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True Ott
Posted by Total at 3:48 PM
Atlanta Bill November 5, 2012 at 7:26 PM
True Ott sounded like a reasonable man until he repeated the myth so familiar to listeners of Paul Josef Goebbels' radio broadcasts (with due gratitude to Henry Ford) that the Bolsheviks were creatures of a "global Jewish conspiracy" (last 9 minutes). The poster linked here shows the faces and bios of the Bolshevik Central Committee in 1917 with the cause of their deaths. The great majority were non-Jewish Slavs, as should be obvious from their names. And most of them were eventually shot or otherwise assassinated on orders of Josef Stalin, the gravedigger of the Bolshevik Revolution. http://www.marxists.org/history/ussr/events/terror/cc-1917.jpg
The author of The Hidden History of Zionism, Ralph Schoenman, made this important related point recently in an interview with Iran Review: "The dirty secret of Zionism is that it is the Jewish victims of the Holocaust whom Zionism first betrayed and then deployed as 'moral cover' for its crimes against the people of Palestine. ... In this sense, the great Holocaust deniers are the Zionists themselves. ... Most importantly, Holocaust 'denial' provides cover for Zionism by concealing the class history and politics of the [anti-revolutionist -Bill] Zionist movement and its own consequent holocaust against the Palestinian people." http://www.iranreview.org/content/Documents/The-U-S-Government-and-the-Continued-Policy-of-Denigrating-Muslims-2.htm
freepalestine72 November 6, 2012 at 7:36 AM
Let's say that kind of evidence is valid, Atlanta Bill. Why don't you apply the same kind of logic to the claim you have often made that Nazis run Israel and the US?
I'll offer my suggestion why you don't. In both cases your intention is to shift blame away from Jews and onto non-Jews.
My intention is to shift the focus off "race" and onto class. One of my beefs with Dave Emory is that he underplays the connections between what Ralph Schoenman terms the "Jewish haute-bourgeoisie" and the Third Reich, while focusing too much on the Arab connections.
I'd refer you to The Communist Manifesto for this term "haute-bourgeoisie" and have set the following link to where it speaks of the "bourgeoisie" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EMqMgx03iM&feature=related&feature=player_detailpage#t=197s The translator uses the term 'chartered burgesses' to render the 'Pfahlbürger' of the German original. In our standard, received American history, our attention has been directed away from this class of men who sat in each colony's "House of Burgesses". Ralph's 'haute-bourgeoisie' (the hyphen is probably a typo) translates quite easily into "the big (literally 'high') burgesses" and makes the distinction between the ruling burgesses and the small burgesses, or in French "petite bourgeoisie". English-speaking Marxists have been negligent in failing to reclaim the native form of the term.
Ralph Schoenman is rare in having turned the spotlight on this ruling burgess class of world Jewry. If we can blame the world's Germans for Hitler (and I'm half-German), then we can also blame the world's Jews for the Likud and the big Jewish bankers. To speak of a "world Germanic conspiracy" would be as idiotic as to speak of a "world Jewish conspiracy".
ted rubinstein November 7, 2012 at 12:17 AM
freepalestine72 would like the focus to remain on the Jews. Would it be accurate to describe Schoenman as a Stalinist?
What an elaborate evasion of a simple question.
How is the double standard explained by a concern with class issues when my question concerns only standards of evidence?
Ted, Ralph Schoenman has told me in correspondence that he and his partner Mya Shone are Trotskyists (i.e. anti-Stalinists). They are also among the strongest advocates I know for Palestinian rights. The Palestinian People constitute a nation and, as such, are entitled to the full rights of nations, including their own state and return of the land stolen from them. Full right of return for Palestinian exiles!
Free Palestine 72, ALL questions must concern themselves with the evidence. I think I answered your question as to whether I would blame Jews, and I clarified the issue by telling you WHICH Jews. Class is central. Making politics revolve around "race" or ethnicity is a classic diversion, used to great effect by Nazis and Jabotinskyite Zionists.
I said that Dave Emory underplays the Jewish connections, but here is a link to where he does focus on notable Jews with Nazi connections, including Meyer Lansky (with archived audio): http://spitfirelist.com/for-the-record/ftr-690-update-on-the-meltdown-part-5-who-and-what-was-roland-arnall/ And he doesn't spare Democrats, either (here exposing "Nancy Pelosi, Bormann Democrat"): http://emory.kfjc.org/archive/ftr/600_699/f-673.mp3 I don't know whether it's a personal proclivity, but I like listening to Dave Emory (although it took me some time to get used to his repetitive style and I've never shared his faith in Obama).
One more point... If the Palestinian struggle can isolate and discredit the racist elements within the struggle (and blaming Jews as such is racist by definition), it can go a long way toward isolating the fascist element within the current Israeli leadership and among the original founders of the Zionist state. I would allege that there is ample evidence to show that there are and have been Nazi-linked elements both inside and outside the State of Israel whose co-ordinated strategy is both anti-Arab and anti-Jewish (traditionally referred to in Europe and the West as 'antisemitic'). I think Dave Emory has given adequate evidence to substantiate this; his contention is that Western support for Israel masks a deep hatred for Jews and a design to do them ill once their usefulness has been exhausted.
No, the question still has not been answered. If your refutation of Ott is sound then you ought to be persuaded by a similar head count of US and Israeli leaders that Nazis did not take over their governments and do not run them still today.
The aim of all Schoenman's squid ink is to persuade us that a problem exists with a very small fraction of Jewry and a larger number of their 'gentile' (his word) supporters, and that for the most part Jews are victims - of the Nazis, of the extreme Zionists, of history, of antisemitism. Poor, poor Jews, and yes, poor Palestinians. You're pushing the same schtick, Atlanta Bill.
If your intention, Atlanta Bill, really is to shift the focus off 'race' and onto class then how come you endorse Lenin's as the good and true Marxism even though he expressly declared certain ethnic groups as enemies and others – or one, Jews – as specially protected citizens? How come you didn't talk about the way the prison industry is enslaving poor Americans of all races but chose to speak up only for its Black victims in so doing racializing a class issue (in the Fetzer/Brooks thread)? How come you used so many anti-White slurs in that thread (cracker, white boy, etc.)? How come you barracked Dr Fetzer for merely appearing on the show of a White civil rights advocate (Mike Harris) but didn't complain when Dr Fetzer positively endorsed the ideas of a Black civil rights advocate.
It's obvious to me that 'Marxism' for you is a cover for ethnic aggression, just as it was for Lenin, Trotsky, Zinoviev and other racist, Jewish mass murderers.
Free Palestine, Lenin never did any such thing; he and his co-revolutionists fought tooth-and-nail against any form of racism, inflaming the Jews of the Bund by opposing their right to agitate exclusively in the Jewish communities of Russia (see my following comment below).
I just used the slave example because it was the most extreme, and it was one that I was familiar with since I'm a Georgia cracker myself and was using 'cracker', 'white boy', etc. in jest. My beef with Mike Harris isn't that he advocates White civil rights, but that he regurgitates classic Nazi propaganda (by the way, I have a problem with labeling European-Americans such as myself "White", as my German side is schwartzbraun "black-brown" Bavarian). I agree with you that Barack Husein Obama uses "race" as a political ploy; indeed, he's quite a racist.
The denial of exclusive Jewish right to organize Russian Jews was a decision voted by the Bolshevik party, which was an episode well known to honest students of Russian history...
"In connection with the Party Rules, the congress had to deal with the question of the Bund. The Bund laid claim to a special position within the Party. It demanded to be recognized as the sole representative of the Jewish workers in Russia. To comply with this demand would have meant to divide the workers in the Party organizations according to nationality, and to renounce common territorial class organizations of the workers. The congress rejected the system of organization on national lines proposed by the Bund. Thereupon the Bundists quit the congress." http://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/stalin/works/1939/x01/ch02.htm
freepalestine72 November 9, 2012 at 10:00 AM
"Lenin never did any such thing (expressly declared certain ethnic groups as enemies and others – or one, Jews – as specially protected citizens)"
This is not true. Anti-semitism was made illegal in the USSR, punishable by death. Whereas we can thank yalfnsm in the Mike Harris thread for pointing us to the http://marxwords.blogspot.com collection of quotes:
"I am confident that the suppression of the Kazan Czechs and White Guards, and likewise of the bloodsucking kulaks who support them, will be a model of mercilessness." - V. I. Lenin (George Leggett, The Cheka: Lenin's Political Police [Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1981], p119)
Will you deny that 'Kazan Czechs' is an ethnic designation? Is not a call for the 'merciless suppression' of a specific ethnic group a declaration that they are an enemy?
The 'revolution' was ever thus:
"All the other large and small nationalities and peoples are destined to perish before long in the revolutionary world storm… these residual fragments of peoples always become fanatical standard-bearers of counter-revolution and remain so until their complete extirpation or loss of their national character… [A general war will] wipe out all these petty hidebound nations, down to their very names. The next world war will result in the disappearance from the face of the earth not only of reactionary classes and dynasties, but also of entire reactionary peoples. And that, too, is a step forward."
"… only by the most determined use of terror against these Slav peoples can we [Germans], jointly with the Poles and Magyars, safeguard the revolution…"
both - Friedrich Engels
Entire specific ethnies characterised negatively, targeted for cultural genocide and revolutionary war!
