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Presently, there is a strong competition to European manufacturers from China's solar panel industry that exports panels at really low prices. To fend down competition, there features been a change to non-silicon-based and thin-film PV technologies. Nevertheless, these technologies have only marginal benefits and set up requirements are similar to traditional solar panels. In addition, modules are mostly rigid panels and cannot be integrated into big structures without modifying the architecture design. The task decreased module and installation expenses by combining versatile OPV materials with tensile materials utilizing roll-to-roll manufacturing techniques. The ability to create the panels on fabric surfaces means that complex shapes can be created to increase solar collection. Addressing big areas with versatile polymer structures costs less than glass, with programs spanning from walkway shades, coach stops and carport covers to arcades and stadiums. The organic solar cells also do maybe not include the customary indium-tin-oxide that's scarce, expensive and brittle. Rather, project partners used aluminium that is cheaper and can be scaled up to create aluminium foils. The modules comply with European and intercontinental criteria and laws for implementation in off-grid since well as grid-connected or feed-in-tariff (FIT) power schemes. In the short term, FIT plans provide operators with motivation for investment by having to pay them for power created in their installed systems such as tones. In the long term, researchers envision a final system in which FIT schemes will be unnecessary given the low price of the PV technology contrasted to grid prices. Taken together, the materials and technology promise to bring the expense of solar energy on par with that of traditional power. Reduced production, transport and operating expenses should encourage investment in PV solar power. The technology is truly pioneering as there's nothing comparable available on the market these days.
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C.J. Saulsgiver will never forget his 12th birthday, the day he used CPR to save his mother's life.
The Roy youth was playing Xbox games with a friend after school on Tuesday when he heard his mother yelling, in a high-pitched voice, for him to call 911, he said Friday at McKay-Dee Hospital Center in Ogden.
He found his mother in the upstairs hall, one side of her face purple and her hands swollen. C.J. called the emergency dispatcher, and she stayed on speaker phone as he put to use the cardiopulmonary resuscitation, or CPR, skills he learned several months ago.
His mother, 55, seemed to start breathing again after he first shared his breath, he said, but soon stopped breathing.
So he alternated the chest pushes and breathing three or four times before the Roy Fire Department's paramedics arrived and took over. By then, her pulse was three beats per minute.
On Friday, Roy Fire Chief Jason Poulsen awarded C.J. a hero's plaque, saying the boy's quick puffs of air and pushes on his mother's chest likely saved Cristine Saulsgiver's life. She suffered a severe heart attack but is expected to fully recover.
Her doctor, Yuri Khodakov, said that it's speculative but agreed C.J. probably saved his mother's life. "He didn't panic," the doctor noted.
The sixth-grader at Lakeview Elementary learned CPR in Brigham City, where he had joined his parents in training required of potential foster families.
Poulsen, who suggested C.J. come to the fire station for a belated birthday party and perhaps consider an early career as a paramedic, said his action was pivotal. "He gave his mom every chance to survive," he said.
The paramedics were able to do a scan of her heart so McKay-Dee's caregivers knew what to expect when she arrived by ambulance, he said.
"All kids should know they can do this," said C.J.'s dad, Doc Saulsgiver, who praised the paramedics and the hospital, as well as his son, for saving his wife's life. "This old dog got taught a new trick by this young kid."
There was also a bit of symmetry in C.J.'s heroics, he said.
The boy was just 3 months old and living with his addicted mother when Cristine Saulsgiver his grandmother by birth took him to the same hospital to be checked for drugs.
"From that day on, we've had him," said Doc Saulsgiver. The couple adopted C.J.
His aunt, Becky Christlieb, of Layton, said she doubted most adults would have the presence of mind do to what the 12-year-old boy did.
"I'm glad he was brave and rational enough to do that under pressure," she said.
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The details of the gunfire and chaos that erupted on a quiet Ogden street one night in January will finally see the light of a courtroom.
With the preliminary hearing for Matthew David Stewart beginning Wednesday, Weber County prosecutors will for the first time present evidence of the shootout that killed Weber-Morgan Narcotics Strike Force Agent Jared Francom and wounded five other officers.
Those injured officers are among about a dozen people who have been subpoenaed to testify this week in 2nd District Court. The hearing is scheduled to last three days.
But Stewart's family said the hearing also represents the first chance to help vindicate a man they have called a "prisoner of the war on drugs."
"It's going to be a complex case," Stewart's sister-in-law, Erna Stewart, said Friday. "But some of the details are going to be coming out and I'm excited for that."
Stewart's attorney, Randall Richards, has said he plans to challenge most of the charges against his client. But Erna Stewart said she is not expecting charges to be dismissed.
At a preliminary hearing, prosecutors must show there is enough evidence for a case to proceed. The burden of proof is substantially lighter than it would be at trial, and Judge Noel Hyde is required to view the evidence in the most favorable way for the state.
"If enough information got out to where Matt [had his charges dropped], it would be awesome," Erna Stewart said. "But realistically, it's a high-profile case. I don't think that's going to happen."
Police and prosecutors allege Matthew Stewart was growing marijuana inside his home at 3268 Jackson Ave. in Ogden, when the strike force served a search warrant there on Jan. 4.
A few details of the ensuing shootout have been made available through police reports, court documents and a jailhouse interview Matthew Stewart gave The Salt Lake Tribune. But the prosecution and Stewart supporters have made only passing statements about a key issue in the case: Whether police properly announced their presence so Stewart should have known who they were.
Prosecutors have said strike force members repeatedly knocked and announced themselves. When no one answered and officers entered the home, court and police documents have claimed, Stewart was hiding then emerged firing a pistol. Stewart has claimed that he thought a group of men had broken into his home to rob and to murder him.
Wounded officers Shawn Grogan, Michael Rounkles, Kasey Burrell and Nate Hutchinson have all been subpoenaed, according to court records. Court records do not show that Roy Officer James VanderWarf, who was shot in the right hip, has been subpoenaed.
Weber-Morgan Strike Force agent Derek Draper, who also exchanged gunfire in the shootout, and Sgt. Troy Burnett as well as Ogden police Officer Tyler Crouch also has been subpoenaed.
Stewart's ex-girlfriend, Stacy Wilson, also has received a subpoena. Wilson , after a bad breakup, reportedly tipped police off to the marijuana police said they found in his house.
Stewart is charged with aggravated murder and eight other felony counts relating to the shooting and marijuana cultivation. Prosecutors have said they will seek the death penalty.
During a February interview at the Weber County Jail, Stewart told The Tribune he believed two bullets struck him during the shootout, and that one bullet seemed to have struck his right hip and then entered his abdomen.
Erna Stewart said her brother-in-law is "healing quite well."
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We've just been processing author commission withdrawal requests made in Dec. All the PayPal, MoneyBooker and Payoneer payments have been made but unfortunately I missed, by several minutes the final authorisation for about 150 SWIFT wire transfers. We've checked with the bank and their system does not allow foreign currency transactions to be made after the 16:30 AEST cut off time so we will have to reenter and authorise these transactions for processing tomorrow.
I'm sorry for the extra delay on these payments. I hope this is not impacting any of you severely.
We've checked how we can enter and authorise these payments ahead of time in the future to ensure that they get processed by the 16:30 AEST deadline so we shouldn't see this particular problem again.
TL;DR: 150 of the SWIFT wire transfers have been delayed by about 24 hours. I'm sorry – it shouldn't happen again.
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Thanks Vahid, Payoneer already processed (Load) payments, ready for pickup.
No surprise or worries, we always familiar with 17th day payment processes. I would like to see a mistaken payment process on 14th
Yeah, payments suck. Everything sucks.
But thanks Vahid for informing us! You rock! ("irony intended")
Thank you. so i will wait until tomorrow then , Keep up the good work, Envato Team!
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Thank you. so i will wait until tomorrow then , Keep up the good work, Envato Team!
That's exactly what i was talking about!!
Keep up the good work! What good work?!
Since you missed SWIFT for 1 day, next month we can expect SWIFT payments on 14.
So that means, the whole swift process will be delayed til tomorrow?
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Thank you. so i will wait until tomorrow then , Keep up the good work, Envato Team!
That's exactly what i was talking about!!Keep up the good work! What good work?!
Usually whenever a slight mistake happens, it is common to see some appreciation towards overall performance instead of just poking the mistake. Every member deserves to freely show their opinion – doesn't matter if it is positive or negative. Cross talk is what distracts the feedbacks! Just my 2 dollars!


