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1,000 Architects & Engineers Call for a Real 9/11 Investigation Press Conference and Dinner February 19, 2010
January 25, 2010
Architects and Engineers for 9/11truth.org
AE911Truth will hold a press conference on Friday,
February 19, at 11:00 AM at the Marines
Memorial Club and Hotel in San Francisco. We will announce and honor the
milestone of our achievement of obtaining 1,000
architects and engineers (A/E's) petitioning for a real investigation into
the destruction of the 3 World Trade Center skyscrapers.
The Marine Memorial Club and Hotel in the heart of San Francisco provides
a first-class backdrop for announcing AE911Truth's achievement
Invitations are being sent to more than 400 local AIA members, to many local,
national, and international media outlets, and to more than 15,000 AE911Truth.org
petition signers and supporters from around the world.
The press conference will include a large-screen scrolling display of all 1,000
A/E's; statements by Richard Gage, AIA, founder of AE911Truth and several petition
signers; and a short ten-minute presentation of "9/11: Blueprint for Truth"
— the explosive evidence for the engineered destruction of the 3 World Trade
Center skyscrapers. A press kit including the AE911Truth DVD will be made available
to all attendees.
We will also be inviting various leaders in the 9/11 Truth movement to this
milestone event. We are working with We Are Change and other 9/11 Truth
organizations to deliver hardcopy petition
evidence press kits to every member of Congress.
A fund-raising and working luncheon will be held after the press conference
in… Continue reading
8:12PM Friday November 27, 2009
Source: Close
Up, TVNZ
Close Up speaks to a renowned architect as he claims a destroyed building in
the 9/11 attacks collapsed due to controlled demolitions.
Everyone can remember the collapse of the World Trade Centres in New York in
2001, but not many can accurately recall that not two, but three buildings went
Tower 7, as it was called, collapsed in the afternoon of September 11th, 2001,
but failed to gain notoriety because it was never hit by a plane, yet still
it came down.
Which is exactly what troubles internationally respected architect Richard
Gage, who's causing a stir in the USA for claiming that the buildings were instead
destroyed by controlled demolitions with explosives.
Video Source: Close Up
architect as he claims a destroyed building in the 9/11 attacks collapsed due
to controlled demolitions.
Video Source: Close Up– Close Up speaks to a renowned
Provided by Janice Matthews
[11/28 Correction – The Close Up host's name has been corrected. JM]
Close Up's Mike Hosking:
No one can ever forget those horrific images of 9/11. Remember them? The planes
smashing into those buildings on a sunny New York Day.
And then, of course, the collapse of not just two but three World Trade Buildings.
You remember Tower 7, as it was called? It collapsed in the afternoon of September
11 but it failed to gain notoriety because it was never hit by a… Continue reading
More great news from The Hard Evidence Tour Down Under
Wow!! Finally a proper interview in Sydney! Listen here:
Go to WSFM and vote here on the question of whether "Gage makes sense"
Please thank them by e-mail asap…..
Email Jonesy – brendanjones [at] wsfm.com.au
Email Amanda – amanda [at] wsfm.com.au
This is a testament to the work you're all doing. Thank you all!
Kind regards,
John Bursill
October 12, 2009
Contact: Event information: Aaron Brown; Program content: Dwain Deets
Phone: Brown: 909-576-2800 Deets: 760-445-3242
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Event Date: Wednesday, October 21, 12:00 p.m.
NASA Engineer to Speak on Destruction of WTC Buildings
Encinitas resident a leader among 900 architects and engineers
San Diego – On Wednesday, October 21, 2009, former NASA engineering executive Dwain Deets, will speak on behalf of more than 900 architects and engineers who cite evidence of explosive demolition at all three World Trade Center high-rises on 9/11 and are calling for a new, independent investigation into their destruction.
Mr. Deets' multimedia presentation will begin at 12:00 p.m. at the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice, on the campus of University of San Diego, 5998 Alcalá Park, San Diego, CA 92110. The event will conclude at 3:00 p.m.
An engineer with NASA Dryden Flight Research Center for more than 37 years, Mr. Deets is a board member and the writing team leader for Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth (AE911Truth). Comprised of more than 900 architects and engineers listed on their website at AE911Truth.org, the organization contends that the official FEMA and NIST reports fail, for several reasons, to explain correctly the towers' destruction. AE911Truth points in particular to the destruction of the third high-rise, World Trade Center 7, which was not hit by a plane but came down in less than seven seconds. These 900 architects and engineers have signed a petition calling for a new investigation.
Mr.… Continue reading
Will be archived here after the broadcasts by Friday.
Wednesday & Thursday Evening – LIVE From Oakland
Live Radio Broadcast — Keynote Speakers from the 911 Truth Film Festival
Will be archived here after the broadcasts by Friday.
Dylan Avery answers questions from the audience LIVE
Wednesday, Sept 9 at 9:20 pm Pacific — 12:20 am Eastern — 04:20 GMT
Q & A with Dylan Avery right after the West Coast Premiere of his new film, Loose Change, An American Coup. On Google alone, the preceding versions of "Loose Change" have been viewed nearly 125 million times. On YouTube the film has a combined viewership of over 30 million worldwide. More than two million copies of the DVD have been sold, and thousands more have been given away. The original "Loose Change" film has been translated into twenty-six languages and has spawned a truth movement around the world. The initial film had a budget of $2,000. This latest version, "Loose Change 9/11: An American Coup", has an estimated budget of $1,000,000. "Loose Change 9/11: An American Coup" is available exclusively on DVD September 22, 2009.
Dr. David Ray Griffin speaks LIVE & answers questions from the audience.
Thursday, Sept 10 at 7:50 pm Pacific — 10:50 pm Eastern — 02:50 GMT
Introduced by Peter Phillips, a founder of Project Censored. David Ray Griffin has 2 new books which have just been released — The Mysterious Collapse of World Trade Center 7-Why the Final Official Report… Continue reading
by Jim Hoffman
Version 0.9; August 27, 2009
(Please refer to original article at this link for updated versions)
By now it's quite predictable:
every year as the anniversary of the attack approaches,
some of the most established mainstream media brands
are pressed into service to sell the official story of 9/11.
The 2009 iteration of this spectacle
is notable for the contrast between
the designated brand
and the obligatory message.
That brand, best known for its high-brow photojournalistic
National Geographic Magazine,
has existed since 1889, complete with a non-profit Society dedicated to
education in geography, archaeology, history, world cultures,
and natural science.
One can't help but wonder how National Geographic's many benefactors
would feel if they understood how the brand was being
used to prop up the "War on Terror"
with its
attack piece to be aired on August 31, 2009.
A web feature on the website of the
National Geographic Channel
provides a preview of the show
and a window into the methods and goals of the show's producers.
Those methods are so heavy-handed that the critical reader
can't help but see
that those goals are something very different from educating.
As an exercise, the reader might want to
read the one-page feature first,
and then compare notes with
my analysis of it below.
The 2009 documentary isn't the first time the
National Geographic brand has been used to rubber-stamp
the official account of the attack.
On September 17,… Continue reading
AE911Truth with Richard Gage, AIA
LIVE STREAMED from The Commonwealth Club of California
TONIGHT, Tuesday, September 8 starting at 5:45PM Pacific
An important event for the 9/11 truth movement will occur on Tuesday night
in San Francisco when Richard Gage, AIA, speaks at the oldest public forum in
the nation, The Commonwealth
Club in California. Architects & Engineers For 9/11 Truth will webcast
this event live on the Internet from our website AE911Truth.org.
We follow in the footsteps of the great David Ray Griffin, who first broke
the 9/11 Truth barrier at the Commonwealth Club last year. In just under 40
minutes we will present the scientific evidence for the explosive controlled
destruction of the 3 World Trade Center high-rises on 9/11. We will examine
the behavior of these buildings as well as the explosive evidence found in the
debris. More evidence may be found on our website
and DVD.
A screening of this historic moment will be presented in New York City at 56
Walker Street. Also, everyone is encouraged to tune in on your own computer
as Mr. Gage explains why the official conspiracy theory put forth by NIST is
not supported by the evidence, and that explosive controlled demolition is,
very unfortunately, the only viable explanation for the WTC destruction in New
York City on September 11, 2001.
Pre-register! If you are local and coming please make sure to get your tickets
today as it might be sold out.
We'll see you live at 5:45!
Posted by Steven Jones at 911blogger.com
A special on 9/11 has just been shown on the National Geographic Channel, produced by Robert Erickson. Robert also conducted interviews with me and others. In March 2009, Prof. David Ray Griffin and I and Gregg Roberts exchanged emails with Robert Erickson which demonstrate our efforts to get Mr. Erickson and his team to be accurate and fair in their treatment of our scientific work regarding 9/11 — particularly the evidence for the use of explosives in the World Trade Center destruction. For the record, then, I have pulled together our exchanges of emails.
Robert Erickson, emailed David Ray Griffin on 3/27/09:
"if Jones is surprised that we just placed bags of thermite around the column…what else would Jones have suggested? "
I was informed of the question above and I responded on 3/28/09 as follows:
Bags of commercial thermite set against a steel column — what a pathetic "experiment." Not anywhere close to representing my views, as you must know, from our discussion about the red/gray chips and the crucial distinction between ordinary thermite and super-thermite! What a terrible and unfair straw-man joke you are evidently trying to pull.
Why can't you get a sample of super-thermite? I think you can, if you will actually try. Or are you like NIST which refuses to look?
1. http://awards.lanl.gov/PDFfiles/Super-Thermite_Electric_Matches_2003.pdf
Super-Thermite Electric Matches
The principal application is in the entertainment industry, which uses fireworks displays for a variety of venues, such as sporting… Continue reading
Time Comes When Silence is Betrayal! Protest the BBC September 11th, 2009
Scientific peer-reviewed proof nano-thermite found in the rubble at
Ground Zero
750+ architects and engineers demand a new investigation
9/11 is a historical event and it has changed the way we live today.
Subsequent to 9/11, the Bush and Blair administrations launched an aggressive
War on Terror which we were told would last the rest of our lives. Shortly after,
Afghanistan and Iraq were invaded and the blood of millions of innocents has
been spilt. Furthermore, the Patriot Act and UK Anti-Terror legislation has
eroded our civil liberties with devastating effect. The police state has never
been better funded. The mainstream media has sensationalized Islamaphobia and
Muslims are subject to countless unnecessary stops, searches, raids, arrests
and harrassements. The War on Terror is a War OF Terror.
This makes it all the more concerning when we discover that many western intelligence
agencies had foreknowledge of the attacks and failed abysmally to prevent them.
Furthermore, the 9/11 Commission Report and subsequent NIST reports are inconsistent
with records of the day and even contradictory in themselves. Scientists have
since released a peer reviewed paper on evidence of Nano-Thermate in the rubble
of ground zero and have repeatedly requested the computer model from NIST which
describes how the towers fell and which was never peer reviewed in accordance
with the scientific standards. There are also over 750 architects and engineers
who dismiss the… Continue reading
By John Bursill — Australian Activist and Engineer
August 15, 2009
As the anniversary of 9/11 approaches once again it leads us to reflect on
what we have achieved and what is yet to be achieved by the 9/11 Truth and Justice
Campaign. One thing we all might agree on is that a more "focused"
and "deliberate" media campaign is in order this anniversary.
In this last year we have received some very powerful tools to use in our battle
against those who would see us fade away as a movement. The most powerful is
arguably the "Active Thermitic Material Discovered in Dust from 9/11 World
