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Hopefully, the current series of storms is an indicator of a nice, long, wet winter. We can really use the water to charge up our parched aquifers, and even our briny species seem healthier when we have big wintertime flows of freshwater to the Monterey Bay.
The storms and big swells that accompany them do not make for very productive (or comfortable) ocean fishing, however. Todd Fraser at Bayside Marine reported earlier in the week only "a few anglers are catching some crab and rockfish." Judging by our view of the breakers at the Santa Cruz harbor mouth on Thursday, it is most likely that canny anglers are biding their time, waiting for the swell to subside rather than scooting out between sets.
On the plus side, that same location inside the harbor channel is hosting a fairly robust population of surfperch right now. Anglers fishing from the east jetty Thursday during the morning high tide had no problem pulling in fish after fish. Most were calico or barred surfperch, though a few walleye perch were caught as well. Anglers coaxed nibbles by using squid or shrimp bits on sabiki rigs or the classic sliding sinker setup with a short leader, a No. 4 hook and half a Gulp sandworm for the 8- to 12-inch perch. These particular anglers could have easily brought home limits of surfperch, but were practicing catch and release and having tons of fun. Also, there was at least one poke-poler with a bag full of rockfish caught on squid from between the jetty rocks that morning.
Ed Burrell at Capitola Boat and Bait confirmed the perch bite is on the upswing in his area also. Anglers fishing near the bottom of the pier, just outside the breakers are doing well on barred surfperch, while those fishing toward the mid-point of the pier are catching mostly calicos. A few big perch were brought over the rail in the past week or so.
Thanks to these consistent northwest swells, good structure is building up on the long stretches of sandy beach south of Capitola. New Brighton Beach, Rio Del Mar and La Selva Beach all were pounded last week by big waves, and there are plenty of holes and rip currents to search in our quest for bigger barred surf perch. The same goes for all the beaches that ring the bay, really. From Pajaro down to Seaside, a short walk on the beach should locate good perch hunting grounds right now.
For the larger black or rainbow perch, try the rocky coves of Carmel or our North Coast headlands. Bigger hooks and bigger baits are appropriate for these hard-fighting hubcaps, but the same rigs will do the trick as with their smaller cousins.
As always, when fishing wintertime perch, please remember to keep safety as your primary concern, especially when wading in the surf or fishing from the rocks or jetties. Around here, sneaky waves are the norm. Always keep one eye out on the surf line to watch what"s coming. And, when clambering on the rocks, keep the other eye on your feet. Those boulders can be slippery.
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The Most Intriguing, Promising, Not-Here-Yet Games Of E3
The controlled chaos and wonderfully oppressive din of E3 (the Electronic Entertainment Expo), the world's most important videogame expo, has ended. During the event in downtown Los Angeles, many journalists and fan sites distributed awards purporting to name the best games of the show. The problem? These games aren't even completed. Sometimes, they aren't even playable at the show. These awards, therefore, have become both ubiquitous and nearly meaningless.
So this is not an E3 awards story. Instead, it's a look at the offerings that seem to show the most promise and what it might take for them to hold up as genuinely award-worthy once they're complete and in players' hands.
Beyond: Two Souls (Sony) Ellen Page, the fine actress who gained so much attention in Juno, stars in this horror-oriented game about the meaning of death. Page plays Jodie Holmes, a woman on the run tethered to a ghost that can be both menacing and helpful. The artwork is some of the best ever presented in any game – it feels one step below humanity. You can play the ghost, even possessing others, and you do indeed feel a persuasively ghostly power and angst moving through a train car to float outside where the rain beats down heavily in the night.
Assassin's Creed III (Ubisoft) Just when I believed the Assassin's Creed series was played out, Ubisoft's Montreal studio brings us a game about a stealthy, mysterious assassin hunting Templars against an unexpected backdrop: the American Revolution. It certainly sounds weird, but through voluminous historical research, tense action and taut narrative, a game that includes Ben Franklin and George Washington – offbeat figures for this realm – may end up being one of the year's best.
The Last of Us (Sony) To get a sense of what The Last Of Us is all about, think of Cormac McCarthy's The Road. Here, a man and a young girl travel a violent, post-apocalyptic world in a game that can be both moving and gruesome. And because The Last Of Us is made by the company that gave us the Uncharted series, you'll enjoy fine writing and tough puzzles along the way.
LEGO City (WBIE) The most compelling children's game for Nintendo's new Wii U console features a cheeky detective fighting crime in what has the unlikely feel of a kind of Grand Theft Auto ... for kids. All I saw was a trailer, but the footage was so funny, cute and action-packed, it became the one Wii U game I immediately wanted to play.
Star Wars 1313 (LucasArts) What a welcome surprise this is. The first Mature-rated Star Wars game features a script so deftly written, it frankly beats any of the cliched stories in the Star Wars movies – and that's just the beginning. Add amazingly detailed CGI artwork from Industrial Light and Magic and you get a hint of what games will probably look like on the next Sony and Microsoft consoles. With luck, the gameplay will be just as awe-inspiring.
Dishonored (Bethesda Softworks) Set in a steampunk universe, Dishonored gives you so many ways to play, the options could have become confusing – but they didn't. Instead, if it all works well on release, it will be a game to talk about and long for in part because of all those choices. You can pull up a wheel that allows you to, say, use a gust of wind to blow an enemy off a ledge. You can possess a rat to get through tight places. You can even possess your enemy himself to pass through dangerous areas like an electrified passageway.
The Cave (Double Fine) Longtime game designer Ron Gilbert (remember Maniac Mansion?) created this comedic nod to the old-school adventure game. This small, downloadable gem will feature characters like a pair of weird twins, a scientist and a barefoot hillbilly. You'll find everything from dragons to castles down in that cave - even a machine dispensing Grog, the logo of which looks suspiciously like Coke's. If this game doesn't make you laugh, give yourself a pinch to make sure you're still conscious.
Halo 4 (Microsoft) The various versions of Halo have sold more than 40 million copies. But as popular as they are, there's always been one criticism of the science-fiction shooter: The story mode, called "the campaign," has been widely criticized as too short. That's changing. After Halo 4 hits shelves, Microsoft will release weekly, story-packed downloadable episodes as part of an ongoing serial inspired by the TV series Lost. If it works, that feature could be (no pun intended) a game changer, and new weekly episodes could become standard.


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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Nick Saban has started freshman on defense before at Alabama, either through necessity or sheer talent.
