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The St. Marys Area Lady Dutch suffered their third straight setback last night as the Punxsutawney Lady Chucks held off the Lady Dutch for a 42-36 District 9 League victory.
The Lady Chucks were able to lead by seven points at the end of the first period, 11 at halftime and six at the end of the third quarter.
St. Marys was able to come back to knot the game at 36 with 4:18 left but could not come up with the offense.
"We didn't play well defensively tonight," said St. Marys coach Leona Hoohuli. "We didn't come to play four quarters. The girls just didn't seem to be focused tonight."
The Elk County Catholic Lady Crusader basketball team improved to 17-2 on the season with a 50-31 victory over the Brookville Lady Raiders Monday night at the ECCHS gym.
The Lady Crusaders were able to force 15 Brookville turnovers in the first 16 minutes of play to open a 25-9 halftime lead. Elk outscored Brookville 13-6 in the first period. The Lady Crusaders outscored the Lady Raiders 25-22 in the second half.
"I thought we played pretty well during the course of the game," said ECCHS coach Ken Pistner. "We played real well defensively."
ST. MARYS – With the regular season in its final two weeks, it is the time of year when the St. Marys Area High School Swim and Dive Team and their coaches take a hard look at the progress they made throughout the season. Yet this time the measuring stick is not the number of wins and losses. The true gauge is how the team is trending toward the end of the season.
DuBOIS - The DuBois Area Beavers wrestling squad captured the District 9-AAA team championship on Saturday by defeating the St. Marys Area Flying Dutch 55-13 in the title match held at the DuBois Area High School.
"That was a tough match," said St. Marys coach Dominic Surra. "We were certainly the underdogs today."
"We got experience wrestling in the championship match. Eleven of our 14 starters are either sophomores or freshmen," said Surra.
"DuBois wrestled well. We were going to wrestle our best against their best. Hopefully, we can build on this," said the coach.
DuBOIS – The St. Marys Area High School gymnastics team finished out their regular season with a 121.6-117.6 win over the DuBois Beavers on Friday evening during a meet held at the DuBois Area High School.
"It was a nice way to finish out the regular season," said St. Marys coach Irene McCandless. "The St. Marys team had a pretty even match-up with DuBois, with the top three awards split pretty evenly between both teams."
Clayton Housler converted a one-and-one situation with 2.8 seconds remaining and Ben Wortman blocked a Punxsutawney shot at the buzzer to give the Elk County Catholic Crusaders a 47-45 District 9 League victory over the Punxsutawney Chucks last night at the ECCHS gym.
The St. Marys Area Flying Dutchmen basketball squad was unable to keep their momentum going after rallying from a 13-point deficit early in the third quarter to take a 31-29 lead with just over three minutes in the period. Their lead was short-lived, though, as the DuBois Beavers staged a rally of their own and pulled away to take a 49-38 victory on Friday evening at the SMAHS Dutch Oven.
ST. MARYS - Both squads of the St. Marys Area swim and dive teams scored big victories on Thursday night at the Dutch Natatorium over the visiting Brookville Raiders. The Lady Dutch outscored the Lady Raiders 131-32 while the Dutchmen won their meet by a 122-31 margin.
The Elk County Catholic Lady Crusaders picked up a 43-19 senior night victory over the visiting DuBois Area Lady Beavers on Wednesday evening at ECCHS.
Both teams started out slow in the first half, with ECC leading 7-6 at the end of the first period and 13-9 at the half.
"In the first half we shot 2-for-11 from the foul line and I think we were 4-for-20-something in the first half. You aren't going to put many points on the board shooting those percentages," said ECC coach Ken Pistner.
The St. Marys Area Flying Dutch basketball team dropped a 46-35 District 9 League game to the Bradford Owls last night at the SMAHS Dutch Oven.
The Dutchmen were limited to three points in the third period, while the Owls scored 13 to take a 29-18 lead into the fourth quarter. Bradford led 16-15 at the half.
"The three points in the third quarter was probably the most important aspect of the game that led to our defeat tonight," said St. Marys coach Mark Guido.


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April 2, 2004
AUSTIN, Texas - Senior Jason Barkemeyer only needed one throw on Friday afternoon to secure his second spot in the field of the NCAA Midwest Regional Championship meet later this spring. Barkemeyer shattered his personal best on his first attempt in the discus, recording a regional qualifying mark of 173-02 to finish fourth in section B competition at the Texas Relays. Already a qualifier in the shot put, the Belen, N.M. native will compete in both events at the regional meet for the second straight year.
Barkemeyer eclipsed his previous best by nearly four feet despite keeping just two of his six attempts in-bounds. Last year, he finished 11th in the shot put and 32nd in the discus at the Midwest Regional Championships.
Earlier in the day, junior Veronica R. Gonzales finished ninth overall in section B javelin competition with a throw of 139-00. Senior Chris Garofola competed in his second race of the meet, placing third in his heat and 32nd overall in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 14.83. Senior Jimmy Minner capped the evening by finishing fifth in his flight with a 184-06 throw in the section B javelin competition.
The Lobos wrap up their stay in Austin on Saturday when senior Branden Bennett and the women's distance medley relay team take center stage at Mike A. Myers Stadium. Bennett will compete in meet's final field event, the section A pole vault, while the distance medley team take the track at 12:05 p.m. (MST).


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eMBA field report: scaling businesses and mountains in Monterrey
Mariya Krasteva is an MBA and MPA candidate at MIT Sloan and Harvard, concurrently. She is interning with Inmobiliaria Enexa and Vialux through Endeavor's eMBA Program.
My first month in Monterrey, Mexico has given me everything I was hoping for and more!
The Mountain King
Monterrey in Mexico has two r's and is therefore spelled differently than Monterey, California. While its homophonic, American brother is situated on a waterfront, Monterrey is cuddled amongst the magnificent hills of Sierra Madre. Thus, the city stays very true to its own name – el rey del monte means "the king of the mountain."
Monterrey is also another type of a king – one that dominates Mexican business. It is the third largest Mexican city and the home of the biggest and most profitable companies in Mexico, such as Pemex, Cemex, OXXO, etc. and the headquarters of many multinational corporations. Entrepreneurship and innovation are the most powerful engines driving the city's progress.
Helping Build a New Business
This summer I am interning at a startup real estate investment company called Inmobiliaria Enexa, which was founded by a parent company, Endeavor Entrepreneur firm Vialux. Vialux builds cell phone towers and leases them to telephone operators. The land underneath the towers is usually rented, posing large operating expenses. Purchasing and owning certain lands can be financially beneficial in the long run due to minimizing renting expenses.
Which properties should be owned versus rented? What are the additional costs associated with ownership? How profitable will the business be in 10 years? What is its best strategy over the next 5 years? These are all questions that I am helping answer through building complex financial models to understand and project real estate profitability. I quickly realized that sitting in a conference room and challenging various assumptions together with the Enexa team and the CEO himself, Oscar Odriozola, is quite the real world business experience!
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There are five Endeavor eMBAs here in Monterrey representing four countries – Brazil, Bulgaria, Mexico, and Portugal and five different business schools. In between discussing our internships and how to bring the most value to the entrepreneurs, raving over the delicious Mexican food (La Nacional and La Mejico are excellent traditional restaurants) and sightseeing (Grutas de García is the most amazing cave I have ever seen), we have gotten to know one another and have become friends. The Endeavor staff here has been extremely welcoming and has ensured that we have both productive and fulfilling summer experiences. In addition to helping us with structuring out internships, they have been introducing us to Endeavor mentors and entrepreneurs through one-on-one meetings and social events, such as start-up drink gatherings.
On a personal note, my summer experience so far has helped me grow significantly through getting me out of my comfort zone both intellectually and physically! I have for the first time built a real estate profitability model, led a business meeting solely in Spanish and rock-climbed the tall dry walls of el Cañón de la Huasteca!


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Rating: 5.0
By Anne Cassidy, campaignlive.co.uk, Thursday, 16 February 2012 11:05AM
Chambers, who will report to the UK chief executive, Chris Mellish, has been working as a freelance creative director on the agency's Lynx account.
Before that, he was a creative director at the digital agency Blast Radius Europe and a strategy director at Tribal DDB Europe. He has also worked at Poke and Euro RSCG, and co-founded the digital shops Kong in Amsterdam and Double Denim in Stockholm.
