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Revisiting US involvement in the Second World War
By David T. Pyne
Today, liberal Democrat Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman are toasted by neocons like President George W. Bush and former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich as iconic figures, role models and visionary leaders to be emulated. Yet a study of the history of the Second World War reveals that they made many of the same mistakes in the aftermath of that devastating war that Bush has made in Iraq in destroying the balance of power and leaving a vacuum in power which was filled by our long-term enemy. Their foreign policy mistakes abroad cost the lives of tens of millions of innocents, perpetuated avoidable conflicts and left a legacy of Communist subjugation and slavery for hundreds of millions of people across the world while their domestic policies brought welfare-statism and quasi-socialism at home. Truman's dismal record of losing China to the Communists and being the first American President to lose a war in Korea resulted in his leaving office in disgrace with the lowest approval rating of any American President—a mere 22%. Is this really the legacy that the neocons hope to lay claim to? If so, it is no wonder that the American people chose to reject their America-Last ideology during the November 2006 elections as entirely alien to America's tradition of standing tall for peace and freedom and opposing mass-murdering dictators while fighting only just wars in our national interest and insisting upon victory with an eye to establishing a more just and lasting peace.
In recent years, we have all witnessed the disastrous consequences of what happens when the neoconservatives attempt to warp and twist the facts of history and use this distorted version of history to justify our involvement in a war in Iraq in which our continued participation only serves to benefit our enemies. Perhaps the foremost example of this is the incessant neoconservative attempt to equate principled opponents of Bush's present no-win war in Iraq with supporters of the policy of appeasement of Adolf Hitler during the 1930's. This despite the fact that the historical analogies of the period if anything caution us against pursuing a policy of unprovoked aggression in the Middle East and suggest we limit ourselves to fighting and winning but one war at a time, rather than pursuing a policy which has the effect of multiplying our enemies and overextending our military so that it is unable to meet more pressing threats. If the actual truths of this period of history were widely-known to the American people, neoconservative propaganda used to retain public support for this no-win war, would be treated as the complete and total nonsense that it is, and the President would be compelled to immediately begin to correct his mistakes and either allow us to win this war quickly or begin an immediate withdrawal. Furthermore, a knowledge of actual twentieth century and specifically World War II history would have allowed our leaders to predict failure in Iraq and perhaps caused them to avoid repeating the mistakes of history in Iraq altogether.
Liberal historians condemn the efforts of those to uncover the truths of history as "revisionist." If by revisionists, they mean we are trying to revise history to fit the facts of what actually happened obscured by their whitewashed history of the victors and pretty myths, they would be correct. As a lifelong student of US military history, former US Army officer and patriotic American, I believe it is important to expose the truth about what really happened in World War II and how America may well have been better off to have limited its involvement in both world wars to avoid the catastrophic consequences to the world that followed. It is well known for example that World War I and the ensuing Treaty of Versailles led to the rise of Hitler, the Nazi takeover of Germany and the Communist takeover of Russia leading to the genocide of tens of millions. It also led directly to the outbreak of World War II, which cost the lives of many more lives than its predecessor and served to make the world safe not for democracy, but for Communism with Stalin as the war's only real victor. I believe that the America First Committee and the leaders and authors who have come to be known as the "Old Right" were right in embracing a foreign policy of non-interventionism of our Founding Fathers which put America's interests first and kept us out of all but a few foreign wars.
It is my contention that many of the assumptions we have been taught by Liberal Establishment historians about US involvement in the Second World War are incorrect. Specifically fourteen points present themselves:
1. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) lied us into World War II by deliberately inciting Japan to attack us at Pearl Harbor for the purpose of getting the US into war with Germany "through the backdoor" and "maneuvering Japan so that she would fire the first shot." Japan under pressure from FDR's oil embargo during the latter part of 1941 was willing to withdraw from all of mainland China, but Inner Manchuria (Manchukuo) and Jehol province and was willing to pull its troops out of French Indochina to avoid war, but FDR rebuffed its offers. US codebreakers having broken the top-secret Japanese code months before, FDR had foreknowledge of the timing and location of the attack, but deliberately withheld warning from US military commanders in Hawaii in the hopes that the Japanese would inflict maximum damage and thus goad the American people who previously opposed US involvement in WW2 by 80% into supporting a US declaration of war. This is as if George W. Bush had incited Bin Laden to attack us and conspired to withhold warning of the Al Queda attack from the WTC and Pentagon officials on 9-11 in order to goad the Americans into a wide-reaching war on terror to support a US war against Islamic states in the Middle East (which of course was not the case).
2. Western involvement in the Second World War itself may have been unnecessary as a close examination of his statements and writings reveals that Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler did not want war with the West. His planned crusade against Bolshevikism and invasion of the USSR could not have resulted in a German victory so long as he remained in power (due to his military incompetence) and thus would have resulted in defeat for Nazi Germany even if the Western Allies had not aided the Soviets. It was the Treaty of Versailles provision that the so-called Polish Corridor be given to Poland thus dividing Germany in two that resulted in the outbreak of war between Germany and Britain and France. Had the Polish corridor not been handed over to Poland by the Allies in 1919 in violation of President Woodrow Wilson's stated principle of national self-determination, Hitler would have had no territorial claims against Poland thus likely averting his perceived need for a German invasion of Poland entirely.
3. The Soviet Union, not Nazi Germany, represented the greater threat to Western civilization and to US/UK national security. Due to the fact that the Soviet Union was a co-aggressor with Nazi Germany that invaded Poland and started the war, the Allies should have considered declaring war on the USSR as well or at the very least not allying with the Evil Soviet Empire and providing it with massive military aid enabling it to conquer the eastern half of Europe and most of Asia as they ended up doing. During the period from 1939-1940, Soviet dictator Josef Stalin invaded and/or annexed parts or the whole of six countries to the USSR the same number as was invaded by Hitler during the same period. Furthermore, at the time of the formation of the Grand Alliance between the US & UK on the one hand and the USSR on the other, Stalin had killed up to one-hundred times as many innocents as had Hitler. Thus, contrary to popular perception, Stalin, not Hitler was the greater evil at the time. Hitler having declared war on the United States on December 11, 1941, instead of allying with the Soviets the Allies should have signed a non-aggression pact with Stalin and raced the Soviets to overrun as much of Europe as possible in order to liberate the captive nations from totalitarian control, not merely hand them over from one murderous totalitarian occupying power to another.
4. Stalin planned to involve his main enemies the US and UK in a two-front war which he termed "the Second Imperialist War" against Germany and Japan in which the Soviet Union would end up being the main beneficiary as it occupied the territories previously controlled by the Axis powers. Stalin planned to invade Germany and eastern Europe between July 1941 and early 1942 regardless of what Hitler did. Thus, the German invasion of the USSR in June 1941 may well have unwittingly pre-empted the planned Soviet offensive. This fact was revealed based upon a study of documents released from Soviet archives during the early to mid-1990's.
5. The war could have been ended far sooner had the Allies not insisted on unconditional surrender, the prolongation of the war that benefited no one but Stalin and had they not refused to support the anti-Hitler resistance which included a great many of the top Field Marshals and senior generals of the German Army.
6. FDR's and Truman's insistence in prolonging the Pacific War long enough to allow the Soviets to intervene armed with US tanks, planes and artillery provided to them for the purpose and occupy Japanese-controlled territories in northern Japan, northern Korea and northern China was one of the main reasons that the Communists were able to seize control of mainland China. This disastrous policy led to the loss of 450 million (now 1.3 billion) Chinese to Communist control and to the Korean and Vietnamese wars which cost the lives of nearly 100,000 Americans.
7. The Yalta agreement at which Churchill and FDR agreed to surrender 140 million eastern Europeans in nearly a dozen countries to Soviet control represented the greatest appeasement of evil mass murdering dictators and the greatest betrayal of freedom in world history, dwarfing the transfer of 3.5 million Sudeten Germans to Germany under the terms of the Munich Pact.
