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Well, **** like this does happen once in a while.
Again, why I said to test with nothing but CPU and memory hooked up as you narrow down what parts could be bad. Guess you tried to use the other memory chip.
Next would be to try your CPU in another board if you could, or your MB with another CPU.
And check the power supply with a VOM.
There are plenty of articles on how to do it. Just remember, an ATX power supply will not work unless it is connected to the motherboard ( which I don't like to do ) or you have to short pins 14 & 15. Maybe your instructor can help you with this if you have never used a VOM.
Sorry you are having these troubles.
Well, back to work for me.


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Personal information is collected from telephone, email, written and in-person enquiries directed to UMA, for the purpose of responding to the enquiries.
Personal information is collected from UMA's business contacts, including from contracts and business cards, when they enter into transactions with UMA or otherwise interact with UMA in a business context.
Personal information may be collected from UMA websites through automatic processes such as cookies, as discussed in section 9 below.
The remainder of this Policy focuses particularly on how UMA handles personal information about individuals who are consumers of our goods and services or who visit UMA websites. However, as noted above, UMA also handles information about people who do not fall within these categories:
UMA handles personal information about artists (e.g. musicians, actors, directors, software programmers and graphic designers) whose work is published and/or distributed by the UMA. Except where the Policy says otherwise, this personal information is generally handled in the same way as the personal information of consumers.
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UMA cannot guarantee the security of online transactions and communications sent by electronic means or post. You are responsible for ensuring the confidentiality and security of, and for all activities which occur under, any username and/or password assigned to you by UMA in relation to a UMA Website, for the purpose of providing our goods or services to you, and in relation to any purposes incidental to the provision of our goods and services (including without limitation any unauthorised use of your credit card).
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UMA collects a range of personal information about individuals from its business dealings with them, and with the organisations they work for. UMA's policy is to only use and disclose this business contact information for purposes related to the business context in which the information was collected.
Individuals are entitled to access and request correction of personal information held about them in their business capacity (see section 5 above).
9. Online Privacy Issues.
UMA will apply this policy to all personal information it handles, whether collected online or otherwise. To the extent that this Policy applies to online privacy issues, it is to be read as forming part of the terms of use for UMA websites. This section 9 is intended to provide more information about privacy for the users of UMA websites.
Generally, if you consent, UMA will use personal information collected online via a UMA Website, to send you special offers and newsletters from UMA. You can change your preference to receive UMA special offers or newsletters at any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of those communications or by logging on to the relevant UMA Website.
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As outlined in section 3 above, UMA collects personal information through UMA websites when you sign up to receive information from UMA, join one of its clubs or when you contact UMA through its online enquiry forms.
UMA websites may also collect other information that may or may not be personal information. Each time you visit a UMA website, its server automatically recognises and stores your "address" (e.g. your domain name or internet protocol address), the type of internet browser you are using, the address of the site that "referred" you to UMA websites and clickstream data.
In addition, UMA websites use cookies to track usage of its websites. Most web browsers are set by default to accept cookies. However, if you do not wish to receive any cookies you may set your browser to either prompt or refuse cookies. Please note that rejecting cookies may mean that not all the functions on the UMA websites you visit will be available to you. UMA uses cookies for tracking the statistics of its websites. This allows UMA to better understand its users and improve the layout and functionality of its websites. This tracking is conducted in such a way as to ensure the anonymity of visitors to UMA websites. While the cookie may identify your computer, it should not identify you.
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(c) Third Party Advertisements Online
To try and bring you offers that are of interest to you, UMA have relationships with other companies that they allow to place advertisements on their web pages. If you visit a UMA Website, advertisement server companies may collect information such as your domain type, your IP address and click-stream information.
(d) Online Transactions
If you make a purchase through a UMA Website, UMA will process your credit card details securely over the Internet using industry standard SSL (Secure Socket Layer) and encryption technology. With the combination of UMA's SSL and encryption technology on the Site and a secure browser at your end, UMA will take all measures to ensure that your credit card and anonymity are protected when you purchase online via a UMA Website.
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by telephone: (02) 9207 0500;
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by letter: 150 William Lane, Woolloomooloo NSW 2011.
If, after making a complaint to UMA's Privacy officer, you are not satisfied with the way UMA has handled your complaint, you can make a complaint to the Office of the Privacy Commissioner. For details on how to do this:
visit the Office of the Privacy Commissioner's website at www.privacy.gov.au;
email its Privacy Enquiries Line: email@example.com; or
phone: 1300 363 992.
11. Changes to this Privacy Policy.
This privacy policy may change from time to time. UMA will make this policy available to anyone who requests it. For further information about privacy issues and the protection of privacy visit the Australian Federal Privacy Commissioner's website located at www.privacy.gov.au.
Last revised: 15 April 2013

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There's going to be a few spoilers in here folks, so click away if you don't want to see anything.
Remember those spinning axes from the days of Black Temple?
Well they remember you too.
And guess what?
They're back!
Anyway, I partied up with Alex and Matthew from wow.com along with Tristan, from the Elitists podcast. Had to use a pre-made for this since there's a bug where players who have done the Argent Tournament questline aren't able to see instance portals.
On a side note, there are no Dwarf Priest premades. What the heck is up with that?
Doing a writeup of my initial impressions healing the place. Will edit this post and put a link to it when it's available. Edit: Post is up! Here's a few teaser shots for the time being.


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The truth about Syria
Posted 08 June 2011 - 02:09 PM
With anti-Syrian terrorist attacks turning increasingly violent in recent days, the anti-syrian dissidents have been gathering for a conference in Antalya to discuss a representative body that will draw international support for terrorist activities and destruction of Syria. A discussion has already fueled up some of the anti-Syrian opposition over the meeting, which will select a transitional council to represent the anti-Syrian terrorists on the international scene.
Syrian terrorists groups will be meeting for three days in Antalya, from May 31 to June 2, in a conference organized by the Egypt-based terrorist organization NOHR.
The meeting would be centered on establishing a temporary terrorist council to manage the crisis and mobilize all the possible support to destroy Syria the real invitation statement of the conference Change in Syria reads.
The conference would assign terrorist experts in the Syria to prepare new terrorist attacks and kill Syrian people , experts say`s.
The signatories of the declaration of the conference want to obtain foreign military intervention in Syria in order to kill as much Syrians as possible , the experts statement added.
Ahead of the meeting, objections to establishing a terrorist transitional council has emerged among Syrian terrorists . Setting up a terrorist transitional council at this stage would mean a prison or death sentence for anyone who participates from inside Syria, Walid al-Bunni, a veteran terrorist figure told Reuters last week.
The participants in previous Syrian terrorist meetings in Istanbul, organized by the Istanbul Terrorism Platform in April, including various Turkish terrorist supporter organizations such as the Association of Human Rights and Solidarity for Oppressed Peoples, or Mazlum-Der, was mostly from Islamic-rooted groups such as Muslim Brotherhood.
The Antalya meeting was set to bring together terrorists from the anti-Syrian terrorists organization of a different profile: mostly exiled Syrians terrorists supported by Israel in different European countries and the U.S.
Representatives of Kurdish terrorist movements are also invited.
After the Antalya Conference in May-June 2011 it is clear that the so called opposition is just interested in destroying the country unity and independence .
My link
Posted 09 June 2011 - 08:31 AM
IDLEB A phone call between members of armed groups in Jisr al-Shughour revealed their plan to exploit the bodies of police and army martyrs they massacred and mutilated to undermine the army and tarnish its reputation.
The Syrian TV broadcast a call between two members of these groups, one called Hussein and the other called Jihad, with the latter revealing that they plotted to dig a mass grave for the military security personnel they murdered and bury them in it "like the mass grave in Daraa."
Jihad discussed the issue with someone next to him called Bassam, while Hussein said he will call someone called Anas. Jihad asked Bassam if they should bury the security personnel in a mass grave, and Bassam answered by instructing them to videotape them and not to bury them all together because this might cause the truth to be revealed, while Jihad responded by saying that they should bury them out of town and quickly.
Hussein responded by saying "it doesn't matter if we're revealed or not they will be portrayed as a mass grave containing people from Jisr al-Shughour, and that we know nothing about it." To this, Jihad told him to go ahead, and asked to send either Anas or someone called Jamil, instructing him to make sure that they videotape this grave.
Hussein responds to this by suggesting someone called Anas Katroun, and Jihad told Hussein to call him himself because that person is more likely to obey Hussein. The two ended the call at this point.
The call reveals that not only are these armed groups trained to use weapons, commit massacres, mutilate bodies and steal military uniforms and equipment, but are also trained to participate in the media misdirection against Syria, making the satellite channels that broadcast such videos accomplices in the crimes and massacres committed by armed terrorist groups against civilians, policemen and security and army personnel.