Trade Center Catastrophe" paper provided, peer reviewed and published by
our hard working scholars internationally. While this world-changing evidence
has received press in parts of Europe and Asia, it has not been reported on
within the corporate media of the "Coalition of the willing", being
predominantly the United States, United Kingdom and Australia. It is important
to note these countries are also the major supporters of the "War on Terror"
having direct military involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan to this day.
What I propose is an all out, all day attempt to get this controversial paper
reported on in the press by demonstrating in front of corporate media facilities
worldwide. With simply the "Thermitic Materials Paper" in one hand
and Architects and Engineers DVD "9/11 Blueprint for Truth" in the
other we have a completely rational and non-conspiratorial basis to demand that
the press… Continue reading
August 13, 2009
Nearly one year ago, on August 19, 2008, 53 year old Barry Jennings died, two days before the release of the NIST Final Report on the collapse of WTC7. Jennings had bee serving as Deputy Director of Emergency Services Department for New York City, including on September 11th, 2001, when he saw and heard explosions BEFORE the Twin Towers fell, while attempting to evacuate the WTC7 Command Center with NY Corporation Counsel Michael Hess. Jennings publicly shared his experiences with reporters on the day of 9/11/01, as well as in a lengthy 2007 video interview with Dylan Avery, a small clip of which was the released; subsequently his job was repeatedly threatened and he asked that the taped interview not be released. However, after an interview with Jennings was broadcast by the BBC in their program The Third Tower ostensibly refuting what he had previously stated to Avery, Avery felt compelled to release the full original video interview to show the distortions made by the BBC. The cause of Jennings' death has not been made public, and a private investigator hired by Avery to discover the cause and circumstances surrounding his death abruptly ended his investigation. (More detail on all of this is available at jenningsmystery.com.) In spite of the significance of Jennings' position with NYC on 9/11 and his controversial eyewitness testimony regarding the collapse of WTC7, the media has not investigated or reported on his death, nor reported on his statements.
Widespread public action… Continue reading
From Colorado911visibility.org
DENVER Saturday, August 15, 2009 at 7:00 p.m.
Denver, KBDI-12, Colorado Public Television
TV airing of "9/11: Blueprint for Truth"
with in-studio appearance by Richard Gage, AIA
KBDI Colorado Public Television to Air '9/11: Blueprint for Truth
Saturday, August 15, 2009 – 7:00 – 9:00 pm MDT
KBDI, Channel 12 will be featuring '9/11: Blueprint for Truth' as a pledge
drive fundraiser. Richard Gage, AIA, will be at the studio for on-air interviews
during this historic broadcast.
We are thrilled with this development!
However, please do not call or email KBDI.
The staff at KBDI thank you all for your calls and emails regarding the broadcasts
of '9/11 Press For Truth' and the upcoming broadcast of '9/11: Blueprint for
Truth.' As much as they would like to be able to personally respond to everyone,
they cannot, as the volume of grateful responses is overwhelming their small
But here are things you can do that will help the 9/11 Truth movement:
1) If you are outside the Colorado area, contact your local PBS station and
deliver to them a copy of '9/11 Press for Truth,' 'Zero,' and '9/11: Blueprint
for Truth.' Tell them of the great success KBDI Colorado Public Television has
had with their pledge drive with '9/11 Press for Truth,' and suggest they screen
these films.
Don't forget, this is a relationship you are building with your local PBS station.
We may soon have some guidelines for you–but you know what to do: dress nicely,
be… Continue reading
by Kevin R. Ryan
Scoop Independent News
See also… http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0907/S00124.htm
Kevin R. Ryan: Demolition access to the WTC Towers
Who could have placed explosives in the World Trade Center (WTC) towers? This is the second essay in a series that attempts to answer that question. The first installment began by considering the tenants that occupied the impact zones and the other floors that might have played a useful role in the demolition of the WTC towers. [1] The result was a picture of connections to organizations that had access to explosive materials and to the expertise required to use explosives. Additionally it was seen that, in the years preceding 9/11, the impact zone tenants had all made structural modifications to the areas where the airliners struck the buildings.
The management representatives of these tenant companies were seen to be secretive and powerful. Through these powerful people, the tenants were connected to organizations that benefited greatly from the 9/11 attacks, including the defense contractors Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, General Dynamics, Halliburton, and Science Applications International Corp (SAIC). The tenants also had strong connections to the Bush family and their corporate network, including Dresser Industries (now Halliburton) and UBS, and to Deutsche Bank and its subsidiaries, reported to have brokered the insider trading deals. There were also links between these tenant companies and the terrorist-financing Bank of Credit and Commerce International (BCCI).
Throughout this review we should keep in mind that, according to 2009 estimates, the membership of Al Qaeda's conspiracy network is… Continue reading
from Kevin Ryan
July 21, 2009
A new paper is available at The
Journal of 9/11 Studies. This is from Professor Graeme MacQueen, and is
called "Did the Earth Shake Before The South Tower Hit the Ground?"
Here is the abstract:
"In the debate over the collapses of the Twin Towers on 9/11, the shaking
of the earth that accompanied these collapses has played an important role.
This shaking registered clearly on seismographs. Less clear, however, are
its causes and the times it began. The National Institute of Standards and
Technology emphasizes the role of the debris from the collapsing buildings
in producing the seismic signals. In assessing NIST's hypothesis I focus
on the collapse of the South Tower and attempt to determine the time the collapse
began, the time the debris from the Tower struck the ground, and the temporal
relation of these events to the shaking of the earth that accompanied the
collapse. I consider both the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory's seismic
evidence and the evidence provided by a less studied form of seismic instrument,
the video camera. I also draw on witness testimony. I conclude that key statements
by NIST are false. Major shaking of the earth, and corresponding seismic signals,
started well before the debris hit the ground. In fact, it seems certain that
the shaking of the earth started before visible signs of building collapse.
This evidence is incompatible with the official NIST hypothesis of the cause
of the collapse of the Towers."
Thanks… Continue reading
June 30, 2009
Contact: Justin Keogh
Phone: (510) 292-4710
Electronic mail: http://www.ae911truth.org/contactus.php
Architect to Speak in DC on 9/11 World Trade Center Destruction
Professional group to present evidence to Congress
Berkeley, CA — Monday, July 13, through Friday, July 17, the nonprofit group DC911Truth will bring San Francisco Bay Area architect Richard Gage, AIA, to Washington, DC, for a series of public events and meetings with congressional representatives. Gage represents more than 700 architects and engineers who cite evidence for explosive demolition as the cause of the destruction of the three World Trade Center towers on 9/11. After careful examination of forensic data inconsistent with the official account, these professionals are calling for a new, independent investigation into the 9/11 attacks.
A practicing architect for more than 20 years, Gage is the founder of Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth (AE911Truth). Comprised of more than 4,500 total petition signers, members, architects, engineers, physicists and scientists, the organization contends at its website, AE911Truth.org, that the official FEMA and NIST reports fail to explain the towers' destruction. The group's evidence includes the admitted free-fall of Building 7, the constancy of the acceleration of the North Tower, and nanothermite residues in the WTC dust. Events
by Kevin R. Ryan
Distribution via the Unanswered Questions Wire
Note: The author is indebted to a few particularly useful sources of information and inspiration, including Russ Baker's book "Family of Secrets", the websites nndb.com, sourcewatch.org and secinfo.com, and Richard Gage.
On occasion, the public has been asked by George W. Bush to refrain from considering certain conspiracy theories. Bush has made such requests when people were looking into crimes in which he might be culpable. For example, when in 1994 Bush's former company Harken Energy was linked to the fraudulent Bank of Credit and Commerce International (BCCI) through several investors, Bush's spokeswoman, Karen Hughes, shut down the inquiry by telling the Associated Press — "We have no response to silly conspiracy theories." On another occasion, Bush said in a televised speech — "Let us never tolerate outrageous conspiracy theories concerning the attacks of September the 11th."
But paradoxically, we have also been asked to believe Bush's own outrageous conspiracy theory about 9/11, one that has proven to be false in many ways. One important way to see the false nature of Bush's conspiracy theory is to note the fact that the World Trade Center buildings could only have fallen as they did through the use of explosives. A number of independent scientific studies have pointed out this fact [1, 2, 3, 4], but it was Bush's own scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), through their inability to provide a convincing defense of… Continue reading
News from AE911truth.org:
June 17, 2009
Richard Gage, AIA, was George Noory's guest on the national Coast to Coast AM radio show on Tuesday, June 9 at 11 PM PDT. This was a great mass-audience breakthrough for AE911Truth and we want to thank Coast to Coast listeners who have visited our website and signed our petition in great numbers. The full three-hour interview with Richard Gage, AIA, is available in 12 parts, starting at 911 truth p 1 / 12.
Coast to Coast AM airs on more than 500 stations in the U.S., as well as Canada, Mexico and Guam, and is heard by nearly three million weekly listeners. Broadcasting live Monday thru Sunday from 1-5 am ET, it is the most listened to overnight radio program in North America. You can listen to Coast to Coast AM on SIRIUS XM Satellite Radio Talk Radio, Channel 165.
Coast to Coast AM website: coasttocoastam.com
NEW! 9/11: Blueprint for Truth — The Architecture of Destruction — 2008 Companion Edition DVD. 10-, 30- and 60-minute abridged versions and Bonus material. Note: You can get a $10 discount by purchasing both the "2-hour Research Edition" and the "Companion Edition" together, here.
We have been asked for two years now to provide a one-hour and a 30-minute version of our popular, but long, dynamic multimedia presentation "9/11: Blueprint for Truth — The Architecture of Destruction". We have listened… Continue reading
PR Newswire
Tue June 9, 2009
To: NATIONAL EDITORS
Contact: Dwain Deets of Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth,
+1-760-445-3242, dadeets (at) cox [dot] net
SAN DIEGO, June 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — On Saturday, June 13 and Sunday,
June 14, 2009, architect Richard Gage, AIA, will give his 100th talk on behalf
of more than 640 architects and engineers who cite evidence of explosive demolition
as the cause for collapse of the three World Trade Center buildings on 9/11.
After careful examination of forensics data inconsistent with the official account,
these professionals are calling for a new, independent investigation into the
9/11 atrocities.
A practicing architect for more than 20 years, Gage is the founder of Architects
and Engineers for 9/11 Truth (AE911Truth). Comprised of more than 3,600 petition-signers,
members, architects and engineers, the organization contends at its Web site,
AE911Truth.org, that the official FEMA and NIST reports provide insufficient
evidence to explain the towers' destruction. AE911Truth points in particular
to the destruction of the third high-rise, World Trade Center 7, which was not
hit by an aircraft yet came down in less than seven seconds. The group bases
its conclusions solely on forensic evidence and does not engage in conspiracy
theories or in assigning blame for the destruction.
AE911Truth's conclusions are shared by hundreds of scientists, senior-level
military, intelligence and government officials; pilots and aviation professionals;
scholars and university professors; 9/11 survivors and family members; and media
professionals around the world.
The 9/11 Truth movement, which Time magazine called… Continue reading


