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Constitution Abstract
The initial draft of the ASA constitution was submitted by Ajahn Brahm in 2004. After considerable discussion at a series of state-based meetings around Australia, this draft was presented to the National Sangha Conference on the 8-9 June, 2005 in Sydney. The Sangha members present at the Conference agreed unanimously to adopt this constitution after making several important changes.
It was agreed that the initial draft should be revised by Ajahn Brahm, Venerable Sujato, and Rahu Sarath-Chandra. This has been done, and we have circulated the constitution more widely for feedback from our members. There has been no substantive disagreement in the formation of this constitution. All changes have been made in line with the decisions of the Sangha at the National Conference. In a few cases, such as the make-up of the Council of Elders, issues left unresolved at the National Conference have been clarified.
A meeting was held at Phap Bao Temple on in Sydney on December 16, 2005 to formally adopt the constitution. This was then submitted to the Office of Fair Trading for incorporation. This was approved on 13 February 2006, with the incorporation number INC9885116. Following is a summary of the main features of the constitution.
Main features
Representation: The ASA's prime aim is 'to serve as the representative organisation for the Sangha in Australia.' (section 1a) It can do this through liasing with Governments (1c) and media. (1d)
All traditions: The constitution treats all traditions of Buddhism equally, and guarantees representation by Sangha from all three main traditions – Theravada, Mahayana, and Vajrayana. (4a, 25c) By serving as a forum for discussion (1g), the ASA will promote respect and harmony among the traditions. (1i)
Membership: 'Membership of the incorporation shall be open to any monk or nun ordained in the Theravada, Mahayana, or Vajrayana traditions, or any other Buddhist tradition recognized by the Management Committee, who live a celibate life and who have resided in Australia for one year or longer.' (4a) 'Candidates for membership of the incorporation will be admitted to membership only after examination and approval of the credentials of the candidate by the Management Committee.' (4b) All members have equal voting rights. (6a) Members are not liable for debts of the ASA,(8) and there are no membership fees. (11)
Balance of power: The ASA has two governing bodies, the Council of Elders and the Management Committee. Each of these is elected for a limited term, and has a defined role. This is to prevent any one person or group from assuming absolute power.
Management Committee: The Management Committee 'is solely responsible for the administration and management of the affairs of the incorporation.' (12a) The Management Committee (and also the Council of Elders – see 13d, 13e, 13k) must have a fair distribution among the traditions, (12d) and must include both monks and nuns. (12e) No one may serve as the same office bearer on the Management Committee for more than two consecutive years. (12g) The Management Committee should meet at least every three months (14a), with a quorum of four. (14b)
Limits of power: 'The Management Committee shall in no way interfere in the administration or internal affairs of any Buddhist organisation, group, or temple.' (17b)
Council of Elders: There shall be a Council of Elders who will provide guidance on 'matters bearing on peace and harmony, the honour and integrity of the Sangha, and the good name of Buddhism.' (13a) 'The term of appointment to the Council of Elders shall be six years. After serving a six year term, members of the Council of Elders may stand for re-election at a General Meeting.' (13j) 'To carry out the functions of the Council of Elders, the Council shall nominate a Working Group from among the Elders.' (13g1) 'The Working Group shall consist of six Elders, one monk and one nun from each of Theravada, Mahayana, and Vajrayana.' (13g2) The Council of Elders and its Working Group shall determine their own rules and scope of activities (including frequency of meetings, etc.) (13c, 13g4)
Teleconferencing: Given that the Australian Sangha is spread across such a distance, it is acceptable to participate in all meetings via telephone or video conferencing. (14b, 18d)
Definition of 'Sangha': All celibate monks and nuns ordained in a recognized tradition. (25d)
Lay people: May participate as 'Friends of the ASA', but do not have voting rights. (5, 6c, d)
Amendment: The constitution may be amended at a General Meeting. (25a)
Non-profit: Members may not receive any income from the ASA. (12k, 12l, 23)
Non-political: 'The ASA must be non-political, ethnically neutral, and non-sexist in the determination of policy and in all activities.' (1j)


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A late-night craving for Italian food turned into a night one Taylor Swift fan won't soon forget! After her July 19 show in Philadelphia, Taylor and her tourmates, Ed Sheeran and Austin Mahone, headed to Ralph's Italian Restaurant where they met head chef Shawn Gallo, turning an ordinary dinner into a very special occasion, reports E! News.
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Focus - Heineken's Q1 Performance by Region
By James Wilmore | 24 April 2014
Heineken's Q1 was helped by its performance in the Americas and Africa and the Middle East
Earlier today Heineken reported a slight rise in first-quarter sales, as a solid performance in its Africa & Middle East and Americas units offset on-going problems in Russia. Here just-drinks takes a closer look at the numbers by region:
- Sales in Western Europe on an organic basis rose by 1.8% to EUR1.52bn. Beer volumes rose by 2.1% organically to 8.3m hectolitres. Volume growth was led by the Netherlands, France, Spain, Ireland and Belgium. However, this was offset by falling volumes in the UK, Italy and Switzerland. UK volumes in the quarter were hit by the the timing of Easter and "unfavourable weather conditions", Heineken said.
- The Americas saw sales rise 8.7% organically to EUR989m. Beer volumes rose by 2.9% on an organic basis to 11.7m hl. Sales per hectolitre grew by 6%, driven by higher pricing in Brazil and Mexico. Brazil saw double-digit volume growth helped by "improved economic conditions, favourable weather and better sales execution", the company said. In the US, sales to retailers fell by 1.2%, with the company blaming the timing of Easter and bad weather early in the quarter.
