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The Scaredy-Cat's Halloween
It was quite a relief to be saying goodbye to her nanny at last, even if her parents refused to acknowledge that it was strange that she was leaving right before the Christmas season was about to start, just as she'd shown up the year before right as it ended. They seemed to see it as just a coincidence, and her insistence that it was something else as yet another sign of how childish the nearly 20 year old girl still was – a confirmation, of sorts, that she needed the nanny in the first place.
But Sierra knew the truth. Her nanny was an elf, sent there the year before by Santa to give her a second chance to grow up. It had apparently taken longer than the elf had expected – once she'd broken the girl's potty training, it had proven quite difficult to rebuild it, much more than she'd expected – as she was rather upset to be leaving a work in progress, but her other job beckoned, leaving her little choice but to go, at least for now.
"You be a good girl," she instructed, giving Sierra firm swat across the backside, making the girl squeak and squirm in her Pull-Ups, her bottom already sore from a spanking the day before. "If you keep up with your potty training, we might be able to move on to big girl panties when I get back."
Sierra stared up at her with big eyes, hardly able to believe what she was hearing. It felt like ages since she'd worn those! She couldn't quite recall how they felt anymore, not really, though sometimes she told herself she could, just to make herself feel a little better. She knew it couldn't be as long as it seemed, that her memory, and that of her parents, had been messed with in order to get them to hire a nanny for their 19 year old daughter, but she knew it had to have been at least ten months. "Really?!"
"IF you're a good girl," her nanny repeated. "You're not getting them until I think you have a shot at not ruining every other pair I put you in. So if you have too many accidents, it isn't happening – in fact, we may have to start all over again. And you know I'll be watching."
"Yes, ma'am," Sierra nodded. She gave the nanny a hug, and got one in return, along with a kiss on the forehead, before being left alone while the nanny went off to say goodbye to her parents, leaving her alone in her room, squirming anxiously.
It wasn't just that she was nervous she'd have too many accidents. That was part of it, since even before this started, she would wet herself a little every now and then – she tried to tell herself that was part of the memories the nanny had planted, but there was something about them that felt different. But, as much as she hated to admit it, she felt more confident with her potty training than she ever had before, even if she was still stuck in training pants for the time being. Depending on how reliable her memory was, she might be having less accidents now than she had before this whole mess started, and yet she still hadn't been deemed worthy of real panties yet.
That was certainly a part of her anxiety, but the thing that worried her more was what time of year it was. It almost felt as if the elf had chosen the worst possible time to subject her to this test, just to make sure she would fail. It was the day before Halloween, a time that had always been quite stressful for the poor girl. The idea of playing dress up and getting rewarded with candy for it was nice, of course, but that was about it. It was hard to go out without running across some creepy looking decoration, hard to turn on the television without stumbling into the middle of some gruesome, horrifying movie. The general atmosphere made everything feel spookier, to the point where she was practically jumping out of her skin at the sight of her own shadow.
And that was all before she'd met the nanny. Now, having met her, Sierra knew for a fact that Santa was real – not that she'd ever really doubted it that much to begin with – which led her to wonder what other stories were, too. Could ghosts be real? Werewolves? Vampires? She'd made it through her other Halloweens by telling herself those couldn't be real, but that was going to sound even less convincing now. Not to mention the fact that she'd spent the year treated like an infant, very gradually making her way to the status of a toddler. She still had her own mind, but spending all that time being treated like a helpless child made it much harder to remember that she wasn't one.
She certainly didn't feel lke one as she crept out of her room and to the front door, doing her best not to listen to what the nanny and her parents were saying, knowing it was about her. She'd already seen the huge list of instructions that had been left for her babysitters so they could pick up where nanny had left off. She didn't want to hear any more of that sort of thing. She played with the hem of her dress as she waited, shuffling her feet and staring down at them. Should she bother with this? Or would it just make her look silly? It was hard to worry about that too much, after spending all year with her nanny, but there was still a touch of grown up dignity left in her.
Though there was, perhaps, a little less left as she jumped at the sudden sound of, "What are you doing out here, sweetie?" Despite her best efforts to hide it, she could feel her eyes widening slightly, and she saw her nanny's expression turn to disappointment, knowing just what had happened. The elf marched over to her, flipping up her skirt to reveal Sierra's now damp Pull-Up. "You are not off to a good start, young lady."
"You scared me," Sierra whined.
"If that's all it took, then I clearly didn't do a good enough job," the nanny shook her head. "Should I tell your parents to keep you diapered full time instead, to get you ready for a fresh start when I get back?"
"No," Sierra pouted. "I'll do better."
"I hope so." Her voice softened as she said, "Did you come to say goodbye to me again?" Sierra nodded and got another hug. "I'll miss you."
"I'll miss you, too." And, in a way, she would. She'd been around for so long, it would seem strange not to have her there. Plus, without her, she would be subjected to some unknown babysitter, who might be nice, or might not. At least with her nanny, she knew what to expect, even if she didn't always like it. "Umm… Hey… Can I ask you a question?"
"Sure. But you know I'm not allowed to talk about my other job."
"I know," Sierra nodded. "Umm… Are… Are ghosts real?"
The nanny looked down at her with a slightly surprised smile, apparently speechless for the first time since Sierra met her, which was enough of an answer for Sierra. "Hey, don't worry. There's nothing that can hurt you. If you just close your eyes and count to five, any scary thing you see will go away, or at least seem a whole lot less scary."
"And if it doesn't work, I won't get in trouble if I have an accident?" Sierra asked hopefully.
"Don't push your luck, young lady." The nanny gave her another swat on the bottom, then, after a final goodbye, went on her way.
Sierra would have liked to go change into a fresh Pull-Up herself, but she had no doubt her nanny would find out about it somehow, so she shuffled to the living room to confess to her accident before being led back to her room for a change. She was less than pleased when her mother put her into one of her thick, pink overnight diapers – a kind she'd never seen before her nanny had brought them, and which the nanny had left a rather large supply of "just in case" – instead of another Pull-Up, and was even less happy when she was sat up afterward and had her dress taken off and replaced with her footed sleeper.
"But it's not bedtime!" she protested, stomping her padded foot on the floor in a huff.
"Behave yourself, young lady!" her mother snapped. "Your nanny warned us your behavior might backslide after she left unless we were firm with you. You know it's naughty to go potty in your pants, and so is throwing a tantrum, so you're going to bed early. And if you say another word about it, I'll have daddy give you a spanking."
"Yes, mommy," Sierra sighed, climbing into her bed, letting her mother pull the side rail up. She supposed she should be happy she didn't have to sleep in a crib, but this was hardly better. "Night-night."
"Goodnight, sweetheart." Her mother flipped off the light and started to close the door.
"Wait!" Sierra whimpered. Her mother realized right away what she'd forgotten, and reached down to flip on the girl's nightlight before leaving the room. Sierra felt silly, but she'd grown awfully accustomed to the nightlight while she was being treated like a baby, and now that the shadows were growing deeper, and there were Halloween ghouls behind every corner, she couldn't get to sleep without it. And, unfortunately, she couldn't turn it on herself. She might not have to sleep in a crib, but the bed rails were just as bad, as it seemed they had some sort of spell on them that prevented her from getting out of bed once they were pulled into place. She imagined it was very similar to being in a crib, only worse, since there was no visible reason she couldn't climb over them and get out, so it looked like she stayed there by choice.
Other than the fact that it meant if she got put down to bed, or even a nap, with a full bladder, and without asking to use the potty first, she'd have to use her diaper, the idea of being stuck in her bed wasn't particularly scary. But now, without her nanny to protect her from whatever was out there, it felt like she'd been trussed up and offered up to any monster that happened to pass by. Her nightlight suddenly became a curse, since that light caused shadows, and now they all seemed to be moving, growing horns and claws and coming closer.
She knew it was just her imagination, but even so, she was sure she could hear breathing, hooves scraping across the floor as they came closer, and closer. She whimpered, wriggling helplessly in her bed. It went against every instinct she had, but her nanny generally seemed to know what she was talking about, so she covered her eyes, squeezing them shut, and started to count out loud – quietly, not wanting to draw too much attention to herself, not just from the monsters, but also from her parents.
"One…" she whispered. "Two…" She jumped as she heard a scraping sound, uncovering her eyes in a panic to see the silhouette of something outside her window. She swallowed a scream, barely noticing her diaper grow damp. "Th-Three…" She couldn't make her eyes close, so she just put her hands over them again. "Four… Five!"
She spread her fingers, staring through them. Sure enough, the shadows all looked normal again, the thing behind her curtain looked much more like a tree than a huge, skeletal hand, and she felt much better. At least until her mommy came in to see what all the noise was about and found her wet again already.
"I fell asleep!" Sierra claimed. "You know I still have bedwetting problems!" A year ago, she would have found it humiliating to say that, but after everything she'd been through since then, it seemed like nothing. Not to mention it was true. And, in her mother's memory, and even her own, those bedwetting problems stretched back even further than this baby treatment – she thought that was another false memory, but it was hard to be sure anymore.
Her mommy shook her head, staring down at Sierra on her changing mat, wet diaper removed. "Why are you lying to me, honey? I know you didn't have time to fall asleep yet, and I just put you to bed. If you still had to go potty, you should have asked me!"
"I'm sorry," Sierra sniffled.
