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Our trip to Colorado to visit friends in Cortez and Mt. Crested Butte ended and we started the drive home to Southern California. We stopped at the Tamarisk Restaurant in Green River, Utah, for lunch on Aug. 21. The restaurant had been among several recommended by the volunteer at the Visitor Center east of Green River on I-70. Our lunch was delicious and we enjoyed watching the river flowing by as we ate. The entire staff was friendly and welcoming.
Soon we were back in the car headed to Cedar City for the night. Upon arriving at the motel, I discovered my fanny pack, with wallet, camera and other personal items, was not in the car. I had left it in Green River at the restaurant. Panic set in. I called the restaurant and confirmed they had it. I spoke with Kayden Mecham, and he assured me he would send it to my home on Saturday. He went above and beyond the call of duty to have my possessions returned.
I called again on Saturday afternoon to make certain he had sent the package. I called several more times over the weekend and each time he assured me it was on its way. He was always courteous and patient with a frantic senior citizen. The fanny pack did arrive in due course with all intact.
Green River can be proud to claim the entire staff of the Tamarisk Restaurant as its citizens and especially Kayden Mecham, my hero.


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It fixed problems with site redirection and home page content, Keynote Systems says.
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Target Corp. jumped 14 spots in the past week to No. 4 on the Keynote Mobile Commerce Performance Index. For the week ending Dec. 9, its mobile commerce site home page loaded on average in 7.85 seconds and did so completely and successfully 99.89% of the time, finds mobile and web performance management firm Keynote Systems Inc. Weighting and combining the load time and success rate gives Target an index score of 885 out of 1,000.
The week ending Dec. 2 told a different tale. Target's m-commerce site home page load time was 11.02 seconds, its success rate was 98.88% and its score was 669, Keynote Systems says.
"For Target for the week ending Dec. 2, there were numerous page load failures caused by issues with redirection to the mobile site on the iPhone and numerous content-related errors on both the iPhone and Droid X," says Haroon Chohan, mobile and web performance expert at Keynote Systems, which tests m-commerce sites on the iPhone 4, the HTC Evo and the Droid X. "Most of the content errors were caused by page objects that failed to load or took a significantly long time to load on the page. The issues were corrected for the week ending Dec. 9 and the site jumped up in the rankings."
Target, No. 34 in the Internet Retailer Mobile 400, declined to comment on the specifics, but a spokesman says, "We constantly monitor the performance of our online and mobile platforms and work to address any issues that arise as quickly as possible."
It's essential to test mobile commerce sites on multiple devices to avoid page load failures and content-related errors, Chohan advises.
"Because pages render differently on any given device and users may still be using older devices with older OS versions, this can cause site incompatibility," he explains. "It's important to test the functionality and availability of content across multiple devices, carriers and OS versions to ensure your mobile users have a consistent experience."Amazon.com Inc. topped the Keynote Mobile Commerce Performance Index for the week ending Dec. 9. Its m-commerce site home page load time was 6.57 seconds and its success rate was 99.89%, earning it an index score of 914. Barnes & Noble came in second with a load time of 4.92 seconds and a success rate of 99.68% for a score of 902. And The Home Depot Inc. came in third with a load time of 7.79 seconds and a success rate of 99.89% for a score of 886. Amazon.com is No. 1 in the Internet Retailer Mobile 400, BarnesandNoble.com Inc. is No. 31 and Home Depot is No. 61.
The average load time for all 30 retailers on the index was 8.82 seconds, the average success rate was 99.21% and the average score was 710.
Click here and then click on Keynote Mobile Commerce Performance Index Part 1 and Part 2 to see this week's complete results for all 30 retailers on the index.
Keynote Systems measures 30 representative m-commerce sites exclusively for Internet Retailer. The sites include merchants in multiple categories and channels, and of multiple sizes, ranging from such giants as Amazon.com Inc. to midsized retailers like Toolfetch.com LLC. Keynote tests the sites in the index every hour Monday through Sunday from 8 a.m. through midnight Eastern time, emulating three different smartphones on three different wireless networks: Apple Inc.'s iPhone 4 on AT&T, the HTC Evo on Sprint and the Droid X on Verizon. The HTC Evo and the Droid X run Google Inc.'s Android operating system. Keynote runs the tests in New York and San Francisco.
Keynote combines a site's load time and success rate, equally weighted, into a single score. Given that both performance and availability are important, the score reflects the overall quality of the home page; a higher score indicates better performance. Scores also reflect how close sites are to one another in overall quality. The index average score is the midpoint among all the sites' scores.


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TWU Spartans gain valuable experience at World Club championships
DOHA, Qatar – The Trinity Western University Spartans from Surrey, B.C., concluded round robin play Tuesday with a 25-17, 25-20, 25-18 loss to KS Jastrzebski Wegiel from Poland at the FIVB Club World Championships in men's volleyball.
