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Westboro Baptist Church Plans to Protest Hillel

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Westboro Baptist Church Plans to Protest Hillel


By Kelly K. W. Lam and David H.A. LeBoeuf, CONTRIBUTING WRITERS

In this Crimson file photo, Harvard students counter-protest the Westboro Baptist Church on March 22, 2009. Members of the church are planning to picket outside Harvard Hillel this Friday, December 3.

Westboro Baptist Church, a Kansas-based religious organization which hosts anti-homosexual protests across the country, is scheduled to return to Harvard to protest outside Harvard Hillel Friday morning.

Board members of Harvard Hillel and undergraduates across campus are planning a “Surprise Absurdity Protest” to counter the Westboro Baptist Church’s anti-semitic message.

The church, known for its slogan “God hates fags,” protested in Cambridge twice last year—once at Harvard Law School and once at Cambridge Rindge and Latin School.

The church’s protest is part of a series of events scheduled in Massachusetts, including demonstrations outside of the Islamic Center of Boston in Wayland, Brandeis University’s Hillel, and Framingham High School, which is putting on a production of the Laramie Project.

Harvard’s counter-protest organizers said that the Surprise Absurdity Protest is meant to highlight the ridiculous nature of the Westboro Baptist Church’s message.

“We don’t want to acknowledge their protest as serious,” Hillel’s Vice President for Community Relations Lilli R. Margolin ’11 said. “We think it’s absurd.”

Margolin is working with other student groups to make the counter-protest a “whimsical event” that includes live music, food, and signs with sayings such as “God hates figs” and “The sky is too blue.”

The Westboro Baptist Church has long targeted gays and holds protests outside U.S. soldiers’ funerals, claiming that their deaths were justified due to America’s role as a “fag enabler.” The group has recently turned its attention to Jews, whom it blames for killing Jesus on its website.

The Westboro Baptist Church’s website indicates that it will be protesting outside of Harvard Hillel from 10 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.

Counter-protesters are expected to gather inside of Hillel beginning at 9 a.m., according to Margolin.

But over House e-mail lists, some undergraduates expressed concerns about the proposed counter-protest.

Joanna F. Behrman ’13, a Jewish student from Kansas, the group’s home state, said she thinks the counter-protest would give the church undue attention.

Behrman also said that she is worried the counter-protest may endanger children, who participate in the church’s protests.

Instead, she called for a more “positive” counter-protest that would bring the campus together, instead of focusing on the “absurd” nature of the church’s claims.

In an e-mail sent over the Mather House open list, Behrman cautioned student group leaders of the possibility that the Westboro group might sue should physical contact take place.

Margolin acknowledged the possibility of legal action and said she plans to brief all counter-protesters instructing them not to engage the Westboro Baptist Church directly.

Marco Chan ’11, co-chair of the Harvard College Queer Students and Allies, participated in two previous counter-protests to the Westboro Baptist Church that occurred in Cambridge last year.

Last May, he collaborated with other student groups, including the Harvard Democrats, to organize a Phelps-a-thon fundraiser which raised money for Cambridge Cares About AIDS, which has since merged with the Aids Action Committee.

Chan said that the protest on Friday event would show the campus’ united opposition to the message of Westboro Church.

“As long as they’re doing this, there is a need for plenty more people to show them that their hate is unacceptable,” Chan said.

“It’s not so much for the Westboro Baptist Church, as for us to come together as a community,” he added.

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Ron Paul: "What We Need Is More Wikileaks"

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Ron Paul: "What We Need Is More Wikileaks"

Et tunc revelabitur ille iniquus, quem Dominus Iesus interficiet spiritu oris sui et destruet illustratione adventus sui. (2 Thessalonians 2:8)

The Raw Story reports popular Texas Republican Congressman Ron Paul is defending whistleblower website WikiLeaks.

That is refreshing news indeed!

For example Tom Flanagan, a former advisor to Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, calls for the assassination of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.

Ron Paul said: "What we need is more WikiLeaks about the Federal Reserve".

