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Example of a "Major Fraud"
The "Major Fraud Act of 1988" (MFA) was passed during the Reagan administration to strengthen previous fraud legislation. Among the changes, the MFA increased the maximum penalties for fraud and added protection for employees who assist in prosecuting fraud. The Act made it illegal to defraud the U.S. Government or to obtain money or property by means of a false pretense or representation. The Law authorizes fines up to $10 million in cases involving multiple violations and a maximum of $5 million for individual counts.
The Justice Department just announced the conviction of a Government contractor charged with fraud under the Major Fraud Act of 1988. According to the press release, Mr Collins executed a scheme to defraud the United states on a $1.5 million contract to replace the roof and air conditioning system at the Federal Courthouse in Jackson, TN.
As part of the scheme, Mr. Collins caused the roofing subcontractor, a small Memphis-area business, to perform work for which he was never fully paid. Mr. Collins however filed false and fraudulent certifications with the U.S. Government indicating that he, in fact, had the paid the subcontractor. The value of the funds obtained from this scheme was more than $580 thousand, a third of the contract price.
Although the Justice Department didn't indicate how the major fraud was uncovered, it seems very likely that the unpaid subcontractor complained to someone that he hadn't gotten paid for his services. There are several avenues available for subcontractors to make such complaints. And, its a very easy crime for Federal investigators to prove. Its fact specific - either the prime paid or it didn't.
One interesting aspect to this case is that it went to trial but after two days, Mr. Collins entered a guilty plea. The evidence presented must have been overwhelming.
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Categories: Featured, Speakers, Uncategorized Tags: Economics, Geopolitics, Globalization
TOPICS: Economic Fault lines, Politics & Geopolitics, Globalization
Michael O'Sullivan is the author of 'The Levelling', which outlines what's next in politics, economics, finance and geopolitics in the post globalization era. He is a member of the World Economic Forum's Council on the New Economy, and a Forbes contributor, and a speaker at the 2020 TED Talk conference.
He has twenty years experience in global financial markets, most recently as Chief Investment Officer in the International Wealth Management Division of Credit Suisse, where he worked for twelve years. In addition to working in investment management, he was the lead contributor to Credit Suisse's think tank, the CS Research Institute. He is an entrepreneur in the fintech and ETF spaces.
He studied in Cork and received MPhil and DPhil degrees at Balliol College, Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar. He has taught finance and economics at Oxford and Princeton.
He was an independent member of Ireland's National Economic Social Council from 2011 to 2016, has is the author of a number of books and has contributed to journals like Foreign Affairs, the Financial Times, and Wall Street Journal in addition to being a regular guest on CNN, BBC, CNBC and Bloomberg.
A brilliant analysis of the transition in world economics, finance, and power as the era of globalization ends and gives way to new power centers and institutions.
The world is at a turning point similar to the fall of communism. Then, many focused on the collapse itself, and failed to see that a bigger trend, globalization, was about to take hold. The benefits of globalization–through the freer flow of money, people, ideas, and trade–have been many. But rather than a world that is flat, what has emerged is one of jagged peaks and rough, deep valleys characterized by wealth inequality, indebtedness, political recession, and imbalances across the world's economies.
These peaks and valleys are undergoing what Michael O'Sullivan calls "the levelling"–a major transition in world economics, finance, and power. What's next is a levelling-out of wealth between poor and rich countries, of power between nations and regions, of political accountability from elites to the people, and of institutional power away from central banks and defunct twentieth-century institutions such as the WTO and the IMF.
O'Sullivan then moves to ways we can develop new, pragmatic solutions to such critical problems as political discontent, stunted economic growth, the productive functioning of finance, and political-economic structures that serve broader needs.
The Levelling comes at a crucial time in the rise and fall of nations. It has special importance for the US as its place in the world undergoes radical change–the ebbing of influence, profound questions over its economic model, societal decay, and the turmoil of public life.
Here is a Forbes article Michael wrote on: Quid Pro Quo, economic rescue package must share the future economy
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The world's first service club, the Rotary Club of Chicago, Illinois, USA, was formed on 23 February 1905 by Paul P. Harris, an attorney who wished to recapture in a professional club the same friendly spirit he had felt in the small towns of his youth.
The name "Rotary" derived from the early practice of rotating meetings among members' offices.
Rotary's popularity spread throughout the United States in the decade that followed; clubs were chartered from San Francisco to New York. By 1921, Rotary clubs had been formed on six continents, and the organization adopted the name Rotary International a year later.
As Rotary grew, its mission expanded beyond serving the professional and social interests of club members. Rotarians began pooling their resources and contributing their talents to help serve communities in need. The organization's dedication to this ideal is best expressed in its principal motto: Service Above Self. Rotary also later embraced a code of ethics, called The 4-Way Test, that has been translated into hundreds of languages.
During and after World War II, Rotarians became increasingly involved in promoting international understanding. In 1945, 49 Rotary members served in 29 delegations to the United Nations Charter Conference. Rotary still actively participates in UN conferences by sending observers to major meetings and promoting the United Nations in Rotary publications. Rotary International's relationship with the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) dates back to a 1943 London Rotary conference that promoted international cultural and educational exchanges. Attended by ministers of education and observers from around the world, and chaired by a past president of RI, the conference was an impetus to the establishment of UNESCO in 1946.
An endowment fund, set up by Rotarians in 1917 "for doing good in the world," became a not-for-profit corporation known as The Rotary Foundation in 1928. Upon the death of Paul Harris in 1947, an outpouring of Rotarian donations made in his honor, totaling US$2 million, launched the Foundation's first program – graduate fellowships, now called Ambassadorial Scholarships. Today, contributions to The Rotary Foundation total more than US$80 million annually and support a wide range of humanitarian grants and educational programs that enable Rotarians to bring hope and promote international understanding throughout the world.
A polio-free world: end in sight for Rotary's battle to reach the last child
Rotary International and its 10,000 New Zealand members hopes to celebrate its centenary in February 2005 with the news that polio will soon be eradicated worldwide as part of a 20 year Rotary campaign with the World Health Organisation, United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) and government agencies.