"If, for instance, among us the mathematical axioms seem self-evident to every eight-year-old child, and in no need of proof from experience, this is solely the result of "accumulated inheritance." It would be difficult to teach them by a proof to a bushman or Australian negro".
"The plentiful meat and milk diet among the Aryans and the Semites, and particularly the beneficial effects of these foods on the development of children, may, perhaps, explain the superior development of these two races."
– both Engels again, on race differences in intelligence
"In January 1849, months before he migrated to London, Karl Marx published an article by Friedrich Engels in Die Neue Rheinische Zeitung announcing that in Central Europe only Germans, Hungarians and Poles counted as bearers of progress. The rest must go. "The chief mission of all other races and peoples, large and small, is to perish in the revolutionary holocaust."
- George Watson on Marx. Once again we see the singling out of certain nations for protection and support, where other nations because of some allegedly generalized character are slated for genocide.
Capital, vol. 3, chapter 47: "The possibility is here presented for definite economic development taking place, depending, of course, upon favourable circumstances, inborn racial characteristics, etc."
– Marx again claiming that only some nations are made of the right stuff …
"Society is undergoing a silent revolution, which must be submitted to, and which takes no more notice of the human existences it breaks down than an earthquake regards the houses it subverts. The classes and the races, too weak to master the new conditions of life, must give way."
– Marx again, this time saying certain lesser races must 'give way' to the superior races and to history."
I find it amusing that you still cite that clown Emory after someone posted a link to an article where Emory, who pretends to believe that Nazis run the world, is quoted bitching about how the Jews haven't used their control of the media to boost his career even though he's done everything possible to push their anti-nazi/pro-Jew propaganda. Not to mention the Barbara Honegger/Nazi assassin claim. You're as dumb and duplicitous as he is, Atlanta Bill.
Atlanta Bill November 8, 2012 at 10:06 PM
Free Palestine (for Nazi takeover), the other comments of yours are not worth replying to, as they pretty much expose you as a witch-hunting racist. Lenin was only 1/4 Jewish on his mother's side, by the way; the other 1/4 there was German; his father was Mongolian and Slavic (Ulyanov), but what difference would any of that make if one's not a racist.
That's a question you should ask your guru for it mattered to him:
Peter Myers has collected some original source material on the national identity and attitudes to different races of Lenin and Trotsky, including an impeccable source, Lenin's sister:
http://mailstar.net/lenin-trotsky.html, quoting:
In Volkogonov's biography Lenin, he writes of Lenin's Jewish self-identity: Lenin's sister Anna confirmed it in a letter to Stalin.
"{p. 8} In her letter to Stalin, Anna wrote, 'It's probably no secret for you that the research on our grandfather shows that he came from a poor Jewish family ...
"{p. 9} ' ... she also asserted ... that Lenin's Jewish origins 'are further confirmation of the exceptional abilities of the Semitic tribe, [confirmation] always shared by Ilyich [Lenin] ... Ilyich always valued the Jews highly'. ... Anna's claim explains, for instance, why Lenin frequently recommended giving foreigners, especially Jews, intellectually demanding tasks, and leaving the elementary work to the 'Russian fools'..
"But a little over a year later, Anna approached Stalin again, asserting that 'in the Lenin Institute, as well as in the Institute of the Brain ... they have long recognized the great gifts of this nation and the extremely beneficial effects of its blood on the progeny of mixed marriages. Ilyich himself rated their revolutionary qualities highly, contrasting it with the more sluggish and unstable character of the Russians. He often pointed out that the great [attributes of] organization and the strength of the revolutionary bodies in the south and west [of Russia] arose precisely from the fact that 50 per cent of their members were of that nationality.' But Stalin, the Russified Georgian, could not allow it to be known that Lenin had Jewish roots, and his strict prohibition remained firmly in place."
"{p.xxxvii} He {Lenin} went on: 'Hand out the work to Russian idiots: send the cuttings here, but not occasional issues (as these idiots have been doing until now).'
"{p. 112} He {Lenin} might have been thinking of Parvus (or perhaps himself?) when he said to Gorky: 'the clever Russian is almost always a Jew or has Jewish blood in him.'"
The sections at that page on Trotsky's friendly and tolerant attitude to Jewish identity and ethnonationalism, in stark contrast to his attitude to other nationalisms which he sought to see eradicated are very illuminating.
http://mailstar.net/lenin-trotsky.html
Stooy44 November 9, 2012 at 8:46 AM
The globalists would love us to believe that they can cause hurricanes, earthquakes and other natural disasters, and every time one happens we get "leaks" trying to convince us that the gobalists and not nature were to blame. Bull. They are acts of nature, the maniacs who run this planet do not have this much power, even though they are clearly trying to make us believe that they do so that we are in even greater fear of them.
Mr. Fetzer, you are either extremely gullible, or like Alex Jones obviously is, you are working for the bad guys.
How can anyone believe such obvious lies, "leaks" suggesting that storms like Sandy and even Katrina were man-made?? Ya right!! Give your head a shake, Jim. These are acts of nature.
Free Palestine, your source references a letter to Stalin! http://mailstar.net/lenin-trotsky.html (from Stalin's personal papers liberated by the German Wehrmacht somewhere, no doubt) Stalin moved whole populations out of ethnic areas of Russia. I love it how the Goebbelsian disinformation network uses Stalinist sources to discredit real Bolsheviks in support of a "world Jewish conspiracy" theory. Henry Makow does this with Russian Left Oppositionist and Jewish friend of Totsky Christian Rakovsky, using the testimony of Rakovsky's Stalinist jailor as proof that Rakovsky was working for Jewish bankers.
"Banker and boss hate the Red Soviet star.
The bosses would build a new throne for the Czar.
Then from the steppes to the dark British sea
Trotsky's Red Army brings victory!"
--first stanza of the song "Trotsky's Red Army"
Atlanta Bill November 10, 2012 at 12:36 AM
I deleted the comment above because of a typo, but my correction disappeared. Strange. Here's what I had... Free Palestine's source, as he noted above, quotes alleged letters between Trotsky's sister and Josef Stalin(!). How is one to accept evidence from the collected correspondence of Trotsky's arch-enemy, if such letters ever existed? Perhaps they were discovered by the German Wehrmacht while on their humanitarian and truth-seeking mission in Russia.
freepalestine72 November 12, 2012 at 1:05 AM
The letters, as stated quite clearly in my comment and at the link, were between Lenin's sister and Stalin. They came from declassified KGB files and were exhibited at the Moscow State Historical Museum last year. I guess the omnipotent Nazis control the Commies and the KGB, too! I'm joking of course but this buffoon may turn round and agree.
These source of the letters and the story of their public exposure are facts easily googled but Atlanta Bill does not seem overly interested in facts or truth.
He professes a knowledge of Lenin, claims to know absolutely that Lenin was never racist, yet Lenin's habit of making positive reference to Jews especially in comparison with 'Russian idiots' is quite well-attested to in the literature on the major personalities of the Soviet Union. In addition to the quotes posted already from Lenin's own sister and Dmitri Volkogonov in his 1994 biography LENIN:
"Lenin's non-Russian ethnic antecedents — Mongol, Jewish, Swedish and
German — may partly explain his often expressed contempt for Russia and the
Russians ... He often used the phrase 'Russian idiots.'" ~ Orlando Figes, A PEOPLE'S TRAGEDY (1997)
"This helps explain Lenin's contempt for old Russia - 'Russian idiots' was a favourite curse." ~ Simon Sebag Montefiore, YOUNG STALIN (2010)
"on 16 October 1919 Lenin wrote to S. Yelyava … [use Germans, Italians and Frenchmen for the purpose] 'As for the Russian idiots' …" ~ Volkogonov, AUTOPSY FOR AN EMPIRE (1999)
Even when I further quote Lenin himself calling for the merciless suppression of a specific ethnic group Atlanta Bill ignores all these facts and accuses me of being the racist! Hey, I'm just here advocating the end of double standards and Marxist genocide propaganda that seem to me blatantly racist. All of the double standards, hatred, contempt, hostility and bellicosity directed at ethnic groups or races in this thread has come from Atlanta Bill and his Marxist gurus. I haven't expressed any.
The reliance by the Goebbelsian network on Stalinist sources is laughable. Henry Makow tells us that Trotsky's friend and fellow Left Oppositionist Christian Rakovsky admitted to his jailor while in one of Stalin's prisons (later to escape) that he was an agent of the "world Jewish banking conspiracy" - this on the testimony of Stalin's jailor. Keep that word 'banking' in mind as you read the first stanza of the Revolutionary song "Trotsky's Red Army":
Then from the steppes to the dark British Sea,
Trotsky's Red Army brings victory."
Sources actually cited: Marx, Engels, Lenin, Trotsky. References or influence from Goebbels: none.
Why on earth would Henry Makow put out stuff about Jewish bankers that's easily discredited - by the swill about the Illuminati, masons and satanism, long before anyone examines the details?
Why, oh, why? Why?
freepalestine72 asked "How is the double standard explained by a concern with class issues when my question concerns only standards of evidence?"
Just so. If we take atlantabill's reply as honest and straightforward it makes sense only as a declaration that he is prepared to lie about race when he thinks it would further his class struggle, he is saying:
"I don't care, frankly, whether German National Socialists do not really control the U.S. and Israel, it helps my economic argument if others believe they do. I don't care, frankly, whether Jews really were in control of the Soviet Union, it helps my economic arguments if others believe they were not."
