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((( liberalism is a mental disorder™ )))
liberals:
t's maddening and comical, at the same time, to see and hear Washington's dumpster-diving demokkkRATs and their left-wing, smelly, filthy, subhuman wacko fringe, so stuck on hatred for President Bush, that they just can't quit playing gotcha, quit dwelling in the past, and finally begin to help us with solutions to all the domestic and foreign problems this Nation faces. The Washington GOPers seem to also be stuck there, too: Medicaid entitlements, Agricultural Subsidies Bill, Education Bill, Highway Bill, Hurricane Katrina-Rita Recovery Bill and God only knows what else they can come up with to waste our hard-earned dollars on, has added $1.5 trillion to the national debt; the interest on that extra debt being roughly $400 billion per year. After 50 years of failed liberal-demokkkRAT, social welfare policies, we have an entire underclass of "political pets" in the country — the failed, liberal shithole of New Orleans quickly comes to mind — addicted to sucking at the federal teat, demanding and expecting that weekly welfare check, in non-taxpaying apartments full of every conceivable big-ticket item sold at the local Circuit City®: big-screen TVs, microwaves, PlayStations, broadband connections, computers, digital cameras, and two late-model cars in the parking lot. It also taught us that those who suffered the most were those who relied on the government the most. No, I don't have a problem with those who truly need it, but it's become another entitlement for those who won't work to earn their way. And the shit poop-for-brains politicians are happy to go along with it, for the votes of the lazy, addicted, mindless liberal-demokkkRAT morons, who won't work and want it all given to them. Franklin Delano Bush is more-than-happy to go along with it all, to the delight of liberals and demokkkRATs, and way too many GOPers. Is President Bush a socialist, spending other peoples' money like a drunken sailor, on shore leave? Sure seems like it, to this Social and Fiscal Conservative. But I digress. The lib-dems' unhealthy, unending hatred for President Bush dates back to the 2000 election, which they — irrationally again — believe he stole from AlGoreBore. The fact is, AlGoreBore was trying to steal the election himself and almost succeeded, through one of the most egregious perversions of the rule of law in our Nation's history, by the corrupt and complicitly-criminal, Florida Supreme Court. But the real source of their hatred is even more basic. They resent him because he represents their expulsion from power over the Executive Branch, which the corrupt, criminal Klintoon eight-year, national nightmare should have ensured them, forever. The liberal-biased, MSM (Main Stream Media) is complicit in this subtle, long-term, liberal-commie-socialist, internal destruction of America. They are a significant part of The Enemy Within™. If I weren't a recent convert to Independent Conservative from GOP Conservative, I wouldn't know the real difference.
Around The Garden Center™.
Last Friday morning, the gas lines in nearby Stewartstown and Red Lion (PA), reminded me of 1979, with waiting cars stretching out into the streets, as locals topped-off and filled-up in anticipation of $4-5/ gal gas, on Monday. CAT 3 Hurricane Rita slammed into southeastern Texas and southwestern Louisiana early Saturday morning, without doing anywhere near the predicted damage, mercifully, and it looks like fears of a huge increase in gas prices aren't going to be realized. A cold front also passed through Friday evening, and the accompanying rain fell apart over the Appalachian Mountains, netting us zero moisture, once again. The cooler and drier temps were much appreciated over the weekend, but the moisture was what we needed most. The mighty Susquehanna River, just to my east, is at an all-time low; less than half its normal volume, and you can see the bottom in some areas. This is a major drought, yet the state seems oblivious to it. Go figure. Here's an excellent Hurricane Section on CNN's site.
Landscape and tree installations have slowed to a crawl, because of the ongoing drought. We'd normally be 4-6 weeks booked ahead at this point, but customers have put most projects on hold, due to their fears of zero ground moisture. Regional farmers are taking advantage of the dry weather to harvest field corn and soybeans, since their vast fields have already browned-off. I've had scores of customers, old and new, call me to delay their work, until some serious rainfall occurs.
Hurricane Rita = another loser and dud. No moisture for us. Zero. Nothing. Nada. Zip. (((SIGH))) To the west, south, north and east of us, plenty of rainfall. Here in York and Lancaster Counties: nothing but slightly-damp roads.
On a lighter note: a "concentration test" for guys. (((GRIN)))
I don't know if this guy's nuts or what. You decide.
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh yes, Autumn Foliage. Take the tours.
Natural gas prices? Here we go. This Winter, I'm probably going to let GH-1 freeze-out, after dumping (composting) all the remaining houseplants, since it'll be cheaper to re-stock plants in the Spring, rather than heat the 30ft x 100ft quonset GH all Winter. And I'll lower the Main Retail Building and Display GH's temps to 40°F, since Pickle isn't sleeping there anymore, during the Winter months. My condo is heated (and I cook with) natural gas, so I'll adjust the thermostat, accordingly, since Mama Kitty and Murphy are my co-residents. I predict an early, harsh and a very cold Winter.
Don't forget to print out and begin preparing, if you haven't already, this 72-hour Kit for emergencies. Just in "case".
Pray for them.
To The People of New Orleans...
First, we would like to say, Sorry for your loss. With that said, Lets go through a few hurricane rules. Unlike an earthquake, we know it's coming.
#1. A mandatory evacuation means just that. Get the hell out. Don't blame the Government after they tell you to go. If they hadn't said anything, I can see the argument. They said get out, if you didn't, it's your fault, not theirs. We don't want to hear it, even if you don't have a car, you can get out.
#2. If there is an emergency, stock up on water and non-perishables. If you didn't do this, it's not the governments fault you're starving.
#2a. If you run out of food and water, find a store that has some. (Remember, shoes, TV's, DVD's and CD's are not edible. Leave them alone.)
#2b. If the local store is too looted of food or water, leave your neighbor's TV and stereo alone. (See # 2a) They worked hard to get their stuff. Just because they were smart enough to leave during a mandatory evacuation, doesn't give you the right to take their stuff. It's theirs, not yours.
#3. If someone comes in to help you, don't shoot at them and then complain no one is helping you. I'm not getting shot to help save some dumbass who didn't leave when told to do so.
#4. If you are in your house that is completely under water, your belongings are probably too far gone for anyone to want them. If someone does want them, Let them have them and hopefully they'll die in the filth. Just leave! (For Chrissakes, it's New Orleans, find a voodoo warrior and put a curse on them!)
#5. My tax money should not pay to rebuild a 2 million dollar house, a sports stadium or a floating casino. Also, my tax money shouldn't go to rebuild a city that is under sea level. You wouldn't build your house on quicksand would you? You want to live below sea-level, do your country some good and join the Navy.
#6. Regardless what the Poverty Pimps Jessie Jackson and Al Sharpton want you to believe, The US Government didn't create the Hurricane as a way to eradicate the black people of New Orleans. Neither did Russia as a way to destroy America. The US Government didn't cause global warming that caused the hurricane We've been coming out of an ice age for over a million years.
#7. The government isn't responsible for giving you anything. This is the land of the free and the home of the brave, but you gotta work for what you want. McDonalds and Wal-Mart are always hiring, get a damn job and stop spooning off the people who are actually working for a living.
President Kennedy said it best: "Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country." Then, they Whacked him.
Reprinted from an Anonymous Email.
The Able Danger™ Cover-Up, Continues.
The lies, denials and CYAs are in high gear, as crooked and criminal pols and bureaucrats scrambled to protect themselves and their higher-ups. It's sickening that these scumbags sacrificed 3,000 peoples' lives on 9-11, and aren't held accountable. It's even more sickening that GHW Bush and GW Bush are helping to rehab BJ Klintoon's filthy image.
Yep, The Washingtom comPost.com goes into full-spin, lie mode. It's almost disappeared from the horizon, thanks to the corrupt, treasonous MSM.
Yes, "Able Danger" is online, for your exploration pleasure.
It's now evident that very few in the corrupt US Congress even gives a flying rat's rearend about the ramifications of Able Danger's disclosures, that we're severely compromised on many levels. What to do about it? Dunno, just yet. Give me a minute.
The US Pentagon is also trying to squelch testimony on Able Danger's activities, for whatever reason. Now, they're not trying? What gives? I'm confused. SECDEF Rumsfeld; please pick-up the white courtesy phone.
Hells bells, the stinking, commie-fascist-nazi, left-wing, hate-America lawyers ordered all Able Danger files (2 terrabytes!) to be destroyed, to cover their treasonous asses, and those fat, bloated asses of the criminal Klintoon filth.
National security adviser, Stephen J. Hadley, denied receiving a Defense Department chart that allegedly identified lead terrorist Mohamed Atta before the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, dealing a blow to claims by a Republican congressman that have caused a political uproar in recent weeks. Hadley needs to be summarily head shot; he's a traitor.
