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Q: It's becoming well known that Jobs was able to create his Reality Distortion Field when it served him. Was it difficult for you to cut through the RDF and get beneath the narrative that he created? How did you do it?
Isaacson: Andy Hertzfeld, who worked with Steve on the original Macintosh team, said that even if you were aware of his Reality Distortion Field, you still got caught up in it. But that is why Steve was so successful: He willfully bent reality so that you became convinced you could do the impossible, so you did. I never felt he was intentionally misleading me, but I did try to check every story. I did more than a hundred interviews. And he urged me not just to hear his version, but to interview as many people as possible. It was one of his many odd contradictions: He could distort reality, yet he was also brutally honest most of the time. He impressed upon me the value of honesty, rather than trying to whitewash things.
Q: How were the interviews with Jobs conducted? Did you ask lots of questions, or did he just talk?
Isaacson: I asked very few questions. We would take long walks or drives, or sit in his garden, and I would raise a topic and let him expound on it. Even during the more formal sessions in his living room, I would just sit quietly and listen. He loved to tell stories, and he would get very emotional, especially when talking about people in his life whom he admired or disdained.
Q: He was a powerful man who could hold a grudge. Was it easy to get others to talk about Jobs willingly? Were they afraid to talk?
Isaacson: Everyone was eager to talk about Steve. They all had stories to tell, and they loved to tell them. Even those who told me about his rough manner put it in the context of how inspiring he could be.
Q: Jobs embraced the counterculture and Buddhism. Yet he was a billionaire businessman with his own jet. In what way did Jobs' contradictions contribute to his success?
Isaacson: Steve was filled with contradictions. He was a counterculture rebel who became a billionaire. He eschewed material objects yet made objects of desire. He talked, at times, about how he wrestled with these contradictions. His counterculture background combined with his love of electronics and business was key to the products he created. They combined artistry and technology.
Q: Jobs could be notoriously difficult. Did you wind up liking him in the end?
Isaacson: Yes, I liked him and was inspired by him. But I knew he could be unkind and rough. These things can go together. When my book first came out, some people skimmed it quickly and cherry-picked the examples of his being rude to people. But that was only half the story. Fortunately, as people read the whole book, they saw the theme of the narrative: He could be petulant and rough, but this was driven by his passion and pursuit of perfection. He liked people to stand up to him, and he said that brutal honesty was required to be part of his team. And the teams he built became extremely loyal and inspired.
Q: Do you believe he was a genius?
Isaacson: He was a genius at connecting art to technology, of making leaps based on intuition and imagination. He knew how to make emotional connections with those around him and with his customers.
Q: Did he have regrets?
Isaacson: He had some regrets, which he expressed in his interviews. For example, he said that he did not handle well the pregnancy of his first girlfriend. But he was deeply satisfied by the creativity he ingrained at Apple and the loyalty of both his close colleagues and his family.
Q: What do you think is his legacy?
Isaacson: His legacy is transforming seven industries: personal computers, animated movies, music, phones, tablet computing, digital publishing, and retail stores. His legacy is creating what became the most valuable company on earth, one that stood at the intersection of the humanities and technology, and is the company most likely still to be doing that a generation from now. His legacy, as he said in his "Think Different" ad, was reminding us that the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do.
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mind control. yes. insert behaviors. today, rat with a pack on the back is driven remotely via antenna. insert, control moods.
Pivotal 911 new investigation initiative petition read in Canada Parliament! 911JusticeCanada.ca.
911 inside false flag
Limiting sugar in your diet is a well-known key to longevity, because of all the molecules capable of inflicting damage in your body, sugar molecules are probably the most damaging of all
Chimeras, Human-Animal Hybrids. First made in 2003. Mouse Human Brain. Rabbit eggs with human cells. Pigs with human blood. Sheep with human liver.
Talking animals. Transgenic hybrids. Remanufacturing the miracle of life.
Its all a very complex and clever program.
So are we.
Genes are instructions, expressed as bodies. Life is a program running inside our bodies.
Very imporant role played by genes expression regulators, as, for example, gene set of humans and chimpanzee is 98% tehe same, yet the result, humans, and chimpanzees, are quite different animals.
We share over 98 % of our DNA with chimpanzees, so how about to create human-chimp hybrid: "humanzee," or "chuman" or "chumanzee"? Possible.
"Chimera" refers to an animal that has two or more different sets of genetically distinct cells working together. Remember the mouse with the ear on its back?
Chimera experiments, scientists have been conducting them for decades
Who knows what secret laboratories hold today.
People are fed up with what is happening around them. They are tired of the corruption, greed, control and manipulation of national and international governments at all levels. The breaking point in human beings may have arrived and the evidence is in the brain.
783,936 people in the United States die every year from conventional medicine mistakes.
That's the equivalent of six jumbo jet crashes a day for an entire year.
And Whitney took xanax, and drank alcohol, which made her drowsy, and she drowned in bathtub.
40 000 Americans die a year from lack of healthcare.
Street cameras in East Orange, New Jersey, will spot shine red light mark tagging passersby as criminal. In London, UK, cameras talk.
3/11 Japan Earthquake Tsunami Nuclear Disaster is very likely haarp emp explosion attack. Question now is, what is Chernobyl? Device failure
Trigger total electronic equipment failure.
9/11 Truth: Evidence of Energetic Materials in the Debris of the Collapsed World Trade Center Towers
One 73-year-old's search for the truth: 9/11, election fraud, illegal wars, Wall Street criminality, a stolen nuke, the swine-flu scam, control of the U.S. government by global corporations, the unjustified assault on Social Security, media complicity, and the "Great Recession" about to become the second Great Depression. "The most important truths are hidden from us by the powerful few who strive to steal the American dream by keeping We the People in the dark."
running total of Occupy Wall Street police arrests
Violent, Ruthless Western Christian Rampant Criminal War Machine World War on Democracy. Unmentionable.
The sheer scale of suffering, let alone criminality, is little known in the west.
Violent, ruthless nature of a whole military industrial complex system behind its democratic facade, and the scale of our own indoctrination to its messianic assumptions, described by Harold Pinter as a "brilliant, even witty, highly successful act of hypnosis."
Longer and bloodier than any war since 1945, waged with demonic weapons and a gangsterism dressed as economic policy and sometimes known as globalisation, the war on democracy is unmentionable in western elite circles.
"it never happened even while it was happening".
Last July 2011, American historian William Blum published his "updated summary of the record of US foreign policy".
Since the Second World War, the US has:
– Attempted to overthrow more than 50 governments, most of them democratically-elected.
– Attempted to suppress a populist or national movement in 20 countries.
– Grossly interfered in democratic elections in at least 30 countries.
– Dropped bombs on the people of more than 30 countries.
– Attempted to assassinate more than 50 foreign leaders.
In total, the United States has carried out one or more of these actions in 69 countries.
In almost all cases, Britain has been a collaborator.
The "enemy" changes in name – from communism to Islamism — but mostly it is the rise of democracy independent of western power or a society occupying strategically useful territory
That the most numerous victims of terrorism – western terrorism – are Muslims is unsayable, if it is known. That half a million Iraqi infants died in the 1990s as a result of the embargo imposed by Britain and America is of no interest.
Under the Indonesian tyrant Suharto, anointed "our man" by Thatcher, more than a million people were slaughtered.
Described by the CIA as "the worst mass murder of the second half of the 20th century", the estimate does not include a third of the population of East Timor who were starved or murdered with western connivance, British fighter-bombers and machine guns.
