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Spamming YouTube

In his post, "Gaming YouTube for Fun and Profit", Pete Cashmore looks at how easy it is to get a video featured in YouTube's most popular lists:
YouTube is increasingly being gamed by users.

It's exceptionally easy to rank among the most viewed videos and channels by simply refreshing the page. This widespread gaming might also throw into question YouTube's claim of serving 100 million videos per day.

I grabbed a video called "Sheep" ... and re-uploaded it under the username "themusichall". I realized that I'd lost the audio in the process (converted it to the wrong format), but decided to leave it like that - nobody would voluntarily share a 7 second clip with no audio.

I then set the page to refresh itself over Sunday night and - sure enough - it was among the most viewed clips this morning. Admittedly, 10,000 or so views doesn't get you to the top - it's on the 3rd "Most Viewed" page and ranks 10th in the Comedy category ... [but] it's pretty obvious how you could attain the number one spot.
See also my previous post, "Digg struggles with spam".

See also my earlier post, "YouTube is not Googly".

[Pete Cashmore post found via Matt Marshall]

Update: Just two months later, Mark Cuban looks at the top videos for Dec 2006 on YouTube and says, "That's what Youtube has become. Fake Porn and Commercials ... How long before fake porn just takes over? It was 9 of the top 20 for the week as I write this." Dare Obasanjo adds, "I doubt Google spent $1.62 billion for Youtube just to watch it turn into a haven for fake porn."

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To be a child again

The phone has rung again. After the deadness of three months, there is some activity. There have been calls from one or two clients we thought we had lost.  The New Year seems to be ushering in a new turn for us. emotionally, spiritually and workwise. The Hyderabad project is moving towards closure, although this is the toughest part in any project. A single error, one wrong move could cause us to lose the match. Just one wrong decision, one inaccurate judgement is all it takes to become a loser.

The GRC of AAI has finally been dissolved. I am sure this is a good decision which will lead to more transparency, responsibility and accountability in the processes being followed. The Ministry has moved and how. Good work guys. This decision has restored our faith to a large extent in the powers of the universe, in the basic goodness of humanity and all who have  initiated this change. Hats off to you.

We have been broke. For quite some time now. A state which is not unfaniliar to me and Appu. However, it has extended for a while now and the stress is getting unbearable. But the Appellate Committee has been formed and the members are not against us or our work. Hopefully we will get a chance to present our work in person and that is a very healthy sign. Our days of penury should end soon and we are waiting and watching with bated breath. Fingers crossed for now. Since we have specialized in this field now, it would be difficult for us to begin specializing in some other sector, unless of course we can open a coffee shop somewhere, a thought which has crossed our minds with no action taken.

Appu has worked very hard to make the workshop scheduled for Jan 13 on ‘Time Management’ a success. It has been entirely her idea, her implementation that has brought about such a huge response for the event. In her own way, she has become a huge support system (and that too online!) for us, our work and way of life. Thank you bebu. Very much. You are the best.

I miss my parents. Sometimes. No, I should say that I miss being parented. Miss being a child. The awareness comes in waves which wash over me and completely overwhelm me. I think these feelings never go away. This wanting to be a child.

To be a child again.

Another moment in time

My father came to visit me. What can I say? Kya bol sakti hoon. The dead cannot speak. I mean if I were alive ( as long as I was alive), I had questions. Why did you abandon me? Emotionally,  financially and physically. Today I can look at him with nothing in my eyes. I ask routine stuff. How is mother? How is Ankur, my brother. Apparently he has opened an office in the US and invested crores there. I am happy for him. That is all. I wish that my family could have also respected the women and girls in their house. I wish. Maybe now even the wishing is over. It is what it is. And what you cannot get in your own family of origin, how can you get it from the world outside. Never got any self-respect in my own house. Still looking for it outside. Maybe someday, even this search will get over. In the ghats.

The DGPS survey of the GCP’s for the rectification of the satellite imagery begins tommorrow in Mumbai. The work for at least two sites needs to be finalized by next week. So there is a lot of pressure on Chandrakant. Chandan has cartographed the Delhi maps very beautifully and hopefully they will be uploaded on the online shop this week. Good work Chandan. Rahul has made drastic changes in the interface of the shop and it is now looking and feeling like an e-commerce site. well done Rahul. Keep it up.

AAI is behaving very strangely. No one is willing to talk. No one is open to sharing anything. Its all hush hush. What is there to hide? What is the fear? I mean what is technically correct will remain correct. And what is technically not possible cannot be allowed. To problem kya hai? God knows.

Appu’s exams are over. That is a big relief. I wanted to drop her for her last exam but then I had a meeting fixed up and She went alone. It bothers me that I am not there when she needs me. Now ’sleeping’ is the most important activity on her agenda.

Another day. Another 24 hours.

Another moment in time.

‘To be content’

OK. Hold your breath. This one is unbelievable (but when have believable things happened with us?). The payment gateway of the shop has been successfully integrated and it is working fine!! Just when we had given up hope of it ever working fine. Just when we thought that our e-commerce venture would go down the drain, that it would never work with all the technical glitches and the  fiasco with the last team( I mean so many have happened, right!). So the shop is technically and financially open and we should be in business soon( I mean not even one of our maps has been sold as yet but what the hell).

Thanks to Hariom and Gagan ( who has recently joined and is a fresher). Thank you guys. For winning this one.

Hariom is also very near to testing the logic to be used in the software for the calculations with reference to the surfaces and the instruments for a single airport. Chandrakant is doing some reverse engineering for a site in Mumbai and he will also need to visit it very soon to collect a few coordinates. Amit has joined us in accounts and OmPrakash in administration. Let us see. Fingers crossed as always. The beginning is good. I have already shouted once (or maybe twice) and they have not quit. Hope is a good thing anyway.

It is so difficult for us to just manage the office ,bills,clients,meals. Wonder how HP manages the earth with its rotation and every miniscule life on it. It would be good to exchange notes with HP. I mean free of cost of course. Why would HP charge us? It is only man who cannot think of anything without charging.

A lot of potential team members are reading the blog. Sone pe suhaga. I mean why would they like to join after knowing all the nitty gritties of GC? A million dollar question. Kya hoga tera kaaliya. I hope it cannot get any worse. That the worst is over ( we have said that many times in the past too).

I don’t think I am writing intelligent stuff. I should pack up. One of the tyres in my car is punctured and that will need changing before I can reach home, hopefully before the time freezed by Appu which is 1:30 pm ( in the night of course). The team packed up early today (which means by 9:30pm) and that is amazing. They have only been able to leave by 11:30pm or 12:30pm in the past few  months.

‘Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence,

And I am learning, whatever state I am in,

therein to be content.’ – Helen Keller

‘To herald new beginnings’

Debt, equity,funding, venture capital,angel investor, angel. Angel, where is the angel? Dur dur tak koi angel nahin hai (Please look carefully yaar, maybe we cannot see the angel). My brain got jammed last night. Too may equations with too many variables. Multivariate analysis. Just needed  a cocoon of silence. Could not connect with Appu also.

What the hell do we really want in our lives. Money, name, fame,sex,power? lal batti ki gadi? VIP treatment? What do we want? For GC to grow, getting known publicly, have excess money? No, we wish to be self supporting. emotionally, spiritually and financially. For Appu to be happy and free. For us to be able to live with self respect. And to reach here, what a path we have to follow. And how difficult it becomes on a day to day basis. Forget the day. On a moment to moment basis.

Still struggling with the payment gateway integration for the online shop. We were planning to make the shop completely functional before the arrival of the New Year. But HP has to step in now. Cannot do anything to control the outcome/s of events in our life. Jab hoga tab hoga. Read Chapter 15 of ‘Bhagwaad Gita’. Very useful in such times. And anyway good things take time. Hariom needs to read the guidelines. So does Chandrakant. I have done some shouting and screaming in the office regarding the issue. Hopefully, it will have some effect for at a least a short while. Unless we have all become shameless. Ritesh is still here. Chandan is committed  to getting the shop moving with the constituency maps for the upcoming assembly elections. Best of luck Chandan. Keep the energy flowing.

‘Tenders’, dekh lo yaar. Take a look. At least try and bid again in one of them. Very unwanted path. Dekh lete hain. We will see. Worse come to worst. Shove come to push. We will have to do what it takes. To live.

New Year, party, celebration. All for just passing the time. True celebration would be of the spirit. In aloneness. In quietness. In peace.

Celebration of the spirit.

To herald new beginnings.

