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Gold Coast Titans Players

Author: Source Wikipedia
Publisher: Books LLC, Wiki Series
ISBN: 1155355385
Release Date: 2010-09

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 26. Chapters: Luke Bailey, Greg Bird, Mat Rogers, List of Gold Coast Titans players, Richard Mathers, Preston Campbell, Scott Prince, Chris Walker, Anthony Laffranchi, William Zillman, Ashley Harrison, Matthew Petersen, Jake Webster, Clinton Toopi, Nathan Friend, Brad Meyers, Kevin Gordon, Billy Ngawini, Shannon Walker, Riley Brown, Steven Michaels, David Myles, Smith Samau, Brett Delaney, James Stosic, Daniel Conn, Jordan Atkins, Josh Lewis, List of Gold Coast Titans representatives, David Mead, Esikeli Tonga, Matt Hilder, Jordan Rankin, Mark Minichiello, Gavin Cooper, Joseph Tomane, Aaron Cannings, Michael Hodgson, Ryan James, Sam Tagataese, Brad Davis, Josh Graham, Luke Swain, Matthew Cross, Selasi Berdie, Lelea Paea, Kris Kahler, Bodene Thompson, Clint Amos, Brenton Bowen, Luke Capewell, Ian Donnelly, Michael Henderson, Luke O'Dwyer, Will Matthews, Matthew White, Jordan Rapana, Ben Jeffery, Ben Ridge, Kayne Lawton. Excerpt: Luke Bailey (born 5 January 1980 in Port Kembla, Australia) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer for the Gold Coast Titans of the NRL. He previously played for the St George Illawarra Dragons. Bailey has represented for New South Wales and for the Australian national side. He primarily plays at Prop forward. Bailey was originally a junior of the Shellharbour Sharks club before signing for the Illawarra Steelers as a teenager prior to their merger with the St. George Dragons in 1999. He made his debut for the merged club in round one of the 2000 season at the age of twenty, playing against local rivals the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks. Since his debut, he went on to make a further one hundred and eighteen appearances for the Dragons before becoming newly formed National Rugby League franchise Gold Coast Titans' second signing for their inaugural 2007 season. Bailey and Scott Prince were named...

The Titans

Author: Bernard A. Weisberger
Publisher: New Word City
ISBN: 9781612300979
Release Date: 2016-11-24
Genre: History

Here, from the eminent historian Bernard A. Weisberger, are the dramatic stories of the giants of the Gilded Age, the men who made America the mightiest nation on Earth - Philip D. Armour, Andrew Carnegie, James B. Duke, Henry Ford, Meyer Guggenheim, James J. Hill, Cyrus H. McCormick, J. P. Morgan, John D. Rockefeller, and Cornelius Vanderbilt.

Fool s Gold

Author: Gillian Tett
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 9780748112210
Release Date: 2009-05-14
Genre: Social Science

In the mid 1990's, at a vast hotel complex on a private Florida beach, dozens of bankers from JP Morgan gathered for what was to become a legendary off-site meeting. It was a wild weekend. But among the drinking, nightclubbing and fist-fights lay a more serious purpose - to assess the possibility of building a business around the new-fangled concepts of credit derivatives. The group at the heart of this revolution was an intense team, made up of individuals with a supreme sense of loyalty to each other and to the bank - for years, nothing could break them apart. But when, finally, the team dispersed, the innovations spread far beyond their original intentions, producing perversions in the mortgage market that ultimately culminated in disaster. Part real-life thriller, part investigation and exposé, this searing narrative takes us deep inside the shadowy world of complex finance and derivatives.

The Clash of the Titans and Other Short Stories

Author: Mabeza, Christopher M.
Publisher: Langaa RPCIG
ISBN: 9789956791590
Release Date: 2014-05-12
Genre: Literary Collections

The Clash of the Titans and Other Short Stories is a sundry, marvellous collection of short stories that reflect and capture diverse life experiences. Mabeza and Mawere offer with great dexterousness a snapshot, richness, and practical potentialities of childhood to adulthood experiences in shaping, inspiring and influencing moral rectitude, industriousness and determination. This is an incisive and invigorating exposé steeped in candour and earnestness. For aficionados of creative writing, cognoscenti, students and instructors of English Literature, this is a collection to enjoy and cherish.

Sonora and the Eye of the Titans

Author: Travis Hall
Publisher: Travis Hall
ISBN: 9781466428492
Release Date: 2011-12-02
Genre: Fiction

Thousands of years ago, human civilizations were slaves to Gods & Titans. In truth, these beings were merely aliens, non-immortal human-like life forms from a world called Sonora. A war broke out that ended their rule on humanity, led by the famously known, so-called Gods of ancient civilizations. Victorious, the Gods of Earth established an order of Guardians, tasked to defend humans against the unauthorized passage of Sonorian invaders. Many years later, the balance of power shifts, and the King of Sonora is murdered by a malevolent General who seeks ultimate power. As this new King's power grows, evil forces takeover in Sonora, and eventually push that world toward the brink of war. The Guardians of Earth are now at a precipice, and their only hope is to protect the Sonorian rebellion and hope that they can find a way to defeat this new King before he amasses an army large enough to invade Earth. Sasquatch, one of the most famous Guardians, monitors the gateway in North America where a group of Sonorian rebels have assimilated into the small mountain community of Sandy, Oregon. His task becomes even more complicated when he learns that he must protect the last bloodline of the rightful heir to the Sonorian throne. Allora is unaware of her alien and royal heritage until she becomes the victim of a malicious prank. Embarrassed in front of her peers, her emotions become overwhelming, causing her hands to burst into flames. The sudden and public outburst projects an energy signature that attracts assassins to the small town. Allora and her friends Tanner, Dax, and Katie must learn the ways of combat, master the art of the sword, and harness the ability to focus energized molecules, called hadrons, in order to meet their destiny and become true Sonorian warriors. Their only hope for survival is an ancient artifact, known as the Eye of the Titans. To find it, Allora, Katie, Dax, and Tanner must solve complex riddles, fight mythical creatures, and navigate a magical cavern maze, all the while enduring advanced calculus, jealous cheerleading girlfriends, and the much anticipated prom.

Crash of the Titans

Author: William J. Ryczek
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 9780786454105
Release Date: 2009-05-05
Genre: Sports & Recreation

"This is the history of the short-lived but fascinating New York Titans and the first three years of the American Football League. Included throughout are reminiscences from new interviews with over 50 Titans players, including Hall of Famers Sammy Baugh and Don Maynard"--Provided by publisher.

Normandy Gold

Author: Megan E. Abbott
Publisher: Titan Comics
ISBN: 1785858645
Release Date: 2018-01

When her younger sister is found at the center of a brutal murder investigation, tough-as-nails Sheriff Normandy Gold is forced to dive headfirst into the seedy world of 1970s prostitution and soon discovers a twisted conspiracy leading right to the White House. Sex, violence and corruption collide in this gritty vigilante thriller set in 1970s Washington DC.

Titans Companion

Author: Glen Cadigan
Publisher: TwoMorrows Publishing
ISBN: 1893905500
Release Date: 2005
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels

Celebrating the 25th anniversary of the New Teen Titans, The Titans companion is a comprehensive look back at the best-selling DC series!

The Sirens of Titan

Author: Kurt Vonnegut
Publisher: Dial Press
ISBN: 9780307423375
Release Date: 2007-12-18
Genre: Fiction

The Sirens of Titan is an outrageous romp through space, time, and morality. The richest, most depraved man on Earth, Malachi Constant, is offered a chance to take a space journey to distant worlds with a beautiful woman at his side. Of course there’s a catch to the invitation–and a prophetic vision about the purpose of human life that only Vonnegut has the courage to tell. From the Trade Paperback edition.

The Gold Crusades

Author: George Fetherling
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 0802080464
Release Date: 1997
Genre: History

Among the hordes of starry-eyed 'argonauts' who flocked to the California gold rush of 1849 was an Australian named Edward Hargraves. He left America empty-handed, only to find gold in his own backyard. The result was the great Australian rush of the 1850s, which also attracted participants from around the world. A South African named P.J. Marais was one of them. Marais too returned home in defeat - only to set in motion the diamond and gold rushes that transformed southern Africa. And so it went. Most previous historians of the gold rushes have tended to view them as acts of spontaneous nationalism. Each country likes to see its own gold rush as the one that either shaped those that followed or epitomized all the rest. InThe Gold Crusades: A Social History of Gold Rushes, 1849-1929, Douglas Fetherling takes a different approach. Fetherling argues that the gold rushes in the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa shared the same causes and results, the same characters and characteristics. He posits that they were in fact a single discontinuous event, an expression of the British imperial experience and nineteenth-century liberalism. He does so with dash and style and with a sharp eye for the telling anecdote, the out-of-the-way document, and the bold connection between seemingly unrelated disciplines. Originally published by Macmillan of Canada, 1988.

Black Enterprise Titans of The B E 100s

Author: Derek T. Dingle
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 0471318531
Release Date: 1999-04-26
Genre: Business & Economics

Explores the lives and business practices of such successful African American executives as Byron E. Lewis, Clarence O. Smith, Mel Farr Sr., Percy E. Sutton, and Emma C. Chappell

The Titans

Author: John Jakes
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 9781453255940
Release Date: 2012-07-10
Genre: Fiction

The members of the Kent family’s most dynamic generation face internal clashes as the Civil War ignites In the hellish years of the Civil War, the Kent family faces its greatest trials yet. Louis, the devious son of the late Amanda Kent, is in control of the dynasty—and of its seemingly inevitable collapse. His cousin Jephtha Kent, meanwhile, backs the abolitionist cause, while his sons remain devoted Southerners. As the country fractures around the Kents, John Jakes introduces characters that include some of the most famous Americans of this defining era. Spanning the full breadth of the Civil War—from the brutal frontlines in the South to the political tangle in Washington—The Titans chronicles two struggles for identity: the country’s and the Kents’. This ebook features an illustrated biography of John Jakes including rare images from the author’s personal collection.

