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Swine Flu

Swine flu conspiracy theories
by ITN

"According to reports in the mainstream media (which has no reason to lie about this particular detail), this strain of influenza contains viral code fragments from:

• Human influenza
• Bird Flu from North America
• Swine flu from Europe
• Swine flu from Asia

This is rather astonishing to realize, because for this to have been a natural combination of viral fragments, it means an infected bird from North America would have had to infect pigs in Europe, then be re-infected by those some pigs with an unlikely cross-species mutation that allowed the bird to carry it again, then that bird would have had to fly to Asia and infected pigs there, and those Asian pigs then mutated the virus once again (while preserving the European swine and bird flu elements) to become human transmittable, and then a human would have had to catch that virus from the Asian pigs -- in Mexico! -- and spread it to others. (This isn't the only explanation of how it could have happened, but it is one scenario that gives you an idea of the complexity of such a thing happening)."

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"The UK is preparing for up to 100,000 new infections of swine flu a day within a few months, the health secretary said on Thursday.

Andy Burnham told the Commons that public health officials had switched tactics from attempting to contain the H1N1 virus to coping with its inevitable spread, with the number of cases soon likely to exceed those typically recorded for seasonal flu in winter.

“We have reached the next step in our management of the disease,” he said. “Cases are doubling every week and on this trend we could see over 100,000 cases per day by the end of August.”

Public fears over swine flu have eased since initial outbreaks in Mexico and the World Health Organisation’s decision to warn of a pandemic. But infection rates in Britain are set to become far more visible as large numbers of people fall ill.

As infection rates have risen sharply in recent days, the authorities have shifted away from closing schools in an effort to slow the spread of the virus and have concentrated instead on encouraging people who fall ill to remain at home and for the public to be scrupulous in hand-washing and the use of handkerchiefs."

Source: The Financial Times

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THE SUN IS BEHIND GLOBAL WARMING

The consensus view is that man-made CO2 is causing the lion's share of global warming. But natural changes in the Sun's power may be as much to blame.

There is good evidence that the cause of at least some of global warming is an increase in the intensity of the Sun's heat. Indeed, global temperatures appear to be more closely related to solar activity, which is constantly changing, than to levels of CO2 in the atmosphere.

After all, the Earth warmed up more during medieval times than during the 20th century, and it cooled down considerably during the Little Ice Age of the 16th and 17th centuries - without any manmade event that would have affected CO2 output.

Temperatures also dipped between 1940 and 1975 - a period of intense industrial activity.

Meanwhile, data from between 1880 and 2000 shows a close correlation between increased solar activity and higher average temperatures on Earth. So couldn't it be that the Sun is responsible for heating us up after all?

THE MALDIVES AREN'T SINKING

It has become a key part of the climate change mantra that some of the world's most beautiful islands are at risk of sinking below the waves, thanks to sea level rises caused by global warming.

But so confident are property owners in the Maldives that the sea is receding, they are building a flurry of lavish seafront hotels. Meanwhile, Tuvalu in the Pacific - also cited as being most at risk - has actually seen a fall in sea levels.

The Maldives aren't sinking: Property owners continue to build lavish hotels

CO2 LEVELS ARE NOT AT UNPRECEDENTED HIGHS

Today, about 0.038 per cent of the atmosphere consists of carbon dioxide, the main man-made climate change gas. This figure has certainly risen over the past 200 years or so - the 'pre-industrial' level of CO2 was closer to 0.02 per cent.

But what is often ignored is that in the Earth's past, carbon dioxide levels have often been as much as ten times higher than they are today.

For example, during the Cretaceous era, when dinosaurs ruled the Earth, CO2 levels were five to ten times what they are today. The planet was certainly warmer then, but life thrived and there was no runaway greenhouse catastrophe of the sort that the doom-mongers insist we face if we let levels rise further. They also, it should be noted, came down again naturally.

POLAR BEARS ARE NOT DYING OUT...

The doom-mongers love showing us images of polar bears in peril, floating on isolated ice rafts. But most populations are doing very well, thank you. Despite the (limited) melting seen in the Arctic ice cap over the past 50 years, polar bear numbers have more than doubled since 1950 - and that's despite the fact that 50 to 100 bears are now shot every year.

Indeed, polar bears aren't bothered by the odd stretch of open water - they are very capable swimmers.

In fact, it is not even clear that the Arctic ice is melting. The summer of 2008 was the coldest in Anchorage, Alaska, for 40 years.

...NOR ARE THE PENGUINS

And it's a similar story at the South Pole. Although some Antarctic penguin colonies, especially those near human bases, have decreased in size, overall, penguin numbers are steady or increasing.

Penguins are not dying out: Overall numbers are steady or increasing

THE GULF STREAM IS NOT UNDER THREAT

Some scientists have warned that if the Arctic ice cap melts, the resulting flood of cold water in the Atlantic could push the Gulf Stream - the warm current which keeps Britain relatively balmy - further south. If this happens, they have made dire predictions that northern Europe could become a frozen wasteland.

Unfortunately for them, there is no evidence to support this view. In fact, the Gulf Stream is as strong as ever - and is getting warmer, not colder. Nor is it changing direction.

GLOBAL WARMING MIGHT EVEN BE GOOD FOR US

A warmer climate and an increase in CO2 will be a boon for farming and agriculture in general. One can even envisage returning to the warmer landscape of Roman times, when vineyards were common in England.

With less severe winters, it will also be possible to grow many crops that, because they are susceptible to the occasional frost, cannot be grown at present.

THERE ARE FEW 'BAD' FOODS

No 'bad' foods: Hamburgers provide good nutritional value

Received wisdom, repeated by many doctors and public health professionals, says we can remain fit and avoid disease by cutting out certain 'bad foods' from our diets.

Indeed, it is variously claimed that 35-50 per cent of all cancers are caused by the food we eat.

But while they are despised by the culinary elite, readily available hamburgers, sausages and pizzas have provided good nutritional value for many low-income families, who in previous days could afford only low-protein, high-carbohydrate, high-fat meals such as bread and dripping, and chip butties.

In fact, fears about hamburgers and sausages in Britain are especially irrational. Most countries have a national dish based on minced or processed meat - and none is suffering from an epidemic of junk food-inspired illness.

For example, meatballs are used in many guises in the Middle East, chopped meat on a bed of onions is a national dish in the Balkans, and mince is also used in countless Italian sauces.

The terrines and pâtés of France and Belgium also contain processed chopped meat. Obesity is not caused by these foods, but by those who choose to gorge on them.

Studies claiming to show the negative impact of a 'junk food' diet usually have little scientific validity.

ORGANIC FOOD IS NO BETTER FOR YOU

A widespread belief has emerged that organic foods are better for you than others because they do not contain 'chemicals' used in large- scale conventional farming.

This dogma is wrong. All plant nutriment comes from the air, in the form of CO2, and from water-soluble chemicals in the soil.

The composition of these chemicals is the same, whether they come from a plastic bag or from 'natural' manure or compost. They are certainly the same by the time they are on your plate.

THERE'S NO NEED TO CUT BACK ON SALT

Salt is an essential food. Without it, we would die. Land-based mammals-such as humans control their body temperature by sweating and panting.

Sweating is impossible without sufficient salt. In fact, strenuous exercise in a person depleted of salt causes overheating and death.

The Government has caved in to the anti-salt zealots in its advice to reduce salt intake. However, there is, in fact, very little, if any, truly scientific evidence that cutting back on it will do you any good.