This all has been achieved by a regime of un-coercive information control,
Muslims for 9/11 Truth. M911t.blogspot.com. 911 false flag blamed on pious Muslims. Biggest lie against God ever.
9/11 false-flag attack was perhaps the greatest lie against God ever fabricated by human beings. It was designed to be blamed on pious Muslims,
Muslims for 9/11 Truth: Big Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Qur'anic Look at the 9/11 False Flag
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How many Muslim countries would it be possible to get to vote for a 9/11 investigation in the U.N. General Assembly? Iran would of course vote for it, but how many other countries would? Why wouldn't Muslim countries be joined by non-Muslim countries who also fear imperialism, such as Bolivia, Venezuela, etc? Can you imagine such an investigation headed by Professor Richard Falk, who was recently severely criticized by U.N. General Secretary Ban-ki Moon for saying that there were unanswered questions about 9/11. Can you see an international panel of Nobel Prize-winning scientists analysing those dust samples with the iron microspheres and the nanothermite chips?
Unfortunately most of the Muslim countries (and other developing countries) are ruled by neo-imperial stooges and cowards…but if their people put enough pressure on them, or if there were revolutions that brought a degree of democracy, they might come on board. I would love to see this kind of investigation.
One thing is for sure: we need to build a broad-based movement on the state, national and international levels demanding such an investigation. Everyone who disbelieves the government account should be included, whatever their theory about what did happen. It appears to me that some people have lost sight of this fact.
Think the Egyptian people will be able to elect a government that will really represent them that might call for a 9/11 investigation? Or do the imperialists really control the Egyptian army so that whoever becomes president will be as much or more under their control as Mubarak was? Tarpley says it was really the imperialists, not the people, who overthrew Mubarak because he was being insufficiently cooperative concerning their plan to get Sunni Muslim countries to join with Israel against Iran.
I don't see how any new government in Egypt could be expected to be more cooperative with anti-Iran plans than Mubarak's was. More likely, the Zionists expect an anti-Zionist government, dominated by the Ikhwan, to emerge in Egypt–which would provide the Zionists with an excuse to start another big Mideast war.
Have you listened to this Tarpley broadcast from March 1? He really fills the picture in with a lot of detail.
If an anti-Zionist government dominated by the Ikhwan does emerge, it will be filled with British and American agent provacateurs who will work with Israel to engineer the war. But in the end, this isn't about Zionism. It's about oil.
But the "Day of Rage" to be instigated by these Ikhwan provacateurs predicted by Lindsey Williams and others has reportedly fizzled – so far at least. But the price of oil is still rapidly going up. His prediction was that serious unrest in Saudi Arabia, perhaps even the fall of the monarchy, would drive the price of oil up to $225 a barrel, which would totally destroy what is left of the American economy.
Have you seen this video showing that Ghadaffi is using Israeli military contractors to hire African mercenaries
to fight anti-government forces? Israel practically is a big defense contractor; this is what they do for a living and they are good at it. Ghadaffi has squirreled away plenty of oil money over the years to hire the best.
The imperialists will have to take control of the situation to restore order, for humanitarian reasons, of course, but incidentally to gain control over Libya's oil.
9/11 false-flag attack was perhaps the greatest lie against God ever fabricated by human beings. It was designed to be blamed on pious Muslims,
The world war on democracy. Diego Garcia, heavy bombing vast launch pad, is crucial to this war. Mass kidnappings.
The heaviest bombing of Iraq and Afghanistan was launched from its vast airstrips
Island is a fortress housing the "bunker-busting" bombs carried by bat-shaped B-2 aircraft to targets in two continents; an attack on Iran will start here.
As if to complete the emblem of rampant, criminal power, the CIA added a Guantanamo-style prison for its "rendition" victims and called it Camp Justice.
Finally a 911Truth candidate! Roseanne Barr running for president on Peace and Freedom Party ticket. Vote. Register as third party NOW.
On behalf of a working class.
Other parties: Peace and Freedom, American Independent, Progressive Democrats – www.pdamerica.org
National Popular Vote bill would guarantee Presidency to the candidate who receives the most popular votes in the entire US
European Commission put its gas coordination committee on alert today, but insisted the situation had not yet reached an emergency level since coordination between nations to help each other had improved and storage facilities had been upgraded.
Commission spokeswoman Marlene Holzner said Russia was going through an extremely cold spell and needed more gas to keep its citizens warm.
Russia's gas contracts 'allow for certain flexibility in case they also need the gas. And that is the situation that Russia is facing at the moment.' The severe winter in Russia has seen temperatures drop to minus 35 C (minus 30 F).
A broad measure of unemployment, which includes workers only marginally attached to the labor force, fell to 15.1 percent, the lowest since February of 2009.
there may be 3 million long-term unemployed people who are currently not being counted as unemployed by the Labor Department because they have simply given up looking for work.
WHAT I'VE LEARNED ABOUT U.S. FOREIGN POLICY. 6 million dead from covert operations. Genocide by sanctions.
With 911Truth Controlled Demolition, Entire Modern American Military Religious Empire will Collapse. It is collapsing.
In 1815, Europe's powers gathered in Vienna, Austria, in an attempt to draw long-standing, mutually agreed upon political borders which had blurred due to decades if not centuries of warfare.
911JusticeCanada.ca: Public Canadian Investigation of 9/11 Commences. Petition of Canadian Citizens to Canada gov for new 911 investigation
Our mission is to achieve a new and truly independent investigation of the 9/11 terrorist attacks through international partnership.
We believe there is sufficient doubt about the official story to justify re-opening the 9/11 investigation. The new investigation must include a full public inquiry into the possible use of explosives that might have been the actual cause of destruction of the World Trade Center Twin Towers and Building 7.
We will use the laws of Canada and existing government resources to create and manage our investigation.
Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth is Our Technical Partner
The Petition
See the petition accepted by the Clerk of the Parliament here
Progressive Democrats of America. PDAmerica.org. End corporate rule. Economic and Social Justice. End Wars.
The California Senate is just 2 votes short to pass its single payer health care bill, SB 810 – the California Universal Healthcare Act, before the end of this legislative session on Tuesday Jan 31, 2012.
Four Democratic Senators have not voted either way on this bill. Its author, Senator Mark Leno, can bring the bill up for reconsideration, as long as he knows that he has two more votes!!
Unconventional Controlled Demolition? Nuclear and/or EMP Directed Energy. I think so. Can explain observations.
I think we need to realize and recognize that conventional controlled demolition only – as hard evidenced by nanothermite high tech explosive found in dust of WTC – CANNOT by itself account for and explain phenomena observed at WTC site.
Namely, complete mass dustification and pulverization of huge whole buildings
We need to move to recognize the unconventional controlled demolition, the one helped by nuclear devices going off, and by EMP Electro Magnetic Pulse directed energy weapons.
Nuclear Controlled Demoliton.
Nuclear EMP Controlled Demolition.
How does that sound to you?
www.ae911truth.org – www.stj911.org
and others
Important video, stressing the monstrous consequences and facts of 911 nuclear controlled demolition and ongoing cover-up thereof.
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hard facts. we need to go by that… 1). nanothermite was found. ok. who manufactures it? ….. 2). 3 buildings fell definitely in a controlled demolition manner, probably also with nuclear charges. ….. that's all we have. …. and a lot of other strong but circumstantial evidence. ………………. its premature at this time to talk about conclusive evidence implicating any foreign country. in my view.
www.bollyn.com – Israel involvement
Manny Badillo: What if everyone agreed to call-in to a talk-radio show every week, what if the scientific evidence was hand-delivered to the commission, the local educational facilities, at City events. What if we all tried to do this in every City in the country?