"I'd ask you if you still needed to go, but I don't know that I can trust you, so come on." Sierra found herself being pulled over to where her pink plastic potty sat, but instead of being put on it, she was handed it, then herded to the living room, naked. Her parents had both seen her naked quite recently, but she still blushed a little as her daddy looked up from the TV and saw her. Her mother took the potty from her and sat her down on it. "She had another accident," her mommy told her daddy as she went to sit herself, as if Sierra wasn't there. "And she lied about it."
"I think I'd better give her a spanking once she's done on the potty," her daddy said, much to her dismay.
"No!" she pouted. "That's not fair! I…" She was cut off by her mother getting back up and shoving her pacifier into her mouth. Like her bed, it had some enchantment on it that kept her from speaking normally, or doing much of anything but sucking on it once it was in, and kept her from removing it herself. Sulking, she looked over at the TV, trying to forget what was waiting for her, just in time to see a killer jump out of the shadows and start chasing some poor girl. She mumbled behind her pacifier, trying to get them to change the channel, but they couldn't understand her.
She closed her eyes, but that only made things worse, as she could still hear the knife sinking into the girl's flesh over and over, and she was left to imagine the details. Her bladder was empty by now, but she had no doubt that mental image would return to her in her dreams, and that would ensure a wet diaper in the morning, to go with her freshly-sore bottom.
She was right on all counts.
She was a little nervous that her parents would hire one of her old friends as her babysitter – after all, a lot of them had complained at one time or another that hanging out with her was like babysitting, even before she went through her diaper training – but the woman who showed up at the door was older than any of them by a good few years. She stood by like a toddler, blushing as she listened to her mother go over her care with the woman, down to telling her that she was having accidents lately, and if she had another, she was to go in diapers for the rest of the day. She gave an indignant huff as she heard that, but neither woman paid her any mind.
"Hello, there!" the babysitter said to her once they were alone. "You can call me Miss Claire! What's your name, cutie?"
Sierra felt silly, knowing the woman surely knew her name already, but said, "I'm Sierra," anyway.
"What a pretty name! Now, do you want to sit on the potty for me like a good girl before we leave?"
"I don't have to go," Sierra informed her, before realizing what else the woman had said. "Where are we going?"
"Try anyway." The potty was still in the living room from the night before, so Sierra was plopped back down onto it, Pull-Ups at her knees. "We're going to find you a Halloween costume!"
"I'm not going trick-or-treating," Sierra said. She didn't need that kind of stress, walking around waiting to be scared by some random teenager, not when she was already in trouble.
"But you're going to be a big girl and help mommy and daddy pass out candy, aren't you?" Sierra shrugged, having not really thought about it, but her babysitter nodded.
Even though she didn't really know Miss Claire, she found herself sticking quite close to the woman as they went into the costume shop and found themselves in a madhouse. "Busy, aren't they?" Miss Claire chuckled. "I guess you should have come earlier in the month."
"Let's just go," Sierra whined, tugging at the woman's hand. "I don't wanna dress up."
"Aww, come on," Miss Claire said, tugging back, pulling the girl further into the store. "It's once a year!"
She knew that they were just costumes, but the rows of masks staring back at her were quite unnerving, as were all the people running around wearing them. "Do you want to be scary?" Miss Claire asked, making Sierra immediately shake her head. "Okay, then something cute."
Sierra nodded. It was what she always went with, even when her friends were going for sexy instead, and trying to convince her to do the same. She just didn't have the body to pull off most of the sexy costumes you could find, and now that she had a Pull-Up, at the very least, to hide, that made things all the harder.
"I think the little girl section is over here," Miss Claire said, leading Sierra away to a much calmer aisle. "There's not much left," she observed. "You could be a princess. Or a fairy. Or a ladybug. That would be cute!" She grabbed the ladybug costume and held it up to Sierra, shaking her head. "No, they don't have any big enough sizes left." She put it back, looking a bit disappointed. "There's a witch, but that's a little scary, huh? Maybe an angel?"
"A fairy would be okay," Sierra said quietly.
"Oh, good choice!" Miss Claire exclaimed, grabbing the costume. "I bet this would fit!" She hurried Sierra over to the fitting room, then, to the girl's embarrassment if not surprise, went inside with her, pulling the costume on over her pants and shirt. The dress was blue, with a very fluffy, and short, skirt, set off on one side by a bow. It almost looked like a ballerina costume, until Miss Claire added the wings, which were a delicate web of pink. "Perfect!" she declared.
But once they got to the line for checkout, she realized that wasn't quite so. "We forgot to get a wand!" she said suddenly. "You have to have a wand!"
"I don't really…" Sierra said, but now that Miss Claire had thought of it, she did kind of want one.
"I'd hate to lose our spot in the line," Miss Carol mused, looking back at all the people who had stepped in behind them already. She looked down at Sierra skeptically. "Do you think you could go get one?" she asked. "I saw them on the other side of the aisle the costume was on. Do you remember how to get there? Will you be okay on your own?"
Sierra's pride won out over her nerves. "Yes," she pouted. "I'm not a baby, you know!" But as she stormed back across the store, it seemed to get bigger, more crowded. When she turned back to look at her babysitter, she could barely even see the woman, there were so many people, fighting over the last scraps left in the store. A man pulled on a werewolf mask, then stared straight at her, and, even though she'd just seen him put it on, her blood still ran cold for a moment before she turned and scurried for the aisle.
"Boo!" Sierra jumped, scrambling back, looking all around for who had said that, just before hearing an eerie cackling. "Hello?" she squeaked, setting off a ghostly moan. She turned around, starting to freak out before finally noticing the plastic ghost and witch on the shelf in front of her, winding down. "Hello?" she said again, and, sure enough, they sprang back to life.
She laughed nervously at herself, realizing she was in the wrong aisle and stepping out and over to the right one. She could see the wands, right where Miss Claire had said they'd be. Happy that her little adventure was nearly over, she just about skipped down the aisle toward them.
And then he stepped out into the aisle from the other side. The mask he wore was burned into Sierra's brain from the night before, as it was the one the killer had worn in the movie her parents had been watching. She froze, hoping he wouldn't see her, but of course she wasn't that lucky.
She threw her hands up to her face, though that did nothing to block out her own imagined version of his kill from the night before. "One…" She knew it was a costume – they were in a costume shop, after all – but wouldn't this be the perfect place for him to hide? Everyone would assume it was just a costume, and then he'd be free to do what he wanted, and… "T-Two…" She was sure she could hear, almost even feel, his footsteps as he approached, closer and closer, probably reaching for his knife. "Th-Th-Three…" She didn't think she could hear them anymore, but that was almost worse. Was he standing there, waiting to strike? Could she feel his hot breath on the back of her neck? "F-Four…" She wanted so badly to open her eyes, to find out if she should be running, but she was afraid it would break the spell. "F-F-F…." She stammered, pressing her hands hard into her eyes as she trembled. She could feel her bladder emptying into her pants, but it was the least of her worries. She had to get that last number out, and she had to do it now, but she just couldn't. "F… F… Five!"
She opened her eyes with a gasp, looking around, and, sure enough, he was gone. She gave a nervous twitter of laughter, then hurried to the wands and grabbed one, practically running back to Miss Claire. She was glad her nanny wasn't there, because she would have known for sure right away that she'd had an accident as she handed the wand, tipped with a star and ribbons, over.
"Good job!" Miss Claire praised her with a smile. But while Sierra watched, that smile began to darken as the woman's eyes ran over her, and she asked the inevitable, awful question, "Sierra, do you have something you need to tell me?"
"N-No…" Sierra stammered, not expecting Miss Claire to be brave enough to check her in public, but a quick pat on the girl's bottom seemed to tell her all she needed to know.
Once they were in the car, Sierra tried to explain, but Miss Claire was having none of it, and when Sierra refused to let her put her into a diaper, the girl quickly found that the woman was just as good with the hairbrush as her nanny, and she spent the next half hour in the corner, doing her best not to rub her red, swollen bottom through her pink diaper. She had hoped that her parents would understand when they got home, but they seemed quite happy with Miss Claire for how she'd handled things, giving Sierra a scolding for being such a naughty girl.
They wouldn't even listen to reason when she asked if she could wear a Pull-Up under her costume instead of a diaper, just while trick-or-treating was going on. "We don't want you to ruin your costume," they said, and when she said she wouldn't, they replied, "If you're not good, we'll make you answer the door in your sleeper and a double diaper."
Answering the door was much better than going trick-or-treating herself, she quickly realized. Most of the really scary people weren't out for candy, but for general mischief, so they weren't as likely to come to the door, and with the mothers taking their kids out, she still had plenty of people to coo over how cute her costume was, even if she had to keep tugging the skirt down to try to hide her diaper, and the redness extending out from underneath it from her spankings. She even got to stay up a little later than the night before, even though she was sure her behavior would otherwise have landed her in bed just as early.
She went to bed with a sense of relief, knowing that Halloween was over. Despite the fact that Thanksgiving was sooner, it was now the Christmas season as far as most everyone was concerned. Stores already had some decorations up, but soon there'd be even more. Bats and witches and cobwebs would soon be replaced by snowmen and reindeer and Santas. Even though it had landed her in diapers the year before, Christmas was still her favorite holiday, not least of all because it was a relief after the stress of Halloween. Not even her mother's warning that if she had another accident that day that would be three days in a row, and she'd be losing her Pull-Up privileges until her nanny got back, could dampen her good mood.
