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Elements of a Militia Organization
The "unorganized" or reserve militia is a legal and lawful part of the armed forces of this nation. It is a military organization recognized by the Second Amendment of the Constitution; Title 10 Section 311 USC; The Dick Act of 1903; The National Defense Act of 1916; and affirmed by numerous court decisions.
There is no ambiguity, the "unorganized" citizens militia is not the National Guard or the state "select" militia under the governor, or part of the "organized" armed forces of the federal government. It is literally the entire body of the armed citizenry.
Although the "unorganized" militia can be called up for lawful (Constitutional) purposes, it is not under the direct control of any state or political jurisdiction. It represents the authority and power of the people over the government and stands as the last defense of the citizens of this country against any domestic tyrants.
Purposes and Authority of the Militia:
The purpose of the militia as defined by the Constitution is to:
1. Enforce the laws of the Union (The Constitution)
2. Suppress insurrections
3. Repel invasions
These provisions affirm the right of the people to defend themselves and their republican form of government from all enemies, both foreign and domestic. That means that the people, as the militia have the right to fight, if necessary, oppressive government, to prevent the usurpation of the Constitution (the supreme law of the land) by anyone, including the federal government.
The authority, duty, and obligation of the citizens, acting as the militia, is clearly expressed in our Declaration of Independence: "That whenever any form of government becomes destructive to these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it..., " further "... it is the right, it is their duty, to throw off such government,..." Together these provisions codify the natural rights of all citizens to defense of self, family, and country.
"The strongest reason for people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government." -Thomas Jefferson
With the exception of certain public officials, all able-bodied men between the ages of 17 and 45 not currently serving in the regular armed forces or National Guard, and any former member of the regular armed forces, are by law already members of the "unorganized" militia. Law requiring militia participation are no longer enforced.
With very few restrictions, membership in the militia must be open to all citizens regardless of race, sex, religion or political affiliation. Units not open to public membership and/or which are organized for any purpose other than the support of Constitutional principals may be considered private armies and are not to be confused with the Constitutional "unorganized" militia.
As a practical matter, effort should be made to incorporate only citizens of good character in the militia. Those who advocate criminal activity, terrorism, revolution, or a change from our republican form of government should not be tolerated. This implies that militia members should understand the duties and obligations of both citizens and government under out Constitution.
Elements of Militia Organization:
The basic elements necessary for the formation of a militia unit include an organizational meeting which is open to members of the public; an affirmation and consensus on the purpose of the organization; and the election of officers.
The distinction between a political action group organized to promote Constitutional government and a militia is the military orientation and a political orientation of the latter. Both groups must work together in support of mutual goals. Individuals may participate in both. But, the militia prepare, train, and equip as a response group in fashion of minutemen of Concord and Lexington for the defense of self and community.
Therefore, to be recognized as a militia unit, the organization should adopt a written code of conduct and organization, have a distinctive uniform or method of identification, and implement a training program to fulfill the "well-regulated" disciplinary requirement of the Second Amendment.
Militia Implementation:
A militia unit cannot and will not become a viable military organization, or have any potential for effective response, until the talk stops and purposeful organization begins. Elected officers must effectively organize group efforts and provide for training, unit organization, response strategies, intelligence, and security. Logistics officer(s) must ensure the acquisition of resources consistent with the tactical role assumed by the unit. Every member must acquire and develop proficiency in the use of firearms, field and specialized equipment (i.e. communications) appropriate. Each member should be committed to the purpose and goals of the militia.
To be "well-regulated" the group must be organized, and have an effective means of communications, transport and logistic support. Unit and individual effectiveness, and perhaps even survival, depends upon consistent and frequent training, group familiarity, and the ability to work together as a unit. A regular established program is essential in effective organization.
Supplemental Guidelines:
The militia is the natural adversary of those who promote the socialist New World Order and pervert our republic form of government without the ap- proval of the people. Those who stand in the gap between the people and the constitutional world government invite censure and conflict.
The militia does not stand alone. Whenever possible units should work to enlist the support of the community, auxiliary members, and law enforcement. Militia units should in turn support their local elected officials, sheriff, or police force in the lawful exercise of their authority.
The militia embodies the spirit and ideals of our forefathers and is comprised of men and women who are committed to defend our Constitutional Republic. An unquenchable patriotic spirit compels us to stand for the individual freedoms, liberty, and sovereignty guaranteed by our Constitution. The militia must stand for what is moral, lawful and right if it is to prevail in adversity.


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Miss. undoes law on later school year start date
Emily Wagster Pettus
JACKSON – Mississippi schools won't be forced to start the academic year in late August, as they had been expecting to do.
Gov. Phil Bryant on Wednesday signed Senate Bill 2571. It negates a previous law that would've delayed the start of the school year until at least the third Monday in August.
Gulf Coast tourism officials had pushed for the later start date, saying it would boost the economy by giving families more time for vacation. Legislators passed and Bryant signed such a law in 2012, with the provision that the later start date would take effect during the 2014-15 school year.
Under the new law, local school districts can choose their own start dates. Many Mississippi districts start their academic year in early to mid-August.
House Education Committee Chairman John Moore, R-Brandon, said superintendents pushed legislators to keep the start date as a local decision. Many districts are in the process of setting their 2014-15 academic calendars.
"I encourage all districts to consider the needs of students, families and communities when developing their calendars. Inconsistent school start and end dates can have an impact on enrollment in summer school programs for both students and teachers and can also have an impact on tourism throughout the state," Bryant said in a news release.
Last week, the Clinton school board adopted two 2014-15 calendars — one with the year starting Aug. 18 to comply with what was then the mandated later start, and one with the year starting Aug. 11 in case Bryant signed the bill that he ended up signing Wednesday. With the mandated later date repealed, the Clinton schools will start Aug. 11. Tim Martin, assistant superintendent in Clinton, said the later start date would've affected testing schedules and pushed the end of school past Memorial Day 2015.
Mississippi requires schools to have 180 days of instruction each academic year, and a later start date could've pushed the end of the first semester past Christmas break.
Supporters of the later start date said that because of heat and humidity in early August, a later start to the academic year would help protect students who have football practice, band practice and other outdoor activities.
The bill that Bryant signed includes several other changes that could affect schools. It says that if a school district loses accreditation for reasons other than academic failure or financial mismanagement, students can continue to take part in sports or other extracurricular activities. It also changes the way teachers receive public money to buy classroom supplies. And it says that students who are at risk of not graduating high school can enroll in courses at community or junior colleges.
"Had the Legislature chosen to send me the school start date change in a stand-alone bill instead of attaching it to a measure that includes many beneficial education changes, I might have taken different action with regard to that provision," Bryant said.
• Senate Bill 2571: http://bit.ly/1eVemd6


A little more progress over the last 30 days. Mirrors, weatherstrips and door rubber installed. Door glass was cleaned and installed along with the power window motors and wiring. That took a little time putting all that back in the doors without scratching anything!!
Looking great. Are you going to have done by the fall for the cruise and Ford Dearborn show?
Can I look at yours?). LOL.
What did you do to get them so far or were they rust free?
and finally, I see the door hinges, their bolts and the door were sprayed together in one pass.
As spraying from the inside would miss the non visible side of the parts, how did you manage this?
Sprayed them first once, then assemble and then final a spray from the inside?
Its great to see your grabber lime coming back together Mike.
(03-26-2019, 07:47 AM)Carolina_Mountain_Mustangs Wrote: Looking great. Are you going to have done by the fall for the cruise and Ford Dearborn show?
That would be great, but it is almost Ice Cream season, so that may slow me down for the summer!!!
I could use about three chrome buttons!! Otherwise I have to buy the whole switch just for the button!
(03-26-2019, 10:23 AM)Fabrice Wrote: Fantastic!
The doors were rust free, but we blasted them inside and out to get any surface rust off of them. Next we epoxied the doors and then primed them inside and out. When they painted the doors, they did not spray the inside Grabber Lime, but let the overspray handle the inside of the doors. Each part was painted separately (hinges, bolts, doors etc) then put back together. We put masking tape on the bolt heads so they did not scratch when we tighten them down. Hope that helps.
(03-25-2019, 10:21 PM)Motorcity Mustang Wrote: A little more progress over the last 30 days. Mirrors, weatherstrips and door rubber installed. Door glass was cleaned and installed along with the power window motors and wiring. That took a little time putting all that back in the doors without scratching anything!!
The glass looks great. Was it mostly just dirt and grime or did you have to buff out scratches too? What compound did you use (looks like a can of Mothers?) and how did you do the buffing?