TURKEY TWIZZLERS ARE FINE

The much-disparaged Turkey Twizzler, bugbear of TV chef Jamie Oliver, is made of recovered turkey meat and provides the same amino acids as normal turkey breast.

Corned beef, now an unfashionable meat product, is also no less nutritious than any other beef, although, like Turkey Twizzlers, it is also a reclaimed meat product.

Turkey Twizzlers are fine: The recovered meat provides the same amino acids as regular turkey breast meat

WE DON'T KNOW WHAT CAUSES HEART DISEASE

The medical (and social) consensus is that cardiovascular disease is caused by being overweight, by having a high-fat, high-cholesterol diet and by unhealthy activities such as smoking.

While being morbidly obese, eating nothing but lard and smoking 60 a day will probably lead to an early grave, there is nevertheless a lot of confusion about the precise link between lifestyle and this, the biggest killer of all.

Many people with high cholesterol levels in their blood do not get heart disease. Many people with very low levels do.

The very low levels of heart disease recorded in some populations, notably the Japanese, may have more to do with cultural variation and prejudice than with medical reality (in many societies, what are, in fact, heart attacks are often listed on death certificates as 'strokes').

Furthermore, some of the lowest levels of cholesterol and arterial sclerosis are to be found in populations such as the Inuit and Siberian hunter-gatherers, who live on a diet which is incredibly high in saturated fat.

TAKE HEALTH ADVICE WITH A PINCH OF SALT

Everything seems to be bad for you these days, but there is also plenty of scientific evidence to the contrary.

Eggs seldom contain salmonella, even if some chickens do. Cholesterol in the diet does not cause fatty deposits in your arteries. There is probably little difference between the effect of saturated and unsaturated fats.

In those with normal kidney function, salt does not cause high blood pressure. Those with a body-mass index of between 25 and 32 live as long as or longer than those with a lower BMI. And avoiding the sun causes vitamin D deficiency; a suntan is nature's natural sun block, although sunburn is to be avoided.

MERCURY FILLINGS ARE PROBABLY HARMLESS

Anti-mercury campaigners believe that the mercury used in dental fillings will make you ill (mercury is a potent poison).

But a single amalgam filling provides just 0.03 micrograms/day of mercury, which is almost 3,000 times less than the safety level permitted for persons with occupational exposure to mercury, and is too small to be responsible for any symptoms.

Extracted from Global Warming And Other Bollocks: The Truth About All Those Science Scare Stories by Professor Stanley Feldman and Professor Vincent Marks, to be published by Metro on July 8 at £9.99

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About the authors:

Stanley Feldman, a professor of anaesthetics at London University appointed to the Imperial College School of Medicine looks at the evidence. An author of several books, including From Poison Arrows to Prozac, he is a respected lecturer and explainer of popular science. Vincent Marks is an editor of Panic Nation and an expert on diabetes. He is a former president of the Association of Clinical Biochemists and founder member of HealthWatch.

One comment received by email:

"Hi arguments are not based on climatic trends but recent improvements. The trend is a genuine concern. Water supplies are shrinking, deserts growing, greater amounts of people facing environmental hazards. I think if we cannot believe in the Nobel committee awarding 2 Al Gore and "an inconvenient truth" then all authority arguments are nulled. This professors credentials are that he puts people to sleep for a living - what authority is he on climate change? "Well respected" - maybe in his own domain, I would accuse him of being a maverick out to make money - playing to an argument all too "convenient to hear" stick your head in the sand but bear in mind its those people buying this book that prevent larger scale movements towards global economic sustainability - which ultimately is undoubtedly a good thing even if this "scientist" is fortuitously correct."

Best teachers in films

In life, there are good teachers and bad ones. The same goes for the movies. After all, there’s no comparison between Robert Donat’s exquisite Mr Chips and Paul Gleason’s boorish Mr Vernon, the principal, and Saturday detention setter, in the Breakfast Club.

But who is the most inspirational teacher you've seen on the big screen, and which teachers from the movies would you actually like your children to be taught by? Here’s the School Gate top 15.

1) Charles (Mr Chips) Chipping in Goodbye Mr Chips
The original, and the best. Robert Donat’s Oscar-winning performance (he beat Clark Gable for Gone With The Wind) portrays a teacher who learns so much through teaching generations of boys. As the years pass, they become his family.

2) Glenn Holland (Richard Dreyfuss) in Mr Holland’s Opus.
Somehow even thirty years of band practice doesn’t detract from the truly special teacher Mr Holland turns out to be. We still get a tear in our eye during this one.
Watch his first band practice.

3) Mark Thackeray (Sidney Poitier) in To Sir with Love
This teacher makes a different not just in the classroom but to his pupils’ personal lives too. A brilliant performance by Sidney Poitier.
Watch this emotional clip, as Sir is serenaded (by Lulu, no less).

4) Remus Lupin (David Thewlis) in Harry Potter
Yes, he does turn out to be a werewolf, which is not always the biggest plus point when it comes to the classroom, but this defence of the dark arts teacher is brave and brilliant.
Watch this Lupin tribute.

5) Annie Sullivan (Anne Bancroft) in The Miracle Worker
Sometimes tough love works.
Watch the final scene when Helen speaks and understands. It's remarkable.

6) Louanne Johnson (Michelle Pfeiffer) in Dangerous Minds
This English teacher takes on a tough inner-city school and proves a huge success.
Watch a clip.

7) Dewey Finn (Jack Black) in School of Rock
He may not actually be a proper teacher, but the kids wouldn't complain. And lessons would be so much fun.
Watch a clip.

8) John Keating (Robin Williams) in Dead Poet’s Society
Yes, Robin Williams can be incredibly annoying, but in this Oscar-nominated performance as an out of the ordinary English teacher, he’s also incredibly inspiring – except to the school’s staff, who sack him!
Watch a clip.

9) Jaime Escalante (Edward James Olmos) in Stand and Deliver
Now this is teaching. Jaime Escalante aims high and gets his apparently hopeless bunch of students to understand maths for the first time.
Watch the "What's calculus?" clip.

10) Richard Dadier (Glenn Ford) in the Blackboard Jungle
The magnificent Glenn Ford plays yet another English teacher. This one finds his ideals challenged when he joins a rough school. Eventually he earns the respect of the juvenile delinquents he's supposed to be teaching. A great film with excellent performances (including a young Sidney Poitier).
Watch a clip of Ford meeting Poitier

11) Rosemary Cross (Olivia Williams) in Rushmore
Williams is a delightful first-grade teacher, and an insightful friend too. It's easy to see why anyone would have a crush on her...
Watch an uncomfortable dinner date.

12) Yoda (Frank Oz) in the Star Wars films.
The greatest teacher of all time? Possibly. Decide you if is he.
Watch a clip of some Yoda fight scenes.

13) John Kimble (Arnold Schwarzenneger) in Kindergarten Kop
You're right, this shouldn't work, but somehow Arnie's performance as an undercover cop working in a pre-school does. Perhaps it's the kids and the way Arnie interacts with them, while showing his softer, comedic side.
Watch a clip from the film.

14) Professor Lambeau (Stellan Skarsgard) in Good Will Hunting
Lambeau goes beyond the call of duty to help Will (Matt Damon) discover his fantastic mathematic ability.
Watch a clip.

