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For their efforts in bringing change into the government, public service and to inspire young women for excellent public service, the thirteen serving female ministers have become the cynosure of all eyes.
You can tell from their records. They are not ordinary. Depending on the angle from which you are staring at each of them, you could be seeing passionate women or technocrats per excellence. They are 13 who work directly with President Goodluck Jonathan as cabinet ministers, but they are more than that who give orders to men in the government. They do it with zeal and authority that can't be questioned and several men have learnt to bow to them because their works stand out. Indeed, the Jonathan's women are perhaps more visible than the men in the cabinet. They run the government's key sector from finance to aviation, security to petroleum and many more. And they do it with the charisma of a man without the usual sentiments. They are all the president's women!
So to showcase them as examples, the government profiled them in a book of remembrance for inspiration to young women with aspiration for leadership. And in a resplendent night that appeared like an Oscar night with who-is-who in Nigeria from varied sector, the president held a dinner in their honour. With simple elegance, on 26th June, 2013, they filed out for presidential handshake that was unusual and unprecedented. They had their day with destiny to become first set of female ministers in Nigeria whose records of achievements are documented and profiled by the government.
"With action rather than rhetoric, President Jonathan has indeed given Nigerian women more prospects for inclusive and proactive leadership, it is therefore not surprising that out of the 188 countries recently studied, Nigeria ranked 23rd in terms of mobilisation and appointment of women into political positions.
President Jonathan has also given Nigerian women, strategic tasks that are often reserved for the men and this provides prospects for the transformation of women leadership," said President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia who attended the event where she unveiled the book of chronicle on the works of the female ministers titled: "Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, Champion for Women,"
The book as unveiled at a dinner organised in Abuja for President Jonathan's 13 serving female ministers and other female functionaries in his government chronicled the fulfillment of the campaign pledge of Jonathan in 2011 to nominate a considerable number of Nigerian women into challenging cabinet portfolios as well as the acclaimed faithful delivery of these womenfolk to the overall goal of Jonathan in the last two years that he has been in charge of Nigeria's national affairs.
While reflecting on the appointment of 13 women into strategic ministerial roles within his government to the ratification of a female Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Aloma Mariam Mukhtar, and top female diplomatic corps representing Nigeria's interests at global affairs as well as other female special advisers, these female office holders who were majorly present at the dinner that also had Malawian President, Joyce Banda in attendance, affirmed that Jonathan has indeed granted them a rare break to justify their lingering yearnings for practical gender equality as well as a platform to contribute to national development.
The president's women, in a very clear message, indicated at the dinner to appreciate the gestures of their champion, Jonathan, that they have the temerity to walk on paths that were hitherto, solely reserved for the men and come out with heart-warming results; but more importantly, these women by their testimonies told the president and indeed Nigerians that they all possess two common attributes; dedication and determination to make a difference in an atmosphere that perhaps, constantly await their slips.
"The future is very near for African women and Nigeria in particular because we see evident here tonight, the number and calibre of women my brother and friend has appointed in joining him to transform Nigeria. I commend the president for the revolution he is creating today by recognising the innate powers of the Nigerian women...Mr. President, I salute you," Sirleaf said while insisting that the number and character of women in the president's cabinet sets a welcome trend with a range of inherent potential benefits to governance and national development in Nigeria and Africa.
Breaking the Barriers
Reckoning with the accomplishments of ministers such as Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, in charge of Nigeria's quest for economic transformation, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, Nigeria's first female petroleum minister, Ms. Stella Oduah in aviation, Dr. Olusola Obada in defence and of course CJN Mukhtar, Malawian president, Banda stated that Jonathan was giving Nigerian women opportunities to break barriers which will help him accomplish his governance plans for the country.
She said while narrating her political struggles back in Malawi that: "President Jonathan has demonstrated that he is willing to break down barriers with the female appointments he has made in the military, diplomatic circle and ministries. You have made a statement that for Africa to prosper, we must begin to put our women on the center stages of development."
Also reiterating Banda's observation, Sirleaf added: "It has been all about talks in Africa in getting women at the top echelon of governments; results are often slow because of the traditional notion that women take care while men take charge. Without question, President Jonathan is addressing the gender stereotypes that potentially undermine the capacity of women in Africa."
Speaking of the determination of the president's women to push on with their respective contributions to nation building, Alison-Madueke who was singled out as the force behind the over 300-page glossy book in celebration of Jonathan's promotion of gender equality which has also seen him approve that female cadets be admitted as regular combatants to the prestigious Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) for the first time to allow the Nigerian military formations the full benefits women's participation across all ranks in the years to come, stated that their positions in the government have not been in any way "jobs for the girls."
Alison-Madueke explained that there was much more than just making up the numbers in the federal cabinet, adding that accomplishments in the job profile and character of all the female functionaries of Jonathan's government are bare for everyone to see.
"Are these women and President Jonathan's appointees out to prove something? The truth is that, for the most part, they simply want to do a great job and to change things for the better.
They are not unique in that. Having been given the chance by a visionary president to assist in our country's development, we have been confronted with an amazing opportunity, that makes us incredibly fortunate, whilst at the same time placing on us a heavy burden and let me at this point restate for the record what I have said to women severally; we need to support our fellow women all across the spectrum, creating networks to engender and mentor women, collectively and individually," she said.
Alison-Madueke further added of the revolution in gender equality in governance that: "The positions that we as female ministers fill are not minor portfolios, but portfolios crucial to the country's future-education, aviation, environment, finance, water resources, defence, and land, housing and urban development amongst them.
There are mould-breaking positions: a woman as Chief Justice of the Federation, for example, the first female Rear Admiral, the admission of the first-ever female regular combatant recruits to the NDA and the first ever female minister of petroleum resources. Let it be noted that the glass ceilings that for centuries kept African women "in their place" are being shattered and it should soon be as natural to see a woman in the executive cabinet or the boardroom as it used to be in the kitchen or behind a market stall. President Jonathan's appointments are a major step in this critical evolutionary transition; he is creating a national mindset where women in high positions of leadership are becoming much more commonplace."
To all the president's women, the stage on which to stake a claim in the development of Nigeria has been provided by Jonathan whose faith in their inherent capacities is evidenced in their portfolios; their management off this rare stage will in time to come dictate the how many more of their will be allowed on board and like Sirleaf described herself and Banda as pacesetters for Africa's womenfolk in leadership, the President Jonathan has equally advised all his women to set good examples that will foster the lots of Nigerian women.
The Women
Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (Minister of Finance)
Okojo-Iweala is Nigeria's minister of finance and coordinating minister of the economy. Globally adjudged to be a seasoned a technocrat and of strong will, the minister who galvanises President Goodluck Jonathan's economic transformation agenda, holds a doctorate degree in economics from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA.
Once Nigeria's Finance and Foreign Affairs Minister under President Olusegun Obasanjo, Okonjo-Iweala left her previous job as Managing Director at the World Bank to head President Jonathan's economic management team which is saddled with such jobs as managing economic issues like oil subsidy, minimum wage, deregulation, and Sovereign Wealth Fund amongst others.
As a Finance Minister, Okonjo-Iweala is seen as working towards a stable macroeconomic environment through strong and prudent fiscal policies that will sustain economic growth across board. She has consistently canvassed for reduction in recurrent expenditure to provide more funds for capital projects that would guarantee the desires economic growth.
Since her appointment, she has worked to institute economic measures to reduce Nigeria's high inflation rate at the same time, setting up the country's first Sovereign Wealth Fund.
Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke (Minister of Petroleum Resources)
Nigeria's minister of petroleum resources is Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke who assumed the office in 2010 as the first female to ever take up the position of superintending over Nigeria's oil and gas resources.
Born on December 6, 1960, to Chief Fredrick Abiye Agama in Port Harcourt, Alison-Madueke was schooled at the Howard University, U.S before joining Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) when she got back to Nigeria; she rose to become the first female executive director at SPDC in Nigeria in 2006 before coming into public service in 2007. She had previously served as minister of transport and later mines and steel development before her current portfolio where she amongst other measures to reposition Nigeria's hydrocarbon industry, set up such committees like the special taskforce on the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) headed by Senator Udo Udoma as well as a taskforce of petroleum revenue headed by Nuhu Ribadu.
As part of her pledge to reform operations in Nigeria's hydrocarbon industry, Alison-Madueke in 2010 got President Jonathan to sign into law the Nigerian Content Act, which aims to increase the ratio of jobs and contracts awarded to credible indigenous operators in the country's oil and gas sector. She has also strengthened the capacity of indigenous subsidiary of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Nigeria Petroleum Development Company (NPDC) to gradually but effectively take charge of exploration and production of oil and gas amongst others.
The minister has often favoured the total deregulation of Nigeria's downstream petroleum sector, thus, removing subsidy on petrol in view of its huge financial burden on the national treasure and discouragement of investment in the downstream sector.
Princess Stella Oduah (Minister of Aviation)
The current minister of aviation, Stella Oduah has bachelors and masters degrees in accounting and business management respectively and was very instrumental in mobilising funds for President Jonathan's re-election in 2010 as the director of finance and administration in his campaign organisation.