Following a two-week delay due to Hurricane Harvey, Texas Autism Academy began its inaugural school year Sept. 18 at 1009 Pruitt Road, The Woodlands.
Founded by ASD Hope, Inc., a nonprofit organization comprised of local educators, TAA is a private school, which integrates applied behavior analysis principles throughout its curriculum, tailored for students on all levels of the autism spectrum.
Each student has individualized educational and behavioral plans designed by a board-certified behavior analyst, with a student-to-teacher ratio of 7:2.
The school offers a full-day program for children ages 4-10, a half-day program for children ages 3-4, after school care options and summer programs. TAA officials said they plan to add a grade level each year, until they have students with ages ranging from 4 to 22 years old.
The school will eventually offer job training and junior college classes for students ages 18-22. Mainstream and inclusion classrooms may also be added in the future.


Major bathroom renovations are not for DIY enthusiasts or novice builders. While you may try your hand at remodelling your bathroom to spruce it up, you still need professional help. You should not only focus on how much money you will save if you complete the renovations yourself. You ought to think about the long-term effect. If you really want to have a bathroom that will last for years, make sure to talk to professionals in bathroom renovations Melbourne Eastern Suburbs has to offer.
1 – Track Record: When looking for experts in bathroom renovations Melbourne Eastern Suburbs wide, check their track record. How long have they been serving Melbourne homeowners? How many regular patrons do they have? While these may sound like innocent questions, they are important to determine the credibility of the builder.
3 – Recommendations: Just like applying for a job, your builder should show recommendations from people he has worked with. It would be best if the builder is recommended by a friend or colleague or even family members. This will give you an idea that their business is legit. Contact the references they provided to ensure that you are dealing with a licensed contractor. This will safeguard you from any liabilities in the future when you decide to hire their services for your bathroom remodel project.
4 – Portfolio: A builder with expertise in the type of bathroom recommendation you require should provide you sample photos of their work. You should also ask if they can allow you to do an actual site visit to one of their clients. This will alleviate your doubts and help you make a firm decision. Afterall, you want value for your money. By checking the portfolio of any bathroom renovations Melbourne Eastern Suburbs contractors offer, you will have an idea of their style and expertise and see if it fits your standards.
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Author: Nick O'Malley
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A former Scientology leader says bullying is widespread in the church, writes investigations reporter Nick O'Malley. Coerced abortion, violence, intimidation and demands for ever greater "donations" have become unofficial Church of Scientology policy, beginning at its Florida head office and leaching around the world, the church's most senior defector has said. Marty Rathbun, who until 2004 was the church's second-most powerful man, answering only to the present leader, David Miscavige, said the church leadership was obsessed with destroying dissent and increasing ... [Read the rest at smh.com.au]


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Flotsam and jetsam. Photo & text: David Secombe (5/5)
Posted: April 20, 2012 | Author: thelondoncolumn | Filed under: The Thames | Tags: Bart Simpson, Canary Wharf, Isle of Dogs construction, joshua bazalgette, London river views, Victorian London sewage, view from Greenwich | 5 Comments
The Thames opposite the Royal Hospital, Greenwich. Photo © David Secombe, 2001.
From The Gentleman's Magazine, January 10, 1832:
The inhabitants of Greenwich were amused by a man walking under the surface of the water in the Thames immediately opposite the Royal Hospital. A craft was moored off the stairs to which was affixed a ladder, down the steps of which the exhibitor descended to the water. He was dressed in a manner so as to exclude the water from penetrating, and upon his head he wore a sort of helmet which covered his face, and in which were two small bull's eyes, whereby he was enabled to see. During the exhibition he remained under the water nearly twenty minutes.
David Secombe writes:
As far as I can tell, the above photo of a stricken Bart Simpson was taken exactly where the event described in this clipping from The Gentleman's Magazine took place. One can only imagine the amount of sheer ordure than the intrepid aquanaut would have waded through in the course of his heroic feat, which took place over a quarter century before Joshua Bazalgette began his improvements to London's sanitation by directing raw sewage underground and downstream.
The buildings under construction on the Isle of Dogs are for Barclays Bank and HSBC, appropriately charmless additions to London's skyline. What Bart was doing in the Thames, I don't know.
… for The London Column.
Posted: April 19, 2012 | Author: thelondoncolumn | Filed under: London Types, The Thames, Transport | Tags: Bugsby's Reach, corporate London, London houseboats, London Olympics, Millennium Dome, River Lea, Thames Barrier, young Damien Hirst | Comments Off on Flotsam and jetsam. Photo & text: David Secombe (4/5)
Middle of the Thames, west of the Barrier. Photo © David Secombe, 1997.
David Secombe and Katy Evans-Bush write:
The current wave of Olympic propaganda serves as a reminder of what was lost when the facilities in the Lea Valley were built. A sweetly romantic backwater of the Lea, a wild and mysterious haven for wildlife and Londoners alike, an oasis within the eastern London industrial sprawl, has been swept away in favour of a corporatised theme park. Canal boat dwellers on the River Lea are fighting draconian tightenings of rules and increases in fees from British Waterways that will break up a longstanding community and render them effectively homeless – an attempt to make the river suitably anodyne for the tourists (and presumably pave the way for future commercial ventures).
As usual, the destruction of the irreplaceable is described by its proponents as 'regeneration', offering 'opportunities for business', etc., etc. Bit by bit, we continue to lose that older, gentler, more open and more intimate city, in favour of a controlled, corporate-sponsored environment.
The new Olympic desert is the second time in recent years that a locally important riverside enclave has been destroyed under the flag of 'national pride'. In the late 1990s, it was south-east London's turn to get its sanitised corporate make-over, in the run-up to the Millennial fiasco at 'North Greenwich' (i.e. Bugsby's Reach). The Dome was created on a stretch of industrial wasteland, yet there was an intriguing riverside community thriving in the vicinity – including, ironically (see Tuesday's post) a young Damien Hirst, planning his bid for domination of the world's art markets from a ménage-a-trois in a riverside cottage. Clearly, this Ealing comedy-like backwater was going to be out of place next to Blair's vaulting dome, and was duly vapourised – except for a 'picturesque' riverside terrace, which was retained within the Dome's landscaped environs: thus is young Damien's home preserved.
The gentlemen in the above photo were members of a boating club located a few hundred yards downriver of the Millennium site. The club was too near the Dome, then under construction, for the comfort of the planners, and was duly cleared as part of the riverside 'improvements'. And what exactly have been the long-term benefits of the Millennium Village?
(See also: Domeland series, starting here.)
Flotsam and jetsam. Photo and text David Secombe (3/5)
Posted: April 18, 2012 | Author: thelondoncolumn | Filed under: Bohemian London, Entertainment, The Thames and its Tributaries, Vanishings | Tags: Freddie Mercury's cake, malcolm hardee, Tunnel Palladium | Comments Off on Flotsam and jetsam. Photo and text David Secombe (3/5)
Blackwall Tunnel southern approach, SE10, 1997. Photo © David Secombe.
The mock-Tudor building in front of the gas holder in the picture above is the former home of the 1980s comedy club The Tunnel Palladium, so called because the building sits only a few yards way from the mouth of the southern entrance to the Blackwall Tunnel. The club was run by the legendary local comic and promoter Malcolm Hardee, and it played host to many key figures in the alternative comedy circuit at the start of their careers.
Amongst the legions of anecdotes concerning Malcolm Hardee, three are worth retelling here . . .
1) At the 1983 Edinburgh Fringe, he became annoyed by excessive noise from an adjacent comedy tent where Eric Bogosian was performing, and retaliated by stealing a tractor and driving it, naked, across Bogosian's stage during his performance.
2) He stole Freddie Mercury's 40th birthday cake and gave it to an old people's home.
3) He pioneered a stage routine (later taken up by Chris Lynam) in which the performer sings There's No Business like Show Business whilst holding a lit firework between his buttocks.
Malcolm Hardee died in January 2005, drowning in Greenland Dock, where his houseboat was moored; the Coroner's verdict was that he had fallen into the dock whilst drunk. According to the police constable who retrieved Malcolm's body from the water, he was found still clutching a bottle of beer in his right hand.
Flotsam and jetsam. Photo & text David Secombe. (2/5)
Posted: April 17, 2012 | Author: thelondoncolumn | Filed under: Amusements, Artistic London, The Thames, Transport | Tags: Britart, commercial Thames, corporate London, Damien Hirst, Spot paintings, Tate Boat, Tate Britain, Tate Modern, tate to tate | 1 Comment
The Thames, looking east from Hungerford Bridge, 2010. Photo © David Secombe.
From Tate Online : 1 May 2003:
From 23 May Tate to Tate, a new boat service on the river Thames, will be available for gallery lovers. The service, which runs every forty minutes during gallery opening hours between Tate Modern and Tate Britain, will be launched on 22 May by The Mayor of London, Ken Livingstone. The boat also stops at the London Eye.
The Tate to Tate boat service, operated by Thames Clippers, is a state-of-the art 220 seat catamaran with specially commissioned exterior and interior designs by leading artist Damien Hirst. The boat is sponsored by St James Homes, a property developer.
Now that Damien Hirst is the richest artist in the world (proof if any were needed of the global success of that strange London-based phenomenon known as 'BritArt'), it seems entirely fitting that 'the fastest' commercial vessel on the Thames, ferrying passengers to and from the world's most popular – some might say populist – art gallery, bears one of his patented designs. The Tate boat is decorated with Hirst's bright, multi-coloured dots, and travels between those twin bastions of culture, Tate Modern and Tate Britain – the former fashioned from a derelict power station, the latter built on the site of a penitentiary.
For good or ill, Hirst seems to be the artist who best embodies his time; one can't imagine a Bacon Barge or a Rothko Raft, whereas our Damien's spotty pleasure cruiser – made possible by a property consortium – seems completely, depressingly, apt.
(The London Column has not yet felt the siren call of the current Hirst exhibition at the Tate, but you can read a response to the Sotheby's extravaganza of 2008 on Baroque in Hackney. For another view of Hirst and his influences, see: http://www.stuckism.com/Hirst/StoleArt.html.)


