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Find current and archived issues of the Leagues' award-winning magazine.
Take a visual journey and explore the faces behind the California and Nevada credit union movement at a number of events, meetings, fundraisers, and conferences!
Catch up on what California and Nevada credit unions are accomplishing within their communities every month!
|L-R: Rep. Scott Peters, D-CA; and Rep. John Campbell, R-CA
The following is a sample of some of the top issues affecting credit unions that the California and Nevada Credit Union Leagues are following:
Tax Reform
The chairman and ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee released the committee's plan to begin an overhaul of the tax code (Click here for more details within a special message last week from Leagues President and CEO Diana Dykstra). This comes as no surprise to credit unions, which have been gearing up for this battle with the Don't Tax My Credit Union campaign.
Despite what many have said, credit unions must treat this as a true threat. All competing interests (not just banks) will be asking members of Congress to engage on their behalf. This process will run through the beginning of August and possibly beyond.
New MBL Co-Sponsor
Regulatory relief remains at the top of credit unions' agenda. Credit unions can push Congress to enhance the credit union charter while defending the movement's tax status at the same time. (Members of Congress support credit unions by co-sponsoring legislation to strengthen the credit union charter).
From Nevada, all four of the House delegation are co-sponsors of H.R.688, which raises the member business lending cap.
From California, the 34th co-sponsor (out of 53) joined the bill this week. Rep. Scott Peters, D-CA (San Diego), is the latest to join 106 other members of Congress. The Leagues and credit unions thank him and his other colleagues for their support.
The House Financial Services Committee has been developing a regulatory relief package, which remains under construction. It's likely a hearing will be held in the summer or fall months to assemble a package. Continuing to gain co-sponsors for these credit union bills is the best way to ensure they are included in this package.
The nomination of Richard Metsger to be the next board member of the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) was considered in the Senate Banking Committee. Credit unions should expect the committee to pass Metsger's nomination sometime in July.
Longtime CU Friend Retires
Rep. John Campbell, R-CA (Orange County), announced last week he will retire at the end of this congressional session. Campbell has been a strong advocate for credit unions on the House Financial Services Committee during his service.
What's Next
Congress returns next week in a marathon session leading up to the August recess. During the month of August, members of Congress will be at home in their districts, where the Leagues will be encouraging all to participate in district meetings.
When Congress returns in September, the Leagues will welcome member credit union representatives to join the Leagues in Washington, D.C. on Sept. 9-11 for a "Hike the Hill" gathering. This will be an opportunity to talk to Congress directly about the credit union movement's tax status, regulatory relief measures, and the future of the credit union movement.


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Monday Jan. 5, 2009
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- Michael Vick's lawyers have offered a plan that would require the former Atlanta quarterback to keep a court official informed about Vick's attempts to be reinstated by the NFL.
The plan was filed Monday in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Virginia. A committee representing Vick's creditors endorsed the plan and wants creditors to vote to confirm it.
Vick says a disclosure statement that he expected to resume his career after serving his 23-month prison term for bankrolling a dogfighting conspiracy. His plan for paying his debts is based on earning a big salary.
Vick's major creditors complained last month that they have no assurance Vick would be able to achieve that goal. The revised bankruptcy plan includes a provision requiring Vick to provide the trustee overseeing liquidation of his assets with detailed information about his progress toward NFL reinstatement with the information to be kept confidential.
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell would have to lift Vick's suspension for him to return. Then it's unclear whether a team would offer Vick a contract.
Vick is scheduled to be released from federal custody around July 20.
(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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Although "Reality Check" has been put on hold for our "Shipping Wars" recaps, the Bleep Count is still a highlight in our week. The past two weeks have been eventful for the "Shipping wars" cast and not one of them were completely clean!
In this week's episode "High Tech Rednecks" the cast's language stayed pretty clean and there were minimal 'bleeps' throughout the episode. With that said, we can always count on Roy to let a few curse words fly when dealing with unruly customers. (Why does Roy always get the wayward shippers?) It isn't until he delivers cat caskets for a crazy cat lady and arrives at the animatronic hillbilly drop off location that Roy starts a cussin'. The customer posted the wrong address on the uShip listing and Roy had to go to a completely different location to unload the 600 lb ghouls. As he arrives onsite, tensions are running high and Roy hikes his Bleep Count up to 47 total curses for the season.
When loading the vintage Honda into her trailer, Jenn forgets to take the parking brake off and it turns into somewhat of an ordeal to get the car into the trailer. When the customer gets out his forklift and breaks the bumper, Jenn racks up two bleeps on her overall count. The drop off was easy as pie for Jenn she stays in clean language territory toward the end of the episode. The two curses from "High Tech Rednecks" brings her total to 11 bleeps for the entire season.
The bleep counter was dinging away last week as every cast member put up at least one talley. Most, more than one. Jarrett, who almost never curses, really surprised us by getting bleeped a total of four times in the "Punch Drunk Love" episode. Even though Jenn didn't have a shipment last week, she still upped her count got on the board with 1 bleep during a portion of her commentary on the others' shipments.
The rest of the "Shipping Wars" crew fared well. Roy, hauling a giant, broken linotype machine continued his unreachable lead with 7 total bleeps in the "Broken Down and Busted" episode. Marc gets frustrated by the college kids he is transporting to Mardi Gras and cusses a total of five times en-route to New Orleans, LA bringing his season total to 11 bleeps. When Chris and Robbie are tricked by Jarrett and forced to give him and his van a lift to the load's final destination, Chris loses his temper, almost leaves Jarrett at a rest stop and throws language caution to the wind adding 5 bleeps, totaling 15 for the season.


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Western powers suspect Iran has been trying to develop the ability to manufacture nuclear weapons. Iran says its program is aimed purely at generating electricity and fueling civilian atomic research.
Kerry stressed the United States and its allies will work closely with UN nuclear inspectors to ensure that the terms of this deal are met.
"As this agreement takes effect, we will be extraordinarily vigilant in our verification and monitoring of Iran's actions," said Kerry.
He added the international community is clear-eyed about the greater challenges of a more comprehensive agreement restricting Iran's nuclear program.
"We are very clear about what will be required in order to be able to guarantee to the international community that this is a peaceful program. The negotiations will be very difficult, but they are the best chance that we have to be able to resolve this critical national security issue peacefully and durably," said Kerry.
In a written statement, President Barack Obama said the United States and other nations will begin to give Iran "modest relief" on economic sanctions, as long as Tehran lives up to its end of the agreement.
Obama said he will veto any new sanctions legislation passed by the U.S. Congress during talks on a long-term deal with Iran, but he said Washington will be ready to increase its sanctions if Iran fails to abide by the agreement.


