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Members of GWAR, Lamb of God and Municipal Waste to Voice New Animated Series
April 5th, 2011
"The Blood Vomits", a developing animated series, will incorporate voices from several big name rockers.
The voices of Oderus Urungus from GWAR, Randy Blythe from Lamb of God and Tony Foresta of Municipal Waste, are slated to be central figures in this new animated series.
Set in an ultra-violent world of medieval mayhem, "The Blood Vomits" is a new project from Slave Pit Inc. In order to see the vision realized, Slave Pit is seeking funding to put together this animated show. Slave Pit is using a fundraising campaign which mainly relies on several small kickstarter projects.
Check out this new hilarious kickstarter video that the production team is leveraging to gain funds for "The Blood Vomits"
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Actually, the whole idea of practicing through online-chatting struck me after a friend of mine passed her IELTS with 8.0 band and the maximum effort she's done was texting with her foreign-born boyfriend. She thinks that this exact practice helped her a lot because she had more time (in comparison with usual speaking) to build proper sentences > eventually she got really accurate in English and learned quite quickly how to chose the most appropriate words and so on.
I mean... Speaking is really cool, but when you're facing a new/serious topic to discuss... sometimes I wish I had an in-built online-dictionary in my brain to chose the right words! After such conversations I feel really badly (oh, I've made such a fool of myself) because it's highly unlikely that the person you usually communicate with will want to discuss that particular topic (where you've just failed to express yourself) another time, as it's obviously boring... But when you have had the practice of writing that, it'll seem to be much more simpler to talk that through that with 'a real' person, saying what you really think, not only what you are _able_ to say...
So, this is my idea :) Is there anyone who would like to chat regularly about serious and controversial topics (media, politics, justice, health systems, education, society, global terrorism, you name it) and of course day-to-day lives? Personally, I would love to!
Sure, I would. Though i have not even thought that only learning eng only by texting will help. If it works, then definitely i would love to go for that.
ı totally agree with you darıa:)ı totally want to know englısh ın every aspect ın every subject.whıle speakıng ı cant remember even the words ı know:)ı wanna have a braın dıctıonarry:)whıle speakıng swıtch on:)we can talk ıf you want:)
I am totally agree with you, to learn any language practice is required. Practice make the man perfect. So if you want to talk with me on regularly basis on topic, world economic, business conditions, business ideas sharing, politic and world coming challenges i am available.
Any one here on Italki who want to talk on this talk you are highly appreciated to add me my skype name is sufyan.minhas1
global terrorism? How many you know about global terrorism? This one does not exist actually. Somebody wants you belive
I would like speak with people by skype. My voice english needs practice
My skype is mli_max. I'' be glad new friends
I guess the friend you mentioned should be a Chinese girl. No offense, but this idea is shared by a lot of Chinese. I have never done this but according to my friends, it is really a good way. At least it does help a lot in oral English.But online chatting is definitely not a perfect way to talk about serious things, ie. social issues. So I prefer to write letters if I got sth serious to discuss. Just what you have called it - chatting. You could not expect a speech in chatting-manner. :)
i'm agree with you.
it's the best way to practice any language in the world cause speaking is the major way to learn any language.
yeah..i totally agree that chatting online willl help you improve your english skills specially if youre gonna practice it with a native english speaker.
What I found interesting is that what you described as an English Practice/Chatting,
is probably different than what I do. When my students are finished with an hour, the do not feel badly, or exhausted, or as though they had worked unnecessarily hard.
I make sure that my student's lessons in English are easy, and relaxing.
Also, this is why I use certain carefully chosen songs in English. This way, the student is not
"chatting" with me about some non-specific subject, but studying a specific text (lyrics).
This morning at 6:00 AM I taught until 7:00 AM, and which my 7:00 O-clock student canceled; so the 6:00 AM student and I continuted to talk for another hour. The only reason we stopped talking, was because I have another appointment @ 8:00 O'clock.
I am only sharing this to offer to others a suggestion on how to conduct a language practice.
By the way, my Korean student @ 8:00 did not merely read in English. She sang the song, and I openly wept when I heard her, for 2 reasons.
#1 Because she is learning English so well after about 3 months of study.
#2 Because her voice is so beautiful. She sings like a native speaker, which is not always so easy for an Asian student.
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Two more patients believed to have inadvertently injected a flesh-eating heroin knockoff, known as Crocodile, have sought medical treatment in Joliet, according to a local doctor.
The latest cases were identified Thursday, said Dr. Abhin Singla, director of addiction services at Presence Saint Joseph Medical Center. The new cases, both men, bring to five the number of patients who have sought treatment at the hospital this week after injecting the drug, also known as Krokodil.
All of the patients said they thought they were buying heroin and instead got the synthetic opiate that doctors say rots the skin from the inside out, Singla said. Based on what the patients said, the drug may have come from Chicago, Singla, an internal medicine and addictions doctor, said.
"They're thinking it's heroin they're buying and they're actually getting this other drug," Singla said in a telephone interview. "I think given time I could see someone with a very bad habit going to this because it's cheaper, but I don't think that's what we're seeing right now."
Three patients, all middle-class white women in their early to mid-20s, were treated this week for using the drug. Of those, one patient remains in intensive care at the hospital and two others have left the hospital against medical advice because they were afraid of prosecution, Singla said.
Two men, ages 32 and 22, sought treatment Thursday, with both having wounds on their upper arms, he said.
The female patient still in intensive care had the most severe injuries, with 70 to 80 percent of her body covered in open wounds which were cut away in surgery, in some cases down to the bone, hospital spokeswoman Jan Ciccarelli said. Doctors, however, believe they saved her limbs.
"She is very lucky to be alive," Ciccarelli said. "She's lost not only skin but fat tissue and some muscle, but they think they saved her life."
While she will need further treatment, she's likely to be released soon, Singla said.
Nevertheless, the drug has moved swiftly into Will County.
Of his five patients, four said they got the drug in Chicago, and one said the drug was obtained in Will County, the doctor said. Singla said he thinks there are only one or two dealers in the area selling this drug, which would explain the rapid cases popping up.
"If they can get to those people, we can put a stop to it, hopefully," he said.