8. Operation Keelhaul--the forcible transfer of 2-6 million anti-Communist freedom fighters and their families to be killed at the hands of Stalin and his henchmen--was another great betrayal of freedom and war crime committed by Allied leaders including Churchill, Truman and Eisenhower.
9. The Jewish Holocaust could have been prevented had Allied leaders behaved differently in either signing a temporary armistice with Hitler after the fall of Poland or France or allowing Germany to relocate the Jews to a homeland state of their own such as Palestine or Madagascar as Hitler preferred. Though FDR and Churchill learned of Hitler's planned Final Solution in late 1942, they did little or nothing to prevent it.
10. The Western Allies committed war crimes against Germany and Japan by using conventional and atomic bombing raids to incinerate entire cities thus killing two million innocent Axis civilians in the process. The use of the atomic bombs against Japanese cities was entirely unnecessary because Japan was already thoroughly defeated and had been seeking a conditional surrender since at least January 1945 when it sent a surrender overture (with terms nearly identical to those accepted after the atomic bombings in August) to General MacArthur which FDR subsequently rejected.
11. The partial implementation of the Morgenthau Plan in terms of the official Allied policy of deindustrializing Germany and withholding sufficient food rations to German civilians and POW's following the war resulted in the deaths of over 1.2 million innocent German non-combatants at US hands with hundreds of thousands more killed by British and to a lesser extent French implementation of this immoral policy.
12. The destruction and dismemberment of Germany and the killing of ten million innocent Germans by the Allies (mostly by the Soviets) in the closing months of WW2 and the years that followed represented a Carthaginian peace that made the Versailles Treaty look gracious in comparison and created a power vacuum in Europe which was filled by the Soviets. This immoral Allied policy enabled the Soviet enslavement of the eastern half of Europe and the genocide of several millions with the tacit approval of Churchill, FDR, Truman, Eisenhower and other Allied leaders.
13. General George S. Patton was right to champion a more just peace for Germany in order to enable them to assist in the defense of Europe against the threat of Soviet attack just as General MacArthur was right to insist on winning the war against Communist China in Korea several years later. Patton had made many enemies with his calls to get tough with the Soviets and rebuild Germany and the German Army to fight the Soviets. Patton was likely assassinated by Stalin's agents in and out of the OSS, which was heavily penetrated by Communists. At the time of his death, he was a mere two weeks away from resigning his commission over some very- heated differences with Truman and Ike's pro-Soviet policies particularly their policy of implementing parts of the Morgenthau Plan designed to crush Germany and starve hundreds of thousands of innocent people and surrendered soldiers.
14. Joseph Stalin, the greatest mass murderer in human history at the time and his Evil Soviet Empire were the only true victors of the Second World War. The Western Allies won the war militarily but lost the peace by surrendering most of the fruits of victory to the Soviets at the end of the conflict. Had World War 2 been waged with an eye to securing the future peace and freedom of the world's nations rather than merely military victory at all cost and at any price, many of the problems we are experiencing today with regards to Communist China and North Korea for example might have been entirely averted, 1.5 billion people who now live under Communist enslavement would today be free, and the lives of tens of millions of innocents who lost their lives to totalitarian genocide might have been spared.
Though US involvement in the Iraq war has been thus far much less extensive than our involvement in the Second World War, given the unprecedented cost to freedom, liberty and humanity of our involvement in what has been mistakenly termed "the good war", one wonders what the ultimate cost will be to this country of our involvement in this latest no-win war in Asia. Already the war in Iraq has lasted longer than US involvement in World War II, but the fact that we are losing and the deception and denial at the White House is causing the war in Iraq to increasingly resemble US involvement in Vietnam.
David T. Pyne, Esq. is a national security expert who currently serves as President of the Center for the National Security Interest, a national security think-tank devoted to championing policies, which serve to enhance U.S. national security. He also serves as the President of the New Mexico Republican Assembly and as a Vice President of the National Federation of Republican Assemblies. Mr. Pyne is a licensed attorney and former United States Army Officer. He holds an MA in National Security Studies from Georgetown University. Mr. Pyne is in the process of writing a book entitled "Empires at War," in which he speculates how an alternate history World War II might have developed had Imperial Germany won the First World War. David T. Pyne can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com © 2007 David T. Pyne


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This is a Point-of-Sale System for Tapsihan.
Language: Java
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Database: MS Access
This system features to have its own menu for foods like tapsilog, hamsilog, etc., drinks like softdrinks such as coke 8oz, 12oz, etc,., and extras like rice, tapa, logganiza because all of these are fixed in a Tapsihan. This system also covers to add all the desired order of the customer via clicking the images and can calculate all the orders. This system also calculates the change of the customers as well as to void the orders if the the customer wanted to cancel orders. For future use, i will suggest this to integrate into a Touch Screen panel for an easy pressing of menus.
Download the source code below and try it! :)


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Have you ever noticed that 90 cent charge at the bottom of your phone bill? Little did you know, that is the key to fueling a renaissance in education technology.
When edtech made its debut in the late 1990s and early 2000s, the initial fanfare quickly gave way to a decade of struggle in the edtech industry. This dip occurred largely because schools did not have the infrastructure it takes to support a classroom full of students and high-content apps online. Adoption lagged, and so did funding.


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For £6.50 tonight was going to be a blinder from the outset. The price included four bands, three of whom I already thought were wicked, including living legend one-man-ska-band Chris Murray.
The 7.30 start meant the place was pretty empty for Squab, which was a shame as this band is probably my favourite of the moment. An acoustic version of Claypigeon, with two acoustic guitars, lots of vocal harmonies, and beatboxer Reeps One, it's soothing acoustic ska-hiphop. What's more they seem to have toins of fun onstage, and you can tell there's a lot of improvisation or times when they're not quite sure what's going to happen.
Gecko was up next, a three-piece with acoustic guitar, bass and drums. I can't claim to know anything about them, but am instantly wary of anyone who wears smart trousers out of choice. However, if this is the legacy of the indie-ska acts who are populating the charts at the moment, then I can't complain. My only criticism would be some of the lyrics seemed a bit weak, including last song 'Guanabana'.
The Skints came on next, and as Josh pointed out were the only band without an acoustic guitar playing tonight. I think they're good, but don't quite understand the hype surrounding them at the moment. They play wicked ska with not a lot of the other crap that people try to mix in these days to be 'different'. But then a lot of the other Do The Dog bands have also been doing this for the past few years.
However, there's no denying their recent spate of tours and shows has made them tight and great to watch. The crowd reaction harked back to the vibe of Do The Dog and MoonSka all-dayers of yore, which was a pleasure to witness.
After a short break the man himself took to the stage in front of a fully warmed-up Underworld audience who were ready to sing every word back at him. He played quite a short set unfortunately, but managed to fit in classics such as 'Heartache', 'We Do The Ska' and 'One Everything', as well as taking requests and covering The Specials 'Doesn't Make It Alright'.
Towards the end of the set, he invited Reeps One of Squab and the bassist and singer of Gecko onstage for some semi-rehearsed renditions of songs including 'Rock Steady'. They pulled them off flawlessly, even including a spontaneous beatbox solo. I think everyone left feeling like they had got their money's worth.


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Prezi Next is the new online presentation software from Prezi that has useful and innovative features that let you present in a natural and engaging way. In this article, we'll show you:
What if you didn't have to slug through the memorization and step-by-step misery of a typical PowerPoint? We'll show you how to use Prezi Next to beat the boredom and make a presentation that rocks!
First, get your topic and main points in mind, gather any photos, charts, or videos—yes videos!—you want to use in your presentation, and head over to http://prezi.com. Log in or sign up and select Prezi Next from the drop-down in the top left corner.
You'll see a screen that houses all of your saved Prezi Next presentations and folders. Select "New presentation" or create a new folder in the left side navigation and then select "New presentation." You can use folders to better organize your presentations by topic or audience.
Prezi Next comes loaded with a selection of customizable templates in various styles. Everything on these templates can be edited and customized. However, choosing the right template is important to save time, and usually your final presentation will reflect the structure of the template you choose.
