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Skip to comments.Big Media Won't Touch Agenda 21
Posted on 02/03/2005 10:37:05 PM PST by hedgetrimmer
Big Media Won't Touch Agenda 21 Nancy Levant
I keep waiting, and waiting, and waiting for Bill OReilly or Shaun Hannity or Oprah Winfrey or somebody ..anybody, who has daily access to the multitudes, to say the words, Agenda 21. Im still waiting, and for the life of me, I dont understand the refusal to talk about the greatest threat to America that has ever existed. However, it dawns on me that wrapping a brain around Agenda 21 requires time, effort, interest, and a lot diligence. No one told me about Agenda 21. I found it by accident on the Internet. Then I went to the U.N.s website and read Agenda 21. From there I went to Buenos Aires, The Presidents Commission of Sustainable Development, my local sustainable development commissions and planners, to local visioning commissions, ecology conglomerates, and then back to the U.N.. After about six months of reading about a whole lot of global, national, and philanthropic organizations, I started documenting and keeping running lists because, I discovered, Agenda 21 was huge, highly developed, and a done deal. How is it, I asked myself, that in 50 years, I never heard of any of this before? Where were my trusted newscasters? And why hasnt my President, or the previous Presidents, ever talked about Agenda 21, the meetings in Buenos Aires, and Agenda 21s connections to the World Trade Organization, World Bank, and a thousand other global organizations?
So, I kept researching the Net. And lo and behold, I finally realized that Agenda 21 would never be publicized to Americans. It really cant be.
As my running lists were now becoming encyclopedic, I also realized that there was no way to explain Agenda 21 easily. Its too big, profoundly sophisticated, intentionally masked and hidden by corporate agendas and ecological ideologies that are, themselves, exploited by corporate agendas. But more than that, I realized that for Americans to understand Agenda 21, they would have to come to terms with a truth that, I fear, they wont believe. What would that truth be? Let me try to say it in one sentence: Agenda 21 is the end of America.
As I read that sentence I think, Well, Nancy, now everyone is going to think you are an extremist and no one will believe anything you say from now on. Everyone knows there can be no end to America .
But unfortunately, my dear Americans, there can be an end to America, for America is a way of life. The place on Earth - where we are the beautiful and bountiful lands between Canada and Mexico, might retain the name of The United States of America, but Im not even sure that that is a given. If you believe even half of Agenda 21 and its dealings with the World Trade Organization, The World Bank, The Presidents Commission on Sustainable Development, The Commission on Global Governance, The World Conference on Global Governance, The Millennium Project, The Court of Criminal Justice, The Nature Conservancy, The World Summit on Sustainable Development, Smart Growth, AND the visioning training and manipulation of American people, then you realize what has happened right under our noses over the past 35 years and without one national personality ever mentioning Agenda 21.
So, let me offer a list of website addresses to help readers research for themselves. I suggest you take notes and collect new website addresses. I believe that, as Americans, we owe it to our history and our sense of ourselves, to do the following:
· Read Agenda 21. If you read the other information via the web addresses in this article, you will wrap your brain around Agenda 21. Its unbelievable and its dastardly, because not one politician or national media outlet has had the guts to tell us what was being taken from us.
· Pass your knowledge on to others. Dont stew and be paralyzed. Take your knowledge to churches, civic organizations, and any other groups or individuals you can, and resolve yourselves to spread the news. Have an Anti-Agenda 21 Parade or Day to draw attention to the cause. Without fail, its the most important thing you will ever do in your lives as patriotic people. Write to your representatives and tell them you know what they have hidden, and that their manipulations of American citizens are shameful. Do it.
· Try so very hard to home school your children. Public schools are governmental institutions embroiled in Agenda 21 and its plans for the United States and our children. As you read and study Agenda 21, you will see it alive, well, and operating most obviously in the public schools. You will also see it clearly in the newest communities in all states across the country. Agenda 21 is everywhere, and it wants your childrens intellects and value systems as well as your land and land rights.
· Finally, teach your children about Agenda 21, what it is, and what it is doing to their country. Children have unique wisdoms at every age. Teach them truths so that they can faithfully and fearlessly speak truths. They must understand what is happening in their country. They cannot fight hidden and masked manipulations if they dont understand how and where they operate.
Now is the time for Americans to help Americans. We cannot fight the loss of our rights unless we understand the game, and most Americans are totally unaware of what is happening to them and their communities. However, I do believe that the bulk of American people sense that something is amiss. Lets commit to them, our children, and our futures. Lets spread the news and make the media and politicians talk. They have counted on our stupidity, our silence, and our laziness. They have even counted on us not really caring.
We have to remember its our government. It does not belong to politicians. They work for us. Unfortunately, they have not done that, and furthermore, they have advanced a worldwide mission without our knowledge, our votes, or even our opinions. So I say, one town at a time, here we come, and any elected official found to be complicit or a silent player in the Agenda 21 game needs to go.
Agenda 21 Learn All About It
Basic Explanation of birth of Agenda 21 http://www.johannesburgsummit.org/html/basic_info/unced.html
Timeline of development of world governance and agenda 21 http://www.sovereignty.net/timeline.html
Key players of Millennium Project http://www.unmillenniumproject.org/documents/tf6interim.pdf
HABITAT II U.N. Housing Requirements http://www.crossroad.to/text/articles/hab2.html
Brainwashing/education http://www.crossroad.to/articles2/brainwashing.html
Global Governance key international players http://www.sovereignty.net/p/gov/gganalysis.htm
Professor Jeffrey Sachs, Millennium Goals Project http://www.earthinstitute.columbia.edu/about/director/
Rocky Mountain Institute http://www.rmi.org/sitepages/pid61.php
Sustainable Development in the United States natural resources goals: http://www.un.org/esa/agenda21/natlinfo/countr/usa/natur.htm
Henry Lamb http://www.sovereignty.net/p/sd/strong.html
The Sustainable Development Institute http://www.susdev.org/
American Policy Center Tom DeWeese http://americanpolicy.org/ invasive species legislation: http://americanpolicy.org/prop/main.htm the Wildlands Project, Smart Growth Project http://americanpolicy.org/un/darkside.htm
American Farmland Trust & the Nature Conservancy & OSU http://www.propertyrightsresearch.org/articles5/rustling_america_in_ohio.htm
Human Settlements goals http://www.nlihc.org/mahn/habitat.htm ***Education for sustainability: An Agenda Action http://www.gcrio.org/edu/pcsd/toc.html United Nations dissolves USA Sovereignty http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a33916.htm Visioning Training-How To Re-Envision People and Communities www.hhh.umn.edu/centers/rlc/comm/outcome.htm People and their organizations and schemes: http://www.southern-style.com/conspiracy_of_the_left.htm How to force visioning upon the public as quoted from the United Nations Agenda 21 document: http://doncasey.home.mindspring.com/vision.htm World Summit on Sustainable Development http://www.minambiente.it/Sito/settori_azione/pia/docs/forum_chairman_summary.pdf
Thank you too.
I don't understand your remarks. While I'm extremely concerned about immigration issues I'm even more concerned about police state issues and that's what a national I.D. card will open the door for. Petitioning our senators to vote against H.R. 418 is to prevent national I.D. card legislation from being enacted.
You stated that the Senate wouldn't pass H.R. 418. Why do you think that?
Not off topic at all.
