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the day before the rnc: storms, plans, raids & schemes
mccain may deliver convention speech from disaster zone
from thinkprogress: Politico reports that the impending landfall of Hurricane Gustav has forced Republicans to scramble their convention plans. President Bush may not attend at all, and John McCain may deliver his acceptance speech from the hurricane-stricken areas... McCain was scheduled to deliver his acceptance speech Thursday but now may do so from the devastation zone if the storm hits the U.S. coast with the ferocity feared by forecasters. "It just wouldn't be appropriate to have a festive occasion while a near-tragedy or a terrible challenge is presented in the form of a natural disaster," McCain said in a taped interview for Fox News Sunday.
gop considered delaying convention
from washington post: Republican officials said [Thursday] that they are considering delaying the start of the GOP convention in Minneapolis-St. Paul because of Tropical Storm Gustav, which is on track to hit the Gulf Coast, and possibly New Orleans, as a full-force hurricane early next week.
massive police raids on suspected protestors in minneapolis
from salon: Protesters here in Minneapolis have been targeted by a series of highly intimidating, sweeping police raids across the city, involving teams of 25-30 officers in riot gear, with semi-automatic weapons drawn, entering homes of those suspected of planning protests, handcuffing and forcing them to lay on the floor, while law enforcement officers searched the homes, seizing computers, journals, and political pamphlets. Last night, members of the St. Paul police department and the Ramsey County sheriff's department handcuffed, photographed and detained dozens of people meeting at a public venue to plan a demonstration, charging them with no crime other than" fire code violations," and early this morning, the Sheriff's department sent teams of officers into at least four Minneapolis area homes where suspected protesters were staying.
labels: gop, gustav, mccain, minnesota, protest, video 0 comments
putin: america, you're provoking wars for political gain
from times online: Vladimir Putin accused President Bush tonight of orchestrating the war in Georgia in a plot to get John McCain elected to the White House.
labels: bush, mccain, putin, russia, video, war provocation 0 comments
obama: america, get ready for wars
from russia today: Barack Obama has fired a stern warning to Russia as he accepted the Democratic Presidential nomination and officially launched his campaign for the White House.
labels: iran, obama, presidential election, russia, video, war provocation 0 comments
nagin on gustav: 'this is the storm of the century'
fema: gustav to be category 5
from ap: The government's disaster relief chief says Hurricane Gustav is growing into a monster Category 5 storm. The storm that hit Cuba Saturday could reach landfall along the Gulf Coast by early Tuesday. Federal Emergency Management Agency chief David Paulison told reporters several times at a briefing Saturday that the storm was strengthening into a Category 5 hurricane.
with eye on gustav, blackwater seeks personnel
from ap: Security contractor Blackwater Worldwide is seeking personnel that could possibly be deployed into areas affected by Hurricane Gustav. The Moyock-based company issued a call Friday for law enforcement officers and armed security officers who already have the credentials to work in such an environment, including those with arrest powers. Blackwater responded to Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and reported pulling 128 people to safety. The company started work there without a client, but won both government and private sector business within days.
global hawk may be called for storm duty
from sun herald: Something that's being manufactured in part right here on the Coast could forever change the face of hurricane predictions, hurricane monitoring and even hurricane relief. But whether it's detecting land mines in a faraway country or monitoring contraflow in a hurricane evacuation, it's all the same equipment, officials with Northrop Grumman said Wednesday. And if Gustav becomes enough of a threat, the Global Hawk's capabilities might get a hurricane test run.
mandatory evacuations to begin sunday morning in new orleans
from cnn: New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin ordered a mandatory evacuation of the city beginning 8 a.m. Sunday but urged residents to consider escaping "the mother of all storms" before then. "You need to be scared," Nagin said of the Category 4 hurricane tearing along Cuba's western coast. "You need to be concerned, and you need to get your butts moving out of New Orleans right now. This is the storm of the century." The city's west bank is to evacuate at 8 a.m.
labels: cuba, environment, fema, gustav, hurricane, mercenaries, new orleans, video 0 comments
outside the box #167 (w/ clyde lewis)
here is the latest episode of "outside the box," hosted by alex ansary.
it was originally broadcast by portland community media on august 28, 2008.
from alex ansary: Alex Ansary & Clyde Lewis document the invasion of black helicopters that recently swarmed the Portland area without any warning. They also discussed the latest developments with current US/Russia conflict as tensions in the black sea mount.
and here is the latest episode of "outside the box"
on we the people radio network...
from august 27, 2008.
stream: m3u & ram or download: hour1 & hour2
(featuring alex en route to jantzen beach to track the black helicopters)
labels: alex ansary, alternative news, clyde lewis, mp3, portland, video 0 comments
mccain/palin '08: and the crowd goes... huh?
alaskan governor sarah palin chosen by mccain as vp
from wikinews: Alaska Governor Sarah Palin has been selected by United States Presidential candidate John McCain as his vice-presidential running-mate... News agencies began reporting Palin as the selection about an hour earlier, citing sources within the McCain campaign. In introducing Palin, McCain said, "I have found the right partner to stand up to those who value their privileges over their responsibilities." Palin has an "outstanding reputation for standing up to special interests and entrenched bureaucracies," he added. "I will be honored to serve next to the next president of the United States," said Palin, accepting the position. "To have been chosen brings a great challenge. I know that it will demand the best I have to give, and I promise nothing less."
palin under ethics investigation for abuse of power in alaska
from thinkprogress: In Dayton, OH today, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) will announce that Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin will be his vice presidential running mate. Palin, who entered office in 2006 after running as a reformer, is touted by conservatives as being "a politician of eye-popping integrity." But Palin's reformer image took a hit last month when she was accused of attempting to get a state trooper fired. That state trooper was her former brother-in-law who had gone through "a messy divorce" with her sister. After the trooper's boss wouldn't act on the governor's request, she fired him. Though Palin says she doesn't "have anything to hide" and she "didn't do anything wrong there," an investigation has found that one of her aides pushed the firing... Palin's scandal envelops her in the constellation of scandal-plagued lawmakers currently serving in Alaska.
lady & the gramp: the sinister diversion of the palin selection
from chris floyd: But while the Palin brouhaha provides a measure of comic relief, in the end it is just another ludicrous distraction from the main issue, the one issue that is never discussed openly in the campaign (except, as Arthur Silber notes below, inadvertently): the fact that both major parties and their candidates are co-conspirators in the most savage and extensive war crime of the 21st century: the invasion and occupation of Iraq.
with palin, mccain ups chances of beating obama
from people's voice: I applaud John McCain's choice of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as his vice president nominee. In many ways this choice was far more impressive than Barack Obama's selection of Joe Biden. Better yet, the McCain selection will make the general election campaign far more interesting and competitive. I say this on the basis of looking at contradictions that the choices raised. Here we have Obama proclaiming endlessly that he was running against the politics of the past, but then he picks an extremely long term senator that is clearly a member of the status quo establishment. Moreover, Obama has kept boasting that he does not take money from lobbyists, but Biden has taken plenty. And then there is the claim of great judgment by Obama for his opposition to the Iraq war, but Biden played an important role as a Democrat in supporting the Bush war. Palin is a much, much better match with McCain.
labels: alaska, biden, corruption, gop, iraq war, mccain, obama, palin, presidential election 1 comments
media monarchy episode089
an extra-strength episode089 of media monarchy fights black helicopters over portland, obamessiah & the dnc charade/parade, biden & the nwo, terrordrills & curfews, russia, china & london 2012, 9/11, anthrax & eugenics, lockerbie, kbr, jfk & gps, blackh20, otb & katrina, music by j-live and tons more...
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media monarchy is originally broadcast on the portland radio authority every friday at 10am pacific/1pm eastern and can also be heard on the revere radio network every sunday at 4pm pacific/7pm eastern...
plus, you can always get podcasts of previous episodes thanks to radio4all.net & archive.org
labels: alternative news, media monarchy, mp3, podcast, pra, revere radio 0 comments
selection '08: obamessiah & the dnc charade/parade
satire: portrayal of obama as elitist hailed as step forward for african americans*
not satire: barack obama not a US citizen*
84k+ pack invesco to hear obama's speech*
obama's speech by numbers*
obama's risky stadium gig*
mccain 'conservatives' attempt to paint obama as marxist bombthrower*
sleepwalker mccain: will lock up pot smokers but regularly uses powerful sleeping pills*
in denver, police & protesters try to prepare for each other*
legal observers document strong police presence at dnc anti-war protest*
denver's ironic treatment of homelessness during the dnc*
dhs to use controversial fusion centers during conventions*
recreate 68 'self defense' training at the dnc*
dnc hall surrounded by steel cage*
dnc police bulletin: people with city maps could be planning violence*
no more razor wire at denver convention holding cells (since the public found out about it)*
'freedom cages' coming to denver; ss, cia, military plans to suppress protest at dnc*
video: malkin says dnc protesters 'want brush with torture'*
audio: malkin entourage admits alex jones did not say "kill malkin"*
security turns US conventions into $100m fortresses*
police informer exposed*
video: denver police violence at the dnc*
claim that protesters carried rocks is disputed *
denver police hit protesters with pepper spray from cannons, arrest 100*
anti-abortion protesters arrested in denver*
abc reporter arrested in denver taking pictures of senators, big donors*
denver police arrest abc producer photographing contributors*
pelosi heckled everywhere she goes*
cindy sheehan catches phone bugger in the act at dnc*
'9/11 truth' activists march through denver*
protesters denied access to attorneys, forced to march in leg shackles, aclu charges*
city defends 'secret jail' built for dnc*
company acknowledges voting machine error*
giuliani visits terrorism exhibit near dnc*
video: the man the democrats should have nominated*
video: ron paul says 'there's no difference' between mccain & obama*
video: protestors prepare for republican convention*
labels: 9/11, alex jones, democrats, denver, kucinich, malkin, mccain, obama, police state, protest, ron paul, satire 0 comments
we remember what happened in new orleans
from brasscheck tv: In the chaos and trauma that accompanied the levee collapses in New Orleans in 2005, a few basic facts were obscured:
1. Katrina was not a natural disaster. It was an engineering disaster caused by the federally funded U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
2. Far from performing incompetently, the Bush administration and reactionary forces in local government were extremely effective in attaining their aims.
1. The Bush administration did an extremely effective job of withholding vital "life and death" information that levees had not only topped, they had also catastrophically collapsed.
2. FEMA did an extremely effective job of discouraging qualified relief workers from coming to the area, going so far as to turn many back at gunpoint. They also turned away much needed supplies like water and fuel and sabotaged local communications lines.
3. Thousands of flood victims were very effectively herded and held in concentration-like conditions within the city for many days after the flooding.
4. Though it claimed to be unable to bring food, water, medicine or transportation into the flood zone, Homeland Security did an extremely effective job of quickly hiring and deploying highly paid gun thugs to the region who were employed by companies that had made massive contributions to the Bush campaign.
5. The Bush administration and their friends in the news media did an extremely effective job of painting the victims of the flooding as dangerous and not worthy of being helped.
6. The Bush administration did an extremely effective job of erasing a carefully researched and thought out evacuation plan developed over many years by LSU and replacing it with NOTHING.
7. Post-flood law enforcement did an extremely effective job of illegally seizing fire arms from hundreds of law abiding citizens while allowing criminals to run amok.
Incompetence? Poor planning? You've got to be kidding....
labels: anniversary, fema, katrina, louisiana, new orleans, video 1 comments
police state usa: terror drills, curfews, gps & ip snooping
terror drill finds culprit with dirty bomb
from ny daily news: It was only a drill, but the scenario was still terrifying. A boat loaded with radioactive materials sailed through New York Harbor Friday. A multiagency task force - led by state-of-the-art NYPD boats - was assigned to stop the interloper. "We're trying to further...protect the waterways and ports of New York City from any acts of terrorism or any incidents that may occur," said Deputy Chief Joseph McKeever of the NYPD counterterrorism division.
canadian military exercise 'nanook 2008' travels through uncharted waters
from wikinews: Operation NANOOK 2008 was held from August 11 to August 25 by the Canadian Forces for the purpose of conducting mock emergency rescue operations for potential maritime disasters in the northeastern Canadian article waters. Two Canadian navy ships and two airforce planes, a CC-138 Twin Otter and a CP-140 Aurora, took part in the exercises in the Canada's arctic. The HMCS Toronto and the Canadian Coast Guard ship Pierre Radisson travelled along the Hudson Strait. The Operation extended to Davis Strait, and Frobisher Bay during the annual NANOOK Operation.
michigan holds mock disease outbreak drill
from wlns: State officials had a chance to learn what it would be like to respond to a disease outbreak. Wayne Wood, Michigan Farm Bureau: "The main thing is to get the comfort level of whether we've got the capacity to handle a contagious disease like that and contain it before it spreads." The event was sponsored by the US Department of Homeland Security. It was part of an emergency training exercise on how to handle a major outbreak of foot and mouth disease. Those who took park suited up in disposable biosecurity suits and entered what's called the hot zone. They also learned how to gather samples and diagnose the disease using live sheep.
