The Brandon Effect: 2009

Saturday, July 18, 2009

America: Destroyed By Design - Alex Jones

FIND OUT HOW THE SOVEREIGNTY OF THE US IS BEING SUBORDINATED TO GLOBAL INTERESTS: FOUNDATIONS AT THE PRESIDIO, UNITED NATIONS, CHINESE INTERESTS, PANAMA CANAL.

SEE HOW THE UNITED NATIONS INDOCTRINATES OUR CHILDREN. SEE INTERVIEWS WITH WITNESSES OF OKLAHOMA BOMBING.

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America: Destroyed By Design
Apr 3, 2006 - 2:07:22
From government sponsored terrorism to the takeover of our national parks to biometrics -- this tape has the information you need! Find out how the sovereignty of the United States is being...

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Friday, July 10, 2009

Unity of the Brethren: Bohemian Brothers | Jednota Bratrská

The Unity of the Brethren (Czech: Jednota bratrská, Latin: Unitas Fratrum, also known as Czech or Bohemian Brothers or Brethren) is a Christian denomination whose roots are in the pre-reformation work of Jan Hus, who was martyred in 1415.

Background

The reforms of Jan Hus, which included providing the Scriptures to the people in their own language, and that both elements of communion should be available to the people, were popular with the Czech people, but met extreme opposition from church authorities. Hus was executed, but his teachings led to the formation of the Hussite movement. One of the later branches of the hussitism was also Unity of the Brethren. The roots of this radical and pacifistic stream within the early reformation movement go back to 1457 in a small village called Kunvald near Žamberk, on Litice lordship of George Podiebrad, in the North-East part of Bohemia. Theologians and thinkers who provided inspiration for the future Unity of the Brethren were Hussite bishop Jan Rokycana and Petr Chelčický. Some other influential theologians and thinkers of Unity of the Brethren were: Brother Řehoř (Gregor) one of the founders, Lukáš Pražský — an inspiring theologian, Brother Jan Augusta, and the last bishop of Unity of the Brethren — Comenius (Jan Amos Komenský). Theologians and linguists of the Unity of the Brethren translated during the second half of the 16th century the Bible from the original languages into Czech. This translation is known as Bible of Kralice (Bible kralická) — until recently the most widely used Czech biblical translation — an equivalent to English King James Version.

After 1620, due to a counter-reformation by the Roman Catholic Church, Protestants were forced to choose to either leave the country or practice their beliefs secretly. Members of the Unity of the Brethren who lived abroad (mostly in Poland) and those who left under persecution, regrouped in Germany under the influence of Count Nicholas Ludwig von Zinzendorf and formed the church which is now known as Moravian Church (in Canada and United States except Texas), Jednota Bratrská (in the Czech Republic) and Unity of Brethren (in local languages mostly everywhere else, including Texas). During the Thirty-Years War, the church was very much on the run as it was targeted by local counter-reformation nobles and persecuted especially severely in its geographical homeland, and dispersed as a result to other Slavic lands, various German states and as far as the Low Countries, where Comenius attempted to direct a resurgence, much as the secret Jews (The Marranos) were forced to operate in Habsburg controlled Spain and other Roman Catholic Lands. The Thirty Years War was a time of much religious bloodletting, witch-burning and repression and by some estimates lead to millions of deaths and near depopulation of many areas in Germany and the eastern Holy Roman Empire as the wars ground on and on and forcible conversion and the inquisition were much practiced, even common. Most of the deaths were by-products of mercenary armies of occupation foraging for sustenance among peoples hanging on the edge of subsistence themselves, not out-and-out executions, excepting save perhaps isolated (and accidental) atrocities like the sack of Magdeburg.

Those who stayed practiced their beliefs in secret and privately passed their beliefs from one generation to the next. Even after Emperor Joseph II proclaimed toleration in 1781, only Lutherans and Calvinists were allowed to openly practice their faith. Many of the Brethren united with the Lutherans and most of them with Calvinists around that time. Later after the end of World War I and formation of Czechoslovakia in 1918, Czech Lutherans and Calvinists formed a united church — The Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren.

From about the middle of the 19th century until the outbreak of the First World War, a number of Czech Protestants immigrated to USA. In most of the US they formed Czech churches within the Presbyterian Church. Those who settled as farmers in the state of Texas in the United States decided to form their own denomination. Jindrich Juren (1850–1921) came to Texas in 1876, and from 1881 through 1888 was the only minister to these Brethren congregations. Representatives of these congregations met in 1903 and formed the Evangelical Unity of the Czech-Moravian Brethren in North America. The early churches reflected their origin and worshipped in the Czech language. By the 1940s, most of the churches reflected assimilation into the surrounding culture and worshipped in the English language. In 1959, the name Unity of the Brethren was adopted.

Minor Party
Main article: Minor Party (Unity of the Brethren)

The Unity of the Brethren today has beliefs far from what they originally believed. Their original doctrines can be found in the early accounts of the book compilation Net of Faith. This book records all the important doctrinal advancements the Unity of the Brethren had during its formative years.

In 1490, the Edict of Brandýs allowed community members to hold public office and opened the door to further reforms of the social policy of the Unitas. Furthermore, many of them made alliances with the Hussites and in the long run resulted to the formation of what is now known as the Moravian Church. They changed a lot of their doctrines to lessen the persecution they are experiencing from both the Catholic and Protestant churches.