Sierra hummed happily to herself as she sat on the floor of the living room, coloring a My Little Pony picture while the television droned on. Even before everything had happened, she'd always enjoyed cartoons, so she had no problem when Miss Claire had suggested she watch some, but now they were over, replaced by the news, which had always kind of bored her, though she did look up as one of the anchors mentioned the Day of the Dead, seeing a parade full of dancing skeletons. But with Halloween behind her, it didn't bother her too much, and it was much easier to see that they were just people in costumes. No big deal. She went back to coloring.
"Can I borrow this?"
Sierra looked back up from her picture, furrowing her brow at the unfamiliar voice. She was a bit startled to see a little girl in front of her, maybe six or seven, in overalls and pigtails, looking at her green crayon. "What are you doing here?" Sierra asked, looking over at the front door, wondering why she hadn't heard it open.
"This is my house," the girl told her matter of factly. It was only then that Sierra noticed she looked quite pale, and her clothes and hair looked faded, not like they were hand-me-downs, but more like they were from a bad copy of an old picture.
Sierra began to shiver a little, just for a moment. She covered her eyes. She wasn't sure if it was the fact it had worked so well before, or just her good mood in general, but she felt very confident as she counted, "One, two, three…" She knew she was just being silly, that the stupid news had just tricked her into imagining things. "Four, five!" she finished up, pleased with herself for not freaking out. Her nanny would be proud of her! When she wrote her letter to Santa, she'd be sure to put in a note for her nanny that thanked her for teaching her the little charm, simple as it was.
When she opened her eyes, the girl was right in front of her, staring right into them. "What are you doing?" she asked as Sierra gasped and nearly leapt out of her skin. When Sierra didn't answer, the girl pointed to the crayon again. "Can I have it?" Sierra nodded dumbly, and the girl picked the crayon up with a smile before fading away into nothingness, taking the crayon with her. But that wasn't the only thing she took.
"It's not my fault!" Sierra wailed as she ran into the kitchen to Miss Claire. "The stupid counting thing didn't work, and that's the only reason I was so scared! I wouldn't have done it otherwise! She said nothing could hurt me if I did that!"
"What are you talking about?" Miss Claire asked, confused. "Are you hurt?"
"Well… No…" Sierra had to admit, ducking her head.
Immediately, Miss Claire knew what had happened. "Sierra!" she scolded. "Already?!"
"It's not my fault!" Sierra sniffled. It was so unfair! "It was the ghost!"
"Sweetie, there's no such thing as ghosts. You just got scared, that's all, and you had another accident. And you know what that means."
Her nanny had worked hard to stop her from having tantrums, and Sierra did her best to suppress them, knowing they got her in trouble, but in this case, she just couldn't help it. "No! No fair! No diaper!" She stomped her feet, face reddening, and when Miss Claire tried to take her hand to take her to her room, she sat down firmly on her squishy Pull-Up and started kicking and thrashing her arms. "No!"
Somewhere in the middle of the outburst, Miss Claire left, returning with her arms full of supplies. First, she popped Sierra's pacifier into her mouth, which shut her up quickly and surprised her just enough to give Miss Claire the chance to start changing her right there on the floor, using a liberal amount of baby powder and lotion before sealing the diaper up. Sierra cried as she looked down at the pink, bulging thing. "I big giwl!" she mumbled unhappily behind her pacifier. The diapering had quieted her tantrum, but hadn't quite killed it, and, defiantly, and without thinking, she grabbed for the diaper's tape.
Had she not been throwing a fit, had she been thinking clearly, she never would have done it, but in the heat of the moment, her mind was intent only on getting out of the diaper. But, like her pacifier and bed rails, the diapers were special, too, and as soon as she touched the tape, she felt a cramp in her tummy. She whimpered, pulling her hand away, but it was too late. Only the hard, linoleum floor she was sitting on had kept her from having an accident right away, and even that was imperfect, as she could feel the warm, gooey mess oozing out slowly into her diaper.
"I sowwy!" she whimpered into her pacifier, hoping somehow that would break the spell, but she only felt more miserable as she pressed her sore, full bottom down into the floor, trying futilely to fight the oncoming storm. She didn't want to do it, but at the same time, not doing it was almost worse. She hadn't had a messy accident in months now, but she knew that time was over, that she was going to be back to doing it all in her diapers from now on, at the very least through Christmas, but probably for a while afterward, too. She should get used to it.
But, even so, she couldn't bring herself to do it, to admit defeat and let go, as if she thought somehow stopping it would prove she didn't need diapers after all. Her mouth began sucking automatically on the pacifier as she squirmed uncomfortably on the floor, trying to find a position that would let her be comfortable until the cramps passed enough that she could make a dash for the bathroom, and hope Miss Claire would undo the tapes for her.
She gasped as, in her squirming, she lifted her bottom just a touch from the floor, and she felt her body take advantage, starting to pump a load of mushy mess out into that space. "No!" she whined before going back to sucking intently, her body already caught up in the act, and she felt herself lifting her backside further off the floor as her diaper began to fill, expanding behind her like a balloon.
"Oh, Sierra!" Miss Claire shook her head. "Already? Clearly you aren't a big girl – I can't believe your parents even considered letting you wear Pull-Ups. Well, for throwing a tantrum, I think you're going to have to wait until after lunch for a diaper change. And then you're going down for your nap right away. Got it?"
Sierra nodded resignedly, pouting as she was helped to her feet, her body depositing the last of its load into her diaper as she started to waddle over to the table and its hard, uncomfortable, wooden chairs. As she sat down with a squish, she mumbled a grumpy, "I hate Hawwoween."
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It was a very happy new year for Lindsay Lohan, who didn't fall off the wagon, but did topple into the laps and arms of three different men during a whirlwind, Italian New Year's Eve. She had no compunction in mounting Italian stallion Dario Faiella during a bash at a nightclub in Capri. Faiella, the son of popular Italian singer Peppino di Capri, and Lohan first looked as if they were sharing a smoke. But the cigs were only a prelude for some heavy-duty-smooching. "She was partying. She was just having a great time," a witness told The Post. Hopefully, Faiella isn't the jealous type. He was the third man spotted that day in Capri making out with luscious Lindsay, following waiter Allesandro di Nunzio and actor Eduardo Costa.
By PageSix.com Staff
January 3, 2008 | 11:08am

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Plan Optik AG among the top five in the glass wafer sector worldwide
In the glass wafer sector for micro-mechanical applications, Plan Optik AG is in fourth place of the world wide total market for glass wafers. This was the conclusion reached by the research institute Yole Developpement (Lyon), one of the leading analysts in the field of semiconductors and micro mechanics, in a wide-ranging study.
In the field of high grade processed wafers, Plan Optik goes head to head in the top position with just one competitor. The relating analysis from Yole therefor divides the glass wafer market in two segments: "Simple Glass" and "Finished / Structured Wafers".
Yole also stated that in the glass carrier wafers segment Plan Optik AG demonstrates "strong leadership".
In the current sector report, which covers more than 300 pages, the analysts come to the conclusion that the glass wafer market is currently at the beginning of a period of rapid development. While in 2012 the estimated revenues in the glass wafer sector are thought to have totaled approx. USD 158 million worldwide, it is expected that by 2018 the market will have grown at an annual rate of approximately 41% to reach a total of € 1.26 billion. The current growth factors lie mainly in wafer-level packaging, which permits the miniaturization of components in numerous applications, as well as in carrier wafers in the semiconductor industry. Both wafer-level-packaging and carrier wafers are focus areas of Plan Optik AG.
In the report Yole lists the end applications which are currently based in part on manufacturing processes involving glass wafers: MEMS, C-MOS sensors, LED modules, storage media, micro-batteries/fuel cells, micro fluidics, radio-frequency switching circuits, optical components and energy supply components for appliances. In the vast majority of applications Plan Optik is already either represented on the market with existing customers (e.g. MEMS, C-MOS, LED, micro fluidics, optical elements), involved in the production process via carrier wafers or in the project phase.
Particularly positive for Plan Optik is the fact that growth is also predicted in the next few years in the field of micro fluidics, in which the two subsidiary companies Little Things Factory and MMT GmbH occupy leading positions. This growth, moreover, is expected in the field of silicon glass wafers, in which Plan Optik also has a wide range of products on offer.


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For this post, like for no other, I have no good words to start. No funny idea how to put in words all the things which rush through my head when I think of Sarah & Seppi. You see, Sarah and I have been roomies. And as it sometimes happens with roomies, we grew closer than I would have thought and without me noticing it Sarah became a fixture in my German live. I looked forward to her coming home very late and hearing her subtle knock at my door. I looked forward to you know... just a couple minutes turning into hours of wonderful conversations. I looked forward to Sundays, because sometimes Seppi would come over and we would have the longest Sunday breakfasts which could ever be. Sometimes he came even the night before because, you know, there are so many things to talk about. Sometimes he made bread, sometimes we made cookies. When I think of Sarah, I think of hours spent in the kitchen, usually talking. Or bumping into her on my way to the kitchen in the morning... between the doors and in the hall and all of the sudden 45 minutes have passed.
You two lovelies! I´m sooo super thrilled that you found each other and that you Seppi, did never give up in conquering my dear roommates heart!
Thank you for allowing me to plan the timing for our shoot, because, oh hello! SOOOOO happy about the super gorgeous light! I´m so happy about the light, that I would almost call it italian sunset glow :)
That´s the light I´m talking about. <3
I´m basically in awe how you two rocked the formal outfit here with 30°!
Oh is it really just a week that you left this town?
Well, so crazily looking forward to your wedding!! Till very soon!
Have a fabulous weekend!
~ Salutiiii. ~


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What is a Conspiracy Theorist?