US central command conducts training
from centcom: The United States Central Command has deployed approximately 200 personnel from Tampa to Central Command Forward Headquarters in the Middle East to conduct training on the Continuity of Operations Plan (COOP). The training includes the emergency deployment of the USCENTCOM headquarters in Tampa to an alternate location forward in the CENTCOM area of responsibility (AOR). The alternate command post will provide the Commander of US Central Command the ability to maintain situational awareness and command and control of contingency operations throughout the USCENTCOM AOR as well as Headquarters, USCENTCOM during a natural disaster. The COOP was last exercised during November 2006, and is a long-planned, routine training event. There are no media opportunities scheduled during this training.
unmanned drone on long island sparks terror investigation
from wnbc: An unmanned drone being built by an engineer on Long Island sparked a large counter-terrorism investigation across the New York area, officials tell WNBC.com. Police said they had stumbled upon overnight testing of the drone at a little-used airstrip in Calverton, Long Island. The investigation began in February of last year, when investigators first learned testing of the drone was underway. Officials said the drone was being designed to carry more than 600 pounds of explosives. "It could be in the air for 8-10 hours and there's potential harm if it is carrying a large amount of toxic material," NYPD Commissioner Raymond Kelly said in explaining why his department's counterterrorism officials were concerned.
watchlist 'problems' will legitimize traveler registry database
from infowars: The terrorist watch list is a complete joke– that will only lead to legitimizing the 'trusted traveler' programs and other means of biometric registration.
new guidelines would give fbi broader powers
from new york times: A Justice Department plan would loosen restrictions on the Federal Bureau of Investigation to allow agents to open a national security or criminal investigation against someone without any clear basis for suspicion, Democratic lawmakers briefed on the details said Wednesday. The plan, which could be made public next month, has already generated intense interest and speculation. Little is known about its precise language, but civil liberties advocates say they fear it could give the government even broader license to open terrorism investigations.
curfew america hits hartford, connecticut
from the independent: The police state has not arrived quite yet but it may feel like it to the residents of some American cities, where a handful of embattled mayors and police chiefs are imposing strict and sometimes sweeping curfews as a last resort to quell new waves of gun violence this summer. "We must do this because we cannot and will not tolerate innocent people, especially children, to be victims," insists Eddie Perez, the Mayor of Hartford, the capital of Connecticut, where a night-time curfew was introduced last week and will remain in effect for a month for those under 18 years old. Nor are there any apologies from the authorities in Helena-West Helena on the banks of the Mississippi in Arkansas, small pockets of which are under a 24-hour curfew that all ages must respect. Police are enforcing it, moreover, with night-vision goggles and M16 military rifles.
google privacy practices worse than isp snooping, at&t charges
from threat level: Online advertising networks - particularly Google's - are more dangerous than the fledgling plans and dreams of ISPs to install eavesdropping equipment inside their internet pipes to serve tailored ads to their customers, AT&T says. At least that's what the company told Congress in a letter early this week, responding to four prominent House lawmakers who are bird-dogging ISPs about their online profiling practices. Those lawmakers asked 33 internet companies on Aug. 1 to explain some of their monitoring practices, Most have replied. In its letter (pdf), AT&T denies that it currently digs deep into the net habits of its users "for the purpose [of] developing a profile of a particular consumer's online behavior."* (AT&T is currently facing a class action lawsuit for allegedly helping the NSA spy on Americans' internet usage, but that's a different issue since the NSA does not run ads.)
bush protesters get $50k state settlement
from raw story: State records show that a $50,000 judgment has been awarded to two retired school teachers who were strip-searched during a 2004 campaign stop by President Bush. The State Appeal Board recently approved the out-of-court settlement for Alice McCabe and Christine Nelson. They brought a claim against the Iowa Department of Public Safety after two state troopers arrested them at a rally in Cedar Rapids in September 2004. The charges were later dropped.
police using 'warrantless gps tracking'
from raw replay: CNN's Kate Bolduan reported that police are using GPS devices to track suspects without their knowing it. Some states like Washington and Oregon require that police obtain a warrant before using a GPS device to track suspects. Most states do not require a warrant. This video is from CNN's American Morning, broadcast August 18, 2008.
bbc: some residents 'furious' over nyc terror checks
from raw story: 'Operation Sentinel,' a project of the New York Police Department which would have every vehicle in Manhattan tracked by a series of license plate scanners, is cause for fury among some New York City residents. Details of the program were reported by RAW STORY on August 12. A similar security grid is being developed for Washington, DC. In an August 19 report, BBC's Wendy Urquhart found that while some are accepting of the plan's invasive measures, others are not taking the news so lightly.
labels: bioterror, canada, centcom, doj, drills, drones, homeland stupidity, martial law, michigan, military, nypd, oregon, pandemic, police state, war games, washington 0 comments
lockerbie evidence not disclosed
from bbc: Scottish police had information that might have changed the outcome of the Lockerbie bombing trial, a BBC TV programme has learned. The information could have affected the credibility of key evidence, but was not passed to the defence team. Libyan national Abdelbaset ali Mohmed al-Megrahi is serving life for killing 270 people in the 1988 bombing. A prosecution witness had seen a picture linking al-Megrahi to the bombing before he identified him.
flashback: hollywood to frame iran for lockerbie
labels: false flag, libya, lockerbie, state-sponsored terrorism 0 comments
halliburton sued for human trafficking
from raw story: Twelve men recruited in Nepal died after forced transfer to Iraq, lawfirm says... Thirteen Nepali men were recruited and held against their will for thirteen months in a human trafficking scheme engineered and perpetrated by Halliburton and its Jordanian contractor, according to a lawsuit filed yesterday in California federal court.
The Nepali men, each between the ages of 18 and 27, were allegedly hired as kitchen staff by the then-Halliburton subsidiary KBR and its Jordanian subcontractor, Daoud & Partners. Once they arrived in Jordan, however, their passports were seized and they were dispatched to Iraq.
"Tragically, as the men were being transported to Iraq, a car containing twelve of the men was stopped by members of the Ansar al-Sunna Army, an insurgent group," the Washington lawfirm Cohen, Milstein, Hausfeld & Toll writes. "The 12 men in the car were taken hostage and executed by the insurgents. The executions were filmed and posted on the Internet. The Inspector General for the United States Department of Defense investigated and confirmed the facts related to the fate of the 12 men, which led to increased enforcement of anti-trafficking measures by the United States."
Only one man survived.
flashback: dyncorp/halliburton sex slave scandal won't go away
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anthrax updates: leahy, boyle, grassley, coverups & 2 groups
leahy not satisfied with the anthrax investigation
from empty wheel: The biggest news from a blogger chat with Patrick Leahy at the DNC today came in response to a question I threw out as we adjourned - about whether or not he was convinced with the FBI's case in the anthrax case. We had this exchange:
emptywheel: Do you think Ivins acted alone? Are you convinced Ivins sent the anthrax letters?
Leahy: No, I'm not satisfied. I think someone was involved either before or after. I'm not satisfied with the answers I've gotten.
I suggested that he had seen significantly more evidence than the public had seen-he gave me a funny look; I'm not sure what that meant. He said SJC will do a hearing with Mueller in mid-September. Leahy expects some hard questions from both Democrats and Republicans.
govt biological weapons legislator: anthrax inside job coverup continuing
from steve watson: A former government biological weapons legislator appeared on the nationally syndicated Alex Jones show yesterday to discuss his detailed knowledge of the cover up of the 2001 anthrax attacks, which he is adamant were perpetrated by criminal elements of the US government in an attempt to foment a police state by killing off opposition to hardline post 9/11 legislation. Dr Francis A. Boyle literally helped write the law with regards to terrorism, as he was responsible for drafting the Biological Weapons Anti-Terrorism Act of 1989 that was passed unanimously by both Houses of Congress and signed into law by President Bush Snr.
charles grassley on the anthrax investigation
from glenn greenwald: For today's edition of Salon Radio, I spoke with GOP Sen. Charles Grassley of Iowa who, to his credit, has been the leading critic in the Senate of the FBI's anthrax investigation. Sen. Grassley wrote an August 7 letter to Attorney General Mukasey and FBI Director Mueller complaining about the FBI's secrecy and botched investigation and demanding answers to multiple key questions. In the interview, Sen. Grassley reveals that the Senate Judiciary Committee, chaired by Pat Leahy (of which Grassley is a member), will now hold hearings to investigate the FBI's case against Bruce Ivins.
project anthrax & the coverup (part6): vaxgen's donald francis & aids; the thai experiments; the mailings as fascist 'cinical trials'
from alex constantine: The anthrax mailings and the development of vaccines were inseparable projects - these involved animal and human experimentation. On August 3, 2008, USA Today explained the work that Dr. Ivins did at Ft. Detrick, specificially - terminal animal experiments:
"Ivins performed research that required exposing research animals to airborne anthrax, according to a 1998 report in the journal Vaccine. The goal was to test whether a new vaccine could guard against anthrax inhaled in a bioterrorist attack." The strain of anthrax employed "in Ivins' vaccine experiments was a wet form sprayed into the faces of macaque monkeys through a mask."
top anthrax expert: 'maybe there's 2 groups' of anthrax killers
from george washington: William Patrick is the leading U.S. expert on weaponizing anthrax, and has multiple patents in anthrax weaponization. Patrick made an interesting point in a November 2001 article in USA Today:
Further complicating things, the spores contained in the first attack, on a Florida media company, have been described by investigators as a clumpy powder, which would make a poor aerosol. Only two weeks later, the finely prepared Daschle-letter spores appeared. Those spores were ground so fine that they apparently drifted across offices and contaminated other letters in the mail. The same strain of anthrax was used in all the attacks, suggesting a common source.
The bioterrorists "must have had a hell of a short learning curve," says Patrick, who headed U.S. bioweapons work until the program's halt in 1969. "Or maybe there's two groups."
In other words, either a single killer or group of killers went from a crude anthrax preparation to an extremely advanced weaponized form of anthrax in 2 weeks, or there were two groups of killers.
The anthrax sent in the first letters was coarse, brown, "sandlike", and clumpy. The anthrax sent to Daschle and Leahy was white and very fine.
ivins tried to mislead fbi on anthrax
from usa today: The FBI said Monday that Bruce Ivins, the bioscientist whom they say launched the 2001 anthrax attacks, helped them figure out how to collect the anthrax samples needed for the investigation. On Feb. 27, 2002, Ivins submitted a sample that didn't meet those standards. The FBI destroyed his sample without testing it, said Vahid Majidi, assistant director for the FBI's Weapons of Mass Destruction Directorate.
fbi admits it destroyed evidence in anthrax case
from ap: FBI scientists early on had — but destroyed — the unique strain of anthrax used in the deadly 2001 attacks that years later would lead them to Dr. Bruce Ivins, now the government's top suspect. FBI Assistant Director Vahid Majidi (vah-HID muh-JI-dee) said the initial anthrax sample that Ivins took from his Army lab in February 2002 and gave investigators did not meet court-ordered conditions for its preparation and collection. Majidi said the sample kept at the FBI lab was destroyed because the bureau believed it might not have been allowed as evidence at trial. Not until after April 2004 did investigators trace strains of genetically-unique anthrax back to Ivins' lab at Fort Detrick, Md. (This version CORRECTS that sample might NOT have been allowed.))
why people who question the anthrax attacks won't question 9/11
from 9/11 blogger: I think I've figure out why many people who question the government's explanation for the anthrax attacks don't question the official story about 9/11.
* 9/11 involved much greater loss of life - while 5 people died in the anthrax attacks, close to 3,000 died on 9/11
* While none of us have seen gruesome images of the victims of the anthax attacks, we watched horrific images of 9/11: planes slamming into buildings, people jumping out of the Twin Towers, the Towers collapsing . . .
* 9/11 was the first attack on the U.S. by "foreign terrorists". As such, it was the point at which America took the fork in the road away from traditional notions of liberty, justice and the Geneva Convention and towards the "war on terror"
9/11 and the anthrax attacks - and the government's "investigation" into both - were actually very similar in many ways, as I will show in my next essay.
However, while many people can see how ridiculous the government's case against Dr. Bruce Ivins as the "sole culprit" is, they are so traumatized by the 3,000 dead, the horrible images, and the status of 9/11 as the "day when everything changed", that they simply will not allow themselves to honestly and fully investigate 9/11.
anthrax, hatfill & more: additions to the complete 9/11 timeline
from history commons: Most of the new entries published by the 9/11 Timeline this week deal with the anthrax scare. The main drug used to combat anthrax was Cipro, which a high government official advised some reporters to take shortly after 9/11. Although an inquiry was launched into a coverup of problems with it in May 2000, the FDA endorsed the drug two months later. Hoax letters similar to the later anthrax mailings were sent to Fox News from 2000, and one may have been received by a Florida tabloid in mid-September 2001. The anthrax attacks are associated with the Patriot Act, which Democratic Senator Russ Feingold blocked on October 9. Two other Democratic senators were then targeted by the killer, and 28 congressional staffers tested positive for the disease. Congress then passed the bill without reading it.
anthrax fall guy ivins reminds frederick, maryland locals of the frank olson 'suicide' case of 50yrs ago
from peters new york: The story of Frank Olson was documented in the months before 9/11 in an article in the New York Times magazine section. Written by his son's Harvard schoolmate, Michael Ignatieff, we learn from the story that "Frank Olson's specialty... had been the development of aerosols for the delivery of anthrax." In the years immediately preceding his death, Olson was one of the top officials at the government's biological weapons laboratory at Fort Detrick.
