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Is Bitcoin A Long Term Currency Solution? Here's How It Works.
Have you ever wondered how digital money works? Any ordinary digital file such as an MP3, AVI or PDF can be copied an infinite number of times, and sent to an infinite number of people. This simple fact is the basis for the file-sharing and torrent movement. So why can't you do the same thing with electronic money? What is to stop you from spending the same $100 at 20 different stores? This is informally referred to by computer scientists as the "problem of double-spending [8]." Up until now, it has been solved with a system of trusted third parties called clearing houses. In our current financial system, in order to send money to another party, you have to go through a clearing house, which guarantees that the amount you send matches the amount by which your account is debited. It is the integrity of the clearing house which prevents double spending in our system today.
Though you may not have been aware of it, you have been sending and receiving money through clearing houses your entire life. Any time your employer makes a direct deposit into your bank account in the United States, that money has gone through the Automated Clearing House, a network operated in partnership between the Federal Reserve and the Clearing House Payments Company [3]. Additionally, any time you use a credit or debit card, your digital money is sent through Visa, Mastercard, American Express, or another private clearing house. With 90% of our money supply now in digital form, almost the entire economy is built upon this network of just a few central clearing houses [2]. But what if that were to change…
In November 2008, a mysterious party operating under the alias, Satoshi Nakamoto submitted this letter to the Cryptography and Cryptography Policy Mailing List. The letter links to a paper written by Nakamoto in which he presents a revolutionary new solution to the problem of double-spending, which he calls Bitcoin. In the Bitcoin network, rather than sending payments through a central clearing house, all transactions are broadcast across the internet to be picked up by every "miner" in the network. The miners then add the transaction to a public ledger of all transactions ever carried out on the Bitcoin network, called the block chain. The payer would then be unable to spend those coins again, because the ledger would indicate that they had become the property of the payee [1]. Evidently the idea caught on. Bitcoins have been entering circulation as payment to the miners at a controlled rate ever since. Once the supply reaches 21 million BTC, new coins will cease to be created, and miners will be paid solely by transaction fees instead.
In the Bitcoin network, identities are represented by randomly generated sequences of numbers and letters called "public keys," which enable participants to remain completely anonymous if they so desire [9]. In contrast, however, the block chain keeps a record, which traces the history of every coin in the network, making Bitcoin the most transparent financial system ever. This combination of privacy for the individual and transparency for the system is absolutely unprecedented. It is also unbelievably efficient.
On the day of writing (December 14th, 2013), the largest transaction on the Bitcoin network was for 69,500 BTC, then valued at $59.5 million [4].
If this transfer were to have been made via PayPal, depending on the country of destination, it would have carried a transaction fee of between .5 and 2% or between $297 thousand and $1.19 million [5], making it completely impractical.
As a more likely option, if you were to wire money directly from your bank to the bank of the recipient, this transfer would cost a flat rate of about $45 [6].
Finally, if you were to make an expidited wire transfer through a company like Western Union, which specializes in international money transfers, the fee would be about $22, and would take 1-2 business days [7].
As of December 2013, however, the transaction fee necessary to ensure immediate inclusion in the block chain is $.09, and takes only 1 hour. The fees and processing times for bitcoin transactions are the same no matter the time of day nor the country of destination.
In summary, cryptocurrencies like bitcoin are not merely an ideological alternative to our current monetary system, they are a technological revolution in a very meaningful sense. They enable greater personal privacy, as well as unprecedented transparency for the system. Transfers on the network are faster than an expedited wire, exponentially cheaper, and solve the problem of double-spending without relying on the integrity of any central clearing house. Indeed it is hard to overstate just how revolutionary this technology is.
And it's timing could seemingly not be more opportune. In the not-so-distant wake of the 2008 mortgage crisis, there seems to be more skepticism toward government monetary systems than ever. The fact that the monetary base is created on loan, its inflationary expansion and the general lack of transparency of "high finance," have received widespread and scathing criticism in recent years. These are three enormous problems which bitcoin has seemingly solved with the a few simple keystrokes. Are cryptocurrencies the answer we've been waiting for? While it's hard to answer with certainty, I would absolutely not rule it out.
[1] Nakamoto, Satoshi. "Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System." Bitcoin. Bitcoin Project, n.d. Web. 14 Dec. 2008.
[2] "Money Stock Measures – H.6." Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. N.p., 19 Dec. 2013. Web. 20 Dec. 2013.
[3] "Intro to the ACH Network." NACHA. 2013 NACHA – The Electronic Payments Association, n.d. Web. 20 Dec. 2013.
[4] "Largest Recent Transactions." Largest Bitcoin Transactions. Block Chain, n.d. Web. 20 Dec. 2013. <https://blockchain.info/largest-recent-transactions>.
[5] p"Fees." PayPal Fees – For Purchases, Getting Paid and Personal Transfers – PayPal. Paypal, n.d. Web. 19 Dec. 2013. <https://www.paypal.com/us/webapps/mpp/paypal-fees>.
[6] Fowler, Janet. "8 Low-Cost Ways To Transfer Money." Investopedia. Investopedia, 21 Apr. 2011. Web. 14 Dec. 2013. <http://www.investopedia.com/financial-edge/0411/7-low-cost-ways-to-transfer-money.aspx>
[7] "Fees & Delivery Methods." Money Transfer Methods and Fees. Western Union, n.d. Web. 20 Dec. 2013. <http://onlinefx.westernunion.com/fees/>.
[8] Ryan, Mark D. "Digital Cash." Digital Cash. University of Birmingham, 31 Jan. 2007. Web. 14 Dec. 2013.
[9] "Anonymity." Bitcoin Wiki. N.p., 30 May 2013. Web. 14 Dec. 2013.
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The US Military Is Now Recruiting Soldiers Who Were Born After 9/11
In Brief
- The Facts:
The US Military is now able to enlist soldiers who were not alive when 9/11 happened, but it only seems to be exacerbating the problems the military is having in attracting recruits, despite having increased incentives and lowering standards.
- Reflect On:
Is it possible that our awakening to the truth about war and the military is the main reason that recruitment is becoming so difficult for the US military?
Indeed, that title is worth repeating. The US military is now recruiting soldiers who were born after 9/11. And among other things, they are being recruited to fight in the ongoing war in Afghanistan, the first of several wars that the US government used 9/11 to justify. Still going on after almost 18 years? I guess the US government, or should I say the Deep State behind the US government, hasn't completed their 'business' there. That now-famous line in the Neo-Conservative handbook 'The Project For A New American Century' is perhaps worth bringing back here. In speaking about a 'transformation' in the Middle East that needs to take place in order for the US to maintain and even enhance their supremacy in the region, the manifesto notes that,
"Further, the process of transformation, even if it brings revolutionary change, is likely to be a long one, absent some catastrophic and catalyzing event–like a new Pearl Harbor."–The Project For A New American Century
Of course creating a new Pearl Harbor was one of the major intentions of 9/11–not only to foment public opinion in favor of going to war against the bad guys in the Middle East (except Saudi Arabia, of course, the only Middle Eastern nation actually tied to 9/11), but also to build enthusiasm for more army recruits to sign up and die overseas for the global elite, err, I mean, their 'country.'