Lease for 24 hours

End of the day. Very hectic. Two meetings ( as if a lot is achieved in meetings), one conference call and in the end a discussion with the team. I hope we have achieved the ‘aaj ki dhyadi’ today. Labourers that we are in the realm of GIS. We have to earn our daily bread. The traffic, the noise, the road rage. The intolerance of people. The lies. The manipulations. That is where the real tiredness lies. Not in the actual work.

We are nearly done with the pre-feasibility reports of a few sites. Chandan has uploaded the UP district maps in hindi along with their scale, description and price. Waiting for the first sale to happen on the online shop. Hariom is finding his feet and has inched forward in the application we are developing using open source GIS. That is a huge breakthrough. Just the fact that we are moving forward and are not stuck, at least technically. Emotionally and financially, there are still miles to cover.

We have found a decent cook for the office and everyone is happy about the quality of food being served (Thank God!). The rats are being taken care of and the office is clean. Quite an achievement.

We are approaching the end of the month (Do I need a reminder?). And that means the beginning of next month. Need I say anymore. The excel sheet is damn scary. The outgoing being much higher than the incoming (which is a trickle). Time to hand over. Surrender. Time to just get on my knees and ask for a miracle. Again (How many times can God do a miracle for us?).
There are successful people all around. Seems like they have it all. But cannot compare their outsides with our insides. They have their race to run and we have ours. There is no competition at all. Hence no need for feeling resentful. We are where we are supposed to be. period. Take it or leave it.

I am glad the day is over for today. Have not been feeling too well since morning. Appu also needs a visit to the doctor for her toe which has been hurting since she went to Pune for her performance. Tommorrow. Tommorrow is always another day.

Another lease for 24 hours.

24 hours.

An everyday job

Chandan, Om Prakash and Ashok stayed back in the office last night. Kuch to ho jayega. I do not think we will die. With a committed team one cannot fall. But I do hope that this committment, patience and perseverance can last. Till the mission is achieved. Even after the infatuation with the job is over.That is until we become completely self supporting. emotionally, spiritually and financially.
Are we a brand? Or an anti brand? People ask me: ‘dhandha vanda karna hai ki nahin? itni honesty se kya hoga?’ I do not know. maybe this is not the way to run a business. But I do not know of any other way. Or let us say that any other way would mean losing out on self respect which is what we wanted in the first place. Cannot trade ‘self respect for ‘money’. So if that means that we live and die on the battlefield, so be it.
Still ‘looking’ for work. ‘waiting’ for a miracle.
Open the shop. Suit up, boot up and show up. nothing more. nothing less.

Interviews, accounts, pantry, admin,plants. Like breathing.

An everyday job.

Fullness and emptiness

The books in the house are in the same condition as my ‘insides’. Tattered and shattered. I lost faith in books the night my stuff got thrown out on the roads due to non-payment of rent and me and my daughter spent a night on the roads. It has been a long journey since then, emotionally and financially. The faith in books has slowly begun to seep back. But there is still a long way to go before it is fully restored (and that is a possibility which seems remote at this point).

No payments have come in this month and there is nothing to be done. I mean we have done what we can do in terms of submission of work and raising of invoices. Now we have to wait. ‘To wait’, is the most difficult task on this earth, for anything or anyone. Many times Appu needs to remind me that ‘everything is alright’ and ‘will be alright’. That there is no need to panic. The lease for this house is getting over this month and we might need to move. Ok, one thing at a time. We will see. dekh lenge. one step at a time.

It seems to me that every worthwhile battle at some level is a battle between the ‘inside’ and the ‘outside’. And on a spiritual plane. The rest is just drama. sound and fury signifying nothing.

We need utensils in the house (since most of them were sent to the office). Maybe also mattresses (as they were also sent to the office). But it is not on the priority list. ho jayega. at some point. we are fine as of now. Planning to attend the NA meeting this evening. Appu wants to come along. I guess this is the only family we have known in a long time. Also kundan celebrates his 6th year of being clean today.

There are tears and there is laughter. There is pain and there is joy. There is sadness and a sense of being alive.

There is fullness and there is emptiness.

Connection ki keemat

We made a serious mistake by taking the project from Yashi. Without doing any background check. without checking the people behind it. without checking the credentials.  The consequences have been disastrous. It will take us a long time to recover emotionally, financially and spiritually.

I am angry.

Any break in commitment always causes huge losses whether it is between parents and children, whether it is between employers and employees and whether it is between a service provider and a client. and Yashi has broken many.

But what is bothering me is whether there are clients out there who are not dysfunctional.Who can respect work and people. Mostly GIS is needed for the management and decision making of ‘infrastructure’ which is under the control of government departments. So we have to deal with bureaucracy and that takes up more time than the actual work. That is why everyone wants to do an IAS and become a bureaucrat. Short cut to a good marriage alliance, power, money. Aur kya chahiye.

Leaving for Jaipur on Monday. Our trips should be financed by Yashi or JDA. How many times have we travelled to Jaipur to sort out the issue? We are only being offered Rs. 2.5 lakh (and we are being pressured to remove the blog) against the Rs. 3.9 lakh we are owed. Exploit kar lo. Pehle angrezon ne kiya. Aab bureaucrats (retired and in service) aur politicians kar rahe hain. Exceptions to honge. Only we are not being able to find them. We always land up at the wrong place with the wrong people.

Or maybe doing good clean work and being paid for it respectfully is an anomaly in our system. We do not respect work. We do not respect people. We respect caste, alliances, family connection, sarkari connection, political connection, any connection. Aur woh to hamare paas hai nahin.

par connection to hona hi chahiye. lal batti ki gadi mein aao to sab kuch maph hai. Jai hind ka nara lagao aur hind ko hi nashta karo.

As they say, everybody wishes to reach the top (of something) but by the time one reaches it, it is just not worth it.

Here and now

There are times when there is bankruptcy in all areas of one’s life, emotionally,spiritually and financially. That is what I am experiencing at the moment. I have nothing to offer to anyone, not even to myself. To sustain GC has been more than a 24*7 job. It has ensured that I have not been available for significant people in my life whom I love. My daughter being the first one on that list. Between bills, instalments and constant crisis situations, a lot has been lost.

There was a time when I had started my earlier company, Coordinates Solutions Pvt. Ltd., (from which I later resigned) when I had nothing. I had to leave my daughter with her father and grandparents as I did not have a place to live in Delhi. And there was no reason to really live. And a dead soul can face anything. I had to go to Mumbai on work and after the day was over, I stood on the beach past midnight. It was lonely with just me and the sound of waves. But the loneliness inside was so much greater than the loneliness outside. I stood there and as each wave came towards me, I silently said to myself that I could face it. However big it might be, I had nothing more to lose.

Have been having similar feelings since the past few days.

I used to love listening to classical music, specially Kishori Amonkar. Have not been able to do that for quite a while now. The car does not have a CD player and there is always work to do in the house and office.

The office rent is not yet gone. Appu needs to visit a psychologist. The CA is meeting the investors today. Hopefully HP (Higher Power) will step in and get us a good deal. Met Imitiaz in the office regarding the Atlas. He has always been there when needed. We worked as a team earlier. Hopefully, we can do the same now.

Radhika from my Alanon group called. she found me on facebook. she was keen to meet me as I have not been attending meetings for a long time now. she also introduced me to mothers’ pride, the school where she is working currently to enable me to work as a consultant for a while to conduct workshops for teachers.

And since then we have shared a bond. A new meeting has started and I am hoping that I can attend it today. Get some sanity back in my life. I also connected with Munesh (from my IIT Delhi days) and he is now posted in Delhi (a senior bureaucrat now). He always had a larger than life vision and of course he is now a member of a group promoting a boundaryless world. Hopefully, we will meet in the week to come.
His take was that I had put in enough hard work. Just needed to make money now. And of course the two are different things altogether!

July 15 was my recovery birthday. I remember I was invited to the French embassy for their annual celebration on July 14, 2001 and that was the last time I had wine. So I completed maybe 8 years away from alcohol although I must say that life is not any easier now. I mean get up at 6:00 am, pump chalao, then take a look at all the bills and organize food in the house. Not a very inspiring way to begin the day, I must say.

Being with human beings can be exhausting. I just need to go on a trek maybe and experience the silence, the strength, the stability and the magnificence of nature.

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Gratitude to All Who Stand Up to Resist Injustice

23rd November, 2011 - Posted by Admin - No Comments

“Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.”  ~James Baldwin

“Action is the antidote to despair.“  ~Joan Baez

“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.”  ~Margaret Mead

Tens of thousands of us have stood up this year and changed the global analysis and understanding of inequality, wealth accumulation and corporate greed and power. Ten of thousands of us have said enough is enough and brought change to our communities, cities and countries.