However, a few of them believed that these reforms were inaccurate. They stood up for the original doctrines and later they were called as the Minor Party separating themselves from the Major Party, those who accepted the reforms. The Minor Party believed that they are the only ones who followed the Net of Faith. Actually, they are the ones who continued on adding pages to the book while the Major Party chose not to deal with it any more because of the great reforms they had done.

The Minor Party holds the following beliefs:

1. They believe that the doctrine of the Trinity is wrong. They believe Jesus to be the Son of the God. They believe that the Holy Spirit is God’s active force, calling it as “God’s finger”.
2. They believe that the term "minister" must not be limited to those who finished a course on theology or ministry or to those ordained by the clergy. They believe that all Christians must be considered ministers.
3. They avoid holding any public offices. They do not participate in politics or the military.
4. They preach God’s word from house to house, though this was severely observed during their times because of persecution.
5. They believe that images should not be used in worship.
6. They believe that man has no immortal soul which continually lives after the death of a person. They believe that a man (if unrighteous) cease to exist in all forms. They believe that Purgatory and Hell are wrong teachings. (Jehovah’s Witnesses believe in the resurrection in the paradise while the Minor Party believes in a Heavenly life).
7. They consider Bible as the only basis of faith.

Though the Minor Party has similar beliefs to the Jehovah’s Witnesses, it is the Major Party who used the Tetragrammaton, the Hebrew name of God, usually translated as Jehovah in English, in their publications.

The Minor Party, oppressed by the persecution from other churches and the Major Party, eventually came to dissolution after their last leaders were executed by their persecutors.

As a tribute to the Minor Party, the Jehovah’s Witnesses, through their Watchtower magazine, praised the efforts done by the Minor Party.

The following paragraphs apply fully only to this Texan Church of the Czech descent.
Doctrine

This body accepts the Apostles' Creed as a valid expression of their beliefs, and stresses the ancient motto, "In essentials, unity; in non-essentials, liberty; in all things, love." They believe the Bible is God's revelation to man, the sourcebook for all spiritual truth; that one God is revealed in three persons; that Christ is the only way of salvation; that salvation is by grace through faith; that the Holy Spirit dwells in believers; and that Jesus Christ will return to judge the world and reward the faithful believers. The Unity practices two sacraments—water baptism and holy communion. Christian parents present their infant children for baptism. All Christians are invited to communicate with them at the Lord's supper or communion. However, they do not regard full agreement on the elements, methods and modes of the sacraments as essential. They believe that love is the supreme evidence of Christian disciples.

Church emblem

The Unity of the Brethren church has adopted a church emblem having an open Bible, with a cross behind in the center, and a chalice in front to the left. According to the church, the "cross represents Christ as the resurrected and living Lord, the Bible is the sourcebook of all Christian truth, open for all to explore, while the chalice holds special significance for Brethren: not only is it a symbol of the Lord's Supper, but it is also a reminder of the pre-Reformation insistence of John Hus and the early Brethren upon receiving the Cup as well as bread in Holy Communion."

Status

Currently the church is made up of 28 congregations with an estimated membership of 3500, with all except one located in the state of Texas. The location of the majority of churches is roughly the area from West, Temple, to Austin to Houston. The synod meets every two years. The Unity of the Brethren maintains several ministry organizations, including the Board of Christian Education; Brethren Youth Fellowship; Brethren Bookstore, operated in Caldwell, Texas; Brethren Journal (founded 1902); Christian Sisters Union; Friends of the Hus Encampment; Grants and Bequests Board; the Hus Institute for Lay Leadership (which meets with the various congregations); and the Mutual Aid Society. The Hus Encampment Facility is located near Caldwell, Texas. They have no seminary, but support the Moravian Theological Seminary in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Three missionary families are serving in Honduras and Mexico.

The Czech-originated Unity of the Brethren should not be confused with the Unity of the Brethren Baptists, a Baptist organization in the Czech and Slovak Republics.

See also

* Polish brethren

External links

* Unity of the Brethren – official Web site
* Adherents.com
* Industry Brethren Church
* Jindřich Juren – Unity of the Brethren minister
* The Net of Faith - English translation
* The Birth, Life, and Death of the Bohemian Revival - A historical overview of the Unity's early days

Potštejn, Czech Republic

Potštejn (German name was Pottenstein) is municipality, Hradec Králové Region in Rychnov nad Kněžnou District, of the Czech Republic.

From the end of the 19th century till 1924 the name Potštýn nad Orlicí was used.

The name of the municipality was derived from name of castle with the same name, which was called by its founder Půta (Puota) of Drslavic: Puota's stone, Puttenstein, misspelled as Potštejn.

One of the famous owners of the castle was the "robber! baron Mikuláš. King Karel IV. During a siege of the castle Mikuláš died in the ruins, the castle was later rebuilt by King Karel IV..

The castle Potštejn was famed in Alois Jirásek`s novel Poklad.

The renewed Jednota Bratrská was founded in Potštejn in 1870.

Take the trip:

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Obec Potštejn leží na úpatí Orlických hor při toku řeky Divoká Orlice, jihovýchodně od měst Vamberk a Rychnov nad Kněžnou. V Podorlicku je jen velmi málo obcí, které získaly již v minulosti takovou oblibu turistů jako Potštejn. Pěkné okolí se zalesněnými vrchy je velkým lákadlem na letní ubytování, turistiku nebo jen tak k procházkám přírodou. Potštejn je protkán sítí značených cyklotras a pěších stezek ( cesta Podorlickem Dr. Jarkovského ). Polohou v podhůří Orlických hor, dopravní dostupností je Potštejn při ubytování v hotelu, penzionu, soukromí, chatě a kempu často cílem turistů.