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ST. LOUIS -- A Sikeston restaurant owner was sentenced Thursday for filing false tax returns.
Haralambos "Bobby" Katsantonis, 49, of Sikeston was sentenced to six months home confinement and two years probation. Katsantonis was also ordered to pay a $20,000 fine. He will be required to deal with the Internal Revenue Service to settle his civil tax liabilities.
On March 29 Katsantonis pleaded guilty to one felony count of filing a false federal income tax return.
According to the facts filed with the court at the time of the plea, in 1994, Katsantonis and his family moved to Sikeston and began operating a restaurant under the name of Jay's Crispy Fried Chicken. The tax accountant who prepared the tax returns for the business relied upon the deposits shown in the amount of the restaurant business bank records to calculate the gross receipts of the business.
A substantial amount of the restaurant business receipts were in cash, some of which Katsantonis deposited into his personal checking account. As a result, these receipts were not reflected on the business bank account records that he provided to the accountant were and were not included in the calculation of gross receipts on Schedule C for that particular tax year. For 1997, 1998 and 1999, the defendant failed to include gross receipts of the business on his tax returns in the amounts of $28,100, $70,060 and $74,925, respectively.
The case was investigated by the IRS. Assistant U.S. Attorney James E. Crowe Jr. handled the case for the U.S. Attorney's Office.


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Dierks Bentley to Honor Fallen Firefighters
Star will headline Country Cares Concert in Prescott Valley, Ariz.
A massive crowd gathered yesterday (July 9) in Prescott Valley, Ariz., to mourn the 19 brave firefighters who lost their lives battling deadly wildfires on June 30. Like many, Arizona native Dierks Bentley was shocked and saddened by the tragedy.
still processing the #yarnellfire tragedy in arizona. prayers for the families and friends of the fallen firefighters.— Dierks Bentley (@DierksBentley) July 2, 2013
Dierks will make a trip back to his home state July 22 to headline the Country Cares Concert, benefiting the Granite Mountain Hotshots, at Tim's Toyota Center in Prescott Valley. Area country stations KMLE and KAFF have organized the event to raise money for families of the fallen firefighters.
"I want to help honor the memory of these 19 brave firefighters, to be part of the healing process for the community and to raise money for the families left behind," said Dierks in a release about the event.
"I was and still am devastated by this tragic event in my home state. I certainly can't imagine what these families are enduring, but I do believe in the healing power of music and hope as many Arizonans as possible can come out and be part of this event."
Additional aritsts will be announced soon. Tickets go on sale Friday, July 12, at 10 a.m. MST at KMLE1079.com.
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Truth and Consequences, Kevin Gosztola, right here.
Monday: After years of imprisonment and abuse, and sitting in silence through numerous pre-trial hearings, Bradley Manning is set to actually speak in a military courtroom today, probably only about his ill treatment back at the Quantico brig. "At least two military psychiatrists are likely to testify Tuesday that
they recommended on numerous occasions that Manning be taken off the prevention of injury order. Quantico commanders in charge of the brig
during the nine months in which Manning was held there are also believed
to be testifying today." Salon has a wrap-up here.
My recent book and ebook with Kevin Gosztola, Truth and Consequences, covers Manning and the case from the first WikiLeaks leaks to his hearings a few months back. Follow @kgosztola. And his preview here.


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DOI Bookmark: http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/54.43076

Bucketing, also known as fixed cells, is a data structure that is especially suitable for queries that cover small windows. However, this technique is not efficient if objects are long and narrow, such as wires. Also, as more objects are added, the efficiency of the query process may suffer. The authors describe a dynamic bucketing structure that maintains a two-level director structure and uses a directory doubting and merging technique called extendible hashing. This technique allows directories to expand without sacrificing performance as more objects are inserted into the structure. They report the results of tests comparing the performance of dynamic bucketing with the performance of the quad-tree algorithms.

Y.S. Kuo, S.-Y. Hwang, H.F. Hu, "A Data Structure for Fast Region Searches", IEEE Design & Test of Computers, vol.6, no. 5, pp. 20-28, September/October 1989, doi:10.1109/54.43076


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Gollum's Lair LbNA # 34638
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Southward, follow the river road into the land which bears the name of the One-Armed General who perished in the Kinstrife. Proceed 3 furlongs and when you reach grazing lands just past the Houses of Healing, let your steed rest. Dismount and head toward the trees in the direction of the setting sun. Where the ground drops off toward the river, head south until you find Rivendell.
Descend Rivendell until you are halted by the River Bruinen. From here, follow the shore, keeping the setting sun on your dexter hand. Continue on this track for about two furlongs until you see the entrances to the Goblin Caves above you. If you pass underneath the Sky Road and reach the Grey Havens, you have gone too far. Ascend the Misty Mountains and enter the furthest cave entrance to the south. Watch for goblin adolescents, as they are known to prowl this area on occasion. Along the right hand wall, you will find Gollums Rock. The Precious is kept in a nook above it.
Please admire the Precious and after you have gazed on its beauty, hide it once more so that the Dark Lord will never find it.
Update: The Precious has been stolen! Gollum has left his cave in search of it. From the mouth of the southernmost Goblin cave make your way at 300 degrees to the Dark Tower. Facing the Tower, make your way to the right hand side. Under a tree root and behind some small rocks is where the Precious may be found.
No ink included, bring your own. Black is advised.
This hike is not for the timid. Work gloves, high waterproof boots and old clothes are advised. (An elven boat would help, too.)
It is not recommend looking for this box in wet weather, when the ground is wet, or when it is high tide. The track along the river is very narrow, very muddy, and VERY slippery. (Please dont ask how I discovered all of this )
Please be VERY careful when climbing the Misty Mountains, as the terrain is rather steep and rocky. You can twist an ankle if youre not careful.


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About the Program
The NIBIB sponsored Biomedical Engineering Summer Internship (BESIP) is for undergraduate biomedical engineering students who have completed their junior year of college. The 10 week program, under the guidance of Dr. Robert Lutz, BESIP Program Director, is scheduled from June 6, 2016 to August 12, 2016. The internship will allow rising senior bioengineering students to participate in cutting edge biomedical research projects under the mentorship of world-class scientists in NIH laboratories in Bethesda, MD.
Selected by a nationwide competition, the interns will have the opportunity to indicate preferences from a list of available NIH projects that involve areas of engineering or physical science expertise. The students will participate in group meetings, attend planned lectures and laboratory visits, and be encouraged to submit posters to the NIH Poster Day where summer interns from all disciplines present their projects.
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- Application Information - eligibility, stipends, and deadlines
- Application for BESIP on-line can be completed as a Subprogram of the SIP application (see Section 9 of the SIP form), which can be found at https://www2.training.nih.gov/transfer/SIPApp. Please be aware of the different BESIP deadlines compared to SIP deadlines.
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LILBOURN - Johnnie Long Sr., 73, died Nov. 30, 2003, at his home.
Born Oct. 9, 1930, in Wolf Island, son of the late Artie and Ollie Cassel Long, he was a member of Good Hope Missionary Baptist Church in Marston. He was ordained as a deacon on Aug. 21, 1977, and served as Sunday school superintendent and teacher and was a brotherhood instructor and Bible study instructor. He served as an alderman and was also mayor of North Lilbourn.
On March 7, 1953, he married Irene Parker who survives of the home.
Other survivors include: five sons and three daughters-in-law, Tyler Long of Marston, Johnny and Julie Long of Lilbourn, Jerry and Cheryl Long and Alva Long of St. Louis and Perry and Sheila Long of Cape Girardeau; four daughters and sons-in-law, Bobbie and Samuel McFerren of Lilbourn, Patricia and Leroy Branion of Atlanta, Ga., Mae and Herman Mitton of Dyersburg, Tenn., and Mary and Lonnie Conley of Sikeston; one sister, Mon Willer McKinney of Marston; two brothers, Oddie Long Sr. of Charleston and Eddie Long Sr. of Marston; and 18 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by three brothers, Raymond Long, Arbie Long and Cornell Long; and one sister, Quiller Mae Sims.
Services will be conducted at noon Thursday at the Good Hope Missionary Baptist Church. The Rev. Charles Burton Jr. will officiate.
Burial will follow in the Mason Cemetery at Point Pleasant.
Williams-Farr and Purnell Funeral Home of Howardville is in charge of arrangements.


