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NT community puts diesel on back-burner, with 1MW solar + 2MWh battery storage
The Daly River Nauiyu community, south of Darwin, is set to be the first in the Northern Territory to be powered mostly by solar and storage, after the installation of a 2MWh lithium-ion battery system.
The battery system, pictured below, joins a 1MW solar array, installed as part of the $55 million SETuP program, which is being led by NT utility Power and Water Corporation, and jointly funded by NT government and the Australian Renewable Energy Agency.
ARENA chief Ivor Frischknecht said the Daly River trial – one of the first of 28 SETuP projects to be rolled out across the NT – was important in showing how renewables could cut remote communities' reliance on costly and polluting diesel fuel.
The solar and battery installed at Daly River are expected to power half of the town's energy needs, reducing the community reliance on diesel by 50 per cent, and cutting its consumption by 400,000 litres of fuel a year.
"As battery costs reduce over the next few years, solar and battery technology will become more and more economically compelling as an alternative to traditional ways of powering remote communities," Frischknecht said.
The SETuP scheme is also expected to bring job opportunities to local Indigenous people, engaging the communities throughout the construction process, and in flora and fauna surveys, fencing, installation and construction.
Power and Water CEO Michael Thomson is confident the program will achieve the "environmental deliverables" it has targeted.
"SETuP's Daly River Project is an effective demonstration of dependable technology use in remote locations in the Northern Territory," Thompson said in comments on Friday.
"The cutting edge 2MWh lithium-ion battery charged by 3,200 solar panels will generate 1MW of solar energy, powering half of the town's energy needs, reducing the reliance on diesel by 50 per cent."
Sophie is editor of One Step Off The Grid and deputy editor of its sister site, Renew Economy. Sophie has been writing about clean energy for more than a decade.


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Heartland Institute conference attendees try for a subtler skepticism, but group's leader sometimes strays off message
CHICAGO -- Climate change contrarians are trying to craft a softer, more nuanced message about global warming -- that it is real but insignificant. This follows a seismic reply to a surprise public relations stunt that shook loose many of the Heartland Institute's funders.
People attending the group's conference here, eager to raise uncertainties about climate change, suggested the focus should be on subtle messages that do not refute the greenhouse gas effect, but rather downplay its impacts.
Outright denial can cloud the movement's effort to portray itself as a credible underdog in a scientific debate, some attendees said. And while many people here declined to criticize Heartland's decision to buy a billboard that compared climate advocates to Unabomber Ted Kaczynski, they also emphasized that their ideas have little chance of being advanced through outrageous attacks.
"It certainly is not in line with what one would call reasoned debate," Kenneth Haapala, executive vice president of the Science & Environmental Policy Project, said of Heartland's short-lived marketing campaign. "I'd much prefer to stick to reasoned argument. But Heartland is doing a good job. Whether this was the best thing to do, I can't assess that."
Reverberations of the ad campaign are evident in the three-day conference, which lost a small number of speakers after the billboard launched for 24 hours earlier this month. Joe Bast, Heartland's president, gave a fleeting reference to a larger group of retreating Heartland donors by emphasizing that "real friends" remain committed to the libertarian organization.
"We've been under a lot of pressure over the course of the last four months," Bast told the audience, which numbered about 300 by Heartland's count, Monday night. "And I think we've discovered who our real friends are."
Leading up to the conference, some Heartland supporters openly wondered whether the billboard was a sign of frustration that first began in February, when the group accidently released to climate scientist Peter Gleick sensitive documents containing the identities of secret donors.
Whatever prompted the marketing campaign, it threatened to undercut the messaging pursued by the skeptical climate community and the main theme of the conference, which was: "Real Science, Real Choices."
Congressman points to 'unsavory tactics'
Rep. James Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.), who threatened to cancel his speech before Heartland abruptly ended its billboard campaign, warned the group yesterday to stay on message.
"We can continue to win these debates out of the strength of our arguments, without recourse to unsavory tactics that only serve to detract from our message," he told the audience, without mentioning the billboard.
"The message is: It's bad economics, it's unsure science and it will slow economic growth and slow our job creation," Sensenbrenner added. "We got a good message. Let's stick to the message. Let's not get off message."
Unlike at some of Heartland's past conferences, there has been no real debate about climate change this year. No mainstream scientists, who agree with a large majority of climate researchers that emissions from human activity are substantially contributing to rising temperatures, accepted an invitation to attend the conference.
Still, the attendees reflect a range of skepticism that can differ by degrees.
James Taylor, a lawyer and a Heartland senior fellow, said it is unclear if the sun, clouds or carbon dioxide is having a primary effect on atmospheric changes, but added, "Just because temperatures are rising, doesn't mean it's bad."
William Gray, an emeritus professor of meteorology at Colorado State University, said he believes carbon dioxide emissions could increase global temperatures by 0.3 degree Celsius over the next century or so, which he says is about one-tenth of the increase projected by mainstream scientists.
"Humans aren't doing it. It's the most ridiculous thing," Gray said. "This is not going to cause any problems for the world -- slightly more warming. Now, if it went up 3 degrees, yes, I would be worried. Perhaps a lot of things would change."
Bast says Heartland's position is this: Human emissions have an impact on the atmosphere, but it is so small that people and the economy won't be affected. Yet Bast seems to sometimes stray into tougher language that exposes him to criticism that he is rejecting climate change altogether.
Heartland, for example, explained its use of the billboard this way: "The point is that believing in global warming is not 'mainstream,' smart or sophisticated. In fact, it is just the opposite of those things. Still believing in man-made global warming -- after all the scientific discoveries and revelations that point against this theory -- is more than a little nutty. In fact, some really crazy people use it to justify immoral and frightening behavior."
And in an interview with ClimateWire in February, Bast called climate change a "scientific myth."
'You have no right to ask me anything'
The billboard illustrated that not all of Heartland's supporters consider themselves as maverick on climate as the libertarian group based in Chicago. As a result, Heartland saw many of its corporate sponsors for non-climate programs abandon it, as did its Washington-based staff.
When ClimateWire, which reported those stories earlier this month, approached Bast during the conference, he declined to offer his insights about the future of Heartland's funding and whether he envisions a change to its strategy on climate.
"You're not a journalist at all. You are not a journalist. You are not a journalist," Bast said. "Get a different job. Get a different job. You have no right to ask me anything."
S. Fred Singer, a physicist and prominent skeptic, said the billboard did not offend him, but he also indicated that it deviated from what he believes is the best way to advance the skeptical argument: by highlighting scientific uncertainties in mainstream research.
"I can't speak for these people," Singer said of Heartland in an interview. "I don't know who they employ for the PR business. But that's not my business. I'm satisfied that we can reply to the alarmists on a purely scientific basis and tell people that they've not made their case."
As for people who deny that greenhouse gases are having a small effect on the atmosphere, Singer said they are detracting from the skeptical movement's ability to challenge the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and other scientific bodies.
"Denialists are people who are people I don't really go for," Singer said. "They aren't my friends."
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OPEC boosted estimates for growth in rival supplies by 64 percent as the U.S. oil industry's recovery accelerates, threatening the group's attempts to clear a surplus.
Production from outside the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries will increase by 950,000 barrels a day this year, OPEC said in a report, revising its forecast up by about 370,000. The projection is four times higher than in November, when the group announced a production cut to try and re-balance oversupplied world markets. Non-OPEC nations pump about 60 percent of the world's oil.
Oil prices sank to a five-month low below $44 a barrel in New York last week on concern that the cuts by OPEC and 11 partners, including Russia, aren't clearing the glut and that more supply is coming from U.S. shale drillers. While OPEC has signaled it will probably extend the cutbacks into the second half, the increased production outlook for competitors may fuel speculation their strategy has backfired.
"U.S. oil and gas companies have already stepped up activities in 2017 as they start to increase their spending amid a recovery in oil prices," OPEC's Vienna-based research department said in the report. "In addition to the growth in the U.S., higher oil production is expected in Canada and Brazil."
The report echoed comments from officials such as Saudi Arabian Energy Minister Khalid Al-Falih and his Russian counterpart Alexander Novak that prolonged action will likely be required when ministers gather on May 25.
"Continued rebalancing in the oil market by year-end will require the collective efforts of all oil producers to increase market stability," it said.
The organization raised its outlook for U.S. production growth by 285,000 barrels a day to 820,000 a day. The number of drilling rigs operating in the country has more than doubled since May, data from Baker Hughes Inc. shows, as shale explorers emerge from a two-year rout buoyed by the initial price gains after OPEC announced its plan.
Original Projection
When OPEC introduced its 2017 forecast for non-OPEC supply last July, it had projected a contraction of 100,000 barrels a day.
The report indicated that OPEC's objective to reduce inventories to their five-year average remains some way off. While it noted that surplus oil held at sea diminished, stockpiles in the most industrialized nations increased from the fourth quarter by 31 million barrels to just over 3 billion. That's 276 million above the five-year norm.