The Spartans finish at 1-2 for third spot in its pool and don't advance to the playoff round. Only the top-two in each of the two pools move on to the semis. The Poles placed first and Russia's Zenit Kazan second in Canada's pool.
'''We little a disappointed,'' said Canadian team captain Rudy Verhoeff of Calgary. ''We were too sloppy in the easy plays. We're very happy to have had this opportunity and it gave us a clear view on where we need to be and what we need to work on. Overall we have learned a lot and this competition has been a great experience.''
Brad Kufske of Abbotsford, B.C., led Canada with 11 points from nine attacks and two blocks. Nick Del Bianco of Surrey had eight points. All 12 Spartan players on the roster played at least one set on Tuesday.
''Today was a good chance for us to get our younger players to get on the court,'' said Canada's head coach Ben Josephson of Strathmore, Alta. ''The biggest lesson we've learnt is that that these teams and athletes have a purpose in everything they do on the court, with each serve, with each set, with each swing.''
Josephson was pleased with the performance of his young squad against some of the top clubs and players on the professional side of the sport.
''This event gives us an idea on what we need to do to get better against the best teams in the world,'' he said. ''I think you'll see some of our guys play against some of these players again in the future.''
The Canadian team roster for the FIVB Club World Championships in men's volleyball. Team Canada is represented by the Trinity Western University Spartans from Surrey, B.C.
Team: Jarrod Offereins, Calgary; Marc Howatson, Victoria; Devyn Plett, Winnipeg; Ben Ball, Abbotsford, B.C.; Dan Jansen Van Doorn, Langley, B.C.; Steven Marshall, Abbotsford; Brad Kufske, Abbotsford; Rudy Verhoeff, Calgary; Lucas Van Berkel, Edmonton; Branden Schmidt, Winton, Alta.; Ben Ball, Abbotsford, B.C.; Derek Thiessen, Coquitlam, B.C.; Nicholas Del Bianco, Surrey, B.C.
Head coach: Ben Josephson, Strathmore, Alta.
Assistant coach: Joel Jansen
Team manager: John Blacher, Winnipeg.
Press Conference Quotes & Full Stats can be found at the following site:
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MMORPG.com caught up with Chris Roberts to talk about all things Star Citizen, from smuggling, to controls, to PVP, PVE, and player crafting. Watch the video on the MMORPG.com Star Citizen page.
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Has there been any work or direction established yet regarding squadron/guild support systems? To put it in a traditional mmo sense, systems such as guild banks (common flight hanger?), buffs/rewards for squadrons who have as a guild completed a certain task, etc?
"If I offended you, you needed it" -Corey Taylor
The game sounds awesome.
But I think the question on everyones mind is : how will the massively multiplayer part work ?
I think that everyone here at mmorpg.com ( and in general ) that are mmo veterans would love to hear detailed technical description. Please dont hold nothing back:
Instancing ?
Sharding ?
How many players per shard / instance?
How many servers (or one megaserver)
How will players be chosen to share same instance.
What happens with players that are not in same instance - but think (or want) to be in same one.
If the game is instanced when we will see loading screens ?
Except for a server you will be hosting. How will outside hosting be implemented?
Interested in ship subsystem targetting and how difficult it will be to disable a small enemy ship without destroying them. Especially in a dogfight at 500km/s.
Also wondering about pirating npc ships (besides carriers that require multiple attackers) and whether it will be possible to hijack npc frieghters/fighters or only other players small ships.
And if they plan on keeping the requirement that only ships larger than 2-crew can be hijacked. How would you hijack a vaduul fighter then? without boarding the ship directly, but instead boarding their carrier as is the common belief? Will other small ships be stealable on the ground as well then?
will there be an ability for targetting assistance (like where you have a scanner that can locate subsystems and show you where to shoot, but you still have to hit the target), or weapons that do higher damage to systems, but less to the hull integrity?
how will characters/accounts be handled? will there be 1 character / account, or multiple characters (#) / account? if multiple characters / account will anything be sharable between them (ships, credits). can these different characters have different citizenship status.
If I chose not to have my character be a citizen what are the drawbacks if any?
will it be possible to earn full ships through missions/quests? (like the Bangle Carier), or only through purchase ;(
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One of my favorite things about Wing Commander 3 was "making the rounds" on the TCS Victory meeting and conversing with the crew. I loved learning more about the universe directly from the characters.
Any chance we'll have a more expanded "Mass Effect" style conversation system in Squadren 42? I'd love to converse with some turtle aliens!
There have been a few threads so far on the RSI forums discussing in game music. A lot of people will just enjoy the built in game sound track, but there are also a lot that want to be able to listen to thier own driving music. What kind of options can CIG build into cock-pit music? Different radio stations with commercials in populated systems? A game folder to place player owned music in that acts as an in-ship mp3 player?
