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The Feds aren't so sure he's clean. MegaUpload recently filed a dismissal against the US Attorney's office on the grounds that the site is a foreign company with no offices or agents on American soil. But attorney Neil McBride asserts this is false, stating that the company did have two US CEOs, one of which was Swizz Beatz after all. He claims Beatz represented the company in person at the Office of the United States Trade Representative.
Beatz has refused to help with the case, with his lawyer still adamantly denying the allegations. But if he's served, he'll be required to come clean about his role in the ungoing MegaUpload saga. [The Fader]
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The initiative, which aligns with Department of Education technology standards for adult learners, aims to improve adult education and workforce training, and to better prepare Rhode Islanders with the skills to compete in a global digital economy.
"One of the goals of our strategic plan, 'Transforming Education in Rhode Island,' is to provide more high-quality educational opportunities for adult learners," said Deborah A. Gist, commissioner of elementary and secondary education in Rhode Island. "Just as we are expanding the use of digital literacy in our elementary and secondary schools, it is important to bring digital literacy into our programs for adult learners as well."
Through the two agencies' partnership, educators working in adult education programs will receive training on how to teach the Broadband Rhode Island Internet Basics Curriculum, and the R.I. Office of Digital Excellence will supply "technology point persons" who will help coordinate training, materials and resources for such programs.
According to Broadband Rhode Island, an initiative of the R.I. Department of Digital Excellence funded under the State Broadband Data and Development Grant Program, approximately 30 percent of Rhode Island adults do not use the Internet. To date, Broadband Rhode Island has presented 18 digital literacy training workshops and developed nearly 150 volunteer digital literacy trainers.
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NZ services sector expands at fastest recorded pace in October, ending horror run of data
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Nov. 19 (BusinessDesk) – New Zealand's services sector grew at its fastest recorded pace last month as sales activity rallied, ending a horror run of data that had analysts increasing their expectations for an interest rate cut next month.
The BNZ-Business New Zealand performance of services index rose 7.5 points to 57.4, seasonally adjusted, in October in its biggest monthly gain since the survey began in 2007. A reading above 50 indicates the sector is growing, and the industry was in contraction in September.
"The extent of improvement is quite staggering," economist Doug Steel said in his commentary. "The improvement in the likes of today's PSI gives the RBNZ a bit of time to assess the evolving domestic economic landscape, in the wake of some horrible looking numbers for Q3."
The kiwi dollar rose to 81.37 US cents from 81.23 cents before the report was released.
Third-quarter figures have been weaker than forecast, with unemployment hitting a 13-year high and retail spending missing expectations. Sister series, the performance of manufacturing index, last week showed an improvement in industrial production in November.
Today's figures showed the biggest gains in activity/sales, which rose to 62.7 and new orders/business at 62.7. Employment returned to an expansionary 52.1, and supplier deliveries ended three months of contraction with 54.7. Finished stocks were the only sub-index to report a fall, slipping to 51.
Across the regions, central was the only area in contraction at 48.8, with northern leading expansion at 60.7, followed by Canterbury/Westland at 56 and Otago/Southland at 55.6.
The composite index, which combines the services and manufacturing indices, rose 7.7 points on a GDP-weighted basis to 56.9 and 5.9 points to 54.9 on a free-weighted basis. The pick-up was underpinned by the services sector.
BNZ's Steel said the PCI indicates annual growth of some 3 percent, and the figures "add some weight to the idea that any hole that may have developed is not getting bigger."
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- Not to be confused with Eric from Sonic Unleashed.
Erik is a Mobian horse and a friend of Princess Sally.
Erik has a chestnut coat and red eyes. He wears a grey tunic, grey gloves, orange boots, and an orange belt with a horseshoe belt buckle.
In the days following Robotnik's defeat, Erik joined Sally, Hamlin, Rotor, Hershey, and Lupe on a skydiving trip. His parachute was caught in a tree and he was suspended from the branches. Fortunately he was uninjured, claiming "Only my pride is shot!" Sally freed him by throwing her flick knife with unerring aim through the parachute strap, letting him drop to the ground.[1]
- A horse resembling Erik was among the Freedom Fighters contacted by Princess Sally in Sonic the Hedgehog #52, "First Contact", to warn them about the Zone portals that were opening across Mobius. Whether this was intended to be the same character is unknown.
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In 1913 James married Minnie Zuendt. Minnie (24 years younger than James) was a German immigrant; having arrived in this country in 1907. Their marriage lasted until his death in 1929.
In the following photo, James is sitting next to Emma. I calculate the photo was taken about 1909 or 1910. Melvina (standing on the chair) looks to be about 2 or 3 years old (she was born in 1907). I believe the older woman in the photo is James' mother, Cynthia Derrick, who died in October of 1910.


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Presidents' Day closed government offices, banks, schools and insurance agencies while flags waved in downtown Craig on Monday. But the work went on in some sectors. One bank was open for business, as well as many local shops.
And one mile outside the eastern city limits, a historical project continued to take shape on the edge of a vast pasture beside an oxbow in the Yampa River.
A caboose, an old helicopter and some vintage haying equipment stand in the snow, awaiting their place in the Wyman Living History Ranch.
The open-air museum is the brainchild of Lou Wyman, a longtime local and avid collector, who said he dreamed of the project for 20 years. Wyman recently sold his family's homestead near Pagoda on the Routt County line, and has been working since last summer to make the ranch a reality. The ranch will feature numerous artifacts that reveal what life was like in the West in the early 20th century. More recent pieces will also be displayed. There will be a restaurant, a gift shop, a visitors' center and convenient access from nearby U.S. Highway 40.
Wyman, who is in his 70s, enlisted the help of his children and local businesses, including a crane service, carpenters, masons and equipment operators. Even through the winter, the project moves forward.
One of the latest additions is a historic barn that was built in 1920 by Wyman's father, L. S. Wyman. Lou Wyman has childhood memories of playing in the barn, which was erected before he was born..
"It's kind of neat to see it back again," Wyman said.
The two-story structure has a gable that juts out the front, where a track held a grapple that was used to pick up hay and hoist it into the loft. A team of horses powered the apparatus by pulling on a rope that led out the back of the barn.
It is activities like putting up hay the old way that Wyman hopes to bring to his living history ranch. As early as next summer, he wants to see those traditional endeavors return. People have already volunteered to bring teams of horses, which could cut hay or thresh grain on the property, Wyman said.
The historic barn was transplanted from the family ranch near the Williams Fork river to Wyman's new site east of Craig. The work was done, in large part, by Wyman's son, David.
Over the course of 10 weeks, David Wyman disassembled the barn one piece at a time and built it anew. He devised a scheme to label the lumber so he could reassemble the barn exactly how it was.
Only about 10 to 25 percent of the wood needed to be replaced, David Wyman said.
The rest of the barn -- right down to the "No Smoking Allowed" signs -- is original.
Some of the woodwork is rough and some new chinking was required. People have suggested that the ranch should include a picturesque barn from back east, where some barns were built with all the careful craftsmanship of an expensive chest of drawers. But David Wyman said he prefers his grandfather's barn because it speaks of life in the West, where there might have been a scramble to put the monolithic structure together before the Colorado winter hit.
The structure looks rock-solid. And as the building approaches completion and the shingles cover more and more of the roof, the uninitiated might not know the barn wasn't built in the New Yankee Workshop.
Inside there will be space for draft horses and a dairy cow. Beside the cow's stall sits a dog-powered butter churner. It has a track for a dog to run on. The track turns a wheel that moves an arm up and down to agitate the butter.
"Dad's really got an eye for the unusual," David Wyman said.
One of the prides of the ranch is the Pagoda Store. It also was transplanted from its home near the Williams Fork. Wyman and his help used a crane and a flatbed trailer to move the store in several pieces.
Restoration of the store is underway at the ranch. The store's original pot-bellied stove is intact. Lou Wyman acquired it in 1950.