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Manny Badillo: What if we identified the municipalities that offered direct legislative initiatives that allow for a vote on the considerations in each county, in each state? What if we identified the municipalities that allow a citizens initiative to be placed directly on the ballot for people to vote on?
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Manny Badillo: Anything is possible when we put our heart into it, especially if there is apparent need. Why can't We be the media, and act as the press, in the public arena, to inform the common citizen about all the facts?
John Edward Kendrick: To our detriment, many leaders in the 911 truth movement are really misleaders. Ample evidence exists to convene grand juries and issue indictments. Aid to Israel should cease immediately–and the USA citizens demand reparations from Israel.
Keenan Roberts: I would say that the largest of the 9/11 truth groups – the Northern California Truth Alliance – was targeted for infiltration very early on. That group has been infiltrated by Jim Hoffman and his crew of disinformation agents from 2003-2004.
key 9/11 truth sites, such as 911Blogger and, TruthAction.org, and 911TruthNews …… http://www.krunchd.com/911 … http://www.krunchd.com/911truth
Dr Judy, she has more than 1 science title, wrote many papers, which most of us would not understand at all. She SUED fed gov for 911 science fraud. …. Well what have you done?? Maybe you should be much more appreciative of her, and her work on behalf of 911Truth.
www.drjudywood.com .. www.ae911truth.org .. @911news
Lihop – let it happen, is forever dead, with nanothermite proven in Wtc dust. Controlled demolition needs months in advance.
now for 911 nuclear controlled demolition, at this point, i prefer to stress hard facts – and that is, for now
=nanothermite found in the dust of WTC, and free fall perhaps=. …
That means, controlled demolition. That means inside false flag make-it-happen-operation. … the rest is, unfortunately, speculation, even though strongly suggestive or well supported ..
Pentagon, Shanksville, we need to understand that it cannot be proven at this point what happened there. …
Not at least until the lie detector depositions of all then top gov officials, and other thorough investigations. ..
So go ahead and argue about it, but its just theories at this point.
www.DrJudyWood.com .. ?
i think her work for 911 is to be appreciated …
Observations, facts she is stating are valid – a lot of unusual phenomena at WTC site.
Id lean more towards nuclear charges going off then directed energy. or perhaps both. —————
I think one thing is clear and we should agree on that – conventional controlled demolition, nanothermite only – CAN NOT, by itself, account for, COULD NOT have, alone, caused events and phenomena observable at WTC.
Namely, complete mass dustification and pulverization of huge whole buildings, and other unconventional phenomena observed.
http://ae911truth.org – http://911truth.org – http://911blogger.com – htttp://stj911.org – http://visibility911.com
"If they do not contain internet, they will lose their power." For internet would have stopped Hitler from committing the same war crimes. Cannot conquer countries and peoples with violence. Colonialism is a violent crime of powerful against weak. …. 91
For internet would have stopped Hitler from committing his same aggressive war crimes.
Cannot conquer countries and peoples with violence.
Colonialism is a violent crime of powerful against weak. ….
911 is controlled demolition therefore inside false flag.
Creating paranoia of real crime threat, of war, of terror. To control population. CCTV surveillance cameras.
Transforming Public Surveillance CCTV Cameras
Into Highly Visible and Interactive Crime Prevention Tools
The Cordero Group
CCTV technology has been romanticized by television crime dramas as silent crime fighters. Writers submit the missing bit of critical video evidence in the 55th minute to break the case. But in the real world, CCTV cameras and a synchronized alert system can be used as a visible interactive deterrent to potential crimes.
The Cordero Group has developed a Light-Based Intervention System (LBIS). A powerful light source is mounted on an automated pan and tilt mechanism that is synchronized with CCTV camera views. LBIS features two modes of operations – intervention and prevention.
In the intervention mode, LBIS Closely Mirrors Crime Prevention Benefits of Physical Police Patrols. If suspicious or threatening activity is observed, CCTV camera operators activate area IP-based LBIS lights using a point and click absolute positioning trigger system. Instantly, a pencil beam bright illumination source "paints" would be criminals and conveys a powerfully persuasive message: "Police are observing, Police are recording, and Police Are Responding".
If a crime does occur or if live security intervention is required and/or the suspects flee, successive lights can be activated to follow the suspects while the entire incident is recorded. The systems save resources by providing a base level of visual police intervention and notice of detection, particularly when used to disrupt public nuisances and quality of life issues.
In a crime prevention mode, LBIS Alerts the Public and Would Be Criminals that area is under CCTV camera surveillance by projecting illuminated letters onto the street (e.g., "Police"). LBIS reassures the public that they are safe by projecting a visibly high level of guardianship.
LBIS creates safe passages around community streets, parks, schools, commercial corridors and other locations. Security forces also rely on LBIS to "force multiply" during large public outings such as sporting events or concerts. By projecting words such as "Police" or "Under Surveillance" safe corridors are created would be criminals are warned to stay away.
Surveillance cameras are here mostly for a population control, for a mass unrest control and containment. … there are only very few rulers, some police, army, but a lot of oppressed and defrauded people. …… so …
Create a mass crime wave, an epidemic of crime, by forcing hard poverty, hopelessness, joblessness, homelessness, no medical care, by hard instilling, teaching and glorifying violence, killing, mayhem daily in tv, videogames …..
Then use this common crime epidemic created to install cameras to deal with, deter, punish public uprisings against the elite rulers world order.
And you know what is the funny and sad part of this ….. that all this is just a by product .. unintended …. for the main engine, the main motivation, is MONEY.
PROFITS, at any costs.
that's what's killing the human race, if you ask me.
Good Lord Hollywood! New 9/11 Investigation, The Movie. Hollywood Stars Seek to Make Feature Film Focused on WTC Demolitions
Good Lord Hollywood!! One movie that could actually be worth it?! 🙂 What happened ?!
Change of name, to me, is welcomed. "A Violation of Trust."
Ed Asner, Howard Cohen, and see other Stars of the Truth, the Conscience, the Bravery and the utter Patriotic Duty!
Go Usa!
Undo the grave damages, done unto us – unto 911 victims, and unto the world, unto the all fallen in these flag false wars of conquest!
So help us Hollywood!
The factual evidence indicates that our government is using and has used 3rd or possibly 4th generation hydrogen bombs domestically and internationally.
The evidence for international usage is not quite as strong as the domestic usage
400+ first responder radiation cancers indicate MICRO FUSION. Only nuclear explosion, with controlled demolition, can explain the WTC dustification at free fall.
were we supposed to not to get to know this?


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A portrait of Scarborough, the seaside jewel of the northeast, the place and the people. A film on the changes Scarborough (and other seaside resorts in general) and its people have faced over the changing fashions of holidays and what people search for, and how they have adapted to such challenges.
The film captures snapshots of the filmmaker's holidays in 1938. For the most part, the film was made in Somerset, but it also features shots filmed in Cardiff.
This colour home movie by amateur Middlesbrough filmmaker Tom H. Brown records a ten day family skiing holiday in Wengen, in the Bernese Oberland region of Switzerland at Christmas,1950. The Browns learn how to ski on the nursery slopes and film professional ice skating, ice hockey and ski jumps.
