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Italian Judge Ferdinando Imposimato, French Director Mathieu Kassovitz, and Author James W. Douglass
By the 9/11 Consensus Panel
NEW YORK, June 8, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Amidst growing doubts about its origins, the tragedy of September 11, 2001, continues to fuel the war on terror.
Meanwhile, disturbing evidence long suppressed in the media is surfacing through the 24-member 9/11 Consensus Panel's scientific review of official claims that 19 diminutive Muslim hijackers defeated America's defenses.
Incredibly, not one of the 300 Dulles International Airport security cameras –positioned at ticket counters, lounges and boarding gates — captured images of the alleged hijackers of AA Flight 77.
The famous "Let's Roll" telephone call from UA Flight 93 was left open for 15 minutes after the plane allegedly crashed in Pennsylvania.
Government accounts about the whereabouts of key Pentagon leaders that morning are contradicted by witness reports that would raise the most cynical of eyebrows.
These reports are only outdone by the fact that 12 major air defense exercises — some traditionally held in April and October — were all scheduled for the morning of September 11.
The Panel is pleased to welcome its new Honorary Members.
Mr. Ferdinando Imposimato, Honorary President of the Italian Supreme Court, has presided over terrorism cases, including the kidnapping and assassination of President Aldo Moro and the attempted assassination of Pope John Paul II. He has publicly stated that 9/11 was a false-flag operation, recommending that it be tried at the International Criminal Court, which investigates… Continue reading
NEW YORK, May 16, 2013 – America first learned of the 9/11 hijackings from Solicitor-General Ted Olson, who reported two calls from his wife, well-known CNN commentator Barbara Olson.
From American Airlines Flight 77, Barbara Olson fleshed out the drama of diminutive Muslim hijackers using knives and box-cutters to herd dozens of passengers to the rear of the plane.
These and other reported calls have now been examined by the 9/11 Consensus Panel of scientists, pilots, professors, attorneys, and journalists.
The Panel began its research in 2011 with the Twin Towers and the sudden, stunning collapse of adjacent Building WTC7, a massive 47-storey steel-framed skyscraper.
The official conclusion that all 82 support columns failed simultaneously from fire alone has for years raised serious questions about the official account.
The 9/11 Consensus Panel now offers four evidence-based Points about the alleged phone calls from the 9/11 flights.
The famous "let's roll" drama of the passenger revolt on UA 93 was relayed by passenger Todd Beamer's 13-minute unrecorded seat-back call to GTE telephone supervisor Lisa Jefferson, who reported Beamer as strangely tranquil, declining to speak to his wife. Eerily, Beamer's line remained open for 15 minutes after the crash.
Oddly, the Verizon wireless record shows that 19 calls were made from Beamer's cell phone long after the crash of UA 93.
Initial media reports and FBI interviews detailed more than a dozen cell phone calls from the planes at high elevation.
Yet in 2001, a telephone spokesperson stated that sustained mobile… Continue reading
July 12, 2012
by Jon Gold
Cindy Sheehan's Soapbox
Recently, I have started to talk to the "progressives" in this country about addressing the lies and cover-ups of 9/11.
In a talk I gave in Fresno recently, I said that "progressives" were afraid of losing their "pulpits" if they address the 9/11 issue.
I'm sorry, but this selfish reason is the best explanation I can think of as to why they don't (or, I could say that they are paid shills for the CIA, etc… but I'm not a "Conspiracy Theorist"). The lies and cover-ups of 9/11 are so glaringly obvious that when someone who supposedly stands for truth, justice, and accountability doesn't address them, I have to ask why.
As I said in my talk, the media has worked very hard to make anyone that questions the official account of 9/11 the equivalent of a dog torturer or a baby killer. Losing one's "pulpit" because of being painted with the "9/11 Truth Brush" is the best explanation I can think of.
Years ago (before the media had a chance to have its anti-9/11 Truth campaign), MANY "progressives" were supportive of the cause for 9/11 Justice. People like Howard Zinn (RIP), Michael Badnarik, Medea Benjamin, David Cobb, Daniel Ellsberg, Janeane Garofalo, Stan Goff, Thom Hartmann, Rob Kall, Cynthia McKinney, Ralph Nader, and many others. This is no longer the case (with few exceptions for sure).
I was told today that "Social justice, anti war, environment, political reform = 1 movement. (And all doomed to fail, until everyone involved learns that fact.)" I think this person is right.
by Paul Zarembka, Professor of Economics, SUNY at Buffalo
David Ray Griffin's response to this article is posted below.
— "The present essay provides various types of evidence that the calls [from 9/11 planes] were, indeed, faked. " (Griffin, 2011, p. 101)
Watching and participating for almost ten years in the movement to expose the truth about what happened on September 11, 2001, I have come to feel that some are trying too hard to prove that the government is lying. A population can be manipulated not only by lies but also by sprinklings of truths, half truths, and distortions. Indeed, offering some truths is an effective means of undermining critics who argue for lies everywhere.
A self-confident movement does not need to be exposing just lies and only lies. It can examine evidence and draw disparate conclusions about differing accuracies of the huge amount of material to work with. I have felt that the work of David Ray Griffin, a leading commentator on September 11, is an example of turning up stones everywhere with the word "lie" written on them. He seems called upon to write about everything having to do with September 11 in order to turn over stones everywhere. Why?
I hadn't thought to put this worry to paper until I carefully read Griffin's Chapter 5 "Phone Calls from the 9/11 Planes: How They Fooled America" that appears in his just published 9/11 Ten Years Later (2011, Northampton, MA: Olive Branch).
CeeCee Lyles' Call
by David Ray Griffin
Professor Paul Zarembka has written a critique of a chapter of my recent book, 9/11 Ten Years Later: When State Crimes against Democracy Succeed . 1 The chapter in question is entitled "Phone Calls from the 9/11 Planes: How They Fooled America." I thank Dr. Zarembka for taking my chapter seriously enough to write his critique. 2 However, I submit that my chapter not to be guilty of the charges he levels.
At the beginning of his critique, Zarembka states that I seem intent on "exposing just lies and only lies" — on "turning up stones everywhere with the word 'lie' written on them." A computer search shows that my chapter contains no instances in which I used the term "lie," "lies," or "lying." I certainly did, to be sure, suggest that various aspects of the official story are false. This would be grounds for reproach if these suggestions were based on errors, and Zarembka suggests that they often are. Indeed, to adopt his formulation, he seemed to be intent on turning up stones everywhere with the word "error" written on them. But the charge that my chapter is filled with errors cannot be maintained.
At the conclusion of Zarembka's critique, he said that he found "weakness" in my chapter's "internal logic." This charge by Zarembka, however, reflects the fact that he simply failed to understand the logic of some of my arguments, or certain facts relevant to those arguments.
Sliding Over Deena Burnett's Testimony… Continue reading
By Rory O'Connor and Ray Nowosielski
October 14, 2011
A growing number of former government insiders — all responsible officials who served in a number of federal posts — are now on record as doubting ex-CIA director George Tenet's account of events leading up to the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States. Among them are several special agents of the FBI, the former counterterrorism head in the Clinton and Bush administrations, and the chairman of the 9/11 Commission, who told us the CIA chief had been "obviously not forthcoming" in his testimony and had misled the commissioners.
These doubts about the CIA first emerged among a group of 9/11 victims' families whose struggle to force the government to investigate the causes of the attacks, we chronicled in our 2006 documentary film "Press for Truth." At that time, we thought we were done with the subject. But tantalizing information unearthed by the 9/11 Commission's
final report and spotted by the families (Chapter 6, footnote 44) raised a question too important to be put aside:
Did Tenet fail to share intelligence with the White House and the FBI in 2000 and 2001 that could have prevented the attacks? Specifically, did a group in the CIA's al-Qaida office engage in a domestic covert action operation involving two of the 9/11 hijackers, that — however legitimate the agency's goals may have been — hindered the type of intelligence-sharing that could have prevented the attacks?…Continue reading
Punitive Actions Are Once Again Being Taken Against the Wrong People
In Boiling Frogs Post's recent interview with Ray Nowosielski and John Duffy, Sibel Edmonds questioned the timing of former Counter-Terrorism Czar, Richard Clarke's willingness to speak out about alleged 9/11 hijackers, Nawaf al Hazmi and Khalid al Mihdhar, and the CIA's knowledge of their whereabouts after the January 2000 Malaysia "terrorist summit." Sibel asked Ray and John, " why now? " We would like to note that the interview with Clarke was actually recorded two years ago, in October 2009. As such, the "why now" question should actually be posed to Ray and John. The real questions for Clarke should be, " why then?… Continue reading
By Stephen C. Webster
Newly published audio this week reveals that Vice President Dick Cheney's infamous Sept. 11, 2001 order to shoot down rogue civilian aircraft was ignored by military officials, who instead ordered pilots to only identify suspect aircraft.
