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On the surface, consulting everyone and deciding by consensus seems like a no-brainer, the perfect model for making any and all decisions. Its rationale is that every decision should reflect an equal amount of input from all parties, interested or otherwise.
For centuries, the importance of individual voices in decision making has been enshrined in Western thought. One of our collective narratives out of this era is that in a democracy, everybody should have a voice. The problem is the bigger the state/organization/company and the more political parties, legislators and special interests in the mix, the more difficult arriving at a consensus becomes. Seth Godin illustrates this problem in his book Linchpin when he notes that coordination of handshakes gets increasingly complex when you add more people into the mix. While the idea of being heard is very important, it is important to recognize that since most of us are faced with hundreds of decisions every week, many mediated by other people, it is nearly impossible to have the same level of input on each decision.
Despite the complexity of large organizations, like governments or large companies, it is possible for consensus to be reached. In order to foster effective consensus-based decision making, practical logistics have to be exercised. There also needs to be a mechanism for making a final decision to move forward, even though there may be some opposition. Steve Jobs called this "shipping" a project – a project is nothing unless it's on-time and complete.
I grew up in a church with a consensus-based model, and one thing I noticed was that every issue was always up for discussion, and if someone wanted to re-open an issue and put a halt to implementation, it was easily done. Meanwhile, other churches seemed to have different ways of doing things – there was equal and open discussion, but once a decision was brought to a vote, they moved on to new business – no re-opening the old decision. In some ways, this model was preferable because it was more efficient. While both scenarios were "consensus-based", one was far more efficient than the other.
To enable pragmatic, efficient consensus-based decision making, here are some simple rules to follow:
1. Learn who the stakeholders are and make sure that collectively they each have a voice.
2. Help articulate the major themes for each group.
3. Listen to the values of each group, and what drives them to be there (often this is more meaningful than the issue).
4. Thrash early, not late. Ask Seth Godin if you have questions about this.
5. Focus on common ground.
6. Commit to making a decision by a certain date and then implementing it. If no consensus can be reached, agree to an amicable "no-deal".
7. Don't confuse people with problems. Breakthroughs often happen when people get to know each other better.
8. Tell corny jokes like, "A termite walks into a bar and asks, 'Hey, is the bar tender here?'"


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Mad Dog Max is the DJ at Rebel Radio (REBL). His station was attacked by Scratch and Grounder because he continued to play "Sonic's Song" by Catty Carlisle and Robotnik hated it. Scratch and Grounder, however, liked the song.[1]
- ↑ Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog episode 11, "Sonic's Song"

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Jerry Kill will coach the Gophers and Joel Maturi will cross his fingers
Back on September 25, Jerry Kill and his Northern Illinois Huskies handed the Gophers their third straight home loss of the season.Jerry Kill is not Tubby Smith.
Now Kill is coming back to try and give Minnesota a hand out of the ditch. The university will officially announce its way-off-the-national-radar pick for head football coach at a 2 p.m. presser today at TCF Bank Stadium, after Kill meets the team.
The coaching pick news seeped out yesterday, in time for sports scribes and former Gophers around town to offer a collective "what?" Athletic Director Joel Maturi had led fans to believe he was after a Bold Faced Name.
"We're out here to find a Tubby Smith," Maturi said then, adding, "We're out here to find somebody that people can recognize, people have confidence in, and people are going to bring instant credibility and notoriety to the football program. That is my goal."
So, Jerry Kill's that guy? No he's not. But he's no loser, either. The 10-3 Huskies won the MAC West Division this year before losing the league title game to Miami of Ohio 26-21 Friday night in Detroit. He amassed a 23-16 overall record at NIU, 55-32 before that at Southern Illinois and 127-73 over the course of his career.
Compare that to Tim Brewster, who before being consigned to the dustbin of NCAA history, went 15-30 in 3 1/2 miserable seasons coaching the Gophers.
Let the PR campaign begin.
"I am so excited to have the opportunity to be the head coach at the University of Minnesota," Kill said in the statement. "It is a tremendous opportunity and -- I think -- great timing. I can promise all the people at the University of Minnesota and throughout the entire state that I am going to give them every single ounce that I can give them. I have done that on every job that I have taken. I was raised the old-school way by my father and mother to do my job to the very best of my ability. You go full speed at it and you don't let anyone out-work you. I have lived by that motto my entire life and that is what I intend to do at the University of Minnesota."
Maturi better hope so. Kill is clearly going to be a tough sell. Besides the aforementioned skeptical scribes, there's already a Fire Coach Kill Twitter page. A website called savegopherfootball.com has posted the e-mail addresses for Maturi, U President Robert Bruininks, the university's board of regents to offer fans a chance to vent. Former Gopher Jack Brewer spoke for a lot of puzzled fans when he told Fox 9, "I was hoping we'd actually go out and get a coach that was bigger than our program."
Kill has already abandoned his own program. NIU is set for an appearance against Fresno State at the uDrove Humanitarian Bowl on Dec. 18. But he told his team was jumping ship, and wouldn't see them through the bowl game.
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- Oct-Mar
- Accommodation:
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- Age Range:
- 18-38
- > Overnight in a cowboy camp and Navajo Hogan
- > Party in Jazz central in New Orleans
- > Explore American National Parks and cities
Tour Overview
Beat a path from ocean to ocean, leaving LA for New York. Along the way enjoy the perfect blend of cosmopolitan cities, small-town America, glorious deserts and spectacular National Parks. From nightlife to wildlife, the Southerner explores the "off the beaten path" destinations as well as the more famous areas producing on awesome 21 day tour.
- Overnight Cowboy Camp including campfire meals
- Navajo guided 4x4 tour of Monument Valley
- Overnight in traditional Navajo "Hogan"
- Party on Bourbon Street, New Orleans
- Grand Canyon sunrise or sunset
- Philadelphia's Liberty Bell & steps from the movie 'Rocky'
- Travel the original Route 66 and visit Seligman
- Live music opportunities in Nashville, Memphis & New Orleans
- See the bright lights of Vegas
- View of the Hoover Dam
- National Parks - Big Bend, Monument Valley, Grand Canyon, White Sands & Death Valley
- Services of a TrekAmerica tour leader
- Private transportation with free Wi-Fi
- All accommodation: 8 hotel, 7 camping, 4 hostel & 1 Hogan nights.
- All camping equipment (except sleeping bag)
You can now check your email and update Facebook, Twitter and TrekAmerica Live while on the road with our wi-fi enabled vehicles. (Maximum 5 users at a time. Fair usage restrictions may apply. Only available in USA).
Our Southerner Trek Tips include all you need to know about this Trek. They contain all the trip details, plus information on everything from visas to spending money and what to pack.
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Our tours are aimed at young international travellers from around the world, aged 18 to 38, all with a sense of fun and a keen desire to explore. If you're travelling alone, don't worry... over 70% of our passengers are solo travellers and you'll soon be surrounded with like-minded people of a similar age who will quickly become your new best mates. Plus there are no single supplements.
Our tour price includes your own tour leader plus all transport and accommodation, so all you have to pay for are food, drinks and optional activities. Take a moment to add up all the costs of doing it yourself, and it soon becomes clear that a TrekAmerica trip offers fantastic value for money!
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Cross from LA to New York on this classic budget lodging road trip.
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Our routes have been carefully chosen to include the best night stops, highlights, and included experiences, but with lots of optional activities to choose from, stops at some of your leaders favourite places and occasional changes in local conditions no two Trek trips are ever the same so come ready for a unique adventure.
There are loads of exciting optional activities for you to choose from during your trip giving you the flexibility to do the things you want to and leave out the things you don't. Below are the main optional activities for this trip, these can be arranged once you are on tour via your Tour Leader and are paid for locally.