You can see the structure and design of each template by clicking it and previewing it. You'll be able to click through the arrows at the bottom of the screen, or click each topic to zoom to it and see what's inside. When you've decided on a template to start with, click "Use this template" at the bottom of the screen.
In editor mode, you'll see the overview. From the overview, you can double click the main topics to zoom into them and edit their content, or single click to edit their appearance in the overview. You can also select the main topics from the left-side navigation bar.
Whenever you begin editing a topic or subtopic, you can go back by clicking either the "Overview" button at the top left or the back button at the bottom left.
Whenever you are editing a topic, you can zoom to a subtopic by double-clicking, or single click to edit its appearance at the current topic level. Prezi Next features innovative subtopics called "planets" that give presenters the ability to jump around during a presentation by clicking on the information. Any information on the level of a planet topic will not be shown until the presenter clicks on it during the presentation. Planets give you the greatest flexibility with your presentation.
If you want to have planet subtopics, you'll have to start with a main topic that allows planet subtopics. Click the "+ Topic" button and choose "Planet" to do this from the overview. Whenever you zoom into a planet topic, it will show the background around it and more planets can be arranged around the main topic.
You can also add stack topics and subtopics, which follow a traditional, linear presentation style. When you click on a stack topic in your presentation, the entire screen will be filled by that topic and your only choice will be to click through the slides in order.
You can add planet subtopics to planet topics, and you can add more planet subtopics to planet subtopics, going down as many levels as you like. You cannot add subtopics to stack topics or subtopics, however.
Once you have your information added with topics and subtopics laid out in the structure you want, it's time to customize by changing colors, line thickness, and opacity of shapes. All you have to do is click on the element you want to edit and click the color palette on the tool bar at the top of the editor.
To change the background, simply right-click it and select "Background and theme." This will open a right-side menu to upload an image for your background, or change the color and select solid fill or gradient.
One of the most used functions is the "Insert" menu. You can use this to add anything from text boxes, shapes, and images to YouTube videos and new topics. You can add any item to any level of your presentation, whether a video on the overview or an arrow in a subtopic. To add a video, click Insert —> Video, then choose to upload a file or enter the URL of a YouTube video.
Movement attracts attention, so adding animations can really make your presentation pop. You can animate any element of a presentation, or you can create a zoom animation that zooms to a smaller area of the presentation level you're on. This is great for zooming into detailed charts to highlight information, or for moving in to showcase a photograph.
If you're working with a team, you don't have to do everything yourself! You can add collaborators to your presentations in Prezi Next and set their restrictions. Simply click the icon in the top right corner, click the "Total collaborators" button on the dropdown, and enter the email address and restrictions for each person on your team. You can allow members to view the presentation and leave feedback but not make changes, and you can allow presenters to present but not edit, keeping the power to make changes in the hands of your design team.
Make sure the cloud in the top-left corner shows a check mark, and if not, simply click it or select File —> Save to save your presentation.
Now, you can exit the editor tab and return to the screen that shows your folders and finished Prezis, including the one you just made. From here, you can click the pencil icon to edit, the play icon to present, or the arrow icon for many more options that include presenting online to a live audience and adding collaborators from outside the editor.
From this screen, you can also check viewer statistics that can give you insights on what content in your presentation is working and where you might be losing the interest of your audience.
You can also download your Prezi or use it on a smartphone or tablet through Prezi's mobile app. This means that you could be walking around the room, presenting from a phone or tablet using Chromecast or Airplay to show the presentation on a larger display, while choosing exactly which parts of the presentation you want to show. This is incredibly powerful for engaging a live audience or group, as you can gauge their reaction, ask questions, and respond to questions in real time with a click or a tap, without having to step back 30 slides like you might with linear presentation software.
Now you're ready to present. Simply click the big play button over the presentation of your choice and click present when it has loaded. Then, click or tap the first topic you want to discuss, and continue down through your subtopics until you're ready to move back.
To move back, just click the small back up arrow at the bottom left of the screen. You'll notice the left and right arrows at the bottom of the screen, but those are to step through your presentation in a linear order, and aren't the best way to backup a level in a nonlinear presentation.
Now you're ready to create and present dynamic presentations using Prezi Next!
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Want to know 7 Google Docs tips and tricks to make you look like a pro user, or maybe a little geeky? Check out this list!
You might think this is obvious but this tip may make you rethink how you are accessing your Google Docs. Opening your Google Docs from the location you want to be stored will help you keep your Drive and Docs nicely organized.
This is often overlooked. Take a look at the bottom right-hand corner of the share box (it will open after you click to share). Can you see it? Click advanced to open share settings that will give you more control.
This is a handy feature to force a user to open your document as a copy (in case they didn't know how to create a copy) or open in preview so they can only see it. Take a look at the URL of your Google Docs document that you have open. Notice at the end of they URL "edit" is written, change edit to copy or preview and see what happens.
Do more with comments. After you select an area in your doc, click on comment. Now simply assign a task from your document by typing a "+" followed by the user you want to assign the task. Notice you can assign to that person with a click of the box. The user will be notified.
I love this feature! Click on Explore in the bottom right-hand corner. Explore will search your the web or Drive based on what you have written in your document. Quickly research other websites or scholarly documents with this feature. Explore will also find pictures to match your document topic
I overlooked these shortcuts for the longest time. Right beside your document's name (top left corner), you will see a star and a folder. Click to show importance or to move your doc to a new location in your Drive.
Revision History is a life saver! Go back through the history of your Google Doc and restore it to a previous version. You can also check on who did what in group work.
LastPass is a free online password management tool that can be accessed through the web or as a Google Chrome extension. It provides many verified security features and allows you to store basically any secret or personal information. Categories exist for securing everything from payment info, web passwords, and social security numbers, to classified notes along with other sensitive information. Once an account is created with LastPass it can be synced across all mobile devices so that information is always available. LastPass offers many competitive features compared with other password management tools and is simple to operate, only having the user memorize a single master password.
The homepage for your LastPass account will be located within the LastPass "Vault". Here you will be able to cycle through all of your stored secure information as well as add new information. All types of information can be neatly organized and categorized so they can easily be retrieved at a later time. LastPass offers an effective feature allowing you to share specific pieces of information with others via secure email. This is useful for items that are too sensitive to be sent through conventional methods. An emergency access feature exists to allow trusted individuals full access to your LastPass account in the case of an emergency. This will only be activated upon your approval.
Security Methods
The security methods used by LastPass are called AES-256 bit encryption, salted hashing, and PBKDF2 SHA-256. In short without technical explanation, these are a series of ciphers and encryptions which make it impossible for your LastPass account to be hacked, or viewed by LastPass admin. Using LastPass is 100% safe and secure.
As a Chrome Extension
If using LastPass in the form of a Google Chrome extension, It will appear as a little icon in the top-right of your browser. Upon being clicked, the LastPass icon will provide you with a variety of LastPass feature options. These include a link to your Vault, site and form-fill management, as well as a password generator among others. The extension simply provides quick access to the existing features which LastPass offers.
Advantages to Using LastPass
LastPass is one of the best free password management applications available for online use. While a paid $1 per month premium option is available, the free version offers almost all features that the average user would require. It is easy to use and provides a 100% safe method to store sensitive information with various provided features to ensure this. LastPass is great for the avid internet user in that it only requires you to memorize a single password. If you find yourself in need of an easy method to memorize passwords, etc., LastPass will, without a doubt, come in useful to you.
Wix is a unique website creation service that allows the user to easily formulate a web design around their product or service idea. A variety of professional looking templates is available to choose from for most website ideas. Concepts include more artistic designs for music or photography, or more business oriented designs focused on real estate or finance. The user can then customize the finer details within their template after choosing a design concept. This will allow the user to create a completely personalized website that will resonate with their product or service pitch idea, attracting numerous potential clients.