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CCC Reviews Impressive Year in August
By Kenneth L. Ender, Ph.D. President
Year-end reviews and forecasts for the future appear in newspapers throughout the world in December and January. At Cumberland County College, were reflecting and predicting in August, since the colleges fiscal year runs from July 1 to June 30, and fall semester begins in September.
Its a great time one of the more quiet times of the year - to marvel at the accomplishments of the colleges students and employees. Reviewing the past year also reaffirms to me that the college and community leaders are working together effectively for improving the quality of life in the community.
During the past year, more than 2,000 students from area high schools have signed up for School Counts!, a program that helps the students become workforce ready. Four hundred businesses are participating in this milestone collaboration between business and education leaders. And the CCC Foundation is conducting a major campaign, chaired by Sidney Brody, to raise funds for CCC scholarships for students who earn School Counts! certificates.
Enrollment for the 2001 fall semester - 2,775 students rose 1.3 percent over the 2000 fall semester enrollment. And the enrollment for the 2002 fall semester, which will begin Sept. 4, appears to be about 10 percent higher than last years enrollment.
More people are choosing Cumberland because we offer a quality education at a reasonable cost, close to home. And students who attend CCC are succeeding. The second largest class in the colleges history 350 students graduated last May.
During the past year, the college began $14 million in construction projects, including the Aquaculture Demonstration Center, the George P. Luciano Family Center for Public Service and Leadership, the expanded one-stop student center and the distance learning facility. Through these construction projects, the college is continuing to build a strong foundation that supports economic and cultural development throughout the region.
Last spring, CCC opened Computer Technology Centers on Landis Avenue in Vineland, Washington St. in Bridgeton and at the Shiloh Baptist Community Center in Port Norris. These centers are an investment in individuals because they provide community access to todays technology. Clay College opened in the Millville Arts District on High Street last April. The second class of new and emerging leaders completed Leadership Cumberland County. And the college began literacy and business start-up programs.
The Frank Guaracini Jr. Fine and Performing Arts Center featured a range of events from Broadway classics to community forums. During the past year, 31,986 people attended 285 events at the center.
We will continue to make no little plans. Through employee accomplishments, student achievements and the dedicated work of many community residents, CCC will grow and flourish along with Cumberland County.