He just can't recall having had to rely so much on so many this early in the season. The second-ranked Crimson Tide could start four freshmen in the defensive front seven in Saturday's game against Southern Miss, mostly courtesy of injuries .
"We knew we were going to have to have a lot of depth in our defense with the freshmen and we're really pleased with the freshmen that we were able to recruit last year," Saban said. "And they've done a nice job of working, developing and continuing to improve. But we've had some unfortunate bad luck or whatever you want to call it, losing players at certain positions. A couple of inside linebackers, a defensive lineman.
"These guys have had to be thrust into duty before we thought they would. We're working hard to try to get them to gain the confidence they need to play well on a consistent basis."
The group of Alabama's ready-for-the-SEC freshman defenders has included the likes of defensive backs Minkah Fitzpatrick and Patrick Surtain II — a sophomore this season — and linebacker CJ Mosley.
Nose guard DJ Dale won the job starting with a strong spring . Injuries have moved linebackers Christian Harris and Shane Lee into the starting lineup in all three games. Now, defensive end Justin Eboigbe appears set to join them with LaBryan Ray expected to be out at least six weeks with a foot injury. Freshman safety Jordan Battle is also playing a meaningful role.
Alabama is eighth in the Southeastern Conference in total defense after those injuries and a large exodus of talent to the NFL.
Cornerback Trevon Diggs said he's not too worried about having to rely on all those rookies.
"I feel like football is football," Diggs said. "Most of those guys, when they were in high school as freshmen, (were) starting on varsity and doing stuff like that, so I feel like it's the same thing at the end: it's football.
"Everyone has to play together and play around each other."
They've been able to get some seasoning in three straight lopsided wins, and the Tide is heavily favored against Southern Miss, too. After that, Alabama faces six consecutive Southeastern Conference opponents and the bigger tests begin.
Saban said having such inexperienced players "can be a little limiting at times" but that it's important to avoid asking them to do things they are unsure of.
"But you really can't coach experience into players," he said.
Here's a snapshot of Alabama's four possible freshmen starters on defense:
— The 6-foot-3, 308-pound Dale was hardly one of the team's most heralded recruits in this class. But he started drawing rave reviews in the spring as a potential replacement to Quinnen Williams. He has eight tackles and one sack.
"He's different," Tide defensive end Raekwon Davis said. "You don't see many young guys coming in with technique like that. He's playing like he's been in this league a while, and you don't see that that often."
— Lee has filled in capably with the potentially devastating loss of 2018 Butkus Award semifinalist Dylan Moses . He is second on the team with 19 tackles.
— Harris moved up the depth chart with the preseason injury to Joshua McMillon. He has 11 tackles. Sophomore Ale Kaho has seven tackles behind him at that position the past two games.
— Eboigbe is the most unknown entity of the group, for a good reason. He missed the first two games with a foot injury and didn't record a stat in the South Carolina game. Behind him is another freshman Byron Young.
"He's a very young guy, but I think he knows the standard for what the D-Line guys do and I feel like he's going to hold to that standard," Davis said of Eboigbe. "I feel like he's one of the young guys who has stepped up and is ready to show the world he can play big boy football."
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South African Journal of Chemistry
On-line version ISSN 1996-840X
Print version ISSN 0379-4350
FORD, T Anthony.. The Vibrational Spectra of the Boron Halides and Their Molecular Complexes. Part 14. Ab Initio Studies of the Boron Trifluoride-Nitrous Acid Complex. S.Afr.j.chem. (Online) [online]. 2013, vol.66, pp.221-230. ISSN 1996-840X.
A number of electron donor-acceptor complexes formed between boron trifluoride and nitrous acid have been studied, in order to ascertain which of the interacting monomers acts as the acid and which as the base. We have found four complexes in which electron donation occurs in the direction HONO νBF3. These complexes are bound through the hydroxyl O, the N and the nitrosyl O atoms, in decreasing order of strength of interaction, and in the last case two separate rotational isomers have been identified. The intermolecular structural parameters and the perturbations of the intramolecular bond lengths and angles are consistent with the trends in the interaction energies. The vibrational spectra have also been examined, and the wavenumber shifts and intensity ratios track with the energetic and structural data. The mechanism of complex formation in each case is donation of a lone pair of electrons on the N or O atoms into the π* orbital of BF3, with back donation in the case of the complex bound through the nitrogen atom from a lone pair on one of the F atoms of BF3 into the σ*(OH) orbital of HONO. The total amounts of charge transferred vary, in general, with the strengths of interaction, while the charge density topologies and their properties confirm the conclusions derived from the other characteristics discussed.
Keywords : Ab initio studies; molecular complexes; boron trifluoride; nitrous acid.


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The endless chatter of bubbles and crashes continues unabated. Eventually, all bull markets come to an end, and this one must eventually as well. But as I sit down to write this, the Standard & Poor's 500 Index yesterday hit yet another all-time high. U.S. markets continue to have good internals, strong breadth and broad participation.
Yet each new high generates another call for an imminent top. On Sunday, the New York Times ran a column headlined, "In Some Ways, It's Looking Like 1999 in the Stock Market." In it, the claim was made, "It sure looks like a bubble."
Some of you may not have been around during the 1990s bull market. In its final year — 1999 — Wall Street was a three-ring circus of insanity. The world today is nothing like it was then. The streets weren't paved with gold, then trading at a pitiful $250 an ounce, but rather cocaine and $2,000 a night escorts. No one obsessed about the top 1 percent, because the top 50 percent saw so much green coming its way. Profits, salary and bonuses flowed madly from Wall Street to much of the country. Bonuses migrated from traders to Ferrari dealers to the Hamptons. Imagine so much cash sloshing through the system that even the now-shrinking middle class enjoyed rising wages and improving standards of living.
The sheer scope and unadulterated madness, the blossoming fireworks of greed at the tail end of the comet that was the 1982-2000 bull market was a wonder to behold. Are stocks the national pastime today? They were in 1999. You could walk into any bar, restaurant or gym and there was BubbleVisionTV (thank you, Bill Fleckenstein!) playing on the big screen like it was ESPN during March Madness.
Do you think stock-market sentiment is excessive today? You should speak to the American people: According to a Gallup poll in the first quarter, half of all Americans think putting money into the stock market today is a bad idea. Half!
In '99, a whopping 67 percent thought putting money into the stock market was a great idea. Risk aversion was for cowards and losers, and only 28 percent thought equities were a bad idea. To put that into context, in 1997, about 33 percent of Americans thought stocks were a bad idea.
