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Kathryn Medina to step down from CHCO Council post
Medina's last day at the Office of Personnel Management will be Jan. 3. She is leaving to join public relations firm APCO Worldwide as a senior human resources executive.
How sequestration and hiring freezes are shaping the future of SSA
In this week's edition of Agency of the Month, Dr. Reginald Wells, Deputy Commissioner at the Social Security Administration, discusses the human resources pressures caused by tightening budgets.
Archuleta looks to 'forge a new pathway' to better engage federal workforce
Just a week into the job and confronted with signs of the sagging morale of the federal workforce, new Office of Personnel Management Director Katherine Archuleta said she wants to take steps to make sure federal employees feel engaged in their work. Tuesday's annual public meeting of the Chief Human Capital Officers Council focused on ways to improve employee engagement and morale. OPM released its annual Employee Viewpoint Survey last week, revealing continuing declines in federal employees' overall job satisfaction and a sharp drop in satisfaction with their pay.
OPM hopes cyber-job database will help agencies fill workforce gaps
As the cybersecurity workforce gets older and closer to retirement age, the Office of Personnel Management is trying to help agencies find new talent. It's creating a new database of cyber positions that it hopes will help agencies identify the cyber skill sets needed to meet their missions. The Obama administration has made reducing critical cyber workforce gaps one of its top "cross-agency" goals.
Hiring reforms thriving despite freezes, early outs
In an exclusive Federal News Radio survey, agency chief human capital officers said the hiring reforms instituted by the Obama administration are working. Most respondents said it now takes their agencies 46 to 100 days, on average, to hire new employees. Hiring reforms also have improved diversity at agencies and the ability to bring on more talented employees. At the same time, CHCOs said sequestration is impacting their ability to train and complete HR projects.
Obama to nominate Katherine Archuleta as next OPM director
Katherine Archuleta, President Barack Obama's nominee for director of the Office of Personnel Management, served as his national political director in the 2012 election. Prior to that, Archuleta served as chief of staff to former Labor Secretary Hilda Solis.
OPM, OMB outline plans for major rewrite of HR policies
A new memo from Acting OPM Director Elaine Kaplan details two main objectives and four focus areas for change. OPM and OMB want to eliminate 12 HR reports and consolidate four others.
Feds hail OPM's John Berry as an 'advocate' and 'champion'
On John Berry's last day as director of the Office of Personnel Management, the consensus from federal employees and employee groups he has worked with the past four years is that his shoes will be hard to fill and that he has been an utmost advocate for federal employees in a tough political climate of furlough talk, budget negotiations and a rebounding economy.
Agencies turn to HRStat to make better sense of workforce data
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Several departments are seeing the benefits from governmentwide collaboration. The interagency National Intellectual Property Coordination Center used its relationships to get the word out more quickly about counterfeit air bags that potentially could explode on impact. HR University absorbed millions of dollars in performance management training courses from an agency who on the CHCO Council.
Survey: CHCOs feel effect of budget crunch on recruiting, training
Budget constraints are top of mind for agency chief human capital officers. And with good reason. CHCOs say they are feeling the effects of the budget crunch, particularly in recruiting, retaining and training employees, according to a Federal News Radio survey. Eugene Hubbard, head of the National Science Foundation's Office of Information and Resource Management, told Federal News Radio the budget squeeze and shrinking workforces mean agency employees are doing more with less to keep pace with the mission.
Locality pay, official time reports likely to rekindle federal pay debate
The Federal Salary Council will submit to the Federal Pay Agent in the coming weeks a recommendation to increase the number of localities that get special pay rates. OPM also will release the annual report on how much time federal employees spend on union activities during working hours. CHCO Council will also consider certification process for HR employees.
OPM updates language announcing office closings
The Office of Personnel Management is changing how it refers to the operating status of the government. Now when federal offices are closed due to weather or other emergencies, OPM will use the terminology, "Federal offices are closed. Federal employees required to work should follow their agency's policies."
VA CHCO resigns one day before IG releases conference spending report
John Sepulveda, the chief human capital officer at the Veterans Affairs Department, resigned Sunday. The agency's inspector general is expected to release a final report today on two human resources conferences last year that cost the department $5 million.
Small agencies' sequestration plans build from budget frustrations
The congressional ritual of punting budget work into the next fiscal year has helped agencies prepare their workforces for sequestration. Managers have learned much over the past few years about preparing contingency plans.
Medina advocates better CHCO communication to stop budget axe
Federal chief human capital officers should develop a consistent message about the effects of budget cuts on human resources, said CHCO Council Executive Director Kathryn Medina. The goal is to explain the tangible effects of spending reductions on core agency missions.
HR University looks to gain college accreditation for agency training
The initiative aims to provide federal employees with college credit for certain agency-created human resources classes. Federal employees could apply the courses toward degrees at colleges and universities.
CHCO recommends employee-sharing as budget salve
Managers should consider allowing employees to solve problems in other parts of government. Doing so is an effective way for agencies to improve workers' skillsets and maximize resources, said retiring Energy Department HR chief Mike Kane.
Mentoring event serves up career advice in a flash
Feds looking for career guidance and motivation are increasingly going outside of their agencies to find it. Employees from 20 agencies attended a recent "flash mentoring" session hosted by the Office of Personnel Management's HR University. More seasoned human resources professionals served as mentors.
HR University showing worth, expanding after first year
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Ziff Davis quits, EGM closed, 1UP sold
It emerged last night that industry veteran Ziff Davis Media and Publishing has quit the business altogether, whilst magazine EGM has closed, and website 1UP sold has been to UGO.
"The transaction allows us to pay down debt and shift our full focus to our core PCMag Digital Network business," Ziff Davis CEO Jason Young said.
"We thank our 1UP team members for their contributions and wish them the best of success into the future."
Rumours of an UGO buyout broke early December and it has now become a reality as reports are that dozens of staff members have been laid off as a consequence.
EGM had been in circulation for 20 years.
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Burnout Paradise Davis delayed a month, looks incredible
Burnout Paradise's Jeremy Chubb's posted on the US PlayStation Blog to say the game's Davis update has been pushed back into September.
It was supposed to be coming out this month, but c'est la vie.
On a brighter note, Davis is the bike patch, and promises to be fucking amazing, so a slip of a few weeks is fine by us. And by you, right?
Take a look. There are some lovely screens through there.
Tue, Jul 01, 2008 | 07:39 BST
Criterion shows bikes in Burnout Paradise
Criterion's shown the first footage of Burnout Paradise motorbikes in its Crash TV podcast and, fair play, it looks awesome. Here's an iTunes link.
There's a heap of information there on Cagney, the first major update for the game, due to release on July 10. Bikes will be included in Davis, the August update, as will custom soundtracks and day-cycles. All of this is shown in the video, so watch it now.
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First Burnout Paradise Davis island screens
On Criterion's site. Looks sunny. The Davis update releases for Burnout Paradise in August, and it looks as though the developer isn't messing about when it said it was going to do DLC properly. Take a look. There's a movie after the break as well.


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Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire
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GROWING PAINS Sidibe plays a child of the ghetto who endures quite possibly the most abusive upbringing in motion picture history.
I feel like I'm almost required by law to like this movie. After all, it's about a 16-year-old child of the ghetto who suffers a smorgasbord of abuse that's nothing short of record setting. Plus, she's portrayed by a 300-pound newcomer who projects an affecting combination of vulnerability and resilience. Not to mention the fact that both Oprah and Tyler Perry have given the film their coveted seal of approval. This has to be meaningful, ennobling cinema, right? Oprah says so.
