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Threadmarks Chapter 5: Meanwhile in Virginia
Sergeant Foley
11:56 AM EST, Thursday, November 30, 1978
United States Senator Lawrence Douglas Wilder (D-VA), whose upset landslide victory over then-United States Senator Harry F. Byrd (I-VA) in the 1976 Virginia US Senate election in what observers considered a huge political upset considering that President Rockefeller easily carried the Old Dominion by double digits of 20+ percentage points.
Since coming to the United States Senate on December 3, 1976, Wilder had been busy working on major pieces of legislation: lobbying hard to making Juneteenth as a federal holiday in 1977; filing legislation on Ethics Reform in light of the Watergate Scandal; co-sponsoring the Americans for Prosperity Act of 1977; using his oratory skills and bipartisan approaches with Senate Republicans when it comes to foreign affairs, national defense, etc.,
Wilder also faced some hostility from others such as United States Senator Jesse Helms (R-NC) ,who tried to make things difficult for Wilder on the Senate floor with racially-charged epithets launched at the Junior United States Senator from Virginia. Attempts at pushing legislation on antipoverty programs were blocked by Helms.
Inside the Old Dominion, there was outright hostility towards Wilder by several key figures of the fading controversial Byrd Organization: whom they consider Wilder as a threat to the status quo. They tried to do everything to undermine the Senator 24/7: from wiretapping Wilder's US Senate campaign headquarters during the 1976 campaign; mailing racially-charged campaign paraphernalia in Southwestern Virginia; leaking embarrassing details on Wilder's personal life including documents on Wilder's divorce from his wife of 20 years.
The hostility also lead to death threats which forced Wilder to hire extra security guards including those from the US Capitol Police.
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Threadmarks Chapter 5: The Silver Fox from Louisiana
1:16 PM CST, Tuesday, December 19, 1978
Louisiana Governor's Mansion
Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Louisiana Governor Edwin W. Edwards (D) and his wife, Louisiana First Lady Elaine Edwards.
Louisiana Governor Edwin Washington Edwards (D) was winding down his second term in the Louisiana Governor's Mansion in Baton Rouge which was due to end on Monday, March 10, 1980. Not allowed to run for a third consecutive four-year term in the 1979 gubernatorial elections, he was looking forward to spending time with his family and doing some private law practice; however, there was an urge of seeking the Governorship again in 1983 (more on that later in the timeline).
Having shocked political analysts, experts and observers with his political rhetoric and public persona as a traditional Louisiana populist modeling it after legendary, but controversial Louisiana Governors Huey P. Long (who later served in the United States Senate) and Earl K. Long. During his first two terms, Edwards quickly developed a reputation (depending on whom you ask whether you liked or hated him) as being one of the most flamboyant, colorful and controversial politicians in the history of Louisiana, which was obviously known for its unorthodox political figures.
During his administration, Edwards appointed more women and minorities to high positions in state government than any of his predecessors. He was also instrumental in the creation of a new state constitution (which he openly intended to replace the 1921 Constitution altogether); a statewide constitutional convention was held early in his first term in 1973 and the resulting documents in the newly-created State Constitution was put into effect in 1975. As of today, the 1973 Constitution is viewed as one of Edwards' main achievements. He also aggressively undertook a major reorganization of how state government was being run: eliminating 80 state agencies and modeling the remaining structure following the federal government.
Plus Louisianans approved of his job performance during his first two terms in office as the economic situation in Louisiana was doing amazingly well. For example: the expansion of the Pelican State's oil revenues by basing severance taxes on a percentage of the price of each barrel rather than the former flat rates. The large amounts of oil money also fueled massive increases in state spending ranging around 163%. Edwards also managed to balancing the state budget because of the massive oil boom in revenue. Majority of this spending went to areas such as health and human service programs; increasing funding for vocational-technical schools and higher education.
Having delivered the Democratic Party Response to President Rockefeller's 1976 State of the Union Address, Edwards also increased his national exposure by endorsing California Governor Jerry Brown (D)'s campaign for the Democratic Party Presidential nomination that same year in a bid to prevent Alabama Governor George C. Wallace, Jr., (D) from winning the nomination. Despite hardworking efforts, Wallace ultimately won the nomination.....only to get crushed by the popular Republican President Nelson Rockefeller in a massive landslide in the November 2, 1976 general election. Audio recordings leaked revealed that Edwards and close confidant James Carville both slammed Wallace's campaign strategy as divisive, incompetent and too much word-salad idiocy.
National Democrats were quietly lobbying Edwards to consider running for the Presidency in 1980. But he wasn't interested in challenging one of the most popular Presidents in American history because of his hesitations of getting blown out badly (see the 1976 Presidential election where Rocky trounced Wallace).
Threadmarks Chapter 5: 1977 College Football Season (Part I)
Notre Dame Fighting Irish QB Joe Montana throws the football during #5 Notre Dame's 38-10 blowout victory over #1 Texas Longhorns during the 1977 Cotton Bowl Classic.
The 1977 College Football Season was supposed to be having a happy ending for the University of Texas at Austin Longhorns Football Team, who hired Fred Akers as their Head Coach following the resignation of the legendary Darrell K. Royal following the 1976 Season. Upon taking over as the Longhorns Head Football Coach, Akers and his coaching staff immediately got rid of the Wishbone offense (which was legendary on Royal's watch) and opted for relying on the running backs including the implementation of the I-Formation offense.
Leading the Longhorns offensive attack during the 1977 campaign was popular running back Earl Campbell, who in his Senior year with the football team, rushed for 1,744 yards with 19 touchdowns. During the third game of the regular season against Rice, Campbell scored four touchdowns in a 72-15 blowout victory that also included a 67-yard field goal from kicker Russell Erxleben, who set an all-time NCAA record. During each of his four seasons, Campbell was selected as the Southwest Conference Running Back of the Year and finished with 4,444 career rushing yards overall. In their regular season finale on November 26, 1977: Campbell rushed for 222 rushing yards (a career high) during the Longhorns' 57-28 victory over their arch-rival #12 Texas A&M Aggies, finishing the regular season undefeated with (11-0) record and winning their 27th Southwestern Conference Championship in school history.
Among the Awards and Honors the Longhorns received:
*Earl Campbell: Heisman Trophy, Davey O'Brien Memorial Trophy, Consensus All-American.
*Brad Shearer: Outland Trophy, Consensus All-American.
*Fred Akers: SWC Coach of the Year.
The 1978 Cotton Bowl pitted #1 Texas Longhorns (11-0) against #5 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (10-1) on January 2, 1978 at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Texas before an estimated record crowd of 76,701, who had arrived because they had assumed this would be the coronation of the Longhorn's fourth national championship in school history. However, the Fighting Irish was determined to shock the College Football world......
Despite Campbell rushing for 116 yards and 29 carries for the Longhorns, he was kept out of the end-zone as the Fighting Irish defense had shut him down. Following a 3-3 tie in the first quarter, the Fighting Irish scored three touchdowns within eight minutes before halftime: Terry Eurick scored two touchdowns (following fumble recoveries by the Longhorns' offense coughing up the football); Vagas Ferguson received a 17-yard touchdown pass from Notre Dame quarterback Joe Montana (future five-time Super Bowl champion with the San Francisco 49ers). It wasn't until the Longhorns FINALLY got into the end-zone with Mike Lockett getting a 13-yard touchdown pass from Longhorns quarterback Randy McEachern with just 1 second left before halftime, trailing 24-10.