15) Paul Verrall (William Holden) in Born Yesterday
The magnificent Holden is the journalist brought into tutor dumb blonde Judy Holliday. They get on so well, that Holliday turns out not to be quite so dumb after all.
Watch a clip.

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In Lies We Trust

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In an era when the majority of media corporations are subservient to ruling elites, new forms of underground media have to emerge.

BBC5.tv would not exist if journalists were always allowed to publish the truth. The fact is that many are silenced.

Infiltration operations designed to monitor and influence the mainstream press have been in action for at least fifty years. Deliberate distortions and confusions of the truth are published in order to maintain particular perceptions.

Since the start of the U.S led Global War on Terror unnamed 'official sources' have increasingly become the basis of reporting. Through strategically placed stories hysteria can be whipped up, emotions can be enraged and public opinion can be swayed. Propaganda is what it used to be called.

The efforts by the intelligence and social engineering communities are only necessary for those who have the potential to wake up. The vast majority remain encapsulated and sedated by the seemingly endless run of game shows, trivial scripts and violent imagery.

It is not a coincidence that many of the fictional programmes on television resonate with negative fear based emotions. One's unconscious mind registers everything - fictional characteristics are being internalised. Personalities are therefore becoming increasingly virtual - people are losing reference points to pre TV reality.

Elite factions on Earth are often driven by self perpetuating arrogance and a delusional paranoia of losing the hierarchical control grids which have generated so much of their power.

Free will is engrained in the human psyche, but there are many ways to suppress it. Decades of physical and mental experimentation on humans and animals have ensured that the masses are being affected on an unprecedented scale.

Elitists round the world are agreeing that the socio-economic polarisation is increasing to the point where soon there will be only "The Haves” and “The Have Nots”. Plans are being prepared to implant everyone with a microchip which will be permanently connected and monitored by a central database.

We are now on a crossroad. The system at present relies primarily on people disciplining and conditioning each other. The programming works on the basis of fear. The fear of standing out from the group and the opposing fear of the outsider are primitive drives, and are exploited all the time.

Embedded negative reactions are activated when people are confronted with alternative views to the mainstream. Many people cling on and fight for officialdom in order to protect their own belief systems.

BBC5.tv is a UK based independent production collective, comprised of individuals committed to progressive journalism and the observance of truth.

Can Emotional Intelligence Be Taught?

What is Emotional Intelligence?

Emotional intelligence (EI) is described in the literature as a collection of traits and abilities that are responsible for an individual's capacity to effectively interact with others. These traits directly influence an individual's success in personal and professional relationships, and are made up of 4 distinct areas: 1) self-awareness; 2) self-management; 3) social awareness; and, 4) social skill (Goleman, 2000, p. 80). Self-awareness is described as the ability to recognize emotion and its impact on relationships, while self-management is the capacity to connect one's emotion to thoughtful action and channel impulsive behaviors. Social awareness is the aptitude to relate to others and practice empathy, and social skill is related to the ability to influence others and communicate effectively (Grewal & Davidson, 2008).

The view that the non-cognitive traits which make up emotional intelligence are of value in academic and professional development have only recently been recognized. Humphrey, Curran, Morris, Farrell and Woods (2007) acknowledged that incorporating emotional intelligence into the traditional educational model is controversial. In the study Emotional Intelligence and Education: A critical review, the authors say that "These ideas challenge the more traditional view that the purpose of education is to teach core curriculum subjects and that this knowledge alone will equip student to meet the challenges they will face as adults" (Humphrey, Curran, Morris, Farrell, & Woods, 2007, p. 236).

Daniel Goleman is considered to be an authority on emotional intelligence. He describes how each of the four areas of emotional intelligence is further made up of various 'competencies' such as self-confidence, trustworthiness, empathy, adaptability, and communication (Goleman, p. 80). Preliminary research has been done on the relationship between emotional intelligence and education (Bierema, 2008; Crossman, 2007; Grewal & Davidson, 2008; Humphrey, Curran, Morris, Farrell, & Woods, 2007). This paper investigates whether emotional intelligence can be developed in adult learners.

Background

The construct of emotional intelligence was first described by Salovey and Mayer in 1990, and later made popular by Daniel Goleman in his book Emotional Intelligence published in 1995 (Bierema, 2008, p. 55). Goleman describes the link between emotional intelligence and professional success, "…the higher the rank of a person considered to be a star performer, the more emotional intelligence capabilities showed up as the reason for his or her effectiveness" (Goleman, 2004, p. 3). The concept that emotional intelligence is a valid and measurable set of traits that can influence a person's success similar to the traditional understanding of cognitive intelligence offers educators a new paradigm when designing effective teaching approaches.

Bierema (2008) believes that the long-established concept of the Intelligence Quotient (IQ) does not suitably portray the sum of one's intelligence. The author places great emphasis on the import of emotional intelligence, describing it as "a key interpersonal competency" (Bierema, 2008, p. 55). Incorporating emotional intelligence into the educational curricula seems to be a logical strategy; however, the science of measuring emotional intelligence is complex and controversial.

The two types of measurement tools that assess emotional intelligence are the self-report method and the ability-based test. Examples of the self-report tool are the Bar-On Emotional Quotient Inventory (EQi) and the Self-Report Emotional Intelligence Test (SREIT). Self-report testing tools are easily administered; therefore they are used more frequently for EI measurement. The self-report method, however, is criticized by researchers because of the potential for subjects to either over- or underreport traits that are being measured. The ability-based tests are considered a more reliable tool by researchers. The Mayer-Salovey-Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test (MSCEIT) is an example of the ability-based test (Grewal & Davidson, 2008).

Can Emotional Intelligence be Taught?

The traits of emotional intelligence are thought to be established in childhood, and are not easily taught in the adult learner. According to Goleman (2000), EI based behaviors are derived from the neurotransmitters in the limbic system of the brain. The limbic system is considered the "emotional center" of the brain where feelings and impulses are handled. In contrast, the neocortex is the part of the brain that processes analytical thought such as logical and technical concepts. The neocortex is engaged when procedural information is being imparted, and generally, the material is grasped quickly depending on the difficulty of the subject.

The patterns of EI are ingrained as behavioral habits and are much more difficult to change or influence (Goleman, 2000, p. 88-89). The skills associated with emotional intelligence can be taught, but the educator must consider how the information will be processed by the learner when designing their teaching methods. The educator must also take into account that changing behavioral patterns and habits takes much longer than disseminating analytical content. According to Goleman, teaching EI based content is akin to creating "new neural pathways" (Goleman, p. 89). Goleman contends that EI can be taught and learned, "but not with the traditional training programs that target the rational part of the brain" (Goleman, 2004, p. 1). Incorporating EI training in the elementary school curricula is a strategy that would establish desired EI traits at a critical stage of a person's development.

Because emotional intelligence is complex and made up of several components, researchers have difficulty isolating and controlling the variables in studies of EI training programs. Some researchers contend that "few controlled studies have tested the effectiveness of EI training programs" (Grewal & Davidson, 2008, p. 1201). Humphrey et al. (2007) noted that prior research on EI show varied results because of potential flaws in the research methods or assumptions, and that meticulous studies are still needed to fully understand the field of emotional intelligence in relationship to academic success. These authors state that "without more convincing evidence emerging from high quality studies, doubts will remain about the potential benefits of this most elusive form of intelligence" (Humphrey et al., 2007, p. 249).

