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Paul Joseph Watson
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Monday, December 19, 2011
With the establishment terrified of Ron Paul's snowballing success as he heads to the Iowa primary leading the Republican race, an onslaught of already debunked, agenda-driven, and desperate hit pieces have re-emerged.
Prime amongst them is an attempt to re-hash the ludicrous assertion that Ron Paul wrote racist newsletters in the early 1990′s when the material was clearly produced by other authors without Ron Paul knowing its content.
This is by no means a new story, it's a debunked smear from four years ago that has been regurgitated by the same author, in unison with other neo-con hit pieces, right as Paul's campaign peaks and polls show him leading in Iowa.
The re-hashed smear, entitled The Company Ron Paul Keeps – Meet Alex Jones, is written by The Weekly Standard's James Kirchick, a man described by TIME Magazine's Joe Klein as a "dishonest prick" and a "propagandist," who "has opinions but no facts or experience".
Kirchick is a proud neo-con who serves as a fellow with the Foundation for Defense of Democracies in Washington, an influential neo-conservative collective funded by numerous noted billionaires. The group's list of "distinguished advisors" includes former CIA and FBI heads. The group is virtually a lobbying front for the state of Israel, which explains perfectly why Kirchick is so upset with Paul, who has promised to put a stop to the billions in foreign aid the United States sends to Israel every year.
Sitting on the group's Leadership Council is none other than Newt Gingrich, one of Ron Paul's main rivals in the Republican primary. Given that association, it's unsurprising that Kirchick has chosen to dredge up his debunked smear at this key time in the election cycle, with Gingrich's campaign now imploding and Ron Paul's popularity surging.
Gingrich himself has more skeletons in the closet than a halloween costume shop, but that doesn't stop Kirchick from playing the race card yet again in a transparent ploy to throw dirt at Ron Paul.
Kirchick dusts off his two decade old newsletters once more to allege that the racist comments were all written by Ron Paul or at least with his "endorsement". This is akin to claiming that everything which appears on Infowars.com is written or endorsed by Alex Jones, or that every link which appears on DrudgeReport.com is the opinion of Matt Drudge himself.
Newsletters were the Internet of the early 1990′s. Dozens of newsletters with Ron Paul's name in the title were published and thousands of articles were written by all manner of writers coming from all manner of different viewpoints, some legitimate, some not. To blame Ron Paul for the content of those newsletters is like blaming Free Republic for what its users post on its website. It's guilt by association – the cheapest of dirty tricks.
Kirchick's central claim is that Paul attacked Martin Luther King as a violent philanderer who "seduced underage girls and boys," and that he criticized Ronald Reagan for signing legislation creating the federal holiday in his name, which Paul labeled "hate whitey day," according to Kirchick.
In reality, Paul has noted King as one of his heroes on many occasions. Indeed, the only time that the Congressman has ever voted for something that is not explicitly authorized in the Constitution, it was for America to recognize Martin Luther King day as a public holiday.
The fact that, as Politifact documents, "in the late 1970s and early 1980s, (Paul) voted….to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday on the third Monday in January," before any of the newsletters Kirchick cites were published, proves that the newsletters were written by other people and did not represent the views of Paul himself.
Indeed, the very publishers of many of the newsletters that Kirchick alludes to in his hit piece publicly admitted back in 2007 that Ron Paul had no influence over their content.
"Ron Paul didn't know about those comments, or know they were written under his name until much later when they were brought to his attention. There were several issues that went out with comments that he would not ordinarily make. He was angry when he saw them," said one publisher.
Just like leftists used hoax racist signs from their own rallies to discredit the Tea Party, Kirchick hand picks controversial comments that Ron Paul had no knowledge were being made in his name and attaches them to Paul's campaign.
Kirchick reels off a handful of other outlandish claims and disingenuously implies Paul wrote them. Other supposedly "racist" writings are actually legitimate criticism of the state of Israel, including the manifestly provable fact that Mossad has operatives in countries around the world. Indeed, Mossad's largest department is dedicated to conducting espionage overseas.
Notably absent from Kirchick's regurgitation are accusations that were soundly debunked from the first incarnation of his hit piece. As we reported back in 2008, Kirchick referred to "the farcical "Stormfront Donation" saga which forced the New York Times to issue a retraction…admitting to several errors in a post it published which carried assertions that Ron Paul meets regularly with white supremacist groups."
Following the first round of the smear in 2008, Austin NAACP President Nelson Linder publicly backed Ron Paul, saying he had known him for 20 years and that Paul was being attacked because he was a threat to the establishment.
The only people who seem to be upset at Ron Paul over racism are white, well to do, establishment Republican political operatives and journalists who are involved in lobbying groups with Newt Gingrich. Isn't that interesting?
Kirchick then throws in the name of Alex Jones seemingly out of leftfield. I can only surmise that this is an attempt to get traffic or attract attention. Kirchick's tone seems to be a whining lament about how the first incarnation of his smear didn't get enough play the first time around.
Again he resorts to guilt by association, upset at the fact that Ron Paul has appeared on Alex Jones' show.
Kirchick treats Jones' assertion (and Ron Paul's agreement) that NORTHCOM is involved in a military takeover of the country as a "conspiracy theory," even as the U.S. Senate passes a bill that would allow the military to kidnap and intern Americans in detention camps without trial, and even as the Washington Post reports how Northcom has dispatched 20,000 troops to aid in "domestic security" inside the United States.
Kirchick then cites Jones' Endgame documentary and alleges that Jones claims there is a "secret plot of George Pataki, David Rockefeller, and Queen Beatrix, among other luminaries, to exterminate humanity and transform themselves into "superhuman" computer hybrids able to "travel throughout the cosmos."
