Friday, August 28, 2009
The Move to Depopulate the Planet
By Stephanie R. Pasco
It is my intention to give you clips from documents, many from the United Nations that prove there is a plan to
depopulate this planet. I will also provide quotes from various people and organizations that further show this
agenda is afoot. I pray the guidance of the Lord God Almighty will be with me in this pursuit to warn others of
this dark plot against humanity.
Everything written in this paper is easily verifiable. It may take some time and effort, but I took great pains to
make this paper as accurate as I possibly could.
The depopulation agenda is based on nature worship, or Gaia worship. In Genesis, God clearly told Adam and
Eve, and then Noah and his family to go forth and multiply to fill the earth. Nowhere in the Bible does God
rescind that clearly spoken commandment. Therefore man is attempting to supercede the command of the Lord
God in heaven: The Creator! I ask you, who knows more about the state of the earth, the created, or the
Creator?
The basis for the depopulation agenda is a standard all elitist's hold dear. This standard is called:
The Hegelian Dialectic:
Problem – Reaction- Solution
Create the Problem
Cause a Reaction
Offer a Solution
You will see exactly how they have created the problem; caused a reaction so widespread it is really quite
impressive how successful they have been; and offered a solution: A deadly solution.
I ask that you please make an attempt to distribute this paper everywhere you possibly can. The time grows
short and so many are going to be caught unawares. By getting the word out, you may be able to prevent
someone from needless pain and suffering.
William Benton, Assistant U.S. Secretary of State at UNESCO 1946:
(UNESCO is the United Nations Education, Science and Cultural Organization)
"As long as a child breathes the poisoned air of nationalism, education in world-mindedness can produce only
precarious results. As we have pointed out, it is frequently the family that infects the child with extreme
nationalism. The schools therefore use the means described earlier to combat family attitudes that favor
jingoism (nationalism)…we shall presently recognize in nationalism the major obstacle to development of world
mindedness. We are at the beginning of a long process of breaking down the walls of national sovereignty.
UNESCO must be the pioneer." (Emphasis mine throughout)
Club of Rome, The First Global Revolution, 1991:
"In searching for a new enemy to unite us, we came up with the idea that pollution, the threat of global
warming, water shortages, famine and the like would fit the bill (this is absolute proof that man made global
warming is a fabrication)…. But in designating them as the enemy, we fall into the trap of mistaking symptoms
for causes. All these dangers are caused by human intervention and it is only through changed attitudes and
behavior that they can be overcome. The real enemy, then, is humanity itself."
Mikhail Gorbachev:
"We must speak more clearly about sexuality, contraception, about abortion, about values that control
population, because the ecological crisis, in short, is the population crisis. Cut the population by 90% and there
aren't enough people left to do a great deal of ecological damage."
Aldous Huxley, Brave New World 1946:
"There is, of course, no reason why the new totalitarians should resemble the old. Government by clubs and
firing squads, by artificial famine, mass imprisonment and mass deportation, is not merely inhumane (nobody
cares much about that nowadays); it is demonstrably inefficient and in an age of advanced technology,
inefficiency is the sin against the Holy Ghost."
Aldous Huxley, Lecture named Population Explosion 1959:
"…Let us ask ourselves what the practical alternatives are as we confront this problem of population growth.
One alternative is to do nothing in particular about it and just let things go on as they are…The question is: Are
we going to restore the balance in the natural way, which is a brutal and entirely anti-human way, or are we
going to restore it in some intelligent, rational, and humane way…Try to increase production as much as
possible and at the same time try to re-establish the balance between the birth rate by means less gruesome
than those which are used by nature – by intelligent and human methods?…There are colossal difficulties in the
way of implementing any large-scale policy of limitation of population; whereas death control is
extremely easy under modern circumstances, birth control is extremely difficult. The reason is very simple:
death control – the control, for example, of infectious diseases – can be accomplished by a handful of
experts and quite a small labour force of unskilled persons and requires a very small capital expenditure."
Barry Commoner, Making Peace with the Planet:
"There have been 'triage' proposals that would condemn whole nations to death through some species of global
'benign neglect'. There have been schemes for coercing people to curtail their fertility, by physical and legal
means that are ominously left unspecified. Now we are told that we must curtail rather than extend our
efforts to feed the hungry peoples of the world. Where will it end?"
Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen, April 28, 1997, Testimony before Congressional
Committee: "There are
some reports, for example, that some countries have been trying to construct something like an Ebola Virus, and
that would be a very dangerous phenomenon, to say the least. Alvin Toeffler has written about this in terms of
some scientists in their laboratories trying to devise certain types of pathogens that would be ethnic specific so
that they could just eliminate certain ethnic groups and races; and others are designing some sort of
engineering, some sort of insects that can destroy specific crops. Others are engaging even in an eco- type of
terrorism whereby they can alter the climate, set off earthquakes, volcanoes remotely through the use of
electromagnetic waves. So there are plenty of ingenious minds out there that are at work finding ways in which
they can wreak terror upon other nations. It's real, and that's the reason why we have to intensify our efforts, and
that's why this is so important."
Jacques Cousteau UNESCO Courier 1991:
"In order to save the planet it would be necessary to kill 350,000 people per day."
Jacques Cousteau, Population: Opposing Viewpoints:
"If we want our precarious endeavor to succeed, we must convince all human beings to participate in our
adventure, and we must urgently find solutions to curb the population explosion that has a direct influence
on the impoverishment of the less-favoured communities. Otherwise, generalized resentment will beget hatred,
and the ugliest genocide imaginable, involving billions of people, will become unavoidable."
"Uncontrolled population growth and poverty must not be fought from inside, from Europe, from North America,
or any nation or group of nations; it must be attacked from the outside – by international agencies helped
in the formidable job by competent and totally non-governmental organizations."
Bertrand Russell, The Impact Of Science On Society 1953
"I do not pretend that birth control is the only way in which population can be kept from increasing... War... has
hitherto been disappointing in this respect, but perhaps bacteriological war may prove more effective. If a
Black Death could be spread throughout the world once in every generation survivors could procreate freely
without making the world too full... The state of affairs might be somewhat unpleasant, but what of that? Really
high-minded people are indifferent to happiness, especially other people's... There are three ways of
securing a society that shall be stable as regards population. The first is that of birth control, the second that of
infanticide or really destructive wars, and the third that of general misery except for a powerful minority..."
Henry Kissinger, 1978:
"U.S. policy toward the third world should be one of depopulation"
David Rockefeller, 2000:
"We are on the verge of a global transformation. All we need is the right major crisis and the nations will accept
the New World Order."
David Rockefeller: Memoirs 2002
Founder of the CFR:
"We wield over American political and economical institutions. Some even believe we are part of a secret
cabal working against the best interests of the United States, characterizing my family and me as
'internationalists' and of conspiring with others around the world to build a more integrated global political
structure, one world, if you will. If that's the charge, I stand guilty, and I am proud of it."
David Rockefeller, Co-founder of the Trilateral Commission:
"We are grateful to The Washington Post, The New York Times, Time Magazine & other great publications
whose directors have attended our meetings and respected their promise of discretion for almost 40 years. It
would have been impossible for us to develop our plans for the world if we had been subject to the bright lights
of publicity during those years. But, the world is now much more sophisticated and prepared to march towards a
world government.