- > New Orleans jazz clubs US$10-$20
- > Mississippi steamboat ride US$60-$70
- > Smithsonian National Museums US$FREE
- > Grand Canyon helicopter flight US$254-$284
- > Tour of Elvis' Graceland in Memphis US$33-$70
- > Grand Canyon IMAX theater US$15
- > Las Vegas clubs & casino shows US$10+
- > Limo ride in Las Vegas US$25-$30
- > Las Vegas helicopter flight: US$115
- > Sun Studios in Memphis US$12
- > San Antonio Alamo IMAX Theater US$14
- > New Orleans Voodoo & Graveyard tour US$20
- > Tombstone gun fight at the OK Corral US$10
- > Bike rental in Washington DC US$15-$35
- > Western horseback riding at cowboy camp US$65
- > Country Western Saloons in Nashville US$varies
- > Alligator swamp tour, New Orleans US$23-$49
- > Visit the Alamo in San Antonio US$free
- > Haunted Bird Cage Theatre in Tombstone US$10
- > Las Vegas Gun Range from US$50
- > Sand Boarding in White Sands US$17
- > Johnny Cash Museum, Nashville US$14
- > Las Vegas VIP Club Tour (includes 4 clubs & limo) US$100
- > Get married in Las Vegas (not legally binding) US$221
As this tour departs at 0730 we recommend that you book pre-tour accommodation. Please request hotel details at the time of booking.
This tour also departs from New York Area
Day 1: Los Angeles & Death Valley National Park
As you leave LA on day one your desert experience begins in Death Valley National Park, one of the lowest, driest and hottest places in North America. Explore this perfect winter destination and head down to the valley floor and take a walk on the salt flats where you can get creative with some cool perspective shots. Other highlights include the Artist's Palette where you will see a spectacular view of turquoise, orange and red rock as far as the eye can see.
Accommodation: Camping included
Day 2-3: Las Vegas
On to an incredible man-made wonder in the desert - Las Vegas. The Strip, the shows, the casinos, the clubs; Sin City's glitziest and brashest spots are sure to impress as you cruise the Las Vegas Boulevard on an optional limo ride! If you're fan of heights hop onto one of the world's highest thrill rides at Vegas' Stratosphere, if that's not enough excitement for you, take a helicopter flight down The Strip and see this neon city from the sky. It's also very possible to get married in Vegas (don't worry, it's not legally binding unless you want it to be!) so live for the moment, and marry whoever (and whatever) you like!
Accommodation: Hotels included
Day 4-5: Grand Canyon National Park
En route to the Grand Canyon we travel a section of the original Route 66 for a slice of old Americana in the quirky town of Seligman where you can pick up some classic road trip memorabilia. Just when the scenery seems unbeatable, it's time for the ultimate show stopper, the mighty Grand Canyon! Once you've cast your eyes upon the deep canyon landscape you'll understand why this great natural wonder is loved by locals and tourists alike. Pack your boots, camera and water and venture into the canyon itself along the Bright Angel Trail to Plateau Point or choose the "bird's eye" view on a scenic helicopter flight. Watching the sun rise or set over the canyon with the colours changing is simply breath-taking and not to be missed and your memories of the Grand Canyon will stay firmly imprinted on your mind forever.
Accommodation: Hotels included
Day 6: Monument Valley
Monument Valley, a land of classic western scenery and the Navajo Nation's greatest natural treasure. Monu-ment Valley also happens to be the most photographed place in America and for good reason. Included is a 4x4 jeep tour with a Navajo guide into a remote area made famous by scores of celebrated western movies. You will then spend an unforgettable night in a traditional Navajo Hogan, hearing secret stories and legends around the campfire.
Accommodation: Hogan included
Day 7: Betty & Rusty's Wild West Cowboy Camp
Our Wild West Cowboy Camp is calling and your band of desperados will strike gold on a unique night in the sticks! Opt to mount your trusty steed and trot between the iconic saguaro cacti, with curved arms looming as high as 20 feet. Fresh from the saddle, tuck into an authentic dinner cooked on the open fire before a night under a million desert stars. This is an exclusive experience to TrekAmerica.
Accommodation: Cowboy camping included
Day 8: Tombstone
You don't get much more "Wild West" than Tombstone, the scene of the OK Corral shootout, the 'Town Too Tough To Die' sports genuine gun-slinging streets right out of a western movie. Unlike some towns that are recreated to look western, the buildings in Tombstone are the originals and the locals are proud to preserve the heritage of this Wild West town. Browse the rogue's gallery buried at Boothill and wet parched throats at the Crystal Palace Saloon. Don't miss the re-enactment of the showdown and chance to get dressed up in authentic Wild West clothing.
Accommodation: Camping included
Day 9: White Sands National Monument
One of America's hidden gems is White Sands National Monument; the world's largest dune field made up of blinding white gypsum sand. These rolling white dunes have made it into several movies and if you've ever seen the movie Transformers, you've seen White Sands. With huge mountain ranges to the east and west, White Sands is famous for wildly colourful sunrises and sunsets. Why not rent sand boards at the gift shop to experience these dunes the high-adrenaline way.
Accommodation: Camping included
Day 10-11: Big Bend National Park
Situated right on the Mexican border and named after the sharp twist in the Rio Grande, you're going to have a fantastic time in this desert wonderland. Dust off your walking boots as it's time to hit the many desert trails where you'll see plants, lizards and fields of cacti, finishing with a blazing sunset. Don't forget to check out the `Lost Mine Trail' and rest your aching feet in the local hot springs.
Accommodation: Camping included
Day 12: San Antonio
You head west to historic San Antonio, home of the Alamo; a symbol of Texan pride. San Antonio has a rich and colourful past with strong cultural links to its neighbours to the south. The famous Riverwalk is a subterranean complex of boutique shops, bars and restaurants that meanders for 2.5 miles through the wooded downtown area, and is a fantastic place to while away the afternoon, just make sure take advantage of the tax free shopping.
Accommodation: Cabin included
Day 13: Lafayette
Travel deep into the Mississippi Delta where live Cajun and Zdeco music fills the air. With more restaurants per capita than any other American city, and many of them specializing in the distinctive, seafood-laden regional cuisine, such as gumbo and jambalaya you definitely won't go hungry here. Visitors can learn about the area's roots by touring the Acadian Cultural Center and then why not head out to Julian's Famous Cajun Style cuisine followed by a night at the Blue Moon Saloon; America's premier venue for roots music.
Accommodation: Camping included
Day 14-15: New Orleans
Next is New Orleans, the place everyone loves to visit, with its exciting nightlife and that special French flavour. Every music lover should make at least one pilgrimage to New Orleans in their lifetime. Explore the enchanting French Quarter, ride a steamboat on the Mississippi River, enjoy traditional jazz at Preservation Hall or sample a Hurricane at Pat O'Brien's! For a really authentic southern experience check out a voodoo and graveyard tour or brush up on your cooking skills at the New Orleans School of Cooking and make yourself a big ole' bowl of gumbo! You'll stay right in the heart of the French Quarter so you are right in the middle of the action!
Accommodation: Hotels included
Day 16: Memphis
As the birthplace of Blues and Jazz there is no shortage of great music to excite your ears. Brush up on your history as you visit the Civil Rights Museum and learn all about the struggle to overcome slavery. Find your American soul with a trip to Stax Museum of American Soul Music. No trip to Memphis is complete without a stroll down Beale Street to see the bright lights and hear the eclectic mix of blues and jazz flowing out of every doorway. Finish your visit to Memphis with a visit to the second-most visited private home in the USA after the White House, Elvis Presley's house in Graceland.
Accommodation: Hotel included
Day 17: Nashville
Now is the time to don your denim and cowboy hats and learn how to line dance at the Wild Horse Saloon. Get your history fix at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, home to the largest collection of country music in the world. Nashville is famous for its fine music and even finer food, so try the local specialties including Hot Chicken and BBQ ribs. Nashville puts on a wicked party, so head to the Grand Ole Opry and dance the night away.
Accommodation: Hostel included
Day 18: Appalachian Mountains
From the Shenandoah to the lush, natural beauty of the Appalachians - this super-sized, 1500 mile mountain chain is superb for stretching the legs. Also home to the American black bear and former haunt of the Cherokee Indians, there is time for a short walk in the Appalachians to show you why thousands flock here every year, before heading north.
