Input: I was in a meeting last week and this was discussed (I do n't remember if you were there or not) but I 'm thinking that you may have already proceeded ahead for implementation which is great, thanks!


Input: Kim.

Kim


Input: The telephony group has the new TW Hotline number and extensions ready for use, I have the solution center entering the greetings and Terry Kowalke has a new form and procedure for the Customer Service Reps. to use for updates.

Terry Kowalke


Input: How much notification would you like to give the TW customers before implementing the new TW Hotline phone number?


Input: We can do a Popup notification along with changing the number on the Web page, we can also put out a Critical message which will send an Email to customers.


Input: Do you think we need to do more?


Input: Thanks: John Buchanan


Input: Here it is.


Input: K.

K


Input: See the attached spreadsheet.


Input: Let me know if you have any questions.


Input: Jan,

Jan


Input: These numbers are slightly different from the ones you put together a few weeks ago.


Input: Are you comfortable with the difference?


Input: Any thoughts?


Input: No hurry, I was just wondering.


Input: Thanks,


Input: Kim.

Kim


Input: Attached is the TW Top Ten Shippers by Revenues for the year 2001 to be reported in the Browncover report.


Input: Note:


Input: Total transportation invoiced for 2001 was $180.9m.


Input: The amount of transportation revenues recorded in the general ledger is $165.9m.


Input: This difference is mainly due to the following:


Input: $10.0m - negotiated rates reserve(Reliant,Sempra, Richardson, Astr,and BP Energy) - $collected

Reliant

Sempra

Richardson

Astr

BP Energy


Input: $ 2.7m - SoCal rate issue - $not collected


Input: $ 1.8m - additional month of PGE revenues due to prepayment invoicing beginning in 2001 - $collected

PGE


Input: Revenues for these customers were adjusted according.


Input: Also, revenues for the shippers acquiring released volumes from PGE at rates above TW 's tariff rates were adjusted accordingly.

PGE


Input: Please call me at x36709 if there are questions


Input: thanks,


Input: richard


Input: Kyle,

Kyle


Input: Sorry for not sending this yesterday.


Input: Monday's are always tough.


Input: Please review and let me know what you think.


Input: Let 's talk before I leave town next Wednesday.


Input: Thanks,


Input: Kim.

Kim


Input: Kim,

Kim


Input: Here is the Job Description and the Operational Accountabilities for the position I mentioned to you last Sunday.


Input: As you can see it will take someone with some very good skills in organizing and interpersonal relationships.


Input: It will also require someone who is fairly mature in their own spiritual journey.


Input: If you know someone who might fit the bill ask them to contact me and/or send me their resume.


Input: See you Sunday.


Input: Tom


Input: Thomas W. Daugherty Vice President for Spiritual Care Methodist Health Care System 6565 Fannin Street, D-200 Houston, Texas 77030-2707 Office: 713-793-1429 Page: 281-735-5919 Cell: 713-819-2784 Fax: 713-790-2605

Thomas W. Daugherty

Methodist Health Care System

Houston

Texas


Input: Mansoor,

Mansoor


Input: Let 's discuss.


Input: Kim.

Kim


Input: Kim


Input: The in-service date of May 1, will be very difficult to attain.


Input: Since the bankruptcy filing, vendors have been very reluctant to ship material prior to it being prepaid (Daniels, Fisher, Rosemont, other).

Daniels

Fisher

Rosemont


Input: These are the vendors of instrumentation required for the interconnect.


Input: Questar may be able to purchase material, but some of the items can have up to a 60 day delivery.

Questar


Input: (From time PA approved and funded to in-service will be 75 days at most.


Input: We have worked with Daniels on a chromatograph on another project and prepayment has taken 45 days alone.

Daniels


Input: Daniels is not set up for prepayments as they bill off an invoice and the main office and accounting had to create an invoice for a chromatograph that had not been delivered.

Daniels


Input: Not the usual mode of operations.


Input: The I/C design is for a UltraSonic meter and this is dependent on their testing schedule ( Canada or Kansas are the only two places to test to 100% of design).

UltraSonic

Canada

Kansas


Input: Will confirm testing schedule and delivery dates with UltraSonic ASAP.

UltraSonic


Input: We will try to complete the I/C with the earliest in-service date possible, but with conditions as they are, a realistic date would be June 15, 2002.


Input: If you have questions or issues, please let me know.


Input: Thanks


Input: Earl Chanley 505-625-8031

Earl Chanley


Input: Earl,

Earl


Input: We are looking at putting the metering facilities on their ROW (also, I think we will have to purchase about 50ft of ROW from ElPaso to get to Questar 's property).

ElPaso

Questar


Input: As you look at this, if for some reason we can not obtain ElPaso ROW, we will have to look at Plan B which would be to put the metering on our ROW.

ElPaso


Input: Our in-service date is May 1.


Input: If you think that May 1 may be difficult due to receiving the parts/materials on a timely basis because of the issues that vendors may have with us because of recent Enron events, please let me know.


Input: Questar has already informed us that they would help obtain parts/materials to our specifications if it helps achieve an in-service date of May 1.

Questar


Input: Thanks,


Input: Kim.

Kim


Input: Hi everyone,


Input: I just got of the phone with Hai and he told me how to make an adjustment on a day to day basis in regards to incorrect liquidations but he also explained this is just to make the daily P&L #'s right, if nothing were done the month end P&L would still somehow work out because adjustments would be made.

Hai


Input: Does this mean that for June and for a certain portion of July we should not do anything and just make adjustments on a going forward basis (and assume everything will work out at month end)?


Input: If this is the case I would like someone to walk me through June to see if the numbers did really work themselves out as there was a large swing in second order on June 29 that was not adjusted for.


Input: Let me know if one of you could help me do this.


Input: Karim.

Karim


Input: Evidently, this a problem that Stacey White has been aware of for a couple of months now.

Stacey White


Input: There was a change made in the coding for the delta position and this has somehow messed up the liq value.


Input: John


Input: John, Karim,

John

Karim


Input: I 'm now looking closely at the option liquidation problems.


Input: I believe that there might be a sign-flipping problem for PUTS that 's causing this whole issue.


Input: I 'll keep you posted.


Input: Karim - this 's likely the explanation to your other question...

Karim


Input: I 'll get back to you as soon as I have more info (hopefully later today)


Input: Marcelo L. Meira Sr IT Developer Enron Networks - Houston, TX (713) 345-3436

Marcelo L. Meira

Enron Networks

Houston

TX


Input: The post id I am looking at for Calgary is 11608.

Calgary


Input: I am looking at the option liquidation report and all of the $65 puts are in the money and the $75 call is also in the money.


Input: Should n't all the liquidation values from the beginning of the month be a negative (representing positive liquidation) for the puts?


Input: The liq value for the call is CORRECT.


Input: John


Input: Karim,

Karim


Input: I do n't want to wait till month end, let 's adjust the numbers now and for the June 29 2nd order, let s take that value into June since it relates to July puts.


Input: Hi everyone,


Input: I just got of the phone with Hai and he told me how to make an adjustment on a day to day basis in regards to incorrect liquidations but he also explained this is just to make the daily P&L #'s right, if nothing were done the month end P&L would still somehow work out because adjustments would be made.

Hai


Input: Does this mean that for June and for a certain portion of July we should not do anything and just make adjustments on a going forward basis (and assume everything will work out at month end)?


Input: If this is the case I would like someone to walk me through June to see if the numbers did really work themselves out as there was a large swing in second order on June 29 that was not adjusted for.


Input: Let me know if one of you could help me do this.


Input: Karim.

Karim


Input: Evidently, this a problem that Stacey White has been aware of for a couple of months now.

Stacey White


Input: There was a change made in the coding for the delta position and this has somehow messed up the liq value.


Input: John


Input: John, Karim,

John

Karim


Input: I 'm now looking closely at the option liquidation problems.


Input: I believe that there might be a sign-flipping problem for PUTS that 's causing this whole issue.


Input: I 'll keep you posted.


Input: Karim - this 's likely the explanation to your other question...

Karim


Input: I 'll get back to you as soon as I have more info (hopefully later today)


Input: Marcelo L. Meira Sr IT Developer Enron Networks - Houston, TX (713) 345-3436

Marcelo L. Meira

Enron Networks

Houston

TX


Input: The post id I am looking at for Calgary is 11608.

Calgary


Input: I am looking at the option liquidation report and all of the $65 puts are in the money and the $75 call is also in the money.


Input: Should n't all the liquidation values from the beginning of the month be a negative (representing positive liquidation) for the puts?


Input: The liq value for the call is CORRECT.


Input: John


Input: unable to attend at that time due to a prior appointment, I can meet with you individually later some time


Input: OK, now that I 've got your attention - I really am offering free lunch!


Input: I would like to informally get together with you on Wednesday, July 18 at 11:45 am - 1:00 pm (max) to talk about your recruiting experience with Enron Canada.

Enron Canada


Input: We 're gearing up for our 2001/02 recruiting campaign and we think your experience will help us define what works best and what can be improved in our process.


Input: For those of you in Toronto, I apologize for not being able to schedule this over your lunch time!

Toronto


Input: However, if you can wait til 2:00pm to eat, go ahead and grab something and expense it!


Input: We 'll hook you guys in by videoconference.


Input: I 've booked Videoconference Room # 1.


Input: Please let me know whether or not you can attend so I can order enough food.


Input: Thanks!!


Input: should be ok


Input: Kindly confirm your availability to attend an Analyst and Associate Recruiting Meeting scheduled for Thursday, July 26th at 2:00 p.m. (4:00 p.m. Toronto time).

Toronto


Input: This meeting should not take more than one hour.


Input: The Toronto office will be video conferenced in.

Toronto


Input: Regards,


Input: Nella


Input: Let s try before Fri, as I am planning to take that day off


Input: Attached is the revised draft paper that reflects our conference call with Bob Fagan earlier this week.

Bob Fagan


Input: I propose we have a conference call with Bob Fagan on Fri July 20 at 1:00 pm Calgary time to discuss any areas of concern/confusion you may have.

Bob Fagan

Calgary


Input: Also, would those of you who have not responded to me via email confirming your acceptance of the terms upon which our four companies have agreed to assume cost responsibility for the TCA work on this.


Input: Attached is the letter I originally sent to you on May 10 in this regard.


Input: << File: Tabors Conflict Letter Alberta Export 050901.doc >>

Alberta


Input: Regards,


Input: Rob


Input: Rob,

Rob


Input: This draft reflects the changes we discussed during our call the other day.


Input: I 've also included a redlined draft showing changes.


