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thanks stella, I thought that they could permanently stop trading during this halt, if they found probably cause
thanks again
isn't it possible that it will not trade again if the SEC prevails
Rufus just guaranteed to pay all investor $15.00 a share if this does not trade again
My God, Rufus really is making a fool of himself
The replay is on sub penny NOW, this is great
Cowboys assistant suing McDonald's
Files $1.7M suit for finding a dead rat in salad in June
Posted: Thursday October 26, 2006 9:43PM; Updated: Thursday October 26, 2006 11:29PM
Cowboys assistant Todd Haley has filed a $1.7 million suit against fast-food giant McDonald's.
DALLAS (AP) -- Dallas Cowboys passing game coordinator Todd Haley is suing a suburban McDonald's after claiming his wife and their family's au pair found a dead rat in their salad.
The lawsuit filed Thursday in state district court seeks $1.7 million in damages, The Dallas Morning News reported on its Web site.
In addition to Haley, who got in a well-publicized shouting match with Terrell Owens earlier this month, the suit was also filed on behalf of his wife Christine and the family's live-in babysitter, Kathryn Kelley.
The dead rodent, believed to be a juvenile roof rat, was about 6 inches long and was found on its back with its mouth opened, Scott Casterline, a spokesman for the family, told The Associated Press.
He said the women didn't find the rat until taking the salad home to eat, and that a manager from the McDonald's "didn't offer any comfort" after driving to their house to see the rodent. The suit was filed after the restaurant didn't follow through on promises "to make things right," he said.
"The family needs closure," Casterline told The Associated Press. "It came to a point where you have to draw a line."
A message left for McDonald's Corp. spokesman Walt Riker on Thursday evening was not immediately returned. Ken Lobato, owner-operator of the McDonald's in Southlake, told the newspaper that he hadn't seen the suit and couldn't respond.
"Nothing is more important to us than the safety and well-being of our customers," he said. "We maintain the strictest quality standards. We take these matters seriously and are conducting a full investigation to get all the facts.
"In my years as an owner-operator, I've never seen anything like this."
According to the lawsuit, Christine Haley and Kelley had eaten part of the salad purchased June 5 before the dead rodent was uncovered.
The women became violently ill and endured long-lasting physical injuries, the lawsuit said. Chritine Haley, who was nursing, states she had to feed her baby with formula.
In the Cowboys' loss against Philadelphia on Oct. 8, Owens was seen screaming at Haley on the sideline. Owens later said his relationship with Haley was ruined, but then said after his three-touchdown game against the Texans on Oct. 15 that there was mutual respect between the two.
Lets talk to Matt and have Paul rufus Harris Un-jailed so he post here..........
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION,
V.
CONVERSION SOLUTIONS HOLDING
CORPORATION and RUFUS PAUL HARRIS
a/k/a PAUL RUFUS HARRIS,
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE, TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER, ORDER PROHIBITING DESTRUCTION OF DOCUMENTS AND ORDER EXPEDITING DISCOVERY
Upon the Motion of the Securities and Exchange Commission ("Commission"), upon the Certification of the Commission submitted pursuant to Rule 6S(b) and (d) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, and upon the Complaint in this action and supporting documents relied on and submitted therewith, and it appearing from the allegations set forth in the papers submitted by the Commission that the defendants Conversion Solutions Holdings Corp . ("Conversion") and Rufus
Paul Harris a/k/a Paul Rufus Harris ("Harris") (collectively "defendants") pending final determination of this action may, unless restrained, continue to engage in acts and practices which constitute violations of Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act [15 U.S.C. § 78m(a)], and Rules 12b-20, 13a-1 and 13a-11 promulgated thereunder [17 C .F .R. §§ 240.1Ob-5, 240 .12b-20, 240 .13a-1 and 240.13 a-11 ], and that defendant Harris may, unless restrained, continue to engage in acts and practices which constitute violations of Exchange Act Rule 13a-14 [17 C.F.R. § 240.13a-14], and may continue to aid and abet violations of Section13(a) of the Exchange Act [15 U.S .C . § 78m(a)], and Rules 12b-20,13a-1 and 13a-11 promulgated thereunder, and that immediate discovery is necessary, and it appearing that adequate grounds exist for the issuance of this Order .
I.
