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As I walk through
This wicked world
Searchin' for light in the darkness of insanity.
I ask myself
Is all hope lost?
Is there only pain and hatred, and misery?
And each time I feel like this inside,
There's one thing I wanna know:
What's so funny about peace love and understanding?
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Ellen Hume: The Future of the News + -
* When:Tue 11/18 (6PM)
* Where: MIT Museum
* Address: 265 Massachusetts Ave. Cambridge
* Cost: FREE!
"MIT's new Center for Future Civic Media (C4FCM) has announced that Ellen Hume will join the center as research director, effective Jan. 28 [2008].
"A joint effort between the MIT's Media Lab and Comparative Media Studies Program, C4FCM, founded earlier this year with a $5 million grant from the Knight Foundation, develops new techniques and technologies to promote and enhance civic engagement in local communities, providing people with new means to share, prioritize, organize and act on information relevant to their communities.
"As research director, Hume will collaborate closely with C4FCM principal investigators Chris Csikszentmihályi, associate professor of media arts and sciences; Henry Jenkins, Peter de Florez Professor of Humanities and co-director of the MIT Comparative Media Studies Program; and Mitchel Resnick, LEGO Papert Professor of Learning Research and head of the Program in Media Arts and Sciences, to define the priorities and plans for the new center.
"Hume is currently founding director of the Center on Media and Society at the University of Massachusetts Boston, where she created the New England Ethnic Newswire. Previously, she served as executive director and senior fellow at Harvard University's Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy, and as executive director of PBS's Democracy Project, where she developed special news programs that encouraged citizen involvement in public affairs.
"Hume was a White House and political correspondent for the Wall Street Journal, national reporter with the Los Angeles Times and regular commentator on PBS's Washington Week in Review and CNN's Reliable Sources program. Hume wrote 'Media Missionaries'(2004), a report for the Knight Foundation about American journalism training abroad, and the award-winning "Tabloids, Talk Shows and the Future of News" (1995) for the Annenberg Washington Program. She holds a B.A. in American History and Literature from Harvard University and honorary doctorates from Kenyon College and Daniel Webster College".
Ellen Hume's website: http://www.ellenhume.com/index.html
http://web.mit.edu/museum/programs/so...
http://boston.going.com/event-471894;...
Paine
Department of Homeland Security Surveillance Cameras in Cambridge + -
* When:Thu 11/20 (6:30PM)
* Where: YWCA
* Address: 7 Temple Street Cambridge
* Cost: FREE!
What you should know about Department of Homeland Security Surveillance Cameras in Cambridge. Join the ACLU of Massachusetts for a discussion of why Big Brother might be a dangerous neighbor.
For more information: call (617) 482-3170 x 314 or email nmurray@aclum.org.
http://boston.going.com/event-471893;...
Peace
fabulous Pete Seeger interview + -
Paine
DINNER, DEMOCRACY & A MOVIE + -
night. So join us on NOVEMBER 14, for this historic, tasty and inspired
evening, and remember, Your Vote Counts!
http://boston.going.com/event-459094;...
Paine
Nuclear-free Jubilee! + -
• When:Thu 10/23 - Sat 10/25 (12PM)
• Where: Brattleboro Common
• Address: Beautiful downtown Brattleboro Brattleboro, VT
• Cost: FREE!
The Vermont Legislature will vote on the relicensing of Entergy Corporation's Vermont Yankee this spring - we have the opportunity to turn from dangerous and polluting nuclear power to conservation and renewable, community-based energy sources.
http://boston.going.com/event-446568;...
Paine
RESISTING EMPIRE, JP, 10/24 + -
7PM FRIDAY OCTOBER 24
@ SPONTANEOUS CELEBRATIONS
www.spontaneouscelebrations.org
45 DANFORTH ST (STONY BROOK T), JAMAICA PLAIN, MA 02130
Dahr Jamail, ( www.dahrjamailiraq.com) winner of the 2007 Martha Gelhorn prize for journalism, will be cutting through the media lies of a "successful surge", offering a depiction of what occupation really looks like, and a humanizing rather than demonizing perspective on the Iraqi people. He'll speaking on his new release from Haymarket Books, "Beyond the Green Zone: Dispatches From an Unembedded Journalist in Occupied Iraq"
http://boston.going.com/event-446542;...