Input: Regards,


Input: Bob


Input: <<Alberta Transmission Access and Pricing Analysis_0712 .doc>>

Alberta


Input: <<Alberta Transmission Access and Pricing Analysis_0712 redlined .doc>>

Alberta


Input: - Alberta Transmission Access and Pricing Analysis_0712 .doc << File: Alberta Transmission Access and Pricing Analysis_0712 .doc >>

Alberta

Alberta


Input: - Alberta Transmission Access and Pricing Analysis_0712 redlined .doc << File: Alberta Transmission Access and Pricing Analysis_0712 redlined .doc >>

Alberta

Alberta


Input: NO


Input: Hi John,

John


Input: With reference to Article 5, section 5.1 (b), are we going to propose an alternative planned outage to TAU for next year?


Input: Thanks,


Input: Mike


Input: MOON LANDING HOAX: CHURCH = TECHNOLOGY & GOVERNMENT - Shuttle Carried on Aircraft model


Input: Q: NASA IS A WASTE!

NASA


Input: ( Answered, 2 Comments )


Input: Question


Input: Subject: NASA IS A WASTE!

NASA


Input: Category: Science > Astronomy


Input: Asked by: yheggy-ga


Input: List Price: $2.00


Input: Posted: 25 Oct 2004 18:32 PDT


Input: Expires: 24 Nov 2004 17:32 PST


Input: Question ID: 420072


Input: How much money does the USA give NASA per year?

USA

NASA


Input: Answer


Input: Subject: Re: NASA IS A WASTE!

NASA


Input: Answered By: googlenut-ga on 25 Oct 2004 19:14 PDT


Input: Hello yheggy-ga,


Input: On September 21, 2004, the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee approved $16.379 billion in funding for NASA for fiscal year 2005.

U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee

NASA


Input: This is a $200 million increase over what NASA received for fiscal year 2004.

NASA


Input: U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations


Input: Press Release


Input: September 21, 2004


Input: "National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA): is funded at $16.379 billion, an increase of $200 million over the FY04 enacted level, and a reduction of $665 million from the budget request.

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

NASA


Input: An additional $800 million in emergency funding was added for NASA during the Committee 's consideration of the bill.

NASA


Input: -- The return to flight activities for the Shuttle program are funded at $4.319 billion, the requested level from the Administration.


Input: -- The International Space Station is funded at $1.6 billion.

International Space Station


Input: The bill reduces ISS operations by $120 million due to the continued reduced capability of the ISS for at least half of FY05.


Input: -- The Moon/Mars vision:


Input: --- The Crew Exploration Vehicle (CEV) is funded at $268 million.


Input: --- A lunar exploration mission is funded at $20 million.


Input: --- $10 million is provided for Centennial Challenges.


Input: Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation (NRC): is funded at $115 million, the same as FY04 and the budget request."

Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation

NRC


Input: Spacetoday.net


Input: Senate increases NASA funding

Senate

NASA


Input: "The Senate Appropriations Committee used a somewhat controversial technique Tuesday to increase NASA 's fiscal year 2005 budget by $200 million over what President Bush requested.

Senate Appropriations Committee

NASA

Bush


Input: The committee voted to give NASA $16.4 billion in 2005, about $200 million more than what the President requested and over $1 billion more than what House appropriators approved in July."

NASA


Input: I hope you have found this information helpful.


Input: If you have any questions, please request clarification prior to rating the answer.


Input: Googlenut


Input: Google Search Terms:


Input: nasa funding

nasa


Input: Comments Log in to add a comment


Input: Subject: Re: NASA IS A WASTE!

NASA


Input: From: saem_aero-ga on 26 Oct 2004 18:11 PDT


Input: Excellent answer googlenut.


Input: Let me add some additional info.


Input: You can get details about NASA spending here, from their own webpage.

NASA


Input: Also, from their own webpage, reasons why NASA is important, in a 5th grade format.

NASA


Input: I guess if you are someone not familiar with how NASA benefits our society I can see how one might form the opinion of yheggy-ga.

NASA


Input: Let me put it this way - If you have watched TV recently, crossed a modern bridge, flown in an airplane, recieved any form of modern medicine, did any mathematics, drove a car, used a cellular phone, etc. then you have somehow directly reaped the rewards which NASA has returned to us.

NASA


Input: Also NASA has a large outreach program for education, some people believe this is important.

NASA


Input: Best, Steve.

Steve


Input: Subject: Re: NASA IS A WASTE! From: jaqamofino-ga on 26 Apr 2005 06:02 PDT

NASA


Input: i believe that NASA is a HUGE waste of tax payers ' money, but there are so many huge wastes of tax payer monies, that i find it best not to think about it.

NASA


Input: i also think the National Endowment for the Arts is a waste, but i guess i would rather see my money go to the NEA than NASA.

National Endowment for the Arts

NEA

NASA


Input: of course, in a perfect world, tax payers ' money would go toward some sort of national healthcare program, and housing for the homeless, but this is far from a perfect world.


Input: in response to Steve 's comment: do you really believe that spending trillions on space exploration over the years was the ONLY way to invent the cellfone?

Steve


Input: and bridges???


Input: i find that extremely hard to believe.


Input: i think it could have been done in a much more cost efficient way, right here on bad-old-planet-earth.


Input: just my two cents.


Input: thanks for listening.


Input: NASA & Company Diplomacy - Trying to keep Moon Landing Hoax a secret in modern times

NASA


Input: Some strategies being used by NASA & Company in relation to China and other space planning countries are mentioned here after being gleaned from a news item underneath.

NASA

China


Input: Country has an Independent strategy = NASA & company to use "Numero Uno" strategy, try to assert, beat, mesh and control the space program of the country.

NASA


Input: This can also be through political, economical, social, and technological influence.


Input: Country not open or not have fixed strategy = NASA & Company to use "freeze thawed" strategy especially when the country has a challenging, growing and ambitious space program.

NASA


Input: This can also be through political, economical, social, and technological influence.


Input: Dependant = NASA & Company to use "space station" model to unify the aims of different countries.

NASA


Input: This is really an end goal aim of NASA & Company and also does not allow anyone challenging the moon landing hoax.

NASA


Input: The target for NASA & Company probably to get by 2018 all the ambitious space program countries shifting towards this model, through the propaganda of another moon mission; deliberately failing this or trying hard for another moon landing hoax; achieving the real aim of space unity between space programs of other countries.

NASA


Input: China launches its second manned spaceflight mission

China


Input: Secretive efforts keep outsiders in the dark about the program 's goals


Input: By MARK CARREAU


Input: Copyright 2005 Houston Chronicle


Input: Reuters


Input: China launched Shenzhou VI, its second manned spacecraft, early today in northwest China 's Gansu Province.

China

China

Gansu Province


Input: A pair of military pilots embarked on China 's second manned space flight early today, hurtling into orbit on a test mission that could span five days.

China


Input: The crew of the Shenzhou VI spacecraft was identified as Fei Junlong, 40, and Nie Haishen, 41, by China 's official news agency.

Fei Junlong

Nie Haishen

China


Input: The successful launch from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China follows the solo flight of Yang Liwei in October 2003.

Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center

China

Yang Liwei


Input: His one-day mission vaulted his communist homeland into the elite circle of spacefaring nations - Russia and the United States - that can launch and sustain humans in space.

Russia

United States


Input: Most experts believe China intends to develop a small space station of its own over the next several years.

China


Input: But they remain uncertain about whether China aims to beat the United States to the moon in its secretive space effort.

China

United States


Input: President Bush has directed NASA to return to the moon by 2018 with a new generation of human explorers.

Bush

NASA


Input: China 's "is not a fly-by-night program," said Joan Johnson-Freese, an expert on national security who follows space developments in the Asian nation at the Naval War College in Newport, R.I.

China

Newport

R.I

Joan Johnson-Freese

Naval War College


Input: "They are not in any hurry.


Input: They want a program that will be a success," Johnson-Freese said.

Johnson-Freese


Input: "They are not going to rush it, because they do n't want it to be a budget buster.


Input: Economics will be a big determiner in the speed of their program."


Input: China 's overtures to join the U.S.-led effort to develop the 16-nation international space station have been thwarted for more than a decade over a range of issues, including the Asian country 's human rights policies and worries it could acquire technologies that could pose a security threat.

China

U.S.


Input: The freeze thawed some after Yang 's 2003 mission.

Yang


Input: China was among 30 nations invited to send a delegate to NASA-sponsored roundtable discussions on Bush 's strategy to reach the moon with astronauts as the first step in the exploration of Mars and other-deep space destinations.

China

Mars

NASA

Bush


Input: "We applaud China 's space achievements," NASA spokesman Allard Beutel said Tuesday.

China

NASA

Allard Beutel


Input: "We wish them a successful return of their astronauts."


Input: He stressed, however, that NASA would not follow this week 's Chinese mission through formal channels.

NASA


Input: At present, there are no plans for additional meetings with foreign powers to discuss the Bush exploration initiative or to extend an invitation to China to join the space station partnership, Beutel said.

Bush

China


Input: The flight of Fei and Nie could mark the end of the opening chapter in a three-phase Chinese space initiative, Johnson-Freese said.

Fei

Nie

Johnson-Freese


Input: The first phase, she said, will demonstrate the capability of a multi-compartment spacecraft that will leave a test module in orbit when the two fliers return to Earth.

Earth


Input: The Chinese program 's second phase will include spacewalks on future missions and demonstrations of docking and undocking techniques.


Input: The final phase will feature the assembly and operation of a longer-duration space lab.


Input: At least one expert believes China 's intentions might include a surprise attempt to circle the moon with astronauts before NASA 's planned lunar return.

China

NASA


Input: "The Americans would be wise to plan accordingly," said John E. Pike, director of the Alexandria, Va.-based GlobalSecurity.org, a small national security think tank.

John E. Pike

Alexandria

Va.

GlobalSecurity.org


Input: "There is always the possibility they could jam us up, make us look like we are not numero uno," Pike said.

Pike


Input: During the U.S. and Russian lunar race during the Cold War, NASA scored an early coup by circling the moon with the Apollo 8 crew over the 1968 Christmas holidays.

U.S.

NASA


Input: As it turned out, the Soviets never made it to the moon.


Input: "(China) could be the second country to do that," Pike said.

China

Pike


Input: "They would get in line in front of the Russians.


Input: And they would not have to land on the moon to take us down a notch."


Input: Pike 's concern is based on China 's development of a new medium-lift rocket, the Long March V, and the construction of a new space launch complex on Hainan Island in the South China Sea.

Pike

China

Hainan Island

South China Sea


Input: The two developments, he said, could eventually enable China 's space program to mature to the point that experts could assemble and launch from Earth 's orbit a spacecraft capable of circling the moon with astronauts and returning home.

