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Irony can be quite harsh! I initially wrote this article at the very start of the new year, but, thanks to a huge influx of personal problems, I am only now posting it, which is precisely what the topic is about: my New Year's Resolution to balance my personal life and my professional efforts.
So, it would appear that thus far, I am not succeeding very well in my task, but, here is my article, finished, and published. A start, though a delayed one, is better than no start at all.
Thank you all for your patience.
a history lesson and a fresh perspective on new year's resolutions
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When I initially started this Blog in March 2012, I had made a decision to pursue my dream of becoming a professional journalist and photographer. I was determined that my move to Margate, a fresh start in and of itself, would be the push in the right direction that I needed. A new place, new people and plenty to write about and photograph.
Whilst those first few months were relatively productive, I found that my personal life was holding me back. My suffering poor health and having family and friends in turmoil, my writing and photography was taken almost to an utter halt, made a secondary priority, essentially, to life. But, the longer I went without posting, the more I realised how much I truly missed it, how much I truly needed it.
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Having thought long and hard about this dilemma, of the "pros and cons" of attempting to balance journalism and photography with a stress-filled personal life and poor health, I have now, ironically in the month of January which is considered worldwide as the beginning of a new year and a fresh start, decided that it is of the utmost importance that I return to my passions, to start anew what I began last year.
So, with the timing of my fresh start falling on the New Year, you would not be mistaken if you considered it to be a form of New Year's Resolution, one that aims for me to have a healthy balance between my personal and professional lives, and begins with me spending days of researching facts and figures on the history of this worldwide tradition to inspire me, and my readers, to embrace it..
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New Year is a tradition dating back hundreds, if not thousands of years which originates from dozens of cultures and historical civilisations. It is believed that it was Julius Caesar of the Roman Empire who first suggested that the year begin on January 1st, in honour of the Roman God Janus, after which the month was named. This was all the way back in 46 BC, but it was not until 1752 AD that the Britons adopted the Gregorian Calendar, with its twelve month cycle ending in December and beginning in January. Prior to this, we actually celebrated our New Year as "Lady Day", believed to be the day when Mary, Jesus' mother, was informed of her son's coming birth, on March 25th.
The tradition of New Year's Resolutions can also be traced back just as far, if not further, although what was considered the start of each year was different. The ancient Babylonians and the Romans began their calendar year by making promises to their Gods, and the Knights of the Mediaeval era took "The Peacock Vow" at the end of Christmas each year to re-affirm their commitment to their code of chivalry, to name but a few examples. It is unknown as to when or how the modern, international tradition of New Year's Resolutions came to happen, however.
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Interestingly enough, New Year's Day is quite possibly the only global Public Holiday, even though many countries have their own unique calendars for their national faith or heritage. This fact literally brings the world together, breaking down all boundaries of skin colour, sex, country of residence, religion, or culture, and that is a truly beautiful thing.
So, why is it that the majority of people fail to succeed in the goal that they set upon themselves? In recent surveys it has been discovered that eighty-eight percent of UK residents that were questioned had failed in their prior year's goal. Surveyed Americans fared even worse. With these negative statistics, many people would not be blamed for taking a "why bother?" stance on the concept. I, however, prefer to have a "glass half full" perspective.
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These same studies show that, though many failed, there were very valid reasons as to why. They set themselves unrealistic, almost unachievable goals, or far too broad ones. "Lose weight", "get fit", "get a job", these are all achievable, but more difficult to reach because of the lack of specifics or their long term nature. One is far more likely to succeed in one's goal by setting smaller, more realistic tasks, or step-by-step lifestyle changes to achieve it, such as losing a certain amount of weight each month, or changing ones diet. This should, in theory, create a regular, positive feeling of achievement in the person, compared to the dragging negativity that results from many months of supposed failure.
Further examination of studies into New Year's Resolutions shows us that there are also distinct differences between how each sex succeeds in their tasks. Men are more successful when they broke down their resolution into smaller, more achievable goals, whereas women found more success when they made their goals public and drew on the support of friends and family.
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I have decided, for my New Year's Resolution to succeed, it needs to combine everything that I have learned. My resolution must be clear and concise, broken down over the year into smaller, more achievable goals, and shared with my friends and family so that I can gander support and advice throughout my efforts.
So, my overall resolution for the year, though originally something such as "pursue journalism professionally" or "Blog more", has moulded itself into "earn money from my journalism and photography", through smaller weekly or monthly goals such as "reach 200 Likes on my FaceBook Page" and "send Portfolio to magazines to consider for publication", the progress for which I will be sharing through social networking.
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The facts and theories are sound. Whether, however, they work in practice, remains to be seen. Perhaps, this time next year, I shall be writing a follow-up article of my personal experiences and conclusions on the topic. Only time shall tell…
In the meanwhile, I leave you all with my findings, and hopefully, the inspiration to take them in your own stride and embrace this new perspective on a very old tradition. Will you, as I have, set yourself a New Year's Resolution this year, and try to see it through? Comment and discuss…
Further Reading
The Mental Health Foundation's guide to New Year's Resolutions
Wiki-How's guide to succeeding in New Year's Resolutions
US New Year's Resolutions statistics, updated in December of 2012
An interesting article on the history of New Year's Resolutions
The History Channel's history of New Year's Resolutions
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a green weekend
The Green Lantern kicks the weekend into gear tonight with the return of the Cincinnati cowpunk brigade 500 Miles to Memphis. The band rocks heartily with guitar crunch, country commiseration and hook-happy tunes from its 2007 album Sunshine in a Shot Glass.
This is supposedly 500 Miles' last show of the year. Of course, its website claimed a Friday the 13th bash at the Southgate House in Newport was going to close out road work for 2009. Regardless, you won't have 500 Miles to kick around after this weekend. The band plans to get busy this winter on a new album with eyes toward a February release.
The very fine West Virginia string band The Fox Hunt will open tonight's show
The club follows up on Saturday with The Deadstring Brothers, a band that poses this intriguing rock 'n' roll query: What if the Rolling Stones, especially as they existed in their honky tonk glory of the early '70s, hailed from Detroit in instead of England?
Certainly there is a passing shade of Mick Jagger in the singing of Kurt Marschke – although it is mostly a reflection of Jagger during the roots rebellion days of Exile on Main St. Those accents, along with an occasional nod to Faces-style looseness, fuel such Deadstring albums as 2007's Silver Mountain. But expect boozy country blues to also abound on tunes the Brothers are bound to play Saturday from the forthcoming Sao Paulo record, which is due out on Chicago's famed Bloodshot label in February.
Opening on Saturday will be fellow Motor City country stylists Whitey Morgan and the 78s. Morgan's crew, however, seem to steer closer to the traditional. Its cover of Bruce Springtsteen's I'm on Fire sounds like pre-outlaw era Waylon Jennings in a heady Western mood.
500 Miles to Memphis performs at 10 tonight; The Deadstring Brothers perform at 10 Saturday. Both performances will be at The Green Lantern, 497 Third St. Cover charge each night is $5. Call (859) 252-9539.


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Autographed Tim Tebow Helmet Highlights Auction for the Cure at Gala Event Featuring Gov. Rick Scott and Civic Leaders
PALM BEACH, FL – January 15, 2012 – The Susan G. Komen for the Cure 2nd annual "Perfect Pink Party" brought together Florida's most influential civic leaders on Saturday night at the historic Mar-a-Lago Club to honor and the support the critical work of Komen for the Cure, the global leader in the fight against breast cancer.
The Perfect Pink Party is Komen's first major event in 2012, a year that marks the organization's 30th year of leadership in the movement to find cures and end suffering from breast cancer, worldwide.
Ambassador Nancy G. Brinker, Komen's founder and CEO and a Palm Beach resident, joined Donald and Melania Trump and Florida Gov. Rick Scott and First Lady Ann Scott for an evening of dining, dancing and an auction. Y100 radio Miami host and regular of E!'s "Chelsea Lately" Michael Yo served as the night's emcee. Music was provided by the Peter Graves Orchestra.
"Yes, we fund more science and research than anyone outside the U.S. government, and yes, we are the first and only organization fighting in state capitals and Washington DC to preserve lifesaving programs through our advocacy effort," Brinker said in her speech. "But our core mission is saving lives, and everything we do – from science to care--goes to support this highest of virtues."
The evening's event raised more than $1 million to support Komen's work in national research, with a quarter of it staying in the South Florida area.
Gov. Scott gave remarks touching on the ability of one person to make a difference.
"This is what's great about America: One person can start something and it can have such a dramatic impact on the world," remarked Gov. Scott. "I just can't imagine anybody who's had a bigger impact in people's individual lives than Nancy Brinker."