Metropolitan Area Narcotics Squad Director Mike Weber said agents would be interested in learning more about the Crocodile cases in Will County if permitted under federal medical privacy laws. Weber said his agents had not found any dealers selling Crocodile or heard of users other than those in the hospital.
MANS and several other law enforcement agencies have begun sharing "intelligence reports" on the drug and its potentially deadly effects.
"It's something we hadn't heard of until the last couple of days," Weber said, "but it's definitely a concern."
While the users in these cases injected the drug, it's also available in capsule form. In addition to gangrene, the drug can cause neurological damage, brain damage, memory loss and could lead to dementia. It causes an infection around the point of injection, and the loss of blood supply eventually leads to the skin turning green and scaly, with an odor of rotting flesh, Singla said.
Krokodil started being manufactured about a decade ago in Russia, where heroin is harder to find, Singla said. Codeine tablets are mixed with gasoline, paint thinner, butane and other chemicals to create an injectable drug, he said.
"It's about three times more potent than heroin, but the 'high' lasts only for a few hours," Singla said. A hit of Crocodile costs about $8, while users pay $25 to $30 for heroin.
But the chemicals destroy the blood vessels and begin killing tissue near the injection.
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Last night the boy and I went over the list of hats I've made him. We can account for 5 (I wonder if there was one other, he is adamant there was not). Only one is extant. I hope that the various others that were left on Septa trains found their way to those who needed some warmth.
I essentially finished the newest hat a few hours ago. It was still on the needles, he tried it on, and it was officially too snug. He wants a little more room. OK, I understand that. I'd measured his head and left some give, but he wanted more. So I took it out.
And as a birthday present to myself, I made a totally ludicrous hat, in about three hours. I've made the hat before, but I gave it away. I call it "Cirque":
I hadn't quite realized how much of a serial knitter (that is, knitting one project at a time) I am until I just got all sorts of excited about doing the Cover Your Head hatalong and Jaax and I agreed to knit our toe-up socks together. This will mean 3 truly active projects (the USMP is done being knitted, but still needs to be blocked and seamed and button-ed, so it's not an FO but it's not currently on the needles), and I'm finding that it makes me a little panicky.


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There aren't many games out there promising that after three hours of intense, sweat soaked play, you will find yourself devoured by some slimy tentacle horror with your only consolation being that your friends aren't far behind. Arkham Horror is just that game and I absolutely love it. Never mind that over 50% of the time the game closes with a resounding, "Wow, we didn't even stand a chance…" muttered in abject disbelief. Forget the idea of your fancy heroes storming the gates of hell, reaping an incredible tally of eldritch monsters, and finally confronting terror itself in one climatic battle of shiny goodness and still being home in time for tea. No, instead it's a nail biting race to somehow prevent "She Who Sleeps" from waking up and opening a whole can of horrible, horrible doom on your quaint little town. This is my kind of game. A game where memories are made by desperate battles rather than crushing victories. However, despite the insurmountable odds of defeating an Ancient One, players can drastically improve their chances through clever planning and canny play.
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WASHINGTON, February 20, 2013 — Months ago, I wrote a blog called "An Open Letter to Fencing Parents," a primer I developed as a guide for new parents getting their kids into the sport of fencing and the important role parents play in the development of their children as athletes.
After attending both the Capitol Clash Super Youth Circuit and the Junior Olympic Fencing Championships, I thought I would share a new parenting tale. We'll call it "The Tale of the Quintessential Fencing Parents."
Meet the Quintessential Fencing Parents
At the 2013 Junior Olympic Fencing Championships, DC Fencers Club members Clinton Rodell (Cadet Men's Epee) and Amanda Sirico (Junior Women's Epee) were crowned Junior Olympic Champions, with their parents Scott M. Rodell and Cindy Sirico no doubt playing a pivotal role.
Scott is a world-renowned swordsman and the director/teacher of the Great River Taoist Center. During the event, Scott used his deep knowledge of Tai Chi to help Clinton focus and properly channel his energy through his body. Throughout the day, Clinton overcame many critical deficits to win bouts from behind. He often looked to Scott, who never said anything but encouraging words, and Clinton responded with a nearly flawless day. Scott also had constant dialogue with Clinton's longtime coach Robert Suchorski. To keep Robert's tactical plan for Clinton discrete, Robert would speak commands to Scott who would then translate to Chinese, which served as a shining example of the parent and coach working as a team.
Scott M. Rodell played a pivotal role in his son's preparation for the tournament too. "You can't expect teenagers to be responsible all the time," Scott told me. "But that doesn't mean they are dumb. When Clinton had been playing videogames too long, I would go in his room and just ask him, 'What do you want to remember when you are my age? Your high score, or being a Junior Olympic champion? It is all your choice.' Then I would leave him be. A few minutes later I would hear the thwack of his epee hitting the fencing dummy."
Cindy is the matriarch of the esteemed Sirico fencing family and another shining example of the role a parent should play in a tournament. Cindy will rarely utter a word during the bouts of her daughters. Cindy is a certified armorer, and with the force at which her daughters hit, Cindy can seemingly repair weapons at the speed in which a NASCAR pit crew changes tires on a car. The only scenario that Cindy steps in to "regulate" is when emotions go awry and she has to work with the coach to refocus her kids.
"Parents make or break the success that their children have in a tournament," Cindy said. "Parents can play many roles when it comes to these little beings. It is important for them, the parents, to understand what works best for their fencer and roll with it. The biggest challenge for a lot of parents is the ability to let someone else step in and guide their child."
Eight Rules of Tournament Parenting
There are two paths you can go by as a parent during a tournament: the path of the "Psycho Parent" or the path of "The Quintessential Fencing Parent." One allows a strong bond between the trio of coach, parent, and athlete; and the other means that as a coach, I hate you. I offer the following rules of tournament parenting, based on my observations of the Rodell and Sirico families, as well as other great parents over the years:
1. Unless you are a coach, you are not the coach.
2. Do not speak of ratings, do not speak of national points and do not speak of college coaches who might be observing the bout.
3. Never get in the way of the fencing coach. S/he is paid to teach your children for a reason. A parent can work with the coach but never independently of them.
4. Unless you offer positive encouragement to your child, you should probably stick to the sidelines and read your Kindle or something.