OPEC members are still sticking with their pledge to reduce output, the report showed. Production from all 13 members slipped by 18,200 barrels a day to 31.73 million last month, with Saudi Arabia continuing to pump below its official target.


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As tends to be my pattern, now that the hysteria has subsided a bit on Justice Kennedy, here is my post about it. For those of you who skipped the news or perhaps slept through yesterday, you may have missed that U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy is stepping down from his role at 81 years old. Since then, everyone has been freaking out. Why?
Bear with me, as I explain perhaps to younger or international followers why the Supreme Court is so important in the United States. The U.S. government has three branches: executive (the President), legislative (Congress), and judicial (the Supreme Court). U.S. citizens vote for the President and for representatives in their local and federal government, and those representatives act on their behalf to vote on issues and create laws. Those are the executive and legislative branches. Of course, the President, Congress, and the people that elected them don't always agree. That's where the Supreme Court comes in. The Supreme Court has 9 justices that are appointed by the presidents and confirmed by Congress. These justices can serve for life. Their job is to decide the most important legal issues in the country. What they rule becomes the final law on any given issue – this gives them essentially more power than Congress and the President, keeping those two in check (thank God).
The problem is, since Supreme Court justices can serve for life, when a President has the ability to appoint a new justice (because one dies or retires), the decisions of the Court can be significantly impacted. It all depends on if the President chooses a liberal or conservative justice. Republican presidents obviously choose people they align with, and Democrats do the same. Currently, Democratic presidents have appointed 4 justices – 2 from Bill Clinton and 2 from Barack Obama. That leaves 5 Republican-appointed justices. While many Supreme Court cases are not 5-4 decisions (Republicans vs. Democrats), some very important ones have been.
Justice Kennedy was appointed by a Republican, and will now be replaced by a Republican. So why are people freaking out? Well, Justice Kennedy had an interesting record with the Supreme Court. Many Republicans felt betrayed by his pro-LGBT and pro-abortion decisions, which are typically Democratic leanings. Since he was the "fifth Republican," he was considered a very important swing vote. That meant for the many cases on issues that typically divide along party lines, he was the tiebreaker. This was great for the LGBT community, especially, since he did ultimately side with us several times, changing our history. Based on the things Donald Trump says and does, we should all be a quite freaked out that he will be choosing a very conservative Republican that may be against the LGBT community (although that is not guaranteed NOR am I implying that all Republicans are anti-LGBTQ+).
So, what can I say? First, I think it is OK to freak out and be disheartened by this. A lot has been going on politically this week, and it's not helpful to think that Trump could have even more influence over the Court. That said, Barack Obama was able to appoint two justices. Trump has already appointed one (Justice Gorsuch when Justice Scalia died.) So now Trump will be on par with Obama. Let's cross our fingers and hope that all of the remaining Democratic justices last two more years through his presidency. We're looking at you Ruth Bader Ginsburg (who is 85, but I hear lifts weights).
You may also be worried about LGBTQ+ rights or the status of the same-sex marriage Supreme Court ruling. As I detailed in my video here when Trump was newly elected, the odds of gay marriage being overturned are pretty low. While the Supreme Court does overrule itself on occasion, it is usually to give more rights or protections, not strip them away. Here is a list of all of the times the Supreme Court has overruled itself.
As you can see under 14th Amendment, the Supreme Court actually overruled its own 1972 decision saying states can limit marriages to heterosexual in order to legalize same-sex marriage in 2015. To turn around again, and in 2018, 19, or 20, come up with some reason for same-sex marriage to be illegal again would basically be unheard of. This is not to mention that a majority of the U.S. public (according to recent polls) support same-sex marriage. It would be rare to fight over an issue that a majority of the U.S. now supports. This is kind of like how fewer and fewer people think legalizing marijuana is a bad thing.
That said, a conservative Supreme Court justice can definitely rule in favor of religious exemption laws, if they reach the Court. These types of laws basically try to chip away, particularly at LGBTQ+ rights, by using religion as an excuse. For example, laws allowing private adoption agencies to turn away gay couples because it is "against their religion" (aka they are anti-LGBTQ+). Since any heterosexual couple can adopt a child, turning away gay couples undermines the same-sex marriage ruling, which promised that gay married people would have all of the same rights as others. Religious exemption rulings are one way the next justice can technically be working against gay marriage without actually overturning it. Noteworthy was Justice Kennedy's last decision impacting LGBTQ+ rights, Masterpiece Cakeshop, which neither advanced nor set back rights through its narrow ruling on an issue springing from same-sex marriage.
One positive spin to this whole thing is that Supreme Court justices, conservative or liberal, are very smart and generally respected members of the legal profession. They are not the same as the random jackasses Trump appoints in his campaign that we hear about getting indicted left and right. Supreme Court justices abide by a standard of ethics and respect for the law in order to be accomplished and respected enough to be confirmed by Congress. Believe me, politicians are digging up the dirt on all of Trump's potential picks as we speak so no stone will go unturned.
Even the most conservative justices are never going to outright come for the LGBTQ+, they may just follow the laws very strictly to try to hold back our rights. I'm not saying that's any better – but to me, it's helpful to know that the person will at least be smart and somewhat ethical, and also constantly dragged by the remaining liberal justices on the Court. They may also be a surprise – like Kennedy – and be an overall fair person.
Let me wrap this up with some final positive notes and calls to action. First, do not let a bad week make you feel down about the tremendous progress LGBTQ+ people have made in this country. I personally thank Justice Kennedy for the many times he supported us (striking down anti-sodomy laws nationwide, ruling the Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional, and then supporting the legalization of same-sex marriage). Some feel that he could have done more recently in Masterpiece Cakeshop, but he also could have made things much worse – so no shade to him. Also, the guy gave 30 years of his life to the Supreme Court – he deserves a damn retirement.
Please also remember that decades of progress do not unravel overnight. Momentum does not shift because of one incident. My unrelated analogy here is this – Trump made it a point to cut down environmental regulations for emissions, but automakers did not just say "wow f*ck the decade of investment we made in hybrids and electric, let's build gas guzzlers again!" That would be a waste of money and momentum, especially in a worldwide economy. I think that LGBTQ+ rights, while different in each country, are also part of a worldwide momentum and benefit from increasing public (not to mention corporate) support. When most of the people and biggest corporations in our country support us (Apple, Amazon, Microsoft, Google), we're in a good place.
To that end, I encourage more people to come out (if at all possible and safe). The more people who come out, the more your immediate spheres who love you will come around to support LGBTQ+ people. I firmly believe that if every bigoted, anti-LGBT politician had a gay nephew that they helped raise, maybe they would see the light. I need all of those gay nephews to do their part and come out of the closet. Finally – GET INVOLVED. This is a major call to action! No LGBTQ+ adult or ally should not be voting at this point. And if you're not out, the least you can do is vote for pro-LGBTQ+ reps and initiatives. Get involved in your community organizations, follow LGBTQ+ organizations online – we cannot ignore what is happening. Our fight just got a lot harder, but we have been through much worse, so we got this if we stick together.


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Why I Quit Bollywood And You Should Too If You're An Outsider
Why I Quit Bollywood And You Should Too If You're An Outsider
Who am I, and who was I anyway to have that big a dream of becoming a Bollywood actress? That too without a background. Just because I look like a famous actress and I'm not plastic, I thought I could make it. Yes, some of you may know me — some of you probably don't care and others are probably busy "warming" other people's beds while I write this confession. I wish I could but I can't give you my name, I would love to but you know this thing called "Bollywood"? Yes that. It's a dark place and I'm hoping to never see it again. I hope to never ever give anybody the permission to look at me like that ever again. Those freaks, those womanisers, those assh*les who probably make movies to clear their conscience through portraying nice, innocent, saintly characters. It was tough, it's still tough, but here is my story that might just kill your acting dream if you're reading this but trust me, that's not my intention. I was probably just one of those unlucky ones.
So while you're probably getting inspired by watching Dil Dhadakne Do at the comfort of your homes or theatres, passionate people like us are being forced to kill our dreams with our own two hands. Just because we made a choice of not satisfying some frustrated maniacs' sexual desires. Don't get embarrassed, it's not a big deal over there. How else do you think a female escort can become a Bollywood star in one night?
To clear your doubts, I'm the same girl who once dreamed of entering this ugly industry to become a top heroine. But here's how the life of an actress without a famous background goes like in your so-called "city of dreams" — walk into auditions and get rejected at the entrance or walk into auditions, give audition and get rejected and finally get through audition, don't sleep with the asshole and get rejected. What's common? Rejection. But what's more common? Desperation, hunger, the vile environment and unpredictable people. Oh sorry, I mean unpredictable, ass*olic f*ckers.
How could I let these ugly f***s kill my dream like this and how dare they even think I'll sleep with those hideous looking faces with big fat bellies? But there comes the harsh reality — they did it and I'm the loser, it all happened in front of my eyes and guess what I did? I quit. I gave up. I lost.