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5.0 Mustang & Super FordsFeatured Vehicles
1983 Ford Mustang GT - Turning It Around
Look Out-Brandon Switzer May Just Have His Gremlins Behind Him
Inside the car is a mild-steel, eight-point S&W rollbar that Ricky installed himself. A TCI line lock, a full array of Auto Meter gauges, and a removable steering wheel from an older Fox-body 5.0 Mustang are the standout features. The Pro-5.0 shifter is connected to a Jim Swarr-built, pro-shifted Tremec from Hanlon Motorsports. The clutch and pressure plate are from Ram, and they are contained in a blow-proof bellhousing should the worst-case scenario of clutch integrity come true.
When the car made its debut at the '01 World Ford Challenge, it had something none of Brandon's previous cars boasted-a five-speed. This is his first race car with a stick, and after exorcising his demons last year, he won a southern-style Quick 8 race and runner-up'd a few times at Immokalee Raceway in Immokalee, Florida. His crowning achievement came with a win at this year's Bradenton NMRA race. So far, the car has run as quick as a 6.89 at 200.56 down at the recently repaved Moroso Motorsports Park.
In 1999, Brandon entered into a partnership with Keith Wilson of Wilson Manifolds, which led to the introduction of Nitrous Pro-Flow. So, besides the racing aspect of the car, it also serves as a rolling test bed for future Nitrous Pro-Flow products. To emphasize the car's importance for testing, Brandon says they have tried eight different induction setups on it to aid in product development. As a matter of fact, Nitrous Pro-Flow just finished a nitrous system for the PRO series' Cheap Street class and is always working on new fuel-injection systems.
Brandon plans to sell the car once he gets everything totally ironed out. He wants to have built another RaceCraft car to take advantage of the new Pro 5.0 rules, as he doesn't like the idea of cutting up the existing car to incorporate them. He would like to build a car that allows for the lower roofline and the extended overhang and wheelbase, along with a carbon-fiber body. Before he sells his current car, though, his goal is to get it into the 6.70s at more than 205 mph.
Now that's a fast turnaround.
Big hook is the name of the game if you choose to go heads-up NMRA racing. Getting the power to the ground will win you more races than having the hottest motor but no traction. To that end, Tricky Ricky added Fox chassis four-cylinder springs, a QA1 K-member, and CPL Racing subframe connectors and antiroll bar. Yes, the rear control arms are stock, Fox-chassis units-rare to find on such a capable machine. The 8.8-inch rearend houses a Strange spool, Strange 31-spline axles, and 4.56 gearing. Power comes through an FRPP aluminum driveshaft. Rims are from Bogart, with Goodyear skinnies and Mickey Thompson 26x10-inch slicks (Pure Street class limit). Short times are always in the 1.40s, with big wheelies the norm.
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Tigre moved up to fifth in the early Apertura standings with a 1-0 win over Banfield.
Mariano Echeverria's goal in the 31st minute proved decisive, and ensured they climbed above Colon on goal difference, after they drew 0-0 away to Newell's Old Boys in Rosario.
The team from Santa Fe finished with nine men after Adrian Bastia and substitute Ismael Quilez were dismissed.
In the night's other game, Belgrano claimed their first win of the season by beating San Lorenzo 1-0. Cesar Manzanelli scored the only goal in the 39th minute but the visitors had to hold on for the final eight minutes with ten men after Guillermo Farre was sent off.