- Heineken reported a 4.6% rise in organic sales to EUR628m in Africa and Middle East in Q1. Group beer volumes climbed by 8.7% on an organic basis, helped by "strong growth" across most of the region's key markets. In Nigeria, volumes increased by low double-digits, helped by "solid growth" in the "affordability and premium segments", the company said. The Democratic Republic of Congo, Burundi, Algeria and Rwanda also saw volumes gains for Heineken. However, in South Africa, a high single-digit drop was blamed on a "challenging economic environment and increased competitive intensity".
- Sales in Central and Eastern Europe fell by 2.4% organically to EUR562m. Beer volumes slipped by 5.1% to 9m hl. Worst hit was Russia, where volumes fell in the "mid-teens" due to "continued challenging beer market conditions", the group said. Poland, Romania and the Czech Republic also saw volume drops, but this was partly offset by higher volumes in Greece, Slovakia, Croatia, Germany and Serbia.
- First-quarter sales in Asia-Pacific, on an organic basis, were flat at EUR444m. Beer volumes were also flat at 4m hl. Heineken pointed to strong comparable growth in the prior year from its Asia Pacific Breweries unit. The group also blamed "lower consumer spending from softer economic conditions and excise tax increases in some key markets". Volumes grew in Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, China, South Korea, Mongolia and the Pacific Islands. Offsetting this was a drop in volumes in Vietnam, New Zealand, Malaysia, Cambodia and Taiwan. Volumes in India were flat, the company said.
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Does it feel to anyone else like we're moving our way toward some big showdown? Each day the highest-risk companies seem to march ever higher, bolstered by the unanimity of the fishwrap and bubble-vision folks that we are indeed in a "new bull market" -- that economic recovery is underway.
Meanwhile, as Matt Richey mentioned yesterday, gold hit its highest price in seven years, at $383 an ounce this week, and the Philadelphia Gold & Silver Index (AMEX: XAU ) is up 24% on the year. Why do people buy gold? For as many reasons as they do equities, bonds, currencies, real estate, or any other investment. But gold isn't income producing, and a rapid rise in gold prices really only means one thing: There are plenty of folks who are battening down the hatches for an economic disaster.
Naturally, what makes a market work is the fact that there are constantly differing opinions. Whenever you buy a security, you are in effect saying, "This is the best place in the world for me to put my money at this moment." Wait, you're not saying that? Well, that's exactly how you should think -- it could save you from those instances when you're hitting the order button at your broker while thinking, "Wow, I hope this works out." Meanwhile, at the other end of the trade is someone selling to you. In that person's life, there is no better move than to sell the very same security you are buying.
Since there are varying reasons for buying and selling, it doesn't necessarily follow that either must be wrong. The seller could be exiting a security due to its not meeting his risk tolerance. If it continues to rise, it still didn't meet his risk tolerance. This is how the market works generally. It's also why it works. It's also why some people find value in watching sentiment indicators such as the VIX (a measure of implied volatility based on the S&P 100) and the Put/Call Ratio (trading volume of put options to call options) -- when they get out of whack and start to show either overconfidence or fear, traders use them as signals.
I don't share this enthusiasm and don't care in the slightest about bottoms or tops. What I do care about is expensive and cheap. And what I see is stuff that by all means should be cheap is getting more expensive. Obviously, as evinced by the rush into gold and other commodities, I'm not alone. The middle ground, just as it seems in politics these days, is a lonely, lonely place.
Bleeding edge, or just bloody?
That's the thing that makes the current environment so interesting -- everything is extreme. There has been a nearly unparalleled outperformance in the stock market by companies with deeply depressed, or non-existent, earnings. Unprecedented -- except for that maddening period between 1998 and 2000 -- that is. And many of the names involved in the latest run are the same. Network Appliance (Nasdaq: NTAP ) , Micron (NYSE: MU ) , Juniper (Nasdaq: JNPR ) , Sonus (Nasdaq: SONS ) , and Chinadotcom (Nasdaq: CHINA ) have averaged an increase of 600% from their lows of this year, more than 300% in the last 52 weeks. The market has Applied Materials (Nasdaq: AMAT ) pegged at 7.8 times sales. The company, for its part, has about doubled from its lows.
Reasonable people could argue convincingly that the lows were too low. Certainly, that's the signal the market is sending. But rather than just give my opinion on the prices of equities like those listed above, I'd rather discuss what should be undeniable: The market has priced these companies not just for growth, but for unbelievably fast growth, starting very, very soon. Any delay, or any underperformance, will send these shares plummeting.
Once upon a time, back in 1998, The Economist called the folks who focused on trading Internet stocks "casino capitalists," and further diagnosed that they were "stark raving mad" for paying whatever price was quoted for common stocks on the belief that there would be someone to come behind them to pay even more. It worked until it didn't. Take a look at the 1999 Sequoia Fund annual report to see contrarians dealing in the midst of the last speculative binge. They didn't fight it; they just pulled their sails down.
What is startling to me right now is the level of risk people are willing to take on. I include in this group the people who are buying overpriced equities counting on substantial growth and a high level of profit for long stretches of time despite the total lack of evidence that these companies are able to produce either, even in optimal conditions.
Although these things are generally only obvious in hindsight, there are several components that convince me that the conditions, far from optimal, are actually pretty grim. For starters, for all of the companies listed above, with the exception of Chinadotcom, there would need to be a substantial, long-term uptick in capital spending among corporations for them to have a chance at meeting expectations.