Separately, the Publicis-owned agency has promoted John Cunningham, the former head of technology for Razorfish UK, to chief technical officer, Europe.
He will head up a team of more than 80 people to ensure that a strong technology offering underpins the agency's creative solutions.
The appointments follow last year's hirings of Daniel Bonner and William Lidstone as the chief creative officer, Europe, and executive vice-president, Europe respectively.
Mellish said: "Sean personifies our philosophy of putting innovation and creativity at the core of all we do."
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|Based on J.R.R. Tolkien's masterpiece, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring is an epic adventure of good against evil, the power of friendship and individual courage. The saga centers around an unassuming Hobbit named Frodo Baggins who inherits a Ring that would give a dark and powerful lord the power to enslave the world. With a loyal fellowship of elves, dwarves, men and a wizard, Frodo embarks on a heroic quest to destroy the One Ring and pave the way for the emergence of mankind.
Discs 1-2: The Feature:
Disc 3: From Book To Vision:
Disc 4: From Vision To Reality
"A great picture, a triumphant picture! Lisa Schwartzbaum, Entertainment Weekly
"Not since Gone With The Wind more than 60 years ago has a movie held up as well to the original book. Paul Clinton, CNN
"Spectacular scenery, stupefying effects and epic scope... a dream come true. Rita Kempley, The Washington Post
"Real magic! One of the best films of the year! Joel Siegel, Good Morning America
"...the most rousing and ambitious adventure film of many years and bodes well for the future of the Tolkien fan. John Anderson, Newsday
"An excellent film and a ripping yarn of a movie. Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Editor's NoteWith THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING, director Peter Jackson has achieved a meticulous and captivating adaptation of the first book of J.R.R. Tolkien's classic fantasy trilogy. The setting is Middle-earth, a mythological land populated by elves, dwarves, humans, and the gentle, diminutive hobbits upon whom the story centers. One hobbit, Frodo Baggins (Elijah Wood), unexpectedly comes into possession of an ancient magical ring so powerful it invariably corrupts anyone who wears it. In order to prevent the ring's erstwhile owner, the dark lord Sauron, from reclaiming the ring and taking over Middle-earth, a motley band of comrades set out to destroy it in the fires of Mount Doom, where it was forged. Included in the group are Frodo and hobbits Sam (Sean Astin), Merry (Dominic Monoghan), and Pippin (Billy Boyd); the wizard Gandalf (Ian McKellen); human warriors Aragorn (Viggo Mortensen) and Boromir (Sean Bean); the dwarf Gimli (John Rhys-Davies); the elf Legolas (Orlando Bloom). Along the way, they wage battle with monsters, demons, and Sauron's evil minions, all brought to life by spectacular digital technology.Jackson's grandiose production represents the first of three films that he wrote and directed, derived from Tolkien's beloved novels. Fourteen months in the making, at a cost of $270 million, all three installments were filmed at once in New Zealand where diverse landscapes lend themselves particularly well to the mystical realm of Middle-earth. The trilogy also includes THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS and THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING.
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Oscar (2002)
|Andrew Lesnie, Winner, Best Cinematography
|Jim Rygiel, et al., Winner, Best Effects, Visual Effects
|Peter Owen, Richard Taylor, Winner, Best Makeup
|Howard Shore, Winner, Best Music, Original Score
|Ian McKellan, Nominee, Best Supporting Actor
|Peter Jackson, Nominee, Best Director
|Enya, Roma Ryan, Nominee, Best Music, Song ("May It Be")
|Peter Jackson, et al., Nominee, Best Picture
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This is why DVDs were invented!8/18/2003
Take a ripping story, wonderful artistic vision, insane attention to detail, and 4 DVD disks: you get the 'must-have' movie collector's item. Even if the story is not your all time favorite, this collection has all that a movie lover could ask for. You get the 'Directors Cut', 30 extra minutes to allow him to tell the story the way he wanted. Then you get two DVD' (!) covering every aspect of film production. After watching this, I now understand how a movie can cost hundreds of millions of dollars to make. You'll will get enjoyment over many sittings just to get through it all - making it a a great value for the price. Buy it, you'll like it!2 Helpful | 0 Not Helpful
Buy it.2/14/2003
If you are an aspiring director . . . buy this movie. If you are not . . . buy this movie. Thoroughly entertaining. Runs very long, as if the theatrical release wasn't long enough, but very enjoyable. The extra's are great. They really put you at the filming and show how clever Jackson was. I can see this as required material in film class. Tolkien would be proud.1 Helpful | 1 Not Helpful
This DVD is pretty neat. All of the units that were part of making the film got together, and instead of just adding deleted scenes on a submenu in the movie, they inserted them into the movie, completly finished, special effects all done, so that you really can't even tell when you're watching one of the new scenes unless you're running the commentary. But as with any recreation of a book to a movie, there are parts still missing. But a director has his write to take artistic license and produce his version of the story.0 Helpful | 1 Not Helpful
I found the first movie outstanding. It was creative and as true to the book as a movie could get. I found the Two Towers even more real and exciting. Can't wait for the Return of the King! Howard R Vollmer
My best DVD purchase11/20/2002
As someone who did not have any exposure to the Lord of the Rings books, I was a little overwhelmed by the theatrical release when I first saw the movie and left the movie threatre a little lost amidst the rapidly moving storyline.

 What a difference 30+ extra minutes of footage add to the movie. I just finished watching the extended edition and all I can say is "wow". I have a much better grasp of the story and the characters were much better developed than the original release. Though I have only glimpsed the first few hours of the material on disc 3 and 4, the wealth of information and the quality of the presentation are excellent and unmatched by anything I have seen. This is definitely a DVD to have in anyone's movie collection.

 To top it off (I am not sure if this is true for all buyers), my DVD comes with a movie voucher to watch the Two Tower at the theatre (it will cover up to $10.50 in movie admission) when the movie is release.

 Overall, this is by far the best DVD purchase I have made to date.1 Helpful | 0 Not Helpful
Deeper and more comple11/13/2002
If you are a fan of the books, or just want a more complete version of the story, then you have to see this special extended edition version of the LotR. The added sceens add alot more depth to the characters and the internal struggles that each faces. As a fan of the books, I really enjoyed the little added details that make you go, "Cool, they put that part in too." Some highlights included an extended introduction to hobbiton, the inclusion of some of the hobbit's singing, an extended time with the elves after Moria (sp), and additional dialog between the members of the fellowship throughout. If you don't pick this up for your collection, it's definitly one that you'll want to rent to get the "full" story from the LotR.13 Helpful | 0 Not Helpful
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Hiya, I have been backpacking for a year and just got back. Picked up a freelance illustration job for a pulp fiction publishers website.
Nothing can be removed, they want the characters and car etc. I am yet to add a small UFO amidst the city scape but otherwise all the elements they asked for are present. The colour of the characters clothes and hair has to stay the same.
The brief requested the website be very bold and bright with a mixture of 1950's rockabilly, burlesque and touches of scifi (to incorporate their book genres)
I can change the colour theme, city scape and painting style.
I am about ready to submit it and although its an awesome brief I am not 100% happy with the outcome... but have been looking at it for 2 days so am to blurry eyed to see it any more.
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Definitely has the rockabilly vibe goin on!
Something that may help is a touch more of the cool colors in the shadows - right now the dude's tattoo jumps out more than anything else.
September 24th, 2008 #3
I would suggest a few things; revisit your color wheel and choose some brighter colors. see my attached suggestion. another thing is the details of the car are not up to par with the characters details. I would suggest defining a lot more the car, even using some photographic elements in there. The girl has something strange going on with the pose, or the interaction between the car and her. The color of her dress is really close to her own skin color, I would suggest adding a pinch of red to her.
good luck with the website!
"Be who you are and say what you feel,because those that mind don't matter and those that matter don't mind."-Dr. Seuss
September 26th, 2008 #4
Thanks guys,
I think I will take the tattoo out all together and try some brighter colour pallets to present to them.