While there are certainly things about Precious one can't help but admire, I'm not so sure about the picture overall. I don't quite see, for example, the point of conjuring this vision of a girl in hell; of creating a character just to put her through it. You probably assume there's an inspirational message in there somewhere to justify the film's infliction of monstrous cruelty, brutality and unthinkable mistreatment. Just barely.
Gabourey Sidibe makes her screen debut in the role of Claireece "Precious" Jones, a high school student who lives in the pregentrified Harlem of 1987. She's taunted for her obesity, can't read and is pregnant with her second child. And those are the high points of her existence.
Precious shares a hell hole of a walk-up with her layabout welfare mother, brought hair-raisingly to imperious, volatile life by the standup comedian Mo'Nique. When she's not telling Precious how worthless she is, Mo'Nique is usually hurling heavy objects in her direction. But that isn't the worst of it, believe it or not. First this mother looked the other way when the girl's absentee father began sexually molesting her as a toddler. Now she rages at her daughter for "stealing" her man. Both of Precious' pregnancies result from being raped by him.
It couldn't possibly get more sordid, you say? Don't be so sure. Director Lee Daniels and screenwriter Geoffrey Fletcher (and let's not forget Sapphire) have further tribulations up their sleeves for our teenaged heroine. For instance, her first child was born with Down syndrome, and her father's latest assault has left her with HIV. Is this film really based on the novel Push? It feels more like the Book of Job.
That's an awful lot of adversity to heap on one set of young shoulders and expect anything credibly uplifting to follow. To the extent anything does, it's attributable to Sidibe's ability to convey convincingly a spectrum of emotional states. Early on, she's closed off from the world, fantasizing from within a protective shell. Later a teacher (Paula Patton) and welfare case worker (Mariah Carey) intercede in her life. One teaches her to read and shows her places where she can find acceptance.
The other, the case worker, senses untold pain behind Precious' tough mask and goes to great lengths to get her to tell her story, in the process setting in motion major changes in her life. Newcomer Sidibe does a nicely nuanced job of portraying the evolution of her character throughout. If she doesn't exactly blossom, she at least takes the first steps toward getting out from under her mother's thumb. A future that's uncertain, I suppose, beats a past and present that are unforgiving.
This is grim, dark stuff, rescued from total bleakness by a handful of fine performances — Mo'Nique's is a shoo-in for an Oscar nom — and inventive directorial touches. There's a pathos-laced moment, for example, when Precious stares into a bedroom mirror, and a slender blond white girl looks back at her.
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Magnetic Microprocessors Could Enable the Most Efficient Computers Physically Possible
Electron-free magnetic microprocessors would use 1 million times less energy per flop than today's computers, according to researchers at the University of California-Berkeley. They would be so efficient, they would consume the least amount of energy allowed by the second law of thermodynamics.
For now, computers run on electricity, which means electrons moving around and generating waste heat. But a magnetic microprocessor would not need any electrons. Instead, it would use the polarity of nanoscale bar magnets to represent the 0 and 1 of binary memory. If the nanomagnets are packed close together, their poles will interact, serving as transistors and thereby allowing simple logic operations.
Jeffrey Bokor, UC Berkeley professor of electrical engineering and computer sciences, and grad student Brian Lambson are trying to develop these magnetic computers. Their goal is a computer that operates at the Landauer limit, which at room temperature equates to a loss of 18 millielectron volts of energy per operation. This is the minimum energy that a single logic operation, like AND or OR, would dissipate. A physicist named Rolf Landauer computed this limit 50 years ago.
That number, 18 thousandths of an electron volt, is the merest whiff of energy — for comparison, it is about half the thermal energy of atoms at room temperature. The Large Hadron Collider collides particles at a maximum of 7 trillion electron volts, which is equal to the energy you'd get from eating 0.00013 micrograms of a candy bar.
A computer that uses such infinitesimal power would be a major advancement, Bokor said in a Berkeley news release. If it the computer could work at colder temperatures, it would be even more efficient (the Landauer limit is proportional to temperature).
"Even if we could get within one order of magnitude, a factor of 10, of the Landauer limit, it would represent a huge reduction in energy consumption for electronics," he said. "It would be absolutely revolutionary."
Lambson and Bokor wanted to test the energy efficiency of a simple magnetic logic circuit and magnetic memory, so they conducted calculations and computer simulations. They found a simple memory operation, such as erasing a magnetic bit, "can be conducted with an energy dissipation very close, if not identical to, the Landauer limit," the news release says.
Current tests of these systems still require an electrical current to generate a magnetic field, which flips or erases a nanomagnet's polarity. But Bokor and colleagues hope that new materials, such as multiferroic alloys, could make the electrical currents unnecessary. A new era of magnetonics, instead of electronics, could be in our future.
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at the current rate we're going in this country china will have it first while the politicians argues over if it or not....way to go guys...
programs doing good? need a few research dollars to finish the job? lets cut its funding!!
No it wont effect anything like that. Those fields are TINY and of puny strength. They would only work, and interact with each other, because of the inverse relationship between field strength and distance.
At one billionth of a meter such fields would interact with each other, but however strong they are then would weaken by trillion-fold at a millimeter distance.
Any potential problem is the other way around. The traditional hard drive could easily overpower any of these that were too close (unless perhaps they were a micron away from the drive-disc, they both might scramble then).
Ms. Boyle says that this device will not use any electrons.
I thought that spinning electrons are the basis for magnetism of a bar magnet even if they are nanoscale bar magnets, the polarity of which creates the 1's and 0's.
I think her statement is misleading unless there is new way to generate a magnetic field without electrons through quantum physics.
The tetrahedron diagram, which plots ln mass vs ln wavelength, shows that the electron charge is actually the difference between the charge of space less the hyperspace charge.
The hyperspace charge is the length between the mass and wavelength of electron. I am calling this the hyperspace charge because it occurs outside our dimension on the diagram.
The charge of space is the linear mass of the universe times the Planck scale times the square root of the gravitational constant G times the permittivity of space, or 5.29x10^-19 coulomb.
Subtracting hyperspace charge from the charge of space is the electron charge. That is, the electron charge really comes from space and hyperspace which intuitively makes sense.
Also, there is a very simple equation that relates charge, mass and wavelength of the electron if you consider these as curvatures of a wormhole.
Because the electron has all these connections, it might be possible to take advantage of them for a new invention.
Following up on the hyperspace charge qh, the equation for the electron charge qe is
qs/f - me/le = qe = qs - qh
where f is cos(12.7 * r2/2) = .987742188
where 12.7 is the Cabibbo angle
where r2 is the tetrahedron geometry, square root of 2
where le is the electron wavelength
where me is the electron mass
where me/le has units of coulomb from the diagram
where qs is the charge of space equal to the Planck mass times the square root of the gravitational constant times the linear capacitance of space (permittivity).
In natural logarithms, the value for the hyperspace charge from qs-qe is -42.44384 865 coulomb
and the value based on the above equation is
qh = -42.44384 447 coulomb
where the last three digits don't match.
Since the electrons create the magnetic field, and the electron charge depends on the linear capacitance and gravitational constant then the charge could be modified.
Because the gravitational constant is the speed of light squared divided by the linear mass of the universe, the linear mass and light speed can be changed using low density hyperspace energy. This would change the charge and therefore the magnetic field which depends on the circulation of electric charge.
This is how the gravitational wave is detected by increasing G using low-density low-speed-of-light hyperspace energy which produces a G that is magnified by 10^11 to give a value of 6.
And this is the method used to achieve hyperspace teleportation.
Notice that the gravitational constant could be negative if there is negative mass density which would switch the hyperspace charge to the imaginary axis. Negative mass density is created by electromagnetic fields. Thus there is a magnetic computer switch here.