But how does this help his economic argument in any way? It does not appear to bear any relation to his professed economic concerns nor does it 'shift the focus off race'. Rather, as freepalestine72 says, it simply shifts the focus from one race to another.
"the other comments of yours are not worth replying to, as they pretty much expose you as a witch-hunting racist"
I am without an ideological dog in the fight. I'm neither Marxist or Hitlerite, nor Russian, German or Jew. I read this thread with fresh eyes and an open mind. The quotes from Marx, Engels and Lenin, and your own comments and style of argumentation were quite disgusting. The 'witch hunting racist' label better suits you and yours, atlantabill. In contrast there is not even the hint of racism in freepalestine72's comments.
Constructor November 12, 2012 at 5:10 PM
It's pretty clear that atlantabill is some type of disinfo agent:
this is a useful article explaining how to spot these guys:
http://cryptome.org/2012/07/gent-forum-spies.htm
If anybody (including atlantabill) has a more concise checklist, could you please post it? Thanks in advance.
Stooy44 November 14, 2012 at 5:30 AM
Consturctor, do you believe that people who buy into the theory that hurricanes like Katrina and storms like Sandy are man-made are themselves disinfo agents? Deluded and gullible? Or correct in their views?
http://sincedutch.wordpress.com/2012/11/14/11142012-2hour-interview-deep-earth-bunker-radio-weather-modification-hurricane-sandy-frankenstorm/
and the earlier
http://sincedutch.wordpress.com/2012/11/04/geoengineeringfrankenstorm-hurricane-sandy-and-the-air-force-weather-weapon-system-part1/
Personally I do not believe any of the weather modification theories. Maybe on a small scale they can do things, but I do not believe they can cause major storms. I think this is lies, disinfo, "leaks", all designed to make us fear the globalists. These maniacs are going off, and they know it, so they are trying everything they can now. But they will fail. Do not buy into the lies of Alex Jones and others who exaggerate the power of these people.
Stooy44, I am on the fence on that topic. I agree with your comment above that we (the non-elite) have to be very careful not to disempower ourselves by letting the elite convince us that they have a lot more power than they actually do have. But then again, we don't want to delude ourselves into thinking they have less power than they do have. It's a real Psy-Op knife-edge. Whether they can cause large storms, I wouldn't be surprised but I am not convinced either way...in large part because I haven't spent any time going through the evidence for / against.
Agreed Constructor. But any "evidence" could well be fabricated. If the globalists had half the power that people like Alex Jones say they do, they would have completely taken over the planet a long time ago. I hope Mr. Fetzer keeps a cool head and understands this. It is dangerous to fall for all so-called "leaks", "evidence" and so forth.
We also hear a lot of talk about the depopulation agenda of the globalists, and that it goes back almost 100 years. Really? Last time I looked the planet passed 7 billion, and the population has been increasing exponentially for a very long time.
They lied and told us they put a man on the moon. They DO NOT even have this much power in reality.
At Roswell what happened is obvious. They faked an alien crash and then pretended to cover it up as if it really happened.
We could go on and on about their lies, designed to make themselves look stronger than they really are.
Another interesting source, dated, but with lots of bibliography and footnote support, is Crichton's "book State of Fear". Was Crichton an psy- ops operative for someone? Or a scientist?
Constructor November 16, 2012 at 10:24 PM
You can be both a psy-ops operative and a scientist...all rolled into one corrupt unit. Look at the greasy scientists that the oil and gas sector digs up to speak against global warming.
To clarify: "Look at the greasy scientists that the oil and gas sector digs up to assert that human burning of fossil fuels is not significantly contributing to global warming."
That problem is overstated, Constructor, and is more a function of Them controlling both sides of the debate. Most of the funding for the climate change agenda comes from people who control Big Oil, sometimes through their Big Oil operations themselves, at other times through their control of banking, government, heavy industry etc. The really vocal and scientifically rigorous climate change sceptics - Tim Ball, Richard Lindzen, Christopher Monckton and so on receive nothing from BP, Shell and the like.
On the other hand every clown who wants to examine the effect of global warming on (insert object) gets funding for his study from major corporations and foundations never more than one degree of separation removed from the people who control Big Oil, if not those Oil corps themselves.
And there is evidence that both 'fossil fuels' and 'global warming' are myths promoted to enrich these interests. I mean, what global warming? There hasn't been any for years. And during the last period of warming, which coincided with a cycle of extreme solar activity, both Mercury and Venus experienced warming too, quite predictably. A local novel explanation for warming on earth was unnecessary and now that both extreme solar activity and warming on Earth, Mercury and Venus have ceased the link looks even more compelling, and the CO2 explanation even less so.
If oil and coal are fossil fuels than how and why do drained oil wells spontaneously refill? How and why do hundreds of coal seams around the world burn constantly for centuries at a time. Just how many dang dinosaurs piled themselves into that hole in the first place?
Nice try Carl,
The greenhouse effect is the result of a pretty simple cause and effect: more C02 in the atmosphere results in higher temperatures at the earth's surface. Another simple cause and effect is that burning a bunch of carbon-based fuels (call them fossil fuels if you believe they came from fossils[nice red hearing you introduced above]) causes a bunch of C02 to be released into the atmosphere. Since the industrial revolution we've released absurd amounts into the atmosphere. These amounts, and their coincidence with increasing global temperatures, can't just be swept under the carpet for the sake of contrarian thinking.
Carl...the trick in life is not to be a contrarian; being a contrarian is easy, anybody can just say something is not true based on some cherry-picked 'facts'. The trick is to be an independent thinker, which means accepting the status quo when it supported by overwhelming evidence, which global warming is.
What global warming? That trend finished nearly twenty years ago and could not have done so if industrial development was the single cause.
What proportion of CO2 in the atmosphere is caused by industrial development? Clue: it's minsicule.
What caused previous changes in temperature before industrialization? And why should we not suppose they were responsible for recent changes?
You called them fossil fuels, I responded by querying that claim.
If global warming were supported by overwhelming evidence, why have former 'global warming' stopped talking about it? Now, since the most recent cycle of global warming has clearly ended - just as the sun's cycle of mass activity ended, coincidentally - they talk about 'climate change' and even more recently, 'climate disruption'.
Are you aware that over 1000 climate scientists have signed a declaration of skepticism over the CO2/climate change hysteria. This dwarfs the number of climate scientists responsible for promoting the CO2/climate change hysteria where most of the people associated with the IPCC and other official committees are computer modellers, sociologists, archaeologists, ecologists and even trash collectors and train drivers.
#why have former 'global warming' PROPONENTS stopped talking about it?
Constructor November 20, 2012 at 10:49 AM
Carl, I'm willing to check out your claims honestly. Can you please forward me a couple of key links / sources that sum up your above assertions.
Carl, you will of course have to counter this. It's recent (July 2012) and decent scientific support for human-caused global climate change.
Climate change study forces skeptical scientists to change minds. Earth's land shown to have warmed by 1.5C over past 250 years, with humans being almost entirely responsible (2012 Guardian Article)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2012/jul/29/climate-change-sceptics-change-mind
Prof Richard Muller, a physicist and climate change skeptic who founded the Berkeley Earth Surface Temperature (Best) project, said he was surprised by the findings. "We were not expecting this, but as scientists, it is our duty to let the evidence change our minds." He added that he now considers himself a "converted skeptic" and his views had undergone a "total turnaround" in a short space of time.
"Our results show that the average temperature of the Earth's land has risen by 2.5F over the past 250 years, including an increase of 1.5 degrees over the most recent 50 years. Moreover, it appears likely that essentially all of this increase results from the human emission of greenhouse gases," Muller wrote in an opinion piece for the New York Times.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/30/opinion/the-conversion-of-a-climate-change-skeptic.html?_r=3&pagewanted=all&
Berkley Earth Results Summary
http://berkeleyearth.org/results-summary/
Berkley Earth Land Temperature Anomaly Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHZzACcYJRo
A New Estimate of the Average Earth Surface Land Temperature Spanning 1753 to 2011 (The Berkeley Earth team commonly refers to this as the "Results" paper)
http://berkeleyearth.org/pdf/results-paper-july-8.pdf
This a useful word...found in a pretty good thread on global warming.
http://science.slashdot.org/story/12/11/20/2352255/climate-contrarians-seek-leadership-of-house-science-committee
skep-tic-tard /`skeptiktard/ Noun: A person inclined to question or doubt all accepted opinions, regardless of any and all facts. Sees a changing of the mind when presented with good solid evidence as a moral failing.
The same thing as a contrarian...much better to be an independent thinker.
The Muller/NYT/Guardian case provides a very good example of the method of the fraudsters.