This episode is the second in a series of travelogues presented by Kenneth Cope and Charlotte Allen looking at various parts of the region.
This sponsored film for the Tyne Improvement Commission, produced by Turners Film Productions, documents the shipping, trading, engineering, shipbuilding and passenger services along the River Tyne. The film records the industries that cluster along the Tyne focusing on wood, petroleum, coal, fish and iron ore. The services provided to shipping by the Tyne Improvement Commission and other authorities are documented, together with the transport facilities and sites available for new industries in the area. The film includes footage of the construction and launch of the 'Northern Star,' built by Vickers Armstrong's Naval Yard in Newcastle, and launched by H.M. Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, on June 27 1961.
Home movies made by Ruth Jacobson of family holidays between 1945 and 1947 that focus on her children and includes a visit to the coast at Alnmouth in Northumberland. Footage includes scenes at Wolsingham airfield (now Newcastle Airport) and the family's departure to Dinard in France.
A home movie filmed by Ruth Jacobson of the family taking cruise holiday around Norway and Iceland in 1952. The film shows the family onboard the cruise ship "Chusan" and various excursions that include Bergen and Mount Dalsnirba.
A home movie produced by Ruth Jacobson of a family cruise around the Mediterranean in 1952. The film includes life on board the S.S. [steam ship] Chusan, a British ocean liner and cruise ship. Locations visited include Gibraltar, Malta, Rhodes, Venice, Naples, Capri and Lisbon.
A home movie made by Ruth Jacobson featuring the family taking a holiday cruises aboard the cruise ship "Chusan" in 1955. The film mainly focuses on the activities and friends made onboard ship. The final part of the film shows the family visiting their daughter Pamela at Harrogate College for speech day as well as the whole family in the garden at home at Leasyde in Newcastle.
A home movie made by Ruth Jacobson of her family taking a Mediterranean cruise onboard the passenger liner S.S. Arcadia in the summer of 1957. Footage includes visits to Venice, Malta and views of the Stromboli volcano.
A home movie made by Ruth Jacobson a cruise holiday take by her and her husband Lionel around the West Indies aboard the S.S. Antilles in 1958. The film begins with passengers taking part on the "Mysteries of the Deep" ceremony, a traditional Equator-crossing initiation rite that commemorates a sailor's first crossing. This is followed by visits to a number of tropical locations including Martinique, Guadeloupe, Puerto Rico as well as Caracas in Venezuela.
This film in the Hartlepool Council collection records a "Sports For All" sports day at Clairville Stadium in Middlesbrough, roller skating activities, and a holiday visit in 1978 of a group of students with learning disabilities from the Lynn Street Adult Training Centre.
Amateur home movie filmed by Dr. H Brenton Porteous, which features his son Ian playing golf and at play in the garden in Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne, filmed around 1932; a winter ride through Newcastle upon Tyne in the snow around 1933; and a visit to the home of Kate Stephenson, daughter of the Mayor of Newcastle, Sir William Stephenson.
The second of two film made by Guy Nettleship of his first voyage as apprentice engineer aboard the factory whaling ship SS Southern Venturer in the South Atlantic. The film features graphic sequences of whale flensing aboard the Southern Venturer as well as the killing of a Sperm Whale while on board the catcher boat the SS Southern Brew. The final part of the film shows the arrival of the Southern Brew at the whaling station of Leith Harbour [also known as Port Leith] in South Georgia.
Made by amateur filmmaker George Cummin, this film documents a summer holiday in Jersey with girlfriend (and later wife), Norah, and a group of friends. The film uses both original amateur footage and commercial film and cartoon inserts as comic interludes, including Mickey Mouse sequences. This film is part of the Newcastle & District Amateur Cinematographers Association (ACA) collection.
Compilation of amateur film from various trips in the 1950s and early 60s. Includes footage shot in London at a visit for an Institute of Amateur Cinematographers (IAC) national event and at Heathrow Airport, family outings to Brancepeth Castle, County Durham, and Matfen in Northumberland. This film is part of the Newcastle & District Amateur Cinematographers Association (ACA) collection.
This film by Ronald Pringle is of holidays taken in Paris in the early Sixties. Filmed in a travelogue style at some of the most famous landmarks in Europe.


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IN THE COMMENTS: George writes:
Is Huck the foretold anti-Christ?
Is Huck the foretold anti-Christ?
Is Huck the foretold anti-Christ?
Likeability matters. Duh.
Not that the guys at Powerline cared when it was their guy who was the likeable one.
Hillary is not likable, Romney is not likable, and the others are just bland. Except for Ron Paul. He engenders hate.
Except for Ron Paul.
You mean the guy who beat Rudy?
Oh that was enlightening. Badly drawn conclusions prematurely arrived at.
After 8 years of disliking someone with even sparser qualifications for president, the Franklin Pierce of our age, it appears that what we are looking at now is giving someone with some brains and/or common sense in to visit and lead.
I also wonder why the slams at Obama? What commentators who do that are saying, in effect "America - you are all stupid. You've been fooled and you are just too dumb to see that you are being hung out to dry".
Actually, the people are fairly smart. Then can see a huckster and after looking at the mistakes made in the last few elections, are now letting their gut feelings influence things instead of just what candidate handlers are spewing out as talking points.
What does any of this have to do with the real story of the day. You people are so shallow, wallowing in celebrity politics that you have missed the most important story of the New Year-
the three hour Brittney Spears standoff with police.
middle class guy..."ron paul - he engenders hate"
i don't disagree with you but frankly i think he is refreshing and someone he is stricking a financial chord.
If the experts would shut up for a few months and let the candidates speak and let us take it in, maybe we can make some sense out of what is going on...but as i write this the market is set to go off a cliff, the brokerage houses are writing off zillions and the dollar is in free-fall.
Meanwhile, unmuddied, head high, expectations beaten, the hopes of a thousand pundits at his back, Fred sails a zephyr of confidence to New Hampshire.
You gotta love a guy whose face was run over by a tractor.
Likability does not necessarily win Presidential nominations, but it has won Presidential elections since the unlikable Nixon imploded.
Carter was more likable than Ford.
Reagan was more likable than Carter.
Reagan was more likable than Mondale.
Bush I was more likable than Dukakis.
Clinton was more likable than Bush I.
Clinton was more likable than Dole.
Bush II was slightly more likable than the five different flavors of Gore he faced.
Bush II was more likable than Kerry.
While the candidates talk about the desire for change, what would be a change is for the less likable candidate to win. Iowa Democrats were being wise to turn from the unlikable Hillary to the likable Obama. I suspect Iowa Republicans are, contrary to pundit opinion, choosing the most electable Republican by going for Huckabee.
Sometimes, the simplest plausible explanation is the most likely. Someone should write a law about that tendency.
Is Huck the foretold anti-Christ?
Actually, a few weeks ago I did a Google search on each of the major Presidential candidates' names plus the term 'AntiChrist', expecting Romney to lead the pack. Stunningly, he was dead last -- Huckabee was the leader. Even more stunningly, Fred Thompson was #2 on the list. (Fred Thompson?)
I have no explanation. But I may re-run the search in a week or so. ..bruce..
Kind of like when you all voted for Bush
Titus, would it be possible for you to acknowledge that not everyone who participates in the comments here voted for Bush and/or thinks alike?
The thing about the seeming establishment torch holders of their respective parties, Mitt for the Pubs, Hillary for the Dems.....they both appear the most phoney. They are creations built from the outside in, rather than the inside out.