From that point on, the Fighting Irish defense shut out the Longhorns in the second half, while Notre Dame scored two additional touchdowns: Ferguson's 3-yard touchdown run during the third quarter with 6:49 remaining and a 26-yard rushing touchdown in the fourth quarter with 9:41 remaining in the fourth quarter leading up to a 38-10 blowout victory. The Most Valuable Players of the Game: Fighting Irish linebacker Bob Golic for the defense and Fighting Irish running back Vagas Ferguson for the offense. This was the 10th national championship for the Fighting Irish.
COMING SOON IN CHAPTER 5: PART II of the 1977 College Football Season.
Threadmarks Chapter 5: International Headlines (Fall 1978)
NEWS BULLETIN: THE SHAH SECRETLY LEAVES IRAN FOR UNKNOWN DESTINATION
*Thursday, December 21, 1978: Rumors have exploded on the whereabouts of the ailing Shah, whose health problems have become more precariously serious which doctors urged medical attention outside of Iran.
Depending on whom you ask, The Shah was secretly smuggled out of the country via US intelligence agents in am unmarked plane to avoid being discovered by angry rebellious protesters who have been violently enraged due to the constant demonstrations following the recent aggressive crackdown against the demonstrators.
White House spokespersons urged calm and restraint, clarifying they're monitoring the situation in Iran very closely.
BREAKING NEWS ALERT: STROESSNER INVITES PRESIDENT ROCKEFELLER TO VISIT PARAGUAY
*Saturday, December 23, 1978: In an interview with Paraguyan television news stations, Paraguyan President General Alfredo Stroessner confirmed he spoke with US President Nelson Rockefeller over the phone: discussing US/Paraguyan relations, bilateral cooperation efforts, etc.,
Stroessner also said he invited Rockefeller to visit Paraguay sometime following the Christmas holiday break. Rockefeller accepted the invitation to be there.
Details are being worked out on the logistics regarding security. Speculation swirling it'll take place sometime around December 29th.
PERONISTAS VOW TO TAKE BACK GOVERNMENT OF THE ARGENTINE REPUBLIC BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY
*In the Argentine Republic, groups of diehard and staunch Peronistas vow to keep speaking out against the violent, extremely repressive military dictatorship of Argentine Republic President Lieutenant General Jorge Rafael Videla by any means necessary until the country returns to democracy.
Over 37,000+ opponents of the Military Junta have been arrested, tortured and mysteriously disappeared. Videla continues doubling-down on using aggressive violent methods against all forms of opposition because he wants to cleanse the Argentine Republic of all social ills.
PROGRESS IN MIDEAST PEACE ACCORDS
*US Secretary of State Malcolm Wilson is busy working on the Mideast Peace Accords with several Middle Eastern countries. Experts state the negotiations are currently ongoing due to untangling years of hostility between Israel and neighboring Middle Eastern countries.
Wilson is currently in Jordan meeting with King Hussein on the Mideast Peace Accords and the progress of US/Jordanian diplomatic relations.
Threadmarks Upcoming Installment: The Dynasty continues in Tuscaloosa
COMING SOON IN THE AMERICAN REPUBLIC
Profile on how the Alabama Crimson Tide won their 10th national championship in the 1978 Sugar Bowl against Penn State.
Threadmarks Special Shout-out 😃
AUTHOR'S PERSONAL SHOUT-OUT: I would like to thank KingSweeden24 of "Bicentennial Man" from AH including @49ersfootball @WolfBear @bintananth @The Immortal Watch Dog for giving me the personal encouragement and inspiration on working on this super long timeline: The American Republic.
Stay tuned because Chapter 5 will continue with more highlights of the 1977 and 1978 College Football Seasons.
Threadmarks Upcoming Installments of Chapter 6
AUTHOR'S NOTE ON CHAPTER 6: Coming Soon, the outlined sketch of Chapter 6 will focus on the following:
*January 26, 1979: Rocky's final moments
*The Secret Cover-Up and getting cover stories straight
*Breaking News Alerts across the world including channel-surfing.
*Holton becomes the 40th President
*Americans paying respects to Rocky in Washington, DC.
*February 5, 1979: State Funeral of Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller.
*Paying respects to Rocky at the New York State Capitol Rotunda in Albany, New York State.
*Final military honors rendered for Rocky at the Rockefeller Family Cemetery in Sleepy Hollow, New York State.
Threadmarks Upcoming Installments of Chapter 7 😎
AUTHOR'S NOTE ON CHAPTER 7: Here's the outlined sketch of Chapter 7 of "The American Republic" coming soon.
*America is for Lovers: The Presidency of Linwood Holton.
*National and International Headlines (Spring 1979)
*Personal PoV's.
*Foreign policy test for President Holton
*National and International Headlines (Summer 1979)
*July 14, 1979: President Holton announcing his political future.
*Jockeying for position inside the Republican Party as Reagan plots his big comeback.
*Democrats facing potential dragged-out primary battles again.
*State Visits of the Holton Presidency
Threadmarks Chapter 5: Personal PoV's
AUTHOR'S NOTE: The following installment will be quite graphic and erotic. Viewer discretion advised!
Personal PoV's: An Argentinian soldier's secret life
10:25 PM ARGST, December 30, 1978
Somewhere in an undisclosed location in the Argentine Republic
"It was two days after Christmas and I was having a constant nervous habit. I had dreams about a mysterious, beautiful young woman in my sleep. Attempting to get the image out of my mind, I snuck in a secret drink out of my swask bag inside my underground private cave.
Returning to the living room, the phone rang and my cousin, Elaine asked me over the phone: "Everything ok Vincente? You've been having a nervous shaking sequence lately..." "I'm just nervous that's all" I told her by explaining it's the stress of the job that I've been doing lately, etc.,
After hanging up the phone, I locked the doors of the house and went to my study reading the local newspaper, doing other work with my current job, etc., The time was 10:25 PM when the flashbacks occurred once again: the images of the same young beautiful woman appeared in my dreams once again....this time she was calling my name and wasn't going to take no for an answer.
Deciding to get back into my super secret underground private hideout, I locked the doors with double-barrel locks and walked toward a casket, carefully opened it and gazed at the body of this beautiful young woman, aged 25 years old named Catalina Forteza (who died from severe complications of uterine cancer several weeks ago). She was a beauty pageant contestant who was well-known including her short acting career in the entertainment industry.
"Let's remove some stuff and see inside" I whispered as I removed all of her white clothing from head to toe, throwing the dress on the ground; she was naked and barefoot, I carefully lifted up her feet by massaging them including her hands, fingers making sure nothing was amiss.
Lifting her out of the casket, I placed Catalina on a black surface stretcher, removed the brown wig off of her head (she was bald underneath). The adrenaline rush inside me caused my urge to escalate when I used an incision to cut her open by removing all of the organs: brain: cerebrum; cerebellum; brain stem; pituitary; parathyroid; esophagus; larynx (including everything in the throat); heart; adrenals; ovaries; fallopian tubes; kidneys; stomach.
Putting all of the organs into a large cooler and proceeded to remove all of the skin off of Catalina from head to toe, putting it into the large cooler before locking it shut. Next, I sewed Catalina all up from head to toe, lifting her to place her on a steel slab and cleaned her up by using a power-washer, I left to take a quick shower.
Then I placed clear-like gel all over Catalina's naked skinless body. It was 12:29 AM when I took out a latex mask skin-suit with Catalina's resemblance and carefully put it on her by slowly adjusting it to make sure nothing was amiss, before carefully using blue paint-like chemicals including using a secret chemical on her.
What happened next was out of my control in the evening hours of December 29th when I carried Catalina out of the secret underground dungeon and carried her to my bed when I engaged in sex escapades with Catalina: for a dead woman, this young beautiful beauty pageant contestant and actress was beautiful dead even when she was alive. I know it was wrong, but I couldn't control myself.