Wix offers countless features to aid you in your site development. After choosing a general concept idea for starting templates (of which there are many), Wix allows you to choose between two editing options. The first option is ADI artificial intelligence editor. This unique editing feature simply asks for some basic information about your website and it will create the site for you based on your design taste. The other editing option is a traditional manual editor where you customize each individual detail by hand off of a starting template. Both options have their advantages and both are highly effective. It all depends on what type of person the user is.
Manual editing in Wix generally consists of uploading visual content, selecting fonts, importing various media, and adding information to the website. This can all be done in a great variety of ways, and there isn't much you can't do when using Wix. It allows you to truly make a web page your own. Along with many formatting tools to use for editing, Wix provides a blog post feature where you can include a blog portion in your website, as well as an app store for enabling you to explore other methods of developing a web page.
Premium Versions
The basic version of Wix is completely free to use with limited features and free hosting services, however, there are paid premium versions. The differences mostly occur in the amount of bandwidth and online storage available in each plan. The cost for each plan ranges from around $9 – $26 per month when fully priced, and each one offers slightly different features when it comes to the operation of the web page.
Advantages to Using Wix
Wix is one of the most professional site development services available. All offered templates are modern and aesthetically pleasing, and the free version is the best of its kind for unpaid available features. Wix is versatile and applicable to anyone in any industry. It is the perfect way to design an effective web page for presenting a product or service, and an asset that most professionals should consider.
Having visually appealing YouTube channel art is crucial for attracting viewers and potential subscribers to a YouTube channel. When developing an image it is important to keep in mind the importance of having it professional, as well as visually appealing. Another key concern is making sure that your channel art matches up with YouTube's recommendations and screen size template. The template is a downloadable png/psg file that can be overlaid on an image to ensure that it lines up with different recommended screen sizes. You may use this as a guideline for the placement of important details on the page in such a way that they can be viewed on all devices.
Upon downloading the screen size template from the YouTube help page for channel art, you will need a method of actually creating effective channel art. One of the best free programs to use for doing this is the visual design application Snappa. If you do not already have an account they are easy to make. Within Snappa you will be able to select a social media image template specifically for YouTube channel art. You will need to start from scratch, and then upload or choose a background image of your choice. Images and icons can be added, as well as formatted text and other features.
After this has been fine tuned and organized with all Snappa's available features, the screen template downloaded earlier may be uploaded. You will be able to adjust the transparency in the image settings, as well as the proportional size. It can then be overlaid on top of your background. At this stage, it can be observed as to whether or not all significant detail/information will be viewed on the screens of devices. If necessary it may be adjusted to fit the space and the finished product can be downloaded. The final process is simply uploading the finished art to your YouTube channel. If this entire process was done correctly, the channel art should appear properly any device.
FlashAcademy is an up and coming language-learning app offering new and unique features for becoming more experienced with a variety of languages. It is available for download on iOS and Android devices and features French, Spanish, Italian and German along with others. Language courses are available in the form of interactive games and activities, and you are able to use an innovative new camera feature. Upon creating an account, a profile will be made for you where you can track your progress in lessons, as well as add friends to compete with. This is great as it acts as a method to stay accountable to your learning, as well as a way to have fun with others. There is fun and creative learning potential when you use FlashAcademy as your method of learning a language.
Interactive Features:
One of the most distinguishing features of FlashAcademy is its unique camera translation feature to assist with the learning process. When using it, you can snap a picture of an everyday object and it will translate the name of the object into the desired language. This provides a very immersive and interactive form of learning for the user.
The other interactive feature that sets FlashAcademy apart from other language apps is the "word games" activity. This is a series of timed consecutive games in which the user will match the word of their language to the word of the language they are learning. It is a fun activity that provides another method of retaining a broader variety of words.
Lesson Design:
The core curriculum of FlashAcademy is organized into multiple lessons where the user will learn words and phrases. This is done through the listening of audio and spelling of words along with other comprehensive activities. There will be a few free lessons provided where the user will learn the basics, but to unlock all lessons a subscription fee must be paid. Paid subscriptions are available for one month, three months, six months, or a full year with more economical advantages available with longer amounts of time.
Learning Potential:
FlashAcademy is a revolutionary language-learning mobile application that is sure to become mainstream in the near future. It is highly competitive compared to similar apps and offers many unique new features. Lessons are high quality and easily understandable so that anyone can easily utilize them. FlashAcademy is one of the best language-learning apps out there and should be used by anyone interested in taking up a foreign language.
Basics of mysimpleshow:
mysimpleshow is a free personal "explainer" app that utilizes keywords and visuals to organize a storyboard presentation video. It helps you to tailor a set of useful images to a specific topic of discussion. The images can be focused on business, education, or personal projects. Whatever it may be, mysimpleshow will aid you in organizing a simple script based on your topic. It operates by using existing black outline images within the app paired with a narration to explain a given idea. The images appear consecutively according to the point of discussion and are brought onto the screen using a "hand placement" animation. This is where a hand puts the image on the screen. This all works to create a simple, personalized explanation for any topic of choice.
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mysimpleshow will start by letting you choose a "storyline" for your explainer video. This is where you choose a professional, educational, or personal theme. You can also decide what you will be explaining during your video so that mysimpleshow can help you to base your content on that topic. mysimpleshow will provide short video tutorials for each new step during the process of creating an explanation video.
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After writing a script, mysimpleshow will automatically pair images with keywords within your script. These will be presented when they are used in the discussion. After you have fine tuned the images paired with their respective keywords, you may choose the audio to be used. At this stage, you can choose between two computer voices to read your script, or you can record yourself narrating. Subtitles can be added and the speed may be changed.
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Your final project will have been completed and you may then download the finished product to share after it has been finalized. The perfect explainer will now be within your grasp. You can now use your storyboard presentation to convey a point, pitch a product idea, or simply document a theme for any purpose. mysimpleshow has a vast array of practical application.
Using G Suite Training
G Suite Training is an interactive tool offered by Google for use within Google Apps. It provides simple walkthroughs for specific tasks in most first-party Google applications (such as Drive or Docs) and is available as an extension on the Chrome Web Store. Once added, this free Chrome extension will appear in the top right-hand corner of your drive, offering you tips and tricks once clicked on. These come in the form of videos or audio recordings, and some will have interactive features as well. The lessons offer very direct and descriptive tutorials so that you may easily learn how to complete the desired task in a Google application.
As you navigate through different Google Apps, the G Suite Training extension will follow, and offer new specific tutorials relating to the page you are on. For example, if you start out on the Google Drive page, G Suite Training will provide you with tutorials regarding creating files, sharing documents, converting files, etc. If you were to then enter a created Google Sheets file, there would be available tutorials for collaborating on spreadsheets, using data for analysis, publishing a sheet on the web, etc. G Suite Training operates like this for most Google Apps. There is a search function available above the listed tutorials as well. This is present in each Google App you navigate through. It simply allows you to search the desired instructions for a certain task.
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Australians are used to suffering humiliation at the hands of the Kiwis on the sporting field, not counting the most recent battle of course. We may soon have to add economic performance and currency values to the list of subjects we'd prefer not to discuss with New Zealanders. There's a real possibility that before too long an Australian Dollar will buy less than one New Zealand Dollar.
Of course exchange rates are not really just about scoring economic performance, especially in respect of those parts of the economy that a nation can control itself. At the end of the day exchange rates are about trade and investment flows. Amongst other things, they are forward looking and very much impacted by investor sentiment. They are also dependant on a range of uncontrollable, exogenous factors. In the case of Australia and New Zealand, the relative performance of world prices for our biggest exports, iron ore and milk, can for example have a significant bearing on the exchange rate
All that said, there are a lot of similarities between our economies. They are both relatively open, commodity exporting economies with similar government and legal systems. The Australian Dollar is now at a record low against the Kiwi. So even looking through all the various cycles of the past 30 years, it's difficult to escape the conclusion that the record low in AUDNZD is at least, to some degree, a reflection of structural underperformance by Australia in recent years.