Additional funds from the evening came in part from the auctioning of luxury items by the night's leading auction contributors Flexjet, Giorgio Armani Boutique Palm Beach, One More Toy, Seabourn and Wynn Properties. Trump helped add an extra $10,000 when he surprised guests by donating to the auction four tickets to see Celine Dion at Mar-a-Lago in February.
In a special treat, Denver Broncos and former University of Florida Gator quarterback Tim Tebow donated an autographed helmet, which was won by Trump just moments after telling the press he had hoped for a Patriots win over the Broncos in that evening's playoff game.
The Perfect Pink Party followed Friday evening's pink lighting of the Royal Park Bridge connecting West Palm Beach and Palm Beach. The bridge will remain lit in the signature color in the fight against breast cancer until the end of the month.
Brinker served as the gala chairwoman alongside founding chairwoman Patty Myura. U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson and Grace Nelson. Gov. and Mrs. Scott were the evening's honorary chairs. Cynthia Friedman and Nicki and Ira Harris co-chaired the event and Trump served as the New York Ambassador.
The event raises funds and awareness for Komen's work in thousands of communities and in more than 50 countries. The organization Brinker founded has grown since 1982 to become the world's largest and most influential breast cancer organization, funding almost $2 billion to research and community outreach programs worldwide.
Komen's $685 million research investment, the largest of any non-profit organization outside of the U.S. government, has helped deliver more accurate screening technologies, more personalized treatments and breakthroughs in understanding the disease. It also has helped drive breast cancer mortality rates down by 31 percent since 1991, and improve relative five-year survival rates for early stage breast cancer from 74 percent in 1982 to 99 percent today.
Komen also funds an extensive global network of community partners providing real-time help for women worldwide. With $1.3 billion in community funding, Komen has helped reach millions of women with education and screening, treatment and aftercare programs. Last year alone, Komen and its 123 Affiliates paid for 700,000 breast screenings for poor and uninsured women in the U.S., and provided social and financial support to another 100,000 women and their families.
Locally, Komen's South Florida Affiliate has provided more than $16 million to local breast cancer and women's health programs, funding nearly $1.5 million for local breast cancer programs in Palm Beach, Martin and St. Lucie counties last year alone.


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Anatomy Of A False-Flag Terror Attack - Part Three
NOTE: Click on the above chart to enlarge graphic.
The chart above shows the inter-relational structure of the prototypical typical false-flag domestic terrorist attack network, Al-Qaeda. However, in the 1980's when the Afghan rebels were fighting Russia, the Al-Qaeda terrorist network was known as the Mujahideen 'freedom fighters.' As the Mujahideen, the Al-Qaeda terror network were portrayed as the GOOD GUYS.
Once Russia had been dispensed with through the symbolic tearing down of the Berlin Wall, suddenly, the Mujahideen had become known as Al-Qaeda, and were now the manufactured BOOGEYMEN who allegedly carried out 9/11, with nothing more than a notebook computer from a cave somewhere in war-torn Afghanistan.
In the third part of this investigative article, I will describe the history of false-flag terrorist attacks carried out by the United States government, within the United States ...
ANATOMY OF A FALSE-FLAG TERRORIST ATTACK - Part Three
by Kentroversy
The United States, at the behest of their globalist manipulators, have carried out many false-flag attacks throughout our nations' history. Below, I have selected a few of the most memorable events, which were ALL carried out by forces from within the USA, or controlled by forces from within the United States. To help identify those responsible parties, it is pertinent that one observes the career trajectory of those in close proximity to the attack, immediately after the attack has taken place.
Several political figures at center stage on 9/11 are now on the national stage: Rudy Giuliani, George Pataki, and Hillary Rodenhurst Clinton. While I am not saying that any of these people were responsible, it is certainly within the realm of possibility that they knew in advance what was to occur. Giuliani's behavior on 9/11 was certainly suspect, as was Hillary Rodenhurst Clinton's.
- U.S.S. Maine (February 15, 1898) - A massive explosion of gunpowder on the battleship, killed approximately two-thirds of its' crew. The explosion killed 254 of a total crew of 328, plus 6 more who died subsequently from injuries sustained in the explosion, which brought the total killed to 260. This occurred in Havana harbor, and it brought about the Spanish-American war, which took place from April 25, 1989 to August 12, 1898, saw 379 men killed, and 5,000 more died from disease. This is now known to have been carried out by the American government, and it lead directly to the eventual independence of Cuba, who has played the part of convenient enemy of the United States.
- Pearl Harbor (December 7, 1941) - In 1941, the American government produced an eight-point plan that had come to be known as the McCollum Memo. This document outlined a plan to provoke the Japanese into attacking America within her own national boundary. This plan included a trade embargo of Japan, which was backed by the British government, under prime Minister Winston Churchill. Franklin Roosevelt was also an insider to the plan, which also called for a bloody, surprise attack by Japan on the USA, which would mobilize the American public into accepting the nations' entry into World War II, which they would not previously support.
The memo read in part:
It is not believed that in the present state of political opinion the United States government is capable of declaring war against Japan without more ado; and it is barely possible that vigorous action on our part might lead the Japanese to modify their attitude. Therefore, the following course of action is suggested:
- Make an arrangement with Britain for the use of British bases in the Pacific, particularly Singapore.
- Make an arrangement with Holland for the use of base facilities and acquisition of supplies in the Dutch East Indies.
- Give all possible aid to the Chinese government of Chiang-Kay-Shek.
- Send a division of long range heavy cruisers to the Orient, Philippines, or Singapore.
- Send two divisions of submarines to the Orient.
- Keep the main strength of the U.S. fleet now in the Pacific in the vicinity of the Hawaiian Islands.
- Insist that the Dutch refuse to grant Japanese demands for undue economic concessions, particularly oil. H. Completely embargo all U.S. trade with Japan, in collaboration with a similar embargo imposed by the British Empire.
A carefully prepared psychological operation was undertaken, to prepare the public for the horrible event that was about to happen.
On Sunday morning, December 7, 1941, the Japanese Air Force raided Pearl Harbor, causing massive damage to the nation's morale and Naval Forces. An October 1941 report that was TOP SECRET until uncovered via the Freedom of Information Act, showed that Roosevelt knew what was going to happen, and did nothing to stop it. Pearl Harbor was used as the Hegelian pretext to get the USA into World War II, which the public resisted until this false-flag attack occurred.
The message between Admiral ISRC Yamamoto and the Commander of the Pacific Striking Fleet, Admiral Chuichi Nagumo -- was intercepted outside of Hawaii at Naval Station H, on November 24, 1941:
"The task force, keeping its' movement strictly secret and maintaining close guard against submarines and aircraft, shall advance into Hawaiian waters, and upon the very opening of hostilities shall attack the main force of the United States fleet at Hawaii and deal it a mortal blow."
The attack on Pearl Harbor, which FDR allowed to happen, caused the following casualties; 12 American battleships were destroyed, 188 aircraft were lost, 2,403 servicemen lost their lives, and 68 non-military citizens also lost their lives. All this was allowed to happen, to provide the Hegelian pretext for the USA to enter into World War II, with the full support of the American public.
- Operation Gladio (1946-1983) - Operation Gladio was the name of a series of hundreds of bombings carried out by Western Intelligence Agencies; such as the CIA and MI6. NATO was itself involved in the bombings carried out in Western Europe, the Middle East, Latin America, and Asia. These attacks were then blamed on the Communists and the radical left.
Targets of Operation Gladio included trains, subways, and schools. Also targeted were areas in which large masses of the public could be found, and this included schools and school buses filled with children. It is always important for the false-flaggers to target children, as the deaths of innocent children, and photos of dead children, bring about the highest level of outrage from the public. Pictures and videotape of dead children sees the public demanding a solution to a problem that was manufactured to begin with.
- CIA Coup D'etat in Iran (August 19, 1953) - Operation AJAX as it was known, was carried out jointly by the CIA and the British MI6, for the purpose of overthrowing Iranian Premier Dr. Mohammed Mossadeq, to install the Shah, Reza Pahlavi. In the late 1990's, Operation AJAX was declassified, and immediately became the subject of a rash of Internet reports, which sought to tell the inside story that was kept off of the television news.
It is interesting to note that the Field Commander of Operation AJAX was none other than a man named Kermit Roosevelt, the grandson of Theodore Roosevelt.