Posted 09 June 2011 - 09:15 AM
The citizen...s called on the army to intervene quickly and save them from these groups, warning against ambushes and landmines prepared by the armed groups in preparation for the army.
Abu Mohammad from Jisr al-Shughour told Syrian TV that he was with a group of 25 consisting of religious, economic and social figures tasked with meeting with citizens and protestors to listen to their demands and relay them to Idleb Governor, adding that many of these demands were addressed.
Abu Mohammad said that after three weeks, protests degenerated into verbal abuse, transgressions against public and private property, arson, demolitions and threats, and that a black list was posted on mosque doors, calling for shedding the blood of fourteen people including 4 mosque preachers and 10 citizens.
Abu Mohammad's car was burned during the events, along with two fire engines, police cars and other official vehicles, with the groups running rampant for a month and a half without security or police intervention.
He went on to say that violent protests erupted in Idleb last Friday, staying uin the street to late times and terrorizing people, rejecting calls by preachers and religious figures to end it for the sake of students who have exams.
Abu Mohammad said that some weapons and drugs smugglers attacked police stations in various areas and stole weapons from them, with one of the attackers killed in a dispute over "spoils."
"At 6 AM last Saturday, these people attacked the army recruiting department and took the personnel's weapons, then they attacked the telephone and post office at 2 PM and killed two security personnel, mutilating their bodies, cutting off their heads and crucifying them on a silo they also used RPG rounds and blew up a detachment building with dynamite," he said.
Abu Mohammad said that the area director was wounded and removed from the area, and then the military security detachment was besieged with all kinds of weapons including grenades, RPGS and "weapons I never saw during my military service, all of which came from Turkey."
He pointed out that religious figures begged these groups to let them remove and bury eight bodies they dumped into Orontes River, but these groups refused and said they will execute anyone who moves them, adding that the armed group retrieved the bodies later, dug a large hole and buried them in it using a bulldozer.
Abu Mohammad went on to say that these groups demolished the security detachment with a bulldozer and slaughtered the 82 detachment personnel, cutting off their heads, disemboweling them, and ripping out their eyes, and stealing their personal belongings and possessions like common thieves.
He pointed out that these groups intend to reveal the mass graves later and claim that the security forces and the army committed these massacres, adding that all the people buried in them are security personnel who have families and children, and that none of them are civilians.
Abu Mohammad voiced his deep shock of the savagery of this rabble, saying that called for a "peaceful demonstration" and then had people fire the cannons used in Ramadan in the background while some of the protestors screamed that they are being bombed by airplanes while other filmed them to send the footage later to certain channel.
Another occupant of Jisr al-Shughour called Abu Khaled said he abandoned his house with his children to save them from the horrors he witnessed, saying that he saw hair-raising sights with bodies strewn in streets, some of them beheaded and naked.
Abu Khaled said that he went out in a protest until 5 PM without incident, but later that night they were woken by intense and random gunfire on homes and houses by armed men who were stationed across the empty city.
He said that the armed men threatened anyone who came out of their houses and fired at anyone who appeared, saying that the remaining people are prisoners in their own home.
Abu Khaled said that people were waiting for security forces to come and play their role, but were surprised to find out that all security and police stations were ransacked and its personnel massacred, as the armed men encircled them on the second day and blew them up, killing most of the people in them while the survivors were gunned down by the armed men.
He added that he pretended to be with the protestors to help the wounded, managing to transport 25 wounded people to the hospital, but on the next day the armed groups killed them and took them to a place where they buried them with a bulldozer.
Abu Khaled affirmed that the gangs are armed with automatic weapons, machineguns, grenades, RPGs and other unusual weapons.
In a similar testimony, Abu Ahmad said that what happened on Saturday and Sunday cannot be described, with the armed men terrorizing the entire town even children, attacking police stations in the area, the popular army guar post near the railroad tracks, the recruitment center and the post office.
Abu Ahmad, who lives near the post office, said that the armed men laid siege to the military security detachment used all kinds of weapons and explosives from quarries and dynamite stolen from the nearby dam, adding that the armed groups mutilated the bodies and buried them near the detachment to tell the media later that they are mass graves.
He said that the armed groups used mosque loudspeakers to terrorize the townspeople by saying that the army poisoned the town's water.
Abu Ahmad said that the city is full of weapons and besieged from all sides, and that its inhabitants are calling for the army to save them, warning them that the areas is surrounded by heavily-armed groups and that there are landmines everywhere, particularly in bridges and roads.
He said that all the weapons being used by the armed groups came from Turkey through a village called Kherbet al-Joz, adding that he saw firsthand the armed groups pretending to protest at night, filming their actions and claiming that the army is attacking them while in fact they were attacking the security detachment and using explosives against it
Posted 09 June 2011 - 01:38 PM
Հայ համայնքը ինչ՞բնորոշում ունի:
Միթէ սրանք Իսլամական-կրոնա -յարանուանական հիմք ունեն՞: Իմա, սուննի, շիի, ալաուի, դուրզի եւլն: Չի մոռանալ Քրիստոնեայ:
Posted 09 June 2011 - 03:19 PM
Աղբիւրը "Sana"; syrian Arab news agency
«Հայ համայնքը ինչ՞բնորոշում ունի»
Հարցումը չհասկացայ:
«Միթէ սրանք Իսլամական-կրոնա -յարանուանական հիմք ունեն՞: Իմա, սուննի, շիի, ալաուի, դուրզի եւլն: Չի մոռանալ Քրիստոնեայ»
Սուրիան քանդելու համար ամէն ինչ պիտի գործածեն: Սրանց հիմքը ՇԵՅԹԱՆՆ Է:
Արփա, յարգելիս, Իրաքը ինչպէս եւ ինչու նուաճեցինւ եւ 750 հազար մարդ կոտորեցին եւ մինչեւ հիմա պայթիւններ տեղի կունենան:
Ըսին միջուկային զէնք կայ: «Ապահովութեան Խորհուրդէն» հրաման ուզեցին՝ գրաւելու Իրաքը, սակայն հրաման չստացան, ու նուաճեցին: Փնտռեցին Սադդամի տան մէջ, գրպանիս մէջ, քու գրպանիդ մէջ՝ Միջուկային զէնք չգտան: Յետոյ ըսին՝ սխալած ենք, կներէք: Ուրեմն՝ կարեւորը նպատակնուն հասած էին՝ գրաւել Իրաքն ու իշխել աշխարհի այս մասին:
Արփա, մասոններու մասին լսա՞ծ ես: Սիոնիստներու մասին լսա՞ծ ես: Կայսերապաշտութեան եւ ծաւալապաշտութեան մասին լսա՞ծ ես: Իսլամ ծայրայեղականութեան մասին լսա՞ծ ես: Թուրքիայի նկրտումներուն մասին լսա՞ծ ես:
Edited by Johannes, 09 June 2011 - 03:43 PM.
Posted 09 June 2011 - 11:00 PM
Posted 10 June 2011 - 04:11 PM
"Towards a World War III Scenario: The Dangers of Nuclear War" by Michel Chossudovsky
My link
The World is at a critical crossroads. The Fukushima disaster in Japan has brought to the forefront the dangers of Worldwide nuclear radiation.Coinciding with the onset of the nuclear crisis in Japan, a new regional war theater has opened up in North Africa, under the disguise of a UN sponsored "humanitarian operation" with the mandate to "protect civilian lives".
These two seemingly unrelated events are of crucial importance in understanding both the nuclear issue as well as the ongoing US-NATO sponsored war, which has now extended its grip into Libya. The crisis in Japan has been described as "a nuclear war without a war". Its potential repercussions, which are yet to be fully assessed, are far more serious than the Chernobyl disaster, as acknowledged by several scientists.
The crisis in Japan has also brought into the open the unspoken relationship between nuclear energy and nuclear war. Nuclear energy is not a civilian economic activity. It is an appendage of the nuclear weapons industry which is controlled by the so-called defense contractors. The powerful corporate interests behind nuclear energy and nuclear weapons overlap. In Japan at the height of the disaster, "the nuclear industry and government agencies [were] scrambling to prevent the discovery of atomic-bomb research facilities hidden inside Japan's civilian nuclear power plants".[1] The media consensus is that the crisis at Fukushima's five nuclear power plants has been contained. The realties are otherwise. The Japanese government has been obliged to acknowledge that "the severity rating of its nuclear crisis ... matches that of the 1986 Chernobyl disaster". Moreover, the dumping of highly radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean constitutes a potential trigger to a process of global radioactive contamination. Radioactive elements have not only been detected in the food chain in Japan, radioactive rain water has been recorded in California:
"Hazardous radioactive elements being released in the sea and air around Fukushima accumulate at each step of various food chains (for example, into algae, crustaceans, small fish, bigger fish, then humans; or soil, grass, cow's meat and milk, then humans). Entering the body, these elements - called internal emitters - migrate to specific organs such as the thyroid, liver, bone, and brain, continuously irradiating small volumes of cells with high doses of alpha, beta and/or gamma radiation, and over many years often induce cancer".[2]
A New War Theater in North Africa
The War on Libya was launched within days of the Fukushima disaster. As we go to press, a dangerous process of military escalation is ongoing. NATO warplanes are hitting civilian targets in Libya including residential areas and government buildings in violation of international law.