There is a major breakthrough in gravitational physics that has to do with two "magnetic" boys, one in Croatia and one in South Africa, who can attract objects to their bodies, even China dinner plates which are not magnetic. The scientists claim it is sticky sweat on their bodies.
The story can be found on news24.com under SciTech News.
The Croatian boy's hands become hot when doing energy healing. What this
means is that low-density low-speed-of-light hyperspace energy is flowing through his chakra energy vortices. Since the gravitational constant G is the speed of light squared divided by the linear mass of the universe, the value of G increases greatly which attracts objects to his body. Notice that it is not magnetic since China dinner plates are also attracted to him.
This means several things:
1. Increasing G means teleportation because a high G folds space-time.
2. The gravitational constant is actually the frequency of space divided
by the mass density of the universe. Since there is negative mass density,
which can be created by electromagnetism, then the G constant can be
negative. As seen in the Hoagland video of the Space Shuttle over Burma
and Australia, a negative G propels objects away from earth, rather than
being attracted to it. Thus you have a means of developing lift on spacecraft. Rockets are obsolete.
3. We are certified in Tong Ren which is an energy healing method that
unblocks points in the body so that more chi energy can flow into the body.
This allows the body to heal itself, which is what the Croatian boy is doing.
See www.tomtam.com.
4. It is possible to increase one's chi energy by using a Chi Energy Amplifier
as seen in my patent application of the same name. You start dreaming
in full color and can remember dreams for months as you voyage through
co-dimensions. Because of the higher frequency, you start seeing the
people there and interacting with them. Before this, all you see are inanimate objects such as buildings and cars, but no people.
5. This example shows that hyperspace does exist, contrary to what our
government says.
6. Since the chakra vortices are horizontal on his body, the gravitational
field is also horizontal on opposite sides so he doesn't feel additional weight
on this feet.
7. This relates to the Martial Arts since it is possible to reverse your field so that an attacker is thrown back when he attacks you.
8. This is how the pyramids and Machu Picchu were built by levitating the limestone blocks into position. This relates to the Martial Arts because Qi Gong breathing changes Planck's constant in the lungs which allows the person to levitate.
9. Notice that on the time warp generator, the circular gravitational field can be phased 90 degrees so that the field becomes radial, which is what the martial artist does. The field can be rotated using laser light or an origami paper tetrahedron that resonates with the geometry of space-time. So now we have control of the gravitational field which can be used to make crop circles as seen in England.
@lohengrim - Thanks for the comment on the crazy logic.
When I was developing some electronic pulse circuits, I was experimenting with a Texas Instruments 555 timer. On the top of the chip were the printed white letters TI555.
After resuming work the next day, I looked at the chip and there were no letters on the chip and the chip was defective. That is, someone had taken the good chip and replaced it with a bad chip.
So I remote viewed the chip and found out who had taken it. During the conversation, they wondered if I could make a copy of the documentation and circuit diagram. So I did and they copied the information.
That is, I have had many of these hyperspace experiences which have given me insights into the physics. It sounds like crazy logic at the moment, but one day it will be the norm.
Most importantly, we need to change the vocabulary and refer to energy beings rather than spiritual beings, and refer to hyperspace energy rather than chi, orgone and things like that. In summary, the vocabulary has to be modernized.


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The 4.7km Circuit de Catalunya played host to the third and final pre-season test last week, and despite a few glitches here and there, Lotus F1 Team rounded off the winter schedule with an encouraging performance.
The atmosphere throughout the paddock was noticeably tense in comparison to the preceding sessions this year, as each team sought to garner every last piece of data available before the opening race in Australia.
A good helping of fans turned out to catch a glimpse of their heroes in action, with a smattering of French and Finnish flags draped from the balconies in support of the Lotus F1 Team drivers as they took to the track.
The event kicked off on Thursday morning at 09:00 local time, with Romain and the E20 proving to be the pick of the bunch when the chequered flag dropped, setting the fastest time in glorious sunshine at the Spanish venue.
It was much the same story on Friday, as the Frenchman not only repeated his table topping performance but also completed a full race simulation in the afternoon, demonstrating good levels of endurance from both himself and the car on another decidedly summer-like day.
Unfortunately for Kimi the trouble-free opening to the week was not to last, as steering issues hampered his running on the Saturday morning, and a rain-hit afternoon compounded what proved to be the least productive day for the team.
However, at the wheel of a rejuvenated E20 during the final session on Sunday the Finn showed his class, completing an impressive 121 laps (including a race simulation) and clinching the fastest time set by any driver throughout the two weeks of testing in Barcelona this year.
Meanwhile the rest of the team were running at the same flat out pace as the drivers, with a whole host of guests taking in the Formula 1 experience in the motorhome and garage. Keeping the world's media satisfied with a barrage of interviews and filming sessions was also high on the agenda, as reporters from across the globe amassed to catch a few words with the crème de la crème of driving talent.
As always the hospitality in the team facilities was first class, while the engineers and mechanics were in their usual dedicated form, working round the clock to ensure that the Kimi and Romain could extract the most from the E20.
Next stop : Australia, where the talking stops and the real action begins. The race weekend gets underway with free practise one and two on Friday 16th March, followed by qualifying on Saturday 17th and the race on Sunday 18th.
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When editing any X10 class with no constructors, the outline view shows the synthetic no-arg constructor.
Moving all open items for X10DT 1.7 to X10DT 2.0 since 1.7 has been released.
The outline builder ("Tree Model Builder") should omit any entities that are properly marked synthetic by the compiler front-end.
There used to be code to do this for 1.5; perhaps it's just not checking for the "synthetic mark" in the right way for Polyglot 3/X10 2.0.
Need to investigate whether all such entities are being so marked by the 2.0.1 front-end, or whether the X10DT tree model builder is just neglecting to omit them.
To first order, the outline view shouldn't include any entities that don't actually appear in the source.
I thought Polyglot used to provide a direct way of marking a member/type as "synthetic" (i.e. compiler-generated). If so, this should be used to prune such entities from the outline view. If not, Polyglot also provides the static Position.COMPILER_GENERATED that might be used to identify the synthetic entities.
Need to investigate further.
moving open issues in X10 DT 18.104.22.168 to X10 DT 220.127.116.11 as discussed with Bob.
The compiler doesn't properly mark synthetic constructors with Position.isCompilerGenerated(), so as a work-around, the X10TreeModelBuilder now also asks whether the textual extent is empty.
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A regular old heart attack or cardiac arrest, whichever the case may be, is much too mundane for the passing of this man of extraordinary talent who taught the world to dance.
Rest in peace, gentle genius. We miss you already.
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SUDDEN DEATHS of famous persons are often followed by conspiracy theories. Decades after the assassinations of President Kennedy and Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. as well as the sudden deaths of Marilyn Monroe and Princess Di, speculation continues. Below is Michael's conspiracy theory, which reportedly comes from the Russians.
June 27, 2009
Russia's FSB Reports Pop Icon Michael Jackson Assassinated by CIA
FSB sources are reporting to President Medvedev today that American pop icon Michael Jackson was "most assuredly" assassinated by the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) after an examination of data transmitted by a Russian Military's Kosmos sateliite.
To the reason behind the CIA needing to assassinate Michael Jackson, these reports continue, was an out of court settlement the pop icon signed with son of the king of Bahrain, Sheikh Abdullah bin Hamad al-Khalifa, this past November in London, and which stated, in part, that in exchange for millions of dollars previously lent to Mr. Jackson by the Sheikh, Mr. Jackson would allow his sold-out United Kingdom concerts to be a "platform" for warning the World of a soon to occur mass genocide event.