And were they successful with this ploy? I guess it depends on who you talk to, and what would be meant by 'successful'. The wars launched on behalf of 9/11 were resisted from the get-go by people who were already awake to what was going on underneath the cover of geopolitical rhetoric. And many more awakened when the inconsistencies in the 9/11 story and false premises like 'weapons of mass destruction' became part of global discourse and the subject of many documentaries.
But maybe the global elite still consider it a success. After all, they were able to kill a lot of people and make a lot of money, while gaining more of a military presence in the region from which to better bully countries. But have they now backed themselves into a corner, relying on a narrative that is no longer sustainable?
Recruitment Issues
Certainly, 18 years later, this same war in Afghanistan is not inspiring the same recruitment fervor, as this Buzzfeed article notes:
As the war in Afghanistan enters its 18th year and the US Army falls thousands short of its recruiting goals, the Pentagon is recognizing it has to do something different to recruit an age group that does not remember 9/11 and for whom the "war on terror" has been background noise their entire lives. This includes rethinking some of its traditional military PR, which has unintentionally turned the corner from inspiring to morbid by highlighting that some of the young people enlisting today are taking over the same tasks in the very same places their parents fought almost a generation ago.
This must be disconcerting for second-generation recruits: while they are being told that their efforts to fight overseas will 'make a difference,' they have first-hand knowledge that in addition to all the death, dismemberment and PTSD they must have heard about, and in some cases directly witnessed, that the time their elders have spent in Afghanistan over the past 18 years has not made the situation any better. It has not improved the United States, the country that was invaded, or global security in general.
So that being the case, it might surprise you to know that, according to statistical research done for the year 2015, recruits who already had a relative in the military represented a full 83% of all recruits in that calendar year.
The Rise Of The Warrior Caste?
The army reasons that there is a rise in the 'warrior caste,' which comprises the groups of American families that have the ethic and patriotism to 'bear the burden of a nation at war.' But is this an accurate assessment? Does this notion not stem from a foregone belief that most Americans still endorse the wars that have been fought and continue to be fought since 9/11, but they are simply leaving it to other citizens to go through the rigors of 'fighting the good fight'?
In many cases I actually believe that the propensity of family members continuing to join the army stems not from a generational patriotism as such, but from the greater difficulty they may have in shifting their perception about the true underlying motivations behind military aggression. They would need to acknowledge the fact that not only they but their respected older family members have all been duped by a false narrative. I assume many must continue to cling to the threadbare notion that the military is going around the world invading countries to bring freedom, foster true democracy and make the world safer for American citizens–unless of course they were only in this killing game for the money.
And speaking of money, the military actually has been increasing its offer of financial compensation in order to reach its quotas, as well as lowering its standards for a new recruit's history of mental illness, according to this USA Today article:
People with a history of "self-mutilation," bipolar disorder, depression and drug and alcohol abuse can now seek waivers to join the Army under an unannounced policy enacted in August, according to documents obtained by USA TODAY.
'Nuff said.
The Trust Gap
Would it be a surprise to the top brass in the military that recruitment is down simply because most people no longer trust the military or the U.S. government? Or that fewer people are willing to go overseas and kill people for no apparent reason?
People are waking up, getting smarter, despite Deep State efforts to keep people dumbed-down. There is a trust gap between citizens and the military, and it's getting wider by the day. What would help recruitment, Military PR department? The truth. Yes, we can handle the truth. If people had real reasons to believe that they were actually fighting for individual rights and freedoms, and a better life for their children, the recruitment lineup might be a little longer. If they believed that the military was really about the defense of traditional American values, then a career in the military might make more sense to them.
But any argument about truly using the military for defensive purposes would naturally imply that there is not such a need for America to have military presence around the globe. Then the notion popularized by Ron Paul and others that we should close our bases in other countries and bring all our troops home to focus on defending our borders would become the rule of the day. And then the tremendous amount of money spent on the military, if not being outright reduced and diverted to matters of domestic importance, could be used to support great projects at home designed to improve the lives of American citizens.
Of course, none of this can happen, until the military is wrested away from the Deep State and put into the hands of 'We the People', to serve OUR best interests, as the Constitution meant it to be. In the meantime, let's just enjoy the goods news that a swiftly decreasing number of young people in America are willing to go overseas to disrupt and control other nations by force.
The Takeaway
The power of the Deep State is only as great as the extent to which people are willing to continue to take up arms and fight for causes that we are clearly seeing are unjust. Many in the past were brainwashed into thinking that they were fighting in wars for important values and principles, like 'freedom' and 'democracy.' As we awaken to the truth of our history, and our unwitting complicity in unnecessary conflict in the world, the way of global peace and unity will become clear to us.
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How We Can Deal With The 'Chaos' Of Elite Pedophilia, ET Disclosure, & Other Big Truths (QA)
In Brief
- The Facts:
At the moment, many truths are rising to the surface of our society that is bringing up a multitude of emotions. In this weekly Q&A, we discuss how we can effectively handle and move through learning these truths on a collective scale.
- Reflect On:
Are you taking the time to truly understand and process what is rising to the surface of ourselves as we learn about what is happening in our world? Are we dismissing this as negative and ignoring the opportunity to grow?
This week the question that came up was about how we deal with many of the big truths or revelations that are collectively coming to the surface in our society. Things like corruption, the cabal, elite pedophilia, ET disclosure, sexual abuse and so forth.
It also seems like each day we are learning more truths related to these topics, and they are also becoming hard for us to ignore and continue to pretend they are just 'negative' things to discuss. So the question of "how do we deal with the internal and collective 'chaos' that sometimes comes as a result of learning these truths" becomes a big one.
For some, fear arises. For others, anger, despair, worry, and confusion. In some ways, on social media we see huge wars taking place surrounding these topics, and through the mainstream media, societal divides are being fuelled. But I have also seen that for some, including myself, learning these things can create feelings of relief, understanding and freedom as we realize we were not crazy in what we thought and felt about what really goes on in our world. We may realize that life actually makes more sense when you begin to understand how our world truly works.
It's an important discussion to explore how we can TRULY handle, individually and collectively, the truths that are coming forth and not end up at each other's throats, but instead be able to truly process this stuff maturely – something that seems difficult at the moment, but not impossible. In the video below, we have that discussion.
Weekly Q&A For Oct 18th – 13th
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Reader Email: Is Trump Legitimately Working To Take Down The Deep State?
In Brief
- The Facts:
A reader sent a passionate email after reading one of my articles. This email contained many important questions about how we look at Donald Trump (and others like Hillary Clinton) that I felt would allow me to give clarity and nuance to my message.
- Reflect On:
Is it necessary to ignore one person's character flaws in order to get behind efforts to take down the Deep State? Is it important to identify a 'savior' here, or can we see it as more of a collective awakening within which we are all participants?