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that defendants show cause, if any there be, before Judge Cooper of this Court, at 9:30a.m. on the 7th day of November, 2006, in Courtroom 1701 of the United States Courthouse, Richard B . Russell Federal Building, 75 Spring St ., S.W., Atlanta, GA 30303-3361 or as soon thereafter as the matter can be heard, why a Preliminary Injunction pursuant to Rule 65 of the Case 1:06-cv-02568-CC Document 4 Filed 10/26/2006 Page 2 of 8 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure should not be granted, as requested by the Commission.
II.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Commission may take expedited discovery as follows :
A. The Commission may take depositions upon oral examination subject to three days notice prior to expiration of 30 days after service of the Summons and Complaint upon defendant, pursuant to Rule 30(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure ;
B . Pursuant to Rule 33(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, the defendants shall answer all plaintiffs interrogatories within three days of service of such interrogatories ;
C. Pursuant to Rule 34 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, upon request of the Commission, the defendants shall produce all documents within three days of service of such request;
D. Pursuant to Rule 36(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, the defendants shall answer all of plaintiff s requests for admissions within three days of service of such request; and
E. All written responses to the Commission's requests for discovery under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure shall be delivered to the Commission at 3475 Lenox Road N .E., Suite 1000, Atlanta, Georgia 30326-1232, or such other place as counsel for the Commission may direct, by the most expeditious means available .
III.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that, pending determination of the Motion for Preliminary Injunction, defendants and their agents, servants, employees, attorneys and those persons in active concert or participation with him, who receive actual notice of this Order, by personal service or otherwise, and each of them, in connection with the purchase or sale of securities, by use of any means or instrumentalities of interstate commerce, or by the mails or any facility of any national securities exchange, be, and they hereby are, restrained from, directly or indirectly:
(1) employing any device, scheme or artifice to defraud ;
(2) engaging in any act, practice or course of business which operates or
would operate as a fraud or deceit upon any person; or
(3) making any untrue statement of a material fact or omitting to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, in violation of Section 10(b) of the Exchange Act, 15 U .S.C. 78j(b), and Rule 10b-
5, 17 C.F.R. 240 .1Ob-5, thereunder.
IV.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that, pending determination of the Motion for Preliminary Injunction, defendant Conversion, its agents, servants, employees, and attorneys, and those persons in active concert or participation with them who receive actual notice of this Order, by personal service or otherwise, and each of them, be and hereby are enjoined and restrained from violating, and defendant Harris, his agents, servants, employees, and attorneys, and those persons in active concert or participation with them who receive actual notice of this Order, by personal service or otherwise, and each of them, are restrained and enjoined from aiding and abetting violations of, Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act [15 U .S .C. §78m(a)] and Rules 12b-20, 13a-1 and 13a-11 thereunder [17 C .F.R. §§ 240 .12b-20, 240 .13a-1 and 240 .13a-11], by :
1 . filing any materially untrue, incorrect, false or misleading annual report of any issuer with a security registered pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act [15 U .S.C. § 781] or any issuer which is required to file reports pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act HIS U.S .C . § 78o(d)] ;
2. filing any materially untrue, incorrect, false or misleading current report of any issuer with a security registered pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act [15 U .S .C. § 781] or any issuer which is required to file reports pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act [ 15 U.S.C. § 78o(d)] ; or
3 . failing, in addition to information expressly required to be included in statements or reports filed with the Commission, to add such further material information, if any, as may be necessary to make required statements, in light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading.
V.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that, pending determination of the Motion for Preliminary Injunction, defendant Harris, and his agents, servants, employees, and attorneys, and those persons in active concert or participation with them who receive actual notice of this Order, by personal service or otherwise, and each of them, be and hereby are enjoined and restrained from violating Exchange Act Rule 13a-14 [17 C .F.R. § 240 .13 a- 14], by certifying falsely, on any certification required by Exchange Act Rule 13 a-14 to be made in connection with the filing of any Form 10-Q, Form I OQSB, Form 10-K, Form 10KSB, Form 20-F or Form 40-F, or any other report as to which such certification is required, any of the information required to be certified, including but not limited to certifying that the financial statements are not materially inaccurate .
V1.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that, pending determination of the Motion for Preliminary Injunction, defendants and their officers, agents, employees, servants, attorneys, any bank or financial institution holding any assets of the defendants and all persons in active concert or participation with them, and each of them, are restrained and enjoined from destroying, transferring or otherwise rendering illegible all books, records, papers, ledgers, accounts, statements and other
documents employed in any of such defendants' business, which reflect the business activities of any of the defendants, or which reflect the transactions described in the Commission's Complaint.
