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A movement is similar to a river: dozens of tributaries, hundreds of streams, and thousands of rivulets, all converging together. Tracing a river's source to a single location is thus impossible. Mapping a movement is more like charting a whole river basin than following a simple stream uphill. As we look at the movement, then, it is not so much a singular thing as a many-pronged flow over complex terrain.
The 911 Truth Movement emerged in a time when America's leadership in the world inspires very mixed feelings. America simultaneously stands for much that is noble and just while also acting as an unaccountable empire. Many patriotic Americans – and the rest of the world as well – are hungry for America to outgrow its Machiavellian power maneuvers and aggressive unilateralism, standing again on the principled freedoms that are built into its foundations.
On this terrain, the storm of the events of 9/11 poured a rain of death, anger, fear, and grief. This stirred compassion, as even the French declared, "We are all Americans." The vast majority of people felt this to be the tragedy it appeared to be: terrorists versus empire, with many innocent civilians caught in the crossfire. The Bush administration used this attack as an excuse for invading Afghanistan and Iraq while diminishing rights at home and undermining treaty after treaty. In the wake of America's grief, many tolerated these maneuvers. America was justified, it seemed, in striking out at the terrorists who had struck on its… Continue reading
24 May, 2004
Dear World Legislators, Parliamentarians, and World Citizens,
We have watched with alarm that the sad and tragic events of 9-11 (11 September, 2001) have resulted in two wars and a global rollback in civil liberties. Iraq had nothing to do with the 9-11 attacks, yet it has been attacked in the name of them. People in countries worldwide have suffered reduced civil liberties in the name of 9-11, and intelligence surveillance of ordinary citizens has expanded dramatically.
I submit to you that before any more wars are launched or liberties are lost in the name of the "war on terror" launched by the Bush Administration after 9-11, a full international inquiry into the events leading up to and on 9-11 be held, which includes 9-11 victims' family members from the U.S. and other nations.
The National Green Party of the United States has requested an open independent 9-11 investigation that would involve 9-11 victims' family members. This is a good start, but it must also be an international inquiry in addition that includes 9-11 family members from nations worldwide who lost loved ones in the 9-11 attacks.
We need this to occur because many, including the 9-11 Family Steering Committee (U.S.), are growing increasingly frustrated with the stunning lack of hard questions for witnesses appearing before the 9-11 Commission. Until these hard questions are asked and fully answered, we should refuse more wars, and renounce reduced liberty worldwide in the name of 9-11 and it's resultant war… Continue reading
by Bill Douglas
Published in Newtopia Magazine
A mass movement and a mountain of disturbing evidence has been growing beneath the radar of U.S. media. The U.S. media (including alternative media) has done an extraordinarily superhuman job of "hearing" "seeing" and "speaking no evil." However, almost immediately after 9-11-2001's horrendous attacks on New York and Washington D.C., many researchers, ordinary citizens, and journalists [who've been given precious little print in U.S. papers or TV] began to smell something rotten . . . not in Denmark . . . but rather, right here in the good ol' US of A.
This movement's early roots began when many people scratched their heads in wonder at "how 4 commercial jet liners could fly hijacked for nearly an hour and a half the morning of 9-11, without any Air Force fighter interceptor jets turning a wheel until it was too late," as stated by acclaimed Canadian TV journalist, Barry Zwicker. Zwicker's powerful documentary "The Great Deception," which suggests top Bush Admin. officials were likely complicit in the 9-11 attacks, aired on Canada's Vision TV network which is viewed by millions of Canadians. Unfortunately Americans in the U.S. have been "protected" from viewing this critical documentary. Researchers, like Zwicker and others, quickly learned that in 2001 before the 9-11 attacks 62 aircraft had been intercepted by Air Force fighter interceptor jets, and usually within 10 to 15 minutes of going off course.
Yet bizarrely, on 9-11 four commercial jets were hijacked off course for about… Continue reading
Philip Zelikow, executive director of the Kean Commission, has compared popular doubts about the 9/11 Commission report to a dangerous disease. Nicholas Levis of 911Truth.org responds to his comments in the Washington Post of Oct. 7, 2004 …
An open Letter to Philip Zelikow and The Washington Post
By Nicholas Levis
[also featured at summeroftruth.org]
NEW YORK, Oct. 8, 2004 —
Philip Zelikow, a high-level national security adviser to both Bush administrations, acknowledges that America faces a new infectious disease: lack of faith in the U.S. government's 9/11 Commission report.
As executive director of the freshly-retired Kean Commission, Zelikow was a principal author of the 567-page document, which purports to explain everything that matters about September 11th, 2001.
Sales of the 9/11 report have far outpaced those of his earlier study in statecraft, "Germany Unified and Europe Transformed." He co-wrote that book in 1999 together with one of his closest associates from the original Bush White House, Condoleeza Rice.
Despite blockbuster sales for the 9/11 report, Zelikow tells the Washington Post he is alarmed by the concurrent spread of "conspiracy theories" about the attacks, which he describes as pathogens:
"Our worry is when things become infectious, as happened with the [John F. Kennedy] assassination," Zelikow says. "Then this stuff can be deeply corrosive to public understanding. You can get where the bacteria can sicken the larger body." (1)
It's too late, Dr. Zelikow. The "bacteria" are winning, and your own work is to blame.
Perhaps… Continue reading
– I worry that I'm turning into a conspiracy theorist
AL Kennedy
OK, I'm paranoid and depressed. My new government of troglodytes, murderers and spivs barely elongates the customary scream I give upon waking. What troubles me more is our rulers' inevitable recommencement of the war on terror bollocks.
To begin at what we're told is the beginning, we have 9/11 – the one in the US, not the earlier one in Chile when covert US government intervention killed thousands of innocents and handed the country to a commerce-friendly, torture-loving, far-right junta. Now if 9/11/2001 is so important, why is it so hard to find out what happened?
The FBI, as we know, blocked all manner of investigations into the plot in the run up to its execution, whether these involved highly specific warnings from its own agents or from government sources in Afghanistan, Argentina, Britain, the Cayman Islands, Egypt, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Morocco and Russia.
Meanwhile, I worry why the nearest military aircraft weren't scrambled to intercept any of the hijacked flights when this is standard procedure and why, when more distant jets were finally aloft, they flew at less than half speed, thus failing to prevent the impacts at the twin towers and then, it would seem, managing to shoot down Flight 93 when its passengers may already have overcome its hijackers.
It would, of course, be easier to know what happened to Flight 93 if there weren't – according to educated estimates – three minutes of the cockpit recording missing.…Continue reading
by Dr. David Ray Griffin
In discussing my second 9/11 book, The 9/11 Commission Report: Omissions and Distortions, I have often said, only half in jest, that a better title might have been "a 571-page lie." (Actually, I was saying "a 567-page lie," because I was forgetting to count the four pages of the Preface.) In making this statement, one of my points has been that the entire Report is constructed in support of one big lie: that the official story about 9/11 is true.
Another point, however, is that in the process of telling this overall lie, The 9/11 Commission Report tells many lies about particular issues. This point is implied by my critique's subtitle, "Omissions and Distortions." It might be thought, to be sure, that of the two types of problems signaled by those two terms, only those designated "distortions" can be considered lies.
It is better, however, to understand the two terms as referring to two types of lies: implicit and explicit. We have an explicit lie when the Report claims that the core of each of the Twin Towers consisted of a hollow steel shaft or when it claims that Vice President Cheney did not give the shoot-down order until after 10:10 that morning. But we have an implicit lie when the Commission, in its discussion of the 19 alleged suicide hijackers, omits the fact that at least six of them have credibly been reported to be still alive, or when it fails to mention the fact that Building 7 of the World Trade Center collapsed.…Continue reading
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Habib's open letter to New Yorkers
Schaffer's provocation to the Pentagon
Newsday's little briefing on Pentagon intimidation of
One of these men is not on the cover…
Pentagon prevents Anthony Shaffer from testifying and accuses him of stealing pens
Intikab Habib, incoming FDNY
Both are subject to intimidation for speaking out about
Which is the bigger story?