The indignities I went through in the past couple of years is nothing unbelievable but I had never expected it to come from the people who did it to me. Trust me, when I say "dark", I mean it. The most innocent man on-screen is probably the most disgusting man off-screen. Don't be disappointed when I take their names. It's one thing to meet a guy at a party and choosing to sleep with him but this atrocious industry is a kind of brothel that hasn't been shown in movies yet. And will never be shown indeed. Sadly, I can't deny the fact that Bollywood helped me discover my best hidden talents, such as dancing and acting, just so I could crush those dreams in the palms of my hands and finally gulp it down my throat. I grew up watching Hindi movies and so I had this instant inclination towards this industry.
I am not trying to say that I led or lead a filmy lifestyle, I hope you get my point. I do wish I had that lifestyle, it would've saved me the misery of feeling like a w**** so many times in that worthless piece of shit.
All I had wanted was to convert my passion into a profession. But apparently in that world, there's only space for the brightest stars that have great history. Unfortunately, I wasn't one of them. And that gave Bollywood the right to treat me like a prostitute trying to sell her body rather than talent. I wanted to become a full-time dancer and perhaps get a break as an actor one day. I worked hard towards achieving my goals, and I did. I made as many contacts as possible within the industry, I looked up directors, scriptwriters, dancers, and who not on Social Media. I remember being up all night waiting for their replies. I linked up with so many people since then and I built such great relations with some of them that I actually forgot to tell them why I added them in the first place. But I didn't know what I was throwing myself into. I was young, new and inexperienced, I couldn't possibly know what was yet to come.
I should've guessed then that this was the lull before the storm. I don't want you to feel bad for me, don't get me wrong. I just want you to hear me out.
My first incident happened back in 2011, where I had just started performing for shows. I came to know about a certain Mister (whose name will not be revealed for the sake of his wife and children only) who was running a popular beauty contest affiliated with Miss India. This 'Mister' was looking for an Indian girl to represent my country, which is not India (can't be disclosed because I do still love my life), for the upcoming contest. Since that country is so small that it's Indian population is equal to three buses full of people and the only eligible girl refused to go, I was asked to take part and considering the chances of exposure, I accepted the offer.
That was my first mistake out of the many mistakes I was about to make in that land of leeches, excuse me for not calling them humans because they have absolutely nothing human about them. Nothing!
My second mistake was that I gave him my number because he insisted, just in case he had to contact me for contest related information. I did not think much of the first phone calls he made because those talks were genuine until soon enough, when these talks turned into investigative phone calls. I remember him calling me and asking me whether I had a boyfriend or if I had ever been involved in a relationship with a guy. I was taken aback for the first time there. Though the questions didn't sound dodgy, I kept wondering how this was related to me entering the contest. They were not relevant at all! But then came my biggest mistake. Without any ill intentions, I asked him the location of his hotel, so that I could book something nearby for myself. This was solely for convenience. I didn't know the city so I thought it would be wise to lodge nearby without getting lost or stuck in traffic whenever I had to meet him.
Then it happened: "Why do you need to book a hotel? I already have one room."
After he said that, it felt as if the ground beneath my feet lost stability. I went numb for a few seconds because till then, I had just heard of 'casting couch'. Till that day, all that while I was thinking in my head, "So far so good". So, without letting him know I cancelled my plans and never got in touch with him again. After that incident, I completely lost my will to try my luck in Bollywood. If doing what I am passionate about meant losing my soul and dignity, then NO, I was not interested. I was better off doing stuff on my own and be rewarded for my hard work. Sadly, I was no Nawazuddin Siddiqui. I was a female stuck in a sickening male dominated fraternity. But my passion for acting was stronger than I'd thought. So I didn't give up just yet. I picked up myself again and this time, because I had somehow touched fame in the most indirect but legit way possible.
Yes, people saw my face and I started getting offers. But life isn't that easy after all, the moment you see things going up for yourself, life throws you right back to where you'd started. It is especially true with me. I had to go through yet another horrid incident before I accepted the real side of Bollywood. The dark, ugly reality of that glamorous place.
This time I met an actor who makes you laugh. He looks very innocent, fair, not-so-tall, not-so-fat guy who has done some great comedy in Bollywood movies and theatre for that matter. Don't hate me for it, you probably love him but this is the truth. I was excited to talk to him just like any other star-struck kid. He seemed to be okay at first and then he told me that he was heading for a EURO Trip and if I was interested, I could catch up with him in Brussels, Belgium as it was just a two hour train journey away from me.
I said, "Okay, why not! I will visit a city I've never seen before and actually meet an actor! How cool is that!"
I couldn't afford the trip so I didn't end up going but I still wonder sometimes why he'd called me (a girl he hardly knew) all the way to another city in Europe to meet him personally. I still thank my stars for not making it though! Unfortunately, my battle against Bollywood didn't end there. Two years later, the same Mister got in touch with me, again very politely. But this time, it was for a different purpose. Apparently some Bollywood directors were interested in filming a story which involved a half Indian/NRI Girl. He had told me that he's told them about me and that they were interested to cast me for a lead role.
Forgetting the incident that occurred two years prior, and that his beauty contest was quite legit and successful, I thought I might consider this as an opportunity to land in a movie, so like an Idiot, I accepted it. Sometimes, dreams do take over your mind I guess. I was blinded by my goals and all these opportunities, like any other struggling actor would. Initially we had discussions about the role, the filming locations, the budget and everything related. But eventually things became really dodgy. Days passed and I was quite keen to be introduced to those "directors" so I asked him if he could link me up with them, but he kept avoiding my question. I thought 'okay, maybe this is not how it works, so I just rested my case'. However, it didn't take me time in understanding the game he was playing so I played my game this time, just to see how far he could go. How far this industry could go. I can't tell you exactly what he said (because honestly, it is better to forget) but some of his questions were:
"Have you ever had sex?" "Have you ever tried a girl?" "Are you open to doing it with many people at once?" "How about if you're asked to do it with many different people in a single day?" "What color is this, what color and size is that?"
I answered those questions and I noticed, the more my answers satisfied him the more perv he became. But every time I mentioned the "movie", he pushed the topic away and said that we would talk about it later. After finding out about his intentions, I wish I had recorded some of those conversations to send them to his wife or defame him, but I did not want any trouble so I didn't do it. Obviously, like I said, it was a mistake to even try to be a part of this obnoxious place. At this point, I never thought it could become more disgusting than what it was already. I have to say — kudos to Bollywood blood. There's something definitely in the air of that place. With all the cocaine, MDMA, ecstasy running in their blood, they have probably lost touch with humanity. No wonder the place remains dark as hell. Anyway, he finally grew balls to inform me that if I wanted to grab the opportunity, I HAD TO compromise.
So that was it.
I didn't take time to throw his "offer" back in his face. I am NOT a sex object nor do I need to flirt or sleep with someone to obtain fame. Although it might take longer to make a name for myself or it won't happen at all, I would at least know that I am not one of those women who sold themselves to prove their own talents, that only belonged to them.
How I wish I could talk to at least one of them to tell them what they were worth.
Bollywood is only nice to watch at home. Being in it is no fun, I realised this fact way too early in my non-existent career in this industry.
80% of it is made up of talentless people who sleep their way up to success to satisfy those pervs that lure them within the industry to take advantage of their gorgeous bodies. The other 20% are underrated actors and actresses who do not make it big, surely because they are not ready to compromise.
But you know, I've been reading so much about how women are sexually exploited in this country in the last few weeks that I couldn't stop myself. I of course broke every contact and stopped thinking about that dirty place at all. There is so much room for me everywhere else, so I say NO TO BOLLYWOOD.
I quit.


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The Carson Sink Case was a famous UFO incident that occurred over the Carson Sink in western Nevada in the United States on July 24, 1952. The incident is considered especially noteworthy among UFO sightings because of the competency and reliability of the witnesses, two experienced command pilots of the United States Air Force.
The two pilots who witnessed the incident were Lieutenant Colonel John L. McGinn and Lieutenant Colonel John R. Barton, both veteran fliers with distinguished military careers. At the time, both men were assigned to the Pentagon with highly classified assignments and were familiar with even the most secret foreign and domestic aircraft designs.
That morning the two pilots were at Hamilton Field north of San Francisco. They requisitioned a twin engine B-25 bomber for a cross-country flight. They took off headed for Colorado with unlimited visibility and perfect flight conditions.
Between Sacramento, California, and Reno, Nevada, the two officers entered the "Green 3" aerial highway to Salt Lake City, Utah. At 3:40 P.M. MST while at 11,000 feet (3300 m) over the Carson Sink area east of Reno, the two lieutenant colonels spotted three aircraft ahead of them and to their right. At first they assumed that the unknown aircraft were F-86 fighter jets, based on their movements, but realized that aircraft were far too high in the air space. Moreover, the aircraft were flying in a perfect "V" formation, which was highly unusual for military jets.