VII.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that this Court shall retain jurisdiction of this matter for all purposes.
Service of this Order shall be effected by the Commission upon defendants or their attorneys or registered agents personally, by facsimile, by overnight courier, or by mail on or before the 27th day of October, 2006 at or before 5 :00 p.m.
Dated: October 26, 2006
the bashers, can that term even be used, I think they should be called the saviors, because of there extensive DD I didn't invest, though I wish I would have flipped it a few times.
OTCBB is controlled by the NASDAQ
I wonder if rufus will show up on Sub penny radio tonight
I hope he does that is pure entertainment
I just feel sorry for the newbies that were suckered into this by the endless pumping by some of these posters, but I hope they learned something here, and that is who to trust and who not to
A must read this is amazing from our-street
http://www.our-street.com/fhal/mashburn%20declaration.pdf
people are focusing on the fillings but I believe that is what the SEC is focusing on to manipulation, Rufus claiming 54 dollars a share on a message board
NOT GOOD
yes I am waiting for more clarification
sub we are waiting for a PR, and a share holder meeting to get more info
I am listening right now, this is great, Rufus is an idiot
Either way CSHD may very well turn out to be the play of the century
or may not
The Plain Dealer
Corrosion worries stall ethanol mix
UL action on pumps won't affect common 10% blend
Wednesday, October 25, 2006
John Funk
Plain Dealer Reporter
The homegrown fuel that is supposed to wean America from its petroleum addiction has slipped into a regulatory morass that threatens to stall its expansion.
E85, the blend of 85 percent corn-based ethanol and 15 percent gasoline, might be corroding some metal and plastic parts in the dispensers that motorists use to pump the fuel into their gas tanks. Or not.
The nonprofit Underwriters Laboratories isn't sure anymore. It has temporarily withdrawn authorization for the UL-approved label on parts for E85 dispensers. (Pumps dispensing lower concentrations - such as the 10 percent ethanol blends common in Ohio - are still approved.)
The reversal, coming after years of E85 sales without any known safety problems, means the pumps do not meet state and local fire codes, which require certification from UL or another independent tester.
UL is holding two days of hearings next week at its headquarters outside Chicago, inviting all parts of the industry and the Department of Energy to help it develop standards for E85 equipment.
More than 1,000 stations across the country offer E85, including 14 in Ohio, according to the National Ethanol Vehicle Coalition. Columbus Fire Marshal Karry Ellis ordered two Ohio stations - including one owned by the Ohio Department of Transportation - to stop dispensing E85 until the issue is resolved.
"I can't set aside the state fire code," Ellis said. "I have talked to the state fire marshal, and he has agreed."
State Fire Marshal Stephen Woltz's office is considering a temporary variance or compromise, though, while UL develops standards and then tests equipment, said a spokesman for Woltz. Woltz has been in contact with other states, including Iowa, where compromise rules were drawn up a year ago.
The office is also working with Gov. Bob Taft's office. Taft has made expansion of E85 stations a major goal.
Ethanol trade groups say the situation has delayed expansion. "There are many retailers holding back from putting in E85 right now," said Michelle Kautz of the National Ethanol Vehicle Coalition.
In Ohio, a major retailer has postponed opening more than 20 new E85 stations until the issue is resolved, said Sam Spofforth, executive director of Clean Fuels Ohio. He declined to name the retailer.
The Ohio Petroleum Marketers and Convenience Store Association initially advised its members to stop dispensing E85, but in a Monday update it said the issue could be resolved soon.
UL has never actually approved an E85-only dispenser. Instead, as stations converted gas pumps to E85, UL extended approval to parts made of new materials - for example, stainless steel substituted for aluminum and brass.
Several months ago, when a manufacturer submitted an entirely new E85 dispenser for approval, UL began rethinking.
"We realized ethanol is much more corrosive than gasoline, especially when it comes to soft metals and some plastics," said John Drengenberg, UL's manager of consumer affairs. "So we did the responsible thing. We suspended authorization."
It is not unusual for UL to change standards, said Drengenberg.
"We just changed standards for toasters. What we did with E85 is very routine. We'll look at technology, at statistics from accidents."