Let Newsday know what you think!
Newsday Shields Long Island Readers From 9/11
By Nicholas Levis
911Truth.org New York Correspondent
Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2005
Our previous story on the Intikab Habib case was premature.
We reported early Saturday morning that New York Newsday published an article about people who reject the US government's account of the September 11 events.
The story by Newsday Staff Writer Patricia Hurtado had already appeared on the newsday.com website. But we later discovered that the editors kept it out of the newspaper itself. (That applies to the Long Island Saturday and "Early… Continue reading
The 9/11 Commission made "dramatic changes" to its final report to omit information about the role of Pakistan, according to The Friday Times, a Pakistani weekly. After learning that the report would contain damaging revelations, the Pakistani government dispatched lobbyists to Washington to influence the 9/11 Commission, and may have even paid bribes to Commission members or their staff, the weekly says, citing an official at the Pakistani Foreign Office. "The disclosure sheds doubt on the integrity and honesty of the members of the 9/11 Inquiry Commission and above all on the authenticity of the information in their final report," according to one source cited by the weekly.
The story was picked up yesterday by The Telegraph of Calcutta, India and is now shooting around the blogosphere. We cannot vouch for its veracity, but we can guess at the sort of information that both the US and the Pakistani government might have wanted to omit from The 9/11 Commission Report:
For example, prior to Sept. 11 the chief of the Pakistani intelligence agency ISI allegedly approved a $100,000 wire transfer to a certain Mohamed Atta. Yet the same ISI chief, Mahmud Ahmed, was in Washington for a working visit to his counterparts in the US government for more than a week prior to Sept. 11. On the morning of 9/11 itself, he was having breakfast at the Capitol with the future congressional investigators of the September 11th events. These alleged investigators, Porter Goss and Bob Graham, somehow failed… Continue reading
REASONS TO DOUBT THE OFFICIAL STORY OF SEPTEMBER 11th, 2001
… An outline in simple talking points …
We are continuing to compile the best documentation links for every single point on this page, and intend to post the updated version as soon as possible, and create teaching tools and more from the info. This is a significant and time-consuming process–if you have useful links, please send them to janice[at]911truth[dot]org. Thanks for your help!
If you use the search function with title key words, you will discover that 911Truth.org is home to articles backing virtually every point made below. Much of the basic research is available at the Complete 9/11 Timeline (hosted by cooperativeresearch.org), the 9/11 Reading Room (
911readingroom.org), and the NY Attorney General Spitzer petition and complaint (Justicefor911.org). For physical evidence discussion, see Point 7.
1) AWOL Chain of Command
a. It is well documented that the officials topping the chain of command for response to a domestic attack – George W. Bush, Donald Rumsfeld, Richard Myers, Montague Winfield, Ralph Eberhart – all found reason to do something else during the actual attacks, other than assuming their duties as decision-makers.
b. Who was actually in charge? Dick Cheney, Richard Clarke, Norman Mineta and the 9/11 Commission directly conflict in their accounts of top-level response to the unfolding events, such that several (or all) of them must be lying.… Continue reading
Image: CBC News: Sunday's Evan Solomon interviews Lee Hamilton , 9/11 Commission co-chair and co-author of the book "Without Precedent: The Inside Story of the 9/11 Commission" .
Evan Solomon : Tell me why you felt the need, with Thomas Kean, to write this book "Without Precedent"?
Lee Hamilton : We felt we had an important story to tell, 9/11 was a traumatic event in our history, every adult in America will remember exactly where they were on that day when they heard the news. We felt that the Commission's work gave a lot of insights into how government works, and particularly how government in the national security area works. We had hundreds of people tell us, or ask us, how the Commission did its work, and so we responded by writing the book and tried to let people know the story, the inside story of the 9/11 Commission.
Solomon : Do you consider the 9/11 Commission to have been a success, and if so, under what ways do you measure that success? How do you call it a success?
Hamilton : The 9/11 Commission was created by statute. We had two responsibilities – first, tell the story of 9/11; I think we've done that reasonably well. We worked very hard at it; I don't know that we've told the definitive story of 9/11, but surely anybody in the future who tackles that job will begin with the 9/11 Commission Report. I think we've been reasonably successful in telling… Continue reading
British Army expert casts doubt on 'liquid explosives' threat, Al Qaeda network in UK Identified
Filed by Nafeez Ahmed
Lieutenant-Colonel (ret.) Nigel Wylde, a former senior British Army Intelligence Officer, has suggested that the police and government story about the "terror plot" revealed on 10th August was part of a "pattern of lies and deceit."
British and American government officials have described the operation which resulting in the arrest of 24 mostly British Muslim suspects, as a resounding success. Thirteen of the suspects have been charged, and two released without charges.
According to security sources, the terror suspects were planning to board up to ten civilian airliners and detonate highly volatile liquid explosives on the planes in a spectacular terrorist operation. The liquid explosives — either TATP (Triacetone Triperoxide), DADP (diacetone diperoxide) or the less sensitive HMTD (hexamethylene triperoxide diamine) — were reportedly to be made on board the planes by mixing sports drinks with a peroxide-based household gel and then be detonated using an MP3 player or mobile phone.
But Lt. Col. Wylde, who was awarded the Queen's Gallantry Medal for his command of the Belfast Explosive Ordnance Disposal Unit in 1974, described this scenario as a "fiction." Creating liquid explosives is a "highly dangerous and sophisticated task," he states, one that requires not only significant chemical expertise but also appropriate equipment.
Terror plot scenario "untenable"
"The idea that these people could sit in the plane toilet and simply mix together these normal household fluids to create a high explosive capable of blowing up the entire aircraft is untenable," said Lt.…Continue reading
by Abid Ullah Jan
General Pervez Musharraf has partially admitted to some facts in his book. For example he admitted that Omar Saeed Sheikh, who was trapped in the case of kidnapping and murder of American journalist Daniel Pearl, was actually the British secret Agency MI6's agent and had executed certain missions on their behest before coming to Pakistan and visiting Afghanistan to meet Osama and Mullah Omar.
What General Musharraf tries to evade here is the role Omar Saeed Sheikh has played for the ISI, and more importantly the role he knowingly or unknowingly played in part of the complex operation 9/11. Omar Saeed Sheikh was used to frame the Taliban and particularly Arabs in Afghanistan or the impending 9/11 tragedy.
A fascinating piece from Media Monitors Network. Abid Ullah Jan also has a new book that looks promising. In addition to Musharraf's tipping of his hand about Saeed Sheikh, Pakistan's PM also has confirmed reports that then-Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage — in a conversation with ISI Chief Gen. Mahmood Ahmed, no less — threatened to bomb Pakistan "back to the stone age" if they did not cooperate with the U.S. after 9/11. One could assume that such a threat could not have been made without significant basis.
See also Devlin Buckley's excellent overview of this subject.
General Musharraf's book, In the Line of Fire: A Memoir, [1] has also confirmed the serious doubts and… Continue reading
[Note: the following text originally published by Global
Research on October 26, 2003 was excerpted by the author from a much longer
text, see references at the foot of this article]
The Official Legend of 9/11 as a prefabricated set-up.
Letter Describes Senior State Dept. Official Marc Grossman as Tipping off Turkish Embassy to Valerie Plame Wilson's 'Brewster Jennings' Counter-Proliferation Operation…
By Brad Friedman from on the road…
London's Sunday Times has just published a follow-up to their explosive front-pager from two weeks ago which described allegations by former FBI translator turned whistleblower Sibel Edmonds.
Though there has been worldwide coverage of the recent blockbuster in the Rupert Murdoch-owned British paper, the U.S. media have remained entirely mum, a point which has drawn great consternation from both Edmonds and the 70's-era "Pentagon Papers" Daniel Ellsberg, whom The BRAD BLOG has spoken to this evening, following the release of tonight's extraordinary new Times piece.
