text:
Track & Field - Cross Country - Road Running
Club Information
Club Records
Photo Gallery
Young Athletes
JPF Scheme
Alastair talks to ....
Club Merchandise
Other Links
British Athletics
England Athletics
South of England AA
Middlesex County AA
British Masters Athletic Federation
Youth Development League
London Athletics
Southern Athletics League
English Cross Country Association
Metropolitan Cross Country League
UK Athletics Clubs
UK Running Tracks
runnersneed | runners shop
More .....
Alastair Aitken
Alastair's Interviews & Reports
Alastair's Favourite Games - 1968 & 1969 (August 2020)
Matt Shone and his impressive record (August 2020)
Flying Scotsman Bows Out (June 2020)
Gordon the Legend for October BMC News (June 2020)
Andy Green (May 2020)
Remarkable John Bryant (May 2020)
Metropolitan League No 5 in February (April 2020))
Early days with Andy Green (April 2020)
The Last Double British Olympic Walking Medals (April 2020)
Alan Corfield (March 2020)
Peter Snell 17/12/1938 - 12/12/2019
Metropolitan League No, 4 (January 2020)
Middlesex Cross Country Champs (Jan 2020)
START FITNESS METROPOLITAN LEAGUE Hillingdon (December 2019)
FRATERNITY & SORORITY CUPS (November 2019)
The most outstanding sub-4 minute miler in history (October 2019)
START FITNESS METROPOLITAN LEAGUE Claybury, Woodford 12/10/19
Middlesex 10K (October 2019)
The Russian Iron Man (September 2019)
Basil Heatley the 'Great' Coventry Godiva runner (August 2019)
The Most Astonishing Race in Tokyo in 1964 (August 2019) )
Liz McColgan (July 2019)
Night of PBs 2019 - Men's European Cup
Night of PBs 2019 - Women's European Cup
Night of PBs 2019 - Part 6
Night of PBs 2019 - Part 5
Night of PBs 2019 - Part 4
Night of PBs 2019 - Part 3
Night of PBs 2019 - Part 2
Night of PBs 2019 - Part 1
Ken Mathews (June 2019)
Middlesex Track & Fields Champs (May 2019)
BERNIE PLAIN MBE at the Relays (April 2019)
Tim Hutchings 'At the Time' (March 2019)
Chris Finill & Jim Cooper (March 2019)
Start Fitness Metropolitan League (February 2019)
Memories of Munich 1972 (January 2019)
Start Fitness Metropolitan League (January 2019)
Middlesex CC (January 2019)
Looking Back at Tokyo (January 2019)
Fraternity & Sorority Cups (December 2018)
START FITNESS METROPOLITAN LEAGUE 3 (December 2018)
Mexico 50 Years Later (November 2018)
Roger Bannister (September 2018)
Hercules Festival 5k's (August 2018)
The Legendary John Gilmour (1919-2018)
Hercules Festival of 3k's (August 2018)
The 'Great' Irena Szewinska (July 2018)
Dick Quax (1/1/48-25/5/18)
Night of the 10k PBs (May 2018) - part 9
Night of the 10k PBs (May 2018) - part 8
Night of the 10k PBs (May 2018) - part 7
Night of the 10k PBs (May 2018) - part 6
Night of the 10k PBs (May 2018) - part 5
Night of the 10k PBs (May 2018) - part 4
Night of the 10k PBs (May 2018) - part 3
Richard Ringer - Night of the 10k PBs (May 2018)
Dave Bedford O.B.E at the 10k PBs (May 2018)
Steve Brace (May 2018)
Bruce Tulloh (29/9/35-28/4/2018) May 2018
Mike Gratton on the Marathon (April 2018)
The Snow King (TFKJ) - April 2018
Herts & Middx Vets CCC (March 2018)
Rory Leonard & Grace Brock (March 2018)
Thomas Mortimer & Jake Hayward (March 2018)
Mahamed Mahamed & Adam Hickey (March 2018)
Phoebe Law 'Triple Winner' & Gemma Steel (March 2018)
Start Fitness 5th MET LEAGUE (February 2018)
Bob Parker - A Special Person (February 2018)
Start Fitness Metropolitan League 13/01/2018
Quality 800/880 runners 1938-2017 (part 3)
Middlesex Cross Country Championships (January 2018)
Quality 800/880 runners 1938-2017 (part 2)
Metropolitan League (December 2017)
Quality 800/880 runners 1938-2017 (part 1)
Metropolitan League (November 2017)
North London Championships (November 2017)
Surrey Masters Cross Country Championships (2017)
Metropolitan League (October 2017)
Ben Pochee (October 2017)
Middlesex 10K Road Championships (October 2017)
Gordon Surtees (9/9/32 - 1/9/17)
Christopher Greenwood (September 2017)
Hercules Wimbledon 5k Festival Night (August 2017)
Gregory Thompson (August 2017)
Alan Toward (August 2017)
Alexander Teuten (August 2017)
Kirsten McAslan (August 2017)
James Foreman (August 2017)
Emma Nuttall (August 2017)
Sadam Koumi (August 2017)
Antonio Infantino (August 2017)
Tomas Walsh, Olivia McTaggart & Jade Ive (August 2017)
Eva Holland with James McDonald (June 2017)
Victoria Ohuruogu (June 2017)
Jonathan Ilori (June 2017)
Mollie O'Sullivan and Wayne Vinton (June 2017)
Kitan Eleyae (June 2017)
Night of the PB's Part 5 (May 2017)
Night of the PB's Part 4 (May 2017)
Night of the PB's Part 3 (May 2017)
Night of the PB's Part 2 (May 2017)
David Bedford OBE at Night of the PB's Part 1 (May 2017)
Middlesex Championships (June 2017)
Jonathan Mellor (May 2017)
Dewi Griffiths (April 2017)
Stan Curran (April 2017)
Howard Williams RIP (March 2017)
Jane Furniss-Shields (March 2017)
Inter Counties CC Part 3 (March 2017)
Inter Counties CC Part 2 (March 2017)
Inter Counties CC Part 1 (March 2017)
Mike Smith Revisited (March 2017)
Herts/Middx Vets Championships (March 2017)
Derek Ibbotson (My Obit, March 2017)
John Steed (February 2017)
Fifth Metropolitan League (February 2017)
Mike Turner (February 2017)
Metropolitan League- Trent Park (January 2017)
NAT A FORGOTTEN 'STAR' (January 2017)
John the Most Inspiring (January 2017)
Metropolitan League- Wormwood Scrubs (December 2016)
North London Championships (December 2016)
Metropolitan League- Stevenage (November 2016)
North of the Thames/Liddiard Cross Country (November 2016)
Surrey Masters CCC (November 2016)
First Met League - 50th Year (October 2016)
Middlesex 'Open' 10k with James Connor (September 2016)
Richard Weir & Mohamud Aadan (August 2016)
Conrad Williams (August 2016)
Festival of 5k's (August 2016)
Richard Yates (August 2016)
Aston Moore (August 2016)
Sineade Gutzmore (August 2016)
Jessica Judd (August 2016)
Rachel Hunter (August 2016)
Alasdair Ross (July 2016)
The Ickenham '5' (July 2016)
Alan Perkins (June 2016)
Nick Rose (June 2016)
Night of the PBs and Olympic Trials - May 2016 (Part 4)
Night of the PBs and Olympic Trials - May 2016 (Part 3)
Night of the PBs and Olympic Trials - May 2016 (Part 2)
David Bedford OBE at the Night of the PBs - May 2016 (Part 1)
Middlesex Championships (May 2016)
Victoria Park '5' (May 2016)
Mens National 12 Stage Relay (April 2016)
Mike Baxter (March 2016)
Inter Counties Championships (March 2016, Part Two)
Inter Counties Championships (March 2016, Part One)
Arthur Keily (18/3/21 to 2/3/16)
Andy Ferguson (March 2016)
John Disley (20/11/28 to 9/2/16)
START FITNESS Metropolitan League (February 13th 2016)
Southern Cross Country Champs (February 2016)
Start Fitness Metropolitan League 4 of 5 (January 2016)
Middlesex Cross Country Championships (2016)
Sylvester Stein (January 2016)
COLIN KIRKHAM (December 2015)
Start Fitness Metropolitan League (December 2015)
Fraternity & Sorority Cup race (November 2015)
North London Cross Country Championships (November 2015)
London CC Championships (November 2015)
Graham Taylor (November 2015)
Start Fitness Metropolitan League (November 2015)
Start Fitness Metropolitan League (October 2015)
Andy Maud (October, 2015)
Chat with Dave Clarke (September 2015)
Festival of 5k's - Wimbledon (August 2015)
Nick Goolab & Jon Davies (August 2015)
Gemma Kersey (August 2015)
Adam Hickey (2015)
Richard Weir (2015)
Jessica Tappin (August 2015)
Jodie Williams (August 2015)
Dai Greene (August 2015)
Southern Counties Track & Field Champs (July 2015)
The Great Ron Clarke AO, OBE (June 2015)
Southern Interviews (June 2015) Part Two
Southern Interviews (June 2015) Part One
TIM HARTLEY (June 2015)
Third Night of 10,000 PBs (May 2015)
Ronnie O'Sullivan, several times World Champion (May 2015)
Dave Bedford OBE (MAY 2015)
John Whetton (Interview 1964 & 69 updated) April 2015
Hillingdon Half Marathon (April 2015)
Robbie Brightwell (Interview 1962 - Updated April 2015)
Middlesex and Herts Masters CC Championships (March 2015)
Inter Counties (March 2015) Part Three
Inter Counties (March 2015) Part Two
Inter Counties (March 2015) Part One
Jim Alder MBE (March 2015)
MENS NATIONAL CCC - Part 3 (February 2015)
WOMENS NATIONAL CCC - Part 2 (February 2015)
SELECTED NATIONAL INTERVIEWS Part 1 (February 2015)
METROPOLITAN LEAGUE CC FINAL MATCH (February 2015)
104th BLACKHEATH V SOUTH LONDON MOB MATCH (February 2015)
TED FOSBROOK (February 2015)
The MIDDLESEX CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS (January 2015)
FRATERNITY & SORORITY CUP RACE (November 2014)
North London Cross Country Championships (22/11/2014)
London Cross Country Championships (15/11/2014)
North of Thames Champs/Liddiard Cup Cross Country (October 2014)
National Men's 6 Stage Road Relay (October 2014)
National Women's 4 Stage Road Relay (October 2014)
Andy Green (September 2014)
Southern Counties Veterans Track & Field League Finals (September 2014)
THE SOUTHERN INTER-COUNTIES INTERVIEWS (July 2014)
Donna Fraser (June 2014)
Southern Track and Field Champs (June 2014)
Ickenham 5 Miles Road Race (June 2014)
Job Kinyor of Kenya (June 2014)
Night of the 10,000 PBs (May 2014)
David Bedford Looks Back (May 2014)
National 12 stage Road Relay (April 2014) Part 2
The Women's National Six Stage Road Relay 2014 (Part One)
Hillingdon Half Marathon (March 2014)
Inter-Counties Championships - 8th March 2014 (Part Two)
Inter-Counties Championships - 8th March 2014 (Part One)
National Senior Cross Country Championships - 22nd February 2014 (Part Two)
National Senior Cross Country Championships - 22nd February 2014 (Part One)
The SOUTHERN CHAMPIONSHIPS on 25th January 2014 (Part Two)
The SOUTHERN CHAMPIONSHIPS on 25th January 2014 (Part One)
Sir Christopher Chataway (31/1/31 - 19/1/14)
Andy Holden the Legend (22/10/48 - 5/1/14)
North London Cross Country Championships (November 2013)
SURREY VETS CHAMPIONSHIPS (October 2013)
RYAN McKINLAY THE VERSATILE CLUB RUNNER (September 2013)
MIDDLESEX CHAMPIONSHIP 10K - 7th September 2013 - Victoria Park
SHAUN LIGHTMAN (September 2013)
An Appreciation of Charlie Williams (2013)
JACK PARKER (Looks Back in July 2013)
MIKE TAGG 1960 and 70's Top Youth/Junior/Senior (August 2012)
SOUTH OF ENGLAND TRACK & FIELD CHAMPS (June 2013)
HIGHGATE HARRIERS FIRST OPEN 10K (6th June 2013)
FRANK SALVAT (30th of October 1934 to May 2013)
MIDDLESEX Track & Field CHAMPIONSHIPS (MAY 2013)