It wasn't too long ago that Australia was riding high on a combination of strong population growth, China's booming economy and the enduring legacy of the economic reforms of the 1980's and 1990's. But hubris has set in. Reform has been scarce over the past 15 years while the need for it has grown given technological developments and changing global economies. Now the chickens are coming home to roost. New Zealand is running a budget surplus while our deficit is ballooning. Consensus forecasts have New Zealand's GDP growth at 3% this year and its unemployment rate at 5.2%. Australia by comparison, is forecast to have GDP growth of 2.4% and an unemployment rate of 6.5% through 2015.
So while the Aussie Dollar is still well above record lows against other major exchange rates, perhaps Australians will be right to feel a bit uneasy if the Aussie slips below parity with the Kiwi.
AUDNZD chart analysis
The weekly chart below tracks the Aussie's decline from its post GFC peak against the Kiwi at $1.3796.
Technical traders would describe this trend as an "impulsive" one. This is not only because the Aussie has lost 26% against the Kiwi over 4 years. One of the hallmarks of a strong, directional movement in markets is that the corrections are relatively small compared to the moves in the direction of major the trend. In a major down trend like this, the corrective rallies tend to stop well short of the last major lows. By comparison, weak trends tend to have a choppier, over lapping appearance.
A quick eyeballing of the chart below shows that AUDNZD fits this impulsive pattern. Sellers have been quick to jump on rallies. Unfortunately for the Aussie, the downtrend has kept its impulsive, non-overlapping characteristic after the last major correction ended with peak at "4". At this stage there is no indication the downtrend is about to end.
Fibonacci traders often use projections of past trends to identify possible turning points in markets. This can be particularly useful when you are in new low ground with no traditional support levels for guidance as is the case for AUDNZD at the moment.
There are a number of possibilities for potential Fibonacci turning points here, but the first one I have on my watch list is at around parity and is shown on the chart below. Two Fibonacci projections form a cluster at around parity. These project that the swing down from the peak at "4" will be:
- 2% of the length of the whole move down to "3" and
- 8% of the length of the correction from "3" back up to "4"
National pride is resting on this Fibonacci projection holding above parity but I fear this may be about the equivalent of hoping that we can score 10 points against the
All Blacks in the last 5 minutes of a Bledisloe Cup match.
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Halo 5 will take a step back in time for its next update, dubbed Memories of Reach. Not only will you be able to slaughter your fellow Spartans in Infection mode (which first debuted in Halo 3), but you'll also have the chance to pick up a weapon from Halo 2, and armor from .
Infection works much the same as you remember. There are 12 total players, some of which begin the game as Flood (that's "space zombie fungus" for those unfamiliar). Get killed by a Flood and you'll spawn as one of them next round. While Spartans can use all of their abilities, Flood will be limited to Thrust, Smart Scope, and Stabilize. No Ground Pound for you, infected.
If you've been mourning the loss of the Brute Plasma Rifle from Halo 2 and Halo 3: ODST, weep no more. Memories of Reach is bringing the Type-25 Directed Energy Rifle Jiralhanae Variant, AKA Brute Plasma Rifle, AKA The Red One, back.
The real treat though is the Halo: Reach armor that will be added to Halo 5's REQ system. Noble Team may be dead and gone, but as GameSpot reports, you'll be able to dress up as Jorge, Emile, Carter, and Kat to your heart's content. It's no Halo: Reach remake, but I'll take it - I always liked Reach's armor designs the most out of the series.
Memories of Reach is expected to make landfall later this month.
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The path to the Colorado State Senate majority goes through Adams County in 2018. It's no secret. Democrats are going to throw everything they can at winning back the Colorado Senate after their stunning defeats across the nation last November.
Barack Obama is using his post-Presidency to focus on winning back state legislatures for Democrats and Colorado is a target.
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Weekly on Wednesday (view full repeat details)
7:00 pm
9:00 pm
Wednesday, May 22, 2019; Wednesday, May 29, 2019; Wednesday, June 5, 2019
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In the heart of Downtown Harrisonburg Virginia, is a music store / venue that is host to some of the most wonderful people in the valley. All are welcome to join in or just relax and listen to the sounds of Old Time Music.
The Jam runs from 7 PM to 9 PM every Wednesday evening. There is no charge.
Adona Music
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Does anyone else feel like this in December?!
I love this time of year, but boy is it a busy one! These two little loves of ours passed out on the way to visit Santa yesterday. There is something about sleeping babies that makes you pause and take in their smallness. In these moments, I realize how fast this stage of littleness is going to fly by and wish I could just freeze time!
We've been chipping away at our 12 Days of Christmas activity list this week with a Christmas PJ playdate, dance party, trip to see Santa, visit to the Botanical Gardens Night of Lights, and Christmas tree find. No wonder we're tired!
On Wednesday, we all got together at our house for our third annual matching PJ party with the kids. We made snowman ornaments, played a Christmas movie, ate grits casserole and cinnamon streusel, did a Christmas book exchange, read Christmas stories, and had a big dance party to some Christmas music from a burned CD that one of the girls made me in high school- classic Christmas songs from the early 2000s, featuring N 'Sync and Mariah Carey. ;)
My friend Stephanie posted this comparison on her IG account- look how much they've grown! And how much they've multiplied- HA! Love these kiddos and their mamas!
Botanical Gardens Night of Lights with Matt's family!
Sweet Nonni Girl and her daddy :)
Big boys on their daddy's shoulders!
Picking out our tree!
Natalie's first tree picking experience ;)
We had a little dance party one night this week and Ryan decided he wanted to party to be a nakey one. :)
Natalie's been joining us for milk and stories time before bed and Ryan has been so excited about it! We crack up though because girlfriend is BU-SY! I'm surprised this pictures was a still shot. ;)
The next night, Matt caught this picture while I was reading. Natalie was so tired and STILL! And Ryan was snuggling in with her- sweet love. Ryan had also asked to put a bandaid right where you see it for no apparent reason. Little people are funny.
On Sunday, we went to brunch with Santa with Matt's family:
Love these cousins! And how hilarious is this Santa?!
Natalie got tired and learned back to relax on Santa- sweet love.
Costco shopping with my little Tiger fans (Matt was driving to the FSU game, so I got to dress them both in Tiger gear) ;)
Bath time!
We usually play on the bed every night after bath while we wait for daddy to get home.
And sometimes we take silly pictures :)
Grocery store shopping and capturing their personalities- Natalie mid-smile and Ryan mid-conversation.
I love early mornings at home watching these two play :)
Big boy walking in to see Santa :) Also, confession- I took the kids back to see Santa for a second time because the first pictures were strug. These turned out so cute AND no one was there, so Ryan got to talk with Santa for a long time!
And because I got so caught up in all of my gift guides last week, I completely forgot to share a few pics from Thanksgiving!
Matt took Ryan to Waffle House in the morning and Ryan wanted to bring his Bibles. :) Love Ryan's cheesy grin!
Thanksgiving at Mimi and Papa's!
Fun with Mimi and Papa!
And now the winner of the Christmas Chilren's Book Giveaway!
Congratulations, Emily B. You are the winner!
I sent you an email this morning. :)
Whew, that was long. If you're still reading, hope you have a great weekend!


text: After taking care of SOPA and PIPA we are thrown another fast ball. ACTA alone could destroy the internet, which would lead to the destruction of gaming among many things. These bills that are getting passed and those supporting are by a generation who do not understand what the Internet is. The difference between SOPA and ACTA is that SOPA was a bill proposed in the United States while ACTA is generally international and supported by 27 U.N countries. ACTA will prevent you from messaging a friend without it being monitored. The video above may explain it better so I urge you to watch it and share with anyone you can.


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This 6-hour training focuses on youth workers' role in deescalating behavioral situations with youth using an asset-based approached. This training will help participants practice probing techniques to understand the underlying issues motivating youth's behavior. Participants will explore individual practices and appropriate behavior management strategies that help promote positive behavior.
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This guide is available to download as a free PDF. Download XBMC Tips & Tricks now. Feel free to copy and share this with your friends and family.