The paper now reports that they are able to corroborate an apparent FBI cover-up of documents detailing an investigation of the theft and sale of nuclear secrets to agents working for Turkey and Israel, who in turn shared the secrets with Pakistan, who in turn may have shared those secrets with Iran, North Korea, Libya, and possibly even al-Qaeda.
As The BRAD BLOG reported along with the Times two weeks ago, the operation also includes allegations that high-ranking U.S. officials — such as Marc Grossman, a former U.S. Ambassador to Turkey, who served as the #3 official in the State Department under Colin Powell and Richard Armitage from 2001 to 2005 — were involved in the sale of those secrets and may have accepted pay-offs from agents in the black… Continue reading
Peter Dale Scott
The Deep State and 9/11
The unthinkable — that elements inside the state would conspire with criminals to kill innocent civilians — has become not only thinkable but commonplace in the last century. A seminal example was in French Algeria, where dissident elements of the French armed forces, resisting General de Gaulle's plans for Algerian independence, organized as the Secret Army Organization and bombed civilians indiscriminately, with targets including hospitals and schools. 1 Critics like Alexander Litvinenko, who was subsequently murdered in London in November 2006, have charged that the 1999 bombings of apartment buildings around Moscow, attributed to Chechen separatists, were in fact the work of the Russian secret service (FSB). 2
Similar attacks in Turkey have given rise to the notion there of an extra-legal "deep state" — a combination of forces, ranging from former members of the CIA-organized Gladio organization, to "a vast matrix of security and intelligence officials, ultranationalist members of the Turkish underworld and renegade former members of the [Kurdish separatist] PKK." 3 The deep state, financed in part by Turkey's substantial heroin traffic, has been accused of killing thousands of civilians, in incidents such as the lethal bomb attack in November 2005 on a bookshop in Semdinli. This attack, initially attributed to the Kurdish separatist PKK, turned out to have been committed by members of Turkey's paramilitary police intelligence service, together with a former PKK member turned informer. 4 On April 23, 2008, the former Interior Minister Mehmet Agar was ordered… Continue reading
Luke Ryland
Mon Aug 18, 2008
Last week, Scott Horton interviewed (audio) investigative journalist Joe Lauria. Lauria was one of the co-authors of the three-part (1, 2, 3) series on the case of former FBI translator Sibel Edmonds for the UK's Sunday Times.
Scott Horton Interviews Joe Lauria
In the interview, Lauria says that he spoke at length to the three FBI agents who were Sibel's immediate bosses at the FBI and that they "corroborated in general terms, that this story is true."
Lauria describes how he recently interviewed one of the FBI agents at his home for 90 minutes, and met another of Sibel's former bosses several times outside his house. The agents are unwilling to provide detailed corroboration on a lot of the details in the case because they fear being sent to prison, but their willingness to speak to Lauria about the case, and their supportive statements that "She's not crazy," provide… Continue reading
by Jon Gold
Recently, Mike Berger from 911Truth.org was interviewed by the "Conscience of Kansas" Conservative Paul Ibbetson. During the interview, Mike mentioned the alleged bribery of the 9/11 Commission by Pakistan to omit any incriminating information about them. I figured a lot of people weren't familiar with this story, so I was inspired to write this "recap."
Over the years, there have been many allegations of Pakistani involvement in the 9/11 attacks. Apparently, Lt. General Mahmood Ahmed, the head of the Pakistani ISI, someone who met with U.S. elected and appointed officials in the weeks before 9/11, on the day of 9/11, and in the days after 9/11, ordered possible MI6 Agent Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh to wire transfer $100,000 to Mohammad Atta. The 9/11 Families' submitted a question to the 9/11 Commission about this incident.
Deputy Assistant Director of the FBI's Counterterrorism Division, John S. Pistole stated that their investigation "has traced the origin of the funding of 9/11 back to financial accounts in Pakistan, where high-ranking and well-known al-Qaeda operatives played a major role in moving the money forward, eventually into the hands of the hijackers located in the US."
In January 2002, during a visit to India, FBI Director Robert Mueller was told about Saeed Sheikh's involvement in the 9/11 attacks by Indian Investigators.
Apparently, "on the eve of the publication of its report, the 9/11 Commission was given a stunning document from Pakistan, claiming that Pakistani intelligence officers knew in advance… Continue reading
by Michael Parenti
December 7, 2008
Author's website: www.michaelparenti.org.
Barack Obama is on record as advocating a military escalation in Afghanistan.
Before sinking any deeper into that quagmire, we might do well to learn something
about recent Afghan history and the role played by the United States.
Less than a month after the 11 September 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center
and the Pentagon, US leaders began an all-out aerial assault upon Afghanistan,
the country purportedly harboring Osama bin Laden and his al Qaeda terrorist
organization. More than twenty years earlier, in 1980, the United States intervened
to stop a Soviet "invasion" of that country. Even some leading progressive
writers, who normally take a more critical view of US policy abroad, treated
the US intervention against the Soviet-supported government as "a good
thing." The actual story is not such a good thing.
Some Real History
Since feudal times the landholding system in Afghanistan had remained unchanged,
with more than 75 percent of the land owned by big landlords who comprised only
3 percent of the rural population. In the mid-1960s, democratic revolutionary
elements coalesced to form the People's Democratic Party (PDP). In 1973,
the king was deposed, but the government that replaced him proved to be autocratic,
corrupt, and unpopular. It in turn was forced out in 1978 after a massive demonstration
in front of the presidential palace, and after the army intervened on the side
of the demonstrators.
The military officers who took charge invited the… Continue reading


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Promotion hopefuls Blackpool and Cardiff were both held to home draws in the npower Championship on Wednesday night.
Kevin Phillips and Jermaine Beckford each scored twice as Blackpool and Leicester played out a thrilling 3-3 draw at Bloomfield Road.
The result left Blackpool fifth in the table, but just one point ahead of eighth-placed Cardiff, who were held 2-2 by struggling Coventry,
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TopGear Australia's resident Foreman, Stephen Corby, reports on a very bad day for Volvo... and a bad day for a bloke called Bob:
When you laugh so hard at someone else's expense that tears come out your nose and snot gets in your eyes, is it nervous, there-but-for-the-grace laughter, or does it mean that you're a little bit German inside?
I had cause to wonder this about myself after being involved in what will surely become a YouTube sensation; Volvo's Pedestrian Safety Demonstration Goes Hilariously Wrong. After four weeks of displaying its fiendishly clever, pedestrian-recognition, full-braking, life-saving new technology to more than 650 journalists from around the world, Volvo let a small group of Australian journalists have a crack at it.
With a suitably svelte Swede in the driver's seat, we parked in a carpark aiming at an inflatable dummy called Bob, and then wheeled towards him at 30km/h (18mph). Using a combination of a camera, which can distinguish the heads and shoulders of humans from other objects, and a radar that can sense how far things away and adjust braking distances accordingly, the Volvo system would first set off an alarm and some flashing lights and then slams on the brakes, saving Bob from a bashing.
What could possibly go wrong?
Well, nothing in the other 650 tests, but today was not Bob's lucky day and our sweet, Swede expert watched in horror as the car braked a little too late and sent the dummy flying.
Then it was TopGear Australia's turn. Disappointingly, the system worked brilliantly the first time and I slammed to a stop. But the next time... well, you've seen the video. This time the system didn't just brake too late, it didn't see Bob at all, and ploughed into him at 30km/h.
This made me laugh so hard that a little bit of wee came out. You can't quite tell in the clip but I'm in a kind of paralysis of stitches and unable to speak.
What it did mean was a very bad day for Volvo, a company that had suffered an even more horrific failure of its demonstration procedures just a few months before.


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Koreans in Russia Denounce S. Korean Regime for Chilling Atmosphere for Improving North-South Ties
| Pyongyang, January 7 (KCNA) -- The United Confederation of Koreans in Russia in a statement on January 5 denounced the south Korean authorities for chilling the atmosphere for improving the north-south relations.
The statement fully supported and welcomed the New Year Address made by Marshal Kim Jong Un, saying that the address called for firmly preserving the standpoint of By Our Nation Itself, protecting security and peace of the nation and creating the atmosphere for improving the north-south ties.