We here at Global Exchange offer gratitude to all those who have stood up to resist injustice, envision alternatives and take action. Together we are part of monumental shift, and there is no turning back.

We thank:

  • The change makers in Egypt: Thank you to the courageous demonstrators in Egypt whose force grew into a movement that brought about the end of Mubarak’s regime and more recently the military offering its resignation We’re inspired by your bravery, determination, and sheer numbers.

  • Those who saw that Chevron was found guilty: Thank you to indigenous community members and human rights and environmental justice advocates who worked together to ensure Chevron was brought to justice in an Ecuadorian court. The battle may not be over, but it took courage and conviction to get this far. We hope that BP is also held accountable.
  • Unionists and allies in Wisconsin: Thank you to the protesters who occupied the State Capitol Building in Madison, Wisconsin in attempt to stop the bill that curbs the bargaining rights of most state workers (now signed by Governor Walker). With efforts now underway to reclaim democracy, we support your efforts, voice and action.

  • Climate Activist Tim deChristopher: Thanks for your simple act of civil disobedience to scupper a controversial auction of thousands of acres of land, to protect it from false leases that would have been snapped up by gas and oil companies for exploitation. We send solidarity to you, as you serve the 2 year sentence in jail.

  • Money Movers and Shakers: Thanks to…
    · 22 year old Molly Katchpole who single-handedly launched a successful petition against Bank of America;
    · Move Your Money and other likeminded organizations that helped US bank account holders break up with their bank and move their money from big corporate banks to local credit unions where people are account holders AND owners.

  • Stop Keystone XL Activists: Thanks to the 1253 of you who were arrested in late summer at the White House, the 350 of you who were arrested in late September in Ottawa, the dozens of action teams who followed President Obama this fall, the12,000 of you who surrounded the White House in November, and the massive organizing effort of the Tar Sands Action crew. By making approval of the Keystone XL pipeline impossible to President Obama, we delayed a decision on this pipeline which would have opened up the tar sands in Alberta to an addition 900 000 barrels of oil extraction a day. We know we will stop this.
  • Javier Sicilia and the new peace movement in Mexico: Thank you for building a movement to free Mexico from the spiraling violence of the ‘war on drugs.’ We are grateful for your immense courage, dignity and integrity in the face of unspeakable horrors.

  • Gaza Freedom Flotilla: Thanks to activists aboard the Audacity of Hope and other boats in the Freedom Flotilla for your non-violent efforts this spring to bring needed humanitarian aid to the people of Gaza while striving to lift the illegal siege of Gaza and achieve freedom for the Palestinian people.

  • Occupiers of Wall Street and Beyond: Thanks to the 99% who are standing up and taking action to say Enough is Enough. On Nov. 15th Berkeley professor Robert Reich shared with the Occupy Cal crowd these words:

Moral outrage is the beginning. The days of apathy are over, folks. And once it has begun it cannot be stopped and it will not be stopped.

Surely he is correct.

Who are you thankful for? What is the next victory and who will make it happen?

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Film & Discussion: 5 Broken Cameras with Iyad Burnat

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An extraordinary work of both cinematic and political activism, 5 Broken Cameras is a deeply personal, first-hand account of non-violent resistance in Bil'in, a village in Palestine's West Bank threatened by encroaching Israeli settlements and its so-called "separation barrier”. The film is shot almost entirely by Palestinian farmer Emad Burnat. Currently on a U.S. speaking tour, Emad’s brother, Iyad, will answer questions and lead discussion after the film.

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The surge of 30,000 U.S. troops into Afghanistan could be accompanied by a surge of up to 56,000 contractors, vastly expanding the presence of personnel from the U.S. private sector in a war zone, according to a study by the Congressional Research Service.

CRS, which provides background information to members of Congress on a bipartisan basis, said it expects an additional 26,000 to 56,000 contractors to be sent to Afghanistan. That would bring the number of contractors in the country to anywhere from 130,000 to 160,000.

The tally “could increase further if the new [administration] strategy includes a more robust construction and nation building effort,” according to the report, which was released Monday and first disclosed on the Web site Talking Points Memo.

The CRS study says contractors made up 69 percent of the Pentagon’s personnel in Afghanistan last December, a proportion that “apparently represented the highest recorded percentage of contractors used by the Defense Department in any conflict in the history of the United States.” As of September, contractor representation had dropped to 62 percent, as U.S. troop strength increased modestly.

As the Pentagon contracts out activities that previously were carried out by troops in wartime, it has been forced to struggle with new management challenges. “Prior to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, contracting was done on an ad-hoc basis and was not adequately incorporated into the doctrine — or culture — of the military,” according to the CRS report. Today, according to Defense Department officials, “doctrine and strategy are being updated to incorporate the role of contractors in contingency operations.”

The Pentagon’s Joint Contracting Command in Afghanistan has increased the size of its acquisition workforce and is adding staff to monitor performance. To enhance oversight, Congress has appropriated $8 million for an electronic system that will track all contract-related information for Iraq and Afghanistan.

On Thursday, the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs ad-hoc subcommittee on contracting oversight, led by Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.), is scheduled to hold a hearing on the increase in the number and value of Afghanistan contracts. She plans to focus on ensuring that contracts are adequately managed and “whether contracting oversight lessons learned from Iraq are being applied in Afghanistan,” according to her staff members.

Contracts, in the meantime, continue to be solicited and awarded. Over the past week, the military awarded a $44.8 million contract to a Florida firm to provide dogs and their handlers for operational use in areas of southern Afghanistan along the Pakistan border, where some of the most violent fighting is taking place.

The U.S. command in Afghanistan also published a notice that it would be seeking intelligence analyst services from a contractor that include “collecting, analyzing and providing recommendations necessary for the government to produce and disseminate intelligence products in several subject areas.” The contract would be for one year, plus options for four additional years.

The Defense Logistics Agency disclosed that it is looking for a contractor that can provide distribution and warehousing services for U.S. and NATO forces in the Kandahar area, which is near the center of fighting. The contractor is to supply the workforce needed to receive, store, inventory and prepare shipment of up to 4,000 items using government-provided warehousing facilities and open storage areas.

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  • Effects of Joint Clearance on the Capillary Rise of a Molten Filler Metal
    in brazing is. the capillary force also known as capillary action. The. goal of this bulletin is to analyze the effects of joint. clearance on a capillary rise of a molten filler metal.
  • Osmotic Action and its Consequences (.pdf)
    action only. Hydrostatic pressure and capillary action are not part of this analysis because most coating - adhesion failures are clearly attributed to osmotic action.
  • Vacuum Brazing of Aluminum Cold Plates and Heat Exchangers
    metal. The filler metal, also known as a braze alloy, is drawn into the closely mated parallel surfaces of the aluminum plates by capillary action. The attributes of the vacuum brazing process include uniform heating, tight temperature control, no post cleaning processes, and process repeatability.
  • Penetrant Testing System
    In penetrant testing, penetrant is applied to the part by spray or immersion. The penetrant is pulled into surface flaws by capillary action. Next, a cleaner is used to remove residual penetrant from the surface of a part so the liquid penetrant only remains in the surface flaws or cracks
  • Seven Steps to Successful Brazing
    choice. The second major consideration in joint design is joint clearance, i.e., the distance between the faying surfaces. Because brazing works through capillary action and joint clearance defines the capillary, this is a critical consideration. For most brazing alloys in the B-CuP and B-Ag families
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  • Porous-Metal Bearings
    the loaded zone of the bearing is reabsorbed by capillary action. Because these bearings can operate for long periods without additional lubricant, they can be used in inaccessible or inconvenient places where relubrication would be difficult. Adding from 1 to 3.5% graphite frequently enhances
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Balls and sphere shapes are used in products that require a spherical component. Examples include bearings, ball screws, valves, flow meters, and gages. Balls and sphere shapes are made from materials such as glass, metals, plastics, and ceramics.

Materials and Types

Ceramic balls and sphere shapes are made of inorganic, non-metal compounds that include oxygen, carbon, or nitrogen. Examples include aluminum oxide, silicon carbide, silicon nitride, and zirconium oxide ceramics. These materials have high melting points, excellent wear resistance, and provide oxidation and corrosion resistance. The brittle nature and lower thermal shock resistance of certain ceramics can be a drawback in some applications.

Silicate-based glass materials for balls and sphere shapes have an irregular, liquid-like (non-crystalline) molecular structure. Heating these materials at an adequate temperature produces a fused melt. Glass balls and sphere shapes maintain exceptional corrosion resistance and dimensional stability that can tolerate temperatures up to 600 F. Glass balls and sphere shapes are used in check valves, rotometers, flowmeter aircraft instrumentation, and process equipment applications.