She worked at the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) before establishing Sea Petroleum and Gas Company Limited (SPG) as an independent petroleum marketing firm in the country.
Upon her assumption of office as the country's Aviation Minister, Oduah initiated such steps that include the sacking of top managers in the country's aviation parastatals to give fresh breath to her quest to reposition air transport business in the country. Her short, medium and long terms strategic plans for the sector has seen remodelling works at 11 airports across the country in progress, while airfield lightings, navigational aids, meteorological instruments and other safety measures are been provided in accordance with standard practice requested of member countries of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO).
The Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) has also witnessed her touch since she assumed while her interventions in the cost of aviation fuel to minimise operational costs of operators and prices of air tickets have also been effective. On the longer term, Oduah plans to bequeath to Nigeria a formidable national carrier to be floated by the government in alliance with private aviation operators. In all, Oduah is pushing beyond the boundary of limits to give Nigeria the best aviation sector, the country has ever experienced since 1960.
Prof. Ruqqayatu Ahmed Rufa'I (Minister of Education)
Prof. Rufa'I was a two-time commissioner in home state, Jigawa before picking up her current portfolio. She has about 28 years of public service as a lecturer and administrator under her belt and has since her appointment steered plans to reposition the education sector of Nigeria.
Within her supervision, the government has established nine federal universities in Kogi, Bayelsa, Nasarawa, Ekiti, Jigawa, Katsina, Taraba, Gombe and Ebonyi states to boost access to tertiary education. Also, the training of teachers have received priority attention while construction of schools for Almajiri children in the north have also been boosted.
Hajia Zainab Kuchi (Minister of State for Power)
Kuchi is a trained lawyer and has a master in business administration from the prestigious Ahmadu Bello University (ABU). Her work experience spans through various positions in the judiciary of her home state, Niger state where she rose as a senior higher registrar, judiciary headquarters and state counsel, ministry of justice, Minna. She also worked with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) where she held positions that include assistant manager and senior manager respectively.
Before crossing over to the ministry of power, she had served as minister of state, Niger Delta Affairs.
As the minister in charge of hydro dam development in the power ministry amongst others, Kuchi is working so hard to ensure that planned works on the 750 megawatts Zungeru hydro power dam as well as the 1050 megawatts Mambilla dam progress as soon as possible to boost nationwide power generation capacity.
Prof. Viola Onwuliri (Minister of State for Foreign Affairs)
She is an educationist, author and professor of biochemistry who also served in the administration of Governor Ikedi Ohakim as the deputy governor of Imo state.
Onwuliri has degrees from the University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN), University of Jos, Howard University, U.S, and Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, U.S. As an educationist of many paths, she has 57 academic publications to her credit and has since her appointment, propagated Nigeria's thoughts alongside the minister of foreign affairs, Olugbenga Ashiru to the international community.
Collectively, they have projected Nigeria to the international community while protecting the diplomatic assertion of Nigeria in global discussions. Under their watch, Nigeria's strong commitment to democratic values have been effectively conveyed to countries such as Mali, Liberia, Libya, Cote d'Ivoire Guinea Bissau, Equatorial Guinea and Guinea Conakry who have been distressed at some point.
Ms. Amma Pepple (Minister of Land, Housing and Urban Development)
Pepple has a wide experience in public service management; she is a former head of service of the federation, director in the federal civil service, director economic affairs office and presidency and clerk of the senate.
A first class graduate of political science of the University of Ife, now Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Pepple also has a master degree from the School of Oriental and African Studies, London. As the minister in charge of government's policy on decent housing and urban development, she is working to ensure that decent, safe and affordable houses are accessible to Nigerians through the national housing policy and urban development policy.
Prototype housing schemes for 1,932 beneficiaries is been developed in Asaba, Kuje, and Lagos while estate development loans from the federal mortgage bank for 30,930 beneficiaries is also on.
She has also initiated a public private partnership framework to address the housing gaps, at the same time, upgrading the school of architectural and building technicians' scheme in Kuje to meet up with future demand of Nigeria's construction industry.
Sarah Reng Ochekpe (Minister of Water Resources)
Ochekpe as Nigeria's minister of water resources is working to ensure that the country benefits from her inherent water resources. From dam irrigation projects to boost agricultural practice to hydro power generation through the dams, the minister is seen to be very active in ensuring that planned projects like the Mambilla dam amongst others are successfully completed.
She graduated from the University of Jos with a bachelor and master degrees in political science, and has so far within her responsibilities ensured coordinated and sustainable management of Nigeria's water resources for national development through the formulation and implementation of a national water resources master plan.
Omobola Johnson Olubusola (Minister of Communication Technology)
It would appear that the ministry of communication technology was created solely for Omobola Johnson who came with an admirable experience in communication technology as the managing director of Accenture Nigeria, to first, consolidate on Nigeria's gains from the GSM revolution and then, aggregate government's plans for the sector into tangible policies.
The minister has a bachelor degree in electrical and electronic engineering from the University of Manchester, as well as a master degree in digital electronics from Kings College, London. She joined Dublin based multinational management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company, Accenture and then Andersen Consulting in 1985 and was the managing director of Accenture Nigeria until her appointment by President Jonathan.
The ministry under her care launched the NigComSat-IR Satelite to compliment fibre connectivity and provide greater internet bandwidth, deployed private computers to 766 secondary schools in the School Access Programme (SAP) as well as PCs and internet access to 193 tertiary institutions in the Tertiary Institution Access Programme (TIAP) and 146 community communication centres.
She recently signed a MoU with Nokia Corporation to establish a laboratory in Nigeria to support the growth of the domestic mobile software industry.
Erelu Olusola Bada (Minister of State for Defence)
Bada is the immediate past deputy governor of Osun state. A trained lawyer and administrator, she currently holds forth as Nigeria's defence minister responsible with the support of the country's security formations for keeping the country safe from threats.
She is addressing the current security threat from insurgent Boko Haram, at the same time keeping the Niger Delta safe and calm for crude oil production in the region to continue with minimal disturbance.
In view of contemporary security challenges in the country, the Nigerian military has been reformed to meet up with such challenges; the construction of a Counter Terrorist/Counter Insurgency (COT/COIN) building in Jaji by engineers of the Nigerian Army amongst others are some of the recent results of such reform efforts.
Under her watch, the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) opened its doors to the first-ever set of female regular combatant recruits who will eventually go on to become commissioned officers of the Nigerian military, replicating the milestone achievements of the likes of Rear Admiral Itunu Hotonu.
Hadiza Ibrahim Mailafa (Minister of Environment)
Mailafa has impacted on raising awareness for issues of sustainable environmental management while interfacing with the global community on best practices to foster good use of the environment for poverty reduction, food security and of course economic development.
Through her, the ministry has been able to complete the first phase of the national forest programme for biodiversity conservation, tackled deforestation in seven states in northern Nigeria by raising six million tree seedlings, provided erosion control measures in 62 locations across the nation and continued management of the presidential initiative on afforestation nationwide.
Other efforts exerted by the minister include the signing of a MoU with the Malaysia Forestry Research and Development Board for international cooperation in forestry research and climate change.
Oloye Olajumoke Akinjide (Minister of State for FCT)
She is the daughter of former Attorney General of the Federation, Chief Richard Akinjide, and has a bachelor degree in law from Kings College London as well as a master degree in law from Harvard University.
She has had an untainted legal career as a barrister and solicitor of the Supreme Court of Nigeria as well as a solicitor of England and Wales. Akinjide is a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators UK amongst other professional associations and has served in President Jonathan's cabinet as the minister of state for the federal capital territory.
Akinjide has provided purposeful leadership in the agricultural reform efforts of the FCT, youth development and sustainable employment generation.
Hajia Zainab Maina (Minister of Women Affairs)
Since her appointment, Maina has stepped up activism on economic empowerment of women and elimination of harmful societal practices against women and children.
Maina is from Mubi North in Adamawa state and was until her appointment a female member of the board of trustees of PDP. She has equally brought to fore issues like human trafficking, prostitution and child labour amongst several others that affect women and children of the Nigerian society. Under her watch, the ministry has raised the bar on commitment to health challenges such as the Vesico Varginal Fistula disease, women entrepreneurship through micro credit schemes and skills acquisition.


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Apple's tablet still dominates web usage, according to stats from ad network Chitika, but Samsung tablets have picked up speed over the past year.
In North America, the iPad's share of Web traffic is down slightly from a year ago September but up from July, new figures show.
In this data snapshot, the new version of iOS was spotted on almost half of all devices that checked in at Apple's App Store on Sunday.
Adoption of the the 4.7-inch model has surpassed that of the 5.5-inch edition, according to mobile analytics firms. But is the smaller phone more popular or just easier to find?
The latest version of Apple's mobile OS isn't yet gaining the traction that its predecessor did last year. Why might that be?
Consumer are adopting Amazon's flagship phone at a much slower rate than other smartphones, but that's to be expected, since it's only offered so far on AT&T, Chitika Insights says.
