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Wednesday, November 30 2011 - Civil Liberties-Police State
Setting the TrapLevin-McCain bill would create a presidential dictatorship. Where is the outrage? by Justin Raimondo November 30, 2011 Antiwar.com Buried in the annual defense appropriations bill is a provision that would give the President the power to use the military to intern anyone -- including American citizens -- indefinitely, and hold them without charges or trial, anywhere in the world, including on American soil. The provision essentially repeals the longstanding Posse Comitatus Act, which prevents the military from engaging in law enforcement on US territory -- the greatest fear of the Founders. Approved by a Senate subcommittee in secret hearings, the provisions open the road to a military dictatorship in this country -- and for that we can thank Senators Carl Levin and John McCain, who introduced the measure. Both the FBI and the Pentagon came out against the Levin-McCain monstrosity, and Senator Mark Udall (D-Colorado) introduced an amendment striking the provision: the amendment was defeated in the Senate, 37-61. The mind reels. As the ACLU's Chris Anders puts it: "I know it sounds incredible. New powers to use the military worldwide, even within the United States? Hasn't anyone told the Senate that Osama bin Laden is dead, that the president is pulling all of the combat troops out of Iraq and trying to figure out how to get combat troops out of Afghanistan too? And American citizens and people picked up on American or Canadian or British streets being sent to military prisons indefinitely without even being charged with a crime. Really? Does anyone think this is a good idea? And why now?" Why now, indeed -- and the answer is not hard to fathom. With the US banking system making very loud creaking noises as the eurozone descends into the economic abyss, and a total meltdown staring us in the face, the Powers That Be want to make sure they have their hands on the reins of power -- and on the whip they won't hesitate to use.
Wednesday, November 30 2011 - 9/11 Consequences
Civil Liberties Oversight Board Still DormantNovember 29, 2011 Steven Aftergood Secrecy News Blog fas.org/blog/secrecy The Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board that was supposed to provide independent oversight of U.S. counterterrorism policies remains dormant and out of service because its members have still not been named and confirmed. In a report that was newly updated this month, the Congressional Research Service traced the origins of the Board from a recommendation by the 9/11 Commission through its initial establishment as a White House agency to its reconstitution as an independent agency chartered by statute in 2007. The Board was assigned two overriding missions: It was supposed to "analyze and review actions the executive branch takes to protect the Nation from terrorism, ensuring that the need for such actions is balanced with the need to protect privacy and civil liberties"; and to "ensure that liberty concerns are appropriately considered in the development and implementation of laws, regulations, and policies related to efforts to protect the Nation against terrorism."
Tuesday, November 29 2011 - Civil Liberties-Police State
Fusion Center documents label OKC Bombing investigators as terroristsBy Andrew W. Griffin Red Dirt Report, editor November 28, 2011 RedDirtReport.com OKLAHOMA CITY -- Ten years after 9/11 and 16 years after the Oklahoma City bombing, it appears the federal government continues to view some Americans who embrace their First Amendment rights -- press and speech, primarily -- as a danger to the State, and as a result they are listing certain investigative websites as extremist and a terroristic threat to the "homeland." One, labeled as "extremist" and therefore a threat to the U.S. Government, includes a well-known site, once operated by a truth-seeking Oklahoma state legislator, working to expose anomalies related to the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing -- OKCbombing.net. A link to the document can be seen here. This shocking designation is indeed troubling, particularly to the local documentary film production company Free Mind Films, which is also releasing an explosive documentary about the Oklahoma City bombing, A Noble Lie.
Monday, November 28 2011 - Editorials
Dr. Lynn Margulis: A Legacy of LearningNovember 28, 2011 Dr. Paul Rea 911Truth.org Dr. Lynn Margulis was always an iconoclast--and now, even after her tragic passing, she continues to teach us a great deal. While many know that Lynn Margulis was once married to astronomer Carl Sagan, in scientific circles she was best known for her theory of symbiogenesis. This theory proposes that inherited variation does not come from random mutations in genes but from long-lasting interaction between organisms.
Wednesday, November 23 2011 - Research/Evidence
Lynn Margulis: 1938-2011November 23, 2011 David Ray Griffin 911Truth.org The family of Lynn Margulis has announced that she died at home on Tuesday, November 22, at the age of 73. She had suffered a serious hemorrhagic stroke on Friday, November 18 - so serious that there was no chance of recovery. Having authored dozens of books and scientific papers, Margulis was awarded the National Medal of Science in 1999. In 2004, she began looking into the evidence against the official account of 9/11. She not only accepted it but also -- always known for her courage - announced her views, writing in 2007: "Whoever is responsible for bringing to grisly fruition this new false-flag operation, which has been used to justify the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq as well as unprecedented assaults on research, education, and civil liberties, must be perversely proud of their efficient handiwork. Certainly, 19 young Arab men and a man in a cave 7,000 miles away, no matter the level of their anger, could not have masterminded and carried out 9/11: the most effective television commercial in the history of Western civilization. I suggest that those of us aware and concerned demand that the glaringly erroneous official account of 9/11 be dismissed as a fraud and a new, thorough, and impartial investigation be undertaken."
