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Quality Management Systems
A certified quality management system meets the overall product and service quality high and demonstrates the organization's commitment to quality and customer satisfaction.
The main system quality certification schemes are:
Quality Management System - ISO 9001
Summary of the standard: ISO 9001 is a standard of the quality management. It states the requirements for QM-systems and thus offers a basis for certification. The basic idea targets on organised work processes as a minimum requirement for good quality of the work results. It covers the regulation of recurrent workflows, the definition of responsibilities, the organisation of the information flow to internal and external interfaces and the execution of tests to secure the quality of work flows.
The way to quality is certified – thus ISO 9001 is a process management system. The standard demands clarity and documentation regarding the targets (what), the path to reach these targets (how) and the quality.
Target of the standard: Optimization of the course of processes within an organisation and the accompanying permanent assurance of qualitative equivalent products or services.
For whom?: For every company no regardless of size or industry-sector
- The documented organisational structure sets responsibilities and avoids friction losses with the organisation.
- The systematic and documented determination of customer needs leads to greater clarity between the customer and supplier and thus to higher customer satisfaction
- Reduction of failure costs to a minimum as errors will only occur once
- Image gain because the mark on each document, vehicle and in advertisements grants a leap of faith.
- The satisfaction of the employees is increased by actively supporting the company's success.
- Improvement of the contribution margin due to reduction of in-house frictional losses thanks to clearly defined rules
Servizi all'infanzia. Requisiti del servizio - UNI 11034
Only for Italian Companies.
Automotive - ISO/TS 16949
This is a technical specification related to requirements for the application of ISO 9001 in mass and spare parts production in the automotive industry. The standard's purpose is said sector's quality system for which it establishes common, coherent characteristics at an international level. Indeed ISO/TS 16949 aims to promote the development of a quality management system geared at ongoing improvement. This is to be achieved by preventing defects and reducing wastage in the supply chain which plays an increasingly important role in both the design and production of automobiles. In addition to the prerogatives of ISO 9001, ISO/TS 16949 includes specific sectoral requirements for the production and supply of services, awareness and training of workers, design and development, checking of measurement instruments and analysis and improvement.
Oil, petrochemical and natural gas industries - ISO/TS 29001
ISO/TS 29001 is a technical specification which integrates ISO 9001 with requirements formulated for the oil, petrochemical and natural gas industries.
The standard, aimed at all organisations working within said sector's production chain, focuses on developing a quality management system which guarantees ongoing improvement, prevention of defects, and reduction of variation and wastage in the supply chain.
Quality system certification for welding - EN ISO 3834
Summary: Standard EN ISO 3834 is a guideline that establishes the quality requirements for proper management of the process of production using welding. It is a prerequisite to meet the requirements of the harmonized standard EN 1090 recently entered into force.
Target: The standard is meant to be used for manufacturing, both in the workshop and on site, of any type of welded construction in the fusion process.
Objectives: A quality management system certified according to EN ISO 3834 comprises the following objectives
- The effectiveness of the method used for design, implementation and monitoring of products manufactured by welding;
- The guarantee that the phase of construction is feasible and in accordance with the provisions of the project.
- Safety, both for those persons involved in the implementation phase and for end users.
- Production in suitable time.
- Use of appropriate technique ensuring constantly good quality of the product.
- Definition of welding requirements, i.e. a guideline for the testing / qualification of suppliers of welded products.
- Definition and maintenance of quality requirements for welding.
- Provision of rules and standards for compliance with welding quality demands.
- Valid integration of standard ISO 9001 as a guideline for the management of "special process" welding.
- Demonstration of compliance with quality requirements of customer specifications and welding application of rules can be easily provided by TÜV INTERCERT GmbH certification.
- Avoidance of multiple certifications for manufacturers operating internationally or in different sectors means cost savings. (Example: In the production of steel structures or pressure equipment, subject to European directives, also the manufacturing plants as well as the montage companies can demonstrate the compliance to the quality requirements on the means of an EN ISO 3834 certificate)
Learning services for non-formal education and training - Basic requirements for service providers - ISO 29990
Summary: This International Standard specifies basic requirements for providers of learning services in non-formal education and training. In cases where the learning service provider is part of an organization that delivers products (goods and services) in addition to learning services, this International Standard only applies to the unit providing the learning services. Examples of non-formal education and training could include vocational training, life-long learning and in-company training (either outsourced or in-house). (cf. http://store.uni.com).
Target: Quality guarantee of education service and effectiveness of organizational processes within the organization.
For whom?
- Learning Services Providers dealing with vocational, linguistic or technical training;
- Companies and organizations providing training courses;
- Companies and organizations that have a department dedicated to training of employees;
- Training agencies born within the secondary schools.
- Provides an organizational model verifiable, certifiable and communicable;
- Increase the transparency and comparability of training services;
- Encourage the focus on student and learning results;
- Identify and protection needs (explicit, implicit, latent) of all interested parties;
- Optimization of business process improving the organizational effectiveness.
Customer satisfaction - ISO 10000
The International Standards Organization (ISO) issued many supporting standards which can be used in conjunction with the ISO 9000 series.
ISO 10000 Series regards customer satisfaction is compatible with ISO 9001 and supports the objectives of this standard through the effective and efficient application of a process to develop and implement a code of conduct related to customer satisfaction.
This International Standard series can also be used independently of ISO 9001 and ISO 9004; it can be used either independently or in conjunction with each other. When used together, they can be part of a broader and integrated framework for enhanced customer satisfaction through codes of conduct, complaints handling and dispute resolution. ISO 10004 complements ISO 10001, ISO 10002 and ISO 10003 by providing guidance on the monitoring and measuring of customer satisfaction. The information gained can guide the organization to take actions which can help to sustain or enhance customer satisfaction.
- ISO 10001:2018 - Customer satisfaction - Guidelines for codes of conduct for organizations
- ISO 10002:2018 - Guidelines for complaints handling in organizations
- ISO 10003:2018 Customer satisfaction - Guidelines for dispute resolution external to organizations
- ISO 10004:2018 Customer satisfaction - Guidelines for monitoring and measuring
Servizio negli Istituti di Vigilanza Privata - UNI 10891
Only for Italian Companies.