The iPhone accounts for a little more than half of all smartphone traffic seen in July by online ad network Chitika, with Samsung in second place.
Traffic from Microsoft's mobile OS has been flat, but BlackBerry's share fell, according to mobile ad network Chitika.
The newest version of Apple's Mac operating system is being adopted faster than older versions of the software, according to stats from ad network Chitika.
The new figure shows healthy growth from the 78 percent recorded at the end of 2013, according to Apple's latest stats.

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Although Interact Center is the only nationally known organization of its kind, it is not well known in the Twin Cities, where it resides in downtown Minneapolis. The Center itself, is hard to find. When I was walking down the street trying to find it on my first day, I could not find it even when I was only a block away, I knew the address but there were no visible signs to the main entrance. (There is a sign closer to the exhibition space on the other side of the building.) I also thought it was strange that I asked two people on the street who worked next door, where it was and they did not know. I do not think this is on purpose on the part of Interact, but it does raise some potential issues about the public knowing what the organization is and what they do.
For the most part, the people who attend the events are family, although they do send out brochures for the exhibitions, most of the general public does not know about the event.
The artists do have a chance to exhibit their works outside of the Interact Center. There are currently two places in the Twin Cities where their works are being showcased: The Hennepin County Family Justice Center and CES Fitness. The artists are also encouraged to submit their art in competitions outside Interact.
The paintings in the Interact Center that are held in the exhibition space range in prices from $50 to $200 usually. When a painting is sold, a portion of the profit goes to the artist. The paintings can either be purchased at Interact or online at Shutterfly.com where prints of the works can also be ordered. (http://insideoutgallery.shutterfly.com/)
The main challenges that the Artists at Interact Center face are gaining the public's awareness of their artwork to be able to sell it. I think that this organization provides a great little niche in the community and if the public knew more about their work, they would be supportive and buy their pieces. The future prospects in expanding its activities are limitless. The Performing artists could travel and show their work if other cities contracted them and artists can showcase their work in other venues as well but it is up to the outside art world and public to realize their potential and view their work.


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- Ready In: 10 mins
- Prep Time: 10 mins
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The definition of fresh, this salad brings the garden into your home.
- Calories: 219
- Fat: 17g
- Protein: 6g
- Sodium: 38mg
- Carbohydrates: 13g
- Fiber: 6g
- Sugar: 5g
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1 very ripe avocado, small diced
5 ounces salad greens, washed and spun dry
1/2 red bell pepper, diced
1/2 small sweet red onion, thinly sliced
1 small basket (1 dry pint) cherry or grape tomatoes
3/4 cup toasted walnuts
1 tablespoon grated Parmesan cheese Freshly ground pepper, to taste
- Combine avocado, salad greens, red pepper, red onion and tomatoes in an extra-large bowl.
- Toss the salad liberally so that the avocado breaks down and lightly coats all the vegetables. You shouldn't be able to pick out any avocado pieces when you're done tossing.
- Pour into serving bowls and top with toasted walnuts, Parmesan cheese, and fresh ground black pepper.


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Candice Accola Says Caroline Is Intrigued by Klaus on The Vampire Diaries
The chicanery Klaus (Joseph Morgan) perpetrated on Caroline (Candice Accola) in the Season 3 finale of The Vampire Diaries can't go unpunished for long. Candice has said she thinks the blonde vamp will be "disturbed" to learn an Original is all up in her boyfriend's body — but that doesn't mean a Klaroline romance is totally out of the question.
Yes, she'll probably have traumatized flashbacks to kissing Klaus while he was inhabiting Tyler (Michael Trevino) — that was a pretty intense moment, after all — but she and the OV also shared a sweet little exchange when he helped rescue her from Alaric (Matt Davis). As Candice told Zap2It, she's not totally opposed to the pairing — even if her character is. "Caroline has really not liked Klaus, but I love those scenes of them together. I think it's such an interesting dynamic," says Candice.
The chemistry between the pair certainly made fans sit up and notice, and despite the way Caroline has kept Klaus at arm's length, Candice admits, "I think that she's intrigued."
Honestly, you can't really blame the bloodsucker, can you? It's not just any guy who draws pony pictures and tries to murder your best friend in the span of a few weeks.
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Mazda Cx - 3: Preview Of New Baby Suv
This is how the new Mazda CX-3 could look when it goes on sale in 2014/2015.
The computer-generated image works on the basis that the baby brother to the CX-5 and CX-9 SUVs will be like a jacked-up version of the next-generation Mazda2 city car on which it is expected to be based.
Mazda has still to officially confirm the model, though the company's boss Takashi Yamanouchi gave Australian media a nod and a wink during a November 2012 interview.
The CX-3 will adopt Mazda's new family face – the five-point grille that's linked to the headlights via a shaped chrome bar – as well as the company's Skyactiv technologies that focus on reducing weight and increasing efficiency through all areas from chassis to gearbox.


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Maryland may already be considered the women's lacrosse team of the decade, but a win in tomorrow's national collegiate quarterfinal would put an exclamation point on that.
Cindy Timchal's No. 1 Terrapins have been to the final four every year in the 1990s. Only once, in 1993, have they fallen short of reaching the title game.


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Recently, Mike Berger from 911Truth.org was interviewed by the "Conscience of Kansas" Conservative Paul Ibbetson. During the interview, Mike mentioned the alleged bribery of the 9/11 Commission by Pakistan to omit any incriminating information about them. I figured a lot of people weren't familiar with this story, so I was inspired to write this "recap."
Over the years, there have been many allegations of Pakistani involvement in the 9/11 attacks. Apparently, Lt. General Mahmood Ahmed, the head of the Pakistani ISI, someone who met with U.S. elected and appointed officials in the weeks before 9/11, on the day of 9/11, and in the days after 9/11, ordered possible MI6 Agent Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh to wire transfer $100,000 to Mohammad Atta. The 9/11 Families' submitted a question to the 9/11 Commission about this incident.
Deputy Assistant Director of the FBI's Counterterrorism Division, John S. Pistole stated that their investigation "has traced the origin of the funding of 9/11 back to financial accounts in Pakistan, where high-ranking and well-known al-Qaeda operatives played a major role in moving the money forward, eventually into the hands of the hijackers located in the US."
In January 2002, during a visit to India, FBI Director Robert Mueller was told about Saeed Sheikh's involvement in the 9/11 attacks by Indian Investigators.
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One of the most active projects this week is the newly-established Iran-Contra Timeline, where there is more about kidnappings by Iranian-backed terrorists, missile shipments to Iran, and money movements to the Contras. You can also find out about CIA Director William Casey's illness, attorney general Ed Meese's investigatory prowess, and Ronald Reagan's coherence.
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Due to the increasing amount of material about the anthrax attacks, a dedicated timeline has been set up to cover this, and it will have separate categories, including ones for suspects Ayaad Assaad, Steven Hatfill, and Bruce Ivins. Newly added entries cover Ivins' drinking, the letter implicating Assaad–just a coincidence according to the FBI–and an unpublished novel Hatfill wrote about a false-flag bio-terror attack.
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The 9/11 timeline yet more about 9/11 Commission executive director Philip Zelikow, who assumed control of a key commission team, tried to prevent staff members talking to commissioners, and appointed a CIA officer to lead the investigation of the CIA.
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Material has been added to the A. Q. Khan nuclear smuggling ring timeline covering lenient sentences handed down to Khan associates and western knowledge of his network.
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Finally, the Decision to Invade Iraq Timeline has a couple more entries about Republican presidential candidate John McCain and his war cheerleading.
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By Tod Fletcher
September 11, 2008
In THE NEW PEARL HARBOR REVISITED , David Ray Griffin provides a brilliant and much-needed companion to his path-breaking and movement-building book on 9/11, The New Pearl Harbor (NPH; 2004). Now, on the occasion of the seventh anniversary of those horrific events, Griffin surveys in detail all the main lines of evidence against the official account of 9/11 to have emerged during the last four years. THE NEW PEARL HARBOR REVISITED (NPHR) has been designed as volume 2 of a two-volume set with NPH as volume 1; together they provide a thorough and up-to-date case against the official conspiracy theory (they can be bought separately, of course).
Griffin has already published four other books that provide in-depth analysis of most of the evidence to have emerged since 2004. NPHR's main purpose is to provide an easily accessible survey of all of the new evidence, so that it is now possible for a beginner to the subject (including journalists and members of Congress) to master its enormous complexity simply by reading two books. NPHR is structured identically to NPH; each chapter in NPHR comments and builds on the corresponding chapter in NPH. Much of the content is entirely new; there are many facts and analyses in NPHR which Griffin presents for the first time, and which literally make the book an up-to-the-minute statement of the case.