And yet companies are still beset with billions of dollars of debt taken on during the boom, and overcapacity in nearly every part of the economy is rampant. So while Applied Materials, Micron, and Intel (Nasdaq: INTC ) investors can get excited about the recent uptick in PC sales and that channel's effect on their prospects, Fred Hickey of The High-Tech Strategist notes that this rise correlated with many American families' receipt of the child tax rebate checks this summer and additionally with the seasonal inventory buildup that generally takes place at about this time.
Revenge of the string pushers
The government and the Fed have done as much as possible to pump demand back up, but they're doing the proverbial string-push. In an environment of overcapacity and too much debt, there is no compelling reason for companies to borrow more. That's the point of lowered interest rates: to entice people and corporations to borrow since the cost of capital is so low. What we got instead was a massive refinancing boom that kept consumers in the green for the last two years -- a trend that is ending. The estimated $300 billion in cash-out refinancing over the last two years is still dwarfed by the amount of consumer debt carried by Americans --$1.77 trillion, or $17,000 per household. This amount, by the way, does not include mortgages.
Borrow more to spend more? Consumers are tapped, and so are their easy lines of credit. Frankly, given the easy source of capital in people's homes, I'm staggered that there are as many new bankruptcy cases as there are -- 412,000 in the first quarter of 2003 alone. In such an environment, exhortations to spend more seem destined to fail. This is the environment in which those incredibly high multiples exist. Investors are banking on enormous growth, and I can't for the life of me see where it's going to come from.
A wise gambler once said that table games were easy once you figured out where the 60/40 side of the bet was. Those who are chasing after ever-higher returns on companies that are short on profits and cash flows but long on potential and hype certainly have yet to figure out where these odds are. At the table, they're known as "suckers." In the marketplace, it's much, much worse.
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Prospera brings Romeo and Miranda to witness the Balance Goddess creating a
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All Stars is a school-based program for middle school students (11-14 years old) designed to prevent and delay the onset of high-risk behaviors such as drug use, violence, and premature sexual activity. The program focuses on five topics important to preventing high-risk behaviors: (1) developing positive ideals that do not fit with high-risk behavior; (2) creating a belief in conventional norms; (3) building strong personal commitments to avoid high-risk behaviors; (4) bonding with school, prosocial institutions, and family; and (5) increasing positive parental attentiveness such as positive communication and parental monitoring. The All Stars curriculum includes highly interactive group activities, games and art projects, small group discussions, one-on-one sessions, a parent component, optional online activities and worksheets, and a celebration ceremony. All Stars Core consists of thirteen 45-minute class sessions delivered on a weekly basis by teachers, prevention specialists, or social workers. All Stars Booster is an optional program designed to be delivered 1 year after the core program and includes nine 45-minute sessions reinforcing lessons learned in the previous year. All Stars Plus includes twelve 45-minute lessons designed to expand instruction to include three additional topics--decisionmaking, goal setting, and peer pressure resistance skills training--and is intended as an option for the third year of the intervention. Multiple packages of student materials are available to support implementation by either regular teachers or prevention specialists.
The documents below were reviewed for Quality of Research. The research point of
contact can provide information regarding the studies reviewed and the availability
of additional materials, including those from more recent studies that may have been conducted.
Hansen, W. B. (1996). Pilot test results comparing the All Stars program with seventh grade D.A.R.E.: Program integrity and mediating variable analysis. Substance Use and Misuse, 31(10), 1359-1377.
Harrington, N. G., Giles, S. M., Hoyle, R. H., Feeney, G. J., & Yungbluth, S. C. (2001). Evaluation of the All Stars character education and problem behavior prevention program: Effects on mediator and outcome variables for middle school students. Health Education and Behavior, 28(5), 533-546.
McNeal, R. B., Jr., Hansen, W. B., Harrington, N. G., & Giles, S. M. (2004). How All Stars works: An examination of program effects on mediating variables. Health Education and Behavior, 31(2), 165-178.
The following populations were identified in the studies reviewed for Quality of
External reviewers independently evaluate the Quality of Research for an intervention's
reported results using six criteria:
For more information about these criteria and the meaning of the ratings, see Quality of Research.
The program is based on a sound theoretical approach and uses measurement scales with high reported levels of internal consistency. One study examined the intervention's effects in a large sample using a longitudinal design. The authors also analyzed the effects of mediating variables that may have been responsible for the outcome variables.
Confounding variables existed in one study due to lack of rigor in the design. In addition, this study was conducted in one school, classes were not randomly assigned, and half of the subjects in the comparison group did not complete the posttest. Posttest evaluations were completed at inconsistent lengths of time after the intervention. In the second study, additional schools were added to the design after the matching process. Information concerning the effects of potential confounding variables was not provided, making it difficult to assess this criterion in the two studies.
The materials below were reviewed for Readiness for Dissemination. The implementation
point of contact can provide information regarding implementation of the intervention
and the availability of additional, updated, or new materials.
All Stars Core Training booklet
All Stars Survey
Dusenbury, L., & Hansen, W. (2006). Prevention ABCs: A professional development series [DVD set]. Greensboro, NC: Tanglewood Research, Inc.
Handout on registering for the All Stars online community
Hansen, W. (2003). All Stars Booster: Version 2.0. United States edition. Greensboro, NC: Tanglewood Research, Inc.
Hansen, W., & Tanglewood Research, Inc. (2004). All Stars Core: Version 2.4. Greensboro, NC: Tanglewood Research, Inc.
Hansen, W., & Tanglewood Research, Inc. (2004). All Stars Plus: Version 2.4. Greensboro, NC: Tanglewood Research, Inc.
