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Tools:Network Forensics
Network Forensics Packages and Appliances
- Burst
- http://www.burstmedia.com/release/advertisers/geo_faq.htm
- Expensive IP geolocation service.
- CapAnalysis
- http://www.capanalysis.net
- DEMO: http://pcap.capanalysis.net
- Open Source web visual tool for information security specialists, system administrators and everyone who needs to analyze large amounts of captured network traffic.
- CapAnalysis performs indexing of data set of PCAP files and presents their contents in many forms, starting from a list of TCP, UDP or ESP streams/flows, passing to the geo-graphical representation of the connections.
- Enterasys Dragon
- http://www.enterasys.com/products/advanced-security-apps/index.aspx
- Instrusion Detection System, includes session reconstruction.
- ipfix/netflow v5/9
- http://www.mantaro.com/products/MNIS/collector.htm
- MNIS Collector is an IPFIX collector which also supports legacy Netflow. It was designed to be used with the MNIS Exporter, which is a Deep Packet Inspection probe that can be used to decode 300+ protocols on up to 20 Gbps and report the information in IPFIX.
- Mantaro Network Intelligence Solutions (MNIS)
- http://www.mantaro.com/products/MNIS/index.htm
- MNIS is a comprehensive and scalable network intelligence platform for network forensics and various other applications. It is built on high speed Deep Packet Inspection and metadata alerting. It can be used to understand network events before and after an event. It scales from LAN environments to 20 Gbps service provider networks.
- http://www.mantaro.com/products/MNIS/network_intelligence_applications.htm#network_forensics
- MaxMind
- http://www.maxmind.com
- IP geolocation services and data provider for offline geotagging. Free GeoLite country database. Programmable APIs.
- netflow/flowtools
- http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/732/Tech/nmp/netflow/index.shtml
- http://www.splintered.net/sw/flow-tools/
- http://silktools.sourceforge.net/
- http://www.vmware.com/vmtn/appliances/directory/293 Netflow Appliance (VMWare)
- NetDetector
- http://www.niksun.com/product.php?id=4
- NetDetector is a full-featured appliance for network security surveillance, signature-based anomaly detection, analytics and forensics. It complements existing network security tools, such as firewalls, intrusion detection/prevention systems and switches/routers, to help provide comprehensive defense of hosted intellectual property, mission-critical network services and infrastructure
- NetIntercept
- http://www.sandstorm.net/products/netintercept
- NetIntercept captures whole packets and reassembles up to 999,999 TCP connections at once, reconstructing files that were sent over your network and creating a database of its findings. It recognizes over 100 types of network protocols and file types, including web traffic, multimedia, email, and IM.
- NetVCR
- http://www.niksun.com/product.php?id=3
- NetVCR delivers comprehensive real-time network, service and application performance management. It is an integrated, single-point solution that decisively replaces multiple network performance monitoring and troubleshooting systems. NetVCR's scalable architecture easily adapts to data centers, core networks, remote branches or central offices for LAN and WAN requirements
- NIKSUN Full Function Appliance
- http://www.niksun.com/product.php?id=11
- NIKSUN's Full-Function Appliance combines the value of both NetDetector and NetVCR for complete network performance and security surveillance. This plug-and-play appliance offers customers a complete range of network security and performance monitoring solutions that identify, capture and analyze the root-cause of any security or network incident the first time! The unique enterprise-wide network visibility provided by this product is extremely attractive to large enterprises requiring an integrated and proactive solution to combat the constant barrage of security and network incidents such as worms, viruses, Trojan-horse attacks, Denial of Service (DoS) attacks, outages, overload and service slowdown, etc.
- NetOmni
- http://www.niksun.com/product.php?id=1
- NetOmni provides global visibility across the network so IT professionals can manage multiple products and vendors from one central location. NetOmni streamlines the network management process in a manner conducive to a "best-practices" model that ensures Service Level Agreements (SLA), Quality of Services (QoS) and maximum revenue opportunities.
- NISUN Puma Portable
- http://www.niksun.com/product.php?id=15
- NIKSUN's Puma, a portable network monitoring appliance, allows customers to leverage the state-of-the-art network performance, security and compliance monitoring technology as a robust luggable appliance that can be conveniently used in the field. Deployed in a few short steps, Puma offers with exceptional functionality of NIKSUN's renowned performance and security monitoring technology within minutes to field personnel. Puma, is now capable of monitoring networks at 10G speeds. The incorporation of real-time 10G monitoring to the Puma feature-set enhances the already excellent value that Puma provides to customers, making it the go-to portable monitoring and forensics tool for network professionals
- ipfix/netflow v5/9
- http://www.mantaro.com/products/MNIS/collector.htm
- MNIS Collector is an IPFIX collector which also supports legacy Netflow. It was designed to be used with the MNIS Exporter, which is a Deep Packet Inspection probe that can be used to decode 300+ protocols on up to 20 Gbps and report the information in IPFIX.
NetSleuth is a free network analysis tool released under the GPL. NetSleuth can be used to analyse and fingerprint hosts from pcap files, designed for post event incident response and network forensics. It also supports a live sniffing mode, silently identifying and fingerprinting devices without needing to send any traffic onto a network.
- NetworkMiner
- http://sourceforge.net/projects/networkminer/
- http://www.netresec.com/?page=NetworkMiner
- NetworkMiner is a Network Forensic Analysis Tool (NFAT) for Windows. NetworkMiner can be used as a passive network sniffer/packet capturing tool in order to detect operating systems, sessions, hostnames, open ports etc. without putting any traffic on the network. NetworkMiner can also parse PCAP files for off-line analysis and to regenerate/reassemble transmitted files and certificates from PCAP files. The purpose of NetworkMiner is to collect data (such as forensic evidence) about hosts on the network rather than to collect data regarding the traffic on the network. The main view is host centric (information grouped per host) rather than packet centric (information showed as a list of packets/frames). NetworkMiner has, since the first release in 2007, become popular tool among incident responce teams as well as law enforcement. NetworkMiner is today used by companies and organizations all over the world.
- NetworkMiner is available both as a free open source tool and as a commercial network forensics tool.
- pcap2wav
- http://pcap2wav.xplico.org/
- VoIP/RTP decoder. pcap2wav is part (a sub-project) of Xplico and it supports and decodes the following audio codecs: G711ulaw, G711alaw, G722, G729, G723, G726 and MSRTA (x-msrta: Real Time Audio).
- nslookup
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nslookup
- Name Server Lookup command line tool used to find IP address from domain name.
- truewitness
- http://www.nature-soft.com/forensic.html
- Linux/open-source. Based in India.
- OmniPeek by WildPackets
- http://www.wildpackets.com/solutions/network_forensics
- http://www.wildpackets.com/products/network_analysis/omnipeek_network_analyzer/forensics_search
- OmniPeek is a network forensics tool used to capture, store, and analyze historical network traffic.
- Whois
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WHOIS Web service and command line tool to look up registry information for internet domain.
- http://www.arin.net/registration/agreements/bulkwhois.pdf Bulk WHOIS data request from ARIN
- IP Regional Registries
- http://www.arin.net/community/rirs.html
- http://www.arin.net/index.shtml American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN)
- http://www.afrinic.net/ African Network Information Center (AfriNIC)
- http://www.apnic.net/ Asia Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC)
- http://www.lacnic.net/en/ Latin American and Caribbean IP Address Regional Registry (LACNIC)
- http://www.ripe.net/ RIPE Network Coordination Centre (RIPE NCC)
- Wireshark / Ethereal
- http://www.wireshark.org/
- Open Source protocol analyzer previously known as ethereal.
- Kismet
- http://www.kismetwireless.net/
- Kismet is an 802.11 layer2 wireless network detector, sniffer, and intrusion detection system.
- kisMAC
- http://www.http://kismac-ng.org/
- KisMAC is an open-source and free sniffer/scanner application for Mac OS X.
- Xplico
- http://www.xplico.org/
- Open Source Network Forensic Analysis Tool (NFAT). Protocols supported: HTTP, SIP, FTP, IMAP, POP, SMTP, TCP, UDP, IPv4, IPv6, ...
- VoIP sniffer and decoder. Audio codec supported: G711ulaw, G711alaw, G722, G729, G723, G726 and MSRTA
- Expert Team - 3i System
- http://www.expert-team.net
- Expert Team 3i System provides real-time data traffic reconstruction which allows raw data packet stream to be decoded, reassemble and reconstruct back to the original content view receive/compose/sent by the target users. Supported layer 7 protocols and applications include HTTP (Web URL and Content, Web Video, Web File Upload and Download, Email - POP3, IMAP, SMTP, Webmail, Social Networking Sites, FTP File Upload and Download, Instant Messaging, VoIP etc....
- fmadio 10G Packet Capture
- http://fmad.io
- Cost effective full line rate 10G packet capture to disk appliance. Featuring a slim 1U solution with 4 hot swap drives and 16TB of raw disk space, generating nanosecond PCAP files that can be downloaded for further processing at 10Gbit speed. This is a commercial appliance by a small independent vendor.
Command-line tools
arp - view the contents of your ARP cache
ifconfig - view your mac and IP address
ping - send packets to probe remote machines
SplitCap http://splitcap.sourceforge.net/ - SplitCap is a free open source pcap file splitter.
tcpdump - capture packets
snoop - captures packets from the network and displays their contents (Solaris)
nemesis - create arbitrary packets
tcpreplay - replay captured packets
traceroute - view a network path
gnetcast - GNU rewrite of netcat
packit - packet generator
nmap - utility for network exploration and security auditing
Xplico Open Source Network Forensic Analysis Tool (NFAT)
pcap_latency_analyzer https://github.com/fmadio/pcap_latency_analyzer - Analyze packet latency between 2 PCAP`s or between 2 MAC`s or any packets with the same payloads.