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It's Pentecost. The day when we celebrate the birth of the church — fully blown and ecstatic to the point of drunkenness on the gift of the Holy Spirit firing us up into action. A day where we are "nudged out of the nest" to go into the world in action carrying the message of truth — and promise of redemption. A joyous day…. but I feel a little verklempt. Today is a farewell celebration. Today Fr. Ron will celebrate his going-away Mass at St. Andre Bessette.
I recognized Fr Ron from hearing his radio program on KBVM when I swapped Catholic radio for NPR during their February fundraising drive in 2009.
He was a different voice. I was intrigued by what he had to say. I called him and told him I was a drunk in recovery searching for something and wanting to know Jesus. – no I didn't . I said something like: "uuuuhhh… I have a year of sobriety and my son died …. I don't know why I'm calling you… "
He was all "cool! A heathen alkie who wants to come to my retreat! Yahoo! " No he wasn't. He was like. "Sure. You should come." All mild.
I'm a little dramatic; sometimes I lie. Here's how it really was.
I heard Fr. Ron's voice before I met him face to face. I was spinning the radio dial looking for something that wasn't a guilt-inducing plea for membership. I stopped when I heard "Hail Mary, full of grace the Lord is with thee." I stayed there listening to what I now know as faithful people praying the rosary. Soothing…. the words spoke to my heart. I set the clock radio to wake me up with that prayer every morning. So I woke every morning hailing Mary, asking for prayers for us sinners now and at the hour of our death, listening to that until the final amen when the hellfire evangelist or the judgey disappointed nun would start talking, and then I would jump out of bed and cross the room to turn off the radio.
One morning I heard a voice that I had not heard before; I kept listening because it sounded like he was speaking directly to me. He was saying things that nobody else was — about longing for a new life and searching for something greater than ourselves and how people who are suffering can be healed. He said these things with gentle conviction. He was matter-of-fact, unlike the strident, overly plaintive and judgy voices I tuned out before I could feel bad after the glow of being held in Our Blessed Mother's arms wore off.
I knew what he was saying was unscripted. This man spoke in not so much a dreamy way, but with a cadence that I recognized as off- the-cuff creative concentration – like he was designing a beautiful flower arrangement out of the hope and promise of God's love. He rambled a little bit as he chose his next story about God working in the most unlikely place or through the most marginalized person. He witnessed Christ in life of a poor, gay, sick, addict — easing a wilted petal off the imperfect bloom, grazing his thumb across a thorn – acknowledging the sharpness of it. He paused like he was searching back into his mind's-eye, scanning through the brambles of his ministry in the mire of poverty on the streets of Portland – looking for the next flower he would add to the bouquet. Finding it with a recognition that surprised him a little bit – he revealed the glimpse of color and hope buried deep in the underbrush of mental illness and addiction; he reverenced that flower before placing it carefully in the vase alongside the others. I could tell that he really believed what he was talking about because he was witnessing miracles as he spoke. Over and over again, he reached his hand into those tangled patches to pick out the bud, risking the occasional stingy scratch – until he had created an arrangement of imperfectly beautiful and fragile flowers that might be placed in the midst of a funeral mass or a wedding feast.
When Fr. Ron answered his phone, I recognized his voice. He did not sound a bit different than he did on the radio. I was tentative when I asked him about coming to his poverty retreat. "I'm not Catholic or anything, really………" "Come." He encourged me. "It will be fine."
When I met him in person the first time, he was smaller than I expected. Soft shoulders – slightly hunched, holding his elbows close to his body like he did not want to take up space. His jaw was a little tight — his teeth have been clenched because his mouth curved slightly downwards. Some furrows were settled between his eyes like he was perpetually concentrating.
Wearing a plaid button down shirt under a dark blue zip up sweater, he reminded me of Mister Rogers zipping up his red sweater singing "you are my friend, you are special to me" — only Fr. Ron's sweater wasn't Pentecost red, it was soft dark heather blue. He was reserved when he greeted me, keeping his open hands close to his sides. "Hi." he said. I was quite taken by his eyes. In the low light of the sanctuary, dark brown – liquid behind the frameless lenses of his spectacles. I saw compassion and warmth. Then his jaw loosened, he grinned crookedly and I caught a glimpse of the boy he once was. His eyes sparkled a little; I thought I could like him.
Fr. Ron encouraged me to share my story. He listened. He didn't try to give me any answers. Just sat quiet. And then he said "that tension is the cross."
I had no idea what he was talking about….
but, I did understand –
"Act like God" he said –" stand with open arms wanting and ready to love".
When I first met Ron, four years ago, I wasn't like a lovely blooming flower — or even a bud full of potential. I was more like a dried up sea sponge. Hard like a rock. I floated on the top of the baptismal waters he kept telling me about. That day I met him in person, Ron put me face to face with my own spiritual hardness. After four years of hanging out with this guy, I am slightly softer. Kneaded a little bit, I've started to absorb. Ron has shown me I can expand — soak up all the holiness there is for me. And when I get full and can't take any more in and I have to wring myself out again – it washes and soothes other dried out people who need some moisture to get started….
So, I'm dried out today because today, Pentecost, on what I think is Fr. Ron's last Mass here — I have shed a lot of tears. Pentecost, he says, is when we are nudged out of the nest to go out into the world to live and proclaim our hope and faith. He is flying the coop, too. On his way to the next place — leaving us with the Breath of the Spirit — to continue the work we need to do on our little corner of the world.
To the priest with the kind brown eyes who said that thing about the Cross that I didn't understand
Who encouraged me to act like God, standing with open arms, wanting and ready to love
Who lead me (by the elbow) to a place where I would slow down and stop and surrender to the almost unbearable pain
Who prayed with me through the suffering — embracing it — and helping me through to the other side where I felt Holy
Who taught me that "which Golden Girl are you?" is an important existential question
Who showed me how to pick up my mat and walk in confidence to the Cross of Salvation
Who helped me believe that there is no place else to go but God
…..and most of all
Who has assured me, undoubtedly, no matter what; that "it'll be fine"
To the gentle, brown-eyed priest who nudged me…
It's time for the new nest.
(I'm totally stoked for those lucky ducks in Colorado Springs!)
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by Mike Masnick
Fri, Jan 23rd 2004 7:51pm
- Will DNC Email Hacking Make Legislators More Friendly To Encryption?
- 'Wish I Had The Power' To Hack Enemies' Emails, Says Man Very Close To Having Such Power
- DNC Comms Guy Mocked Story Saying DNC Is Bad At Cybersecurity; Revealed Because DNC Is Bad At Cybersecurity
- Mayor Who Sued His Own City Over A Public Records Request Ordered To Turn Over Official Emails Stashed In A Private Account
- Emails Show Hillary Clinton's Email Server Was A Massive Security Headache, Set Up To Route Around FOIA Requests
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Kevin, Jan 23rd, 2004 @ 11:56pm
No Subject GivenThis is a riot considering that windows security flaws are responsible for a good sized portion of all the junk email out there. Also denial of service attacks, made possible by windows security, are punishing spamfighters. Every spamfighter out there is terrified that they will be the next target of a windows zombie DOS attack that they cant do anything about,
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Mark F, Jan 24th, 2004 @ 9:44pm
Saw it once in a SF novelThe system in which people pay you to read there email is discussed in Marc Stiegler's novel Earthweb. It a didactical novel about future tech and societies, the email system being one of them. I believe the novel had notes with references to the ideas behind that system.
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Edwin, Jan 25th, 2004 @ 7:26pm
Re: Saw it once in a SF novelThe pay-to-email idea has already been implemented, by http://www.cashette.com/
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Howard, Dec 19th, 2005 @ 1:42pm
e-postageE-postage can't happen until two other things happen: 1) an inexpensive micropayment system, and 2) ubiquitous encryption of email.
Actually, the spam problem could be pretty much solved with #2. If you had to get my public key, and use it to communicate with you, that would increase the cost of sending spam enough to eliminate it. The whole problem with spam is that it doesn't cost anything to do it.
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Steve, May 11th, 2007 @ 8:27am
e-postage no - Sender Guarantees - YES!Nobody wants e-postage and rightfully so. But, Sender Guarantees are already implemented. It is the only way the average Internet user will ever be able to freely list their contact information and still have 100% control over unsolicited interruptions. It's called Personal Value Control and I predict it will be available to every Internet user in the near term.
While the economic portion of this system is still not widely adopted (but it is growing) the underlying use of MTA signed messages to support the guarantees offers existing users assurances when implemented across multiple business units and or remote offices.
Sender Guarantees and Personal Value Control are coming. Let's face, it is common practice to use economics to protect every successful other business portal so why not deliver this ability to the everyday average Internet user?
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Anonymous Coward, Feb 24th, 2008 @ 4:34pm
Sorry Bill, but Google already beat you to solvingHey guess what. Problem is already solved. All you have to do is switch to Gmail. I haven't received any spam in my inbox since I've been with them!
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Josephine, Sep 4th, 2008 @ 8:11pm
These is a Good News!Let see what bill can do since google already done it first maybe he'll make something better than google -- Josephine C. Swann - Email Address Directory
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As many as 40 people were killed by Mother Nature and in accidents related to Hurricane Irene, and more than 8 million lost power during the storm that flooded areas of the East Coast, but there was nevertheless a great sigh of relief that the damage wasn't as massive as initially feared. Rush Limbaugh, however, thinks that President Obama is disappointed that Irene didn't cause more havoc. On Monday's radio show, the conservative pundit lambasted the media for inflating the threat of the storm – a reasonably fair criticism with the benefit of hindsight – but he went on to accuse the president of craven opportunism. "I'll guarantee you Obama was hoping this was going to be a disaster as another excuse for his failing economy," he said. "If he's out there blaming tsunamis, if he's blaming earthquakes, and whatever natural disasters there are, this one was made to order, but it just didn't measure up." MediaMatters has the short clip below:
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Look, this is an entertainment blog, and though Limbaugh's extremely popular radio show technically falls under our domain, it's not our habit to parse the outrageous comments of political commentators from the Right or Left. But this one blast is jarring: Limbaugh believes that Obama is disappointed that the country escaped greater damage… What kind of mind-set do you have to have to even make that accusation? I mean, there were also people who accused the Bush Administration of letting the 9/11 attacks happen for political gain. You can find their musings all over the Internet. They're called wackos.
But Rush Limbaugh isn't some dude stockpiling weapons in his parents basement and ranting about black helicopters and the Carlyle Group. He's the leading conservative voice in this country – a tablesetter for the Republican party and its leading candidates' talking points. When he speaks, people listen.
While some people might have no problem swallowing Limbaugh's assessment of the president, I think his remark is a greater illustration of how his own brain works. Everything is political to this man – even natural disasters – meaning everything is analyzed and weighed for its possible implications in his eternal struggle against the Leftist Cabal That is Ruining His Country. I'm sorry he feels that way, but I'm also grateful I'm not him.