Wednesday, November 23 2011 - Other Important News
Bush and Blair found guilty of war crimes for Iraq attackby Glenn Greenwald November 23, 2011 Salon.com A tribunal in Malaysia, spearheaded by that nation's former Prime Minister, yesterday found George Bush and Tony Blair guilty of "crimes against peace" and other war crimes for their 2003 aggressive attack on Iraq, as well as fabricating pretexts used to justify the attack. The seven-member Kuala Lumpur War Crimes Tribunal -- which featured an American law professor as one of its chief prosecutors -- has no formal enforcement power, but was modeled after a 1967 tribunal in Sweden and Denmark that found the U.S. guilty of a war of aggression in Vietnam, and, even more so, after the U.S.-led Nuremberg Tribunal held after World War II. Just as the U.S. steadfastly ignored the 1967 tribunal on Vietnam, Bush and Blair both ignored the summons sent to them and thus were tried in absentia. The tribunal ruled that Bush and Blair's name should be entered in a register of war criminals, urged that they be recognized as such under the Rome Statute, and will also petition the International Criminal Court to proceed with binding charges. Such efforts are likely to be futile, but one Malaysian lawyer explained the motives of the tribunal to The Associated Press: "For these people who have been immune from prosecution, we want to put them on trial in this forum to prove that they committed war crimes." In other words, because their own nations refuse to hold them accountable and can use their power to prevent international bodies from doing so, the tribunal wanted at least formal legal recognition of these war crimes to be recorded and the evidence of their guilt assembled. That's the same reason a separate panel of this tribunal will hold hearings later this year on charges of torture against Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld and others.
Wednesday, November 23 2011 - Legal Response to 9/11
Bush and Blair Condemned for "Crimes against the Peace"See: CHIEF PROSECUTOR OF THE KUALA LUMPUR WAR CRIMES COMMISSION v. GEORGE W
Globalresearch.ca Transcript of Judgement by Kuala Lumpur War Crimes Tribunal – Ed.
Historical Judgment of Kuala Lumpur War Crimes Tribunal by Cynthia McKinney
Wednesday, November 23 2011 - Get Involved
CALL now: Wyden: Protect IP Act may pass if Americans don't call CongressBy Stephen C. Webster November 23, 2011 RawStory.com The Preventing Real Online Threats to Economic Creativity and Theft of Intellectual Property Act (Protect IP) and the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) "are like two peas in a pod," Sen. Ron Wyden, the bills' most vocal opponent in the U.S. Senate, explained to Raw Story in an exclusive interview. "These are Web blacklisting bills, Web censorship bills, and anybody with a Web site would be vulnerable," he said, a tone of urgency prevailing in his voice. "Had I not put a hold on it in May, it would have simply passed at that time," Wyden continued. "I put a hold on the previous version back in December, and had I not put a public hold on it then, that version would have passed." Now, the Protect IP Act and SOPA are back, and this time seemingly with enough momentum to make it through Congress -- but that could be changing.
Wednesday, November 23 2011 - Other Important News
A Majority of Americans (Including Both OWS and the Tea Party) AGREE on the Most Important Issues ... We Just Don't Realize ItNovember 23, 2011 WashingtonsBlog I have repeatedly demonstrated that -- despite the false divide-and-conquer tactics of the mainstream parties and mainstream media -- the overwhelming majority of Americans agree on the most important issues facing our country. And see this. NO MORE BAILOUTS! As I've noted since 2008, Americans are united in their overwhelming disapproval for bailouts to the big banks. This has remained true right up to today. As Rassmussen found only last month (as summarized by KXLF news):
Wednesday, November 23 2011 - Research/Evidence
The Doomsday Project and Deep Events: JFK, Watergate, Iran-Contra, and 9/11by Peter Dale Scott November 22, 2011 Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus (The Asia-Pacific Journal, Vol 9, Issue 47 No 2)
I would like to discuss four major and badly understood events - the John F. Kennedy assassination, Watergate, Iran-Contra, and 9/11. I will analyze these deep events as part of a deeper political process linking them, a process that has helped build up repressive power in America at the expense of democracy. In recent years I have been talking about a dark force behind these events -- a force which, for want of a better term, I have clumsily called a "deep state," operating both within and outside the public state. Today for the first time I want to identify part of that dark force, a part which has operated for five decades or more at the edge of the public state. This part of the dark force has a name not invented by me: the Doomsday Project, the Pentagon's name for the emergency planning "to keep the White House and Pentagon running during and after a nuclear war or some other major crisis."1 My point is a simple and important one: to show that the Doomsday Project of the 1980s, and the earlier emergency planning that developed into it, have played a role in the background of all the deep events I shall discuss. More significantly, it has been a factor behind all three of the disturbing events that now threaten American democracy. The first of these three is what has been called the conversion of our economy into a plutonomy - with the increasing separation of America into two classes, into the haves and the have-nots, the one percent and the 99 percent. The second is America's increasing militarization, and above all its inclination, which has become more and more routine and predictable, to wage or provoke wars in remote regions of the globe. It is clear that the operations of this American war machine have served the one percent.2
Wednesday, November 23 2011 - Editorials
Trickle-down tyranny - why ordinary people in positions of local power are adopting tactics of tyrantsAnd On a Related Theme...
Chancellor Katehi's impressive learning skills By Glenn Greenwald, Salon.com The UC-Davis Chancellor responsible for the pepper-spraying of her students, Linda Katehi, today went on Good Morning America and explained why she should not resign or otherwise be held accountable: "we really need to start the healing process and move forward." On a radio program in the afternoon, she expanded on this view by saying: "We need to move on." So apparently -- yet again -- the only way everyone can begin to "heal" and "move forward" is if everyone agrees that those in power with the greatest responsibility be fully shielded from any consequences and that their bad acts be simply forgotten. I wonder where she learned that justifying rationale? Continue Reading ... – Ed.