Accommodation: Hotel included
Day 19-20: Washington DC
Then it's onto Washington DC for an introduction to the political, social and cultural history of the United States of America. Take time to explore the very best of America's capital city by people watching in one of the many green parks or explore the Smithsonian National Museum. Hit the bars and clubs of Georgetown and discover not only the treasures of this town by day, but also by night. A great way to pack in all of the city highlights is by renting a bike and riding around at your own pace.
Accommodation: Hostels included
Day 21: Philadelphia & New York Area
Your epic 21 day road trip is almost coming to an end, but before it does travel to Philadelphia where you can climb the famous 'Rocky' steps for your own movie moment, see the iconic symbol of American independence the Liberty Bell and Independence Hall. Head to Reading Terminal Market on an empty stomach and be pre-pared to be overwhelmed with delicious smells and flavours, one thing you have to try is the famous Philly cheese steak lunch. There is no better place to end your awesome adventure than in New York City, book your-self a couple of extra nights here to really make the most of all this unbelievable city has to offer. From a visit to the top of the Empire State Building, to a shopping spree along Fifth Avenue, the opportunities are endless. If you really don't know where to begin why not take a city tour with Urban Adventures?
This tour ends at approximately 17:00 hrs. We can book you post-tour accommodation at our gateway hotel if required. If you are planning to fly tonight, please do not book a flight that departs before 21:00 hrs.
If you want to make sure you're right in the heart of the action at the absolute best time to be there, then why not book one of our Special Departures.
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The excitement of New Orleans with its music, food and culture is year-round, but everyone needs to experience 'the greatest free show on Earth' at least once in their lifetime.
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- We run a Food Kitty on this trip - you will need to contribute US$150 which covers all your meals during the trip whilst camping.
- You must have adequate travel insurance to join this trip. See our insurance page or download our insurance tips pdf for more information.
- We highly recommend you book this trip at least 60 days prior to departure. Reservations received within 30 days will be on request and subject to availability of en-route accommodation.
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We've offer a whole range of travel extras with everything from city sightseeing, additional hotel nights, insurance and more so you can organise everything you'll need for your trip in one easy place.
Tours begin and end at designated hotels in the departure and arrival cities, starting at 7.30am (check your tour voucher for exact details) and finishing at around 5pm, so it's a great idea to book a room for the night before and after your tour. You can book hotels either online when you book your tour or by call our sales team.
The Crown Plaza offers a free airport shuttle to Newark Airport and boasts a fully equipped gym, indoor pool and on-site 24 hour dining.
Twin share: per person per night Matched with another traveller of the same sex. Full room: per room per night Single or double room for travellers on the same booking.
This full service hotel close to LAX offers a sun deck/pool and 5 social lounges. Perfectly located for Santa Monica & Venice Beach.
Twin share: per person per night Matched with another traveller of the same sex. Full room: per room per night Single or double room for travellers on the same booking.
TrekAmerica's specialist flights department can offer UK customers a great airline fare to all of our Trek destinations.
We have preferred contracts with many international carriers and have secured some of the most competitive prices in the industry. We are also ATOL protected and IATA licensed.
Special offers are regularly available, so call us now on 0208 682 8920 or click below to request a flight quote by email.
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If you're spending extra nights in our gateway cities before or after your trip, then make the most of your time by pre-booking a unique city sightseeing tours or experience before you go.
- Choose from unique city tours led by local experts who are dedicated to taking you behind the scenes, flexible hop on hop off bus tours or a range of unique city experiences.
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Millennium 3 Technologies to Upgrade Tuscon Airport Security
Oct. 20--The Tucson Airport Authority board awarded a $3.6 million contract on Friday to Millennium 3 Technologies LLC, which has offices in Phoenix and Las Vegas, to upgrade security at Tucson International Airport.
The upgrades, called for in the Airport Authority's master plan, include installation of security bollards, or pillars, in front of the terminal; upgraded security fencing; improvements in the airport's emergency operations center; and additional security-monitoring cameras.
The project will be funded by federal and state grants.
Copyright (c) 2007, The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Information Services.


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Kleber, X. and Pirfo Barroso, S.
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Different shot peening conditions were applied to an austenitic stainless steel AISI 304L in order to transform austenite to martensite α′ at different depths. Magnetic Barkhausen noise measurements performed on this steel reveal a correlation between the strength of the signal and the depth of the treatment. The combined effect of the volume fraction of martensite and the residual stress in martensite determined using X-ray diffraction analysis were found to be responsible for the evolution of the Barkhausen noise response. Using tensile plastic deformation, the residual stress in martensite was changed, giving rise to a strong increase of the Barkhausen noise activity. This variation was correlated to a modification of the sign and amplitude of the residual stress in the martensite phase. Directional measurements of the Barkhausen noise revealed the anisotropy of the residual stresses induced by the tensile plastic deformation. It is concluded that the Barkhausen noise activity recording could lead to the determination of the residual stresses in martensite induced by shot peening processes.
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Keywords: | martensitic transformations; austenite; magnetic Barkhausen noise; shot peening |
Academic Unit/Department: | Mathematics, Computing and Technology > Engineering & Innovation |
Item ID: | 27947 |
Depositing User: | Soraia Barroso |
Date Deposited: | 08 Feb 2011 11:31 |
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Earth's Flame Launches Innovative Technology That Provides Reliable Heat from Wood Burning Fireplaces
Earth's Flame, the Hybrid Clean Burn System for wood burning fireplaces, replaces cast iron grates and increases radiant heat up to 115% while reducing fireplace emissions by 78%. It ensures continued heat even during power outages.
Corona, CA (PRWEB) December 12, 2013
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When CRY (Child Relief and You) realised that no documentation had been done of the lives of quarry workers - an occupation that employs seven-and-a-half lakh families in Tamil Nadu alone - they set out to remedy it. Kutti Revathi, writer and activist, joined them, and they set out across the barren stone fields of Tamil Nadu.
"Kal Manithargal" (Stone Humans), the stark, austere documentary born out of their travels, traces the travails of these workers in districts such as Dindigul, Pudukkottai and Madurai. There are more than 5,000 stone quarries - legal and illegal - in the State.
The film goes on to reveal how this occupation has become largely unregulated and unfettered, as gaunt and helpless quarry workers battling starvation and destitution take us through the stories of their lives.
Dangerous profession
"Quarry work is a dangerous profession, and most of them usually don't live past the age of 60," says Kutti Revathi. "They don't have ration cards, as they have to move from one State to the other in search of work, and so they get no Government benefits. They start work at six in the morning, in areas thick with the dust of rock and explosives, and they get about Rs. 7 to Rs. 10 for 12 hours of backbreaking work."
CRY and its partner QWDS (Quarry Workers Development Society) are particularly concerned about the predicament of the children. Parents, having no option but to carry their newborns to the blistering rocks where they work, usually leave them in makeshift cradles that hang from scraggly thorn trees. Also, since the workers usually do not stay in the same place for more than three months, the children don't attend school.
In fact, as the film tells us, between the ages of two and five, the children are already holding hammers and joining their parents at work. "These children and their lives are extremely vulnerable," says Dominic, CRY's project manager for the film. "The women have a different story to tell. They are sexually abused regularly, but most of them don't even tell their families, because they are helpless as well," says Kutti Revathi.
Songs of suffering
The film is peppered with songs and sayings of the quarry workers; they are tinged with irony. "Even a mountain can be broken by a little chisel," reads one, "but nothing can dissolve a worker's loan."
"Five-and-a-half lakh families that work in quarries are bonded labourers," says S.P. Gnana Mani, president of the TKTS, an organisation of workers working for more rights for their community. The TKTS started a residential school in Dindigul for the children of quarry workers - a first of its kind. They are the first generation of quarry workers to have crossed Class X.
In the dark
The film ends with one of the haunting songs they sing to distract themselves while working in the maddening heat. "We are the people who crush the rock, ours is the nation that lies in the dark," it goes, in an undulating strain that seems as helpless as the workers.
Kutti Revathi tells us how carefully guarded these quarries are, and that even after six months on the field, there is much left to learn.
"We would pretend we were shooting for a movie. It was the only way to get in."
CRY does not intend to stop here. Its plans include screening the movie in every district in the State, and then to take it to the international arena as well. "This is only the beginning," says KuttyRevathi.