5. Learn basic armory. Fixing weapons as a parent can sometimes be the most helpful role to play in a tournament.
6. When your child loses, s/he experiences a maelstrom of emotions. Allow ten minutes for the fencer to return to reality before approaching them.
7. Ensure that both the fencer and his/her coaches are well nourished and well hydrated. When I say well hydrated, I mean buy the coach beers after the tournament.
8. Video-tape bouts if possible. It will go a long way for the kids when they're trying to figure out how to improve.
Follow these rules and your child will go a long way — maybe even become a Junior Olympic Champion like Clinton Rodell and Amanda Sirico.
Keep up to date on every touch with Damien Lehfeldt, The Fencing Coach
Damien is a competitive fencer and volunteer assistant coach at DC Fencers Club in Silver Spring, Md. Damien was the coach of a London 2012 Olympic Athlete in Modern Pentathlon. He is an A-rated epeeist and was a member of the 2012 North American Cup Gold Medal Men's Epee Team.
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Settlers of Catan is a worldwide phenomenon, becoming wildly popular since it first debuted in Germany several years ago. It is one of the highest rated games of all time, and has a devoted fanbase who regularly meet to play.
It was recently featured in a Washington Post article which claimed that it is the "board game of our time" (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/24/AR2010112404140.html). Given its popularity and ingenious randomized tile-based gameplay, are there any other games out there that are similar and could provide almost the same entertainment for avid Settlers fans who want to expand their horizons? Of course! Nothing becomes this popular and fails to have a lasting influence on its genre.
Here are my top three picks for games that are almost as good as Settlers of Catan, starting with one that's fairly similar and ending with one that's completely different.
1. Carcassonne has similar tile-based gameplay to Settlers, but instead of setting up the board at the beginning of the game, each player adds to the existing board each turn. As you add to the board, you create scoring areas (cities, pastures, abbeys, roads, etc) which you can place units on to claim as your own. When each scoring area is completed throughout the game, you remove your pieces and are able to use them again. Other players can attempt to steal your scoring areas by investing more of their limited units than you, and some of the scoring areas are never calculated until the end of the game, forcing you to calculate the benefits of short-term gain over possibly increased long-term scoring. It's fun and fairly quick, and there are several expansions out there to add to the base gameplay.
2. Puerto Rico is somewhat different in that each player has their own board and inter-player competition is less overt. As an administrator of a colony in the New World, you have to construct buildings in your colony and choose what crops to grow and how to distribute your available workforce. Certain crops are more valuable but take more capital to start, and each building has special abilities that uniquely benefit you in some way.
The primary "unique" game mechanic is that the turn phases are in a different order each turn, and all the players accomplish each phase at the same time. Every turn a new player goes "first" (i.e. chooses which phase to start with), and each subsequent player chooses a different phase. There are more possible phases than players, so sometimes a phase will not even occur! Each turn is different, and which phase you choose can have extremely important strategic implications. There is a free downloadable expansion on the manufacturer's website, and it's possible to play several games in one sitting. I highly recommend it!
3. My final recommendation is Dominion (by Rio Grande Games - not the one by Mayfair Games, although that is a good game in its own right), which is completely different from all of these. Dominion is played exclusively with cards - there is no board, no dice, and no scoring track. Instead, there is a library of different card types which you choose from in order to build each game. The object of the game is to have the most point cards at the end - but point cards are completely useless until the very end of the game. Each player has their own individual deck that they build by buying card types on their turn, and can play from that deck in an attempt to buy more cards.
Initially, each player gets one action and one buy a turn, but playing certain cards can increase that number, and eventually allow the player to chain together long card combos in order to buy more expensive cards. Some of the cards allow you to steal from other players, curse them (a negative point card), reduce their card total, or show their hand. A very unique game that doesn't often last more than 45 minutes, but with an incredible strategic depth as there are almost an infinite number of strategies for winning each game - and there are multiple different possibilities for what type of game it will be. I highly recommend it.
Oh, and just in case you've played Settlers of Catan but none of its expansions, you should definitely check them out. The Settlers of Catan: The Seafarers adds different tile types, pieces and scenarios. The Settlers of Catan: Cities & Knights is by far the best, adding an incredible amount of depth and changing several gameplay elements to increase direct player cooperation or competition. The Settlers of Catan: Traders & Barbarians adds some rule changes and unique scenarios that will provide some variety to your standard Settlers game.
And when buying any board game (which, if you buy many, becomes quite an investment), I recommend Amazon. The prices are simply unbeatable most of the time.
Carcassonne - http://www.amazon.com/Rio-Grande-Games-4098395-Carcassonne/dp/B00005UNAX/ref=pd_sim_t_5
Puerto Rico - http://www.amazon.com/Rio-Grande-Games-4098399-Puerto/dp/B00008URUT/ref=pd_sim_t_3
Dominion - http://www.amazon.com/Rio-Grande-Games-370RGG-Dominion/dp/B001JQY6K4/ref=pd_bxgy_t_text_c
The Settlers of Catan: The Seafarers - http://www.amazon.com/Settlers-Catan-Seafarers-Game-Expansion/dp/B000W7G78A/ref=pd_sim_t_2
The Settlers of Catan: Cities & Knights - http://www.amazon.com/Settlers-Catan-Cities-Knights-Expansion/dp/B000W7I7EW/ref=pd_sim_t_3
The Settlers of Catan: Traders & Barbarians - http://www.amazon.com/Mayfair-Games-Barbarians-Traders-Expansion/dp/B00187MWH8/ref=pd_sim_t_4
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British threat to Israel over Dubai Hamas assassination
March 16, 2010 by TMO · Leave a Comment
Britain will consider severing its intelligence-sharing agreement with Israel if Mossad agents are proved to have stolen the identities of British passport holders, The Daily Telegraph has learnt.
By Gordon Rayner, Con Coughlin and Duncan Gardham, Telegraph UK
Ministers are understood to be furious that an alleged hit squad which murdered a Hamas leader in Dubai last month cloned the passports of six unsuspecting Britons, who are now living in fear of reprisals.
Israel, which has not denied involvement in the murder, had previously promised that Mossad, its secret intelligence service, would never use British passports to help its agents carry out covert operations.
Israel's ambassador to the UK was summoned to the Foreign Office to give his explanation as the diplomatic row intensified.
