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Rain, rain, go away…
BOSTON — It's 7:22 p.m. here and the tarp is still covering Fenway Park, which always seems moist whether it's raining or not. In today's case, it actually is raining and it has been for some time now. There's also a big green blob hovering all around Boston on the ol' radar.
So, to be continued for a start time, if there is one at all, for this game tonight. Thing's learned pregame: Jays GM J.P. Ricciardi officially said what we've all assumed: Aaron Hill is not going to come back this season. Scott Downs, injured ankle and all, played catch but won't likely be available until possible the upcoming homestand.
Ricciardi also confirmed that catching prospect J.P. Arencibia and outfield prospect Travis Snider are headed for the Arizona Fall League, so you won't be seeing them in Toronto in September. Minor League infielder Scott Campbell and three pitchers — undecided on who — could be joining them.
As for Ricky Romero and Brett Cecil, it doesn't look like they'll be coming in September, either. Said Ricciardi: "They're both pitching well, but they're both where they need to be. I think with Litsch and Purcey and Richmond and Marcum and all these guys, we've got arms. It'd be foolish to bring those guys up just to have them up here. I think next year, big league camp, and see where they go from there."
*Today's lineups:
TORONTO (62-60) at BOSTON (71-51)
at ??? p.m. ET at Fenway Park
Joe Inglett, 2B
Marco Scutaro, 3B
Adam Lind, LF
Vernon Wells, CF
Matt Stairs, DH
Rod Barajas, C
Lyle Overbay, 1B
Brad Wilkerson, RF
John McDonald, SS
PITCHING: RHP Roy Halladay (13-9, 2.72)
Jacoby Ellsbury, CF
Dustin Pedroia, 2B
David Ortiz, DH
Kevin Youkilis, 3B
J.D. Drew, RF
Jason Bay, LF
Jed Lowrie, SS
Sean Casey, 1B
Jason Varitek, C
PITCHING: RHP Paul Byrd (7-10, 4.53)
*subject to weather, of course
OUCH: Blue Jays catcher Rod Barajas nearly endured an embarrassing injury this afternoon. The steps leading from the dugout to the visitors' clubhouse were slippery from the rain, and Barajas' feet went out from under him as he headed down to the tunnel. Beyond some dirt on his backstop, Barajas survived the loud fall. "Yeah, I'm fine," he said. "But my ego is a little crushed."
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I can't believe JP has the nerve to keep up the chatter on Richmond.
As in most other times, JP would be wise to just forget the name Richmond, so he doesn't continue to look like a jerk.
Personally I'm a little annoyed at all the Olympic/Richmond/Jays noise. I'm not a fan of the Olympics for various reasons. Amateurs/shamateurs in the past, and judging fiascos being the big two.
Baseball is NOT a traditional Olympic sport (but neither are a lot of the others). I don't agree with professionals leaving their team to play in what used to be an amateur arena.
So I guess we'll have to just 'agree to disagree' because in my opinion Scott Richmond is a professional ball player who should do what his bosses ask rather than leave in the middle of the season to play in the Olympics.
The only reason Richmond is still here after his first start is because of JP opening his big mouth.
If he hadn't made the initial comments he made, Richmond would have went back down after his first start-he's not ready for MLB prime time and only still here because JP wants to cover his ****.
The game being postponed might help us, in that Halliday gets one more day of rest from his 130 pitch marathon and our pen gets some rest.
In the first game, we're facing Byrd, who our guys saw just recently, so if we get into the questionable Sox bull pen in the first game, get good starts from both starters, we might give Boston a nasty.
I would just like to know what was wrong with what JP said about Richmond. It just blows my mind that when a guy speaks his mind and is so bang on about the Olympic/MLB issue, idiots like you call him a jerk and say he is a terrible GM.
He definately should have brought up Travis Snider and Arencibia…he said before he would…but then again we all knwo he is not a man of his word
Thanks gsumner.
Anyone who thinks JP IS A GOOD GM IS AN IDIOT.
It's not what JP said about Richmond which caused the problem, he dissed the Canadian Olympic baseball team. I felt that was a stupid mistake because after all he is the GM of a CANADIAN baseball team, like DUH!!!!!!!!!!. Why piss off your fans? By the way, most of the Canadian press thought the same way, so I'm not the only one to call him a jerk for his remarks.
I didn't call him a terrible GM for that screw up, although his continual lying, and brass mouth has caused a number of problems. Remember what he said about Dunn or when he dissed Inglett. How many free agents will want to come here after hearing that tirade on Dunn-which was a total fabricated lie by JP. JP doesn't know when to keep his mouth shut-he's his own worst enemy. He has a real hard time telling the truth and lies so often he forgets what he said the last time and continually gets exposed. Frankly, it's so bad, few believe a word from his mouth any more.
I call him a terrible GM for signing Ecsktein, Stewart, Thomas, Wilkerson, Mench, Kennedy, Okha, Benitez, Royce, Phillips, Olmedo and Zambrano to name a few. Letting Johnson go is another smart decision, now wasn't it. Keeping Gibbons around as long as he did and hiring Denbro were both huge mistakes that cost us this season. From what I'm told, Denbro's whole hitting focus was OBP and he had guys focus so much on it they forgot they should to hit, particulary with RISP.
I won't even bring up some of the contracts he's done-Like Thomas-I'll leave that one to Godfrey and Mr. Ted Rogers. Or how about today, when word leaked out, he put Vernon Wells on waivers-and Vernon found out about it. Is that good smart management? Now, you might have a different opinion, and that's fine-that's what this forum is for-expressing opinions.
By the way, only weak, low intelligent people incapable of debating their point, call other bloggers names, or insult or attack them. I didn't call you names, so the next time you post to me, have your facts straight and make your debate point, because I surely do research before I make mine. On the other hand, if you want to continue going down the path you're on, I'll be more than happy to accomodate your wishes.
While I understand why you're frustrated with the signings that you mentioned I don't see how Vernon finding out that he was placed on waivers is a big deal. It's recallable meaning that if the Jays don't get what they want in a trade they can simply take him back. I believe that's how it works. It shouldn't be seen as in insult to the player, for all we know Roy Halladay could be on waivers too. I don't know why some guys are leaked and others aren't but I simply see it as a way for the teams to leave all their options open. That's why Sheffield was on them and you don't hear about him throwing a fit and he usually speaks his mind. Brian Giles was claimed by Boston but when San Diego didn't get what they want they simply recalled him. I'm sure Jordan or someone else can make it more clear for everyone, myself included in case i've missed a point or 2.
Players are put on waivers all the time, that's part of the process, but seldom does it leak out of the club. As far as I'm concerned when it does leak, it shows a weakness in the club itself.
Regardless of what anyone states, whenever a player finds out he's been put out on waivers, it has to be somewhat distracting, if not to the player to the others on the team.
By the way, I'd be in favor of trading Vernon, just like I'm in favor of trading AJ, BJ, Rolen, Stairs, Wlkerson, Mench and Eckstein-if anyone actually wants them. I just think it should be handled much more professionally.
I believe that your correct. I can't recall who mentioned it but apparently almost 90% of player are on waivers at this point of the season. That being said it isn't a big deal that Wells was placed on waivers, and it would come as no surprise to me if Halladay and/or Rios were also on waivers.
nah, you're still an idiot. you should apply for the job, becasue it sounds like you would be much better at it. I'm wondering when and where you had that conversation with Denbo about his hitting philosophy. Also, hindsight is a great thing to use when bashing the GM. The whole Johnson/Stewart thing made total sense when it happened, and Reed Johnson is still Reed Johnson, he just plays for a team where everything gets overhyped. Stewart was a disappointment obviously, but he clearly had a good track record of consistent .290 hitting, and could hit leftys and rightys, unlike Reed. Oh, and everyone is put on waivers you moron.
There is one bottom line stat to measure JP's success and it's the team performance record. Whether you or anyone else like him or not doesn't matter-what matters is performance.
The year before JP joined the Jays we finished with a 83-79 record and in 3rd place. In the time JP's been here (7-8 years) we only finished higher than 3rd once and currently are in 4th place with a 62-60 record. I guess, based on your posts, low intelligence morons like you consider that record a success, I guess it's because you relate to losing.
You are right on one thing though, and that is Reed is still Reed Johnson. He's hitting .303 with the Cubbies with a .365 OBP this year, back to his 2006 performance levels.
For the record, I was against the Stewart signing and release of Johnson when it happened (and posted as such)because I felt the very best situation we ever had in left field was the platoon between Johnson and Catalano. In addition, Stewart's recent history of injuries slowed him down a lot and his noodle arm certainly hadn't improved.
At that time, I posted we should bring up Lind and platoon Lind and Johnson. Now as it happens Lind is hitting well from both sides this year, but I certainly was right about Stewart.
Now, if you want, keep up the personal insults, but take your head out of that little tight hole positioned in between the cheeks of the thing you sit on, clean out your eyes and look at JP's record in the cold light of day.
Then you might recognize reality and not be a loser all the time.
puss263 no I did not get your name wrong.
Why get gsumner going you can't win and he has a right to post his opinions just like you do,but you have no right to be a jerk,If you dont like his post don't read them and if you do at least keep your answers clean.
Garry ,
Sorry to read about your wife , I hope she has a speedy recovery . Make sure you take care of yourself also .
Thanks and I will.