Paine
Billy Bragg's US tour kicks off + -
Coast USA tour dates on 17 October. Tickets are still available for this and
other dates on the tour.
Along with the classic songs, don't miss you chance to hear Billy's take on the
presidential elections, and the end of laissez-faire capitalism - 25 years after
laissez-faire capitalism in Britain began destroying mining, manufacturing and
other supposedly superfluous industries.
TOUR DATES - USA
17 October 2008 - State College, PA, USA - The State Theatre
18 October - Ithaca, NY, USA - State Theatre
19 October - West Long Branch, NJ, USA - Monmouth University
21 October - Boston, MA, USA - Somerville Theatre
22 October - Boston, MA, USA - Somerville Theatre
23 October - Lebanon, NH, USA - Lebanon Opera House
24 October - Philadelphia, PA, USA - Keswick Theater
25 October - New York City, NY, USA - Manhattan Center, Grand Ballroom
27 October - Washington, DC, USA - 9:30 Club
28 October - Baltimore, MD, USA - Rams Head Live
29 October - Charlottesville, VA, USA - Paramount Theater
30 October - Norfolk, VA, USA - Attucks Theater
01 November - Durham, NC, USA - Duke University
02 November - Asheville, NC, USA - Orange Peel
Listen to Billy's podcast interview for Political Affairs magazine on
Gabcast.com in which he covers the election, the global financial crisis, his
new album Mr Love & Justice, and his US tour.
http://www.gabcast.com/index.php?a=episod...
Jeff
RE: Billy Bragg's US tour kicks off + -
Paine
Peace Abbey October Events + -
http://boston.going.com/event-387828
Peace
RE: Peace Abbey October Events + -
Building a Sustainable Future
October 18th
9-3pm
Key note speaker Frances Moore Lappe
6 workshops Free Lunch
General Public $25. Students $10.
October 18th
Sgt. Maxwell's Peace Chorus
7:30pm $10 donation
$5 students and seniors
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October 20th 7-9pm
Looking at Immigration
Through the Lens of Faith
Morse Library in Natick
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October 24th
STONEWALK
United Nations Day
Sherborn to Boston
Leave 8:30 pulling the caisson and stone remembering civilians killed in war
Please bring any friends who may be interested in joining us for any of these events.
Will
Request for Scientific Evaluation by Office of Technical Assistance and Technology of HHO technolog + -
Assistance and Technology of HHO technologies
I just spoke to John Ballam and emailed him at john.ballam@state.ma.us
today on the phone. Here is the email that I sent to maota@state.ma.us
yesterday. It would be tremendous if
Office of Technical Assistance and Technology
100 Cambridge Street, Suite 900 Boston, MA 02114
Phone: 617.626.1060 Fax: 617.626.1095
could provide an independent scientific evaluation of a few HHO technology
patents,primarily Water4Gas.com which is one of the originals and has
6 separate patents included in its 2 eBooks.
I have composed & emailed this to absolutely everyone remotely
involved in air quality,transportation,renewable energy and economic
development in the Massachusetts State government and the
Massachusetts legislature,all members of the Boston Mayors Office
and Boston City Council,New York's Metropolitan Taxicab Board,
all major taxi ,moving and trucking companies in metro Boston,many
MetroNews editors,letter to the Editor for Boston Globe,15
reporters for the New York Post who are much more accessible
than anyone in Boston and many environmental groups and MIT and
Harvard professors. Please send a copy to your State Representative,
State Senator and Congressman/woman.
" HHO Technologies are an individuals and taxis solution to high gas
prices and large auto emissions.
I have been working on this proposed legislation since late July 2008.
You can see how this technology is implemented on my website:
http://www.websuccess4you.biz/Automotive/...
I spoke most recently with Alma on Thursday August 14,2008 at the
Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming of the U.S.
Congress concerning the need for legislation that would include Alternative
Motor Vehicle Credits for cars that have been outfitted with HHO technologies
that are already on the road as opposed to just for new cars which only aid the
large auto manufacturers.
First, let me state I am a member of the Union of Concerned Scientists
and Alliance for Democracy and they have received a copy of this email.
Besides proposing the below legislation, I am selling the HHO technology
solution to whomever is willing to listen and would like to form what I call
The Coalition for HHO Technologies.
This technology can increase gas or diesel mileage from 50%-300% and
lower carbon monoxide and exhaust emissions and was outlawed by
the federal government 50 years ago due to pressure from the oil lobby
because it was so effective.