JIM McNAMARA an IRISH LEGEND (May 2013)
Mike Gratton Looks Back (April 2013)
Aldershot Champions Again (April 2013)
NATIONAL 12 STAGE ROAD RELAY (April 2013)
VICTORIA PARK WOMEN'S RACE (April 2013)
VICTORIA PARK 5 WITH MARTIN & HICKEY (April 2013)
World Trial and Inter-Counties Part Three (March 2013)
World Trial and Inter-Counties Part Two (March 2013)
World Trial and Inter-Counties Part One (March 2013)
Southern Cross Country Champs - Part Three (February 2013)
Southern Cross Country Champs - Part Two (February 2013)
Southern Cross Country Champs - Part One (February 2013)
MIDDLESEX CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS (January 2013)
HARRY TEMPAN RETIRES AT 87 (December 2012)
Running Still - 133 years of Highgate Harriers (August 2012)
GREG RICHARDS (October 2012)
THE MIDDLESEX & OPEN 10K (September 2012)
NINA ANDERSON (September 2012)
MO FARAH - HIS BREAKTHROUGH YEARS (August 2012)
WILLIAM SHARMAN (August 2012)
DWAIN CHAMBERS (August 2012)
CHRIS TOMLINSON (July 2012)
ARIES MERRITT (July 2012)
TYSON GAY in London (July 2012)
Tyson Gay
(Born August 9, 1982 and currently lives in Florida)
In the Summer months of 2012 he defeated 'World Class Sprinters' in his build up to Olympic Games in London and, following his previous injury problems around the Olympic time of 2008.
In the American Olympic Trials in Eugene on the 25th of June, Justin Gatlin, the 2004 Olympic Champion won the Final in 9.80 from Tyson Gay 9.86 and Ryan Bailey 9.93.
On the 6th of July at the Diamond League in Paris, Tyson Gay won in 9.99 from Gatlin 10.03 and Christophe Lemaitre, the double European Champion of France who ran 10.08 for third.
In London on the 12th of July at Crystal Place the weather was inclement so the track was not perfect but Tyson Gay came through to win the 100m Final in a time of 10.03 from fellow American Ryan Bailey (10.09) and two good Jamaicans Nester Carter (10.13) and Michael Frater (10.15). After that Tyson told me in the hotel about that race " It was a good race to win but not that great'"
Up to that date his best times were 9.68 (100); 19.58 (200) and 44.89 (400). He has run the fastest time ever on a 'Straightaway' of 19.41 for 200. He has been coached by Lance Bauman and Jon Drummond. Tyson Gay was educated at High School Lafeyette, Lexington, Kentucky; Barton County Community college and the University of Kansas. He comes from an athletic family and added about the beginnings of his athletic life
" When I started was in 1997. I started running track competitively in my middle school. It felt pretty good. I enjoyed it.' He then added:-
' I watched my sister Tiffany run before I ran at school. It was at Lafeyette that a couple of older sprinters I admired and my sister as well"
He also pointed out
" Maurice Greene inspired me some. He was a very disciplined runner and I looked up to him."
(Maurice Greene was USA--Olympic 100m Champion in 2000 and a former World record holder for the event).
Looking back at his career he was, at one stage a World Championship 200m runner who had defeated Wallace Spearmon, Usain Bolt, La Shawn Merritt and Xavier Carter in competitions yet, he changed from doing the 100 and 200 to just concentrating on the 100!
" I used to prefer the 200 but found I wanted to be able to focus on one event and not worry about two different events."
However, what did he consider his greatest 200m victory in his life?
" Osaka 2007 was a pretty excellent race."
It certainly was a good World Championships for Tyson Gay who won that event in 19.76 from Usain Bolt 19.91 and Wallace Spearmon 20.05
(Spearmon made the American team for the London Olympics)
At those 2007 Championships Gay also won the 100m in 9.85 from Derrick Atkins (Bahamas) 9.91 and Asafa Powell (Jamaica ) 9.96 as well as being on the two USA winning relay teams, 4x110 and 4x400.
He pointed out about his tight competitions in the season now
" A lot of tough competitors. Something I go through every week and a close race with somebody else!"
Alastair Aitken
Hide Report
THE MAN WHO CHANGED 10,000m RUNNING HISTORY (JULY 2012)
THE LAST TWO BRITISH OLYMPIC WALK MEDALLISTS (July 2012)
JIM RYUN with MARTY LIQUORI and JOHN WHETTON (JUNE 2012)
TWO OF THE GREATEST OLYMPIC THROWERS - JANIS LUSIS and AL OERTER (JUNE 2012)
BRONISLAW MALINOWSKI STEEPLECHASER '1960's to 81' (MAY 2012)
MEN'S NATIONAL 12 STAGE ROAD RELAY (April 2012)
Women's National 6 Stage Road Relay (April 2012)
THE 46th VICTORIA PARK '5' (April 2012)
SIX OUTSTANDING OLYMPIC MEDALLISTS- 800m to 10000m (APRIL 2012)
EIGHT AFRICAN OLYMPIC CHAMPIONS (March 2012)
McCain UK Inter Counties & UK Challenge 2012 - part 3
McCain UK Inter Counties & UK Challenge 2012 - part 2
McCain UK Inter Counties & UK Challenge 2012 - part 1
THE ENGLISH NATIONAL 2012 - part 2
THE ENGLISH NATIONAL 2012 - part 1
SEAA Cross Country Championships - Juniors (January 2012)
SEAA Women's Cross Country Championships (January 2012)
SEAA Senior Men's Cross Country Championships (January 2012)
Six Olympic 110 Hurdles Champions Talking (January 2012)
CHRIS FINILL'S RUN ACROSS AMERICA IN 2011 (January 2012)
'HUSTLING HERB' ONE OF THE FIRST JAMAICAN OLYMPIANS (January 2012)
SEAA Inter-Counties Cross Country Championships 10/12/11
Dick Taylor and Allan Rushmer (60's,70's & 80's)
Lynn Davies (Looking back in November 2011)
Scott Overall (October 2011)
Keith Gerrard (October 2011)
National Six Stage Relays (October 2011)
National Four Stage Women's Road Relay (October 2011)
David Hemery (1968 & 75, Updated October 2011)
Tony Simmons an Underrated 'Star' Performer (September 2011)
Kenya's First 'Great' Sprinter - Serapheno Antao
The Vets Athletic Club's Championship (August 2011)
Mel Batty (August 2011)
Tiffany Townsend (August 2011)
Coach John Smith (August 2011)
Jason Richardson (August 2011)
Lisa Dobriskey (August 2011)
Mark Lewis-Francis (August 2011)
David Rudisha - IAAF World Athlete of the Year 2010
David Morwood (June 2011)
Rosemary Chrimes - A Star for 40 Years (June 2011)
Paul Dickenson Commentator and Athlete (June 2011)
Larry Achike (May 2011)
Three of Histories Greatest milers - Part 3 - SEB COE
Three of Histories Greatest milers - Part 2 - JOHN WALKER
Three of Histories Greatest milers - Part 1 - SYDNEY WOODERSON
Three very great curve runners of the past and their views
Derek Ibbotson (Interviewed Oct 1962 - updated 2011)
Walter Wilkinson (Interviewed Summer 2000)
Dave Chapman (Interview Autumn 1998)
'Never Say Die' Les Roberts (April 2011)
David Cannon (Interview April 2011)
Bruce Tulloh (Interviewed April 2011 and September 1962)
Geoff Harrold remembered (Born 25/5/39 died 1/4/11)
Nick McCormick at the Victoria Park '5' (March 2011)
The Victoria Park '5' A World Renown Road Race (March 2011)
Bernard Plain MBE (March 2011)
South London's Historic Mob Match (March 2011)
World Trials and Inter-Counties - report 3 (2011)
World Trials and Inter-Counties - report 2 (2011)
World Trials, Inter-Counties and Mike McLeod (2011)
North of the Thames Championships - Kingsbury (Feb 2011)
Memories of Peter Hildreth (1928 - February 26th 2011)
Jonny Hay and Richard Goodman at the English National Junior 2011
Louise Deman and Hatti Dean at the English National 2011
Steve Vernon - English National Champion 2011
Chris Smith and Serpentine - Outstanding in the Met League Final (2011)
Nielson Hall and others at the the SEAA Championships 2011)
Dave Clarke (The Great Runner from Hercules Wimbledon)
Chris Finill the Outstanding Ultra Distance Runner
Three New Stars at the 'PREMIER LEAGUE' Jo Smith Cup (Sept 2010)
Gladys Bird - Woodford Green & Essex Ladies
Bob Smith - Newham and Essex Beagles
Richard Thompson - August 2010
Danielle Carruthers - August 2010
Angelo Taylor - August 2010
Michael Rimmer - August 2010
British M45 javelin record holder Roald Bradstock
James Shane with his Coach Martin Brown JUNE 2010
Tony Jarrett JUNE 2010
Andy Turner Interview JUNE 2010
Southern Counties Track & Field Championships at Crystal Palace JUNE 2010
The Aldershot National Womens 4 Stage Champions 2010
Grenville Tuck Interview (May 2010 and in 1975)
The stage winners at the National 12 Stage Relay - Sutton Park - April 2010
Anthony Whiteman Interview - April 2010
Bill Adcocks Interview - 13th March 2010
Wendy Sly Interview - 13th March 2010
Peter Clark A Forgotten Hero
Dic Evans A Runner for Wales for 45 years interviewed in 2009
Douglas Alistair Gorden Pirie (Born Leeds 10th February 1931 Died 7th December 1991)
Peter Browne: British Milers Club and Racing Against Ovett and Coe
Peter Browne: Born 3rd of February 1949
Six of Belgrave's Winning 12 Stage Team
Newham & Essex Beagles 6 Stage Winners and Course Record Breakers 2009
John Salisbury
Dave Moorcroft Through the Years
Bob Smith the Successful Newham & Essex Beagles Manager August 2009
Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie Interviewed in London Summer 2009
Martyn Rooney at Croydon July 2009
Felix Sanchez in London 2009
Kerron Clement interviwed on 24th of July 2009
Simeon Williamson in London (July 25th, 2009)
Dayron Robles interviewed in London 2009
Irie Hill at the British Master Championships 2009
Andy Baddeley
Roy Fowler - The Red Fox
John Snowden
John Hall - Race Walker
Mara Yamauchi - Outstanding British Performer in the London Marathon 2009
Nick Goolab - The Revelation of the UK Cross Country Season 2008/2009
Joyce Smith M.B.E
Mike Barratt The 'Evergreen' Running Legend
David Bedford
Clare Elms A Revelation of Age Athletics
Harry Tempan The Rennaisance Runner
Maureen Bonanno-Smith
Kermit Bentham - A man who has run over 500 one lap races in his life!
Andretti Bain 2008 Olympic 4x400 relay silver
Bernard Lagat in London July 2008
Usain Bolt in London
Charlie Williams - Outstanding Master Sprinter
Where Are They Now - John Greatrex
The Truly Remarkable Tony Bowman
Stan Eldon
Ian Stewart
Pam Davies
Avard Moncur
Ken Norris
Gerry North - The Most Consistent cross-country runner of the 60's
Peter Hildreth
Robert Slowe - Outstanding Clubman
Anthony Noel - World Masters Champion
Franics Obikwelu
Alan Webb
Andre Bucher - 2001 World 800m Champion
Wallace Spearmon (2006)
Derek Johnson (1985)
James Carter - USA 400m hurdles Champion 2002 and 2004
Dorothy Manley - Silver medalist London Olympics 1948
back to top
Young Athletes
JPF Awards
AA Reports
web construction by