Fast-forward to today — more Americans think putting money into the stock market is a bad idea (50 percent) than think it's a good idea (46 percent). In light of the performance of the market over the last five years, I call this Irrational Non-Exuberance.
When we think of important market tops, we think of widespread euphoria and absurd valuations, while even the dumbest ideas having endless venture capital money thrown at them.
There is little of that brand of euphoria today for the market as the above survey makes clear. Valuations are only mildly elevated by historical standards. A profitable company, King Digital Entertainment Plc — maker of hugely profitable Candy Crush video game — just had a disappointing initial public offering. It was the latest IPO to come up short, even though Candy Crush makes a bundle and will soon hit $1 billion in revenue.
That's the sort of metric the Pets.com sock puppet from 1999 could only dream about.


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Brothel workers support Ron Paul's stance on prostitution and are helping him raise cash. CNN's Elizabeth Cohen reports.
Watch:The Best Ron Paul Video EVER ... Happy Birthday Martin Luther King and "Ron Paul's 2002 Predictions Come True."
Ron Paul's 2002 Predictions Come True........ and now all we need are some round George Burns glasses and Saturday Night Live.......? "Oh God You Devil" staring Ron Paul For President.
Whether thinly veiled or blatant bias against Paul or any other candidate, CNN is fast losing any credibility to claim "the most trusted news in politics." Whether one is Democrat, Republican, Libertarian, you're alienating free, smart, independent-thinking people everywhere in America who give a big thumbs down to such reporting. CNN is definitely changing the conversation – not about the candidates, but about who's losing trust in mainstream media.
George Burns and Ron Paul sing..."Ain't Misbehaving." "Funnest Joke I Ever Heard"...Obama and the National media ignoring Ron Paul but when he gets coverage,he sure gets some coverage !
Get the Federal Govt. out of our American business and personal choices that impose on our individual freedoms and the Constitution. We are all Americans and we "all " have the right to vote for the president we want. Thank-you for your contribution. To each his own and we also make our own choices about what we do professionally and what we don't. If it's illegal then you're on your own and face all consequences.Morals,values and standards are our own personal choices and so is smoking a cig. without taking a urine test or being discriminated against because someone is a smoker. Personal Freedoms without the Federal Govt. imposing on our rights and the Constitution. Go Ron Paul ! Let God stand in judgement and not the Federal Govt.
funny how CNN can attempt to judge morality.
I think you guys need to clean up your act and I am no prude.It tells me you do not want Paul elected.You all owe Paul a very big apilogy>Ron Paul will be a better President than what we already have or who are want-a-be's.Our country is a total mess and needs your help to get it on the right track not by doing what you just did to Ron Paul.
Typical low blow aimed at Ron Paul. Its just sad at this point...
Ron Paul's views especially regarding Israel and the Middle East
Very strange, someone puts words in his mouth.
Looks like anti-Israel group funding his campaign
Muslim?? This is just an opinion, but worth checking out ....
CNN is your job to check ...
One thing you can say about Ron Paul the brothels may support him but he don't support them, if you know what I mean. Check out the rest of Washington. Newt could have owned his own brothel. lol. The news is stooping lower and lower daily.
And their motto is "Vote Ron Paul. With him as president, the whole country gets screwed".
For those who have not yet done so, it is time for you to Blackout the Media, do not watch these debates on TV, if you can not Blackout the Media at least do not rely on them for the truth, it just isn't going to haeppn.Also I would urge people to contribute to the MoneyBomb, the one thing the media does follow is the money. Most of us do not have any extra but sometimes you just have to find a way.They did not pay attention to the Tea Party at first, now they are trying to hi-jack the movement, we know it, so let your money speak for you, that is the language they understand.
The one on the left! The one on the left!
how low can cnn go? why not start a story about lepers and some how link it to Ron Paul? I am disgusted with you unethical idiots! What happened to your ethics? did you sell your souls to the devil? You anti-american thieves! Go right to devil where you belong. Karma is real... I am contacting all of your advertisers and boycotting everyone of them and will ask my nationwide Realtor groups to do the same, all of my artist friends, all of myfacebook and myspace, well you get the message, or you SOON will.
Right on my feelings exactly!
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1. President Johnson's Message to Congress August 5, 1964
Last night I announced to the American people that the North Vietnamese regime had conducted further deliberate attacks against U.S. naval vessels operating in international waters, and I had therefore directed air action against gunboats and supporting facilities used in these hostile operations. This air action has now been carried out with substantial damage to the boats and facilities. Two U.S. aircraft were lost in the action.
After consultation with the leaders of both parties in the Congress, I further announced a decision to ask the Congress for a resolution expressing the unity and determination of the United States in supporting freedom and in protecting peace in southeast Asia.
These latest actions of the North Vietnamese regime has given a new and grave turn to the already serious situation in southeast Asia. Our commitments in that area are well known to the Congress. They were first made in 1954 by President Eisenhower. They were further defined in the Southeast Asia Collective Defense Treaty approved by the Senate in February 1955.
This treaty with its accompanying protocol obligates the United States and other members to act in accordance with their constitutional processes to meet Communist aggression against any of the parties or protocol states.
Our policy in southeast Asia has been consistent and unchanged since 1954. I summarized it on June 2 in four simple propositions:
America keeps her word. Here as elsewhere, we must and shall honor our commitments.
The issue is the future of southeast Asia as a whole. A threat to any nation in that region is a threat to all, and a threat to us.
Our purpose is peace. We have no military, political, or territorial ambitions in the area.
This is not just a jungle war, but a struggle for freedom on every front of human activity. Our military and economic assistance to South Vietnam and Laos in particular has the purpose of helping these countries to repel aggression and strengthen their independence.
The threat to the free nations of southeast Asia has long been clear. The North Vietnamese regime has constantly sought to take over South Vietnam and Laos. This Communist regime has violated the Geneva accords for Vietnam. It has systematically conducted a campaign of subversion, which includes the direction, training, and supply of personnel and arms for the conduct of guerrilla warfare in South Vietnamese territory. In Laos, the North Vietnamese regime has maintained military forces, used Laotian territory for infiltration into South Vietnam, and most recently carried out combat operations - all in direct violation of the Geneva Agreements of 1962.
In recent months, the actions of the North Vietnamese regime have become steadily more threatening...
As President of the United States I have concluded that I should now ask the Congress, on its part, to join in affirming the national determination that all such attacks will be met, and that the United States will continue in its basic policy of assisting the free nations of the area to defend their freedom.
