I received a rather scary letter this afternoon from Certegy. Certegy "provides check authorization services to US retail merchants...," says the letter. It also says I'm a victim of fraud.
Wow. I'm seventeen and I'm already watching my credit's back.
Anyway, that's just a short bit of right now. I'm kinda bummed about the whole situation. However, there's some stuff going on with Brody that makes me grin ear-to-ear. =]
Any Python software developers and coders in Kanpur ?
Meeting and discussion in July 2007 to discuss Python coding and coding style guidelines
Email : marsh.infozys1@gmail.com
Pycoders Blog -
Financials have trailed the general market by a large margin this year. The U.S. financial sector is down by 2.6% since the beginning of the year, while the S&P 500 is up 9.3%. Some legitimate concerns have been holding financial stocks back this year. It is likely that investors are anticipating that the cycle for investment banking income is at or near its peak. Additionally, problems in sub-prime lending have exposed how lending standards have deteriorated during the good times in recent years.
Of course, not all financial institutions are exposed to these factors to the same extent. As the whole sector has been dragged down in recent months, it could be a good time to look for banks that are not overly dependent on investment banking income and have reasonably conservative lending standards.
Kanpur Meetup 10 July - Join us for tea and biscuits to discuss Python coding style guidelines. If you like coffee or herbal tea you may have to brew some of your own.
Meeting is open to all Python software programmers, coders, developers in Kanpur, Varanasi, Patna, Allahabad, Jhansi, Kathmandu and Lucknow
Email : marsh.infozys1@gmail.com
Note : Python programmers good at table tennis are especially welcome.
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Crucial areas of conflict:
Computerisation –Unfettered right to Banks?
Computerisation in Banking Industry, more so in State Bank, is a big story in itself.Computers made an entry in Banking Industry through State Bank in mid sixties before which they were merely a topic of academic talks without any thing substantial in practice. By mid seventies it started gaining momentum and by eighties they were in operation in full swing. During Rajiv Gandhi’s tenure as Prime Minister of India, computer was a priority subject. He himself was well conversant on computers having a keen interest and a great aptitude for their operation. There were two reasons for this –one that he appeared on political scene as a champion representing the youth of the country and to attract them more votes wise he was hankering to go for some thing dynamic on technological front keeping in mind in the meantime that it was a most powerful tool to herald a new era of progress and development distinguishing him enormously as against an old and outmoded leadership then obtaining at the national level in the country –the other reason had its roots in nationalization of Banks in 1969 by his great mother Indira Gandhi, the then Prime Minister. Catching up on the popular slogan that Banks in majority were in the hands of Rajas and Maharajas or big bullies in business who failed to serve the common people in the country, Indira Gandhi took a drastic measure nationalizing 14 major banks which act on her part was capable enough to bring her laurels and more of popularity in public. Rajiv Gandhi too was for a popular footage on the similar pattern picking up the Banks again as an easily available choice for the purpose identifying them as the base for it. Management in different banks in general and that of State Bank in particular has the tradition of jumping to joining as the first one in the que to appease the Government on all counts and there could hardly ever be a ‘some body’ to raise any voice of protest howsoever illogical, untimely and problematic was the direction so issued. Masters directions from Delhi were over hurriedly adhered to by the bankers placing computerization as their priority number one task on their agenda. It was ofcourse a different matter that the priority task failed to elicit a required response at the implementation level for the reason that bankers refused to take a notice of the fact that projects like this warranted a large scale mobilization and awareness generation amongst staff and public in general to make the scheme acceptable to them. ...Contnd....
More than two million people are permanently overdrawn, and the average worker goes into the red 27 days after payday, a survey shows.
Almost half of working Britons -- more than 10 million people -- have slipped into the red at least once in the past 12 months, including 2.1 million people who are continually overdrawn, according to price comparison site Moneysupermarket.com.
Those who are unable to stay in the black go overdrawn on the 20th of the month, on average -- 27 days after payday, as most people are paid on the 24th day of the month.
Kevin Mountford, head of current accounts at Moneysupermarket.com, said the findings were not surprising, particularly as the Bank of England has hiked the base rate five times in the past year.