5S Methodology
Summary: 5S is Nippon concept for workplace keeping; the name derives from five words that in Japanese start with letter "S". The decision-making process usually comes from a dialogue about standardization, which builds understanding among employees of how they should do the work. The original concept of 5S has been twisted and partially lost: at first its real meaning was referred to five "good qualities" of a virtuous person or company, the transliteration or translation altered them as step of a process, and for this reason strongly within the framework of standard ISO.
Target of the standard: The list describes how to organize a workplace for efficiency and effectiveness by identifying and storing the items used, maintaining the area and useful items, and sustaining the new order, passing through 5 steps:
- Seiri – Sorting, remove what is not needed and keep what is needed.
- Seiton – Straightening, arranging properly tools, parts and instructions in such a way that the most frequently used items are the easiest and quickest to locate.
- Seiso – Sweeping, keep things clean and polished; no trash or dirt in the workplace.
- Seiketsu – Standardizing, maintain cleanliness after cleaning – perpetual cleaning.
- Shitsuke – Sustaining, maintain and review standards and do not allow a gradual decline back to the old ways.
For whom?: For every company, especially for industrial, installing, automotive sectors.
Benefits: TÜV INTERCERT got knowledge and qualified personnel to verify the efficient and effective application of 5S methodology, providing to companies:
- a prestigious attestation,
- successful and continuous improvement,
- collective collaboration,
- sense of belonging,
- participation for one goal.
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The Black Knight Satellite
It's known as the "Black Knight Satellite," and although it wasn't confirmed by scientists until 1932, Tesla discovered it in 1899 while in his Colorado Springs laboratory, hearing strange rhythmic sounds on his radio receiver. The confirmation in 1932 gave birth to the field of radio astronomy, which is now used to decode and detect messages from distant stars and other mysterious celestial sources. Tesla writes:
I can never forget the first sensations I experienced when it dawned upon me that I had observed something possibly of incalculable consequences to mankind. I felt as though I were present at the birth of a new knowledge or the revelation of a great truth. Even now, at times, I can vividly recall the incident, and see my apparatus as though it were actually before me. My first observations positively terrified me, as there was present in them something mysterious, not to say supernatural, and I was alone in my laboratory at night; but at that time the idea of these disturbances being intelligently controlled signals did not yet present itself to me.
The changes I noted were taking place periodically, and with such a clear suggestion of number and order that they were not traceable to any cause then known to me. I was familiar, of course, with such electrical disturbances as are produced by the sun, Aurora Borealis and earth currents, and I was as sure as I could be of any fact that these variations were due to none of these causes. The nature of my experiments precluded the possibility of the changes being produced by atmospheric disturbances, as has been rashly asserted by some. It was some time afterward when the thought flashed upon my mind that the disturbances I had observed might be due to an intelligent control. Although I could not decipher their meaning, it was impossible for me to think of them as having been entirely accidental. The feeling is constantly growing on me that I had been the first to hear the greeting of one planet to another. . . . I was not merely beholding a vision, but had caught sight of a great and profound truth. (source)(source)
Tesla believed that the signals he was picking up on were from Mars. Here's another statement he gave on what he found:
Others may scoff at this suggestion…[of] communicat[ing] with one of our heavenly neighbors, as Mars…or treat it as a practical joke, but I have been in deep earnest about it every since I made my first observations in Colorado Springs… At the time, there existed no wireless plant other than mine that could produce a disturbance perceptible in a radius of more than a few miles. Furthermore, the conditions under which I operated were ideal, and I was well trained for the work. The character of the disturbances recorded precluded the possibility of their being of terrestrial origin, and I also eliminated the influence of the sun, moon, and Venus. As I then announced, the signals consisted in a regular repetition of numbers, and subsequent study convinced me that they must have emanated from Mars, the planet having just then been close to the earth. (source)
According to the American Physical Society Physics, Tesla concluded that these signals, or this strange unnatural object they originate from, was indeed extraterrestrial, or an effort to "communicate with Earth by alien beings."
This was one of multiple incidents in which Telsa intercepted what he thought were intelligent signals from space. He states that even the simplest form of communication (such as the interchange of numbers) could represent a form of intelligible transmission from extraterrestrials.
When I came across that information, I instantly thought about this NSA document, which is one example of strange messages that come from space, as elaborated on below.
Today, we know for sure that these signals are of extraterrestrial origin, but it's assumed that they are radio waves from planets, comets, stars, or galaxies — not 'ET.'
More than 30 years after the confirmation in 1932, a graduate student by the name of Jocelyn Bell noticed some strange data coming from her telescope at the Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory (MRAO). After a few weeks, she noticed that the signal being produced could not have originated from any known natural source, and she (and her team) ruled out every conceivable explanation, such as multiple sources of human interference, other radio astronomers, radar reflected off the moon, orbiting satellites, television signals, and more. Nothing could explain these strange signals.
She eventually published a paper in the scientific journal Nature, despite the fact that the source of the sound, though they knew it to be artificial, had not been determined.
These announcements caused quite a commotion at the time, and today it is common for strange signals, determined to be coming from 'non-natural' sources, to be detected. But who knows what they are?
Just last year, strange radio wave flashes from far outside of our Milky Way galaxy (or in it) had scientists completely confused; you can read more about that here.
I just want to make it clear that this type of stuff is always going on.
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World Doctors Alliance: "We Do Not Have A Medical Pandemic." Fake News?
In Brief
- The Facts:
Formed under the "Corona Extra-Parliamentary Inquiry Committee," an alliance of hundreds of doctors and scientists, the "World Doctors Alliance recently held a press conference sharing their views about the coronavirus.
- Reflect On:
Why are tens of thousands of doctors and scientists all over the world being ridiculed and in many cases censored for sharing their research and opinions?
What Happened: Once again, doctors and scientists are and have been sharing the opinion that COVID-19 should not be classified as a pandemic virus due to the fact that it's, in their opinion, nowhere near as dangerous as big media is making it out to be.
An organization made up of well over 500 German doctors and scientists called "Corona Extra-Parliamentary Inquiry Committee" who share the same perception discussed in this article have also created the "World Doctors Alliance." Not long ago they held a press sharing their perspective.