The war on Libya is an integral part of the broader military agenda in the Middle East and Central Asia which until recently consisted of three distinct areas of conflict : Afghanistan and Pakistan (the AfPak War), Iraq, Palestine. A fourth war theater has opened up in North Africa, which raises the issue of escalation over a vast geographical area. These four war theaters are interrelated. They are part of a broader region of conflict, which extends from North Africa and the Middle East, engulfing a large part of the Mediterranean basin, to China's Western frontier with Afghanistan, and Northern Pakistan.
How does the war on Libya relate to this broader US-NATO military agenda?
Is a World War III scenario unfolding?
Is the use of nuclear weapons contemplated in North Africa?
With regard to nuclear doctrine, the concept of a US sponsored pre-emptive nuclear attack applies to a number of countries or "rogue states" including Libya. An all out war against the Qadhafi regime has been on the drawing board of the Pentagon for more than 20 years, Moreover, Libya was the first country to be tagged for a preemptive attack using tactical nuclear weapons.[3] The Clinton administration's plan to nuke Libya had been announced in no uncertain terms in a 1996 Department of Defense press briefing:
"[The] Air Force would use the B61-11 [nuclear weapon] against Libya's alleged underground chemical weapons plant at Tarhunah if the President decided that the plant had to be destroyed. 'We could not take [Tarhunah] out of commission using strictly conventional weapons,' Smith told the Associated Press. The B61-11 'would be the nuclear weapon of choice,' he [Assistant Secretary of Defense Harold P. Smith] told Jane Defence Weekly.[4]
Clinton's Defense Secretary William Perry had confirmed in a statement to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that "the U.S. retained the option of using nuclear weapons against countries [e.g. Libya] armed with chemical and biological weapons."[5] The Department of Defense's objective was to fast track the "testing" of the B61-11 nuclear bomb on an actual country and that country was Libya: "Even before the B61 came on line, Libya was identified as a potential target".[6]
While the 1996 plan to bomb Libya using tactical nuclear weapons was subsequently shelved, Libya was not removed from the "black list": "The Qadhafi regime" remains to this date a target country for a pre-emptive ("defensive") nuclear attack. As revealed by William Arkin in early 2002, "The Bush administration, in a secret policy review... [had] ordered the Pentagon to draft contingency plans for the use of nuclear weapons against at least seven countries, naming not only Russia and the "axis of evil" Iraq, Iran, and North Korea but also China, Libya and Syria.[7]
Operation Odyssey Dawn. Nuclear Weapons against Libya? How Real is the Threat?
Has the project to nuke Libya been definitively shelved or is Libya still being contemplated as a potential target for a nuclear attack? (This preface serves as an update on the potential dangers of a nuclear war against a defenseless non-nuclear State). The air campaign directed against Libya commenced on March 19, 2011. America deployed its Bat-shaped B-2 Spirit Stealth bombers operating out of the Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri. Described as "deadly and effective", the B-2 was used as an instrument of "humanitarian warfare".
Barely two weeks after the commencement of the war, the Pentagon announced the testing of the B61-11 nuclear bomb using the same B-2 Stealth bombers which had been deployed to Libya at the very outset of Operation Odyssey Dawn. The B-2 Spirit Stealth bomber is the US Air Force's chosen "carrier" for the delivery of the B61-11 nuclear bomb. These timely tests pertained to the installed equipment, functionality and weapon's components of the B61-11 nuclear bomb. The tests were conducted by the B-2 bombers operating out of the same Air Force base, from which the B-2 bombing raid on Libya were conducted.[8]
Is the timing of these tests in any way related to the chronology of the Libya bombing campaign?
The U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command was in charge of both the JTA tests of the B61-11 as well as the deployment of three B-2 Spirit Stealth bombers to Libya on March 19 under operation Odyssey Dawn. Both the deployment of the B-2s to the Libya war theater as well as the tests of the equipment of the B61-11 (using the B-2 bomber for delivery) were coordinated out of Whiteman Air Force base.
America's Long War: The Global Military Agenda
The US has embarked on a military adventure, a long war, which threatens the future of humanity. The first two chapters of this E-book focus on the "Cult of Death and Destruction" underlying this global military agenda. US-NATO weapons of mass destruction are portrayed as instruments of peace. Mini-nukes are said to be "harmless to the surrounding civilian population". Pre-emptive nuclear war is portrayed as a "humanitarian undertaking". Nuclear war has become a multibillion dollar undertaking, which fills the pockets of US defense contractors. What is at stake is the outright "privatization of nuclear war".
US nuclear doctrine is intimately related to "America's War on Terrorism" and the alleged threat of Al Qaeda, which in a bitter irony is considered as an upcoming nuclear power. Under the Obama administration, Islamic terrorists are said to be preparing to attack US cities. Proliferation is tacitly equated with nuclear terrorism. Obama's nuclear doctrine puts particular emphasis on nuclear terrorism and on the alleged plans by Al Qaeda to develop and use nuclear weapons.
Chapter III focusses on America's Holy Crusade and the Battle for Oil. The Global War on Terrorism requires going after the terrorists, using advanced weapons systems. US foreign policy upholds a pre-emptive religious-like crusade against evil, which serves to obscure the real objectives of military action. In the inner consciousness of Americans, the attacks of September 11, 2001 justify acts of war and conquest against evil-doers. The Global War on Terrorism is presented as a clash of civilizations, a war between competing values and religions, when in reality it is an outright war of conquest, guided by strategic and economic objectives. The lies behind 9/11 are known and documented. The American peoples acceptance of this crusade against evil is not based on any rational understanding or analysis of the facts. "The American inquisition" purports to extend Washingtons sphere of influence. Military intervention is justified as part of an international campaign against Islamic terrorists. Its ultimate intention, which is never mentioned in press reports, is territorial conquest and control over strategic resources. Ironically, under the Global War on Terrorism, these plans of conquest are instrumented by covertly supporting Islamic paramilitary armies, which are then used to destabilize non-compliant governments and impose Western standards of "governance" and "democracy".
World War III Scenario
The contours of a World War III scenario are discussed in Chapter IV. The Pentagons global military design is one of world conquest. The military deployment of US-NATO forces is occurring in several regions of the World simultaneously. Militarization at the global level is instrumented through the US military's Unified Command structure: the entire planet is divided up into geographic Combatant Commands under the control of the Pentagon. According to (former) NATO Commander General Wesley Clark, the Pentagons military road-map consists of a sequence of war theaters: [The] five-year campaign plan [includes]... a total of seven countries, beginning with Iraq, then Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Iran, Somalia and Sudan.
Chapter V focusses on war preparations pertaining to Iran, including the launching of a pre-emptive nuclear attack on the Islamic Republic. While Iran remains on the Pentagon's drawing board, a fundamental shift in the sequencing of military operations has occurred. The US-NATO-Israel alliance realizes that Iran has significant capabilities to respond and retaliate. With the onset of the US-NATO led war in North Africa, Washington and its allies have chosen to wage war on countries with lesser military capabilities. This factor in itself has been crucial in the decision by the US and its allies to put "the Iran operation" on hold, while launching a "humanitarian war" on Libya.
How to Reverse the Tide of War
Chapter VI focusses on antiwar actions directed against this diabolical military agenda. Central to an understanding of war, is the media campaign which grants it legitimacy in the eyes of public opinion. A good versus evil dichotomy prevails. The perpetrators of war are presented as the victims. Public opinion is misled: We must fight against evil in all its forms as a means to preserving the Western way of life. Breaking the "big lie" which upholds war as a humanitarian undertaking, means breaking a criminal project of global destruction, in which the quest for profit is the overriding force. This profit-driven military agenda destroys human values and transforms people into unconscious zombies.
The holding of mass demonstrations and antiwar protests is not enough. What is required is the development of a broad and well organized grassroots antiwar network, across the land, nationally and internationally, which challenges the structures of power and authority. People must mobilize not only against the military agenda, the authority of the state and its officials must also be challenged. This war can be prevented if people forcefully confront their governments, pressure their elected representatives, organize at the local level in towns, villages and municipalities, spread the word, inform their fellow citizens as to the implications of a nuclear war, initiate debate and discussion within the armed forces.