The following email came from a reader who brought up some very important concerns about Donald Trump and his role in fighting for justice on behalf of women (combating sex trafficking, for example) and taking down the Deep State. I thought that it would be worthwhile to publish my response to this email since I thought that many readers may have similar concerns and questions, and Sharine graciously consented. Below, I have broken up her email into several sections so I can respond one section at a time, but please note that her words were all sent in a single email:
Hi Richard!
My name is Sharine and I am fairly new (summer 2018) to the Collective Evolution site. I became a member last month.
Today, I read your article "Many Insiders Believe Military Tribunals For Deep State Will Happen Any Time Now," and I have some questions and concerns that you may or may not have time to address, but I feel compelled to share anyway!
First, I feel that I grasp a basic understanding of the Deep State, mostly from reading on CE and watching both David Wilcock's "Disclosure" interview and Joe Martino's video about the illusion and the cycle of the cabal in politics.
Second, I want to disclose that I am a cis-gender female survivor of sexual assault at the age of 52, sexual harassment throughout my whole life, and an attempted rape at the age of 15. This is important to my concerns.
That said, here goes:
Why would enlightened beings set up our world so that men as hideous as Donald J. Trump and possibly Brett Kavanaugh would be the people I am to trust to take down the Deep State and begin to cripple the cabal?
R: First off, the contention that Donald J. Trump is 'hideous' is a matter of opinion, and when you say 'possibly' Brett Kavanaugh, I take you to mean he is 'possibly' hideous (rather than 'possibly' someone you should trust). Nonetheless, let's focus on Trump for this question: is it likely that Donald Trump has had sex with prostitutes, been unfaithful with partners, acted and spoke in a 'macho' way at times, lied in business and in relationships, cheated on his taxes and otherwise did many unethical and illegal things in business? Yes. Some people may feel this makes him hideous, fair enough. But we have to look at the context.
In the article you read, we were discussing a Deep State that indulges in sex and slave trafficking, human mind-control and experimentation, the sexual abuse, torture and murder of children, as well as war, genocide and mass disease creation in the world. Assuming, as I do, that Donald Trump does not do any of these things, and his greatest crimes are those mentioned above, then if we call him hideous then have we left ourselves with any proportionate adjective to describe perpetrators within the Deep State?
To your main question about enlightened beings, who I take to refer to higher-dimensional positive beings that are fostering human evolution from a higher density, I would say: Why not Donald Trump? If it were some kind of perfect Jesus-type character, would we not feel somewhat disconnected from any positive actions that would be brought, and simply have a new idol to follow? True, some people do idolize Trump, but that is the unhelpful extreme in the other direction, because we have to move past idolatry and see ourselves as all being in this struggle together, each having to acknowledge our own darkness and inadequacies while not giving up our push towards enlightenment. In having a fallible, flawed person leading the charge to take down the Deep State, we may not have an 'inspiring' leader at the helm, but it becomes much easier to look past him and see the takedown of the Deep State as the fruits of the collective efforts of thousands, if not tens of thousands of patriotic men and women of integrity, an effort ultimately grounded in the collective consciousness of humanity as a whole.
I want the demise as much as any loving human, but that's a big, nasty, jagged, bright "red pill" to swallow. It's like saying it's okay that Trump is an admitted sexual assaulter and racist, misogynistic homophobe but it's not okay that Clinton turned a blind eye to sex trafficking (or whatever it is CE claims about her) because he's going to save the day.
R: I would challenge your assertion as 'fact' that Trump is an 'admitted sexual assaulter.' I don't think Trump has ever admitted to being a sexual assaulter. As far as being a racist, misogynistic homophobe: I haven't seen any evidence that Trump is either a racist or a homophobe. Is he misogynistic? A misogynist is defined as "a person who dislikes, despises, or is strongly prejudiced against women." I don't get the impression that Trump is this way at all. Certainly, he may have long been an egocentric, macho, privileged white male who puts himself above woman, but I believe this stems from personal insecurity rather than an actual hatred.
Whether or not you have to be 'okay' with who Donald Trump actually is, is your own personal matter. You don't have to be 'okay' with Donald Trump in order to want the Deep State taken down, even if you do believe as we do that Trump is serving a role (certainly not leading) this takedown. In the bigger picture, though, our destiny as human beings is to be 'okay' with whatever IS, with the TRUTH, and seek not to resist the truth, but fight against those whose agenda is to hide the truth.
Which brings us to Hillary Clinton. I have to say that personally I am 'okay' with Hillary Clinton, because as a matter of spiritual practice I believe that everything is as it should be in our world for the evolution of humanity to be served. That said, I strongly believe that revealing the truth about who Hillary Clinton is will serve that evolution, and if this truth is revealed then it will be plain as day that she needs to be removed from our society. It is only because of the immense power of the Deep State that Hillary Clinton is not in jail right now.
If the Deep State was not protecting her, you or I could have her indicted on several crimes simply based on the information that's in the public domain, let alone the hordes of more sensitive information that is hidden. Just off the top of my head, evidence is out there demonstrating that she allowed diplomats to be killed at the Benghazi embassy because they were beginning to resist the gun trafficking operation there, leaked confidential information on an illegal private server to China which led to the death or incarceration of at least a dozen CIA officers embedded there, illegally took over the Democratic National Committee in order to defeat Bernie Sanders who otherwise would have won the nomination, was involved in (not necessarily 'running') a pedophilia operation in Washington, and is highly implicated in the staggering number of murders of people who were investigating the Clinton Foundation, which itself is well known to be linked to illegal activities.
Didn't Clinton inspire women and men all across the USA to stand for things like universal healthcare and other good stuff, while Trump inspires hatred and anger?
R: Clinton may have inspired some women and men in her rise to power as a woman in American politics, but I don't believe she cared about inspiring people except to the point that it got her elected and gave her power. There are many women in politics who fight for the truth and are positive role models, such as Cynthia McKinney and Tulsi Gabbard, whom I have written about. To equate supporters of Clinton as supporters of women and non-supporters of Clinton (or supporters of Trump) as non-supporters of women is one of the most egregious and sinister points of perception that has been carefully crafted by mainstream media, and easy to fall prey to. Plain and simple, I believe Hillary Clinton is a modern-day Lady Macbeth. I believe her whole public face is an act and a deception, that she is part of the Deep State and guilty of some of the most horrific crimes imaginable to humanity, including the sexual abuse, torture, and murder of children.
As for Trump inspiring hatred and anger, it is important to observe that since Trump came into office intent on helping a huge alliance of patriots take down the Deep State, all the Deep State flunkies in politics, Hollywood, and mainstream media have done is everything they can to invoke anger and hatred upon him. Earlier in his presidency, there were over half a dozen celebrities who all suddenly tried to seed the idea of Trump getting killed into the minds of people (you'll recall the Kathy Griffin photo below among others). Who is truly inspiring anger and hatred here? If you can separate Donald Trump from the campaign to demonize him that has been relentless and ongoing through mainstream media, you may find that Donald Trump himself is not inspiring as much hatred and anger as it seems.