In 1953, Olson was found on a New York City sidewalk, his body bloodied and broken, apparently after a fall from his hotel room. The details of his death, ruled a suicide, remained a mystery for more than twenty years. But in 1975, an article in the Washington Post revealed that, contained in a report issued by the then-recently concluded U.S. President's Commission on CIA Activities was an account of a scientist who had been administered a dose of LSD without his knowledge, suffered side-effects from the drug, went to New York under CIA escort for psychological treatment, and jumped out of a hotel room window.
labels: anthrax, bruce ivins, false flag, frank olson, ft detrick, leahy, lsd, maryland, stephen hatfill 0 comments
9/11: ksm, new clues, steel cross, nist & wtc7
financial times & 'self-confessed mastermind of 9/11'
from people's voice: The Financial Times (FT), once the liberal, enlightened voice of the financial elite (in contrast to the aggressively neo-conservative Wall Street Journal) has yielded to the totalitarian-militarist temptation. The feature article of the weekend supplement of August 16/17, 2008 – "The Face of 9/11" – embraces the forced confession of a 9/11 suspect elicited through 5 years of hideous torture in the confines of secret prisons. To make their case, the FT published a half-page blow-up photo first circulated by former CIA director George Tenet, which presents a bound, disheveled, dazed, hairy ape-like prisoner. The text of the writer, one Demetri Sevastopulo, admits as much: The FT owns up to being a propaganda vehicle for a CIA program to discredit the suspect while he stands trial based on confessions obtained through torture.
From beginning to end, the article categorically states that the principle defendant, Khalet Sheikh Mohammed, is the "self-confessed mastermind of the September 11 attacks on the US." The first half of the article is full of trivia, designed to provide a human-interest feel to the courtroom and the proceedings – a bizarre mixture discussing Khaled's nose to the size of the courtroom.
a new 9/11 clue
from jerry mazza: Recently, an email drifted in about an article I wrote, What were the Mossad with fraudulent New Zealand Passports doing in Iraq? The writer said, "I've known about this for some time - that the Mossad was involved in murdering our troops in a variety of methods to keep them there so we could 'finish' the job by destroying Syria and Iran. For years now I've suspected and now know for sure the Mossad had a lot to do with the 9/11 attack on the WTC. The attached mp3 is a recording of NYPD radio transmissions on 9/11. Listen from the 3-minute mark almost to the end. This was never reported in the media."
The recording is titled, "The WTC-10-5-the-message-about-the-remote-controlled-plane." In the mélange of scratchy voices bumping each other off and on, around minute three, the words "remote controlled-plane" bump through clearly, are interrupted, and finally assert quite clearly again that "there's a big truck on King Street with the mural of an airplane painted on it diving into New York City and exploding." It was later noted "King Street between 6th and 7th Avenues," about a mile north of WTC, which was in direct line of sight from King St. and 6th Avenue...
steel cross installed near flight 93 site in pennsylvania
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nist report: shameful, embarrassing & completely flawed
from paul joseph watson: NIST Claims "New Phenomenon" Occurred For First Time Ever In Collapse Of WTC 7, Yet fails to address why ground zero workers and media outlets had prior knowledge of an "extraordinary event" never before observed an hour in advance, plus myriad of other ignored issues...
In its final report on the collapse of WTC 7 that news outlets are reporting "puts 9/11 conspiracy theories to bed," NIST claims that the never before observed "new phenomenon" of "thermal expansion" was to blame for the destruction of the building, a completely ludicrous conclusion in a report that simply ignores eyewitness testimony and hard evidence that points to the deliberate demolition of the structure.
NIST completely fails to address prior knowledge of the building's collapse, including why news outlets like the BBC and CNN reported that the building had collapsed an hour before it actually fell, as well as firefighters on the scene who are heard on video saying, "Keep your eye on that building, it'll be coming down soon."
cnn: conspiracy theorists 'not swayed' by wtc7 explanation
from raw replay: CNN's Deborah Feyerick reported that a new report explaining the collapse of World Trade Center building 7 during the 9/11 attack doesn't convince conspiracy theorists. This video is from CNN's American Morning, broadcast August 22, 2008.
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jfk: students honored for bullet study & new exhibit
study of jfk assassination bullets honored
from upi: Three Texas A&M University faculty members were honored for a study challenging the lone-gunman theory in the assassination of U.S. President John Kennedy. Statistics Professors Cliff Spiegelman and Simon Seather along with research chemist William James analyzed the makeup of bullets that came from the same production batch as the ones recovered after the 1963 shooting in Dallas.
The trio received the 2008 Statistics in Chemistry Award from the American Statistical Association for their work showing that the metallic compounds of the fatal bullets weren't as unique as originally thought. "Using new compositional analysis techniques not available in the 1960s, the team determined that the bullet fragments involved in the assassination are not nearly as rare as previously reported, leading to the recommendation that the bullet fragments be reanalyzed," the university said in a written statement.
'the making of a president': jfk's growth as a politician shown in well-timed exhibit at jfk library
from wbz: The early chapters in Pres. John F. Kennedy's story are on display at the JFK Library and Museum. The exhibit, called "The Making of a President," shows experiences that shaped Kennedy's life.
And for the first time, we're seeing journals he kept as his traveled around the world. "I was struck by what a curious mind he had," said Jim Wagner of the JFK Library.
His journals revealed how much he learned while abroad – not only from dignitaries, but ordinary people as well. "Wherever he was, he would take time to talk to shopkeepers and people he met in restaurants and hotels and get their sense of what they thought was happening in their part of the world," said Wagner.
Worldly views and war service are only a few of the themes that shaped the former president. These are the same themes we hear today as we get ready to elect the 44th president. "At the convention, so much of it is about biography and learning about the candidates running for office. What is it about them that's prepared them to be president," said Wagner.
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organized crime dumping weak US dollar for euro
from afp: The weakened US dollar has fallen out of favor with organized crime groups to pay for drug shipments or to settle scores, a Canadian government report said Friday.
And if the greenback continues its slide in 2008, as expected, more and more criminals are likely to exchange euros for illicit goods, said Criminal Intelligence Service Canada in its annual report. (2mb pdf)
"The US dollar weakened significantly against other major currencies in 2007 and according to some economists, is expected to depreciate further in 2008," said the report.
"As a consequence, other currencies - particularly the euro - are poised to weaken the US dollar's dominance as the currency of choice for international remittances and payments," it said.
"This trend could also drive an increase in observed instances of bulk-cash transfers denominated in currencies other than Canadian and US dollars," the report added.
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russian & US warships engaged in black sea standoff
from irish times: Russian and US warships were engaged in a Black Sea stand-off last night, amid western warnings that the conflict in Georgia could destabilise other parts of Moscow's old empire. A US coast guard cutter carrying aid docked at the Georgian port of Batumi after bypassing the Russian-controlled port of Poti. Two other US navy vessels were offshore in the Black Sea. Meanwhile, 250km (155 miles) north, Russian warships landed in the separatist region of Abkhazia.
alex jones on 'russia today'
tension rises as putin talks of black sea confrontation
from times online: A new Cold War between Russia and the West grew steadily closer yesterday after the Kremlin gave a warning about "direct confrontation" between American and Russian warships in the Black Sea. Dmitri Peskov, a spokesman for Vladimir Putin, the Prime Minister, declared that Russia was taking "measures of precaution" against American and Nato naval ships. "Let's hope we do not see any direct confrontation in that," he said. Any attempt by countries in the West to isolate Russia would "definitely harm the economic interests of those states", he said.
update: russia may cut oil flow to the west
from telegraph: Fears are mounting that Russia may restrict oil deliveries to Western Europe over coming days, in response to the threat of EU sanctions and Nato naval actions in the Black Sea. Any such move would be a dramatic escalation of the Georgia crisis and play havoc with the oil markets.
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'in reckless hands' looks at oklahoma's history of eugenics
from the oklohoman: Oklahomans may be surprised to learn the state shares a dark past with Adolf Hitler and Nazi Germany. Eugenics, the wonder science of the early 1900s, hailed by academics worldwide as a means to improve a race by sterilizing those who possessed serious heredity defects, was also embraced by Gov. Alfalfa Bill Murray. This book, In Reckless Hands: Skinner v. Oklahoma and the Near-Triumph of American Eugenics (W.W. Norton, $24.95) by Victoria F. Nourse, examines how a scientific theory about nature was transformed into the basis of social policy ordained by the power of the state of Oklahoma.
The case's backdrop began in 1927 when the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a forced sterilization of a feeble-minded girl in the case of Buck v. Bell. Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes wrote, "Three generations of imbeciles [were] enough." The law deferred to the state of Virginia's right to regulate health and safety.
Jack Skinner, 24, held in the McAlester prison for stealing 23 chickens and armed robbery, challenged the 1935 Oklahoma law that mandated sterilization for undesirable persons in prisons or state asylums. Subject to the law were three-time repeat criminals or the feeble-minded. The law mandated his sterilization before he could return to society after his sentence was satisfied.
The book's title comes from a line in the 1942 U.S. Supreme Court decision of Skinner v. Oklahoma striking down this Oklahoma law, warning that "in reckless hands" an entire "race or types" might "wither and disappear." Not coincidentally, this was the year Nazis were trying to eradicate the Jewish race on the theory of natural inferiority. Ideas have consequences, and bad ideas can produce horrible consequences. Yet, as late as the 1960s, more than 100,000 people had been sterilized under U.S. federal health and welfare programs, the author writes.
Nourse, a law college professor at Emory University, provides a fascinating story of gritty and determined Oklahoma lawyers who took Skinner's case to the nation's highest court. This book should appeal to general readers of Oklahoma history and those interested in the modern science of genetics, which likewise promises a better future through the selection of desirable genetic traits. Will the history of human engineering repeat itself?
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i read "The Tortured Lives of Interrogators", an article published on June 3rd in the Washington Post and was struck by many things. The first question that i raise is why the sympathetic coverage of people who torture? Would one of Saddam's interrogators have been talked about in such an understanding way? How about one of Arafat's? Or one of Mubarak's, Assad's, or Ahmadinejad's? How about one of Hitler's torturers? How about any of the torturers that acted with impunity in Argentina, Chile, Brazil, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, or Paraguay during the Reagan years - they were trained and supported by us, they were on our "side" weren't they? (i'm certain these torturers have a few funny anecdotes to share ala the Israeli interrogator in the article) If they are not worthy of equally sympathetic coverage, we must ask ourselves, "Why not? Why is one of "ours" more worthy of sympathy, compassion, and empathy?"
Ah, yes, "the good fight for democracy and freedom" demands it of us. Demands that "patriots" consent to diminish their humanity because we are fighting the good fight, whereas these "others" are less than human, "evil-doers", devils and worse. All of these are rationalizations, all are unworthy arguments. Torture, for whatever reason, is a deplorable abomination in our world- and no rationalization makes it justifiable, worthy, or admirable.
The article claims, "The border between coercion and torture is often in dispute." Legally, the Geneva Conventions, the UN Convention on Torture, and US Law are quite clear about torture, the border clearly delineated. It is only since the Bush administration's twisted legal rationales on torture came into play that this border has suddenly become blurred. i would dare say, that each of these men know very clearly what moral boundaries they crossed as they delved into torturing other human beings and this, irregardless of the laws in place, is precisely why they suffer.
The comment by Darius Rejali, an expert on modern torture, "Nothing is more toxic than guilt, which is typical with democratic interrogators. Nazis, on the other hand, don't have these problems." is an outright fabrication and further fuels the propaganda machine that drives the divisions of self and other, good-doers (us) and evil-doers (them). Human beings suffer from guilt. All human beings, regardless of ideology. Those that torture, like the Nazis, and like the Israeli, Sheriff, survive by cutting away parts of their humanity- as he said himself, "I've got a clean conscience because I rarely use it." This diminishing of the human spirit diminishes us all.
Perhaps the Washington Post could follow up with an article that includes interviews of the people who were tortured at the hands of these men. Even more useful would be to convene a truth and reconciliation circle between these men and their victims. As was shown by the South Africa Truth and Reconciliation Committees, we can go a long way to regaining our lost humanity by looking one another in the eye and sharing our stories, pain, and common humanity.
Of course, the moral high ground that Americans hold in these matters has always been nothing more than an illusion. We have outsourced torture techniques to third world countries for dozens of years (training at the School of the Americas and Fort Huachuca, Ariz amongst many others) and our proxies have learned their lessons well. Now that these techniques have been exposed (again), honorable human beings must stand up and demand change. i feel deeply for the interrogators, and i feel deeply for all the victim's they tormented. i hope each of them find a way to recover all they have lost. The burden each of us carries is heavy. May each of us find a way to ease this suffering and be at peace.


