Library of Congress Issues ISSNs for My Magazine

First I had to educate myself on magazine barcodes by using Google for my research. The next stage I used free online ISSN (EAN8) Barcode Converters and also used downloaded trial versions of barcode maker programs to compare the quality of the barcodes they produced. Using Adobe Illustrator to closely examine the barcodes revealed the 4-color layers of the barcodes where slightly misaligned. I decided to reconstruct the barcodes manually with Adobe Illustration.. I used Adobe Illustrator to overlay black bars and white bars on top of the poorly produced barcodes to create sharply defined barcodes. I removed the poorly defined barcodes when I finished the reconstruction. I now have the 12 monthly barcodes each for the online version and the print version. This barcode project took about 4 days for this do-it-yourselfer. I still have to find a magazine vendor to check the graphic accuracy of my barcodes with a scanner.

This magazine is my own project. I am starting it the with no resources and no help. At best in this concept stage all I can hope to do is rely on Fedex Office (formerly known has Kinkos Copy Center, then FedEx Kinkos, now it’s FedEx Office) to produce and sell the printed versions of my magazine. I will have to build my profits from scratch, pamphleteering style until I am on better financial footing.

If anyone has any printing equipment, digital cameras, database programs useful for a new magazine, or anything useful to building a magazine and would like to donate what the have please add your comments to this blog with your email address.

I need all the help I can get.

A Call for Articles and Volunteers as Peer Reviewers!

I am designing the skeletal structure of my magazine with Adobe InDesign CS4. I am designing it to display in Adobe Flash Player with page-curl/turning effect, and other new technology features as I speed along in my learning curve.

The timing is right to issue a call for articles and volunteers as peer reviewers. Anyone want to help?

I am also in need of donations, be it money, a digital camera, Wasp Barcode software to produce the ISSN barcode for the 12 months of issues, and other things that go into starting up a magazine, i.e., seed money, investors, etc.

IT IS OFFICIAL: Library of Congress Assigns ISSNs for My Magazine!

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS / U.S. ISSN CENTER
ISSN Publisher Liaison Section
Library of Congress
101 Independence Avenue SE
Washington, DC 20540-4284
(202) 707-6452 (voice);
(202) 707-6333 (fax)
www.loc.gov/issn (web page)

12/16/2009

Dear Publisher:

This is your official notification that the following ISSN assignment(s) have been made under the auspices of the U.S. ISSN Center at the Library of Congress.  Please print or save this notification for your records.

American Common Defense Review (Online) = ISSN 2152-6028

American Common Defense Review (Print)    = ISSN 2152-601X

Laptop Recovered! Thief Arrested & Jailed!

Chalk one up for the “Common Defence!”

The Theft and Miraculous Recovery of my $2,000 Laptop During this Christmas Season.

The theft of my brand new HP Pavilion DV8T Quad Edition (Entertainment PC), 18.4 inch screen (16 inch : 9 inch ultra wide aspect ratio) with 1920 x 1080 screen resolution, 1 TeraByte 7200 RPM Serial ATA Harddrive (500 GB x 2), HP Integrated HDTV Hybrid Tuner, embedded Webcam, HDMI Port, 3 USB Ports, a Docking Port, ports for a Memory Stick, Memory Stick Pro, Multimedia Card, Secure Digital (SD) Memory Card, and an xD‑Picture Card, and a Docking Port was devastating. The theft occurred at the Flying J truckstop in Fairview, Tennessee, I-40, Exit 182.

 The Fairview, Tennessee police officer Burgess took my report. However the police officer was not interested enough to view the security surveillance footage to get visual evidence. I got the impression that the police officer presumed the thief was long gone and there was no chance for an arrest. The manager of the Flying J truck stop acted like the video surveillance footage was too problematic for her immediate access, that it required permission from corporate headquarters the following day. She promised to email photos of the man I suspected of stealing my laptop from the surveillance footage. Photos that I did not receive (obstruction of justice?). 

My Laptop Got Stolen. I Need Help With Recovery.

My HP Pavilion DV8T, 18.4 inch screen got stolen at a truckstop in Tennessee this morning. Scroll down to see the picture of the laptop. If you see someone in a truckstop restaurant or TV lounge with an HP Pavilion laptop with a wide screen ask the person to reboot the laptop to see a demonstration of the fingerprint scanner as the login method. If the person refuses get someone in authority to assist or call the police to assist.

If you discover that the person cannot login to the laptop call Police Officer Burgess, Case No. 09-6281, Fairview, Tennessee Police Department at (k615) 799-2435.

If surveillence video turns up a possible suspect the truckstop promised to email photos from the video footage.  I will post the photos here if I received them.

Starting a News Magazine

CLICK TO DOWNLOAD INTRODUCTION ISSUE  OF American Common Defence Review Magazine

Obama Eligibility Ad in Washington Times, Nov. 30, 2009

REMEMBER WHEN:

On October 3, 2002, Rep. Paul — in an attempt to hammer home the point that only Congress has the power to declare war — made a motion to declare war on Iraq. The chairman of the House Committee on International Relations, Henry Hyde, rejected the motion by declaring:

“There are things in the Constitution that have been overtaken by events, by time. Declaration of war is one of them. There are things no longer relevant to a modern society. Why declare war if you don’t have to? We are saying to the President, use your judgment. So, to demand that we declare war is to strengthen something to death. You have got a hammerlock on this situation, and it is not called for. Inappropriate, anachronistic, it isn’t done anymore.”  [Emphasis added.]