That revelation is one of many in newly released audio recordings compiled by investigators for the 9/11 Commission, published this week by The Rutgers Law Review. Featuring voices from employees at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) and American Airlines, the newly released multimedia provides a glimpse at the chaos that emerged as the attack progressed.
Most striking of all is the revelation that an order by Vice President Dick Cheney was ignored by the military, which saw his order to shoot down aircraft as outside the chain of command. Instead of acknowledging the order to shoot down civilian aircraft and carrying it out, NORAD ordered fighters to confirm aircraft tail numbers first and report back for further instructions.
Cheney's order was given at "about 10:15″ a.m., according to the former VP's memoirs, but the 9/11 Commission Report shows United flight 93 going down at 10:06 a.m. Had the military followed Cheney's order, civilian aircraft scrambling to get out of the sky could have been shot down, exponentially amplifying the day's tragedy.
Far from sending fighters to chase after the hijacked aircraft, as Bush administration officials have repeatedly said they did, the new audio tapes paint a picture of bedlam and unpreparedness.
The… Continue reading
This is Part I of our three-part one-of-a-kind interview series with author and researcher Paul Thompson. For additional background information please visit the complete 9/11 Timeline Investigative Project at HistoryCommons.org and Richard Clarke's interview by John Duffy and Ray Nowosielski at SecrecyKills.com .
Paul Thompson joins us to discuss the latest revelations by former counterterrorism czar Richard Clarke and his explosive allegations against three former top CIA officials — George Tenet, Cofer Black and Richard Blee — accusing them of knowingly withholding intelligence about two of the 9/11 hijackers, Nawaf al-Hazmi and Khalid al-Mihdhar, who had entered the United States more than a year before the attacks. He provides us with the most comprehensive history and context to date on Nawaf… Continue reading
Just one of the Legacies of 9/11
by Kevin Fenton Boilingfrogs
Two of the terrorist hijackers who flew a jet into the Pentagon, Nawaf al-Hazmi and Khalid al-Mihdhar, communicated while they were in the United States to other members of al Qaeda who were overseas. But we didn't know they were here, until it was too late.
The authorization I gave the National Security Agency (NSA) after September the 11th helped address that problem in a way that is fully consistent with my constitutional responsibilities and authorities. The activities I have authorized make it more likely that killers like these 9/11 hijackers will be identified and located in time.
-President Bush, December 17, 2005
In the aftermath of 9/11, reams of newsprint were given over to discussing the CIA and FBI failures before the attacks; the agency had some of the hijackers under surveillance and allegedly lost them, the bureau was unable even to inform its own acting director of the Zacarias Moussaoui case. However, the USA's largest and most powerful intelligence agency, the National Security Agency, got a free ride. There was no outcry over its failings, no embarrassing Congressional hearings for its director. Yet, as we will see, the NSA's performance before 9/11 was shocking.
It is unclear when the NSA first intercepted a call by one of the nineteen hijackers. Reporting indicates it began listening in on telephone calls to the home of Pentagon hijacker Khalid Almihdhar's wife some time around late 1996. However, although Almihdhar certainly… Continue reading
Authors Frank Legge, (B.Sc.(Hons.), Ph.D.) and Warren Stutt, ( B.Sc.(Hons.) Comp. Sci.)
January 2011
Published at the Journalof911Studies.com
The official narrative of the events which have become known as 9/11 includes descriptions of attacks on the World Trade Centre towers and the Pentagon by aircraft on 11 September, 2001. The towers were eventually destroyed and the Pentagon was severely damaged. The account of the attack on the Pentagon includes the following: A Boeing 757, operated by American Airlines, took off from Washington Dulles International Airport at 8:20 a.m. At 8:54 it deviated from its assigned route and at 8:56 the transponder was switched off. The plane, under the control of hijackers, headed back toward Washington and descended. As it approached the Pentagon it performed a descending spiral to the right and finally dived toward the Pentagon while accelerating. It hit some light poles and other objects on the ground and then penetrated the west face of the building at 9:37:44,(1) or 9:37:46,(2) depending on source.
Various claims have been made about the attack on the Pentagon. Early claims included damage by a missile or a truck bomb.(3) However, as so many witnesses had reported seeing a large commercial aircraft approaching the Pentagon, these claims received little attention from the public. It was not until the data from the Flight Data Recorder (FDR) was received from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) that serious consideration was given to alternative explanations of the damage. The data was received in two forms,… Continue reading
by Kevin Ryan
Foreign Policy Journal
Just after September 11th 2001, many governments began investigations into possible insider trading related to the terrorist attacks of that day. Such investigations were initiated by the governments of Belgium, Cyprus, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Monte Carlo, the Netherlands, Switzerland, the United States, and others. Although the investigators were clearly concerned about insider trading, and considerable evidence did exist, none of the investigations resulted in a single indictment. That's because the people identified as having been involved in the suspicious trades were seen as unlikely to have been associated with those alleged to have committed the 9/11 crimes.
This is an example of the circular logic often used by those who created the official explanations for 9/11. The reasoning goes like this: if we assume that we know who the perpetrators were (i.e. the popular version of "al Qaeda") and those who were involved in the trades did not appear to be connected to those assumed perpetrators, then insider trading did not occur.
That's basically what the 9/11 Commission told us. The Commission concluded that "exhaustive investigations" by the SEC and the FBI "uncovered no evidence that anyone with advance knowledge of the attacks profited through securities transactions." What they meant was that someone did profit through securities transactions but, based on the Commission's assumptions of guilt, those who profited were not associated with those who were guilty of conducting the attacks. In a footnote, the Commission report acknowledged "highly suspicious trading on its face," but said that this trading on United Airlines was traced back to "A single U.S.-based institutional investor with no conceivable ties to al Qaeda." 1
With respect to insider trading, or what is more technically called informed trading, the Commission report was itself suspect for several reasons.…Continue reading
An Open Letter to Terry Allen, Noam Chomsky, Alexander Cockburn, David Corn, Chris Hayes, George Monbiot, Matthew Rothschild, and Matt Taibbi1
by David Ray Griffin2
July 6, 2010
According to several left-leaning critics of the 9/11 Truth Movement, some of its central claims, especially about the destruction of the World Trade Center, show its members to be scientifically challenged. In the opinion of some of these critics, moreover, claims made by members of this movement are sometimes unscientific in the strongest possible sense, implying an acceptance of magic and miracles.
After documenting this charge in Part I of this essay, I show in Part II that the exact opposite is the case: that the official account of the destruction of the World Trade Center implies miracles (I give nine examples), and that the 9/11 Truth Movement, in developing an alternative hypothesis, has done so in line with the assumption that the laws of nature did not take a holiday on 9/11. In Part III, I ask these left-leaning critics some questions evoked by the fact that it is they, not members of the 9/11 Truth Movement, who have endorsed a conspiracy theory replete with miracle stories as well as other absurdities.
I. The Charge that 9/11 Truth Theories Rest on Unscientific, Even Magical, Beliefs
Several left-leaning critics of the 9/11 Truth Movement, besides showing contempt for its members, charge them with relying on claims that are contradicted by good science and, in some cases, reflect a belief… Continue reading
David Ray Griffin
There are many questions to ask about the war in Afghanistan. One that has been widely asked is whether it will turn out to be "Obama's Vietnam."1 This question implies another: Is this war winnable, or is it destined to be a quagmire, like Vietnam? These questions are motivated in part by the widespread agreement that the Afghan government, under Hamid Karzai, is at least as corrupt and incompetent as the government the United States tried to prop up in South Vietnam for 20 years.
Although there are many similarities between these two wars, there is also a big difference: This time, there is no draft. If there were a draft, so that college students and their friends back home were being sent to Afghanistan, there would be huge demonstrations against this war on campuses all across this country. If the sons and daughters of wealthy and middle-class parents were coming home in boxes, or with permanent injuries or post-traumatic stress syndrome, this war would have surely been stopped long ago. People have often asked: Did we learn any of the "lessons of Vietnam"? The US government learned one: If you're going to fight unpopular wars, don't have a draft — hire mercenaries!