As anyone who has actually bothered to watch the documentary will know, the "secret plot" which Kirchick is seemingly afraid to mention is called the Bilderberg Group. It's no secret, the group meets every year to further their agenda for global government (the mere mention of the Bilderberg Group was described as an "out there conspiracy theory" by Kirchick back in 2008). The elite's desire for superhuman status is no conspiracy theory dreamed up by Jones either, it's one that's openly romanticized by the super-rich and elite technology gurus like Ray Kurzweil.
You'd think that Kirchick and his ilk would have learned their lesson by now. Even back in 2008, the racist smear was quickly swiped aside by the Paul campaign, but the attack dogs returned in 2010, this time going after Rand Paul in an effort to prevent him becoming Kentucky Senator. But ridiculous tales about the 'Aqua Buddha' and allegations of Rand Paul kidnapping women were quickly proven to be no more than grossly exaggerated college pranks from 30 years previously. Paul won by a landslide.
Recycling debunked and tired old garbage about Ron Paul being "racist" when he is the only Republican candidate not to advocate killing more brown people in broken-backed third world countries to "protect America" just isn't going to work.
As one respondent wrote in response to Kirchick's hit piece back in 2008 (it applies more than ever today), "That's the problem Ron Paul presents to those trying to smear him, you have to go back 20 years and try to twist somebody else's words to try to make him look bad. With all the other candidates you can just look at what they themselves have actually been doing in the recent past and even the present."
Indeed, the neo-con establishment peanut gallery on which Kirchick is proudly perched is now so discredited that top-down attacks on Ron Paul will only aid him in cultivating his substantive image as the only genuine alternative to the Washington establishment that has corrupted and bankrupted America.
RELATED: Vicious Ron Paul Hit Piece Scrapes The Barrel Of Yellow Journalism (our original rebuttal to Kirchick's smear attack from 2008).
Paul Joseph Watson is the editor and writer for Prison Planet.com. He is the author of Order Out Of Chaos. Watson is also a regular fill-in host for The Alex Jones Show.


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CLEARWATER, Fla. (March 3, 2011) - For the third consecutive weekend the ETSU softball team will gear up for tournament play as the Bucs participate in the USF Under Armour Invitational, beginning Friday morning in Clearwater, Fla. The Bucs open play against Columbia (10 a.m.), before closing out the day with BIG EAST foe Villanova at 12:30 p.m.
On Saturday, ETSU will take on SEC contender Arkansas at 12:30 p.m., while wrapping up the day with another BIG EAST opponent in host South Florida at 3 p.m. The Blue and Gold wrap up play Sunday when the Bucs face Mid-American Conference preseason favorite Ball State at noon.
The Bucs (3-8) picked up a pair of wins last weekend at the Frost Classic in Chattanooga, as ETSU defeated Tennessee-Martin (5-4) and Toledo (6-1). A trio of Buccaneer players bring hitting streaks into play this weekend as Amy Campbell (Chattanooga, Tenn.), Katie Wolff (LaGrange, Fla.), and Katie Henderson (Jackson, Tenn.) have all hit safely in the last four games. Campbell went 6-for-14 (.429) with a double, two home runs (one grand slam), six runs scored and six RBI last weekend in Chattanooga. Meanwhile, Wolff hit her first collegiate home run and Henderson hit .333 last weekend.
Below is a breakdown of each Buccaneer opponent this weekend.
Columbia (0-0)
Columbia is making its season debut against the Bucs on Friday morning. The Lions finished the 2010 campaign with a record of 15-32, but Columbia returns 10 letterwinners from last season's squad that set program marks for a myriad of offensive categories, including batting average, home runs, hits, runs and RBIs. Senior pitcher/first baseman Maggie Johnson is the top returning hitter and pitcher for Columbia. Johnson hit .336 (48-143) with 17 doubles, four home runs and 23 RBIs, while also earning a team-high six wins in the circle.
Villanova (5-5)
The Wildcats - who have won four of their last six games - have been led by strong pitching in the early season. Villanova's junior right-hander Caitlyn Delahaba is 4-2 with a 1.65 ERA (10ER/42.1IP). Delahaba has 32 strikeouts and 13 walks on the year. Meanwhile, Villanova is only hitting .193 on the year as junior third baseman Kristi Burlin is batting a team-best .296 with 12 RBI.
Arkansas (7-8)
Despite being one game under .500, the Razorbacks have still managed to knock off then number-one UCLA, 4-3, back on Feb. 18 in Las Vegas. Unlike Villanova, the Razorbacks are led by a strong offensive attack as Arkansas is hitting .305 with 24 doubles, nine triples and ten home runs. Senior outfielder Becca Carden is hitting a team-high .400 (20-50) with four doubles, three triples, two home runs and 14 RBI, while also being a perfect 4-of-4 in stolen bases. As a team, Arkansas has only been thrown out three times in 26 attempts.
South Florida (7-8)
After winning four straight to open the season, the Bulls have dropped eight of their last 11 games; however, USF is coming off an 8-0 six-inning win over Western Michigan on Wednesday. Freshman left-hander Sara Nevins tossed a two-hit shutout to improve to 4-2 on the season, while Gina Kafalas went 3-for-4 with two runs scored and a stolen base. Kafalas is leading the team in hitting at .365, while Janine Richardson and Stephanie Medina have combined to record five doubles, four homers and 24 RBIs.
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Ball State has won five straight and brings a potent offensive attack to the diamond. The Cardinals have a pair of batters hitting over .450 as Alyssa Collins carries a .464 average into play this weekend, while Alicia Barkley is batting .455 with four doubles and a triple. In the circle, sophomore righty Audra Sanders is 3-2 with a 1.80 ERA (7ER/35.0IP) while compiling 45 punch outs and only nine walks.
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The battle of the Christmas adverts is firing up. It's already been revealed that Lily Allen will provide the soundtrack to John Lewis's undoubtedly epic effort (a cover of Keane's Somewhere Only We Know), and Marks & Spencer's festive mini-film, snippets of which were leaked today, looks equally as spectacular.