text:
November 2, 2000
Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240
The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom Wednesday asked President Clinton whether he agrees with its analysis that the President has the authority, under the International Religious Freedom Act, to bar U.S. financial institutions from purchasing Chinese government bonds. China is reportedly preparing to again issue sovereign bonds for sale on the international market. The Commission is considering recommending that the President bar any such offering until China makes substantial improvements in religious freedom and guarantees that no proceeds are used to support religious persecution.
Following is the text of the letter and an attached background paper:
November 1, 2000
Dear Mr. President:
I am writing on behalf of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom to ask for your views on a matter of some urgency.
According to recent press reports, the government of the People's Republic of China will soon offer sovereign bonds in the total amount of $1 billion on international markets, including possibly the U.S. market. The Commission is considering whether to recommend that you immediately bar any such offering until China meets two conditions: (1) it makes substantial improvements in respect for religious freedom, and (2) it provides sufficient assurances to guarantee that the proceeds are never used to support religious persecution.
The Secretary of State formally determined last year and again this year that the government of China has been engaging in systematic, ongoing, and egregious violations of religious freedom within the meaning of the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 (IRFA), 22 U.S.C. §§ 6401 et seq. Consequently, in the Commission's view, section 405(a)(14) of IRFA, 22 U.S.C. § 6445(a)(14), gives you power now to raise such a barrier - in the form of a prohibition against the purchase of China bonds by U.S. financial institutions such as underwriters, pension plans or mutual funds. Section 405(a)(14), read in conjunction with sections 401 and 402 of IRFA, authorizes you to prohibit "any United States financial institution from making loans or providing credits totaling more than $10,000,000 in any 12-month period to the specific foreign government, agency, instrumentality, or official" determined to be responsible for such violations.
The Commission, however, wishes to have the benefit of your thoughts before it makes a final decision. We therefore respectfully ask (1) whether you agree that IRFA vests your office with power to bar U.S. financial institutions from purchasing China bonds and 2) if so, whether you plan to exercise that power so as to prevent China from offering bonds on the U.S. market until it meets the two conditions listed above.
Attached is a background paper reflecting our thinking on this matter. Given the immediacy of China's reported plans, we would be grateful for a prompt reply. Thank you very much for your time and attention.
Respectfully yours,
Elliott Abrams
Attachment to USCIRF Letter to the President
November 1, 2000
1. Fall 1999: Determinations by the Secretary of State under IRFA
By a letter to Congress dated October 22, 1999, the Secretary of State on behalf of the President designated China, together with Burma, Iran, Iraq and Sudan, as "countries of particular concern" (CPCs) pursuant to section 402(b) of IRFA, 22 U.S.C. § 6442(b). The Secretary determined that the government of China, as well as the governments of those other countries, had engaged in or tolerated particularly severe violations of religious freedom. Specifically, she found that China had engaged in systematic, ongoing, egregious violations of religious freedom, including "arbitrary prolonged detention, imprisonment, 'reform through labor' and 'reeducation,' and even instances of torture." Memorandum of Justification, at 4 (attachment to letter of October 22, 1999). Despite that finding, the Secretary chose not to augment the sanctions that the United States had imposed almost a decade earlier in the wake of the Tiananmen Square massacre, even though IRFA provided ample authority to do so
2. May 2000: Recommendations of the Commission under IRFA
Six months later, in May of this year, the Commission issued its own recommendations on how the United States should respond to China's violations, focusing particularly on the trading relationship between the United States and China. The Commission recommended that the United States should grant Permanent Normal Trade Relations (PNTR) status to China only if and when China made substantial improvements in respect of religious freedom, as measured by some or all of the following indicators:
Agreement by China to (1) establish a high-level and ongoing dialogue with the U.S. on religious-freedom issues, (2) ratify the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and (3) permit unhindered access by the Commission and respected international human rights organizations to religious leaders in China, especially those leaders under arrest;
A detailed accounting of the status and welfare of individuals whom the government has put under arrest for reasons of religion or belief; and
Immediate release of all such persons.
Report of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom, May 1, 2000, at 40-48. The Commission explained that "[t]he government of China and the Communist Party of China ... discriminate, harass, incarcerate, and torture people on the basis of their religion and beliefs" and "unconditional grant of PNTR at this moment may be taken as a signal of American indifference to religious freedom." Id., at 40, 42.
3. Early September 2000: Annual Report on Religious Freedom
In September of this year, the Department of State issued its Annual Report on International Religious Freedom 2000. In the summary for the section on China, the Department stated that:
During the beginning of the period covered by this report (the last 6 months of 1999), the Government's respect for religious freedom deteriorated markedly, especially for the Falun Gong and Tibetan Buddhists, and the Government's repression and abuses continued during the first 6 months of 2000. [Emphasis added.]
Thus, since the events that gave rise to the Secretary's October 1999 designation of China as a CPC, China's behavior worsened substantially and has continued at that worsened level since then.
4. September-October 2000: Reports of Imminent Offering of China Bonds
In September and October, the press reported that the government of China may offer sovereign bonds in a total amount of $1 billion in November, at least in part to U.S. investors. According to an October 17 report by Dow Jones Newswires, a spokesman for China's Ministry of Finance confirmed earlier that day that China is planning to offer such bonds, saying that the Ministry was actively trying to determine what timing would be best.
When China offered sovereign bonds to U.S. investors in 1998 on a similar scale, it gave in the registration statement for that offering only a single sentence disclosing how it planned to use the proceeds, as follows:
[T]he net proceeds from the sale of the Securities will be used by China for general governmental purposes, including infrastructure projects.
Prospectus Supplement dated December 9, 1998, Registration Statement No. 333-9664 (emphasis added). For all an investor knows, China may have used some of the proceeds to support its efforts to suppress religious freedom. Likewise, it is possible that China used some of the money to buy crime control equipment from non-U.S. sources.
At present, there are no U.S. laws that prevent the government of China from offering its debt securities on the U.S. market, nor any that require any more specific disclosure about the use of proceeds than a single sentence like that in the 1998 registration statement.
5. Late September 2000: CPC Designations and Selection of Remedies
By a letter to Congress dated September 26, 2000, the Secretary recently re-designated China, as well as Burma, Iran, Iraq and Sudan, as CPCs. She determined that each of them is still engaging in systematic, ongoing, egregious violations of religious freedom, including torture, disappearances, or prolonged detentions. While she referenced the Annual Report 2000, she decided once again not to augment pre-existing sanctions, even though she had the power to do so and, in the case of China, had determined that persecution had increased "markedly."
6. October 2000: China's 10th Five-Year Plan
The 15th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China met on October 9-11. According to a communiqué of the Central Committee which appeared in China's official press, the Committee examined and approved a preliminary outline of the core elements of China's 10th five-year plan (2001-2005), agreeing that economic "development is the overriding principle and the key to resolving all problems facing China." According to the communiqué, a core goal of the plan is to lay a foundation over the coming five years for doubling China's gross domestic product (GDP) within 10 years (2010). In giving an explanatory speech at the meeting, Premier Zhu Rongji emphasized the vital importance of both accession to the WTO and increased usage of foreign capital in the same breath. With respect to the latter, he stated: "The forms of foreign capital used should be more varied. In addition to existing forms, new forms such as purchasing, mergers, investment funds and securities investment should also be utilized to make use of medium- and long-term foreign investment." A recent edition of Business Week (No. 3704, October 23, 2000) reported that state-run Chinese companies have raised $18 billion on exchanges outside of China so far this year and hope to raise an additional $50 billion by 2003. Indeed, China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec) currently is offering equity shares on U.S. and other markets in hopes of raising approximately $4 billion. PetroChina Company Limited garnered approximately $2.3 billion on U.S. and other markets in April 2000.
The Department of State deserves praise for its success in describing the status of religious freedom in its 1999 and 2000 annual reports and in giving religious freedom greater priority in its policy deliberations. However, the Secretary's response on September 26 of this year to the religious freedom violations of the Chinese government was disappointing, for it might be seen as evidence of American indifference to the increasingly severe religious persecution occurring in China. In the Commission's view, the prospect of a new offering by China of debt securities may provide an opportunity to let the government of China and those it is persecuting know that we as a nation do care and do regard the persecution as a gross violation of international law to which China is a signatory.
Moreover, it is troubling that the proceeds of such an offering might end up supporting further religious persecution - for example, in the purchase of police supplies or surveillance equipment or payment of security force salaries. The sale of sovereign bonds is starkly different from the trading of goods or even the sale of debt or equity securities by a Chinese corporation. It results in the direct transfer of cash into the hands of the government, without any constraints on the use of that cash whatsoever.
Also, the value of the sale to China lies not only in the cash received, but also in collateral benefits, most particularly: "benchmarking." That is, the sale provides empirical information about market conditions and helps to set the terms for and otherwise facilitate future offerings, not only by the government but also by Chinese corporations generally. Indeed, the sale may be serving in the mind of the Chinese government as the vanguard of a much larger post-PNTR campaign to raise capital for economic expansion and modernization. China's need for capital is massive, particularly as measured against its goal of doubling the GDP in ten years. Thus, the significance of the upcoming offering goes far beyond that of a single transaction.
As shown by existing sanctions for other CPCs (e.g., Iranian Transactions Regulations, 31 CFR §§ 560.207, 560.316 & 560.317), the President has broad authority to prevent such offerings under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, 50 U.S.C. §§ 1701 et seq. However, section 405(a)(14) of IRFA, 22 U.S.C. § 6445(a)(14), appears to be tailor-made for this purpose. It gives the President authority primarily on the strength of the Secretary's recent designation of China as a CPC to "[p]rohibit any United States financial institution from making loans or providing credits totaling more than $10,000,000 in any 12-month period to the specific foreign government ...."
In the context of the sanctions regulations administered by Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), the term "United States financial institution" has commonly referred over the past decade to any U.S. person who is engaged in the business of providing financial services or making investments, including underwriters, pension plans and mutual funds. See, e.g., Kuwaiti Assets Control Regulations, 55 Fed. Reg. 49856 (November 30, 1990) (former 31 CFR § 570.320); E.O. 12817, § 5, 57 Fed. Reg. 48433 (October 21, 1992) (Iraq); Sudanese Sanctions Regulations, 63 Fed. Reg. 35809 (July 1, 1998) (definition then and now codified at 31 CFR § 538.316); and Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Sanctions Regulations, 65 Fed. Reg. 41334 (July 5, 2000) (definition to be codified at 31 CFR § 598.319).
In addition, in the OFAC context, the terms "loan" and "credit" have long encompassed the purchase of debt securities. A definition to that effect has appeared in the Libyan Sanctions Regulations since 1986 and in the Iranian Transactions Regulations since 1995. See 51 Fed. Reg. 1354 (January 10, 1986) (31 CFR §§ 550.206 & 550.312); 60 Fed. Reg. 47061 (September 11, 1995) (31 CFR §§ 560.207, 560.316 & 560.317). Moreover, the language of section 405(a)(14) of IRFA is virtually identical to section 6(3) of the Iran and Libya Sanctions Act of 1996 (ILSA), 104 P.L. 172 (August 5, 1996) (50 U.S.C. § 1701 note). This fact is strong evidence that the drafters of IRFA, in using the terms "loan" and "credit" in section 405(a)(14), intended them to have the same meaning that they had in the context of the Libya and Iran sanctions regulations prior to the enactment of ILSA.
Finally, it bears emphasis that section 410 of IRFA, 22 U.S.C. § 6450, explicitly states that "[n]o court shall have jurisdiction to review any Presidential determination or agency action under this Act or any amendment made by this Act.
The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom was created by the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 to monitor the status of freedom of thought, conscience, and religion or belief abroad, as defined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and related international instruments, and to give independent policy recommendations to the President, the Secretary of State and the Congress."
Hon. Elliott Abrams, Chair
- Dr. Firuz Kazemzadeh, Vice Chair Rabbi David Saperstein, Laila Al-Marayati, M.D. Hon. John R. Bolton, Dean Michael K. Young, Archbishop Theodore E. McCarrick, Nina Shea, Justice Charles Z. Smith, Ambassador Robert Seiple, Ex-Officio Steven T. McFarland, Executive Director