Grewal and Davidson do, however, cite some examples that show a positive relationship between EI training and increased EI measurement scores. In one study, the authors' reported an increase in MSCEIT scores with dental employees after EI training. These researchers also noted that medical schools have incorporated emotion skills training into their program of study, which have resulted in "consistently improved empathy and 'other directed' emotional skills" (Grewal & Davidson, p. 1201).

Dulewicz and Higgs (2004) also analyzed and reported results of studies examining the effect of EI training programs. In one study, a sample of 59 managers was selected to attend an EI development program. The study participants completed an EIQ to measure their baseline status and took a second EIQ after they attended training one day per week for four weeks. The study results showed statistically significant improvement on their total EIQ score, and on five of the seven EI skills that were taught.

In the second study, a sample of 27 pharmaceutical employees was broken out into a control and an experimental group. All participants took the EIQ measurement as a baseline, and retested in 12 months. The experimental group took part in a continuous improvement training program that included both analytical and EI content. The results of the study showed no difference in the overall EIQ score, however, the experimental group showed a statistically significant improvement in the trait of conscientiousness (Dulewicz & Higgs, 2004). The authors concluded, "The main finding from this study is that there is evidence to support the widely held belief that EI is capable of being developed" (Dulewicz & Higgs, p. 109).

Conclusion

Emotional intelligence as an important component of an individual's overall intellect is gaining acceptance and credibility within academic and professional circles despite the lack of authoritative research on the topic. Research on EI is incomplete because the concept is relatively new, and designing studies is complicated by the limitations of current tools to measure emotional elements. Despite these issues, authorities on the subject believe that the current data supports the view that EI should be part of early and adult education. "Education should encompass both the rational and the emotional to best prepare our children for adult life" (Humphrey et al., 2007, p. 236).Traditional educational models value the analytical capacity of the student, and measure success based on their grasp of intellectual concepts. The realization that this model is insufficient, and that emotional aspects of intelligence should be included in education is critical to developing well-rounded individuals.

Preliminary research supports the link between EI training programs and improvement in EI scores, but educators must be knowledgeable about the implications of how the brain processes EI- based content versus analytical content. Using traditional teaching methods in EI training programs, such as a lecture format, will be less effective than methods such as reflection, role play and behavior modification over time.

References

Bierema, L. L. (2008). Adult learning in the workplace; emotion work or emotion learning. New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 120, 55-64. doi: 10.1002/ace.316
Crossman, J. (2007). The role of relationships and emotions in student perceptions of learning and assessment. Higher Education Research and Development, 26(3), 313-327. doi: 10.1080/07294360701494328
Dulewicz, V., & Higgs, M. (2004). Can emotional intelligence be developed. International Journal of Human Resource Management, 15(1), 95-111. doi: 10.1080/0958519032000157366
Goleman, D. (2000). Leadership that gets results. Harvard Business Review, (2000, March-April), 78-90. Retrieved from http://www.hbr.org
Goleman, D. (2004). What makes a leader. Harvard Business Review, (2004, January), 2-11. Retrieved from http://www.hbr.org
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And hello everybody. You’re live; it’s Monday night. Let me see what date it is…kind of getting caught in the middle of two different things right now. It’s Monday night September 15th. If you have a question or comment for the show, you can send it to SherryTalkRadio@yahoo.com.

Just sitting here a couple of minutes before the show and then doodling on my paper. I usually have a piece of paper sitting in front of me. I start scribbling and wondering what it is He wants me to talk about during the show. I talked to the Lord a few minutes before the show.

A lot of people are going through Hurricane Ike. I think that everybody knows that it’s a pretty well orchestrated one. Far be it from being a normal one; it’s kind of like a hurricane without the rain. Probably a little bit more formal in Houston than it’s been here. We kind of got the back end of it. It was just wind here; about 50 miles per hour winds. No rain. Not a whole lot of damage; just a lot of downed trees. Most of the area is out of power. In fact, outside of my little strip here in Carrollton and the main part of downtown, every place around in the surrounding areas. I know that Canton is out of power. They’re talking about another week or two before all that will be fixed. All the electrical crews went down South. Then Hurricane Ike Jr. comes up here and there is no electrical…who is it here…A & E Power, American Electrical which is the main power source around here…there’s nobody here to fix anything; everybody is down south. So they're scrambling to get power on there for the thousands of people that are without power. I’m not being affected…and it’s been nice. It’s been really nice for once; maybe the ghetto isn’t so bad; at least we’ve got power. Been able to help out other people that just need basic things like water and hooking up generators and things like that. I know my son has been from one end of the county to the other helping people hook up generators. He’s just a genius with the electrical stuff and he’s only 17 years old. Keeping busy with that.

What I wanted to talk about tonight; there was something I had sent out on the list. Every once in a while if somebody sends something to me right out of the blue, especially before the show, I’ll look at it twice. That’s how the Lord works. To grab my attention.

Something I can correlate to something that I’ve seen already and He’s trying to get my attention on a particular thing. A couple of those I want to talk about tonight. Something one of my long time listeners and supporters sent was about Sarah Palin and her national security clearance. I thought this was really interesting because I couldn’t explain why I was seeing her so much in the codes because she seemed so far ahead of Obama. We’re not even talking Joe Biden and John McCain; we’re talking Obama. Usually when you see Obama…and I’m going to read something that a Jewish rabbi had written about his name that grabbed me as well; things I’ve already seen in the codes.

She is just…I’ve said she is…I probably gave my personal opinion more so on my own list than in my personal radio show about Sarah Palin. She is one of these people…I’ve kind of gotten confirmation on this that I don’t know if you’ve heard me talk about John McCain where I’ve said he is MPD/DID and then therefore controlled by handlers who know how to access his alter personalities. She’s seeming to be the same exact way.

In fact I know someone who is DID that saw Sarah Palin actually switch personalities during a television news interview. It was kind of confirmation on that because there seems to be different aspects of her. When I watched her speak at the Republican Convention last week, it was just like a shell; I just got this shell look from her, like a blank…lights are on, nobody’s home type thing, but real patriotic.

Interesting in the codes that she has a patriotic personality. She has separate personalities programmed for different things. What struck me the most though, because I’m always keeping an eye on not necessarily what they’re doing but what they’re wanting to do to us. The Orgone Warriors; this small little fraction of the Lord's army that’s been out tearing down the strongholds of Satan…obviously we’re their number 1 enemies.

Church folks they have under control; they want you to go to church and be under the leadership of one of their seminary trained pastors because they control the seminaries. They want you to be under religious mind control. They don’t want you to do anything else. The churches will put you to sleep. You go Sunday after Sunday, and think you’re this great little Christian. You stay in the box, in conformity and control. They like that. You’re not a threat to them.

What is a threat is Christians that step out of the box and start to do something; showing their faith by their actions. “Lord, show us how to tear down the strongholds of the New World Order.” And get off their butts and do it. Those are the ones who will be harassed by military helicopters over their homes. Spy satellites.

I’ve got a spy satellite…it moved position tonight. There’s nothing else in the sky tonight because just last night we went through this storm, everyone is out of power and its kind of overcast day. Nothing else in the sky except this obnoxious satellite. So tonight after this show, I’m going actually to go out and get a picture of this thing and put it up on my website so you guys can see it. It kind of moved over today so it could be directly in front of the back of my garage because that’s where I walk in an out of when I’m making orgone. They’re taking pictures; they’re taking film. They’re doing all kinds of stuff. They’re real interested in this orgone making that I’m doing. I noticed the other day when I was out in the garage making orgone at night, came out and looked up and the satellite was gone. So I figured it was off harassing someone else, taking pictures of someone else.