The phone rang, I carefully got up from the floor and answered "Sergeant Toscano!" On the other line was one of my superior officers Lieutenant Colonel Gustav Bustamante, who said "Sergeant Toscano, are you alone? This is a very important call". Of course, I said "Of course I'm alone. Anything important?"
Lieutenant Colonel Bustamante responded "Listen up Toscano. Your presence is needed at Army intelligence headquarters. What time can you get here?"
"I'll arrive there at 7:00 PM," I told him before hanging up. I cleaned up Catalina's beautiful naked body from head to toe including placing a new brown wig on her head before lifting her up, walking back to the underground private secret dungeon; put her into a glass container before locking the doors.
Taking a shower and getting dressed in full dress military uniform, I closed the door to my house and locked it tightly before getting into the vehicle and driving all the way to the Army intelligence headquarters and participated in long meetings."
Sergeant Vicente Toscano
Argentine Republic Army
Threadmarks Chapter 5: Polling Surveys
Gallup (Fall 1978)
Opinion of President Nelson Rockefeller:
Approve: 83%
Disapprove: 17%
Opinion of First Lady Happy Rockefeller:
Opinion of Vice President Linwood Holton:
Opinion of US Secretary of State Malcolm Wilson:
Opinion of US Secretary of Defense John Tower:
Opinion of US Attorney General Edward W. Brooke, III:
1980 Presidential Election Hypothetical Matchups:
Rockefeller (R): 64%
United States Senator Edward M. Kennedy (D-MA): 23%
New York State Governor Hugh Carey (D): 35%
California Governor Edmund G. Brown, Jr., (D): 16%
1980 Presidential Election Hypothetical: Do you think President Rockefeller might sweep all 50 States?
No: 16%
Do you support abolishing the 22nd Amendment in allowing future Presidents to seek reelection indefinitely?
Threadmarks Chapter 5: Lame-duck Specials (Part I)
LAME-DUCK POLITICAL NEWS: CONGRESS VOTES TO REPEAL 22ND AMENDMENT; PRESIDENT ROCKEFELLER SIGNS CONTROVERSIAL LEGISLATION INTO LAW
*December 6, 1978: During the lame-duck legislative session following the 1978 Midterms, the Democratic-controlled Congress voted overwhelmingly to repeal the 22nd Amendment In controversial legislation called "Stability of American Government Act" which had previously passed in the Democratic-controlled US House of Representatives back in late July.
After five months of delaying tactics, the Democratic-controlled United States Senate voted in a 73-23 vote passing the controversial legislation which was signed into law by President Rockefeller, who was asked if there was going to be backlash against him or Congress for doing this extreme measure: "I strongly believe the American people has confidence that regardless who's in the White House, that person can be elected any times he or she wants."
Political observers and analysts viewed the Stability of American Government Act as a pretext for the possibility of future Presidents to stay in office forever. With the repeal of the 22nd Amendment, supporters say it's necessary to have quiet stability during good and tough times.
President Rockefeller, who turned 70 on July 8th, is eligible to seek reelection for a second full four-year term in 1980. Co-sponsors of the legislation: United States Senator Edward M. Kennedy (D-MA) and US Rep. Henry B. Gonzalez (D-TX) said that Rockefeller is allowed to seek a third full four-year term in 1984 if he wants to, which could make him as the nation's longest-serving President with 13 1/2 years by January 20, 1989.
HELMS BLASTS STABILITY OF AMERICAN GOVERNMENT ACT; CALLS IT A POWER-GRAB
*Not surprisingly, conservatives blasted the Stability of American Government Act particularly United States Senator Jesse Helms (R-NC), who held a bitter rambling press conference "This piece of garbage legislation is nothing more than a POWER-GRAB! It appears to me that Congress being run by big government liberals shoved this crap down our throats! In 1980, the American people will remember when they vote!"
ROCKY TODAY! ROCKY TOMORROW! ROCKY FOREVER? AMERICANS OVERWHELMINGLY APPROVE OF PRESIDENT ROCKEFELLER'S JOB PERFORMANCE
*December 25, 1978: During the height of the Christmas holiday break, Gallup polled millions of Americans in the aftermath of the 1978 Midterm elections and the lame-duck legislative session, the result was overwhelming majority of Americans voiced approval of President Rockefeller's job performance with 83% approving; 6% said the opposite.
Asked if they supported the controversial Stability of American Government Act, 73% of Americans in all 51 States said they strongly approve; only 12% expressed skepticism.
US SUPREME COURT AFFIRMS STABILITY OF AMERICAN GOVERNMENT ACT IS THE LAW OF THE LAND FOR GENERATIONS TO COME.
*December 27, 1978: The US Supreme Court ruled 8-1 in favor of the Stability of American Government Act by effectively declaring it the law of the land for generations and generations to come.
This pretty much effectively kills the 22nd Amendment forever as political analysts predict it'll embolden several States to abolishing term limits as well. Anti-term limits advocates proudly praised the Stability of American Government Act as proof that stability in local, state, federal government is needed.
COMING SOON IN CHAPTER 5 OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLIC: Highlights of President Rockefeller's State Visits to the Caribbean and Latin America.
Threadmarks Chapter 5: Lame-duck Specials (Part II)
BREAKING NEWS ALERT: CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR EDMUND G. BROWN, JR., (D) NOT RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT IN 1980; STAYING FOCUSED ON SACRAMENTO
*December 27, 1978: Fresh off of his landslide reelection victory, California Governor Edmund G. Brown, Jr., (D) was asked by reporters in Sacramento if he was interested in seeking the Presidency in 1980. Brown responded with the following: "While I'm honored by the national interests of many who want me to run for the Presidency in 1980, I strongly believe that my current focus must be trained laser-eyed on the job that Californians rehired me to doing the job that I was just overwhelmingly reelected to do last month. With all due respect, I will NOT be a candidate for President!"
Brown's refusal to seek the Presidency in 1980 is leaving Democrats at a major crossroads politically due to the Rockefeller massive landslide in 1976; while Democrats kept control of the US House of Representatives and the United States Senate last month, they lost several Governorships during the 1978 Midterm elections, which likely means the Democratic Party will have to focus elsewhere on who'll become the sacrificial lamb in two years.
WILL HE OR WON'T HE? INDECISION ON SENATOR CARTER'S POLITICAL FUTURE CONTINUING TO MOUNT
Speculation is swirling aggressively about whether United States Senator James E. Carter, Jr., (D-GA) will seek reelection to a second six-year term in 1980 or forgo his US Senate seat in order to seek the Presidency.
Carter hasn't said anything about his future political plans only telling reporters "I'm focused on my job as Georgia's junior United States Senator and that's what the people of Georgia hired me to do in 1974." Despite being on the Democratic Party ticket as the Democratic Party nominee for Vice President in 1976, many political analysts wondered if Carter might leave politics altogether due to the strenous requirements and long duties of serving in the United States Senate.
There's also talk of Georgia Lieutenant Governor Zell Miller (D) might be talking about launching a primary challenge against Carter in the 1980 Democratic primary for the United States Senate; former United States Senator Herman Talmadge (D-GA) is considering primarying Carter as well.
CHILES FOR PRESIDENT?
United States Senator Lawton Chiles (D-FL) was interviewed by local newspapers in Tallahassee during the lame-duck session and was asked if he was interested in seeking the 1980 Democratic Party presidential nomination. Chiles smiled saying "Never say never because I want to take my time in making a specific clear decision about running for the Presidency in 1980."