As I have repeatedly made clear, the United States intends no rashness, and seeks no wider war. We must make it clear to all that the United States is united in its determination to bring about the end of Communist subversion and aggression in the area. We seek the full and effective restoration of the international agreements signed in Geneva in 1954, with respect to South Vietnam, and again in Geneva in 1962, with respect to Laos...
2. Joint Resolution of Congress H.J. RES 1145 August 7, 1964
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the Congress approves and supports the determination of the President, as Commander in Chief, to take all necessary measures to repel any armed attack against the forces of the United States and to prevent further aggression.
Section 2. The United States regards as vital to its national interest and to world peace the maintenance of international peace and security in southeast Asia. Consonant with the Constitution of the United States and the Charter of the United Nations and in accordance with its obligations under the Southeast Asia Collective Defense Treaty, the United States is, therefore, prepared, as the President determines, to take all necessary steps, including the use of armed force, to assist any member or protocol state of the Southeast Asia Collective Defense Treaty requesting assistance in defense of its freedom.
Section 3. This resolution shall expire when the President shall determine that the peace and security of the area is reasonably assured by international conditions created by action of the United Nations or otherwise, except that it may be terminated earlier by concurrent resolution of the Congress.
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- Israel Has Lots Of Oil ~ Washington Times!
- Israel Richest Oil Country In The World ~ Omega Letter
- Israel's Giant Off-Shore Oil and Gas Field Israel National News!
- USGS identifies potential giant oil and gas fields in Israel/Palestine
They have no religious, or other background to make claim on the land, but Rothschild and the British knew about the oil and made sure they supported Rothschild in his claim for Israel.
They never do anything for just one reason, so add to the fact that International Khazar Jewrys' influence in America was great and Britain needed America in the war as its [bulldog]…. THE LIED TO CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES DO THE BIDDING OF THE RICH AND SHAMELESS!
Roman Catholic opposition to Rothschild's Israel contributed to the Rothschilds violent hatred of America's, China's, & Russia's large Catholic Christian populations. Catholic Church vs New World Order
Hubert Herring in his book "And So To War" sums up the price the U.S. had to pay so that the Rothschild Zionists & Britain might have Palestine:
- "We paid for the war. We paid with the lives of 126,000 dead, of 234,300 mutilated and wounded.
- We paid with the dislocated lives of hundreds of thousands whom the war wrenched from their accustomed places in a peaceful world.
- We paid in the imponderable damage to our national morale through the lashings of war hysteria.
- We paid with a period of economic confusion from which we have not yet escaped. The direct bill for the war reached the figure of fifty-five billions of dollars. The indirect bill can never be reckoned."
The Roman Catholic Pope was against this entire mess [Letting Rothschild Create An Israel]. He knew full well, the Rothschild Khazars hated Christians and that was proven out in the 1917 Rothschild/Lenin Russian Revolution where Christians were slaughtered by the millions by the khazar barbarians.
The International khazar Jewry cut a deal and the Balfour Declaration was the result. What Balfour left out was that nothing the British did or said could obscure the fact that Palestine was not theirs to give, nor did the British Government have the slightest right to secure a mandate for Palestine.
But Balfour, backed by Nathan Rothschild, pressed ahead anyway, as if the two men had an inherent right to act in the arbitrary manner which they saw fit.
Rothschild's Black Gold Empire: Shut Down America's Oil Production And Buy From Rothschild.
The victims of Gaza: A list of Palestinians killed in Rothschild Israel's ongoing assault
By: Chloé Benoist
As Israeli forces began their assault on the Gaza Strip, Israel's leaders and media ramped up a rhetoric offensive, using dehumanizing discourse to garner support for deadly military action in the besieged Palestinian territory.
Operation "Protective Edge" – Israel's latest military offensive to be given a name with nurturing undertones after "My Brother's Keeper" and "Pillar of Defense" – has already killed at least 43 Palestinians and bombarded more than 400 locations in the Gaza Strip in less than 48 hours.
- Deadliest Fourth of July In 'gun free zone' Chicago: 82 Shot.
- Obama's NWO Successfully Removed From Egypt: Egypt Joins Russia!
- Rothschild's Israel Next Door Neighbor Egypt Bans Hamas ~ Hamas Is The Muslim Brotherhood's Other NWO Moniker.
Netanyahu: I Won't Be Silenced On Rothschild's Security.
Despite the intensity of the Israeli assault on Gaza, Israel's politicians are framing the military operation as one they entered against their will. An estimated 200 [NWO Hamas] rockets have been fired from Gaza [To Foment Destruction Of Palestine For Rothschild Control] since Tuesday, but there have been no recorded Israeli casualties.
UN Sanctions Israel For Golan Heights Annexation 2006
The UN Human Rights Council on Monday passed two resolutions criticizing Israel, but kept its record intact of singling out no other country for human rights abuses.
The 47-nation council, which has censured only Israel since it began operating six months ago, this time took the Jewish state to task for its occupation of Syria's Golan Heights and for building settlements in occupied Arab territories.
The council voted 32-1 with 14 abstentions to declare illegal Israel's 1981 annexation of the Golan Heights and demand that Israel rescind its decision to impose its laws and jurisdiction on the area, which it captured in the 1967 Middle East war. Canada, which said the resolution was unbalanced, was the only no vote, and European Union members abstained.
Then it voted 45-1 to demand Israel reverse its policy of building and expanding settlements as a first step toward dismantling them. Again, Canada was the only country to vote against the resolution. YNETNEWS
Despite the intensity of the [Rothschild] Israeli assault on Gaza, Israel's politicians are framing the military operation as one they entered against their will.
"We are not eager for battle, but the security of our citizens and children takes precedence over all else," NWO Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday.
An Israeli official quoted by The Jerusalem Post lamented that Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas could not "influence his [NWO Muslim Brotherhood] Hamas partners to exercise restraint and stop kidnapping and murdering Israeli teenagers and sending rocket barrages into Israel."
"That sort of restraint would have prevented the current crisis," he added. *Yawn*
- Out Of Chaos: Comes Dead Conspirators!
- The New World Order is "Communism": Also Known As Rothschildism Or More Bluntly Robbery!
The implication of these statements are that [Rothschild's NWO] Hamas has forced Israel into launching a full-scale military operation against them, conveniently ignoring the recent crackdown on the West Bank after the disappearance of three Israeli youths, which Israel blamed on Hamas without providing evidence to back its claims.
In an op-ed titled 'Send Gaza to the Stone Age' published on Wednesday, Israel Hayom's Editor-in-Chief Amos Regev praised the Israeli government for "the levelheadedness, restraint and sound judgment it exhibited before ordering the Israel Defense Forces [sic] to launch Operation Protective Edge," calling for a ground operation in Gaza to be "carried out with determination and clenched lips, with the knowledge that this is a war of no choice."