Here's the truth about Muller, links at source blog ( http://www.populartechnology.net/2012/06/truth-about-richard-muller.html ) - and the case also provides an example of a fossil fuel billionaire funding research by a known global warming alarmist that was used to promote AGW hysteria dishonestly:
"I was never a skeptic" - Richard Muller, 2011
Richard Muller has never been a skeptic, at best he had a moment of intellectual honesty towards skeptics when he acknowledged Steve McIntyre's debunking of Mann's Hockey Stick, only to later dismiss this as irrelevant to the global warming debate, "This result should not affect any of our thinking on global warming". Hardly surprising, as Muller considers the carbon dioxide produced from burning fossil fuels to be, "the greatest pollutant in human history" and likely to have, "severe and detrimental effects on global climate". The future outlook for global warming according to Muller is that, "it's going to get much, much worse" and thus advocates that the United States immediately pay China and India hundreds of billions of dollars to cut back their carbon emissions or, "it'll be too late". No wonder he endorsed "The Earth is the Great Ship Titanic", Steven Chu as "perfect" for U.S. Energy Secretary and Al Gore's hypocritical alarmism,
"If Al Gore reaches more people and convinces the world that global warming is real, even if he does it through exaggeration and distortion - which he does, but he's very effective at it - then let him fly any plane he wants." - Richard Muller, 2008
"There is a consensus that global warming is real. ...it's going to get much, much worse." - Richard Muller, 2008
"Let me be clear. My own reading of the literature and study of paleoclimate suggests strongly that carbon dioxide from burning of fossil fuels will prove to be the greatest pollutant of human history. It is likely to have severe and detrimental effects on global climate." - Richard Muller, 2003
Medieval Global Warming (MIT Technology Review, December 17, 2003)
Global Warming Bombshell (MIT Technology Review, October 15, 2004)
Author and physicist Richard A. Muller chats with Grist about getting science back in the White House (Grist, October 7, 2008)
Physics the Next President Needs to Know (Wired, November 2, 2008)
Steven Chu named U.S. Energy Secretary (KGO-TV, December 15, 2008)
Physics for Future Presidents: The Science Behind the Headlines (Richard Muller, 2009)
'In the Great Ship Titanic' (The Daily Beast, April 10, 2009)
Richard Muller, Climate Researcher, Navigates The Volatile Line Between Science And Skepticism (The Huffington Post, November 3, 2011)
--- do you see how they lie, Constructor?
http://www.climatedepot.com/a/10426/Climate-Depot-Round-Up-on-Richard-Muller-Scientists-trashing-Mullers-workMuller-stands-accused-of-being-front-man-for-geoengineering-org--Muller-Responds-to-Climate-Depot
further links at link above
[Climate Depot, serving the public interest, continues it's coverage of Richard Muller of Berkeley's BEST temperature project]
Scientists Trashing Muller's work: Peter Thorne of NCDC: 'The Berkeley team had been 'seriously compromised' by publicizing its work before publishing any vetted papers'
Muller calculating his scientific claims?! 'He basically destroys the reputation & research of most of [AGW's] most notable super stars & yet he believes the science they promote is sound -- amazing!' ramuller@lbl.gov Muller's alleged 'skeptical' climate quotes manufactured?! 'On one hand he says that virtually all the science flowing from IPCC and various proponent organizations is shoddy, yet he believes that the science that underpins it which is product of those same individuals and organizations is accurate'
Richard Muller Stands Accused: 'He is the front man for a geoengineering organization...which claims theirs is the only means of controlling the earth's temperature': 'So they employ Dr. Muller to rubbish all the carbon control proposals -- which he ably does'
Background on Muller's BEST project: 'Who is Novim and why are they messing with the Earth's Temperature update?' -- Muller's Berkley Earth Surface Group is part of the Novim Group...they are very much into Geo-Engineering: 'Novim's Exec Dir. Ditmore: 'We're running out of time' -- 'The Berkley Earth Surface Group is not without an agenda'
Muller's scientific work failing the grade?: 'Even [warmist Kevin] Trenberth isn't too sure about it': Trenberth is 'highly skeptical of the hype and claims' surrounding Muller's effort and claims the team does 'not the expertise required in certain areas, and purely statistical approaches are naive'
Scientist Ridicules the Muller Con: 'I forecast Muller will continue to play role of neutral observer, & will continue to shock us with revelations that climate change is 'worse than he expected'
Richard Muller Demonstrates That UHI (Urban Heat Island) Contaminates The Temperature Record: 'Satellite data is measured at 14,000 feet, and would exaggerate the warming if it was due to 'global warming.' However, we see the exact opposite. The only plausible explanation is that the surface record is biased by UHI effects, because thermometers are located where humans live, build roads, remove snow, heat their homes, build buildings, etc.'
Hiding The Decline In Illinois: Berkeley's Muller says the surface temperature record is golden but 'USHCN has created a rise by subtracting from older temps and adding to newer temps'
Climatologist Pielke Sr.: 'Is There A Sampling Bias In The BEST Analysis Reported By Richard Muller?': Muller's 'sampling is still biased if a preponderance of his data sources comes from a subset of actual landscape types. The sampling will necessarily be skewed towards those sites...unresolved issues, including a likely systematic warm bias, remains in the analysis of long term surface temperature trends'
Muller claims 'that existing work by NOAA, NASSA & Had CRU is excellent. So why set up a new study to compete with them?' - 'Left unsaid in all this is the group behind BEST, Novim' ramuller@lbl.gov Revealing quote from warmist at heart Muller: 'I you believe we can get a favor from God by praying, I suggest you pray that cloud cover will kick in because if my evaluation is right when I show you what the problem is and if the global warming models are right, and I think they are very likely right, then we are going to have global warming'
More background on Richard Muller's BEST project (from same link posted above):
Richard Muller's Temperature Project Aptly Termed The 'Berkeley Scam' -- ramuller@lbl.gov -- Muller's team 'are completely unbiased and open minded, though they have already determined (ahead of their neutral study) that global warming is the most serious problem in the world'
Climatologist Roger Pielke Sr. Slams Richard Muller's 'contradictory statements' -- ramuller@lbl.gov -- 'All Muller's study has accomplished so far is to confirm that NCDC, GISS and CRU honestly used the raw observed data as the starting point for their analyses. This is not a surprising result...The uncertainties and systematic biases remain unexplored so far by Richard Muller...Muller and his colleagues have not yet examined these concerns, yet chose to report on his very preliminary results at a House Hearing'
He can't get basic temperature data correct?! 'Muller's graph appears to be incorrect' -- Richard Muller Claims 1C Warming Since 1977 -- 'But HadCRUT shows about half of that'
From BEST To WORST In D.C. Minute: Berkeley Scientist's Promise of Transparency Becomes Vaporware
Muller Exposed: 'I was disheartened by the testimony of Richard Muller...he has totally destroyed any credibility he might have had with me' -- ramuller@lbl.gov -- Muller is 'a man driven by a very serious agenda, a man who doesn't check his work and who pays insufficient attention to facts in testimony'
'GOP asked Richard Muller the wrong questions. Warming is miniscule, and the little warming we have seen isn't primarily due to CO2'
What Richard Muller Isn't Saying: 'Most of the warming in his graph occurred after PDO shift in 1977' -- 'The rate of warming is below low end of projections. In other words, a don't care'
Meteorologist D'Aleo: Berkeley's Muller goes to Washington and another misleading statement by NOAA CCSP author Thorne
Prof. Richard A. Muller's testimony: 'According to IPCC report (2007), the human component became apparent only after 1957, and it amounts to 'most' of the 0.7 degree rise since then' -- 'I believe that some of the most worrisome (temperature) biases are less of a problem than I had previously thought'
Well Carl, we will just have to agree to disagree.
I do believe that, despite the text you have posted above that, on balance, there is valid scientific support and scientific consensus on human-caused climate change.
I also believe we can't deny that the financial/power agenda for debunking human-caused climate change is by far the strongest with the oil and gas sector. Humanity/the planet DOES have a lot to lose by NOT taking human-caused climate change seriously. Those who have by FAR the most to gain by seeding doubt with the public are oil and gas companies.
Seeding of doubt on this topic is more tied to a political/monetary agenda than with any valid scientific observations.
Climate of Doubt Strategy #1: Deny the Consensus
http://www.shapingtomorrowsworld.org/climate-of-doubt-strategy-1-deny-consensus.html
Human-caused global warming is NOT in scientific doubt. This is clear when one understands and acknowledges the very basic connection between atmospheric CO2, global temperature, and immense amounts of human burning of carbon-based fuels in recent decades. For serious scientists, the debate is essentially over and legitimate consensus has been reached.
In closing, such debate is good, as long it is rooted in intellectual honesty and greater good thinking...the cornerstones of a meaningful existence.
True Ott aka Alma C. Ott is a racist fraud and CounterIntelligence Operative. He is also a plagiarist.
Read http://www.TrueOtt.com
Winston Wu
Rick Shaddock
Evelyn Gilbert
Peter Janney / Ralph Cinque
Richard Hooke
Judith Vary Baker / Jim Fetzer
John Keller
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Tennessee Senate
Senate of Tennessee
Tennessee General Assembly
New session started
Randy McNally (R)
Speaker pro tempore
Ferrell Haile (R)
Majority Leader
Jack Johnson (R)
since January 8, 2019
Minority Leader
Jeff Yarbro (D)
Republican (27)
Democratic (6)
Length of term
Article III, Tennessee Constitution
$19,009/year + per diem
(16 seats)
Next election
Legislative Control
State Senate Chamber
Tennessee State Capitol
www.capitol.tn.gov/senate
The Tennessee Senate is the upper house of the U.S. state of Tennessee's state legislature, which is known formally as the Tennessee General Assembly.