Ron Prosor will meet Sir Peter Ricketts, the permanent under secretary at the Foreign Office, on Thursday where the ambassador is expected to be asked whether Israel played any part in assassination.
Gordon Brown, making his first public comments about the incident, promised a "full investigation" into the passport forgery.
Mossad has been accused by Hamas, the Islamist group that controls Gaza, of being behind the murder of its military commander Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, who was found dead in his hotel room in Dubai on Jan 20.
All of the British passport holders whose identities were stolen live in Israel, meaning Mossad would have had ready access to copies of their travel documents.
A senior Foreign Office source told The Daily Telegraph: "If the Israelis were responsible for the assassination in Dubai, they are seriously jeopardising the important intelligence-sharing arrangement that currently exists between Britain and Israel.
"If it transpires that Israel has been using British passports to assassinate its opponents, the British government will need to give serious consideration to any future cooperation.
"Britain has cut ties with Mossad in the past, and will do so again if the Israelis are found to be acting against British interests."
Britain's relationship with the Israeli security service reached an all-time low in 1986, when the then Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher closed down Mossad's UK operation in response to a series of incidents including the discovery of a bag of forged British passports which had been lost by a Mossad agent.
Mossad was allowed to re-establish its presence in the UK only after it promised not to abuse British passports in the future.
Its intelligence-sharing relationship with the security services over such sensitive issues as Iran is now more important than ever, but the Foreign Office source said: "In the past Israel has had a reputation for making life difficult for its friends. It is sincerely to be hoped that this is not the case in this instance."
Several of the six Britons whose identities were stolen have spoken of their shock at being accused of murder, and of their fears that they could be in danger if Mossad did carry out the assassination.
Sir Menzies Campbell, the former Liberal Democrat leader, said: "If the Israeli government was party to behaviour of this kind it would be a serious violation of trust between nations. If legitimate British passport holders were put at risk it would be a disgrace.
"Given the current speculation, the Israeli government has some explaining to do and the ambassador should be summoned to the Foreign Office to do so in double-quick time."
The Labour MP Mike Gapes, who is chairman of the foreign affairs select committee, said the cloning of passports raised a "big concern" and agreed that the ambassador should be asked for an explanation, while Hugo Swire MP, chairman of the Conservative Middle East Council, said: "This is not something that can just be swept under the carpet …you cannot conduct foreign policy at this extremely sensitive time by this sort of illegal behaviour."
William Hague, the shadow foreign secretary, wrote to David Miliband, the Foreign Secretary, urging him to "establish the facts as rapidly as possible" to "prevent further such abuses from happening".
Israel's foreign minister Avigdor Lieberman said there was "no reason to think it was Mossad" which carried out the alleged hit, but refused to issue a denial.
He said Israel had a "policy of ambiguity" on intelligence matters, and "never confirms and never denies" involvement in operations.
He added: "I think Britain recognises that Israel is a responsible country and that our security activity is conducted according to very clear, cautious and responsible rules of the game. Therefore we have no cause for concern."
The Serious and Organised Crime Agency, which has a unit based at the British Embassy in Dubai, has begun its own investigation into the identity thefts, and the Prime Minister stressed the importance of protecting the status of the British passport.
"We have got to carry out a full investigation into this," said Mr Brown. "The British passport is an important document that has got to be held with care. A British passport is an important part of being British.
"The evidence has got to be assembled about what has actually happened and how it happened and why it happened and it is necessary for us to accumulate that evidence before we can make statements."
American Justice?
February 11, 2010 by TMO · Leave a Comment
By Yvonne Ridley
Many of us are still in a state of shock over the guilty verdict returned on Dr Aafia Siddiqui.
The response from the people of Pakistan was predictable and overwhelming and I salute their spontaneous actions. From Peshawar to Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore and beyond they marched in their thousands demanding the return of Aafia.
Even some of the US media expressed discomfort over the verdict returned by the jurors … there was a general feeling that something was not right. Everyone had something to say, everyone that is except the usually verbose US Ambassador Anne Patterson who has spent the last two years briefing against Dr Aafia and her supporters.
This is the same woman who claimed I was a fantasist when I gave a press conference with Tehreek e Insaf leader Imran Khan back in July 2008 revealing the plight of a female prisoner in Bagram called the Grey Lady.
She said I was talking nonsense and stated categorically that the prisoner I referred to as "650" did not exist. By the end of the month she changed her story and said there had been a female prisoner but that she was most definitely not Dr Aafia Siddiqui.
By that time Aafia had been gunned down at virtually point blank range in an Afghan prison cell jammed full of more than a dozen US soldiers, FBI agents and Afghan police.
Her Excellency briefed the media that the prisoner had wrested an M4 gun from one soldier and fired off two rounds and had to be subdued. The fact these bullets failed to hit a single person in the cell and simply disappeared did not resonate with the diplomat.
In a letter dripping in untruths on August 16 2008 she decried the "erroneous and irresponsible media reports regarding the arrest of Ms Aafia Siddiqui". She went on to say: "Unfortunately, there are some who have an interest in simply distorting the facts in an effort to manipulate and inflame public opinion. The truth is never served by sensationalism…"
When Jamaat Islami invited me on a national tour of Pakistan to address people about the continued abuse of Dr Aafia and the truth about her incarceration in Bagram, the US Ambassador continued to issue rebuttals.
She assured us all that Dr Aafia was being treated humanely had been given consular access as set out in international law … hmm. Well I have a challenge for Ms Patterson today. I challenge her to repeat every single word she said back then and swear it is the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth.
As Dr Aafia Siddiqui's trial got underway, the US Ambassador and some of her stooges from the intelligence world laid on a lavish party at the US Embassy in Islamabad for some hand-picked journalists where I've no doubt in between the dancing, drinks and music they were carefully briefed about the so-called facts of the case.
Interesting that some of the potentially incriminating pictures taken at the private party managed to find the Ambassador was probably hoping to minimize the impact the trial would have on the streets of Pakistan proving that, for the years she has been holed up and barricaded behind concrete bunkers and barbed wire, she has learned nothing about this great country of Pakistan or its people.
One astute Pakistani columnist wrote about her: "The respected lady seems to have forgotten the words of her own country's 16th president Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865): "You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you cannot fool all of the people all of the time."