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Houston man dies day after shot
By Dale Lezon | July 26, 2012 | Updated: July 26, 2012 3:58pm
A Houston man who crashed his car into an apartment building after he was shot has died, police said.
Claude Lamont Kibbie, 33, died Thursday, the day after he was shot after he drove away from a disturbance in the 9500 block of Trudy in northeast Houston.
Kibbie was sitting in his car in a parking lot about 10:30 p.m. when he and another person argued, police said.
When he drove away, that person shot him in the head. His car drove forward about 40 to 50 yards and struck the side of the building. No one inside the apartment was injured.
Kibbie was taken to Memorial Hermann hospital, where he was pronounced dead on Thursday.
Police said investigators have no suspects or motive in the shooting.
Anyone with information about the case is urged to contact Crime Stoppers at 713-222-TIPS or the HPD Homicide Division at 713-308-3600.


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NEW ORLEANS — After the Texans demolished the Ravens 43-13 in the seventh game of the season, fans and media in Baltimore blasted Joe Flacco and couldn't wait to show the quarterback the door out of town. When the Ravens suffered through a three-game losing streak to drop to 9-5, those same fans and media […] [Read More]
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Iran's top military chief warned that his country would retaliate harshly against an Israeli strike on its nuclear sites, as Israel successfully test fired a new ballistic missile.
Responding to reports that Israel was preparing to launch an attack against Iran, the Islamic Republic's Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Hassan Fairouz Abadi on Wednesday reportedly told Iran's semi-official Fars news agency that Iran would strike back hard against Israel and the United States.
"America knows that a Zionist military strike in Iran would cause it major damages in addition to the damages caused to this regime," Abadi said.
A report by the United Nations nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency, is due next week, and reportedly will offer new details about Iran's nuclear program.
Also on Wednesday, Israel's Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said in an interview on Israel Radio that most reports that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Ehud Barak are pushing the Cabinet to approve an attack on Iran "have no connection to reality." Reports to that effect had surfaced the previous day in the Israeli and international media and have caused "tremendous damage," Lieberman said.
Lieberman also said that Iran continues to pose a dangerous threat to the entire world and that Israel expects the international community to do "much more" regarding Iran, including imposing sanctions.
Saying that the test of a new ballistic missile was preplanned and had no connection to a possible attack on Iran, the Israeli military successfully test fired a ballistic missile Wednesday from Palmachim Airbase in central Israel, according to a statement from the Defense Ministry.
Foreign media believe Israel has missiles capable of carrying nuclear weapons.
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April 16, 2008
Assemblymember Alec Brook-Krasny(D- Coney Island, Dyker Heights) announced that the Assembly passed a measure, the Electronic Security and Targeting of Online Predators Act (A.9859, "e-STOP"), regulating sex offenders' use of the Internet to help prevent sex crimes. The bill is the result of a landmark agreement with Attorney General Andrew Cuomo to prevent predators from victimizing children on Internet social networking sites. "New York is the first state in the country to pass legislation with such stringent online regulations requiring registered sex offenders to inform law enforcement of their online activity," Brook-Krasny said. "The Internet is an invaluable resource for learning and communication, but we must remain vigilant and implement appropriate safeguards to ensure the safety of our children. This groundbreaking legislation takes an important step in shielding them from dangerous predators." Under the bill:
- all sex offenders who are required to register under Megan's Law *must* register with the Division of Criminal Justice Services all Internet accounts and provide all electronic mail addresses and designations used for the purposes of chatting, instant messaging, social networking or other similar Internet communications;
- registered sex offenders must notify DCJS within 10 days if that data changes, or face the current penalties under Megan's Law for failing to register – a class E felony for a first offense and a class D felony for subsequent offenses; and
- sex offenders' Internet information will be made available to social networking Web sites who are authorized to prescreen or remove offenders and advise law enforcement if there is a potential violation of law or a threat to public safety.
- a complete bar on Internet use to access pornography;
- a ban on accessing or belonging to social networking sites like Facebook or MySpace;
- a complete bar on using the Internet to communicate with other individuals or groups for the purpose of promoting sexual relations with minors; and
- a bar against using the Internet to communicate with a minor unless the person is a child of the offender and the offender is not otherwise prohibited from communicating with that child.


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College Announces New Honors Program
Middlesex County College has developed a new Honors Program for high-achieving students that will consist of Honors sections of current courses, newly created courses, and seminars. Several classes are being offered this spring in the social sciences area. In the spring and summer, the Honors Board of Directors, a group of faculty and staff, will expand the program to other academic areas for the fall.
"There are many academically talented students currently at Middlesex," said President Joann La Perla-Morales. "An Honors program will challenge them academically and provide recognition for their hard work and achievement. Honors courses approach student learning by integrating various academic disciplines and perspectives which will allow for a deep and meaningful learning experience." County College
One of the hallmarks of Middlesex is that students receive a quality education from excellent professors. Graduates have transferred to institutions such as New York, Columbia, and Rutgers. University County College
Christine Skirka says she is excited by the prospect of taking Honors courses.
"I've received a wonderful education at Middlesex, and I think this program will only enhance it," she said. "I am interested in the challenge of the Honors courses, and particularly in the field trips and guest speakers that are a part of this program." She is taking an Honors political science class this spring.
Newly admitted students who have a combined SAT score of 1200 or a cumulative 3.5 grade point average in their high school will be eligible to take Honors courses.
Current Middlesex students and those transferring in from other colleges with a cumulative 3.5 grade point average will be eligible.
Honors students may choose to take a single Honors course, or they may take "Departmental Honors," which comprises three Honors courses in a single discipline, or they may participate in "Full Honors" by completing five Honors courses in three different areas and participating in an Honors colloquium.
Biology Professor and Honors Co-Director Donna-Marie Gardner said that courses will have between 10 and 15 students per class and will feature a higher level of critical discussion and written work; ancillary activities (field trips, guest lectures, etc.); sophisticated use of research and technology; personalized scholarly research and study; opportunities for community service; and recognition for students.
"We expect them to become student leaders, mentoring and tutoring others, and sharing their talents with the College community," she said.


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Grain milk
|It has been suggested that this article be merged with Plant milk. (Discuss) Proposed since November 2014.
Grain milk is a milk substitute made from fermented grain or from flour. Grain milk can be made from oats, spelt, rice, rye, einkorn wheat or quinoa.
Grain milk looks very similar to cow's milk. It has a lower protein content and a higher carbohydrate content than cow's milk. Grain milks may have calcium and some vitamins (especially B12) added to them.
Grain milk is low in saturated fat and contains no lactose, which is beneficial for those who are lactose intolerant. Grain milk also lacks milk protein, making it suitable for vegans and people with milk allergies.
Grain milk can come in plain, vanilla, chocolate or a variety of other flavours. Like unflavoured grain milk, it is often available with added nutrients. There are also grain milk cream and desserts available.
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- Amazake, a sweet, low-alcoholic Japanese drink
- Horchata
- Roasted grain beverage
- Sikhye, a sweet, low-alcoholic Korean drink


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TV Info
Episode PremiereDecember 16, 2013
Show Period2013 - Now
Production CompanyChuck Lorre Prod., Warner Bros. Television
Cast and Crew
DirectorJon Cryer
ScreenwriterChuck Lorre, Nick Bakay, Alissa Neubauer
Main Cast
- Anna Faris as Christy
- Allison Janney as Bonnie
- Nate Corddry
- French Stewart
- Matt Jones
- Sadie Calvano
- Blake Garrett Rosenthal
- Spencer Daniels
Christy is taken aback when Bonnie agrees to go on a date with Chef Rudy and winds up sleeping with him. Bonnie goes on an on about how much she likes Chef Rudy, but he then tells Christy that he has no plans to see her mother again and urges her to break up with Bonnie for him. Bonnie then goes to Chef Rudy's house and takes out her anger on his precious wine collection, which then causes him to fall for her all over again.


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The Defence Headquarters Tuesday took up issues with the embattled Senator Ahmad Zanna, representing Borno Central Senatorial District, who is under interrogation for his alleged links with Boko Haram, insisting he has a case to answer.
It was also learnt that Zanna, who was expected to return to the headquarters of the State Security Service (SSS) by 11 am yesterday for further interrogation, did not show up until about 6.30 pm.
He explained to the security agents that he was late because he was not feeling well and had to seek medical attention.
However, he was cautioned and asked to go home to report back today at 11am, as the SSS does not handle interrogations at night.
Director of Defence Information (DDI), Col. Muhammed Yerima, told THISDAY Tuesday in Abuja that Zanna has a case to answer having admitted that a Boko Haram commander, Shuaibu Bama, arrested in Maiduguri last Friday, is his nephew and had always visited him.
Zanna, who had accused the Joint Task Force (JTF) deployed in the North-east, especially Borno State, to fight Boko Haram insurgency, of engaging in indiscriminate killings, said the JTF distorted the facts of Bama's arrest.
According to him, Bama was arrested in the home of former Borno State Governor, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff, and renewed his call for the withdrawal of troops from the North-east, accusing the JTF of indiscriminate killing of people.
However, Yerima challenged Zanna to prove his allegation of indiscriminate killings by JTF.
He described Zanna's allegations as unverifiable, baseless and unfounded, adding: "What indiscriminate killings is he (Zanna) talking about? Can he substantiate it with facts? Didn't he admit that the Boko Haram member is his nephew?"
On Zanna's allegation that the JTF was colluding with Sheriff, Yerima said: "I don't know what he is talking about. I assure you that if tomorrow we find anything incriminatory about Sheriff, we will not fail to arrest him."
Zanna and Sheriff have been trading accusations since the JTF announced Bama's arrest.
Although the JTF did not mention the name of the senator when it arrested Bama, Zanna, who acknowledged him as his nephew, said contrary to the JTF's claim, the Boko Haram chief was arrested in Sheriff's house, adding that the former governor was acting in collusion with the JTF to rope him in.
Zanna of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) defeated Sheriff, the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) candidate, who contested to represent the senatorial district in the last general election.
He had told reporters on Monday before he left for the SSS headquarters to answer to the allegation against him that he has links to Boko Haram, that Bama was arrested in Sheriff's house and not his.
Zanna also said that he was willing to lead a Federal Government delegation to open talks with the sectarian group, if only it would help to end the insecurity in the country.
He blamed Sheriff for his travails, saying the former governor had not forgiven him since he defeated him in the last senatorial election.
He had also called for the immediate withdrawal of the JTF troops from Borno State.