Tools of Titans

Author: Timothy Ferriss
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9781328684059
Release Date: 2016-12-06
Genre: Business & Economics

The latest groundbreaking tome from Tim Ferriss, the #1 New York Times best-selling author of The 4-Hour Workweek. From the author: “For the last two years, I’ve interviewed more than 200 world-class performers for my podcast, The Tim Ferriss Show. The guests range from super celebs (Jamie Foxx, Arnold Schwarzenegger, etc.) and athletes (icons of powerlifting, gymnastics, surfing, etc.) to legendary Special Operations commanders and black-market biochemists. For most of my guests, it’s the first time they’ve agreed to a two-to-three-hour interview. This unusual depth has helped make The Tim Ferriss Show the first business/interview podcast to pass 100 million downloads. “This book contains the distilled tools, tactics, and ‘inside baseball’ you won’t find anywhere else. It also includes new tips from past guests, and life lessons from new ‘guests’ you haven’t met. “What makes the show different is a relentless focus on actionable details. This is reflected in the questions. For example: What do these people do in the first sixty minutes of each morning? What do their workout routines look like, and why? What books have they gifted most to other people? What are the biggest wastes of time for novices in their field? What supplements do they take on a daily basis? “I don’t view myself as an interviewer. I view myself as an experimenter. If I can’t test something and replicate results in the messy reality of everyday life, I’m not interested. “Everything within these pages has been vetted, explored, and applied to my own life in some fashion. I’ve used dozens of the tactics and philosophies in high-stakes negotiations, high-risk environments, or large business dealings. The lessons have made me millions of dollars and saved me years of wasted effort and frustration. “I created this book, my ultimate notebook of high-leverage tools, for myself. It’s changed my life, and I hope the same for you.”


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Mass Effect 3 Wii U direct-feed images

EA released the first direct-feed screenshots of Mass Effect 3 on Wii U.

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Hanuman1905d ago (Edited 1905d ago )

Very impressive! If this is real then ME3 on WiiU Will be the best looking console version.

greenpowerz1905d ago (Edited 1905d ago )

I guess there is a reason no one is in here giving opinions. Is 2 screen gaming really going to appeal to the masses? Is that 2nd screen an obstacle, distraction or an advantage?

Holding up a tablet in the air for hours is a disastrous concept(keeping both sources of input in sync with out always looking up and down).
Although in theory having a high tech gadget with extra info would fit this game's concept and design, taking your eyes and attention away from the main screen to look at a 2nd screen to see info that needs to be on the main screen to be practical in the first place makes no sense.

I don't see how this console can be marketed as the tablet being the selling point. Casuals like soccer moms, kids and the elderly were drawn in by the easy simply pick up and play wavy stick.

This console makes the most sense with this game(ME3) but anything other than a turnbase or hybrid turnbase RPG would make what I said an understatement in most traditional cases.

I've played all Mass Effects around 10 times each. If I didn't know any better even by these online pics the Wii U graphics are much sharper. Better textures and resolution? Cleaner overall look with different lighting although I can't tell if better.

Give me a pro controller and a price cut and Ill play the best console version on the Wii U, again.

Puddlejumper751905d ago

I see someone saw something positive about Wii U and just had to come grasp at straws in order to trash it...

Nobody said you had to point the Wii u controller at the TV for hours. Honestly that is just silly of you to claim.

You cant even grasp how it works so its easy to see why you cant understand how it would be marketed.

You are acting like the second screen is so important it must be viewed at the same time as the TV.Now really, how smart is that? Did you constantly go from the map screen to the play screen when playing a dungeon in an RPG? No. Do you constantly look at your inventory every 30 seconds? NO of course not so why try to act like it'll be that way with Wii U

I sit at my PC and watch TV while I game. I turn my head 90 degrees from the screen. I dont instantly die from doing so.

Please use just a bit of common sense. If you cant fathom it its probably best to not even comment.

Moby-Royale1905d ago

I figured most would hold the tablet controller as I hold a traditional contoller: kind of resting in my lap.

I guess not everybody thought of that eh?

greenpowerz1905d ago (Edited 1905d ago )

Nope Just noticed it looks better than the 360 version. Seen the pic of the tablet and reminded me how Nintendo is taking a GameCube-like risk. That's it. No conspiracy theories LOL

Won't be using the tablet. Is this OK by you?

I agree most will resort to holding it in their lap and in traditional games(non RPG turnbase hybrid) it will become a
distraction and even frustrating.

When engaged in a game no one wants to take their attention away from the TV screen to look at a 5" screen on their lap to get info that makes more sense to be on the TV in the first place.

Devs will have to reinvent the wheel on this console and Nintendo has provided not stone but molten rock.

Lvl_up_gamer1905d ago

Looks on par to me with the 360 and PS3 versions. I also have to admit that playing and also having the ability to just look down at your 2nd screen for a brief moment to view the map or other menu options without having to hit start is a positive in my book. Access to more information instantaneously without leaving the main screen seems like a great advantage and a step in the right direction to enhance gaming.

Look at what Sony is doing with the Vita and it's capabilities. Look what MS is doing with Glass as well with the 360. The industry is moving forward and access to more information at any given second without leaving the main screen in which your game is being played on.

I like how the big 3 are all coming up with ways to use multimedia sources to do their best and move gaming forward. Without trying new things, we would be still playing 8 bit games with a single joystick and a single red button.

greenpowerz1905d ago (Edited 1905d ago )

You can play ME in so many ways. A pause player' may agree with you on the 2nd screen but out of the 40 to 50 full and incomplete play throughs I've never played the game(s) as a traditional RPG.

Too me it looks cleaner but the lighting is off? Dull or weaker contrast.

2012 version of this Got this console the day it came out and thought this controller design was stupid as heck and it distracted me. Nintendo has came out with an advanced version of the same thing IMO. Will be just as annoying.

Lvl_up_gamer1905d ago

Ya that's a good point if you play the game multiple play through's.

To each their own and there is no wrong way to play a game you enjoy regarless of what tools are given to you.

As long as it comes down to available options for the user to play the game the way he or she wants to play it then it's all good.

Puddlejumper751905d ago

Man still trolling and grasping. The VMU is not an early Wii u. That is like saying the PS3 is nothing but an updated 2600. Now while in some ways that may be true the PS3 can do so much more than the 2600. Most people would laugh and call you an idiot for even making such a comparison.

Were you able to transfer your game to the VMU from the TV with a click of a button?
Could you use the VMU to actually control the game? No.

My guess is you never actually owned the dreamcast, you just saw someone else post it and are giving it credit without actually knowing what it really did.

Kinda goes back to my earlier post of you not understanding what the Wii U is.

Actually I have a feeling that both of those accounts are you. Stealth trolls like to do that. Especially when the guy claims a next gen console is on par with current gen yet every developer interviewed has said the exact opposite

HeavenlySnipes1905d ago

Don't have the game for PS3 or 360 (yet) but the screens look good I guess. Its a port though so no one should expect much I guess.

Lvl_up_gamer1905d ago (Edited 1905d ago )

Looks good to me, but since the Wii-U is basically a 360/PS3 it only makes sense that ME3 on the Wii-U is similar to the 360/PS3 versions.

yabhero1905d ago

Who told you WiiU was basically a 360/PS3?
a PS3/360 fanboy?
According to digital foundry this version runs at 60 FPS...

LOL_WUT1905d ago

I expected it to look better, but it looks exactly the same as the other versions. I don't see what all the hype is about.

Gemmol1905d ago

it looks a little sharper, if you looking for big graphics just wait a little, when the 360 and ps3 came out it had ports of ps2 games with slight improvements, eventually games will improve, this a first gen game, plus people buy systems because of future release, because we all know in the begining it will be ports, just like for the next 2 or 3 years games on the xbox next n ps4 will be ports from ps3 and 360 because developers do not want to waste money on a system with a smaller base

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A GameQ Unforgotten: Lollipop Chainsaw

My expectations when diving into Lollipop Chainsaw were rightfully low. I enjoyed No More Heroes 2 and Shadows of the Damned to an extent, but never really fell in love with them like so many other people did. And from seeing all the gameplay videos for Lollipop Chainsaw, I wasn’t excited about the creepy schoolgirl main character, either as I knew it would inevitably lead to awful sexist jokes and her responding with an unknowing giggle.

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ZPlay: Unboxing the Limited Edition Tomb Raider Xbox 360 Controller

ZOMGPlay's Article of them unboxing the recently released Limited Edition Tomb Raid styled Xbox 360 Controller.

"The ‘Limited Edition Tomb Raider Xbox 360 Wireless Controller’ features the new transforming D-Pad which, with current prices of standard transforming D-Pad Controllers, makes it immediately worth consideration – however due to the style of the controller it will have a ‘marmite’ style effect on some people."

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BanBrother1688d ago

Wow that's awesome. The bandage actually feels real. And the scratches in the artwork feel real. Too bad I can't really afford to buy a new controller for the sake of it.

One of the better designs I have seen.

Sh0ckWav31688d ago

about time they start shiping bunddles with the new controler..

TekoIie1687d ago (Edited 1687d ago )

Probably too late in this generation to be worth it :/


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GUNNAR’s MLG Phantom Neptune Now Available

GUNNAR's highly sought-after gaming eyewear gets a new model made just for the hardcore style of MLG fans, the MLG Phantom Neptune.