Sure enough I get an email from somebody that the satellite was outside his house that night. He said "I saw that satellite you were talking about". I thought that was funny because it left this area and had sure enough gone a few states over to his house. That’s what they do; they just have a list of people that they target; that they know are Orgone warriors and they go to their houses and sit outside. It looks like an obnoxious star in the sky, but it’s too low to be a star and it’s much bigger. It’s just much bigger. It’s too obnoxious looking. It’s not a round, smooth planet type looking thing. I’m gonna take a picture of it tonight. It’s making its rounds.

I thought what was interesting was that Sarah Palin herself would be interested in looking at the film and the pictures of what they have on me doing Orgone. What does she care about Orgone? Definitely taking notice of the Orgone...

Like I’ve said, there is so much that goes on behind the scenes that they don’t talk about. A media silence; a deafening silence on a lot of things and effects that this Orgone has caused. We covered our southern gate and there’s been a lot of destruction as a result of that that we haven’t yet even heard or seen on the news and probably never will. But more so to the point where Cheney would be involved…Sarah Palin and Maitreya throwing a fit and wanting Bush to do something to stop the Orgone warriors. It’s causing a big enough stink on their end. I’ve always said that it would be doubled, quadrupled in power; that its doing things.

The clearance that she has as just the governor of Alaska . She is commander of the Alaska National Guard. Alaska is the first line of defense in our missile interceptor defense system. The 49th Missile Defense Battalion of the Alaska National Guard is the unit that protects the entire nation from ballistic missile attacks. Unlike other guard units, it is on permanent active duty. As governor of Alaska Palin is briefed on highly classified issues, homeland security and counter terrorism. Her exposure to classified material may rival even Biden’s and certainly by far exceeds Obama’s. Which explains why I’ve seen her so much with more credibility as far as national issues in the codes compared to the other guys.

She is also the commander and chief of the Alaska State Defense Force; a federally recognized militia, incorporated into Homeland Security’s counter-terrorism plans. She’s privy to military and intelligence secrets that are vital to the entire country’s defense. Given Alaska ’s proximity to Russia , she may have security clearances we don’t even know about. So, she is very much versed in the security and has very high national security, much higher than McCain or Obama. That’s why I see her much more involved, but the way that I see her involved isn’t for us either. I see her as buddy-buddy with Cain. Not McCain, but Cain the coming Maitreya.

Some of these higher up Illuminati people that are shells can be used as pawns. They often travel in UFO’s at night around the world. I remember…I talked about seeing Hillary Clinton in the codes a couple of years ago; one of those ladies books’…Thanks for the Memories; I think it was that one, and can’t remember her name…I’m trying to remember her name to give her credit for her own book. There was another book, Transformation of America. They talk about how these higher up Illuminati figures would have parties on UFOs and how the one was taken on a UFO once...I don’t know what she was doing…I don’t know if she was part of the party as a call girl or whatever or a waitress or caterer…I don’t know, but she talks about how they have these parties on UFOs all the time…these higher ups in the Illuminati.

It’s what I was seeing because she was either hitching a ride with Maitreya to view the damage on the southern border. Try to explain that one. I’m sure if she’s just one of these DID pawns, she can leave her body and not even know it. Pretty much like George Bush; he’s the same thing; one of these MPD/DID pawns. They can control him where one goes to sleep, the other goes to work. I don’t know how it works. They just have different personalities within one person. They have different host alter personalities; one goes away, and one comes out. Very interesting. It tries to explain some of the stuff that I see in the codes and try to make it make sense with what going on in reality that we see.

Another thing about Barack Obama. I want to talk about his name tonight. This was actually written by a Jewish rabbi The Honorable Dr. Rabbi Sollog Immanuel Adonai-Adoni. I don’t necessarily think he’s probably…with that kind of a name, but probably (not) legitimate. The article is very interesting so I’m going to talk about it. I’m really skeptical about serpent seed Jews that dominate Israel . When you read anything from a rabbi you think twice; is this a Torah believing Jew or a Satanist Talmud Jew? But you can’t escape linguistics. This is all about what words are being found in Hebrew and Greek in regards to names.

In Luke 10:18 Jesus states, I beheld Satan as Lightning fall from Heaven. Of course we know that Jesus was not His real Name; His real Name was Yahushua

Barack, also transliterated as Baraq in Hebrew, is lightening. Even in Greek, Barak is LIGHTNING. So the ONLY WAY, a Jewish Rabbi can say in Hebrew that Satan is lightening is, Satan Barack. A way of saying that Satan is lightening.

In the verses of Isaiah that refer directly to Lucifer in King James translations of Isaiah, Bama is used to refer to the Heights of Heaven (Isaiah 14:14) So Barak Obama in Hebrew linguistics or poetry would simply be translated as lightening in the heights (or the sky) of Heaven. Barack Obama would mean Satan is lightening in the heights of the Heaven and sky. That would be Hebrew for Satan is Lightning (Barack) and the heights (BAMA) of heaven or the sky.

If you were Satan, or Barack (Hebrew for Lightning), what army would you try to take control of so you could unleash 10,000 nukes upon mankind and destroy what he hates the most; which is humanity? If Satan were to become Barack himself; Barack meaning lightening. Interestingly, another world figure named Barack, is already in control of over 100 nukes and that’s the minister of Defense of Israel. He is named Barack.


In Matthew 24:27, Jesus explains how his coming will be connected to lightening, which is Barack.

Another way of looking at it: Matthew 24:27 For as the Lightning (Barack) cometh out of the east and shineth unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. Barack Obama grew up in the East, in the country of Indonesia and his political career is now about to shine upon the West, the United States.

Can it be the coming of the Son of Man is near?

I find it interesting that according to New Testament verses, Lightning or Barack is Satan and his travels from the East in Indonesia to his accession to the throne of power in the West, the United States, signals the Coming of the Son of Man.

That was really interesting because that is exactly what I’ve been seeing in the Bible codes; that one of the next things…one of the next events to come is the rapture of the faction of 144,000 off the Earth. When you look at this with Barack Obama, and how his name means lightening falling from Heaven…at that same time coming from the East. That could be translated that way and makes a lot of sense with things I’ve seen in the codes. You have the rise of Barack Obama and in the Bible codes he is often listed as the black Jesus; the Negro messiah. Very interesting.

Also the coming almost imminent rapture of the 144,000 which could come at any time. One of the most aggravating things though, is that they Lord does not live in linear time; neither are the codes. In the aspect “next” it could be next week, next year…it’s just next. At least its there. At least it says it’s coming next…we don’t know how soon next is, but it's next.

I’ve definitely being seeing "next" along different events for a long time now. Usually when you see it in the codes as next…the thing that’s aggravating too is that you don’t know if these next events listed will become public or just things that just happen in the background. It’s been one of the most exasperating things since I’ve been in the codes since 2001(I started posting them on the internet about 2002-2003) is the fact that so much goes on behind the scenes and not out as news media spectacles so everybody knows what’s going on. Everything is kept silent. They’re keeping things silent. Whatever the crisis is on the southern border; they’re keeping that silent and away from the media…away from public view. You can see it all over the codes...Bush silent, Cheney silent. They’re all very angry but keeping very quiet. Crisis, pandemic...things like that. So very interesting.