Below is a clip of one of the members, Dr. Elke De Klerk, founder of Doctors for Truth from the Netherlands sharing her thoughts. Below that you will find the press conference recently held by the alliance.
Many expert have been emphasizing that we are dealing with something no more dangerous than the flu. For example, approximately 40,000 scientists, doctors and more than half a million concerned citizens have now signed The Great Barrington Declaration. The declaration explains that "Covid-19 is less dangerous than many other harms, including influenza."
The CDC also released new infection/fatality estimates that show numbers on par with seasonal flu. This recent release also has many people and experts calling into question the severity of the virus, this was well after John P. A. Ioannidis, a professor of medicine and epidemiology at Stanford University said that the infection fatality rate is close to 0 percent for people under the age of 45 years old.
The Physicians For Informed Consent (PIC) recently published a report titled "Physicians for Informed Consent (PIC) Compares COVID-19 to Previous Seasonal and Pandemic Flu Periods." According to them, the infection/fatality rate of COVID-19 is 0.26%. You can read more about that and access their resources and reasoning here.
Then there is the controversy surrounding the PCR tests and the idea that a large majority of cases may actually be false positives. You can read more about that here and here. This as been coupled with the fact that many COVID deaths may not have actually been the result of COVID. You can read more about that here and here.
These groups are made up of veteran experts in the field, Nobel Laureates, Professors of Medicine, Doctors and more, yet all it takes is for an Anthony Fauci like figure to oppose their opinion, and this is the perspective that gets beamed across mainstream media outlets, radio and television while the opposing view is nothing but ridiculed and "debunked." This is very bizarre to say the least, mainstream media alone has the power to make the majority seem like the minority, and the minority seem like the majority. They have a huge reach when it comes to regulating the perception of the masses.
The exampels listed above are a few of many.
Right now, the Great Barrington Declaration mentioned above and the idea of "heard immunity" is being heavily ridiculed in the mainstream, without any of the renowned scientists who support the declaration having an opportunity to share their opinion via mainstream media.
For the other side of the coin, here's a perspective you can read from Health Feedback, a Facebook Fact-Checker, with regards to infection fatality rate. According to them it's much higher than the flu, and COVID is very dangerous.
Below is a recent full press conference held by the alliance.
Is This Fake News? Nothing in this article is fake, these opinions are actually being shared by doctors and scientists around the world, and a lot of them. As far as what they are saying and the opinions expressed above, this is what's come under the scrutiny of Facebook Fact-Checkers. It's been emphasized during this pandemic that any type of information that does not come straight from federal health regulatory agencies and the World Health Organization is not to be trusted.
Here's an article from Health Feedback, for example, explaining why low infection fatality numbers do not mean that the virus is not dangerous.
The organizations above have been speaking up regarding the censorship they've experienced from social media giants, and this has also been a common theme throughout this pandemic. Michael Levitt, a Biophysicist and a professor of structural biology at Stanford University, criticized the WHO as well as Facebook for censoring different information and informed perspectives regarding the Coronavirus. According to him, "the level of stupidity" going on here is amazing.
The Takeaway: It's been quite intriguing to see so many scientists and doctors completely oppose the recommendations and claims made by the World Health Organization (WHO) since the beginning of this pandemic. What's even more shocking for lots of people is the fact that many scientists and doctors have been completely censored for sharing their research and opinion regarding anything to do with COVID if it opposes the information and recommendations set out by the WHO.
It's not hard to see why so many people are confused and so many of us have beliefs that completely differ from one another.
Should people not have the right to examine information and opinions and decide for themselves what is and what isn't Should there be a digital fact checker patrolling the internet limiting peoples ability to see certain information? Do organizations like the WHO and our governments really make decisions that are in and for our best interests, or are there other interests being served here?
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Trump Says COVID-19 Vaccine Won't Be Mandatory, Biden Says It Should Be
In Brief
- The Facts:
It doesn't seem likely that a COVID vaccine will be mandatory under the Trump administration, but Joe Biden recently shared that he believes it should be.
- Reflect On:
If the vaccine did become mandatory, would you take it? Will there be too much of a backlash if the vaccine is made mandatory, or mandatory to travel for example?
What Happened: US President Donald Trump told Stuart Varney on Fox Business Network's 'Varney &Co' that he doesn't plan to make the coronavirus vaccine mandatory for American citizens, because "there are some people who feel strongly about the whole situation,' alluding to the idea that people should still have freedom of choice when it comes to what they choose to do with their own body.
On the other hand, presidential candidate Joe Biden said he would urge all state representatives, governors, mayors and council members to make the vaccine mandatory, just like some have done with masks. He acknowledged that such a mandate would be difficult to enforce, but stated that "we should be thinking about making it mandatory."
Trump has long been promoting alternative therapies for COVID, many have come under scrutiny by mainstream media. The scientific and medical community have both promoted these therapies as well as criticized them, the only difference seems to be that those who support them don't seem to receive much media attention, while simultaneously become subjected to a censorship campaign by media and social media outlets.
Scientists who share opinions that contradict the World Health Organization (WHO) have also been heavily censored. Michael Levitt, a Biophysicist and a professor of structural biology at Stanford University is one of many who have criticized the WHO as well as Facebook for censoring different information and informed perspectives regarding the Coronavirus.
The Great Barrington Declaration is experiencing the same thing for questioning lockdown measures, it's now been signed by nearly 40,000 doctors and scientists.
A paper recently published in Global Advances in Health and Medicine titled Ascorbate as Prophylaxis and Therapy for COVID-19—Update From Shanghai and U.S. Medical Institutions points out:
A recent consensus statement from a group of renowned infectious disease clinicians observed that vaccine programs have proven ill-suited to the fast-changing viruses underlying these illnesses, with efficacy ranging from 19% to 54% in the past few years.
The paper also promotes the use of alternate therapies like intravenous vitamin C and provides evidence showing its success in COVID patients. It's one of multiple studies to do so, but vitamin C has been heavily ridiculed and censored by mainstream media and social media for being able to provide any help when it comes to healing from COVID, or to help prevent it.