Many of the store's features will be authentic, including the wood that lines the bar, where the rowel marks from cowboys' spurs can still be seen.
The store sold numerous essentials, and Lou Wyman remembers shopping there as a boy.
Between the store and the barn is a 100-year-old homestead that has since been covered up with siding. Pieces of the siding have been peeled away to reveal the underlying construction. The house was built of hand-hewn cottonwood from the trees that grew nearby, the Wymans discovered. Lou Wyman said axe marks are still visible where the original builders squared the lumber. The Wymans plan to restore the old home and add it to the museum's collection.
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Edward Bernays believed that society could not be trusted to make rational and informed decisions on their own, and that guiding public opinion was essential within a democratic society.
Bernays founded the Council on Public Relations and his 1928 book, Propaganda cites the methodology used in the application of effective emotional communication.
He discovered that such communication is capable of manipulating the unconscious in an effort to produce a desired effect namely, a capacity to manufacture mass social adherence in support of products, political candidates and social movements. Nearly a century after his heyday, Bernays methodology is apparent in almost every form of civic and consumer persuasion.
The platform of social media is being used in unprecedented new ways, one such example is a new online documentary about the Lords Resistance Army (LRA), an extremist rebel group operating in Central Africa.
The documentary is unprecedented, not for its educational attributes but for its capacity to use visual branding, merchandising and highly potent emotional communication to influence the viewer to support US military operations in resource rich Central Africa under the pretext of capturing the LRAs commander, Joseph Kony.
The Lords Resistance Army was originally formed in 1987 in northwestern Uganda by members of the Acholi ethnic group, who were historically exploited as forced laborers by the British colonialists and later relegated by the nations dominant ethic groups following independence. Together with the Holy Spirit Movement, the LRA represented the armed wing of a resistance faction aiming to overthrow the government of current Ugandan President and staunch US military ally, Yoweri Museveni.
The LRA was originally formed to combat ethic marginalization, but soon became dominated by Joseph Kony, a self-proclaimed spiritual messenger of the (Christian) Holy Spirit. Kony utilized his messianic persona to lead a syncretic spiritual movement based on Acholi tribal beliefs and extremist Christian dogma.
It is claimed that LRA seeks to establish a theocratic state based on the Ten Commandments, however its inner ideological mythology is largely unknown. In an effort to mobilize a large scale armed resistance, the LRA routinely recruited child soldiers and forced them to commit heinous acts such as cannibalism and mutilation on others who resisted to join the rebel group during their extensive twenty-five year campaign.
KONY 2012 is directed by Jason Russell and runs just thirty minutes; the video has received over twenty million views on YouTube and Vimeo and its national support group on Facebook is said to gain 4,000 members each hour.
The highly produced feature is narrated from the perspective of Russell and his attempt to explain the Lords Resistance Army to his infant son, Gavin. The video features footage from Russells trip to Uganda (prior to 2006, when the LRA was still operating in the region) and introduces the viewer to Jacob, a Ugandan boy who was formally recruited by the LRA as a child soldier.
Russell presents various montages of ethically diverse groups of students raising their fists in the air, sporting KONY t-shirts, and scenes of mass celebration in response to President Obama signing the S. 1067: Lords Resistance Army Disarmament and Northern Uganda Recovery Act of 2009.
The bill was passed without congressional approval, and allows the US to deploy military forces in Uganda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic and South Sudan (at the consent of those nations) in pursuit of LRA rebels.
The film further advocates the requirement of public support for US military operations in the region through forms of street activism, encouraging viewers to purchase Action Kits ($30.00) and posters ($10.00) featuring images of Joseph Kony. Russell then targets specific celebrities and US policy makers and pressures them to endorse the campaign against Kony. Perhaps most absurdly, Russell suggests that without mass public support from the American public, the US would withdraw its military presence from the region.
This is the first large-scale campaign to mobilize social medialites to aggregate public support for what would otherwise be, controversial pro-intervention US foreign policy.
The production relies on highly charged and often unrelated emotional triggers, which ultimately rely on the viewers sense of compassion in tandem with a lack of prior information on the subject to produce a desired result explicitly, the villainous mythification of Kony and the mainstream acceptance of US presence in Africa through a proposed archipelago of AFRICOM military bases in the region.
The production targets an age group between thirteen and twenty-one, and uses a level of academic vocabulary appropriate for a young adult audience with a limited attention span; the narrator at one point even insists the viewer pay attention. The viewer is encouraged to form an emotional connection to Russell, as we witness unrelated footage of his childs birth.
The viewer is then subsequently associated with Russells role as a nurturer to his young son, before shifting to scenes of Russell nurturing the Ugandan child soldier, Jacob. Russell is shown prophetically pledging to stop the LRA to the traumatized and crying young boy. The intimate portrayal of emotion in these scenes work to further incite a reactionary response from the viewer, towards the preordained conclusion suggested in the narrative a mass mobilization of support for the US military in their efforts to stop Jacobs source of trauma. Bernays would be beside himself.
KONY 2012 is produced like any other sleek marketing campaign instead of stimulating elements of self-satisfaction like advertisers would do to promote a product, US military intervention is justified to end an atrocious humanitarian catastrophe.
The film also plays on an underlying theme of the White Mans Burden, a notion that persons of European descent inherit a quality of guilt for their ancestors inclination for slavery and colonialism, requiring an activist response to finally correct the situation by saving Africa. During the Nigerian civil war in 1967, western media successfully used images of starving children for the first time to strengthen public support for military aid to the secessionist Republic of Biafra before rebel forces were defeated. This film attempts to purportedly change the conversation of our culture, however it remains a highly sophisticated refurbishment of pro-military interventionist foreign policy propaganda, dependent on dangerous subliminal messaging.
Furthermore, the film was produced by an organization called Invisible Children, Inc., who have been criticized by the Better Business Bureau for refusing to provide necessary information in the Bureaus standards assessment. Invisible Children, Inc. has failed to disclose a list of sponsors (beyond the donations of American high school students), and has also earned a low rating in accountability from Charity Navigator because they wont let their financials be independently audited.
In a 2011 financial statement, the organization disclosed that only 31% of all the funds they receive are used for charitable purposes, with the majority allocated toward travel expenses and employee salaries. Invisible Children has also been accused of fraud and voter manipulation in a recent charity contest sponsored by Chase Bank and Facebook. The groups Co-Founder and President, Laren Poole addressed the International Criminal Court in 2009 alongside Aryeh Neier, President of George Soros pro-war Open Society Institute.
Invisible Children has partnered with two other organizations, Resolve and Digitaria, to create the LRA Crisis Tracker, a digital crisis-mapping platform that broadcasts attacks allegedly committed by the LRA.
On its list of corporate sponsors, Resolve lists Human Rights Watch and the International Rescue Committee. Digitarias website boasts commercial clients such as CBS, FOX, MTV, ESPN, Adidas, NFL, Qualcomm, NBC, National Geographic, Hasbro and Warner Brothers. While KONY 2012 attempts to portray itself as an indigenous activist movement bent on bringing justice to African children, its parent organization is affiliated with the upper echelon of the US corporate media and a network of foundation-funded pro-war civil society groups with a long history of fomenting pro-US regime change under the banner of democratic institution building.
According to Invisible Childrens own LRA Crisis Tracker, not a single case of LRA activity has been reported in Uganda since 2006. The website records ninety eight deaths in the past year, with the vast majority taking place in the northeastern Bangadi region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, a tri-border expanse sharing territory with the Central African republic and South Sudan.
Since December 2009, the eastern Djemah region of CAR has seen occasional LRA activity; the western Tambura region of South Sudan has experienced even less. The LRA has been in operation for over two decades, and presently remains at an extremely weakened state, with approximately 400 soldiers. Due to the extreme instability in northern DRC after decades of rebel insurgencies and Rwandan/Ugandan military incursions into the nation, it remains highly unlikely that cases of violence in the region can be sufficiently investigated before concluding LRA involvement.
