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The new edition of the "No-Nonsense Guide to World Food" has arrived!
Wayne's new book is … [Continue Reading]
Sharing the School Meal Potluck
Before I knew what was happening, an information-sharing meeting of 50 people that I was moderating at FoodShare, Say Yes! to Good Healthy Food in … [Read More...]
'The No-Nonsense Guide to World Food' is Food Tank's "must read" books of Fall 2013
Four times a year, Food Tank handpicks a selection of books that have recently educated, inspired, and informed their organization. This fall, Food … [Read More...]
Whose land? The displacement of the Mississauga has left Toronto with a major cultural deficit
Toronto is developing a new tagline that's much more appealing than Hogtown, Toronto the Good or the big smoke. Now we have "Toronto, … [Read More...]
The Case for Food Hubs
By Wayne Roberts and Lori Stahlbrand Each week during the school year, students and staff at the Palgrave Public School dig into a lunch of fresh, … [Read More...]
Quebec City Uses Food as Pioneer Species of Urban Revival
By sheer luck, our family stumbled on a little-known urban success story while looking for a place to crash in Quebec City that offered direct access … [Read More...]
Getting to the Right Question on the Nutrient Benefits of Organic Food
The international media had a field day headlining a Stanford university study dissing the nutritional benefits of organic food. I hope it's not too … [Read More...]
Green Infrastructure and Food
I started my research by typing "crumbling" into Google, and as soon as I hit the first letter in the second word, up popped "crumbling … [Read More...]
My dirty secret
Weird as it seems, this summer's scary news stories about drought and global water crisis took a load off my shoulders – and allowed me to come … [Read More...]
No water, no crops: how this year's North American drought will impact you
I can't figure out why Mark Twain is considered such a smarty pants for noticing that people always talk about the weather but never do anything … [Read More...]
Forest Gardens in Honduras make the best of two worlds
The drought parching harvests in several of the world's most productive food baskets is the summer's hottest global food story. Eerily, it's … [Read More...]
Book Reviews: Avant Gardeners Awake! Food systems affect everything from pollution to mental health.
Food pairs well with writing. Writerly minds are attracted to the food and agriculture scene, and the food and ag scene comes across well on the … [Read More...]
Can Main Street shops stop the traffic jam blues?
Going for a drive along a nearby street isn't my usual idea of a good conversation starter or a way to get to know someone, but it was all for a … [Read More...]
How Food Will Make Edmonton: check out a recent talk I gave in Edmonton, Alberta
I recently had the pleasure of giving a presentation at Edmonton's Food in the City Conference. Check out my video … [Read More...]
New City Moves Help Wipe Away Tears After Rio +20
Suppose they held a United Nations conference on sustainability and nobody came? As much as leaders of global citizen groups have tried to rally … [Read More...]
Mental Health Report Shows Need for Screening Questions on Food
Crazy as it sounds, the Mental Health Commission of Canada – appointed in 2007 by Canada's Conservatives and received respectfully when its … [Read More...]
Human Rights Investigator Hits Sore Point in Review of Canada's Food Scene
Nothing befit Olivier de Schutter's tour of Canada's food security situation as his leaving it. Two senior federal cabinet ministers heaped … [Read More...]
Japan's Earthquake
The world is still reeling and shaking from afterthoughts of what happened in March, 2011 when Japan was hit by a catastrophic earthquake and tsunami, … [Read More...]
Mental Health Report Shows Need for Screening Questions on Food
Crazy as it sounds, the Mental Health Commission of Canada – appointed in 2007 by Canada's Conservatives and received respectfully when its report … [Read More...]
Green Roof Schools
The conflict between sound financial axiom and ludicrous financial dogma will hit the roof at Toronto city council sometime between May 11 and 13 -- … [Read More...]
Cities May Look Left to Protect Their Future as Centers of Innovations and Development
It was called "re-imagining our cities," but the summit was just as much about re-imagining Canada's social democrats -- the New Democratic … [Read More...]
Food Industry Named World's Worst
Dangerously low levels of sustainability in the food industry may skyrocket to the top of the to-do and worry-about lists of business executives, … [Read More...]
Resource Revolution
Did you hear the one about a physicist, a chemist, and an economist who were stranded on a desert island without any food, when all of a sudden a can … [Read More...]
Revolting Food Trends of 2011-2012
Four uprisings of global significance surprised the world in 2011, and the spirit of all four will surprise those who manage the food system in … [Read More...]
Assets in the Dirt: Even if bank economists like Drummond can't add them up, Ontario has lots we can bank on
The people of Ontario have taken two weeks of being kicked in the assets following the release of bank economist Don Drummond's report on government … [Read More...]
Designs on equality: City planning is a mechanism of discrimination – it mainly serves the able-bodied
Okay, I admit it, the Canadian Urban Institute's new report doesn't exactly have a catchy title. But don't be deceived – Repositioning … [Read More...]
Bare essentials: T.O. org puts women's underpants on Haiti's aid agenda
On the second anniversary of the earthquake in Haiti, let's get down to a skimpy project that lays bare a whole lot about the men in charge of … [Read More...]
The waist in Rob Ford's Weight Loss Challenge: Mayor Ford's 2-pounds-a-week ambition casts will power in a heroic role that can't prevail
Whatever happens in his 330-pound challenge, Mayor Rob Ford has a lot to gain or lose politically from the big publicity splash of his pledge to cut … [Read More...]
Have a Gratitudinous New Year
One of the first lessons most of us learned at our mother's knee about table manners. Hold back before gobbling the grub, and share a moment with … [Read More...]
Revolting Food Trends of 2011-12
Four uprisings of global significance surprised the world in 2011, and the spirit of all four will surprise those who manage the food system in … [Read More...]
Fairly Good Success Story Hits a Snag
Fair Trade sales have skyrocketed to 70 times what they were a decade ago, but – here comes the bad news – Fair Traders are now suffering from … [Read More...]
Food's a trip, Actually a Baker's Dozen of Trips
By Wayne Roberts Citywatch: Whether it's action or traction in the food world, cities are stepping up to the plate. The world is fast going … [Read More...]
Processing Methods May Move Nutrition to Food Movement Center Stage
Take a pass on food guides, ingredient pyramids, and with any diet books that feature pro-carb, anti-carb, low-fat or packaged solutions of any … [Read More...]
How City Food can Bridge the Urban-Rural Divide
It's a given that better food habits can help cure what ails individual bodies that are overweight or undernourished, but what if better food … [Read More...]
A Tribute to My Loving Sister Dale Roberts
Wayne's November 19, 2011 memorial tribute to Dale Roberts: Welcome, and thank for you coming to this celebration of Dale Roberts. I hope we can … [Read More...]
Four Billion New Reasons Why Food Will Become a Local Government Issue
Last week, the flashbulb explosion met the population explosion, as news cameras clicked at several newborns identified as the seventh billion … [Read More...]
Occupy Movement Identifies Food Movement Common Inspiration and Options
This week's blog comes to you via World Watch: Nourishing the Planet. I have been posting my articles on their site for some time and am hoping … [Read More...]
Cold Cuts: Maple Leaf Butchers Jobs and Food Security, but No-one Speaks Out
There will be no hogs in Hogtown's future, but neither does there appear to be any squealing. Toronto's pre-eminence as a food processing … [Read More...]
Cultivating Conservatism: why radicals in farm country went 'PC'
A lot of people gave the middle finger to Ontario's political system last week. Leaving aside any feelings of joy, relief or disappointment … [Read More...]
The Taste of Cohesion
This week's blog comes to you via World Watch: Nourishing the Planet. I have been posting my articles on their site for sometime and am hoping that … [Read More...]
Jack Layton's Afterlife Will Keep Us All Busy
The way things look now, it will be as much work keeping up with Jack's afterlife as it was keeping up with the pace he set in his all-too-brief … [Read More...]
What's Not Infrastructure About Social & Environmental Infrastructure?
Economic geeks tell a joke about Microsoft billionaire Bill Gates that goes a long way to explaining why so many cities face a budgetary crisis that … [Read More...]
Tribute to Jack Layton I gave to Toronto Board of Health September 13, 2011
Thank you for organizing this time to show appreciation for Jack Layton, a central figure in the success story of public health in Canada. Jack … [Read More...]
