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September 11, 2008
Middle East Media Research Institute Special Dispatch
In an article in the Syrian government daily Teshreen, former Syrian information
minister Dr. Mahdi Dakhlallah wrote that the U.S. intelligence agencies were
behind the 9/11 attacks, and that their aim in this was to pave the way for
implementing a previously readied plan to invade Afghanistan and Iraq.
Following is a translation of the main points of Dakhlallah's article.[1]
"On the Seventh Anniversary of 9/11, The Truth is Still Not Unequivocal,
And the Mystery Remains"
"On the seventh anniversary of the September 11 events, the truth is still
not unequivocal, and the mystery remains. The immediate and simple explanation
according to the official version of the events is, to this day, the object
of criticism and sometimes even of derision.
"The world may have to wait 25 years for the truth to come to light and
for the secret documents and information about what happened to be presented.
But who cares about the truth?
"What is important, always, is the use of the events in order to carry
out a strategy planned in advance – which raises the possibility that the injured
party itself carried out the deed, especially if the matter concerns a country
with great strategic interests such as the U.S.
"Many are the instances of violence and terror in the land of Uncle Sam,
and no one knows what is behind them. Who killed President Kennedy? To date,
no one knows the truth. Who is behind… Continue reading
Peter Hitchens
14th September 2008
DailyMail.co.uk – Peter Hitchens' Mail on Sunday column
There is no such organisation as 'Al Qaeda'. The spooks know this, Cabinet Ministers know this and so do the 'security correspondents' who so readily trot out the spooks' point of view on our broadcasting networks.
Of course, there are terrorists, and there are also fantasists, fanatics, low-lifes and camp followers who plot and attempt horrible things. Some of them even call themselves 'Al Qaeda' these days because they have learned that this is a good way to scare us.
But, while they are a menace, they are not as big or as organised a menace as the Government likes to make out.
The State and the vainglorious bureaucrats of the 'security' services need to pretend that the terrorists are a tightly organised and terrifying threat, to make themselves look big as well — and to help them get hold of new powers to snoop on us and push us around.
Some of you may remember the rather squalid behaviour, back in the summer of 2006, by the then Home Secretary, the unrepentant ex-communist brute John Reid.
Lightly tossing aside the wise tradition that in free countries Ministers stay out of criminal justice matters, he reeled out a boastful, alarmist statement about some arrests of alleged terrorists, using words so preju-dicial that I will not reproduce them here.
When, two years later, a jury was unconvinced by many of the claims made by the authorities in this… Continue reading
Reuters North American News Service
Sep 10, 2008 08:28 EST
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Seven years after the Sept. 11 attacks, there is no
consensus outside the United States that Islamist militants from al Qaeda were
responsible, according to an international poll published Wednesday.
The survey of 16,063 people in 17 nations found majorities in only nine countries
believe al Qaeda was behind the attacks on New York and Washington that killed
about 3,000 people in 2001.
U.S. officials squarely blame al Qaeda, whose leader Osama bin Laden has boasted
of organizing the suicide attacks by his followers using hijacked commercial
On average, 46 percent of those surveyed said al Qaeda was responsible, 15
percent said the U.S. government, 7 percent said Israel and 7 percent said some
other perpetrator. One in four people said they did not know who was behind
the attacks.
The poll was conducted by WorldPublicOpinion.org, a collaborative project of
research centers in various countries managed by the Program on International
Policy Attitudes at the University of Maryland in the United States.
In Europe, al Qaeda was cited by 56 percent of Britons and Italians, 63 percent
of French and 64 percent of Germans. The U.S. government was to blame, according
to 23 percent of Germans and 15 percent of Italians.
Respondents in the Middle East were especially likely to name a perpetrator
other than al Qaeda, the poll found.
Israel was behind the attacks, said 43 percent of people in Egypt, 31 percent
in… Continue reading
by Jeffrey Feldman
Posted September 5, 2008
Last night, while Americans sat quietly expecting to watch a video 'tribute'
to victims of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001–John McCain took
advantage of America's good will to show a video falsely linking Iran to the
terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.
At 9:11pm (CST), the MSNBC coverage cut to a video being projected onto the
main screen at the RNC. At that point, Tom Brokaw introduced the video as follows:
Tom Brokaw: OK, let's go now, Keith, if we can, down to the floor. We want
to share with our viewers the 'Tribute To The Victims of 9/11.'
So, that was the introduction the networks gave to the video–no doubt lifted
from a press release given to them by the RNC. Normal practice, I suppose. But
here is the astoundingly immoral thing that happened next, rather than show
a video 'tribute' to the victims of 9/11, the McCain team showed a video 'history'
of 9/11 that began like this:
(Fade to black as ominous slow piano music plays)
(Fade in: iconic image of Iranian revolutionaries from the late 1970s holding
American hostages)
Narrator: The first attack occured in Iran.
(MSNBC feed now shows picture of Iranian hostage crisis with title '9/11
Video Tribute')
Narrator: 444 days–America held hostage.
(Cut to: image of 1998 Al Qaeda bombings of Kenya and Somalia)
Narrator: Then again.
(Cut to: second image of 1998 Al Qaeda bombing of Kenya and Somalia)
Narrator: And again.… Continue reading
August 30, 2008
by John Byrne
As the nation focuses on Sen. John McCain's choice of running mate, President
Bush has quietly moved to expand the reach of presidential power by ensuring
that America remains in a state of permanent war.
Buried in a recent proposal by the Administration is a sentence that has received
scant attention — and was buried itself in the very newspaper that exposed
it Saturday. It is an affirmation that the United States remains at war with
al Qaeda, the Taliban and "associated organizations."
Part of a proposal for Guantánamo Bay legal detainees, the provision before
Congress seeks to "acknowledge again and explicitly that this nation remains
engaged in an armed conflict with Al Qaeda, the Taliban, and associated organizations,
who have already proclaimed themselves at war with us and who are dedicated
to the slaughter of Americans."
The New York Times' page 8 placement of the article in its Saturday
edition seems to downplay its importance. Such a re-affirmation of war carries
broad legal implications that could imperil Americans' civil liberties and the
rights of foreign nationals for decades to come.
It was under the guise of war that President Bush claimed a legal mandate for
his warrantless wiretapping program, giving the National Security Agency power
to intercept calls Americans made abroad. More of this program has emerged in
recent years, and it includes the surveillance of Americans' information and
exchanges online.
"War powers" have also given President Bush cover to hold… Continue reading
By Mark H. Gaffney
The following is an excerpt from Mark H. Gaffney's forthcoming book, THE 911 MYSTERY PLANE AND THE VANISHING OF AMERICA, to be released in September 2008.
15/08/08 "ICH" — Regrettably, there is considerable evidence that elements of the Bush administration were complicit in the 9/11 attack, and may even have helped stage it. Let us now examine some of what I regard as the most compelling evidence. However, the following discussion makes no claim to be comprehensive.
We know that within minutes of the "worst terrorist attack" in US history, even before the collapse of WTC-2 at 9:59 am, US officials knew the names of several of the alleged hijackers. CBS reported that a flight attendant on AA Flight 11, Amy Sweeney, had the presence of mind to call her office and reveal the seat numbers of the hijackers who had seized the plane.[1] FBI Director Robert Mueller later said, "This was the first piece of hard evidence."[2] In his memoirs CIA Director George Tenet emphasizes the importance of the passenger manifests, as does counter-terrorism czar Richard A. Clarke.[3] All of which is very strange because the manifests later released by the airlines do not include the names of any of the alleged hijackers. Nor has this discrepancy ever been explained.
