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Passages to Dakota: A Woman's Viewpoint
"Passages to Dakota: A Woman's Viewpoint." Prairies 10, no. 1: Spring 1986, 14-19.
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Andrew and Christina Neu celebrated their diamond wedding anniversary in 1982. The couple resides at Broen Retirement Home in Fergus Falls, Minnesota. They are descendents of German colonists who settled in Southern Russia, lived there for about a century, and then began immigrating to the United States in the 1880s. The following is a transcript from Christina Neu, recorded by Ida Hunt:
You want to know a lot from me, but I can't tell you too much because I never was home. I was a year and six months when I went to my Grandmother Schwenk, to William Schwenk, and so I don't know much about all this, but I can tell you some I know.
George Lagge, that was my father, son of Martin Lagge. He was born on June 25, 1853 in Worms, South Russia. He married my mother, Elizabeth Horning, in Odessa, South Russia. She was close in Artzes. That was a village close to Odessa.
Professor Bieman in Odessa married them.
They moved back to Worms and had their five children.
The oldest was Peter, my brother, born on May 25, 1883. Elizabeth, my sister, was born December 16, 1885. Another brother, Henry, was born August 8, 1886. I was born August 23, 1887.
So that was our first from my mother. She died when I was a year and a half.
Dividing the children
Then we were divided to our aunts and uncles. Peter, the oldest, went to good people. They educated him. He went to school and got a good schooling.
I went to my Uncle Henry. Elizabeth went to Uncle Fred Lagge. Henry was the only one who stayed home with Dad.
So when Father married the second time, the second marriage was to Frederika Schmeer, a widow.
There were seven children in the second marriage: three girls of my stepmother and four from my father and stepmother. Some died, and there were only two girls and one boy left.
My stepmother's girls were Kathrine, Christine and Margaretha. Some of the children died, but I can't tell you because I was never home.
From my father and stepmother were Wilhelmina, Carl, and Eva. I know only two when they were born. I know that but I forgot the dates.
Growing up in Russia
We were all born in Worms—my father, mother, and stepmother. So our village was a big village. We had a big church, Reformed. I was Reformed. The church had a big tower on it and on that tower was big clock. We could hear him out in the field; we could hear what time it was. The clock had three bells—a big one, a medium one, and a small.
When the little bell kinda' talked, that was a little one died. The middle bell, that was when a young person died. The big bell rang when an old person died. Always it rang so much.
That was big church. We had our organ and the minister and we had a choir singing in the balcony.
Our village also had a big school house. It was not built like here. High it was, and long—one room, a real big room.
There were six grades in one room. Another room was two grades, the seventh and eighth grades, and so that was smaller.
We had two teachers, a German and a Russian.
Well, we had to be still. It wasn't like here. When somebody comes, everything was real quiet.
When somebody knocked on the door and the teacher went to see who was there, if it was a man and when the teacher knew how high a person he was, we all had to stand up and wait until they were through the aisles and on the front, and then we could sit down. We didn't move. We just had to be still and then they talked. Sometimes they talked a long time, and sometimes it didn't take long. When they went out, we had to stand up and let them go out.
That's the way it was in our village schools in South Russia.
Then we had the young ones. The older children like Peter would teach some of the younger children. Some of the other pupils were higher up, in the eighth or seventh grades, and so they could teach the smaller ones.
Classes were Russia and German
We had one hour Russian and one hour German. Then we had just like parochial school. We had our catechism and everything—writing in German. Then the Russian teacher came and we all had all from the outside, like the Czar and geography, in Russian. So that's the way we learned. I could read and write in German just like nothing. And I know the creed, Lord's Prayer and the catechism in German. My grandpa taught me that way.
So then I got to school. I had to stay there. I didn't say anything.
I had to stay in the first grade, I think, only one winter. The second winter my Uncle Henry said to my brother Henry: "Henry, you tell the teacher that Christina can be farther on. She can read and write in the Bible and all this, and you get a Christmas present [if you talk to the teacher]."
I didn't think Henry could do that. But sure enough he did. My German teacher gave me an examination, and then I was in the next grade with my older sister, Elizabeth, and others.