Doesn't the corporate media lump many things under the pejorative label -- "conspiracy theorist?" The following are considered a part of this:
- People who have facts about a catastrophe which logically suggest the official story is false.
- People who ask probing questions about a catastrophe.
- People who suspect that others have conspired to do harm for personal gain.
- People who are paranoid about one or more possibilities.
- People who wear tinfoil hats to prevent aliens from interfering with their minds.
As you can see, there are a wide range of "types" included under this umbrella term. But why are all of these included? Why, for instance, are those who "merely have questions," being associated with those who "wear the tinfoil hats?" One might think that someone (the media, the government?) had something to hide. Now, there's a conspiracy theory for you! Nebulous, indistinct and easily dismissed.
But ask yourself:
- Has there ever been a conspiracy in the history of humanity?
- Has anyone ever committed murder for personal gain?
- Has a banker ever been greedy?
- Has any government ever lied to its citizens?
I don't think I'd be going out too far on a limb to suggest that all of these require a "yes" answer. So, if some conspiracies have occurred, where does one draw the line between the valid target of the pejorative term and blatant mislabeling?
I had one writer tell me that all 9/11 conspiracy theories had been thoroughly debunked and yet he couldn't tell me any of the details. When pressed on the issue, he said he didn't have time to research the topic. Ah! He didn't know and was merely stating an opinion not based upon fact. He also made it clear that he would never change his opinion just as he was sure I would never change mine. That is an interesting attitude considering the fact that I had only recently changed my opinion. It seems the writer had been living quite happily in his own delusion. Damn the facts; his head was going to remain buried in sand and nothing could force him to look.
Mel Gibson plays the consummate conspiracy theorist, but there's a dark secret behind his apparent lunacy.
Conspiracy Theory, the Movie
In this 1997 movie, Jerry Fletcher (Mel Gibson) is a paranoid New York cab driver who publishes a conspiracy theory newsletter. He also has a crush on the lovely Alice Sutton (Julia Roberts), a Justice Department employee. When one of his theories turns out to be accurate, Jerry finds himself in trouble with the CIA's Dr. Jonas (Patrick Stewart). Alice finds herself embroiled in a game that's bigger than she could've imagined and that Dr. Jonas and Jerry have had a past relationship that could have dire consequences.
At the start of the film, Jerry fits the perfect stereotype of conspiracy theorist, but that image of him eventually falls apart. In the movie, there are some who would wish to keep the stereotype intact. You see, there is a certain power in generalizations that deflects the light of truth. Critical thought cuts right through that diversion. Generalities usually are a subversion and a distraction from the real issues. Many leaders have used this technique to sway the minds of the masses. All who question the official theory are unpatriotic. All who are against the war are disrespecting our soldiers. Wow! Lies and more lies buried behind generalities.
False Flag Operations
March 13, 1962, General Lyman Lemnitzer, then chairman of the military Joint Chiefs of Staff, signed a document which had remained classified for more than 35 years. In fact, the nature of the document was so inflammatory, Lemnitzer had ordered the destruction of it and many other documents which could be used to hold him and others criminally liable. What was this wonderful document?
It was called "Operation Northwoods." In it, the Joint Chiefs suggested murdering American citizens in order to provoke sufficient public outrage to have Congress demand war with Cuba. America's own military would attack America, but then blame it on Cuba. They would create terrorist acts in Florida and Washington, DC. They would hijack planes and crash them. They would destroy military installations, killing their own soldiers.
Facts versus Theories
The sad fact is that theories, despite the corporate media spin, can be a good thing when they are based upon facts. Scientists do this all the time. They also use the word "hypothesis."
Facts that seem puzzling raise questions. The researcher formulates a theory (hypothesis) to explain the facts and then goes about testing the hypothesis to see if it can be disproven.
The last two presidents (Bush and Obama) have made a point to caution people against entertaining conspiracy theories. This fact alone should raise a red flag. Why would any president say anything to suppress open and honest inquiry? What if the "conspiracy theorist" fits under the category, "People who have facts about a catastrophe which logically suggest the official story is false?" Here we're dealing not with nut cases or mentally unstable individuals; we're dealing with facts and honest questions. Do these two presidents have something to hide?
When President Bush, Jr. was asked by a reporter for his opinion about someone else's accusation that he had prior knowledge of 9/11, the president was suddenly caught off guard. For a few not-so-brief moments, he babbled as if his mind were locked in fear. This looked every bit like the "kid with their hand caught in the cookie jar" syndrome. While far from proof of wrong doing, it has to raise a question in the viewer's mind: What's going on, here?
If George Bush had prior knowledge of 9/11, would he admit it to anyone in the public eye? Probably not. From a public presence standpoint, George W. Bush was a bit of a klutz. His Bushisms had long been the grist of the comedy mills. At least Obama proved to be the consummate "silver-tongued devil." Obama gave a pretty speech, but repeatedly failed to deliver on his campaign promises, and successfully turned tyrannical measures into patriotic necessities.
Theories Over the Edge?
There is a category of conspiracy theories that pushes the envelope of credulity. Those theories may well contain a great deal of truth, but the foundation of fact supporting them remains weak at best. It should be pointed out, however, that the lack of proof does not disprove anything; it only means that proof is not yet available, if ever.
Here's an example. No doubt an ardent conspiracy theorist would make a big deal out of the fact that the Lyman Lemnitzer photograph seems to show him wearing a Masonic ring.
Freemasonry has several million members worldwide. For the most part, it seems to be merely a fraternal organization. Some conspiracy theorists, however, paint Freemasonry with a somewhat more sinister palette. To them, the inner circle of Freemasonry make up the world's evil elite who plan wars and are actively working toward the eventual New World Order—a one-world government run by those very same elite.
The fact that Lemnitzer appears to have been a Freemason and that he helped to author Operation Northwoods, which recommended murdering his own citizens to forward military and political goals can only add to the fervor of this kind of suspicion.
There are many false parallels in life. People always look for patterns. The "face on Mars" is but one example of the pattern-happy conspiracy theorist mentality. But scientists also look for patterns. It can be a seductive activity, but any scientist will tell you that restraint is the better part of curiosity.
New World and Old World cacti are another example. These two species of plants look very similar, but they remain a case of parallel evolution. Similar conditions forced two widely separated species to develop along similar lines. The similarity between them was only superficial and did not mean close, biological kinship.
Uncomfortable Facts About 9/11
Updated 2013:1002
The collapses of 3 WTC buildings in New York were caused by controlled demolition. That much is a proven fact (Architects and Engineers for 9/11 Truth).
The events of 9/11 resulted from a large series of incompetence and yet no one was chastised, demoted or fired. Curious. In fact, it seems that the military officers responsible for the massive security failures on 9/11 all received promotions, instead of courts martial. Why would incompetence be rewarded? That, in itself, is either incompetence, or evidence of intent. What intent? Could it be part of the payoff for cover-up? Do you have any better ideas?
Mayor Rudy Giuliani, America's "Mayor," committed a blatant felony by destroying crime scene evidence more than a year before the official investigation began. Was he arrested for his crime? The news media lauded him for his "bravery." The New York fire department members condemned Giuliani for his political cowardice in not helping them get better equipment which might have saved their brothers who died on 9/11. If this former federal prosecutor can get away with a major felony, what's going on? More incompetence? Or more cover-up?
It takes weeks to prepare buildings of the size of all 3 WTC structures. The Bush family security company which oversaw the World Trade Center should have known that tons of material were being delivered to the three buildings and placed in sensitive areas. If they didn't know, was this another case of convenient incompetence?
In the military center where Vice President Dick Cheney and Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta were witnessing the anti-terrorist drills being performed on 9/11, one soldier noted that an airplane was approaching the secure and sensitive space around the Pentagon. Cheney told the soldier that the order still stands. But what was that order? The fact that they had the chance to stop the airplane, but did nothing is a stunning revelation. Incredible!
What is more interesting is that the Citizen Investigation Team interviewed many of the witnesses who saw the airplane approach the Pentagon. Those witnesses corroborate each other's stories that the plane could not have taken the path given by the official story. In fact, one witness saw an airplane lifting away from the Pentagon directly after the explosion! If the one airplane did not hit the Pentagon, then what did?
Perhaps the most stunning piece of evidence that proves the government lied, and also proves controlled demolition in New York on 9/11, involves the third building to collapse on that day. World Trade Center 7 (WTC7) collapsed about 5:20 PM on 9/11. It collapsed at perfect free fall for the first 8 floors!
Now, for those of you who flunked high school physics or don't remember it too clearly, here's a few tips to help you understand the significance of this fact.
- WTC7 collapsed at perfect free fall for 8 floors. (See NIST final report on WTC7, and David Chandler's 3 video series on WTC7 free fall.)
- Free fall means that the supports in the building offered ZERO resistance. They were effectively "air." Since when does a building's support become "air?"
- Solid steel (the framework of WTC7) NEVER offers Zero resistance. If you don't believe this, then try smashing your fist through a solid steel beam. Ouch!
Office fires never melt steel beams. Jet fuel fires never melt steel beams. Why would NIST scientists lie about this and try to rewrite the laws of physics? Incompetence, again? With so much incompetence going around before, during and after 9/11, you'd think there was an epidemic.
Reality Check
If a conspiracy theorist is someone who asks questions about puzzling events, then count me amongst the legions of conspiracy theorists. Certainly, I have plenty of hypotheses about 9/11, but not enough facts to prove many of them. What is needed is a non-governmental, independent investigation into 9/11. Is such a thing possible? If someone or some group is pushing the buttons of government to perpetrate such evil, no telling what they might do to stop someone from shining a light on their dark secrets.
