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Tuesday, March 31, 2015
Why the West is to Blame for the Crisis in Ukraine: The Full Story
Why the West is to blame for the crisis in Ukraine: the full story
Chris Nineham 27 March 2015. Posted in News
We can't begin to understand the Ukrainian catastrophe unless we reject the dominant Western account of what is happening.
Ukraine rioters
Riots in Kiev, January 25, 2014
Chris Nineham, Stop the War's joint chair, reviews Frontline Ukraine: Crisis in the Borderlands by Professor Richard Sakwa.
WE ALL KNOW about of the fog of war, but the current coverage and commentary on the crisis in Ukraine arguably takes wartime disinformation to new levels.
Richard Sakwa's new book is a rare and precious exception. It is clear and measured and carefully researched and it shows that the story we are told in the west about events inside Ukraine is deeply flawed.
More generally, it exposes the idea that Russia is the aggressor and the West the protector of Ukraine's democratic will as a travesty of the truth. In short, Sakwa's analysis is diametrically opposed to what passes for an explanation of the Ukraine crisis in the mainstream.
One of the book's great strengths is that it sees the crisis as a product of two connected processes, one domestic, one geopolitical.
Far from being a straightforward expression of popular will, Sakwa details how the government that emerged from the Maidan protests in February 2014 represented the victory of a minority hardline anti-Russian Ukrainian nationalism.
But this minority could come to dominate, he argues, because of the context provided by an aggressive, US-led, Western foreign policy designed to assert Western control over Eastern Europe and, at least in its more hawkish versions, de-stabilise Russia.
The push to the east
Nato and the EU have been pushing steadily eastwards ever since the end of the Cold War, despite verbal assurances from a series of Western leaders that this would not happen.
Twelve countries have joined Nato in the region since 1991. Georgia and Ukraine were promised membership at the Nato Summit in Bucharest in 2008, despite repeated warnings from the Russian government that taking Nato to the Russian border would cause a security crisis of the first order. It was only the intercession of Germany and France that forced the US to put these plans on hold.
The push to the east continued in the form, amongst others, of a plan to get Ukraine to sign up to an 'Association Agreement' with the EU. It was this agreement, due to be signed in November 2013, which sparked the crisis. To grasp its significance it is important to understand just how closely tied Nato and the EU have become, especially since the Lisbon Treaty signed by EU members in 2007.
Article 4 in the proposed Association Agreement committed the signatories to 'gradual convergence on foreign and security matters with the aim of Ukraine's ever deeper involvement in the European Security area' (p.76). As Sakwa puts it, "it is pure hypocrisy to argue that the EU is little more than an extended trading bloc: after Lisbon, it was institutionally a core part of the Atlantic security community, and had thus become geopolitical". (p.255)
All parties involved must have known that this document, if signed, would have caused existential anxiety in Moscow. Defenders of the West's drive to the east justify it as the reflection of the will of the people concerned.
This is disingenuous. As Western leaders themselves have publicly admitted, a campaign to buy Ukrainain hearts and minds has been running for decades. In 2013, US Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian affairs, Victoria Nuland, publicly boasted of the fact that the US had invested $5 billion in 'democracy promotion' since 1991, a huge sum by USAID's standards (p.86). It has since been revealed that the EU too spent 496 million on front groups in Ukraine between 2004 and 2013 (p.90).
And there was nothing democratic about the process. Discussions about the Association Agreement in fact took place behind the backs of the Ukrainian people and the text of the agreement was not available in Ukraine till the last moment (p.74). It actually contained very little in the way of assistance to Ukraine's economy, and its centrepiece was a radical liberalisation of EU-Ukraine trade, a direct threat to the traditional economic relations between Ukraine and Russia.
In the end, for a mixture of reasons, President Yanokovich didn't sign up to the deal.
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CERN scientists discover elusive "Obama particle" which destroys economies on contact (satire)
In a stunning breakthrough that's sure to result in dozens of Nobel Prizes being awarded to somebody, scientists at the CERN Large Hadron Collider have discovered the elusive "Obama particle" by slamming the U.S. economy into a brick wall at 99.999% of the speed of a derivatives flash crash.
The collision produced an elaborate pattern of joblessness and wealth destruction which was captured and mapped by CERN scientists to create a statistical detection model that pinpointed the elusive Obama particle's role in destroying everything it touches.
"We believe this Obama particle may be the fundamental destructive force behind anti-matter and dark matter all at once," said one scientist who asked not to be named. "It seems to be capable of destroying everything it encounters."
After their discovery, Obama particles were found buried under the government parliament building in Greece, where they are now believed to have contributed to the disappearance of Greek wealth into a parallel dimension. Obama particles have also been spotted at Goldman Sachs, IRS offices and even hiding in the ear canals of CNBC's stock picking jester Jim Cramer, who seems especially skilled at destroying wealth with a degree of consistency that defies sheer randomness.
The search for the Obama particle is based on the fundamental laws of the universe which state that as the velocity of money approaches the speed of a fast-talking White House spokesperson, that money gains mass and gets heavier, causing it to fall out of the bottom of the Large Hadron Collider where it is collected by unpaid "science interns" holding out empty EBT cards. After those EBT cards are "recharged" with heavy money isotopes, they are redistributed to Obama supporters who use them to buy Tide laundry detergent, Oreo cookies and street meth, all of which are now available at your local Wal-Mart. (For the meth, you have to visit the Wal-Mart restroom.)
The Federal Reserve is reportedly very excited to get its hands on the elusive Obama particle in order to accelerate its economic destruction initiatives. "Until now, we've had to destroy the economy the old fashioned way by printing money," said Janet Yellen. "Now, with the Obama particle, we can accomplish this without even trying!"
The most fascinating finding of the Obama particle, according to CERN scientists, is that at high enough energy levels, the particles coalesce to open a gateway to a dimension of evil-possessed demons, transporting them into our world to serve as California Senators.
It is not yet known how to send those demons back to their own world, but the search is on for another elusive particle called the "Rand Paul particle" which is believed might be able to halt the destruction of the Obama particle.
Unfortunately, all such particles may be rendered irrelevant by something far more ominous. It's an underlying element of the universe that's so destructive, scientists nicknamed it the "anti-God element" while warning that it should never be allowed to come into existence lest it destroy our entire world in an instant. The technical name for this anti-God element is the "Hillary Clinton particle" and echoes of it have been detected in Benghazi, Obamacare web servers and even on the body of the late Vince Foster. The Hillary Clinton particle can also reportedly invade email servers and wipe them clean… especially if such email servers contain evidence of treasonous criminal activity.
The ongoing search for the Hillary Clinton particle is being funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which hopes to incorporate the particles into infertility injections that cause lifelong infertility among the general public in order to "save the planet" from cow farts. Meanwhile, the global elite are being treated with cutting-edge longevity breakthroughs so they can live forever, ruling the dead planet they have systematically destroyed.
Go science!
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Why I Am a Card-Carrying Conspiracy Theorist
Why I Am a Card-Carrying Conspiracy Theorist
by Mary W Maxwell, PhD, LLB
by Mary W Maxwell, PhD, LLB
I believe there is a World Government in place. To say that it is "hidden" does not make it woo-woo or silly. Any world government worth its salt would have to come about secretly. Deceit is one of the strongest weapons in our species. Knowledge is also a weapon, and the takeover artists had great knowledge as to how human nature works.
Amazing details as to how a few men accomplished such a feat can be found in the lecture that Richard Day, MD, gave to medical students and physicians in 1969. Dr Day worked for Planned Parenthood and his boss, therefore, was Rockefeller. Day was allowed to leak much information, perhaps as a trial balloon.
On that occasion, no member of the audience expressed objection to the "plans" that were revealed. Later, however, in 1988, Lawrence Dunegan, MD, went public with his complaints. I am going to go over a bit of this material again, as a new element has arisen. Namely, as from March 15, 2015, the government of France is proposing to criminalize the discussion of conspiracy theory.
It should indeed be necessary for the members of World Government to outlaw discussion of their doings, as their doings are, in part, criminal and they wish to avoid jail!
I hereby declare myself a conspiracy theorist, specifically calling attention to the crimes of the conspirators. If that means I get thrown into the klink, so be it. (By the way, judicial activist Bill Windsor has been incarcerated again, with bail set at $4.1 million. What does that tell you?)
Treasures from Dunegan's Report of Dr Day's Talk
Below are some of the predictions made in 1969 by Richard Day, MD. It seems obvious that an effective way to get control of society is to go against the sources of power -- family, dignity, and belonging to a group -- that folks otherwise possess. I'll quote only ten of Day's predictions. Rather than choosing the most sensational ones, I'll go for ones of a homely, personal type.