XBMC is an incredibly powerful tool for enjoying your media. It takes a little getting used to, and our handy cheat sheet will help you get moving in the right direction.
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Today (Friday) marks the 70th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day (VE Day).
News reached Buxton on the evening of Monday May 7, 1945, that Churchill would announce the end of the war at 3pm the following day, and that the King would broadcast at 9pm.
Focussing on the events of May 8, the Buxton Herald of Friday May 11 reported: "The streets were gaily bedecked with flags, bunting appearing if by magic. Crowds of people were on the streets. Stirring marches were played by the radio van. There was a Pioneer Band concert in the Crescent. Victory was in the air!
"Evening drew in, and the churches were crowded for the services of thanksgiving. Thousands of people gathered in the vicinity of the Slopes for an open-air dance to the music of the Pioneer Band.
"Young and old, those who could dance and those who couldn't, went round the "floor".
"At the Pavilion nearly 2,000 people crowded the 'Victory Ball', where the Home Guard Dance Band was playing.
"As darkness came the bonfires were lit. Round the town little dashes of red on the skyline indicated that people were celebrating in the traditional way. The biggest bonfire was on Fairfield Common and hundreds of people gathered round to see it lit. Probably 10,000 people saw it and stood in the red glow for a few minutes.
"Then, mysteriously, people produced fireworks. These almost forgotten luxuries added zest to the celebrations.
"All this time the radio vans were going to various parts of the town holding impromptu dances and relaying items of news. Everywhere people were dancing and singing. People danced at the street corners and sang round the bonfires.
"Gay lights twinkled. Illuminated 'Vs' stood out all over the town. Over the Town Hall, a huge 'V' illuminated the whole of the Market Place.
"The other side was floodlit, bathed in gold surmounted by turquoise, flags and bunting gaily fluttering aloft.
"On the gravel area in front of the Town Hall another dance was going on, by the light of the floodlights and to the music of the radio van. "Elsewhere on the Slopes more people were setting off fireworks. The Cenotaph, too, was floodlit.
"And, of course, some people were drunk - though Buxton was, for the most part, extremely sober."
The celebrations continued into the early hours, and continued the following day although, the paper reported, it was a slightly quieter affair.
There was still singing and dancing, fireworks and bonfires, and those not content to doing their dancing in the streets joined the hundreds who attended a free dance at the Drill Hall.
The paper concluded its report by saying: "Yesterday morning (Thursday) Buxton went about its business. The war against Japan is still to be won. Men are still fighting and dying. We must go on."
Large crowds also attended a thanksgiving event at the Pavilion Gardens on the first Sunday after VE Day, and witnessed a parade through the streets of Buxton.
The Herald said: "It is estimated that as many as three thousand people participated in or witnessed the ceremonial observances."


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Stream The Repo Man, the newest drop from Bad Lucc which features Problem. The cut was released on Wednesday, August 24th, 2011. Bad Lucc continues to impress with each new leak, and The Repo Man is no exception. It's strengthens Bad Lucc's already impressive body of work, which has seen positive change over the years. We're most definitely anticipating Bad Lucc's next offering.
Hear more of Bad Lucc on Geekin' (Prod. by Tone Bone), featuring Problem . Check out Bad Lucc's profile page for the most recent info, news, songs, and mixtapes. Check out Bad Lucc's Twitter.
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Lower Derwent Valley
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When undertaking an appropriate assessment of impacts at a site, all features of European importance (both primary and non-primary) need to be considered.
Annex I habitats that are a primary reason for selection of this site
|6510 Lowland hay meadows (Alopecurus pratensis, Sanguisorba officinalis)
|The Lower Derwent Valley in north-east England contains a greater area of high-quality examples of lowland hay meadows than any other UK site and encompasses the majority of this habitat type occurring in the Vale of York. The abundance of the rare narrow-leaved water-dropwort Oenanthe silaifolia is a notable feature. Traditional management has ensured that ecological variation is well-developed, particularly in the transitions between this grassland type and other types of wet and dry grassland, swamp and fen vegetation.
Annex I habitats present as a qualifying feature, but not a primary reason for selection of this site
|91E0 Alluvial forests with Alnus glutinosa and Fraxinus excelsior (Alno-Padion, Alnion incanae, Salicion albae) * Priority feature
Annex II species that are a primary reason for selection of this site
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Annex II species present as a qualifying feature, but not a primary reason for site selection
|1355 Otter Lutra lutra
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Cheese Spinach Bake
– 3 medium eggs, beaten
– 20 oz of frozen chopped spinach
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– 1 cup of cottage cheese
– ¼ cup of butter, softened
– 2 teaspoons of flour
– Salt and pepper
– Cook the spinach as directed on its packaging, then drain.
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By Steven Scheer
JERUSALEM, Dec 29 (Reuters) - Israel's economy rebounded in 2016, growing 3.8 percent on the back of stronger exports, consumer spending and investment, although slower growth is expected in 2017.
The provisional growth estimate from the Central Bureau of Statistics on Thursday was higher than the 2.5 percent growth rate in 2015.
Earlier this week, the Bank of Israel raised its 2016 economic growth estimate to 3.5 percent from 2.8 percent.
The central bank sees a slowdown next year to 3.2 percent and growth of 3.1 percent in 2018.
Just a few months ago, 2016 was shaping up to be quite weak for Israel's economy, especially when first-quarter growth was initially estimated at an annualised 0.8 percent. Along with uncertainty in financial markets following the Britain's Brexit vote, the Bank of Israel in June cut its 2016 economic growth forecast to 2.4 percent from 2.8 percent.
It also had trimmed its 2017 estimate to 2.9 percent from 3 percent, although policymakers blamed the weak economy on a decline in exports in just a few large companies.
But first-quarter growth was ultimately revised up to an annualised 3.2 percent, followed by a 4.9 percent spurt in subsequent three months.
Even though the pace of growth has picked up, policymakers have indicated the central bank's benchmark interest rate is likely to stay on hold for the time being, since the annual inflation rate remains negative at -0.3 percent in November and is not expected to reach the government's 1-3 percent target until late 2017.
The Bank of Israel's own economists project a 15 basis point rise in the fourth quarter of next year to 0.25 percent.
"The picture being conveyed to us at the time is that the economy continues to grow at a solid pace and the labour market is strong, while the inflation environment remains very low," Bank of Israel Governor Karnit Flug said on Monday after the bank held rates for a 22nd straight month.
After falling in 2015, exports — which account for about 32 percent of Israel's economic activity — grew 3 percent in 2016. Private spending, which has been underpinning the economy of late, grew 6.1 percent while investment in fixed assets bounced 11 percent after a stagnant 2015.
The central bank expects a moderation of private spending but stronger exports in 2017.
For the third quarter, the Central Bureau of Statistics revised growth to an annualised 3.4 percent from a preliminary estimate last month of 3.2 percent on higher private spending and investment and a smaller decline in exports.
The shekel gained to 3.848 per dollar after the data was issued from Wednesday's close of 3.86.
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Built in 1895 and thoroughly modernized for today's discriminating traveler, Barclay Cottage Bed and Breakfast is conveniently located near everything that makes a Virginia Beach vacation the best ever in one of the most desirable destinations in the United States.
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Visit Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge for a secluded beach experience, or tee off at one of our well-groomed local golf courses.
A 3-minute walk and you'll be in the heart of the Virginia Beach resort area, its 3-mile boardwalk and bicycle path, the Virginia Beach fishing pier and several wonderful restaurants.
Stroll along the boardwalk, and visit the Old Coast Guard Museum and the Atlantic Wildfowl Heritage Museum. You might also enjoy dancing to classic beach music and dining at The Upper Deck right down the street from the Inn!
In just a ten-minute walk, you can be at the Virginia Beach Convention Center, the Contemporary Art Center, or at the marina where you can rent a jet ski, depart for parasailing or enjoy an exciting "Seafari" boat trip guided by experts from the Virginia Aquarium. There are even more outstanding locally owned restaurants which we can recommend.
