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Top 10 Validation Results - Out of the 745 home page documents being monitored, the Guardian.co.uk ranked № 2 in the HTML/XHTML Error and Warnings Categories on 2009-10-12 at 05:34. News Websites Comparisons
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Edward, I challenge you! Take the website home page document with the most HTML/XHTML Validation Errors and Warnings and validate it!
To the person (to remain anonymous) who originally challenged me, I believe I've met and have exceeded all stipulations imposed when the challenge was first presented. Those were...
My validation testing and personal challenge is based on the Guardian's Home Page Document as of 2009-10-12 at 05:34 as shown below and also available as part of the Validation History in our Showdown.
Unfortunately due to the sheer volume of Errors and Warnings encountered, the Semantic Data Extractor Tool from the W3 is unable to correctly parse the home page document for the Guardian. Link to SDE Results
I spent approximately 1.5 hours reformatting and cleaning up the HTML/XHTML for the home page document of the Guardian. Many of the 2,309 Errors and 1,356 Warnings encountered were due to invalid naming conventions being used on anchors. These were cascading errors which once corrected, brought the total numbers of Errors to less than 500 and eliminated ALL Warnings.
Preview the Guardian in XHMTL 1.0 Strict Mode
The validation time could have been reduced to approximately 1.0 hours if I had access to the main templates and made changes to one reference instead of 300+ that were each unique (due to dynamics) and required special Find and Replace queries.
Check this out! I was able to extract a complete and well structured Document Outline after cleaning up the invalid code. Link to SDE Results
Many of you are asking why I would spend my valuable time literally dissecting 8,356 lines of code which contained 178,515 bytes of information, including white space. Remember, one white space is equal to 1 byte. Unused and excess white space adds to the overall equation. 3,458 of the above 8,356 lines of code are blank.
I wanted to make a point when it comes to the time and level of complexity involved with validating a document. If I can take the Guardian's home page which had 2,309 Errors and 1,356 Warnings at the time I began my test, and validate it within 1.5 hours, you too can do the same. This is NOT rocket science as they say and can be easily achieved using the correct tools and, using those tools correctly.
The Guardian could easily set a new benchmark in online publishing from a technical perspective. The HTML/XHTML Errors and Warnings you see in the reports are simplistic in nature. Unfortunately because they are related to anchor functions, changing the naming conventions on those may present a daunting task to the Webmasters.
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Electric vehicles spur concerns over range, fire, Consumer Reports says
Pedestrian risk stemming from the nearly silent motors on EVs and crash protection were also areas over concern. Still, many of those polled cited concerns over possible EV fires either stemming from the recharging process or from a crash, the publication said, after a phone survey of more than 1,700 U.S. adults it did in early December.
The concerns of possible fires likely stems from a National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) crash test last summer of a Chevrolet Volt extended-range plug-in that resulted in a fire three weeks later. NHTSA said in January that its two-month investigation revealed that EVs pose no more of a fire risk than conventional vehicles. And late last month, Chevy parent General Motors started an ad campaign touting the Volt's safety.
That leaves single-charge range, which continues to be a sticking point with many potential car buyers, given that battery-electric cars such as the Nissan Leaf have a range that's just a fraction of what people are used to from a full tank of gas. Last summer, Deloitte's Australia-based Motor Industry Services released a survey stating that about 80 percent of Americans expect an electric car to have a range over 100 miles. This is also known as about 30 miles further than the Nissan Leaf can go (officially) on a full charge.


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There are many different ways to play through Splinter Cell Conviction. This walkthrough is how we played the game, but there are many other strategies you can follow. In this part of our Walkthrough we look at level five, Washington Monument.
Coste has some intel that Sam can use, so they agree to meet in person. However, someone's got surveillance on Coste at the meetpoint, so Sam must eliminate the tails before they can connect. Coste gives Sam some information about strange dealings at a local R&D house –one that works on military applications for EMPs. With the tails disabled, enemy backup arrives and tries to trap Sam, but it's too late. He has a direction –and a target.
1) Question and eliminate the tails following Coste without raising the alarm
2) Meet Coste in the booth at the base of the monument
3) Escape through the site and get back to your car
You need to stick to the dark areas, you don't want any civilians catching you in the act of murder. The targets are scattered around the fair ground and can be found by following the three 'X's. You'll need to follow the targets keeping a distance from them and pressing B to interrogate them when no-one is around. You'll fail the mission if you interrogate them in the light. Get too close to these men in black and they'll take out their pistols, shoot you and call you a "bitch" for your troubles. The back of the hotdog stand is a good place to attack one of them If you do fail after the first kill, thankfully it saves just after that point so you don't have to keep doing them again. One target will stop just outside of the Hot Churros stall. You can get behind in the dark and drag him to the side of the stall to interrogate. The final guy will walk behind "The Royal Seventh" stall which is clothed in darkness. Attack him here. Of course you may encounter these three targets in a different order. Now it's time to meet Coste in the monument.
Follow the objective marker to the entrance of the monument. You won't be able to get in through the front door, it will be blocked, so enter through the side door. Coste will give you a backpack. You've now got your pistol and some remote mines which can be attached to objects and then detonated remotely. You'll now have access to a portable EMP device which can stun people in your vicinity. You can move between them using the d-pad. Head back toward the fairground which has now been evacuated and is riddled with armed guards. You can burst through the first set of guards by setting off your portable EMP to temporarily stun them. If you use your portable EMP 10 times you'll complete a PEC challenge in the process, which as you should know by now, will give you extra points to upgrade. Keep to the right of the fairground. There are dark spots to hide in so use these to assess the path ahead. Going right you'll have to go past more guards which are unavoidable. For this next section, we planted a remote mine and then took a headshot at one of the armed guards. The rest came toward the remote mine which we then blew up. Moving down the right hand side of the fairground there's only one way to go. Before you crawl under the trailer you can execute the guard standing just to the left easily with hand-to-hand takedown.