The object of this E-Book is to forcefully reverse the tide of war, challenge the war criminals in high office and the powerful corporate lobby groups which support them.
Break the American Inquisition.
Undermine the US-NATO-Israel military crusade.
Close down the weapons factories and the military bases.
Members of the armed forces should disobey orders and refuse to participate in a criminal war.
Bring home the troops.
1. See Yoichi Shimatsu, Secret Weapons Program Inside Fukushima Nuclear Plant? Global Research, April 12, 2011
2. Helen Caldicott, Fukushima: Nuclear Apologists Play Shoot the Messenger on Radiation, The Age, April 26, 2011
3. See Michel Chossudovsky, America's Planned Nuclear Attack on Libya, Global Research, March 25, 2011.
4. Federation of American Scientists, The Nuclear Information Project: the B61-11
5. Ibid, See also Greg Mello, The Birth Of a New Bomb; Shades of Dr. Strangelove! Will We Learn to Love the B61-11? The Washington Post, June 1, 1997
6. Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists - September/ October 1997, p. 27. For further details see Michel Chossudovsky, America's Planned Nuclear Attack on Libya, Global Research, March 25, 2001
7. See William Arkin, "Thinking the Unthinkable", Los Angeles Times, March 9, 2002.
8. In late March or early April (prior to April 4), the B-2 Spirit Stealth bomber from the 509th Bomber Wing operating out of Whiteman Air Force Base, was used in the so-called "Joint Test Assembly" (JTA) of the B61 Mod 11 nuclear bomb.
The announcement of these tests was made public on April 4; the precise date of the tests was not revealed, but one can reasonably assume that it was in the days prior to the April 4 press release by the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA. Press Release, NNSA Conducts Successful B61-11 JTA Flight Test, April 4, 2011. For further details see Michel Chossudovsky, Dangerous Crossroads: Is America Considering the Use of Nuclear Weapons against Libya? Global Research, April 7, 2011
Montreal, May 2011
Posted 25 June 2011 - 04:14 PM
Jisr al-Shoughour, north west- Armed men who dominate a camp for the displaced people on Friday assaulted a popular delegation which were heading for the camp along with the Syrian Red Crescent in Jisr al-Shoughour to ask the displaced to come back home. "We have received phone calls from the families, women and children of the camp asking us to rescue them from the hunger, thirst and to bring them back to Jisr al-Shoughour so we have formed a delegation and went to the village of Kherbat al-Jouz along with the Red Crescent," Sheikh Adnan al-Khateeb told the Syrian TV in an interview.
He added "Upon arriving at the Camp, armed men threw us heavily with stones from all directions, I was injured and the car window was broken, later I heard fire sounds."
"We went to the camp upon the request of the women who called us for help to get rid of the saboteurs who threaten them not to return back to their home," Sheikh Adnan said.
Saturday 25-06-2011
Իմ յղումը
Posted 21 February 2012 - 12:57 PM
The Syrian leadershiphas
Among other reforms and radical political change, including theconstitution of the country's transition to
Democratic political life as shehas invited all shades of opposition to dialogue and
Participation in thepolitical life of the opposition responded with more bloodshed andkilling
Targeting of civilians and themilitary
The countries that pay lip service toprovide advice to the State of Syria to establish freedom and democracy ascountries Gulf are the same does not have in their countries parliaments and noelections but is a property laws dictatorship and do not give the minimum rightsof its citizens, if that in these countries but not limited to violating therights of women and not allowed to participate in political life and are notallowed to drive or attendfootball
That what is happening in Syria is not the demands of popularreforms and change, but it is an insurgency supported by the outskirts of itsterritory and global, that feed the Islamist extremist groups with money andweapons and are the groups most horrendous kinds of crimes against Syriancitizens in order to put pressure on the Syrian state to relinquish theirpositions to support the resistance movements in all of occupied Palestine, Iraqand South Lebanon
Some politicalforces in Lebanon and Turkey, which have been linked to the project the U.S. aggression against Syria, the smuggling of all kinds of weapons to terroristgroups in Syria and the evidence for that is that most of the trouble spots youget the military in the border areas, both in Idlib or inHoms
What the Al Jazeera and Arab is a systematic policy of Qatar and Saudi Arabia by order of the United States and Western countries
Dozens of reports from correspondents of foreign agenciesand stations and documented video and audio entry of armed groups by theborder
AlJazeera English correspondent yesterday published a report on the orders of theinside diameter to expand the pumping media session before the Security Council, What is this but a hostile policy and a clear effect on the decisions of somecountries in the SecurityCouncil
Press reports Western portrayed and confirmed the entry of armedgroups, terrorist extremists of different nationalities is Syria are supportingextremist groups in Syria and this is conclusive evidence of the involvement ofthird parties to kill systematic happens in Syria against civilians, and themovements get in Syria is not for repair and not to change but is a hit and therhythm of the Syrian state sedition among the shades of itspeople
Poor intellectual and political thought of the fact that he knows what he wants policy-makersin the West
Just because heattends to hear the news bulletins and the Arab Peninsula, or other media, justlike the thought that he could have known the reality of the situation in Syria, through the fierce follow up to channel this life and the Syrian Arab Television
Channels of media incitement broadcast on the clock and since the morning what pretend that the massacre of the forces of the Syrian army against civilians in Homs .. But the answer was clear and at all levels, and evidence that the bodies of the victims are people civilians, and some elements of the maintenance of order was liquidated at the request of Qatar to show it before hours of the Security Council meeting
And of course has beenliquidated by the armed terrorist gangs Support from the West and some Gulfstates to drop rapidly Syria in response to the desire of the West andZionism
Posted 21 February 2012 - 01:41 PM
Yes please, do tell us about the "democracy/demVORcracY"** of the above mentioned, including Saudia and its islamic sattelites,like the gulf "princedoms", Qatar, Kuwait, UE/United Emirates and more.
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Whwn is the last time thy had "democratic" elections, grant the women equal rights?
Not to forget that "demvorcracy" in the region aka "moshestan". When is the last time they had non-jew PM or president? You mean the ones they spit on?
**An old Armenian adage- Քուրտը /արաբը որ շատ իւղ գտնէ ՈՌին կը քսէ .
Այո ՈՌին կը քսէ համայն աշխարհը.
Շունշանորդիներ -Kelb ibn kleb
گلب ابن گلاب
Edited by Arpa, 21 February 2012 - 04:21 PM.
Posted 27 February 2012 - 07:08 AM
«Գերմանացի լինելուց ամաչում եմ», ասաց Գերմանիայի կառավարութեան խորհրդականը, «Այսօր Ռուսիա» հեռուստակայանի հետ հարցազրոյցի ընթացքում, Սիրիայի հանդէպ իր կառավարութեան ունեցած ահաբեկչական վերաբերմունքի առիթով:
Տակաւին մարդու նման մարդիկ կան Եւրոպայում:
Posted 27 February 2012 - 09:24 AM
«Գերմանացի լինելուց ամաչում եմ», ասաց Գերմանիայի կառավարութեան խորհրդականը, «Այսօր Ռուսիա» հեռուստակայանի հետ հարցազրոյցի ընթացքում, Սիրիայի հանդէպ իր կառավարութեան ունեցած ահաբեկչական վերաբերմունքի առիթով:
Տակաւին մարդու նման մարդիկ կան Եւրոպայում:[/size]
Նրանց նպատակը Սիրիան վերադարձնել օսմանի խաղավայր: Եւ յետ օսման ֆրանսա անգլիական ին:
Երկիրը մասնատել Արեւելքը միացնել Իրաքին եւ Յորդանանին, արեւմուատքը Ալէքսանդրետտային, հարաւը սիոնիստանին... իսկ ամենա զզուելին ...շրջելով օսմանեան օրերին երբ Այնթապ ն ու Մարաշը Հալէպի արուարձաններն էին , շրջել եւ Հալէպը դարձնել Այնթապի արուարձան:
Հետաքրքիր է տեսնել թէ Մադամ "տիրուհի" Քլինտոնը ինչ է ասել:
In spite of her big "hot clintonis" she also has "small cold feet".
US officials, too, have expressed backing for those intent on toppling Assad, and senior lawmakers including Senator John McCain have said it's time to consider arming the rebel groups.
Clinton poured cold water on such action.
"We really don't know who it is that would be armed," the top US diplomat told CBS News during a visit to Morocco, as she noted that Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri has expressed support for the Syrian rebels.