Thomas Ferguson, the Latin American Case Officer for the State Department's Office of
Population Affairs (OPA) (now the US State Dept. Office of Population Affairs, est. by Henry
Kissinger in 1975): "There is a single theme behind all our work
- we must reduce population levels," said Thomas Ferguson, the Latin American case officer for the
State Department's Office of Population Affairs (OPA). "Either they [governments] do it our way, through
nice clean methods or they will get the kind of mess that we have in El Salvador, or in Iran, or in Beirut.
Population is a political problem. Once population is out of control it requires authoritarian
government, even fascism, to reduce it. "The professionals," said Ferguson, "aren't interested in
lowering population for humanitarian reasons. That sounds nice. We look at resources and
environmental constraints. We look at our strategic needs, and we say that this country must lower its
population - or else we will have trouble.
"So steps are taken. El Salvador is an example where our failure to lower population by simple means has
created the basis for a national security crisis. The government of El Salvador failed to use our programs to
lower their population. Now they get a civil war because of it.... There will be dislocation and food shortages.
They still have too many people there." (1981)
Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen, April 28, 1997; Testimony before Congressional Committee:
"And advanced forms of biological warfare that can target specific genotypes may transform biological warfare
from the realm of terror to a politically useful tool."
Sir Julian Huxley, UNESCO: its Purpose and its Philosophy:
"Political unification in some sort of world government will be required... Even though... any radical eugenic
policy will be for many years politically and psychologically impossible, it will be important for UNESCO to see
that the eugenic problem is examined with the greatest care, and that the public mind is informed of the issues at
stake so that much that now is unthinkable may at least become thinkable."
In the early 1950's, former Communist Joseph Z. Kornfeder expressed the opinion that UNESCO was
comparable to a Communist Party agitation and propaganda department. He stated that such a party
apparatus 'handles the strategy and method of getting at the public mind, young and old.' Huxley would lard the
agency with a motley collection of Communists and fellow travelers.
President Richard Nixon believed abortion was necessary as a form of eugenics to prevent interracial breeding
Theodore Roosevelt to Charles B. Davenport, January 3, 1913, Charles B. Davenport Papers, Department
of Genetics, Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y.:
"I wish very much that the wrong people could be prevented entirely from breeding; and when the evil nature of
these people is sufficiently flagrant, this should be done. Criminals should be sterilized and feebleminded
persons forbidden to leave offspring behind them…The emphasis should be laid on getting desirable people to
breed…"
Theodore Roosevelt:
"Society has no business to permit degenerates to reproduce their kind.... Any group of farmers, who permitted
their best stock not to breed, and let all the increase come from the worst stock, would be treated as fit inmates
for an asylum.... Some day we will realize that the prime duty, the inescapable duty of the good citizens of the
right type is to leave his or her blood behind him in the world; and that we have no business to permit the
perpetuation of citizens of the wrong type. The great problem of civilization is to secure a relative increase of the
valuable as compared with the less valuable or noxious elements in the population... The problem cannot be met
unless we give full consideration to the immense influence of heredity..."
"I wish very much that the wrong people could be prevented entirely from breeding; and when the evil nature of
these people is sufficiently flagrant, this should be done. Criminals should be sterilized and feebleminded
persons forbidden to leave offspring behind them... The emphasis should be laid on getting desirable people to
breed..."
By Carl Teichrib:
"The Georgia Guidestones, a massive granite edifice planted in the Georgia countryside, contains a list of ten
new commandments for Earth's citizens. The first commandment, and the one which concerns this article, simply
states; "Maintain humanity under 500,000,000 in perpetual balance with nature."
Robert Walker, former chair of PepsiCo and Proctor & Gamble on water:
Water is a gift of nature. Its delivery is not. It must be priced to insure it is used sustainably.
Ted Turner makes the radical statement that, "A total population of 250-300 million people, a 95% decline from
present levels, would be ideal,"
Margaret Sanger (founder of Planned Parenthood, funded by the Rockefellers) said in her proposed "The
American Baby Code", intended to become law:
"The most merciful thing that a family does to one of its infant members is to kill it."
This is the woman (Margaret Sanger) whom Hillary Clinton publicly declared she looked up to, during the 2008
presidential debates.
Here is a short list of some advocates of eugenics;
Alexander Graham Bell, George Bernard Shaw H. G. Wells, Sidney Webb, William Beveridge, John Maynard
Keynes, Margaret Sanger, Marie Stopes, Woodrow Wilson, Theodore Roosevelt, Emile Zola, George Bernard
Shaw, John Maynard Keynes, John Harvey Kellogg, Winston Churchill, Linus Pauling, Sidney Webb, Sir Francis
Galton, Charles B. Davenport
Futurist Barbara Marx Hubbard (who wanted to create a Dept. of Peace): "Out of the full
spectrum of human personality, one-fourth is electing to transcend…One-fourth is ready to so choose, given the
example of one other…One-fourth is resistant to election. They are unattracted by life ever evolving. One-fourth
is destructive. They are born angry with God…They are defective seeds…There have always been defective
seeds. In the past they were permitted to die a 'natural death'…we, the elders, have been patiently waiting until
the very last moment before the quantum transformation, to take action to cut out this corrupted and corrupting
element in the body of humanity. It is like watching a cancer grow…Now, as we approach the quantum shift from
creature-human to co-creative human—the human who is an inheritor of god-like powers—the destructive onefourth
must be eliminated from the social body. We have no choice, dearly beloveds. Fortunately you, dearly
beloveds, are not responsible for this act. We are. We are in charge of God's selection process for planet Earth.
He selects, we destroy. We are the riders of the pale horse, Death. We come to bring death to those who are
unable to know God…the riders of the pale horse are about to pass among you. Grim reapers, they will separate
the wheat from the chaff. This is the most painful period in the history of humanity…"
Alexander Haig is quoted referring to the US State Department Office of Population Affairs, which was
established by Henry Kissinger in 1975. The title has since been changed to The Bureau of Oceans,
International Environmental and Scientific Affairs: "Accordingly, the Bureau of Oceans, International
Environmental and Scientific Affairs has consistently blocked industrialization policies in the Third World, denying
developing nation's access to nuclear energy technology--the policies that would enable countries to sustain a
growing population. According to State Department sources, and Ferguson himself, Alexander Haig is a "firm
believer" in population control.
Although the above stated quotes should be sufficient to prove that the elitists in power have definite intent to
depopulate this planet to what they deem to be a sustainable level. Some will argue these are only opinions and
are of no real consequence. I will now move on to providing bits of documentation showing this is a plan that
has a worldwide scope of influence.
Most of these documents are at least 10 years old, some older. That however, does not take away from the
seriousness of the content. Do not think them invalid due to their age. It takes time to foment plans on such a
grand scale. But, if you are honest with yourself you can see glimpses of these things happening today.
I am going to cover some issues stemming from the UN Treaty on Biological Diversity (Agenda 21), which Bill
Clinton signed into law in 1993 before it was sent to the U.S. Senate for ratification.
EPA Internal Working Document Ecosystem Management:
"The executive branch should direct federal agencies to evaluate national policies…. in light of international
policies and obligations, and to amend national policies to achieve international objectives."
"In other words, our federal bureaucrats are writing U.S. law, independent of Congress who has Constitutional
authority to do that. They are changing regulations and creating laws out of thin air."
"They are no longer working for the people of the United States. They are working for the international
community. There are so many treaties written up that they have (effectively) bound the United States.