- Bay of Pigs Invasion (April 17, 1961) - The Bay of Pigs was carried out shortly after JFK became President, and it was an attempt to overthrow Fidel Castro, who has survived all such attacks, and remains in power to the date of the writing of these words. The White House was expecting help from the Cuban citizens, and when no one volunteered to help the USA, the Bay of Pigs invasion turned into a miserable failure. It has been said that the Bay of Pigs incident may have directly fueled the Cuban Missile Crisis, in which Castro stood up against the U.S. aggression, and the U.S. news media claimed that Russian missiles were pointed at the American mainland, which may have led to World War III, or so the American public was told.
In early 1962, the U.S. began a military exercise that was known as Operation Ortsac (Castro spelled backwards). This was a mock-invasion of Cuba, which was practiced in the Caribbean. The U.S. thought that the missiles were NEAR operational, when in fact, they were fully operational. If United States diplomacy failed, we might have seen a nuclear strike against the mainland of the USA.
- Operation Northwoods Memorandum (March 13, 1962) - In the early part of 1962, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Lyman L. Lemnitzer, presented a plan to provide justification to invade Cuba and ultimately murder Castro. The Operation Northwoods document was first reported upon by James Bamford, in his May 2001 book BODY OF SECRETS, and on an ABC-TV broadcast of May 1, 2001.
This report called for ALL of the following:
- Use Agents Provocateur to stage attacks, fights, and riots outside of Guantánamo Bay base.
- Blow up a U.S. ship in Guantánamo Bay, and blame it on Cuba.
- Use 'drone aircraft' painted identically as another plane, to stage an incident where the Cubans look like they have attacked one of our own aircraft. At one point, the report reads; "Casualty lists in U.S. newspapers would cause a helpful wave of indignation."
- Develop a Communist terror campaign, which would be directed at the military base in Guantánamo Bay, and blamed on Cuban refugee immigrants.
I list the last item because a plan exactly like this could be carried out TODAY, and blamed on a group such as the Minutemen, members of the American Patriot movement, 9/11 truth seekers or citizens who oppose unchecked Mexican immigration. I invite the reader to check out the page on OPERATION NORTHWOODS, which includes scans of pages from the original memorandum.
- Gulf of Tonkin (August 4, 1964) - In the Gulf of Tonkin incident, the USA was provided the pretext to enter into the Viet Nam war. The incident involved the alleged destruction of two U.S. ships; the USS Maddox and the USS C. Turner Joy, on August 4, 1964. Just as was done during the lead-up to the second Gulf War, intelligence reports were either distorted or faked, to give the globalists what they wanted, which was control of the nations' resources, natural and otherwise.
As the Wikipedia page states:
"In 1995, retired Vietnamese General Nguyen Giap meeting with former Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara, categorically denied that Vietnamese gunboats had attacked American destroyers on August 4, 1964 while admitting to the attack on August 2nd. A taped conversation was released in 2001 of a meeting several weeks after passage of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, revealing that Robert McNamara expressed doubts to President Johnson that the attack had even occurred."
- USS Liberty Attacked (June 8, 1967) - During the six-day war of 1967, Israeli war planes and torpedo boats attacked the USS Liberty. Israel claimed that they had mistakenly confused the USS Liberty with an Egyptian ship, the El Quseir. However, several government officials claimed that the Israeli attack was premeditated and deliberate. For example, the Liberty was four times bigger than the El Quseir, and the Liberty had Latin letters and numbers, rather than Arabic letters and number forms. Those who believed the attack was deliberate included the following government officials:
- Surviving Liberty crewmen
- Then-CIA Director Richard Helms
- Then-Secretary of State Dean Rusk
- Admiral Thomas Hinman Moorer, former Chief of Naval Operations and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
- World Trade Center Bombing # 1 (February 26, 1993) - In the first attack on the World Trade Center, it became apparent that the building complex had come to the attention of those who sought to do the USA harm, physically and morally. The FBI coordinated the attack, which murdered 6, and wounded more than 1,000 people. The man who was the alleged 'ringleader,' Ramzi Yousef, was trained by the FBI, and had entered the United States on a phony passport, a massive problem unto itself.
Those who had entered the U.S. with these phony passports, had fallen under the watchful eyes of those patriots in the Immigration department, but were later fired, reprimanded, suspended, or fired, all when they were trying to do their job. Both John Carman and Mary Schneider had complained to their supervisors, and all they were met with was complete silence, and a lack of cooperation.
The New York Times published transcripts of FBI informant Emad Ali Salem, who is a former member of the Egyptian Army. These published transcripts proved that not only did the FBI know about the attack in advance -- but that the FBI was going to, at the last minute, substitute an inert and useless powder in the truck bomb with live explosive material. Salem was paid one million dollars for his involvement, and was whisked away to 'witness protection' immediately after the event had taken place, which is what happens to many of these terrorists.
However, Salem secretly recorded his conversations with the FBI, which could have stopped the blast, but failed to do so. Thus, Salem parked the explosive-filled truck in the wrong place in the WTC parking garage, limiting the damage to six dead and 1,000 injured. But, what was SUPPOSED to happen in 1993, later came to pass on 9/11, when the buildings were brought down via controlled demolition. Interestingly, Controlled Demolition was the name of the very company which was awarded the contract to destroy and cart away the evidence of mass murder and insurance fraud, from what was -- in every sense of the word -- a crime scene.
- Waco Mass Murder (April 19, 1993) - On April 19, 1993, at least one Bradley Tank equipped with a flamethrower, arrived at the Branch Davidian compound in Mount Carmel, outside of Waco, Texas USA. Videotape that was recorded from the FBI-ATF, clearly shows the Bradley Tank poking holes in the buildings at various places, and then shooting the flamethrower into those holes, starting the entire building complex on fire. In all, 75 people died during the fire, including mothers and their children. However, there would be no sympathy for THESE dead, and this was because their deaths did not help the government's official-fiction of the event.
The video footage showing the Bradley Tank setting fire to the Branch Davidian compound can be found on the videotape entitled ON THE SEVENTH DAY OF WACO, which shows the late truth-telling comedian Bill Hicks and his lifelong friend and producer Kevin Booth driving to the site in an attempt to cover the news as independent journalists. This VHS tape is very enlightening, as it provides irrefutable PROOF that Waco was a systematic mass murder of innocent people, carried out under the auspices of Janet Reno, the then-Attorney General of the United States.
- Oklahoma City (April 19, 1995) - The OKC Bombing, as it has become known, was an example of Problem-Reaction-Solution -- which was used to bring forth and pass the 1996 Anti-Terrorism Act. This law is an example of both how the globalists use horrible events like this to further their agenda, as well as to remove evidence that may be housed at the site where the attack has taken place.
The OKC Bombing was used for all of the following; to destroy evidence of treason that was housed in that building, to further the globalist agenda of GRADUALISM, to create a Problem-Reaction-Solution pretext for further action, and finally -- to demonize the Patriot and Militia movements in the United States. This last aspect of the nefarious plan had backfired. In the 10+ years since this had taken place, both Patriot and Militia movements had solidified into a unified force of opposition, with membership that continues to grow, the more people wake-up.
- Project For A New American Century (September 2000) - Issued report on this date, entitled 'Rebuilding America's Defenses: Strategy, Forces, and Resources For A New Century,' which called for a new Pearl Harbor-like attack. Here is the exact quote, from pg. 51 of the report:
"Further, the process of transformation, even if it brings revolutionary change, is likely to be a long one, absent some catastrophic and catalyzing event -- like a new Pearl Harbor."
9/11 was in fact, the nations' new Pearl Harbor, as was trumpeted throughout the propagandist news mass media, which is owned and controlled by the same mindset that looked the other way, as 9/11 approached, and they did absolutely NOTHING to stop it.
- World Trade Center Bombing # 2 (September 11, 2001) - There are many suspicious aspects of 9/11, that entire books have been already devoted to the subject. Why am I calling 9/11 a bombing? It is because of the fact that five days later, the rubble was still showing signs of temperatures in excess of 1,000 degrees Fahrenheit! Jet fuel, which is mostly kerosene, burns up within a minute or less, as seen in the many images the public had been shown, where exploding fireballs were consumed within seconds after impact of the planes into the buildings.
Operation Gladio used the artwork immediately above to describe their mission. The motto for the Gladio mission was 'Silendo Libertatem Servo,' which is translated 'Serving Liberty Silently,' according to a reader of this website, who wrote in to correct me on my mis-translated Latin.
The rubble of the World Trade Center was still reading temperatures of 1,000+ degrees Fahrenheit, five days after the bombing. Those with munitions and military weaponry experience have stated publicly (and privately) that the only type of weapon that is capable of the damage seen at the World Trade Center on 9/11, is a small thermonuclear device.