According to MSNBC, the plan to invade Afghanistan and "remove Al Qaeda from the face of he earth" was already sitting on G.W.… Continue reading
August 15, 2008
Jon Gold
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Please support www.historycommons.org. They have been invaluable to me, and hopefully will be for you as well.
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By Lori Price
30 July 2008
Abu Khabab al-Masri 'died' in January 2006 and again on Monday. Once again, the 'mainstream' media announces the re-killing of another 'key al-Qaeda operative' by a 'CIA-operated unpiloted drone!' These top al-Qaeda operatives – and their subsequent deaths – are more bountiful than poppy fields in Afghanistan or oil smuggling routes in Iraq.
The Financial Times reports:
Al-Qaeda expert killed by CIA 30 July 2008 Pakistan intelligence officials yesterday confirmed a key al-Qaeda [al-CIAduh] expert on chemical and biological weapons was killed in an attack by a CIA-operated unpiloted drone, late on Sunday. Egyptian-born Midhat Mursi al-Sayid Umar, who was also known as Abu Khabab al-Masri, was one of six Arab men who were killed in a remote region along the Afghan border, according to an intelligence official. The US had offered a $5m (€3.19m, £2.5m) reward for his capture. Western diplomats said it would be a boost to morale in the Bush administration, struggling with mounting troop casualties in Afghanistan and a revival of militant attacks in Iraq.
CBS News reports:
Officials: Al Qaeda's Mad Scientist Killed –29 Jul 2008 — CIA Drone Targeted Chemical Weapons Expert Abu Khabab Al-Masri On Afghanistan-Pakistan Border One of al Qaeda's top chemical and biological weapons experts was killed in an air strike by a CIA pilotless drone in a remote Pakistani border region, senior Pakistani intelligence officials told CBS News Tuesday morning. Intelligence officials investigating the early Monday missile attack confirmed… Continue reading
By Jim Loney
Originally published July 22, 2008
Someone has just brought to my attention a possible interpretation of this statement different than what I had come to, so in the spirit of accurate reporting and non-sensationalism, I am adding this for your consideration. As always, we hope you carefully interpret all information coming to you, no matter what the source, (including ours, of course). My interpretation of these comments was that Stone was simply making the case (the crux of the case) that Hamdan knew the target, therefore Hamdan must have been a party to the attack. I had not considered that Stone may have been (supposedly) quoting Hamdan fully, and that Hamdan may have been the one reported as having said, "If they hadn't shot it down…," not Stone. Nonetheless, it seems quite odd that the US prosecution, led by military officers, would have made any reference to Flight 93 having been shot down… [End of update.]
A couple key points here from the Gitmo show trials not really being shown:
1) Defense attorney for bin Laden's driver, Salim Hamdan, stated: "There will be no evidence that Mr. Hamdan espoused or believed or embraced any form of what you will hear about, radical Islam beliefs, extremist Muslim beliefs." Where have we heard that before? A little like Atta and friends drinking Dewars scotch, paying for lap dances, partying it up… fundamentalist Muslims who hate Americans' 'freedoms'? I think not…… Continue reading
Wednesday 16 July 2008
By Adam Liptak, The New York Times
Indefinite military detentions of persons apprehended within the United States
are legal, according to a Tuesday federal appeals court decision. (Read text
of decision.) However, a concurrent decision allows detainee Ali al-Marri (pictured)
to challenge his detention in court.
President Bush has the legal power to order the indefinite military detentions
of civilians captured in the United States, the federal appeals court in Richmond,
Va., ruled on Tuesday in a fractured 5-to-4 decision.
But a second, overlapping 5-to-4 majority of the court, the United States
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, ruled that Ali al-Marri, a citizen
of Qatar now in military custody in Charleston, S.C., must be given an additional
opportunity to challenge his detention in federal court there. An earlier court
proceeding, in which the government had presented only a sworn statement from
a defense intelligence official, was inadequate, the second majority ruled.
The decision was a victory for the Bush administration, which had maintained
that a 2001 Congressional authorization to use military force after the Sept.
11 attacks granted the president the power to detain people living in the United
The court effectively reversed a divided three-judge panel of its own members,
which ruled last year that the government lacked the power to detain civilians
legally in the United States as enemy combatants. That panel ordered the government
either to charge Mr. Marri or to release him. The case is likely to reach… Continue reading
July 13, 2008
Op-Ed Columnist
By FRANK RICH
We know what a criminal White House looks like from "The Final Days" Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein's classic account of Richard Nixon's unraveling. The cauldron of lies, paranoia and illegal surveillance boiled over, until it was finally every man for himself as desperate courtiers scrambled to save their reputations and, in a few patriotic instances, their country.
"The Final Days" was published in 1976, two years after Nixon abdicated in disgrace. With the Bush presidency, no journalist (or turncoat White House memoirist) is waiting for the corpse to be carted away. The latest and perhaps most chilling example arrives this week from Jane Mayer of The New Yorker, long a relentless journalist on the war-on-terror torture beat. Her book "The Dark Side" connects the dots of her own past reporting and that of her top-tier colleagues (including James Risen and Scott Shane of The New York Times) to portray a White House that, like its prototype, savaged its enemies within almost as ferociously as it did the Constitution.
Some of "The Dark Side" seems right out of "The Final Days" minus Nixon's operatic boozing and weeping. We learn, for instance, that in 2004 two conservative Republican Justice Department officials had become "so paranoid" that "they actually thought they might be in physical danger." The fear of being wiretapped by their own peers drove them to speak in code.
The men were John Ashcroft's deputy attorney general, James Comey, and an assistant… Continue reading
FISA "Compromise" Completes Transformation of US into Full Police
by Larry Chin
Global Research, July 11, 2008
On July 9, 2008, the US Congress overwhelmingly passed legislation permitting
government spying, including immunity to telecommunications companies involved
in secret domestic surveillance programs. With the stroke of George W. Bush's
pen, the US is now a police state by definition.
The extent of the spying program, and its larger implications, have been revealed
by Mark Klein, who blew the whistle on secret domestic spying program of Bush/Cheney's
National Security Agency (NSA) and AT&T:
AT&T whistleblower: spy bill creates infrastructure for police state
The update of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, called the "FISA
compromise", or more appropriately, the "spy bill", largely completes
the triumph of the Bush/Cheney administration and a bipartisan criminal consensus.
By convenient design, the FISA revision derails pending law suits filed against
the Bush administration's corporate spying partners (AT&T, Sprint
Nextel, and Verizon), silences (the largely empty-to-begin-with) congressional
investigations into Bush administration's illegal domestic spying program.
Presidential nominee Barack Obama and the Democrats have now moved to silence
all discussion about the issue.
Fear itself, a.k.a. spying itself
Between the false flag mass murder of 9/11 and the creation of the "war
on terrorism", the USA Patriot Act and this new FISA revision, the Bush-Cheney
administration and its enthusiastically complicit congressional partners, have
achieved total victory–world war, open criminality, and the end of law itself.
It gives the US government unprecedented new spying powers and sweeping new
legal… Continue reading
Impeachment Article to be Introduced Thursday
WASHINGTON, D.C. (July 8) — Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) sent the following letter today to his colleagues in Congress:
July 8, 2008
Dear Colleague,
During the Fourth of July holiday a WWII veteran stood ram-rod straight in his crisp dress uniform and saluted our flag as it passed in a parade. His silent reverential stance was a powerful reminder of the love of country that is reflected in our veterans of all generations and all services.