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Ninjeska2177d ago

Ooo I really wish I had a pair; they're so cool ~.~
One day when I have money (and if I figure out how to get them in Aus)!


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AppAdvice: SpySpy Review

AppAdvice: SpySpy ($0.99) by Hocobi Inc. is an exciting side-scrolling arcade game that will have you hiding in trashcans and rescuing secret agents with the tap of a finger. Try your hand at espionage with this entertaining adventure.

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Gotham City Impostors - Eurogamer Review

EG: "The gadget-enabled shooter at the heart of Gotham City Impostors is fun, smart, and hard to dislike. But it's impossible to recommend."

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Pintheshadows2080d ago

Now, perhaps Monolith can make No One Lives Forever 3. I need to shoot some dudes wearing fez's.

ZILLA2080d ago

that score is a joke!what do you want for $15 bucks,its CRUSHES mw3 by a mile as far as fun goes.GCI is ONLINE MADNEES!!

soundslike2080d ago

"what do you want for $15 bucks"

how about a server browser instead of shitty matchmaking?

Baka-akaB2080d ago

not claiming the score is deserved , dunno much about the game personally ...

But people need to stop using the price of a title as an excuse . It should be irrelevant to the quality of a game

mab6362080d ago

that doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me. If I buy a $40,000 car, it better have a lot more quality then the $6,000 used car sitting in the lot across the street. Maybe price shouldn't be considered in a the professional review of the game, but honestly how important are professional reviews anyways? In my opinion, this review was very poorly written. I completely agree with the matchmaking, its awful and thats a problem, but to say that other than a lick of paint and one new idea, its the same as everyone else.....just completely wrong.


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Experimental Determination of Damping Characteristics for a Single Flexible Link

Ashish Mohan, S. P. Singh, S. K. Saha

ABSTRACT: In this paper, a methodology and procedure for the experimental determination of the damping coefficients in the rigid-flexible robotic systems is presented. A brief overview of the work done by various researchers to theorically quantify the damping parameters is presented underlining the need to complement the theoretical estimation with the experimental data for accurate measurement of damping coefficients. The equations of motion of the rigid-flexible robotic systems incorporating damping are also outlined.

KEYWORDS: Flexible, Damping, Logarithmic Decay, Method of Evolving Spectra

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Wednesday, September 10, 2014

7x7x7 Challenge and a New Book on My EVAH Growing TBR Pile! Thanks, Christy Reece!!

So, I'm trying to blog more because I recently received some advice about conquering what you're scared of but want with a passion. So being more dedicated about blogging is one of those steps. Buuut, I ain't gonna lie. My posts probably won't be really long or deep but more just random stuff that pops into this slightly neurotic, a lot crazy head. Fair warning... :-)

First up! Aliyah Burke tagged me for this WIP (Work in Progress) challenge of Facebook. I know. I should've posted this on FB, but I'm cheating. Sue me! So it's called the 7x7x7 challenge. I have to go to page 7 of my current WIP, then go to line 7, post 7 lines as is. These lines are from the book I'm neck-deep in now that's due at the end of the month and I have no title for yet. Scene takes place at a bachelor auction...since it's a Bachelor Auction novel. My heroine, Khloe, has arrived with her best friend to find--buy--Khloe a date so she can use him to get her man! Here goes!

Trouble was, she didn’t have a great résumé where men were concerned.  One had stolen a project idea from her, received a promotion as a result of her hard work then took off for a new European office, breaking up with her via a PM on Facebook.
The other? Well, the other had stolen her virginity and her heart...
Anyway, Bennett--with his genteel, warm manner, brilliance, and kindness--was her chance at a life filled with love, companionship, and stability. He wouldn't abandon her, leaving her confused and hurting.
And he definitely wouldn't break up with her on social media.
That was eight lines...Hee-hee! Aaaand...There's a new book in the Last Chance Rescue series by Christy Reece! RUNNING ON EMPTY!! Aaaaarrrggghhh!! I can't contain myself! Can you tell? LOL!! Here's the blurb!

The Danger has begun...

Having survived a brutal childhood, Sabrina Fox believed she could handle anything. That was before she watched the love of her life die before her very eyes. Brokenhearted, her emotions on lockdown, she finds purpose and hope as an LCR Elite Operative rescuing victims from some of the most volatile places in the world.

Covert ops agent Declan Steele is used to a life of danger and deceit, but when the one person he trusted and believed in above all others sets him up, he’ll stop at nothing to make her pay. Finally rescued from his hellish prison, Declan has one priority—hunt down Sabrina Fox and exact his revenge.

Trusting no one is a lonely, perilous path. Sabrina swears she’s innocent and Declan must make a decision--trust his heart or his head. As memories of their life together returns, he realizes just how treacherous his torture had been and the target of his revenge shifts. But when Sabrina is taken, retribution is the last thing on his mind. With the assistance of Last Chance Rescue Elite, Declan races to rescue the only woman he has ever loved before it’s too late.
I can't wait to get my greedy little paws on it!! You can buy here!

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Friday, March 28, 2008

wum nice

Wum is nice. drive up from Bamenda was beautiful. different from yesterday’s to Ndjinikum. more valleys and rounded hilltops. rice fields along the way. the road was paved for barely ¼ of the route. not bad beyond that, but not great. i can see why it used to take days to get here. met the Principal. interesting woman... full of character!

Kenneth, the house's caretaker and the Principal were quite surprised to see me. expected my arrival next week, not this one. water and electricity weren’t connected. water is on now. no lights though. working by bush lamp. ate well. spaghetti. setup the water filter. sleeping on the mattress on the floor. no bother. tiled floor was cleaned today. well. Thank God.

it's a big house. 3 bedrooms. 1 bath. 1 storage space. 1 kitchen. large parlor. hot-water heater. nice front yard overlooking main road to Nkambe. no back yard. there is a little plot to the side of the house available for my gardening needs. i hear there may be an agro-forester posted here come Dec/Jan... nice. amazing how things work out. nice town. nice house. nice folks.

i prayed at the mosque in town. met the Fulani chief’s son. Omaru. promised to bring me fresh milk and eggs. nice, quiet young man. i’m content and thankful. hope all goes well for Adam and Kay at their posts tomorrow. Adam left me with a great little note... truly a kind human being. hope to see both of them soon.

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  1. IMAGE: a view of menchum falls. just off the road to wum, not far from the town. you can actually see the mist rising from the falls from the main road... in the rainy season, of course. when the river is high. the menchum meanders through the valley i mentioned in the post above. with rice paddies lining both sides of the road as it travels through.


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Tuesday, June 08, 2010

Don't Mumble

This morning I was following a pickup with a decal in the rear window that I couldn't read.  It was obviously some breed of dog and for the life of me, I couldn't figure out what it was saying.  All because of a lousy, unreadable type font.

Now why the words, 'Don't Mumble' came to me as I attempted to decipher that font, I don't know, but it makes sense.  If you have something important to say ... don't mumble!

Yesterday I was at the post office.  I wrote about this in my Bible blog, but I'll share it again.  I had gotten the stamps I needed and was standing in the main lobby putting them on envelopes to mail.  As I stood there, a man walked past me and mumbled something while looking right at me.  It took me several moments to discern his words, during which time my mind was working as quickly as possible to figure out what he had just said.  I was distracted because my attention was elsewhere and none of the words that he spoke to me were in context with where we were at.

He said, "Has anyone told you that Jesus loves you today?"  As soon as my brain caught up to his mumbled sentence, I was able to begin processing on a response.  Yes, all of that took just a second or too, but he had something important to say and he mumbled his way through it, allowing me time to wonder whether I needed to pay attention to him or not.

When Carol and I were growing up, we did a lot of singing - in church, in school, for friends and family - a lot of singing.  As a child, Dad had hearing issues.  Those were fixed by a near miraculous surgery in the late 60s that allowed him a chance to hear again, but his hearing still wasn't perfect.  He couldn't bear to have us mumbling around him and when we were singing, it was important to him that he and everyone else be able to understand the words coming out of our mouths.  For years there wasn't a single time that we were practicing when we didn't hear him say to one or the other of us, "Enunciate.  Make sure you sing those words clearly."  Wow, did we learn to speak and sing clearly.  Just in self-defense, we had to!

As we grew up, if Dad had any problem understanding the words we were singing, we heard it again from him that we needed to enunciate.  It was rote learning that stuck with both of us.  Over and over and over we would practice until Dad could understand every word we sung.

What he was teaching us was that if we had something important to say (sing), we needed to ensure that people were able to understand the message.

I get a lot of teasing because of my blatant ... umm ... honesty, when asked about any given situation.  It does no one any good for me to duck the question or lie.  I won't mumble when a clear response is needed.  Jesus said "Simply let your 'Yes' be 'Yes,' and your 'No,' 'No' ... (Mt. 5:37).  Clarity always.

This life lesson came from my dad and not mom this time.  But, it's one I've been thankful for.  Don't mumble.  Enunciate.  Speak (sing) clearly and make sure that people understand the importance of the message you are delivering.

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Holly said...

Great Post! I have meditating on letting my yes be yes and my no be no!


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Wednesday, February 02, 2011

Simple Pleasures

I'd like to think that I'm simplifying my life - eliminating unnecessary stuff and limiting myself to purchases that will be used over the long term.  I hate the fact that I am such a consumer and that it doesn't take much for me to process through something and then be finished with it.  Lately that means I've tried to really think about purchases that I make and items that I use.  Instead of just tossing something into the cart, I question myself pretty hard about its potential outcome and find that it isn't so difficult to just leave things on the shelf.