1. He predicted that the entry to the grounds of hospitals would require an ID card (I assume this was to get the public used to having IDs at all places of employment) and that in order to start this move, "Thefts of hospital equipment would be allowed." In other words, the guys who do all the behind-the-scenes stuff would steal things to make the public realize THAT PEOPLE STEAL THINGS. Gotta teach us what naughty folks do! (Later, I note, we'd need to be protected against people such as hijackers. This would require being frisked, emptying our luggage, and eventually trying out as nude models.)
2. Dr Day said that "More men will be transferred to other cities, and in their jobs more men would travel. Therefore it would be harder for families to stay together." In other words, THE POWERFUL WILL SEE TO IT THAT THE MAIN SOURCE OF STRENGTH PEOPLE HAVE, THE FAMILY, WILL BE WEAKENED.
3. Regarding his own profession, Dr Day said "The solo practitioner would become a thing of the past." I read this as: YOU CITIZENS WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO BUILD UP A TRUSTING RELATIONSHIP WITH YOUR PHYSICIAN. YOU WILL BE 'ON YOUR OWN.' At the same time he leaked the fact that "new diseases would appear that would be very difficult to diagnose and untreatable – at least for a long time." So YOU WILL NEVER KNOW WHERE YOU STAND, REGARDING HEALTH. (Ahem. How was he able to imagine disease that had not yet shown up?)
4. Dr Day said "Clothing would be more stimulating and provocative. Bras would be thinner and softer." Read: Manufacturers will be guided to make sexually-liberalized clothes TO ENCOURAGE PROMISCUITY, THUS CURTAILING a main promoter of the pair-bond, namely INTIMATE knowledge ONLY OF ONE'S SPOUSE'S BODY.
5. He predicted that "Population shifts would be brought about." So we would have "PEOPLE WITHOUT ROOTS IN THEIR NEW LOCATIONS." And why? He said "Traditions are easier to change in a place where there are a lot of transplanted people."
Note: thus far we see our hidden overlords deciding to help us do away with privacy, family structure, health security, the love bond, and tradition. Really, they are out to alter human nature. You've got to give the Rockefellers (or their advisers) a lot of credit for figuring out how our emotions and instincts normally guide our decisions.
6. "SPORT IN THE UNITED STATES WAS TO BE CHANGED, IN PART AS A WAY OF DE-EMPHASIZING NATIONALISM. Soccer, a world sport, was to be emphasized."
7. "PEOLE WOULD BE MORE AND MORE USED TO THE IDEA OF RELINQUISHING SOME NATIONAL SOVEREIGNTY." (That was said in 1969 when nobody in the US was talking about such a thing, much less did we know the word 'soccer.')
8. Big leak here: "We can or soon will be able to control the weather. You can make drought during the growing season SO THAT NOTHING WILL GROW." (A pretty counterintuitive advance in technology, eh?)
9. "Implants would lend themselves to surveillance by providing radio signals. THIS COULD BE UNDER THE SKIN OR A DENTAL IMPLANT." (In fact some employers now require that one's 'ID card' be inside the body, and it's being encouraged for pets, and for old folks who might wander.)
10. "Some books will disappear from libraries…. Further down the line NOT EVERYBODY WILL BE ALLOWED TO OWN BOOKS." Well, son of a gun.
Are the ten foregoing items conspiratorial? Absolutely.
I hold that Dr Day knew of things that were being conspired about, and the proof of the pudding is that they have come to pass.
I hold that Dr Day knew of things that were being conspired about, and the proof of the pudding is that they have come to pass.
Evolutionary Biology
My writing career started in 1981 with the publication, in the Melbourne Age, of my review of "Genes Mind, and Culture," by Charles Lumsden and EO Wilson. I see human behavior through Darwinian eyes. There is no question that we are a predator species when it comes to killing other animals, but we also prey on fellow humans. We do it left, right, and center. Absolutely everyone does it. The Ten Commandments urge us not to, because we do so.
Kin altruism provides that we are not too grabby when it comes to the possessions of our close relatives. Indeed, we are inclined to make sacrifices for parents, siblings, and especially our offspring. But the human individual is, like other mammals, self contained and selfish. We have to look out for Number One in a competitive situation.
We are biologically equipped with ways to control others in ways that favor us. We may do it by emotionally manipulating them, or offering them promises. Our talent for deceit is a particularly useful thing for controlling others. (See Randolph Nesse, MD, on our marvelous capacity for self-deceit.)
Why People Resist the Revelations of Conspiracy
In general, it's considered an embarrassment to subscribe to the main conspiracy theories of today. When JFK was killed in 1963, people did scoff at the Warren Commission's findings that Oswald was a lone nutter. Yet hardly anyone would state outright that the assassination must have had huge help from high-level people.
Today the 9-11 conspiracy theory, often rendered as "9-11 was an Inside Job," is seriously countenanced by a fair percentage of the American population. Still, there is quite a willingness to ridicule those who proclaim it.
I suppose it is natural for people to hold back on criticism of their leaders. To honor one's group leader is biologically provided for, just as is the honoring of one's parents. You feel terrible if you express any disloyalty.
Also, we all have an instinct to think our group is always right, and to have little regard for the rights of foreigners.
Yet the attacks of 9-11 are harmful to the domestic group. Why are people so reluctant to face up to it? Don't we expect our parents, teachers, clergymen, doctors – anybody we trust – to take a stand when an evil deed has been committed?
Many Americans are in denial over 9-11 because it would be unbearable to admit that the US government was responsible for attacking the World Trade Center. So they shut their mind to it. Denial is a very strong psychological strategy. (I know I do it myself, over other issues.) It is probably the main reason for the anti-conspiracy position.
All Rather Self-Defeating
Today's news, as mentioned above, is that France now views skeptics as criminals. This is very worrying. It implies that the Big Bosses (I take such decisions to have been made globally) feel they have sufficiently conquered the educated population! Oh-oh.
They assume we will accept this new regime in which critical thinking is taboo. Will we? I would not bet ten bucks on it -- either way. So far I see very little protest, none from legislators! If it's true that the public will capitulate to these horrific laws, this will basically cancel the political gains of three centuries, starting with, say, John Locke's 1689 "Two Treatises of Government."
If so, our biologically-grounded habits will have turned out to be our undoing. We will have said:
"Sure, powerful, ruthless types, do as you wish. We are averse to being confrontational with you. Go on, take our liberties. Oh, you want our money too? Hmm. That's not so nice. Oh, you want our health? Gee, I didn't know that was included. Hey wait a minute. You say you have the droit de seigneur? Crikey, I think you guys are going a bit too far."
The Homely Examples
In an effort to persuade anyone who is on the fence about conspiracy theory, I ask them to look again at Dr Day's 1969 predictions. Over the years, Dr Dunegan occasionally ran into persons who had been at the dinner, but they alleged no memory of the startling remarks. (Further evidence of the human mechanism of denial?)
To be fair, though, those doctors did not know that the predictions would come true! We have the great advantage of realizing that they did come true. This surely constitutes proof:
1. That somebody up there does make plans like that for the whole society.
2. That they're able to direct the carrying out of such ideas, via business, government, schools, and media.
3. That, even though the predictions are 46 years old, the bits and pieces are still in the works, and the parts that have not yet happened are likely to happen.
Criminality: Can We Indict?
Call me old-fashioned but I think the solution to dealing with these characters is to recognize that their "grandiose plans" contain much that is against the law. We're talking jailable offenses, and in one case a hanging offense. All it takes is a rap sheet.
Let's analyze only the ten items shown earlier (Dr Day provided more than a hundred), viz.: 1. Stealing stuff from hospitals; 2. Men to travel in their jobs; 3. Solo GPs out, and new diseases in; 4. Bras to be softer; 5. People to move to new locales; 6. Soccer to be promoted; 7 Some national sovereignty to be relinquished; 8. Weather control; 9. Implants with radio control; 10. Books banned.
For starters, let's scratch off the list some non-criminal items: Men to travel; Bras softer; Move to new locales; and Soccer to be promoted. We can also omit "GP's out," but leave half of that item: "new diseases" in. That leaves six of the ten for us to consider.
One of these is Theft from hospitals, but I suggest we ignore it as trivial. I'll also omit Implants, as they would perhaps be done "consensually" and hence not criminally. And though I love Books, I don't see criminality in banning them (in terms of today's criminal law).
What we are left with are three major criminal offenses, so blithely proposed by Dr Day. Namely: inventing new diseases, and causing drought, both of which are forms of murder, and relinquishing national sovereignty, which may be an act of treason.