The whereabouts of Joseph Kony are completely unknown; he was last seen in crossing between Sudan and CAR in 2010, according to unverified reports. The US military currently has one hundred military officers training and overseeing the Ugandan military in anti-LRA operations. Due to the complete absence of LRA activity in Uganda, it becomes feasible that the US may be planning further operations in the resource rich DRC. Over six million Congolese nationals have been killed in war since 1996, largely with US complicity.
The regimes of Paul Kagame in Rwanda and Yoweri Museveni in Uganda have both received millions in military aid from the United States. Since the abhorrent failure of the 1993 US intervention in Somalia, the US has relied on the militaries of Rwanda, Uganda and Ethiopia to carry out US interests in proxy.
Paul Kagame of Rwanda has been given free reign by the US to conduct military operations inside DRC in the on-going ethnic conflict in that region following the 1994 Rwandan genocide. For Ugandan participation in the fight against Somalias al Shabaab, Museveni receives $45 million dollars in military aid.
The US has contributed enormous sums to these nations and now is beginning to consolidate its presence in the region under Barack Obama and AFRICOM, the United States African Command. The LRA has contributed to less than one hundred unverified deaths in the past twelve months. Considering that the United States completely ignored events in DRC and Rwanda that collectively resulted in nearly seven million deaths, their participation against the ailing Lords Resistance Army is completely absurd by comparison.
Through AFRICOM, the United States is seeking a foothold in the incredibly resource rich central African block in a further maneuver to aggregate regional hegemony over China. DRC is one of the worlds largest regions without an effectively functioning government. It contains vast deposits of diamonds, cobalt, copper, uranium, magnesium, and tin while producing over $1 billion in gold each year.
It is entirely feasible that the US can considerably increase its presence in DRC under the pretext of capturing Joseph Kony. The US may further mobilize ground forces, in addition to the use of predator drones and targeted missile strikes, inevitably killing civilians. In a press conference at the House Armed Services Committee on March 13, 2008, AFRICOM Commander, General William Ward stated that AFRICOM will further its regional presence by operating under the principle theatre-goal of combating terrorism.
During an AFRICOM Conference held at Fort McNair on February 18, 2008, Vice Admiral Robert T. Moeller openly declared AFRICOMs guiding principle as protecting the free flow of natural resources from Africa to the global market, before citing Chinas increasing presence in the region as challenging to American interests.
The crimes of the Lords Resistance Army have been documented in the past and they are truly despicable actions. Presently, the operations of the LRA have nearly dissolved and their presence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is difficult to verify.
While the pro-war filmmakers behind KONY 2012 naively call for the US military to assert its place in the conflict, an independent fact finding mission would be far more effective in assessing the seriousness of the LRA threat in the present day.
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This is a video about Joseph Kony in Uganda who is kidnapping and killing children.
It is a public relations type video. This is the Lords Resistance Army (11:58) which is why Obama sent troops (advisors) to Uganda.
This group was successful in influencing Obama to make this decision with the help of 20 Culture makers (Hollywood names) and 12 Policy makers such as John Kerry, Clinton, Harry Reid, Romney, Condolesa Rice, George Bush Jr., Boehner, etc. (23:10-24:48) and are listed on their website.
Our goal is to change the conversation of our culture (25:28) and ask who is Joseph Kony.
They have kits to track the impact of the donations.
They talk about covering the night on April 20th meet at sundown as a movement to plaster posters everywhere and that everything will be upside down.
They claim that the people have the ability to change everything because we are bigger than those with the money. The people of the world can protect each other.
1. They are extremely organized reminds me of the left. The right should be taking notes.
2. April 20 (26:26)
3. Cover the night (26:28)
4. Upside down (27:33) [Could this be the bottom up Van Jones talked about?]
Uganda: #StopKony2012 - For Most Ugandans Kony's Crimes Are From a Bygone Era
Article that OPPOSES the "KONY 2012" campaign...
"Kony 2012: Why I'm Opposed To The Campaign" (via Sabotage Times)
Military intervention may or may not be the right idea, but people supporting KONY 2012 probably dont realise theyre supporting the Ugandan military who are themselves raping and looting away. If people know this and still support Invisible Children because they feel its the best solution based on their knowledge and research, I have no issue with that. But I dont think most people are in that position, and thats a problem.
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Obama Sends 100 US Troops to Uganda to Help Combat Lords Resistance Army
President Obama Talks About Joseph Kony
Obama ...it is an INTERNATIONAL OBLIGATION for us to try to take them out...
Panetta: 'International Permission Trumps Congressional Permission For Military Actions
Congressman Introduces Resolution Reaffirming Use of Military Without Congressional Approval is an Impeachable Offense
North Carolina Representative Walter Jones has introduced a resolution into the House of Representatives that reaffirms the fact that the use of the military without Congressional approval is an impeachable offense.
Oh hell no! We are not the worlds police and they tie our soldiers hands behind their back. NO!
China has interests there, let them.
From the article:
President Obama signing the S. 1067: Lords Resistance Army Disarmament and Northern Uganda Recovery Act of 2009.
The bill was passed without congressional approval, and allows the US to deploy military forces in Uganda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic and South Sudan (at the consent of those nations) in pursuit of LRA rebels.
Kony is African for "Emmanuel Goldstein"
Somehow I get the feeling if it was called the Atheist Resistance Army, these people would support him.
Were I in the military and ordered to go to Uganda, I'm afraid I'd have a serious problem with that.
Note that we have unlimited funds to go after East Africa's Lord's Resistance Army on both political and military fronts, but it's hands off West Africa's Boku Haram [Islamic] terrorists.
Wonder why that is? It's a real head-scratcher.
Time for the two minutes of hate!
From the above link,
"I do not doubt for a second that those involved in KONY 2012 have great intentions, nor do I doubt for a second that Joseph Kony is a very evil man. But despite this, Im strongly opposed to the KONY 2012 campaign.
KONY 2012 is the product of a group called Invisible Children, a controversial activist group and not-for-profit. Theyve released 11 films, most with an accompanying bracelet colour (KONY 2012 is fittingly red), all of which focus on Joseph Kony. When we buy merch from them, when we link to their video, when we put up posters linking to their website, we support the organization. I dont think thats a good thing, and Im not alone."
Some counterpoints:
"I do not doubt for a second that those involved in KONY 2012 have great intentions, nor do I doubt for a second that Joseph Kony is a very evil man. But despite this, I'm strongly opposed to the KONY 2012 campaign."
This is a job for "Holder's people".
I am still unsure how I feel about this, I am leaning to the "Why are these leftists promoting more military intervention, isn't this what they are against?"
Also, would it not be easier to send in a seal team and kill this guy, although the result I fear would be someone worse or as equally bad taking his place, also the Ugandan military is just as bad.
I heard about Kony about a year ago, and the LRA. It's making the rounds on Facebook, at first I was like, good get this guy, but the more I think about it, I realize it's very hypocritical of the left and their "anti-war" agenda. I feel like this video may have been made for a reason to get our military there for other interests, other than removing Kony.
If just for humanitarian reasons, and it's the right thing to do....I'm not sure I agree. The right thing to do, I believe, would be as I said before, send in a seal team, and kill this guy.
A friend sent me the video on Facebook, I said much the same thing.....he said, they want to bring him to trial. Why?
I just love the "cat shat on my head look"..../sarc
Get a contract with the African governments involved for some soldiers of fortunate to go over and take the jerk out. The activists can fund the operation.
Don't use the US military like this.
Is there any question that leftists created the chaos of the Arab Spring? That was violent.