ARP and Ethernet MAC Tools
arping - transmit ARP traffic
arpdig - probe LAN for MAC addresses
arpwatch - watch ARP changes
arp-sk - perform denial of service attacks
macof - CAM table attacks
ettercap - performs various low-level Ethernet network attacks
CISCO Discovery Protocol Tools
cdpd - transmit and receive CDP announcements; provides forgery capabilities
ICMP Layer Tests and Attacks
ish - ICMP shell (like SSH, but uses ICMP)
IP Layer Tests
iperf - IP multicast test
fragtest - IP fragment reassembly test
UDP Layer Tests
udpcast - includes UDP-receiver and UDP-sender
TCP Layer
lft http://pwhois.org/lft - TCP tracing
etrace http://www.bindshell.net/tools/etrace


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On 2 April 2008, Dell - one of The °Climate Group's most recent members - announced that it will power its headquarters campus in Round Rock, Texas, which is home to more than 10,000 Dell employees, with 100 per cent green power. This is only the latest step in a program to help the company meet its 2008 carbon neutral commitment. The °Climate Group was pleased to participate in the media launch of the joint announcement alongside Dell, TXU Energy and Waste Management.
Under the deal, Dell will secure power from Waste Management's Austin Community Landfill gas-to-energy plant, enough to provide 40 per cent of the campus' power needs. As existing wind farms, powered by TXU Energy, already power 60 per cent of the campus, this deal means Dell's headquarters will now be powered entirely by renewable sources.
"For Dell to partner with Waste Management and TXU Energy to source renewable energy on this scale is great news," said Dr. Steve Howard, CEO of The °Climate Group. "Greening the company's Texas operations not only underpins Dell's bold carbon neutral commitment but helps drive clean energy investment and tackles climate change."
Dell also announced it would increase green power use for its Austin Parmer Campus, provided by Austin Energy, from eight to 17 per cent. The company is a leading participant in Austin Energy's GreenChoice® power program. Dell also powers its Twin Falls, Idaho, facility with 100 percent green power, 97 per cent of which is wind power and three percent solar.
"It's time for our industry to take a lead role in creating a clean energy future," said Paul Bell, President of Dell Americas. "Today, we are challenging every technology company to work with their suppliers and partners in integrating green power and energy-efficient strategies into their operations."
In September 2007, Dell announced it would make company-owned and leased facilities carbon neutral in 2008 through a strategy of improving energy-efficiency in its operations and maximizing the purchase of renewable power. This commitment is part of the company's climate strategy which also seeks to minimize carbon impact of supplier operations and customer product use.
"Powering an entire campus with green power, in partnership with these two leading companies, is an important step in becoming the greenest technology company on the planet and the right thing to do for our shared earth," said Mr. Bell. "At the same time we're using green technology to drive operating expense down."
Operational initiatives to increase efficiency and reduce electricity use already implemented on Dell's central Texas campuses are expected to save the company more than$2 million annually in operating costs and cutting {CO2}-equivalent emissions by nearly 20,000 tonnes per year. The purchase of green power gives Dell price certainty on its operational costs for power, and the company expects it may see cost benefits to using green power in the future.
The company's desktop systems alone have helped customers save more than US$2.2 billion and avoid approximately 22.4 million tons of {CO2}.
"We're very pleased that our Austin Community Landfill's gas to energy project will play a key role in Dell's commitment to using renewable energy. This project is part of our company's environmental initiative to increase the production of waste based energy. Today, we create enough energy for the equivalent of 1 million homes each year and by 2020 we expect to double that output, producing enough energy for the equivalent of more than 2 million homes," said David Steiner, Chief Executive Officer of Waste Management, Inc.

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Calling Uncle: Is UVA seeking a federal bailout?
The double-page ad in the Washington Post, New York Times, and Boston Globe December 16 is a lengthy letter to President-elect Barack Obama that starts with a high-toned "Statement by Public Higher Education Leaders Convened by Carnegie Corporation of New York." Way down at the bottom of 2,000-word epistle, the 54 signees get to the point: Public universities want a bailout, a cut of the new chief executive's stimulus package, and among them is the financially battered University of Virginia.
"I think it's totally unreasonable," says former city councilor/radio host Rob Schilling. "That means they're asking for money out of my pocket, and my wallet is a little thin right now."
Certainly it's tough times in the world of public education. UVA's endowment has lost around 20 percent– nearly $1 billion– and that's before the fourth quarter report. Governor Tim Kaine announced December 17 that his plan to keep the state from going broke from its nearly $3 billion shortfall includes taking $23 million out of the $160 million in state monies UVA normally would expect receive.
Schilling suggests belt tightening. "If they want more," he says, "they should ask delegates or legislators to carry a bill to get them an extra penny in sales tax. To funnel it through the feds hides this."
But George Soule with the Carnegie Corporation of New York, an Andrew Carnegie-founded philanthropic arm, defends the request to Uncle Sam, pointing out that increased innovation fuels job creation. "An investment in public education," says Soule, "is an investment in the economy."
And UVA says it's already been tightening its belt.
"We're feeling the effects of the national downturn," says chief operating officer Leonard Sandridge in a December 17 conference call. "The state reductions and general economic downturn have forced us to look at every aspect of our operation."
While the university has vowed that layoffs are not part of its effort to reduce costs, even Sandridge says he's never seen a period in the economy like this one since September 1. "We don't have layoffs in our plan," says Sandridge, "but we don't know what the next six months will bring."
Sandridge points out that the federal economic stimulus package targets infrastructure and capital expenditures, not any university's operating budget.
Will universities get some of the federal funds? UVA prognosticator Larry Sabato isn't sure. He is sure, however, that asking early is a smart move.
"You want to get that idea on the table," says Sabato. "There's a near 100 percent certainty that a large–- and I mean very large–- stimulus package will be passed."
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UVA has some real balls. They have 3 billion floating around? Seems to me they should have invested that money right here in Charlottesville which would have stabilized the economy and given them a decent low risk return. There are all kinds of municipal partnership deals that could have been struck. They could build new schools and lease them to the county. They could loan money for infrastrucure here which would free up taxpayer money to make Charlottesville a much better place for the students and allumni. It is too bad that the Darden school obviously teaches greed over substance.
I am just a handyman but I sold my rental house in 2006 at the top of the market and just bought one this week for 120k less 1 block away. If I could see the train coming down the track how come these geniuses couldn't figure it out?
Why would the county lease a school?
Do they currently lease any schools?
What's the point in worrying over it now? They obviously aren't going to listen to us rambling on and on about how they could have seccured it better.
What UVA doesn't see is that less and less people are going to school these days. Improve the outlook and affordibility of its schools and maybe people will start to flcok to it like bees on honey...
SOLR Governments lease buildings all the time
Simple math If te county wants to build a school for ten million they float a bond and pay interest on the note and the principal upon maturity. If UVA builds the building with the same ten million and rents it to the county perpetually then the county never needs to pay the principal and uva has a perpetual income on its endowment that is as secure as it comes. Since they both are "forever" everybody wins.
The problem is UVA got greedy and wanted higher returns and took risks with other peoples money (donors). If they think the losses from the current fund are bad wait till the allumni that saw it pissed away stop refilling the coffers.
This sounds more like a joke to ridicule the bailout. Surely, casteen wouldn't expect taxpayers to flip the bill for all the EXCESS building he seems to have mastered! With BILLIONS in the endowment he has the balls to ask for a handout when our country is nearing bankruptcy so he can have new pretty buildings? Haven't they gotten enough already???
That John Casteen is appearing in the NYT, WaPo, Globe, etc., asking for a bailout indicates that *he* has been given the preliminary numbers for just how much *more* the endowment lost in the fourth quarter. Just one billion? That's so Third Quarter. It's bad, bad, bad.
Hopefully the federal government won't hand out taxpayer's dollars to organizations that are poorly managed again. It's disgusting to me that Casteen had the nerve to even ask.
Come to think of it isn't this the same Casteen who entertained the idea of reducing the drinking age to 18 and banning signs at UVA games? Perhaps age is having its effects on his senses. What's next John, windmills on Monticello!
The returns have been somewhat suspicious over the past 5 to 10 years. I suspect that enormous risks were embedded in their portfolios, to a level they did not understand. It read like more and more of the investments were less and less liquid. A ââ?¬Å?black swan" has pooped on our great campus and the mess will take many new gifts to clean up. OK, large donors, please start lining up"Š"Š
If the government is giving away billions on infrastructure, why not have some of it go to higher education? Aren't they just doing their homework.
Rich, don't you think the large donors took a hit as well? If the university only loses 20%, this year that will be outstanding management. Anytime you beat the averages it's a good year
Of course the large donors took a hit, especially the ones invested with Madoff. I was really joking some about the focus on large donors, and all the naming opportunities. Has The Lawn been offered up for a naming opportunity? Also, the final number is not in, and also, endowments by nature should not be over 60% equity, or somewhere thereabouts. The old 60/40 asset mix was ignored by many institutions groveling for higher returns
by "government" i assume you are talking about the taxpayers, which is you and I. I for one do not see adding even more buildings to UVA grounds as an emergency. Do you? the ordacity to equite what lehman or wachovia went through due to deadbeat borrowers and bad decisions with casteen and other schools building wants is comical if not sad. why would anyone want to incurr more debt for our country than we already have? its ludicruos and irresponsible!
It would be interesting reading to delve into what investments UVA has been involved with. Lubert-Adler is a prime example of an investment firm that has at its disposal 30 university endowments to invest in real estate projects. Obviously, the universities that were heavily involved in real estate investments are poised to take a big hit which probably is not even yet apparent. Lubert-Adler is the money behind Bobby Ginn Resorts which are sinking all over the country and the Bahamas leaving many investors with overpriced lots that they can't sell and builders with homes in foreclosure all wondering what happened to the money. Bobby Ginn wasted a chunk of these people's money trying to race in NASCAR. It is all about GREED. Why give money to any charity including universities, when the majority of times it is poorly used or used for the recipients benefit? Remember the heat the automaker CEOs took for flying in private Jets. John Casteen has a private jet at his disposal. That is where these hard earned dollars are going. The state and local governments only have to tax themselves out of their outrageous overinflated budget shortfalls and burden the otherwise overburdened taxpayer. They, including the university have amassed large reserves during the expansion years so why don't they use their savings to conduct business like the rest of use are forced to due in these hard times rather than look to the innocent bystander or Washington for help which translates to the taxpayer again.
it is conceivable that some of these investments were made with the pledge to supply more funds to the entities, given the outcome of certain events. That would mean UVA would be on the "hook" to take some more of its good money to send off to meet its funding requirements on a sinking investment. Does anybody have info on this potential? And who knows what the accounting would be for such a contingent "investment"/liability at FYE?????