Also the coming leprosy plague. I don’t know what they would call it today; the modern day name. Look for that to rise again…leprosy. I was reading something last week about the star gate. The same time that they fired the Hadron Collider up, about a month earlier there were 21 or 28 American troops assigned to watch the stargate in Iraq and it talked about how most of them had committed suicide. Some had survived. The one comment that was interesting was that their bodies looked like they had been mummified and had been dead for like 500 years or whatever. It came to mind later that maybe they suffered that leprosy plague. Something weird happened to them. They were guarding this gate…this stargate Iraq and they were going to hook up the stargate to the Hadron Collider which is under the Swiss-France border. They fired that up on the 10th (Sept). What I saw in the codes was at that time there was a huge avalanche of the coming aliens, the coming freaks that I’ve been talking about.

Leprosy is Hanson’s disease. So look for a reprisal of that. Keep your ears open for that. It’s one of these plagues of the last days that I believe…I don’t know if it’s just going to hit normal people or just the tares. We’re keeping an eye out on that. Not only does the Lord have plagues as in judgment against the tares on the Earth, but our government has plagues as well that they plan on unleashing on mankind; especially some of these bio-attacks that they’re planning. I’ve seen Anthrax attacks coming from parachutes from airplanes. This is our government sending bio-attacks against American citizens. So watch out for that. Watch out for anything being parachuted from an airplane. Run! Don’t go see what it is. I’ve definitely seen them doing powder attacks and Anthrax attacks. I know they’re going to try to figure out some bio-attack against me here in Carrollton. It goes without saying. Probably many other cities involved. I don’t know why they even bother…Carrollton is barely a blip on a map. They’ll probably say it dropped out of an airplane as it flew by.

They’re up to stuff. They’re always up to something. I just keep my eyes on the codes. I don’t fear what they want to do; what they think they can do. God is much bigger than that; much bigger than them. If for some reason He wants to terminate the protection that He has around me and let them get to me, then fine…so be it...that’s His will. I’m really not worried about that. I’m more amused just sitting here watching them fail attempt after attempt after attempt to take me out and shut me up. So they go on to other people and harass them. It just never ends, folks.


I’ve tried to teach you how to combat them and how to ask the Lord to tear down and destroy their equipment. That’s how you learn how to combat what they are doing. We don’t have to take their crap, folks. If you’re being harassed by helicopters, ask the Lord to move it 100 feet and crash it. Take a camera out and start taking pictures. They’ll leave; they don’t want to be caught and plastered all over the internet. So just take a camera out and start taking pictures of them. Just get proactive. You don’t have to sit and take this crap. They’re enemies of the Lord and we have every right to defend ourselves from them. Do something, stand up and fight back. Do something.

I’ve notice that the orgoned areas; they’re mapping them out. There is some kind of a sensor; I don’t know what it is. She’s got one in Alaska. I thought that was interesting, Palin has some kind of a sensor in Alaska. Somehow they can find orgoned areas. I don’t know how they do it. Maybe she’s just afraid to death that it’s going to get in her area. It’s too late. It’s already there. We’ve got Orgone in Alaska. We’ve got it everywhere; they’re not going to run from us. They can’t run from us. Were not afraid of them, we're going to target where they are and get them.

They’re going to answer to the Lord. He can do whatever He wants with the Orgone. He can have it sit dormant and not do a thing. He can crank it up, make them sick and kill them off one by one. It’s His weapon and He can do with it what He wants. We’re just obedient and get it out where He leads us to get. I was real excited to hear of a warrior getting Alaska last week. Got a HAARP facility, Anchorage and several other places in Alaska. Just real excited to hear of that.

These are kids…these are kids. If it’s not the granny’s, it’s the kids. You’ve got to love this army. We’re one really funny looking army; I’ll tell you that. We're from 60…70 years old to 16, 12, 14, 18, 22. Just a real army. The only requirement you have to have to be in this army is to love the Lord. That’s the only requirement; love the Lord. That’s all He wants any of us to do. If you love the Lord, then He can lead and guide you. He is leading His Warriors to battle; to do heroics for Him in these last days. We don’t have a whole lot of time.

I wanted to give a heads up on the martial law that’s coming. They’re creating a lot of circumstances to try and get people riled up. You talk about Hurricane Ike, which I believe was a Russian weather weapon. Some people believe it’s just an American weather weapon. I believe it’s from Russia, because I believe they are angry that it wasn’t able to do as much damage as they had wanted it to. From listening to reports from people that live in Houston, it sounds to me like the media is hyping up the damage. That may be so that Russia backs off. We’ve already had a hurricane last week and one this week. Probably got another hurricane brewing out there somewhere. Definitely some cheap shots from Russia. I believe that Katrina was a Russian cheap shot. Ike was the same thing; a Russian cheap shot. Just coming after the Americans in retaliation for the things they are doing there; over there. I do believe there were earthquakes in Iran that were probably in retaliation for Ike. Just a lot of governments with sophisticated weapon toys that they have no business having. A lot of destruction caused because of these weather weapons.

Eventually its just going to turn into all out nukes. The United States is trying to push World War 3. Russia is just retaliating for the things that the United States is doing. Trying to be bullies in the Middle East and trying to get a stronghold in Russia’s own backyard. We know there’s going to be a war in the Middle East. Isaiah talks about Damascus being flattened. Damascus is the oldest, longest standing city having never been destroyed in a war. Isaiah talks about Damascus being flattened, so it’s going to be flattened. There is going to be a war coming between Israel, Iran and Syria. You know that somewhere America and Russia are going to be involved. That’s a gonna be…not an “if,” but a “when”; a when it’s going to happen.

What I think will happen is that when this Maitreya comes the dollar will crash and they’re pretty much going to take control of all the oil. They’ll have their own currency. This Maitreya is the first beast of Revelation. He’s the antichrist. I think I may have said in an article on my site that I believe that Jesus is the first beast and Maitreya was the second. It’s the other way around, Jesus is his deputy. Maitreya is a DNA clone of Cain. He’s going to be the antichrist and the one who’s going to set up a 10 nation confederacy and control the Mediterranean nations and the Middle Eastern oil. We’re going to see an attempt by him to take over the world for Islam. You’re seeing it now.

I was reading an article in the paper about Sharia and there are courts being set up in Europe for Sharia Law. Also finances are being set up to follow Sharia Law. I think there’s going to be a war; I talked about this a while ago – this good antichrist/bad antichrist scenario; the bad one would come first (Cain) and try to set up Islam and throw the world into turmoil. Then he’ll suffer some kind of a deadly blow. I don’t know if he’ll die. I see his death all the time in the codes but I don’t know if it’s him or the forces that are with him. I’ve always said they’re fair game. I do think that this Maitreya is going to die. During that time, Jesus will consolidate his powerbase as the false prophet, then Maitreya will come back, be worshipped as god and then they go on to the good antichrist scenario from then…with Jesus pretty much trying to convince the world that Maitreya is god….whatever. It’s kind of a mixture of what you see in John’s book of Revelation and what I see in the codes and putting bits and pieces together – a puzzle that I see.