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Trump: "I consulted world leaders on Iran, but Rick from Texas had a point"
Angus Thompson
By Angus Thompson
American President Donald Trump has today hit back at critics accusing him of acting rashly by cancelling the Iranian nuclear deal, stating that he consulted many world leaders on his decision, but ultimately it was retired post office worker and singing trout enthusiast, Garth Somerton from Texas, who convinced the president to pull out of the deal.
"While some of those so called 'braniacs' in the press might think having a cohesive strategy to denuclearise the Middle East would be a sensible policy," said Trump, "after a long discussion with Garth, I am convinced that my supporter base of white uneducated Americans whose entire foreign knowledge consists of the menu at the Outback Steakhouse, have a much better idea about how to solve the multi-generational war taking place in the Middle East."
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As Trump's key adviser in this decision, Mr Somerton says he was startled at the amount of media attention he received, describing the 10 person media scrum as "The most amount of people I've ever seen in one place at one time."
"I called Trump about my thoughts on the Iran deal last week, and wouldn't you know it, they put me right through! Said they thought I was just Steve Bannon drunk agin or sommint. Anyway I told Trump that the Iran problem was just like what I do with my daughter Etheline when she eats me candycorn, I take away her pocket money and make her think about what she shouldn't've did that for. Sure she weren't makin no nuclear weapons, but it's all connected ernit?"
Asked if he's had any other ideas on foreign policy, Mr Somerton stated "Mah only policy on foreigners is that I don't like them. Specially those turban wearing, Arab, Muslims in the Middle East, like those Chinese, Kenyans and North Koreans."
Despite the fallout from the decision, Mr Trump believes that his supporter base could become a vital source of knowledge that he could tap into more often for policy, suggesting "These world leaders really aren't that smart and special, trust me. From now on, I'll be entrusting much more of my choices on policies, such as economics, health and the benefits of inbreeding on the collective wisdom of my supporter base."
"Now if you'll excuse me, I've got a meeting with my wife Ivanka. Wait, daughter. Don't know how I got those two confused."