Israel, its leaders would have you believe, is reluctantly entering an open conflict out of a sense of duty, once again indulging in the self-victimizing rhetoric that all Israeli military actions are defensive or retaliatory.
Israel's enemy, once again, is Hamas, and Zionist political figures have stepped up their eliminationist discourse.
Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon called for the destruction of Hamas.
"We are continuing to carry out attacks that are exacting a heavy price from Hamas," Yaalon said. "We are destroying its arms, terrorist infrastructure, command and control systems, institutions, government buildings, terrorists' homes, and we are killing terrorists in the organizational high command."
Other politicians echoed the sentiment.
"A sovereign state cannot allow for a bunch of terrorists to run its life; we must cut off the head of the snake and for every Hamas man to know that his blood is upon his head," Shas party leader Aryeh Deri tweeted on Wednesday.
Deputy Defense Minister Danny Danon took it one step further, calling on Israel Wednesday to cut off fuel and electricity supplies to the Gaza Strip.
Neither Yaalon, Deri or Danon have acknowledged the human cost of such actions on Gaza, an enclave already suffering because of the crushing Israeli siege and already struggling with fuel and electricity shortages."It is inconceivable that on the one hand we fight Hamas and on the other we provide fuel and electricity that are used to transport missiles that are fired at us," Danon said. "We are in a campaign against Hamas, which is firing missiles at Israel's citizens."
Neither Yaalon, Deri or Danon have acknowledged the human cost of such actions on Gaza, an enclave already suffering because of the crushing Israeli siege and already struggling with fuel and electricity shortages. Nor did they mention the loss of civilian life which is the inevitable consequence of wide military actions in such a densely populated territory.
Israeli leadership, however, has repeatedly emphasized the plight of Israeli civilians. Israeli news outlets have dutifully reported every siren sounded in Israeli towns since the beginning of Operation "Protective Edge" and lamented the closure of some Israeli summer camps.
Cara Lebenzon, a blogger for The Times of Israel penned a post berating those who have spoken out against Israel's attacks, saying "I would actually argue we are TOO nice to Hamas and the people of Gaza. I've never heard of a single country on earth that supplies their mortal enemies with water, goods and electricity on a daily basis, have you?" For these folk, Palestinians are not people entitled to basic human rights, and an assault on Gaza is not only warranted, but long overdue.
Meanwhile, the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) have bombarded Twitter with stylized graphics trying to garner sympathy for the fearful Israeli population who must run to bomb shelters — conveniently ignoring Palestinians' lack of shelters during its deadly air raids.
The IOF has also shared an image which it claims is representative of Hamas' own visual campaign to convince civilians stand in as human shields. The graphic, available only on IOF social media platforms, could have been created by the IOF's own design team, purportedly standing as "proof" of Hamas' treachery instead of showing actual existing Hamas posters.
The argument about Hamas forcing people to stand as human shields is one Israel regularly trots out, despite the fact that such claims have been dismantled in the past, and that the IOF is itself guilty of using such tactics repeatedly.
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But the "human shield" argument is a convenient excuse for Israeli forces to continue with tactics that they know full well will lead to many civilian casualties while rejecting any responsibility for these deaths. Palestinians living in Gaza are not granted the luxury of being considered innocent civilians in Israeli rhetoric; dead Palestinian men, women and children are all guilty of standing in the way of Israeli weapons, despite the fact that there is nowhere to run in the open-air prison that is Gaza.
Dehumanization of Palestinians and demonization of the Palestinian struggle are essential tools of the Israeli military machine in order to continue justifying expansive military action while maintaining its discourse of victimization.
Follow all the latest updates on Israel's assault on the Gaza Strip.
Israel Grants Oil Rights Inside Syria To Murdoch And Rothschild
Israel has granted oil exploration rights inside Syria, in the occupied Golan Heights, to Genie Energy. Major shareholders of Genie Energy – which also has interests in shale gas in the United States and shale oil in Israel – include Rupert Murdoch and Lord Jacob Rothschild. This from a 2010 Genie Energy press release:
Claude Pupkin, CEO of Genie Oil and Gas, commented, "Genie's success will ultimately depend, in part, on access to the expertise of the oil and gas industry and to the financial markets. Jacob Rothschild and Rupert Murdoch are extremely well regarded by and connected to leaders in these sectors. Their guidance and participation will prove invaluable."
"I am grateful to Howard Jonas and IDT for the opportunity to invest in this important initiative," Lord Rothschild said. "Rupert Murdoch's extraordinary achievements speak for themselves and we are very pleased he has agreed to be our partner. Genie Energy is making good technological progress to tap the world's substantial oil shale deposits which could transform the future prospects of Israel, the Middle East and our allies around the world."
For Israel to seek to exploit mineral reserves in the occupied Golan Heights is plainly illegal in international law.
Japan was succesfully sued by Singapore before the International Court of Justice for exploitation of Singapore's oil resources during the second world war.
The argument has been made in international law that an occupying power is entitled to opeate oil wells which were previously functioning and operated by the sovereign power, in whose position the occupying power now stands. But there is absolutely no disagreement in the authorities and case law that the drilling of new wells – let alone fracking – by an occupying power is illegal.
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Israel tried to make the same move twenty years ago but was forced to back down after a strong reaction from the Syrian government, which gained diplomatic support from the United States. Israel is now seeking to take advantage of the weakened Syrian state; this move perhaps casts a new light on recent Israeli bombings in Syria.
In a rational world, the involvement of Rothschild and Murdoch in this international criminal activity would show them not to be fit and proper persons to hold major commercial interests elsewhere, and action should be taken.
Craig Murray – Former Ambassador, Human Rights Activist – http://www.craigmurray.org.uk
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Beginning May, 25, 2018, the GDPR requires us to provide you with certain information regarding the processing of your personal information.
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The legal basis for our processing of your personal information is generally because: (a) you have consented to our processing of such personal information, (b) it is necessary for us to perform our contractual obligations, (c) it is necessary for us to comply with legal and/or regulatory requirements and/or (d) it is in our legitimate interests (e.g., we may use personal information for marketing, sales and customer service activities, to improve the Site and our services and to support our IT security efforts).