It is also a powerful reminder of the responsibilities of the President of the Untied States in his capacity as Commander in Chief.
It is worse than heartbreaking that George W. Bush, as Commander in Chief, caused this country to go to war based on information which was false, and which he knew to be false. The consequences for our troops have been devastating. We have lost 4,116 of our beloved servicemen and women since the war began, with over 30,000 physically wounded and countless others emotionally wounded. The toll on the service persons and their families will be felt throughout their lives.
There can be no greater responsibility of a Commander in Chief than to command based on facts on the ground, and to command in fact and in truth. There can be no greater offense of a Commander in Chief than to misrepresent a cause of war and to send our brave men and women into harm's way based on those misrepresentations.…Continue reading
Late last year, Congress agreed to a request from President Bush to fund a major escalation of covert operations against Iran, according to current and former military, intelligence, and congressional sources. These operations, for which the President sought up to four hundred million dollars, were described in a Presidential Finding signed by Bush, and are designed to destabilize the country's religious leadership. The covert activities involve support of the minority Ahwazi Arab and Baluchi groups and other dissident organizations. They also include gathering intelligence about Iran's suspected nuclear-weapons program.
Clandestine operations against Iran are not new. United States Special Operations Forces have been conducting cross-border operations from southern Iraq, with Presidential authorization, since last year. These have included seizing members of Al Quds, the commando arm of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, and taking them to Iraq for interrogation, and the pursuit of "high-value targets" in the President's war on terror, who may be captured or killed. But the scale and the scope of the operations in Iran, which involve the Central Intelligence Agency and the Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC), have now been significantly expanded, according to the current and former officials. Many of these activities are not specified in the new Finding, and some congressional leaders have had serious questions about their nature.
Under federal law, a Presidential Finding, which is highly classified, must be issued when a covert intelligence operation gets… Continue reading
Peter Dale Scott
The Deep State and 9/11
The unthinkable — that elements inside the state would conspire with criminals to kill innocent civilians — has become not only thinkable but commonplace in the last century. A seminal example was in French Algeria, where dissident elements of the French armed forces, resisting General de Gaulle's plans for Algerian independence, organized as the Secret Army Organization and bombed civilians indiscriminately, with targets including hospitals and schools. 1 Critics like Alexander Litvinenko, who was subsequently murdered in London in November 2006, have charged that the 1999 bombings of apartment buildings around Moscow, attributed to Chechen separatists, were in fact the work of the Russian secret service (FSB). 2
Similar attacks in Turkey have given rise to the notion there of an extra-legal "deep state" — a combination of forces, ranging from former members of the CIA-organized Gladio organization, to "a vast matrix of security and intelligence officials, ultranationalist members of the Turkish underworld and renegade former members of the [Kurdish separatist] PKK." 3 The deep state, financed in part by Turkey's substantial heroin traffic, has been accused of killing thousands of civilians, in incidents such as the lethal bomb attack in November 2005 on a bookshop in Semdinli. This attack, initially attributed to the Kurdish separatist PKK, turned out to have been committed by members of Turkey's paramilitary police intelligence service, together with a former PKK member turned informer. 4 On April 23, 2008, the former Interior Minister Mehmet Agar was ordered… Continue reading
This story has now been updated with new information from Symposium organizers.
The New England 9/11 Symposium, held this past Saturday (5/17/08) in Keene, NH, was a tremendous success. We had a great turn out and received local and, of course, independent media coverage.
First, the morning began at 9:45 a.m. with Bob McIlvaine's heartfelt speech, which is a reminder that, as Jon Gold put it, what we feel is nothing compared to what family members like McIlvaine feel. The part of his remarks that stuck out to me the most was when McIlvaine detailed his experiences researching 9/11 on his own and described his utter disgust with the 9/11 Commission. While speaking about the Commission he mentioned the day that Condoleeza Rice testified about the August 6th, 2001 PDB. To him it was obvious that Rice was spinning, lying, and not directly answering any questions posed to her by the Commissioners, who's questions were light as it was. He talked of how outraged he was when, after Rice testified, family members were rushing to shake her hand. The deception was so blatant how could the others not see it? I, as well as many others, believe that Bob is very strong and very brave.
Next up was acclaimed Canadian media critic and author, Barrie Zwicker. Zwicker offered his excellent take on the media's unwillingness to cover this issue. I had seen his presentation before in 2006 but it was watching Zwicker take the editor of The Keene Sentinel (a… Continue reading
By Kristina Borjesson
Here we go again. President Bush goes to Israel. He talks to the Israeli Knesset about standing "together against terror and extremism." He cites the example of Osama bin Laden teaching that "the killing of Jews and Americans is one of the biggest duties." The next day, yet another unauthenticated bin Laden tape surfaces. "In a tape marking Israel's 60th anniversary," reported the BBC, "the speaker pledged to continue fighting the Israelis and not give up a 'single inch of Palestine.'" Once again, the lead was followed by what has now become the standard second line, "The tape's authenticity could not be verified." Once again, the timing is interesting. Bin Laden's message was just in time to help President Bush make his point.
The BBC's May 16, 2008 report continues with this: "The last messages attributed to Bin Laden were aired in March." Those messages couldn't be verified either.
The last clear videotape of bin Laden was released to al Jazeera on December 27, 2001. The CIA released one two weeks earlier that they claimed had been shot the month before, but the video is very fuzzy and the purported bin Laden in the tape doesn't altogether look like the bin Laden in authentic photos and videos. A couple of other videos were released in 2004 and 2007, both of which were fuzzy enough to raise questions. The 2007 video looked exactly like the 2004 video, except that the purported bin Laden's beard… Continue reading


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Garnett: "I'm a work in progress"
This from the Herald:
"Physically I'm feeling really good, but you have no idea of the (expletive) that I go through, come in here and be Grade B or Grade A, I'm a work in progress," Garnett said. "I just have to continue to do the things I've been."
But the goal in all of this work is starting to come clear. Garnett's game, though still rudimentary, is showing signs of something better. The irony is that his calling card – defense – may be the area still suffering from the most slippage.
You can say that again. Though Garnett still has a profound effect on the Celtics' team defense, he still hasn't been able to regain all of his mobility and, specifically, his lateral movement. Remember Al Harrington lighting him up? That wouldn't exactly have happened pre-injury.
With the lack of mobility, Garnett finds himself focusing more on the defensive end than ever:
"I think that's it, because offense is second nature," he said. "I hate to say that, but since I've been in Boston my mentality has been defensive. When I was younger I had a lot more responsibility as far as playing the game. You have to come down and score at the end, you have to defend the other team's best player, make sure everyone has a solid shot.
"Here I'm just a piece in the defensive puzzle, and I'm thinking more defensively since I've been here. Since I stepped in and put the jersey on I'm more of a defensive player and I like that. Offensively I'm sound, and when I'm not forcing the issue everything else just flows."
Even with his easily evident lack of mobility, Garnett says he hasn't thought about his knee at all:
"I'm trying to tell you, man, I don't even think twice about my leg," he said. "There's nothing about this game that is second-guessed, my shot selection, and what Doc (Rivers, the C's coach) wants me to do."