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Source: Fortune
quote: But he says that if you're fixated on your competitor, you're not looking forward at your own future. He remarks.
quote: "I don't like to rally my company in that way because I think that if you're looking at somebody else, you're looking at what they do now, and that's not how again you stay two or three steps ahead."
quote: We try pretty hard to make our products be available as widely as we can. That's our philosophy.
quote: How long do you think apple would continue to make money if they stopped making new iStuff.
quote: I'd say unless Apple releases another game changer they are going to lose their premium product status.
quote: I'd say Apple already lost their premium product status to Samsung. From here on they are only going deeper in the hole with their law suits.
quote: Over 90% of Google's revenues come from products that are over a decade old, over 80% of Apple's revenues comes from products that did not exist over six year ago, Apple has built a $30 billion plus a year business on a product that did not exist two and half years ago.
quote: It's a difficult time for them [Apple]
quote: They didn't create the market. The market was already there.
quote: Because it showed me you are using your emotions to speak rather than unbiased knowledge.
quote: They had a home run with the initial IOS in 2007 during a large change in the industry
quote: What sickens rational people is that they copy blatantly and cry foul when they are copied
quote: The difference, though, is Apple pays for what they use.
quote: To him, Google has no real "competitors". He comments, "I feel my job is mostly getting people not to think about our competition. In general I think there's a tendency for people to think about the things that exist."
quote: "Obviously we think about competition to some extent. But I feel my job is mostly getting people not to think about our competition. In general I think there's a tendency for people to think about the things that exist. Our job is to think of the thing you haven't thought of yet that you really need. And by definition, if our competitors knew that thing, they wouldn't tell it to us or anybody else. I think just our strengths, our weaknesses, our opportunities are different than any other company."
quote: This rating system is obviously biased


