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That is truly unbelievable. He must have been way nervous.

Is Melwood sponsoring your vacation?

NBC did a story about this in March. This issue seems to gaining interest, but the Pentagon already admitted the mistake and fixed the problem. ************************************************ The Department of Defense admitted in a letter obtained by NBC News on that it had wrongly added peaceful demonstrators to a database of possible domestic terrorist threats. The letter followed an NBC report focusing on the Defense Department’s Threat and Local Observation Notice, or TALON, report. Acting Deputy Undersecretary of Defense Roger W. Rogalski's letter came in reply to a memo from Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., who had demanded answers about the process of identifying domestic protesters as suspicious and removing their names when they are wrongly listed. The recent review of the TALON Reporting System ... identified a small number of reports that did not meet the TALON reporting criteria. Those reports dealt with domestic anti-military protests or demonstrations potentially impacting DoD facilities or personnel,” Rogalski wrote on Wednesday. While the information was of value to military commanders, it should not have been retained in the Cornerstone database. Threats directed against Defense Department In 2003, the Defense Department directed a little-known agency, Counterintelligence Field Activity (CIFA), to establish and maintain a domestic law enforcement database that includes information related to potential terrorist threats directed against the Department of Defense. Then-Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz also established TALON at that time. The original NBC News report, from December, focused on a secret 400-page Defense Department document listing more than 1,500 “suspicious incidents” across the country over a 10-month period. One such incident was a small group of activists meeting in a Quaker Meeting House in Lake Worth, Fla., to plan a protest against military recruiting at local high schools. In his Wednesday letter, Rogalski said such anomalies in the TALON database had been removed. "They did not pertain to potential foreign terrorist activity and thus should never have been entered into the Cornerstone database. These reports have since been removed from the Cornerstone database and refresher training on intelligence oversight and database management is being given,” Rogalski wrote. Rogalski said only 43 names were improperly added to the database, and those were from protest-related reports such as the Quaker meeting in Florida. 'All reports concerning protest activities have been purged,' the letter said. Track Back http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11751418/

Can you tell us more about 'Children's education in China.'

Can you explain this? Thanks. Proposed Fiscal 2007 Revenue Actions by Type of Revenue and Net Increase or Decrease* (Millions) Maryland -13.3 Personal Income, -14.0 Other Taxes, -27.3 Total Virginia 380.7 Sales, 250.1 Other Taxes, 147.4 Fees, 778.2 Total

That is my point. We as a Nation cannot afford to have our large corporations stumble. We are at economic war with the world. For every American corporation there is a foreign one waiting to control the market. I am Red, White, and Blue when it comes to that.

Verizon Service Request ID 411193602 Mrs. Allgood from Verizon Natural Return department. This department is focused on bringing back old customers that have changed to another carrier. In addition, Verizon Natural Return helps people that want to switch carriers. Verizon Natural Return department gets email orders of work that they need to do to switch the customer. On June 8, the Verizon Natural Return department received an email order from Verizon Customer Service that Carmen Wilbur's phone number was activated with Comcast. Allgood, stated that Carmen Wilbur had been slammed by Comcast. This is noted on the Customer Service ticket. The Verizon Natural Return Department researched and found that currently Carmen Wilbur's phone line is inactive. Verizon Customer Service recieved an order from Comcast to switch the number on May 30, 2006 from National Marketing Center. (NMC) Based in Tucson, Arizona, the National Marketing Center is a wholesale customer lead generator that works on behalf of Verizon and Comcast. The NMC is responsible for end-to-end service delivery for all Verizon Wholesale Local products. The National Marketing Center is 1-800-684-9012. Comcast Customer Care. Mrs. Allgood's telephone number is 804-235-5597

Here is some feedback I have been receiving to give you some ideas: From the feedback, I am seeing that our content is way to buried for people and search engines to notice. I will start looking into that.

Mayor Anthony A. Williams today repeated his position that the proposed parking garage near the new ballpark in Southeast should be underground or built in such a way that permits development around it. The mayor told reporters that building a 1,200-space parking garage underground before the ballpark’s 2008 opening is feasible, economical and aesthetically desirable. He also noted that the nine DC Council members who voted in favor of the baseball project earlier this year all endorsed setting the parking underneath development. Mayor Williams said that he has asked Steve Goldsmith, the chairman of the Anacostia Waterfront Corporation and the leader of a task force that’s working to steer the project to completion, to press for underground parking to benefit the District’s long-term interests. “I strongly believe that it’s in the best long-term interest of the District to put these parking spaces underground, not above-ground as is frequently done in the suburbs,” said Mayor Williams. “It will serve the ballpark as well as the surrounding community for us to place this parking garage below ground so that we can build a productive mix of affordable housing, office, retail or residential development on top of the project. If we put the cars underground, as we do throughout most of the city, the District will reap more long-term benefits and millions of dollars in tax revenue. I want to encourage everyone involved in the undertaking to keep their eye on the big picture; we aren’t just building a stadium. We are creating a healthy cluster of development that will raise the standard of living for all our residents, reshape both sides of the Anacostia River and help make our city a livable and walkable place for the next 100 years. We should not sacrifice that vision for short-term gains.”