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Reviews:: Backyard Tire Fire The Places We Lived
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Do you remember when your old friend came back from school in the summer after first year and things were … different. Sure, you still had the memories and the friendship was strong, but he changed and more than anything, you wished you had too.
He seemed bigger than life, even though he never tried to be more than he was. It was more just the books he read, the music he knew, and the things he'd seen and done. These were all things you wished you'd done but never had the chance because you were shackled by the routines of your hometown.
That's kind of what has happened to Backyard Tire Fire with the label switch and release of their new record, The Places We Lived. The band is essentially the same, but they've exposed new sounds and ideas and shaped a record that is completely different from anything we've heard from them before. The foundations are still there, like the brothers in arms sing-along Everybody's Down (even with the bursts of feedback) or How the Hell Did You Get Back Here (which warms my Roadhouse loving heart), but they've grown more than should be possible a few short months since they were offering up a collection of acoustic ditties.
Instead of the more free form jam heavy tracks, the band seems more focused and found comfort in their own skin. They experiment with all their influences, no matter how they might fit into a track and run with idea until it's done, whether it takes three minutes or three seconds. The title track - The Places We Lived - is an uplifting pop song, using harmonies and piano to polish up Anderson's gruff voice, but it still feels nestled in the fields of the Midwest. The drum clacks and scratchy brass they throw in over the muted guitar strums all help lighten the track, and the calming swirling chorus, that avoids any sort of hook or climax, will catch a fan off guard, but the opener is just the tip of the iceberg.
Shoulda' Shut It uses a big bass line, a pop piano line and falsettos and pushes the band into new, unexpected territory. Time With You and Welcome to the Factory are both more standard rockers, but even on those efforts the sound is bigger and bolder. They fill out every open space with nuances and experimentation (like the spacey break down they add to the latter). The rain fall and strings that open up the confessional Rainy Day Don't Go Away might seem simple, but really showcases the growth the band has gone through.
Even the once simple and heart felt writing style Anderson used on prior efforts seem more eloquent this time around. Unlike the unashamed honesty of Tom Petty, a song where he wrote about wanting to be a star, Anderson seems to have found the chops, swagger and consistency that might help him become just that. By the time the final notes of the record unfold over the simple piano line of the aptly titled Home Today your expectations are more than fulfilled. It may take you a few listens to get used to the change, but just like your friend so many years ago, they return home with a new found confidence that makes you take notice and turn slightly green with envy.
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Backyard Tire Fire - The Places We've Lived
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At 2:34 PM, John did sayeth:
Love these guys, can't wait to hear this new record. Wish they would come up to Canada sometime soon.
At 6:52 PM, MIA did sayeth:
Can't wait to hear the new album. The tracks on their web site sound pretty sweet
At 5:12 PM, Bri-blahger did sayeth:
They're great guys too. We shot a three song session with them recently.
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Aug 02, 2019 / Research & Innovation
Karol Publishes Latest Research in The Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics
Our physicians are world renowned for their treatment of patients with early onset scoliosis (EOS). The hospitals' clinics are specially equipped to manage the unique challenges that EOS presents. Assistant Chief of Staff and Chief Quality Officer Lori A. Karol, M.D., has been at the forefront of EOS management, and recently published The Natural History of Early Onset Scoliosis in The Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics.
In medicine, a natural history is the usual course of development of a disease or condition, especially in the absence of treatment. Karol's article describes the unique disease progression of the wide variety of conditions that all fall under the EOS umbrella, highlighting the importance of a holistic understanding of these diseases when considering treatment. "Through our research in early onset scoliosis, we have been able to modify our treatments so that today's young children with spinal differences should have an improved long-term outcome," says Karol. "We have learned that the respiratory involvement in these patients is linked strongly to the spine's ability to grow and must be one of the prominent factors in treatment decisions."
Why is the natural history of EOS important?
EOS is actually not a diagnosis, but rather a group of several conditions all united by the prevalence of scoliosis (a spinal curvature) in children 5 and younger. The spinal deformity can result from a number of things:
Malformations present at birth
Inherited bone dysplasia (abnormalities of bone growth resulting in unusual shape and size of the bones) and syndromes
Idiopathic cases with no underlying disorder
The wide variety in the causes of EOS means the progression of scoliosis in these patients varies as well, and in many cases, is more dependent on the child's underlying diagnosis than the scoliosis itself.
For example, the progression of scoliosis in infants and young children with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA, a neuromuscular condition) is dependent on the form of SMA. Similarly, how a patient with bone dysplasia progresses may be more dependent on the type of their dysplasia than on the presence or magnitude of the spinal deformity.
What this means is that it's incredibly important that physicians treating patients with EOS understand the medical and surgical details of the patient's underlying diagnosis, and how those affect the patient's spinal curvature. Additionally, future research in this area must focus on stratifying results based on specific diagnoses rather than looking at EOS patients as a single patient group.
Scottish Rite Hospital has a multidisciplinary clinic specifically designed to take care of EOS patients, bringing together orthopedic surgery, pulmonology, psychology and respiratory therapy in one space. This team-based approach to treat the whole patient enhances care of these patients and their challenging problems.
Learn more about the hospital's spine research.
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Milovan Rajevac has resigned as coach of Algeria after only two matches in charge of the Desert Foxes.
His decision follows a 1-1 draw at home to Cameroon on Sunday in Group B of 2018 World Cup qualifying.
The 62-year-old Serb met with the Algeria Football Federation president Mohamed Raouraoua on Tuesday to discuss the result, and his departure was announced shortly afterwards.
Rajevac replaced Frenchman Christian Gourcuff, who left the job in April.
Algeria's next 2018 World Cup qualifier is away to Nigeria on 12 November.
Only the group winners will qualify for the tournament in Russia.