The traitorous, commie, nazi, fascist, socialist, garbage at The Washington Compost is challenging the credibility of five members of the Army's elite Able Danger intelligence unit, saying there's no evidence they ever produced a chart identifying lead hijacker Mohamed Atta as a terrorist threat. The paper declined, however, to dispute the authenticity of a videotape showing a copy of the Able Danger chart, which was displayed by US Rep Curt Weldon (PATRIOT-FL), during a May 2002 speech to the Heritage Foundation.
GOPers™.
Me too, Arnold. In a freaking heartbeat, baby.
President Bush, are you listening to this crap, sir? This is exactly why there'll never be any peace for Israel, with the subhuman, pigshit-slurping muslim filth.
I hate to agree with this loudmouthed blowhard asswipe, from the UK's head of British Airways — Sir Rod Eddington — that the US airlines are government-US Taxpayer subsidized, but he's right. Our airline industry is crap, and they should be making a profit by charging higher prices. We should not be pouring tens-of-billions into that black hole.
President Bush: are you listening to this?
Sad day for US Rep Tom DeLay (CONSERVATIVE-TX). Lowlife, scumbag, liberal-demokkkRAT partisan hack, Ronnie "I Like Sex With Young Boys" Earle, rump-raiding hatemonger, TX state prosecutor and buddy of pig-faced Robin Rather (FUGLY-TX), has tried this crap before with several GOPers, and had his fat ass kicked out of court, numerous times, for bogus cases. Ditto, this case, IMO. Earle is a loser.
John Glover Roberts Jr won confirmation as the 17th chief justice of the United States Thursday, overwhelmingly confirmed by the corrupt US Senate to lead the Supreme Court through turbulent social issues for generations to come. The Senate voted 78-22 to confirm Roberts — a 50-year-old US Appeals judge from the Washington suburb of Chevy Chase, MD — as the successor to the late William H. Rehnquist, who died earlier this month. All of the Senate's majority Republicans, and about half of the Democrats, voted for Roberts. And Roberts was sworn-in on Thursday. F*ck the demokkkRATs!
And while I'm at it: f*ck the Endangered Species Act (ESA), which has done more to limit and destroy America's progress in the last 30 years, than all other liberal crap combined. Repeal the entire, damned ESA.
Bravo, Port Matilda Elementary School students, teachers, police and firefighters! America salutes you.
President Bush, are you paying attention to this? We US Citizens are going to have to "take things in our own hands", and Whack them by the thousands, if you don't act, as per your Oath Of Office, sir.
Thanks so much, Arnie.
Liberal-demokkkRAT, Subhuman Trash™.
The corrupt, liberal-demokkRAT-controlled, criminal MSM filth, lied their asses off about the rapes, pillaging, plunder, looting etc, in Hurricane Katrina, in NOLA. Here's the truth about what happened.
NOLA Mayor Nagin is a dumbassed nigger! Not a black man; he's a sambo, porch monkey asswipe.
"Wellstone", a three-person play based on the life of the late, commie, rat-bastard scumbag, liar, traitor, seditionist, subhuman, liberal-demokkkRAT, fascist, nazi, US senator from Minnesota. Hmmmmmmm, could have been done with a corpse and a sock puppet. Wellscum was trash. Glad he's dead. Only 70-80 US Senate traitors, to go.
Fat, bloated, alcoholic, drug-addicted, commie, socialist, nazi, fascist Congressional Black Caucus dirtbag, and New York's US Rep Charlie "I Hate Whitey" Rangel (RACIST-NY), needs to iron his hair and apply gobs of Pomade® hair straightener. Rangel isn't black; he's a nigger.
Hey, Carter-farter: have a heart attck and die, scumbag!
Crooks, demokkkRATs, criminal and subhuman pols in Chicago? I'm shocked! NOT.
Don't give them a freaking dime, without Conservative supervision. Lib-dem filth are criminals and thieves.
The Vomit Queen, Hitlery Rotten Klintoon, spews more left-wing, wacko racism and hatred.
DIE Klintoon, please just die and rid the world of your corrupt, lying, traitorous ass, scumbag!
The NY Slimes a liar, again? Not shocked at all.
Shoot this f*cking hagged-out, washed-up bitch in the head! Rid the world of such garbage.
Gwyneth Paltrow is a drug-addicted, alcoholic, dirtbag skank, who should take her bastard kid and leave the US. Lowlife, untalented bitch.
Martha Stewart, politician? I spit on the criminal bitch.
Liberal-demokkkRAT filth are in tears that Hurricane Rita didn't Whack more people. Typical crap.
Jefferson (LA) Parish President Aaron Broussard is a lying, cowardly turd. I spit on him.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr, heroin addict, alcoholic, wife-beater, philanderer, dirtbag, lowlife, piece of subhuman shit, punk, liar, lowlife and rump-raiding faggot, has no room to talk about "poisons", like all the other subhuman, criminal Kennedy filth.
Jeb Eddy, a lowlife child molester, dirtbag, liar, liberal-demokkkRAT, fidge-packer queer, alcoholic, drug-addict is a fake and a fraud. Typical lib-dem lies. Eat shit and die, Jebby boy.
Speak ENGLISH in the public schools, Chicago, dammit!
Who the hell cares, Twitty? Your daughter was a slam-bam whore. Any questions? Now, get off my TV, bitch.
More proof that disgraced, liar, lowlife scumbag, Danny "Butt-Boy" Rather is mentally-ill.
To stem the "flood" of illegal immigrants into the United States, US Sen Ben Nelson (demokkkRAT-NE) said today that he soon will introduce legislation calling for 3,000 new Border Patrol Agents, boosting Customs officers by 1,200 and denying amnesty for the millions of undocumented workers now in the country. I'll believe that when it happens.
Lowlife, Subhuman Filth™.
Racist, blowhard, lowlife, scumbag, "Calypso Louis" Farra-con-man, nation of shit-lam moron, tells the world that Whitey did it. What an embarrassment to Black Americans. Where's James Earl Ray, when the country really needs him?
No, asshole Alex Sanger, 57, the grandson of Planned Parenthood founder, criminal, murderer, alcoholic, drug-addict, whore, bitch, slut, bestiality lover, Margaret "Eat This, Unborn Baby Scum!" Sanger; I don't think so.
Moonbat alert! Duck.
To the rest of the country, Scott Stevens is the Idaho weatherman who blames the Japanese Mafia for Hurricane Katrina. To folks in Pocatello, he's the face of the weather at KPVI News Channel 6. Scott is nutso, IMO.
So is CNN's Rita Cosby, IMO.
Ramsey Clark, Attorney General in the LBJ administration from 1967 to 1969, addressing an anti-war rally in the Capitol today, called for the replacement of President George W. Bush by Jean-Bertrand Aristide, the deposed President of Haiti. Saying Aristide would be a better President of the United States than Bush, Clark called for the impeachment of President Bush. Where's Lee Harvey Oswald, when the Nation really needs him?
The UN to control the InterNet? Ain't gonna freaking happen, Turd Worlder Filthies. We built it. We paid for it. It's OURS!
From whore to slut, a biography of Karrine Steffans, a subhuman piece of disease-infected, sambette liberal filth, hosing an untalented, never-was turd-boy, like alcoholic, drug-addicted, shit-for-brains, Billy-Bob Maher. Look at that bloated, ugly half-breed, mulatto pig in the article's pic. FUGLY!
A coalition of homo-sodomite-pedophile activists and atheists plan to march on a Boy Scout camp in San Diego next month demanding the organization open its membership and leadership to them. The group, Scouting For All Subhuman Filth, plans to march and rally at a Boy Scout camp Oct 9th. Get the .50cals ready and Whack the garbage.
The family of toddler Suzie Pena, who was Whacked when she was allegedly used as a shield by her father during a shootout with police, has filed claims against the city and police department, their lowlife, ambulance-chasing spic attorney — Leo Carrillo — said. First, f*ck the toddler; her illegal alien, bastard spic "daddy" — Jose Raul Pena — Whacked her, by using her as a shield. Second, Whack the spic attorney; he's subhuman garbage looking for a "payday". Case solved. Next problem?
Strange odors noticed across the sewer, known as Washington, DC? Would that be the stench of unemployed, minority, subhuman, liberal garbage? Lowlife liberal filth? Deviant demokkkRAT trash? Probably all of the above, and then some. DC needs a Hurricane Katrina to "cleanse" the subhumans from the Nation's Capitol. IMO.
islam Is A Criminal, Terrorist Cult Of Death™.
islam is pigshit, and so is the month-long horror of ramadan, aka "Rama-Lama-Ding-Dong", pigshit. And the US Congress is being urged to "recognize ramadam"? No, no and hell no! All muslims and islam are the enemy.