I have been working for years to tell people about these crimes. (My 2011 book is entitled: Prosecution for Treason; Epidemics, Weather Wars, Mind Control and the Surrender of Sovereignty.) So far I have constantly run up against the barrier of disbelief. But I didn't use the clues given in Dr Day's speech as evidence of World Government's blatant criminality. I will do that here. Please listen up.
Diseases and Drought – Great Woes of Mankind
New diseases. Oh, come on, anyone can see that this is a crime. I think we should categorize it as the crime of murder, as murder has no statute of limitations. Many of the 'new diseases," not least AIDS, caused many deaths. The persons responsible need to be punished as murderers. That's elementary, isn't it, my dear Watson?
The other crime is weather control. When one mentions rain-making or temperature changing (both of which are massively being done today, as far as I can figure), one gets the retort "It is done for beneficial purposes." OK, but that's not true of drought-making. According to Dr Dunegan, Dr Day said "You can make drought during the growing season so that nothing will grow."
Day's remark was made in the context of food control, allegedly intended to get people to practice population control. He said "Food supply is to be brought under centralized control so that people would not have enough to support any fugitives from the new system." Wow, we are talking life-and-death control here.
Who do these jerks think they are, anyway?
By the way, the US Constitution Article III, section 3, calls it treason if you "levy war" against the United States.
The punishment is death.
The Australian Criminal Code (Part 5.1, Division 80.1) provides a punishment of life imprisonment for any
person who "levies war, or does any act preparatory to levying war, against the Commonwealth."
The punishment is death.
The Australian Criminal Code (Part 5.1, Division 80.1) provides a punishment of life imprisonment for any
person who "levies war, or does any act preparatory to levying war, against the Commonwealth."
We could easily charge with treason those who levy war by drought-making or invention of new diseases. (I think the murder charge is easier, yet it might be wise to take the treason concept out of mothballs.)
Don't you want, in your heart of hearts, to stop these things? Wouldn't yours be a better world without strange new diseases and the use of weather control to produce hurricanes, tornados, and earthquakes at the drop of a hat?
Well, then, you have to think law. And don't wait for the judicial system to get onto it, cause they ain't gonna. (By the way, lotsa folks are committing the felony of obstruction of justice, in regard to the foregoing crimes.)
Better watch out if you're one of them.
Better watch out if you're one of them.
A Word about National Sovereignty
In the foregoing, I mentioned a major definition of treason found in US and Australian law: levying war against the people. In my book, Prosecution for Treason, I rehearse an expanded jurisprudence. I think the throwing over of the Constitution, the major protection of America, is a crime of treason.
I find it easy to identify treason in a Congressman. He commits this crime (no joke) any time he passes a law that delivers his legislative power to a party outside his hands, be it the Executive, the UN, or a "trade treaty."
There's also the attempt on the part of World Government to take away every nation's government.
For example, the various nations of Europe – Spain, Germany, Italy, etc, -- gave up their autonomy by joining the European Union.
For example, the various nations of Europe – Spain, Germany, Italy, etc, -- gave up their autonomy by joining the European Union.
If the US or Oz follows suit, as it does to some extent in treaties (such as NAFTA or the Lima Declaration), is that a crime of treason? Personally I don't think it can be a crime, except when committed by those who are supposed to guard us, namely our elected representatives and any officials they appoint.
If the Rockefellers go about undermining national sovereignty by corrupting our governments, I blame the members of government, not the Rockefellers. (And if they only "recommend" a yielding of national sovereignty, that is their First-Amendment right to free speech.)
Still, if you are keen on indicting the Rockefellers for treason, you can do so, as I said, under the clause about levying war (via the invention of new diseases and/or drought-making). Note: In the US, treason is a hanging offense.
By the way, some really fascinating things could come out at a properly conducted trial. Perhaps even some things favorable to, or exculpatory of, the Rockefellers. You never know....
Here is a video by Dr Stan Montieth with ideas about the Invention of diseases:
Mary W Maxwell can be reached at email@example.com. Her 2013 book, Consider the Lilies, delves into some of the "new diseases" predicted by Dr Day. She writes regularly for Gumshoenews.com. Her recent article on the Port Arthur massacre is linked below. There may be some treason in that judicial episode, too!
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Gog, Google, Gold and the Goddess: How Illuminati Trademarks Blaspheme the LORD God of the Bible
by Jeremy James
The sociopaths who control the United States, and who are in the process of igniting World War III, are incredibly arrogant. While hiding their intentions and even their existence
as much as possible, they are prone on occasion to put their 'signature' on their best work. They especially like to honor the 'god' of their false religion and to have the masses unwittingly bow down before him.
For example, as many commentators have already noted, some of the principal dates in the Christian calendar are actually pagan feast days MUCH MORE+MEANING OF BARACK OBAMA
as much as possible, they are prone on occasion to put their 'signature' on their best work. They especially like to honor the 'god' of their false religion and to have the masses unwittingly bow down before him.
For example, as many commentators have already noted, some of the principal dates in the Christian calendar are actually pagan feast days MUCH MORE+MEANING OF BARACK OBAMA
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Russell Brand (Useful Idiot) anti establishment "revolutionary" who Supports Money Power Globalism
Clarkson, Brand And Useful Idiots
The imbecilic man child Russell Brand has made a video trying to explain what is happening with the Clarkson ''fracas''. According to Brand, affecting a tedious Australian accent for some reason, Clarkson is a throw back to a time before multiculturalism and tolerance which still carries a huge amount of appeal. Clarkson, says Brand, is responsible for Nigel Farage and the rise of UKIP, it's all part of a backlash to ''Political Correctness gone mad!'' and an out of date world view of individualism and pride in one's country.
The problem with Brand is simple, everything he says is unmitigated garbage.
In Brand's view Political Correctness is not a method of thought control at all, it is some sort of natural progression of the human spirit which has just magically and wonderfully appeared out of nowhere. Brand takes it for granted that we are ''diverse'' and that we can ''learn from other cultures around us''. Thus men such as Farage or Clarkson are nothing but crusty old relics dreaming of yesteryear belonging to a world which, according to Brand is '' self assured white man, the kind of version of Britain that is beginning to fade as we become more tolerant'. Brand of course likes to think of himself as a revolutionary fighting the system, yet what he has to say is almost identical to what the Chairman of Goldman Sachs has said:
''"It's impossible to consider that the degree of homogeneity which is implied by the other argument can survive because states have to become more open states, in terms of the people who inhabit them. Just as the United Kingdom has demonstrated."
Peter Sutherland, former chairman of Goldman Sachs.
''We must learn to be more understanding of people's needs as our country becomes more diverse, and that emerges as part of our cultural narrative of who we are''
Russell Brand, Anti Establishment hero.
Peter Sutherland is speaking from a Globalist perspective of creating a gigantic consumerist slave farm for profit. Russell Brand is a supposed anti establishment ''revolutionary'' who just so happens to believe in, and agree with, everything the money power has to say.Goldman Sachs is the enemy of Brand yet he completely agrees with their Globalism, how strange...this, of course, is why he isn't locked up with Golden Dawn or slandered like Farage or sued like Le Pen.
So, the fact that men such as Clarkson and Farage are sidelined is not just because ''humanity'' has left them behind it is because the powers Brand claims to oppose are phasing them, and all other white men, out!.
But we can't expect Brand to address that, it would be painful admitting everything you have ever thought and said is childish rubbish. Russell will continue to ''Rage For The Machine''. Read More
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ISA_Obama Was Hand-Picked & NOT a Natural Born Citizen - Congress Knew It & Protected Him_circa2015 ~Ambassador Lee Emil Wanta
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Worldwide Alert: Neil Is Pissed Off And Is Releasing His Weapons
Worldwide Alert:
During the past three months I have felt the sting of my money being
stolen, my bank accounts being wiped out on New Year's Eve, my friend
being killed while attempting to help us, and another friend who
survived a car accident — all of it orchestrated by the Cabal.
Neil Is Pissed Off And Is Releasing His Weapons
I finally heard word tonight that "they" do not want any foreign country helping us. So guess what? It is time to fight back with all we've got. Time to exact revenge. Time to completely exploit every one of their weaknesses. So here we go, ladies and gentlemen! Payback is a bitch. We may be small but we are a force to be reckoned with.
I am reluctantly giving up possession of the Black Book, aka Book of Codes. It will go to the one I believe is best suited to handle it. I have been watching over the Book, taking care of it, but in dealing with the Global Accounts, I have had little time to use this "lethal weapon" to the world's maximum advantage.