Both Michael Jackson and Sheikh Abdullah bin Hamad al-Khalifa have been long standing supporters of the fearless Austrian investigative journalist, Jane Burgermeister, who is warning the world that the greatest crime in the history of humanity is underway.
One of Michael's final videos is presented at the link below:
INFORMATION ON JANE BURGERMEISTER is provided in an article by Natural News, excerpts from which are below:
Journalist Files Charges against WHO and UN for Bioterrorism and Intent to Commit Mass Murder
Natural News.com
June 25, 2009
As the anticipated July release date for Baxter's A/H1N1 flu pandemic vaccine approaches, an Austrian investigative journalist is warning the world that the greatest crime in the history of humanity is underway. Jane Burgermeister charges that the entire "swine flu" pandemic business is premised on a massive lie that there is [a] natural virus out there that poses a threat to the population. She presents evidence leading to the belief that the bird flu and swine flu viruses have, in fact, been bioengineered in laboratories using funding supplied by the WHO and other government agencies, among others. This "swine flu" is a hybrid of part swine flu, part human flu and part bird flu, something that can only come from laboratories according to many experts.
In the U.S. since 2008, Burgermeister charges that those named in her allegations have implemented new and/or accelerated the implementation of laws and regulations designed to strip the citizens of the U.S. of their lawful constitutional rights to refuse an injection. These people have created or allowed provisions to remain in place that make it a criminal act to refuse to take an injection against pandemic viruses. They have imposed other excessive and cruel penalties such as imprisonment and/or quarantine in FEMA camps while barring the citizens of the U.S. from claiming compensation from injury or death from the forced injections. This is in violation of the laws governing federal corruption and the abuse of office as well as of the Constitution and Bill of Rights. Through these actions, the named defendants have laid the groundwork for mass genocide.
Directed Harmful High Energy Devices
This is the most dangerous form of electronic harassment and is quite easy to implement against a person. Directed harmful high energy microwave devices and weapons can include such devices and equipment that are easily available almost anywhere in the World where there are people. Microwave ovens can be modified to focus and direct up to 1200 watts or more, depending on the model, of microwave energy at a person or property and are easy to produce. The results of an attack by a high energy device can be lethal, they can kill or at the least disable a human being or other animals.
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Breaking News and Commentary from Citizens for Legitimate Government
12 July 2009
CLG Pandemic Action Alerts 12 Jul 2009 Petition against mandatory vaccines; contact the White House, US Congress
H1N1 flu: UK to vaccinate 30 people an hour in 'military-style operation' --Swine flu vaccine to be cleared after five-day trial 12 Jul 2009 When the new vaccine for swine flu arrives in Britain, regulators said this weekend, it could be approved for use in just five days. Regulators at the European Medicines Agency (EMEA) said the fast-tracked procedure has involved clinical trials of a "mock-up" vaccine similar to the one that will be used for the biggest mass vaccination programme in generations. It will be introduced into the general population while regulators continue to carry out simultaneous clinical trials. The first patients in the queue for the jab - being supplied to the UK by GSK and Baxter Healthcare - may understandably be a little nervous at any possible side effects. A mass vaccination campaign against swine flu in America was halted in the 1970s after some people suffered Guillain-Barré syndrome, a disorder of the nervous system.
Swine flu vaccine to be given to entire population --The NHS is preparing to vaccinate the entire population against swine flu. 12 Jul 2009. It comes after an Essex man was confirmed on Friday as the first person without underlying health problems to have died from the virus. Ministers have secured up to 90 million doses of the vaccine, which is expected to arrive in Britain in the next few weeks, and the rest of the population is likely to be offered vaccinations next year.
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Jesse Jackson: Family wants 2nd autopsy
AP - June 27, 2009
LOS ANGELES – Michael Jackson's family wants a private autopsy of the pop icon because of unanswered questions about how he died and the doctor who was with him, the Rev. Jesse Jackson said Saturday.
"It's abnormal," he told The Associated Press from Chicago a day after visiting the Jackson family. "We don't know what happened. Was he injected and with what? All reasonable doubt should be addressed." ***********************************
Conspiracy theories may add glamour to the passing of beloved persons like Michael Jackson was, especially when the most likely explanation is harder to accept. Jackson's autopsy report gives us reason to grieve not only that Michael died, but for the horror that his life had apparently become:
Michael Jackson Autopsy Report: Skeletal and Nearly Bald - Emaciated Entertainer Had Only Pills in His Stomach
San Francisco Senteniel
29 June 2009
The horrifying state of pop superstar Michael Jackson in his final days was revealed yesterday by autopsy reports.
Harrowing leaked autopsy details show the singer was a virtual skeleton — barely eating and with only pills in his stomach at the time he died. His hips, thighs and shoulders were riddled with needle wounds — believed to be the result of injections of narcotic painkillers, given three times a day for years.
And a mass of surgery scars were thought to be the legacy of at least 13 cosmetic operations.
The examination showed the 5ft 10in star — once famed for his on-stage athleticism — had:
PLUNGED to a "severely emaciated" 112 pounds 1 ounce. It is understood anorexic Jackson had been eating just one meager meal a day.
Pathologists found his stomach empty aside from partially-dissolved pills he took before the painkiller injection which stopped his heart. Samples were sent for toxicology tests.
LOST virtually all his hair. The pop pin-up was wearing a wig when he died, and pathologists said little more than peach fuzz covered his scalp.
A scarred section of skin above his left ear was entirely bald — apparently the result of a 1984 accident when his hair caught fire as he filmed an ad for Pepsi.
Michael's cause of death will be released within weeks. Meanwhile, much of the world's population is mourning the passing of this legendary artist. At least Michael is not being sited globetrotting like Elvis Presley was for decades after his sudden death, although we should prepare for an avalanche of Michael-impersonators. There were many Michael Jackson look-alikes performing even before his death, although this became less popular after his legal began in 1993. Before then, scores of little boys around the world were wearing a single white glove and practicing Michael's moonwalk.
In Michael's brief life, he had it all - a loving family, natural good looks (especially when they were natural), and awesome talent. His life was also steeped in tragedy - a child star who reportedly had a rigid, demanding manager-dad, criminal and civil legal battles, and financial trouble that pushed Michael to the brink of bankruptcy in 2004/2005.
The famous pop star lived most of his life in the public's eye. We watched Michael's rise to fame and fortune from his early childhood, and it is unlikely that the memory of his dynamic stage presence will ever fade. It therefore seems appropriate that Michael should also have a conspiracy theory attached to his death - a worthy tale replete with Russians, covert CIA operations, and foreboding End Game reports. According to the American Heart Association, heart attacks accounted for 445,687 deaths in the United States in 2005 (about one of every five deaths). Nothing as routine as heart failure would suffice as the grand finale for this extraordinarily talented man.
The King of Pop's spectacular stage performances employed many special effects using sophisticated technology. The conspiracy theory attached to his death also involves new age technology with allegations of space wars weaponry used on Michael to protect bioweapon secrets that threaten the entire U.S. population and perhaps the world. Michael's is therefore a much grander conspiracy theory than those of other famous people who preceded him in death, including those presented at the end of this article.
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I suppose if one gave credence to Michael Jackson's death conspiracy theory, one might consider the Jonestown Massacre. The residents of People's Temple in Guyana had been given Kool-Aid as a suicide ritual for some time before being given the poisonous Kool-Aid. We have had flu shots for some time, also. Some people had no negative reaction, and others became ill from the flu shots that have been around for a while. It is surprising that with a history of flu shots producing disease and with the H1N1 vaccine not yet out of clinical trials, preparations are underway to inoculate Britain's total population, as reported in CLG News (article link above).