"Consumers are no doubt feeling the squeeze," he said.
Just got word from a reliable source that a local Telco provider is working hard to come up with their own version of Telco Cash. Seems like the Telcos are hell bent on taking a big slice out of the remittance market and Person-to-Person (P2P) payments from the banks.
By process of elimination, you may know which Telco this is.
Cash, Money... what else? Currency? Coins? Moolah?
I wonder how they will call this new service?
Lindsey Graham has sold out all of America the way that Appalachia was sold out to mining companies and far off bankers. One of the PBS stations is showing a program on Appalachia. All the same things were tried out by the business interests in the 19th century on Appalachia that they apply to all of America today.
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Profit-crazed coal companies that practice mountaintop removal / valley fill coal mining are coming to claim this hollow, despite the objections of the people who want to stay on the land they love…people who, so far, have resisted the buyout offers. Long ago, their ancestors, deceived by the slick talk and of company reps, signed away their rights to the coal deposits beneath their land. Of course, those ancestors could never have conceived of mountaintop removal.
For over a century, the coal has been mined from the ground beneath these hills and hollows. For many families living here, the mining jobs provided cash that helped buy what the land could not offer. That cash came with a toll, as tens of thousands of miners died from accidents, or from black lung disease, or from battling the companies in order to establish unions. The coal industry promised prosperity, but the wealth was mostly whisked out of state. To this day, the majority of West Virginians have very little monetary wealth compared to folks in other states.
He does not own mineral rights to the property. Like so many other Appalachian families, Gibson said, his unwittingly signed away the riches a hundred years ago "for one dollar in hand and some considerations" that never materialized.
The companies had propaganda campaigns, and used the MSM of the day to label the people of Appalachia as "backwards", violent, little educated, and if they thought of it, bigoted. This is from the PBS show on Appalachia, see below. The companies honed everything they do today, including buying senators in the 19th century.
Sunday, March 19, 2006
Gag order
As noted before in this space ( and ), leases from wind power developers are extreme documents. A correspondent has recently informed us that several people who have given up their land for the huge (120 390-ft turbines so far, many more planned) "Maple Ridge Wind Farm" on the Tug Hill Plateau in Lewis County, N.Y., have been complaining privately about the noise. But they signed away their right to mention it to anyone but the company. Thus as far as the company is concerned there is no noise problem! Cute, huh?
They signed away their right, even to the wind. Earth, air, fire and water. The company owns them all and we have to buy them at the company store. They even lost their right to speak of what the company does to them. They can only lose their hearing, not speak of it. Or they can leave their land.
What do we have left after they take all this? According to the s, all we have left is our bigotry. They say that's all we ever contributed to this land.
Graham was born in , where his father, Florence James Graham, owned a liquor store. Graham was the first member of his family to attend college...
Lindsey Graham was born in Central, SC which is in Pickens County which is part of the South Carolina Appalachian Council of Governments. Lindsey Graham comes from Appalachia. He was born there. His father owned a liquor store there. These are the people who sent him to Washington, DC.
Lindsey Graham has not just forgotten the people who sent him there, but is ashamed of them. Graham calls them bigots. Graham is ashamed of the people he comes from.
The town of Pickens was founded in 1868 and named for the Revolutionary War hero General Andrew Pickens. Scottish-Irish settlers were the original inhabitants of the Pickens area, with a few traders who lived among the Cherokees. When the new Pickens was being created, Elihu Griffin offered 40 acres of his land for the courthouse; it was this land being offered for sale in the 1869 handbill.
Much of the City's past is present today, giving a glimpse of its rich and fascinating heritage. Pickens County is proud to have the most Medal of Honor recipients per capita in the nation. This mixture of past and present is one of the factors which makes Pickens a place of historical interest and significance
'The Appalachians' Hits Down-Home
By Neely Tucker
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, April 11, 2005; Page C01You always know where home is, perhaps most acutely so when you no longer live there. It is that sense of sorrow and longing that is at the core of "The Appalachians," a three-part documentary that begins airing tonight at 10 on WETA.