Remember, this building was completely destroyed -- concrete was pulverized into dust, heavy steel beams (hundreds of them throughout the building) were melted and twisted, and the lobby of the north tower was completely destroyed, even though the impact site was approximately 1,000 ft. above ground level. The kerosene jet fuel wouldn't have even made it down to the ground, let alone melt everything in its' wake!
This is just one aspect of the 9/11 official-fiction, and there are many more questions that I have about that day, of things that just do not make sense, once mathematical logic is brought to the table.
Yet another curious aspect of 9/11 was the fact that BOTH the government and the news media insisted on referring to it as GROUND ZERO. In the dictionary of your choice, the following is said to be the definition of GROUND ZERO:
"The point on the earth's surface directly above or below an exploding nuclear bomb."
This has always struck me as very peculiar, as it just may be something they are trying to tell us about 9/11 --- that it was indeed a nuclear bomb that was responsible for the damage to each of the WTC towers and the Pentagon. Additionally, the photo that was taken of the Shanksville, PA crash sure looked like an ORDINANCE BLAST to my eyes. Could it be that they were trying to tell us something about the events of 9/11?
The top photo is that of the Flight 93 crash, and the bottom is of an ordinance blast from Iraq. Do they look similar? To me, they sure do.
One of the aspects of false-flag terrorist attacks is the concurrent war games that take place at the time of the terrorist event(s). This gives the perpetrators the time to CALL IT OFF, if need be. On 9/11, this was certainly the case.
All of the following WAR GAMES SCENARIOS were taking place as 9/11 was taking place:
Northern Vigilance - A mock Cold War hijack exercise that was taking place in Alaska and Northern Canada.
Vigilant Guardian - This was the insertion of false radar blips on the screens of the air-traffic controllers in the northeast air sector. This confused those sitting in front of these radar screens, as they did not know what was real and what was fake on the screens that sat before them.
Vigilant Warrior - This was a live fly hijack carried out by the Joint Chiefs and NORAD (North American Aerospace Defense Command).
Tripod II - This was a non-military biowarfare exercise carried out by FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) out of a command center set-up (so they claimed) on Pier 29 in New York harbor. This, they claimed, was the reason why FEMA was in New York City on 9/10. However, my conclusion is that they came out on 9/10 to RUN 9/11 from the Pier 29 NYC command center, in conjunction with the command center in the White House bunker, which controlled the events from this White House location. Furthermore, there was said to be some sort of a command post being run out of Building 7 of the WTC complex. If so, it certainly was part of this war game scenario.
The United States government, during the two years prior to 9/11, ran war games scenarios, where hijecked planes were flown into both the Petagon AND the World Trade Center. When Bush Jr. later claimed that no one could have imagined terrorists flying planes into buildings, he was lying. Even the spin-off of the X-Files television show, which was called 'The Lone Gunmen,' in March 2001, ran an episode where the World Trace Center was a target of a hijacked airliner.
In December 2004, Lone Gunmen star Dean Haglund was a guest on the Alex Jones radio show. During the interview, Haglund discussed how CIA operatives would attend these Hollywood parties, to give screenwriters ideas for future episodes of 'The X-Files' and 'The Lone Gunmen.' So, if Hollywood script writers could imagine this, why couldn't the Bush Jr. administration imagine this? The answer to this is simple; the White House was LYING.
The naming of suspects almost immediately after a terrorist attack is done to take the heat away from the real perpetrators. It has always amazed me that the United States intelligence gathering was so excellent that within a few short hours after an attack, the suspects are named. But, it is NEVER good enough to have allowed them to actually STOP the attack from happening in the first place. I have found this to be very suspicious, and nowhere was this more suspicious than on 9/11 itself. It was only the late afternoon of 9/11, when the name Osama Bin Laden was uttered before the world's press for the first time. Already, the news channels were talking about Osama Bin Laden and his Al-Qaeda cell of 19 hijackers, including the so-called ringleader Mohammed Atta (attack).
The only problem was that Atta and his 18 accomplices DID NOT appear on any passenger list published by the FBI, or the airlines themselves. Later, seven of these nineteen hijackers would be proven to be alive, living in their home countries, with their identities either forged or stolen. So much for their alleged involvement in the events of that day!
To this very day, not a single one of these nineteen people have been proven to have been involved in the events of 9/11. Additionally, not a single court conviction has proven that any one of these nineteen to have even the smallest role in the heinous events of 9/11! Some, such as U.S. citizen Jose Padilla, have been left to languish behind bars for YEARS without being charged with even the smallest of crimes, with such behavior a direct violation of the Geneva Conventions.
The false-flag attack follows one very important rule, regarding the use of audio and video clips and recordings:
"If it backs up the official-fiction of an event, the clip(s) are endlessly replayed. If they DO NOT support the official-fiction, they are damaged, lost, destroyed, accidentally erased, or are withheld 'FOR REASONS OF NATIONAL SECURITY.'"
For example, the attack on the Pentagon was filmed by a myriad of surveillance cameras in the area; and to this date, only five single frames of alleged video of the attack have been released to the public, casting more doubt on the situation. I have to wonder what it is that they are hiding by refusing to release the videos of the 'plane' that allegedly hit the building? As Dave von Kleist points out in his 911: IN PLANE SITE documentary, could it be that the 'plane' was really a Cruise Missile that hit the Pentagon on that horrible day?!
This would certainly explain the complete lack of plane debris, along with the blue tarp covered box that was carried away from the site. Ask yourself this -- could the men in the photo below carry the remains of ANY plane? Or is it more likely that this is a missile that they are showing covered by this tarp? Plane debris fits the official-fiction -- so WHY would they want to cover THAT up?!
Is there a fuselage of an airline in the box these men are carrying? Is ANYONE strong enough to lift something of this weight? Or, is it more likely that a MISSILE hit the Pentagon, and NOT a full-sized commercial passenger jet?!
What does LOGIC tell you is inside this box?!
MASS MURDER AT WACO (April 19, 1993)
In the case of the mass murder at Waco, Texas -- there was videotape made of a Bradley tank shooting its' flamethrowing ammunition into the Branch Davidian compound at Mount Carmel. This was shown once on C-SPAN, which was recorded and documented by Kevin Booth of Sacred Cow Productions, and this footage appears on a VHS tape entitled 'On The Seventh Day of Waco,' which sadly, is no longer available. However, this footage is also found on the documentary 'Waco: The Big Lie,' by Linda D. Thompson, ESQ., an attorney with the American Justice Foundation.
This video, which is FBI-ATF footage, was released in June 1993, and the video contains Thompson's voice-over description of what is shown on the tape itself. One of the interesting things is that of the three ATF agents that climbed the roof, and entered the building, were all bodyguards in Clinton's first Presidential run. I have to wonder what it was that this agents must have seen, to have suffered the fate of death in this incident. Perhaps they voiced their opposition to their own participation in this event?
Thompson's documentary shows the Bradley tank shooting flames into the Branch Davidian building complex, which was certainly responsible for the fire, and NOT the people inside! The building quickly caught fire, and was promptly burned to the ground, killing everyone inside. This was irrefutable video evidence of mass murder and treason by BOTH William 'Rockefeller' Clinton, and his Attorney General Janet Reno. As far as I am personally aware, this is the ONLY surviving public footage of the siege, and of the REAL CAUSE OF THE FIRE that murdered nearly 100 people.
Neither Clinton or Reno were ever held responsible, and the video can be downloaded at the link below, in the Sources section. Because this video footage went against the official-fiction of the Waco mass murder, the footage was quickly buried, never appearing in the mainstream media -- not even for a single viewing.
CONCLUSION - False-flag terrorist events are the method of control that tyrannical despots use to place a population under FEAR. This three-part series has shown the methods used to first place the target population under fear, and then, keep that population fearful of what might happen next. Please remember everything you have been told here in this report, because when the next 9/11 happens, you will NOT be surprised, because you were forewarned of what is to come.
Once you memorize the aspects of the prototypical false-flag event, there is no possible way that these tyrannical SCUM will ever again subdue you or place you under fear -- a fear felt by your family, friends, and co-workers. It is my duty as a member of GHOST TROOP to warn you of these tactics, and I ask you to spread the news to everyone you know, have befriended, care for, and love. Once you have been warned, there should be no excuse for your being victimized by THE TYRANTS OF FEAR.
Do NOT be fooled!
Do NOT allow your family to be fooled!
Do NOT allow your friends and co-workers to be fooled!
In closing, I offer the following pertinent quote from Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826); the third President of the United States, whose term was from 1801-1809:
"What country before ever existed a century and a half without a rebellion? [ ... ] The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is its' natural manure."