Extend the range of things to see and do by riding one of our complimentary bicycles to the Virginia Aquarium and Marine Science Center, only 2 miles away from the Inn.


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I'm responding to Crow's posting of this event and his request, "Please let me know if there are any specific issues or topics you'd like to see addressed."
I'm curious to know more about the diversion of the Gila into the proposed Grant County Reservoir near Ft. Bayard re the following quote from the PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING REPORT, GRANT COUNTY TIER 2 AWSA APPLICATION REVIEW, DECEMBER 2013, Prepared For: State of New Mexico Interstate Stream Commission
"The reservoir will be filled with NMAWSA water from the Gila River through a proposed pipeline in the public right-of-way for Highway 180. A pipeline extension will be required from Highway 180 to the Grant County reservoir. That pipeline would be approximately 4,400 linear feet in length, and based on a flow of 3,000 AFY (1,857 gpm) and a maximum velocity of 5 fps, it would be 14 inches in diameter. This pipeline is discussed in greater detail under the "Recommended Alternative" section of this report." - Section IV Page 16 of 22
Here is the link to the report: http://nmawsa.org/ongoing-work/bhi-dive ... nd-storage
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Silver City
The Twin Sisters Reservoir, aka Lake Ramos, was originally planned to store Bayards treated effluent and would use no Gila River water. Bayard found other ways to handle it's waste water so I thought this project was over. Then the ISC presented us with their own new alternative, use Gila water and add a pipeline to bring that water to the Twin Sisters project. This was not a proposal from the four counties, this came from the ISC. This earthen dam over heavily populated areas is considered a high risk dam.
On Friday Jan 10, 2014 the ISC gave us 600 pages on their new plans for several diversion projects in the Cliff/Gila Valley. It will cost taxpayers MILLIONS! The preferred alternative price tag is $348,582,000 the highest price tag is $468,851,000 and these are only construction costs. We, the tax payers, would be liable for all ongoing maintenance and upkeep, in perpetuity! We would also be responsible for evaporation from the reservoirs. They estimate this may be as high as 6000 acre feet each year.
The Federal funding would cover just $128 Million. Conservation alternatives would be completely covered by the original $66 million, at no cost to taxpayers.
And don't forget, we'd also have to buy the water.
Yes, digitalwiz is correct the water is not ours, it still belongs to it's senior water rights owners. Nope that's not us. So we must pay them for any water taken from the Gila River and also any that would evaporate from the proposed reservoir.
Apparently we have a "diversion to no one". The ISC documents call him the "End user". Never has there been an end user designated. No one has ever come forward to buy any of the water.
The ISC dumped a 600 page report in our laps last Friday. We now have cost estimates that are truly beyond belief. And the preferred diversion would flood up to six small side canyons in the Upper Gila. This is the year the ISC makes their recommendations to the Governor on whether to divert the Gila River or choose the common sense conservation proposals. These proposals would not cost the taxpayers one single cent.
I have some comments and questions concerning the AWSA meeting last night (Monday, 13 Jan) in Cliff. Although I have not attended previous meetings, I was able to peruse the two most recent reports which the presenters covered. My concern for attending was having heard only a few days before about a plan to dam Twin Sisters Creek near Ft. Bayard.
The presentations followed very closely the information I gleaned from my reading of the reports. I thought the alternatives were presented very clearly, and the presenters seemed to be trying to answer the questions to the best of their ability. I think I have an adequate understanding of the proposals and costs of the projects covered. I personally favor the least invasive alternatives, which do not channel the water from the Gila over the continental divide. I am skeptical that any of these proposals are sound planning for use of the Gila.
What I don't understand, and what seemed to be deliberately unanswered, is who is going to pay the costs? The unhelpful answer repeated many times was, "the end users." I suppose the more cogent question (which I was unable to ask) is: Who is going to choose which project to pursue, and how is it going to be funded? In my probably naïve conjecturing, I have come up with two possibilities.
First, that the ISC decides which proposal they want to see enacted, and that they will approach the state legislature for the necessary funds (from what source, I have no clue.) The other possibility I can imagine is that the affected counties and/or towns vote on bond issues (or the like) to fund a project chosen by the commissioners.
I don't know how this works. That's the question I'm asking. My concern is that our communities are going to be saddled with an enormous debt for constructing and maintaining a questionable plan that is likely ultimately unable to fulfill its intention.
I have many other concerns and questions about exactly who "the end users" are, but for now I'd be happy for a clarification of who chooses and how it is funded.
Thank you very much.
Kyle Meredith
Silver City
Kyle, you are correct that it is the Interstate Stream Commission (ISC) who will select the Arizona Water Settlements Act (AWSA) project or projects (including, maybe, a combination of them). (You may already know, but the ISC is a 9-member body, all of whom are appointed by the governor. Eight of the ISC members come from around the state to serve terms of either four or six years, and the ninth member of the Commission is the State Engineer, who serves as ISC secretary.)
And as you saw and heard last night, the $128 million federal grant available to NM under the AWSA to develop a diversion and storage of Gila River water falls short of the official estimated costs by hundreds of millions of dollars.
As to who will pay those unfunded hundreds of millions of dollars, I don't mean to sound trite, but that's the 200+ million dollar question, isn't it? The state certainly doesn't have that kind of money to wager on a highly dubious project where no less than 25-30% of the water--and the costs of that water--evaporate into the atmosphere only to fall down as rain, say in Texas. (Image balloons, here, lots and lots of balloons, with $1,000 bills attached to them just floating off up into the air, only to rain down on Texas.)
While ISC representative Craig Roepke keeps saying "the end user" in answer to that question, my fear is that those hundreds of millions of dollars needed to bring a diversion to fruition will somehow be pawned off to...you and me and every other tax-paying New Mexican--if this diversion folly is allowed to proceed.
Which is one of the reasons why we all need to lobby our state legislators and the governor to urge them to oppose a diversion. One way to do that is to sign the online petition to Governor Martinez at: http://www.change.org/petitions/susana-martinez-governor-of-new-mexico-protect-the-gila-river-by-supporting-non-diversion-alternatives.
Another way to do that is to call NM State Senator Howie Morales (575-574-0043) and thank him for coming out against an AWSA diversion of the Gila. But also urge him to use his influence with other NM legislators in opposing a diversion.
I hope others on this forum can also help to answer your questions, Kyle.
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I hope that someone who attended the ISC meeting at the Cliff High School continues this discussion of starts with a new article with anything new.
I'm curious. What's the ISC's motivation for pushing this diversion nonsense? Do they honestly believe it's the right thing to do? Are they just trying to get an extra $62 million to "pump up" the economy of southwest New Mexico? Is it that they're engineers and that's what engineers do?
digitalize asked: Is it that they're engineers and that's what engineers do?
Yes, the ISC is in the business of developing water.
Plus, there's federal AWSA subsidy money on the table. $128 million all told. $66 million of it can be used to fund projects that meet water supply demands in the 4 dirt-poor southwestern NM counties of Catron, Grant, Hidalgo & Luna -- but that would mean $66m less the state would have of the $128m AWSA fed grant to develop a diversion project. In other words, if the state elected to use the $66m for non-diversion projects in these 4 counties, which they have every right under the AWSA to elect to do--and should do as I see it--that would mean they'd be walking away from the other $62m of the $128m AWSA subsidy.
Nothing will be well until we learn to live in harmony with the power of the world as it lives and moves and does its work. -~Black Elk, Oglala Lakota Medicine Man, 1863–1950.
It has become clear that the advocates of diversion have two basic psychological urges - to not "lose the water to Arizona", and to "get all the money" available from the AWSA. On the surface, those are two apparently reasonable and practical thoughts. However, only an objective financial analysis can determine if the cost of not losing the water or the extra money is lower, or higher, than the actual value of the water and the money.