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9/28/2008: Pentagon on 9/11, Shoe Bombing, Bin Laden in the Soviet-Afghan War and More – Additions as of September 28, 2008
This week, a massive amount of new entries have been added to the timeline, dealing with a whole range of different issues. We will start with the day of 9/11, in particular the Pentagon, which a fire chief warned could be a target nearly 20 minutes before it was hit. The attack itself created confusion by setting off 300 fire alarms, although some medical workers thought the ensuing evacuation was a drill. After wandering about outside the building, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld refused to follow the established emergency plan and evacuate, instead sending deputy Paul Wolfowitz to an alternate military command center, where the computers and communication systems did not work.
The first fighter was seen arriving over the Pentagon at around 10:40 a.m., the FAA sent the White House incorrect details of the hijacked planes in the early afternoon, and astronauts viewed the devastation in New York from space. Meanwhile, the FBI established a command post near the Pentagon and limited the evidence that needed to be photographed there.
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December 8, 2008
by Carol Brouillet
December 8, 2008 – Pearl Harbor Day
Sixty-seven years ago, on Sunday, December 7, 1941 the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, killing over two thousand people and wounding over a thousand. The attack enabled FDR to enter World War II, and prompted huge numbers of Americans to volunteer for military service. In the book
Day of Deceit: The Truth About FDR and Pearl Harbor (2000), Robert Stinnett unveiled a memo outlining an 8 point plan to provoke Japan into attacking the US.
Admiral Kimmel, Commander in Chief of the Pacific Fleet, was removed from office and demoted, taking the blame for the losses at Pearl Harbor soon after the attacks. Researchers over the course of many years believe that critical information was withheld from Kimmel and that he was unjustly punished. One of those researchers was his grandson, Manning Kimmel IV, who persuaded the U.S. Senate in 1999 to pass a nonbinding resolution exonerating Admiral Kimmel and Army Lieutenant General Short.
In addition to shifting public opinion and gaining popular support for the US entry into World War II, Pearl Harbor was the justification for the passage of the National Security Act of 1947; the creation of the National Security Council, the CIA, and the Department of the Air Force; and the reorganization of the Department of War and the Department of the Navy into the Defense Department. Manning Kimmel IV, who worked for the FBI and the CIA, noted that emblazoned on the CIA's walls is the reminder that the CIA was created "To Prevent Another Pearl Harbor."
Philip Zelikow, author of the US "Pre-Emptive War Doctrine," has studied and written about the use, and misuse, of history in policymaking, including "beliefs thought to be true (although not necessarily known to be true with certainty)"…"Searing events that take on 'transcendent' importance and, therefore, retain their power even as the experiencing generation passes from the scene." In 1998 he co-authored the article Catastrophic Terrorism: Elements of a National Policy, which speculated that if the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center had succeeded,
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"the resulting horror and chaos would have exceeded our ability to describe it.
David Edwards and Stephen C. Webster
Thursday February 5, 2009
When the New York Times explored the political beliefs of Daniel Sunjata, an actor on the FX network's show "Rescue Me," it was under the banner of a "sinister theory."
The "sinister theory" that a group of neoconservative politicians may have colluded to allow, or bring about, the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
On Thursday's Fox and Friends, Greg Gutfield, provocative host of Fox's late night program Red Eye, called individuals like Sunjata, who question the events of 9/11, "mentally ill."
"[Sunjata] believe that 9/11 was a preemptive strike by a neoconservative government," said Gutfield. "I think that means Bush. What angers me about this is people are treating it with respect."
The 9/11 issues are major plot lines in the first 10 episodes of Rescue Me season 5, set to air in April.
"The New York Times ran a piece about it," said Gutfield. "They interviewed the producer — the producer described the actor, the actor believes this stuff, that the actor is well-read, very passionate about it.
"They say this sort of thing about conspiratorialists all the time, but they never say these people are idiots, they're mentally ill, they shouldn't be treated with respect.
"It's an insult to people that were victims of 9/11 and their families. It's an insult to firefighters. I am surprised they are doing this."
Of course, Gutfield, as a professional media water and commentator, shouldn't be surprised at all.… Continue reading
Introductory text at Religious Leaders for 911 Truth:
The religions of the world share universal values of love, truth, and justice,
and believe in helping those who are oppressed or otherwise in need. Many religious
persons try to engage in activities to make the world a better place, and they
trust in a Higher Power to assist them.
When faced with actions that conflict with the universal moral principle that
we should not do to others what we would not want done to ourselves or our loved
ones, members of faith communities have a responsibility to voice their opposition
to those actions. Many religious leaders throughout history have publicly challenged
morally unacceptable practices—recently, for example, in the civil rights
and anti-apartheid movements.
A significant moral challenge has emerged due to glaring discrepancies between
the official version of the events of September 11, 2001, and the results of
extensive independent research by individuals with relevant scientific or professional
"Independent" here means independent from the U.S. administration
that was in power at the time of the 9/11 attacks. The official reports about
9/11 were not independent in this sense. The 9/11 Commission was run by its
executive director, Philip Zelikow, who was closely associated with the Bush
administration. The official reports on the World Trade Center were produced
by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, which, as an agency of
the U.S. Commerce Department, was run by people employed by the Bush administration.
The independent research, which has led… Continue reading
by Melissa Rossi
Author, What Every American Should Know about the Middle East (Plume/Penguin,
Jan. 2009)
February 10, 2009
Patrick Leahy has a point when he urges President Obama to open investigations about the Bush administration. However, he's not pointing at the issue that we need to start with. Namely, September 11th. What really happened? More than a few people know – and I am not alone in calling for those who know to start talking and fess up. Let's not let this go the way of the JFK assassination – and whether with subpoenas or on their own volition, I demand that Dick Cheney, George W. Bush – both of whom refused to testify under oath during the 9/11 Commission proceedings — Colin Powell, Condoleezza Rice, Karl Rove, Paul Wolfowitz, Richard Armitage, Larry Wilkerson, George Tenet, Robert Mueller and the rest – as well as Bill Clinton and Al Gore (both of whom also refused to testify under oath) — start talking, and in a public arena. And I'm calling on the Obama administration to open up a probe and unravel the web of deceit.
Before we tuck the Bush administration into bed and hiss, "Nighty Night, you lying scoundrels," before we go on to lock the door on that heinous era of American history, we do indeed need to probe what happened under their watch. But the event that most concerns me is what happened on Tuesday, September 11, 2001. Oh yeah, that's history, old news, the 9/11 Commission figured it all out, right?…Continue reading
March 5, 2009
Political Leaders for 9/11 Truth (pl911truth.com) is today being launched as
the latest formal group calling for a new investigation into the events of September
11, 2001. The organization is headed by Councilor (Senator) Yukihisa Fujita
of Japan and former Senator Karen Johnson of Arizona.
This initiative is formed around a petition asking President Obama "to
authorize a new, truly independent, investigation to determine what happened
on 9/11."
Political Leaders for 9/11 Truth thus joins other concerned citizens' groups calling for a new investigation, including Architects and Engineers for 9/11 Truth, Firefighters for 9/11 Truth, Lawyers for 9/11 Truth, Medical Professionals for 9/11 Truth, Pilots for 9/11 Truth, Religious Leaders for 9/11 Truth, Scholars for 9/11 Truth and Justice, and Veterans for 9/11 Truth.
Independent researchers from these professions have established beyond any reasonable doubt that the official account of 9/11 is false and that the official investigations have been cover-up operations.
Senator Yukihisa Fujita explains the new initiative: "Thus far there has been no response from political leaders in Washington or in other capitals around the world. Political Leaders for 9/11 Truth has been formed to encourage such a response."
The organization is being launched with 20 charter members, including a former US governor, a former US senator, former US representatives, and former and present members of the British, German, Japanese, Norwegian, and European parliaments.
Charter member Robert Bowman, former head of the "Star… Continue reading
George Bush could be next on the war crimes list
March 6, 2009
New Zealand Herald
THE HAGUE — George W. Bush could one day be the International Criminal
Court's next target.
David Crane, an international law professor at Syracuse University, said the
principle of law used to issue an arrest warrant for Omar al-Bashir could extend
to former US President Bush over claims officials from his Administration may
have engaged in torture by using coercive interrogation techniques on terror
Crane is a former prosecutor of the Sierra Leone tribunal that indicted Liberian
President Charles Taylor and put him on trial in The Hague.
Richard Dicker, director of the International Justice Programme at Human Rights
Watch, said the al-Bashir ruling was likely to fuel discussion about investigations
of possible crimes by Bush Administration officials.
Congressional Democrats and other critics have charged that some of the harsh
interrogation techniques amounted to torture, a contention that Bush and other
officials rejected.
The prospect of the court ever trying Bush is considered extremely remote,
The US Government does not recognise the court and the only other way Bush
could be investigated is if the Security Council were to order it, something
unlikely to happen with Washington a veto-wielding permanent member.