The Ministry of Terror
Almost three decades ago an unusual series of events led to the deaths of more than 900 people in the middle of a South American jungle. Though dubbed a "massacre," what transpired at Jonestown on November 18, 1978, was to some extent done willingly, making the mass suicide all the more disturbing.
Brits would do well to check the stock portfolios of their elected officials and other decision makers for pharmaceutical company investments, conspiracy theories aside. People should insist that their meds have already passed clinical trials before inoculations begin. The idea of accepting a vaccine with tremendous capacity for harm that is still in its experimental stages is objectionable. It is my understanding that a vaccine is actually a small dose of whatever one is being vaccinated against, enabling the body to build antibodies to combat the communicable ailment. Who wants a taste of H1N1 for themselves and their families? Do you?
Taking H1N1 vaccine news reports into consideration might promote Michael's conspiracy theory from "absurd" to "highly unlikely." As a Jane Burgermeister supporter, Michael obviously had fears concerning mass genocide delivered through vaccines. Although Michael's video is older than H1N1, he may have had concerns about mass murder even before meeting Ms. Burgemeister, causing the King of Pop to embrace her theory regarding the flu vaccine when he heard it. One might therefore wonder if Michael was attempting to communicate a special message to black people by the abundance of Afrocentric-colored drums featured in his video, "They Don't Really Care About Us."
Looking at the video symbolically, drums are/were used to relay messages over long distances in Africa, and black people used song to send secret messages to one another during slavery. Native Americans also used drums for communicating with each other, including warnings. Michael did not suffer from prejudice; therefore it may be noteworthy that his video prominently features black children in South America (the continent where Guyana's Jonestown Massacre occurred), with a young black man repeatedly framed beating a large drum with Afrocentric colors.
When Michael leaned against the soldier, he showed who the word "they" references. Soldiers are representative of governmental power and authority. There was the sound like a gunshot in the video. Ironically, there was a scene near the end when Michael fell.
If a mass inoculation plan is underway and laws are proposed to arrest those who refuse the potentially deadly vaccines as reported in the FourWinds10 article above, it makes sense to stack the higher levels of U.S. Government with African Americans, because scores of black people would resist inoculation and become eligible for arrest. African Americans already have considerable distrust for accepting government inoculations that pre-dates the Tuskegee Experiments. Generally, African Americans believe HIV/AIDS might be a manufactured disease. Therefore, it is reasonable to assume that a significant percentage of blacks would risk arrest rather than be inoculated with experimental drugs. A congressional bill for six "emergency centers" capable of warehousing many thousands of people was proposed in Congress in late January - H.R. 645.
If there is a plan to arrest people who resist inoculation, some might think it would look better to the rest of an unsuspecting world if African Americans were signing orders for mass internment of other blacks in concentration camps. A black man proposed H.R. 645 in Congress for FEMA "emergency centers" to be built, which are to be outfitted with guard towers and manned with armed guards. See the article below for more information.
American Concentration Camps Proposed in Congress - H.R. 645
February 3, 2009
The fact that six such centers are proposed for "Katrina-like" disasters is not reassuring, considering who was caught in the Katrina disaster and under what conditions they lived only a few years ago. Jim Crow in America is weak, but not dead. For example, Valley Swim Club in Pennsylvania recently refused membership to a summer camp and returned the prepaid membership fee upon discovering that the camp is ccomprised of black children. Some high schools in Georgia and other Southern states just had their "separate but equal" high school proms in May. Therefore, despite the progress evidenced by President Obama's election, there is no reason to think that blacks are blind to how far America has to go before "liberty and justice for all" is a literal description of life in the U.S. or that we believe racism has been sufficiently eradicated for black people to trustingly thrust out their children's arms to accept experimental drugs.
Slavery and Jim Crow were not so long ago that a couple of overdue apologies without reparations wins the trust of a people who are a mere century removed from the day when they were chattel. Although Rep. Hastings, a black congressman, proposed H.R. 645, African Americans recall the fact that plantation owners seldom did their own punishment, but had whipping "boys" to discipline other blacks who gave "massa" trouble. The fact that 1 in 9 young black men is already behind bars, most for non-violent offenses, makes the idea plausible that the government would willingly arrest thousands upon thousands more people over a vaccine, especially in a country where 2.3 million people are incarcerated, and where 1 in 30 citizens is either a prisoner or under the threat of prison as probationers or parolees. There would be room for a few million more with six new FEMA cemps to go along with existing unused army bases.
The cases of condemned men Troy Davis, Darrell Lomax, and others who claim innocence but are denied new trials or post-conviction DNA testing demonstrate clearly that the government has no compunction about killing innocent or possibly innocent people. The case of the Scott sisters, two African Americans who Mississippi sentenced to life in prison for an $11 theft that they disclaim having done, proves that there is no regard for the sex or parental status of black incarcerees.
African Americans would therefore be the last to accept experimental vaccines, even if the vaccines cause Caucasian Brits no problem. Genetically engineered bioweapons are possible. Authorities would need the soldiers from other countries who have no compunction about killing Americans (according to certain news reports) and FEMA camps, too, if they intend that people of any race would become medical test rats for Big Pharm and Big Government without lots of Big Guns pointed at them.
Michael's conspiracy theory seems outlandish until coupled with the July 12 CLG report regarding Britain's plan for mass inoculations with experimental H1N1 vaccines. The Bible calls people sheep, but some in authority take that too literally. Many people are rams.
John F. Kennedy Assassination Conspiracy Theory
Wikipedia Encyclopedia
There are many conspiracy theories regarding the assassination of John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963, that arose soon after his death and continue to be promoted today. Most put forth a criminal conspiracy involving parties as varied as the Federal Reserve, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), the KGB, the Mafia, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) director J. Edgar Hoover, Vice-President Lyndon B. Johnson, Fidel Castro or someone commissioned thereby, Cuban exile groups opposed to Castro, and the military and/or government interests of the United States.
One Martin Luther King, Jr. conspiracy theory is presented in a video at this link:
Conspiracy Theory - The Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
"The most definitive video existing DOCUMENTING the FBI's conspiracy to kill MLK. As MLK went above and beyond issues of Civil Rights, the policy makers behind the secret curtain had to have him killed."
Marilyn Monroe's death inspired numerous conspiracy theories; most involve the Kennedys.
National Ledger - Mar 19, 2007
Marilyn Monroe Suicide Conspiracy Theory Includes Bobby Kennedy
Marilyn Monroe died at age 36 under what many still believe were very suspicious circumstances. And now a three-page FBI reports suggests that Robert F. Kennedy, the late U.S. attorney-general and presidential candidate, was aware of a plan "to induce" the suicide of Marilyn Monroe, according to a story in the Sydney Morning Herald. According to the report Monroe's apparent suicide could have been the result of an elaborate plot that tricked her into killing herself.
An array of Marilyn Monroe conspiracy theories were published in YouTube videos at this link:
Princess Di's death has an interesting conspiracy theory that even went to court -
Al Fayed wins battle in Princess Di case
March 2, 2007
LONDON (AP) — A jury will deliver the verdict in the inquest into the deaths of Princess Diana and her boyfriend, a three-judge panel ruled Friday, accepting the argument that the coroner erred in trying to decide the case on her own. The decision is a victory for Mohamed al Fayed, father of Diana's boyfriend Dodi Fayed and the owner of Herrods, who has long alleged a conspiracy was behind the deaths of the couple in the August 1997 car crash, which occurred as they were pursued by paparazzi. (See the entire article at the link above.)
MICHAEL JACKSON'S distinctive musical sound and choreography influenced hip hop, pop and contemporary R&B artists across several generations. The star's genius made him a legend while he lived and ensured that he will always be remembered and revered. Michael Jackson was loved by millions of people. He reciprocated their affection through his philanthropy. Jackson donated and raised millions of dollars for beneficial causes through his foundations, charity singles, and support of 39 charities.