Ron Paul continued: "Can you imagine what it'd be like if we had every conversation in the last 10 years with our Federal Reserve people, the Federal Reserve chairman, with all the central bankers of the world and every agreement or quid-pro-quo they have? It would be massive. People would be so outraged".

Ron Paul said: "In a free society we're supposed to know the truth. In a society where truth becomes treason, then we're in big trouble. And now, people who are revealing the truth are getting into trouble for it".

Ron Paul added: "This whole notion that Assange, who's an Australian, that we want to prosecute him for treason - I mean, aren't they jumping to a wild conclusion?".

The Texas congressman echoed his message from Fox Business in a recent Twitter post.

I think organizations like WikiLeaks only can be founded by strong individuals with insider information.

Remember how God used the Apostle Paul - for the good of Christianity - who used to persecute and assist in killings of Christians.

You don't have to be a former Nazi or Stalinist to defend democracy today, but if you got your political education in one of those popular movements, I believe it might be easier to understand what it's all about, once you have come to your senses and repented from your earlier crazy thoughts.

A lot of things Ron Paul says actually makes a lot of sense.

"Et miserunt pulverem super capita sua et clamaverunt, flentes et lugentes, dicentes: 'Vae, vae, civitas magna, in qua divites facti sunt omnes, qui habent naves in mari, de pretiis eius, quoniam una hora desolata est' ", Revelation 18:19.
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Why Does a Pagan Goddess Represent America?

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Why Does a Pagan Goddess Represent America?
By Greg Szymanski, JD

Dec. 5, 2010

From the top of the Capitol Building to the bottom of the streets in Washington D.C., pagan symbols abound.


Why in a supposed Christian country does our capitol city look like ancient Egypt and Babylon?


Could it be the founders of the United States had a hidden agenda?


One important fact missed by most researchers is George Washington’s connections to the Jesuit Order and to John Carroll, the first Jesuit trained American bishop.


Carroll was most influential and probably instructed Washington behind the scenes on most every move he made.


For example, why was our capitol city built on Carroll family land instead of in Philadelphia, a more logical spot?


Why did Washington ban all anti-popery demonstrations when in fact Protestants understood the papacy was the biggest obstacle to freedom our infant country faced?


The answer is there were two agendas going on by the elite who founded our country.


The outward agenda, told to the millions of trusting Protestants, was America provided freedom and equality for all.


However, behind the scenes, Carroll, Washington, Franklin, Jefferson and many more of the elite understood they were serving a master in Rome who worshiped a different God while detesting freedom and liberty.


Why else then if you draw a straight line from each of the five major colonial cities, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington D.C., New York and Boston, and extend that line across the Atlantic, does it dissect perfectly with one of the major occult monuments — Stonehenge!


This, of course, is more than just coincidence just like it is more than just coincidence that our first president’s family crest represents one of the four beast’s pointed out in the Book of Daniel.


To tie this together quickly before talking about the pagan goddess adorning the capitol building of supposed “Christian America”, let’s call a spade a shovel instead of acting political correct about the Vatican, the Jesuit Order and Roman Catholicism.


The leaders of our country from the beginning have always worked hand in glove with the anti-Christ popes, the Jesuits and Roman Catholicism, now boasting more than 65 million followers in the U.S.


What are they following? Without knowing it. they are following nothing more than a Christian perversion and adaptation of Babylon’s mystery religion.


And with the U.S. government and the Vatican working together, secret societies controlled by the Jesuits have maneuvered their way into every facet of our society, using the U.S. Constitution as their main cover and Jesus as their main shill.


Although pagan symbolism in Washington D.C. is endless, let’s look at the goddess of the Capitol Building, as a main example of what this country really stands for. The following explanation is taken from http://seawaves.us/bookreview/capital.ht…


A top the Capital is the statute Goddess Athena that adorns the top of the Capital Building. Take notive there are Roman Fascia prominently displayed at the bottom of Athena. Here is a little background on the goddess athena.