Source URL: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/war/news/article.cfm?c_id=359&objectid=10560243
By Robert Parry
March 8, 2009
"It's also not true that any investigation is always better than
no investigation. I have witnessed cover-up investigations that not only failed
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You can run on for a long time
Run on for a long time
Sooner or later God'll cut you down
George W. Bush
Bill Clinton
Noam Chomsky
Jonathan Turley
Christopher Hitchens
Tim Russert (NBC)
George W. Bush
Thomas Kean
Wolf Blitzer (CNN)
Jeff Ferrell (KSLA)
Keith Olbermann (MSNBC)
Tucker Carlson (MSNBC)
David Ray Griffin
Councilor Yukihisa Fujita of Democratic Party of Japan
Sabrina Rivera (WeAreChange.org)
Rudy Giuliani
Matt Lepacek (Infowars)
Brian Kilmeade (Fox News)
Better Bad News
Paul Craig Roberts
Scott Ritter
Mitt Romney
Justin Martell (Student Scholars for 9/11 Truth)
Ron Paul
KVUE News
Willie Nelson
Bill O'Reilly (Fox News)
Dennis Kucinich
Donald Rumsfeld
Charlie Sheen
Jimmy Kimmel (ABC)
Ray McGovern (former CIA)
Condoleeza Rice
CODEPINK member Desiree Fairooz
Dick Cheney
Saddam Hussein
Phillip D. Zelikow
Charles Gibson (ABC)
Harry John Roland
Sean Hannity
John McCain
Alan Colmes
George H. W. Bush
Lindsay Graham
David Frum
Osama bin Laden
Ayman al-Zawahiri
William Kristol
Source URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctqEndNmaFk
April 27, 2009
History Commons Groups
A recently released 9/11 Commission memo highlights the role of government
"minders" who accompanied witnesses interviewed by the commission.
It was added to the National Archives' files at the start of the year
and discovered there by History Commons contributor paxvector.
The memo, entitled "Executive Branch Minders' Intimidation of Witnesses,"
complains that:
The memo was drafted by three staffers on the commission's Team 2, which
reviewed the overall structure of the US intelligence community. One of the
drafters was Kevin Scheid, a senior staffer who led the team. His co-writers
were Lorry Fenner, an air force intelligence officer, and lawyer Gordon Lederman.
The complaint was sent to the commission's counsels, Daniel Marcus and
Steve Dunne, in October 2003, about halfway through the commission's 19-month
The memo makes clear that the problems were not occurring only with witnesses
talking to Team 2, but also in "other teams' interviews."
A hand-written note on a draft of the memo says, "not one agency or minder
— also where we've sat in on other Teams' interviews."
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By Stephen C. Webster
May 13, 2009
Much of the material cited in the 9/11 Commission's findings was derived from terror war detainees during brutal CIA interrogations authorized by the Bush administration, according to a Wednesday report.
"More than one-quarter of all footnotes in the 9/11 Report refer to CIA interrogations of al Qaeda operatives subjected to the now-controversial interrogation techniques," writes former NBC producer Robert Windrem in The Daily Beast. "In fact, information derived from the interrogations was central to the 9/11 Report's most critical chapters, those on the planning and execution of the attacks."
"… [Information] derived from the interrogations is central to the Report's most critical chapters, those on the planning and execution of the attacks," reported NBC. "The analysis also shows – and agency and commission staffers concur – there was a separate, second round of interrogations in early 2004, done specifically to answer new questions from the Commission.
"9/11 Commission staffers say they 'guessed' but did not know for certain that harsh techniques had been used, and they were concerned that the techniques had affected the operatives' credibility. At least four of the operatives whose interrogation figured in the 9/11 Commission Report have claimed that they told interrogators critical information as a way to stop being 'tortured.' The claims came during their hearings last spring at the U.S. military facility in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba."
"Commission executive director Philip Zelikow (later counselor to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice) admitted, 'We were not aware,… Continue reading
By Kevin Fenton
May 22, 2009
History Commons Groups
Zelikow made the claim he was not involved in the initial stages of the dispute in response to an allegation made by commission staffer John Azzarello and relayed by Shenon. After the staff investigators drafted a memo for the commissioners in early April 2004 outlining why they thought NORAD and FAA officials had deliberately lied to them to overstate the military's readiness during the attacks, Zelikow "just buried that memo," according to Azzarello. In response, Zelikow claimed that he had not even known of the issue at the start. The implication was that, as he had not known of it, it could not be him that was orchestrating–or even involved in–a dispute between the staff investigators and the commission's lawyers, Daniel Marcus and Steve Dunne.
However, the newly found e-mail chain shows Zelikow did know of the issue in April, raising the question as to why he falsely told Shenon he did not. Zelikow is not known to be linked to the FAA, but, if the commission had referred the matter to the Justice Department and it had started a perjury investigation against NORAD officials, this would certainly have had the potential to embarrass his friends at the Pentagon. Zelikow is alleged to have husbanded the issue to ensure a less potentially embarrassing referral to the inspectors general of the FAA and Defense Department, who in the end blamed the false statements on innocent mistakes and poor logkeeping.
Zelikow wrote to… Continue reading
Frank Morales
June, 2009
It's late spring 2009 in New York City and an unannounced unidentified U.S. government plane streaks across town. Recollecting the horrors of 9/11, the incident scares the he-be-gee-bees out of the citizenry. Some miles to the north, U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer (D/NY), while attending an April 18th "Tour of the Battenkill" annual bicycle race in Cambridge, New York, responds to a question regarding efforts here in New York City to establish a new investigation of 9/11. Lending his qualified support to such an inquiry, he said that he was positively disposed toward a new investigation into the events of 9/11, though his support for such a probe would depend on the form it would take. "I think it's not a bad idea," he said. "You know, you've got to do it in a good way, but yes, I'd be for it."
An associate of Schumer, New York State Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, also recommended a fresh look at the events of September 11, 2001. Commenting this past May 27th to a young reporter who himself had suffered the loss of a loved one during 9/11, the senator responded to the question of a new investigation by suggesting that "another review, or a fuller hearing" is warranted given the number of unanswered questions put forward by victims families since 9/11. "I think those questions should be answered," she stated, going on to affirm that, "it's important that every family member have every question answered."
Senators Schumer and… Continue reading
Issued September 4, 2009
Numerous media outlets have contacted 911truth.org, asking us to "make
sense" of Van Jones' "strange" behavior. We have issued the following
As the eighth anniversary of 9/11 approaches, what doesn't make sense to
us is that media outlets choose to impugn the character of the signatories
rather than carry out your responsibility as watchdogs to call attention to
the as yet unanswered questions raised in the 2004 statement. Five years later,
we challenge you to finally print those same unanswered questions and pursue
their answers with the same vigor with which you pursue the signatories.
We are overwhelmed by all the messages of support that we have received in the last 24 hours. We apologize that we can not possibly respond to each individual message, but please know we do read each one and are grateful for your support. For those of you asking what you can do to help, we encourage you to use the questions of this 2004 Statement as talking points for calls to your local media outlets and national call-in programs, and letters to the editors. Perhaps with your help, we can finally get answers to these lingering questions. Thank you.
For readers' convenience, following is the actual Truth Statement signed onto
by Van Jones in 2004, currently being discussed in the media.
The Statement
We Want Real Answers About 9/11
On August 31, 2004, Zogby International, the official North American political polling agency for Reuters, released a poll that found… Continue reading
New Organization Formed, 9/11/09
Welcome to JOMP911T
Thank you for your interest in discovering and reporting the truth. We are
a non-partisan organization whose goals are to inspire, organize and unite media
professionals to first uncover and then report on what really happened on September
11, 2001. These efforts, along with those of other professional organizations,
will ultimately lead to the convening of a real investigatory body where seeking
the truth will be the guiding principle, not political expediency.
The importance of the media as a prime mover is encapsulated in the quotes
We invite you to browse our website, read the materials, and, hopefully, sign
our petition of support for a new 9/11 investigation. With your time and effort
a new investigation will be increasingly likely. We sincerely appreciate your
Mission Statement
Journalists and Other Media Professionals for 9/11 Truth (JOMP911T) is an
international organization of journalists and other media professionals who
have, unlike the mainstream (corporate) media, been reporting information that
challenges the official account of 9/11.
We seek an independent investigation, unfettered by political constraints,
which has full subpoena powers and examines all of the evidence relevant to
determining what happened on 9/11. To date, virtually all of the evidence that
conflicts with the official account has been ignored by the mass media.
Who We Are
We are a group of 5 diverse New England citizens. A number of common interests
drew us together and this website is the result.
We passionately… Continue reading


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Alarmed by reports of kids and adults getting sick on synthetic drugs, South Florida declared war on the manmade weed and psychoactive bath salts being sold openly at local stores.
Cities and counties throughout the region passed bans last year after dozens landed in emergency rooms in a psychotic rage, fearing they were at death's door.
Did the bans work?
"I think we can claim some major successes," says Jim Hall, a researcher at Nova Southeastern University who has been tracking the problem of emerging psychoactive drugs. "Not victory. But successes. The local retail bans did have an effect. It didn't solve the problem. But it did win a few battles."
Still, one Fort Lauderdale mom says her 21-year-old son can still buy synthetic marijuana from a Sunoco station in Pompano Beach.