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Justin Upton continues stellar start, Braves top Cubs
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Initial Jobless Claims dropped and fourth quarter productivity deteriorated, with both data coming in largely as expected. The Jobless Claims level is now at 366K, down 5K from an upwardly revised 371K the week before. The 4-week average dropped to 351K from 353K, a new low for this cycle, no doubt helped by the unusual drops two weeks back when initial claims dropped to roughly 330K.
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Solipskier is what you'd get if Canabalt and Line Rider had a lovechild. It has the fast pace and constant rightward motion of Canabalt, plus the platform drawing of Line Rider. It's a very fun game, even if you aren't an extreme sporting fan.
The goal is to draw in the slopes for the skier as he races along. Depending on how you draw the slopes, he'll gain or lose speed, soar into the stars, or even plummet into the abyss if you aren't careful. You'll also need to avoid drawing walls in front of him or smashing into barriers.
There are multiple ways to rack up high scores. One is to stop drawing while the skier is in the air, causing him to instantly perform tricks. You can also aim him through green gates and blue tunnels for bonuses.
Single rainbow! What does it mean?
The developers were nice enough to include some pointers for new players. We learned a lot from these, such as how making a slightly downward path with a small lift at the end will cause the skier to gain massive air. We recommend reading through these so you don't have a yard sale (when you crash and your gear gets strewn all over the snow).
While you ride, a suitable fast rock track riffs in the background. Plus, the modern-style graphics mixed with crazy rainbows trailing behind the skier are pure eye candy.
Solipskier is a universal app, and it has iPhone 4-ready graphics. It also has online leaderboards that track your high score and furthest distance jumped. We couldn't put the game down in our time with it, and can easily recommend it if you're looking for a new casual game.


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Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - Thirty-four years ago, a chestnut colt that wintered in California won the Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont Stakes. This year, a chestnut colt that prepped at Santa Anita has taken the first two legs of the Triple Crown.
The similarities between Affirmed and I'll Have Another do not end there. The last Triple Crown winner defeated arch-rival Alydar by 1 1/2 lengths on the first Saturday in May and then again by a neck in the Preakness. I'll Have Another ran down his adversary Bodemeister by exactly the same margins in his last two races.
I'll Have Another has one major hurdle left to conquer.
Affirmed won the 1978 Belmont Stakes, a race regarded as the best Triple Crown duel of all-time. On the other hand, I'll Have Another still needs to add one more victory in the "Test of Champions" to secure his place in the pantheon of American horse racing.
Eleven horses have tried to duplicate Affirmed's achievement since 1978, but all have failed for one reason or another.
The first was Spectacular Bid, only a year after back-to-back Triple Crown wins by Seattle Slew and Affirmed. The "Bid," who came into the Kentucky Derby on a 10-race winning streak, defeated General Assembly by 2 3/4 lengths before knocking off just four rivals in the Preakness.
Spectacular Bid was almost a sure thing in the Belmont Stakes. Unfortunately, jockey Ronnie Franklin inexplicably battled 85-1 shot Gallant Best through a third quarter in 23 3/5 seconds after running the first half-mile in 47 3/5. The gray colt failed to hold off Coastal (and Golden Act) through the stretch and wound up third.
Two years later, Pleasant Colony had Triple Crown aspirations after winning both the Kentucky Derby and Preakness, but the come-from-behind son of His Majesty was in last place with too much to do after the first half-mile in the Belmont Stakes. The John Campo-trained colt also finished third as the odds-on favorite.
I'll Have Another has a long way to go to match the accomplishments of Spectacular Bid, but one thing to keep in mind is that both colts lost the same number of races (two) heading into the Belmont. I'll Have Another also has more natural speed than Pleasant Colony, so unless he breaks five lengths slow from the gate, he'll be much closer to the early pace than the 1981 Derby winner.
Two more colts - Alysheba and Sunday Silence - had a chance for glory in the second half of the 1980s, but both were defeated by horses that finished second in the Kentucky Derby and Preakness.
Alysheba and Sunday Silence had different running styles as the former used his speed late in races while the latter used it early.
Alysheba was blown away in the Belmont Stakes by Bet Twice, who stole the show by 14 lengths over Cryptoclearance and Gulch. Alysheba wound up fourth as the 4-5 favorite.
Sunday Silence, coming off what is widely considered the best Preakness ever over Easy Goer, could not hold off his arch-rival in the Belmont Stakes. Easy Goer bounded away to an easy eight-length victory.
It's interesting to note that Sunday Silence was the first of the four Derby- Preakness winners after Affirmed to finish second.
I'll Have Another is more comparable to the Charlie Whittingham colt than Alysheba in terms of speed. The main difference between him and Sunday Silence is that there are zero horses in the 2012 field with the quality of an Easy Goer.
Triple Crown Losers In The 1990s
The late 1990s almost mirrored the late 1970s when Silver Charm (1997), Real Quiet (1998) and Charismatic (1999) won both the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness. Exactly 20 years earlier, Seattle Slew (1977), Affirmed (1978), and Spectacular Bid (1979) had taken the first two jewels of the Triple Crown.
Of the three, I'll Have Another's running style is probably closest to that of Silver Charm since the Bob Baffert trainee liked to race near the lead. That colt also won the Preakness by a similar margin (a head) and odds (3-1).
Silver Charm, who was even-money in the Belmont Stakes, had to face his arch- rival Free House, along with Touch Gold, who came into the Test of Champions off a very troubled fourth-place finish in the Preakness. I'll Have Another will only have to hold off the likes of Union Rags and Dullahan, two horses that are not in the same class as the aforementioned colts.
The pace of the 1997 Belmont Stakes was on the slow side (six furlongs in 1:13 4/5), but Silver Charm had to battle Touch Gold's entrymate, Wild Rush, down the entire backstretch. In the meantime, Chris McCarron gave Touch Gold a brilliant ride en route to a three-quarter length score over the favorite.