Isn't the cabal in existence to restrict and eventually deny freedom and well-being for women, vulnerable populations, the poor, the Earth itself and its inhabitants?
R: They are not in existence to restrict and deny freedom as such, but only to the extent that it serves our evolution. That is why their ultimate plans of world domination will fail. From the point of view of the higher realms, when it gets to the point that the cabal no longer serves our evolution, then it is time for them to disband. But their disbanding is not going to happen if we stay asleep as a collective. Humanity must act, and take back its power through an awakening of consciousness.
I guess what I'm saying is, the physical world matters, too, so why would the forces of light and love in the Universe demand that I overlook abuse and corruption by one person, but not another? I'm confused.
R: I agree that the physical world matters too. The forces of light and love are not asking you to overlook one thing and not another; there is no need to overlook the 'truth' about either Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton, but rather to separate the 'truth' from the propaganda and deception. In a way, it is a good practice of consciousness to embrace some ambiguity, because human life is filled with ambiguity and we need to embrace it rather than gravitating towards one polarity or the other. The idea that Donald Trump is a deeply flawed man who has done things in his past that would not endear him to women, and the idea that in his current position of considerable power he would like to do what he can for the freedom, safety, and standing of women in society are not mutually exclusive statements. There's ambiguity, but not contradiction.
It seems to me that this premise is asking me to dismiss the very real-world fact that my teenage brother's best friend tried to rape me in my own home, when what he did was wrong. His negative energy caused darkness in the Universe, just as it is wrong for Trump to openly mock a disabled person, and a woman who claims to have been sexually assaulted, and a female reporter who was simply asking him a question, and on and on.
R: It's important to notice where you may be building a chain of assumptions on a flawed premise. You use the word 'dismiss' here, and nobody is asking you to dismiss something real that happened to you. You have the freedom to hold its 'wrongness' for the rest of your life. That being said, your only hope of healing from this event will be through forgiveness, and rising above the power you may still be giving to this event. I recently interviewed Anneke Lucas, a survivor of the horrors of Satanic ritual and sexual abuse within an elite Belgian pedophile network between the ages of 6 and 11. In the interview she is beautifully able to express and exemplify the need for forgiveness and acceptance in a healing process that is anything but a 'dismissal' of the experiences she went through. CE will be broadcasting this 4-hour interview in November and it may be one of the best and most elegant explorations into the healing process available for women who have been sexually abused.
In terms of the wrongness of things that Trump does, like openly mock a disabled person (which seems to have been presented out of context by mainstream media, but no matter) it is important to make a distinction between condoning and accepting. By standing firm in your principles you do not condone those acts which go against those principles, and when it is something that is directed at you personally it is important to take actions that appropriately show that you do not condone such behavior. However, to not accept that it happened, (whether it involves Trump openly mocking a woman who has been sexually assaulted, or your brother's best friend's attempted rape) by continuing to be angry and upset about it, or feeling that punishment needs to be meted out in order for you to let go of the power it has over you, is self-defeating. When you hold Trump's words and actions to have emotional power over you, that is what you are doing.
Are you saying that disabled people ought to be made fun of? That Dr. Blasey Ford and Kavanaugh's other accusers — and women like me — are lying? That women should be "negged"? That taking away a woman's right to care for her own body is a good thing? Because I don't know how this is light and love on any plane of existence. And if it is, can't we also say that the cabal is okay, too? War is peace? Hatred is love? Rape is consent?
R: Of course I am not saying that disabled people ought to be made fun of. Having said that, I truly believe our course of action as evolving individuals is to work towards a greater sense of self so that we become immune to insults and slights. In my article 'Let's Discard The 'Right' To Be Insulted By Free Speech,' I make the point that being insulted or made fun of does not say anything substantial about us, it only says something about the person saying the insult. Each of us having this clear perception is what will virtually put an end to 'disrespectful' speech.
Putting yourself in the same group as Dr. Blasey Ford and Kavanaugh's other accusers is a dangerous leap, as it shows how you may be projecting your story onto other people and then suffering when they are not being believed. Do I think Dr. Blasey Ford and Kavanaugh's other accusers are lying? On the strength of the evidence I've seen, yes. Either lying or having had their minds tampered with. Do I think you are lying? No. There is ample evidence and reasons to believe that Kavanaugh's accusers were brought forward by Deep State forces to created a narrative out of either sketchy or even non-existent memories. There is no reason for you to lie and no reason for me to doubt you.
I assume I don't need to answer whether I think women should be "negged" or whether taking away a woman's right to care for her own body is a good thing. As far as us saying the cabal is okay? Yes, at the highest level we must accept that they are here to play a role in our evolution. And having said that, our evolution is now hinging on our capacity to defeat them and remove them from power. And that includes rejecting their Orwellian Doublespeak perception-benders like 'War is peace,' 'Hatred is love,' 'Rape is consent' and use our discernment of the falseness of these slogans to lead us to the truth.
And in the end, then, what are we working toward, if not for true peace and love on our shared home, Earth?
R: True peace and love on Earth is certainly our goal, but in a deeper sense our goal is evolving towards that by choice, rather than having it given to us. Otherwise, we would have stayed in the Garden of Eden and not eaten from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. I wrote a 7-part series on Lucifer that goes into this matter in much greater depth. In our journey back to love and peace, then, the darkness is our ally, and helps us return to unity with greater freedom, and a greater ability to create a future world in our highest shared image.
Thanks for your consideration. I won't bother you again!
Dear Sharine, thank you for your honest and heart-felt questions and the opportunity to respond to them. The time and space I have had to answer your questions is limited, and it's difficult to say things in writing that are better served in a one-on-one conversation. I sincerely hope that I have not missed the nuance of some of your points, nor that I appear to be marginalizing the suffering that you have gone through in your life. I believe the healing of women who have suffered abuse at the hands of men will be one of the pre-eminent beacons for our collective evolution.
I wish you all the best of healing, light, and learning in this journey we are sharing together.
The Takeaway
It is important for each one of us to recognize when we are making assumptions that deviate from the truth, and thus lead to incorrect conclusions. Our battle is not truly a political one, though it is manifesting in the political arena. Our battle is one of consciousness. There is no need to hoist any particular person in the public eye into the role of 'savior,' or dismiss their human flaws in order to get behind their efforts to bring about the revelation of truth.
Our own awakening to the truth that lies beyond false perceptions is how we must participate. And part of this awakening involves acknowledging our pain, both our individual pain and our collective trauma, and recognizing our part of the responsibility in how we create and maintain this pain within ourselves. The brave act of healing, founded on forgiveness and a simple acceptance of that which is, inevitably will help us see the truth more easily and naturally, and will ground us in the creation of a life of 'true peace and love on our shared home, Earth.'
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This is a game about trust, you have this friend, and for some crazy reason, you guys decide that it's funny to shot at the Apple on each others head, and when you get this one shot into the well, you will have to shot in a even longer distant, this circle May never end until you shot your friend at the head or somewhere else, which ever could get him killed and ends the game, that's not so funny, so try your best and let's see how far you can get. Enjoy !