Retention of Personal Information:
We retain your personal information as long as necessary to provide you with our "services" (including the Site, mobile applications (if any), our products, events, programs and other services) and for other necessary purposes including: (a) complying with legal and regulatory requirements, (b) resolving disputes and (c) enforcing our rights and agreements. The retention periods for different types of personal information may vary. We consider the following criteria when determining applicable retention periods for personal information:
(a) the nature of such personal information (sensitive personal information is typically kept for shorter periods);
(b) our legal and contractual obligations to keep or delete such personal information;
(c) the original purpose for our collection and processing of such personal information;
(d) your ability to easily access, update and/or delete such personal information; and
(e) whether you have consented to an extended retention period for such personal information.
Transfers of Personal Information:
Information regarding transfers of your personal information is included in the section of this Privacy Policy titled "International Users".
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The GDPR provides the following additional rights to users located in the EEA, Switzerland and the UK (each subject to the limitations set forth in the GDPR):
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To exercise these rights, or if you have a question or complaint regarding our handling of your personal information, please contacting us at the email or mailing address listed in the "Contact Information" section of this Privacy Policy.
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This sections explains how we collect and share personal information about California residents ("California Customers") and their privacy rights.
I. Notice of Information Collection for California Consumers
|What Information Do We Collect About You?
|Where Do We Collect this Information From?
|Why Do We Collect this Information?
|Who Do We Share this Information With?
|Contact Information (e.g., name, email, postal address, zip code, telephone number, etc.)
|Account/Registration Information (e.g., name, username, password, account preferences, income level, etc.)
|Interests, Demographics and other Behavioral Data (e.g., interests (such as the athletes and brands you like) ,purchase behaviors, age, race, gender)
|Online/Device Identifiers (e.g., IP addresses, device IDs, operating systems, mobile network providers, settings, and other information we use to recognize your device)
|Online Activity Information (e.g., browsing history, search history, and other information about your interactions with our platforms)
|Payment Information (e.g., billing address, shipping address, credit card or bank account number, card verification value, etc.)
|Location Information (e.g., information about your location or device such as city, state or zip code)
II. Your California Privacy Rights
What Rights Do You Have?
- Right to Know – You have the right to ask us to tell you what personal information of yours we collect, use, share or sell.
- Right to Access – You have the right to request access to the personal information of yours we collect or maintain.
- Right to Request Deletion – You have the right to ask us to delete the personal information we collect or maintain about you.
- No Discrimination – You have the right not to be discriminated against for exercising the rights above.
You also have Shine the Light Rights – You have the right to request and obtain from us, once a year and free of charge, a list of the third parties to whom we have disclosed certain types of personal information (if any) for their direct marketing purposes in the prior calendar year. At our option, we may respond to such requests by providing instructions about how our users can exercise their options to prevent our disclosure of personal information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes.
III. How Do You Submit These Requests to Us?
California residents can:
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- Request to Delete. Contact us using the email address or link below to request the deletion of your personal information.
To submit the requests described above, you may contact us via email at [email protected] or by clicking the "Exercise Your Rights" link below.
We will need to verify that you are who you say you are before we delete or share personal information with you. After you submit your request, you will be sent a confirmation email and need to click on the link provided. If you make a request via mail, we may need to request more information from you in order to verify your request.


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GSA will authorize the owning agency to dispose of the property if property screened through GSA is not selected by a federal, state or local government agency, a nonprofit organization, or a member of the general public. Recycling is considered a component of abandonment/destruction and applies only to personal property that has been through the entire excess/surplus process.
Retaining Recycling Proceeds
In general, a federal agency can generate and retain recycling revenue. Each situation is different, depending on the type of property and the relationship between the agency and the recycler. Specifically, agencies can retain recycling revenue under these conditions:
- If the agency sells scrap material or expendable property to a recycler, the proceeds can be retained under the recyclable materials provision of FMR 102-38.295 for the specific purposes listed in Public Law 107-67.
- If the agency has decided to abandon or destroy the item(s), and hires a recycler to destroy the item and sell the residual material on the agency's behalf, the agency can receive proceeds under the recyclable materials provisions of FMR 102-38.295.
Agencies cannot retain recycling revenue in these situations:
- If the agency sells surplus equipment, such as a computer, to a recycler, the agency may keep only enough revenue to cover the direct costs, and reasonably related indirect costs incurred in selling the property. The rest of the proceeds must be deposited as miscellaneous receipts in the U.S. Treasury.
- If the agency gives personal property to a recycler as an abandonment/destruction item (instead of selling it), the agency no longer owns the item and is not entitled to any proceeds retention.
There is no limit on the quantity or frequency that an agency recycles.
Use of Recycling Proceeds
Agencies can use recycling proceeds for "other employee as authorized by law or as deemed appropriate by the head of the federal agency," according to Public Law 107-67. This includes employees' child care programs. It does not, however, include construction projects.
In addition, recycling proceeds must be available until expended. Agencies should consult their General Counsel or Chief Financial Officer for more specific guidance, as stated in FMR 102-38.295.
Construction Materials
Agencies, whenever possible, should try to recycle or reuse construction materials such as:
- Black iron
- Mild steel
- Metal pan
- Ductwork
- Light fixtures
- Partitions (gypsum wallboard, light gauge steel, gypsum block, etc.)
- BX wire
- Carpet
- Glass
- Conduit.
In general, federal agencies may retain the proceeds of recycling these building materials. However, while not mandatory, agencies should report scrap steel to GSA because it could be used by other federal agencies. If scrap steel is not used by another federal agency, and goes to a recycler, the holding agency may retain all sales proceeds according to FMR 102-38.295.
Recycling Furniture
Furniture may be exchanged or sold under the Exchange/Sale authority (FMR 102.39). Proceeds must be applied on a one-for-one basis and used for replacement furniture during the fiscal year in which the property was sold or during the following fiscal year.
Furniture in very bad condition, such as a broken and torn chair, can fall into the abandonment/destruction category if the property has no commercial value or the estimated cost of its continued care and handling exceed the estimated proceeds from its sale (FMR 102-36.305). If the agency gives the furniture to a recycler after classifying it as abandonment/destruction, the agency relinquishes ownership and is no longer entitled to any proceeds of recycling.
An agency can sell surplus furniture to a recycler to be refurbished. However, the agency can keep only that portion of the sales proceeds equal to the direct costs and reasonably related indirect costs incurred in selling surplus personal property, unless the situation meets the exclusions of FMR 102-38.295.


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A career fair gives you the opportunity to obtain information about varying companies, network with employers, and present your qualifications. Here are some strategies to help you make the most of your career fair experience.