Real Quiet came the closest of any Triple Crown loser falling by a nose on the bob of the head to Victory Gallop. Still, the horse they called "The Fish" was not considered a major Derby contender because he only won two of his previous seven starts. In that respect, he is nothing like I'll Have Another, who has won all but two of his seven appearances.
Additionally, jockey Kent Desormeaux, who placed Real Quiet less than two lengths off the lead with five furlongs left, rode the race as if he was on Bet Twice instead of Real Quiet.
Charismatic also came into the Kentucky Derby without much success, The son of Summer Squall cantered into the winner's circle only three times in 14 starts prior to the first Saturday in May and one of those victories came via disqualification.
Owned by Bob and Beverly Lewis, Charismatic was 31-1 in the Derby and 8-1 in the Preakness before finishing third in the Belmont as the 8-5 favorite. Jockey Chris Antley was widely praised for pulling the horse up right after the wire, but his in-race tactics cost him the victory. The horse usually came from the middle of the pack, but in the Belmont, Antley had him chasing the filly Silverbulletday for the lead.
Four Failures since 2002
War Emblem gave Bob Baffert his third Kentucky Derby-Preakness double when the Illinois Derby winner held off Magic Weisner by less than a length at Pimlico. Unfortunately, the horse stumbled slightly coming out of the gate in the Belmont and was behind a horse (instead of alongside) for the first time in five races. The son of Our Emblem wound up a distant eighth, beaten almost 20 lengths by 70-1 shot Sarava.
The next two years also featured horses racing for Triple Crown glory, beginning with Funny Cide.
The gelding finished second in the Wood Memorial (a half-length behind Empire Maker) but got his revenge with a 1 3/4 length score in the Derby. After murdering his competition by 9 3/4 lengths in the Preakness, a race Empire Maker skipped, Funny Cide was bet down to 1-1 while Empire Maker was the 2-1 second choice in the six-horse field.
As happens so many times in the Belmont Stakes, the Derby-Preakness winner puts forth a race far different than he is used to running. Funny Cide found himself on the lead for the first time since the Louisiana Derby and was run down by Empire Maker, and then eventually by Ten Most Wanted.
Funny Cide was nothing like I'll Have Another as he had lost his three preps prior to the Derby. In addition, Funny Cide had a perfect 3-for-3 record at Belmont Park. In fact, he was the first horse with Derby and Preakness victories that raced over the Belmont surface prior to the third leg of the Triple Crown since Pleasant Colony back in 1981.
In order for I'll Have Another to win the Belmont Stakes, he will have to do so without a start over the track, something that has rarely taken place. To that end, trainer Doug O'Neill brought the colt to "Big Sandy" immediately after the Preakness to get him acclimated to the largest track in the country.
The year following Funny Cide was the year the entire world expected the Triple Crown jinx to be broken. Smarty Jones was 1-5 after winning all eight of his races, including the Preakness by a record 11 1/2 lengths.
Jockeys play an important part in every race but more so in the 1 1/2-mile Belmont Stakes. Many of them have not had much experience at Belmont Park, a track far different than any other. In addition, when you are riding for the Triple Crown, other jockeys will gang up on your horse in order to prevent it.
That is what happened to Smarty Jones.
Stewart Elliott, who rode mostly at Philadelphia Park, was not as familiar with Belmont Park as was most of the other jockeys in the race. His colt was also the target of both Rock Hard Ten and Eddington, two horses that forced Smarty Jones to run much faster than he should have.
After coasting through the first half-mile in 48 3/5, Smarty Jones and Elliott were pressed into an unbelievably quick third quarter in 23 seconds. The son of Kentucky Derby winner Grindstone then ran a 23 4/5 fourth quarter. That 46 4/5 middle half slowed him down just enough for Birdstone to come on late and win by a length.
Four years later, Big Brown was poised to become the second undefeated Triple Crown winner when he was the odds-on favorite over eight others in the Belmont Stakes. However, rumors floated around that the bay colt was not himself the week of the race and it showed when Desormeaux pulled him up approaching the quarter pole.
There have been 11 horses since Affirmed with a chance to win the Triple Crown and all 11 came up short.
One thing in I'll Have Another's favor is his tactical speed. It will be imperative for jockey Mario Gutierrez not to move too early or too fast, which is sometimes easier said than done.
Trainer Doug O'Neill and owner J. Paul Reddam are going about their business the right way by bringing in a string of their horses to Belmont Park and having Gutierrez ride them leading up to the Test of Champions.
However, if they don't have a horse in the 1 1/2-mile Brooklyn Handicap, scheduled for the day before the Belmont, it might not matter how many rides the jockey gets. The only perfect simulation will come in a race held at the same distance. If Gutierrez gets to ride in the Brooklyn and the horse gets comfortable in his new surroundings, the rest will take care of itself on race day.


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Meridian, Miss. Greater Meridian Health Clinic is taking steps to help make enrolling in the new Federal Healthcare Marketplace easier. GMHC is the only agency certified by the federal government to work with application enrollment in East Mississippi.
"To help, we are trying to implement this program in the most cost effective way that we most possibly can do it," says GMHC CEO Wilbert Jones. He says to cut down on travel costs, and utilize personnel more efficiently, his agency is offering teleconferencing for people to enroll. To take advantage of this, people can go to a GMHC site in their area and teleconference with trained enrollment specialists who work at the agency's office in Meridian. During the teleconference these specialists do all of the work needed to enroll individuals in a plan.
"We can do it from an I-pad, and it is secure," says Jones. "We can do it from a desk top computer. We can do it from the monitors that you see in this room."
Because of recent widespread technical problems with the federal website to register, officials at Greater Meridian Health Clinic are using other methods to help people enroll for insurance coverage.