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12 June 2013
We would like to say a huge thank you to the ladies of the Inner Wheel Club of Alloway.
They held a fundraising coffee morning for the Anne Rowling Clinic and raised an amazing £1130. In the photo, the ladies are presenting their cheque to Kerry Mackay (right), Individual Giving Officer at the University of Edinburgh.
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After taking a 2 years break from the MMORPG called Lineage II, I discovered that the game went free to play. Though I had my doubts, I finally made a new account, and from that moment got sucked right back into the thrilling world of Lineage II
I was shocked to find the game completely changed, not to the worse, but just changed as in sooo much new stuff, areas, monsters, gear etc. etc.
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More an more "old" players are coming back to the game, since it went free to play. And if NC Soft can fight off "botters" and exploiters, I honestly think the game could thrive and grow and might even pick up some of the people quitting WoW, a game which bleeds bad at the moment, but that a whole other story.
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Press Release from the Department of Finance & Administration, March 9, 2010:
Nashville – State revenue collections once again fell short of budgeted estimates last month. Overall February revenues were $638.9 million, which is $47.1 million less than the state budgeted.
"This entire fiscal year has brought us negative growth in the sales tax, which is almost two-thirds of our revenue," Finance and Administration Commissioner Dave Goetz said. "Moreover, the running total is now 21 consecutive months of negative growth in sales tax collections since January 2008, when the downward economic spiral began for us in Tennessee."
"In spite of the budgetary challenges, we have laid out a plan for balancing the budget and we're working with the Legislature to end this year and the next with a balanced budget, as our constitution requires."
On an accrual basis, February is the seventh month in the 2009-2010 fiscal year.
The general fund was under collected by $43.8 million and the four other funds were under collected by $3.3 million.
Sales tax collections were $38.4 million less than the estimate for February. The February growth rate was negative 6.67%. The year-to-date growth rate for seven months is negative 5.84%.
Franchise and excise taxes combined were $1.4 million above the budgeted estimate of $33.0 million. For seven months revenues are over collected by $7.4 million. The year-to-date growth rate for seven months is 8.32%.
Gasoline and motor fuel collections for February decreased by 3.86%, but were $180,000 above the budgeted estimate of $68.3 million. For seven months revenues are under collected by $13.9 million.
Tobacco tax collections were $4.0 million under the budgeted estimate of $23.1 million. For seven months revenues are over collected in the amount of $303,000.
Year-to-date collections for seven months were $232.4 million less than the budgeted estimate. The general fund was under collected by $196.3 million and the four other funds were under collected by $36.1 million.
The budgeted revenue estimates for 2009-2010 are based on the State Funding Board's consensus recommendation adopted by the first session of the 106th General Assembly in May of 2009, and are available on the state's Web site.
The State Funding Board met again on December 18, 2009 and adopted revised revenue ranges for 2009-2010. The revised ranges reflect growth rates ranging from negative 1.50% to negative 0.25% in total taxes, and negative 2.35% to negative 0.85% in general fund taxes.
Based on the funding board's consensus recommendation, the official budgeted estimates for 2009-2010 were revised in late December. The revised estimates are reflected on pages A-70 and A-72 in the 2010-2011 Budget Document. The revised estimates assume an under collection in total taxes in the amount of $161.3 million, and an under collection of $153.2 million in the general fund.


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Udta Punjab (2016):
Irrespective of what a film is about, what firstly strikes me and lastly moves me is how beautiful it is. Amid the head-turning hype, amid censoring controversies on violence and vulgarity of the film, and in a larger sense of any film seeking release in the country, what I noticed is how beautiful Udta Punjab is. Its beauty cutting through all the slangs, all the squalor of its depicted reality.
The film made primarily to showcase the state of a state, how drugs have captured the lies and imaginations of a Punjab languishing far from its prideful past, where the youth who once fought for Freedom is now seeking it in the powders and syringes of a free-falling 'Ecstasy', succeeds in wrapping its motive in a segmented plot that makes its ends meet in the end and refrains from the excesses of melodrama altogether. The movie oscillates between its three separate stories with seeming effortlessness, jumping from one to the other without once over-complicating it or tangling the emotional threads it so poignantly weaves. What we see as the end-product is far more than an authoritative stance on the topic, and far extraordinary than the typical Bollywood our imagination is used to.
Where the film really has you shaken is with the acting (this word actually seems contradictory) of the actors (again, they are beyond it). Such fearlessness and freedom of acting is not only rare of 'glamorous' mainstream actors, it is simply stupefying. With carefully-crafted dialogues and accurate portrayal of slang-culture, they could have kept me eyes flowing without a shred of plot. Shahid and Alia shares screen in only a handful of scenes, and in the first of them, they render, in near-zero background music, what can arguably be called the best duet performance of modern Indian cinema. I repeat: I have not seen such courage and perfection in acting. I have not been more affected than when Alia's character was blurting out the entire span of her journey in one breathless go, in one burst of a lifetime's agony. I reached out and felt it. I was there, she lives somewhere in the vast stretches of my Motherland, she is not one, rather many, and she screamed her pain to me. I, the audience saw. I, the audience touched her wounds, felt the power of honest cinema. Then to top it all with words that meant, I have not broken, I am still standing. I am still standing.
Alia Bhatt delivers the performance that is worth infinitely more than her career's ultimate earnings, her family's name, and a lifetime of glitz, glamour and fame. She transcended it all, she won't talk about it too much as it won't make headlines in the Gossip columns that the glamour-chasing youth devours, 'entertainment' cinema will soon overshadow it by the sheer power of its quantity, but she delivers at the age of 22 (it probably won't rage the glamorous private award shows and politically-correct government one) an actor's dream, an artist's pride. The nation will still find pleasure to call her 'dumb', 'stupid', even 'uneducated' (it is the same nation I'm taking about that still does not see what force Indian Cinema is becoming) but for all I care, she is an actor and she is awfully good at what she chose. I didn't imagine I'd have to say, Highway was only a beginning. Now I believe, Udta too was just scratching the surface.
Shahid Kapoor delivers unquestionably the second-best performance of the movie, but those who are acquainted with the names Kaminey and Haider already know the potential of his acting, and by all means, his rendition of the drug-addict, misguided popstar Tommy is as memorable and as stirring. He owns most of his scenes and the one where Tommy breaks into a song in the hospital is another distinct example of exudation of simple cinematic beauty I'm obsessing about. Kareena delivers her worth distinctly in her final scene, showing all what the experience of years culminates to. Diljit Dosanjh wears the skin of his character consistently throughout and lends the measured heroism that the character asks. Prabhjot Singh as the suffering image of Punjab's youth, Balli strikes a heavy chord and shows a world of promise for the young actor.
Udta becomes the face of Bollywood that is gradually surfacing but is still suppressed. Such honesty of a topic delivered with such coherence and maturity is still rare. The fight with the CBFC was completely worth it. For once at least, cinema won over every reason, every effort to hide what unsettles. By it, Udta can claim its importance in shaping a small dawn of a larger change of India and her art, pending after every election, every corruption, every campaign, throughout the long years, since the lengthy echoes of the bells of Independence rung 68 years ago on a midnight, and the first reel that rolled in the hands of Dadasaheb Phalke a hundred and three calendars back. In a few minds, a few scenes and images simply stands.