© 2012 Rod Martin Jr
@lone77star , you seem scared of my words. It's just a little blog.
Not surprised to see this thread has withered since I was censored.
Nice article reminding us all to think critically before we believe that all conspiracy theorists are eventually going to put on tin foil hats!
".... If I read the signs correctly, it looks like a storm of biblical proportions for all of us. Take care of yourself, and may God protect you and yours......"
Now that could be a very interesting conversation! But I don't think I've got the energy for it.
But anyway, you take care too.
lone77star: very well summed up. The ass was still playing his game right to the last comment! Obviously doesn't know the meaning of 'your cover is blown, get outta there'! He really does need more training if he wants to continue in the dark crafts.
Wow, I never thought you'd censor me. George Bush would be proud of you.
Nincompoop, your celebrity has the same quality as a Big Brother contestant, a legend in their own lunch hour!
Your cover is blown, your masters should rethink your employment contract, you are so toasted you are burnt to a cinder.
But hey! someone has to work for the scumbags, and if you can squeeze a good income for your efforts, I congratulate you, and thank God I need not ever sit within your stench.
No, just some run-around, faceless, 10-a-penny stooge who gets a hard on at the thought of being a low-grade James Bond type.
Like I told you before, you've been well and truly owned. niNcompOOP!
lone77star and aguasilver.
I don't know whether you read "The gentleman's guide to forum spies" (it is only a few page scrolls long), but nicomp behaved EXACTLY according to those strategies.
He is a textbook internet spook! That's why I said he's not very good at it........because he didn't hide it very well.
lone77star; I understand exactly where your coming from when you started showing how he accuses others of doing exactly what he was doing himself.
"You keep dodging my salient points and then blame others of dodging yours. I keep addressing yours with examples that prove your thesis wrong and you ignore these".
"You also pretend to play nice and make a big deal of me making insults. You've been making insults right from the start:"
He knows exactly what he's doing because he's using strategies he has been trained to use!
Just look back through my exchanges with him. He tried exactly the same techniques with me.
The idea is to cause you to become angry and frustrated. They seek to draw you into a circular argument - so that eventually, all people are reading is a point scoring exercise between individuals - the original article being a hazy memory.
"Pretending to be nice" when it is clear that he is not is also a strategy. They know that this is a particularly obnoxious trait and that it angers people. So they use it!
Look back at my exchanges with him - he was doing the same to me.
This comment of his (to me) is an excellent example:
""Why would anybody want to invest so much time and energy on something they claim is all hogwash? (Rhetorical question)."
I agree, but it is entertaining to watch you repeat yourself and ignore my salient points. Find me some participants and we'll talk again. Enjoy your paranoia. :)
You have no proof, so you bluster. It's all in good fun".
Now if that isn't a clear example of him using strategies to achieve a goal, then I don't know what is!
He says he finds it entertaining to watch me. That is deliberately and openly being insulting and provocative.
Then, to attempt to anger me, he throws in what he finds particularly 'entertaining' - he says that I repeat myself and ignore his salient points. Well as you pointed out yourself, this is exactly what he was doing more than anybody else. But.....think about it.....they know that people find hypocrites revolting and infuriating. And this will often result in those people 'losing their reason' and reacting in anger. Which is exactly the desired effect.
From the article I mentioned:
""If you can't do anything else, chide and taunt your opponents and draw them into emotional responses which will tend to make them look foolish and overly motivated, and generally render their material somewhat less coherent. Not only will you avoid discussing the issues in the first instance.........."
He knows exactly what he's doing - and these dark strategies generally work.......UNLESS you know of them and understand them!!
The next sentence of his comment to me was to find him somebody who has confessed to participating in the demolition. He knows I have addressed the fact that criminals do not confess their crimes - especially not crimes on this scale. Even unwitting accomplices would be scared to needlessly confess to having played a part - especially if somebody were to point out to them what would likely happen to them from a legal standpoint.....not to mention the bad affects on the health and wealth of them and their family. Like I say, I have already covered this - and he knows it. It's a dead argument he is offering up.....he just wants to draw me to anger and frustration.
Then he hts me with an open insult - further goading.
And finally, a smiley face to pretend that he is being nice - despite having just tried to mess my head up with hypocrisy, insults and other goading strategies.
Familiarise yourself with the strategies and you will spot them a mile off!
Now that you have experienced one operating, why not write a blog on the subject?
Incidentally, any information you receive from this character or that is on his profile is not necessarily true.
Prepare yourself for a shock: these people lie and have cover occupations and histories.
His indirect link with Bush could well be another strategy where they make an unverifiable claim to privileged knowledge, qualifications or connections in order to claim a superior position and thus authority for what he is saying.
As he said himself, he finds it fun doing what he is paid to do. He probably has a little chuckle to himself as he comments - knowing what reaction he is going to get and delighting in leading people by the nose to just where he wants them.
Learn from this - and teach others about it!
Get blogging!
I think we have found a genuine 'sneaky beaky' funded propagandarist who just has to plug the 'official' version he has been given or be fired for not promoting the lies.
Which is interesting, as it shows they have decided that the truth needs to be obscured or the ordinary folk may actually wake up to what really happened.
Plenty of evidence......no confessions.
You think this is fun? You should get out more! Can't you get yourself a girlfriend to have fun with? Oh........maybe not......but best of luck with that!
"Why would anybody want to invest so much time and energy on something they claim is all hogwash? (Rhetorical question)."
I agree, but it is entertaining to watch you repeat yourself and ignore my salient points. Find me some participants and we'll talk again. Enjoy your paranoia. :)
You have no proof, so you bluster. It's all in good fun.
Nicomp: It was good until I saw you go by on the merry-go-round of repetition of your straw man objections to considering the evidence for the third time.Then it got boring and futile.
Criminals don't normally confess their crimes when they're getting away with it. Governement agents who have been involved in covert operations keep their mouths shut to the grave. Their life, their loved ones and fat pensions to protect!
If you refuse to consider the mountains of evidence available, you shouldn't bother reading anything about 'conspiracy theories'.
Why would anybody want to invest so much time and energy on something they claim is all hogwash? (Rhetorical question).
But I'm glad you got something out of it!!
"I guess the 1500+ architects and engineers who all agree it was a controlled demolition don't count huh?"
Nope. Doesn't count. Clear enough? It doesn't count because it's a red flag that you have no witnesses. If you had participants, you wouldn't need the third-party observers.
Now, focus on my simple request:
... we are all patiently waiting for first-person accounts of drilling holes in the building, wiring the building, connecting the wires, pressing the button that initiated the ostensible demolition, designing the demolition of the building, or obtaining/purchasing/ordering/delivering/configuring the Thermite.
Somebody did all that work. The building was not constructed with pre-drilled thermite holes. The miles of cabling and fuzing was not included in the original architectural plans.
Let me know when a qualified technician/engineer/architect comes forward with personal experience of this obviously massive effort to fell two towers that were so big they had their own zip code.
I guess the 1500+ architects and engineers who all agree it was a controlled demolition don't count huh?
Nah, thought not....
"You've been well and truly owned. Back to spook school for you, my boy!"
... still waiting for first person evidence of wiring the building, designing the demolition of the building, or obtaining/purchasing/ordering/delivering/configuring the Thermite. Let me know when a qualified technician/engineer/architect comes forward with personal experience of this obviously massive effort to fell two towers that were so big they had their own zip code.
In the mean time, call me names and declare yourself the winner. It's all good. :)
From "The gentleman's guide to forum spies (spooks, feds, etc)" - as mentioned in an earlier post:
"Demand complete solutions. AVOID THE ISSUES by requiring opponents to solve the crime at hand completely".
Oh dear, nicomp. Your not very good at this.......is it your first day?
The only things you have offered to date are that (i) secrets can't be kept by a group of people (ii) a criminal will not try to cover his tracks and make it appear that no crime has been committed (iii) if there is no confession there cannot have been a crime.
All of which are patently ridiculous!!
You've been well and truly owned. Back to spook school for you, my boy!
""..............AVOID DISCUSSING ISSUES except with denials they have any credibility, make any sense, provide any proof, contain or make a point, have logic, or support a conclusion. Mix well for maximum effect.....""
Ummm... we are all still waiting for you to produce a real human who wired the building, designed the demolition plan, or purchased/provided/delivered/configured the Thermite.
I keep asking, you keep obfuscating. It's the conspiracy theorist's playbook. Well played!
nicomp doth protesteth too much, methinks.
"..............AVOID DISCUSSING ISSUES except with denials they have any credibility, make any sense, provide any proof, contain or make a point, have logic, or support a conclusion. Mix well for maximum effect....."
nicomp - what time does your shift end? :-)
You say that Hitler's thugs admitted to burning down the Reichstag - did they do that the next morning?
Or when it no longer mattered because the job was done?
"Gee, you're dense! Sorry if that hurts your feelings, but I hope it helps to wake up your denial. Your "critical thinking" is slipping."
No offense taken. Those who can't make their points often resort to insults.
"Did Hitler's group of thugs admit to burning the Reichstag? "
"A real-life Columbo would have a field day with 9/11, but who can ask the president questions about this, when the "national security" barrier is thrown up to block the truth."
A real-life Columbo would be in jail for obstruction of justice, tampering with evidence, practicing law without a license...
I recommend reading "The gentleman's guide to forum spies (spooks, feds, etc).