Brain fried? Try a Real Food and Outdoors Tonic; Why Local Food is Key to Calming Frayed City Nerves….
Before I outline how this could be done, I should explain why I didn't hand in this article last week, as originally promised. I faced computer … [Read More...]
See Why Jack Layton is So Beloved by Checking out The Humulity and Humor of His Roasting of Me on My Retirement From the Toronto Food Policy Council, which he initiated!
Jack was always a supporter of my work and friend. Take a look at why he is so beloved. … [Read More...]
Canadian Grieve Jack Layton, Crusader for City Health, Food, Environment and Optimism
By Wayne Roberts Jack Layton's death on August 22 feels so cry-out-loud tragic – and has touched a chord across the country with an outpouring … [Read More...]
Why Cities Need a Fresh Serving of Brain Food
I've waited patiently the last two months to see if some city government or health official somewhere might respond to Nature Magazine's … [Read More...]
Jack Layton's Winning Spirit
You don't really get to know some people until you know them when they're down. That's a problem for anyone who wants to write about Jack … [Read More...]
Citywatch: Slow Money
A lot of people blame fast buck artists for bringing on the 2008 economic crash, but few have yet looked to slow money artistry to get the economy … [Read More...]
Hop High For Local & Sustainable Craft Beer
I met a beer whisperer at a party last week. She helps beer with real personality express the good times it's had, the food it wants to pair with, … [Read More...]
Why Energy Tax Breaks Harm Food and Environment
One nice thing about early posting of the fixed date for Ontario's upcoming election (October 6, don't you know?) is that all parties have the … [Read More...]
Big Powers Missing in Action on Food Price Crisis but New Leaders Emerge
Find Wayne's article Here Featured On the WorldWatch Institute website. … [Read More...]
One Track Minds Can't See the Food for the Traffic Jams
By Wayne Roberts There's only one issue that gets all right-thinking North Americans yelling out of the far left side of their mouth. Roads. … [Read More...]
The World is Watching: Worldwatch Checks Out Wayne Roberts on Food Councils
To read more about the challenges of Toronto food policy in the past and where food policies are heading see how my interview with Supriya Kumar from … [Read More...]
How government food policy got in your face but not in your heart
Cuts to Government Services, But not to Double Standards By Wayne Roberts Politicians at all levels are promising more cuts to government … [Read More...]
Plastic Bags
PLASTIC BAGS By Wayne Roberts The looming Toronto council debate about ending the five cent fee required for disposable bags from food retailers … [Read More...]
Imagining Sustainable Food Systems – Free Chapter
I was fortunate to be asked to contribute to Alison Blay-Palmer's new book, Imagining Sustainable Food Systems. It's a terrific read -- I encourage … [Read More...]
Open Pit Gravel Mine Tells Farmers to "Eat My Dust"
Although the Ontario election is still six months away, the surprise candidate for most polarizing issue likely to turn the political contest into an … [Read More...]
Whatever Happened to Election Debates on Economics?
Tears have been wiped dry, major resignations are in, and thoughts about ways of overcoming disproportionate misrepresentation allowing Harpers … [Read More...]
Thoroughly Modern Dorothy: Why I Remember Mealtime on Mother's Day
My Mom and Dad came of age in Toronto during the "Dirty Thirties," but even by the standards of that era, they had more than their share of … [Read More...]
A New Political Alignment May Follow Canada's Federal Election
As much as Canada's federal election delivered historic consequences for every political party, the election's future significance turns more on … [Read More...]
Foods of Locality: Food With a Place in Your Heart
Food is a many-splendored thing, so the more we learn about it, the more we discover new ways to look for it, and come to appreciate why the centre of … [Read More...]
Japan's Earthquake-Tsunami Made Worse by High Risk Technologies Everywhere
Japan's ordeal upsets and confronts onlookers because of the way tragedies unfolding from the natural disaster of an earthquake and tsunami touched … [Read More...]
The Pillars of Cheap Food are Cracking
The worldwide price level of food is taking a great leap upward for the second time in less than five years. My bet is that this food price hike … [Read More...]
The First and Most Important Thing to Know About Food
Check out my lead-in to a special issue of Alternatives magazine on food; I give away the first and most important thing to know about food. Read … [Read More...]
Wayne Roberts at Alberta Pathways 2 Sustainability Conference
Wayne's spoke in Red Deer, Alberta, at their exciting Pathways2Sustainability conference; a reporter's preview of the talk is available … [Read More...]
Are We Seeing the End of Supermarkets?
I grew up with the habit of Thursday nights as the time when family shopped together at the local supermarket, and I always assumed, for good or ill, … [Read More...]
A lot of people blame fast buck artists for bringing on the 2008 economic crash, but few have yet looked to slow money artistry to get the economy … [Read More...]
Is being vegan the only green option?
Join the discussion on how green and vegan issues relate; see my intro to the issues in this debate with PETA member Bruce … [Read More...]
Do Food and Health Policy Have Anything to do with the Arizona Murders?
There's something a tad self-absorbed about the outpouring of media grief and analysis over a shooting rampage that left six dead in … [Read More...]
Health Council Report Steps Up Criticism of Runaway Medical Spending
Thanks to New Year's resolutions that haven't run out of steam yet, my local gym is packed with fresh faces of people who look like they don't … [Read More...]
The All-But-Secret Trade Deal Between Canada And Europe Needs A Close Look
Robert Assange need to be free so he can create some wikileaks buzz around all-but-secret but all-but- done trade deals that will lock Canada into … [Read More...]
Time for Ontario's Neo-Liberal Innovators to Innovate
A new report on Ontario's economic problems has been released just in time to invite comment and debate from the leadership candidates of both … [Read More...]
How Biomass Is My Valley? Could Bio-Energy Be Worse Than Fossil Fuels?
Ontario's recently-tabled Long-Term Energy Plan confirms the Liberal government's commitment to both nuclear power and renewable sourcing of new … [Read More...]
Here is the text of my keynote address to Food Secure Canada conference in Montreal, Saturday, November 27. It can be discouraging to learn how … [Read More...]
New Category! Foodbooks for Thought
Wayne is now reviewing books about food policy, food security, the environment under a new category, Foodbooks for Thought. Simply enter Foodbooks as … [Read More...]
New Book Explains Why Big Cities Back Hometown Food
As a local food enthusiast, I often wonder: why is it that places most removed in their landscape from farms, most outward-turning in their economy, … [Read More...]
Corporate Knights' The Killer Kernel
Wayne was recently interviewed by Toby A. A. Heaps from Corporate Knights Magazine regarding the link between food policy and our health care system. … [Read More...]
A Raging Bull in a Tea Party Shop: What Foodies Can Learn from a City Election in Toronto that Foretold U.S. Mid-term Elections
I wrote most of this as an assessment of Toronto's election during the day of October 25, before the polls were closed and any votes counted in … [Read More...]
Foodbooks for Thought: Mark Winne's New Book an Organizer's Manual for America's Food Rebels
Mark Winne has been working in the galleys of the U.S. food movement for 40 years, before there was a food movement of any note. He's a social … [Read More...]
McGuinty Era in Ontario Reveals Neo-Liberal Formula
Premier Dalton McGuinty's misfortune was to govern Ontario – and Ontario's misfortune was to have him govern – at a time when the province … [Read More...]
Ontario's Local Food Act: More Maybe Than Act
To get a handle on the Promoting Local Food Act tabled in the Ontario legislature on October 4, it helps to know the difference between government … [Read More...]
Politics has changed so much since I grew up that I still have trouble coping with modern conservatives who are usually outraged by the way things are … [Read More...]
Raj Patel in Toronto: From the Ground Up
LECTURE 2:30 - 4 PM STUFFED & STARVED THE HIDDEN BATTLE FOR THE WORLD'S FOOD SYSTEM Gardiner Museum Terrace Room* 111 Queen's Park … [Read More...]
The Four Rs: Retooling Schools as Community Hubs
By sheer luck, I got a quick taste of the linked future of food and schooling last week. At the last minute, I was invited to fill an empty seat on … [Read More...]