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Rock Hill, S.C. – Brevard senior libero Rebecca Schoonover was named to the 2010 Preseason All-SAC Volleyball team as a Second Team selection, as announced by the South Atlantic Conference office on Tuesday afternoon.
Schoonover becomes the second BC volleyball player to receive preseason recognition, following Brooke Seaman who was a first team selection last season. This past year, Schoonover led the Tornados with 514 digs on the season, averaging 4.59 per contest while captaining the team to their second straight Food Lion South Atlantic Conference tournament.
Wingate University, which has won the South Atlantic Conference volleyball championship for the past four years, is the favorite to capture a fifth straight title, according to a vote of the league's head coaches.
Wingate received eight first-place votes and 98 total points out of a possible 100. Wingate has gone 46-0 against conference opponents during the regular season the past three seasons and has won four consecutive Food Lion SAC Volleyball Tournaments.
The Bulldogs placed five on the preseason All-Conference volleyball team, which was also announced. Stormi Gale, 2009 SAC Player of the Year, returns to the first team and is joined by Lauren Billo, Liz Willis and Maggie Malone at the libero position. Rebecca Bloemer was named to the second team. Billo led the SAC in hitting percentage last season, while Willis led the league in assists.
Catawba College is picked to finish second with 82 points. Catawba also received one first-place vote. The Catawba Indians advanced to the Southeast Region tournament for the second year in a row last season. Shay Meeks and Kaitlyn Whitmer were named to the preseason All-Conference first team. Meeks was third in the conference in kills last season, while Whitmer was the Freshman of the Year.
Carson-Newman College is picked to finish third with 77 points after finishing second last year and advancing to the championship of the Food Lion SAC Tournament and semifinals of the NCAA Southeast Region tournament. The Lady Eagles placed two on the preseason All-Conference team. Carly Mozgai was named to the first team, while Nikki James was named to the second team. Mozgai was among the league leaders in hitting percentage last season, while James ranked third in the league in blocks.
Lincoln Memorial University is picked to finish fourth with 69 points. LMU also placed two on the preseason All-Conference team. Lauren Kiwacka was named to the first team, while Candace Richardson was named to the second team. Kiwacka averaged 5.48 assists last season, while Richardson averaged 2.37 kills and 2.6 digs.
Tusculum College garnered 58 points to finish fifth in the poll. The Pioneers placed Sam Underwood on the preseason All-Conference second team. She averaged 2.13 kills and 2.59 digs last season.
Lenoir-Rhyne University is picked to finish sixth with 49 points. The Bears placed Meredith Lutz on the preseason All-Conference second team. She finished third in the league in assists last season, averaging 9.69 per game.
Newberry College is the pick to finish seventh with 46 total points. Newberry also received one first-place vote. Newberry is represented on the preseason All-Conference second team by Kara Harris, who averaged 1.8 kills and 2.6 digs, and was among the conference leaders in service aces.
New conference member Anderson University is picked to finish eighth. The Trojans placed Jamie Lancaster on the preseason All-Conference second team. She led the Conference Carolinas in kills last season with 4.35 per set, which ranked eighth nationally, and was a first-team All-Region selection.
Mars Hill College is picked to finish ninth with 24 points, while Brevard College rounds out the poll with 17 points.
Brevard's Rebecca Schoonover, a preseason second-team selection at libero, rounds out the preseason All-Conference team. Schoonover averaged 4.59 digs per set last season.
The 2010 volleyball season begins Thursday, September 2 with Brevard at Converse. The rest of the league is in action on Friday, September 3, including tournaments at Anderson and Catawba.
The Food Lion SAC Tournament will be held at Catawba, with quarterfinal play on Friday, November 12. The semifinals are Saturday, November 13, with the championship set for Sunday, November 14. The top eight teams in the final regular season standings advance to the conference tournament. The winner of the tournament receives an automatic bid into the NCAA Division II Tournament.
1. Wingate (8) 98
2. Catawba (1) 82
3. Carson-Newman 77
4. Lincoln Memorial 69
5. Tusculum 58
6. Lenoir-Rhyne 49
7. Newberry (1) 46
8. Anderson 30
9. Mars Hill 24
10. Brevard 17
(First place votes in parenthesis)
Carly Mozgai, Carson-Newman
Shay Meeks, Catawba
Kaitlyn Whitmer, Catawba
Lauren Kiwacka, Lincoln Memorial
Lauren Billo, Wingate
Stormi Gale, Wingate
Liz Willis, Wingate
Maggie Malone, Wingate, libero
Jamie Lancaster, Anderson
Nikki James, Carson-Newman
Meredith Lutz, Lenoir-Rhyne
Candace Richardson, Lincoln Memorial
Kara Harris, Newberry
Sam Underwood, Tusculum
Rebecca Bloemer, Wingate
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Philadelphia to Host First National Citizen Services Gathering on E-Gov's Future
May 20, 2004
Contact: Deborah K. Ruiz (202) 501-1231
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Hundreds of top industry executives and senior government officials are expected to arrive in Philadelphia next week for the Management of Change conference which will focus on advances in E-government and on the use of this technology to improve services provided to citizens by government. The conference is sponsored by the American Council for Technology and the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA).
"A key goal of President Bush's Management Agenda is to provide citizens with government information and services in the way they want to receive them, not in the way the government wants to provide them," said Mary Joy (M.J.) Jameson, Associate Administrator of GSA's Office of Citizen Services and Communications (OCSC), where prime E-Gov responsibilities are housed. "This conference will help federal managers do that by demonstrating best practices and providing the opportunities to discuss how to deliver world-class customer service with some of the most successful and innovative public and private sector leaders in the country."
"This conference will be like no other," agreed George Bohlinger, Vice President of EDS. "By making the sessions interactive instead of 'talking heads', we hope to stimulate exciting discussions and produce lasting results."
Ms. Jameson and Mr. Bohlinger serve as co-chairs for the 2004 MOC conference.
Conference participants will gain a better understanding of how the tools of E-Government can be used to provide information and services related to homeland security, benefits, healthcare, travel and recreation, business and commerce. Through workshops in these areas, state, federal and local officials can craft strategies for delivering a higher level of performance in citizen services. The program will offer both a large conference feel with well-known keynote speakers and a number of smaller, interactive workshops.
Well-known speakers and panelists include GSA Administrator Stephen A. Perry, as well as: Karen Evans, Administrator, Office of E-Government, Office of Management and Budget; Joseph Barstys, Manager of Customer Relationships, Subaru of America Inc.; S. David Fineman, Chairman, Board of Governors, U.S. Postal Service; Terri Shaw, COO, Office of Federal Student Aid, Department of Education; Dianah Neff, CIO, City of Philadelphia; Paul Light, Director, Center for Public Service, Brookings Institution; Clement Bezold, President, Alternative Futures Associates; and Lee Rainie, Director, Pew Internet & American Life.
The conference will be held May 24-26 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel at Penns Landing in Philadelphia, Pa. Registration is open to government and industry. To register, visit www.fgipc.org/events/0406/index.htm


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Dan Hardy talks Swick, GSP and Daley and trains with new thai coach at Libery gym in Nottingham HERE
Wow. Bad for the sport
"I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me." - Hunter S. Thompson
Disgusting, how do we move forward as a sport when stuff like this goes on?
How you expect to run with the wolves come night when you spend all day sparring with the puppies
Don't worry guys I've e-mailed the Daily Mail about this shocking video
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Listening is cool and shit." BlackdogMMA
I didn't have any sound on but I'm presuming that there was some country and western playing?
the thing that really boils my blood about matches like these, is how in this day and age can such obvious mismatches still get past fighting commissions!!!
Blue was clearly far more experienced than red, blue's ratio of kicks was higher and blue had a much better grasp of more advanced kicks (like the back kick).
All things considered the ref let the match go on far too long and its only luck that no one was seriously hurt.


