Memjet C6010 Powered by Memjet

It's been a long time coming, but six years after Memjet unveiled its jaw-droppingly fast inkjet printer technology, the first Memjet printer available in the U.S.?the Memjet C6010 Powered by Memjet?is finally here. It's a lot more expensive than the $500 to $600 that Memjet was projecting as recently as two years ago, but it prints as fast as Memjet promised, hitting more than 60 pages per minute (ppm) for text files, and it offers a low running cost to balance the high price. If you print enough pages, the low cost per page can make it a bargain.

The C6010's speed isn't quite as impressive as it would have been if the Editors' Choice HP Officejet Pro X551dw Printer hadn't just come out and stolen Memjet's thunder. It's still impressive, however. It's also significantly faster than the X551dw on our official tests, both for our business suite and for printing text files without formatting. Memjet rates it at 60 pages per minute (ppm), or about 20 ppm faster than HP rates the X551dw. I timed it for printing simple text files without formatting at 64.8 ppm. The HP printer managed only 44.7 ppm in its default mode.

Both the Memjet and HP printers get their fast speed, in part, from using a printhead that spans the width of the page, a design choice that solid ink printers like the Xerox ColorQube 8870DN also use. The page-wide design prints the page in one sweep past the printhead, without having to waste time shuttling the head back and forth. All of these printers deliver laser-like performance, which is why we list them as laser-class and treat them as part of the laser-printer category.

Not so incidentally, note that you won't find the C6010 at retail outlets or online sites. However, it's available through value-added resellers (VARs) throughout the country according to Memjet. If you go to Memjet's?C6000series?Web site and choose Contact, then click on the link for further information about purchasing the printer, you can fill in your contact information, and a local dealer will contact you.

According to Memjet, the printer is usually leased as part of a managed print services plan. However, at least some, if not most, VARs will also sell it outright. Both Burtronics Business Systems (www.burtronics.com), based in San Bernardino and Riverside counties in California, and lasers resource (www.lasersresource.com) in Grand Rapids, MI, for example, say they sell the C6010 for about $1,200.

Basics and Setup
Given how fast the C6010 can turn stacks of blank paper into printed pages, it offers surprisingly limited paper handling, especially for the price. Paper capacity is only 270 sheets, divided between a 250-sheet drawer and a 20-sheet multipurpose tray, with no additional trays available and no duplexer (for two-sided printing), even as an option.

In general, 250 sheets should be enough for most micro or small offices or workgroups. However, if you need the C6010's speed, you can almost certainly make good use of a higher input capacity, and can probably benefit from a duplexer as well. And regardless of speed, most printers at anywhere near the C6010's price offer a lot more capable paper handling. The less expensive HP X551dw in particular comes with a 500-sheet drawer, a 50-sheet multi-purpose tray, and a duplexer standard, with a second 500-sheet drawer available as an option.

Setup is mostly standard fare. The printer measures 10.4 by 21.3 by 18.0 inches (HWD), making it a little larger than you may want sitting on your desk, but smaller than comparable color lasers. At 27 pounds, it's also a lot lighter than a color laser and easy for one person to move into place.

Physical setup is similar to setting up any standard inkjet with a separate printhead, except that the printhead is closer in size to a laser printer's toner cartridge than to a typical inkjet printhead, and mounting it in the printer is much like putting a toner cartridge in a laser. Memjet rates it at 50,000 pages, with a $365 (list) replacement cost, but a likely lower cost from most VARs. Driver installation is absolutely typical. For my tests, I connected the printer to a network using its Ethernet port and installed the driver on a Windows Vista system. As with virtually all printers today, you can also connect by USB.

Speed
To call the C6010 fast is an understatement. For files that don't require much processing time, like Word files with nothing but text, it does better than its 60 ppm rated speed, at 64.8 ppm on my tests. More important for most purposes, it's also fast for files with graphics and photos.

I timed the printer on our business applications suite (using QualityLogic's hardware and software for timing) at an effective 14.8 ppm, which makes it the fastest color printer we've ever tested. In comparison, the HP Officejet Pro X551dw Printer came in at 9.2 ppm, and the Editors' Choice Epson B-510DN, another notably fast inkjet, managed 10.5 ppm.