Threadmarks Chapter 5: Lame-duck Specials (Part III)
THE SHAH SECRETLY RETURNS TO IRAN FROM MEDICAL EMERGENCY
*December 28, 1978: Following a secret "medical checkup", the Shah returned to Iran via secret private airplane on a late evening and returned to the Royal Palace in heavily guarded security detail.
No other details about why he left the country, but it's been speculated that the Shah's medical condition has been noted as serious, but close advisers suggest nothing more is to be worried about the health situation of the Shah in light of the recent aggressive crackdown against demonstrators.
MYSTERIOUS SWISS BANKER FOUND DEAD; DETAILS UNKNOWN
In a story which turned into an out of control soap opera, the mysterious Swiss banker who was accused of embezzling the Vatican and other illegal activities, before he mysteriously fled capture from Italian federal law enforcement agencies, was found dead in the outskirts of Rome, Italy.
Details haven't been revealed considering the mysterious death is under investigation.
POLITICAL NEWS: CARTER TO ANNOUNCE DECISION ON POLITICAL FUTURE ON DECEMBER 31ST
Meanwhile back in the States, spokerson from the office of United States Senator James E. "Jimmy" Carter, Jr., (D-GA) announced that Georgia's junior United States Senator will make an announcement about his political future sometime on December 31st in the closing days of the lame-duck.
Political observers believe Carter hasn't raised any money nor held campaign fundraisers despite campaigning for fellow Georgia Democrats such as United States Senator Sam Nunn (D-GA) and Georgia Governor George Busbee (D).
The consensus is that Carter is leaning towards announcing he will NOT be seeking reelection in 1980 and leaving politics altogether.
CAREY LIKELY FORMING EXPLORATORY COMMITTEE FOR PRESIDENT IN 1980.....AFTER LEGISLATIVE SESSION IN ALBANY ENDS
On the cusp of his second inauguration as New York State's 51st Governor on January 1, 1979, New York State Governor Hugh Carey (D) has filed FEC paperwork in planning to form an exploratory committee with the likelihood of seeking the Democratic Party presidential nomination in 1980.
Sources in Albany strongly state that Carey will make an official announcement once the legislative session is over, with June 1, 1979 as the official launching date.
Threadmarks Chapter 5: Lame-duck Specials (Part IV)
BREAKING NEWS ALERTS: MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT FROM THE PEACH STATE; UNITED STATES SENATOR JIMMY CARTER (D-GA) NOT SEEKING REELECTION IN 1980
*Georgia's junior United States Senator confirmed details with friends and supporters in private meetings during Thanksgiving holiday break.
*Political ramifications inside the Peach State escalating.
*Carter will not be endorsing any candidates in Democratic primary for the United States Senate.
*December 31, 1978: In what many didn't see coming, United States Senator James Earl "Jimmy" Carter, Jr., (D-GA) held a press conference inside the Georgia State Capitol Rotunda in downtown Atlanta, announcing he was not seeking reelection in 1980 and will be leaving politics altogether once his term expires on January 3, 1981.
Carter explained while it was an honor serving Georgians in the United States Senate for the last three and a half years, the constant traveling and missing out on family gatherings, sporting events caused straining, stressful times. "I have decided not to seek reelection to another six-year term as your United States Senator in 1980. I've been in politics for nearly 26 years: serving as a member of the Sumter County Board of Education; Georgia State Senate; Governor of the great State of Georgia and currently as United States Senator since January 14, 1975 including being the Democratic Party nominee for Vice President in 1976 which resulted in winning three consecutive statewide elections in 1970, 1974 and 1976. After 26 years in politics, I've decided it's time for family to come first and foremost."
The political fallout has been escalating: Georgia Lieutenant Governor Zell Miller (D) and former United States Senator Herman Talmadge (D-GA) are likely candidates for Carter's US Senate seat. On the Republican side, national Republicans are recruiting candidates to seek the seat and potential of win it in two years.
Threadmarks Chapter 5: Rocky's State Visits to the Caribbean and Latin America (Part I)
PRESIDENT, FIRST LADY ROCKEFELLER VISIT PARAGUAY AMID DIPLOMATIC TENSIONS
*December 29, 1978: US President Nelson Rockefeller and US First Lady Happy Rockefeller boarded Air Force One in the late evening hours of December 28th and arrived in Asuncion, Paraguay at the Stroessner International Airport with Arrival Honors that included a loud thundering 21 Cannon Salute as well as the Honor Guard inspection.
Following the motorcade through the streets of Asuncion, the Rockefeller's arrived at the Presidential Palace where they met with authoritarian Paraguyan President General Alfredo Stroessner and his family.
Tensions between the two countries have been simmering over the surface in recent months due to the Democratic-controlled Congress voting to gut military and economic aid to Paraguay, which was over the strong objections of staunch national defense hawks of the Rockefeller administration. US Secretary of Defense John Tower blasted Congress on undermining the President's Good Neighbor Policy Initiative.
Of course, President Rockefeller vetoed the annoying controversial legislation HR#29 and the veto was NOT overridden due to conservative Democrats and Republicans uniting behind the Rockefeller administration's foreign affairs and national defense policies.
During the three-day visit, Rockefeller and Stroessner highlighted the alliance between the United States and the Republic of Paraguay. President Rockefeller also held a town hall meeting with Paraguyan college students where the topics ranged from the Good Neighbor Policy, economics, what's it like for Rocky to live in the White House, the abolishment of the 22nd Amendment, etc.,
Meanwhile, First Lady Rockefeller visited primary and secondary schools and met face-to-face with Paraguyan celebrities during a special New Years Eve celebration concert.
Threadmarks Chapter 5: Making North Carolina GREAT AGAIN!
5:57 PM EST, December 29, 1978
North Carolina Executive Mansion
January 8, 1977: James Baxter Hunt, Jr., inaugurated as the 69th Governor of North Carolina.
Considered as one of the rising stars of the Democratic Party, North Carolina Governor James Baxter "Jim" Hunt, Jr., (D) introduced a double-pronged strategy during his first two terms in office: designed to encouraging long-term economic growth in the Tar Heel State; first, by improving education and second, by recruiting more industries and businesses with high-paying jobs.
While Hunt was successful in passing measures toward achieving these goals, he also coped with several key state issues that quickly caught national interest. The first issue of national interests was when US Health, Education and Welfare Secretary Joseph Califano's aggressive campaign was launched in a bid to outlawing cigarette smoking. This controversial campaign from the HEW Department would have the drastic effect on dramatically lessening the profitability of tobacco, major cash crop of North Carolina.
Second major issue of national interest occurred when Califano struck again by announcing that the University of North Carolina System failed to adequately desegregate. This dragged on for the remainder of Hunt's first term; the UNC System desegregation issue was quietly resolved during the administration of President Ronald Reagan around 1981. Sometime around 1979, the Democratic-controlled North Carolina General Assembly passed an amendment allowing Governors to succeed themselves which Hunt easily exploited by successfully winning reelection in 1980 with 64% of the statewide vote, which catapulted him into potential Presidential contender status in the future.
Hunt's second term proved more aggressive and achieving lots of accomplishments including serving on the National Governors Association. National Democrats recruited the popular Hunt during 1982 to challenge staunch conservative United States Senator Jesse Helms (R-NC) in the upcoming 1984 North Carolina US Senate election, where polling surveys showed Hunt leading by 22 percentage points.
Suddenly the shocking assassination of President Reagan in Seoul, Republic of Korea at the ROK Army 1st Corps Headquarters on November 13, 1983 flipped the 1984 North Carolina US Senate election upside down. Hunt's once-commanding lead in the polls evaporated due to Helms' vicious aggressive negative advertising attacks blasting Hunt's record as Governor including tying him to unpopular national Democrats.