subset: commoncrawl


text:
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority announced Tuesday that LPL Financial must pay $9 million for 35 separate, "significant email system failures," and for making material misstatements to FINRA during its investigation.
LPL was fined $7.5 million for not supervising its representatives, responding to regulatory requests and producing emails to customers in arbitration proceedings. LPL was also ordered to establish a $1.5 million fund to compensate brokerage customer claimants potentially affected by its failure to produce emails.
LPL neither admitted nor denied the charges, but consented to the entry of FINRA's findings.
"As LPL rapidly grew its business, the firm failed to devote sufficient resources to update its email systems, which became increasingly complex and unwieldy for LPL to manage and monitor effectively," FINRA states. LPL, FINRA says, "was well aware of its email systems failures and the overwhelming complexity of its systems."
Consequently, FINRA found that from 2007 to 2013, LPL's email review and retention systems failed at least 35 times, leaving the firm unable to meet its obligations to capture email, supervise its reps and respond to regulatory requests. "Because of LPL's numerous deficiencies in retaining and surveilling emails, it failed to produce all requested email to certain federal and state regulators, and also likely failed to produce all emails to certain private litigants and customers in arbitration proceedings, as required."
Brad Bennett, Executive vice president and chief of enforcement, said in a statement announcing the fine that as LPL grew, it did not expand its compliance and technology infrastructure, and as a result, LPL failed in its responsibility to provide complete responses to regulatory and other requests for emails."
This case, Bennett said, "sends a strong message to firms to make sure your business does not outgrow your compliance systems."
LPL released a statement the same day stating that in September 2011, LPL "reported to FINRA issues relating to the surveillance and retention of emails" and "cooperated fully with FINRA throughout its ensuing investigation." LPL said that it "recognizes the importance of having effective policies, procedures and systems to review and retain emails, and we very much regret our lapse of oversight."
LPL has now "undertaken a comprehensive redesign of our email systems and associated compliance policies and procedures, and have engaged independent experts to assess and validate our approach."
As noted in the LPL quarterly report for the three months ended March 31, 2013, LPL went on to say that it "recorded an expense related to the expected settlement of the FINRA matter in the Company's financial statements as of and for the three months ended March 31, 2013." Therefore, LPL said that it "does not anticipate any related charges in its operating results for the current quarter."
FINRA listed some examples of LPL's 35 email failures, which included the following.
—Over a four-year period, LPL failed to supervise 28 million "doing business as" (DBA) emails sent and received by thousands of reps who were operating as independent contractors.
—LPL failed to maintain access to hundreds of millions of emails during a transition to a less expensive email archive, and 80 million of those emails became corrupted.
—For seven years, LPL failed to keep and review 3.5 million Bloomberg messages.
—LPL failed to archive emails sent to customers through third-party email-based advertising platforms.
In addition, LPL made "material misstatements" to FINRA concerning its failure to supervise 28 million DBA emails. In a January 2012 letter to FINRA, "LPL inaccurately stated that the issue had been discovered in June 2011 even though certain LPL personnel had information that would have uncovered the issue as early as 2008," FINRA says. "Moreover, the letter stated that there weren't any 'red flags' suggesting any issues with DBA email accounts when, in fact, there were numerous red flags related to the supervision of DBA emails that were known to many LPL employees."
LPL said in its statement that FINRA's action "identified that certain LPL personnel had information that would have uncovered the DBA issue earlier than senior management was aware and we have taken steps to train our employees on escalating compliance issues."
FINRA asserts that LPL "likely failed to provide emails to certain arbitration claimants and private litigants."
LPL will now be required to notify eligible claimants by letter within 60 days from the date of the settlement and the firm will deposit $1.5 million into a fund to pay customer claimants for its potential discovery failures. FINRA states that customer claimants who brought arbitrations or litigations against LPL as of Jan. 1, 2007, and which were closed by Dec. 17, 2012, will receive, upon request, emails that the firm failed to provide them.
According to FINRA, claimants will also have a choice of whether to accept a standard payment of $3,000 from LPL or have a fund administrator determine the amount, if any, that the claimant should receive depending on the particular facts and circumstances of that individual case. Maximum payment in cases decided by the fund administrator cannot exceed $20,000. If the total payments to claimants exceed $1.5 million, LPL will pay the additional amount, FINRA said.
Read LPL Q1 Earnings Rise on Strong Hybrid-RIA, Other Growth on AdvisorOne.


text:
Professor Blakey Attends White House Ground-breaking Reception
On Wednesday February 22, Professor Michael Blakey of the Anthropology Dept. attended ground-breaking ceremonies in Washington DC for the new National Museum of African American History and Culture. Prof. Blakey serves on the Scholarly Advisory Committee of the Museum, and is also the Director of the Institute of Historical Biology here in the Department of Anthropology.
The NMAAHC will be the latest in the series of Smithsonian Institution affiliated museums on the national Mall, one which has been long anticipated. Along with the National Museum of the American Indian, this institution will finally bring greater inclusion into this sweep of cultural and historical overviews of the American experience. According to the Washington Post, "The push for an African American history site in Washington began in 1915, when black Civil War veterans asked for a monument on the Mall. But it wasn't until 2003 that President George W. Bush signed the museum's authorizing legislation."
The ground-breaking ceremonies were attended by President and Mrs. Obama, former First Lady Laura Bush, and Lonnie Bunch, the new Museum's founding Director, among others. The President spoke about the history of the Mall as an occasional site of slave markets, of the importance for all Americans of remembering the African American past, and of how he looks forward to his daughters, Malia and Sasha, visiting the Museum when it opens. Following the ceremony a reception was held at the White House.
Pictured waiting for the President's arrival are James Lowell Gibbs and his wife, Jewelle Taylor Gibbs, both of whom are Emeritus Professors at UC Berkeley, and Prof. Blakey. Prof.. J. Gibbs, a social anthropologist and renowned Africanist, is past Chair of the Anthropology Department at Berkeley. The reception must have been good, for as Prof.. Blakey remarked: "I want you to know that the company was brilliant and whenever there are oysters one is acutely aware of eating at the top of the chain. But the scallops were to die for."
The new Museum is slated to open in 2015. Its $500 million construction budget will be met through a combination of Federal and private funds. In its mission statement, the Museum proclaims: "...the museum will use African American culture as a means to help all Americans see how their stories, their histories, and their cultures are shaped and informed by international considerations -- and how the struggle of African Americans has impacted freedom struggles around the world ... Finally, as a 21st century institution, the museum must be a place of collaboration. We must be a truly national museum that reaches beyond Washington to engage new audiences and to collaborate with the myriad of museums and educational institutions, both nationally and internationally."
The NMAAHC has already begun collecting -- it curates Harriet Tubman's shawl and Nat Turner's Bible, among many other moving reminders of our nation's past. Curently, visitors can see some of the collection on display in the National Museum of American History, across 14th St. from the site of the new Museum.