China

Earth


Input: mark.carr...@chron.com


Input: NORTH CAROLINA RELIGIOUS COALITION FOR MARRIAGE EQUALITY


Input: From what we hear from the news media, one could easily conclude that all Christians are opposed to gay marriage.


Input: But that ’s not the case.


Input: Last year an organization named the North Carolina Religious Coalition for Marriage Equality was formed to get out the message that at least some people of faith are not opposed to extending the rights and responsibilities of civil marriage to same-gender couples.

North Carolina Religious Coalition for Marriage Equality


Input: One of “NCRC4ME ’s ” major efforts is to collect signatures for the attached “Declaration of Religious Leaders,” which has been and will again be presented to members of the NC legislature.

NC


Input: It presents the case for marriage equality and states, “We are resolved that the State should not interfere with same-gender couples who choose to marry and share fully and equally in the rights, responsibilities, and commitments of civil marriage.”


Input: A measure to amend the NC Constitution to ban gay marriage was defeated last year but already has been reintroduced in the 2005 legislative session, so there is a real need for visible support for the “pro-same-gender-marriage” side of this issue.

NC


Input: At its February meeting the CHS Vestry voted unanimously to add their names to the Declaration.

CHS Vestry


Input: Our Rector Barbara and our Deacon Clare also have signed the Declaration.

Barbara

Clare


Input: Furthermore, the Vestry voted unanimously to invite the support of members of the CHS congregation for the Declaration.


Input: (Since the Declaration is written as coming from “religious leaders,” people who do n’t consider themselves “religious leaders” can sign as “Supporters of the North Carolina Religious Coalition for Marriage Equality.”)

North Carolina Religious Coalition for Marriage Equality


Input: Please note that the Declaration addresses only civil marriage; it says nothing about religious beliefs or practices regarding marriage.


Input: If you have any questions please feel free to call me (after Sat. the 26th, when I will return from a trip).


Input: Sign-up lists will be available at the services on Feb. 27 and March 6, or you can email me.


Input: I will email names and email addresses (or postal addresses) of signers to NCRC4ME in time for their “lobby day” in Raleigh on March 15.

Raleigh


Input: Thank you for your consideration of this issue.


Input: For the Church of the Holy Spirit Vestry,

Church of the Holy Spirit Vestry


Input: Dudley Cate 828-296-8466 jodud...@aol.com

Dudley Cate


Input: North Carolina Religious Coalition for Marriage Equality Declaration of Religious Leaders April 19, 2004

North Carolina Religious Coalition for Marriage Equality


Input: The most fundamental human right, after the necessities of food, clothing and shelter, is the right to affection and the supportive love of other human beings.


Input: We become most fully human when we love another person.


Input: We can grow in our capacity to be human - to be loving - in a family unit.


Input: This right to love and form a family is so fundamental that our United States Constitution takes it for granted in its dedication to "secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity.”

United States


Input: The North Carolina Constitution likewise affirms the “inalienable rights” of human beings to "life, liberty, the enjoyment of the fruits of their own labor, and the pursuit of happiness."

North Carolina


Input: Throughout history, tyrants have known that by denying the right of oppressed peoples to form and nurture families, they can kill the spirit of those peoples.


Input: >From the shameful history of slavery in America, the injustice of forbidding people to marry is evident as a denial of a basic human right.

America


Input: The American laws forbidding interracial marriage, now struck down, were clearly discriminatory.


Input: Denial of the status of marriage to those who would freely accept its responsibilities creates legal and economic inequities and social injustice.


Input: We feel called to protest and oppose this injustice.


Input: As religious people, clergy and lay leaders, we are mandated by faith to stand for justice in our common civic life.


Input: We oppose the use of sacred texts and religious traditions to deny legal equity to same-gender couples.


Input: As concerned citizens we affirm the liberty of adults of the same gender to love and marry.


Input: We insist that no one, especially the state, is allowed to coerce people into marriage or bar two consenting adults, whether of the same or differing genders, from forming the family unit that lets them be more fully loving, thus more fully human.


Input: We respect the fact that debate and discussion continue in many of our religious communities as to the scriptural, theological and liturgical issues involved.


Input: However, we draw on our many faith traditions to arrive at a common conviction.


Input: We are resolved that the State should not interfere with same-gender couples who choose to marry and share fully and equally in the rights, responsibilities, and commitments of civil marriage.


Input: We affirm freedom of conscience in this matter.


Input: We recognize that the state may not require religious groups to officiate at, or bless, same-gender marriages.


Input: Likewise, a denial of state civil recognition dishonors the religious convictions of those communities and clergy who officiate at, and bless, same-gender marriages.


Input: The state may not favor the convictions of one religious group over another by denying individuals their fundamental right to marry and to have those marriages recognized by civil law.


Input: As faith leaders, we commit ourselves to public action, visibility, education, and mutual support in the service of the right and freedom to marry.


Input: Tom Dempsey Gulf Breeze, FL 850-748-0740

Tom Dempsey

Gulf Breeze

FL


Input: Hi all,


Input: There are already several forums around the net focused on discussing Guild Wars, so why create a new one?


Input: I say why not?


Input: The main reason is Google is more accessible to the global community and you can rest assured that it 's not going to go away.


Input: I have seen great fan sites suddenly disappear without notice and for no reason.


Input: Usually this happens because the developer of the site can no longer afford the cost of bandwidth being used.


Input: That said, the maintenance of this forum is handled by Google and thus will remain reliable and it will ultimately give us more time to play :).


Input: I 'm nothing more than a devoted fan of the game myself and I hope that this area can become a haven for deep fan discussions.


Input: Regards,


Input: Humanpixel


Input: Aye!


Input: Good Day Mate!


Input: I m really looking forward to Guild Wars.


Input: Anyone know a release date?


Input: Feb 2005


Input: Feb 2005 is the projected release date, although Guild Wars is made by ex-members of Blizzard, so Feb 2005 could mean August 2006...


Input: Anyway, I tried to get a preorder but no places were selling it so I missed out on 2/3 weekend events.


Input: Oh well, I 'll get it when it comes out in Febuary.


Input: rumor has feb 05 on the calender.


Input: BUT they stated that they will take as long as it takes to work out all the bugs so who really know how long.


Input: as far as pre order go to and they have a list of major retailers that carry it there are also a few websites that you could order it off of.


Input: and a good reason for starting this group....company firewalls lol ;)


Input: I was kind of curious, what exactly is Guild Wars?


Input: I hav n't heard of it.


Input: Check out the Guild Wars Web site at for more info about the game.


Input: It 's a massive multiplayer role playing game.


Input: The graphics are without a doubt the amoung the best graphics I have ever seen for any game and I have been gaming since the MUD days.


Input: It 's worth a look.


Input: I have a preorder and am even considering getting a second preorder to have multiple accounts.


Input: I have participated in all the weekend beta events and the world preview.


Input: The game is already 100% functional.


Input: I ca n't imagine them not being able to meet the Feb 05 deadline.


Input: Warm greetings to all in this GW community.


Input: I am Lady Kingel and I hail from the United Legit Gaming Guilds of Guild Wars.

Kingel

United Legit Gaming Guilds


Input: We are a consortium of legit honorable guilds that was established in 1997 for DI and we are now adding GW to the list of games played.


Input: The alliance is a pretty straightforward one.


Input: It was formed to allow many different guilds who were all strictly honorable to come together as a family and allow them many people to game with.


Input: There are no other requirements other than we ask that members greet each new member and each new alliance and also feel free to post in any of the forums.


Input: We are also a group who is looking for members for our own select guild called ULGG of GW...which is a part of the alliance with the same name.

ULGG


Input: We play in all aspects of the game and we hand pick our members.


Input: I would like to personally invite each of you to visit our website.


Input: You are individuals of quality, and in our alliance we seek quality of member over quantity of member.


Input: You will be asked to register, and then you should wander over to the Announce Your Arrival Section and present yourself.


Input: You will be greeted by many members of this wonderful family.


Input: I do hope to see you visiting us at the fire and we shall prepare a feast for you, as well.


Input: If you paste this in your browser, it will take you directly to our GW website.


Input: I extend my hand to each of you in true friendship, and honor.


Input: Come and say hello...you will be warmly welcomed!


Input: We are currently moving to a new server, so we will be down for a while.


Input: I will inform when we are up and running again.


Input: I wish all happy holidays, and moreso, peace on earth.


Input: Kingel


Input: Preamble from BBC leading to the comments further below.

BBC


Input: Feel free to cut and paste and leave your comments, as these viewpoints cover the entire gamut surrounding the event.


Input: How has Katrina changed the US?

US


Input: What will be the lasting effects of Hurricane Katrina and what can be learnt from the response?


Input: Relief agencies are trying to help hundreds of thousands of displaced people while authorities have vowed to restore security in New Orleans following a breakdown of law and order.

New Orleans


Input: In the world press, commentators predict that Katrina will make a profound change in the way the US is perceived at home and abroad, especially following the scenes of poverty and racial divisions they believe the disaster has revealed.

US


Input: Meanwhile, President George W Bush has said he will lead an inquiry into how the disaster was handled.

George W Bush


Input: How has Katrina changed the US?

US


Input: Has it altered your life?


Input: Has the disaster affected the way other countries view the US?

US


Input: Send us your comments using the form.


Input: Some of the better comments:


Input: "As an American, I would like to take this opportunity to tell all the 'USA and Bush Bashers' that I am appalled at the number of 'allies' that are using this disaster as their podium to spread their useless opinions.

USA

Bush


Input: What you see in New Orleans is a perfect example of the downfalls of the welfare system, a form of socialism that many in this country know is the true problem.

New Orleans


Input: You have seen the pictures.


Input: You people think it is race, but it is not.


Input: It is the welfare society that was New Orleans."

New Orleans


Input: --Paul, Atlanta, USA

Paul

Atlanta


Input: "I am frankly revolted by the response of the Bush-Bashers; "Sorry chaps, but you did have it coming..."

Bush


Input: The plain fact is that Bush has a sight more in the way of common humanity than a great many of his detractors.

Bush


Input: At least he is n't using this disaster for cheap political point-scoring."


Input: --Mac, Nottingham

Mac


Input: "I do not feel it has changed the US citizens which is what was needed, even now the majority want "Gas" despite the fact they are polluting the world more than any other country in the world and refuse to stop, perhaps this natural disaster, which let 's face it looks like a product of Global Warming, will change their views, why not pick things up with your hands and walk with your legs, other people in the world do it, "Gas" is not the be all and end all!"

US


Input: --David, Kent

David


Input: <This man has clearly never visited the US.

US


Input: Distances are not what they are in the old world.


Input: Here, cars are absolutely necessary, and he 'd have to have one, too.


Input: -Juggernaut>

Juggernaut


Input: "The US will work its way through the loss of a city and we are making progress after seven short days.