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YUUUUUUP. Another Holiday post –
Aaaaannnddd, we're going to talk about nail polish again
Here are the colors I'm feelin:
-Metallic Reds/Dark Reds
-Half Moon Manicures
-Glitter (duh)
Deborah Lippmann : Bitches Brew
We know I love Dita. Her red (and gold?) Half moon manicure is gorgeous. Here's how:
Glitter Nails
I love this look of glitter tips on a nude nail. Tutorial here
Deborah Lippmann: Bad Romance
Deborah Lippmann: Do Ya Think I'm Sexy?
Milani Jewel FX (I think I picked up the gold one at a CVS or Rite Aid for cheap. Here they're $3.99) One coat looks great over any color, or layer 3 coats for a total sparkle manicure. Oh yea, good luck getting it off, though…
Cute mini Set. Sephora by O.P.I, here
Nail Rock Wraps. Get them at Urban for $10.00, here
For more glitter see my most recent Weekly Lust List
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2013 Conference Workshops and Faculty Announced!by admin Conference News. Posted on January 13, 2013.
Write On The River is thrilled to officially announce the workshops and presenters of our 2013 Writing Conference. We've got an exciting and inspiring line-up of workshops sure to hone your craft, light your literary fires, and move your writing life boldly forward. Whether your goal is to reach publication or just improve your craft, this year's Conference is full of opportunities to empower you to do both. Our faculty this year includes three New York Times bestselling authors, a professional literary agent, the president of a publishing company, and writers who've been featured on NPR and the Oprah Winfrey Show. This Conference promises to be our best yet, and not one you'll want to miss. Save the date: May 17, 18 and 19 in Wenatchee, WA. Registration will begin online for Write On The River Members on January 24th, then to non-Members at our Registration Kick-Off Event on February 7th.
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The Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) has recently adopted final rules allowing private companies to sell securities to investors through internet-based crowdfunding. Pursuant to Regulation Crowdfunding, which becomes effective May 16, 2016, offers and sales of private securities will be available to both accredited and unaccredited investors, but subject to a number of significant requirements and limitations, many of which are described below.
Of what offering limitations must companies be aware?
Regulation Crowdfunding limits the amount of capital that an eligible company can raise through crowdfunding to a maximum of $1 million in any 12-month period. However, companies may simultaneously raise capital using other Securities Act exemptions (such as Regulation D) without the need to aggregate the amounts raised for purposes of the limitation.
Of what limitations do individual investors need to be aware?
Individual investors are permitted to invest in the aggregate, across all crowdfunding offerings, up to ten percent of the lesser of annual income or net worth if both annual income and net worth are equal to or greater than $100,000 (lower limits for those with incomes or net worth below $100,000). Investors also need to be aware that their ability to resell securities purchased through crowdfunding will be extremely limited. Securities purchased through crowdfunding generally will not be permitted to be resold for one year, and a secondary market for the securities is unlikely to develop. Investors must understand that as a practical matter, these interests are highly speculative and illiquid.
What is a funding portal, and do companies have to use one?
Transactions relying on the new rules will be required to take place through an SEC-registered intermediary – either a broker-dealer or a funding portal. Companies may only offer securities through one intermediary at a time. Funding portals are a new type of entity that will be required to register with the SEC using the new "Form Funding Portal" and must become members of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority. Funding portals will face a wide range of restrictions, including a prohibition on the recommendation of securities, as well as on the solicitation of purchases or sales of securities. The compensation of funding portals by companies may be fee-based, or it may be comprised of the company's securities, so long as they are the same securities as those offered on the portal.
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CAPE CANAVERAL - NASA plans to add a fifth spacewalk to shuttle Discovery's upcoming mission so astronauts can practice repairing the type of heat-shield damage done to Endeavour on a flight last month.
Discovery mission specialists Scott Parazynski and Douglas Wheelock aim to use a device similar to a caulk gun to repair thermal tile samples that have been deliberately damaged.
NASA engineers developed the Tile Repair Ablator Dispenser, or T-RAD, as part of a post-Columbia effort to give astronauts a way to repair damage to the thousands of thermal tiles that line the underside of the shuttle orbiter.
The device is designed to dispense a putty-like material to fill dents and gouges in the fragile tiles. Also known as the "goo gun," it has never been tested in space.
The development of heat-shield repair tools and techniques was recommended by the Columbia Accident Investigation Board.
NASA planned to test the device on a mission next year. Plans to move up the spacewalk demo were laid after a chunk of foam the size of a baseball dug a deep gouge in tiles on Endeavour last month.
NASA managers considered using the T-RAD device to repair the tiles, but ground tests and engineering analyses showed the shuttle would come through atmospheric re-entry without significant damage. The analyses proved correct.
A special stowage bin for the goo gun and tile samples was installed in the cargo bay of Discovery earlier this week. The shuttle's payload bay doors, which already had been closed for flight, were reopened so the Tool Stowage Assembly could be attached to the starboard sidewall of the orbiter.
Kyle Herring, a spokesman for NASA's Johnson Space Center, said the extra spacewalk is expected to be officially added to the mission during a joint meeting next Monday between managers of the shuttle and International Space Station programs.
It will lengthen the upcoming mission to 13 days rather than 12 and will equal the greatest number of spacewalks ever carried out on a shuttle flight. The only other missions to feature five spacewalks have been Hubble Space Telescope servicing flights.
One of the spacewalks to be done on Discovery's stay at the station will be carried out by outpost commander Peggy Whitson and flight engineer Yuri Malenchenko rather than the shuttle crew.
Discovery is scheduled to launch Oct. 23 with the U.S. Harmony module, which will serve as the gateway to still-to-be-launched European and Japanese science laboratories.
The orbiter is slated to roll over to the Kennedy Space Center Vehicle Assembly Building from Bay No. 3 of the Orbiter Processing Facility on Sept. 19.
The fully assembled shuttle is scheduled to roll out to launch pad 39A on Sept. 27.
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Compact crossovers are hot for good reasons: They provide great functional space, a higher riding position, decent gas mileage and a few truck-like characteristics without all of that pesky truckiness.
Most have smooth car-like rides out on the road due to their unibody construction, and there are plenty for consumers to choose from: the Ford Escape, the Honda CR-V, the Toyota Rav4, to name a few.
Some, like the Escape and Jeep Patriot, lean toward an SUV; others, like the CR-V and Nissan Rogue, feel more like a car.
The 2011 Hyundai Santa Fe falls somewhere in between, and not in any of the good ways. It was refreshed for the 2010 model year and will be replaced in the coming year or so. Good.
First, the Santa Fe is just homely looking. It's as if Hyundai was trying out a few design languages at the same time. The front end is curvy and round, while the back end grows bigger — a product of that rising belt line and flared fenders. Its proportions look off-balance.