(The film is available at the CRY office, Mylapore. For details, call 24672241/ 1828.)
Keywords: Kutti Revathi, CRY, Kal Manithargal, quarry workers, documentary film


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Embrace your inner pig. Be greedy. Believe the hype on TV and forget you ever heard anyone say bulls make money, bears make money, but pigs get slaughtered. It's OK to be a pig.
"Pigs are making money right now and they're making a lot," explains a trader.
How? They are buying the dip, buying the rally and buying just about anything, especially cyclical stocks. Pourquoi?
"It's the realization that there's nowhere else to put your money," adds a senior trading strategist. With interest rates near zero, and the real rate of return on bonds not much better, equities look like the only opportunity right now.
Normally, defensive options trading accompanies major stock market highs as investors try to hedge gains. Not now. No one really wants to buy bearish puts that would increase in value if the Dow Jones Industrial Average, which just crossed 15,000, fell from its historic high. They'd rather buy bullish calls, or take profits on bullish calls when the tape momentarily sours as it did Thursday when a random Twitter comment that the Federal Reserve might end its quantitative-easing operation sooner than expected sparked a rumor that, in turn, sparked some selling.
Though pigs eat just about anything, some have exquisite noses. The market's fancy truffle pigs, as it were, are sniffing around cyclical stocks that historically have led the market higher when the economy is strengthening. Think industrials, energy, and materials.
"Adding exposure to cyclical sectors is an overarching theme," one strategist notes. "How clients play it tends to be based on the type of client they are. Some play it through single stocks and calls. If they are a global macro fund, they play it through sector exchange-traded funds or even emerging-market-type stuff."
With the caveat that anybody who aggressively trades this market must babysit positions and be made of the stern stuff that responds to changing market conditions with discipline and equanimity, focus on the Select Sector SPDR-Materials XLB -0.9185303514376997% Select Sector SPDR-Materials U.S.: NYSE Arca 49.62 -0.46 -0.9185303514376997% /Date(1429304400256-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 3786752 AFTER HOURS 49.64 0.02 0.04030632809351068% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 41120 P/E Ratio N/A Market Cap N/A Dividend Yield 1.4898831116485287% Rev. per Employee N/A More quote details and news » (ticker: XLB), Select Sector SPDR-Industrials XLI -1.2039660056657224% Select Sector SPDR-Industrial U.S.: NYSE Arca 55.8 -0.68 -1.2039660056657224% /Date(1429304400069-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 11156454 AFTER HOURS 55.9 0.1 0.17921146953405018% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 147627 P/E Ratio N/A Market Cap N/A Dividend Yield 1.8688888888888888% Rev. per Employee N/A More quote details and news » (XLI), and the Select Sector SPDR-Energy XLE -0.7271845836868258% Select Sector SPDR-Energy U.S.: NYSE Arca 81.91 -0.6 -0.7271845836868258% /Date(1429304400069-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 16507656 AFTER HOURS 81.9 -0.01 -0.012208521548040533% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 409773 P/E Ratio N/A Market Cap N/A Dividend Yield 2.5146624343791966% Rev. per Employee N/A More quote details and news » (XLE).
Think of each fund's components as a trading menu. Correlation within the Standard & Poor's 500 is down sharply. Many stocks are outperforming benchmarks. This creates significant interest in buying individual stocks. Some investors simply crack open fund portfolios and buy the most-heavily weighted stocks. Others are more nuanced.
GOLDMAN SACHS' PORTFOLIO strategists, David Kostin and Stuart Kaiser, are telling their clients to focus on 25 global cyclical stocks that should outperform the S&P over the next 12 to 18 months as investors grow more confident about U.S. and Chinese economic growth. Recommended stocks include, Johnson Controls jci 0.5571030640668524% Johnson Controls Inc. U.S.: NYSE USD50.54 0.28 0.5571030640668524% /Date(1429304547396-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 5697965 AFTER HOURS USD50.54 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 9024 P/E Ratio 26.86868686868687 Market Cap 33219639682.5812 Dividend Yield 2.0577760189948555% Rev. per Employee 255476 More quote details and news » (JCI), BorgWarner BWA -0.27919198554770897% BorgWarner Inc. U.S.: NYSE USD60.72 -0.17 -0.27919198554770897% /Date(1429304560724-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 1824297 AFTER HOURS USD60.72 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 7374 P/E Ratio 21.01038062283737 Market Cap 13781801274.3811 Dividend Yield 0.8563899868247694% Rev. per Employee 377450 More quote details and news » (BWA), Cameron International CAM -1.52324431256182% Cameron International Corp. U.S.: NYSE USD49.78 -0.77 -1.52324431256182% /Date(1429304447822-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 2353610 AFTER HOURS USD49.78 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 47941 P/E Ratio 12.413965087281795 Market Cap 9600720232.71117 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 371000 More quote details and news » (CAM), Noble NE -3.1446540880503147% Noble Corp. PLC U.S.: NYSE USD16.94 -0.55 -3.1446540880503147% /Date(1429304713960-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 8294194 AFTER HOURS USD16.94 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 17492 P/E Ratio N/A Market Cap 4098717860.23598 Dividend Yield 8.85478158205431% Rev. per Employee 873650 More quote details and news » (NE), Marathon Oil MRO -0.5863192182410424% Marathon Oil Corp. U.S.: NYSE USD30.52 -0.18 -0.5863192182410424% /Date(1429304482867-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 7856392 AFTER HOURS USD30.6 0.08 0.2621231979030144% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 63945 P/E Ratio 8.391992960844698 Market Cap 20606402408.6809 Dividend Yield 2.7522935779816513% Rev. per Employee 3280480 More quote details and news » (MRO), Schlumberger SLB 1.0556099684405267% Schlumberger Ltd. U.S.: NYSE USD92.86 0.97 1.0556099684405267% /Date(1429304701901-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 19799811 AFTER HOURS USD92.65 -0.21 -0.22614688778806805% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 202821 P/E Ratio 22.10952380952381 Market Cap 118666352484.073 Dividend Yield 2.1537798836958864% Rev. per Employee 396575 More quote details and news » (SLB), Rowan RDC -0.34330554193231977% Rowan Cos. PLC U.S.: NYSE USD20.32 -0.07 -0.34330554193231977% /Date(1429304494926-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 3327465 AFTER HOURS USD20.32 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 45116 P/E Ratio N/A Market Cap 2531221738.10791 Dividend Yield 1.968503937007874% Rev. per Employee 450354 More quote details and news » (RDC), Tyco TYC -2.031863311013623% Tyco International PLC U.S.: NYSE USD42.43 -0.88 -2.031863311013623% /Date(1429304438434-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 3090581 AFTER HOURS USD42.43 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 51827 P/E Ratio 11.136482939632545 Market Cap 17822551483.4735 Dividend Yield 1.9325948621258544% Rev. per Employee 181263 More quote details and news » (TYC), Danaher dhr -1.4279026217228465% Danaher Corp. U.S.: NYSE USD84.22 -1.22 -1.4279026217228465% /Date(1429304474348-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 3681908 AFTER HOURS USD84.22 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 67599 P/E Ratio 21.65038560411311 Market Cap 59553225340.7165 Dividend Yield 0.6411778674899073% Rev. per Employee 280476 More quote details and news » (DHR), General Electric GE -0.10997067448680352% General Electric Co. U.S.: NYSE USD27.25 -0.03 -0.10997067448680352% /Date(1429304462438-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 87127169 AFTER HOURS USD27.26 0.01 0.03669724770642202% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 667361 P/E Ratio 18.01295610787943 Market Cap 274339375000 Dividend Yield 3.376146788990826% Rev. per Employee 471918 More quote details and news » (GE), Rockwell Automation ROK -1.7668153590483688% Rockwell Automation Corp. U.S.: NYSE USD112.31 -2.02 -1.7668153590483688% /Date(1429304648717-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 892199 AFTER HOURS USD112.5065 0.1965 0.17496215831181552% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 10978 P/E Ratio 18.32137030995106 Market Cap 15211715336.7456 Dividend Yield 2.3150209242275843% Rev. per Employee 293756 More quote details and news » (ROK), Microchip Technology MCHP -2.109033028253084% Microchip Technology Inc. U.S.: Nasdaq USD49.2 -1.06 -2.109033028253084% /Date(1429304400249-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 1617418 AFTER HOURS USD49.2 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 85172 P/E Ratio 25.759162303664922 Market Cap 9911291205.93949 Dividend Yield 2.902439024390244% Rev. per Employee 243749 More quote details and news » (MCHP), Linear Technology LLTC -1.0184391080617496% Linear Technology Corp. U.S.: Nasdaq USD46.165 -0.475 -1.0184391080617496% /Date(1429304400054-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 2621863 AFTER HOURS USD46.165 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 25195 P/E Ratio 22.410194174757283 Market Cap 11042391240.2594 Dividend Yield 2.5993718184772012% Rev. per Employee 313470 More quote details and news » (LLTC), Analog Devices ADI -1.0685593947429997% Analog Devices Inc. U.S.: Nasdaq USD63.42 -0.685 -1.0685593947429997% /Date(1429304400216-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 2388143 AFTER HOURS USD63.42 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 61343 P/E Ratio 