They were all bigger, and so they said, "Now that little thing! What would she want to do here?"
That was because I was so small for my age, you know.
I could talk Russian and I could read and write Russia. But arithmetic was terrible. I couldn't understand it. They wrote on the blackboard—all little writings that you couldn't even read it right, and so I just couldn't get it. Oh, I was so bad in it. I had nice writings and could read well in both German and Russian, but in arithmetic I was way down in the end by the wall.
The Czar's painful visit
One time at school we had a visit from the Czar and his high fellows. We must not have been polite enough because afterwards the teacher gave us a licking on our hands with a big, thick ruler—and my hands were swollen up to the wrists.
We all bawled, and when I came home told my brother George. He said, "You wait. We're going to get them fellers."
Both the German and the Russian teachers ate in a store. My sister Elizabeth worked there. The teachers were so bad, you know. If there was something wrong, they would just throw the children around.
So my brothers went after those mean teachers and chased them.
Afterwards, the teachers were nicer, a lot nicer.
Starting a new life
When I was in the eighth grade, I quit school. That was the usual practice. I was confirmed the first of June. I was not quite 15 when I was confirmed. I was confirmed on Sunday and Monday I had to go to my job to work.
I had to do all kinds of work from 15 years on. I worked on a threshing machine and I cut bundles open to get them down. I worked at my uncle's until I was confirmed, but then I had to go on my own.
Well, I worked all this time and when I heard that my father wanted to go to America because Peter and George were in America, my three step-sisters were there, and then finally most of my family was there. And so they sent us a free card to come over.
Dad, he had to sell his land, you know. My father worked in the flour mill. He didn't farm, but he had land his brothers rented. So he sold the land and let the boys know and they sent us a card to come over to America.
So we went.
But before we left Russia, we had to wait till the time was right because that was the time they had riots and you couldn't go.
Our agent always said, "I will tell you when it's the right time."
So we stayed. I don't know how long, maybe a month.
Our village was nice
Our village in South Russia was big. We had the deaf and dumb school there and we had three Jewish stores and two German stores.
One store was Yonker & Jepswell. The other we called Schumacher. So that was three Jewish stores.
The German stores were Scharer Store and Soloman Store.
Our village was more than a mile long and had lots of rows of houses. Our street was always the nicest. Every house was built of stones and they were soft, white stones and they were all square. That's the way people built houses.
Each house had many squares. On the front of the house was always a little flower garden and the fences were all with cut stones and they were all whitewashed with lime. The flower gardens had little borders around them with a little seat so that old people could sit there in the evenings.
Our street was real wide. On the top north side and end of the village was a big building where they had beer and wine. When people traveled through, they would stop overnight. There was also a big barn.
We had the deaf and dumb school—and there were sometimes as many as 100 students from all over, even from Romania.
When the Revolution came, they took that school. There were beds for everyone, just like in a hotel. My brother Peter had a girlfriend who worked at the school. I was often there, you know.
Besides Peter's girlfriend (her name was Caroline), the school had a cook, two teachers who were deaf and dumb, and a woman who was a nurse. She helped them sew and make fancy work. The boys had a teacher who taught them wood-working.
Students wore neat uniforms
The boys at the deaf and dumb school wore gray suits, like a blouse, and a belt with a buckle in front.
The girls' uniforms were all with blue gamash, that's the goods. That was all plain and they had a white apron with a bib up and ruffles around and in the back a nice big bow.
They were so pretty and all so clean. They went out and always walked in fours with the teacher in front. That was really nice. Often when I went up and they were in school and they were teaching, you could see just as plain when they had the Lord's Prayer or came out with something else.
When they had to talk, they talked so nice.
One time, I came up and Peter's Caroline wasn't there.
"Where is Caroline?" I asked. And they said, "Auf dem Kirchhof!" (That's the cemetery.)
The way it was
You should have seen the graduations! They had outside people from way out, and they were real rich. They brought a lot of stuff in. They were all decorated.
The school house was all decorated, too. People brought what they made, fancy work of all kinds. There were lots of nice things displayed in the school. These things were all sold, and the money went to the school and for the teacher's pay.