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Liam Payne And J Balvin Crank Up The Heat On Bilingual Bop 'Familiar'
They're practically twins in the accompanying video
After scoring a top 10 hit with the sexy, Quavo-assisted "Strip That Down," Liam Payne has cranked up the heat for his latest A-list collaboration. The One Direction singer hops on the bilingual bandwagon for "Familiar," a Latin-tinged crossover hit featuring reggaeton superstar J Balvin, of "Mi Gente" fame.
If that sounds like an irresistible pairing to you, then you're absolutely right. Payne, for his part, seductively flirts/sings, "It's simple / You dip low / Your hips roll / You do the Calypso / An intro is all that I need," over funky production. Balvin swoops in with some additional swagger via a Spanish-language verse, and the two come together on a stuttering chorus that's bound to get stuck in your head.
Better get "familiar" with this tune, because chances are you'll be hearing it a lot as summertime rolls around.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iB0nMS97dQ
The duo also released an accompanying vertical video for Spotify, which finds them singing into the camera as a bunch of women salsa dance around them. It should also be noted that they look like actual twins in the video, which they joked about in a cute behind-the-scenes clip.
https://twitter.com/LiamPayne/status/987179047972061184
Check out the vertical Spotify video here, and jam to "Familiar" above.


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Q: How to connect to Server on Desktop from mobile app developed in J2ME via socket connection on a port? I have developed a mobile app using J2ME which uses socket connection to connect to Server running on a laptop.
I have used Wireless Toolkit 2.5.2 software to test the app. Communication between server and mobile app is working fine.
But when i installed on a mobile (Nokia C5-01) and tried to connect to server listening on port 5000 via Socket Connection from mobile then no connection is established.
I have connected Mobile to a wifi and laptop to the same wifi where Server is running. So will it able to detect via Wifi?
Please help me to solve this issue.