text:
Kiss - Electric Magic. [Godfatherecords :: GR276 ]
Recorded Live at The Brewery, East Lansing, Michigan, USA - October 21, 1974
Excellent Soundboard Recording -> Bootleg Silver CD :: CBR 320 kbps.
01. Introduction
02. Deuce
03. Strutter
04. Got To Choose
05. Firehouse
06. She
07. Nothin' To Lose
08. Parasite
09. 100,000 Years
10. Black Diamond
11. Let Me Go Rock 'n' Roll
12. Cold Gin
Personnel: Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, Ace Frehley, Peter Criss.
Notes: Electric Magic contains a real find in Kisstory, a soundboard recording of a complete Hotter Than Hell concert. The source tape is very good to excellent sound board with some tape hiss. Great drum fills by Criss and Ace's solo's are played with gusto. Worth noting that She is still not as refined as the soon to be recorded version official released and is an interesting listen. (extract taken from collectorsmusicreviews.com)


text:
Welcome, Dum Dums. Photo from The Dum Dum Girls facebook page.
Slumgullion got sucked into a black hole this week due to my non-stop schedule on Friday and Saturday. So here are a few items from the cosmos of entertainment.
When The Dum Dum Girls perform their sold out show at The Empty Bottle tomorrow night, they'll have plenty of good songs to choose from their last two releases, Too True and Only In Dreams. Both have been favorably reviewed here at BHT. Those recordings were primarily the work of vocalist-guitarist Dee Dee Penny, who creates an irresistible blend of 1960s style twang with atmospheric, hard-edged new wave. For live appearances, she's backed by a full band.
Wine And Cheese with The Dave Clark Five. A few Sundays ago, WXRT air personality Terri Hemmert mentioned on her Breakfast With The Beatles program that a Dave Clark Five documentary was coming up on on PBS. The two-hour Glad All Over - The Dave Clark Five And Beyond, A Celebration of the 50th Anniversary of The British Invasion of America will include clips of the band's performances on the Ed Sullivan Show, live footage, and interviews with current musicians like Paul McCartney, Bruce Springsteen, Little Steven Van Zandt, Stevie Wonder, Elton John, and Dionne Warwick. It airs on April 8th, 9th, and 10th on PBS Channel 11 in Chicago.
The Mike Benign Compulsion has a few dates coming up in the Chicago area in support of its latest release Here's How It Works. Most of the members of the Wisconsin-based power pop band will be part of acoustic shows as the opening act for Justin Currie at Schubas on Thursday, April 24th, and at SPACE in Evanston on Friday, April 25th. The Mike Benign Compulsion has a full-fledged show at The Elbo Room on May 9th. In my recent review of here of Here's How It Works on BHT, I noted that singer-guitarist Mike Benign consistently combines with drummer-vocalist Michael Koch and guitarist-vocalist Joe Vent for gorgeous and inventive harmonies."
Get a Move (t-shirt) on. Bev Bevan, a founding member of the rambunctious and influential English band The Move, recently announced on Facebook that Move t-shirts are now available on eBay UK. I just purchased one, which I'll be wearing in honor of the band's vocalist, the late Carl Wayne. I had the honor of meeting Carl prior to a 2002 concert in Minnesota. At that time, he had replaced the retiring Allan Clarke as lead vocalist of The Hollies, and he was extremely gracious in speaking with the group's fans. There are now nine Move t-shirts still available for sale.
The Plastiscines plan to release their first full-length CD in a number of years, Back To The Start, on April 14th. Here's a video of the song "Blue Jeans," which also appeared on the Paris-based group's recent EP, Black XS.


text:
Dealer's choice: Home or office? Up to you
ADDRESS: Unit 201B at 408 E. Market St.
SIZE: 2033 fin. sq. ft.
YEAR BUILT: 1946, converted to condos 1987
NEIGHBORHOOD: Downtown
CURB APPEAL: 6 out of a possible 10
LISTED BY: Larry Howard, Four Seasons Realty, 293-4664
This week's On the Block is neither fish nor fowl. If you're a businessperson in need of an office– and wouldn't mind some extra income– this combination of three condominiums in the Maclin Building might be just the thing.
If you're looking for downtown digs, have some imagination, and want to design yourself a trendy pied-a-terre one block from all the excitement on the Mall, you can do that here as well.
In short, the space is mutable, and the way you use it totally up to you.
The Maclin Building was converted from a car dealership to condominiums in the mid-'80s. An added third story was reserved exclusively for residences, and reportedly there are some eye-poppers up there.
The first and second floors were set aside for offices current tenants include dentists, lawyers, a photographer, and even a real estate agency. But the board of directors has now changed the rules to allow residences on all floors, which multiplies the possibilities.
Of these three units on the second floor (currently comprising 12 rooms), the first (and the one with the highest ooh-la-la factor) has two large windows facing Market Street, floors of some exotic tropical hardwood (the agent wasn't sure what kind), and several built-in bookcases.
The second unit is rented to the photographer, and the third is encumbered by a four-year lease to an attorney. So someone needing an office has the option of setting up shop in the fancy unit and collecting rent from the other two (currently $520/month each) to help with the mortgage and the $300 monthly condo fee (which doesn't include any utilities).
Someone hoping to make a home in the heart of hip happenings can take over the first two units, add a kitchen and bath (or two), reconfigure the rest of the space, and make plans for expansion when the lawyer's lease is up in 2007.
A central hall that connects the units conveys and presents interesting possibilities, especially if the last piece of the puzzle– a fourth unit which is not part of the current deal– ever becomes available (and if money is no object).
The agent reports that a total makeover of the lobby and exterior, including a copper awning over the entrance, is about to begin. That's good news as the present entrance, set back farther from the street than surrounding buildings, is not impressive and in fact renders the place almost invisible to passersby.
The condo fee includes elevator service and, according to the agent, a virtually instant response to any complaints or problems from the on-site maintenance company. Unfortunately, parking a huge problem downtown– is not included. Residents have a guaranteed space in the city garage right across the street (beyond Tastings), but the cost for that little perk is about to rise to $95/month.
So how do you want to play it?
People looking for something unusual downtown might be intrigued with the evolving-home possibility– 2/3 now, l/3 later and the opportunity to design their own unique space as opposed to settling for some developer's idea of paradise.
A small-business owner with modest current needs but plans for expansion can satisfy both here. Consider it a sort of one size fits all. Make of it what you will.


text:
The Moromini trousers are part of the SS19 collection, it's made of organic cotton. It has a slim fit and is super soft.
Moromini is a small Swedish brand with a passion for vibrant and playful prints. Moromini creates fun and play-friendly clothes, that kids will love to wear.
Retro, fun and responsible, all Moromini are organic, GOTS certified
Made of:
95% GOTS certified organic cotton and 5% Lycra
GOTS certified Non toxic dye and print
Washing advice:
- prewash all garments
- wash on low heat
- wash inside out
- Dry inside out and not in direct sunlight
- use non-bleach detergent
- Remove stains instantly and avoid rubbing
These advice can help keep the garments bright and colourful for longer


text:
Byron Sonne's trial is proceeding. Yesterday the Crown rested its case. As a citizen of this fair nation, I have some concerns.
Criminal prosecution is quite expensive, yet the Crown spent a fair bit of effort trying to explain Byron's use of the word "goat" in his various online nick names. In much the same way truck drivers assumed CB radio "handles," computer users have been adopting nicknames as their personal brands even before the Internet became publicly accessible in the 1990s.
It seems that Byron has quite a collection of pictures of goats on his computer. (It isn't at all hard to find a picture of a goat on the Internet⇒) The police witness told the court that the acronym "G.O.A.T." stands for "Greatest Of All Time" made popular by hockey star Wayne Gretsky. The Crown seems to want this on the record as a indication of Byron Sonne's ego. Even though this explanation is a guess. No credible evidence was presented to explain why Byron's personal brand is "goat." The only one who can factually explain the selection of the nick name would be Byron Sonne himself.
Did I miss the part where the Crown presented evidence that Byron was even a hockey fan? (Although the police witness seems to be.) The Crown suggests this explanation will characterize Byron as an egotistical hacker. Now, I'm not a lawyer, but I really don't understand what the point of this is. If, by some amazing coincidence, the police guess about why Byron chose the word goat was correct, what exactly would it be evidence of?
More disturbing is what appears to be the "guilt by association" vibe promoted by the Crown. Receiving emails or a digital newsletter from people who are later arrested isn't a criminal offence. Or, if it is, it should not be.
Reading, attending meetings and/or talking about political participation, even if such participation is or leads to protest or dissent should not be a criminal offence. Or, if it is, it shouldn't be. George Orwell called government repression of ideas "thoughtcrime." Is that what this is?
As far as I know, TCMN (Toronto Community Mobilization Network) is a congregation of a variety of activist groups that came together due to shared concerns about the G20. Personally, I don't even live in Toronto, but what I read made me concerned about the G20 even before it happened.
As well as not liking the TCMN, or convicted activists, apparently the Crown also doesn't like anarchists organizations like SOAR (Southern Ontario Anarchist Resistance). As far as I know, it isn't illegal to be an anarchist.
Just as it isn't illegal to be a liberal. Or a conservative. Or even a hacker.
Because freedom of association is protected by the Charter.
Reading and thinking aren't illegal in Canada. There's even a whole genre called "true crime" but reading about crime doesn't make you a criminal. Thinking radical thoughts isn't a crime.
Committing criminal acts is.
Even so, criminal acts are defined by laws. If our lawmakers were to designate walking on the grass a felony, then walking on the grass would become a criminal act. This is one reason why dissent is so important for a free society; citizens need to be able to complain if government passes laws that are contrary to what society holds as acceptable. As well, the practical application of the laws that define and confine us are interpreted and tested out through court cases like this one.
So it's worrisome to know that Byron's Charter rights were ignored.
But it is more troubling to me that Canadian law enforcement invested so much in building a case seemingly based on association and innuendo.
Just as it is a concern that law enforcement has such a tenuous grasp of technical issues important to this case.
Judge Spies had never heard of Linux before, yet Crown attempts to dazzle and/or confuse with reams of detail aren't working; the Judge may not use Twitter, or understand the difference between a .jpg or a .png, but she doesn't have to — they're both photographs.
Judge: Let me see if I've got this all right. Mr. Sonne is on the mailing list for the TCMN. He gets an email about a presentation where Hiscocks and Henderson were going to speak about "black block or diversity of tactics". We have no evidence that Mr. Sonne attended or that he associated with these women. Those emails are in, whatever they mean. Now you want me to accept their guilty pleas and use that to infer about the nature of the talk?
— Unofficial Byron Sonne Trial Notes
Charter rights are supposed to protect citizens; they should not be so easily cast aside. It is reassuring that although Judge Spies isn't tech savvy, she appears to see the big picture. Still, the smell of politics is strong in this one, and I don't know how this will play out, and so I worry about the future. For my family, my community, my country.
Image Credits
"Tethered Goat" by ceridwen released under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic (CC BY-SA 2.0)
"The Crown"
refers to the Crown Attorney (the title of the government's lawyer prosecuting the case under Canadian law) and/or the focus of the prosecution in the Canadian legal system.
["Prosecutor" or "District Attorney" would be the American equivalent]
"The Charter"
is the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms which is supposed to protect the human rights of Canadian citizens from government or justice system abuses.
(sometimes called GNU/Linux) is a free software computer operating system (OS), a software program (similar to Windows or MacOS) that allows a computer to function. Although there are basic differences in the way Linux systems operate, many technical people use Linux systems because they are free to customize them.
There are two opposing definitions for the word "hacker." The pejorative definition embraced by the mainstream media is as someone who subverts computer security. Yet for many in the computer security and programming subculture the word hacker is the highest accolade bestowed on verhttps://github.com/colah/ByronTrialNotes/blob/master/daily-notes/day27.mdy clever and often playful innovators and problem solvers. Among such programmers the word "cracker" is used to describe criminals who engage in criminal computer security breaches.
an online network that allows two way sharing of information and/or conversation with friends and/or total strangers, best viewed on the Twitter site, not in a proprietary spreadsheet.
Must Listen:
Jesse Brown interviews security expert Dr. Kate Milberry on today's Search Engine Audio Podcast #130:
The Legacy of the G-20: #Toronto's #G20 Hangover
Post Script: Today the Crown cross examined the Defence witness. The evidence phase is over and court will resume Thursday at 10:30, 361 University Avenue, Toronto. Today's Trial Notes are online.