Dominantou obce Potštejn je hrad Potštejn. Historie trosek mohutného hradu začíná koncem 13. století ( 1295 ), založen byl rodem Drslaviců pocházejících ze západních Čech. V areálu hradu je kaple sv. Jana Nepomuckého ( 1766 ), poslední zastavení křížové cesty " Boží hrob " ( 1754 ), expozice a pamětní deska Jiráskova " Pokladu ". Historické jádro městečka Potštejn tvoří zámek, kostel sv. Vavřince postavený v letech 1815 - 1821, kašna a socha sv. Floriána ( 1827 ). Zámek Potštejn byl postaven v pozdně barokním slohu v letech 1749 - 1755, v přilehlém parku jsou vzácné dřeviny. Při hledání pokladu bylo nalezeno pečetidlo s letopočtem 1731 dokládající, že Potštejn byl městečkem s vlastním znakem a pečetí. Naproti zámku je římskokatolická fara s dvouramenným schodištěm. Při silnici u hřbitova se nachází barokní kostel sv. Marka. V tzv. Bratrské čtvrti byla v 19. století postavena motlitebna s farou. V Potštejně je mnoho dalších menších památek, objekty připomínající manufakturami plátenictví, lidová architektura, zvonička v osadě Brná a mnoho soch a kamenných křížků, z nichž nejstarší je socha sv. Jana Nepomuckého u kostela sv. Vavřince ( 1715 ). Z přírodních krás každého upoutá řeka Divoká Orlice s památnou lipovou alejí a Anenské údolí. Pamětní deska v Modlivém dole nám připomíná působení Českých bratří. Možná je vycházka na okolní kopce s Velešovem, kde jsou dosud zbytky tvrze z poloviny čtrnáctého století. V Potštejně se dochovala řada zajímavých roubených i zděných domů. Potštejn se řadí mezi nejstarší letoviska v Čechách, svou dovolenou zde trávili v minulosti mnohé významné osobnosti.

V Potštejně a okolí je možno nalézt mnohé zajímavé scenérie k výletům a procházkám. Bližší seznámení s historií Potštejna a jeho pamětihodnostmi může každý návštěvník získat prohlídkou hradu a návštěvou expozice na zámku. Pro turisty je k dispozici v letní sezóně informační středisko a veřejné tábořiště Vochtánka v Anenském údolí. Potštejn poskytuje ubytování a velmi příznivé podmínky pro milovníky turistiky i pro toho, kdo hledá klidnou rekreaci. S nabídkou stravování a ubytování v Potštejně přichází rekonstruované hotely, penziony, turistická ubytovna, chaty, chalupy a soukromí. Potštejn nabízí kromě uvedených památek a vycházek do nádherné přírody, také síť turistických stezek a cyklotras. Tipy na zajímavé výlety do blízkého i vzdálenějšího okolí jsou Orlické hory a Podorlicko, Broumovsko, Babiččino údolí, Adršpašsko-teplické skály v sousedním Kladském pomezí, dále Zoo safari Dvůr Králové, pevnosti, rozhledny, muzea, autovýlety do příhraničí Polska a ostatních koutů východních Čech.

/ podklady ochotně poskytl p. starosta obce /

Sunday, March 22, 2009

Zeitgeist Day New York March 15, 2009

Two hours into Z-Day, the educational forum associated with the online movie “Zeitgeist,” Peter Joseph, the film’s director and the evening’s M.C., stepped out from behind his lectern and walked forward earnestly on the stage.

In his goatee and mustache and tieless in a brown suit, Mr. Joseph had been lecturing for nearly 90 minutes on the unsustainable nature of the money-based economy — on cyclical consumption, planned obsolescence, corporate malfeasance and piles of poisonous waste. “It’s time that we wake up,” he intoned, speaking solemnly through a wireless clip-on mike. “The doomsday scenario, the big contraction, might be happening right now. The system of monetary exchange is — in the face of advancing technology — completely obsolete.”

This drew wild applause from the sold-out crowd, a patchwork of perhaps 900 people who paid $10 a head on Sunday night to sit in a packed auditorium at the Borough of Manhattan Community College on Chambers Street near the West Side Highway. Z-Day events were taking place from New England to New Zealand, but this was the big one: the marquee happening with the marquee names.

There, in the crowd, was Jacque Fresco, an industrial designer and the engineering guru of what people unironically called “the movement.” Mr. Fresco, an elfin 93-year-old, sat beside his partner, Roxanne Meadows, smiling self-effacingly.\

Mr. Joseph, back on stage, waited patiently as some of the crowd, still cheering, refused to leave their feet.

If the election of Barack Obama was supposed to denote the gradual demise of churlish, corporate governance and usher in a new, sustainable era of visionary change, there was little sign of it at the second annual meeting of the Worldwide Zeitgeist Movement, which, its organizers said, held 450 sister events in 70 countries around the globe.

“The mission of the movement is the application of the scientific method for social change,” Mr. Joseph announced by way of introduction. The evening, which began at 7 with a two-hour critique of monetary economics, became by midnight a utopian presentation of a money-free and computer-driven vision of the future, a wholesale reimagination of civilization, as if Karl Marx and Carl Sagan had hired John Lennon from his “Imagine” days to do no less than redesign the underlying structures of planetary life.