November 22, 2011 by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger Editor of NaturalNews.com (NaturalNews) When I read a story yesterday about an 89-year-old woman being
water-boarded by nursing home staff over an argument about ice cream, I knew
something terrible was amiss across the American landscape. Spontaneous acts
of tyranny have been cropping up lately like cancer tumors: a food tyrant
in Nevada raids a farm picnic and orders everyone to destroy their food (http://www.naturalnews.com/034125_f...);
student protesters in California get pepper-sprayed by thuggish cops who clearly
enjoy causing pain and suffering (http://fieldnotes.msnbc.msn.com/_ne...);
and now nursing home staffers torture their own resident using techniques borrowed
from Guantanamo Bay (http://atlanta.cbslocal.com/2011/11...). These random acts of tyranny aren't really random acts at all. They
are the infantile acting-out of behaviors the childish American public has witnessed
being demonstrated by their "leaders." The TSA sexually molesting air travelers
isn't just a violation of fundamental human rights -- it's also a demonstration
to the mindless masses that this is now "normal" behavior in society, you see.
Monday, November 21 2011 - Civil Liberties-Police State
Fake terror plots, paid informants: the tactics of FBI 'entrapment' questionedCritics say bureau is running a sting operation across America, targeting vulnerable people by luring them into fake terror plots by Paul Harris Fake terror plots, paid informants: the tactics of FBI 'entrapment' questioned Critics say bureau is running a sting operation across America, targeting vulnerable people by luring them into fake terror plots Some experts agree. "The target, the motive, the ideology and the plot were all led by the FBI," said Karen Greenberg, a law professor at Fordham University in New York, who specialises in studying the new FBI tactics. But the issue is one that stretches far beyond Newburgh. Critics say the FBI is running a sting operation across America, targeting -- to a large extent -- the Muslim community by luring people into fake terror plots. FBI bureaux send informants to trawl through Muslim communities, hang out in mosques and community centres, and talk of radical Islam in order to identify possible targets sympathetic to such ideals. Or they will respond to the most bizarre of tip-offs, including, in one case, a man who claimed to have seen terror chief Ayman al-Zawahiri living in northern California in the late 1990s. That tipster was quickly hired as a well-paid informant. If suitable suspects are identified, FBI agents then run a sting, often creating a fake terror plot in which it helps supply weapons and targets. Then, dramatic arrests are made, press conferences held and lengthy convictions secured. But what is not clear is if many real, actual terrorists are involved. Another "entrapment" case is on the radar too.
Sunday, November 20 2011 - Legal Response to 9/11
Key senators push bill to allow 9/11 victims' lawsuitsBy Pete Kasperowicz November 19, 2011 TheHill.com A bipartisan group of senators proposed legislation this week that would overturn a court interpretation of current law that has blocked a lawsuit brought by 9/11 victims against Saudi Arabia for supporting al Qaeda. The bill introduced by Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) would amend the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA) and the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) to clarify that victims of terrorist acts in the U.S. can hold the foreign sponsors of those attacks responsible in U.S. courts. Co-sponsoring the bill are Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.), Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), and Sens. John Cornyn (R-Texas), Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.).
Friday, November 18 2011 - OccupyWallStreet
The World Is With Us - Occupy Lives On!November 17, 2011 OccupyWallSt.org Today, November 17th, over 30,000 New Yorkers took to the streets to resist austerity, rebuild our economy, and reclaim our democracy. It was our largest action to date. Our will was only emboldened by Mayor Bloomberg's heavy-handed attempt to eradicate Occupy Wall Street; our brutal eviction from our homes at Liberty Square has strengthened both our resolve and our legitimacy. Together, we raised our voices to declare: "No to evictions! No to the 1% that profits from our collective impoverishment." We showed the world we are not a fringe group of naive idealists--we are truly a people's uprising embodying the revolutionary spirit of economic justice, mutual aid, and participatory, consensus-based democracy. We are the 99%. And the world responded.
Wednesday, November 16 2011 - 9/11 Commission
9/11 Commission Report Author: "... special path to hell."Where to begin?!
"According to Zelikow, risk management is our government's principle function." ... "Al-Qaeda is the enemy," Zelikow said. "They are an unslayable power." First of all, that's an interesting interpretation of the role of government. If that's accurate, after 10+ years of trying to "slay Al-Qaeda," and slaying perhaps 1.5 million other people and the American economy and our very social fabric in the process, is it perhaps time to acknowledge the government has FAILED, Mr. Zelikow? And then there's this -- "We tried to make 9/11 a grand narrative, but it's not." Huh? We? Who's "We"? The media, educators, people in general, refer regularly to the "post-9/11 world," yet it's not become grand enough, in this megalomaniac's mind. Zelikow's novel sold a gazillion copies, became the "approved" version of directed history, entire governmental departments were formed as a response, every thing about US life changed as a result, the military-industrial-security-prison complex budget blew sky-high, US tourism industry estimates it lost $600 billion as an outcome of society's "resilience against systematic threats" and now 175 cities have citizens occupying public spaces in the cold as a response. How much grander a narrative could he have penned? Methinks Mr. Zelikow should check with Mr. Brzezinski as to whether his bestseller became a "grand narrative." On the 21st century's Global Chessboard, this move certainly seems to have created a "check," for the moment. Perhaps thus his angst ... it's only check -- not checkmate. – Ed.