When the B-25 drew closer to the aircraft, McGinn and Barton saw that the aircraft were bright silver in color with a delta-wing airfoil, but without tails or flight canopies, which every known aircraft possessed. The only break in sharply defined, clean upper surface of the triangular wing was a definite ridge that ran from the nose to the tail.
Neither men had previously seen anything remotely resembling the unknown craft. As the two pilots watched, the three unknown craft made a left bank and flew quickly to within 400 to 800 yards (meters) of their B-25, which was an uncomfortably short amount of space in the air. The two men estimated the speed of the unknown aircraft to be at the very least three times that of any conventional jet known to them. After four seconds, the aircraft sped away out of the vision of the pilots.
When McGinn and Barton landed in Colorado Springs, they contacted Air Defense Command Headquarters and learned that no civilian or military aircraft had been anywhere near the Carson Sink at the time of the incident. In particular, all known delta-wing craft, then flown exclusively by the Navy, hadn't been anywhere in the vicinity. The nearest such craft, which were painted dark Navy Blue, were known to be on the West Coast at the time.
The two men dismissed the suggestion that they had seen F-86 jets, since they were intimately familiar with the design of that craft. Air Defense Command relayed the report to Project Blue Book. An investigation was started into the incident, but the incident was officially left as unexplained.


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First, Happy Veterans Day to all the people who have served (or are currently serving) our country. It takes alot to serve our country, and I am eternally grateful for your selfless efforts. God Bless America!
OK, the last few days have been my version of hell, and it has reflected in my blog, so for that I am truly sorry. This blog has allowed me to not only rant about my fitness journey, but held me accountable along the way. I cannot express how encouraging it is to have such wonderful support and followers, I could not have made it this far without you!
Weight- No change since yesterday; down 6.8 pounds in 19 days, and considering I've done modified workouts the past two days, I'm not surprised.
Today was a blur. Last night was another late night of doing homework, so sleep was not an option yet again. Thankfully, there is a light at the end of the tunnel and class is tonight, so I can breathe a little easier after today is over. Finally, some relief! It was a friend/coworker/enouragement queen/loyal blog follower birthday (HAPPY BIRTHDAY!) so the day was full of festivities. I ran to grab pastries for her special day and found myself ordering all the treats I knew darn well I wouldn't eat..."ooh, yeah 2 of those cheese danish, can you add an extra blueberry scone too?" Happily I resisted the bakery delights, having a whole grapefruit (without the membrane), obviously not as exciting as a fresh baked pastry, but I stuck with my guns and didn't cheat. I'll admit I walked pass them more times than I'd like to admit, dreaming of what they tasted like, smelling them, and almost touching the box. But I resisted! Man, that was not easy, but certainly not as hard as it was on week #1. We went out to lunch at one of our office groups favorite Italian restaurants. I was so excited for lunch I had googled the menu looking for TAM-ish options, cuz let's face it, NOTHING in an Italian restaurant leaves the kitchen without being deliciously bathed in butter and garlic....mmm, butter. I ordered the Chicken Marsala (I ate about 1/2-sans majority of the sauce-along with the carrots and green beans) and a small side salad (they have the BEST salads), courageously passing on the overflowing bread/butter basket, and only flinched slightly when they brought out this "Chocolate Mountain of Heaven" for dessert. I'm SO proud I refrained and didn't snatch the cake off the table and devour it in the corner. It was a SERIOUS food hug wrapped in chocolate, and I SO needed a food hug right about now...I was stuffed from lunch but still had a sweet craving, so I had my snack early, an orange. After work I sped (literally) to class fighting to make it through the traffic in time, just having put the final touches on my project minutes before. Dinner was grapes (though I was still full from lunch-more full than I've felt in awhile, not liking the feeling; satisfied is a way better feeling to me now-omg, I learned something!), a go to for me on days when I won't have time for a proper meal.
Class was LONG tonight. Maybe it was because I was low on sleep and patience, but whatever it was I struggled to stay awake for the 1/2 (2 hours) of class. Plus, potato chip girl was back with a vengeance. If you don't remember her, she is the lady who sits next to me, OFFENSIVELY devouring Red Hot Ripple potato chips and other naughty delights during our 4 hour class. Tonight she opens up her bag and begins to eat each chip, one.at.a.time. Why this infuriates me I have no idea, I'm not hungry, I don't want her chips, but for some reason the squishy girl in me is NOT happy. Listening to her chew EVERY chip, getting more angry by the minute, and even wondering to myself if she'll tip the bag to catch the crumbs. My inner squishy girl is a bit obsessive when it comes to treats, can you tell? It goes without saying I have NO idea what my professor was talking about during my squishy girl food stalker session, nor did I care (actually I do, our midterm is next week). I was still upset that this woman whom I've never uttered a word to would have the audacity to sit next to me munching on naughty treats, I swear she was taunting me. To add insult to injury, after beak she whips out a KING sized rice crispy treat and goes at it like a jackal. I may need to move seats...
After class was over I hightailed it home to workout, it was after 9 (after 10 before I began my workout) and I wanted to pick up where I left off completing 45 reps and doing cardio. Pipe dreams right? Got changed, the room set to 80, turned up iTunes DJ and got to work. My muscles immediately reacted when I pushed past 20/25 reps of the last two days, letting me know they were awake and it was a muscle burning good feeling, I'm back! Unfortunately I did not balance my workout properly, so I did 45 reps of mat and only had time for 10 minutes of cardio in order to be done before midnight (I also skipped HELL push ups-I actually forgot to do them, I tried to wait to do them last, oops). This was fine by me because Mr. Dizzy was back and kicking my behind! All in all today was eventful but turned out well in the end. My friend/coworkers birthday was a success, project and assignment were turned in, and I got back (minus cardio) to my normal workout. Tomorrow is #20, can't wait to see the results!
Off to bed I go...19 down, 11 to go,
Day #19 - The Chip Lady, Part Two
Nov 12, 2010
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Really?? Chip lady has to go!!! You keep moving and motivating us with your insightful journey.ReplyDelete
I think you've found your nemesis! The evil chip lady. Seriously, you're doing so well not to just drop the b!tch and steal her chips! I'm impressed.ReplyDelete
ha! It takes every ounce of willpower not to drop kick her for teasing me...ReplyDelete
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The Old Jarhead Blog: Bringing you news and information the MSM is too busy covering American Idol, celebrity affairs and sensational missing person cases to cover. Please forward to friends who need to be informed.
My brother Tom, from
, who I haven't seen in four years, will be in town for the weekend. So I won't likely touch a computer until he flies home Sunday evening. Likely no post on Sunday and maybe not on Monday. Sorry. ~Bob. Massachusetts
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Excerpt: The
economy added 163,000 jobs in July, the Labor Department said Friday morning. The unemployment rate ticked up to 8.3 percent. U.S.
: Unemployment at 8.3% Reading
Excerpt: The BLS, apparently working hard for Obama's re-election, decided that with unemployment rising they'd better give the MSM something else to talk about – certainly don't want them talking about the massive number of people out of work. Better to have them talk about the number of jobs being created! So, they just made up some numbers to make it look like the number of jobs went up. (I don't understand the statistics well enough to have an informed opinion on this, but I know that, while "figures don't lie, liars figure." ~Bob.)
President Obama is running out of time on the economy. By Chris Cillizza and Aaron Blake
Excerpt: The Bureau of Labor Statistics released its July jobs report this morning — an assessment that didn't exactly show considerable growth in the economy over the past month. And from a political perspective, that means one thing: President Obama is running out of time.
195,000 Fewer Americans Had Jobs in July; 150,000 Dropped Out of Labor Force
Excerpt: In June, according to BLS, there had been 142,415,000 people employed in the United States. In July, that dropped to 142,220,000--a decline of 195,000. … In July, the number of people in the civilian labor force was 155,013,000--a decline of 150,000 from June. (The White House calls the July numbers "Evidence of a recovery." Right. ~Bob.)
Has Any Administration Policy NOT Killed Jobs Lately?
Excerpt: Congress has headed off for its long vacation-and-campaign season, fleeing
as the unemployment rate rises. According to the Labor Department's July jobs report, the unemployment rate ticked up to 8.3 percent, 12.8 million Americans are out of work, and 5.2 million have been out of work for at least a half a year. According to one survey, the country added a surprising 163,000 jobs in July, while according to a second Labor Department survey, employment fell by 195,000—raising questions about whether the more positive figure is all that reliable, given that the economy slowed significantly to a 1.5 percent annualized growth rate in the second quarter and appears to be slowing further. Washington
Real Unemployment Rate
The "real" unemployment rate (which includes the underemployed and those who have given up looking for a job) is 14.9%. Meanwhile, the jobs report released today shows that the unemployment rate rose from 8.2% to 8.3% in July. –Dr. John Goodman,
for Policy Analysis. National Center
O's mission failure The economy was Job One. By John Podhoretz
Excerpt: Things are going wrong in the American economy right now — and in a way that no one expected, least of all an incumbent president with Election Day three months away. The man who said in 2009 that "if I don't have this done in three years, then there's going to be a one-term proposition" had better believe in the audacity of hope yet again: the hope that he was wrong.