We are being made to believe that a vaccine is the only answer. No other suggestions seem to be acceptable. Why?
Why This Is Important
Why is there an authoritarian 'fact-checker' patrolling the internet and censoring information? Sure, a lot of stories may be completely false and irresponsibly written, especially ones that don't provide any sources for their claims, but a lot of legitimate information is also being censored. Should people not have the right to examine information and opinions that go against the grain and decide for themselves what is, and what isn't? Are we not capable of this? Can the mainstream media make the minority feel like the majority and the majority feel like the minority?
I've emphasized in many of my articles how vaccine hesitancy continues to grow. That's no big secret. This is occurring not only with much of the general population, but doctors and scientists as well.
Professor Heidi Larson, a Professor of Anthropology and the Risk and Decision Scientist Director at the Vaccine Confidence Project stated at a World Health Organization (WHO) conference that:
The other thing that's a trend, and an issue, is not just confidence in providers but confidence of health care providers, we have a very wobbly health professional frontline that is starting to question vaccines and the safety of vaccines. That's a huge problem, because to this day any study I've seen… still, the most trusted person on any study I've seen globally is the health care provider…
Many people are asking why doesn't mainstream media or Bill Gates actually addresses the concerns that are being raised by scientists and doctors? Why is ridicule and terms like "conspiracy theory" always used instead?
What are the concerns? Vaccine injury is one of them. The National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act has paid more than $4 billion to families of vaccine injured children. A 2010 HHS pilot study by the Federal Agency for Health Care Research (AHCR) found that 1 in every 39 vaccines causes injury, a shocking comparison to the claims from the CDC of 1 in every million.
There are several concers.
If you'd like to access more of articles that are properly sourced regarding vaccine concerns, there is a link to a few at the bottom of this article I recently published.
Big Politics: Every single year big politics, in my opinion, continues to be exposed as a system that's no longer capable of dealing with and appropriately handling big issues our planet faces today. I often ask myself, does voting simply uphold a system that's no longer capable of creating any meaningful change? Big politics is filled with an enormous amount of corruption, and many would say that corporations now dictate policy, not government.
When it comes to health policy, there are many conflicts of interests to be concerned about, scientists from within federal health regulatory agencies have been bringing awareness to this fact for many years. For example, few years ago more than a dozen scientists from within the CDC put out public statement detailing the influence corporations have within the CDC, how corrupt things are, how it happens in all departments how many high ranking people within the CDC condone this behaviour. They were referred to as the Spider Papers.
Award winning medical investigator Jeanne Lenzer also made this quite clear in a 2015 paper published in the British Medical Journal.
The CDC's image as an independent watchdog over the public health has given it enormous prestige, and its recommendations are occasionally enforced by law. Despite the agency's disclaimer, the CDC does receive millions of dollars in industry gifts and funding, both directly and indirectly, and several recent CDC actions and recommendations have raised questions about the science it cites, the clinical guidelines it promotes, and the money it is taking.
This is a huge problem, and it's one that seems to plague all industries, not just the medical industry.
The Takeaway
We are pitted against each other like never before these days, and it doesn't seem that politics helps us find common ground. It's about belittling and ridiculing every move an opponent makes, and does not in any way shape or for represent a system of people who are willing to pool their resources and work together for meaningful change. So why do we continue to be captured by it? Why do we even pay attention? How can we change things and take matters into our own hands? Why do we live the way we do?
Power has corrupted our political process, and decisions today are made for politicians, corporations and those who seem to control these entities in order to gain more power from and profit off of.
Behind the ostensible government sits enthroned an invisible government owing no allegiance and acknowledging no responsibility to the people. To destroy this invisible government, to befoul the unholy alliance between corrupt business and corrupt politics is the first task of the statesmanship of today – Theodore Roosevelt
Honesty, morality, empathy, and an overall unawareness regarding the interconnectedness of life is severely lacking, and I do believe human beings are capable of creating a human experience where all life can thrive. We have the solutions, but many of them never see the light of day or receive any attention, so ask yourself, if we have the solutions, what's preventing them from being implemented?
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Trump Scorned For Saying "I Don't Know" If A Satanic Pedohphile Ring Exists
In Brief
- The Facts:
Donald Trump was recently featured on Thursday night NBC News in a discussion where he was asked a number of questions, including one about a "satanic pedophile ring."
- Reflect On:
Why are controversial topics that are hard to belief never really investigated or properly looked into? Why are they simply ridiculed and deemed a "conspiracy?"
Mainstream media has been used as a political weapon for quite some time now. With Operation Mockingbird becoming public, a decades old CIA campaign to infiltrate media in order to shape the perception of the masses, the idea that mainstream media was and is largely a brainwashing tool has become valid. Today, in my opinion, it's become even more evident thanks to multiple award winning mainstream media journalists blowing the whistle, as well as documents that have been released via the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) showing just how much influence not only big corporations have, but also the intelligence community has with mainstream media and shaping perception.
This is exactly what big politics is about, shaping people's perception. Voting seems to uphold a system that's no longer capable of making the best decisions for the people and our planet, but that's just my opinion. Instead of seriously discussing and investigating important issues, big politics has become a disaster.
As we move through another presidential election, we see the same thing. The latest example comes from President Donald Trump' recent interview on NBC news. The 'questioner' Savannah Guthrie brought up "Q Anon" and ridiculed Trump for simply stating that he knows nothing about it. He was also ridiculed when refusing to denounce a Democratic "satanic pedophile ring." He didn't say he believes it's real, he simply stated that he knows nothing on the subject, that he is obviously against pedophilia and again, that he just doesn't know about the subject.
Here we have mainstream media, again, completely ridiculing the idea of some sort of elite level pedophile cult, deeming it a "conspiracy theory" over and over again, using nothing but ridicule and also ridiculing anybody who may think that it's actually a possibility.
We don't need "Q anon" to see this, there is actually legitimate evidence behind this activity and credible sources can be used to relay that to the public. By using "Q anon" as a source one is almost doing a disservice to the movement of transparency, because it makes it very easy for another to simply label this claim as a conspiracy theory when no evidence is provided.