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US-Led Coalition Strikes 2 Syrian Villages, up to 17 Civilians Killed - Reports
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All military activities of the US-led anti-Daesh* coalition in Syria are performed without coordinating with Damascus or on the basis of a United Nation Security Council resolution.
According to reports by the Syria Satellite Channel, 17 people have been killed due to two airstrikes conducted by the US-led coalition against the villages Hidaj and Hamadi in the south of the Al-Hasakah region. Previously, state TV had reported that 8 people were killed during the incident.
Previously this month, 25 civilians were killed and over 100 injured by US-led airstrikes, which targeted the village al-Fadel near the town of al-Shaddadi, also in the Al-Hasakah region.
READ MORE: UK Defense Ministry Acknowledges Civilian Casualties in Syria Airstrike in March
The following day, the Syrian Foreign Ministry submitted a letter of complaint to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and the UNSC president in wake of the airstrikes.
The US-led coalition, consisting of over 70 countries, is conducting military operations against Daesh in Syria and Iraq. The coalition's strikes in Iraq are conducted in cooperation with Iraqi officials, but operations in Syria are not authorized by the government of President Bashar Assad or the United Nations Security Council.
*Daesh, also known as IS/ISIS/ISIL is a terrorist group banned in Russia.
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Noble M12 GTO-3R
We're getting close to ludicrous speed.
Larry Webster Published: Mar 1, 2005
JEFFREY G. RUSSELL
Last fall we were breaking in a new road warrior and testing the Noble M12 at the same time. The car was very quick, and as we were at the staging area checking out the acceleration results, the 20-something new guy got a look. "Damn--that thing's stupid fast!" he blurted.
What was funny was how well that summed up the Noble. On one hand, it is a little, well, silly, since it's a South African-built $76,400 car of questionable lineage that doesn't pass U.S. emissions or crash regulations and gets registered for road use as a home-built kit. But on the other, it is one of the most satisfying cars we've ever driven, and it is ferociously fast, snapping to 60 in a minuscule 3.3 seconds, the same as a Ford GT.
"Actually, it's a component car," clarified Dean Rosen, the president of 1G Racing and importer of the Noble kit. "The car comes in two crates--one with the completely assembled car, and the other with the powertrain. You can join the two in about 40 hours." Maybe we were being a little harsh, since a lot of kit cars we've driven feel pretty good. But still, here in the U.S., the Noble is an obscure machine.
Lee Noble, a well-regarded auto designer and race-car driver, formed Noble Automotive Limited in Leicestershire, England, in 1998. In 1999, he released the M10, also built in South Africa. English car magazines swooned, praising the Noble for superb driving dynamics. One year later, a refined and prettier version of the M10, called the M12, appeared. In 2003, 1G Racing began importing about six each month to the U.S., approximately 30 percent of the total production.
The car certainly looks fierce, a sports car for sure, but it doesn't appear to be all that sophisticated. The chassis is made from steel tubes, and the body is fiberglass. The mid-mounted, twin-turbocharged 360-hp V-6 uses the engine block from a Ford Taurus, and the six-speed transmission is from the European Ford Mondeo.
When Rosen arrived with the car, we did the usual walk around looking for the fatal flaw that would illustrate this low-volume car was built by a small team of engineers with limited resources. None readily appeared. So we opened the door and got in.
A few things struck us as odd. Getting in was easy, and the cockpit, though narrow, offered plenty of legroom. "We have one customer who is six foot seven and weighs 250 pounds, and he fits fine," commented Rosen, and we believe him.
The radio--the only luxury feature besides the very effective air conditioning--is mounted on the dash in front of the passenger, out of reach of the driver. Strange. And the manual windows roll down only two-thirds of the way.
VEHICLE TYPE: mid-engine, rear-wheel-drive, 2-passenger, 2-door coupe
PRICE AS TESTED: $76,400 (base price*: $76,400)
ENGINE TYPE: twin-turbocharged and intercooled DOHC 24-valve V-6, aluminum block and heads, port fuel injection
Displacement: 181 cu in, 2967cc
Power (SAE net): 360 bhp @ 6200 rpm
Torque (SAE net): 358 lb-ft @ 3500 rpm
Wheelbase: 96.0 in Length: 161.0 in
Width: 74.2 in Height: 45.0 in
Curb weight: 2457 lb
C/D TEST RESULTS:
Zero to 60 mph: 3.3 sec
Zero to 100 mph: 8.1 sec
Zero to 150 mph: 26.6 sec
Street start, 5-60 mph: 3.9 sec
Standing ¼-mile: 11.8 sec @ 118 mph
Braking, 70-0 mph: 167 ft
Roadholding, 300-ft-dia skidpad: 1.00 g
*Base price includes all performance-enhancing options.
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A: W. S. Massey gives a rather detailed account in his essay, "A history of cohomology theory" (in History of Topology, edited by I. M. James, North Holland, 2006).  The initial idea was due to Alexander and Kolmogoroff, apparently simultaneously and independently, but there were some "bugs" in the original version.  Čech and Whitney, in separate papers, cleaned up the definition (Čech for finite simplicial complexes, Whitney more generally for finite cell complexes).