With that said, I found something the other day at the grocery store that simply couldn't remain on the shelf and when I weighed the $2 cost against its potential demise in my world, I figured I just couldn't resist.

It's a pepper keeper!  Isn't it wonderful?  How did I justify this?  Well, every time I use a portion of a green pepper, I put the rest in a zip lock bag and store it in the fridge.  I toss out the bag before I get a new pepper, so that's waste - right?  On the other hand, this will be washed out and ready for the next pepper as soon as it comes into the house.  By the way, I love green peppers and this will be used all the time.

Another absolutely favorite item is my cast iron skillet.  I didn't grow up using one of these.  Oh, every once in awhile, mom would go on a kick and use hers for awhile, but it ended up in a cupboard at the cabin and has long since been taken to Goodwill.  Once I discovered the joy of a well-seasoned and well-used cast iron skillet, I have never wanted to use anything else.

I cook nearly everything in this - including pizza - with my own great pizza dough and my own ingredients.  I'd forgotten how good homemade pizza could be.  I love that it the skillet works in my oven and on the stovetop.

One other item that I hate the idea of living without is my bread machine.  I'm on my third machine.  The last two wore out and I'm hoping that this will hold up for quite some time, but I use it constantly.

I finally broke down a few years ago and purchased a gorgeous machine. I work this thing to death. I could get a little more experimental with it and try some of the wild bread recipes that are out there, but for the time being, I love making bread for my friends and I'll keep it busy with the bread I know.  My Grandmother Greenwood baked bread every week and I spent a lot of time with her learning how to mix and knead the dough.  She taught me what I need to know to do this by hand, but I do love the machine.

As I glance around, I realize there are a couple of other things in the kitchen I don't want to have to live without - my glorious mixer and my toaster.  I live for toast.  Right now I don't have the perfect toaster - someday I'll find it, but until then, I'm happy with what I have.

Simplifying my life isn't as easy as I want it to be.  I can't get rid of stuff fast enough.  I know if I invite my sister into my space, it will all be gone in a whirlwind.  Consequently, she's not invited ... yet.  Someday I'll get to the place where I just need it to be gone and I'll call her up.  I'm just not ready for it yet.

While I process on all of that, I'll enjoy using these things that make me happy in the kitchen.

By the way ... I'm not much for beautiful photography of things in the kitchen. I'm fine with being utilitarian in my photos. If you want to spend some time with a beautiful young woman who sees the world through the lens of her camera and has lately taken that camera into her kitchen, check out my friend Alison's blog at "This Homemade Life."  You will love her stuff!

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alison said...

I love the way you write, it is such a gift. Thanks for sharing the link to my site.


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Looking up: blue sky, clouds, bigger plans on the agenda, new challenges on the horizon, new Sun rising every day, lighter days, starry nights, birds flying, airplanes departing and arriving, seeds floating in the air, spreading their newborns…
Spring is on its way…

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Spring 2013

So, like the legend of the Phoenix, there is always an end for a new beginning…
What if there is no end after all but just new beginnings, continuous continuations of a never ending road trip that draws our own constellation?
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Wednesday, December 23, 2015

Whatever Happened to the Boycott? No Justice, No Profit!

In reality if there is no serious response from our people after all that marching in the streets and demanding justice, etc. Then we will not be a force to be reckoned with. The police will continue to assassinate our people with impunity and nobody should say nuffin no more.

How can we make any kind of impact or change if we are too weak, brainwashed and conditioned to stop participating in their holidays? I always say that this time of year is the most blatant celebration of white supremacy ever! White Jesus, white Christmas and giving all your money to the white man, going into debt for a capitalistic economy and it's banksters who could care less about you or anyone in your family who suffered under police brutality.

Marches keep them going. T-shirts give them a spike in sales. Magic markers and poster boards ring their cash registers. George Soros can bank roll it and profit from it, but does it change anything? NO! We have to hit them in their pockets. But if we are too dumbed down to do it, well, ain't no need to be griping about how racist this country is.

Nana's Christmas Rant, 2015

Nana's Christmas Rant

I wrote this rant, last year in December, 2014. To be honest not much has changed since then. In fact, it seems that some of the things mentioned in this post last year have gotten progressively worse!
After reading it again, I could not help but think, "Play it Again, Sam!"
There is an interesting twist to this year's Christmas rant... Now we have to add "Justice Or Else" and "BlackLivesMatter" and aren't we supposed to be boycotting? Whatever happened to hope and change? So, I am going to leave this Rant pretty much intact. All you really have to do is change the date from 2014 to 2015 and add, "More Of the Same" after every paragraph.
I would like to add however, that this year has me aching in my heart because not only is this the biggest disinfo campaign of the past 2000 years, modern day man continues to deceive his/her children about some fat white dude coming down some chimney to bring them toys! Let's just look at that aspect of this bizarre story. How many houses have chimneys anymore? I mean, we got condos and high-rise buildings and apartment complexes, and ain't no damned chimneys nowhere in their homes! Why don't these modern day children, with all manner of access to technology and information, tell their parents to stop lying to them? Sigh.
xmas traffic accident

Well, the holiday season is upon us and here we go again. I must admit that 2014 was one hell of a year for everybody on Planet Earth. We got mass extinctions of animals and humans, executions of guilty and innocent, carnage, disease, plummeting gas prices along with Pres. Obama's approval ratings, terrorists so nondescript that they weren't sure what to call them, more wars and occupation that you can shake a stick at, scandals of the seedy kind, and various weather anomalies that boggle the mind. It has been a war of truth and lies and truth and more lies and confusion to boot with the common phrase being, "I don't know what to believe anymore."

The so-called alternative media has stuck its fingers into the corporate pie and are now mouthing so much disinfo you have to take out your ouji board to determine who is moving things around. We have had so many false flag announcements about the coming apocalypse it makes your head spin, as the checkerboard trails cross the skies, the denials of Mon"santan"o, the cover-ups on Mars, the loose change falling of Tower 7 and 3d Holograms you can cuddle with. I mean, we have practically seen it all except the missing MH370.

We have had a herd of celebs take their last breaths and mourn the lost of a woman who openly proclaim Michelle Obama as a tranny! There is so much more that I could list here but it would detract from my original reason for this post.

I guess I have a bone to pick with the so-called NEW AGERS! I don't understand  how they can continue to persist in the most commercialized cycle of insanity that hits this planet every year moving into the so-called New Year. Now, I am not pointing a finger at ALL of them, so let me just say MOST OF THEM!

All year round we get the love and light spew. We get the "we are awakening" or the "awakening is upon us" or the "Guardian Forces" and the "Ashtar Command" are helping us, or even we are "moving into the 4-5th dimensions." How do we do all that and still celebrate Christmas?

If you are channeling, and particularly if you are channeling "Jesus" or Sanada as some call him, how in the world do you celebrate Christmas? Do you mean to tell me that he is not telling you the truth about this holiday? Do you mean to tell me that he is encouraging you to go out and purchase a tree and various other odds and ends so that you can celebrate his birth? Did he not tell you the true story, the whole shebang, the real deal about all this? If he did not, then who, pray tell are you channeling?

I have subscribed to various "Love and Light" blogs and websites. I have also subscribed to various UFO stuff on the internet. So I thought the above picture was quite apropos for my rant today. Seriously, as Mr. Claus is traversing through the inner and outer planes surely, even he knows the TRUTH ABOUT CHRISTMAS. He has to be multi-dimensional to be in all those places around the world at one time, wouldn't you think? How come ain't nobody channeling Santa Claus?? He is real, right?

But I digress.

My real rant is how unnerving it is to receive "Season's Greetings", "Merry Christmas" etc., etc., etc. from these so-called "New Agers". Don't they know that it's all a hoax, at best and quite fabricated? If they are contacting "Ancient Aliens" and/or "Mary" haven't they been told that this is a bunch of balderdash to just grab people's money?

Well, I am seriously questioning these folks now. It was bad enough that they had folks running helter-skelter over 2012. But here we are 2 years later and they have not deterred in their participation in this horrendous disinformation campaign called Christmas. As spiritual beings, they should know the truth and as beings of integrity, they should live by it. Otherwise, these 50 million channelers are just in it for the money. What other reason could there be? They have to be politically correct and keep in touch with their constituency. That is, if they step too far away from the status quo, they may lose their bread and butter, fine cars and nice houses and expensive seminars that they invite folks to come to to ASCEND.

If people are truly ascending, channeling and talking to ET's how can they participate in this massive disinfo campaign and call themselves true leaders of the movement? I am beginning to seriously question the authenticity of the so-called ASCENSION movement when I see ASCENDED MASTERS, not pulling the coat tail of their followers and telling them to stay away from the tripe. Or, do these so-called ASCENDED MASTERS have a hidden agenda? It just makes you wonder. Where are they during the times when we are sold a huge hypnotic bill of goods, that keeps us treading for another year and/or lifetime, trying to keep our heads above water on a Prison Planet such as this one. If these folks are willing to defy all logic and participate in this scheme of disenfranchisement, then it certainly makes anything they say after the said, 'New Year' holiday, dubious and base.

These people, have played on the heart strings of the masses for decades if not longer than that. I assume the so-called NEW AGE movement has been going on for more than 50 years from checking out the print date on many of these materials. These folks have been giving information about the Sun, the moon, the stars, the galaxies, the other worlds, the other worldlies, the inner earth, magnetosphere, the comets, asteroids and errantly massive dustballs and light/space ships, orbs, etc. and they have not come to the conclusion that Christmas is disinfo. How is that possible?

Maybe I will answer my own question....