A few of the interesting strategies exposed there:
"......No matter what evidence or logical argument is offered, avoid discussing issues except with denials they have any credibility, make any sense, provide any proof, contain or make a point, have logic, or support a conclusion. Mix well for maximum effect".
"Enigmas have no solution. Drawing upon the overall umbrella of events surrounding the crime and the multitude of players and events, paint the entire affair as too complex to solve".
"Demand complete solutions. Avoid the issues by requiring opponents to solve the crime at hand completely".
"If you can't do anything else, chide and taunt your opponents and draw them into emotional responses which will tend to make them look foolish and overly motivated, and generally render their material somewhat less coherent. Not only will you avoid discussing the issues in the first instance, but even if their emotional response addresses the issue, you can further avoid the issues by then focusing on how 'sensitive they are to criticism.' "
I think I've seen some of those strategies here?
You can read the whole thing here:
"And what is the most powerful and emotive means (audio and visual) that the public has to gain knowledge and interpretation of what is happening - and has happened - in this world? CNN, ABC, FOX, BBC, SKY NEWS etc etc etc"
Ummm... again... an episode of Columbo is not / was not / will never be mistaken for hard news... hopefully!
You see, news reporting on TV is, ostensibly, a sliver of what actually happened in the real world. Columbo episodes were contrived by script writers for *entertainment* purposes. The difference is significant.
You do yourself and your cause no favors by invoking TV detectives to buttress your points.
Nicomp said: "Um... that's TV".
And what is the most powerful and emotive means (audio and visual) that the public has to gain knowledge and interpretation of what is happening - and has happened - in this world? CNN, ABC, FOX, BBC, SKY NEWS etc etc etc
"Um... that's TV". It's a programme (no coincidence that) written and designed to be digested (absorbed) in about the same time as all the other programmes.
Of course, in the case of the modern rolling news, the programme is repeated continuously throughout the day - much more effective that!
"Have you read Operation Northwoods? That was held secret for 35 years! And yet you still insist that secrets cannot be kept? Brother! What are you smoking?"
Wow. Even Wikipedia confirms that Op Northwoods was 'a series of proposals' that were not acted upon. You are really reaching.
"The fact that no one has come forward to admit that they were guilty of treason has no bearing on the evidence of controlled demolition."
Sure! Hundreds of people colluded to murder thousands of innocent civilians but those conspirators are averse to admitting to treason. That's logical.
"Ever watched Columbo? It looks like a straightforward suicide but Columbo notices a small detail that doesn't make sense. "
Um.... that's TV. It's a story written back-to-front and designed to be solved in 45 minutes. Ever watch Walking Dead? Ever watch Futurama?
Hey Nicomp,
Good thing you're not a detective! You could never get a paedophile or murderer convicted unless they knocked on your office door and handed themselves in with a signed confession and full explanation of how they did it and why. I bet even then you would probably be explaining it all away!
Talk about eyes wide shut!
Ever watched Columbo? It looks like a straightforward suicide but Columbo notices a small detail that doesn't make sense. So he is curious. He is also awake and diligent enough to look deeper - more and more doesn't make sense about the 'official story'. He questions, he probes......eventually uncovering the truth of what really happened. With a lazy acceptance of what are perceived to be the facts, it looks like suicide - just the way the murderer intended it to look.
But examining more closely, the crime is uncovered. And you will notice that the perpetrator of the crime always tries to hide his dirty deed by arranging things to look like something else. And the perpetrator is usually a highly respected pillar of society that you would never suspect capable of doing such a thing. And the motive is, more often than not, covetousness of one form or another. And of course, the perpetrator NEVER confesses his crime at Columbo's first couple of questions. He ducks and dives and continues his pretense of charm and respectability until investigator Columbo uncovers so many inconsistencies followed by lies.......and finally motive that the perpetrator can only accept that he has been caught out and has no choice but to assume the position before being led away in handcuffs.
Good job Columbo isn't fooled by a person's high social standing or apparent charm!
Good job some nincompoop, eyes wide shut detective wasn't assigned the case - otherwise the murderer would walk every time!! Guaranteed!
Learned Helplessness: The War On You
Take a look Nicomp, may help clear your head a little....
"Good points, John. If this @nicomp loved America half as much as I, they'd be more serious in investigating this."
My critical thinking skillz and an appalling lack of first-hand evidence tell me to stop investigating. As I keep saying, wake me when someone comes forward and admits to wiring the building. Let me know when one single solitary demolition engineer admits to planning the job. Alert me when a sentient human cops to selling/buying/delivering/configuring/installing the thermite.
"Reading the Wikipedia article on the shooting, it struck me as odd that Whitting apologized to the VP, but he was the one shot!"
Wikipedia? Seriously?
I think you got a bit side tracked there! You didn't really answer the question in the title. For what it's worth, you could get a half decent answer by combining some or all of the following:
Conspiracy theory is:
A suggestion/premise/proposition/theory/supposition/hypothesis which differs from or questions the 'official' explanation of what, how and why things happened widely promoted in the popular media and commonly accepted without question by the majority.
Is widely perceived as a crackpot idea that the government (and/or other widely trusted organizations) is/was secretly committing criminal acts to further an agenda,which - if known to the public - would cause absolute outrage and calls for the imprisonment (or worse) of those responsible.
An explanation of what, how and why things happened which - if shown to be true - would mean that those responsible would be guilty of perpetrating serious criminal acts, perverting the course of justice and/or treason.
"Think our shill for the Rothschild's has left the building, they normally do when exposed,"
lol. Forgive me for thinking critically. I gotta go cash my paycheck from Dick Cheney.
"Our friend has tried to plant the seeds of doubt, in the attempt to cloud the evidence of certainty."
No, I tried, unsuccessfully, to plant the seeds of critical thinking. My bad.
"No matter which dark ops organisation was behind this, the truth needs to come out, however we will probably never see it exposed for the next 100 years."
In all sincerity. Go outside and play. Wear the tinfoil hat if you must, but leave the house. Go hiking. Ride a bike. We won't bite, promise.
Hi Carl,
Think our shill for the Rothschild's has left the building, they normally do when exposed, the art of a shill is to spread propaganda and confusion, once they have been identified, they need to quit the conversation quickly, or the 'cause' is exposed and they lose their efficiency.
Our friend has tried to plant the seeds of doubt, in the attempt to cloud the evidence of certainty.
No matter which dark ops organisation was behind this, the truth needs to come out, however we will probably never see it exposed for the next 100 years.
Hey, this has been a little fun but we are on different planets. Enjoy your conspiracy. Wake me if anyone admits to wiring the buildings.
"You make assumptions as if they're fact. Dumb! Example: "They simply signed a petition, supposedly." Do you care to find out before making such statements? Are you always so incredibly lazy?"
I'm simply reacting to your video. You asked me to watch it. :)
I think you either underestimate the power and abilities of Americas dark ops people, or are a shill presenting the party line on command.
Have fun, it's possible GWB was kept in the dark about what was about to happen, but I doubt it, the Bush family have been playing dark games for a long tome now, from funding the Nazi war machine right through to today, they have been working on the dark side. GWB knew what was going down (his body language alone showed that) and is a pretty bad liar, he signals when he is hearing it from the earpiece, rather than mucking it up himself.
"Your original implication with, "Can more than one person keep a secret?" -- that people can't keep secrets is fallacious and illogical. Care to comment? Or do you ignore the battles you lose and hope no one notices?"
Still true. More than one person, especially a battalion of elevator technicians, engineers, and building inspectors not trained in building demolition, can't keep that kind of secret.
"Did you miss the part in the video about the elevator upgrades?"
No, I watched it twice out of respect for your viewpoint. Elevator technicians are not demolition experts. Somehow they would have had to interconnect all their nano-particle charges, probably not a daily chore for an elevator technician. All the engineers that oversaw the upgrades noticed nothing untoward, right? All the building inspectors were in on it. All the technicians went home every day for several months and never told anyone they were wiring a building to explode. Sure.
"The buildings were brought down by controlled demolition. That's a fact"
No, it's not a fact. You have flimsy circumstantial evidence that no court would accept. No one has come forward to admit attaching even one nano-particle of any incendiary material to any building. Elevator technicians are not trained to wire buildings for destruction. Find me even one elevator technician who worked that building and admits to participating in the destruction. Just one.
All you have is hearsay and supposition. Have fun with that.
When you're ready to distinguish facts from assumptions , let me know. I can help you think critically.
You can't say that 1600 architects confirm what happened. They simply signed a petition, supposedly. As the MC said in your 'report', the architects are not demolition experts. The 'expert' admitted to that, if I remember correctly.
Your response was what I expected from you: you told me to go look for some science. That's typical.
You presented me with a made-for-tv video that only tells one side of the story and then you blew me off when I offered to help you apply critical thinking to it. No problem. Have fun with your conspiracy.
Your closed-minded attitude is no problem for me but I am insulted by your portrayal of George Bush in your childish photo. I don't know President Bush, but I have friends that do: to suggest that he had anything to do with this tragedy is an indication of possible mental instability on your part. With all due respect, go outside and play
1600 architects who confirm that what happened was a controlled demolition, speak for themselves, those are people who KNOW structural engineering backward, not some infomercial.
There is plenty of 'science' out there, if you can be bothered to look.
@aguasilver : OK, I watched the entire thing. So what?
It was couched as a news show, like many infomercials. No science was presented. No eye witnesses were brought forward. It was two guys sitting in a studio.