US


Input: Thank you for your concern, but Europe is still irrelevant."

Europe


Input: --John B, Windermere, Florida

John B

Windermere


Input: <John can come over to eat at my house anytime.

John


Input: -Juggernaut>

Juggernaut


Input: It is always interesting what spin the press will take.


Input: Certainly, representation of the US in other countries will have a certain depiction.

US


Input: I do n't believe that folks who believe that America is the land of opportunity will change their views from this recent news.

America


Input: I have a friend who came here from Bulgaria after winning a green card in a lottery.

Bulgaria


Input: Yes, she and her family were delighted to leave the communistic remnants in that country.


Input: Her husband became a citizen of the US just the week before last.

US


Input: (Believe it or not, it takes a minimum of 5 years to apply.)


Input: The countries which are giving to America to aid are a great example of the seed that America has sown through the years with other nations.

America

America


Input: Now to the poverty stricken and the racial issue...


Input: You know, I 've lived in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex most of my life.

Dallas

Fort Worth


Input: When not in Texas, I lived in LA and San Francisco.

Texas

LA

San Francisco


Input: There is a lot of racial diversity in all of these places... and I 've vacationed through the south... visited my folks when they lived in Mississippi, and where they live now and are in the racial minority being white (less than 20%) in northeastern Arkansas.

Mississippi

Arkansas


Input: The fact is, when I began traveling for business to New England, when I first visited my in-laws in Montana and Idaho, I was shocked at the lack of racial diversity.

New England

Montana

Idaho


Input: I did n't expect to react that way, but when I was looking around my workplace in Nashua, New Hampshire, and everyone else looked pretty much like me, it was really very eerie.

Nashua

New Hampshire


Input: So, yes, America has pockets that are more diverse than others.

America


Input: Additionally, reviewing the standings of Louisiana and Mississippi in the educational stakes, you 'll find they usually land near the bottom of a list of 50 states.

Louisiana

Mississippi


Input: Unfortunately, those left behind to be filmed, where those without transportation or means.


Input: Some refused to leave, but so many were unable to.


Input: Yes, it 's a valid reflection of America - we do have cities like this.

America


Input: However, New Orleans also had many affluent people, people who left town early as they had the means.

New Orleans


Input: I do n't know if this will change other nation 's perceptions of America.

America


Input: I suspect it will not change greatly... but you never know how much stock people put in the news.


Input: I do know that this will change the face of America.

America


Input: I expect that many of the displaced people (those affluent and those not) will remain in the places they were evacuated to.


Input: The 1.25 million people who have been housed in stadiums and convention centers across Texas will begin to populate Houston, Dallas, San Antonio and Galveston, and the surrounding areas.

Texas

Houston

Dallas

San Antonio

Galveston


Input: Sure, some will return, but I have a feeling that once many begin to get jobs and temporary housing, they may be shy about returning.


Input: I 'm interested in what America will look like in 5 years.

America


Input: Will racial diversity find its way to Wyoming as some people are offered jobs there?


Input: Or will the nearly year-round snow be too much for those who have never experienced snow in their lives?


Input: Will the housing market in Dallas begin booming like the rest of the nation has due to the influx of buyers?

Dallas


Input: Will businesses that were new in 2005 have become a household name due to their efforts in rebuilding the gulf coast?


Input: What will the federal government do to prevent inflation in the housing and building market?


Input: These are some of the things I 've been wondering...


Input: Linna


Input: Response coming soon.


Input: Your reply is good and deserves something good in return.


Input: Juggernaut


Input: Okay, I 'm new to this forum and really do n't like Bush, so my view point is slanted and I admit that.

Bush


Input: I rarely listen to the news or to what politicians or lawyers say because so many tell lies that none have credibility so what 's the point?


Input: What I know is that I have a close friend who's aunt disappeared in New Orleans.

New Orleans


Input: My friend did n't have computer capability, so I spent the day searching and posting online.


Input: The family here (California) wanted to fly any family members from there to CA, so they could remain here until things got straightened out down there.

California

CA


Input: The cousins could not be found because no one was sure of their married names.


Input: The hope was that anyone looking for the Aunt would see the family post and know that help was available.


Input: It is Oct. 6, and not one family member has been located.


Input: What I saw was dozens of school buses submerged that could have been used to evacuate people who had no transportation.


Input: What I heard was the Mayor of New Orleans, saying that he did n't order the buses or anything else to be used because he was waiting on someone else to tell him what to do.

New Orleans


Input: When common sense takes a back seat to politics and legal mumbo jumbo what have we become?


Input: Recently, Bush addressed the nation.

Bush


Input: About 30 seconds into his address, he started flogging the terrorist issue just one more time.


Input: Ironically he almost burst out laughing and it was all he could do to keep his mirth down to a barely controlled smirk.


Input: Even he ca n't believe that he is trotting out this old saw again.


Input: I guess if you have a schtick that is a resounding success once, you ca n't help but trot it out every time your act is going sour.


Input: Meanwhile, every pocket that can be lined is golden and the poor are shunted off radar yet again.


Input: The gall of it all is that Bush is stumping for more money to build more refineries, when what he should do is pour money into making the US independent of OPEC or crude oil all together.

Bush

US

OPEC


Input: We have the technology; if you are going to spend billions of dollars touting "FREEDOM" why not spend those billions making all of us free?


Input: Free of polution, free of oil dependency, and free of big business that is bleeding us dry for the short term good (theirs).


Input: I 'm sorry he makes me want to puke so I shut him off.


Input: In the meanwhile there are still broken families that should have been safe in the home of the brave.


Input: By Richard Spencer


Input: (Filed: 19/11/2004)


Input: China 's insatiable demand for energy is prompting fears of financial and diplomatic collisions around the globe as it seeks reliable supplies of oil from as far away as Brazil and Sudan.

China

Brazil

Sudan


Input: An intrusion into Japanese territorial waters by a Chinese nuclear submarine last week and a trade deal with Brazil are the latest apparently unconnected consequences of China 's soaring economic growth.

Brazil

China


Input: Increased car usage in China is creating a high demand for petrol

China


Input: The connection, however, lies in an order issued last year by President Hu Jintao to seek secure oil supplies abroad - preferably ones which could not be stopped by America in case of conflict over Taiwan.

Hu Jintao

America

Taiwan


Input: The submarine incident was put down to a "technical error" by the Chinese government, which apologised to Japan.

Japan


Input: But even before the incident the People 's Daily, the government mouthpiece, had commented that competition over the East China Sea between the two countries was "only a prelude of the game between China and Japan in the arena of international energy".

People 's Daily

East China Sea

China

Japan


Input: The Brazil trade deal included funding for a joint oil-drilling and pipeline programme at a cost that experts said would add up to three times the cost of simply buying oil on the market.

Brazil


Input: The West, however, has paid little attention to these developments.


Input: For the United States and Europe are far more concerned with the even more sensitive issues of China 's relations with "pariah states".

United States

Europe

China


Input: In September, China threatened to veto any move to impose sanctions on Sudan over the atrocities in Darfur.

China

Sudan

Darfur


Input: It has invested $3 billion in the African country 's oil industry, which supplies it with seven per cent of its needs.


Input: Then, this month, it said that it opposed moves to refer Iran 's nuclear stand-off with the International Atomic Energy Agency to the United Nations Security Council.

Iran

International Atomic Energy Agency

United Nations Security Council


Input: A week before, China 's second biggest state oil firm had signed a $70 billion deal for oilfield and natural gas development with Iran, which already supplies 13 per cent of China 's needs.

China

Iran

China


Input: China has its own reserves of oil and natural gas and once was a net oil exporter.

China


Input: But as its economy has expanded by an average of nine per cent per year for the last two decades, so has its demand for energy.


Input: This year it overtook Japan as the world 's second largest consumer of energy, behind the US.

Japan

US


Input: Its projected demand, boosted by a huge rise in car ownership as well as the need to find alternatives to polluting coal for electricity generation, has contributed to the surge in the price of oil this year.


Input: Shortages are already leading to power cuts in the big cities.


Input: Since President Hu ordered state-owned oil firms to "go abroad" to ensure supply, they have begun drilling for gas in the East China Sea, just west of the line that Japan regards as its border.

Hu

East China Sea

Japan


Input: Japan protested, to no avail, that the project should be a joint one.

Japan


Input: The two are also set to clash over Russia 's oil wealth.

Russia


Input: China is furious that Japan has outbid it in their battle to determine the route of the pipeline that Russia intends to build to the Far East.

China

Japan

Russia


Input: Japan favoured a route to the sea, enabling oil to be shipped to both Japan and China.

Japan

Japan

China


Input: China wanted an overland route through its own territory, which would give it ultimate control if hostilities broke out.

China


Input: Increasingly, analysts are saying that China 's efforts have gone beyond what is safe or even in its own interests.

China


Input: Claude Mandil, the executive director of the International Energy Agency in Paris, said the reserves in the East China Sea were hardly worth the trouble.

Claude Mandil

International Energy Agency

Paris

East China Sea


Input: "Nobody thinks that there will be a lot of oil and gas in this part of the world," he said.


Input: "It may be a difficult political issue but I do n't think the energy content is worthwhile."


Input: Eurasia Group, a New York-based firm of political analysts, said its oil experts worked out that China was paying such an inflated price for its investment in Brazil that the cost for the oil it ended up with was three times the market price.

Eurasia Group

New York

China

Brazil


Input: "If China 's economy falters, which, in my view, appears increasingly likely, then commodity prices will plummet, and with them, the value of the assets that produce them," Jason Kindopp, Eurasia 's lead China analyst, said.

China

China

Jason Kindopp

Eurasia


Input: "Beijing may end up in a early 1990s Japan situation, where it is forced to sell recently purchased overseas assets for a fraction of what it paid for them."

Beijing

Japan


Input: China 's wider aggression to secure oil and gas was the greatest threat to its international standing in the next decade.

China


Input: "Sudan is the primary example," he said.

Sudan


Input: "It marks the first time in recent years that China has promised to wield its veto power in the UN Security Council against a petition initiated by the United States and backed by France and Great Britain."

China

United States

France

Great Britain

UN Security Council


Input: US battles to save storm victims

US


Input: Watch the airlift


Input: Emergency teams in the southern US are battling to reach survivors of Hurricane Katrina, the most destructive storm to hit the country in decades.

US


Input: Hundreds of people are feared dead in Mississippi, and the Louisiana city of New Orleans is badly flooded.

Mississippi

Louisiana

New Orleans


Input: The city mayor said rescuers were unable to retrieve the dead.


Input: "They 're just pushing them aside," he said.


Input: Amid worsening conditions, officials plan to evacuate a New Orleans stadium where up to 20,000 people took shelter.