In other words, a not entirely inappropriate response to the zeitgeist itself, which one young man, a philosophy student in a roomy purple blazer, described before the show began as “the world as we know it coming to an end.” As the evening labored on with a Power Point presentation, a panel talk with Mr. Fresco and a spirited question and answer session, some basic themes emerged: modern economics is a fraud; global debt will crush the planet; society itself is dying from the profit motive; and people ought to wise up to the fact that more than legislation — or presidential administrations — needs to change.

Though they were never actually shown — as most in attendance had seen them several times — Mr. Joseph’s two films, “Zeitgeist, the Movie” (released in 2007) and “Zeitgeist: Addendum” (released last fall), were the subtext of the evening: online documentaries that have been watched, he says, by 50 million people around the world.

The former may be most famous for alleging that the attacks of Sept. 11 were an “inside job” perpetrated by a power-hungry government on its witless population, a point of view that Mr. Joseph said he has recently “moved away from.” Indeed, the second film, the focus of the event, was all but empty of such conspiratorial notions, directing its rhetoric and high production values toward posing a replacement for the evils of the banking system and a perilous economy of scarcity and debt.

That’s where Mr. Fresco came in, an author, lecturer and former aircraft engineer at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio who has spent the last six decades working on the Venus Project, a futuristic society where (adjust your seatbelts, now) machines would control government and industry and safeguard the planet’s fragile resources by means of an artificially intelligent “earthwide autonomic sensor system” — a super-brain of sorts connected to, yes, all human knowledge.

If this sounds vaguely like a disaster scenario out of “2001: A Space Odyssey,” Mr. Fresco did not seem worried in the least. Machines are unemotional and unaggressive, unlike human beings, he told the crowd during the question-and-answer phase. “If you took your laptop and smashed it in front of 50 other laptops, trust me, none of them would care.”

The audience — white, black, young, old, baseball caps and business suits alike — received such words like a tonic, and the questions kept coming: What would family life be like in the future? What would happen if the automated system decided that a person had to die? Mr. Fresco and Ms. Meadows are planning the production of a major feature film to bring the Venus Project to a wider, global audience. Before the night began, Mr. Fresco, a small man with a V-neck sweater and a hearing aid, sat signing books and answering questions from a dozen or so college students gathered like acolytes at his feet.

As the evening came to a close, someone finally asked: So what would it take to actually put such a program into action? A grassroots movement, Mr. Joseph said.

“We already have a quarter-million members,” he insisted from the stage. “At the rate things are going, this will be at Madison Square Garden next year.”

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A version of this article appeared in print on March 17, 2009, on page A24 of the New York edition.

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Thursday, March 19, 2009

UPDATE: Demonoid Invitation Codes Scam ALERT - 2

Unfortunately our friends have taken down any reference to
their 'update' for September 3 so no complimentary link to
this Blog now.

Up one day and gone the next............couldn't have been a very
important announcement????????????

And just as quickly, there's now no section for requesting 'Joost'
invitation codes.

I suppose they're 'stretched to the limit' trying to supply
Demonoid invitation codes for everyone!

You'll also find that the requests for a code in the Demonoid
section are now sequential since the 'Joost' code request section
was removed.

UPDATE: Demonoid Invitation Codes Scam ALERT -

Here's an update from our scamming friends:
(I've left the formatting and spelling mistakes as they were)

Latest site news:
3rd September

The Admin team would like to make it clear that we DO NOT:
Sell or pass on your email to anyone !
Collect Invite codes to sell on Ebay
If you get a spam mail that says it is from us then it is NOT !
We only contact you with an invite code or to tell you that
demonoid is open to register.

The only reason we run this site is so that people have a cental
hub to pass on Torrent site Invite codes.
-------------------------------------------------------------------
http://thebrandoneffect.blogspot.com/
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
The above is untrue,we do not harvest emails...
If you think we do then please do not add your email to our list.
Starting from August 07 we are going to email everyone on the
list to inform them when Domonoid have open invites.
That way people who have just signed up will get the chance to
get a demonoid invite code without waiting to hit the top of the list.

You can see I've ended up with some free advertising from them.

As far as them saying,

"do not add your email to our list"

It doesn't seem to have deterred too many hopefuls as they're
up to 17000 requests and still going.

Realistically what do you think the chances are of #17000
having his/her request for a Demonoid invitation code filled?

How about even request #1000?

Is there a large room full of people all sitting at computersworking their way through the database of emails trying to fill the requests?
What's in it for the person(s) running this site if no money changes hands?
Do you think the 'sponsored links' from the site are enough to pay their way?
Maybe it's just one guy who out of the kindness of his heartspends hours sending out a Demonoid invitation code to everyone on the list??????
Call me cynical but that would be some act of benevolence!

They also state,

"Starting from August 07 we are going to email everyone on the list to inform you when Demonoid have open invites".

I'd love to know how many people actually got an announcement as to when Demonoid registrations were open???!

Yes, I was a sucker for this scam too.

For the sake of having an email address bombarded with
junk-mail, it was certainly worth a try to get that elusive
Demonoid invitation code......................I thought so.

If you look carefully at our 'friends' site you'll notice that the
'post' numbers in the Demonoid request section aren't
sequential.

They've actually 'cut' requests from the 'Demonoid invitation code'
section and 'pasted' them into the 'Joost invitation code' section
which gives the impression that the 'Joost' section is also popular.