Metals and Metal Alloys

Metals and alloys can be heat-treated or tempered to produce balls and sphere shapes. Steel and stainless steel balls are often used in bearing and check valve applications. Balls and sphere shapes that are ground from specialty or proprietary metals are useful in applications where high corrosion and heat resistance is required. Examples include chemical, paper, textile, food, and pharmaceutical applications that require non-ferrous balls and sphere shapes. Hollow aluminum and stainless steel balls and sphere shapes are used for float applications in chemical fluid systems. They are also used to reduce component weight in aircraft valve applications and as anodes in plating processes.

Plastic and Rubber

Plastic, rubber, and elastomer balls and sphere shapes are made of organic, synthetic, or processed polymers that are supplied as raw materials or stock shapes. They typically consist of thermoplastic or thermosetting resins that are easily shaped. While most plastics and elastomers are corrosion resistant, they are softer and limited in heat resistance compared to metals, ceramics, glasses, or carbides. Plastics and elastomers maintain good electrical insulation and self-lubricating properties depending on fillers and chemistry. Plastic balls and sphere shapes are useful in light load-bearing, check valve, flow control, and flowmeter applications. Rubber balls and sphere shapes are highly resilient and flexible. They are useful in screen deblinding, cabinetry (eliminating chatter or vibration), mounting, and check valve (quiet or low-noise sealing) applications.

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  • Ball Bearings

    Ball bearings are used to provide smooth, low friction motion in rotary applications. Ball bearings types include radial ball bearings (deep groove and angular contact) and thrust ball bearings.

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    Ceramic balls are spherical, rolling elements that provide higher stiffness, lower thermal expansion, lighter weight, increased corrosion resistance, and higher electrical resistance than steel balls. They are made from a variety of ceramic materials.

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    Metal balls are rolling, spherical elements that exhibit greater strength and toughness than plastic and ceramic balls. They have a sufficient hardness for many industrial ball applications, and most products are electrically conductive. Some steel, nickel, and cobalt balls can be magnetized. Metal balls made from certain alloys can also provide corrosion resistance and refractory resistance.


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Fall arrest systems prevent personnel from falling in construction sites, factories, etc. (more)
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Business Type:  Distributor, Service
Description:  Applied Industrial Technologies (NYSE: AIT) is one of North America’s largest industrial distributors of bearings, power transmission components, hydraulic components and systems, pneumatic components and systems, industrial rubber products, linear components, tools, safety... (more)
Address:  1085 Cranbury S. River Rd. #1, JAMESBURG, NJ
Address:  124 E. Ninth Ave., RUNNEMEDE, NJ
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Address:  37 West Cherry Street PO Box 1044, Rahway, NJ
Business Type:  Manufacturer, Distributor
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Address:  5800 Magnolia Avenue, Pennsauken, NJ
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Description:  Airgas. You'll find it with us. Airgas, Inc. (NYSE: ARG), through its subsidiaries, is one of the nation's leading suppliers of industrial, medical and specialty gases, and hardgoods, such as welding equipment and related products. Airgas is a leading U.S. producer of atmospheric... (more)
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Thursday, May 10, 2012

Mommy Appreciation

Hopefully you've all downloaded my Sticky Notes Digital Literature Unit and Project, but if're in luck!  I've decide to leave it free forever just to say thanks to all of the amazing teachers out there who I work with, blog with, and know around the world.  I appreciate all of you and I hope you all know how much you are appreciated!

Now, on to other important people out there...Mom's.  Yup, Mother's Day is right around the corner and I have a quick and fun project for you to do this week with your students to help them celebrate their mothers.

First, you'll need a roll of thick package, clear tape; plain white paper (could be scrap if it's plain white on one side); some nice sharpened pencils; some tagboard or card stock (I like colored for this project to make it brighter and pretty for mom). That's probably have all this handy and this is why this is such a great project!

Next, you'll want to hand out the scrap or plain white paper to each student and have them take the side of their pencil and create a 2 x 2 inch square of solid pencil markings on their paper.  Next, they'll take either their thumb or index finger and press it into the center of the pencil marking.

Mother's Day, gifts, activities, school, students, Globicate, Heidi Befort
Above, you can see the pencil markings on the right, and then after they've pressed their thumb or finger into the spot, you'll take your packaging tape and gently press it onto whichever finger or thumb they've used.  Next, lay the print onto the paper like I've done above on the left.

The next tricky part is enlarging the print to your satisfaction.  This step took me the longest, but it's because I'm picky. I used 200% twice to come up with the final print that I liked and the students used.

Lastly, distribute the fingerprints to the students and let them pick which color they choose to use.  They cut their fingerprint out in whatever shape they choose and glue it into the middle of the cardstock or tagboard. Then, they can choose either, "Thumbs Up for Mom! or Mom, You've left a print on me!" to their picture.  In the middle of the print, the student can list characteristics that apply to their mom or write a letter to her and glue it to the back of their print. Last, they can decorate it with stickies, photos, colored markers or whatever you choose to make it nice for mom.  Finally, have it laminated for a present that Mom will treasure forever!

Mother's Day, gifts, activities, school, students, Globicate, Heidi Befort

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06 Colorado Radio skipping

Discussion in 'Chevy Colorado Forum (GMC Canyon)' started by chevyjeffgordon, Feb 14, 2008.

  1. i have an 06 Colorado and i have a problem with the radio. no matter what CD i put in it skips. anyone know how to fix it?
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  2. ChevyFan

    ChevyFan The Sheriff Staff Member 5+ Years 1000 Posts

    You have a problem with the CD player. You could try to get a CD cleaner, but I've heard mixed results from them. Geneally the cost of repair (if you can get it done) is just as expensive as the price of a new unit.

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How To Replace Front Disc Brakes

Discussion in 'How-to Guides' started by Pikey, May 4, 2012.

  1. Pikey

    Pikey Moderator Staff Member 3 Years ROTM Winner 5000 Posts

    Ok, I am doing my brakes right now and found some issues and inconsistencies with my how to, So here is the revised version

    Here is my quick write up on pad replacement.
    Break all lug nuts loose.
    -Jack up vehicle and support with jack stands.
    -I suggest doing one side at a time incase you need to use the other side as reference.
    -Compress the caliper piston with a C-clamp. This is the first time I have tried this method and it seems to work
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    -Remove two caliper bolts. I think that they are Torques T-55 head.

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    For rears You may need a wrench to hold the guide pins from spinning. Put the wrench just on the otherside of the caliper, There are flat spots there, you may have to move the rubber boot alittle to find them
    -Hang the caliper out of the way with a piece of wire.
    -The pads are removed by sliding them away from the caliper. the outside pad slides down the metal brackets toward you. The inside slides toward the motor.
    -pay attention to what pad came from the outside and which one came from the inside, you will use these for reference when installing the new pads
    I guess that I have to do this in more then one post, it will not let me add anymore pictures
  2. Pikey

    Pikey Moderator Staff Member 3 Years ROTM Winner 5000 Posts

    -If replacing rotors remove the two large bolts that hold the caliper mount to the steering knuckle. (Probably going to need a breaker bar because these are torqued at around 129 (yes, I know my ball joints look like crap and have holes in the boots. That is my next project)

    Before putting your new rotors on, clean with break clean to remove any coating applied during shipping. I always take a rough piece of sand paper and rough the rotor surfaces, front and back, when I worked in the garage we had seen cars come back that had some strange noises during braking, roughing the surfaces of the rotors remedied this.
    -Look at the caliper mounting bracket, you will see the metal slides the came in your kit, pay attention to their orientation. remove the old metal slides and install the new ones exactly how the old ones came off. Being careful to make sure they are fully seated and clipped securely in place. Look at the middle of the clip being sure that the section in fully seated.
    -Next, look at the bracket and locate where the caliper guide pin bolts slid in. Clean the holes well with brake clean, looking for any damage to the rubber
    -After cleaning the holes and the pins. Lube them well with sil glyde.
    -put a little sil glyde on the metal clips where the pads will ride. Not a lot, it attracts dust. Just a thin layer
    -remount the caliper bracket.
    -I always put a few washers on a wheel stud and screw a lug nut on, this is to hold the rotor in the proper position while installing the pads.
    -Some people install brake quite on the backside of the pads to stop any noise. most good pads come with shims already mounted, this makes the brake quite unnecessary. Some manufactures will void the warranty if you use it.
    -install the new pads. Sliding them into the clips just like the old ones came off. Pay attention that the wear indicator tabs are in the same location as the pads you removed. they should go in smoothly and move along the clips freely. I have actually had to file a little off the inside radius (where the pads ride on the metal slide clips) of the ears of the pad to make them move correctly. I use a rat tail file for this. It does not take much, usually just the paint. make sure that the pads seat flat against the rotor and are not cocked in any way.
    -reinstall caliper and guide pin bolts (I put anti-seize on the threads of the bolts so they come apart next time easily.
    -Pump brake pedal to get the caliper tight on the pads, DO NOT DO THIS IF BOTH CALIPERS ARE NOT MOUNTED IN THEIR FINAL POSITION WITH PADS IN PLACE
    -remove the lug nut and washers holding the rotor in place.
    -install tire