I have no problems with advertising at all. I actually endorse it. But, the problem I have is putting barrier on sharing information. I want to be able to search for a real movie or restaurant review that someone took the time to share with everyone than a paid infomercial anyday. I think that is why people are embracing MySpace.com like its the next Google. In addition, the amount of information you will find will be limited to whether the barrier accepts it or not.

Now that is pretty clever. Has anyone seen the movie?

I am getting email warnings that Internet Service Providers are going to start charging web sites money to access to their subscribers. Their reason is a rising bandwidth costs to access the internet. What does this mean? Verizon, Comcast, AOL, and other Networks will start reducing the possibility for innovation and freedom of choice. Seed companies will have very little time to fine tune their business model. In addition, business will start focusing away from the American consumer market. This has the ramifications of deflating our wealthy economy. We have to maintain a complete open market to sustain the lifestyle many countries covet. Please pass this message along and voice your comments on this topic.

Hi everyone, Raise your glass to conservation and join 2,000 young professionals from the D.C. area at FONZ’s second annual beer-tasting event, “Brew at the Zoo.” Enjoy handcrafted beers from a wide variety of local and European breweries, including Clipper City Brewing Company, Dogfish Head Craft Brewery, Hook & Ladder Brewing Company, and Wild Goose Brewery. Area restaurants, such as Chef Geoff’s, District Chophouse, Extra Virgin, and Mie N Yu, will provide hors d’oeuvres. Guests can also enjoy live music performed by a local band. Tickets are $35 for FONZ members and $50 for nonmembers. Proceeds benefit the Zoo’s Asian elephant conservation program. For tickets or more information, members of the public can visit FONZ online at www.fonz.org/afterhours.htm or call FONZ at (202) 633-3026.

I do not know if the last post was a representative of Ford or not, but it looks like the company is thinking about electric cars. But, from what I have read is they pulled the plug on the electric car project. Partial pun intended.

In the most comprehensive survey ever undertaken of the massive ice sheets covering both Greenland and Antarctica, NASA scientists confirm climate warming is changing how much water remains locked in Earth's largest storehouse of ice and snow. Other recent studies have shown increasing losses of ice in parts of these sheets. This new survey is the first to inventory the losses of ice and the addition of new snow on both in a consistent and comprehensive way throughout an entire decade. The survey shows that there was a net loss of ice from the combined polar ice sheets between 1992 and 2002 and a corresponding rise in sea level. The survey documents for the first time extensive thinning of the West Antarctic ice shelves and an increase in snowfall in the interior of Greenland, as well as thinning at the edges. All are signs of a warming climate predicted by computer models. The survey, published in the Journal of Glaciology, combines new satellite mapping of the height of the ice sheets from two European Space Agency satellites. It also used previous NASA airborne mapping of the edges of the Greenland ice sheets to determine how fast the thickness is changing. In Greenland, the survey saw large ice losses along the southeastern coast and a large increase in ice thickness at higher elevations in the interior due to relatively high rates of snowfall. This study suggests there was a slight gain in the total mass of frozen water in the ice sheet over the decade studied, contrary to previous assessments. This situation may have changed in just the past few years, according to lead author Jay Zwally of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. Last month NASA scientists at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., reported a speed up of ice flow into the sea from several Greenland glaciers. That study included observations through 2005; Zwally's survey concluded with 2002 data. When the scientists added up the overall gains and losses of ice from the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets, there was a net loss of ice to the sea. The amount of water added to the oceans (20 billion tons) is equivalent to the total amount of freshwater used in homes, businesses and farming in New York, New Jersey and Virginia each year. "The study indicates that the contribution of the ice sheets to recent sea-level rise during the decade studied was much smaller than expected, just two percent of the recent increase of nearly three millimeters a year," says Zwally. "Continuing research using NASA satellites and other data will narrow the uncertainties in this important issue." NASA is continuing to monitor the polar ice sheets with the Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite (ICESat), launched in January 2003. ICESat uses a laser beam to measure the elevation of ice sheets with unprecedented accuracy three times a year. The first comprehensive ice sheet survey conducted by ICESat is expected early next year, said Zwally, who is the mission's project scientist. http://icesat.gsfc.nasa.gov/index.html

http://www.evolutionofdance.com/ Judson Laipply is the creator and performer of “The Evolution of Dance”. Take 6 minutes to watch this one! Remember how many of these you have done!