During the two-decade project, Rotary has supported national and regional polio eradication programmes by providing oral vaccine, social mobilisation and fundraising totalling the equivalent of nearly $NZ1 billion.
The campaign is the largest non-military global enterprise in human history, involving thousands of health workers, millions of volunteers and a $US3 billion price tag.
Rotary volunteers have often worked in difficult and dangerous conditions, hampered by civil wars, cultural and political prejudice against immunisation, harsh climates, and other hostile elements.
In the most highly co-ordinated example of the campaign, 152 million children were immunised in one day as 100,000 Rotarians and their families joined government workers across India in 2000 to administer precious drops of vaccine.
When the global campaign began, 350,000 children a year were being crippled by the disease and 50,000 children died. Last year, fewer than 1000 cases of paralytic polio were reported, as tens of millions more children were immunised.
New Zealand has been free of introduced polio since 1962, but while a single wild virus exists, children everywhere remain at risk and that's why it's in everyone's interest to support its eradication. The New Zealand government has contributed $600,000 toward Rotary's international efforts against polio.
Most epidemics are now confined to Nigeria (three-quarters of the new cases), Pakistan, and India.
Other History
As it approached the dawn of the 21st century, Rotary worked to meet the changing needs of society, expanding its service effort to address such pressing issues as environmental degradation, illiteracy, world hunger, and children at risk. The organization admitted women for the first time (worldwide) in 1989 and claims more than 145,000 women in its ranks today. Following the collapse of the Berlin Wall and the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Rotary clubs were formed or re-established throughout Central and Eastern Europe. Today, 1.2 million Rotarians belong to some 31,000 Rotary clubs in 166 countries.
Read more about Rotary and History here:
Rotary Global History Fellowship – What Paul Harris and other Rotary Leaders said.


We are pleased to bring you the inaugural Infrastructure Investor 30 - a compelling, apples-to-apples ranking of the largest investors in the asset class. It caused us to reach further and dig deeper than any other ranking of infrastructure investors before.
The creation of consistent rules for a compelling, apples-to-apples ranking of the largest investors in the asset class caused us to reach further and dig deeper than any other ranking of infrastructure investors ever before.
Within this year's Infrastructure Investor 30 rankings are embedded a number of stories that speak volumes about the characteristics of infrastructure investment today. Cezary Podkul takes a look at some of the key takeaways.
Er, could you run that by me again?
Chief executive Marc Bajer tells how his new business plans to bring the capital markets back into infrastructure financing.


Newpoint Gas worked closely with several organizations to develop our proprietary oxygen elimination process, X-O2™. Gas fields contaminated with oxygen exist around the world, the most common being landfill gas. Newpoint's proprietary design has proven to be the most economical and reliable process available to remove this contaminate. This patent-pending process has the potential to treat gas at any volume or O2 concentration with ease of operation and minimal operating cost.
Oxygen can be found in various types of natural gas streams. These contaminated streams include vacuum system and traditional pipeline systems. Vacuum systems include landfills, vacuum oil recovery systems, and coal mine (gob gas) methane all of which can contain several percent oxygen whereas traditional pipelines may contain only 100 ppm of oxygen.
When oxygen is found in a natural gas stream, it can cause various problems including degradation of process chemicals (e.g. amine), increase corrosion in pipelines and exceed pipeline specifications that are normally set at 10 ppm. Traditionally, these gas streams are abandoned, but the X-O2™ system can treat these gas streams so that they are viable and profitable.
Oxygen removal systems are rarely employed and these gas streams are usually abandoned or blended to meet pipeline specifications. There are several reasons for the lack of oxygen removal system in the natural gas industry including, high capital costs, lack of industrial expertise, and limited oxygen removal range.
X-O2™ was developed to remove 4% oxygen from a gas stream that had been contaminated after years of gas re-injection into an old oil reserve. This project allowed us to do extensive research on the different ways to remove this contaminant. After reviewing available processes, we developed a new, patent-pending process which has been proven to be very economical.
After this system was proven, Newpoint began offering skid mounted systems for oxygen removal in all natural gas streams. The X-O2™ systems are designed to handle gas at any volume and various types of contaminants including sulfur and chlorine compounds at minimal operational cost.


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Wippler is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Harold Wippler (born c. 1928), Denver-based violinist
Migene González-Wippler, Puerto Rican New Age author

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Space between the staves is specified in «Staff interval» property of the «General» tab of the «Composition properties» dialog («Composition» menu). You can also align the staves vertically by pressing the button on the score «Rules» by the , buttons of the panel. The program can change these values when vertical respacing of staves is performed.
Spacing between notes is specified in «Note Spacing» box of «General» tab in «Composition properties» dialog («Composition» menu) The value is used if note spacing is set to «Evenly». When set to «Proportionally» note spacing depends of their duration. If «Position» note spacing is set then program calculates the whole amount of beats per page divides that by number of lines and then arranges notes according to beats. You can also change the space between notes by button of score «Ruler» or by , buttons of panel. When measures are justified note spacing could differ from default.
You can add a gap (i.e. empty space) between measures by button of score «Ruler» or by , buttons of panel.
By default each staff is justified between left and right page margins (see. «Composition» | «Composition properties» | «Page»). You can adjust left or right indent of staff by button on score «Ruler» or by , , , buttons of panel.
You can set spacing between clefs, key and time signatures (by default it is set to 0) in «Composition properties» dialog («Composition» menu) in «Layout» tabs.
By default program aligns staves according to page width and height. This is specified in «Composition properties» («Composition» menu) «General» tab. You can also set this alignment for any staff ( panel button) and for any page ( panel button), if general alignment is off. Set cursor into proper position and press this button.
You can also set text alignment in the score ( panel , , buttons). Specified alignment is valid for the rectangle filled with text. In order to change it you need to select the text and press one of the buttons.