I'm glad Garnett isn't second-guessing his leg, but I think I've done more than enough second-guessing for the both of us. He may not say he's worried about it, but he got murdered by Al Harrington. AL HARRINGTON! Oh well, at least Rasheed has shown he can guard the quicker power forwards when he needs to. Wait… you're trying to remind me he just made Michael Beasley look more like Charles Barkley?…
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Naw, you were right the first time "doc": it's your imgination.
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It seems pretty obvious that if he was ever selected then Dave McEwan Hill got trounced/disowned/banned/deselected or whatever.
My guess though Gus is that whatewver the reason – like our Amatuer Anne – he won't answer a straight question either.
Have a nice night people
- Gus "But Simon the nats have previously selected Dave as a candidate" – can hardly believe that!!
Surely a man of his stature and ability must have been elected?
Him and Anne whatshernamethingy as well, down yon way in Kintyre?????
Shoe-ins both of them….
- Oh I know you won "doc" I saw the on-line lynch mob on here shortly afterwards demanding revenge and demanding heads.
A new dawn? A new day? Pardon me erst I vomit…
- Anne Gus? Is this the same person rejected by the electorate in Kintyre? The 'I will not answer difficult questions' Anne?
- You don't half talk some keech Dave – oh ye of the gratutitous insult.
So, how come the nats never selected you as a candidate?
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- Can anything address the disease in Argyll and Bute Council?
Graeme, so that we are all clear on what you are proposing 'The council would buy in the services it required from public service bureaux' this is the further privatisation of council services is it not?
- Castle Toward community ownership bid issues pursued
I don't know about anyone else but if I was asking for a one million pound reduction on an independent valuation price I think I might be trying to get alongside the sellers and understand their problems and their real difficulties rather than trying to publicly embarrass them with allegations.
As I've said elsewhere this 'attack dog' policy is misguided, badly advised and surely can only be counter-productive. A project with significant potential might just wither on the vine because the increasingly politicised and polarised handling of this matter. I've also said previously that this decision is not an easy ask (Dick Walsh refers obliquely to just some of the difficulties)and that this group would be far better trying to understand and help resolve those problems instead of naively trying to publicly pressurise and embarrass individual councillors.
On a very human level I must confess that if I was a councillor on the receiving end of manufactured emails and personal attacks I would be disinclined to give the group responsible my support.
- An unexpected pairing to email in Day 8′s Save Castle Toward Advent Calendar
In the event the council did sell the property at £1 million below valuation what would happen if(despite all the cosy assurances and claims that 'it makes sound economic sense') the project fails? What happens then? What happens to the property? Does it revert to the Council? Or, is it sold at a knockdown price to pay off debts?
- Castle Toward: Councillor Breslin asks straight questions of Council Leader Walsh
Aral. Are these jobs guaranteed? What if the project fails – does the property come back to us the council taxpayer? Can the council even give away a property valued at £1.75 million for £750k? What other project anywhere in Argyll has received this level of subsidy?
I'm not being anti the local group but there are some serious questions here that need answered. And indulging in childish stunts or making personal attacks does NOTHING to advance their cause – neither does suggesting that I'm employed by ABC – I'm not.
I do however have genuine concerns about this project and as a council tax-payer being asked to subsidise this group to the tune of £1 million I would ask – would everyone who backs them agree to underwrite the losses in the event the project fails?
Would you Aral?
I've already said I'm not involved with the council – are you involved directly/indirectly with the project Aral?
I'm a neutral observer in this – are you?
- Castle Toward: Councillor Breslin asks straight questions of Council Leader Walsh
I posted this on another article and feel it is still relevant.
'If ownership rather than lease is so important for their business plan then should they (the local group) not be concentrating their efforts on raising the money to pay the valuation determined by the District Valuer? Or appealing the valuation?
That's would seem to be a more constructive route than pushing this cheap gimmick of an 'advent calendar'. A gimmick that does absolutely nothing to promote their case and quite obviously is nothing more than a blunt attempt to pressurise councillors.
I don't know who advised them to take this approach but it seems to be spectacularly inept and this orchestrated gimmick might yet prove to be counter-productive. Of course, the fact that it is being promoted by Newsie of this blog will of course do absolutely nothing to help their case
If this group are serious about their project then surely they require to treat councillors equally seriously? They need to understand their position. They need to understand that a) even if the group had a cast-iron case this request of theirs is not easy to agree to and b) regardless of what it takes, they would be far better using their time to develop a more effective working relationship with the council and councillors rather than promoting such a childish stunt.
Granting a group a discount of a £1 million is not a trivial matter and they are being silly beyond belief if they think otherwise'.
I would only add that I'm also a Council tax payer, that is one of those who are paying the £20,000 per month to keep Toward Castle (valued at £1.75 million)secure. I am appalled at the attempts of some to reduce, what is a very difficult decision, to a personal attack on individual councillors within the Council.
It seems that this issue has been engineered to become a political 'hot potato'.
Who benefits from that?? The local group????
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This was an especially difficult episode of Parenthood to watch, given the subject matter of "Qualities and Difficulties."
Did anyone not get choked up when Kristina and Adam tried to define Asperger's to Max? Do you guys have Asperger's? Max asked his parents. Does Haddy? It was touching to see how badly Kristina and Adam didn't want Max to be negatively affected by this revelation.
For a little guidance, Adam and Kristina turned to Max's therapist, who handed them a script for an intro to Asperger's "do over." Adam was irate. He did the best he could to explain everything to Max, and now this professional tells him that it was done all wrong?!? "I'm not interested in memorizing a bunch of facts that have been polished up to make it look like he's won something," he bitched to Kristina.Adam's frustration was building the entire episode, until Zeek pushed him far enough over the edge that Adam blew. Between having to guide Max and his fight with Crosby, Adam was in a glass case of emotion. Wanting so badly for Max to feel loved and normal, he broke the rules and took his son to an amusement park.
Bad idea, according to Kristina: "I say this out of love, but you've gone rogue."
Max doesn't do spontaneity all that well, and taking him out of his scholastic routine wasn't a great idea. Oh, the lessons we learn at amusement parks. Ironically, the roller coast shuts down for the remainder of the day due to repairs, and Max has himself a good old-fashioned meltdown. Noted, thinks Adam to himself. Perhaps it's time to try the script and take a cue from the therapist. And a job well done, if I do say so. Adam formulated the talk in a way that made Max feel special.
Then there's Crosby. Oh, Crosby, how you've effed up. Jasmine wants nothing to do with you and yet you won't leave her alone. Crosby sought the advice of his sisters over breakfast, thinking up ways to get Jasmine to hear him out.
"I feel like, if I could get her to talk to me, or get her to look at me then talk to me..." he explained to Julia and Sarah. "This is the plan?" Sarah replied sarcastically. "I could make it right," Crosby continued. Considering the exchange with Adam that followed this conversation, one thing is clear: it's time for some soul-searching, Crosby.
More things worth mentioning:
- Jason Ritter was back as Mark Cyr. Don't go back to The Event, please. That show is AWFUL. Stay here and date Sarah. She needs your help to finish her play.
- I'm very happy that Julia did not cancel Syndey's sleepover with Jabar. I'm even happier that she and Joel stayed with Jasmine after realizing that Jasmine was too emotionally fragile to be left alone. Although I can't decide if Julia wanted to stay out of sympathy or that she didn't want Sydney being chaperoned by someone in Jasmine's state. Either way, it was the right thing to do.