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Chaos, Breakdown, Demoralization, Destruction: America's New Normal.
How it came about and where we are going.
Linda Kimball, 2020
You'll never get a clue what's being done to, and within, this country from the complicit "mainstream" media. But a KGB expert who defected to the good guys was explaining it for us back in the 80s. Yuri Bezmenov tried to warn us" Former KGB Officer Yuri Bezmenov Explains Our Four Stages, The Conservative Treehouse, Feb. 2013)
KGB defector Yuri Bezmenov was a foreign correspondent for Soviet media in the West and a KGB officer who defected to Canada. In compelling language he lays out the process of ideological subversion that the United States has been undergoing for more than 50 years:
"It's a great brainwashing process, which goes very slow[ly] and is divided [into] four basic stages. The first one [is] demoralization; it takes from 15-20 years to demoralize a nation. Why that many years? Because this is the minimum number of years which [is required] to educate one generation of students in the country of your enemy, exposed to the ideology of the enemy. In other words, Marxist-Leninist ideology is being pumped into the soft heads of at least three generations of American students, without being challenged, or counter-balanced by the basic values of Americanism (American patriotism)." (Must See: How The KGB Used Leftists As 'Useful Idiots,' to Destroy America, Russia Insider, Michael Hess, Video link posted below)
As you listen to Bezmenovs video (link posted below) where he explains how we've arrived at our 'new normal,' keep in mind that the treacherous serpents who made possible the subversion, destruction, chaos, and demoralization of America were none other than a Western global occult new pagan elite class consisting of the Rockefellers and other transnational bankers and corporatists. It was this power consortium that financed the subversive activities of the sinister Frankfurt School here in America more than thirty years before Bezmenov defected. They also financed the Soviet Union, Red China, and Nazi Germany.
In Cry Havoc, Ralph de Toledano, veteran newsman and a former Newsweek editor, documents in chilling detail how a power consortium of intellectuals, educrats, and politicians manipulated by the Frankfurt School and a deep-pockets world-wide conspiracy organized the strategy to undermine the American system:
"The institutions of civilization and order are under withering attack. Perversity is increasingly a way of life. What was once obscenity is the ordinary currency. The present obscenity is God, morality, the family. Rape and murder fill the newspapers. Children kill their parents, their teachers, their friends—-and 13-year olds demand abortion. Young people leave college less prepared for life than the 18-year-olds of a half-century ago. The Bill of Rights is a scrap of paper, attached to a decaying and ignored Constitution. Education is a medium for dissolution, abolishing learning. The media is steeped in prevarication and nihilism." (Cry Havoc! p. 4)
In "The Naked Capitalist," W. Cleon Skousen exposed the unholy alliance of bankers and capitalists, the financiers and orchestrators behind the undermining and destruction of the United States. Skousen verified his findings through the writings of Dr. Carroll Quigley, a professor of history at the Foreign Service School of Georgetown University and mentor to Bill Clinton. In his opus, "Tragedy and Hope," Quigley deliberately revealed one of the worlds' best-kept secrets: the existence of a gigantic leviathan of political and economic power poised to seize control of the planet.
The power complex said Quigley, has been — right from the start — controlling Marxist-Communist-Socialist, anarchist groups,
"...the power that...Left-wingers exercised was never their own power or communist power but...the power of the international financial coterie." (p. 954, Tragedy and Hope)
Why did Quigley expose the existence of the global financial coterie? Because he said, it is now too late for the little people to turn the tide. He urged them to not fight the noose, which is already around their necks, for they will only hang themselves. (Pp. 4-6)
What is the nature of the NWO under construction? Answer: an occult new pagan theocracy that worships the sun god already enthroned within the UN Meditation Room.
The mural occupying the cap of the pyramid shaped meditation room is a depiction of a quantum energy field (aka abyss, void, one substance) and its creative divine evolutionary energies. It's to this sun god that the world's most powerful people meditate via mind emptying techniques. (2)
For the aspiring initiate, the deeper meaning of the energy field or void is the consubstantiality (monistic oneness) of the initiate's divine intellect with the Sun god above as well as the inward path in which the initiate discovers and experiences the "inner light" (also called the divine spark and inner Christ consciousness). It is a system of occult spiritual doctrine that opens up the mind and the soul to a new level of understanding – salvation comes from within. (Gen. 3:5)
The Occult Theocracy will be a modern Moloch state marked by human sacrifice and slavery of dehumanized masses—-stupid humanized bricks as depicted on the official Tower poster of the EU Parliament. It will be organized around a divine god-man, the highly evolved human link between earth and heaven. The worship of the god-man, or Ba'al, is the assertion of the continuity of earth and heaven. It is pagan monism, the belief that all being is one being and the sun god is ascended man on the scale of being. The power manifested in the political order is thus a seizure of divine power that represents the triumph of a divine man,
"Moloch worship was thus a political religion (it was) state worship. The state was the true and ultimate order, and religion was a department of the state. The state claimed total jurisdiction over man (and) was therefore entitled to total sacrifice." (Rousas Rushdoony cited in "The Antichrist," by Vincent P. Miceli, S.J., pp. 246, 247; emphasis added)
In advance celebration of their victory over the death of the Christian God (Jesus Christ) throughout the West and the United States, Baal's Arch of Triumph made its first appearance on April 19, 2016, in Trafalgar Square in London. Its debut coincided "disturbingly with Beltane, a major pagan festival for worshipping Ba'al."(Arch from Temple of Ba'al to Stand in New York, Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz, Breaking Israel News, Sept. 16, 2016)
After staying in New York City for one week, the Arch was moved to Dubai for a global summit. The places chosen for the display of the arch are indisputably centers of globalistic power.
But why was New York City chosen as a setting for Baal's Victory Arch?
The answer goes back to 1962 when an international occult elite gathered in Washington D.C. to set plans in motion for the institution, on a global scale, of a Scientific Occult Theocratic State. Imposition required that the existing Biblically grounded order be stealthily undermined and broken-down into chaos on the assumption that out of chaos a new order would emerge.
The most important step involved destroying belief in the one true Creator God (the Word of John 1), orthodox Christianity and faithful Judaism. Toward this goal a Temple of Understanding was erected in Washington D.C. where progressive citizens of the new world order would plan and plot world government and develop a universal occult spirituality.
Sponsors, backers and planners of the Temple included John D. Rockefeller, Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara, Swami Prabhavanda of the Vedanta Society; Socialist leader Norman Thomas; Eleanor Roosevelt; Miguel Ydigoras Fuentes, president of Guatemala; the United Lodge of Theosophists; Rev. Fred Jordan, president of International Spiritualists; S.A. Mohamed, cultural attache of the United Arab Republic; many prominent Protestant ministers; eight American Ambassadors and fourteen Ambassadors to the United States. (The Cult of the All Seeing Eye, Robert Keith Spenser, pp. 43,50)
The occult symbolism chosen for the Temple was the same as for the U.N. Meditation Room – the All Seeing Eye of a 'dying and rising' Sun god worshipped throughout the world under many different names such as Ba'al, Nimrod, Osiris (god of the underworld), Horus (Osiris resurrected), Dionysus, Apollyon, and Moloch, among others.
In this light America's so-called 'culture war' can be understood when seen as a struggle on the part of new pagans (ideological Transhuman and Occult pantheist man gods and their followers) to reengage the 4th century struggle between pagans and Christians.
Five major U.S. cities are already bastions of new paganism.
Paganistan is the name that Minnesota pagans use for the Twin Cities region:
"As one of five larger population concentrations of pagans in the United States (the other four being San Francisco, New Orleans, New York City and Salem, Massachusetts), the Minnesotan Pagan community is the subject of a thesis by Doctor of Anthropology Murphy Pizza. In her book Handbook of Contemporary Paganism, Dr. Pizza characterizes the Minnesota Pagan community as "eclectic" and comprising "many different groups – Druid orders, Witch covens, legal Pagan churches, Ethnic Reconstructionist groups, and many more solitaries, interlopers and poly-affiliated Pagans …" (Neopaganism in Minnesota, Wikipedia)
Why Occult Globalists Worship the Sun God
Ancient Near Eastern Scholar Dr. Michael Heiser, Adjunct Professor of Biblical Studies, Liberty University, explains how and why the nations came to worship the Sun god:
"Deuteronomy 32:8-9 describes how Yahweh's dispersal of the nations at Babel resulted in his disinheriting those nations as his people...the nations were placed under the authority of members of Yahweh's divine council (who became corrupt)...as a judgment from the Most High, Yahweh...God decreed, in the wake of Babel, that the other nations...would have other gods...to worship." (The Unseen Realm: Recovering the Supernatural Worldview of the Bible, pp. 113-114)
Occult Global pagans—the seed of Satan— have returned to their first love—mystical nature worship and divine man as god organized by fallen powers, principalities, and Satan since the time of Babylon.
Flying the flag of enlightenment, science, evolution, social justice, progressivism, change, obscene sex education, Cultural Marxism, choice, global change, sustainability, LBGTQ+, open borders, utopianism and other ideological propositions, the seed of Satan are scrubbing America clean of its traditional philosophical and Biblical moorings, history, religious and cultural symbols, holidays, and every vestige of supernatural Christianity so as to reestablish a modern Moloch state.
Traditional Christians—-as opposed to new pagan Leftist and Progressive 'Christians' who oppose the existence of the supernatural dimension and zealously support anti-creation evolution, normalization of ever evolving genders, same-sex and pan-sexual marriage, man-boy love, Drag Queen Story Hour, abortion, and other new pagan cultural developments in the United States—-are forced to keep their beliefs to themselves in order to participate in public life.
This situation is not new, says Steven D. Smith. Christians two thousand years ago faced very similar challenges:
"…the so-called culture wars—specifically the conflicts over public symbols, over the legally recognized norms of sexuality, over the Constitution, and over religious freedom—can be understood as a sustained effort to reengage the fourth-century struggle and to reverse the religious revolution by which Christianity supplanted the dominant regulative ideal in the Western world. The culture wars amount to a counterrevolution…for immanent religiosity—- for "modern paganism." (Pagans and Christians in the City: Culture Wars From the Tiber to the Potomac, Steven D. Smith, p. 344)
The Church of the Lord Jesus at a Critical Crossroad What is needed, said Dewey Roberts, whose farewell to the PCA applies just as much to the traditional RCA, and Eastern Orthodox as it does to the Evangelical Protestant church:
"The Church of the Lord Jesus is at a critical crossroads at this time in the history of our nation. You are standing at the crossroads. Do not assume that all roads will lead to the same place. If you cannot stand up for Christ now, then when will you be ready to do so? If you are not willing to forsake all for Christ now when the issues are so clear, then when will you be ready to do so? This is not a time for weak-willed men who worry more about how well their nests are feathered or their retirement funds. This is a time for men who are willing to renounce all for the privilege of following Christ and going outside the camp to be with him. This is a time to answer the call of God: "'Therefore, come out from their midst and be separate,' says the Lord, 'and do not touch what is unclean; and I will welcome you. And I will be a father to you, and you shall be sons and daughters to Me,' says the Lord Almighty" (2 Corinthians 6:17, 18). " (My Farewell to the PCA, Dewey Roberts, The Aquila Report, Feb. 13, 2020)
"And shall God not avenge His own elect who cry out day and night to Him, though He bears long with them? I tell you that He will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will He really find faith on the earth?" Luke 18:7-8
1. Must See: How The KGB Used Leftists As 'Useful Idiots,' to Destroy America (Video: https://russia-insider.com/en/must-see-video-ex-kbg-agent-exposes-process-cultural-marxist-subversion-west/ri16016
2. U.N. Meditation Room https://www.un.org/Depts/dhl/dag/meditationroom.htm
3. Additional Resource: Global Leaders and the Occult Meaning of the Victory Arch of the Temple of Ba'al, Linda Kimball, June 2018
Communizing America After Communizing The American Government.
Communized Political-Party-Politics, Academia, Education And News Control Are Now Communizing The Rest Of America.
Date: Sun May 23 2021
Could it be that the wayward populations of ancient Sodom and Gomorrah were equally manipulated by evil, equally unthinking and equally oblivious to their own very artfully manipulated 'Useful Idiocy'?
Date: Mon May 24 05:25:28 2021
From: Linda Kimball
Yes. In the end there are only two choices: Christ Jesus or the evil one:
"We know that we are from God, and the whole world lies in the power of the evil one." 1 John 5:19
We who are from God retain our humanity. Those who choose autonomy (the evil one) lose their humanity and even come to look like their 'choice.'