The graduation celebrations and bazaars were always so nice as long as we were in Russia.
We had an awfully nice village that was peaceful for the most part. The boys sometimes fought. Uncle Andrew was in a fight once. The boys who lived in the south side couldn't go up to the north side. The north-side boys didn't like it because they thought the south-side boys stole their girlfriends! That's the way it was there.
Land was divided
The land was divided. It wasn't like here in America. In Russia we had a couple of acres here and a couple acres there. Some people owned their land, and rented land, too. I know my uncle had to rent from others. Grandpa Schwenk had land, but not enough. They rented from landowners in Berisofka, a Jewish town about 18 verst from us (a verst was two-thirds of a mile).
We didn't have any nurses or doctors, and so we had to go to Berisofka when somebody was sick. I wasn't sick too often, but I did have pinkeye. I was even afraid I was going blind.
When the young people went out in winter, we had a good time, usually going to a neighbor's house which wasn't too far away. We never went 100 miles as people do now in America.
Uncle Henry had his old-style accordion. He played and we danced. There would maybe be four or five couples.
There were no Russians living in our village, except the hired help, and that was mostly in summer. In the summer, we didn't have good times—we had to work until midnight.
Working in the Black Sea
Houses were all nicely built with nice flooring. I worked at a resort at the Black Sea for rich people. They had real close maple flooring. We had three summer kitchens in a row where the hired people lived.
Soldiers lived across the street. They kept their horses and trained them close to where I lived at the resort.
Sometimes there was shooting all over, and we were frightened.
But when the soldiers came though, they'd sing. Oh, it was just the prettiest thing!
One Sunday afternoon I went down to the sea. It was close to our garden. It was such a hot day and I thought I'd go swimming. I didn't know how to swim, but I went into the water anyway. If I'd gone one foot further, I would have gone down because I felt my feet lifting up. I was able to work myself back to shallower water, but I never went in again.
I worked at the Black Sea resort until fall, when I got homesick. I wanted to go home real bad, but I didn't want to go all by myself. My boss ended up taking me to town, and there he found some people from Worms whom I could ride with.
It was so nice to be home again. After I had been there for some time, my father said, "We're going to America." I was so surprised!
The long journey
We had to go through lots of things, but we were always lucky. Sometimes we were afraid though, especially when we didn't know if Father would pass. But every time we had exams, it was O.K., and so we went.
I couldn't say all we went through. We had to take a bath, too, before boarding the ship. There was a bathhouse for the women and another for the men.
We had coats over us when we went into the bathhouse. We had to take our clothes off and people put them in steam and steamed them. The clothes were awful when they came out, but we had to put them on.
On our way to America, we had good luck. It was a big ship with many people on board. During the entire passage, there was only one night when we had a bad storm.
I didn't even know it was storming because I had gone to bed and slept until morning. When I awoke, they told me about the bad storm.
The storm made some people very sick. There was a bed on top of mine. Two little sisters slept there, and one started to vomit. I felt so sorry for her. She vomited so that it started to run down on my bed. The smell became so bad that I had to go up on the deck to get fresh air. I wasn't afraid to be on the deck by myself. I sat on the rail and looked right down into the water.
I wasn't sick. Nobody was sick from us kids, not one, just my step-mother. She was always sick—change of life.
One of the passengers was a Jewish woman. She had real big eyes. She had two sons. One was quite tall, about 13 years old. The boys got into a fight with a Danish woman, whose husband was already in America. The Danish woman also had two children. I don't know what the Jewish boys did, but one of the little Danish children started to cry and so they got into a fight. The 13-year-old Jewish boy jumped into the water, and so of course other people jumped in to rescue him. But when he was pulled back onto the ship, we never saw him again. We didn't know if he was dead or alive. We never saw the mother anymore either.
And you know, when we came to Baltimore, I went out and looked up and there she hung her head out. She was there and they wanted to send her back. I don't know if they sent her back or left her go.
It was beautiful on the ship. We danced a lot because there was music all the time. I danced with a Danish boy, but of course I couldn't talk to him. He wanted to dance with me. I didn't want to dance because my dad was against that. But Uncle Henry was sitting right by me when the Danish boy asked me. I said "No," but then Uncle Henry said, "Go ahead." So I danced with the Danish boy. But then Minnie, my sister (she was 11 or 12 years old) tattled.