They've screwed the pooch and are now looking to cast blame or gather undeserved help.
Look at how money is squandered at Darden. There's a good story for an intrepid reporter.
I wish this article had more exposure across the state. Put the McEntire School of Commerce to work to figure it out ... their conclusion will be to end the President's perks ...
The commerce school undergraduates would do well to evaluate all that is wrong and sleazy at UVA -- much of it wrought by a sense of entitlement and overblown egos, especially among the dead-wood faculty.
Many honest people have seen firsthand how the so-called leadership at UVA holds out the hat for well-heeled donors to contribute, then spends the money on ridiculous perks for...the so-called leadership at UVA. And they will deny it to their dying breath, but it is there just the same.
If donors to the Darden School saw how their philanthropy was squandered in a thousand subtle ways, day in, day out, the Darden School would soon be spending down its endowment.
But money is incestuous and breeds with its sister, "prestige," which results in the cross-eyed bastard child of arrogance. It is arrogance that has led inevitably to the current situation.
Where will it stop?
Agreed. The arrogance and sense of entitlement is overwhelming.
Here's a handy way to shake your head in wonder: a run-down of (mostly) faculty salaries in 2008. Some of these fossils are raking it in, working maybe 2-3 days a week, and many of them are consulting heavily on the side:
The appalling fact is, when the administration announced a salary freeze until July 2009, the first individuals to squeal like little piggies bound for the skillet were the very individuals pulling down $150,000 to $500,000 annually.
Cry me a river, you poor, dumb bastards who can't cut it in Charlottesville on six figures a year.
Arrogance? Good Lord. You can scarcely imagine.
Most of you are simply nuts. Everyone else has their hands out- why not UVa? It is the smart play.
Wait for those 4Q numbers...
UVA medical is like all other forms of government and big business. Top heavy with paper pushers that are overpaid to come up with rules and regulations that hamper those that do the real work that generates profit and serves the patient's needs. There are 10 paper pushers for every health professional at UVA. The fact is that you could get rid of 75% of these non vital individuals and save a ton of money and increase efficiency. So why doesn't that happen? Paper pushers were allowed to gain control many many years ago. HSF(health services foundation)is a prime example of the unnecessary duplication and excess that is integral to the system. HSF was originally created for the benefit of the physicians at UVA but has evolved into a blob that has now engulfed that original purpose. It is so top heavy with paper pushers the result is due to federal government retirement contribution rules, the physicians yearly retirement distributions have to be made with after tax dollars and is tied to insurance which everyone knows is a terrible means to invest for retirement. UVA also has a tradition of underpaying its staff( physicians, nurses, techs) compared to the majority of similar academic centers and as a result it is becoming harder and harder to retain and attract talented individuals. It seems that the top brass counts on the appeal of Charlottesville and the national prominence and tradition of the university to make up the difference. Luckily for them there has been an influx of bright foreign trained physicians to fill these positions. This could be the subject of another philosophical discussion.
"Everyone else has their hands out- why not UVa?"
Ooooh: that's precious. Everyone else is doing it, why not us?
That is possibly the dumbest attitude toweard life i have heard in the long, sad history of dumb people offering rationales for idiotic behavior.
So let's just follow this idiot's logic to its terminal conclusion and give everyone a handout. Everyone who has lost anything as a result of a financial crisis fueled by poor regulation and greed. Just bail out anyone who lost so much as a nickel and watch the country go bankrupt.
The samrt play? Only a child would think such a thing.
Dear But Seriously...
Ok Herbet Hoover- let's do it your way. Oh wait...we already did and it was called the Great Depression.
Without the bailouts our economy would have completely collapsed, unemployment would already be greater than 12%, and we would be screwed worse than we already are. Even with the bailout our 4Q GDP will be negative 4%-8%. Think about that. Quit thinking about moral hazards and start contemplating what is in your best interest.
Samrt is spelled smart by the way- probably not going to take advice from this person.
Commentators here are so right in so many ways. Mr Casteen is one of a generation of University presidents who have upped the ante remarkably in the commercialization of higher education. A huge majority of UVa students today care only about acquiring job skills, which is exactly the opposite of what Mr Jefferson intended universities to be about (which is the creation of an informed, skeptical citizenry). Education is not supposed to be about profit; higher education is not a business. But you'd have real trouble getting Mr Casteen or Mr Sandridge to acknowledge that. Putting the endowment into risky investments guarantees the university will be subject to market forces much more than it should be.
What's happened is a shame, and Casteen, the Darden School, the Comm School, the "Leadership" institute, the Medical School, etc., are all responsible for it--look at the close ties between Darden and Lehman Bros, exactly responsible for the kind of investments that make Casteen's precious endowment--which he spends 80% of his time raising money for, & then treats as a leveraged stock market account instead of what it's supposed to be--an ENDOWMENT, & as County Farmer says, to be invested largely in municipal projects and bonds and other conservative, interest-bearing investments. Instead of being held responsible for two decades of decisions that commercialized education and guaranteed this kind of catastrophe, they will go out and ask the very people they have victimized (by denying the citizenry the kind of education that would raise questions about commercializing education) to rescue them. It is shameful.
interesting thoughts. It will be interesting to see where the next round of money comes from. It does seem as though the mission of the University has drifted somewhat in the past 10 to 20 years. Weren't they trying to go private also? What's up with that one?
Poor UVA doesn't have enough billions to keep the caviar buffet open while also pumping distilled water into the restrooms. "I will not permit my spoiled child to live like a commoner at a public university! Send a horse and carriage full of money!"
The link between Darden and Lehman Bros. is indeed interesting and mertis coverage. A good reporter could produce a career-making article. Fact is, most of Darden's business connections are sketchy. The "leadership" is the very definition of duplicity, and the alumni who give to the school are more interested in having their sses kissed than by any meaningful sense of altruism. From the school's mission statement, "developing primcipled leaders," right down to the end product (which has got to be a massive disappointment, based on the mission statement), the place is a greed-fueled joke.
Oh...the Enron case-study angle at Darden is also worth close inspection, if you want to see hypocrisy in action.
Giving these numbnuts more money is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.
And Grant, above, sounds like just another wee, smarmy Darden student. Always looking for a handout cuz everybody else is doing it. What a rationale. But we can suppose that's to be expected from someone with an obvious sense of entitlement.
Get a good night's sleep, little Grant. Santa may yet slide up your wee chimney and give you what you crave.
I know that most of you won't believe it, but Darden doesn't run off a dime of public money. They get nothing from the University - it's all funded through insanely high tuition that students seem willing to pay. Hard to complain about that, now, is there? If they see the value and want to pay for it, then that's their business, no?
Please show me some data that indicates the impact the bailout HAS ALREADY had. Credit markets are still frozen, and the money is not being distributed to many of the companies that were/are hoping to get some.
You have quoted some interesting statistics and I wonder if you made them up or they were generated based upon some factual data...