Yet another attempt to extend federal control and command,
as we are moved ever closer to the train yard of the NWO.
I like the liberty committe that you sighted before, but I find nothing that establishes a "national ID" in HR 418. It will make standards for states issuing driver's license. Read it over for yourself.
The senate (except Inhofe) has no interest in addressing illegal immigration. Frist was on the tube last night and said they would try to "get to it" in the next few years.
The bill is a start, covers only terrorism aspects except for the finishing of the San Diego fence, which ticks off the enviro's, which makes me like it! LOL!
HUMAN EVENTS: What are the key provisions of your REAL ID act?
SENSENBRENNER: There are four provisions. First, an applicant for a driver's license or renewal must prove lawful presence in the United States, otherwise the driver's license will be endorsed that they have not done so. The driver's licenses would have to indicate lawful presence to be used for federal purposes, such as getting on an airplane. Second, the bill tightens the asylum laws so that terrorists, like the one who plotted the '93 World Trade Center bombing and the man who shot up the entrance to the CIA headquarters, could not get into the country and roam around as an asylum applicant. Third, the bill completes the 3-and-half mile gap in the border fence south of San Diego that has been held up as a result of environmental lawsuits. And fourth, the bill changes the law that says that if an alien is not admissible into the United States because of affiliation with terrorist groups, that alien is deportable. The present law says if someone makes a mistake to let you in, we cannot kick you out in some circumstances.
HUMAN EVENTS: When these provisions were being discussed last year, some in the Senate said we should not interfere with the rights of states to deal with their driver's licenses. Why does your proposal not contradict the 10th Amendment, which says that powers not specifically delegated to the federal government should be reserved to the states or the people?
SENSENBRENNER: It does not do so because it does not tell the states who they can issue driver's licenses to and who they can't. What it does say is that when they issue a driver's license, in order for that driver's license to be used for federal ID purposes, the applicant must show lawful presence in the United States. This, in my opinion, is a very important provision if we are to avoid the pressure for a national ID card, which I oppose.
Read the entire interview: http://www.HumanEventsOnline.com/article.php?id=6504
Thanks for the information and link.
I just heard Alex Jones say that on the third hour of his program today (between 1 and 2 Central time, www.infowars.com )either Ron Paul or Jeff Dice from his office will discuss H.R. 418 and its implications. I'll be tuning in; perhaps you'd like to hear it as well.
Alex also mentioned that during his show today he'll be discussing the toll road issue in Austin and elsewhere.
Are you and I the only AJ listeners on this forum? ;-)
I've got it, and immediately loaned it out to try and wake up a friend. Here in the CenTex, we've got a pretty good group of folks who are spreading the word. Jack McLamb and John Moore are coming down here next weekend to speak, and will be staying with some other friends - so I hope to get to meet those guys while they're in town.
You do know about rbnlive.com and their internet streams, don't you?
I only recentlydiscovered rbnlive.com I've listened so far to Jack Blood but not the others, although I have heard Jack McLamb being interviewed on another program.
I regularly listen to the archives of Michael Corbin's 4acloserlook.com because his guests are so informative. I also listen to Steve Quayle each day. Also listen to Coast to Coast A.M. and Jeff Rense when they don't have outre guests. If I get addicted to any more programs I'll be housebound and worthless. Sure have learned a lot listening to those folks though.
Whoa! Using google to spell-check "sovereignty," I found Sovereignty International which appears to be yet another great resource.
Time to go pay some bills, before they cut off our utilities.
newswithviews.com material not welcome on FR.
WTF is up with that?
News With Views has had some great and timely articles. For example, they've published Joan Veon's articles, and I believe Frosty Wooldridge as well.
Sorry that they are unwelcome at FR. Wonder why.
How can enforcing our laws be "unwelcome" at this place?
Has Alberto Josef Mengele Gonzalez been appointed a mod here?
I can tell you've been listening to Alex!!!
Obviously you tried to post from NWV's. You might want to try to repost directly from Frosty's website and see what happens.
Of course, I listen.
You should have mail, btw.
Thanks, just jammed in Genesis to check it out.
Thanks for the heads-up. I'll tune in the archived program.
I failed to thank you for the link to Sovereignty International'and the Timeline to the NWO. There's a gold mine of truth there.
Will tune in tomorrow afternoon to hear John Stadtmiller and Dessie Andrews.
In their own words:
"We are grateful to the Washington Post, the New York Times, Time Magazine, and other great publications who directors have attended our meetings and respected their promises of discretion for almost forty years. It would have been impossible for us to develop our plan for the world if we had been subject to the bright lights of publicity during those years but the world is now more sophisticated & prepared to march towards a world government which will never again know war but only peace and prosperity for the whole of authority."
-- David Rockefeller, CFR/Bilderberg/TC, 5 June 1991.
February 8, 2005
Are the terrorists winning? [Yes, the legislative terrorists within Bush government are winning]. When "al-Qaeda" [al-CIA-duh] attacked the United States on September 11, 2001, they made it clear they hate [constitutional] America and want to terrorize us into changing America [and have]. [More like a coupe d'tat from within!].
If they could [and they can], the terrorists [and you know who they are] would destroy the unique American way of life [and they are]. But they can't [by themselves]. Only we [Fed Congress and State government actually] can do that.
Tragically, too much of the [anti-constitutional and tyrannical] legislation enacted by Congress in a knee-jerk reaction to [the Operation] 9/11 [plan] does "al-Qaeda's" job for them. The [anti]Patriot Act took the first, disastrous [and lethal] step toward fundamentally changing our way of life. Then came the Homeland Security [i.e. Gestapo] bill, followed by the 9/11 intelligence reorganization bill. ['9/11 intelligence' is an oxy-moron]. And now the Real ID Act of 2005 (H.R. 418) will be voted on Thursday, February 10th --[PATRIOT INQUISITION BILL].
What's wrong with H.R. 418 -- a bill we are told will stem the flow of illegal aliens [like Vincent (the) Fox] through our porous borders? For starters, it does NOTHING to stem the flow of illegal aliens. Instead, H.R. 418 will:
1. Establish a national ID card [where "Membership has its privileges"].
2. Establish a federally-coordinated database of personal information on American citizens with Canada and Mexico [your already being tracked by SS# and DL at the border...they know where you work].
3. Use the new national ID to track American citizens when traveling outside the U.S. -- and within the U.S.(Canada, Great Britain, Mexico, etc.)
4. Re-define "terrorism" in broad new terms that could include members of firearms rights and anti-abortion groups or other such groups as determined by whoever is in power at the time.
5. Authorize the secretary of the Department of Homeland Security to unilaterally expand the information included in driver's licenses, including such biometric information as retina scans and DNA information -- and even radio frequency identification (RFID) tracking technology. Carry a driver's license with RFID and governmental officials will know your whereabouts 24/7.
Incredibly, H.R. 418 does nothing to solve the growing threat to national security posed by people who are already in the U.S. illegally. Instead, H.R. 418 states what we already know: that certain people here illegally are "deportable." But it does nothing to mandate deportation. H.R. 418 fails miserably on this most critical issue.
The Real ID Act or Real National ID Act will impose a Soviet-style internal passport on law-abiding American citizens. Proponents of H.R. 418 say we must "make sacrifices" like this to control our borders and fight illegal immigration. But H.R. 418 is a Trojan horse -- it pretends to offer desperately needed border control in order to stampede Americans into sacrificing what is uniquely American: more of our constitutionally protected liberty. H.R. 418 does what al-Qaeda could never do without our help.