Athena (Minerva)

Athena sprang full-grown and in full armor from Zeus’ head. She is his daughter, powerful and self-sufficient. The Parthenon, in the acropolis at Athens, is her temple. Gray-eyed, Athena is the protector of civilized life, the embodiment of wisdom, justice, reason, and moral intelligence. Athena is a virgin goddess, ruthless and warlike when necessary to defend the state and the home from outside enemies. She is often armed, and possessed the Aegis, a shield worn upon her breastplate. Athena invented the bridle and the carriage. She is often accompanied by Nike, the swift goddess of strength and victory.

Serenely beautiful, Athena is identified with the Libyan and Egyptian war-goddess Neith. Her Roman name is Minerva. The Romans observed a yearly festival of Minerva, from the nineteenth to the twenty-third day of March.

.Daughter of Zeus, and only by him, the Goddess Athena was not generated by any woman. She leaped from the head of Zeus, already adult, dressed with her armor.


But the mother is not completely missing from the miraculous birth of Pallas Athena. According to Hesiod’s account of the weddings of Zeus, the King of the Gods chose Metis as his first wife. She was of all beings “the most knowing” (as the word metis is interpreted), or “of many counsels” as translated in the sense of the Homeric epithet polymetis.

As she was about to give birth to the Goddess Athena, Zeus deceived his pregnant wife with cunning words and assimilated her into his own body. Mother Earth and Father Sky had advised him to do this so as to prevent any of his descendants from robbing him of his kingly rank. For it was destined that the most brilliant children were to be born to the Goddess Metis: first, the daughter Athena, and later a son, the future King of Gods and men.

In the most ancient account, the Iliad, Athena is the Goddess of ferocious and implacable fight, but, wherever she can be found, she only is a warrior to defend the State and the native land against the enemies coming from outside.

She is, above all, the Goddess of the City, the protectress of civilized life, of artesian activities, and of agriculture. She also invented the horse-bit, which, for the first time, tamed horses, allowing men to use them.

She is the favorite daughter of Zeus; and that’s why he let her use his insignia: the terrible shield, the aegis and his devastating weapon, the ray.

The most used expression to describe her is “the bright eyed”. She is the first of the three virgin Goddesses, also known as Maiden, Parthenos, and from this name was taken the name to the most important Temple dedicated to her, the Parthenon.

In poetry she is the incarnation of Wisdom, Reason and Purity.

Athens is her city; the olive tree, created by her, is her tree; the owl, is the birth consecrated to her.


As an interesting side note in symbolism the custom in Greece a wreath of laurel was used to crown victors of Olympic competitions, inherited from one of the symbols of the god Apollo, who is often depicted wearing/ holding a wreath of laurel leaves. Olive wreaths were also given to Olympic victors. In Rome laurel wreaths were worn on the heads of military and government officials in parades. Roman consuls and senators wore wreaths of olive leaves in public.


Julius Caesar was granted the right to wear the laurel wreath and “some elements” of triumphal dress at all festivals – Cassius Dio adds that Caesar wore the laurel wreath “wherever and whenever”, excusing this as a cover to his baldness


Now we have to ask ourselves a few Questions. Would a Christian put a Roman goddess on top of the Capital Building? Who laid out and designed Washington D.C.? I really believe Tupper Saussy’s book “Rulers of Evil” answers all these questions and more. To get the book go to Ebay and do a search on “Rulers of Evil”


In this world it really does not matter what your personal religious beliefs are, but what is happening in the world today has everything to do with religion. It does not matter if you believe in them or not, if the people who believe in them hold positions of power this will most assuredly affect you.


Understand this is not promoting a religion, it is explaining what religion is and has been through history.


Now if you want to look at some pictures of the rulers behind the scenes go to http://bandonisp.com/who/rules.html


Once you look at the web site above, notice Cardinal Spellman is prominently featured but, remember, whoever holds that Vatican seat of power especially in New York is a behind the scenes controller of U.S. politicians.