Go through the opening and you'll find yourself behind the counter of the Water Shoot game, with three guards straight in front of you. If you've been performing silent takedowns in this level you should be able to mark and execute all three of them for a safe passage forward. Jump over the counter and then move along the right hand side of the Pirate ship toward the objective marker. Hop over the fence and you should be able to hand-to-hand takedown the first of the three guards and then move back into the shadows. You can leave the other two guards, but it's worth noting that if you make any noise or get seen during the next section, the guards that you left alive will join the hunt for you. Follow the objective marker and get behind cover at the entrance to the carpark where you'll see a handful of guards patrolling. Move down the left hand side and shoot out the street lamp for cover. We marked and executed three of the guys and then head-shot the last guard. Bear in mind, if you didn't elimate the two guards from before they'll now come after you, so move from your last position. You can also start off a car alarm here as a distraction. Follow the objective marker and jump into your car. A short cut-scene follows.
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- The 2015 ACM Awards in Texas Are Already Sold Out The 50th annual ACM Awards will be held next year not in Las Vegas but in Texas. And now the Academy has announced that tickets for that event are already sold out.
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- Dustin Lynch Talks New Music During Vegas Gondola Ride "It's a new chapter for me musically," Dustin Lynch said of his new single. "The song is actually a new kind of groove for me. It's something we haven't put out to radio yet. It's less stomping of the boots and more hands in the air kind of thing."
- Florida Georgia Line Is in the Studio: 'It's Time for Recording' "We've already got five to six songs tracked and rockin'. Joey Moi, our producer, is chompin' at the bit. He's as excited as we are," Brian Kelley said.
- Why George Strait Is the ACM Entertainer of the Year By winning the ACM Entertainer of the Year award, Strait proved that, while he may be winding down his final concert tour, the cowboy isn't ready to ride away just yet.
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Dr. Delton Alford was named this year's distinguished alumnus, the highest honor awarded by the university.
In making the award, President Paul Conn said of Alford: "Fifty years ago, he founded the Lee Singers, and set a new standard for music at Lee which has remained the model for us. His legacy will be a permanent one, and many generations of Lee students have been deeply influenced by his commitment to excellence and a high standard of personal performance."
Alford is currently the director of faculty services and professor music for the Division of Adult Learning at Lee. In 1963, he founded the student ensemble Lee Singers, serving as its conductor from 1963 to 1978.
The well-known Lee ensemble was celebrating its 50th anniversary at this year's homecoming, and hundreds of former student musicians returned to campus to honor Alford and other figures in the group's history.
Conn noted Alford not only led the Lee music program for many years, but was also a leader of Lee's overall academic program, serving for four years (1976-80) as vice president for academic affairs.
After his early service on the Lee faculty, Alford began a career as director of music for the Church of God, and holds the record of having served longer in that position than any other person, twenty-four years.
Alford received his doctorate and master's of music education from Florida State University, after graduating from Lee with an associate's degree and University of Chattanooga with a bachelor of music degree. He has received many honors for his work, including four DOVE nominations and recognition for distinguished service in music and the Church of God.
Alford has published several collections of choral compositions for Benson Music, Pathway Music, and SpiritSound Music. He has also authored multiple books, including Ministering Through Music, Music in the Pentecostal Church, as well as numerous articles in other published collections of writing and in Evangel magazine.
Alford and his wife Myrna McSwain Alford have three children: Susan, Candace, and Lesley, and several grandchildren.


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New Student Orientation - Spring 2015
At orientation, you will learn about resources and processes that you will need to master and use in your everyday life as a Trinity student. Don't miss this mandatory session designed to get you up-to-speed and ready for a successful start to your new academic adventure.
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These are the publications produced by department faculty, students and associates. Check faculty biographies to view a particular person's records. Academic journals edited by OII faculty include: Policy & Internet (Helen Margetts, Vili Lehdonvirta); Information, Communication & Society (William Dutton); Philosophy & Technology (Luciano Floridi); and Learning, Media and Technology (Rebecca Eynon).
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- Cobo Romaní, C. (2013) Exploration of open educational resources in non-English speaking communities. The International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning 14 (2) 106-128.
- Dutton, W.H. (forthcoming) The Fifth Estate: Democratic Social Accountability through the Emerging Network of Networks. In: P.G.Nixon et al. (eds) Challenges to E-Government in Europe.
- Hjorth, I. (2014) Networked Cultural Production: Filmmaking in the Wreckamovie Community. PhD thesis. Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford, UK.
- Ventresca, M. and Nyberg, R. (forthcoming) How Journalists Report on Innovation: Models of Innovation among Working UK Journalists.
- Ventresca, M. and Nyberg, R. (forthcoming) Writing Innovations: Six Perspectives regarding Journalism on Innovations.
- Edwards, L. and Brown, I. (2016) Online Privacy and the Law: A European Perspective. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.
- Papoutsi, C. and Brown, I. (2015) Privacy as articulation work in HIV health services. Proceedings of Computer Supported Cooperative Work, Vancouver, 14-18 March 2015.
- Allagui, I., Graham, M., and Hogan, B. (2014) Wikipedia Arabe et la Construction Collective du Savoir. In L.Barbe and L. Merzeau (eds) Wikipedia, objet scientifique non identifie. Paris: Presses Universitaries du Paris Ouest.
- Bellagio Big Data Workshop Participants (2014) Big data and positive social change in the developing world: A white paper for practitioners and researchers. Oxford: Oxford Internet Institute.
- Blank, G. and Dutton, W.H. (2014) Next Generation Internet Users: Digital divides, choices, and inequalities. In Mark Graham and William H. Dutton (eds) Society and the Internet: How information and social networks are changing our lives. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Blank, G. and Dutton, W.H. (2014) Next Generation Users: Changing access to the Internet. In Stine Lomborg and Anja Bechmann (eds) The Ubiquitous Internet. Routledge.