Among color lasers, the fastest currently available model we've tested is the Editors' Choice HP LaserJet Enterprise 500 Color Printer M551dn , which managed only 9.0 ppm on our official tests. Other lasers have been a bit faster on unofficial tests with tweaked settings, but even then, none have hit double digits in pages per minute.

The fast speed also carries over to photos, with the C6010 averaging 9 seconds for a 4 by 6. In comparison, the HP M551dn came in at 13 seconds, the HP X551dw took 26 seconds, and Epson B-510dn took 32 seconds.

Output Quality and Other Issues
The C6010's output quality isn't remotely in the same class as its speed, but it's easily good enough for most business purposes, with par quality overall.

The text in my tests was at the low end of a tight range where most lasers fall, with crisp, well-formed characters that are more readable at small sizes than some lasers can manage. However the text was just a touch gray rather than a solid dark black, which costs the printer some points for quality, and puts it at the low end of par for a laser-class printer.

Graphics were dead on par for a laser, which makes them good enough for any internal business need, including PowerPoint handouts. Colors are a touch dull, meaning they're lacking in saturation and brightness. Depending on your tastes, however, you may consider them good enough for output going to important clients and customers.

Photos on plain paper showed the same color issues as graphics, but they're easily good enough for printing recognizable photos from Web pages or for handouts. Most photos on photo paper were at the low end of true photo quality, with colors tending to be just a touch too saturated and too dark. That would put them below par for an inkjet, but above par for a laser-class printer.

Also demanding mention is the C6010's cost per page. One complication is that the cost varies, depending on the VAR you're dealing with. In general, ink is available in one of three ways: in new cartridges, as cartridge refills, or as part of a per-page contract. Any given VAR may or may not offer more than one choice.

Based on list prices, the cost per page with new cartridges is 2.8 cents for a mono page and 7.0 cents for a color page. That's not particularly high or low for mono pages, but it's notably lower than most color lasers for color pages. In most cases, however, the real costs for using new cartridges will be lower, with the actual cost depending on the VAR you're buying from.

The cost with refills is lower still, at roughly half the cost per page for new cartridges, or less, depending once again on the individual VAR. Per-page charges as part of a contract can be anywhere in the range covered by both new and refill cartridge costs together. The bottom line for your bottom line is that although the running cost can vary, it should still be low enough compared with the competition to help offset the initial price of the printer.

Clearly, this printer offers a lot to like. The speed is impressive, the quality is good enough for business use, and although the initial price is a little high, the potentially low running cost can make the printer cheaper to own in the long run than a less expensive printer with a higher cost per page. The limited paper handling is disappointing at this price, but if you don't need a duplexer, and if a 250-sheet capacity is all you need, the combination of fast speed and low running cost is more than enough to make the Memjet C6010 Powered by Memjet printer an attractive choice.

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Inside An Independent Bookshop: What Writers Should Know | The ...

We are writers, but we are also book lovers.

Despite the changes with the digital revolution, most of us still haunt physical bookstores and still purchase physical books. I read 95% on the Kindle these days but I still purchase print copies of the books I specifically want to remember and I buy gifts in print.

One of my treats at the end of a writing day is to go and wander around a bookstore ? sometimes Hatchards and sometimes my local indie. I bought a gorgeous print edition of Dante?s Inferno the other day because of the raised demons on the cover. I?d just read it on Kindle but just wanted the pretty object!

Print will never go away, I truly believe that. So today I?m delighted to have an article from David Perez, author and bookseller at Moby Dickens in Taos, New Mexico. He covers some of the important aspects of being a bookseller that may puzzle authors and may also help you sell to bookstores more effectively.

By way of (brief) introduction, I?m a writer and published author working at Moby Dickens Bookshop, a locally owned, independent bookstore in Taos, New Mexico that?s been in business over twenty-five years. In my six years of? ?being on the inside,? so to speak, I?ve learned about the complexities, pressures?and joys?of the bookselling business.

At Moby Dickens, every staff member does a little of everything: ordering, receiving, customer service, and so forth. Some of us specialize, such doing out-of-print research, or handling author events. But we all have a working knowledge of the whole she-bang. In this spirit, let me share some of my experiences.

40 percent goes a long way

Like all retail establishments, we operate on its basic principle: Buy at wholesale, or discount, and sell at retail. For bookstores, however, there?s no ?recommended retail price.? The price of the book is the price of the book.