--- Thomas Jefferson; Third President of the United States, in a letter to William Stevens Smith (November 13, 1787)
GT Kentroversy
Ghost Troop Info War Correspondent
Mission of Conscience / Patriots in Action
© 2006 Kentroversy Papers
All rights reserved. Used with permission.
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Quote from: x4000 on September 21, 2016, 09:54:21 AMQuoteBrawler I'm against this one since it implies specifically short ranges, which is not the case for that class. Quote from: Pumpkin on September 20, 2016, 10:43:38 AMI would remake the Striker and Blitzer groups as two different groups with different names and logic: Brawler and Assassin. (Brawler inherit the quadrangle position of Striker and the Assassin inherit the position of Blitzer.)I didn't proposed new names. I proposed a new separation of the ships in Striker and Blitzer/specialist. I dislike the "specialist dump group" and find the "striker" nearly worst, as an "everything else dump group". So yes, I proposed the name "brawler" with a brawler theme.
QuoteBrawler I'm against this one since it implies specifically short ranges, which is not the case for that class.
I would remake the Striker and Blitzer groups as two different groups with different names and logic: Brawler and Assassin. (Brawler inherit the quadrangle position of Striker and the Assassin inherit the position of Blitzer.)
Sorry, there's a lot of stuff in this thread and I missed that. Thanks for bringing that back to my attention, because that's a good point. To folks in general: if you think I missed something you said that was a major divergence from the rest of the conversation and that I didn't address, please do poke me about it. I hate missing things, but I have to read these things with such speed to get anything done that it happens.To the core idea here:1. The idea of splitting specialist in general would work for me, although then the relationships have to be redone.2. However, melee isn't a large enough group to be meaningful. Nor do I want it to become so, haha.One thing that could be done is to split that group into something like "black ops" for offensive specialist roles, and "secret service" for defensive specialist roles.
Other two same as original quadrangle:
Opened your save. My computer wept. Switched to the ST planet and ship icons filled my screen, so I zoomed out. Game told me that it _was_ totally zoomed out. You could seriously walk from one end of the inner grav well to the other without getting your feet cold.
I'm sorry, Chris. Every time you come up with a new role-space splitting, I don't understand it."Tactical superiority"? "Black ops"? What are those roles? What is their strength?
What will be their average stats?Could you, for example, rate with -, = and + the average stats (range, speed, damage, health) and give some emblematic perks for your proposed classes?
Got it... making a new chart. I've had a good brainwave on this, I think, too.
I am now actually moving away from tactical superiority or anything of that ilk. The issue I have with it is that the term it is based on (modern aviation) simply does not translate into the game. An air superiority fighter is meant to conquer anything in the air. There isn't balance to consider, they just are. Their greatest threat is other fighters. Cruisers, AA, etc provide potential challenges to these units but are not hard counters by any means. Even then they deny fighters areas to fly in, not necessarily hunt them down to kill them.
Quote DemolitionThis seems PERFECT. It gets right at what that group is supposed to do (formerly bombers). It makes extra sense compared to bombers since it would include MLRS, etc. I can't express how excited I am by this one.


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Castletown House
Dundalk, Co. Louth
The Georgian Castletown Castle House and fifteenth century castle in the early 1900s around the time that the Eastwood Bigger family would have been in residence.
Accreditation- The National Library of
Today both the castle and house appear unchanged except for the abundant ivy that has been removed. A modern secondary school has grown up behind both buildings, of which the castle forms part. The later Georgian house is now the home of the
nuns who founded the school in the 1950s. St.
Accreditation- Photograph copyright Ellie Ross
This picture shows the complex of buildings that now make up the substantial secondary school that is known as Dun Lughaidh Convent.
Accreditation- Photograph copyright Ellie Ross
An engraving of the castle that was first published in September 1791 by J. Hooper. In this image, which shows the rear of the castle, the Georgian House built in the 1740s by the Tipping Family cannot be seen.
Castletown Castle House and Castle are situated in the town of
and also are known to many of its
former students as Dun Lughaidh Convent, which is all girls secondary school.
The fifteenth century castle is now covered in Virginia creeper; its red hue
softens the huge bulk that is the ancient structure, and provides a dramatic
backdrop for the smaller Georgian house. Initially when I found the picture of
Castletown in the photographic collection of the National Library in Dundalk , I thought that
these buildings may have been swept away by progress. I was pleasantly
surprised to find that not only are they still standing but both are still in
active use. When I visited Castletown in July 2011, the Dublin sisters that live there are still extremely
enthusiastic about the history of the building that they now call home. St. Louis
Richard Bellew built a tower house in the fifteenth century at Castletown above the town of
and it was here that his family and descendents lived for nearly two centuries.
Castletown or Dundalk was built around
1472 on the site of an earlier castle that was 'once defended by a strong wall
and other works of circumvallation'. The square tower house stands nearly
twenty metres in height and four smaller towers project from each of its
corners. One of the most defining features of this building are its
battlements, which are known as crow–stepped or Irish battlements. James II
ennobled the Bellew family in 1686 and John Bellew of Castletown became Baron
Bellew of Duleek in Bellews
Castle . By the late
seventeenth century the Bellew association had ended and the castle was
abandoned. In 1740, Edward Tipping had acquired the castle with the surrounding
lands and proceeded to build a modern Georgian house adjacent to the ancient
structure. The new house was a plain two-storey dwelling with a three bay
entrance front and became known as Castletown House. Often cold ancient castles
were cast aside in favour of newer, more manageable houses which were often
built beside their elder predecessor. Some of the rooms of the castle were
still used by the Tipping family mainly as ancillary areas to the new house
such as a kitchen and servants hall. The main rooms of the castle on the first
floor have a barrel-vaulted ceiling supporting the principal living area above,
heated by two large fireplaces. A spiral staircase in one of the corner towers
was used to access each floor and the roof of the castle which was often used to
entertain guests with views of County
Meath Dundalk bay and
the surrounding countryside.
By 1784, the Tipping family had left Castletown Castle House and it was purchased by John Eastwood from
Armagh. In
1786 it is recorded that the Eastwoods are in residence in Castletown House and
several rooms of the castle are said to be still habitable at this time. It was
during the ownership of the Eastwoods that the castle became neglected and
started to become dilapidated. When John Eastwood died in 1790, his son James,
a clergyman, inherited the castle, house and demesne. Rev. James erected an
archway at the gate to the walled garden in the grounds of the house, where he
placed a plaque that recorded the date that he inherited Castletown. In 1806,
James Eastwood was still living at Castletown but when he died two years later,
the estate was inherited by his younger brother Charles. In a survey carried
out in 1823 Castletown was recorded as being the home of Charles Eastwood Esq.
and was described as 'a fine ancient castle in good repair, a neat modern lodge
which has been attached to it by Mr. Eastwood'. Charles left his mark on the
castle like previous generations when he carved his initials "CE" in the stone
surround on the right hand side of the entrance doorway to the castle. He died
in 1828 and was succeeded by his eldest son James, who it was noted in 1837,
had great intensions of renovating the castle and making a residence for
himself. These plans were never implemented and instead the run-down structure
was used as out offices. Time and money were lavished on landscaping the
grounds around the house, many trees were planted and the walled garden was
improved with the addition of many exotic plants. A formal garden was laid out
to the south and in later years an orchard and a sunken tennis court were added.
In 1851 the last public hanging took place in
Dundalk of two men who attempted
to murder James Eastwood at Castletown. They tried to steal his gold watch and
after an altercation, he was thrown in to a nearby quarry and left for dead.
Despite his severe ill treatment, James still pleaded for clemency and tried to
save the men's life, but this was to no avail. James who was the local
magistrate, died without issue in 1865 and his body was returned to the family
vault in Armagh. His wife, Louisa, inherited
the house, castle and estate lands which included 877 acres in .
