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In just two days, we will be uniting to form the MANY ROLES OF KURT RUSSELL.  For those of you who missed the first post, we will be uniting to form the MANY ROLES OF KURT RUSSELL at Amanda's house in Los Feliz this Saturday night.  Here's her address:

3424 Lambeth Street
Los Angeles, CA 90027

Here's a "Breakdown" of who's coming and which Kurt Russell they will be portraying:

- Minister of Media and Technology will be Jack Burton from "Big Trouble in Little China." 
- Minister of MOM will be Snake Plissken from "Escape from L.A."
- Minister of Competition will be solar explorer, Col. Jonathan 'Jack' O'Neil from "Stargate."
- Minister of Rousing will be Dean Proffitt from "Overboard."
- Minister of Interior Design will be Coach Herb Brooks from "Miracle."
- Minister of Letters will be Michael Zane from "3,000 Miles to Graceland."
- Minister of Defense will be McCabe from "Vanilla Sky."
- Future Minister and IFS blood relative Ryan Maughan will be Stephen 'Bull' McCaffrey from "Backdraft."
- Longtime Friend of IFS and forever welcome Guest Member Ben Persons will be Captain Ron from "Captain Ron."

That's nine Kurt Russells by my count, just shy of double digit Kurt Russells.  Now, I know that Health/Trade will be attending the party - so if he dresses up as a Kurt Russell, then we'll have ten Kurt Russells total.  Also, Philanthropy is attempting to shift his work schedule around so he can make it as well.  International Affairs, Maritime, Athletics and Shwayne, we haven't heard anything from you four so please comment on this post with your status.  Younger/Taller/Athleticer and Letters will be coming down from SB, and Media will be coming up from the OC, so finding a ride should not be a problem.  Also, here's some last minute costume suggestions that should be easy to throw together:

- As Jeff Taylor in "Breakdown," Kurt wears a Ralph Lauren polo tucked in to khakis, and cool sunglasses:

- Kurt wears a tux in "Executive Decision" and a black suit in Poseidon (granted, you'd have to jump in a shower for this one).
- Wyatt Earp - we still  need one.  Calls for a taller man with a strong mustache and a cowboy outfit, so I'm thinking Esteban.  Whoever takes this role, the all black getup would be the right way to do it.
- "Dark Blue" would be easy.  Black collared shirt, leather jacket, light blue jeans and black sneakers:

Anyways, just some ideas.  Like Competition commented earlier, this seems destined as Kurt Russell made a strong appearance on South Park last night.  I hope everyone can make it.  The more Russells the better. 

- Rousing

Universal Declaration of Human Rights,
http://web.amnesty.org/pages/aboutai-udhr-eng

     This is the first philanthropy bulletin. It is designed to bring awareness to human rights violations around the world. Its aim is to take 4 to 5 issues a month and briefly explain what’s going on. Let me know which one(s) you think IFS should concentrate on and I can provide more information and ways we can help.

Zimbabwe: Political and Human Rights Violations
    The Zimbabwean government is under scrutiny for political harassment. Political activists are being oppressed when voicing their concerns over the government. The police have gathered activists and beaten, tortured and have denied them access to lawyers or medical care.
Read more: http://web.amnesty.org/pages/zwe-180407-news-eng

Guantanamo Bay: US Detention Base     
    This might be a controversial one, but there is one case particular that might be of interest. A Sudanese national Adel Hassan Hamad has been detained. Taken at gunpoint he was beaten, had an attack dog forced at him, striped naked and sleep deprived. He was taken to Pakistan where he said conditions were very bad, he is now being held at Gitmo as an enemy combatant. Hamad is a family man who worked for the World Assembly of Muslim Youth (WAMY) hospital. See more…
http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGAMR510322007?open&of=ENG-2AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5E3w7ME6Fshttp://projecthamad.org

Mexico: Arbitrary Detention
    If anyone has followed the Chiapas situation headed by the charismatic Subcomandante Marcos, they will find this interesting!!! You might have heard of the EZLN (Zapatista Army of National Liberation) their basic argument is that the indigenous community in Mexico is being oppressed, here is just one example. After the attack on the community in Chiapas, Diego Arcos Menses has been detained, beaten and tortured. He is accused of aiding in the attacks on the Chiapas community. He has been charged with murder even though DNA evidence has cleared him from any shootings. He speaks little Spanish and cannot read it at all. The government is trying to make him sign an affidavit stating he was involved in a terrorist organization who carried out the attacks.
Background info: Many of the individuals who carried out the attacks were seen with clothing worn by state police. Is this a set up? To read more…
http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGAMR410082007?open&of=ENG-2AM

People's Republic of China : Further information on fear of torture and ill-treatment/medical concern
    Whoa! Don’t mess with the Chinese government. Ablikim Abdiriyim has been detained in secret due to his mother’s Rebiya Kadeer’s political activism in China. His charges are ambiguous at best, they include; “subversion of state power", "ethnic separatism" and "sending information over the internet to Ms. Kadeer.” The family is very concerned because they fear Ablikrim’s health is grave and medical attention is not being provided. This article is interesting because it sheds insight on how the Chinese government treats political opposition.Read more…
http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGASA170112007?open&of=ENG-CHN

As many ministers may be aware, our beloved MOD has been unemployed for a short span of time.  Being the brother I am, I assisted the MOD in getting a job at my company, Airborne 1. Baumann will be a field operation specialist where he will be involved with collection of Airborne Laser Data, in other words he will be shooting a laser from a plane to make maps.  Scott will also probably recieve a company flight suit (with eagle logo), a pair of company aviator sunglasses and company moustache comb.

The following is the company wide email permanantly attaching our two names.  Is the MOM shooting himself in the foot with a laser on this one? Only time will tell... Make us proud MOD.

Everyone-

We have a new member joining our Field Operations Specialist team on November 30^th. His name is Scott Baumann, and he is a friend of our QAQC Analyst, Andrew Fricker.  Andrew and Scott attended the University of California   Santa Barbara together. 

Scott received his BA in Environmental Studies in 2005, with emphasis in Architecture and Geography.  Scott’s employment history has been primarily in video camera work and video editing.

Scott will replace Kevin Bickmore, who is migrating to our Data Processing team.

Welcome, Scott!

 

Chief Operating Officer

 Airborne 1 Corporation