This is part of the Globalist agenda - to create the chaos and acquire the resources of the country.
http://allafrica.com/ click on the menu > BizTech and choose Petroleum and search for Tullow Oil
Here is one article:
Uganda: Tullow Finally Signs $2.9 Billion Oil Deal
Tullow Oil yesterday concluded the sale of two thirds, or 66.6%, of its assets in the Albert Grabben to France's Total and China's CNOOC for $2.9bn, bringing to an end a ticklish issue that had held back oil activities for more than a year.
Thanks Whenifhow.
Making Joseph Kony a household name
I smell an October surprise in which obama heroically saves the day by capturing the dastardly Kony. These stories are part of the set-up. We probably already know where he is.
Wrong. It is not in our interests to let China dominate Eastern Africa. It is in our interests to support our allies and destroy Kony's LRA and Al-Shabaab.
I was watching it (no sound) over the shoulder of my daughter. Just watching it I could tell it was propoganda - pretty slick stuff, lots of quick images to get the pulse and hope going. Especially for a young kid. Interesting to read about the methods used in this thread.
As I told my kids - there are a lot worse folks in the world than this Coney Island guy. And why should we be so worried about him all of a sudden. (Almost every youtube video has a link now about "getting koney".) I told my kids it was probably a "wag-the-dog" type thing.
Joseph Kony 2012: Obama administration congratulates success of campaign (another Red Herring)
According to their Audited Financial Statement, the Invisible Children had as their stated purpose in the beginning of their organization in 2004, "Programs include educational and microeconomic initiatives in Central Africa benefiting over 11,000 people as well as biannual tours, awareness events, and fundraising campaigns statewide."
However, also according to this same statement, "The Organization experienced very strong and unexpected revenue near fiscal year end 2011, which is reflected in unrestricted net assets at June 30, 2011."
Under the line item: "Net Increase In Cash" 2011 is $4,923,140., whereas, for the year 2010 the Net Increase In Cash was $35,629.
Interesting to note, is what the report deems as RECENT activity. "Recently, the Organization has expanded its operations to Central Africa to address the plight of the most recent victims of the Lord's Resistance Army's (LRA) reign of terror who live in some of the most remote regions of the world." The report describes a five step strategy, the 5th being, "promoting the arrest of Joseph Kony and top LRA commanders.
Read the report in pdf at the following link:
In their 2011 Annual report, special thanks is given to the following:
1Love, Aid for Africa, Better World Books, Billabong, Bobby Chang, Bridgeway Foundation, Charity: Water, Chase Community Giving, Crawford Family Foundation, Digitaria, Dungu-Doruma Diocese, Else de Temmerman, Enough, Fidelity Foundation, Gary and OJ Shansby, Halogen, Humnaity United, Interactive Radio for Justice, International Justice Mission, Josh Rodarmel, JPMorgan Chase Foundation, Kristen Bell, Maurice Mariano Family Foundation, National Christian Foundation, National Philanthropic Trust, New Venture Fund, Oprah Winfrey Foundation, Pac Sun, Pandju Merali Foundation, Project 7, Rachel Bilson, Resolve, Salesforce.com, Sean Parker, Segal Family Foundation, Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Sisters of Saint Joseph of Orange, StayClassy, TechnoServe Inc., Tom Shadyac, UNHCR, University of California Irvine/Center for Unconventional Security Affairs, University of Southern California/Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, United Nations DDRRR, The Voice Project, Warby Parker, Wildlife Conservation Society, Wilmington Trust.
Here is the pdf link to the Annual Report:
Additional information in the Annual Report I found interesting, was the report on the "The Fourth Estate." In August 2011, the Invisible Children Organization hosted a three day conference by this title. 650 youth attended. (I am assuming these are the youth pictured in the viral video.) At this conference, participants engaged in discussions of public policy, international justice, effective fundraising, and what it means to be an empathic citizen. Participants were both educators and students from many countries.
Jason Russell, in the report, says of the conference, "We thought we were coming together to teach all of you the way forward...and you instead taught all of us (including the speakers) what the future is going to look like." He added, "But there were things I was experiencing and hearing and feeling that were beyond imagination." And then he quotes from one of the participants, Carly Parmer, saying she said, "There are no words to describe The Fourth Estate. I told my mom and my friends, you now just have to watch me live. My actions and life will be the words." Jason Russell ends his note with a quote from "Mama Oprah" saying "Intention Rules Your Life."
My conclusion, based on the organizations own reports is that this is a progressive organization typical of those we have learned to become aware of. The setting of the specific date— April 20, 2012 for the Kony2012 campaign on the heals of the "99% Spring" "TRAINING" going on April 9-14 is suspect. Also of interest, maybe totally unrelated, certainly hope it is, is the historical significance of April 19.
Would love to know if anyone could shed light on any of the organizations listed in the Special Thanks section.
Ping to #29. This is what I have uncovered.
>The bill was passed without congressional approval, and allows the US to deploy military forces in Uganda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic and South Sudan (at the consent of those nations) in pursuit of LRA rebels.<
How on earth does a bill get passed without House approval???
That was a direct quote from the article:
Russell presents various montages of ethically diverse groups of students raising their fists in the air, sporting KONY t-shirts, and scenes of mass celebration in response to President Obama signing the S. 1067: Lords Resistance Army Disarmament and Northern Uganda Recovery Act of 2009.
The bill was passed without congressional approval, and allows the US to deploy military forces in Uganda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic and South Sudan (at the consent of those nations) in pursuit of LRA rebels.
The film further advocates the requirement of public support for US military operations in the region through forms of street activism, encouraging viewers to purchase Action Kits ($30.00) and posters ($10.00) featuring images of Joseph Kony. Russell then ......
Record-breaking level of Congressional support
Following introduction in May 2009 by Senator Russ Feingold (D-WI), Senator Sam Brownback (R-KS), Representative Jim McGovern (D-MA), Representative Ed Royce (R-CA) and Representative Brad Miller (D-NC), the bill gained an average of 20 cosponsors a month until passage the next year. The bill passed unanimously in the Senate on March 11th, 2010 with 65 Senators as cosponsors, then passed unanimously in the House of Representatives on May 13th, 2010 with 202 Representatives as cosponsors. These 267 Members of Congress helped bring to the President's desk the most widely cosponsored bill Africa-related piece of legislation in the last 37 years, or as far back as electronic records document.
"These 267 Members of congress" Link
New info from another thread thanks to Ben Barrack.
Also, for those who haven't seen #29—— follow the money. Anyone know anything about any of these organizations worth questioning?
Other sources;
KONY 2012, Invisible Childrens Pro-AFRICOM and Museveni Propaganda
Invisible Children's goals initially may have been to publicize the plight of children caught in Uganda's decades-long conflicts; lately, IC has been acting as apologists for General Yoweri K. Museveni's dictatorship and the U.S. goal to impose AFRICOM (the U.S. Africa Military Command) on Africa.
This video is the promoter of the video on CNN with Piers Morgan
Kony 2012 Filmmaker: Kony, you hear us, surrender #KonySurrender
Blue and Silver— pinging y'all to this thread. Wonder if you might have any insight into the names in #29. Do any of these foundations, etc., ring bells related to other foundations and private organizations you already have heard about? This KONY thing has a smell.
Here is info on just one of those on the list.
Project 7
Kony 2012
Project 7 on Vimeo
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We make products that help fund projects in seven areas of need. Join our community and "Change the Score."
Project7 (@Project7) on Twitter
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Project 7 Water Authority
That's an interesting organization. Basically, as I understand, they are selling a few goods and passing a portion of profits to non-profits.
I know that Oprah is one of IC's biggest contributors. She has done a lot to help in Africa. Who could doubt the needs of people on this entire continent?!
I am concerned about the angle that may be occurring with IC that has to do with the using of a true-hearted cause to promote a political agenda. The opposing view to this IC thing seems to believe that is exactly what is going one. But without some money trail— it is only an opinion.
