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Orthotics for Foot Problems
Topic Overview
Orthotic shoe devices are molded pieces of rubber, leather, metal, plastic, or other synthetic material that are inserted into a shoe. They balance the foot in a neutral position and cushion the foot from too much pounding. A wide range of orthotics are available for different foot problems. Doctors do not always agree about the usefulness or specific type of orthotics.
Custom-made orthotic devices may control pain if you have a specific problem, such as an unusual-shaped foot, or your foot rolls toward the arch (pronation). Custom-made orthotics are available by prescription. Insurance companies differ in how much of the cost they cover.
Before investing in an expensive pair of custom-made orthotics, consider trying good-quality nonprescription orthotics. They can usually be found at drugstores, supermarkets, and sporting goods stores. You can test the effectiveness of several different devices without great expense, which may help you decide whether a more durable custom-made device would be helpful.
You may also choose to buy well-made athletic shoes to support your feet and cushion your heels. Soft arch supports and heel cups can help cushion your feet and absorb shock.
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Police in Colorado pleaded for ambulances
Published 9:49 am Friday, July 27, 2012
DENVER — As the horror unfolded for police first on the scene of the Colorado theater massacre, the officers repeatedly sent out urgent pleas for more ambulances even as a two-man crew and their rig were idling just a few miles away.
Radio traffic from last Friday's shooting in Aurora, Colo., showed emergency personnel struggling to grasp both the scope of the tragedy and mobilize a response.
While some ambulances were quickly called to duty, it took dispatchers more than 20 minutes into the crisis to ask the Cunningham Fire Protection District and other nearby agencies to provide aid at the multiplex in suburban Denver.
By the time the Cunningham crew arrived, it was more than a half hour after authorities got first word that a gunman opened fire at a packed midnight showing of the new Batman film "The Dark Knight Rises," killing 12 people and injuring dozens of others.
The ambulance delays came during crucial minutes for the injured victims, though it's not clear whether a faster response would have saved more lives.
Officials have declined so far to release call records of the response, and the Aurora Fire Department declined to discuss the handling of ambulances from that night.
Experienced emergency responders say no response will ever be perfect. Residents in the Denver area are well aware of the turmoil that comes with mass tragedies, as police were criticized in 1999 for waiting outside Columbine High School instead of immediately pursuing two gunmen who went on a killing rampage inside.
"You always find things that you can improve the next time," said Robert Finn, a retired police and fire chief from the Dallas area who added that officials will usually conduct a post-incident analysis after big tragedies.
On the police radio transmissions, officers said they lacked sufficient medical support for about 30 minutes after the 911 calls came flooding in around 12:39 a.m. and that medical teams didn't report getting inside the theater for about 24 minutes. It wasn't clear whether police efforts to secure the multiplex contributed to the delay in getting medical teams inside.
Dispatchers began their response by quickly sending one ambulance to the scene, followed by another about three and a half minutes into the response. A third ambulance soon followed.
Over the next several minutes, first responders reported on the extent of the casualties, calling in the numbers of wounded in their areas: One said three were shot in one location. Another said someone was shot twice in the back. A third asked that rescue personnel go into the theater to help "multiple victims."
About nine minutes in, one officer in an urgent voice declared bluntly: "I need as many ambulances as we can." Four had been dispatched at that time, according to one person on the scanner traffic.
An officer said he was going to take a victim in his car.
Eleven minutes in, a first responder again barks: "Dispatch, get me some ambulances!" A coordinator replied that Rural/Metro — the private ambulance provider for the area that also declined comment on the response — was sending all available units in Aurora.
The Cunningham unit, however, had not been called and sat idle for 10 more minutes. The department operates separately from Aurora officials but coordinates with them on a near-daily basis.
District Fire Chief Jerry Rhodes said one of his units on duty that night had no idea about the turmoil unfolding a few miles away, in part, because they were likely sleeping due to the 24-hour-long shifts they typically staff.
Rhodes said the district's crew, including one paramedic and one emergency medical technician, received the plea for help at 1 a.m. — about 21 minutes after officers first began rushing to the scene.
Denver Health Paramedics, which had two ambulances on the eastern side of Denver that is closest to Aurora, got its call to provide support three minutes after Cunningham. One of the units was eight minutes away.
West Metro Fire Rescue also got a similar call to send medical support — 15 minutes after the Cunningham request.
Medical teams that were first to arrive appeared to deal with the wounded as they came upon them, which meant first handling the moviegoers who made it outside. That left other severely wounded patients inside the facility.
While fire officials in Aurora declined to comment about how they responded, Deputy Chief Chris Henderson told reporters after a brief memorial service Wednesday night that the firefighters did an incredible job.
"The lives that were saved that night. That's the comfort you take from this," Henderson said.
Scot Phelps, an experienced paramedic who works at an emergency management academy in New York, said it was clear that the lack of ambulance transport was a problem in Aurora. He said that could be due in large part to the structure of modern emergency systems, which he said are poorly funded, leaving few ambulances readily available.
Before the aid call went out to the other agencies, officers repeatedly implored dispatchers for more medical support and bemoaned the resources they had at their disposal. At one point, they also asked for an accounting of what resources were on the way.
"To be honest with you, sir, I don't know an exact count of ambulances," one person said. They added that two more ambulances were getting dispatched then.
Over the span of 10 minutes, officials mentioned multiple times the situation of a child who they could not evacuate from the theater and needed rescue. About 15 minutes in, one officer asked whether he had permission to take victims with his car.
"I have a whole bunch of people shot out here and no rescue," he said in a hurried tone. The response came immediately: "Yes, load them up, get them in cars and get them out of here."
At 18 and 20 minutes in, police coordinators repeated their calls for more medical assistance. At 27 minutes, an officer was still reporting that they were loading patients into the back of patrol cars. "Any ambos we could get would be nice," he said.
Thirty minutes into the chaos, an on-scene commander made a final, exasperated plea. He asked about Cunningham's resources and whether another private company in the area — AMR.
"Anybody else that's in the area that we can contact?" he asked. "Maybe Cunningham? Somebody that we can get a hold of? AMR? Anybody?"
The response came back from a woman's voice that sounding equally worn. "We're working on finding additional transport rigs to assist us with transporting from the scene," she said.


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David Calkins is the founder of Robogames, the "olympics of robots," where operators and their creations compete in over 50 different events, from fire-fighters, LEGO bots, hockey bots, walking humanoids, soccer bots, sumo bots, and even androids that do kung-fu.
David and his crew are not only bringing combots for show at the East Bay Mini Maker Faire, but he's also doing a workshop Sunday on "How to Make a Combat Robot." David will cover all the basics of how robots move and control their speed, as well as how to build a basic bot using cheap parts, pitfalls to avoid, and all sorts of other tips.
The Piedmont Scotbots, a U.S. FIRST robotics team from Piedmont High, is bringing their combot arena and will be letting folks operate their robots. !!! The FIRST Tech Challenge is an exciting robotics competition designed for high school students. An accessible and affordable robotics kit is used to solve a different challenge each year. Thousands of teams from all fifty states compete in local contests to go to the annual world championship. Here's one of their entries for Robogames last year:
Troy Mock is bringing his Rambunctious Combat Robots: Warpig, a 1 pound bot with a powerful lifter and ultra-strong titanium armor, and Attitude, a 3 pound bot with an 8 inch titanium saw blade, designed to cut, rip, and shred! Most recently, both these robots competed in the international 2011 Robogames. Out of nearly 60 battlebots total, Warpig and Attitude both took a well earned bronze medal. Check them in action:
More robots at EBmMF are coming from The Pioneers in Engineering (PiE) Robotics Competition for Bay Area high school students. This cool program offers UC Berkeley students to mentor local high school students as they design, construct, and program a mobile robot. A key feature of the competition is the $100 per team entrance fee, which ensures that finances are not a barrier to entry. You'll be able to drive one of their robots as well.
The Miller Institute for Learning with Technology hosts a wide variety of hands-on workshops, including Program-A-Robot, Build-A-Computer, and Troubleshooting 101. Their East Bay Mini Maker Faire booth will illustrate several of the workshops, and they'll also be providing hand-on examples of robots, computers, and music.


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Gateway to the Mediterranean
02 Apr 2013
From the old town rising up behind the port area to the forts looking over it with watchful eye from the hilltops, Genoa's connection to the sea is omnipresent. Home to Christopher Columbus, the largest aquarium in Europe and Italy's largest modern-day seaport, the city's rejuvenated Porto Antico (old port) makes a wonderful location for Slow Fish, the international fair dedicated to sustainable fisheries, being held from May 9-12.
With its atmospheric new location, the sixth edition of Slow Fish is opening itself not only to the sea and sky, but to an intriguing city and new experiences. The event's slogan 'the sea belongs to everyone' and free entry welcomes the public to get to know the issues facing the marine environment and coastal communities, building awareness that we can all play a role in taking care of our seas.