(Phone ringing in background) Somebody is calling me. Don’t call me. Boy, that was annoying. That’s the first time I ever got a phone call from Yahoo. (LOL)

So anyway, that’s the way I see it; and all coming soon. Like I’ve said the codes refer to things as next, next; so it’s very hard to put a timeline on any of this stuff. The stock market crash is coming. It hits and bounces. What it does is…you saw it with the Bear-Stearns, now you’re seeing it with Lehman and Washington Mutual. One of them takes a hit; they stall and rebound for a little bit. Then a month or two later another bank will take a hit. They’re kind of doing it in bumps. I don’t know why they’re doing it that way. I know a lot of people are thinking that we’ll see a bad economic crash here in September. I know its there; it’s a possibility. If they’re going to pull it off or not. A lot of things that they start, they stop. They finally start to act on some script in their plan and then they’ll stop. Then they’ll delay it and pick it up a month or two down the road and start it again. You see all these bumps in the road…they start, stop, start, stop. I don’t know all the reasons they’re doing that, but that’s what they do. Because a lot of their plans get thwarted in someway. A lot of stuff going on behind the scenes that we don’t see.

Martial law will come, but most people don’t understand martial law. Martial law will be Satan’s war on the saints; the antichrists war on the Saints as described in Revelation chapter 13. It’s one of the first things he does; create a war on the saints. If this Maitreya (who I say is the antichrist) comes, declares a war on the infidels (which are the Saints) because they’re not going to bow to Allah the Moon God or to him as God for that matter. He’s going to be coming after everybody that’s in disagreement with him. You’re looking at a Sharia Law takeover of the world. Anybody who disagrees is going to be killed. It’s pretty much the same setup in Islam as it is in Talmudism. Either way, whoever worships Jesus as Messiah is committing blasphemy and worthy of death by beheading. You get that through the Talmud and the Koran; they both hate Jesus, Yahushua.

So anybody that worships Yahushua as the Son of God is worthy of death. That’s where all these martial law camps are going to come up, because millions are going to refuse to worship Allah as God or anyone else as God. They know that Yahushua is the Son of God. I don’t think the churches will call the duck for what it is. A duck is a duck is a duck; it’s the antichrist war on the saints. That’s exactly what’s coming when he comes to power. It’s one of the first things that he does, folks. When you see this Iranian Mahdi, Maitreya. Ahmadinejad talks about it all the time in Iran . He talks about his coming and his arrival. Watch for that; as soon as he arrives, the war on the Saints is going to start right after that.

It’s going to be nothing but war. It’s going to be nothing but war because you have Russia and the United States going at it over in the Middle East . Between Iran and Syria . Then you have Maitreya consolidating his powerbase with the ten Arab nations over there, so everything will be happening at once. Its one of the things I was telling my friend the other day; there is so much happening, it’s hard to tell what belongs to what sometimes. There is so much happening in the codes right now. Like I’ve said, the codes have moved to real time; the Lord is showing them in real time, the things that He wants me to see. There are a lot of different things happening at once.

I thought it was interesting that I often see Russian and Lithuanian in the codes. Somebody had sent me this thing on Sarah Palin’s lineage. Her grandmother was Lithuanian. I thought that was interesting because I often see Russian and Lithuanian in the codes and wondered where that was coming from. At least I have a start; it could be her lineage or it can be somebody who rises up in Lithuania or Russia . Lord knows, we have enough Russians here in our own government. Michael Chertoff, ex-KJB is directing our Homeland Security. Now you know why our police Gestapo’s are acting like a bunch of psychos. They’re being trained by Russians. It explains that doesn’t it?

Anyway, I’m going to check my emails. I don’t want to talk too long tonight because I’m so exhausted. I know that a lot of you are too. I’m going to have a long week, being one of the very few around here with electrical power.

Hi Sherry, I thank the Lord for your researches and your love towards us. My question is, when the crystals are too long and stick out of the muffin mold, do you lay it down or let it stick out of the resin?

Answer: you can lay it or leave it stick out of the resin. You can take a hammer to it and bust it in half. I mean, it’s not going to hurt it to stick out of the resin a little bit.

Question: How many Orgone do you suggest per tower?

Answer: Probably about 4. I don’t know…it depends on how ghastly the thing is; how big it is. Get various distances from the tower. Don’t get right up on it because they do maintenance to these towers and they’ll find it. Get it near the tower; get a little further out…a little further out. You don’t want them finding the Orgone that you’re putting out around towers. I know a lot of people are targeting towers.

Sherry, do you know that they Dow fell over 500 points today?

Answer: Yeah. Years ago I had talked about the 6th seal. The worldwide earthquake of the 6th seal and the silence in Heaven for one-half hour before the trumpet judgment starts. Interesting that earthquake can also mean crashing, or gigantic, crashing, earthquake. How about an economic crash? An economic earthquake. Because it talks about how all the cities around the world are leveled and probably translated correctly it’s not as drastic as that. But that’s a thought that I had years ago; that the 6th seal was a worldwide economic crash and not this worldwide earthquake per say that flattens every single city, because it’s too early for that. You would have to put the seals at the end of the tribulation period, then that wouldn't make sense. I’m one of these people that I put the 7 seals first, then the 7 trumpets and then the 7 bowls. That’s the way that John laid it out. There is silence in Heaven for the space of one-half hour after the sixth seal and then the trumpet begins. The judgments are in succession to each other. The 7 seals happen, the 7 trumpets and the 7 bowls happen. So, it’s too early in the prophetic script or stage for all the cities of the world to be literally flattened by an earthquake. The way I interpret the 6th seal is a worldwide economic crash.

The Dow Jones falling 500 today…you know it’s coming. It’s not if, but when. Most of the Lord's people have been trying to prepare for years to survive the coming economic crash and things like that. It’s around the corner if you look at it that way. If you look at the seals like I do. I see the 3rd and 4th seals; the arrival of Maitreya and Sananda, then the antichrist war on the saints is the 5th seal and the economic crash is the 6th seal. I still think that before this world-wide economic crash happens there will be the antichrist war on the saints. That doesn’t mean there won’t be some kind of uproar here in the United States , because they do have over 700 internment camps set up to put people into. Whether they are New World Order bigmouths that they want to shut up or begin the antichrist war on the saints and start loading them into these internment camps. That’s the way I see it.

I see the seals as Maitreya the rider of the black horse. Of course, Barack Obama says his name is Mohammed Barack and that means rider of the black horse. I don’t know if these two will switch or not, but we have the black horse rider and the pale horse and the antichrist war on the saints and then the world-side economic crash; direct events I see coming. I do see the rapture of the saints before the 4th horseman arrives. Not the saints as in the entire church, but the faction of the 144,000 that the Lord will protect who have already been tested. He is going to throw the church into testing and that’s why you have the antichrist war on the saints. It is allowed, to test the church believers.

The Lord's warriors that have been doing for the last several years as warriors for the Most High have already been tested. Their faith has already been tested. He doesn’t need to test them anymore. He’ll take them to Heaven to protect them. We’ll be able to come back down a later time in the tribulation with better and bigger bodies. We’ll really kick some butt and that’ll be a lot of fun. That’s what I look forward to the most. Until then, we’ll just be continually spied on and harassed by these spy satellites.

A way of protecting yourself, I’ve told you is putting Mylar blankets on the inside of the windows of your home. That way, tech beams can’t come in. You’ll see these little white beams coming in your windows. You can keep them out with Mylar blankets. You can find them at Amazon.com; they’re $4 for a dozen. Get those; tape them to your windows and they’ll keep the tech beams out. For ELF attacks, microwave attacks, the Orgone will help to an extent; especially with ELF attacks. For the microwave attacks, best I can tell you to do is make sure the Mylar is on you windows; it’ll keep the beams out at least. I’ve been fried by that myself before I learned that one. It’s just miserable, really painful.