Let me ask you this, what if it were true that there was an elite level pedophile cult, or multiple similar type of cults that are in operation throughout the world? Imagine how the children being used would feel to learn that what they go through, or are possibly going through is perceived as completely fake by the masses? How can mainstream media ridicule and denounce something without really doing any proper investigation into the topic? How can they label something a conspiracy theory so easily simply based on the idea that it sounds ridiculous?
It doesn't matter if it's true or not true, but "condemnation without investigation is the height of ignorance." Big media today is lacking big time, in my opinion, in their ability to explore subjects and conduct investigations as well as ask the right questions.
Is There Any Evidence? Obviously, there is plenty of evidence for pedophilia and child trafficking, nobody can really deny that and I doubt anybody ever would. There are countless examples to choose from, for example, the Pentagon. Not long ago, it was disclosed that the Pentagon's Defense Criminal Investigative Service subsequently identified hundreds of DOD-affiliated individuals as suspects involved in accessing child pornography, several of whom used government devices to use and share the images.
Recently, Retired Army Maj. Gen. James Grazioplene has been given 20 years for continually sexually abusing his daughter from a young age. Grazioplene retired in 2005 after a career that included stints as a commander within the 82nd Airborne Division and senior staff positions at the Pentagon. He also became a vice president at the contractor DynCorp International but is no longer with the company.
DynCorp has also been implicated in trafficking children abroad. DynCorp receives nearly all of its income from doing work for the U.S. military and has been implicated in multiple sex trafficking scandals.
Another great example comes Cardinal George Pell, who a couple of years ago became the highest-ranking Vatican official to ever be convicted of child sexual abuse. Of course, he has now been freed from jail after Australia's highest court overturned his conviction, but did you know that he himself established The Diocesan Commission Into Sexual Abuse? This is a common theme. The ones who we go to combat these problems may themselves involved.
A paper published in European Psychiatry titled "The cremation of care ritual: Burning of effigies or human sacrifice murder? The importance of differentiating complex trauma from schizophrenia in extreme abuse settings" by Dr. Rainer Kurz, explains, a chartered occupational psychologist (Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) at The University of Manchester. Master of Science (MSc) Industrial Psychology at The University of Hull) explains:
In the wake of institutional abuse enquiries and the 'unbelievable' child abuse perpetrated by celebrities like Jimmy Saville and Ian Watkins, a 'new reality' is setting in that child abuse is pervasive and knows no limits. Reports of elaborate rituals with 'mock' human sacrifices at the highly secretive annual 'Bohemian Grove' summer festival point towards a pervasive interest in the occult in high society. Mental health professionals have a 'duty of care' towards their service users. Unless clear and irrefutable counter-evidence is available it is inappropriate to claim that disclosures of extreme abuse and/or human sacrifice rituals are 'delusions' and indicative of Schizophrenia.
It goes on to provide another example of this type of activity, this time among high ranking "establishment" members:
Research eventually led to the Franklin scandal that broke in 1989 when hundreds of children were apparently flown around the US to be abused by high ranking 'Establishment' members. Former state senator John W DeCamp, cited as one of the most effective legislators in Nebraska history, is today attorney for two of the abuse victims. A 15 year old girl disclosed that she had been abused since the age of 9 and was exposed since the age of 9 and was exposed to 'ritual murder' of a new born girl, a small boy (who was subsequently fried and eaten) and three others.
The point I am making is that the examples above are not even the tip of the iceberg when it comes to this type of activity within places of high power. There was more awareness created about this and about the sex trafficking and abuse of children for those who were inspired to dig deep into the Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell saga.
Multiple sources claim Maxwell and Epstein had a blackmail operation, and they they had/have evidence of politicians sexually abusing children.
To read more examples, you can refer to THIS article I wrote that dives in a bit deeper and provides more examples.
Then there are multiple examples, as the paper above indicates, of potential victims who have come forth. We've interviewed one. Her name is Anneke Lucas, who is now an author, speaker, advocate for child sex trafficking victims, founder of the non-profit organization Liberation Prison Yoga, and creator of the Unconditional Model.Her work is based off her 30-year journey to restore her mental and physical wellbeing after surviving some of the worst atrocities known to humankind before the age of 12.
You can access the full interview and start your free trial HERE on CETV, a platform we created to help combat internet censorship and allow us to continue to do our work and get the word out about various issues and topics.
All systems on our planet seem to be plagued with corruption. The consciousness of our whole system seems to be based on greed, ego, fear, and competition instead of cooperation. Is it possible, and are human beings capable of creating an experience where everybody can thrive?
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Forget this Alamo: Viewers surrender to boredom
At last the truth can be told about the 1836 Battle of the Alamo. Although the 185 defenders of the mission-fortress were hopelessly outnumbered by the forces of Gen. Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna (Emilio Echevarria), they were really defeated in the 13-day siege because they talked each other to death. At least that's how it appears in John Lee Hancock's version of The Alamo.
Santa Anna, "the Napoleon of the West," is fleshed out more than in previous American versions. We see his disregard for human life ("What are the lives of soldiers but so many chickens?") and some irony may be intended when he says he's fighting so future generations of Mexicans won't have to beg for crumbs from the United States.
The usual supergroup of American heroes is inside the Alamo for all or part of the battle. They're led by Lt. Col. William B. Travis (Patrick Wilson), who has to earn the men's respect. It doesn't help that he says things like, "One crowded hour of glorious life is worth an age without a name" and, more to the point, "We must engage in delay until reinforcements arrive."
The men wait for Travis to be anointed by their chosen leader, Jim Bowie (Jason Patric), who spends most of his time in bed dying of consumption, typhus, pneumonia and/or alcoholism, tended by the sister of his Mexican sweetheart. The way it's photographed, his signature knife looks bigger than Excalibur.
Former Tennessee Congressman Davy Crockett (Billy Bob Thornton), persuaded by Sam Houston (Dennis Quaid) to move to Texas because it's "what Tennessee was," passes the time spinning the "truth" behind his legend, which is being perpetuated by an actor impersonating him in a one-man show.
And what of Houston? When he gets word that reinforcements are needed, he gathers 124 men but awaits 400 more before moving them to the Alamo.