Whereas a few of the treaties were not a problem, the abundance (100's) of them have now taken control over
all of our lives" - Michael Coffman
UN Treaty on Biological Diversity Assessment on Desirable Culture:
"…Traditional societies have considered certain sites as sacred, where most human activities are prohibited."
That is the heart of the Convention on Biodiversity. Locking up nearly 50% of the land area of the United States
is their idea of protecting biological diversity. - Michael Coffman
UN Treaty on Biodiversity Diversity
Usage of Fertilizers Not Sustainable:
"That fertilizers have played an essential part in producing the world's harvests is undisputed. (It) is estimated
that if the use of fertilizers ceased, the world's harvests would be cut almost in half. However, the negative side
of the equation is that the nitrates from fertilizers seep into ground water aquifers and they are seriously
implicated in the eutrophication of lakes, rivers and coastal ecosystems causing often drastic changes in the
fauna and flora."
"They are willing to take a course of action that will reduce the world's food supply by half, or more, as they will
likely reduce the use of pesticides knowing full well how many people this will kill". - Michael Coffman
UN Biodiversity Assessment on Sustainable Human Population; US Senate September 9, 1994:
"A reasonable estimate for an industrialized world society at the present North American material standard of
living would be one billion people. This must be implemented within 30-50 years, 2/3's of the population must be
cut."
"The UN says property rights are not absolute and unchanging, but are there for the convenience of whatever
government wants to do." – Michael Coffman
"Nobody owns biodiversity, so everything we do impinges on biodiversity. Property rights become meaningless.
At the Rio De Janeiro Summit it was decided that the Global Environmental Facility would be the depository of all
property rights." – Michael Coffman
UN Biodiversity Assessment
The Worldview of Western Civilization
Section 12.2.3, Page 835:
The western "worldview is characteristic of large-scale societies, heavily dependent on resources brought from
considerable distances. It is a worldview that is characterized by the denial of sacred attributes of nature…
(which) became firmly established about 2000 years (ago) with the Judeo-Christian-Islamic religious traditions."
This same treaty considers rocks to be living beings on an equal plane with human beings. Rocks, many
believe, will reincarnate into lower life forms; and gradually into human beings.
Bureau of Land Management Internal Working Document
Human Dimensions of Ecosystem Management Objective/Purpose:
"All ecosystem management activities should consider human beings as biological resources…" (Reminiscent
of Soylent Green)
This document was brought before Congress. This statement created such an uproar that it was removed.
Regardless of its removal, it still serves to prove the mindset of these people; and just because this was
removed from a document it does not mean it was removed from the thoughts and the intended goals of those
who penned it; or who believe it.
"For the elite to be able to have management of the ecosystem, humans would have no more value than a
rock." – Michael Coffman
UN Biodiversity Treaty
UN Global Biological Assessment
Sustainable Human Populations:
"Population growth has exceeded the capacity of the biosphere" (i.e. the earth)
"It is estimated that an 'agricultural world' in which most human beings are peasants should be able to support 5
to 7 billion people."
Now I feel is an appropriate time to cover some other areas of government, as well as private organizations that
would like to see the population of the world decrease at an astounding rate (up to 90%). This is a dark, bloody
agenda that will cause terrible hardship and pain upon millions of people.
World Wildlife Fund, World Resources Institute
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN):
The IUCN involves the EPA, US Fish & Wildlife Service, the National Park Service, the United States Forest
Service, Sierra Club, the Nature Conservancy, the National Wildlife Fund, the National Audubon Society,
National Resources Defense Council, UNESCO, the Environmental Defense Fund, the U.N. Environmental
Program, etc.
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UCN 1992
Covenant On the Environment and Development:
"Eventually a wilderness network would dominate a region and thus would itself constitute the matrix, with
human habitations being the islands. The remaining half of the US would be used as buffer zones."
"The night before this treaty was ratified, Senator Mitchell withdrew it from the calendar and it was never voted
on. It took four men, devoted to God in prayer to stop this treaty. The treaty still waits in the wings. Upon
ratification, the US will have no ability to protect its own citizens." -Michael Coffman
Henry Kissinger had a similar plan to use food as a weapon in 1974, found in the National Security Study
Memorandum 200: Implications of Worldwide Population Growth for U.S. Security and Overseas Interests;
which was adopted as official policy by then President Gerald Ford in November of 1975. This Memorandum
outlined a covert plan to reduce population growth in lesser-developed countries by means of birth control,
and implicitly, war and famine. Brent Scowcroft, who had by then replaced Kissinger as National Security
Advisor, (the same post Scowcroft held in the Bush Administration), was put in charge of implementing the plan.
CIA Director George H.W. Bush was ordered to assist Scowcroft, as were the Secretaries of State, Treasury,
Defense and Agriculture.
This document has never been renounced, only certain portions have been amended, leaving it as the
foundational document on population control issued in the U.S. Government.
The major players in the founding of this document are as follows:
Henry Kissinger
Richard Nixon
Margaret Sanger
Paul Ehrlich
Werner Fornos
Timothy Wirth
The United Nations Population Fund
The United States Agency for International Development
Planned Parenthood Federation of America
International Planned Parenthood Federation
The Club of Rome
UNICEF
WHO
United Nations World Bank
The document can be read here in its entirety, along with the other organizations and individuals complicit in this
abomination:
http://www.usmutes.com/NSSM200.htm
Let it be noted that Adolph Hitler also used food as weapon, stating that food is "a beautiful instrument…for
maneuvering and disciplining the masses." Food has been used as a weapon of war for centuries. Why then
would it be outrageous for the elite to use food as a weapon, both a physical and a psychological weapon, in a
declared war on overpopulation? It would not be outrageous at all. As has been said time and time again,
history repeats itself.
Now we will cover the Earth Charter.
The Earth Charter; A Radical Global Religion, created by Mikhail Gorbachev and Michael Strong:
"The Earth Charter initiative reflects the conviction that a radical change in humanity's attitudes and values
is essential to achieve social, economic and ecological well-being in the 21st century… The commission…plans
to circulate a final version of the Charter as a People's Treaty beginning in mid-1998. The Charter will be
submitted to the U.N. General Assembly in the year 2000…(where it will) ensure a very strong document that
reflects the emerging new global ethics." This is unprecedented (it is) the first component of an authentic
global governance. We are working for dialogue and peace. We are demonstrating our ability to assert control
over our fate in a spirit of solidarity to organize our collective sovereignty over this planet, our common heritage."
The American people were not allowed to see this. Americans as a whole do not want the UN to be the head of
a world government. The one thing the majority of this country values, above most everything else, is their
freedom. Or the semblance of freedom we have left should I say.
At the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, the Presidential Council on Sustainable Development in 1996 came to
the conclusion that the world's human population should not exceed 500 million people. That is a 93%
reduction in population!
According to the UN video, "Armed to the Teeth"; and also in the Freedom From War Policy - put into effect by
JFK in 1961- general and complete disarmament and US military power was given over, in full, to the UN. This
is a loss of the sovereignty of America. (Read this document at http://www.scribd.com/doc/5009662/Freedom-
From-War).