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Today marks the 29th anniversary of the martyrdom of Archbishop Oscar Romero. It is interesting to note that on February 17, 1980, Romero wrote to President Jimmy Carter making the following appeal: "Prohibit all U.S. military assistance to the Salvadoran government. Guarantee that the US government will not intervene, directly or indirectly, by military, economic, diplomatic, or other pressures, to influence the direction of the destiny of the Salvadoran people." A little over a month later Romero was shot and killed by an assassin while he celebrated the Eucharist. In 1993, the UN Truth Commission Report established that Major Roberto D'Aubuisson, a graduate of the School of the Americas (Assassins), ordered Romero's assassination. (more…)


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Since 1926, Kanakuk Kamps, a Christian summer adventure sports camp, has been ministering to kids in an athletic environment in and around Branson, Missouri. Since Kanakuk was highly successful in reaching teenagers for Christ, parents voiced their need for follow-up ministry to continue their spiritual growth throughout the year. Joe White, owner of Kanakuk, and Richard Beach, then a Kamp director, began to talk and pray about this need. What could be done to continue the experience students encountered with the Lord at camp?
In 1979, Joe and Richard met with laymen from Colorado and campers parents from St. Louis. All parties involved shared similar insights about facilitating the growth of kids' faith throughout the year. The purpose of KLIFE would be a discipleship ministry that would provide an ongoing environment for students to continue their spiritual growth.
The first KLIFE ministry began in St. Louis in 1979. In the fall of 1982 the second KLIFE chapter began in Kansas City. In subsequent years, with the continuous outpouring of God's blessing, KLIFE Ministries now reaches from Florida to Wyoming.
After several years of development under the leadership of Doulos Ministries, KLIFE grew to the point of requiring its own parent organization. In the fall of 1989, KLIFE Ministries, Inc. was formed. In 1996, a permanent National Board was added to the structure of the National Support Center, and in 1997 the NSC headquartered in Conway, Arkansas.
In the summer of 2002, KLIFE moved it's National Support Center back to the place of its birth, Branson, Missouri. This move allowed KLIFE to be closer to it's sister ministries, Kanakuk Kamps, Kids Across America, and the Kanakuk Institute.
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The other day I was discussing why they would fake a conspiracy like they have if we are to believe September Clues which I do. I was dumbfounded, but this morning it dawned on me.
It's about keeping us trusting the media. The pictures don't lie thing.
They have one lie for the masses and that is what they tell us to see.
But the pictures don't show a likely scenario of a plane crash so the second lie is what they show us, and that is a controlled demolition and a conspiracy and a truth movement.
So by telling us one thing but showing us something else they are conditioning us to think that their lies can be revealed by analyzing their (fake) imagery.
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Talk:Supported microSD cards
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Let it be known that 4Gb microSDHC cards have been announced by more than one company. Apparently these will not be supported by default in microSD devices. Does anyone know if the Neo will support these in theory? Wasp 00:06, 16 February 2007 (CET)
- Also 8GB MicroSD cards have now been announced. Would be really nice to know if it's just a driver issue or something more.
How to test
Can we please define repeatable tests? atm I just copy stuff there and back - there is probably more to it. Tested the Sandisk 512 and 1024 cards Johan 22:27, 4 August 2007 (CEST)
Use newer kernel for testing
As the 2.6.17 kernel is pretty outdated and openmoko uses 2.6.22 for a long time now, we maybe should use this kernel version for testing, shouldn't we? --Thomasg 16:23, 23 September 2007 (CEST)
i strongly second that. please do not test with ancient and totally outdated software. this will only generate bogus bugreports which hold everybody from seeing the real problems. with recent i mean 22.214.171.124-moko11 or newer. please also add the exact release (including svnr if possible) when filing a bug.
same goes for uboot. currently we are at svnr 2943 or higher. please do not file bugs against uboots which are totally outdated. if you want to update your uboot for tests, please contact me and i'll try to supply you with a tested uboot for your device. --Roh 22:03, 23 September 2007 (CEST)


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There is no one 'future tense' in English. There are 4 future forms. The one which is used most often in spoken English is 'going to', not 'will'.
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We use 'going to' when we want to make a prediction based on evidence we can see now.
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Thursday, August 13, 2015
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Sunday, August 9, 2015
Lessons from Kosovo for the Tamil Eelam lobbyists
Tamils account for 76million the world over. The British transported Tamils all round the world as indentured labor during colonial times. The Tamils functioned as loyal slaves of the British. Disproportionate opportunities and privileges paved the way for Tamils to mentally believe they were superior and above all others and from this has sprouted the notion for the Tamils to have a separate state. While there are hardly 2million Tamils physically living in Sri Lanka, 72million Tamils actually live in an Indian State that is referred to as State of the Tamils (Tamil Nadu) where Tamils are over 99% of the population, where Tamil language is the state language, where Tamil culture dominates, where Hinduism prevails – virtually all ingredients need for self-determination in a state that was amalgamated by the British to be called India. It is these arguments that the Tamils of Tamil Nadu started using to demand separatism from India but with India passing the pillow to Sri Lanka by creating Tamil militancy/LTTE Sri Lanka has become saddled with India's headache. Nonetheless, carving out separate states being the newest norm of the capitalist West outcome of which Kosovo came about in 2008 the latest attempt is Tamil Eelam but there are serious lessons for Tamils themselves to learn from. They first need to come down a peg or two from cheering an eelam to wondering if Eelam will become a nightmare as the Kosovars are now discovering with no return too!
Yugoslavia was broken into 7 states : Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia, Slovenia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Macedonia and Kosovo.
Kosovo independence came in 2008. Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaci is part of a criminal syndicate. The PDK, led by Hashim Thaci was a former Kosovan Liberation Army commander. US, the EU and the UN supported him and continue to do so. The Heritage Foundation and similar other global thinktanks support the KLA-KDP, despite its criminal connections. According to Serbian Justice Minister Vladan Batic, "the prosecution at the Hague war crimes tribunal has over 40,000 pages of evidence against former Kosovo Liberation Army leader Hashim Thaci, (quoted by Radio B92, Belgrade, 3 July 2003).
In April 2000, US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright "ordered The Hague chief prosecutor Carla del Ponte to omit from the list of war crime suspects Hashim Thaci" (Tanjug, 6 May 2000). Carla del Ponte subsequently claimed that there was not enough evidence to indict Thaci on war crimes. .
Madeline Albright and KLA leader Thaci
Just as in the case of Sri Lanka a well planned and funded set of lies enabled the disintegration of Yugoslavia and the creation of independent states that were perfect for the West to advance their agendas and get their hands on resources that would make a handful rich.
It is only after the damage is one and when there is no chances to reverse that the lies are coming out in a self-boasting by the villains!
A documentary by Jonathan Dimbleby in 2000 confirms MEDIA LIED on behalf of the US/NATO. Media lied that there were 'ethnic cleansing' of the Kosovar Albanians creating the public opinion that NATO had the right to bomb and militarily intervene (doesn't it question the lies by MEDIA on behalf of West with regard to Sri Lanka!)
US/NATO used MEDIA to led the world to believe ethnic cleansing took place. So far only 2000 bodies have been recovered. Doesn't that question the chorus of 40,000 to 125,000 claimed to be dead & missing in Sri Lanka without giving so much as a single name.
Rambouillet Accords were drafted with the hidden intention of creating separate states & questions the present plethora of bogus resolutions against Sri Lanka by the same players that created Kosovo. What kind of Accord inserts provision allowing NATO freedom of movement not only in Kosovo but throughout Serbia with complete immunity from all Yugoslav laws (watch out for such an inclusion in Sri Lanka's case for the same US/NATO forces)
Ninety per cent of Kosovo's population is made up of ethnic Albanians. At the end of the conflict in 1999 many ethnic Serbs were pushed out of Kosovo, but not all of them left. About 100,000 remained behind (recall the thousands of Sinhalese & Muslims chased out of the North by the LTTE – why was the world silence on the ethnic cleansing by Tamils)
Current situation of independent Kosovo
- Half of Kosovo's 1.8 million people are 25 or younger. More than 30,000 enter the job market yearly but only 8000 find work.
- Only 75 out of 192 states have recognized Kosovo independence
- Russia claims it will not allow the cancelation of UN Resolution 1244, which confirms Serbia's territorial integrity
- International isolation : Afghani passport holders can cross 22 borders without restrictions, while Kosovars can only travel to five countries visa-free: Turkey, Albania, Montenegro, Macedonia, and Haiti.
- Unemployment in Kosovo highest in Europe – 45%
- half of Kosovo's citizens struggle to survive on social benefits of less than $2 per day.
- Kosovo economy in shambles : Domestic commerce documents are not recognized overseas due to the lack of diplomatic relations.
- Kosovo imports goods and services worth around $200 million from neighboring countries such as Serbia and Bosnia-Herzegovina, it is impossible for Kosovo to reciprocate exports because Kosovo is not recognized.
- West is no longer nice guy : Goods from Kosovo brought into the market of the European Union will be subject to extra tariffs. Kosovo's once friends are now only concerned about business & profit!
- Kosovo has no international postal or telephone code. Mobile phone calls are channeled through Slovenia or Monaco at considerable expense.
- Kosovo cannot receive its own web IP address, inhibiting online purchasing, Internet banking, and national cybersecurity.
- Kosovo athletes cannot even join international sports associations.
- Kosovo is being slowly privatized. Properties were being offered for sale as if they were the holdings of politicians, rather than the resources of all Kosovo residents. Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright is attempting to buy Kosovo Telecom.
- Kosovo has become a prostitute/smuggling and human trafficking hub (both areas that LTTE and Sri Lanka's North has been notorious for)
- U.S. military base in Kosovo was constructed in 1999 without consulting with the government of Serbia and is the largest U.S. military base built outside of the U.S. If Kosovo has been given independence why is there need for 17,000 UN 'peacekeepers' to remain?