Or do we just get the CD player from Starlancer?
I wanted to know if there will be bots like R2 or C3P0 to man ship turrents or protect the ship against boarding raids? If so will these bots have different strength levels that can be purchased such as stronger targeting, making them lethal in ship turrents.
Will there be games like no limit holdem poker in multiplayer playable on planets or starbases?
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My questions for Chris:
Can you shed some more light on the Electro Skin Hull Enhancement? Will it be purely cosmetic or will it have actual influence on gameplay? With then maybe different skins with a different effect?
Keep up the good work!
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How big will the game world be? Can this be explained in terms of time, speed, distance also? Will the map end up looking something like EvE's factional territory control in real-time?
Also the aforementioned: Many crew-mates on one ship question.
QUESTION: Roughly how many planets can be landed on?
QUESTION: Can you tell us something new about the Vanduul?
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What purpose will organizations of players play in the game? How do you feel about guilds/corporations/outfits/clans in other games -- what parts of their implementation in other games do you feel is done well and would fit into Star Citizen, and what do you feel won't fit into Star Citizen and you'll try to avoid?
It seems like, with the battle instancing and reserving slots for friends, you want to target this game as a more personal experience than many MMOs. Is this a fair assessment, and if so (or if not), can you elaborate on it? What kind of multiplayer experiences do you most enjoy?


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Game #30 Preview: Canucks @ Coyotes
Thomas Drance
March 21 2013 01:05PM
The Canucks have been an inconsistent group this season, to put it mildly, and they've underachieved expectations through the first 29 games of this weird lockout shortened season. While the team continues to handle and outscore their opponents at even-strength, the club's special teams have been pretty mediocre and the goaltending has been surprisingly average too.
Phoenix is in the same boat basically, except even worse. While the Canucks have fallen out of the top-slot in the Northwest, the Coyotes have fallen out of the top-8 in the West and find themselves tied with *gulp* the Columbus Blue Jackets with thirty points in thirty games. Getting quality goaltending has been a staple of Dave Tippett's over-achieving Coyotes teams in the recent past, but so far this season that hasn't showed up for the desert dogs (the Coyotes' 'tenders have an abysmal .909 sv% at even-strength). Worse has been their offensive production as the Coyotes have been shutout in four of their last five games. And you thought the Canucks had a pop gun offense.
Read on past the jump.
Broadcast Info:
Puck Drop: 7 PM PST
Television: Sportsnet Pacific
Radio: The Team 1040
Here's a bit of hard-hitting analysis for you: I am expecting a scrappy, tight-checking game tonight between two teams that desperately need a couple points in the knife fight that is the Western Conference. The Coyotes play some serious "trap it up" hockey when they've got the lead late in games even eschewing the dreaded 1-2-2 for the full on trap the last time these two teams played. That said, generally games between the Canucks and Coyotes have been relatively eventful affairs over the past couple of season. Still, I'd take the under on a line set at about 3.5 for tonight.
Of course that line would've been shredded the last time the Canucks faced the Coyotes this season. In that contest the Coyotes were down several key players and the Canucks still lost in a game remembered mostly for Keith Ballard's defensive miscues. While the Canucks lost that game, even surrendering an even-strength goal against to Phoenix's fourth line, the team did out-chance the under-manned Coyotes in that contest. Even as short-handed as the Canucks, this is pretty much a winnable game and the sort of two points that the Canucks are going to have to bank if they hope to retake the Northwest Division lead.
In lineup notes, the Canucks have called up Steve Pinizzotto's former Hershey Bears teammate Andrew Gordon for this roadtrip and he'll replace Zack Kassian (out with a back injury) or Steve Pinzzotto (who didn't make the trip) in the lineup.
The 27 year old Gordon has been a very competent offensive forward at the AHL level for years, and he's got the ability to flash some skill and some finish. With Vancouver desperate for offense, this could be a golden opportunity for Gordon - whose contract expires after this season - to earn his keep, and perhaps even a look as an organizational depth forward capable of filling in in an offensive role (a la Jeff Tambellini in 2010-11).
I'd imagine that he'll skate on a fourth line alongside Tom Sestito and either Maxim Lapierre or Andrew Ebbett with Dale Weise bumping into the top-nine. Or maybe he'll skate in the top-nine seeing as how Chris Higgins has left the morning skate early with an injury per Brad Ziemer
Higgins left ice early. Vigneault just over to bench to talk with head trainer Mike Burnstein. #Canucks— Brad Ziemer (@BradZiemer) March 21, 2013
So if Higgins is out that means the Canucks are down four top-nine forwards (Kassian, Booth, Kesler, Higgins). That's a tough blow for a team that, even with all of those guys in the lineup, had some depth issues among their forward group. Looks like Jordan Schroeder, Mason Raymond and Jannik Hansen are going to need to step up in a big way, but this is now a club that is very short on sandpaper up front...