And the people of Pakistan proved they are nobody's fool and responded to the guilty verdict in New York in an appropriate way.
When injustice is the law it is the duty of everyone to rise up and challenge that injustice in any way possible. The response – so far – has been restrained and measured but it is just the start. A sentence has yet to be delivered by Judge Richard Berman in May.
Of course there has been a great deal of finger pointing and blame towards the jury in New York who found Dr Aafia guilty of attempted murder.
Observers asked how they could ignore the science and the irrefutable facts … there was absolutely no evidence linking Dr Aafia to the gun, no bullets, no residue from firing it.
But I really don't think we can blame the jurors for the verdict – you see the jury simply could not handle the truth. Had they taken the logical route and gone for the science and the hard, cold, clinical facts it would have meant two things. It would have meant around eight US soldiers took the oath and lied in court to save their own skins and careers or it would have meant that Dr Aafia Siddiqui was telling the truth.
And, as I said before, the jury couldn't handle the truth. Because that would have meant that the defendant really had been kidnapped, abused, tortured and held in dark, secret prisons by the US before being shot and put on a rendition flight to New York. It would have meant that her three children – two of them US citizens – would also have been kidnapped, abused and tortured by the US.
They say ignorance is bliss and this jury so desperately wanted not to believe that the US could have had a hand in the kidnapping of a five-month -old baby boy, a five-year-old girl and her seven-year-old brother.
They couldn't handle the truth … it is as simple as that.
Well I, and many others across the world like me, can't handle any more lies. America's reputation is lying in the lowest gutters in Pakistan at the moment and it can't sink any lower.
The trust has gone, there is only a burning hatred and resentment towards a superpower which sends unmanned drones into villages to slaughter innocents.
It is fair to say that America's goodwill and credibility is all but washed up with most honest, decent citizens of Pakistan.
And I think even Her Excellency Anne Patterson recognizes that fact which is why she is now keeping her mouth shut.
If she has any integrity and any self respect left she should stand before the Pakistan people and ask for their forgiveness for the drone murders, the extra judicial killings, the black operations, the kidnapping, torture and rendition of its citizens, the water-boarding, the bribery, the corruption and, not least of all, the injustice handed out to Dr Aafia Siddiqui and her family.
She should then pick up the phone to the US President and tell him to release Aafia and return Pakistan's most loved, respected and famous daughter and reunite her with the two children who are still missing.
Then she should re-read her letter of August 16, 2008 and write another … one of resignation.
Yvonne Ridley is a patron of Cageprisoners which first brought the plight of Dr Aafia Siddiqui to the world's attention shortly after her kidnap in March 2003. The award-winning, investigative journalist also co-produced the documentary In Search of Prisoner 650 with film-maker Hassan al Banna Ghani which concluded that the Grey Lady of Bagram was Dr Aafia Siddiqui
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July 9, 2009 by TMO · Leave a Comment
Researcher cited for excellence
Zainulabeuddin "Zain" Syed, who helped discover the mode of action for the insect repellent DEET in the Walter Leal laboratory at the University of California, Davis, has been cited for excellence in postdoctoral research.
The award, sponsored by the UC Davis Postdoctoral Scholars' Association and the Office of Graduate Studies, is given annually to "up to two postdocs" for outstanding research accomplishments.
Mr. Syed received a certificate and $500 at a recent ceremony in the University Club. He was among the 12 finalists from a pool of 800 postdocs at UC Davis.
Syed, a native of Hyderabad, India, was educated and trained in India, Germany and the United States. He is active in departmental events and in the Entomological Society of America (ESA). He delivered a scientific research lecture on "Maxillary Palps Are Broad Spectrum Odorant Detectors in Culex quinquefasciatus" on Dec. 10, 2007 at ESA's international meeting in San Diego.
County sued for approving mosque plans
LODI, CA– The Lodi county has been sued by a resident's association for approving the plans of a proposed mosque. The group known as the Morada Area Association is upset over the Board of Supervisor;s approval of the mosque, the Lodi News reported.
The Morada group claims that the Board of Supervisors violated the California Environmental Quality Act by not studying the effects the mosque would have on water supply, traffic and parking surrounding the mosque, which has yet to be built, according to Bill Fields, an active member of the Morada Area Association.
The mosque plan calls for a call for a 13,820-square-foot mosque to be built on two acres on the eastern Highway 99 frontage road, 150 feet north of Shippee Lane. It would be used as a prayer hall, classroom, multipurpose hall and offices.
Miss. mosque hearing rescheduled
MADISON, MS– A meeting to discuss the plans for a mosque in Madison this week has been rescheduled for August 3.
The Mississippi Muslim Association's attorney, Roger Williams, said the group is trying to obtain a private sewer system and asked for a continuance of a public hearing that was scheduled to take place on Tuesday.
The city of Madison said it is not required to provide sewer services to the area where the mosque wants to locate.
The mosque would need a proper sewer system in place before going forward.
Kashmir Conference to be held on Capitol Hill
WASHINGTON D.C.–Kashmiri American Council and Association of Humanitarian Lawyers has released the list of speakers for the the 10th International Kashmir conference at Capitol Hill, Washington on 23rd of July. The conference will be held for two days.
The speakers include Ms. Siddharth Varadarajan, The Hindu, New Delhi; Senator Mushahid Hussain, Secretary General, PML-Q, Islamabad; Mr. Gautam Navlakha, Editor, Economic & Political Review, New Delhi; Mr. Tapan Bose, Film Maker & Peace Activist, New Delhi; Dr. Angana Chatterji, Indian-American, San Francisco; Mr. Ved Bhasin, Editor, Kashmir Times, Jammu; Mr. Jatinder Bakhshi, Chairman, Committee for the Return of Kashmiri Migrants (Pandits), Jammu; Ms. Harinder Baweja, Founding Editor, Tehelka, New Delhi; Dr. Maleeha Lodhi, Former Pakistani Ambassador to the United States; Ambassador Munir Akram, Former Pakistani Ambassador to the United Nations; Dr. Richard Shapiro, Institute of Integral Studies, California; Amb, Husain Haqqani, Pakistani Ambassador to the United States,among others.