A bit of creative manipulation.

Here's a post by someone who somehow managed to slip through
the moderators although I have to say it was actually in the
'Joost Invitation Code' request section.

He doesn't seem too happy and rightly so. He was also kind
enough to list my Blog address too:

http://thebrandoneffect.blogspot.com/

I waited and waited, but I won't be getting no invitation code
right? Just a bunch of spam e mails. No wonder comments are
moderated...I'm going to try to find someone to bring down
this pitiful site of yours. Bye Bye scamers

Posted by Fuck on Monday, 09.3.07 @ 13:33pm #16869

You can look at their site to see this post for yourself but by the
time you do it will probably have disappeared off their list of requests.

I can assure you that at the time of writing this blog it was
definitely there.

I wouldn't go as far as to threaten "bringing their site down"
but I can appreciate his feeling of being shafted.

For those trying to obtain a Demonoid registration code, just keep
trying the Demonoid site at:

http://www.demonoid.com/

From what I've read, registrations seem to be open either late
Fridays or early Saturdays however the Demonoid site states
it's only open for registrations for a couple of days at the beginning
of each month.

If you do a search of Google for 'demonoid invitation code', which
I'm guessing you've already done, then you'll find different
forums where people will generously give out invitation codes.

These are worth a try but you need to be fast as they are
snapped up quicker than a "seagull onto a hot chip".

Your best option is to try a program called 'Torrent Tracker'
which automatically checks the Demonoid site periodically to
tell you when registrations are open.

How often the tracker program accesses the Demonoid
registration page is entirely up to you.

You can find the program here:

http://www.brothersoft.com/tracker-checker-64477.html

Easy setup instructions can be found here:

http://torrentfreak.com/get-into-private-bittorrent-sites-with-tracker-checker-2/

After weeks of trying I managed to get lucky and was stunned
when I found they were open.

Even now that I've got one I still can't create an invitation code
for a friend. I believe you need to have uploaded a certain amount
of data (about 1GB) or have been a member for a period of time.

Maybe someone can correct me on this?

Hope you have luck in obtaining your Demonoid invitation code.

Demonoid Invitation Codes Scam ALERT

**Please read the following posts if you want to be informed
about a SCAM site supposedly offering you a FREE Demonoid
invitation code or go directly to the text in RED further down this
page for instructions on how to get a Demonoid invitation code**

Have you signed up at the following site for your Demonoid invitation code?

" http://www.demonoidinvitationcode.com/ "

DON'T DO IT!!!

Your email address will be reduced to a junk-mail folder in a
very short space of time!

Chances are you've already done it as the site is listed at #1 on
Google whereas this Blog has only been as high as #3.

A search on Yahoo! for 'Demonoid Invitation Code' will show a
#1 listing for the bogus site but this Blog isn't even in the Top 100.

Nobody likes to admit they've been duped but at least you
haven't lost any money!

I fell for for these hustlers out of desperation to get an invitation
code for Demonoid.

It's merely an email-harvesting racket to get your email address
without actually giving you an invite code for the Demonoid
BitTorrent tracker site, which you can find here:

http://www.demonoid.com/

If you don't believe me then try it by opening a new email
account at somewhere like Hotmail, GMail, Yahoo, etc and
only use this account for signing up.

In theory your new email address should only receive your
supposed Demonoid invitation code and not unsolicited mail.

Well, watch the junk-mail start pouring in and guess what
..........no Demonoid invite code!

It wouldn't surprise me if they're trying to on-sell the Demonoid
invitation codes they do receive (if any) to other people who are
desperate for them.

You'll notice how they don't give any recommendations from
people who've received Demonoid registration codes and only
list people who are requesting them.

They're up to around 13500 requests so far which would make
it quite lucrative for someone selling a 'live' email list or trying
to make a 'fast buck' selling the Demonoid invitation codes.

There's no shortage of listings for them on eBay.

The Demonoid site is very difficult to register at because
of it's popularity with people wanting to download torrents,
therefore it's rarely open for new registrations.

If you think that I'm affiliated with Demonoid in some way or
I'm just someone who received an invitation code but got banned
and is simply p****d off, then I can understand that.

You have nothing to lose by trying to get a Demonoid registration
code except to have your email address used as a junk-mail inbox.

In which case, go for it!

I've got nothing to gain by doing this as I'm not asking you to
send me an invitation code, email address or money. I don't even
have any sponsored links from this site.

I'm just trying to steer people clear of these sharks.

So if you don't like being deceived to 'line someones pockets',
then you might want to try somewhere else.

Here are some sample postings by people requesting at the
bogus site who've realised it isn't as genuine as it claims to be:

I have been waiting for over a month for this. I feel this site is
bogus, collecting e-mails. Beware.

Posted by Mikey on Wednesday, 08.15.07 @ 20:37pm #11989
this shit is so fake, never got my code!
Posted by fake shit on Wednesday, 08.15.07 @ 21:02pm #11996
dont do this this is all a big trick to send u junk mail!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! you will not ever get a code
Posted by dont do ittt11 on Friday, 08.17.07 @ 17:22pm #12572

this is fake i did this like 2 weeks ago still no code. I got something that said the person only had 3 and 4 peope wanted it i had to register to other sites and the person who sent it gets 5 dollars every time you register so beware!!!!! Posted by maxpayne on Friday, 08.17.07 @ 15:51pm #12545

Even a humourous hopeful request:
My lowly sense of suplicatory grovellatation is matched only by my fervent and zealous desire to have and use the code for good and right in an evil and poosuckious world. Long live the code holders! Hooray!Hooray! Up with Data! Down with other things of various sorts! Love be to you, o' code holding Lords of Demonoidica! As of August 22 they are now moderating all comments posted so you won't hear about anyone who's realised it's just a scam, only the people pleading for a Demonoid invitation codes.