Cory Schneider will make his second straight start and he was ridiculously good on Tuesday night against St. Louis, especially in the first period. Hopefully Schneider can continue to perform at a near elite level (as he did on Monday) and regress in a favourable direction for the Canucks. With guys like Kesler, Kassian and Booth (and now Higgins too possibly) out of the lineup the Canucks desperately need some stellar goaltending to keep them afloat.
Numbers Game:
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This was first I heard Pinizzotto didn't make the trip....
Hope he's not injured again, but it makes no sense to leave him behind if he isn't - even if just from a numbers perspective.
Gee, if save percentage of 0.909 is "abyssmal" how do you describe Luongo's 0.904 average? 'Catastrophic' perhaps? And I'm a Canucks fan. My point is - don't exaggerate; 0.909 is poor, or below par.
But overall, a good read - thanks Drance. Maybe Higgins will be the well-known "game time decision". and I mis-typed 'abysmal'
Wait, aren't the Canucks missing a forward if Higgins is out?
Sedin-Sedin-Burrows Raymond-Schroeder-Hansen ??-Lapierre-Weise Gordon-Ebbett-Sestito
Not that these are the lines, but still seems like they're one player short...
I think you may have missed this "at even-strength" part of Thomas' sentence. 0.909 is less attractive if you exclude time on the PK.
I've heard that one of the D are going to play forward. Ballard maybe?
I've heard that one of the D are going to play forward. Ballard maybe?
I think I heard Alberts, he seems to be AV's go-to guy for that.
That's awesome! I love that AV has a go-to Dman to play as a forward.


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Neither President Obama nor Republicans accept responsibility for failure to reach a deal that would avert the across-the-board budget cuts.
WASHINGTON -- After meeting with House Speaker John Boehner and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell one last time before Friday's sequester deadline, President Obama briefly offered sympathy to his Republican adversaries.
At one point during his post-meeting news conference, the president said he wondered whether there was something that he could do to keep House Republican rank-and-file from painting horns on his head.
"I recognize that Speaker Boehner has challenges in his caucus," Obama said. "I recognize that it's difficult for Republican leaders to be perceived as making concessions to me."
One thing he wasn't willing to share with his GOP rivals was a sense of shared responsibility for failure to come up with a solution to the arbitrary cuts that will be triggered at some point Friday.
"Give me an example of what I might do," Obama countered when asked by a reporter whether he also bears some responsibility for failure to cut a deal to avoid the automatic cuts.
When sequestration was designed in 2011 as part of an agreement to raise the debt ceiling, the White House and GOP leaders presented it as a bitter pill that would force Obama and GOP leaders to sit down and hammer out a more thoughtful way to ease the nation's budget difficulties.
It didn't work out that way.
Obama insists closing tax loopholes that favor the wealthy must be part of the ultimate deficit cutting plan. Boehner and McConnell insist that revenue is off the table.
But ultimately, the president argued, the difficult situation Americans could face in coming weeks — from delays at the airport to furloughs of federal workers — rests squarely on the shoulders of Republicans.
"It's happening because of a choice that Republicans in Congress have made," Obama said. "They've allowed these cuts to happen because they refuse to budge on closing a single wasteful loophole to help reduce the deficit."
The blame game is going both ways. Even before sitting down with the president, Boehner and McConnell dismissed the 11th-hour meeting as little more than a photo opportunity. After the meeting, McConnell reiterated that Republicans refuse to agree to any deal that includes revenue to solve the "president's across-the-board cuts."
"I will not be part of any back-room deal and I will absolutely not agree to increase taxes," McConnell said in a statement.
Obama argues that he's done plenty of cutting by reducing the deficit by $2.5 trillion. He also notes that he's championing reducing Medicare costs — something that isn't popular with the left.
"This idea that somehow there's a secret formula or secret sauce to get Speaker Boehner or Mitch McConnell to say, 'You know what, Mr. President, you're right, we should close some tax loopholes for the well-off and well-connected in exchange for some serious entitlement reform and spending cuts of programs we don't need,'" Obama said. "I think if there was a secret way to do that, I would have tried it. I would have done it."
After days of Obama administration officials warning of the immediate impact that sequestration could have on Americans, the president was far more sober in his assessment of what lies ahead for Americans. The situation "is dumb" and "inexcusable" and will hurt the economy, he said. But it won't be an apocalypse.
"My view is that ultimately common sense prevails," Obama said. "But what is true right now is that the Republicans have made a choice that maintaining an ironclad rule that we'll not accept an extra dime's worth of revenue makes it very difficult for us to get a larger comprehensive deal."