And better awareness starts with knowing what we eat. The Street Food area returns in 2013 with tasty specialties from various Italian regions. With the event situated just steps from Genoa's old city, visitors can also venture into the city's caruggi – a dense tangle of narrow pedestrian alleys – to try some of the region's traditional 'fast food'. With their white tiled walls and wood-burning ovens, you can't miss the friggitorie selling fried fish or the Torte e Farinate with their large trays of vegetable pies and the thin chickpea cake farinata.
Back at Slow Fish, the new Alliance Bistrot will offer fish dishes from across Italy, which can be enjoyed with a glass of wine from the Enoteca – boasting a selection of hundreds of labels. Many of these wines come from Italy's coastal areas. South of Genoa, the stunning terraced vineyards of the Cinque Terre UNESCO World Heritage Site produce the renowned Sciacchetrà. Check Slow Food's Osterie & Locande D'Italia for on where to eat all along the Riviera.
Slow Fish is also an international campaign launched by Slow Food to promote good, clean and fair fish. The Water Workshops at the event provide opportunities to look at the issues in their complexity, with open discussions between experts, practitioners and the public.
By becoming more informed consumers and stimulating interaction between those involved in the world of sustainable fisheries, together we are taking steps forward for sustainable fish.
There is a world to discover at Slow Fish, and a region to explore from the launch pad of Genoa's Porto Antico.
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In 2003, in the first month of the Quickie, I started a tradition of writing something tied into the day of President's annual State of the Union address about the "state of the sports union." So where do we stand in 2007? Here is a quick take on the current "State of the Sports Union":
NFL: New Commish Roger Goodell has set a high bar for future seasons after this one: More fantasy football mania. More TV viewer interest. More parity. The Saints' run. Vince Young's emergence. LT's dominant season.
MLB: Ryan Howard emerged as the new "Face of Baseball," and if last year proved anything, it's that the tyranny of the "YankSox" is over.
NBA: Tonight's Suns-Wiz game is a perfect symbol for the league's new telegenic, fan-friendly style. Teams need to adapt to this new wide-open philosophy or lose relevancy. Only one team can win a title; the number of teams who can entertain is unlimited.
College Football: It's cynical, but BCS controversy like the one we just had is the best thing that can happen to the sport. That the underdog blew out the presumptive champ only made it more compelling.
College Hoops: Enjoy these next few months – thanks to the unique one-year lag effect of the NBA age rule (plus a handful of key players staying in school), it's a brief, brilliant Golden Age of the Big Man.
NHL: The Rory Fitzpatrick snafu is only fitting. The league is even more niche than a year ago. If any sport can slide into the void that exists after NFL-MLB-NBA-CFB-CBB-NASCAR, it will be Arena Football.
Sports Media: Last year's emergence of Deadspin as the biggest counterweight to ESPN (mainstream sports media lost that battle years ago) merely scratched the surface of blog-driven sports coverage that only keeps getting better, faster and stronger.
Sports Ethics: Cheating with PEDs? Criminal arrest? Pundits may bark, but fans don't really seem to care. (But display a lousy attitude? Fans will crucify you.)
Comments Question: What's YOUR take on the State of the Sports Union? How are things great, perhaps even never-been-better? How are things bad, perhaps even getting worse? Looking forward to reading your analysis on this.


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POPLARVILLE – Pearl River Community College head football coach Tim Hatten has resigned his position after 11 years at the school.
His resignation is effective June 30, 2013.
The Wildcats had an 80-30 record under Hatten, a Sumrall native who began his tenure at PRCC in 2002. His teams won four MACJC state championships in 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006, along with an NJCAA national championship in 2004.
His last two teams at PRCC had a combined 7-11 record, including 3-6 in 2012. The last time the Wildcats made the MACJC state playoffs was 2008.
"Coach Tim Hatten has brought great honor to Pearl River Community College during his tenure as head coach," said PRCC President William Lewis.
"The stretch from 2003-2006 when his teams won four consecutive state championships, a national championship and were national runner-up one season is rather remarkable in the competitive world of community college football. Coach Hatten is a fine man and has enjoyed great success as a football coach. We wish him every success in the future."
Lewis said a search for a new head coach would begin immediately.
"We hope to be able to recommend someone at our Dec. 13 board of trustees meeting," he said.
Hatten, 49, was a two-year letter winner for the Wildcats in 1983-84 before transferring to the University of Southern Mississippi. He spent nine seasons as head football coach at Haines City (Fla.) High, where he posted a 75-29 record.
Hatten led PRCC to a MACJC state championship in 2003, its first since 1976. In 2004, the Wildcats won the MACJC national championship by defeating Butler (Kan.) Community College in the Dalton Defenders Bowl in Coffeyville, Kan. PRCC had a perfect 12-0 record.
The Wildcats won the 2005 MACJC state championship, even though the first two games of the season were cancelled due to Hurricane Katrina.
In 2006, PRCC defeated Co-Lin for its 19th MACJC state championship, the most by any two-year school in Mississippi. The Wildcats went on to play No. 1 Blinn (Tex.) College in the Pilgrim's Pride Bowl in Mt. Pleasant, Tex., losing 19-6 and finishing No. 4 in the final poll.


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Reviewing a book about happiness, George Mason University professor and Cato Institute blogger Bryan Caplan writes:
[The author] suggests that large differences in relative income can have a large influence on happiness...[but even if he] is right about the unhappy effects of income comparison, you shouldn't conclude that redistribution is the solution. Yes, you could fight inequality of income. But you could just as easily fight comparison of income. Instead of praising those who "raise awareness" about inequality, perhaps we should shame them, like the office gossip, for spreading envy and discontent.
Like I said, a very odd notion of what the word means.
The bottom line, libertarians, is that people care about what they care about. Telling them "No, do NOT care about that, care only about my arbitrary, rigid, and counterintuitive definition of liberty!" is not going to win your movement a lot of followers in the long term.


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Don't answer that. It's a rhetorical question. I don't really care.
I'm going to tell you all about mine though, because me. Me, me, me!
Well, first I awoke early on the morn of our nation's birthday and headed down to the family's Antarctic Blue Super Sports Wagon, where I found this large rodent sleeping on top of it:
A blast in the face with an air horn took care of that problem, and next I began loading her up with bikes and sunscreen and watermelons and bear traps and all manner of vacation sundries.
Then I headed down to my neighborhood's artisanal bakery. (It's called "Dunking Doughnuts," and it's fantastic.) On the way, I saw this:
That's what you call "found art," and noticing things like this is what makes me a great photographer. See, it's poignant because the viewer's own imagination fills the frame, and therefore everybody experiences something different:
I experienced a nonplussed guy wearing bib shorts, but that's just me.
Soon the car was packed, the artisanal breakfast foodstuffs had been consumed, the seventeen (17) children were safely stowed in their overhead bins, the David Byrne bobblehead on the dashboard was bobbling away, and we were off to Long Island's Wang for some family-friendly summertime adventure:
The next morning, I headed out for a ride on my bicycle with the shifters that are combined with the brake levers and the click-in pedals and the curved-type ram's horn handlebars like they use in the Tour de France. Inasmuch as this was a family vacation, my aspirations were not even remotely "epic," and my intent was merely to enjoy a brisk ride to the lighthouse that sits at the tip of the wang before spending the rest of the day flying kites and getting sunburnt.
Well, about 20 minutes later, I started experiencing a telltale itching sensation in my armpits.
At this point, I should mention that sometimes I get hives. Not little itchy bumps, but crazy bubbling Toxic Avenger-type bubonic ones that appear in different patterns with each episode. Sometimes my eyelids swell up like Jonathan Vaughters. Sometimes my tongue swells up so that I talk like Kramer in the Mel Tormé episode. Always my legs, arms, and torso look like relief map of the Himalayan foothills. It started maybe ten years ago and happened only rarely and at random, but in the past couple of months it's been happening more often and lately during physical activity. It passes pretty quickly, but the last time it happened was a few weeks ago during a run, and I very nearly passed out as a result of the episode. This was a new and alarming development. I have been to an allergist, and I'll spare you all the tedium, but at this point let's just say so far these episodes remain filed under "inexplicable."
Anyway, the itchy armpits told me that it was happening again.
I was pretty close to the lighthouse at this point, and so I stopped at the side of the road and sat on the guardrail. The hives were a-bubblin' and I felt as though I was going to pass out, and so I lay on the road and called my wife to come pick me up. Then I just stared at my Sidis and waited:
Now, I should point out that Long Island's Wang is positively crawling with people engaged in all manner of recreational activities, especially during a holiday weekend, and wherever you find people engaged in recreational activities you find Freds. Lots of Freds. People love to argue about whether or not Freds should wave to each other, but as far as I'm concerned that's a stupid discussion. No, the real measure of camaraderie is what you do when you see someone lying in the road. Granted, I was mostly just itchy and woozy, but picture it: Here's some guy in Lycra just lying in the shoulder of the road, propped up on his elbows. Well, if you're wondering, here's the breakdown:
In the 20-ish minutes or so I waited for my wife, cyclists passed me pretty frequently. Of the ones traveling in the other direction, none of them attempted to stop or inquire as to my well being. (Though arguably they were too wrapped in Fredness to notice me across two lanes of traffic.) Of the ones traveling in my direction, I'd say that 15% simply rode around me without acknowledging me, and the rest did the textbook "You OK?" and kept rolling. There was only one small group of riders who actually stopped and unclipped, and our exchange went something like this:
"You OK?"