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Video: Man Rescued on Madrid Railway Tracks Seconds Before Getting Run Over By Train

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Raw Video: Man Rescued on Madrid Railway Tracks Seconds Before Getting Run Over By Train

The man falls onto the tracks and it appears as if the impact of the fall prevents him from getting up and getting out of the way. An off-duty police officer clearly saves his life. Watch the left side of the video at the very beginning, he falls backwards...This is in Madrid
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A man who fell onto a railway line in Madrid on Friday was saved from serious injury or possible death by an off-duty policeman. (Dec. 4)
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FBI's Own Informant Reported to FBI for Violent Jihad Talk

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FBI's Own Informant Reported to FBI for Violent Jihad TalkWhen the FBI sent an informant into a California mosque to surveil terror suspects, the plan backfired hilariously. Muslims were so alarmed by his talk of violent Jihad that they reported him to the FBI.

In 2007, the FBI used a convict named Craig Monteilh to infiltrate a mosque in Irvine, California. Seems that he was a bit overzealous in trying to ferret out possible Jihadis: After he suggested to members that they blow up a mall, members of the mosque reported him to the FBI and sought a restraining order because they thought he might be a terrorist. Monteilh now claims he was instructed to entrap one of the men, whose terror case was recently dismissed.

Makes you think twice about the Christmas Tree bomber, to whom the FBI gave materials for a fake car bomb. The FBI sure does love fomenting violent Jihad! Is Osama bin Laden really FBI director Robert Mueller, operating deep, deep undercover? [Washington Post, image of Monteilh via Getty]


Send an email to Adrian Chen, the author of this post, at adrian@gawker.com.

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Balancing Rights: Privacy vs. Life

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Balancing Rights: Privacy vs. Life

By Ken Connor|Christian Post Guest Columnist

There's been much controversy in recent weeks over the issue of full body scans and pat-downs at airport security checkpoints across America. Individuals from all points on the political and ideological spectrum are angry and speaking out against practices that they assert violate civil liberties and undermine human dignity. Much in the same way that the Patriot Act thrust the "privacy v. security" conundrum into the foreground of the public's attention, the kerfuffle begun by John "Don't Touch My Junk" Tyner has ignited a national debate about how far our society is willing to go to ensure the safety of air travel in America. President Obama, for his part, acknowledges the inconvenience posed by the new TSA procedures, but insists that they are necessary to ensure our safety in an era of pervasive terror threats (http://www.mediaite.com/tv/president-obama-tsa-pat-downs-an-inconvenience-for-all-of-us-except-him/)

Ken Connor

Upon hearing the President's rationalization of full body scans and vigorous pat-downs, I can't help but be struck by this Administration's inconsistent and unprincipled approach to personal privacy issues. Ever since the Supreme Court issued the Griswold v. Connecticut decision in 1965, the American Left has vigorously defended the constitutional "penumbras" guaranteeing an individual "right" to privacy. This understanding of individual privacy led the Court to decide in 1973 that a woman's right to privacy trumps her unborn child's right to life.

Over time, the right of "privacy" has morphed into the infamous "right to choose," a rhetorical device so powerfully employed by feminists that it has defined the worldview of a generation of young women and eclipsed the fact that the grotesque object of the "choice" in question, is the choice to kill an innocent unborn child. The insidiously abstract "right to choose" is something that Mr. Obama has always defended, even to the point that he opposed a law that would allow doctors to provide life-saving treatment to infants that survive abortion.

Contrast this position with his support of the TSA's new security measures, measures which entail an embarrassing invasion of personal privacy. In this instance, President Obama is supporting a government infringement upon the personal privacy of millions of American travelers based upon an ambiguous and largely unquantifiable threat. The fear of the unknown, after all, is a powerful motivator, and the President has chosen to take the safe road. Better safe sorry, right? Better to err on the side of protecting life at the cost of a little personal privacy than risk the loss of hundreds and, perhaps, thousands of innocent lives, right?

Applying the President's logic, one would hope that he would take note of the fact that, since 1973, the lives of 50 million unborn children have been sacrificed on the altar of personal privacy. And upon taking such note, one would hope that the President would reconsider – in light of his appreciation of the terror threat America faces in this post-9/11 world – that there is little virtue in adhering to an abstract principle when adherence to that principle costs innocents their lives. The right of individuals to be free from unwarranted government intrusion in their private affairs is highly prized by all Americans, but that right is not absolute. It must be weighed in the balance against the right to life, and when the right to life is at stake, the right to privacy must yield.