The narrow defeat of Canadian Conservative efforts to de-register rifle ownership will produce a lingering hangover for positive political and social … [Read More...]
It's An Ill Wind That Shows Local Food Is No Longer Debatable
Driving from Toronto to Halifax last week to help move my daughter Anika into King's College, I had a lot of quiet time to rehearse a rant against a … [Read More...]
The new edition of the "No-Nonsense Guide to World Food" has arrived!
Wayne's new book is here!! Wayne Roberts has been hard at work updating his 2008 publication "The No-Nonsense Guide to World Food" To get your … [Read More...]
Canadian Conservatives Scrapping of Long-Form Census Prevents Food Planning
It's a pretty strong sign that we live in an information economy and society when the Conservative cancellation of the longform census became one of … [Read More...]
Labor Day Lesson: Coalition of Immokalee Workers Turn Tables For Migrant Workers
With Labor Day just a few weeks away and badly in need of an event to celebrate, an historic agreement was signed on August 24. Written in legalese, … [Read More...]
Northwest Territories Gardeners and Farmers Work Together For Local Food
Yellowknife and Hay River "We're so far behind up here that we're ahead," Evellyn Coleman told me, explaining why her Territorial Farmers … [Read More...]
Agro-Ecology Is the Oldest and Newest Form of Bio-Mimicry: Count the F Words
Imitation is the highest form of flattery, and the intricate form of food production practiced by peasants through much of Asia and South America … [Read More...]
Hole In The Wall Gang Wants A Room Of Its Own
Hidden away betwixt a currency exchange and variety store on the south side of Dundas Square -- Toronto's stab at a European-style piazza -- is a … [Read More...]
Quebec City Uses Food as Pioneer Species of Urban Revival
By sheer luck, our family stumbled on a little-known urban success story while looking for a place to crash in Quebec City that offered direct access … [Read More...]
Governments Spend More on Bombs, Not Food, Decades after Cold War and Atomic Bombing
Visiting Japan a few years ago changed the way I look at the difference between conventional and nuclear war. On August 6, 1945, Hiroshima became … [Read More...]
Packaging "tax" — or is it fee? — comes to Ontario
Every time I see a shopper at the checkout counter stuff an armful of food into a purse or briefcase, I'm reminded how far Canadians will stretch … [Read More...]
Wayne Roberts' Secret Retirement Recipe for Successful Food Policy Councils
The following remarks were delivered by Wayne at a June 29 party of 130 people celebrating his ten years with the Toronto Food Policy Council and … [Read More...]
What If Oil Subsidies Were Phased Out by G-20 Leaders?
Every minute of the thousand minutes of meeting time by the G20 muckety mucks costs Canadian taxpaying hosts a million dollars, critics complain. But … [Read More...]
How to Plug the Legal Loophole that Caused the Gushing Hole in the Gulf
British Petroleum and the U.S. government can't figure out how to cover up an underwater oil leak that's spewing tens of thousands of gallons of … [Read More...]
Feast & Famine: Shifting to a Sustainable Food System
The Canadian International Council, Toronto Branch & The Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto present Feast Famine: Shifting … [Read More...]
Iggy fails taste test: Libs new food policy breaks ground but is low on basics
Canadian Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff released his proposed national food policy on April 26. Policy-wise, the dish makes for slim pickin's, … [Read More...]


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L'Officiel de la Mode, December 1955, n. 405 – 406, Pierre Balmain embroidered velvet evening gown.
Here's wishing a very merry holiday season to all Vault readers- we'll be back in 2013 to bring you the best of global vintage exhibitions, flea markets, vintage shows and more! In an homage to the vintage holiday frock, behold this Balmain gem [above] from a 50s-era L'Officiel spread. Here's hoping your festive attire is equally aspirational and that the new year brings many sartorially successful moments!


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NVIDIA GeForce GT 525M: Based on the GeForce GT 425M with slightly higher core clock speeds.
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Intel Core i7: The Intel Core i7 for laptops is based on the LG1156 Core i5/i7 CPU for desktops. The base clock speed of the CPUs is relatively low, but because of a huge Turbo mode, the cores can dynamically overclock to up to 3.2 GHz (920XM). Therefore, the CPU can be as fast as high clocked dual-core CPUs (using single threaded applications) but still offer the advantage of 4 cores. Because of the large TDP of 45 W / 55 W, the CPU is only intended for large laptops.
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Below is a select collection of some the messages I have spoken to various churches. All are downloadable as podcasts.
K. Rex Butts: Mark 1:14-20 "Follow Jesus!" (preached at the Bowie Church of Christ, Bowie, MD).
K. Rex Butts: Hebrews 3_1-6 _Get Serious About Jesus (This sermon was preached before the Columbia Church of Christ on Sunday, December 16, 2012 in response to the deadly school shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut on Friday, December 14, 2012).
K. Rex Butts -Hebrews 11:13-16, 12:1-3 "Homeward Bound"
K. Rex Butts – Genesis 12:1-9 "Go!"
K. Rex Butts: Habakkuk 3.16-19 "A Word on Faith"
K. Rex Butts: Psalm 42-43 "Deep Calls to Deep"
K. Rex Butts: Matthew 1.18-25 "The Grace of God Among Us"
K. Rex Butts: Matthew 5.13-16 "Salt and Light"
K. Rex Butts – Matthew 26:36-46 "Is It Possible?"
K. Rex Butts: Mark 8.22-26 – Needing A Second Touch
K. Rex Butts: John 14:15-24 "The Disciple's Apologetic"
K. Rex Butts: Colossians 1.3-8 "Fruit Farms"
K. Rex Butts: Colossians 1.24-29 – Why Maturity Matters
K. Rex Butts: 1 Peter 2.9-12 "Will the Church Be the Church?"


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I like Barret and McIntyre in FCW as the Empire
though that whole storyline in WWE12 sucked eggs!
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I like Barret and McIntyre in FCW as the Empire
though that whole storyline in WWE12 sucked eggs!
I don't accept the people who say that Barrett's done with factions after being in 2 before. HHH was in factions before he was in Evolution (the faction where he was the star), so why not Barrett.
My lineup would be as follows:
Wade Barrett
Drew McIntyre
Mason Ryan
William Regal
I think it's a great idea for several reasons:
1) It would make Barrett the star of the faction, being that he would be the top guy in it.
Wade Barrett is a main eventer in waiting. This faction is a perfect way to push him to the top. He's be working with a great mouthpiece/manager in William Regal and in McIntyre and Ryan you have the perfect muscle and perfect understudy that also has main event potential. Barrett would without doubt be the HHH of this British faction, so you can see him winning the world title, generatging great heat, with ease here.
I'm not saying that Barrett can't get to the top on his own, but this would be an interesting way for him to get there.
2) We'd see McIntyre getting something serious to work with rather than the joke that is 3MB.
3MB sucks. They're never going to be anything more than jobbers with a fantastically over the top gimmick. McIntyre is better than that. This faction would be the perfect way out for McIntyre. I can see Barrett, Ryan and Regal coming out to attack 3MB during a segment of theirs (perhaps that long awaited live performance of theirs on Raw we've been waiting o long for :rolleyes:), then attacking 3MB as McIntyre turns on them and aligns with the British trio.
3) Mason Ryan is in desperate need of some guidance.
Once touted as Vince McMahon's next big project, he's fallen completely off the radar. Surrounding himself with Barrett, McIntyre and especially Regal would benefit him greatly. I think he did fine as the silent enforcer of the New Nexus, but he's not had anything to work with since then. Turning him face was a bad move, plus he doesn't really have the mic skills to be a solo guy yet. Batista wasn't anything much before Evolution, after though, he most definitely was something. Learning from Regal, Barrett and McIntyre can have the same effect on this guy.
4) It would get William Regal on regular tv again.
Nuff said there. I think William Regal is perfect for the manager role of this group. He's got unique mic skills, can generate heat like no other, he's still able to wrestle. The guidance that this man would be able to offer the other 3 is unparalleled.
It's easy to see this faction dominating with Barrett holding the World title, McIntyre with the IC/US title, and Regal and Ryan with the tag titles.
I don't see the bad side of this faction to be honest.