"Overdid it?"
The blow to my Fredly ego hurt worse than the hives.
"No, I'm having an allergy attack. Someone's coming to pick me up."
"You have enough water?"
"OK. Well, you might want to get out of the road."
"Where am I going to go?"
It was a fair question, because here was my alternative:
I needed to recline or else I was going to faint, and so it was either lie in the road or crawl into the weeds like a wounded raccoon and get eaten alive by ticks while my wife drove on by because she couldn't see me, thus adding Lyme disease to my list of woes.
Anyway, with that they continued on to the lighthouse.
(I should also point out that I'm not trying to be judgmental, I'm merely reporting what happened. In defense of those who inquired but didn't stop, my reply to their "You OK?" was simply a curt "Yes," since I was both uncomfortable and embarrassed, and indeed there was really nothing they could do for me. I'm sure had I said, "No, I just got clipped by a car and I need an ambulance" they would gladly have called me one. And as for the person who suggested I get out of the road, I'm sure he meant well and didn't want me to get run over, and had he been lying on the road himself he surely would have appreciated that it was the best option under the circumstances.)
During the time I lay in the road, two (2) runners running abreast approached me head-on. They simply ran around me like I was a pile of dogshit.
(I should point out that I am being judgmental here. Of all the people who passed me, these were the only ones who actually could have taken me somewhere in air-conditioned comfort if I were wounded and in need of medical attention.)
Finally, my wife arrived, at which point I put the bike on the roof and crawled into the car frustrated and ashamed like a Tour de France abandoner. By then the episode had mostly passed, and later on I consoled myself with ice cream:
I can assure you I was not standing on a cell phone, and that mine was safely glued to my ear as I prattled on about handbags and flavored vodka and the investment banker party I would be attending later that evening.
Of course, while I lay in the road, I also reflected a bit. In particular, I marveled at the irony that some self-righteous blogger douchebag with 50 bikes who makes fun of everybody had been resorted to an itchy pile of hives on the side of the road. I also marveled at the fact that, even as I lay there incapacitated, I was still chuckling at and feeling superior to people with pro team kit and helmets with visors as they passed. Basically, I looked deep within my soul, and I confirmed something I've always suspected, which is that I really am an asshole. Most of all though, I worried. "What if every time I try to ride I get felled by an attack of hives?" I thought. Would that not be truly Jobsian? (That's Bible Job, not Steve Jobs.) Why hast Lob forsaken me? Surely, I should change my ways.
Anyway, I didn't ride the next day, and then we came home, and yesterday I'm pleased to report I was able to enjoy a three-ish hour mountain bicycle cycling ride without exploding in bubos:
So maybe I'm just allergic to roadies.
I can live with that.
Speaking of mountain bicycle cycling, my friend who I rode mountain bicycle cycles with has alerted me to this article in the Wall Street Journal:
ON A RECENT SUNDAY, Brandon Jones, a 44-year-old fund manager at 9W Capital Management, traveled from his home in downtown Manhattan with his wife and two children to meet friends for brunch in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. They were heading to Reynard, the popular restaurant in the neighborhood's fashionable Wythe Hotel, where Manhattan-bound Town Cars regularly idle on the street outside.
But Mr. Jones did not drive. Nor did he take the subway. Instead, he piloted his two children via the deck of his Yuba Mundo, a so-called "longtail" cargo bike.
Immediately after reading this, I burned my Surly Big Dummy and leased a Hyundai.


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Berlin: The drug haul was unremarkable, but the destination raised eyebrows.
German customs officials intercepted a shipment of cocaine destined for the Vatican in January, weekly Bild am Sonntag reported on Sunday.
Officers at Leipzig airport found 340 grams of the drug packed into 14 condoms inside a shipment of cushions coming from South America, the paper reported citing a German customs report. It said the package was simply addressed to the Vatican postal office, meaning any of the Catholic mini-state's 800 residents could have picked it up.
The paper reported that a subsequent sting operation arranged with Vatican police failed to nab the intended recipient. No one claimed the package, indicating that he or she was tipped off about the plan. The drugs would have a street value of several tens of thousands of euros.
A spokesman for the German Finance Ministry, which oversees the customs office, confirmed the report. Prosecutors in Leipzig planned to issue a statement on Monday providing further details, Martin Chaudhuri said.
Vatican spokesman the Reverend Federico Lombardi confirmed that the Vatican police had co-operated with German police in an attempt to identify the traffickers. He said the investigation remained open.


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Eye-Witness History of Occupy Wall Street Movement Now Available
A fascinating account of the 99%/Occupy Wall Street movement by one of the original organizers is now available.
The Necessity of Resisting Financial Tyranny (June 11, 2011)
Our Participation Fuels Financial Tyranny (June 13, 2011)
I have had many encouraging conversations with very wealthy individuals and people who run large organizations that say that they want to support the movement and help it grow. Many people well within the economic top 1% fully understand that our political process is overrun with corruption and that we are on a critically unsustainable path. They view the 99% Movement and Occupy as our last best chance to turn things around. There are many people within the 1% who do not want to be associated with the "organized criminal class," which technically only makes up 0.1% of the population, at most. I have a great deal of respect for these compassionate and conscious one percenters.
However, as of this writing, financial and resource support has been minimal. Every day I speak with organizers and occupiers throughout the country who have played a very significant role in building this movement and they can no longer afford to keep fighting fulltime. Just like everyone else, they have bills to pay and families to feed. Other than financially, the past five months have taken a serious physical toll on many of us. Many people have lost considerable weight, have had a nasty cold and cough, and have been getting four hours of sleep on a good night. This struggle is one that is shared by thousands of people who battle every single day. Something that people who are not on the frontlines don't seem to understand is that we are currently fighting an all-out nonviolent war. This movement is a relentless battle that demands 24/7 commitment.
Since this movement has taken off, many organizations that cover our actions and operate on the periphery of the movement are now receiving large donations and funding, partly as a result of our efforts. They also deserve to be rewarded for their vital work. However, the people putting their bodies on the line daily and doing all the heavy lifting need to have their basic needs met as well. It's incredibly disheartening to see career "activists," that have failed for years to do what we have done, fundraise off our backs, while the real fighters and change-makers go hungry.
Clearly, after the last five months of intense battle, I'm growing increasingly weary and frustrated by this lack of respect. We need to do a better job of raising funds ourselves. I admire and respect people who try to make the world a better place for a living, but your words of support mean little without substantive actions behind them. This is a nonviolent war, not yet another swanky gabfest conference filled with well-paid suits righteously yapping about someday creating the structural change that anyone with half a political clue knows we urgently need now. Enough with your comfortable talks, it's time for ACTION! So stop hoarding funds and resources while the real fighters are out on the frontlines.
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There's an article by three British scientists in the scientific journal Physical Review Letters that says, in part: A general continuum theory for the distribution of hairs in a bundle is developed treating individual fibers as elastic filaments with random intrinsic curvatures, applying this formalism to the iconic problem of the ponytail. The iconic problems of the ponytail? Where's the problem? Who better to explain than our math guy, Keith Devlin of Stanford University?
Keith, this is for real?
KEITH DEVLIN, BYLINE: Yeah, this one caught my eye, too, Scott. I couldn't believe it. Two of the authors are actually classical, sort of research mathematicians and scientists - one at the University of Cambridge, one at Warwick University. The third author is a research scientist at Unilever.
And, of course, Unilever makes hair care products. And we're talking about a $40 billion global market in shampoos and conditioners. So they got some mathematicians to come up with a mathematical formula to understand how to make more attractive ponytails so that the ponytail curves around in a beautiful, sexy, attractive arc, rather than just hanging limply. That's a $40 billion question.
SIMON: Keith, is there something to be learned here that pertains to something other than ponytails?
DEVLIN: Yeah, a ponytail is just made up of many individual hair fibers. So the mathematical question is: how does the shape of that fiber bundle derive from the individual properties of the fibers. Now, there's lots of other things that are made up of fibers. There's fiber optic cables, which are of major importance now in communications transmission. The cables that hold up suspension bridges consist of many strands of steel that are bundled together.
So we're talking about mathematics that holds up the Golden Gate Bridge, mathematics that tells us how fiber optic cables behave when they're twisted and bent through conduits. So this is actually much more than a question about hairstyle.