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Watson, David R, Anderson, Julie M E, Bai, Feng, Barrett, Suzanne L, McGinnity, T Martin, Mulholland, Ciaran C, Rushe, Teresa M and Cooper, Stephen J (2012) A voxel based morphometry study investigating brain structural changes in first episode psychosis. Behavioural brain research, 227 (1). pp. 91-9. [Journal article]
Watson, David R, Bai, Feng, Barrett, Suzanne L, Turkington, Aidan, Rushe, Teresa M, Mulholland, Ciaran C and Cooper, Stephen J (2012) Structural changes in the hippocampus and amygdala at first episode of psychosis. Brain imaging and behavior, 6 (1). pp. 49-60. [Journal article]
Hoy, Katrina, Barrett, Suzanne, Shannon, Ciaran, Campbell, Clodagh, Watson, David, Rushe, Teresa, Shevlin, Mark, Bai, Feng, Cooper, Stephen and Mulholland, Ciaran (2011) Childhood Trauma and Hippocampal and Amygdalar Volumes in First-Episode Psychosis. Schizophrenia bulletin, Epub . [Journal article]
Nosarti, C, Walshe, M, Rushe, T M, Rifkin, L, Wyatt, J, Murray, R M and Allin, M P (2011) Neonatal ultrasound results following very preterm birth predict adolescent behavioral and cognitive outcome. Developmental neuropsychology, 36 (1). pp. 118-35. [Journal article]
Barkus, Emma, Smallman, Richard, Royle, Natalie, Barkus, Chris, Lewis, Shon and Rushe, T (2010) Auditory false perceptions are mediated by psychosis risk factors. Cognitive neuropsychiatry, Epub . pp. 1-14. [Journal article]
Chaim, Tiffany M, Schaufelberger, Maristela S, Ferreira, Luiz K, Duran, Fábio L S, Ayres, Adriana M, Scazufca, Marcia, Menezes, Paulo R, Amaro, Edson, Leite, Claudia C, Murray, Robin M, McGuire, Philip K, Rushe, Teresa M and Busatto, Geraldo F (2010) Volume reduction of the corpus callosum and its relationship with deficits in interhemispheric transfer of information in recent-onset psychosis. Psychiatry research, 184 (1). pp. 1-9. [Journal article]
de Mello Ayres, Adriana, Scazufca, Marcia, Menezes, Paulo Rossi, Nakano, Eduardo Yoshio, Regina, Ana Carolina B, Schaufelberger, Maristela S, Murray, Robin M, Rushe, Teresa, McGuire, Philip K and Busatto, Geraldo F (2010) Cognitive functioning in subjects with recent-onset psychosis from a low-middle-income environment: multiple-domain deficits and longitudinal evaluation. Psychiatry research, 179 (2). pp. 157-64. [Journal article]
Barrett, Suzanne L, Mulholland, Ciaran C, Cooper, Stephen J and Rushe, Teresa M (2009) Patterns of neurocognitive impairment in first-episode bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science, 195 (1). pp. 67-72. [Journal article]
Minatogawa-Chang, Taís M, Schaufelberger, Maristela S, Ayres, Adriana M, Duran, Fábio L S, Gutt, Elisa K, Murray, Robin M, Rushe, Teresa M, McGuire, Philip K, Menezes, Paulo R, Scazufca, Marcia and Busatto, Geraldo F (2009) Cognitive performance is related to cortical grey matter volumes in early stages of schizophrenia: a population-based study of first-episode psychosis. Schizophrenia research, 113 (2-3). pp. 200-9. [Journal article]
Turkington, Aidan, Mulholland, Ciaran C, Rushe, Teresa M, Anderson, Rick, McCaul, Rosalind, Barrett, Suzanne L, Barr, Ruth S and Cooper, Stephen J (2009) Impact of persistent substance misuse on 1-year outcome in first-episode psychosis. The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science, 195 (3). pp. 242-8. [Journal article]
Allin, M, Walshe, M, Fern, A, Nosarti, C, Cuddy, M, Rifkin, L, Murray, R, Rushe, T and Wyatt, J (2008) Cognitive maturation in preterm and term born adolescents. Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry, 79 (4). pp. 381-6. [Journal article]
Mulholland, Ciaran C, O'Donoghue, Donna, Meenagh, Ciaran and Rushe, Teresa M (2008) Errorless learning and memory performance in schizophrenia. Psychiatry research, 159 (1-2). pp. 180-8. [Journal article]
Rushe, T, Mullhollan, C, Fulton, K, Short, M and Harvey-Smith, D (2008) The Northern Ireland Early Onset Pscyhosis: Phenomenonology and co-morbidity in the first 25 cases. Child Care in Practice, 14 . pp. 216-217. [Journal article]
Ayres, Adriana M, Busatto, Geraldo F, Menezes, Paulo R, Schaufelberger, Maristela S, Coutinho, Letícia, Murray, Robin M, McGuire, Philip K, Rushe, Teresa and Scazufca, Marcia (2007) Cognitive deficits in first-episode psychosis: a population-based study in São Paulo, Brazil. Schizophrenia research, 90 (1-3). pp. 338-43. [Journal article]
Rushe, T, O'Neil, FAO and Mullholland, C (2007) Language and callosal function in patients with schizophrenia. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 13 . pp. 1-5. [Journal article]
Rushe, Teresa M, O'Neill, Francis A and Mulholland, Ciaran (2007) Language and crossed finger localization in patients with schizophrenia. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society : JINS, 13 (5). pp. 893-7. [Journal article]
McAree, S, Cooper, SJ, Mullholland, C, McCaul, R, Barrett, S, McKinney, Adele, Anderson, R and Rushe, TM (2006) Impact of social isolation on duration of untreated psychosis in a Northern Ireland population. SCHIZOPHRENIA RESEARCH, 81 (Suppl.). pp. 244-245. [Journal article]
McKinney, A, McCaul, R, Anderson, R, Barrett, S, Rushe, T, Bunting, Brendan, Cooper, S and Mulholland, C (2006) Investigation of life events preceding the onset of psychosis of all types. SCHIZOPHRENIA RESEARCH, 81 (Suppl.). p. 245. [Journal article]
McKinney, Adele, Barrett, S. L., Mulholland, C., Cooper, S. J. and Rushe, T. M. (2006) The change in cognitive function 24 months after presentation with first episode psychosis. SCHIZOPHRENIA RESEARCH, 86 (Suppl.). p. 238. [Journal article]
Allin, Matthew, Henderson, Max, Suckling, John, Nosarti, Chiara, Rushe, Teresa, Fearon, Paul, Stewart, Ann L, Bullmore, E T, Rifkin, Larry and Murray, Robin (2004) Effects of very low birthweight on brain structure in adulthood. Developmental medicine and child neurology, 46 (1). pp. 46-53. [Journal article]
McConnell, N C, Boyce, K E, Shields, T J and Rushe, T M (2004) Neuro-behavioural Outcomes and Incidence of Trauma Following Domestic Fires. Interscience Communications Ltd. 91 pp ISBN 0 9541216-6-X [Book (authored)]
Nosarti, Chiara, Rushe, Teresa M, Woodruff, Peter W R, Stewart, Ann L, Rifkin, Larry and Murray, Robin M (2004) Corpus callosum size and very preterm birth: relationship to neuropsychological outcome. Brain : a journal of neurology, 127 (Pt 9). pp. 2080-9. [Journal article]
O'Brien, F, Roth, S, Stewart, A, Rifkin, L, Rushe, T and Wyatt, J (2004) The neurodevelopmental progress of infants less than 33 weeks into adolescence. Archives of disease in childhood, 89 (3). pp. 207-11. [Journal article]
Rushe, T M, Temple, C M, Rifkin, L, Woodruff, P W R, Bullmore, E T, Stewart, A L, Simmons, A, Russell, T A and Murray, R M (2004) Lateralisation of language function in young adults born very preterm. Archives of disease in childhood. Fetal and neonatal edition, 89 (2). F112-8. [Journal article]
Roth, S, Wyatt, J, Baudin, J, Townsend, J, Rifkin, L, Rushe, T, Amiel-Tison, C and Stewart, A L (2001) Neurodevelopmental status at 1 year predicts neuropsychiatric outcome at 14-15 years of age in very preterm infants. Early human development, 65 (2). pp. 81-9. [Journal article]
Rushe, T M, Rifkin, L, Stewart, A L, Townsend, J P, Roth, S C, Wyatt, J S and Murray, R M (2001) Neuropsychological outcome at adolescence of very preterm birth and its relation to brain structure. Developmental medicine and child neurology, 43 (4). pp. 226-33. [Journal article]
Gilvarry, C, Takei, N, Russell, A, Rushe, T, Hemsley, D and Murray, R M (2000) Premorbid IQ in patients with functional psychosis and their first-degree relatives. Schizophrenia research, 41 (3). pp. 417-29. [Journal article]
Rushe, T M, Morris, R G, Miotto, E C, Feigenbaum, J D, Woodruff, P W and Murray, R M (1999) Problem-solving and spatial working memory in patients with schizophrenia and with focal frontal and temporal lobe lesions. Schizophrenia research, 37 (1). pp. 21-33. [Journal article]
Rushe, T M, Woodruff, P W, Murray, R M and Morris, R G (1999) Episodic memory and learning in patients with chronic schizophrenia. Schizophrenia research, 35 (1). pp. 85-96. [Journal article]
Woodruff, P W, Phillips, M L, Rushe, T, Wright, I C, Murray, R M and David, A S (1997) Corpus callosum size and inter-hemispheric function in schizophrenia. Schizophrenia research, 23 (3). pp. 189-96. [Journal article]
Woodruff, P W, Wright, I C, Shuriquie, N, Russouw, H, Rushe, T, Howard, R J, Graves, M, Bullmore, E T and Murray, R M (1997) Structural brain abnormalities in male schizophrenics reflect fronto-temporal dissociation. Psychological medicine, 27 (6). pp. 1257-66. [Journal article]
Morris, R G, Rushe, T, Woodruffe, P W and Murray, R M (1995) Problem solving in schizophrenia: a specific deficit in planning ability. Schizophrenia research, 14 (3). pp. 235-46. [Journal article]
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Scottish Financial Enterprise (SFE) has named Jim Pettigrew as its forthcoming chairman, replacing Sir Ewan Brown who is retiring from the role.
Pettigrew is currently chairman of Clydesdale Bank's parent group CYBG, and recently came to the end of his 12 months as president of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS), handing the reins over to Ken McHattie, chair of onshore energy company Aurora Petroleum.
Edinburgh-based SFE said Pettigrew brings more than 30 years' experience to his new position, including group finance director at electronic broker ICAP and chief executive of spread-betting firm CMC Markets.
Brown said: "Jim has worked across a range of financial services sectors and the expertise he brings with him will be tremendously valuable to the work of SFE.
"It is a time of fast-paced change in financial services and the landscape in which we are operating, both in Scotland and internationally, is constantly evolving. With this in mind, we have embarked on a number of new initiatives at SFE to bring together a shared strategic direction for the industry in Scotland and its part in society.
"It is, therefore, an excellent time for Jim to join and help shape this vision for the future. I wish him well and I am confident that under his leadership, the SFE board, together with chief executive Graeme Jones, will continue to successfully represent and support Scottish financial services."
Pettigrew said financial services is a "hugely important" sector for Scotland, and he added: "I feel privileged to have this opportunity to play a part in supporting and promoting the industry.
"I look forward to working with Graeme and SFE members to develop a shared vision, which places the industry's role in society and serving customers, firmly at its centre."
Clydesdale is a member of SFE and launched on the stock market in February. Pettigrew takes up the post on 1 July.


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FreeBSD kernel liquidio device code
IMPORTANT: This API documentation may contain both functions which are public and functions that are for internal use only. Since we have not reviewed every part of the documentation yet, some internal functions are not marked as such. Until we finish reviewing the API documentation and add appropriate comments to functions which are only for internal use, you should take this into account. In case you want to use a function of this kernel subsystem in another kernel subsystem you should search for precedence of use outside this subsystem. If the function is not used outside this subsystem you should ask on the mailinglists about it, else you risk breaking something.


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history lesson
DayBird - May 17th
1536 - George Boleyn, and four other chaps were beheaded on Tower Hill. George was the brother of Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII's twenty-seven millionth wife. He was convicted of incest with his sister, the Queen.
The four other "lovers" implicated in the plot, Sir Henry Norris, Sir Francis Weston, Sir William Brereton and Mark Smeaton were tried on May 12th. Despite lack of evidence all of men were found guilty. Thomas Boleyn, Anne's papa, sat on the jury and basically condemned his own daughter by finding the men guilty. thanks, daddy. I would of announced if I slept with my brother, I may as well of slept with my dad, and sent him to the axe with me. That is how I roll.
