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Buddy and Cindy Chipman
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 10:24 am    Post subject: Re: MI5 Persecution: Gagged by BBC Ariels editor Reply with quote
http://www.broadcaster.com/video/player.php?clip=7770
<MI5-Victim@mi5.gov.uk> wrote in message news:m06102919213872@4ax.com...
Quote:

Gagged by BBC Ariel's editor

On 25 June 1997 I wrote to Landmark Publishing Services, who deal with
advertising for the BBC's in-house magazine Ariel.
I requested they run an advert "BBC Newsreaders Spying on my Home" in the
Personal column. They accepted my instructions
and payment, and the following advert did indeed run in Ariel's issue of 8
July 1997.

Following the successful placement of this small ad, I wrote again to
Landmark on 17 July 1997, requesting they run exactly
the same advert for 10 issues, enclosing payment. Unfortunately, the
advert did not appear in any further issues of Ariel,
because Ariel's editor Robin Reynolds nixed it. Here is an email from
Elaine Smith of Landmark dated 26 August 1997.

Date: Tue, 26 Aug 1997 09:34:25 +0100 (BST)
X-Sender: landmark@194.112.32.30
From: elaine@lps.co.uk (Elaine Smith)
Subject: Re: advert - ariel

With regard to your E-mail of 22 August 1997 concerning your advertisement
in the Ariel magazine.

I was instructed by Ariel to remove your advertisement from the classified
pages as they were not comfortable with the contents of the Internet
address you supplied. I realise we have placed the advertisement
successfully for you in the past. Unfortunately this time they decided
they
did not want it printed.

[snip]

I'm really sorry for the inconvenience I know this will have caused you,
but as you will understand Ariel have the last say in what is printed and
what is not.

Kind Regards

Elaine Smith
Classified Advertising Manager.

In my reply to Elaine Smith, I said;

I will speak to them directly, I believe their email address is
Ariel@bbc.co.uk. As you say, if the advert went through the first time,
then it should have gone through this time without problems. As I see it,
either what is on the website is true (which is my belief) in which case
they should allow it to be published, or else it is symptomatic of
delusions in which case again any reasonable person would recognise it
as such and its publication would not be suppressed. After all Britain
is not supposed to have censorship - it isn't a Communist country.

I also wrote to Mr Reynolds, Ariel's editor, asking him to reconsider his
decision to censor my advert. He replied
with the following letter;

Since a magazine's editor has final say over what appears in the
publication, there is nothing further that I can do
to encourage Ariel to accept my advert. Mr Reynold's censorship of my
legitimate complaint gives the game away a bit, though.
The BBC wish people to think of them as truthful and impartial - yet when
they are caught harassing one of their audience, they
resort to the same censoring tactics characteristic of the regimes they
hypocritically condemn.

27


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Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com
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Simon
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 1:13 pm    Post subject: Re: MI5 Persecution: Gagged by BBC Ariels editor Reply with quote
On Sun, 21 Jan 2007 21:24:11 -0500, Buddy and Cindy Chipman wrote:

Quote:
http://www.broadcaster.com/video/player.php?clip=7770
MI5-Victim@mi5.gov.uk> wrote in message news:m06102919213872@4ax.com...

Gagged by BBC Ariel's editor

And? What do you want us to do about it? What are you going to do about it?

Or are you just telling us its a hopeless situation? If so, why post at
all?
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rockyromero@att.net
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 01, 2007 1:49 am    Post subject: Re: Is "The Secret" worth the time? Reply with quote
On Dec 30 2006, 7:16 pm, "rich.hopk...@gmail.com"
<rich.hopk...@gmail.com> wrote:

Quote:
While it was not 'groundbreaking', it served its purpose well, and was
worth my time. If you are looking for a pick-me-up, or even a big spoon
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Material on a 30 day challenge pertaining to this is available at:

http://rockyromero.typepad.com/extreme_toastmasters/2007/02/30_day_challeng.html

Rocky Romero

www.PowerVoices.com
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rich.hopkins@gmail.com
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 01, 2007 2:19 am    Post subject: Re: Is "The Secret" worth the time? Reply with quote
You can count me in on this Rocky!