US Envoy Writes of Israeli Threats
April 9, 2009 by TMO · Leave a Comment
Courtesy Barbara Crossette
In the wake of the accusation by Chas Freeman that his nomination to lead the National Intelligence Council was derailed by an "Israeli lobby," a forthcoming memoir by another distinguished ambassador adds stunning new charges to the debate. The ambassador, John Gunther Dean, writes that over the years he not only came under pressure from pro-Israeli groups and officials in Washington but also was the target of an Israeli-inspired assassination attempt in 1980 in Lebanon, where he had opened links to the Palestine Liberation Organization.
Dean's suspicions that Israeli agents may have also been involved in the mysterious plane crash in 1988 that killed Pakistan's president, General Mohammed Zia ul Haq, led finally to a decision in Washington to declare him mentally unfit, which forced his resignation from the foreign service after a thirty-year career. After he left public service, he was rehabilitated by the State Department, given a distinguished service medal and eventually encouraged to write his memoirs. Now 82, Dean sees the subsequent positive attention he has received as proof that the insanity charge (he calls it Stalinist) was phony, a supposition later confirmed by a former head of the department's medical service.
Dean, whose memoir is titled Danger Zones: A Diplomat's Fight for America's Interests, was American ambassador in Lebanon in August 1980 when a three-car convoy carrying him and his family was attacked near Beirut.
"I was the target of an assassination attempt by terrorists using automatic rifles and antitank weapons that had been made in the United States and shipped to Israel," he wrote. "Weapons financed and given by the United States to Israel were used in an attempt to kill an American diplomat!" After the event, conspiracy theories abounded in the Middle East about who could have planned the attack, and why. Lebanon was a dangerously factionalized country.
The State Department investigated, Dean said, but he was never told what the conclusion was. He wrote that he "worked the telephone for three weeks" and met only official silence in Washington. By then Dean had learned from weapons experts in the United States and Lebanon that the guns and ammunition used in the attack had been given by Israelis to a Christian militia allied with them.
"I know as surely as I know anything that Mossad, the Israeli intelligence agency, was somehow involved in the attack," Dean wrote, describing how he had been under sharp criticism from Israeli politicians and media for his contacts with Palestinians. "Undoubtedly using a proxy, our ally Israel had tried to kill me."
Dean's memoir, to be published in May for the Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training Memoir Series by New Academia Publishing under its Vellum imprint, has been read and approved for publication by the State Department with only very minor changes, none affecting Dean's major points. Its underlying theme is that American diplomacy should be pursued in American interests, not those of another country, however friendly. A Jew whose family fled the Holocaust, Dean resented what he saw as an assumption, including by some in Congress, that he would promote Israel's interests in his ambassadorial work.
Dean, a fluent French speaker who began his long diplomatic career opening American missions in newly independent West African nations in the early 1960s, served later in Vietnam (where he described himself as a "loyal dissenter") and was ambassador in Cambodia (where he carried out the American flag as the Khmer Rouge advanced), Denmark, Lebanon, Thailand (where Chas Freeman was his deputy) and India. He takes credit for averting bloodshed in Laos in the 1970s by negotiating a coalition government shared by communist and noncommunist parties.
He was sometimes a disputatious diplomat not afraid to contradict superiors, and he often took–and still holds–contrarian views. He always believed, for example, that the United States should have attempted to negotiate with the Khmer Rouge rather than let the country be overrun by their brutal horror.
As ambassador in India in the 1980s he supported then-Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi's policy of seeking some kind of neutral coalition in Afghanistan that would keep the American- and Pakistani-armed mujahedeen from establishing a fundamentalist Islamic state. For several years after the Soviet withdrawal, India continued to back Najibullah, a thuggish communist security chief whom the retreating Soviet troops left behind. After the mujahedeen moved toward Kabul, Najibullah refused a United Nations offer of safe passage to India. He was slaughtered and left hanging on a lamppost.
It was in the midst of this Soviet endgame in Afghanistan that Dean fell afoul of the State Department for the last time. After the death of General Zia in August 1988, in a plane crash that also killed the American ambassador in Pakistan, Arnold Raphel, Dean was told in New Delhi by high-ranking officials that Mossad was a possible instigator of the accident, in which the plane's pilot and co-pilot were apparently disabled or otherwise lost control. There was also some suspicion that elements of India's Research and Analysis Wing, its equivalent of the CIA, may have played a part. India and Israel were alarmed by Pakistan's work on a nuclear weapon–the "Islamic bomb."
Dean was so concerned about these reports, and the attempt by the State Department to block a full FBI investigation of the crash in Pakistan, that he decided to return to Washington for direct consultations. Instead of the meetings he was promised, he was told his service in India was over. He was sent into virtual house arrest in Switzerland at a home belonging to the family of his French wife, Martine Duphenieux. Six weeks later, he was allowed to return to New Delhi to pack his belongings and return to Washington, where he resigned.
Suddenly his health record was cleared and his security clearance restored. He was presented with the Distinguished Service Award and received a warm letter of praise from Secretary of State George Shultz. "Years later," he wrote in his memoir, "I learned who had ordered the bogus diagnosis of mental incapacity against me. It was the same man who had so effusively praised me once I was gone–George Shultz."
Asked in a telephone conversation last week from his home in Paris why Shultz had done this to him, Dean would say only, "He was forced to."
Barbara Crossette, United Nations correspondent for The Nation, is a former New York Times correspondent and bureau chief in Asia and at the UN.
She is the author of So Close to Heaven: The Vanishing Buddhist Kingdoms of the Himalayas, published by Alfred A. Knopf in 1995 and in paperback by Random House/Vintage Destinations in 1996, and a collection of travel essays about colonial resort towns that are still attracting visitors more than a century after their creation, The Great Hill Stations of Asia, published by Westview Press in 1998 and in paperback by Basic Books in 1999. In 2000, she wrote a survey of India and Indian-American relations, India: Old Civilization in a New World, for the Foreign Policy Association in New York. She is also the author of India Facing the 21st Century, published by Indiana University Press in 1993.


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Where do most cybersquatters live?
A lot in the U.S. and China, but there are some important caveats.
World Intellectual Property Organization, unlike its big peer, publishes robust statistics about the UDRP cases it hears.
One of the more interesting stats is the location of respondents, i.e. the alleged cybersquatters.