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Every day we showcase the best fonts on the web. Today it's Springtime from Font Zilla.
Today's typeface of choice is Springtime, a beautiful, cursive design from the team at Font Zilla. It includes hand-drawn characters for a range of languages, as well as a varied selection of ornaments.
Springtime is available to purchase for personal and commercial use here.


Reds are in negotiations with candidates and hope to have their new man in place to take charge of the team in their big game away to top of the table Lincoln City on Saturday.
Director of football Selim Gaygusuz revealed: "We hope to make an appointment this week, but nothing is guaranteed.
"We have an important game on the weekend we have been busy as there are a lot of people with Football League experience available.
"We want to bring in someone the players will really like.
"We don't want to rush the process and we want to appoint the person who feels right for the club and who respects the club.
Gaygusuz would not reveal the identity of the potential new man.
But Italian Gabriele Cioffe, who was on the coaching staff at Birmingham City as part of Gianfranco Zola's management team until he left in April 2017, is favourite according to Sky Bet, who are quoting odds of 1-10.
He was spotted in the directors' box watching Crawley beat Tottenham Hotspur U21s 5-3 on penalties after drawing 1-1 in the Checkatrade Trophy.


The ballast must match the bulb, no matter what. A 250w ballast is for a 250w bulb - always. You can not, nor should you, try to light a 175w bulb with a 250w ballast.
There are (or were) probe start and pulse start ballasts. Matching the bulb to the ballast can be tricky. For me, there is really only one choice: IceCap Electronic ballasts. They light virtually every bulb, and their warranty can't be beat. Now that IceCap is gone, a similar choice is the Coralvue e-ballast.
MH bulbs should be 9" to 12" off the surface of the water with standard reflectors.
Each bulb covers a 2' x 2' area, unless you use the Luminarc reflectors mentioned below. They can spread light over a larger area.
Mogul sockets have two wires usually, which connect to the ballast. It doesn't matter how these are connected; either way will light the bulb. Adding a ground wire to the reflector and/or socket is a wise option, mainly for safety.
SE (singled ended) mogul bulbs can be screwed in to ceramic mogul sockets.
DE (doubled ended) bulbs snap into ceramic or plastic retaining clips.
Note: DE bulbs always require a piece of tempered glass beneath the bulb to block UV from burning / bleaching corals. If you break or lose this glass, you must get another piece of tempered glass. Regular glass will shatter from the heat within minutes.
I've used both, but primarily like SE bulbs because of the greater options (brand & color spectrum) and their lower price. DE bulbs are more frail, and can be damaged during installation.
Bulbs come in various 'colors'.
6,500K is yellow, and unpopular. People used them to get fast growth out of their corals.
PAR is a way to measure intensity; how much light will punch through the water. 10,000K bulbs have much more PAR than 20,000K bulbs.
People that use 10,000K bulbs tend to use Actinic VHO lighting to supplement the blue and get a nice overall look.
I've used several brands of bulbs over the years. I really like XM bulbs and ReefLux bulbs. Ushio is another good brand at a higher price.
Bulb Installation: Always wear gloves or maybe slide a sock over your hand to keep your skin's oils of the bulbs as you screw them in or snap them into place. This is very important.
Spider reflectors are inexpensive and popular. It is what I used originally, and cost ~$35 per reflector & socket.
Luminarc III reflectors reportedly are 300% better at spreading light, so you get more light for your money. These reflectors are huge (16" x 16" x 8"), and cost ~$125 each.
This is a picture of how my lights were set up for three years. The light rack rolled back and forth for better access in the tank.
Later I upgraded to Lumenbright reflectors that provided more than 300% more light, which I proved to myself by measuring PAR levels. Not only were they brighter, I was able to raise them up much higher off the water. That added clearance made working in the tank pleasurable. I've used Lumenbright reflectors ever since. With these, the MH bulb should be 16" to 18" off the water's surface.


This is a very special yarn from Sheila at Wool 2 Dye 4, one of my favorite places to buy luxurious, but well priced, undyed yarn. In addition to being incredibly nice, Sheila has the knack for sourcing some of the finest base yarns around, and she always seems to be first with new ideas. This yarn, Sheila's Sparkle, is a blend of Superwash Merino with just enough nylon so your knitted item will hold its shape, and a little bit of Stellina for sparkle. We aren't talking tinsel bright here — just enough sparkle to give your new pair of socks a little bit of whimsy. It's perfection and as an added plus, the yarn was lots of fun to dye. The give away skein is 438 yards of lovely sock weight yarn in Elliebelly's Pink Love colorway.
oh, I love that pink! I am not a pink person generally but wow. and sparkly? pink and sparkly? awesome!
Hope you have a great New Year,!
MMMMMMM!! PINK!!! My favorite color 🙂 Have a happy New Year!
Wishing you a Happy New Year. I could use a little sparkle in my life right now…so please enter us!
Beautiful! And who wouldn't love pink sparkly socks???
Ohh!! I'd love some pretty yarn for my birthday! Happy New Year!
Joyce- you always have a way of making evething seem sparkly! Have a wonderful New Year!
Joyce that is gorgeous my little girls would love socks that are sparkly and pink! your the best as usual!Happy New year and Holidays to you and your family!
Those would really help me with my NYE resolution of knitting enough pairs of socks in 2011 to only be wearing hand-knit socks by 2012, lol.
Ooooooh so pretty! I am just falling in love with sock knitting and that would be a beautiful pair for my collection!
Love it! I just started knitting and this would be a perfect addition to my yarn stash!
Beautiful yarn! I love the color and would love to be entered!
What a vibrant color! Very lovely.
Oh wow, gorgeous yarn, Yummy!!!
Pink and sparkly? Yes please!
Super nice of you. All the best in the new year!
I was wondering if you got any of the Sheila's Sparkle to try out. It's beautiful!
I love pink (and with two little girls, I should be tired of it by now). That is gorgeous! Even better, it sparkles!
I know *just* the right knitter for that!
Joyce, have you seen Kraemer's Sterling? They use real silver in the yarn, plus 20% silk. I've been dyeing it for about 1.5 years now and I have to say it's a dream to dye, not to mention knit.
My little girl would LOVE a dress made out of that! Happy New Year!
Its so bright and cheery on this cold and deary winter days!
What a gorgeous color of yumminess!
What a great way to start out the new year-knitting a pair of pink socks for my daughter!!
I love the color pink! Happy New Year to you and your family! Miss your great yarn. Need any socks? I have custom slots available!
Oh I do love PINK!!!! Yay!
Beautiful color! Would make a love pair of pink princess socks!!
wow… is there a drool button???
Happy New Year! Thanks for offering up that beautiful yarn!
Looks like a lovely base! That's a beautiful shade of pink.
me please 😆 so yummy!
Sparkly! What a sweet thing to do to start 2011.
ooooh pink sparkly, how fun!!!
ohhhh, yummy yarn. I'd love to be entered!
That would make some mighty fine socks!
Oh that is gorgeous. love it!
Have you read the Pinkalicious series? That yarn should be read the book, while eating a pink cupcake.. while wearing a pink dress.
What a fun giveaway. I hope you and yours have a very Happy New Year!!
A great color to celebrate the New Year with! Wonderful!
Beautiful! Have the happiest of New Years Joyce!
Gorgeous yarn, as always…pink & sparkles are 2 of my favorites!
Gorgeous! And the base sounds heavenly.
what a beautiful skein of yarn!
I AM definitely a pink girl! That yarn is amazing! Hope you and your family have a fabulous New Year!
That is a beautiful pink. One of my favorite colors.
beautiful! i would love to be entered.
What a stunning pink! Happy New Year!
Very pretty and a nice way to start the new year.
This would be great with a detailed stitch on a sock!
It's so… PINK! 🙂 I love it!
Oh goody! I'm not too late! 🙂 I love the color!
oh my so beautiful! thanks for the opportunity!
what a gorgeous colorway/// and sparkles too!!
Pink is awesome, free yarn is even more awesome. Happy New Year!