He acknowledged that, in this case, UL has no reports of accidents caused by E85 eating through dispenser components. Instead, he said, the approval of the components did not meet UL's own rigorous procedures.
But Ron Lamberty, director of market development at the American Coalition for Ethanol, said it's hard to understand UL's action when there's an unblemished safety record.
"You've got pumps out there that have been operating for 10 years or more without any problems," he said. "We are talking about a time frame for UL's new standards of months, if not years. In the meantime, UL should just say, 'Keep an eye on 'em.' "
To reach this Plain Dealer reporter:
jfunk@plaind.com, 216-999-4138
It's Cobain over Elvis as top-earning dead celeb
POSTED: 2:56 p.m. EDT, October 24, 2006
NEW YORK (Reuters) -- Rock 'n' roll legend Elvis Presley ceded his crown to Nirvana lead singer Kurt Cobain on Forbes.com's list as the top-earning dead celebrity.
The list, published on Tuesday, said grunge rocker Cobain earned $50 million between October 2005 and October 2006. Presley wound up in the No. 2 slot with $42 million, down from last year's $45 million.
Forbes.com bases its dollar amounts on licensing deals for using the deceased celebrities' work or image in advertising or elsewhere.
This was Cobain's first time on the list in its six years of publication. Presley has ruled the roost since its inception, said Forbes.com staff writer Lacey Rose.
Cobain's coup was due to his widow, actress and singer Courtney Love, who sold a 25-percent stake in the Seattle grunge group's song catalog to New York music publishing company PrimeWave.
Ranked after Presley is "Peanuts" cartoon strip creator Charles Schulz at $35 million.
Rounding out the top five were Beatle John Lennon at $24 million and groundbreaking physicist Albert Einstein at $20 million, whose estate profited from such licensing deals as the popular "Baby Einstein" educational videos.
Other celebrities on the list include Theodore Geisel, better known as children's book author Dr. Seuss; rhythm & blues pioneer Ray Charles, silver screen legend Marilyn Monroe and reggae superstar Bob Marley.
Past top earners include songwriter Irving Berlin and actor Marlon Brando.
stocks I'll take NY Giants
stocks posted for you
Posted by: Here comes the night
In reply to: Here comes the night who wrote msg# 82948 Date:10/23/2006 10:46:23 PM
Post #of 82992
Stock4john San Diego next weekend..go Niners in my heart of hearts !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!MWC
Van Morrison
The guy on sub penny radio is scum to in my opinion, he's been pumping this scam and rufus also
hey american bulls shows a hold
http://www.americanbulls.com/StockPage.asp?CompanyTicker=CSHD&MarketTicker=OTC&TYP=S
LOL
they are replaying last nights sub penny radio interviews, pretty funny now
I agree with you serf what he did hurt the new investors and he should leave
Berkshire Hathaway stock hits $100,000
Updated 10/24/2006 1:32 AM ET
By Matt Krantz, USA TODAY
For $100,000, you can buy a high-performance Mercedes-Benz CLS63 AMG coupe, a 74-day round-the-world cruise in a Royal Suite on the Queen Mary 2 — or one share of Berkshire Hathaway (BRKA) stock.
The price of a share of Warren Buffett's company Monday became the first stock to ever close at the six-digit mark at $100,000, says Ned Davis Research.
No other stock has gotten close. Even Google (GOOG), which hit a high of $480.78 Monday, is a far cry away.
The second-most-expensive stock ever was Allegiant Physician Services at $15,250.00 on Jan. 7, 1993, says Ned Davis, based on data going back to 1972.
Other than being Wall Street's best example of sticker shock, Berkshire A shares at $100,000 represent another market milestone, coming amid what's been an impressive rally this year. "It's like the Dow hitting a new high," says Jon Johnson, editor of StockSplits.net (the Dow Jones industrials rose 114.54 points Monday to another record at 12,116.91).
Berkshire stock at $100,000:
•Shows Buffett hasn't lost his touch. During the tech bubble, Buffett's old-fashioned focus on smokestack businesses looked foolish. As investors scrambled after anything "dot-com," Berkshire stock lagged and hit a low of $41,300 on March 10, 2000 — the same day the tech-heavy Nasdaq composite hit its high of 5048.62. Since then, the Nasdaq is down 53%, while Berkshire is up 142%. "Again, Buffett shows he knows value and can find it consistently," says Timothy Vick, fund manager at Sanibel Captiva Trust.