If Kosovo is the EU's Iraq, Eelam will become West's gateway to balkanize the 3 giants of Asia. To bring this initiative to its grand conclusion is the inclusion of the man responsible for Kosovo Independence who is now one of the 3 members of the UNHRC panelhttp://www.lankaweb.com/news/
items/2014/06/27/navi-pillai- appoints-martti-ahtisaari- bribed-by-albanian-mafia-to- deliver-kosovo-independence- to-investigate-sri-lanka/
Who wanted Kosovo liberation, who got it and who is benefitting from it and was it really worth it in the end are questions that the Tamils living in Sri Lanka need to ask themselves in particular those living in the North. A separate state in the North means that they will not be welcome in the rest of Sri Lanka. Just as Kosovars are now isolated internationally economically disabled, internationally cut off and even those that helped them get independence giving a cold shoulder the exact same is likely to happen to the Tamils. More dangerous is the realization of the vision of the current Sri Lankan Prime Minister for a road/rail link to India which will mean the end of Sri Lankan Tamils in phase 1 and thereafter a total invasion colonization of Sri Lanka by India and end of the Sinhalese race in Sri Lanka.
With the West's use of Islamic terrorism, the seeds are already planted for scores of future conflicts all of which will fill the purses of westerners and the local bastards enjoying making profits from facilitating the killing of their own people.
Do we really need to walk into such dismal times when we should be learning from the mistakes and manipulations taking place under our very own eyes.
Kosovo's liberators were identical as the LTTE. The political party that holds reign in independent Kosovo is no different to the LTTE representatives the TNA. While Kosovars are now in a state of shock, vulnerable, fearful and in poverty the Tamils are continuing to vote for the TNA despite so many warnings given to them. Should Tamils listen or take instructions from the Tamil Diaspora all of whom hold foreign passports and are not citizens of Sri Lanka?
Let the Tamils of Sri Lanka realize at least now the mistake they are making in stubbornly pursuing a separate state when they should realize that the state to be declared independent is to advance the West's geopolitical designs and have nothing to do with wanting to help Tamils. Tamils should also realize that they have used the discrimination and genocide themes beyond any level of tolerance.
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Wednesday, August 5, 2015
Christianizing of Sri Lanka – UNP's Betrayal of Buddhism
Andrew Sparkes the British envoy to Nepal sparked controversy in demanding the right to convert be included into Nepals new constitution. The Pope has vowed to convert 100million non-Christians to Christianity by 2025. Both West's & the Vaticans objectives compliment a 'Look East Policy' mirroring colonial rule with gun in one hand and Bible in the other. Do non-Christians have a right to worry when Theravada Buddhist Asia is now targeted? Yes but slogans of reconciliation, multiculturalism, multi-faith using international agencies/envoys shoot down these concerns. However secularism is no license for conversion. The statistics are alarming. The Centre for the Study of Global Christianity declares Nepal to be the fastest Christianity growing country in the world, followed by China, UAE, Saudi Arabia & Qatar. How has the UNP contributed to realization of Christianizing/Evangelizing Sri Lanka?
The role of the Church in Sri Lanka
From the time the Portuguese landed in Sinhale in 1505 the Church's mission was anti-Sinhala Buddhist and anti-national. The Church together with the Portuguese, Dutch and the British set out to oppress indigenous religions – Buddhism and Hinduism. Compulsory conversions was a form of terrorism used that led to converting or facing death and destructions to kovils and temples. Portuguese historian Queroyz lists down the temples that were destroyed and on top of which Churches are erected. Colonialism and conversions became trojan horses to plunder continents of Asia, Africa, Middle East and Latin America with the goal to indoctrinate followers to look down on local traditions, values, national heritage, indigenous religion and look at history from the prism of the benefits that the West delivered. Indigenous heroes and patriots were taught to be despised.
The Church succeeded in alienating a chunk of the native populace away from their heritage steering them to function as surrogates & fifth columnists and not showing the qualities of kshatriyas (patriotic warriors). They have been turned into sepoys or mercenaries of the Church/West. The question of where the allegiance of these converted Catholics lies whether to the State or to the wishes of the Vatican is often shrouded in controversy.
In China, local Catholics are debarred from dealing with the Vatican to ensure Chinese Catholics integrate with Chinese culture/nationalism. In Sri Lanka we can recall the Catholic Action that led to the failed military coup by Christian military officers in 1962. The allegations of the Church links to the LTTE on behalf of the West through Christian NGOs as well as LTTE front heads who are Fathers and have openly compared Prabakaran with Jesus without any objections from the Vatican.
The US Govt through the USAID allocates billions to over 50,000 faith-based organizations with the specific task to convert.
UK-linked Wahhabi Islam uses $100billon to export extremist Wahhabi Islam to purposely cause disharmony and give West a foothold.
UNP – anti-Sinhala/anti-Buddhist
The oldest national political party in Sri Lanka is the United National Party. Its leader D S Senanayake is fondly known as the Father of the Nation. Immediate post-independent leaders of Sri Lanka were virtually all Christian/Catholic. English education was only for the converted and missionary education was able to create natives loyal to Western dogma/ideology/values and even dress! Thus the absence of calls to reverse discrimination to the Sinhale nation/Sinhala Buddhists.
The UK's unwritten constitution follows a political tradition that makes the Queen the Head of the Church of England who appoints 15 representatives of the Church of England to the House of Lords. If so, why are efforts being made to subtly remove the foremost place given to Buddhism and right to reclaim Sri Lanka as a Buddhist nation? When Tony Blair a Catholic became Prime Minister the first thing he did was to convert to Protestant which is moreorless what the Catholic UNP leaders did in converting or pretending to be Buddhists for political relevance. One month before he left office Blair reconverted to Catholicism again and questions the ceremonial Buddhist politicians of Sri Lanka! Bands of pirith nool tied around wrists do not make politicians Buddhists.
Evidence of UNP's pro-Christian links
- UNP leader unchallenged since 1994 is a Christian and only a Buddhist for cosmetic purposes.
- His preferred advisors and close friends are all evangelists and pro-Christians
- Ranil Wickremasinghe is the Vice Chairmen of the IDU and Chairman of the Asia Pacific Democratic Union. The International Democrat Union(IDU) is an international grouping of conservative and Christian democratic political parties. Formed in 1983, the IDU provides a forum in which political parties holding similar beliefs can come together and exchange views on matters of policy and organizational interest, in order that they might act cooperatively, establish contacts, and present a unified voice toward the promotion of center-right policies across the globe
- No sooner the UNP Leader became Prime Minister in 2001 the Buddha Statue that was placed in front of Sirikotha from the time of the late Senanayakes was relocated.
- His first achievement after taking office was to sign a ceasefire agreement on 22 Feb 2002 drafted by Evangelical Norway endorsed by LTTE placing these terrorists on par with a legitimate elected Government and giving territory to these terrorists and claiming he had done a wonderful achievement!
- When Ranil Wickramasinghe became Prime Minister in 2001 he appointed a Cabinet of Ministers of whom over 60% were Christians by faith in a country where over 70% were Buddhists and by the same equation how he came into power!
- In 2001 for the 7.5% Christians and 8% Muslims, Ministry of Christian Affairs & Ministry for Muslim Affairs was created. The same has been done in his 2015 manifesto. No country in the world has such Ministries for such numbers!
- In 2001 he appointed John Amaratunga as Minister in charge of Interior Affairs under whom Public Security and Police, as well as the Dept of Immigration & Emigration came so Visas were freely granted to inbound Evangelists to spread the faith. He was also made the Minister of Christian Affairs.
- Under this Minister, the Police were instructed to ensure that the whole month of December was celebrated for Christmas with lighting. The same portfolio has been given in 2015.
- Under Ranil's rule in 2001 Buddhist ceremonies were given step-motherly treatment and in some cases directives were given not to issue permits for loudspeakers even for important Buddhist functions like Wesak and Poson
- In 2001 illegal prayer centers around the country were given police protection in residential areas - Police were instructed to ignore complaints made by Buddhists when they complained about illegal religious activities
- During this same period no attention was paid to excavation thefts of Buddhist artifacts and destruction of Buddhist archaeological sites as the Minister of Christian Affairs was also in charge of Public Security and no surprise fast forward to 2015 the UNP leader has appointed the same person as Minister for both portfolios once again!
- The pattern continued with the appointments to the State Rupavahini & Radio station to ensure Buddhist opinion and voice was drowned in 2001 with the same occurring now in 2015 and with each year the incursions gained a success to the Christian bloc and a loss to the Buddhists! Enumerate that into future and lack of opposition to foretell what the ultimate outcome is targeted to be!
- In 2002 the Prime Minister, the Media Minister and the Lakehouse had to extend an apology to the Maha Sangha for a mischievous attempt to challenge the authenticity of the relics enshrined in the sacred Temple of the Tooth with a group of non-Buddhist writers preparing an article issued under a Muslim writer who was fired from his post later.http://archives.dailynews.lk/2
002/01/21/new14.html numerous attempts have been made using Christian/Muslim writers to denigrate Buddhists/Buddhism in both state & private print & electronic media. Virtually all editors are non-Buddhists and regular columnists are non-Buddhists as well. None of the published news is in proportion to the 70% Buddhist populace.
- The present editor of the Sunday Observer was the same editor in 2002 that published the article under a Muslim journalist! Present editors ofSunday Observer and Daily News are Christians. We can previously recall another editor who forced Lakehouse staff to attend Bible classes!
- Catholic Archbishop Rt.Rev. Oswild Gomis was appointed Chancellor of Colombo University; permission was granted for Christian Evangelical groups to conduct "Open Air Prayer Healing " sessions in close proximity to Buddhist temples so that Buddhist ceremonies would be drowned by the loudspeaker noises of the healing sessions
- In 2005 possibly to prop up his vote, the UNP Leader launched a book on Buddhism which was challenged to a debate by JHU Ven. Omalpe Sobhitha Thero which the UNP leader did not accept and not surprisingly for someone who does not know what 'pasdun korale' is!
- Then in 2005, the Archbishop of Colombo Rev. Oswald Gomis and the Golden Key crook Lalith Kotelawala inserted an advertisement titled 'Christians Awake' making a veiled request for Christians and Catholics not to vote for Mahinda Rajapakse at the Presidential Election. This same Mahinda Rajapakse inspite of requests not to, invited the Pope to bless Sri Lanka but was not President to accept the invitee because the Catholics/Christians did not vote for him! The Church has come out again subtly telling Christians/Catholics who to vote!