    I know that people have different ways of doing the job. This method has worked well for me for years. If I missed something I am sure that someone will add it. I torque everything that I have a spec for. It may be overkill but, I would rather not over tighten and break or strip a bolt, or under tighten and have something come loose. You can just pull one caliper mounting bolt and swing the caliper upward, replace the pads and put it back together. This does not address cleaning and greasing the guide pins. Rear pad replacement is nearly the same. Except that there are bolts holding the caliper in place and the guide pins are mounted into the caliper mounting bracket. Next time I do the rear pads and parking brake shoes I will post a how to. I will also try to post torq specs required later.

    ---------- Post added at 05:41 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:41 PM ----------

    Torque Specs
    Caliper mounting(guide pin) bolts: 80 ft-lbs
    Caliper mounting bracket bolts:(1500 models)
    (for 2500 model):221ft.lbs
    Lug nuts: 140 ft-lbs
    Last edited: May 5, 2012
  3. Dirty Dog

    Dirty Dog Member 2 Years 500 Posts ROTM Winner

    :glasses: Great Job Pikey....... Considering This Post was created 03-22-2009....and bumped :rofl:in contradiction of the Thread Rules..[h=2][IMG] Read this before posting in this sub-forum!!![/h]

    Please read the following before posting in the Write-Ups forum. This sub-forum is for the posting of write-ups that have been completed and have step-by-step instructions on how to complete the diesired task. THIS SUB-FORUM IS NOT FOR ASKING FOR WRITE-UPS OR FOR ASKING QUESTIONS IN GENERAL. If you do not have a completed write-up that you would like to share with everyone else, please post in one of the other sub-forums such as Electrical, Aftermarket, or Powertrain forums. ANYTHING POSTED IN THIS SUB-FORUM THAT IS NOT A COMPLETED WRITE-UP WILL BE MOVED TO THE APPROPRIATE FORUM WITHOUT WARNING. Thank you and let's keep this sub-forum clean!

    Read more:!!!#ixzz1u07JDGRl

    You have added some much needed life and action into this section of the site......
    Good write up though,,,, and looking forward to part two..... Rear Brakes and park pads.....

    BIGREDDADDY53 Rockstar 100 Posts

    Thanks Pikey, great pic's (really) Now I get it and that helps. I would have taken this to the shop but my son has cancer and my wife spends her time a the hospital and can't work, I have been on disabilty for a long time. That's why I have to do it myself. I really am greatfull for the advice. I bought new bolts for the caliper brackets and just in case I will get new bolts for the calipers. One question, what is sil glyde?
    Thanks again, Eric
  5. Pikey

    Pikey Moderator Staff Member 3 Years ROTM Winner 5000 Posts

    It is a brand of brake lubricant. You can get it for around $8 a tube. A tube has lasted me 6 years and many brake jobs.
  6. Pikey

    Pikey Moderator Staff Member 3 Years ROTM Winner 5000 Posts

    So, did I do something wrong? I can't tell of you are complimenting me or being negative. I saw a request for something and I did it. I was never in the parent forum prior to posting my how to, so I did not see the rule. Which I do not think that I broke. I posted a how to. If it is not in the correct place then, please by all means have an admin move it to the proper spot. I apologize if I posted it in the incorrect spot. I probably could have started a new thread.
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    BIGREDDADDY53 Rockstar 100 Posts

    If anyone to blame it is me. I have very litte time to figure out the site, As I have said brfore it was my fault not Pikey's for being kind and awsering my quiestions I am very busy with my son (31/2 that has leukemia, as we spenp most of our time trying to save He's life. so if you want to gat mad at someone Dirty dog it's me..............
  8. Crawdaddy

    Crawdaddy All hail the Mad King!! Staff Member 5+ Years 1000 Posts Platinum Contributor

    It's all good Pikey, you did good. I did split your how-to posts off to a new thread so it would be easier to find, but it's all good. Thanks for contributing!
  9. Jeremy09LTZCrew

    Jeremy09LTZCrew Epic Member 5+ Years 1000 Posts

    Pikey, I really appreciate the write up. I've yet to attempt changing my brakes myself yet and posts like yours give me at least enough to start poking around. Thank you for the work, and especially the pictures.
  10. Pikey

    Pikey Moderator Staff Member 3 Years ROTM Winner 5000 Posts

    I would like to add that when breaking the caliper bracket mounting bolts loose I use a 2 foot breaker bar with a 4 foot pipe slid over the end of it. They are pretty hard to break loose. Considering that I weigh about 140lbs I need the extra leverage. I suggest doing yourself a favor and cleaning the threads of those bolts up on a wire wheel, then put anti-seize on them before reinstalling. It will make it alot easier the next time you change out the rotors.
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What have u done to ur GM truck today?

Discussion in 'Chevy Truck Talk & GM News' started by devilsalmostfree, Feb 28, 2010.

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  1. Sierraowner5.3

    Sierraowner5.3 Rockstar 4 Years 1000 Posts

    well, let me know. its actually a new truck thats still hanging around a dealer i was at today with bud looking for a truck for him.

  2. rileyjr16

    rileyjr16 Rockstar 4 Years 1000 Posts

    Roger that
  3. Burden33

    Burden33 Epic Member 5+ Years 500 Posts

    Dropped off my truck today at the body shop to repair my fender and fet my fenderflares painted
  4. jsmith4816

    jsmith4816 Rockstar 3 Years 100 Posts

    Tried to diagnose a transmission issue but the problem never happened, lol. It heads to the shop tomorrow so hopefully their scanner can pick up the problem.
  5. ahmitchell1

    ahmitchell1 Rockstar 4 Years ROTM Winner 1000 Posts

    Started detailing my truck to go get a trade in quote on it, if its the right price ill be getting a dmax. If not its going in the market to see what I can get. Got a lot of Buffing to go. Got the engine bay and under carriage looking brand new
  6. SurrealOne

    SurrealOne Former Member ROTM Winner 1000 Posts

    @Sierraowner5.3 - Thanks!

    Let's see, today I replaced the map lights with (a pair of) Putco 280003W Type T white LED stick bulbs -- which resolved a problem I was having with my previous no-name 5-LED map lights. Next I applied dielectric grease to the auxiliary battery terminals and lugs since I'm done working on them, for now. Last, I fashioned an overhead console faceplate for my toggle switches and air pressure gauge ... and then confirmed a good fit for the set. I'm pleased with the results... but not so much with the 4ish hours of painstaking measurement and dremel time.

    Overhead console panel (cuts finished):

    Overhead console panel (switches and gauge installed):

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    95C1500 Member 100 Posts

    Got a free toolbox for it!
  8. aloxdaddy99

    aloxdaddy99 Rockstar 4 Years 1000 Posts

    [MENTION=50075]SurrealOne[/MENTION] you know you love it!! It turned out nice. Now lets get some tubing done!! I never thought I would have my tires on before you got your air system done.:sign0020:

    I do really like the panel. Where did you get those switches from?
  9. Sierraowner5.3

    Sierraowner5.3 Rockstar 4 Years 1000 Posts

    dude, that looks amazing! might need you to fab me up some stuff!

    and grats@95C1500. free stuff is always good, like my lights i just got!

  10. SurrealOne

    SurrealOne Former Member ROTM Winner 1000 Posts

    @Sierraowner5.3 - Thanks, again!

    @aloxdaddy99 - Check this thread for switch details (probably more than you wanted to know). Also, I -knew- the OBA project would be brutally long, as it covers every discipline in which I have skills and tools ... and a number where I flat-out don't. However, I figured I'd have it done long before your tires as I was beginning to think tires for you were a bit like @nakranij's quest for a unicorn, erm, I mean Duramax.
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An Exclusive Interview with General Albert Stubblebine – “Men Who Stare at Scapegoats” – #176

This episode is an exclusive interview with General Albert Stubblebine and is being released on Saturday, September 14, 2013. This interview with General Bert was recorded Friday, September 13, 2013.