Three former members of the Army's 82nd Airborne Division say soldiers in their battalion in Iraq routinely beat and abused murderous, subhuman muslim prisoners in 2003 and 2004, to help gather intelligence on the insurgency and to amuse themselves. So freaking what? More should be brutally-beaten and Whacked for intel, IMO. Theyn - islam - is The Enemy of The West.
Good riddance, Palestinians muslim pigshit filthies! Rot in hell.
Good shooting, Israel! Another lowlife, subhuman piece-of-pigshit muslim terrorist dirtbag — Mohammed Khalil, Islamic Jihad's top militant leader in southern Gaza — takes a permanent dirtnap. Whack the subhuman muslim pigshit filth.
Whack Australian terror suspect David Hicks. Whack him. He's subhuman lowlife, deviant, degenerate, pigshit-sucking, muslim trash. Whack the Hicks filth.
The terrorist-supporting pieces-of-pigshit in the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAiR), is urging the US Congress to pass a resolution officially recognizing the Islamic fast of Ramadan. I spit, piss and shit upon the murderous hell, called islam.
Go Israel, go! Whack the pigshit-sucking, murderous muslim filth! Whack them by the millions.
Yeah sure, pigshit-gulping muslim filth are good folks. BANG!
Headline: "US More Accepting of Islam, Less Likely Than Britain to Create Radicals"? Bull-freaking-crappolla. The next slaughter of Americans will come from "white muslims". FYI.
I'd like 30secs, behind locked doors with the faggot, muslim-homo-sodomite, pigshit-drinking, islamic dirtbag, Ramsey Yusef. Can you say "dead, bloody lump"? He'd be quite dead, to be sure.
US District Judge John Gleeson, a traitorous, hate-America, hate-US Military, commie-nazi-socialist, destroy-America from within judge, refused to dismiss a lawsuit against top federal officials, brought by two men who claim they were beaten and starved in a roundup of Muslim men, after the 9-11-01 Massacre of almost 3,000 Americans. Egyptian immigrant Ehab Elmaghraby and Pakistani immigrant Javaid Iqbal filed the lawsuit last year against former Attorney General John Ashcroft and dozens of other officials. F*ck that shit: Whack the subhuman, murderous, pigshit-gulping muslim filthies, Ehab Elmaghraby and Javaid Iqbal. Whack them both. They're enemies of America. Whack them.
Hey Brits: get this subhuman, pigshit-slurping, degenerate, murderous, pigass-licking, islamo-fascist, muslim filth out of your country, or round them up and execute them en masse. Your very future depends upon it. Not kidding...
Track down and kill every Hamas subhuman, Mossad, IDF and IAF etc. Protect yourselves, Israel. Screw the rest of the world's agenda.
Want to see a subhuman/ untermensch, verminous, pigshit-drinking, murderous muslim, "honor killing"? Right here. Any further questions about The Religion Of Peace®?
Some People Just Need Killing™.
The fugitive founder — Filiberto Ojeda Rios, 72 — of a violent Puerto Rican independence group was Whacked in a gunfight with federal agents at a mountain farmhouse in western Puerto Rico, the FBI said Sunday. Rot in hell, filth.
For even suggesting and writing that pedophilia "can be beneficial", Temple University Professor Bruce Rind should be executed. He's a subhuman piece of shit, and deserves summary trial, conviction and immediate execution, as do all of his NAMBLA butt-buddies. Piece of filth.
I've said it for years: Earth Liberation Front (ELF) and Animal Liberation Front (ALF) are violent, criminal domestic terrorists. They need Whacking. Christopher W. McIntosh, 23, needs torture for intel, and a summary head shot. He's a lowlife piece of subhuman filth. Whack him.
Whack Abdelmajid Bouchar, a 22-year-old Moroccan, a subhuman pigshit muslim dirtbag, involved in the March 11, 2004 Madrid slaughters. Whack the muslim garbage.
A taxi driver has been arrested and jailed for allegedly raping a passenger, and police on Friday were asking any other victims to come forward to help the investigation. Subhuman muslim garbage, pigshit-slurping, islamic dirtbag, Huseyin Akbana, 35, was arrested Thursday while driving his cab and booked on rape and false imprisonment charges. Whack him; shoot him in the head. Whack him.
Attorney General Richard Blumenthal has gone to court to stop a convicted rapist from harassing his victim from his prison cell. Allen Adgers, 41, who is serving a 13-year prison sentence for kidnapping, raping and assaulting his victim, has filed numerous frivolous lawsuits attacking his conviction and incarceration since May 2001, according to Blumenthal. Some of the lawsuits have been directed at judges and prosecutor who put Adgers behind bars, but others have been directed at his victim. Whack Adgers. Head shoot the deviant subhuman.
I don't care; Whack Chai Soua Vang anyway. He's a mass murderer.
A man accused of Whacking two tourists and injuring 12 others on the Las Vegas Strip told police he steered his car into the crowd on the sidewalk because they were staring at him like demons. Stephen M. Ressa, 27, also told police he saw people with their hands in their pockets and thought they might be armed with guns. He needs Whacking, quickly.
A man who beat his ex-wife to death with an unloaded shotgun during an eight-hour furlough from prison was executed early Wednesday, hours after the governor denied his request for clemency. Alan Matheney, 54, was pronounced dead at 12:27 a.m. EST after receiving a lethal injection at the Indiana State Prison in Michigan City. Thank you, Indiana, for making my week!
Another homo-sodomite-pedophile — Ken Franks — who needs summary Whacking.
brooklyn01.
If Brooklyn (NY) conjures up images of cars, streets, buildings, then "mesmerizing" isn't the word that naturally comes to mind. But Martin Meyer's brooklyn01 may change that. Meyer explores the city "as interactive streetscape." That's online exhibit talk for satellite images of Brooklyn leading to totally cool curbside pictures from across the borough — all through a fancy format. You have your pick of 360-degree panoramas, still photographs, or raw "drive by movies." Each image opens in a small box, enlarging upon mouse click. Graffiti, abandoned lots, signs in Arabic or Hebrew, old Cadillacs, store fronts — the stuff of a city's streets is all here. I particularly enjoyed the tiny films of cars or trucks barreling down the road, with the buildings whizzing by and the streetlights overhead, all from the driver's perspective. Cars, streets, buildings — mesmerizing. Y-a-w-n.
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Covering more than 270 square miles (700 square kilometers) and reaching a thickness of as much as 2,460 feet (750 meters) in places, this vast glacier is Iceland's fourth largest. It sits atop the active Katla Volcano, which has erupted many times over the centuries, spewing meltwater, rock fragments, and ash into the air.
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Snowmobiling Experience on Mýrdalsjökull Glacier
If you've already done the typical sightseeing tours of South Iceland, embark on a unique adventure that will give you a brand new perspective. Journey to the ice cap of Mýrdalsjökull glacier, which covers Katla, one of Iceland's largest volcanoes, and jump aboard a snowmobile for a thrilling experience driving around the ice cap and excellent views over South Iceland.
Quad Bike Tour on Black Lava Sands from Mýrdalur
The black lava sands of South Iceland are wonderful to look at, but this quad biking tour offers a deeper sensory connection with the landscape. Beginning close to the Mýrdalsjökull glacier, head down to the black lava sands fields, which derive from the dormant volcano Katla, then continue along the coast to the famed aircraft wreck, onto the Jökulsá river and up to the foot of the mountain.
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Banks Will Start Trading Crypto Sooner Than You Think – Former JP Morgan Executive
By Amrit Mirchandaniaccess_time1 year agochat_bubble_outline0
The Words of cryptocurrency being implemented by banks such as J.P Morgan has come out from the horse's mouth. The former head of J.P Morgan's Blockchain operation has stated that banks like J.P Morgan could get into utilizing cryptocurrency very soon.
Amber Baldet, has been quite influential in setting up Blockchain for J.P Morgan and is also known for setting up the Quorum project. She has hence been listed on Fortune's 40 Under 40 lists of the most influential young people in the business.
Quorum, developed by J.P Morgan is an enterprise-ready distributed ledger and smart contract platform which is useful for the financial industry which needs high speed and high processing power.
It's been two years since J.P Morgan has developed a way to clear and settle derivatives and cross-border payments by using Blockchain technology
Amber Baldet, who is the Former head of J.P Morgan's Blockchain department, has confirmed that cryptocurrency is right around the corner for J.P Morgan.
However, she notes that restrictions are what's delaying the whole implementation of the new technology. Amber continued, "But even where the will is, the legal and regulatory framework is challenging."
"I think it's coming sooner than people probably think," told Amber Baldet to CNBC, a Former head of J.P. Morgan's Blockchain department.
Amber Baldet has switched to creating her startup called Clovyr which offers decentralized applications on something similar to the application store. It was unveiled at the Consensus Blockchain conference.