Despite Hunt's focus on the main issues facing North Carolinians, Helms emerged victorious in a narrow election riding on the coattails of President George HW Bush in the November 5, 1984 general election. At the age of 47, Hunt's political career appeared to be over once he handed over the Governorship on January 5, 1985 to US Rep. Jim Martin (R-NC), who won the Gubernatorial election also riding on the popular Bush's coattails in 1984 and was easily reelected in 1988.
Hunt made a big political comeback by winning a historic third term as the 71st Governor in 1992 with 52% of the statewide vote and was reelected in 1996 with 56% of the statewide vote securing a fourth term, serving 16 years in the North Carolina Executive Mansion.
Threadmarks Chapter 7: The Holton Presidency (January 26, 1979 to January 20, 1981)
COMING SOON IN CHAPTER 7 OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLIC
America is for Lovers: The Presidency of Linwood Holton
January 26, 1979 to January 20, 1981
Threadmarks Chapter 5: 1977 College Football Season (Part II)
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE 1977 COLLEGE FOOTBALL SEASON: BOWL GAMES (PART II)
#3 ALABAMA CRIMSON TIDE THROTTLES #9 OHIO STATE BUCKEYES IN THE SUGAR BOWL, 35-6.
*January 2, 1978: In a match-up of coaching legends Bear Bryant and Woody Hayes, the third-ranked Crimson Tide, who reigned as the Southeastern Conference Champions and undefeated with a record of (11-0). Both Alabama and #6 Kentucky (10-1) finished undefeated in conference play, but due to the NCAA probation investigations, Kentucky wasn't eligible nor allowed to get a share of the SEC conference championship or even participate in postseason games. This pretty much all but assured the Crimson Tide would be representing the Southeastern Conference in Sugar Bowl against the Big 10 conference co-champions; it was the Crimson Tide's eighth appearance in the Sugar Bowl including their 31st bowl appearance overall in program history. Now this was their second game against a Big 10 opponent since 1928 when they faced Wisconsin.
The Buckeyes finished the 1977 regular season with an overall record of (9-2): losing to then-#3 Oklahoma 29-28 on September 24th and on the road to #5 Michigan (eventual Big 10 conference champion) in Ann Arbor on November 19th by a score of 14-6, both of these games were aired on ABC. The appearance marked the very first time that the Buckeyes had participated in the Sugar Bowl including their 12th overall bowl appearance; this was also their first game against an SEC team since 1935 when they defeated Kentucky in the season opener that season.
Ironically, the Sugar Bowl kicked off at 1:00 PM CST coinciding the Cotton Bowl Classic between eventual national champion #5 Notre Dame Fighting Irish vs #1 Texas Longhorns (which the Fighting Irish trounced the Longhorns of course). Beginning in the second quarter, the Crimson Tide scored on a one-yard touchdown run by Tony Nathan which capped off a 10-play, 76-yard drive; their next possession resulted in a 27-yard touchdown pass from Jeff Rutledge to Bruce Bolton taking a 13-0 lead at halftime. Picking up right where they left off, Alabama scored another touchdown when Rutledge threw a 3-yard touchdown pass to Rick Neal, resulting in 21-0 lead for the Crimson Tide by the end of the 3rd Quarter. The Buckeyes finally got on the scoreboard with a 38-yard touchdown pass from Rod Gerald to Jim Harrell at the 13:34 mark in the 4th Quarter, but they couldn't convert the two-point conversion: 21-6.
The Crimson Tide closed out the 1977 Sugar Bowl with pairs of touchdown runs from Major Ogilvie (14 plays, 84 yards at 6:30 mark) and Johnny Davis (4 plays, 24 yards in the 5:09 mark) making the final score 35-6. On the statistics: the Crimson Tide had 25 first downs; 280 yards on 68 carries; 109 passing yards combining 389 yards of total offense. Alabama Crimson Tide quarterback Jeff Rutledge was named Most Valuable Player of the 1977 Sugar Bowl.
RAZORBACKS BLOWS OUT SOONERS IN ORANGE BOWL
Noticing that the then top-ranked Texas Longhorns got blown out by Notre Dame in the Cotton Bowl Classic, the Big 8 conference champion #2 Oklahoma Sooners (10-1) now had the inside track of winning their sixth national championship....if they can beat the #6 Arkansas Razorbacks (10-1) in the Orange Bowl. During the 1977 regular season, the Longhorns had defeated both the Razorbacks and Sooners in back-to-back weeks leading to their (11-0) record.
For the Sooners, despite losing to the Longhorns in the Red River Rivalry in Dallas, Texas on October 8th, they had won sixth games in a row. This was their ninth appearance in the Orange Bowl in program history; the Razorbacks faced controversy behind the scenes, head coach Lou Holtz had suspended three players due to violating team rules. Two of the three players who got suspended: running back Ben Cowins and wide receiver Donny Bobo, both accounted for 78% of the Razorbacks' offense. Despite the protests from the suspended players to participate in the bowl game, Holtz refused to back down and doubled-down aggressively leading to the suspensions staying in place. Many college football analysts and experts had assumed Oklahoma would blow Arkansas out in the Orange Bowl; Oklahoma was favored by at least 18 points prior to the Arkansas suspensions. Following the suspensions, Las Vegas oddsmakers gave the Sooners to be favored by 24 points. It became apparent to everyone that the Orange Bowl was going to decide the 1977 national championship.
In the Orange Bowl: the Razorbacks showed the college football world by blowing out the Sooners 31-6 with the co-Most Valuable Players of the game awarded to Arkansas Razorback running back Roland Sales and teammate, nose guard Reggie Freeman.
HUSKIES UPSET WOLVERINES IN 1977 ROSE BOWL GAME
During the third season under head coach Don James, the Washington Huskies quickly stumbled out of the gate, losing three of their four regular season games but rebounded with winning six out of seven games, losing to UCLA Bruins on October 29th (the Bruins' win was later vacated due to ineligible players and controversy); Washington finished the 1977 regular season with (7-4) record and with the Bruins losing to their crosstown rivals, USC Trojans 29-27, the Huskies won the Pacific-8 conference championship and entered the Rose Bowl Game ranked #13 and tied for #14 in the UPI Coaches Poll.
Michigan was lead by junior quarterback Rick Leach, they were ranked #2 and stayed there following the first four of the six weeks of the regular season. Despite an upset loss to Minnesota 16-0, they dropped to #6, but recovered with a 14-6 victory over their arch-rival Buckeyes and giving the Wolverines the Big 10 conference championship including an overall record of (10-1). They came into the Rose Bowl ranked #4 and were favored to win the game by 14 points...
In the 1977 Rose Bowl Game at the Rose Bowl Stadium in Pasadena, California, the Huskies came out firing shocking the crowd: leading 17-0 at halftime; they extended their lead to 24-0 early in the 3rd quarter; Michigan however wasn't going to take this lying down by making an aggressive comeback attempt in the game, but fells short as Washington won the game 27-24. Washington Huskies quarterback Warren Moon was named Most Valuable Player of the game.
Threadmarks Chapter 5: Rocky's final state visits as the 39th President
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE INTERNATIONAL TRIPS OF PRESIDENT ROCKEFELLER (DECEMBER 29, 1978-JANUARY 20, 1979)
*January 4-9, 1979 (French Republic): Basse-Terre; Guadeloupe.
President Rockefeller met informally with French President Valery Giscard d'Estaing, German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt and British Prime Minister James Callaghan.
*January 9-12, 1979 (Barbados): Bridgetown
Met with the Prime Ministers of Barbados, Dominica, Antiguia and Barbuda, Saint Christopher and Nevis; Saint Vincent and the Grenandines.