Solyndra email calls Obama 'Bank of
' Washington
Excerpt: The Republican National Committee research team posted an email on Tumblr, purportedly from Solyndra CEO Chris Gronet, which refers to the Obama administration as "The Bank Of Washington." (Really The Bank of You and
~Bob.) Me.
: Solyndra and the Perils of Green Industrial Policy. By Diana Furchtgott-Roth Reading
Excerpt: On August 31, 2009, an unidentified OMB official wrote to Terrell McSweeny, domestic policy adviser to Vice President Biden, saying "We have ended up in the situation of having to do rushed approvals on a couple of occasions (and we are worried about Solyndra at the end of this week). We would prefer to have sufficient time to do our due diligence reviews and have the approval set the date for the announcement rather than the other way around."[12] Regardless of these concerns, the loan was approved on September 3, and Biden announced it via satellite at Solyndra's plant on September 4. (Long, but an excellent full review of the facts here. ~Bob.)
: Candor and Culture. By Victor Davis Hanson Reading
Excerpt: Culture — not race, geography, or location — is the greatest factor in economic, and military, dynamism. … Few believe that a unique micro-geography in
North Korea explains why its way of life differs from the South, or that climate ensures that Tijuana is a very different place from San Diego, or that the differences between East and West Germany were due to genetic or racial variables, or that between 1964 and 2012 underwent climate change China
A Response to Recent Media: My Opinion Stands. By Nazanin Afshin-Jam
Excerpt: I was born in
and my family escaped during the revolution after my father was tortured and awaited execution for voicing his beliefs. In Iran we have freedom of speech. Each and every individual has the right to voice his or her own opinion through any form of media and without interference. One does not have to be an elected member of parliament to share views or thoughts on any issue, political or otherwise. Canada
Pakistani Religious Leaders Promote Antisemitism, Say: 'When The Jews Are Wiped Out... The Sun Of Peace Would Begin To Rise On The Entire World'
Excerpt: In another Antisemitic video that appeared on YouTube in June 2012, Pakistani cleric Pirzada Muhammad Raza Saqib Mustafai argued that world peace will be established only when all the Jews are wiped out from the earth.
Important: Labor Dept. Waives 60-Day Notice To Help Obama Win
Excerpt: An administration that doesn't want layoff notices required by law going out days before the November election is telling defense contractors they don't have to send them for the cuts required by sequestration. As the heads of major defense contractors Lockheed Martin, EADS North America, Pratt & Whitney and Williams-Pyro testified recently before the House Armed Services Committee, they are bound by law to give employees 60 days' notice if their jobs are going to be terminated as a result of sequestration cuts scheduled for Jan. 2. (An incredibly transparent move to favor Obama in the election. This needs to go out far and wide. --
) Del
Excerpt: Officials in
, which is facing an expected $45.8 million budget deficit this year, have formally filed for Chapter 9 bankruptcy protection, a move that city leaders approved last month. San Bernardino, Calif.
Tax Scam: IRS Pays Out Billions in Fraudulent Refunds
Excerpt: The IRS is paying out billions of dollars in fraudulent tax refunds to identity thieves; a problem that the tax service's inspector general told CNBC is a "growing problem" involving numbers that are increasing "exponentially."
Opinion: Voter fraud is not a "bogeyman," and voter ID laws are not racist
Excerpt: But the reality is that 1) voter fraud does exist; 2) it is all too easy to commit without these laws; and 3) opponents have little to stand on except empty rhetoric and race baiting.
Tweet from Black Republican @blackrepublican
"The most important single central fact about a free market is that no exchange takes place unless both parties benefit." --Milton Friedman
Racist! ~Bob.
Inhofe Exposes Another Epic Fail by Global Warming Alarmists
Excerpt: Global warming alarmist Bill McKibben took to Twitter immediately to publicize what he believed to be proof of global warming, tweeting to Senator James Inhofe (Okla.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, "Senator Inhofe, God may be trying to get your attention. Check out this picture." Not long after the picture surfaced, Oklahomans posted comments on Think Progress' blog saying that these lights had melted due to a fire – which makes sense considering that the two front lights were melted while the two back lights remained unscathed.
DCCC apologizes to Adelson for 'Chinese prostitution' comments
Excerpt: The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee issued an apology to casino mogul and prominent Republican donor Sheldon Adelson on Thursday, after the billionaire threatened to sue the organization over comments insinuating he profited from prostitution at his Chinese resorts.
: Why Muslims Must Hate Jews. By Nonie Darwish Reading
Excerpt: This is not just Ahmedinijad; it is at the heart of Islamic theology that world peace will be established only when all the Jews are wiped from the earth. But few people in Western media are alarmed by this kind of rhetoric or care to expose this dreadful dark side of Islam's obsession with Jew-hatred. (This is chilling and should not be ignored. –Steve. Think the Presbyterians will buy this analysis? Anyone who does not think Islam is by its nature and culture a murderous, supracessionist ideology is not paying attention. If the Israelis were Muslims, there would be no Arabs left between
Damascus, Amman and the Suez Canal. Cordially, Larry Greenberg)
Congress - A Group Of Baboons. By Frosty Wooldridge
Excerpt: What is the proper collective noun for a group of baboons? Answer: a congress! Now you understand why our country continues its descent into the abyss of a failing civilization.
My Neighbor, the Hamas Leader: Former
resident Saleh Sultan — whom I exposed — is now top Hamas leadership. By Patrick Poole Ohio
Excerpt: Back in March, my friend and colleague Erick Stakelbeck of CBN News emailed me a link to an article in Tablet Magazine and asked: "Hey — isn't that your neighbor with the head of Hamas?" Sure enough, it was. My former neighbor Salah Sultan was standing right beside Ismail Haniyeh — the Hamas "prime minister" of
Gaza — as Haniyeh left a meeting with Muslim Brotherhood leaders in (purple shirt): Cairo
Putin Expands Crackdown as Obama Clings to 'Reset': Opposition leader Alexei Navalny is headed to
Siberia. By Kim Zigfeld
Excerpt: The words George W. Bush spoke at
Brdo Castle in Brdo Pri Kranju, , in June 2001 are hard to distinguish from those of Barack Obama. Both in their content and their consequences, the devastating impact of these speeches may imperil Slovenia foreign policy for ages to come. U.S.
Queens Man's Corpse Too Fat To Donate To Science, So Family Sues
Excerpt: Even though there is a shortage of cadavers for medical students' anatomy classes, Cardel's corpse was rejected because it was too heavy, a lawsuit alleges. "The deceased weighed too much," attorney Eric Rothstein, who is representing Cardel's sister, tells the Daily News, which reports that the lawsuit alleges "grave humiliation."
Commercial Plug: Brownies
One of my former officers at a different association is now in the Brownie business. With my need to lose weight for my health, not on my diet, but I'm happy to give you the link in case you are into brownies. ~Bob
Liberals Call for Killing of 6 year old Conservative!
Excerpt: Patriot Update recently posted a video on YouTube entitled, "6-Year-Old Gives 10 Reasons NOT to Vote for Obama!", which has caused liberals to go on the warpath. With over 350,000 views and climbing, the venomous and hate-filled comments from the left are intolerable. Liberal around the country are accusing the parents of "brainwashing" and "exploiting" their child. (Somehow a bunch of elementary school children singing praises to Obama doesn't count as "brainwashing or exploitation.")
Worries grow as healthcare firms send jobs overseas
Excerpt: After years of shipping data-processing, accounting and other back-office work abroad, some healthcare companies are starting to shift clinical services and decision-making on medical care overseas, primarily to India and the Philippines. (Fleeing Obamacare. Doubtless the Obama Administration feels this justifies more taxes and more healthcare regulation. ~Bob.)
Obama knows which side of the rice cake his deficit borrowing is buttered on. ~Bob.
Income Redistribution: $460 Million in Food Stamps for Ineligible Recipients
From The Patriot Post
An entirely unsurprising Government Accountability Office (GAO) study revealed that 473,000 households received food stamp benefits they were ineligible for because they were already on other government assistance. Clearly, our nation's culture of dependency is growing out of control. These households were awarded the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits because several states assumed that a family eligible for one assistance program made them eligible for others, and the states just skipped basic steps like checking assets or whether recipients' income from other programs made them ineligible for SNAP. An interesting sidebar to the GAO study was this encouragement for staying on the dole: "[R]ules for reporting changes in household circumstances now differ by household income level and may leave higher income households without reporting requirements for several months." In other words, they can still get while the getting is good, and states have no incentive to check their eligibility. While the USDA is in agreement with the GAO findings, the question is how quickly the wheels of bureaucracy will turn to revamp the program and save taxpayers nearly a half-billion dollars a year. Don't hope for that change with this administration.