There are many other questions that have been, and should be, asked about this war, but in this essay, I focus on only one: Did the 9/11 attacks justify the war in Afghanistan?… Continue reading
Kevin Ryan
Careful investigation leads one to notice that a number of intriguing groups of people and organizations converged on the events of September 11th, 2001. An example is the group of men who were members of Cornell University's Quill & Dagger society. This included Paul Wolfowitz, National Security Advisors Sandy Berger and Stephen Hadley, Marsh & McLennan executive Stephen Friedman, and the founder of Kroll Associates, Jules Kroll. Another interconnected group of organizations is linked to these Cornell comrades, and is even more interesting in terms of its members being integral to the events of 9/11, and having benefited from those events.
After the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center (WTC), a company called Stratesec (or Securacom) was responsible for the overall integration of the new security system designed by Kroll Associates. Stratesec had a small board of directors that included retired Air Force General James Abrahamson, Marvin Bush (the brother of George W. Bush) and Wirt Walker III, a cousin of the Bush brothers. Other directors included Charles Archer, former Assistant Director in charge of the FBI's Criminal Justice Information Services Division, and Yousef Saud Al Sabah, a member of the Kuwaiti royal family.[1]
Yousef Saud Al Sabah was also chairman of the Kuwait-American Corporation (KuwAm), which between 1993 and 1999 held a controlling share of Stratesec. The other owners of Stratesec were Walker and an entity controlled by Walker and Al Sabah, called Special Situation Investment Holdings (SSIH).[2] SSIH was said to form a group with… Continue reading
City Room Blog – NYTimes.com
by Jennifer 8. Lee
Jeff Clark used pager message data released by WikiLeaks to created a visualization of the events of the day. The words, which are sized to their overall frequency over a 24-hour period starting from 3 a.m. on Sept. 11, 2001, brighten and fade in the video depending on how often they were used.
Programmers are introducing tools to analyze the hundreds of thousands of pager messages, supposedly dating from Sept. 11, released last week by WikiLeaks, an organization that releases sensitive documents and materials.
More than half a million messages were released by WikiLeaks, which has not disclosed who turned over the messages. Jeff Clark, a data visualization research who is not involved in WikiLeaks, interpreted the data in the aggregate, creating a video that shows the most commonly used terms that day, like "complex has evacuated" or "possible terrorist act." The words grow brightest when they hit their peak and are sized by how frequently there were used.
"I recognize the pager data was very much like Twitter data, because it's basically a time stamp with a bit of text," said Mr. Clark, who had done work with Twitter.
He also created small time lines showing when certain key phrases hit their peaks, and then ordered the phrases by the peak time to create a moving narrative of the day.
Over the weekend, another programmer, Colin Keigher, created a searchable database of the messages, which makes them much easier to parse than the original 40-megabyte file.…Continue reading
2009 Truth Statement
We STILL Want Real Answers About 9/11
[Signatures have been closed as of March, 2010]
On August 31, 2004, Zogby International, the official North American political polling agency for Reuters, released a poll that found nearly half (49.3%) of New York City residents and 41% of those in New York state believe US leaders had foreknowledge of impending 9/11 attacks and "consciously failed" to act. Of the New York City residents, 66% called for a new probe of unanswered questions by Congress or the New York Attorney General. Since that time, multiple professional polling organizations have obtained similar results in polls conducted nationally and internationally.
In 2004, 911truth.org assembled a list of notable Americans and family members of those who died who signed (see that list of signatories, below) a 9/11 Statement, calling for "immediate public attention to unanswered questions that suggest that people within the current administration may indeed have deliberately allowed 9/11 to happen, perhaps as a pretext for war."
On the eighth anniversary of 9/11, in spite of Americans having elected the "other" party in hopes it would deliver on its promise of a change in direction, we find ourselves asking these same questions and encountering the same resistance to transparency. The ensuing wars have destroyed countless lives, our civil liberties (including habeas corpus) are in tatters, posse comitatus is history, and our economy lies essentially in ruin. Meanwhile, thousands of 9/11 responders who rushed to stand with America in its time of… Continue reading
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Five minutes before the Pentagon was hit on September 11, 2001, a training exercise being run by a US intelligence agency just over 20 miles from the Pentagon was set to include the scenario of a small private jet plane crashing into a building. It is unclear whether the scenario was played out, or if the exercise had been called off by that time.
Important details of the exercise, which was being conducted by the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) at its headquarters in Chantilly, Virginia, are revealed in a document obtained by the 9/11 Commission. The document, titled "Early Morning Flight Activity September 11, 2001," was part of a series of 9/11 Commission records moved to the US National Archives at the start of this year. It was found there, and posted online, by History Commons contributor paxvector.
Exercise Observers Meet at 9:00 a.m.
The NRO exercise, which had been planned for several months, was set to commence at 9:00 a.m. on September 11, when its observers would meet to be briefed. The observers and exercise role players were to move to their positions for the exercise 10 or 15 minutes later. In the exercise scenario, a Learjet 35A with two pilots and four passengers on board would take off at 9:30 a.m. from Washington Dulles International Airport. This airport, which is located four miles from the NRO headquarters, is where American Airlines Flight 77–the plane that reportedly hit the Pentagon–took off from earlier that morning.…Continue reading


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Meet Randy Grubb, the coachbuilding genius behind Jay Leno's 'Tank Car' and much more
Posted: 22 Aug 2014
"Keep Portland Weird" is a popular bumper sticker around Oregon's biggest city. It's not hard to see why. Home to such strangeness as the 24 Hour Church of Elvis, the Voodoo Doughnut shop and the World Naked Bike Ride, Portland takes some beating for serving up an endless stream of bizarre businesses and beliefs.
So perhaps it's only natural that Randy Grubb should have gravitated to a place close to this hub of oddness. Because the vehicles Randy builds in his remote workshop would make even the open-minded residents of Portland look on in amazement.
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Photos: Robert Kerian

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(June 21, 2012) -- The University of Texas at San Antonio placed ninth overall among 23 large employer teams in the San Antonio Sports Corporate Cup on June 2. Seventy UTSA employees assembled at the University of the Incarnate Word to compete with other San Antonio companies and institutions in hopes of winning the Corporate Cup. UTSA placed first in the golf-chipping event and second place in the Frisbee toss.
The daylong event encourages wellness, camaraderie, athletic skill, charitable giving and volunteerism. Each category earned companies points toward winning the Corporate Cup. The 13 wellness and athletic events consisted of three running events, two basketball events, a wellness walk, Frisbee toss, golf chipping, corn toss, tug of war, football throw, soccer kicks and dodge ball.
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The event provided UTSA a chance to show its commitment to improving the overall health and wellness of employees. UTSA employees showed that fitness can be fun and enjoyable. San Antonio Sports has scheduled the 2013 Corporate Cup for June 1, and UTSA employees will participate again.
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Mike, thanks for your very insightful comments.
On Wed, Jun 25, 2003 at 03:00:51PM -0400, Mike Simons wrote:
> One minor problem is this kind of system in wide deployment could be
> used as a DDOS on a particular person... spam a batch of thousands of
> people who you know have a system like this, forge some target's real
> email address as the sender, suddenly that one person has thousands of
> junk email messages saying "confirm me" in their inbox.
This sort of thing can be a real problem, especially if the
confirmation autobots become much more widespread. It could be
possible to verify that the e-mail address makes sense with the trace
headers (I've been on at least one mailing list that did this). The
problem with this is that there are a lot of people who send using a
from e-mail that is for permanent use, using an MTA provided by their
ISP which is less permanent. In these cases, the mail address will
fail the test, and they'll never get a confirmation message. Too many
cases for this to be really viable, IMO.
Something which wouldn't prevent this abuse (but could make it less
effective), would be to keep a temporary record of confirmation
requests sent out recently, and not resend them to the same address
for a given period.
The downside to that would be if the confirmation request got lost en
route, the autobot would have no way of knowing this. But this seems
an acceptable cost.
> Another minor problem is if two people both have a similar system
> in operation they may not ever see each other's email... because
> ===
> person A sends a real email to person B,
> person B's auto-system sends a "confirm you exist first" email to person A,
> person A's auto-system sends a "confirm you exist first" email to person B,
> [hopefully deadlock, worst case mail loop between two auto-systems]
> ===
> ... if person A's auto-system is very smart and does whatever B's
> auto-system is asking for in the contents of it's "confirm you exist"
> message then A's original mail would get through.
A's system doesn't necessarily have to be too terribly smart for this
to work: especially if the confirm bots standardize on procedure.