Let me be clear here. With the Book(s) in hand, the Greek Government would never have to worry about the European Union's absurd demand for repayment. They would be holding the Book that exposes the EC (European Commission) for providing the entire EU (European Union) with nothing but blank paper. Yet they expect to be paid back. So are we to give them back paper of no value whatsoever? So long EU!
On the other hand, imagine the damage that the Russians could wreak on the West if they had the Book, this "Financial Holy Grail," in their hands. They would be able to expose the unrestrained, unlimited frauds that the West has perpetrated against its own people!
Imagine the damages they would be forced to pay to the very people that they have kept enslaved for so many long years. But whoever receives this Book will have to be extremely careful with it — it can be deadly as well as generous.
Imagine what this Book means and the vast consequences that it will have around the globe. The Book spells out everything: there will be no more disputes over the accounts! And the World Bank will finally be seen for what it is and that it has absolutely nothing to do with the Collateral Accounts.
The Book would also reveal that the Spiritual White Boy, King Anthony Santiago Martin (ASM) as we know him, died in 1985 (God rest his soul). His death was three years prior to Ferdinand Marcos' death in 1988. The one now known as Anthony Santiago Martin arrived in 1993 from a Thai village. He is certainly no King Anthony. He was put into place by an alphabet agency, and, along with four others, was meant to impersonate the deceased King Anthony. The accounts are indeed large, but … the King is no longer.
This imposter ASM admits he was offered money yet he also claims never to have received any. If you believe this one, wait until you hear him twist another lie. He even claims he was set up for the purpose of gaining unauthorized access to the ASM accounts. Now that makes sense seeing the West believes they own accounts that do not belong to them. In fact, this play-actor Anthony Santiago Martin actually states that he was only a signator and nothing more.
Getting Back in Focus
There is much that we have been facing and when we honestly assess our forces, we see that we can handle the Global Accounts or the Book, but not both at the same time. Our team can handle 8 or 9 deals simultaneously, but the magnitude of what we face is tremendous and we need help.
But we have the perfect ammunition that another could use to do a bang-up job against those who plan to destroy us. This will give us double bang for the punch, and maybe just enough to push us over the hump to a spot called safety.
So this is for you, the people who supported us, have laughed with us, and sometimes felt for us. Now we return your support and faith in us, and we hope we are soon done. The "Financial Holy Grail" is now on its way to global exposure. With this break-through action, we are pushing them hard from all angles. Together with the new AIIB, BRICS, etc., we will all make a very nice harmony.
For any and all interested in the Black Book please contact us at: firstname.lastname@example.com
Shit is about to happen so put your hats on – nasty to wash out you know!
All the best.
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Heartbreaking moment a four-year-old Syrian girl 'surrendered' when a photographer pointed his camera at her... and she assumed it was a gun
Heartbreaking moment a four-year-old Syrian girl 'surrendered' when a photographer pointed his camera at her... and she assumed it was a gun
- Young refugee girl mistook Osman Sagirli's camera for a deadly weapon
- Four-year-old froze in obvious terror and then raised her hands in the air
- Child has been identified as Adi Hudea, whose father was killed in 2012
- Image has since gone viral, being shared on Twitter thousands of times
This is the heartbreaking moment a four-year-old Syrian girl 'surrendered' to a photographer when she mistook the man's camera for a gun.
Taken at the Atmen refugee camp on Syria's border with Turkey last December, the image shows the young girl frozen in fear with her arms raised and her lips tightly pursed.
The child has been identified as Adi Hudea, whose father died in the 2012 Hama massacre and who has been living with her traumatised mother and three siblings at Camp Atmen ever since.
Harrowing: Taken at the Atmen refugee camp on Syria's border with Turkey, the image shows four-year-old Adi Hudea frozen in fear with her arms raised and her lips tightly pursed
Shocking: Palestine-based photojournalist Nadia Abu Shaban tweeted the image along with the caption: 'Thought he has a weapon not a camera so she gave up'
The image was taken by Turkish photojournalist Osman Sagirli but went viral earlier this week when it was shared on social media.
Palestine-based photojournalist Nadia Abu Shaban tweeted the image along with the caption: 'Thought he has a weapon not a camera so she gave up'.
Turkish media researching the origins of the photograph later suggested Adi Hudea was a four-year-old boy, not a girl, and revealed he was a resident of the Atmen refugee in Syria.
But BBC Trending have subsequently spoken to Sagirli himself who confirmed the image shows a little girl.
Ms Shaban's tweet has since been reposted more than 14,000 times and prompted emotional responses from social media users.
One wrote: 'I'm actually weeping seeing this. We've made this planet a horrible place, haven't we?', as another said: 'We are failing the younger generations and those still to come. SHAME ON US.'
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Thrillseeking skiers and snowboarders take on the steepest slopes in the world
Now that's a black run! Thrillseeking skiers and snowboarders take on the steepest slopes in the world
- The stunning snaps have been released by award-winning adventure photographer Tero Repo
- Action shot from all corners of the globe from Antarctica to Greenland, Alaska, South America and even Japan
- Intrepid explorers' battle through thick snow covering rocks which can cause fatal falls
These are some of the steepest ski slopes in the world, but one team of thrillseekers loves nothing more than testing their skills by taking them on.
The stunning snaps have been released by award-winning adventure photographer Tero Repo, who has travelled to all corners of the globe from Antarctica to Greenland, Alaska, South America and even Japan to capture his images.
Top skiers such as Jeremy Jones from Cape Cod in Massachusetts, USA and Xavier De Le Rue from Bayonne, France, spend their time carefully edging their way down the most stomach-churning drops on the planet.
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Monotheism in crisis as high level insiders claim the Qu'ran and the New Testament were Vatican P2 lodge propaganda
In a sign we are living in historic times, high level insiders have begun claiming that Jesus Christ was a fictitious character and that the Qu'ran was written by Vatican propaganda experts. This is evidence the 2000 year old Roman plan to create a unified, mono-cultural fascist world government is unravelling and that, as a result, ancient secrets are pouring out. The details of the new revelations can be seen at the end of the article.
Meanwhile nuclear and earthquake terror threats are being made by the US military industrial complex, Russia, Israel, the gnostic Illuminati, the North Koreans and others as a back-drop to negotiations aimed at forming a world federation of free states and sovereign humans.
During the last week the Russians, the gnostic Illuminati, the federation of world martial arts societies, the British, the North Koreans and others have contacted the White Dragon Society to offer support for its plan to end poverty and stop environmental destruction.
Also last week, a man claiming to represent "Russian television" sent a reporter to record a planned one hour special documentary about the White Dragon Society. The individual failed to offer any proof he represented Russian television but nonetheless, he was shown proof the WDS had the capability, if necessary, to raise a 200 million person army against the cabal.
The cabal, through the P2 freemason lodge, also contacted the WDS last week to say that President Vladimir Putin of Russia had agreed to participate in the planned world federation but only on the condition that President Barack Obama revealed to the world "final proof" of what the US government knows about aliens.
The WDS was also asked many detailed questions by the man from "Russian television" about esoteric topics. One was the question of US what happened to the US underground bases. What the WDS knows from its direct intelligence sources is that the bases were shut off from the surface of the planet around 2011. Also, horrific human experiments and humans being kept in cages were discovered by the white hats who took over the underground bases before shutting off their surface entrances. The entrances were shut to ensure senior cabalists would have no shelter in the event they tried to carry out their plan to destroy 90% of humanity.
Also, the WDS told them the man going by the name Cobra claimed to have ridden a supersonic underground train from London to New York before the bases were shut down. This corroborates extensive written records about these underground train networks. The Russians were also told the WDS had been shown photographs of underground wheat fields.
In addition, the WDS explained that members of the Majestic 12 or MJ12 group set up by President Eisenhower to deal with alien contacts came to the conclusion it was dealing with a rogue artificial intelligence that was able to override and control some human minds, especially those of top government officials. The P2 claim this is the "black sun" and that it resides in the gamma ray spectrum.
The "Russian TV" man was also introduced to Chodoin Daikaku. Daikaku is the head of a world federation of seven martial arts groups including Karate, Judo and Aikido. Together they have dojos in 190 countries and have representatives at all levels of the world's armed forces. He was also shown evidence of WDS alliance with Asian secret societies such as the Red and Blue and the Dragon family.
These groups support the WDS aims of creating a world federation for peace followed by a campaign to end poverty and stop environmental destruction. As mentioned above, in combination with the Western secret societies such as the Freemasons and the Gnostic Illuminati, the groups have the potential, if necessary, to raise an army at least 200 million strong.