Lindsey Graham no longer lives in Appalachia. He no longer has loyalty to it. He is ashamed to be from there. He doesn't want those people to continue but to be washed away by immigration and depart the earth as a people.
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Robert Byrd was on the program. Byrd told the story of seeing the faces of the families that lost men in a mine disaster. Robert Byrd has and knows the fierce loyalty of Appalachia.
Lindsey Graham does not. Graham likely hates who he is, where he comes from and the people. To Lindsey Graham the people of Appalachia are bigots. One such bigot was Seargent York, who fought in WWI to make the World safe for Democracy the way Woodrow Wilson, that son of Virginia told him to do. Wilson created the League of Nations, the first organization dedicated to bigotry among nations, oh, no, it was peace among nations.
Vanishing American has an article on
The main point of the piece is that Morristown, Tennessee now has a 'Little Mexico', which if the influx continues, will likely result in a Mexican majority.
Many of the Appalachian people descended from early Jamestown colonists, as my kin did. So that culture, including the music, the food, the dialect of English, the folk ways, faith, and values all resonate with me; they are much the same as what I knew from my Texas roots.
In our topsy-turvy world, the emphasis is always on 'respecting' diverse cultures, and being forcibly taught all about some exotic way of life, ...
In other words, why is every culture and heritage valued and promoted except our own? Why is our culture alone marked for extinction, judged unfit to survive?
Why is the Southeast, and the precious Appalachian people and culture seemingly targeted for destruction by our meddling social engineers? It's a crime not only against the people who live there, but also against the rest of America.
I know from first-hand experience that a lot of northerners, and sadly some Southerners, are indifferent to Southern culture; they have bought the propaganda that it's all backward, ignorant, and 'racist', and that it is not worth preserving. Obviously I disagree strongly. If the culture of the South goes, then we may as well pronounce real American culture dead, too, because to me, the South embodies all that is best about America, all that is truly worth preserving. The South embodies love of country and kin, a warrior spirit, a zest for life, a pride in heritage, and the fierce love of independence that made America what it is -- or should I say what it once was?
| ERIC #: | ED313196 |
| Title: | Appalachian Veterans. |
| Authors: | |
| Descriptors: | ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; |
| Source: | Now and Then, v4 n3 Fall 1987 |
| Peer-Reviewed: | N/A |
| Publisher: | Now and Then, CASS, Box 19180A, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN 37614-0002 ($2.50). |
| Publication Date: | 1987-00-00 |
| Pages: | 53 |
| Pub Types: | Collected Works - Serials; Creative Works; Historical Materials |
| Abstract: | This journal issue focuses on Appalachian veterans and on the premise that Appalachians and Americans in general are still fighting the battles and dealing with the psychic aftermath of the Civil War and all wars fought since then. One article notes that Appalachian soldiers were 20 to 25% more likely to be killed in Vietnam than other soldiers. West Virginia had the highest average of battle deaths: 84.1/100,000. Pickens County, South Carolina has the highest number of Congressional Medal of Honor winners in the nation. Articles discuss Sergeant York and profile lesser known veterans of Vietnam and World War II. There are memoirs, fiction, and poetry about experiences of Appalachian natives in Vietnam. A study of Appalachian POWs in World War II reports that problems of former POWs are far more severe than had previously been established. An oral history project records memories of World War II veterans from East Tennessee and includes samples of the veterans' stories. Other selections describe a soldier's wife in the Civil War and volunteer work on the frontlines in World War II. Films and books about Appalachian veterans' experiences are reviewed. (DHP) |
| Abstractor: | N/A |
| Reference Count: | N/A |
"Pickens County, South Carolina has the highest number of Congressional Medal of Honor winners in the nation."
That's where Lindsey Graham was born. Those are the people that Lindsey Graham called bigots. Those are the people that Lindsey Graham is ashamed bore him and raised him and sent him to the Senate.
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b. December 17, 1948 d. May 6, 1970 b. February 7, 1917 d. June 4, 2005 d. December 5, 1944 b. September 15, 1759 d. August 11, 1817 b. May 11, 1925 d. May 31, 1944These are the men that Lindsey Graham calls bigots. These are the people he is ashamed of.