Warren Mass, Why Ron Paul Opposed the Gaza Resolution, NewAmerican.com, January 12, 2009

I guess requiring Congress to make sure a candidate for president of the United States is a natural born citizen is no longer relevant to a modern society, is inappropriate, anachronistic, and isn’t done anymore. Obama has made a monkey out of the American People. I guess treason is no longer relevent if the constitution is no longer relevant.

Comic Book Indoctrination of Children into the Total Surveilance Police-State!

NEW COMIC BOOK HERO COP
IN A 5TH GENERATION WARFARE
SOVIET-STYLE “YOUR PAPERS PLEASE”
TOTAL SURVEILANCE  WORLD
IS PROPAGANDA INDOCTRINATION
FOR OUR CHILDREN

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE COMIC BOOK FROM CORESTREET.COM 

Comic book HERO COP with PIVMAN Secure ID Checking scanner indoctrinates children into their future world of total surveilance police state! PIVMAN scans Smart Cards, Government issued ID cards, Driver’s licenses, RFID embedded passports, military grade security, independent databases. Track and log cardholders entry, exit, date, and time.This is the first stage to a Total Surveillance Police State! This is the modern day high-tech version of the Soviet Union’s “Your papers please!” system of checking identity. Tyranny by any other name is still tyranny.

PIVMAN was originally intended for Federal Government purposes.

MaxID Corp. and CoreStreet Announce the Sale of Handheld Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) Readers to the United States Coast Guard, October 28, 2009.

CoreStreet is the manufacturer of PIVMAN.

  SecureIDNews.com, PIV I enables states, others to issue high-tech credentials, Monday, November 2, 2009. PIVMAN is now being implemented in Washington, DC for city employees, Colorado, Hawaii, and Illinois. Strange that these are anti-Second Amendment states on the same level as Washington, DC.

THE FUTURE OF A TOTAL SURVEILLANCE POLICE STATE

4th Generation Warfare is what happend at the Ft. Hood shooting spree. The Government’s reaction is to evolve into 5th Generation Warfare State. What are the Generations of Warfare? See the Powerpoint Presentation in PDF format titled The Next Generation Warfare.

President George W. Bush, Homeland Security Presidential Directive, Number 12 (HSPD-12) Policies for a Common Identification Standard for Federal Employees and Contractors, August 27, 2004

President George W. Bush, Memorandum for the Heads of All Departments and Agencies, Subject: Implementation of Homeland Security Presidential Directive (HSPD) 12 – Policy for a Common Identification Standard for Federal Employees and Contractors. Memorandum dated August 5, 2005

Federal Information Processing Standard Publication: Personal Identity Verification (PIV) of Federal Employees and Contractors, March 2006.

Container Ship Maersk Alabama, Attacked in April This Year was Attacked AGAIN! November 18, 2009

Somali escalates piracy to murder on the high seas. North Korean captain died from gunshot wound.

(Lincoln Tribune, Lincolnton, NC) November 18, 2009. EU Navfor said on Wednesday that pirates had also attacked the same U.S. ship they hijacked in April this year. The European force said gunmen opened fire on the Maersk Alabama with automatic weapons on Wednesday morning, but a security detachment with the huge container ship responded and the vessel managed to escape with no casualties reported.

(Washington Times Editorial) November 20, 2009. An anti-pirate policy that works: Arming merchant ships thwarts piracy.

I believe the Washington Times Editorial got their facts wrong on the “28 members of its crew dead.” From my brief search of Google News only one North Korean Captain of the MV Theresa VIII died from a gunshot wound the following day after being shot by Somali pirates and the 28 members of the MV Theresa VIII were not injured.

From the London TimesOnline, November 19, 2009:

The North Korean captain of a tanker being held by Somali pirates is believed to have died after being shot during the hijack. When the MV Theresa VIII was hijacked north of the Seychelles on Monday its 28 crew members tried to fight off the pirates. Initial reports said that no one had been injured seriously.

However, a pirate called Mohamed said: “The captain of the chemical tanker died last night from gunshot wounds he got during the hijack.”

There has been no independent confirmation of the report. Somali pirates have been responsible for more than 160 armed attacks on ships in the Gulf of Aden and Indian Ocean this year. They fire frequently at target vessels with AK47 rifles and rocket-propelled grenades. There have been no other reports of deaths at their hands pirates this year.

Hostages are considered assets so it is in the interests of the hijackers to keep them alive. This point was illustrated yesterday when the Alakrana, a Spanish trawler, and its 36 crew, were released after a £2 million ransom was paid. There were reports of celebrations in Haradheere as the pirates flaunted their newfound wealth.

What I Can Do Now With My New Laptop and Adobe CS4 Design Premium!

 

Better blogging days ahead! 

I bought Adobe CS4 Design Premium and I bought my brand new custom built HP Pavilion DV8T Quad Edition (18.4 inch screen) entertainment laptop with an internal TV-Tuner and 1 TByte harddrive (500GB x 2) with many other selected components. These two purchases advances my goal to create my future Website and to produce a new online magazine and a print magazine. Adobe ConnectNow  in Adobe CS4 Design Premium will be the vehicle for colaboration with anyone who wants to be on my design team for either the forthcoming Website, onlined magazine, or the print magazine. I have a design team of one. Me! I can use some help.