As a rule, bookstores purchase inventory at a 40 percent discount, give or take. That 40 percent is what pays for everything: stock, salaries, rent, utilities, and a hundred and one items that one needs to keep a store running. That?s a small margin for profitability. So it?s an on-the-edge-business, which boils down to the central issue: You have to love books, their feel and smell, their ability to be passed down generation to generation. In turn, you have to love writers, love stories. For independents, you also have to embrace community and be able to go the extra mile for customers. Of course, none of this guarantees success. While an independent is not beholden to shareholders, you still have to be business savvy?and lucky too.

What to order and where to put it?

Ah, that?s the crux, isn?t it? Thousands of new titles are published in the United States every week. Add to that the zillions of already existing books and you got quite a chore deciding what to buy.

Every store is different. Some centralize the ordering, others delegate. However, it?s usually the owners who handle the budgetary considerations, which is a whole other question, maybe the question. After all, you can only order what you can afford, or anticipate that you can afford.

At Moby Dickens, we have about thirty ?sections,? ranging from fiction to children?s to cookbooks to travel and so on. To keep informed about upcoming titles, we review catalogues, trade publications like Publisher?s Weekly, and various bestseller lists, including The New York Times, Barnes & Noble, Powell?s, and Amazon. Customers also recommend books. Often we monitor what other bookstores are selling, particularly in our region. Ordering is sometimes done through representatives, who sell on behalf of both publishers and distributors.

But, in addition to what the budget allows, there?s the question of shelf/table space. Where are you going to put all these books? How many copies can you order? How many can reasonably be face out (which is what we all want, right?)? Does ordering a book mean returning another book?

And ordering?not to mention receiving and shelving?has to be done in the middle of operating a store. Hopefully, you?ll be constantly busy tending to customers and business is brisk. Which returns us to square one: how does one find time to keep up-to-date with all these freaking books? The short answer is you can?t, but you do your best. With good planning and teamwork, you make the time and, somehow, it all works out.

?What section does this book go in??

At Moby Dickens, we ask each other this question all the time, and it illuminates a dilemma for us writers. In addition to space limitations, there?s the issue of what genre the book is in. Some are multi-genre, either by design or simply because of the topic. For instance, I follow the Metaphysical section and ordered a biography of Nicholas Tesla. One customer said it should really be in Science. I agreed. Another wondered why it wasn?t in Biography because that?s the section she browses through most and ?would loved to have come across it.? I agreed with her too. But we often have money for only one book. So where to put Tesla?

And if you were the author, how would you categorize the book? Where would you want it to be mainly shelved? Which raises another interesting double-sided question:

What do customers look for and where do they go looking for it?

Well, everything and anything, I suppose. Some folks are ?looking for whatever.? Some browse in specific sections, others for a specific book, or books by a specific author. Because we?re in the Southwest, many people look for books on the area.? Because we?re a big art town, people shop for that too. Ditto stuff relating to the outdoors, like nature and gardening. In sports, the biggest sellers are skiing and fishing.

Our biggest selling section overall is Children and Young Adult, and I suspect this is widely the case across the country. If anything shows that books will never die, it is the popularity of this section. Not a day goes by without a child or teen smiling over a book. Many buy several. Yes, they have e-readers and text all the time. Yes, they read on Ipads and smart phones. But they still want the book.

Recently, we?ve added Kobo e-readers to our inventory, and have expanded our online business. Sales have been modest, which isn?t surprising since people come into our stores because they want physical books. That?s who we are; that?s what makes people say, ?I?m so glad you?re still around.? They also love the fact that our Point of Sales system operates on DOS (!) and that we use a matrix printer (!!). That?s going to change soon, but it?s amazing how long we?ve lasted on such basic technology.

Returning to the issue of how book buyers shop, this segues to something of central importance to writers, which is:

Can you judge a book by its cover?

Absolutely. Do people always buy a book because of its cover? No. Many factors determine whether a book is bought, including blurbs, publisher recognition, the synopsis, and of course the price.

But a good cover can be decisive. We often get customers reacting, ?This looks cheap, this looks like a self-published book.? Of course, it doesn?t have to be self-published to look cheap, for a cover to be less than appealing. And many self-published have gorgeous covers and equally gorgeous content. But a note to authors: Yes, spend time and money designing a great cover. Not just the images, but where the title goes, whether the cover is glossy or matte, etc.