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Inside This Issue: HIV in U.S. Metro areas, HIV index testing, criminalization, co-morbidities, syringe services programs, and more.
New HIV Diagnosis and Prevalence Rates Remain Substantially Higher in MSAs Than in Smaller Cities and Nonurban Areas
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently published a new surveillance report that provides detailed data on new HIV diagnoses in 2017, as well as HIV prevalence data at the end of 2016 for Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs). MSAs are urban areas with a population of 500,000 or more. The report also contains summary information for smaller metropolitan areas (population 50,000 to 499,999) and nonmetropolitan areas (population less than 50,000). The 87-page HIV surveillance report also includes breakdowns by age, race/ethnicity, sex, and transmission category in each MSA, as well as summary data for less populous areas.
In 2017, the overall HIV diagnosis rate for MSAs in the U.S. and Puerto Rico was 16.6 per 100,000 population, and HIV prevalence was 422.8 per 100,000 population at year-end 2016. The MSA figures for HIV diagnosis rates and HIV prevalence per 100,000 population are approximately 2 times the rates among persons residing in smaller metropolitan areas (9.9 and 203.2, respectively), and approximately 3 times the rates among persons residing in nonmetropolitan areas (5.8 and 140.0, respectively).
The five MSAs with the highest HIV diagnosis rates per 100,000 population in 2017 were all located in the South, and their rates were approximately twice the average for MSAs overall: Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL (40.1), Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA (33.3), Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL (31.5), Baton Rouge, LA (31.4), and New Orleans-Metairie, LA (31.1).
In MSAs, the highest HIV diagnosis rates seen among males in 2017 were roughly three to four times higher than the highest rates observed among females. The five highest diagnosis rates per 100,000 population among males were in: Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL (65.5), Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA (56.9), Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL (52.2), New Orleans-Metairie, LA (48.9), and Baton Rouge, LA (47.0). For females, the five MSAs with the highest HIV diagnosis rates per 100,000 were: Jackson, MS (17.0), Baton Rouge, LA (16.6), Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL (16.4), New Orleans-Metairie, LA (14.9), and Jacksonville, FL (14.4).
The highest HIV prevalence rates per 100,000 population for both male and female adults and adolescents were reported in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL (1,519.2 and 550.8, respectively). The Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach MSA also had the highest death rate (23.4) among adult and adolescent males. The MSA with the highest death rate among adult and adolescent females was Baton Rouge, LA (11.8).
CDC has created a 14-slide set that summarizes highlights from the report with top 5 or 10 rankings in HIV diagnosis rates, prevalence rates, and death rates broken down by age, race/ethnicity, and sex.
HIV Testing and Prevention
Index Testing Increases HIV Diagnosis Rates in PEPFAR Countries
Index testing, also known as partner notification or contact tracing, is an effective case-finding strategy for HIV. This approach involves identifying the exposed partners and biologic children of persons with diagnosed HIV infection and offering these contacts HIV testing services. A recent report from CDC researchers and African colleagues summarizes data from HIV index testing in 20 countries supported by CDC through the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) from October 2016 through March 2018. During this 18-month period, a total of about 1.7 million HIV tests with over 99,000 (5.8%) positive results were reported using index testing.
The HIV positivity rate for index testing was 9.8% among persons aged 15 years or older and 1.5% among persons younger than 15. During the reporting period, HIV positivity increased 64% among persons aged 15 years or older (from 7.6% to 12.5%) and rose 67% among persons aged under 15 years (from 1.2% to 2.0%).
"With an HIV positive rate that is more than twice that of all HIV testing approaches combined, index testing was found to be a more efficient approach to HIV case finding," according to the report. "Expanding index testing services could help increase the number of persons with HIV infection who know their status, are initiated onto antiretroviral treatment, and consequently reduce the number of persons who can transmit the virus."
CDC Publishes New State HIV Prevention Profiles
CDC has recently published new state HIV prevention profiles that highlight current HIV prevention challenges, opportunities, and investments in jurisdictions across the country. The profiles provide recent epidemiological data, including the number of people living with HIV, the number of new HIV diagnoses, and the percentage of people living with HIV who are unaware they are infected. The profiles also provide information on the number of individuals who have been prescribed pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in each jurisdiction. As of June 9, the prevention profiles were available for a total of 26 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. Links to all currently available profiles are available in the HIV Prevention Profiles section of CDC's Policy, Planning, and Strategic Communication web page.
HIV Criminalization
New Report Examines Successes and Challenges of the Global Movement Against HIV Criminalization
During the past three years, there has been substantial progress globally in efforts to challenge laws that criminalize HIV, according to a new report, Advancing HIV Justice 3, published by the HIV Justice Network (HJN). "Across the globe, laws used for HIV criminalization are often written or applied based on myths and misconceptions about HIV and its modes of transmission," according to the report. In addition, "a significant proportion of prosecutions [are] for acts that constitute no or very little risk of HIV transmission, including: vaginal and anal sex when condoms had been used or the person with HIV had a low viral load; oral sex; and single acts of breastfeeding, biting, scratching, or spitting."
HJN conducted a global audit of HIV-specific laws and arrests during the three-year period from October 2015 through December 2018. The audit revealed that a total of 75 countries (103 jurisdictions) have laws that are HIV-specific or specify HIV as a disease covered by the law. During the audit period, there were at least 913 arrests, prosecutions, appeals, and/or acquittals under HIV laws in 49 countries. The highest number of cases were reported in: the Russian Federation (at least 314), Belarus (at least 249), United States (at least 158), Ukraine (at least 29), and Canada (at least 27).
Although HIV criminalization laws remain in effect in many countries, "Promising and exciting developments in case law, law reform, and policy took place in many jurisdictions," during the HJN audit period. In particular, "two HIV criminalization laws were repealed; two HIV criminalization laws were found to be unconstitutional; seven laws were modernized; and at least four proposed laws were withdrawn. In addition, six countries saw precedent-setting cases limiting the overly broad application of the law through the use of up-to-date science."
Living with HIV
NIH Renews Its Focus on Reducing Chronic HIV-Related Co-Morbidities
During the early years of the AIDS epidemic, the median survival of a person with an AIDS diagnosis was just one to two years. Today, thanks to advances in biomedical research, people living with HIV (PLWH) typically survive for decades after diagnosis. In fact, the life expectancies of persons who are diagnosed and treated promptly with antiretroviral therapy (ART) are now nearly the same as those for uninfected individuals.
Nevertheless, PLWH continue to experience a variety of health complications as they manage what has become a chronic disease. In particular, PLWH have a higher prevalence of chronic conditions typically associated with aging, such as cardiovascular disease, than persons who are not infected with HIV. Older PLWH also have very high rates of chronic lung diseases and sleep disorders, as well as blood disorders such as anemia that may occur as a complication of ART.
Adapting to the changing epidemiology of HIV infection, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) and National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) "are working together to support a coordinated research agenda that will optimize the health of people with HIV and improve their quality of life by reducing HIV-related co-morbidities," according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
As part of this collaboration, the primary stewardship for two major long-term HIV studies – the Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study (MACS) and the Women's Interagency HIV Study (WIHS) – is shifting from NIAID to NHLBI. Current participants in these studies will now be followed in a combined study known as the MACS/WIHS Combined Cohort Study. "The combined cohort provides researchers from different disciplines with opportunities to focus on heart, lung, blood, and sleep co-morbidities as well as other conditions known to co-occur with HIV disease, including mental health and neurologic illnesses, diabetes, kidney failure, liver diseases, and certain cancers," according to HHS.
The Opioid Epidemic
CDC Resources on Syringe Services Programs
"The opioid epidemic is one of the greatest public health crises of our time. Substantial increases in drug use across the country continue to result in tragic outcomes," according to CDC. "These include overdose deaths and transmission of viral hepatitis, HIV, and other infections, negatively impacting families and communities across the nation."
An extensive body of research during the past 30 years has demonstrated that comprehensive syringe services programs (SSPs) are safe, effective, and reduce overall health costs. SSPs can play an important role in reducing the transmission of HIV, viral hepatitis, and other infections, and they do not increase the illegal use of drugs by injection. Studies have also shown that SSPs protect the public and first responders by providing safe needle disposal.
CDC has recently produced several new and updated resources focusing on the critical role of SSPs in prevention and treatment. These materials include:
A summary of information on the safety and effectiveness of SSPs in reducing viral hepatitis and HIV.
A fact sheet outlining the various ways SSPs help prevent transmission of blood-borne infections and link people to care, reduce and treat substance use, and enhance public safety.
An infographic for health departments and community partners that defines SSPs and summarizes their public health impacts.
An SSP FAQ with frequently asked questions about SSPs and supporting evidence of their safety and effectiveness.
HIV.gov Posts Comprehensive Timeline of U.S. HIV/AIDS Epidemic
On June 5, 1981, CDC published a report describing the first cases of what would later be known as AIDS. On the 38th anniversary of that publication, HIV.gov announced the availability of a highly detailed, updated timeline of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, with particular emphasis on the United States. The interactive timeline presents extensive information on several hundred events over the course of the epidemic, including key research findings, advances in HIV testing and treatment, epidemiologic trends, policy and program developments, and cultural milestones. The updated timeline now includes events from June 1981 through May 2019.
AIDSinfo Updates Its Population-Specific HIV Fact Sheets
The AIDSinfo site has recently published updated fact sheets in both English and Spanish focusing on the impact of HIV infection on specific population groups. Each fact sheet is in a question-and-answer format, and includes a bulleted summary of key points, together with links to additional information and resources. The updated fact sheets are:
HIV and Children and Adolescents (Spanish)
HIV and Women (Spanish)
HIV and Gay and Bisexual Men (Spanish)
HIV and Older Adults (Spanish)
HIV and Drug and Alcohol Users (Spanish)
Digital Tools and Tips from HIV.gov
During the past month, HHS's HIV.gov blog site has published three new posts in its ongoing digital marketing and outreach series. The series is designed to help agencies and organizations become more knowledgeable about digital tools and use them effectively in health communications. The newest posts are:
How to Present Social Metrics to Leadership – This item describes ways to evaluate how social media activities support an organization's mission and provides guidance on how to present that information in a meaningful way to the organization's leaders.
How to Write Successful Subject Lines – In this post, HIV.gov staff share their knowledge about the elements of email subject lines that entice readers to open email communications. One key tip: Lead with the good stuff.
The Most Important Social Media Metrics to Track – In this item, social media expert George Weiner of Whole Whale answers questions about Integrating web and social media metrics, and checking media content to ensure that it is readily accessed by desktop, tablet, and mobile phone users.