September 26th, 2008 #5
Well, since you are quite restricted, it is a bit hard for me to give you advice but one thing caught my eye - I might not be the best when it comes to perspective, but shouldn't the second front wheel be displayed at least a bit ? Besides that, the front die and the card with the 4 of diamonds looks a bit weird to me forshortening-wise, but maybe that's the style your clients want. Well, so much for now, JL.Alfarro already mentioned the most important things, greetings from Vienna and btw congratulation to the one-year-trip, sounds very cool.


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Jurors who will decide whether Jorge Torrez should be executed for killing a sailor in 2009 will hear more evidence Wednesday tying him to the stabbing deaths of two young girls in Zion in 2005, brutal killings that were followed by a troubled investigation.
Torrez, 25, who was a Marine when he strangled the sailor in her barracks near the Pentagon, is a "calculating, methodical sexual predator," prosecutors say.
He avoided suspicion after the Mother's Day killings of Laura Hobbs, 8, and her best friend, Krystal Tobias, 9, nine years ago although Torrez knew Tobias and associates have testified that he kept a collection of knives and a Ninja star. He was 16 years old then.
Instead, Hobbs' father, Jerry Hobbs, confessed to the crime – falsely, authorities now say – following questioning that stretched across 24 hours.
With the father behind bars, Torrez was blamed for the girls' killings only after Virginia authorities took a DNA sample from him after his arrest for separate predatory crimes against women — and the genetic fingerprint linked him to the killings in his hometown, Zion.
Previewing what is to emerge Wednesday, federal prosecutors have said Torrez laughed when he described to a jailhouse informant how he killed the girls, stabbing Laura Hobbs in both eyes. He also laughed about how the wrong person, her father, had been charged, they said.
Jerry Hobbs is not expected to testify in Virginia, where jurors are considering whether Torrez should be put to death or sent to prison for the rest of his life for the first-degree murder of the 20-year-old sailor.
But on Tuesday, the father's haunting moans were heard in court when prosecutors replayed a 911 call to Zion police made by Laura Hobbs' grandfather, Arthur Hollabaugh. The father and grandfather were in the park searching for the missing girls, part of a large-scale community search.
First the grandfather called 911 to say the men had come across Laura Hobbs' bicycle, which the two girls were riding together. Minutes later, Hollabaugh said, "Jerry started screaming that he found the girls and they were dead."
"I told him, 'No, they're not,' " Hollabaugh said, weeping from the witness stand.
The gruesome reality soon came into focus for the grandfather, who called 911 again. "We found the girls' bodies. They're over here. They're both dead," he reported. The sound of crying and moaning in the background was from Jerry Hobbs, Hollabaugh told jurors.
As Torrez looked on, jurors also saw color photos of the two lifeless girls, their limbs askew. Judge Liam O'Grady had cautioned jurors they were about to see "disturbing" images.
Jurors also heard from Kent Ashton, who lived in Zion, was an elementary school principal with the Gurnee School District and was out in Beulah Park the day of the killings.
Ashton, now a principal in Mesa, Ariz., said he saw two girls, about 8 or 9 years old, sharing a bicycle, enjoying the weather and conversing. He said he saw them again standing with the bike as he was leaving the park and they were talking to a "gentleman" who looked to about 15 years old.
Ashton indicated that as an educator, he was concerned about the age difference. "The appearance didn't click with me," he said, but the girls did not seem "in any type of distress."
He said the teenaged boy had darker skin, dark hair and very dark eyes. He also said that after he heard about the slain girls on the news, he contacted the Zion Police Department to tell authorities what he had seen.
Another witness, Zion chiropractor Brent Paxton, testified that he had heard a girl's scream in the park the day the girls were killed. He called it "a moderate scream — a boy-chasing-a-girl type of scream." He also said he later saw an abandoned bike, but thought its owner might have been "taking a bathroom break."
The same jury that will decide Torrez's punishment found him guilty on April 8 of killing the sailor, Amanda Jean Snell, in 2009.
During the penalty phase of the case, Torrez has told his defense attorneys not to make any statements, call any witnesses or cross-examine government witnesses, his attorneys said. The judge urged Torrez on Tuesday to reconsider.
Torrez has yet to be tried in Lake County for the girls' killings. It emerged in 2007 that DNA from the scene did not belong to Jerry Hobbs, but Lake County prosecutors insisted on his guilt until the DNA match to Torrez in 2010.


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There are too many people at all the Iberostar resorts and not enough restaurants to take care of all the vacationers.
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BRUSSELS, European Parliament, 26th February 2008.
Mark Dermul (www.911belgium) reporting.
On Tuesday 26th February, Europarliamentarian Guilietto Chiesa invited his colleagues and the press to attend the screening and debate of the Italian-produced documentary named 'ZERO, an investigation into the events of 9/11′. Object of the screening was to create political awareness of the faulty official investigation into the events by the 9/11 Commission.
Besides Mr Chiesa, the panel consisted of Japanese parliamentarian Fujita, Dr David Ray Griffin, film distributor Tim Sparke & the director and producers of the film.
After his opening statements, Mr Chiesa welcomed his guest speakers. Then he pointed out that he was unable to find any distributor in his native country of Italy and was happy to find a company in the UK, led by Mr Tim Sparke, to handle worldwide distribution of this important film. 'It is important to realize,' he emphasized 'that the movie was made thanks to contribution and donations of hundreds of citizens who feel a new investigation is more than warranted.' No less than 450 people worked on this documentary on a voluntary basis. They never received any kind of payment. Their reward is the movie itself, which they feel is an instrument to create awareness and a means to provoke a political debate in Europe.
Since the movie projector didn't work, Mr Chiesa invited the public to ask questions until the technical problems were solved and we could start watching the movie.
Fellow 9/11 truth workers, at long last there is a campaign afoot that has the potential of harnessing the energy, knowledge and zeal for justice of the entire 9/11 Truth Movement, and that is the New York City 911 Ballot Initiative Campaign. What is the 9/11 Ballot Initiative Campaign? Simply stated, it is a citizen-based effort to allow the people of New York City the opportunity to vote for "a New York City Independent Commission with Subpoena Power to Conduct a Comprehensive and Fact-Driven Investigation of All Relevant Aspects of the Tragic Events of September 11, 2001 and Issue a Report."
Some of the folks spearheading this historic endeavor include commissioners William Pepper and Lorie Van Auken, spokespeople Christine Ebersole, Bill Doyle, Bob McIlvaine and Donna Marsh O'Connor, and the hard working activists of NY911truth.org. Other commissioners include Mike Gravel and Lincoln Chafee, Ed Asner, Bishop Thomas Gumbleton and Ralph Schoenman. The campaign has been endorsed by Dr. David Ray Griffin, William Rodriquez and Karen Kwiatkowski, among others, and has received enthusiastic support from Kyle Hence, Sander Hicks, Peter Lance and various stalwarts of the 9/11 Truth Movement throughout the country. Now, we need you to get involved!
As you know, a genuine, evidence driven investigation of the crimes of 9/11 has never taken place. Now, we have an unprecedented opportunity to make it happen. In order to place the… Continue reading
by David Ray Griffin
"The Commission" by Philip Shenon has performed a great public service, letting the world know that there are good reasons to be suspicious of "The 9/11 Commission Report." The main problem is the fact that the Commission was almost entirely under the control of Philip Zelikow, who was closely connected to the Bush White House. Although my book "Christian Faith and the Truth behind 9/11″ revealed some of the facts about Zelikow that showed him to be one of the worst possible choices for the Commission's executive director, Shenon has revealed even more facts.
It was already known that Zelikow had been on the National Security Council (NSC) with Condoleezza Rice during the administration of the first President Bush; that he wrote a book with her while the Republicans were out of power; that he helped her make the transition from the Clinton to the Bush NSC; and that he wrote at her request the 2002 version of "National Security Strategy of the United States of America" (NSS 2002), which enunciated a new doctrine of preemptive war that was used, in Shenon's words, to "justify a preemptive strike on Iraq."
But now Shenon reveals more: that in applying to Thomas Kean and Lee Hamilton, the co-chairs of the 9/11 Commission, for the position of executive director, Zelikow failed to reveal some of his conflicts of interest, especially his authorship of NSS 2002 and his role on the transition team; that he continued, contrary to his promise,… Continue reading
March 26, 2008
The April issue of the Rock Creek Free Press has gone to press.
As usual, the "newspaper not afraid to print the truth" is covering
the news that the corporate controlled media won't touch.