Please email me back if you would like to be included in
The Coalition for HHO Technologies.
An Executive Summary of Water4Gas,which is one of three alternatives,
appears as a P.S. after this letter. Further information can be read on my
website at
http://www.websuccess4you.biz/Automotive/...
This webpage has 3 links that contain over 90 videos detailing
and documenting all the different varieties and installation procedures
involved in this technology.
The EBooks that explain exactly what to do cost from $47-97 and the
actually equipment per vehicle costs from $60-70.
I originally spoke with Alma on Friday August 1,2008 at the
Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming of the U.S.
Congress concerning the need for legislation that would include Alternative
Motor Vehicle Credits for cars that have been outfitted with HHO technologies
that are already on the road as opposed to just for new cars which only aid
the large auto manufacturers.
PROBLEM:
At the present time Form 8910 as implemented through the Highlights
of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 for Individuals FS-2006-14, Jan. 2006:
Qualified Alternative Fuel Motor Vehicles (QAFMV) are powered solely by
alternative fuels, such as compressed natural gas, liquefied natural gas,
liquefied petroleum gas, hydrogen and any liquid at least 85 percent of the
volume of which consists of methanol. Vehicles powered by a combination of an
alternative fuel and a petroleum-based fuel may qualify for a reduced credit.
Purchases of new vehicles with special equipment, as well as ones converted for
alternative power, may qualify.
¹ IRC §30B potentially allows a credit for four separate categories of vehicles:
1) Fuel Cell vehicles, 2) Advanced Lean Burn Technology vehicles, 3) Hybrid
vehicles and 4) Alternative Fuel vehicles.
Form 8910, Alternative Motor Vehicle Credit, is used to claim the qualified
hybrid vehicle credit as well as for vehicles qualifying for other provisions of
the alternative motor vehicle credit.
If the qualifying hybrid vehicle is purchased for business use, the credit for
the business use of a qualifying hybrid vehicle is reported on Form 3800,
General Business Credit.
For qualifying hybrid vehicles acquired for personal use, the credit is reported
on the appropriate line of the taxpayer’s Form 1040, U.S. Individual Income Tax
Return.
For additional information on the proper reporting of the alternative motor
vehicle credit, see the instructions to Form 8910 on page two of the form.
SOLUTION:
Legislation that includes tax credits for upgrades to current licensed and
registered vehicles that have HHO technology installed in them as illustrated at
http://www.websuccess4you.biz/Automotive/...
I. Better, Double Gas Mileage and Cleaner Emissions through HHO Technologies
The technical solution is available,proven and reliable. We need Congress,
specifically Congressmen Markey to institute legislation that gives tax credits
for installing this technology into present vehicles. The eBooks that offer the
procedures and expertise cost anywhere from $47-97 and the material
themselves cost from $50-70 per vehicle. If you would like me to explain
the basics of this technology, I can do that in another email.
I am now running ads on the internet,the Boston Globe,The Want Ad-Powered
and am contacting every major taxicab company in metropolitan Boston,every
moving company in greater Boston and every major car dealer in eastern
Massachusetts about this technology.
The public needs Congressmen Markey's assistance in producing legislation
guaranteeing tax credits for present registered vehicles with HHO installed
technologies.
http://www.WebSuccess4You.biz is my website.
Thank you,
William Stewart
Belmont, Mass.
(401)369-4617
P.S. Here is the Executive Summary for Water4Gas:
Water4Gas is a technology based on splitting water on board a vehicle, and using
the resulting gases not to drive the vehicle - but only to boost the efficiency
of its combustion.
It is a Do-It-Yourself technology, specifically designed for beginners with no
special tools and very limited budgets. A working system can be built at home
with basic hand tools for $20-$100, installed in minutes and removed in seconds.
No modifications to the engine, computer or fuel injection systems, so any
backyard mechanic can install it easily.
The technology is age old, over 91 years. All we've done is raise it from the
dead and develop a simple structure based on low cost hardware. Although there
is a myriad of hydrogen generating designs out there, ours is the simplest and
also the safest for the beginner. The electrolyzer, bubbler and water reservoir
have all been combined into one super-simple device.
Another advantage is the employment of coiled/spiraled electrode WIRES - rather
than flat plates or
spiraled plates. The magnetic vortex created by the coil assists water
splitting, so we don't need as much power from the car's electrical system, thus
simplifying the system even further and lowering its cost.