"There's no way to discover what's out there right now, there's no Google for finding applications. The ability to discover apps is helpful but the ability to build them is also encompassed in there," Baldet said about her new startup.
Amongst banking culture, many are still shying away from it. However, it is now seen banks such as Goldman Sachs is hoping to start its first Bitcoin trading operations.
Security is the primary cause of concern, and hence a method of custody solutions have been brought about by Japan's bank Nomura and even Coinbase.
J.P Morgan has hired a 29-year-old to head the crypto assets strategy which portrays its seriousness in the cryptocurrency space.
Amrit Mirchandani
Amrit Mirchandani, A hustler, who believes there is a solution to every problem. A strong believer of Blockchain and a Cryptocurrency enthusiast!
Currently living in the Digital Hub of India, Pune and an extremely friendly and optimistic person. Born and raised in the beautiful island of Sri Lanka and have run businesses ranging from Agriculture to the Digital World. I have had crazy Experiences in Asian Busy towns like Mumbai and Kuala Lumpur to African nations such as Madagascar.
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Eastern Oregon University > Academics > 2019 President's Scholar finds Mountie spirit from afar
2019 President's Scholar represents online, non-traditional success
June 11, 2019 LA GRANDE, Ore. – The 2019 President's Scholar at Eastern Oregon University has an unusual passion and found opportunity to pursue it through the school's online anthropology program.
EOU President Tom Insko selected graduating senior Cori Heymann as this year's President's Scholar after reviewing essay submissions from a range of students.
Heymann is a non-traditional student who enrolled and completed her degree online, including a minor in Interdisciplinary Writing and Rhetoric. She said connecting with the spirit of EOU from a distance posed a challenge, but "also invoke[s] a liberating sense of resolve."
Heymann said she fell in love with archaeology after reading books about burial mounds and Egyptian mummies as a child. In 2014, she resumed her collegiate career at EOU and enrolled in cultural resource management classes, where she gained an understanding of the laws surrounding human remains in an archaeological context. Her path shifted from archaeology during winter 2016 when she registered for "Blood, Phlegm, and Bile" – a class on the history of Western medicine.
She had already begun training to become an end-of-life midwife (or "death doula") and was volunteering at a local hospice. Heymann's experiences there, paired with 20 years working in healthcare, drove her to explore gaps in the way Western culture handles death, dying and the dead.
"Much of my coursework centered on ethics, medical anthropology and sociology topics, as well as medical history and humanities," Heymann wrote in her essay submission. "My greatest hope is to dispel the health literacy challenges and paralyzing fear that accompanies death and its associated industries."
Her capstone project, "Alternative Death Care Practices," connected Heymann with professionals in end-of-life healthcare and post-death care. She found that professional and layperson resources were lacking in many cases. She seized the opportunity and established Death.Support, an online community and webpage dedicated to providing death preparation resources and education. The website supports doctors, patients, caretakers, death doulas, funeral directors, morticians and others involved in death-centric work.
She now serves on the Board of Directors for the Piedmont North Carolina chapter of the Funeral Consumers Alliance, and is a certified "death doula" who supports dying people and their families.
"I have a passion for working within my community to facilitate a safe space for discussions centered around death and dying," Heymann wrote.
Heymann has taught seminars about "advance care planning" and published the course online as part of National Healthcare Directives Month in April. She plans to pursue a master's degree in adult and community education, and she hopes to cultivate programs and curriculum for professionals in allied health and social work, while educating communities about topics related to death and dying.
In her limited free time, Heymann enjoys reading and relaxing with her husband and their two enthusiastic Brittany pups. She graduates summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Science in Anthropology-Sociology.
"The Mountaineer spirit shines here on the East coast, just as brightly as it does on the West!" she said.
Although Heymann is unable to attend commencement on-campus, a pre-recorded video of her speech will be broadcast at both ceremonies on June 15 in EOU's Quinn Coliseum.
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(BRASILIA, 30 Nov, ANSA) - Murders of teenagers in Rio de Janeiro were 8 times higher than those of Palestinians in the Middle East between 1987 and 2001, according to a Social Watch report released in Brazil today, in which the unfair distribution of wealth in the country was also criticized.
Social Watch Report 2004, which is carried out in 60 countries since 1996, points out that the main obstacles to Brazilians' security are the bad distribution of wealth and the increasing violence.
According to the chapter on crime and the answers to violence, the rate of violent deaths in Rio de Janeiro surpasses those of countries that went through war crises, like Sierra Leone, Afghanistan or Yugoslavia.


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AO Preview – London: Frieze Art Fair in Regent's Park, October 17th-20th, 2013
Jeff Koons, Sacred Heart (Blue/Magenta) (1994-2007), Courtesy Gagosian
As the month of October reaches its halfway mark, the annual Frieze Art Fair in London's Regent's Park prepares for its 11th edition, welcoming back a selection of 152 galleries from around the world, all vying for prominent sales and broader market exposure. With a broad program of exhibitions, special commissions, installations and discussions, the fair will look to once again capture the attention of the art world for the next week, bringing over $2 billion in art to market over the next five days. Art Observed is on site in London for the happenings.
William Kentridge, In Nervoser-Erwartung (2013), Courtesy of the Artist and Marian Goodman Gallery, New York
Paul McCarthy, She He Enis Penis Cut (2013), Courtesy Hauser & Wirth, Frieze London 2013,
Embracing a new design structure created by architects Carmody Groarke, Frieze's new layout will look to relieve some of the sensory overload often attributed to its bustling atmosphere, placing ample public spaces among the gallery booths and welcoming a more open, free-roving experience for visitors and customers. The installation has also created additional space for the fair to welcome a broad set of public installations, commissions and performative works from Andreas Angelidakis, Ken Okiishi, Angelo Plessas, and Josef Strau, among others.
Chris Ofili, Poolside (Crystal) (2012-2013), Courtesy the Artist and David Zwirner
Even so, the fair will look to shift its focus this year away from a more populist approach. Available tickets have reportedly been cut by 25%, in an attempt to encourage a more selective, upscale ambience for both buyers and dealers. How this will affect the fair's immense popularity (past editions of the fair have seen upwards of 60,000 attendees) and its reputation as a leader of the global push towards blockbuster art fairs remains to be seen.
Artist Richard Long Recreating Muddy Water Circle (1994) for Lisson Gallery's Frieze Masters Booth, Courtesy Lisson Gallery
Inside Frieze Masters, which Opened Yesterday, via Frieze
But even as the fair makes adjustments to its format, other elements remain unchanged. The world's leading galleries are still bringing out their most impressive works for show, in an attempt to woo the world's art buying elite. Blum and Poe, for instance, will arrive with a $400,000 work by Takashi Murakami, while Lisson Gallery will exhibit a single, $600,000 installation by American Dan Graham. Gagosian Gallery will be on hand, showing a number of highly valued works by Jeff Koons, and David Zwirner will also bring an impressive roster, including new works by Chris Ofili and Oscar Murillo. Other booths will look to attract buyers with new media works and digital pieces. Los Angeles-based Petra Cortright has already gained attention for her inclusion in Frieze's "Film" section with her glitch-heavy webcam videos, exploiting digital softwares as a way to emphasize its limitations and failures.
Mark Flood, ORANGE DIAMOND MUTE 2 (2013), Courtesy of Peres Projects
Johanna Calle, tierra caliente (2013), Courtesy Casas Riegner
Complementing the main set of galleries is Frieze's long-running series of gallery spotlights, including the "Focus" section, profiling some of the best young galleries from around the world, including 47 Canal, Casas Riegner and Take Ninagawa. Nearby, the fair is also hosting its "Frame" section, which has welcomed galleries to exhibit solo shows from their current rosters. Frame is bolstered this year by the inclusion of Pilvi Takala, who has also won this year's Emdash award in advance of the fair. Frieze also returns with its highly regarded "Talks" program, including a lecture by Meredith Monk, one of Frieze's "Sound" commissions this year, who will discuss her complex, highly perceptual compositions, and the nuances of her craft. Other lectures by Stephen Shore and Jérôme Bel, among others, have also been announced.
Oscar Murillo, #574 (2013), Courtesy the Artist and David Zwirner
Doug Aitken, You/You (2012), Courtesy 303 Gallery
Spreading from its hub at Regent's Park, the city of London will once again be the center of the art world for the next week, offering visitors a dizzying array of projects, works and installations that defines the annual Frieze experience. Alongside ancillary fairs like the nearby Pavilion of Art + Design London, and notable auctions at Sotheby's, Christie's and Phillips, analysts are anticipating another heavy week of sales. The fair will open to the public on October 17th, and runs through Sunday, the 20th.