"I feel like I am fighting a losing battle," Tina Bush said. "My son is freely able to buy it. It's been a year and nothing has changed."
For the most part, candy-like packages of herbal incense and psychoactive bath salts have disappeared from the shelves of gas stations and convenience stores, Hall and others say. Doctors say there's fewer people being rushed to emergency rooms. And calls to Poison Control centers have dropped, records show.
But if you really want synthetic marijuana, you can still buy it online.
And some South Florida stores have resorted to clandestine sales, keeping the products out of view and selling only to regulars who ask for it by name, says Lauderhill Police Chief Andrew Smalling.
"We're still finding people are able to access it," he said. "It's definitely gone underground."
In Palm Beach County, deputies still conduct random checks to make sure the drugs stay off shelves, said Teri Barbera, spokeswoman for the Palm Beach Sheriff's Office.
"The threat is still out there," she said. "We know that they are not selling openly, but have found that they are selling secretly under the counter."
The number of synthetic cannabinoids — manmade weed sold under names like Spice, K2 and Mr. Nice Guy — and bath salt stimulants detected by South Florida crime labs increased by 10-fold between 2011 and 2012, said Hall, epidemiologist at the Center for Applied Research on Substance Use and Health Disparities at NSU.
But as the bans took hold, calls to Poison Control centers around the state dropped.
Calls to Poison Control centers in Florida dropped to 109 in the first seven months of 2013, compared with a total of 537 in 2012 and 517 in 2011.
In Broward County, only three calls were made to poison control from January through July of this year; Palm Beach County had two calls and Miami-Dade had seven.
In 2012, Broward logged 37 calls while Miami-Dade had 45 and Palm Beach County had 24.
"The bans are working," said David Gross, special agent supervisor with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. "They're not nearly as prevalent and on display. The genie is out of the bottle and they know they need to conceal it or they are going to pop up on law enforcement's radar."
In May 2012, Sweetwater became the first city in the state and possibly the nation to ban the sale of all incense that's not on a stick in an effort to outlaw fake weed.
Sunrise followed suit on June 12, becoming the first city in Broward County to ban synthetic marijuana.


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By Annette Hinkle
Larry Cantwell, supervisor-elect of East Hampton Town who will take office on January 1, 2014.
What are some of the big issues you see facing East Hampton Town in 2014?
The big issues are the airport, coastal policy, sea level rise and how we can plan to deal with that better in the future. The Army Corps of Engineers will likely be doing a beach rebuilding project in downtown Montauk. There's also a desire in the community for the town to better enforce local codes and laws when it comes to quality of life issues — both year around and seasonally — including things like noise from night clubs. And certainly town finances will be in the forefront and we'll continue to progress financially.
The airport's been such a contentious issue in recent years — so what do you see as the next step?
I think the new town board has a direction they want to go in — essentially it's parallel tracks — funding and putting restrictions in place. The first task is doing a real financial analysis of airport expenses and revenues in a way that allows us to operate the airport and provide the funding for critical safety improvements. I think that financial analysis will go a long way toward realizing how much existing funding can support improvements going forward. At the same time we want to complete a noise analysis to enforce any restrictions the town wants to put in place.
The East Hampton Town Board meetings have been a bit contentious as of late. With the new board in January, do you see an opportunity to start with a clean slate so to speak?
If nothing else I'd like to get the town board and the community on a constructive path to solving problems. There's been a certain level of frustration in the community that these issues are not being addressed. We need to be constructive and not partisan — not trying to win points but trying to collaborate.
As supervisor, you'll be moving to town government from East Hampton Village where you were village administrator for 30 years. Is there a big learning curve ahead for you?
Fortunately I have a long standing relationship with many people in town government. I was on the town planning board and a member of the town board 35 years ago. I have some sense of the people who work there, their duties and responsibilities. Since November, every day I've been meeting with community groups and individuals who have issues or concerns, getting advice, listening to people's point of view and I hope to hit the ground running.
Have you already decided on some changes?
We wanted to reorganize the town attorney's office and I'm very comfortable with the experience we're going to get with the people we've appointed. [Elizabeth Vail, Beth Baldwin and Michael Sendlenski] have a collective of expertise that will serve the town well. I'm going to reappoint Len Bernard as budget officer. [Former town clerk and town councilman-elect] Fred Overton is also an integral part of the transition in preparations for the first of the year.
What are some of the matters that will be coming up before the board early on?
Obviously there's some left over legislation — the noise law had been discussed, the lighting law and the taxi law, the [proposed] 555 [senior citizen housing project in Amagansett] and the Talmage property rezoning. All those will have to be dealt with early on. We will pay particular attention to finding better ways to enforce our local codes. There could be some reorganization there. These are the major issues certainly while we're settling in and we'll have to evaluate them going forward.
Are you ready to jump into your new job?
I'm very comfortable coming in as town supervisor. There's a major list of tasks ahead and we're going to take them one at a time. We're not going to solve every problem in two years, but we look to make some of them a priority.
I'm looking forward to it and looking forward to making a significant contribution to the town.
Have you been eyeing this position for a while?
A year ago I had just come off announcing I was going to retire as village administrator. One thing led to another. People asked me to consider running for town supervisor.
If you had asked me a year ago, I said that wouldn't happen.
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Today at 3 on A Juneau Afternoon, Pat Moore hosts.
Board President Carol McKenzie and Past President Samia Seville of the Gold Creek Child Development Center will be here to tell us about the Center's 2nd Annual Tot Rave to be held Saturday at DIPAC from 4:30–7:30 pm. It's a fundraiser for the Center and a fun dance for kids 6 and under with DJ White Chocolate, a demonstration by Complete Warrior Martial Arts, a silent auction and a no-host food bar.
Randall Tetlichi, a Gwitch'in First Nation member who teaches at Yukon College in Whitehorse will tell us about his visit to Juneau as an Elder in Residence at the University of Alaska Southeast. He will deliver an address at the UAS – Evening at Egan in the Egan Library, Friday evening at 7. He will tell stories and talk about Human–Caribou Relations, from a First Nations Perspective
Three students and a teacher from the Montessori Borealis Adolescent Program will explain how they are composting lunchroom scraps and leftovers using a system they set up with help from Cooperative Extension Agent Darren Snyder, as Pat continues his series of short programs examining Sustainability in Juneau.
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Black People, the Environment, and Energy in an Era of Climate Change
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Welcome to the H-Environment network. Part of H-NET, the Humanities & Social Sciences Online initiative, H-Environment is supported by organizations of professional historians including the American Society for Environmental History and the European Society for Environmental History.
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Atlantic Environments and the American South
February 5th and 6th, 2016, Rice University
We seek addtional rountable participants in a conversation about how environmental historians talk about the "big events" in environmental history.
Jeff Hall, faculty member in History at Queensborough Community College, CUNY, and Jonathan Anzalone, faculty member in History at the College at Old Westbury and Suffolk Community College, seek participants (faculty, graduate students, and independent scholars welcome) for a roundtable discussion at the 2016 annual meeting of the ASEH in Seattle on the topic of "Rethinking Environmental Justice." Please review our roundtable proposal:
We are seeking co-panelists for an ASEH 2016 program on the intersection of geography and environmental history. In the context of the conference's focus on engaging multiple publics, new audiences and interdisciplinary approaches, it would seem that the two disciplines would be a good fit. With your help, we would like to assemble a panel that would use the tools of geography to explore the environmental history of a given region, whether it be a viewshed, watershed, airshed, habitat range, or community.
Finis Dunaway. Seeing Green: The Use and Abuse of American Environmental Images. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2015. 344 pp. $40.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-226-16990-3.
Reviewed by Chris Wilhem (College of Coastal Georgia)
Published on H-Environment (June, 2015)
Commissioned by David T. Benac
Leslie Rosenthal. The River Pollution Dilemma in Victorian England: Nuisance Law versus Economic Efficiency. Farnham: Ashgate Publishing, 2014. 275 pp. $134.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-4094-4182-3.
Reviewed by Carry Van Lieshout (University of Nottingham)
Published on H-Environment (June, 2015)
Commissioned by Dolly Jørgensen
River Pollution Dilemmas
Carolyn T. Adams. From the Outside In: Suburban Elites, Third-Sector Organizations, and the Reshaping of Philadelphia. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2014. Illustrations, maps, tables. 232 pp. $79.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8014-5162-1; $23.95 (paper), ISBN 978-0-8014-7998-4.
Reviewed by Zane Curtis-Olsen
Published on H-Environment (May, 2015)
Commissioned by David T. Benac
Alan L. Olmstead, Paul W. Rhode. Arresting Contagion: Science, Policy, and Conflicts over Animal Disease Control. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2015. x + 465 pp. $49.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-674-72877-6.
Reviewed by James Webb (Colby College)
Published on H-Environment (April, 2015)
Commissioned by David T. Benac
Darcy Ingram. Wildlife, Conservation, and Conflict in Quebec, 1840-1914. Nature, History, Society Series. Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, 2014. 304 pp. $37.95 (paper), ISBN 978-0-7748-2141-4; $99.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-7748-2140-7.