"What we're doing is calling the 1-800 number, and we're actually getting them with the manual applications over the telephone completed," says GMHC Outreach Director, Beverly Hearn.
As work continues to make the system more efficient, officials at Greater Meridian Health Clinic say it currently takes almost an hour to complete the process. In order for a person to enroll, they say certain items are needed.
"They need to have social security numbers for everyone that they want to put on the application, and also any kind of form to show their current income like W2's or current check stubs," says GMHC Counselor Ashley Evans.
Greater Meridian Health Clinic has six trained specialists who are currently handling insurance enrollment. The non-profit agency is a Federally Qualified Health Center. It's based in Meridian and serves: Lauderdale, Kemper, Winston, Noxubee and Oktibbeha counties.


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The big Speed4′s are finally here and they are simply unique!
The SPEED4 LOTUS is our flagship ram-air foilkite and the most performance orientated kite that we have ever had at Flysurfer. This product combines ultimate low-end performance with maximum upwind ability like no other, yet remains smooth and fast in turning behavior. The construction of the new Speed4 has been completely optimized and as an industry first we will be using a special cloth for these big Speed4 kites which has a so-called "Lotus-Effectʺ. This cloth has excellent water and stain resistance and is extremely airtight. The sum of all these benefits make the Speed4 LOTUS simply unique.
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At Flysurfer we have always set high standards on quality and durability. With the Speed4 Lotus we bring this philosophy to the next level. The highlight is use of a completely new type of cloth material with a so-called lotus effect, an industry first in kiteboarding. This material is not only extremely airtight and has excellent water- and stain-resistance, it is so smooth that we can not even print on the kite. The Lotus cloth is a staggering 25 percent lighter than our already very light deluxe cloth! This weight reduction means: the kite is flying even earlier, can be packed-up smaller, is easier than ever before to get out of the water and the cloth remains airtight even after countless hours of flight time – maintaining the same performance as the day you bought it.. For the Speed4 Lotus we are also introducing thinner, low-resistance flying lines. The new lines are even stiffer but much thinner, while retaining the same breaking loads as before. The Speed4 Lotus will use the Frontline Safety as the default safety system, however a 5th line safety (FDS) will be offered as an optional accessory. To round the complete package off, the Speed4 Lotus will be offered with the 6 month Free Repair Warrantee as well!
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Police around the country have been making increasing use of automatic license plate recognition (ALPR) systems, which combine optical character recognition with database storage and matching to help catch criminals, solve crimes and finding missing people.
In fact, their use is becoming so widespread that some organizations are raising privacy concerns.
ALPRs use a camera and OCR to read and photograph license plates as a police car travels down the road or cruises a parking lot. A computer compares the information collected with a national database; when a match is found the officer receives an alert on his/her computer, which shows the vehicle owner and nature of the potential problem.
The devices can use existing closed-circuit television, road-rule enforcement cameras, infrared cameras or cameras specifically designed for the task. Some can store a photograph of the driver, noted a Wikipedia entry.
ALPRs are also known by various other terms, including automatic vehicle identification (AVI); car plate recognition (CPR); license-plate recognition (LPR); lecture automatique de plaques d'immatriculation (LAPI) and automatic number plate recognition (ANPR).
The cameras were designed to help locate stolen cars, wanted criminals and vehicles involved in Amber or Silver alerts. They are also used as a method of toll collection.
Police have been enthusiastic about the technology, which is becoming more widespread as prices for the devices drop. Two of the latest to install the technology are police in Des Moines and Sioux City, Iowa, reported the DesmoinesRegister.com.
Police in Sioux City will begin using the technology in about a month; Des Moines will be adding it in the fall. The program debuted in Iowa in Polk County police vehicles last year.
"We're just trying to make it right for everyone on the street," said Polk County Sheriff's Deputy Jeff Rullman in the article. "The number of plates this thing will read on a daily basis compared to what an officer can -- it's no comparison. It's not uncommon to have this thing run 6,000, 7,000 plates" during an eight-hour shift on a busy Des Moines street, he added.
Polk County obtained the devices gratis via a nearly $26,000 grant from the Justice Department. The police department will probably apply for additional funds for more equipment, said Rullman.
Large cities have been using the technology for a while. In Washington, D.C., for example, a network of ALPRs collects 1,800 images per minute, which are added to a database of people's movements around the city, the Washington Post has reported.
The storage of those images is what has gotten the attention of the American Civil Liberties Union. The ACLU is questioning whether these gadgets will be used in a way that will create an Orwellian state.
In late July, ACLU affiliates in 38 states sent requests to local police departments and state agencies, asking how they will be using the readers to track and record Americans' movements. In addition, the national organization and the ACLU of Massachusetts filed Freedom of Information Act requests with the Justice, Homeland Security and Transportation departments to learn how the federal government is funding the use of ALPRs and how the agencies themselves will be using the technology.
"When used in a narrow and carefully regulated way, ALPRs can help police recover stolen cars and arrest people with outstanding warrants. Unfortunately, law enforcement agencies are increasingly moving towards a 'keep everything, share widely' formula concerning ALPR data," with many police departments storing location information of millions of motorists, not just those suspected of criminal activity," the ACLU said in a recent blog on the topic.
"Only two states (New Hampshire and Maine) have passed legislation barring the retention of 'non-hit' plate data for extended periods," the ACLU said. "On the other hand, we know for certain that some departments are eagerly engaging in this surreptitious data collection. As license plate location data accumulates, the system ceases to be simply a mechanism enabling efficient police work and becomes a warrantless tracking tool, enabling retroactive surveillance of millions of people."
But are these popular yet controversial devices more effective than current methods? According to a blog post at Reason.com, a 2010 study by George Mason University's Center for Evidence-Based Crime Policy found that "[o]ver a third of large police agencies have already adopted [license plate recognition]" even though there's been little discussion of its use or of community concerns, and "the question still remains as to whether this technology is more effective in reducing, preventing or even detecting crime."