SIMON: So what's the key to having a fuller, flouncier ponytail, mathematically speaking?
DEVLIN: I guess Unilever would like the answer to be: we buy their products. But it comes down to those three factors of the individual hairs that are important. One is its elasticity, one is its density, and one is its curliness. Now, Unilever can't do much about the density, but they could make products that affect the elasticity and the curliness. And so they now know with some accuracy how to affect individual hairs so that the ponytail that someone puts together looks more attractive.
SIMON: Keith, we've known each other for a few years. I'm just going to bet that you're the kind of guy out there in the Bay Area who at one or more points in your life had a ponytail.
DEVLIN: I did. It was a fairly short stubby one. So I wouldn't have benefited from this mathematics.
DEVLIN: I never got one of those long ones which would've actually been beneficial - which would've benefited by this new mathematical formula.
SIMON: Keith Devlin, our math guy - I can't believe it, our math guy - speaking with us from the studios of Stanford University.
Thanks, Keith.
DEVLIN: My pleasure, Scott.
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Thursday, July 21, 2011
Who is Arran Edmonstone?
The Masons are Trying to Co-opt Me
First he indirectly threatens me by saying how Charlie Veitch and Julian Assange were likely given "death threats from the MOSSAD (or connected individuals)" which "clued them in as to the processes playing out in the world game." Then he not-so-subtly segues into saying, "that's where both your and my line of work come into play ... I mentioned the processes playing out in the world game. I can personally tell you a lot about what many of those processes are (assuming, of course, we have the chance to meet in person)."
So he establishes that "the MOSSAD (or connected individuals)" gave "death threats" and "clued Charlie and Julian in as to the processes playing out in the world." Then he establishes himself as being among those same MOSSAD or connected individuals by saying "that's where both your and my line of work come into play ... I can personally tell you a lot about what many of those processes are."
Next he mocks my work saying "have fun exposing the New World Order all you want" then indirectly threatens and attempts to bribe me by saying, "be careful not to become too successful. Aside from your job teaching English, you might either be killed or succeed at getting your own radio or television show with a major corporate television network. Since you have your own radio show already, remember to be careful what you say."
The next paragraph he directly threatens me and really let's his true colors show saying, "DO NOT reprint, publish, or expose any of the information I've shared with you in this message without my explicit consent and permission - not even in some veiled manner. If you do I will expose you to a great number of people in the internet community for being a dishonest, lying, thief ... the people who you would be stealing from would not take kindly to the action either." So he acknowledges the gravity and incriminating nature of what he has written, CAPS LOCK threatens me NOT to expose him, then appeals to his fellow "connected individuals" who "would not take kindly" to being exposed either.
After this he goes back to bribery saying if I join him and his group, "financial gain could very well be a secondary result." He recommends that I "cut the crap as far as accusing one another of being enemies, evil or shills" then gives me the ultimatum saying, "I will have the ability to let you in ... the time is here and now. Please consider whether or not you would like to become involved. If you do then think about the role(s) you want to play."
So I can join him and get "financial gain," my own "radio or television show with a major corporate network," and free range of the "role(s) I want to play" in the "world game." OR I can expose him and get "death threats from the MOSSAD ... you might be killed ... be careful what you say ... or I will expose you to a great number of people ... connected individuals ... who would not take kindly." And finally re-iterates the ultimatum saying my decision "can be potentially healing and nourishing or destructive" depending on what I choose.
Upon receiving this email, I immediately wrote and posted the article, The Masons are Trying to Co-opt Me. About 2 hours later I received a message from Arran back-peddling on damage control (see comments section), then he disappeared for 2 weeks and came back yesterday full of apologies, retractions, and contradictions (also see comments section).
So who is Arran Edmonstone? Jim provided a very telling link to Edmonstone.com which follows the Edmonstone royal/aristocratic family history back hundreds of years. It turns out that the Edmonstone family has a very long and infamous history in Scotland where Arran resides today. His ancestor Sir William Edmonstone, in 1452, built the gigantic Duntreath Castle which has remained in the Edmonstone family up to present day. I've placed pictures of the castle, their Masonic crest/seals, and portraits of the Edmonstone family in this article for you to see. Throughout it's history the castle has been visited by Kings, Queens, Dukes, Duchesses, Earls, Knights and all manner of royalty. Not only that, but in the 16th century, Duntreath owner Sir James Edmonstone was in cahoots with the Earl of Arran!:
In the same year of 1584 Sir James Edmonstone, to his great discredit, acted as an "agent provacateur" in dealings involving friends. On the Earl of Gowrie's arrest his chief supporters, who included the Earls of Angus and Mar, fled to England. The King greatly fearing their influence, and knowing that there was strong feeling against his favourites, the young Duke of Lennox and James Stewart Earl of Arran, proclaimed that anyone informing upon agitators would receive not only a pardon but also a special reward. Later evidence suggests that Sir James was by then in debt. On his own admission he declared that he "had been led to make a confession of a threefold conspiracy of the exiled Lords against the King, of which he had been informed by Black John Hume of the Law, who came twice to him, each time with a letter of credit of the Earl of Mar, the knowledge of which now preyed on his conscience." But through family connections he was, in the words of a contemporary, "the Duke of Lennox's man". Thanks to his influence he had been knighted, and as was all important, still held his land from the King. Therefore when two of his neighbours were suspected of treasonable conspiracy Sir James was persuaded (he said afterwards that Arran threatened and suborned him) to agree to be charged with the same crime of which, upon his confession, he was promised he would be absolved. (http://www.edmonstone.com/Pages/buildca.htm)
You read correctly. In 1584 Sir James Edmonstone and the Earl of Arran were involved in "acting as agent provocateurs," bribing, threatening, and suborning! Now today in 2011 we have Arran Edmonstone, still in Scotland, acting as an agent provocateur, attempting to bribe, threaten and co-opt me!
When Jim posted the link to the Edmonstone geneology/family history page, Arran acted completely oblivious but interested in his ancestry stating, "It would be neat if I actually knew who my ancestors are from centuries ago. It's likely that Jim has something as far as the website he posted." So he thinks it would be neat to know about his ancestors and admits Jim is onto something with the website he posted. Well the website he posted is Edmonstone.com! It's the first link that shows up when you type "Edmonstone" into Google. Arran expects us to believe that he knows nothing about his family's rich and infamous history in Scotland!? In yesterday's comment Arran said himself that, "I just happened to Google search my name and found these (Atlantean Conspiracy) posts." Well Edmonstone.com comes up long before AtlanteanConspiracy.com when you search for "Edmonstone" Arran, your aloof Mr. nice guy act is wearing thin.
Let's recap what we know about Arran Edmonstone:
He is a self-admitted "propagandist" with a family history of agent provocateuring, bribing, and threatening others. He is Jewish and knows much about occult subjects like Astrology and Kabbalah. His family crests are full of Masonic/royal symbolism. He was born of royal/aristocratic descent and lives in Scotland, home of the Scottish-Rite of Freemasonry, and the Edmon"stone" (as in Stone Mason) Duntreath Castle. He promotes controlled opposition group "RePeace" which is well-funded (who funds RePeace Arran?) and littered with Masonic symbolism that he pretends not to notice. He also promotes controlled opposition group "The Venus Project" which is obviously the NWO repackaged to look like an NWO solution. He is passive-aggressive (universal trait of psychopaths) and speaks with a forked tongue, constantly saying one thing, then later claiming he meant the opposite.
He's probably sitting in Duntreath Castle, wearing a RePeace t-shirt, reading this on his HD plasma flatscreen and laughing his ass off. Am I close, Arran? Come on back to the comments section and give us some more of your dog and pony show; we're really buying it.
54 comments:
Very interesting! Don't let anybody corrupt you!
Cheers, - July 22, 2011 at 6:02 AM
In an ironic way, this may be the biggest "compliment" you have received--a biggie mason paying you notice :)
as Mae West once said, "I'd rather be looked over, than overlooked"
well done Eric! - July 22, 2011 at 6:36 AM
- yoy50 said...
Nicely done, Eric!
We now know who you are, Arran Edmodstone! A bona fide CHUMP!!! - July 22, 2011 at 9:12 AM
you need to make a post about how to remove windows security center, your website has been compromised sir, i picked it up about 2weeks ago, and again today reading this post..... it's actually pretty ez to get rid of, just open task manager, find the wierd xxx.exe file that it is running as > open file location, then in task manager disable the process tree, and then quickly shift+delete the file from the folder that was opened, you need to work kind of quick tho because it will restart and you can only delete it while it is not running, it can mess with some attributes also, that is harder to fix.
- July 22, 2011 at 11:21 AM
- Unknown said...
This Aaren guy cracks me up! If I was in their shoes I'd want to co-opt you as well. You are one of few people on-line that can see through all the Alex Jones / David Icke / Jeff Rense bullshit 1/2 truths and jargon. You aren't a nazi and understand the difference between Judaism and Zionism, UFO fact vs fiction and have no problem through the Jesuits and their Vatican shills either. I'm loving it...wish there were more sites out there...but there just isnt!