H.R. 418 does what legislation restricting firearm ownership does. [Exactly]. It punishes law-abiding citizens [pre-booking them as criminal arrests, invading privacy, quartering soldiers at checkpoints, and legalizing unwarrantable "search and seizure"]. Criminals will ignore it. H.R. 418 offers us a false sense of greater security at the cost of taking a gigantic step toward making America a police state. The terrorists [are just about to and] will have won.
Urge your U.S. representative to vote "no" [because its contrary to their oath of office, and you are watching them, and no longer tolerant of this] on H.R. 418. Go to http://capwiz.com/liberty/issues/alert/?alertid=6938731&type=CO
Kent Snyder The Liberty Committee http://www.thelibertycommittee.org
A very, very interesting paragraph. There is no doubt in my mind that this is true and continues today by the MSM.
One question,if I may. Who is the "whole of authority"?
"...only peace and prosperity for the whole of authority."
Hmmm. Sounds to me as though peace and prosperity is limited to those who are in authority. What would conditions be like for those who are not in authority? I shudder to even think of the oppression.
Isn't it interesting that over the years that our elected officials have in turn established authorities, such as airport authority, housing authority, etc. and appointed individuals to head such authorities who are completely autonomous and answer to the voters for nothing.
Here's another quote, this one from Henry Kissinger.
"Today Americans would be outraged if U.N. troops entered Los Angeles to restore order; tomorrow they will be grateful. This is especially true if they were told there was an outside threat from beyond, whether real or promulgated, that threatened our very existence. It is then that all peoples of the world will plead with world leaders to deliver them from this evil. The one thing every man fears is the unknown. When presented with this scenario, individual rights will be willingly relinquished for the guarantee of their well being granted to them by their world government." -- Henry Kissinger speaking at Evian, France, May 21, 1992 Bilderburgers meeting. Unbeknownst to Kissinger, his speech was taped by a Swiss delegate to the meeting.
Heinz Kissinger has lots of outstanding thoughts out there, of course, he was this regime's first choice to head up the 911 CoverupCommission...our rulers are so totally "in your face" these days.
G'day all.
To be quite honest, I had never thought about "authority" in any such manner. Yes, we do have a whole lot of "authorities" with committees and sub-committees, regions and sub-regions. Huge isn't exactly the word for the UN. It is more like obese.
The sentences that really gets to me from H. Kisinger: This is especially true if they were told there was an outside threat from beyond, whether real or promulgated, that threatened our very existence. It is then that all peoples of the world will plead with world leaders to deliver them from this evil.
I guess he would use David Rockefellow's MSM since they are already bought and paid for.
What is MSM? Notice that you indicate you're a has-been Republican. Does that mean that you too, have resigned from the party?
Recommend that you refer to Lodwick's #763 post wherein he links "Timeline to Global Governance." Whoever compiled that timeline did an awesome job.
MainStreamMedia aka MainStreamNews
MSM refers to the mainstream media. NY Times, Washington Post, ABC, CBS, CNN etc.
I think I was born a Republican with very conservative parents. They warned me of the Rockefellow Republicans and I definitely know why. They were of the era when Rockefellow was controlling the news. Thinking back on it, my parents very seldom talked about the UN but they gave Rockefellow Republicans He!!.
I consider myself as an independent now. So if you are a politician, you are going to have to work for my vote.
That is an awesome website.What is amazing is how many committees there are for one subject such as the environment. There are 2 ways to describe the UN. 1. It is bloated and 2. How many people does it take to screw in a lightbulb? These aren't the smartest people in the world but they do have an agenda and they are not backing down
Visit this the following for more info: No Invaders.org
Companies that promote and aid illegal invaders.
Please do not use contact information for the purpose of harassment or making threats.
Name of Business: Citi Bank E-mail: Phone: 800-THE-BANK Address: 100 Citibank Drive, P.O. Box 76 City: San Antonio State: Texas Zipcode: 78245-9004 Date Submitted: 12/15/2004 10:28:09 AM CST Comments on Employer's Illegal Activity: A fanatic lobbyist for promoting and accepting the Matricula Consular card, they boast a bank account campaign accepting the card and giving away mugs with the Mexican flag.
Name of Business: Wells Fargo Bank E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com Phone: 1-800-869-3557 Address: Nationwide City: Nationwide State: California Zipcode: Nationwide Date Submitted: 12/19/2004 08:42:29 AM CST Comments on Employer's Illegal Activity: Another active lobbyist for the Matricula Consular card, they now accept that card in many states.
Name of Business: The Home Depot E-mail: Phone: (800) 553-3199 Address: Worldwide City: Worldwide State: California Zipcode: Worldwide Date Submitted: 01/19/2005 11:01:22 AM CST Comments on Employer's Illegal Activity: Known to subsidize day labor lounges for illegal aliens throughout California, and will even lobby local city counsels for tax payer subsidation of these lounges.
Name of Business: Tyson Foods, Inc. E-mail: Phone: Address: City: Nationwide State: Tennessee Zipcode: Date Submitted: 01/19/2005 11:41:20 AM CST Comments on Employer's Illegal Activity: A ruthless illegal alien employer, it is vulnerable because it has already been indicted by the U.S. Department of Justice for conspiracy to hire illegals in its Shelbyville, Tennessee plant. (The firm is also on probation for bribing Clinton Agricultural Secretary Mike Espy.)
Name of Business: Western Union E-mail: Phone: 1-800-325-6000 Address: 12510 E. Belford Ave. M22B3 City: Englewood State: Colorado Zipcode: 80112 Date Submitted: 02/03/2005 6:09:10 PM CST Comments on Employer's Illegal Activity: Heavily involved in the transfer of tens of billions of dollars a year from illegal aliens to others abroad. They promote open-border forums and seminars under the disguised title of "immigration reform".
Friday BUMP
Truth bttt.
"" The U.N. is boxing above it's weight class with us. We're not Canada.""
We might as well be. The UN is now taking over the seas, with Dubya's support.
UN already owns a lot of land in this country.
Uh, that is no reassurance. Read up on what CAFTA does to our sovereignty. And FTAA. And the LOST treaty which GWB is also pushing.
Bump. Found this old post and wondering what your thoughts were now with the evil one in charge?
Agenda 21 seems to be making its rounds on the web again. I see more frequently on websites.
Maybe people will wake up. Every city in the nation has its 'smart growth' redevelopment money housing that sits empty because no one wants to live in it.
They're going to start turning into dilapidated properties, in our county the gangs have already taken over them, because our county was one of the first to go Agenda 21 on its constituents.
People will begin to notice, the thinking people will ask why so much money was spent on these people dumps.
I think the Governor of Maine woke up and ended all the agenda 21 programs in the state.
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Wednesday, October 24, 2012
* Shoreline signs pacts with two Chinese universities
Shoreline Community College and Qingdao University officials in Qingdao, China.
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Shoreline Community College now has academic transfer agreements with two premier universities in China.
Tsinghua University 100th anniversary video
Qingdao University video
At the heart of the pacts with Tsinghua and Qingdao universities is a "1 +1 +2" plan. After their first year, students from the two Chinese universities can come to Shoreline for the second year toward a two-year associate's degree from Shoreline. With a Shoreline degree in hand, those students could then apply for admission to a four-year university in the U.S.