"Are we supporting Al-Qaeda in Syria?" she said. "Hamas is now supporting the opposition. Are we supporting Hamas in Syria?"
"Sometimes, overturning brutal regimes takes time and costs lives. I wish it weren't so," she said.
Clinton said US officials have met some leaders of the Syrian National Council, but they are not inside Syria proper.
"You're not going to bring tanks over the borders of Turkey, Lebanon, and Jordan. That's not going to happen."
She said she expected some groups would find ways to smuggle in automatic weapons, but delivering them effectively to rebel fronts would be difficult.
While the US and other Western powers have called on Assad to step down, Clinton said the Syrian strongman has "very, very strong friends, if you look at Russia, China and Iran**, who are in there determined to keep Assad because he does their bidding, he buys their arms, he sells them oil."
Moscow and Beijing have vetoed two United Nations resolutions condemning Syria, which is Tehran's principal ally in the Middle East.
Clinton also appeared to signal to everyday Syrians that it was time to rise up against the regime.
"What about the people in Damascus, what about the people in Aleppo "
** See how she describes Iran a "very, very strong friend".
PS. Some people will never learn from history, like you know who. They forget the fiasco of those so called crusades when those idiotic Europeans returned from the Middle East with their tails between their hind legs, bloodied noses an broken legs.
Edited by Arpa, 27 February 2012 - 10:26 AM.
Posted 27 February 2012 - 10:26 AM
Ամերիկան իր կեղտոտ գործերը դաշնակիցների ձեռքով է գործում:
Համասը փոխուեց, եթէ հետեւում էք նրա ղեկավարութեան վարքին, իսկ Ալ Կայիդան բուրգային կազմակերպութիւն չէ, այլ՝ մեկը միւսին չճանաչող, բջիջներից կազմուած ցիր ու ցան ահաբեկչական խումբեր է, որից օգտուել է եւ օգտւում Ամերիկան Իրաքում, Լիբիայում եւ այլուր:
Posted 03 March 2012 - 07:28 AM
This video shows the fabrications of CNN and Al-Jazeera about the situation in Homs.
Posted 13 March 2012 - 12:33 PM
Posted 13 April 2012 - 09:50 AM
Great means of reform procedures and radical political changes have been taken by the Syrian leadership, the main of which is the new constitution of the country which aims to transfer the political life in Syria into a democratic one involving all the opposing parties and called them to dialogue.. However, they have strongly rejected any form of participation and responded by more killing of citizens and targeting military forces.
Those 'caring' countries of the Arab league lecturing us on how to establish freedom and democracy, do not even have them themselves, they lack the primary means of communication with their people such as Parliaments or even elections for a new president. All they have is a dictatorial regime based on the King and his laws... women in those countries are not allowed to vote or to be elected to high political positions, they can't even drive or watch a football match!!!
What is happening in Syria is not a demand for reforms and political changes; it's a group of extremist Islamic rebels supported by regional and global parties which support them with political, financial and military support. These armed gangs have committed horrific crimes against Syrian citizens to pressurise the Syrian leadership to stop supporting resistance movements in occupied Palestine, Iraq and South Lebanon.
Some political forces in Lebanon and Turkey, known to be linked to the aggressive American project against Syria, have facilitated the smuggling of all kinds of weapons to terrorist groups in Syria, the evidence is that most of the military tension is happening in areas at the borders, i.e Idlib and Homs.
What Al Jazeera and Al Arabiya are doing is a systematic policy lead by Qatar and Saudi Arabia and directed by orders from the United States and Western some countries
Dozens of reports done by correspondents of foreign agencies and tv channels have approved the presence/entry of armed groups into Syria across the borders, and these documents are supported with video tapes.
Al Jazeera English correspondent has published a report revealing some orders given by the government in Qatar to expand the misleading media war against Syria just before the Security Council meeting, this clearly shows the obvious, aggressive policy used to influence the decision taken by the participating countries.
Western press reports have approved the entry of some terrorist, extremist armed groups of foreign nationalities (other than Syrian) sent to help the already-existing armed groups inside the country. And this proves the involvement of external parties in the systematic killing happening in Syria against civilians and that the so called 'uprising' has nothing to do with reforms and changes.
It is important for the observer who is looking for the truth about what is happening in Syria to look at both sides of the argument and consider all the involved parties, watching Aljazeera alone or Addounia alone will only shine the light on one part of the truth with a lot of exaggeration.
Misleading, inciting media channels broadcast 24/7 what they call 'massacres of the Syrian Army against civilians in Homs' although there have been many clear evidences that the dead bodies belonged to some Security Force members, killed based on orders given from Qatar and shown hours before the security council meeting claiming the responsibility of the army for their death
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On Feb. 26, AZRE hosted the 9th Annual RED Awards reception at the Arizona Biltmore in Phoenix to recognize the most notable commercial real estate projects of 2013 and the construction teams involved. AZRE held an open call for nominations and more than 100 projects were submitted by architects, contractors, developers and brokerage firms in Arizona. Click here to view all 2014 RED Awards Winners.
The Hub on Campus
Developer: Core Campus
Contractor: Beal Derkenne Construction
Architect: HPA Architecture
Brokerage: Apartment Realty Advisors
Size: 410,000 SF
Location: 323 E. Veterans Way, Tempe
Completed: July 2013
The Hub on Campus sits near the Sun Devil Stadium on ASU's main campus and is focused on the college and city lifestyle. The location is between two ASU property lines and the light rail, meant to promote the use of public transporation. The triangular shape and compact site created many unforeseen challenges including a limited working space; complex communication problems for constructing, building, and planning the building; integration of the existing Tempe landscape; and the preservation of the historical Native American site. The Hub promotes a balance of sustainability and luxury amenities for its residents. It is seeking LEED accreditation and provides a 40KSF amenit


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DUBOIS – Students from gifted programs at area school districts got an up-close look at careers they can choose from in engineering related fields on Tuesday at Penn State DuBois.
The Penn State DuBois Gifted Workshop highlighted the campus engineering programs and focused on the educational opportunities the programs provide, in addition to the jobs graduates qualify for. Nearly 50 students in grades six through twelve, from gifted programs at six different school districts, attended the workshop.
"It's never too early for them to explore," said Anne Young, teacher in the gifted program at DuBois Area High School. "These kids are getting hands-on experience with engineering to see if they like it. A lot of kids say they want to do something without ever actually seeing what people in that field do. Here, they're really seeing it. It's fabulous."
Some of the hands-on lessons the students received took place in the campus engineering labs. Current engineering students and faculty demonstrated various processes used in testing metal materials for strength and structural integrity.
"This covers almost all fields of engineering," said Professor Daudi Waryoba. "In civil engineering, you're designing things like bridges; in mechanical engineering, you're designing things like propeller shafts, for example. In any case, you have to make material choices; you have to know what the properties of those materials are and what will work best for your design."
Those properties, Waryoba told the students, are studied on the most precise levels possible. To that end, he also described ways in which engineering encompasses multiple disciplines. Waryoba demonstrated a tensile test on a sample of metal material to determine how much force could be applied before the metal broke. He explained, "Things start to fail at the atomic level. We are showing how chemistry and physics come into play. We're demonstrating how it all applies. And we're calculating results with mathematics, which is used in our daily lives in solving problems."
At Penn State DuBois, students interested in engineering fields can choose from an associate degree in Mechanical Engineering Technology, or a bachelor's degrees in General Engineering with an Applied Materials Track. Graduates learn the skills that are in demand in a variety of industries, including powder metal, design, research and development, experimentation and testing, manufacturing, and more.
The campus offers programs like the Gifted Workshops to area children in order to help them better prepare for rewarding careers by showing them what is available in education and in employment opportunities.
"We provide these hands-on experiences for middle and high school students to showcase what current students do in class," explained Holli Lashinsky, an admissions counselor who worked to organize the workshop. "We hope the young students realize the opportunities we can offer them, and that they don't have to go far from home to get a quality degree, or to find a great career."
Lashinsky noted that Gifted Workshops are centered on programs that are popular among middle school and high school students. She said, "We focus on program areas that the students in these schools have expressed an interest in. We then rotate through the various programs that students want to know more about."
In the past, other Gifted Workshops have highlighted subjects such as psychology, art, creative writing, and Information Sciences and Technology.


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aka LEIGAFOALII TAFUE
DATED APRIL 14, 1986; and JOHN
Standing is a requirement grounded in Article III of the United States
Constitution, and a defect in standing cannot be waived by the parties. Chapman v.