The lead stories this month include one about Thimerisol in vaccines (the government
concedes the link to autism) and Wayne Madsen's coverage of Winter Soldier.
We continue our coverage of US torture practices and the use of bogus terrorism
threats to justify the creeping police state.
This month we published three important 9/11 related stories:
FBI Refuses to Document Identity of 9/11 Planes — coverage of Aidan Monaghan's
attempts to get 9/11 information from the FBI.
Half Great, Half Terrible — A book review by David Ray Griffin of Phil Shenon's
book, The Commission.
International Demands for a New 9/11 Investigation — by Carol Brouillet
The paper is available online: www.RockCreekFreePress.com
David Ray Griffin on the 9/11 Truth Movement and Bush-Cheney's "stupid" imperialism
By Matthew Singer
When David Ray Griffin conceived his first book regarding the events of Sept. 11, 2001, his interpretation of what transpired that day revolved around the concept of blowback, that the attacks were a byproduct of America's decades of aggressive foreign policy toward the Middle East. In short, at the time, he bought the official story of 9/11. He wasn't letting the United States government off the hook for their role in the attacks, but he wasn't placing culpability where he would eventually place it: squarely on the shoulders of the Bush administration.
While researching for that first book, Griffin came across a growing community — concentrated mostly online — of people questioning the circumstances of Sept. 11 as reported by the mainstream media. Now, the retired professor, theologian and longtime Santa Barbara resident is one the leading voices of the so-called 9/11 Truth Movement, citizens who believe the horror of that day was not caused by radical Islamic terrorists but was orchestrated within the walls of the White House. Derided in the press as loony conspiracy theorists (if given any attention at all), the group, Griffin says, now includes intellectuals such as himself, as well as architects, engineers, pilots, former military officers and even ex-CIA operatives.
"The change in the movement has been rather drastic, because a few years back, people would dismiss us as a bunch of crazies on the Internet. And then… Continue reading
Watch this video now, in case it's disabled when the next show is posted: http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/media?id=6059274
In the above interview Alten urges Philadelphia ABC viewers to research 9/11,
read David Ray Griffin's books, watch "Reflecting Pool," visit 911Truth.org,
read Ruppert's Crossing the Rubicon, and more as he expounds many of
the hard 9/11 questions and facts we have fought for years to get onto corporate
Plus other exciting, related news — WEEKOFTRUTH.ORG launched
The website is up!! Please visit www.WeekofTruth.org
to review this new strategy, then post links on your homepages, announce in
emails and radio shows, write articles, opeds, etc. We will post a press release
Alten has commited to donate $5,000 to the FealGood Foundation each week the
book is on the NYTimes Top 10 list!
This strategy has multiple benefits–
9/11 Truth gets on corporate media when a top-10 bestselling author generates
media requests (as has been the case when Alten hit Top 10 on previous books)
> 9/11 Responders receive assistance
> 9/11 Truth Movement has an opportunity to work together toward a significant
By Bill Locey
Sunday, April 6, 2008
There is an increasing number of Americans who believe that George Bush, Dick
Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld and several of their toadies should be in prison, this
writer included. But to suggest that the Bush administration is somehow involved
in the 9/11 attacks seems to be a jaw-dropping and frightening stretch, but
not to the scores of interested folks who turned out to hear David Ray Griffin's
talk March 28 at the Poinsettia Pavilion in Ventura. For those who get their
information from Fox News, such a charge is blasphemy, treason and worthy of
a perpetual Blackwater firing squad on YouTube. Griffin settled for frequents
bursts of applause.
The 9/11 tragedy is certainly not the first event in American history surrounded
by controversy and conspiracy theories, just merely the latest.
But as the pages blow off the calendar, witnesses die off, the trail grows
cold and interest wanes, assisted by the fact the American people have the attention
span of a butterfly sneeze.
But 9/11 is still fresh in everyone's memory, partly because Bush can't go
three minutes without playing the fear card and invoking the images of airplanes
flying into tall buildings. That memorable Tuesday morning happened less than
seven years ago and not only is it an annual school assignment, but many of
the participants and survivors are still alive with plenty of contradictory
stories to tell.
The new Pearl Harbor
Griffin has heard all of them. A retired theology and philosophy… Continue reading
by Reprehsor
April 6, 2008
David Ray Griffin provides more food for thought with the release of his 5th single-author book on the events of September the 11th… 9/11 Contradictions.
Soon, we will be seven years away from an event scorched into our collective consciousness, (and collective unconscious), but for those of us who have taken the time to revisit that day in our memories and in various forms of media: audio, video, the written word… it hasn't put seven years of distance between us and 9/11, rather, 9/11 has become a historical event known in intimate detail by students in a global, open-university setting.
The faculty members in this university are at a certain disadvantage. Rather than working in a symbiotic manner with an academic establishment that is generally supportive of the goal of education, the faculty is not allowed access to key information which is necessary to form the curriculum, the faculty has no budget, no tenure, and if you have a general grasp of some 9/11 issues, you can hang a shingle on your door claiming that you are a professor in the university, and the genuine faculty members are stuck with you until your shaky hypothesis is thoroughly shredded by a colleague who just can't take it anymore.
However, some of the… Continue reading
by Tod Fletcher
March 15, 2008
9/11 CONTRADICTIONS by David Ray Griffin is the fifth of his books to examine
the official account of the events of September 11, 2001. This brilliant and highly
readable book takes a new yet simple approach to the truth about 9/11. It focuses
entirely on contradictory statements made by members of the Bush administration,
government departments and agencies, and official bodies such as the 9/11 Commission.
All the statements that Griffin examines are official claims in direct conflict
with other official claims. How could this be? Why would the government keep changing
"the official story"? The public, of course, is expected to take all
the statements as incontrovertibly true, yet they directly conflict with one another.
And why, if the government pronouncements are contradictory, haven't members
of Congress and the mainstream media launched investigations to determine which
are true and which are false, and to ask why are obvious falsehoods about the
events of 9/11 being promulgated by the government? I say "obvious falsehoods"
because, as Griffin explains in the Preface, "If [Transportation Secretary
Norman] Mineta said "P," that is a fact. If the 9/11 Commission said
"not P," that is a fact. And it is a fact that "P" and "not
P" cannot both be true" (p. viii). The subtitle, "An Open Letter
to Congress and the Press," indicates Griffin's hope that the juxtaposition
of the contradictory claims the book provides will stimulate such investigations.
But the book is really intended for the public at large, and its clear focus
makes it the easiest to read of all Griffin's books on 9/11.…
By Eli Lake
April 10, 2008
WASHINGTON — A new U.N. Human Rights Council official assigned to monitor
Israel is calling for an official commission to study the role neoconservatives
may have played in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
On March 26, Richard Falk, Milbank professor of international law emeritus
at Princeton University, was named by unanimous vote to a newly created position
to report on human rights in the conflict between Israel and the Palestinian
Arabs. While Mr. Falk's specialty is human rights and international law, since
the attacks in 2001, he has devoted some of his time to challenging what he
calls the "9-11 official version."
On March 24 in an interview with a radio host and former University of Wisconsin
instructor, Kevin Barrett, Mr. Falk said, "It is possibly true that especially
the neoconservatives thought there was a situation in the country and in the
world where something had to happen to wake up the American people. Whether
they are innocent about the contention that they made that something happen
or not, I don't think we can answer definitively at this point. All we can say
is there is a lot of grounds for suspicion, there should be an official investigation
of the sort the 9/11 commission did not engage in and that the failure to do
these things is cheating the American people and in some sense the people of
the world of a greater confidence in what really happened than they presently
Mr.… Continue reading
David Ray Griffin
by Reprehensor
Continuing the 9/11 conversation.
Mike Malloy dedicated the second hour of his program to an intervew with David Ray Griffin. A wide-ranging talk about 911.
Putfile stream:
(If you support what Malloy is doing, consider becoming a NovaM Founder if you can afford it.)
We have one of our rare guests on tonight's program. Philosopher/theologian Dr. David Ray Griffin will join us for a discussion of the events prior to the bombings and terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.