Senate Speaker
Oath and qualifications of office
Composition of the 112th General Assembly (2021–2023)
Senate Leadership and Members
Past composition of the Senate
The Tennessee Senate has the power to pass resolutions concerning essentially any issue regarding the state, country, or world. The Senate also has the power to create and enforce its own rules and qualifications for its members. The Senate shares these powers with the Tennessee House of Representatives. The Senate alone has the power to host impeachment proceeding and remove impeached members of office with a 2/3 majority. The Tennessee Senate, according to the state constitution of 1870, is composed of 33 members, one-third the size of the Tennessee House of Representatives. Senators are to be elected from districts of substantially equal population. According to the constitution, a county is not to be joined to a portion of another county for purposes of creating a district; this provision has been overridden by the rulings of the Supreme Court of the United States in Baker v. Carr (369 U.S. 182, 1962) and Reynolds v. Sims (337 U.S. 356, 1964). The Tennessee constitution has been amended to allow that if these rulings are ever changed or reversed, a referendum may be held to allow the senate districts to be drawn on a basis other than substantially equal population.
Until 1966, Tennessee state senators served two-year terms. That year the system was changed, by constitutional amendment, to allow four-year terms. In that year, senators in even-numbered districts were elected to two-year terms and those in odd-numbered districts were elected to four-year terms. This created a staggered system in which only half of the senate is up for election at any one time. Senators from even-numbered districts are elected in the same years as presidential elections, and senators from odd-numbered districts are elected in the same years as mid-term elections. Districts are to be sequentially and consecutively numbered; the scheme basically runs from east to west and north to south.[ citation needed ]
Republicans attained an elected majority in the Senate in the 104th General Assembly (2005–07) for the first time since Reconstruction; a brief majority in the 1990s was the result of two outgoing senators switching parties.
According to Article III, Section 12 of the Constitution of the State of Tennessee, the Speaker of the Senate assumes Office of Governor in the event of a Vacancy. The Senate elects one of its own members as Speaker and the Speaker automatically becomes Lieutenant Governor of Tennessee. The Speaker appoints a Speaker Pro Tempore who presides over the Senate in the absence of the Speaker as well as a Deputy speaker to assist the Speaker in his or her duties. The current Speaker of the Senate and Lieutenant Governor is Randy McNally, who was elected to the position in 2017. One of the main duties of the Speaker is to preside over the Senate and make Senate committee appointments based upon ability and preference of members, seniority, and party representation. The Speaker also maintains the power to remove members from Committee appointments. The Speaker, in cohort with the Speaker of the House of Representatives, chairs the Joint Legislative Services Committee which provides assistance to the General Assembly. The Speaker also controls staffing and office space with Senate staff. The Speaker serves as an ex-officio member of all standing committees. [1]
"I [name of official] do solemnly swear that, as a member of this, the [number, ex. One Hundred Eleventh] General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, I will faithfully support the Constitution of this State and of the United States, and I do solemnly affirm that as a member of this General Assembly, I will, in all appointments, vote without favor, affection, partiality, or prejudice; and that I will not propose or assent to any bill, vote or resolution, which shall appear to me injurious to the people, or consent to any act or thing, whatever, that shall have a tendency to lessen or abridge their rights and privileges, as declared by the Constitution of this state." [1]
"No person shall be a senator unless he shall be a citizen of the United States, of the age of thirty years, and shall have resided three years in this state, and one year in the county or district, immediately preceding the election." [1]
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
End of previous legislature
Beginning of 112th GA
Latest voting share
Senate Leaders [2]
Speaker of the Senate, Lieutenant Governor: Randy McNally
Speaker pro tempore: Ferrell Haile
Deputy Speaker: Janice Bowling
Majority Party (R)
Leadership Position
Minority Party (D)
Jack Johnson Leader Jeff Yarbro [3]
Ken Yager Caucus Chairperson Raumesh Akbari
Counties represented
1 Steve Southerland Rep Morristown Cocke, Greene, Hamblen, and part of Sevier
2 Art Swann Rep Alcoa Blount and part of Sevier
3 Rusty Crowe Rep Johnson City Washington, Unicoi, and part of Carter
4 Jon Lundberg Rep Bristol Johnson, Sullivan, and part of Carter
5 Randy McNally Rep Maryville Anderson, Loudon, and part of Knox
6 Becky Duncan Massey Rep Knoxville Part of Knox
7 Richard Briggs Rep Knoxville Part of Knox
8 Frank S. Niceley Rep Strawberry Plains Claiborne, Grainger, Hancock, Hawkins, Union, and Jefferson
9 Mike Bell Rep Riceville Polk, McMinn, Meigs, Monroe, and part of Bradley
10 Todd Gardenhire Rep Chattanooga Parts of Hamilton and Bradley
11 Bo Watson Rep Hixson Part of Hamilton
12 Ken Yager Rep Kingston Campbell, Fentress, Morgan, Rhea, Roane, Pickett, and Scott
13 Dawn White Rep Murfreesboro Part of Rutherford
14 Shane Reeves Rep Murfreesboro Bedford, Lincoln, Marshall, Moore, and part of Rutherford
15 Paul Bailey Rep Sparta Cumberland, Jackson, Overton, Bledsoe, Putnam, and White
16 Janice Bowling Rep Tullahoma Coffee, Franklin, Grundy, Marion, Van Buren, and Warren
17 Mark Pody Rep Lebanon Cannon, Clay, DeKalb, Macon, Smith, and Wilson
18 Ferrell Haile Rep Gallatin Sumner, Trousdale, and part of Davidson
19 Brenda Gilmore Dem Goodlettsville Part of Davidson
20 Heidi Campbell Dem Nashville Part of Davidson
21 Jeff Yarbro Dem Nashville Part of Davidson
22 Bill Powers Rep Clarksville Stewart, Houston, and Montgomery
23 Jack Johnson Rep Franklin Williamson
24 John Stevens Rep Huntingdon Benton, Carroll, Gibson, Henry, Obion, and Weakley
25 Kerry Roberts Rep Springfield Cheatham, Dickson, Hickman, Humphreys, and Robertson
26 Page Walley Rep Bolivar Chester, Decatur, Fayette, Hardeman, Hardin, Haywood, McNairy, and Henderson
27 Ed Jackson Rep Jackson Madison, Crockett, Dyer, Lake, and Lauderdale
28 Joey Hensley Rep Hohenwald Giles, Lawrence, Lewis, Maury, Perry, and Wayne
29 Raumesh Akbari Dem Memphis Part of Shelby
30 Sara Kyle Dem Memphis Part of Shelby
31 Brian Kelsey Rep Collierville Part of Shelby
32 Paul Rose Rep Covington Tipton and part of Shelby
33 Katrina Robinson Dem Memphis Part of Shelby
The Tennessee State Senate has 12 committees in total: 9 standing Committees and 3 Select Committees. Committee assignments will be announced in the January, 21, 2020 organizational session: [4]
Standing Committees [2]
Commerce and Labor Sen. Paul Bailey (R) 1st Vice Chair: Sen. Art Swann (R)
2nd Vice Chair: Sen. Frank Nicely (R)
Education Sen. Brian Kelsey (R) 1st Vice Chair: Sen. Jon Lundberg (R)
2nd Vice Chair: Sen. Raumesh Akbari (D)
Energy, Agriculture, and Natural Resources Sen. Steve Southerland (R) 1st Vice Chair: Sen. Frank Nicely (R)
2nd Vice Chair: Sen. Mark Pody (R)
Finance, Ways, and Means Sen. Bo Watson (R) 1st Vice Chair: Sen. John Stevens (R)
2nd Vice Chair: Sen. Joey Helsely (R)
Government Operations Sen. Kerry Roberts (R) 1st Vice Chair: Sen. Ed Jackson (R)
2nd Vice Chair: Sen. Janice Bowling (R)
Health and Welfare Sen. Rusty Crowe (R) 1st Vice Chair: Sen. Ferrell Haile (R)
2nd Vice Chair: Sen. Shane Reeves (R)
Judiciary Sen. Mike Bell (R) 1st Vice Chair: Sen. Dawn White (R)
2nd Vice Chair: Sen. Paul Rose (R)
State and Local Government Sen. Richard Briggs (R) 1st Vice Chair: Sen. Todd Gardenhire (R)
2nd Vice Chair: Sen. Paige Walley (R)
Transportation and Safety Sen. Becky Duncan Massey (R) 1st Vice Chair: Sen. Bill Powers (R)
Calendar Sen. Jack Johnson
Ethics Sen. Ferrell Haile
Rules Sen. Bo Watson
In 1921, Anna Lee Keys Worley became the first woman to serve in the Tennessee Senate. [5]
Main article: Political party strength in Tennessee
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1 2 3 Tennessee Blue Book.
1 2 Kleinheider, Adam (January 13, 2021). "New 112th TGA @tnsenate committee assignments made this morning by @ltgovmcnally. @BrianKelsey will chair Education. @SenatorBriggs moves to State & Local. @HaileforSenate is new Ethics chair". Twitter .
↑ "Tennessee's Senate Democrats elect Nashville's Jeff Yarbro as minority leader". The Tennessean. Retrieved January 30, 2019.
↑ "Legislative Senate Committees - Tennessee General Assembly". www.capitol.tn.gov. Retrieved January 15, 2019.
↑ "Anna Lee Keys Worley". National Women's History Museum. Retrieved August 5, 2018.