Another FYI: Work overtime on your title. This is extremely important since the vast majority of books are shelved showing only the spine.

Consignments and book signings

Regarding consignment policies, which differ from store to store, I?ve grown to appreciate the dilemma for the owners who have to pay the bills. Each self-published author, each small publisher, becomes a vendor, meaning they?re the ones we order from and pay. Even though we?re a modest-sized store, we now have hundreds of vendors; this on top of the regular stack of bills to pay, like rent and payroll. I use to bristle when I heard of stores with strict consignment policies, or who charge the self-published author to stock their book. Now, I understand the bookstores? difficulties, and its relationship to other challenges like shelf space.

But here?s the thing: we love when writers have published a book, especially when they?re local. We have author events all the time, and try to accommodate everyone. At times we can?t because of scheduling conflicts or other factors. Occasionally I?ve had an author wanting not just a signing, but also for me to read their book (you should see my reading list!) And I totally get it, being an author myself. Sometimes I can, many times I can?t.

What?s been interesting about all this for me is that, privately, I often suggest to fellow authors to focus their readings more on things like house salons or other non-traditional settings. Unless you?re a well-known author, or you have a large following in a certain city, bookstore events are a crapshoot at best. It can be very disheartening to get a small turnout, and it?s not beyond the pale to have no one attend. Of course, since I live in Taos and I work at the bookstore, I did my book launch there and all went well. But I?ve only done three other bookstores since WOW! came out in early 2011.

Returns

Like ordering, returns are a bookstore?s lifeblood. I?m the one who follows this area, so I?ve grown to appreciate its importance. In our bookstore, the bulk of our ordering is through three major distributors: Ingram, Baker& Taylor, and Partners West. Every return is credited to our account based on its discounted price. So, of course, we want to get as much credit as we can, which creates a certain ?pressure? to return books. The balancing is delicate. How much time do we give a title to sell? Should it be placed on sale instead? What about new books we need room for?? How much time does it eat up to actually do the returns, the packing, the shipping?

In ending, let me state that much of what I?ve painted has been with a broad stroke. There are exceptions to every rule, and the rules themselves can vary widely. There?s plenty I didn?t cover, like the question of used books, how we handle Advance Reading Copies, and more. Hopefully, you?ve received nice food for thought.

At Moby Dickens, we?ve benefited from being in Taos, a small town with substantial tourism and a reputation for being maverick, resistant to anything smacking of big chains. People love our store, even as we often struggle to stay afloat. But Taos is a part of a growing trend. For years, I?ve heard the question posed: Can independents save the bookstore business? An article in the Christian Science Monitor (March 18, 2013) called ?Resurgence in the Shelves? gives a possible yes to the question.

In the feature article, writer Yvonne Zipp cites various pieces of hopeful news. According to a survey by the American Booksellers Association, sales at independent bookstores rose 8 percent in 2012 over 2011. Part of the reason is the closing of Borders. Another factor is the growing buy-local movement, which like farmers? markets, bring customers not just for products, but also for atmosphere, a sense of community. Also, social media has allowed owners to expand marketing and outreach while keeping advertising costs down. Of course, stores still struggle and close, but more are taking the plunge. In another hopeful sign, John Mutter, editor in chief of Shelf Awareness, sees more young owners than he did five years ago.

So perhaps the future is bright for us little guys. Maybe it?s also about peaceful co-existence with the big guys. Whatever the case, writers will always find innovative ways to share their stories wherever and however.

Do you have any questions for David about independent bookstores? Or feel free to share your love for your local indie bookstore in the comments below.

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David P?rez is the author of WOW!, a South Bronx ?memoirito? about boyhood and Catholic school, and one of the winners in the Comedy Category of the 2012 Latino Books Into Movies Awards. WOW! was also a Finalist in Multicultural Non-Fiction for the 2012 Next Generation Indie Book Awards. David was selected ?One of the Top Ten Latino Authors to Watch and Read in 2012? by latinostories.com. For more information and to order WOW! visit the author?s website at davidperezwow.com

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Obama: Economy showing signs of strength

WASHINGTON (AP) ? President Barack Obama says the economy is showing new signs of strength. He's pointing to the auto industry, new jobs and a recovering housing market as signs of progress.