The legend of the Alamo is as ingrained as Crockett's, so the screenplay can hardly avoid seeming clichéd, although it does leave out Travis drawing a line in the sand when he offers his besieged comrades a chance to leave "under the white flag of surrender." Most of the new ideas, however, are ill-conceived.
Each evening around sunset the Mexican army band plays "De Guella" (translated as "Slit Throat") before their soldiers attack the Alamo. One night Crockett mounts a rampart and plays a counterpoint on his violin. He's unamplified, of course, yet the Mexicans are still able to hear him over their own, much-louder musicians. It's like "Dueling Banjos" in Deliverance, except Crockett's mouth ain't so purty.
For contemporary relevance there's a scene of Travis divorcing his wife before the battle and a montage of the men writing letters home. Two African Americans, indentured servants, debate the wisdom of fighting for the white man. Bowie gives one a chance to leave, although "I will still own you 'til the day you die."
Most of the combat scenes are composed of brief snapshots and fleeting impressions rather than a sustained account. There's certainly nothing to compare to the battle at the beginning of Cold Mountain.
To give the story a happy ending– and what would The Alamo be without a happy ending?– an epilogue spotlights Houston's 18-minute victory over Santa Anna's troops following the other battle, leading to Texas' independence from Mexico and later statehood.
When troops are first assigned to defend the Alamo, Santa Anna is thought to be 300 wintry miles away, and it's reasoned that "a good rifleman and a 12-pounder should hold it." Concern is expressed that the soldiers will be bored.
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Autumn is coming to Minnesota. No matter how many times you've been through it, it sneaks up on you every year. I took this photo off my deck this morning:
It may have been the most beautiful day of the year; unfortunately, my son and I spent a good part of the afternoon watching the Minnesota Gophers get crushed by Michigan 58-0, their worst defeat in the Big Ten, ever. And "ever," in this case, goes back a long way. On the plus side, we also caught a bit of the Milwaukee Brewers' victory over Arizona in Miller Park, a terrific stadium about which I know way too much. It's been a long time since I paid so little attention to a baseball season; that's because it has been a long time since the Twins barely fended off 100 losses. So it is fun to tune in again for the postseason.
You have to take your hat off to the cheese heads, by the way: the Brewers won their playoff game today, the 7th-rated Badgers are playing Nebraska under the lights tonight, and the undefeated Packers play Denver tomorrow. People are saying it is the greatest sports weekend ever in Wisconsin, and that is probably true. But it could well be surpassed later in the fall if the Brewers advance. Here in Minnesota, our teams are pretty much all lousy these days. The only exception is the Minnesota Lynx–that's WNBA women's basketball–who open their league championship series tomorrow. Somehow, I don't think the cheese heads are feeling jealous!


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Batman has appeared in untold thousands of comic books over the decades. You could pretty much spend the rest of your life reading about Batman. But some of the coolest and most interesting Batman stories aren't at your local bookstore, on the big shelf of hardcover and paperback collections. They're only available in the mysterious and bewildering world known as... the back issue bin.
It's hard to believe, but not every Batman story has been compiled into collected editions. Here are a bunch of harder to find Batman comics that are straight-up classics.
Top image: Batman by Mike Mignola, from Legends of the Dark Knight #54.
To help compile this list, we turned to the indispensible Will Brooker, aka Dr. Batman — the author of Batman Unmasked and the newly released book Hunting the Dark Knight: Twenty-First Century Batman. (Brooker also wrote two Batman articles for us, which you can read here and here.)
Note: We double-checked as best we could to make sure these stories aren't available in collected editions — but we might have missed something. If you've seen a TPB collection that includes any of these comics, let us know.
"There's Nothing So Savage... As A Man Destroying Himself" (Batman #402-403)
Max Allan Collins is a great mystery author, and also the long-time writer of the Dick Tracy comics. So when he came on board as writer of the Batman comics, many people probably expected greatness. Sadly, Collins got tangled up in revamping the origin of Jason Todd, the second Robin, to make him more "street." But he did manage to create this fascinating two-issue story arc where a rogue cop steals a Batsuit and becomes a different version of Batman... one who kills criminals who escaped justice on a technicality.
"The Wall" and "Dead Letter Office" (Batman #431-432)
James Owsley, who had a great Power Man & Iron Fist run and went on to co-create Quantum and Woody as Priest, wrote a couple of amazing issues of Batman back in the day. In one, Batman investigates a mob murder case — which leads him back to the League of Assassins and one of the men who trained him. Batman leaves Gotham and travels around the world to a snowy temple reminiscent of the one in Batman Begins, for a final confrontation. And in "Dead Letter Office," Batman investigates an old case of an abducted child — only to find that a crucial witness has been relocated by the FBI, which will do anything to stop Batman finding him.
The Many Deaths of the Batman (Batman #433-435)
Jim Aparo's late-80s art style looks dated now, but this John Byrne-written story boldly adds to Batman's mythos, detailing a small army of experts who trained him in poisons, explosives, gymnastics and disguise. Episodes 2 and 3 focus on the Dark Knight as detective, but the first episode is startling, especially for its time: there's only one line of dialogue. The series also inspired Roberta Pearson and William Uricchio's classic academic anthology, The Many Lives of the Batman, of 1991. — Will Brooker
The Doom That Came To Gotham
We can sum the awesome appeal of this one in one sentence: Hellboy creator Mike Mignola tells a story of Batman in the H.P. Lovecraft universe. Mignola reinvents all of the Batman mythos in a Lovecraftian context. And he throws in lots of shout-outs to Lovecraft's classic texts, including Charles Dexter Ward and Nameless City. And we discover that the founders of Gotham City made a deal with something... eldritch... to ensure their city's prosperity. The individual issues of this three-part miniseries are going for up to $30 on Amazon.
Gotham Nights
Back in the 1990s, the idea of seeing a superhero universe from the viewpoint of ordinary people going about their lives captured everyone's imagination — Kurt Busiek achieved a lot of great stuff with this notion. But one of the coolest looks at people's everyday struggles in a world of costumed action was John Ostrander and Mary Mitchell's Gotham Nights. The miniseries follows six random people who witness Batman in action, all of whom are dealing with personal life decisions, including what to do about a terminal illness. And whether to return to a life of crime. Gotham City is often a character in the best Batman stories, but few stories make Gotham come to life the way this does. Sadly, the followup miniseries, Gotham Nights II, isn't nearly as good.