They are not really channeling anything.
They are not channeling beings of high integrity.
They are not listening to whomever they are channeling.
They are reticent to change things in their personal lives for fear of losses.
They don't want to upset the boat.
They are liars.
They are all frauds.

Believe me, I am inclined to believe all of the above but most inclined to believe the last one. If these folks are truly contacting these entities and they are not adjusting their lifestyles accordingly then something is really and truly wrong with the so-called NEW AGE movement.

Christmas & White Supremacy/Capitalism/Consumerism

Is it just me?

How is it that having a European looking man, with blonde hair and blue eyes, from the middle east elevated to the status of God, is NOT promoting white supremacy?

For the next 30 days folks will be peppering their house, lawns, schools and churches and every where else with the image of a "white" child in a manger purported to be GOD incarnate. A so-called Christmas celebration that really is a cloak for white supremacy.

Ida B. Wells

 Think about it, from now on it will be quite alright for Jesus to be depicted as White! All over the world from the deepest jungles to the highest skyscraper, Jesus will not represent every racial group or ethnicity, he, his parents and most of everyone around down to the angels will all be white. What a mind f***ck that must be for every body! They get to promote White Supremacy unabashed and take your money in the process. People keep saying folks are waking up, but this time of year makes me wonder on the real.

What do I suggest?
I suggest the truth, the real story...

No trees in houses;
No more tree farms for the purpose of chopping them down for folks to drag into their houses;
No more high electric bills from burning lights all day and night.
No more competitions about who's house is burning the most Christmas lights in the most beautiful way;
No more suicides because of feeling unloved during these times;
No gifts given to folks when it ain't their birthday;
No jacking up commercialism and credit card debt;
No more propaganda through movies; TV; radio; advertisements; etc. seducing people into buy, consume, buy, consume;
No false promises;
No so-called "Christmas Parties" where people only go to "see" what someone else is gonna give them;
No more pretending that "Jesus" was born on Dec. 25;
No more trashing the vibration of the Winter Solstice with greed and avarice.
No more soup kitchens once a year to feed the homeless; feed them all year;
No more Santa Claus lies; while chastising our children for lying;
No more thousands upon thousands if Not millions of turkeys; chickens; sheep; pigs and cows being slaughtered;
No more stuffing the gut with GMO laden food dishes; No more lies;
No more betrayals; these are some of the things I suggest.

If you really want to let the banksters know the real deal; don't buy anything till January 30th that is Not necessary for sustenance.

And finally; what would "Jesus" say if he came back and saw how much BS is going on in his name. Of course I confer that if he really exists than he sees it already. And judging with what they say about him; I am sure he is and would be appalled. And then they took his original image; if there ever really was one; and made him look like a European!! Come on; why did they do that? The original Jews did Not look like that.

But I digress.
Unless this "Jesus" is a megalomaniac; I would suggest; he is shaking his head pretty hard at this foolishness.

 "1. A psycho-pathological condition characterized by delusional fantasies of wealth; power; or omnipotence.
2. An obsession with grandiose or extravagant things or actions.

Wednesday, December 16, 2015

No Mention Here In the USA Of Haitians Forced to Flee Dominican Republic for Haiti

NB Commentary: Sometimes it is hard for me to wrap my head around the dichotomy that the US calls foreign policy. On one hand they support "freedom fighters" who want to dispose of an evil dictator, on the other hand they prop up evil dictators and guarantee them long life and protection.
In the case of immigration they want to take in Syrians, whom they have no idea what type of social ills they may bring to this country or how many of them may be disgruntled refugees ready to be radicalized, and yet, not far away to the south of the US are poor and starving people, not terrorist but folks who are suffering unfathomable obscenity due to their position on top of tremendous, gas, oil and various other mineral reserves. I am so struck by this and often find myself in a quandary to make sense of it.
Then like clockwork, the little voice inside my head reminds me of what the geopolitical priority of the US & NATO are really based on. And while these "facts" may give way to lesser confusion, it still boggles my mind.

Posted by El-Bull on December 14, 2015 at 5:04am

Along this arid strip of borderland, the river brings life. Its languid waters are used to cook the food, quench the thirst and bathe the bodies of thousands of Haitian migrants who have poured onto its banks from the Dominican Republic, fleeing threats of violence and deportation.
These days, the river also brings death. Horrid sanitation has led to a cholera outbreak in the camps, infecting and killing people who spilled over the border in recent months in hopes of finding refuge here.
Nearly 3,000 people have arrived in the makeshift camps since the spring, leaving the Dominican Republic by force or by fear after its government began a crackdown on illegal migrants. Some, born in the Dominican Republic but unable to prove it, cannot even speak French or Creole, Haiti’s main languages, showing how wide a net the Dominican government has cast.

Haitian officials have done almost nothing to support them. The population is scattered across the drought-racked southwest border, mostly barren plains. Families of eight sleep in tents fashioned from sticks and cardboard. They drink river water, struggle to find food, and make do without toilets or medical attention.

Families wash clothes in the river that runs by Tête à l’Eau, Haiti, where many who fled the Dominican Republic have settled. CreditMeridith Kohut for The New York Times
Now stateless, the refugees exist in the literal and figurative space between two nations that, along with their island, share a history steeped in hostility. Some of the camps were created decades ago, during another iteration of their troubled pasts, but had long since been abandoned. Now, in a new cycle of tension between the nations, they are packed to capacity once again.
The plight along the border is reminiscent, on a smaller scale, of the devastating 2010 earthquake, which claimed the lives of 100,000 to 316,000 Haitians and summoned a wave of billions of dollars in aid. Even today, more than 60,000 displaced people still reside in tent cities around the country.
Only this time, the upheaval is man-made, the result of the policies of the Dominican Republic and the seeming indifference of the Haitian government. The authorities in Haiti do not even formally recognize that the camps exist.
“I haven’t felt normal since my son died,” said David Toussaint, 55, whose 9-year-old boy was one of at least 10 people in the camps to die of cholera. Officials say more than 100 people have been infected.
He lifted himself from a bed his family built in their tent, covered with a frayed tarp. He spends his days there, immobilized by grief. An acrid smell filled the hot air as dust swirled into the tent, cloaking everything.
“This is no way to live,” he said.
When the Dominican government announced that all migrants in the country illegally had to register this June, mass deportations were feared. Those later rounded up were taken largely from remote areas, and bused quietly to border crossings. In total, more than 10,000 people were expelled officially, with nearly another 10,000 people claiming to have been kicked out as well, according to the International Organization for Migration.
But in this climate of fear, an even bigger phenomenon emerged: Tens of thousands of people of Haitian descent decided to leave the Dominican Republic on their own, rather than risk deportation, including some who were born on Dominican soil and knew nothing of Haiti.

Why Is Haiti So Poor
Published on Mar 5, 2013
Hugo Chavez shares thoughts of why Haiti is poor. The following is a transcript of the speech given prior to Hugo Chavez's death on March 05, 2013. Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías born on July 28, 1954 - passed away on March 5, 2013)

Vive Haiti!
Haiti, the Black Jacobins, that of Toussaint Louverture.
Haiti that of Pétion.
Haiti, from where Miranda arrived with our flag, it, and a dream of several years, and a project: the South American revolution.
Haiti, that of Bolivar.
Haiti, that of the expeditions of Los Cayos, sister Haiti, Haiti, painful reality.
Fidel Castro, as always, continues to launch his thoughts, his ideas, his contributions to the world in which we live. And this afternoon I received - this morning, rather - the reflections of Fidel, his most recent.
Fidel said, permit me to read some of these deep thoughts of our companion, comrade, commander.
I read: "The tragedy excites, in good faith, a lot of people, specially because of its natural character. But very few of them stop and ask the question: why Haiti is a poor country?
Why does the population depend almost 50% on orders sent from the outside by its families.
Why not also analyze the realities that led to the current situation of Haiti and its enormous suffering? "

I would add that this painful moment seems opportune to reflect and get to the bottom of things: why haiti is so poor?
Why is there so much misery in Haiti?

I continue reading Fidel:
"The most curious in this story is that nobody said a word to remember that Haiti was the first country in which enslaved Africans 400,000 of them, trafficked by Europeans, rose against white owners 30,000 plantation sugar cane and coffee, fulfilling the first great social revolution of our hemisphere. Pages of unsurpassable glory could be written around the earth.

The most eminent general was defeated, Napoleon, out there. Haiti is the net product colonialism. Haiti is the net product of colonialism and imperialism, of more than a century of use of its human resources in the hardest work, of military interventions and the extraction of its wealth.

This historical oblivion is not so serious to the reality which is that Haiti is the shame for our time, in a world where those prevail on the exploitation and plundering of the vast majority of the inhabitants of the planet. "

And then continues in Fidel and his reflections by launching rays of light that lives for this moment humanity. But it is by here we start:

"Haiti is a net product of colonialism. Haiti is a product of imperialism. As not only will complete colonialism, as not only will complete imperialism, and I go further: as not only will complete capitalism, we have situations and people living the painful situation facing Haiti."

I confess my personal experience, when several years, for the first time, we visited Haiti. I confess, I wanted to cry myself. With one of my companions, I went to see these people in the street, with elation, hope, magic and misery, and I remembered a phrase that came out of the soul, I told my companion nearest the descent of a van - we wanted to walk for a while and we ended up running into a street - I told him: look, mate, the gates of hell, inhabited by black angels.

Because it is a people full of it: this is an angelic people.
I ratify what President Sylia has decreed: while our commitment to our people, all the people, the Venezuelan people are with Haiti, the Bolivarian revolution is with the people of Haiti, with its pain, with its tragedy, with its hope.
— in Caracas, Distrito Federal.