I was pissed after they put him in The Corre. Get the guy in the World title picture and let him blossom
No Barrett doesn't need to be a leader of a faction. What needs to happen is for some people to have some patience and come to terms with the actuality that Barrett isn't ready yet to be the man or the main event draw.
Does Barrett need a new faction? No, he's proved he is strong enough by himself, in a group, he handles almost all the work
what does he need? Credible wins and to be presented as a dominant force, not generic heel #458
tons of potential, which the writers and bookers are wasting
remember when this guy was World Champ Material in his Rookie year, fueding with "Vinnie's Golden Boys" Cena and Orton
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Oakwood Health Campus hosted a volunteer-recognition event to honor those who give their time and talents to others in the community. The theme for this year was the "Hollywood Walk Of Fame…Our Volunteers Are Stars."
PERRY COUNTY – We The Youth of Perry County is currently taking applications for the 2013-14 program year. We The Youth of Perry County is a leadership program for students who will be freshman for the upcoming school year.
The program includes a variety of activities including a kickoff retreat and monthly meetings. The meetings are usually conducted from 6 to 8:30 p.m. the third Wednesday of the month. Some of this year's topics will include government, community involvement, Perry County history, a mock court and values and decisions.
TELL CITY – The tenants of Twilight Towers met April 17 with President Joyce Richardt presiding.
April birthdays were Ruth Loney, Enid Kessner, Charlotte Ward, Donnie Steen, Grover Gray, Alice Alvey, Leoma Welsh, Helen Stiles, Annie Tate, Marty Oberhausen, Peg Hawhee, Elizabeth Simpson, Rose Zeigelgruber, Annie Applegate and Violet Lawhorne.
Because an annual yard sale is scheduled for May 11, there will be no monthly dinner for the tenants or public entertainment in May. Information on the June public entertainment will be available at a later date.
PERRY COUNTY – Forms for the annual luminary service during the Perry County Relay for Life are now available.
The service will be held at 9 p.m. June 8 at Perry Central schools during the Relay event. Forms will be available at all German American locations in Tell City and in future issues of the News. They can be returned to Pam Krygielka at 6971 Alamo Road, Tell City, IN 47586. For more information, call Krygielka at 836-2712.
Cub Scouts Pack 192 held its annual Pine-wood Derby Race April 14. Winners, from left, are Matt Aders, first place; Wyatt Krelein, second place, and Daniel Scott, third place.
People who graduated March 26 from the Dave Ramsey Financial Peace University Class posed for a photo.
Pictured from the left are Wesley Graves, Christina Graves, Travis Sommer, Joanna Sommer, Ray Sabelhaus, Brigitte Voyles, Alex Betz, Brittany Betz and Sandy Cross. Not present for the picture was Kim Hawkins. The class is presented every spring and fall. For information about the next class, contact Bill Reid at 608-2130. The class is sponsored by the Troy United Methodist Church.
INDIANAPOLIS – Indiana Knights of Columbus held its state convention in Indianapolis April 26, 27 and 28. Attending from the Tell City Knights of Columbus Council 1172 were Gene Hurm, Clarence Franchville and Dan Goble.
Hurm was re-elected to Indiana State Council Warden and Franchville was reappointed to Indiana State Council District Deputy 36.
The featured speaker at the banquet was Carl Erskine, a baseball player who was a part of the Brooklyn Dodgers team in the 1950s.
Emma and Eli Bauer will compete in a national pageant later this year in Louisville, Ky., after placing in the Indiana Hoosier Queen of the CommonWealth pageant held in April.
Emma was named the 2013 Humanitarian Indiana Hoosier Queen of the CommonWealth. She earned this title by donating more than 1,600 items to local animal shelters. Eli was crowned 2013 Master of the Indiana Hoosier Queen of the CommonWealth. The brother and sister are the children of Teresa and David Baur.
Mary Thrasher, center, celebrated her upcoming 90th birthday with a party at Evangelical United Church of Christ April 13. Her daughter, Karen Marcroft of Mountain View, Calif., behind Mary, and her niece Aleta Best of Sterling Va., right, traveled to Tell City to help Mary celebrate.
SPENCER COUNTY – Nearly 100 Lincoln Hills Development Corp. employees and volunteers participated in a Bridges Out of Poverty workshop last month. The workshop is based on a book by DeVol, Payne and Smith, which discusses challenges faced by low income Americans and the hidden rules of economic class.
TELL CITY – The Tell City Kiwanis Club is selling discounted Coke products and barbecue for a fundraiser, just in time for Memorial Day and graduation celebrations.
Orders are being taken for Boston butts prepared by Bill and Dave's Smokin' Pit at the cost of $30. It feeds between 20 and 25 people. Half orders are also available at $15; these orders feed 10 to 12 people.
SALEM – Friends and family are invited to help Opal Foertsch celebrate her 90th birthday from 2 to 4 p.m. EDT Saturday, May 11 at the Salem-Washington County Senior Center, 1705 North Shelby St., Salem.
Opal's daughters, Jackie and Suzanne, will host the open house birthday party and invite everyone to stop by and wish Opal a happy birthday. She has requested no gifts.
Katelyn Hoesli, daughter of Steven and Casey Hoesli of Tell City, won the title first runner up in the Indiana 2013 Supreme Queen baby division. Hoesli's picture, seen in the first picture below and taken by Debra's Studio in Tell City, was also the winner of Indiana's 2013 Supreme Queen most photogenic.
Nancy Etienne, community sales representative with Medi Home Care, met with the residents at Oakwood Health Campus to share health tips and new products on the market to better assist them when they return home.
Health News With Nancy is offered monthly as part of the Lifelong Learning Program held for the residents on the Transitional Care neighborhood at Oakwood Health Campus.
Trilogy Health Services holds a quarterly theme dinner for residents in each of its campuses through the year. Recently, the mystery theme dinner unfolded clues throughout the week and ended with a dinner and the arrest of the jewel thief responsible for stealing the Oakwood Jewels.
ST. MEINRAD – The Eighth District American Legion Junior Auxiliary meeting was held at St. Meinrad Legion Post 366 April 14. President Emma Hassfurther opened the meeting at 1:15 p.m. Flags were presented by Ethan Hassfurther and Christopher Lange. The opening prayer was read by Emily Lange, followed by members reciting the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag.
FAIRFIELD, Ill. – Kathy Clayton of Tell City has been named the new chief financial officer of Fairfield Memorial Hospital.
Clayton takes to Fairfield 28 years of experience earned from Perry County Memorial Hospital in Tell City, which is similar in size to Fairfield Memorial.
"After 28 years in the same facility, I was ready for a change with new challenges," Clayton said. "I enjoy the hospitality of a small community and when I saw this opportunity present itself, I knew it would be the perfect place to transition to."
DOOLITTLE MILLS — The 2012 Doolittle Mills Cemetery fund report has been released for 2012.
People contributing to the cemetery fund during 2012 were:
Roger Ball & family, $100; Shirley Mitchell, $50; Charolette McKim, $50; Eugene & Lora McKim, $20; Gerald En-low, $200; Russell Johnson $40; Norma Thompson, $200; Frances Belcher, $50; Frances Wells, $75; Eva Underhill (CD), $11.77; Nova Sturgeon, $100; Nolan Lynch Family, $25; and Herschel DuPont (CD), $32.36.
Contributions for 2012... $954.13
TELL CITY – VNA Plus Home Care & Hospice's Tell City location moved recently. The nonprofit medical-service provider is now located at 314 Indiana 66 E, Tell City.
The move will not effect any services future or current patients receive. The Tell City office can still be reached by calling (800) 743-4862 or 547-7967.
Each year, members of the Indiana Retired Teachers Association are asked to keep a record of their volunteer hours and turn them in to the state office in Indianapolis. Throughout the state, more than one million hours were turned in. These are calculated by a figure of approximately $17 per hour to let legislators know that even though teachers are retired, they are still working without pay.
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Aquaporins are integral membrane proteins from a larger family of major intrinsic proteins (MIP) that form pores in the membrane of biological cells.
Genetic defects involving aquaporin genes have been associated with several human diseases. The 2003 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to Peter Agre for the discovery of aquaporins and jointly to Roderick MacKinnon for his work on the structure and mechanism of potassium channels.