Maybe IC is on the up and up? I just have questions. The viral video has too many psychological manipulation techniques in it for me to trust this movement, especially when its greatest appeal is to our American youth.
Nothing that stands out. Anneburg in is there...we know that is is familiar. JPMorgan - so a national name.
Rest look like West Coast organizations.
Fidelity Foundation
About Us - Fidelity Foundation
For nearly 50 years, the Fidelity Foundation has focused its grant program on strengthening nonprofit organizations. Established in 1965, the Foundation was the vision of Edward C. Johnson 3d, the current chairman of Fidelity Investments, and his father, Edward C. Johnson 2d, who founded Fidelity. Since inception, the Fidelity Foundation has distributed more than $200 million dollars to qualified nonprofit organizations across the United States and Canada.
Fidelity Foundation electronic ballot system - Fraudwatchers
Contact info
Fidelity Foundation
Click Here to Visit the Foundation's Website
Address 1: 82 Devonshire Street
Address 2: S2
City: Boston
State: MA
Zip Code: 02109
Contact: Margaret Morton, Sr. Program Vice President
Telephone: 617-563-6806
Thanks for taking a look! :)
Are you familiar with the website Muckety? On this you can look up influential people and see how they are connected. For instance, the organization you just referenced is run by Edward C. Johnson and his daughter Abigail also participates. They are both listed on the Forbes billionaire list, along with George Soros. But they did not support Barack Obama's 2008 campaign. It is a very interesting site!
Here's the Muckety for Edward C Johnson III
You might be able to identify several non-profit groups using this link.
Non Profits
I think I'll run the list through over a few days. So far not seeing anything stand-outish to verify the opposing view. It may be that IC is just adept at film making and didn't consider that those of us who don't like to see psychological manipulation techniques aimed at kids might find this suspicious. Live and learn, sometimes.
The Problems with 'Stop Kony'
What's the real problem?
Well, it's their financials. As Vice's Alex Miller reported this is what their tax forms look like, and it's been circulating the internet:
screen shots on the site
How on earth does a bill get passed without House approval???
How on earth is this happening during an election year in the US when the economy is faltering? Shouldn't we be minding our own house first?
How on earth is this happening during an election year in the US when the economy is faltering? Shouldn't we be minding our own house first?
Post 7 and 33 reference the legislation as being from 2009
Mar 10, 2010: This bill passed in the Senate by Unanimous Consent. May 12, 2010: This bill passed in the House of Representatives by voice vote. Introduced May 19, 2009
Referred to Committee View Committee Assignments
Reported by Committee Nov 17, 2009
Amendments (1 proposed) View Amendments
Passed Senate Mar 10, 2010
Passed House May 12, 2010
Signed by President May 24, 2010
In 2010, Royce a former chair of the Africa Subcommittee was an original sponsor of the Lords Resistance Army Disarmament and Northern Uganda Recovery Act. The successful legislation made it the policy of the United States to "apprehend or remove Joseph Kony and his top commanders from the battlefield."
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(Reuters) - An implantable lens designed by Bausch & Lomb Inc to reduce vision distortion as well as allow patients to focus on near and distant objects was safe and effective, advisers to the U.S. health regulator said.
The Ophthalmic Devices Panel of the Medical Devices Advisory Committee voted 10-to-none that the company's Trulign Toric Accommodating Posterior Chamber Intraocular Lens was safe.
The lens - designed to move inside the eye - allows patients to focus on near, intermediate and distant objects without using spectacles after cataract surgeries.
Toric lenses are intended to correct astigmatism, or blurry vision caused when the cornea is oblong instead of being round.
Bausch's Trulign, if approved, would be the first implantable lens to correct astigmatism while allowing patients to automatically focus on objects.
FDA reviewers had earlier said the study had 401 protocol deviations - 24 of which impacted data analysis - which could cast doubt on the study's ability to demonstrate that the benefit from the lens outweighed the risk.
However, the 12-member panel on Monday voted 10-1 to say the benefits of the lens outweighed the risks.
Bausch & Lomb already has an implantable lens in the market which uses the eye muscles to focus on objects.
STAAR Surgical Co and Novartis' unit Alcon market implantable lenses that correct astigmatism after cataract surgeries.
The clinical study for the lens included 229 patients, 227 of whom received a lens implant in one eye.


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Girls Basketball: Passaic County Tech and DePaul back in PCT semifinals
WAYNE - The Passaic County Tech girls' basketball team is on its way back to the Passaic County Tournament semifinals for another shot at the overall title.
The fourth-seeded Bulldogs (13-8) and defending champions defeated fifth-seeded Wayne Valley, 35-27, in the quarterfinal round Monday night.
As a result, the Bulldogs will take on top-seed Paterson Kennedy on Saturday at 12 noon on their home court after the Knights defeated No. 8 Clifton, 65-69, in a classic double overtime game last night.
It was a close game throughout as the two teams were tied at eight at the end of the first quarter and 11-11 at the half.
The Bulldogs outscored the Indians, 14-6, and went on an 8-0 run at the end of the third quarter to take a 25-17 lead heading into the final period. Both teams scored 10 points in the fourth quarter.
"Wayne Valley is a tough team," Passaic County Tech coach Ron Williams said. "They played well, and they are well-coached. It was a back-and-forth game and not high-scoring. We had a little spurt, and it put us ahead."
Junior forward Kierona Morton led the Bulldogs with 11 points and junior Tamira Easterling had six points. Sophomore point guard Brianna Nickson and junior Chantelle Smith each had five points.
"Everybody played well, but at different points in the game," Williams said.
The Bulldogs and Paterson Kennedy have already met twice this season. On Jan. 3, Paterson Kennedy won by a 57-53 margin, and on Jan. 31, it edged Passaic County Tech by a point, 56-55.
"That game is very unpredictable," said Williams of the upcoming semifinal game. "It'll be back and forth until one team makes a mistake. Their guards are tough. They are good. It's a whole different level."
Williams said he's happy with the way his team has performed so far this year.
Passaic County Tech defeated Lakeland, 44-34, on Feb. 7. It took on Passaic Valley on Tuesday and will face Fair Lawn on Thursday.
On the other side of the county tournament bracket, third-seeded DePaul (9-10) defeated sixth-seeded Eastern Christian, 53-26. The Spartans will take on No. 2 seed Paterson Eastside, on Saturday at 2 p.m. at Passaic County Tech.
Against Eastern Christian, senior forward Jade Walker led the Spartans with 18 points. Freshman Nikki Johnson chipped in 12, and senior Brianah Ramos had nine points.
In the regular season, DePaul defeated Wayne Valley, 62-44, on Feb. 5.
Walker led all scorers with 21 points, Ramos tallied 15, and senior Victoria D'Addario had 13.


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The proliferation of mobile devices, from smart phones to variously sized tablets, is clearly one of the year's big cultural stories. But beyond the battles between Apple, Google, Facebook and Amazon, the rise of the mobile mindset points to something new—or perhaps very, very old—in the nature of humanity.
The "Neolithic revolution" that marked the transition from tribes of hunter gatherers to organized agrarian societies has usually been played as a positive development in human history. Stable agricultural communities are the prerequisite for the development of advanced culture and any kind of large-scale human endeavor, right?
Well, maybe not. The megaliths of Göbekli Tepe in Urfa, Turkey, cast some doubt on this familiar narrative. This archaeological site, the subject of The Sanctuary, by Elif Batuman in the New Yorker, consists of rings of monumental limestone pillars rivaling Stonehenge in size, carved with bas-reliefs of all sorts of threatening animals and dating from 9,000 B.C.
Jared Diamond, author of Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed, considers the advent of agriculture to be "the worst mistake in the history of the human race," that led to "the gross social and sexual inequality, the disease and despotism, that curse our existence." It also made possible the internet through which we are now able to complain about (and attempt to change) all these things.