text:
Walking in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Pedestrian Program helps those who live and work in the city to use their feet as a low polluting, cost-effective and healthy way to travel. Over 92% of streets in Minneapolis have sidewalks on both sides, resulting in nearly 1,800 miles of sidewalks in the city.
Minneapolis is home to popular walking destinations such as Nicollet Mall, the Stone Arch Bridge, the Grand Rounds, and Milwaukee Avenue. In October, 2009, the Minneapolis City Council adopted the city's first Pedestrian Master Plan. Minneapolis has an active Sidewalk Inspections Office, which inspects sidewalk conditions on a 10-year cycle.
The City's Pedestrian Advisory Committee consists of 15 community members, as well as staff from city departments and partner agencies, who advise the Mayor and City Council.
The Minneapolis Public Works Safe Routes program prioritizes pedestrian safety enhancements around schools. This program also focuses on encouraging greater rates of walking in Minneapolis youth through efforts like the recently released Walking Routes for Youth Map.
Parklet Program
Parklets are an innovative and cost effective way to add public gathering space to public streets. Parklets are streetscape enhancements, providing and economical solution for increased public open space. The goal of the Parklet program is to make the City more livable, walkable and beautiful.
The 2018 Parklet Application Manual is now available and site proposals are being accepted.
Visit the Minneapolis 2018 Parklet Program page for more information on how to apply and to submit the Confirmation of Eligibility for your proposed 2018 parklet site.
Walk Friendly Community Recognition
The Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center (PBIC) has announced that Minneapolis is designated as a Gold-level Walk Friendly Community. A Walk Friendly Community is a city or town that has shown a commitment to improving and sustaining walkability and pedestrian safety through comprehensive programs, plans and policies. Communities can apply to the program to receive recognition in the form of a Bronze, Silver, Gold or Platinum designation. PBIC cited Minneapolis' excellent planning policies, high level of staff commitment to pedestrian safety, and pedestrian campaigns and events as reasons for the Gold-level recognition.
Last updated Aug 17, 2020


text:
'); //-->
What's New?
Today's Posts
Daily Group Message
Daily Events
Mark Forums Read
Advanced Search
Remember Me?
If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the
by clicking the link above. You may have to
before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below.
Anthems and Protests --- While we certainly understand the frustration by fans on all sides of the discussion, we have decided to keep the Broncos Country message boards separate from politics. Recent events have brought the NFL to the forefront of political debates, but due to the highly emotional and passionate discussion it tends to involve, we think its best to continue to keep politics and this forum separate. Yes, the forum is meant for discussion, but wed like to keep that discussion to football as much as possible. With everything going on in our country, it would be nice to keep our complaints and cheers purely related to football here. If you feel passionately, there are plenty of other outlets available to you to express your opinions. We know this isnt the most popular decision, but we ask that you respect it. Thank you for understanding. --Broncos Country Message Board Staff
We'd like to inform everyone that at some point within the next few weeks, the message boards will be temporarily shut down as the site undergoes maintenance and upgrades to the vBulletin platform. We expect the process to take approximately 48-72 hours from start to finish and will update you as we get closer. Please contact the staff using the community issues forum if you have any questions
Advanced Search
Search Single Content Type
Search Multiple Content Types
Search In
Search Types:
All Types
Group Messages
Visitor Messages
Search For
Search Entire Posts
Search Titles Only
User Name:
Exact name
Additional Options
Find Posts
Any Date
Your Last Visit
A Week Ago
2 Weeks Ago
A Month Ago
3 Months Ago
6 Months Ago
A Year Ago
and Newer
and Older
Sort Results by
User Name
in Descending Order
in Ascending Order
Random Question:
The first name of the owner of the Denver Broncos is?
-- Broncos Forums 4.x
-- Broncos Mobile 4.x
Contact Us
Broncos Message Boards
Privacy Statement
All times are GMT -7. The time now is
Powered by
Version 4.2.2
Copyright © 2020 vBulletin Solutions, Inc. All rights reserved.
Copyright 2013, Denver Broncos Football Club


text:
The ten days of beam time at SSRL has played havoc with my body-clock....just driving to San Francisco Airport...I already felt the classic symptoms of jet-lag. This was before the 3-hour time zone change to Eastern Standard Time in Philadelphia, before my final hop to Greenwich Mean Time (good old GMT) later this week.
|Roy Wogelius, Phil Manning and Holly Barden...resetting their circadian rhythms at SSRL.
Our body clock, or Circadian Rhythm, operates on a 24-hour cycle that impacts our bodies in many ways, from biochemical to physiological and even behavioural processes....when we want to eat, sleep or dribble at the check-in attendant at the airport...as opposed to stringing together intelligible sentences. Its only when you find yourself, a seasoned traveller, sat on the plane in the seat next to the toilet...you realize you were not fully compos mentis at the time of check-in.
Deciding to work on a flight is sometimes a daft move....sleep is possibly the best option. Arriving back in Philadelphia at 6pm I felt refreshed, as I choose the sleep option on this flight....but by 3am the next day...I was almost ready to go to sleep! Its been a battle now for three days resetting my body clock to Eastern Standard Time....but the real shunt is to come on Thursday, when my circadian pulse has to re-boot with -5 hours time difference to Greenwich Mean Time.
As my flight arrives in Heathrow on Friday morning, my body will be crying for sleep, telling me it is the middle of the night....but the work day for me will only just be beginning! I leave straight from the airport to a meeting in the hallowed halls of the Royal Society.....my next blog might possibly centre upon the virtues of caffeinated drinks!


text:
Due to the overwhelming amount of spam-sites created in coRank, all sites have been temporarily frozen. If you own a legitimate (no spam) site in coRank, please contact us indicating the URL of your coRank site, and we'll gladly reactivate it. If your site is a source of spam, don't bother to contact us as your site will not be reactivated and chances are it will instead be permanently removed.
To the legitimate users or coRank, please accept our apologies. We believe after this necessary purge, your coRank site will run much more efficiently.
The coRank Team
<< Go back to the previous page
© Southspice 2007-2010


text:
Chandeliers and Pendant Lights
Chandeliers and pendant lights make perfect ceiling lights and are a great way to quickly update your rooms. Opt for a single pendant or a spectacular statement light – butch bulkheads for your bathroom or a floating bubble chandelier for your boudoir.
Showing all 13 results
CONNAUGHT ceiling light£389.99 – £539.99 Select options
PORTOBELLO ceiling light£114.99 – £154.99 Select options
HOXTON ceiling light£249.99 – £339.99 Select options
LANESBOROUGH pendant light£114.99 – £154.99 Select options
LANGHAM ceiling light£179.99 – £239.99 Select options
TRIKONASANA brass multi-arm light£199.99 – £295.99 Select options
BATON TUBE pendant light£84.99 – £100.99 Select options
BAYA NEST ceiling light£74.99 – £105.99 Select options
VISBY pendant light£79.99 – £99.99 Select options
BODO pendant light£99.99 – £119.99 Select options
BOCCIA dusky pink pendant light£119.99 – £173.99 Select options
PINK CHAI cage pendant light£69.99 – £99.99 Select options
HIBISCUS cage pendant light£69.99 – £99.99 Select options
Ceiling lights are the quickest way to update the look of a room. The style you choose can breathe new life into a space.
Choose a size and style that works for how you want to use your room. Single pendants are great made up into a cluster if you're using them for a main light and perfect on their own for side lighting. Many of our ceiling pendants have matching table lamps – great if you like to coordinate your lighting.
All our ceiling lights come ready to hang. They are fully-assembled with a bulb holder, shade, fabric cable and ceiling rose. Check the individual listing for options you can choose to make your light a little more 'you'. Some pendants even come complete with bulbs to save you one more decision!
We assemble a large number of our lights in-house to order, so please allow up to 7 working days for dispatch. Everything is tested and certified to ensure your safety. If you have any questions before you buy, just drop our customer services team a line via the live chat link.


text:
Return to > Information security and privacy > Security > Malware and botnets
Held on 22 and 23 April 2007, Manila, The Philippines
Agenda | Annotated agenda | Summary record
Malware is a general term for software code or program inserted into an information system in order to cause harm to that system or other systems, or to subvert them for use other than that intended by their owners. Malware is a tool which facilitates a range of crimes. Compromised computers, like the malware installed on them, become both components of the cyber attack system and the targets of attack. The global nature of the problem related to malware means that counter-measures must be global to be effective.
The subject of malware is one area of joint work agreed to by leaders and members of the APEC and OECD. This work is being conducted in two parts: a workshop and an analytical report.
The joint workshop took place at the APEC TEL 35 meetings in Manila, Philippines on 22 April 2007.
It brought together government, industry, Computer Security Incident Response Teams (CSIRTs), civil society, consumers, and others who play a role in combating malware.
Session 1 - Trends & Overview: Why is Malware an Important Issue?
Moderator: Keith Besgrove
Issues and problems, rate of evolution
National Computer Network Emergency Response Technical Team Coordination Center (CNCERT/CC) – China - Dr. Yuejin Du
Association for Payment Clearing Services (APACS) – United Kingdom (UK) - Colin Whittaker
Department of Communications Information Technology and the Arts (DCITA) – Australia
Sabeena Oberoi
Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications - Japan - Mr. MURAKAMI Satoshi
Ministry of the Economy Trade and Industry - Japan - Mr. MURANO Masayasu
Consumers Report WebWatch - Beau Brendler
Session 2: Malware in Focus
Moderator: Shamsul Jafni Shafier
Computer Emergency Response Team / Coordination Center (CERT/CC) - Kevin Houle
Computer Emergency Response Team for the Dutch Government (GovCERT.NL) – The Netherlands - Douwe Leguit
Who is behind malware, their capabilities and activities?
Postal and Communications Police Service - Italy - Sergio Staro
What are the challenges (all types) to combating malware?
Microsoft UK - David Pollington
Session 3: Identifying Counter Measures and Capabilities for Response to Cyber Attacks
Moderator: Keith Besgrove
Current counter-measures and responses by CERTs
Korea Internet Security Center KrCERT /CC - Jeong, Hyun-Cheol - GovCERT.nl - Douwe Leguit – panellist only
Current counter-measures and responses by anti-virus vendors
F-Secure – Finland - Patrik Runald
Current counter-measures and responses by regulators in partnershiop with Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and domain name registars
Philippine Internet Services Organization (PISO) - Horatio Cadiz
Current counter-measures and responses by law enforcement bodies, including through public private partnerships
Department of Justice (DOJ) – United States of America (USA) - Anthony Teelucksingh
Current counter-measures and responses by domain name registars
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) - Paul Twomey
Case Study moderator: Graham Ingram - Australian Computer Emergency Response Team (AusCERT) – Australia
Session 4: Panel Discussion: Gaps and Challenges
Moderator: Shamsul Jafni Shafie
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) US Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT), USA - Josh Goldfarb
DCITA, Australia - Sabeena Oberoi
CNCERT, China - Dr. Yuejin Du
Information & Communication Security Technology Center, Chinese Taipei - Pei-wen Liu
International Telecommunications Users Group (INTUG) - Rosemary Sinclair
Outblaze Limited, Hong Kong - Suresh Ramasubramaniam
Communications Technology Labs, INTEL - Ravi Sahita
Comments and wrap up of session and day 1
Andy Purdy
Session 5: Break Out Group Discussion
Breakout group moderators:
Break Out 1: How can vendor, CERT, ISPs, domain name registrars response be improved?
APACS – UK - Colin Whitaker
Introduction provided by the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) - Peter Lübkert
Break Out 2: How can government policy, law enforcement and regulatory response be improved?
Department of Justice (DOJ) – United States of America (USA) - Anthony Teelucksingh
Break Out 3: How can awareness, education, and training of individuals business – in particular SMEs – and users be improved?
INTUG - Ernie Newman
Session 6: Wrap Up and General Discussion
Moderators: Shamsul Jafni Shafie and Keith Besgrove
Report by Break Out Groups moderators – suggestions for improvement - and comments from the wider workshop participants
APACS – Colin Whittaker
DOJ – USA - Anthony Teelucksingh
INTUG - Ernie Newman
Delft University - Michel van Eeten
General discussion with the audience on how to improve government policy and international frameworks for cyber response/security and final wrap-up
Andy Purdy
Conclusions of the Workshop
Shamsul Jafni Shafie and Keith Besgrove
Related Documents