General Bert is a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy (West Point, class of 52) who enjoyed a distinguished 32 year career in the U.S. Army. He retired as the Commanding General of the United States Army Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM). Prior to this assignment he commanded the US Army Electronics Research and Development Command (ERADCOM). During his active duty career he commanded soldiers at every level. After his retirement he served as the VP for Intelligence Systems with BDM, a major defense contractor. He has brought these experiences to leading-edge medical research and development in collaboration with his wife Rima E. Laibow, M.D
He is a long-term out-of-the-box thinker who redesigned the U.S. Army’s Intelligence Architecture while serving as the Commanding General of the U.S. Army’s Intelligence School and Center. This intelligence restructuring earned him his place in the Intelligence Hall of Fame.
Among his other accomplishments, he participated in a special task force which defined the requirements of the U.S. Army for future conflict. Many of the innovations he developed helped the U.S. to conduct the First Gulf War effectively and swiftly with a very low casualty rate.
Having defended his country for 32 years and having then worked for the remainder of his career to build better ways of being and becoming well, Bert is determined not to let the forces which are threatening American’s health freedoms prevail. Formerly a warrior for America’s military, now he is a warrior for America’s health and personal freedom.

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  1. elly dozer
    September 14, 2013 at 4:38 pm

    “the time is now” phrase….bothersome…maybe it’s just me. That’s the collective call to action.

    It just goes to show, sometimes, you never can tell…:)

    …which is why we should just reasearch for ourselves and draw our own conclusions.

    • September 14, 2013 at 8:54 pm

      I don’t see how his statement is inaccurate. You didn’t mention the part where he says, “do you want to be free, or a slave?” People need to wake up… while it’s a call to wake up the masses, each person still has to wake up individually. It is urgent.

      Never mind all the other stuff he exposed, such as how they used him.

      Also not sure of how familiar he is with Burt’s and Larken’s works.

      • elly dozer
        September 24, 2013 at 6:42 am

        right, im speaking to ” the time is now” phrase that something that the agent provocatures would say as code to begin the “psy op”. this phrase is what was used to begin the head lopping during the frenchy revolution. it think its a jesuit military thing..i am
        not claiming stubblebine is jesuit.

        the time is now is used by jesuit military aka bureau of alcohol, tabbacco, firarms—
        as the go word for events like:
        the boston massacre
        the branch dividian holocost
        ruby ridge

        this are the ones ive confirmed.

        but like i said it matters not in the grand context of gathering as much info as u can to be as sure as you can—
        — and still for all your hard work, sometimes u
        never can tell.

      • TwA A
        December 13, 2014 at 3:06 am

        There nothing inaccurate in his statements of any substance; we all make minor errors and at his wise age he’s due his. There are few men, if any, that have more of my respect, although I’d love to see his take on a lot more issues! (I love this man!)

        Also Jan, I’d love to get your take on a parallel analysis done on a related issue of the “Aryans” of the Indian culture that the PTB would like to establish worldwide, and the likelihood Indian “Aryans” are, in reality, Phoenicians who went around the world and knocked “Humpty Dumpty” of Her great wall of regard.

        I’ve come to the conclusion not only they like to hide things in children’s stories and what a brilliant idea that was, but that the Aryans of ancient India were a totally different culture!

        When one studies ancient Phoenician art one thing they quickly learn is they borrowed heavily from other cultures and in fact seem to have no unique features of their own! This is a major ‘tell’ to use a poker term, and is indicative of a culture that was purely reptilian and without heart which explains both scenarios, as they were the victors in an ancient and perhaps ongoing battle over a culture now referred to as the “White Unicorn”! (See

        They were a naval warrior parasitic culture:PERIOD and had to learn advanced spirituality from that which they conquered thus we see the reused and bastardized spirituality, numerology and even ‘Tree of Life’! With that a clear decline in stone working abilities in all locales.

        It’s not easy to prove with much evidence stolen and destroyed, but the missing technology itself proves something major happened to an entrenched society that stretched around the globe.

  2. Curtis Ingram
    September 14, 2013 at 11:33 pm

    Wow…double wow. I can’t believe you don’t have a million comments up here. The suppression of the five senses is strong. Jan…you do realize you just got confirmation of every single conspiracy in the last 30-40 years from the top. LOL Damn! One thing though. He had to know about the plot to kill JFK and RFK. He was deep in the game then, correct? Even though I’m learning toward a false flag event even with that. I don’t trust shit anymore. LOL. Best work I’ve ever seen or heard of. Bet you get a pulitzer for this one :-)

    • September 15, 2013 at 9:10 am

      He was at the top in the 1980s, not 1960s. He was probably just a young lieutenant.

    • elly dozer
      September 24, 2013 at 11:00 am

      …BUT u can trust yourself and your senses.

      the trivium method has that effect.

  3. Casey
    September 16, 2013 at 10:02 am

    Thanks Jan. Another great interview. I look forward to another one with him with some more detail on Huxley.

  4. robert whitley
    September 19, 2013 at 12:21 pm

    keep up the great work, Jan. awesome interview… and thanks to Gen. Stubblebein for agreeing to it.
    and …way to be willing to go straight into a hornets nest to get at the Truth.

    …but comparing fallacious sock-puppets to hornets might be giving them too much credit.
    apparently, calling them out on their BS is the equivalent of spraying soapy water on them??

    • elly dozer
      September 24, 2013 at 11:01 am

      that works on hornets? u dont say?

  5. mr goat
    September 21, 2013 at 4:49 pm

    How exactly has this guy who dresses up in the suit ‘defended his country for 32 years and having then worked for the remainder of his career to build better ways of being and becoming well’ ? Better ways for whom of being / becoming well? Was this a condition, to do this empty interview since you showcased Rima? It makes for juicy pulp paperback fodder for someone to say they can speak of some details of what they are associated with but open ended enough that it really cancels itself out of any importance and makes for quite the useless showcase of self aggrandizing.

    • September 21, 2013 at 5:59 pm

      There’s always some moron to attack the messenger and not address one single point in the message, traveling around the internet just to post their drivel and hippie hatred.

      Did you have something to say, “psychedeligoat”?

    • david llewellyn foster
      December 19, 2013 at 5:24 pm

      I once shot a goat in its heart. Not so proud of that now , but Mr Goat you seem like a dead ringer to me.

  6. elly dozer
    September 24, 2013 at 6:50 am

    sorry but if the sight of a uniform makes you uncomfortable you have a SOCIAL or MENTAL issue.

    and remember, the military isnt a person.
    its made up of people.

  7. Doug Gnostic
    September 30, 2013 at 11:39 pm

    So is Jon Ronson, author of “The Men Who Stare at Goats” a true knowing and active participant, and purposefully part of this whole operation to nullify General Bert and make the others bafoons as well to get them out of the way? Was that his plan? How much is he being used or how much is he a part of the club.
    And thank you so much for reinforcing how to look at contradictions. “There are no contradictions in nature.” This is a life altering insight.

  8. Jerms Bermford
    December 3, 2013 at 4:16 pm

    Old general Bert seemed to avoid the main point of the interview, which was spilling the beans on Huxley’s involvement at the top of MKULTRA. When asked what his opinion was of Brave New World, he didn’t seem to have one, it sounded like he didn’t know what it was. He answered something about “time to wake up, people” instead – not the answer to the question posed. I wonder if General Bert thought he might be able to redeem himself in the public eye by coming on the podcast, after Jon Ronson had betrayed him into providing material for Men Who Stare at Goats. Maybe by offering juicy info on Huxley (which he definitely didn’t give, in fact he didn’t even explicitly admit that Huxley was involved at all. Jan said this and general Bert mumbled something), he thought he’d get a platform. It will be interesting to see if he follows through with any further info. somehow I doubt it. Enjoyed the interview anyway, Jan. Cheers, keep em coming!

    • December 4, 2013 at 12:07 am

      See the interview with his wife, she already covered Huxley just days before… But as he said, he only knows what’s on his level, not above. Huxley was Century club, etc. He was at the very top.

  9. Jerms Bermford
    December 4, 2013 at 11:17 am

    I went and listened to Dr Rima’s interview again and couldn’t find any indication that Huxley had any position within MKULTRA from what she said. She came out with some pretty far out stuff too – claiming that autistic people are being produced in purpose by the elite through vaccination programmes with the aim of creating a “delta” workforce… fairly radical! I have yet to see an autistic

  10. Jerms Bermford
    December 4, 2013 at 11:19 am

    Person being coerced into the workplace, in fact most autistic people I know are in state or family care or special educational facilities that cater for their need better. Dr Rima also claimed that a “head

  11. Jerms Bermford
    December 4, 2013 at 11:26 am

    Of state” that she treated at her health centre in Chile claimed that the “culling” of around 90% of the human population will soon begin… if they intend to breed a worker drone population through autism caused vaccination programmes it strikes me they need to hurry up and get vaccines that do actually make docile “delta” workers rather than the alleged ASD. I have to say I remain unconvinced of any of this conspiracy, in the absence of proof other than people being associated with other people. Interesting premiss though, I’ll stay tuned.