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Efalizumab (Raptiva) is a humanized CD11a-specific monoclonal antibody that was recently approved for the treatment of moderate to severe psoriasis. In psoriasis patients, the rate of efalizumab clearance from serum is related to T-cell surface expression of CD11a, suggesting a receptor-mediated clearance model for efalizumab (Bauer et al., 1999). However, limited experimental data are available to explain how the interaction with CD11a results in the systemic clearance of efalizumab. The following studies were designed to test the hypothesis that one mechanism of anti-CD11a antibody clearance is mediated in part by cellular internalization. This was tested in vitro using purified mouse and human T-cells as a model to study the cellular uptake and clearance of anti-CD11a antibodies. Data from these studies suggest that anti-CD11a antibodies are internalized by purified T-cells. Upon internalization, the antibodies appeared to be targeted to lysosomes and were cleared from within the cells in a time-dependent manner. CD11a-mediated internalization and lysosomal targeting of efalizumab may constitute one pathway by which this antibody is cleared in vivo.
Financial support for this work was provided by Genentech, Inc. (South San Francisco, CA).
ABBREVIATIONS: PBS, phosphate-buffered saline; FITC, fluorescein isothiocyanate; MFI, mean fluorescent intensity; PE, phycoerythrin; TEM, transmission electron microscopy.


Grocery Gadget may seem a bit pricy at $4.99, but it has a range of features that puts all the other apps to shame.
Grocery Gadget may seem a bit pricy at $4.99, but it has a range of features that puts all the other apps to shame. Coupon integration means you can get the best deals wherever you are, while the app learns the layout of the shop you're in. With the web portal, too, this is a well-designed app for iPhone and Android users as well as Windows Phones, Blackberrys, and Nokias.


Xeon E Processor family supports secure enclaves for sensitive workloads.
Many businesses are adopting cloud services but are concerned about the safety and privacy of their data in the cloud. To help enhance protection of customers' most sensitive keys and data, Cloud Service Providers and enterprises are complementing their current data center infrastructure with targeted usages of Intel® Xeon® E processors featuring Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX). A unique, hardware-based security technology, Intel® SGX consists of CPU instructions and platform enhancements to help protect the customer's most sensitive information in use and in memory.
Hear from industry experts and learn more about the real-world security solutions that companies like Microsoft, Fortanix, and R3 are deploying with Intel SGX.
Intel announces hardware-level security for cloud servers Xeon E Processor family supports secure enclaves for sensitive workloads.
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Abortion and the Constitution
Roe vs. Wade 1973 -- The United States Supreme Court found the right of a woman to have an abortion in the Constitution of these here United States. They claimed that right appears in the Fourteenth Amendment, under the "due process" clause. The 14th Amendment was enacted after the Civil War to give freed slaves full citizenship. When the Court saw this "right" they were hallucinating, as it is not mentioned anywhere in America's constitution. Remember it was the Supreme Court that first said slavery was legal as the victims of that institution were property. Then during World War Two the Supreme Court in it's continued display of being ignorant of our Constitution, ruled it was legal for the Roosevelt administration to intern American citizens with a Japanese ancestry for the duration of the war. The Tenth Amendment states those items not mentioned in the constitution belong to the states. Since abortion is no where mentioned in our constitution or The Federalist Papers, the issue then belongs to the states. Abortion is not a constitutional issue at the Federal level.
PBS Prayer in America
PBS aired a show titled, "Prayer in America." For the most part it was balanced, except with their portrayal of the First Amendment of our Constitution, the Bill of Rights. The religion portion, they only displayed, "Congress shall make no law respecting the establishment of religion." PBS purposely left out the rest of it, "nor prohibit the free exercise thereof. The bias was showing. They mentioned "the establishment clause," and the doctrine of "separation of church and state," not bothering to explain either or their origins.
The New York Times obsessed with the Texas death penalty
The New York Times published an editorial basic... (more)
The New York Times published an editorial basically condemning the state of Texas for condemning murders to death via lethal injection. Then this liberal rag had the nerve in their editorial to write, "....that Texas governor, Legislature, courts and voters should reassess their addiction to executions." Yeah, just what we need in Texas, is a treasonous yellow journalist living in New York City or Manhattan telling the good people of Texas how to run our state.
Will the Democrats get the military vote?
The leadership of the Democratic Party has accused the members of the United States Military of being, "Nazi like," in their behavior, "operating a gulag," "torture," "raping and killing innocent civilians" in Iraq. Now the media and the Democrats are wishing to gather more military votes. What are they smoking?
Use YouTube for an election prediction
There are many forms and/or methods in predicting who will win the 2008 Presidential Election. Using the YouTube search it looks like Ron Paul for the Republicans and the Clintons for the Democrats.
Third party candidate in the 2008 Presidential Election
During the 1992 and 1996 Presidential elections, the Clintonistas schemed with an Independent Party candidate to draw conservative votes away from the Republicans, thus allowing the Clintons to win The White House and soil the Oval Office. The posting of this video my find me face down in Fort Marcy Park.
The Dallas Morning News Editorial on Christmas Day
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On Christmas Day The Dallas Morning News published an editorial on religion and Christianity in America. It was surprisingly a positive editorial in reference to religion in America. Why they did not even take a swipe at their favorite target, Catholicism or Catholics.
High price of tamales due to ethanol
The Dallas Morning News ran a story on the high... (more)
The Dallas Morning News ran a story on the high price of tamales. Tamales are favorites among Mexican-Americans, and those of Mexican heritage around Christmas time. The article refused to explore the reason for the high cost of tamales, instead devoted to the effect.
FBI J. Edgar Hoover and President George Bush
The Dallas Morning News reported a story in which one time FBI director, J. Edgar Hoover planned to round up 12,000 American citizens to suspend habeas corpus. Those who Mr. Hoover suspected of disloyalty. The Dallas Morning News just had to associate this article with the current President George Bush, and our nation detaining enemy combatants who are not American citizens being held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Every opportunity these thugs in the news media to attach something negative to President Bush, they will seize on it.
Military going to support Democrats?
The Dallas Morning News reported that the Republican Party, the GOP will be getting less votes from the United States military. Stating they will vote for Democrats. Yeah right! Members of the United States military will not forget the leadership of the Democratic Party's numerous accusations on the floor of the Congress towards our military. The Democratic leadership accused the American military of being Nazi like in their behavior, operating a gulag, killing and raping innocent civilians. Now The Dallas Morning News is attempting to convince its readership the military are going to vote for the very bums who have dragged their honor through mud. Here is another example of the news trying to make new, rather than report news.