- Blank, G. and Groselj, D. (2014) The dimensions of Internet use: Amount, variety and types. Information, Communication & Society 17 (4) 417-435. DOI: 10.1080/1369118X.2014.889189
- Blank, G., Bolsover, G., and Dubois, E. (2014). A New Privacy Paradox: Young people and privacy on social network sites. Paper presented at Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, 16 - 19 August 2014, San Francisco, California.
- Bolsover, G., Dutton, W. H., Law, G., and Dutta, S. (2014). China and the US in the New Internet World: A Comparative Perspective. In W. H. Dutton and M. Graham (Eds), Society and the Internet: How Information and Social Networks are Changing our Lives. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Bright, J., and Nicholls, T. (2014) The Life and Death of Political News: Measuring the Impact of the Audience Agenda Using Online Data. Social Science Computer Review 32 (2) 170-181.
- Bright, J., Garzia, D., Lacey, J., and Trechsel, A. (2014) Transnationalising Europe's Voting Space. EUDO Working Paper.
- Brooks, B., Hogan, B., Ellison, N., Lampec, C., and Vitak, J. (2014) Assessing structural correlates to social capital in Facebook ego networks. Social Networks 38: 1-15.
- Brown, I (2014) Privacy post-Snowden, presentation at the IGov2 conference at the University of Oslo, 9 September 2014.
- Brown, I. (2014) Building academic cybersecurity capacity. East African Community cybersecurity workshop, Kampala, 28 May 2014.
- Brown, I. (2014) Compatibility with EU law and expanding powers. Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Act workshop, London, 28 August 2014.
- Brown, I. (2014) Copyright technologies and clashing rights. In D. Halbert and M. David (eds.) The SAGE Handbook of Intellectual Property. London: Sage.
- Brown, I. (2014) Data protection and the Internet of Things. IoT workshop, Cambridge University, 3 September 2014.
- Brown, I. (2014) How can we maintain privacy online?. Snowden one year on, London, 7 June 2014.
- Brown, I. (2014) Institutional capabilities for communications security regulation. Information Influx, University of Amsterdam, 3 July 2014.
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- Studio: Sony Pictures Classics
- Release Date: Dec 6, 2013
- Starring: Penn Jillette, Tim Jenison
- Summary: Inventor Tim Jenison seeks to understand the painting techniques used by Dutch Master Johannes Vermeer.
- Director: Teller
- Genre(s): Documentary
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Mixed: 5 out of 32
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It's fascinating and funny while forcing us to consider the line between technology and art.
Jan 31, 2014The movie is straightforward, brisk, engaging, and sometimes even moving. One might entire feeling wary that the movie, in depicting an attempt to duplicate Vermeer's achievement, might also glibly undercut it; but that's not the point at all. Rather, Tim's Vermeer wants to expand the audience's understanding of what the actual practice of art is.
Jenison, who had never painted a thing in his life, does indeed produce a beautiful work, but we should never forget that Penn and Teller are professional bamboozlers, and their attempt to re-frame the definition of genius might be nothing but smoke and mirrors.
With its brief running time and revelatory story, this neat, fascinating documentary ought to be required viewing for art history students everywhere.
Shooting in unattractive, hard-edge digital, Teller condenses Mr. Jenison's years-long pursuit into 80 glib, alternately diverting, exasperating and tedious minutes.
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Feb 2, 2014Anything narrated by Penn Jilette is, by definition, awesome. But this story is remarkable. Tim, unlike so many today, has an incredibleAnything narrated by Penn Jilette is, by definition, awesome. But this story is remarkable. Tim, unlike so many today, has an incredible can-do spirit & attitude. He doesn't give up when faced with obstacles. He doesn't whine. I'd love to see what he's up to next. And I'd love to see what his painting would go for on the open market. It's lovely.… Expand
Feb 5, 2014"Tim's Vermeer" is a documentary involving Tim Jenison, the noted inventor and visual arts entrepreneur, and his inquiry into the style and"Tim's Vermeer" is a documentary involving Tim Jenison, the noted inventor and visual arts entrepreneur, and his inquiry into the style and methods used by Johannes Vermeer who Mr. Jenison considers to be the finest artist of the 17th Century or, for that matter, any Century.
Jenision 's aim or goal is to answer the question: "How did Vermeer do it" and were optical assists used in the creaton of his art. With input from artists such as actor Martin Mull and artist David Hockney, under the able narration of Penn Jillette and direction of Teller, Mr. Jenison shares with the audience his scientific means of trying to discover and prove what optical devices were used by artist Vermeer under the same circumstances and limitations that faced Mr. Vermeer in the 1600's. This is an absorbing film with Jenison sharing each effort, success and setback as he, although not an artist himself, seeks to create a Vermeer painting using the techniques he hypothesizes the artist used some 400 years ago.
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Mar 12, 2014Inventor Tim Jenison developed a theory that Dutch Master Johannes Vermeer used some sort of optic technology to create his paintings. AfterInventor Tim Jenison developed a theory that Dutch Master Johannes Vermeer used some sort of optic technology to create his paintings. After interviews and research he sets out to create his own version of one of Vermeer's classics by working from a real environment. This is a fascinating concept and an amazing procedure that took years to realize. The documentation of the tedious final process is the only time the film starts to lag. Otherwise, it's interesting to anyone who enjoys an intriguing confluence of art and technology.… Collapse
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These are definitely my favourite wings I've drawn. I love how soft and dreamy they are. The look gorgeous in a pair!
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Recently I went on a holiday to Lord Howe Island which was amazing and did a bit of drawing... Here is one of the them. They had theses amazing double Hibiscus(s) growing all over the island. Pretty hard to draw...