Even Polk County's Rullman conceded that he doesn't really know how many law breakers have been identified using the technology.
Interestingly, the concern of the ACLU -- storing information on non-criminals for indefinite periods -- appears to be seen as a bonus by law enforcement. Des Moines police spokesman Christopher Scott noted that if a license plate is later tied to a child abduction, database information on the plate could be used to potentially track the abductor.
"People get freaked out about running plates and having banks of information," he said in The Des Moines Register. "What we're doing is basically putting in our storage bag a license plate, and if we search for it we can find that information. If we're not searching for it, we'll never find that information."
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Another option is if manufacturers could provide for regulation of access to the search system requiring two-party authorization or the like to run a search and for what. It's pretty scary that just because someone has access to the system they can go hunt down any plate they want, from theoretically any time in the past. There is a lot of room for abuse. I hate agreeing with the ACLU but I think they are spot-on raising attention to this.
So some nimrod pipes up that keeping tabs on your non-criminal whereabouts is a good thing? People babble about "the slippery slope" when the facts are that we've long since slid down it. Now we're only being given excuses for how we got there.
Our PD installed the system and tried to make it work. It didn't. I think they asked for their money back. Lots of technical issues to overcome.
"...If we're not searching for it, we'll never find that information." That is the scary part... they aren't searching for me so they'll never find me. Until they do search for me. And then they will find me. It was said best in the article with the retroactive search. Connecticut has it right with ditching all the data that ins't a positive hit.
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Lady Gaga has celebrated her 28th birthday with an energetic but short concert in New York.
Gaga, who performed for an hour in front of a feverish crowd at the Roseland Ballroom, was on top form as she sang nearly a dozen of her songs, including Just Dance, 'Born This Way, 'Poker Face and Applause.
The shortness of the concert surprised fans, who waited for the pop star to hit the stage again after she had actually finished.
The New York-born singer performed some tracks from her recent album, ARTPOP, which has struggled to match the success of her other releases. But on stage, she showed no signs of slowing down.
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As the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) readies to take control of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) on Monday, Afghanistan continues to struggle amidst growing attacks on aid workers and law enforcement officers in its provinces. Despite repeated calls by the United Nations (UN), Afghan President Hamid Karzai, and progressive organizations including the Feminist Majority, ISAF remains confined within Kabul. At his farewell press conference this week, outgoing ISAF commander Lt. Gen. Norbert van Heyst of Germany credited ISAF for securing the capital city of Kabul; however, "What I really want to do is to wake up the international community to do each and every thing to provide security in the province," reported the Agence France Presse. Since late July, roughly 60 people have died in attacks by suspected al-Qaeda supporters, predominantly in the south-the former stronghold of the Taliban, the AFP reported. Just yesterday, six Afghan soldiers and a US aid worker were killed by ambush in the southern province of Helmand.
Since the Taliban's ouster in 2001, Afghan women in Kabul have slowly begun returning to school and work. Earlier this month, Afghan women's rights advocates submitted 100,000 signed copies of the "Declaration of the Essential Rights of Afghan Women," urging the country's 35-member constitutional commission to grant women fundamental rights and freedoms in the new constitution. However, because security remains a concern, many women continue to wear the burqa, according to Reuters. "A country's tradition is stronger than its constitution; we cannot change it very quickly... It's very difficult, and we must go carefully step by step," Dr. Soraya Rahim, deputy minister of Afghanistan's Ministry of Women's Affairs told Reuters.
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Diamondbacks edge Brewers in extras
Milwaukee, WI – Eric Hinske clubbed a two-run homer in the top of the 11th inning and Heath Bell was just good enough to lock down the save, as the Arizona Diamondbacks took an 8-7 win over the Milwaukee Brewers on Sunday at Miller Park.
Hinske pinch hit after Cliff Pennington led the 11th off with a double. He then crushed a breaking pitch from John Axford (0-1) well past the centerfield wall to put the Diamondbacks on top by two.
"That was nice, we wanted to bring him in because of his experience," said Arizona manager Kirk Gibson. "It was big for us."
Bell came on and surrendered three hits, with Jonathan Lucroy's run scoring single putting runners on the corners. However, Bell fanned Rickie Weeks and pinch-hit pitcher Kyle Lohse to end the game. The Brewers were just 5-for-17 with runners in scoring position for the game.
Tony Sipp (1-0) spun a perfect 10th inning to pick up the win. Paul Goldschmidt went 3-for-5 with a run scored and two RBI, and Aaron Hill had a two-run homer among his three hits for the Diamondbacks, who finished off their first-ever three game sweep of the Brewers.
Milwaukee, losers of five straight, rallied with a two-run ninth inning off Arizona closer J.J. Putz to send the game to extras. Norichika Aoki went 4- for-6 with three RBI in the setback.
Arizona's Ian Kennedy took the hill against Milwaukee's Yovani Gallardo, with neither factoring into the decision. Kennedy pitched into the seventh and gave up seven hits on four runs. Gallardo tossed six frames, giving up four runs on nine hits.
"Things aren't going our way," said Gallardo. "We battled with each at bat up to the last pitch."
Hill's home run in the seventh put Arizona ahead, 6-3, but Milwaukee got a run back in the bottom half of the frame before tying it up in the ninth.
Pinch-hitter Josh Prince led off with a ground-rule double and came around to score on Aoki's base hit into right field. Aoki then stole second and Lucroy drove him home on a grounder through the right side to get Milwaukee to extra innings.
The Diamondbacks failed to score with the bases full and no one out in the second, but loaded the bases again in the third and received a two-out, two- run single from Goldschmidt to take a 2-0 lead.
The Brewers drew even in the bottom half of the frame on Aoki's two-run double and a solo homer from Alex Gonzalez in the following inning put Milwaukee in front, 3-2.