As negotiations for world peace continue, so does saber rattling continue from all sorts of places. The Gnostic Illuminati have also threatened to destroy "the Jewish square mile" of London as well as Jerusalem and New York "this week" if the cabal did not surrender control of the dollar based financial system.
The Israelis for their part have shut all their embassies worldwide, as reported last week, and now we are being told by people like Gordon Duff that each of those embassies contains a nuclear weapon.
The North Koreans, to add their bit, have publicly threatened to set off a "new type of nuclear bomb." They are also talking about forcing unification with the South.
The folk who warned in advance of the Malaysian airline incident and the trouble in the Ukraine (presumably the military industrial complex) have also issued a fresh, dire warning that: "the next operation will be in Moldovia, in Belarus and then to kill Obama April 16th and nuke a US city."
There is also plenty of talk of earthquake weapons being deployed against Japan, California,Yellowstone National Park (with its giant sleeping volcano) against La Palma (to set off a tsunami) etc.
All of this talk is from WDS primary sources and is corroborated by plenty of stuff being posted on the net.
With these threats as a backdrop, various groups continue to jockey for control of the financial system. The latest maneuver came last week when a cabal agent approached the WDS to say they were going to hand over trillions of dollars in bonds to President Obama when he visits Japan in April as well as to the Keshe Foundation and the Cobra resistance.
He was told that whatever secret group he represented did not have the right to create trillions of dollars out of nothing, even if they were suddenly trying to do nice things. The WDS believes right to issue currency, and thus the right to decide the future of the planet, belongs to humanity as a whole and not some secret self-appointed group of gangsters.
Once humanity is liberated from Babylonian style debt slavery and global fascism then groups like Cobra and Keshe will be generously financed provided they are genuine.
It is under such circumstances that high level cabal insiders are now starting to reveal what they claim to be deep dark secrets of monotheism.
For example, high level members of the P2 lodge that has controlled the Vatican until now claim that Jesus Christ was a fictitious character created for the purposes of government, which is Latin for controlling (govern) minds (ments).
The claims that the Qu'ran was written by the Vatican are being made in a legal deposition presented to a court in London by the lawyer Michael Shrimpton. Here is the text of the claim:
20. The Defendant also correctly appreciated that Osama bin Laden was not personally religious, i.e. that his public image was a front. In coming to that conclusion he was informed by his knowledge, gained in part through high-level direct and indirect Saudi contacts, including the late H.E. Prince Mohammed, Governor of the Eastern Province, who before his assassination supported the Customer Buy-Out bid for Rolls-Royce and Bentley Motors co-ordinated by the Defendant in 1997/1998, without wishing to give offence to any Muslim, that Islam was a fraudulent religion. That is because the Koran was not dictated by God, as Islamic theologians proclaim, but by a series of theologians at the Vatican, hence the original being in Latin and the requirement for early Islamic scholars to speak Latin. The Defendant also understood that the first author of the Koran died before the work could be completed, explaining the differences between the earlier and later chapters. That in turn helps explain the deep division between Sufi and Salafist Muslims, which in turn has a bearing on understanding Islamo-fascist terrorist organisations such as al Qaeda.
Understanding that bin Laden only wore religious dress when on public view (e.g. when recording propaganda videos) helped in tracking him. This analysis was of interest inter alia to the NSA and FBI, which may help explain why the illegally seized material included a name in the Arabian Peninsula intelligence section of the FBI.
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Such claims are shocking many in the monotheistic world. However, they can also be dismissed as part of the long planned New World Order campaign to pave the way for a new age world religion.
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Last week, amid much fanfare, an FDA Advisory Committee unanimously recommended that Gilead Sciences, the maker of Truvada, a drug previously used to treat AIDS, be permitted to market it to prevent HIV infection. Findings from a handful of clinical trials, including one involving discordant couples where one person is negative and the other positive, showed promising results. The outcomes were best when used properly (HIV negative partner adhered to a drug regime and the couple used condoms). The results of the clinical trial involving women was not so promising.
While the advent of medical-based prevention is a reason for great hope in reducing the number of new infections each year, medicine alone has never been a panacea in the HIV pandemic. What we've learned in 30 years of the epidemic is that while actual HIV transmission may be pretty straightforward, the social and psychosocial "back story" is not.
A significant body of evidence now shows that the "structural drivers" of the epidemic – things that cause people to engage in high-risk behaviors such as unprotected sex or syringe sharing – are as deep and complex as it gets. Poverty, homelessness, trauma, lack of access to healthcare, racism, homophobia, domestic violence, gender disparities, criminalization of HIV transmission and drug use are just a few. Many of these also prevent individuals from adhering to medication whether it's antibiotics or insulin. HIV prevention is as complex as the things that make it necessary. Can we really just throw a pill at it?
While hopefully Truvada will be useful in the toolbox of HIV prevention, we cannot make the mistake that Magic Johnson did a decade ago when he announced he was cured. We cannot afford for young people to again hear that a drug will cure AIDS or prevent it. We cannot dumb down HIV prevention when so much is still at stake.
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For the first time in two decades, San Diego will have nonstop flights to Miami this summer, thanks to new routes announced Thursday by American Airlines.
With the new daily flights, all hubs in the American Airlines system -- Dallas, Chicago, Miami, New York and Los Angeles -- will have service out of San Diego for a combined total of 25 daily flights. A 150-seat Boeing 737-800 aircraft will be used for the new route.
"Miami was San Diego's largest market without nonstop service," said Hampton Brown, Director of Air Service for the Airport Authority, which had been lobbying for the nonstop flights. "Since Miami is also an American Airlines hub, it seemed a natural fit for the airline. We're glad they agree."
The new service will start June 12 with red-eye flights from San Diego scheduled to depart at 9:45 p.m., arriving in Miami the following day at 5:40 a.m. Flights from Miami will leave each day at 6:50 p.m. and land in San Diego at 8:50 p.m.
The added route makes sense for American given the growing tourism markets in both San Diego and Miami, said the airline's spokeswoman Mary Frances Fagan.
"San Diego and Miami are both important markets for tourism, and in both cities there is an opportunity to continue to grow American's presence," she said. "As we grow Miami, it makes sense to add cities that aren't served today."
San Diego's leisure and business travel markets should also benefit from the daily nonstop service, according to the San Diego Tourism Authority.
"The service will be beneficial for leisure travelers and meetings/convention attendees who would otherwise have to connect at least once to get to San Diego or bypass the option of including San Diego in their trip due to time and effort to get here," said Brian Said, director of Travel Trade Development for the agency.
The addition of the San Diego-Miami route was a wise business decision for American, but it has less to do with demand for domestic travel than the economic appeal of international tourism, says CBS Travel Editor Peter Greenberg.
"The airlines have looked at San Diego as a low-yield vacation destination and in doing so they make a mistake," said Greenberg. "The key here is not where Americans are traveling but where the foreigners are traveling.
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Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels speaks to a student after being named as the next president of Purdue University by the school's trustees in West Lafayette, Ind., Thursday, June 21, 2012. Daniels will take the helm of the school after leaving office in January and succeeds France Cordova who will leave in July after five years at Purdue's helm. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — With Indiana hemorrhaging revenue during the Great Recession, Gov. Mitch Daniels targeted higher education to help fill the gap — including nearly $30 million in state cuts at Purdue University.
On Thursday, trustees there unanimously approved him as the school's 12th president. Students, faculty members and legislators wondered how the governor would transition to a new job with such starkly different duties — particularly considering he still has six months left in his old one.
Daniels said it will involve a lot of listening. The former White House budget director and Eli Lilly executive has a Princeton bachelor's degree and Georgetown law degree but virtually no experience working in academia.
"I don't even know what I don't know yet. All I know is there's a lot I don't know," he told about 100 students at an afternoon gathering on campus.
Besides segueing from budget hawk to higher-ed advocate, the change for Daniels also will be extreme in the world of politics. The outspoken conservative was once considered such a rising star that many Republicans encouraged him to seek the presidency — or at least make himself available as a potential running mate or Cabinet choice for presumptive nominee Mitt Romney.
He said his appointment means he won't be involved in partisan politics after making one last out-of-state appearance this weekend.
"No campaigning, no commenting about anybody's campaigning — in the state or out state or anywhere else — no fundraising, nothing. I won't be a delegate to the national convention," he said.
Daniels, 63, will take office in January once his second term as governor expires.
That sudden withdrawal from the political spotlight is a sharp change for Daniels, who has written op-ed pieces, spoken on Republican causes to gatherings of conservatives, been a fixture on Sunday morning news shows and delivered the GOP's response to President Barack Obama's State of the Union address this year.