Pier 1 Imports (US.) Inc., 631 F.3d 939,954 (9th Cir. 2011). A litigant must have
both constitutional standing and prudential standing for a federal court to exercise
jurisdiction over the case. Elk Grove Unified Sch. Dist. v. Newdow, 542 U.S. 1, 11
(2004). Constitutional standing requires the plaintiff to "show that the conduct of
which he complains has caused him to suffer an 'injury in fact' that a favorable
judgment will redress." Id. at 12. In comparison, "prudential standing
encompasses the general prohibition on a litigant's raising another person's legal
rights." Id. (citation and quotation signals omitted); see also Oregon v. Legal
Servs. Corp., 552 F.3d 965, 971 (9th Cir. 2009).
The basis of Plaintiffs standing to foreclose on the subject property
(at least as alleged in the Complaint) is a January 13,2009 assignment of the
Mortgage and Note from Home 123 to Plaintiff. The assignment, attached to the
Complaint, provides:
This Assignment, made this 13th day of January,
2009, by and between Home 123 Corporation, a
California corporation, hereinafter called the "Assignor",
and Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as trustee
for Morgan Stanley ABS Capital I Inc., MSAC 2007NC1,
whose principal place of business and post office
address is c/o Saxon Mortgage Services, Inc., 4708
Mercantile Dr. N., Forth Worth TX 76137-3605,
hereinafter called the "Assignee."
In consideration of the sum of ONE DOLLAR
($1.00) and other valuable consideration paid by the
Assignee, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged,
the Assignor does hereby, without recourse, sell, assign,
transfer, set over and deliver unto the Assignee, its
successors and assigns, the mortgage and note hereinafter
described ….CompI. Ex. 4.
The Williamses argue that this assignment cannot be valid because
Home 123 was in bankruptcy liquidation as of January 13,2009. Specifically,
Home 123 filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2007, Home 123 filed a liquidation
plan in March 2008, and the bankruptcy court confirmed the liquidation plan in
July 2008. In re New Century TRS Holdings, Inc., 407 B.R. 576, 579-80 (Bankr.
D. Del. 2009). Effective August 1, 2008, the liquidation plan:
was created with Alan M. Jacobs as trustee. Also on that
date, the Creditors' Committee was dissolved; the Plan
Advisory Committee (the "PAC") was formed; debtors'
officers and directors ceased serving and were replaced
by Jacobs; debtors' assets were distributed to the
liquidating trust; and NCFC's outstanding common and
preferred stock, as well as all notes, securities, and
indentures, were cancelled.
Id. at 585-86 (citations omitted). Given this liquidation, it appears that Home 123
could not have validly assigned the Mortgage and Note to Plaintiff on January 13,
2009. And in Opposition, Plaintiff presents no evidence (or even argument)
explaining how this January 13,2009 assignment is valid despite Home 123 's
bankruptcy and liquidation. In fact, Plaintiff argues — without factual support —
that NC Capital Corporation ("NC Capital") first bought the Note from Home 123
and Plaintiff subsequently received it through a securitized trust. See PI. 's Opp'n
at 20. And at the hearing, Plaintiff's counsel inexplicably stated that discovery is
required to deternrine the Note's assignment, even though all facts concerning any
valid assignment should certainly be known to Plaintiff without having to conduct
discovery. In other words, even Plaintiff, who is master of its Complaint and by all
accounts should know the basis of its claims, apparently disclaims the allegations
in the Complaint and at this time cannot establish its legal right to enforce the
Mortgage and Note.
The Complaint's assertion that Plaintiff obtained the Mortgage and
Note through the January 13,2009 assignment is further called into doubt by the
fact that Plaintiff brings this action as "Trustee Morgan Stanley ABS Capital I Inc.
Trust 2007-NCI Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2007-NC-I"–
suggesting (as Plaintiffnow argues) that Plaintiffmay have received the Mortgage
and/or Note through a Pooling and Servicing Agreement ("PSA") in 2007. From
the evidence presented by the Williamses (Plaintiff presented no evidence on
standing in Opposition), Home 123 generally sold mortgages to its affiliate NC
Capital, who then resold the mortgages for inclusion into securitized trusts. See
Williamses' Ex. Gat 4,-r,-r 9, 11. And NC Capital and Morgan Stanley ABS
Capital I Inc., with Plaintiff as trustee, entered into a PSA dated January 1, 2007.
See Williamses' Ex. U. The PSA requires NC Capital to deliver to Plaintiff
assignments of mortgage for each mortgage loan, and for Plaintiff to certify
"receipt of a Mortgage Note and Assignment of Mortgage for each applicable
Mortgage Loan." Id. at 41-42.
This evidence presents two problems for Plaintiff. First, if Plaintiff
did indeed obtain the Mortgage and Note through a 2007 PSA, then the 2007 PSA
is yet another reason why the January 13,2009 assignment is a nullity and the
Complaint's assertion that Plaintiff obtained the Mortgage and Note from Home
123 is untrue. Second, the evidence presented does not actually establish that
Plaintiff received the Mortgage and Note through the PSA — there is no evidence
on the record establishing what mortgages were included in the PSA. Thus,
although Plaintiff might have obtained the Mortgage and Note through this PSA,
there is no evidence showing or even suggesting that this is indeed the case. As a
result, there is no evidence — at least on the record presented before the court —
creating a genuine issue of material fact that Plaintiffwas assigned the Mortgage
and Note on which it now seeks to foreclose.
In opposition, Plaintiff argues that the Williamses are not parties or
beneficiaries to the assignment such that they cannot challenge it. In making this
argument, Plaintiff relies on caselaw from this court rejecting that a
plaintiff/mortgagee can assert claims raising assignment irregularities and/or
noncompliance with a PSA. See Fed. Nat'! Mortg. Ass'n v. Kamakau, 2012 WL
622169, at *3-4 (D. Haw. Feb. 23, 2012) (relying on Velasco v. Sec. Nat'l Mortg.
Co., — F. Supp. 2d —-, 2011 WL 4899935, at *4 (D. Haw. Oct. 14,2011), to
reject "slander of title" claim challenging assignment of the note and mortgage
because where the borrower is not a party or intended beneficiary of the
assignment, he cannot dispute the validity of the assignment); Abubo v. Bank of
New York Mellon, 2011 WL 6011787, at *8 (D. Haw. Nov. 30,2011) (rejecting
claim asserting violation of a PSA because a third party lacks standing to raise a
violation of a PSA and noncompliance with terms of a PSA is irrelevant to the
validity of the assignment).
Plaintiffs argument confuses a borrower's, as opposed to a
lender's, standing to raise affirmative claims. In Williams v. Rickard, 2011 WL
2116995, at *5 (D. Haw. May 25,2011), — which involved the same parties in this
action and in which Lei Williams asserted affirmative claims against Deutsche
Bank — Chief Judge Susan Oki Mollway explained the difference between the two:
[Lei Williams is] confused about the doctrine of legal
standing. [Lei Williams] believers] that, because
Deutsche Bank and Real Time have not proven that they
have standing to enforce the loan documents, they lack
standing to seek summary judgment on the affirmative
claims asserted against them. Had Deutsche Bank or
Real Time filed affirmative claims to enforce the notes
and mortgages, they would have had to establish their
legal right to enforce those documents. However,
Williams has sued Deutsche Bank and Real Time, and
the banks are merely seeking a determination that they
are not liable to Williams for the claims Williams asserts
against them. The banks need not establish that they are
the legal owners of Williams's loans before they defend
against Williams's claims. "Standing" is a plaintiff's
requirement, and Williams misconstrues the concept in
arguing that Defendants must establish "standing" to
defend themselves.
(emphasis added). In this action, the proverbial shoe is on the other foot —
Deutsche Bank asserts affirmative claims against the Williamses seeking to enforce
the Mortgage and Note, and therefore must establish its legal right (i.e., standing)
to do so. See, e.g., IndyMac Bank v. Miguel, 117 Haw. 506, 513, 184 P.3d 821,
828 (Haw. App. 2008) (explaining that for standing, a mortgagee must have "a
sufficient interest in the Mortgage to have suffered an injury from [the
mortgagor's] default"). As explained above, Deutsche Bank has failed to do so.
The court therefore GRANTS the Williamses' Motion to Dismiss.
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ANN ARBOR, Mich. – A new poll shows 82 percent of adults support banning smoking in cars when children under 13 are riding in the vehicle.
According to the latest University of Michigan Mott Children's Hospital National Poll on Children's Health, support is strong for prohibiting drivers and passengers from smoking when kids are in the car. However, only seven states nationwide have laws banning the practice.
Also in this month's poll, 87 percent of adults said they'd support a ban on smoking in businesses where children are allowed. Seventy-five percent expressed support for banning smoking in homes where children have asthma or another lung disease.