Opponents of diversion have been asking since the beginning of the AWSA process what it will cost to not lose the water or the extra money, which could have been estimated six or seven years ago. The ISC has consistently avoided getting close to such accounting, and it only just now being forced to put those cards on the table. As presented in posts above, those cards are not a winning hand - upfront costs are huge, operations and maintenance costs are high, losses are astounding, and there is no willing buyer for the expensive water. In short, it will cost far too much to not lose the water or the money. All this was predicted, but was diligently ignored by the ISC.
Another as yet unproven motive on the part of the State may be political, having to do with legal troubles around Texas' claims to water that is supposed to flow out of New Mexico. The State may be planning to use Gila River water to alleviate Rio Grande shortfalls. There may be some very politically powerful interests lobbying for that outcome.
My suspicion is that in addition to the motivations mentioned above, another purpose of the pipeline is to provide a cheap way for Freeport-McMoRan to sell water from our aquifer to Deming and Las Cruces.
Freeport-McMoRan has water rights that they don't use, especially during down times. I recall someone saying that they had been asked to sell these water rights to the state or county, but refused, even though there is no way they will ever need this much water, because they intend to sell their water, which comes from the same aquifer that supplies water to much of our area.
If they had a convenient water pipeline right next door. they could rent it during times the Gila is low, and sell their water to Deming, if not other towns below them. Big money.
This is all conjecture, but I've always seen the way to the root of corruption is to follow the money. I'd love to know if there's any evidence for or against this theory.
I suspect all of the above conjectures about ISC motivation are accurate. Once a massive siphon/reservoir/pipeline system is in place, or even a substantial part of it, then future ways of making use of that investment will inevitably emerge, likely with overwhelming political power behind them. We live in a desert, and the longstanding European attitude toward water, especially where it's scarce, has been to industrialize it. ISC and their supporters see the Gila as already compromised, and they believe they can siphon off a lot of water without doing all that much damage to the environment. And they're willing to accept whatever damage might occur in the interest of maximizing the retention of precious surface water, with the tempting potential of transferring much larger quantities of subsurface water to the Rio Grande basin in the fullness of time. And they assume somebody will find the money to do all that, regardless of how wasteful it might seem looked at just in terms of the 14,000 acre feet from the AWSA.
Speaking of forces from afar makes me ever more certain about working to make sure our reps hear from more of us. Ignore the ones who support diversions, focus on those on the fence or ignorant of the issue.
Last weekend Howie Morales stated his opposition to diverting the Gila River. Make sure he hears from you with congratulations and campaign donations if you can afford them.
Besides the reps, our fellow New Mexicans need to hear about our local struggle. Citizens support statewide would be much harder for anyone to ignore.
The politics of this issue could go either way. If a statewide voice said no to diverting the Gila River wouldn't it be bad for a candidate to support one?
I also agree that greed has much to do with this. Over the years I have heard many people say they want it all, the full $128 million and all the water we can get. I'm not sure how to deal with that much greed.
In my recent emails with Craig Roepke, he has always been cordial and concise in answering my questions. In reply to my query about who is to pay, he referred me to the AWSA library where I found the following page: from the stakeholders HERE who are, as I understand it, the end users—i.e. those who are to pay. I haven't had time to examine the list, but I pass it on to those who might be interested. I'm hoping it will provide some clarity to this discussion.
That would be a Roepke style dodge.
I don't know of a single stakeholder who has any idea how much the water would cost, much less has committed to buying the water produced from the diversion schemes.
Put another way, I don't know of a single buyer.
Mr. Roepke could have been transparent, as well as cordial, and stated simply that no one has been identified who will buy the water.
In short, the powers that be have been disingenuous about "who pays". At the Interim Water and Natural Resources Committee meeting at the Grant Co. Convention Center in 2012, the director of the Interstate Stream Commission, Estevan López, said that they would be asking the legislature for funding. Craig Roepke says the end users need to pay. So we got two answers out of the same water development agency from the 2 top water buffalos.
The cost is so high, who knows if the end users will be able or willing to pay is the follow up question.
Who are the end users? Farmers, Deming, Las Cruces?????
What will be the final cost to the end users? Who knows?
Can those end users pay for the water or will they be willing to pay? Who knows?
So, who pays? Me still thinks the bill for this folly will, by hook or by crook, be pawned off onto New Mexican taxpayers.
Nothing will be well until we learn to live in harmony with the power of the world as it lives and moves and does its work. -~Black Elk, Oglala Lakota Medicine Man, 1863–1950.
This is the stuff of a classic boondoggle.
And this just in:
Senator Peter Wirth Proposes Legislation to Protect Taxpayers from a Costly Gila River Diversion HERE
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For some reason, the link I intended to include in my last post didn't make it. Here it is, click HERE
These are the Tier 2 Final Proposals that show exactly who proposes to do what with the Gila watershed. It might be too much information to digest all in one whack, but if you have time to understand what is there I think it contains important information applicable to understanding the specifics of what's being considered. Reading the PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING REPORT, GRANT COUNTY TIER 2 AWSA APPLICATION REVIEW, DECEMBER 2013 (http://nmawsa.org/ongoing-work/bhi-dive ... nd-storage) might be helpful for determining which proposals are most pertinent. If you haven't been to either link, I think you will be interested.
Your link is there as are Ski's but for some reason we've never understood, when the raw links appear in the first paragraph they can kill much of the "Newsletter" where everything after them is cut from the "Newsletter". But even this is unpredictable so when i see a problem or potential problem I'll go in and "Nest" the link in a sentence with the capital HERE or "click HERE" indicating that the link is HERE.
Kyle Wrote ..."These are the Tier 2 Final Proposals that show exactly who proposes to do what with the Gila watershed. ...what is there I think it contains important information applicable to understanding the specifics of what's being considered."
It is interesting, but does not address who will be the end user - meaning who will actually pay for the water and all of the costs. I saw a reference, "would benefit the Gila Valley", but no particulars on how that would unfold in reality. I attended a meeting of farm and ranch interests over a year ago where a staff person for the ISC was interviewing potential agricultural end users. After an interesting discussion, it was determined that the estimated cost of the water (estimated by the end users), coupled with likely unreliability of supply (the high dollar crops being discussed are long-term investments, like grapes, that cannot tolerate any hiccup in watering), created a set of conditions that precluded probable use by the ag community. I haven't seen that information published anywhere... why not?
The economic equation is simple: cost of the water has to be less than the value of the benefits produced. I think that early ballpark estimates of the result of that equation would have indicated to any reasonable person that the diversion schemes won't be economical viable.
If you add triple-bottom-line benefit cost analysis, the costs would be even more out of whack. Why wasn't any such preliminary economic work been done? I suspect it is because it would have blown the diversion options out of the water (chuckle) at the beginning.
URGENT ACTION NEEDED - Your County Commission is set to vote on your water future. Your voice can make the difference!!
The New Mexico Interstate Stream Commission finalized the Joint Powers Agreement for the New Mexico CAP Entity on June 9th. The NM CAP entity will be responsible for the design, construction operation and maintenance of a diversion of Gila and/or San Francisco River water.
NOW the Interstate Stream Commission is asking your local governing bodies to sign the Joint Powers Agreement and join the NM CAP Entity. There has been no independent analysis showing that the proposed New Mexico Unit is financially or physically feasible. Why would your city or county want to sign on to an agreement without being fully informed?
Your elected officials are scheduled to take public comment and/or vote on the following dates and times:
Vote, Grant County Commission, 1400 Hwy 180 E, Silver City--June 25th 9:00 AM
Here's how you can make a difference:
Please contact your elected official now (contact info below) and urge them to: "Vote NO or delay the vote until full information is provided about the project's physical feasibility, its cost, the amount of water it will yield, and how much local taxpayers and ratepayers will have to pay to build and operate the project."
Attend the county commission and city council meetings when your elected officials will be voting.
Help spread the word - forward this e-mail to your friends and colleagues.
Grant County Commission:
Commissioner District 1, Gabe Ramos, email@example.com, 575-574-0021
Commissioner District 2 and Chairman, Brett Kasten, firstname.lastname@example.com, 575-574-0022
Commissioner District 3, Ron Hall, email@example.com, 575-574-0023
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