It is with this kind of cultural revisionism in mind that I have recast David Carr's New Rules for the Ways We Watch from today's New York Times through a Neolithic lens:
Partake of All Screens, Loyal to None: The hunter gatherers were mobile. That defined the limitations of their societies but also the strengths. By all accounts they were healthier than their agricultural descendants (present company included) and may or may not have enjoyed sexual freedoms that would make a bonobo blush. Our emerging mobile society has not (yet) led to any improvements in health or happiness, but we pursue the lifestyle as if it did. Companies that want to benefit from this shift need to think mobile first (see upcoming article on Luke Wroblewski) and, like ESPN (ditto) need to program for the best available screen.
Every Hunter for Himself: The hunter gatherers led a fairly abundant lifestyle before the Ice Age set in. Undoubtably there were bloody conflicts between tribes over territory, but the population was well below the carrying capacity of the lands available. In our current reverse engineering to the electronic Neolithic, companies face a much more crowded playing field and the competition for prey—I mean audience—will only get bloodier. Everyone now is a publisher and potential broadcaster and there are only so many aurochs to go around. Many will have to make due with smaller quarry.
The Relentless Toolmakers: The TV remote control was the first personal media navigation tool (the knob on a radio hardly counts), and as David Carr points out, increasingly one's smart phone can be turned into a remote for any device through downloadable apps. As the neolithics flaked their flints to make customized tools, so will the smartphone be chipped into service for increasingly fine-grained control over our media consumption.
The Earth is Flat: If agrarianism allowed for the establishment of elites (or conversely if emerging elites used agriculture as a way of consolidating their position) the new hunter gatherers have no patience for hierarchy. From the Arab Spring to Occupy Wall Street to the ongoing protests in Moscow established leaders are being pushed off their high horses. And with the exception of Russia, it has mostly been the will of these crowds to replace the leaders with some form of leaderless but well coordinated anarchy. On the media front we see the same thing. David Carr points to Charlie Sheen as an example of an established star who thought he was irreplaceable—but turned out not to be. He also raises the example of YouTube sensation Rebecca Black who ascended quickly to popularity (and derision) for her music video "Friday" without any of the normal prerequisites (i.e., talent.)
Freedom over Security: Although early agriculture involved much more labor than hunting and gathering and resulted in a nutritionally inferior diet, it did offer stability and a sense of security and control over the future that must have been appealing. Transpose that in reverse to the cyber realm and we see consumers with a tolerance for the risks of hacking and data security breaches but not for performance bumps or lack of interoperability. Users punish Google for delays of as little as 100ms on search queries and the "instant on" feature on the iPad 2 has resulted in significantly higher usage. Consumers are deeply impatient in their mobility, but not particularly scared.
Gathering of the Tribes: Consumers will ultimately decide which companies deliver value and which are irrelevant and replaceable. All of the dynamics about internet popularity revolve around the study of weak ties and it is clear that when it comes to traffic, the popular get more popular and the less popular get bupkis. See some of Lewis DVorkin's recent posts about how traffic works on Forbes.com for perfect case studies of how these dynamics can be used to build audience.
The Improvisation of the Hunt: Trying to build large audiences is like trying to land one of those huge aurochs depicted in the Lascaux Cave paintings (beautifully documented in Werner Herzog's 3-D movie, Cave of Forgotten Dreams.) It requires skill and endurance, but most importantly it is an improvisatory performance—different every time. So as David Carr says, "Everything that can be mashed together will be." In moving beyond the relative predictability of neatly farmed media we are now out on the wild plains, working solo or in provisional teams, with only our wits and our speed. Proponents of "barefoot running" suggest that Neolithic people were runners of fearsome endurance who conquered their prey more through exhaustion than violence.


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Thursday, October 20, 2011
So . . . Blogging?
I resisted the blogging revolution, not because I don't support geneabloggers, but because I was afraid I didn't have anything worthwhile to say. I was afraid I would sit here, staring at a blinking curser, feeling the pressure of saying something somebody would want to read. Want to know a secret? I'm still afraid. But fear shouldn't hold us back. Ever.
So with fear out of the way, what kicked my butt in gear? I love to write and I want to do it well. Over the summer I attended IGHR in Birmingham, Alabama for the first time. Whoa! What an amazing experience. I attended Writing and Publishing for Genealogists, coordinated by Thomas W. Jones, Ph.D., CG, CGL, FASG, FUGA, FNGS. I learned, and learned, and learned some more. I learned that I wasn't as hot as I thought I was, and I learned how to get there--PRACTICE.
During one particular exercise Dr. Jones commented that two of the students' writing showed a clear and distinct voice--something we should all aspire to. These two students, Harold Henderson and Kimberly Powell, had something in common--they wrote all the time. So this is me, subjecting the unsuspecting geneapublic to my opinions and ramblings in an attempt to better my writing and define my voice.
Hopefully you will benefit somewhere along the way.
P.S. Do you know who else has a great writing voice? Kerry Scott over at Clue Wagon. No really, she totally cracks me up.
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I knew that you would succumb to blogging eventually...it will be good for you!
Interesting story about Tom Jones observation, and I agree with you about Kerry. There are several other "unique voice" bloggers that I admire and enjoy...I won't name them for fear of missing someone!
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Digg founder Kevin Rose said the social news recommendation site is not doing enough to reach people with niche interests, which will be key to keeping users engaged.
Over the next two years or so, Digg's engineers will focus on ways to link users with similar interests and create tools that allow them to share news that's not necessarily of broad general interest.
"We don't really do a good job of servicing the long tail of content," said Rose, who spoke at the Future of Web Apps conference in London on Thursday.
Some 30 million people visit Digg each month to view content, but only 3 million are actually registered, a disparity that shows "there's a space in the middle we are missing," Rose said.
"I don't believe we are really offering a compelling experience to the user to spend the five minutes to sign up," Rose said. "It's not really a custom experience. We have to do better."
In July, Digg rolled out a recommendation engine, which looks at a person's digging history and compares it to others'. It computes connections between users in different topic areas and identifies strengths between them.
Since introducing the recommendation engine to the "Upcoming" section, Rose said Digg has seen users adding more friends as well as digging more stories. It has also driven more traffic to Digg, Rose said.
Eventually, Rose said he wants a broader taxonomy for Digg. That would allow users to create a better customized page for themselves that hones in on the news they want to keep up with.
Digg also needs to better reward its users and not be "just about the number going up by one," Rose said. He envisions a way for users to get some notification of exactly how many other Digg users they've shared a particular story with.
Digg is also looking at an API (application programming interface) that would enable publishers to expose data or stories buried in their sites based on interests of the user.
The next horizon for Digg is to expand internationally, Rose said. Digg clones are up and running in countries such as Spain, Germany and Japan, and Rose will said he hopes to start bringing Digg overseas by the latter half of next year.
Digg is now in a three-year deal with Microsoft for banner advertisements. Rose was coy, however, when asked what Digg's plans are to bring more revenue, but he hinted at an idea to let users have more control over advertising.
"We've got some ideas for how the community could have a little bit more say in the ads they want to see," Rose said.


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Facebook has announced that you can stream Lautner's lame "Abduction" in its entirety on Facebook (along with other, even worse, movies, including "Human Centipede 2"). Apparently because we don't already waste enough time on Facebook?
Hate Facebook Changes? Could Be Worse!
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OK, so nobody likes what Facebook has done to its site this week, with that stupid ticker and the news that everything we click on will now be broadcast to everyone in the world. But it could be worse. You could be the character Taylor Lautner plays in "Abduction," a kid who is menaced by a goon who tells him he will kill every single person on his Facebook list. Where's the "Don't Like" button for THAT one?


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Muslim Mosque (Keystones) Intended as a resource for religious education and for learning about citizenship in primary schools, this book on the Muslim Mosque describes what Muslims believe in, and how they worship as the reader is shown around a mosque. From the people they meet and the things they are shown, the children build up a picture of the mosque both as a place for prayer and as a centre for the local Muslim community. This book includes practical advice for teachers on how to set up visits to local places of worship and working with artefacts.