30.3444976076555 Market Cap 19763384667.431 Dividend Yield 2.522863450015768% Rev. per Employee 313388 More quote details and news » (ADI), Xilinx XLNX -1.6694867456288776% Xilinx Inc. U.S.: Nasdaq USD43.585 -0.74 -1.6694867456288776% /Date(1429304400066-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 2234735 AFTER HOURS USD43.585 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 40096 P/E Ratio 17.36454183266932 Market Cap 11394731916.409 Dividend Yield 2.8450154869794653% Rev. per Employee 693791 More quote details and news » (XLNX), Molex (MOLX), Cisco CSCO -2.395104895104895% Cisco Systems Inc. U.S.: Nasdaq USD27.915 -0.685 -2.395104895104895% /Date(1429304400253-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 36411553 AFTER HOURS USD27.99 0.075 0.2686727565824825% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 493102 P/E Ratio 16.51775147928994 Market Cap 142498787424.993 Dividend Yield 3.0091348737238044% Rev. per Employee 649402 More quote details and news » (CSCO), Qualcomm QCOM -1.1706670593432484% Qualcomm Inc. U.S.: Nasdaq USD67.115 -0.795 -1.1706670593432484% /Date(1429304400208-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 13857909 AFTER HOURS USD67.15 0.035 0.05214929598450421% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 153199 P/E Ratio 13.953222453222454 Market Cap 110710219808.679 Dividend Yield 2.8607613797213736% Rev. per Employee 861470 More quote details and news » (QCOM), JDS Uniphase JDSU -1.03397341211226% JDS Uniphase Corp. U.S.: Nasdaq USD13.4 -0.14 -1.03397341211226% /Date(1429304400239-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 3226344 AFTER HOURS USD13.4 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 2103 P/E Ratio N/A Market Cap 3117978878.52287 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 340647 More quote details and news » (JDSU), Jabil JBL -2.2043238660449345% Jabil Circuit Inc. U.S.: NYSE USD23.07 -0.52 -2.2043238660449345% /Date(1429304743955-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 1665619 AFTER HOURS USD23.07 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 1760 P/E Ratio 75.61455260570305 Market Cap 4470089128.79578 Dividend Yield 1.387082791504118% Rev. per Employee 117611 More quote details and news » (JBL), MeadWestvaco MWV -1.4822546972860124% MeadWestvaco Corp. U.S.: NYSE USD47.19 -0.71 -1.4822546972860124% /Date(1429304907432-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 1982925 AFTER HOURS USD47.19 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 301970 P/E Ratio 9.300721352832197 Market Cap 7901540289.31138 Dividend Yield 2.1190930281839373% Rev. per Employee 375333 More quote details and news » (MWV), Air Products & Chemicals APD -1.1478329705125667% Air Products & Chemicals Inc. U.S.: NYSE USD149.85 -1.74 -1.1478329705125667% /Date(1429304664942-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 980842 AFTER HOURS USD149.85 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 1948 P/E Ratio 31.12278807011714 Market Cap 32108960518.7927 Dividend Yield 2.1621621621621623% Rev. per Employee 493042 More quote details and news » (APD), Dow Chemical DOW -0.18090452261306533% Dow Chemical Co. U.S.: NYSE USD49.66 -0.09 -0.18090452261306533% /Date(1429304542110-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 5970710 AFTER HOURS USD49.86 0.2 0.4027386226339106% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 117045 P/E Ratio 17.124137931034483 Market Cap 57209459482.4184 Dividend Yield 3.383004430124849% Rev. per Employee 1098600 More quote details and news » (DOW), Praxair PX -0.651600131969647% Praxair Inc. 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The strategists expect global economic growth to improve in the second half of this year and that their stock basket should rally.
So, be a pig. Ideally, be a paranoid pig, because when the porcine party ends, it will end quickly, and viciously. That's why it makes sense to use bullish call options as stock proxies. Calls cost less than stocks, so you lose less when the party ends. And pay attention to individual investor sentiment and margin debt. When the public is all in, the abattoir will be open for business.
STEVEN SEARS is the author of The Indomitable Investor: Why a Few Succeed in the Stock Market When Everyone Else Fails.
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Trulia expands real estate agent offerings with new customer management service by Blair Hanley Frank on November 6, 2014December 8, 2014 at 8:14 amComment Real estate agents need tools that can keep them in touch with their clients, especially in today's mobile-driven market. That's why San Francisco-based real estate company Trulia has created a service… Read More
Full Memo: Trulia lays off 85 employees from Market Leader division, President Ian Morris and other execs to depart by Blair Hanley Frank on June 4, 2014December 8, 2014 at 8:14 am1 Comment Trulia will be laying off approximately 85 employees from its Bellevue office in a move to consolidate its operations, following its $355 million acquisition of Market Leader last year. The… Read More
Trulia stock plummets in after-hours trading following earnings miss by Blair Hanley Frank on February 13, 2014December 8, 2014 at 8:04 amComment Trulia this afternoon reported that its revenue in the fourth quarter of 2013 reached $49.7 million, up almost 142 percent year-over-year from $20.6 million in 2012. In addition, the company reported… Read More
Trulia's new Market Leader unit is moving to Bellevue, doubling office space with 70,000 SF lease by John Cook on October 25, 2013December 14, 2014 at 3:25 pm 4 Comments In one of the biggest commercial real estate deals this year in Bellevue, Kirkland-based Market Leader plans to move into 70,000 square-feet of space in the Atrium Place building in December.… Read More
Market Leader shareholders green light Trulia's $355 million acquisition by John Cook on August 16, 2013December 8, 2014 at 8:06 am 2 Comments Shareholders of Market Leader today overwhelmingly approved Trulia's $355 million acquisition of the company. The deal, which was first announced in May, is designed to supercharge Trulia's business as it looks… Read More
Shares of Market Leader jump after Q2 revenue spurt by John Cook on August 5, 2013August 5, 2013 at 1:14 pm 3 Comments Last week, we heard about the financial results of Trulia. On Tuesday afternoon, we'll get a better sense of how Zillow performs. Today, we're getting a good look at Kirkland-based… Read More
Trulia gushes about Market Leader deal, says Zillow ad campaign not hurting traffic by John Cook on July 31, 2013July 31, 2013 at 4:11 pmComment Zillow is spending tens of millions of dollars on a big-budget advertising campaign this year, part of a plan by the Seattle company to establish itself as the dominant brand… Read More
The top tech stocks of 2012: Shares of Expedia take off by John Cook on January 1, 2013January 1, 2013 at 11:31 pmComment Super computers. Online travel. And marketing tools for real estate agents. Those were the hot segments in the Seattle tech sector in 2012 as Cray, Expedia and Market Leader each… Read More
Market Leader trims loss, boosts revenue as battle with Zillow rages by John Cook on May 1, 2012May 1, 2012 at 1:28 pmComment Seattle-based Zillow and Kirkland-based Market Leader are locked in a battle to provide the very best online tools to real estate professionals, something we've written about in detail over the… Read More
Why Zillow's CEO wants to be the OpenTable of real estate by John Cook on April 27, 2012April 27, 2012 at 6:37 am 9 Comments On the surface, OpenTable may not seem to hold many similarities with Zillow. After all, one specializes in restaurants, and other in real estate. But Zillow CEO Spencer Rascoff sees similarities… Read More
Zillow's market value tops $1 billion as shares surge by John Cook on April 2, 2012April 3, 2012 at 8:05 am 3 Comments Zillow continues to impress Wall Street, with shares of the Seattle online real estate company igniting today as investors pushed the stock up more than four percent. That boost means Zillow —… Read More
Market Leader lands $2.55M deal to help Century 21 agents manage sales leads and marketing by John Cook on March 13, 2012March 13, 2012 at 8:56 am 4 Comments Last month, I reported on how Market Leader and Zillow appear to be on a collision course in the online real estate market as both roll out new services for… Read More
Market Leader and Zillow are on a collision course in real estate by John Cook on February 29, 2012February 29, 2012 at 2:40 pm 5 Comments Earlier this month, Zillow CEO Spencer Rascoff told investors on a quarterly conference call that the Seattle online real estate company planned to make big investments in new tools to… Read More
Next up at Zillow: Tools to help real estate agents manage leads, contacts and much more by John Cook on February 15, 2012February 15, 2012 at 5:03 pm 4 Comments Historically, Zillow has derived the bulk of its revenue from online advertising, charging real estate agents to gain access to the company's growing ranks of home buyers and sellers. And… Read More
Nasdaq closes with a loss for 2011: A look back at the top and bottom performers by John Cook on January 2, 2012January 2, 2012 at 9:02 am 2 Comments It was a tough year for most of the publicly-traded tech companies in Washington state, with just a handful posting positive overall stock performance. Even tech titans like Amazon.com, Microsoft… Read More
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UK communications regulator Ofcom has delivered guidelines for product placement to advertise within programs, ruling that viewers must be alerted by a black-and-white "P" displayed for three seconds at the start and end, as well as after commercial breaks. Ofcom has also decreed that ads for alcohol, medicines, cigarettes, gambling services, baby milk, weapons and salty or fatty foods cannot be placed.