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i'm not going to say its the best paint, it sure as hell is not the worst paint (it starts with an M and ends with onsterballs). Empire bullets have worked marvelously through the three cases that i have used of them so far. when i shot it through my mini, all the shots went reasonably straight. its not the most accurate paint, but for $33 a case it is a very good, very affordable paint option. the shell is thicker than some tourney grade paint. this is good if you're worried about barrel breaks, this is bad if you keep hitting a guy and watching the balls bounce off them.
the only problem with the thick shell that i've experienced is deflections. any direct hit will break and any hit to a hard surface will break. but sometimes it will glance off of someone's arm or it will bounce of the flex bottom of a JT mask. its probably not the best paint to use in a tournament but for a rec ball day or practice its better than much of the other paint advertized out there. i'll give you an opinion comparrison of paint that performs better than bullets and paint that performs worse than bullets in my opinion.
el tigre - favorite paint
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after burning a hole in my wallet with high end paint, then burning a hole in my play with low end paint. empire bullets are my paintballs of preference for my weekends from now on.
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Empire Bullets not scientific, just an opinion review
Posted 29 October 2007 - 03:46 PM
Good review, but don't call them bullets, call them paintballs.
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CERTIFIED PAINTBALLER, on Oct 29 2007, 05:46 PM, said:
Good review, but don't call them bullets, call them paintballs.
Dude, Empire Bullets are a type of paintball.
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El tigre? Thats the orange fill isn't it? If it is.. I have never had a good experience with it... Just me though..
Good review though..
El tigre? Thats the orange fill isn't it? If it is.. I have never had a good experience with it... Just me though..
Good review though..
Posted 26 November 2007 - 08:11 PM
il be sure to pick up a case next weekend.
The game of paintball...has been a very very good to me
Posted 26 November 2007 - 08:32 PM
best paint ive found...evil all star...sweeeet
worst paint....combat 68....pooooooooooooooooooooo
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Even easier to "go green" with Eco-Friendly custom lanyardsPosted by: Lanyard Lab About: Lanyards
Today we have reduced our minimum order quantity for custom Eco-Friendly lanyards from 500 down to just 100!
Our Eco-Friendly custom lanyards are made from recycled materials (PET) and consume no new resources. They're perfect if you're environmentally conscious.
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Lanyard Lab is now on FacebookPosted by: Lanyard Lab About: Lanyard Fans, Promotional
We've officially joined the social networking revolution.
In other words, we now have a Facebook fan page.
So support us by becoming a fan of Lanyard Lab on Facebook! We haven't decided what exactly we'll do with our Facebook page yet, but it's not impossible to think we might offer some special deals to our fans, so it certainly wouldn't hurt to join.
To become a Lanyard Lab fan (A Fanyard? Nah.) You can either use the link above or the box on the right side of this blog.
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Landyard, linyard, laynard, and other lanyard misspellingsPosted by: Lanyard Lab About: Customers, Lanyards
We frequently review our web site statistics, paying particular interest to the search terms and keywords that bring future customers to Lanyard Lab.
By far, the most popular term used to find us is "custom lanyards" which certainly makes sense since that's exactly what we sell. But there are quite a few misspellings and typos of the word "lanyard" that we see pop up all too often.
Here are a few of the more common (and sometimes amusing) ones:
I'm sure there are more, but those are just the ones our stats show from the last 3 days.
So hopefully by listing them here future misspellers will find us in their search for custom lane yards – and maybe they'll end up buying some lanyards too.
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Neck Lanyard vs. Safety LanyardPosted by: Lanyard Lab About: Lanyards
We're happy being in the custom lanyard business, but if there's anything we'd like to change about it, it's the word "lanyard." Not only is it an unusual word, but it also has a few definitions that have nothing to do with the comfortable items we offer to hang around your neck.
For example, take this quote from a recent tragic Toronto Sun article:
The good news is that the lanyards we sell are fun items, regularly used to promote a business or show school spirit. The bad news is that we must continue to use the same word for our products as the safety harness attachments that were improperly used in the story above.
Since we can't change the English language, we'll just have to continue with term "lanyard" to describe what we sell and reduce the confusion between the two definitions whenever possible.
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Custom lanyards work effectively as promotional toolsPosted by: Lanyard Lab About: Lanyards, Promotional
In addition to our budding Lanyards in the Wild series of posts (of which there is only one so far), I'd like to also regularly point out here just how effective custom lanyards in promoting your business or organization.
I was at the Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom recently and a particular lanyard stood out to me. Now, anyone who has been to a Disney theme park since Disney began their pin trading program 10 years ago knows that you can't walk 15 feet without spotting a cast member (Disney employee) or park guest wearing a lanyard. They're used both to show off collected lapel pins as well as to display pins available for trading with other cast members and guests.
So in walking through the Magic Kingdom and in helping to run Lanyard Lab, I've become quite accustomed to seeing lanyards everywhere – to the point where I rarely pay attention to them anymore. But as I passed by Space Mountain recently, I my attention was drawn to another park guest wearing a bright blue "Universal Studios Orlando" lanyard.
Here I was, standing in front of one of the most famous rides in the world's most popular theme park and I suddenly found myself thinking about a nearby competing theme park just because I read someone's custom lanyard. And it wasn't even a result of a paid advertisement, but rather just some guy who decided he liked the lanyard and would wear it.
Now that's a powerful promotional product.
Unfortunately, I wasn't able to get my camera out in time to snap a picture of the lanyard described here but I assure you it was quite effective in getting me to think about Universal Studios instead of the Disney park I was standing in, even if only for a second or two.


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Accommodation in Crete, Three bedroomed villa in Crete, views over Souda Bay, private infinity pool, private car parking,fully airconditioned. Aspro Village, Almirida, Crete
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Villa in Crete, just 15 mins walk to the blue flag beaches of Almirida, Crete. Ideal vacation villa rental for either couples or families of up to 6 persons. The villa is fully air conditioned and'has a private infinity swimming pool, upper level sundeck and private parking area.