"Smoke is a real health hazard for kids whose lungs are still developing, and especially for kids who have illnesses like asthma where the lungs are particularly fragile and flare up when exposed to secondhand smoke," says Matthew M. Davis, M.D., M.A.P.P., director of the C.S. Mott Children's Hospital National Poll on Children's Health.
Even among current smokers in the poll, more than one half supported bans that would protect children from secondhand smoke. For example, 60 percent of current smokers said they'd strongly support or support a ban on smoking in cars with children under 13 years old present, compared with 84 percent of former smokers and 87 percent of never-smokers.
"Although the number of people smoking has dropped dramatically in the last 50 years, secondhand smoke remains a health risk," says Davis, who is associate professor of pediatrics and internal medicine at the U-M Medical School and associate professor of Public Policy at U-M's Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy.
In 2007 the American Academy of Pediatrics began advocating for specific legislation to prohibit smoking in cars with children present.
A 2006 study by researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health found "alarming" levels of secondhand smoke were generated in just five minutes in vehicles under various driving, ventilation, and smoking conditions. According to the California Environmental Protection Agency, secondhand smoke in cars can be 10 times more concentrated than the level considered unhealthy by the U.S. EPA – and it is dangerous even if the windows are open.
Between 2006 and 2011, four states (Arkansas, California, Louisiana and Maine) enacted statewide bans on smoking in vehicles carrying children. In 2013 three states (Illinois, Oregon, Utah) have enacted similar laws.
The violations usually carry a fine and often can be enforced only if a police officer has stopped the driver for a separate traffic violation or other offense, much like current seat belt laws.
Four other states (Hawaii, Indiana, New Jersey, New York) have cities or counties that ban smoking in vehicles with children present.
"But this is about children's health, not about writing tickets. Just having the laws in place raises awareness and discourages the behavior – reducing the chances that kids will be exposed to secondhand smoke," says Davis.
"Given the high level of public support for laws prohibiting smoking in vehicles with children in this poll, it may be that the bans enacted by a small number of states should be considered by many more states, and perhaps at the national level," Davis says. Currently, the federal government prohibits smoking on all commercial flights.
"Forty of the 50 states currently ban smoking in public places in one form or another. At this time, we are not aware of laws at this time that prohibit smoking in homes where children have asthma or other lung conditions. However, the level of public support for ways to reduce children's exposure to secondhand smoke is so high that now may be the time to for public health officials and legislators to move forward on ideas like these to protect children's health," Davis says.
Full report: http://mottnpch.org/reports-surveys/broad-public-support-banning-smoking-vehicles-kids-present#
Resources: Smoke-free Vehicles When Children are Present
Secondhand smoke, kids and cars Harm to kids from secondhand smoke
Large majority of adults have smoke-free rules in homes, vehicles
Website: Check out the Poll's new website: MottNPCH.org. You can search and browse over 70 NPCH Reports, suggest topics for future polls, share your opinion in a quick poll, and view information on popular topics. The National Poll on Children's Health team welcomes feedback on the new website, including features you'd like to see added. To share feedback, e-mail [email protected].
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/mottnpch Twitter: @MottNPCH
Purpose/Funding: The C.S. Mott Children's Hospital National Poll on Children's Health – based at the Child Health Evaluation and Research Unit at the University of Michigan and funded by the Department of Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases and the University of Michigan Health System – is designed to measure major health care issues and trends for U.S. children.
Data Source: This report presents findings from a nationally representative household survey conducted exclusively by GfK Custom Research, LLC GfK Custom Research, LLC (GfK), for C.S. Mott Children's Hospital via a method used in many published studies. The survey was administered in June 2013 to a randomly selected, stratified group of adults age 18 or over (n=1,996) from GfK's web-enabled KnowledgePanel® that closely resembles the U.S. population. The sample was subsequently weighted to reflect population figures from the Census Bureau. The survey completion rate was 58 percent among panel members contacted to participate. The margin of error is ± 2 to 3 percentage points and higher among subgroups.
Findings from the U-M C.S. Mott Children's Hospital National Poll on Children's Health do not represent the opinions of the investigators or the opinions of the University of Michigan.


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Juan Gómez-Quiñones
Research Professor
From 1969 to the present he has taught university classes each year and has delivered papers before professional historical societies and other professional venues in the United States and Mexico. During this time, he has completed several research projects, relating to political/labor history and public policy. Among his over 30 published writings are the books or monographs: Mexican American Labor.•.. 1790-1990; The Roots of Chicano Politics: 1600-1940; Chicano Politics 1940-1990; Porfirio Diaz-Los Intellectuals; Sembradores: Ricardo Flores Magón and the PLM; Mexican Students for La Raza, and the articles "On Culture," "Caso and the Idea of Progress," "Toward a Perspective on Chicano History," "Chicano Labor Conflict and Organizing, 1900-1920," "Mexican Immigration to the United States," "Critique on the National Question," "The Relations Between the Mexican Community in the United States and Mexico," and "Questions Within Women's Historiography," and the recent "What Comes Around Goes Around," "Outside/Inside, Popular Culture in the Making," "The Border as Image (Sp.);" "A Triangular Paradigm on Hybridities"; "Latino-Latino Americans (co-author)"; "A.Caso Las ironias de un modernista;" "Tlecuauhila zupeuth/Guadalupe/Tonantzin"; "2X2=4, 2 Essays on Indigeneity and Indigenitude"; and "Sin Frontera, Sin Cuartel (PLM, 1900-1930)." He is completing a study on historical arts and culture, "Times and Seasons," and a collection of essays on ethics and literary and ideological actors, "North and South." His current major book project (co-author) is on the CCM mobilizations of the 60s and 70s decades, Aztlan Making and an autobiography.
Since 1969, Professor Gómez-Quiñones has been active in higher education, culture activities promotion and Chicano Studies efforts. He was awarded a National Endowment for the Humanities fellowship and pursued his research at the University of Texas during 1972-1973 working with Professor Américo Paredes. He trained in social analysis at the Newberry Library Community History Program, Chicago, 1975. Presently, he is Professor of History, UCLA. At one time he served as Director of the Chicano Studies Research Center at UCLA. Professor Gómez-Quiñones was a founding co-editor of Aztlan, International Journal of Chicano Studies Research. He has also served on UC system and campus committees and is a consistent supporter and contributor to the development of Chicano Studies, including co-founder of two programs and co-editor of the Plan de Santa Barbara. He has served on advisory committees, for The College Board/ETS, and FIPSE, and served as panelist or reviewer for the NEH & NEA, and national foundations. He is a published poet, 5th and Grande Vista, and several critics have written on his work.
Professor Gómez-Quiñones has for many years been active in civic affairs. Apart from his academic interest, he is recognized as an able community organizer and planner. Some of his activities have been civil rights, electoral politics, community education, labor rights, immigrant equities advocacy, legal defense, youth leadership, and cultural programs. He participated in UMAS-MECHA, The Congress of Mexican-American Unity, EICC, The Urban Coalition, and various community political efforts and publications efforts principally in Los Angeles. From the eighties to nineties he participated as co-organizer of pro-immigrant rights efforts and marches including the 1996 Washington D.C. National Immigrant Rights march for which he wrote the agenda. Professor Gomez-Quinones has served as Member Board of Trustees, California State University and Colleges, commissioner, WASC Accrediting Commission for Senior Colleges and Universities and as member of the board of directors of the following civic organizations: MALDEF, The Latino Museum (co-founder), The Mexican Cultural Institute (co-founder), OSIEC (1986-1996), and the El Pueblo de Los Angeles Commission (initial Bd).
He has also participated in several arts, film, and media projects, and in radio and television programs. He is a co-founder of Academia Semillas del Pueblo XINAXCALMECAC (LAUSD Charrter School).
Professor Gómez-Quiñones, born in Parral, Chihuahua, raised in Boyle Heights, East Los Angeles, attended Cantwell M.H. school, studied at UCLA, received his B.A. in literature (with J. Espey and H. Meyerhoff), his M.A. in Latin-American Studies (with R. Beals and H. Nicholson) and the Ph.D. in History at UCLA (with R. Burr & J. Wilkie). His dissertation is titled, "Social Change and Intellectual Discontent: 1890-1911." As graduate, in 1965, Professor Gómez-Quiñones was editor of the Statistical Abstract of Latin America, 1964 and a teaching fellow at the UCLA history department, in 1965-1966. During 1966-1968, he was a Foreign Area Fellow sponsored by the Social Science Research Council and the American Council of Learned Societies, resident in Mexico City and Santa Monica. He has resided in Los Angeles, Mexico City, San Diego, Austin, Chicago and Albuquerque. In 1990 Professor Gómez-Quiñones received the Scholar of the Year Award from the National Association of Chicano Studies at Albuquerque, New Mexico. In 2003 he received the Ann C. Rosenfield Distinguished Community Partnership Prize.