Europe has been divided over product placement, with some countries, including Germany, reluctant to embrace it — unlike in the United States, where it accounts for about 5 percent of the total TV advertising market, or about $2 billion a year on the basis of various estimates. Some analysts predict that UK product placement within programs could quickly attain a similar 5 percent of the TV advertising market there, or up to £150 million (about €178 million) a year. However, product-placement spending may be at the expense of traditional spot advertising.
Ofcom has largely followed guidelines specified by the European Union in its Audiovisual Media Services Directive, following the EU stipulation that product placement should not be allowed within children's programs, documentaries or news. However, the directive reflected divergent views within the European Union in some respects, for example, allowing individual member states to decide which products should not be allowed.
Product placement involves showing or mentioning a product or brand during a program, usually in return for payment to the broadcaster or content producer. If the product is highly valuable, however, it may be ruled to have been placed even if no money changes hands. Most European countries are relaxing rules on product placement under pressure from commercial broadcasters suffering from long-term decline in traditional advertising. Product placement is seen as a way of rejuvenating advertising by encouraging brand involvement in content and ultimately perhaps in funding production.
France has been the leading the European march toward product placement and will remain the largest market at least until 2014, when it will be worth about €207 million there, according to research firm PQ Media.
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For the first time, I'm actually quite afraid at having Barack Obama occupying the office of President of the United States. I hate to say it, but McCain was right – Obama doesn't have the experience needed for the job under the present circumstances.
At some not too distant point, this man is going to have to stand alone, break away from the chains of all his controllers and sycophants, agonize as he has never done before, and make a decision which will have incalculable consequences.
It really won't matter whether the decision will be about direct intervention in Iran or calling North Korea's bluff or calling out the Army and FEMA mercenaries to squash riots in Los Angeles, Gary, Des Moines, or wherever. If he really wants his job, he'll have to make the decision himself and order that it be carried out.
Watching the President's performance so far, I have no faith that he is ready for that …
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A Presidential candidate calling himself the winner before the votes are counted?
A social networking site 'informing the world' using newly minted "tweeters" that are promoted by a right wing newspaper in an antagonistic country within hours of their first posts? The folks being promoted writing in ENGLISH-
Said paper altering their web article after this has been revealed?
Welcome to the Zionists corrupting Iranian democracy and the worlds perspective.
Is the word "Tweeters' or "Twats"? I'm new to this social networking stuff…
Right-wing Israeli interests are engaged in an all out Twitter attack with hopes of delegitimizing the Iranian election and causing political instability within Iran.
Anyone using Twitter over the past few days knows that the topic of the Iranian election has been the most popular. Thousands of tweets and retweets alleging that the election was a fraud, calling for protests in Iran, and even urging followers hack various Iranian news websites (which they did successfully). The Twitter popularity caught the eye of various blogs such as Mashable and TechCrunch and even made its way to mainstream news media sites.
Were these legitimate Iranian people or the works of a propaganda machine? I became curious and decided to investigate the origins of the information. In doing so, I narrowed it down to a handful of people who have accounted for 30,000 Iran related tweets in the past few days. Each of them had some striking similarities -
1. They each created their twitter accounts on Saturday June 13th.
2. Each had extremely high number of Tweets since creating their profiles.
3. "IranElection" was each of their most popular keyword
4. With some very small exceptions, each were posting in ENGLISH.
5. Half of them had the exact same profile photo
6. Each had thousands of followers, with only a few friends. Most of their friends were EACH OTHER.
Why were these tweets in English? Why were all of these profiles OBSESSED with Iran? It became obvious that this was the work of a team of people with an interest in destabilizing Iran. The profiles are phonies and were created with the sole intention of destabilizing Iran and effecting public opinion as to the legitimacy of Iran's election.
I narrowed the spammers down to three of the most persistent – @StopAhmadi @IranRiggedElect @Change_For_Iran
I decided to do a google search for 2 of the 3 – @StopAhmadi and @IranRiggedElect. The first page to come up was JPost (Jerusalem Post) which is a right wing newspaper pro-Israeli newspaper.
JPost actually ran a story about 3 people "who joined the social network mere hours ago have already amassed thousands of followers." Why would a news organization post a story about 3 people who JUST JOINED TWITTER hours earlier? Is that newsworthy? JPost was the first (and only to my knowledge) major news source that mentioned these 3 spammers.
JPost, a major news organization, promoted these three Twitterers who went on the be the source of the IranElection Twitter bombardment. Why is JPost so concerned about Iranian students all of a sudden (which these spammers claim to be)? I must admit that I had my suspicions. After all, Que Bono? (who benefits).
There's no question that Israel perceives Iran as an enemy, more so than any other nation. According to a recent poll, more than half of Israel's population support using military force against Iran if they do not cease from developing nuclear energy (which they have the legal right to do as per the NNP treaty). Oddly enough, this comes out of a country which is not a cosigner to the NNP treaty and has no right to develop nuclear energy, yet posses an arsenal of nuclear BOMBS.
Of course, Mousavi himself plays an important role in causing the social unrest within Iran. How often do you see a candidate declare himself the winner before any votes are counted and then, when faced with defeat, call the entire election process a fraud? As obvious as it was in our own 2000 election, Al Gore would not touch the topic of voter fraud. No major US politician goes near the subject. They know full well that such an accusation would shake the entire foundation of our democracy and threaten the political structures that are in place.
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Here is the proof, multiple graphics and all, that show the JPost both linked to the Tweeters oddly enough right after they got posting. Then removed the paragraph with the links from the web presence of the article after this tie in had been revealed.
The savvy web researcher found this scheme out by googling the screen names of the most prolific tweeters (twats?) using keywords of concerning Iran and the election.
Read the whole article. you'll be amazed- and I doubt FOX CNN or any of the other corporate media outlets will touch it.