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By COY HOSKINSTaylorsville
I am a student at Utah State University's Salt Lake Center. As I'm older, I am what some call a nontraditional student. An assignment in one of my classes led me to the Utah PTA web page. Browsing their site brought back memories of days spent in my children's classrooms and of serving as various commissioners for the local and district PTA boards. During my service, I realized the impact that each one of us can have on a young person, and that each one of us is capable of making a difference in their life.
When the opportunity for me to attend school materialized, I thought of how much I enjoyed those young people and taking part in guiding them to obtain knowledge and reach their goals. I then recalled my school days and the lack of guidance I received in the home as well as school concerning my future goals. As a result, I have chosen to seek a degree in school guidance counseling. I feel I can utilize my education and life experiences to help give hope and encouragement to young people who may not think they have much of a future. It is up to us as adults to guide and lead children into successful and bright futures, even if it is one child, one hour at a time.
I have to say that without my involvement in the PTA many years earlier, I may not have realized the impact each one of us can make in a child's life: whether it is as a parent, teacher, or volunteer. I would like to take this opportunity to welcome all of your readers to reach out and make a difference in the life of a young person. Whether you think you have anything to offer or not, there is a child who needs what you have. I encourage all of you to go to a school near you and see what you can do to help guide a child's future. It does not take a huge commitment. You can start with one hour a week. It can be as simple as reading a story or helping repair playground equipment. I am speaking to all of us, regardless of whether we have a child in the school or not. We are all responsible for the children who will be responsible for our future. Trust me, there is no greater gift than the light in a child's eye when he gains the knowledge or reaches a goal that you guided him to attaining. If you aren't careful, a child may make a difference in your life as well (it happened to me). A child's smile and bright eyes will touch your soul in a way I cannot describe. Please get out there and make a difference, one child, and one hour at a time.
Contact your local PTA in a school near you for information on how you can become involved, or log onto the PTA website and click on the regions tab to find the regional director for your area. Email them for information about the school you are interested in. You can make a difference.


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Issue 7: Modelling Worlds: The Politics of Simulation (2013)
Issue 6: Democracy and Law (2013)
Issue 5: Imperialism, Finance, #Occupy (2012)
Issue 4: Crisis (2011)
Issue 3: General Issue (2010)
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New editors Dr. Angus Cameron and Dr. Chris Clarke join the JCGS
The Journal of Critical Globalisation Studies is proud to announce the addition of two new members to its core editorial team: Dr. Angus Cameron and Dr. Chris Clarke. Their research specialisms within critical management studies and international political economy mean that they are well positioned to help drive the journal through its second development phase. This involving focusing on the cluster of disciplines – international political economy, critical management studies, organizational studies, and heterodox economics, amongst others – in which the journal wishes to position itself as a leading publication outlet for interdisciplinary dialogue. Read more.
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The JCGS hosted a panel at the annual conference of the International Studies Association in Toronto, 2014, Saturday 29 March 1:45 PM - 3:30 PM. The panel was entitled 'Modelling Worlds: The Spatial Politics of Economic Simulation' and featured papers by two of the journal's co-editors, Angus Cameron and Chris Clarke, alongside papers by Benjamin Braun and Nick Srnicek, with Amin Samman as discussant.


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Bids will be received by Cleveland Town for the construction of City
Sidewalk Project.
Bids will be in accordance with the specifications prepared by
Cleveland Town, 130 West Main, Cleveland.
Bids will be received by Cleveland Town at the Town Office no later
than 7:00 pm, July 8th 2010. Bids will be opened and read aloud at
7:00 p.m. A bid bond in the amount of 5% must accompany bid. A
performance/material bond will be required upon award of contract.
Major items of work include:
Approximately, 500 L.F. 5ft. Sidewalks
Prospective bidders may assemble at the office of the Cleveland Town
Office, 130 West Main, Cleveland, Ut, on June 29, 2010 at 8:00 am for
the group showing. Site showing attendance is mandatory for
acceptance of bid.
Owner reserves the right to reject any or all bids or to waive any
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Skip to comments.Unveiled! Hawaii's 1961 long-form birth certificates
Posted on 07/28/2009 7:34:23 PM PDT by pissant
Images of two 1961 Hawaii birth certificates similar to the one President Obama purportedly has on file have now been unveiled.
The Honolulu Advertiser published photostats of the original long-form birth certificates of twin daughters born to Eleanor Nordyke at Kapi'olani Maternity and Gynecological Hospital Aug. 5, 1961, one day after Obama was supposedly born at the same facility.
The Nordykes' certificates include information missing from the short-form document for Obama published online, including the name of the hospital, the name of the attending physician, name and address of the parents, the race of the parents and the race of the baby.
As WND reported yesterday, Hawaii's director of health responded to the growing controversy over the White House's refusal to release Obama's original long-form birth certificate by issuing a statement about the document in apparent contravention of Hawaiian law.