The common e-mail confirmation request expects some random string in
the Subject line or the message body. So if confirmation bots make a
habit of including the subject line and original message, similar to
what most mail readers do when you hit the "Reply" button, then we
should be okay.
> I don't think spam is a simple problem.
Huh! Seems simple enough to spammers :-D
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"SCCM" is not the official acronym for Systems Center Configuration Manager 2007. "ConfigMgr" is. "SCCM" is not owned as a trademark by Microsoft and therefore we really cannot use it. But I have noticed that many people have picked up on it and continue to use it. Even me, for instance: my main blog site is named SCCMNAP.Com.
I added the acronyms for each of the Microsoft System Center Products I found here.
I found a question that popped up a few times on discussions blogs:
Question:I incorrectly configured the SUP on one of my remote sites and so all these clients are looking at the parent site for Software Updates. I've checked the WUAHandler.log and have seen the settings there. Now that I've got things correctly configured, I'm wondering how I can 'force' the clients to re-home to their local SUP instead. Do I need to reinstall the clients to apply the SCCM local policies for this?
Answer: No you do not need to reinstall the clients. If clients are able to connect to the assigned MP, clients will automatically pick up the new WSUS URL and use it. Default ConfigMgr Site Policy interval is one hour. So after one hour your clients should re-home and use the new WSUS URL.
Question:Is there any possibility, or third party tools, that will make me sure that 100% of computers that I want it to install the client, has the SCCM client installed... and if they don't, is there any way to initiate installation and to be sure 100% that the SCCM Client is installed.
Answer:To ensure that all systems that are intended and targeted for the ConfigMgr client installation. The best client deployment method I have used here at Microsoft is using AD GPO that will apply 3 settings.
1. the ccmsetup parameters are place in the registry 2. the WSUS URL is place in the registry. 3. applies the ADM Client Assignment template.
Enable WSUS/SUP Client Installation. In the GPO add the WSUS URL for your SUP Site Role. As clients join the domain or connects to the network, the Windows Update Agent will scan against your WSUS server and the ConfigMgr client will be detected as not installed and WSUS will install the client treating the client as if it was a critical update.
The installation will start about 2 to 3 minutes after the client is detected as not installed. This method will also upgrade a client that is lower than the published version in WSUS. If a client is already installed with the right version, the client will be re-assigned to your site if not already assigned. Also as part of this GPO you will want to add the ADM Client Assignment template. This is comes with ConfigMgr 2007. This template will keep clients assigned to the site of choice.
Two things will happen automatically for you. If the client is un-installed for any reason, WSUS will re install the client on the next WSUS scan. If the client is re assigned to another site, the ADM template with automatically reassign the client back to the originating site code immediately.
Let me know if you need to help setting this up. Its the best client deployment method I recommend. Works great. Client upgrades would also be made simple as well. All an admin would have to do is publish the new latest client to WSUS, client upgrades will happen automatically on the next Windows Update scan.


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You also got like the weirdest pigtails.
I took the bouquet from the girl on the right.
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Me and the nephew:
More's the pity.
Month old pic of me. My tits are only training bra level in this one but right now they are a solid a cup.beefcake.jpg Ill get a better pic of me in some clothes.
It was too small, I could not see a thing in there.
He's calling you a skinny little bitch, is what he's doing. Don't take that from him, bro.
It is pretty small.
I can't tell if you're wearing black underwear or you're just nude and censored your junk to avoid a ban. That's how small it is.
You can click on it to make it a lil bigger. Ill get me a closeup with clothes on. For the record it is black underwear.
Dude, imgur.
bringing you cam-whore realness
Spank Bank Refill. Lets hope this works. I created an instagram account just so I could get pics off my phone and on here.Easy,Breezy,Beautiful,Covergirl.jpgIdonteven.....jpgFirst pic is dedicated to Used. Second Philkensebb.
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Memphis Softball Hosts Sixth Annual Blues City Classic
Feb. 21, 2013
MEMPHIS -The University of Memphis softball team is hosting its sixth annual Blues City Classic at Greenbrook Park in Southaven, Miss., from Friday thru Sunday.
This year's classic is the largest in program history with 12 teams competing in the tournament. Memphis (2-8) will play Indiana State (6-4) on Friday at 6 p.m., Detroit (1-4) on Saturday at 4 p.m. and Southeast Missouri (2-3) on Sunday at 2:30 p.m.
Other teams competing in the tournament are Belmont, Mississippi State, Nicholls State, Samford, SIU-Edwardsville, UMKC, Wichita State and Wright State.
Thursday weather pushed back the start time of Friday's action with the first games scheduled to begin at 1 p.m.
Admission to the tournament is free. Greenbrook Park is located at 800 Stowewood, Southaven, MS.
For more information, visit the Blues City Classic Tournament Page at http://www.gotigersgo.com/sports/w-softbl/spec-rel/2013-blues-city-softbl-tourney.html.
Sixth Annual Blues City Classic
Memphis Quick Hits
Gunning Them Down
Mosby Named to All-Tournament Team
Last Week
Tigers in Tournament Play
Nice to Meet You
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Memphis vs Indiana State
Scouting Indiana State
Memphis vs the Missouri Valley
Scouting Detroit
Memphis vs the Horizon League
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Digital Negative Calibration Pattern - creates B&W calibration pattern. Menu Item is placed in Gimp main window Xtn -> Script-fu -> Utils
This script-fu for The Gimp is a attempt to simulate a vintage look.
For Examples see http://www.mmip.net/articles/2-gimp-script-vintage-look
This Script is based on the deviantart tutorial from CrazyMurdock1 (Vintage look in Gimp)
Optional sharpness and contrast layer
Version 0.2 - Optional sharpness and contrast layer
thanks to elsamuko (http://sites.google.com/site/elsamuko/gimp)
gimp-reflection extends lower section of an image as a reflection of the original image.
Download it here.
This script allows you to extract and apply saturation to a layer. When you extract, it adds a new layer with the saturation values (in gray colors). You can then use curves, brightness/contrast or the dodge tool to correct saturation. When you are okay with the adjustements you can put back the saturation by applying it.
It installs itself in < script-fu >/Saturation.
Comments inside the script are in french.
Transforms Sony's multi-burst images (4x4 small images) into an animated gif.
A flexible lomo simulation plugin for py-gimp. Design inspired by several other authors who are credited in the README file, plus some of my own ideas.
This script will resize an image for printing, specifically it changes the pixels per inch setting and resizes the canvas. I did this so I could "resize" an image to have a full frame print. A white border will be created to pad the "short" edge.
This is an automagic copy of Sepia Toning tutorial www.gimp.org/tutorials/Sepia_Toning/ by Eric R. Jeschke
To fix burned out or white skies by adding clouds and a blue sky gradient (using a threshold mask).
Guide to Using the Blue Sky & Clouds Script
To reduce the effects of Purple Fringing or Chromatic Aberration in high contrast areas of an affected photograph.
Guide to Using the Purple Fringe Script


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Video generation emerges from CBS during game
NEW YORK (AP) – This was not your father's Super Bowl telecast.
Forcing Collins to throw was key to Baltimore win
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) – Stopping the run is a given for the Baltimore Ravens. When they stop the pass, too, there's a chance for a shutout.
'Glowing' Lewis basks in Super Bowl triumph
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) – Ray Lewis said there was no mystery to the rout.
Dysfunctional Ravens stake claim to title
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) – Ray Lewis, the last Baltimore player introduced, emerged from the tunnel to cascading boos.
Ravens ride defense in blowout win over Giants
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) – All of those boasts and predictions of shutouts no longer sound like so much bravado.
Ozarka students excel on national test
MELBOURNE – Students at Ozarka College recently received results of their performance on ACT's Collegiate Assessment of Academic Proficiency test.
Couple believes note reveals KFC secret
SHELBYVILLE, Ky.
Atheist activist's remains found, police believe
CAMP WOOD, Texas (AP) – For years, federal investigators believed Madalyn Murray O'Hair was killed. They just couldn't prove it.
Automaker to cut 26,000 jobs
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) – DaimlerChrysler announced Monday it is cutting 26,000 jobs over three years at its struggling Chrysler division, part of a sweeping bid to curb losses.
Bush talks up religious-based charity plan
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Bush is moving to tap religious institutions for more charitable work, confronting critics who say using public money for such programs could violate the wall between ch
McDougal gets pardon, goes on with her life
CAMDEN (AP) – Curious, the late-arriving regular poked his ball-capped head into the small room at the back of the cafe where Susan McDougal was drinking sweet-tea and answering familiar questions.