Before the Fair
Research. Contact your school's Career Services Center to get a list of participating companies in the fair. Make note of the organizations that you are interested in and visit their company websites. Look at company history, product or service information, number of employees, recent news, etc. You will need to know this basic information in case a recruiter decides to have an on-the-spot interview with you.
Prepare resume. Make sure your resume is perfect; there should be zero errors. Have it critiqued by someone in your Career Services Center. You may even want to create customized resumes for specific organizations of interest by adding clear-cut objective statements. Keep in mind that resumes should be printed on resume paper, not standard copy paper.
Decide on appropriate attire. Most career fairs are business casual in respect to wardrobe. That means guys should wear pressed pants with a shirt and tie, or at the very least, a nice polo shirt. Girls should wear dress pants/skirt with a blouse. No jeans, t-shirts, or sneakers.
Practice a pitch. Prepare a short infomercial as a way of introducing yourself and highlighting your skills. Include any subject matters that relate to your career goals, e.g. your major, volunteer experiences, class projects, etc. Also, indicate why you want to work for a specific company or industry.
Create a list of questions. Come up with a few questions to ask the employers, so they will know you are interested in their company. These should be questions that you could not find the answers to during your research. Here are some sample questions:
At the Fair
Devise a game plan. When you first arrive at the career fair, pick up a copy of the floor plan to identify where your targeted employers are located. Some lines may be longer than others, so plan your strategy to make the best use of your time. While you want to try to talk with every employer in your targeted group, remember to stay open to meeting other employers you may not have originally considered.
Refrain from being a giveaway hog. Do not go from booth to booth just picking up the free goodies and passing out your resume. That is a big turn-off for recruiters. They want to talk to people who are interested in their company, not the giveaways.
Warm up. Start your rounds by going to a couple of booths that are not at the top of your list. This way you can get warmed up to interacting with the recruiters before meeting the employer in which you are really interested.
Be confident. Remember to smile, make eye contact, and give firm handshakes when introducing yourself to recruiters. Being confident should come easy to you as long as you do your preparation homework before the fair. Remember your pitch and be ready to answer any questions about your resume. Don't forget to ask the recruiters questions about their companies; it shows that you are interested.
Ask for business cards. For future correspondence, be sure to request the business card of each recruiter with whom you speak. Make notes on the back of the cards to help you remember what was discussed.
Close well. When wrapping up with employers, you should always ask about the next step in the recruiting/application process. Be sure to shake hands and thank them for their time. Stress your interest by saying that you look forward to hearing from them within the near future.
After the Fair
Review literature. After the fair, go through all the information that you gathered from the recruiters. Look over your notes and think about your interactions with each employer, so you can decide which positions may be of interest to you.
Follow up. Be sure to send thank-you notes to the recruiters with whom you spoke. Include specific information so the recruiters will remember you. If the recruiters asked for more information, such as transcripts, another resume, writing sample, reference list, etc., be sure to get that information to them as soon as possible.
For more tips and suggestions on navigating the career fair and to find out about career fairs in your area, visit your school's Career Services Center.
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Washington (CNN) - A filibuster of major gun legislation by a vocal band of conservative Republican senators may have misfired, as a growing number of their GOP colleagues appear ready to help break it when it comes up for a vote on Thursday.
The public split is a rarity for Senate Republicans, who over the past few years have kept divisions to a minimum.
At issue is whether to begin debate on the contentious legislation that would, among other things, expand background checks, restrict straw-purchases, and toughen laws on gun trafficking.
Fourteen Republicans have publicly vowed to block debate from happening, forcing Democratic leaders to get 60 votes in order to take up the bill.
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky – under pressure from his right flank as he readies a re-election run -signed onto the filibuster even as other senators pushed for an open debate.
"The senate is a place to debate," said Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tennessee, who will vote to break the filibuster. "As far as I'm concerned, for me not to be willing to defend the Second Amendment rights of Tennesseans on the Senate floor is like joining the Grand Ole Opry and not being willing to sing."
Sen. John Cornyn, who as the Senate Republican Whip is second in the GOP chain of command, said he expected the filibuster would be broken because many GOP senators are "eager" to amend the bill, which was written largely by Democrats.
"I think there will be a fulsome debate," he said. "Notwithstanding the signals from some quarters, we welcome a fulsome debate on this. There are some people with some very good ideas, like Sen. (Lindsey) Graham (R-South Carolina) on the mental health issues that should be a sweet spot that could actually pull people together to do something that would be meaningful in preventing a repetition" of mass violence.
Sen. John McCain, R-Arizona, over the weekend was the first to criticize GOP colleagues calling for a filibuster.
Even the conservative Wall Street Journal editorial page chastised the filibustering Republicans for not wanting to take up the bill.
"If conservatives want to prove their gun-control bona fides, the way to do it is to debate the merits and vote on the floor. They can always filibuster the final bill if they want to, but it makes no sense to paint themselves into a political box canyon before even knowing what they're voting on," the paper said.
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, one of the leaders of the filibuster, told conservative radio talk show host Laura Ingraham Wednesday that the criticism of it has been "silly."
"The critics have said we have to have a debate, we need to have a vote. We are having a debate and we're going to have a vote," he said. "The only question is what should the vote threshold be for legislation that would violate potentially the bill of rights. I think it should be a minimum of 60 votes."
Cruz accused fellow Republicans of rushing to debate a bill without knowing much about it.
"I'll point out that a lot of the Republicans who say they are happy to shut off the debate and move to the bill, they don't even know what the bill contains," Cruz said. "It's reminiscent of Nancy Pelosi talking about Obamacare saying we have to pass it to find what it's in it. The bill that Republicans are going on television and saying we gotta move to and vote on, they still don't know the details because the Democrats haven't released the details of the bill they're moving to proceed to."
Another senator backing the filibuster, Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, went to the Senate floor on Wednesday to defend his cause. He argued the filibuster was helpful because the delay gives senators more time to consider the measure.
"Contrary to the statements made by the president and my friends across the aisle, and even a few in my own caucus, we have no intention of preventing debate or votes. Quite the opposite. By objecting to the motion to proceed, we guarantee that the Senate and the American people have at least three additional days to assess and evaluate exactly how this particular bill will affect the rights of law-abiding citizens and whether it will have any significant impact on crime."
Alexander, who hasn't indicated how he will vote on a final bill, said open debate on the issue will be good for the country.
"That's what senators are supposed to do. Instead of having deals made and agreements made in back rooms and never having bills and never having amendments, open it up and let the Senate work. I think the American people would prefer that I think we'll have better government if we do."