Water molecules traverse through the pore of the channel in single file. The presence of water channels increases membrane permeability to water.
Many human cell types express them, as do certain bacteria and many other organisms, such as plants for which it is essential for the water transport system.
The pioneering discoveries and research on water channels by Agre and his colleagues resulted in the presentation of a Nobel Prize in Chemistry to Agre in 2003. In 1999, together with other research teams, Agre reported the first high-resolution images of the three-dimensional structure of an aquaporin, viz. aquaporin-1. Further studies using supercomputer simulations have identified the pathway of water as it moves through the channel and demonstrated how a pore can allow water to pass without the passage of small solutes.
However the first report of protein mediated water transport through membranes was by Gheorghe Benga in 1986. This publication which preceded Agre"s first publication on water membrane transport proteins has led to a controversy that Benga's work was neither adequately recognized by Agre nor the Nobel Prize Committee.
Aquaporin proteins are made up of six transmembrane α-helices arranged in a right-handed bundle, with the amino and the carboxyl termini located on the cytoplasmic surface of the membrane. The amino and carboxyl halves of the sequence show similarity to each other, in what appears to be a tandem repeat. Some researches believe that this results from an early evolution event which saw the duplication of the half-sized gene. There are also five interhelical loop regions (A – E) that form the extracellular and cytoplasmic vestibules. Loops B and E are hydrophobic loops which contain the highly, although not completely conserved Asn-Pro-Ala (NPA) motif, which overlap the middle of the lipid bilayer of the membrane forming a 3-D 'hourglass' structure where the water flows through. This overlap forms one of the two well-known channel constriction sites in the peptide, the NPA motif and a second and usually narrower constriction known as 'selectivity filter' or ar/R selectivity filter.
Aquaporins form tetramers in the cell membrane, with each monomer acting as a water channel. The different aquaporins contain differences in their peptide sequence which allows for the size of the pore in the protein to differ between aquaporins. The resultant size of the pore directly affects what molecules are able to pass through the pore, with small pore sizes only allowing small molecules like water to pass through the pore.
Why this rotation occurs is not entirely clear yet. Some researchers identified an electrostatic field generated by the two aquaporin half helices HB and HE as the reason for the rotation of water molecules. Others suggested that it is caused by the interaction of hydrogen bonds between the oxygen of the water molecule and the asparagines in the two NPA motifs. Moreover, whether the rotation of water molecules has any biological significance is still being discussed. Early studies speculated that the "bipolar" orientation of water molecules keep them from conducting protons via the Grotthuss mechanism, while still permitting a fast flux of water molecules. More recent studies question this interpretation and emphasize an electrostatic barrier as the reason for proton blockage. In the latter view, the rotation of water molecules is only a side effect of the electrostatic barrier. At present (2008), the origin of the electrostatic field is a matter of debate. While some studies mainly considered the electric field generated by the protein's half helices HB and HE, others emphasized desolvation effects as the proton enters the narrow aquaporin pore.
The ar/R (aromatic/arginine) selectivity filter is a cluster of amino acids that help bind to water molecules and exclude other molecules that may try to enter the pore. It is the mechanism by which the aquaporin is able to selectively bind water molecules (hence allowing them through) and prevent other molecules from entering. The ar/P filter is a tetrad that is formed by two amino acid residues from helices 2 (H2) and 5 (H5) and two residues from loop E (LE1 and LE2), found on either side of the NPA motif. The ar/R region is usually found towards the extracellular vestibule, approximately 8 Å above the NPA motif and is often the narrowest part of the pore. The narrow pore acts to weaken the hydrogen bonds between the water molecules allowing the water to interact with the positively charged arginine, which also acts as a proton filter for the pore.
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Aquaporins in plants are separated into four main homologous subfamilies, or groups:
These four subfamilies have later been divided into smaller evolutionary subgroups based on their DNA sequence. PIPs cluster into two subgroups, PIP1 and PIP2, whilst TIPs cluster into 5 subgroups, TIP1, TIP2, TIP3, TIP4 and TIP5. Each subgroup is again split up into isoforms e.g. PIP1;1, PIP1;2.
The silencing of plant aquaporins has been linked to poor plant growth and even death of the plant.
There have been two clear examples of diseases identified as resulting from mutations in aquaporins:
A small number of people have been identified with severe or total deficiency in aquaporin-1. Interestingly, they are generally healthy, but exhibit a defect in the ability to concentrate solutes in the urine and to conserve water when deprived of drinking water. Mice with targeted deletions in aquaporin-1 also exhibit a deficiency in water conservation due to an inability to concentrate solutes in the kidney medulla by countercurrent multiplication.
In addition to its role in genetically determined nephrogenic diabetes insipidus, aquaporins also play a key role in acquired forms of nephrogenic diabetes insipidus (disorders that cause increased urine production). Acquired nephrogenic diabetes insipidus can result from impaired regulation of aquaporin-2 due to administration of lithium salts (as a treatment for bipolar disorder), low potassium concentrations in the blood (hypokalemia), high calcium concentrations in the blood (hypercalcemia), or a chronically high intake of water beyond the normal requirements (e.g. due to excessive habitual intake of bottled water or coffee).
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Lusaka — The COMESA Innovation Council will be launched on Monday, 08 April 2013, in Kampala, Uganda at the Ministry of Information and Communication Technology Headquarters.
His Excellency Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, the President of the Republic of Uganda and the Chairperson of the COMESA Authority, will launch the Council, comprising of eight imminent persons from the Member States.
To reach the high targets for intra-trade volumes in the region by the Authority, COMESA is focusing on an aggressive programme to foster the development of small and medium enterprises (SMEs). It is envisaged that SMEs will serve as the vehicle for harnessing existing technologies and using them to enhance industrial production and commerce. These SMEs need technology in order to achieve the high potential for growth in the region.
The COMESA Committee of Ministers of Science and Technology recommended the creation of an Innovation Council made up of eminent experts to advise on science and technology; and at their 2012 Summit in Kampala, COMESA Heads of State approved the creation of the expert advisory body.
The creation of the Innovation Council represents a landmark in Africa's institutional history because it is the first major political recognition of the critical role that technological innovation can play in enhancing Africa's global competitiveness.
According to Prof. Juma Calestous, Professor at the Havard Kennedy School, it is critical that the advisory council is made up of African experts; a break from the past when such advisory functions would normally be performed by consultants or experts from international agencies.
The timing of the creation of the council is particularly strategic given Africa's potential for transforming itself and the world market through emerging technologies.
For example, Africa used mobile phones to create a radically new way of transferring money, thereby restructuring the banking sector. Mobile technology is on the verge of transforming other traditional industries including education and health. In education, Africa can leapfrog into digital books and mobile learning to become a leading source of new educational businesses and industries. In healthcare, mobile technology will transform the very idea of a hospital. Much of healthcare will shift to homes that will in future be redesigned to function as extensions of hospitals. Similarly, new businesses and industries will grow out of it.
Even in traditional areas such as agriculture, new technologies will make it possible for Africa to meet its future needs with reduced input.
Advances in fields such as polymer research already provide new ways to encapsulate fertilizers and pesticides so they are released slowly. This will not only cut down the cost of inputs but will also reduce the adverse environmental impacts of agriculture.
To take advantage of these new opportunities African countries need to strengthen their technical capacity, especially in the engineering fields.
In addition to creating the advisory council, COMESA is setting up an Innovation Fund, promoting efforts to harmonize intellectual property rights, and continued infrastructure development to facilitate regional trade.
As COMESA's Chairperson, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni, told his counterparts at the Kampala meeting, Africa's future lies in economic and political integration. It is instructive that these forces are the ones that are shaping Africa's science and technology agenda as well as the interests of individual researchers and institutions.
The Members of the Innovation Council are:
Dr Dhanjay Jhurry (Mauritius) Dr Jonathan M. Tambatamba (Zambia) Prof. Aggrey Ambali (Malawi) Prof. Lydia Makhubu (Swaziland) Prof. Marie Claire Yandju (DRC) Prof. Meoli Kashorda (Kenya) Prof. Silas Lwakabamba (Rwanda) Prof. Venasius Baryamureeba (Uganda)
The Council will be inaugurated by the Bureau of Ministers responsible for Science, Technology and Innovation in the region; in order for them to get orientation on their terms of reference.