"We are honored and excited to have these agreements in place," said Lee Lambert, President of Shoreline Community College and who helped negotiate and then signed the agreements. "Our students, our college and our state must develop the skills to be globally successful. These agreements will help make those skills a reality."
The agreements have been in the works for nearly a year through outreach efforts in China by Lambert and Diana Sampson, Executive Director of International Education at Shoreline. Delegations from both Tsinghua and Qingdao have also visited Shoreline as part of the discussions.
"The lives of our students are increasingly impacted by what goes on around the world," Lambert has said. "We must help our students better understand that world. We can do that by bringing the world to Shoreline."
Tsinghua University is often referred to as "China's MIT" with a strong reputation in the sciences. Admission to universities in China is difficult in general, determined in large part of scores on a national test called the "gaokao," but Tsinghua has particularly high standards.
Among the notable graduates of Tsinghua University, are China's President Hu Jintao, the current Vice President Xi Jinping and the current chairman of the National People's Congress Wu Bangguo. Tsinghua has two Nobel Prize winners, Tsung-Dao Lee and Yang Chen Ning.
Qingdao University was formed in 1993, by combining three existing universities in Qingdao. The combined university includes 26 schools and colleges and a graduate school. Courses are offered in 11 main academic disciplines: philosophy, economics, law, literature, history, natural sciences, engineering, management, medicine, education and military. The university serves a total of about 95,000 students, including 41,000 full-time students, 11,000 postgraduate students and more than 1,000 international students.
Located in Shandong Province, Qingdao is a coastal city about 300 miles southeast of Beijing and hosted the sailing events during the 2008 Summer Olympic Games held in China. According to 2010 numbers, the greater Qingdao area has about 8.7 million residents, about 2 million more than in the state of Washington.
During a visit here in July, Kaixian Jin, Dean of the College of Adult Education at Qingdao University, said he is already recruiting students to come to Shoreline for the program. Besides the 1+1 option, the discussions with Qingdao officials have also included the possibility of an ongoing presence for Shoreline on the Qingdao campus. Jin suggested that Shoreline create a branch campus at Qingdao to help Chinese students with language skills and also give U.S. students and opportunity to study in China.
"The American community college system is not well-understood by Chinese students and their parents," Jin said through an interpreter. "It would be helpful for Shoreline to have a continued presence on the Qingdao campus."
Sampson said that international students are focused on getting a university degree and that Shoreline will be a good fit for Chinese university students. "Here at Shoreline, we do a very good job of preparing both international and domestic students to transfer to a university," she said.
The University of Washington is the top destination for all Shoreline students, international and domestic, wanting to transfer to a university. Second and third places go to Washington State University and Seattle University, but domestic and international students transfer to universities across the U.S., including the University of Southern California, Purdue, Ohio State, Arizona State and many others.
Focusing on international education is one of two strategic initiatives for Shoreline. The other is the creation of Shoreline Virtual College with a focus on online education. Both initiatives are designed to help students by helping them be more successful and increasing access to education. As an open enrollment college, Shoreline is committed to serving all students who come looking for education and training.
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Skip to comments.Mysterious metal ball from space falls in Namibia
Posted on 12/22/2011 10:58:53 PM PST by geraldmcg
A mysterious metal ball reportedly fell from space , landing in a grasslands area of the African nation of Namibia.
So far experts claim the object is not of alien origin. It has two bumps on each end, appears to be hollow and weights about 13 pounds.
Namibia's National Forensic Science Institute Director Paul Ludik said the sphere is 3.6 feet around and is made out of a "sophisticated" alloy that is not unknown to modern science, although it has no identifying markings to link it with a country or a company.
So far that's about all we're told. But we have 2 nagging questions: 1) How can a hollow ball that is one yard in circumference and only 13 pounds manage to survive traveling through the earth's atmosphere? And 2) Why didn't this hollow ball collapse on impact?
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First thing that came up in my mind.
I was thinking the same thing. At least it wasn't a Coke bottle.
Note the bold highlighting of the word "unknown" - which is preceded by the word "not" for dramatic, sensational and confusing effect. In other words, the alloy is known.
Real question is - what IS the alloy? It's certainly not out of the question that a "hollow" ball of this size and weight could fall intact from a satellite of some sort with a decaying orbit. Titanium or some sort of titanium alloy jump to mind, since titanium has an extremely high strength to weight ratio (i.e., it's a strong light metal).
Try knocking on it. Maybe somebody will answer.
Sputnik finally came down...
This thing would be a little less than a foot in diameter. Must be very tiny aliens inside.
[ is made out of a "sophisticated" alloy that is not unknown to modern science ]
In Modern Nabibian science the "wheel" is miraculous invention..
Are they praying to it yet?
Can I please have it back now?
(apology to Frank Edwards)
Cybermen egg...better nuke it before Daleks come looking for it.
How do they know that it came from space?
How could it crash through the atmosphere without burning up
or show severe stress?
I will believe in ET when, and only when, he/she/it contacts us, or we contact it.
Also heat resistant.
1) Because it was made of Titanium alloy which is strong and light, and
2) Because it was made of Titanium alloy which is strong and light.
Because if it's low sectional density, after it reentered the atmosphere, it would have had a relatively low terminal velocity.
Here's a picture of a similar object that survived reentry that was posted on another thread:
It's a good thing it didn't hit somebody in the head......
Link above is actually a full pdf of the book, more details on this link at Wiki for Sci-Fi fans...
Any "Stalker:Chernobyl" fans out there? Here's the basis for the genre.
Wasn't one of these, perchance?
Give it to some pedophile so he can start a new religion.
The Gods Must Have Metal Balls.
Probably just space debris. The alloy "is not unknown to modern science"? Since that's a double negative, the alloy is known to modern science.
Nothin' to see here; move along.
I, for one, welcome our new spherical overlords.
...oh, and Merry Christmas!
Woodie Allen...paging Mr Allen
Thanks geraldmcg, and Merry Christmas.
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Two wrongs don't make a right, but it damn sure works.
As a black gamer myself, I first ran into this in C.O.D.. It was amazing the amount of times you would hear slurs throughout a game play session. The problem was it just didn't seem like there was anything I could say that carried the same weight to the offender.
A few years later I stater playing SC2 with a friend of a friend, also black. Maaan this dude is one of the funniest people I ever had the pleasure to speak with. What he would do, almost form the momnet we entered a match, he would begin this venomous string of foul racial slurs, "You F$$$ N### should go #$$#@!"
I mean this dude would come up with stuff that would make David Duke proud. The thing is he was saying these things to white people. The shocked responses they gave were astounding. "I'm not a N!!!" "WTF uou calling me a N for," and so on. I mean they would get soooo pissed.
So OP if you run into it again, try what my friend does. You'll be surprised.
Originally posted by Drolkin
I am a white Canadian male and have continously been called a cracker over the years. I have never ownd a slave and condone it. I am tired of it.
Originally posted by ShakyMo
Yes in gangster rap, which I don't like.
But not all rap. You don't get chuck D going around calling women bitches and hos.
You could say the sake with Caribbean music, there's some vile homophobia in some dancehall stuff. But that doesn't mean people like bob marley or toots don't have a positive message.