Reviewed by Sean Kheraj (Department of History, York University)
Published on H-Environment (March, 2015)
Commissioned by Dolly Jørgensen
Conservation in a Distinct Society
Roundtable Review, Vol. 5, No. 3 (2015)
Author: Conevery Bolton Valencius
Title: The Lost History of the New Madrid Earthquakes
Commentators: B. R. Cohen, Anne Hyde, Peter C. Mancall, Matthew Mulcahy
Editor: Jacob Darwin Hamblin
Roundtable Review, Vol. 5, No. 2 (2015)
Author: Carmel Finley
Title: All the Fish in the Sea: Maximum Sustainable Yield and the Failure of Fisheries Management
Commentators: Sayuri Guthrie-Shimizu, Arthur F. McEvoy, Bo Poulsen, Michael J. Chiarappa
Editor: Jacob Darwin Hamblin
Roundtable Review, Vol. 5, No. 1 (2015)
Author: Emily Wakild
Title: Revolutionary Parks: Conservation, Social Justice, and Mexico's National Parks, 1910-1940
Commentators: Sterling Evans, Adrian Howkins, Curt Meine, Cynthia Radding
Editor: Jacob Darwin Hamblin
Roundtable Review, Vol. 4, No. 10 (2014)
Author: Philip Garone
Title: The Fall and Rise of the Wetlands of California's Great Central Valley
Commentators: Matthew Morse Booker, Patrick Carroll, Royal C. Gardner, Emily O'Gorman
Editor: Jacob Darwin Hamblin


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Book your room at Alliance Hotel Verona
Double or Twin RoomMax Occupancy: 3 guests (up to 1 child, 1 infant)
Triple RoomMax Occupancy: 3 guests (up to 2 children, 2 infants)
Double Room Single UseMax Occupancy: 2 guests (up to 1 child, 1 infant)
Single RoomMax Occupancy: 1 guest
Junior SuiteMax Occupancy: 4 guests (up to 3 children, 2 infants)
Junior SuiteMax Occupancy: 4 guests (up to 3 children, 2 infants)
Get an overview of this hotel4-star Verona hotel in Borgo Venezia with free parking
Located in Borgo Venezia, this hotel is within 3 mi (5 km) of Giardino Giusti, Juliet's House, and Roman Theater. Verona Archeological Museum is 3.1 mi (5 km) away.
Hotel Features
This hotel features a restaurant, a bar/lounge, and a conference center. Self parking is free. Additionally, WiFi in public areas, a business center, and a meeting room are onsite.
Room Amenities
All 112 rooms offer WiFi, sofa beds, and satellite TV. Minibars, room service, and free newspapers are among the other amenities available to guests.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!
Hotel Amenities
Hotel Amenities
The hotel offers a restaurant. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. This 4-star property offers access to a business center and a meeting room.
High-speed wireless Internet access is available for a surcharge. This Verona hotel also offers multilingual staff, a garden, and concierge services. Onsite self parking is complimentary.
- Total number of rooms - 112
- Number of floors - 4
- Bar/lounge
- Business center
- Concierge services
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Elevator/lift
- Express check-out
- Express check-in
- WiFi (surcharge)
- 24-hour front desk
- One meeting room
- Luggage storage
- Laundry facilities
- Garden
- Multilingual staff
- Restaurant
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Free self parking
- Conference center
Family Friendly Amenities
- Rollaway/extra beds available
- Laundry facilities
- Sofa bed
Available in all rooms: Wireless internet access (5 EUR per 30 minutes surcharge)
Available in some public areas: Wireless internet access (5 EUR per 30 minutes surcharge)
Free self parking
Room Amenities
- Pay movies
- Air conditioning
- Minibar
- Daily housekeeping
- Private bathroom
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Bidet
- Satellite TV service
- Sofa bed
- Rollaway/extra beds available
- Cribs/infant beds available
- WiFi (surcharge)
- Free newspaper
- In-room safe
- Climate control
- Room service (limited hours)
Where to Eat
Ancora - This restaurant serves breakfast, brunch, lunch, and dinner.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.
Hotel Policies
Check-in time starts at 2 PM
Check-out time is 11:30 AM
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Rollaway/extra beds are available.
- Cribs (infant beds) are available.
Pets allowed
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
- A tax is imposed by the city: EUR 2 per person, per night, up to 5 nights. This tax does not apply to children under 15 years of age.
- Fee for in-room wireless Internet: EUR 5 (for 30 minutes, rates may vary)
- Fee for wireless Internet in public areas: EUR 5 (for 30 minutes, rates may vary)
We should mention
Cash transactions at this property cannot exceed EUR 999.99, due to national regulations. For further details, please contact the property using information in the booking confirmation.


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The mechanics of fixed indexed annuities, Pt. 1: The history and current industry status
By Randy Timm
This article is the first in a series that will describe fixed indexed annuities and how they work. This article (and each consecutive article in the series) assumes that the reader has a general understanding of annuities.
History of fixed indexed annuities
The first annuity of this type was issued February 1995 in the U.S. by Keyport Life, now part of SunLife of Canada. When first introduced, the industry referred to these products as equity index annuities. However, within the last five to six years, the industry has stopped calling these annuities equity index annuities in favor of fixed indexed annuities (FIA). This terminology is a more appropriate descriptor of these products and their core attributes.
Since 1997, sales of fixed indexed annuities have grown ten-fold, with over $30 billion dollars in sales in 2009. In fact, almost 28 percent of all fixed annuity sales in 2009 were fixed indexed annuities. The chart below illustrates this growth. Source: LIMRA and AnnuitySpecs.com
The lost decade
In simple terms, the "lost decade" is the time period between December 31, 1999 and December 31, 2009 in which the U.S. stock markets experienced a negative return. This "lost decade" created an issue for many Americans who experienced a substantial decline of their principal.
Now, many Americans are more concerned about the preservation of their retirement dollars, not just their retirement dollars' growth. This preservation is increasingly important as Americans approach retirement age, or the time when they need to start taking income from those dollars.
The hypothetical chart below illustrates the difference in accumulation between $100,000 in premium invested in the stock market and $100,000 in premium deposited in a fixed indexed annuity on December 31, 1999. Each account is assumed to accumulate for 10 years and is compared using the most popular index for fixed indexed annuities, the S&P 500. Please note: The index does not include the value of any dividends paid.
As the chart shows, the index was down four out of 10 years in the past decade. The ending balance for the money invested in the stock market is $75,893, while the ending balance for the fixed indexed annuity (with a 6 percent annual cap) is nearly 80 percent higher, at $134,627. The fixed indexed annuity was not affected by the negative dips in the index. Instead, these dollars were protected because in the negative years, zero interest was credited.
FIA values assume a 6% annual cap for period 12/31/1999 - 12/31/2009
Taking income from an account that is not protected from market loss can have adverse side effects at the time the income is needed most. To help protect the income potential of an annuity, many consumers add optional income riders. For more information about income riders, please refer to my earlier article series entitled "Anatomy of a Fixed Annuity Income Rider". Current industry status of fixed indexed annuities
As I am sure many of you know, fixed indexed annuities have been the topic of recent national debate. Approximately two years ago, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed Rule 151A, which classified fixed indexed annuities as securities. Within hours of the Rule becoming final, certain insurance carriers and marketing organizations filed an action against the SEC seeking to nullify Rule 151A. On July 12, 2010 the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit vacated the Rule. Later that week, the Senate voted in favor of the new Financial Services Regulation Bill that contained the Restoring American Financial Stability Conference Amendment which, so long as certain requirements are met, provides that fixed indexed annuities are insurance products to be regulated by the state. This Bill was signed into law by the President on July 21, 2010.
Fixed indexed annuities remain classified as a fixed insurance product and do not require a securities license for sale. However, if the potential sale involves transferring money from a security, the recommendation could be classified as "investment advice." A producer is required to hold a securities license to make such recommendations. Producers should continue to seek competent legal advice on what constitutes "investment advice" in all states they do business in, and to seek competent legal advice on the licenses or registrations required to conduct that business.
Stay tuned for the next part of this series, "Mechanics of Fixed Indexed Annuities." If you need help finding the appropriate product solution for your next client, please contact me using the forum below. Sign up as a fan and you'll automatically receive future articles from my Annuity Notebook.
This article is not intended to give tax or legal advice and is for general educational purposes only. It does not give investment advice. This article is for agent use only. Features and/or riders may not be available in all states or with all insurance carriers and may vary from state to state. Please check the product/rider disclosures and policy for actual terms and conditions. You are encouraged to seek independent legal and/or professional tax advice depending on your client's individual circumstances.
For further information, or to contact this author, please leave a comment and your e-mail address in the forum below.