Too be continued:

Saturday, February 14, 2009

OSX Keyboard Shortcuts & Key Combinations

Keyboard Control

Below is a more complete list, divided into sections based on where they are applicable.
Letter keys are printed here in CAPS for clarity -- you do not need to press the shift key unless explicitly instructed.

Startup and Login

command+option+O+F	Invoke Open Firmware
command+option+P+R	Reset PRAM
T	Startup in FireWire Target Disk Mode
option	Invoke Startup Manager
command+S	Invoke single-user mode
command+V	Invoke verbose mode
C	Boot from CD/DVD
X	Boot into OS X (if you previously booted from OS 9 on the same volume)
shift (immediately at startup)	Safe boot
shift (after boot screen, until login screen)	Override auto-login
shift (after login screen)	Safe login
option+escape, then click on a user	Present name/password login dialog instead of list of users

System-wide

option+volume up/down/mute	Open Sound preferences
option+brightness up/down	Open Display preferences
command+space	Cycle through active keyboard layouts/scripts
F12	Eject CD/DVD drive (hold down for two seconds)
return or enter	Select default button in dialog (OK, Open, Save, etc.)
escape or command+.	Exit/cancel dialog
command+shift+Q	Log out
command+option+shift+Q	Log out without confirmation dialog
power button (laptops) or control+eject (desktops)	Bring up Restart/Sleep/Shut Down dialog
command+option+eject (desktops)	Sleep computer immediately
command+option+escape	Bring up Force Quit window
command+control+eject (desktops)	Restart immediately (chance to save changes in open documents)
command+option+control+eject (desktops) or command+option+control+power (laptops)	Shutdown immediately (chance to save changes in open documents)
command+control+power button	Force restart (no chance to save changes in open documents)
hold power button	Force shutdown (no chance to save changes in open documents)

Universal Access (must be enabled in Universal Access preferences)

command+option+8	Toggle zoom (screen magnification) on/off
command+option+=	Zoom in
command+option+-	Zoom out
command+option+control+8	Toggle display inversion (white-on-black) on/off
shift (five times)	Toggle Sticky Keys on/off
option (five times)	Toggle Mouse Keys on/off

Full Keyboard Access

control+F1	Toggle Full Keyboard Access on/off
control+F2 (or control+M)	Focus keyboard control on menu bar
control+F3 (or control+D)	Focus keyboard control on Dock
control+F4 (or control+W)	Focus keyboard control on active Window or cycle to next window
control+F5 (or control+T)	Focus keyboard control on toolbar
control+F6 (or control+U)	Focus keyboard control on palette (utility window)
control+F7	In windows and dialogs, switch focus to text boxes/lists/controls
arrow keys	Navigate active item
return, enter, or spacebar	Select highlighted item
return or enter	Select default dialog control (OK, Yes, No, Save, Open, etc.)
escape	Cancel action, menu, or dialog

Finder: General

command+J	Open View Options
command+shift+delete	Empty Trash (with confirmation dialog)
command+option+shift+delete	Empty Trash (without confirmation dialog)
command+F	Bring up Find dialog
command+K	Bring up Connect to Server dialog

Finder: Files and Folders

command+shift+N	New Folder in active Finder window (including the Desktop)
arrow keys	Navigate items in active Finder window
tab/shift+tab	Select next/previous file or folder (alphabetically)
type name of file/folder	Select that file/folder
return	Edit file/folder name
command+O	Open selected item(s)
command+I	Open Get Info window for selected item(s)
command+option+I	Open File Inspector window
command+D	Duplicate selected item(s)
command+L	Create alias(es) for selected item(s)
command+R (for aliases)	Show target of selected alias ("reveal original")
command+T	Add selected item(s) to Favorites (creates alias in Favorites folder)
command+delete	Move selected item(s) to Trash
command+down arrow	Open item(s); add option key to close current folder
command+up arrow	Switch to enclosing folder (if no windows are open, opens new window to Home); add option key to close current folder
option+right arrow/left arrow (folders in list view)	Toggle disclosure triangle for selected folder(s) open/closed
command+option+right arrow/left arrow (folders in list view)	Toggle disclosure triangle for all folder(s) open/closed

Finder: Window Management

command+N	New Finder window
command+1/2/3	View active window as Icons/List/Columns
control+tab or control+I (in list view)	Change column sorting; cycles columns left to right (add shift key to cycle right to left)
command+B	Show/hide window toolbar for active window
command+shift+C/H/I/A/F	Go to Computer / Home / iDisk / Applications / Favorites in active window (a new window will be opened if necessary)
command+shift+G	Bring up "Go to Folder" dialog in active window (a new window will be opened if necessary)
command+[ or command+]	Go back or forward in window view history
command+W	Close active Finder window
command+option+W	Close all Finder windows

Finder: Volumes/Media (see Chapter 5)

command+E

Eject volume/disc

Open/Save Dialog Shortcuts

tab	Switch between browser and text fields
arrow keys, page up/down	Navigate in browser
command+N	Create new folder in the current directory
command+D	Change directory to Desktop
command+shift+A	Change directory to /Applications
command+shift+C	Change directory to Computer view (list of volumes)
command+shift+F	Change directory to Favorites folder
command+shift+H	Change directory to Home folder
command+shift+I	Change directory to iDisk (mounts iDisk if necessary)

Dock

command+option+D	Toggle Dock auto-hide on/off
command+tab	Cycle through active applications; each tab press while holding command changes the application once. Add the shift key to cycle backwards. As long as you keep the command key pressed, you can also quit or hide applications as you cycle through them.