After James's death, the family experienced financial problems and a lot of
land was sold under the Land Purchase Acts to clear the substantial debts. In
1886 the castle under went some repairs to its roof and battlements which was
mentioned in Barrett's Directory. The
house and castle eventually passed from the Eastwoods to the Bigger Family, who
came from the nearby Falmore Hall and were related through marriage. It was
obviously a condition of the inheritance that the Bigger family had to adopt
the additional surname of Eastwood in order to secure the estate. By the time
of the 1901 census, John James Eastwood Bigger is resident in Castletown Castle House
with his wife Kathleen and their three servants. John James appeared to own a
lot of the surrounded properties and was still in residence in Castletown by
the time of the 1911 census when the house is described as having thirteen
rooms and eighteen outbuildings. County Armagh
An insight to the life of a servant in Castletown Castle House in the early 1900s was described following a tragic incident that took place there in October 1910. An inquest was held relating to the death of Lawrence Treanor at Castletown, a coachman in the employment of Mr. Eastwood Bigger. He was found dead after mistakenly drinking oxalic acid instead of Epsom salts, which he had purchased for the purpose of removing stains from hunting boots. On the following Sunday morning, he drank the acid and died a short time afterwards. Sometimes instances like this were reported as being accidents whereas in reality these were the drastic actions of people trying to escape their mundane existence. The end of the Eastwood Bigger family connection with Castletown came in May 1925 when John James Eastwood Bigger, Junior of Castletown,
Dundalk was declared bankrupt. It was interesting to note
that that the advertisement of the bankruptcy noted that any proof of debt sent
to the Four Courts before May 1922 would have been destroyed in a fire during
the Irish Civil War. In September 1926 as a result of the implosion of the
family finances, and House with ten
cottages were to be sold at the auction rooms of E.J. Bothwell. The main house
is listed as having three reception rooms and eight bedrooms with servant's
apartments. Outhouses comprised of loose boxes, a coach-house and harness room.
The house and castle were sold with thirty-seven acres of land, which included
fruit, vegetable and flower gardens, which incorporated tennis courts. The
lands of the Eastwood estate were eventually sold to the Land Commission and
divided among the tenants. In the 1940s the Taafe family purchased the house
and grounds. Castletown
By May 1950, Castletown Castle House was listed for sale and was eventually purchased by an order of
nuns who began the arduous task of
turning the building into a school. The foundation of the school began when
part of the Georgian House was used accommodate classrooms for first students. The
castle has become part of a substantial complex of buildings that has grown up
around it, which accommodates 600 students. The Georgian house eventually became
the home to the sisters of St. Louis
and remains similar to when the Eastwood family lived there. Its internal
layout appears unchanged with the exception of one of the reception rooms,
which has been converted into a private chapel. Initially when the school
opened, the old castle was used as storage as previously to this, it had been
used to store apples from the nearby orchard.
Eventually as the school expanded the decision was taken to utilise the
castle building to provide additional space. The survival of both the house and
castle today is a reflection of the passion and commitment that the current
owners have devoted to their preservation St. Louis
(Text Copyright David Hicks)


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James 1:2-4, Romans 5:1-5, Psalm 139:14, Jeremiah 1:5
There in the woods was a small plain mushroom of one brownish color who discovered that it was the smallest creature of all the woodland world. It found its place in the world at the base of a magnificent cedar tree of unbelievable size. The cedar stretched to the highest reaches of the forest towering high over the rest of the woodland trees. All of the woodland creatures looked up to the mighty Cedar, its height was the envy of all the other trees. They constantly compared themselves to the glory of the mighty Cedar; it's thick trunk was a symbol of unbelievable strength, it's hundreds of huge limbs spread out wide, shading the forest floor from the severe elements of the mountain weather, it's yearly production of seed cones helped thousands of new trees begin life in the forest floor miles around. This grand tree was the mightiest of the mighty, the strongest of the strong and the healthiest of the healthy and it was the envy of all the other forest vegetation.
The younger trees longed to be as big and strong as the mighty Cedar. The shrubs and bushes envied the Cedar's height. The flowers of the forest floor admired the Cedar's strong sturdy trunk. The deciduous trees longed to be green year around and strong enough to hold so much snow in their branches as the mighty Cedar could. The ferns wished they could produce as many little ferns as the Cedar produced new trees each year. Even the little mushroom, the smallest creature of the woods dreamed of some day being as big as the mighty Cedar, knowing that it would be impossible. She hoped that someone would only notice her growing quietly in the shadow of the Cedar, beside the massive trunk and under the huge limbs. There seemed to be no purpose for her. It made her sad that she did not have the amazing qualities of the mighty Cedar and soon she started to resent the Cedar and wished it would just go away.
One day a terrible wind storm blew through the mountains where the little mushroom lived. It blew very hard all night long. The wind, roaring through the trees that towered over the mushroom, made an awful rushing noise that made the mushroom very much afraid. In the early hours of the morning the mushroom held her head low trying to close the noise out when a loud cracking sound split through the rushing wind. It was so loud the mushroom almost jumped out of the ground from being startled. She was very much afraid for the rest of the night.
But like all storms this one came to an end as the sun peeked up over the far hills. The mushroom lifted her head to look around in the cool morning light that streamed through the surrounding branches of the many trees in her forest. She saw many broken branches laying on the forest floor and the whispering of the trees about the violence of the storm that night. The forest soon came back to life with the animals and trees and plants chatting and playing.
The little mushroom wondered what the loud "cracking" noise could have been during the storm, so she thought she would ask the one being who she thought would know the answer: the mighty Cedar.
She was nervous because the Cedar had never talked with her before and he was so big and intimidating, and he probably didn't have time for such a small creature of the woods.
"Excuse me." She said timidly.
"Excuse me." She said a bit louder.
"Yes?" Came a booming voice right next to her. It was the Cedar, he was speaking to her. The little mushroom shivered out of nervousness and surprise that he had spoken to her.
"I was wondering if you knew what that loud Cracking sound was last night." She replied, thinking he would just push her aside and get on with his greatness.
"I will tell you, Little Lady, but you must promise not to tell any of the other forest creatures." The Cedar said to her.
Surprised, she answered quietly, "OK."
The mighty Cedar leaned closer to the little mushroom and said, "Last night the wind was too strong for me to handle. It was a great North Wind of mighty proportions and it has cracked my trunk, I fear that I may not be able to stand much longer. My fear is that I may fall and hurt many of the woodland creatures in the path of the destruction."
"But how? I mean, why? I mean, how is it possible that someone as great and mighty as you could break?" Asked the littlest creature in the forest.
"Little Lady, over the past 600 years I have grown tall and strong and have become the envy of the entire forest. I know that my trunk is of unmatched proportions and my limbs spread wider than any other tree and I produce more seed cones than any creature of the forest. I am a mighty cedar tree that has no enemy and no comparable peer. But, Little One, over the years I have allowed this greatness to become my idol and have not given my praise back to the One who has allowed me to become so mighty. This pride, I have secretly enjoyed, started to eat away at the core of my trunk almost 80 years ago, weakening my in most being. On the outside I still look strong, but my heart is weak and sick. Years ago I could stand up to such a strong wind; I would laugh at the North Wind. But now, because I have taken pride in the envy of the woodland creatures I have become unable to withstand the winds, which lead to my fragile shell of trunk to crack and I am afraid I will soon die."
The little mushroom didn't know what to say. It was hard to believe that such a mighty being could be at the edge of death.
"I do not understand. How could you die? You look so big and strong." Asked the mushroom.
"This is a path that I have chosen for myself because I did not turn the praise of my fellow woodland creatures back towards the Creator. I have taken all the praise for myself and although I have repented of my wrong, my time is passed and I now must face the end."
"But there is more young lady."
"What is it?" asked the mushroom.
"You are a sign of good things to come. You are growing because of the rot that is in my heart and which has gone into my roots. You're simple beauty has flourished because of the death within me. The Creator of all things has set a certain Truth in place, which says that beauty can emerge
out of pain.
You, little mushroom, have spent many days wanting to be like me while all along missing the amazement of who you are. You carry certain qualities that I will never have."
"I do?" Questioned the small mushroom.
"Why yes! You are dainty, an attribute I could never attain. You have grown out of the ground in the shade and from a soil that most would call 'rotten,' but which you have used for good and growth. You alone, Little Lady, are in a shape that only you possess, and that shape is beautiful. You are extremely interesting in your own right and that interest should never be taken lightly."
"Please understand that while you are longing to be like me, you are desperately trying to flee from the beauty you were created to be, and instead of giving your praise back to the Creator you are telling him that what He has created is ugly and not good enough. You are in jeopardy of the same sickness I have found myself in, that of a sick heart. Please learn from my mistake and take glory in your unique beauty and give glory to the Creator for His amazing creation: You."
The small woodland creature took the words of the might Cedar and thought about them for many days. She didn't want to believe the words were true and that she was wonderful and amazing just like he was. She felt there was truth in the words but they were so hard to accept, especially looking up every day at the Mighty Cedar.
One night the North Wind swept back into the forest. It made the mushroom quite afraid as the branches of the mighty Cedar shook and swayed and creaked for hours. Then it happened, there was a splitting noise that echoed through the forest with a ferocious cry ending with a crash that exploded through the noise of the wind.
Soon the North Wind passed and as the sky turned light again the mushroom turned her head towards the sky only to see the Mighty Cedar had been broken down in a mighty fall, and she saw that what the tree had said about his heart was true, for there in his trunk was a rotten core with only a few inches of living tree around it.