New Orleans


Input: The Superdome stadium is without power, and toilets are overflowing.

Superdome


Input: Map of central New Orleans


Input: "It 's a very, very desperate situation," Louisiana Governor Kathleen Blanco said.

Louisiana

Kathleen Blanco


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Input: One resident of New Orleans said escaping from the storm was "hell".

New Orleans


Input: "We were screaming, hollering, flashing lights.


Input: It was complete chaos," Kioka Williams told the Associated Press news agency.

Kioka Williams

Associated Press


Input: She had to hack her way through the ceiling of her beauty shop as flood waters rose in the city of half a million people - much of which lies below sea level.


Input: Flooding


Input: Walls keeping water out of the bowl-shaped city have been breached, and emergency teams are using helicopters to drop 1,350kg (3,000lb) sandbags and concrete barriers into the gaps.


Input: Before the phones went, I was told [my family in Biloxi] had lost their roof, barn, 2 oak trees and many pines and they were letting in water

Biloxi


Input: Natalie McVeigh Oakley, England

Natalie McVeigh Oakley


Input: Your Katrina experiences


Input: Blogging Katrina


Input: New Orleans mayor Ray Nagin said up to 80% of the city was submerged, in some cases by waters 6m (20ft) deep.

New Orleans

Ray Nagin


Input: He warned water levels could still rise.


Input: "Some sections of the city which are dry now could see nine or 10 feet (some 3m) of water," he said.


Input: The US Army Corps of Engineers says it could take a month to clear the flood waters, and the government 's disaster relief agency has urged evacuees not to try to get back to their homes.

US Army Corps of Engineers


Input: The BBC 's Alastair Leithead in New Orleans says there is panic as vital supplies run out.

BBC

Alastair Leithead

New Orleans


Input: Heavily armed police have been trying to impose a form of martial law to stem outbreaks of looting.


Input: While some looters are stealing non-essential goods, others are simply trying to find food and water.


Input: 'Hundreds dead'


Input: The situation appears to be even worse in Mississippi.

Mississippi


Input: "You 're going to be looking at hundreds dead along the coast," a state official said.


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Input: Casinos housed in barges have been hurled onto the beach and beyond.


Input: Tens of thousands are homeless, and officials say it could be weeks before power is restored.


Input: "I can only imagine that this is what Hiroshima looked like 60 years ago," said Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour after viewing the destruction from the air.

Mississippi

Haley Barbour


Input: Survivors are being found all the time, including two children who lost their parents.


Input: Harrison County in Mississippi bore the brunt of Hurricane Katrina as it slammed into Biloxi and Gulfport before heading inland.

Harrison County

Mississippi

Biloxi

Gulfport


Input: Mississippi media earlier reported 54 people killed in the state.

Mississippi


Input: In Biloxi, 30 people were reported dead in one block of flats which was hit by a 9m (30ft) "storm surge".

Biloxi


Input: The town 's death toll may be "in the hundreds", municipal spokesman Vincent Creel said.

Vincent Creel


Input: Mobilising


Input: Louisiana 's Governor Blanco urged residents to spend Wednesday in prayer and assured them the crisis would eventually be overcome.

Louisiana

Blanco


Input: Follow Katrina 's path


Input: The US Red Cross has mobilised thousands of volunteers for its biggest-ever natural disaster effort and federal emergency teams are being dispatched to affected areas.

US Red Cross


Input: President George W Bush, who has cut his holiday two days short, has called on Americans to donate to the Red Cross or other organisations.

George W Bush

Red Cross


Input: Damage estimates of more than $25bn suggest it could be the US insurance industry 's most expensive natural disaster ever.

US


Input: The price of crude oil on the international market hit a record $70.85 a barrel due to the vulnerability of oil and gas fields in the Gulf of Mexico.

Gulf of Mexico


Input: The US energy secretary has announced that oil will be released from government petroleum reserves.

US


Input: Return to the top


Input: Email: "Dharmadeva"<dharmad...@gmail.com>

Dharmadeva


Input: Namaskar


Input: Hi All!


Input: We now present the kaoshikii dance, which is excellent before and after yoga postures.


Input: I encourage you to do this dance, as it has tremendous positive effects.


Input: It is a dance for both males and females.


Input: Dharma


Input: Kaoshikii is a dance which was invented in 1978 by Shrii Shrii A'nandamu'rti.

Shrii Shrii A'nandamu'rti


Input: It is a psycho-spiritual exercise and benefiting the mind by developing stamina and strength.


Input: Kaoshikii is especially good for women.


Input: It can ward off and cure a number of diseases, keeps the body youthful and enables an easy delivery in childbirth.


Input: Kaoshikii comes from the Sanskrit word 'kosa' meaning shell or layer of mind.


Input: The self of the individual lies hidden in the innermost layers of existence (kosas).


Input: Thus kaoshikii is a blossoming of the microcosm (unit being) in its attempt to attain a link with the Macrocosm (Cosmic Consciousness).


Input: This attempt is normally referred to as mysticism.


Input: The Benefits


Input: Exercises all the glands and limbs from head to toes.


Input: Increases longevity.


Input: Makes for easy delivery at childbirth.


Input: The spine will become flexible.


Input: Arthritis of the spine, neck, waist and other joints will be removed.


Input: Gout in the spine, neck, hands and waist will be lost.


Input: The mind becomes strong and sharp.


Input: Irregularities in menstruation will be cured.


Input: Glandular secretions will become regulated.


Input: Troubles in the bladder and urethra will be cured.


Input: Gives control over the limbs.


Input: Adds charm and shine to the face and skin.


Input: Removes wrinkles.


Input: Removes lethargy.


Input: Cures insomnia.


Input: Cures hysteria.


Input: Fear complexes will be removed.


Input: Hopelessness will be lost.


Input: Helps in self-expression and develops one 's potentiality.


Input: Spinal pain, piles, hernia, hydrocele in men, nervous pain, nervous disability will be cured.


Input: Cures kidney and gall bladder troubles, gastric trouble, dyspepsia, acidity, dysentery, obesity and liver diseases.


Input: Increases the capacity to work until 75-80 years of age.


Input: The Dance


Input: The eighteen steps of the dance are done rhythmically.


Input: First the dancer begins in the starting position: the hands together and raised over the head.


Input: Then to the beat of "dhin, dhin,... ,ta', ta'", the dancers begin their step, placing the big toe behind the heel of the other foot.


Input: In the final two steps, the dancers firmly stamp their feet on the ground.


Input: Kaoshikii can be danced for as many rounds as you like.


Input: The Ideation


Input: When the dancers start the step with the beat of "dhin, dhin...", the mental ideation should also be kept.


Input: Here is the ideation.


Input: The two hands when upraised and folded together represent: "Now I am trying to establish a link with Parama Purus'a (Supreme Consciousness)."


Input: Bending to the right indicates: "I know the right way to request You."


Input: Bending to the left indicates: "I know how to fulfil Your demands."


Input: Bending forward suggests: "I completely surrender to You."


Input: Bending backward represents: "I am ready to face all obstacles that may come."


Input: The last two steps represent: "O Lord I repeat Your cosmic rhythm."


Input: Email: dharmad...@gmail.com


Input: Visualizations as a helpful beginning technique


Input: If you consider that you still need the assistance of other visualizations to help the mind feel the spirit of transcendence, try the following before moving onto the more formal method below.


Input: Visualisations can be as useful tools, but meditation is more than that.


Input: Meditation has to do with what is called ideation.


Input: It is always good to stick to a formal intense meditation practice like the one for beginners described in the MP3 file that follows after the visualisations.


Input: Find a comfortable place on the floor and sit with your legs crossed.


Input: Place your hands one on top of the other in your lap, keep your back straight, eyes closed and tongue on the roof of your mouth.


Input: Your breathing should be calm and relaxed, through the nose.


Input: Spend a minute or so concentrating on your breath, feeling the air flowing through your nostrils.


Input: 1. Warm Sun Visualization


Input: Continue to breathe slowly and deeply.


Input: With each breath, feel the muscles in your body becoming lighter and lighter, and also your external motor and sensory organs are feeling like they are withdrawing from the world into a special inner quietness.


Input: Imagine the tension melting away as you continue breathing rhythmically and naturally.


Input: Picture yourself sitting on a warm, tropical beach basking in the glow of the sun ... .


Input: Visualize the vivid, beautiful colours of the earth (its flowers and plants), the sea next to you, and the sky above you.


Input: Feel yourself floating above the earth and sea.


Input: As you sit above the world, the warmth of the golden sun penetrates your body and makes you feel warmer and warmer.


Input: It surrounds you.


Input: The golden rays feel soft and soothing.


Input: Now you are far above the earth - into space.


Input: Everything around you is so vast.


Input: Yet, there is warmth and a familiarity with the vastness.


Input: You want to merge your mind with the greater universal Mind that surrounds you.


Input: Continue to ideate on this intense desire for your mind to merge with the that universal Consciousness.


Input: And while doing so continue using the Baba Nam Kevalam mantra (breathe in with Baba Nam, breathe out with Kevalam).


Input: Try this for 5 to 10 minutes.


Input: Now come back to earth again - slowly.


Input: Imagine yourself sitting on the beach serenely and restfully.


Input: Your muscles are loose and limp.


Input: Feel your body sinking slightly into the sand making that earthly connection again.


Input: The sun 's rays and warmth are still with you, surrounding you.


Input: You are in a state of peace and relaxation.


Input: With each breath, watch your body and ensure that it remains relaxed - at peace.


Input: Continue to feel the warmth of the sunlight all over your body, warming you deeply and gently.


Input: You want to bring something back with you from your deep space experience where you sensed your mind merging with the universal Mind.


Input: This will be the warmth of the sun - a close reminder and link between earth and the infinite space.


Input: Visualize the inside of your body bathed in the golden light, absorbing every ray and glowing as radiantly as the sun.


Input: A warm, gentle breeze swirls around your body and relaxes you even more .


Input: Let your mind and body be totally at peace.


Input: Now feel yourself returning to where you sit ... move your hands and feet a little, stretch them.


Input: Open your eyes.


Input: 2. Mountain Visualization


Input: Another thing you can try.


Input: Imagine you 're sitting on top of a mountain, and that it 's the most peaceful place you can think of.


Input: Feel that you 're sitting there in complete peace, right on top of the world.


Input: Now imagine that infinite happiness is surrounding you in every direction.


Input: Feel you 're completely surrounded by that infinite peace and happiness.


Input: Now start to repeat within your mind the mantra: BABA NAM KEVALAM.


Input: Its meaning is "Infinite happiness is everywhere".


Input: Feel the meaning, do n't just think of its wordy meaning or try to translate from Sanskrit (BABA NAM KEVALAM) to an English meaning (Infinite peace and happiness).