*BARKER, CHARLES H.
Rank and organization: Private First Class (then Pvt.), U.S. Army, Company K, 17th Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division. Place and date: Near Sokkogae, Korea, 4 June 1953. Entered service at: Pickens County, S.C. Born: 12 April 1935, Pickens County, S.C. G.O. No.: 37, 7 June 1955. Citation: Pfc. Barker, a member of Company K, distinguished himself by conspicuous gallantry and indomitable courage above and beyond the call of duty in action against the enemy. While participating in a combat patrol engaged in screening an approach to "Pork-Chop Outpost," Pfc. Barker and his companions surprised and engaged an enemy group digging emplacements on the slope. Totally unprepared, the hostile troops sought cover. After ordering Pfc. Barker and a comrade to lay down a base of fire, the patrol leader maneuvered the remainder of the platoon to a vantage point on higher ground. Pfc. Barker moved to an open area firing his rifle and hurling grenades on the hostile positions. As enemy action increased in volume and intensity, mortar bursts fell on friendly positions, ammunition was in critical supply, and the platoon was ordered to withdraw into a perimeter defense preparatory to moving back to the outpost. Voluntarily electing to cover the retrograde movement, he gallantly maintained a defense and was last seen in close hand-to-hand combat with the enemy. Pfc. Barker's unflinching courage, consummate devotion to duty, and supreme sacrifice enabled the patrol to complete the mission and effect an orderly withdrawal to friendly lines, reflecting lasting glory upon himself and upholding the highest traditions of the military service.
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*LCpl James D. Howe (7th Mar) Six Mile, Pickens, SC
Lindsey Graham on the Bigots of Pickens County:
Well some of the bigots Lindsey Graham doesn't have to tell to shut up are listed above. He doesn't have to tell them to shut up, because they are dead.
Furman L. Smith from Six Mile die January 17, 1945 (WWII); William A. McWhorter from Liberty died
in September of 1945 (WWII); Charles H. Barker from Pickens dies October 27, 1950 (Korea); James D. Howe from Six Mile died Spetember 9, 1971 (Vietnam).
These are the men Lindsey Graham is ashamed of. Their people, who speak up for the land they died for are the ones Lindsey Graham says to shut up. They are saying, this land, Pickens County, South Carolina, Appalachia, America is our land. They are asying: This land doesn't belong to Lindsey Graham, it belongs to us. Our men died for this land. They died for us to have this land and for their heirs to live in this county, Pickens County, for as long as this land is free. They are saying that they are the heirs of the bodies of these men who gave their lives when their country called.
What did these men think about when they died, if they had the time?
Audio of the Patton Movie opening speech:
Now, there's one thing that you men will be able to say when you get back home, and you may thank God for it. Thirty years from now when you're sitting around your fireside with your grandson on your knee, and he asks you, What did you do in the great World War Two? You won't have to say, Well, I shoveled shit in Louisiana.
In the Lindsey Graham version, they do have to say, "I was a bigot from Appalachia."
- 1
- My country, 'tis of thee,
- Sweet land of liberty,
- Of thee I sing;
- Land where my fathers died,
- Land of the pilgrims' pride,
- From every mountainside
- Let freedom ring!
- 2
- My native country, thee,
- Land of the noble free,
- Thy name I love;
- I love thy rocks and rills,
- Thy woods and templed hills;
- My heart with rapture thrills,
- Like that above.
- 3
- Let music swell the breeze,
- And ring from all the trees
- Sweet freedom's song;
- Let mortal tongues awake;
- Let all that breathe partake;
- Let rocks their silence break,
- The sound prolong.
- 4
- Our father's God to Thee,
- Author of liberty,
- To Thee we sing.
- Long may our land be bright,
- With freedom's holy light,
- Protect us by Thy might,
- Great God our King.
- 5 (added to celebrate )
- Our joyful hearts today,
- Their grateful tribute pay,
- Happy and free,
- After our toils and fears,
- After our blood and tears,
- Strong with our hundred years,
- O God, to Thee.
Maybe some of these men even were thinking of or even singing this song when they died.