•Highlights the recovery of the insurance business. Catastrophic events, ranging from the Sept. 11 attacks to last year's hurricanes, have caused some insurers to pull back. While others reduced their exposure to hurricane risk, Berkshire's reinsurance units wrote more policies and raised premiums. No major hurricanes this year means results went straight to the bottom line, Vick says.
•Reflects the effect of stock splits. Buffett told shareholders on March 14, 1984, when the stock was $1,300, he had no intention of splitting the shares. But he offered lower-cost class B shares (BRKB) in 1996. Consider what a no-split policy can do: If General Electric (GE) hadn't split its stock nine times since going public in 1892, it would now be $163,722, not $35.53, GE says.
That's why some say share prices don't really matter. "Many people had the chance to buy Berkshire at $10,000 but focused on the raw dollar amount, not the value," Vick says. "It keeps moving up."
Distraction eases kids' shot pain By LAURAN NEERGAARD, AP Medical Writer
Mon Oct 23, 7:35 PM ET
WASHINGTON - Think preschoolers don't know geography? Drive 'em to the pediatrician's office. Starting around age 2, they're crying before you make the final turn into the parking lot — they remember where they get shots.
Vaccinations and other needle-sticks are more than pinpricks to little kids, and often to older ones, too. They cause fear that can turn a simple checkup into a stress-filled battle.
It sounds too easy, but distracting your tot can reduce the distress, concludes a new medical review that examined psychological techniques for easing the pain.
Nothing will stop all the crying. But pick a distraction suitable for the child's age and stage of development, and anything from a low-tech trick like blowing bubbles to bringing a video game can take their mind off the impending pain long enough to make a real difference.
"Needle procedures are really common, and among the most fear- and anxiety-provoking for children," notes Lindsay Uman of Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia, who led the review published by The Cochrane Collaboration, an influential international network that assesses the evidence behind health care practices.
Still, "a parent can very easily help," she adds.
Children can get 20 shots by age 2 from vaccinations alone, not counting blood tests or other needle-stick procedures if they have any of a variety of illnesses.
While injection pain doesn't last long, the more scared they are, the more pain they perceive. Even at age 8 or 9, anxiety can still overshadow the memory that last year's shot wasn't all that bad.
"All she remembers is the fear from when she was 3 or 4," explains Dr. Howard J. Bennett, a Washington, D.C., pediatrician and author of the new children's book, "Lions Aren't Scared of Shots," that shows how imagination can help youngsters cope.
"There's a cumulative effect, I think, that doctors do things that hurt," says Bennett, who uses humor to distract his patients — and sometimes lets them give him a shot first, with a 2-foot-long clown syringe. "You just want to make things easier for them."
Bennett vividly recalls learning the value of distraction while in training at a children's hospital. A 4-year-old in the emergency room needed a tube inserted into his vein, but was too hysterical.
The boy was wearing Ernie pajamas. Bennett always carries around Sesame Street finger puppets, and pulled out Ernie.
"He is now putty in my hands," Bennett remembers. "He sat there while I put an IV into his arm and didn't move. ... This is as close to magic as it gets."
There are medical strategies to ease the crying. Bennett's office recently began what he calls tag-team shots. When a child needs two immunizations that don't come together in one syringe, two nurses give them simultaneously. The child's brain perceives just one prick.
Medication can numb the pain for children with severe needle phobias, or who are undergoing more invasive needle procedures. But that's not practical for run-of-the-mill shots or blood tests.
Uman, who is completing her doctorate in clinical psychology, wondered how much scientific evidence there is that nondrug techniques can lessen shot stress. She evaluated 28 studies, involving more than 1,000 children ages 2 or older.
Hypnosis worked, she concluded. But so did easier-to-perform distraction, which significantly reduced youngsters' own rating of their pain.
For older kids, adding a cognitive technique — such as repeating positive coping statements like "I can do this" or "I'm brave" — on top of distraction helped, too.
That simple methods work is important, Bennett says, because it means parents can and should plan ahead on ways they can help.
One of his patients recently needed blood drawn. If she sat still and calm, it would take only about 15 seconds. Her dad brought along a portable DVD player and turned on "Cinderella" as the nurses readied the tourniquet. Instead of the usual squirming and crying, she hardly flinched.
Last winter, Beth Bobb of Rockville, Md., brought her two oldest children, now 8 and 5, along when she got her flu shot, so they'd see that grown-ups get poked, too.