Program Web site, http://www.allstarsprevention.com
Tanglewood Research, Inc. (2006). Superior All Stars commitment videos [DVD].
External reviewers independently evaluate the intervention's Readiness for Dissemination
using three criteria:
For more information about these criteria and the meaning of the ratings, see Readiness for Dissemination.
Detailed implementation manuals are available for all program components. A training program is offered for both the core and booster programs, and teacher certification is available to those interested becoming a program trainer. A supplemental DVD series is also available for professional development purposes. Outcome measures and teacher/administrator satisfaction interview guides are provided to support quality assurance.
It is unclear whether supplemental sessions are critical. No ongoing coaching or technical assistance is available for implementers or site administrators. While there is a quality assurance survey that implementers can complete after each session, it is generic and appears to be of limited value for ensuring fidelity.
The cost information below was provided by the developer. Although this cost information
may have been updated by the developer since the time of review, it may not reflect
the current costs or availability of items (including newly developed or discontinued
items). The implementation point of contact can provide current information and
discuss implementation requirements.
Items can be purchased in various sets that include supplementary materials. Most materials are available in Spanish, and training is also available in Spanish. Current pricing is available on the program Web site.
Selected citations are presented below. An asterisk indicates that the document
was reviewed for Quality of Research.
Hansen, W., & Dusenbury, L. (2004). All Stars Plus: A competence and motivation enhancement approach to prevention. Health Education, 104(6), 371-381.
Slater, M. D., Kelly, K. J., Edwards, R. W., Thurman, P. J., Plested, B. A., Keefe, T. J., et al. (2006). Combining in-school and community-based media efforts: Reducing marijuana and alcohol uptake among younger adolescents. Health Education Research, 21(1), 157-167.
To learn more about implementation, contact:
Kathleen Nelson-Simley
(800) 822-7148
To learn more about research, contact:
William B. Hansen, Ph.D.
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Sequel for 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' is happening
'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' fans rejoice as the makers have announced the sequel for the movie.
Paramount president Adam Goodman said that the film's successful opening certainly exceeded their expectations, and hence they have decided to continue the story, the Independent reported.
The sequel for Megan Fox and Will Arnett starrer film, which would be produced by Michael Bay, Andrew Form and Brad Fuller, would see Josh Appelbaum and Andre Nemec return as screenwriters, and is temporarily set for a 2016 release.
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Search: Del.icio.us vs. Google
Here are some of the examples Rand gives…
- Furniture vs. at Google
- Luggage vs. at Google
- Laptops vs. at Google
- SEO vs. at Google
- Web Design vs. at Google
Ok, so Rand does admit that the results from Del.icio.us are not perfect, but does suggest that they're good enough to take on Google.
I tend not to agree with Rand on this one (friends can disagree you know). I think Del.icio.us is great for finding resources or information pages and is also better at finding fresh content, but I don't think it's better than Google, when it comes to product or service related search terms.
That said, Yahoo could be doing a lot more with Del.icio.us than they currently are.
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The American Cancer Society's Relay for Life in Carbon County is looking for members of the community that are interested in being involved with the 2008 Relay for Life on June 20 and 21, 2008.
The event has been a success in the Carbon area for several years now and is looking for continued growth.
The society is looking for volunteers to help recruit teams and fill key positions as sponsors or just be part of a team.
To get involved contact Laura Akers at 637-6303 or Ruth Metzger at 650-4552. The society can also be contacted at www.cancer.org.
Local organizers are recruiting those who would like to have a great time while supporting a good cause.
The U.S. Senate today approved an amendment to the Labor Department appropriations bill (H.R. 3043), sponsored by Sen. Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah), which aims to gather more information that could be used to improve safety for western miners.
Co-sponsored by Sen. Bob Bennett (R-Utah), the measure would provide for a study on retreat room and pillar mining practices. Retreat mining involves excavating an underground chamber while leaving behind pillars of material for support. Once the deposit is depleted, miners remove the pillars and "retreat" back towards the mine's entrance.
Although a common technique, retreat mining has come under fire because some credit it for the Crandall Canyon mine disaster.
Price city has announced that during the downtown power substation construction there will be a number of times that their electric customers will be affected by power outages.
The first power outage in the construction effort will take place on Sunday, Oct. 28 between the hours of 8 a.m. and 2 p.m.
A notice will be distributed to the customers who will be impacted by the shut down on Oct. 24 and 25.
The notices are being hand delivered and the city says it will make every effort to contact customers personally about the situations as they arise.
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Help Wanted — 'Arrogant Americans' Need Not Apply
From Fox News
By Joshua Rhett Miller
Looking for a job? Well, if you're an "arrogant American," you had better search elsewhere.
An information technology staffing firm based in Rolling Meadows, Ill., posted an advertisement for a technical writer that warned that an "arrogant American" would not flourish in the position.
"Exelon is looking to provide these proposals to Chinese businesses, so someone who is respectful and understands Chinese culture is preferred. An arrogant American will not work well in this role," the listing read.
The ad, posted by Viva USA, an information technology consulting firm, has since been removed. Varuna Singh, the company's development manager, told FoxNews.com it received the language from its client, Exelon Nuclear Partners, and the wording somehow got past a "junior recruiter" who posted the advertisement on CareerBuilder.com.
"We are taking it down immediately, this was a mistake," Singh said. "This was not wordage by Viva. This was sent into us by the client, but we, as the staffing company, should have looked into it before posting."
Singh apologized for the error, citing "negligence" on the company's behalf.
Judith Rader, a spokeswoman for Exelon, said the company apologizes for the "offensive and inappropriate" language contained in the job posting.