In his weekly radio and Internet address, Obama calls on Congress to do more to ensure that progress continues. He's asking lawmakers to invest in roads and bridges, pass a comprehensive immigration overhaul and let homeowners save money by refinancing at low interest rates.

Obama says there's reason to be optimistic about the country's direction, but there are more jobs to create and more kids to educate.

In the Republican address, Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell says Republican governors are balancing their budgets and should be an example for Obama. He's calling on the president to ramp up domestic energy production.

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Online:

Obama address: www.whitehouse.gov

GOP address: http://www.youtube.com/gopweeklyaddress

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/obama-economy-showing-signs-strength-100040156.html

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Analysis: How energy efficiency firms are eating utilities' lunch

By Geert De Clercq and Vera Eckert

PARIS/FRANKFURT (Reuters) - With better insulation, triple glazing and frugal boilers, new houses can cut energy use by up to 90 percent, which is good news for consumers but bad for utilities that vie with energy services firms for their efficiency euros.

An unstoppable efficiency drive spurred by EU regulations and national targets poses a dilemma for utilities.

Do they look for a profitable way to help consumers save energy or try to defend their traditional business model?

Products that reduce heating bills and therefore utilities' profits include heat pumps and condensing boilers from firms such as Germany's Vaillant or Viessmann, super-insulating materials from Belgium's Recticel or Ireland's Kingspan, and heat-retaining triple glazing from France's Saint-Gobain.

Bain & Company estimates that German households spend about 5 to 7 percent of their income - about 2,500 euros ($3,250) per year in today's money - on energy.

It's a percentage little changed since the 1970s but how the money is spent is changing, as consumers look to lower their gas or power bills through one-off investments in efficiency and small-scale, independent power generation such as solar panels.

"Total household energy spending has not changed. It just goes to different suppliers," Bain consultant Berthold Hannes said.

Bain estimates that in Germany, the big four utilities will lose about a third of their annual operating profits from generation, or about 2.5 billion euros, by 2020, due to the shift in spending.

Hannes believes new profits from independent energy generation sources and energy efficiency will amount to three to four billion euros per year by 2020, but utilities are likely to capture less than a third, with the rest going to energy service specialists. Utilities association Eurelectric makes similar estimates for Europe.

NO SCIENCE FICTION

But it is not all bad for European utilities as McKinsey expects their earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) to grow to 138 billion euros by 2020 from 118 billion last year despite conventional generation profits sagging to 49 billion from 55 billion.

That's because utilities are expected to earn more from utility-scale renewables (14 billion euros), new energy services (10 billion) and smart grids (6 billion).

"Utilities need to move away from selling megawatt hours, to selling full energy services, that is the only solution for them," said Eurelectric energy policy head Susanne Nies.

Among new services, McKinsey includes mini-combined heat and power generation (CHP), battery storage, electric vehicle charging stations, and "demand response" services that reduce demand during peak times.

These are all businesses now dominated by non-utility players, meaning utilities will have to make alliances with these firms or acquire them.

Some of that is already happening. French gas giant GDF Suez's unit Savelys has more than 1.5 million contracts for maintaining heating systems for individuals and businesses.

German utilities E.ON and RWE work with boiler makers to sell CHP systems to households and Italy's Enel has teamed with Italian firm Echelon and IBM to become Europe's pioneer in smart meters.

"By 2020, and using technologies that are not science fiction, new homes could use 10 percent of the power they consume today. This requires utilities to develop new business models if they want to remain competitive," said McKinsey partner Giorgio Busnelli.

As yet few utilities are branching out into energy services, and while CEOs try to figure out who is eating their lunch, entire new industries are springing up.

Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML) said in a study energy efficiency is a global megatrend and listed 113 stocks in sectors including transportation, industry, IT and lighting.

"We believe that improved energy efficiency in the building sector offers the greatest potential of any sector to make cost savings and reduce energy use," it said.

It quotes McGraw-Hill Construction data saying that the U.S. energy-efficient building market grew from $10 billion in 2005 to $85 billion in 2012, and is expected to reach as much as $248 billion by 2016.

It said global stocks placed to benefit included heating systems maker Ingersoll Rand, meter maker Itron, switches maker Legrand, building materials maker Owens Corning and insulation materials maker Saint-Gobain.

"New regulations will increasingly require companies to improve their energy efficiency - creating significant investment opportunities," BAML said.