I like Ike was the popular slogan. I like Huck just doesn't resonate.
I like Huck just doesn't resonate.
Yeah, it doesn't rhyme. I can think of a word that rhymes with Huck. Not so much of a pro slogan though.
hdhouse said, actually, the people are fairly smart.
They just used to be dumb.
That's what you're saying, right?
HD, I'm not sure that Huckabee is much evidence for your thesis. He reminds me a lot of the Bush of 2000. He's an inexperienced Southern governor focusing on domestic issues with absolutely no clue about foreign policy.
Remember that Bush in 2000 campaigned against the idea of the U.S. as global policeman. Instead he offered the vaguely isolationist idea of "humility" in foreign affairs.
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Freeman -- well yeah. But how about, "Stuck on Huck", "The buck stops with Huck" or, for the anti-national health care vote, "Huck's no Canuck."
"The common demoninator here, other than a patent lack of qualifications for the presidency, is likeability."
Also the common denominator between the current President and the frontrunning candidates: patent lack of qualifications (too dumb even to get into UT law school, bailed out of difficulties in business life by daddy's friends): check; likeability: check.
Slogan: What the Huck?
"Also the common denominator between the current President and the frontrunning candidates: patent lack of qualifications (too dumb even to get into UT law school,"
Lord. Again? Really? Those MBA's just getting handed out like candy in the Ivy League? Is it asking to much to just disagree with his policies?
I would think that by not enclosing the name in quotes, you're hitting the fact that "Mitt" and "Romney" are less common in general than some of the other names.
Bush I was more likable than...anyone? Really?
"Bush I was more likable than...anyone? Really?"
Personally? Sure. Main problem with being president is that he wanted to be liked by everyone. BFF with Bill Clinton now you know.
"Bush I was more likable than...anyone? Really?"
Actually, he is not a dislikable chap, at all.
Not particularly likable, but not dislikable.
And the Democrats in 88 decided to run an automaton devoid of any hint of personality or charisma.
W.'s mediocrity made quite a contrast to Rhodes Scholar Bill Clinton, but it shows the advantage of picking the right daddy:
Subsequently, Bush's SAT score was been deleted from this website:
Although he had an SAT score of 1206, 200 points below that of the average Yale freshman of 1970 , he benefitted from an admissions policy which gave preference to the children of alumni (his score was at roughly the 70th percentile nationwide).
Texas Gov. George W. Bush's 1206 (566 verbal, 640 math)
Bush's GPA at Yale: 2.35
Bush as Harvard MBA student:
For 25 years, Yoshi Tsurumi, one of George W. Bush's professors at Harvard Business School, was content with his green-card status as a permanent legal resident of the United States. But Bush's ascension to the presidency in 2001 prompted the Japanese native to secure his American citizenship. The reason: to be able to speak out with the full authority of citizenship about why he believes Bush lacks the character and intellect to lead the world's oldest and most powerful democracy.
"At first, I wondered, 'Who is this George Bush?' It's a very common name and I didn't know his background. And he was such a bad student that I asked him once how he got in. He said, 'My dad has good friends.'" Bush scored in the lowest 10 percent of the class.
whoops: I didn't finish changing "has been" to "was."
Carter was more likable than Ford
He was?
I don't understand why people are ever concerned with candidates' SAT scores or college records. How are those relevant? Presumably anyone running has been an adult for quite a while and therefore has more reliable indicators of fitness for office in his history. I'm not sure that SAT scores or college grades are even indicators at all.
I would think that by not enclosing the name in quotes, you're hitting the fact that "Mitt" and "Romney" are less common in general than some of the other names.
I'm not sure "Romney" is all that uncommon (in terms of non-political postings) than most of the other candidate surnames (Clinton, Obama, McCain, Giuliani), the big exceptions being 'Edwards' and 'Paul'.
On the other hand, the majority of posts about the political candidates tend to drop the first name, so the list may be skewed for that reason (i.e. 'Romney Anti-Christ' gets more hits that 'Mitt Romney Anti-Christ'). As I said in my original posting, the search was quick-and-dirty, but interesting nevertheless. ..bruce..
Presumably anyone running has been an adult for quite a while and therefore has more reliable indicators of fitness for office in his history.
Yes: W. failed at everything he ever tried. Luckily daddy and/or daddy's friends bailed him out each time.


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So much to be thankful for this Thanksgiving. I'm thankful for having an amazing baby. I'm thankful for everyone that reads this blog. I really appreciate the support!
Okay and I'm also thankful that my wife knows how to cook. The Turkey was delicious.
Our son also joined the party by eating "baby food" Turkey. :)
I hope everyone is having a great Thanksgiving!
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Feudalism is a system of land ownership and duties. It was used in the Middle Ages. Under feudalism, all the land in a kingdom was the king's.[1] However, the king would give some of the land to the lords or nobles who fought for him. These presents of land were called manors.[1] Then the nobles gave some of their land to vassals.[1] The vassals then had to do duties for the nobles. The lands of vassals were called fiefs.[1]
When talking about places other than Europe, the idea of feudalism is normally only used by analogy (called semi-feudal), most often in discussions of Japan under the shoguns, and, sometimes, medieval and Gondarine Ethiopia. Some people have seen situations like feudalism in places as far away as Ancient Egypt, Parthian empire, India, to the American South of the nineteenth century.[2]
Under feudalism, taxes were not paid with money. They were paid in products and services. Presents and taxes had to be given to the lords by their vassals.[1] At harvest time, the vassals gave shares of their crops to the lords. The vassals would grind their grain at the noble's grainaries. They would give part of the grain to their lord. When animals were killed for food, part of the meat was given to the lords. The lords promised to give protection, peace, and safety to their vassals.
Manors were completely owned by the nobles. They were given from one generation to another. The noble's firstborn son took it all when his father died.[1] Each manor had its own pasture lands, mill, wine press, church, and village.[1] A manor had to let many people live there. Lords gave their servants food and a place to sleep, but they did not pay their servants money.[1]
The villein was in a poorer class. He had to serve the lords, but free in other things.[1] He had work to do for the lord or the town. Then he went back to his little house with floors made of earth and a roof. On the walls of his house, the villein hung meats, tools, and dried vegetables.[1]
A villein was more free than slaves or serfs, but he still wasn't completely free. He could not move or marry if the lord didn't say yes. He also could not leave the manor lands if the lord said no. If he escaped, he could run away to a town where he could try to live quietly without being known ,until he is discovered. If he did this, he becomes a free man.[1] If he wanted to help the Catholic Church, he needed special permission. As a member of the church, his position could get higher. However, if this did not work, he could join a band of outlaws.[1]
The serf was in the lowest class. He was only a little better than slaves. He could not be sold away from the land, but was always sold with the land.[1]
But villeins and serfs had rights as well. They could cultivate grain and vegetables for sale, and the lord had duty to protect them and provide them land to cultivate. If they got wealthy enough, they could buy themselves free. They also did not need to serve in levy (that is: army mustered up by conscription) and they did not need to pay state taxes. They usually paid 10% of their income to the Church and 10% to the feudal lord.
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 Hofflund, Ethel; Elizabeth Loeks Bouman, Howard Stitt, Alan Christopherson. [www.aop.com "The Feudal System"]. In Rirchard W. Wheeler, M.A.Ed. (in English). History & Geography 604 Life in the Middle Ages. 804 N. 2nd Ave. E., Rock Rapids, IA 51246-1759: Alpha Omega Publications, Inc.. pp. 6-7. . www.aop.com. Retrieved 19 March 2010.