Those familiar with the 9/11 Truth Movement are well acquainted with Dr. Griffin and his points of view regarding those horrific acts against the people of the United States. As reported at wikipedia.com:
Following the September 11, 2001 attacks, David Ray Griffin moved his focus from questions of philosophy and religion to ones of politics and history, specifically "American expansionism and imperialism". He intended to write a book on the subject, presenting 9/11 in terms of "blowback" for aggressive United States foreign policies of the 20th century: "Until the spring of 2003, I had not looked at any of the evidence. I was vaguely aware there were people, at least on the Internet, who were offering evidence against the official account of 9/11… I knew the US government had 'fabricated' evidence to go to war several times before. Nevertheless… I did not take this possibility seriously… I was so confident that they must be wrong."
After reading the work of Paul… Continue reading
Global Research, May 12, 2008
The Global Research News Hour on RBN
Republic Broadcasting Network (RBN)
This Week's Guests: David Ray Griffin and Gregory Elich
Date: May 12, 2008 (11 AM – 1.00 PM, Central Time)
Host: Michel Chossudovsky
About this week's guests:
David Ray Griffin is a distinguished author and theologian,
Professor of Philosophy of Religion and Theology, Emeritus, at Claremont School
of Theology and Claremont Graduate University in Claremont, California.
He is the author and editor of more than 30 books as well as several carefully
researched books on 9/11, including the 2004 best seller 9/11: The New Pearl
Harbor: Disturbing Questions about the Bush Administration and 9/11, The 9/11
Commission Report: Omissions and Distortions (2005), Debunking 9/11 Debunking,
and 9/11 Contradictions, described in a recent review as a "brilliant and
highly readable book [which] takes a new yet simple approach to the truth about
9/11." David Ray Griffin is also a frequent contributor to Global Research.
Global Research Articles by David Ray Griffin
Gregory Elich is the author of 'Strange Liberators: Militarism,
Mayhem, and the Pursuit of Profit.' He has written extensively on Yugoslavia,
North Korea and Zimbabwe. He is a member of the advisory board of the Korea
Truth Commission. His articles have appeared in newspapers and periodicals nationally
and internationally.
"Using a wealth of historic evidence and revelatory analysis and eye-witness
investigation, Gregory Elich treats what lawyers call the 'hard cases': Yugoslavia,
Croatia, Zimbabwe, North Korea, and certain untouched questions about Iraq.
Elich ties in… Continue reading
David Ray Griffin
June 1, 2008
Although I was not able to be present at the rally either in person or by telephone,
I wanted to express my strong support for the NYC
9/11 Ballot Initiative.
There has never been a better time to get such an initiative on the ballot, because
the 9/11 Truth Movement's case against the official account of 9/11 is now extremely
strong—much stronger than it was just two years ago.
For example, new evidence has been brought forth to show that the official account
of the destruction of the Twin Towers and WTC 7 cannot possibly be true. The NIST
Report has been shown to be completely inadequate, and a former employee of NIST
has spoken out to verify what we already suspected—that NIST has become totally
politicized, so that its scientists are little more than "hired guns."
Besides the fact that the NIST Report has been discredited, so has The 9/11
Commission Report. Philip Shenon's book has made public what we in the movement
have long known, that the 9/11 Commission was controlled by a man, Philip Zelikow,
who represented the Bush-Cheney White House. Shenon even shows that Zelikow had
outlined the whole report before the Commission's staff had begun its work.
Moreover, some central pillars of the official account have been demolished by
the FBI. It has said it has no hard evidence that Osama bin Laden was responsible
for the attacks, that there were no cell phone calls from passengers… Continue reading
AZ Senator Karen Johnson: "Blair has a lot of courage and I'm hoping that what he does here will be very effective and that it will bring the attention to Senator McCain that is needed, so that he will take another look at this and really understand that there are a lot more questions than answers out there. and that The folks that lost their loved ones in this horrible tragedy deserve to have answers. That's what we need to do, is find these answers for them."
Hungry for Truth – Day 7
Braving temperatures reaching 104 degrees and denying himself food, one man's epic struggle to find the truth about 9/11 has resulted in a outpouring of support across the United States and around the world. Blair Gadsby has completed day 7 of his first ever Hunger Strike for 9/11 truth. In seven days Gadsby has been interviewed six times by the alternative media while being largely ignored by the MSM. No surprise there. On day seven a large rally was held to cheer Blair on as he enters week two. Fifty plus people showed up at various times throughout the evening to give Blair their support. During an internet radio interview conducted by Cosmos of truthaction.org, Blair received a call from Sydney, Australia. This proves that news of Blair's hunger strike is circling the globe and hopefully his efforts will inspire others to stand up and demand a new investigation. Blair also received well wishes and a… Continue reading
David Ray Griffin
professor, author, and lead researcher of the 9/11 cover-up
Come hear what the media won't tell you
in a lecture chaired by
Michel Chossudovsky
Canadian economist and head of the Centre for Research on Globalization
Saturday, 21 June 2008
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By Peter Barber
June 7 2008
Financial Times
When Cynthia McKinney speaks the words of Martin Luther King Jr, they resound through the church with some of King's cadence. "A time comes," declares the former US congresswoman from Georgia, "when silence is betrayal." The congregation answers with whoops and calls of "That's right!" King was talking about America's war in Vietnam. More than 40 years later, before the packed pews of the Immanuel Presbyterian Church in Los Angeles, McKinney is speaking of the American government's war on its own people. The shock and awe phase of this conflict, we had been told earlier, began on September 11 2001, when the Bush administration launched attacks on New York and Washington, or at least waved them through.
According to a show of hands that February afternoon, several hundred people in the immaculate church believe this to be true. Some came in T-shirts bearing the words "9/11 was an inside job". One wore a badge demanding that you "Examine your assumptions". Quite a few bought the DVDs on sale in the foyer, most of which bore photographs of the Twin Towers spewing smoke. They had all come to hear the message of Architects, Engineers & Scientists for 9/11 Truth, one of the dozens of groups across the US which campaign to persuade us that everything we think we know about 9/11 is wrong.
Marion Cotillard, actress–"There was a tower in Spain which burnt for 24 hours. It never collapsed"
Last winter, "Investigate 9/11"… Continue reading
From Elizabeth Woodworth
Professional Librarian/Writer
June 8, 2008
Dear Mr. Barber:
I am a professional medical librarian who delivered "best evidence"
literature to the public health officers of the British Columbia government
for 25 years.
Your article, "The Truth is Out There," is an "ad hominem"
approach to a critically serious matter, and it unfortunately fails to deal
with the evidence involved.
You will no doubt agree that 9/11 has changed the world. It is a seminal event
which has grossly undermined trust and erected enormous barriers between the
West and the Middle East. And it has led to widespread mayhem and death in that
region. Obviously, questions concerning our understanding of the event are of
the utmost importance.
The US government has steadfastly refused to release the evidence which it
claims to have. Evidence which, if in existence, would settle once and for all
the questions which are being raised, nearly seven years later, on the front
page of the Financial Times of London.
There were 85 cameras rolling outside the Pentagon, whose film could be offered
to save the Times the trouble of running these articles.
There are small, indestructible time replacement parts in all aircraft which
allow for positive identification, and these could be offered to silence critics
about Flight 77.
For several years NIST has been promising its imminent report on the strange
collapse of Building 7. This could be completed and released.
You say the 9/11 truth movement has taken over from the peace movement.… Continue reading
Tim Russert, Dick Cheney, and 9/11
by Prof. David Ray Griffin
Information Clearing House
While we are remembering Tim Russert and his years as moderator of "Meet the Press," we would do well to recall his interview with Vice President Dick Cheney at Camp David on September 16, 2001, just five days after the 9/11 attacks. 1 In fact, Cheney himself, during an interview with NBC's Matt Lauer the morning after Russert died, reminded us of that Camp David interview, saying: "I always, when I think of Tim and think of 'Meet the Press,' that's the show that always comes to mind. . . . It was a remarkable moment in American history." 2
Commenting that he himself "remember[ed] that interview vividly," Lauer asked: "Anything stand out from that interview?" In his reply, Cheney said: "We went back and reminisced to some extent about what had actually happened on the morning of 9/11. So it was—it was a remarkable moment in my career." 3
It was indeed. In reminiscing about his movements that morning, Cheney contradicted what was to become a crucial element of the account that the 9/11 Commission would give of those movements.