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But Lights Out mode and its three dimmed dots never went away for good, as some apps never embraced one of the alternative options. Now, in N, it seems to be taking a different form. The navigation icons still dim, but they don't change their appearance in any other way.
We don't know if this is a regression or an explicit change brought about because the dots were considered too confusing. For now, though, this is the way things are.


Last year, it was officially signed on IBM paper that I would be moving to the IBM Social Software product management team (even though the move was actually back in September 2010). Thus, I figured I would share a bit about the last year and what I'm looking forward to see in the next year.
The past year has been a tremendously fun one. Travel has been significantly reduced (so I can spend more time with the family) and I've learned a lot about how the IBM business runs. When I joined the team, I took the reins for IBM Lotus Quickr Domino and today I also co-manage LotusLive Connections and IBM Connections (Files and Wikis).
Started planning for the next releases of Quickr Domino (more about this below) and worked to improve the documentation to make it easier to find information.
Started working on content for Lotusphere 2012.
Next week, I'll be participating at the IBM Leadership Alliance conference (something I didn't get a chance to participate on last year since I joined the team at about the same time). Looking forward to talk to some of our key customers and get even more content ready for Lotusphere 2012.


Hi so I had this idea for an Airbending sub-style which involves mixing gaseous chemicals in the air to create different gaseous chemical mixtures. Now, I'm no chemistry whizz (infact, i don't know much at all about the periodic table or any of that) but I would think it would be possible for an airbender, if that they had the knowldge and ability to do so, to mix the gaseous chemicals in the air to create poisonous gases or nice-smelling scents and aromas. I don't really know... In theory, I think it sounds pretty cool but I'm not sure about the practicalities or mechanics of it.
The second idea I had is similar to the whole Combustion Bending, Firebending/mind-explosion stuff but with Lightning instead. I know that in-universe the mechanics of Lightning Generation/Redirection are really difficult and 'fragile' (that's the wrong word) but in theory, would it be possible for a very skilled Lightning 'bender' to generate some kind of electromagnetic pulse (EMP)? Kind of like combustion bending but with lightning pulses and explosions. Similar to my previous idea, I think it sounds pretty cool but I'm not sure about the mechanics/practicalities of it.
I like the first idea! There's a lot of specialized forms of the other bending arts explored, but not so much airbending, since for a long time, there are no airbenders. Someone who is able to manipulate scents is a really interesting concept.
Well we've seen Aang and Katara bending the purfumes to confuse the Shirshew, so that application is possible. We also saw Tenzin bend through noctious gas when he was attacked by the equalists. I think the idea of mixing the gases would basically be moving the air around those posionous gases to mix them, rather than the gases themselves. Still effective and easily able to control though.
The hard part about the second idea is that Iroh basically says that Firebender's are not really creating electricty, but just harnessing the charges and directing it through the air, which is similar, but not exactly the same. So to create an EMP, or something similar, you would need to actually emit an electromganetic wave, not just direct the charges. However, it's hard to ever count it out as a possibility, we just ahven't seen anything that would imply that type of ability. Although Varrik found a way to utilize magnetism and even a version of EMP I believe. Maybe if the lightning bender channeled it through a peice of conductive metal somehow, it could be more of a possibility.
That's for the weak, they should just make dark lightning instead.
Invisible gamma ray explosion in your goddamn FACE!
or plasma bend I wonder if earhtbenders can bend plant life and wood or maybe air bending?
what about vacuum bullets that pierce fire by removing its heat?
Vacuums don't remove heat, they remove air, I don't know how a vacuum bullet would work since a vacuum is an absence of something rather than a thing itself, & it'd only really be relevant at the site of the reaction since most of the flame is just hot gas.
I like the second idea but I'm gonna take it another way. Remember how asami uses an electric glove? they can generate lightning but just keep it in the palm and fight with it similar to asami glove. And for Earth bending we could have a lava bender and metal bender. One person lava bending the earth in the metal. In other words bending molten metal.
If waterbenders can manipulate water in all of its states, can they also make plasmas, bose-einstein condensates and fermionic condensates?
also, can twins be born with the avatar spirit? one of them can bend two elements and the other vice versa.
Bending controls the elements as they are relative to their natural states on Earth.
Raava is born into one body. If she split, there would be multiple Avatars.
I think these are really good ideas!
- Bending different gasses is an Earth-type subdiscipline of Airbending.
- EMP is a burst of photons, of light. Light is electromagnetic energy. Airbenders seem to be able to tap into the aether, the fifth element of the classical set, to perform their Airbending+ stuff. Thus, aether with energy is a Fire-type subdiscipline of Airbending.
I had an idea for Earthbending, Concretebending, instead of bending solid rocks you could use concrete and make it liquid again like it was before it gained resisistance, by doing so you would get something like a better water, a liquid that is stronger than water and you could make it solid again and it would be a lot stronger than ice. I thought that if I were to use it I would compactate lots of concrete into spheres and remotely bend them to follow me and use them to form armors and weapons whenever I needed to, like forming an etire armor with some spheres and turn others into spikes to attack, I also thought about creating a board for me to surf on the air by bending it. I'm pretty sure that this technique would make Earthbending the best element since it would have the diversity of Waterbending with the defence and power of Earthbending.
FeijoadaDoCarinha wrote: I had an idea for Earthbending, Concretebending, instead of bending solid rocks you could use concrete and make it liquid again like it was before it gained resisistance, by doing so you would get something like a better water, a liquid that is stronger than water and you could make it solid again and it would be a lot stronger than ice. I thought that if I were to use it I would compactate lots of concrete into spheres and remotely bend them to follow me and use them to form armors and weapons whenever I needed to, like forming an etire armor with some spheres and turn others into spikes to attack, I also thought about creating a board for me to surf on the air by bending it. I'm pretty sure that this technique would make Earthbending the best element since it would have the diversity of Waterbending with the defence and power of Earthbending.
I just wanted bolin or Korra to learn metal/lava bending so they can bend molten metal.
I had an idea for Earthbending, Concretebending, instead of bending solid rocks you could use concrete and make it liquid again like it was before it gained resisistance, by doing so you would get something like a better water, a liquid that is stronger than water and you could make it solid again and it would be a lot stronger than ice.
I thought that if I were to use it I would compactate lots of concrete into spheres and remotely bend them to follow me and use them to form armors and weapons whenever I needed to, like forming an etire armor with some spheres and turn others into spikes to attack, I also thought about creating a board for me to surf on the air by bending it. I'm pretty sure that this technique would make Earthbending the best element since it would have the diversity of Waterbending with the defence and power of Earthbending.
That sounds pretty cool tbh! But I'm not sure if it'd work since water is a main ingredient in liquid concrete. Also correct me if I'm wrong (quickly googled this) but apparently concrete drying is a chemical change and not just a physical one (a physical one being water turning to ice or lava turning to earth) so i'm guessing benders wouldn't have the ability to do that. we did see korra and kuivira basically bending metal like water though so that's pretty close already.
To begin I have to say that concret does not dry, the water is still there, it just gains resistance, something like hardening. Yes, what makes the fluid slurry concrete harden after some time is a chemical reaction, but it happens between the cement and the water, it makes the sand, gravel, stones and every other ingredients in the concrete to bind together, since most ingredients used in the fabrication of concrete could be bended by an Earthbender then he could use his abilities to unbind them, forcing the reverse of what the chemical reaction did. About the water being a main ingredient, even though it, concrete is mostly cement, sand, gravel and stones, it would be much easier for an Earthbender to beind than for a Waterbender.
Well, they would still be touching the earth with their feet, this earth would just be separated from the groundl, you might be right and it might not work but you can always create a board to surf on lava if you're also a Lavabender, although I do not know if concrete would resist the hot temperature and if it would conduct the heat to your feet.
If that's the case then I'm just slightly on board with Earthbenders making concrete liquid and bending it (just not sure if unbinding some sand and rocks will make it normal cement again. It'd be like them turning dirt into wet mud.) Despite the cement being a bit slow-moving when being bent it'd still seem OP in a city, would be interesting to see the techniques.
but I'm still not on board with Earthbenders flying on a piece of rock. Maybe hovering a bit but not flying. Their body and feet's gotta be still and stubborn while bending.
What about fleshbending? I'd imagine an ability like that would cause someone to go insane.