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- If at all suspicious of fraud, ask to see their website, or any other literature they can provide or send to you. Ask them for contact details for guests who have previously stayed on their property insisting on telephone numbers. Be suspicious of emails that originate from free email services (yahoo, hotmail, gmail, etc)
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Fog City News has a reputation for being the best source of foreign newspapers and magazines in San Francisco, and their international customers won't settle for the average Kit Kat available at most newsstands. To meet the demand, Fog City News stocks a variety of the world's best chocolates and customers pass rows of Scharffenberger, Cote D'Or, Bernard Castelain and many other fine varieties on their way to the magazine racks in the back.
The store still looks and feels like a newsstand and won't sweep you away with atmosphere, but the staff is knowledgeable and the selection is sublime. When asked which one is the best, the owner responded, "They're all good, or I wouldn't stock them." During my visit they had a free sample of Fran's Coconut Gold Bar, made with pure white chocolate, moist coconut and fresh cream; so fresh it requires eating it within the first three weeks or it will become sour milk. I also tried a piece of the Amadei Porcelana bar, which claims to be the first chocolate in the world made from the Porcelana bean, a genetically pure strain of the Criollo bean. Both the owner and I are suspicious of this claim, but the bar was smooth and filled with enjoyable, tangy flavors nonetheless. Fog City News will even reimburse you for bringing them new chocolate samples, as if you didn't need a reason to search the world for chocolate already.
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Prostaffer Steve Upham enjoys time in the backyard with family:
"Nothing beats an afternoon with the kids and a Crosman 1077. Plinking targets and tin cans is a great way to teach proper gun handling and besides, it's a heck of a lot of fun!"
The Pro Plinker Kit includes:
- 1077 air rifle
- Tactical laser from CenterPoint
- Pack of 5 CO2 cartridges
- Tin of 250 wadcutter pellets
Steve Upham received his first Crosman airgun when he was ten years old and has been actively involved in hunting ever since. He is an avid archer, hunting year 'round throughout the USA in search of challenge. Steve has taken many big game trophies with bow and gun but really enjoys the challenge of small game hunting with PCP air guns.
Specifications Overview
- Model NumberPROPICK004
- VelocityUp to 625 fps
- Weight3.69 lbs
- Length36.88 in
- MechanismSemi-Auto Repeater
- Power SourceCO2
- Caliber.177
- AmmunitionPellets
- Capacity12 Shot Clip
- BarrelRifled
- Front SightFiber Optic
- Rear SightFully adjustable
- SafetyCross-bolt
- StockSynthetic
- ColorBlack
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(5 out of 5 stars)
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By Danno
2014-06-06 16:44:12
These 1077's are one of the best bargains out there , I've had mine more years than i want to think of and have shot thousands of rounds through it and can still shoot the top off of wooden matches ( with glasses now ! ) pretty much all day long . Never had a leek or failure to seal ever and just a few jams -which were caused by pointed pellets and get many powerful shots per CO2 . Just added a scope and am going to get it sighted in in the next week or so and should be good to go for another 20+ years . Anyone who likes air guns should have at least one of these in their arsenal for good fun and to keep the rodents down to a manageable number .
(4 out of 5 stars)
Crosman 1077
By Glock21pro
2014-05-05 16:55:51
I love this gun. I have had it for over 10 years and it has only needed one seal replacement. I purchased the Airsource upgrade years back and am sad to find that the 88 gram Airsource C02 bottles have been discontinued. I do beleive they are other 88gram tanks from other manufacturers that will fit it but it was a great concept. Mine is in great condition because I haven't used it very often in the last 10 years. It is a fun plinker. I would say this air rifle is a great introduction to firearms like the Ruger 10/22 rifle. Similar nomenclature and function. I have been out of the airgun market for quite some time, but am planning to use this rifle to introduce my son to long guns.
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crosman 1077
By lev
2013-03-12 08:45:42
its very very great gun i have this gan 4 years i like it i have small shooting range and 2 crosman 1077 and 1 crosman 2100 i will bay crosman Trail NP XL 1500 (.177) i see many gans gamo norica shanghai but crosman its the first air gun compane in the earth
(5 out of 5 stars)
Pretty good buy
By Szadek676
2013-02-05 19:18:27
The package deal is pretty good, the only thing they need to do is change out the laser sight for a scope. The laser sight is nice and powerful, but the rifle lacks a mount under the barrel for it, so you have to mount it where the scope goes.
(5 out of 5 stars)
By bdo44
2012-06-08 19:38:17
this is a good gun but i would suggest shooting it year around or keep it in a heated area because i did not and it jams and the clip gets stuck all the time.
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Victim fights back, slashes attacker with knife near riverwalk entrance
BY BRIAN SLODYSKO Staff Reporter October 8, 2013 1:58AM
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Updated: October 8, 2013 12:12PM
A man who attacked two people near Wacker and State along the riverwalk got more than he bargained for Monday night, when one of the targets fended off the assailant by slashing him with a knife.
The two were near the entrance of the riverwalk, near 2 E. Wacker Drive, when the 31-year-old man verbally confronted them about 10:45 p.m., police said
Words quickly turned to action when the 31-year-old attacked, only to be fended off when one of the two pulled out a knife and cut his attacker.
The wounded man was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital with cuts to his chest and face, police said. He was listed in good condition, but refused to cooperate with investigators.
The two people who fended off his attack were initially taken into custody. But police said they will not likely be charged because they do not believe the two instigated the attack.


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You guys. Remember how occasionally I post lists of things like this list of photo inspirations? And how fairly often they don't actually turn into jewelry? It's a fair bet that I won't actually go through with a lot of that inspiration for a while, but today I finished a new bracelet based off of the shell from that post!
This shell!
This bracelet! I know the coloring in the pictures is a little off. Sorry!