- July 22, 2011 at 2:52 PM
- Unknown said...
Sorry for the typos...
I meant to say "throwing"...the Jesuits and their Vatican shills... - July 22, 2011 at 2:54 PM
Yeah, the Scottish Rite connection. The arse-stocracy, all sticking up for each other (or should that be sticking up each other?) This lot are completely at sea in the internet age. Their old-fashioned underhand threats and bribery don't work when you can re-broadcast them around the world at the speed of light. Their disinfo tricks don't work like they used to. What with Murdoch getting a beating (though not for the reasons the media tells us), the seam seems to really be coming undone now. Exciting times.
- July 22, 2011 at 3:10 PM
If you stop posting, we know who to go and see!
Keep up the great work exposing the illusions (and nitwits). - July 22, 2011 at 4:39 PM
WINDOWS SECURITY CENTER: as in the stupid rogue virus 'windows security center' seriously, i have gotten this twice from atlanteanconspiracy.com.
its ez to get rid of, see my previous post as 'anonymous'. Still its pretty lame....
p.s.s.: Much love, keep doing what your doing, darkness cannot exist in the presence of light.
p.s.s.s.: not masonic 'light' bullshit... =P - July 22, 2011 at 6:28 PM
- July 22, 2011 at 11:16 PM
Not to say that he is corrupted, but the only information we know is what he's told us. If you truly trust this man then your naive. Remember the only thing that you can be true is what you have seen and known yourself
No offense Eric! - July 23, 2011 at 12:45 AM
- Eric Dubay said...
Thanks for the great comments everyone! Arran's gonna have to think this one over for another 15 days before he responds. :)
I looked up that Windows Security Center thing and if you use Mozilla or a different browser it won't affect you. I don't exactly understand how/why you are getting that problem from visiting AtlanteanConspiracy.com You think they hacked me? If they hacked me I'm sure they would do something more destructive than just give a simple, easily removable bug to my visitors, no?
To the second to last Anonymous, the no homo thing cracked me up, as we're big fans of Ownage Pranks.
And for the last Anonymous, why do you think trusting me is naive? I agree that we should all use our own intuition and discernment in figuring out the truth which is what I've done and continue to do everyday. No offense taken, but I'm curious why you're suspicious and why trusting me is naive. Peace - July 23, 2011 at 4:06 AM
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- July 23, 2011 at 3:07 PM
- Arran Edmonstone said...
There are some major glitches on your page, hence the unusual amount of deleted comments. I ended up posting them here...
http://www.atlanteanconspiracy.com/2011/07/masons-are-trying-to-co-opt-me.html - July 23, 2011 at 3:17 PM
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- July 23, 2011 at 6:59 PM
First they offer your own radio show, then you start to defend freemasons on the air and the next thing you know you are next The CIA Rebel.
- July 24, 2011 at 9:40 AM
Dr Jeckyl = Mr Hyde
Eric Dubay = Arran Edmunstone? - July 24, 2011 at 5:55 PM
- Eric Dubay said...
He's Arran Edmonstone on Facebook and he emailed me from email@example.com His Masonic RePeace.com website is there for you to see. I can't believe someone honestly thinks I'm making this up Jekyll/Hyde style.
- July 24, 2011 at 6:20 PM
- Eric Dubay said...
I been living in the United States for almost 36 years.
Time to update your Facebook status then, it still says Scotland.
Political divisiveness is not conducive to living in a peaceful world.
So you tell me to stop accusing people of being shills and controlled opposition, then you say political divisiveness is not conducive to your "RePeace" agenda. So in your opinion, political "wishy-washyness" is conducive to living in a peaceful world, right?
If you don't stand for something, you'll fall for anything.
How's this for divisiveness... All governments that impose mandatory taxation are immoral and criminal enterprises. Whether Nader, Paul, Kucinich or Sanders heads the mafia, it's still the mafia, forcing you to pay up or go to jail.
I'm on your side in more ways then you probably understand.
You are not on my side in any way.
Here's my impression of Arran: See that blackboard? It's white. See that whiteboard? It's black. Two plus two is five. I didn't threaten Eric. The sky is purple. I live in a small basement apartment. The moon is made of cheese. RePeace isn't Masonic, it's grass roots. Triangles have 4 sides. I didn't mean to bribe or instill fear. Up is down. Down is up. I'm on your side Eric. - July 24, 2011 at 6:42 PM
- david said...
Again, muchos ballas senhor!!!!
It's very clear what's happening, although i cannot decide if he's delusional or really that pathetic at his job/life's work. Likely both? (notice the accusation of abuse followed by the admission)
Don't worry about the "virus" .. i've had no problems from your site, you're on blogger, security is their problem. No actual "glitches" to be found either!
Keep up the excellent work!!
peace :) - July 25, 2011 at 2:49 AM
Even moths are attracted to light
- July 25, 2011 at 7:09 AM
Hey there Eric - why not take a screen shot of Arran's Facebook page for everyone to see that what you are claiming is indeed accurate - i.e. he comes from Scotland, and is a leading member of Repeace?
- July 25, 2011 at 2:09 PM
just searched arran edmonstone and found this...BTW Eric huge fan and have been since I found your website two years ago...much love and keep it up
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/Arran_Edmonstone?action=comments - July 25, 2011 at 3:06 PM
The further you dig...the more you find his real name is Arran E. Thomson not sure where the edmonstone came from but there is a profile that is on the ning network that is shut down it says arran edmonstone's profile but the name under it is Arran E. Thomson from protland Oregon...I didn't even look that hard and found all of this out...if you want to hide who you are don't post all over social network...I'd say he is just a social network whore...first link is a fcc filing he did
http://ecfsdocs.fcc.gov/filings/2008/09/17/5515216410.html - July 25, 2011 at 3:29 PM
- Eric Dubay said...
Hey there Eric - why not take a screen shot of Arran's Facebook page for everyone to see that what you are claiming is indeed accurate - i.e. he comes from Scotland, and is a leading member of Repeace?
I deleted him from my friends 5 minutes after accepting his request, but it said he lived in Edinburgh, Scotland and his job was "propagandist." Search Arran Edmonstone on Facebook and you'll see his profile picture is the RePeace logo. - July 25, 2011 at 5:59 PM
- Eric Dubay said...
The further you dig...the more you find his real name is Arran E. Thomson
Arran Thomson looks like the alias to me. Everything else is Arran Edmonstone... why would you assume this Thomson is his "real" name? - July 25, 2011 at 6:08 PM
- Eric Dubay said...
It's very clear what's happening, although i cannot decide if he's delusional or really that pathetic at his job/life's work. Likely both? (notice the accusation of abuse followed by the admission)
I did notice that he accused me of "reacting to my own inner traumas associated with abuse I've suffered." Where did you come up with that Arran? I had a great childhood and suffered no abuse... he then later admits that "having suffered through abuse myself..." Who abused you Arran? And is threatening people on the internet the best way to deal with your "inner trauma?"
Don't worry about the "virus" .. i've had no problems from your site, you're on blogger, security is their problem. No actual "glitches" to be found either!
Yeah, exactly. There's no glitches or problems, I haven't been hacked, and security is blogger's issue, not mine. Besides that bug is quite benign and easily removable. - July 25, 2011 at 6:16 PM
- Eric Dubay said...
He's pushing the globalist man-made global warming / climate change farce on his blog as well. So he pretends to be awake, but he promotes RePeace, The Venus Project, and Global Warming. He pretends to be awake but can't see that RePeace is Masonic, The Venus Project is NWO, and anthropogenic global warming is bunk and simply a tool used to push carbon taxes and Agenda 21.
- July 25, 2011 at 6:36 PM
- Eric Dubay said...
Arran claims he works for non-profits and says RePeace is grassroots funded, but says if I join him, financial gain could be a secondary result. How does that work? And what are these "processes playing out in the world game" that you "can personally tell me a lot about," Arran? You've presented yourself as quite an authority... why did you say you'll only share this with me "assuming, of course, we have the chance to meet in person?" That means you're in possession of secret information that you would only give me in person... but now that I've exposed you to everybody, you'll re-invent the meaning of that statement. Am I right?
- July 25, 2011 at 10:06 PM
- Sergio Recio Gamo said...
I pray for you every day. You are one of the folks that helped me to open my eyes, so I have a big debt with you. ;D
Don't let anybody corrupt you! The best advice I can give you! ;D
You can be sure that there are LOTS of people that follow your work every single day. ;D
Masonic-Illuminati minions... tsk... They all look the same to me... like "Smith Agents" of "Matrix". Pawns of the game. Empty suits.
I created my own group in Facebook to spanish-english people:
We are many! They are VERY FEW! ;D
In the end, we, the good hard-working decent people, WILL PREVAIL!!! - July 26, 2011 at 9:18 AM
- nvra75 said...