Later, "They didn't cry at theirs. They were super strong and brave. We use that kind of vocabulary," says Bobb, who advocates being honest with children that, yes, the shot will hurt some, "but it's very quick and you're going to get through it."
Whatever you do, be honest about an upcoming shot, Bennett adds.
"After I give a child a shot, I just say, 'I'm sorry. You know you're my buddy, and sometimes grown-ups have to do things to children we don't like,'" he says. "Some kids just need to cry, and that's OK."
More remains found at WTC site
POSTED: 3:09 a.m. EDT, October 23, 2006
From Chris Kokenes and Deborah Brunswick
CNN
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NEW YORK (CNN) -- Human remains, possibly belonging to victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, were found Sunday at the site.
The Medical Examiner's office said 18 pieces of human remains were found Sunday; other human remains discovered last week at a work site in lower Manhattan had led to the further searches.
Deputy Mayor Ed Skyler said most of the 12 subterranean locations being searched had not been entered since the attacks.
"They will go through every grain, every piece of material carefully and sift through it," he promised.
On Friday, members of World Trade Center Families for Proper Burial protested what they said was the government's mishandling of remains.
They have called for a halt to all construction in the area and a renewed, more exhaustive search for remains.
"We ask that construction at Ground Zero come to a halt," said Rosaleen Tallon, whose brother Sean Tallon died in the attacks five years ago.
"These are all moms. I'm a mom, I've got a 2-year-old, and I've a 4-year-old, and their bones, and their teeth, and their hair, and their skin, and their eyeballs are all precious to me. You couldn't put a price on that. And as human beings, we should not put a price on it."
Last week, Mayor Michael Bloomberg met with city and state agencies at City Hall to discuss the renewed search for remains of the victims of the attacks.
The Department of Design and Construction and the Lower Manhattan Construction Command Center are leading the effort to review underground areas that were searched during the initial 9/11 recovery effort and to identify additional areas, if any, that weren't searched and from which human remains could be recovered, the mayor's office said in a written statement.
The discovery of more remains was made Thursday by Phoenix Contractors, a firm hired by the city of clean sludge from underground drains under the corner of West Street and Vesey Street, officials said.
Workers found the bones as they sifted through debris removed from pipes.
Later, additional remains were discovered at a Con Ed facility, where sludge from the site had been taken the previous day, said Steve Coleman, a spokesman for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.
The remains, some as large as arm or leg bones, were turned over to the medical examiner's office.
Earlier this year, nearly 300 other human bone fragments -- typically smaller than an inch -- were found atop a 41-story building near the World Trade Center site that had been badly damaged in the attacks.
No remains have been identified for more than 1,150 of the 2,749 people killed in New York in the attacks.
yea you're right, matt gave me a deal I couldn't refuse
I feel responsible for his incarceration.................
stocks this was posted to you from IHUB jail
Posted by: Here comes the night
In reply to: Here comes the night who wrote msg# 82948 Date:10/22/2006 12:46:57 AM
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Ok again appears there is easy money again...I'll take Jacksonville...one of these weeks I'll actually have to handicap something..cherry picking for now...
Van Morrison
Pat Tillman's brother Kevin speaks out against warAssociated Press
PHOENIX -- The brother of an NFL player who was killed in Afghanistan after quitting the team to join the U.S. Army Rangers has broken his silence.
E-Ticket
What really happened when Pat Tillman was killed by friendly fire in 2004? A three-part E-ticket investigation in July sought answers.
• Part 1: An Un-American Tragedy
• Part 2: Playing With Friendly Fire
• Part 3: Death of an American Ideal
Kevin Tillman, a former Army Ranger who served in Iraq and Afghanistan with his older brother, Pat Tillman, has remained silent since his brother's death in 2004. But this week, he wrote a scathing indictment of the war in Iraq, the Bush administration and American apathy.
"Somehow, the more soldiers that die, the more legitimate the illegal invasion becomes," Kevin wrote on Truthdig.com, which purchased his work.
The brothers, both Arizona State University graduates, joined the Army in response to the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. They served together as Rangers with the 2nd Battalion of the 75th Ranger Regiment.
Pat Tillman, who played defensive back for the Arizona Cardinals, was killed by friendly fire near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in April 2004. The Defense Department is investigating allegations of a cover-up, including failure by the U.S. Army to tell Tillman's family for several weeks that he had been killed by gunfire from his fellow Army Rangers -- not by enemy fire, as they initially were told.