Yes you are correct and some metal music also does this, sorry for the generalization. Wasnt my intention, just as a referrence.
Originally posted by bcbully
Two wrongs don't make a right, but it damn sure works. As a black gamer myself, I first ran into this in C.O.D..
Dude, I feel for you, man. It's almost as if you get points for being insanely racist and offensive there.
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Racism I am not surprised and it's an unfortunate fact in both society and the nerd-world. Look at the history of the United Statues itself or any other 'western' culture and one bell rings true.
The degration and mistreatment of minorities. Now let's take a look at the game industry itself:
How many minorities are in CEO positions in gaming?
How many minorities are designing the games (Clothing, Style, attributes)
How many minorities are writing the script for said games?
When has a video-game ever starred a minority character without them being the fool(Saints Row 3), a gangster(GTA, Walking Dead), the side-kick, a pimp, or a just pure sex object to shake butt or have sex with(Citra in Far Cry 3)?
When was the last-video-game released that had a minority as the lead character of the story that isn't a criminal?
Literally almost none. This will only began to change if there are more minorities recruited in real-life in IT programs and colleges and in gaming career. There still exist a superiority complex and it shows a lot in the gaming comunnities themselves.
I would not be surprise if hate-groups and their sympathisers are in the gaming communities as this is posted to this date. It is not done only to African Americans. It is done to others (asians) as well too the discrimination.


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Originally posted by Four0Six
You rail against this game, but keep or used to keep Playboy mags in your closet? I am the husband to a wonderful wife and a father to the most amazing daughter ever. I too agree that the objectifcation of women is in bad taste at a minimum. But....untill I hear you decry SI and their swimsuit issue, or Playboy, or the GoDaddy.com adds, the claims you make against this or any other game that contains scantily clad women, are lip service paid to the cause. For shame. I say again For shame. I like most all of what you have to say Bill Murphy, but I lean on a leg of integruity, either stand against all objectification, or hush up.
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I actually like this concept as much as I enjoyed a special Japanese animation called Geneshaft. Unfortunately I can't agree with you on this entry for several reasons:
1) When a company advertises a game as MATURE, it creates an open field for practically any story, regardless its intensity level without censorship. When a game has a TEEN rating, all the parents and all the authorities are watching the content so very closely that we have to guess where something in the game could have been made cool if it were mature.
This first paragraph is important because in the U.S, a game is MADE TO COVER A RATING like TEEN, while in Europe, China and Japan, a game is made and GIVEN A RATING BASED ON ITS ACTUAL CONTENT WITHOUT CENSORSHIP. I can't stand the idea that game companies say "I want this game to be a TEEN GAME, so lets censor and strip our own GAME until a THIRD PARTY WITH NO POWER who does not have any LEGAL RIGHTS and is dubbed independent gives us our own RATING.
2) The second reason is that if i look at girls only because of bodies and I do not at least see the game, that in itself is a discrimination in itself. Maturity, knowledge and discipline teaches us that the easiest thing to see and easiest thing to draw is a naked human body. The same is true in the way of graphics. Its easy to make a 3D model of a body but much harder to skin and animate it. I'd much rather see how the girls survive in such a universe.
I mean, I saw the profiles of the girls and the bust-size measurement in the profile and half of them were wrong. They also had a girl below a B cup as well...so it wasn't all C - F cups. I was more curious as to why their design came to be in such a form and the mentality behind it on the story-end of things. Like, the assassin character has less height and draws more attention in its design than most assassins in most games. There is also a character class specializing in Melee Area DPS. I wanted something different and after months of BORING guild wars 2 heart quests and that crappy SUPER ADVENTURE BOX, I wanted something more mature.
I give praise to any developer making a Mature video game. Also, are you sure its pure hentai or is it ecchi? I know several guys and girls who like the existence of the game simply because of how American games seem to be attached training wheels prior to release simply because Americans are more afraid of reacting to being pissed than actually releasing a game without censorship. They speak of freedom but restrict anything in their media that would cause a reaction. I for one just handle the content and if I can't handle, I kindly leave elsewhere to the next thing. ^_^
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Originally posted by Shinami
I give praise to any developer making a Mature video game.
I start to wonder whether or not this many SB threads are part of some marketing scheme like the "make one new CU thread in every hour to clogging up the forums" movement was all you see about SB is ads, nudity, censorship, t&a, etc. and not a single word about how mediocre and boring grinder the game is...
I agree with your first point, and the situation is even worse, like when marketing people decide what would be the most profitable rating and they force the director to cut the movie or a screenwriter for a rewrite... so much for artistic integrity (there was a great docu about the pathetic MPAA rating system of US, http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0493459/)
For the quote above, you could try some ren'ai games
(I wouldn't even dare to suggest eroge, if those ads make such an uproar around here, I guess people would suffer heart attacks finding out there are a whole genre of "mature" games... lol)
Edit: mediocre and boring grinder - I must add I couldn't get myself to play beyond lvl20, so there is a slight chance that SB turns into a funny, amazing game after that point. But I seriously doubt it
Originally posted by jtcgs
Why not? If they are going to remake DaoC a game with vast limitations that started the downward slide of guiderail themepark games...why not a game with cleavage...sure didnt hear people rail against Age of Conan with its nipples. I will wager this game has far more players than TES and Camelot Unchained because more people would even rather play a game with bouncing boobies and meh gameplay than play DaoCs outdated vastly limiting close off faction lands and spoon fed content leading to PvP carrot on a stick.
lmao Thanks for that
Originally posted by tordurbar
Once again I am amazed. Games that literally throw blood at the screen and no complaints. But babes in very skimpy bikinis - hang the developers!
My opinion as well. What people choose to be shocked and outraged by always confuses me.
The same happens when talking about 'unrealistic' skimpy armours on girls... never any mention of the fact that a lot of the men are also pretty naked and that arguing 'realism' is kinda silly when your character is probably a dinosaur riding high elf mage.
Illustrated erotica is part of the human condition and has been around since man first scrawled on cave walls... this crusade we see so often to somehow class it as 'juvenile' or unworthy is misguided. Liking a bit of sexy without hang ups is a good thing.
I like to give every game at least a try,i won't judge it solely on the character looks,actually i care little of character looks.
First of all MOST games never look as good as they do in HD pics.Soon you get in ,it looks f2p.
Extremely generic start,your typical wilderness with no reason as to why you are starting there and not from your home.I guess F2P games characters don't have homes,they don't eat or anything,they just stand out in the wilderness looking for NPC's with markers over their heads.
Anyhow no matter.I lasted about 1 hour,then left the game and deleted it.I wasn't even angry or unhappy,it was as i expected,so nothing was a surprise.Not like when i anticipated FFXIV for 5 years only to be extremely disappointed.
Point is you can easily find a better game even in the cash shop industry.
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Holy $#!+, what an amazing read.
The only time I was offended is the attack on the guy with the wife and kid, and I respect that he wants to protect his family. And thanks to all the posters that made me laugh, there are to many to mention.
Originally posted by Astralglide
See,, you guys are looking at this all wrong. They are simply trying to solve the issue of guys alt-tabbing out to look at porn. Now, they don't have to! I wonder if this games supports 1 handed play?
I can not remember winning or losing a single debate on the internet.
While I won't be playing this TITle, I can only say this:
Hooray for boobies.