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Padres unveil new uniform designs
The Padres today unveiled their updated uniforms and new logos for the 2012 season at a special event for select season ticket holders at PETCO Park. Padres President/Chief Operating Officer Tom Garfinkel was on hand along with several Padres players to make the announcement.
Included in the uniform changes for 2012, are updated home whites and road grays, along with a new blue alternate uniform featuring the Padres' "SD" on the chest. San Diego's military jerseys will still feature the digital camouflage pattern modeled after the U.S. Marines, but will have updated numbers and text on the back to remain consistent with the Padres' other uniforms.
All four of the updated jerseys are currently available for sale at the Padres store and online at padres.com/shop.
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That's works for me!! Very Cool!!
Why aren't they BROWN? Anything that doesn't return to the brown roots of the franchise is unacceptable.
ever think that maybe we suck is cause we care more about what we wear that how we play? stick to baseball not clothing design….just a thought..
Now to help AMERICA, can't the PADRES get a vendor to have these new uniforms made and labeled "MADE IN AMERICA" and how American is baseball with made in China labels? Come on team managers, owners, and fans, lets get with the program and stop supporting foreign enterprise with our American sports teams!


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Omaha musician realizes dream through YouTube
An Omaha man who grew up around music is finally making his dream a reality thanks to the Internet.
Dereck Higgins grew up with music in his blood. During his childhood, he was fascinated with his father's music studio, and by the '70s, he started playing with bands. Because of his love for music, he amassed a huge record collection.
Although he loved his ambient electronic music, making a living off his talent and landing a record deal eluded him.
Instead, he made a career out of being a mental health specialist while he kept music beating in the background.
Still passionate about making his music available to others, he started putting his music online.
"About two or three years ago, I started making videos on YouTube, showing my record collection because I found people around the world doing that," Higgins said.
Joining the vinyl community online became a turning point for Higgins. Some of his 3,000 followers asked to hear his music. He burned 25 CDs and sold them in one day.
After making it known he wanted to put his work on vinyl, strangers loaned him $2,000. Together with some of his savings, it paid for his first album to be released.
Higgins will release his sixth album this August. All his other albums have sold out.
His success has allowed him to retire from his mental health career to focus on music. He has also proved to himself that he can realize his goals without a large recording company behind him.
"I can do what I want with the music. I can do it now, and I can do it on my own," he said.
Higgins recently landed a deal to write a soundtrack for a movie currently in production. His popularity in European markets has given him exposure to other musicians, allowing him to play on a Danish artist's next album.
Currently, Higgins is an artist in residence at the Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts at its Carver Bank building.
He encourages young people and anyone with a dream to pursue it. He believes the Internet can open doors.
"One of the things you can now do is create and put it out immediately to share. There's so much content that maybe you won't be seen, but the idea is you can create, share it and you never know what happens," he said.
Higgins' recordings are available online for free and for purchase, allowing people to listen at their own price point.
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Dinner Tonight: Courgette Carbonara Recipe
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Pasta carbonara is one of my favorite meals. A simple, fast, and utterly satisfying concoction, it is probably my number one comfort food. So I don't take all that kindly to recipes that mess with a good thing. Still, a few zucchini from the farmer's market were tempting me, and adding something a little green to my dinner probably wasn't the worst idea. So this Jamie Oliver recipe, a carbonara with the addition of zucchini and fresh thyme, seemed like a good fit.
Turns out that zucchini is a perfectly tasty companion for carbonara. My only real objection in this recipe's deviation from the original formula is the use of heavy cream—the carbonara crutch. Authentic pasta carbonara shouldn't contain cream at all; the silky texture ought to come from the egg yolks, cheese, and pasta cooking water, which combine with the hot pasta and melt (not scramble) into something unctuous and rich. I left it out of the recipe, and all was well.
- Yield:4
- 6 medium zucchini
- 1 pound penne
- 5 egg yolks
- 2 good handfuls of freshly grated Parmesan cheese
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 12 thick slices of bacon or pancetta, cut into thick lardons
- 5-6 sprigs fresh thyme, leaves removed
- salt and freshly ground black pepper
Bring a large pot of salty water to boil. Cook the penne until al dente.
In the meantime, slice the zucchini into half moons 1/4-inch thick. Combine the egg yolks in a bowl with half the Parmesan and plenty of freshly ground black pepper and a pinch of salt. Stir with a fork to combine and set aside.
Drain the pasta, reserving a mugful of pasta water, and return to the cooking pot. Add a splash of the pasta water to the egg yolk mixture to loosen it into a sauce, then pour it over the pasta along with the bacon and zucchini. Toss the whole thing to combine as the ingredients meld together, adding additional pasta water if needed to achieve a creamy texture. Serve with the remaining cheese.
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Camera Raw 7.1 is now available on Adobe.com and through the update mechanism in Adobe Photoshop CS6. Camera Raw 7.1 adds new Defringe controls to help address chromatic aberration. Defringe is available as part of the Lens Correction panel. Camera Raw can also now read 16-bit, 24-bit, and 32-bit HDR files. Supported HDR formats are TIFF and DNG. Photoshop CS6 customers can upgrade to Camera Raw 7.1. Customers of previous versions of Photoshop can utilize DNG Converter 7.1 for raw file support for newly added cameras.
New Camera Support in Camera Raw 7.1
- Canon EOS 1D X*
- Canon EOS 5D Mark III*
- Canon EOS 60Da
- Canon PowerShot G1 X*
- Fuji FinePix F505EXR*
- Fuji FinePix F605EXR*
- Fuji FinePix F770EXR*
- Fuji FinePix F775EXR*
- Fuji FinePix HS30EXR*
- Fuji FinePix HS33EXR*
- Fuji X-Pro1
- Leaf Credo 80
- Leica M Monochrom
- Leica X2
- Nikon D4*
- Nikon D800*
- Nikon D800E*
- Olympus OM-D E-M5*
- Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF5
- Pentax K-01*
- RICOH LENS A16 24-85mm F3.5-5.5
- Samsung NX20*
- Samsung NX210*
- Samsung NX1000*
- Sony Alpha NEX-F3
- Sony Alpha NEX-VG20*
- Sony Alpha SLT-A37
- Sony SLT-A57*
* denotes that the camera model was supported in DNG Converter 6.7
New Lens Profile Support in Camera Raw 7.1
|Lens Mount
|Lens Name
|Canon EF 35mm f/2
|Sigma APO 50-150mm F2.8 EX DC OS HSM
|Tokina AT-X 107 AF DX Fish-Eye 10-17mm f/3.5-4.5
|Tokina AT-X PRO FX 16-28mm f/2.8
|Tokina AT-X PRO FX 17-35mm f/4
|LEICA APO-SUMMICRON-M 50 mm f/2 ASPH.
|Nikon AF-S Micro NIKKOR 60mm f/2.8G ED
|Nikon AF Micro-NIKKOR 60mm f/2.8D
|Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 28mm f/1.8G
|Tokina AT-X 107 AF DX Fish-Eye 10-17mm f/3.5-4.5
|Tokina AT-X PRO FX 16-28mm f/2.8
|Tokina AT-X PRO FX 17-35mm f/4
|Sigma APO 50-150mm F2.8 EX DC OS HSM
|Sigma 85mm F1.4 EX DG HSM
|Sigma 19mm F2.8 EX DN
|Sigma 30mm F2.8 EX DN
|Sigma 18-200mm F3.5-6.3 II DC OS HSM
|Sigma 17-50mm EX DC HSM
|Sigma APO 50-150mm F2.8 EX DC OS HSM
|Sigma 12-24mm F4.5-5.6 DG HSM II
|Sigma 18-200mm F3.5-6.3 II DC OS HSM
|Sigma 19mm F2.8 EX DN
|Sigma 30mm F2.8 EX DN
|Sigma 150mm F2.8 EX DG OS HSM APO Macro
Camera Raw 7.1 Release Notes
These items have been FIXED in Camera Raw 7.1:
- Keyboard shortcuts for the point curve channel on Windows were not functional.
- Local corrections are not refreshing after applying lens corrections. This occurs on both TIFF and JPEG files with noise reduction disabled.
- Point curve adjustments made to a single R,G, or B channels in the Tone Curve tab can be reset a channel curve is adjusted.
- Photoshop and Bridge show different values for the image resolution in certain images. Photoshop and Bridge are not changing the image resolution, but displaying different values.
- Applying keywords to multiple files can sometimes cause errors when writing the keyword metadata to file. This can occur when the "Save Image Settings in" preference within Camera Raw is set to the Camera Raw database.
Download Links:
DNG Converter 7.1 – Windows, Mac