Border Tensions Are on the Rise Between Haiti and the Dominican Republic

James M. Roberts / October 02, 2015 /

Excerpt: "This summer, officials in the Dominican Republic (DR) began deporting Haitian migrants and Dominican-born but undocumented people of Haitian descent.That decision has received wide attention, and the DR government of Danilo Medina has been criticized by human rights activists.
For some Haitians, the deportation order invoked memories of the notoriousParsley Massacre of 1937, when Dominican President Trujillo ordered troops to kill thousands of Haitian migrants living along the border of the two countries.
The rekindling of old racial conflicts under the new DR deportation policy may be a populist attempt to stoke support during stagnant economic times in advance of 2016 presidential election in the DR. The Obama administration has reportedly leaned heavily on Medina’s government to ease the deportation order."

Shocking Documentary: The Creation Of HIV/Aids. [FULL]

Shocking Documentary: The Creation Of HIV/Aids. [FULL]

NB Commentary: But they do know how it came about. they know who created it and why. It was bio-warfare, created in the laboratory. It has killed many in its wake and has filled the coffers of the pharmaceutical companies.

It was first experimented on white gay males who had Hepatitis and was believed to cure them of that disease. It did not and instead spread. Once they saw the impact of it spreading they decided to take it to Africa and blame it on the "Green Monkey". It moved out of the realm of being a disease that only gay males would come down with as straight females, prostitutes, drug users, wives of preachers, political figures and entertainers became infected and died.

It became a death sentence for anyone who could not afford the expensive drugs to cure it. Thus many people in impoverished areas of Africa, China, India became infected and lost their lives.

HIV is the actual problem. So when folks decided to explore cures for it, and came up with viable immune strengthening programs, they were ostracized, called stupid, and black balled, pardon the pun. I personally know a woman who was curing folks in a hospice with green foods, juicing, fasting, etc. and she even wrote a pamphlet and she was pushed out of her job.

There was a Dr. Boyd Graves who went to the UN with his documentation on this infection and he received a horrendous response from the Powers that be who did not want his research to become public.

There have been African doctors from the continent who have been silence when they discovered cures. And there has been huge amounts of money made off the suppression of the true information and viable cures of this infection.
HIV-AIDS was a geopolitical economic ploy of subjugation, manipulation and assassination.

I want to watch this video, but after hearing that statement two minutes in, I had to stop it and write my comment. I will continue and I hope that it will redeem itself with more pertinent and factual information.

The Smoking Gun of AIDS: a 1971 Flowchart
by Boyd E. Graves, J.D.
December 6, 2000
In 1977, a secret federal virus program produced 15,000 gallons of AIDS. The record reveals the United States was represented by Dr. Robert Gallo and the USSR was represented by Dr. Novakhatsky of the diabolical Ivanosky Institute. On August 21, 1999, the world first saw the flowchart of the plot to thin the Black Population.

The 1971 AIDS flowchart coordinates over 20,000 scientific papers and fifteen years of progress reports of a secret federal virus development program. The epidemiology of AIDS is an identical match to the "research logic" identified in the five section foldout. The flowchart is page 61 of Progress Report #8 (1971) of the Special Virus program of the United States of America. We today, challenge world scientists to discussion of this document find.

We believe there is a daily, growing number of world experts who are all coming to the same conclusion regarding the significance of the flowchart. Dr. Garth Nicolson has examined the flowchart as well as other top experts from around the world. It is time for Dr. Michael Morrissey of Germany to examine the flowchart and report to the world. In addition, we have now examined the 1978 report. It is heresy to continue to further argue the program ended in 1977.  Read more:

Dr. Boyd Ed Graves 7.7.52 - 6.18.09
Dr. Boyd Ed Graves International AIDS activist lawyer dies age 57

(San Diego, CA) – Human Rights activist and HIV/AIDS advocate American lawyer Dr. Boyd Ed Graves died Thursday at the University of California San Diego Medical Center. Dr. Graves was 57.

Dr. Graves' two decades of human rights' work, judicial activism and research on behalf of people living with HIV/AIDS, catapulted him into the world spotlight earning him both international acclaim for his bravery and dedication as well as criticisms for his controversial conclusions about the man-made origins and purpose of the HIV/AIDS virus.
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Known by “Ed” to his friends and family, Dr. Graves was a dynamic and patriotic individual who dedicated his professional and personal life to the disabled, disenfranchised and the fair daily existence of men and women worldwide. Read More here:

Proof The Unites State Created The HIV/AIDS Virus

In 1969 the US government developed a biological agent [ AIDS ] that  would have a devastating effect on the human immune system and for which there would be no effective treatment at the time.

Military biological warfare research became officially connected to VCP research on October 18, 1971, when President Richard Nixon permanently joined the Army's biowarfare research laboratory at Fort Detrick, Maryland, with the National Cancer Institute. The army lab was renamed the Frederick Cancer Re-search Center.

Scientists in the VCP wanted to learn how to use animal viruses to make cancer - and how to force "normal" human cells to become cancerous by subjecting them to various animal viruses one of which would be HIV/AIDS. A primary task was the large scale production of cancer-causing viruses and suspected cancer viruses to meet research VCP needs on a continuing basis. Special attention was given to primate viruses (the alleged African source of HIV and the KS virus). Another goal was the production of "human candidate viruses." Candidate viruses were defined as animal or human viruses that might cause AIDS and KS cancer in humans.

Biowarfare scientists had a keen interest in animal herpes "helper viruses" / AIDS (1978 VCP Re-port;p 54). Chimps (who purportedly carry the ancestor virus of HIV) were extensively used by the VCP because there would be no official testing of cancer viruses on humans.

A 1972 VCP Report (p. 262) emphatically states: "Since man will not be used as an experimental recipient, it is necessary to gain proof of oncogenicity by other means." How that "proof" would be obtained was never made clear.

With its close ties to military biowarfare research it is conceivable that the VCP undertook covert human testing of suspected cancer-causing viruses.

The U.S. military has a long history of secret human experimentation on unsuspecting citizens. (Google: secret human experimentation + military). It's a proven fact that Gay men were used as guinea pigs to test the effects of these viruses? Read More here:

Colloidal silver destroys all types of virus including the AIDS virus

Newspaper Article written by Marvin Robey

The Herald of Provo Utah, February 2, 1992, ran an article on page 1, D1, in which a member of the administrative staff of Brigham Young University by the name of Daryl Tichy has been successfully experimenting with colloidal silver in the treatment of AIDS, along with warts and parvo virus in a dog. "Tichy said he had the material [colloidal silver] tested at two different labs; results showed the solution killed a variety of pathogens, including the HIV virus." Tichy then states, "I don't have a doubt in my mind." He says he has not been able to obtain funds to continue his research.

This should not be a surprise, considering what other researchers have been telling us. There is much more evidence to support Tichy's conclusion. Extensive evidence points to the fact that colloidal silver destroys all types of virus including the AIDS virus and greatly enhances the immune system in general. Colloidal Silver supports the T-cells in their fight against foreign organisms in the blood. It virtually forms a second immune system, actually protecting and defending the T-cells, as well as doing their work for them. It is strongly suggested by research scientists such as Dr. Gary Smith and others that silver ions are essential to the immune system.

In "Use of Colloids in Health and Disease", author Dr. Henry Crooks says colloidal silver is highly anti-viral. In laboratory tests he found that "all fungus, virus, bacterium, streptococcus, staphylococcus, and other pathogenic organisms are killed in three or four minutes. In fact, there is no microbe known that is not killed by colloidal silver in six minutes or less in a dilution as little as five parts per million." Dr. Crooks tells us there are no serious side effects whatsoever from high concentrations. Research scientist Dr. Gary Smith reports that he has noticed a correlation between low silver levels, sickness and immune deficiency. He found people who have low silver levels tend to be frequently sick and to have innumerable colds, flu's, fevers, and other illnesses. The research of Dr. Gary Smith would seem to support the belief that colloidal silver is an entirely natural healing agent. Read More Here:

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"World War AIDS: The Third World War," is Dr. Graves' second book on the issue of the true origins of HIV/AIDS and the patented cure, Tetrasil. The book begins with a compelling review of the 2002 U.S. General Accounting Office review into the formerly secret U.S. Special Virus Cancer Program (1962-1978), follows Dr. Graves' experience with the U.S. Patented Cure for AIDS, Tetrasil; documents his 2007 journeys of hope in to AIDS ravaged African countries, and ends with Dr. Graves' 2008 lawsuit appeal for "full AIDS disclosure' now his second appearance before the United States Supreme Court. "World War AIDS" is a must read for any victim or survivor of the U.S. Special Virus Program, and all medical and policy professional working to treat the same. Dr. Graves says, "At long last, we have within our reach a world once again without HIV/AIDS!" Source

Saturday, December 12, 2015

The Rise of the American-Muslim Totalitarian State

NB Commentary: When the now President Obama was running for election back in 2007 he made a lot of promises and gave people the adage that Hope and Change were in the offing. It was time and "Yes, We Can" rang out through the media and the entertainment world took it up and splattered every media outlet with this adage. I even remember myself feeling anxious about the election and wondered if he really would win. He appeared to be anti-everything that his predecessor was openly for.

Now, years later, we see that there has been very little Hope and even less change.