I would have to say that feigned indignation at the objectification of women in a video game (pixels on a screen) versus that of commercial ads, movies, and console video game character models is pretty weak.
I have seen these editor's give good ratings to games that I wouldn't play for free, yet whine like school kids over scantily clad female heroine's. Get over your liberal PC childishness and give an evaluation of the game (that is what this site is for correct?). If I wanted a philosophical opinion, I wouldn't use this website!
Originally posted by lizardbones
Originally posted by Astralglide
See,, you guys are looking at this all wrong. They are simply trying to solve the issue of guys alt-tabbing out to look at porn. Now, they don't have to! I wonder if this games supports 1 handed play?
Maybe you should try working while you are at work then, rather than playing video games. That way you could have some integrity, and not have to wonder about what your boss thinks of you playing a "soft core porn" video game.
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'nuff said.
Lol, poor girls. Well when they start contributing to making games then they can make them how they see fit (you play as doctors and lawyers running around in pant-suits right? ). Until then, we run the show, and there will be boobs and butts and lots of them.
This article is extremely bias so I find it hard to agree with all points. firstly the game is creating a community for people who have different interests than others. its hard to find a game that has those themes. another point is as u can see it wasn't intended for 5 year olds to play. it is an adult game after all, ment for people who have a specific interest. also is there IS male characters and NPC's so the game isn't entirely female, so you clearly didn't even get to character creation or the first settlement. Personally as someone who is not into this content matter you should not be writing a review. you make the game seem shoddy and something it is not. if it isn't your thing don't put others off of trying it by giving it a review saying you don't like its content. you SHOULD be writing about the gameplay, skills and the pro's and con's. not simply saying its stupid and providing invalaid points. reviews are ment to provide an HONEST look into the gameplay. I think its a great game which is opening a new place for gamers with diffrent interests. to sum everything up, I would say im giving you a negative review of your review. was not accurate in information, bias, and was lacking in content.


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2 And Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is beside
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13 Up,
14 In the morning therefore ye shall be brought according to your tribes: and it shall be, that the tribe which the Lord taketh shall come according to the families thereof; and the
15 And it shall be, that he that is taken with the accursed thing shall be burnt with fire, he and all that he hath: because he hath transgressed the covenant of the Lord, and because he hath
16 ¶So Joshua rose up early in the morning, and brought Israel by their tribes; and the tribe of Judah was taken:
17 And he brought the family of Judah; and he took the family of the Zarhites: and he brought the family of the Zarhites man by man; and Zabdi was taken:
18 And he brought his household man by man; and Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was taken.
19 And Joshua said unto Achan, My son, give, I pray thee,
20 And Achan answered Joshua, and said, Indeed I have sinned against the Lord
21 When I saw among the spoils a goodly
22 ¶So Joshua sent messengers, and they ran unto the tent; and, behold, it was hid in his tent, and the silver under it.
23 And they took them out of the midst of the tent, and brought them unto Joshua, and unto all the children of Israel, and laid them out before the Lord.
24 And Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver, and the garment, and the wedge of gold, and his sons, and his daughters, and his oxen, and his asses, and his sheep, and his tent, and all that he had: and they brought them unto the valley of Achor.
25 And Joshua said, Why hast thou troubled us? the Lord shall trouble thee this day. And all Israel stoned him with stones, and burned them with fire, after they had stoned them with stones.
26 And they raised over him a great heap of stones unto this day. So the Lord turned from the fierceness of his anger. Wherefore the name of that place was called, The valley of


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A singer with a rich, clear voice and plenty of true-to-life stories to tell with it, Tresa Jordan was born in Melrose, FL, a small coastal town where her father played drums in a local band on weekends. When Jordan was nine years old, her father let her come on-stage and sing a song with the band, which first sparked her ambitions to become a musician. Jordan attended the Florida School of the Performing Arts for two years, and after graduating, she and a close friend moved to Nashville, TN, in hopes of breaking into the music business. Before Jordan could make much of an impression in Music City, she fell in love with another aspiring singer/songwriter and when they decided to get married, Jordan's career took a back seat as the couple had three children and she stayed home to help care for them. After not quite seven years of marriage, Jordan and her husband divorced, and she began writing songs again as a way to deal with her feelings about her broken relationship and starting life over again. Jordan's new burst of songwriting energy encouraged her to take another stab at a career as a musician, and she began making the rounds of music clubs in Tennessee and Florida. In 2006, Jordan released her self-titled debut album through the independent South River Road Records; a set of heartfelt country tunes accompanied by beautifully crafted acoustic arrangements, Jordan's album won enthusiastic reviews in the country and bluegrass press, and it was reissued by the nationally distributed Aspirion label in 2007, with the tunes "I Turn to Country" and "Angels Cry" earning radio and video play. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi


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Statement on behalf of the Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Initiative (NPDI)
April 28, 2014
Statement on behalf of the Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Initiative (NPDI) by Mr. Nobuo Kishi, Parliamentary Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan. General Debate, 3rd Session of the Preparatory Committee for the 2015 NPT Review Conference
Mr. Chairman,
Distinguished delegates,On behalf of the countries of Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Initiative, or NPDI - Australia, Canada, Chile, Germany, Japan, Mexico, the Netherlands, Nigeria, the Philippines, Poland, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates, I would like to express my heartfelt congratulations to you, Ambassador Enrique Roman-Morey of Peru, on your assumption of the chairmanship of the Third Session of the Preparatory Committee for the 2015 NPT Review Conference, and assure you of the utmost support of the NPDI countries for your leadership in making this Committee a success.
Mr. Chairman,
I'm honoured to make a statement on behalf of the NPDI on this occasion. Because of the time constraints, I will read out a shorter version of our statement but the full text will be posted to the Paper Smart. On 11 and 12 April, Foreign Ministers of the NPDI gathered in Hiroshima, where an atomic bomb was dropped for the first time in human history, and witnessed first-hand the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of an atomic bombing that last even to this present day. They were touched very deeply by the testimonies of atomic bomb survivors, or Hibakushas, and reinforced the group's commitment to achieving the goal of a world free of nuclear weapons. With this in mind, they invited the world's political leaders to visit Hiroshima and Nagasaki to also witness the consequences with their own eyes.
Mr. Chairman,
The NPDI is committed to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) as the essential foundation for the achievement of nuclear disarmament, as the cornerstone of the global nuclear non-proliferation regime and as the basis for the development of the peaceful uses of nuclear technology. We stress the importance of universal adherence to the NPT and call on all States not party to the Treaty to accede to it immediately as non-nuclear-weapon States.
With the 2015 NPT RevCon fast approaching, we urge all the States Parties to fully comply with the obligations and commitments, particularly with the full and prompt implementation of all the actions in the 2010 Action Plan.
We reaffirm that the only absolute guarantee against the use or threat of use of nuclear weapons is their total elimination. In this regard, we stress the need for a systematic and continued reduction of all types of nuclear weapons, including non-strategic and non-deployed nuclear weapons, by all States possessing nuclear weapons, in a pragmatic and step by step approach aiming at their total elimination.
While recognizing the positive impact of unilateral and bilateral reductions, the NPDI believes that they do not replace multilateral negotiations towards the ultimate elimination of all types of nuclear weapons. In this regard, We urge those not yet engaged in nuclear disarmament efforts to reduce their arsenals with the objective of their total elimination. Quantitative reductions should be accompanied by steps towards reducing the role and significance of nuclear weapons in security strategies and military doctrines.