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BEIRUT: Around 50 shop owners blocked a road in the Beirut neighborhood of Ouzai Wednesday protesting security measures they claim could put them out of business.
The men used burning tires to block the street around 5 p.m., but security forces reopened the road an hour later.
After listening to the shop owners, members of the Internal Security Forces promised the protesters to relay their demands to the relevant authorities.
The protesters argued that police blocked a road leading to Al-Manar Television Station's headquarters as part of citywide security measures, making it difficult for customers to reach the commercial street.
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Baltimore Sun reporters, columnists and editors analyze the Orioles' trade of Jeremy Guthrie to the Colorado Rockies for Jason Hammel and Matt Lindstrom.
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The Orioles dealing RHP Jeremy Guthrie, the only sure thing in their starting rotation, adds more questions than answers heading into spring. The timing, which came on the day Guthrie was scheduled to go to arbitration, was telling. In return, the Orioles will get two pieces to help rebuild the pitching. RHP Jason Hammel can eat innings (He has started at least 27 games each of the past three years), but he has a 4.99 career ERA and was moved to the pen late last season. They also add 31-year-old reliever Matt Lindstrom just had his best major league season. He held hitters to a .217 batting average in the second half of last year. In an offseason of moves void of splash, the Orioles offer one that will have people talking.


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Michelle Obama hangs with Gwen Stefani at fund-raiser
Michelle Obama arrived in Los Angeles for a two-day fundraising trip Sunday (Aug. 12). Beginning with a poolside "family day" at the home of No Doubt singer Gwen Stefani, the first lady headed President Obama's re-election campaign fund-raising at full force.
The first lady told those in attendance, both young and old, "Barack can't do it alone," according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The first lady told those in attendance, both young and old, "Barack can't do it alone," according to The Hollywood Reporter.
"He's not Spider-Man. He's not a superhero. He's a human, so we need your help," she continued. "I am not just talking to the adults here today. I am talking to the young people here as well. All of our young people -- you might not be old enough to vote. You vote at school, I know -- I met several young people who are going to be voting for my husband, who are 10 and under -- we accept those votes. But you can play an important role in this election, too. I want you all to feel empowered."
She and Stefani were joined by 400 guests from the Hollywood community, including Stefani's No Doubt bandmates, Alyson Hannigan, Nicole Richie and Joel Madden and their families. Tickets for the Sunday fun-day began at $2,500 for a family of four.
Later in the evening, the first lady also attended a second fundraiser hosted by Warner Bros. CEO Barry Meyer.
Michelle Obama will attend a final event Monday in Ladera Heights, and end the Los Angeles trip with a taping for "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno."
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Tension key to binding off
October 12, 2013 • Robin Stroot
Tension is crucial for binding off stitches from your knitting needles. Bind stitches off too tight and the garment will not have any flexibility to give and take with the edges of the garment. Bind off stitches too loose and the edges will flair out. Tension and stitches need to be made just right for a fine edge to your garments and home décor items.
Let's say you are binding off a short crew neck pattern along the neckline of a pullover sweater. Bind off too tight and you will have trouble getting the sweater over your head. Too loose and the sweater will have gaps along the neckline.
Make a sample swatch to try different methods of bind off. That way, you can make needed adjustments before binding off the larger number of stitches on your knitting project. If your bind off seems tight, you may need to use a knitting needle a size or two larger to accommodate the tighter tension. Binding off too loose means you need to use a smaller size of knitting needle, although I seldom have seen anyone have trouble binding off stitches too loose. Knitters are more inclined to knit stitches too tight along the bind off row.
One way to make a bind off is to work the first two stitches (either knit, purl or use the project's stitch pattern). Now you have two stitches on the righthand needle. Pick up the first stitch and leap-frog it over the second stitch. Now you have one stitch on the right-hand needle. Work the third stitch and leap-frog the second-made stitch over the just-worked stitch. Keep working this method along the remaining stitches. Cut the thread and pull through the last worked stitch at the end of the row.
Another method of casting off that I have learned is to work the first two stitches together (e.g., knit two together or purl two together). Then take the single worked stitch that is on the right-hand needle, place it back onto the lefthand needle and then work the next two stitches together again. Keep working this method across the row until you have one stitch remaining on the needle. Cut the yarn/thread and pull the tail through the last worked stitch.
Correction: I mentioned in a previous column regarding Oct. 7-13 is National Weaving and Spinning week that I first fell in love with the art of spinning wool into yarn after seeing a public spinning demonstration by the late Lois Young of Minden. I meant to write the name of Lois Nelson; she was the "spinning lady" at Pioneer Village for many years and my inspiration to learn to spin wool into yarn. She was a member of the Prairie Fibers Guild and was so encouraging to this beginning spinner. Sorry for the error.
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by Kristen
Breitweiser, 9/11 Widow and Activist
July 16, 2011
Huffington Post
Breathlessly, six members of Congress have requested that the FBI investigate the "outrageous" allegations that News Corp might have hacked into the cell phones of 9/11 victims and their families. Lickety split, the Justice Department has done so.
First off, does it surprise me that a corporation like News Corp. might try to hack into the information of private citizens for their own financial gain? Nope.
Much like it wouldn't surprise me if my own government hacked into the private information of its citizens for political gain or… er, I mean, "reasons of national security." Just ask Dick Cheney and Karl Rove about that.
Of course, any such "accidental netting" on their part would be immediately explained away under the protections of FISA and the Patriot Act, because clearly it would have been necessary "in the ongoing fight against terrorism."
Too bad, Congress doesn't want to investigate those types of indiscretions. Sigh.
But truly, I am awestruck when people like Congressman Peter King, Chairman of the House Committee for Homeland Security is so quickly moved to demand an investigation into such vague, seemingly hollow allegations as someone hacking into the cell phones of people like me.
Is this the same Congressman King who when faced with actual hard, incontrovertible facts and figures regarding the vulnerabilities posed by dangerous chemical and water plants across the country remains disinterested? And, I might add firmly on the side of… Continue reading
By Anthony Summers and Robbyn Swan
August 2011 issue of Vanity Fair
Was there a foreign government behind the 9/11 attacks? A decade later, Americans still haven't been given the whole story, while a key 28-page section of Congress's Joint Inquiry report remains censored. Gathering years of leaks and leads, in an adaptation from their new book, Anthony Summers and Robbyn Swan examine the connections between Saudi Arabia and the hijackers (15 of whom were Saudi), the Bush White House's decision to ignore or bury evidence, and the frustration of lead investigators–including 9/11-commission staffers, counterterrorism officials, and senators on both sides of the aisle.
Adapted from The Eleventh Day by Anthony Summers and Robynn Swan to be published this month by Ballantine Books; copyright 2011 by the authors.
For 10 years now, a major question about 9/11 has remained unresolved. It was, as 9/11-commission chairmen Thomas Kean and Lee Hamilton recalled, "Had the hijackers received any support from foreign governments?" There was information that pointed to the answer, but the commissioners apparently deemed it too disquieting to share in full with the public.
The idea that al-Qaeda had not acted alone was there from the start. "The terrorists do… Continue reading
BoilingFrogsPost.com (Sibel Edmonds' Blog)
Recently released FBI documents prove the existence of highly sensitive National Security and criminal investigations of "Turkish Activities" in Chicago prior to September 11, 2001. These documents add further support to many of the allegations that former FBI translator Sibel Edmonds has claimed, in public and in Congress, since 2002. The documents were released under a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request into an organization called the Turkish American Cultural Alliance (TACA), an organization repeatedly named by Ms. Edmonds as being complicit in the crimes that she became aware of when she was a translator at the FBI.
The documents released under FOIA are almost completely redacted, but they do support many of Edmonds' claims, including:
There were a number of very serious FBI investigations into "Turkish activity in Chicago" involving a number of targets, including TACA
These investigations were related to "National Security" among other things.
These investigations were regarded as so sensitive that no files were to be uploaded to FBI's computer system.