The small mushroom cherished these things in her heart and began to praise the Creator for the beauty she was given and she learned to give praise for her amazement.
The following spring the little mushroom was joined by hundreds of other mushrooms all growing from the decaying roots of the Mighty Cedar and she was able to teach each of them of the unique beauty each individual mushroom has and the wonder of giving that glory back to the Creator.


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In today's post at Ann's, she is writing some truth to their boy, who is ready to leave home. There are some powerful words worth reading. But one thing she says struck me in light of our world today. It is so needed:
"It's true, son: Be different and know everything you do matters. It's what the Christ followers know: One man with God can change a culture. God didn't put people in your path mostly for your convenience; He put you there for theirs.Loving the poor will make you rich, I promise.
Only when you offer yourself as bread, broken and given, to a hungry world, will you ever be satisfied.
The only life worth living is the one lost.
No matter how loud and crazy and broken the world is, child? Let joy live loud in your soul."
Our self-absorbed society wrecks havoc with our faith...it teaches living the opposite of the selfless life Christ commanded us to live, the kind of life Ann is talking about.
When I was teaching, I had a young teen come to high school after being home schooled. Talk about confrontations...I was too hard when I graded, expected too much, I didn't appreciate the sarcasm or the "laid back" attitude apparent every day of high school. As I tried to challenge this apparently bright child, I met road blocks at every turn. Then graduation came and as the parents told me, "They knew great things would be accomplished by this extremely gifted young person."
I smiled and said I hoped they were right.
A year later, Mom sat in my room crying. "The first job had been lost, "____ wouldn't get up early enough for work." "Attitude towards co-workers was rotten." "He wants to move home, with no rules." "I had no idea he was like this."
She followed with what to do?
I breathed deeply, "Pray." Simply pray.
Life throws all of us unexpected curves. and those circumstances of our life can cause us to experience pain, fear, extreme sadness, boredom, loneliness, and more fear and pain.
After all these years of living and feeling all of these emotions, I realize these hard times are not bad but actually good experiences, because if life didn't get hard, we wouldn't need God. We wouldn't come to the end of our own self-reliance in how great we are. We would never realize just how good God is.
I smile at what David says in Psalm 13:1-6. Believe me he is having a pity party, really being honest about what he feels but then once again, he remembers the right answer.
"I have trusted in your steadfast love...." Never failing, never changing, never ending love...that is what God is for us. And yet we look to our circumstances for fulfillment, for the hole in our heart that needs to be filled. When I look to things, to food, to clothes, to friends, to praise from others, to "stuff" to make me feel good, to get rid of the "feelings," the outcome is never good. It is only God and his "steadfast love" that fills me with peace, with love, with satisfaction, with contentment.
Now for the practical...how do I do that? In I John we have the answer...
"Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God."
Calming our fears,
filling the holes in our hearts,
overcoming sadness with joy,
and removing the lonliness with satisfaction
comes from loving others and being thankful for every circumstance in our lives and the emotions that brings because it is at those times, the times of tears, of pain, of fear, of lonliness, of sadness that we are drawn closer to our God, the God of "Steadfast love and faithfulness."


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Industry: Retail Automotive, Financial Services
Function: HR; Corporate Communications
Location: Domestic US
Our client's brand (a Japanese import automotive manufacturer) has grown steadily to a position of global leadership in automotive sales and service.
However, its finance company in the U. S. market has been challenged by growth and internal cultural issues to develop an "Employer Brand" to equal the power and recognition of the "product" brand.
We worked with senior executives and HR management to define the company's "employer brand attributes," outline key next steps in its HR and Performance Management systems implementation, and developed a communications plan with key communications deliverables, designed to reach key stakeholders, inside and outside the company.
The work overtly acknowledged and addressed the unique needs of different workforce generations, and defined a multi-channel communications approach to carry the message to them.


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Teach "Real World Skills" with Theater Activities
I use theater to help my students develop teamwork and presentation skills, a truly age appropriate subject matter for my middle school students.
In a 9-week curriculum (my class is part of an "exploratory wheel" elective), my students work in 3 different groups to create skits that tell stories and advocate for positive behavior. I start out the syllabus by teaching basic pantomime skills, because I don't want the expense or hassle of props, scenery or costumes.
The skit writing begins with each student individually creating a short story from a prompt I furnish. Then when the students are grouped together, they select the best story to be the starting point for their skit and write the scripts together. The rubric for the skits get increasingly more challenging as the students become more comfortable standing up in front of the class. For their culminating presentations we invite free staff members and adult family members to be a special audience, adding the challenge of presenting to new people.
Because most students would not have chosen to be in drama, I emphasize how the teamwork and presentation skills are truly life skills that will help them get ahead in other classes and life in general.


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Ecospirituality – sometimes also called spiritual ecology – is a relatively new branch of theology that's increasingly a focus in mainstream religious traditions and the emerging interfaith community. It conjoins the empirical sciences of ecology and the essence of our communal quest for the Sacred. Ecospirituality is rooted within the fundamental belief that ALL of nature, our home planet Earth and the entire unfolding universe are Sacred.
Traditional notions of of the relationship between nature and spirituality are actually ancient and have been at the core of primal beliefs across indigenous peoples from continent to continent. Literally, it is the unfolding story of humankind's understanding of it's relationship to nature. From the ecospiritual perspective – God, Spirit, Ultimate Reality, Higher Power, the Divine…is not just Creator and Source of all creation. Whatever we consider "God" is, in fact, creation itself. Interacting with creation, therefore, is synonymous with interacting with God.
*The entire Universe is Divine. This includes you and me.
*The Old Testament's Book of Genesis story of God giving "dominion" to humankind over the whole earth is repeatedly used to justify our use and abuse of planetary resources and co-inhabitants for millennia in the name of "development" and "progress." The story presents a legacy of human to human and cross-species genocide all too often in the name of God.
*We are all interconnected.
*We are "all" in this together… all is inclusive – think humans, animals, fish, trees, plants, bees, insects, oceans, rivers, streams, bacteria and atomic particles.
*Ecospirituality considers the ethics of violence and sustainability. It considers ALL individuals as interconnected – a complex fabric of relationships with the group… groups with other groups… and the ethics of how all these relationships are bound to the environment within which they occur.
*Ecospirituality within the social justice conversations is pertinent interfaith dialogue.
*There are spiritual implications about our relationship with nature and the ways we collectively treat our planet and environment. Ecospirituality explores the relationship between life and lifestyle.
*Ecospirituality assumes a global response to multiple challenges from what to do with human and animal garbage to energy production and consumption to the consumption of materials.
*There is a profound relationship between "me" and "we." That relationship has profound meaning for "us."
*Ecospirituality can be seen as a new name for ideas that emerged in the writings of Teilhard de Chardin, Rachael Carson, Spinoza, Henry David Thoreau, Emerson and John Muir.


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Official Inauguration of the New Syriac Orthodox Patriarchal Residence – Atchaneh
In the presence of His Excellency General Michel Aoun, President of the Lebanese Republic, on the occasion of the inauguration of the new Patriarchal Residence in Atchaneh, their Holinesses Heads of the Oriental Orthodox Churches: Mor Ignatius Aphrem II, Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of Saint Mark Episcopate, Catholicos Aram I of the Great House of Cilicia, celebrated the Holy Qurobo at Virgin Mary Church.
His Excellency arrived at Atchaneh at 10 am where he received by their Eminences Mor Theophilus Georges Saliba, Archbishop of Mount Lebanon and Tripoli, and Mor Clemis Daniel Kourieh, Metropolitan of Beirut, as the music of the army played the song of glorification, then the Lebanese Anthem. Then, His Excellency and their Eminences entered the church where he was received with applause, just before the beginning of the Holy Qurobo.
Their Beatitudes Patriarchs: Cardinal Mar Bechara Boutros Al-Rai, Maronite Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, Mor Ignatius Joseph III Younan, Syriac Catholic Patriarch, John X, Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, Gregoire Bedros XX, Armenian Catholic Catholicos Patriarch, Joseph Absi, Greek Catholic Patriarch of Antioch and All the East.
Rev. Salim Sahiouni, Head of the Evangelical Synod, heads of the Chaldean, Assyrian and Latin churches in Lebanon, as well as His Excellency Ivan Santos, Charge d'affaires of the Apostolic Nunciature in Lebanon, also attended the Qurobo, beside their Eminences and Excellencies Archbishops from various churches.