Members of the Tennessee State Senate
111th General Assembly (2019–2021)
Speaker of the Senate: Randy McNally (R)
Speaker pro Tempore: Ferrell Haile (R)
Majority Leader: Jack Johnson (R)
Minority Leader: Jeff Yarbro (D)
Steve Southerland (R)
Art Swann (R)
Rusty Crowe (R)
Jon Lundberg (R)
Becky Duncan Massey (R)
Richard Briggs (R)
Frank S. Niceley (R)
Mike Bell (R)
Todd Gardenhire (R)
Bo Watson (R)
Ken Yager (R)
Dawn White (R)
Shane Reeves (R)
Paul Bailey (R)
Janice Bowling (R)
Mark Pody (R)
Brenda Gilmore (D)
Steven Dickerson (R)
Bill Powers (R)
John Stevens (R)
Kerry Roberts (R)
Dolores Gresham (R)
Ed Jackson (R)
Joey Hensley (R)
Raumesh Akbari (D)
Sara Kyle (D)
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Gone Again by James Grippando
Latest Books, Legal Thrillers
by James Ziskin
By James W. Ziskin
James Grippando has been thrilling fans since his debut Jack Swyteck novel, The Pardon, in 1994. His twenty-fourth book. GONE AGAIN, is out March 1, and it's an emotionally complex powerhouse of a story. Jack Swyteck is back, older and wiser than he was all those years ago. He's returned to his old stomping grounds, the Freedom Institute, and is instantly drawn into a death row case that presents both conflicts of conscience and a race against the clock. GONE AGAIN breaks the stereotypes associated with missing-teen stories. This is an original, a classic.
I got the chance to discuss Grippando's latest with him and snuck in a few other questions about his writing as well.
GONE AGAIN is the eleventh in this addictive series. How do you keep Jack fresh?
I introduced readers to Jack in The Pardon as an ideological and somewhat naïve twenty-seven year old lawyer whose love life could have filled an entire volume of "Cupid's Rules of Love and War—Idiot's Edition." In other words, there was a lot of room for Jack to grow. He and his second wife are expecting their first child in GONE AGAIN, and he's taking on the kind of cases that you would expect an accomplished criminal defense lawyer to handle. Readers have loved watching him "grow up," and there's more to come.
GONE AGAIN explores the fallout of a harrowing adoption horror story. Sashi Burgette, the teenaged girl at the center of GONE AGAIN, bears deep, emotional scars that her adoptive parents are ill-equipped to handle. Best intentions aren't enough to spare the family devastating pain and suffering. Can you tell us about reactive attachment disorder or RAD, the syndrome that afflicts Sashi?
RAD is a mental disorder that is usually caused by severe neglect or abuse early in life. The most serious cases are orphaned children from war-torn countries. Their false belief that they are incapable of being loved continues through adolescence and into adulthood. It was a challenge to develop a character like Sashi, because RAD children are the complete opposite of what you expect of children. If a parent tried to hug her, child with RAD would typically reject physical contact even from those closest to her. As they get older, they might develop all the attributes you'd expect in a teenage runaway. Jack makes this point better than I can when questioning a doctor on the witness stand in GONE AGAIN:
"Dr. Pollard, as the expert witness in this case, can you tell us whether a RAD child would likely feel any remorse about running away from home?"
"The brain of a RAD child is not really programmed to feel remorse."
"And if she did run away, would she find herself pining away for mom and dad?"
The doctor shook his head. "Not likely."
"Would she be capable of manipulating strangers to give her money or provide other needs?"
"RAD children can be quite manipulative."
"In fact, it's common for adolescents to seem charming and helpless to outsiders, while being quite the opposite at home. Isn't that true, Doctor?"
"That is very true."
"RAD children are also known to be effective liars, are they not?"
"They can be. I've had parents tell me that the only time their child looks them in the eye is when she is lying."
"They steal?"
"They cheat?"
"Again, some will."
"And they will do these things without a second thought—as you said, without remorse."
"Their conscience doesn't work the way yours or mine works, does it?"
"No, it does not."
"Doing things that might shock the average person makes them feel in control. Right, Doctor?"
"Yes, and it's very frustrating for parents. For many, it's overwhelming."
Before reading GONE AGAIN, I had never heard of "rehoming." Can you shed some light on this practice?
"Rehoming" is actually a term that started with pets. You tried out a new dog or cat for a while, and if it didn't fit your life style, you could give it to someone else—"rehome" it. Until I started my research for GONE AGAIN, I had no idea that adopted children could be "rehomed." I was utterly shocked to find out how susceptible the rehoming process was to abuse, and the real life "rehoming" tragedies that cry out for reforms. I hasten to point out that "rehoming" has nothing to do with the placement of children through foster care. It happens strictly with international adoptions, and even these are coming under stricter controls through treaties. But the fact remains that there are real life examples of adoptive parents who took on more than they could handle in the adoption of a child from a foreign country, and who made a terrible decision to "rehome" their adopted child with convicted felons and other characters who should have never been allowed to get near any child.
GONE AGAIN combines elements of mystery and legal thriller. Readers want to know what happened to the missing girl and, at the same time, wonder what will happen next to our hero. The legal wrangling is fascinating in its realism and detail. All of that makes for a delicate balancing act that's hard to pull off. Talk to us a bit about your thoughts on genre and where you'd place your books.
Readers and writers have endless debates about "what's a thriller" and "what's a mystery." I have a pretty simply view of what I write, which learned from my first agent, Artie Pine (I am still represented by his son Richard). Artie told me early on that I write "suspense," which means, first of all, that the opening ten pages had better be killer. I once asked him what makes a killer ten pages. His answer: "Do you want to get to page eleven?" I think Artie nailed it.
The city of Miami is one of the stars of the Jack Swyteck novels. Your love of South Florida comes through loud and clear in the locations you describe. Tell us about your Miami.
Miami is my home, I've lived here for almost thirty years, and I would have left a long time ago if I didn't appreciate its complexity the way my characters do. I love it when locals who have lived here much longer than I read a Jack Swyteck novel and tell me, "Wow, I never knew there was a hundred-year-old Bahamian cemetery in the Grove Ghetto," or "Gee, I had no idea that Miami's Overtown Village was once Miami's Little Harlem," or "How cool is it that Amelia Earhart began her ill-fated flight around the world from a little airstrip near Miami?" The diversity of the cast in the Swyteck novels is also a big help. Jack is half Cuban, his side kick Theo Knight grew up in Miami's toughest neighborhoods, and his fiancé Andie Henning is an FBI agent who goes into parts of Miami that most people wouldn't dare visit. Each of these characters sees Miami from a very different perspective, and I love sharing that with my readers.
Miami evokes all the right buzz words—smart and sexy, young and beautiful—but it also has a self-destructive quality that triggers the kind of fascination we have with a reckless youth. It is blessed with natural beauty, but it's threatened by developers. It has the gift of cultural diversity, but is plagued by ethnic tension. Its nightlife is unrivaled, but the threat of violence is never far enough away. There's glitz, there's money, there's the see-and-be-seen—and then there are neighborhoods that seem straight out of the third world. You often hear it said that truth is stranger than fiction, and nowhere is that more true than in south Florida . Where else could the United States Attorney lose his job after losing a big case, getting drunk, and biting a stripper? But it's where I live, it's where I practiced law, and it will always be so much more than just the backdrop for my novels.
Jack Swyteck defends convicted rapists and murders, which earns him plenty of enemies and a healthy measure of his own self-doubt. In GONE AGAIN, you've done an extraordinary job of painting the convicted murderer Dylan Kyle. We feel some measure of sympathy for him and his case, but he is still a wretched human being, guilty of horrific crimes. Should we root for Jack to win every case? I'm interested in a lawyer's take on the system.
I think what makes the Swyteck series work is rooting for Jack to do the right thing, rather than to win every case. Jack plays to win, and I don't mean to minimize the importance of what goes on in a courtroom, but he plays in an arena that is inherently entertaining. The courtroom setting is theatrical. The drama is real. The mishaps and surprises can be both shocking and hilarious. A trial appeals to the voyeur in all of us, satisfying everything from our fascination with celebrities to our prurient interests in the bizarre and criminal. Courtrooms are windows into everything from the mind of a serial killer to your neighbor's bedroom. Lawyers ask the most personal and probing questions imaginable, and sometimes people have to answer, for all the world to hear. None of this is particularly new—there have always been "trials of the century"—but I do think that interest has escalated in recent years, largely due to the ability of television to compress lengthy trials into entertaining snippets. It certainly makes my job as a writer more fun. The more sophisticated the audience, the more complex and multi-layered I can make the plot.
Tell us about Jack's awesome wife, Andie Henning.
Andie is an undercover agent for the FBI. She likes to speak for herself—so much so that I've given her two novels without Jack: Under Cover of Darkness, in which she tracks a serial killer in Seattle; and Cash Landing, which is a prequel to the Jack Swyteck series from Andie's point of view.
And where is Jack's first wife today?
Ha! Good question. Cindy Paige was last seen in Beyond Suspicion. But you asked earlier how do I keep the Swyteck series fresh, and this touches on part of the answer. Much of the "freshness" has to do with the extended cast and the characters who have shaped Jack's existence over the years.
Can we expect more of Jack and Andie in the future? What's next for James Grippando?
My next novel will be my twenty-fifth, which is somewhat of a milestone in any writer's career. So it has to be a Jack Swyteck novel, and of course Andie Henning is back!
Our readers are always interested in successful authors' takes on the publishing industry. How has your writing life changed since The Pardon was published in 1994? Are you optimistic about the future of publishing?
When The Pardon was published in 1994, not even Jeff Bezos or Steve Jobs could have predicted how radically the publishing industry would change in the next twenty years. My only fear is the development of an algorithm that writes novels. That's a blow I'm not sure the publishing industry can survive.