Increasing the transparency of information about nuclear forces has also been an issue of great importance to the NPDI. Without transparency, nuclear disarmament cannot be verified nor would NPT States Parties have complete confidence that nuclear disarmament measures have been accomplished in an irreversible manner.
De-alerting nuclear forces is also important not only as a step towards a world free of nuclear weapons, but also to avoid and reduce the risk of catastrophic humanitarian consequences from any unauthorized or accidental launch of nuclear weapons.
As an essential step towards a world free of nuclear weapons, the NPDI calls for the immediate commencement of negotiations on a non-discriminatory, multilateral and universally and effectively verifiable treaty to ban the production of fissile material for nuclear weapons or other nuclear explosive devices, or FMCT, that serves both disarmament and non-proliferation purposes. We urge the Conference on Disarmament to launch negotiations on such a treaty as soon as possible. We welcome the work of the group of governmental experts on this issue.
The Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty, or CTBT, is also an essential component for achieving nuclear disarmament. We therefore urge those States whose last remaining signatures and ratifications are necessary for the entry into force of the CTBT to sign and ratify without delay.
Mr. Chairman,
The NPDI is committed to strengthening the effectiveness and efficiency of the IAEA safeguards system and underscores the crucial role of export controls to support the fulfilment of nuclear non-proliferation obligations under paragraph 2 of Article III of the NPT. Recognizing the serious threat of nuclear terrorism, we reaffirm our commitment in working together to strengthen nuclear security, including to fully implement relevant international requirements.
We strongly condemn North Korea's nuclear and ballistic missile programs which undermine the NPT and the global non-proliferation regime as well as pose a great threat to regional and global peace and stability. We condemn and express grave concern at the ballistic missiles launches conducted by North Korea on March 26 local time, following the launches on March 3. These launches are clear violations of relevant UN Security Council Resolutions. We strongly urge North Korea to comply with its commitments under the 2005 Six-Party Talks Joint Statement and obligations under all the relevant UN Security Council resolutions, and to abandon all nuclear weapons and existing nuclear programs and to return to compliance with its IAEA safeguards agreement and the NPT. Furthermore, we urge North Korea to refrain from further provocative actions including, among others, ballistic missile launch, nuclear test or the threat of the use of nuclear weapons.
The NPDI welcomes the start of the implementation of the first-steps under the Joint Plan of Action and hopes that the on-going negotiations of the E3+3 with Iran will lead to the final and comprehensive resolution of Iran's nuclear issue. In particular, we urge Iran to swiftly and steadily implement measures, such as the ratification and implementation of its Additional Protocol, to remove international concerns regarding its nuclear activities.
The NPDI, as a group of non-nuclear-weapon States which are committed to promoting nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation, is following with grave concern the situation in Ukraine, which has been the subject of intensive discussions amongst ourselves as well as at the UN General Assembly. The NPDI expects international obligations and commitments to be respected, including the1994 Budapest Memorandum on Security Assurances in connection with Ukraine's accession to the NPT.
The NPDI emphasizes that the establishment of nuclear-weapons-free zones on the basis of arrangements freely arrived at among States of the region concerned is an important measure in strengthening the nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament process.We regret that the Conference on the establishment of a Middle East zone free of nuclear weapons and all other weapons of mass destruction, which is an essential and integral part of the final outcomes of the 1995, 2000 and 2010 NPT Review Conferences, has still not been held. We welcome the ongoing consultations among the relevant parties to address outstanding issues and call for the earliest possible convening of a successful conference with the participation of all States of the region on the basis of arrangements freely arrived at.
Mr. Chairman,
The testimonies of Hibakushas serve as a reminder to us all of why a nuclear war should never be fought, the NPDI urges all States to reiterate their deep concern at the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of any use of nuclear weapons, as expressed in the 2010 NPT Review Conference Final Document. In view of such consequences, it is in the interest of all nations that the nearly 69 year record of non-use of nuclear weapons be extended forever.
The catastrophic humanitarian impact of nuclear weapons fundamentally underpins all work to succeed in our non-proliferation efforts and to achieve nuclear disarmament in pursuit of a more secure world, particularly through the NPT. The ongoing discussion on the humanitarian impact of nuclear weapons should be inclusive and universal as well as a catalyst for a united global action towards the goal of a world free of nuclear weapons.
In order to foster further momentum for achieving a world free of nuclear weapons, we stress the significance of spreading awareness of the humanitarian impact of nuclear weapons across borders and generations.
Efforts to further deepen our understanding of the humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons based on fact-based scientific studies are important. We welcome all such recent efforts, including during the Conferences on Humanitarian Impact of Nuclear Weapons in Oslo in March 2013 and Nayarit in February 2014. In this regard, we take note of the offer by the Austrian Government and are looking forward to further discussions on its plans for the next Conference on this issue to be held in Vienna later this year.
In conclusion, Mr. Chairman,
The NPDI calls upon all NPT States Parties to take part in the Third NPT PrepCom in a spirit of cooperation and good faith, which would maintain the constructive atmosphere created at the previous PrepComs and carry forward that spirit to the Review Conference in 2015. It is the responsibility of all NPT States Parties to fulfill their commitments and obligations under the NPT regime and to work to uphold and strengthen that regime, including through achieving a successful outcome at the 2015 NPT Review Conference.
I thank you, Mr. Chairman.


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Tolkien tourism is bringing fans from all over the world to New Zealand to see the filming locations for the Lord of the Rings trilogy. Discover the real Middle-earth in all its otherworldly glory.
Middle-earth Mecca
Middle-earth MeccaA 2-hour drive from Auckland will lead you to the famous rolling hills of Matamata's countryside. Here you'll find Hobbiton, the mecca of all Hobbit tourism. Fans can visit Hobbiton Movie Set Tours, where a Middle-earth expert will guide you through the famous Lord of the Rings trilogy film set. 960 1280
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The Middle of Middle-earthA giant sculpture of Gollum, created by local special-effects studio WETA, welcomes the throngs of Hobbit fans at the Wellington Airport in New Zealand. The airport terminal has also been renamed, greeting arrivals with a sign saying, "The Middle of Middle-earth." The whole airport is dedicated to Hobbit-fever -- even luggage is collected from "Baggins Services." 960 1280
Tongariro Park
Tongariro ParkTongariro National Park was selected by filmmaker Peter Jackson to stand in as J.R.R Tolkien's ominous Mordor. This 300-square-mile park on New Zealand's North Island is full of natural wonders, including active volcanoes and emerald lakes. The park's popular Alpine Crossing was ranked one of the world's top 10 day hikes by National Geographic. 960 1280
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By PHIL FAUVERGuest Writer
The Emery County Historical Society went on a trek to the Muddy Creek on June 8, led by Mervin and Gale Miles. The trek began at the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers Monument just west of SR-10 about two miles north of Emery by the Castle Valley Outdoors turn off. When the Historical Society arrived at the monument, they were greeted by a great number of gnats that continued to plague the group much of the morning. The inscription at the monument reads: Utah Pioneers Monument # 142 erected September 1949. Titled "The tunnel builders".