Hyundai has put out some striking vehicles recently, and those cars, namely the Elantra and Sonata, make the Santa Fe look so unimpressively normal. It may not be entirely fair to draw that comparison, but who wants to catch a glimpse of HDTV and then go back to black-and-white?
Not everything is bad on this vehicle. The lines of sight are good all the way around — one of the benefits of a compact crossover.
Comfort and function
The interior is comfortable, and it comes with a slew of features. Hyundai's use of blue backlighting on everything from the instrument panel to the cup holders makes the cabin extremely appealing.
There's also plenty of room inside, which is why so many crossovers are so popular. You can carry five people very comfortably as well as all of their stuff in the easy-to-load cargo area.
There are also all the luxury features so many people want, such as navigation, backup camera and Bluetooth connectivity. For this model year, Hyundai also added an optional 605-watt Infinity Logic 7 Surround Sound stereo system; it's excellent.
This vehicle, however, needs a good stereo because it's incredibly noisy on the road. Road and wind noise fill the cabin. One unscientific test I use on a vehicle is to count how many times I adjust the volume on my commute to work. A perfect score would be zero adjustments, simply playing the stereo from the last time I drove it. The Santa Fe scored an 8.
Truckish performance
Interior noise aside, the Santa Fe performed well on the road.
The ride is feels more truckish than carlike. The bumps are hard, and on the highway, I never felt confident in this vehicle. The power-assisted rack-and-pinion steering was fine in city driving, with a nice taut feel, but on the highway, it was too sensitive, which leads to lots of overcorrecting.
There's nothing bad to say about the powertrains. The 3.5-liter V-6 matched to a six-speed automatic transmission was excellent. Unlike many crossovers, which have transmissions that race to sixth gear to improve mileage by sacrificing performance, the Santa Fe seemed to pace itself, providing good acceleration, highway cruising and everything in between.
It also gets good gas mileage, hitting 20 mpg in the city and 26 mpg on the highway. A 2.4-liter powertrain that produces 175 horsepower will get you two more miles per gallon on the highway, which makes it almost irrelevant. Why get the four-banger when the six provides 111 more horsepower and gets the same city mileage?
Safety galore
Hyundai also packs the Santa Fe with lots of safety features, such as six air bags, electronic stability control, tire pressure monitoring and brake assist, which will apply maximum brake force if it detects an emergency.
All in all, the Santa Fe isn't a bad vehicle. But Hyundai has raised the bar on itself, and when you get into this vehicle, there's very little that makes you say, "Wow, I really want one of these."
Hyundai doesn't even feel like the value vehicle in this segment, which is ground the carmaker often holds over the competition. It takes $23,000 to get a base model with an automatic transmission, and the top-of-the-line model cost more than $30,000.
With so much attention being paid to compact crossovers, the expectation has become that every vehicle needs to be the very best in the bunch.
The Santa Fe is not even in the top five.
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This is one of four teas I ordered from Yuuki-Cha. This tea vendor first caught my attention when I was looking around to see who was selling Japanese black tea. Currently there are 4 of those on their website and I bought 2. But what really compelled me to make a purchase (besides extra Christmas cash) were the addition of 2 "oolong-black" teas. And I'm trying one of those as my first to review and taste.
Drinking from the first steep the orange-red liquor has a really really soft feel in my mouth. Then I pick up on a pulpy/grainy texture and some sweetness. Very weird tea. Almost reminds me of Huiming Hong Cha from Camellia Sinensis. What always struck me as strange, was with each sip the tea body was so soft and not astringent at all. It's like anti-astringent (I know.. not a real word, just work with me!). It's a strange feeling you'd have to experience first hand.
I then steeped it a second time to see if it would change much. It's still sweet, and has a pulpy/grainy feel. This time the liquor changes to a dark amber color (lighter than previous). It's obviously weaker but has enough of the first steep's characteristics to stay satisfying.
This wasn't what I expected at all from this tea. To be honest I'm not sure what I expected but this wasn't it. Not that it's a bad thing, but this was an interesting tea experience for sure. I would certainly appreciate this tea more if it had a stronger body, but perhaps I'm just being picky. I'll be sure to experiment with this one to see what flavours I can get out of it.
Anyway, I can see where the name oolong-black comes from now. It has the charm of both. However I think it would mostly appeal to people that enjoy black tea because it is very oxidized. Definitely worth a try if you are looking for something new and interesting.
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In English, many things are named after a particular country – but have you ever wondered what those things are called in those countries?
1.1(balanced, suspended)poised in the air — suspendido en el aire
- they were waiting with pencils poised — esperaban, lápiz en mano
- poised on the brink of disaster — al borde del desastre
- her hand was poised above the receiver — tenía la mano preparada para contestar el teléfono en cuanto sonara
1.2(ready)listopreparadothe army was poised, ready to attack — el ejército estaba listo para atacar
- they are poised to break into the Japanese market — están listos para irrumpir en el mercado japonés
- the jaguar was poised for attack — el jaguar estaba agazapado, listo para atacar
- she is poised for a political comeback — está lista para hacer su reaparición en la escena política
- he was poised at the microphone — estaba preparado frente al micrófono
2(self-assured)for an 18-year-old she is very poised — para una chica de 18 años tiene mucho aplomo / mucha desenvoltura
- Britain's first mainstream female football presenter is cool, poised and confident.
- Her aura of poised confidence was gone, leaving behind a tired air.
- His poised, persuasive presentation won them over.
- The Head RN merely arched a well-plucked eyebrow, and Cassie stood in the doorway as poised and silent as a statue.
- He's a poised lad, very much in control of what he says and, ultimately, what we are allowed to know about him.
- He could not imagine this calm, poised woman before him using language like that, but the young girl within her?
- And for the first time today this remarkably poised young woman breaks out into a blush.
- The end result: you look leaner, taller, more poised and confident.
- For a brief moment, considering the embarrassing circumstances, I was pleased with my poised response.
- The poised, confident young woman was tossed into a world of checkpoints, strip searches and interrogations.
- By this stage the adrenaline had started pumping around my body, I felt I was ready for anything; alert and poised.
- A tall, good-looking young man, poised and self-assured, Bassam is a Christian.
- He is also a poised senior who makes 84.2 percent of his free throws.
- Keira was always in control, always composed, poised and confident.
- Jake's poised and assertive manner was diminishing before my very eyes.
- Finding love and being a good companion are slightly more challenging projects for even such a poised and educated young lady.
- Instead of his head falling away and legs imitating those of a drunk, he was poised and resolute, pulverising anything that came within his shot-radar.
- She's like a child grown in a pod on Mars: far too poised and intelligent to resemble any kid from our planet.
- In the picture, she looks entirely poised and comfortable.
- I walked up poised and proud with tears shimmering in my eyes.
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There are three types of pollution source investigations currently being done by the NHDES Watershed Assistance Section.