Former 9/11 commission director talks at lecture By Travis Alford November 7, 2011 The Daily Cougar As the crowd of students, professors and Houstonians brushed off the cold, Philip Zelikow stepped to the podium in The Honors College Commons on Thursday to discuss the US government's defense against terrorism. Zelikow, the executive director of the 9/11 Commission, an executive on the President Intelligence Advisory Board and a history professor at the University of Virginia, focused his lecture, "The Twilight of War," on America's resiliency and his experience with the horrific events of 9/11. "It's my job to make meaning of 9/11," Zelikow said. During the lecture, Zelikow spoke of his personal experiences on the scene during Sept. 11. "I can still smell the sulfur, it stands out," Zelikow said. "It was as if the terrorist opened up a special path to hell."
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Not long after Amazon announced its first-ever full-year profit, we invited Bezos to talk about how he beat the odds and what the future holds–not just for him and for Amazon but for the entrepreneurial spirit. I've joked that in the case of Amazon.com, half of it was good timing, half of it was luck, and the rest of it was brains. And there's a lot of truth in that. The fact of the matter is, the odds are stacked against any start-up. Heavily so. There's a huge amount of luck and timing involved. Amazon.com's most vulnerable moment was when we were trying to raise a million dollars of angel financing–there was a moment there, back in 1995, where the company very easily could have not continued to exist. We probably had meetings with over 60 people, the process took several months to close, and we ultimately raised the money from about 22 different angel investors. And by the way, that's completely normal: There was a period in the late 1990s when people could, with a single phone call, raise $60 million, but that's abnormal. If you go out to raise a million dollars for an untested idea–that's supposed to be hard. And it was. But I am very optimistic. I'm generally a very happy person. My wife says, "If Jeff is unhappy, wait three minutes." I believe that optimism is an essential quality for doing anything hard–entrepreneurial endeavors or anything else. That doesn't mean that you're blind or unrealistic, it means that you keep focused on eliminating your risks, modifying your strategy, until it is a strategy about which you can be genuinely optimistic. People think entrepreneurs are risk-loving. Really what you find is successful entrepreneurs hate risk, because the founding of the enterprise is already so risky that what they do is take their early resources, the small amounts of capital that they have, whatever assets they have, and they deploy those resources systematically, eliminating the largest risk first, the second-largest risk, and so on, and so on. "You don't choose your passions, your passions choose you." Entrepreneurship is really more about a state of mind than it is about working for yourself. It's about being resourceful, it's about problem solving. If you meet people who seem like really good problem solvers, step back, and you'll see that they are self-reliant. I spent summers on my grandfather's ranch, in a small town in Texas; from age four to 16 I probably missed only two summers. One of the things that you learn in a rural area like that is self-reliance. People do everything themselves. My grandfather bought a used D6 Caterpillar bulldozer, and it had a stripped transmission. He had to get a big gear out of this thing and that one gear probably weighed 500 pounds–so he had to build a small crane! That kind of self-reliance is something you can learn, and my grandfather was a huge role model for me: If something is broken, let's fix it. To get something new done you have to be stubborn and focused, to the point where it might seem unreasonable. But at a certain point, you have to be flexible and change. The hard part, of course, is knowing when to be stubborn and when to be flexible. So we do a lot of experiments. Some of the experiments succeed and some fail, but all of them are designed to improve the customer experience. Look at something like free super saver shipping–our free shipping on orders over $25. That is something we very methodically experimented with for a full year. At first, orders over $99 would ship free, and then orders over $49 would ship free, and then orders over $25 would ship free. We knew that customers would like that, so it was a question of, would it drive enough sales to make it worthwhile? We compared it with a television advertising campaign: We picked two markets, Minneapolis and Portland, Oreg., and for a year we did television advertising just in those markets. We wanted to see if we would get a sufficient lift in sales to justify television advertising, and to compare that with giving the money directly to the customers in the form of free shipping instead of to the television networks. That's a very customer-experience-focused experiment, and when we were done we decided we would make the $25 free shipping indefinite. It's been in place now for almost two years. On the other hand, we invested in a number of dot-com companies–Pets.com, Living.com, Kozmo.com, and Homegrocer. Our strategy was to create placeholders for these categories that seemed interesting to us. But ultimately all the businesses I mentioned failed. Of course, if I knew everything I know now, I would have invested the money differently. But that's hindsight. When you do experiments you have to expect a certain fraction of them not to succeed. Even once you have a strategy that makes sense and holds together from different angles, optimism is essential when trying to do anything difficult because difficult things often take a long time. That optimism can carry you through the various stages as the long term unfolds. And it's the long term that matters. If you look at the online space over the next 20 years, you're going to continue to see innovation. Certainly things are different from nine years ago, but there are still going to be thousands and thousands of successful companies. This is a big industry, and it's going to have lots and lots of winners, of all sizes. Amazon itself has a kind of ecosystem of people involved in entrepreneurial activities. We have 600,000 active seller accounts now, and over 900,000 associates–the websites that link to us–and a lot of those are small businesses with multiple employees. We recently started making available software kits that let people use the basic building blocks of Amazon.com to build their own websites and e-commerce applications and so on, and we've had over 50,000 downloads. That's beyond what we would have expected. If I were just setting out today to make that drive to the West Coast to start a new business, I would be looking at biotechnology and nanotechnology. I also think about data security–every time you read about the next computer virus, you wonder if there aren't entrepreneurial solutions to that. These are fundamental technologies, things that are going to change the world. But the truth is, I probably wouldn't do any of those things because I grew up programming computers. So maybe I'd think about data security, but I'm sure I'd do something with software and computer science and software engineering. Certainly, in the spring of 1994, the thing that motivated the formation of Amazon.com was noticing that Web usage was growing at 2,300% a year. One of the huge mistakes people make is that they try to force an interest on themselves. If you're really interested in software and computer science, you should focus on that. But if you're really interested in medicine, and you decide you're going to become an Internet entrepreneur because it looks like everybody else is doing well, then that's probably not going to work. You don't choose your passions, your passions choose you. One of the reasons you saw so many companies that were formed in 1998 or 1999 fail is that they were chasing the wave. And that usually doesn't work. Find that area that you are interested in and passionate about–and wait for the wave to find you.–Rob Walker Rob Walker is a contributing editor. Jeff Bezos, Amazon.com because "optimism is essential" Betsey Johnson, Betsey Johnson for her stylish life Russell Simmons, Rush Communications for his powerful example Scott Cook, Intuit because he learns, and teaches Sergey Brin & Larry Page, Google for their integrity. 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A great emperor of Constantinople ordered a mason to announce at every feast, "Choose, oh Emperor, which of the two stones do you want for your tombstone!" All of us will die, it has been said, the more we are acquainted with death, the less it terrifies us.