But such a dishonest remark as "sincerity" is being heard from south Korea, the statement said, and went on:
Such an act of slandering and antagonizing the fellow countrymen should no longer be tolerated.
We strongly demand the south Korean authorities lend an ear to the Koreans' voices desirous of national reconciliation, co-prosperity and peace, and belatedly opt for improving relations with the north, away from the anachronistic concept of escalating confrontation with the DPRK and far from kowtowing to outsiders.
We, Koreans in Russia, will conduct more dynamic activities for peace on the Korean Peninsula and reconciliation, unity and reunification of the nation.
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Review: Apple iPhone 4S for AT&T
Form Basics Extras Wrap-up Comments
Top message: Ummm didn't I read this review last year? by MrGuder
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Oh I know John. This is an issue that I know we see eye to eye on... Though I think we have similar views on a lot of the issues in the wireless universe.
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text: i'm in the suburbs of sao paulo right now, visiting family. they are not related to me by blood; they are the family of my ex-boyfriend, with whom i remain close. i always feel a little funny calling them my family in front of him and our friends, but they are very dear to me and that is what they are. i haven't been sleeping well lately. that is nothing new, but normally it doesn't last so many nights in a row. for several nights i only slept around six hours a night, and then i ended up being in sao paulo on a friday night and decided to sample some of the city's legendary nightlife. i had sampled before, and to me it is nothing out of the ordinary. my friends there are very domestic these days and i had spent much of my time there at their house alone while they were at work, so that was more incentive to go out for a while. i had to meet my family the next day at a certain time, so i didn't get much more than four or five hours of sleep that night either. i was pretty well losing it soon after we finally got to the house after my train ride and our errands along the way, and decided to lay down on the couch in the living room where my two nephews, one aged 11 years and the other five, were playing a computer game. i didn't want to lay down on the bed because i thought that i might not manage to get up again for the rest of the night, and it wasn't even yet 7:00pm. i woke up about an hour later with one of those "morning" hard-ons. not only that, but my 11 year old nephew was laying against me, caressing me, sliding his hand down my pants, exploring my body and touching my penis. i wasn't sure how to react. i opted to pretend i was still asleep but moved my body to make it more difficult for him to keep touching me in that way. i didn't want to over-react and send him a message that what he was doing was wrong. on the one hand it is not something he should not be doing to an adult male, simply because of the age difference; on the other hand it is normal childhood curiosity, to some extent for any child i think but even more so for a child who knows that he is sexually attracted to males and wants to explore that, which i and others have perceived for some time is the case with him. there are some who believe that it is impossible for an 11 year old boy to know that. to them i say: read more non-fiction and professional literature about the subject, and talk more to adult men who are homosexual and bisexual about how and when they first realized they were sexually attracted to men (and/or get your head out of the sand). if i had been alone with him i probably would have quietly stopped him and engaged him in conversation about it, about how his curiosity is normal and natural but how he should not engage older males that way as he could get hurt, both physically and psychologically. however, the house was full of people, including his mother, and i believe any attempt to converse with him in that situation would have turned into a big scene and a big mess. he didn't deserve that, and i wanted to protect him from that. as it was, i think it was fine the way it turned out - although i sincerely hope that he finds more age appropriate partners with whom to explore his budding sexuality, and that if he doesn't, the older males he engages have the same sensitivity, compassion and morals that i have.


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Preheat the oven or boiler to approximately 325°F. Coarsely grate the chocolate onto a plate. Place the bread on a baking sheet or heatproof plate. Toast under the broiler until golden on both sides. Spoon the grated chocolate over the toast, covering it completely. Pour the olive oil over the chocolate and sprinkle with the salt flakes.
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11th Annual Winter Worldfest 2010
Celebrating our Culture during the Holidays
Winter Worldfest, produced by Ethnic Heritage Council and Seattle Center in association with Seattle Center Winterfest presented by KOMO 4 TV. The festival features some of the area's best ethnic entertainment in music and dance performances all three days and a Holiday World Market. Admission is free. Make Winter Worldfest a tradition for your family and friends!
Winter Worldfest hours:
Saturday, November 27: 12 noon - 5 p.m.
Sunday, November 28: 12 noon - 5 p.m.
Performances include: One Crazy Raven, a Native American Presentation by storyteller Gene Tagaban; Juliana & PAVA, Ancient Russian Folk Songs; Ocheami, Traditional Ghanaian Dance & Music; Jacquelina's "Dances of Spain" Spanish Flamenco; Filipiniana Dance Company, Traditional Folk Dance of the Philippines; Vela Luka Croatian Dance Ensemble, Music and Dance of Croatia.
Winter Worldfest is produced by the Ethnic Heritage Council. Sponsors include: Seattle Center, The Boeing Company and SAFECO Insurance. The event is supported by 4Culture and Seattle Foundation. Since EHC's inception in 1980, the Council has worked to promote inter-ethnic communication and cultural preservation in the Northwest. EHC continues to produce international festivals, a public July 4th Naturalization Ceremony; publishes a monthly Newsletter and Calendar of Northwest Ethnic and Cultural Events, and provides a referral service to schools, government agencies and private citizens. Publications and information about the Council will be available throughout the weekend.
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Washington, DC (PRWEB) February 13, 2008
The DC-based research and consulting firm Social Technologies recently released a series of 12 briefs that shed light on the top areas for technology innovation through 2025. The brief on advanced manufacturing, by futurist Matthew Sollenberger, is the seventh trend in the series.
"Advanced manufacturing in 2025 will stem from the evolution of smart software, robotics, and smart-sensor networks," Sollenberger forecasts. "These will then facilitate new developments and capabilities in computer-aided design and production processes."
Sollenberger foresees improvements in quality control and production efficiency that may enable the rise of mass customization--i.e., the ability to produce low quantities of specific products in a profitable and high-quality manner.
Drivers of Manufacturing Innovation:
Currently, the push to improve advanced manufacturing is being driven by the following factors:
Challenges Ahead:
Advanced manufacturing is on course to develop into a formidable market force, Sollenberger believes, but he points to obstacles that will need to be overcome. These include:
As advanced manufacturing continues to develop, it will likely redefine present methods of customization and thus have significant commercial and social impacts:
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To talk to Matthew Sollenberger about the business implications, wildcards, and other implications, contact Hope Gibbs, Social Technologies' Leader of Corporate Communications: hope.gibbs @ socialtechnologies.com.
About Matthew Sollenberger:
Futurist Matthew Sollenberger joined the research team at Social Technologies in the spring of 2007. Previously he worked as a research analyst at The Arlington Institute (TAI), a futurist consultancy in Northern Virginia, where he focused on the Risk Assessment and Horizon Scanning Project for an Asian government, and engaged in Middle Eastern conflict modeling, systems thinking, and morphological analysis. Also at TAI, he co-authored a paper on the implications of wildcards for long-term US national security interests, published in the Fall 2006 issue of National Strategy Forum Review. A 2005 graduate of Swarthmore College's political science program--with high honors and a minor in peace and conflict studies--Matthew brings to the job a passion for global issues. While in college, he was a research assistant at the World Policy Institute, working on its Counter-Terrorism Project. Matthew collaborated on a paper, "Prisons and the Education of Terrorists," that was published in the Fall 2004 issue of World Policy Journal. Areas of expertise include Foreign policy, Technology.
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Post 60 was swept by Wahpeton in a double header Tuesday in Wahpeton. Valley City had only three hits in each game, losing 10-0 and 7-0, both in five innings.
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The Daily Show's Jon Stewart criticized President Obama's promises for NSA reform.
President Obama's speech on Friday outlining changes to the National Security Agency's collection of telephone and internet data did not register widely with the public. Half say they have heard nothing at all about his proposed changes to the NSA, and another 41% say they heard only a little bit. Even among those heard about Obama's speech, few think the changes will improve privacy protections, or make it more difficult for the government to fight terrorism.