The stance is one of necessity. University presidents need to be able to unite, not divide, said Robert Bontempo, who teaches executive education at the Columbia Business School in New York.
"You can't give people orders and tell them what to do," he said. "You have to lead by consensus, because they have lifetime jobs."
Bontempo said politicians tend to make the transition to university leadership more successfully than private sector executives. He cited Bob Kerrey, a former governor and two-term senator from Nebraska who is running for the Senate again after 10 years as president of the New School for Social Research in New York City.
Since 2009, Daniels has ordered more than $150 million in cuts to public education — about one-fifth of that to Purdue. Adam Hoover, a 2008 Purdue graduate who is organizing a public protest over Daniels' selection, said he thinks Daniels is hostile to the cause.
"It's disturbing that one man could both cut the budget of a public university and control the exact impact of those cuts," Hoover said in an email to The Associated Press.
The university also came under fire from state lawmakers over its tuition increases at the height of the recession. Purdue's in-state tuition rates have risen by as much as 62 percent since 2004, according to figures provided by the university.
As governor, Daniels approved a new right to work law that angered unions and signed off on a law that would cut most public funding to Planned Parenthood because it provides abortions. He also pushed through the nation's largest school voucher program, drawing fire from critics who said using taxpayer money so students could to attend private schools violated the constitutional separation of church and state.
"I don't think he has a proven track record in terms of being able to get the job done and doing things the right way," said Tim Neuhaus, 28, of Baltimore, Md., who graduated from Purdue in 2010 with a bachelor of science degree and works as a project engineer for a commercial construction company.
Mindy Anderson, 33, who is seeking a doctorate in pharmacy and teaches veterinary classes at Purdue, said she thought Daniels was a great choice because of his leadership skills. She said she wasn't concerned that he had cut higher education spending in the past.
"He didn't do it irresponsibly. I think he did his homework and got the information he needed and did what he needed for the financial health of the state," she said.
Daniels won't be in a position to decide on allocations to Purdue during the remainder of his term as governor because the Legislature does not reconvene until January.
But Rep. Scott Pelath, D-Michigan City and a member of the budget-writing Ways and Means Committee, questioned whether Purdue would be treated more favorably than other state-supported universities when the Republican-dominated General Assembly is making appropriations.
"What do the folks in the inner sanctum of Indiana University or Ball State University have to say? Do they think they're going to be treated the same way?" Pelath said. "It would be foolish not to look down the road and consider the possible implications."
Daniels will have to win over faculty and students who question whether having him appointed by a board he largely appointed poses a conflict of interest. Some also are leery of his lack of academic experience and his reputation for shaking up the status quo.
Morris Levy, a biological sciences professor who just completed a term as University Senate chairman on June 1, said some faculty worried that Daniels might lower the school's academic standards. He pointed to the governor's support of the Legislature's recent decision to limit the number of college credits state university students need to earn a degree.
"The intrusion of politics into the academy is something everyone ought to be wary of," Levy said. "But he does bring enormous skills to the job we haven't previously had."
Purdue officials said they anticipated some negative reaction to Daniels' selection but said support was overwhelmingly in favor of his appointment to succeed France Cordova, who will step down in July after five years at Purdue's helm.
"He's a visionary. He's a strategist. He's an innovator. But most of all, he's a doer," said Trustees President Keith Karch.
Associated Press writers Charles Wilson, Ken Kusmer and Tom LoBianco in Indianapolis contributed to this story.


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The long-anticipated announcement for iPad 2 happened this week, leaving many Apple fans wondering if the upgrades are worth buying the new iPad when it debuts today. Following are the major changes between the two models to help you decide.iPad 2 is Lighter
The first generation of iPad weighs in at 1.5 pounds for the WiFi-only model. The iPad 2's WiFi-only model weighs in at 1.3 pounds. While this does not seem like a big difference, for users who carry the iPad alongside stacks of books or other materials, every .1 pound counts!iPad 2 is Thinner
Apple loves to make their devices as thin as possible. The MacBook Air even fits easily into a standard manila envelope! iPad 2 is not that thin, but it is 33% thinner than the original iPad.iPad 2 is Faster
The new generation of iPad 2 boasts a dual-core A5 processor, an upgrade from last year's A4 processor. Apple promises the added power will not diminish battery life, but we are skeptical.iPad 2 has FaceTime and Cameras
FaceTime is more popular than we thought it would be. Apparently, people do like to see the people with whom they are speaking. iPad 2 adds FaceTime functionality through both front and rear-facing cameras. That's right: iPad is now a digital camera on top of everything else.iPad 2 has Smart Covers
Smart Covers are new for Apple products. These microfiber lined covers snap onto the iPad 2 to both protect and clean its screen. When the cover is open, iPad wakes up; when closed, the iPad sleeps. The cover plays double-duty as a stand.Is iPad 2 Worth the Upgrade?
There is no doubt the iPad 2 will be a great tablet, but for current iPad users, it might not be worth the upgrade, unless FaceTime is important to you. The processor upgrade is nice, but it is not necessary. The Smart Covers are also nice, but iPad has covers that are similar and frankly, good enough.
One other upgrade not mentioned here is the ability to plug the iPad 2 into a TV via a $39 HDMI cable. For those who buy a great many iTunes videos, this may be worth the upgrade. iPad 2's prices are the same as iPad's, starting at $499 for a WiFi-only model.
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Ubuntu 11.10 is now available for free public download. Word on the street is that this iteration of the open source operating system will feature "management and orchestration tools" that DevOps practitioners need to embrace cloud computing. Ubuntu 11.10 introduces Juju (previously codenamed Ensemble) for service deployment and orchestration across multiple cloud infrastructures, large-scale bare-metal deployments, and workstation-based service prototyping.
This is the final release prior to Ubuntu's next Long Term Support (LTS) release, due in April next year. Commercial Ubuntu services supporter Canonical explains that Juju enables infrastructure and service developers to describe the deployment and scaling requirements of their applications to enhance the dialog between developers and ops teams. "Juju can be referred to as DevOps Distilled because it brings such clarity to the development-deployment dialog and process," says the company.
"Ubuntu 11.10 gives forward-looking companies a chance to road-test the cloud and desktop technologies that will change the game for IT cost and performance" says Jane Silber, CEO of Canonical. "We're thrilled to deliver multiple firsts with this release: a technology pre for the ARM architecture on servers, cloud infrastructure, and Juju service orchestration in the box."
Ubuntu Server 11.10 sees Ubuntu become the first general-purpose, server-focused operating system that supports the ARM architecture. This adds to Ubuntu's existing support for a range of Intel x86 server. ARM support is released as a technology preview, and Canonical says it has done significant work to support the architecture with the core OS and with essential high-volume server applications such as the LAMP stack. The ARM architecture is considered to have the potential to improve the performance per watt density of data centers dramatically. With the choice of Intel x86 and now ARM, Ubuntu Server 11.10 is positioned as a technology capable of giving power-sensitive companies the opportunity to assess the best solution for their requirements.
Canonical has also improved LXC integration in Ubuntu, as well as adding LXC support to OpenStack as a technology preview. LXC offers lightweight workload separation, with improved utilization on all servers and support for all architectures, so for the first time users can start to explore ARM-based clouds. For deployment, Ubuntu Cloud Infrastructure is fully supported on x86-based servers.
Gerry Carr, director of communications at Canonical told Dr. Dobbs that, "Although not part of this release, developer.ubuntu.com gives open source developers a great way to write or port applications across to Ubuntu and, critically, get paid for those applications in the Ubuntu Software Centre. Photobomb, for instance, is a great example of a fully open source app, with a $2.99 price tag, meaning the efforts in building out the app can be contributed to financially and easily by users. Ubuntu is a great way for PC-orientated apps to reach their public. We expect to see more and more of this in lifetime of Ubuntu 11.10."
For business desktop users, Ubuntu 11.10 continues to build on the Unity user experience introduced in the April 2011 release of Ubuntu 11.04. Machines with less powerful or modern graphic cards now have Unity in 2D, allowing every user to enjoy the widely acclaimed new interface. Unity is now fully supported on ARM, making extremely low-power and low-cost thin clients possible for large-scale institutional deployments. Another change sees the cross-platform Mozilla Thunderbird replace Evolution, giving users what is labelled as a more up-to-date and feature-rich email client.


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Summer, Bran, and Hodor by Amok
Prince of the green
Prince of the wolfswood
Prince of the woods
|Bran Stark
|In 298 AC, at the north
A Game of Thrones (appears)
A Clash of Kings (appears)
A Storm of Swords (appears)
A Feast for Crows (mentioned)
A Dance with Dragons (appears)
|TV series
|Season 1 | Season 2 | Season 3 | Season 4 | Season 6
Summer is the direwolf bonded to Bran Stark. He is the litter-mate of Grey Wind, Lady, Nymeria, Shaggydog and Ghost.