The stats WIPO provides need a few caveats if we're going to draw conclusions about where cybersquatters live.
1. These are the locations of the respondents in all cases, not just those when the complainant wins. (But complainants win most of the cases.)
2. This is where the respondent says he/she lives. They could be fake addresses. Privacy services might skew it a bit too.
3. It's unclear if these numbers include ccTLD cases heard under variations of UDRP.
OK, so here are the top 10:
I think it's also interesting to compare this data to where most complainants reside.
Update 8/31/12:At the prompting of John Berryhill's comment below, I've calculated the number of WIPO UDRP filings compared to the number of internet users in a country. It radically shakes up the order, sending China near the bottom of the list.
This is a very crude analysis for a couple reasons.
First, I only looked at the ten countries that were at the top of the respondent list. I suspect that countries such as China wouldn't even fall into the top 10 on this list had I looked at more.
Second, this only considers WIPO cases. Although National Arbitration Forum is smaller, it does hear a substantial number of cases. You might double the number of US cases to get the true number. But WIPO probably has a higher share of international cases. So while in the U.S. you might say there's one UDRP per 150,000 internet users (double the # of WIPO cases), in other countries this crude methodology may not work. There's also an Asian UDRP provider that might bump up China's numbers.
Also, one person can be responsible for a large number of cases.
The most recent World Bank numbers for internet users are from 2010. I compared the number of 2010 users according to the world bank to the number of WIPO cases filed in 2010 alone.
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Oh, more thoughtfully composed and helpful info from WIPO:
Still no delineation for 3rd Level Sub-Domains as a contributive source to these problems!
Clever coding to isolate 3rd from 2nd, making 3rd look guilty when 2nd is far, far more guilty.
The US Federal District Court, Eastern District Virginia & I await comment.
Cheers, Graham.
Here is some useful information, for the less informed.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cybersquatting >
Cybersquatting (also known as domain squatting), according to the United States federal law known as the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act, is registering, trafficking in, or using a domain name with bad faith intent to profit from the goodwill of a trademark belonging to someone else. The cybersquatter then offers to sell the domain to the person or company who owns a trademark contained within the name at an inflated price.ICANN WEBSITE:
http://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/raa/ra-agreement-21may09-en.htm1.16 A Registered Name is "sponsored" by the registrar that placed the record associated with that registration into the registry. Sponsorship of a registration may be changed at the express direction of the Registered Name Holder or, in the event a registrar loses accreditation, in accordance with then-current ICANN specifications and policies.
3.7.3 Registrar shall not represent to any actual or potential Registered Name Holder that Registrar enjoys access to a registry for which Registrar is Accredited that is superior to that of any other registrar Accredited for that registry.
220.127.116.11 A Registered Name Holder's willful provision of inaccurate or unreliable information, its willful failure promptly to update information provided to Registrar, or its failure to respond for over fifteen (15) calendar days to inquiries by Registrar concerning the accuracy of contact details associated with the Registered Name Holder's registration shall constitute a material breach of the Registered Name Holder-registrar contract and be a basis for cancellation of the Registered Name registration.
184.108.40.206 Any Registered Name Holder that intends to license use of a domain name to a third party is nonetheless the Registered Name Holder of record and is responsible for providing its own full contact information and for providing and updating accurate technical and administrative contact information adequate to facilitate timely resolution of any problems that arise in connection with the Registered Name. A Registered Name Holder licensing use of a Registered Name according to this provision shall accept liability for harm caused by wrongful use of the Registered Name, unless it promptly discloses the current contact information provided by the licensee and the identity of the licensee to a party providing the Registered Name Holder reasonable evidence of actionable harm.
126.96.36.199 The Registered Name Holder shall represent that, to the best of the Registered Name Holder's knowledge and belief, neither the registration of the Registered Name nor the manner in which it is directly or indirectly used infringes the legal rights of any third party.
22.214.171.124 For the adjudication of disputes concerning or arising from use of the Registered Name, the Registered Name Holder shall submit, without prejudice to other potentially applicable jurisdictions, to the jurisdiction of the courts (1) of the Registered Name Holder's domicile and (2) where Registrar is located.
22.214.171.124 The Registered Name Holder shall agree that its registration of the Registered Name shall be subject to suspension, cancellation, or transfer pursuant to any ICANN adopted specification or policy, or pursuant to any registrar or registry procedure not inconsistent with an ICANN adopted specification or policy, (1) to correct mistakes by Registrar or the Registry Operator in registering the name or (2) for the resolution of disputes concerning the Registered Name.
3.15 In the event that ICANN gives reasonable notice to Registrar that ICANN has published a webpage that identifies available registrant rights and responsibilities, and the content of such webpage is developed in consultation with registrars, Registrar shall provide a link to the webpage on any website it may operate for domain name registration or renewal clearly displayed to its Registered Name Holders at least as clearly as its links to policies or notifications required to be displayed under ICANN Consensus Policies.
5.3.1 There was a material misrepresentation, material inaccuracy, or materially misleading statement in Registrar's application for accreditation or any material accompanying the application.
126.96.36.199 is convicted by a court of competent jurisdiction of a felony or other serious offense related to financial activities, or is judged by a court of competent jurisdiction to have committed fraud or breach of fiduciary duty, or is the subject of a judicial determination that ICANN reasonably deems as the substantive equivalent of those offenses; or
5.7 Limitations on Monetary Remedies for Violations of this Agreement. ICANN's aggregate monetary liability for violations of this Agreement shall not exceed the amount of accreditation fees paid by Registrar to ICANN under Subsection 3.9 of this Agreement. Registrar's monetary liability to ICANN for violations of this Agreement shall be limited to accreditation fees owing to ICANN under this Agreement and, except in the case of a good faith disagreement concerning the interpretation of this agreement, reasonable payment to ICANN for the reasonable and direct costs including attorney fees, staff time, and other related expenses associated with legitimate efforts to enforce Registrar compliance with this agreement and costs incurred by ICANN to respond to or mitigate the negative consequences of such behavior for registered name holders and the Internet community. In the event of repeated willful material breaches of the agreement, Registrar shall be liable for sanctions of up to five (5) times ICANN's enforcement costs, but otherwise in no event shall either party be liable for special, indirect, incidental, punitive, exemplary, or consequential damages for any violation of this Agreement.