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Pittheusz (görögül: Πιτθεύς) a görög mitológiában Pelopsz és Hippodameia fia, Thüesztész és Atreusz fivére, Troizén jóstehetséggel megáldott királya. Pittheusz rájött az Aigeusznak adott adott jóslat értelmére, aki arra kért választ, hogy lesznek-e utódai; leitatta Aigeuszt, és kimesterkedte, hogy háljon együtt Aithra nevű lányával; ebből a nászból született Thészeusz (a hérosz születésének egyik mítoszváltozata).

Források

Görög mitológiai alakok

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What ways do you get traffic to a new website?
When you first launch a website, it can be hard to get an initial set of traffic. It takes time for search engines to notice you, and even then that is not guaranteed, plus no one knows you exist yet.
So what are some of the ways you build traffic for a new website, both for free and paid methods?
And do you have different methods for different types of sites? For example, do you market a content website differently than you do an e-commerce website?
Please share your ideas and experience below.
I would say that promoting the site a ton would help. Obviously you want to make sure that you have a strong following before doing that. Or, you could always pay someone to do that for you. That's what I've found that works the best.
What's the best way to promote your website?
You could try and use traffic exchanges, or you could even pay for ads on PTC websites. But the problem is, that all the traffic you get won`t really be the good kind of traffic. It is useful for people starting their first webpage, though.
I think that ads are one of the best ways that you can make some people come to your site. That and also posting online on your social media.
There are so many ways and of course that is best way to get traffic to your new website.
(3) Classifieds eg. Biggest Classifieds, Best on-line Classifieds, Largest Classifieds, Free Classifieds Directory, Free Community Classifieds, etc.


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/**
 * Using Rails-like standard naming convention for endpoints.
 * GET     /api/stats              ->  index
 * POST    /api/stats              ->  create
 * GET     /api/stats/:id          ->  show
 * PUT     /api/stats/:id          ->  upsert
 * PATCH   /api/stats/:id          ->  patch
 * DELETE  /api/stats/:id          ->  destroy
 */

'use strict';

import Stat from './stat.model';
import Question from '../question/question.model';

function respondWithResult(res, statusCode) {
  statusCode = statusCode || 200;
  return function(entity) {
      return res.status(statusCode).json(entity);
  };

/*
  return function(entity) {
    if(entity) {
      return res.status(statusCode).json(entity);
    }
    return null;
  };
*/
}

function patchUpdates(patches) {
  return function(entity) {
    try {
      jsonpatch.apply(entity, patches, /*validate*/ true);
    } catch(err) {
      return Promise.reject(err);
    }

    return entity.save();
  };
}

function removeEntity(res) {
  return function(entity) {
    if(entity) {
      return entity.remove()
        .then(() => {
          res.status(204).end();
        });
    }
  };
}

function handleEntityNotFound(res) {
  return function(entity) {
    if(!entity) {
      res.status(404).end();
      return null;
    }
    return entity;
  };
}

function handleError(res, statusCode) {
  statusCode = statusCode || 500;
  return function(err) {
    res.status(statusCode).send(err);
  };
}

// Gets a list of Stats
export function index(req, res) {
  return Stat.find().exec()
    .then(respondWithResult(res))
    .catch(handleError(res));
}

// Gets a single Stat from the DB
export function show(req, res) {
  console.log("Stats");
  var query = req.params.tag;
    if (req.params.id == "questions") {
      console.log("questions");
      Question.find({"tags.text": query}).count().execAsync()
        .then(respondWithResult(res))
        .catch(handleError(res));
    }

    if (req.params.id == "diagrams") {
      console.log("diagrams->"+query);
      Question.find({$and: [{"tags.text": "Diagram"}, {"tags.text": query} ]}).count().execAsync()
        .then(respondWithResult(res))
        .catch(handleError(res));
    }

    // if (req.params.id != "questions") {
    //   console.log("another");
    //   Question.find({$and: [{"tags.text": "Diagram"}, {"tags.text": req.params.id} ]}).count().execAsync()
    //   // return Stat.findById(req.params.id).exec()
    //     .then(handleEntityNotFound(res))
    //     .then(respondWithResult(res))
    //     .catch(handleError(res));
    // }

}

// Swagger sucks. Have to make this function just to swagger to work
export function countparagraph(req, res) {
  console.log("Stats from eservide and paragraph");
  var query1 = req.params.eservice;
  var query2 = req.params.paragraph;

    if (req.params.id == "questions") {
      console.log("questions");
      Question.find({$and: [{"tags.text": query1}, {"tags.text": query2} ]}).count().execAsync()
        .then(respondWithResult(res))
        .catch(handleError(res));
    }

    if (req.params.id == "diagrams") {
      console.log("diagrams");
      Question.find({$and: [{"tags.text": "Diagram"}, {"tags.text": query1}, {"tags.text": query2} ]}).count().execAsync()
        .then(respondWithResult(res))
        .catch(handleError(res));
    }

    // Waiting for CPD methods
    // if (req.params.id != "questions") {
    //   console.log("Error. Only questions for now, please");
    //   // return Stat.findById(req.params.id).exec()
    //   //   .then(handleEntityNotFound(res))
    //   //   .then(respondWithResult(res))
    //   //   .catch(handleError(res));
    // }

}

// Creates a new Stat in the DB
export function create(req, res) {
  return Stat.create(req.body)
    .then(respondWithResult(res, 201))
    .catch(handleError(res));
}

// Upserts the given Stat in the DB at the specified ID
export function upsert(req, res) {
  if(req.body._id) {
    delete req.body._id;
  }
  return Stat.findOneAndUpdate({_id: req.params.id}, req.body, {new: true, upsert: true, setDefaultsOnInsert: true, runValidators: true}).exec()

    .then(respondWithResult(res))
    .catch(handleError(res));
}

// Updates an existing Stat in the DB
export function patch(req, res) {
  if(req.body._id) {
    delete req.body._id;
  }
  return Stat.findById(req.params.id).exec()
    .then(handleEntityNotFound(res))
    .then(patchUpdates(req.body))
    .then(respondWithResult(res))
    .catch(handleError(res));
}

// Deletes a Stat from the DB
export function destroy(req, res) {
  return Stat.findById(req.params.id).exec()
    .then(handleEntityNotFound(res))
    .then(removeEntity(res))
    .catch(handleError(res));
}

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Q: Kotlin cloneable vs deep copy I implemented various times copy and deep copy. Didn't use clone a lot so decided to investigate it. I have class:
data class CountryResponse(var data: List<CountryData>): Cloneable {

public override fun clone(): Any {
    return super.clone()
}

override fun toString(): String {
    return "CountryResponse(data='$data')"
}
}

As you can see I already implemented Cloneable. In my code I do:
var test = (CountryResponse(
        listOf(
            CountryData(null, nation = "", year = 3, population = 4),
            CountryData(null, nation = "", year = 3, population = 3)
        )
    ))

    var copyOfTest = test.clone()

After this I debug. In my debugger copyOfTest and test have different references. So shallow copy is done. But when I try to check references for "data" they are same. This means that deep copy is not done.
(I implemented Cloneable also in CountryData data class).
How to achieve deep copy with cloneable? Also what is preferrable/better to use, are there any advantages. If Cloneable has so much code, implementing it in data classes, etc, it looks easier for me to do deep copy and not bother with cloneable ever again:
   var copyOfTest = test.copy(data = test.data.map { it.copy() })

Thanks

A: Object#clone is supposed to be a shallow copy. It just creates a new object of the same type with the same (reference equality) fields
If you want to create a deep clone using that method, you need to add custom logic, e.g.:
public override fun clone(): Any {
    val ret = super.clone()
    ret.data = ArrayList(ret.data)
    return ret
}