Virginia Tech Peace Studies and Violence Prevention Center
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In April of 2007, 32 students were murdered on the campus of Virginia Tech by a lone gunman. In the classroom wing where this tragedy happened, the school is going to turn this area into a center for Peace Studies and Violence Prevention. In the "violence prevention" section, will they honestly examine what would have happen if students were armed? Not all students, but those students who have a CHP, concealed handgun permit, should have been or should be permitted to be armed. Also will there be a section studying as to why the security guards on campus are not or were not armed? Will they explore that when law biding citizens are disarmed it is the criminals who are armed?
Syphilis in Europe
The Dallas Morning News reports that syphilis i... (more)
The Dallas Morning News reports that syphilis is making a resurgence in Europe. In some cases syphilis cases have leapt more than tenfold. However the article refused to mention what has caused the surge. Sure it is sexual activity; however there was such activity fifty years ago, yet syphilis was near extinct. Good journalist use to report and answer, who, what, when, where, why, and how. Now due to political correctness and the media's own agenda, those w's and one h are not addressed in their reporting. Hopefully our friends in Europe can tell us why the surge is happening, since the American news media has decided to keep America in the dark.
TIME magazine and person of the year
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TIME magazine has named Russian Vladimir Putin, ex KGB agent for 16 years as their "Person of the Year." This magazine has a history of a love affair with despots and communist. Over the years their "man of the year," were people like: Adolf Hitler, Nazi, Joseph Stalin "uncle Joe," Nikita Khrushchev, Den Xiaoping, Yuri Andropov, and Mikhail Gorbachev. Further proof of the American news media's love of Communist and tyrants.
Huckabee Christmas ad and the cross
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2008 Republican Presidential candidate Huckabee air a Christmas message. In the background was part of a bookcase lit up to look like a cross. The sign of a cross upset the propagandist atheist in the news media across the nation. Huchabee a Baptist minister of about twenty years is wishing folks a Merry Christmas with a cross in the background and the Dracula types out there are offended.
Texas following New Jersey on the death penalty lead?
The Dallas Morning News had little-bitty editor... (more)
The Dallas Morning News had little-bitty editorial concerning the death penalty in Texas.
New Jersey Legislature sent a bill to the governors desk outlawing the death penalty. The good editors at The Dallas Morning news would like to see Texas follow New Jersey's lead and eliminate the death penalty also.
Barbara Walters shocked to receive a religious card
Barbara Walters of ABC's The View was shocked t... (more)
Barbara Walters of ABC's The View was shocked to receive a religious Christmas card from Mr. and Mrs. President Bush from The White House in observance of a religious holiday, Christmas.
Al Gore criticizes America, again, while abroad
Emmy wining, Oscar wining, Noble Peace Prize la... (more)
Emmy wining, Oscar wining, Noble Peace Prize laureate, ex-Vice President, and 2000 Presidential candidate, comrade Al Gore, once again bashed America while in a foreign country. Al Gore was in Bali addressing the U.N. climate conference on global warming and continued to blame to USA for obstructing progress on global warming. Comrade Gore continues to spread lies about the dangers of climate change, blaming humans and the USA for not blaming humans. All this U.N. meeting was about was to redistribute the wealth in the world from those affluent nations to despot poorer nations. This is pure socialism/communism masquerading as environmentalism to gain political power over the earth. Communism is the goal; the environment is their vehicle to power.
Malaria spreading because of environmentalist groups
The Dallas Morning News reprinted an article fr... (more)
The Dallas Morning News reprinted an article from the Associated Press, blaming the spread of malaria on global warming. It is a pure lie. The truth is malaria was nearly wiped off the face of the earth, when the wacko anti-capitalist environmentalist had the Democratic led Congress ban DDT. Since the ban, malaria has been spreading among the poorer nations of the earth. Malaria will continue to spread as long as Congress remains hostage to the wacko environmentalist. The leftist Democrats and stupid Republicans need to wake up and end the ban on DDT.
CIA tortured an angel?
In an article appearing in The Dallas Morning N... (more)
In an article appearing in The Dallas Morning News, terrorist Majid Khan is accusing the CIA of torturing him. In the article it stated this terrorist was picked up in Pakistan and sent to Guantanamo for intense interrogation. No where in the article does it state what this terrorist is accused of, or thought to have done, or in fact did do. Reading the article, this poor guy was just walking the streets in Pakistan when the evil CIA just yanked him up and sent to Guantanamo.
Barack Obama not old enough to be President?
According to The Dallas Morning News, Andrew Yo... (more)
According to The Dallas Morning News, Andrew Young who is seventy-five years old stated that Barack Obama was not old enough to be President of the United States. However the Constitution would disagree with Mr. Young. The minimum age to be president, per the Constitution is 35 years of age. Mr. Young as of date does not usurp the Constitution. There were four other presidents who were Mr. Obama's age at the time they took their oath of office. So is Mr. Young saying those four presidents also were not old enough?
Communist China Apple Juice
Food currently being sold in America some of wh... (more)
Food currently being sold in America some of which has its origin in Communist China. The very people who painted children's toys sold in America with lead paint or laced with date rape drug, now want to sell food to America. However there is an orange juice by Florida's Natural orange juice which labels it's product as being 100% from Florida. It can be purchased at Wal-Mart of all places!!!!
News Media covering for Colombian communist
It was reported by Angela Doland of the Associated Press, and printed in The Dallas Morning News about the kidnapping of Lorenzo Betancourt's mother. The article said the kidnappers are part of the leftist group, FARC. Which is a Communist guerrillas operating in the jungles (not rain forest) of Colombia. But the news media refused to identify the kidnappers as Communist, preferring instead to cover for these Marxist by calling them leftist.