- Numerous other Catholic priests openly side with the LTTE and have joined LTTE supporters to write to UN to press for war crimes charges against those who liberated the nation from terrorism.
- Ranils selected Minister of Women & Children's Affairs wasdistributing Bibles to a school in Maligakanda where the students were almost entirely Buddhist and Muslim The same minister is soliciting funds to convert as 'Born Again' many
- UNP Leader visited Portugal and personally invited the Prime Minister to to visit Sri Lanka in 2005 to celebrate the 500th Anniversary of Portuguese colonization of Sri Lanka (and entry of Christianity to this country); totally ignoring the murders committed by the Portuguese in Sri Lanka and the destruction of temples & kovils on top of which churches are today erected.
- In 2007 Jeyraj Fernandopulle said "Like me, Ranil Wickremesinghe and Ravi karunanayaka were born Christians. It is wrong for them to use the accusing finger at a priest of a different religion and call him names." When Ranil attacked Venerable Ellawela Medhananda over a vehicle registration.
- In 2010 the All Island Monks Organisation accused Ranil W of insulting Buddhism
- In 2012 Ranil Wickremasinghe claimed that the Kapilavasthu relics were those of Sariputta and Moggallana (the 2 disciples of Buddha) though Buddhists believe the relics are those of Buddha!
- Key UNP MPs openly denounce Buddhism going so far as to publicly declare that the Buddhist identity of Sri Lanka needs to be replaced.https://www.youtube.com/watch?
- UNP has paid only lip service to occasions where Buddhists have faced attack ex: Bangladesh, Thailand, Myanmar and even in India
- UNP has never been the voice for the Buddhist heritage/history of Sri Lanka though majority of UNP supporters are Sinhala Buddhists
- Sri Lanka media is in the hands of pro-Christian editors who all take pains to promote UNP policies and politicians and denigrate Buddhists/Buddhism (content analysis of editorials / selected writers and their writings / themes etc will reveal this clearly though examples have been given in the Press Commission Report of 1964 and warrants a fresh commission)
- Majority of influential middle class Catholics extend support to UNP whatever policies it holds in view of their allegiance to the Church neglecting the risk
- The Christian Law & Order Minister seeking Rs.300m from China in exchange for review of Port City to renovate the Thewatte Church that has been long accused of distorting history.http://www.lankaweb.com/news/
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This cartoon sealed the fate of the UNP in 1956
It depicted Sir John Kotelawala riding an elephant (the symbol of the UNP) pointing a spear at the Buddha statue. Accompanying Sir John was people dressed in western garb drinking and dancing (Western Liberalism slowly attempting to remove the Buddhist cultural heritage of Sri Lanka) in the foreground was a calf killed and ready to be barbecued...(Buddhists have been appealing against animal slaughter in keeping with Buddhas preaching to treat Man and Animal equally) – the characters can easily be replaced by present day UNP leaders and the message hasn't changed much! This cartoon shook the Sinhala Buddhists
The West are now using UNP to evangelize Sri Lanka in a larger Asian plan that is targeting the Theravada Buddhist nations that are covering China. This requires that Sri Lanka be alert as well as project the plans in place and expose the West-Church links and their puppets in Sri Lanka. What Buddhists and converted Christians must understand is that these imperialistic efforts have nothing to do with teachings of Christianity (in whatever form) but Christianity is being used as a tool to firstly enrich the Church and create loyal Asian/African foot soldiers loyal to Western Christian hegemony out of the Third World.
Not many countries can boast of a civilizational history as long as Sri Lanka. The glorious past seen in monumental ancient relics/artefacts/
archaeological sites cannot be allowed to be destroyed or its history distorted because other faiths do not have such rich past to be proud of and a religion not based on myths but scientifically proven. For jealousy and spite our country cannot become victim for ethno-religious demographic change or become the ground to destroy fellow nations!
Devo vassatu kalena – May gods give rain in due season
Sasa sampatti hotuca – May the crops be bountiful
Pito bhavatu lokoca – May the people be happy
Raja bhavatu dhammiko – May the king be righteous
Only those who value & wish to preserve the nations historical past will foresee the dangers and endeavour to protect it from destruction
Shenali D Waduge
Further reading :
- Report of the All Ceylon Buddhist Congress on Unethical Conversions
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Tuesday, August 4, 2015
Sri Lanka's future & voter fault lines
Sri Lanka's geopolitical positioning has been both a blessing and a curse. Despite 17 invasions from South India, 3 Christian Western colonial occupations over 410 years at no time did Sri Lanka fall except to be handed over to the enemy by local traitors – Alas the same appears to be unfolding exactly 200 years later. It is the lessons from these past histories that beckon citizens to be cautious of history not been repeated given that within the political establishment there are parties & politicians ever ready to divide the nation if it enables them to remain in power. If the voters vote thinking within the parameters of their personal needs overlooking the bigger ramifications for the country the entire nation is likely to suffer and fall. While we need to accept that there is no 100% perfect leader, policies must always be nationalistic and ensuring the sovereignty and national security of the country comes first. We do not elect people to office to advance the agendas of other countries and these aspects must be working on the minds of all voters.
Let us look at how the voters think:
The Tamil voters (Hindu, Christian/Catholic, High caste/class, low caste & poor)
- Victims of Tamil politicians (some by choice some without choice) tapping into getting Tamils to vote for 'our own people' thus leading Tamils to self-alienate themselves from thinking nationally.
- Self-alienation by such actions negates claims to want to live in peaceful co-existence when Tamils align with separatist political parties and do not take a stand
- Apart from a small fraction the majority of Tamil voters do not think nationally, statistically proven by the manner they continue to vote for separatist political parties and give preferential votes to politicians promoting separatism.
- Giving credibility to racist/extremist Tamil politicians by continuing to vote for them
- Fixated by a mythical notion of a Tamil homeland propagated for political agendas without realizing that Tamils came from Tamil Nadu as migrants and settled down in Sri Lanka over different periods in time.
- Majority of Tamils hold an emotional gratitude to LTTE for enabling them to settle in western climes using the 'discrimination' tag which continues to be used as a battering ram. Many will not understand that it is the desire to live in the West not so much any hatred for Sinhalese that makes Tamils seek asylum. Sinhalese discrimination is only used as a tool to get a foothold into the West and enable better living and education for their children – these realities are being manipulated by India, the West and Tamil politicians
- It is suggested that Tamils come out of thinking themselves as the aggrieved party and become a stakeholder to developing the country instead of eternally complaining about what they have not been given ignoring what they have got in just a handful of years when for 3 decades under LTTE they did not even get a paved road!
- The nation cannot rise if a handful of people want to bring the country down because their aspirations are not realized. When constitutionally, legally, legislatively all people are treated equal before the law it is unfair to be promoting false notions.Christian/Catholic voters (Sinhalese & Tamil)
- Divided between putting religion or nation first since the headquarters of both religions are found and connected to Western imperialism and it was by converting Sinhala Buddhists and Tamil Hindus after 1505 that the spread of Christianity took place via colonial policies and rule creating a group of people who were aligned to and loyal to Western dogmas and values. This notion continues to be nurtured through various modus operandi orchestrated by the West.
- The conversion of natives to Christianity remains part of divide & rule policy and associated with increasing Christian foot soldiers in Asia facilitated by Christian NGOs & faith organizations operating as aid workers & humanitarian assistance providers.
- The links of certain church leaders throughout LTTE rule and even post-LTTE elimination questions the nature of the Church's involvement with LTTE and LTTE fronts overseas.
- The Sunday congregation has been often used to influence Church goers and determine who their allegiance should be with in particular during election times. This is subtly done.
- It is only a handful of Christian/Catholic Sinhalese & Tamils who realize the global picture, the ramifications and foreign agendas and place country first understanding the gameplan to divide the country and the people.Muslim voters
- Unlike in the case of Sinhalese & Tamils who are subdivided as Sinhalese Buddhists/Christians and Tamil Hindus/Christians – Muslims follow Islam, a religion foreign to Sri Lanka and came with traders who were allowed to settle in Sri Lanka by the Sinhale kings.
- The influence upon Muslims through the mosques is seen by the manner that Wahhabi Islam has penetrated into society raising alarm bells with a Muslim joining the Wahhabi ISIS movement and getting killed recently.
- Though Muslims had been warned not to fall prey to the Wahhabi slogans of halal/Shariah banking/burka showcasing that these were not part of real Islam, Muslims took these warnings negatively and now in connecting the dots it is easy to understand that the Wilpattu, Kattankudy, attacks on Sufis all align to US-Saudi infiltration to slowly build another battlefront in Sri Lanka using Muslims in order for the West to secure the East of Sri Lanka. An endeavour the West can easily penetrate using the War on Terror against Jihadists! It is still not too late for the Muslims to disassociate themselves from these slogans pushed by Wahhabi mosques.
- While numerous Muslim politicians prevail they generally align to political parties promoting only Muslim will and have nothing to offer nationally.
- Muslims in voting for such ethno-religious parties statistically proven show that they too are not thinking nationally however much they claim to want to live in peaceful co-existence.
- The party that majority of Muslims end up voting for at all elections end up crossing over for personal gains and destabalizing the country. The Muslims that vote for such political parties are knowingly contributing to the destabalizing of the country knowing the behaviour of these parties and in particular the politicians who have a record of crossing over for personal gains only.Sinhalese Buddhist voters
- The majority votebase in Sri Lanka are the Sinhala Buddhists and it is these voters that all political parties try to win over (but only during election time – after that they are generally forgotten until the next election)
- The stability of the country is held together by the Sinhala Buddhist voters who look for how the trend is flowing and then use their votes to ensure the country is not compromised. Since ancient times the quest has been to break or divide the Sinhala Buddhists then only the country's protective layer is exposed for those that wish to control or manipulate it. Therefore the strength and foundation of the country rests with the Sinhala Buddhists and their will to keep the nation together.