And because I want to, I'm also going to share a How-To for the clasp I use for these chunky seed bead cuff bracelets. I made it up myself a while ago, out of necessity. It's really super easy (and my tutorial is really picture heavy, so for visual learners that may help)
All you need are your side cutters, your round nose pliers, and your chain nose pliers. Also the bracelet you want the clasp for, and some wire. As you'll see in the pictures (due to my abuse of the wire) the wire I use is just base-metal and it will eventually wear down. As long as you're using half-hard 18ga wire, the kind of wire you use shouldn't matter. You can use sterling, or gold filled, but you may want to test the softness of your wire before you trust the clasp too much.
So the first thing you do is take your clasp-less bracelet.
What you want to make at each end of it is, with whatever stitch you're using (my bracelet is peyote, but really this'll work with any stitch) is to make a loop about 6 wide (when working with 11/0 seed beads). If you're working with other sizes, just try to keep in mind that the wire will have to go through your loop about three times, and it's really helpful that it not be stuck in one position.
As you can see, my loop was more of a tube because the bracelet is so thick. I don't think this particular type of clasp would work on anything less than 4 beads wide, but you can try it and decide for yourself if you like the look of this clasp for a thinner project. (Share if you do!)
I cut two pieces of wire, there you can see how they measure up to the bracelet. I tried to make them about 4 times the width of the bracelet. Generally it's better to cut more wire than less wire, but it's tricky in this instance because you can end up with a clasp that is too big, and have to do some hardcore re-sizing.
Bend the wire, somewhere between a third and a quarter of the way down. Basically I make the bend and then squish it. This will eventually form the pronged part of your clasp.
Bend over the other side. You should probably check first to make sure that the ends protrude the amount you want them to in the bracelet before you do, but I often forget and it works out.
Stick it through your loop/tube…
Bend upwards…
And create a notch about 1cm long(ish) at the end of each side. These become the prongs, and you now officially have half of your clasp done.
The other end is a bit trickier. You're gonna create a loop, like you would any other loop, and make both ends of the wire touch. Pick the same spot on the other wire, and go for it.
It should look something like this. This one isn't quite done yet, you want your two ends of the wire to lie flush.
Thread the wire end through (the loop probably won't fit through your tube, and please don't force it!) Pick the spot on the other end where you want your second loop.
Pull, so your wire is as far through as it's gonna go, make your loop, and thread the "loose" end of the wire back through your tube.
Clip any over-lappy bits. Voila. Does this picture remind you of anything? From here, you just need to bend up, just like we did for the other end of the clasp.
Should look like this.
Woot finished bracelet!
This is what the clasp looks like when closed. Because of the stiffness of the wire, you basically pinch close to your tube on the side with the prongs gently and they will move out of the loops, without bending too far out of shape. (Not true if you pinch too hard, or attempt to force them by bending the wire. That just bends your clasp out of shape.)
I'm a pretty big fan of this bracelet, and I've been wearing bracelets with this clasp since the turquoise cuff I made (also with photo-inspiration!) waay back in November, and it hasn't fallen apart. Not secure enough for wild dancing or raves, but secure enough for every day use. (And please remember, most jewelry isn't secure enough for dancing. If you want to wear jewelry dancing, check all your connections ahead of time and be mentally prepared for the anguish you will feel when you lose it anyway. I speak from experience.)
If you have questions, ask! If you have answers, answer! If you have comments, comment! You get the idea.


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Thrown out of the academy in Ingolstodt after attempting (successfully) to create animate life from the grafted body parts that my assistant Igor gathered in graveyards, I next became a historian and biographer and delved into popular culture, popular religion, and science. Topics I've covered include the escapologist Harry Houdini; early mesmerists and their diabolical powers; the Amazing Zancigs, mind-readers extraordinaire; Richard Shaver, the outsider artist and pulp magazine creator of "I Remember Lemuria"; Allen Funt, the madcap genius behind "Candid Camera"; and the strange amusement park rides of the early twentieth century that offered customers an imaginary burial and visit to Heaven and Hell. My books include, The Man from Mars: Ray Palmer's Amazing Pulp Journey, a 2014 Locus Award Finalist, and Wonder Shows: Performing Science, Magic, and Religion in America. I also have published scholarly articles, as well as humor and fiction in the Atlantic and other magazines. A past fellow at the Smithsonian, I am currently at large in California.
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text: Today I watched the hearings on the Supreme Court Nomination of Judge Samuel Aliot. At these hearings America's finest, Drunken, Thieving, Lying, Whore Mongering, Crooked, Pig Slop, Scum Bag Politicians all get together and try to "DEAMONIZE, CRUCIFY, AND DESTROY" another human being who happens to have more CLASS, HONESTY, MORALITY, AND DECENCY IN HIS SOILED UNDERWEAR THAN THESE WRETCHED VERMIN SWINE POLITICIANS have in their whole bodys. The college cheating, drunken women killer, "Uncle Teddy" isn't fit to wash Judge Alitos Dog. Now another thing I noticed at the hearings, the Photographers all sit on the floor, behind them, sitting up at the tables are the "s hit Bag Politicians" every so often a photographer will turn and seems to dissapear under the "tablecloth" now, my question."Can this photographer put his head under the tablecloth and look up the women's dresses"? Another thought, can they "take pictures" of the womens underwear? Also, can they see Uncle Teddy's underwear? Do they take pictures of each other, if you should tune in to the hearings, watch the Photographers. Think of me while you watch, also think of Uncle Teddy's bare thighs with "Cape Cod" boxer shorts on.


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Stuff i used:
Pond's Magic Powder
NARS Gilda
Maybelline Line n' Design Brow Pencil in Dark Brown
MAC Suave Intentions es (inner crease)
MAC Love Lace es (outer crease & contour)
MAC Artistic License Technakohl (upper lashline)
MAC Powerpoint Eye Pencil in Stubborn Brown (tightline)
Loreal Ultra-Volume Collagene Mascara
Using Love Lace reassured me that getting it was the right decision!! lol!! It's just so buttery smooth, and the color is gorgeous (it pairs perfectly with Suave Intentions too!!)! :D I did not use any lip products because i'm gonna eat soon anyways (what a lousy lipglosseater i am!! wakakaka!!)! :D
It's Friday once again already! Any plans for the weekend? :D


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When using the LCD I/O Backpack with the ATmega8L-8AU, you need a bootloader that runs at 8 MHz.