The bank favors sectors such as building automation, efficient HVAC (heating, ventilation, aircon) systems, insulation materials, high-efficiency lighting and appliances, multiple glazing and building materials firms. Utilities are conspicuously absent from the list.

Bain's Hannes said that energy efficiency affects electric utilities less than those which supply gas, adding many of the new efficiency tools use electric power.

Analysts say despite the challenges, utilities have no choice but change and there are some signs of them doing so.

RWE's "Effizienz" unit helps customers save energy and RWE last month agreed a deal with Prosol Invest Deutschland to sell batteries that let clients store the solar power they produce.

RWE is also working with Vaillant and German tradesmen to offer micro combined heat and power plants, as well as "virtual power plants" that pool energy produced by thousands of small-scale plants in customers' basements.

Such examples remain rare, but they show that some utilities have understood it is better to work with the efficiency specialists than against them.

(Editing by Jason Neely)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/analysis-energy-efficiency-firms-eating-utilities-lunch-163728930.html

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'Summer of discontent' erupts in Turkey

By Ayla Jean Yackley

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish police fired tear gas and water cannon on Friday at demonstrators in central Istanbul, wounding scores of people and prompting rallies in other cities in the fiercest anti-government protests for years.

Thousands of demonstrators massed on streets surrounding Istanbul's central Taksim Square, long a venue for political unrest, while protests erupted in the capital Ankara and the Aegean coastal city of Izmir.

Broken glass and rocks were strewn across a main shopping street near Taksim. Primary school children ran crying from the clouds of tear gas while tourists caught by surprise scurried to get back to luxury hotels lining the square.

WARNING: Graphic content. Verified video shot by G?ven? ?zg?r shows injured protester, and a second clashing with police.

The unrest reflects growing disquiet at the authoritarianism of Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan and his Islamist-rooted Justice and Development Party (AKP).

Riot police clashed with tens of thousands of May Day protesters in Istanbul this month. There have also been protests against the government's stance on the conflict in neighboring Syria, a tightening of restrictions on alcohol sales and warnings against public displays of affection.

"We do not have a government, we have Tayyip Erdogan ... Even AK Party supporters are saying they have lost their mind, they are not listening to us," said Koray Caliskan, a political scientist at Bosphorus University who attended the protest.

"This is the beginning of a summer of discontent."

The protest at Taksim's Gezi Park started late on Monday after trees were torn up under a government redevelopment plan but has widened into a broader demonstration against Erdogan's administration. Friday's violence erupted after a dawn police raid on demonstrators who had been camped out for days.

"This isn't just about trees anymore, it's about all of the pressure we're under from this government. We're fed up, we don't like the direction the country is headed in," said 18-year-old student Mert Burge, who came to support the protesters after reading on Twitter about the police use of tear gas.

In this verified video, also shot by G?ven? ?zg?r, police fire tear gas at protesters during a dawn raid.

"We will stay here tonight and sleep on the street if we have to," he said.

Thousands chanting for the government to resign gathered at a park in the center of Ankara, where police earlier fired tear gas to disperse several dozen opposition supporters trying to reach the AKP headquarters. Protesters also rallied at two locations in Izmir, according to pictures on social media.

EXCESSIVE FORCE

A Turkish woman of Palestinian origin was in a critical condition after being hit by a police gas canister, hospital sources said. The 34-year-old, who doctors had earlier identified as Egyptian, was undergoing an operation after suffering a brain hemorrhage.

This verified video, shot by Efe Baysal, shows police trying to clear the park by firing tear gas. The police activity occurs at about the 1:00 mark.

A total of 12 people, including a pro-Kurdish MP and a Reuters photographer, suffered trauma injuries and hundreds suffered respiratory problems due to tear gas, doctors said.

Some people were injured when a wall they were climbing collapsed as they tried to flee clouds of tear gas.

Amnesty International said it was concerned by "the use of excessive force" by the police against what had started out as a peaceful protest. Ria Oomen-Ruijten, the European parliament rapporteur on Turkey, also voiced concern.

Interior Minister Muammer Guler promised that claims that police had used disproportionate force would be investigated.

Erdogan has overseen a transformation in Turkey during his decade in power, turning its economy from crisis-prone into Europe's fastest-growing. Per capita income has tripled in nominal terms since his party rose to power.