Under Bush, ARKids changes no longer needed, officials say
LITTLE ROCK (AP) – State officials say now that the Bush administration has taken over, they have no plans to make changes in the ARKids First health insurance program ordered six months ago by the


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Sometimes, certain directors can suck you in to watching anything. Sure, you probably haven't heard of him, but Juan Jos Campanella is one of those directors for me.
I first saw his name attached to some episodes of my other favorite television show, but if you take a look at his filmography, that dude shows up everywhere, and every time I've watched a "Law and Order" episode and seen his name, I immediately perked up and paid attention to what I would otherwise ignore.


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Sept. 2, 2008
WORCESTER, Mass. - The Holy Cross men's soccer team returns to action on Tuesday, September 2 when it hosts Central Connecticut in a non-conference match-up at the Linda Johnson Smith Soccer Stadium. The Crusaders enter the game at 1-0-0 overall, after defeating No. 13 Massachusetts, 1-0, on Friday, August 29. Tonight marks the Blue Devils season-opener. Last season, Central Connecticut finished 10-9-3 with a 5-3-2 record in the Northeast Conference. The Blue Devils finished up the 2007 season appearing in the NCAA Tournament Sweet 16.
Holy Cross returns 22 players from last year including eight starters. The Crusaders also welcome six newcomers to the program.
Seniors Andreas Andrews (Los Angeles, Calif.), Jerry Dickinson (Pittsburgh, Pa.) and Alejandro Melean (Miami, Fla.) are the 2008 team tri-captains. This is the third straight year that Dickinson will be a captain.The Holy Cross-Boston College game will be available through live video streaming on the internet as part of the Crusader All-Access package. A $9.95 monthly subscription to Crusader All-Access is required to view the game. For information on how to sign up for Crusader All-Access, Click Here
MEN'S SOCCER Overall Record 1-0 (0-0 PL) Last Week: 1-0
Scoreboard: Holy Cross 1, Massachusetts 0, Worcester, Mass., 8/29
Schedule: Tuesday, Sept. 2 vs. Central Connecticut, Worcester, Mass., 7:00 p.m.; Saturday, Sept. 6 vs. Providence, Worcester, Mass. 7:00 p.m.


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Page Fore: Teeing up a holiday gift guide
Another high-tech putting gadget is the putting laser by Eye Line Golf ($60). The laser attaches to the shaft to allow a golfer to track the line of the putter. I've seen teaching pros use these to great effectiveness.
Golfers don't generally work on their putting enough, so anything to get them on the green …
I love my Bushnell rangefinder so much (I'd honestly club anyone with an iron who tried to take it) that I rarely look at other yardage products. But what caught my eye this year was the Garmin Approach S1 GPS watch on sale at Golf Mart for $169. The courses are already loaded in and the watch gives you yardage to front, back and middle of the green.
The huge upside is that it's convenient to have the yardage on your wrist, and is so much harder to lose. (We won't bore you with sorrowful lost rangefinder stories.)
Stocking stuffer
You've seen golfers with the thin arm covers underneath their short-sleeved shirts. I didn't know until this shopping trip that you can buy just the sleeves. Several companies make them with UPF protection, and they can be slipped on when the sun bakes or the weather quickly changes. For women, there are some with rhinestone bling. Prices range from $20 to $30.
Being practical
The slam-dunk gift, as we say every year, is the JC Golf membership that pays for itself with eight rounds up front at a cost of $259 Monday-Friday and $349 for seven days a week. The membership provides savings up to 53 percent for each round, and there are a bunch of other benefits, including 10 free buckets of range balls and nine discounted guest passes. JC Junior Players cards (17 and under) are only $40 for the year with up to 70 percent savings in green fees. For more info, visit jcgolf.com.
Tickets to the Farmers Insurance Open are always a nice choice. You might even see Tiger Woods this year.
Single-day tickets purchased in advance are $30, while a weeklong badges are $85 for seniors and $110 for the general public. A weeklong pass to the new Tilted Kilt Tartan Terrace is $200, while daily access is $70. Tickets can be charged over the phone by calling (858) 866-4653, ext. 105.


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Welcome to the Motorsports Program
The Motorsports program aims at satisfying the educational aspirations of many students, professionals, and companies involved in the motorsports industry. Its areas of study meet specific goals and career objectives of students interested in high performance vehicles, and graduates from this program are employed by the automotive and motorsports industries in a wide range of career positions ranging from race-vehicle and engine design and manufacturing, vehicle and engine testing, race car design, motorsports race event management, raceway facilities administration, and race crew management. Students also receive a broad-based engineering education allowing placement in traditional engineering positions.
Old Dominion University (ODU) and Patrick Henry Community College (PHCC) have partnered to offer motorsports program to students who have passion for this highly exciting and rewarding technical profession. The program is designed as a 2+1+2 year AAS to BS program, where students receive AAS motorsports degree from Patrick Henry Community College, followed by one year of leveling courses at either PHCC, another community college or at ODU, and then complete their BS degree in Mechanical Engineering Technology at Old Dominion University with minor in Motorsports. As a result students will gain in-depth practical knowledge and understanding of engineering principles required to optimize race vehicle performance.
Contact Information:
Victor Seaber
•Phone: 919.349.7510
•Email: email@example.com
The motorsports program builds on strengths of partnering institutions. Patrick Henry Community College has developed an intensive two year program focused on motorsports with 15 technical courses specializing in motorsports. All courses have small student to faculty ratio with integrated hands-on laboratory component taught by prominent professionals in the field. The program is one of the leading two year motorsports programs in the nation and is delivered by faculty with several years of experience in the field of motorsports. It is located in the heart of Virginia - Martinsville and Danville, motorsports alley and home to NASCAR racetracks. The Old Dominion University Mechanical Engineering Technology program is nationally recognized ETAC ABET http://www.abet.org/home/accredited program. ODU ET department has been consistently ranked in the top ten engineering technology programs nationally.
The motorsports program is very selective which allows low student to faculty ratio aimed at personalized attention to each student. The instruction is conducted in real-world laboratory settings where students can work beyond scheduled laboratory time while still having professional assistance and full access to state of the art motorsports equipment and facilities.
Once students receive their AAS degree in motorsports from PHCC it is expected that many of them will pursue BS in mechanical engineering technology at ODU. Engineering knowledge and skills will allow them to further improve their knowledge of race cars through application of basic engineering principles and modern modeling and simulation tools. In order to bridge AAS to BS programs, students are required to take leveling courses including general education, and math and science. The list of courses for both programs along with leveling courses can be found on:orgs.odu.edu/sae/. The BS level motorsports program has been structured to provide a flexible technical education involving an interdisciplinary mixture of courses such as, Ground Vehicle Aerodynamics, Thermodynamics, Fluid Mechanics, Race Car Performance, Vehicle Dynamics and High Performance Piston Engines.
Motorsports, a growing and green industry
Motorsports is a rapidly growing industry in the US and worldwide. Motorsports is at the vanguard of vehicle design, manufacturing and testing. Auto racing is not only an entertainment and marketing event, but also a real world test bed for manufacturers to subject engines, body and structure of race vehicles to extreme conditions that test and verify their durability, power, safety and aerodynamics. Motorsports also carries the prestige of national and international makes, models and vehicle manufacturer involvement. Motorsports involves and attracts businesses, sponsors and investors while providing countless technical opportunities for engineers and technologists to be at the leading edge of vehicle development.
Many experts involved in Motorsports agree that the golden age of national and international auto racing is right now. In fact, the Motorsports industry has reached an unprecedented level of technical sophistication that brings well remunerated jobs to professionals with knowledge and skill in the field.
Motorsports, in whatever form it may take is fundamentally based on efficiency- be it getting the most power from an engine, the least drag from a car or going further on a gallon of fuel. Increasingly Motorsports has a 'green' aspect as manufacturers translate the efficiencies optimized by racing programs into passenger vehicles. Rules changes, current and future, dictate smaller packaging, engines and increasingly utilize technologies such as kinetic energy regeneration systems (hybrid power) and alternative energy sources. Today race cars run on ethanol, diesel, hybrid drive and electricity. Future race cars will test the limits with technologies such as fuel cells- and the industry needs engineers ready for tomorrow's technologies.