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Saturday, July 25, 2009
© Copyright 2015 Clayton News Daily
By Maria José firstname.lastname@example.com The Small Business and Development Center at Clayton State University -- which is offered through a partnership with the University of Georgia and the U.S. Small Business Administration -- wants to help small business owners learn how to develop relationships with government entities. The center will present a free workshop aimed at teaching business owners the "ins and outs" of the 8(a) certification application process. The workshop will be held on July 29, from 6 to 8:30 p.m., in room T-152, at the Clayton State School of Business building, at 2000 Clayton State Blvd., Morrow. Participants must register online at: www.business.clayton.edu/sbdc. Kyle Hensel, area director for the Small Business Development Center at Clayton State, said those who want to participate in the certification process must be individials who own a business that has been operating for at least two years; is economically disadvantaged, as well as socially disadvantaged, and has experienced racial or ethnic prejudice, or cultural bias. The certification was created to help small businesses compete in the economy, and access the federal market, according to the U.S. Small Business Administration's web site, www.sba.gov. Participants are able to receive sole-source contracts with federal government entities, for up to $3 million for goods and services, and up to $5 million in manufacturing. The U.S. Small Business Administration also encourages 8(a) businesses to form partnerships, or joint ventures, to participate in contract bidding on government projects. Deandra Stanley, a minority business development consultant for the Small Business and Development Center in DeKalb County, will teach the workshop. She said small-business owners are searching for other avenues to generate revenue during the tough economic times the nation is facing. "The 8(a) [cetification] step-by-step program helps entrepreneurs begin the process that could possibly open the door to new markets for their products, or services," she said, in a written statement. Stanley added, in addition to learning how to get 8(a) certification, workshop participants will learn how to register their businesses in the federal government's primary database, the Central Contractor Registration. The Central Contractor Registration database contains a list of all the companies that seek to do business with the federal government, she said. Clayton State's Hensel added that, "If a government entity is looking to sign a small business, and they see that a company has received an 8(a) certification status ..., that's a good company to do business with." According to Hensel, at least 23 percent of all government spending on the federal, state and local levels, goes to small businesses that provide goods and services through contracts. The Small Business Development Center, which has offices throughout the nation and Guam, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands is administered by the U.S. Small Business Administration, and -- according to the SBA's web site -- was created to provide management assistance to current and future small business owners.
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A 14-year-old boy critically injured in a car crash last night that claimed the life of his older sister... has regained consciousness and according to his dad... is expected to make a full recovery.
The Medicine Park police department chief says 18 year old Macayla Smith was driving a 4- door car and had stopped at a stop sign at the intersection of highway 49 and highway 58 around 4:45 last night.
He says the young woman pulled out to make a left turn... and didn't yield to oncoming traffic.
Her car was t-boned on the driver's side... killing her and injuring her brother.
Investigators say both teens were wearing seat belts
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Bones Baby Spoiler Roundup: Everything We Know About B&B's Little Girl So Far!
Few things on television right now get us more excited than the idea of an adorable little baby Booth (David Boreanaz) and Brennan (Emily Deschanel) finally entering into the world.
Bones is set to give birth in tonight's episode, we've already been able to hunt down quite a few spoilers and sneak peeks about what's in store. Take a look at all the info you might have missed.
Wait. She's going to be born where?!
- Bombshell! Bones Baby Date and Time Revealed!
Find out exactly where Brennan will be when she goes into labor
- Bones Clarification: Is Brennan Really Giving Birth in Prison?
Things may not be as they seem.
- Bones Season 7 Spoilers! New Details on The Birth of Brennan's Baby
The mystery deepens.
- David Boreanaz Tweets Bones Pic: First Look Inside the Jail Where Brennan Might Give Birth!
Yikes. We hope Brennan makes it out of there in time. Not exactly the best place for a baby to enter the world.
- Bones Season 7 Spoilers! Are Booth and Brennan... Stable?
UPDATE: Is this the real location where Brennan is set to give birth? What do you think: Yay or neigh?
- Bones Spoilers: New Birth Details! Which Unexpected Character Will Deliver the Baby?
Is there anything is character CAN'T do? We think not!
Details straight from the set
- Brennan is Giving Birth! Bones Cast Tweets Back-to-Work Excitement
David Boreanaz seems pretty excited about the whole thing ...
- Confirmed! The Bones Season 7 Episode in Which Brennan Will Have Her Baby is ...
Now we know for sure!
First photo! (Sort of...)
- First Look at Brennan's (Fake) Daughter! David Boreanaz Tweets Photo of Robot Baby
Hmm. Is it weird that we thought she'd be, you know … cuter?
What will her name be?
- Bones Season 7 Spoilers: Booth and Brennan's Baby Name Revealed!
What do you think about their choice?
Just for fun
- Childhood Sweethearts! Should Baby Bones and Michael Hodgins Eventually Fall in Love? [POLL]
Is it too early to be thinking about this? Probably. Just a little.
- Which Bones Character Would Be the Perfect Nanny for Booth and Brennan's Baby? [POLL]
So many amazing choices! Who do you think the nanny will be?
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HECM purchase loans are becoming very popular. Increase your buying power with a HECM
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Great news! Recent changes make in the HECM program allow you include your underage spouse in the deferral. There are specific terms and conditions your disclosed spouse must follow but he or she will not be displaced after a life event. Be sure to bring this up when we speak.
Yes of course, your estate or designated heirs will be able to retain the property and satisfy the reverse mortgage debt by paying the lesser of the mortgage balance or 95% of the current appraised value of the home. Scott can explain this in detail when you call: 949-644-8500
Another great question. Scott makes refinancing your current reverse mortgage into a HECM painless and any MIP you paid the first time will be credited on the new loan. You pay no broker or lender fees with Scott!
YES you do, you are still on title and the home is yours. Think of a reverse mortgage like this; you sign a mortgage note just like any other loan only with a reverse the payments are deferred until you no longer live there for a period of time. The period of time ranges depending on the event. Here is the best part, you or your heirs will never owe more than the property is worth. Isn't that great?
Many current Reverse Mortgages are being refinanced to take advantage of recent changes including, increased loan amounts, adding a spouse or eliminating the old 10% cap. Call Scott to discuss updates
Immediately, you can recapitalize by refinancing into a HECM reverse mortgage right after title is recorded in your name.
Another great question, the HECM to purchase program is highly regulated to protect you. That said, the fees the seller can pay are limited to agent commission. Seller concessions or lender credits are not allowed. Have your agent contact us before you write an offer.
Properties that are eligible for a HECM reverse mortgage include:
Contact Scott with questions
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The 2013 Reverse Mortgage reform act has made the new Home Equity Conversion Mortgage "HECM" very attractive for current Reverse Mortgage holders to refinance. Seniors that are currently in a Reverse Mortgage can now Re-Rev their mortgage into a better federally insured product. Top three reasons to refinance your old reverse mortgage: Adding a spouseRead more →
Effective August 4, 2014. Another BIG step towards a better HECM loan. Effective 8/04/2014. Underage spouses will now be covered in deferral if disclosed at time of application. Upon a life event, the disclosed spouse will have the option of staying in the home. This change only covers the spouse at time of application. There areRead more →


text: 2009 Sin Zin Zinfandel Becky Sue Epstein June 5, 2012 Tasting Notes 1 Comment In a half-bottle, this wine is a no-brainer for a two-person barbecue. It has notes of strawberry and a very light touch of pepper in the aroma, both of which continue on the palate. The body is somewhat light for a zinfandel, but there are some tannins to balance the fruit. Nice with grilled burgers. Recommended. BSE. WHO: Alexander Valley Vineyards WHAT: Zinfandel WHERE: Alexander Valley, California WHEN: 2009 HOW MUCH: around $10 (375 ml) (media sample) Pingback: 2009 Sin Zin Zinfandel – Palate Pres - My Wine Broker()


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SUSU is a smart umbrella case that comes with super absorption power to make keeping wet umbrella no longer a problem. What makes the umbrella holder so magic are the numerous small absorption tentacles built inside the gadget, which can have your soaking wet umbrella dry in a few seconds.
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Survive every battle that comes your way when you wear this incredibly detailed Roman Gladiator Adult Mens Costume. The classic tunic comes complete with body armor and an attached cape, Velcro shoulder guard, shin guards, headband, armbands and a medallion.
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Battle for the glory of Rome in this stunning Roman Soldier uniform! This classic warrior costume suits you up in signature Roman tunic, detailed body armor, attached regal red cape, studly arm bands, cuffs, leg guards, & soldier headpiece. Carpe diem!
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As window for players' transfer nears on, twists and turns continued unabated with speculation and rumours rifed; Real De Banjul striker Buba Jallow-Melez.
The Gambia ex-U-17 and U-20 ace is on trial with an unnamed Spanish club and rumours make waves that the former Samger forward has absconded after a failed trial.
Reacting to the reports, Willy Abraham, Real de Banjul president throw light on the issue.
"Melez has gone for trials and he will be back" Willy Abraham said.
The attacker has represented Gambia at cadet level and was pivotal in the U-20 victory over Sierra Leone during the qualifiers coming on as a substitute.
His success was short-lived when Coach Lamin Sarr axed him in a trimming of big casualties - a decision that provoked debate for pundits and fury among the player's teeming fans.