Applications, including the Finder

command+H	Hide current application
command+option+H	Hide all other applications
command+M	Minimize active window to the Dock
command+option+M	Minimize all windows in active application to the Dock
command+`	Cycle through current application's windows (add the shift to cycle backwards)
command+,	Open application preferences dialog (not universal yet, but becoming more common)

Screenshot & Print Screen

(By default, screenshots are saved to the Desktop in PDF format; add the control key to any of the combinations below to copy the screenshot to the clipboard instead; you can then paste it into any graphics application -- such as OS X's Preview -- and save it in any format you prefer.)

command+shift+3	Full screenshot
command+shift+4	Crosshair to allow selection of screenshot area
command+shift+4, then spacebar	Camera to capture specific screen object

Text-related shortcuts in Cocoa applications (see Chapter 7)

Type

bindkey <RETURN>

in Terminal for complete list (in the list, ^ means the control key).

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Thursday, February 12, 2009

Czech government divided over jobless foreigners

Prague - Just a few months ago they were helping the Czech economy and now they are facing deportation. Thousands of foreigners that have lost their jobs as a consequence of the economic crisis are trapped in the country and the government seems to be divided on what exactly to do with them.

The story of a Vietnamese citizen Le Kim Thanh perfectly illustrates the dichotomy of the government. Le Kim Thanh worked in different jobs, was underpaid and eventually caught by police. "He violated law a number of times," says interior minister Ivan Langer who represents the tougher approach to the jobless foreigners stranded in the country. Thanh is now facing deportation. Human rights minister Michael Kocáb asked Langer to reconsider Thanh's case once more. "The Czech society should be more open-minded and sensitive to foreigners," Kocáb told press agency ČTK Wednesday.

"This case will show whether the Czech government and its institutions can sensibly and correctly consider cases of foreigners that are losing jobs en masse," added Kocáb.
Easy to become illegal
The latest statistics indicate there are 17,000 jobless contract workers at the moment, most of them foreigners. According to the interior ministry around 12,000 foreigners are expected to lose jobs in the 1Q.
Czech factories are massively sacking employees and foreign workers are the first ones to lose their jobs. As soon as their work contracts are terminated, jobless foreigners must return home but often find themselves in a difficult situation, not having any money to buy a ticket.
At a Monday conference minister Langer presented his plan how to handle the unsettling situation of jobless guest workers.
"He (Le Kim Thanh) did not follow the court's ruling on deportation, he worked without a working permit and he did not report on his whereabouts to the authorities," Langer said at the conference.
Human rights activists and non-governmental organizations have spoken out against the decision to deport Le Kim Thanh.
ConCourt may help
According to Langer, the case of Thanh is to be decided by court. But Pavel Čižinský from the Refugee Agency says it is only the foreigners police that or interior ministry that can decide what to do with Thanh.
The Refugee Agency is now mulling filing a complaint with the Constitutional Court.
HRs minister Kocáb recommended Wednesday the authorities to reconsider the case once again. "He lives and works thousands of kilometers away from his home. The contact with authorities and employees is made by the work agency. He speaks no Czech. In the case of any problems he and his family can be sanctioned back home."

"The strict approach of the state authorities towards jobless foreigners may create concerns of Czech citizens over foreigners living and working in the country. There is enough of "bad" mood and news these days," said Kocáb.

Monday, February 02, 2009

V Praze se demonstrovalo proti americkému radaru

Praha - Přibližně tisícovka lidí dnes v Praze protestovala proti přítomnosti americké protiraketové základny v Česku. Demonstraci svolali komunisté. Lidé se kolem 13:00 sešli na náměstí Jana Palacha v centru Prahy. Odtud pak pochodovali k americkému velvyslanectví, kde předseda KSČM Vojtěch Filip spolu s europoslancem Miroslavem Ransdorfem předali dopis adresovaný americkému prezidentovi Baracku Obamovi.

Filip zopakoval, že komunisté požadují svolání referenda ohledně radaru. Uvedl, že se poslanci strany budou snažit zabránit projednání smluv ve sněmovně. Další zástupci KSČM mluvili zejména o obrovské zátěži, které by raketová základna představovala pro obyvatele v Brdech a pro tamní životní prostředí. V nejbližší době chtějí předat parlamentu další petici proti radaru s podpisy 15.000 lidí.

V dopise Obamovi komunisté píší, že valná většina českých obyvatel si protiraketovou základnu v zemi nepřeje. Tvrdí, že se její výstavbou zvýší pro ČR bezpečnostní rizika. Zároveň odmítají, aby se Česko stalo nástrojem politiky Spojených států a požadují, aby americký prezitent vzal při rozhodování o radaru jejich argumenty v úvahu.

Protestu se účastnili také zástupci Ligy starostů proti radaru a organizace neradaru.cz. Lidé nesli transparenty s nápisy Mír a solidarita, Ne radaru či Stop novým závodům ve zbrojení. Cestou přes Malou Stranu skandovali hesla "Radar tady nebude, nechte si ho doma" nebo "Kdo se bojí referenda? Topolánek, Saša Vondra".