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'"It's been a difficult time, a personal crisis," Tallinder recently told The Buffalo News from his temporary residence in Bern. "I'm going through a tough time by myself, and to respect my family I'm not going to talk that much about it. It will be a long time before everything gets back to normal again."'
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It was just comfortable, and the laughter was non-stop. We connected on our similar values and goals, plus we had an oddly similar sense of humor and attitude about life. Fast forward to an amazing five years, living such a fun life with the best friend I could ever imagine. Justin started a company, we adopted a sweet puppy, and are currently planning our wedding. But "How did he propose," you ask?
Justin told me we were flying to Bloomfield Hills, Michigan (his hometown) to attend a fancy gala that was honoring his dad. (I had always joked with him that if the proposal day were to come, to PLEASE make sure I looked nice, so this was excellent planning on his part!)
After I was dressed and ready to go, his mom lured me into their beautiful backyard. Something seemed fishy. First I heard the music, then I saw my dad's head accidentally popping through the bushes. All of a sudden, there was my handsome and silly someone in a white tuxedo, red bow-tie, top hat and – of course – shiny shoes! He was riding on a white horse along a red carpet, with a mariachi band playing in the background! It was over-the-top, hilarious, and defined what I love about him.
I tiptoed to the chair Justin had so thoughtfully set out for me on the grass. (I'm pretty sure he thought I was going to pass out from shock!) He dismounted the horse, walked towards me, and got down on one knee. It was a purely magical moment! I was beyond ecstatic and overwhelmed by the emotions and am so excited to take the next step in our love story!


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Manish Arora has come to be known for doing theme with gusto be it circus, Bollywood or the Far East. However, with his latest collection, there was something more organic about how he dealt with geometric shapes, cell-like blobs and thermal detector patterns. The show may have been at the famous Crazy Horse club in Paris, but the collection was definitely an attempt to evolve from his previous literal theme manifestations and make clothes that concentrated on form, heavy embellishment and memorable motifs.
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Pershing was committed to this second decision by his prior decision to deploy the AEF as an independent corps.
Shortly after the wedding, Pershing was promoted to brigadier-general, overstepping 835 more senior officers.
These two great decisions, the most momentous of Pershing's life, occupy about four pages of Gene Smith's book.
As commander of the American Expeditionary Force, Pershing made two all-important and bitterly controversial decisions.
We learn more about Pershing's postwar speech-making than we ever learned about his wartime war-making.
It is not difficult to trace the source of the inspiration of Pershing's life.
At one minute to 11 Pershing appeared at the top of the stand.
The demands of trench service eventually led to the design of what was called the Pershing shoe.
General Pershing was strongly opposed to the granting of an armistice.
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ByMia Lamar
Hear that? It's the sound of the world's biggest investment banks hitting the paper shredder on gloomy forecasts for China's economic growth this year.
Credit Suisse joined in on Monday, raising its growth target for this year to 7.6% from the 7.4% it set in June, which was a downgrade from a previous forecast of 8%, while Barclays also said that growth may have accelerated this quarter from the previous three months.
Deutsche Bank was the first out of the gate on Thursday, raising its forecast for China's second-half growth to 7.7% from 7.6%.
The upgrades so far are modest, although still striking considering it was just earlier this summer that that many brokers were rushing to cut forecasts ahead of what was then a widely expected slowdown in China's second-quarter growth.
Much of the optimism has been sparked by the signs this month of surprisingly strong manufacturing activity, a key part of the world's second-largest economy. That adds to a raft of strong data as well as indications of a willingness at the top levels of government in Beijing to avoid a sharp economic slowdown.
"We believe that the Chinese economy has bottomed," Credit Suisse economist Dong Tao wrote in a note to clients on Monday. "The upward momentum may not be strong, but stabilization itself would be good news, given how bearish the market is about China's outlook."
Credit Suisse offered some caveats. It noted that the "core issue of the economy"—private investment—"is still missing," and will likely remain so until China makes serious structural reforms.
The rising confidence for China also comes as smaller emerging markets in Asia lick their wounds from a nasty selloff last week and signs of deep economic imbalances. Indonesia's Jakarta Composite Index last week fell 9% in just two days after the company reported an unexpectedly broad widening in the country's current-account deficit, just as India worked to stem a historic drop in the value of the rupee.
China was nearly unscathed amid the selloff, protected by the stronger data and relatively closed nature of its market. China's Shanghai Composite, for instance, ended last week just 0.5% lower, versus a 8.7% slide for Indonesian stocks and 7.4% decline for Thai shares.