Senator Kerry: Climate Change as Much a Threat as a Nuclear
say you live in
. You have a choice between a degree hotter summer and a one inch rise in the level of Boston Harbor (if the warmists are right), or a nuke attack on Bean Town. Hard choice, huh? ~Bob. Boston
Caught On Tape: Pistol-Packing Jewelry Store Owner Fires Back At Robbery Suspects
Excerpt: Five men walked into the store wearing masks, some wore hoods. At least two of the men were armed with guns. … The owner grabbed a handgun and fired two rounds at the suspects … Branson reports the suspects literally fell over themselves trying to flee.
Illegal immigrant convicted of raping, impregnating 12-year-old girl
Excerpt: A Knox County Criminal Court jury today convicted a 24-year-old man of raping and impregnating a 12-year-old girl. Andres Francisco, described by authorities as an illegal immigrant from
, was convicted of aggravated sexual battery and rape of a child. (Must be one of those jobs Americans won't do. ~Bob.) Guatemala
Can You Hear Me Now? Democrat rents farmland to telecom, sponsors legislation favorable to that telecom
Excerpt: An Iowa Democratic House member has raked in more than $50,000 since 2002 for hosting a cell phone tower on his property, while sponsoring a number of bills designed to boost rural telecommunications. Rep. Leonard Boswell (D., Iowa) rents out a small portion of his farmland to Chat Mobility, a telecommunications company that provides cellular coverage to rural communities in southwest
. … He signed the contract with the company shortly after he cosponsored the Rural Telecommunications Enhancement Act of 2001, which would have allowed the Department of Agriculture to make loan guarantees and provide subsidies to telecommunication firms that enhance cellular service in rural environments. ("I seen my opportunities and I took 'em.' –George Washington Plunkett of Tammany Hall, explaining the difference between honest and dishonest graft. The quote is from memory and it's been 40 years, so may be a tad off. ~Bob.) Iowa
Solyndra email: 'POTUS involvement was Rahm's idea'
mayor and former White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel repeatedly claimed he had no memory of the Obama administration's controversial $535 million loan to failed solar company Solyndra, but White House emails released Thursday say it was Emanuel's idea for the administration to tout the doomed firm. Chicago
The anti-Romney press is behaving like spoiled children--Attack of the Cookie Monsters. By Matthew Continetti
Excerpt: Let us now praise the unknown reporters! Let us acclaim those stolid scribes who, at the conclusion of Mitt Romney's overseas trip to England, Israel, and Poland, told Politico—anonymously, of course, and presumably with a straight face—that the days of going easy on the Republican nominee were over.
Excerpt: Economist Woody Brock says that a nation's GDP growth is based mainly on whether or not it follows the rule of law. (Time to apply that important principle: Separation of business and State. No more government covering for crooked business, no more government forcing banks to lend to people who can't pay, no more catch and release so that business can have cheap labor, no more lawlessness in banking, no more bailouts for any reason, no more crooked shenanigans between business and government. And throw the book at those who won't comply. --Don Hank)
True, that: Obama's Disappearance On
Darfur. By Stephen Brown
Excerpt: Oh, what a difference winning an election can make! As a Democratic presidential candidate, Barack Obama described Darfur, a rebellious region in
, as one of his top priorities, gaining support from voters by doing so. But in contrast, in the 2012 electoral contest, the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Sudan Darfur has so far barely rated a mention.
Mitt Romney's Excellent Trip Sets Him Apart From Obama
Excerpt: The
leg was a triumph. Romney's speech warmly embraced Warsaw Poland's post-communist experiment as a stirring example of a nation committed to limited government at home and a close alliance with America abroad, even unto such godforsaken war zones as Afghanistan and , at great cost to itself and with little thanks. Iraq
ICE Agent Faces Suspension For Arresting Illegal Alien
Excerpt: A veteran Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent is facing suspension after he refused to release an illegal immigrant who was not considered a priority target under the Obama Administration's new immigration enforcement policies, according to documents provided exclusively to Fox News. (We can't have agents enforcing the law they've sworn to enforce. It might suppress the vote. ~Bob.)
Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner, two years ago today: 'Welcome to the Recovery.' By Conn Carroll
Excerpt: Two years ago today, under the header, "Welcome to the Recovery," Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner wrote in The New York Times: While the economy has a long way to go before reaching its full potential, last week's data on economic growth show that large parts of the private sector continue to strengthen.
Excerpt: Spanish authorities arrested three men suspected of plotting terrorist attacks this week. Spain's Interior Minister Jorge Fernandez Diaz held a press conference to confirm the arrests. "There is a clear indication that those arrested could have been planning an attack in Spain or in Europe," Diaz said, according to published accounts of the conference.
Thank You, Obama: Terrorist Who Killed US Soldiers Freed Because Obama Would Not Bring to Gitmo
Excerpt: Judicial Watch reports that Hezbollah commander Ali Mussa Daqduq, who tortured and killed 5 U.S. soldiers in Iraq and was detained by U.S. forces in early 2007, will be freed by an Iraqi court--the inevitable, and predictable, result of an Obama administration decision to hand him over to Iraqi authorities rather than bring him to Guantanamo Bay.
Tony Soprano, Green Hero? By Walter Russell Mead
Excerpt: Another green subsidy, another green scandal. The Wall Street Journal reports that a government program meant to aid businesses that turn cooking oils into fuel may be guilty of serious fraud. The federal government now alleges that two of these businesses have been abusing the system, casting a pall over the entire program:
Palestinian women's killings spark outcry over lax laws
Excerpt: Rights activists march in Bethlehem to demand tougher punishment for the killing of women by relatives. So-called honor killings claimed the lives of 29 women in the West Bank from 2007 to 2010, critics say.
Excerpt: The Tennessee Democratic Party disavowed its own U.S. Senate nominee Friday, announcing that he is "associated with a known hate group" — in this case, a conservative advocacy organization. Mark Clayton won Tuesday's Democratic primary with 30 percent of the vote in a field of seven candidates. (What fun. With liberals Hate Group" means anyone who doesn't agree with any of their fundamental beliefs. The only reason they haven't called the Catholic Church a hate group is they hope to get some Catholic votes. This should not be taken as an endorsement of the group they say he "associates" with—I know nothing about them. ~Bob.)
Opinion: How Obama Has Failed Small and Minority Business: Has President Barack Obama done enough for small and minority business growth? By Raynard Jackson
excerpt: The Obama administration has been a total failure when it comes to small and minority business. How did I come to this conclusion? There are two easy ways to determine what is important to a person or an elected official: to listen to what they talk about the most and to open their checkbooks to see who they write checks to.
Auditing Shooting Rampage Statistics
Excerpt: The average number of people killed in mass shootings when stopped by police is 14.3 The average number of people killed in a mass shooting when stopped by a civilian is 2.3.
RUN. HIDE. FIGHT. Surviving an Active Shooter Event
Excerpt: This is a video the city of Houston put together on what to do should you (a citizen) run across an active shooter, such as the guy in the movie theater. They were just finishing it when the Colorado shootings occurred. If you haven't seen it……it is well worth the watch and worth sharing with your family and friends as well.
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The problem can be addressed by either removing the search result from Google or remove the webpage (or at least the unwanted information) itself. And in cases where it's not possible to repair and remove this unwanted content, it's very often possible to push the content back in Google search results, so that it's hidden past the first page of results (where almost no one ever looks). It is not easy to remove negative content from Google!
Why Does It Matter?
Today, one of the first steps consumers take when they're unsure about something is to look the info up on a search engine. The topic can be a matter of personal curiosity, such as "How many people use the internet worldwide?" (hint: the answer is about 3.2 billion people!), or it can be something of greater concern–for instance, finding out more about you or your business.
Since many of those aforementioned 3.2 billion internet users are likely to be using search engines, don't you want to ensure their searches are met with positive content? If they look a business up and find negative reviews, the likelihood that they'll seek out goods and services elsewhere is extremely high. (After all, wouldn't you?)
Remove Content From Google
As we mentioned, negative search results can't be removed 100% of the time. Cases when they can be removed include, but are not limited to:
- Copyright infringement/violations
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- Financial info
- Other confidential info, such as medical records
What if your content was removed from a site but is still in search result?
If you were able to have content, video, or images removed from a website, but it is still showing in search results you can request Google to remove it from their search result pages. You can follow this link and follow the steps to have the content in question removed from Google.
The Search Engine Won't Remove It–what Can I Do Otherwise?
If the negative information you're looking to have removed doesn't fall into the category of content that Google or other search engines are typically willing to remove, you have other options. More specifically, you can ask the creator of the website to delete the information from their website, so that it no longer exists on the internet at all. You may have to offer to pay the owner of the website so that they're willing to do so.