(Excerpt) Read more at wnd.com ...
They're all certificates of live birth. Read the tops. Only the foreign born certifications are void of facts, because they don't have verifiable facts. Those born the same day have long forms, all with verifiable information included.
Please read the description of a foreign born certificate of birth in post #68, and look at the birth certificate Oboma himself is trying to pass off as his original.
Where does this information come from?
This explains why the certificate number was blacked out on the COLB that was posted on the internet; the number on the form is out of order.
I haven't felt this tingly since our Dan Rather days!
Check the URL for verification.(http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol06_Ch0321-0344/HRS0338/HRS_0338-0020_0005.htm)
I meant to refer to automated documents only, not hand-prepared documents. By automated I mean documents that likely started out as 80-col cards files or 80-column card-image tape/disk files.
It is common to change field formats as hardware, time, and money permitted or need dictated. Perhaps Hawaii actually did modify the registration number by expanding YY to YYYY during Y2K corrections. They'd have to if applications needed to sort on year -- though utility sorts could recognize 19YY and 20YY in YY format, IBM MVS for example.
So a Hawaiian government computer generated COLB could maybe have the YYYY format in the registration number.
Boy! if only President Obama would deign to do as us little-people American citizens do millions of times almost daily.. release ^%&## long form b.c.
All we are saying
is give release a chance.
Something that I just noticed about Obama's COLB is that the race of Obama's father is listed as African. I don't think the term African would be used for as a racial designation, especially in 1961. The term that would most likely be used would be Negro (sorry, I know that is a derogatory term nowadays but in 1961 that was the polite name for a black person.)
African wouldn't be used for race because there are white people who are from Africa. Like Teresa Kerry.
But a person, especially a young person who is ignorant of history, who is used to the politically correct term, "African-American" might put down African for race on a forgery of Obama's COLB.
See #105.
They widened the number from five to six digits sometime between 1962 and 1970. All the short-form certificates have six-digit numbers. When and if we get to see Zero's long form, its file number will have a two-digit year and a five-digit sequence number, just as do the Nordykes' long forms.
Just one problem:
Quoting from Post #13:
"The new certificate of birth shall show the true or probable foreign country of birth . . ."
Obama's COLB lists Honolulu as place of birth.
11 - 8 = 3
Help me with the question I asked in Post #110.
FactCheck (yeah, I know...) has this photo that supposedly shows the date and stamped signature on the back of the COLB.
This is incredible. Great work.
I am planning on mailing copies of this to every single member of Congress asking where is Obama's birth certificate?
It is an established fact that we haven't seen it.
Obamas COLB lists Honolulu as place of birth.
True OR PROBABLE. A foreign infant may not have verifiable documents to prove it's country of orign. They have to "assume."
That's why these certifications are not legally valid for citizenship identification. They don't know for sure where the infant was born.
We're discussing a hospital clerk here, not an anthropologist.
I suspect they asked BHO, Sr., what he was, and he proudly and imperiously answered "African", wanting to be a cut above those Negro slaves his ancestors rounded up and sold to the Dutch slave traders.
We should all send these to O Really and ask him if the BC he looked at looked like the forged one at the top or it looked like the authentic ones produced by the Nordyke twins.
Yeah, kinda like below ... in this correction for a Hawaiian born in 1978.
Keep in mind that the "Certification of Live Birth" will not reflect important details such as "given name added". Incidentally, the block under 6A BELOW is reflected on Block 23 on the original Hawaiian "Certificate of Live Birth".
-- an adopted name (e.g, from Barry Soetoro back to Barack Obama)
-- Color or race
-- Birthplace ("True or probable country of birth")
-- etc
On September 8, 2004, Dan Rather cited exclusive information, including documents to justify major CBS Evening News and 60 Minutes stories alleging that George W. Bush shirked his duties when he was in the Texas Air National Guard in the 1960s and 1970s. Within a few hours of those documents being posted on CBS Newss Web site, however, typography experts voiced skepticism that the documents had actually originated with their alleged author and Bushs former commanding officer, the late Lt. Colonel Jerry Killian. As the evidence mounted, Rather stubbornly clung to the idea that his story was bulletproof, and he derided critics as partisans and Internet rumormongers. When he apologized on September 20, Rather would not concede that the documents were forgeries, only that he and CBS could no longer vouch for their authenticity.
CBS Disregarded Experts, Challenged Laura Bush: ABCs Brian Ross reported on the September 14 World News Tonight that two experts hired by CBS News say the network ignored concerns they raised prior to the broadcast about the disputed National Guard records. But over on CBS, reporter John Roberts wondered why President Bush wasnt taking those memos seriously: The President has yet to weigh in on new documents about his National Guard record made public last week by 60 Minutes. Roberts also chastised First Lady Laura Bush for doubting CBSs memos were authentic: Laura Bush offered no evidence to back up her claim, and CBS News continues to stand by its reporting.