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'"When you're playing with good players, the opportunities come. You just have to take advantage of it," Gerbe told NHL.com recently. "Last year was a big step for me. I learned more about myself, what kind of player I have to be. I have to be a high-energy, skill player who brings it at both ends of the rink. Some nights you are just not feeling it, but you have to figure it out."'
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Tennessee Shakespeare Company's actors returned from around the country to perform an exciting and original theatre piece with IRIS Orchestra's gifted musicians and conductor Michael Stern.
Directed and developed by TSC Artistic Director Dan McCleary, Themes From A Midsummer Night was a creative exploration of Shakespeare's play through the evocative, live music of Michael Gandolfi as conducted by Michael Stern.
"This is a tremendously challenging and inspiring collaboration that is not often attempted in the U.S.," said Dan McCleary, from rehearsal. "But Michael and I have a lot of fun together, and our actors and musicians are really game. Michael and the musicians will act, the actors will dance, and we'll explore the theatre and Shakespeare's dream world with delight and surprise."
TSC and IRIS shared the stage for the second half of the February 25 program. The first half of the evening featured Copland's suite from Appalachian Spring, as well as the Siegfried Idyll -- the musical gift Richard Wagner first presented to his wife at sunrise to celebrate the birth of their son.
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:: Introduction to Economics
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|08/20/2012 - 12/14/2012
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Qualification for ENG 100; qualification for Math 24 or higher.
|Course Description:
|ECON 120 focuses on general understanding of the functions of economic systems, including various approaches to the organization of production and allocation of resources, and of policies to achieve national economic goals; these include
the determination of national income, inflation, recession, unemployment, taxation, labor unions, environmental pollution, energy, and economic growth.
|Books may be purchased at the Kapiolani CC bookstore or ordered online at http://www.bookstore.hawaii.edu/uhkcc/home.aspx. If you do not have access to the Internet or unable to travel to the bookstore, you may also order by phone at 1-800-UHBOOKS
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|The Internet allows students to take a course at home using a personal computer. Familiarity with using a computer and basic Internet skills (browsing, sending e-mail, saving/sending files) is required. Students must have a computer with Internet access. Depending on the online course, students may be required to log in at a specific day and time or at anytime. Students taking an online course should always contact their instructor after registration or prior to the first day of class to get detailed information regarding the course.
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Teaching The Arab Narrative (JEWISH PRESS OP-ED) By: Hillel Fendel and Chaim Silberstein 05/17/12)
Source: http://www.jewishpress.com/indepth/columns/keeping-jerusalem/teaching-the-arab-narrative/2012/05/17/0/
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How does a state keep its capital city united? A strange question, and one that is clearly not an issue in most of the world. But in Israel, whose capital is the most coveted and contested city in the world, the problem is an acute one.
Even this very week, as we celebrate Yom Yerushalayim, the 45th anniversary of the liberation and unification of our Holy City, the Arab world continues to encourage its masses to believe that Jerusalem will soon be theirs. Thousands of Muslim Brotherhood supporters cheered a preacher in Cairo a few days ago when he promised them that a global Islamic caliphate will have its capital in none other than the city of King David.
The capital of the caliphate the capital of the United States of the Arabs will be Jerusalem, the preacher declared, not Cairo, Mecca or Medina. The crowd then chanted, Millions of martyrs march toward Jerusalem.
What, then, must be Israels strategy to keep Jerusalem united under Jewish sovereignty? In this age of information, it must center not only around security and diplomacy, but also education. To allow the PLO to control the curriculum in Arab schools in eastern Jerusalem as the Palestinian Authority demands means allowing the Arab narrative to be officially inculcated into the younger Arab generation, year after year, with no interference. This, in turn, means that we are conceding our sovereignty in all of Jerusalem, and even worse, tacitly encouraging new generations of terrorists, suicide bombers, and other anti-Israel freedom fighters.
For what is the Arab narrative that comprises the basis of PLO education? It is that the Jews are colonial usurpers of the homeland that has been holy for Palestinians since time immemorial; that Israel has no legal or moral right to exist and is living on borrowed time; that it flourishes not on its own merits but by virtue of American handouts; and that it brutalizes Arabs wherever possible via Israels Occupation Forces and apartheid government.
Having been fed such poison, what self-respecting generation anywhere could grow up with anything other than total hatred and resentment for Israel, and often the desire to kill and maim? For Israel to allow these lies each of the above is nothing less to be taught unfettered is a form of national suicide.
Yet just a week ago, PA prime minister Salam Fayyad announced he will fight for the right to indoctrinate his young precisely in that way. We assure you, he told a rally in Ramallah, that the PA is determined to continue to stand with you to protect the Palestinian curriculum in East Jerusalem, with all its contents, and confront all attempts to distort and tamper with the national and Arabic curriculum in the city.
The PAs Maan news agency reported that in 2011, the Jerusalem municipality sent a letter to the heads of private schools, which receive Israeli funding, instructing them to use only textbooks prepared by the Jerusalem Educational Administration, a joint body of the municipality and the Israeli Ministry of Education. The PA Education Ministry had actually placed its logo all new textbooks; Israel removed it.
We recommend that you write to Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat (http://www.facebook.com/nir.barkat) and to Israels education minister (http://www.facebook.com/pages/Gideon-Saar/34775063966), asking them to ensure that Israel does not give up its rights to teach the truth in its capital.
Benzion Netanyahu, Legality of Settlements, and KeepJerusalem
As these words are being written, Prime Minister Netanyahu is completing his shiva mourning period for his father, Professor Benzion Netanyahu, who passed away at the age of 102. In late 2010, KeepJerusalem conducted what was likely the last video interview with the venerable historian and ardent Zionist, on the occasion of his joining KJs advisory board.
Prof. Netanyahu told KeepJerusalem that the way to ensure Jewish control over all of Jerusalem is to enlist the Jewish people to fight for the integrity and completeness of Jewish Jerusalem. Asked if he meant militarily, he said, Yes, if thats whats needed.
The historian, who was Zeev Jabotinskys last personal secretary, said KeepJerusalem should continue its work in educating the Jews about Jerusalem: But dont come to people like me whove been there 100 times; go to people who havent been there even once! Prime Minister Netanyahu, at his fathers 100 birthday celebration at the Menachem Begin Heritage Center in Jerusalem, said that Prof. Netanyahu was the person who most influenced him in his lifetime. It is partially thanks to Prof. Netanyahu, notes Zionist historian Eli E. Hertz, that Israels towns and cities in Judea and Samaria are totally legal under international law:
Article 80 of the United Nations Charter upholds all decisions made by UNs predecessor, the League of Nations including the Mandate for Palestine, granting Jews the absolute right to settle anywhere between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea. Professor Eugene Rostow, a past dean of Yale Law School and a key draftee of the UN Resolution 242, wrote that Prof. Netanyahu was among those who attended the San Francisco Conference in 1945, with the mission of protecting the Jewish right of settlement in Palestine. Article 80 was the result of their efforts, Rostow concluded.
For more information on how to participate in keeping Jerusalem Jewish, via updates, bus tours of critical parts of Jerusalem, and more, send an e-mail to email@example.com or visit Keep Jerusalem-Im Eshkachechs website at www.keepjerusalem.org.
Chaim Silberstein is president of Keep Jerusalem-Im Eshkachech and the Jerusalem Capital Development Fund. He was formerly a senior adviser to Israels minister of tourism. Hillel Fendel, past senior editor at Israel National News/Arutz-7, is a veteran writer on Jerusalem affairs. Both have lived in Jerusalem and now live in Beit El. (© 2012 JewishPress. 05/17/12)
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When the game got tight and the fans bellowed ever louder, Chris Paul dribbled the ball through his legs, battling Kobe Bryant as the seconds ticked past. Paul made one final move with the ball, shedding Bryant, and then launched a jump shot from near the top of the key.
Paul and the Clippers wouldn't let Bryant and the Lakers rip this one from their grasp, holding on for a 107-102 on Friday in front of a sellout crowd of 20,179 at Staples Center. The Clippers led by as many as 19 points, then gave all but two of them back.
Paul's jumper, after Bryant missed a 3-point attempt from 28 feet at the the other end of the court, gave the Clippers a 103-97 lead with 19.9 seconds remaining in what looked like a blowout at times before turning into a nerve-jangling contest at the end.
Paul scored a team-leading 30 points on 11-for-25 shooting with six rebounds and 13 assists in 41 minutes; Bryant scored a team-leading 38 points on 15-for-25 shooting without a single rebound and only three assists in 44 minutes. Paul had 11 points in the fourth quarter; Bryant scored 16.
"I think Chris is so unselfish and I'd like him to shoot more," Clippers coach Vinny Del Negro said. "He does a great job of getting guys the basketball. He put us on his back at times. - We needed him to play at a high level, and he did. - He thrives in those moments."
The Clippers (26-8) won their 18 th in their past 20 games, but ended a two-game losing streak that halted their franchise-record 17-game winning streak.
The Lakers (15-17) lost their second in a row after looking as if they had turned a corner with six wins in seven games.
The Clippers led 87-71 going into the fourth quarter and then pushed it to 92-73 after Lamar Odom's 3-pointer with 10:36 left.
It looked like the game was over, but it wasn't. Bryant wouldn't allow the Clippers to run away with it.
The Lakers chipped away, rallying to within 99-97 after Bryant's jumper with 1:29 left. Paul countered with two free throws to give the Clippers breathing room at 101-97 with 1:07 remaining. Bryant missed at one end and Paul sank his jumper at the other end to make it 103-97.
"We had a little shot there at the end, but couldn't do it," Lakers coach Mike D'Antoni said. "Kobe was phenomenal both ways and Chris made some amazing shots. It was a great matchup. (Kobe) is trying to pull us out of a ditch. We're pressing. We missed some easy shots. ...
"Kobe had a great game, but it wasn't enough."
Dwight Howard added 21 points and 15 rebounds for the Lakers before fouling out. Pau Gasol replaced him for the game's final 1:07, Gasol's only action of the fourth quarter after he scored only two points and grabbed four rebounds in less than 27 minutes.
Asked what was ailing Gasol, who has nagging foot and knee injuries, D'Antoni said, "Nothing. He just didn't have a good game."
Griffin added 24 points and Paul also had a team-leading 13 assists for the Clippers, who played without backup shooting guard Jamal Crawford. Matt Barnes took most of Crawford's minutes, scoring eight points and grabbing six rebounds. Crawford has a sore left foot.
"Missing Jamal out there and obviously not having the (injured) Chauncey (Billups) or Grant (Hill), I thought Chris and Blake made big plays," Del Negro said. "Blake got in foul trouble, but he had some big hoops (in the second half) for us."
The Clippers are younger and faster than the Lakers, who were described earlier in the week by Bryant as "old and slow," and not for the first time in memory. The Clippers got the drop on the Lakers, racing to a lead that grew to as many as 18 points in the second quarter.
Howard kept the Lakers within the same area code in the opening minutes, showing more grit and polish than in their loss to the Philadelphia 76 ers. If not for his muscle in the paint, the Lakers might have been run out of the gym before the end of the first quarter.
Still, the Clippers built what appeared to be a commanding lead in the second quarter, with the ex-Lakers torching the Lakers. At one point, four former Lakers - Barnes, Odom, Caron Butler and Ronny Turiaf - joined Paul on the court.
The Clippers led 61-51 by halftime, with Paul nearing a triple-double with 12 points, five rebounds and 11 assists in 20:37.
Griffin added 11 points, with the usual collection of high-flying dunks, despite getting into early foul trouble while jousting with Metta World Peace.
Bryant had 14 points and Howard added 13 points and seven rebounds by halftime.


