January 15, 2007
WND has obtained copies of
glossy brochures from the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America (spp.gov) entitled "2005 Report to Leaders" and "2006 Report to Leaders". The brochures offer an overview of the "deep integration" of Canada, the U.S., and Mexico that many of our "leaders" have in mind. This "deep integration" could eventually lead to a North American Union: the de jure or de facto merging of the countries into one entity:
The 2005 and 2006 reports continue to discuss numerous memoranda of understanding and other agreements that the trilateral working groups are formulating on their own, without direct congressional oversight or any reference to being published in the Federal Register. Yet, the vast majority of the agreements reached under SPP have never been published.
The reports discuss the SPP's trilateral modification of administrative rules and regulation under the rubric of "integrating" and "harmonizing" into a "North American" structure what previously were administrative rules and regulations of the U.S., Canada, and Mexico...
..."Now that we see books being published by SPP, how can anyone deny that the Bush administration is involved in a process of North American deep integration?" asks Jerome R. Corsi, author and WND columnist who is writing a book on the movement. "SPP is creating North American regulations that replace and supersede U.S. regulations in a wide range of policy areas. Just the three-language format of the full color production is enough to let readers know that the Bush administration considers our appropriate regulatory scope to be North American in nature. We no longer have a U.S. energy policy, for instance, we have a North American energy policy."
..."SPP is one of the best kept secrets in Washington," Corsi told WND, "even though SPP has a website, there are SPP websites embedded in the websites of many government agencies, and now SPP is publishing full-color books in three languages. Yet, nobody in Washington has bothered to hold a single SPP hearing. Meanwhile, we are being led into regional government by bureaucrats whose mission is to create North American policies, not to worry about the sovereignty of the United States."
One such embedded site is pi.energy.gov/naewg.html
Posted to NAU at January 15, 2007 12:04 PM
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I put up a great deal if information on Sunday on Wikio about the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America and the Nexus beteen Amtrak Gate and the NAFTA Super Hwy and the DOT and today I noticed all my posts have been removed.
Posted by: zz ziled at January 30, 2007 11:03 AM
Wikio posting removal.
When I was invited to join Wikio, I read the rules and was intrigued by Wikio's supposed openess--so I joined and started posting.
Even though I used US Government sources, [WH, US Congress] for " SPP the Security and Prosperity Parnership of N America" and used US Government sites and the BBC for the 'AMTRAK-GATE' story and used the DOT info and US INTERMODAL SURFACE TRANSPORTATION EFFICIENCY ACT of 1991 and its new 2005 incarnation to support the NAFTA Super Highway and Rail info ---most of the info I posted over the weekend on WIKIO was pulled by Monday/US time.
I made sure not to use offensive language--but my content and post titles were provocative---too provocative for WIKIO it seems.
I conclude, WIKIO is definately editing posts from the USA and eliminating some information even if it well documented.
I have just posted on Wikio the following Press Release on Wikio--my experiment with WIKIO is over---for now... Here are the backers of and plans for WIKIO:
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January 23, 2007 10:01 AM Eastern Time
Wikio Secures $5.3 Million in Series A Funding
Blog and Media Search Company Receives Funding For Research and Development, and International Expansion
LUXEMBOURG--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Wikio, operator of the popular personalized Web information page announced today it has closed a Series 'A' round of funding totaling $5.3 million. The financing round was led by Lightspeed Venture Partners along with Gemini Israel Funds.
Wikio, launched in France last June, and currently operating sites in France, United States, Germany, Italy and Spain, is the first European blog and media search engine. To date, Wikio’s fast growing audience has reached nearly one million monthly unique users.
The new round of financing will enable Wikio to expand globally, and deliver the most innovative and customizable information service on the web. Aggressive investment in R&D and operations will enhance product development and accelerate the company’s already rapid growth. The launch of the Wikio UK site is planned for the second quarter of 2007, followed by additional European and American sites.
Wikio is the brainchild of CEO Laurent Binard, founder of Mediapps (European Software Publisher) and chairman Pierre Chappaz, renowned French entrepreneur, former Yahoo Europe President, founder of Kelkoo (leading European shopping search engine) and co-CEO of Netvibes (leading customizable portal). Chappaz says, “Blogs and information are my passion, and I am a great believer in personalization. With thousands and thousands of professional and amateur sources of information available on the Web, our mission is to provide Internet users with a powerful search tool that they can easily tune according to their needs and their centers of interest. For many Europeans, Wikio has already become their personal information page!”
“The tremendous growth and popularity of Wikio boils down to its innovative product. Personalizing and organizing information in a compelling way is becoming an increasingly important tool for consumers,” said Yoni Cheifetz, partner, Lightspeed Venture Partners. “Coupled with the company’s strong business model, we’re in a very good position to help Wikio become a leading information platform for European and global customers.”
Ouriel Ohayon, general manager of the Lightspeed Gemini Internet Lab (www.lgilab.com) and editor of the French version of TechCrunch explains, “Personalized news and search is a very competitive and fast growing sector. The popularity of user generated content creates the demand for better tools to find relevant information. Wikio's innovative service and rapid growth will make it one of the global leaders in its field.” Along with Chappaz and Binard, Yoni Cheifetz, and Ouriel Ohayon will join the board of directors.