Tabor Robak, Screen Peeking (2013), via Team Gallery
Jason Loebs, Negatives, (2013), Courtesy Essex Street
—D. Creahan
"An Art Fair Tones It Down" [Wall Street Journal]
"Frieze Art Fair 2013: A frenetic feast of creative expression" [The Independent]
"Koons Leads $2 Billion Art-Market Test for Frieze Week" [Bloomberg]
Fair Website [Frieze London]
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More than 60 female entrepreneurs from across North Wales will gather at a special conference in Wrexham later this week to discuss the challenges facing women in business.
The Women in Business Conference, which has already sold-out, will take place at the Wrexham Enterprise Hub on Wednesday, March 20 and will bring together some of the region's most successful female-led businesses. It is being organised by NatWest Cymru, BNI North Wales, Nelson Myatt Solicitors, and the Wrexham Enterprise Hub.
According to the recently published Rose Report, led by Alison Rose, CEO of NatWest Commercial and Private Banking, only 33% of UK entrepreneurs are women. And despite the fact that women are just as successful as men in sustaining a business, only 39% are confident in their own abilities to start one compared with 55% of men.
"The Rose Report has revealed not just the barriers that women face, but the opportunities there are as well to drive real change.
"Across the UK, only a third of entrepreneurs are women, yet we know the talent is there in North Wales and it is important we provide the support and opportunities needed to help more women in the region start and scale their own businesses.


An old favorite of those following a paleo or vegan diet, porcini mushroom is now eaten almost all over the world, thanks to its distinctive taste and rich nutrient composition. But what if you cannot find porcini mushrooms at your nearest grocery store or just in general?
Are you going to drop your pasta or soup recipe? You don't really have to! You can substitute porcini mushrooms with these other amazing alternatives as mentioned below. Let's take a look.
The many amazing porcini mushroom substitutes include shiitake mushrooms, dried porcini mushrooms, truffle oil, and more.
The closest alternative to porcini mushroom, shiitake mushrooms have a slightly less earthy or strong flavor but a similar texture. They are more readily available than shiitake mushrooms and are also less expensive, thereby becoming an easy alternative. You can also use dried shiitake mushrooms and steep them in water to add extra depth to your recipe. They can be used in pasta and soup recipes, as a topping on pizzas, and as a side dish with beef, chicken, and fish.
A good substitute for porcini mushrooms is the dried porcini mushrooms as they are easily available and also less expensive. They also hold most of the nutrients of fresh porcini mushrooms and mimic their taste efficiently. Just steep these dried mushrooms in water for twenty minutes and they are ready to use. You can also use the steeping water in your recipe for additional flavor.
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scattered showers tom the valley and snow to the higher elevations begin to weaken today. cloud cover will be common with spotty showers, some heavy at times, throughout the day. high temperatures only reach into the upper 40s and low 50s today between 10 and 20 mph but will lighten up as we move into the evening. right now, we're on sentencing watch. in court right now is the homeless man...paid to murder the wife of a former firefighter. noel stevens faces 21 years to life in prison, for beating shauna tiaffay to death back in 20-12. you'll remember he was paid by
stevens testified that george promised him 5-thousand dollars to kill shauna, but was only paid 600. last month, george tiaffay was sentenced to life in prison for her death. pic)vo a suspected killer is behind bars...accused in a brutal murder. here's our first look at him.. he's 47-year-old tracy morrison. police say tuesday night he beat up his victim to death using only his fists... it happened at a home near charleston and decatur. morrison is now facing murder charges. unfolding in paris-- a new scare on the one-year anniversary of those deadly attacks at charlie hebdo. an armed man was shot and killed outside a police station. police say the man was carrying a knife and shouted "alla-hu akbar"... as he tried to get inside the police station. he was also reportedly wearing a "fake" suicide vest. the city was also on edge today, and in mourning...for all those lives lost in the attacks at the satirical magazine.
were killed...by two brothers. right now, the solar issue here in the valley is heating up! is actually meeting right now to talk about it. here's a live look at the meeting -- no decision will be made today. you may remember all the outrage actually started last year, when it was decided the base service charge for solar customers would go up.... and then amount customers get back for selling the energy they produce back. because of this, sunrun is terminating dozens of jobs action news has a crew at the scene... they'll bring us updates on later editions of action news. a fire tore through a home, and crews think they know who's to blame. the blaze broke out early this
maryland parkway and hacienda . the house was vacant, so no one was hurt. and this isn't the fire time this area has been the scene of a fire. here's video from a fire last august. firefighters think squatters are to blame. eric poleski, clark county fire dept. 00:50:25-00:50:33 "we have quite a bit of problem in this area with homeless people living in vacant dwellings and this home was boarded up." the home is now a total loss.. an action news update now... on the woman killed crossing the street. she's now been identified as 55- year-old patricia cole. police say the woman crossed n a crosswalk but against the light... and right into the path of a car. it happened last night at las vegas boulevard north, and cheyenne. 00:45:12:16 sgt. richard strader just to reiterate, it's not a force field or safe zone completely. you're still dealing with vehicles speeding, so you want to make sure vehicles are stopped." the woman was taken to umc trauma...where she died. the driver will not face any charges. the coroner is now working to identify the victim. ahead today,
for the future of las vegas. mayor carolyn goodman will give the annual state of the city address. it happens at 5 tonight in the city hall chambers. mayor goodman wants you to be a part of the discussion. she's urging everyone to use the hashtag "state of vegas" on social media. action news will be there... we'll bring you the highlights of her speech on later editions of action news. it was a harrowing, nearly 10-hours for more than a dozen miners. they were trapped nearly 80- stories below ground in an elevator! but miraculously they were all saved! up next, we'll show you the daring rescue. plus, the consumer electronics show is in full swing. and we have some new products to tell you about...including a roll-up t-v! it's the video you have to see to the light at the end of the tunnel is in sight! i am
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the aftermath of the accident. clark county fire says it all happened... after the shuttle bus driver crashed into that boulder near las vegas boulevard and warm springs. when he was inspecting the damage... the boulder rolled on top of him. he's expected to be okay. and a similar scare in upstate new york-- 17 minersrapped neart blow grouthat's the sound of relief...the moment those miners were pulled up to safety. the group was just starting their shift... when the elevator stopped working. nats: (0-10 secs) outcue = people on it. that's audio from the 9-1-1 call. as the miners waited for help, rescuers sent them blankets and food. they were finally pulled up using a crane. operations are suspended in that part of the mine until the cause is determined and the
and get this -- they're working in the deepest salt mine in the country. right now, a state of emergency in southern california... not because of el nino, but instead a major gas leak. the leak happened at a storage facility actually back in october. you're looking at video of an emergency town hall held last night. officials think about 12-hundred tons of methane have been released into the air every day. thousands of people are now forced out of their home, because if you didn't know...methane fumes can make you sick. meantime, a class action lawsuit has been filed against the company. and now let's get to those storms -- thousands of homes in california in jeopardy...at risk of mudslides! the golden state is just getting battered with buckets and buckets of rain. that's leading to major flooding. take a look. it's just car after car getting stuck on the freeway.
storm drains systems aren't able to keep up with the downpour. the flooding so dangerous...it flipped this truck over. crews rushed in to get the woman trapped inside out. there were dramatic rescues all over the state. remember, all this rain from southern california is heading our way. so it's the same storm. scattered showers tom the valley and snow to the higher elevations begin to weaken today. cloud cover will be common with spotty showers, some heavy at times, throughout the day. high temperatures only reach into the upper 40s and low 50s today between 10 and 20 mph but will lighten up as we move into the evening. clouds will continue into the weekend but spotty showers will become less and less consistent. by sunday, only partly cloudy skies should expected and rain chances drop off with
and front. overnight low will drop to near freezing temperatures starting friday night into saturday morning and will continue clear into the next week so prepare your homes for possible winter freeze over the next several nights and early mornings. breaking news-- if you have
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passwords may have been stolen! that would mean hackers could get to your personal information and even credit card information. we'll keep tracking this story. here in las vegas, all eyes on the consumer electronics show! we want to share some of the latest products debuting! television maker l-g unveiled a high- definition t-v...you can roll up! the 18-inch display is not for sale... it's just a concept design . but it's possible they may never hit stores. and take a look at this -- a chinese firm debuted a drone prototype that could carry people! the drone has eight propellers and four arms...and would carry one person to a pre-programmed destination. the company behind it...claims it can reach heights of more than 11- thousand feet and speeds of 62 miles an hour... all while running on batteries
don't expect this drone on any store shelves just yet. coming up in our next half hour, we'll show you even more products making their worldwide debut. dr. frank joins us live for an exclusive look. new recommendations out today on what you should eat and how much. coming up in today's health report, it focuses on your sugar, coffee and cholesterol intake. we'll break it all down for you. and there was a huge overhaul of what's found in your child's school lunches. so, are the new rules actually making kids healthier? one study says yes. the details next.
a new, federal report says you need to cut back on sugar...and instead more veggies. it recommends limiting eat the amount of added sugars to no more than 10-percent of daily calories. that's about 12-teaspoons of sugar a day! to put that in perspective, a can of coke contains about 10 teaspoons. according to the report.... americans on average get about 13-percent of daily calories from added sugars... teens get about 17-percent. and good news for coffee drinkers, they say you can have your cup of joe in moderation. just don't have it with any alcohol. but the biggest change centers just don't have it with any alcohol. but the biggest change centers on cholesterol. health officials have removed a daily cholesterol limit!
the plan to make school lunches healthier is working!... according to a new study by the university of washington. the study reviewed more than 7-thousand middle and high schoolers in washington state... before and after new meal standards went into effect in 20-12. and researchers found students are now getting more vitamins and minerals. they also say there is no evidence students are throwing away more food. a big announcement on the brand new arena under construction on the las vegas strip! and if you're a t-mobile customer, you'll especially want to stay tuned for this story. plus, half a million people around the world turned to periscope to watch something happening in england. and you won't believe what had people captivated for nearly 6-hours!