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Seriously though... What would happen if the Great Green Arkleseizure didn't fram up the rammastam before the hermite curve achieved maximum nurdfurdle velocity? Now THAT would be something. AmIrite?
I hadn't seen anyone else mention this, so I thought I would. First, here's a link to the article. I REALLY hope its true that they changed the Phelps' computer desktop background to gay porn.
I don't agree with censoring their "message" by attacking their websites, we can all agree that censorship is a bad thing, but I cannot for the life of me understand why it isn't a crime to picket a funeral or invade the privacy of others to voice your opinion. That's not free speech America, that's harassment!


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on Boot, right after the boot screen selection, shows "loading kernel" and sleeps. Just black screen, nothing. When in text mode, is getting to the NET prompt (5 sec after boot selection) and sleeps.
I can also confirm this
I get the same problem
I also have the 1501.
I am using the USB/DVD version and have created an iso and burned to DVD via the make_iso.bat batch file.
In my case, as soon as I select which boot option I would like (I have tried both compiz (not the nvidia graphics option) and normal BT3 graphics... I get the black screen (no text at all after initial silver boot screen) with no further DVD-Drive activity.
I am going to try the <700MB .ISO version later on tonight and will report back how that goes.
note: the make_iso.bat completed sucessfully so I don't think its down to a dodgy ISO.
if you try the text mode, you can see that it stucks at:
Time: acpi_pm clocksource has been installed.
and then silence....
i have a 1501 installed bt3 to hdd (real install) from livecd... injection is working n fast
Similar, but not identical problem here, on a Toshiba Satellite A215-S7437.
Both USB and CD versions hang during kernel loading. When attempting to start in text mode, I see the freeze happentin just after the system reports:
"ACPI: using IOAPIC for interrupt routing"
Then the USB drive goes dead, or the CD stops spinning. Is there a way out of this problem?
True security is based on open and rigorous probing of our strengths and weaknesses. Yeah, and life is too short for hyperbole, metaphor, and BS.
I have DELL Inspiron 1501. And on grafics modes in the menu the screen goes blank. Only in the text mode the boot proces freez on "acpi_pm clocksource has been installed."
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Seems to be an ACPI problem as hinted by the line it hangs at, here's a quick fix
At the bootmenu, highlight one of the text options (seems to hang on a black screen if you select KDE) and then press TAB and append
" acpi=off" to the line and press enter which will lead to to a text login. Use the usual root:toor and then type "startx" and you're into KDE


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A new Spider-Man series, based on the popular Ultimate Spider-Man comic books, is well underway, but now a new, exciting announcement comes our way:
Best known for his groundbreaking series, Batman: the Animated Series, Paul Dini will be joining the creative staff behind the Wall-Crawler's latest foray into animation.
The series is already being developed by the "Man of Action" team of Ben 10 creators Duncan Rouleau, Joe Casey, Joe Kelly, and Steven T. Seagle as well as Ultimate Spider-Man comic book creator Brian Michael Bendis, and produced by Jeph Loeb. The addition of Paul Dini to the series brings even more credibility to the much anticipated series.
You can read an interesting article at MTV Splashpage, but here are some highlights:
We're going to be pairing him up with new and different Marvel characters. There's going to be a lot of guest-star action, and there's going to be a redefinition of Peter Parker within the Spider-Man world.
For now, I just want to approach Spider-Man with fresh eyes, taking a few things we know about him and just doing a new spin on the concept. I think old-time fans will find what we've done with the character to be pretty good and thoughtful, because we're not out to junk-up Spider-Man. That's not our intent.
There's 26 episodes in front of us, and we're breaking it into two increments.
What do you think? Recipe for success or too many cooks in the kitchen?


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I'm always on the lookout for articles or essays about reading, books, libraries; I often use them as the basis for this blog. I just came across one in which the author makes the case that reading novels sharpens business skills.
His point is that reading fiction leads to understanding people better; fiction presents a range of circumstances, interactions, and characters that one is likely to meet in the real world and enhances the ability to empathize with others. He quotes from a study that concluded fiction readers scored better at interpreting facial expressions and social cues than those who read mostly nonfiction.
Hmmm…..or is it that those who are already more socially adept read more fiction? In any case, I agree with the conclusion that "it would be an oversimplification to say that having more fiction readers on Wall Street would have prevented the financial crisis."
I'm just going to continue to read whatever catches my attention, fiction and nonfiction, and not try to analyze my choices.
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Senate Committee Recommends Wilson to High Court
The State Senate Judiciary and Labor Committee Thursday unanimously recommended the confirmation of Circuit Judge Michael Wilson for the State Supreme Court. Senators rejected the Hawaii State Bar Association's conclusion that Wilson was "unqualified" for the position. And, they condemned the unsubstantiated allegations about Wilson's character that surfaced during the bar's review process. Dozens of Wilson's friends and colleagues testified about his character. The full Senate will vote later this month on Wilson's nomination.


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If you are decorating the cupcakes with buttercream icing, you can freeze them either with or without the icing on them. Make sure that you wrap the cupcakes so they are airtight before freezing – that will assure that they don't pick up odors from the freezer. When defrosting, whether with or without icing, keep the cupcakes covered so that any condensation will form on the wrapping, not the cupcake! If you are freezing without icing, make sure the cupcakes are completely thawed and at room temperature before you ice them.