The Qurobo was also attended by His Excellency Amine Gemayel, former Lebanese President, and their Excellencies Members of the Lebanese Parliament: Ibrahim Kanaan, Agop Bakradounian, Elias Bou Saab, Eddie Abi Al-Lamaa, Antoine Pano, Asaad Hardan, as well as Ambassadors of Egypt, Syria, Hungary, Romania, and Armenia. His Excellency Ghassan Mukhaiber, Former Member of Lebanese Parliament, and Mr. Badri Daher, Director General of Customs, and Qa'em Maqam of Metn Mareline Haddad, and Mr. Habib Ephrem, President of the Syriac League, in addition to a large crowd of faithful of our Syriac Orthodox Church in Lebanon, were also present.
After the Holy Bible reading, His Holiness Patriarch Mor Ignatius Aphrem II, gave a sermon in which he welcomed His Excellency the President and their Holinesses, Beatitudes, and Excellencies, as well as all the faithful attending "this holy Qurobo which was celebrated according to the rite of our Antiochian Syriac Church; It is the first time in Christian history that Heads of the Oriental Orthodox Churches in the Middle East celebrate the Holy Qurobo together. I thank our Merciful God who gave us this great blessing and made us worthy to celebrate this Holy Qurobo".
His Holiness thanked "His Excellency President of the Republic of Lebanon, for attending this Holy Qurobo, and for being the auspice of the inauguration of our new Patriarchal Residence, which the Lord helped us to build from the contribution of the faithful, in order that it becomes a headquarter of our church here in the dear Lebanon which has embraced faithful of our Syriac Orthodox Church since the first centuries, even though we are called today as minorities; however, Lebanon, holding its Syriac name Lebnon, that is, the heart of God, will remain in the hearts of every single Syriac wherever he goes all over the world."
He assured that "what our dear East is passing through will not discourage us from continuing to give the living testimony of Christ as well as to provide the service possible to our spiritual children as well as to our Muslim brothers whom with we share the love of this land." He stressed "the terrible hands that were extended to our churches and our monasteries and kidnapped our priests, first of who are the two dear Archbishops of Aleppo, Boulus Yaziji, and Youhanna Ibrahim, will be paralyzed by our assurance and strengthening of bonds of love between the citizens of one nation and by our strong will to remove the effects of this unprecedented barbarism that has come upon human beings as well as upon stone". For those "who plan to uproot us" His Holiness said "our will to stay is stronger than your attempt to uproot us."
His Holiness then noted that it is "an honor that your Excellency (Mr. President) is the auspice of this historic event, for you hold in your hearts and on your shoulders and from this dear country Lebanon the concerns of all Oriental Christians even before your election as president."
He assured to His Excellency that "We commend and support your efforts to make Lebanon a center for religious dialogue and an example of coexistence. We also pray that God will help you to achieve your noble goals in safeguarding the dignity of our Oriental people, especially in Lebanon, Syria, and Iraq."
He concluded offering "thanks on behalf of himself and their Eminences Archbishops of our Church, to our dear brothers Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of Saint Mark Episcopate, Catholicos Aram I of the Great House of Cilicia, for their participation in celebrating this Holy Qurobo and the inauguration of our new Patriarchal Residence."
After the Qurobo, His Excellency president, as well as the patriarchs and all those present, moved to the new patriarchal residence, where His Excellency unveiled the inaugural plaque and as well as the memorial of Sayfo. Then, he and the heads of the oriental Orthodox Churches cut the ribbon inaugurating the residence. After they entered, His Excellency wrote a word for the occasion in the golden book.
All then entered the Patriarchal Hall were His Excellency gave a speech in which he expressed his joy to "be present for the inauguration of the new residence of the Syriac Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East, for what the signs this historical event carries as to remaining fixed to the land and the roots, existence and identity. It is a reply to all trials to empty the east from some of its components, and a clear message for those who kidnapped the two dear archbishops Youhanna Yaziji, member of this church, and Boulos Yaziji." He considered that the Syriacs have offered this land "hundreds of thousands of martyrs, and so had Armenians and the Christians o Mount Lebanon […]; however, this humanly bleeding should stop, and the political and religious authorities should what is due to forbid emptying the land from its people."
He noted that "it is wrong to approach the Lebanese state as minorities and majorities, for this country was ever since the dawn of history a land for meeting together of various peoples and religious groups, fleeing from persecution and seeks safe refuge; how many majority became minority and vice versa? In fact, we are all minorities, bound together by citizenship and identity, and we are all a major component of the Lebanese people."
"This is why" His Excellency added "I have always sought, even when I was head of the Change and Reform bloc, that Syriacs and all other components considered as minorities, be represented fairly in the parliament, and I will continue to seek this until none of the components of our society feels injustice and that its rights in the country is not equal to the rights of others."
Before he left, His Excellency congratulated His Holiness and the Syriac Orthodox Church for this historic event.
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KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. (Dec. 5, 2017) – On Tuesday, Nov. 28, Dutch Bros Klamath Falls locations raised more than $2,500 for St. Baldrick's Foundation, a volunteer based charity that funds research in finding cures for childhood cancers.
"Working with St. Baldrick's is always a pleasure; it's such a wonderful organization," said Kristen Von Tersch, owner of Dutch Bros Klamath Falls. "Our baristas and our community are always pulling together for a good cause. With cancer impacting so many lives, we are thankful to have the opportunity to help."
St. Baldrick's Foundation has been filling the funding gap in childhood cancer since 2000. Each year they award over 370 grants to various laboratory and clinical research institutions, in the hopes of making clinical trials available to as many children battling cancer as possible.
On Tuesday, Nov. 28, Dutch Bros Klamath Falls donated $1 from every drink sold to St. Baldrick's Foundation, as they continue to research to find cures for childhood cancers.


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A warm welcome to St. Lawrence's Primary and Nursery School website. We are situated just on the outskirts of Fintona, in the parish of Donacavey. Our close proximity to Fionntamhnach na Piarsaigh GAC and St. Lawrence's Church, facilitates excellent links between our school, parish and community.
Our school is a happy, family centred environment, hardworking and successful. In St. Lawrence's, "every child matters", and we strive to ensure that each child has the opportunity to develop all their talents and strengths and achieve their personal best. Our children are at the centre of everything we do and we work together to promote the best possible education for each and every child.
In keeping with our Catholic vision, we promote positive relationships within a caring and pastoral environment. We benefit from tremendous support from all our parents and our children are super ambassadors of our school – friendly, confident, successful and well-behaved.
We hope that you will enjoy visiting our website and sharing in the experiences and achievements of our children. If there is anything else you would like to know about our school, please do not hesitate to contact us.
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My softball team headed to lovely Wendover this weekend to play in a tournament. Did we win? That would be a big NO. But we had a good time and got to know each other better. But I DID win at the tables (Roulette and Blackjack to be specific) and had a blast doing it.
I am now paying the price for my fun filled ass kicked weekend… I am exhausted! Why oh why do I stay up (even if it IS talking to a potential) until 1 am when I know I should be asleep around 10? It's called hope, aka, stupidity.


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Megan Gale, an Australian model. Or 'super' model, now. Ha ha.
Puns aside, this looks to be pretty good casting. Well, aesthetically, Galactus knows whether she can act or not.
But she'll look good in the costume and, in many ways, that's all that really matters. The chances of Maggie Smith winning an Oscar for her layered turn as She-Hulk are probably around 7 to 1, and who likes those odds?
Ain't It Cool has pics of Miss Gale being a model, including some rude ones, so if you like looking at pictures of pretty ladies go here .
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Progress will be measured of farmer adoption of practices identified by the ISU Nutrient Science Team which reduce nutrient transport to water resources. Examples include use of nitrogen inhibitor, timing and rate of nitrogen and phosphorus fertility, use of cover crops, tillage, terraces, bioreactors and buffers.
Ag agronomy retailer and crop advisor records of farmer's actions to adopt will be surveyed within a defined geographic area. All individual farmer data will remain confidential within private organization data firewalls. Information collected will be aggregated and provided to Iowa State University to generate load reduction estimates based on practice info. Data collection will be from sampled farms, randomized to assure statistical significance. Surveyed data results will be audited by an independent firm to validate accuracy. The data collection and analysis system will be piloted for each of three (3) years to refine procedures before expansion geographically across Iowa. Outcomes will be communicated in tons of nitrogen and phosphorus reductions to Iowa waters, in the same measures as similar progress reporting by Iowa point source cities and industries.
- Develop design protocol for in-field data collection and validation
- Collect, validate, and maintain confidentiality of statistically sampled farm and agronomy retailer data
- Aggregate in-field data and provide to ISU nutrient science team to estimate load reductions from practices