The Earth Charter (1992), A Spiritual Vision:
"A consensus has developed that the Earth Charter should be…the articulation of a spiritual vision that reflects
universal spiritual values, including, but not limited to, ethical values…a people's charter that serves as a
universal code of conduct for ordinary citizens, educators, business executives, scientists, religious leaders,
non-governmental organizers and national councils of sustainable development; and a declaration of principles
that can serve as a "soft tax" document when endorsed by the UN General Assembly. "
In its original form, The Earth Charter failed miserably due to open, blatant pantheistic approach. Gorbachev
and Strong have worked diligently to change the language and make it appear less obvious. You may be
wondering what the Earth Charter has to do with depopulation. It has everything to do with it. Here is a very
brief synopsis of what the Charter holds for us.
According to the Charter, we must:
* "Recognize that all beings are interdependent and every form of life has value..." (Unborn children, of course,
are not included in the UN's definition of "every form of life." The Earth Summit II documents continue to support
the UN's pro-abortion policies.)
* "Affirm faith in the inherent dignity of all human beings." (UN agencies, however, support policies of euthanasia
for those determined not capable of living a "quality" life.)
* "Adopt at all levels sustainable development plans and regulations...." (This is a prescription for global
socialism in a super-regulated global state.)
* "Prevent pollution of any part of the environment..." (Enforcing this dictum would mean stopping virtually all
human activity.)
* "Internalize the full environmental and social costs of goods and services in the selling price." (This seemingly
harmless sentence would empower the state to price, tax, and regulate all production and consumption.)
* "Ensure universal access to health care that fosters reproductive health and responsible reproduction. (This is
a thinly disguised call for that includes abortion and population control.)
* "Eliminate discrimination in all its forms, such as that based on race ... [and] sexual orientation." (This provision
is clearly aimed at criminalizing those who refuse to accept homosexuality as positive and good.)
* "Promote the equitable distribution of wealth within nations and among nations. (See;
http://www.thefreelibrary.com/The+new+world+religion%3a+presented+to+the+world+as+a+mystical...-
a091968392 for the full article)
The Earth Charter has not been ratified. Do not make the mistake of assuming it has not been interwoven into
our society, however! It is being taught in our schools and promoted shamelessly by Hollywood, the UN, NBC
(owned by GE), ABC, CBS, CNN, HLN & all the Fox owned stations, with the exception of Fox News in order to
keep the supporters blinded to the machinations of Rupert Murdock. Do not be deceived!
The ability to freely procreate is soon to be removed from us, much as it has been in China for many years. Not
only will we not be allowed to have children, anyone who is termed a "useless eater" (A term coined by Henry
Kissinger) will be euthanized: Mercilessly culled.
In Sweden , the "Sterilization Act of 1934" provided for the voluntary sterilization of some mental patients. The
law was passed while the Swedish Social Democratic Party was in power, though it was also supported by all
other political parties in Parliament at the time, as well as the Lutheran Church and much of the medical
profession. - Wikipedia
America is scheduled to become compliant to Codex Alimentarius (CA) as of December 31, 2009.
Codex Alimentarius is going to regulate virtually anything that you put into your mouth that is not a
pharmaceutical. The World Trade Organization (WTO) has accepted Codex Alimentarius and any nation that is
a member of the WTO must become compliant with CA. In any dispute between 2 countries, the one that is
Codex compliant automatically wins. This is quite an incentive for all nations to become compliant. – Rima
Laibow
CA guidelines set for vitamins & minerals are said to be voluntary, however, they are scheduled to become
mandatory on December 31, 2009. In 1994, Codex Alimentarius declared nutrients to be poisons: See the
Dietary Supplement Health Education Act (DSHEA). Yet fluoride is acceptable! Why? It creates
complacency. Proper nutrients will ensure a longer, healthier life. Not at all in keeping with a depopulation
agenda.
From Esoteric Agenda, a documentary by Ben Stewart:
"In 1962 it was decreed that there would be a move toward total global implementation of Codex Alimentarius.
The date set for implementation is December 31, 2009. WHO and FAO are the commissions in charge of CA.
They fund it and run it at the request of the U.N.
According to WHO & FAO, epidemiological projections, it is estimated that according to the vitamin and mineral
guideline alone; when CA goes into global implementation on December 31, 2009, it will result in a minimum of
3 billion deaths; 1 billion due through starvation. The next 2 billion will die from preventable diseases due to
malnutrition."
"The U.N. has put out dozens of reports calling for an 80% reduction in population (most put the number at
90%). At the 1997 Women's World Conference in Beijing, the head of the U.N. Food Program said, "We will use
food as a weapon against the people.""
In conjunction with Codex Alimentarius, food will be limited and water consumption will be decreased to 10
gallons per day, per person. The average American uses 140 gallons of water every day. The food provided
will be Genetically Modified and nutrient deficient.
As of the Codex Alimentarius (CA) implementation date of 12/31/09, if there were a famine anywhere in the
world, it will be illegal to send any high nutrient density biscuits. Or to distribute them!!
Once a country becomes CA compliant, CA can never be repealed. Membership with the WTO robs the
member nations of any and all sovereignty. Germany is now CA compliant.
Codex Alimentarius goes hand in hand with Agenda 21 and the Kyoto Treaty. The deadline to implement both
Agenda 21 and the Kyoto Treaty is 2012." (Rima Laibow)
Agenda 21 was birthed out of the Rio Summit 1992. Agenda 21 (A 21), a.k.a. Smart Growth, Regionalism,
Visioning Processes, Action Plans, Shared Values; 20/20, Best Practices; Community Festivals & Public/Private
Partnerships. These are the names you will hear A 21 called, the buzzwords.
Every county must set up a council to oversee the implementation of A 21. A 21 is Sustainable Development.
Steven Rockefeller set up the Earth Charter, referenced above. The Earth Charter is the new One World
Religion: Earth worship. The earth is considered to be 'sacred', and its protection is a 'sacred trust'. Global
responsibility will demand basic changes in values, behaviors and attitudes of government, the private sector,
and civil society.
Under Sustainable Development man is considered to be responsible for the pollution of the planet and is
subordinate to all other living creatures. This is a direct contradiction to the Bible where God placed man in a
position of dominance over the entire earth. The elite will worship and serve the creature, rather than the
Creator.
"The environmental agenda is a spiritual agenda with earth worship at its root. As such, the following practices
are all considered to be unsustainable: Fossil fuels, artificial fertilizers, modern systems of agricultural
production, irrigation water, herbicides, pesticides, farmland, pastures, grazing of livestock, consumerism, dietary
habits, salt, sugar, private property, paved roads, dams, reservoirs, logging activities, fencing of pastures". –
Joan Peros
"Every environmental resource must be measured. What can be measured can be managed under the
Millenium Ecosystem Assessment Project." – Joan Peros
Among the things considered to be unsustainable, as listed above, these are included: Monotheism and the
family unit. The health care plan of President Obama is under A 21. Under this health care plan, the family unit
is very much being attacked. Anyone over age 65 must undergo 'end of life counseling' by their doctor every 5
years. Abortion will be pushed that much harder, especially with the Science Czar wanting sterilants put into our
water supply! One of the new appointee's to the Obama Administration once said in a book he co-wrote that a
child could be killed up to the age of 2 years old! What kind of a monster could think that is acceptable?
Nearly the exact language used to define Sustainable Development was taken from the 1977 Soviet
Constitution!
The Family Dependency Ratio, under the United Nations, will look at every household. They will gauge what
that household has produced in accordance with what it has used (i.e., resources) by the water bills, energy bills,
etc. Are you using more than you are producing? Are you adding to the collective, or merely taking away? This
is how the powers that be will determine whether you are a productive citizen, or, in the words of Henry
Kissinger, "A useless eater".