Please stay vigilant.
this aeran was easy to spot, and you played him very well.
the next one may be more clever/devious.
you are extremely brave and i am envious of your level of courage. - November 12, 2011 at 7:13 AM
- Eric Dubay said...
Thanks for the encouragement nvra75. My soul is committed to this and I'll never stop seeking and exposing the truth. Peace.
- November 12, 2011 at 6:09 PM
Arron just invited me to meet him to talk about Occupy Klamath. Could you tell me why he might do that?
- December 11, 2011 at 6:04 PM
- Eric Dubay said...
Your guess is as good as mine.
- December 11, 2011 at 6:53 PM
I met Arran this week and my impression is that he is a whiny, self-absorbed punk who took advantage of my kindness. I do not trust him.
- December 30, 2011 at 11:10 PM
arran edmonstone in photos: http://braingarbagedystopie.blogspot.com/2012/01/wikileaks-bethnal-green-pepper-spray.html
- January 26, 2012 at 8:17 AM
- Eric Dubay said...
The following is a correspondence I shared with a personal acquaintance of Arran's:
arran extremely harassed and abused me. i saw red flags and your blog was a huge wake up call to his problems. thanks for saving lives!
Really? Please let me know what happened and if you don't mind I'd love to post your experience as a comment in my post about him. Thanks!
he showed me your blog straight away. what do you think it is? a form of asbergers?? he has a high level genius but mixed with a lot of dangerous elements. i tried also to see his good qualities. do you think he is predatory? or works for the federal gvt? i would possibly do better talking in person which is why i suggested skype. what interest do you have in maintaining your blog about him??? do you see him as a danger to others? is it out of humanitarian motives??? he has a daughter, you know. some of what i witnessed i found really harsh.
He's a Jew Mason descended from Royalty pretending to be a "truther." He's a predatory, textbook psychopath, controlled opposition and my purpose in writing the blogs was to expose how he tried to threaten, bribe and co-opt me. Peace - May 29, 2012 at 9:21 PM
- Eric Dubay said...
his father was abusive and i noticed a lot of controlling things i interpreted to be sexist. he also offered to support my work and i am not sure where that money is coming from. he abuses his mother verballly and she cannot stand to be around him. i am in no way anti-semitic but do not like controlling men, economic bribery offers. what do you make of his obsession with charlie veitch of the "Love Police"???? i find it very annoying as a topic and charlie to be a false prophet/pop star. arran's obsession with him i find to be a bit of a veiled crush. also his constant talking about the mossad i don't get. when you say controlled opposition: how do you mean. sometimes i looked at it as an IQ differential. he would call my law research an "addiction" to belittle it, when in truth i think he wanted me to be totally obsessed by him. which is impossible as i found him mundane and not always intellectually rigorous enough for me----plus all the bad manners and self centeredness. do you know other people who have been preyed on by him and what their take is??? i'm worried he has moved on to his next victim, and am unsure if i should publicly denounce him. i have a sympathy and interest in his pathology. separating the nurse/anthropologist from the actual me: i am glad not to be in contact---but----struggle to find resolution in why i got to know him. other than he glommed onto me like a parasite. he threated to "hex"my computers
Interesting, thanks for sharing... is it alright to add what you've written here as an anonymous comment to the blog or would you like to keep this conversation private? By controlled opposition I mean a paid agent who infiltrates and takes over activist organizations. Notice how he was quick to offer both of us money, and threaten/abuse us when we didn't accept. Charlie Veitch is also likely controlled opposition:
Charlie Veitch and the Shill Police
I don't know anyone else who has been a victim of Arran's psychopathology but I'm sure there are several out there, including his own mother. Peace - May 29, 2012 at 9:25 PM
- Eric Dubay said...
i am a leaky leaker and trust no one. i leak correspondence if i feel an ethical need to do so. i am torn ethically how to handle it. i am somewhat in fear of retaliation. not physical harm: although he claims some malevolent threat to "hex" my computers for instance. i am somewhat ashamed for being sucked in----also there was a predatory romantic aspect of it. he told me his money is family money. but if he is moving on to his next victim: there is perhaps a need to put a watch out. also sometimes i think his big talk is primarily delusional and then the rest is more like he's a 37 year old two year old, with the need for constant attention. are you sure we can't skype about it.??? i don't want to abuse your patience or kindness but i think it might help. it is he who pointed out your blog to me. i am somewhat in pain over having to break it off with him---as he was my only friend: but also a predatory one. i had at one point leaked his obsessive chat logs-----and since deleted. i might again. also on scribd. do you think he could be helped by an intervention: to get counseling or something like that???? i deleted many of the videoblogs we made---in anger. but they were interesting. thanks for communicating
Hey, since someone hacked my Skype, transferred my paypal account, then spent it all on long-distance phone calls, I don't use Skype anymore (they refused to take any responsibility and a quick Google search shows that this has happened to thousands of people). Anyway, there is no cure for psychopathy and "no contact ever again" is the only safe remedy. You cannot reform them and you can't even prevent future victims, simply protect yourself and learn how to spot psychopaths sooner so that you won't ever have any in your life.
Defend Yourself From Psychopaths
Again, if you want to leak/help, then allowing me to post this correspondence in the comments section would help expose him. What do you think? Peace - May 29, 2012 at 9:28 PM
- Eric Dubay said...
sorry about the skype problem. i could call any international number with my account creds. so feel free to share. as for arran---i really wonder if he is a paid informant---or an aspiring paid informant. i have his possessions at my mom's place in oregon. he was trying to move in with me as soon as he met me. his friend mike is for sure a mason. arran would say it sketched him out. plus also the misogynistic aspect of masons. interesting that you write bc i thought i'd send you this
i have a pending court process also 5-14-12 at one a,m. he attempted to force me to look at a pornographic image---i expressed this made me uncomfortable. he would not vacate my room, so at that point i proceeded to a court option. also the offer of cash support was a huge part of it when i was destitute. his contacts helped me stay in the UK on no money. also he got hotel rooms often. then i bought his ticket back to the USA. i was actually worried about him in the UK. i met his father. $$$$: he told me it was from grandmother---but i do not totally believe that. he made films i begged him to make on assange which involved his travel to the UK. i commissioned his work: wanting to ellicit his strong points. also assange linked to his films on the supreme court affair.
my enthusiasm for wikileaks has sinced waned. in this way: though i had no money to pay him: i was essentially helping "produce" his art. this was after getting over the feeling he was stalking me: which actually helped propel me to the UK. due to his falling apart at the seems constantly it then was very much like being a personal assistant. your blog is your blog. people confess all kinds of things to me via email that end up in my blog. i have not found the answer, but going with the NO CONTACT rule seems best. he did however three nights ago contact me thru his twitter: "occupymedia2012" with a link to my acct "braingarbage" about transgender: a point which had been a point of contention: as i am pro-GLBTQ equality and he is anti-trans right to gender modify. so it was fairly creepy to me he is sending me a blog on transhate and why trans people are f-ing up all the systems of civilization when it barely concerns me. i am not sure why is is obsessed with trans-surgery except he said it is deep green resistance to body modification. i think its more complex: fear, obsession, invasiveness. his obsession on the topic goes along with his repressed feelings. it was awful that he tried to relate to me in a controlling romantic way. he would not accept my lesbian feelings, told me i should be in the moment (as in get into him) and quickly got jealous no matter who i was speaking to: on surface, he claims to support feminism, but then he acted very controlling like he owned me. i told him he was acting like shariah. he got mad on this. called me irrational, weird. always spoke of how i was blocking my feelings.
one day i hit my head he was so rude to me.
unbelievably he told me he has hit his own head for a long time.---- then he did and admitted it to me in my presence---- the last night he was threatening to hit his head again----- i felt medically responsible: either i am going to have to call the police or i am going to have to go. i didnt want to commit him, etc. but it was really bad ominous vibes from the second i met him.
so also i got him to go vegan this last month. when he got mad at me he threatened to eat meat. he told me you are vegan so you might understand the comedy here.
the sad part is i miss him. but his controllingness will take over my whole life and get in the way of other goals he does not recognize my need for outside achievement beyond being his butler/assistant. this very demeaning typecasting is a little dated and passe: so gen X patriarch if i may. the man who tries to restrict the woman's outside contact with the world. including: "i'll hex your computers" - May 29, 2012 at 9:40 PM
- Eric Dubay said...
we hung out
17 september-30 october
23 january--12 february
23 march --14 april.
so i dont know him well. it was recently only he told me he did meth a lot. i think it rotted some signals. then also heroin: a drug which leaves a lot of scars on they it doesnt kill. so----that could be some of it. then the obsession with charlie---which really grossed me out. and the un-consciousness of offensive words. i noticed this right off---and we had many an altercation over his or charlie's misogynistic vocabulary. i don't even like the idea of the love police, much less arran's love police of the americas.