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hello and thanks for joining us on this second half of action news at midday, i'm dayna roselli. and i'm jessica janner. 36-year-old dwayne lawson was actually found in california...during a traffic stop! the shooting actually happened last february on missouri avenue, near boulder highway and tropicana. metro police say it all started with a knock on the door at a home. the victim answered...got into an argument..and then got shot. he's now waiting to be extradited back to las vegas. developing now... several, local fast food businesses have been broken into in the middle of the night. and police are desperately trying to track down the culprits. "three subjects all wearing dark clothing." (butted with) "they believe it's possibly going to be related to the night owl series." just yesterday, a chipotle near durango and elkhorn... was broken into. it's one of at least 5 businesses to have been targeted in the recent weeks.... including frijoles and frescas and jimmy johns. police say the crimes all are similar. the crooks use a crow bar to get in...then go for the cash.
they now have installed new security protocols. (sot alma segura , cafe rio, manager) "certain time we are locking the doors and no one is coming out until we finish all and then we leave all together." and it's not everytime, the crooks get away with cash. police are still looking into all of these crime, but they do believe its the same people. right now police are looking for this man! he's 62-year-old robert vito comito, and police say he's a scam artist...ripping people off on craigslist! they say he advertises houses for rent online...and takes money from victims before even showing the properties. if you have been scammed or recognize him, please contact police. make sure to keep a close eye on your packages! thieves are still stealing your deliveries... even though the holidays are over! it just happened yesterday at this house near centennial and durango. watch this red car. it drives by, turns around and
a man walks right to the front door, grabs the package and drives away. if you think you might recognize the man or the car, please call police. pic)vo a 21-year-old pahrump man is now behind bars for attempted murder, and this could all be because of a fight over a dog. nye county detectives say paul applegate told them he shot into a home several times on new year's day... because the people who live there have a dog, that killed his mother's dog back in november 20-14. and his mother is still upset about it. no one in the home was hurt. an action news update on a bill...meant to save hundreds of animals' lives. the vote is complete... and now, pet stores will only be allowed to sell animals taken from shelters and rescue organizations. pet stores will now have two years to make the switch. officials in henderson say they also plan to pass a similar bill.
utilities commission -- they're meeting right now to discuss a new service charge and changes in net metering rates. you may remember customers got angry last year, when it was decided the base service charge would go up.... and then amount customers got back for selling the energy they produce back would go down. action news has a crew at the scene... they'll bring us updates on later editions of action news. pause for animation now to the race for the white house -- democratic presidential candidate martin o'malley is still in town, trying to drum up support... after last night's big democratic dinner. he just wrapped up speaking with the economic club of las vegas. we'll have what he pitched to voters, coming up on later editions of action news. all three democrats presidential candidates spent last night in town. but instead of going after one another...
the republians! and they went after them on a variety of issues, like health care and gun control. :06-:23 wsclintonsandersnv "i will defend the affordable care act. the republicans are trying to repeal it again today. president obama will veto it. but if there's a republican president... it's gone." (butted with) "ted cruz actually says that the answer to gun violence is more guns," o'malley said. o'malley (butted with) "they seem to have forgotten the conditions that they left this country in, but we are not going to allow the american people to forget that," sanders said. the candidates spoke to a packed crowd of about 22-hundred people, hoping to drum up as much support as they can before our state's democratic caucus.. which is just 6 weeks away. and among the republicans, the feud is heating up between donald trump and ted cruz!
deja- vu on the billionaire! that's because he's questioning whether even cruz is eligible to be president! sot-trump on cnn "do you believe senator ted cruz is a natural born citizen?" dt: "i don't know, to be honest." (donald trump/(r) presidential candidate) he should ask for a declaratory judgment because that will clear it all up. the texas senator, if you didn't know, was born in sot-cruz " as a legal matter the question is straightforward and settled law that the child of a us citizen born abroad is a natural born citizen." right now, the two are neck-and- neck in the battle for iow. while republican presidential candidates have slowly been dropping out of the race, a new candidate is stepping up...for the libertarian party. he's former new mexico governor gary johnson. he was actually actually the party's 20-12 presidential nominee. johnson calls himself a fiscal conservative and a social liberal. he says america's debt is the biggest issue facing the country. pause for animation
the powerball!! saturday's jackpot is now at 675-million dollars...the biggest ever! and even though nevada doesn't participate in the lottery, you can make the quick drive to kingman or primm... like these people who waited in line yesterday. we're sure the lines will be even longer on saturday! your odds for winning? one in 252 million! a case of mistaken identity almost lands a t-v star in jail. still ahead, details on how the man who made "dirty jobs" famous got linked to a much different kind of job. plus, hear his reaction to it all. and new information on the recovery of lamar odom. what his wife is now sharing about his health next. the light at the end of the tunnel is in sight! i am tracking the drop in rain
the first baltimore police officer accused in his death...has been ordered to testify in two other trials. prosecutors say officer william porter is a "material witness" for those other officers. but porter's attorneys say he will fight that order... and plan to file an appeal today. you may remember porter is set for a re-trial...because his first trial ended in a hung jury. and legendary comedian bill cosby will not be facing charges for two sexual assault cases in los angeles. for one case, prosecutors say there's not enough evidence to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt in that case and the other, they say the statue of limitations has expired. but he's still facing charges in pennsylvania. about 50 women have accused them. but he has denied all wrongdoing. an action news update... on lamar odom's recovery. his wife khloe kardashian
and says she's proud of his strength as he fights this battle. you'll remember back in october, the basketball star was found unconscious at the love ranch south near pahrump...from an apparent drug overdose. odom spent several days at sunrise hospital before being transported to l-a. a bank robber takes a unique approach to not being caught. his disguise? looking like a celebrity -- "dirty job's" host mike rowe! take a look. this armed robber got away with cash from a bank in oregon. police released this surveillance image in the hopes someone would recognize him... and people's first reaction? mike rowe! sot - lt. mike budreau (correct spelling)/medford police department we just kept getting "mike rowe" so we said "we are now looking for him based on your tips." cops even joked on facebook saying they issued a warrant
but then, the host posted this photo with an alibi..."i was in kansas city, and i can prove it." rowe talked about the mix-up on good morning america today. here's some of what he had to say-- mike rowe 1:00 - 1:12 "i know what...instead of this." he definitely had a great attitude about the look-a-like mix-up. and this isn't his first time he's been in the middle of a mix-up. he was sued by an inmate who shares his name. a big thank you to one of our very own firefighters. one of remaining firefighters who battled the deadly mgm fire back in 19- 80 has retired! captain john sabol is the last clark county firefighter who fought that fire.. to retire. take a look at this - chopper 13 first on scene of a fire station 34 send off for sabol...near durango and oquendo.
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Square Enix Forums > Eidos Classics > Thief Series > Thief: Deadly Shadows > Why is everything so freak'n blue?!?!?!
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Nope, it depends on your monitor and its settings.
no its not my monitor, every screen i see, on every computor im on. The game just has a shade of blue all over it.
Thats odd. It looks like daytime in that screenshot. Either that or the Mechanists have invented some very effective streetlamps.
remember the game isnt finished yet and all the screen shots and clips are previews which could be the case or we've all gone colour blind!
The reason it is blue is because there is a blue light source casting onto the shadow of the yellow/white light. This gives the appearance of the shadow being blue. If you look at any of the screenshots and pay attention to the shadow of the blue light source (not the yellow/white one) you will see a black shadow.
Maybe they merged with Microsoft? I thought blue had become the new Microsoft trademark?