- However, Sinhalese voters are divided by religion, by political party, by class, by those that look at safeguarding the nation whatever party comes to power and those that prefer foreign rule.
- While the 2 main national political parties are not much separated in general ideologies the UNP leadership falling into the hands of one person for a distinct time period has projected the notion that the party stands for the rights of the minority totally ignoring the wrongs taking place to the majority. Moreover, allegiance to always running to the West for guidance and support has diminished the sovereign aspect of governance by natives. The SLFP while attempting to strike a balance has erred in not taking decisions when people have crossed boundaries and not communicating plans properly to the public. SLFP has also erred in siding with minority leaders who have being pushing for anti-national themes which is what has greatly contributed to the majority Buddhist voters feeling disappointed with the SLFP/UPFA policies. This area needs attention. Minority politicians representing ethnic-based political parties should not be given strategic portfolios (defense, education, economic, heritage – as they are funded to carry out different agendas and the damage done will only be seen years later).
- The Sinhala Buddhist voters remain disgruntled in view of incursions to their heritage sites, cultural genocide unaddressed, poverty among Sinhala Buddhists unaddressed and the lack of any Sinhala politician to publicly claim he/she stands for the rights and grievances of the Sinhala Buddhists when Tamil and Muslim politicians openly do so. A lacuna has been created because even internationally there is no one to list out the grievances of the Sinhalese Buddhists for the world to understand the other side of the story.
- Then we have the kolambian voters though statistically an unimportant number. Yet in view of their influence over business and social circles the notion they project about Sri Lanka affects the overall country's image. Historically, the Kolambians have been aligned to a pro-Western liberal value system ignoring the ramifications for the history and heritage of Sri Lanka especially given the West's agenda of changing the demography of continents (culturally, religiously. Note the Church's orders to priests to increase flocks and Christianize Asia. This endeavour requires conversion and converting people by numerous covert means to Christianity/Catholicism). When these facts are pointed out the immediate response is to find fault with the messenger overlooking the dangers in the message! The targets for conversions are generally those who are poor and those who are stressed/mentally disturbed. Buddhists and Hindus do not have the wherewithal financially to compete with the billions the Church and Islam uses to convert people except to highlight the subtle ways continents are being changed and politicians are made to keep silent!
There is much that Sri Lankan voters need to think of far more than casting a vote because the price of petrol or gas is reduced or salaries are increased. The people need to ask who can provide stability to the nation while not undermining and compromising the country to foreign elements waiting to use Sri Lanka for their own geopolitical interests. As a sovereign country we must act as one. We do not vote politicians to advance the agendas of other nations. We must think always on the lines of how safe and secure the country is and which party will ensure the country is not divided or separated.
by Shenali Waduge
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2015 General Elections : Saving Sri Lanka's Sovereignty
Sri Lanka is at a crucial juncture. The situation is far more dangerous than the 3 decades of terror that prevailed. It is such an intense situation that calls for all politicians to set aside their self-centred political ideologies and cunning to realize the thin line we are treading on and the abysmal outcome likely to result unless we all rise to the occasion as one nation protecting the nation from division or separation. This election is about voting to divide or secure the sovereignty of the country.
Let us take incidents and put them in perspective to understand the plot.
Firstly we need to realize that with the implementation of the 13th amendment via the India forced Indo-Lanka Accord in 1987 and the introduction of the provincial council system, Sri Lanka is in structure federal. However the Centre holds the powers to dismantle the provinces if they do not function to the countrys laws. The best example was the annulment of the merged North-East Provincial Council in 1990 when its Chief Minister Varatharaja Perumal declared Unilateral Declaration of Independence and thereafter ran off to India.
Additionally it must also be stated that 36 of the 37 subjects have been devolved to the provinces barring police and land powers which have not been devolved to ANY of the provinces. Why should only the North seek it. The NPC cannot behave as spoilt children throwing tantrums without proving they are capable of governing the 36 powers under their purview! Obviously they are least interested in serving the people of the North proven by the simple example of utilization of the budget. TNA Provincial Administration requested Rs.5,831million for 2014 but had only utilized 25.17% for the entire 9months whereas the GOSL had spent Rs.290,271 million from the National budget for the same period. Who provided a service to the North – the GOSL or the NPC?
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Ever since the Northern Provincial Council was established in 2012 with a former Supreme Court judge leaving Colombo where he lived for over 70 years to live for the first time in the North there has been nothing but a harangue of complaints and whining with little done to serve the people of the North. The TNA MPs had been travelling overseas campaigning together with LTTE diaspora among foreign leaders and UN officials.
The packaged list of complaints have included demanding the closure of military camps and removal of military personnel, accusations of rape, claims of vices, colonization of Sinhalese. Taken together what the obvious intention is to remove military presence, nullify security blanket over the North and ensure that no Sinhalese was given entry to North. This high-handed initiative overlooked the fact that 10% of the population in the North in 1977 were Sinhalese and some Sinhalese had been living in the North well before 1940s while sufficient archaeological and historical artefacts serve to prove the Sinhalese occupied the entire island before Tamil migrants came from Tamil Nadu! Thus all mythical notions can be statistically & historically proven wrong though cultural genocide of Sinhala Buddhist artefacts need to now be showcased against both Tamil politicians and LTTE/supporters.
To give oxygen to these demands by the TNA and the North Chief Minister in comes the usual culprits the human rights activists all of whom secure their monthly salaries from Western governments plotting the outcome for Sri Lanka in Washington & London. Thus, we have C4, Sooka, Amnesty, HRW and their local paid stooges all coming out with reports, panel discussions, statements which are then quoted as if from the Bible by the UN and foreign envoys and leaders which suffice to establish grounds for resolutions totally ignoring the legalities involved. The global systems function in such a way that there is not a soul to question how the very players that labored to prevent the elimination of the LTTE militarily were the one's bringing the resolutions against Sri Lanka for war crimes/crimes against humanity partnered by internationally proscribed LTTE's handlers abroad! No one came forward to question how investigation calls for the last phase ended up making allegations on everything that could be packaged to bring their enemies to trial and put them out of the way of disturbing their plans for Sri Lanka.
It was the same coalition that put together a common candidate and canvassed for the regime change in January 2015. The players were the same. The stakeholders the same.
Now imagine where these developments will gradually lead to:
- Unelected Prime Minister assuring full autonomy to the North in an interview to Indian media immediately after the January 2015 Presidential elections
- Applauds and bouquets pouring in from Western governments going so far as to even produce state reports praising improved human rights within months of the change in government.
- Virtually buying over key local entities like media / SL Bar even academia and steering the thought process of the people via a well constructed media campaign feeding lies and distortions that people were ready to believe and accept.
- Northern Chief Minister demanding direct foreign aid and direct diplomatic ties.
- Northern Chief Minister leaving for US without permission for 'tuition'
- Major slip of the tongue revealing the real intentions came when UNDP head referred to the Northern Provincial council as a 'Government' a perfect example of 'kata boru kiwuwath diva boru kiyanne netha" http://www.lankaweb.com/news/
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- UNDP and other INGOs offering only Northern Province direct aid and other assistance specifically in areas that are required in the event of running a separate state.
Reiteration of a separate state through the TNA election manifesto while simultaneously the Muslims are also claiming that unelected PM had given to them in an unwritten election pledge. (these all call to mind how the unelected PM signed the 2002 cease fire agreement giving territory to terrorists without so much as even informing his own cabinet and thereafter promoting himself for his wessanthara gesture).
What we need to take home from these developments is the realization that while LTTE was a creation of India & Britain that drafted the 13th amendment & the provincial council system keeping in mind Sri Lanka's geopolitical positioning and the Trinco natural harbour. It was with the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi that LTTE became directly controlled by the West via the Church and explains why Church leaders were the mouthpieces for both Tamils and the LTTE over the years inspite of over 98% Tamils being Hindus. The 3 decades of terror that kept Sri Lanka destabalized and curtailed to firefighting and damage control enabled the West's covert operators the NGOs/INGOs and the UN entities to penetrate to Sri Lankan society and key structures that could be influenced – falling immediate victims were the SL media, handful of journalists, SL Bar Association and other key state structures.
When the decision to militarily defeat the LTTE was taken the West did their best to prevent the LTTE loss and when the elimination looked inevitable the West had a backup plan already in place and thus by bringing down the curtain on LTTE terrorism the next modus operandi was to resurrect the political arm of the LTTE via the TNA. This explains the manner in which significant attention was shown by the West towards the TNA. The GOSL erred in not initiating action to investigate TNA's links to LTTE prior to holding elections in the North.
With the West realizing that in the TNA they have an easy partner ready to allow them to use North/East so long as Tamils were granted access to live in the West, the next stage was to secure a puppet down south. RanilW fitted the bill to perfection. With the powerful position of the Presidency diluted for the next 5 years by installing a rainbow multicultural President not knowing where his allegiance is, the overall security and stability of the country is now in a volatile position. Neutralizing the enemy comes via the UN and through the illegal mechanisms now in force to subject the national leaders for bogus war crimes and remove them from the picture.
So what does the picture now look like? With elections just weeks away the TNA manifesto and open declaration that UNP Leader has promised them a separate state fits perfectly with the slip of the tongue by the UNDP head referring to the Northern Provincial Council as the Northern Government! This is the ultimate outcome pursued.