NBC (GE) denies thanks to American troops
Freedomswatch.org wanted to air a paid for adve... (more)
Freedomswatch.org wanted to air a paid for advertisement thirty seconds long thanking American men and women in the military. NBC owned by GE refused to allow that commercial on their network. Now people are calling for a boycott of NBC. No, no!!! Do not boycott NBC. You must watch NBC and make notes of their advertisers, then do not purchase any product or service which advertises on NBC. Hit them in the soiled pocketbook.
Great News: Saturday 12/8/7: NBC reversed it's decision and will allow the ad to run on their network.
CIA video tapes missing
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The newspapers all across the nation on their front pages reported a story about the CIA. The interrogation video tapes of Abu Zubaydah and Zacarias Moussaoui are missing. The tapes were destroyed to protect the identity of the CIA agents who interrogated the two terrorist. The news media and the Democratic Party leadership are fit to be tied over this. They are demanding to know what happened to the tapes, why, and who the agents were. It is rather curious that they want to expose the CIA agents involved, thus risking the lives of these to American CIA agents. However when desk CIA agent Valerie Plame was exposed as employed for the CIA, the Democrats and the media demanded to know who exposed her. Stating that person put her life in danger. Now they do not seem to care about the lives of the agents who interrogated the terrorist.
Barack Obama was 5 years old according to the Clintons
Hillary and Bill Clintons mud slinging war machine is in full gear. Why they discovered Democratic Presidential candidate Barack Obama at age five wanted to be president of the United States. It was portrayed as Mr. Obama has been scheming for forty-one years to be president. So has Hillary! You worry about the Patriot Act? You need to worry about another round of the Clintonistas soiling the Oval Office again and their total disregard for any laws.
Mitt Romney speech on Religion
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Presidential candidate Governor Mitt Romney gave a speech yesterday concerning his religion. Mainly because the American news media has made his Mormon faith an issue in this upcoming election. In an attempt to address the media's concern regarding his religion, the speech was made. Now the next day editorials appearing in news papers across the country, and pundits are asking why didn't he address Atheist. Why? Why you idiots in the media, because his speech at the media's urging was about his religion. His religion is not the church of Atheism but being a Mormon. The news media is attempting to diminish persons of beliefs. The media gets the speech they want, then tear it apart because it was about religion and no mention of the Godless.
Mitt Romney speaks on his faith Mormonism
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Governor Mitt Romney, who is a Republican candidate for the president in the 2008 election, made a speech on his Mormonism. He was introduced by President George Bush Sr. The speech was given in the style of JFK who made a similar speech 48 years ago. Mr. Romney had to make this speech because of the constant hounding about his faith from the Godless, Atheist propagandist in the American news media. To the Stalinist in the news media any person of faith with strong religious beliefs are seen as a threat to them. How come these bums in the media do not ask the same questions of Democratic Party presidential candidates? How come the lack of faith or apparent hypocrisy of some of the Democrats faith are never brought into question by this agenda driven media?
Pervert thespians in Hollywood released another... (more)
Pervert thespians in Hollywood released another movie with anti Christian, anti Catholic theme. They are continuing their relentless assault on those who believe in God. Now it is Catholics and Christians, who is next? Do not forget fascist like this believe in incrementalism. Just like when the Nazis went after one group, other groups were silent. Finally when they went after the last group, no one was left to speak up for them. That is the plan of the pervert thespian Atheist who control Hollywood.
Christian Education insert in The Dallas Morning News
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There was an insert in The Dallas Morning News addressing "The Value of Christian Education." What a shocker The Dallas Morning News reporting something positive about Christians. Not so fast! It was a paid advertisement, nothing initiated by the Godless at The Dallas Morning News. Whew....
Dallas Morning News snubbed by Mayor and Perot party. Good!
The Mayor of Dallas who is a man of means and a... (more)
The Mayor of Dallas who is a man of means and as a result hob-knobs with the mukeity-mucks, and horty-torties. Ross Perot Jr throws a party, invites Mayor Tom Leppert. The Dallas Morning News and employee of the news, James Ragland was not invited. James Ragland writes an article complaining that reporters, "the public's watchdog," should have been invited. What we have here is a wanna-be A list crybaby looking to climb the social latter in Dallas. The only "watchdog" work reporters do is to slant news to meet their left-wing agenda and promote political correctness. Mayor Tom Leppert and Ross Perot Jr., were correct in keeping these groupies from ruining their party. The Stalinist journalist in America are just as low on the evolutionary scale as thespians. Both of which should be regarded as harboring the plague.
Illegal Immigrant in the news?
The Dallas Morning News in a small article repo... (more)
The Dallas Morning News in a small article reported an "illegal migrant" was honored for rescuing a boy in the desert. The article actually used the word, "illegal" in the article. In the past whenever reporting on illegal's breaking the law or concern for their "rights" in this country, the word "illegal" was always left out.
News Media feels threatened by Christianity
The media, columnist William McKenzie wrote people are enamored with evangelical ministers instead of the word of God. Refusing to note the people enjoy the method of these evangelicals use to deliver the word of God. They listen to these ministers to hear the word of God. Yet William McKenzie and his comrades find it necessary to dilute the messenger thus effecting negatively upon the message. Their anti-Christian bias is transparent.
Iran Nukes?
The news media gleefully reporting on their front pages a United States intelligence report stating the Iranians stopped working on developing nuclear bomb in 2003. The Stalinist propagandist in the media using this as an opportunity to say once again President Bush lied. Sorry, but let's look behind the story:
1- All of a sudden the media believes U.S. intelligence agencies?
2- The media says U.S. intelligence agencies lied about weapons of mass destruction held by the Iraqis. Yet the same U.S. intelligence agencies are telling the truth about Iran no longer seeking a nuke.
3- So which is it, can the U.S. intelligence agencies be trusted or not?
4- According to the media the Iranians stopped the development in 2003. Which happens to be the same year the Libyans gave up their nuke program. Also the same year the U.S. liberated Iraq.
5- If the Iranians did stop with their nuke program in 2003, then President Bush's involvement in the Middle East worked.
Iraq surge success irritates the new media
The surge in Iraq is working and the Stalinist,... (more)
The surge in Iraq is working and the Stalinist, Democrat control news media still hallucinates dire problems in Iraq. The media refuses to acknowledge the success in Iraq, because to admit such might further damage the creditability of the Democratic Party leadership and presidential candidates. The violence in Iraq decreased, but according to the news media it does not mean peace.