- Who else was expecting something awful to come out of Joel's mouth when he made Julia put down her newspaper towards the end of the episode?
- Sarah to Jerry from Parks & Recreation: "What's better than Ted Danson's job?"
- Hats off to Dax Shepard. Those tears were real.
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was this the season finale??? whens the next ep? cant find antyhign online
Anyone who says Max shouldn't be a part of this show doesn't truly appreciate the show for what it is. It is realistic! it shows that people do live in these conditions, what sort of parents would Adam and Kristina be if they just shipped Max off to boarding school?......i personally love this story line, it has really enlightened me and i love love love the show for that
I agree with Kev, this is the best show on television. Makes you laugh and cry every week. Great characters, love Max....
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I am not saying that cheating is ever justified, just that their problems are not all Crosby's fault. He did try to talk to Jasmine more than once and she would not talk with him and threw him out. They both are responsible and Jasmine acting like Crosby is the only one who did anything wrong is not fair and not acknowledging her part in creating these problems between them.
@MM2 Relationships are tough, we understand that Jasmine was controlling, out of line and even to the point unbearable. When Jasmine shouted at Crosby, it is fair to say she overreacted to the typical Crosby remarks, but let's be fair and say that Crosby did say some things to a Jasmine who is also struggling to figure out what their relationship means. She herself was having doubts about them and that's understandable, but Crosby had a choice and the way to fix a problem, is not to create another one. That situation as we see, made Jasmine lose control over her own life. She was even willing at one point to let go of her controlling issues, just for a while, so she could get to the root of the problem and mend her relationship. Crosby didn't have to sleep with someone else, but he did. The moment things got troubling, Crosby ran away. You cannot run away, not when you say you love someone, and not when you have a son together, it's also too easy that way. The only sad part to this, is that it could have been prevented. Had Crosby held out a few, or be as controlling as Jasmine and beat her to her own faults. They are only human for their mistakes, and as soon as Crosby realized what he did, he cried tears of anguish, that must have been difficult to admit and he must have been broken.
@MM2: Jasmine was a single mom for quite some time. Yes, she had to allow Crosby more to step up etc but he hadn't shown much responsibility yet. Still she should have given him more chances to co-parent and to decide, I agree. But nothing is an excuse for cheating, NEVER! A cheater doesn't solve the problems in his relationship but runs away from it and selfish destroys and hurts the people he betrays. There is never an excuse for cheating. He should have talked with Jasmine and worked those issues out, that is handling situations in a mature way. Something Jasmine wanted from him and he has now only proven to her that she was right for not relying on him. She could have relied on him more but he now proved himself unreliable. @Chelsey: I think you might be very young, if you find Max exhausting. It's actually a good thing that a show as Parenthood portrays this syndrome this well. I have nothing but the deepest respect for the parents of children with Autism. Parenting can be exhausting, but those parents have a much harder job. And kids with Aspergers are just like 'Max' on the show. You can see this as an opportunity to learn more about it and to deepen your respect for people having to deal with this every single day for the rest of their lives. Your comment are showing a lack of compassion and wisdom. I hope you will continue to watch this show and watch Max and get a bit of both.
I cried. A lot. I cried the most when Joel told Julia what he told her. Never expected a bad thing, you could see he was sincere. I can imagine Julia couldn't stop the tears after hearing his heart-felt emotions, he clearly had thought about the ramifications of such a horrendous act as cheating.
Crosby did Jasmine wrong. He betrayed her and of course she is hurt and embarresd and humiliated.
Adam also was understandable. He is the kind of guy that always wants to fix the faults of others, which I admire him for.
Beautiful episode, great review (as always).
Let's not forget that Jasmine is not so innocent -- she often discounts Crosby and what Crosby wants for their life and his opinion like she let her Mom have more saying in raising Jabbar than Crosby, with the minister when they were talking about their future and even for their wedding her Mom was making the decisions with her, not Crosby. I am just saying it takes two and she did tell Crosby to get out.
I applaud Jasmine, even as she is a strong woman, she broke down in tears. That shows how much of what Crosby did hurt her, and how much she loved him. What hurt the most for viewers, is the fact that Jabbar has to suffer through this, believing in the lie that Crosby is working on his boat, who knows how long that would last? This was an inspiring episode for Sarah, who actually smiled for most of the episode... and yeah a definite "had an affair" were the words expected from Joel, but I'm glad it was the "I would not let that happen" speech instead, it would have been a messy turnaround afterward. Adam actually annoyed me, he screamed throughout this one, but his speech with his son along with Kristina, made for the better. There is no doubt that this isn't a good series. This just shows the troubles this family has to grow through, as there are many other families that have their troubles, it's good to see the realism in their struggles and the joys in their happiness.


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Bruisers, only stupid players cannot get fed with bruisers... only stupid players stack damage on bruisers... If anyone hasn't noticed that someone who knows how to play a bruiser stacks hp, it doesn't matter if the carry on the other team is fed, who cares if they are doing decent amounts of damage when you have 3 times as much health as them and almost matching that persons damage... thats what its about. bruisers can currently play any lane, by simply stacking hp early.
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Gordon Johnson, an analyst at Hapoalim Securities well-known for his bearish outlook on most photovoltaic players, believes that the recent political turn against solar is setting up the industry to be the next ethanol. "People assume you have to have photovoltaic solar, but that's not the case," Johnson said.
Johnson's point is not that investment in renewable energy will slow, but that the solar industry that has grown up on lucrative feed-in tariffs may not be entrenched enough within the global economy to ensure its survival.
"The cheapest renewable energy technology that emerges will be the most preferred, and right now, solar photovoltaic energy is the most expensive," Johnson said. Solar has received the most attention because it is one of the easiest forms of alternative energy to get up and running quickly, with low costs to build solar plants and low barriers to entry.As a result, government feed-in tariffs and the capital markets have created a feedback loop that has incentivized solar into a less-than-perfect cycle. "The solar companies are not being incentivized by the feed-in tariffs to improve technology, but just to increase capacity," Johnson argued. What's more, if big solar has to return to the days of ramping up research and development to create much more efficient photovoltaic technology, that means quarter after quarter of losses -- almost back to the days of being start-ups. "With current rates for solar electricity 6% to 8% more than conventional electricity generation costs, any solar innovation means going back into losing money every year," Johnson added. FBR's Hosseini, admittedly also further to the bearish end of the solar analyst spectrum than many of his peers, also sees major problems for the solar industry if innovation is the key. "This industry is not high-tech, and not high-growth. It is a commodity industry, unit-driven and with declining average sales prices," Hosseini said. If solar firms are forced to innovate, it could be a process that takes at least three to five years, and that would be during a period of declining returns from lower tariff regimes and accumulating losses from investments in research and development.
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Ononis repens or Common Restharrow is a plant species of the genus Ononis. It is found by the shore and is also common in dry hill pastures in chalk or limestone areas. It is a prostrate woody perennial with small oval leaves. The leaves are covered in glandular hairs which give a resinous smell on bruising. The flowers are pink and unscented, blooming from July to September.
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Grey's Anatomy's T.R. Knight, who last week confirmed exclusively to People that he's gay, is shown here in today's online edition of the magazine.
Here Knight is seen hanging with a fellow ABC star, Brothers and Sisters actor Luke MacFarlane, in Santa Monica yesterday. That new show replaced Grey's Anatomy in its original Sunday, 10 p.m. time slot. We're pleased to see that T.R. carrying on after what must have been a hard week for him -- and that he apparently loves Boston, one of our favorite cities!