*January 12-13, 1979 (Haiti): Port-au-Prince
Met with Haitian President Jean-Claude Duvailier at the National Police and addressed joint session of the Haitian National Assembly.
*January 14-16, 1979 (Brazil): Rio de Janiero; Sao Paulo; Brasilia
Attended the Good Neighbor Policy Conference and met with Costa Rican President Rodrigo Carazao Odio; El Salvadoran President Carlos Humberto Romero; Mexican President General Oscar Robles; Honduran President General Policarpo Paz Garcia; Guatemalan President General Fernando Romeo Lucas Garcia; Colombian President Julio Cesar Turbay Ayala; Jamaican Prime Minister Michael Manley; Brazilian President Ernesto Geisel and Uruguayan President Aparicio Mendez.
*Spoke at the Theatro Municipal in Rio de Janiero.
*January 16-20, 1979 (Argentine Republic) San Carlos de Bariloche; Buenos Aires
Delivered several addresses; toured the Nahuel Huapi National Park in Bariloche; held town hall meeting with young Argentinian leaders, entrepreneurs and celebrities; laid a wreath at the tomb of Argentinian General Jose de San Martin at the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Cathedral in Buenos Aires. Met with Argentine Republic President Lieutenant General Jorge Rafael Videla and Argentine Republic First Lady Alicia Raquel Hartridge Lacoste de Videla at the Casa Rosada (Government Office); joint press conference between Presidents Rockefeller and Videla took place inside the Salon Blanco room of the Casa Rosada; State Dinner was held at the Quinta de Olivos in Olivos, Argentine Republic on the evening of January 16th; President and First Lady Rockefeller spent a few days at the Quina de Olivos (Residence of the Argentine Republic President) in Olivos.


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Also, as a blogger or online business owner, you're likely already stretched for time, and outsourcing some of your website-related tasks is a great way of getting some of that time back. But, if you don't know what you're doing, the process can turn out to be extremely time-consuming.
Read this beginner's guide to help you avoid the frustration of having to burn through a lot of bad eggs before finding the right SEO partner.
The process of screening to get the right SEO services provider involves a lot more than simply looking at portfolios or past work. A lot of those 'examples' provided by freelancers are for small business niches with very limited competition.
Also, many of their customers lack a proper understanding of SEO requirements or tactics, which means they can be easily led down ANY route.
Some SEO specialists will provide you with a report on your site that can be pulled from any respectable SEO tool simply by typing in your domain and exporting the data – and yet they charge you for hours of work!
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Here's The Deal With Reiki
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Jenna Dewan Tatum Practices Reiki — Should You?
Sara Coughlin
Photographed by Alexandra Gavillet.
In a new interview with Cosmopolitan, dancer-cum-actress Jenna Dewan Tatum said that she's been dipping her toes in the wide and deep pool of Reiki. "I like to play around. I'll do it with [our daughter] Evie when she's getting overwhelmed. She thinks it's so funny," she explained. "It's an ancient healing modality from Japan where you tap into a conscious energy conflict. Chan loves it. He gets all the nice side effects of having a hippie wife." As she mentioned, this practice isn't confined to the Dewan-Tatum household — or "hippie wives" for that matter. Reiki and other forms of energy work (including aura readings and crystal gridding) have made their way into the mainstream, thanks in no small part to the "witchy" corners of social media and the general self-care movement. Since Reiki's gotten so much attention recently, we decided it was high time to sit down and determine: Well, wait, what actually is it? Turns out, there's more to it than you'd think. Reiki (pronounced "ray-kay") was created in the late 19th century by a Buddhist monk named Mikao Usui, but didn't come to the Western Hemisphere until the 1970s. It's viewed as somewhat of a cure-all for energetic imbalances (which some believe can cause anything from headaches to chronic pain to anxiety), thus its literal translation from the Japanese: "universal life energy." When we spoke with fitness witch (and Reiki practitioner) Ammo O'Day last summer, she explained how a Reiki healing session, in which someone seeks out a professional, actually works: "When the session happens, I usually ask the client to do some kind of breathing pattern. And I lightly put my hands on different portions of their body, and this helps their body unconsciously heal itself. The energy coming through me is connecting to the client's body unconsciously to figure out what the problem is and to go to it and unblock it." The client is usually lying down in the healer's space, wearing simple, comfortable clothes (you don't want any jewelry or synthetic fabrics to affect the direction of the energy that the healer's commanding). While O'Day mentioned that she touches her clients, other healers prefer to simply hover their hands over their clients' bodies. O'Day actually referred to Reiki as "energetic Drain-O," which just about sums it up. The idea is that whatever deficiencies or imbalances you may possess in your body can be dissolved and flushed out, so a healthier flow can be restored. If you're wondering if science backs up the claims of Reiki practitioners, you might not be satisfied. Little to no research has been done on whether Reiki actually does anything physical to your body, but one study found that it's an effective method of self-care. Another suggested that it might help ease psychological distress and depression.
Reiki was never meant to replace Western medicine
However, mainstream medicine's relationship with Reiki took a controversial turn in 2014, when a team of doctors released a statement calling to end all clinical trials of "highly implausible treatment," which included Reiki and other forms of homeopathy. They said it was a waste of already limited resources to explore such esoteric methods of healing. Naturally, healers and enthusiasts pushed back against the doctors' claims, arguing that Reiki was never meant to replace Western medicine but should be used in tandem with it. Energy work is believed to have immense emotional and mental benefits in particular, which has actually prompted some hospitals to offer different forms of holistic care to help patients fully recover more quickly. All of these benefits, of course, could be due to the placebo effect. If you believe Reiki is working on your "energy" (which is obviously not a scientific term), it could actually help you feel better, depending on what's going on. Still, Reiki should probably only be used in conjunction with other science-backed treatments — at least for more serious issues, such as depression. The point is Dewan Tatum's approach to Reiki is pretty spot-on: Just play around. If you believe in the power of energy work, seeking out a Reiki session is a fantastic way to familiarize yourself with it. Don't set your expectations too high for any particular results, but, the good news is there's no way that Reiki can really hurt you, so there's no harm in giving it a try. Want to make sure you're going somewhere legit? The International Association of Reiki Professionals (IARP) has a roster of registered practitioners you can choose from.
Jenna Dewan Tatum Reiki Healing Practice Cosmopolitan
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From Being Rejected 150 Times To A Multi-Millionaire Businessman: The Journey Of Reginald Larry-Cole
by Abu Bakarr Jalloh
From Being Rejected 150 Times To A Multi-Millionaire Business Man: The Journey Of Reginald Larry Cole
Reginald Larry-Cole is a Sierra Leonean businessman, entrepreneur, author, philanthropist, CEO of the world's first car leasing companies Buy2LetCars and Wheels4Sure, and a proud father of two. Reginald Larry-Cole was raised in the Northern Province of Sierra Leone to a quite wealthy family. His father was the first black CEO of a Tobacco company called Rokel Leaf. As a child, Reginald Larry-Cole enjoyed his early childhood; he chooses which car should drop and pick him up from school, ate three meals a day, and lived in their own compound that was fully fitted with a private swimming pool and other luxuries. Things began to fall apart when his father decided to resign from his position due to serious life threats he had received from some quarters. His dad took another venture to become a farmer, which led him to own a farming business that went on to became unsuccessful due to government policies. Things started to fall drastically for young Reginald Larry Cole and his family. Reginald Larry-Cole went from eating three meals a day to just one meal a day (white boiled rice and plain white sugar as the sauce). Unfortunately, his parents got divorced along the way.