Summer has silvery grey fur and yellow eyes.[1]
Recent Events
A Game of Thrones
Summer is found with his litter-mates in the snow near their dead mother by Jon Snow and Robb Stark.[2] Bran has difficulty choosing a name for his new direwolf pup, going through a thousand names without settling on one.[3] After Bran's fall, Summer spends every moment he can howling beneath his window. Even when chased away, Summer returns and continues howling.[4] An intruder enters Bran's room with the intent to kill him. Summer sneaks behind the man while he is occupied with Catelyn Tully and attacks him, tearing out his throat, ending the attack.[5] When Bran awakes from his coma-like state, he gives a name to his wolf, Summer.[6]
During Tyrion Lannister's return to Winterfell, Rickon arrives with the direwolves Summer, Grey Wind and Shaggydog in tow. When they catch the scent of the Tyrion, all three direwolves move to corner him and Tyrion is only saved when the Starks call off their wolves.[1] During Bran's first ride on a horse since his fall, Robb, Grey Wind and Summer go in search of deer, leaving Bran alone. A small party of wildlings come upon Bran and promptly try to rob him. Robb, Grey Wind and Summer return and a fight ensues. Summer kills Hali, taking a knife wound in the process. All of the wildlings are killed except for Osha, who surrenders and is taken captive for further questioning.[7]
A Clash of Kings
Shaggydog and Summer are confined to the godswood at Winterfell after Shaggy bites Little Walder Frey.[8] When Winterfell is captured by Theon Greyjoy, Summer hears the ironmen coming in and tries to climb a tree to get out of the godswood, but falls to the ground. The following night, the two wolves escape the castle with their masters, but remain in the forest while the boys return to Winterfell and hide in the crypts. They evade Theon Greyjoy's hunting party and witness the Sack of Winterfell from outside the castle. After the Boltons depart, leaving Winterfell deserted, they reunite with their masters in the castle yard.
A Storm of Swords
Bran opens his third eye as a warg and enters into Summer, where he encounters a pack of wolves eating a fresh kill. Bran inhabits Summer's mind as Summer fights the wolf pack for the carcass. It is only due to the interference of Hodor, acting on Jojen Reed's command, that Bran is forcibly made to vacate Summer's mind.[9] At Queenscrown Summer attacks Styr's wildlings, giving Jon Snow an opening to escape them. He is wounded by them, and Bran has a hard time entering him while he is in pain. Through Summer, Bran dreams of the deaths of Robb and Grey Wind.
A Dance with Dragons
In Jon Snow's wolf dream Ghost can no longer sense Summer.[10] Summer accompanies Bran in his trip beyond the Wall, limping from a wounded leg. Bran can feel the pain when he is in Summer. Summer is able to smell that Coldhands is dead. When they arrive at a deserted wildling village, Bran sends Summer to hunt and Summer meets the pack of Varamyr's wolves eating the remains of the dead Night's Watch deserters. After fighting the alpha wolf, One Eye, Summer is able to take over leadership of the pack.[11]
Summer accompanies Bran to the hill of the cave of the last greenseer. When the party is attacked by wights, Summer heroically defends Bran while he attempts to enter Hodor. After the wights are scared away by the fire of Leaf's torch, he enters the cave and is by Bran's side when he awakes.[12]
Quotes about Summer
The black one is full of fear and rage, but the grey is strong … stronger than he knows … can you feel him, sister?[13]
—Catelyn Stark, to Robb Stark
Summer's howls were long and sad, full of grief and longing. Shaggydog's were more savage. Their voices echoed through the yards and halls until the castle rang and it seemed as though some very pack of direwolves haunted Winterfell, instead of only two… two where they had once been six. Do they miss their brothers and sisters too? Bran wondered. Are they calling to Grey Wind and Ghost, to Nymeria and Lady's Shade? Do they want them to come home and be a pack together?[8]—Bran Stark's thoughts
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 A Game of Thrones, Chapter 24, Bran IV.
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 1, Bran I.
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 8, Bran II.
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 9, Tyrion I.
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 14, Catelyn III.
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 17, Bran III.
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 37, Bran V.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 A Clash of Kings, Chapter 4, Bran I.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 9, Bran I.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 3, Jon I.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 4, Bran I.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 12, Reek I.
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 21, Bran III.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 14, Catelyn II.


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USDA announces important updates on the MILC program
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[February 02, 2013]
SPRINGFIELD -- Beginning
Tuesday, USDA will issue payments to dairy farmers enrolled in the
Milk Income Loss Contract program for the September 2012 marketings.
The American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 extended the authorization
of the Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008 (the farm bill)
through 2013 for many programs administered by the Farm Service
Agency, including MILC. The farm bill extension provides for a
continuation of the MILC program through Sept. 30. The announcement
in Illinois was made by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's FSA
state executive director, Scherrie Giamanco.
As announced by FSA on Jan. 22, all dairy producers' MILC
contracts are automatically extended to Sept. 30. Eligible producers
therefore do not need to re-enroll in MILC. MILC operations with
approved contracts will continue to receive monthly payments, if
The payment rate for September 2012 is approximately 59 cents per
hundredweight. The payment rate for October 2012 marketings is
approximately 2 cents per hundredweight. The payment rate for
November 2012 marketings is zero.
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Before the October MILC payment can be issued, dairy farmers must
complete a new AGI form for 2013. The new form, CCC-933 Average
Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) Certification and Consent to Disclosure
of Tax Information, must be completed by producers before they can
receive payments for a variety of programs administered by FSA and
USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service. Producers may obtain
the CCC-933 form at their local USDA Service Center or online at
www.fsa.usda.gov/ccc933. Specific details about AGI are
available there.
Dairy operations may select a production start month other than
October 2012. Producers who want to select a production start month
other than October 2012 must visit their local FSA office between
Feb. 1 and Feb. 28, known as a relief period.
FSA will provide producers with information on program
requirements, updates and signups as the information becomes
available. For more information on MILC, contact a local FSA county
office or visit www.fsa.usda.gov.
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by Chuck Israels
Lesson 11 - The Rhythm Section
The Rhythm Section as a Continuo Part
The core of traditional jazz band orchestration is the rhythm section most often a bass instrument, some percussion, and a chord instrument. Though there have been useful variations mothered by necessity, convenience, and a desire for variety, the traditional standard of string bass, jazz drum set, and piano, is a good place to start.(It is always possible, for reasons of creative variety or availability, to make omissions or substitutions in orchestration, but the traditional jazz rhythm section provides a good internal balance and functions well with a variety of other instrumental combinations. The tradition has developed for good and practical reasons.)
Writing chord charts for pianists, guitarists, and bass players leaves many decisions in the control of the players. This can be a good thing when the players are skilled and experienced, and when they know the music but, more often than not, it provides less information than what is needed to guarantee a good interpretation.(Actually, providing a chord chart that contains the entire harmonic matrix of the piece that the arranger uses to write it is almost always too much information for a rhythm section player; inexperienced ones fumble to include everything, creating a mess, and experienced ones can be distracted by the task of editing the information to extract the useful material. That ought to be the arrangers job.)The biggest problem posed by this all too common arrangers practice of using the whole chord- chart as a rhythm section part is that it invites constant playing when the best choice can often be silence. So at the barest minimum, rests and rhythms need to be indicated to insure the integration of a rhythm section part into the overall texture of the orchestration. In some cases, this method can work well, but there is one instance where that method is not a good idea; when writing a bass part it is better to write out pitches rather than chord symbols and rhythmic notation. The notated pitches take less time to write, and they have distinct advantages. They indicate the direction of the line and are easier to read (one symbol at a time instead of two).
Here are some guidelines that can help to create good accompaniments:
The more active the accompaniment, the more it constrains and controls the solo voice, but rhythmically neutral accompaniments soon wear thin. A balance between the two styles allows the most variety. Increasing the melodic and rhythmic character of an accompaniment eventually reverses the foreground/background hierarchy and presents a situation in which the improvising soloist is required to adjust the improvisation to fit with a dominating accompaniment. This can be a good technique that can insure consistency of results in multiple performances of a piece. Ellingtons music abounds with examples of accompaniment becoming dominant foreground, and his soloists became adept at providing appropriate responses to the written backgrounds.
Providing a platform for a soloist to create freely developed improvisations requires a more neutral background. Gil Evans music provides examples of ways to do this that allow freedom for the soloist while interjecting well developed ensemble passages that frame the moments that are dominated by the improviser.