Input: Think internally, intuitively, not by words, of the meaning, as you 're repeating it.


Input: This is called ideation.


Input: It is important to take the idea, not just the intellectual analysis.


Input: Touching deep into the idea is what builds intuition - it is a synthetic process.


Input: Whereas, trying to translate and grapple with wordy meanings is an intellectual mechanism - an analytical process.


Input: Feel you 're surrounded by infinite peace and happiness, and feel that your own sense of existence is in direct contact with that endless peace and happiness all around you.


Input: You can go further and feel that your unit consciousness, a dot in the Infinite Consciousness, is merging with Infinity.


Input: Continue for as long as you like, then open your eyes.


Input: OK that is fairly basic :).


Input: The important point is to develop some psycho-spiritual connection between your mind and the universal Consciousness or Supreme Consciousness.


Input: Do n't worry if you have trouble concentrating on the mantra and ideation - that 's normal.


Input: It takes some time and practice to be able to focus on the one thought.


Input: The main thing is to keep practicing.


Input: If you do n't practice, then nothing happens.


Input: Well maybe a miracle could happen, but let s face it we 're ordinary people and so require practical day to day techniques!


Input: the industry of Marriage and Kids, you heard me.


Input: Marriage is, in and of itself, a noble concept, but it too often leads to kids and kids flat out suck.


Input: How can I say such an abomination, ask you?


Input: Look around you and notice all the mind numbing trailor trash cretins out there who should not be procreating, yet they do.


Input: These are the people who keep Jerry springer on the air.

Jerry springer


Input: These are the kids who will destroy society, because of the crapfest the American family has become under the post hippie culture, you heard again.


Input: And you might think by reading this I blame the kids.....


Input: Not so, Kids are what kids are and will do what they do.


Input: It is literally monkey see and monkey do with them.


Input: That will likely never change.


Input: It 's the bad parents out there who fuck up their lives and do nt seem to understand that once you decide to have kids, it is indeed time to grow up and be a responsible role model for those kids.


Input: Very few parents do this.


Input: And this is a direct result of the Politically correct, permissive, time out granting bullshit liberal culture that has caused this.


Input: When you blame it all on society, there 's noone to to take responsibility and all of a sudden you have generation of fucked up kids who are likley smoking, drinking, doing drugs, fucking the neighbor or some internet perv just because you are too lazy to see waht they 're doing.


Input: People like this will never have my sympathy, nor do they deserve my sympathy.


Input: Look inside yourselves parents, is this you?


Input: Probably it is.


Input: Fuck you.


Input: Stop trying to pawn your brats off on others to "get a break" .


Input: You made a choice to be a mommy, you do nt get a break until they move out, that s the choice that you madea and that 's life.


Input: Tough shit.


Input: Just because you 're stuck, does nt give you the right to drag down all the singles around you.


Input: Another time I 'll segueway into all the fun work related instances where "Mommies" get out of doing work and hiding behind childcare as the reason.


Input: This is the insidious conspiracy I call "Mommism".


Input: It must be stamped out.


Input: Quebecker wins U.S. bravery award

U.S.


Input: Pittsburgh -


Input: A Quebec man was awarded a Carnegie Medal for bravery on Monday for saving two friends by fighting off a polar bear with a pocket knife two years ago on Baffin Island

Quebec


Input: Dr. Eric Fortier, 34, of Gatineau, Que., used a pocket knife to attack a polar bear on Baffin Island, just south of the Arctic Circle, to save two friends who were being mauled.

Eric Fortier

Gatineau

Que.

Baffin Island

Arctic Circle


Input: "All of the research and all of the preparation I did leading up to the trip gave no indication that there were bears in the Soper [River] valley where we were canoeing," Dr. Fortier said.

Soper [River] valley

Fortier


Input: Dr. Fortier, an orthodontist, learned there was at least one polar bear in the central region of Baffin Island in July 2001 when he felt what he thought was a dog leaning on his tent wall.

Fortier

Baffin Island


Input: "My first thought was to push it away," he said.


Input: "A few seconds later my girlfriend saw the shadow of a bear 's paw through the tent fly and then it started ripping through the ceiling."


Input: The polar bear is more dangerous than most other bears.


Input: The latter usually consider human beings a threat but the polar bear considers humans a snack, experts said.


Input: The two screamed to frighten the bear and warn their friends in a tent several metres away but the bear ripped into that tent and began mauling 31-year-old Alain Parenteau.

Alain Parenteau


Input: "Their screams changed," Dr. Fortier said.

Fortier


Input: "I grabbed my glasses and my knife and unzipped my tent and headed out."


Input: The bear dwarfed the 6-foot-1 Mr. Parenteau, knocking him to the ground, he said.

Parenteau


Input: Dr. Fortier threw a large rock at the bear, distracting it and allowing Parenteau to escape but it then turned on 25-year-old Patricia Doyon, who was in the same tent.

Fortier

Parenteau

Patricia Doyon


Input: Again Dr. Fortier threw rocks at the bear and again its target was able to escape.

Fortier


Input: "The bear gave chase and I gave chase," he said.


Input: "At some point, Patricia tripped or the bear tripped her and was at her back.

Patricia


Input: I was beside the bear 's head and I stabbed it with an upper cut below the jaw in the neck a couple of times."


Input: The bear ran off.


Input: While there was some fur and blood on the nine-centimetre blade, Dr. Fortier said he does n't think he hurt the bear badly.

Fortier


Input: Both Mr. Parenteau and Ms. Doyon, however, were bleeding badly.

Parenteau

Doyon


Input: Dr. Fortier and his girlfriend lashed two canoes together and paddled eight kilometres along the Soper River.

Fortier

Soper River


Input: Dr. Fortier travelled another three kilometres by foot to seek help in the nearest settlement.

Fortier


Input: Both Mr. Parenteau and Ms. Doyon were airlifted to a hospital and survived, though Mr. Parenteau had a gash within a centimetre of his jugular, Dr. Fortier said.

Parenteau

Doyon

Parenteau

Fortier


Input: Dr. Fortier was one of 15 people to receive the Carnegie Medal on Monday.

Fortier


Input: The bronze medal is given to people who "risk their lives to an extraordinary degree while saving or attempting to save the lives of others."


Input: The other Canadian recipient of the medal was Ronald Joseph Crawford, 42, of Hamilton, who was killed Aug. 4, 2002, while trying to defend a Hamilton sandwich shop owner from a robber wielding a knife.

Ronald Joseph Crawford

Hamilton

Hamilton


Input: Mr. Crawford threw several punches at the assailant before he was stabbed in the heart.

Crawford


Input: U.S. industrialist Andrew Carnegie started a hero fund in 1904 after being inspired by rescue stories from a mine disaster that killed 181 people.

U.S.

Andrew Carnegie


Input: The award comes with a $3,500 (U.S.) grant.

U.S.


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Input: All I say is, it works.


Input: Continue pre-fab crap.


Input: WELL GUESS WHAT!!!


Input: Within seven days, I started getting money in the mail!!


Input: I was shocked!!


Input: I figured it would end soon, but the money just kept coming in.


Input: In my first week, I made about $25.00.


Input: By the end of the second week I had made a total of more than $1000.00!!


Input: In the third week I had more than $10,000.00 and it 's still growing!!


Input: This is now my fourth week and I have made a total of $42,000.00 and it 's still coming rapidly.


Input: It 's certainly worth $6.00 and six stamps, and I have spent more than that on the lottery without ever winning!!!


Input: Let me tell you how this works and most important, why it works..........


Input: also make sure you print this out NOW, so you can get the information off of it, as you will need it.


Input: I promise you that if you follow the directions exactly that you will start making more money than you thought possible by doing something so easy!!


Input: Suggestion: Read this entire message carefully!!


Input: (Print it out or download it)


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Input: It 's legal.


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Input: IMPORTANT:


Input: This is not a rip-off, it is decent; it 's legal; and it is virtually no risk - it really works!!


Input: If all the following instructions are adhered to, you will receive extraordinary dividends.


Input: PLEASE NOTE:


Input: Please follow the directions EXACTLY, and $50,000 or more can be yours in 20 to 60 days.


Input: This program remains successful because of the honesty and integrity of the participants.


Input: Please continue its success by carefully adhering to the instructions.


Input: You will now become apart of the Mail Order business.


Input: You are in the business of developing Mailing Lists.


Input: Many large corporations are happy to pay big bucks for quality lists.


Input: However, the money made from the mailing lists is secondary to income which is made from people like you and me asking to be included in that list.


Input: Here are the four easy steps to success.


Input: STEP ONE:


Input: Get six separate pieces of paper and write the following on each piece of paper "PLEASE PUT ME ON YOUR MAILING LIST."


Input: Now get 6 U.S. $1.00 bills and place ONE inside of EACH of the six pieces of paper so the bill will not be seen through the envelope (to prevent thievery).


Input: Next, place one paper in each of the six envelopes and seal them.


Input: You now should have six sealed envelopes, each with a piece of paper stating the above phrase, your name and address, and a $1.00 bill.


Input: What you are doing is creating a service.


Input: THIS IS ABSOLUTELY LEGAL!!!!!


Input: You are requesting a legitimate service and you are paying for it!!


Input: Like most of us I was a little skeptical and little worried about the legal aspects of it all.


Input: So I checked it out with the U.S. Post Office (1-800-238-5355) and they confirmed that it is indeed legal!!


Input: Mail the six envelopes to the following addresses:


Input: 1) G. Burrows 1/264 Tor St Toowoomba QLD 4350 Australia

G. Burrows

Toowoomba

QLD


Input: 2)S Luest P.O. Box 366 Garden Grove, CA 92842 USA

S Luest

Garden Grove

CA


Input: 3) G.V. & A. Bourret 41 Broome St, #1 Brooklyn, NY 11222 USA

G.V. & A. Bourret

Brooklyn

NY


Input: 4)R. Ansems Gen. Foulkesstraat 5 4641 BW Ossendrecht Netherlands

R. Ansems

Ossendrecht


Input: 5)W. Brumbley 4632 Hilton Ave Suite # 31 Columbus, Ohio 43228

W. Brumbley

Columbus

Ohio


Input: STEP TWO:Now take the #1 name off the list that you see above, move the other names up (six becomes 5, 5 becomes 4, and etc.) and add YOUR NAME as number 6 on the list.


Input: STEP THREE:


Input: Change anything you need to but try to keep this article as close to original as possible.


Input: Now post your amended article to at least 200 news groups. :


Input: (I think there are close to 24,000 groups)


Input: All you need is 200, but remember, the more you post, the more money you make!!


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Input: If you have any doubts, refer to Title 18 Sec. 1302 & 1341 of the Postal Lottery laws.