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Career, Lifestyle & Financial Fitness Fair »
Tuesday Jan 8
8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.Roanoke Civic Center Special Events Center. Admission: free. Who should attend: recent college graduates, job seekers, those interested in local recreational opportunities and individuals seeking financial guidance. Over 50 organizations will be represented. Sponsored by: Economic Development Offices of the City of Roanoke, Roanoke County and City of Salem and others. The event will be sponsored by The Renick Group, National College, WDBJ 7, The City of Roanoke Department of Economic Development, County of Roanoke and City of Salem. Exhibitors at the event include companies offering jobs, entrepreneurial organizations showcasing resources to assist with business startups, lifestyle organizations with a diverse mix of social and cultural amenities and financial information to assist attendees with awareness and knowledge of resources to help them move forward with their finances in 2013. "Our recent career fairs have been very successful and we continue our responsibility to grow the events with new entities to provide opportunities for job seekers to interact with employers and for individuals to learn about resources in the community" says Economic Development Specialist, Lisa Soltis. "We hope to reach individuals living in the Roanoke Region, as well as those considering a move back to Roanoke and the recent December graduates entering the job market. The Career, Lifestyle and Financial Fitness Fair provides the opportunity for job seekers to meet face-to-face with employers to learn of available positions and the best way to proceed with the application process." Over 50 organizations will be represented at the January 8th event. Admission to the fair for attendees and exhibitors/vendors is free. For more information on being an exhibitor, contact Lisa Soltis at 540-853-1694, firstname.lastname@example.com or visit www.roanokeva.gov/fairs.
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Your guests will just love biting into these light, refreshing mints. You´ll just love how easy they are to make!
In large bowl, beat cream cheese and confectioners' sugar with electric mixer until smooth. Melt Candy Melts in microwave-safe bowl. Add 1/2 cup melted candy and peppermint candy flavoring to cream cheese mixture; mix until well blended. Roll into balls. If desired, dip ba lls into remaining melted candy. Roll in red colored sugar, nonpareils and peppermint crunch, or drizzle with different colors of melted Candy Melts.
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May 10, 2017 – Northwestern Oklahoma State University's Division of Business recently welcomed 14 undergraduate students and two faculty to its honors society, Delta Mu Delta.
November 7, 2016 – Six students received scholarships from Northwestern Oklahoma State University's English program for the year 2016-17.
October 27, 2016 – Fairview natives Colton McKee and Rylee Rankin are the 2016-2017 recipients of the Dean Ranson Scholarship at Northwestern Oklahoma State University.
October 12, 2016 – The Hurshel F. and George T. Baxter Scholarship and the Frankie Rogers Baxter Scholarship have been established to honor the education they and other family members received at Northwestern Oklahoma State University.
September 30, 2016 – Grace Meinders, Miss Woodward, won the title of Miss Cinderella for the 65th anniversary of the Miss Cinderella Pageant at Northwestern Oklahoma State University Friday.
March 8, 2016 -- More than 80 junior high and high school student projects from Aline-Cleo, Fairview, Gage, Shattuck, Taloga, Vici and Waynoka were on display at Northwestern Oklahoma State University for the Annual Regional Science Fair filling the Student Center Ballroom and Ranger Room on Thursday, March 3.
February 9, 2016 -- Northwestern Oklahoma State University students interested in applying for the Fern Brown Scholarship are encouraged to do so no later than Tuesday, March 15. Applications are available in the Financial Aid Office in Herod Hall.
November 23, 2015--Megan (Marks) Cansler, of Seiling, and Kristina Schmidt, of Cleo Springs, are the 2015-2016 recipients of the Dean Ranson Scholarship at Northwestern Oklahoma State University.
November 28, -- This spring, four Northwestern Oklahoma State University students will receive scholarship assistance after participating in Scholarships Matter, a creative contest sponsored by the Northwestern Foundation. To enter the contest, students had to create and submit a video answering the question "What does being a Ranger mean to you?"
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Besides announcing student scholarships, honors and recognition, 23 members recently were initiated into Northwestern Oklahoma State University's business honor society Sigma Beta Delta, during the annual Division of Business awards ceremony. Two faculty members, Dr. Janet Cunningham, university president; and Dr. Jerry Gustafson, professor of business, along with 21 students were inducted at a recent ceremony.
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Brevard loses battle of Tornados, 8-5, to KingApril 15, 2009
Moman strokes fifth home run
Bristol, Tenn. - The Brevard College baseball team fell to the Tornado of King College Wednesday afternoon, 8-5. Coupled with their 3-2 win on February 24 at Gil Coan Field, the Volunteer State Tornado (29-11) sweep the season series.
Jacob White (1-4; Elkin, N.C.) allowed three runs in 3 1/3 innings of relief and took the loss for Brevard. Ryan Toney (Johnson City, Tenn.) started the game for the Tornados and allowed four runs in 1 1/3 innings.
The good guys struck first, scoring three runs in the 2nd inning. Jackie Corn (Hendersonville, N.C.) led off the inning with a double and came home on a double from William Scholer (Norwalk, Iowa). Scholer and Kellen Moman (Greenville, S.C.) came home later in the frame on a single by Josh Miller (Hendersonville, N.C.).
King wrestled the lead away in the bottom of the 2nd. Justin Reising (Jonesborough, Tenn.) led off the inning with a home run. Later, Ryan Kennedy (Elizabethton, Tenn.) brought home three runs with a bases-clearing double to make score 4-3 King.
Brevard came back to tie the game in the 5th with a solo run. Miller came home to score on a sac fly from Spencer Linn (Fletcher, N.C.), tying the contest at 4 apiece.
The home side took the lead for good in the bottom of the inning. Danny Williamson (Middleburg, Fla.) and Jon Jordan (Bristol, Tenn.) each came up with run-scoring doubles, with Jordan's plating two scores, to make the tally 7-4.
Brevard came back with a run in the 6th on a Moman home run, his fifth of the season, before King added an insurance run in the 8th on an RBI double from Reising, who finished the game 3-4 with a pair batted in.
Miller was 2-2 for Brevard with a run scored, while Moman's dinger gave him the team lead in the category.
Brevard plays their final South Atlantic Conference series of the 2009 season this weekend at Gil Coan Field against Catawba. The teams play a doubleheader on Saturday, starting at noon, and one game Sunday at 1 p.m. King plays Montreat in a doubleheader Saturday at 1 p.m.


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Friday, June 5 2009 - In the Media
'9/11 Press for Truth' on Channel 12 Draws Huge Support from Colorado Public Television Viewers
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'9/11 Press for Truth' on Channel 12 Draws Huge Support from Colorado Public Television Viewers
DENVER – (June 4, 2009) – KBDI has always been at the forefront of controversial programming and last night was no exception. As the first broadcast station in the United States to air the controversial documentary 9/11 Press for Truth, which claims a 9/11 cover-up, KBDI showed that it is not afraid to touch on sensitive subjects.
Due to viewer response to the program, Channel 12 will repeat the program Saturday, June 6 at 2 p.m. and 9 p.m., followed by an encore at midnight.
During the premiere, Bob McIlvaine, who lost his son Bobby at the World Trade Center, and 9/11 Press for Truth producer Kyle Hence and director Ray Nowosielski were in the studio to give more insight into why they believed 9/11 was a cover-up and why the American public should be screaming for answers.
Supporters of the documentary hope that because of the risk KBDI took by putting 9/11 Press for Truth on the air that more PBS stations across the nation will take a chance and broadcast the controversial documentary.
Press for Truth's producer Kyle Hence already has heard the cries saying people from all over the country have been forwarding his e-mails on to their local PBS stations.
The program will repeat on Channel 12. A full schedule of air times for all of the programs can be found at www.KBDI.org.
Excerpts from Viewer Buzz comments at www.KBDI.org
"Congratulations and many thanks for your showing of this important film! I can't believe you're the first to broadcast this in the US! We need more people in PBS of your vision and courage! Thanks again. I'm becoming a first time member."
"I was enjoying watching TV this evening when I came across the 911 program. As a very patriotic American, I was apalled (sic) at the frivilous (sic) allegations that were being made. "
"Thank you for taking the risk and having the guts to show this program. Real news and investigative journalism are scarce commodities these days."
"Congratulations on airing the well, second - program concerning the fallacies that have been promulgated to the American public concerning the history and events of 9/11."
"It takes the courage of true patriotism to buck the military, industrial, media mafia. THANK YOU!"
About KBDI
Joseph Nagle, University of Northern Colorado Intern
URL for press release online: http://colorado911visibility.org
RELATED:This episode of Visibility 9-11 welcomes back to the program Kyle Hence, founder of 9-11 Citizens Watch and producer of the excellent documentary 9-11 Press for Truth. Included is a brief discussion about the film as well as a new film Kyle is working on based on footnote #44 in Chapter 6 of the 9-11 Commission Report. A press release from the September 11th Advocates reads in part:
"In July 2004, when the 9/11 Commission released its Final Report, we read with enormous interest, Chapter 6 - "From Threat to Threat", including footnote #44. Footnote #44 details an instance where a CIA desk officer intentionally withheld vital information from the FBI about two of the 9/11 hijackers who were inside the United States. This footnote further states that the CIA desk officer covered-up the decision to withhold said vital information from the FBI. Finally, footnote #44 states that the CIA desk officer could not recall who told her to carry out such acts."Also included in this discussion are the circumstances surrounding the historic national premiere of '9/11 Press for Truth' on a major market PBS station. On June 3, 2009 at 7:00pm, 9/11 Press for Truth will be shown on KBDI, Channel 12 in Denver Colorado. This historic broadcast will feature in-studio interviews during the broadcast of Kyle Hence, Bob McIlvaine, and a representative of Colorado 9/11 Visibility. As has been the case for the past couple of years, Colorado 9/11 Visibility will also be manning the phone banks during the broadcast, which is also part of the periodic fund drives at KBDI. A great list of 9/11 books and DVD's will be offered as premium gifts to viewers who pledge during this broadcast. Please contact KBDI and let them know how much you appreciate this historic broadcast and if you can, give them a donation which best fits your budget.
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STEVE Moran set off on his 1,400-mile charity bike ride today.
The former Saints star aims to complete his Premiership Pedalathon by April 21 and in doing so raise money and awareness of a rare form of muscular dystrophy.
He has been inspired by Connor Lancaster, the 12-year-old son of his partner Hayley, who was diagnosed with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy when he was three.
Fittingly, Steve set off from Martin House Hospice in Boston Spa, Yorkshire – which Connor attends - aiming to complete the 84 miles to Sunderland's Stadium of Light later today.
From there he will cycle on to Newcastle and every other Premier League ground - as well as Wembley and the five clubs he played for (Saints, Leicester, Reading, Exeter and Hull).
The money Steve raises will be shared between four charities – the Connor Lancaster Trust, Martin House Hospice, Muscular Dystrophy Campaign and Action Duchenne.
Now a lorry driver, 51-year-old Steve hopes the training he has done will be enough.
"You can never do enough training for something like this," he says.
"I did seven hours on a turbo trainer at the weekend but found it very uncomfortable so I'll be investing in a gel saddle cover!
"I'm sure it's going to hurt but I've got a lot of support.
"Various friends have kindly offered to drive the support vehicle on a lot of the legs, including Connor's dad and a guy I met on Facebook whose son suffers from the same condition."
Steve played for Saints from 1979-1986 and is best remembered for scoring the winning goal against Pompey at Fratton Park in an FA Cup fourth round tie in 1984.
He will cycle the 110 miles from Exeter City to St Mary's on April 12 before departing for Reading the next morning.
He hopes many Saints fans will cycle the 46 miles to the Madejski Stadium with him on Friday, April 13 -before heading back for the big game against Reading that night.
"I'll be staying at the Jolly Farmer in Warsash, which used to be my local, and a lot of Southampton fans have said they'll be joining me en route which will be fantastic, it'll be great to see them," he said.
"We'll be setting off at 11am so will probably arrive in Reading around 3pm. Hopefully Saints will complete a memorable day by beating Reading in the evening!"
On April 21, Streve will complete his epic journey by cycling the 146 miles from Carrow Road, Norwich to Hull City's KC Stadium, the club where he finished his playing career and where he is now a matchday host.
There is no cure for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, but Steve hopes his efforts will go some way to improving Connor's quality of life.
"Because it's so rare it doesn't get the same funding of illnesses like cancer, but they're so close to finding a treatment, so I had to do something," he explained.
For more information, check www.premiershippedalathon.co.uk.