"Exelon was surprised and very disappointed to see this job posting including this offensive and inappropriate language," a statement to FoxNews.com read. "This statement was not approved by Exelon and in no way reflects the company's policies and values. We regret that this language appeared in recruiting materials that were prepared by a third party and not approved by Exelon. We apologize for this error and the offense it has caused. We are taking steps to ensure this does not happen again. Exelon is deeply committed to diversity and inclusion, and we make every effort to attract and retain talent of all backgrounds."
Diana Johnston, an attorney for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, said a hiring decision based on national origin would be a violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits discrimination by employers on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin.
"You always have to look at the whole thing in context, but certainly it does violate Title VII to discriminate based on national origin," she said. "If you make a hiring decision based on national origin, including it based on somebody being American, that would be a violation."
Rose Valenta, of Chalfont, Pa., said she received the job description via e-mail from Viva on Tuesday.
"I was OK with the first paragraph, but when I got to the second, I was floored," she told FoxNews.com. "It made me furious. People need to know about this. There's a lot of things here that need to be looked into."
Ferne Wolf, a St. Louis-based employment law attorney, said the posting "sounds like national origin discrimination" and suggested the advertisement be brought to the attention of EEOC officials.
"I think a jury could reasonably conclude that there's already a predisposition [by the firm] that Americans are arrogant," she said. "That's like saying ditzy blondes need not apply."
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Oh, yeah, very Urban Decay Pocket Rocket-ish!
Victoria's Secret Beauty Rush Dazzleshine Lipgloss joins the Beauty Rush Collection with a ton of shine, a bit of sparkle, and a cheap as day old chips price tag ($7) for Holiday 2011.
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No Decent Briton Can Vote For A Man Who Supports Netanyahu, The War Criminal.
Cameron's support for Netanyahu makes him complicit in genocide, child murder, apartheid, land theft and other war crimes. Whatever domestic issues we may be concerned with, this is of another magnitude and is an unforgiveable act of treason against mankind.
The best policy for Netanyahu is assassination. It is a moral and ethical choice to obliterate this monster from the planet without endangering any lives except those of our heroic special forces who must undertake this mission. If Netanyahu escapes this justice and is dragged in chains to the Hague to face trial, Cameron should be taken with him as an accomplice.
Assassination Is the Moral Option.
I am for assassination of Netanyahu and key Israeli government and military officers.
This is the option that minimises casualties and puts most risk on professionals who have chosen their role. Special forces would welcome this task. They may bear heavy casualties before they succeed but they are volunteers and it is better than the death of civilians, particularly children.
It's what we should have done with Saddam Hussein and what we should do with Assad. In any circumstances, if there is justification for action that may result in civilian casualties, there is better justification for assassination. It's the moral option.
Vive La Resistance! Palestinian Heroes Fight Back Against The Nazi Israelis.
When you're fighting for your life and the lives of your family and compatriots against a brutal invader then anything is justified.
We don't doubt the right, indeed the moral imperative of the French resistance fighters to use any and all means against the Nazis. The same is true of the brave Palestinians fighting back against the huge evil that is the criminal state of Israel.
We should be parachuting in weapons and supplies to Gaza. Our special forces should be supporting the valiant efforts of the freedom fighters. Netanyahu and his gang of war criminals must be brought to the Hague and put on trial for their crimes.
Monstrous Israeli State Betrays Its Own Nation. BBC Betrays And Misleads Britain.
Those who drive Israel to its current conduct are beyond redemption.
Even Jewish religious leaders are now turning against the evil tyrants led by Netanyahu and blindly supported by Western governments and media.
The BBC has shamed the whole of Britain with its appalling bias and catastrophic destruction of truth. Its disproportionate reporting of a few Palestinian fireworks against F16s and hundreds of murdered Palestinians against zero Israeli deaths must never be forgotten.
Pink Floyd's Roger Waters Sparks Fury By Comparing Israel To The Nazis.
The parallels between Israel and Germany in the 1930s are 'crushingly obvious'.
Source: theguardian.com
He's right. The Israeli state is engaged in brutal subjugation of the Palestinians in exactly the same way as the Nazis treated the Jews.
It's not on the same scale. Netanyahu isn't herding millions into gas chambers but the effect is the same on each individual. The level of immorality is the same and the vile, zionist state of Israel will persist in infamy for the rest of history just as the Nazis. As will those who comprise the despicable US Israel lobby, members of which are complict in the genocide. Palestinians may not die from Zyklon B, instead it is white phosphorous, tanks and F16s against civilians and guerilla resistance.
Of course, just as in Germany in the 1930s, there will be many innocents who oppose their own government's actions. Clearly, many Israelis are good people but there are also worryingly large numbers who are apathetic or ambivalent at a time when courage in the face of evil is a moral duty.
I first wrote similar words on this website in 2009 since when I have been been systematically harassed and abused, not just by zionists but by the sort of scum who will twist any strongly-held opinion to their own, dishonest ends. My articles have been edited to portray me as an anti-semite and shared across the world to demonise me. I have had hate websites and Facebook pages set up about me. My children and elderly parents have been harassed and abused. In 2012, the hatred and continuing abuse severly affected my health. It still continues to this day although I have learned better how to cope with it.
Inevitably, when I became a public figure and was elected as leader of CLEAR, my articles were used against me. Even those who had recognised my support for Palestine, as soon as they saw they could distort my opinions to their advantage, blatantly reversed their position, embarked on a construction of lies and untruths against me.
When, in due course, in the High Court, the depth of their dishonesty becomes clear, it is their own words that will condemn them to all who believed their lies.