My introduction to the power of Twitter was the Israeli rape of Gaza a few months ago. I was asked by a long-time blogger friend (who has risen to lofty heights on most of the Twitter rating charts) to help retweet on-the-ground news coming from the war zone. The adrenaline rush was incredible. Addiction. Yes. Physical, emotional, mental. It took me a couple of days (or in Twitter parlance, "daze") to see and accept it for what it was. But for this, like all addictions, recognition of the sickness is not resolution. I know that total abstinence is the only solution to addiction of any sort, and I'm still not ready for that. The negative consequences do not yet outpace the goodies, if you understand that.
One reason I got immediately hooked was that it seemed like a cut and dried fight between good and evil. Palestinian good; Isreali bad. On the third day of the Gaza genocide, I was lucky that some clear thinking broke through enough that I could see that Hamas was far from squeaky clean in the conflict. Yes, Zionist Israel sucks big time, but Hamas continued to provoke and, I steadfastly maintain, was at least partially responsible for many of the civilian deaths in the Strip. You can delete me from your ideological blogroll for that, but there it is. I just can't support any violence perpetrated for political tactics and strategies.
At any rate, I learned some lessons about flash mobs and disinfo from the experience. Toward the end of the Gaza invasion, I concentrated on verifiable news and the plight of civilians, rather than taking sides. It didn't seem there were a lot of good guys balancing the bad guys. And a lot of the tweets from the ground were, in a word, shit.
Although I wish it wasn't true, I can't really shake the fact that I'm a white American male. I'm subject to schadenfreude just like the next guy, especially if there's blood, and running crowds, and tear gas flying, and riot sticks. Brings back memories of the Boston and Cambridge Commons in the sixties, I guess. At the very base, riots are a spectator sport, whether you're part of the melée or reporting the blow-by-blow from the grandstand. Sad, but true …
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In St. Louis several weeks ago members of the National Socialist Movement (NSM) gathered, dressed in combat boots, wearing all black clothing and sporting signs and flags of hate. While you and I condemn these types of groups, they see nothing wrong in their message. They innocently claim to be a "Civil Rights Group for Whites". Now, I'm white and the only time my civil rights have ever been violated were in cases of homophobia, and sexual discrimination. I'm White so shouldn't the NSM defend those civil rights of mine, to be a lesbian, a woman? Hardly. As usual, these groups claim one thing and do another.
Ladies and Gentlemen we are again in the midst of battle upon this continent. A tense battle of Ideologies which leave many wounded, some dead (Dr. George Tiller MD), many disenfranchised, hopeless, and many more that are starving in the land of opportunity. We may argue that everyone immersed in this battle actually believe that their ideas are what's right for America. Personally I believe that quite a few of the key players in this struggle are mainly concerned with their wallets, and not what is best for the people. And with sadness I must admit that what Lincoln feared most, has already occurred, " that this nation shall have a new birth of freedom — and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth." But it has…our system of Governance has become "Corporatism". A merger of Big Government and big business, it's become a system in which Monopolistic corporations and bankers are the Government. The government which now builds and warranties cars. There is no distinguishable line between the two, business and government. We abolished slavery to bring that freedom to every American. Tho women were not yet included, and we know that bigotry and racism were not truthfully addressed until the 1960's, when they became mandated. Still to this very day these subjects divide us. And that's the way the government wants it. They want the class war, the race war, the political war which we fight everyday, they want it to keep building, thereby dividing us. They bombard our airwaves with all sorts of terror alerts, not the standard terror alert, but subtle seemingly harmless commercials. Do you have "public anxiety disorder", what about those thieves that are just sitting in your bushes to break in on your teen-aged daughter as soon as you leave the house- better get an alarm system. Everyday on the news we are warned of trans -fat, mad cows, too little Vit. D, Pig Flu, Bird Flu, SARS, West Nile Virus, deafness due to ipods, the dangers of video games, the carpel tunnel syndrome from Twitter, Dengue fever, epidemics, pandemics, and on and on. Keep us scared, keep us distrustful of our neighbors, isolate and divide us so we can't compare notes. But those of us who take the blinders from our eyes are seeing it all around us. Many of us have come to acknowledge that there can't be great wealth, without great poverty. We common folk are deep in the trenches of this class war raging throughout Amerika. We stay home more, we buy mostly necessities which are never on sale or fairly priced. We live in fear of all the crap that the media and the advertisers throw at our ears, we also live in fear of losing our homes, our cars, our jobs, our "worth". This is where Corporatism has delivered us. Free trade has masqueraded as a good policy, while what it has really done has been to control and enslave the the world. Big corporations have holdings in nearly every country on earth. Governments have monetary control over one another. What is Amerika going to do if/when China calls in her debt, when they want payment in full from us? Free-trade has never been free. It is simply a way for monopolizing businesses to move resources and people as they wish, no rules, no regulation, no protection for the workers, all to maximize profit for the leaders. Trickle down economics has left the vast majority of Americans, and other world citizens bankrupt of dreams, and holding on white knuckled to what pittance we have. We have more Americans living a third world life style than ever before. It's the dirty little secret we all keep inside, many afraid to ever give thought to it- let alone to speak it, as if speaking it might just cause us to fall below the poverty level ourselves. Free-trade reminds me of good ol' George Orwell, I mean it sounds good, stick the word free in front of any other wood- it's going to sound good. Free horse shit- oh good I don't have to buy fertilizer for my recession garden! But in this case "free" equals "no regulation". It's just a way to eliminate pesky rules and restrictions so that corporations can rape us and the Earth more than they already do. Freedom in free trade speak means only freedom for the corporations and a varying degree of slavery for all of us. In eliminating these rules and oversight they have really created one new law- the only law that really matters in today's world- and the world we're on the verge of being totally engulfed in. That law proclaims that business, politicians, corporations, (the real rulers) can do whatever the hell they want, to whoever the hell they want. It doesn't matter who suffers, it doesn't even matter if people die- sometimes death can be very cost effective. If we don't wake up soon, if we don't cowboy up and shout the truth to one another, if we don't band together very very soon- it will be to late. Take a look at the world around you-it is becoming a global feudalism. We're led around by so many conflicting truths and lies that we're not sure which way is up. Global warming is happening- if you listen to certain scientists. On the other hand those scientist over there say global warming is a hoax. Think about it folks- whose payroll are these scientists on? It doesn't really matter which side you believe as long as you spend your money or ruin your credit. Spend it on solar cells, or spend it on Hummers- but spend. Because all the money goes to the same place, it goes to Corporatism. And unless we start using our own minds, our own inner knowledge, and see through the hazy mist of the monopolistical cloud, we're sunk. All of us. The wing-nuts and the liberals. The common woman in Amerika and the common woman in Nigeria , we all either rise together or sink together. So, who are some of the big guns on the other side of this war? I'll provide you with the names of some of top echelon, study their history and always remember to follow the money. The FDA yeah-think of all the money big pharma acquires by making prescriptions for diseases that don't exist until they make the drug. i.e. Paxil for social anxiety disorder. Talk to my mother-out-law (since legally my partner & I can't be married she can't be my mother-in-law), but talk to her about how Celabrex killed her father. How much money did the FDA get for fast-tracking that? Then there's the World Bank, Council on Foreign Relations, World Trade Org., the World Health Org., the International Monetary Fund, the EPA (who benefits from both sides of the global warming debate), Center for Disease Control, The Rockefeller Group (a private corporation dedicated to excellence in commercial real estate, real estate services, and telecommunications), the U.N., all the so-called intelligence agencies around the world, NASA, the Club of Rome-(is a global think tank that deals with a variety of international political issues. Here's an example of their mind-set which raised considerable public attention in 1972 with its report The Limits to Growth. In 1993, it published a followup called The First Global Revolution. According to this book, "It would seem that humans need a common motivation, namely a common adversary, to organize and act together in the vacuum; such a motivation must be found to bring the divided nations together to face an outside enemy, either a real one or else one invented for the purpose….The common enemy of humanity is man….Democracy is no longer well suited for the tasks ahead" and "In searching for a new enemy to unite us, we came up with the idea that pollution, the threat of global warming, water shortages, famine etc., would fit the bill." ), many administrations at our large and prestigious universities, Bilderberg which is described as "the high priests of globalisation" "transatlantic power elite who holds secret conferences" with secret guest lists, and whose roots were in Nazi Germany, NATO, the trilateral Commission, Yale's Skull & Bones Society,. The world is shaped by to the wishes of the corporatists who work together through these and many other organizations.