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The 18-year-old Stanislaus Cardinals Babe Ruth baseball team ended its season with an early run in the Pacific Southwest Regional Tournament. With the help of a pool of talented players from local schools including Turlock, Pitman and Hilmar High, the team is shaping up well and looking to surpass last season's success and eventually make the World Series.
The 48th Annual Outstanding Athlete Awards ceremony was held at the Sportsmen of Stanislaus Club in Modesto on Wednesday, bringing the best student and adult athletes Stanislaus County has to offer together for one night of recognition and fun.
The Sportsmen of Stanislaus club has been recognizing athletic achievements in the form of the Outstanding Athlete Award for several decades, celebrating and rewarding athletes from Stanislaus County for their success and ability in their respective sports. Players, coaches, teams and community contributors from all over the county have had the honor to win an OAA award, and tonight, at the 48th annual OAA banquet, four athletes from Turlock have the opportunity to be added to that list.
The sounds of high revving go karts were heard all weekend long on the temporary street circuit in the heart of downtown Modesto at the inaugural Save Mart Supermarkets Modesto Grand Prix for the Superkarts USA Summer Nationals.
Last year, at the age of 49, Stevinson local Cindy Kelley competed in her first CrossFit Games in the Masters Women 45-49 division, topping out in eighth place and taking third in one of the events in Los Angeles.
Saturday not only marked the near end of the Stanislaus County Fair, but also concluded the over week -long period of motorsports action at the Food Maxx Arena with quads, pee wee bikes and motocross competitors taking the action to the dirt track.
High powered motorsports action continued this past Friday with lawn mower races at the 2014 Stanislaus County Fair.
The mayhem of the Turlock Lions Destruction Derby at the Stanislaus County Fair began on Monday and concluded on Tuesday as many locals fared well in the two-day event at the Food Maxx Arena with thousands of spectators present to watch cars smash into each other until only one was left standing.
With the World Cup looming fans in the Central Valley are feverishly preparing for a month of 'futbol' or soccer.
When local pastor Rusty Lyons decided to work together with the people of Calvary Baptist Church back in 2006 to put together a basketball recreation league, he never imagined that the effort would meet with such success, driving players to transform their game on and off the court.
Determination. Commitment. Passion. When I asked members of the local Sintral Valley Derby Girls roller derby team what it takes to be a 'derby girl', these were three of the qualities I was told. As a spectator at their practice I could see that they loved the sport, but it was not until I literally stepped into their shoes -or skates rather - that my interest in roller derby became more of a fascination.
Tyler Murphy's world was turned upside down last August when a boating accident derailed his collegiate baseball dreams. While the injuries he sustained and the doctors' prognosis for his recovery seemed bleak at first, Murphy wowed friends, family, and supporters by standing on his own two feet, unassisted, only two months after the accident.
For the 10th straight year, the Modesto Junior College football staff will offer its annual Football Coaches Clinic from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday.
While the holiday season has brought fog to the Valley, it's the promise of coming snow just hours away in the Sierra Nevada - and its many ski resorts - that has local skiers and snowboarders giddy with excitement.
Before high-school football became glamorized in "Friday Night Lights" and television networks, still in their infancy, ever considered broadcasting pro football, America's favorite sport was being played – and quite well – by some strong, fast, hard-nosed and very talented boys from Turlock High School.
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Hey aldarko,
I was hoping to be able to do this too :confused:
There will be so many headaches involved apparently :p - I've read in loads of places, the best way of doing things on a Mac is just to run it in VMware Fusion/ under VirtualBox.
You can download a preconfigured virtual machine version from the BackTrack website with VMware Tools + all the other Mac drivers installed by default. These do not come with the standard .iso version. Everything should then work as expected! :)
There isn't really that many advantages between dual/ triple- booting compared to running Backtrack as a virtual machine. Backtrack doesn't take up too much ram as a virtual machine on your Mac, so it's probably just easiest to do things that way... :(
Hope this kind of helps! :p
Maybe someone else who knows what to do may be able to help us both out and write a tutorial for everyone on how to install the Backtrack ISO and set up all the drivers on a Mac as another partition on the hard disk :) It's a lot of work apparently though and may not even be possible atm, so let's not get too excited!... :p
Kind regards,