Dark Knight, Dark City
Batman was having a bit of a renaissance around 1990, with Alan Grant and Norm Breyfogle regularly turning out some wonderfully strange comics. But even more amazing was the run that Peter Milligan had on Batman, including stories about a Jewish golem created by a survivor of the Warsaw ghetto, and a Batman who's lost his identity. But the greatest story in that run was probably the three-issue Dark Knight, Dark City, in which the Riddler attempts to waken a sleeping demon under Gotham — and he tricks Batman into performing terrible rituals, including doing an emergency tracheotomy on a baby. Actually, Dark Knight, Dark City was reissued last year as a DC Comics Presents deal, but that's already hard to find. The good news? The original issues are cheap.
"A Bullet for Bullock" (Detective Comics #651)
Chuck Dixon was the regular writer of Detective for a long time, and had some fun stories here and there — but few were as fun as this one-shot, in which someone is trying to kill Harvey Bullock. Really worthwhile for the interactions between Batman and Gotham's meanest cop, who regularly refers to Bats as the "Bat-freak." And there's a cute final twist as to who's trying to kill Bullock, which I won't spoil here. As with the "identity crisis" issue that Milligan wrote (see above), you can tell that this is a standout issue — because it was turned into an episode of Batman: The Animated Series. That's like the ultimate seal of quality.
"Faces" (Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #28-30)
Matt Wagner draws a Batman straight out of Miller and Mazzucchelli's Year One — athletic, fluid, an acrobatic figure in a gray bodysuit, rather than the armoured one-man-military of recent comics and movies. His Batman/Grendel crossover is one of the lesser-known highlights of 1990s Dark Knight history (it's reprinted in trade paperback.) And this harder-to-find Two-Face story is in similar style; elegant, noirish, subdued, with a tastefully European feel. — Will Brooker
Run Riddler Run
Edward Nigma has often had a raw deal in comics – perhaps because he inspired the 1960s TV show, and appeared in the first episode, he's rarely taken seriously, and at best treated like a poor man's Joker. Here he gets room to develop in a three-part prestige format story that deals, unusually for Batman, with street-level social justice and urban protests. Writer Gerard Jones and artist Mark Badger show that it's precisely because everyone underrates the Riddler that he can pose a real threat. — Will Brooker
Batman Adventures #13-36
Not only was Batman: The Animated Series a thing of true beauty — but its tie-in comic was amazingly high quality as well. Mostly written by Kelley Puckett and drawn by the late, great Mike Parobeck, with occasional assists by Ty Templeton, this comic was not just a great kid-friendly take on Batman. It was also a genuinely clever comic, which frequently told a complex story in just one issue. Including an issue where Commissioner Gordon goes into Gotham's underworld seeking a missing undercover cop. And an issue where Batman teams up with Talia Al-Ghul to find her missing father Ra's Al-Ghul. Plus "Natural Born Loser" (issue #30), where a small-time crook breaks out three master criminals... who are too smart for their own good. The first 12 issues of this comic were collected in trades (along with the classic tie-in comic, Mad Love) but you'll need to be a master detective to find the rest of this run.
"Freakout" (Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #91-93)
Garth Ennis writes this completely batshit (so to speak) story in which an evil hippie called Dr. Freak creates a superstrong version of LSD called DSC 2000, which gives you superstrength. Dr. Freak bathes in a pool of the blood of people who've used DSC 2000 and becomes an unstoppable foe. The covers are really luridly beautiful, and the art by Will Simpson is pretty great.
"Stories" (Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #94)
Terrorists capture a group of Gothamites in an elevator, in this one-shot by Michael Gilbert. While they wait for rescue, they swap tales of the Batman. Elderly Julie Madison remembers a dashing, gothic hero from 1939. A middle aged guy recalls a Silver Age story from 1952, packed with puns; a hippy tells the story of Batman versus 'Age O'Quarious', in Denny O'Neil and Neal Adams style. Finally, after a kid has told them they're all wrong, and that Batman looks like a 1990s bad-ass in Azrael armour, the real Batman appears... and they all see him according to their expectations. — Will Brooker
Batman 1 Million
The main DC 1 Million story arc has been reprinted, but the Batman of the far future, and his sidekicks, appeared in several other titles during this DC event, all of them dated from the year 85,271. "Don't tell me Gotham still needs a Batman in the 853rd century," says Bruce. His future counterpart replies "where I live is... a little more intense": he's based on Pluto. The adventures of this science fiction orphan, Robin, the Toy Wonder, and the supporting cast range across Catwoman, Nightwing, Detective and Shadow of the Bat during the crossover month — and they deserve to be collected in a single trade format: Batman 1 Million recently reappeared in Grant Morrison's Batman #700, and thus is confirmed (before the 52 reboot at least) as part of future DC Universe continuity. — Will Brooker
Tangent: The Batman #1 and Amalgam: Legends of the Dark Claw #1
The Tangent series took the names of major DC characters and spun them off in new directions, while Amalgam crossed DC heroes with their closest Marvel counterparts. So here, we have a Dark Knight in armour, mourning his lady love from King Arthur's court, with script by Dan Jurgens and art by Klaus Janson. And Larry Hama and Jim Balent give us the Dark Claw — armed with Wolverine blades and battling Hyena, with a girl called Sparrow as sidekick. Both are silly, entertaining experiments: the Tangent Batman talks like the Mighty Thor, and Dark Claw spun off into an animated-style Dark Claw Adventures. These comics would work well together, in an Elseworlds trade paperback. — Will Brooker
And finally, you should also try and track down all of the various comics where Batman and Deadshot cross paths, including Batman's guest spots in Suicide Squad and Secret Six, plus the final issue of Legends of the Dark Knight that deals with their relationship. A Batman/Deadshot trade paperback would be the bomb.


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Normally for my LA and OC neighborhood blogs, I spend a day (two in the case of Highland Park) exploring and seeing as much as I can and then write about it. For El Sereno, however, I had two whole weeks to explore.