Arizona, though, responded by plating a pair of runs in each of the sixth and seventh innings to go ahead, 6-3.
Jason Kubel's double into the left field corner in the sixth tied the contest, and two batters later, Pennington drove in the go-ahead run with a sacrifice fly. Hill's homer in the next inning then created a three-run cushion.
The Brewers came away with nothing after loading the bases with no one out in the sixth, but with bases full again in the seventh, Carlos Gomez pushed a run across on a ground ball force out at second base.
Game Notes
Hinske's homer was his eighth career pinch-hit home run ... Milwaukee's shortstop Jean Segura left in the fourth inning after appearing to injure his leg on a takeout slide by Arizona's Gerardo Parra in third ... Lucroy went 2- for-3 with two RBI ... The Diamondbacks will return home on Monday for a three-game series with Pittsburgh ... The Brewers will look to end their skid on Monday in Chicago when they begin a three-game series with the Cubs.


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The biennial Paris Motor Show kicked off under the motto: "The future, now" with a focus on lighter, slicker cars and electric and hybrid vehicles.
Returning and newcomer manufacturers launched production models and concept cars with an eye on sustainable mobility, demonstrated spectacularly by Mercedes-Benz' "Electric Drive."
Some exciting new releases include Audi's new Sportback with special features for the mobile generation, Jaguar's return to the sports car with the new F type, a brand new — 420 kg (925 pounds) lighter —Range Rover. Volkswagen's seventh generation Golf, one of the best-selling models in history, and a revolutionary supercar from McLaren are also among the highlights.
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ATLANTA, GA--(Marketwire - Jan 21, 2013) - Jonathan Ellenthal, a Partner and President of TEDMED, LLC, will speak at the SEMDA 2013 Conference. The seventh annual SEMDA Conference will be held on February 19-20, 2013, at the Georgia Tech Global Learning Center.
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As the exclusive licensee of the globally recognized TED brand for the field of health and medicine, TEDMED is focused entirely on innovation and breakthrough thinking across all of health and medicine. The organization's annual flagship event features brilliant short talks, stunning artistic performances and informal social experiences.
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When my order was canceled at a leading auto parts vendor after hearing nothing for two weeks from the date of my order (sigh)... I looked up a rear dash cover at AutoAnything and quickly found what I needed. I submitted a question about how the cover would impact my rear speakers, and had a response back in 24-hours - as promised! The part arrived quickly and was exactly what I needed. It was easy to install and really helped clean up the look of my back dash.


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Camp Pendleton's decision to reject our proposal violates federal ethics regulations. This is certainly a huge step in the wrong direction. We're still willing to work with officials before the San Diego area Marine Corps base is entrenched in a legal battle they can't possibly win.
We've received mixed signals from Camp Pendleton in trying to organize Rock Beyond Belief 2. Initially, they were on board with treating us with equality. We are simply demanding the same access, treatment, and support as the Armor of Light ministry has received for over a decade. They've put on numerous massive evangelical festivals featuring rock bands and speakers, all intent on explaining why service members (and their families) need to drop their current religious preference and become born again Christians.
Then late last year something abruptly changed over at the Armor of Light website. They 'went dark', regarding public announcements of their events featuring command endorsement, sponsorship, or access to military bases. This was the entirety of their mission, so now they've got absolutely nothing to post to their 'upcoming events' calendar.
Here is a screenshot from this morning, 5 January 2013.
Right around the same time AoL went dark, American Atheists' Freedom Of Information Act (FOIA) request had been processed. Look at the highlighted portions of this document [pdf] to see what was missing out of the information we requested. Half of what they did send us was improperly redacted beyond legibility. Even then, the contents constituted a tiny fraction of what we asked. No explanation was given.
Previously, the apparent full-stop in the special treatment for Armor of Light looked like a positive development. However, a few weeks ago, AoL and Camp Pendleton collaborated on a medium-sized event. Though not a full-blown concert, it had all the same hallmarks of the event we're trying to put on.
It featured a live music performance from at least one group (using relatively expensive pro-gear). There was face-painting, multiple 'bounce houses', balloon animals, and other activities aimed at children. There was food, and a very large building's worth of seating arrangements (typically rented). Adults and kids sparred in padded sumo wrestler suits. This happened on Camp Pendleton with the full endorsement of a large tenant unit, and the use of government facilities, personnel, and equipment.
Ian Cherry, the same Camp Pendleton official who assured us equal treatment back in May, recently informed American Atheists that RBB2 couldn't be supported. The reasons he gave were ridiculous, and we're considering legal action shortly. The crux of their argument is that it would be 'too costly', despite the fact that American Atheists was ready and willing to pay for the event. Mr. Cherry also cited one other obstacle – they don't have the manpower. It's odd that Camp Pendleton has the manpower only when Armor of Light events are concerned.
They simply don't have the option to tell us 'No' from a legal perspective.
Here's how the funding piece works- In 2012, American Atheists paid for the first RBB (by way of a $50,000 donation from Stiefel Freethought Foundation) – mirroring the Billy Graham Evangelical Association's spending for the event that prompted RBB. The Billy Graham Evangelical Association no longer does massive festivals on military bases for some mysterious reason. Sources for the funding regarding AoL activities at Camp Pendleton are still completely unknown. We have no idea if tax-payers footed a lot of the bill at Camp Pendleton, but we sure as hell intend to find out.
This Armor of Light ministry is not without embarrassing controversy. They fall under the Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa umbrella, an evangelical movement steeped in (failed) end-times predictions, and mired with a large number of sex abuse cover-up scandals. The center of this storm is right outside of San Diego. There is a lot of money and power funneled into the area by way of a 1000+ church sect (Calvary Chapel) with flagship CCCM at the head.