Here comes my father and "bang" on my head. So I had to quit. I told Uncle Henry: "That's your fault I went dancing."
Uncle Henry was always down in the ship to help peel potatoes. That way he'd get his lunch.
We had real good eats there with white bread. We always had good eats.
My stepmother baked sweetdough bread, which was broken up in pieces and dried. In Russia, a sack was filled with these dried crumbs and taken to the field. The crumpled bread was usually eaten with sugar and tea. And so we took sweetdough bread along with us on the ship, too. We had our sugar and that's what we ate.
Singing on the ship
We can't say anything about the ship that they were so bad. You know, sometimes the boys would come around. There were other people we met, too.
There were the Baptists, and they sang. You know, I was a good singer, too. My father and all my brothers were good singers. When I got acquainted with this girl and her parents, they all started to sing. They sang a hymn I knew and I joined them. Other people on the ship came around and listened. We had a good time.
But you know, some came on that ship and they were so full of lice that the nurses (our ship had nurses) had to come and take the people down and wash them.
One woman had two little children and a baby. They were full of lice. The mother was very sick and so she couldn't take care of the children properly. So the nurses took the children, cleaned them up, and brought milk.
We can't say anything that they were bad there on the ship.
Marriage proposals
You know, some boys came around, and they said, "You want to marry me?"
One came around and he said to me I should go out with him.
Boy! If I went out with him, my father would be behind me! I wouldn't go anyhow.
I said, "No! I'm too young to get married."
I was not quite 18.
But there was another girl who did go. She went with one elderly. I think that man was even married. But her folks didn't care! I think that was something! You find things like that!
I walked around, and then two boys came. They looked just alike. I think they were twins. They were tall, and I was walking back and forth. It was a long ship, you know. I walked and then they came around and wanted to talk and I should go with them and I said, "No."
They said I should go with them and walk around with them and again I said, "No!" –and then I slapped one of the boys hard on the cheek.
They went.
See, they never came back again. You have to be careful in something like that.
Not afraid on the ship
I wasn't afraid when I was on the ship. At first, I thought: "Oh my! Maybe the ship goes down!"
And it could happen! But it didn't. We were lucky, and we finally reached America, sailing into Baltimore, and there was even a choir singing at the docks. It was the fourth of July at four o'clock in the afternoon.
Getting off the ship, we had to wait in a big building, and the Father had to go again and be examined. We sat on needles, wondering what would happen. It took a long time before he came out, but when he came out, he smiled, and then we knew everything was O.K. That was in the evening already, and so we got right on a train.
Some were not so lucky
My sister, Elizabeth, wanted to go to America before we went with her husband's family. Elizabeth's husband had trachoma inside his eyelids and the doctor doctored him and said he was all right. But when he got here, it wasn't.
They sent him back, and Elizabeth and her husband eventually went to South America. We didn't hear from them and we didn't hear from them. We were out in Russia yet. They left before us.
Finally we received a letter. They were in South America.
Boy! I tell you! I was 15 when I saw her when they left Worms and I never saw her again. She died when she was 82. She had 12 children, but six died right away as babies. We wrote to each other often, and often said we would like to see each other again.
But we couldn't, and so we had to take it the way it was.
All my relations left Russia, except my rich uncle and rich aunt. They were still in Russia when the Revolution broke out, and mobs came and burned down everything they owned. In the end, they didn't have anything, and my uncle starved. He didn't live in the village. He lived out by himself and had his hired help around him. I never saw him again.
Getting married
Coming to the Dakotas, I had to work right away and my sisters and brothers were already married, except George. My oldest brother had a nice farm and I always went over on Sundays.
So when I went over there on Sunday, there was Mr. Andrew Neu there. They introduced me. My brother had met him on the ship when they came over, but I didn't know him before.
Then, the next couple of Sundays later, he came back again. I said to myself: "That's the man I should have. I think I should be his wife."
But of course I didn't know that he felt the same way.
Well, it wasn't even a year when we got married. I was two years in America when I go married.