Shadows at dusk, right before nightfall, would be blue because the sky would be a deep blue, which would show through in any areas not lit by the warmer-toned street lamps. That screenshot seems to have blue in all the appropriate places, if you assume that guy in the stairwell is a mage and he's emitting a strong blue light. Or maybe Garrett is under the influence of the guards' new Poisoned Hallucinogen Non-Lethal-Takedown Arrows.
If you check the screen shots towards the bottom of this thread, you will see, they are not blue.
So sorry operative-x, I don't see a significant amount of blue in them either.
On a side note, I think the guards should have Poisoned Hallucinogen Non-Lethal-Takedown Arrows!! It would be totally sweet!
I think all the blue is either moonlight, or light shining through blue stained glass windows. Windows like this were also in Thief 2, I never noticed a whole lot.
Notice that in this shot the sky seems dark blue, and seems to be casting a blue light on everything.
I think the blue in that screenshot is just from an immature version of the engine, where either the lighting code or the actual values and positions of the lights were not finalized.


Few films could be better described as "of its time" than The Beatles' Magical Mystery Tour. Released in 1967, it really is as non-sensical as you'd expect. No matter. The Beatles were making some of their best music at this stage. Just go along for the ride.
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Advocates call for inspection of Cook County Jail amid coronavirus outbreak
Jail officials will give every detainee with symptoms a surgical mask, but say they only have enough supplies to do that for roughly a week.
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Detainees scrawled messages on the windows of Cook County Jail, as hundreds of inmates have taken ill with COVID-19.
Attorneys representing detainees in a lawsuit over Cook County Jail's response to the coronavirus pandemic pressed a federal judge Tuesday to allow an expert review of conditions "on the ground" after Sheriff Thomas Dart announced new protocols to slow the spread of the virus.
In his report to U.S. District Judge Matthew Kennelly, Dart outlined increases in testing — using new Abbott Labs rapid test kits — and said that infected inmates will be issued surgical masks. Dart, however, noted that the jail would burn through existing supplies of masks within a week unless orders from the Federal Emergency Management Agency and state Department of Public Health were filled.
Kennelly Tuesday requested additional briefs from both sides before making a ruling on the detainees' request for additional emergency oversight of the jail. Another teleconference hearing is set for Wednesday in federal court.
Dart's report also says while jail officials have been providing ample supplies of soap for detainees — a frequent complaint of inmate advocates in recent weeks — soap has been used as a weapon inside the jail.
"The sheriff is entitled to weigh whether inmates get supplies and security issues," said Alexa Van Brunt, an attorney for the MacArthur Justice Center who is representing the detainees. "It is concerning to us that sheriff could say that detainees that are at risk of exposure [to COVID-19] are not entitled to get soap."
Hours after the hearing, Dart's office said three jail guards were injured Tuesday morning in an attack by a detainee in the maximum security tier who used bars of soap stuffed into socks as a weapon. One guard was hospitalized in the attack, Dart's office said. During the incident, that detainee allegedly grabbed the keys from a guard and gave it to another detainee who let himself and another detainee out. In February, a detainee was beaten to death by his cellmate who allegedly use soap in a sock during the attack.
Meanwhile, Tuesday, Van Brunt noted that the sheriff's office had not posted an update on the number of COVID-19 cases at the jail until Tuesday morning, breaking with the near-daily reports posted on the its website since March 23. More than a week's worth of updates also were removed from the site, making it more difficult for the public to track the number of infections.
A spokesman for Dart said the sheriff's office has posted updated numbers of detainees and staff who have tested positive for the virus, and has recently begun separating the number of inmates who have recovered as well as new cases in those reports.
As of Tuesday evening, 326 detainees tested positive for COVID-19, including the three detainees who died after contracting the virus. There have also been 196 correctional officers who have tested positive.
The jail, which held more than 11,000 inmates as recently as the early 2000s, now has a population 4,348, in part due to efforts to have low-risk inmates released during the COVID-19 pandemic.


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Understanding the Kimberley Process
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Global Witness' Fatal Error
Sierra Leone, Past and Present
Talking Conflict Free With Customers
Opportunistic NGOs Seek Spotlight
Diamond Development Initiative
Ethical Nightmares: Global Witness Leads NGOs on Campaign Against Artisanal Diggers
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Film Producer Edward Zwick on the Story Behind Blood Diamond
Sierra Leone: Eliminating Conflict Goes Beyond Diamond Industry
Development Difficulties: How Good Intentions Fail
Interview with Usman Boie Kamara deputy director of mines
RAPAPORT... Martin Rapaport recently discussed Sierra Leone's past, present and future with Usman Boie Kamara, deputy director of mines for Sierra Leone's Ministry of Mineral Resources.
Martin Rapaport: What is the situation in Sierra Leone today?
Usman Boie Kamara: The situation in Sierra Leone today is peaceful and stable. There is no conflict and this has been the case since the official end of the conflict in January 2002.
There are, however, many developmental issues, coupled with high expectations from the people of Sierra Leone. There is political will to effect change and efforts are being made by government and citizens to better living standards.
Sierra Leone Diamond Exports
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Note: Upon implementation of the Kimberley Process in 2003/2004.
2004 diamond exports surged by $50.7 million, 67 percent to $126.6 million.
*2006 data - as of Dec 12, 2006.
Source: Sierra Leone Ministry of Mineral Resources.
The encouraging thing is that Sierra Leoneans have realized that conflict does not solve any problems and that it makes everyone poorer. So there is now a determination to avoid conflict and to resolve issues peacefully, because it is only in a peaceful atmosphere that the development everyone yearns for will take place.
Sierra Leone has excellent relations with its immediate neighbors, Guinea and Liberia, who together with Sierra Leone form the Mano River Union (MRU). The danger of war from neighbors is therefore remote. Steps are being made to reactivate the Mano River Union to encourage closer cooperations between the three countries.
MR: How important are diamonds to Sierra Leone?
UBK: The mining of diamonds contributes to the economic well-being of the country in terms of revenue and jobs for unskilled workers. The rise in the official export of diamonds has not only increased tax revenue and royalties, but has contributed immensely to the stability of our currency, the leone.
MR: How many people in Sierra Leone rely on income from diamonds for their livelihood?
UBK: The total number of people living off the diamond trade can be estimated at 500,000, i.e., a ratio of 5 to 1 of those working directly in the field. The population of Sierra Leone is five million.
The number of diggers working in Sierra Leone can be estimated at about 100,000. In addition, there are many support services that benefit directly from trading and mining activities. The number of exporters from Sierra Leone has ranged from five to ten over the past five years, with exporters' agents averaging about 3 to each exporter. The number of supporters/dealers has generally ranged between 100 and 120.
MR: Are diamonds playing a positive or negative role in Sierra Leone's development? What are the benefits and disadvantages of diamonds?
UBK: Global diamonds have been playing a positive role in Sierra Leone's development, but there are important hurdles that must be overcome to ensure that the benefits of the trade reach the base level of the chain — the diggers.
The major negative impact of the diamond industry is the damage to the environment. This question is being addressed in a robust way by putting in place policies for the reclamation of mined-out areas. A rehabilitation fund was created in 2001 with a percentage of the license fees paid into this fund. This money is being used to rehabilitate mined-out areas and make them useful for agriculture. Recently, a government initiative, YES (Youth Employment Scheme), was launched, employing youths to do the rehabilitation work.
MR: How reliant is Sierra Leone on diamonds today?
UBK: The reliance of Sierra Leone on diamonds has declined over the years as rutile and bauxite exports have grown in importance.
MR: How can we protect the integrity of Sierra Leone diamonds so as to make sure they are not mixed with conflict diamonds?
UBK: Historically, there has not been much of a trade link between Sierra Leone and Cote d'lvoire and, as such, the possibility of conflict diamonds coming to Sierra Leone is remote.
In any case, to protect the integrity of Sierra Leone diamonds, we have put in place mechanisms such as mining, dealer and exporters' licenses. Other measures, including strict implementation of the Kimberley Process (KP), ensure that only diamonds mined in Sierra Leone are exported through the official channel.
The perception of consumers is important, but so is the fact that the possibility of diamonds from Cote d'Ivoire finding their way to Sierra Leone is very remote. One can confidently say, therefore, that no diamond from Cote d'Ivoire is going through our official certification process.
At the Government Gold and Diamond Office (GGDO), where the export of diamonds takes place, there is an Independent Valuator in addition to the Government Valuer. These experts have vast experience in Sierra Leone's diamonds and are under instructions to confiscate any diamond of suspected origin. To date, there has been no suspect parcel of diamonds.
MR: In your opinion, what amount and percentage of Sierra Leone diamonds are smuggled out of Sierra Leone?