Rich Republicans or Democrats
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The Dallas Morning News reported on GOP governors in a meeting at a resort. The article was riddled with attempts to portray the Republicans as the super rich living lavish life styles. When the FACT is the Democrats are the richest in America. Out of the top ten richest Senators, eight are Democrats. The Democrats represent the richest Congressional districts in the nation. However you will not read that in the news media. Because their goose-stepping marching orders they receive from the Democrats, ordered them not to tell the truth. The news media is attempting to perpetuate class envy in this nation, while protecting the super rich Democrats
Death Penalty Deterrence myth
The Dallas Morning News had an editorial trying to outlay why the death penalty is a miserable failure as a deterrence. What the news media refuses to understand, it is not about deterrence, but justice. It is getting even, retribution, and closure for the victim's family. Nowhere in the editorial was the impact upon the victim's families mentioned. The media is attempting to influence the debate by twisting it. During the debate about the death penalty has the media ever evenly outlined the victim's families take on the subject? Nor has the media ever tried to examine the discussion from a point of administering justice
Euro Trash part two
I posted a video on YouTube a few days ago lame... (more)
I posted a video on YouTube a few days ago lamenting about Euro-trash, trashing our American president. A person from Italy replied to the video. When I looked at his/her video log the person had an anti-American video, plus an equally vile video as a favorite. Both videos were strongly anti-Semitic and anti-Israel. Leading me to think the two are either fascist or two of the sub-culture hoards invading Europe, who refuse to assimilate.
Presidential debates, a ruined institution
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At one time the League of Women Voters use to moderate the debates. Then in 1988 the two trusted (what a joke) political parties, the Democrats and Republicans, got together and formed the "Commission of Presidential Debates," and the League of Women Voters were shoved overboard. Since then it has been a steady decline in the debates and prestige lost for the battered participants.
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Last summer, I visited Jamberoo Action Park, a water-based theme park located a few hours south of Sydney that's only open from September to April each year. It's known for being "where you control the action". Or so the jingle goes. Well, while staying in nearby Kiama, I decided to put this claim to the test.
My group and I arrived at Jamberoo just after opening time (10.00am) and immediately dumped our lunch and towels in one of the huts near the entrance. It may seem unsafe, but everyone does it. I think people are too busy having fun to steal anything, but of course you shouldn't leave anything valuable behind.
My first stop was The Rock, where you're expected to jump into a pool from platforms either three or ten metres high. There's no time to pump yourself up when there's a line building up behind you. You just have to go. It probably would have been the best way to plunge into the day, but I decided I'd begin with the smaller slide next to these and work my way up.
In the end, the slide was all I managed. I like to think I could have done the others (certainly, with everyone watching, it would have been hard to back out once I'd lined up) but I didn't bother. It was such a long line for such a short thrill - and it was one that didn't appeal to me anyway.
Instead, I headed to the wave pool in Outback Bay, which is located right next to the park entrance. At first I didn't understand the point of this attraction. After all, the fun of waves usually comes from surfing them, not standing there as they knock you about. But as I moved deeper into the water I found that mastering the swell was pretty satisfying, as you crouch down in the troughs and then push off to rise with the waves until you can't touch the bottom.
Even though the pool was packed, everyone was being thrown around at the same time and I was surprised to find I (rarely) hit anyone. I ended up out pretty deep so my legs sure got a work out. I'm not sure why the area is called Outback Bay though, as it has been made to look like a beach, as you would expect of a wave pool, with sand and beach chairs. When the water is calm, you can also swim here like in a regular pool.
It turns out all the rides are pretty good. I also went on The Taipan, where an inflatable raft speeds down a dark tunnel and you can't tell when the next twist or fall is coming. Unfortunately I left my dress on (having just had lunch), since I had been told you don't really get wet. But that must only apply to the other tunnel (there are two) because I certainly got soaked.
Then there was the Wave Hill water slide, where you can race your friends down to the bottom, though whoever is the biggest seems to get the most momentum and win. Rapid River looked like it would hardly live up to its name, with people floating along on inflatable rings, but it's quite fun, though packed. You do have to dodge waterfalls and jets of water at some stages.
Inevitably, I ended up soaked the entire day and it's only reasonable that the park is shut between May and August. It probably wouldn't be that much fun in winter. But there are rides here that don't involve any water, such as the go-karts, bobsled and landscape golf. There are also areas specifically designed for kids, who will enjoy the miniature slides, a mushroom pool and Billabong Beach (a miniature park in itself).
The entire park has a bright, fun, colouful atmosphere which families seem to flock to, most of them probably driving here from Sydney. Effort has been put into every little detail too, down to the trimming of the hedges, and when you look out over Jamberoo Valley, the view's pretty amazing. One of the only issues you'll come across is the lengthy lines, but they do move pretty fast.
I guess my verdict is: Jamberoo Action Park is more than a tagline, it's a tagline with substance. There's so much to do here that you really are in control of the action. I think you'd be hard-pressed to fit everything in, so you will have to choose what kind of day you want: adrenalin-filled or relaxing, wet or (relatively) dry.
Since I've visited the park, two more attractions have opened: Banjo's Billabong, a four-storey structure with waterslides, bridges and more, and Funnel Web, the world's longest and biggest water ride.
I think I might need to go try these out.


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Visit Coursey Springs Fish Hatchery
300 Hatchery Lane, Millboro, VA 24460
Hours: Sunday-Saturday: 8:00-3:00
Coursey Springs Fish Cultural Station is nestled in a beautiful valley approximately 2 miles south of Williamsville in rural Bath County Virginia. Bath County borders the State of West Virginia and about 1.5 hour drive north of Roanoke and a 1 hour drive west of Staunton. Bath County does not have a traffic lights within the borders of the county.