  12. david llewellyn foster
    December 19, 2013 at 6:18 pm

    Major General Albert Stubblebine III on 9/11

  13. theo genisis
    April 14, 2014 at 6:58 pm

    I just finished listening to both Dr. Rima and General Stubblebine interviews. Stubblebine sounds very sincere and claims that only recently his “blinders came off.” Perhaps so. But I really heard nothing new from him, in fact he is rather a Johnny-come-lately. Wow, he noted that images of the Pentagon do not support the official plane explanation!

    A lot of people have varying opinions on Stubblebine’s sincerity; or whether he is still part of PsyOps and is getting out in front of the growing parade in an attempt to steer it. The best collection of discussion I find here: and here:–Gnostic-Media-Interview–Sept-13-2013

    What particularly feels wrong to me is that Stubblebine went into PsiTech business with Michael Acquino the Satanist chaplin from the Army, to continue remote viewing and mind “enhancement” teks. Douglas Dietrich has spoken of his association with Acquino as a dark and malevolent personality. I suppose the military uses anything to wage war. If Dr. Rima can claim she has excellent BS filters, then where were Stubblebine’s who continued to hang with Acquino? Feels wrong.

    Jan I hope you do interview the General further, and please keep prodding at him to see if he is slickly packaged disinfo. The Huxley types are proud of what they do, and could charm the pants off us with their magnetism and erudition, all the while dissimulating “for the greater good.”

    Dr. Rima sounds sharp as a tack. Too bad she didn’t give us any information about this revolutionary frequency technology. I have Rife machines, Reich cloudbusters, holosync and hemisync courses, know of FSM frequency stimulation with actual proven results, and read about some French scientist who claimed he could take the signature of any molecule and convert it to an audio signal. But so far, just like Tesla machines and free energy, the home unit never seems to come on the market!

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result in more than one row when you are inserting the second row to the "sal_t" table
So it result in the error "Subquery returnes more than 1 value.This is not permitted when the subquerry follows=,!=,<,..... or when the subquery is user as an expression."

Alter the trigger as follows,

alter TRIGGER Trigger1
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declare @id1 int
set @id1=(select top 1 id from sal_t)
insert into emp_t values(@id1,'ram')

It solves your problem. But the Trigger is not meaningfull. Can you please tell me the purpose of the trigger so that I can give you the response. Do you want to insert the last inserted id to emp_t table with the name as ram?


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JNode, a "Java New OS Design Effort" is an open source all java operating system. It is a modern OS with support for modern hardware devices intended to be simple to use, install & maintain on personal devices such as desktops, tablet pcs and handhelds.

JNode has started out many years ago as just an idea that is should be possible to write an OS fully in Java by Mr. Ewout Prangsma. This OS would have all the advantages of the Java language, such as the lack of buffer overflows, security in the language itself and automatic garbage collection,and many more.

JNode has gone public about some years ago and has grown into a working OS with support for many network, disk & video devices, protocols and applications. It supports an effective command shell and the first GUI implementation is becoming a reality. In these years , the project has also grown from a 1 man effort(bcs Ewout was the only developer of it at that time), to a large group of developers, working in several teams.

We have been releasing intermediate versions roughly every second month and we will continue to do so. Every new release brings major improvements in functionality, hardware support and the idea of an overall working OS.

There has been and still it a huge discussion outside our project if an OS can and should be written in Java. Many people say it cannot be done because of lack of speed, lack of access to hardware and many other reasons. We don't mind about this discussion, because we're actually doing it. We do have a working OS, it is becoming ever more faster and it really stimulates us to do this smart. For example driver and NVidia video card using its hardware acceleration makes it just as fast as any other driver written in C or whatevery language.

So to conclude, JNode is currently not usable for a non-skilled computer user, but is growing very fast.http://www.jnode.org

If you want to see our progress, visit http://www.jnode.org and if you want to help out, please contact us.

shabbir 10Apr2007 19:49

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Looks good. Are you into the development of it.

Also I am not sure if that is relevant question but Java need a platform to run and who will be providing that platform for the OS to get up and take the charge.

Also we would like to make some donation to JNode if you can have the following guidelines followed or at least majority of them.

Tango Issac Debian 10Apr2007 22:10

Re: JNODE::Java New Operating System Design Effort
Thanks for your proposal. ye,I am a developer for JNODE.
You ask the question , we always face that.But no problem.Bcs, we are not in the way of SUN.We have our own Virtual Machine (specially notify as JIT-Just In time Compiler) with fully JAVA and a very little no of(nearly 14 .asm files for x86 now :-) ) ASM files as our NANO kernel.

shabbir 11Apr2007 09:18

Re: JNODE::Java New Operating System Design Effort
Looks impressive. Also you did not tell anything about the Donation.

Tango Issac Debian 16Apr2007 01:36

JNODE::Welcome Features Requests
We,on behalf on JNODE::Java New Operating System Designing Effort Community are interested to make JNODE more HW's compatiable.We now support very small numbers of HWs.Hence,we need the supporting hands from everyone.
Friends,Welcome to JNODE community.Submit the features requests for JNODE please.
We always need help :-)

shabbir 16Apr2007 06:18

Re: JNODE::Java New Operating System Design Effort
Please dont create new threads for JNODE all the time but have them here. I have merged the posts here and deleted the thread.

Fabien DUMINY 21Apr2007 07:59

Re: JNODE::Java New Operating System Design Effort
Hello Shabbir,

I am a very active member for many years in the JNode project.
We are proud that you want to support us by a donation and are considering seriously your proposition.

Is that possible that you send me a mail to give an idea of how much you would like to give to the project ?

You are welcome to join our irc channel :
server : irc.oftc.net
channel : #JNode.org

shabbir 21Apr2007 08:49

Re: JNODE::Java New Operating System Design Effort
Let me know you email address through PM

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The Galatasaray midfielder won the treble under Jose Mourinho at Inter, but dismissed a reunion with the Portuguese boss this window – though could be open to a move in January

Galatasaray midfielder Wesley Sneijder has played down reports linking him with a move to Chelsea, and says he is happy to remain with the Turkish giants.

The 29-year-old moved to the Istanbul-based outfit in January 2013, scoring three goals as Galatasaray claimed the Super Lig title.

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Recent reports have linked the Netherlands international with a move to Stamford Bridge to link up with former manager Jose Mourinho, but the Dutchman has refuted those claims.

“I have a special relationship with Jose Mourinho and enjoyed working with him, but I can't leave Galatasaray in the lurch or the fans that I admire,” Sneijder told Turkish newspaper Milliyet.

“I want to play till January at least and help my team. I love Istanbul so much.”

Sneijder cost Galatasaray a fee in the region of £6.3 million, and the former Ajax and Real Madrid star feels he has an obligation to remain with the club.

“I've met a new country and a new culture. It would not be easy to leave and turn my back [on Galatasaray]," he continued.

“My club have expectations of me. The board worked so hard for my transfer. I can't go anywhere because I owe them.”


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Over 109,000 fans were packed into the stadium in Michigan to watch the Red Devils' 3-1 win - more than the previous record set in the 1984 Olympics

Manchester United's 3-1 win over Real Madrid set a new record for attendance at a football match in the United States.

109,318 fans packed into Michigan Stadium, beating the previous record of 101,799, which was set at the 1984 Olympic final when France beat Brazil 2-0 at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California.

That venue and tournament saw the only other six-figure football attendance in U.S. history, as 100,374 saw Yugoslavia defeat Italy 2-1 for the bronze medal.

Saturday's figure also eclipses the attendance for the World Cup final in 1994, which saw 94,194 watch Brazil take on Italy in the most high-profile game to take place in America to date.

Javier 'Chicharito' Hernandez grabbed a goal for the Red Devils after Ashley Young scored two either side of Gareth Bale's penalty, continuing Louis van Gaal's positive start as United boss.

United now move on to face Liverpool in the final of the International Champions Cup on August 5 at Sun Life Stadium in Miami, while Madrid will prepare for the Uefa Super Cup against Sevilla in Cardiff.