PIC: REGINALD LARRY COLE
The unfortunate divorce of his parents affected him greatly. As a kid, he was puzzled as to why such things were happening to him and his family. He could go on and questioned his father "Why wouldn't you do this and that". At the age of 16, he dropped out of school with the thought of finding solutions to his struggles. His mother gave him $25, which he used to travel to the UK to create a brighter future for himself and his family.
In his 30s, whilst he was in the UK, he decided to take a different path. He went back to college and got enrolled at the London Metropolitan University where he holds a 2.1 BA (Hons), Business Degree. Whilst at the London Metropolitan University, from 2003-2008, he built a car brokerage firm, Creditlab, which he built from single handily to a multimillion-pound turnover business within five (5) years. Unfortunately, the business was hit by the credit card crunch and he lost everything.
Imagine building something from scratch to a multimillion-pound business, then the credit card crunch came and wiped out all the fortunes you've had. This unfortunate incident divided his family and for the first time in his life in the UK, he had to live on government welfare support where he was receiving £64 a week from the UK government. Reginald Larry-Cole tried his best to get back to his knees, but he couldn't. During these trying times, he said he almost committed suicide but was reinvigorated by God and Barrack Obama.
"You are massively affected when you're used to running a business that is turning over a couple of million pounds, and then you suddenly go down to £64 a week worth of benefits," he told The Sun. "I lost my personal self-belief, I lost my family – as well as the cars and the luxury that go with them. On January 1st, 2009, I found myself going to the dole queue for the first time in my life. I was suicidal. But I'm thankful that I'm here to see this day," he continued.
Reginald Larry-Cole took four years in Europe, the USA, and Africa searching for opportunities. In those four years of trying, whilst trying to raise finance to start up his current companies in 2008-2012, he spoke to 150 sources including banks, businesses, and venture capitalists, and got 150 NOs. He kept on pushing and pursuing his goals till he gave up and went to work in a car showroom in Battersa, London, there he realized many people buy brand new Range Rovers for cash, even in depths of austerity. With bravery, he decided to place an advert in The Sunday Times Newspaper, saying he wanted to talk to someone with wealth who might be interested in his ideas. "It worked," he said. "Twelve people showed an interest. I took the first one, and he said let's keep it exclusive. We met the following week. Three hours later, I had funding and a new business."
PIC: REGINALD LARRY COLE WITH HIS WHEELS4SURE AND BUY2LETCARS
Chris Hughes was the person who gave him all the financing (£100,000) he needed to launch his next project, which later becomes successful and turned him into a multi-millionaire. He launched Wheels4Sure and Buy2LetCars, which are car leasing companies in the UK. Within eleven (11) months, he built the new businesses into a multi-million-pound turnover. In just over four (4) years, his leasing income worth £4 million with over £20 million worth of vehicles funded. The fast growth led his leasing company to be included in the Top 50 Fleet News listing, the world's first car leasing company funded by people for people. His companies are rated 5-star on Trust Pilot with a 97% client satisfaction rating. He also established other new businesses Lifestylebids.com, a luxury auction site, and PayGoCars Limited which provides a high standard of pre-owned vehicles.
PIC: BUY2LETCARS
Reginald Larry-Cole is also a philanthropist and an author. His book, Compassionate Capitalism shed light on how he turned 150 NOs into 1 YES and built a multi-million empire. The book is a tale from riches to rags to riches. Reginald Larry-Cole also owns a self-funding charity organization called Osmund Marcus Abioseh Cole (OMAC) Foundation, which he named after his late father. The foundation has provided full scholarships and support to 150 students of the St Edwards Primary and Secondary School and St Francis Secondary School, and also donated to The Cowfoot Prince.
PIC: REGINALD LARRY COLE'S BOOK COMPASSIONATE CAPITALISM
The story of Reginald Larry-Cole is one from riches to rags to riches. It's a story that youth in Sierra Leone should learn from. A story of hard work, a clear vision, determination, perseverance, hope, faith, and self-belief. He was rejected 150 times, today he is a multi-millionaire in (£). Had he gave up, he wouldn't have been where he is today.
BE INSPIRED! DON'T GIVE UP! HOPE. DREAM. BELIEVE.
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Abu Bakarr Jalloh
Abu Bakarr Jalloh is a writer, editor, and storyteller. He was born in Bo, Southern Sierra Leone. Started his primary school at the Bo District Educational Council Primary School, Abu Bakarr Jalloh was the top pupil from primary one to three. In 2005, his family relocated to the capital Freetown where he furthered his primary education at the Holy Trinity Primary School, Kissy Road. Abu Bakarr Jalloh became a force to reckon with throughout his primary 4-6 at the Holy Trinity Primary School. In 2008/2009, he enrolled at the Ahmadiyya Muslim Junior Secondary School where he started his JSS 1-3 and he went on to top the list of the best student in the 2011 Basic Education Certificate Examination and also 7th best student in the whole of Port Loko District.
In 2011/2012 he attended the Government Municipal Senior Secondary School where he attained his West Africa Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination in 2015. Abu Bakarr Jalloh is now a student of the Njala University, Njala Campus pursuing a degree in Bsc Agricultural Economics.
He is a very brilliant writer, editor, and storyteller that is passionate about telling Sierra Leonean stories undiluted using a mobile phone. He is also keen on highlighting national issues affecting Sierra Leoneans.
Matt Etherington says:
Reginald Larry-Cole's UK Buy2LetCars business goes bust.
Thousands of UK investor's have lost their life savings, after Reginald Larry-Cole placed his UK Car Leasing business Buy2LetCars, into Receivership.
The UK's Serious Fraud Office and the National Crime Agency have arrested one person in relation to the collapse of Reginald Larry-Cole's Buy2LetCars investment business.
For further updates, see the UK's Financial Conduct Agency and the Serious Fraud Office websites, regarding Buy2LetCars, Raedex Consortium.
Sally Drew says:
Reginald Larry-Cole was and is yet another delusional narcissist. His businesses suddenly went into Administration. It's laughable how easy it was for him to con people.
He owes over £35 million to lenders. People's lives have been ruined.
It's been discovered that they were merely scams in a variety of ways, and were vehicles for Reginald Larry-Cole and his business partners Scott Martin and Brett Cheeseman to cream massive amounts of money off for themselves. They didn't even buy the majority of the cars they stated they had!
Look up the Administrator's reports for full evidence.
Reginald Larry-Cole has been arrested twice and had his passport confiscated. Look him up.
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3 edition of Intelligent peripheral interface (IPI) found in the catalog.
United States. National Bureau of Standards.
by United States. National Bureau of Standards.
Published 1987 by U.S. Dept. of Commerce/National Bureau of Standards, For sale by the National Technical Information Service in Gaithersburg, MD, Springfield, VA .
Computer interfaces -- Standards -- United States,
Microcomputers -- Programmable peripheral interfaces -- Standards
Series Federal information processing standards publication : Fips pub -- 130, Federal information processing standards publication -- 130
Register File American National Standard Institute Chip Interface Memory Address Space Peripheral Intrface Adapter These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm : Chris J. Georgopoulos. This book catalogs the most popular and commonly used serial-port interfaces and provides details on the specifications and the latest standards, enabling you to select an interface for a new design or verify that an interface is working correctly. Each chapter is based on a different interface and is written in an easy to follow, standard format.
Peripheral Processor Interface Guide Technical Manual The International Standard of Quality guarantees a % AQL on all electrical parameters, AC and DC, over the entire ope~e. © Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. The material in this document is subject to change without notice. From the collection, a scanned-in computer-related :: dataBooks:: NEC Intelligent Peripheral Devices Data Book.