Sticking By His Smear: On September 10, Dan Rather responded to charges the memos he cited as proving Bushs dereliction were forged, telling his CBS Evening News audience that the memos were genuine and attacking any doubters as partisan rumor-mongers. Today, on the Internet and elsewhere, some people, including many who are partisan political operatives, concentrated not on the key questions of the overall story, but on the documents that were part of the support of the story, Rather castigated. But his lame defense ignored key challenges to the documents typography and content, and the doubts voiced by the widow and son of the supposed author, the late Lt. Col. Jerry Killian. Instead, Rather chose to repeat his indictment of President Bushs National Guard service. Rather arrogantly concluded: If any definitive evidence to the contrary of our story is found, we will report it. So far there is none. (CyberAlert, September 11, 2004)
Then why did Obama's people let FactCheck photograph a paper certificate with the number showing?
It would be nice to see Glenn Beck and Lou Dobbs at Fox squeeze The Leprechaun over to CNN or back to Inside Edition.
BOR(e) - loud mouth Long Islander like Rosie and Alec Baldwin.
Lou Dobbs is awesome.
This is pure unadulterated hubris on 'FACT CHECK's' part!
WHY CAN'T OBAMA JUST RELEASE THE LONG FORM BC SO EVERYONE IN AMERICA CAN VIEW IT? Why are only a few 'select' people allowed to see it or know the truth?
I don't want a 'sworn' testimony of one person in the United States! I want Obama to release his records(ALL OF THEM) for every American in this country to view!
Gads..this pisses me off! I can't believe everyone in America is not steaming mad over this BS!
Just as the two black copies in this post by BP2 are Photostat copies.
Since the COLB lists Honolulu as place of birth, then why is the COLB necessary as a birth certificate? Arn't COLBs for adopted or foreign born children?
Well, since Factcheck.org and the Annenberg Education Challenge (that Barack Obama and self-described terrorist/communist Bill Ayers both worked for) have the same funding soros, uh, I mean source, you'll forgive me if I do my own research, I hope.
Wonder about 151-61-10639 and 151-61-10640 ??
10639 and 10640: They are Obama's age, so they or some of their relatives should be alive somewhere. They may even be living in Hawaii.
So, to the numbers above: If you were born in Hawaii around Aug. 4, 1961, the day Obama supposedly was born in Hawaii, please contact us and let us see your Hawaii long form birth certificate. Thanks.
How so?
You yourself mention Y2K. Obviously, between the long form created in 1961 and the short form issued in 2007, Hawaii modernized their systems.
Those birth certificates look like mine, and I was born in Mississippi!
You don't know what the heck you're babbling, n00b! Try again.
Not necessarily.
He's just a vocal trumpet of popular opinion trying to get ratings.
I actually listen to him more than Hannity because Hannity has become
a VOCAL SHRILL like Hillary. Get that Hannity? You're sounding like
HILLARY did..
Not perfectly ... "The new certificate of birth shall show the true or probable foreign country of birth, and that the certificate is not evidence of United States citizenship for the child for whom it is issued or for the adoptive parents."
So, for what other reasons would a COLB be issued?
Why not perfectly?
It is my understanding that a COLB is an abbreviated form of the original birth certificate, regardless of what the original says — late registration, adoption, birth out of Hawaii, etc.
This thread explains the different type of documents loosly called birth certificates created in the state of HI. It explains it better than any one here can in greater detail.
Also read this primer for a better understanding.
Oboma is claiming the short version IS his original certificate. That makes a difference. That means maybe he wasn't born in that hospital, otherwise the original would have been a long version.
Didn't he say something about how the three methods were (a) online order, (b) mail order, and (c) phone order (or walk-in), or something like that?
I doubt it. It is most likely the date that the COLB was printed out.
Yeah, I know.
It's all just too fishy. He's hiding something, but who knows what? Race? Paternity? Place of birth?
As I posted on another thread, my #1 theory at the moment is that the The Dunhams sent Ann back to Seattle to have that baby, perhaps to a home for unwed mothers across the line in Canada.
That's why there are no witnesses, no accounts whatsoever of her in Hawaii during the pregnancy. Nor is there any record of her and Obama every being married or living together.
Thats why she was in Seattle, as witnessed by old high school friends, in August 61 with the newborn and why she enrolled in school at the U. of Washington that fall.
Travel simply wasnt as easy then as it is now, and particularly with a newborn.
Birth records are likely either in Washington state or Canada.
Somebody up there should be looking.
Corsi is a loon!
Where does the long form list the race of the baby? Why do you need the race of the baby when you have the races of the parents? What's the doctor to do when the kid pops out? Hold up a reflected light meter and say, "Nurse, I think you'd better put this one down as white."?