We were married on October 1, 1907, and had six children.
My married life was good. We worked hard to raise our children
the way they should be. I had them around the table and I sat with
them and taught them things. We have had a good life.


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The Corolla has electric power steering, which matches effort to speed but does not telegraph information from tire to steering wheel as well as some drivers might prefer. In low-speed driving, where you expect the wheel to return to straight ahead on its own as it unwinds out of the turn, you will be doing more of the work.
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The Toyota Corolla is a practical sedan that by way of its myriad configurations can be used for virtually any application. It keeps up with urban traffic, offers good maneuverability, delivers decent fuel economy, and makes a strong argument in any non-emotional automotive purchase.
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Model Lineup
Toyota Corolla ($15,350); LE ($16,750); XLE ($17,650); S ($16,420); XRS ($18,860).
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DETROIT (Reuters) - Motown has always been about more than music. As the soul empire turns 50 on Monday, its founders are looking back at its brand of music dubbed the "Motown sound" that remains popular today and the record company's role in breaking down racial barriers in America.
Founded in 1959 in Detroit by songwriter and entrepreneur Berry Gordy using an $800 family loan, Motown plans a year-long celebration with record releases, documentaries and exhibitions. There is even talk of a Broadway musical in 2010.
Originally called Tamla and operating out of a two-story house, Gordy changed the name to Motown to reflect the auto industry that dominated Detroit.
He often likened his method of grooming black talent to an automobile assembly line that transformed plain metal frames into gleaming motorcars.
His management style, which involved weekly "quality control" meetings and lessons in deportment for Motown stars, chafed with some of his biggest acts. But, especially early on, it worked.
In the 1960s and 1970s, Gordy helped to make stars of the likes of Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Smokey Robinson, Diana Ross, the Supremes, the Temptations and the Jackson 5.
Motown boasts nearly 200 No. 1 songs worldwide and in its heyday produced classics like "My Girl," "What's Going On," "Dancing in the Street" and "Superstition."
"I think you can hear Motown in almost every song that's played on radio," said Geoff Brown of music magazine Mojo.
"What Motown did was ... take those forms (R&B, jazz, blues) plus gospel, and meld it into the sort of pop market and aim that music both at black and white America," he told BBC radio.
Underscoring its role in crossing racial boundaries was "Dancing in the Street" by Martha and the Vandellas, which topped Mojo's poll of the 100 greatest Motown songs.
The 1964 track was adopted as a civil rights anthem by black campaigners at the time, although lead singer Martha Reeves said the track was about soothing, not stoking, tensions.
Robinson and Reeves recalled how difficult the early days were for black artists starting out at a time of racial segregation in some regions of the United States.
"Back in the day we would go to play places in the south in America," Robinson told Reuters in a recent interview.
"Many times the stage would be in the center, white people would be on one side and black people would be on the other side, white people would be upstairs and black people would be downstairs, or vice versa."
Robinson credits Motown with helping to remove the barriers. "Years later ... everybody was in the same area, partying and sharing, and it was a great accomplishment musically and socially."
Reeves told Reuters that pictures of band members were not allowed on early album covers because they may not have sold as well with black musicians and singers featured so prominently.
"A lot of DJs (told) us that their program directors didn't want our music played out of there, but they played it anyway, they sacrificed their jobs," she said.
Gordy, 79, believes one secret of Motown's success was to write for listeners of all races. "We may have come over here on different ships, but we're in the same boat now," he said in a recorded interview released by Universal, the major record company that now owns Motown.
He declined requests to be interviewed by Reuters.
Motown chroniclers believe Gordy's decision to move Motown from Detroit to Los Angeles in the late 1960s alienated some artists and weakened the company. Many of its stars inevitably went their own way and radical changes to the music industry eventually led to the company's takeover. Gordy sold Motown on June 28, 1988, for $61 million.
While Stevie Wonder and younger acts continue to record on the label, it is better known today for what it has left behind than what it promises in the future.