Congressional corruption was involved.
The FBI repeatedly conducted actual "physical surveillance" against Turkish and American targets.
Some of these investigations were shut down in 2001.
The documents comprise primarily of internal FBI ECs (Electronic Communications) between FBI offices. Most of the ECs are titled "Turkish American Cultural Association" although one from Feb 2000 is titled "Turkish Investigations in Chicago" which indicates that there were at least seven different pending investigations into Turkish activity in Chicago, and another later document from July 2001 indicates that there were at least ten investigations into TACA alone.…Continue reading
Thursday, 17. December 2009
Sibel Edmonds' Boiling Frogs
Podcast Show #16
The Boiling Frogs Presents Russ Baker
Russ Baker discusses his book, Family of Secrets, the first complete historic portrait of the Bush dynasty, and provides us with an overview of how this dynasty shaped our politics. He tells us about the shadow government in the US, the real players, elites, and power centers within each president's government, and the limitation on what and how much an American president can accomplish — considering the influence of these powerful and independent fiefdoms characterized by entrenched agendas and constant intrigue. Mr. Baker defines and explains the concept of Forensic Journalism, and talks about his nonprofit news organization WhoWhatWhy, the need for nonpartisan and independent journalism today, the current media landscape in… 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
The BRAD BLOG : Exclusive: Upcoming Cover Story on Edmonds 'Outs' Video-taped, 'Blackmailed' Dem Congresswoman; Alleges State Dept. Mole at NYTimes; MUCH MORE…
'American Conservative' mag's description of interview with previously-gagged FBI whistleblower as 'explosive' may prove to be a gross understatement
Blackmail, bribery, infiltration, theft and sale of nuke secrets by Turkey,
Israel explained in clearer detail than ever before…
It seems it may be difficult to not notice it, given that Edmonds finally names, on the record, for the first time, in a right-leaning periodical founded by Pat Buchanan, the identity of the currently-serving Democratic Congresswoman she has previously described as married with grown children and having been "hooked" into participating in a lesbian affair with a Turkish foreign agent, as she was secretly video-taped for blackmail purposes.
Edmonds has alluded to the Congresswoman, without naming her, in the past, most notably in her recent sworn and video-taped deposition in the Schmidt v. Krikorian case now pending before the Ohio Election Commission. In that testimony, she did manage to name the names of other Congress members she had previously identified publicly. At the time, we (and virtually no other media outlets) reported on her disclosures that Dennis Hastert (R-IL), Bob Livingston (R-LA), Dan Burton (R-IN), Roy Blunt (R-MO), Stephen Solarz (D-NY) and Tom Lantos (D-CA, deceased), were all participants in blackmail and/or bribery schemes by and with agents of the Turkish government, as she became aware while translating wiretaps in the FBI's counterintelligence division after 9/11. Some… Continue reading
by Prof. Peter Dale Scott
Global Research
" In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist. We must never let the weight of this combination endanger our liberties or democratic processes. We should take nothing for granted. Only an alert and knowledgeable citizenry can compel the proper meshing of the huge industrial and military machinery of defense with our peaceful methods and goals, so that security and liberty may prosper together." Dwight David Eisenhower, "Military-Industrial Complex Speech," 1961, 1
" My observation is that the impact of national elections on the business climate for SAIC has been minimal. The emphasis on where federal spending occurs usually shifts, but total federal spending never decreases. SAIC has always continued to grow despite changes in the political leadership in Washington." Former SAIC manager, quoted in Donald L. Barlett and James B. Steele, "Washington"s $8 Billion Shadow." Vanity Fair, March 2007 2
"We make American military doctrine" Ed Soyster, MPRI 3
In The Road to 9/11 I summarized the dialectic of open societies: how from their energy they expand, leading to a higher level of more secretive corporations and agencies, which eventually weaken the home country through needless and crushing wars. 4 I am not alone in seeing America in the final stages of this… Continue reading
by Jon Gold
July 11, 2009
The YBBS
A long time ago, I spent some time looking into the flights that took members of the Saudi Royals, as well as members of the Bin Laden family out of the country in the days, and weeks after 9/11. Here is what I found.
According to Richard Clarke during his testimony (yea, yea, call me lazy for linking to Michael Moore's site) at both the Senate Judiciary Committee, and the 9/11 Commission Hearings, he stated the following:
"Now, what I recall is that I asked for flight manifests of everyone on board and all of those names need to be directly and individually vetted by the FBI before they were allowed to leave the country. And I also wanted the FBI to sign off even on the concept of Saudis being allowed to leave the country. And as I recall, all of that was done. It is true that members of the Bin Laden family were among those who left. We knew that at the time. I can't say much more in open session, but it was a conscious decision with complete review at the highest levels of the State Department and the FBI and the White House." Testimony of Richard Clarke, Former Counterterrorism Chief, National Security Council, before The Senate Judiciary Committee, September 3, 2003.
"I was making or coordinating a lot of decisions on 9/11 and the days immediately after. And I would love to be able to… Continue reading
by History Commons Groups
June 16, 2009
The US military conducted a training exercise in the five days before the September 11 attacks that included simulated aircraft hijackings by terrorists, according to a 9/11 Commission document recently found in the US National Archives. In one of the scenarios, implemented on September 9, terrorists hijacked a London to New York flight, planning to blow it up with explosives over New York.
The undated document, entitled "NORAD EXERCISES Hijack Summary," was part of a series of 9/11 Commission records moved to the National Archives at the start of the year. It was found there, and posted to the History Commons site at Scribd, by History Commons contributor paxvector, in the files of the commission's Team 8, which focused on the failed emergency response on the day of the attacks. The summary appears to have been drafted by one of the commission's staffers, possibly Miles Kara, based on documents submitted by NORAD.
An excerpt from page 4 of the NORAD EXERCISES document.
In the September 9 scenario, the fictitious terrorists' goal seems to have been to kill New Yorkers with the rain of debris following the plane's explosion. However, in the exercise, the military intercepted the plane and forced it away from the city. When the terrorists realized they were not near New York, they blew the plane up "over land near the divert location," leaving no survivors. The military unit most involved in this scenario was NORAD's Northeast Air Defense… Continue reading
The former FBI translator and whistleblower suggests blackmail may be at the
heart of Congressional refusal to bring accountability and oversight to its
own members – such as both Hastert and Harman – in matters of espionage and
national security
Guest Editorial by Sibel Edmonds
May 4, 2009
Exclusive to The BRAD BLOG
I have been known to quote long-dead men in my past writings. Whether eloquently
expressed thoughts by our founding fathers, or those artfully expressed by ancient
Greek thinkers, these quotes have always done a better job starting or ending
my thoughts – that tend to be expressed in long winding sentences. For this piece
I am going to break with tradition and start with an appropriate quote from a
living current senator, John Kerry: "It's a sad day when you have members of
Congress who are literally criminals go undisciplined by their colleagues. No
wonder people look at Washington and know this city is broken."
The people do indeed look at Washington and know that this city is 'badly' broken, Senator Kerry. The public confidence in our Congress has been declining drastically. Recent poll results highlight how the American people's trust in their Congress has hit rock bottom. A survey of progressive blogs easily confirms the rage rightfully directed at our Congress for abdicating its role of oversight and accountability. Activists scream about promised hearings that never took place – without explanation. They express outrage when investigations are dropped without any justification. And they genuinely wonder out… Continue reading
April 25, 2009
by Ray McGovern
Well, well. The New York Times has finally put a story together on the key role that two controversial psychologists played in devising the Bush administration's torture policies. Guess we should be thankful for small favors.
Apparently, a NYTimes "exposé" requires a 21-month gestation period; just by way of pointing out that the substance of the Times "exposé" appeared in an article the July 2007 issue of Vanity Fair.
Katherine Eban, a Brooklyn-based journalist who writes about public health, authored that article and titled it "Rorschach and Awe." It was the result of a careful effort to understand the role of psychologists in the torture of detainees in Guantánamo.
She identified the two psychologists as James Elmer Mitchell and Bruce Jessen, who she reported were inexperienced in interrogations and "had no proof of their tactics' effectiveness" but nevertheless sold the Bush administration on a plan to subject captives to "psychic demolition," essentially severing them from their personalities and scaring them "almost to death."