In 1990, Prince Charles formed The Prince of Wales Business Leaders Forum to bring together 50-60 of the
world's topmost multi-national/transnational corporations to start buying up governments around the world. This
is Public/Private Partnerships: This is the very definition of fascism.
I must stop here. At the rate things are now moving, I could add to this daily. But, December 31 is not so far
away now, only 4 months. I must get this out now. Time is short.
If you find this to be worthy, please, spread it everywhere you can. Email it, blog it, post it on forums; mail it. Do
what you must. People are asleep. They must be woken up. Forced immunizations are right around the
corner. These things will come to pass. It is our job to warn people. Please, I ask you, warn them.
Thursday, August 27, 2009
I don't know if I should laugh or cry!?
New drug fights fat, diabetes
WASHINGTON - RESEARCHERS searching for a cure for obesity said on Thursday they have developed a drug that not only makes mice lose weight, but reverses diabetes and lowers their cholesterol, too.
The drug, which they have dubbed fatostatin, stops the body from making fat, instead releasing the energy from food. They hope it may lead to a pill that would fight obesity, diabetes and cholesterol, all at once.
Writing in the journal Chemistry and Biology, Salih Wakil of Baylor College of Medicine in Texas, Motonari Uesugi of Kyoto University in Japan and colleagues said the drug interferes with a suite of genes turned on by overeating.
'Here, we are tackling the basics,' Dr Wakil said in a telephone interview. 'I think that is what excited us.' Scientists are painfully aware that drugs that can make mice thin do nothing of the sort in humans. A hormone called leptin can make rats and mice drop weight almost miraculously but does little or nothing for an obese person, for instance.
But Dr Wakil, whose team has patented the drug and is looking for a drug company to partner with, hopes this drug may be different. 'I am very, very optimistic,' he said.
Fatostatin is a small molecule, meaning it has the potential to be absorbed in pill form.
It works on so-called sterol regulatory element binding proteins or SREBPs, which are transcription factors that activate genes involved in making cholesterol and fatty acids.
'Fatostatin blocked increases in body weight, blood glucose, and hepatic (liver) fat accumulation in (genetically) obese mice, even under uncontrolled food intake,' the researchers wrote.
Genetic tests showed the drug affected 63 different genes.
After four weeks, mice injected with fatostatin weighed 12 per cent less and had 70 per cent lower blood sugar levels, the researchers wrote.
The drug also had effects on prostate cancer cells they said - something that may help explain links between prostate cancer and obesity. -- REUTERShttp://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/Tech%2Band%2BScience/Story/STIStory_422329.html
Sunday, August 16, 2009
Below from the Eagle's Nest, Sheepy says THANKS!!!
It is with profound sadness in the temporary parting, yet supreme faith in the rejoining, that I confirm the passing of BILL UHOUSE.
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Bill passed from this life on May 29.
While Bill was with us in this life, he was another man who worked closely with a J-Rod. His work in craft diagnostics, with the other J-Rod paved the way for Majestic's understanding of the operations of the craft, and allowed for back engineering which has protected the United States of America (and other countries) to this day, and far beyond.
He was a HERO, an honorable Military Officer and I can personally attest for the authenticity of his account with the other 1953 crash occupant.
I can say all this without ever having the honor of personally meeting Bill.
Bill's passing was only announced to me, last night, by Will, his son, and Teri, Will's wife; as we had not spoken for some months during the time of the great changes in Marcia's and my life.
Many of you know that Will, Teri, Marcia, and myself are good friends. We look forward to having a drink in the memory and certain rejoining one day with Will's father!
In the mean time, Eagles Disobey will design a Memorial to be placed on its front page, in honor of Bill, and Angel Eagles will be dedicating next week's run all the way to Roswell, New Mexico, in his name!
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With that, I send this song to Bill, a song which means a lot to us from Majestic, we intend it as an expression of the great way we all feel about him!
May God Bless and Keep you, Bill! Meet you soon!
Love,
Dan
(and for Marcia, and the entire Eagles Team)
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Eat Your Sprouts!
Neanderthals wouldn't have eaten their sprouts either
August 12th, 2009 by Denholm Barnetson
Visitors at the Museum for Prehistory in Eyzies-de-Tayac look at a reconstruction of a Neanderthal man. Spanish researchers say they have found that a gene in modern humans that makes some people dislike a bitter chemical called phenylthiocarbamide, or PTC, was also present in Neanderthals hundreds of thousands of years ago.
Spanish researchers say they're a step closer to resolving a "mystery of evolution" -- why some people like Brussels sprouts but others hate them.
They have found that a gene in modern humans that makes some people dislike a bitter chemical called phenylthiocarbamide, or PTC, was also present in Neanderthals hundreds of thousands of years ago.
The scientists made the discovery after recovering and sequencing a fragment of the TAS2R38 gene taken from 48,000-year-old Neanderthal bones found at a site in El Sidron, in northern Spain, they said in a report released Wednesday by the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC).
"This indicates that variation in bitter taste perception predates the divergence of the lineages leading to Neanderthals and modern humans," they said.
Substances similar to PTC give a bitter taste to green vegetables such as Brussels sprouts, broccoli and cabbage as well as some fruits.
But they are also present in some poisonous plants, so having a distaste for it makes evolutionary sense.
"The sense of bitter taste protects us from ingesting toxic substances," the report said.
What intrigued the researchers most is that Neanderthals also possessed a recessive variant of the TAS2R38 gene which made some of them unable to taste PTC -- an inability they share with around one third of modern humans.
"This feature ... is a mystery of evolution," said the report.
"These (bitter) compounds can be toxic if ingested in large quantities and it is therefore difficult to understand the evolutionary existence of individuals who cannot detect them."
The report's lead author, Carles Lalueza Fox of the University of Barcelona, speculated that such people may be "able to detect some other compound not yet identified."
This would have given them some genetic advantage and explain the reason for the continuation of the variant gene.
Neanderthals and modern humans shared a common ancestor from which they diverged about 300,000 years ago.
Excavations since 2000 at the site at El Sidron, in the Asturias region, have so far recovered the skeletal remains of at least 10 Neanderthal individuals.
The squat, low-browed Neanderthals lived in parts of Europe, Central Asia and the Middle East for around 170,000 years but traces of them disappear some 28,000 years ago, their last known refuge being Gibraltar.
Why they died out is a matter of furious debate because they existed alongside modern man.
The CSIS research was published in the British Royal Society's Biology Letters.
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
FOIA
Mr. Uhouse,
Here is the following link to assist you with a FOIA request: http://www.foia.va.gov/FOIA_NCA.asp
V/R,
JC
JOSHUA C. WHITE
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
WASHINGTON CROSSING NATIONAL CEMETERY
Program Analyst
P: 609-877-5460
F: 609-871-4691
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Proof that language is math.
Love and Tensor Algebra
from "The Cyberiad" by Stanislaw Lem:
Come, let us hasten to a higher plane Where dyads tread the fairy fields of Venn, Their indices bedecked from one to n Commingled in an endless Markov chain!
Come, every frustrum longs to be a cone And every vector dreams of matrices. Hark to the gentle gradient of the breeze: It whispers of a more ergodic zone.
In Riemann, Hilbert or in Banach space Let superscripts and subscripts go their ways. Our asymptotes no longer out of phase, We shall encounter, counting, face to face.