Input: Keep a copy of these steps for yourself and whenever you need money, you can use it again, and again.


Input: PLEASE REMEMBER that this program remains successful because of the honesty and integrity of the participants and by their carefully adhering to directions.


Input: Look at it this way.


Input: If you were of integrity, the program will continue and the money that so many others have received will come your way.


Input: NOTE: You may want to retain every name and address sent to you, either on a computer or hard copy and keep the notes people send you.


Input: This VERIFIES that you are truly providing a service.


Input: (Also, it might be a good idea to wrap the $1 bill in dark paper to reduce the risk of mail theft).


Input: So, as each post is downloaded and the directions carefully followed, all members will be reimbursed for their participation as a List Developer with one dollar each.


Input: Your name will move up the list geometrically so that when your name reaches the #1 position you will be receiving thousands of dollars in CASH!!!


Input: What an opportunity for only $6.00 ( $1.00 for each of the first six people listed above)


Input: Send it now, add your own name to the list and you 're in business!!!


Input: *****DIRECTIONS FOR HOW TO POST TO NEWS GROUPS!!!*****


Input: STEP ONE: You do not need to re-type this entire letter to do your own posting.


Input: Simply put your cursor at the beginning of this letter and drag your cursor to the bottom of this document, and select 'copy' from the edit menu.


Input: This will copy the entire letter into the computer 's memory.


Input: STEP TWO:


Input: Open a blank 'notepad' file and place your cursor at the top of the blank page.


Input: From the 'edit' menu select 'paste'.


Input: This will paste a copy of the letter into the notepad so that you will add your name to the list.


Input: STEP THREE:


Input: Save your new notepad file as a text file.


Input: If you want to do your posting in different settings, you 'll always have this file to go back to.


Input: STEP FOUR:


Input: Visit message boards and post this article as a new message by highlighting the text of this letter and selecting paste from the edit menu.


Input: Fill in the subject, this will be the header that everyone sees as they scroll through the list of postings in a particular group, click the post message button.


Input: You 're done.


Input: Congratulations!!!!!!


Input: THAT 'S IT!!


Input: All you have to do, and It Really works!!!


Input: Best Wishes


Input: Email: "righter"<righ...@sonic.net>


Input: Groups: alt.animals.rights.promotion, alt.animals, alt.animals.cat, alt.animals.ethics.vegetarian, alt.animals.lion, alt.animals.tiger, alt.animals.felines.diseases, alt.animals.dog, alt.animals.horses.breeding, alt.animals.felines.snowleopards


Input: I 'm a member of a local animal rights news, and get regular emails from other members and the staff.


Input: Recently, I read an email that reported the horrific nightmare Civet Cats go through by sick losers who put them in sheds and heat the inside of the sheds up to 110 degrees with fires, so that they can periodically scrape the sweat off of their genitals and sell it to corrupt corporations who use it to prolong the scent of perfumes.


Input: The animals eventually die, which is because these demons are so GREEDY, they want as much of their "product" as they can get, instead of letting the cats go after a point, as an act of humanity, mercy, love.


Input: Below I pasted the email text, and it has a link to a website that automatically plays this song the author of the email created.


Input: It has cat 's "Meowing" for the vocals, and you might really find yourself in those furnaces, feeling and thinking those terrible feelings and thoughts that these cats do before they die.


Input: Right now, while we 're sitting at our computers enjoying the internet, those innocent, beautiful, loving cats, are dying, somewhere in this troubled world a slow, agonizing death.


Input: The main reason I wrote this post is to ask anyone reading this if they know of some way I can help put a stop to this Cat Holocaust.


Input: I am serious about doing something.


Input: If I love cats so much, why are n't I DOING something???


Input: I do n't want to appear before God on judgment day and have to explain why I did n't do anything like this in my life.

God


Input: Any suggestions would be appreciated.


Input: Here 's the text of the email:


Input: Hi there,


Input: I read the Civet Cat story from a little while ago, and tonight, when my Mom emailed me about it, I re-read it, and went to the website with the song the author of the email created.


Input: Well, sure enough, when I heard the cats "Meowing," I imagined the hellish moments these poor beautiful creatures of God were living, what went on in their tiny, sweet little minds, and decided that I want to do something about this torture.

God


Input: So, if anyone can give me some advice, I 'd sure appreciate it!


Input: I think for starters, myself and those of you who believe in God could say a special prayer for them.

God


Input: I will.


Input: I 've pasted the email for those who have n't seen or would like to re-read it.


Input: It 's also got the website where the song has been uploaded.


Input: I was thinking, that while I 'm sitting here, relaxing and enjoying myself, those poor innocent animals are being cooked to death with heat in those Holocaust-esque death chambers.


Input: And what am I DOING about it?


Input: From: Travis Job <t...@sonic.net>

Travis Job


Input: Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2004 02:39:27 -0800


Input: To: SPAR <s...@sonic.net>


Input: Subject: Civet Cats, James Rachels + a song

James Rachels


Input: This is my first time posting to the list, so I feel somewhat embarrassed by "promoting" a song I wrote, but I think it is fitting because it is directly tied to extreme animal suffering as a result of human lack of empathy, but an abundance of human greed.


Input: I 'm not sure if any of you know much about civet cats, but to brief those who might not know, I will quote James Rachels, author of World Hunger and Moral Obligation among many other animal rights-related books and articles.

James Rachels


Input: (I kind of see him to be for animal rights theory as Peter Singer is to the theory of utilitarianism applied to non-human animals).

Peter Singer


Input: The quote is from an article entitled "Vegetarianism and `The Other Weight Problem'"


Input: If anyone wants the complete article, email me, as it is a very good article which no meat-eater can read and not sense their own hypocrisy.


Input: But this is what he says about civet cats:


Input: "As an example, consider the treatment of the civet cat, a highly intelligent and sociable animal.


Input: Civet cats are trapped and placed in small cages inside darkened sheds, where the temperature is kept up to 110 F by fires.


Input: They are confined in this way until they finally die.


Input: What justifies this extraordinary mistreatment?


Input: These animals have the misfortune to produce a substance that is useful in the manufacture of perfume.


Input: Musk, which is scraped from their genitals once a day for as long as they can surv ive, makes the scent of perfume last a bit longer after each application.


Input: (The heat increases their "production" of musk.)


Input: Here Kant 's rule--"Animals are merely means to an end; that end is man"--is applied with a vengeance.

Kant


Input: To promote one of the most trivial interests we have, thousands of animals are tormented for their whole lives."


Input: This article, and specifically this piece, effected me enough to try to build a song around the topic.


Input: If anyone is interested in listening to this song, and in offering their opinion, whether it be positive or negative, I 'd appreciate it.


Input: But I also hope no one feels any obligation to download, especially if you have an internet connection as slow mine (28k).


Input: The url for the song is http://www.sonic.net/~fsjob/TragiCore-TheCivetCat.mp3


Input: Although there are no human vocals/lyrics, I think it's subject matter is audible.


Input: Again, if anyone wants to read Rachels ' entire article, let me know.

Rachels


Input: It 's also on the net.


Input: I was already a vegetarian when I read it a little more than a year ago, but it was one of the bigger factors for me in going completely vegan.


Input: I hope all are well.


Input: Farewell for now...


Input: Travis Job


Input: icq uin: 5249025


Input: "Note to Wigner: Do you think your friend could feed my cat?

Wigner


Input: Heisenberg was n't sure.

Heisenberg


Input: Thanks,


Input: --Shrodinger"

Shrodinger


Input: .: GO VEGAN :.


Input: By Graydon Carter (excepted from "What We 've Lost", published by Little Brown)

Graydon Carter

Little Brown


Input: 68.4 - Average Number of species added to the Endangered and Threatened Species list each year between 1991 and 2000.


Input: 0 - Number of endangered species voluntarily added by the Bush administration since taking office.

Bush


Input: 408 - Number of species that could be extinct by 2050 if the global-warming trend continues.


Input: 0 - Number of times Bush mentioned global warming, clean air, clean water, pollution or environment in his 2004 State of the Union speech.

Bush


Input: His father was the last president to go through an entire State of the Union address without mentioning the environment.


Input: 1 - Number of paragraphs devoted to global warming in the EPA 's 600-page "Draft Report on the Environment" presented in 2003.

EPA


Input: 68 - Number of days after taking office that Bush decided Not to ratify the Kyoto Protocol, the international treaty to reduce greenhouse gases by roughly 5.2 per cent below 1990 levels by 2012.

Bush


Input: The United States was to cut its level by 7 per cent.

United States


Input: 1 The rank of the United States worldwide in terms of greenhouse gas emissions.

United States


Input: 25 - Percentage of overall worldwide carbon dioxide emissions the United States is responsible for.

United States


Input: 53 - Number of days after taking office that Bush reneged on his campaign promise to regulate carbon dioxide emissions from power plants.

Bush


Input: 14 - Percentage carbon dioxide emissions will increase over the next 10 years under Bush 's own global-warming plan (an increase of 30 per cent above their 1990 levels).

Bush


Input: 5 - Number of years the Bush administration said in 2003 that global warming must be further studied before substantive action could be taken.

Bush


Input: $44m- Amount the Bush-Cheney 2000 campaign and the Republican National Committee received in contributions from the fossil fuel, chemical, timber, and mining industries.

Bush

Cheney

Republican National Committee


Input: 200 - Number of regulation rollbacks downgrading or weakening environmental laws in Bush 's first three years in office.

Bush


Input: 31 - Number of Bush administration appointees who are alumni of the energy industry (includes four cabinet secretaries, the six most powerful White House officials, and more than 20 other high-level appointees).

Bush

White House


Input: 50= Approximate number of policy changes and regulation rollbacks injurious to the environment that have been announced by the Bush administration on Fridays after 5pm, a time that makes it all but impossible for news organisations to relay the information to the widest possible audience.

Bush


Input: 50 - Percentage decline in Environmental Protection Agency enforcement actions against polluters under Bush 's watch.

Environmental Protection Agency

Bush


Input: 34 - Percentage decline in criminal penalties for environmental crimes since Bush took office.

Bush


Input: 50 - Percentage decline in civil penalties for environmental crimes since Bush took office.

Bush


Input: $6.1m - Amount the EPA historically valued each human life when conducting economic analyses of proposed regulations.

EPA


Input: $3.7m - Amount the EPA valued each human life when conducting analyses of proposed regulations during the Bush administration.

EPA

Bush


Input: 62 - Number of members of Cheney 's 63-person Energy Task Force with ties to corporate energy interests.

Cheney

Energy Task Force


Input: 0 - Number of environmentalists asked to attend Cheney 's Energy Task Force meetings.