Comment from a listener: I was driving from Philly back to Detroit through Pittsburgh with my dad. I saw a UFO falling from the sky. This was no falling star; it was wobbling down. It was a bit past Pittsburgh heading west. About 30 minutes later we were detoured off the highway for about 45 minutes around the highway.

Sherry: Yeah, they’re falling all over the place. You’ve probably heard my song, Its Raining UFOs.

Question: How much can I send to make a sufficient amount of Orgone?

Sherry: Go to OrgoneBlasters.com, folks. You can order it there. You can get supplies; I have a supply link there. People that live in apartment buildings and condos that can’t make Orgone there, go to a public park. That’s what I do when I’m on the road and need to make more Orgone. I always take my supplies with me. Just go to a park. Get off the road somewhere where there are no other people because this stuff stinks to high heaven and takes about an hour to dry. You don’t want to be around where there are people, because the fiberglass resin really has a strong odor to hit.

Anyway, until next week everybody, Yah bless.

Using Google for Business

Google Analytics. Google Analytics is an exceptionally powerful Web metrics package that offers a great range and depth of information about who’s visiting your site and what they’re doing after they arrive. It offers more information, I think, than many small businesses need. It’s also free, which is music to anyone’s ears.

When Google launched Analytics, there were immediate concerns about allowing Google to see your site “naked,” warts and all. People asked, Do you really want to expose your site like that to the search engine that has such great impact on your online success? The suggestion was that Google might use the data to influence your natural search rankings, manipulate the cost of AdWords spending, or worse.

My opinion: I don’t believe those concerns are legitimate for the vast majority of small businesses. You’re kidding yourself if you think Google cares about the 103 unique visitors you had yesterday and which pages they visited. On the PPC side, if you’re spending $8/day on AdWords, Google doesn’t care which keywords bring the most traffic to your site. It’s nothing personal; they just have more important things to worry about.

While I recommend Google Analytics for most small businesses, the bigger you are, the more you spend on PPC, and so forth, the less likely I’d recommend it. You can probably afford a different metrics program that doesn’t share all your data with Google.

Google Maps/Local Business Center. If you’re interested in acquiring local search traffic, this is the biggest no-brainer on the list. Google wants to know who you are, where you are, and what you do… so sign up and tell them! Beyond your basic business data, you can also upload coupons and photos, which may help catch a searcher’s eye.

Bill Slawski, who writes often about local search at SEO by the Sea, suggests two reasons a small business should use Google Maps/Local Business Center: “The information used in Google’s local search comes from a lot of different sources, and can be inaccurate. Verification means having control over that information and making sure it’s correct. The second reason is more proactive: There are a lot of interesting local search patent applications pending from Google, involving things like driving directions and transit information guides and offline shopping services. Getting involved now may provide the chance to participate in some very interesting and innovative programs with Google in the future.”

Google Base This is Google’s hosted database platform, where you can upload just about any type of data imaginable and put it into Google’s system. Many local real estate agents and brokerages are using this heavily, and giving themselves a better shot at visibility when searchers make real estate queries on Google.com. If you have products or other structured data, this may be a good way to let Google know about it and potentially drive traffic to your site.

Google Website Optimizer. Optimizer is a tool that lets you test various combinations of content on your Web pages. It’s a free tool that lives inside the AdWords system, so you’ll need an account there to use it. What it does is bring the previously high-end mechanics of A/B testing and multivariate testing to small businesses. For example, if you’re not sure which “Add to Cart” button placement will spur more sales, Optimizer lets you run live tests on your Web site and reports the results when the test is over.

Pat Schaber, who blogs about small business marketing at LonelyMarketer.com, recommends Website Optimizer because it “gives companies the opportunity to find out what piece of content, image, or call to action convinces their audience to take that next step with them. If enough conversion data can be compiled, a small business can learn from the Optimizer results and use that highly converting text or image across other marketing mediums.”

One of the most useful services released by Google in recent years is its powerful Google Alerts (http://Google.com/alerts). This free tool allows you to receive e-mail notifications when keywords and phrases that you specify appear on websites, blogs, online news channels and more.

Here are 10 ways to leverage Google Alerts for your business:

1. Business Name -- Keep track of websites that mention your company. This is an opportunity to send a note of thanks or address an issue if something derogatory is posted like a complaint about customer service. Big companies track mentions of their businesses online and you should too.

2. Personal Name -- Find out where you're mentioned online. This is especially important for prominent figures such as authors, speakers, celebrities, and individual service providers.

3. Website -- Track where your website is mentioned by creating an alert for your domain. Leave off the leading "www" and instead just specify your domain and extension such as "authoritypublishing.com."

4. Blog -- If you host a blog, follow the website guidelines above to create an alert for your blog domain. This should also produce results if your blog link is posted somewhere with a specific pointer to one of your pages.

5. Titles -- If you distribute articles for online marketing purposes, create an alert for each article title so that you can track where your articles are appearing. Authors can use this same strategy for tracking book titles.

6. Industry Research -- To stay on top of industry news, create alerts for keywords and key phrases for your industry. For example, I have alerts for "publishing industry" and "business book." This makes it easy to stay on top of news, competition and much more. If you are using social networking sites like Facebook, LinkedIn or Twitter, this can help you locate useful content for micro-blogging or to give you topic ideas to cover in your blog.

7. Competitive Research -- If you want to find out who is talking about your competition or where they are being mentioned, create alerts for each competitor's business name and/or website URL.

8. Lead Generation -- If breaking news can produce leads for your company, use Google Alerts for related phrases. For example, if you own a human resources firm and want to find out what companies are hiring in Sacramento, you could create several alerts: "now hiring Sacramento," "job posting Sacramento," and "job listing Sacramento."

9. Lead Research -- If there is a company or client that you want to land, create alerts to stay on top of their most recent online activity. This can provide valuable insight into what they company is up to and who is talking about them.

10. Top Client Research -- Track activity for your top ten or twenty existing clients. This can give you valuable insight into what they're up to, and also provide you with reasons to contact them. For example, if one of your clients receives major media coverage, you will learn about it right away and can send them a note of congratulations.

Useful Google Search Tricks

Exact Keyword Search: You can specify exact keywords by putting a plus sign (+) in front of the word. For example, if you search for the word "publish," Google search results would include "publishing" and "publisher." Adding a plus sign to the beginning of the word (+publish) will ensure that you only receive exact matches.

Exact Key Phrase Search: When you search for a phrase, Google results will returns anything that includes all of the words in the phrase, not that exact phrase. But if you enclose your search in quotes ("how to publish a book"), the results will only include that exact phrase.

Alternate Keyword: To return a search with alternate results, use "OR" between the words (the letters OR must be capitalized). For example, "author OR writer" will return results with either keyword. For a more complex search, you can put part of the phrase in parenthesis: (author OR writer) "business books".

Synonyms: If you want your search results to return related terms, use a tilde (~) in front of the word. For example, if you use this feature to search for the word "~author," Google returns results that include "book," "writer," and "literature."

Search a Single Website: If you want to track new entries on a specific site, you can use the "site:" operator. For example, if you want to track mentions of business books on the New York Times website, your search would look like this: "business book" site:nytimes.com.