James Grippando is a New York Times bestselling author of suspense. GONE AGAIN is his twenty-fourth novel. Grippando was a trial lawyer for twelve years before the publication of his debut novel in 1994, The Pardon, and he now serves as counsel at Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP. He lives in South Florida with his wife and children.
For more information, please visit his website and follow him on Twitter.
James Ziskin
James Ziskin is the author of the Ellie Stone mysteries, Styx & Stone (October 2013) and No Stone Unturned (June 2014), both from Seventh Street Books. A linguist by training, he studied Romance languages and literature at the University of Pennsylvania. After completing his graduate degree, he worked in New York as a photo-news producer and writer, and then as Director of NYU's Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò. He has since spent fifteen years in the Hollywood post production industry, running large international operations in the subtitling/localization and visual effects fields. The next Ellie Stone mystery, Stone Cold Dead, is due in the summer of 2015.
Visit James at: www.JamesWZiskin.com
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The U.S. government is here to help small business owners. Here's a list of free and low cost small business resources available from the SBA, Department of Labor, IRS, and more.
What it does: The HHS is a completely free government resource for you to learn about, comment on, or file a complaint about regulations; access government grants and contracts; and connect with HHS programs and services such as emergency preparedness, food and drug safety programs that could be relevant to your business' industry, and health insurance for small businesses.
What it does: The DOL has everything you need to know about regulations and compliance information as a small business owner. From worker's compensation and OSHA to employment benefits and whistleblower protections, there is a treasure trove for you to explore. Being informed is the best way you can be the best boss.
What it does: You might notice that OSDBU is a department of Veteran's Affairs, but that doesn't mean you can't reap benefits from OSDBU if you haven't served in the military. Federal agencies have to set aside a certain percentage of contracts for small businesses, and this is where you can access and apply for them.
What it does: The SBA has a lot of resources and tools for you to grow and manage your business successfully. Find information about applying for licenses and permits, opening a business bank account, registering as a veteran- or minority-owned business, hiring and managing employees, franchising or expanding your business, writing a business plan, preparing for emergencies, and so much more.
What it does: We've written previously about this resource, but the IRS has a center for small businesses to find information about filing business taxes, record keeping, registering your business with the IRS, tax workshops, a free calculator, and more.


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Cleveland Police Attack Black Activists
By Stephen Lendman
Theme: Police State & Civil Rights, Poverty & Social Inequality
Black people know Jim Crow remains virulent in America – 1960s civil rights laws did nothing to curb police brutality largely against Black and Brown people.
On Friday through Sunday, hundreds of Black Lives Matter activists from around the country met in Cleveland for the inaugural Movement for Black Lives convention.
Information about the event said it was organized "at a pivotal time for the growing movement for Black lives in the United States."
"Black people are facing unabated police violence, increasing criminalization, a failed economic system, a broken education system and the loss of our communities to gentrification and development. Our trans and queer communities face the increased risk of physical and economic violence. The list of indignities regularly faced by the Black community is long and untenable."
Anti-police brutality street protests reflect resistance against what no one should tolerate anywhere. When federal, state and/or local governments abuse their citizens, activism in their own self-defense matters most.
"(O)ur need for space to begin the creation of a collective mission that matches the intensity, scale, urgency, and promise of the moment" is vital.
"This convening presents an opportunity for us to reflect on our histories of struggle, build a sense of fellowship that transcends geographical boundaries and begin to heal from the many traumas we face,"
movement organizers said.
"Open, and created by many voices, The Movement for Black Lives Convening will be a space to realize that promise fully on our terms as Black people." They're urged to get involved for their own welfare and futures.
When activist movements demand redress for longstanding grievances, uncaring authorities respond harshly. Rampant police brutality needs no explaining. More below on the latest example.
In 2013, an ACLU Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit revealed intrusive FBI surveillance of Occupy Wall Street (OWS) activists nationwide. One internal document called them "domestic terrorists."
Homeland Security, the FBI, Joint Terrorism Task Force, Naval Criminal Investigative Service, Domestic Security Alliance Council and even the Federal Reserve (representing Wall Street clout) working jointly with state and local police undermined the movement.
It failed to achieve long sought social justice. Energy driving early activism waned. Organized federal, state and local actions neutralized it effectively.
The same government agencies target Black activists. FOIA obtained documents show Homeland Security began monitoring Black Lives Matter organizers and activities since summer 2014 Ferguson, MO protests against police murdering Michael Brown.
Peaceful protests and gatherings are closely watched wherever they occur. Local authorities are involved – aiming to undermine movements for justice before they gain traction.
First Amendment freedoms are flagrantly violated – including unrestricted expression, peaceful assembly and right to petition government for redress of grievances systematically ignored.
When Black American activists and supporters are considered "domestic terrorists," police state ruthlessness overrides constitutionally mandated rights. They exist only for rich and powerful elites.
What's ongoing isn't new. Decades earlier, COINTELPRO tactics followed J. Edgar Hoover's orders to infiltrate, disrupt, sabotage, and destroy activist movements for ethnic justice, racial emancipation, and real economic, social, and political equality across gender and color lines.
Secretive, mostly illegal FBI counterintelligence activities targeted political dissidents, including communists; anti-war, human and civil rights activists; the American Indian Movement; and Black Panther Party among others.
Black Lives Matter activists are in the eye of the storm. Cleveland police targeted some of their Movement for Black Lives participants violently.
Hundreds from across the country came to discuss police repression and social injustice Blacks in America face virtually everywhere – in large and small cities, urban and rural areas.
After concluding Sunday activities, dozens of activists symbolically demonstrated publicly. Video evidence showed police targeted them violently – pepper-spraying them repeatedly without cause. Arrests followed, including a 14-year-old boy, later released to his family with activists chanting "(W)e love you."
Local organizer Malaya Davis said "Cleveland looks just like Ferguson, looks just like Baltimore, looks just like all of these places (with) high (levels of) oppression. We wanted to highlight that and bring some attention to what's going on in this city and the state of Ohio as well."
Police brutality in America is longstanding. Killer cops operate with impunity. Violence against peaceful protesters for justice is commonplace. Sunday in Cleveland was the latest example.
Stephen Lendman lives in Chicago. He can be reached at [email protected] His new book as editor and contributor is titled "Flashpoint in Ukraine: US Drive for Hegemony Risks WW III." http://www.claritypress.com/LendmanIII.html Visit his blog site at sjlendman.blogspot.com. Listen to cutting-edge discussions with distinguished guests on the Progressive Radio News Hour on the Progressive Radio Network. It airs three times weekly: live on Sundays at 1PM Central time plus two prerecorded archived programs.
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Articles by: Stephen Lendman
Stephen Lendman lives in Chicago. He can be reached at [email protected] His new book as editor and contributor is titled "Flashpoint in Ukraine: US Drive for Hegemony Risks WW III." http://www.claritypress.com/LendmanIII.html Visit his blog site at sjlendman.blogspot.com. Listen to cutting-edge discussions with distinguished guests on the Progressive Radio News Hour on the Progressive Radio Network. It airs three times weekly: live on Sundays at 1PM Central time plus two prerecorded archived programs.


That potential powerhouse, formed to save struggling Henegar while extending Titusville's reach.
On his way from Melbourne to Titusville, Steven J. Heron, formerly, only, artistic director and executive director of the Titusville Playhouse Inc. (TPI) and now having assumed those roles at the Henegar Center as well, mused about the unique alliance the theaters have formed.
That potential powerhouse, formed to save struggling Henegar while extending Titusville's reach, will be the result of the theaters sharing leadership and staff as well as resources such as scenery, props, costumes and even some shows.
Titusville's former board president, Doug Lebo, has moved to the same position at Henegar, while the Melbourne theater's ex-president, Cliff Bragdon, now is its vice president.
Heron and his staff at the playhouse have volunteered to commute to Melbourne in order to assure the Henegar's survival, and he and production manager Niko Stamos will direct its season-closing production of "West Side Story," which will premiere May 3, he said.
"This is exciting for us; a breakthrough, we think. It is an alliance that allows to (Titusville) to continue what they're doing, what they've done so successfully, and expand their reach, and allows us to continue what we do here. It's the first alliance of its kind to be created in this area, the first in the state of Florida," said Bragdon, who added that Henegar's losses amount to more than $30,000.
Its board has cut jobs and show-related expenses in order to get it to that level from six-figure amounts, he said.
"(The agreement) gives us a chance to reduce our administrative costs and to share the assets Titusville has and Henegar has. It makes sense," Henegar board treasurer Nicholas Riippa said.
Bragdon blamed the Henegar's precarious financial conditions on the loss of county and other funding.
Heron and the TPI board went into the agreement with financial plans in place, having studied Henegar's situation thoroughly.
Seven years ago, when he arrived and Lebo, otherwise chief launch conductor for United launch Alliance at Kennedy Space Center, joined the board, Heron bolstered Titusville by presenting shows recognized to have general appeal and therefore, likely to be successful.
Titusville, which had $200,000 in annual revenue, has taken in $1.5 million in grants and donations since 2013, and its plays usually are presented to full houses. Being stable, it now is able to present edgier plays such as 2017's "Next to Normal" and last year's "Fun Home," toward the ends of its seasons.