The new national survey by the Pew Research Center and USA TODAY, conducted Jan. 15-19 among 1,504 adults, finds that overall approval of the program has declined since last summer, when the story first broke based on Edward Snowden's leaked information.
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Reginald Richardson used to enjoy home-brew, and, as a research chemist, he was not bad at making it either. Then he pilfered a few chemicals from work for his hobby and unwittingly found himself part of a police operation that uncovered a drugs factory at his company's laboratories supplying speed and ecstasy to the north of England.
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: I have a 3 year old Jack Russell who bites the fir off the tops of her paws. This only happens for about a month or so once a year. The vet says it's an allergy and she prescibes it steriods. Is this a common problem and does the steriods sound like a good remedy? I hate to give her steriods because they can have side affects. Thanks
Seeing that your JRT only suffers from allergies for a short period once a year, my guess is whatever medication your vet prescribes shouldn't have any long term ill-effect.
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A couple of weeks ago, I drove to Bend, Oregon to give a presentation before a group of environmental activists. Even though I assumed it would be a (relatively) friendly audience, I was my usual pre-public speaking bundle of nerves and frayed intestines.
This is nothing new. I've always been nervous about public speaking. I even get nervous during our weekly staff meeting before I have to give my program updates.
Around the same time, I was reading Susan Cain's excellent book, Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking. I found the book extremely validating, as I have always considered myself sort of an extroverted introvert. That is, a person capable of attending a networking event and not urping all over the suit jacket of someone whose business card I am requesting.
Included in the book are some public speaking tips that I found helpful. I've included those tips below along with some of my own feedback.
1. For many speakers – and especially for introverts – preparation is key. Take your time crafting your speech so that it flows logically and is illustrated with stories and examples. Practice it out loud, until you're comfortable. If it's an important speech, videotape yourself. The main reason public speaking can be uncomfortable is that you have no idea how you're coming across.
I have to admit, though I force myself to prepare like crazy, sometimes my instinct is to do the opposite. The logic goes like this: if I don't prepare and then tank, I can just shrug my shoulders and be like, whatever, I didn't put that much work into it. Keep your expectations low. Is what I always say to get really, super pumped. This is a very effective approach for advancing one's career.
In the wise words of Benjamin Franklin: By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail, but at least you know what you're getting, and isn't that better than your crippling sense of uncertainty? Ah, Ben, you speak my unspoken language.
Also, I would NEVER videotape myself. The only thing worse than hearing the sound of my own voice is seeing it paired with all of my awkward elbow gesturing and facial muppetry.
2. Think about what your particular audience wants to hear. Are they craving new information? Insights? What problem do they hope to solve? Give them what they want and need. It's about them, not you.
For this particular presentation, I was speaking to a group of environmentalists with varying degrees of familiarity with my topic. Some of them were brand new to the issue, while some were experts with years of experience on me. This makes it tough. Do they want an overview? Or do they want to get into the weeds? Unfortunately, the answer turned out to be both.
I did my best by setting expectations up front. I told them my goal was to provide an overview of the issue and to make a case for why it should matter to their community. I also explained that we could get into greater detail during the Q&A portion of the evening.
Still. I got heckled for spending more time talking about birds than fish. I was interrupted to discuss technical details only relevant to one person in the audience. I was hassled for not being aggressive enough in my campaign. And then for being too aggressive. I was accused of being a radical. A radical? Me? Perhaps the clip-in dreadlocks I wore to fit in gave them the wrong impression.
3. If you haven't spoken publicly in a while and feel rusty, watch videos of speakers that have shots taken from the speaker's vantage point, where you can see what it's like to face the audience. (Many TED talks have these shots.) As you watch, pretend you're the speaker. Get used to what it feels like to have all eyes on you.
Here is Susan Cain's TED talk. It contains some shots shots of the mammoth audience from her vantage point that gives me vicarious anxiety and the accompanying fear shits.
4. Similarly, if you can, visit the room where you'll be speaking. Practice standing at the podium, looking out into the rows of seats.
This is incredibly helpful if the option is available. I like to know what I'm dealing with. Is there a podium? If there is a podium, is it high enough to disguise my profuse crotch sweating? Or should I just wear my extra-wicking undergarments? If I lock my knees for too long, in which direction should I pass out to avoid braining myself on a table corner? That kind of thing.
5. When you listen to a great speaker or hear someone mention one, get a transcript of the speech. Study it. How was it constructed? What kind of opening and closing were used? How were examples presented? How did the speaker engage, inspire, and educate the audience? Most people are not born great orators. They study and practice. (This tip comes from Steve Harrison, the co-founder of Reporter Connection.)
Here's a good speech on a relevant topic. The transcript is available as well. Power pose!
6. Know your strengths and weaknesses as a speaker, and accentuate the positive. If you have a great sense of humor, use it. If you're not a natural cut-up, don't try to be. Instead, focus on what you do best. Do you have a great story to tell? An interesting idea your audience hasn't considered? Information they need to hear? Frame your speech around your message – and around who you are as a person. Thoughtful and thought-provoking is every bit as powerful as dynamic and entertaining.
I never try to be funny when I'm giving a presentation. I aim for authoritative, and if I manage competent, I consider that a success. I prefer one on one interactions in my social life. I truly enjoy having conversations with people, assuming those people are not assholes. I bring that into my presentations by encouraging a conversational Q&A after my formal talk is finished. I'd like to think that this allows me to fill a more natural role as moderator of a group conversation, but really it's just a way to take the spotlight off of my sweaty forehead and that gross, white panoo that accumulates in the corners of my mouth when I talk for too long under duress.
7. At the same time, public speaking is a performance, and that's a good thing, even if you're not a natural actor. Have you ever wondered why people enjoy costume parties? It's because they feel liberated when interacting from behind a mask, from within a role. Dressing up as Cinderella or Don Draper removes inhibitions as effectively as a glass of wine. Think of your onstage persona the same way.
I do this by playing the role of Lady Who Likes Public Speaking. Seriously. I'll tell myself: For the next hour, I'm going to act like someone who is having a damn good time up here. Sort of a fake it 'til you make it mentality.
If that doesn't work, Ursula the Sea Witch is also a viable option.
8. Smile at your audience as they enter the room, and smile at them when you begin speaking. This will make you feel relaxed, confident, and connected.
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The birthday girl turned 21 on the day. Her husband, Leeroy Pasi said she failed to pitch up for the gig because she was experiencing period pains.
"Yes I can confirm that she failed to turn up for the event. It's unfortunate that on the day she fell ill with severe period pains," he said.
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Probably you have already saw these small black and white image in some sites or while walking around your city, or if you have a smartphone probably you have already used them; they are QR Code.
From Wikipedia: A QR code (short for Quick Response) is a specific matrix barcode
(or two-dimensional code), readable by dedicated QR barcode readers and camera phones.
The code consists of black modules arranged in a square pattern on a white background.
The information encoded can be text, URL or other data.
In this article we'll see how to create these image in Linux and some uses of these images.
This GPL software is available in Debian, Ubuntu and Fedora repository, so just use your package manager to install it,for me this means
aptitude install qrencode (ubuntu 10.10).
Once you have installed the software generate a QR Code is trivial, just write:
qrencode "http://www.linuxaria.com/" -o linuxaria.png
This will create an image that read (with the correct reader) will show the url: http://www.linuxaria.com
But qrencode can be used also with text file, try this:
cat /etc/passwd | qrencode -s 10 -o -|display
This command take as input your /etc/passwd and send the image to to the standard output where i've put in pipe the command display (imagemagick package) that show the result. Note also the flag -s that specify the size of dot (pixel). (default=3),
the greater is this value the bigger your image will be.