In praising Russert's tenure on "Meet the Press," Cheney said: "He would ask you tough questions, he would remind you of quotes you made previously in other settings or on earlier shows, so you never got away with anything going up vis-à-vis Tim." 4
Given Cheney's appraisal of his interview with Russert as… Continue reading


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I have to just get so sappy right now. As others have said, this is the most awesome, incredible thread I've ever encountered.
Thanks, for sharing this special gift with all of the rest of us. I don't expect I'll ever, EVER get inside the Dream Suite, but now I feel like I sort of, have. As a Disney fanatic, this would really be a dream come true. To experience it with lots of other fellow fans would be like a sacred pilgrimage. Again, I sort of, maybe 1%, feel what it must have been like.
That must have been one of the all time greatest nights ever.
Again, THANKS.
What a great story! Thanks for sharing the photos and the video! How lucky are you?
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Wonderful!!! What a special night!!
Stockholder and Walt Disney Autograph holder!!
This is the most exciting TR I have ever read. I'm hinging on every post and can't wait for the "After hours" part you mentioned.
Thanks for such detail rich explanation of everything.
Best TR ever!!!
You guys look like you have such a fun, amazing group of friends and you all are enjoying it sooo much that it takes away the jealousy and makes me purely happy for you guys (ok, I'm still a bit jealous, but ya'll seem so nice that it's minimal)!!
I can't wait for the rest! It's like the cliff hanger of a favorite mini-series....you can't wait to see more, but you are dreading when it's over!!!
Yowza! i feel like i was there too!
That's as it should be.
Wow! Wow, wow, wow!
I'm supremely jealous! :P But I love living vicariously through those pictures.
I can't wait to see pictures from the after-hours tour. I hope you guys got to see some cool stuff. I don't know if they would ever allow it, but I'd love to walk around inside a ride when it's not full of people if I had the chance with something like this...
Spoiler Spoiler Spoiler
This trip report gives an extremely detailed report of our experience at the Disneyland Dream Suite. Be warned, if you read this posting, and then stay in the Dream Suite, many of your magical moments will not be as magical.
If you happened upon this page and you're actually going to be staying in the Disneyland Dream Suite,
It will be so much more magical if you experience it all for yourself first.
It was requested that we leave the room so they could turn down the beds. We walked over to the Haunted Mansion and walked right on the ride. It was here that I heard the first complaint from Theresa.
Theresa - My cheeks hurt from smiling so much!
Not that much of a complaint I guess.
Right at Midnight, we walked back to the room.
"Aha" you might say. "You said you never won Year of a Million Dreams hats, but you're wearing them in this photo."
Interesting story behind that. We never did win anything from Disneyland during the Year of a Milllion Dreams, but I like to collect Disney hats. I probably have 50-60 Disney hats (I've never really counted and that could probably be a whole other post by itself), and after not winning anything during the Year of a Million Dreams, I went to eBay. Why back in 2008 I felt the need to buy 4 hats, when I only needed one, I'll never know. But it sure worked out great when we were trying to figure out what to wear that night.
Waving to the camera
Apparently Mickey, Minnie, and Duffy were watching TV while we were gone.
The beds were turned down and robes were laid out.
Along with a Suite Dreams card.
Same for the Adventureland bedroom.
Then we went and got changed for one of the best parts of this experience. Just being in the room would be more than enough. On top of it though, we were going to get a 2 hour guided tour through the park after dark. In earlier emails they had told us that other groups have gone wandering around in their PJs. We didn't plan this part out so well and just decided to wear our hats plus the robes they laid out for us.
How many free Diet Cokes have you had tonight Jacob?
Hostesses Michelle and Leandra invited us to join them on a wonderful after hours tour. We were given a choice of weapons to arm ourselves with (perhaps we're taking Kingdom Keepers as fact instead of fiction...). Ruston got a lightup sword, Jacob took a pirate saber, Theresa took a Magic Wand, and I took a whip.
We then rode the elevator down to the park level.
We started our journey in New Orleans Square. It was weird seeing the park so empty.
We walked to the train station and learned that the building opposite the tracks is also shown in another attraction. In Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln, in the Two Brothers segment, when the 2nd brother's coffin is at the train station being shipped back home, this is the building they're in front of. We also listened to the telegraph typing out Walt Disney's welcome speech.
We continued towards Haunted Mansion and paused for a quick photo.
Michelle told us to try to push on the gate. It was open! Go ahead on in!
Just want to point out, that each overnight tour is unique. We weren't guaranteed to be able to see anything in particular.
We took turned petting the invisible horse and feeding him invisible apples.
We were led to the side to take a peek at the Pet Cemetary.
Then we just had fun taking a few group shots around the mansion.
A totally empty queue.
Pardon me, we're your neighbors just up the street. Can we borrow a cup of sugar?
You don't usually find this area very empty. And I can't remember if I've ever seen it with the lights on. Ruston is trying to pull off the Haunted Mansion Butler look.
But then changes into normal Ruston again.
Here we learned that the chandelier here has 6 arms, on those 6 arms are 6 branches, and each branch has 6 crystals. 6 - 6 - 6 hmm.
Just outside Splash Mountain, we've definitely found our Laughing Place.
We walked along the front of the Rivers of America. Jacob had to get a photo with his pirate sword in front of the Pirates Lair sign.
All during this time, pickup trucks and other trucks (fuel/propane), were driving around on the paths people normally walk on. I'd love to show you photos, but I was specifically forbidden to take even a single photo of these vehicles or any other areas that were considered back stage.
The Mark Twain was lit up beautifully and parked right at the dock for us.
At this point, Michelle ran off and we wandered through Frontierland with Leandra for a couple minutes. Michelle came back and told us to follow her, she'd just arranged for us to go see something special.
She led us into the Golden Horseshoe that was completely empty except for us. "Would you like to sit in Walt's box?" she asked. "Um, yes please." Again, each tour is unique. Who knows if the next person in the Suite will be able to go in here.
"Would you like to go up on stage?" "Uh, yes!"
Striking a dramatic pose.
Doing the can-can
Singing beautifully.
And a final bow.
It was really strange seeing the castle area completely empty.
We're all taking a quick nap on the benches surrounding the castle.
Then we posed for photos.
And even got our Hostesses to join us.
We tried to do a "Walt walking through the castle" pose.
Alright Ruston, try your luck.
Not today...
Jacob maybe.... No?
Joe? No, still?
Theresa's got an idea. How about a little fairy magic.
How many grown adults can you fit into a teacup? Answer: 4 but not for very long.
We got a photo in front of the carrousel. At this point, I'm thinking they're starting up all these rides, and keeping all these lights on just for us. If they are, who knows if they'll be able to do it for the next set of guests.
Next we went over to Toontown where we were locked inside and stuck for the rest of the night! No, not really.
But we did go over to the Jolly Trolley and since it was after dark, they let Theresa drive us up and down the street. We only parked it right here to get a good photo... really.....
We asked if we could visit Mickey in his house, but were told he was sleeping.
We walked past the Matterhorn, then the lagoon and into Tomorrowland. As we walked under the monorail beam, we noticed a "Caution: Low Clearance" sign. Interesting the new things that come out at night.
We passed a few people power washing the walkways. I'm surprised all this evaporates by morning. A quick shot in front of Space Mountain, strategically placed in front of some pickup trucks that we weren't allowed to photograph.
We marveled at how empty the whole area was. Usually Tomorrowland is so crowded. We spread out and posed all around.
Just as we started to walk by, the Astro Orbitor started spinning. I swear they're doing this on purpose for us now.
Next we headed to the Partners statue.
Thank you Walt Disney and all the other cast members who make Disneyland such a special place for us!
Just as we turned to start going down Main Street, all the lights turned off and the utility lights turned on. Aww. No cool empty Main Street pictures. We even tried waving our wand and swords at it, but still no luck. Then Michelle said, "Hold on." and walked away talking on her radio.
We continued to Main Street to get some photos anyway.
And our very next step after the photo above, the lights came on. Magical! Again, there's no guarantee the host/hostess will be able get lights turned back on.
It was so amazing being all alone in the park.
Ruston - At one point during the after-hours tour we were told of a story about when Walts grandchildren would stay overnight in the park, and ask to him about the different feel of the park during these hours. I also noticed, and commented that most of these areas felt so much smaller when we were alone in them. I guess Walt would tell his grandchildren the difference is the people. Disneyland really only comes to life when there are people enjoying it and appreciating the magic. The same held with my stay within the suite. Certainly, it was the most beautiful hotel room Ive ever seen, but being able to share it with my friends was what put this experience over the top for me.