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Dear Anna,
My guy and I have been together for just over two years. We have great communication; we have great sex and lots of chemistry. He is truly my best friend. What hurts our relationship is his depression. He'll have long periods where he is doing great, followed by very rough patches of depression. He won't get out of bed. He takes time off of work and completely shuts down from me. He won't go on any outings with me, and I'm left making excuses to friends about his absence. He tells me not to take it personally. I understand, as I have dealt with depression myself. As a result, I feel horrible not being able to deal with his periods of depression every two-three months. It gets emotionally draining as we live together. Therefore, I go to bed with his depression, and I wake up to it. Should I say something? Should I feel guilty about the way I'm feeling? Do I seem like an unsupportive girlfriend? I can deal with rough times. Life is never easy, yet when this happens every two-three months, I think "Here we go again..."
It's easy to get down on yourself in this kind of situation, but you really, really shouldn't. Love can't cure your boyfriend's depression anymore than it can cure leprosy. As much as you can, try not to beat yourself up over something that has nothing to do with you. Depression is a chronic illness. It's no reflection of what kind of girlfriend you are, though personally I think you seem pretty swell.
It's also very common for depression to negatively affect both partners in a relationship. To that end, especially since you've had bouts of depression in the past, you should remember not to disregard your own needs. It's easy to put aside your desires and social life when your partner is struggling, but taking the time to pursue things that make you happy has the dual effect of staving off your own sad tendencies and preparing you to deal with your partner's. So, by all means, don't cancel your windsurfing lesson or your weekly UNO tournament with your friends. Eat well. Sleep well. And do what you need to feel happy and sane.
You didn't mention this, but if he isn't receiving any treatment for his illness, then please encourage/insist that he go see a health professional. (And by health professional, I mean someone other than a girl who writes about vaginas a lot on the Internet.) Offer to schedule the appointment, if necessary. Some recent stats suggest that only 33 percent of people who suffer from depression actually get treated, but of those who do, 80 to 90 percent see improvement and relief. There's more of a stigma around depression for men, which may make them more resistant to seek help, but the longer he waits, the harder it'll be on your relationship, and the harder it is to treat. At this point, it's not just a "him" issue; it's a "you and him" issue.
A friend of mine with experience on the topic adds, "The key, I think, is for the partner to remember that while the depression is affecting them really negatively, it is a thousand times worse to be the person with depression." While it absolutely sucks that you're left to deal with your partner's social cancellations and general mopey-ness, it's helpful to remember he's not doing it to spite you.
If you need additional support, don't hesitate to seek help for yourself too, or to find a therapist who specializes in depression in couples that you can both talk to. Basically, the more people you have in your corner, the better.
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- in the Orange Zone
- nearest entrance: Cromwell Road
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Explore science and nature in the Darwin Centre's Cocoon, meet experts at Attenborough Studio events, and see specimens close up in the Zoology spirit building.
Drop in to the Centre for UK Biodiversity in the Cocoon atrium or relax outside in the adjoining courtyard.
A memorial to those who lost their lives in the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami is in the courtyard.
Galleries and Museum map
Discover what you can see and do in our other galleries, and find out how to get around with our Museum map.
Inside the Cocoon see hundreds of Museum specimens. Marvel at beetles and butterflies, metre-high plants, huge tarantulas and historic herbaria.
Attenborough Studio
Come along to Nature Live in the high-tech Attenborough Studio for intriguing talks with scientists and exciting live shows.
Zoology spirit building
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MACON, Ga. – Lipscomb's Annika Backlund opened the outdoor season with a spectacular performance at the Rhodes Open in Memphis, which resulted in her being named this week's Atlantic Sun Field Athlete of the Week.
Backlund, a freshman pole vaulter, earned the honor after landing a 3.66 meter leap. She not only broke a personal best mark for her but also won her first place in the pole vault competition at the Rhodes Open.
Her previous record for the pole vault was 3.56 meters, which she recorded at the TSU Invite back in February.
This is Backlund's first career Outdoor A-Sun Field Athlete of the Week award.
Backlund's next venture will be Thursday and Friday as she, along with the rest of the track and field squad, will take part in the Shamrock Invite in Myrtle Beach, S.C.


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Research Topics
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Interested in doing research in computer forensics? Looking for a master's topic, or just some ideas for a research paper? Here is our list. Please feel free to add your own ideas.