An individual's right to travel unmolested by an over-earnest TSA must be weighed against the realities of the terror threat, the federal government's responsibility to ensure national security, and his fellow passengers' right to fly safely. Similarly, a woman's "right" to privacy, or choice – choose your "penumbra" – ends at her unborn child's right to life. No amount of rhetorical obfuscation or wallowing in abstractions will change that fact.

President Obama appears to have a firm grasp on the former principle, but is unable, or unwilling, to connect the dots in the latter. This kind of inconsistency is exactly why Americans have so little respect for their government and the politicians that run it. The American people's anger with the TSA is sure to blow over, but those who believe the right to life is the most sacred liberty Americans enjoy will never stop advocating for the rights of those who cannot speak or defend themselves.

Ken Connor is the Chairman of the Center for a Just Society in Washington, DC, the former President of the Family Research Council, and a nationally recognized trial lawyer.
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WikiLeaks and the Investigative Judgment

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WikiLeaks and the Investigative Judgment


By Keith Burton

The first amendment to the Constitution of the United States boldly declares:

Congress shall make no law regarding an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.

This declaration is often paraded as “exhibit one” by those who believe that “the land of the free” is a democratic utopia where every voice is equal and the government is the people’s servant. Somehow, they are bewitched by Lincoln’s vision of a “government of the people, by the people, for the people”; and have been hypnotized by the myth of Reagan’s “shining city on a hill.” They balk at Michelle Obama’s confession of delayed pride in the land that enslaved, oppressed, and exploited her ancestors. Oblivious to the systemic racism that is amplified by attitudes towards our bi-racial President, they cunningly declare the fulfillment of King’s “Dream,” fully aware that the authentic voices of DuBois’s “Talented Tenth” are still being ignored (remember Dr. Jeremiah Wright?).

Freedom of the Press?

The notion of a nation with an unmuzzled media who are not beholden to government censorship was challenged this week by WikiLeak’s gradual release of the redacted content from 250,000 United States government cables. All of a sudden, this “freedom of the press” ideal was called into question. As far as the government is concerned, the press is only free to publish unethically garnered information that serves it’s own agenda.

It’s perfectly fine for anonymous CIA sources to leak contrived “intelligence” to CNN about non-existent weapons of mass destruction. It is even appropriate to shamefully expose the undisputed plans and foilabilities of other governments (e.g. Hilary Clinton’s unabashed endorsement of the leaks exposing Arab leaders’ opposition to the “Persians”). But who gives these foreigners the right to air America’s dirty laundry on a global stage? Don’t they understand the American interpretation of “freedom of the press”? Haven’t they noticed that the American media has voluntarily become tools of government propaganda by censoring images that may hinder the government’s patriotic agenda? To this day, the American people have still not “seen” the true local impact of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Ignorance is Bliss?

For those among us who still hold to the historic Adventist understanding of Revelation 13, the reaction of the American government to WikiLeaks is prophetically chilling/affirming. It did not take long for them to tout the “T” word in their classification of those responsible for the organization. Simultaneously, Julian Assange, the very public face of WikiLeaks, has been mysteriously accused of sexual crimes and is currently being hunted by Interpol. Even as the assailed Australian considers the possibility of an unscheduled detention in a frigid jail in Stockholm or a humid concentration camp in Guantanamo Bay, he is fully aware that the smoke around him and his organization is craftily intended to obscure the undeniable fire.

Nonetheless, the government knows the gullibility of the people, and if a case can be made that those involved in the leaks are driven by a hatred “of our freedoms” it would not be too difficult to garner public sympathy. I have already had conversations with people who believe that the way in which the government operates is none of our business, even if the current and former Secretaries of State knowingly violated international law by ordering acts of espionage against United Nations’ officials. For them, ignorance is so blissful that even when undeniable truth is presented, they hypocritically cling to it with reprobate inflexibility.