It is with profound sadness that this writer says, "Goodbye, Michael. Ease on down the road."
IF Michael was trying to deliver a musical message to communicate his concerns about genocide, his soul can rest in peace now, whether or not his fears had merit.
Message delivered.
This writer believes that Michael Jackson died of heart failure caused by years of stressful legal battles, rigorous preparations and practice sessions for an upcoming tour, and a heart condition that he obviously knew about, having arranged for a cardiologist to travel with him. Researching and writing this article provided a diversion for me while my family watched Michael's videos and news stories about his life and death on television, which I could not bear to watch for a few days.
I grew up with The Jackson Five sound and went to their concerts whenever they appeared at the Memphis Mid-South Collisium. Their music is the background for many of my favorite teen memories. I first saw them perform on The Ed Sullivan Show when Michael was just a little boy with amazing talent. I believe they sang "ABC." My children and I have spent numerous evenings enjoying The Wiz on video. Michael's death hurt me. Researching and writing this article were my catharsis. Most people wrote about the King of Pop in biographical terms. I decided to use a different approach to say goodbye to the legend that was and will always be Michael Joseph Jackson. My deepest condolences to Michael's family and close friends.
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If you would like to ensure access to this and any of my articles, please copy and save them in their entirety as the links are sometimes deactivated or my articles are hidden in cyberspace. My writing is censored, and I live under threat. The article that was written and attacked last week has to do with the murder of 92-year-old Ms. Kathryn Johnston, of Atlanta. Interestingly, one article that I had a great deal of trouble posting is about censorship, although most of my writing concerns justice issues. It turns out that Rev. King is still being censored 41 years after his assassination, and school children are learning his final speech wrong - intentionally? You decide. The King article is at the following link:
MLK's Final Speech Fraudulently Edited to Change History http://my.nowpublic.com/culture/mlks-final-speech-was-fraudulently-edited-change-history
Your feedback is invited in the rich text comments field below. Please write a comment if any links herein do not work properly. It is important to know "What's Going On." I will conclude with that timeless song by another incredible artist who died young - Marvin Gaye. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtUMa0FtuWY ----- Thanks for your interest.
Mary Neal
Assistance to the Incarcerated Mentally Ill
I don't think he is retarded, Stefanie. Lots of mean people are mistaken for being retarded or otherwise mentally defected. The truth is that most retarded people are very loving. They inappropriately hug strangers and smile lots. The person who wrote that he is glad Michael is dead probably has not cracked a smile in eons and would not know love if it bit him in the butt.
Michael's family has not even buried him yet, and for someone to say something so cruel and mean spirited is amazing. But it is less amazing to me than it used to be since I began advocating for prisoners. There are plenty of people who need an attitude adjustment. If they don't do it themselves, then some day it will be adjusted for them the hot way when my Lord returns.
You may be right about that. However, LAPD is handling Michael's death as a possible homicide, focusing on Dr. Murray, his personal physician. In whose interest would the doctor have been acting if it turns out that he indeed killed Michael Jackson?
July 15 2009
LaToya Jackson thinks Michael was murdered, and some of his other family members are not convinced that his death was not the result of foul play. Obviously, the police think something may be amiss. Therefore, it may be a good idea not to reject the notion that Michael Jackson could have been murdered simply because you read about it first in citizens journalism. These days, that's often a good way to know what's going on.
Thanks for your feedback.
Thanks for placing your tribute at this article, Linda. We sure did love that man, and now we love his memory and the wonderful music and videos he left for us to enjoy. God loves Michael, too. He rests now in the Master's loving arms.
My relatives have been watching his videos for days now, but I am too hurt to watch yet. I feel bad about the trouble he went through in the "justice" system. It probably had much to do with his heart condition to live under such prolonged stress. But despite all of that, I believe Michael knew how devoted millions of people were to him. I certainly hope he felt loved, because he was.
Many parents claim their children's Autism began with an immunization. Now we have these claims about a coming flu virus vaccine. Although I do not believe Michael died from beams from out of space, I do not plan to take any H1N1 flu shot.
Big Brothers and Sisters (if that is who you are), I ask again that you get an RSS feed to my articles or put your duckies together and buy yourselves some articles. You know how to contact me. I would appreciate it if you immediately cease and desist from inserting queries that create spaces between my paragraphs and at the end of my submissions. With all of this high tech gadgetry, you should be able to come up with another way to keep up with every word I type.
I'm so looking forward to helping propogate MJJ Death Hoax / conspiracy rumours. Beats working for a living. Seriously though: how damaged would you have to be to think that the CIA would assasinate MJJ?
The FourWinds report stated that the story was initiated by FSB sources who reported "to President Medvedev that American pop icon Michael Jackson was 'most assuredly' assassinated by the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) after an examination of data transmitted by a Russian Military's Kosmos sateliite."
As to why this report was made, you would have to ask the FSB or whomever was the source for the report that was made through FourWinds. Like most other writers in citizens journalism, most of what I write is actually a secondary report. I usually don't have contact with the sources for the data. I always put the links so that people who are interested can conduct further inquiries.
This, like many other conspiracy theories, will probably come to naught. Michael was a middle age man with many stress factors and likely a heart condition that I assume he knew about. He reportedly arranged for a cardiologist to travel on tour with him. Michael was doing rigorous practice sessions for his upcoming tour, suffered cardiac arrest and died, breaking the hearts of his family and millions of fans. Sometimes, conspiracy theories give people something to focus on other than their loss. Perhaps that is one reason why they exist in some cases. Writing this article, researching hgh tech weapons, etc, gave me a needed diversion while my family was watching news about Michael's death and seeing all of his videos replayed on television specials. I could not bear to watch. Conspiracy theories may be nothing more than a diversion like writing this article was for me.
Occasionally, there may actually be a conspiracy. There are six conspiracy theories mentioned in the article. The only one I am sure is false is the one about Elvis faking his death and globetrotting for decades after his funeral. The others, who knows? Michael has the most outlandish conspiracy theory I ever read. It is also very doubtful, indeed. If you think you can figure out a way to make a living putting forward the story, good luck, but I don't think many people will buy it.
Hope that answered your question. Thanks for your interest.
About 20,000 people gathered in LA to say a final farewell to Michael in a memorial service today while the rest of the world watched via television. As usual, I could not watch. Yahoo reports that it was an all-star gathering with many entertainers, atheletes, and some elected officials in attendance.
The atmosphere inside Staples Center was churchlike. There was an enormous video image of a stained glass window with red-gold clouds projected behind the stage and a choir accompanied by organ strains singing an African-American spiritual, "Hallelujah, hallelujah, going to see the King,"
The most poignant moment was when Jackson's 11-year-old daughter spoke about her father, saying, "Ever since I was born, Daddy has been the best father you could ever imagine" She dissolved into tears and turned to lean on her aunt Janet. "And I just wanted to say I love him — so much."
One woman described Michael's importance this way: "You think about one person, larger than presidents and kings and queens. People in countries you can't even see on the map know his face, his music."
I want to thank the Jackson family for doing this for the public at a time when their own hearts were broken from grief over the loss of someone they loved so much.
Information for this brief report on Michael's memorial service as well as photos and videos are available at this Yahoo site: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090707/ap_on_en_mu/us_michael_jackson
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Citizens for Legitimate Government (CLG) started a petition for people to sign who don't want the vaccine or the FEMA camp. Would that be you? http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/refuse-and-resist-mandatory-flu-vaccine
DID YOU KNOW that you have become Property of the U.S.A.? If you do not obey and take your EXPERIMENTAL H1N1 VACCINE, you may find yourself and your loved ones in a FEMA concentration camp.