I believe with all my heart that the Bible is the greatest book ever written. The Bible tells us we are made in the image of God. He loves us with an everlasting love. The World Health Organization, by way of my friend, Bob Anglea, tells us that over one hundred fifty three thousand, four hundred souls die in our world each day. We are the guests of God all the days we live. The Bible tells us, "It is appointed unto men once to die and after that the judgment." Death is God's plan. We are not born to live on Earth forever. God has something better for us. What God has planned for us is better than we deserve.
Our dreams and hopes reach beyond the boundaries of Earth. We thirst and hunger for things the universe cannot satisfy. Jesus wanted us to think big. He said, "I have come that you might have life more abundant. My peace I give unto you, not as the world giveth, give I unto you." Milton said, "Death is the golden key that opens the palace of eternity."
The Bible tells us, "We brought nothing into this world and it is certain we can carry nothing out. The Lord gives and the Lord takes away, blessed be the name of the Lord." Death is the end of our earthly journey. If we are right with God, we need not fear death. Walter Savage Lander said, "Death stands above me, whispering low, I know not what into my ear, of this strange language all I know, Is there is not a word of fear."
Vance Cheney tells us, "The soul would have no rainbow if the eyes had no tears." Euripides said, "The dead have no tears, and forget all sorrow, without a doubt this world is the land of the dying, the next is the land of the living." Jonathan Swift said, "It is impossible that anything so natural, so necessary and so universal as death should ever have been designed by Providence as an evil to mankind. Death is the only door that takes us to the Father's house."
One of the kings of England had his servant to remind him every morning, "This is the day the Lord made, and one day, mighty King, you will die!" Saint Bernard said, "Death is the gift of life. It is the end of our journey on Earth."
Socrates said, "Be of good cheer about death, and know this of a truth, that no evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death." Jesus said, "Let not your heart be troubled, ye believe in God, believe also in Me. In My Father's house are many mansions. If it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. If I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you unto Myself, that where I am, there you may be also."
Jesus gave His life to save you. If you are not saved, it isn't His fault. David said, "The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures, He leadeth me beside still waters, He restoreth my soul. He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for His name sake. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, Thou art with me."
Stone by stone a wall is made, and each stone must be square; Petal by petal a rose unfolds, and each petal must be fair. Little by little a faith is built, day by day it grows
Stronger at last than a wall of stone, and lovelier than a rose.
Morning prayer! "Thank You, Lord for a restful night; Thank you for the morning's light, Thank you for friends so dear, And loved ones who bring us cheer!"
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For seamen the call of "Harpoon!" is a call of distress when a particularly dangerous sea monster is approaching their vessel. In modern culture this is used by young males to communicate their concern for an inebriated friend being attracted to a morbidly obese or outrageously unattractive female or transvestite. Travis: "Yo Aaron check out that chick Rick is dancing with."
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a syringe to shoot drugs this things so dull its like stabbin my arm(neck?)w/ a harpoon
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Harpoon is slang for a hypodermic syringe. Medically, the harpoon is described as the rod that is used to push the contents through the needle. I've got a teener of H, pass that harpoon and we'll do a blast.
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On Sept. 9, 2003, Cingular joined forces with the CTIA and other wireless industry leaders to declare its support and implementation of the Consumer Code as a new voluntary standard for customer fulfillment. The Consumer Code defines 10 customer policies that are founded on three principles: (1) Provide consumers with information to help them make informed choices in selecting wireless service; (2) Help ensure that consumers understand their wireless service and rate plans; and (3) Continue to offer wireless services that meet consumers' needs. As part of the adoption of the Consumer Code, each signatory of the Consumer Code will be able to display a new CTIA Seal of Wireless Quality Service.
"The Consumer Code for Wireless Service formalizes much of what Cingular has been doing for some time now, and we are pleased to announce that we already meet and, in some cases, exceed all principles of the code," says Cingular Chief Executive Officer Stan Sigman. "We will continue to improve customer communications efforts to ensure our customers are always well-informed, and to make certain we continue to provide wireless service that is the best fit for each of our customers."