1673 – Louis Joliet and Jacques Marquette begin exploring the Mississippi River. They departed from St. Ignace with two canoes and five other voyageurs of French-Indian ancestry.
1733 - England passed the Molasses Act, putting high tariffs on rum and molasses imported to the colonies from a country other than British possessions.
1936 - Dennis Hopper, American actor, True Grit, Blue Velvet, Easy Rider, is born.
1954 – The United States Supreme Court hands down a unanimous decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas. Major civil rights victory, ruling that racial segregation in public educational facilities is unconstitutional.
In 1896, the Supreme Court ruled in Plessy v. Ferguson that "separate but equal" accommodations in railroad cars conformed to the 14th Amendment's guarantee of equal protection. That ruling was used to justify segregating all public facilities. However, in the case of Linda Brown, the white school she attempted to attend was far superior to her black alternative and miles closer to her home. In 1954, it reached the Supreme Court.
In an opinion, the nation's highest court ruled that not only was the "separate but equal" doctrine unconstitutional in Linda's case, it was unconstitutional in all cases because educational segregation stamped an inherent badge of inferiority on African American students. Good on you.
1970 – Thor Heyerdahl sets sail from Morocco on the papyrus boat Ra II to sail the Atlantic Ocean. He wanted to prove, something. He did.
1973 - The investigation of Watergate by the Senate begins televised hearings on the Watergate scandal. E hole la, in trouble.


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When the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces handed power to President Mohammed Morsi last June it seemed that everyone in Egypt, especially the officers, breathed a huge sigh of relief. The transition from Mubarak to Morsi had been long, difficult, and sometimes violent. The SCAF under Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi and his deputy, Lt. General Sami Ennan, were manifestly ill-equipped to govern Egypt on a day-to-day basis and it showed. By the spring of 2012, the officers were counting down the days to when they could hand-off the whole problem that Egyptian politics had become to anyone who would relieve them of the burdens of government. Of course, the military exacted its price. Egypt's constitution gives the senior command autonomy in defense policy, budgeting, and personnel. In addition, the Ministry of Defense held onto its robust economic interests.
Yet, just because the officers returned to the barracks and secured a good deal for themselves in the process, never meant that the military had taken its role in the political system off the table. This is why the Minister of Defense General Abdel Fattah al Sissi's statement on the military's official Facebook page warning of "state collapse" was interesting, but also not all that surprising. Well before the January 25 uprising, the officers had indicated that they had no issue with political reform and change so long as "social cohesion" was not threatened. The Facebook post was likely a warning to both protesters and the Muslim Brotherhood in an effort to de-escalate this recent spasm of violence. The warning also reveals that events over the past week have clearly raised enough concerns about social cohesion within the upper echelons of the MoD that al Sissi and his top commanders are worried and have, at the least, contemplated intervention.
On one level, the military's return seems unlikely. The risks of intervention are great. If the military dumped Morsi and assumed responsibility for the country again, who would be their civilian partners? To whom would they ultimately transfer power? Presumably there would be a new election, but in Egypt's polarized political environment, it is not clear who would prevail and if that person/political group would be able to establish control any better than Morsi. Also, what if the military intervened and no one listened? After all, Morsi declared a state of emergency in Port Said and protesters ignored it. Average Egyptians still hold the military in high-regard, but it seems pretty clear that there is a hardcore group of demonstrators who are bent on fomenting anarchy and challenging the authority of the state. If the military intervenes and proves incapable of securing Egypt's streets—a mission for which they are not prepared, it would be a blow to the prestige of the armed forces. Another question no doubt weighing on Egypt's high-command is public opinion. The eighteen-month transition clearly tarnished the reputations of the SCAF as it was composed under Field Marshal Tantawi and important segments of elite opinion regard the military as a counter-revolutionary force. Intervention would surely be tough politically for the officers.
On another level, despite all the factors militating against the army's return, it is not as far-fetched as it seems to be. If the situation deteriorates further, the military might not have a choice and it might find a warm reception. True, the Egyptian twittersphere, revolutionaries, the Brothers, and some liberals would be enraged, but it is not clear that the general public would be so opposed. Even important figures with excellent democratic credentials might be warm to the idea if things get much worse. Already, Mohamed ElBaradei would like the military to guarantee a national unity government. That is a long way from intervention and ElBaradei and others would need a clear pathway for a transition back to civilian rule in order to accept the military's return— something al Sissi and his officers would likely be willing to give him.
After the transition from the SCAF to Morsi it is, indeed, hard to contemplate another military intervention. Yet little more than two years ago, most analysts were confident that Hosni Mubarak's rule was stable. Never did anyone think that a popular uprising would bring him down. Never say never…..
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LETTER: Good libraries still relevant
To The Editor:
What do we need libraries for? Isn't everything on Google?
I've heard this question more times than I care to remember, in all kinds of settings, and to be honest, it's a valid question. For many people in many situations, the result of a Google search will do just fine, as it's done for me over the last few days: what's a good substitute for white wine in a recipe, what's the weather in New Orleans, who owns the 49ers, what's Laura Bush up to these days?
The answer, naturally, is for lots of good reasons. Books, yes, lots of books, of all kinds and varieties, not only because they're fun but also because we know that reading at a young age has a profound impact on neurological and vocabulary development. Not to mention magazines and newspapers and music and local history and a doorway to many to worlds yet unimagined.
It's also, for many people, a place to find employment and education, get health care information and news, and connect with their governments and communities. Recent research has shown that nearly 70 percent of Americans are users of public libraries, and that libraries are critical parts of the information ecosystems of the lives of people and their communities.
I've been to public libraries around the world, teeming with people of all ages reading, researching, learning, engaging with each other and enjoying themselves.
The public library is one of the few remaining completely public, open places and spaces. They take all comers and provide a place of creation, contemplation, solace, and excitement, in a safe, private and free space.
Every time, I always think back to my first one, on Broad Street, where my mom worked for many years and which forever colored my view of what a library is and can be.
Oneida now has the opportunity to build not only a new library building, but a commitment to itself and to its future. Libraries and librarians change lives, in ways small and large, every day.
The question is not, what that new library is for, or whether it would be worth the cost -- the question is how much better Oneida will be when the new one is open and a thriving part of the community.
Janes is a native of Oneida Castle and member of the first class of graduates installed on the Oneida High School Wall of Distinction.
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Marine Vet Ken O'keefe Talks About Israeli Involvement in 9/11 and America's Role in the World
The Sheep's Guide to the 'Ground Zero Mosque' (to be shared with all your Neocon friends)
Ground Zero Mosque Imam Is Globalist Stooge
Steve Watson
Friday, Aug 20th, 2010
The Imam of the now infamous "ground zero mosque" is a member of the ultra elitist Council On Foreign Relations and receives financial backing from powerful globalist sources including the Rockefellers, the Carnegie Corporation and the Ford Foundation.
This information provides a compelling backdrop to the theory that the move to establish the mosque is a deliberate attempt to further stoke religious tensions and divert attention away from the real enemy of free humanity, the corporate globalist elite who continue to profit from global war and division.
The proposed mosque, to be known as Cordoba House is the project of the Cordoba Initiative, an organisation founded by 'Imam' Feisal Abdul Rauf (pictured above), who, in addition to being a member of the World Economic Forum's Council of 100, is an active member of the Council on Foreign Relations' Religious Advisory Committee.
The Cordoba Initiative's website cites "Christian support for the Cordoba House" in the form of Christian publication, "Sojourners", which is owned by evangelical Christian writer and political activist Jim Wallis, also coincidentally a sitting member of the CFR's Religious Advisory Committee.
The CFR, as regular readers know, is populated exclusively by major players with the biggest corporations, banks and defence contractors in the world – all of whom are making vast profits and securing more power from continued global conflict. The CFR also exerts far reaching influence over the U.S. government.
Tony Cartalucci at landdestroyer blog breaks down the fact that every single leading player in both the neocon infested Bush administration and the "change" gang under Barrack Obama is a CFR luminary. Cartalucci also provides further stunning research relating to Cordoba House and its CFR Imam, which breaks down as follows.
Feisal Abdul Rauf also heads up the American Society for Muslim Advancement (ASMA) which enjoys a partnership with the Cordoba Initiative and provided $100 million to secure the site close to ground zero for the mosque to be built.
That $100 million came directly from the back pockets of ASMA's financial backers.
According to ASMA's website they include the Carnegie Corporation of New York, the Ford Foundation, Rockefeller Brothers, Rockefeller Philanthropy, and the Rockefeller Brothers Fund – essentially the tip of the pyramid of the international globalist elite.
This story is a perfect microcosm of the new world order agenda.
The mainstream media continues to push the mosque story hour after hour, day after day, from the perspective of both the left and the right, manufacturing a controversy that plays on a now indentured fear of Islam that has been cooked up over the last nine years via endless phony "muslim" terror plots and concocted "al qaeda" threats.
Real muslims are witnesses to a vicious backlash, stirred up and served from this corporate media cauldron, creating the impression they are under attack by non-muslims and forcing them to have to defend their religion, and the whole thing snowballs onwards.
The connections to 9/11 are clear, and also serve to enforce the mythical notion that 19 radical muslims controlled by some guys in a cave in Afghanistan were able to direct military precision attacks on America with devastating consequences.
Meanwhile behind all of this are the global elite, rubbing their hands in glee as a manufactured "clash of civilizations" unfolds and the whole of humanity lunges at each other's throats.
The 'Ground Zero Mosque' – Why You Should Be Really Angry
June 25, 2010 by Infowars Ireland
By Tony Cartalucci
June 22, 2010
The anger and disbelief that most Americans feel may seem reasonable when they hear a mosque will be built next to "ground zero" in New York City. After all, this was the site of the September 11, 2001 attacks, perpetrated by Muslim extremists that saw three towers implode on themselves at the cost of nearly three thousand lives. The fact that the mosque, officially known as the Cordoba House, is being built as a "tribute" and will be opening on September 11, 2011 is so deliberately inciting and audacious, that more discerning Americans found it suspicious.