A system and method for voice activated dialing (VAD) using an intelligent peripheral (IP), such as a service circuit node (SCN) in an Advanced Intelligent Network (AIN). This invention preserves subscriber preferences for certain attributes including preferred interexchange carrier (PIC) and billing information, without the need for data replication within either the IP or the service Cited by: 2. Book Title. Pre-installation Planning Guide for Cisco Unified Intelligent Contact Management, Release (1) Chapter Title. Peripheral Gateway Configurations. PDF - Complete Book ( MB) PDF - This Chapter ( MB) View with Adobe Reader on a variety of devices.
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National Bureau of Standards. OCLC Number. This book is targeted for students of electronics and computer sciences. The first part of the book contains 15 original applications working on the PIC microcontroller, including: lighting diodes, communication with RS (bit-banging), interfacing to 7-segment and LCD displays, interfacing to matrix keypad 3 x 4, working with PWM module and by: 6.
This unique book in the ACM Press Frontier Series explores specifically how artificial intelligence techniques can be used to improve interfaces for both users and developers of computer systems.
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This book represents a collection of the classic and contemporary readings in the field of Intelligent User Interfaces. An invaluable resource for students, professors, research scientists and engineers, it includes both fundamental research and applied innovations in the key areas of IUI including input analysis, output generation, user and discourse adapted interaction, agent-based 5/5(1).
Intelligent Peripheral Interface (IPI) was a server-centric storage interface used in the s and early s with an ISO standard. The idea behind IPI is that the disk drives themselves are as simple as possible, containing only the lowest level control circuitry, while the IPI interface card encapsulates most of the disk control complexity.
The IPI interface card, as a central point. intelligent peripheral interface-logical device generic command set for magnetic tapes: ansi incits information systems - intelligent peripheral interface-device-generic command set for magnetic and optical disk drives, ansi incits intelligent peripheral interface, physical level.
Peripheral Interface Controllers (PIC) is one of the advanced microcontrollers developed by microchip technologies.
These microcontrollers are widely used in modern electronics applications. A PIC controller integrates all type of advanced interfacing ports and memory modules. MikroElektronika books Intelligent peripheral management interface (IPMI) support By setting the control bit IPMIEN the use of the Intelligent peripheral management interface (IPMI) support is enabled which allows that the I2C module covers all defined addresses.
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AINGR: Switch - Intelligent Peripheral Interface (IPI) Issue 8, November Contents viii Message Flow for the Remote IP Initiating a Reject Component –38 Message Flow for the Remote SSP Initiating a Return Error. INTERFACES In computer science, an interface is the point of interaction with software, or computer hardware, or with peripheral devices such as a computer monitor or a keyboard.
Some computer interfaces such as a touch screen can send and receive data, while others such as a mouse or microphone, can only send data. on maintenance and repair on peripheral devices will help the students to develop adequate skills.
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In this new edition all examples and peripheral devices are updated to use the most recent libraries and peripheral devices, with increased technical depth. The name PIC initially referred to Peripheral Interface Controller, and is currently expanded as Programmable Intelligent Computer.
The first parts of the family were available in ; by the company had shipped more than twelve billion individual parts, used in. IPI (Intelligent Peripheral Interface) is a high- bandwidth interface between a computer and a hard disk or a tape device.
Devices using IPI can transfer data between the hard drive and RAM in the range between 3 and 25 megabytes per second. The role of the Intelligent Peripheral Interface in systems architecture By I. DAL ALLAN Sperry Univac Santa Clara, California ABSTRACT The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) work committees on computer interfaces are actively developing proposed standards that will affect almost all vendors of computers and peripherals.
This paper reviews one project, the Intelligent Peripheral.Peripheral Interface Controller: A peripheral interface controller (PIC) is a type of microcontroller component that is used in the development of electronics, computers, robotics and similar devices. The PIC was produced by Microchip Technology and is based on Harvard Computing architecture, where code and data are placed in separate.The Serial Peripheral Interface is a synchronous serial communication interface specification used for short-distance communication, primarily in embedded systems.
The interface was developed by Motorola in the mids and has become a de facto standard. Typical applications include Secure Digital cards and liquid crystal displays. SPI devices communicate in full duplex mode using a master .
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An argument broke out between the employee and a man and woman waiting in a North Miami Beach Burger King drive-thru Oct. 3, and was captured on a cell phone and uploaded to social media. The couple was unhappy with their order, as the restaurant manager touched her phone while handling their food. It was then that the employee proceeded to 'white shame' them, not knowing that they were Hispanic and not white.
"F*** you, you white piece of s**t... how about that? F*** you," she screamed.
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Like virtually every racist rant uploaded online, the video went viral. The fast food chain released a statement regarding the incident.
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HATCHETS FOR HANDS Premiere "Bad Men" Music Video
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San Francisco-based death metal two piece HATCHETS FOR HANDS have released the music video for their song "Bad Men" off the group's new LP 'Cabaret of Decay', which dropped earlier this year. The highly cinematic, blood-soaked new video premiered exclusively with KNOTFEST last Friday (June 26th).
The band shares how the dramatic, single-shot video concept for "Bad Men" was the perfect approach to bring the track to life. "The film's director (Nicholas Wotyuk) had an idea from the very beginning to shoot the entire video in one take using a high speed camera to capture the terror and violence of the chase."
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Fracking: what is it, how does it work, and why is it so controversial?
Fracking: what is it and how does it work?
Fracking has been the source of much controversy in recent times in the UK. Some people are claiming that it could solve many of the UK's energy problems, others are claiming that it will only serve to pollute the environment and put the public's safety at risk.
Will energy bills be lower if fracking occurs in the UK?
What advantages could fracking offer?
Do other countries allow fracking?
Will the UK allow fracking?
Fracking works by pumping chemicals mixed with H2O down into the Earth's surface through holes that are dug deep into the ground. It aims at releasing gas trapped underground so that it may be used to produce energy.
Fracking is often referred to as being a horizontal process, this means that once the drilling is finished, the water and chemicals spread out into the surrounding earth.
It is unlikely that fracking will make any significant change to energy prices in the UK. This is because we are part of the EU's energy market and therefore a small reduction in the price of our wholesale energy prices is unlikely to make a difference to the consumer.
Many people who are against fracking claim that the environmental hazard that it presents is far too high a risk for the small benefits it offers. There are many arguments that state that fracking causes contamination to water sources that can then be passed on to both humans and livestock.
There is also an argument that fracking requires far too much water to be considered a viable option. It relies on pumping huge amounts of water into the ground, this water becomes contaminated and can therefore not be used for domestic purposes.
Another argument against the safety of fracking is the fact that it supposedly leads to risks of earthquakes. Whilst this may sound farfetched, it is based upon the fact that fracking essentially weakens the ground beneath the surface by expanding cracks and faults that are already present. In fact when drilling tests were carried out in Blackpool there were a number of tremors recorded in the area.
In 2013 a report funded by the government stated that although fracking may cause tremors, it is unlikely that these would cause any structural damage.
"It could bring 74,000 jobs, over £3bn of investment, give us cheaper energy for the future, and increase our energy security".
It is also reported that fracking produces less CO2 emissions than other methods. The shale gas that it produces is slightly less harmful to the environment than coal or natural gas.
Some countries allow fracking and have benefitted greatly from it. These countries include Canada and China, however the US is by far the largest proponent of fracking. Gas prices fell by around 40% after the fracking technique was introduced.
There are many countries however, that have banned fracking. These countries include France and Bulgaria. The main reason fracking has been banned in these countries is the environmental hazard that it presents.
It does look extremely likely that fracking will happen in the UK although it has not been decided where. The DECC has stated that it will be most profitable in East and South of England. The earliest we are likely to see fracking commence is in 2016.
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