But the one shipping with Arduino for the ATmega8 has some less than ideal settings, most annoyingly a very long startup delay and a low speed for the serial programming.
I have now made a re-compile of the bootloader with these two settings changed (about 1 second startup delay and 19200bps serial speed), which results in faster programming, and a much shorter startup time, both from power-on but also after a soft reset following programming.
All you need, is to download the .hex file and place in in the atmega8 folder under hardware/arduino/bootloaders in the Arduino environment and modify the boards.txt file to include this new bootloader.
On Mac, you have to right-click the Arduino.app and select 'Show Package Content' and navigate to Content/Resources/Java/hardware/arduino/bootloaders to find the atmega8 folder.
I have used the following segment in boarts.txt to reference this file in the Arduino environment.
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############################################################## atmega8l.name=LCD I/O Backpack w/ ATmega8L @ 8MHz atmega8l.upload.protocol=stk500 atmega8l.upload.maximum_size=7168 atmega8l.upload.speed=19200 atmega8l.bootloader.low_fuses=0xdf atmega8l.bootloader.high_fuses=0xca atmega8l.bootloader.path=atmega8 atmega8l.bootloader.file=ATmega8L.hex atmega8l.bootloader.unlock_bits=0x3F atmega8l.bootloader.lock_bits=0x0F atmega8l.build.mcu=atmega8 atmega8l.build.f_cpu=8000000L atmega8l.build.core=arduino atmega8l.build.variant=standard ##############################################################
Below is just the .hex file, zipped up to avoid corruption. The source is the same as the source that comes with the Arduino environment (in the hardware/atmega8 folder) just adjusted to 8MHz and with a timeout of 1000000)
If you want to compile your own, you might have to use the AVR-GCC compiler from one of the older Arduino enviromnents (I used Arduino-0010 on Mac), since the newer AVR-GCC complains a bit.
Update for users of Arduino 1.0 and later
Ray has notified me about a problem when using the above instructions with Arduino 1.0. The reason for the error he is getting is a change that the Arduino team has made, which my instructions didn't take into account. I have updated the text you need to add to the boards.txt (added the last settings line), which tells the compiler what pins settings to use, when compiling for the ATmega8L.
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The NSA has been forced to admit it has violated Americans' personal privacy thousands of times — and even transgressed its own insanely loose rules — with warrantless surveillance, thanks to a lawsuit by the American Civil Liberties Union. The NSA released a series of quarterly reports from 2001 through 2013 revealing many ongoing privacy violations against Americans on its website in a document dump just before the Christmas holiday.
A local dispute in Gilbert, Arizona, has now become a national issue on a critical part of the Bill of Rights: Reed v. Town of Gilbert.
California's Prop 2 eliminating "basket cages" for hens in California egg farms will likely push egg prices 25 percent higher as it ignores the Constitution's Commerce Clause.
In a bid to impose unconstitutional federal statutes and United Nations schemes on the people of a neighboring state, top officials in Oklahoma and Nebraska launched a federal lawsuit last week against Colorado. They argued in court that nullifying UN and U.S. government mandates purporting to require the criminalization of marijuana was unacceptable and should be quashed. The two conservative-leaning states, both of which have nullified or sought to nullify multiple unconstitutional federal usurpations of power, are asking the Supreme Court to declare the decision of Colorado voters "unconstitutional."
"We've got a lot of constitutionalists and a lot of people that stockpile weapons." So said a Washington state sheriff's deputy, explaining why his department needed military-grade equipment.


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Go to The Calgary Service Canada Centre for Youth (SCCY) on Friday, August 6th from 1-4pm for a "SCCY Quest" where you will learn about the great programs and services available downtown for youth to utilize in their quest for a career. Best of all-it's FREE!.
Where: 220-4th Ave SE, Room 280
When: Friday, August 6th from 1pm-4pm
What: Cool activites to help you learn about resoures in downtown Calgary for youth with a focus on employment and volunteer opportunities
Why: Why not? It's FREE!
Note: Youth under 15 must have their parents sign a waiver stating they can participate. To locate a waiver or for any other questions regarding this event please call 403-292-5020
Love a good fairy tale? Check out these books based on popular folk and fairy stories...
Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow by, Jessica Day George
"The lass" is the youngest child in her family. Her parents are so busy taking care of their many children that they didn't even bother to give her a name. Furthermore, her unsual gift-the ability to understand animals-estranges her from her family. When a polar bear offers to give her family wealth if she will come and live with him in his castle of ice, she readily accepts the opportunity to escape. After all, what has she got to loose?
Once at the castle, the lass encounters mystery after mystery and attempts to discover what enchantment controls her captor.
Based on the tale East of the Sun, West of the Moon
Beastly by, Alex Flinn
Kyle Kingsbury has it all. He is rich, attractive, popular, and gets any girl he wants. Unfortunately, he is also insufferably proud, selfish and cruel. However, when he insults the unattractive and unpopular Kendra, his popularity is not enough to keep him out of trouble. Kendra is a witch and she uses her magic to teach Kyle a lesson.
Based on the tale Beauty and the Beast
A Curse Dark as Gold by, Elizabeth C. Bunce
Charlotte's father has died and left her responsible for her little sister as well as the family business, a wool mill. The mill has been in the family for generations and people say it is cursed. Charlotte does not believe in the curse, but when bad luck strikes the mill time after time she begins to wonder. Then Jack Spinner arrives. A little man who promises to spin a room full of straw into gold - for a price. Can Charlotte save the mill and break the curse?
Based on the tale of Rumplestilskin
Well...it started out as a top 10 list, but I couldn't stop at 10. So here's my top 15 list of cool things to do this summer.