- Illicit Discharge Detection Investigations
- Microbial Source Tracking
- Stream Morphology Assessments and Surveys
Illicit Discharge Detection Investigations
In 1996, NHDES initiated illicit discharge detection investigations in an effort to identify pollution discharges to storm drainage systems. An illicit discharge is any discharge to a municipal storm drainage system that is not composed entirely of stormwater. Examples of illicit discharges commonly seen in urban communities in New Hampshire include sanitary wastewater piping that is directly connected from a home into a storm drainage pipe or a cross-connection between the municipal sewer to the storm sewer systems.
The Coastal watershed communities were the first to undergo these investigations, beginning in 1996. Since then, over 30 illicit discharges have been identified and removed in this watershed. Illicit discharge detection investigations were initiated in the Merrimack watershed in 2001. Approximately 100 miles of shoreline were investigated by the end of 2002 with the majority of work completed in Nashua, the Winnipesauke River corridor, and along the Merrimack River corridor from the Massachusetts border, north to the confluence with the Souhegan River. In 2003, initial investigations continued in Nashua and along the corridors of the Souhegan and Winnipesaukee Rivers. In 2004, NHDES completed the initial investigations for surface waters in Nashua and continued to investigate the shorelines of the Souhegan and Winnipesaukee Rivers.
The typical procedure for conducting illicit discharge investigations includes the following steps.
- Illicit discharge investigations begin with a meeting between the NHDES staff and the department of public works (DPW) personnel in the municipality where the survey will take place. Storm drainage infrastructure maps are a good starting point for a discussion.
- NHDES and DPW staff identify hot spots and prioritize survey areas.
- NHDES staff conduct dry-weather field screening to look for non-stormwater discharges in the storm drain outfalls.
- Water quality tests are conducted to see if the non-stormwater discharges are illicit charges.
- NHDES and DPW staff team up again to track down the source and remove the illicit discharges.
- Where pollution sources are found, staff work with appropriate parties on remediation, which often requires technical and financial assistance. In some cases, regulatory compliance and enforcement is warranted. The New Hampshire Estuaries Project has been providing grant funds to coastal communities to eliminate illicit discharges since 2000.
The New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission published a useful manual for communities titled Illicit Discharge Detection and Elimination Manual: A Handbook for Municipalities. Copies of this document may be downloaded from www.neiwpcc.org.
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Stream Morphology Assessments and Surveys
The NHDES Watershed Management Bureau staff has spent considerable time learning and applying the methods of assessing stream and river channel restoration principals. The NHDES Watershed Assistance Section awarded restoration grants for projects that focus on the identification and assessment of factors causing stream and river channel instability and the design of channel restoration plans. All of the funded projects employ the principals of fluvial geomorphology and natural channel design to accomplish specific restoration goals related to channel disturbances and instability. These projects will also demonstrate that addressing river-related problems yields greater benefits when compared to treating symptoms with costly, bank-armoring techniques.
The Watershed Assistance Section staff are excited to see this trend in natural channel design-based stream and river restoration continue to increase as more project collaborators take advantage of the Generic Quality Assurance Project Plan for Stream Morphology Data Collection and the continued efforts and outputs of the New Hampshire Stream Team (NHST). The NHST's mission is to advance the use of science in river restoration and streambank stabilization efforts, and provide a venue for communication among river management stakeholders. In order to meet its mission, the NHST has established goals to develop a Regional Hydraulic Geometry Reference Curve, provide and/or promote education, training, and technical assistance regarding natural stream channel design (NSCD) and fluvial geomorphic principles, incorporate NSCD methods in the New Hampshire wetlands permitting process, and collaborate with other New England states and academia regarding NSCD and regional hydrologic curve development.
The successful implementation of these 319-funded river and stream restoration projects will demonstrate the necessity for watershed based assessments designed to reveal underlying problems, yielding the information necessary to develop appropriate, cost effective solutions. This is a trend that NHDES personnel responsible for permitting and grants management will continue to encourage and/or require when applicable.
For more information about stream and channel restoration contact
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In the late 1990s, the NHDES Watershed Assistance Section (WAS) staff teamed up with researchers at the University of New Hampshire to find better tools for tracking down sources of fecal-borne bacteria. These bacteria can be found in lakes, streams and marine waters when sanitary wastewater flows untreated into surface water. This happens during situations such as failing septic systems, leaking sewer pipes, overflows at wastewater treatment plants, or when stormwater washes animal waste into a waterbody.
Researchers found that a bacterial source tracking tool called Ribotyping is an effective and innovative way to identify the actual sources of bacterial pollution present in surface waters. Instead of just knowing how much bacteria is in the water, this technology can tell us if the bacteria came from a specific species such as a dog, cow, or human. The US Environmental Protection Agency and the NH Department of Environmental Services supported the start up costs of establishing a Ribotyping laboratory at the UNH Jackson Estuarine Laboratory located on the shore of the Great Bay Estuary. Several Ribotyping studies have been completed in the coastal watersheds, showing promising uses for this technology statewide. For example, residents in the Hampton/Seabrook Harbor watershed suspected that birds were the primary source of bacterial pollution, but the Ribotyping study results indicated that humans were responsible for a larger portion of the bacteria rather than birds. As a result, NHDES supported a pumpout boat to encourage frequent and proper disposal of boat sanitary waste and the Town of Hampton is conducting a major sewer replacement project in the beach area of the town. More recently, UNH purchased a RiboPrinter that allows for automated processing for Ribotyping analysis. This greatly increases the consistency and accuracy of the results.
NHDES and UNH have conducted Ribotyping studies in Varney Brook and the Bellamy River in Dover; Hampton/Seabrook Harbor in Hampton, Hampton Falls, and Seabrook; Little Harbor in Portsmouth, New Castle and Rye; Parsons Creek in Rye; Bass Beach Brook in Rye; and Chapel Brook and Little River in North Hampton.
If you are interested in the reports for any of these studies contact Natalie Landry (NHDES) at (603) 559-1507. If you are interested in the research aspects of ribotyping contact Dr. Steve Jones (UNH) at (603 )862-5124 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Polish-American architect Daniel Libeskind has been chosen as the 2010 recipient of the Buber-Rosenzweig Medal, making him the first ever architect to win the prize. The medal, which celebrates contributions to Christian-Jewish understanding, was awarded on Sunday, March 7, 2010 in Augsburg, Germany.
The Buber-Rosenzweig Medal is an annual prize awarded uninterruptedly since 1968 by the DKR (German Coordinating Council of Societies for Christian-Jewish Cooperation) to individuals, initiatives, or institutions, which have actively contributed to Christian-Jewish understanding. Forty-four different societies belong to the DKR. The name of the prize honours the memory of the Austrian-Jewish philosopher, translator, and educator Martin Buber (1878-1965) and German-Jewish theologian Franz Rosenzweig (1886-1929).
Libeskind was born in post-war Poland and after moving to the United States of America, was awarded citizenship in 1965. In 1989, he won the competition for the Jewish Museum Berlin, which opened to the public in September 2001 followed by the Glass Courtyard extension to the museum which completed in the Autumn of 2007.
In 2001 he was also awarded the Hiroshima Art Prize - an award given to an artist whose work promotes international understanding and peace, another first for an architect.
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