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Zombie Revolution
posted at 8:12 pm on November 11, 2009 by Dafydd ab Hugh
I generally take holy days — sorry, holidays — as an opportunity for posts of a more philosophical nature, and today is no exception.
Walter Williams, one of my favorite authors (though I haven't read his recent books), has a column in which he notes the contempt that Squeaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Haight-Ashbury, 100%) holds for the United States Constitution, insofar as it might limit her power to rule over the rest of us:
At Speaker Nancy Pelosi's Oct. 29th press conference, a CNS News reporter asked, "Madam Speaker, where specifically does the Constitution grant Congress the authority to enact an individual health insurance mandate?" Speaker Pelosi responded, "Are you serious? Are you serious?" The reporter said, "Yes, yes, I am." Not responding further, Pelosi shook her head and took a question from another reporter. Later on, Pelosi's press spokesman Nadeam Elshami told CNSNews.com about its question regarding constitutional authority mandating that individual Americans buy health insurance. "You can put this on the record. That is not a serious question. That is not a serious question."
He notes that it's not just Democrats but Republicans and Independents in Congress who by and large dismiss constitutional limitations on their power as unserious questions. I made a similar point in a recent e-mail I sent to our e-steamed co-conspirator, Brad Linaweaver; in response to a question he asked — how in the world a military base like Fort Hood became a "gun-free zone," in which American soldiers were as helpless as high-school children against a lone man with a pair of gats — I responded with a description but not an explanation:
There is something terribly wrong when a country of free men and women doesn't even trust its own soldiers to carry firearms. As I said in that 37-part phone message I left you, we're going through a period of retrenchment of government a la 1912 or 1932; it began sometime in the term of George H.W. Bush, continued through Clinton and Bush-43, and is now hitting it's apex — I hope! — in Barack H. Obama and Obamunism.
But as you can see, I begged Brad's question: Why do we periodically go through such "periods of retrenchment of government?" Why is it, as Williams says in his column, that "mankind's standard fare throughout his history, and in most places today, is arbitrary control and abuse by government?"
I hearken back to my second novel, Warriorwards (Baen Books, 1990), when I first began groping for an explanation. What I came to realize is this: Being a slave is tremendously attractive to most people in the world at most times of history.
The primary advantage of being a slave is complete absolution from any responsibility for one's own life; the slavemaster makes all decisions — and he alone can be held accountable for one's life, health, and well-being. As absurd as it sounds stated so baldly, most people would rather die than take responsibility for living.
Think how many opportunities "we" — the universal we; I don't mean every reader of this blogpost or its author) — how many opportunities "we" seize to divest ourselves of responsibility for thinking for ourselves:
- Some give their lives to God, allowing the Bible, the Koran, a guru, the tarot, or a funny-colored crystal to think for them.
- Some rigidly follow an injudiciously chosen creed, doctrine, or ideology wherever it leads.
- A great many learn what they believe from their parents — either slavish devotion to their familial beliefs, or childish rebellion against.
- Others succumb to peer pressure, doing and believing whatever their friends do and believe.
- Many blindly obey the law without ever thinking, "What if the law is wrong?" They are the "good Germans."
- Millions emulate celebrities.
- Tens of millions accept the worldview given us by CBS, Fox News, TV Land, or Lifetime.
- An unknown but very large number mold their lives to resemble the fictional escapades of movie heroes, sitcom stars, rap lyrics, or videogame characters.
- And many abdicate even the pitiful responsibilty of playing Follow the Leader by living drunken, drugged, dissolute lives — "out on a leave of absence from any resemblance to reality," as John Hiatt put it in "the Tiki Bar Is Open."
These "lifestyle choices" all have one thing in common: They remove responsibility for making decisions. Adherents needn't ask what to do; somebody else will tell them. The only duty imposed upon the great majority of hypnotized souls is to sit quietly in the dark and wait for instructions.
This is as true in free nations as much as in obvious totalitarian tyrannies; the only difference is whether the State allows the handful of dissenters, who always exist, to practice their abominations openly; or whether they must practice their self-abuse — thinking for themselves — as a solitary vice.
Of course, a nation doesn't need a majority of its citizens accepting responsibility for their own lives in order to create a government tolerant of liberty… else no nation would ever be free. A vocal and powerful minority is generally all that is required.
But even that much is hard to maintain! In how many countries of the world is a powerful minority voice raised against tribalism, theocracy, plutocracy, socialism, racism (for real, I mean, rejecting all racial preference), and every other "ism" which human beings use to dodge the horror of thinking for ourselves? I'll bet you couldn't find more than five such countries today — and some would argue that the true number is zero. I'm not sure I can refute them.
I personally hated childhood: I hated being told what to do — not just because I sometimes didn't get to do stupid things, but even when the prohibition was rational; I just didn't like other people doing my thinking for me. But this may well have been influenced by my less-than-secure childhood.
I don't know how I would have turned out had my father been a benevolent despot, a man I could respect. I might have ended up as servile as Nancy Pelosi's constituents.
The reality for me was that the Grand Bargain, in which we trade liberty for security, was no bargain; it was so obviously not a bargain in my childhood that I never developed the knee-jerk acceptance of Authority that is the natural state of Man.
I have never looked into the question, but I wonder what percent of those who actually fight for liberty against their own leaders grew up in similarly unpleasant circumstances. I have great respect for those who fight for their country on behalf of their leaders; but it takes a powerful ideology of liberty — not to mention huevos gigantescos — to do as our forebears did in the Revolutionary War: Take up arms against one's own country when it has become a thing of loathsome tyranny.
Look, I have nothing against Tea-Partiers; they're nice, and they might even help Republicans against Democrats (and help fiscal conservatives against socialist Republicans). But let's face facts: The main reason so many people attend Tea Parties is to socialize, the same reason most Marxists, churchgoers, and Freemasons attend their own gatherings. Folks like to hang out with the like-minded, chatter and gossip, sing group-affirming songs, and in general have a holiday (and I don't mean holy day this time) with their friends.
George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and Benjamin Franklin did not fight for the first (and only) revolution for liberty in order to picnic and hook up with girls.
So the real answer to Brad's question is a sad answer: Left unchecked, government grows and metastasizes like a cancer because that's what "we the people" want it to do. (Not every individual, but a sizable majority of them.) For most folks, slavery is a very attractive prospect; the real outrage comes only when they trade away their liberty for the promise of security — and the promise is broken.
I think that is why support for President Barack H. Obama has collapsed so thoroughly. Rhetoric aside, had he actually delivered on his promise to infantalize Americans and then suckle and comfort them like babies, I don't think he would be in as much political hot water. It was only when it became clear that he had no intention of protecting us from the vicissitudes of life that opposition swelled in a tidal wave of anger and political action.
As Benjamin Franklin famously wrote (in his Historical Review of Pennsylvania, 1759), "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." I believe this to be true, but it's an ineffective way of educating the great majority of people. It's a moral argument, and folks tend to tune those out (they hear so many, each contradicting the other). If they were the type to analyze moral arguments and logically pick one, they wouldn't need this advice in the first place!
I've come to believe that for most, morality flows from habit; and habit is driven by necessity. You get more traction arguing from necessity, practicality, the argument from empiricism, than telling people what they should do or what they deserve to get.
The best argument for liberty, then, is not to try to persuade people that liberty is better, finer, more advanced, or more godly than slavery — but to convince them that slavery doesn't work. So long as people think they really can trade a great deal of essential liberty for a little temporary safety, most will seize the opportunity and thank the tyrant heartily.
The task for those of us who reject the Grand Bargain even in principle is to make all the zombies realize that such a deal always, always, always falls apart in practice. The ghouls who offer it never intend to fulfill their side of the bargain; their only goal is to lull us into a false sense of security, so they can loot us of everything we think we own.
If you see an ad offering a cherry 2008 Porsche 911 Carrera for $5,000, don't bother answering it; you know going in it's a fraud, because nobody would offer so much car for so little money.
Just so, when the One says to give him complete control over your health care, and he guarantees you'll get all the medical treatment you want for less than you're paying now — or he says that we'll have more and cheaper energy if we pass his cripple and tax bill — or he says workers will have more freedom to choose the union they want (or no union at all) if we take away the secret ballot… well, he's offering you a Carrera for five grand.
Once a person accepts the argument from empiricism, he will be forced to begin thinking for himself, because he can't trust others to have his own interests at heart. He rightly recognizes that each throne or power has its own interests at heart. Such thinking will grow into a habit; then and only then will habit give rise to a moral imperative.
Thank reason that the president's governing policy of Obamunism is so ham-fisted and clumsy that even the lowliest zombie is starting to wake from his thanatotic sleep. Let's hope he doesn't roll over and hit the snooze button once more.
Cross-posted to Big Lizards…


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June 28, 2007
Statement on Status of 9/11 Commission Recommendation Bill
The 9/11 families are grateful to Congressional Leadership for taking the difficult step of removing a controversial labor provision from pending security legislation intended to implement the remaining 9/11 Commission recommendations. We recognize that this was a difficult decision for them, considering their party's long-standing dedication to the principles involved.
Passage of this bill is long overdue, particularly in light of bipartisan support at the bill's inception in both the House and Senate. The Democrats have taken an important step toward improving our national security by removing what the opposition identified as an impediment to the bill's passage.
Senate Republican leadership must, in turn, stop blocking the naming of conferees so that this critical legislation can forward. Similarly, the Administration should cease its threats to veto legislation regarding provisions that go to the heart of the 9/11 Commission's recommendations.
Everyone must work together. The safety and security of our country is at stake.
Carie LemackDaughter of Judy Larocque, 50President, Families of September 11
Carol AshleyMother of Janice, 25Voices of September 11th
Rosemary DillardWidow of Eddie, 549/11 Pentagon Families
Beverly EckertWidow of Sean Rooney, 50Families of September 11
Mary FetchetMother of Brad, 24Director, Voices of September 11th
Abraham ScottWidower of Janice, 469/11 Pentagon Families


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