-conquest of Europe.
Posted by: BA ||
01/10/2007 14:02 Comments ||
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We need someone to be the ambassador to the Republic of Eastern Arabia, a 50 km wide strip of sand ...
Posted by: Steve White ||
01/10/2007 14:10 Comments ||
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Since no one has volunteered, I'll be the Ambassador to the UN. I have a lot of experience in padding expense accounts and I know where all the shi-shi restaurants are in Manhattan ('cuz Zagats told me where they is).
If that spot is filled, then I'd like to be head of the Republic's crime syndicate.
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Oh yeah, in addition to environmental issues for me (until Frank's Ministry of Energy gets our nuke reactors up and runnin'), I nominate mucky (if JOE M get the Dis-Information spot) for our nationalized version of PETA. Or, the Ministry of Food & Drugs, since beef is sooooo yummy!
Posted by: BA ||
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Howza bout Zenster as Minister of Cuisine, and ex-JAG as Minister of Justice?
#60
I think I'll go get a cigarette lighter so I can set fire to our first "strongly worded letter of concern" at the UN podium....this ought to be fun!
Seeing how all the really good stuff is taken, I'll volunteer to be Rantburgia's first undocumented worker illegal immigrant.
I work cheap and won't demand a refund of social security contributions. Assuming (big assumption) social security will exist in Rantburgia!
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As the good jobs seem to be spoken for, I'll volunteer to have affairs with Chinese female spies trying to uncover the Army of Steve's war plans. It's a dirty job, but someone's got to do it.
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01/10/2007 17:13 Comments ||
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So far Joe has not commented on this one yet, but I am ready with my Joevaltine decoder ring when he does.
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01/10/2007 17:19 Comments ||
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TW? Looks like this might take awhile to organize. You gonna' break out the tea and crumpets for all us carpet baggers, er, hanger ons, er, wannabe's, er, ah right honorable delegates?
Or is that the Minister of Cheese/Sausage/- Cuisine's/Brewmastery's job now?
I volunteer to be Minister of Spirits. I'll work closely with the Minister of Brewing Mullah RIchard and with Minister of Cuisine, Mr Zenster.
I also suggest 7mm Rem Magnum as the official rifle caliber of the new military.
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I'll take Builder Of New Keyboards (BONK). The way things are going these days we're going to need a lot of them. And a box of bandages to hand out with each one. :-)
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ATTENION ALL RANTBURGERS, RJ,M-BT's First Dictum, all personal hand weapons must be set to under 1 Megaton-second dischaege (1-MTS)rate when Onboard Station.
Carry On
RJ, M-BT
Posted by: Redneck Jim ||
01/10/2007 20:17 Comments ||
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I want to be the Village Idjit. And Stablemaster. Ace can be Court Jester.
Posted by: Deacon Blues ||
01/10/2007 20:50 Comments ||
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I volunteer for Attorney General, director of the space program, general superintendent of the state railways, and Chief Inspector of the Department of Liquor Control.
Posted by: Mike ||
01/10/2007 21:03 Comments ||
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add: I want to execute Ramsey Clark...for so many reasons
Posted by: Frank G ||
01/10/2007 21:09 Comments ||
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#13: "Barbara S.: U.N. Representative (or Ann Coulter, if she's available)"
Only if I can tell the idiots other representatives to FOAD. Every day.
And I get to raid Koffee's bank accounts. ;-p
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut ||
01/10/2007 22:52 Comments ||
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Looks like you got the UN by acclaim, Blondie. And well-deserved it is, too.
Can I be your undersecretary for telling the UN denizens to FOAD?
I can also bring the lighter. ;-p
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut ||
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Damn! Of all the days to be too busy to even think about the internet, let along come here....
Youse guys are the BEST!
And the funniest, too. :-D
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut ||
01/10/2007 23:07 Comments ||
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Sure, Barbara! Our first order of business....apply for a UN grant so we can get a huge, bloated staff. And a cooler. Got to bring our own refreshments to the General Assembly, you know. Preferably a shipment from Mullah Richard.....
Thanks, but I'd prefer to be First Sea Lord. If we're gonna have ships and invade England, I wanna be in on it. Put USN, ret. in charge of the Naval Air Wing. Oh, and a sub fleet. And marines...
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Article(s) indic leads are pointing to some kind of unknown [ingested]toxin, plus birds appear or seem to be dying near water sources, natural or artificial. Prob just a co-incidence but here in Guam, tried to water my Mom's plants for her but water from our outside hose had really strong smell/odor like sewage = sewer chemicals [e.g. "urinal cake"]!? No odor detected after one day's non-use.
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Iff these events are truly "soft/benign" Terror, only pragmatic-realistic purpose I can see is to induce local Gubmint to [over]regulate and [over]bureaucratize = less $$$ for law enforcement. Using our own Gubmint processes agz ourselves.
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Esperance is 600 miles SE of Perth, a beautiful area BTW. It's normally dry in the summer, but the area had 10 inches of rain last week. I'd guess agricultural chemicals flushed into the water supply.
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Not real sure about Austin (or Perth for that matter), but it could be tied to "red tide". An algae that grows offshore, which chokes the oxygen out of the water and can be toxic to certain animals. Of course, it usually occurs in warmer weather (summer), and would affect coastal birds first. Ah well, I still blame Bush and his lack of signing on to Kyoto!