UBK: As can be seen from the figures there has been a monumental increase in the carats and value of diamonds exported through official channels. This has been due to a combination of factors, including the Diamond Area Community Development Fund (DACDF), which has been put in place to return a percentage of diamond exports to local communities. This fund not only provides direct assistance to the communities, it also encourages people to use the official channels and stamp out illicit mining, which is the root cause of smuggling.
The value of diamonds has peaked at about $140 million, and because of the difficulty in the production of deeper deposits. there may be a drop in this figure, as easily accessible alluvial diamond areas are depleted.
The percentage of diamonds smuggled out of Sierra Leone in my opinion is less than 10 percent because of the measures that have been put in place and the efficacy of the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS).
It is difficult to ascertain whether diamonds are coming from neighboring countries because of the similarity in the characteristics of some of the diamonds from Guinea and Liberia. One can say, however, that there is not much to be gained by bringing in diamonds from these countries, as there is a certification process in place in Guinea and production from Liberia is virtually nonexistent.
MR: What is the average salary in Sierra Leone, including that of a digger, policeman and monitor? Are there alternative job opportunities for diggers?
UBK: Wages are generally low in Sierra Leone. An average monthly wage is about $50. A digger on contract usually gets $2 per day and in addition is given one meal a day, equivalent to about $1. A mines monitor earns on the average $65.
A lot of people usually have some other means of sustenance such as farming and trading, i.e., buying and selling commodities that they receive from relatives and friends from overseas.
MR: Is it possible to guard all of Sierra Leone's borders? How many monitors are there?
UBK: It is not possible to guard all the borders at present, but a robust effort has been made to curb smuggling of diamonds and other commodities. Measures have been put in place by the National Revenue Authority (NRA).
MR: Is monitoring a feasible reality?
UBK: Monitoring coupled with incentives is feasible and is responsible for the tremendous positive advance of the diamond industry in Sierra Leone.
MR: What would happen to Sierra Leone if it could no longer export diamonds?
UBK: If Sierra Leone could no longer export diamonds, it would have a negative influence on the economy in terms of the employment of unskilled labor and a drop in the economic activities in the service industries that
supply the diamond industry with logistics, such as mining equipment, fuel and rice — the staple food of the country.
MR: What future do you see for Sierra Leone and for the diamond industry in SL?
UBK: To eliminate conflict diamonds, there is a need to eliminate conflict, which goes beyond the diamond industry. We must address political situations and ensure that problems are solved in a peaceful manner. The ills of the society cannot all be laid at the feet of the diamond industry.
MR: How do you respond to NGOs [nongovernmental organizations] that say the KP is not working and that people should not buy diamonds from Sierra Leone because they may be smuggled in as conflict diamonds?
UBK: The KP has had a tremendous positive impact in not only reducing conflict diamonds, but also smuggled diamonds. This is because exporting and importing countries do not allow the movement of diamonds that do not have a KP certificate.
MR: Are diamonds good or bad for Sierra Leone — in the past, present and future?
UBK: Natural resources usually form the engine of growth in developing economies. It is unfortunate that people use them for activities that are detrimental to the well-being of the people. The challenge we face is to ensure the beneficial use of resources such as diamonds to ensure the future sustainability of the economies of our country. In that vein, I would imagine that diamonds are a "potential blessing" that needs to be converted to reality by their proper exploitation.
MR: Should people buy diamonds from Sierra Leone today? How can they be sure they are not conflict diamonds?
UBK: People should definitely buy diamonds from Sierra Leone, as they are conflict free and help the economy and people of Sierra Leone. They are not conflict diamonds as there is no conflict in Sierra Leone.
MR: Do you think the problem of conflict diamonds can ever be completely eradicated?
UBK: Conflict diamonds would be completely eradicated when conflicts for natural resources are eliminated. This is tied up with the political situation in the world today.
MR: What is the most problematic area of Sierra Leone life today?
UBK: The most problematic area of life in Sierra Leone is the creation of jobs and sustenance for its people. This is linked up with the provision of infrastructure and amenities to raise the living standards of its people.
MR: What advice do you have for someone who wants to help or invest in Sierra Leone?
UBK: The best way to help Sierra Leone is to invest in the economy. By this investment, jobs can be created, which would have the multiplier effect on the service industries.
The investment should be not only in the mineral sector, but more so in the manufacturing sector and others, such as tourism.
MR: What do you think of the "Blood Diamond" movie? Is it good or bad for Sierra Leone?
UBK: The makers of the "Blood Diamond" movie are really not interested in the well-being of Sierra Leone and this is borne out by the fact that even the shooting of the film did not take place in Sierra Leone, nor was Sierra Leone involved in any way to put the country in a better light. If the makers of the movie have a message against the movers and shakers of the diamond industry, then the message should have been portrayed without putting Sierra Leone in a negative light.
There is much to be gleaned from this film and it brings home the elements of colonialism and imperialism, where people in strong countries, for their own selfish motives, portray images and stories that do not show the true reality of life in weaker countries.
The movie, however, is to be looked at in the context of the historical fact that Western media has, by and large, portrayed Africa in a negative light and this is one more example of the continuing saga.
I can say with all the sincerity and humility of someone who has worked in Sierra Leone for over 30 years that it is not all doom and gloom. The people of Sierra Leone have great hope for the future.
Article from the Rapaport Magazine - January 2007. To subscribe click here.
Tags: Conflict Diamonds, Fair Trade, Kimberley Process, Martin Rapaport


A mediocre crime novel. Reminds me of the Shell Scott novels that I read in my youth.
An alternate history, this story is set in the years after the Germans strike a peace with all but the Soviets. A killer is on the loose in Berlin and he may be one of the infamous Nazi leaders...a real page turner as the detective Xavier March, an investigator working for the Kriminalpolizei (investigates the suspicious death of a high-ranking Nazi. Along the way we discover the Gestapo is eliminating the remaining officials who planned the Holocaust. The final scene takes place at the now unmarked site of Auschwitz's completely dismantled extermination camp.
In either event, there are things about Fatherland that are "typical" thriller mystery elements. A policeman (Xavier March) investigates a body found in a lake near a wealthy neighborhood, and in doing his job, uncovers a decades-long secret that touches across powerful men everywhere. It's well told and a decent plot, but it's made all the more interesting by the major twist that is the overall conceit of Fatherland.
That is, the book takes place in 1964 Germany after the Germans WON World War II. This is the premise, and it's unnerving how little needs to be different in that world to make it plausible. A few references to Hitler attacking Russia in the summer, and other details left unsaid, set the stage. The German population, including March, have been told that the Jews were "relocated to the East" and understand that follow-up questions to that are not allowed. Author Thomas Harris does a good job of showing the police state mentality, and how easy it is for them to dispose of people who do not fit into their agenda. It is appropriately scary, and Harris does a great job of delivering a message without beating you over the head with it. After all, there aren't many - scratch that, there aren't ANY reasonable people who need to be told why Hitler's defeat was a good thing.
At the end of the day, Fatherland is a good thriller that sets itself apart from others in its category by the setting and surroundings. It's well worth the read.


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Russian Woman Hit by Moscow Police Car in Pedestrian Crossing
A woman in Moscow was injured when she was hit by a road-police car while walking along a pedestrian crossing, a news report said Wednesday.
The police officer who had been driving the car called an ambulance and provided the woman with first aid, the Ekho Moskvy radio station reported on its website.
The woman was taken to a trauma clinic to be treated for "contusions" after the incident on Moscow's Ulitsa Solzhenitsyn on Tuesday night, the report said.
The police officer was sober at the time of the incident, the report added.
Moscow Suffers Spate of Deadly Car Crashes
A series of road accidents around the Russian capital on Sunday evening left at least two people dead and a dozen others injured within a few hours,...
Indian Manufacturer to Bring World's Cheapest Car to Russia
From next spring, Russian drivers will be able to buy the world's cheapest car — the Indian Bajaj Qute, the RBC news agency reported.
Moscow Gets First Big Carsharing System to Tackle Traffic Jams
A government-backed carsharing service launched in Moscow last week in the latest effort by City Hall to ease the capital's infamous traffic jams...


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EuroPride to challenge Italy's 'homophobic parliament'
June 9, 2011 Editorial Staff Pride 2011, Rome
Over one million people will be part of Rome's Pride Festival, and Lady Gaga is going to entertain them. The US singer is to address the crowds with a message of support for gay rights in Italy, which lacks legislation against homophobic attacks and does not allow gay civil unions. The EuroPride parade will make its way through the city centre and end with a concert and rally in the Circus Maximus, an ancient Roman arena. Vladimir Luxuria, a former member of Italy's parliament, said homophobia is on the rise there. 'This parliament is homophobic. The fish stinks from the head and we have a prime minister who is a gay-basher,' said Ms Luxuria, a transsexual who has just published a novel linking homophobia in World War II to the present day.
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