But such men are pygmies compared to those who have the courage to speak the truth in the face of evil. Just like the monsters who drive the Israeli machine of oppression, judgment will be visited on them in the end.
I shall have to dig out my old Floyd LPs. It is rewarding to find support in old friends.
This Nasty, Spiteful, Vindictive Harridan Must Go.
Home Secretaries come and go. Let's hope for the sake of everyone in Britain that this one goes soon.
Some are corrupt and idiotic like Alan Johnson. Some are brave and sincere like David Blunkett. Many have "something of the night" about them like Michael Howard.
In my lifetime there has never been one like Theresa May – vicious, malevolent and always ready for cheap, political point-scoring at the expense of the weak and vulnerable. She also demonstrates the most shameful ineptitude and incompetence and she'll stab anyone in the back to protect her career.
She is authoritarian, anti-libertarian, secretive, oppressive, unjust and represents everything that is bad in politics. She would be far better suited to joining the Assad government in Syria or Netanyahu in Israel. She is the antithesis of democracy, the enemy of freedom. She shames Britain and she has done more damage to the cause of women in politics than anyone. She even makes Harriet Harman look reasonable, personable and relevant.
She is the token woman in the cabinet but she is detached from traditional Tory values as well. One of the few options left to Cameron to regain any credit for himself would be to sack her.
It's no surprise then that she wants to abandon the European Convention on Human Rights which has its foundations in Britain and in our traditions of liberty and justice. She has no interest in humanity. She does not represent me and she is not fit to represent our great nation.
No Fly Zone Over Gaza NOW!
The amazing Type 45 or Daring class destroyer is the most powerful air-defence warship in the world. HMS Diamond is just a short trip away, through the Suez canal, from coming to the rescue of the Palestinian people in Gaza.
We are morally obliged, if necessary, to blast the Israeli airforce out of the skies. The evil actions of the war criminals in the Israeli government and the IDF far exceed those of Saddam Hussein, Colonel Gaddafi or Al Qaeda.
If we fail to rescue Gaza then we are complicit in the monstrous crimes of the Nazionists.
If Israel is concerned about the fireworks which the brave Palestinian resistance is firing in self-defence then the solution is simple. End the illegal blockade of Gaza. Comply with the 64 UN resolutions it is in breach of. Stop the theft of Palestinian land and destruction of Palestinian homes.
The final reckoning must also include multi-billion dollar compensation to the people of Gaza with Netanyahu and his cronies on trial for war crimes.


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Round 3-1a: Establish National Remedy Review Board
Reform Description
This reform established the National Remedy Review Board (the Board), in January 1996, to review and analyze proposed site-specific cleanup strategies. The goals of the Board are:
- Improve national consistency in Superfund remedy selection;
- Improve remedy cost-effectiveness;
- Confirm that decision-making at high cost sites is technically sound; and
- Ensure that decisions are in accordance with current law, regulations, and guidance.
Reform Status
Implementation of this reform is complete.
The Board will continue to (1) review site cleanup decisions, (2) review non-time-critical removal actions that meet certain criteria, and (3) implement recommendations to refine the scope and nature of both the Board's mission and its implementation procedures.
The Board has undergone scrutiny by both private parties and Congress, and reaction to the Board's accomplishments to date is generally positive.
- As of FY01, the Board had reviewed a total of 59 cleanup decisions with estimated savings of over $80 million.
- Regions have observed a wide range of additional benefits from the review process, including improved national consistency, clarity of decisions, and cross-Regional communication on key remedy selection issues.
- In FY97, the Board conducted an in-depth analysis of its operating procedures, and revised several key protocols based on analysis of feedback from concerned stakeholders. Of particular note, the Board raised the limit on technical submissions from stakeholders from five to ten pages, and instituted procedures to review high cost non-time-critical removal actions.
Stakeholder Comments
A December 1996 report by the Superfund Settlements Project, "EPA's Superfund Reforms: A Report on the First Year of Implementation," stated:
"The new National Remedy Review Board is widely regarded as the flagship among the 20 reforms announced on October 2, 1995."
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Anaconda Smelter Site, MT
The Anaconda Smelter site covers 5,000 acres in Anaconda, Montana. A smelting operation operated on site from the late 1800s until it closed in September 1980, contaminating much of the area with heavy metals and other dangerous substances.
A key part of EPA's cleanup plan is to use revegetation to prevent contamination from spreading, and to protect the public and ecosystem from the site contamination. The NRRB reviewed the proposed cleanup decision for the Anaconda Smelter Superfund site in March and April of 1997. The Board offered several recommendations for the Region to consider as they finalized their cleanup plans.
EPA Region 8 responded with a proactive, creative approach to dealing with board concerns. Among the actions Region 8 took was to devise an inventive decision-making system that helped them focus their revegetation efforts. To develop the system, the Region took into account a vast amount of data gathered at the site and during the public comment period on the proposed cleanup. In cooperation with those responsible for cleaning up the contamination, as well as the State of Montana and community stakeholders, the Region is using its system to assess physical and chemical data and vary the site revegetation levels.