A few individual pictures.
And for some reason Jacob felt like sleeping in the middle of Main Street.
Jacob - On the tour, being able to be completely silly, dressed in a bathrobe, and sleeping alone, in the middle of Main Street U.S.A., will always be a highlight. Who cares how the picture turns out, I was there, it was fun!
So we all decided to join him.
We turned around to look at the castle and maybe get one more photo.
And click... someone turned the lights out.
But we took a photo anyway.
We walked over to the Jolly Holiday Bakery and spread out among the tables and all had imaginary tea.
Then just smiled for the camera.
We walked to Adventureland and grabbed a photo. While we were here, Michelle said, "I'll be right back."
"Follow me." Michelle said. We're going to head inside the Tiki Room. Sweet!
Ruston - I loved that during our walk through the park, Michelle would disappear, and then call us over for a secret look at a ride entrance. Leandra and Michelle both seemed as excited as we were to see this stuff.
No music was playing or anything, but all the lights were on so we just sat and took in the detail. We even sang a little "Let's All Sing Like the Birdies Sing" while we were there.
Our final stop in Adventureland was Indiana Jones.
And with that, our 2 hour around the park tour was over. In one word: Amazing.
Leandra and Michelle were very patient while we took a few photos to remember the night. We had a fantastic time with them leading us all around the park. Thank you both so much!
It's 2:30am and it's time to head inside.
For one final treat, Michelle said, "You been up the normal entrance to the Dream Suite. How would you like to take the entrance that Walt would have used?" Of course we would!!!
If you remember from one of my earlier posts, this is a stairwell at 21 Royal Street. It's a roped off staircase that leads to a balcony. That balcony then connects to what was once a hallway in the Disney Gallery. No photos sadly, again because it's considered backstage, but here's a few from the outside.
So, what happened the rest of the night? Did we sleep? We'll see next time!
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Joe's Epic Overnight Disneyland Dream Suite Trip Report
Joe's Epic Tokyo Disneyland Trip Report - 15 days
Disneyland Candlelight Processional Photos - 2012 (Kurt Russell), 2012 (Edward James Olmos), 2012 (Dick Van Dyke), 2012 (John Stamos), 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008
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You guys are such geeks! I feel like I've lived your very special adventure vicariously through what can only be billed as the ultimate in trip reports. Thank you for sharing it with all of us. I would have run those Goodnight Kiss shows all night once I got back in the room!
Ruston, your generosity to your friends, both in real life and here on MiceChat, has truly touched my heart. Thank you, thank you, thank you for sharing your experience with us. Your story about Walt's description of Disneyland to his granddaughters, coupled with your own insights, made me a little misty-eyed. While I love all the photos, and have eagerly awaited the next installment, the one that caught my eye was Theresa on the moving ramp in the Mansion - so elegantly moody and spooky.
You've done more for me than you know. Thanks again.
I've never in my life wanted so much to be someone else!
August 9, 2008. I am getting FP's for Indy; my wife and 3 kids are getting off the Matterhorn. She calls me and says 'get here quick'. I run over, its just after 8am and wondering what could have happened. My then 13 yr old sun was picked as a winner. We are not told what we won; we are marched to City Hall where we are told we won the night in the Dream Suite. Basically we did just about everything Joe described here ! I went to sleep at 2:30 am because I had to drive everyone to LAX at 9:30 am (after the Plaza Inn breakfast they gave us). Everyone else stayed up all night. From 2pm in he afternoon until 9 am the next day, it was absolutely amazing. We put a lot of stuff on youtube back then...except for stuff Disney specifically asked not to.....and to this day it is tough to imagine we did it!
Congrats !!!!
I have never been so jealous to see a trip report like this. Every trip report you put out has been amazing, I actually look at every single picture you post and read every little description you posted. I loved your Tokyo Disney report and this is even better! Congrats on winning, I hope someday I will be able to experience the Disney Dream Suite!


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I think i managed to fix the FCs for MIUI home last night. I tried installing it over a current MIUI and when it booted up, i didn't get any FCs. I also think I might have my permissions off on the system apps that get added (user selected). So that might fix a few things as well if I'm right on that one.
Sweet! Looking forward to getting my miui rocking again... i've been using a mutant hybrid of marcusants 2-part 2.4.6, nyan colonel 4.1 and a few bits of your setup... had to manually fix the permissions, but all but the status bar themes work... very happy so far...
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The sentencing has been postponed for the man found guilty of murdering a College at Brockport student.
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Everyone loves a nail-biting close game that's got your ass virtually hovering on the edge of its seat like a victim of too much Baja Fresh in a Port-O-John.
But considering the two division rivals the Flyers faced this weekend and their 2010-11 season record, the last thing any Orange fan needed were two back-to-back close calls.
Before Saturday afternoon, the Philadelphia Flyers once again seemed to awaken a seasonal Holiday tradition of short losing streaks and disappointing outcomes. Before hitting the ice with the New Jersey Devils, this seemed like just the weekend to begin digging out of that slump and getting back on track to winning games by high margins and great intensity.
Although our boys pulled off two wins in a row this weekend, they've left me feeling less than confident they're capable of defeating higher caliber opponents.
I don't know how many times I've said it so far this season, but we keep failing to play the full 60-minutes. We keep failing to finish on chances. And we certainly keep failing on the power play.
Granted, we won. I should be happy, and I am! But take a look at the next five games coming up;
Dec 8th - San Jose Sharks @ Philadelphia
Dec 9th - Philadelphia @ Toronto Maple Leafs
Dec 11th - Boston Bruins @ Philadelphia
Dec 14th - Pittsburgh Penguins @ Philadelphia
Dec 15th - Philadelphia @ Montreal Canadiens
Two back-to-back series, and a game splitting between them. Look at our success thus far on back-to-back games (and not just the winning/losing records, but our play performance). It's shaky to say the least, and doesn't leave any one of us feeling confident and dauntless.
These next five games will be - for lack of a better word - battles. Battles that will undoubtedly be close wins or losses, or utter humiliation.
Remember, I'm only making these projections based off of how well we've played these past couple of weeks.
The defense is up and down. Some shifts/periods they look like the best shutdown blue line in the league, and at other times they look like they couldn't cut the head of the "Flying-V" from The Mighty Ducks.
Our forward lines have had their opportunities. Again, they can't finish. It doesn't help that every time we face a goalie it seems as if he's having the game of a lifetime, but we're hitting more posts than Manute Bull's head on a rollercoaster.
Chemistry and playmaking on our powerplay is about as absent as a clean diaper in a retirement home. It's been incredibly frustrating, not to mention that every time we go on the man advantage I make a dash to the bathroom to do my business because I write off any chances of a Flyers PP goal. The dump and chase has more than run its course considering nine times outta ten the puck's cleared in a blink of an eye.
Sergei Bobrovsky even had a few periods where he looked flaky. Not cold. Not fatigued. Just not himself.
In a nutshell, the Flyers are tied up in a slump but are still managing to stick high in the Conference standings. So even though we've been playing like shit, we're still gaining points. But how long can we keep this performance up and not severely pay for it?
Back to those next five games I mentioned; three of those teams (Penguins, Canadiens and Bruins) have faced us before and have embarrassed us to no end. Boston and Montreal shut us out, and the Penguins are always capable of putting on a clinic with Sidney Crosby at the helm.
You think we'll squeeze by them playing the way we did yesterday against the Islanders?
NO, sir! We'd be lucky if we walked off that ice and our assholes didn't whistle like a jug handle in the wind from all the raping.
Speaking of yesterday's game; did anyone else feel themselves about to drift off to sleep watching that tilt? Holy Pogo-Sticking Christ, I nearly tossed a basket of ice cubes down the front of my pants just to wake me up.
We lead (excitingly) all game long, 1 - 0, going into the 3rd period and then we let in two unanswered goals in just under 40-seconds from each other almost halfway through the period? Talk about a kick in the ass.
Thank God Laviolette decided to call another one of his "Get it done or I'll cut your nuts off" timeouts because it lit a fire under Andreas Nodl who tied the game up, and then Danny Briere who potted the GWG on a smooth wrister.