So what is the danger in TNA asking for autonomy? TNA is an unregistered coalition. It is the ITAK party that is the key party in this coalition. The ITAK – Illankai Tamil Arasu Katchchi has fooled the people by referring to itself as the Federal Party. Its Constitution has been challenged and ITAK is reluctant to reveal what ITAK's constitution aims & objectives are. If ITAK claims 'Shamasthi" stood for 'federalism' why did they substitute the word 'shamasthi' with 'innaipachchi' in August 2008 months before LTTE was eliminated? The allegation is that the new word stood for ITAK's aim for a confederacy. A confederacy is a union of independent and sovereign States. A confederacy is formed with an intention to create independent and sovereign States. The government of a confederation can withdraw from the Union and explains why TNA is making a strong bid for self-determination a quest that satisfies age-long mental preparation that will leave them in the same abysmal situation that the people of Kosovo finds themselves though only a handful of Tamils are now beginning to realize that the West is pursuing their 'cause' not for any love of them but because that 'cause' fits well into their overall plan. If we look deeper we can realize the 'cause' was actually created by the West and promoted using selfish Tamil politicians who viewed it as an opportunity to rule over their own people!
Be that as it may the West has been playing politics with the minds of people creating slogans to pitch the minorities against the majority in the time-tested successful divide & rule initiative.
It is in connecting the dots that we can put the puzzle together to understand why Mahinda Rajapakse is not the preferred choice but Ranil Wickremasinghe is while the dots should also reveal that these preferences are only until the job is done and thereafter it is cheerio darling… as Saddam, Osama, Gaddafi and even Mubarak found out too late.
What we as citizens need to now realize is that in allowing various foreign entities to interfere and dictate how a sovereign country should run itself we have invited the enemy and now that enemy is slowing closing in and disturbing the structure of the country. Though Sri Lankans are poor at comparing Sri Lanka's case with the other countries that 'democracy' has been delivered to we are blindly walking into a trap that is destined to ruin the nation and our people.
Nationalist leaders will be imprisoned for concocted crimes while puppets who will be used to remove all legislative, constitutional and other legal barriers and thereafter once there of no use any more they too would be removed. Where does that leave the rest of the country's citizens?
That answer merits some serious thinking in the next couple of days by Sri Lankan citizens to realize that this election should not be to vote because parties promise to reduce the price of essential goods, promises the sun and the moon or increasing salaries. This election is very much about voting to safeguard the sovereignty of the country or to blindly vote for parties that are willing to give the nation to foreign powers so long as they will be kept in power irrespective of what is good for the nation or people.
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A pair of inspired substitutions from coach Ottmar Hitzfeld earned Switzerland a 2-1 comeback FIFA World Cup win over Ecuador in Group E.
The in-form Enner Valencia scored his fifth goal in the past five international appearances to give the South American team a 22nd-minute lead but Admir Mehmedi levelled three minutes after coming on as a half-time substitute.
Both those goals came about as a result of poor set-piece marking, but Switzerland took the points in dramatic fashion courtesy of a clinical counter-attack deep into injury time.
Mehmedi's fellow replacement Haris Seferovic, who last netted for his club Real Sociedad in November, was on hand to convert Ricardo Rodriguez's low cross to spark wild celebrations from the Swiss.
Ecuador made high-tempo start, launching attack after attack during the opening minutes but the Switzerland defence stood firm.
Their lone striker, Josip Drmic, had a sight of goal in the 12th minute, only for Jorge Guagua to make a timely challenge as the Europeans found their feet.
Granit Xhaka and Xherdan Shaqiri tried their luck from outside the box - the latter's strike grasped at the second attempt by goalkeeper Alexander Dominguez, who then spilt a 19th-minute shot from full-back Rodriguez behind.
And so it was slightly against the run of play when Valencia headed home Walter Ayovi's pinpoint delivery as Switzerland's customary set-piece solidity deserted them.
Valencia has played a more forward role in the Ecuador team since the death of Christian Benitez last July and, as part of their celebrations, the Ecuador players pointed to the sky, apparently in tribute to their late team-mate.
Dominguez showed more assured handling when Valon Behrami headed Shaqiri's corner goalwards and the Ecuador goalkeeper then got a vital touch to send Gokhan Inler's low 36th-minute drive around the post.
Ecuador looked to extend their lead two minutes before the break but Johan Djourou made last-ditch block to deny Jefferson Montero after Felipe Caicedo had played the winger in.
Mehmedi was introduced at the resumption and Hitzfeld's decision to bolster his attack paid almost instant dividends.
Just as Switzerland's marking was found wanting for the game's opening goal, Ecuador allowed the Freiburg forward far too much room to head Rodriguez's corner into the net.
Both teams refused to take a backwards step following the equaliser, Valencia remaining heavily involved as he weaved inside to ripple to top of the netting with an hour played.
Ecuador's pace on the counter-attack became an increasing threat and Diego Benaglio made a fine save after his defenders backed off the rampaging Montero, while Drmic scrambled the ball home from an offside position at the other end with 20 minutes to go.
Shaqiri drilled into the side netting with team-mates well placed inside him, while Valencia almost capitalised on a rush of blood from Benaglio, but the goalkeeper was let off the hook.
Ecuador sub Michael Arroyo erred in delaying his shot in stoppage time, allowing Switzerland to break and after Behrami had made a superb tackle to set them away, Seferovic made no such mistake when he fired home the winner with virtually the last kick.
Switzerland must tackle France in Salvador on Friday, while Honduras are next up for Ecuador later on the same day in Curitiba.


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President Barack Obama and speechwriter Cody Keenan, a Chicago native, were praised for the president's address after the Arizona shootings. Next comes Obama's State of the Union speech on Tuesday. Here are 10 things to talk about:
1. Sometimes a long speech can be a good thing. In 1912, presidential candidate Teddy Roosevelt was about to talk in Milwaukee when a would-be assassin shot him. The bullet went through TR's coat, his eyeglass case and the speech itself — 50 pages on heavy paper, folded once. The slowed-down bullet cracked one of TR's ribs but wounded him only slightly. Making sure the audience saw his bloodied shirt, Roosevelt gave the entire speech.
2. Bughouse Square on Chicago's Near North Side was a place where even the down-and-out could commit oratory. The late author Studs Terkel recalled a speaker named One-Arm Cholly Wendorf raising the stub of his right arm and declaring, "You know where the rest of this is? Somewhere in France. Somewhere in a trench. … Cholly Wendorf's arm is enrichin' the soil that grows the grapes that bring you the best Cognac money can buy."
3. President John F. Kennedy's chief speechwriter, Ted Sorensen, knew his boss' speaking style so well that Kennedy sometimes arranged for Sorensen to impersonate him in phone calls.
4. Rep. Felix Walker, whose North Carolina district included Buncombe County, addressed Congress in 1820 during a debate over slavery. But when fellow lawmakers complained that his speech had little to do with the issue, he said he was making "a speech for Buncombe." That's how "buncombe" came to mean annoying and disingenuous language — leading to the words "bunk" and "debunk."
5. Glossophobia is the fear of public speaking. According to Toastmasters International, a nonprofit education group that helps people improve their communication skills, it is the most commonly cited fear in the U.S.
6. Sojourner Truth, the former slave who fought for emancipation and women's rights, was known for her "Ain't I a Woman?" speech in 1851. But early accounts of her talk did not include that phrase. It was more than a decade later when versions start showing up with "Ain't I a woman?" or "Ar'n't I a woman?" quoted four times. Casting further doubt on whether she was quoted accurately, the latter versions were in a standard Southern slave dialect, even though Truth grew up in New York state, first learned to speak Dutch rather than English, and was said to have an accent similar to uneducated white Northerners.
7. Statesman Henry Clay of Kentucky once gave an hourlong speech on the U.S. Senate floor about his dead bull Orozimbo.
8. When Adolf Hitler attended a meeting of the German Workers Party in 1919, it provided one of the earliest hints of his power as a political orator. Hitler was about to leave the event when a speaker argued to split off a part of Germany. Outraged, Hitler rose to rail passionately against the idea. The speech impressed one of the party's founders, Anton Drexler, who told a companion: "He has a big mouth; we could use him." Shortly after Hitler joined the group, it changed its name to the National Socialist German Workers Party, the Nazis.
9. The original teleprompter, built in 1950, was just a roll of butcher paper on two tubes that was hand-cranked to advance the speech. TelePrompTer Corp., which built an electronic version, found success after former President Herbert Hoover used one to address the Republican National Convention in 1952. In 2010, Obama was criticized for using the device too much.
10. Dec. 7, 1941, was originally a "date which will live in world history." Not a great opening line. Fortunately, Franklin D. Roosevelt revised that to "a date which will live in infamy" before his address to Congress and the nation the day after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
Mark Jacob is a deputy metro editor for the Tribune; Stephan Benzkofer is the Tribune's weekend editor.
Sources: "Touch and Go: A Memoir," by Studs Terkel; "White House Ghosts," by Robert Schlesinger; "One-Night Stands with American History," by Richard Shenkman and Kurt Reiger; "The Merriam-Webster New Book of Word Histories"; "History of World War II, Vol. 1," by Marshall Cavendish; "Hitler," by Joachim C. Fest; "Sojourner Truth: A Life, a Symbol," by Nell Irvin Painter; Sojourner Truth: Slave, Prophet, Legend," by Carleton Mabee with Susan Mabee Newhouse; Popular Science magazine, July 1960; Peggy Noonan White House exit interview from presidentialtimeline.org; bbc.co.uk; archives.gov.
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Tools are the money-making devices of installers, and even mundane ones have been redesigned for increased efficiency and performance.
The electrician's tool belt is seeing many product innovations. A new fishtape, for example, includes a rotating center hub and a winding knob, for much faster rewinding. New pliers self-adjust their jaws to nine different settings with the squeeze of one hand. A convertible handheld head-lamp weighs one-third of previous models, yet produces the same amount of light. A new wire-pulling lubricant uses a Teflon-based formulation for easier and smoother cable pulls. Another uses an advanced wax-based formula. There are new lubricants formulated specifically for fiberoptic cables, cold weather, and hot weather.