"Pochod se rozešel ve 14:45, vše proběhlo v poklidu, veřejný pořádek narušen nebyl," řekla ČTK mluvčí pražské policie Iva Knolová.

Podle prosincového průzkumu Centra pro výzkum veřejného mínění (CVVM) se základnou dlouhodobě nesouhlasí zhruba dvě třetiny lidí, opačný názor zastává necelá třetina. Více než dvě třetiny lidí rovněž dlouhodobě požadují, aby o umístění základny v Česku mohli rozhodnout občané v referendu. Podle komunistů za poslední dva roky podepsalo petice proti radaru přes 350.000 lidí.

Smlouvy umožňující vybudovat americkou základnu v Brdech schválil loni v listopadu Senát. Poslanecká sněmovna, kde převažují její odpůrci hlavně z ČSSD a KSČM, ale i menších vládních stran, o nich ještě nehlasovala.

Author: ČTK
www.ctk.cz

Over 1000 Czechs Marched in Protest of U.S. Radar Base

Some one thousand people today protested against the planned stationing of a U.S. radar base on Czech soil and marched to the U.S. Embassy where they handed its staff an open letter by the Communist Party (KSCM) addressed for U.S. President Barack Obama.

The letter says the U.S. base would makes Czech territory and inhabitants a potential target of a military attack, the daily Pravo writes today.

The Communists also write in the letter that the radar would be dangerous to human health and very expensive.

KSCM leader Vojtech Filip recalled that the party demands that a referendum on the radar is organised in the Czech Republic.

Opinion polls show that about two-thirds of Czechs would like the referendum to be held. Approximately the same number is against the base.

The U.S. base is promoted by the ruling Civic Democrats (ODS), while the leftist opposition, including the Communists and the Social Democrats (CSSD), opposes it.

The Czech-U.S. treaties on the base were signed last year, but Czech parliament has not yet ratified them.

Apart from the radar base in the Czech Republic, ten interceptor missiles are to be located in Poland. These two elements of the U.S. missile defence shield are to defend the United States and a large part of Europe against missiles countries like Iran and North Korea might launch.

The Prague marchers today carried banners saying No to Radar, Stop New Arms Race, and Peace and Solidarity.

The Mayors League Against Radar, associating the mayors of the municipalities situated near the Brdy military grounds where the U.S. base is to be constructed, took part in the protest, along with supporters of the neradaru.cz (No to radar) group.

Author: ČTK
www.ctk.cz

Monday, January 26, 2009

"Holy Grail" Of Healing Regenerative Powder Helped Re-Grow A Man's Fingertip, And Could Change Medicine Forever

An Ohio man has regrown a finger thanks to a medical miracle that doctors hope will enable patients to regenerate burnt skin and damaged organs, revolutionizing the way the body heals itself.

When Lee Spievack, a hobby-store salesman in Cincinnati, slashed off the tip of his finger with a model-plane propeller, the missing piece vanished along with any reasonable hope of his hand being whole again.

In a cutting-edge medical technique that seems ripped from the pages of science fiction, a powdery substance helped the 69-year-old regrow a fully functional digit with tissue, nerves, skin, nail, and a fingerprint.

Spievack had been helping a customer one evening in August 2005 with an engine on a model airplane behind the shop. He knew the motor was risky because it required somebody to turn the prop backwards to make it run the right way.

"I pointed to it," Spievack recalled the other day, "and said, ‘You need to get rid of this engine, it's too dangerous.' And I put my finger through the prop."

He misjudged the distance to the spinning plastic blade. It sliced off his fingertip, leaving just a bit of the nail bed. The missing piece, three-eighths of an inch long, was never found.

An emergency room doctor wrapped up the rest of his finger and sent him to a hand surgeon, who recommended a skin graft to cover what was left of his finger. What was gone, it appeared, was gone forever.

If Spievack had been a toddler, things might have been different. Up to about age 2, people can consistently regrow fingertips, says Dr. Stephen Badylak, a regeneration expert at the University of Pittsburgh. But that's rare in adults, he said.

Spievack, however, did have a major advantage - a brother, Alan, a former Harvard surgeon who'd founded a company called ACell Inc., that makes an extract of pig bladder for promoting healing and tissue regeneration.

It helps horses regrow ligaments, for example, and the federal government has given clearance to market it for use in people. Similar formulations have been used in many people to do things like treat ulcers and other wounds and help make cartilage.

The summer before Lee Spievack's accident, Dr. Alan Spievack had used it on a neighbor who'd cut his fingertip off on a tablesaw. The man's fingertip grew back over four to six weeks, Alan Spievack said.

Lee Spievack took his brother's advice to forget about a skin graft and try the pig powder.

Soon a shipment of the stuff arrived and Lee Spievack started applying it every two days. Within four weeks his finger had regained its original length, he says, and in four months "it looked like my normal finger."

Spievack said it's a little hard, as if calloused, and there's a slight scar on the end. The nail continues to grow at twice the speed of his other nails.

"All my fingers in this cold weather have cracked except that one," he said.

All in all, he said, "I'm quite impressed."

Behrman/AP

Lee Spievack

Spievack/AP

Spievack accidentally sliced off the tip of his finger, but regrew it (below) supposedly by using special powder made from pig extract.

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