What struck me most was shortly after he was elected when he was asked if you would bring charges against the Bush administration for war crimes.  Before and during Mr. Obama's campaign there had been a ground swell and a very strong movement for Bush's impeachment that reached Congress and Congressman Dennis Kucinich, read a long list of grievances against the Bush administration. But when Obama was asked the question, he said, and I loosely quote him here, "Let's move forward, and not backward."  To me that was a key statement of what direction he would take his administration and it certainly would not be "away" from what was already taking place in the White House and the administration of the US government.

by James Corbett January 30, 2013
“The DOJ claims that in planning and waging the Iraq War, ex-President Bush and key members of his Administration were acting within the legitimate scope of their employment and are thus immune from suit,” chief counsel Inder Comar of Comar Law said. Source

People didn't seem to be moved by this. Code Pink had been bought and sold on the bribery market and their efforts for the cessation of war pretty much muted. With brand new offices in DC, they were closer to the new President, but having succumb to the belief that Hope and Change had arrived and that wars would end and that Guantanamo would close, they became part of the mainstream. In fact, if they show up now, they appear lifeless, pointless and powerless to keep the Peace Movement moving in any direction.

Now we are looking at more war theaters than ever before, or shall I be more honest here and say that the theaters have hit the main page of the news instead of being on the back page under the classified ads. The Wars going on in the so-called middle east, have been going on since before the Clinton administration. The idea of gaining a stronghold in Africa far preceded our current president. It's just that now, with Social Media, and massive access to the news from around the world.. We can see what is really going on. Something that the indigenous people of the nations that the US and NATO have been bombing for decades already knew.

I also quivered at the outright about face turn that the US made towards Syria who in days of old was a part of the extraordinary rendition program and were holding so-called terrorists in their prisons. Now the US wants to overthrow the Assad regime, a once staunch ally of the US. It begs to question what the hidden agenda is when the US makes these allies and you just have to wonder, when the alliance with the US will come back to haunt them with bombs, drones, airstrikes, invasions and stealth operations to acquire their once friend's, resources.
CIA agent Robert Baer: "If you want a serious interrogation, you send a prisoner to Jordan. If you want them to be tortured, you send them to Syria. If you want someone to disappear -- never to see them again -- you send them to Egypt." Source
"The report also shows that as many as 54 foreign governments reportedly participated in these operations in various ways, including by hosting CIA prisons on their territories; detaining, interrogating, torturing, and abusing individuals; assisting in the capture and transport of detainees; permitting the use of domestic airspace and airports for secret flights transporting detainees; providing intelligence leading to the secret detention and extraordinary rendition of individuals; and interrogating individuals who were secretly being held in the custody of other governments. Foreign governments also failed to protect detainees from secret detention and extraordinary rendition on their territories and to conduct effective investigations into agencies and officials who participated in these operations.
The 54 governments identified in this report span the continents of Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, and North America, and include: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Djibouti, Egypt, Ethiopia, Finland, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Iceland, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, Libya, Lithuania, Macedonia, Malawi, Malaysia, Mauritania, Morocco, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Syria, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Uzbekistan, Yemen, and Zimbabwe." Source
And now, we have the Islamic Boogie Man. The epitome of all that is evil. Branded on 911 and blamed for the incredulous, they have become the bane of Western Society, even if the statistics show quite the contrary. A war on terror has been initiated and now every Muslim is suspect. Your friendly neighborhood donut maker and soda seller is a possible terrorist, despite the fact that they are US citizens also seeking the Mom's Apple Pie of the American Dream. Quite frankly, the American Dream has become a nightmare for those law abiding Muslim citizens who want for their families every right that every other human being deserves. The right to live in peace and work towards a better tomorrow. In the face of this tyranny, the eye is skewed towards the threatening so-called Muslim terrorist and with a broad brush all Muslims are suspect while the crimes perpetrated against American men, women and children is done by home grown terrorists with no Islamic affiliation whatsoever. Why is this possible, how is it possible? The biggest culprit is mainstream media. They decide who will be hated and who will be adored, whether the object of our ire/affection is deserved or not. Let's just hope that predator drones are not launched against American citizens, presumed to be Muslim extremist because quite frankly, these Muslims do not live on an island separated from the rest of humanity. They are among us and a drone strike will not be able to tell the difference.

DECEMBER 11, 2015

Muslim-Americans are living in a totalitarian police state with worsening harassment, profiling, and surveillance. The United States’ government may claim liberty and justice for all; however, in practice, towards Muslims, it exhibits all four major characteristics of a totalitarian state: a war on terror that targets Muslims abroad, a totalitarian police state at home, public executions by drones and gulags outside the rule of law, and a strong reliance on propaganda and political demagoguery.

The hallmark of fascism was state oppression of certain targeted non-privileged groups. Today, Muslims are bearing the brunt of America’s totalitarian police state.

Despite FBI records showing that since 9/11, Muslims have committed far less domestic terror attacks than white supremacists, it is the American-Muslim community that is under unprecedented levels of surveillance and government intrusion. Muslims in America are unquestionably experiencing a fascist system of surveillance, operating at the same level that East Germans faced under the Stasi spy agency. Researcher, Arun Kundnani, has shown how the FBI has one counterterrorism spy for every 94 Muslims in the U.S., which approaches Stasi’s ratio of one spy for every 66 citizens.

Clearly racism, as much as oil, fuels the War on Terror. White Christians rarely have to worry that an undercover agent or informant has infiltrated their churches, student organizations or neighborhoods. The simple fact that U.S. law enforcement has not infiltrated and spied on conservative Christian communities to disrupt violent rightwing extremism, which is the biggest terrorism threat in America, confirms what Muslims in American know in their bones: to worship Allah is to be suspect.

Federal judges recently ruled that suspicion-less surveillance of Muslims is permissible under the U.S. Constitution. The NYPD has admitted that Mosques, student groups, restaurants, even grade schools, have all been under surveillance. By rapidly increasing both government policies of secrecy and surveillance, Mr. Obama’s government is increasing its power to watch its citizens, while diminishing its citizens’ power to watch their government.

The threat of homegrown Islamic terrorism has been largely manufactured, so that the so-called War on Terror can promote multi-billion dollar, corporate-sponsored militarism abroad and the erosion of two hundred-year-old civil liberties at home.

Muslim-Americans are not only facing increasing oppression from the state, but they are also facing growing prejudice from their fellow countrymen, as hate crimes and civil liberty violations against Muslims continue to precipitously rise.

A recent Pew Forum Poll established that Muslims are by far the most disliked minority in America. According to FBI statistics, anti-Muslim hate crimes soared by an astounding 50 percent last year. Muslims constitute 1 percent of the U.S. population, but they are 13 percent of the victims of religious-based hate crimes. Islamophobia and xenophobia now seem as American as apple pie. Intolerance of Muslims is often inverted, depicting Muslim customs as an insult to Western customs.

One major aspect of American totalitarianism, shared by fascist regimes, is the nation’s enormous military budget. In 1933, Nazi Germany’s military spending was 2 percent of their national income; by 1940, it was 44 percent.

Today, America spends more on her military than the rest of the world combined. America has expanded its military into having 662 foreign military bases, according to the Department of Defense’s 2010 Base Structure Report. The War on Terror has cost $6 trillion, the equivalent of $75,000 for every American household, calculates Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government.

Another hallmark of totalitarianism is the creation of a prison system outside the rule of law that is largely designed to imprison and torture one minority group. The Guantanamo Bay gulag is unquestionably a crime against humanity. There is unlimited cruelty in a system that seems to be unable to free the innocent and unable to punish the guilty.

In April 24, 1934, a People’s Court, just like Guantanamo was established, which also bypassed the judicial system: prisoners were held indefinitely in isolation and were tortured and subjected to show trials. The People’s Court was signed into law by Adolf Hitler.

In 2007, a politician who was vehemently against the human rights abuses at Guantanamo Bay, explained what he would do about the torture camp if he ever became President:

“When I am President, I will close Guantanamo. It is a moral outrage, a blight upon America’s conscience. It is the location of so many of the worst constitutional abuses in recent years. From inception, Guantanamo was a laboratory for unlawful military interrogation, detention, and trials.”

The politician who uttered these words was Senator Barack Obama. Ironically, under President Obama’s tenure, conditions for Guantanamo detainees, from both a physical and legal standpoint, have become markedly worse.

Public executions are perhaps one of the most overt and odious symbols of totalitarianism. In totalitarian Spain, under General Franco, mass public executions were the norm, and were often carried out in bullrings or with band music and onlookers dancing in the victims’ blood. With Hitler and Mussolini supplying arms to Franco, some 200,000 men and women were publically executed during the war and bombed from overhead.

Nowadays, drones are the ultimate totalitarian technology. Washington both uses drones for what amount to public extra-judicial executions of Muslims abroad, and for spying on American Muslims at home.

Most Americans believe that drones are targeted and therefore humane. Nothing could be further from the truth. By all accounts, drones have killed more children than terrorists. According to a new report from The Intercept, nearly 90 percent of people killed in drone strikes in Afghanistan are civilians.

By 2018, some privacy experts believe law enforcement will likely control over 35,000 drones that the government will use to monitor Americans from the skies.

Integral to the rise of the America Muslim Totalitarian State is propaganda. Sheldon Wolin has poignantly pointed out that, whereas the production of propaganda was crudely centralized in Nazi Germany, in the United States, it is left to highly concentrated media corporations, thus maintaining the illusion of a “free press”.

The American propaganda machine is highly sophisticated. It does not rely upon the radio addresses, speeches, and leaflets disseminated by the Nazi Ministry of Propaganda and Public Enlightenment, nor does it rely on the crude censorship or harassment of free press ordered by a Politburo. The propaganda of America’s “one percent” is subtle yet pervasive; it relies not only on government diktats but also on the mass media, art, pop culture and Hollywood.