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A Chinese factory was the source of a fake chemical used in medicines that killled at least 100 patients, mainly children, after it was used to make cough medicine, NYT reports in an excellent 7-page investigation.
Through a state-owned company, Taixing Glycerine sold diethylene glycol as pharmaceutical grade glycerine.
Diethylene glycol is used in solvents and as an antitfreeze. When consumed by humans, it results in difficulty breathing, and death.
Amoral manufacturers substitute the cheaper diethylene glycol for the more expensive glycerine, as both are sweet tasting.
The state apathy for oversight is a license to kill…
Last fall, at the request of the United States — Panama has no diplomatic relations with China — the State Food and Drug Administration of China investigated the Taixing Glycerine Factory and Fortune Way.
The agency tested one batch of glycerin from the factory, and found no glycerin, only diethylene glycol and two other substances, a drug official said.
Since then, the Chinese drug administration has concluded that it has no jurisdiction in the case because the factory is not certified to make medicine.
The agency reached a similar conclusion about Fortune Way, saying that as an exporter it was not engaged in the pharmaceutical business.
"We did not find any evidence that either of these companies had broken the law," said Yan Jiangying, a spokeswoman for the drug administration. "So a criminal investigation was never opened."
A drug official said the investigation was subsequently handed off to an agency that tests and certifies commercial products — the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine.
But the agency acted surprised to learn that it was now in charge. "What investigation?" asked Wang Jian, director of its Taixing branch. "I'm not aware of any investigation involving a glycerin factory."
Besides, Huang Tong, an investigator in that office, said, "We rarely get involved in products that are sold for export."


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R&B hit maker Ciara is a new mother, according to U.S. reports.
The "Goodies" hit maker gave birth to her first child early on Monday morning in Los Angeles, according to New York Post gossip column Page Six.
No further details are currently available.
The tot's father is rapper Future, who proposed to the singer last October. He already has three children from previous relationships.
Ciara celebrated the impending birth at a baby shower alongside reality TV star pals Kim Kardashian and LaLa Anthony in L.A. in March.
A representative for the star had not responded to requests for a comment as WENN went to press.


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The Power and Damage of Miss Lizbeth are increased by 2.
The opponent's clan Bonus, if activated, is cancelled. If the opponent's clan Bonus is not activated, then the ability has no effect.
Anyone else think it's too cute how humble and polite she's being in her first three forms?
Haaglar - Guru - Synergy Monday 26/11, 13:13 "Even without her bikini".. wait, so she was naked? No wonder why she won.. She was wearing her regular clothes you sick little dog...
Oh. Oh no. What have you done Devs? What have you done? I first wanna say that Drake Tsui (aka Quirkilicious) has done an exceptional job depicting the characters as usual. And I hereby proclaim that Drake is the king of the Sultry Eyes, based on Miss Lizbeth's 5 Star picture and all of the portraits of Diana. Hoping for more Sultry (instead of Sexy) from ya in the future, Drake! Though I'm disappointed that Diana didn't win, I take comfort in the fact that only a Quirkiliocious character can beat out a Quirkilicious character... (The Pussycats are gonna need a lot of Quirky lovin' if they're ever gonna get a Miss Clintz) I can take no comfort in Miss Lizbeth's final stats, however. Power: 7 Damage: 9 (Assuming her Ability kicks in.) Ladies and gentlemen, I remember saying that Lizbeth was like a Piranah's version of Kolos. Well, then, Miss Lizbeth IS a Piranah's version of Kolos. Same Power, same Stop Opposite Bonus, and the only difference is a 1 point reduction in potential damage, leaving her cap at 11 damage instead of 12. Oh, but you can get around that using Timber in your deck. But if you are a sadist, and I know that anyone who puts out a Kolos Rush is one, you can remove Timber from your plans and put some Defeat: -1 Life Min 0 cards in your deck. Knock your opponent to 1 life using Miss Lizbeth and then just laugh like a tool while your opponent decides whether to win the round, and lose their last life point, or intentionally lose the round and lose their last life point. That's right. Those Defeat: -1 Life Min 0 cards that no one ever thought to use? They are now the more hurtful and insulting cards you could ever possibly used. They are now the epitome of jerkiness, totally eclipsing Hax. The thought is so painful that I feel like cinematically screaming the word "NOOOO!" Oh, hey, wait a sec: http://www.nooooooooooooooo.com/ That's the stuff. Now that I've gotten everything I find wrong, evil, and tortuously sadistic about this card off my chest, I need to praise Drake Tsui once again for his art. Not cause he made a beautiful woman, but because of the phenomenal way he dressed her. Drake has a history of putting his cards in appropriate attire, like Stella who travels through the timeline of her inspiration's stage appearances throughout her career. Then there is Lady, who's outlandish costumes accurately reflect those that the Gaga one herself has donned. Then there is Diana who's sensible, fashionable, and femininely alluring wardrobe reflected her practical requirements while capturing the hearts of her audience, while _fully clothed._ Well, Miss Lizbeth is continuing that dedication to getting the attire to the perfect blend of alluring and accurate as she is obviously outfitted in a ballgown reminiscent of those worn by the noble ladies of the colonies during the high days of piracy in the Caribbean, which just makes me want to start a nice long slow clap for the artist. (If you find this review helpful and a worthwhile read, please rate it green so others can read it too.) (P.S. I hereby claim all credit for anyone scoring a victory using the Miss Lizbeth + Timber / Defeat: -1 Life Min 0 tactic from here on out. Think up some original tactics, ya' Kolos Rushers!) (P.P.S. And stop resigning or timing out the games on purpose when your One Hit KOs don't work! It's super annoying.)
"Even without her bikini".. wait, so she was naked? No wonder why she won..
Level 2 Art: Why did you give me these flowers? Wait I won?? Level 3 Art: I won! I really won ! Level 4 Art: Thank you fair citizens of Clint City! Level 5 Art: I'm the sexiest girl until 2013! I'm going to milk this thing for all it's worth!
i really like the character design of Lizbeth, its like she is ready to fight anytime, but Miss Lizbeth looks really cute and adorable. awesome artwork.
under the mask is Miss Stella
Lvl two art: Did.. did I win the contest?! Lvl three art: Yay I did! Lvl four art: * Politely waves* Thank you everyone! Lvl five art: Wait.. A glittery stick... .. .. Weapon of mass destruction .. .. **** yeah. >
more dam but less power but level 1 art is so cute
Miss Lizbeth is certainly less powerful but more deadly than Lizbeth. Lizbeth has 9/7 potential, while Miss Lizbeth has the digits reversed, 7/9. With pill manipulation techniques by Katan, Selma, Dahlia and Sheryl, the Piranas clan can indeed form a deadly team of femme fatale!
Princess Peach!!?
Her boobs aren't separated in the first pic, LOL. @ TharaCorleone : True, and her last image is the combo-breaker xD.
I don't understand how so many people can give her such a complaining review. She is Kolos minus 1 damage! and when hit by soa, she is a 5/7 instead of a 7/4
http://urdb.kirlad.net/character.php?show=897 Full art
darn thought Sheryl had it for sure oh well Lizbeth is awesome too was a good year for Piranas


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Next-Gen DVDs' Blurry Picture
After years of waiting, the new era of high-definition home theater has finally arrived. In April, Toshiba (TOSBF) plans to introduce HD-DVD, its high-definition successor to the DVD player, two months ahead of rival consumer-electronics companies who plan to sell a competing format called Blu-ray Disc.
Electronics makers hope the new gear will keep sales in the $120 billion industry humming, while Hollywood hopes the lure of interactive features and crystal-clear pictures five times the resolution of current DVDs will jump-start slumping home-video sales.