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I am John, I recently tried to get in touch with Mr TR Knight, I felt very stupid as I haven't exactly been the TV idol person and I beard my soul in the e-mail, it failed no reply- don't blame him. But, I am sick, very sick maybe not too long, who knows. People say I remind them of him- TR ?
Maybe not so handsome, definitely not so handsome. I found out through a person, that my birthday was the same, though I am 2 yrs older. I have the same kind of passive aggressive style. I have been an academic all my life, I know how had it is to be somebody on the inside and not that out side. People, like medicine, require a certain type of personality to make it to the top of an academic world. But, I came out many years ago and it was difficult. people who were my friend's suddenly were not. I decided to stay alone. To this day I am, regret or no.
I was wondering if Mr TR Knight would like a sick, dying pen friend, who is never likely to bother him. Lives in the UK and I am sure PO Box's could be used, so I don't stalk by satellite on his real address. This is useless too, I know Yet, I like the guy who I see on the chat shows and read of- what he say's not what he's asked. I like the guy and I don't really know why- sex isn't it the drugs have seen to that. Say hi, to my could be soul mate if you have the chance- I may not have the time. Dr J
hello my name is John and I love T.R. knigth I'm from Argentina, and i need picturie of t.r if you can send me
why do people judge because of his sexuality people need to stop judging other people and look at themselves once in a while
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@Melissa: of course it matters that he's gay.. I wish I grew up with as many gay celebreties as there are today. I never even considered the possibilities that my childhood heroes like Greg Louganis and George Michael were gay like me. ps: ditto on watching Grey's Anatomy and drooling over him ;-)
It doesn't matter if he is gay...i think he is the most beautiful man in Hollywood. I watch Grey's Anatomy just to drool over him. And I wish to date a T.R Knight twin!
Great for him! Just privacy and respect; is his life.
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An official delegation of about 90 Minnesotans is in Pennsylvania this week as the nation marks the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg. The First Minnesota Infantry, commanded by Colonel William Colvill, played a key role in the pivotal battle on July 2nd, 1863. The First Minnesota suffered 82% casualties, and contributed significantly to defending a key Union position on Cemetery Ridge. The City of New Ulm is commemorating the anniversary of the battle on Wednesday at Riverside Park. The special event takes place from 4 to 8:30, and will include live music, food, cannon fire from the New Ulm Battery, and a scheduled appearance by Governor Mark Dayton. More information can be found at: www.nucivilwar150.com.
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Just as in politics, the vast majority of the smartphone universe is made up of iOSocrats and Androidicans (or, if you will, Androidicrats and iOSicans) with only a small sliver of undecided (or older BlackBerry users deciding to reject the useless protest third party candidate vote, and non-smartphone users finally willing to dive in). Androdicans will buy only Android phones; iOSocrats will stick with whatever candidate Apple annually nominates. So any review of the new iPhone 5, such as this one, will appeal largely to current iPhone owners and the small slice of the feature phone undecided. So the question then is this: should current iPhone owners move up to the iPhone 5? Based on two fun-filled days playing with my new iPhone 5, I'd say this: Are you friggin' kidding me? You will love this new iPhone.


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what is the timing on the 1990 isuzu trooper v6 2.8 liter engine with a/c. i need to check the timing or adjust it and i have lost the sticker in the engine compartment and at a loss to check the timing. thank you.
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1990 Isuzu Trooper Question: what is the timing on the 1990 isuzu trooper v6 2.8 liter engine with a/c
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Put the Electronic Spark Timing (EST) into the bypass mode by disconnecting the timing connector. Set the timing to 10 degrees BTDC at 800 RPM. tighten the distributor bolt and clear the diagnostic codes you set when you disconnected the timing connector.
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thank you very much Superbob. i spoke to a local isuzu mechanic here in orlando florida over the phone and he told me that it was 6 degrees TDC. why could there be two conflicting information about my timing marks on this vehicle? also, 5 years ago a friend who had a timing light checked it for me before and i do not remember him placing an electronic spark timing device while he checked it except for the inductive pick up attached to cylinder/spark plug 1. he did attach an engine analyzer (analog) to it to check the RPM levels at the specified timing. Can you please clarify and explaing the difference in procedures? thank you.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on federal facilities that are potentially contaminated with hazardous waste, focusing on whether the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has taken actions to meet mandatory assessment deadlines. GAO found that: (1) as of April 1988, only 395 of the 823 federal facilities on the National Priorities List (NPL) had been assessed; (2) as of April 1989, only 226 preliminary assessments and site inspections had been performed; (3) by July 1992, EPA had not completed assessments and evaluations for 360 facilities on the NPL docket; (4) 14 of the 360 facilities needed a preliminary assessment and the remaining 346 facilities were awaiting further evaluation to determine whether they should be included on NPL; (5) 363 of the facilities evaluated were not contaminated enough to be placed on NPL and 96 facilities were placed on the NPL for Superfund cleanup; (6) Superfund legislation requires that NPL federal facilities have a remedial investigation and feasibility study, an interagency agreement that addresses timetable and clean-up issues, and begin continuous cleanup within 15 months; and (7) as of October 1992, 89 of the 96 NPL facilities had begun the investigation and study phase, agreements had been reached for three facilities, and one facility had completed its continuous clean-up phase.
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Ocean Acidification:Federal Response Under Way, but Actions Needed to Understand and Address Potential ImpactsGAO-14-736: Published: Sep 12, 2014. Publicly Released: Oct 14, 2014.
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Drinking Water:Characterization of Injected Fluids Associated with Oil and Gas ProductionGAO-14-857R: Published: Sep 23, 2014. Publicly Released: Sep 23, 2014.
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Army Corps of Engineers:The Corps Needs to Take Steps to Identify All Projects and Studies Eligible for DeauthorizationGAO-14-699: Published: Aug 21, 2014. Publicly Released: Sep 22, 2014.
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Fish Stock Assessments:Prioritization and FundingGAO-14-794R: Published: Sep 19, 2014. Publicly Released: Sep 19, 2014.
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EPA Regulations and Electricity:Update on Agencies' Monitoring Efforts and Coal-Fueled Generating Unit RetirementsGAO-14-672: Published: Aug 15, 2014. Publicly Released: Sep 15, 2014.
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Missouri River Flood and Drought:Experts Agree the Corps Took Appropriate Action, Given the Circumstances, but Should Examine New Forecasting TechniquesGAO-14-741: Published: Sep 12, 2014. Publicly Released: Sep 12, 2014.
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Bureau of Reclamation:Availability of Information on Repayment of Water Project Construction Costs Could Be Better PromotedGAO-14-764: Published: Sep 8, 2014. Publicly Released: Sep 9, 2014.
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Microsoft beefs up security of its services against NSA snooping
Twitter recently announced that it was enhancing security measures, now Microsoft is doing the same thing. Unlike Twitter's update though, Microsoft calls out Uncle Sam directly and makes no bones about the valid concerns many people have about government intervention of legal electronic commerce.
Stating that government efforts to circumvent security and legal process "seriously undermine confidence in the security and privacy of online communications. Indeed, government snooping potentially now constitutes an 'advanced persistent threat,' alongside sophisticated malware and cyber attacks." Microsoft also stated that it had no direct evidence that any customer data had been compromised by unauthorized government access.