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Aspire 'stories' by JWT London
Aspire, the UK charity that supports people who have suffered spinal injuries, has launched a direct marketing campaign to increase brand partnerships.
The activity was created by JWT London and takes the form of illustrations that tell the true stories of people who have been helped by Aspire.
The three executions run across e-mail and target marketers. The work was created by Craig Hunt and James Humphreys, and illustrated by Ryan Andrews, Paul Paetzel and Sarah Maycock.


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Tool and recovery from depression
Now that I have been through an intensive 3 week program for mental health, I am finding that soooo much of what I've learned comes through in Tool's lyrics mostly in Lateralus. Parabloa is THE best recovery song EVER!! But I'm listening to Lateralus now, and most of the songs have SO much to do with "mindfulness" and living in the moment.
I embrace my desire to
I embrace my desire to
feel the rhythm, to feel connected enough to step aside and weep like a widow
to feel inspired to fathom the power, to witness the beauty,
to bathe in the fountain,
to swing on the spiral
to swing on the spiral
to swing on the spiral of our divinity and still be a human.
"With my feet upon the ground I move myeslf between the sounds and open wide to suck it in.
I feel it move across my skin.
I'm reaching up and reaching out. I'm reaching for the random or what ever will bewilder me.
what ever will bewilder me.
And following our will and wind we may just go where no one's been.
We'll ride the spiral to the end and may just go where no one's been.
Spiral out. Keep going.
Spiral out. Keep going.
Spiral out. Keep going.
Our minds our always racing we never take the time to just stop and focus on all the things going on around us at that very moment, it could just be a little ladybug crawling on a leaf. But if we just stop, and just focus on the moment instead of always thinking ahead with our thoughts racing and worrying, we can take in all that's around us be calm.
Then when it comes time to face what it is what we were worrying about we can't focus because we have ourselves so worked up from all the worrying we've been doing. You ALWAYS have to be focused on the moment. As long as you are focused you can handle it.
" over thinking, over analyzing separates the body from the mind.
Withering my intuition leaving opportunities behind."
Never let your mind wander, STAY FOCUSED!!!


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A message from Norah's mom:
Five months after our second miscarriage, my husband and I received the best and most devastating news of our lives. We were four months pregnant, however there was something wrong with our baby's brain. We were sent to a geneticist and at that ultrasound we found out we were having a girl and she had dandy-walker, which meant she was missing her cerebellum and that she also had a large cyst at the base of her brain. Norah was also diagnosed with a heart defect, one of the chambers of her heart was larger than the other and it faced forward instead of to the left.
We were given the option to terminate the pregnancy because many children born with this condition are severely manually and physically handicapped if the child survives. We decided since we had been trying to get pregnant and after loosing 2 previous pregnancies that our baby deserved a fighting chance. As my pregnancy progressed her diagnosis began looking better- more of her brain was developing and her cyst was getting smaller and there were no signs of hydrocephalus.
We were prepared for Norah's birth, so we thought. We knew what to expect with Dandy Walker and with her heart. At 32 weeks gestation, we were diagnosed with intrauterine growth restriction- she wasn't gaining weight or growing at all. The decision was made to induce early because it was more safe for her to be out getting medical attention than stay inside. Six hours before induction I went into labor which was 15 hours of a medically hard, distressed labor before meeting "our light" Norah.
Norah was immediately taken to CHCC to begin her journey in the NICU. He official diagnoses are Dandy Walker Variant, Spina Bifida Occulta, Congenital Heart Defect.
Norah is currently doing very well. She had spinal cord surgery in July to release the tethering due to her spina bifida and she is doing much better with that now! Norah has recently now developed a voiding dysfunction due to her spinal cord issues. We are also now working through a sensory processing delay.
Through this all Norah remains our happy little light.


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Info & Phones News Reviews › Forum
Just wait until the numbers are released next. VZW will have a record breaking quarter. And you now why, it's not because they offer free phones or night starting at 7 (which they don't), it is because they network and customer service are the best.
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they tied the knot in a romantic Italian ceremony back in October of last year.
And it seems Jessica Biel and Justin Timberlake are still in the honeymoon period as they were spotted popping out for a romantic lunch for two on Monday.
Perhaps inspired by being back in a European location – this time Paris – the couple did what every couple should do in the City of Love, they wandered the streets looking loved-up.


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Rains give hope to drought-plagued Hawaii ranchers
HONOLULU (AP) — Weeks of slow, soaking rains are helping the grass grow again on the western slopes of Maui and Hawaii islands, giving cattle ranchers hope they may at last escape a punishing drought brought on by years of below-normal rainfall.
But ranchers warn the soil will dry out if rain doesn't continue to fall for the rest of Hawaii's wet season, which lasts through April.
"We're pretty happy with what's happened the last couple months," said Pono von Holt, president of Ponoholo Ranch. "If it can sustain itself over here for the next few more months, I think we'll start working out of a situation that we've been in for a long time."
Hawaii, despite its image as a lush, tropical state, has areas facing the same problem of a multiyear drought as California's agricultural heartland and other large swaths of the West.
For decades, Hawaii's ranches — many of which are on the drier, western sides of the islands — have benefited from rains brought by cold fronts that visit the islands from the west and northwest each winter. But in recent years, many of these cold fronts only got as far as Kauai or maybe Oahu. They bypassed Maui and the Big Island, which are both further south.
Last month, though, a series of cold fronts dropped rain across the entire island chain. Rain gauges on the lower slopes of the Big Island's west side recorded their highest January totals since 2005, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor.
The rain has been so good that ranchers are holding on to calves they were planning to ship to the U.S. mainland for feeding if January and February turned out to be dry, said Alex Franco, president of Maui Cattle Co. and of the Hawaii Cattlemen's Council industry group.
The U.S. Drought Monitor upgraded the drought status of many areas, including Kihei, a tourist resort town on Maui, which is now considered to be under "severe drought" instead of "extreme drought." Many other areas affected by drought have been upgraded to "moderate drought" or "abnormally dry."
Hawaii cattle ranches use about one quarter of the state's 4 million acres, mostly on the upland slopes of Maui and Big Island volcanoes. The $40 million industry produces more than 60,000 calves each year.
Years of weak precipitation have been tough on ranchers.
Ponoholo Ranch, which is on the slopes of Kohala Volcano on the Big Island, has had to reduce its herd of mother cows by about one-quarter to 3,200 as it endured nine years of below-normal rainfall, von Holt said. Before the drought, the ranch had about 4,700 to 5,000 mother cows.
Von Holt said he won't begin adding more cows to the herd until it rains for several more months. He also won't consider the drought over until rainfall at the 11,000-acre ranch returns to at least 80 percent of normal precipitation averaged across a 12-month period.
Von Holt's ranch is part of a rich Hawaii ranching tradition dating to the 1830s, when King Kamehameha III asked Mexican vaqueros, or cowboys, to help round up feral cattle descended from cows and bulls given to the king's family by the British explorer George Vancouver. The vaqueros taught Hawaiians how to ride horses and lasso animals, giving rise to Hawaii cowboys called paniolo.