Three major factors work together to cause water splitting: direct current
flowing through the electrode wires to the water, the magnetic vortex created by
the shape of the electrodes, and the vacuum provided by the engine itself.
The effects of this technology is lowered emissions and improved mileage, simply
due to a MORE COMPLETE COMBUSTION. Today's internal combustion engines suffer
from poor efficiency of 20%-25%, as any mechanic will tell you; 75%-80% of the
gasoline, instead of being converted to forward motion, is instead converted to
pollution and carbon deposits (unburned fuel), as well as heat (global warming),
vibration and noise (knocking/pinging).
THE MAIN PROBLEM IS OVERSIZED FUEL DROPLETS IN THE MIXTURE. The Hydrogen, being
such a small particle, hits a droplet, cuts it into
smaller droplets and attaches itself to the smaller droplets. Now the finer,
hydrogen-enhanced mixture, is capable of burning more thoroughly.
On top of improved performance, the engine steam-cleans itself every day, and
the resulting effect is smoother and quieter operation. One of our staff was
shocked when she checked her engine oil and was sure that her oil ran totally
out. Actually what happened was that while she was expecting dark brown, dirty
oil, the oil was actually so transparent that she could not see it on the dip
stick. Her 20-year-old car is as smooth now (with our device on) as it was when
she bought it 17 years ago.
Another lady "complained" that she could not hear the engine running...but to
her surprise the car was still moving along.
Our technology is not capable of running a car on water alone. Our aim is not to
replace gasoline but to enhance it - and open the door and the mind to the
possibilities of waterfuel technology. With correct fine tuning we can double
the mileage, rendering
a new energy balance: half gasoline, half water. Very little water is used, in
an economy car it's around 2700 miles per gallon of distilled water, together
with 4-6 teaspoons of household baking soda as catalyst. We have demonstrated
many times that the fuel consumption of a 4-stroke generator can also be cut in
half with our technology.
Not all cars, loads and driving conditions will gain the same, obviously. For
ethical reasons we do not build up expectations for more than 10%-50%
improvement in fuel economy, however we are getting daily success stories from
experimenters who are seeing gains of 80%-100% in various vehicles. For some,
significant economy gains inflict a revelation that something can be done about
it, while for others it's a life changing factor.
We sell books that teach EVERYTHING about the technology and how to manufacture
it, as well as sponsoring a f'ree marketplace where sellers and buyers of actual
systems can find each other and trade without interference and without any fees
paid to us. Like in the Golden Age of Greece - no police, very little
government.
At the time of writing we have more than 3200 satisfied customers, over 400
registered independent manufacturers/installers, and an unknown number of
affiliates promoting us all over the world. 85%-90% of our sales occur via
affiliates, and more are joining due to the generous 50% commission rate and the
skyrocketing popularity of the product and the technology.
All in all, Water4Gas has become a buzzword for practicality and affordability.
Our policy is to guide the readers toward a mindset of an experimenter rather
than a driver that takes things for granted. We teach them that something can be
done about gas prices, pollution and global warming, and they gladly take an
active role and help to spread the word.
At the time of writing the technology is only for gasoline and diesel cars and
trucks. However many of our experimenters are working on adaptations to
propane/LPG/CNG propelled vehicles, as well as boats and
other applications such as stationary generators.
We're getting daily requests from business people around the world, as well as
inventors inspired by our success, requesting that we work with them to advance
their goals and purposes. We help as much as we can, including bridging the gap
between investors and inventors, as well as between inventors/developers seeking
to complement their technologies with supporting ones (such as a bridge we've
created between an English fuel cell and an American pure-hydrogen generator).
Thus Water4Gas has emerged and evolved in one year from a small home-based
business to become a global junction for waterfuel technologies, inspiration and
leadership.
Kathleen
RE: Request for Scientific Evaluation by Office of Technical Assistance and Technology of HHO techno + -
Casting a wide net is a good tactic most of the time, but when you oversaturate people with your message, you run the risk of people not taking it seriously and perhaps deleting your message without even reading it. And I know that is not the result you are looking for.
You might want to explain to people what HHO technology is too and why we should advocate for it .... I think that would be beneficial to your cause. Thanks!