A friend of mine sent me this and I just had to post it. I must warn you that these pictures will hurt your ribs from laughing.

AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH is Gore's argument that we can no longer afford to view global warming as a political issue - rather, it is the biggest moral challenges facing our global civilization. You can watch the video trailer and see what I am talking about. www.climatecrisis.net

From Monday, July 10 to Saturday, July 15, breakdancers from France and Brazil headline a dynamic lineup determined to reinvent American theatre and dance and engage DC urbanites in the nation’s capital at the 6th Annual DC Hip-Hop Theater Festival, a production of the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities and the Hip-Hop Theater Festival. The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Studio Theater and Woodrow Wilson Plaza will be the main venues for performances. The free festival will showcase the dynamic brand of contemporary art, music, theater, dance and poetry being crafted by members of the hip-hop generation. The festival is free and open to the public. “The festival’s performers are exciting and keep people coming back,” says Anthony Gittens, Executive Director of the DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities. “These young artists are willing to break from the norm and in doing so have developed an art form that is wholly unique.” WHAT: Free festival of art, music, theater, dance, poetry and film inspired by hip-hop. WHO: Niels "Storm" Robitzky from France Frank Ejara from Brazil John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Terrace Theater DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities Hip-Hop Theater Festival of New York City WHEN: Monday, July 10 - Saturday, July 15 Opening night is July 10 at 6 pm at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Showtimes vary throughout the week. WHERE: The festival opens at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts at 6 pm. The rest of the performance locations vary throughout the week based on each show. The nearest Metro to the Kennedy Center is Foggy Bottom; there is a free shuttle bus.

I dig 'Groove with you'. I mixed with 'Summertime Feeling' at a party.

There is a really good italian barber shop in north Dupont. I will see if I can get an address for you.

I got an email to locate the state birds. So here they are. If you have any more info please add to the list. Alabama Yellowhammer aka Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus Alaska Willow Ptarmigan Lagopus lagopus Arizona Cactus Wren Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus Arkansas Mockingbird aka Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos California California Quail Callipepla californica Colorado Lark Bunting Calamospiza melanocorys Connecticut American Robin Turdus migratorius Delaware Blue Hen Chicken Gallus gallus Florida Mockingbird Georgia Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum Hawaii Nēnē or Hawaiian Goose Branta sandvicensis Idaho Mountain Bluebird Sialia currucoides Illinois Cardinal aka Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis Indiana Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis Iowa Eastern Goldfinch aka American Goldfinch Carduelis tristis Kansas Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta Kentucky Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis Louisiana Eastern Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis Maine Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapilla Maryland Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula Massachusetts Black-capped Chickadee Michigan American Robin Turdus migratorius Minnesota Common Loon Gavia immer Mississippi Mockingbird Missouri Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis Montana Western Meadowlark Nebraska Western Meadowlark Nevada Mountain Bluebird Sialia currucoides New Hampshire Purple Finch Carpodacus purpureus New Jersey Eastern Goldfinch New Mexico Roadrunner aka Greater Roadrunner Geococcyx californianus New York Bluebird North Carolina Cardinal North Dakota Western Meadowlark Ohio Cardinal Oklahoma Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus Oklahoma (game bird) Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo Oregon Western Meadowlark Pennsylvania Ruffed Grouse Bonasa umbellus Rhode Island Rhode Island Red Chicken Gallus gallus South Carolina Carolina Wren Wild Turkey (state game bird) Thryothorus ludovicianus Meleagris gallopavo South Dakota Ring-necked Pheasant aka Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Tennessee Mockingbird Texas Mockingbird Utah California Gull Larus californicus Vermont Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus Virginia Cardinal Washington Willow Goldfinch aka American Goldfinch Carduelis tristis West Virginia Cardinal Wisconsin Robin Wyoming Western Meadowlark

I have been reading Matt Cutts, Google's chief search engineer's blog and here is what is being said.

I just received this report. I have not had a chance to validate:

Click on this link and watch an endless loop of photos. You can zoom in one photo to see another. http://interact10ways.com/usa/information_interactive.htm