Microsoft announced three areas where it is taking "immediate action" to confront the threat:
- Expansion of encryption across services
- Reinforcing legal protections of customer data
- Enhancing the transparency of its software code so that consumers can see there are no "back doors" embedded
The encryption enhancements will expand by default between Microsoft services and the customer. Encryption keys will include Perfect Forward Security and 2048-bit key algorithms. Customer content will also be encrypted by default, but for developers using platforms like Windows Azure it will be optional.
The legal part of the initiative is more challenging in light of the how the laws are written and policies from government agencies are enforced. We know about "National Security Letters" that instantly mandate a gag order for the recipient. However, the FBI's use of NSLs gives the agency wide latitude and offers the targets little choice for action on the matter.
In short, Microsoft faces an uphill challenge on this front, but the company has a wide array of its own resources including the fact that the government runs on Windows, so there is leverage where it may not exist elsewhere.
In terms of increasing the transparency of its source code, Microsoft will go beyond normal access for developers and actually open a network of transparency centers around the world (Americas, Europe and Asia) so that people can examine the range of products and their integrity.
Some of these changes go into effect immediately, others are starting now and will be in place over the next year. Given how Microsoft likes to cite privacy compared to its competitors, this direction from "old softy" was inevitable.
sources: Microsoft via CNN
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1. Reality_Check (Posts: 277; Member since: 15 Aug 2013)
Doesn't matter in the case of NSA. If it wants something, resistance is futile.
7. designerfx (Posts: 76; Member since: 26 Mar 2013)
actually it's more like:
# of areas where we can actually validate microsoft's "we're securing things!" claims:
"Enhancing the transparency of its software code"
in short: nothing will be done.
11. Droid_X_Doug (Posts: 5951; Member since: 22 Dec 2010)
As long as MS' servers are located on U.S. soil, your data is a court order away from the alphabet agencies. And since all FISA court orders are issued with a gag ruling, you aren't even aware of the order to disclose.
French companies are moving the servers that contain their data to France. All the security measures in the world can't protect against a FISA court order if the servers are located in the U.S.
2. xtremesv (Posts: 238; Member since: 21 Oct 2011)
Microsoft won't bite its own government. This can be a strategy to ease people's minds and get them to think their data is safe from illegal snooping.
3. alterecho (Posts: 1091; Member since: 23 Feb 2012)
The only America company I could think of, that has the guts to defy NSA/American government is Apple. They are so business/machine minded, they don't care about government and it's threats. When Jobs was around, it looked as though the American president was listening to him. But then again, this is what I observed and could be different in reality.
8. designerfx (Posts: 76; Member since: 26 Mar 2013)
You couldn't be more wrong.
1: the EFF.
2: Google.
10. alterecho (Posts: 1091; Member since: 23 Feb 2012)
1.Yup. I forgot about them. But then again, they are the least likely company to hold any information about people.
2. WRONG! Google is most likely company the government will tap first and first to give in.
Leave out the favouritism aside for a minute and just think about it for a moment. Have you ever seen Apple give away anything? No. They don't seem to have any emotion. Their ONLY aim seems to be to earn money and do business.
If you're under warranty, they'll take care of you as their own extension, but once it's over, they demand money to care of you.
EVERYTHING is accounted at Apple. Just look at the way it treats their employees. No free stuff. Even they have to pay to use the gym or cafeteria in their building. Read about how celebrities pleaded with Steve Jobs to get a special iPhone before the official launch of the original back in 2007. He just wouldn't buckle fro anyone. You've got to stand in the line like the rest. Apple is a well oiled machine, with no feelings. You pay to use their service.
They seem to have some kind of a rule book that they seem to follow to the minutiae.
12. Droid_X_Doug (Posts: 5951; Member since: 22 Dec 2010)
"They seem to have some kind of a rule book that they seem to follow to the minutiae."
It is called the USA Patriot Act and relevant sections of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.
Resistance is futile. Even for Apple. You don't f*ck with the U.S. government.
13. alterecho (Posts: 1091; Member since: 23 Feb 2012)
"It is called the USA Patriot Act and relevant sections of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act."
I was referring to Apple's rule book.
"You don't f*ck with the U.S. government."
I didn't.
4. N-fanboy (Posts: 538; Member since: 12 Jan 2013)
I don't know why people are complaining about NSA's actions like they have anything relivant. But its confusing to me because they say 'in democracy a government is powered by the people for the people' then why would the government spy on its own people?
6. elitewolverine (Posts: 2054; Member since: 28 Oct 2013)
because we are a republic...so democracy is not what you think it is for here.
5. Augustine (Posts: 791; Member since: 28 Sep 2013)
That'd be quite an about-turn by the company who enthusiastically forked over access to its customers' data to the NSA based on secret warrants issued by secret courts based on secret laws. What country is this again, Cuba?
On the down side, Microsoft's customers will lose the NSA backup of their data. Of course, as any government service, upon request, it'd take 7 months to reply with data from 19 months ago.
9. ZeroCide (Posts: 700; Member since: 09 Jan 2013)
You sir get a +1
14. rodneyej1 (Posts: 3561; Member since: 06 Jul 2013)
They can spy on my all they want.. Who cares.. I hope they enjoy looking at my life.. Whatever.
15. taikucing (unregistered)
I know what NSA want: to grab pr0n photos from people.


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In 1928 the famous stage-acting couple Lynn Fontanne and Alfred Lunt declared that from then on they would only appear onstage together. They also refused to act during the summer so they could spend the season at Ten Chimneys—their 60-acre estate retreat in the rolling hills of Kettle Moraine. Alfred had begun the construction himself in 1914, designing the first part of the three-story main house. In 1922 he and Lynn, newly married, began making additions: they converted the house's chicken coop into a private five-room country cottage and built a Swedish-style log cabin for use as a performance studio. Here, they lived and entertained a revolving cast of actors, writers, and artists until their retirement in 1960.
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|Simon Mainwaring
|1967 (age 45–46)
|Social media consultant, author, speaker
|This biographical article is written like a résumé. (February 2013)
|Simon Mainwaring
|1967 (age 45–46)
|Social media consultant, author, speaker
Simon Mainwaring (born 1967) is an award-winning branding consultant, advertising creative director, and social media specialist and blogger. He is recognized for his thought leadership on the impact that social media is having on brands and consumers, and ultimately how the new dynamics between them will alter the accepted paradigms of marketing, advertising, and even capitalism itself.
His experience and observations of the trends in social media and the impact of consumer power on brands led him to create the concept of We First capitalism. This is a new set of principles to guide corporations and consumers to reengineer free market capitalism to become a motor of positive global social transformation. He is the author of We First: How Brands and Consumers Use Social Media to Renew Capitalism and Build a Better World.