What's on your top 10 list?
Would you...Barricade yourself in a farmhouse? Move to Antarctica? Pretend like you're already a zombie so the other zombies will accept you instead of eating your brains? When it comes to zombie apocalypses there sure are a lot of survival options. It's a good thing there's so many stories out there to help us prepare!Zombies are unique among monsters as unlike vampires, werewolves and ghosts, they did not really begin to show up in literature until after they had already been popularized in film. Therefore, while the shambling, decomposing, brain-eating, virus -plagued, irradiated, mindless zombies of the silver screen barely resemble their Voodoo origins, it is this depiction on which most zombie literature is based. Some claim it is the purely physical nature of the zombie which has made them great for film, but rather limited on the written page (they don't usually have much dialogue), yet despite these limitations several authors have come out with some fantastic stories which can be found at the Calgary Public Library.
Here are a few scenarios you can check out:Zombies: Hungry, but slow and unintelligent. Except for those pesky hungry, intelligent fast ones...
The Forest of Hands and Teeth: Carrie Ryan
The Defense: Large fences to keep the zombies out of town, platforms in the trees in case the fences don't work, praying in case the platforms don't work.
Generation Dead: Daniel Waters
Zombies: Some are slow, some are fast, but these zombie teens don't want brains, they just want to fit in.
The Defense: Bigotry and baseball bats.
The Boy Who Couldn't Die: William Sleator
Zombie: With his soul is 'safely' hidden outside his body he's invulnerable. He isn't evil when he's himself, but without his soul is he still himself or zomething elze?
The Defense: Well... umm.... uhhh...?
If zombies are your thing, don't forget to submit your zombie themed artwork or writing to our Teens Create contest.


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Once considered by some as the worst President of modern times, former President George W. Bush's legacy may be ready for rehab.
While the current administration of Barack Obama seldom misses an opportunity to trash Bush and blame the former President for problems that persist, history may be ready to re-judge some of Bush's actions and policies while in office.
And history may be far kinder to Bush than anyone predicted.
Is George W. Bush about to start a political comeback?
Written off as one of the worst presidents in U.S. history when he left office, the 63-year-old Bush has been keeping a low profile, fading from view as the country turned its attention to his successor, President Barack Obama.
Now, some events might be turning in Bush's favor just as he and his family emerge to tell their side of the story, first with the release this week of Laura Bush's memoir, "Spoken From the Heart," then in November with the release of his book, "Decision Points."
"The rehab's well under way," said Mark McKinnon, a Bush confidant who still bikes with the former president in Texas.
"His loyalists have always believed that history would be much kinder to the president than public opinion was during his term. We also believe that leaders who make tough decisions are rarely popular when they're president, but that history puts things into context."
Most notably, the war in Iraq may not turn out to be the political albatross it was while he was in office.
Go ahead, try to put a chrome bumper on a two tone piece of crap..Hack..
It is hard to believe that anyone could even think a good thought about G.W. Bush. 8 years of nothing but an "express train" going south. Does anyone believe that Bush has written this book, hell he has never even read a complete book, much less written one. The book will be much like his whole life, A BIG LIE!!
We' be saying the samething about Obummer 5 years from now.
It will be 9 years instead of 5 and then I really don't believe that President Obama will go down in history as Bush will.
Can't get lower than whale shit and that is G.W. Bush in two words.
There is no way that invading a small country that was of no threat to anyone, costing more than 4000 lives, and hundreds of millions of dollars, can be justified. Also, cutting taxes for the wealthy, when there was a minor slowdown, was sound economics. Mainstream economists discouraged it. It would have been better to use monetary policy, with the Federal Reserve using the tools at its disposal. Some increased Government spending, on infrastructure and other important programs would also have helped. Bush was too much of an ideologue, believing that tax cuts and deregulation were what the country needed.
Between Bushco's two engineered wars that are still stuck to our national shoes like dog sh*t along with the financial "Kings X" they gave to Wall Street and the banks leading to our national travails; I'd say the damage that he and his coterie of greedy, evil associates have done to this nation is the equivalent of the U.S. having been attacked directly by a foreign power. : |
Now we're stuck with a faux "El Cid" for el Presidente who's evidently been groomed to issue the coup de grace to our nation by slapping mind-boggling debt upon us, seemingly he and his 'advisers' engaged in the planned destruction of the US dollar and our way of life.
Evil is afoot in our nation's Capitol. Seemingly the enemy has breached the castles walls are now looting the keep all the while the populace having been induced into infighting and bickering over petty issues as their nation and way of life goes to the bottom…!
Carl Nemo **==
I believe if history is far kinder to GWBush than anyone predicted….it will be because history is being rewritten with a partisan agenda in mind, extremely slanted by the right wing and sprinkled with lies just like nearly every thing connected with his administration. Just because there are others in government who are as culpable of pushing the country over a cliff and none of them will answer for their crimes either, does not make him any less despicable.
Well that doesn't explain Obama expanding the wars, ordering executions without trial, allowing torture and indefinite detention to continue, keeping GITMO open, continuing to spy on all US citizens phone calls and electronic communication, the list goes on and on. It isn't partisan. Our destruction is very much a bi-partisan affair.
President Junior wasn't necessarily worse, though he does seem likely to be one of the worst of all time. Both rank someone around Woodrow Wilson, another "Progressive" that sold us out. But Obama is about to go further down the spiral particularly if they continue to push CO2 exchanges, mandatory service, national ID's, and unfair (despotic) labor practices sending jobs and wealth overseas.
From Robert Parry, March 8, 2010
"In the 1980s, CIA propaganda experts and military psy-war specialists oversaw the creation of special programs aimed at managing public perceptions in targeted foreign countries as well as inside the United States, according to declassified documents at Ronald Reagan's Presidential Library."
(This has been so successful for so long why would they ever quit? " managing public perceptions…. inside the United States" or in history books, not much difference)


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