If they won't actually delete the content, you can request that they remove the strongest keywords so that it won't pop up as high in Google search results. You may also ask that they add a no-index tag to the page's HTML header, which would prevent that page from being indexed by Google and other search engines.
More aggressively, if the content is against the website host's policies, you can contact them as well, which may result in the entire website being taken down.
What About Reviews?
Negative reviews, such as those on Yelp, can literally make or break a company. Because Yelp operates on the reliability of its reviews, both positive and negative reviews must be included; otherwise, customers will not trust the site. Only if the reviews violate Yelp's Terms of Service will they typically be removed. You may also attempt to convince the original poster of the review to alter it. On other sites, the methods by which negative reviews may be removed or changed may differ.
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Blue Flag is an exclusive eco-label given to beaches and marinas having reached to a standard stated in the criteria. It is an international progrrame currently being implemented in 50 countries around the world including Europe, South Africa, Morocco, Tunisia, New Zealand, Canada and Caribbean.
Blue Flag Programme is owned and run by the independent non-profit organisation Foundation for Environmental Education (FEE). One national FEE member is responsible for the implementation of programme, which is TURCEV (Foundation for Environmental Education in Turkey) in Turkey. National website of TURCEV is www.turcev.org.tr .
The Blue Flag works towards sustainable development at beaches/marinas through strict criteria dealing with water quality, environmental education and information, environmental management, and safety and other services. Having reached 30 years of experience, Blue Flag introduces new criteria acoording to new developments.
The Blue Flag Programme includes environmental education and information for the public, decision makers and tourism operators.
Turkey Foundation for Environmental Education (TÜRÇEV) was established with the aim of launching Blue Flag Program for our country, under the leadership of the Ministry of Tourism in 1993. In the Mediterranean basin in tourism in developed countries has been widespread, healthy swimming water, equipped beach and good environmental management and environmental awareness-raising activities comprising the Blue Flag of the tourism and environmental terms is also important approach and started to work.
The Blue Flag works towards sustainable development of beaches, marinas and yachts through strict criteria dealing with Water Quality, Environmental Education and Information, Environmental Management, and Safety and Other Services.
The Blue Flag Programme is owned and run by the non-government, non-profit organisation the Foundation for Environmental Education (FEE).
Green Key is a voluntary eco-label for tourism facilities that promotes sustainable tourism and aims to contribute to the prevention of climate change by awarding and advocating facilities with positive environmental initiatives. Green Key began in Denmark in 1994 and was adopted by FEE in 2002 to become its fifth international Programme. It has since spread to more than 40 countries and continues to grow in numbers and spread across the world.
Young Reporters for the Environment (YRE) is a network of passionate young people educating for sustainable development by producing, engaging, creative, environmental journalism. Coordinated by the Foundation for Environmental Education (FEE), YRE is in more than 25 countries worldwideand growing!
Participants, aged 11-21, investigate environmental issues and problems and report on them through written, photographic or video journalism, wherever possible proposing solutions.
Understanding the balance between those uses is crucial when studying how humans interact with forests. Learning about Forests' mission is to spread environmental education concerning forests and all their values among school children all around the world, through the action-oriented, participatory and positive methods of the Programme.
An international programme of the Foundation for Environmental Education (FEE), Eco-Schools aims to empower students to be the change our sustainable world needs by engaging them in fun, action-orientated learning.
Each school follows a seven step change process and empowers their young people to lead processes and actions wherever they can.
2014-2020 © Foundation for Environmental Education in Turkey
Kamarot Bilgisayar


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Te adoro, Signature Theatre, te adoro. Blowing the minds of every theatergoer that snaps their way into the Max Theater at Signature Theatre in Shirlington, Virginia this holiday season, West Side Story is a smash-hit that steals the heart, captures the soul, and brings the audience to a standing ovation. A stunning tale of star-crossed lovers set to inspiring Music by Leonard Bernstein, with Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and Book by Arthur Laurents, Signature's production of West Side Story is nothing short of sensational. Directed by Matthew Gardiner, with Musial Direction by Jon Kalbfleisch, the show is the most astonishing production to sweep its way across the Signature stage yet this season.
Scenic Designer Misha Kachman has reconceptualized the playing space inside the Max Theatre in a fashion that intimately immerses the audience in the story. Crafting a two-tiered configuration of a wide three-sided thrust stage with an exposed live orchestra nestled amid the catwalk-fire escape level of the fourth side, Kachman's configuration of the scenic design not only generates an intimate space in which the details of this masterpiece unfolds, but fabricates an inclusive atmosphere that invites the audience to the streets of 1957 New York City amid the bloodthirsty brawls of the Jets and the Sharks. Kachman's inclusion of the elevated catwalk and fire-escape drop-down ladders, circling the stage like a caging fence, amplifies the notion of being trapped in the lousy world in which these characters find themselves. The starkness of the bare stage is both striking and imaginative, allowing for swift scenic shifts with rolling furnishings that sneak so quickly into place between dance routines that the show's fluidity possesses a Broadway-like quality to it.
Lighting Designer Jason Lyons develops a series of illuminating moments that are perfectly tuned to the emotional heartbeat of the show, as well as synchronized to perfection with the pulse of the music. Pure white spotlights only ever land their beams on Maria and Tony, the symbolic representation of how love in its purest form is free of prejudice and radiates with hope for a brighter future. The swooping loops of glittery lights featured at the dance are Lyons' signature flare in this production, and his blinking pops of light burst that occur during that dance routine are a resplendent bonus. Leveling dramatic lighting into a smooth blend of visual pleasure, Lyons understands how to craft a scene, lighting it perfectly for maximum emotional impact.
There is something to be said for a live exposed orchestra that is visually included in the production yet exists outside of the walls of the show's reality. In this production that something is praise to Musical Director Jon Kalbfleisch. Delivering the epitome of balance in the volume levels of the orchestra, Kalbfleisch creates the big band sound necessary for louder and more exciting numbers like "Dance at the Gym" but allows the pit musicians to ease into the background for "One Hand, One Heart," and other more subdued numbers. Driving the heart of the show with this lively and exceptionally talented orchestra, Kalbfleisch conducts a brilliant show.
Director Matthew Gardiner showcases his keen understanding of how to block a show in the round as well as keep the heightened and frantic excitement of such a musical on its toes and moving at lightning speed. There is a sharp sense of urgency which Gardiner imbues into the performers, charging through scenes with crackling energy that pulls the audience to the edge of their seats, engaging them in the drama, the heartache, the humor, and the love of West Side Story. Making full use of the rounded scenic outlay, Gardiner works the space to the show's advantage, the result of which is an amazing production that defies even the most awesome of descriptions.
Reimagining the show's original Choreography— as conceived by Jerome Robbins— Choreographer Parker Esse fits these magnificent routines to the cast and staging of Signature's production as if they were invented specifically for this rendition of the show. Esse's Choreography is, in a word, perfection. Landing crisp routines with flawless execution among the ensemble, Esse showcases versatility, range, energy, and enthusiasm consistently throughout the show. Acrobatic and ballet intensive, the routine for the opening number alone sets an astronomically high bar standard for the rest of the show, which Esse ensures the company follows and achieves every step of the way. Loaded with style, class, and precision execution, every number from "Jet Song" to "Cool" and even the shenanigans of "Gee, Officer Krupke" are flawless in their delivery. Esse incorporates a great deal of leaping and flying action into the dance choreography of the show, which blends seamlessly into the fight choreography of the rumble scenes. Remarkable and captivating, Esse is explore award-worthy dance routines in this dance-intended musical show.
The ensemble is packed with raw talent who not only dance with exquisite divinity but they provide strong vocal sounds, humorous character bits, and sincere emotional investments to the show as a whole. Everyone— from minor players like Anbodys (Maria Rizzo) who is loaded with pep and spunk, to the bumbling Officer Krupke (Russell Sunday) who manages a perfect mockup of a New York City beat-cop accent, to the more featured cameos like the ruthlessly corrupt Lieutenant Schrank (John Leslie Wolfe), who delivers brutal prejudice with a calloused rumble of a voice every time he grumbles into a scene, as well as Bobby Smith as the stoic and crestfallen Doc (whose delivery of crucial moments is heartbreaking)— is a delectable match for the roles that they play in this production.
Anita (Natascia Diaz) is a whirling dervish of saucy hellcat splayed over a series of furious stomp-loaded dance routines. Holding her own as the leader of the pack in "America", Diaz delivers a ferocity that is enticing and edgy. With a full sound that is crass and blasts with bite, this number plays to her strengths as she leads the girls in the teasing verses and allows them to fulfill the chorus with the higher ranged notes. It's her rendition of "A Boy Like That", which deeply expresses the fury of a woman scorned by lost love, that defines her performance in this production. Diaz' raging fiery growl in this duet seizes the number with frightening gusto and refuses to let go.