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  • September 14, 2013
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Colorado Rapids 2-1 FC Dallas: Sanchez leads Rapids to key victory

Colorado Rapids 2-1 FC Dallas: Sanchez leads Rapids to key victory

The midseason acquisition scored the equalizer and forced the winning own goal as Colorado strengthened its playoff positioning.

Vicente Sanchez opened his MLS scoring account in impressive fashion during the Colorado Rapids' 2-1 win over FC Dallas on Saturday, tying the game with an emphatic volley before forcing the winning own goal minutes later.

The victory gave Colorado a one-point lead on the LA Galaxy for third place in the Western Conference. Dallas remains on the outside looking in at a playoff spot, trailing fifth-place Portland by two points.

Dallas broke the deadlock in the 51st minute. Making an overlapping run on the left flank, Jair Benitez ran onto Fabian Castillo's pass and hit a low centering feed that David Ferreira managed to poke home.

Colorado leveled the match eight minutes later. After Je-Vaughn Watson headed an ill-advised clearance back across the box, Sanchez from a tight angle hit a volley that beat Raul Fernandez.

And the Rapids went in front in the 65th minute. In possession on the left side of the box, Sanchez shook George John with a cut before hitting a pass in front of goal that deflected in off Dallas center back Matt Hedges.

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Jermain Defoe was left isolated in Spurs' 1-1 draw with Norwich at White Hart Lane, highlighting the club's need to steadily adapt to the Portuguese manager's system

Three games gone and Tottenham Hotspur have just two points. There was booing after the game against Norwich City on Saturday as another late equaliser cost Spurs a win.

The frustration is understandable: Harry Redknapp left after being denied Champions League qualification only by a quirk of UEFA’s rules and Chelsea winning the competition. If Andre Villas-Boas achieves anything less than qualification it will feel like a terrible let-down.

Yet Redknapp wasn’t the only departure. Not including loan deals, 12 players left Spurs over the summer, including Luka Modric and Rafael van der Vaart. Six players have arrived, but this is a time of transition, something evident in the tactical hodge-podge in the first half on Saturday, which led to Jermain Defoe playing as a lone central striker with minimal support.

Defoe is a classic example of the sort of center forward in danger of being refined out of existence by the evolution of the modern game. He is quick and he is a fine finisher, but he lacks the bulk or hold-up play to operate as a lone striker – at least in the present Spurs set up.

Perhaps if he had a different type of support from the flanks, if he had inverted wingers who could cut in and score goals or central midfielders who could get forward to help, there wouldn’t be such an issue. As Defoe himself said: “I have been playing the lone striker for my club and I have enjoyed it. To be honest playing with good players it is not really a problem if people get close.”

Limited | Bale works for Spurs as a wide-man, not a forward

But Gareth Bale and Aaron Lennon are classic British wide-men: they’re quick, perfectly equipped to beat a fullback and get crosses into the box but not naturally adept at the sort of fluid link-up play required to play a front three without a physically robust central presence. Lennon is in his eighth season at Spurs and has only scored 21 league goals.

Bale is rather more prolific, having cemented his reputation with his hat trick against Inter at the San Siro and scored 17 goals over the past two league seasons.

He can hit shots from range and he is excellent coming in at the back post, but even he is stronger on his left – that is his outside – foot. Despite the experiments with him in more central positions towards the end of last season, he is a wide-man who scores goals rather than being a player like, say, Edinson Cavani or Fabio Borini, essentially forwards who frequently start in wide positions.

In the first half against Norwich, Spurs started with two holding midfielders in Jake Livermore and Sandro, with Gylfi Sigurdsson stroking the ball about smoothly in front of them. It was all sedate and neat enough, but there was nobody driving through the center of midfield to support Defoe.

MISSING LINK: Spurs must become more penetrative in midfield
Again and again the ball was swept wide by Sigurdsson to either Bale or Lennon, who would then look to cross and realize they had only Defoe to aim at, at which they’d check back and the momentum of attacks would be lost.

The arrival of Mousa Dembele at half time helped, and it was he who got the Spurs goal, turning in exactly that space on the edge of the box that Spurs hadn’t been attacking in the first half. Even with his dynamism, though, it was notable how much better Spurs looked when Emmanuel Adebayor came on.

At last there was a target in the box for Lennon and Bale to aim at, somebody to draw defenders away from Defoe, somebody for Spurs’ midfield to play off.

Villas-Boas’ essential problem is that this was a squad constructed to play in the Redknapp way, that is, in the classic British manner of getting the ball wide and getting crosses into the box. It’s a squad suited to a 4-4-2 or 4-4-1-1 set-up.

Villas-Boas, though, has historically preferred a 4-3-3: it was what he was used to at Chelsea when he worked under Jose Mourinho and it is what he played at Porto – when he did have a great wide forward in the form of Hulk.

The period of transition may be awkward. Dembele will help, as will Clint Dempsey. Villas-Boas already seems to have learned the lessons of Chelsea, where it is generally accepted he tried to impose his style too quickly.

Notably this season, he has not insisted on the high line he clearly favors, recognizing the problems that would cause William Gallas given his waning pace. Perhaps the first step is a 4-2-3-1, using Dempsey or Dembele to link the back of the midfield to the front three.

Given his ability to drift in, Dempsey perhaps could be used in one of the wide roles to provide that link between midfield and attack (he preferred the left at Fulham, which would mean Bale either being left out or switching flank, but he has played on the right for the USA).

However he does it, though, from an attacking point of view the priority is to get players breaking through that key central area to support his center forward.


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The veteran missed the 7-2 thumping by Central Coast, and says his team-mates will suffer if they dwell on the defeat

Sydney FC star Alessandro Del Piero has urged his side to forget about their humiliating loss last Saturday.

The Italian is set to return to the side to face Melbourne Victory on Saturday night, after missing the defeat to Central Coast with a hamstring problem.

"We talked a lot about last Saturday and it was a really bad loss for us," he told reporters.

"But if we think about it too much maybe we go on the field with some fear ... that's not positive.

"We understand it was not a good day for us, but we have another one on Saturday at home and it's a chance to change our future.

"With a big game like Saturday it could be a perfect situation for us."

When asked what areas the team needed to improve if they are to turn things around, Del Piero responded with a light-hearted reply.

"Maybe everything if we saw the last match. No, we did some good things ... we scored two goals against the Central Coast, which is not easy.

"But in the end the game last Saturday for us was very, very bad. That's why I try to joke because if we think about it too much, maybe there will be too much pressure on us."


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An armed robbery in Boone—a suspect is in custody.  The robbery was at the Bark Mobile Store on West King Street just before 3 this afternoon by a suspect described as a thin white male, around 5’6” tall, wearing blue bandana, black rimmed sun glasses with orange lenses,

and dark—either blue or black baggy pants and a dark, possibly green hoodie. Police say that the woman on duty did not see a weapon, but that a weapon was implied in a robbery note he handed her, and that as the man fled, she locked down the business and called 911.  With Watauga deputies joining into the search, deputy Preston Russell located a suspect ear the end of East Glendale Drive off of Tracy Circle—apparently trying to hide the money while the deputy watched. The victim was brought to the scene to try and identify the man, which she did, and he was taken from the scene in a patrol vehicle while an Avery search dog was called in to back-track from the spot where the suspect was arrested to the store to try to find more evidence.  The dog managed to find the path, and Boone officers found more evidence from the robbery along the way. Charged is James Daniel Wallace, 30 years old, of Sugar Grove, the count is common law robbery as no weapon was seen, even though James Daniel Wallace was said to have been found with a knife when arrested. Bond was being set late in the day.

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Jan. 8, 2013

FORT WORTH – TCU placekicker Jaden Oberkrom and Western rider Kolby Simonson have been named TCU’s Athletes of the Month for December. The duo is being recognized for their outstanding work on the field and in the classroom.

Oberkrom, a freshman from Arlington, wrapped up his outstanding debut campaign for the Horned Frogs with three field goals in the Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl against Michigan State. A Lou Groza Award semifinalist, Oberkrom’s three makes included a career-long 53-yard field goal. He finished the season making 22-of-30 field goal attempts, including 11-of-14 from at least 40 yards out, and a perfect 42-of-42 on extra point attempts. He is a Sports Psychology major.

Simonson, a senior from Durango, Colo., was named Big 12 Reining Rider of the Month for December. Simonson went 3-0 against Big 12 opposition in Reining. She was a National Collegiate Equestrian Association (NCEA) Academic All-America second-team honoree, and is an Early Childhood Education major.

The TCU equestrian team will be back in action on Feb. 8 at the Winter Equestrian Festival in Wellington, Fla.

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