Asia in general is my opinion..
Just as Wipo never computes the incidence of UDRP's per name registered, these states would be interesting on a per Internet user basis for each country.
No surprises here.
If I make a website and someone copies my style or code or domain name or whatever, I'm going to take it as a compliment. And as a business opportunity rather a weakness. The USA, for a country modelled as the 'land of the free', really should just let folk just get on with it. Recent litigation cases such as those against against Toyota, BP and most recently, Samsung, in my opinion, are an abuse of America's power and bordering on the criminal. Ironically!
Hi ICANN Un-official fellow
As per: "Wipo never computes the incidence of UDRP's per name registered, …"
Ah, that makes sense because each name / case is unique; GENERALLY & EXCEPT, whereas WIPO have invested great effort & created a dedicated sub-set of rules, directly associated with TLD's at the bottom of the list, exclusively for the protection of … You know who !!! … and their "domain name(s)" … YES, DOMAIN NAMES, which are not ccNSO qualifying as ccTLD, nor listed in IANA as official either.
Have a look here > http://www.wipo.int/amc/en/domains/statistics/ < and you'll see WIPO do keep & offer records, so if they're going to prepare a section for ..?.. then they'll have to account for the cases they've deliberated.
Domain Names
Total number of domain names by year
Average number of domain names per case by year
gTLD by year
All gTLDs (Ranking)
All gTLDs by year and totalBack to a clarification of ICANN Rules:
18.104.22.168 A Registered Name Holder's willful provision of inaccurate or unreliable information, (engineering a system of liability shifting of ownership won't excuse them from 'unreliable')
As you'll know, or should know !!
188.8.131.52 Any Registered Name Holder that intends to license use of a domain name to a third party is nonetheless the Registered Name Holder of record and ………….. Further to this is! A Registered Name Holder licensing use of a Registered Name according to this provision shall >> accept liability for harm caused by wrongful use of the Registered Name, << unless it promptly discloses the current contact information provided by the licensee and the identity of the licensee to a party providing the Registered Name Holder reasonable evidence of actionable harm.
Sure, they 'promptly disclose' the 3rd Level information, sadly the 3rd Level buyer (INFRINGER / ABUSIVE REGISTRANT) is unaware of "buyer beware" as the sub-domains are almost always represented in the same information stream as the genuine TLD's when offered for sale, complete with ICANN logo(s) or word in paragraph.
See court file submitted, it's likely on your desk already! Notice the word "weave". Engineering yarns of desire, ambition with premium distilled & aged BS into the rules of ICANN is a "woven" creation.
Currently, somebody's been made aware of their past misrepresentations and now communicate the saleable service with much greater care.
In due course, ICANN will become abruptly aware of Contributory Infringement; and that a failure over a long, long time to execute your rules, as listed here, qualifies ICANN as party to the act of Contributory Infringement. KNOWING and proof of knowing is abundant.
Then of course there is this passage in ICANN rules:
22.214.171.124 The Registered Name Holder shall represent that, to the best of the Registered Name Holder's knowledge and belief, neither the registration of the Registered Name nor the manner in which it is directly or indirectly used infringes the legal rights of any third party.
Planet earth to ICANN, hello out there … Is the air you breath in your opulent capsule so thin, you've suffocated?
Having a Pro Se beat you … OMG … That'll bite eh!
Cheers, Graham.
"See court file submitted, it's likely on your desk already!"
Graham, as I mentioned in a previous thread, I've seen suicide notes which made more sense than what you purport to be a civil complaint.
Are you intimidating me into thinking my undertaking is suicidal. ??
Not funny. ~ Rather a bullying statement. !!I'm not jumping in front of the proverbial train, I'm standing beside the tracks & lever, that shifts the tracks & sends trains off the main line, into the yard.
While I'm certainly no polished & bespoke Lawyer, those awkwardly articulated points are all stated with merit and the related information is dutifully furnished, substantiating my view & position.
ICANN, VeriSign & Network Solutions work for me, the customer; and if this passage below articulates your collective mindset, then Court was / is the only option.
iii. There are a number of ways in which ICANN could approach the resolution of this type of problem which includes the full range of:
; ICANN saying nothing <>
; ICANN identifies a possible issue and ICANN files a complaint <>
; ICANN identifies a possible issue but relies on a complainant to file it formally <>
; ICANN identifies an issue, makes a decision and the applicant can appeal.? <>
I'm glad for your feed back through this service!
Cheers, Graham.
Thanks for the population-normalized figures, Andrew.
Perhaps others will find it more than a coincidence that the WIPO UDRP director and the greatest concentration of cybersquatters both come from the Netherlands.
They all live in Korea. I thouoght everyone knew that.
Hi Un-Official ICANN:
Netherlands you say … No way!
Yes, I've communicated with this person; and his boss, who will be sending case files / history of 3rd level problems to VAED.
Guess what. The RIPE Net system is from Holland too; and curiously the founder was / is also on some ICANN Committee's of which VeriSign has been a key player, for their Registry function, plus other component parts of their business.
Additional to these functions, this same person has a strong relationship with CentralNic; and through these various roles, it looks like they had avenues to exercise some influence.
2002 > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Address_Supporting_Organization
2002 > http://archive.icann.org/en/meetings/bucharest/captioning-morning-28jun02.htm Security and Stability Advisory Committee. > http://archive.icann.org/en/meetings/riodejaneiro/captioning-board-meeting-27mar03.htm http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-30aug06-en.htm http://www.icann.org/en/resources/registries/rsep/technical-evaluation-panel
Enola Gaye to WIPO … Package delivered, your integrity is about to be Wipo-ed out.
You should have held the line, long ago; and not yielded to being the protectorate for a Domain Name Holder, peddling 3rd level domain names!
As supposed IP luminaries, you should have known ICANN rule 188.8.131.52 and 126.96.36.199 and let those aggrieved by CentralNic address the proper route, which would have terminated them, long ago, since they are … NOT ccNSO listed in IANA as a "legal" municipality.
I hope the US Federal Court levels the fiefdom of WIPO, since they've got more power than a Pro Se.
ICANN; don't be so smug, your not looking so rosy either!
Said the little boy in the crowd, "The Emperor is naked!
Cheers, Graham.


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