To provide consumers with information to help them make informed choices when selecting wireless service, to help ensure that consumers understand their wireless service and rate plans, and to continue to provide wireless service that meets consumers' needs, the CTIA and the wireless carriers that are signatories below have developed the following Consumer Code. The carriers that are signatories to this Code have voluntarily adopted the principles, disclosures, and practices here for wireless service provided to individual consumers.
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For each rate plan offered to new consumers, wireless carriers will make available to consumers in collateral or other disclosures at point of sale and on their Web sites, at least the following information, as applicable: (a) the calling area for the plan; (b) the monthly access fee or base charge; (c) the number of airtime minutes included in the plan; (d) any nights and weekend minutes included in the plan or other differing charges for different time periods and the time periods when nights and weekend minutes or other charges apply; (e) the charges for excess or additional minutes; (f) per-minute long distance charges or whether long distance is included in other rates; (g) per-minute roaming or off-network charges; (h) whether any additional taxes, fees or surcharges apply; (i) the amount or range of any such fees or surcharges that are collected and retained by the carrier; (j) whether a fixed-term contract is required and its duration; (k) any activation or initiation fee; and (l) any early termination fee that applies and the trial period during which no early termination fee will apply.
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On customers' bills, carriers will distinguish: (a) monthly charges for service and features, and other charges collected and retained by the carrier, from (b) taxes, fees and other charges collected by the carrier and remitted to federal state or local governments. Carriers will not label cost recovery fees or charges as taxes.
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Customers will be provided a toll-free telephone number to access a carrier's customer service during normal business hours. Customer service contact information will be provided to customers online and on billing statements. Each wireless carrier will provide information about how customers can contact the carrier in writing, by toll-free telephone number, via the Internet or otherwise with any inquiries or complaints, and this information will be included, at a minimum, on all billing statements, in written responses to customer inquiries and on carriers' Web sites. Each carrier will also make such contact information available, upon request, to any customer calling the carrier's customer service departments.
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When he went into the party after the inaugural, the one person who he wanted to know and get his approval from was Frederick Douglas, the abolitionist. And Douglas came over to him and said, 'Mr. President, it's a sacred effort.'
1841: The tragedy of William Henry Harrison
It's so sad that what we remember William Henry Harrison for is not (his) military service before the presidency, but the fact that he gave the longest inaugural (speech) and had the shortest presidency.
He insisted on not wearing a coat (during the ceremony). It was freezing out, he developed pneumonia, and he died. That is the memory of William Henry Harrison. I'm sure it's not the way he would hope to be remembered.
They finally learned from Harrison's inaugural. ... When it was freezing weather during Ronald Reagan's (second) inaugural they moved it inside and canceled the parade. It's one of the dangers of having these inaugurations in January or even in March in the old days.
1789: Washington sets the tone
The thing that's so interesting (about) Washington's inaugural is that it set so many precedents. Even in that week before his inaugural, they were debating what to call him.
Some people like John Adams wanted the president to be called his Mightiness or his Highness. Thomas Jefferson said, 'No, it must simply be "Mr. President." ' Adams said, 'That's nothing. He could be president of a garden club. It won't be dignified for the world at large.' But of course (Washington) becomes Mr. President.
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Boston2014, nothing my email account. Suggestions???
Boston2014, nothing my email account. Suggestions???
I'm going, but only to the Men's SP or FS. I hope to see other FSUers there
Anyone gotten a return call yet?
Please don't worry - we're a little snowed under so your patience will be greatly appreciated.
I was gonna wait. I wasn't gonna buy right now... but I couldn't stand it. Just bought 2 tickets: Silver Fox and I will be there.
Has anyone gotten a phone call?
"Bought"... as in sent in an order form? Just curious if you got a call back already. The organizing committee has done a very good job with the website and communications (hello Boston2014) so far, so I think they will do their best with the tickets. (I say with fingers crossed)
I got my email after sending in the form about 2:30 today. The email ended up in my junk mail, even though I did receive the previous email. So, if you are waiting for an email, check your junk mail.
The email said:
"Thank you for your ticket request! This is your confirmation and your
response has been recorded. A representative from The Skating Club of
Boston will contact you within five business days."
Boston2014, thank you for being so responsive to our questions in this thread. Looking forward to hearing from you when you get a chance to call us.
Hope to see/meet up with some FSU members in Boston!
Yes, but this is *Boston*.
Actually, I expect sales there to be very, very good. I don't necessarily expect a sell-out except for the ladies' long, but sales in general should be strong. Major city, easy to get to rink, tons of hotels, major international airport with lots of direct flights, good transport links, fun city, and located in driving distance of several major US skating centers/clubs. I remember the last Boston Nationals, I ended up bumping into like half of NY/NJ while I was there.
Today is Doomsday. Alternate side of the street parking will be in effect.
YAY BOSTON!!!! It's been ages since I've been to a skating competition...so happy to have Nationals so close!
I used to live a 10 minute walk from the Garden...wish I was still living in the North end! Still I only live 25-30 mins away from the Garden via the commuter rail, so not bad at all! Can't wait! I will definitely be keeping my eyes peeled for individual tickets or weekend/senior championship packages. Thanks for all of your helpful updates Boston2014!
.....my reaction when I found out Delschoes won worlds
Aaargh. I completely forgot about this yesterday!
Form is in. Confirmation email found in spam. Carrying cell phone and credit card with me to all meetings, etc. It's going to be great fun.
AceOn6, the golf loving skating fan
Can I just say...
...and treat yourself to a nice cosmo or two after you've sighed quietly a bit too many times dealing with all the nervous nellies.