Short-Term Engineering Projects
These projects would make a nice master's thesis or the start of a PhD.
- Physical layer access to flash storage.
- Gain access to the physical layer of SD or USB flash storage device. This will require reverse-engineering the proprietary APIs or gaining access to proprietary information from the manufacturers. Use these APIs to demonstrate the feasibility of recovering residual data that has been overwritten at the logical layer but which is still present at the physical layer.
SleuthKit Enhancements
SleuthKit is the popular open-source system for forensics and data recovery.
- Add support for a new file system:
- The YAFFS flash file system. (YAFFS2 is currently used on the Google G1 phone.)
- The JFFS2 flash file system. (JFFS2 is currently used on the One Laptop Per Child laptop.)
- XFAT, Microsoft's new FAT file system.
- Enhance support for an existing file system:
- Report the physical location on disk of compressed files.
- Add support for NTFS encrypted files (EFS)
- Extend SleuthKit's implementation of NTFS to cover Transaction NTFS (TxF) (see NTFS)
- Write a FUSE-based mounter for SleuthKit, so that disk images can be forensically mounted using TSK.
- Rewrite sorter in C++ to make it faster and more flexible.
EnCase Enhancement
- Develop an EnScript that allows you to script EnCase from Python. (You can do this because EnScripts can run arbitrary DLLs. The EnScript calls the DLL. Each "return" from the DLL is a specific EnCase command to execute. The EnScript then re-enters the DLL.)
Timeline Analysis
- Timeline Visualization and Analysis
- Write a new timeline viewer that supports Logfile fusion (with offsets) and provides the ability to view the logfile in the frequency domain.
Research Areas
These are research areas that could easily grow into a PhD thesis.
- Stream-based Forensics
- Process the entire disk with one pass to minimize seek time. (You may find it necessary to do a quick metadata scan first.)
- Stegnography Detection (general purpose)
- Detect the use of stegnography by through the analysis of file examplars and specifications.
- Sanitization Detection
- Detect and diagnose sanitization attempts.
- Compressed Data Reconstruction
- Reconstruct decompressed data from a GZIP file after the first 1K has been removed.
- Evidence Falsification Detection
- Automatically detect falsified digital evidence through the use of inconsistency in file system allocations, application data allocation, and log file analysis.
- Visualization of data/information in digital forensic context
- SWOT of current visualization techniques in forensic tools; improvements; feasibility of 3D representation;
- Logfile correlation
- Document identity identification
- Correlation between stored data and intercept data
- Online Social Network Analysis
- Find and download in a forensically secure manner all of the information in a social network (e.g. Facebook, LinkedIn, etc.) associated with a targeted individual.
- Determine who is searching for a targeted individual. This might be done with a honeypot, or documents with a tracking device in them, or some kind of covert Facebook App.
- Automated grouping/annotation of low-level events, e.g. access-time, log-file entry, to higher-level events, e.g. program start, login
Programming Projects
File Visualization
Write a program that visualizes the contents of a file, sort of like hexedit, but with other features:
- Automatically pull out the strings
- Show histogram
- Detect crypto and/or stenography.
I would write the program in java with a plug-in architecture.
- Write Carver 2.0
- Create a method to detect NTFS-compressed cluster blocks on a disk (RAW data stream). A method could be to write a generic signature to detect the beginning of NTFS-compressed file segments on a disk. This method is useful in carving and scanning for textual strings.
fiwalk Enhancements
- Rewrite the metadata extraction system.
- Extend fiwalk to report the NTFS "inodes."
File Format analysis
Analysis of file format for forensic artefacts; could be combined with programming to build code that parses the format.
- Continue work on the Extensible Storage Engine (ESE) Database File (EDB) format in regard to
- Fill in the missing information about older ESE databases
- Exchange EDB (MAPI database), STM
- Active Directory (Active Directory working document available on request)
- Continue work on the Notes Storage Facility (NSF) (code available on request)
- Microsoft SQL Server databases


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Pie isn't only for the dessert table! Just in time for cool late-fall weather, we're bringing you five healthier savory pies to make for dinner this week. From lightened-up chicken pot pies to veggie-heavy tarts, these five recipes provide comfort food without all the calories. Best of all, these dishes are great for a crowd and keep well in the fridge for lunch the next day! Grab your favorite casserole dish, pie plate, or set of ramekins and get cooking.