Cheney

Energy Task Force


Input: 6 - Number of months before 11 September that Cheney 's Energy Task Force investigated Iraq 's oil reserves.

Cheney

Energy Task Force

Iraq


Input: 2 - Percentage of the world 's population that is British.


Input: 2 - Percentage of the world 's oil used by Britain.

Britain


Input: 5 - Percentage of the world 's population that is American.


Input: 25 - Percentage of the world 's oil used by America.

America


Input: 63 - Percentage of oil the United States imported in 2003, a record high.

United States


Input: 24,000 - Estimated number of premature deaths that will occur under Bush 's Clear Skies initiative.

Bush


Input: 300 - Number of Clean Water Act violations by the mountaintop-mining industry in 2003.


Input: 750,000 - Tons of toxic waste the US military, the world 's biggest polluter, generates around the world each year.

US military


Input: $3.8bn - Amount in the Superfund trust fund for toxic site clean-ups in 1995, the Year "polluter pays" fees expired.


Input: $0 - Amount of uncommitted dollars in the Superfund trust fund for toxic site clean-ups in 2003.


Input: 270 - Estimated number of court decisions citing federal Negligence in endangered-species protection that remained unheeded during the first year of the Bush administration.

Bush


Input: 100 - Percentage of those decisions that Bush then decided to allow the government to ignore indefinitely.

Bush


Input: 50- Percentage of screened workers at Ground Zero who now suffer from long-term health problems, almost half of whom do n't have health insurance.

Ground Zero


Input: 78 - Percentage of workers at Ground Zero who now suffer from lung ailments.

Ground Zero


Input: 88 - Percentage of workers at Ground Zero who Now suffer from ear, nose, or throat problems.

Ground Zero


Input: 22 - Asbestos levels at Ground Zero were 22 times higher than the levels in Libby, Montana, where the W R Grace mine produced one of the worst Superfund disasters in US history.

Ground Zero

Libby

Montana

W R Grace mine

US


Input: 1 - Number of Bush administration public statements on National security issued between 20 January 2001 and 10 September 2001 that mentioned al-Qa'ida.

Bush

al-Qa'ida


Input: 104 - Number of Bush administration public statements on National security and defense in the same period that mentioned Iraq or Saddam Hussein.

Bush

Saddam Hussein

Iraq


Input: 101 - Number of Bush administration public statements on National security and defense in the same period that mentioned missile defence.

Bush


Input: 65 - Number of Bush administration public statements on National security and defense in the same period that mentioned weapons of mass destruction.

Bush


Input: 0 - Number of times Bush mentioned Osama bin Laden in his three State of the Union addresses.

Bush

Osama bin Laden


Input: 73 - Number of times that Bush mentioned terrorism or terrorists in his three State of the Union addresses.

Bush


Input: 83 - Number of times Bush mentioned Saddam, Iraq, or regime (as in change) in his three State of the Union addresses.

Bush

Saddam

Iraq


Input: $1m - Estimated value of a painting the Bush Presidential Library in College Station, Texas, received from Prince Bandar, Saudi Arabia 's ambassador to the United States and Bush family friend.

Bush

Bandar

Bush

Presidential Library

College Station

Texas

Saudi Arabia

United States


Input: 0 - Number of times Bush mentioned Saudi Arabia in his three State of the Union addresses.

Bush

Saudi Arabia


Input: 1,700- Percentage increase between 2001 and 2002 of Saudi Arabian spending on public relations in the United States.

United States


Input: 79 - Percentage of the 11 September hijackers who came from Saudi Arabia.

Saudi Arabia


Input: 3 = Number of 11 September hijackers whose entry visas came through special US-Saudi "Visa Express" programme.

US


Input: 140 - Number of Saudis, including members of the Bin Laden family, evacuated from United States almost immediately after 11 September.

Bin Laden

United States


Input: 14 - Number of Immigration and Naturalisation Service (INS) agents assigned to track down 1,200 known illegal immigrants in the United States from countries where al-Qa'ida is active.

Immigration and Naturalisation Service

INS

al-Qa'ida

United States


Input: $3m - Amount the White House was willing to grant the 9/11 Commission to investigate the 11 September attacks.

White House


Input: $0 - Amount approved by George Bush to hire more INS special agents.

George

Bush

INS


Input: $10m- Amount Bush cut from the INS 's existing terrorism budget.

Bush

INS


Input: $50m - Amount granted to the commission that looked into the Columbia space shuttle crash.


Input: $5m - Amount a 1996 federal commission was given to study legalised gambling.


Input: 7 - Number of Arabic linguists fired by the US army between mid-August and mid-October 2002 for being gay.

US army


Input: George Bush: Military man

George

Bush


Input: 1972 - Year that Bush walked away from his pilot duties in the Texas National Guard, Nearly two years before his six-year obligation was up.

Bush

Texas National Guard


Input: $3,500 - Reward a group of veterans offered in 2000 for anyone who could confirm Bush 's Alabama guard service.

Bush

Alabama


Input: 600-700 - Number of guardsmen who were in Bush 's unit during that period.

Bush


Input: 0 - Number of guardsmen from that period who came forward with information about Bush 's guard service.

Bush


Input: 0 - Number of minutes that President Bush, Vice-President Dick Cheney, the Defence Secretary, Donald Rumsfeld, the assistant Defence Secretary, Paul Wolfowitz, the former chairman of the Defence Policy Board, Richard Perle, and the White House Chief of Staff, Karl Rove - the main proponents of the war in Iraq -served in combat (combined).

Bush

Dick

Cheney

Donald Rumsfeld

Paul Wolfowitz

Richard Perle

Karl Rove

White House

Iraq


Input: 0 - Number of principal civilian or Pentagon staff members who planned the war who have immediate family members serving in uniform in Iraq.

Pentagon

Iraq


Input: 8 - Number of members of the US Senate and House of Representatives who have a child serving in the military.

US Senate

House of Representatives


Input: 10 - Number of days that the Pentagon spent investigating a soldier who had called the President "a joke" in a letter to the editor of a Newspaper.

Pentagon


Input: 46 - Percentage increase in sales between 2001 and 2002 of GI Joe figures (children 's toys).


Input: Ambitious warrior


Input: 2 - Number of Nations that George Bush has attacked and taken over since coming into office.

George

Bush


Input: 130 - Approximate Number of countries (out of a total of 191 recognised by the United Nations) with a US military presence.

United Nations

US military


Input: 43 - Percentage of the entire world 's military spending that the US spends on defence.

US


Input: (That was in 2002, the year before the invasion of Iraq.)

Iraq


Input: $401.3b - Proposed military budget for 2004.


Input: Saviour of Iraq


Input: 1983 - The year in which Donald Rumsfeld, Ronald Reagan 's special envoy to the Middle East, gave Saddam Hussein a pair of golden spurs as a gift.

Donald Rumsfeld

Ronald Reagan

Saddam Hussein

Middle East


Input: 2.5 - Number of hours after Rumsfeld learnt that Osama bin Laden was a suspect in the 11 September attacks that he brought up reasons to "hit" Iraq.

Rumsfeld

Osama bin Laden

Iraq


Input: 237 - Minimum number of misleading statements on Iraq made by top Bush administration officials between 2002 and January 2004, according to the California Representative Henry Waxman.

Iraq

California

Bush

Henry Waxman


Input: 10m - Estimated number of people worldwide who took to the streets on 21 February 2003, in opposition to the invasion of Iraq, the largest simultaneous protest in world history.

Iraq


Input: $2b - Estimated monthly cost of US military presence in Iraq projected by the White House in April 2003.

US military

White House

Iraq


Input: $4b - Actual monthly cost of the US military presence in Iraq according to Secretary of Defence Rumsfeld in 2004.

US military

Iraq

Rumsfeld


Input: $15m - Amount of a contract awarded to an American firm to build a cement factory in Iraq.

Iraq


Input: $80,000 - Amount an Iraqi firm spent (using Saddam 's confiscated funds) to build the same factory, after delays prevented the American firm from starting it.

Saddam


Input: 2000 - Year that Cheney said his policy as CEO of Halliburton oil services company was "we would n't do anything in Iraq".

Cheney

Halliburton

Iraq


Input: $4.7b - Total value of contracts awarded to Halliburton in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Halliburton

Iraq

Afghanistan


Input: $680m - Estimated value of Iraq reconstruction contracts awarded to Bechtel.

Iraq

Bechtel


Input: $2.8b - Value of Bechtel Corp contracts in Iraq.

Bechtel Corp

Iraq


Input: $120b - Amount the war and its aftermath are projected to cost for the 2004 fiscal year.


Input: 35 - Number of countries to which the United States suspended military assistance after they failed to sign agreements giving Americans immunity from prosecution before the International Criminal Court.

United States

International Criminal Court


Input: 92 - Percentage of Iraq 's urban areas with access to potable water in late 2002.

Iraq


Input: 60 - Percentage of Iraq 's urban areas with access to potable water in late 2003.

Iraq


Input: 55 - Percentage of the Iraqi workforce who were unemployed before the war.


Input: 80 - Percentage of the Iraqi workforce who are unemployed a Year after the war.


Input: 0 - Number of American combat deaths in Germany after the Nazi surrender in May 1945.

Germany


Input: 37 - Death toll of US soldiers in Iraq in May 2003, the month combat operations "officially" ended.

US

Iraq


Input: 0 - Number of coffins of dead soldiers returning home that the Bush administration has permitted to be photographed.

Bush


Input: 0 - Number of memorial services for the returned dead that Bush has attended since the beginning of the war.

Bush


Input: A soldier 's best friend


Input: 40,000 - Number of soldiers in Iraq seven months after start of the war still without Interceptor vests, designed to stop a round from an AK-47.

Iraq


Input: $60m - Estimated cost of outfitting those 40,000 soldiers with Interceptor vests.


Input: 62 - Percentage of gas masks that army investigators discovered did Not work properly in autumn 2002.


Input: 90 - Percentage of detectors which give early warning of a biological weapons attack found to be defective.


Input: 87 - Percentage of Humvees in Iraq not equipped with armour capable of stopping AK-47 rounds and protecting against roadside bombs and landmines at the end of 2003.

Iraq


Input: Making the country safer


Input: $3.29- Average amount allocated per person Nationwide in the first round of homeland security grants.


Input: $94.40 - Amount allocated per person for homeland security in American Samoa.

American Samoa


Input: $36 - Amount allocated per person for homeland security in Wyoming, Vice-President Cheney 's home state.

Wyoming

Cheney


Input: $17 - Amount allocated per person in New York state.

New York


Input: $5.87 - Amount allocated per person in New York City.

New York City


Input: $77.92 - Amount allocated per person in New Haven, Connecticut, home of Yale University, Bush 's alma mater.

New Haven

Connecticut

Yale University

Bush