it resonates---creepy and police brutality. cheesy semisexual. i dont like free hugs. he made some films of me talking about the international law aspects of the hacker people.
in some ways he at first gave me a lot of recognition for my intellect. sometimes i thought i liked having him around for his braininess. i made it clear i was not interested romantically. he of course pressed the issue. the rewards i had from our intellectual friendship---then became crushed in his romantic obsession. his jealousy of all my other pre-existing friends: that i was supposed to suddenly no longer have contact with. he facebooks all day---its very very obsessive. he takes really nice nature photography that is used by loads of nature and eco/enviro websites.--his father was verbally and physically abusive--but it took a dive this march into desperate neediness. which i think was a part of the crush/depressive side of things. what i realized is that he can't accept my intellectual/platonic needs---- and as his crushy aspect grew, he was crushing my needs for freedom independence and my own work. he would belittle it as an "addiction" and send me 12 step guides. he is self-admittedly asbergersy. i noticed it instantly. he was physically abused and verbally abused as a child. so that may help explain some of the problems. - May 29, 2012 at 9:40 PM
- Eric Dubay said...
your blog both fascinates him and he worries about it. i think in some ways, if you have time, it might be better to make it more factual. i wrote along email to his mum re: my assessment. i basically know his whole life story and many details are mixed up. if you follow my youtube---even traces of him are still in my blog braingarbage---you will see both positive and negatives he put off some of our UK friends a lot with his self-centered monologues. that was embarrassing too. i have no idea where he is right now. i am not looking too closely---but he haunts my mind. i felt distinctly more actively self destructive the night after he really verbally abused me 10 april. it then plummetted to a huge low 22 april. then thereafter i was completely detached----suffering my next move. we went to LA which i thought would be good for his activism work. he may still be there. i dont know. i have dated gay and bi men before: as a bi woman: it's a funny balance. bc no one is satisfied. i believe a lot of his anger to me was partially his need for a boyfriend---which he is repressing really hard due to enculturated homophobia. same for the charlie obsession. he has a great memory. i met his daughter via skype. he told me not to be complicated when i began discussing bigger thoughts. i told him being condescending about her intellect is hugely insulting to children. she was following fine. i worry for her---bc he is not involved with her---its his last priority. acc to his mother---he was in bad shape with the last two women in his life. raising voice much worse than with me. who new occupy wall street would lead me to be occupied by such a character. several friends have acquired occupy add-ons. it makes me reluctant to get involved with activist mvmts. bc it ends up being a market for needy people to glom onto others.
enough, feel free to pass me yr number. live free of censorship---- do as you will thanks for the free writing therapy. did it ever occur to you---arran had a romantic obsession with you---it occurrs to me via the way he relates to men--mancrushes---bromances whatever---its just seems a pattern. he washes it thru activism. but overall it seems very much like he is looking for a male father figure replacement or something. enough for now----- i think he could possibly get care and disability money---bc he needs a care assistant and a way to manage his anxiety and some money outside his family. a place to stay. maybe therapy. and NA. he talked about NA. so i couldnt be all those things, not while he was hurling insults at me. there is more---later - May 29, 2012 at 9:41 PM
- Eric Dubay said...
can you remove the anti-semitic part? i agree with exposing arran's pyschology of abuse. but calling him a "jew mason" hurts your credibility and makes you look anti-semitic. it is not necessary to be racist against jewish people to get the message across about his abuse. i appreciate your publishing of my perspective, but believe it will be more effective without the anti-semitic effect
Hey, calling a Jewish Mason a Jew Mason is simply calling the kettle black. If you're still using pigeon-hole terms like "anti-Semitic" to describe calling a Jew a Jew, I recommend researching who the capstone of control is in this world: Zionism and Judaism. Besides, that was my comment, not yours, so I don't see what the issue is. Peace
~Eric - June 7, 2012 at 6:33 PM
- Eric Dubay said...
Note: Judaism is a religion, not a race. Jewish propaganda, such as linking themselves with "Semites" and calling anything negative "anti-Semitic" makes you think someone who disagrees with the tenets and immorality of Judaism is somehow "racist." I judge everyone based on their individual merit, as I judge every religion based on its.
- June 7, 2012 at 6:39 PM
- Eric Dubay said...
thanks for your work. i completely disagree, and feel like your credibility is damaged. your story would be more compelling without the racism. are you asociated with nazi-ism by chance? i do not like racism at all.
Nor do I. I'm not racist, and Judaism is a religion, not a race (though it masquerades as such). It is a racist religion whose followers are deemed "God's chosen people" and taught all manner of supremacist beliefs. Here are some lovely quotes from Judaism's most holy book, the Talmud:
"The Jews are called human beings, but the non-Jews are not humans. They are beasts."
-Talmud: Baba mezia, 114b
"The Akum (non-Jew) is like a dog. Yes, the scripture teaches to honor the the dog more than the non-Jew."
-Ereget Raschi Erod. 22 30
"Even though God created the non-Jew they are still animals in human form. It is not becoming for a Jew to be served by an animal. Therfore he will be served by animals in human form."
-Midrasch Talpioth, p. 255, Warsaw 1855
"A pregnant non-Jew is no better than a pregnant animal."
-Coschen hamischpat 405
"The souls of non-Jews come from impure sprits and are called pigs."
-Jalkut Rubeni gadol 12b
"Although the non-Jew has the same body structure as the Jew, they compare with the Jew like a monkey to a human."
-Schene luchoth haberith, p. 250 b
"If you eat with a Gentile, it is the same as eating with a dog."
-Tosapoth, Jebamoth 94b
"Sexual intercourse between Gentiles is like intercourse between animals."
-Talmud Sanhedrin 74b
"It is permitted to take the body and the life of a Gentile."
-Sepher ikkarim III c 25
"It is the law to kill anyone who denies the Torah. The Christians belong to the denying ones of the Torah."
-Coschen hamischpat 425 Hagah 425. 5
"A heretic Gentile you may kill outright with your own hands."
-Talmud, Abodah Zara, 4b
"Every Jew, who spills the blood of the godless (non-Jews), is doing the same as making a sacrifice to God."
-Talmud: Bammidber raba c 21 & Jalkut 772
As for Nazism or National Socialism, no I'm not a Socialist, a Communist, a Republican or Democrat. I believe in freedom and equality so I am an anarchist, which means "no rulers." I don't believe we need to be ruled or governed. The state is a violent, coercive institution that steals in the form of taxes and commits violence in the form of police, soldiers, and prisons. Like yourself, I also frown upon racism, including and especially institutionalized racism like the kind present in Judaism. Peace - June 8, 2012 at 12:50 AM
- Eric Dubay said...
i have always been very interested in judaism---but i look at it from a bird's eye anthropological look. all the chosen people and male domination stuff---is ridiculous. its as though humans try to dignify inbreeding. i outed his antisemitic supporters in UK who thought this is jewish plot v. assange. they are sick cultists. can you note that julian assange was citing a neo-nazi on his defense website---and i am responsible for going to sweden---getting this out of a researcher---confronting his defense website team---writing letters and getting it removed. and arran via occupymedia2012 on twitter is still supporting assange tho assange is promoting a sexist book on swedish porn now---yes wikileaks is now a porn publishing sex book promo club. to slam the rape victims. as i get clear on this recent twist---i realize a lot of misogynists love assange---and arran's treating of me like an inferior to his major godhead charlie veitch--- i do not like male dominated religions or religions that promote genocide and racism. so in that regard--- i still think there is a more delicate way to say what you mean. it's your decision. i know very sweethearted jewish people who might mistake you when you say "jew" as though that is a de facto ipso facto bad thing. that's where your approach could use more explanation. i know cultures can warp---as sexist catholic pedophiles warped my childhood.
so the cultural warp ---- can occur. do you know what else. arran said he has an uncle he thinks may have killed someone. or had him killed. and that he is involved in ponzi schemes and dirty money. laundering or something. and that the family is mafia. the father confirmed this. that might be some of the psychology thing. this uncle also extremely verbally abused the sister.
arran said his mom verbally abused him, and her boyfriend physically abused him. also arran claims to be a historical revisionist on holocaust.
there is more later - June 8, 2012 at 1:57 AM
- Eric Dubay said...
this is the "more later" part
Arran Edmonstone Thomson Leaks
Arran Edmonstone Restraining Order
Hey, I'm reading these messages he sent you that you posted on Scribd... geeeeeeeez, what a manipulative, lying, needy, clingy, parasite he is! A completely different persona from how he presented himself to me of course. Thanks for posting so that hopefully others won't fall prey to his stalker grossness. Peace - June 10, 2012 at 8:28 PM
- Arran Edmonstone said...
I read your apology and I fully accept it. At the time I sent you the original message I was still relatively new at blogging, cyber activism and social networking and mostly out of naivety I was overly-paranoid about revealing what I knew online (which ironically coincides with a lot having to do with Agenda 21) especially to someone who I have never met in person. Ultimately my defenses were high due to my fear of the unknown. One thing I know is that the totalitarian and more quickly forming one-world government is finding any way they can to keep everyone under constant surveillance.