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Q: How do I send file back after Kendo upload I have the following requirements.  I need to upload an Excel file to a MVC based site.  For this I am using Kendo Upload.  In the controller action that handles the upload I need to make a slight modification to the Excel file and then send it back as a file stream.  I am using Aspose for the Excel modifications.  My question is can I achieve all of this within the one controller action without the Excel file ever hitting the disk of web server?

A: I managed to get this to work by using the synchronous upload mode.  My controller action looks like this:
[POST("SaveExcelFile")]
public FileStreamResult Save(IEnumerable<HttpPostedFileBase> files)
{
    // The Name of the Upload component is "files"
    if (files != null)
    {
        foreach (var file in files)
        {
            // Some browsers send file names with full path.
            // We are only interested in the file name.
            var fileName = Path.GetFileName(file.FileName);
            //var physicalPath = Path.Combine(Server.MapPath("~/App_Data"), fileName);

            Workbook excel2 = new Workbook(file.InputStream);
            excel2.Worksheets.Add("TEST");

            Stream stream = new MemoryStream();
            excel2.Save(stream, SaveFormat.Excel97To2003);

            stream.Position = 0;

            return File(stream, "application/vnd.ms-excel", "junk.xls");
            // The files are not actually saved in this demo
            // file.SaveAs(physicalPath);
        }
    }

    // Return an empty string to signify success
    return null;

}

This is only proof of concept code but you can get the idea of what I was trying to achieve.  Upload a file, manipulate it and send the modified Worksheet back down to the client as a stream.

A: I don't think you can. I have used KendoUI's upload control, and it seems that you'll only get to manipulate the file after it's written on the server side.
What you can do is to first save the file, perform your modification, then overwrite it.


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Jigme Dorje Palbar Bista (Tibetan: འཇིག་མེད་རྡོ་རྗེ་དཔལ་འབར།; Nepali: जिग्मे दोर्जे पलवर विष्ट; 1930 – 16 December 2016) was the unofficial King of Mustang (Tibetan: Lo Gyalpo, Nepalese: Mustang Rājā) between 1964 and 2008, until Monarchy, Semi-Monarchy, Vassals and Titular Kingship were abolished in Nepal. He was descendant in 25th generation of King A-ma-dpal bist (1440–1447), who was founder of the Kingdom of Lo. King Amadpal Bista is from the direct lineage of the greatest king of Tibet, Songtsen Gampo.

Biography
Jigme Dorje Palbar Bista was born in Lo-Manthang Palace in Upper Mustang in the Himalayan Range of Nepal. He was the third son of Colonel H.H. Sri Sri Sri Raja Angun Tenzing Trandul, King of Mustang, by his wife, Kelsang Choeden. He was educated privately at Shigatse, Tibet. He was appointed as the Heir Apparent recognised by the Nepal Government in 1959 A.D. He succeeded as the Head of the Royal House of Lo and to the title of Lo Gyalpo and King of Mustang upon the death of his father H.H. Sri Sri Sri Raja Angun Tenzing Trandul in 1964 A.D and elder brother "H.H. Raja" Angun Palbar in 1968 A.D. Bista is the title given by King of Nepal which means Distinguished Baron in the Nepali language and not the Nepali family name Bista. He was a member of the Raj Sabha between (1964–1990) and a Lieutenant Colonel of Nepalese Army (1964).

He married a noble lady from Shigatse, Tibet, H.H. Rani Sahiba Sidol Palbar Bista in the 1950s. He had one son, Angun Tenzin, who died at the age of 8, and he later adopted his nephew, Jigme Singhe Palbar Bista (b. 1957).

Honours
  King Birendra Coronation Medal (24 February 1975).
  King Gyanendra Coronation Medal (4 June 2001).

Ancestry

See also
 Kingdom of Mustang

References

Bibliography
 Paul Raffaele, Il re del Mustang, <Le ultime tribù sulla Terra>, pp. 205–220, fbe edizioni, Trezzano sul Naviglio 2003.

External links

Nepalese monarchs
Tibetan Buddhists from Nepal
1930 births
2016 deaths
Deaths from pneumonia in Nepal
21st-century Nepalese nobility
20th-century Nepalese nobility
People from Mustang District

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