On Feb 28, 9:49 am, "rockyrom...@att.net" <rockyrom...@att.net> wrote:
Quote:
On Dec 30 2006, 7:16 pm, "rich.hopk...@gmail.com"

rich.hopk...@gmail.com> wrote:
While it was not 'groundbreaking', it served its purpose well, and was
worth my time. If you are looking for a pick-me-up, or even a big spoon

-

Material on a 30 day challenge pertaining to this is available at:

http://rockyromero.typepad.com/extreme_toastmasters/2007/02/30_day_ch...

Rocky Romero

www.PowerVoices.com
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rockyromero@att.net
Guest
PostPosted: Sat Mar 03, 2007 7:00 am    Post subject: Re: Is "The Secret" worth the time? Reply with quote
On Feb 28, 12:19 pm, "rich.hopk...@gmail.com" <rich.hopk...@gmail.com>
wrote:
Quote:
You can count me in on this Rocky!

This is a teleclass session along this thought:


http://rockyromero.typepad.com/share_your_voices/2007/03/lighten_up.html

Rocky Romero

www.PowerVoices.com
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betsy_in_va
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PostPosted: Mon Apr 16, 2007 5:32 am    Post subject: Re: Theme Meeting resource site Reply with quote
At the exact same time you posted this, I posted an opinion about self-
deprecating humor and for some bizarre reason half a sentence
disappeared. And a "doesn;t" turned into a "does". Now I know why....

its April 15th, aka:

"Take a Wild Guess Day" and also "That Sucks Day"
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rich.hopkins@gmail.com
Guest
PostPosted: Thu Apr 26, 2007 10:44 am    Post subject: Re: Come to Vernon for Less Lira - Registration Cost Reduced Reply with quote
200 people - wow. Wow!

I'd be shocked if we hit 100 this year. And ours was 1/2 the price.

Congratulations on a great job.

Rich.
www.kevinkienlein.com wrote:
Quote:
Ciao mia amigas & amigos:

The Vernon & Area Toastmasters Conference Committee is pleased to announce that with the excellent sponsorship from local businesses and the fact that we have reached our budgeted minimum of 200 registrants, we are able to dramatically reduce our full-conference registration package from the current $195 to $175.00, effective immediately.

Firstly, this means that those who have registered in the last 22 days and paid the $195 rate will receive a refund - after the conference.

Secondly, it means that more and more of our Toastmaster friends from all over British Columbia's District 21 will be able to benefit from a benchmark Spring Conference held in the beautiful North Okanagan.

If you missed the gondola before, here's your last chance to:

Come Away with us....at Vineyards & Vistas: Cultivating Success

Please visit www.toastmasters.bc.ca to register online.

NOTE: Meal service cannot be guaranteed for those registering after May 1st.

Ciao!

Sheila Procter, Registration Chair
District 21 Toastmasters Spring Conference
May 4-6, 2007 , Vernon, British Columbia
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Colin William
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PostPosted: Wed May 02, 2007 1:03 am    Post subject: Re: I know you are all dying to see me... Reply with quote
Nigel Reed wrote:
Quote:
Our district colour this year is purple so that is why a lot of people
were wearing it.

A district color???????????

Colin
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Nigel Reed
Guest
PostPosted: Wed May 02, 2007 1:30 am    Post subject: Re: I know you are all dying to see me... Reply with quote
Colin William <colintwilliam@hotmail.com> wrote:
Quote:
A district color???????????

Yes, a district colour, along with the district motto for the year.
"Let's Be Somebody Together" was this years motto.

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Nigel Reed ACB, CL (It's really an ATM-B)
Area 42 Governor (Plains Division, District 50, Region III) 2006-2007
IPP - Plano Talkers Toastmasters
http://toastmasters.sysadmininc.com - Toastmasters Club Mapping Project
Unofficial Area Motto: "I'm sure there's a speech in that somewhere"
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Colin William
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PostPosted: Wed May 02, 2007 1:33 am    Post subject: Re: I know you are all dying to see me... Reply with quote
Nigel Reed wrote:
Quote:
A district color???????????

Yes, a district colour, along with the district motto for the year.
"Let's Be Somebody Together" was this years motto.