Kevin Tillman has not spoken publicly about the war or his brother's death since his discharge from the Army. But in Truthdig.com, Kevin wrote openly about the war and the American response to it.
"Somehow, the same incompetent, narcissistic, virtueless, vacuous, malicious criminals are still in charge of this country. Somehow, this is tolerated. Somehow, nobody is accountable for this."
--Kevin Tillman, brother of Pat Tillman
"Somehow, the same incompetent, narcissistic, virtueless, vacuous, malicious criminals are still in charge of this country. Somehow, this is tolerated. Somehow, nobody is accountable for this."
After playing for the Sun Devils, Pat Tillman was drafted by the Arizona Cardinals in 1998. He played with the team for four years.
On Sept. 12, 2001, he gave an interview in which he talked about how "stupid" football seemed relative to world events.
"At times like this, you stop and think about not only how good we have it but what kind of system we live under," he said. "My great-grandfather was at Pearl Harbor. And a lot of my family has gone and fought in wars. And I really haven't done a ... thing as far as laying myself on the line like that."
Pat was on the verge of signing another contract with the Cardinals in the spring of 2002 when he decided to join the Army instead.
The Tillmans were initially sent to Iraq as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom. In 2003, the brothers returned to the United States for training to become Army Rangers. After that, they were sent to Afghanistan.
YouTube Deletes Nearly 30,000 Files Martyn Williams, IDG News Service
Fri Oct 20, 11:00 AM ET
The online video site YouTube has deleted close to 30,000 files after complaints from an organization representing Japanese copyright holders, the organization said today.
The Japanese Society for Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers (JASRAC), which collects royalty payments for musicians, submitted a list to YouTube of 29,549 files that it judged infringed on the rights of 23 Japanese content companies, said Masato Oikawa, a spokesman for the organization in Tokyo.
File Types
The files are mostly entertainment and music TV programs and were discovered during a five-day audit of the site that started Oct. 2, Oikawa said.
The 23 companies that backed JASRAC include all of Japan's major TV networks, public broadcaster Nippon Hoso Kyokai (NHK), some regional and cable TV broadcasters, and other organizations including the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ) and Yahoo Japan.
A History of Complaints
It's not the first time YouTube has been in the cross hairs of Japanese broadcasters. Earlier this year NHK asked the site to remove a clip of a children's song and said it would go after other files on the site.
YouTube has a lot of Japanese TV clips compared to those of other nations because of the strong cult following that Japanese pop culture has around the world.
It's also growing in popularity with Japanese users. The site posted massive growth in Japan between December 2005 and March this year, with the number of monthly users grew from 201,000 to 2.1 million, according to an estimate from NetRatings Japan in April.
Legal Questions
YouTube agreed to be acquired by Google earlier this month in a $1.65 billion stock transaction. Analysts have wondered about YouTube's ability to avoid lawsuits over the vast amount of copyright material that exists on the site, and some predicted the company would soon be hit with lawsuits.
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Park visitor finds 5.47-carat diamond
POSTED: 7:11 p.m. EDT, October 21, 2006
MURFREESBORO, Arkansas (AP) -- A Wisconsin man visiting a state park took home the ultimate souvenir: a 5.47-carat canary diamond.
Bob Wehle of Ripon, Wisconsin, found the diamond at the Crater of Diamonds State Park in Murfreesboro October 14. The park is the world's only publicly operated diamond site where visitors are allowed to search and keep any gems they find.
Wehle's 5.47-carat diamond is bright yellow and has no visible flaws, said Tom Stolarz, park superintendent. It is the second-largest gem unearthed this year at the park.
"At first glance, it makes you think of lemon drop candy," Stolarz said.
The largest diamond this year was found by a Texas couple. Donald and Brenda Roden of Point, Texas, found a 6.35-carat brown diamond in September.
Bill Henderson, assistant park superintendent, said park officials don't estimate values of the stones found by visitors. But he said Wehle's gem was identical in quality to -- but larger than -- a 4.21-carat flawless canary diamond found in the park in March that was valued by a New York diamond expert at $15,000 to $60,000.
The largest diamond ever discovered in the United States was unearthed in Arkansas in 1924. Named the Uncle Sam, the white diamond weighed 40.23 carats.
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