text:
The Raw Dessert Kitchen, my new webshop is finished!
Raw cacao - powder and nibs.
Hi you! I hope the sunrays kisses your face in the wonderful time we're heading now, summer..
Today, I'm bursting with joy, for two reasons: the raw webshop is finished, and I got the result of the blood analysis on food allergies I ordered.
The webshop, The Raw Dessert Kitchen, is so far in swedish. But do have a peak even tough you're not swedish!! And I would love some feedback!! It's a shop for you and me - for people that love raw desserts and super foods. I will expand the selection of products along the way, also offering necessary tools to make professional desserts. It is so much fun, playing around in the kitchen, wishing you were Strawberry Shortcake.. I had a Strawberry Shortcake-doll as a kid.. I was "aspergerly fixated" with that doll, I think I know why :)
The analysis (made by ImuPro) listed 90 different foods, in which I was allergic to 30 of them! I was chocked. And thrilled. And chocked. One of the worst things for me to eat happened to be almonds.. Which explained why I felt not-so-good during my high raw vegan period. I ate soo much almonds. Because I have a leaky gut syndrome, It means that if I eat something frequently, the risk of develop an allergy to that food is increasing. "Syndrome" sounds so serious, but this condition is very common, and you could live years without knowing about it, a bit like candida.. It's the lining of the intestine that have been damaged, often due to exposure of... you guessed it: antibiotics and penicillin.
I've been suffering for years from bad indigestion and unknowingly eating things the body couldn't tolerate. The indigestion-symptomes were this sneaking uncomfort in the upper belly, making me tense, distressed, disconnected, anxious.. I could feel how the food just sat there, never seeming to go anywhere.. Just having this sensations of ripples, making you sick to your stomach.. and in my case, extra sensitive to noise, crowds, intense situations and so on. I thought I had anxiety attacks, but in many, many cases it was just the indigestion! The stomach seems to affect just about everything in your life, whether it is calm or upset. A calm stomach means a calm person. Never feeling really well, and trying to avoid situations that put too much pressure on me, trigging bad indigestion/anxiety during so many years, formed my personality.
After only one day of not drinking half a litre of oat milk for my smoothies, I felt much better! In kombination with the hydrochloric acid pills, Im discovering a new side of me. A curious, adventiours side I've missed all my live. I've been supressing this part of me so long, that I wish for nothing but to sell all my stuff, and travel the world. Living free as the wind, nothing to keep me strained in any way. Discovering new paths, new ways, people, new skies.
Tomorrow is my 30's birthday. A landmark of a new era of my life? I think so, I can already sense it.
Lots of Love!


text:
A 7-year-old boy Baltimore boy was suspended from school after his teacher complained that the boy chewed a breakfast pastry into the shape of a gun, the boy's father says.
In a note that was sent to parents Friday, Park Elementary School officials told parents only that "a student used food to make an inappropriate gesture," WBFF-TV of Baltimore reported.
The boy, Josh Welch, a second-grader, told the station he was actually trying to shape a mountain, "but it didn't look like a mountain really, and it turned out to be a gun, kinda."
Josh's father, B.J. Welch, called Josh's two-day suspension "insanity."
"With all the potential issues that could be dealt with at school — real threats, bullies, whatever — the real issue is, it's a pastry," he told WBFF. "You know?"
Educators have been extra sensitive to representations of weapons in the wake of the mass shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., in which 20 children and six educators were killed.
In January, a 5-year-old girl was suspended for making a "terroristic threat" at a kindergarten in the Mount Carmel Area, Pa., School District for saying she was going to shoot classmates and herself with her pink "Hello Kitty" bubble gun.
NBC Philadelphia: Kindergartner suspended for pink bubble gun threat
"This is a good-natured little girl," said Robin Ficker, an attorney for the girl, who hasn't been identified because of privacy laws. "And this shows how hysterical people who work at schools have become since Sandy Hook."
Watch US News videos on NBCNews.com


text:
I'm going to start a thread on fungi, mainly regarding edible wild mushrooms but there will be other stuff thrown in as well.
A couple of things to say before I start.
Firstly, and most importantly, DO NOT rely on anything posted here to identify mushrooms for consumption. There are mushrooms out there that will kill you or leave you requiring organ transplant(s) if eaten. There are others that will make you very ill. Some are hallucinogenic. Some just taste terrible. Others are very tasty, but we will get to that. I would note that photos can be very misleading when it comes to identification.
Secondly, I apologise in advance that most of my posts won't be of mushrooms sighted or collected in Caithness - for the simple reason I don't live there any more. However, the majority of mushrooms found in the UK can be found in Caithness, although there are some mushrooms that thrive in the far north and others that are scarce. I do go back to Caithness often though and I will post pictures from there when I can.


text:
Journal Article
© Sep 2018 Volume 16 Issue 2, The Management of IC and Knowledge "in action", Editor: Dr Maria Serena Chiucchi and Dr Susanne Durst, pp73 - 186
Look inside Download PDF (free)
Journal Article
© Jan 2010 Volume 7 Issue 5, Editor: Kimiz Dalkir, pp535 - 662
Look inside Download PDF (free)
Journal Issue
View Contents Download PDF (free)
Some of the key issues that emerged from the two days included a consensus that KM has evolved so we no longer need to convince people it is needed. We now need now to know how to "do KM" – that is, how to implement knowledge management in organizations in a more informed manner. In particular, the need for more how‑to guides, detailed rules, good validated practices and an overall quasi‑standard approach to KM implementation were noted as priority needs for the KM community. In addition, particular guidance is required concerning the KM teams (who should do what?) and how best to address tacit knowledge. Other issues concerned the specific components that should be present in a KM workspace and how this workspace can address the needs of different users who need to accomplish different sorts of tasks
While participants felt that we still have to convince some senior managers, we now also need to better address how to align KM processes so as to not create overhead. For example, what is the impact of KM on other parts of the organization such as training and IT units? How can we change peoples' behaviours and how they think about the work they do? What are the new skills/competencies needed? How can they acquire them? How to integrate KM into business processes? How to integrate KM roles within existing jobs?
The good news is that the discipline and practice of KM has evolved – the bad news is that we still have a long way to go. The focus is now on how to do KM well. Educators need to focus on student competencies, skills and roles and responsibilities. Researchers need to focus on more evidence‑based and theory‑based KM. Practitioners need to focus on feedback from users and best practices.
The collection of papers in this special conference edition address the multitude of issues we currently face, and will continue to face, in the future. There is an excellent mix of practical case studies, practical tools such as intellectual capital measurement models in addition to more conceptual and theoretical approaches to solving crucial KM problems.


text:
Hey everybody, it's me. The Dome. Did you miss me? I've been having a lot of self-image problems lately. Like I keep thinking I'd look cooler if I were geodesic. More Buckminstery, you know. Why can't I have Pauly Shore under me? Anyway, this week I subjected Big Jim to A Christmas Carol, with magnets. It was cool.
Spoilers ahead...
So in case you missed it last season, I'm going to be recapping my own show, Under The Dome. And basically, I'm going to be giving my Dome's-eye view of all the proceedings. Since I'm this show's main character and I'm the main actor in all the episodes — most of the events in this show happen because I make them happen, directly or indirectly. And the rest of the time, people stand around debating what exactly I want. So I figured I'd use this space to just talk it out.
The most important thing to realize is that there's a program here, and you have to get with it. Or else. Like, at the end of last season, I crowned a Monarch. That was really important. I did that by using a butterfly, because double-entendres are awesome. I caused a butterfly-eclipse and blacked out the whole town, and then I whited the town out. And I gave people lots of visions of murdering Big Jim Rennie.
So this time around, because Big Jim keeps insisting on killing Barbie — who is one of my favorites — I turn all magnetic and start sending out pulses that cause people to pass out. Many people are nearly killed, and in fact Linda the awesome deputy actually is killed, as a result of my magnetantrum. But I don't care, because this is all about teaching Big Jim Rennie that KILLING IS WRONG.
This becomes clear after I send the two dead women of color, Dodie and Linda, to tell Big Jim off, and talk to him about Sacrifice. And meanwhile, I've been telling my four chosen kids to kill Big Jim. I pretty much make everybody in the town pass out except for Big Jim and my two most favorites, Barbie and the Monarch herself, Linda. And I send a pretty clear message: Big Jim's gotta die.
But actually, he just has to be willing to die. So that the Monarch can show mercy on him, and he can realize that killing is bad. Because all of this has been about saving Big Jim's soul. Or possibly, keeping order inside Chester's Mill. Sure, that's it — I turned magnetic and ripped half the town apart, while causing massive injuries and at least one death, to keep the people orderly. Nah, I think it was to save Big Jim's soul.
I just get so pissed off when I see the people acting like assclowns under me. When they run around killing each other and wrongly accusing each other of the murders they committed, and not washing their hands after they use the bathroom, I just get SO MAD. It makes me just lose control and go all magnetic and start sending out the pulses with ever-increasing frequency. WHOOMP WHOOMP WHOMPWHOMPWHOMP.
If you try to hang someone for the murder you yourself committed, you don't get the butterflygasm. No you do not. You get the magnetantrum. That's just how it goes under me.
As the newly introduced science teacher, Rebecca, helpfully explains, the magnetic pulses are coming closer together, like a pregnant woman's contractions. Except that this particular childbirth is going to give birth... to death. She explains this with a straight face, because she's a scientist.
I'm so glad there's a scientist under me, because now we can have endless, unrelenting debates over Science Vs. Faith. That's what keeps my surface all shiny, is knowing there are people debating science and spirituality under me. Especially when Rebecca insists her jury-rigged electro-magnet was what stopped my magnetic pulse 'o' death, and Julia and Barbie exchange glances because they know what really happened — I was offered a sacrifice, and was therefore pacified. Which explanation would YOU believe?
So yeah, people had to die. But Big Jim learned something, maybe. He seemed a bit more mellow. He started saying things that rhymed, like "sunrise, fresh eyes." That's worth Linda's life, right? Of course it is.
The point is, everything I do, I do for a reason. Sometimes the reason is that I wish I was over a cooler New England town, like Montpelier VT. Did you know Montpelier has the highest percentage of PhDs per capita of any town? And like five independent bookstores. Can you imagine if Big Jim had a PhD in, I don't know, socioeconomics? What do you mean, that's not a real subject that they give PhDs in? When I start the University of the Dome, it will be. And we'll have classrooms where everybody hallucinates butterflies and dead women of color.
Oh, anyway, it's not just Big Jim I'm interested in. I'm also interested in his son. While he's passed out, I gave James a vision of his mom, who's still alive in a town called Zenith that sells really big snowglobes of itself that randomly turn to bloodglobes sometimes. And his mom is still making weird paintings, including a cool one with a doorway in a blue wall with a red swoosh over it. Looks sort of like a mid-80s Dire Straits album cover. That Dire Straits cover painting has a dire warning for the people of Chester's Mill, I'll tell you that much.
Also, my Monarch, Julia, rescues a mysterious teenage girl who's drowning — and whose generically good-looking face sort of resembles a generically good-looking face in a creepy scrapbook from 1988 that an alcoholic ex-paramedic named Sam is keeping in his cabin in the woods. Julia asks Sam to look after the girl, but she wanders off through town, as if sleepwalking — eventually reaching the dead Linda, and saying "Sorry" as if on my behalf. (Not really that sorry, to be honest. It was important for Big Jim to become a better person. Linda was expendable, because she was already a good person.)
Then it turns out that Sam is actually James' Uncle Sam (and presumably, Big Jim's brother? Or brother in law?) And his reappearance Means Something.
And finally, the mysterious not-drowned teen girl wanders into the school, directly under my dead center. Since she said "sorry" on my behalf, I'm just going to guess she's like my avatar, or my deputy Monarch. (My Princess?) Anyway, Angie follows her and tries to talk to her, and gets a faceful of cleaver for her trouble.
So what did we learn this week? First of all, that I hate killing. Most of the time. And when I send a vision of Big Jim being killed, along with a lot of indications that this is what I want to happen, I actually mean, "Don't kill Big Jim." Also, I'm getting some bird poop along my exterior, and the longer that goes on, the crankier I'm going to get. I've tried sending some butterflies to scare off the birds, but I don't really control any external butterflies plus the birds would just eat them. So maybe if someone figures out a way to get a message to the outside world to send people with ladders and squeegees, I won't kill anyone else for a week or two. No promises, though.