I was house-sitting for a couple, staying in their 1959 mid-century home and taking care of a dog and two cats. Before this excursion I was fairly unfamiliar with El Sereno, having once visited the couple I was house-sitting for, twice visited musician Johann Bogeli (Moving Units), passed through on my bike, eaten at King Torta a few times, and just once purposelessly peregrinating (during which time I came across the Mazatlan).
The first night I spent in El Sereno, one of my hosts and I attended a mescal party in Eagle Rock. Aterward, joined by the other host, we all relaxed in their yard, absorbing the sounds of banda music and partying taking place nearby.
After my hosts embarked on their road trip I would almost always be accompanied in my rambles by their trusty dog, Dooley. I'm not sure if people were especially friendly because I was walking a dog and not just a suspicious guy walking around taking pictures or if people in El Sereno are just generally amongst the city's most friendly. Whatever the reason, the average day involved so many exchanges of "good morning," "buenos dias" and hand-waves with complete strangers (and one unintelligible between Dooley and a woman that seemed to have something to do with her ankle monitor and maybe a lighter). As a result, El Sereno has for me deposed Compton as the friendliest community to strangers. (For those wondering, Laurel Canyon and Cambodia Town seemed the coldest).


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At the end of season party for The Blackened Mirror, we held draws for all special games that we have been running throughout Season 1. The prize for each of these games is a chance to appear as a character in the world of The Blackened Mirror, not on the show, but referenced in The Blackened Mirror materials!
We will not reveal answers here, as people will still be able to play the games on the web!
The questions (and winners) were as follows:
From Episode 1 – the A Day in the Life of Harland Quinn game
As part of the clue in the diner (where we showed a copy of The Daily Prim newspaper, with its racing news), we asked:
What links Quinn's bet with a Broadway musical?
The very first person to get this right won the chance to appear in The Blackened Mirror world. This was Kyle Beckett, who chose to become a good character and a reporter on The Daily Prim newspaper.
But we continued the game till the end of the season, and the winner was:
Chris Collins
From Episode 2: Secrets from Quinn's past
This game was first launched at the HP Lovecraft Festival in Second Life, where a special playbill was located. It was subsequently included as part of the jigsaw game associated with Episode 3. We asked:
Tell us the connection between the poster, the newspaper report and a famous Hollywood film about the world of theater …
No-one has been able to answer this question correctly!
From Episode 4: Death in Velvet Game
In this game, readers (and later listeners) were able to find the first three parts of Death in Velvet, a special Harland Quinn short story written by David Abbot, the author of The Blackened Mirror. They then had to tell us who the murderer was (and how they dunnit too!).
The winner was:
Orpheus Angkam
From Episode 4: The Link between the Seekers of Truth and a famous 1930s novel (and film)
This game asked players to find outwhat linked Episode 1.4 of The Blackened Mirror with a famous novel of the 1930s, made into a very famous film, by the author of Goodbye Mr Chips and Random Harvest.
The winner was:
Garnet Psaltery
From Episode 5: The Police Report game
This was part of an inworld game that asked people to trace copies of the police report that revealed what had been happening in Seraph City while Quinn had disappeared after the Unpleasantness at the Java Jive. One of the places people visited on the Hunt (or through the inworld quiz) was a rather exclusive apartment block, which had a doorman … and we asked:
Why is the name Carlton Garfield a very appropriate one for a doorman?
The winner was:
Maeve Everest
Congratulations to all our prize winners!
We will be contacting Chris, Orpheus, Garnet and Maeve shortly to find out whether they want to be good or bad characters and how they can best be incorporated into the world of The Blackened Mirror!


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Police release photo of knife used in UMES slaying
Edmond St. Clair, 21, stabbed to death in February
Maryland State Police on Wednesday released a photo of the weapon used in the February killing of a student at the University of Maryland, Eastern Shore. During the news conference, authorities also elaborated on possible witnesses, and the search for the getaway vehicle continues.
Police said Edmond St. Clair, 21, his brother and another man were in a car driving through the campus in Princess Anne in February when they came across a few people walking in the street. The two groups started fighting and someone stabbed St. Clair, killing him.
"A lot of students have been highly upset. Edmond was popular on campus. He was also into music, so we knew him very well," student president Shana Washington said.
During the news conference, police said St. Clair was stabbed to death with a Remington Sportsman's Series folding knife with a 3 1/2-inch blade (pictured above). The weapon was found on the ground near where St. Clair died and was linked to the crime through forensics, police said.
"There was other DNA on the knife that investigators continue to examine. It hasn't been positively connected with anyone yet so we're not certain it's suspect DNA, but it is someone else's DNA on that knife," said Greg Shipley with the Maryland State Police.
Officials said they're hoping the photo will spark memories and bring in help from the public to find St. Clair's killer. Anyone who recognizes the knife or has information on the case should call Crime Solvers at 410-548-1776 or the Maryland State Police at 401-651-3101.
Police said they're looking for three tall black men in connection with the case, two of whom have light complexions. All three were wearing dark clothing, and one may have been wearing a ski mask at the time, detectives said.
Authorities said they've expanded their search outside of the campus community, since the stabbing happened during homecoming weekend, when people from all along the Baltimore-Washington corridor make their way to the campus.
"If you saw something, please come forward. If you heard something after the event, please come forward," UMES President Juliette Bell said.
Police said they're also trying to find a few potential witnesses who were in the area at the time and were walking toward the student apartments shortly before 9 p.m. Officials said they believe two of those people had umbrellas. They said two more people may have been walking toward the crime scene shortly after the killing occurred.
"We continue to need the help of persons both on- and off-campus who have information about this crime. We believe those people are out there," Shipley said.
Troopers are also trying to identify a light-colored vehicle, possibly a Ford Taurus or Mercury Sable, that was at the crime scene, and authorities are hoping to interview the driver and any passengers. Investigators said they're also looking to identify the driver and passengers in a gold vehicle that was seen turning around and heading back toward the crime scene shortly after the killing occurred.
Police are offering a reward of $10,000 for information that could lead to an arrest in the case.