Here's the problem: Both camps are shooting themselves in the foot before they get to the starting line. Consumers already were faced with the prospect of mass confusion, thanks to two next-generation DVD formats, whose disks do not work in each other's machines but look essentially the same. Remember Betamax versus VHS? At least then you could tell one tape from the other.
But that's just the tip of the iceberg. Turns out, most of the 20 million high-definition TVs sold over the past three years aren't capable of displaying the disks in their full resolution. Worse, at least one major studio intends to downgrade the picture even more unless consumers hook their players up through a special, pricey cable aimed at preventing piracy.
"It's crazy," says chief analyst Richard Doherty of consumer-research firm Envisioneering. "The sticker on your new player promises the equivalent of a high-performance car, but the fine print says you may be buying an Edsel instead."
The new content-protection scheme would be the first time any consumer electronics purchaser -- not just those who try to break copyright laws -- could be penalized. In this case, even if you have a perfectly equipped TV, content providers retain the right to automatically downgrade the picture quality because of piracy concerns. Current DVD releases like Batman Begins and Walk The Line include software to prevent unauthorized duplication, but still play normally.
New software included on both Blu-ray and HD-DVD releases, however, will automatically slash the image, making it only marginally better than current DVDs, unless consumers have a relatively new connector and cable called HDMI to hook up players to their televisions. Only one in 20 HD sets sold to early adopters over the past few years has the right version of the connector. Only 15% of new sets sold this year will include it, and deliver the full 1080 resolution capable of showing such detail.
Sony execs say a majority of Blu-ray content, at least initially, will play at the highest resolution possible on a consumer's HDTV, regardless of how the player is hooked up. Four major studios -- Sony Pictures (SNE), 20th Century Fox (NWS), Disney (DIS), and Paramount (VIA) say they initially will not use the new copy protection on their releases. Universal execs told BusinessWeek on Mar. 21 that they, too, will forego the protection. Execs at Warner Brothers declined to comment, but sources with knowledge of the studio's plans say "at least some" of the 20 HD-DVD releases planned through April will use the software. "What do you have then? A very expensive DVD player," says Sony Senior Vice-President Tim Baxter.
To make matters more confusing, Sony and other consumer-electronics companies are adding features to the next-generation players that then may "upconvert" -- boost the image quality -- so the same disk may look vastly different, depending on which machine you purchase and the size of the TV (see BW Online, 3/27/06, "Sony's Renaissance Geek"). Experts say both of the new formats shine on sets 50 inches or larger.
The confusion may be just enough for consumers to say good night, and good luck. Already, a growing number of so-called technology influencers and Web sites are recommending sitting out the first round of the new DVD wars.
Many believe the best bet for either format to gain acceptance now lies with next-generation game consoles. Sony plans a November worldwide release of its new PlayStation 3, which will include a Blu-ray player. Execs at Sony hope by then that enough new HD sets will be sold, with the right connectors, to make the player worthwhile. And Microsoft (MSFT) has said it may add an HD-DVD player to its Xbox 360 in coming months. Until then, the crystal ball for crystal-clear movies remains fuzzy.


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I absolutely adore this game!! <33 I loved Mack as soon as he was introduced- he's soo cute and shy! (and those pigtails ; ;) Still slightly unsure if I'll be doing Tolten or Mack (because I also love wimpy blonde pretty boy) But Mack's is a hell of a lot easier to make! Group, likely Summer 2012: Possible so far; Kaim- Yukioto Sarah- Blue Mack- Tsupo Jansen- Jamie |


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Hybrid bicycle route
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-1457 WALHAIN - MAPS: Google Maps
Do you know where the centre of Belgium is situated ? In Brabant Walloon, in Nil-Saint-Vincent. This little town is on the route of this walk, right through the centre of Belgium. It is a region where farming grounds and castles are predominant.
Distance: 36 km.
Signposting: inexistent (for the itinerary click on underneath link - randonnées à bicyclette - Archive).
Paved roads, some parts in rather bad shape. A fem climbs and disguised gradients.
Point of departure: church of Saint-Martin of Sart-lez-Walhain.
Length of the trail: 36 km.
Tourist information on the town WALHAIN


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"The bad news is time flies. The good news is you're the pilot." – Michael Altshuler
It's hard to believe that 2012 is officially over. Take the long weekend to ready yourself for another productive year in 2013, that's exactly what we are doing. We will resume our normal work schedule on Wednesday, January 2nd. Have a wonderful new year!
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Quick Hits: An Interview with Anoushka Shankar
Anoushka Shankar is a sort of musical gypsy, having grown up in London, Delhi and southern California, and touring the world in performances with her father, Ravi Shankar. Now she's repeating the pattern by traveling with her child on her own concert tours. As she tells Arun Rath, she was pregnant when she recorded the album, and the song "Inside Me," is about her unborn son dancing inside her.
Quick Hits: Anoushka Shankar performs ISHQ
The album version of "ISHQ" features a vocalist singing in Hindi, "My body is an instrument, my heart is a melody." Here, Sanjeev Shankar takes on the vocal role on the shehnai, a double-reed instrument rather like a cross between an oboe and a soprano sax. This all-instrumental version shows off some exceptional percussion.
Quick Hits: Anoushka Shankar performs Si No Puedo Verla
This song renders the lyrics of a medieval Sufi mystic into Spanish: "If I cannot see her, at least I can think of her, and so, be happy." But you don't need to understand the words to hear the beautiful sense of longing.
Quick Hits: Anoushka Shankar performs Casi Uno
The featured singer in this piece, Sandra Carrasco, is a traveler herself, crossing the globe as an evangelist for Andalusian flamenco singing. The words she sings are Anoushka's, translated into Spanish by her collaborator, Javier Limon: "I deserve to spend my life dancing while leaning on my true love's shoulder, dancing."
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NEW YORK — The Super Bowl is still about a month away, but the ad blitzes are already beginning.
Pepsico already is beginning to promote the halftime show it is sponsoring, in a TV ad airing today.
The commercial is part of a larger campaign by the beverage giant aimed at driving awareness for the show during the 48th annual big game on Fox on Feb. 2, featuring singer Bruno Mars. Over the next few weeks advertisers will start to give more hints about their plans for the big game, taking place at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey.


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Blackfive Blackout: MilBloggers Supporting CJ Grisham
Posted: 15 Dec 2009 10:59 PM PST
FOR TODAY, Wednesday 16 December 2009, many if not most, fellow milblogs — including This Ain't Hell, From My Position, Miss Ladybug, Boston Maggie, Grim's Hall, and those participating in the Wednesday Hero program — are going silent for the day. Some are choosing to go silent for a longer period of time.
The reason for this is two-fold. First, milblogs are facing an increasingly hostile environment from within the military. While senior leadership has embraced blogging and social media, many field grade officers and senior NCOs do not embrace the concept. From general apathy in not wanting to deal with the issue to outright hostility to it, many commands are not only failing to support such activities, but are aggressively acting against active duty milbloggers, milspouses, and others. The number of such incidents appears to be growing, with milbloggers receiving reprimands, verbal and written, not only for their activities but those of spouses and supporters.
Update by Cargosquid: Aaaand we're done for the day. Good luck CJ.


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- This powerful classroom toolkit provides a variety of additional resources to help you make the most of the Write Source program: - SkillsBook Practice for essential mechanics, usage, and grammar skills (SkillsBook Teacher's Edition also included. )- Assessment Book Copymasters for a pretest, interim tests, and posttests to help prepare students for stare assessments- Overhead Transparencies Graphic organizers, assessment rubrics, and benchmark papers for whole-class instruction- Interactive Writing Skills CD-ROM Animated grammar lessons, engaging, interactive activities, and printable and e-mailable reports- Daily Language Workouts Quick 5-to-10 minute activities in mechanics, usage, grammar, and writing.
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