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The birds are dying because of their normal migratory routes have been permeated by radioactive fallout from a test that is to this point, still highly classified. This 'plume' was the result of an atmospheric 'mini' burst to thwart land and sea based sensors, possible to test the new 'Bunker Buster' Cruise missile yields.
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I dunno...is this the equivalent of the coal mine canary? The two countries the Islamo-d#@$heads hate the most are the good ole U.S of A. and our Aussie friends. Could this be a test run for some bio weapon?
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Or someone put out poisoned grain because they were tired of the crapping and the noise; need to know if the authorities did an autopsy on the birds. There have been several die-off of pigeons in the past few years, and most have been due to someone poisoning them with standard vermin poisons.
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We still don't know what caused the bird deaths here in Austin. I think they ruled out Avian flu virus. The Texas Wildlife Dept is working the answers. The 60 or so bird deaths pale in comparision to the number of dead birds in Oz. Locals are speculating that someone intentionally poisoned the Grackles which is a very annoying one.
In its 10th flight conducted from Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) SHAR, Sriharikota, today (Wednesday, January 10, 2007 at 9.23 AM IST),
ISROs PSLV-C7 successfully launched 4 satellites:
1. Indian remote sensing satellite CARTOSAT-2
2. Indian Space capsule Recovery Experiment (SRE-1)
3. Indonesian LAPAN-TUBSAT
4. Argentinas PEHUENSAT-1
All the events have gone on smoothly.
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01/10/2007 05:30 ||
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After the final count down, PSLV-C7 lifted off from the first launch pad at SDSC SHAR, at 9.23 am with the ignition of the core first stage and four of the six strap-on motors. The remaining two strap-on motors were ignited at 25 sec after lift-off. The important flight events included the separation of the ground-lit strap-on motors, separation of air-lit strap-on motors and the first stage, ignition of the second stage, separation of the heatshield at about 121 km altitude after the vehicle had cleared the dense atmosphere, second stage separation, third stage ignition, third stage separation, fourth stage ignition and fourth stage cut-off.
The 680 kg main payload, CARTOSAT-2, mounted over DLA, was the first satellite to be injected into orbit at 981.3 sec after lift-off at an altitude of 639 km. About 45 sec later, DLA with the 6 kg PEHUENSAT-1 mounted on it, was separated. 120 sec later, the 550 kg Space capsule Recovery Experiment (SRE-1) mounted inside DLA was separated and finally, 190 sec later, the 56 kg LAPAN-TUBSAT, mounted on the equipment bay of PSLV fourth stage was separated.
The four satellites have been placed in a polar orbit at an altitude of 637 km with an inclination of 97.9 deg with respect to the equator. The initial signals indicate their normal health.
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ISRO is hoping to convince the Indian government to fund a manned mission to orbit.
If the SRE goes well, they would have proven some of the technology and silenced some of the critics.
They also hope to do a sample recovery mission from the moon (the first moon probe, due for launch next year, will only send down an impactor) in the coming years and need recovery technology.
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Hat tip - Drudge
Imagine sending your kids off to school, but when they get to the bus they are told they can't get on because they speak English.
That's right, English. Ok now imagine if they were refused for speaking spanish - the ACLU would be in an uproar.
It happened to a few children in St. Paul and now the school district is apologizing.
Rachel Armstrong sent her kids to pick up the bus as usual Monday, but after the driver let the kids on, he told them he would not pick them up again. He even said he wouldn't take them home that afternoon. Armstrong left work early Tuesday, forced to pick up her kids from Phalen Lake Elementary School.
Her twin girls, 10, and her son, 8, were kicked off their regular school bus. They were told by the bus driver the route is for non-English speaking students only. "I was furious. I was at work and I was just mad." Armstrong said. "I felt like we were being discriminated because we speak English. Just because they speak English, they can't ride the school bus. I mean, this is America, right?"
Administrators at St. Paul Public Schools admit the district made a mistake when it stranded the kids at school Monday. However, the district points out, that particular bus route serves one of three language academies. The one at Phalen Lake is for Hmong students learning English.
The academies all have separate bus routes to keep its students together. The district decided to enforce the separate routes beginning Monday, but it did not tell the Armstrong family. "It is our responsibility to ensure the safety of these kids and we made a mistake. The kids should have gotten home that day," Dayna Kennedy, public relations representative.
The district also discovered the Armstrongs no longer live in the Phalen Lake School boundary because they moved last year. So even thought the district apologized, if they want to still go to Phalen, they are going to have to get their own ride.
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I thought that the Hmong were a legacy from VietNam. That war ended officially 26 March 73, over 33 years ago. Where do elementary school children speaking only Hmong come from?
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I think we recently allowed a group that have been in Thai-border refugee camps since the war. If I remember right, the Thai won't let them into Thailand, but they can't go back to Vietnam. If I remember wrong, I apologize.
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R: I thought that the Hmong were a legacy from VietNam. That war ended officially 26 March 73, over 33 years ago. Where do elementary school children speaking only Hmong come from?
They fought on our side during the Vietnam War. The Communists persecuted the heck out of them after the war was over. Many ended up in Thai refugee camps. We recently started taking them in. This segregation is nuts, though. How the heck are they going to blend in if the school insists on keeping them apart from the rest of their classmates?
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
Urinal thief comes clean