- ↑ "Reader's Companion to Military History - - Feudalism". Web.archive.org. 2004-11-12. http://web.archive.org/web/20041112062036/http://college.hmco.com/history/readerscomp/mil/html/mh_017900_feudalism.htm. Retrieved 2010-08-13.
- Philip Daileader (2001). "Feudalism". The High Middle Ages. The Teaching Company. ISBN 1-56585-827-1
Other websites
- "Feudalism". In Encyclopedia Britannica Online.
- "Feudalism?", by Paul Halsall from the Internet Medieval Sourcebook, history of the term.
- "Feudalism", by Gerhard Rempel, Western New England College
- "Feudalism, Self-employment, and the 1949 Chinese Revolution", by Satya J. Gabriel, Mount Holyoke College
- Marc Bloch, Feudal Society. Tr. L.A. Manyon. Two volumes. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1961 ISBN 0-226-05979-0
- Francois-Lois Ganshof, Feudalism. Tr Philip Grierson. New York: Harper and Row, 1964.
- Jean-Pierre Poly and Eric Bournazel, The Feudal Transformation, 900-1200., Tr. Caroline Higgitt. New York and London: Holmes and Meier, 1991.
- Susan Reynolds, Fiefs and Vassals: The Medieval Evidence Reinterpreted. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1994 ISBN 0-19-820648-8
- Normon E. Cantor. Inventing the Middle Ages: The Lives, Works, and Ideas of the Great Medievalists of the Twentieth century. Quill, 1991.
- Alain Guerreau, L'avenir d'un passé incertain. Paris: Le Seuil, 2001. (complete history of the meaning of the term).


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That crisis began with the exposure of the risks of a shadow banking system, whose poorly regulated derivative products were previously seen to benefit the economy (by lowering financing costs, for example).
"When, in 2007, questions arose about the quality of some of the assets on which the shadow banking system was based—notably, those tied to poorly underwritten subprime mortgages—a classic adverse feedback loop ensued," he said, adding that investors became unwilling to lend across a broad range of assets.
Compounding the problem, this credit freeze affected financial firms the government deemed too big to fail, thus triggering the bailout of firms such as Bear Stearns and AIG.
Unlike previous financial crises, these were "fast-moving episodes that risked turning liquidity problems into insolvency problems almost literally overnight."
Fast-forward to today, and Tarullo, a former Clinton administration economic advisor, says that the largest institutions enjoy much greater protection against such episodes, mainly as a result of a doubling of capital reserves that decrease large institutions' leverage.
The largest 18 banks, which represent more than 70% of total assets of U.S. bank holding companies, have seen their Tier 1 capital (shareholder equity that can absorb capital losses) rise from "5.6% at the end of 2008 to 11.3% in the fourth quarter of 2012, reflecting an increase in Tier 1 common equity from $393 billion to $792 billion during the same period."
Tarullo credits adoption of Basel III capital standards for this progress.
While U.S. financial institutions are now more capable of absorbing capital losses, they remain very vulnerable to another credit freeze, a too familiar dynamic Tarullo describes as "exogenous shocks to asset values leading to an adverse feedback loop of mark-to-market losses, margin calls and fire sales."
That risk will not go away until there is some comprehensive regulation of repo, reverse repo, securities lending and borrowing, and securities margin lending—which Tarrulo sees as unaddressed structural weaknesses of the "wholesale funding" market. U.S. regulators have only taken discrete steps in this direction, such as efforts to regulate money-market funds, he says.
As for ending too-big-to-fail, Tarullo makes a number of proposals, one of which is to require large financial institutions to have "minimum amounts of long-term unsecured debt that can be converted to equity and thereby be available to absorb losses in the event of insolvency." The idea, in other words, is to supplement banks' higher capital reserves so that any losses are borne by the firms alone.
The Federal Reserve governor concludes by urging completion of Dodd-Frank and Basel III rulemaking, but adds "we would do the American public a fundamental disservice were we to declare victory without tackling the structural weaknesses of short-term wholesale funding markets."


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Normally when there's a performance complaint about a touch-screen camera, it's about the responsiveness of the display. That's not true for the Nikon Coolpix S4000. Its touch controls respond well to both fingertips and the included stylus. Nikon makes the screen useful, too, not just relegating it to functions that would be better suited for physical buttons. The performance problems are related to the autofocus system, which is inconsistent at best, and general shooting speeds.
Its photo quality, especially indoors or in dim lighting, is mediocre as well. It's capable of taking a good snapshot under the right circumstances with results suitable for small prints and Web sharing. In fact, if you're looking for an inexpensive touch-screen camera for well-lit portraits of still subjects, the S4000 is a viable option. That seems like an awfully small user group, though, and with so many other options at and below its price, you have to really want the touch screen to make this model worthwhile.
|Key specs
|Nikon Coolpix S4000
|Price (MSRP)
|Dimensions (WHD)
|3.8 x 2.3 x 0.8 inches
|Weight (with battery and media)
|4.6 ounces
|Megapixels, image sensor size, type
|12 megapixels, 1/2.3-inch CCD
|LCD size, resolution/viewfinder
|3-inch LCD, 460K dots/None
|Lens (zoom, aperture, focal length)
|4x, f3.2-5.9, 27-108mm (35mm equivalent)
|File format (still/video)
|JPEG/Motion JPEG (.AVI)
|Highest resolution size (still/video)
|4,000x3,000 pixels/ 1,280x720 at 24fps
|Image stabilization type
|Battery type, CIPA rated life
|Li ion rechargeable, 190 shots
|Battery charged in camera
|Yes; by computer or wall adapter
|Storage media
|SD/SDHC cards
|Bundled software
|Software Suite for Coolpix (Windows/Mac)
The S4000 is nicely dressed for its price. The ultracompact metal body gives it a higher-quality feel and it's available in five colors--silver, black, red, pink, and plum. Up front is a wide-angle lens with a 4x zoom and in back is a 3-inch touch-screen LCD with a higher resolution than you'd typically find in this class. Despite its slim body, the camera is comfortable to hold and use, though with little to grab onto you'll want to use the included wrist strap.
Since the touch screen is used for most functions, there are few physical controls. On top is a power button and shutter release with a zoom ring. At the lower right of the screen is a shooting-mode button and a play button for reviewing and editing photos, but that's it. Thankfully, the screen is actually quite responsive and menus and shooting options opening quickly with little to no lag.
When shooting at the camera's full 12-megapixel resolution, the whole screen is used for framing shots; icons are simply layered on top. Down the left side of the screen are icons for changing flash, timer, macro, and display functions. The lower right side has icons for touch-based shooting options and accessing the main menu system for shooting and setup settings. The touch settings include a Touch Shutter to focus on subject and shoot with one tap; Subject Tracking for automatically tracking a moving subject; and Touch AF/AE, which will automatically focus and adjust exposure for whatever you tap on. All three aren't available in all shooting modes in which case the unavailable option just won't appear. In Playback, the touch screen can be used to browse photos and videos and to draw or add decorations to pictures among other things. And while the screen responds well to fingers, Nikon includes a small stylus to use if you want better control or a screen free of fingerprints.