He remains by far Turkey's most popular politician, and is widely viewed as its most powerful leader since Mustafa Kemal Ataturk founded the modern secular republic on the ashes of the Ottoman Empire 90 years ago.

DEFIANCE

But Erdogan brooks little dissent. Hundreds of military officers have been jailed for plotting a coup against him in recent years. Academics, journalists, politicians and others face trial on similar charges.

He has made no secret of his ambition to run for the presidency in elections next year when his term as prime minister ends, increasing opposition dismay.

"These people will not bow down to you" read one banner at the Gezi Park protest, alongside a cartoon of Erdogan wearing an Ottoman emperor's turban.

Postings on social media including Twitter, where "Occupy Gezi" - a reference to protests in New York and London last year - was a top-trending hashtag, and Facebook said similar demonstrations were planned for the next few days in other Turkish cities including Ankara, Izmir, Adana and Bursa.

"Kiss protests", in which demonstrators are urged to lock lips, had already been planned for Istanbul and Ankara this weekend after subway officials were reported to have admonished a couple for kissing in public a week ago.

Erdogan is pushing ahead with a slew of multi-billion-dollar projects which he sees as embodying Turkey's emergence as a major power. They include a shipping canal, a giant mosque and a third Istanbul airport billed to be one of the world's biggest.

Speaking a few miles from Gezi Park at the launch on Wednesday of construction of a third bridge linking Istanbul's European and Asian shores, Erdogan vowed to pursue plans to redevelop Taksim Square.

Architects, leftist parties, academics, city planners and others have long opposed the plans, saying they lacked consultation with civic groups and would remove one of central Istanbul's few green spaces.

(Additional reporting by Murad Sezer, Osman Orsal, Umit Bektas, Can Sezer, Ece Toksabay, Asli Kandemir, Humeyra Pamuk; Writing by Nick Tattersall; Editing by Alistair Lyon)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/police-tear-gas-against-turkish-anti-government-protesters-112451888.html

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kellogg bloggin': The Week of Dad's Death: May 30, 1996: Kellogg ...

The call from Mom came either in the very last days of April or right at the beginning of May.

Mom and Dad had just learned that Dad had inoperable liver cancer and the doctor said he had a month to live.

Dad's health had been lousy for the last year and a half, but none of us knew he would be dying this soon.

When I got off the phone, I sat with the fact that Dad was terminally ill and I knew that I had to drop everything in Eugene, get some help to take care of things, talk to my boss, and get to Kellogg as soon as I could.

My only option at Lane Community College was to take a leave without pay.? I would make that work, no matter what.? It so happened that I was teaching an overload in the spring of 1996.? I must have had four research writing courses and a course in Shakespeare.? It would take two or three instructors to cover my schedule, an unhappy prospect for my boss.

But, I didn't let the difficulty I was causing him deter me. On May 10th, I headed for Kellogg.? My classes got covered, the cats and my gardens would be tended to, I figured out my income, and if anything went wrong, it would be peanuts compared to what I needed to do for Mom and Dad and the rest of my family.

Walking in the front door of our family home early in the evening of May 10th unsettled me a bit.? I'd been told Dad has lost weight. Indeed.? He was gaunt.? His hair was a shock of white.? His ears stuck out funny from his head, thanks to his gaunt face, in a way I'd never seen before.

We hugged.? Neither of us said anything.? Dad broke the silence:? "Your Ducks did great this year, huh?"

Dad and I had watched the Ducks on television back in January get creamed in the Cotton Bowl.

"Yeah.? They had a good year."

At this point, Dad wasn't yet in the intense pain that would come soon.? He could get around and joke around.

He had one wish:? a trip as soon as possible to the Prichard Tavern for a cheeseburger and Heidelberg beer and good company.?

We made that trip early in the week.? Leo and his wife and Donnie and Rosie and Carol's family and Christy and Mom all went up.?

Dad had aged about ten years, looking far older than his sixty-five years, but he gave us all one last good look at what he loved most in life:? an honest bar, some cold beer, a good burger, and, most of all, being surrounded by friends and family.? Leo and Donnie and Dad all went to Kellogg High School together.? Their stories and memories went way back.? Dad had been off of beer for quite a while, but having been given such a short time to live, having a last cold one or two was perfect.