We backed off temporarily for a few reasons. Chiefly, we thought they might have re-evaluated their history of special treatment for Armor of Light ministries, putting a stop to it. Large scale festivals with sectarian nature (Christian, Jewish, Atheist, Wiccan, etc.) are specifically illegal on military bases – unless they are willing and able to support any other comparable event.
We'd gladly go away if they make a very firm written commitment to stop all of these sectarian concerts, festivals, and the other events from outside organizations. That would be the easiest way to enforce the laws, and is the recommended course of action in the actual regulations. Unfortunately, it's apparent that they decided to fight against equal treatment, and for sectarian favoritism.
We ran into similar bluffs and tactics before. They didn't work last time. We're still hoping that Mr. Cherry is ready to talk about Rock Beyond Belief 2 as a festival, and not as a lawsuit.
It took 18 months to pull it off at Fort Bragg, and it was cutthroat the whole way. I'm proud to say that Colonel Sicinski and the rest of Bragg's leadership really came through on the right side of history, embracing us openly on the Main Post Parade Field. Camp Pendleton has nothing to fear and everything to gain by following the precedent we set last year.
It's not over, by any means. We'll likely resubmit our proposal and spend all of two sentences specifically addressing their nonsensical objections. I've played this game before. We'll be updating the official Rock Beyond Belief website shortly.


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Andrews University invites the community to join them for a variety of events during their annual Alumni Homecoming Weekend Sept. 26-29, 2013. A full schedule and description of events, including RSVP forms for select events, is available at alumni.andrews.edu/homecoming.
The weekend begins with the opening of the Andrews Treasures Exhibition, a special showcase of various items brought out of storage for a first-time-ever comprehensive showing, installed in nine locations across the Andrews campus. Items include a Rembrandt sketch, a woolly mammoth, cuneiform tablets, 15th Century sheet music, mission artifacts and more. The opening night, including a brief overview and brochures for planning your visit to each of the exhibition locations, is Thursday, Sept. 26, at 8 p.m. in the Campus Center. The exhibition remains open during regular business hours through October; for special group tours, call Becky May at 269-471-3345.
On Friday, Sept. 27, all are invited to participate in the Wes Christiansen Memorial Golf outing at Harbor Shores Golf Club located at 201 Graham Ave., Benton Harbor, Mich. Registration for this family friendly event begins at 8 a.m. with the shotgun start at 9 a.m. The regular entry fee is $100, which includes 18 holes of four-man/woman scramble golf with a cart, lunch, and prizes. Proceeds will support the Alumni Scholarship fund. Course requirements are collared shirts, soft spikes and no denim pants or shorts. RSVP is required.
Friday's events also include a presentation by guest speaker and alumnus Wes Youngberg entitled, "Goodbye Diabetes: The lifestyle medicine approach to defining, detecting, defying and defeating diabetes." Youngberg will share current research on the most effective lifestyle-medicine strategies for the prevention, detection and reversal of prediabetes and Type 2 diabetes. This event is free and open to the public.
The 26th annual homecoming parade begins at 5 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 27, in the parking lot of Pioneer Memorial Church. Guests can enjoy free popcorn and shaved ice drinks while watching the parade of floats, marching bands and fire trucks from the bleachers available across from the Howard Performing Arts Center. All are invited to attend. Immediately following the parade, join us in celebrating diversity at the International Flag Raising Ceremony on the flag mall at 6:30 p.m. All are encouraged to wear native dress and participate in both the parade and flag raising. Call 269-471-3345 to sign up and reserve your flag.
Also of interest on Friday is a renovation open house for the Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry in Halenz Hall, Room A-107, in the Science Complex from 2-4 p.m.
On Saturday, Sept. 28, explore the campus of Andrews University through a variety of open houses across campus, all occurring from 3–5 p.m. These include the Architecture Resource Center in the Architecture Building, the Art & Design Gallery in Smith Hall, the Center for Adventist Research in the lower level of James White Library, the Department of Speech-Language Pathology & Audiology in Bell Hall, James White Library tours, the Natural History Museum in Price Hall of the Science Complex, the Institute of Archaeology and Siegfried H. Horn Museum, Ruth Murdoch Elementary School, and the Undergraduate Learning Center in Buller and Nethery Halls.
The community is also invited to attend the annual Homecoming Concert at 8 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 28, in the Howard Performing Arts Center. This free concert features Andrews University Department of Music ensembles, including University Singers coducted by Stephen Zork, Symphony Orchestra conducted by Claudio Gonzalez and Wind Symphony conducted by Alan Mitchell. A dessert reception precedes the concert at 7:30 p.m.
Among the notable events on Sunday, Sept. 30, is the Aviation Breakfast and Fly-In from 8 a.m.-noon at the Andrews University Airpark. Guests can enjoy a pancake breakfast before touring the airpark to see the fleet of planes and visit the Flight Simulation Center. The price is $7 for adults, $3 for children ages 10 and under. Food will be served until 11 a.m.
For those who enjoy some morning exercise, the annual Harvest Run, a 5K run/walk, 10K run and 1K family walk, will begin at 9 a.m. at Johnson Gym. Preregister for lower registration fees at alumni.andrews.edu/run. Race day registration begins at 8 a.m.
Starting at 9:30 a.m. on Sunday, Sept. 30, is the annual Health & Fitness Expo, a free, family-focused event designed to provide health and fitness information in a fun and interactive way. The event includes mini workouts, cooking demos, nutrition information, games for children and adults, local health service information, opportunities on the Andrews University campus, and more. All participants are eligible to enter a drawing for a home elliptical trainer.
The weekend's events will conclude Sunday with the 6th annual Ride for AU at 1 p.m. when motorcyclists can enjoy a scenic trip through Southwest Michigan. If the 25-bike minimum is met, the ride will be escorted by the Berrien County Sheriff's Department Motorcycle Team. RSVP now at alumni.andrews.edu/homecoming.