Originally constructed in the early 1960's, CSFCS consisted of earthen raceways. While the facility played a very important role in the Virginia hatchery system it was outdated, run down and inefficient. An estimated 40% of the fish were lost each year due to bird predation and many design flaws provided less than optimal trout growth producing an estimated 165,000lbs of trout annually. The DGIF elected to renovate the facility with construction beginning during the summer of 2008. The renovations were completed in the spring of 2010. The new state of the art facility draws water from the 3rd largest spring in the State of Virginia and sends it through a large oxygenation unit. From here the water is gravity fed into 40 stainless steel circular tanks where trout have a constant current to swim against and waste is removed from the tanks within minutes. Once the water leaves the culture tanks it goes through a series of filters and into a waste water treatment facility. From here the water is either re-used in the culture tanks or enters Spring Run, a beautiful trout stream, where it is not uncommon to catch a trophy size brook or rainbow trout. The new facility produces a maximum of 250,000 lbs. or about 400,000 catchable size fish currently with room to possibly increase production.
Water source/supply
CSFCS is supplied by Coursey Spring, formally known as Meadow Lake prior to the 1960's. Coursey Spring is reputed to be the 3rd largest spring in the Commonwealth of Virginia with a peak output of 15,000 gpm. The flows and water temperature fluctuate seasonally due to influence from the nearby Cowpasture River. The Cowpasture River is a sinking stream and in times of low flows sinks about 6.5 miles north of the spring. Dye trace studies have indicated that some of that water from 6.5 miles away comes up in the spring. Flows range from 15,000 gpm to a low of 3,000 gpm which is typically in late summer early fall. The water temperature ranges from 57° F in the summer to a low of 47° F in the winter.
Due to differences in weather from year to year the production at the CSFCS can vary. Depending on the weather and associated rainfall CSFCS has produced between 247,000 lbs. (FY11) and 137,000 lbs. (FY14). CSFCS is a grow-out facility and no spawning takes place. Fingerlings are supplied by the Wytheville FCS, Marion, FCS, and Paint Bank FCS. CSFCS raise Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout and Brook Trout. Rainbow trout typically account for approximately 60% of the annual production by weight with Brown trout and Brook trout accounting for 20% each respectively.
CSFCS is responsible for stocking 72 waters. CSFCS covers 11 counties: Alleghany, Augusta, Bath, Fauquier, Frederick, Highland, Page, Rockbridge, Rockingham, Shenandoah, and Warren. CSFCS is also responsible for stocking 2 waters in the Urban Trout program that are located in the Cities of Hampton and Chesapeake respectively. CSFCS also assists the Paint Bank FCS in stocking Liberty Lake in Bedford County for Heritage Day. CSFCS annual allocation request is 179,000 pounds.
CSFCS participates in the Urban Trout Stocking program and has three waters in the Youth-Only Stocked Trout Program. CSFCS has three Heritage waters and stocks another Heritage water for Paint Bank for Heritage Day, Liberty Lake- Bedford County. CSFCS stocks four Delayed harvest and two Catch and Release waters. No spawning occurs at the facility. The facility is one of two "grow out" facilities in the system. Fingerlings are received from Wytheville FCS, Marion FCS, and Paint Bank FCS.
CSFCS has 142 acres of creek side habitats, riparian buffers and open fields to catch a glimpse of the wildlife that call CSFCS home. Green and great blue herons can often be found wading in shallow waters, especially in the mornings. At dawn and dusk, night herons may be more common. Belted kingfisher and otter are common around the confluence of Spring Run and the Cowpasture River. In the summer, keep an eye out for a bald eagle or osprey searching for food. Red-tailed and red-shouldered hawks hunt the surrounding skies year-round. The more open areas surrounding the hatchery attract eastern bluebird, American goldfinch, eastern kingbird, and red-winged blackbird. Along brushy creek side areas, look for birds such as eastern phoebe and Carolina wren. Dragonflies and damselflies are a watchers delight. Look for blue dasher, eastern pondhawk, black saddlebags, calico pennant, and common green darner.
The DGIF completed a stream restoration project on Spring Run, 2011. The stream now compliments the hatchery with a no harvest, single hook artificial hook only trophy trout stream. The Cowpasture River below the mouth of Spring Run has been added to the stocking list as a put and take fishery.
Hatchery Manager: Eric Wooding
Assistant Hatchery Manager: James "Hawk" Bartholomew
Fish Culturists: Charles "Andy" Davis, Dennis Forbes, & Kenneth "Butch" Hall


"A Light in the Darkness" Christmas Eve message by Pastor Duane Schmeichel delivered to Lamb of God Lutheran Church on December 24, 2018 based on the text Isaiah 9:2-7.
"A Psalm. For Giving Thanks." Thanksgiving Eve message by Pastor Duane Schmeichel delivered to Lamb of God Lutheran Church on November 22, 2107 based on the text Psalm 100.
"A Reversal - By One Man" Sunday morning message by Pastor Duane Schmeichel delivered to Lamb of God Lutheran Church on July 9, 2017 based on the text Romans 5:12-15.
"An Inseparable Love" Sunday morning message by Pastor Duane Schmeichel delivered to Lamb of God Lutheran Church August 20, 2017 based on the text Romans 8:35-39.
Are We Blind and Deaf?
"Are We Blind and Deaf?" Sunday morning message for Lamb of God Lutheran Church by Pastor Keith Kruck delivered on March 19, 2017 based on the text Isaiah 42:14-21.
"At One with God through Jesus' Blood" Sunday morning message delivered to Lamb of God Lutheran Church by Pastor Duane Schmeichel based on the text Romans 3:21-25a,27-28.
"Battling Sin = The Christian's War on Terror" Sunday morning message by Pastor Duane Schmeichel delivered to Lamb of God Lutheran Church on July 23, 2017 based on the text Romans 7:15-25a.
"Be Confident in Jesus' Authority" Sunday morning messagfe by Pastor Duane Schmeichel delivered to Lamb of God Lutheran Church on January 28, 2018 based on the text Mark 1:21-28.
"Be God's Valentine" Sunday morning message by Pastor John Roebke delivered to Lamb of God Lutheran Church on February 12, 2017 based on the text 1 Thessalonians 4:1-12.
"Buried in Baptism for a New Life" Sunday morning message by Pastor Duane Schmeichel delivered to Lamb of God Lutheran Church July 16, 2017 based on the text Romans 6:1b-11.