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Heaven Mountain
Taijiquan College UK
GrandMaster Dr. Shen Hongxun
College Director & Head Teacher:- Paul Brewer
Epsom Monday Evenings
Reigate Weds am
Quaker Hall am Map
Healing Qigong
Push Hands Class
Taiji 37
Push Hands
Spontaneous Movement
Taijiwuxigong
E-Mei QiGong
Dr. Shen
John Kells
Regarding the Tai Chi Union of Great Britain
The Curious Case of "Health QiGong" now being Trademarked in the UK
Jane Elizabeth Pace: In Memoriam
Death of 'delightful lady' Jane Pace
Applications Workshop
The Birth of HeavenMountain
Internet Gurus
Easter Meditation
Zhan Zhuang - No it isn't!
Vibration Force
Taiji Survey
An Introduction To Tai Chi
T'ai Chi Ch'uan (Taijiquan, the words are interchangeable), originated in the Martial Arts of China and has now become the most practised health exercise system in the world. Easily recognized by its slow, graceful, flowing but controlled movements, it combines standing postures with movement, stretching, relaxation and meditation. Taiji exercises improve the quality and function of the physical structure by working on body posture, balance, co-ordination and mobility.
The practice of movements & postures, stretches and exercise techniques is to develop the energy system, awaken and activate the Dantian (energy centre) and cultivate Taijijin (Taiji forces), primary of which are vibration force, spontaneous movement force and mental force. These forces are used for opening the channels and expelling stale and stagnant negative Qi, cleansing, improving and invigorating the same internal energy systems used in Traditional Chinese Medicine by Acupuncturists and Shiatsu practitioners. These forces are innate to everyone but in most people they are dormant, so many practitioners of Taijiquan have never experienced the sensation of movement of their inner energy and do not know how to develop these Taijijin.
Prior to the widespread advent of modern weapons, Taiji was created as a martial art and used for combat. Fighters practised to activate their dantian, then, when dantian force flowed freely through their energy channels, skilled fighters could project this force out of their bodies and use it to fight opponents, even at a distance. Today, Taijiquan has shifted towards a more health-orientated purpose, but the forces used for health and healing are exactly the same.
With training these Taiji forces can be used for self-healing and even for the treatment of others. Practising Taiji has a healing effect. Most people think that Taijiquan improves their health because it activates the qi circulations. However, the main reason is because the outward direction of these forces expels binqi (negative, stale, stagnant and potentially illness causing factors). Pushing the binqi out of the body through the meridians allows the qi to circulate more freely again, removing blockages in the energy channels and optimising the circulation of the internal vital energy or life force, correcting and regulating bodily functions and improving the quality of health and wellbeing. This practice can produce strong and rapid changes in the body and the internal energy system, clearing stale and negative factors from the body at all levels.
Tai Chi is also a form of moving meditation, the physical practice and study of the philosophy of the chinese "cosmic opposites" of Yin and Yang; it can be considered to be the study of change, highly relevant in a rapidly changing modern world. The mental aspects of practice reduce stress and improve concentration, relaxation and awareness, which is why Tai chi is sometimes referred to as "moving Meditation." Traditional authentic Taiji teaching works on all 4 levels: the Physical, Energetic, Mental and Spiritual, benefitting the Breath and Qi, Body, Mind and Spirit.
During classes the teacher assists with posture correction and energy activation whilst giving direct (Zen/Chan) health information transmission. The study of Tai Chi is accessible to students from ages 18 to 80+ and is particularly suitable for those recovering from injury and illness, and for therapists needing protection from the effects of the negative Qi of patients, as well as for those in good health. Tai Chi can bring benefits to all, so many people not only find renewed health and vigour but a release of creative & artistic energy and spirit, releasing dormant talents and abilities. The study of Taiji helps in the attainment of a healthier, more relaxed and harmonious way of living, leading to a longer and happier life.
Numerous Western medical research programmes are currently demonstrating the substantial health benefits of Tai Chi, which is a perfect recipe, developed over hundreds of years, for reducing stress and helping people enjoy a more relaxed, healthier, happier way of living by leaving them cleansed, revitalised, lightened and invigorated.
For Enquiries and Bookings click here to Email Paul


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I Am A Church Member
SKU: 465767 Categories: Books, Ecclesiology
: Discovering The Attitude That Makes The Difference
by:Thom S Rainer
Best-selling author Thom S. Rainer (Simple Church) shows how being an effective church member has more to do with maintaining a healthy biblical attitude than it does worrying over functional issues.
# of Pages 96
Publish Date Apr. 8th, 2013
Publisher B H Publishing ~
About Thom S Rainer
Thom S. Rainer is the founder and CEO of Church Answers. Before this involvement, he served as president and CEO of LifeWay Christian Resources. He also served for 12 years at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, where he was the founding dean of the Billy Graham School of Missions and Evangelism. He has been a pastor of four churches and interim pastor of ten churches. He is a 1977 graduate of the University of Alabama... Show More
Thom S. Rainer is the founder and CEO of Church Answers. Before this involvement, he served as president and CEO of LifeWay Christian Resources. He also served for 12 years at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, where he was the founding dean of the Billy Graham School of Missions and Evangelism. He has been a pastor of four churches and interim pastor of ten churches. He is a 1977 graduate of the University of Alabama and earned his MDiv and PhD degrees from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Rainer has written over 30 books, including three that ranked as number one bestsellers: I Am a Church Member, Autopsy of a Deceased Church, and Simple Church. Show Less


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define('lang_Files','Fájlok');
define('lang_Images','Képek');
define('lang_Archives','Tömörített');
define('lang_Error_Upload','A kiválasztott fájl mérete túl nagy!');
define('lang_Error_extension','A megadott kiterjesztésű fájl nem engedélyezett.');
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define('lang_Filters','Szűrő');
define('lang_Videos','Videó');
define('lang_Music','Zene');
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define('lang_Duplicate','Klónozás');
define('lang_Folders', 'Mappák');
define('lang_Copy','Másolás');
define('lang_Cut','Kivágás');
define('lang_Paste','Beillesztés');
define('lang_CB', 'VL'); // clipboard
define('lang_Paste_Here','Beillesztés ebbe a mappába.');
define('lang_Paste_Confirm','Biztos vagy benne, hogy ebbe a mappába szeretnéd beilleszteni a fájlokat? A létező fájlok/mappák felül lesznek írva.');
define('lang_Paste_Failed','A beillesztés sikertelen!');
define('lang_Clear_Clipboard','Vágólap törlése');
define('lang_Clear_Clipboard_Confirm','Biztos törlöd a vágólap tartalmát?');
define('lang_Files_ON_Clipboard','Fájlok találhatóak a vágólapon.');
define('lang_Copy_Cut_Size_Limit','A kiválasztott fájlok/mappák túl nagyok a %shoz. Limit: %d MB/művelet'); // %s = cut or copy
define('lang_Copy_Cut_Count_Limit','Túl sok fájlt választottál ki a %shoz. Limit: %d fájl/művelet'); // %s = cut or copy
define('lang_Copy_Cut_Not_Allowed','A %s nem engedélyezett.'); // %s(1) = cut or copy, %s(2) = files or folders
define('lang_Aviary_No_Save', 'A kép mentése sikertelen.');
define('lang_Zip_No_Extract', 'Kicsomagolás sikertelen. Lehet, hogy korrupt a fájl.');
define('lang_Zip_Invalid', 'Ez a kiterjesztés nem támogatott. Támogatott: zip, gz, tar.');
define('lang_Dir_No_Write', 'A kiválasztott mappa nem írható.');
define('lang_Function_Disabled', 'A %s funkciót letiltotta a szerver.'); // %s = cut or copy
define('lang_File_Permission', 'Engedélyek');
define('lang_File_Permission_Not_Allowed', 'A %s jogainak a megváltoztatása nem engedélyezett.'); // %s = files or folders
define('lang_File_Permission_Recursive', 'Rekurzív beállítás az almappákra?');
define('lang_File_Permission_Wrong_Mode', "A beírt engedély nem megfelelő.");
define('lang_User', 'Felhasználó');
define('lang_Group', 'Csoport');
define('lang_Yes', 'Igen');
define('lang_No', 'Nem');
define('lang_Lang_Not_Found', 'A nyelv nem található.');
define('lang_Lang_Change', 'Nyelv megváltoztatása');
define('lang_File_Not_Found', 'A fájl nem található.');
define('lang_File_Open_Edit_Not_Allowed', 'Nincs jogod %s a fájlt.'); // %s = open or edit
define('lang_Edit', 'Szerkesztés');
define('lang_Edit_File', "Fájl szerkesztése");
define('lang_File_Save_OK', "Fájl sikeresen mentve.");
define('lang_File_Save_Error', "Hiba történt a fájl mentése közben.");
define('lang_New_File','Új fájl');
define('lang_No_Extension','Meg kell adnod a fájl kiterjesztését.');
define('lang_Valid_Extensions','Elfogadott kiterjesztések: %s'); // %s = txt,log etc.

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