Crap! They just called and I was on another call (the only call I've had on my cell all day). I just called back and they said they'd give her the message. I really hope I'm not pushed to the end of the day.
ETA: She just called back! But USFSA has the sections I want "on hold". She is calling to see if they will release. WTH?! These are essentially the same seats I and my friends had in San Jose.
ETA Part 2: She called back and USFSA released one of the sections I wanted. So I got section 21, row 11, seats 17 and 18 (on the aisle across from section 22). Essentially 3 rows higher than I was in 01.
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Second verse same as the first: PCA decimates Kelly to open playoffs
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It takes 25 points to win a singular set during a volleyball match.
Beaumont Kelly managed just 29 points combined over three sets Thursday afternoon as Prestonwood Christian Academy swept the Lady Bulldogs (25-11, 25-10, 25-8) in the area round of the TAPPS 5A playoffs.
"This was a big win," said Brooke Gajdica, Prestonwood senior libero. "But I don't think it felt that different from any other match because we have kept the same mentality all year and that is every game, every point matters."
The first one featured a few rough patches in the opening set, perhaps because Prestonwood had similarly steamrolled Kelly to start the playoffs last season.
"You try to train your kids to overcome that," O'Neal said. "But it's a hard mentality to get past, especially since we weren't using all the tools we had."
"We might have been a little too confident," added Katie Staiger, Prestonwood senior.
That manifested itself in a string of points that featured free balls back and forth along with several Prestonwood plays that were slow to develop. But even with those difficulties, the Lady Bulldogs had no answer for the Lady Lions' hitters as Staiger, juniors Ashley Morgan, Kalyn McLean, Catherine Cranston, sophomores Christina Phillips and Breana Herron all registered kills. Add in consistent defense from Gajdica, blocking by Morgan and an ace from junior Courtney Novak and there were the makings of a 25-11 opener.
The multitude of hitters makes sense considering Prestonwood used all 11 of its players Thursday.
"That was huge for us," O'Neal said. "I think that helps us keep everyone together and let's the girls see that everyone has a role on this team."
Despite the lopsided opener, the Lady Lions looked to play better going forward.
"Maybe we didn't realize this was a good chance to practice for our matches coming up," Gajdica said. "But we stepped it up and played a lot better in Games 2 and 3."
In the meantime, Kelly grabbed its first leads of the day at 1-0 and 2-1 in Game 2.
It was Prestonwood from there though as the home team broke off a 15-1 run predicated on blocks by Morgan and freshman Alexa Lehman, an ace by junior Natalie Fischer and multiple back-row attacks by Staiger. Kelly responded with its first multi-point sequence of the set during a 5-3 run, but that only delayed the inevitable as the Lady Lions closed the set, 25-10, on an ace by Cranston and block from Lehman.
"I think we were a little more in sync over those last two games," O'Neal said.
Staiger concurred.
"We were definitely running our offense faster in Games 2 and 3," she said.
Game 3 was more of the same with the Lady Bulldogs gaining a brief advantage, 1-0, before succumbing to a lengthy run by the Lady Lions. This one was 11-1 with the highlights coming off terminations by McLean and Morgan. It wasn't kills but rather serving that dictated the final set as Kelly experienced a plethora of serve-receive issues. Prestonwood dropped in aces from Fischer, who hit two straight, Novak and Morgan for respective leads of 14-4, 18-5 and 20-6.
"We've been trying to serve tough," Staiger said. "Because I think you can see that's one of the biggest differences to us playing better lately."
The match ended on another service winner, this one coming from junior Haley Wolken as the one who usually sets the table for the offense cleared off all the plates with an ace for a 25-8 win.
The victory was Prestonwood's ninth straight, a streak that really picked up steam the previous week when the Lady Lions swept consensus state No. 1 Bishop Lynch and then did the same to Ursuline to share the 1-5A title and claim a No. 1 seed for the playoffs.
"Everyone was talking about Bishop Lynch, Bishop Lynch, Bishop Lynch," Staiger said. "It's nice to hear them talking about Prestonwood now."
"I think last week really put us on this roll," Gajdica added. "So I don't think we really need to change anything right now. If we stay focused and keep the mentality of never letting a ball hit the floor, then we'll be fine."
With the win, Prestonwood advances to the regionals.
If district mate Trinity Christian Academy wins its area match Friday, the teams are tentatively scheduled to play at 6 p.m. Tuesday from John Paul II. The Lady Lions are seeking a win there to advance to the TAPPS 5A State Tournament (Nov. 2-3 at the Blossom Athletic Center in San Antonio), a journey they haven't made since winning state for a third straight season in 2005.
"It feels good to know that is in our reach," Staiger said. "Because I want to leave as a state champion."
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Just miles west of Chicago, off U.S. 30, urban sprawl gives way to 1,550 acres of rolling prairie and features a 318.8 acre man-made fishing lake. Shabbona Lake State Recreation Area provides a convenient, natural haven from the hustle and bustle of daily life.
A unique mix of grass-covered meadows, upland mesic woods, bottomland woods, and a native, undisturbed fen, make this an ideal location for natural relaxation and outdoor activity. You can see sedges, cattail, marsh marigolds, horsetail, skunk cabbage, turtlehead, iris, blue joint grass and bulrushes. Also enjoy the areas of prairie restoration throughout the park which features prairie grasses such as Big Blue Stem and prairie flowers such as purple cone flower.