Here are some suggestions of ways to create effective active accompaniments for the rhythm section and some ways of expanding those ideas into the rest of the ensemble:
The most useful register for piano comping is centered below middle C, roughly from D below middle C to G or A above, for rootless voicings. (Occasional bass notes are useful in filling out the sound at climactic points, or when the movement of the bass line creates attractive counterpoint with the melody.) This upper bass register is the range of most effective ensemble impact, the body range that makes the band sound full and meaty without being overbearing. Most of the weight needs to be on the notes below middle C. Whenever this range is exceeded upward, that encroachment is an intrusion into the acoustic territory in which the human ear is most sensitive. This means that that gesture must be deliberate and the moment for it carefully chosen so as not to compete with the dominance of the lead line. Sometimes colorful interjections in this higher register are useful and appropriate but they are useful in inverse proportion to the frequency of their use. In other words, less is more, and play three times more softly in that register unless there is need for an accompanying exclamation point, in which case, make the point and get out of the way.
Staying in the register above F or G above middle C for the lead line of accompanying piano chords can have multiple detrimental effects. It crowds the acoustic area that singers and instrumentalists need. Even if their notes are below that register, subliminal but colorful overtones need to ring in that space. Besides this, the ears sensitivity in this range makes continued accompanying sounds wearing and monotonous, forcing the listener to divert energy to mentally turning them down in order to maintain attention on the primary voice.
Play or write commentary to the melody, not concerted rhythms. Play or write answers or anticipation to the expected rhythms of the bass notes or else the bass rhythm is either duplicated or forced to a less successful position where too many bass notes will have to be played off the beat in order to be heard as separate from the piano.
Here are some examples of accompanying figures for piano, some of which could be orchestrated for other instruments:
Score References & Musical Examples Using JABB:
Piano comping example - Rhythm Changes - 4 voices. Note balance between on-the-beatchords and syncopations. This example could be orcestrated effectively for 4 trombones(or for 5 saxophones by doubling the lead line an octave lower).
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These examples show an effective idiomatic balance between on-the-beat and syncopated elements. Both are needed to make the music swing.
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The Blues riff figure in the preceding excerpt is a good example of the way application of piano music into the winds sometimes needs modification. The melodic figure in the right hand, combined with the repeated major second in the left hand, works beautifully as a piano figure. The sound of the piano, even without the use of the pedal, rings after the key has been released. There is considerable resonance in the soundboard and body of the piano that gives continuity and elision to the music and helps blend disparate sounds.
Winds are quite different. When the wind player stops producing sound, it stops dead. The articulation and decay are so different that some piano figures require translation in order to be applied to winds. Separation of voices takes effort to be made clear on the piano. So much so that Glenn Gould and Bill Evans styles are recognized for their remarkable ability to achieve this difficult result. The identification of individual voices is far more apparent in winds, so care must be taken to ensure that entrances, exits, and the gestures of the voices are appropriate in each instrumental part.
Heres how this piano riff translates elegantly to a trombone section:
Score References & Musical Examples Using JABB:
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The rhythms in the preceding examples have been designed to work at a fast tempo. A quarter note at 208 would be appropriate. Slow music needs even more rhythmic detail in order to remain lively and interesting. The impression that slow music contains only slow note values is incorrect and counterproductive. When the tempo is slow, many surface rhythms need to be based on a double-time pulse, and accompanying chords must often occur after the bass notes that tend to fall more regularly on the quarter note pulses answering the bass, staying away from the downbeats and adding a layer of rhythmic subdivision.
Here is an example of a small group arrangement that demonstrates a good balance between regular downbeat pulses and unexpected timing in melodic parts and some of the accompaniment. The drum part includes hints of the double-time pulse, and the figures are integrated into the accompanying texture. Note that the high chord voicings in the piano part occur in momentary spaces where there is no activity in the lead wind parts and are therefore not distractingly intrusive. The first piano chord is voiced to establish the tonality with a sonority that leaves acoustic room for the trombone entrance.
Score References & Musical Examples Using JABB:
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One of the adjustments a listener must make during the progress of a conventional jazz performance is to understand the change from an accompanying role to a solo role in the same instrument. The accompanying sounds have been pushed to the background by the listeners involvement in following the lead line, so when the accompanying voice moves into a lead role, the listener must shift attention to maintain focus on the primary activity. This shift always takes a few seconds, and there is communicative benefit in anything the performer/composers can do to improve the listeners chances of recognizing the changing roles more quickly. To this end, it is useful if there is a noticeable change in dynamics, density of activity, and register, when a pianist moves from an accompaniment into a solo. This is difficult to accomplish if the accompaniment has been as busy as, and nearly as loud as, the following piano solo, and it is made doubly difficult if the accompaniment has been in the same register as the solo.
Within a given chord, some voices are more important than others in indicating harmonic direction or in delineating a secondary line. Its good to remember that the piano is an orchestra, and a good orchestral accompaniment would not use all the instruments all of the time, and they wouldnt necessarily play at the same dynamic level. Bill Evans played chorus after chorus of blues in F, accompanying himself with the five notes between middle C and the A flat below it, one at a time, of course. (Im not even counting the choruses he performed before bringing his left hand into play at all.) This simple technique left him the option of increasing the density and power of the rhythm by adding two or three more notes to the accompaniment chords and striking them more often when he wanted to communicate an increase in musical energy. If a pianist enjoys the variety and shift in energy level achievable by this technique, might not other soloists also benefit from accompaniments (improvised or written) that were designed this way?
There is another implication of the hierarchy of voice importance thats particularly applicable to the piano. When harmonized passages are played by instrumental choirs, the players, according to their sensitivity and training, control the dynamics and pitch nuances of each voice in the chord. More important voices get special emphasis while secondary coloristic notes in the lines get more subtle treatment. There are pianists who use the sensitivity of the piano keyboard with considerable expressivity during their solo passages. Some of these same musicians have a tendency to forget variety of touch when creating a chordal accompaniment. All the fingers strike the keys with the same intensity. Sometimes thats appropriate and sometimes not. If the notes A@/G# below middle C along with D and E above it constitute a B flat chord, then the E welcomes special emphasis, and the A@ probably needs a legato connection to the G or G flat that is likely to follow in that voice in the next chord. If those notes are functioning as an E7, then the D is more important and the G# may be crossing over the A above it, landing on a coloristic ninth (B$) on the following chord. This creates a different set of articulation and dynamic tendencies, just one example of the variety of possibilities that exist every time the harmony moves in a jazz accompaniment.
Score References & Musical Examples Using JABB:
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The role of a piano in a big band is dramatically less powerful in relation to the full band than it is to a small group, and that sets up a different set of conventions. Extremes of register are sometimes necessary just in order to be heard. Basie set a classic example by his impeccably timed minimalist approach, and Ellington made occasional great use of cascading romantic figures which were set in remarkable textural contrast to the prevailing ensemble sound. Both of these masters of the art wrote themselves out for long periods when there was a competing ensemble texture to which the piano could only add confusion.
The existence of successful band choir accompaniments in the octave above middle C does not change the situation for the piano. The trumpets, flutes and clarinets that sometimes provide accompanying lines in this register, have acoustic properties that are markedly different from those of the piano. For one thing, when you stop blowing into a wind instrument, the sound stops. When you lift your hands and feet from a piano, it continues to ring, perhaps softly but still perceptibly. This is a wonderfully useful characteristic of the piano sound, but it does tend to swamp the harmonic space of instruments and voices that the piano may be accompanying. Besides this element of the pianos sound envelope, there is the obvious fact that a piano must be struck repeatedly in order to maintain even a quiet level of sound over a period of a few measures, whereas wind instruments can sustain a series of notes over a similar period without re-articulation. This is a significant difference and it gives the piano the edge in the percussive attack department, rendering its lines particularly rhythmically incisive, but the advantage goes to the winds when smoothness and neutrality are required. It can be interesting to orchestrate against these tendencies, but that does not negate the fact of their existence or effect.
ONE OTHER THING: its impractical to try to substitute for missing instruments. Better leave them to our imagination. If theres no bass player, just play the piano part as beautifully as possible, adding roots when they are convenient or necessary. The piano makes a poor substitute for a walking string bass. The attack and decay are different, and few pianists can control the effect without a lot of practice. Trying to imitate Ray Browns propulsive energy by anticipating the bass notes only makes the music edgy. Besides, even as loud as Ray can be, the bass register of the piano is twice too loud if the same force is applied. Would a pianist attempt to play the drum part if the drummer were missing?
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