If you want to accept everything Richard Gage says without applying your critical thinking skills, feel free.
If you listen a little closer, you will hear him say things like "I've heard that..." and "clearly, by any definition..." and "everybody knows..."
If you want to discuss this rationally, let me know. I can help you think critically about this video.
nicomp, please look at the following and then explain it away.
Look around 9 minutes in if you are short of time!
"Now, as far as wiring the towers with tons of explosives and cutter charges, we know for a fact that this was done. How? The physics of the collapses of all 3 buildings tell us that it could not be anything except controlled demolitions (or magic). Do you believe in magic? I believe in miracles, but this doesn't strike me as a miracle."
You evidently do believe in magic because the explosives magically appeared, and installed themselves. There's no other way the building could have been wired. You conveniently ignore the independent third-party demolition experts asserting that it's a long and laborious project to implode a building. You don't do it overnight after the janitors have gone home.
Dealing with things that God brings to our minds after salvation is more akin to improving your postal address in the Kingdom than a balancing point for whether one is saved.
We either are or we are not, if we are then ALL our sins past, present and future have been forgiven, we still need to avoid deliberate sin, and repent quickly, until we reach the point of contrition, whereupon our actions will be less likely to have us sin as much!
But yes I agree that as we mature, we become more sin conscious and revolted by some of our past actions, in that previous life we led.
Thanks for the compliments Carl, undeserved I am sure, but delighted you view our relationship to have progressed you even a little, likewise you have exposed my thinking to alternative thoughts over the last year.
That seems to be what it is all about, exploring, expelling the lies and deception and gleaning what truth we can from the data received.
"If you were involved in the operation, that killed 3000+ people, do you think you would come forward to disclose the secret, knowing that you and your family would be killed to protect the guilty parties?"
Yes. There would be numerous people willing to speak to NBC,CBS,ABC,MoveOn.Org, Frontline, and anyone else who would listen. Nobody can point to a manifest, to a truck driver, to any physical evidence of any materials of labor provided to wire the buildings. No one wrote a letter to be read after their death. No one has a photograph, a xerox copy, or a first-hand account of being there.
And to suggest that your ostensibly irrational fascist conspirators might rational enough to organize such a massive effort and somehow manage to suppress everyone involved....
Ask yourself....
If you were involved in the operation, that killed 3000+ people, do you think you would come forward to disclose the secret, knowing that you and your family would be killed to protect the guilty parties?
Try to find a living witness that made a report about the grassy knoll killers after the Kennedy hit.
Your assumptions are reasonable for a rational mans thinking, but we are not dealing with rational men, we are dealing with fascist conspirators who will kill you if you represent any threat to them, and sleep well each night having done so.
People cannot keep secrets, I agree, but equally dead me do not speak.
Ask yourself:
Can more than one person keep a secret?
Has anyone at all come forward to describe their first-hand involvement in the wiring of the towers?
Has anyone come come forward to describe their first-hand involvement in providing the tons of materials that (you claim) were delivered to the towers?
The answer to all these questions: no.
Good read Carl, related to this, an FBI agent who attended Flight 93 (the Pennsylvania site) writes that when she attended the site as first response, she saw 'legions' of angels standing there.
But more relevantly she confirms that the crime scene was eerie, as there were no bodies to see.
No bodies? - crazy
Ever heard of an air crash with no bodies?
Even more chilling, if there were no bodies on the plane, where did all the passengers go?
Interesting read :)


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My exploits and misadventures in trying to bring a better eBook Reader to market! Trials and tribulations, technology, successes and failures, and all the stops along the way. PLUS... what is coming in eBook Readers and what you will see in the future.
Monday, November 9, 2009
Differences between the EZ Reader and the Mentor Lite
The Mentor line now has the "Mentor Lite"... that is presently the only Mentor that we carry. More models are planned.
The Mentor Lite Version 2 has added the new Epson high-speed controller and MP3 for music while you read.
The EZ Reader Basic does not have the Epson Controller for faster page turns, although it is pretty fast anyway. What sets the Mentor Lite Version 2 (the only version that we sell) apart is the fact that it has the Epson Controller, has one-touch buttons to take you to the main menu or top go to Landscape Mode at any time you wish, and it adds one touch buttons to take you to the first real game on eBook Readers: a full version of Sudoku! So, you can read a bit, listen to music a bit, and then play some exciting Sudoku on a long trip.
Both devices (Mentor Lite 2 and EZ Reader Basic) have E-Ink technology for long battery charge life (8,000 pages to a single charge), a USER-REPLACEABLE rechargeable battery (we think this is a HUGE plus, have SD card slots to at least 4GB, and play music while you read. BOTH come with the case included!!
You can buy the Mentor Lite ONLY on http://www.astak.com/ at present.
Regarding Canada, we are working on adding more retail stores that will carry the Astak brand. FutureShop has it now. Others will be added as they accept the device.
This week we added 49 stores of retail stores carrying our device!! Those stores are in Washington State, Oregon, and Texas and they are expanding.
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- AnonymousNovember 24, 2009 at 5:14 PM
How hard are the buttons on the Mentor Lite 2 to push? I'm thinking of arthritic hands here....ReplyDelete
I am strictly honest. So, I will have to admit that the four buttons on the keft hand side are tiny and take some learning to use. For arthritic hands, I would not think the Mentor Lite a good option. The main buttons are fine and one could simply choose not to use the one-touch buttons on the left which change the screen from verticle to horizontal display, give you one-touch to get to the main menu, and bring up Sudoku. There are other ways to do all these things using the main buttons.ReplyDelete
But...for arthritic hands I would choose the EZ Reader Basic. This is a great, easy-to-use, basic eBook Reader that is very straight-forward to learn and has all larger buttons.
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Nae gentle dames, tho' e'er sae fair,
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The world then the love should know
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But fickle fortune frowns on me,
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I know her heart will never change,
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Farewell the plain sae rushy, O!
To other lands I now must go,
To sing my Highland Lassie, O!
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Anarchists had run amok downtown Toronto during the G20 summit, destroying police cars and doing extensive damage to shop windows.Now, believe it or not, it is the police on the defensive for their overwhelming use of force under attack by the anarchists lawyers and disenchanted "public." Well I thought, who the hell will hold the anarchists and make them explain why they did what they did?
Summary of my complaint to the Toronto Police Board.
I made a same formal complaint also to the Ontario Ombudsman. The complaint is in essence as follows:
The Toronto Police Services Board does not include the verbatim transcripts (rationalizations) anarchists give for their destructive behavior. The police do not show what the ideas (websites, telephone calls, words and propaganda anarchists relied on that motivated their destructive behavior. This would help the citizens of Toronto understand why and how these criminals came to be.
If this isn't understood, a review hearing aimed only at police "harassment" will be a mere sounding board if all facts are not exposed.
Such destructive ideas that anarchist rely on cannot be stopped by legal force, which would be totalitarian, but stopped by exposure and letting reasonable citizens understand the dangers their own youngsters are in. With exposure, individual citizens can take up the responsibilities of correcting the ideational errors.


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Select Automotive OEM R&D KPIs Analysis, 2011–2016
Automotive manufacturers are currently focusing on building fully connected and completely autonomous vehicles, as drivers expect next-generation digital technologies in their cars. As autonomous and connected technologies go hand-in-hand in building efficient self-driving cars, connected car technologies will create a drift in the automotive ecosystem to help automakers make a seamless shift from semi-autonomous driving to fully autonomous driving in the future. In order to match the market expectation, OEMs' objective is to build cars that can change the form and function, as opposed to what is being offered now. Moreover, in the race to reduce the carbon footprint, OEMs are focusing on unique, customized strategies in building electric vehicles that help in achieving sustainability. Creating smart mobility solutions by conceptualizing the idea of sharing electric vehicles by optimizing cross-company collaboration is another area of focus for automakers to generate revenue. Hence, OEMs are in the process of building next-generation electric vehicles with autonomous driving capability, which will ultimately create a synergy between OEMs and transportation companies in developing a cost-effective business model that leads to a win-win partnership. Moreover, several OEMs are seen as partnering with companies to provide an on-demand network of cars, object recognition, and development of HAD maps. Automakers are keen on building their next-generation infotainment platforms by partnering with key players in this space.
1. Select Automotive OEM R&D KPIs Analysis, 2011–2016
- KPI 1—Total Revenue (Automotive + Financial Services)
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- KPI 3—Total Employment
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- KPI 6—R&D Budget breakdown by Advanced Research
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- KPI 10—Number of Models Sold
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- KPI 12—Number of Vehicle Platforms
- KPI 13—Number of Manufacturing Plants
- KPI 14—Number of Patents
- KPI 15—Global Programs Part Commonality
- KPI 16—Product Development (PD) Timeline
- KPI 17—Number of Top Safety Pick Models from IIHS
- KPI 18—Problems Per 100 Vehicles
- KPI 19—OEM-Supplier Working Relationship Index
- KPI 20—R&D Budget Per R&D Headcount
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Hey, I found a STEAM/STEM book I actually like! Or I guess it would be more apt to say I found a STEAM/STEM book that I think works for me at my library.
Often times I see project books and they have one or two good projects and a lot of fluff. Maybe things are too easy, too hard, too dependant upon adults, etc. I feel like this was a really good mix of projects in different areas that, for the most part, weren't too much like homework. I saw a lot of things I have done or considered doing. Some of the projects range from circuit bugs to catapults to rotational symmetry art.