Nothing But the Truth

Whether or not a person consciously chooses to believe a lie, the truth cannot be erased. The facts may be hidden and protected by firewalls and seemingly impregnable codes of secrecy, but as long as they exist in some tangible or intangible form they are always subject to revelation. The truth is, with fallible humans being entrusted with the responsibility of guarding sensitive information, “secrets” are never safe. As we see with WikiLeaks’ super-scoop, all it takes is for one anonymous trustee to breach confidence and the real nature of scores of professional hypocrites are immediately exposed. This is probably what the late Robert Nesta Marley had in mind when he penned these words in his conscience disturbing song, Who the Cap Fit: “If night would turn to day, a lot of people would run away....”

Even as Hilary Clinton and Robert Gates trust their “spin” teams to develop new dirt to bury the recently revealed truth; and the recently re-exposed and indicted Dick Cheney trusts that the Obama government will protect him from the legally binding Nigerian arrest warrant; I am reminded of the fact that we all have embarrassing secrets that make us blush – even in moments of solitude. At some time in our lives, we have all done something, said something or thought something that contradicts our public self and would be the source of great shame if publically paraded in the presence of people who think they know us.

Conclusion: The Investigative Judgement

It is precisely because of the possibility of public embarrassment that I am thankful for the Investigative Judgment. Ecclesiastes declares that the Judicious Judge of the judged will “bring every work into judgement and every secret thing – both good and evil.” He doesn’t only see my missteps, but records every sincere act of repentance and restitution. He assures me that when I lean on His grace and cognitively accept his assurance of forgiveness (in spite of how I may feel), my opponents can leak my secrets or fully open the faucet, but I will remain protected and dry through the blood of Jesus, who faithfully uses His righteousness to cleanse me from all of my unrighteousness.

In conclusion, as we continue to cling to the confidence conjured by Christ’s cleansing Grace, meditate with me on the first verse of Frank E. Belden’s oft misunderstood hymn of assurance:

    The judgment has set, the books have been opened;
How shall we stand in that great day,
When every thought, and word, and action,
God, the righteous Judge, shall weigh?

Refrain
How shall we stand in that great day?
How shall we stand in that great day?
Shall we be found before Him wanting?
Or with our sins all washed away?
Keith Augustus Burton is an Adjunct Instructor of Religion at the Florida Hospital College of Health Sciences. He is a grateful recipient of God’s Grace.
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How Can Online Advertising Companies Be Kept from Tracking Web Surfers?

Targeting Practices: How Can Online Advertising Companies Be Kept from Tracking Web Surfers?

The FTC is calling for "do not track" software, but one privacy and security expert said such programming would have to be incorporated into a browser for it to work properly

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PRIVACY? CHECK: The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is urging makers of Web browsers to include a "do-not-track" feature that would let consumers opt out of having their personal information and preferences sent to online advertisers.
The Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) call for a "do not track" mechanism to be created to protect Web users' private information from being exploited by online advertising networks sounds good on paper, but implementing such a technology would be a thorny process. It is not because the technology is so difficult to create, but rather because most of the companies that make Web browsers are supported by or are themselves online advertising networks.



Google, Microsoft and Apple, for example, all have online advertising networks, whereas Mozilla and others get money from Google for search deals, Chris Soghoian, a privacy and security researcher in the School of Informatics and Computing at Indiana University Bloomington, said Wednesday at the "Future of Online Consumer Protections" conference hosted by the Consumer Watchdog advocacy organization in Washington, D.C.



Google, which makes the Chrome Web browser but also bought Internet advertising technology company DoubleClick in March 2008 for $3.1 billion, derives 90 percent of its revenue from advertising, Jamie Court, president of Consumer Watchdog, a Santa Monica, Calif.–based nonprofit formerly known as the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, said during his opening remarks Wednesday.



The FTC later that same day issued a preliminary staff report suggesting that one way to better protect privacy online is for Web browsers to feature a setting that enables consumers to choose whether to allow the collection of data regarding their online searching and browsing activities (ad networks such as DoubleClick and Microsoft's Atlas collect this data in order to provide more targeted advertising services). According to the FTC, the most practical approach would probably involve the placement of a persistent setting, similar to a cookie, on the consumer's browser signaling the consumer's choices about being tracked and receiving targeted ads.