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The Star Trek star says she might buy herself a fake pair
"My whole life I've been obsessed with breasts. I love them," she says. And she's not above possibly getting plastic surgery to achieve her perfect look. "I don't like fake things, but I wouldn't mind buying myself a pair before I die," she told the magazine. But if she does buy them, it'll be because she wants them, not because her new husband Marco Perego does.
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Ok so I am looking for so advice on where to go camping. a developed camp ground is not needed but what I am truly looking for is somewhere to go that possible has a lake or river near by to take the kids fishing and over all a place to relax.
Are you looking for a place in SD county? Or are you willing to drive?
I really like Lake Isabella/Kern river, but it's a bit of a drive for you.
Lake henshaw, lake Cuyamaca is really nice. Then there's Lake Morena, that's good. All in SD county. Of the 3, I'd probably head to Cuyamaca http://www.lakecuyamaca.org/ or the Cuyamaca state park.
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I camp all the time up in the cuyamaca's. I fact we were just up there at the beginning of this month and got about 6 inches of snow which the kids loved. DD I def don't mind the drive if its worth it. Maybe I should ad I am kind of looking for somewhere that is a little off the beaten path.
I prefer to hit several places (assuming it is an extended vacation) and visit lowland lakes and mountain rivers. Even toss in the occasional beach camp on the central coast.
Human beings only have two ways to deal with one another: reason and force. Force has no place as a valid method of social interaction, and the only thing that removes force from the menu is the personal firearm, as paradoxical as it may sound to some.
The U.S. city with the most restrictive gun laws in the nation, Washington, D.C., has the highest murder rate at 24 per 100,000. The state with the most unrestrictive gun regulations, Vermont, has the lowest murder rate at 0.48 per 100,000.
This is going to be the best year in LOOOOOOOOONG time to enjoy the eastern sierra. You can camp for free at deadman creek and its stocked right in the campground for the kids to go fishing. Can also camp for free on the headwaters of the owens and it has fresh spring water there. Isabellas is ok or kennedy meadows is maybe better if you like river fishing.
Second the Kennedy Meadows areas.
is there a specific place in the kennedy meadows?
and when you say camping is free at deadmans creek do you mean deadmans campground or actually along the creek somewhere?
I thought the 395 side was dirt road thats why i never went up there dam all those years and what the hell did i know. Oh well maybe its time for a trip to Kennedy Meadows.
I've camped at Troy Meadow which is higher up still and about 20 minutes or so from Kennedy Meadows. Also camped at Monache Meadow which will require a high clearance vehicle. 4X recommended.
The fish are fairly small in the river but it's not a well traveled place. A small amount of trail riders up in those parts too.
Be responsible for yourself and your family.
So when you are on that road can you basically just pull off anywhere and camp along the river?
For close to home and the luxury of showers/toilets check out the state park on Mt. Palomar... they use to have a fishing pond too.
My apologies to SDNative. I have not been on the computer much over the last few months. I'm not sure what you mean by pulling off the road and fishing. It would depend on which road (if we are talking about the south fork of the Kern.
Be responsible for yourself and your family.
Meant "camping" and not fishing.
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I thought about this all night deciding who would make the list and who wouldn't. I feel as I have made the right decision that these 3 Sophomores will have great seasons next year.
Tyler Bozak
Tyler didn't have the best start to his season with the Maple Leafs but near the end of the season he really stepped it up a notch. In his final 15 games Bozak recorded 14 points on a line with Phil Kessel and Nikolai Kulemin and if you ask me those are pretty impressive numbers for a rookie.
Final stats: 27 points in 37 games (8G, 19A)
Prediction: 55-65 points
Niclas Bergfors
He had a solid rookie season which started in New Jersey, and finished in Atlanta. In his time with New Jersey he was stuck on the 3rd line most of the year but when he got a chance on the top 2 lines he was very effective. When he got traded to Atlanta that is when he really started to heat up. Though he only had 17 points in 27 games with Atlanta it seemed as though he was their best player on both ends of the ice.
Final Stats: 44 points in 81 games (21G, 23A)
Prediction: 63-70 points
John Tavares
John had a solid rookie season with the Islanders and put up some decent numbers however, he didn't have the scoring talent on his team like Niclas Bergfors, Tyler Bozak or Matt Duchene had. John played his best hockey (which was pretty impressive) with LW Matt Moulson who surprised many with his performance last year. If Tavares gets a very good linemate to play with via trade, free agency, or the draft you should expect big things from him. Tavares is currently in Germany representing Team Canada in a great fashion with 6 goals in 4 games for Team Canada.
Final Stats: 54 points in 82 games (24G, 30A)
Prediction: 70-80 points
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An Excerpt from "People & Events, The Civil War and emancipation, 1861 - 1865"
Black recruiters, many of them abolitionists such as Frederick Douglass, Henry Highland Garnet, and Mary Ann Shadd Cary, brought in troops from throughout the North. Douglass proclaimed, "I urge you to fly to arms and smite with death the power that would bury the government and your liberty in the same hopeless grave." Others, such as Harriet Tubman, recruited in the South. On March 6, 1863, the Secretary of War was informed that "seven hundred and fifty blacks who were waiting for an opportunity to join the Union Army had been rescued from slavery under the leadership of Harriet Ross Tubman...." By the end of the war more than 186,000 black soldiers had joined the Union army; 93,000 from the Confederate states, 40,000 from the border slave states, and 53,000 from the free states.
Source: "People & Events, The Civil War and emancipation, 1861 - 1865", PBS.org
Link to the full article: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p2967.html
During the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation of 1863 freed slaves in Confederate states but not in the Union state of Maryland. Indeed, Maryland's Constitution of 1851 had forbidden passage of "any law abolishing the relation of master or slave, as it now exists in this State" (Art. 3, sec. 43). To end slavery, Maryland had to write a new constitution.
Governor Augustus W. Bradford, in his annual message of 1864 to the General Assembly, sought passage of a constitutional convention bill. The predominantly Unionist legislature promptly complied, and the electorate approved the call for a convention (Acts of 1864, ch. 5).
Delegates to the Constitutional Convention of 1864 were elected by the voters on April 6, 1864. The convention convened in Annapolis on April 27, 1864, and adjourned on September 6, 1864. The third state constitution, which abolished slavery in Maryland, received approval of the voters on September 18, 1864, and took effect November 1, 1864.
Source: Archives of Maryland Historical List Constitutional Convention, 1864
LInk to the source: http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/speccol/sc2600/sc2685/html/conv1864.html
This engraving features African Americans being guided onto a troop train headed for Murfreesboro where their wish to join the Federal Army will be granted. This illustration appeared in Frank Leslie's post-war volume "The Soldier in Our Civil War" (which has a number of editions), but it most probably premiered in "Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper" during the actual conflict.
Reference aid for school aged children with wonderful examples of recruiting posters.
Source: Civil War Posters, New York Historical Society


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The Dancer-Illusionists of MOMIX Perform Botanica at The Barclay
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Show was wonderful - very different from other times we have seen this group. Music and costumes were excellent. Talent and creativity was top-notch.
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They are wonderful, a league of it's own. Hard to describe, something between ballet, show and puppetry - very creative and mesmerizing.
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Not one of their better shows, but Momix is still worth seeing, especially if one has never seen them perform before.
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Watch a preview of Botanica.
From the creators of Opus Cactus, Baseball and Passion comes a fantasy land of breathtaking beauty. Some have likened Botanica to the film, Avatar, but on stage.
MOMIX combines athleticism, riveting music, inventive costumes and spellbinding choreography to create a world of surrealistic images and wonder all brought to life by a cast of dancer-illusionists.
This brilliant exploration of nature's forms uses large scale puppets and larger-than-life props designed by Michael Curry (The Lion King_). The exotic visual landscape emerges from Artistic Director "Moses Pendleton's ":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MosesPendletonwhimsical, fertile and mythological imagination.