Heron said he expects to take two of Titusville's shows, March's special "Sondheim on Sondheim" and the season-ending "Rent," to Melbourne this summer in order to give Henegar a financial boost.
Henegar's 2019-20 lineup, described by Heron as "a blockbuster season" separate from Titusville's, will be announced at its 100th anniversary gala March 29.
Otherwise, Heron and Lebo added, plans of both theaters remain in place through June, "when TPI staff really get to multitasking," in Heron's words. He expects to add staff at Henegar, which recently underwent deep cuts as a money-saving measure, after a joint agreement by the two organizations is in full operation.


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Carbicrete
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Cement-free carbon-negative concrete
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Carbicrete is a Montreal-based cleantech company that develops innovative, low-cost building solutions that contribute to the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. Carbicrete's patented technology enables the production of cement-free, carbon-negative concrete using industrial by-products and captured CO2. The company offers concrete manufacturers the process, materials and support to make lower-cost, higher-quality precast concrete in a way that reduces their carbon footprint.
What is the problem you are solving?
Concrete is the most used substance on Earth after water. A key ingredient in concrete has always been cement, the production of which accounts for over 8% of the world's CO2 emissions. For every 1 kg of cement produced, 1 kg of CO2 is emitted into the atmosphere. Furthermore, there are many other environmental impacts associated with concrete production such as the consumption of energy, water and natural resources.
Carbicrete's technology enables the production of concrete without using cement. The process involves using steel slag as the primary binder and carbon dioxide as the activator in cement-free concrete. Using steel slag as a raw material contributes to the reduction of industrial waste. Currently, there are limited applications for by-products of the steel-making industry. Carbicrete's process fully consumes this material that would otherwise be destined for a landfill. Finally, curing the concrete with carbon dioxide allows the sequestration of 1 kg of CO2 per standard concrete block.
Who are you serving?
Carbicrete is working with concrete and steel manufacturers to establish a circular economy where the by-products of one industry become the raw material of the other. Concrete manufacturers will adopt the technology and sell the concrete products to their customers who can use them in a variety of projects such as building homes, infrastructure, hospitals, schools, etc. Carbicrete's solution will address the needs of the population since the concrete meets or exceeds all the requirements of conventional concrete while being cement-free and carbon-negative. An ecological solution to a worldwide problem is beneficial to all.
What is your solution?
Carbicrete's technology enables the production of concrete without using cement. Until now, cement has been the only substance used as the binder in concrete. Since the process avoids the emissions associated with cement production, and then captures CO2 during curing, products made using this technology are carbon-negative, with each CMU permanently sequestering up to 1 kg of CO2. Implementation of this technology by concrete makers would reduce emissions and would offer a more cost-effective, permanent and efficient way to sequester CO2.
A recognized team of researchers at McGill University spent over ten years developing the technology. Carbicrete's breakthrough is in the development of a technology that uses steel slag as a cementing binder and carbon dioxide as a curing agent. Carbicrete's process allows not only for the sequestration of carbon dioxide but also for the production of construction products.
Carbicrete's technology holds several advantages over existing technologies:
Lower material costs: Steel slag is less expensive than cement because it is essentially industrial waste.
Durability: Products made using this technology are more durable than those made using cement. They can withstand more freeze/thaw cycles than cement-based concrete products and have a higher compressive strength.
Carbicrete's technology contributes to sustainable development through the reduction of GHG emissions, the reduction of natural resource consumption and landfill dependency, the reduction of energy consumption and through the re-use of waste materials.
GHG Emissions Reduction: The technology reduces the CO2, NOx, SOx, PM and VOC emissions associated with cement production. Carbon dioxide emissions are further avoided by the CO2 uptake of Carbicrete's products.
Landfill Dependency: The process reduces landfill dependency by using steel-making by-products which are often directed to open landfills.
Energy Consumption: Cement production is an energy-intensive process that is not required when implementing Carbicrete's technology.
Natural Resource Preservation: Clay and limestone are the main ingredients of Portland cement and are continuously extracted for the cement industry. The replacement of cement in Carbicrete's process with industrial by-products requires no mining of non-renewable materials.
Carbicrete will be licensing its technology to existing concrete manufacturers. Additionally, the firm will be supplying clients with steel slag and will offer the support and expertise required to outfit licensee's facilities with the required curing equipment.
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Enable recovery and recycling of complex products
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Describe what makes your solution innovative.
Carbicrete is the first company to develop a way to produce concrete without cement and by using industrial by-products. Carbicrete offers a truly carbon-negative alternative to cement-based concrete through a replacement technology with lower material costs and better mechanical properties.
A point that cannot be overemphasized is that Carbicrete's is a replacement technology and not a process for creating premium products. The products that the technology displaces are precast concrete products made with cement.
Describe the core technology that your solution utilizes.
Carbicrete's technology has been developed at McGill University for over 10 years and is patented.
Carbicrete's technology enables the production of concrete without using cement. The process involves using steel slag as the primary binder and carbon dioxide as the activator in cement-free concrete. Until now, cement has been the only substance used as the binder in concrete. Steel slag, a by-product of the steel-making process, has never been considered a suitable binder because of its poor hydraulic properties. Due to the high calcium content of steel slag, it is CO2-reactive. This property has been successfully leveraged in mineral carbonation to sequester carbon dioxide, which results in strength development. The technology uses steel slag as binder, aggregate as filler and carbon dioxide as a curing agent.
Using carbon dioxide in accelerated curing of cement-based concrete is a relatively recent development. The carbonation technique has been used to accelerate the curing process and reduce cement consumption, simultaneously improving concrete properties, but this is the first process that completely eliminates the need for cement.
Why do you expect your solution to address the problem?
Concrete is a $200 Billion worldwide industry. The environmental footprint of concrete is principally due to cement. Carbicrete addresses the problem by not using cement in its concrete and using industrial by-products instead. Carbicrete further addresses the environmental challenge by sequestering CO2 in its concrete products.
In which countries do you currently operate?
In which countries will you be operating within the next year?
How many people are you currently serving with your solution? How many will you be serving in one year? How about in five years?
Carbicrete's technology is a replacement technology applicable to any concrete manufacturer around the world. In the next five years, Carbicrete would like its technology to be implemented in Canada, USA, China, India and Brazil.
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How many people work on your solution team?
Carbicrete has 7 employees.
For how many years have you been working on your solution?
A recognized team of researchers at McGill University spent over ten years developing the technology. Carbicrete has been incorporated since 2016.
Why are you and your team best-placed to deliver this solution?
Chris Stern, BEng (CEO), is a successful cleantech entrepreneur. Mehrdad Mahoutian, PhD (CTO), is an award-winning scholar, NSERC PGS and FQRNT scholarship awardee and co-inventor of Carbicrete's technology. Mehrdad has published numerous peer-reviewed journal articles concerning Carbicrete's technology. Mario Venditti, BEng, MSC, MBA (COO), is a successful executive and entrepreneur. Yuri Mytko, MBA (CMO), is a marketing and communications professional with over 15 years' experience in brand management, media and public relations, social media and digital marketing, advertising and fundraising. Jim Perrone, Peng, MSc (PM), is an executive with experience in consulting, management, financial, and strategic analysis.
This team has been working together successfully since the incorporation of Carbicrete in 2016.
With what organizations are you currently partnering, if any? How are you working with them?
Carbicrete's supply-side partners are multinationals that bring many years of expertise to the table and have a deep understanding of the materials they are supplying and how they can be used. Carbicrete's partners include a steel slag supplier, a CO2 supplier and concrete manufacturers.
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What is your business model?
Using a licensing model, Carbicrete offers concrete manufacturers the process, materials and support to make higher-quality precast concrete in a way that reduces their material costs and their carbon footprint. We offer precast concrete manufacturers an opportunity to retrofit their existing concrete plants to implement our technology which:
Is not a premium product
Has a better economical model
Has better mechanical and durability properties than cement-based concrete
Is a carbon-negative process throughout the entire life-cycle
Carbicrete charges its clients an annual license fee and will work with its suppliers to secure the supply chain and provide its licensees with concrete-appropriate slag. The business model results in lower costs even without considering the benefit of carbon credits. Carbicrete customers benefit from lower material costs and the ability to either offer their clients cheaper concrete or to increase their margin.
Partnership potential
Why are you applying to Solve?
Being a part of the Solve community will allow Carbicrete to develop durable partnerships in order to accelerate its growth and increase the presence of its technology worldwide. Furthermore, being a Solver will grow Carbicrete's exposure and network. Finally, an access to funding will allow Carbicrete to invest further in research and development as well as contribute to Carbicrete's success.
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With what organizations would you like to partner, and how would you like to partner with them?
Carbicrete would like to partner with steel manufacturers, concrete manufacturers, specialized equipment manufacturers, gas suppliers, carbon capture technologies and other companies/technologies that could integrate with Carbicrete's mission and business plan.
If you would like to apply for the GM Prize on Circular Economy, describe how you and your team will utilize the prize to advance your solution.
The GM Prize on Circular Economy would be utilized for Carbicrete's research and development. Carbicrete has fully developed its technology for concrete blocks on a laboratory scale (Carbicrete is opening its pilot plant to product this product on an industrial scale). There are many other precast concrete products such as pavers, tiles, retaining walls, etc. that Carbicrete is either starting to develop or plans to develop in the future. Additional funds for equipment, employees and an R&D laboratory would strongly benefit Carbicrete.
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Chris Stern CEO, Carbicrete