But ya see what I mean? The goddamn Islanders, for crying out loud. Did our confidence really need a close call against the poor man's New York Rangers? I say nay.
The next nine days are really going to spell out how this team reacts to bland outcomes.
Boston's net tender, Tim Thomas, has been touched by the finger of the hockey god and is playing out of his mind. "Out of his mind"? The understatement of the season.
Carey Price has turned the city of Montreal upside down with his play in net. Once subjected to hate from Canadien fanatics worldwide, Price is now their savior and praised like a Pharaoh.
Need I mention Sidney Crosby? The kid's sick. I mean, unstoppable. The Penguins have won nine effing games in a row and look to be the best team in the league according to everyone's rankings. And they're all correct. Regardless of our current regular season series success at 2 - 1 against them, Pittsburgh's found their groove and it's full steam forward. If the Flyers intend on stopping that train with abysmal powerplays, unstable defense, and an offense incapable of lifting the twine....then count on that record being 2 - 2 after Tuesday, December 14th.
I'm not forgetting about the Sharks or the Maple Leafs. Both are potentially trap games, and the Flyers have no business over looking either opponent.
Despite their 12th place standing in the West, San Jose's Danny Heatley is a Flyers killer. He's also part of that front line with Joe Thornton centering and Patrick Marleau at the mirroring wing position. These three are more than capable of racking up points in a game and unless our defensive play shuts them down for a full 60-minutes they could decide the loss for us.
I've seen enough interviews of Peter Laviolette discussing what he and the crew did during practice to better the powerplay. At this point, it's all white noise until the team achieves a consistent effort and success while on the man advantage.
Granted Andreas Nodl broke the PP-Dry Spell yesterday to tie up the match, but I'm going to need to see more in the next coming games to be convinced we've sewn up that divot.
The Flyers welcome San Jose into Philadelphia this Wednesday night at 7:00.
Grab your bottle of Pepto-Bismol and try not to blow a brain gasket, because the next few turns on this ride are gonna be bumpy.


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The internet was invented primarily to allow teenagers and bored office workers to view pictures of naked women and for over a decade it was used solely for that purpose. However, since the social networking revolution, people around the world have discovered that the internet can be used to fulfil another, much more important function: the mass humiliation of stupid cats. For a time, cats and naked women shared the limelight, often appearing side by side, but it wasn't long before stupid cats overtook naked women as the world's most popular search term.
In the dark days before Google, stupid cat videos had to be strictly rationed, making the fictional search guru 'Jeeves' a figure of public hatred. However, when YouTube launched in 2005 the public could finally access an ever-growing number of stupid cat videos 24 hours a day. The high demand for cat videos continues to drive the advancement of computer technology to new levels, with some experts predicting that future cat videos will be transmitted directly into the brain, inhaled or injected into the bloodstream.
Today, there are roughly four times as many cats on the internet than have ever existed in the real world. Of course, nobody has time to watch them all so here are some of the best and weirdest.
Kitten Suckles Air
This cat is not blowing a raspberry but rather trying to conjure milk from thin air. According to the YouTube caption it was abandoned at a young age and so has a strong urge to suckle. It usually tries to suckle on its fury blanket but on this occasion has nothing in its mouth at all. The cat's owners have stressed that the cat does not have a mental illness, it's just very silly.
The look on the cat's face is priceless; it really has no idea what its owners are laughing at.
Cat Eats with Fork and Chopsticks
The name of this clip tells you all you need to know. The cat has been trained to eat at the table using a fork and even chopsticks. The comedy star of this clip is not the cat itself, but rather its insane owner – the very definition of the term 'crazy cat lady'. There's a thin line between genius and insanity, and this woman clearly crossed that line years ago. Listen out for her paw washing song; it's comedy gold.
I can't help but feel sorry for this lady's husband, who will clearly put up with anything for a bit of peace and quiet. Either that or he's been beaten into submission, like the poor cat.
Senile Talking Cat
What are these cats arguing about? We can only guess, but one thing is for sure – the black cat is getting a stern talking to. Whatever it did to upset the ginger cat, it won't be doing it again in a hurry and seems to be very apologetic. We've had arguments with our moms that have looked exactly like this.
Cat Has Seizure
YouTube is awash with videos of cats, dogs and other animals having seizures but this by far the weirdest. At first the cat looks as though it is performing some kind of bizarre ritual mating dance, moonwalking around in circles before getting down to some serious booty shaking. It's only about a half way through that the true reason for this behaviour becomes apparent.
If you are wondering, the cat has since been treated and is feeling much better. However, about a year later the cat had another seizure and, yet again, the owner's first instinct was to grab a video camera and push record. In the follow up video 'Cat has Seizure 2', the cat can be heard making some very disturbing noises.
Cat owners take heed – if your cat displays similar behaviour Weird Worm recommends that you see a vet immediately. Do not try to restrain the cat, it's best to let the seizure play out. Also, boot up the webcam.
Toilet Trained Cat Doing Number 2
Yes, that's right, this cat is fully toilet trained! Since it is physically impossible to train a cat to do anything besides yawning, we can only assume that this kitty taught himself to go potty. Amazing! Although, it's really not quite as amazing as the fact that almost nine million people have logged on to watch a cat taking a dump.
Just when you think this is the most intelligent cat in the world, it slips and falls in the toilet while inspecting its own mess. Let's hope it washed its paws afterwards. Now if only somebody could teach it how to flush.
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Legendary jazz drummer Joe Morello dies at 82
TRENTON, N.J. Legendary jazz drummer Joe Morello, whose virtuosity and command of odd time signatures made him an integral part of the Dave Brubeck Quartet on such classic recordings as "Take Five" and "Blue Rondo a la Turk," has died at age 82.
Family members said Morello died Saturday at his home in northern New Jersey. A cause of death was not immediately available.
Brubeck said the loss of his friend "came as a complete shock to me."
"Many people consider the rhythm section of (bassist) Eugene Wright and Joe Morello in my quartet as being one of the most consistent, swinging rhythm sections in jazz," Brubeck said in a statement e-mailed to The Associated Press. "Drummers worldwide remember Joe as one of the greatest drummers we have known."
Morello's decision to join Brubeck's quartet in 1956 paved the way for the leader's experiments in unusual rhythms on a series of groundbreaking "Time" albums in the late `50s and early `60s that earned popular and critical acclaim.
"Joe was a pioneer in odd time signatures and a vital part of the "Time" series the Quartet made at Columbia Records," said Brubeck. "His drum solo on 'Take Five' is still being heard around the world."
Brubeck got the inspiration for "Take Five" after hearing Morello playing a 5/4 beat while warming up backstage before a concert with alto saxophonist Paul Desmond. The pianist asked Desmond to write a melody in 5/4 time for a tune that would feature a Morello drum solo. Brubeck suggested combining two themes that Desmond wrote to create "Take Five," which became a surprise Top 40 hit on jukeboxes and one of the best-known jazz recordings.
Raised in Springfield, Mass., with impaired vision from birth, Morello initially studied the violin before becoming a drummer in his teen years.
He eventually made his way to New York City, where he played with many leading jazz musicians over the years, and first came to prominence for his work as part of pianist Marian McPartland's Hickory House Trio in the early `50s.
"I'm going to miss him terribly. He was a wonderful man, a wonderful drummer, a great educator" said McPartland, who has hosted "Piano Jazz" on National Public Radio for years. "When we first started playing together (along with bassist Bill Crow), you could see that Joe was going to be a star because he was terrific in every possible way. And pretty soon, he was so in demand, and he felt he had to move on."
In 1956, Morello turned down offers to join the Benny Goodman and Tommy Dorsey bands to go on a temporary tour with Brubeck's quartet after the pianist promised to feature him more prominently than was typical for jazz drummers at the time.
At their first concert, Brubeck gave him a drum solo, and Morello ended up staying with the pianist for 12 years. Morello won Downbeat magazine's best drummer award for five years in a row.
Morello recorded more than 60 albums with the quartet, starting with "Jazz Impressions Of The U.S.A." and "Dave Digs Disney" in 1957. He was with the quartet on its 1958 State Department-sponsored tour that took the group to 14 countries, including Poland, India, Turkey, Afghanistan, Iran and Iraq.