I'll grant thee random access to my heart, Thou'lt tell me all the constants of thy love; And so we two shall all love's lemmas prove, And in our bound partition never part.
For what did Cauchy know, or Christoffel, Or Fourier, or any Bools or Euler, Wielding their compasses, their pens and rulers, Of thy supernal sinusoidal spell?
Cancel me not - for what then shall remain? Abscissas some mantissas, modules, modes, A root or two, a torus and a node: The inverse of my verse, a null domain.
Ellipse of bliss, converge, O lips divine! the product o four scalars is defines! Cyberiad draws nigh, and the skew mind Cuts capers like a happy haversine. I see the eigenvalue in thine eye, I hear the tender tensor in thy sigh. Bernoulli would have been content to die, Had he but known such a^2 cos 2 phi!
http://webplaza.pt.lu/laurent3/include/html/poems.html
Sunday, July 26, 2009
Amazing plant photographs
The amazing plant photographs which were ten years in the making and are filled with electricity
By Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 8:06 AM on 16th July 2009
These extraordinary images reveal what happens when electrical surges pass through a metal board with a simple plant on top.
Photographer Robert Buelteman sends 80,000 volts through his flowery subjects and then literally paints photographs of the outcome.
In three awe-inspiring series, the 55-year-old uses roses, petunias, and even cannabis in mind-blowing detail to give an extraordinary view of ordinary plant-life.
Artist Robert Buelteman sends 80,000 volts through flowery subjects and then literally paints photographs of the outcome to create these amazing pictures
The process to capture these unique images is so complex it has taken him 10 years - and a gruelling average of 60 hours-per-week - to produce just 80 photos.
Working in complete darkness, he begins by placing his chosen plant onto a metal board which he then passes the electrical surge through.
He can even pinpoint areas where he wants to focus the charge using a wand and a simple car battery.
The artist uses roses, petunias, and even cannabis in his amazing works
As his subject lights up with the current, and emits radiation invisible to the naked eye, Mr Buelteman captures the moments by passing a fibre optic cable back-and-forth over the plant.
The cable emits a beam of white light which is just the size of a human hair and whatever the miniscule torch-beam touches, transfers the image onto film.
The captivating blue haze that surrounds every leaf, petal and stalk is actually gases ionising around them as the plant is electronically shocked.
To explain the baffling process, Buelteman, from Montara, California, USA, uses a trusted analogy.
This picture of Eucalyptus provides an amazing inside into plantlife
Buelteman spends an average of 60 hours-per-week - to produce just 80 photos
'You just have to imagine it like a painter creating a picture on canvass,' he said. 'The plant is the subject just like the painter's bowl of fruit or the person they are capturing.
'The electrified board I place the plants on is the canvass. The fibre optic cable emitting the light-beam is my paintbrush.
'Another way to try and understand it is like a normal photograph on a normal camera, except I am manually controlling the exposure by hand. In the same way the image I capture is simply burned onto film.'
To give the pictures an added dazzling effect, Mr Buelteman's aluminium canvass actually floats in liquid silicone.
This Geranium image has taken hours to produce
The Californian said his unique technique has been around for decades
And to make sure he doesn't get killed or injured in the process, he erects a protective frame of wood around his easel.
But despite these being the first pictures of their kind in his profession, Mr Buelteman says he has in fact invented nothing and uses a combination of age-old techniques developed decades ago.
Semyon Kirlian - developer of Kirlian photography - accidentally found in 1939 that it was possible to photograph electrical discharges at the edges of objects if that were being shocked on an electrified plate.
The 55-year-old makes ordinary Chrysanthemums look extraordinary
'When people see my work I want them to feel an awakening. The world is an amazing place and evolution has created some breathtaking things for us to look at.
'For me, art is about looking at the world and all it's wonder in a new way, seeing something differently.'
Mr Buelteman has written about the project and the techniques he uses in his book Signs of Life.
His works are being bought for a phenomenal five figures by art collectors.
Saturday, July 18, 2009
Things that go "Pahrump" in the brain! :-)
There are generally two types of science: first, there's the type that makes computers work, allows us to ride around in metal boxes propelled by continuous explosion, and makes it so that milk doesn't taste all gross. Then there's the fringe science, the stuff that shoots up your nose like mathematical horseradish and dances a jig on your brain…or brane, as it were (that's the nerdiest joke in the article, we promise). So kick off your work boots, put on your thought slippers, and prepare for a science course so mind-blowing, it's written almost entirely in italics.
#5.
The Theory: Quantum Entanglement
The Crazy Part:The part where you jiggle an electron on one side of the universe and an invisible force traverses millions of light years and smacks another electron into wiggling instantaneously, which is about a million years faster than is technically possible without time travel.
What It Says: That if two electrons are created together, they are forever "entangled," much like you and your high school sweetheart according to some shitty poems you wrote in tenth grade. And, also like you and your ex-love, regardless of the distance between the two electrons, a change in quantum spin in one electron will immediately cause the other electron to change spin as well. So like, when she has sex with Bob Feeney, the team's QB after the first date, even though you're home alone playing Tetris, your heart will ache with a sudden and unmistakable pain. That's the pain of entanglement, my friend.
So What Does This Do For Me? Teleportation, holmes. Only really tiny. In theory, you could separate two electrons by as much space as you wanted (say, the breadth of the universe), and they'd still be linked in such a way that actions taken on one would affect the other instantaneously. Meaning information is being transmitted at speeds faster than light. Meaning, if you want to really go nuts, time travel. And though the party pooping scientists have been busy coming up with limitations on the kind of information that could be transmitted (it seems super-fast computers that allow you to play Gears of War against people in parallel dimensions may be a ways off), no one has yet been able to disprove the theory that there is an invisible force in the universe capable of affecting matter millions of light-years away…instantly.
The Theory:Evolution
The Crazy Part: The part where the family tree of every living creature on Earth collides at a single point on a single day in the past, making you related to Hitler as well as every insect you've ever killed..
What It Says: 
Wait, It Gets Worse: The genetic chaos continues. The Endosymbiotic Theory says that the mitochondria in our bodies, without which we couldn't live, let alone write snide humor articles, was at one point a separate organism that invaded our cells and set up camp. They formed a symbiotic relationship so beneficial that we've never booted them out. Furthermore, large chunks of the human genome are thought to be ancient retroviruses that managed to transcribe themselves into our DNA and have spent the remainder of their days happily clambering up and down our nucleotides like the McDuck children on a mansion banister. Basically your cells are millions of individual organisms, all huddled together in a you-shaped beehive. Now see how long you can go before wanting to shower.
The Theory: The Copenhagen Interpretation
The Crazy Part: The part where the furniture in your house behaves differently when you're not around.
What It Says: Besides sounding like the subtitle of The Da Vinci Code II, The Copenhagen Interpretation is probably the most widely accepted explanation for the observations made through quantum mechanics. It came about in part to explain the infamous "Double Slit Experiment," which is the one your physics professor probably made you do. The Double Slit Experiment shows that an electron, fired at a wall with two slits in it, will sometimes go through sometimes go through one, sometimes through the other, and sometimes it will go through both slits simultaneously (meaning, a single thing will be in two places at once). In short, it goes batshit fucking insane. The twist is, if you try and observe the electron at the moment it passes through the slits—you know, to figure out what the hell is wrong with it—the electron goes back to behaving like a normal electron, and innocently shoots through one of the slits while giving you, and reality, the finger. The details of why this happens are sort of technical, but this simple diagram should explain it:
So What Does This Do For Me? The Copenhagen Interpretation is the result of a lot of smart people trying to figure out what the fuck was going on with these damn electrons. What they came up with is that all particles exist as waves of probability. From the observer's perspective, there's only a certain chance that a given electron will go through the left slit or right slit. When you don't watch, it remains a cloud of probability and sort of does a little of everything. When you watch, the act of observing it somehow causes the cloud to pick a side. So the next time you observe a particle, be warned: they know you're watching, and as soon as you stop, they're going to start a party.