There is no GUI interface for qrencode but you can easily mix it with Zenity to create a quick interface that ask the parameters and create the image
This is an example with Zenity and qrencode, ask where to save and the name of the image, after that ask a text to be put in the qr code (thanks to ubuntuforum)
#!/bin/bash me=`whoami` outpath=`zenity --entry --title="Save path?" --text="What folder would you like to save the QR image to? Default of /home/$me/Pictures will be used if one is not entered."` button0=$? if [ $button0 -eq 0 ];then if [ -z $outpath ];then outpath=/home/`whoami`/Pictures fi pname=`zenity --entry --title="What filename?" --text="What name should be used for the output? ex: filename > filename.png"` button1=$? if [ $button1 -eq 0 ];then if [ -z $pname ];then zenity --info --title="Failure" --text="You failed to enter a filename. Exiting." else content=`zenity --entry --title="Content --" --text="What do you want your QR code to say?"` button2=$? if [ $button2 -eq 0 ];then if [ -z $content ];then zenity --info --title="Failure" --text="You failed to enter any content. Exiting." else qrencode -o "$outpath"/"$pname".png "$content" zenity --info --title="Finished --" --text="Your QR code is located at : $outpath/$pname.png" fi else zenity --info --title="Canceled" --text="QR code generation canceled - content" fi fi else zenity --info --title="Canceled" --text="QR code generation canceled - filename" fi else zenity --info --title="Canceled" --text="QR code generation canceled - file path" fi
How to use these images
Ok you now can create these nice QR Code, but what to do with them ?
Here are some ideas but i'm sure there are much more ways to use them.
1) Backup on paper.
With QR Code you could create image of important things, like your SSL Certificates keys, or Revocation Certificates or
anything not too big, transform it in a QR Code and print it.
After that put it in your security safe or in your Disaster Recovery site.
If something bad happen on your data center you'll have something to start work with, paper takes up little space and lasts virtually forever
2) Move information to your smartphone
You have on your computer some informations and you want to move them quickly to your smartphone.. it's easy, qrencode it !
Read the image with the QR Code reader of your smartphone and you'll have immediately a long url, a text file or anything available on it.
If you want to do some test and don't have a reader, you can use this online site that offer this service http://zxing.org/w/decode.jspx
Or you can use Zbar , ZBar is an open source software suite for reading bar codes from various sources, such as video streams, image files and raw intensity sensors. It supports many popular symbologies (types of bar codes) including EAN-13/UPC-A, UPC-E, EAN-8, Code 128, Code 39, Interleaved 2 of 5 and QR Code. So you can use your Webcam to read the QR Code you produce, or the one that people send to you.
I hope you have liked this introduction to QR Code on Linux and for some "innovative" uses of QR Code check also this link
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I think theres is a QR Code generator GUI its name QR CODE CREATER APPS front-end for qrencode
A me lo script da':
paride@rivendel:~$ bash barcode.sh
barcode.sh: line 27: syntax error near unexpected token `else'
barcode.sh: line 27: `else'
paride@rivendel:~$ bash ./barcode.sh
./barcode.sh: line 19: [: too many arguments
Ho dato come directory di destinazione /tmp
Come nome file cicciolino.png e lui mi dice che fara' il barcode nel file cicciolino.png.png
Come testo ho inserito: nel mezzo del cammin di nostra vita mi ritrovai per una selva oscura che la diritta via era smarrita
Spero ti possa essere utile
C'è anche il sito http://qrcode.alvolo.it/ che permette di generare qrcode direttamente onLine.
I've been searching for a good QR code generator for Linux. I found Zint, but I couldn't learn how to compile it. I found qrencode, but I'm not a command line fan. I was looking for a Linux QR code generator WITH A GUI. After days of searching, I just found one. Go here https://launchpad.net/qr-tools/+download and download the python-qrtools_1.2_all.deb and the qtqr_1.2_all.deb. The first one is the backend and the second one is the GUI frontend. It installs like any other debian package and it "just works". Thank you to the QR Tools team, David Green, Sooraj Sekhar, and Ramiro Algozino for making QR codes in Linux much much easier and for me, possible
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Quentin E. Morgan, an attorney with the South Florida law firm of Brinkley Morgan, recently spoke at the 28th Annual Commemorative Breakfast honoring Martin Luther King, Jr. in St. Augustine. The breakfast took place on January 21st, Martin Luther King Day, and was themed "A Call for Unity."
"The City of St. Augustine fully embraces the Rev. Martin Luther King's call for unity, and I was honored to participate in the commemoration of his legacy," Morgan said.
Morgan focuses his practice on land development, local government law, estate, business and financial transactions, litigation, and wills, trusts and probate proceedings.
He is a member of the American, Florida and Broward County Bar Associations and is admitted before the Florida State Courts and U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida. Morgan is AV-rated by Martindale Hubbell, an objective indicator of a lawyer's high ethical standards and professional ability.
He received his Bachelor of Arts degree in political science with honors from the University of Florida in 1997, and his Masters of Public Administration and Juris Doctor degree from the University of Florida Levin College of Law in 2000.


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Johnnie D. Jessie 83 of Glasgow died Thursday, February 06, 2014 at Glenview Health Care in Glasgow. Born in Adair County, he was the son of the late Harley and Virgie Lee Jessie. Johnnie was retired from T. J. Samson Community Hospital and was a longtime employee of A. F. Crow & Son Funeral Home and Metcalfe Florist in Glasgow.
He is survived by his wife Alyene Bragg Jessie; four sons Danny Jessie (Jo), David Jessie (Sharon), Jerry Jessie (Jackie) and Terry Jessie (Joy) all of Glasgow; 8 grandchildren and 5 great grandchildren. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by a brother Earl Jessie and a sister Lillian Jessie.
Funeral services will be 1pm Saturday, February 8th at the A. F. Crow & Son Funeral Home with burial in the Glasgow Municipal Cemetery. Visitation will begin at 2pm Friday.


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Colin Kaepernick QB Nevada #10
|Ht: 6'5″
Wt: 225
|Prototypical height. Elite athlete for his size. Dangerous on the run; can buy time in the pocket and pick up yards with his feet. Productive three-year starter who showed steady progress throughout his career. Rocket launcher for an arm. A team leader on and off the field. Coaches have nothing but great things to say about his work ethic.
|Mechanics are shaky; winds up when he throws. Accuracy is marginal. Played in Chris Ault's pistol offense which required taking most of his snaps out of the shotgun. Has a slender build, would benefit from putting on some weight.
|Kaepernick reminds me of a taller version of Seneca Wallace. Like Wallace he's a great athlete, but his lack of accuracy limits his ability to take his game to an elite next level. He was a perfect fit for Nevada's offense, but he'll need to make some major adjustments before he's ready for the NFL. Given his arm strength, athleticism and intangibles he's worth taking a chance on late in the draft. I wouldn't count on him for anything in his first year or two, but if a team is willing to keep him on the roster and develop him it could pay dividends in a few years. If it doesn't work out at quarterback, he has enough athleticism to get a shot at receiver.
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text: GamesBeat Wargaming funds a stealth-stage mobile game studio in Seattle (exclusive) Above: World of Tanks BlitzImage Credit: Wargaming November 5, 2013 11:00 AM Dean Takahashi 0 Gaming is in its golden age, and big and small players alike are maneuvering like kings and queens in A Game of Thrones. Register now for our GamesBeat 2015 event, Oct. 12-Oct.13, where we'll explore strategies in the new world of gaming. Wargaming, the fast-growing maker of World of Tanks and other free-to-play massively multiplayer online games, has provided funding for a new stealth game studio in Seattle, GamesBeat has learned. Above: David BluhmImage Credit: David Bluhm The studio is so new that it doesn't have a name yet. The new company's head is David Bluhm, a startup veteran who cofounded Z2, which has become a leading mobile game company. It will have its own charter to pursue the best available business strategy, but its funding comes entirely from Wargaming, which is based in Cyprus and has grown quickly on the strength of World of Tanks into a major game publisher. "We think mobile games is still a relatively new space with massive upside," Bluhm told GamesBeat. "Mobile is ripe for innovative and new core game mechanics." Joe McDonagh, a veteran of Blue Manchu (it released its first game, Card Hunter, in September) and EA PopCap Games, will oversee game production. Julian Chunovic, formerly of Z2 and Nintendo, will lead post-production efforts. Bluhm said that success in mobile requires more than just creating a great game. It also requires global marketing and distribution, which is why the studio's investor is Wargaming. While Wargaming has huge hits in free-to-play online games for the PC and it is soon launching on the Xbox 360, the company has yet to make a dent in mobile, the fastest-growing category for games, though it does have its World of Tanks: Blitz on the horizon for mobile. The studio will be its own entity and separate from Wargaming Seattle, which was formerly Chris Taylor's Gas Powered Games studio. Bluhm said he would disclose more about the company's games in the coming weeks. More information: Victor Kislyi Wargaming.net is a strategy game developer operating since 1998. The company is based in London with developers at Belarus, Ukraine, USA and Cyprus. and offices in Belarus, Russia, Ukraine, Cyprus, France, Germany, the USA, South Korea... read more » Powered by VBProfiles


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I like the team of Rhodes scholars, I think a feud with them would be good,
International Air Strike !!