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Maybe I am a trouble maker. The way I attract trouble honestly. When I was at home I wasn't necessarily the life of the party meaning I hardly got into trouble. I had never had the honor of guys fight for me or a chick pick a fight with me over a guy. That's how chilled I was. It doesn't make me a coward but Mooi River like I told you is a one street town and we can count the number of traffic lights in the whole town. I mean it too I am not trying to be funny too. Now here I was in the middle of a tryst. It's like everyone I was meeting was getting into some form of bad luck. It had to be me. Was there about to be a scene right now in front of all these people? What had Benny heard? I was too scared to move as my uncle went after him.
I tried to tip of N on what had happened and instead she blamed me for poking my nose. She said we will see what happens but she was unhappy with me. I managed to explain what happened later on and she said that he had sent her a sms telling her so she forgave me and apologized for it. I don't know what's worse, waiting to die or dying itself. Every time I saw my aunt I felt she was coming straight to me and N to cause a scene but she didn't. She was such a perfect host with a smile on her face always. Everyone seemed to love her genuinely and who can blame them. She was way too nice. The party was a success. Everyone was well fed. There were a few young people there so N and me were tasked with being the lifeguards by the pool. Lol they even had a heated pool. Yah neh. In Mooi I remember when it was time for swimming all the black kids would come up with an excuse. Its not that we have an inherent fear of water rather a shocking one of cold water. I sat there with my legs in the pool and N came and sat with me. She laughed at the fact that Benny was following her around. She made crude joke about how the two men in one family were drooling after her and how she was not surprised because half the men here were looking at her as well. I laughed partially because it was funny and mostly because a joke with a bit of truth in it is rather uncomfortable. I kept on looking for trouble because to be fair I was now very defensive and worried. I just wanted to go back to my flat. Thank God there were so many people some from outside town hence there was no chance of us sleeping over. Benny made an effort to stay away from me but I could see he was keeping an eye on me. Why? What had I done? Did he want me to come explain the story to him or what? How was I supposed to tell him that the girl he was crushing on was possibly being shagged by his father. He had just met me for crying out loud and from the beginning I had said to myself I want to stay out of this!
It was around 730pm in the evening that finally my aunt came to us. I held my breath and I think I threw up a little in my mouth when she hugged and kissed both N and I on the chick coz she was so happy. She was so excited that her party had gone well and grateful that we had been there to help with the kids and for moral support. She called us both her daughters then went away to join the others. So my Ben 10 had not ratted us out after all. I don't know whether I was relieved or saddened by it. It prolonged the misery and postponed the battle to another day. Eventually around 10 my aunt came to take us home. Still bubbly and happy. She said Benny couldn't come with us because he had to help the elderly who were there and make sure his father doesn't get too drunk and burn the house down. We all laughed. When we got to the car however Benny came running to say bye. All was well. He hugged us both before he asked his mum if he could talk to ME privately. His mum laughed and called me makoti making him blush. We then went a short distance and he said to me …
"Stay away from my dad please. You are too young for him and I don't wanna tell my mom because it will break her"
I was shocked.
"What did I do wrong?"
I asked defiantly
"I saw you in the corner kissing him. Pls stay away"
Stunned! Wait a minute? Did Benny think I was having an unfair with my uncle? Euuuuw!!! What the fuck should I do now!?


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Tues Tip: Prepare for new ADA Standards
The Americans with Disabilities Act ("ADA") has been a standard in construction since its was signed into law by President George H.W. Bush in 1990. However, there are significant new changes coming, thanks to a new Department of Justice Rule and Standards. The new Rule becomes effective in a little over two months– on March 15, 2011. The new Standards are not mandatory until next year (March 15, 2012). Buildings can currently be constructed to meet either the current or the 2010 Standards; however, the 2010 Standards will become mandatory next year.
According to the Department of Justice, some of the changes that design for new construction will need to accommodate include:
1. Reach Range Requirements (Section 308)
The reach range requirements have been changed to provide that the side reach range must now be no higher than 48 inches (instead of 54 inches) and no lower than 15 inches (instead of 9 inches). The side reach requirements apply to operable parts on accessible elements, to elements located on accessible routes, and to elements in accessible rooms and spaces.
2. Water Closet Clearances in Single User Toilet Rooms (Sections 603, 604)
In single-user toilet rooms, the water closet now must provide clearance for both a forward and a parallel approach and, in most situations, the lavatory cannot overlap the water closet clearance. The in-swinging doors of single use toilet or bathing rooms may swing into the clearance around any fixture if clear floor space is provided within the toilet room beyond the door's arc.
3. Common Use Circulation Paths in Employee Work Areas (Sections 203.9, 206.2.8)
Under the 1991 Standards, its was necessary to design work areas to permit an employee using a wheelchair to approach, enter, and exit the area. Under the 2010 Standards, it will be necessary for new or altered work areas to include accessible common use circulation paths within employee work areas, subject to certain specified exceptions.
4. Location of Accessible Routes (Section 206)
All accessible routes connecting site arrival points and accessible building entrances now must coincide with or be located in the same general area as general circulation paths. Also, where a circulation path is interior, the required accessible route must also be located in the interior of the facility. [Editor's note: this requirement will help meet the Universal Design principle of equitable use by all persons.]
These are just some of the many changes. The DOJ ADA website offers several fact sheets and the actual regulations, so take some time to review it if you have not already.
Questions about the Americans with Disabilities Act? Comments about how these changes will affect your projects and how you are adapting plans to accommodate these coming changes? Drop me a line in the comment section below. Also, be sure to enter your email to get delivery of posts direct to your email inbox to be sure you never miss a post.
Photo: "Minneapolis Road to Freedom 71"by Transguyjay via Flickr/Creative Commons License.
Universal Design-Part 2: Current Challenges
Ed. note: This is the second of a two part series on Universal Design by Guest Post author Dick Duncan. "Universal Design-Part 1: Beyond ADA and Fair Housing," can be found here.
Current Challenges
Partially due to success of accessibility implementation and compliance in recent years, the term "accessibility" and the ideas about an "accessible" built environment are commonly known, if imperfectly understood. For example, to many people "fully accessible" means primarily usable by people who use wheelchairs, losing the inclusionary aspect of responding to the needs of people with other disabling conditions. One result of this pervasive consciousness about and misunderstandings of accessibility is confusion about the nature of universal design.
Common myths include:
- That universal design is really "just accessibility that is dressed up to look good." If this were true, a new paint job might suffice.
- That universal design is just fully accessible design but with the addition of characteristics that makes it usable by other people too. Well-engineered functionality is crucial to a universal outcome but will always fall short if the design is not integrated or mainstreamed. Often misused in this regard is the term universal access.
- That universal design is an umbrella term that now covers all things accessible and assistive. This lacks recognition of the broad beneficiary groups, the integrated and mainstreamed aspects of universal design, and the differences between accessibility, assistive technology, and universal design.
- That universal design is the new age or current term for accessible design. It is "what we are calling it" now. This suggests the notion that universal design is merely the politically correct term that one must be careful to use in polite company. With this thinking, universal design is grouped together with code compliance and other efforts.
There is legitimate confusion between universal design and more similar concepts or concepts, such as visitability (an US-based approach, limited to housing, that promotes limited usability features), Design for All (a similar idea to universal design, principally in use in Europe), Life Span Design (used in the US, principally reflecting age sensitive design), Transgenerational Design (an idea formed in the US that good design now must accommodate people of all ages), Flex Housing (developed by Canadian Housing and Mortgage that includes features of accessibility as well as other innovative design ideas), and Lifetime Homes (developed in the UK, broadly applied standards with specific usability features). The variety of concepts and common misunderstandings regarding universal design highlights the need for continued educational activities and suggests the need for international communication and collaboration.
An important component of a universal approach to design challenges focuses on the process of design. In this manner, an appropriate outcome can be assured through the process itself. Termed 'universal designing' , a broad and inclusive design process includes many perspectives and is mindful of the ergonomic, human factors, and social equity considerations.
Global Universal Design Code
A national effort is now underway to develop voluntary universal design standards that will cover all domains of the built environment, initially retail, community and housing. The Mace Institute is an active participant with the Global Universal Design Commission (GUDC) and AARP in efforts to bring these new standards to life over the next several years.
Universal Design Summit 4
To obtain excellent education on UD issues, consider attending Universal Design Summit 4 this fall. The Summit, entitled "Creating Livable Homes & Communities" will be held October 10-12, 2010 in St. Louis, Missouri.
RL Mace Universal Design Institute
To learn more about the RL Mace Universal Design Institute, download this Executive Summary (pdf) or visit the UDI website.