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General Vo Nguyen Giap, the architect of Vietnam's military victories over France and the US has died at the age of 102. The general was one of Vietnam's best known 20th-century figures, ranked by historians among such military giants as Montgomery, Rommel and MacArthur.
The son of a peasant scholar, he was considered the mastermind of the historic defeat of the French in 1954 at Dien Bien Phu and the communist victory over US-backed South Vietnam 21 years later. He died on Friday evening after spending several years in a Hanoi military hospital.In a 2004 interview at his villa in central Hanoi, the veteran warrior insisted Vietnam's independence wars were a "victory for colonised countries all over the world".
He recalled that on a visit to the UN in Geneva the previous year, he was handed a book to sign.
"I wrote … and signed Vo Nguyen Giap, General of Peace," he said.
Born in 1911 in central Vietnam, the general was a close friend of the late revered president Ho Chi Minh and was held in high esteem alongside former prime minister Pham Van Dong. But his critics and his nemesis, the late US General William C Westmoreland, said he was effective partly because he was willing to sustain huge losses in pursuit of victory."Any American commander who took the same vast losses as General Giap would have been sacked overnight," General Westmoreland was quoted as saying in Pulitzer Prize-winning author Stanley Karnow's 1983 book Vietnam. A History.
Karnow wrote that General Westmoreland seemed to misunderstand how determined the communists under Ho Chi Minh and his general really were.
General Giap is known to have opposed several important military decisions, including the costly move in 1968 to delay the withdrawal of forces from unsustainable positions in South Vietnam during the Tet Offensive.
He held back again in 1975 on a decision by Hanoi to commit all its forces – leaving the capital unprotected – to the spring campaign which climaxed in late April with the fall of Saigon, now called Ho Chi Minh City.
At the funeral, the Politburo in Hanoi and even the common people in the streets basked in the glory of the battlefield victories engineered by Giap at Dien Bien Phu in 1954 and in the 1968 Tet Offensive that culminated in the 1975 liberation of Saigon, the then capital of the former South Vietnam. But there was no hiding the fact that Vietnam was simmering in discontent over land ownership laws, entrenched graft, and a slowing economic growth. Reuters reported from Hanoi that "after Uncle Ho and General Giap, it would be hard to find anyone like them, who dedicate their lives to the country without thinking of his personal interest."
The official glowing accounts of military successes in the Indochina wars for national liberation failed to mask the undercurrent of stories on the shunting of Giap from the center of power after Ho's death in 1969. Prof. Carl Thayer, the Australian expert on Vietnam, said recently: "There will be stories [in the Giap funeral]. First, the official one that he was a perfect general, strategic mastermind, everything that the party wants you to hear. Then there will be the sore tale of a general … who was shunted aside."
Giap's success on the battlefield earned him powerful enemies at home, and he was pushed to the political sidelines after Vietnam's reunification in 1975. He was eased out of the Politburo in 1982 and left the party officially in 1991. He spoke well into his 90s, writing open letters using anniversary events to rail against everything from corruption to controversial bauxite mining. In 2006, he wrote that the Communist Party had "become a shield for corrupt officials."
Born in 1911 in Quang Vinh province in central Vietnam, Giap was a son of a rice grower. He attended local schools before joining the clandestine nationalist movement. According to his obituary published by BBC, while studying at Hanoi University, from where he graduated with a doctorate, he taught history at a private school. Although he never received formal military training, he was a student of the military tactics of Napoleon Bonaparte, and it is said he could draw the latter's various battle plans from memory. By 1938 he had become a member of Ho Chi Minh's Indochinese Communist Party, helping Ho found the Viet Minh, which was aimed at ending French colonial rule.
Giap organized armed groups and, in 1944, waged guerrilla warfare against the occupying Japanese forces. After Japan surrendered and withdrew from Indochina, Hanoi fell to Viet Minh forces on Aug. 19, 1945. Ho proclaimed the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, appointing Giap as his interior minister. Giap assembled thousands of guerrillas in the Tonkinese Mountains to begin a hit-and-run campaign against French military and commercial installations. The climax came in the valley of Dien Bien Phu in 1954, after the French parachuted in 12,000 troops, in a tactic to draw Giap's guerrilla forces to battle. Giap had set up heavy guns on the hills surrounding the valley, bombarding the trapped French forces for almost two months.
In my book, "Afro-ASIA in Upheaval" (2008), a chapter, "Mystique of Dien Bien Phu," describes the epic battle thus:
"In that battle, the guerrilla army of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam annihilated the French garrison at Dien Bien Phu, a village in northwestern Vietnam near the Laotian and Chinese borders, ending 90 years of French colonial rule in Indochina. After 55 days of siege, the French stronghold, defended by between 13,000 and 16,000 troops, mainly of the legendary French Foreign Legion, was overrun by 70,000 Vietnamese soldiers, who encircled it in a set-piece battle, marking the defeat of a modern Western army at the hands of an Asian guerrilla army."


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Fixated On…Miles Watts
In which Steve is joined by Miles Watts, film maker and one of the driving forces behind Zomblogalypse, a web series/video blog about zombies. They talk about the film making community in York, being out of touch with music and people who complain!
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thebluesamigo thebluesamigo Aug 5, 2006 02:24 Flag
Come on you baggies !!
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Well my little blue nose friend, maybe we won't be but neither will you !
We won 2-0, you scraped a 2-1 over a newly promoted team. who's going nowhere? Bluenosed fool.
Hartson looked good but got tired least he kept running long enough for the second it'll come with time, I want Ellington to score a couple he needs it and Gera looks great til he got tired too.