text:
Donate by Mail
For memorials and honorariums
American Diabetes Association
P.O. Box 7023
Merrifield, VA 22116-7023
Make all checks payable to: American Diabetes Association
Print form to send a memorial or honor gift by mail.
Please provide us with:
- Name of person donation is in honor or memory of
- Name and address of person who we should notify of your gift
- Name and address of donor and who should be listed on the card
The American Diabetes Association will promptly send a personalized card to the person or family indicated, notifying them of your thoughtful donation. Every gift is tax-deductible to the fullest extent of the law and the donor will receive an acknowledgment for his or her donation.
For general donations
American Diabetes Association - Web
Attn: Service Center
2451 Crystal Drive, Suite 900
Arlington, VA 22202
Become part of the fight against diabetes by making a contribution of $25, $50, $100 or whatever you can afford to support research, education, and services for people with diabetes.
Print form to send a general donation by mail.
For the research foundation
American Diabetes Association
Research Foundation – Web
Attn: Individual Giving Department
2451 Crystal Drive, Suite 900
Arlington, VA 22202


text:
Cleaning Windows
Biggest Challenges:
Dirty sills and frames
Dusty, grimy screens
Spotty, smeared glass
Fastest Fixes1. Give dirt the brush-off. We know - going at the glass with the cleaner is the most satisfying part. But before you squeeze that trigger, pull back the blinds or curtains, open the window, and inspect its sill, frame, and tracks for obvious crud and cobwebs. Sweep out debris using the small-handled brush that comes with your dustpan. (Skip this step, and you risk a mess later, since the loose dirt can stick to your wiping towel and smear the glass.) Also handy: a cloth-wrapped screwdriver for flicking out dead bugs or hard-to-reach gunk.
2. De-grime the screens If you leave yours in year-round, give them a once-over now - otherwise, all that dried-on dirt may blow into your house the first time you open the windows for ventilation. The good news: You don't need to take down the screens and hose them off. Just run your vacuum with its dusting-brush attachment over the side that faces in. (Side to side, top to bottom is the speediest method.)
3. Make the glass gleam. For windows that tilt in, washing both sides is a cinch. Spray your cleaner on the inside of the glass until it's heavily misted but not drippy. Then, with a clean, lint-free cloth, wipe horizontally until dry. Tilt the window the other way; repeat on the outer panes, but this time wipe vertically (cleaning in opposite directions makes streaks obvious and easier to zap). For double-hung windows that don't fold in, slide the bottom pane up about eight inches so you can reach out and up. Clean what you can; then slide down the top panel to get it from above. Windows crank out or don't open at all? Clean the insides, then rinse the outsides with a hose.
Make It Easier Next Time
Pick a cloudy day. Direct sun makes the cleaner dry too quickly, leaving streaks behind.
Choose your weapons wisely. GHRI tested a variety of products (six store-bought window cleaners, one homemade solution, three premoistened wipes, and four wiping tools: paper towel, newspaper, microfiber cloth, and squeegee). The most effective combo? Hope's Perfect Glass ($5 for 32 ounces, the Hope Company; mass retailers, 800-325-4026, hopecompany.com) with a microfiber cloth.
Reprinted with Permission of Hearst Communications, Inc. Originally Published: Cleaning Windows


text:
Microsoft announced that it has added more than 30 companies to its Microsoft Startup Accelerator Program, which was launched in October 2007 with an initial pool of 20 selected companies. This brings the tally of emerging businesses under the program to over 50.
The Microsoft Startup Accelerator program is designed to help startups accelerate software development and market visibility through customized engagement plans. This comprises access to premier support staff, software licenses and subscriptions, new technologies, and possibly access to Microsoft Technology Centers for software testing and architecture guidance.
Daniel Lewin, corporate vice president of Strategic and Emerging Business Development at Microsoft, remarked in a statement, "We are very pleased with the excitement and momentum behind the program from the entrepreneurial community, and we will continue to focus on expanding the program to support the success of an even broader set of startups worldwide."
The Microsoft Startup Accelerator Program has a local presence in France, Germany, India, the UK, and the US.
Interested startups can apply via the process outlined at the Microsoft Startup Zone.


text:
Trinity Beach Bustier
An asymmetrical fashion statement: The stylish bustier is held in place with just one shoulder strap and features an exciting new "knitting code" and 3D effect around the bust, making this piece a real eye-catcher.
• Circular knit
• Comfortable band under the bust
Stylish "it" piece for the summer.
Order Today: Estimated Delivery Date 06/10/2020
- main material 73% nylon, 27% elastane


text:
Failover Management Policy
|1. A documented set of rules, constraints, standards and guidelines that apply to the decision making and determination of action, for both present and future state, and for a specific area of interest or concern that relates directly to the discipline known as Failover Management, based on a set of given inputs, conditions or state.
2. A documented high level set of steps, constraints and rules that hold to the general strategies, goals, principles and acceptable behaviors of a governing entity, as they pertain to the discipline known as Failover Management.
Read More
|1) The Semantic Root Noun for this term is: Failover
2) Semantically Related Terms: The "Failover Management Glossary"
3) The Failover Management Home Page covers much more about other related terms and concepts associated with this term or phrase.


text:
No account yet? Not a problem ...
Your purchase is complete, your clip is now playing. Enjoy!
Download started ...
Your download has started. The file is named lesbian-sex-22-clip-1.mp4. If you have any problems with your download please contact our support team.
Download this clip right now ...
You have unlocked this clip, press play to watch it now!
Having problems downloading? Try using the My Clips page.
Having problems downloading? Try using the My Clips page.
Snapshots from this clip ...
This clip is now in your cart.
About this Clip
1hr 3mins 8sec
Feb 11th 2020
Jan 27th 2020


text: My name is DAVID COLLEDGE and I was born in 1950 in Scotland where I grew up, went to school and thence to university in England from where I graduated in 1973 with Honours in European History (Early Modern period) and French; I then worked for my family business until 1988 when I went to live in Chile where I have remained ever since working in a small business. My interest in Orthodox Christianity stems from my reading habits, in particular the influence the Greek Patristic Fathers had on Calvin. Contrariwise, I was brought up in my mother's religion as a Roman Catholic although I went to my father's old school (Protestant). Insofar as theology is concerned I am entirely self-taught; but Christian theology is what I find most interesting in respect of the work done by the (Greek) Fathers which resulted in the confession of the nature of the Trinity as expounded in the Nicene Creed.


text: Model S Production and Delivery Statistics for 2012 As 2012 now is behind us, it may be time to summarize certain 'statistics' for the Model S. Many people ask questions in other threads and having certain statistics may help others new to the Model S and TMC. Also, there are several threads that include key statistics/dates/etc. so having a single place may be helpful (but not replace the other threads). The list below should be fairly accurate - I will update the table as people post corrections/updates in this thread below or send me PMs. Also, if there are other items that should be included, please let me know and I will update the table. Description VIN/Res # Date TMC Member Last VIN in production line 3429 12/30/12 GeekGirls Last VIN for model year 2012 (C) 3268 * Highest VIN assigned in 2012 3383 12/31/12 bonforte (TM) Highest VIN physically delivered 3026 12/31/12 b (TM) Time of last physical delivery reported in 2012 2570 12/31/12 6:00 pm Pacific bbmertz Highest U.S. reservation number physically delivered 9864 (VIN 2925) 12/29/12 RNGONMT Highest VIN reported on a truck 3235 12/31/12 jat (TM) Lowest VIN physically delivered 1653 12/31/12 Todd Burch Lowest VIN still to be delivered 1380 12/31/12 W8MM Total reservations made, worldwide 20,006 ** 12/31/12 from michanganmodels Highest U.S. reservation number 17849 12/31/12 GTI_Phillipp Lowest U.S. reservation number assigned 60 kWh 631 12/31/12 hans Last U.S. Signature Model S delivered 991 12/15/12 kroneal Date last model year 2012 (C) physically delivered TBD mm/dd/13 TBD First Canadian Signature Model S delivered 2006 12/20/12 Doug_G First U.S. general production vehicle delivered 1571 (Res #P-83) 11/29/12 napabill * Estimated (between 3260 and 3276) ** Estimated, to be confirmed by michaganmodels Sources: Postings from TMC, postings from TM, michiganmodels and TimDorr's spreadsheet


text:
Settle into a beautiful country setting at Vintage Gardens while enjoying modern amenities and desired services in St. Joseph, Missouri. Our Assisted Living and Memory Care community provides several floor plans with a range of conveniences such as full-sized kitchenettes and walk-in closets. These features complement comfortable common areas with big-screen TVs, an activity center and beautifully manicured grounds that are a sense of pride for our residents. Work up an appetite while taking part in our exercise programs, then head to our tastefully decorated dining room and enjoy three daily meals served family style. Residents receive prompt and attentive care from knowledgeable staff members who offer medication reminders and additional housekeeping and laundry assistance when necessary. With Vintage Gardens' easy access to Interstate 29 and close proximity to Kansas City, residents are afforded an array of premier shopping, dining and entertainment options.
Our courteous staff members are ready to answer questions or schedule a tour.Contact Us
We offer a number of apartment sizes with desired amenities and services that will fit any lifestyle.Galleries