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My wife and I arrived home in January of this year after a 10-day trip around Israel with our rabbi as our group guide and a 12-hour plane flight. I was still tired the next day when the phone rang with what turned out to be a nine-month project during which I felt akin to Buster Keaton racing through a hurricane. Gentle reader, I am sharing my story of this siege warfare IT project in the hopes that you'll learn from my experience.
Stage one
My largest client had a rep from their bad ISP provider stop by two weeks earlier than scheduled and install a new modem-router. The client called me because they had some Internet issues.
While still on Masada time, I drove up and made the appropriate modifications. The device was a Westell 7500, a combination modem-router with a public and private LAN but only a private Wi-Fi. I changed the Wi-Fi to match internal settings and set up port forwardings and departed. Like Peter Falk as Columbo, they asked "Just one more thing, a small matter. Can we have a public Wi-Fi for our waiting room?" My answer, "Of course, it will be easy."
It would be easy if the client had my good ISP provider connect and a cable modem Arris TM802 with a lovely Netgear WNDR3400 wireless router, which easily provides for private and isolated public Wi-Fi with real throw power. It took eight months to get there.
Stage two
The client purchased a similar router (that was later sold out to another client), and I sat down to bridge the Westell to the Netgear. I could get the wireless network to be 95% connected but never quite through to the Internet. I tried DNS settings, changing addresses, and numerous albeit frustrating modifications, none of which worked.
The bad ISP support tech would only talk about their Westell and go no farther. The Windows server was providing DHCP and DNS addressing. It had to be an isolated public network so that HIPAA data on the server could not be accessed. After 10 hours I threw in the towel.
Stage three
I set the project aside, because new ideas often surface in a relaxed atmosphere, but none did. Later, the bad ISP techs told me the Westell 7500 was incompatible with Netgear routers.
As the Westell used a simple RJ11 phone connect, Speedtest showed downloads of 4 or 5 mpbs. I advised the client to consider a new ISP provider, but the client stayed with the bad provider and installed a new office phone system the staff absolutely hated.
Stage four
A new modem-router arrived onsite (unscheduled as usual), and I was once again called to duty. The bad ISP tech told me I could not have access to the router and that the router had to control DHCP addressing. I refused the upgrade, advising the tech that I would never surrender those control functions at 15 years onsite. The bad ISP tech then said "well, we shall see about that." The conversation turned hostile and after a heated argument with the owner and the bad tech, the new device was set aside. To my delight, the departing tech then made an ad-hoc modification that collapsed the client's entire phone system for a half hour. Some things do indeed happen at the right time.
Stage five
At my urging, the client made arrangements to throw out the bad ISP service, and a date was made to install a proper cable modem-router that could provide wireless, public, and private from the good provider I have at home.
The new device arrived onsite (unscheduled again), and I waited two hours for a delayed tech. The tech installed the device, provided me with all the IP addresses for the new network, and left. All of the IP addresses were wrong! Three tech support phone calls the next day were worthless until I spoke with a tech who gave me everything I needed to know and had fast Internet directly through a laptop. I documented those numbers and saved them.
An associate owner said he had a sealed Belkin router I could use (they did not want to purchase if they did not have to, which was just penny pinching). I was not surprised that the smaller router was a home-toy device and did not do public and private Wi-Fi. I took the Belkin router for my home network and brought my Netgear WNDR3400 up to the client site, connected it to the good ISP provider modem router with five dedicated IP solid addresses, and it worked fine. The Speedtest was upwards of 50 gpbs download.
I drove up on the morning of Yom Kippur to complete the task and discovered I had left everything at home, as fasting is a huge disruption of my morning routine. I decided that now God was against my working this day and wisely went home.
Stage six
A few nights later I drove up to connect up the Netgear to the laptop for one last test, and it was perfect. I connected the Netgear to a gigabit switch and deleted the bad ISP provider DNS servers in forwarding, replaced them with two good ones, and finally snapped off the cursed Westell 7500 for good. Without any further modifications, the Internet flew at every workstation, and wireless Internet was even faster than their previously wired connect. Public and private Wi-Fi was easily enabled just as I wanted it to be eight months ago.
I attempted many things on this project; it was a delicate balancing act of listening to the client, working with multiple tech support idiots, carefully analyzing brick walls, angering the Gods, and having a satisfactory payoff visit in the last two hours of the project. And it all started with a simple request for a public Wi-Fi after a trip down from Masada.


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Grieving Haitians find solace among strangers
The five people huddled in two pews at St. Mary Church in Randolph had never met.
But when the church opened its doors Thursday to those affected by the earthquake in Haiti, they sought solace among strangers.
"I can't sleep, man. I can't sleep," said Colson Lochard of Randolph.
Lochard said his two daughters are now living on the street in Port-au-Prince.
"The security in Haiti is bad," he said. "That's giving them a lot of problems."
Suzette Larose of Brockton said many members of her family are still missing.
Jean-Riguel Ulysse, the former Republican Town Committee chairman who represents the parish on the Archdiocesan Pastoral Council, translated Larose's words from Creole to English.
"It's heartbreaking," he said. "(It's) her blood, her country, her brothers and sisters."
Ulysse, a Haitian-American who came to the United States in 1984, is a source of support for many Haitians. Parishioners line up to speak to him, seeking counsel and reassurance.
Ulysse shares their pain. He is waiting to hear from a sister in Haiti.
Asked how he was dealing with all of the grief, Ulysse shook his head and said he just had to stop crying.
But he wiped tears from his eyes as he described the suffering he had seen on television.
"You're seeing people with no place to stay, schools literally destroyed, (no) basic water. You see them lined up. And some of them were prominent people. We lost a lot of good, honest people."
Ulysse said he has trouble making sense of the destruction. If it had been an act of mankind, at least there would be someone to blame.
The consolation, he said, is the growing closeness within his parish.
"As I open up to them, they open up to me, and (I) see the love and compassion," he said. "They're people of faith. They're strong people."
While many Haitian-Americans wait for news from family members, some have been reassured by good news.
"My closest family members – my sisters, my nieces, my sister-in-law – they're doing fine," said Max St. Louis of Randolph. "I have a cousin who lost her 24-year-old son. We found out on Friday (of last week). Besides that, I can say that we were one of the lucky ones."
Because of missing records, it might be a long time before St. Louis and his wife, Sonia, know whether some of their uncles and cousins in Haiti survived the earthquake.
"It will take some time for us to figure out what exactly we lost in terms of human life," he said. "Basically, we are in it for the long haul, like the people back in Haiti are in it."
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