But I guess it will be Team Rhodes Scholars
Who is International Air Strike ? did i miss something
Rey Mysterio and Sin Cara all the way!!!
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Tuesday, August 7, 2012
Illinois Prairie District Public Library
Metamora Branch Library
Metamora, Illinois
The August 7, 2012 regular meeting of the IPDPL Board of Trustees convened at the Metamora Branch Library in Metamora, IL at 4:00 pm. Board trustees present were Buhr, Hicks, Kramer, Pugh, Rush, Weddle and Zoss. Director Fredericksen was also present, and Carol Wood attended as a visitor. The minutes of the July 3, 2012 meeting stood approved. There were no public comments.
A. Ordinance 12-6: Budget & Appropriation Ordinance needed to be passed in order to create a new working cash fund. Buhr so moved; Pugh seconded, and the motion passed.
Ordinance 12-7: Levy Ordinance for approximately $1.2 million. Pugh moved to accept this ordinance; Kramer seconded the motion and it passed.
B. Germantown Hills site: The Board held a conference over speakerphone with Doug Pfeiffer, the architect who did a cost analysis of the Jubilee store building in Germantown Hills, to present actual cost estimates of refurbishing that building in comparison to constructing a new building on the district's purchased property in G.H. Pfieffer explained that although the Jubilee building would contain more square footage than the new construction, there are too many other prohibiting factors that would essentially allow no financial advantage over building a new state-of-the-art facility. The prohibiting factors included limited access for drive-thru book drop-off or pick-up since the rear of the building must remain accessible to traffic, no attractive outdoor areas to work with in making an inviting space for library patrons, and a large parking lot to maintain that doesn't necessarily facilitate the purpose of the library; and with all the gutting that would also be needed in the interior, there is simply no advantage in going that direction.
With this information in hand, and after hearing the recommendation of our architect and viewing the cost comparisons, Pugh moved that the Board agree to go ahead with construction of a new library building rather than further considering Jubilee; Hicks seconded the motion, and the motion was given unanimous approval.
C. Health Insurance: Rates have dropped; Push moved to accept the proposed new rates, Hicks seconded the motion, and it passed.
D. Staff evaluations: Tabled.
E. Hometown Community Bank account: Auditors recommended closing that account. Hicks moved that Fredericksen write a letter to Martin and send a certified check of the remaining monies to him and close up the account. Kramer seconded the motion and it passed.
F. Beginning wage salary scale: Tabled.
G. Roanoke retaining wall: The repairs have been completed.
H. Benson Branch mold issues: Fredericksen is working on a solution.
I. Volunteer dinner date: The date had been scheduled for October 23, but consensus was to move it to October 22, a Monday night.
J. Working cash account: Needed to pass a resolution to transfer working cash funds to the IPDPL's Special Reserve Fund. Kramer so moved, Buhr seconded, and the motion passed.
K. Metamora hours for Wednesday evenings: After some discussion, Kramer moved that the current Wed. evening hours of 7-9pm be pushed back to 5-7pm, beginning in September. Buhr seconded the motion and it passed.
Policy review was tabled.
Weddle moved that we pay the bills and requisitions; Kramer seconded the motion and it passed. The meeting was adjourned at 5:50 pm. The next regular meeting will be Tuesday, September 4, 2012 at 4pm at the Germantown Hills Branch Library, 101 Warrior Way, Germantown Hills, IL.
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Men's Soccer Announces Award Winners
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – The West Virginia University men's soccer team held its annual season-ending banquet last Saturday evening at The Erickson Alumni Center.
Junior Haydon Bennett earned the Coaches Award, while senior Andy Bevin was voted as the Players' Player of the Year.
Bennett, a defender, was a mainstay on the backline for the Mountaineers in 2013, playing in all 19 games as a centerback.
Bevin adds to a list of already impressive postseason awards that include NSCAA All-Great Lakes Region Second Team and All-MAC First Team. Bevin led the Mountaineers and MAC in goals (9) and points (24) in 2013. He also added six assists.
The WVU men's soccer team completed 2013 with a 7-7-5 record, including 2-2-2 in MAC play.
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Some of the most unique Mustangs in history have survived to see the next 50 years of Mustang
World's Fair Convertible
For many years, Mustang enthusiasts have searched for the two dozen Mustangs that were used on the Ford Pavilion's Magic Skyway during the 1964 and 1965 New York World's Fair seasons. Dr. John Mansell didn't have to look far – 5F08F100004, the fourth serialized Mustang that served as a Magic Skyway convertible in 1964, was stashed in his Pennsylvania barn.
Even as early as 1965, Mansell was collecting early production cars. When a friend at Ford alerted him about an early Mustang for sale at Ford's employee resale lot in Dearborn, Mansell convinced his father-in-law to purchase the car until he could raise funds to pay him back. In June 1965, Mansell and his father-in-law traveled to Dearborn to pick up the 6,100-mile car – not including the Magic Skyway miles, of course.
Mansell used the convertible as a family car until 1978, then "retired" it by placing it in his barn with his other early production vehicles. In 2009, son-in-law Rich Downing, who worked at Classic Design Concepts at the time, learned about the history of 100004 and convinced Dr. Mansell to pull it out of storage for display at the Ford Nationals in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.
First Public Sale
Gail Wise still has the invoice, dated April 15, 1964, from Johnson Ford in Chicago. On that day, the 22 year-old Gail purchased her first car. "I was just looking for a convertible," she says. "And the salesman said, 'Come back here, I have something you might like." In the garage area, under wraps, was a brand-new Skylight Blue Mustang convertible. The salesman, either unaware that the Mustang didn't officially go on-sale for another two days or just anxious to earn his commission, sold the car to Gail on the spot. Suddenly, Gail had the only Mustang on the streets of Chicago.
Gail credits her husband, Tom, with convincing her to keep the convertible for all these years, even as it sat, all rusty from northern winters, in the family garage. When Tom retired in 2006, he started a restoration that brought the car back to its 1964 condition. Since then, Ford has recognized Gail's car as the "first public sale" of a Mustang and invited her, and her Mustang, to participate in reveal activities for the '15 Mustang.
One and Only '71 Boss 302
Andrew Hack was simply looking for a Mustang driver when he purchased a Grabber Yellow '71 Mustang SportsRoof he spotted for sale on eBay. When he got it home, he noticed the early VIN – 1F02H100053. Further investigation revealed two data stickers on the driver's door, one on top of the other. With careful application of hair dryer heat, Hack was able to peel up the top sticker to reveal the car's original VIN with a "G" for the engine code. Yes, a '71 Boss 302, a car that was supposedly never built when Ford pulled the plug on racing in the summer or 1970 and decided to offer only the Boss 351.
Kevin Marti's production database and invoices uncovered the long, strange story. Hack's Mustang was built on August 3, 1970, one of several Boss 302s ordered for the Ford dealer intro shows. However, 100053 was the only one completed; the other orders were canceled. The car was then shipped to the Las Vegas Convention Center for the dealer event. Apparently, the car then went into limbo as Ford tried to figure out what to do with a brand-new Mustang that should not exist. In early 1971, instructions were issued to remove the Boss trim and replace the VIN with one for a Mustang with a 351 two-barrel engine. The car was subsequently sold at Wilson Ford in Huntington Beach, California, as a 351-powered SportsRoof, albeit still with the Boss 4-speed and 9-inch rear end.