A bombastic loose cannon, Action (Ryan Fitzgerald) is constantly blasting off at the mouth whenever situations start to get out of hand. Fitzgerald takes his character's whacky side for a test run in "Gee, Officer Krupke," showcasing his versatility and simultaneously giving the street-urchin fireball of a character a few more layers to work with. Playing well with the other Jets, in both his impressive bodily leaps and blended vocal harmonies, Fitzgerald deserves a nod of approval for his work in the show.
Though Bernardo (Sean Ewing) and Chino (DJ Petrosino) don't deliver any featured solo numbers, they add strong sounds to the harmonies found among the Sharks when they take to singing in big ensemble numbers like "Tonight." Ewing possesses a sophisticated natural swagger that permeates his character's every step, but especially those when he's dancing and fighting. The fight choreography between Ewing and Riff (Max Clayton) during the rumble is explosively exciting, filled with startling moves that make the heart jump.
Clayton, as the ever-cool Riff, is a real slick cat. Controlling the Jets with a snap of his finger, that radiates through his entire body from toe to tongue, Clayton is at home with these fellas and a master of their destinies. Possessing an oily jazz sound that rolls him into "Cool," Clayton exudes class and calmed composure for this number, really turning on the juice of his charms. This creates a beautiful contrast to his energetic and enthusiastic rendition of "Jet Song" earlier in the production.
Never were such a pair of star-crossed lovers so well matched as Austin Colby, playing Tony, and MaryJoanna Grisso, playing Maria in this production of West Side Story. From their first meeting, to the balcony scene and every moment they share thereafter, Colby and Grisso are emotionally inseparable, twined by the palpable notion of love at first sight. Filled with radiant beams of hopeful light, when Colby and Grisso's voices blend together for "One Hand, One Heart" and their respective duets in "Tonight" and "Somewhere," it is pure magic that floats their hearts high above prejudice, hatred, and intolerance.
Grisso plays a sprightly yet fiery and passionate presence of mind when it comes to the naiveté of Maria. Giddy and gay, Grisso flits about leading into "I Feel Pretty" but does not allow that childish giggling and squealing to compromise her vocal integrity once the song actually begins. With a dulcet voice that hypnotizes, Grisso is a songbird in the role, but is not without versatility and an impressive emotional understanding as readily displayed in "I Have a Love" and again more drastically in "The Finale."
Colby is phenomenal as Tony. Haunted and unfathomably lost in his heart's own astonishment when he takes to singing "Maria," there is an undeniable spark of love at first sight that never leaves his face or his voice from the moment he first sees her. Possessed of an awe-inspiring glimmer in his eyes that twinkles down into his sensational voice, "Something's Coming" is delivered with illuminating optimism as he chases the lyrics of this number into a warmed spot of his soul. Masterfully expressing his command over crescendos and decrescendos in numbers like this and "One Hand, One Heart," Colby expresses his vastly talented vocal ability with surefire consistency throughout. An honest show-stealer for every moment he's on stage is captivating, his opening lines of "Somewhere" are soul-searing.
Tonight! Tonight! There's perfection on the stage tonight! At Signature Theatre, for seven weeks only, crossing through the busy holiday season and into the new year— West Side Story is the show of their season and is not to be missed!
Running Time: 2 hours and 35 minutes with one intermission
West Side Story plays through January 24, 2016 in the Max Theatre at Signature Theatre— 4200 Campbell Avenue in Arlington, VA. For tickets call the box office at (703) 820-9771 or purchase them online.


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Keeping your data secure is not only smart, it's also the safest thing you can do from a legal point-of-view. While most online businesses try to cover themselves from liability by putting disclaimers on their website terms and conditions pages, it isn't really effective as a protection if you are negligent about keeping data safe. Of course legal liability isn't the only reason to protect your data, and it's not the only thing you need to worry about if you fail, but it is certainly important to be aware of the possibility.
Even if you force your users to click a button to indicate their agreement not to hold you liable for security problems before you let them access anything on your site, it still doesn't really give you much legal protection, and probably doesn't give you any.
Legal liability is a big one because of the high costs involved, even when a case brought against you is entirely frivolous. It gets a lot worse if you've done something you shouldn't have or haven't done something you should have.
You can also suffer loss of business, loss of trust, theft, damage to your reputation, and other things besides. It's not a good position to be in, so always do your best to keep your data safe and secure. Here are a few things that can potentially make your server less secure than it should be:
1. Not requiring secure connections for things that should be secure
It's a big decision to force a secure connection because some users buried behind corporate firewalls (and sometimes over-inquisitive hotel firewalls) can't access HTTPS secured websites. In part this is because certain types of administrators in certain types of corporations don't want encryption getting in the way of any snooping they might want to do. That's actually kind of silly, because they are placing the corporation and its employees at increased risk when there is extremely little to be gained.
Certain websites like Google and Wikipedia do default to HTTPS connections even though most users won't be doing anything that needs to be encrypted. If big sites like that are pushing a HTTPS first policy, maybe your site should be too.
If you allow users to log in from an insecure HTTP connection to services that should be secured, it's asking for trouble. Users on HTTP should have to click a link that takes them to a HTTPS version of the page before it is possible to log in.
2. Not using encryption on things that should be encrypted
If you don't encrypt information, you lose control over it. Some kinds of information should be restricted only to people who need to see it, and there are even some kinds of information(like passwords) that nobody needs to see. Encryption helps you control who can see what, and when.
3. Putting sensitive information in areas that are open to public access
Sensitive information needs to be stored in a place where casual visitors can't stumble upon it. Some kinds of things like connection strings should be stored at a level above the public_html folder, where it will be impossible to access them by accident and more difficult for an attacker to access them.
4. Relying on htaccess for security
The htaccess file provides some security to keep casual snoops out. It's metaphorically more equivalent to a barbed wire fence than a concrete wall. It won't keep out a really determined attacker, so it shouldn't be your only line of defense.
5. Not keeping offsite backups
Your data should be backed up regularly and stored in a secure offsite location. This is not perfect protection, but it's going to help you if something really bad happens.
6. Not making changes after an attack against you is successful
Sometimes people just restore from a backup and carry on as if nothing bad had ever happened. They probably figure that since the attacker got what they wanted, they won't need to come back. It's not particularly logical. You should always make changes after a successful attack, with the most obvious thing to change being the password. It's not just that you should change the password, but you should change everything about the password (it's length, structure, any mnemonics you used in creating it).
7. Not mirroring
This is really obvious, but frequently overlooked. Every site should be mirrored. Without an OTF mirror, you risk potential data loss in the case of a hardware failure. Backups are helpful, but they're not real-time. You'll lose some things if you have to restore from backup.
8. Not restricting physical access to the server
Server cabinets are lockable for a reason. The door to the server room should also be locked. Yes it will slow you down if you need to get in there to do something, but it will also slow an intruder down.
9. Failing to be aware of social engineering
The most common way to gain illegal access to a system doesn't rely on sophisticated software, it relies on unsophisticated personnel. In other words, you and your employees are the most likely contributors to an attacker's agenda, simply because you may not be on guard sufficiently to avoid willingly giving them every bit of information they need in order to perpetrate an attack against your site.
Social engineering is very easy and highly successful. It simply relies on basic psychology, and the fact that humans generally tend to respond to things in predictable ways. People also are not always careful about what they dispose of or how they dispose of it. The recovery of things which have been disposed of can sometimes yield valuable clues to how a system can be accessed, or it can yield sufficient clues to enable an attacker to at least have a better chance of successful social engineering.
For example, if you throw a letter from your bank manager in the trash because it has no business value (he is just trying to sell you a line of credit or something), this gives an attacker some valuable information, including which bank you do business with, the branch of the bank that you do business with, and who the manager of that branch is. They can later call your business and impersonate the bank manager, and by this means obtain more information from your employees that can be used to perpetrate an attack against you.
What you have to be aware of is that you can't trust that anybody is who they say they are unless you can verify it. Somebody wheeling new office equipment into your building will hardly be treated with suspicion, but they should be. Normally everyone just assumes that somebody else must have ordered the equipment which is being delivered, when in reality nobody did, and it's just a ruse to get more access to the interior of your workplace, opportunities to gossip with your staff, and things like that. The office equipment itself might be rigged up in some way to spy on you.
Other favorite social engineering attack methods include law enforcement agents, government officials, and potential lovers. None of these people might be who they say they are, and you should carefully verify their veracity to the best of your ability.
10. Hosting on an insecure OS
Systems that don't require a password to perform any task that will have administrative effect are basically toys and only suitable for playing games on. You shouldn't use them for business, and certainly not for hosting a website.
Perfect security is impossible, but you can tighten things up
By avoiding the errors listed above, you won't necessarily be invulnerable to attack, but you'll be in a better position to avoid, detect, and respond to attacks. Data is important to everyone who has a stake in it, so do your best to prevent it from falling into the wrong hands.
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