What these more discerning Americans found when investigating the "Ground Zero Mosque" and the organization behind it, the Cordoba Initiative, will shock you, anger you, and honestly, should scare you.
The Mainstream Media Weighs In
Peter Worthington of the Toronto Sun's "Ground Zero mosque an ill tribute to 9/11 victims"
Jeff Jacoby of the Boston Globe's " A mosque at ground zero?"
Considering the headlines, the media acknowledges the inflammatory, easily misconstrued intentions of the Cordoba Initiative. The media only speculates as to why the Cordoba Initiative is so seemingly ignorant of the perceptions many Americans have of their plans.
America is divided along two predictable knee-jerk reactions. One is of anger, hatred, and a call for a tougher hardline approach to an expanding "clash of civilizations" between the West and Islam. Another is one of unconditional tolerance. What neither side did, including the pundits feeding both sides, was take five minutes to research who was funding the Cordoba Initiative and who founded it in the first place.
Behind the Cordoba House
The Cordoba Initiative was founded by 'Imam' Feisal Abdul Rauf, who is also sitting on the Council on Foreign Relations' Religious Advisory Committee and the World Economic Forum's Council of 100. Cited as "Christian support for the Cordoba House" on the Cordoba Initiative's website, is an article from Jim Wallis' Christian publication, "Sojourners." Jim Wallis also sits on the CFR's Religious Advisory Committee. Conflict of interest doesn't enter the "Imam's" vocabulary when it comes to rubber stamping "Christian support" on his project.
The Cordoba Initiative is partners with the American Society for Muslim Advancement (ASMA), who Feisal Abdul Rauf also chairs, and under which the site for the $100 million Cordoba House was purchased. The list of financial supporters for the ASMA reads like a who's who of globalist foundations and includes the Carnegie Corporation of New York, the Ford Foundation, Rockefeller Brothers, Rockefeller Philanthropy, and the Rockefeller Brothers Fund.
The CFR Connection
But it was Feisal Abdul Rauf's Council on Foreign Relations connection that is most striking. The CFR is a corporate think-tank that supplies our elected representatives with a steady stream of policy and whose membership consists not of intellectual thinkers, but of notorious policy wonks, globalist mega-corporations and bankers. Below is a list of a few of the CFR's corporate members.
Bank of America
Goldman Sachs
Chevron Corporation
Exxon Mobil Corporation
General Electric Company
JPMorgan Chase & Company
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.
Lockheed Martin Corporation
Morgan Stanley
Shell Oil Company
Rockefeller Group International, Inc.
The Blackstone Group L.P.
Boeing Company
DynCorp International
Raytheon Company
Rothschild North America, Inc.
Many of these corporations have made trillions of dollars from the Iraq and Afghan wars, some even played integral parts in calling for the wars. If the public can be played right, they all stand to make trillions more with an invasion of Iran, the subsequent rebuilding of its shattered infrastructure and the seizure of their southern oil fields. The Bill of Rights being repealed in the wake of this "war on terror" and justified with this continued "clash of civilizations" has enabled the various bankers on the above list to loot America and Europe with impunity and neutralize those who rise up in protest as "domestic terrorists."
And what about individual CFR members?
That is former vice-president Dick Cheney. He and nearly the entire Bush-Neocon pro-war inner circle are all CFR members, including Paul Wolfowitz, Elliott Abrams, Vin Weber, John R. Bolton, General Colin L. Powell, Condoleezza Rice, and Robert Zoellick.
The CFR's war mongering membership is non-partisan. Under front-man Barrack Obama, General David H. Petraeus, Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates, Zbigniew Brzezinski, Timothy F. Geithner, Paul Volcker, Henry M. Paulson, Jr. are all CFR members doing their part to continue the wars and loot the country.
Feisal Abdul Rauf's membership in the CFR along with the various globalist foundations funding the ASMA and Cordoba Initiative point to the building of the Cordoba House as a deliberate and provocative move by the globalist elite to create more fear, anger, and hatred towards Muslims while expanding the manufactured "clash of civilizations."
Angry Americans will continue viewing Islam as an irrational, omnipresent enemy constantly menacing them. They will continue to believe that war and the erosion of their own natural rights are the only answers to this manufactured crisis. In reality the global elite that compose the CFR are consolidating their control over humanity. They realize the effect of 9/11 on America's psyche is fading and they sincerely hope that by building the provocative Cordoba House, emotions and ignorance will rule the day and their wars and crimes will carry on in earnest, completely justified in the minds of the witless masses.
Source: http://landdestroyer.blogspot.com/2010/06/ground-zero-mosque-why-you-should.html
Who Paid for the Imam's Religious Outreach Trip? You Did.
N.Y. Mosque Imam in Mideast for Outreach Tour
The 15-day trip is being funded by the State Department
Associated Press – August 19, 2010
MANAMA, Bahrain – The imam leading plans for an Islamic center near the Manhattan site of the Sept. 11 attacks began a U.S.-funded outreach tour of the Middle East Thursday to talk about religious tolerance in America.
The U.S. State Department said Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf arrived in Bahrain for the start of a 15-day tour in which he will discuss Muslim life in America.
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And Who is Inciting Anger in the Hearts of the Sheep? Well that would be Bill Kristol and Liz Cheney (CFR Member, Dick Cheney's Daughter)
Neocons Shamelessly Exploit 9/11 Pain to Ban Manhattan Mosque
Kurt Nimmo
August 19, 2010
Keep America Safe, a propaganda organization designed to keep the manufactured war on terror alive, has produced a tear-jerk video featuring victim families and heart-tug piano music. The victims urge Muslims not to build a multi-million dollar mosque less than two blocks from the Ground Zero.
Mega-neocon, Bill Kristol, sits on the board of Keep America Safe, as does the daughter of the former vice president, Liz Cheney, also a top-notch neocon. Kristol is the co-founder of the Project for the New American Century, a neocon think tank that along with the American Enterprise Institute staffed the Bush administration and pushed for the invasion of Iraq (current death toll: more than a million).
Kristol recently founded PNAC 2.0, the Foreign Policy Initiative, an organization claiming "robust support for America's democratic allies and opposition to rogue regimes that threaten American interests," in other words Muslim countries that stand in the way of the neocon and Israeli project in the Middle East.
Kristol and Cheney should be ashamed of themselves for producing the video below that exploits the pain of 9/11 victim families. But then sociopaths and psychopaths never experience shame.
Confused? You Shouldn't Be. Ever Hear of Good Cop, Bad Cop or Playing Both Sides of the Fence?
These are tactics used to manipulate the sheep, differently, to the same outcome. Much like voting either Republican or Democrat.
But, let me break it down for you. The Muslim CFR Member says he'd like to build a Muslim Mosque at the Ground Zero site. You and I (U.S. Department of State) pay for his trips to "educate people as to the tolerance of religions". Meanwhile, the daughter of another CFR member (Liz Cheney) and her neocon partner over at Keep America Safe, Bill Kristol, produce a video that, most certainly, brings back the emotions and anger of 9/11 (because they think you are still stupid enough to believe that this CIA/Mossad False Flag Attack was carried out by the CIA Invented – American Made – Al Qaeda – 18 Muslims from a cave, and their Muslim CIA Operative Leader Osama Bin Laden, AKA Tim Osman – who, by the way, was on kidney dialysis. The mainstream media rants and raves and raves and rants about a "Muslim Mosque Being Built at Ground Zero" and "How Dare This Happen" and "Those Dirty Muslim 9/11 Perpetrators"… and by now, you neocon followers are so riled up (man, I can imagine the rants of Bill O'Reilly right about now – but don't know for sure because I've learned that he is a NWO Shill/Illuminati Disinfo Agent and don't watch him anymore) and you are now ready for a fight.
They've steadily been feeding you a regular regimen of the need to hate Muslims, this is just y0ur next scheduled feeding. Remember the Fort Hood Shooting? Remember the Underwear Bomber?
People, they've done this so many times in our history and that is why so many people are waking up to the truth. They always use false flags to get you to buy into their agenda – and make it look like "your decision."
So what is their agenda this time? If you don't know the answer to this, you've been watching way too much CIA Controlled Mainstream Media Programming (go read the Army Field Operations Manual 33-1) and you need to finally, and without haste, get away from that garbage.
I'll give you a hint. They want to go to war with a "dirty Muslim".
Isn't it time to wake up? I'm starting to get really embarrassed about how difficult it has become for so many of my fellow men to work a simple puzzle.
Al Qaeda Doesn't Exist
The Real Osama Bin Laden Tape
The Official 9/11 Story – Accept Without Question
Nathan Janes – pupaganda.com – June 24, 2010
In the days following 9/11, government officials claimed they never imagined anyone attacking the nation by flying planes into buildings even though warnings of such an event had been given from both within and outside of the US. On August 6, 2001, President Bush was warned by the President's Daily Brief, headlined, "Bin Ladin Determined To Strike in US." In the year before 9/11, Italy, Morocco, and Britain released detailed and urgent warnings to the US of planned attacks using planes as weapons where the World Trade Center was given as a specific target. These warnings were forwarded to certain government officials yet no warnings were issued to the American people. The security of our borders and airports were never increased to protect from such a threat. However, surface to air missiles were placed on the roof of the Sarasota Florida resort in which President Bush was staying the night before the attacks. This was not a typical security procedure at the time.
On September 11, 2001, war games were being held by the military and intelligence agencies, which included scenarios of a domestic air crisis, a plane striking a government building, and a large-scale emergency in New York. When it was recognized that morning by air traffic control that several commercial airliners were not responding and were off course, a response was delayed significantly as it was confused with the large scale war game taking place. Fighter jets could have easily intercepted the hijacked planes under ordinary circumstances but the jets of nearby Air Force bases were otherwise occupied. Between September 2000 and June 2001, fighter jets were sent by the FAA to intercept errant aircraft 67 times; such a task was routine whenever a plane would lose radio contact or fly off course. Isn't it strange that war games mimicking similar terrorist attacks were taking place at the exact time of the actual events of 9/11 causing confusion and leaving such sensitive locations vulnerable to attack? If this was only an incredible series of coincidences, why did the official investigation avoid reporting on this issue?