Paine
"Samantha Smith" VFP to receive Champion of Peace Award + -
Salem State to Celebrate International Day of Peace with huge Music Festival and Champion of Peace Award Salem State College Peace Institute and student peace club, SOS for Peace, will host a peace festival to celebrate International Day of Peace on Sunday, September, 21, from 12-6 PM with 7 live music groups, a Champion of Peace award, and many other activities. The festival will be held on North Campus in front of the Ellison Campus Center or, in case of rain, inside Ellison Center in Vets Hall. Music groups include: Alex and the Pratts: Jazz ensemble, Characters :psychedelic rock and roll; Ross Livermore: Acoustic guitar and vocals; TPG: rock, grunge, metal; The Joe Pino Quintet: A Jazz group made up of Berklee students and Ganesha Trio: world music. At 1 PM the Champion of Peace award will be presented. PEACE INSTITUTE CHAMPION OF PEACE AWARD The Peace Institute at Salem State has selected a recipient for its first Champion of Peace Award. After considering many individuals and groups on the north shore, in the Boston metro area, and statewide, members of the Peace Institute Awards Committee decided to award a group rather than an individual. This group is Veterans for Peace of the North Shore, "Samantha Smith" Chapter 45. Awarding a group, rather than an individual, highlights the need for teamwork in achieving peace. Professor Hope Benne, co-Chair of the Peace Institute along with Professor Avi Chomksy said "We think Veterans for Peace has shown extraordinary commitment to building peace. They have reached out in many ways with their peace poetry contests, vigils, speeches in schools, support for Iraq vets, and collaboration with other vets and activists in many countries. They helped launch two nationwide peace groups, Military Families Speak Out and Iraq Vets Against the War. They also helped Cindy Crawford, Gold Star Mother, in her protest at Crawford, Texas, in 2005. They are highly deserving of our Champion of Peace award." Founded 18 years ago in 1990 at the House of Peace in Ipswich, Veterans for Peace's range of engagement for peace includes instituting an annual North Shore wide Peace Poetry contest (grades K-12 and adults) which has awarded winning peace poems for the last 9 years, speaking about peace in schools, supporting the House of Peace in Ipswich which is now hosting Iraqi children for surgery, sending members to Iraq to repair infrastructure, supporting members who visited Hiroshima and Nagasaki to learn from Japanese activists, lobbying to improve benefits for Iraq and Afghanistan vets, helping launch two nationwide peace organizations, Military Families Speak Out and Iraq Vets Against the War, assisting Cindy Sheehan in Crawford, Texas, participating in July 4 and Memorial Day parades, as well as the annual Buddhist March for a New Spring, and providing exceptional support for the national efforts of Veterans for Peace. They have faithfully attended and fully supported our Salem State Peace Institute events through the years serving as speakers on panels and coming into classes as guest speakers. Last year the Samantha Smith Chapter raised $2,200 for Iraq Vets Against the War at Essex Unitarian Church, with Andrew Bacevich professor at Boston University as featured speaker The founder of Chapter 45, Paul Brailsford, was a Merchant Marine captain who has sailed the seven seas carrying all kinds of cargo. He has guided the chapter for 18 years since its inception at The House of Peace in 1990. Members have always worked together as a team and mutual respect and tenacious commitment have held them together. Mr. Brailsford has participated for many years at Father Roy Bourgeois protest at Fort Benning, Georgia to close the School of Americas. He was also a guest of Soviet WW 11 veterans in Moscow at their 45th Victory Celebration. Last year he was arrested with members of the VFP Smedley Butler Chapter in Boston after protesting because parade organizers refused to allow an Iraq Veteran Against War member to speak. Criteria for Peace Institute Champion of Peace award The Salem State College Champion of Peace Award will be given to a person or group on the North Shore, in the Boston metro area, or across the state who has championed a culture of peace, contributed to the promotion of the ideals of peace and non-violence, and taken practical action in favor of peace. The award will stress efforts to educate a wide range of people and show exceptional responsibility and influence in building peace in our families, communities, and the world. SALEM STATE PEACE INSTITUTE As a campus organization, The Salem State College Peace Institute supports members of the college and surrounding communities in their struggles to establish and maintain peace. The Institute was founded in 1982 by Philosophy Professor Ed Meagher. Its activities are based on the belief that there are many different approaches to peace, and that knowledge from various academic disciplines should be applied in our search for peace. The website is: www.salemstate.edu/peaceinstitute.