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Serbia Blind to Croat Long-Term GoalsJan 21st, 2013 | By De-Construct.net | In Croatia, Former Yugoslavia, Interview, Kosovo-Metohija Crisis
Serbian historian Vasilije Krestić talks about relations between Serbs and Croats, Kosovo and Metohija province, EU, Vojvodina, Serbian Academy of Arts and Sciences (SANU), politicians… "Croatian goal is a large, ethnically clean, Roman Catholic Croatia. We have tied our ship to EU, which is taking Kosovo province away from us", Krestić said.
"Croatia's political goals for the last 150 years are: Croatia cleansed of Serbs, border on Drina river, and annexation of parts of Serbia's northern province of Vojvodina. All of our politicians who are negotiating with Croats ought to be aware of these facts. This is a standard Croatian policy and it has not changed", says Krestić.
Resetting Bad Relations Gets Bad Results
Academic Vasilije Krestić, who has been researching the history of Serbo-Croat relations for many years, points out that Serbian politicians ignore the Croatian political goals, and get uncritically involved in discussions about "improving relations". Improved relations, Krestić claims, can only be built on the basis of reciprocity – one gets as much as he gives.
"Relations between Serbia and Croatia are at a very low level and one shouldn't have illusions they can be changed quickly. They are very disrupted and they were being disrupted for such a long time that it is not easy, as our Premier [Ivica Dačić] said, to 'reset' them. Because, 'resetting' bad relations gives bad results", Krestić said.
Q: Where do our politicians make mistakes?
A: Every decent person wishes for those relations to be normalized. But the misfortune of us Serbs is that those who endeavored to improve relations on our behalf did not know Croats as partners in politics. They had illusions about them, starting from themselves, from their own aspirations and beliefs, which they projected on to the other side. That is how it was before and during the creation of Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenians, and that is how it has continued since, up to and including present days.
After the Biggest Ethnic Cleansing in Europe's 200 Years, Croatia Moves Further
Q: What is the "standard Croatian politics"?
A: It is the set of policies towards us that was demonstrated during Franjo Tudjman and the 1990s. Ethnic cleansing [of Serbs from Croatia] was the result of decades-old politics, according to which Serbs are a "disruptive factor". Genocide and ethnic cleansing [of Serbs in Croatia] are not a coincidence. Further goals involve annexation of Bosnia-Herzegovina and parts of Vojvodina, especially Srem region. Permanent goal of all Croat politicians in the last 150 years is to make Bosnia-Herzegovina an integral part of Croatian state.
Croatian troops in Bosnia-Herzegovina during the 1990s civil war, German documentary
Q: A recent Russian map of the trends projection of Europe in 2035 shows Bosnia and Herzegovina divided between Serbs and Croats?
A: Croat projection is the largest possible part of Bosnia-Herzegovina, but most certainly up to river Drina. Croats have solved the question of Serbs with ethnic cleansing, the scope of which has not been recorded in Europe in the past 200 years. They can now move forward. They regard Bosnia-Herzegovina as a belly which should fill Croatia up like a "croissant", "crescent Moon" or "hollow bread". All these are expressions their politicians are using. They believe they must create a rounded whole because, as it is, without a strategic depth, Croatia cannot survive.
Q: You also talked about their territorial pretensions to [Serbia's northern province] Vojvodina?
A: Croats are not hiding their old aspirations toward Srem [Vojvodina region], because up until 1918 Srem was part of Croatia and Slavonija. They don't hide the fact that other parts of Vojvodina, Bačka first of all, are their goal too. Not so much because of geo-strategic issues, but because Vojvodina is a grain-rich land, and because Bunjevci and Šokci who live there [in Bačka] declare themselves as Croats. Geo-strategic goal, from the earliest times, through Franjo Tudjman and up to today is a large, ethnically clean, Roman Catholic Croatia.
These are the standard goals of Croatian politics and Serb politicians should get them cleared up while attempting to improve relations. Serb politicians need to understand this and have a way to parry them. If they don't, all the talks about "improving relations" are absurd, because they boil down to us offering and ingratiating ourselves, crawling and apologizing.
During his visit to Serbia, Croat Premier kept using the expression "Serbian" instead of "Serb" [a subtle semantic distinction, imperceptible in other languages, but important in Serbian language: Srbijanski/Srbijanac refers solely to Serbia proper, while Srpski/Srbin has a wider meaning, denoting Serbs and Serb nationality, culture, lands, language etc. anywhere in the world, including Bosnian Serbs, Croatian Serbs et al]. By doing so, he is calling for the tearing of the Serbian state corpus. Tradition of the Croat politics is to exempt Serbs from Vojvodina: we'll call these ones Serbians, and these are Vojvodina nationals ["Vojvodjani"], and then we can talk.
Q: Recent history has shown that Croatia has an outside support for such plans and designs. We recall Croatian hit "Danke Deutschland"…
A: It is true that, since the disintegration of Yugoslavia, Germany was an important factor in support for Croatia. But it shouldn't be forgotten that Croatian politicians traditionally have good relations with Britons. Many influential British politicians were more inclined to support Croats than Serbs. Also, in the last civil war a number of retired US generals fought on the side of Croatia and against the Serbs.
However, Germans have no territorial pretensions, they only have big economy interests. Both Vojvodina and Slavonija fit very well in with their industry. Germans don't have such agronomy region. Long time ago Bismark said that is the "honey and milk" region. It is one of those statements which could be interpreted as having an agenda behind.
Unexpected International Plots Could Blindside Serbia Once Again
Q: At the same time, Hungarians are openly complaining about the Treaty of Trianon, advocating its revision?
A: Hungarians are openly and constantly attempting to overturn that agreement, so the "64 Counties" movement is not created by chance [fascist, irredentist organization advocating unification of all Hungarians living outside of Hungary, overturn of the Trianon Treaty and creation of Greater Hungary; their leader is self-proclaimed fascist Laszlo Toroczkai]. Maps of Greater Hungary are being drawn, the so-called Szent István Hungary which pretends to the old Ugar territories, Banat and Bačka [Vojvodina region]. They are not hiding this. Right now, this is not growing to proportions it would get to if Serbia was even weaker.
Q: It sounds quite ominous, you are citing Croatia on Drina, Hungary in Vojvodina, Kosovo in Greater Albania…
A: At the moment those things can't happen. But there is a question of what sort of international plots could take place, like they did at the time of disintegration of Yugoslavia. There are already various maps being publicized in media, geo-strategic plans and redrawing of borders.
Q: Do you think Balkan borders haven't been drawn yet?
A: I'm afraid they haven't, not definitively. I don't think they will be redrawn soon, but in future that is quite possible.
Q: How do you see those borders?
A: I can't draw them.
Q: As an old Vojvodina resident, where do you think the autonomy advocates could take us?
A: Because the autonomy advocates are being the way they are, Vojvodina can't secede. But the question is who will step behind the autonomy movement. For one, the autonomy movement always suited Croats. Croatian policy is one of the components of Vojvodina politics. Until the end of the Second World War, Vojvodina autonomy movement was fostered from Zagreb. If Hungary stands behind the autonomy movement, if Germany does so, we will end up in a very precarious position, one for serous thought and fear.
Serbian Political Elite Not Up to Task
Q: Does Serbia have a way to withstand those threats?
A: It should find the ways. Nevertheless, I'm not sure our politicians are up to such serious political tasks. I'm afraid they are one sided and discordant, which was apparent yet again during discussions about Kosovo and Metohija platform and resolution. I also fear from their expertise and skills, at least the ones they are exhibiting. Politicians should surround themselves with people who do know. A politician doesn't need to know everything, but should form a team of experienced and good interdisciplinary experts.
Q: Unfortunately, it is obvious they are kowtowing to immediate party interests…
A: That is the tragedy. Our political scene was always overly partisan and everything depends on whether and to which party one belongs. In addition, our society is not using the potentials freedom offers, our media outlets are often one-sided and run either by political parties or certain foreign tycoons. There is no public opinion which could be used to exert political pressure.
Q: Has the intellectual elite gone silent?
A: It has, and I'm willing to accuse it. There is a fear of responsibility, as well as the inheritance from an era of one-party system, when one was expected to think like the party in power… There are also intellectuals living off state funds who are avoiding public accusations and guarding their chairs. Our society is extremely impoverished, so we are in a checkmate position in regards to politicians.