I would bet most of these projects are on pinterest, but I actually hate wading through pinterest to try and find something I saved a year ago so having them all in a book is a plus for me. I also like that the projects have a breakdown of difficulty, estimated time, and an explanation of the STEM components.


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Monday, May 10, 2010
Reason #2 Car Exiting
Because of my size, when I get out of my car, my body rubs hard against the steering wheel. This causes the skin above my right hip to split. I get four to six inch long splits about a quarter of an inch deep and they bleed. Not only that it freaking HURTS. I want to be able to go places in my car without injuring myself every time.
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Monitoring and Evaluation Analyst
Yangon (Myanmar)
Background Information - Myanmar
In addition,UNOPS Myanmar is Principal Recipient for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria in Myanmar and Cambodia, and for the Global Funds Regional Artemisinin-resistance Initiative targeting drug resistant malaria in the Greater Mekong sub-region.
UNOPS provides procurement, infrastructure and project management services to a wide range of organizations in the country, including the Government of Myanmar, international development partners, other UN agencies, NGOs and INGOs.
UNOPS Myanmar plays a critical role in ensuring that the quality of services provided to its partners meets stringent requirements of speed, efficiency and cost effectiveness.
Background Information - Job-specific
The Three Millennium Development Goal Fund (3MDG) supports the provision of health services in Myanmar and contributes towards the country's efforts to achieve the three health-related Millennium Development Goals. These goals include reducing child mortality, improving maternal health and combating HIV, tuberculosis and malaria.
3MDG places a special emphasis upon provision of maternal, newborn and child quality health services. 3MDG provides support to the Ministry of Health in order to contribute towards the development of a more effective and responsive health system. Established in 2012, the US$271million Fund is supported by seven international donors.
The 3MDG has confirmed funding until the end of 2017. The Fund extension until the end of 2018 is currently under consideration by the Fund donors.
Functional Responsibilities
Under the overall supervision of the Monitoring & Evaluation Officer and under the direct supervision of the Monitoring an Evaluation Specialist(s) for Maternal, Neonatal and Child Health (MNCH), the incumbent of the post will carry out the following duties and responsibilities:
• Provide technical inputs into the design and implementation of 3DMG monitoring and evaluation system, policies, tools, processes.
• With Public Health Officers/Analysts, develop implementing partner (IP) M&E activities, targets, budgets and log frames.
• Monitor and analyse IP performance, and propose any initiative that may be necessary, including termination of, or adjustments to actions to ensure compliance with Fund policy and priorities.
• Review/clearance of technical and financial reports of IPs, focusing on data quality and M&E activity implementation.
• Oversee data collection, data entry and analysis processes to measure progress and achievements according to the M&E plan.
• Conduct regular field visits and Routine Data Quality Assessments (RDQA) to ensure that reported data is accurate and in line with 3MDG and national standard indicators, planning and budgeting tools, partner log frames and the overall 3MDG Log Frame.
• Ensure RDQA data are analysed and ensure effective feedback and follow up is provided.
• Provide on-site coaching to project staff and project partners regarding data collection, accuracy and analysis to ensure RDQA action plans are implemented.
• Contribute to the application and maintenance of databases of all 3MDG funded projects.
• Build capacity of local counterparts in community level monitoring and evaluation efforts.
• Assess quantitative and qualitative data collection and analysis tools, techniques and approaches, IP evaluation budgets and work plans;
• Organize meetings, workshops and other discussion forums to establish a dialogue on monitoring and evaluation results (recommendations/ lessons learned/feedback) and issues and ensure linkages with planning frameworks.
• Foster internal coordination, planning and learning by organizing learning and planning sessions, documenting best practices and supporting internal programme linkages and planning processes.
• Contribute to reports, analyse findings and assist in the development of recommendations.
• Ensure accurate and timely information is available to senior management and the Communications team.
• Conduct other duties as assigned.
Education/Experience/Language requirements
- Master Degree in public health and relevant experience is required
- A Bachelor's degree in these areas with 2 additional years of relevant experience may be considered as equivalent.
- Minimum 2 years of relevant experience working with health programs is required.
- Successful development and implementation of an M&E system at programme level highly desirable
- Work experience in Maternal, Neonatal and Child Health (MNCH) programs is a must
- Experience in community health programming will be a strong asset
- Excellent writing and analytical skills are required.
Language requirements
- Fluency in both written and spoken Myanmar language and English is required.
|Treats all individuals with respect; responds sensitively to differences and encourages others to do the same. Upholds organizational and ethical norms. Maintains high standards of trustworthiness. Role model for diversity and inclusion.
|Acts as a positive role model contributing to the team spirit. Collaborates and supports the development of others. For people managers only: Acts as positive leadership role model, motivates, directs and inspires others to succeed, utilizing appropriate leadership styles.
|Demonstrates understanding of the impact of own role on all partners and always puts the end beneficiary first. Builds and maintains strong external relationships and is a competent partner for others (if relevant to the role).
|Efficiently establishes an appropriate course of action for self and/or others to accomplish a goal. Actions lead to total task accomplishment through concern for quality in all areas. Sees opportunities and takes the initiative to act on them. Understands that responsible use of resources maximizes our impact on our beneficiaries.
|Open to change and flexible in a fast paced environment. Effectively adapts own approach to suit changing circumstances or requirements. Reflects on experiences and modifies own behavior. Performance is consistent, even under pressure. Always pursues continuous improvements.
|Evaluates data and courses of action to reach logical, pragmatic decisions. Takes an unbiased, rational approach with calculated risks. Applies innovation and creativity to problem-solving.
|Expresses ideas or facts in a clear, concise and open manner. Communication indicates a consideration for the feelings and needs of others. Actively listens and proactively shares knowledge. Handles conflict effectively, by overcoming differences of opinion and finding common ground.
Functional competencies
Development and Operational Effectiveness
- Ability to lead strategic planning, results-based management and reporting
- Ability to lead implementation, monitoring and evaluation of development programmes and projects,
- Ability to lead implementation of new systems (business side), and affect staff behavioral/ attitudinal change
- Excellent conceptual and analytical abilities and an analytic approach to information management.
Management and Leadership
- Focuses on impact and result for the client and responds positively to feedback
- Leads teams effectively and shows conflict resolution skills
- Consistently approaches work with energy and a positive, constructive attitude
- Builds strong relationships with clients and external actors
- Remains calm, in control and good humored even under pressure
- Demonstrates openness to change and ability to manage complexities
- Ability to go beyond established procedures and models, creation of new approaches.
- Demonstrated drive for continuous improvement and incorporation of lessons learned and best practices into business process routines
- Demonstration of professional behaviour and personal ethics, transparency and openness to encourage respect and similar behaviour from colleagues in the workplace
Knowledge Management and Learning
- Shares knowledge and experience
- Actively works towards continuing personal learning and development in one or more Practice Areas, acts on learning plan and applies newly acquired skills
Contract type, level and duration
Contract type: Local Individual Contractor Agreement
Contract level: LICA 9
Contract duration: 6 Months (possible of extension subject to the budget and performance)
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Additional Considerations
- Please note that the closing date is midnight Copenhagen time (CET)
- Applications received after the closing date will not be considered.
- Only those candidates that are short-listed for interviews will be notified.
- Qualified female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.
- For staff positions only, UNOPS reserves the right to appoint a candidate at a lower level than the advertised level of the post
- The incumbent is responsible to abide by security policies, administrative instructions, plans and procedures of the UN Security Management System and that of UNOPS.
- Applicant must have to submit the cover letter along with the profile.
It is the policy of UNOPS to conduct background checks on all potential recruits/interns. Recruitment/internship in UNOPS is contingent on the results of such checks.THIS IS A LOCAL POSITION AND ONLY MYANMAR NATIONALS ARE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY.
Background Information - UNOPS
UNOPS supports the successful implementation of its partners' peacebuilding, humanitarian and development projects around the world. Our mission is to serve people in need by expanding the ability of the United Nations, governments and other partners to manage projects, infrastructure and procurement in a sustainable and efficient manner.
Working in some of the world's most challenging environments, our vision is to advance sustainable implementation practices, always satisfying or surpassing our partners' expectations.
With over 7,000 personnel spread across 80 countries, UNOPS offers its partners the logistical, technical and management knowledge they need, wherever they need it.
A flexible structure and global reach means that we can quickly respond to our partners' needs, while offering the benefits of economies of scale.
- Organization: UNOPS - United Nations Office for Project Services
- Location: Yangon (Myanmar)
- Grade: Level not specified
Occupational Groups:
- Accounting (Audit, Controlling)
- Monitoring and Evaluation
- Public Health and Health Service
- Closing Date: 2017-06-19
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MAUGANSVILLE - It all starts at Frances Bargiel's "command post" in the living room of her Maugansville home.
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The contemporary and clean Australian label, SABA, is set to unveil a special collaborative collection with the innovative men's magazine, Manuscript, for the Spring/Summer season. The collection caters to the modern, tailored man - the pieces being surprisingly multifunctional and effortlessly stylish, characteristic of the seamless aesthetic of SABA. Featuring both monochromatic and dusty yet vividly colourful options, the styling by Manuscript Fashion Director, Jolyon Mason, presents these options in a way that glorifies the young, dapper gentlemen who want timeless pieces but are far from decrepit.
The collection and magazine will be officially launched on October 17th, 2013 at the Melbourne SABA boutique. The night will include bespoke tailoring, whisky tasting and attendance by Manuscript Editors Mitchell Oakley Smith and Jolyon Mason. Make sure to head down for a free magazine and a closer look at the collection!
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