Larger tools are also seeing improvements. A new cable-puller can pull up to 8000 lbs. Its direct gear drive is compact, lightweight, and low-maintenance. Quick pins and attachments allow mounting the puller to conduit or concrete floor.
A new circuit identifier's transmitter and receiver work together to quickly locate and identify any circuit breaker or fuse protecting energized single-phase 120VAC circuits without guesswork or interruption. A new line tracer consists of a transmitter, receiver, and ground-plate/ground-rod assembly. It comes with an operating manual and hard carrying case. The signal finds the underground service one of two ways: Inductively, with the transmitter placed on the ground over the line; or conductively, using the ground-plate assembly with the transmitter. Thanks to the coupling clamp, insulated pipes or other service lines do not stop the tracer from working. The tracer has a digital display, audio and visual indicators, automatic gain controls, digital signal processing, and simplified controls.
Now, there's a dieless 500kcmil crimping tool so advanced it can make 500kcmil crimp with less force than it takes to crimp 250kcmil with a standard 250kcmil dieless tool. The tool requires only a single crimp, instead of the 10 to 20 for hydraulic tools, and its small head allows it to fit into tight places. There's also a line of battery-powered crimping tools, with more crimps per charge than previous generations.
Advances in battery technology make cordless tools more powerful and convenient. Cordless drills now can do the work previously left to cord-powered drills only a year ago. Improvements go beyond better batteries, however. For example, one manufacturer introduced heavy-duty 18V tools (including a drill with a 1/2-in. chuck), which provide extra power and run-time. These tools raise the bar for performance in extreme applications.
Battery charger improvements make cordless tools more practical by allowing full battery recharges in 15 min while eliminating overcharging. Electronic feedback circuitry helps tools minimize vibration, produce less noise, work under greater load while maintaining speed, and provide soft, easy starts.
Electronic clutch circuitry in drills eliminates the mechanical parts of clutches. Further, the electronic clutch cuts off power when the proper torque setting is met, preventing the stripping of screws and the snapping of bolts.
There's a bright silver lining in many a cloud. From an accident in which a person was shocked driving a ground rod came the inspiration for an insulated ground rod impact driver.
Category Thirteen
These items have appeared over the past year in EC&M's Product News section and received the highest reader response in their category.
Tool belt
The Super-Belt eliminates the problem of a regular tool belt that places all the weight on one side of the body. With its new concept, it provides a good weight distribution of tools around the body. The Super-Belt is made of leather with riveted holders fabricated to last years of hard use.
Ground rod driver
The new Ramrod Driver is an innovative, versatile, one-person manually operated tool that safely drives ground rods, marker rods, temporary grade stakes, and T-type posts through most soil conditions. Utilizes a weld-free, ergonomic design to help eliminate missed hits, absorb shock and vibration, reduce noise, and prevent "mushrooming" of the top of the driven ground rod, while enhancing worker safety and preventing fatigue.
Buchanan Construction Products
Locknut and reaming pliers
This highly versatile plier tightens conduit lock-nuts, fittings, and caps, and also reams the inside and outside of EMT conduit. The special long-nose design makes it easy to both tighten and loosen locknuts on electrical boxes and in hard-to-reach areas where conduit fittings are used. It is designed for fittings on either EMT thin-wall or rigid-wall conduit.
Klein Tools
Tool carriers
A new line of four different style tool carriers is available. The carriers feature rigid double-wall construction for greater durability than single wall bags. Model 615B has a vinyl exterior and water-resistant seams, and Model 615S is a larger version of 615A, measuring 20L x 8W x 11H in. Model 602 features a zipper top and two outside pockets.
Gould Shawmut
Locknut tool
This product is a practical, useful wrench for tightening and removing electrical locknuts of various shapes and sizes. Comes in various configurations, including 1/2, 3/4, 1, and up to 6 in. Made of steel alloy, it has a "C"-shaped head that fits different sizes and shapes.
Takas Locknut Tool
Wire and cable tacking systems
The 7514S and 7510S UL-listed 5/8 in. and 7/8 in. staples are designed for use in installing nonmetallic sheathed cable up to No. 12 and No. 14. The company's wire and cable tacking systems eliminate the repetitive chore of placing individual staples by hand and hammering them in one at a time. The tacker's nose is specially contoured to guide every staple over the cable to prevent penetration of the cable jacket.
Arrow Fastener
Category Thirteen
Wire stripper
The WC10 is useful for producing short runs of cut pieces of wire, tubing, or sleeving, at an economical price. Can cut wires from 14-28AWG into lengths from .10 in. to 8 1/8 in. Is easy to set up and use.
Rush Wire Strippers/Eraser
Cable cutting tools
Four new cutting tools feature sharp, precision ground blades for clean, distortion-free cutting of copper and aluminum cable. Type CTR-2/0 cable cutter cuts up to 2/0 cable. Type CTR-350 cable cutters cut cable up to 350kcmil, and Type CTR-500 cable cutters cut cable up to 500kcmil. Type CTR-750 can cut 750kcmil and smaller sized cable.
Tool holder
The 4RM is designed for the worker who wants to have every thing he/she needs close at hand. Easily fits over clothing. The 20 packets organize those small bits and drivers, ready for immediate access. Two pockets are accessible from both sides. Velcro straps provide easy adjustment.
Cable tacker
With the new PowerFast Cable Tacker system, one tool and two staple sizes will handle most general wire and fastening jobs. Fasten round or flat wire up to 5/32 in. or round cable up to 1/4 in. dia. The product's lightweight ergonomic design reduces hand fatigue and takes less effort to operate.
DESA International
Wire pulling lubricant
This wire pulling lubricant, the Yellow 77 Plus, includes superior lubricity qualities of Teflon. Product has a greater usable temperature range and lower coefficient of friction than wax-based lubricants. Can be used and stored in high temperature extremes without breakdown (stability from 30 [degrees] F to 190 [degrees] F).
Ideal Industries, Inc.
Boring tool
A 1 3/4-in. model is added to the line of Harmmerhead Mole pneumatic boring tools. Designed for shallow bores connecting services to buildings, the tool is simple to reverse - just turn the air hose one-quarter turn counter-clockwise. Another quarter turn clockwise returns the tool to forward.
Vermeer Mfg.
Electrical tape
The Super 33+, Super 88 and 35 Vinyl electrical tapes are improved for better performance in extreme temperatures. Increased adhesion ensures the tapes remain sticky and adhere smoothly in low temperatures and still do not ooze or melt in high temperatures.
3M Electrical Products Div.
Contactor burnisher
Model No. N-318 is a heavy-duty nonresidual contact burnisher that has the following characteristics: Insulated plastic handle eliminates possible shocks or shorts when working with live contacts; use of the product leaves no filings, grit, dust, or film on contacts. The item is flexible, with enough stiffness to apply the right pressure to the contact face while offering minimum wear.
Neuses Tools/P.K. Neuses
Pocket plier
The Pocket Power Plier (P3) uses gear-driven compound leverage to generate, with the same hand strength, twice the wire cutting and plier holding power of conventional tools. Comes standard with a fine oiled leather sheath. Includes needle nose pliers, grippers, and wire cutters, serrated drop point blade, and large, small, and Phillips screwdriver.
SOG Specialty Knives
Tool rentals
A full rental line of electrical contractor tools and equipment covers all the contractor needs from bending, threading, and crimping to cable pulling.
General Equipment & Supply
Wire stripper
The Ultimate Dual-Stripper is an ergonomically advanced 2-in-1 tool that slits and strips common flat and round outer NM sheathed cable insulation without damaging the inner wire insulation. Accommodates NM sheathed cable insulation sizes 10-2, 10-3, 12-2, 12-3, 14-2, and 14-3. A retractable steel hook knife allows for handy longitudinal slitting of flat and round NM sheathed cable insulation.
Buchanan Construction Products
Power tool
An improved model of the Roto-Skinner (RSK 155A) power tool now has a dial-in-depth of cut control to strip long lengths of cables, including fiberoptic, armored, welded CLX type or MC with steel or aluminum casing, or any cable with tough insulation. Mighty-Miter (MM-175) can cut perfectly square any tubing such as EMT, angle bar, extrusion, threaded rods, etc., from 3/16 in. to 2 in. O.D. The tool can be used directly at the construction site.
Cable shears, plier wrench
The Knipex Cable Shear, a double-jaw cable shear, easily cuts copper and aluminum cable up to 1 in. in thickness. The front jaw completes the initial cut while the second jaw provides the finishing cut. The Knipex Plier Wrench offers the versatility of a plier with the convenience of a wrench.
Anglo American Enterprises
Crimping tool
The Gator battery-powered crimping tool has a 16.8V battery to deliver high power and up to 50 crimps per charge. To save time, the product's ram travel is 30% faster and retracts only 1/2 in. when full crimping pressure has been reached, just enough to clear the connector to reduce time between crimps.
Greenlee Textron
Tape-fed machine for terminals
The TFM (Tape-Fed Machine) is capable of installing any of the three popular types of terminals (sizes 22-10) without changing dies or applicators. Automatically installs vinyl-insulated, nylon-insulated, or bare connectors. Operators can crimp from 1500 to 2500 terminals per hour. There are no adjustments or calibrations.
Burndy Electrical
High-duty tape
The 77 Plyglas Glass Cloth Tape has exceptional tear and abrasion resistance under continual high temperature conditions. Product is a 7-mil woven glass fabric tape with a thermosetting rubber-based pressure sensitive adhesive. Provides dependability even in temperatures rising up to 130 [degrees] C.
Plymouth Rubber
Offset bends
The product makes perfect offsets every time in one motion. Bend from 0 to 45 degrees, an offset of up to 25 in., and seven sizes of pipe without changing shoes. The bender will bend 1/2 in., 3/4 in., and 1 in. EMT; 1/2 in. and 3/4 in. IMC; and rigid; plus PVC-coated pipe.