Q: What is your assessment of the resolution of Kosovo-Metohija crisis?
A: As a historian, I shouldn't speculate on what will happen. I can only fear from what could be. But keeping in mind our politics regarding Kosovo province, I believe it is a territory that is being taken away from us. The road we have taken is such that we are entirely losing jurisdiction in Kosovo and Metohija, step by step. Our politicians would have to have a far more efficient and long-term strategy. Instead, they sharply criticized their [political] opponents, but once they came to power they continued to do the same, perhaps even faster. Kosovo and Metohija cannot be defended with the kind of policies we are implementing.
Tying Our Destiny to EU Ship – A Self-Defeating Strategy
Q: But do small countries have a choice?
A: The big ones were always making decisions for the small ones. The question is to which ship will the small country tie its destiny, to sail between Scylla and Charybdis. It is up to the wisdom of politicians to find that way. If they are not successful, then they are inept and incapable of steering that ship. By tying ourselves to the EU, I'm afraid we have made ourselves dependent on those who can hardly lead us out of the crisis, but will push us into bigger and bigger problems. In any case, the powers we are tied to are taking Kosovo and Metohija away from us.
Because, what the "integrated border control" means? It is an expression used to find a way to recognize a state border [without issuing an official recognition]. We are giving in and accepting that as a state border. At the same time, formally and constitutionally, we mustn't recognize Kosovo and Metohija as a separate state. How is it possible for our Premier to say he will give Kosovo a chair in the UN?! By the way, I don't think it is advisable for any politician to show up in public day after day. A serious politician must think things through before saying them publicly.
Q: Kosovo issue is closely linked with the EU accession. Is EU really that appealing to Serbia?
A: The question is whether the EU is so indispensable for us to make such huge concessions, especially since it is unclear if we will get to join the EU at all.
Five SANU Members Deciding on Behalf of the Academy
Q: Should SANU be more involved in helping resolve the most important state problems?
A: President Nikolić's speech in SANU was a terrific oration, such as has not been heard from a politician in the past 20 years. Everyone thought it was an invitation to help resolve Kosovo-Metohija issues. Then the Academy's Executive Board, without asking anyone, without calling the Presidency, and especially not the SANU Assembly, sent a letter of support for the Platform and offered their services. This is the position of Executive Board only, which counts five members. The position of the SANU membership is unknown. In any case, those five members pushed the entire Academy into politics.
I'm very critical of the Executive Board's behavior. For example, SANU President Nikola Hajdin says he won't get enmeshed into politics, but then goes to attend Djindjić award ceremony – an award and ceremony of one political party. Isn't that his political orientation then? I have nothing against Djindjić award, but SANU President should then also attend an award ceremony of a Radical or Serbian Progressive Party. We can't play around: let's not get into politics, except when it suits us personally.
- Croatia Gets Ready for the EU
- Professor Zivanovic: Truth About Genocide of Serbs in Fascist Croatia
Interview with Srboljub Zivanovic, Ph.D, by Zlata Markovic, Istina.at. Translated by Nebojsa Malic
In just a few days, at this year's Belgrade Book Fair, the publishing house "Srpska Knjiga" will be promoting its latest edition, "Jasenovac" by Professor Srboljub Zivanovic, Ph.D. Prof. Zivanovic, a world-renowned anthropologist, lives and works in London as the director of the European Institute for Ancient Slavic Studies and fellow of the Royal Anthropological Institute.
Q: Dr. Zivanovic, you were in the team of research scientists that exhumed the victims of Jasenovac 44 years ago, and are a member of the International Jasenovac commission. Why another book about Jasenovac?
Dr. Zivanovic: Almost a thousand books about Jasenovac have been published so far, and there's been much written and spoken, so a question of why have another book is reasonable. Would it make sense, and how? Many of the books published are nowhere to be seen, cannot be found in libraries, and have mysteriously vanished from the memory of our people.
- Jasenovac: Massive Croatian Holocaust Revision Encouraged
- Requesting Lawsuit Against Croatia for WWII Genocide
- Behind the Croat Mockery of Jasenovac Death Camp Complex
- 16 Years Since the Medak Pocket Massacre
September 9 marks 16 years since the massacre Croat forces committed in the villages and hamlets south and southeast from the town Gospić in Serbian Krajina, called Medak Pocket (Medački Džep) — a UN safe haven — mutilating, raping, setting on fire and killing 88 Serbs. Memorial services to the victims were held throughout Serbian lands, and in the Church of Saint Mark in Belgrade.
- The Undead Gather at the Mostar Ustasha Extravaganza
- Furor of the Undead
- Tudjman's Police Minister Admits Croatia Started the War by Attacking…
In the exclusive interview, Franjo Tuđman's Internal Affairs Minister Josip Boljkovac admitted Croat leadership carried out planned attacks on Croatia Serbs in 1991, in order to start a war. "Tuđman wanted the war at any cost, following the concept according to which Serbs must disappear from Croatia," Boljkovac said.
- Croat State, a Genocidal Creation, Steps on a Slippery Slope
Serbia will have no problems proving before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) that Croat state is guilty of ethnic cleansing and genocide against its Serb population, the final episodes of which were the "Flash" and "Storm" mass pogroms, conducted in the summer of 1995, Serbian Renewal Movement (SPO), member of the Serbian ruling coalition, stated today.
- Medak Pocket Massacre
Today is 15 years since the savage Croat Army attacked Serb populated towns in the lower Velebit region called Medak Pocket (Medacki dzep), which was under the UN protection. In the villages Divoselo, Pocitelj and Citluk, Croat Army butchered 88 Serbs, including 6 policemen and 36 civilians, among which were also 18 women. 26 of the killed Serb civilians were over 60 years of age.
- Croats Mythologize Ustasha Cutthroats
- Croat State Genocide Supported by Vatican, Germany and US
"Croatia has absolutely no chance of proving the alleged genocide it wants to pin Serbia with. It was indeed Croatia that has committed a horrific genocide against the Serbs under the auspices of Vatican, Germany and the United States. If the Court is going to govern itself exclusively by the law, Serbia has an ironclad case against Croatia," Smilja Avramov, an International Law expert, told Belgrade daily Glas Javnosti.
- Jürgen Elsässer: For the West, Only a Broken Serbia is…
Eminent German investigative reporter, author and researcher of the recent events in the Balkans, Jürgen Elsässer, gave a noted "Erdemović case" report at the recent international conference in Banja Luka, capital of Republic of Srpska.
- Vatican Crusade Against Orthodoxy Continues
- Fascist Croat Band On North American Tour
- European Neo-Nazis Fight on Croatian Side, German Documentary, 10:13
- Biden Caught Ustasha Virus
When Obama's running mate Joe Biden stated that "all Serbs should be placed in Nazi-style concentration camps" during Senatorial deliberations in 1999 over NATO aggression on Serbia, most of the world was unaware of the source of such virulent Serb-hatred one would generally be ashamed of harboring, let alone advertising.
- In Memory of the Operation Storm Victims
- Croats Can't Help Their Ustasha Nostalgia
- General Edmund Glaise von Horstenau
- Croatian Holocaust Denial
- Yugoslav Civil War Yet to Be Properly Examined
Pandora's box on who was doing what during the civil war in former Yugoslavia in the 1990s will be fully open in due time, when all the archives become available, the investigators of the Serbian Institute for Strategic Research of Defence Ministry said, commenting the master thesis of Slovenian researcher Marko Prešeren about the outbreak of hostilities and armed insurrection in Slovenia in 1991, which recently stirred the public in a former Yugoslav republic.
- The Undead
- Serbia to File Counter Lawsuit Against Croatia for Genocide
Serbia will file a lawsuit against Croatia for ethnic cleansing, war crimes and genocide Croat state had committed against its Serbian population during the latest civil war on the territory of former Yugoslavia, but also during the Second World War, at the time Croatia was a fascist state, Serbia's Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremić announced late on Tuesday.


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Missouri House Republicans have chosen Rep. Ron Richard to take over the chamber's top position in 2009 - assuming he wins reelection to the House, assuming Republicans hold onto power and assuming new lawmakers abide by the wishes of their predecessors.
How presumptuous can you get? Only Bush lovers could subscribe to such a scenario, and there won't be many of them around by 2009.
Prediction: Democrats will be selecting the Speaker in 2009 and it won't be Richard.
Respectfully yours,
Bill D. Burlison
Advance, Mo.