The Theory: The Many Worlds Theory
The Crazy Part: The part where you realize that somewhere in some parallel universe you just died while reading this sentence.
So What Does This Do For Me? If you buy into the Many Worlds Theory, the implications are infinite. And let's be clear about what "infinite" means here. For every action you've ever taken, every movement you've ever made, even down to the atomic level, there's a parallel universe out there where you did something else instead. Anything else. Instead of learning guitar, you burst into flames. Instead of opening the fridge, you freebased black tar heroin. Instead of nude rock climbing, you went nude bungee jumping. Instead of reading this article, you worked productively and got a handsome raise. Think about it: in some parallel universe out there, you and your high school sweetheart are making hot, reconciliatory love atop Bob Feeney's smoldering corpse after you killed a laser-breathing velociraptor with your bare hands. If that thought doesn't make you feel better about how mundane your actual life is, we don't know what will.
Level Of Mind Blowing-ness: A TNT-tipped jackhammer to the eye socket.
#1.
The Theory: The Universe Is Big
The Crazy Part: The part where the Universe isn't just bigger than you can possibly comprehend, but according to recent evidence, billions of times larger than that.
What It Says: That the universe is big. So big, that just that fact, just it's mere bigness, is enough to blow your tiny ant mind. And it just keeps getting bigger. Let's examine the famous Hubble Ultra Deep Field image, the most massive photo ever taken:
Right now, on your computer screen, are approximately 10,000 galaxies.
Each of those galaxies contains anywhere from ten million to one trillion stars.
The average star is roughly a million times the size of Earth.
And yet, with all that junk, the Universe is more than 90 percent empty space.
All of that, in this tiny photo. A photo that took 400 orbits and 800 exposures to take.
And the kicker? The photo covers one thirteen-millionth of the entire night sky.
Wait, It Gets Worse: So all that shit we just said about how big the universe is (at least 90 billion light years)? Forget it. That's small beans. The Cosmological Horizon is here to make your day a whole lot more complicated. Since we can only observe stellar bodies that have had some effect on us (usually bombarding us with light), there is an outer limit to what we can see of the universe. Hence, the "observable universe." What about the rest? The parts of the universe beyond our Starcraft-style fog of war? Well, according to some math we have no interest in going into, the size of the "actual" universe is so large that if the universe we just described (the impossibly, mind-bogglingly large one) were the size of a quarter, the actual universe would be the size of the Earth. Daaaaaaaamn.
Level Of Mind Blowing-ness: The sound of one hand clapping for a tree falling in the woods while no one's around except a guy whose skull is wired with C4.
In case you've still got some bits of gray matter clinging to the shards of your fractured skull, here are some links to information about further scientific theories conceived to make neural cortex dribble out your nostrils.
And, for those whose brains need a quick escape before they implode…
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Wednesday, July 01, 2009
How To Protect Your Online Reputation
How To Protect Your Online Reputation
Amanda Berlin, 07.01.09, 09:00 PM EDTThe Web is a viral breeding ground of rumor and scandal. Here's how to keep your own place on it untarnished.
The good, the bad, the ugly ... anything that's posted about you on the Web will likely come up in an online search or with a little digging. And that can mean trouble.
Erik Kopelman, a business development professional for a New York City Internet company, was haunted by an accusation that appeared on the Web in 1997, when he was on the board of the student association at the State University of New York at Binghamton. "It was an accusation printed in the student paper about the misuse of funds," he says. "I knew I could explain it away if it ever came up, and nothing ever came of it, but for the first two years I was job-hunting, I was worried."
In Pictures: How To Protect Your Online Reputation
Kopelman says over time he fretted less about the blip. "Today, my resume speaks for itself, and in the intervening years, no one has ever mentioned it."
Twelve years later, the post doesn't rise above the second page of search results when Kopelman is Googled. He didn't actively do anything to get rid of it, but there are ways you can build a positive reputation for yourself online and crowd out negative search results that potential employers might find off-putting.
The best way to manage your online reputation is by generating positive search results that will rank as highly as possible in a Google ( GOOG - news - people ) search and edge out anything negative on the list of search results.
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Some of the top hits for Erik Kopelman now include his LinkedIn profile and items connected to his involvement with charities including the American Cancer Society and American Liver Foundation.
According to Andy Beal, co-author of Radically Transparent: Monitoring and Managing Reputations Online, personal pages on sites like Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter all rank highly in Google searches. LinkedIn especially sends a positive message to potential employers, since it's widely viewed as a highly professional network. Beal says that 78% of recruiters use search engines in their research when they screen new candidates.
Jason Fleischer, an executive recruiter with the Abacus Group, says he finds networking sites like Facebook and, to a larger degree, LinkedIn useful in some of the searches he handles. "Your resume is usually your first impression, but Facebook can help turn a cold search into a warmer lead, if you have a shared interest or a mutual friend. And LinkedIn offers even more specific professional information," he says.
In addition to signing up for social networking sites, Beal advises a series of actions that will help you protect your personal brand and online reputation. Much as you would protect your credit, check for activity connected to your name. Set up a news feed for your name so you can monitor when and if you pop up on blogs or in news stories. He says you should do that even if it's the only thing you do.
But it shouldn't be. Also register your name as a domain name, and sign up for every social network that you can think of. Those moves will ensure you have a presence and won't be mistaken for someone else.
Then, take seriously what you post on the Web. Often enough, the negative item about you can be something you published yourself. "Just because you can tell the world what you're doing doesn't mean you should," Beal says. He adds that a startling 35% of recruiters say they have eliminated a candidate because of something they found on the Web. Fleischer says he hasn't seen anything on LinkedIn or Facebook to disqualify a candidate, except when they've clearly not taken networking seriously and have been sarcastic about their jobs and experience. Still, some people use the Web more effectively than others.
Once you've established yourself online, use buzzwords that appear in job postings to describe what you do. Fleischer says, "Always check the boxes on LinkedIn that say you are open for opportunities. And be as specific as possible, using words that show up in job descriptions, especially if you work in a niche industry. Don't shy away from being upfront about who you are and what you're looking for."
Even if you make all the right moves to create a positive online reputation, some things will remain beyond your control. Newspaper or magazine articles that document or even just allege a transgression--like the report that surfaced about Kopelman--can tarnish your reputation online. In Kopelman's case, the article was written by student journalists who, he says, were sensationalistic in their reporting. "The Web is so much more powerful now than it was then," he says. "I am really careful about what I do in a social networking context and what people post about me."
Beal advises you to take it very seriously if something untrue is posted about you. He says that 90% of bloggers will correct something they've posted that's not factual. He recommends requesting that the error be removed entirely or corrected in the context of the original post, rather than just mentioned elsewhere as a correction. The offending material will still surface if it's still out there.