That is what I am trying to understand. For what reason was a COLB presented in place of a live birth certificate as proof of obama citizenship? Why does one even exist if they are basically a substitute or replacement for the real thing, IF obama was born in Honalulu? No reason except to cover up something as far as I can see.
Another n00b with the same story as a previous n00b. Sheesh
I read all of those threads long ago. This thread is proporting to see something new and I don't see it.
No, that's not an "O". As the population increased on the island due to tourism and the growth of the military bases, Hawaiian officials saw the need to add more digits.
In 1960, 632,772 people lived on the island. By 1990, the population nearly doubled on the islands to 1,108,229. The Certification numbering system adds that extra zero "0" in front of the last set of numbers to ensure a consistent numbering system through the 21st century.
The numbering system has evolved as the population has grown.
For example, in the 1920s when Hawaii was a territory, they did NOT see the need to add the year group in front of the birth certificate #, as this 1927 "Standard Certificate of Birth" shows. In 1920, there was only 255,881 people on the island. The population grew nearly 45 percent to 368,300 by 1930! They saw a need to change the numbering system to meet the growing number of babies being born on the island from the population explosion:
Air travel was much more pleasant then than now (unless you have your own Gulfstream, that is).
I discussed that possibility in later replies.
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I will be in London (Camden specifically) between the 12th and 19th of August. It would be an ideal time to share a pint of bitter over deep geek and design. Graeme Porteous (author of GPB plugins), of Cardiff UK, is in search of a good pub, Jon Hicks is welcome to join us, but will likely be gorging himself on some rare cheese next door, hee hee, I do know that there are plenty of you U.K. folks out there, so hey, lets make it a night!
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Re: TXPers London Meetup August 12-19?
This should be good.
Anyone know of a good pub in the Camden area? else I'll go on a hunt for somewhere with good beers this weekend when I'm there.
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Re: TXPers London Meetup August 12-19?
mist.. i live in germany … it would be such a pleasure meeting Matthew..and of course the others…
#6 2006-08-10 11:50:47
Re: TXPers London Meetup August 12-19?
jonhicks wrote:
There's a slight chance I might be able to make this! Are there any set plans yet?
No set plans yet Jon. Doesn't seem like many people are interested/able to come.
I will be in London early afternoon tomorrow and all of Sunday. I'll come to London next week, (Wednesday?) if that is better for everyone else but Sunday is better for me.
I didn't have a chance to check out to pubs sekhu recommended, but looking at online reviews I think the Man in the Moon looks the best. Anyone have a preference?
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Re: TXPers London Meetup August 12-19?
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Sorry, I've been out of the loop,
my access to the interweb has been spotty at best.
I'm down in Portsmouth at the moment, having just been to visit Brighton (not my son, but the city of course).
Graeme, Jon, others,
Lets call it Man on the Moon on
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I hope to some folks show up there.
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ps. Although it feels extremely silly to say so, I will be wearing a green button down shirt, glasses, and I've got a shaved head. (if anyone makes fun of me for sounding like I'm posting in a personals ad… :)
EDIT note the change on the day/date
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#8 2006-08-11 13:39:49
Re: TXPers London Meetup August 12-19?
ma_smith wrote:
hello folks,
Sorry, I've been out of the loop,
my access to the interweb has been spotty at best.
I'm down in Portsmouth at the moment, having just been to visit Brighton (not my son, but the city of course).
Graeme, Jon, others,
Lets call it Man on the Moon on
SaturdaySunday Night (the 13th), at 7:30pm
We keep missing each other Matthew. I was in Portsmouth last weekend and I'm heading for Brighton today, for a friends birthday party happening tonight and tomorrow.
Sunday sounds great – I'll be there, and we'll finally meet up. Not sure what I'll be wearing, probably a plain grey top and dark brown jeans. Or maybe what I'm in now… my Daring Fireball t-shirt it all depends on how good/heavy the party is ;-)
#9 2006-08-11 13:59:15
Re: TXPers London Meetup August 12-19?
Sounds great. That's funny we've been leap froggin it.
Where in Portsmouth were you? I used to live down here
when I went to school here. I mostly lived in Southsea.
Its a funny city really, but I like Southsea quite a bit.
If you felt like passing me your mobile no. it might help us connect?
Cheers :)
#10 2006-08-11 14:14:23
Re: TXPers London Meetup August 12-19?
Like alex, I'm out in Germany but would love to meet you. Have fun in my home town and take some pics for the rest of us :-)
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Among the largest law firms in the Asia Pacific, Minter Ellison employs approximately 1100 lawyers in 15 offices across Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, China, and the United Kingdom. The firm's clients include leading multinational organizations and Fortune 500 companies, global financial institutions, and government organizations.
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