Instead of a cookie plug-ins, however, browsers should come with a check box—perhaps part of the preferences menu—that sends a signal to ad networks that says, "leave me alone," said Soghoian, who until recently worked for the FTC as a technical advisor to the agency's Division of Privacy and Identity Protection. "It would not be difficult to get the browser-builders to build such a mechanism in," he said, adding that last year he helped to write a 20-line prototype program to do this called TACO (for Targeted Advertising Cookie Opt-out). "The difficult part would be to get the ad networks to support it, and I think that's where the FTC is going to need to play hardball."



If the FTC does not have the authority, Soghoian suggested, "I think Congress is going to need to give them that authority. I don't think the ad networks are going to voluntarily agree to support any strong mechanism unless their arms are twisted."



The Web site DoNotTrack.Us, a collaboration of researchers at the Stanford Law School Center for Internet and Society and the Security Laboratory at the Stanford Department of Computer Science, explains how a do-not-track mechanism might work: Whenever a Web browser requests content or sends data using HTTP, the protocol that underlies the Web, it can optionally include extra information, called a "header". Do not track simply adds a header indicating the user wishes to not be tracked.
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Weekly Sabbath Sermons on Video/Audio

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Weekly Sabbath Sermons on Video/Audio

Here are the Weekly Sermons at church. They will generally be updated weekly. Click the “v” logo to watch the videos on Vimeo. All transcripts are at this blog.


2010-11-27 – Paul Godfrey – DS – The Nominal Creationist – mp3 (due to technical difficulties the video will not be available for this week)


2010-11-20 – John Thiel – The Tests and Trials that Get Me There – - mp3


2010-11-27 – Paul Godfrey – He Spake & It Was Done – mp3


2010-11-27 – John Thiel – The Faith That Gets Me There –


2010-11-14 – Paul Godfrey – The Word Made Flesh – mp3

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2010-10-23 – Markus Dammasch – Let’s Be Reasonable –


2010-10-16 – Paul Godfrey – The Harvest Has Ended & We Are Not Saved – mp3


2010-10-09 – Markus Dammasch – To Be An Evergreen – mp3


2010-10-02 – Paul Godfrey – “Vengeance is Mine” Saith the Lord – mp3 -


2010-10-02 – John Thiel – Order and Dependability in Heaven –


2010-09-25 – Paul Godfrey – 4 Brothers – mp3 -


2010-08-29 – Markus Dammasch – Resting in the Lord – - mp3


2010-09-25 – John Thiel – The Occupations of Heaven –


2010-09-11 – Paul Godfrey – Clearly Blind – - mp3


2010-09-11 – John Thiel – The Peace that Passeth Understanding – mp3


2010-08-21 – John Thiel – Heavens Chain of Command – mp3


2010-07-17 – John Thiel – A Little Heaven on Earth – mp3


The People of the Loud Cry Series:


2010-10-30 – John Thiel – 1 – The Nature of the People – mp3

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2010-10-30 – John Thiel – 2 – Gaining of that nature – mp3 -


2010-11-07 – John Thiel – 3 – The Process of Their exposure – mp3 -


2010-11-07 – John Thiel – 4 – The True Loud Cry – mp3 -


Prayer Meeting:


2010-09-22 – Paul Godfrey – Fear God & Give Glory to Him – mp3 -


2010-09-15 – Paul Godfrey – In The Image of God – mp3transcript


Paul Godfrey – Young Fishermen – - transcript – who will give the last message?


Paul Godfrey – It’s not a social club – transcript – Why do you go to church?


More sermons on audio;


http://www.harvestgleaner.com/audio/2010%20Sabbath%20Sermons/


More sermons on audio/video and other information;


http://markwoodman.org/new/

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Rekindling the Reformation: Articles by Subject

Articles by Subject






Synopsis:
Was life created or just a random set of events? What are the facts? A look at Evolution and Creation as viable forms of science.



















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Read about the Media Deceptions today - Christian Music & Hollywood Movies.




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Synopsis:
Many of the ways we "care" for our bodies can actually be harmful to our health. Are dairy and meat products as wholesome as we believe? And how do we escape the unhealthy lifestyle that is so prevalent in our culture?


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