Slavery Continues in the U.S.A., All Races Eligible, by Mary Neal
Michael Jackson is some one who has been loved and will be loved by everyone throughout the world. When i heard the news that he dies, I cried , cried as though I lost someone from my family. May Allah bestow peace upon him. Finally Allah has taken him and am sure it is for good. Allah always takes away good people too fast from this world. I don care what shit people talk about him or talk rubbish about him, for me HE WAS A GEM OF A PERSON who will remain in my heart and in my prayers till i die.
Miss him really..
I pray for his kids and trust me NO ONE, NOT A SINGLE SOUL CAN EVER UNDERSTAND HOW IT IS TOO FEEL WHEN U LOOSE YOUR FATHER AT SUCH A YOUNG AGE(only if u have lost one).. a loving father..
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A York Haven-area man died Thursday night in East Manchester Township when the Ford Ranger he was driving went off the road and struck the roof of a home, a parked pickup truck and a boat on a trailer, police said.
The Ranger ended up on its roof, Northeastern Regional Police Chief Bryan Rizzo said.
Kevin Wilkerson, 25, of the 900 block of Locust Avenue in Newberry Township, was pronounced dead at the scene of the 10:55 p.m. crash, York County Deputy Coroner Steve Cosey said. No autopsy is planned.
Wilkerson died of multiple injuries, Cosey said.
His passenger, a 21-year-old woman, suffered head injuries and was flown to York Hospital by medical helicopter, according to Rizzo. At this point, her injuries aren't believed to be life-threatening, he said; her name has not yet been released.
The crash: Wilkerson was headed northbound in the 5200 block of North George Street Extended, near the intersection of Rentzel Lane, when he failed to negotiate a curve and went off the road, the chief said.
"He hit a guard rail and a telephone pole, and went over an embankment," Rizzo said.
The house there sits lower than the road, and the airborne SUV struck and damaged the home's roof, primarily the rain gutter, according to the chief.
The Ranger also struck a pickup truck parked in the driveway, as well as a boat on a trailer that also was parked there, Rizzo said.
Landed on roof: The Ranger flipped on its roof and landed on the driveway, he said.
No one inside the home was injured and they weren't displaced by the damage their home sustained, the chief said. That damage was mostly exterior.
The pickup truck was badly damaged, with its tailgate and roof crushed, Rizzo said, and the boat also sustained damage, primarily to the engine area.
Speeding: "Speed was definitely a factor (in the crash)," Rizzo said. He noted the Ranger left no skidmarks on the road, meaning it apparently didn't brake before going off the embankment.
That portion of North George Street Extended was closed for about three hours, he said, and fire police from Manchester's Union Fire Engine Co. No. 1 redirected traffic.
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Just try and get a stick away from her and you will be making a visit to the chiropractor. Trust me, I know.
Now, all you kind readers are saying to yourselves (especially the aficionados of the blahblah...I apologize profusely to you especially), "Where ya' been? What ya' been up to, huh? Some explanation is needed Sonji...you can't just dive into blahblah without an explanation of absence...and no simple I-was-busy, we need a story. Something worthy of the blahblah."
Here it goes...
I woke up one morning in November 2009 (yes, I know, it seems so very long ago but please bare with me)..As I was saying, I woke up one morning, a chilly late November morning, as it were, in 2009. It was snow less, so those of you who are familiar with my cold weather, snow and fleece obsession, realize this weighed heavy on my emotions. It was my first day of training (actually it would be my first late afternoon/evening/early morning at some points because I have a really funky schedule, which is cool but hard to acclimate the system to...excuse me I ramble, let us continue...) for my new job and I needed some inspiration...the kind containing caffeine. Oh woe is me...not happening. So, as is my habit when I am in this situation, I simply chewed a couple of the coffee beans and went about my business. Some find this a bit odd, but I tell you if Godiva can cover it in chocolate (which I am not so crazy about), then why can't I just munch on one plain? Well, I can. So, I did. And, I do. Well, actually I don't have anymore coffee beans left so I don't now, but I am getting ahead of myself. Excuse the ramble run-on. On second thought, maybe I had better finish this thought, then I won't have to figure out a way to get back to it. Anyway...Because I ran out of coffee that day back in November, I haven't had any since. At least not in my house. I have purchased a cup here and there from Alterra, but mainly me-of-the-caffeine is not so hooked as before. I have no opinion on it good or bad...just occasional longing, which is when I go and buy a cup. Surely this horrifying new habit of mine will change...not the chewing-of-the-coffee-bean part, rather the not-buying-coffee-beans-and-having-it-in-the-house-at-my-beckon-call-and/or-chew/brew part. I have had these coffee lapses before. I think a year is my longest. But the bean, it always lures me back. OK. Done with that thought strand. Next...
As you may have guessed, many many days/nights like the aforementioned caffeine-less situation played out...chew a bean, get a little energy spike and get on with the training (and that training was hard for me. My brain just isn't as orderly as most, but now it is and I am a acculturated). In the meantime, once rolled out of bed, I would dutifully dedicate myself to at least a half hour of tedious sewing of little ovals and leaves, not to mention embroidery and hand sewing because, as we all know, sometimes my stuff just can't fit under that machine arm. And, I must add, when "hand sewing" entails using an awl and a pliers...it just isn't as much fun as it could be. Then, Julie and I would go for a nice walk. I mean, I didn't make her wait to relieve herself ...I did let her out to do her business when I rolled out of bed to do mine. We just went for a leisurely and bonding walk after the art part of the regime was complete due to a new restrictive schedule involving regular-outside-of-the-home-employment.
I have been working on a seasonal landscape and cityscape series and I am sure, much to the chagrin of all, I am not going to show the finished pieces until I get them all done. YIKES! Don't worry, dear readers and loyal aficionados...there will be work other than those particularly fantastic pieces (probably the best work I will ever make in my entire life) and just think how wonderful the reveal will be for that. Nothing like anticipation. And besides, I may change my mind. Most likely I will change my mind. Gosh, I wouldn't be showing anything for a few years at the rate I'm going. Anyway...
So, because there is some down-time at work periodically, we are allowed to do whatever we want at our stations (within reason of course, you can't paint or play the guitar or make sushi or anything), as long as it is easily pushed aside. I thought I would get a lot of reading done, but the down time isn't bunched together enough to allow my mind to focus on what I am reading so...I thought I would be able to work on this quilt I have been trying to make for my goddaughter since she was about 3 (she just turned 6 and told me that she doesn't think we are going to get this done until she is 12 and I think she might be right about that ). We picked the fabrics out together, which took until she was about 4. Then, we cut up the pieces together, which took until she was about 4 1/2 and then we had to buy some more fabric because there was no way I was going to try sewing those unfortunately shredded pieces together. I am not that patient. But, hey, learning lesson for everybody there!
At 5, she helped me sew the pieces together...and by "help" I mean she sewed a couple of stitches and then said "I don't want to do this anymore" and proceeded to practice any number of fantastic song and dance routines she arranged herself. So, this is as far as we are now. It is laid out on a black design wall...we have all manner of fanciful fabric to add.
I love to hand sew, so...as much as she wants to assist, there will always be lots to do. My Mom taught me to hand sew by making doll clothes and toys, but I don't think Kam will ever be that interested in sewing, she just likes to see the result, which is fine. My fingers need to stay busy. I have always been that way. Even if I have to simply shred paper into fine bits. Hence...I learned recycled paper making. That's another story.