1889. The pioneers had located on the Muddy Creek three miles North East of the town of Emery. Built in their poverty a tunnel 1,200 feet long through blue slate rock to bring water to the town of Emery. Their only tools were pick and shovel and blasting powder. They hauled dirt out in a two wheeled cart. They sank three shafts, one at each end and one in the middle of the blue slate hill, allowing for work in four directions. The pioneers used horse power to hoist dirt out in wooden buckets. Their living quarters were dugouts along Muddy Creek, called Camp Muddy Creek.
From the monument the group traveled along a dirt road to the top of the blue shale hill overlooking the irrigation canal that began as a tunnel engineered by pioneers in1885 and finished in 1889. Merlin Christensen told about the tunnel and how as a child he would skate on the canal into the tunnel in the winter. Merlin described how the pioneers attempted to shore up the tunnel with cedar posts along the wall and roof. Cave ins were frequent and they used a scraper on a long cable, pulled by a team of horses to clean out the tunnel.
By putting the tunnel through this blue slate hill the pioneers were able to get water to more fields at a higher elevation, than they would have if they had gone two miles around the hill resulting in a loss of water due to seepage and evaporation.
The Nielson Construction Company contracted for and did replace the tunnel with a deep ditch after a tunnel collapse in the 1940s.
The Muddy Creek farm land and some of the canyon is owned by Castle Valley Ranch and permission has to be obtained before going there.
The Muddy Creek settlement was on the West side of what is now State Highway 10.
Casper Christensen from Spring City homesteaded and started the Muddy Creek Settlement about 1881. At one time there were homesteads all along the Muddy Creek. A homestead consists of 160 acres. Most of these homesteaders started out living in dugouts. Later those that stayed built log cabins. In 1881 Casper was made Post Master of Muddy and in 1883 he was called to be the Bishop of Muddy.
For those wishing greater details about the Muddy Creek and its history read A History of Emery County by Edward A. Geary pages 103-106. One of the pioneer log cabins still standing is on what is called Jacobson's Ranch. At the Jacobson Ranch cabin the group examined the cabin and the surrounding area. They were excited to find a coiled rattlesnake near the cabin. The old dugout of the Allred Homestead is so overgrown with grease wood that it is difficult to see or find.
The group went to the Minchey Cemetery where Gale Miles told about the Minchey family. She recalled visiting a school friend at the Minchey's during the summer. The family of Jacob and Pleasant Minchey and heirs of the Minchey line are buried in the Minchey Cemetery.
Jacob and Pleasant Mincey cemetery existed from 1820 to 1900. The monument erected in 1950 lists all those buried in this cemetery.
From the cemetery to the West an outcropping of rock that looks like a temple can be seen. This rock outcropping has been given the name of Minchey's Temple. As the Historical Society continued along the Muddy to where the water is diverted 80 percent to Emery and 20 percent to Moore they got to see the quality of water being used to irrigate and drink.
Mervin Miles then took the tour deeper into the canyon along the rocky cliffs and pointed out petroglyphs and pictographs. Field glasses were needed to see some of the rock art high on the cliff face. Near one pictograph of a mountain goat a large piece of sandstone was discovered that looked like the ankle, the foot and toes of a giant.
Mervin pointed out roads cut into the South and North walls of the canyon as the roads used by core drillers to determine the feasibility of building a dam in the canyon in the late 1960s and early 1970s. The idea for a dam came during the energy crisis in the 1970s. The water from the dam was to be used for a coal gasification plant to be built east of SR-10. Easier ways to extract the gas from coal and the price of gasoline coming down, were the main reasons the construction of the dam was abandoned.The trip along the Muddy Creek was a good adventure and about 1 p.m. the group decided they were ready to have lunch at the Emery Park. The lunch was a pot luck of salads and desserts.


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By PHIL FAUVER, Guest Writer
The swimming pool complex for Emery County is coming closer to being a reality announced, Emery County Commissioner Drew Sitterud at the Republican fall dinner Oct. 5. The latest news about the proposed natatorium or swimming pool complex for the county, to be built by Emery County in partnership with the Permanent Community Impact Board and the Emery County School District. The construction of the pool is pending a yes vote on the Nov. 7 ballot.
He stated that today, the CIB has offered a $5 million dollar no interest loan to build the pool if the vote is yes in November.
The old Castle Dale swimming pool building is too far gone to be repaired the old brick is softening, which makes it a building in danger of falling down or injuring someone. The roof is also beyond fixing. Demolition of the old swimming pool building will start next year. This means there will be no swimming available in Emery County until the new swimming pool is completed.
The school board has come forward, and donated the land, one block from the elementary school and one block from the high school. This donated land is east of the high school and the school board will also donate the parking lot. The street 800 North in Castle Dale will be extended to this property. Castle Dale City has started work on putting this city street to the pool site. Castle Dale has pledged $10,000 each year to help with maintenance and operation expenses at the pool. The recreation district also gives $15,000 each year to Castle Dale for pool expenses and this money will continue with the new pool facility.
This swimming pool when built will have two swimming pool areas, an indoor pool 25 yards long with six lanes, with diving boards. There will also be an outdoor pool for playing. The outdoor pool will go down to six feet deep with sprinklers and will not be a cement pool but a PVC pool. The total cost of both pool areas will be $5 million.
Castle Dale Mayor Neal Peacock has been instrumental in stressing the need for a new pool. The Emery High School does not have a swim team now. Every county in Utah has a swim team, with the exception of two schools. Emery County is one of those counties that does not have swimming facilities, therefore Emery High School can't compete in swimming events.
With the building of this swimming pool in Castle Dale, EHS will now be able compete in the swim team competition.
The indoor pool will be open all year long. The outdoor pool be allowed to freeze over in the winter. Chlorine will be used to maintain the swimming pool water. Special filters will also be used to keep the water clean.
Until the public votes for the pool in November, the final architectural plans will not be drawn. The preliminary tax burden looks to be approximately $8 per year on a $100,000 home. The $5 million will be a loan for 20 years. Also a $100,000 tax increase per year will be needed for pool maintenance. This will average out to be approximately $1 or $2 per year for tax payers.
The existing pool has never made a profit. Swimming pools are not known for making a profit and the pool will be supported by the county, Castle Dale City and the recreation district.
The new swimming pool complex will have lifts and ramps for the handicapped. Provisions for parapalegics and other handicapped persons.
The county will maintain the pool. Sitterud expects the pool to remain open from early morning until late night. It'll be open for birthday parties and family gatherings. Construction of the pool is expected to begin as soon as the ground can be worked in the spring of 2007. However the pool will not be built if the public votes no at the November election.
This swimming pool complex is commonly called a natatorium. Natatorium's are much more than a swimming pool. They usually offer instruction and recreation to individuals of all ages, abilities and interests. They also offer a wide range of services and programs including aquatics activities for the elderly and disabled, scuba lessons, water polo, aquacise class, and age-group swimming and diving instruction, to name a few.
The natatorium pools are usually available year round for instruction, competitive athletics, recreation, intramurals, club sponsored special aquatics events. Lap swimming is almost always available some time during the day or night. Some host state swimming championships and Special Olympics as well as various swimming meets and diving teams.
Natatorium: A Latin word revived in the 20th century to describe an indoor place for swimming in ancient Rome, cella natatoria ( literally "room for swimming") referred to any swimming pool installed in a separate building. Refers to a public swimming pool in Rome date from 215 B.C. Source: McCoy Natatorium, Penn State University, www.psu.edu/dept/nat