Thus, they are able to improve the cost effectiveness of their cleanup without sacrificing the level of protection it provides. These efforts, in part, enabled the Region to revise their cost estimate for the site from approximately $180 million to an estimated range of $90 million to $160 million. [FY98 Success]
New Bedford Harbor Site, MA
Since the Board's FY96 annual report, several Regions have reported significant benefits from the Board's reviews. For example, the Board reviewed a cleanup decision for the New Bedford Harbor site in Massachusetts. One of the Board's recommendations was for the Region to assess whether their air monitoring program was overly extensive, given the nature of the contaminants and actions planned at the site. The Region subsequently reassessed the need for continued monitoring of this nature. In so doing, the Region made adjustments in the monitoring program, reducing the costs by approximately $8.4 million. [FY97 Success]
Title: National Remedy Review Board Memorandum and Fact Sheet
Date: September 26, 1996
Synopsis: These documents provide background on the Board and describe the Board's key operating protocol. They were published as attachments to the FY96 Progress Report (see below).
Title: National Remedy Review Board Progress Report: Fiscal Year 1996
Date: January 1997
Document #: EPA 540-R-97-001, OSWER 9220.0-24, NTIS PB97-963201
Synopsis: This report highlights the accomplishments of the Board in its first year of operation. It is also i ntended to provide general information on the Board and how it o perates.
Title: National Remedy Review Board Progress Report: Fiscal Year 1997
Date: February 1998
Document #: EPA 540-R-97-032, OSWER 9220.0-26, NTIS PB98-963250
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She found him sitting on the toilet sound asleep with his shoes on. He was wearing one of her nightgowns, but he had put both arms up through the neck hole so that it looked like a halter-top across his withering chest. It was her good nightgown; the one she never wore; the one he bought for her the first night they made love; the one that still smelled as sweet as the gardenias he had wrapped it up with in brown wax paper 53 years earlier. He had torn the hem of the neckline. She reached and felt of the tear and in the dull, orange glow of the nightlight noticed how much his bony shoulders looked like doorknobs. She fit one snugly into her palm and nudged him.
"Erskine," she said.
His drawers were hung over the edge of the sink. They were still damp from where he had tried to wash them out himself. Her toothbrush was snapped in half on the counter and his britches still had mint green toothpaste on the crotch where he had tried to scrub them.
Bless his heart. He's out of his mind.
"Erskine. Wake up, honey. You're asleep on the commode."
She forgot he had gotten up during the night. Normally, she would get up with him and coax him back to bed. But she had been too tired. She squeezed his knobby shoulder again. The old man snorted and kicked out one leg. She roused him.
"Are you stiffed up?"
He opened his eyes, the blue nearly washed out by his dementia. "What you say?" His voice like static on the radio.
She couldn't look at him. Was it his eyes? The gown? The fouled underwear? She picked up the broken pieces of her toothbrush. "I said are you stiffed up. You've been asleep on the toilet."
He looked down at himself and rubbed the scruff on his wrinkled neck. "Why I'm dressed up?"
"Well I don't know. I reckon you messed your britches in the night."
He played with the hem of the yellowing nightgown. His fingernails were rotten and black. "Then why I'm on the toilet, woman?"
"I don't know."
"Well damn, woman. I told you I can't sit on no toilet. I'll get the clap."
He made to get up and his spindly chicken legs gave out. She grabbed for him but he crumpled to the floor banging his head against the paneled wall. She got tangled up in his mess and fell too, hitting her mouth on a towel rack on the way down. She started crying. He shifted around so she lay partially in his lap. Blood filled her mouth. He wrapped her up in his arms and began to rock her sitting there on the floor.
"Don't you cry, old lady. I take care of you."
His father writes him letters that he won't read. Pop sends them to the newspaper office and they sit on Dave's desk for days before he finally pushes them into his gray, steel garbage can without ever opening them. He tries to be discreet about it. Perhaps no one notices. Perhaps everyone does. They arrive with the rest of the mail at the newspaper office. Baton Rouge return address. His father's shaky, old man handwriting all over the envelope like a child's print. The receptionist puts the letters on his desk just like she does the rest of the mail. Dave stares at them, picks them up now and then and looks at them more closely, but he doesn't read them.
Sometimes Pop drives up the two hours from Baton Rouge. He comes into the newspaper office and stands at the front counter in Navy blue shorts with a matching Navy blue Polo shirt tucked in, leaning forward slightly, calling out to Dave across the life of the newsroom. Beckoning him. Spittle on his lips. Withering arms banging softly against the counter for attention. But Dave ignores him, staring at his computer as if he does not hear the old man, as if he has never heard him. Sometimes, when Pop leaves he'll slip a Sports Illustrated magazine through the window of Dave's Grand Am in the parking lot.
He comes in with an ace bandage wrapped around his head and stands at the counter looking past the receptionist at his son.
"Your ma's hurt her mouth, boy. I put her in the hospital." His voice loud and prickly in the silenced newsroom. "You better look at me. Look here now. You're testing me. Don't test me, boy. They got more room in that hospital."
The publisher comes out of his office and looks around at the shouting. The receptionist is leaned back in her chair looking from man to man to man. She's not seen this before.
Pop rests his elbows on the counter. "I know you can hear me. Can I tell you that?" He slams his keys on the Formica countertop. The receptionist jumps. The publisher begins crossing the room, but Pop waves him off. "I'm done," he says.
He shuffles out the glass door. Dave never even looked up.
He went to see her in the hospital. The lights were dimmed in the room and the television was on but the sound was muted. Her face was swollen and she had a black eye. She smiled at him with her broken tooth, laughing nervously and touching her hair. Pop was asleep on a little fold out cot beside her bed. His body was so tiny and curled and frail he looked like a little kid, not a 74 year old man who offered to fight the referees in the parking lot after a bad call during an LSU basketball game. His bones protruded under his white cotton T-shirt like constellations. His shoes were under the bed, the heels perfectly aligned with each other and touching the foot-post of the cot.
"Hello, David." She had a slight lisp now.