The threats in the message were based in some misunderstandings I had about my own reality and the truth about what is happening in the world, as well as many missing pieces of my own past having to do with my father. I was actually thinking there would be some global media network (non-corporate) which comes into being to raise global consciousness and establish what I later found out was the "perfect", borderless world imagined by the psy-op, hippy generation of the 60's. I also didn't know about organizations such as Lucis Trust until months later and had much (re)thinking to do about ideas I had about politics and Anarchy.
I also do not subscribe to Judaism or any other religion and believe religions are used widely to keep people divided and at war with one another. Nor am I a liar or a stalker. Also, despite my angry words in the past, I think very highly of your blog and writing. I recently read your post about escaping the Matrix and pursuing life-long passions. That is what I have been pursuing, as well. My passions are writing, film making and photography. I have little urge to waste my energy spreading rumors about people online.
So, with regard to the person who sent you long messages about her experiences with me, she actually does have some major issues which are very much related to suffering from being abused. Much of her perception of me was based on this. As an example the "pornographic" image she claims I attempted to show to her was the art from the Guns 'n Roses album, Appetite for Destruction! There were reasons why, which I don't care to get into and she, of course, never saw this because she so immediately reacted. As far as any other conclusions you (or anyone else) have drawn about my character (i.e. lying, needy, clingy) they are largely inaccurate and based on limited experiences. I would also be happy to share more with you about who I am as time progresses (though I believe that is impossible for anyone to do online). I have said my peace and would be grateful for your understanding. Thank you for your work and I hope 2013 is filled with goodness for you and everyone you love.
- December 31, 2012 at 6:40 PM
Hello Eric
What are your findings on Jordan Maxwell. Is he genuine, or he's also on the bandwagon just like Alex Jones and David Icke?
JP - March 3, 2013 at 6:01 AM
To the person who keeps talking about arran's daughter , the daughter specifically asked him not to talk about too complicated subjects. She was very intelligent just couldn't understand many of the topics. Take into mind she was very young.
- November 29, 2014 at 5:09 AM
- Unknown said...
Venus Project is controlled opposition? I'm soooo sad ...
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I've never really spent time at MomLogic. As a rule (of behavior, not of action; that is, analyzing my web-usage behavior will show a pattern that might indicate a rule, but I don't say to myself "Self, here's a rule we're going to follow") I tend not to read the more magazine-style parenting sites, even those with generally good reputations like Parents or Offsprung. I had never heard of MomLogic until a sweet, charming, witty, and potty-mouthed (she says things like "fuck" on her site) blogger I read, Stefanie over at Baby On Bored, regaled her readers with a story about her interactions with MomLogic.
The story she told painted MomLogic in a pretty unflattering light. But, it was her story to tell and heaven forbid bloggers stop telling the stories they have.
Apparently MomLogic didn't like the story much, and according to Stefanie they, in an act of what I can only call supreme douchebaggery, got some first-year flunky at a law firm to send out a cease and desist letter. (I'm just guessing that it was a first-year flunky. But I doubt a partner would waste their time drafting that sucker.)
They sent this letter to a writer. To a blogger. So, she blogged about it. She took down the original post, because in the end MomLogic seemed to be willing to spend the money to threaten, and she was in no financial position to hire someone to tell MomLogic to fuck the hell off. But she did let her readers know that she had received this When-you're-a-dick-everything-looks-like-it-ought-to-be-screwed letter.
Mysteriously, the post indirectly letting her readers know that someone had sent a letter and that that's why there was something missing from the site, is also gone. I don't know why. Maybe she felt genuine remorse over the whole thing. Maybe dragons stole it.
But imagine that she took it down because some website decided they didn't like it when bloggers wrote down anything bad about them. How would we know? She would feel like she couldn't write about it, so there'd be no history on her site. And without a post on her site, there'd be no linking, so no word-of-blog about it. I really don't know why she took it down, and she may have a very amicable relationship with them all of a sudden and she may not be able to talk about it because she's been offered partnership in the company along with a non-disclosure agreement. I don't know why a blogger would take down a post about a cease and desist letter just days after receiving it. But I have a vivid imagination, and the rest of this post is inspired by that quite possibly overactive imagination.
I had a conversation with an attorney on the plane from JFK to SFO last night. She practices family law for gay and lesbian couples in San Francisco, and as part of our lovely conversation we talked about things like Cambodia, health care in Canada, dissertations, residencies, and the Holocaust. You know, 'getting-to-know-you' conversation. :} At one point I was reminded of the following piece by Martin Niemöller:
When the Nazis came for the communists,
I remained silent;
I was not a communist.When they locked up the social democrats,
I remained silent;
I was not a social democrat.When they came for the trade unionists,
I did not speak out;
I was not a trade unionist.When they came for the Jews,
I remained silent;
I wasn't a Jew.When they came for me,
there was no one left to speak out.
It may be using too large a hammer on too small a nail to invoke this kind of imagery in a discussion about blogging, and cease and desist letters.
But censorship-via-lawyer remains censorship. Was Stefanie lying about MomLogic? It's possible, in which case MomLogic would be well within their rights to challenge what they might have taken as libel. I don't know Stefanie at all well, so she might be an incorrigible liar. I have my doubts, but they're worth about as much as a cease-and-desist letter from a first-year flunky.
If she wasn't lying, though, then why send the letter? Because she said bad things about them on her blog? Tough. Lot's of people say lots of bad, and true, things about companies and individuals in lots of media. Having a lawyer at your disposal to draft letters to shut those people up is a convenient, and bullying, way to engage them. And once you start bullying people into silence you've crossed a line that is difficult to uncross.
It's funny to me that I wrote a guest post for Carmen about bullying a couple of months ago. I'm not sure what kind of schoolyard bully a company that deployed lawyers to silence a blogger would be most like. Not that MomLogic is necessarily a bully about this. I mean, as I said, Stefanie could be an inveterate liar and her stories should all be read as little fictions, in which case maybe sending the lawyers after her was the only option MomLogic had. I could totally understand that.
It's really hard to just talk to people. It's better to intimidate them with illusions of civil liabilities and threaten them with the cost of fighting off the lawyers in court.
I don't have a sarcasm font. In unrelated news I wrote that last paragraph in regular ol' Times New Roman.
P.S. I was inspired to write this post in the first place because someone who, according to MyBlogLog, authors MomLogic visited my blog today. That was nice. I like having new readers. I wondered how she came across it, though, and the only information Statcounter could give me was that she came via my Blogger profile. Well, coincidentally, I've been commenting on Stefanie's blog for a while now, using my Blogger profile, and I've been heartily in favor of her standing up to them if she's feeling unfairly intimidated by them. Also, coincidentally, Statcounter told me that someone visiting the blog around, oh, exactly the time that my MomLogic visitor came by happened to do a search of my site for the term "momlogic". I don't think she found anything. But, because I don't like to disappoint people I thought I would write something that would show up in future searches.


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The commands in the remainder of this book must be performed while
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I still had some leftover butternut squash and I was thinking about doing a whole grain salad with it. Over the last while I have been enjoying exploring whole grains and one of my favorite ways to use them is in simple salads. One of my favorite whole grains is farro as it is has a really nice chewy texture like pasta cooked al dente that I really like. I was thinking of a simple squash squash farro salad. Since sage goes really well with squash and since I had some in my fridge it was a no brainier to add it. I like the way that balsamic vinegar adds a touch of sweet along with the tart and I thought that it would work well with the roasted butternut squash. Walnuts are one of my favorites and I wanted to add them to the salad and I thought that it would be the perfect opportunity to try out the walnut oil that I had recently picked up. The walnuts were toasted to give them that perfect texture and to bring out their full flavour. Of course I could not pass up on the chance to add something green and I used it to enjoy some swiss chard. The roasted butternut squash farro salad turned out pretty good. I really liked the way the roasted butternut squash worked with the chewy farro and the salad had a really nice flavour. I enjoyed the salad warm the first night and I enjoyed it cool the next morning as a quick breakfast before running out the door.
Roasted Butternut Squash Farro Salad
- 2 cups butternut squash (peeled, seeded and cut into 1 inch cubes)
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
- 1 tablespoon sage (chopped)
- 2 cups cooked farro (cooked as directed on package)
- 1/2 bunch swiss chard (cut into bite sized pieces and wilted)
- 1 handful red onion (chopped)
- 1/4 cup feta (crumbled)
- 1/4 cup walnuts (toasted)
- 2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
- 1 tablespoon walnut oil (or olive oil)
- salt and pepper to taste
- 1 teaspoon sage (chopped)
- Toss the squash in the oil and vinegar along with the sage.
- Roast in a preheated 400F/200C oven tossing after 15 minutes until the squash is tender, about 30 minutes.
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