With facilities for picnicking, camping, hiking, fishing, hunting and winter sports, Shabbona Lake is a convenient and comfortable retreat where you can refresh and reinvigorate yourself in a rare, unspoiled environment.
In addition, Shabbona Lake contains a 15-acre seasonal nesting area for migratory waterfowl such as Canvasback, redhead and pintail ducks and Canada Geese.
Originally home to tribes of Native Americans, the park derives its name from Chief Shabbona. Pioneer settlement of the area began in the 1830's. From Shabbona Grove, in the southeast corner of the park, homesteaders spread over the region and began farming the rich soil.
In 1965, it was decided to develop a lake and recreation area on the site, and land acquisition was begun in 1969. By 1978, 1,550 acres had been obtained. In 1973, the lake area was cleared of trees, the shoreline was modified and earthen fishing piers and fish congregators were erected. By 1975, a 3,000-foot-long earthen dam with a concrete spillway was completed and the lake was formed. Day use facilities were constructed in 1976 and continue to serve the public today. In 1995 a restaurant, boat rental and bait and tackle facility was opened for business. This facility provides a sit-down eating area serving breakfast, lunch and dinner as well as a fully stocked bait and tackle shop. Boat rentals include boats with and without motors.
Shabbona Lake offers many opportunities for picnicking throughout the park. Three picnic shelters are available: the Shabbona Grove and Three Fires shelters can be reserved in advance at www.reserveamerica.com. The Somonauk Point shelter is available on a first come, first served basis only.
Camping | Campground Map
The campground has available 150 Class A Premium campsites. 90 campsites are available to be reserved in advance through www.reserveamerica.com. 60 campsites are available on a first come, first served basis. All sites have electricity, picnic table, fire ring and vehicle access. There is a sanitary dump station available to all campers. One family per campsite or four unrelated adults with up to two tents are allowed. You must have your camping equipment with you and be ready to camp when you arrive; you cannot hold sites. Campground may be closed during the spring thaw due to road conditions. Alcohol is prohibited in the campground. To check on the status of the campground or for further information, phone the park office at 815/ 824-2106 during the week or the campground check station at 815/ 824-2565 on weekends.
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Facilities are available for breakfast, lunch and dinner, bait and tackle sales, and boat rental on a seasonal basis. Call 815-824-2581 or visit the concession website for further information on concession facilities.
Just over eight miles of scenic hiking and cross-country skiing trails weave through the wooded areas of the park. A trail brochure is available at the office.
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Whether fishing from a boat or shore, both are popular and productive at Shabbona Lake, which is stocked with large and smallmouth bass, bluegill, redear sunfish, rock bass, black and white crappie, black and brown bullhead, channel catfish, walleye, muskie and perch. For fish catch and size limits, contact the park office.
Lake access is available from a double-lane launching ramp. Boat motors are limited to a 10 horsepower maximum. However, an 18-acre upper fishing area is a no-wake zone where only the use of electric trolling motors or rowing is permitted. For further details, including information on special sailing regulations, contact the park office.
Swimming and/or wading is prohibited at Shabbona Lake. This regulation is strictly enforced.
Archery deer hunting, waterfowl and dove hunting are available on 744 acres at Shabbona. The Steward Habitat Area, a satellite area of Shabbona Lake, is a permit-only pheasant hunting area. Kishwaukee River State Wildlife Area (KRSWA), another satellite outside of the town of Kirkland, is available for archery deer hunting. Additionally KRSWA, is a special permit area for deer firearm and spring turkey firearm hunting. Shabbona Hunter Fact Sheet | Shabbona Waterfowl Hunter Fact Sheet | Steward Hunter Fact Sheet
Kishwaukee Hunter Fact Sheet | Kishwaukee Spring Turkey Hunter Fact Sheet
Winter Sports
In addition to the cross-country skiing available on the nature trails, the lake is ringed by a 7-mile snowmobiling trail open January 1, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. when conditions permit. Snowmobiles must register with the park office. Ice fishing and ice skating are allowed when the ice is thick enough, and the rolling terrain is ideal for sledding and tobogganing.
Prairie Burn At Shabbona Lake State Park (click on thumbnails to view full size image)
On March 31st, 1999 the Indian Creek High School FFA class and their instructor, Ms. Kathy Prestegaard assisted the Shabbona Lake staff during their annual prairie burns. Fire and periodic burning is an important tool in the restoration and maintenance of prairies. Shabbona Lake burns 320 acres each year, of which 240 acres are restored prairies. The ICHS FFA group assisted with lighting the fires, building backfires and were invaluable with keeping the fires under control.
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Shabbona Lake is a pilot site for disabled visitor accessibility and the facilities - parking, picnic shelters, water fountains, restrooms, and even a specially designed fishing pier are totally accessible.
Shabbona Lake State Park is easily accessible from the Chicago area via I-88. Take I-88 west to the Sugar Grove exit, which is approximately 2 ½ miles west of the Aurora toll booth. Take US 30 west from Sugar Grove approximately 22 miles to Shabbona. Visitors from the Northeast or Southeast, take IL Rt 47 to US 30 west to Shabbona. Visitors from the Southwest or Northwest, take I-39 to US 30 (exit 87). Directional signs are on the exit ramps. Take US 30 east 7 miles to Shabbona. From the DeKalb area, take IL Rt 23 south to US 30, then take US 30 west to Shabbona. The park entrance is on Preserve Road, approximately ½ mile south of Shabbona. Signs in Shabbona will direct you to the park.
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