Universal Design- Part 1: Beyond ADA and Fair Housing
Most construction professionals in America are well aware of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the changes in design which have resulted in an effort to accommodate disabled persons in public places. Far fewer construction professionals, however, are aware of the concept of "universal design". The international nonprofit RL Mace Universal Design Institute , which is based in Chapel Hill, NC, is aiming to change that and to educate the construction professional on why building to a UD standard will add value to all built environments. [Full disclosure: I am the current Vice President of the RL Mace UDI and member of the Board of Directors].
The Institute's Mission Statement :
"The Institute's work manifests the belief that all new environments and products, to the greatest extent possible, should and can be usable by everyone regardless of age, ability, or circumstance."
I asked Richard ("Dick") Duncan, Executive Director of the Mace UDI, to explain a little about the need for and concept of universal design. What follows is the Part 1 of the first ever Guest Post on this blog:
Universal Design Part 1: Beyond ADA and Fair Housing
by Richard C. Duncan, MRP, Executive Director
Adapted and revised from: Universal Design – Clarification and Development: A Report for the Ministry of the Environment, Government of Norway, Richard Duncan, NC State University, March 2007
"The intent of universal design is to simplify life for everyone by making products, communications, and the built environment more usable by as many people as possible at little or no extra cost. Universal design benefits people of all ages and abilities. "
Ron Mace, 1988
Emergence of Universal Design
It is generally agreed that the term universal design first entered into usage in the mid-1980's by United States (US) architect, Ronald L. Mace, FAIA Since then the concept of universal design has spread worldwide and has influenced and joined related concepts such as Design for All, Life Span Design, and Inclusive Design. In its 20-year history in the US, universal design has slowly gained acceptance but has seen an uneven adoption. Universal design still remains a strategy that has been implemented by different sectors of the private and public domains, selectively and for fairly narrowly framed purposes. From the perspective of more usable and supportive environments, the US remains principally focussed on accessibility: developing regulations, codes, standards, policies and procedures to provide societal inclusion to people with disabilities.
The emergence of universal design depended substantially on many years of work on accessibility and the lessons learned from those activities. Accessibility efforts and the fundamental values of the disability rights movement in large part formed the foundation on which universal design concepts were built. But, universal design came into being partly because of the nature of accessibility that existed in the US by 1985; it was neither commonly found nor was it creatively applied. However, the appearance of universal design did not herald the end of accessibility. Two of the most significant American federal laws requiring accessibility were yet to be enacted by the time universal design began to emerge: the Fair Housing Amendments Act was signed in 1988 and the Americans with Disabilities Act passed in 1990. Universal design and accessibility have continued to develop in a connected yet parallel manner, during the time of the greatest activity in the realm of accessibility code compliance. To be sure, the philosophical basis for the accessibility movement and universal design are quite similar: inclusion, full participation, and social equity. Universal design extends beyond the confines of accessibility to include all persons and creates that inclusion by promoting integrated and mainstreamed products, environmental features, and services.
The national expansion of accessibility provisions into private buildings, multifamily housing, and beyond, has continued the dominant role of accessible design to this time. This has presented a challenge for advocates of universal design in their promotion of conceptual, policy and practical distinctions. While the great advantage of 50 years worth of work on accessible design has been the creation of a markedly accessible non-residential built environment, it has also carved a large space in the collective psychology of people in the US. For example, universal design as a distinct idea is often confused with, if not subsumed by, the more narrowly targeted concept of accessible design. Broadening the beneficiary group of more usable designing to include all of society is a significant practical and symbolic step that still requires much more effort.
The accessibility field in the US has been part of the civil rights movement for people with disabilities that began after World War II, and was related to the larger worldwide human rights movement principally identified with the United Nations. The US disability activities paralleled other similar civil rights movements by disenfranchised groups in the US at that time, for example women, African Americans, and Native Americans. During the 1960's and since then, the disability community in the US has vigorously advocated for the creation of civil rights legislation and building regulations that provided accessibility features, e.g., curb cuts, stepless entrances, and lever door hardware. The initial major push into accessible building design came after the publication of the American National Standards Institute's (ANSI) A117.1 standard in 1961, the first US accessibility design standard.
When Universal Design arose 25 years later, accessibility work in the intervening years had made great progress by appearing in some federal and state policies with respect to programs and services, architecture, transportation, public rights of way, public spaces, and to a lesser extent, housing. Although not uniformly applied or consistently rendered, by the mid-1980's accessible design was becoming more of a reality for the design and construction industry across the US. Standards such as ANSI A117.1, and its many later revisions and other accessibility provisions that were based on it were a great steps forward in the field, yet had similar flaws. Those flaws revealed the limitations of a code-based approach. Later analysis showed that the codes and standards "… have been developed by an approach of modifying the norm through the use of a few specially designed features and products to accommodate the 'few' who vary from the norm." This approach led to an 'after-the-fact' implementation of access features (even in new construction) which resulted in "… facilities which have their own 'functional limitations' and aesthetic problems." Other code-based challenges were also noted. Too often, segregated accessible features were 'special,' more expensive, and usually ugly.
The twenty-five years of work on accessible design in the US, from 1960 – 1985, formed the body of work from which universal design emerged. Continued progress in the realm of accessibility since then has firmly established accessible design as a fundamental discipline and outcome that has benefited many. Done well and creatively, good accessible design can be truly universal. As was said nearly 10 years ago, "The demographic, legislative, economic, and social changes that brought us to this point are increasing the momentum that will propel us into the 21st century that will need to be more accommodating of individual differences. Universal design provides a blueprint for maximum inclusion of all people."
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On this day of days it is good to commemorate the Founding document of our constitutional republic, i.e. the US Constitution. In its own day it was no mean achievement, and even now its ideas and issues prove inspirational. An understanding of its historical context can only serve to illuminate the rich tradition from which it comes. It is fitting and proper that this be done.
The Anglo-Saxon constitutional tradition of limited government, of which the American Founders were the inheritors, starts on the plains of Runnymede, England in 1215 with the Magna Carta. This document limited the power of the King, a novel and dangerous idea at the time. That idea evolved slowly into a representative parliament given explanation and justification by the writings of Thomas Hobbes and John Locke in the latter half of the 17th century. Their work is an attempt to reason about the relationship of government, political freedom, and natural rights derived from natural law. Edmund Burke, the reputed 'father' of conservatism, noted in 1775, "The people of the colonies are descendants of Englishmen.... They are therefore not only devoted to liberty, but to liberty according to English ideas and on English principles. The people are Protestants... a persuasion not only favorable to liberty, but built upon it...."
The American experiment was to give this attempt at limited and self government a more constitutional framework. The American founding documents themselves are the product of the Enlightenment thinking of Locke, Montesquieu and many others. Simply put, the Founders' main concerns were how to secure liberty, prevent tyranny and limit government. This is aptly stated in the Preamble to the US Constitution. "We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America."
The Cultural Origins of the United States
As has been stated, America's association with constitutional democracy comes from its Anglo-Saxon heritage. The growth of parliamentary democracy in England influenced the emergence of constitutionalism in America. The overwhelming majority of settlers who came to colonial America were of British ancestry due to the steady stream of about 170 years of immigration throughout the colonial period starting with Jamestown and Massachusetts Bay colonies in 1607 and 1620 respectively.
These British settlers populated the eastern seaboard of North America. They retained the language, manners, and customs of their 'mother' country. Political ideas were transferred as well. However, the geographical separation, unique character of the environment, and the habit of fending for themselves in a harsh wilderness, contributed to an independence of mind and spirit. This coupled with coercive taxation without political representation led to permanent separation and independence in 1776. David Hackett Fischer, in his book Albion's Seed noted, "Most of the first American settlers were Protestant dissenters who wanted to establish a godly society in the New World, free from coercion. For most of America's history a vague non-doctrinal Protestantism was its informally established religion. Thus the Declaration of Independence and US Constitution arose from a religious and cultural tradition that derived from Anglo-Saxon Protestantism."
The Growth of Constitutional Democracy in the United States
The Founding Fathers deliberated long and hard on how to create a governmental system that would embody the new ideals of "limited government", "natural rights" and "consent of the governed". These men were no starry eyed idealists. They warned against the abuse of power. James Madison said, "All men having power ought to be distrusted."
These were radical ideas back in the late 18th century. Thus when the Constitution was written in 1787 their main concerns were to limit the power of central government, (an age-old problem of human society); to protect the natural rights of men; and to ensure the "blessings of liberty". The US Constitution is supposed to be the solution to those concerns.
The main principles of the Constitution, i.e. separation of powers, checks and balances, and federalism are foundational. The "rule of law" is the underlying subtext. This means that the American republic is one of laws, of rights, of processes. It does not mean a government of personality, of title, of men, or of office.