Touch-screen cameras generally have mediocre battery lives, which is the case here. The S4000's CIPA-rated battery life is less than 200 shots per charge. The pack charges pretty quickly, though, in about 2 hours using the supplied wall adapter; it can also be charged by connecting via USB to a computer. The only output on the camera is a Micro-USB/AV port on the bottom of the camera next to the battery/memory card compartment.
|General shooting options
|Nikon Coolpix S4000
|ISO sensitivity (full resolution)
|Auto, 80, 100, 200, 400, 800, 1,600, 3,200
|White balance
|Auto, Custom, Daylight, Incandescent, Fluorescent, Cloudy, Flash
|Recording modes
|Auto, Program, Aperture priority, Shutter priority, Manual, Scene, Movie
|Focus modes
|Face priority, 9-point Multi, Center, Touch, Macro
|Metering modes
|Evaluative, Center-weighted (when using up to 2x digital zoom), Spot (digital zoom of 2x or more)
|Color effects
|Standard, Vivid, Sepia, Black & White, Cyanotype (Playback only)
|Burst mode shot limit (full resolution)
The shooting options, although fairly basic, are good for snapshooters, particularly for portraits. There are two Auto modes on this camera. One is Nikon's Scene Auto Selector that adjusts settings appropriately based on six common scene types. If the scene doesn't match any of those, it defaults to a general-use Auto. Then there is an Auto mode, which is similar to the program AE modes on other point-and-shoots, giving you a modicum of control over your end results. You can change ISO, white balance, and exposure compensation as well as autofocus areas and modes, flash, and continuous shooting modes. Light metering is locked to multipattern unless you're using the digital zoom.
If you're able to decipher the type of scene you're shooting, it may correspond to one of the camera's 14 selectable scene modes. All of the scenes are standards like Portrait and Landscape, and there is a Panorama Assist for lining up a series of shots that can be stitched together with the bundled software. There is also a Draw option for writing or drawing on the screen and then saving it as an image.
Nikon's Smart Portrait System gets its own spot in the shooting-mode menu. Basically, it combines a Blink Warning, Smile Shutter, Skin Softening, In-Camera Red-Eye Fix, and Face Priority AF (autofocus) features into one mode. The System works well, in particular for self-portraits, allowing you to take pictures without pressing the shutter release or setting a timer.
For those who like to take close-ups, the S4000 is at its sharpest in Macro mode. It can focus as close as 3.1 inches from a subject. There are a few ways to enter Macro mode, too. It will automatically switch to it when using the Scene Auto Selector mode. You can also select Close-up mode from the camera's Scene options. And if you're in Auto mode, you can turn on macro focus by tapping the onscreen icon.


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Holy See Welcomes U.N. Recognition of Palestine
But according to the Vatican, a permanent two-state solution is necessary for lasting peace in the Holy Land.
VATICAN CITY — The Vatican "welcomed with favor" the U.N.'s vote to allow Palestine to become a non-member observer state and pressed for a permanent two-state solution.
The statement came one day after the U.N.'s General Assembly voted resoundingly for the change on Nov. 29.
"The vote manifests the sentiment of the majority of the international community and recognizes a more significant presence for Palestinians within the United Nations," said the Holy See.
"But this doesn't constitute a sufficient solution to the region's existing problems," it added in a Nov. 30 press release.
"They can only find an adequate response through an effective commitment to building peace and stability, in justice and in the respect for legitimate aspirations, both of the Israelis and of the Palestinians," the Vatican said.
The decision means Palestinians will be able to participate in U.N. debates and possibly join some of its bodies like the International Criminal Court.
But the change was not universally welcomed. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's spokesman, Mark Regev, said this is "negative political theater that will take us out of the negotiating process."
The Holy See press office called this an ''important decision'' and said it had "actively followed the steps that led to it, while striving to remain neutral and act in accordance with its particular religious nature and universal mission and in consideration also of its specific attention to the ethical dimension of international problems."
Pope Benedict XVI visited the region in 2009 and appealed for a two-state solution and an end to violence.
"No more bloodshed! No more fighting! No more terrorism! No more war! Instead, let us break the vicious circle of violence," he said at the end of his trip.
"Let there be lasting peace based on justice; let there be genuine reconciliation and healing," said Pope Benedict. "Let the two-state solution become a reality, not remain a dream."
The Holy See's secretary for relations with states, Archbishop Dominique Mamberti, told the U.N.'s General Assembly last year he hoped it would adopt a decision that would help concretely apply the Pope's appeal.
The Holy See said it believes that the U.N.'s vote recognizing Palestine as an observer state should help give a definitive answer to a 1947 General Assembly resolution on the Israeli-Palestinian situation.
"This document," the Holy See explained, "laid the legal basis for the existence of the two states, of which one has not been implemented for 60 years, while the other has now seen the light."
The Vatican delegation also noted that it has made an urgent international appeal to increase commitment and adopt initiatives "to help achieve a lasting peace that respects the rights of Israelis and Palestinians."
The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem thanked the Holy See for its Nov. 30 statement and congratulated Palestinians and their President Mahmoud Abbas, calling him a "moderate man" and a "man of peace."


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There's an old adage that says, "success is getting what you want; happiness is wanting what you get." For thirty-four year-old Larry Benavidez III of Thornton, Colorado, success hasn't always been something within his grasp. Lowriding proved to be something that would help to change that, as Larry's love affair with cars was a family tradition that would ultimately guide him down a prosperous path. The son of a hard-working railroad man, it would be a Buick his father found on a job site that would turn Larry's life around. One day while working on the railroads, Larry's father happened to come across a 1970 Buick Riviera in the driveway of a house in Rawlins, Wyoming. He spotted the car from a nearby section of railroad and strolled over to the house at quitting time to inquire about the Rivi; he wanted to know if it was for sale. After some negotiating, the Riviera was brought home, but the passion and the time to maintain the classic beauty wasn't there for Larry's father, who spent every waking moment providing for his family and working. Eventually, sour economic times fell on the Benavidez family, forcing Larry's father to sell his prized Buick to his own father, Lorenzo. At least this way, he thought, the car could still remain within the family. Lorenzo and his wife only drove the Buick on Sundays, and Larry can remember watching his grandfather and grandmother enjoying this amazing weekend cruiser.
In the mid-90s while Larry was in high school, his grades began to slip and his motivation for school began to deteriorate. As his grandfather had always played an integral role in his life, his father and grandfather put together a plan; the plan was to give the Riviera to Larry in exchange for a rejuvenated interest in his school work and to keep him out of trouble. This plan couldn't have been more perfect for the wayward Larry, and it was all he needed to motivate him to excel. At sixteen, he began using the Buick as his daily driver to and from school. He added some wire wheels and fixed up the stereo to fit his needs, vowing one day to put his all into the classic Buick.
Larry graduated high school with just under a 3.0 grade average in 1996. Pursuing other avenues of work, he moved to Phoenix, Arizona to stay with his cousin, Jerry Garcia, who happened to be a car show judge. It was there that Larry began seeing how to build cars and learned what makes them turn heads at shows, and that Lowrider knowledge proved to be all he needed in going forward with the Buick. In 1997, he moved back to Wyoming to raise a family with his wife, Leah. He was offered a job in Denver, Colorado and after becoming a licensed plumber; Larry relocated to the area and bought his first house with plenty of garage space for his Buick!