It's hard to go against the grain. To doubt things that "experts" swear are true. It's becoming harder day by day-especially for our children. We all agree that education in this country sucks-unless you have enough money to send your kid to a private school (which are training camps for Corporatism). But public education is a joke. If you need proof of that, think about how little we pay our teachers-some of which are living below the poverty level. It's to the benefit of the world leaders to keep on dumbing us down. Keeping us barefoot, pregnant, and scared- so that we believe they are the only ones that can fix things. WRONG, you and I are the only ones who can fix things, "we the people". Where to start? We've already started with this document. Now each of us need to delve into these groups, these people, and spread the word. Print out what you find- pass these hand-outs around, form groups, discuss, shout from the rooftops. Grassroots can and does work. I can no longer march, M.S. won't let me protest in warm weather, it also jumbles and disconnects my speech. But I can write and inform. Join me, pass out leaflets, talk to people, let's render therefore to Lincoln the things which are Lincoln's.
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Egypt's curious gallery of presidential candidates reveals how much the nation has changed, yet how deeply it still echoes with voices connected to the repressive rule of deposed President Hosni Mubarak.
Egypt's curious gallery of presidential candidates reveals how much the nation has changed, yet how deeply it still echoes with voices connected to the repressive rule of deposed President Hosni Mubarak.
The country's revolution brought new faces, including Khairat el-Shater, a former political prisoner running as a candidate for the Muslim Brotherhood. But the revolt failed to sweep away prominent, if shadowy, challengers from the past, most notably Omar Suleiman, Mubarak's spymaster and confidant.
The presidential race lays bare today's volatile Egypt: a battleground between ascending Islamists and the remnants of a regime seeking to conjure a sense of stability in a land troubled by crime and economic turmoil. The contest between the two forces sharpened after the revolution's young activists failed to inspire Egyptians with a political alternative.
"If we have three members of Mubarak's regime running for office after the revolution, then it is obvious the revolution remains unfinished," said Bashir Abdel Fattah, editor of Democracy magazine.
The grass-roots reach of the Muslim Brotherhood, which controls nearly 50 percent of Parliament, makes el-Shater, a multimillionaire, a strong contender in next month's election. Another popular Islamist is Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh, a moderate who was expelled from the Brotherhood when he chose to run as an independent.
Suleiman's appearance has revived memories of last year when, as Mubarak's vice president, he disappeared after failing to buttress the regime against the popular revolt. His candidacy is not expected to significantly recast the dynamics of the race, but it may skim support from two other Mubarak-era officials: former Foreign Minister Amr Moussa, who is leading in the polls, and former Prime Minister Ahmed Shafik.
The retired intelligence chief's campaign has outraged Islamists and reminded the country that many things look the same despite a rebellion that gripped the Arab world and promised a new political current. Aboul Fotouh, who was jailed by Mubarak's regime, said Suleiman's bid "insults those who have sacrificed their lives to put an end to the police state."
In an interview published Monday, Suleiman told Al Akhbar newspaper that he received "death threats and messages saying, 'We will take revenge' from members of the Muslim Brotherhood and other Islamist groups."
The Egyptian Independent newspaper described the contest as a "fast-changing presidential race that has the unpredictable turns of a soap opera." Ahram Online said: "Who will run and who will be disqualified, and what is the fate of Egypt."
Suleiman submitted his campaign papers over the weekend. Commentators suggested he was the choice of the ruling military council, even as he trails el-Shater, Moussa and Hazem Salah abu Ismail, an ultraconservative Islamist who may be forced from the race in light of revelations that his deceased mother was a U.S. citizen.
The 75-year-old Suleiman is the strongest link to Mubarak, giving Egyptians, many of whom worry about the nation's instability, a clear vote against an Islamist-controlled government and the rebellion that disrupted their lives.
"I fear the monopoly of the Brotherhood and the Islamists," said Sherif Hussein, a 28-year-old engineer and Suleiman supporter. "During Mubarak's time we were not financially struggling like we are now. … Suleiman has great international and regional ties and with his connections can lure foreign investments back in no time."
The competing images of el-Shater and Suleiman couldn't be starker. Imprisoned by Mubarak for years, el-Shater, who has been meeting with U.S. officials, ran his corporations from a jail cell while financing the Brotherhood. Suleiman was Mubarak's chief international negotiator and a symbol of the secret police and security forces that persecuted el-Shater and thousands of other Islamists and dissidents.
Today, el-Shater is closer to the center of power. But many Egyptians are angry at the Brotherhood for running el-Shater after promising not to enter a candidate, to calm fears of Islamist hegemony. There is the prospect he could be disqualified from the race as a felon; the Brotherhood entered a backup candidate in the event that happens.
The Brotherhood also faces intense criticism over its control of a panel to draft a constitution. Liberals, secularists, Christians and a leading Muslim institution are boycotting the constituent assembly. The acrimony is another sign that the Brotherhood, Egypt's most potent and revered opposition for decades, has stumbled as it attempts to lead.
"The Brotherhood has lost a lot of credibility and their performance in parliament is yet to convince many," said Fattah, the magazine editor. "It is not likely that they will win many presidential votes outside the group."
Part of the problem is the ruling military council, which has promised to hand power to a civilian government by the end of June. The Brotherhood and the military have been cooperating for months, but recent strains have upset the relationship. Both sides want to protect their power, especially the military, which has vast economic interests.
The new president will immediately encounter this uneasy balance.
"Everything looks gloomy and I don't know what the future of the country and the revolution will be like," said Ahmed Saied Dahan, a banker. "The military did everything possible to make Egyptians hate the revolution and what it stands for. And now many people are willing to go back to Mubarak's days in the shape of Suleiman, Moussa or Shafik."


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what year was the lbz engine mabe , and is it the best for all around fuel mileage and power! Looking to buy but don't know which motor to look for! thanks for the help Ozzie
2006- 2007.5 so they can be hard to come by some times. It also had some of the best power add ons and comes with the 6 speed Allison not the 5 speed of the previous years.
Ok I guess what I need to know is the lbz the best duramax or is there a better one out there that will get mileage and power! Don't need loads of power just pulling a camper , boat ect. thanks again Ozzie
For an used truck the LBZ is the best for milage and power but the newest trucks are by far more powerful and more fuel efficient but they have alot of emissions stuff to worry about. The LBZ also has less emission stuff that restricts the engine.
Hi I can personally tell you to stick with an older duramax the newer ones have a diesel particulate filter that goes into whats called a "regen" mode where it cleans out the filter. In the process it will make your mileage tank into the single digits. The new LMM duramax's go into "regen" every tank of diesel you go through along with having to have the diesel exhaust fluid as well (2010+). However the LML duramax's (2007.5-2009 I think) do not require the diesel exhaust fluid and go into "regen" mode less often. If your looking for fantastic mileage stick with a 6 speed allison transmission and whichever duramax you'd like. I can say in my LLY with the 5 speed allison I get about 16 in the city and 23 on the highway with oversized rims and tires. I hope that information helps.
05, thanks for the info; I'm looking to buy a used truck , was thinking that I had been told that the LBZ was the best duramax for what I want ; fuel mileage being at the top of the list! thanks for the help. Ozzie
I would say the best way to go would be the LBZ for fuel mileage. Check http://www.dieselplace.com/forum/ there you can find out just about anything you need to know on duramax's. Most people to maximize fuel mileage/ power put an air intake exhaust and tuner on their trucks as well so that might also be something you may want to consider.
I have a 2013 Silverado 2500HD. I was told it was an LML motor. It does have the Diesel Exhaust Fluid. I guess to cut down on all the black smoke. I was just replying to the fact that mine, I believe, is an LML. Love the power it has, stock! I pull a 38' 11" 5th wheel travel trailer. I'm wondering about the block heater. If it has one or not. Thanks.


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