We First capitalism stands among many proposals that have been created with the goal of reinventing or developing a new version of capitalism that avoids the problems of free market capitalism (such as its short-term profit orientation, tendency to produce a disparity of wealth, and its drive to neglect the environment and social justice in favor of profits). Over the past few years, numerous economists, corporate executives, and social thought leaders have proposed their own ideas for how to change capitalism. These ideas have included ethical capitalism, co-op capitalism (Noreena Hertz),[1] conscious capitalism (Whole Food's CEO, John Mackey),[2] constructive capitalism (Umair Haque),[3] and Philanthrocapitalism (Matthew Bishop, Michael Green, Bill Clinton, Bill Gates, Warren Buffett).[4]
In January 2008, Bill Gates gave a speech to the World Economic Forum in which he called on corporations throughout the world to participate in what he called creative capitalism. He spelled out a new logic for why corporations should accept greater responsibility for developing solutions to address the many crises that plague the world, especially in the Third World where poverty often precludes sufficient profit to merit corporate participation.[5] Gates stated:
Inspired by Gates's challenge and intrigued by the new thinking around the need to reinvent capitalism, Mainwaring developed the concept of We First capitalism. Its premise is a twist on traditional free market capitalism by which corporations and consumers become partners in social transformation, using the everyday transactions of consumer commerce to generate contributions to causes. We First posits that corporations must re-conceive how they view their self-interest in a complex and connected world, and must seek to include purpose, sustainability, and values into their business practices.
The main element of We First capitalism is "contributory consumption" by which a small percentage of every single transaction between brands and consumers (including B2B transactions) is reserved as a donation to a cause for the betterment of the world. Corporations can manage these donations themselves and contribute them to the causes they prefer, or they can pool them together with other companies in a new association that Mainwaring envisions, The Global Brand Initiative (GBI). The GBI is intended to act as a new model of corporate cooperation, in which corporations from around the world agree to work together using their scientific and technical expertise, leadership, intellectual property, bricks and mortar infrastructure, and distribution channels to help eradicate the problems of the world.
We First goes beyond the common types of corporate social responsibility programs currently existing such as corporate foundation charitable donations and cause marketing campaigns that temporarily link consumer purchases to a cause donation. We First capitalism and contributory consumption are intended to become a permanent reengineering of free market capitalism. Given that consumers in the First World generate trillions of dollars in transactions, just a small portion of these (as little as 1% to 5%) would provide more financial resources than all the corporate contributions to causes being made today, which are estimated at only $14 billion according to The Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University.[7] Mainwaring estimates that contributory consumption could generate $50 to $100 billion each and every year—an amount that could finally begin to solve the vast problems in the world, including poverty, illiteracy, disease, malnutrition, infant mortality, and unemployment.
We First capitalism seeks to maximize the potential of the private sector (including corporations and consumers) to assist governments that are burdened with historic debt and unable to handle these crises in the way that the world has come to expect of them to act as the "first pillar" of social relief and change. The We First contributions from consumer transaction would also do more than supplement the increasingly scarce resources of the world's millions of philanthropies that have become the second pillar of social change. Due to the global recession, philanthropies are losing the critical sources of their private funding, thus significantly reducing their ability to implement their relief programs in many areas of the globe. In the vision of We First capitalism, the private sector is the only resource left untapped that has the capacity to help solve the scale of problems in the world.
In developing We First capitalism, Mainwaring derived its foundational ideas not as a utopian vision of capitalism, but from an actual market dynamic that is taking shape and already starting to alter the nature of business. This dynamic is due to the rise and ubiquitous global penetration of the Internet, social media and mobile telephony—three forces that are fast combining to completely change the old paradigms of corporate dominance over consumers. These tools are completely altering the former balance of power between corporations and consumers. Whereas in the past, corporations dominated and controlled the conversation between brands and consumers through their advertising via traditional media, which effectively dictated to consumers what to think and what to buy, today's consumers now have access to, and even control of, the most popular media. Through tools such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Foursquare, consumers now have the capability to dialogue with corporations. They can monitor corporate behaviors and demand a higher level of corporate social responsibility. Through the Internet, social media, and mobile phone apps, consumers are gaining substantial leverage to use their collective opinion and their pocketbooks to influence corporate policies and actions.
Substantial market research data such as the Edelman Goodpurpose survey[8] and the Cone Cause Evolution Study[9] demonstrate that today's consumers overwhelmingly desire corporations to be involved in social causes. These studies consistently demonstrate that consumers prefer to purchase from companies that are socially, ethically, and environmentally responsible. Two key marketing demographic groups, "Moms" and "Millennials," both respond at higher levels than average adults that they would even switch brands if one of was involved in a cause while another was not.
In developing the concept of We First, Mainwaring recognized that the consumer movement to pressure corporations towards greater social responsibility would grow ever stronger in the near future, due to social media and smart phones which give consumers the ability to share information and make purchasing decisions in the shopping aisle about which brands are produced by ethical companies and which are not. This information will increasingly drive consumer purchases and allow them to reward ethical and socially responsible companies, while punishing those that are not.
At the same time Mainwaring recognized that the Internet, smart phones, and social media are also emerging forces that can assist corporations who learn to use them correctly. These technologies give corporations far greater opportunities beyond traditional marketing and advertising to connect with their customers in deeper, more meaningful ways that help build brand loyalty and hence, long-term profits. Examples of this dynamic among leading companies include Pepsi Refresh[10] and Dove Soap's Campaign for Real Beauty,[11] both marketing programs that utilize social media to inspire consumers to help shape the image of a brand and participate with it in socially responsible causes.
Mainwaring advocates that society is ready to adopt We First capitalism. Through his outreach, which includes the We First web site, his blog, and his book, he analyzes the movement towards a new capitalism and he offers dozens of specific actions that both brands and consumers can take to maximize the opportunities they have to use the tools of the Internet, social media, and mobile telephony to their best advantage. Mainwaring recommends that corporations and consumers can establish an ongoing "private sector" partnership whose objectives are to transform capitalism into a perpetual engine of progress and to assist governments and philanthropies with the tasks of eradicating the major global crises of poverty, malnutrition, disease, infant mortality, illiteracy, and unemployment.
Mainwaring is the founder and CEO of We First, a consultancy founded in 2010 dedicated to raise awareness and advocate for We First capitalism. We First works with corporations, brands, and advertising and social media agencies to deepen their understanding of how social media changes the consumer-brand relationship and how they can utilize the tools of social media and mobile smart phones applications to turn consumers into loyal customers. We First seeks to help brands identify their purpose and core values such that they can appeal to the growing consumer desire for a better world.
Prior to founding We First, Mainwaring was an advertising creative and brand consultant. After completing a First Class Honors Degree in Fine Arts and a Law Degree at Sydney University, Australia, Mainwaring entered the advertising field. He worked at many of the world's top creative advertising agencies in Asia, Europe and the U.S. including Wieden+Kennedy, Portland, on Nike and as Worldwide Creative Director for Motorola at Ogilvy, Los Angeles. Mainwaring is a member of the General Mills Digital Advisory Board, the Advisory Board of the Center for Public Diplomacy at the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, Ad Age's Power150 and is an Expert Blogger for Fast Company. In 2010 he was a guest of the Brookings Institute at the US-Islamic World Forum in Doha as part of their New Media working group and a speaker at the 2010 Cannes International Advertising Festival. He has received over sixty international awards at the Cannes International Advertising Festival, the One Show (U.S.) and the British Design & Art Direction Awards, among others. His work is featured in Cutting Edge Advertising by Jim Aitchison,[12] 'The Best Advertising of the Decade' by Campaign Brief, How to Write Great Copy by Dominic Gettins,[13] and 'Pure Process" by Prof. Glenn Griffin and Deborah Morrison,[14] as well as Lurzer's Archive,[15] The One Club,[16] and Communications Arts Magazine.[17]
We First: How Brands and Consumers Use Social Media to Renew Capitalism and Build a Better World, Mainwaring, Simon. Palgrave/MacMillan, 2011.


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