What made the deepest impression on me over the next nearly three weeks had to be the friends of our family, but most of all, friends of Dad's who filed in and out of the house to see him and comfort him and my mom.

I had fallen into a lousy trap when I was younger.? I had gone off to school in Spokane, taught college in Spokane, and had gone off to graduate school at the University of Oregon.

I lived in the world of ideas, in a college and a university,? and I had fallen into the misconception that I lived where truth could be found and I wondered, when I was younger, how those who didn't read great works of literature, especially Shakespeare, could really know about basic human experiences like love and friendship and death without being educated in them, the way I was being schooled, once again, especially by Shakespeare.

This naive perspective of mine began to be demolished, in a really good way, in the summer of 1992, when I came home for my 20th high school reunion.? Before that weekend, I don't remember ever feeling such immediate and deep love, the love I felt that reunion weekend,? for so many people all in one place -- and it wasn't the love I was learning from my studies.

It was the love that grew out of shared lives, shared stories, admiration for what good people we were; it was love that grew out of dancing, laughing, eating, telling more stories, flicking each other some shit.

During that weekend in August of 1992, I felt like I'd found my foundation again.? I'd recovered what was real in my life.

It not only happened with my friends.? It happened with my father.? While we played golf, while we sat our on the back deck reading the newspaper over coffee, when friends of mine came by the house to see me and my dad, old affection I hadn't felt since I was a teenager, welled up and I knew Kellogg was my true home.

As Dad died, these feelings intensified, especially as friend after friend after friend filed into the house to see Dad and to offer comfort to Mom.

I began to realize that all those days Dad worked at the Zinc Plant, all those afternoons and evenings he spent uptown or at the Sunshine Inn drinking and watching ball games, all those rounds of golf, trips out finding berries to bring home, all those visits to Rose Lake, through all of it, he had formed deep friendships and bonds of affection with countless people in and and around Kellogg.

Now I really knew I was home and was overwhelmed by how the friendships between my dad and others that I'd once had the arrogance to underestimate, were deep, full of love and respect. They were friendships I didn't have to long for because I was beginning to understand that I had them with my Kellogg friends, too, even as we lived in different places.

By Thursday, May 30, 1996, it was hard to see Dad.? He was bed-ridden.? He couldn't talk.? He could hear what people said, when he was awake, and he could make slight gestures in response.

Even though it was hard, the visitors continued to come.

I experienced in an immediate way what I had learned through Shakespeare in a secondary way: dying reveals character, not only of the one facing death, but of the friends of the one who is dying.

Not Shakespeare or any other writer could have helped me experience the beauty of this truth more admirably or more vividly than my dad, my family, and my friends did in those few weeks leading to Dad's death.?

(I've written four other pieces about the week Dad died, here,? here,? here, here.)

Source: http://kelloggbloggin.blogspot.com/2013/05/the-week-of-dads-death-may-30-1996.html

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Four dead after planes collide and crash near Phoenix

PHOENIX (AP) ? Two small planes collided and then crashed in the desert on Friday, killing all four people aboard the two aircraft, officials said.

Phoenix and Daisy Mountain Fire Department officials said the collision and crash involved two single-engine planes with two people in each aircraft.

Officials said the crash occurred in extreme north Phoenix, about 15 miles northwest of Deer Valley Airport.

One of the planes was registered to Bird Acquisition LLC, which does business as TransPac Aviation Academy, a school for commercial pilots in north Phoenix.

The business said Friday that it was still gathering information about the crash and declined to immediately comment.

Several bystanders reported seeing the planes collide but the flight directions of the planes before the crash or other details weren't immediately available, officials said.

"Both of them collided. We don't know how or what," said Phoenix Fire Department Capt. Larry Nunez. "The skies are clear."

An initial report said three people were killed and two people were injured. Fire officials with the Phoenix and Peoria city fire departments and Daisy Mountain Fire Department later said four people had died and there were no survivors.

Television news footage showed only charred wreckage left from one of the planes, while the other was fairly intact.

Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Ian Gregor said the National Transportation Safety Board and the FAA will investigate.

It could take months before the cause is determined, Gregor said.

Federal investigators were en route but it typically takes several months for the NTSB investigation to determine a probable cause for air accidents, Gregor said.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/arizona-fire-officials-planes-collide-4-dead-185152407.html

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