Now with a secure home, it was time to get down to business and take the Riviera to the next level. He brought the Buick to Dean's Custom Kandy to add a vinyl top and a solid Orange paint. Seeing the Buick's new exterior certainly got the ball rolling for Larry and he pressed on with the build. He enlisted Mark, at All American Auto in Longmont, Colorado, for a complete overhaul of the motor using the original 455-c.i.d. with Denver Bumper handling all the chrome plating. Larry decided the new paint job needed to go even further, so he brought the Buick to friends Tomas and Alberto at Quiroz's Auto Body. The entire body was removed for the undercarriage paint and the brothers blended a unique blend of House of Kolor Kandy Tangerine over a Gold and Silver base. Master artist Rob Vanderslice came in from New Mexico and laid down the never-ending patterns, using Riviera symbols that have a holographic feel in the sunlight.
When it came time to change the stance of the Buick, Larry had his friend, Bernie, add a full custom two-pump CCE hydraulic setup that is almost completely hidden to the eye. At the touch of the switch, the heavy frame raises to driving height. John Reed from Thornton, Colorado was brought in to add his custom touch to the sound system. A Pioneer Premier head unit was installed and Boston Acoustic speakers were run throughout the cabin using floating Kenwood amplifiers. An illuminated plexi-glass box was built in the trunk holding the three Boston Acoustic 8-inch subwoofers.
Larry needed the custom feel inside his classic Buick, so he brought the Riviera to Rex at S&S Upholstery in Longmont, Colorado. The entire cabin was removed and replaced with tuck-and-roll white vinyl throughout. The side windows were removed and sealed shut to avoid any rattling. In addition, the rear deck was elevated to sit flush against the back seat for a better visual appeal. A set of 96-spoke Zenith twisted spokes custom painted to match added a uniform look to the Buick.
This car and Larry are a testament to what our culture is really all about; the Riviera served as a tool to better Larry's life, and he used his experience in building the car to build a better life for his family. Now the owner of his own plumbing company in Denver, Colorado called Colorado Heating Cooling, Larry credits his grandfather for believing in him. In 2008, Larry's grandfather passed away, but his belief and love in Larry will forever live in Furious R.I.V. "I wish to thank God, my grandparents, my dad, Society C.C. for giving me the ambition to build, and everyone that helped me complete this long running project," he says. "I'd especially like to thank my beautiful wife and kids Serena, Noah, and Roman, and also send a big thank you to Andy Gochov and the Denver Broncos staff at Invesco Field." This Buick Riviera is a true story of success.
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"Furious R.I.V."
Owner: Larry Benavidez III
Vehicle: 1970 Buick Riviera
Club: Rollerz Only Car Club
City/State: Thornton, Colorado
Paint: Tomas and Alberto at Quiroz's Auto Body sprayed the undercarriage and frame with a House of Kolor Kandy Tangerine on top of a gold and silver base. Patterns on the Rivi come courtesy of Rob Vanderslice, of New Mexico, who blessed the body with patterns in the shape of Riviera symbols which become almost three dimensional in the sunlight and run from hood to trunk on the Buick.
Interior: Rex at S&S Upholstery in Longmont, Colorado handled interior duties on the Rivi. He removed the entire cabin and spread tuck-and-roll vinyl throughout the cabin, and also elevated the rear deck to give the back seat a more unique aesthetic. In addition, Rex also removed and sealed the side windows to prevent any unwanted rattling.
Sound System: John Reed from Thornton, Colorado installed a Pioneer Premier head unit and Boston Acoustic speakers were placed in the cabin using floating Kenwood amplifiers. An illuminated plexi-glass box was built in the trunk holding three Boston Acoustic 8-inch subwoofers.
Engine: The 1970 Buick boasts a 455 c.i.d. engine which was completely overhauled by Mark, at All American Auto in Longmont, Colorado. Chrome plating duties were given to the legendary Denver Bumper, and their crack staff handled these duties masterfully.
Suspension: The Rivi has a full custom two-pump CCE hydraulic setup, which was installed by Larry's good friend Bernie. Bernie went the extra mile to make the set-up as inconspicuous as possible with a hidden style build.
Wheels/Tires: 96-spoke Zeniths, custom painted to match the exterior.


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To create a spectacular opening for the 2015 Edinburgh International Festival, and to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Edinburgh Festival Chorus, 59 Productions, with the Edinburgh International Festival, created The Harmonium Project.
The free outdoor event drew in crowds of approximately 19,500 people and combined the music of John Adams' choral work Harmonium, made especially by the Royal Scottish National Orchestra and Edinburgh Festival Chorus conducted by Peter Oundjian, with visually stunning projection mapping onto the Usher Hall in central Edinburgh.
The 34 minute performance of The Harmonium Project integrated scientific data captured with the support of the Centre of Design and Informatics at the University of Edinburgh, who collaborated on the project to examine the effects singing has on both the performer and the listener.
Having worked with them successfully on Sinatra in the West End, and wonder.land at the Manchester International Festival, 59 Productions sought out XL Video to realise their video design for The Harmonium Project.
XL Video's Head of UK Theatre, Ed Cooper liaised with the team from 59 Productions – Creative Directors, Leo Warner and Richard Slaney; Technical Associate, Maximilien Spielbichler; and Production Manager, James Roxburgh – to create a technical specification for the exterior projection mapping of the beautiful Usher Hall building.
To cover the intricate columned façade of the Hall, XL Video employed fourteen of their Panasonic PT-DZ21KE projectors, with content fed by five of XL's d3 media servers.
The show control, including triggers to the d3 servers, was all handled via a grandma MA2 Light desk and NPU, with back-up from a MA Command Wing.
The media server racks and set-up were managed by XL's in-house Technician, Erica Frost, with on-site projectors and media servers handled by Craig Harrower.
A team of animators from 59 Productions, under the direction of Nicol Scott, created the content for the show, which was designed to perfectly fit the building.
XL Video's Ed Cooper commented: "It was lovely to work with Leo, Richard and their team so soon after Sinatra. 59 Productions' technical briefs are always very exacting, and provided our team with a range of challenges which they ably met. The show looked fantastic, and the crowd were delighted by the spectacle!"


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Camp Jenny & Victor
Camp Jenny and Victor are Adirondack cabins built exactly alike and are both suitable for 6-7 guests. Cochran's Cabins spans over 23 acres and the cabins are located separate and apart from each other directly on the water. Camp Victor overlooks Kiwassa Lake and Camp Jenny fronts the end of Kiwassa Lake/beginning of Kiwassa Outlet with a nice sunset view.
The Living/Dining Room in each of the cabins have three picture windows facing the front of the cabin with a view of the water, a double door wood stove, an electric monitor heater, a futon, a dresser and a large table with chairs.
The two bedrooms have two doubles beds in one and one double bed in the other, each including mattress covers and pillows. Guests need to bring linens, blankets and towels unless the rental is during winder during which time linens can be provided upon request.
The Kitchen has a gas cooking stove/oven, refrigerator, coffeemaker, toaster oven, sink, cooking utensils, flatware and dishes (service for 7).
Linens, cleaning, etc…
Cabins are housekeeping cabins which means there is no maid service and guests bring their own linens, towels, blankets, etc. If you're coming in the winter, winter linens can be provided upon request. Guests must leave the cabin as they found it, otherwise the security deposit will be forfeited.
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Obama Readies Revamp of NSA
President Leans Toward Extending Privacy Protections to Noncitizens and Restructuring Spy Agency's Phone-Data Program
WASHINGTON—President Barack Obama is leaning toward extending broad privacy protections to non-U.S. citizens and is seriously considering restructuring the National Security Agency program that collects phone-call data of nearly all Americans, officials familiar with the process said on Thursday.
Mr. Obama plans to unveil these and other changes to surveillance programs in a speech set for next Friday.
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