Boss Shelby
When Ford introduced the Boss 302 in the spring of 1969, it made perfect sense to utilize the new 290-horsepower Boss SportsRoof as the foundation for the Shelby GT 350. So an early '69 Boss 302 was ordered, shipped to Ford's performance contractor Kar Kraft, and updated with Shelby fiberglass and interior as a pilot car to test the feasibility. But before the Boss-powered GT 350 was completed and the program approved, Carroll Shelby ended the Shelby Mustang program, making this Acapulco Blue '69 the only Mustang that was ever produced with a combination Boss (G-code engine) and Shelby ("4" as the first sequential unit number) VIN.
Fortunately, the car survived a number of subsequent owners, most of them unaware of the car's unique status. In 2007, owner Billy Jay restored the Shelby Boss to the way it would have been completed at Kar Kraft.


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Check out the 5 minute video on the site.
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Anyone that has a home based business needs this product.
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If the video doesn't tweak your brain, and get you fired
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This program is brand new and between myself
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The above link should be working fine
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The bottom line, is everything seems to be
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I hope our readers will be able to meet with me in Orlando
in December. Myself and 16 other speakers will be speaking
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This is a great event, and as a speaker I always leave
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You can get all the details here:
First if you haven't seen this mlm training video you should
take a look:
As far as your downline being stagnate, the real
question is who sponsored them? Or should I
say "closed" them into the business?
As we talked about earlier this month, Sales people
close, network marketers develop leadership.
I guess I am going to be on this topic for a little
while, I can't quite seem to get it out of my
Yesterday I was reading a promotion for a network
marketing training seminar. The speaker promised
to share 8 different ways to close your prospects!
This is a MLM Training that may sound great on
the surface, but in all reality will hurt your business.
The truth is, you will learn 8 different ways to get
people into your organization,,,,,once they are
there you will have to waste a ton of time and
energy trying to get them to do anything at all!
The reason, your organization is stagnate is because
60% of the people are only in it, because THEY
There are highly motivated, determined, focused
people out there looking for a real opportunity,
however most network marketers will never find
them because they waste too much time trying to
motivate their existing team! Geeeezzzz this is
not rocket science guys.
I know, companies don't help because they don't
get it either. Running free sign up months, or join
for a dollar programs and then rewarding the lady
who sponsors 92 people like she is a superstar an
an example to follow.
The problem is 3 months later 91 of the people are
out of the business, because they didn't want to
be there in the first place. Nobody really accomplishes
anything with this type of activity.
It is not just about sponsoring people. It is about
developing people. You are in the leadership
development business.
Take a good hard look at your team. The ones that
are producing are going to do the business with or
without you. The ones that are there because of you
or because they couldn't tell you no, will ultimately
cost you in the long run.
Your time is the most valuable asset you have. Once
it is gone, it is gone. The time you spend trying to
motivate Suzie, yet again, is time you could be spending
prospecting for someone that can make an immediate
positive impact on your business.
You are not in the babysitting business, and if you feel
like you are you should probably re-evaluate your
recruiting process and who you are willing to have join
your organization.
Finding potential leaders and developing them is not
that difficult is you have the clear goal in your mind.
Most network marketers don't, they are willing to sponsor
anybody they can "talk into" business.
If we have the chance to meet personally, don't brag
to me what a "good closer" you are. Good closer in
network marketing translates in my mind as someone
who still hasn't figured the business out.
As you go into 2010 you can change your approach, you
can get better. A shift in thinking can transform your
If you continue to do what you have always done, you
will continue to get what you have always gotten.
I just returned from speaking in Budapest
Hungary at the MLM Mastermind Day event.
You can check out my pictures from the
event if you would like at:
Thee were about 500 people in attendance
from all over Europe. I had a wonderful
time and Szilárd Mátrai the promoter of the
event did a great job.
When 2009 is over I will have spoken at 23
events. 21 within the United States and 2
I try to always learn more than I teach when
I travel and speak. Sometimes it is just a
reminder of what NOT to do.
There are 3 things I learned in Hungary that
all networkers, especially those in the United
States should take to heart.
(1) Education is required to become Successful
I was shocked at the percent of the audience who
arrived at the event with paper and pen in hand,
ready to learn. I would estimate it was 85%. In
the US it is usually around 30%. People were there
to learn. It was NOT a social gathering.
I guess one of the problems in the US is there are
thousands of "self proclaimed" gurus trying to teach
you fluff training, and quite frankly taking notes
is not worth the effort. However it is your
responsibility if you want to grow, learn, and get
better to learn from those that really have something
valuable to teach.
"Personal education makes you a living, if you become
SELF EDUCATED you create a fortune"
Jim Rohn
3 Basic Laws
(2) The Top Income Earners don't jump from company to
I could talk for a few hours on why this happens so
frequently in the US. Some are valid reasons, but
most simply come down to greed and ego.
There were several Top Income Earners from all over Europe
at this event (With Pen & Paper in Hand) The majority of
them had been with their current company at least 5 years.
I have talked about this in various articles, Blog Post &
MLM Minute Trainings so I am not going to try to expand
here. True leaders develop leaders. Others, who have
leadership "titles" are only interested in developing a
following. There is a huge difference.
Who are you following? Where are they taking you? Is a
question you should constantly be asking yourself.
(3) Live Open Opportunity Meetings are Alive and Well
At one point I asked how many of you have a weekly, live
opportunity meeting you can take a prospect to? Ladies
and gentleman it was 85% of the room!
I found that very encouraging in a time when everyone
in the US has been spouting opportunity meetings don't
work for the last 15 years.
Anyone remember the cassette tape
"I love MLM, but I hate Meetings?"
It was hogwash 15 years ago when the cassette came out,
and it is hogwash now! Yet another example of "self
proclaimed gurus" telling people what they WANT TO HEAR!
Don't tell the leadership team at Mona V LIVE OPPORTUNITY
MEETINGS don't work! We have all witnessed what they
have done with a culture, centered around a live weekly
opportunity meeting. ( I promise you it is NOT the Juice)
Do you get that company owners? I find it fascinating that
those in charge think. It must be the juice. How many
companies have introduced a Juice product since the success
of Xango, Noni and Mona V?
Products don't make you successful!
Long term success is always centered around the right support
structure, sytems and culture for YOUR PEOPLE. Haven't
we learned anything from Amway?
I am absolutely amazed at how shallow visions most
companies have. People make companies successful.
It is the culture and systems you provide for the people
that ultimately determine a companies success.
Sorry, I have gotten side tracked a little, but one
more thought.
At company conventions they don't want to see corporate
on stage talking about numbers. They want to see their
peers, people like them who have experienced the ups and
downs of building a network marketing team, but in the
end…..THEY DID IT
There is a SPECIFIC FORMULA for making events one
people will never forget. I have been wanting to
write a book on it, but unfortunately there would be
no market for it. You can't help those, who already
have all the answers :}
Again, I could talk about this subject for hours. But
the bottom line is simply this. If live weekly meetings
are not working for you it is simply because you have a
lousy meeting,or the wrong people.
Hungarians are friendly, warm hearted people. The MLM
Industry is alive and well there and throughout Europe.
so why far too many Americans are "following" their "Leader"
to the next hot deal. Hungarians are diligently learning the
skills and attitudes necessary to become a network marketing
professional and staying true to their companies and long
term goals.
If you are on Facebook, I would appreciate your support.
My user name is www.FaceBook.com/DaleCalvert
Here is an update on my grandson Trust
Also webinar this Sunday Evening October 4th
and Live MLM Training "Lead Generation Mastery" in Louisville
Kentucky on November 7th
My 2010 Calendar is filling quicly, if you would like
to host a live event in your area for your team, or
schedule me on a webinar or conference call
contact our office at 502-868-6199


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