You can crowd out damaging or embarrassing search results, pushing them farther down in your search list results, by generating positive content with a personal blog, Web site and networking profiles. Also, Google recently launched a tool that lets you create profiles and direct what appears first when someone conducts a search. It lets you put your best foot forward by linking your name with URLs and photos, contact information and employment information. It's at google.com/profiles.
Fleischer says not to worry if there is a photo on Facebook showing you, say, drinking a beer at a wedding: "It's also important in the professional world to show you have a personality. You can always add security to your profile if you're nervous, but just because you like to have fun doesn't mean you don't work hard."
Erik Kopelman says that as an Internet advertising professional and with his past experience, he's extremely aware the power of the Web. "I'm always telling people that their name is their brand, and they must be careful what they post."
Amanda Berlin is a writer in New York City.
In Pictures: How To Protect Your Online ReputationSunday, June 21, 2009
How ya doing? "Up to my ass in hungry alligators"
Thursday, June 18, 2009
ANOTHER ALABAMA ALLIGATOR
One of the things about the Fortean omniverse I have always found
entertaining is the way that stuff always happens in batches. On the
same day that I received this story
about alligators in Alabama, I also received this series of
photographs and what purports to be a news story:
ANOTHER ALABAMA ALLIGATOR
One of the things about the Fortean omniverse I have always found
entertaining is the way that stuff always happens in batches. On the
same day that I received this story
about alligators in Alabama, I also received this series of
photographs and what purports to be a news story:
"The picture to the left was taken by a KTBS helicopter flying over
Lake Wiess about 90 miles north of Birmingham, Alabama. The helicopter
pilot and the game warden were in communication via radios; following
is a transcript of their conversation:
"Air1, have you a visual on the 'gator? Over. "
"Approaching inlet now; over."
"Roger, Air1."
"'Gator sighted. Looks like it has a small animal in its mouth. Moving
in; over."
"Roger, Air1."
"It's a deer!"
"Confirm, Air1! Did you say 'deer'? Over."
"Roger. A deer, in its mouth. Looks like a full-sized buck . That's a
BIG 'gator! We're gonna need more men. Over."
"Roger, Air1. Can you give me a idea on size of animal? Over."
"It's big... 25 feet long...at least! Please advise; 'gator is heading
to inlet... Do I pursue? Over."
That has to be a HUGE 'gator to have a whole deer in its mouth! The
deer was later found to be a mature stag and was measured at 11 feet!
Are you ready to go skiing on Lake Wiess ?! If you ski at the west end
of the lake, try not to fall!
This alligator was found between Centre and Leesburg, Alabama, near a
house! Game wardens were forced to shoot the alligator... guess he
wouldn't cooperate.
Anita and Charlie Rogers could hear the bellowing in the night. Their
neighbors had been telling them that they had seen a mammoth alligator
in the waterway that runs behind the Rogers' house but they dismissed
the stories as exaggerations. "I didn't believe it," Charles Rogers
said; however, they later realized the stories were, if anything,
understated. Alabama Parks and Wildlife game wardens had to shoot the
beast. Joe Goff, a 6'5" tall game warden, walks past the 28-foot,
1-inch alligator (8.5 metres) he shot and killed in the Rogers' back
yard.
We sent the pictures to our resident herpdude Richard Freeman who wrote back:
"The Alligator with deer in its mouth was real. The 28 foot 'gator was
bad photoshop. The biggest 'gator ever recorded was 19 feet 6 inches
and shot in Louisiana in 1890. The biggest in recent years was about
15 feet.
The only crocodilian reliably measured at over 28 feet was a 28 foot 4
inch Indo-pacific croc."
I would like someone with a knowledge of North American deer to take a
look at the first two alligator pictures and try to give us a more
reliable size estimate.
Monday, June 15, 2009
Chex Links! Credit "Make Use of.com"
Microsoft has a nifty utility in it's Windows Server 2003 Resource Kit. It is called ChkLnks.exe and it not only works on Windows Server 2003 but on Windows XP and Vista as well. I have not tried it on my Windows 7 installation just yet but I am pretty sure it work there too. If you've tried it out on 7, let us know how it went for you.
What is ChkLnks.exe? Well, it is a simple application that will scour your computer for non-functional shortcuts. And every system I tried this on had a few of them, no matter how clean I thought they were!
If you do not want to grab the entire resource kit you can download the 364KB ChkLnks.exe file, zipped up on its own from here http://www.computerperformance.co.uk/ScriptsGuy/chklnks.zip.
Now, let's see how ChkLnks.exe works.
You start the program there is no installation required. You will see the screen below, dubbed the "Link Check Wizard"
Hit the Next button to start scanning. The program will start and display results as it discovers them. Each line has a check box next to the title of the broken link. Broken links can come from uninstalling program, deleting applications or files and any number of other ways.
Simply check the box next to each link which you want to permanently remove. Or, just hit the select all button like I did. These are broken links and will not effect your machine.
It will take a few seconds for ChkLnks.exe to do its magic but when it is complete, you will get a dialogue box stating it did what it had to do. And you are one step closer to a lean, clean computing machine!
I decided to run it on another machine which I use for testing freeware and wound up with a huge list of orphaned links as you can see below:
I hit Finish and in a few seconds all my non-functional links were no longer on my machine. Not too shabby! Thanks for helping me out with my spring cleaning Microsoft!
Did you have lots of dead shortcuts on your computer? Surprised? Have you tried ChkLnks.exe on Windows 7? Let us know how it went.
Need more ideas on spring cleaning your computer? Check out Tina's post Last Minute Spring Cleaning of your Windows XP System.
Saturday, June 13, 2009
Twist
A rather interesting justification for developing this project is available on the website and for the first time in a long time, I can actually relate to what they're talking about:
We feel that just like you don't use a different browser for every web site you visit (Firefox to read the NY Times, IE to stream Hulu, Chrome to browse YouTube, etc) you shouldn't have to use iTunes for Apple products, Nokia software for Nokia phones, Sony software for Sony products, etc. The typical household today has many such devices and there is a need for a simple and powerful software that connects them.
Indeed, everything these days comes with some sort of social networking features – but doubleTwist actually puts them to good use. After you invite friends to install doubleTwist on their computer, they will appear on the left side sidebar.
After that, sending files to them is just a click away. They instantly receive the file in their doubleTwist feed and it's downloaded to the computer.
doubleTwist plays all the major audio formats (AAC, MP3 and WMA) as long as the files aren't digitally protected by DRM (Digital Rights Management). If you have a large library of media files bought from iTunes Store using the old protected format, you're out of luck – the same goes for Rhapsody or Napster fans. (Thous you may try reading MakeUseOf article on how to remove DRM protcetion from music files.)
The music player is not as developed as iTunes – no EQ, no Sound Check, only two viewing modes. They will surely add more features like this in future releases – after all it's in beta.
It also plays videos – with upload support for Flickr and YouTube – as well as integrating a barebones photo viewer.
doubleTwists' strength isn't in the integrated playback functions, yet. It vastly compensates with the ability to sync with all the iPods, a large number of Blackberry devices, the Sony PSP, Nokia phones and the list goes on. They estimate that the application is compatible with hundreds of devices. I invite you to watch this short video explaining most of the functionality offered by doubleTwist, then grab the beta while it's fresh from here.
Don't forget to come back and post your comments and thoughts about the product. You can also check out some other posts related to music here.
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