The questions that arise from looking closely at the events that preceded the attacks are dwarfed by the volumes of unanswered questions about the attackers, the collapse of the buildings, and the financial gains that resulted from the event.When presented with these troubling questions, most Americans will respond, "Do you really think the government would lie to us and deliberately kill innocent Americans for an agenda?" The American invasion of Iraq, an undeclared act of war, began with the claim that Iraq was a threat due to their possession of weapons of mass destruction. It was found that these weapons did not exist and any ties between the 9/11 terrorists and Saddam Hussein were also found false. As of April 2010, more than 31,000 US troops had been seriously injured and over 4,300 soldiers had died.
Unclassified documents reveal that the United States has planned and engaged in a number of false flag attacks throughout recent history. On August 4, 1964, the Vietnamese were accused of engaging in two unprovoked attacks on the USS Maddox in the Gulf of Tonkin. This incident became a pretext for a war that resulted in over 58,000 US soldier deaths. Nearly 140 top-secret documents declassified by the federal government in 2005 revealed that the second Gulf of Tonkin attack, which catalyzed the US into the Vietnam War, never took place. Similarly, in 1898 Spain was accused of destroying the USS Maine. However, evidence is clear that the naval ship was not attacked by Spain but likely exploded due to a coal fire or an external mine. Although the reason for the Maine's explosion was unknown at the time, newspapers and American industrial magnates were quick to blame Spain knowing that a war would likely result, and their financial interests in Cuba would be protected from the Spanish. The propaganda of this time may be best represented by the slogan 'Remember the Maine- To Hell with Spain.'
In 1962, the Pentagon created Operation Northwoods,an effort to build public support for a war against Cuba with the goal of ousting Fidel Castro from power. These plans included destroying a naval ship, hijacking planes, and committing acts of terrorism within US cities that would result in the deaths of innocent citizens. These plans were kept secret for nearly 40 years. Comparably, principals in US foreign policy under the Bush administration created plans in the late 1990s, which clearly stated their intent to invade Iraq for the purpose of "regime change." In their documentation they openly state that the public and Congress would not accept their agenda therefore transition would be slow "absent a catalyzing and catastrophic event like a new Pearl Harbor."
Rahm Emanuel, White House Chief of Staff under President Obama is quoted as saying, "You never want a serious crisis to go to waste — and what I mean by that is an opportunity to do things that you didn't think you could do before." It is clear that the events of 9/11 opened the door for the degradation of Americans' civil rights, unprecedented intrusions into citizens' private lives, as well as undeclared and unjustified war. What is not clear is how an event as catastrophic as 9/11 was permitted to happen. If the mainstream media continues to be our source of information, we will certainly never know the answers to such questions.
The majority of Americans have failed to look beyond the television news, radio, and newspapers of major media outlets for information about 9/11. Many have adopted the views of these sources without critical analysis or any outside research. After all, why think for yourself when you can gather your thoughts and opinions from the evening news? In our culture, we have been trained to believe rather than think. The obvious is rejected and the fictitious is accepted. We, the people of this great nation, need to interrupt the transmission of disinformation and demand answers. Do your own research; dig beyond the news presented by the mass media. Although it remains unpopular to ask questions about September 11th, we must summon courage, for, as Thomas Jefferson once said, "All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent."
Dedicated to the lives lost on September 11th, 2001.
BP Oil Disaster – "Coincidences" – Operation Blackjack – June 21-23, 2010
Operation Blackjack – Alan2 Calls Jack McLamb Radio June 19, 2010
Blackjack – A Slide Show Story – The Telegraph
"Knowing" & "The Reaping" of Unholy Alliances for Profit – Gulf Oil Disaster – Here's Your Sign
Marandia points out ritualistic predictive programing in the 2007 film "The Reaping", 2009 film "Knowing" and shows evidence of false flag activities in BP reports as well as pre-spill stock dumping.
BP Chief Tony Hayward Sold Shares Weeks Before Oil Spill
The chief executive of BP sold £1.4 million of his shares in the fuel giant weeks before the Gulf of Mexico oil spill caused its value to collapse.
Goldman Sachs Sold $250 Million of BP Stock Before Spill
Firm's stock sale nearly twice as large as any other institution; Represented 44 percent of total BP investment
The brokerage firm that's faced the most scrutiny from regulators in the past year over the shorting of mortgage related securities seems to have had good timing when it came to something else: the stock of British oil giant BP.
According to regulatory filings, RawStory.com has found that Goldman Sachs sold 4,680,822 shares of BP in the first quarter of 2010. Goldman's sales were the largest of any firm during that time.
Gulf Spill Halliburton: Company Worked on Rig 20 Hours Before Explosion
WASHINGTON — Oil services contractor Halliburton Inc. says it safely finished a cementing operation 20 hours before a Gulf of Mexico rig went up in flames. In testimony prepared for a congressional hearing Tuesday, Halliburton says it completed work on the well according to accepted industry practice and federal regulators.
Gulf Oil Spill: The Halliburton Connection
The company, which was once headed by former Vice President Dick Cheney, has been in the media spotlight before — under under fire in recent years for its operations as a private contractor in Iraq.
APRIL 12, 2010 – Halliburton Snaps Up Boots & Coots – 8 Days Prior to the Gulf Oil Disaster
In 1978, Edward "Coots" Matthews and Asger "Boots" Hansen founded Boots & Coots (WEL). Both were veteran oil-well firefighters. In fact, they provided inspiration for a 1968 film called Hellfighters, starring John Wayne.
But the days of independence have come to an end for Boots & Coots as the company has agreed to sell out to Halliburton (HAL) for $240.4 million. Shareholders will get $1.73 in cash and $1.27 in Halliburton stock for every share of Boots & Coots.
The company certainly has a distinguished history. It has been critical in dealing with many well fires, including those from Iraq's 1990 invasion of Kuwait. But given its relatively small size, Boots & Coots has been at a disadvantage. As a result, the stock price has been mostly lackluster over the years.
Halliburton – Boots & Coots – Goldman Sachs – BP – NWO – Unholy Alliances for Profit
BREAKING NEWS Gulf Oil Volcano Intentional!
So how was Watergate uncovered? By having followed the money.
Same way with 9/11, The guilt is squarely with the in the know companies shorting of airline stocks right B4 the towers were exploded. Also,the new scientific evidence proving building demolitions, given the specific type of red thermite incendiary powder found everywhere around ground zero that is only made by our own USA military.
The George Bush/Dick Cheney 9- 11-linked Halliburton Co. bought the largest oil clean up Co. 3 wks B4 the Oil Volcano Spill in the gulf. These same ruthless conspirators are at it again. At the same time Goldman Sachs unloaded 44% of their stocks in BP.
The owners of these companies need to be sought out & taken out of their houses on TV and arrested in front of their families & the world! Then taken to & tried in a court of law & convicted of their crimes. And if the other prisoners conspire to kill them in prison, so be it.


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'I feel like I'm maturing' - Hamilton
Lewis Hamilton believes he has now reached a level of maturity that will start to show through in his performances this year.
Hamilton is entering his eighth year in Formula One this year and starts the season as favourite after Mercedes' impressive pre-season testing campaign. In recent years he has struggled to match the pace of Sebastian Vettel's Red Bull and last year regularly said he was not driving at his best, but ahead of the start of the new season he believes a new level of maturity will shine through.
"I'm 29 now," he said. "It feels like a long, long time since I started - I'm starting to get with the older guys - and I feel like I'm maturing. So hopefully that will show in my results, my performances, the things I say and do. I'm still young at heart and I'm sure I'll make some mistakes along the way, but that's part of life.
"I've had bumps along the way, but I always feel like I've bounced back from them. It's not how you fall, it's how you get back up, so through all those experiences you just brush the dirt off your shoulder and you keep going.
"I'm still enjoying my life, and my family and I are in a position we never thought we'd be, coming from a one-bedroom flat in Hatfield. So we're embracing the opportunity, I'm embracing it. I feel very fortunate to be here, amongst these drivers, driving for Mercedes. It's just a dream."
He believes it is too early to start talking about winning the title, but knows he is heading into the season in a strong position.
"Everyone is talking us up and predicting the future, but we really can't say what's going to happen this weekend. We know we're strong, we've left no stone unturned, we've done absolutely everything we could possibly do.
"We're hoping we'll be at the front, that's our goal, but we can't say it's going to be the case. So coming here, knowing this is going to be the best chance I have over the years, I don't know, I haven't even got in the car and raced yet.
"I had a good year in 2012 which was a strong year, and I probably had an opportunity in 2010 which I didn't optimise on, so I've had some chances in the past. It is a long, long year, and a long time since I won the world championship. It feels like a long time ago.
"But I'm still here and a lot more motivated from when I was before, more focused than ever before. So if the package is there then we will do the job, and there's no reason why we can't fight at the front again."


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Tickets for events at O2 Academy 3 Birmingham
O2 Academy Birmingham, 16-18 Horsefair, Bristol Street, Birmingham, B1 1DB
O2 Academy 3 Birmingham tickets
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Book Tickets: Box Office Opening Hours: 12-4pm Monday Friday 11-4pm Saturday Closed Sunday Opening times may vary during public holidays please see www.facebook.com/o2academybirmingham for announcements. About AMG invested 5.5m in its latest 45,000sq ft development, three state of the art venues that can operate independently as well as simultaneously. With an exceptionally busy diary, O2 Academy Birmingham actively supports new and developing talent in O2 Academy2 and O2 Academy 3, through to gigs by top international artists for over 3,000 fans in its main auditorium. Contact Us Book tickets: 0844 477 2000 (24 Hr) Venue information and Box Office: 0121 622 8250 Email: firstname.lastname@example.com Academy Music Group information: For recruitment, visit Academy Music Group For press please email email@example.com For marketing and partnerships please email firstname.lastname@example.com Disabled Access Bookings: Please email firstname.lastname@example.com with your access requirements and the show you wish to see in order to make a booking. All e-mails will be responded to within 2 working days. Spaces may be limited and will be sold on a first come first served basis and you must book directly through the venue to ensure access. You can also contact the box office through text relay www.textrelay.org.uk should this be required. Details of nearby accessible hotels, bars and restaurants can be found on this website. www.directenquiries.com Age Restrictions Gigs: The minimum age is 8 unless with written permission from venue management. Under 14s must be accompanied by an adult. Clubs: Strictly over 18s (Photographic ID may be required)
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Birmingham New St is the nearest train station and is an accessible station. It is approximately ten minutes walk from O2 Academy Birmingham.