A district color. Hey, whatever works. Still, that motto coupled with
that color just sounds like an episode of the Barney the dinosaur show.

Colin
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Angie Flinn
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PostPosted: Wed May 02, 2007 7:25 am    Post subject: Re: OK...ok...that wasn't quite fair :) Reply with quote
On Apr 30, 11:57 pm, "Joy" <jgayl...@dslextreme.net> wrote:

Quote:
If you happened to notice (and I wouldn't blame you if you didn't), how did
the female contestants dress?

Joy

Both female contestants that evening wore well-tailored business-
appropriate suits in powerful colors. I don't recall if they were
longer skirts or if they wore pants, but they were sharp, tailored,
and business-appropriate.

Angie Flinn, DTM
District 50 IPDG
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Angie Flinn
Guest
PostPosted: Wed May 02, 2007 7:32 am    Post subject: Re: Dress Codes Reply with quote
On May 1, 1:50 am, Nigel Reed <nigelr...@wibble.sysadmininc.com>
wrote:

Quote:
I would quote the First Amendment right to free speech.

....and then begin looking for a new job.

It's rather common for different facilities to have different dress
codes, depending on the type of work that goes on and the type of
clients that may walk through the door.

So, if the management at the Eastern location doesn't want their
employees to know that the Northwest location gets to wear casual
dress to work, it's probably because they've made a decision on their
dress code, have no plans to change it, and don't want to deal with
the dissent and dissatisfaction that might ensue if their employees
find out about the more casual dress elsewhere.

Entirely reasonable for a situation involving paid employment,
wouldn't you say?
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Angie Flinn
Guest
PostPosted: Wed May 02, 2007 7:41 am    Post subject: Re: I know you are all dying to see me... Reply with quote
Let's just say our District Governor this year is a very visual man.
In the past, he's been very active in Conference planning ... and he's
been known to decide that everyone needs to wear formal dress for
Saturday night in <insert color scheme here>. Not something I've seen
in the other districts I've visited but... anyway, that explains why
you saw what you saw in those photos. He chose purple & gold for his
logo's colors this year, and there was a lot of purple worn at
District events throughout the term as a show of support for him.

BTW, Colin - you made me snarf my drink. Barney the dinosaur ....
<chuckle>

Next year's DG announced her theme and showed us her logo Saturday
night when she gave her Incoming address. She's going with "All For
One, and One For All" (a good unifying theme) and the logo is
primarily royal blue (a good TM color!) with accents in pink. She's a
breast cancer survivor ... as are three other visible women leaders in
our district. It's a pretty classy tie-in of something that's
important to her.

Angie Flinn, DTM
D50 IPDG
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Joy
Guest
PostPosted: Wed May 02, 2007 7:50 am    Post subject: Re: OK...ok...that wasn't quite fair :) Reply with quote
"Angie Flinn" <angie@angieflinn.com> wrote in message
news:1178065522.162220.152960@u30g2000hsc.googlegroups.com...
Quote:
On Apr 30, 11:57 pm, "Joy" <jgayl...@dslextreme.net> wrote:

If you happened to notice (and I wouldn't blame you if you didn't), how
did
the female contestants dress?

Joy

Both female contestants that evening wore well-tailored business-
appropriate suits in powerful colors. I don't recall if they were
longer skirts or if they wore pants, but they were sharp, tailored,
and business-appropriate.

Angie Flinn, DTM
District 50 IPDG

Thank you.

Joy
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John Fleming, DTM
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PostPosted: Wed May 02, 2007 8:33 am    Post subject: Re: I know you are all dying to see me... Reply with quote
On Tue, 01 May 2007 14:33:48 -0400, while chained to a desk
in the scriptorium Colin William <colintwilliam@hotmail.com>
wrote:

Quote:
$A district color. Hey, whatever works. Still, that motto coupled with
$that color just sounds like an episode of the Barney the dinosaur show.

To think that, at one time, there was an active Usenet
newsgroup called alt.barnery.dinosaur.die.die.die.

--

John Fleming, DTM
Edmonton, Canada

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A scientist can discover a new star but he
cannot make one. He would have to ask an
engineer to do it for him.

- Gordon L. Glegg
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