"Hey, Mom." He looked for a place to stand in the cramped room. "Did he do this?"
"Of course not. Your father would never hurt me. I fell in the bathroom."
"What happened to his head?"
"He bumped it. He fell too. I was trying to help him back to bed."
"Did he put that bandage on himself?"
"You know he did."
"Are you all right?"
She watched the television in a corner of the room. "You know, I've never been alone. I went straight from my daddy's house to your father's."
"What are you talking about?"
She stared at the flickering images on the screen. "I haven't been to the hospital since you were circumcised. I was against it, but your father insisted. He's not cut, you know. But he meant for you to be. He'd have done it himself if I hadn't agreed."
"Oh God." He looked again for somewhere to stand as if he might get out of the conversation by moving to a different spot in the room. "What have they got you on? You're out of your head."
"I'll be all alone, I guess. I've already got a pistol."
"What in the world?"
"Oh, don't be so pouty, David. I have to have something to protect your father and me from villains."
"Villains? You're out of your mind."
"Oh, poot." She waved her hand as if the conversation could be fanned away. "I leave it in the car anyway."
"The car? What good is it in the car?" He was kind of rocking from one foot to the other. "I can't believe Pop let you get a gun."
"Oh, David." She turned to look at him. Her wet cheeks glistening in the light through the blinds. "I've never even pumped my own gas."
He finally sat on the end of the bed, but she wouldn't talk to him anymore. Perhaps she couldn't talk to him anymore.
She only had to sign her name three times to admit him. Pop sat beside her and held her hand. He only let go so she could sign her name on the paperwork. He had listened to the whole spiel, flipped through all the brochures and toured the complex, but still didn't have any idea what was going on. They made him get in a wheelchair. She kissed him with her busted lip and hugged his neck. He had put vanilla extract on his neck as cologne. She nuzzled him and he sat there stiffly with his arms at his sides like a dummy. He was wearing his wedding suit and still had that ace bandage on his head. The britches were cinched up with a belt and hung delicately on his pointy hipbones. Before they left the house, she had told him to put on something nice.
She coaxed him to take her hand and he grabbed it and squeezed it. She was startled and jerked her hand back. The administrator stood up and signaled the aid to wheel the man out of the office. Pop held out his hand for her again, but she wouldn't take it. She heard him call out for her from down the hall, his voice like electricity crackling against the sterile beige walls. He bellowed her name, Virgie.
She stood outside in the parking lot, the sun beating down on her neck, her shoes too tight on her feet. She put on pantyhose to put her husband in the nursing home. Traffic whizzed by on the highway. Dave sat in the Cadillac with the air conditioner on listening to a sports radio talk show and reading Sports Illustrated. He was wearing sunglasses and drinking a diet Sprite from a can in a purple and gold LSU coozie. He glanced at his mother but she just couldn't get in the car. Pop had passed her a note.
She unfolded it carefully, delicately as if she might not want to read it but merely look at it. The paper was yellowed and brittle. She studied the note for a moment and then folded it again and slid into the backseat of the car. It was his wedding vows.
Two days later she made Dave go get him in the Cadillac.
"You know he'll only ride in the good car," she said.
Dave had to pack all Pop's stuff and load it in the car. He just threw everything into the trunk and the backseat. Pop supervised the whole project. He kept shaking his head on the way home and muttering about the crappy packing job Dave had done.
When they pulled into the garage Dave went inside the house. Pop never did go inside. Dave finally went back to the garage. The old man had pulled everything out of the car and repacked it all in the trunk.
"Now it all fits," he said.
Dave threw up his hands. "What are you doing?"
Pop looked at him with those vacant eyes.
Dave went back inside and sat at the kitchen table with his head in his hands.
In a minute, the old man came busting angrily through the door and breathing heavily through his clenched teeth. "Who the hell you are?"
"You know who I am."
"By God, mister, you better get the hell out of this house. What you done with my wife? Where my wife at? Virgie?"
"Pop, you're sick."
The old man pulled the gun out of the waistband of his pants and shot Dave twice in the chest knocking him off the chair.
He called out for her again. "Virgie?" He fired off two more shots into the ceiling, yipping like a cowboy. "I take care of you, woman."
He awoke, sat straight up on the bed and flung his legs over the edge before he noticed his bandaged foot. All the lights were turned on in the room. His reflection wavered on the tile floor. He looked around squinting his eyes. "By God. Where I am?"
"Erskine. Hush, now. You're in the hospital." She was sitting in a chair across the room with her handbag in her lap. She still had on her housecoat.
"Am I hurt?"
"I don't know. I doubt it. You shot yourself in the foot."
"I was having the best dream. Whipping up on Ole Miss. I was running the football through Vaught Hemingway Stadium and had a clear path down the sideline." He looked at her. "Who you is anyway?"
She hesitated slightly but Pop jumped in again laughing. "Aw, hell. I know who you is, old lady." He held his arms out and curled them upward to flex his biceps like a bodybuilder. "I know you like that? Come on over here."
She sat silently beside him on the bed looking at her shoes. Little droplets of blood had dried and darkened on the suede leather toe.
"You got your shoes on the wrong feet," he said.
She kicked her legs out to look at her feet. She wiggled the shoes off and swung her legs back and forth like an anxious child.
Pop put his arm around her shoulder. "Hey. You go get David a Sports Illustrated when you leave here."
She started crying. He pulled her closer to him.
"There, there," he said. She turned her head away from him. They sat silently for a while until Pop spoke again. "What the hell happened to me?"
"What do you mean?"
"How I get here?"
"You fell."
He stared at her for a moment.
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