J. Evans
Wire mesh grips
Offered is a full line of Flexcor support, pulling, and strain relief wire mesh grips. Support grips come with attachment options and can accommodate special configurations requiring added corrosion resistance. Pulling grips are available. Various strain relief devices are available for indoor or outdoor applications, with bus drop cable or liquidtight conduit.
Pass & Seymour/Legrand
Reciprocating saw
The Mighty-Miter MM-175 consists of a clamping vise with an adjustable quick clamping system. The vise and clamping assembly swings up toward the reciprocating blade. Product can be quickly engaged or disengaged.
Safety screwdriver
The HOTROD safety screwdriver has a translucent amber handle that flashes red when the blade contacts live voltage. Rated for use from 50V to 600V. The red, double insulated blade shows yellow through the insulation if it has been cut. The 6 x 1/4 in. cabinet blade fits outlet cover screws and large panel lugs.
Conduit tool
This tool serves as a conduit reamer and a conduit-fitting screwdriver. The hooded blade is used to tighten overhead conduit fittings. As a conduit reamer, the item smoothes and removes burrs from the ends of 1/2, 3/4, and 1 in. thin-wall conduit.
Klein Tools
Tool for cable preparation
The Cablematic Tool saves time and reduces costs for the drop cable installer. The Universal Drop Trimmer (UDT) has interchangeable blade cassettes to perform cable industry standard preparations to SCTE and Bellcore specifications. Will do 1/4-in. and 1/2-in. Braid preparation for Series 59, 6, 7, 11 cables.
Hand tools
This nonferrous tools group consists of nonsparking, nonmagnetic products that include screwdrivers, pliers, box/open end wrenches, and socket sets. The tools are insulated with C-Red/CII insulation for work on circuits energized up to 1000VAC.
Cementex Products
Wire reel
The Wiremaster Reel is designed to ease the handling of coils of wire on the jobsite and in the shop. Holds 250 ft of coiled wire as well as armored cable, tubing, rope, etc. It is a lightweight, durable, and low-cost solution for handling wire.
NSI Industries
The Super Sawzall (Model 6537-22) uses the Quik-Lok Blade Clamp that allows the operator to insert and clamp saw blades without using a hex key. A built-in heat shield keeps the blade clamp cool for quick blade changes. The clamp accepts standard 1/2-in. shank blades. Also features an impact protection system that absorbs impacts and eliminates blade lockups and motor stalls.
Milwaukee Electric Tool
Piercing tool
The 3 1/3-in.-dia pneumatic piercing tool can easily install 2-in.-dia. pipe or conduit, even with bell joints that can reach 2 3/4-in. dia. Provides accurate results for bores up to 150 ft in a variety of conditions, including rocky soils.
TT Technologies
Hollow-shaft nutdrivers
This series of nine 6-in., hollow-shaft nutdrivers reaches into deep recesses and fits over extra long bolts and studs to tighten and loosen fasteners. The handle dome of each driver is color-coded to hex sizes.
Klein Tools
Fiberoptic cable puller
The 1996 model Fiber Optic Cable Puller is 30% lighter and offers bidirectional pulling capabilities. This improves its transportability and eliminates time-consuming setup changes. It offers a patented tension measuring and sets new standards for safe, accurate pulling of fiberoptic cables.
Condux International
Cutting tool
The Spira Cut SCS gives users a fast, clean cut through solid surface materials, cement board, and drywall to plaster, acoustical tile, and ceramic tile. Powered by a precision, torque-balanced 4.0A electric motor, its 30,000 rpm allows smooth power while users cut straight lines or curved edges.
RotoZip Tool
Crimping tools
A series of terminal crimping tools, the Contour Crimp, is ergonomically engineered to fit comfortably in the contour of the human hand and reduce, by up to 50%, the force necessary to crimp terminals. Available in three different styles; models CT-1550 and CT-1551 crimp most No. 22 through No. 10 nylon and vinyl barrel insulated terminals, disconnects and splices; and model CT-1570 crimps most No. 22 through No. 10 noninsulated products.
Flashlights for hazardous environments
LightSource flashlights provide portable lighting for abusive and hazardous environments. Ergonomically designed, battery-powered, and made of a nonabrasive, impact-resistant material. All four flashlights are suitable for Zones 1 and 2 (IP65 watertight). Cover Class I, Div. 1 and 2, Groups A, B, C, D areas. The unit has a halogen lamp and offers Zone O suitability.
Crouse-Hinds/Cooper Industries
Vacuum fish tape system
This rugged, self-contained fish tape system blows or vacuums fish line, poly line, or measuring tape. Durable 12-gal plastic tank and storage box make this unit ideal as an industrial wet/dry vacuum to clean debris and water from conduit. An automatic shutoff valve protects the motor from water.
Ensley Tool
Cable tie tool
This new power-assisted cable tie tool tensions and cuts off a cable tie with just one trigger depression. The Mark 7 Electric combines the efficiency of electric power with the ergonomic design.
Tool box
The color of the Hi-VIZ Tool Boxes makes these durable lightweight products easy to locate on the job. Available in two sizes, the compact units feature three nested compartments, positive locking latches, and a V-groove on lid for supporting conduit while cutting.
Klein Tools
Step stand
This Step Stand is constructed of fiberglass and other nonconductive materials for use around electricity. The 300-lb-rated heavy-duty unit features a large (14 x 19 1/4 in.) molded top with a slip-resistant, diamond-treaded surface. The aluminum steps are 6 in. wide and feature heavy-duty connections to the side rails. Available in four sizes: 1 ft, 2 ft, 3 ft, and 4 ft.
Louisville Ladder
Cable cutter
Roto-Flex 170 strips all steel- or aluminum-cased MC cable from .84 to 1.84 in. in nominal diameter and cuts Greenfield flexible conduit from .5 to 1.5 in. trade size. Equipped with a curved ergonomic handle and blade storage cartridge nesting in the large cranking knob.
Portable cable reel
The portable cable reel, CR 16-14-16, is compact and lightweight, yet handles a large capacity of power cable for its size and weight. It comes equipped with a three-conductor collector ring assembly, housed inside the drum and prewired.
Hannay Reels
Convertible flashlight
Called "WOW," the 5-in., 5.6-oz flashlight instantly converts to a head lamp for use in situations that require hands-free lighting.
Fish tape
The Tuff-Grip fish tape is designed for maximum comfort and durability. Nonslip handle design and finger tip grooves produce a positive grip with increased operator comfort. Payout is fast, and tapes rewind smoothly. The case design maintains positive tension on the tape.
Ideal Industries
Screwdrivers to prevent slippage
A five-piece set of screwdrivers features an oil-resistant, anti-slip, and plastic flock on the handles to help prevent slippage. Allows the transfer of more torque, even with wet or oily hands. The strong blades are made of special, high-alloy steel.
Klein Tools
Wire strippers/cutters
Improved wire strippers, that cut, gauge, and loop a range of solid wire, now come with wider handle grips with cushion ridges that provide greater user comfort and help reduce fatigue. Two models are available: No. 11045 to strip solid wire ranging from 10 to 18 AWG and No. 11047 that strips solid wire ranging from 22 to 30 AWG.
Klein Tools
Torque tool kit
A 25-piece electrician's torque-tool kit, designed for installation of mechanical connectors used with aluminum and/or copper conductors, includes two micrometer-adjustable torque wrenches covering a range of 40 to 1200 in.-lbs. Includes a torque-limiting screwdriver with 2 to 36 in.-lbs.
Klein Tools
Conduit entry template
Conduit entry template eliminates critical calculations and measurements. The transparent two-piece set provides center, (for KO pilot or hole-saw), cross-hairs through center (for perfect KO alignment), and edge of KO (for perfect spacing), for 10 trade size KOs. The small piece lays out 1/2-in. through 1 1/2-in.
Kerry Tool


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WiseID Offers Tight Security for Mobile Data, and That Should Be All
There's nothing like that panicky feeling you get when you lose your smartphone. That feeling is amplified if you have important password information sitting in a note somewhere on your device (Sucks to be you). WiseID is one of those password manager apps for iPhone, Android & BlackBerry that goes a long way to secure your data. Honestly that's where the app should stop.
It's clear that the developers of WiseID care about your sensitive data. Unlike any other password manager I have used, the app takes you through some additional steps just to sign up, register and issue digital certificates just to get started. Additional security measures include secure password generation and AES 256 Bit encryption (whatever that means, but it sound pretty secure).
Once you're signed up and logged on, there is no limit to the types of information you can store within WiseID: Usernames, passwords, PINs, credit cards, loyalty cards, notes, photos...pretty much anything you don't want others to see if they get a hold of your device. Additional features include:
- Multi-Device Support & Sync
- Easy one-touch Web Site Logon:
- Personalize your own Categories, Templates & Items:
- Secure media attachments
- Encrypt and decrypt messages with passwords! Send by email or SMS
- X.509 S/MIME Email
I'll be honest, i'm not sure what half of that stuff is. All I know is you can rest assured that any info stored within WiseID will be locked down. Where it gets weird is when the app steps outside of its "strong suit" and offers extra features that really don't seem like a match for such a powerful security app:
- Connect to Facebook, view friends & post updates
- Send tweets
- QR & bar code scanner
- Deals
Not to say any of those aren't valuable features, but I would have preferred the developers focus on making WiseID even more secure (or offering more free features) versus letting people tweet from the app.
Outside of that, and the ads for the freemium version, WiseID is one of those apps you need on your device. Fork over an extra 5 bucks for the paid version, and you will get more appropriate features like unlimited local storage, cloud backup, multi-device sync, and ad removal.
So if you know you need to do a better job of securing data on your mobile device, and already have a Twitter and Facebook app, check out WiseID and let us know what you think in the comments section.