American cinema and music have always been a remarkably effective means of whipping up xenophobic wartime sentiment. For example, the highest grossing war film in history, American Sniper, and President Obama’s favorite television show, Homeland, both engage in an overly broad generalization of Islam, and depict Muslims and terrorists in a way that is indicative of widespread Islamophobia in American culture.

The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee reported a spike in Islamophobia and hate crimes after the release of American Sniper, which culminated in the recent slaying of three young Muslims in North Carolina, who were shot in the head sniper execution style. American Islamophobia operates in the service of American militarism and American militarism abroad, and in turn, ratchets up Islamophobia against minorities at home.

The media determines our language, our language shapes our thoughts, and our thoughts determine our actions. Language is the fulcrum of a society’s perception. Whosoever controls the public’s language, controls the public’s perception.

The corporate elites who sit on media editorial boards control said language. In 1983, fifty companies owned ninety percent of U.S. media. Today, only six media giants control a staggering ninety percent of what the American public listens to, reads, and watches. “Think of the press as a great keyboard on which the government can play,” once remarked Joseph Goebbels, Nazi Germany’s Minister of Propaganda.

For Muslim-Americans the media’s Orwellian totalitarian language is clear: Drones are Unmanned Aerial Vehicles. Torture is Enhanced Interrogation. Occupation is Liberation.

Donald Trump’s recent call to ban Muslims from entry into the U.S. is not without
precedent. The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 effectively banned all Chinese immigration to the US. This racist law remained in place for five decades and required all Chinese to carry identification certificates or face deportation. When Trump endorsed identification cards to be worn at all times by American Muslims, his popularity jumped almost 3 percentage points. If Donald Trump’s policies are viewed by Americans as odious and un-American, then why has he consistently gained popularity after every anti-Muslim outburst?

America’s history is stock full of totalitarianism and popularized, irrational fear of “the other”. It began when the settler pioneers feared Native Americans and united against them by slaughtering millions in order to quell that fear. As settlers began to unite around a common identity they feared the British Monarchy and rebelled against it. Americans then fought against Mexico, France and various other countries for vast land control. Five hundred documented revolts on slave ships and the fact that plantation owners were greatly outnumbered by slaves, cemented the role of fear that perpetuated slavery for centuries. With greater fear comes greater violence, and with greater violence comes a greater need to justify that violence by ratcheting up the fear.

After the attacks on Pearl Harbor, Japanese Americans were forced into interment camps on American soil. Vietnamese Americans were then targets of xenophobia in America during the Vietnam War, and then there was the “Red Scare”, which targeted Russian-Americans throughout the Cold War.

From the ashes of the Soviet Union arose the terrorists from the oil-rich Middle East, who became America’s new number one enemy and so the legacy of American xenophobia continues. Today, as the deliberately unending war on terror rumbles on abroad, Muslim, Arab, and Sikh Americans fear that they are living in a totalitarian state.

Garikai Chengu is a scholar at Harvard University. Contact him

Friday, December 11, 2015

Oklahoma ex-cop guilty of rape in sex abuse case involving 13 women

Oklahoma ex-cop guilty of rape in sex abuse case involving 13 women

NB Commentary: It boggles the mind that people fall apart when the gavel comes down on their heads, when they had no compunction when bringing the gavel down on another's. This happens over and over again. The serial killer doesn't want to die... the serial rapist fears being raped.. What is it and where is the disconnect? How do you explain this in any logical terms? One guilty verdict is send this man whirling into the path of destruction..... there were too many to count in this case. And while he may suffer the punishment of his crimes, the women whom he hurt will have a lifetime of recovery from it. Cause punishing him will only be like a band aide on cancer. I hope these women can get the help they need over the long term.

And then you have THIS GUY.  I can't help but wonder where do they find these people. Who remembers the black friend who defended Zimmerman?? Strange indeed.

Daniel Holtzclaw, a former Oklahoma City police officer, sobs as the verdict is read on Thursday.

Holtzclaw was convicted of 18 of the 36 counts he faced, including four counts of first-degree rape, related to accusations that he victimized 13 black women.

A former Oklahoma City police officer was convicted Thursday of raping and sexually victimizing eight women on his police beat in a minority, low-income neighborhood.
Daniel Holtzclaw, who turned 29 Thursday, sobbed as the verdict was read aloud. Jurors convicted him on 18 counts involving eight of the 13 women who had accused him; the jury acquitted him on another 18 counts.
He could spend the rest of his life in prison based on the jury's recommendation that he serve a total of 263 years, including a 30-year sentence on each of four first-degree rape convictions. He was also convicted of forcible oral sodomy, sexual battery, procuring lewd exhibition and second-degree rape.
The jury deliberated for about 45 hours over four days. Holtzclaw's sentencing is set for Jan. 21. A judge will decide whether he will have to serve the sentences consecutively.

Holtzclaw's father — a police officer in Enid, about 100 miles northwest of Oklahoma City — his mother and sister were in the courtroom as the verdict was read. At least one accuser was present, as well as several black community leaders. Seven armed deputies were stationed around the room.

Holtzclaw's defense attorney, Scott Adams, declined to comment after the verdict was read.
"Justice was done today, and a criminal wearing a uniform is going to prison now," Oklahoma County District Attorney David Prater said. "In those counts where the not guilty verdicts came back, they determined that we didn't prove those cases beyond a reasonable doubt. It doesn't mean they didn't believe the victims."

The lead detective in the case, Kim Davis, said after the verdict: "I feel horrible for his family. It's brutal, but I think justice was served."

The allegations against Holtzclaw brought new attention to the problem of sexual misconduct committed by law enforcement officers, something police chiefs have studied for years.

During a monthlong trial, jurors heard from 13 women who said Holtzclaw sexually victimized them. Most of them said Holtzclaw stopped them while out on patrol, searched them for outstanding warrants or checked to see if they were carrying drug paraphernalia, then forced himself on them.
Holtzclaw's attorney, meanwhile, described him as a model police officer whose attempts to help the drug addicts and prostitutes he came in contact with were distorted.

Among the eight women Holtzclaw was convicted of attacking was a grandmother in her 50s, who launched the police investigation and who was in the courtroom Thursday. She said she was driving home after 2 a.m. when Holtzclaw pulled her over. He first asked her if she had been drinking, then ordered her out of the car and into the backseat of his squad car. He then stood over her and ordered her to perform oral sex.

The woman was tearful after the verdict and prayed with supporters outside the courtroom.

She was the first victim to testify. The last was a teenager who was 17 when Holtzclaw attacked her. Holtzclaw was convicted of three charges related to her case: first-degree rape, second-degree rape and sexual battery.
The teenager recalled Holtzclaw pulling up in his police car as she walked home one night in June 2014. Holtzclaw drove her home and walked her to her door, where he told her he had to search her. She said he grabbed her breasts, then pulled down her shorts before forcing them off and raping her.

Despite the number of victims, the case presented prosecutors with several challenges.

Many of the women had arrest records or histories of drug abuse. Holtzclaw's attorney made those issues a cornerstone of his defense strategy. Adams questioned several women at length about whether they were high when they allegedly encountered Holtzclaw. He also pointed out that most did not come forward until police identified them as possible victims after launching their investigation.

Ultimately, that approach did not sway the jury to dismiss all the women's stories.

Holtzclaw was convicted of one of two charges related to a woman who testified he gave her a ride home, then followed her into her bedroom where he forced himself on her and raped her, telling her, "This is better than county jail."

That woman testified in orange scrubs and handcuffs because she had been jailed on drug charges hours before appearing in court. But the jury still convicted Holtzclaw of forcible oral sodomy in her case.

All of the accusers were black. Holtzclaw is half-white, half-Japanese. The jury appeared to all be white, though Oklahoma court officials said they did not have race information for jurors. Some supporters of the women questioned whether the jury would fairly judge their allegations.

A former college football star, Holtzclaw joined law enforcement after a brief attempt at pursuing an NFL career. Oklahoma City police chief Bill Citty fired Holtzclaw before the trial began.

Citty said in a statement Thursday night that the department was satisfied with the outcome of the "long and difficult trial and deliberation process."

"We are satisfied with the jury's decision and firmly believe justice was served," the statement said.
Holtzclaw's case was among those examined in an Associated Press investigation of sexual misconduct by law enforcement. The AP's yearlong probe revealed about 1,000 officers had lost their licenses for sex crimes or other sexual misconduct over a six-year period. Holtzclaw was not included in that count because he has not yet lost his license.

The AP's finding is undoubtedly an undercount of the problem of sexual abuse in law enforcement. Not every state has a process for banning problem officers from re-entering law enforcement, known as decertification. And of those states that do, great variations exist in whether officers are prosecuted or reported to their state licensing boards.

The mother of the 17-year-old victim told The Associated Press on Thursday night that she feels like justice has been served. The Associated Press generally does not identify victims of sex crimes and is not using the mother's name so as not to identify her daughter.

The mother said she believes the type of police crime brought to light by the Holtzclaw case "isn't just a problem in Oklahoma — it's a problem for the nation."


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Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Have you ever noticed how brown and dull the first few weeks of March are in the Midwest?

The spring has it's bright daffodils and tulips. Summer brings the lush green and the roses. Summer fields are dressed in wildflowers. In Autumn, the landscape drapes itself in the red, orange, and gold of the changing leaves. Winter brings the sparkling white snow.

Not March. No flowers. No green grass. Even the evergreens have dulled. They wait.

The days are getting longer. The sunbeams are warm even when the air is cold.

It's coming.

Really, it is.

I wait. I anticipate.

1 comment:

Judy said...

I'm right there with you anticipating growth, new life...the array of nature's colors that delight our senses. Spring fever is that anticipation of fresh things to favorite fever of them all.