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In the Marvel comicbooks, the character is the pilot of an experimental armored suit under the secret mission dubbed Project: Firepower. He eventually uses the suit to battle Iron Man.
article: http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118054630
another article here: http://www.firstshowing.net/2012/iron-man-3-adds-another-villain-with-ashley-hamilton-as-firepower/
Tune in Tonight 8/7c Dancing With The Stars Results Show: Week One
People DWTS Blog: Ashley Hamilton Gets Lowest Scores Since SAT
As I approach the stage my heart pounds like it's going to rip right out of my chest. The room seems huge at first, but starts to get smaller as I walk down the stairs. My heart pumps faster, I can almost taste it … just then I hear my dad's voice, "Just drink a Red Bull and smile." I definitely do not need a Red Bull at this moment. But I do need to smile and remember to have fun. Even though this is an elimination show, I have already won. The worst thing that can happen after you get eliminated is you go to Jimmy Kimmel — not such a bad consolation prize if you think about it. But I'm not planning on going home anytime soon … I hope! I hear our introduction and the music starts. Everything you've learned with regard to technique and counting has to go out the door. It is now time to trust in your weeks of hard work, and have fun.
DANCING WITH THE STARS – An all new cast of celebrities hits the dance floor on ABC's "Dancing with the Stars" with the highly anticipated two-hour season premiere, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2009 (8:00-10:00 p.m., ET) on ABC. On Monday night, all the male stars strutted their stuff with individual dances, in addition to a group relay performance. Photos by: (ABC/ADAM LARKEY)


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WEBSITE OF THE DAY - Do Some Good
What did you do the last time you had five minutes to kill? If you're an iPhone user I reckon it might've featured some Angry Birds, or maybe a quick Facebook update. Maybe you called your Mum. And that's a good thing to do. But what if you'd chosen to really make a difference?
Orange has just launched an app for that. Yep, the mobile phone people are moving into mobilizing their customers into doing good deeds with their smartphones. The app is called Do Some Good and you can choose one of a selection of quick actions, which will help charities in one way or another
If you're too busy to volunteer for your favourite good cause or you're watching the pennies in these fiscally challenging times, this is just the ticket.
Each task takes mere minutes to complete and you even get music reward through the Orange partnership with RockCorps.
Find out everything you need to know at www.dosomegood.orange.co.uk.com and download the app from the App store. Nokia and Android are on the way soon too.
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Simulate the smooth, translucent sheen of architectural stone used throughout classical architecture of the Renaissance era. The glossy, marble-like appearance plays a perfect complement to an upscale library or as a feature wall in a gourmet kitchen. Quite exquisite.
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Current as of: September 9, 2014
Author: Healthwise Staff
Medical Review: Adam Husney, MD - Family Medicine & Brian D. O'Brien, MD - Internal Medicine & John M. Freedman, MD - Anesthesiology
Intravenous means occurring within or by way of a vein. Medicines or fluids may be given by inserting an intravenous (IV) needle into a vein, usually in the back of the hand or on the forearm.
When the IV needle is in place, medicines or fluids can go quickly into the bloodstream and into the rest of the body.
Current as of: September 9, 2014
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Leonard George Siegel, 83, of Crossville died Tuesday, March 12, 2013, at his home. He was an operating engineer, and served in the United States Army during the Korean War.
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BEIRUT: Two Lebanese nationals were killed in the Syrian border town of Rableh as the Syrian army continued its siege on area in the Homs, sources told The Daily Star.
Abdo Yaakoub al Ahmar, 47, and Tayfallah Atieh, 55, were killed as fighting took place between Syrian regime forces and rebels, the sources said.
They added that the attack was part of the military operation in areas in and around the city of Qusayr in the Homs province which have been under siege for several weeks in an attempt by the Assad regime to crush dissent.
According to the sources, the two Lebanese men are residents of Rableh, a Syrian town about five kilometers away from the Lebanese border.
Following the attack, Ahmar and Atieh, who were both severely wounded, were transferred to Lebanon's al-Batoul Hospital in Hermel for treatment, via the Lebanese border town of Hawsh al-Sayyed.
However, both men died shortly after arriving at the hospital and their bodies were taken back to Rableh for burial.
Hezbollah Chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said Thursday in a televised speech that around 30,000 Lebanese residents live in Syrian border towns and farms in the frontier region.
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You know, in a way it's a god's end. That I lost my password. This made me to go on a little vacation. (Unintentional)
And this was shorely needed(if you ask me). On account of if you go back and look at some of the to where my (this) blog was going. It was a pretty awful site. I hate to say it but I noticed my usual high standard's of spelling/grammar etc. were starting to fall to the waysight.
More eggregiously (though). Apperently I notice I went through some kind of reverrie phase where The Iraq War's wrongness wasn
't doing it for me. Where I ``didn't care'' about it. WFT!! BOY is that embarrass looking back. I can't even berlieve that's the same me. (Can you)?
And how can I face the brave Iraqis people who went to the poles make purple finger braving US interlocking gunfire patterns/ US shelling / "decapetition strikes" / etc. to declare their united vision to GET THE US TROOPS OUT NOW IMMEDIATELY. Well I plan to make it up to them. For if I dont' who will?
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Buoyed, no doubt, by the Election Day vote that rejected defining marriage in the Minnesota Constitution, several gay and lesbian St. Louis County employees, joined by supporters, approached their elected County Board this week. Among other things, they asked about extending to gay and lesbian employees and their partners sick time, funeral leave and other benefits married employees already receive.
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But those prosecuted in U.S. District Court and sent to federal prison — like the 15 Baltimore officers recently convicted in a kickback scheme — will, for the most part, be thrown in with the rest of the convicts.
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The Baltimore cops, who accepted money for steering drivers involved in accidents to a Rosedale auto repair shop, could be among the more unpopular prisoners during their stays, which range from eight to 42 months.
Most of the other inmates were put there by officers of some sort. And this particular group of police has the added disadvantage of being largely made up of so-called "snitches" who outed corrupt colleagues when making their plea deals with the Maryland U.S. attorney's office — a trait punishable by death in some criminal circles.
Defense lawyers expressed concern about the arrangement. They said the officers should be safe if they conduct themselves well, but there are no guarantees.
"In prison, you're going to have a high concentration of bad actors, so there is certainly" reason for concern, said Baltimore attorney Peter D. Ward, who represented former officer Jerry Diggs Jr. The bureau will do its best to mitigate risk, he said, adding, "They don't want to have anybody hurt any more than the person himself wants to get hurt."
Burke couldn't recall any recent retaliation against former officers, but he said the possibility is something the bureau considers. "Individuals that may have some sort of vendetta against one of our inmates, whether [it's because they have] a law enforcement background or they're someone who testified against others is a concern," he said.
Still, the federal system prefers to keep all inmates among the general population if possible, to streamline their management and allow them to take advantage of various programs, from educational and vocational opportunities to counseling.
The Baltimore 15 will be assessed and sorted like other prisoners, with most landing in "prison camps" if space allows, such as the one in Butner, N.C. — nicknamed "Camp Fluffy" — where money manager Bernard Madoff is serving time. At least one will wind up at Brooklyn's Metropolitan Detention Center, where some of the most notorious federal criminals are held while awaiting trial (think Gotti family).
But none is likely to get segregated housing unless there is an identifiable danger.
That's very different from the state system, where "protective custody" has become the norm for officers.
"It really makes it easier for us," said Wendell France, executive director for the central region within Maryland's Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services. "The chance of them being victimized is minimized. It's a safety issue."
Before trial, that means officers are often kept out of the central booking facilities. Baltimore officer Gahiji Tshamba, who shot a former Marine to death during a bar fight, was housed in the Maryland Reception, Diagnostic and Classification Center while awaiting trial, for example.
"We moved him to the segregated unit at MRDCC basically for his protection as a police officer, so that he not be housed in the booking system with folks constantly coming and going who had new charges, and also to separate him from any potential involvement with staff he may know," France said.
After Tshamba was convicted of voluntary manslaughter last year, he was moved to the Western Correctional Institution in Cumberland, which has protective custody provisions, as does the Eastern Correctional Institution in Westover. Police sentenced to prison are usually housed in one of these facilities, though they can also be sent out of state under an agreement known as the Interstate Corrections Compact.
In protective custody they get the same privileges and activities as other prisoners, but they're among a smaller group. France said.
"It goes to potential vulnerability, it goes to intimidation that can occur sometimes at correctional facilities. We try to remove those elements to ensure that they and the staff are not drawn into conflicts," France said.
One officer is rumored to be held in a prison hospital wing for his safety and to receive mail addressed only to "John Doe," according to one criminal defense attorney. France said he "couldn't speak to that" but acknowledged that he knew who the officer was.