Based on Web 2.0 technologies such as information feeds (RSS), Ajax (for personalization) and semantic search, Wikio combines powerful search features with advanced tag navigation. Users influence the results of the Wikio Index of thousands of editorial blogs and professional media items by voting, commenting and publishing their own posts. The service also allows users to easily create and build their own personalized webpage of information based on tags (keywords including semantics) that they select. Its business model relies on sponsored links and monetization of commercial searches.
Mirabeau Financial Planning Ltd has advised Wikio for this financial round.
About Wikio
Wikio, a company incorporated in Luxembourg, operates the sites www.wikio.com, www.wikio.fr , www.wikio.de, www.wikio.es , www.wikio.it . For more information, visit www.wikio.com.
Wikio’s shareholders include business angels such as Loic Le Meur, VP Sixapart Europe, Martin Varsavsky CEO FON, Freddy Mini COO Netvibes, Ouriel Ohayon Editor Techcrunch France, and Jeff Clavier.
About Wikio's Investors
Lightspeed Venture Partners
Lightspeed Venture Partners combines extensive venture capital and operating experience to assist entrepreneurs in creating industry-leading technology companies. Lightspeed manages $1.3 billion of committed capital and focuses on early stage investments in the US, Asia and Israel. The firm’s partners have invested in more than 100 technology companies over the past two decades and have contributed to the success of market leaders including Blue Nile, Brocade, Ciena, Doubleclick, eHealth, Galileo Technology, Growth Networks, Informatica, Kiva Software, LightLogic, Maker Communications, Metasolv, Phone.com, Quantum Effect Devices, Riverbed, Sirocco, Transmeta, Virsa and Waveset. For more information, please visit our website at www.lightspeedvp.com.
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A pioneer in Israel’s venture capital industry, Gemini Israel Funds has grown to be the leading Israeli seed and early stage fund in the Information Technology arena. The firm, founded in 1993, manages $550 million in four funds. Investments are focused on the areas of Communications and Wireless Technologies, Enterprise Software, Internet, Consumer Electronics and Semiconductors. Through our offices in Israel and Silicon Valley, Gemini offers portfolio companies with access to top-tier U.S. based investors and a global network of corporate partners. As investors, our key contributions are: our willingness to make daring investment decisions and our ability to build long-term relationships with our companies. We employ the same tools to help our companies today that we used to assist Allot, Mellanox, Saifun, Precise, Butterfly, Commtouch, Ornet, Verisity, Jacada, Ceragon, Riverhead, nLayers and others. More information can be found at www.gemini.co.il.
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Posted by: zz ziled at January 31, 2007 12:38 AM
I am blocked off of posting at WIKIO---no BIG SURPRISE THERE!-- But back to topics related to the US DOT Department of Transportation. Some really messy things are going on there in regards to:
Amtrak-Gate, SPP and NAFTA Super Hwy:
To recap, according to Undersecretary of Transportation Jeffery Shane testifying before Congress, the NAFTA Super Highway is 'Black Helios and Tin-hat territory' - [only crack-pots believe it exists]---well I guess US House's "Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure" are Mad Tin-hatters ---they seem to think North American
Union [NAU] plans and the NAFTA Super Hwy are real. [Read for yourself the URL below]
109th Congress on: NAFTA Super Hwy and "Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America Prosperity"
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c109:H.CON.RES.487:
Posted by: zz ziled at January 31, 2007 12:34 PM
White Paper from the NATIONAL CENTER for INTER-MODAL TRANSPORTATION:
"A New Transportation Agenda in the Aftermath of 11 Sept 2001"
November 2001
http://www.du.edu/transportation/Resources/pdfs/whitePaper.pdf
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Progressive Railroading News 2/2/2007 Education
Nober, Mulvey to teach master's program transportation courses at
Denver intermodal institute. http://www.du.edu/transportation/
A former Surface Transportation Board chairman and current board commissioner have joined the faculty at the University of Denver's Intermodal Transportation Institute (ITI). Roger Nober will teach transportation law and regulation, and Francis Mulvey will teach transportation economics as part of ITI's Executive Master's Program
faculty.
Executive vice president of law and secretary for BNSF Railway Co. since Jan. 1, Nober previously was a partner in Washington, D.C., law
firm Steptoe & Johnson L.L.P. and STB chairman. He also served stints as counselor to the U.S. deputy secretary of transportation and chief
counsel for the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Currently a STB commissioner, Mulvey previously was staff director for the Railroad Subcommittee, and Pipelines and Hazardous Materials for
the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. He also served stints as deputy asssistant inspector general for the U.S.
Department of Transportation and assistant director for transportation issues for the U.S. General Accounting Office.
ITI's faculty also includes Ted Prince, vice president of intermodal and international for Kansas City Southern, who teaches freight
transportation systems.
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For further readings on these topics; you may use Ziled Group's research 'Search Terms':
The Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America, US Inter-modal Passenger Transportation and Commuter Rail News,
US Department of Transportation, Federal Rail Administration, Federal Transit Administration, US National Center for Inter-modal Transportation, House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, US House Railroad Subcommittee, and Pipelines and Hazardous Materials,
Surface Transportation Board, U of Denver's Intermodal Transportation
Institute (ITI), US University Transportation Research Centers,USDOT's
and Amtrak's Office of IG Reports, 1998 Transportation Equity Act for
21st Century [TEA 21], SAFETEA-LU— Safe Accountable, Flexible,
Efficient Transportation Equity Act 2005.
The following has been posted also at the 'Yahoo Commuter Rail Group'
Posted by: zz ziled at February 2, 2007 01:17 PM