"Chosen for the Ultimate Treasure" Sunday morning message by Pastor Duane Schmeichel delivered to Lamb of God Lutheran Church on August 13, 2017 based on the text Romans 8:28-30.
"Christmas Day" December 25, 2016, text Hebrews 1.
"Compelled to Serve" Sunday morning message by Pastor Kieth Kruck delivered to Lamb of God Lutheran Church on February 4, 2018 based on the text Mark 1:29-39.
"Crown Him Lord of All" Sunday morning message by Pastor Duane Schmeichel delivered to Lamb of God Lutheran Church on November 26, 2017 based on the text 1 Corinthians 15:20-28.
"Faith Fosters Forgiveness" Sunday morning message by Pastor Duane Schmeichel delivered to Lamb of God Lutheran Church on February 24, 2019 based on the text Genesis 45:3-8a,15.
Sunday morning message by Pastor Duane Schmeichel delivered to Lamb of God Lutheran Church on February 17, 2019 based on the text 1Corinthians 15:20.
"Focus on the Things of God" Sunday morning message by pastor Duane Schmeichel delivered to Lamb of God Lutheran Church on September 16, 2018 based on the text Mark 8:27-35.
"Follow Your Shepherd." Sunday morning message to Lamb of God Lutheran Church by Pastor John Roebke delivered on May 21. 2017 based on the text John 10:1-10.
"Live the Law of Love" Sunday morning message by Pastor Duane Shmeichel delivered to Lamb of God Lutheran Church on October 1, 2017 based on the text Romans 14:5-9.
"Give Thanks for the Gifts of Others" Sunday morning message by Pastor Duane Schmeichel delivered to Lamb of God Lutheran Church on September 30, 2018 based on the text Numbers 11:16,24-29.
"God Gives New Hearts" Sunday morning message by Pastor Duane Schmeichel delivered to Lamb of God Lutheran Church on October 15, 2017 based on the text Ezekiel 18:1-4,25-32.


When you're pitching the media, don't spend all your time crafting your pitch.
Think about how to weave what I call the "10 Magic Phrases" into a telephone conversation, email interview or face-to-face chat with journalists and bloggers. I've printed the questions on handy notepads and I use them whenever a reporter calls, or when I contact a journalist or blogger.
You could also use some of these questions when a journalist or blogger calls you for an interview, but you're not an appropriate source. If you can help them, even if you won't be quoted, you'll make a good impression, and they'll remember you.
Asking this question shows you're considerate of their deadlines. If it's not a good time, they'll tell you. Ask when you can call back, and follow their directions to the letter.
The more you can help a journalist or blogger find people to interview, the more they will view you as a valuable source. Be ready with two or three other sources, including contact information, you can offer them. Make certain, however, that those people agree to be interviewed.
Sometimes journalists and bloggers might not need more sources. They might need statistics, the definition of a word or phrase used in your industry, White Papers or research on a certain topic, or other data to round out their article or blog post. If you can provide it, you become an even more valuable source.
4. "How can I help you"?
Almost nobody asks this qusetion. Most people who pitch journalists and bloggers are too busy delivering their pitch. Asking "How can I help you?" is often an excellent way to start a relationship with someone who you want to eventually use you as a source. When they start talking, listen!
Your press kit should include information that many journalists and bloggers can access, without spending valuable interview time acquiring it.
Things like a short and long version of your bio, facts about your industry or company, frequently asked questions, links where they can follow you on the social media sites, and a place where they can download photos like your professional head shot and photos of your products will go a long way toward ensuring accuracy.
Offer the link to your online press kit. Never, ever send hard-copy press kits to journalists or bloggers without asking their permission.
Graphics are sometimes an afterthought, particularly among beginning journalists and bloggers. The best time to offer this is immediately after an interview. You might have a map that shows people how to get to your event. Or a pie chart that helps people better understand a complicated topic. Or a graphic that would really dress up a long article.
Make sure these are available in whatever format the journalist or blogger requests.
Photos, too, are sometimes an afterthought. If you can save a journalists or blogger time tracking down photos, you've scored even more points.
Smaller publications, like weekly newspapers that have limited photo staffs, will sometimes publish photos you've taken. My ebook, How to Use Photos & Graphics in Your Publicity Campaign, explains everything you need to know on how to take great photos and share them with your media contacts.
Gina Spadafori, who has been writing primarily about pets and their care for almost 30 years as a syndicated columnist and author, has told me she's had problems finding good publicity photos to fill a small hole on a page. "The availability of high-quality, high-resolution art can tip a 'maybe' item into the 'yes' category," she says.
Your media contacts will appreciate knowing about your various areas of expertise. If a business blogger is interviewing you because you're an expert on the economy, it doesn't hurt to also let her know that you're a wine collector.
Why would she care? She might not. But if she knows a wine blogger, she might be happy to pass along your contact information.
Even though journalists claim they hate it when people follow-up, what they really means is that they hate it when pests follow up. They love it when helpful sources call them again with other story ideas, tips, leads and helpful suggestions.
Some journalists and bloggers welcome phone calls from sources they know will share valuable information. So it never hurts to ask this question. Find out when they're on deadline, or whether they prefer calls during a certain window of time during the day or evening.
Keep my notepads next to your telephone, and be ready when a reporter, editor or blogger calls. Or tuck them into a briefcase. If you meet a journalist or blogger at, say, a convention, don't be embarrassed to pull it out and start using the magic phrases.
You can read about order the "10 Magic Phrases" notepads here and read about eight gaffes to avoid when dealing with journalists.
What other magic phrases would you add to this list?
Great phrases here Joan. As PR pros, we sometimes forget to offer help to others instead of just thinking about how they will help us. It's one of those basic human principles that we can apply to PR.
You're so right, Stacey. That's why, when PR people and anyone else who wants to self-promote, use these phrases, the media and bloggers really perk up. Too many people are too busy talking about themselves.
Thanks for sharing The 10 Magic Phrases because your experience, the golden source for your wisdom, tells me their value.
I shall use them & remember who was my teacher.