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One might think questioning Steve Jobs' leadership absurd in light of his company's financial results over the last few years. Or you might write off his success to pure luck. I'm not sure either fits. His style was nothing if not controversial, but maybe it can be explained with current theories of leadership success.
I used to puzzle over an expression I haven't heard in a while — "the exception that proves the rule." How can we say this, I always wondered, when an exception by definition would seem to defy the rule. Later I read that the old meaning of "prove" was "test" as in "proving grounds." So an exception tests the rule — and certainly if you find the rule still applies, it adds to the proof the rule makes sense.
One can write off any success to luck and it's always a key factor, but Jobs clearly was successful several times and followed rules of his own, whether they seemed understandable to us or not, so it's unlikely to have been pure randomness. The core question remains — was that good leadership? And, if so, what does that mean to my leadership theory or the many others that would seem to say his style is unlikely to succeed (and certainly wasn't pleasant for employees)?
In the wake of Jobs passing, I put off drawing conclusions because I felt I was missing something. In the interim I've read two biographies on him, a number of reviews and a good many articles because I think it's important to answer such puzzles. Ultimately, I've come to some conclusions.
My leadership theory says three relevant things. First, luck is always a factor. But you increase your chances of success if you (second) include five key elements in your leadership style — balancing positive with honest, and strategies with habit-building or implementation skills (those are the five in italics). And you improve your odds further if you either develop great strengths in all five areas (rare) or develop them in some areas and find partners to assist you in the areas where you lack strengths.
Jobs is a very, very extreme case of this, but it worked, albeit in a rather odd way he certainly never planned out. I conclude he wasn't a great leader by himself, nor by knowing how, just through sheer determination and somehow sensing the need for the five elements in strength and finding ways to supplement what he didn't have.
What he did bring to the party was a rather strange twist on emotional intelligence abilities — those being the positive/honest dimension in my model. His staff used to say he could create a "reality distortion field" in any lengthy conversation or presentation. He was amazing at presenting his arguments in such a way people walked away totally pumped, completely positive he would succeed, wanting to participate. They "drank the Kool-aid" as some would say, time after time — and so did analysts at conferences and trade shows. He even pushed Apple to design top-notch presentation software as a key priority, many say, in order to use it to further this over-the-top skill of his.
One reason he was forced to this super-positivity was because he constantly went over the top on the other end of the EI or EQ spectrum. He aimed to be so brutally honest it was extremely painful to work with him. He would rip people to shreds the second they failed to deliver to his image of what he expected, often highly unrealistic expectations. The latter is typical of great leaders who "get away with it" — to push for results that seem to almost everyone else beyond the realm of what's even possible. But it's also typical of wild visionaries whose whacky dreams fail miserably. Jobs stumbled into a very extreme balance, but balance nonetheless, by accident.
On another key axis — IQ, the ability to generate workable ideas and implement them — I think Jobs was much less adept, but no less extreme. Perhaps even weaker would not be too strong. The defining feature that made his initial fortune through the Mac, for instance, was the concept of the computer mouse with its ability to point, click and activate menus, commands, highlights and more. He didn't invent this, but saw it at the Xerox PARC labs and recognized — that was his skill in the strategy area — recognized that it had world-class appeal and function. It did, but he couldn't build it or implement it himself, lacking all the skills needed to do so.
Through his belief that one truly good employee could deliver 50 times the actual implementation of a poor one, he triaged through computer geniuses, insulting and humiliating many in the interests of finding a few who would buy into his reality distortions and deliver fabulous technical machines in a fraction of the time everyone imagined was necessary. It seems certain he was never happy with the results or the speed, but settled for the best he could get by cracking his whip and driving toward the idea he'd spotted that would appeal to consumers.
His strength in the strategies (or ideas) area was to spot. In the implementation area, it was to drive others, since he had absolutely no skills there himself except to see when something wasn't yet good enough to appeal to non-technical individuals. In that respect, you have to say his inability to do any of the technical stuff himself was actually an asset — he would simply keep pushing until something worked simply enough even for him.
So in a very odd way, Jobs does in fact fit my theory of leadership, albeit in a way I never imagined and would never recommend. He found a peculiar balance of the key elements. He had to be beyond optimistic, but brutal. He had to be capable of identifying the one core idea that was better than every other, and then drive the associates he could bamboozle into joining to produce it ever more simply, quickly and cheaply.
But it didn't always work. In several tries — with his Lisa computer, NEXT and in film animation — he nearly bankrupted himself or the company because a reliable overall balance was never really there. Nevertheless, he believed in his own distortion field to the point of nearly losing his house, investing in a new idea before it caught on.
I'm far more interested in tamer applications of my model, ones that anyone can learn and succeed with, but there's no doubt in my mind this exception does "prove the rule."
It also could have been disastrous had luck not clicked at the moments it did for Jobs because there was absolutely no balance in the third dimension — how fast you go. As with riding a bicycle (an example of balancing several skills I often liken to leadership), if you don't go fast enough or if you go too fast the balance is in danger of being lost.
Jobs risked going far too fast for safety, but that was simply another of his personality quirks and unlike many other entrepreneurs he got away with it. Big time.
It appears he was driven somewhat like Alexander the Great. Believing he might die young, he had to achieve greatness in the short time he had. And, like Alexander, the prophecy seemed to come true unfortunately, just when Jobs had matured more toward the point of planning the balance instead of crashing into it and nearly wrecking everyone along his way. We can thank his indomitable impetuousness for speeding us along the digital path, but we should be glad we weren't part of the painful process.