In Wednesday's New York Times, reporters Scott Shane and Mark Mazzetti plow much the same ground. But please do not misunderstand. They deserve praise for finally pushing their own article past the Times' censors, but let's not pretend the startling revelations are new.
The Times ought to allow the likes of Shane and Mazzetti to publish these stories when they are fresh. Alternatively, the "newspaper of record" might at least report the findings of the likes of… Continue reading
April 23, 2009
Let Sibel Edmonds Speak
Sibel gave a 75-min interview to Electric Politics on April 10. You can listen to it here. Mizgin has an overview of the interview here.
A partial transcript follows:
Sibel Edmonds: First of all, it has been documented in the past several decades, the importance of narcotics in the Turkish economy, but also the role of Turkish MIT – that is Turkish Intelligence – and the military having an active role. But you're also looking at the increased role of certain Central Asian countries and the Caucuses, and if you look at some of these regimes, these are the regimes that we have been supporting. Their economies also have become dependent on narcotics, because they have become a major transit – and in some places, for certain countries such as Azerbaijan, they have become major production centers.
After they shut down the casinos in Turkey – around 1998 – many of the large casinos in Turkey which were used to launder a lot of money, that also had to do with the narcotics, they actually moved and relocated to Azerbaijan, and there were several that went to Kazakhstan. So if you go through some of those Central Asian countries and you look at the list of the casinos, and you look at the ownership, you will see mainly Turkish ownership, and these are Turkish holding companies that relocated in 1998 to those countries.
George Kenney:… Continue reading
April 20, 2009
by Kevin Fenton
History Commons Groups
Former 9/11 Commission Vice Chairman Lee Hamilton recently made some bizarre comments about the Zacarias Moussaoui case in an interview for Vanity Fair. The interview was used for a wide-ranging and very interesting oral history of the Bush White House. Hamilton's comments appear to show complete ignorance of a key aspect of the investigation of which he was vice chair.
Moussaoui was arrested on an immigration violation due to suspicions he was planning to hijack an aircraft by the Minneapolis FBI on 16 August 2001, nearly four weeks before 9/11. His personal effects contained evidence linking him to eleven of the nineteen alleged hijackers and the local FBI suspected that he was part of a wider plot. It correctly assumed a search of the effects would uncover his links to the other conspirators. However, due to obstruction by FBI headquarters, no warrant was ever granted to search Moussaoui's belongings. Middle managers at headquarters also failed to properly inform their superiors of the case.
Here are Hamilton's comments on the Moussaoui case:
We knew, for example–when I say we, I mean the F.B.I. in Minneapolis knew–that those guys in flight-training school were more interested in flying the airplane than they were in taking off and landing. They knew that. Who didn't know it? The director of the F.B.I. didn't know it. The director of the C.I.A. did know it. His response was that it was none of his business. Technically correct,… Continue reading
FAMILY OF SECRETS: The Bush Dynasty, the Powerful Forces That Put It in the White House, and What Their Influence Means for America
By award-winning investigative journalist Russ Baker
ISBN: 1-59691-557-9; $30.00; Pub January 2009, familyofsecrets.com
Contact: Gene Taft, firstname.lastname@example.com, m: 917/701-4072, p: 301/593-0766 Peter Miller, email@example.com, 646-307-5579
Revelatory new book on Bush family
publishing January 2009
How did Bush happen? How did George W. Bush, of all people, rise to the most powerful position in the world? This simple question sparked a five-year investigative odyssey by Russ Baker. What he found will force us to rethink virtually everything we thought we knew about the Bush family and its role in shaping recent American history.
In FAMILY OF SECRETS, Baker reveals that Bush, the people around him, and his policies are but an extreme, very public manifestation of what his family and its circle have always been about: an interlocking web of covert and overt machinations on behalf of a small cluster of elites-social, financial, industrial, military, intelligence-that enabled the Bush dynasty and propelled George W. Bush to the top.
Russ Baker's deep background profile of the Bushes reveals a family with ongoing connections to the shadow world of intelligence, utilizing the dark arts of the trade to achieve their positions at the pinnacle of America's political elite. Baker lays bare the stealth substructure that created the Bush dynasty, powered its rise, and brought America to its current state of crisis. Given the disastrous results of the last… 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
July 13, 2008
Op-Ed Columnist
By FRANK RICH
We know what a criminal White House looks like from "The Final Days" Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein's classic account of Richard Nixon's unraveling. The cauldron of lies, paranoia and illegal surveillance boiled over, until it was finally every man for himself as desperate courtiers scrambled to save their reputations and, in a few patriotic instances, their country.
"The Final Days" was published in 1976, two years after Nixon abdicated in disgrace. With the Bush presidency, no journalist (or turncoat White House memoirist) is waiting for the corpse to be carted away. The latest and perhaps most chilling example arrives this week from Jane Mayer of The New Yorker, long a relentless journalist on the war-on-terror torture beat. Her book "The Dark Side" connects the dots of her own past reporting and that of her top-tier colleagues (including James Risen and Scott Shane of The New York Times) to portray a White House that, like its prototype, savaged its enemies within almost as ferociously as it did the Constitution.
Some of "The Dark Side" seems right out of "The Final Days" minus Nixon's operatic boozing and weeping. We learn, for instance, that in 2004 two conservative Republican Justice Department officials had become "so paranoid" that "they actually thought they might be in physical danger." The fear of being wiretapped by their own peers drove them to speak in code.
The men were John Ashcroft's deputy attorney general, James Comey, and an assistant… Continue reading
Intro, continued: Scott Horton, of AntiwarRadio.com, interviewed Sibel Edmonds and the blogger who's long covered her important case (which the corporate media still refuses to touch), Luke Ryland, to shine some light on what might be happening here. Again, Congress refuses to hold hearings, and hold anyone to account. This interview reviews some of the information that's come to light in Sibel's 6-year case, as well as the utter lack of action by Congress with regard to the entire network of whistleblowers with whom she's associated.
Sibel on Congress: "What happened to all those promises you made? All the promises they made, none of them were fulfilled! They may look like champions, but all we have gotten with people like Chairman Waxman and Chairman Conyers is all barking … as soon as the issue dies down in the media, they just go away. They don't do anything. They haven't brought about any type of accountability, any type of meaningful hearings … nothing that in any way would bring with it type of accountability or further action, and they do have the power. … (Before, the blamed the Republicans) now we see that with the Democrats across the House, like Pelosi. … If the mainstream media were to do their job that would create the necessary pressure on Congress so that Congress would do what it's supposed to do; it's not doing favors, it's basically fulfilling their obligation to the American public. This is why we are in this sorry… Continue reading
Loose Change Final Cut premieres at the Lakewood Theater on June 21st at 8pm and
is sponsored by "North Texans for 9/11 Truth".
Admission is $5 with a portion of the proceeds helping sick First Responders of
9/11/01 through the Fealgood Foundation.
Lakewood Theatre is at 1825 Abrams Pkwy, Dallas 75214.
Phone: (214) 821-7469
*****The films producer Jason Bermas will be at this historic showing!!****
There are many indisputable, documented aspects surrounding the events of September
11th, 2001 which are not well-known. For example: if you think that only 2 tall,
steel skyscrapers collapsed on 9/11/01, you are in for a big surprise with dynamic
film footage most Americans have never seen before!!
Non-political in nature, this fast-paced, explosive documentary exposes hidden
facts and buried news coverage which have earned the filmmakers rave reviews
and endorsements from around the world! The Loose Change filmmakers have gained
enthusiastic recognition ranging from American politicians and high-ranking
government officials to the Japanese Diet (parliament) to the European Parliament,
continuing on from within the realm of Scientists, Engineers, Architects, and
Scholars from around the world.
Come enjoy the movie and meet the film-maker.
Don't miss this theatrical sensation!
Hope to see you there!
There was a previous film covering different material than FINAL CUT. The previous
film was called "Loose Change: 2nd Edition"
An August 2006 Vanity Fair article suggested that Loose Change: 2nd
Edition "just might be the first Internet blockbuster" as it became
the most watched video on Google… Continue reading