Furthermore, the Constitution has seven articles. It is no accident that the first one, and the most detailed, is about Congress. Why, because it is the representative body of the people, from whence all legitimacy derives. Representation means accountability. The "consent of the governed" is not a bumper sticker. The Declaration of Independence speaks of "the consent of the governed". Even the Articles of Confederation (the first framework of the newly independent states) speaks of the "consent of the United States Congress assembled". This "consent" idea cannot be overstated.
Another distinguishing feature of the Constitution is federalism. A feature that exemplifies limited government. The governments of the 13 states had already been in existence by the time of the Constitutional Convention of 1787. They had started as colonies then became states from 1777 to 1787 under the Articles of Confederation. However, the Articles of Confederation proved to be too weak, thus the US Constitution was established.
Moreover, to further limit central governmental power, federalism was institutionalized to share power between the federal level and the state level of government. It is important to note that state power preceded national power. The people's rights preceded the Constitution and federal power. The people's rights are considered to be "natural rights", thus the statement: "endowed by the Creator with unalienable rights" in the Declaration of Independence. According to this thinking, embraced by the Framers, the people's rights do not come from the government. The government is empowered and legitimized by, again, the "consent of the governed".
It is therefore, good to remind ourselves that the Founders were creating a government of laws, not of men, which was in stark contrast to the European governments of their time. Today we commemorate that tradition.


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In response to citizen concerns regarding Brown County Administrator Michael Thompson, there will be a special joint meeting of the Brown County Commissioners and the Brown County Council next Thursday, October 9th;The Hoosier State will receive a visit from President Barack Obama tomorrow, Friday October 3rd;US Senator Joe Donnelly recently welcomed the awarding of a $3 million grant from the US Department of Veterans Affairs, specifically from its Supportive Services for Veteran Families division, to the United Way of Central Indiana;The Bloomington wildlife advocacy group BANIDS is promoting new legislation to stop the city's plans for the sharpshooting of deer in the Griffy Lake Nature Preserve.
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Funeral services for Josie Owens will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 20 at First Baptist Pheba Church with Rev. Willie Larry officiating.
Funeral services for Willie Lee Gray will be Saturday, Aug. 20 at 11 a.m. at Reform Chapel Church with Rev. James Boyd officiating.
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My people love a good ear of corn ... I usually buy a half-dozen at a time from the local farmer and we eat it in the normal corn-on-the-cob-boiled-in-a-big-pot style. However, I am now the proud owner of a BUSHEL of it! What can I do with all this corn???
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ASX makes announcements available on www.asx.com.au and from 1 November 2002 the announcements are available in PDF format. Prior to this time the edited text versions are available. Announcements prior to 1996 are available from State libraries or you may purchase a full copy of an announcement.
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From Wi-Fi coffee makers to GPS-enabled canes, Mobile World Congress 2013 gave companies a chance to tout the offbeat side of mobile tech.
Fujitsu joins the cavalcade of ultrabook announcements.
For now, Fujitsu's phones are only available in Japan, but what can you expect if they ever make their way to our shores? Some pretty cool stuff, actually. Take a peek here.
Nvidia introduces a bevy of new top-line professional graphics chips aimed at high-end scientific and engineering users.
Fujitsu has just launched the first full-colour ebook reader in Japan, with Wi-Fi, mobile connectivity and wireless ebook downloading
Firsthand account of Apple's latest laptop.
Microsoft announces "general availability" for the home server operating system, although that's a bit of a stretch. HP's server won't be available until later this month, while other makers are waiting even longer.


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Yes there is, but allot of that has to do with the fact that the 990R has an inch more travel at both ends that the 1190R (which is annoying).
Just get the bike raised to original 950s height (265mm of travel, versus 245 for the last "R") or get crazy and get a set of SX forks (if the fork end is the same) or a set of the open catridges and swap the fork ends on them and combine that with either taking spacers out of the 1190 shock or getting a longer shock from the off-road line.
Resping and revalve and have a 300mm of travel...
I'm sure james would be able to put something together.
Easier said than done! The 1190 R might have a new shock or different leverage ratio that allows it to use no spacers to achieve its R level travel. You might be able to raise the 1190 non-R to R specs, but that might be the limit. At least without major surgery (longer shock shaft and shock body?). And then you'd have to deal with the forks. Notice the non-R 1190 has the axle under the fork while the R has more conventional dirtbike style leading axle forks.
There might be solutions to get more travel and more clearance on the 1190 for those that want it, but it will not be as easy as it was with the 9X0.
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Recap of The Real Housewives of Atlanta Season 5, Episode 18: Kandi Burruss Shows Off Her New House
It's time for our weekly dose of insanity — here's what went down with Kandi Burruss on Season 5, Episode 18 of The Real Housewives of Atlanta. Let's do this!
Over in Kandi land, renovations are underway both at her new home and her new office digs. She's super psyched that she'll finally have a professional space to run her many businesses out of, but she's also super stressed that she's fixing up both places at the same time, not to mention that she planned a housewarming party right in the middle of all the mayhem.
In the end, she pulls it off and gets to show off her fabulous — and we mean fa-bu-lous — house. Actually, houses, plural, because they have the party in the guest house next door. Even Porsha, who is the queen of decor, calls Kandi's house "grand" and wonders where the butler's hiding. Seriously, the house is amazing.
Unfortunately, the guest list at her shindig is not as fabulous, as it includes the infamous Walter Jackson. When Kenya Moore finds out, she twirls the hell outta there.
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Opening Statement of Sen. Lisa A. Murkowski
September 23, 2003
Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works
Thank you Mr. Chairman -- and thank you, Governor Leavitt, for being willing to continue your public service by taking on this difficult and often thankless task. I'm sure you know that no matter how well you do, you will seldom make anyone completely happy, and will never make everyone happy at once.
Mr. Chairman, my state, like many others in the West, has often struggled with environmental restrictions sought by, imposed by, and maintained by interests with very little knowledge of the conditions we live with.
We take our environmental responsibilities very seriously. We care about our environment, and we try very hard to address serious issues with clarity and common sense. All too often, common sense is lacking when one-size-fits-all solutions are imposed from outside, and based more on fanciful gloom-and doom predictions than on facts.
The truth is this country has made mammoth strides in improving our environment, and every day we learn new ways to apply research and technology toward doing an even better job.
This Administration is providing a breath of fresh air – and I mean that both literally and figuratively -- when it comes to environmental issues. While improvements can certainly be forced – at great cost – by the threat of heavy-handed government enforcement, they come far more rapidly when they are to the participants' economic advantage. There is all the difference in the world between making money and not losing money.
If we look honestly at what works and what doesn't, we have to conclude that reform of the regulatory process is badly needed. I commend the Administration for being willing to look at new approaches to building a better environment, rather than continuing to hammer at the same old nails.
Governor Leavitt's record on the environmental issues faced by the State of Utah is exemplary, despite the inevitable complaints by those who have not gotten everything they wanted. His approach to negotiating complex issues has demonstrated that it is possible to achieve balance – and a reasonable outcome for those involved.
In many respects, we in the West are not alone in seeking that same balance between our nation's laws and our regional needs – between our responsibility for our own choices and those who wish to make choices for us.
I am confident that I will not always agree with the positions that
Governor Leavitt may take if he becomes the EPA Administrator. Alaska has a number of outstanding issues
with the EPA.
We have long wished for administrative action to establish Alaska as a separate EPA region; attempting to administer such a vast area with so few people who have even seen the issues first-hand is an impossible task.
We would like to move forward on a determination that better defines the extent of Clean Water Act authority over Alaska's wetlands. We have over 174 million acres of land classified as wetlands, more than all the other states combined. Much of it is neither used for navigation nor connected in any substantive way with other water bodies, or exists solely because it is underlain by permafrost.
We would like to receive active assistance from the EPA in evaluating the long-term health effects of our reliance on small, diesel-powered utilities.
We would like to receive recognition that temperature inversions due to our climate are the primary reason some of our cities have difficulty attaining compliance with carbon monoxide rules.
We would like the agency to work with us on developing a mechanism that will more effectively deliver grants to Alaska's many rural Native communities.
There are many other issues between us – far too many to list them all.
What I ask for, and what I believe Governor Leavitt will offer, is comprehensive, impartial and thoughtful consideration.
I plan to offer Governor Leavitt my strong support in this committee, and look forward to hearing from him on specific issues.
Thank you Mr. Chairman.