In such a tiny space at work, it is hard to visualize what to do next on our impromptu design, plus I was in serious need of an iron and that was not happening, so I resorted to my next favorite busy-fingers activity...crocheting. Finally, I would be able to use that yarn I had been stashing. I don't stash fabric (which is why we had to purchase fabric for Kam's quilt), since I paint my own for my art work, but I do stash yarn...for color, for texture, for price (a low one) and sometimes for snobbery (although not too much because I can't afford to be a snob too often, but I have and do indulge...trust me...can you say Etsy handspun yarn?). This is one that I made for myself and I have been wearing it nonstop. I tend to do double crochet a lot, I don't know why, and that is the stitch on this scarf. However, I think that a simple single crochet stitch is the most beautiful. A while ago I used a wonderful Berroco merino yarn (that has of course been discontinued, so I can't make one for myself, ugh) with a gradation of cream-being-poured-into-coffee color. Townsend, who in ten years has never commented on any crochet thing I have made, thought it was beautiful and I said "do you want it ?" knowing he wouldn't and he said "yes" . Of course I gave it to him. I have made a few simple scarves for people at work just using up the plain colors that I have. This scarf of mine is inexpensive yarn, but very soft and warm and I love the silvery gray color. I remember when I bought it and I wanted to dress in all gray (I still do). My gray fetish might be inspired by, you may have noticed, the gray coming into my hair at the speed of light (at least it seems to me). I like it, though. I have always wanted a head full of silvery gray hair and it looks like my wish is coming true. Anyway, that Berroco yarn of Townsend's scarf...I dream about it often. Maybe because it has the color consistency of coffee. I'm getting dizzy just thinking about it...yarn or coffee, I don't know which.
Next, I wanted to make a gift for a friend, and made this necklace and earrings for her. Now I want to make one for myself but I am too obsessed with crocheting at the moment. I even found a class to take in February so that I can learn how to crochet socks! I am not much of a pattern reader, if you hadn't guessed already, so even though I have a book I will learn much better this way.Finally, I got around to being able to purchase a skein winder and wind this beautiful hand dyed yarn given to me by Margaret and Debbie when I was down teaching at Tougaloo Art Colony a few summers ago. Margaret gave me instructions on how to build my own skein winder and even though I am a handy person, I didn't have it in me once I looked at the instructions. I just didn't want it enough. This is not a great picture of the yarn colorway but is is another nice shot of the studio assistant at work. I will get some better pics up when I do a stimulating post about my yarns at some point. Her yarns are just stunning.
Well...I think I even rambled myself out. I have no idea if I achieved a cohesive story...and honestly does it really matter? The long and short of it is that I have been adjusting to this new full time job and trying to keep on keeping on, as we say. Accomplished a bit of reading, a bit of quilt repair and a few other projects that, when they come to fruition, will be eagerly blogged about.
Here's to a fresh start to us all! Good and positive thoughts and actions to everyone out there.


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I am expecting an Antec Solo II within a few days.
Somewhere (I did not save the link), I saw an implication that any user-installed front fans must be of the "slim" style--that standard 25mm width fans will not fit properly.
The case has 2 front fan mounts, both 120 mm.
The case ships without front fans.
I've looked at the documentation, various reviews, and various Youtube videos with no luck. None of the reviewers has even commented on the mounts, let alone installed a fan.
I've got some good low-noise Scythe Slipstreams of standard 25mm width, but I can't confirm they will fit.
Does anyone have personal experience or definitive information?
Thanks for any advice.
Judging by the pictures that accompany the Anandtech review, there's no reason a 25mm fan won't fit in the bottom mount. It's harder to tell with the top mount, but worst-case scenario, if your 25mm Slipstreams won't fit, you'll at least be able to install the bottom fan, and then you can order a top fan if you want.
Thanks for that, Black Obsidian.
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Standard thickness fans fit just fine (I have a Solo II).
Thanks!! Just what I needed to know. Do you have any particular comments on the case generally or on your build process? Anything I should look out for or be wary of? |
I'm very pleased with the Solo II. My goal was a very quiet tower, and the Solo II delivered. That wasn't too difficult, though, because I'm no power user, nor a gamer, so the thermal demands weren't great. I have a 2500K in there (Microcenter price was too tempting), SSD + Caviar Green for backups. Currently using the integrated graphics, but the case will accommodate lengthy video cards.
The build quality of the case is very good. A real nice touch is 'captive' thumbscrews for the side panel--they don't get lost when fumbling around with them. The case is fairly heavy. Antec included a dedicated SSD mount in the lower right front area. Gets the SSD out of the way, but it can be a little tricky plugging in the data and power cables. The 3.5" HDD trays also include screw holes to fit 2.5" drives. There isn't really room for cable management behind the mobo, but there is a space behind the right front side, complete with cable hooks. I was able to get lots of extra cable length stuffed in there. I like a neat build. I'd use this case again for a quiet build not requiring lots of internal HDDs. |
I'll have a very similar build to yours--i5-2500, no video card, 2 spinning drives, 1 SSD, semi-passive Seasonic PSU. I'm shooting for as quiet as I can make it without case modifications.
Most likely I'll use that dedicated SSD mount, but don't think I'll try those elastic "suspenders" for my spinning drives. The weak point on the original Solo was the often-failing power switch. I saw a post by an Antec rep somewhere claiming that it had been reinforced on this revised model. Thanks again for your help. |
Yes, the elastic straps are pretty redundant in my opinion. Antec provides nice silicone isolators for HDD mounting into the trays. The elastic straps tend to sag over time, and I just felt I couldn't trust them over the long term to keep hold of the drives. (I started out using them in the original Solo enclosure with my last system.) If you are using a reasonably quiet HDD to start, the silicone isolators are all you need.
I have a fanless Seasonic PSU this time around. Obviously, it contributes much to the overall quietness of my system. Note that the Solo II is top-vented for the PSU now, although you can flip your PSU to help draw warm air from the upper case, provided your PSU is fan equipped. I never had a power switch failure with my original Solo, but I made a habit of not 'stabbing' at the button once I learned about the weakness. With Win 7, anyway, I have resorted to almost always sleeping my system when not in use, so the button is rarely used. Win 7 was the first time I had sleep mode consistently work as it should. Although Antec says that the power switch has been made better on the new Solo, the "spring" mechanism is still just a plastic flexy piece, so I still try to be careful with it. Antec do not sell just the spring mechanism itself last I checked--you'd have to buy an entire front fascia. Oh well, every enclosure is a mix of good and not-so-good. |
augen wrote: I have a fanless Seasonic PSU this time around. Obviously, it contributes much to the overall quietness of my system. Note that the Solo II is top-vented for the PSU now, although you can flip your PSU to help draw warm air from the upper case, provided your PSU is fan equipped. I assume you have either the 400 or 460 watt Seasonic fanless?? How is it working out regarding overall temps, at idle and load? I seriously considered buying a fanless Seasonic myself---but chickened out because I wasn't sure how it would work out temp-wise in a real world situation. So I bought a Seasonic 560-KM, which has a fan that spins only when needed. I'm not sure it ever actually spins since my PC won't draw over 150 watts or so under a heavy load. Not sure how I will mount my PSU. One way, it would draw cool air in from the top through that vent. The other way, it would draw warm air from the case interior. Since the fan rarely spins, it likely doesn't matter. |
I have the 460 watt unit, but only because it was cheaper than the 400w due to a holiday sale. Either would be hefty overkill for my kind of 'home user idiot' computer, even more so since I'm relying on the integrated graphics.
Seasonic states the passive PSUs must be mounted with the vented side facing up so that convection can do its job. I can barely feel a bit of a warm updraft at the Solo's top vent. Just have to remember not to put stuff on top of the case.... |


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