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The nearest bus stop is approximately 50m from the entrance to the venue on Bristol St. The following buses stop at this stop: 61, 63, X62, X64. There is also a stop on the opposite side of the road but as Bristol St is a triple carriageway, there is an accessible subway that must be used in order to cross the road to get to the venue. The following buses stop across the road: 61, 63, 886, X62, X64. Full details of bus services can be found at nxbus.co.uk
There is no dedicated parking at O2 Academy Birmingham. There is an extremely limited number of on street parking spaces on Irving St just behind the venue. Alternatively please see www.o2academybirmingham.co.uk/info for full details of local car parks and public transport.
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Access Booking Tickets To book tickets for O2 Academy Birmingham: Please email firstname.lastname@example.com with your access requirements and the show you wish to see in order to make a booking. All e-mails will be responded to within 2 working days. Spaces may be limited and will be sold on a first come first served basis and you must book directly through the venue to ensure access. You can also contact the box office through text relay www.textrelay.org.uk should this be required. Companion / Carer Ticket This venue offers one free companion ticket which will be arranged by the venue when booking tickets. These are limited in availability so please ensure you contact the venue as soon as possible to arrange. Companion / carer ticket holders should be able to meet the needs and assist the person they are accompanying in the event of an emergency. Braille Braille information sheets are available on request please email email@example.com or call 0121 622 8250. Arriving at the Venue We recommend arriving at the venue 10 - 15 minutes prior to the doors opening as disabled patrons are invited to enter the venue first. The door time will be stated on the tickets or confirmations. Please try to arrive at the venue no later than 60 minutes after the doors open. On arrival please go to the front of the queue and present your confirmation e-mail to security or box office staff. All box offices are at an accessible height. We currently do not have induction loops fitted at the box offices. Strobe Lighting Flashing and strobe lighting is likely to be used at all shows but may vary in intensity and frequency. Please contact email@example.com for information relating to specific shows. O2 Academy3: O2 Academy3 is our smallest room and as a result we do not have a dedicated disabled access area but the venue is on ground level and so is fully accessible. Wheelchair users and ambulant disabled patrons are welcomed and can be accommodated please contact firstname.lastname@example.com to make these arrangements. There is an accessible toilet in 3 which is accessed by radar key. There is a lowered section to the bar that is accessible for wheelchair users. Merchandise is sold on the ground floor and so is accessible throughout the show.
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|Equator Prize 2012 Technical Advisory Committee
In order to process and rank the large number of nominations received, the Equator Initiative assembles a Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) composed of leading environment and development practitioners. Nominations are reviewed in a two-part process.
In the first phase, nominations are sorted by language, region, and area of work. Each nomination is independently evaluated and scored by three different TAC members with relevant skills and expertise according to the selection criteria. Scores are compiled and averaged through the online nomination system.
The highest scoring nominations then advance to a second round of review and discussion at an in-person meeting of the Technical Advisory Committee where a preliminary list of Equator Prize winners is identified. The preliminary winners then go through a verification process in which references and partner organizations are consulted to ensure their legitimacy.
Our deepest appreciation goes out to our esteemed experts for their insight and willingness to volunteer their time to help identify the most deserving nominations.
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'Castle' season finale clip
For the first time in a long time, I'm at a loss for words. But I suppose if I have to say something about the following exclusive clip from Monday's season finale of Castle, it's: wow.
Any fan of the ABC crime drama knows that episodes that find Beckett chasing info about her mother's murder are always a highlight, and this year's season finale is no exception. There's always a new, shocking reveal waiting for the audience when this issue is brought up, and emotionally, it's always a hot button issue for Castle and Beckett, particularly because Castle knows that Beckett tends to become dangerously obsessed with the case. Earlier this season, her infatuation was accompanied by a mysterious warning given to Castle: She's getting too close to the answer — or, as Castle puts it in the clip, "If you don't stop, they will kill you, Kate."
Torn by his loyalty to his more-than-a-friend and his desire to keep her safe, Castle is forced to lay a lot of cards out on the table in Monday's episode. And. I. Can't. Wait.
It will surprise me if you've gotten this far in the text without pressing play already, but in case you haven't, I invite you to do so below! And make sure to watch Castle's season finale on Monday at 10 p.m. ET.
Read more:
'Castle' guest star Adam Baldwin talks 'turning the tables' on 'Firefly' costar Nathan Fillion
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Eat your heart out in style—and to benefit keiki nutrition awareness—at the annual 'Q'uisine of Hearts. Time is 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 10 at the Hilton Waikoloa Village.
Enjoy a tantalizing bruschetta buffet, plus omelet and eggs benedict stations, offered by West Hawaii community college students. Attendees will be tempted with bite-sized, scrumptious specialties by local pastry chefs, bakers, chocolatiers and confectioners.
Culinary students at Kealakehe and Konawaena high schools will pour fresh-squeezed juices and smoothies. Kombucha—the fizzy, tea-like elixir with symbiotic microorganisms—will also be on tap, along with 100 percent Kona coffees, Mauna Kea Tea, handcrafted ales, champagne and wine.
Hilton's award-winning pastry chef, Eddie Enjardo—who last year wowed the crowd with his decadent Three Hearts Desert— is serving a heart-shaped mousse made with Hawaii-sourced dark chocolate, ginger, oranges and macadamia nuts.
Debuting at this year's event is Melissa Logan, new executive pastry chef at Four Seasons Resort Hualalai. Other culinary participants include Elena's Chocolate, Original Hawaiian Chocolate Factory, Tropical Dreams Ice Cream, Kailua Candy Company, Kimball's Catering and Short n Sweet Bakery/Market/Café.
Serenading the scrumptious "eats" will be romantic piano music, including some of your favorite love songs. During the silent auction, bid for "sweetheart" floral arrangements, private catered dinners by top Big Isle chefs and tempting cookies and cakes prepared by culinary students.
Tickets, priced at $45 for adults and $20 for children aged 5 and up, are for sale at The Spoon Shop, Kona Wine Market and Clark Realty in Kona or at Tropical Dreams Ice Cream in Waimea. Tickets can be conveniently charged by phone at 808-329-2522 or purchased online at www.brownpapertickets.com.
'Q'uisine of Hearts, sponsored by the ACF Kona Kohala Chefs Association, has a Chef and Child Foundation focus. The CCF team in Kona provides nutrition education annually to over 1,000 West Hawaii children and their families. In addition, CCF supports Green Tables, a farm and garden philanthropic initiative for children by Les Dames d'Escoffier Hawaii in Waimea.
For information, contact 808-333-5442.
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Man with breast cancer denied coverage
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Although it's a well-established medical fact that men get breast cancer, Medicaid, the health insurance program for low income and disabled Americans, won't provide coverage for some of them. Last month, Raymond Johnson, a 26-year-old single South Carolina man, discovered he was one of the estimated 2,100 men who are diagnosed with the disease each year.
"I didn't even know men could get breast cancer," says Johnson, who was diagnosed after he went to a local emergency room for chest pain treatment. "I'm young. I didn't think anything bad could really happen to me."
Johnson, a tradesman who made $9 an hour, worked for a small outfit that did not provide health coverage. With a bad economy, he only worked about 30 hours a week, and couldn't afford private health insurance.
Since he didn't qualify for traditional Medicaid, he was urged by the hospital where he is receiving care to apply for help under The Breast and Cervical Cancer Prevention and Treatment Act.
This 11-year-old federal law uses funds from Medicaid for breast or cervical cancer patients who otherwise don't qualify for Medicaid because their income is too high, explains Jeff Stensland, spokesperson for the South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services.
The eligibility rules for coverage under the Act are complex, but Johnson met all criteria, except one: He isn't a woman. "We want to cover this guy," says Stensland, "but we simply can't."
Today, Johnson says he's feeling "pretty good" but is undergoing chemotherapy and may need surgery to treat his Stage II cancer. He says he doesn't know how he's going to pay for his care.
"I just can't tell you how floored I was when I got that letter saying I didn't qualify for help," he says. "The bills are going to be huge. I have breast cancer. I really don't see how that's possible."
This isn't the first time the South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services has tried to get coverage under The Breast and Cervical Cancer Prevention and Treatment Act for male patients. Two other men in the last four years, who have also met the act's criteria, have been denied coverage because they are, well, men.
"We're in conversations with the federal government on this issue," says Stensland. "It's clearly discriminatory, and we believe it's a good example of an overly rigid interpretation of the law, a law that's designed to help patients with these cancers."
In an email, a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid spokesperson tells msnbc.com: "The law governing this specific program is linked to a CDC screening program. We are working with the CDC and South Carolina to see what options may exist to address this situation. We are committed to ensuring that all individuals who should be eligible for this program have coverage."
via Man with breast cancer denied coverage – TODAY Health – TODAY.com.


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What do you get when you cross two expressive companies like Porsche and Nike? You get a very interesting and very bright pair of Nike Air Max Light sneakers.
There are plenty of sneakerheads and there are plenty of Porsche fans out there, myself being one of both. So how exactly do you combine your love for both? Better yet, how do you color match your brand new Porsche GT3 RS with your favorite pair of Nikes?
Purchaze of Germany created four unique pairs of Nike Air Max Light GT3 RS' with colorways inspired by the extreme colors of the most recent 997 Porsche GT3 RS. The four exterior color combinations of the Porsche are accurately portrayed on the shoes. In December of last year, Purchaze presented these unique pairs of sneakers to the Porsche racing staff who will wear them in upcoming races.
Unfortunately there is no plan to recreate these for the public, but with enough time and enough paint, you could recreate these killer sneakers yourself.
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