Spring Vegetable Pot Pie via Feasting at Home
Veggies steal the show in these mini, lightened-up pot pies. Use vegan puff pastry or go DIY to make the topping suit your needs. If fresh veggies are hard to find, don't hesitate to sub in the frozen variety instead.
Goat Cheese and Tomato Whole Grain Pie via Kitchin-It
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This is more of a tart than a traditional pie, but we won't tell if you won't. Goat cheese, potatoes, rosemary, tomatoes, and Dijon mustard come together to make this savory, French-inspired main dish. Serve it with a big green salad for a quick, healthy dinner.
Autumn Chicken Pot Pie via Jelly Toast
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This health-ified version of classic pot pie includes plenty of veggies, such as celery, carrots, sweet potato, peas, and onion. Add a little fiber by topping the whole tasty mix with a whole-wheat crust.
Tortilla Pie with Black Beans & Zucchini via Oh My Veggies
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Sliced zucchini, black beans, and frozen corn add some oomph to this Tex-Mex dish, so there's no need to overload on cheese. Switch in gluten-free tortillas to make this a perfect meal for grain-free friends.
Mini Vegetarian Shepherd's Pie via Bev Cooks
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These adorable vegetarian shepherd's pies get their vibrant hue from mashed baby purple potatoes! Find the bright spuds at a local farm of seasonal market to brighten up your dinner.
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with his excellent debut release 'audio vandalism' in 2008 on hymen records, the french industrialist zeller now turns to tympanik audio to offer our listeners his most abrasive and uncompromising work to date. at once a whirlwind of tight industrial rhythms precisely punctuated by shuddering basslines, crafty breakbeats, and chaotic soundscapes, zeller's 'turbulences' accentuates unrelenting brutality and captivating aural serendipity. an eclectic mixture of hard industrial beatworks, menacing synthlines, glitchy intricacies, and a solid showcase of dirty and complex sound arrangements, 'turbulences' is full of never ending revelations that expose themselves around every corner. apocalyptic and ominous, zeller's maniacal new conceptions embrace a rare and forward-thinking approach to the rhythmic noise genre with an uncanny proficiency in control, density, and undeniable intensity. a shivering and addictive plunge into the dying art of modern rhythmic industrial. packaging: 6-panel digipak
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When you think of the word "king," what comes to mind? Power? Prestige? Glory? Here is one word you might not associate with being a king: rejection. Yet the connection between the two is especially important throughout Scripture. King David was not the first king of Israel, but the second. And prior to Saul being selected as the first king, another king was actually rejected. How so? When the prophet Samuel entered old age, his sons were appointed judges over the people. Alas, they proved to be corrupt, accepting bribes and "perverting justice" (1 Sm 8:3). The elders of Israel demanded that Samuel appoint a king "over us, as other nations have, to judge us." This upset Samuel, who prayed to God about the demand. The response given to him was quite significant: "Grant the people's every request," God told the prophet. "It is not you they reject, they are rejecting me as their king" (1 Sm 8:7). God allowed the people to have an earthly king, but warned them that "if you do not obey the Lord and if you rebel against his command, the Lord will deal severely with you and your king, and destroy you" (1 Sm 12:15). In sum, earthly kings cannot compare to the One, True King.
Saul proved to be a failure, despite some early success. David was much better — a man after God's own heart (1 Sm 13:14; Acts 13:22) — but hardly a perfect man. Solomon began in spectacular fashion and ended in spectacular spiritual ruin. David remained the benchmark, for he managed to consolidate Israel as a cohesive nation and powerful kingdom. The later writings of prophets are filled with the anticipation of another, future David — a ruler who would revive the golden age of Israel and free the people from oppression.
Jesus had to address and overcome that political and material perspective as he went about revealing that he was the heir of David, the true King and the awaited Messiah. It was not an easy task, and it involved plenty of rejection. First, Jesus had to reject attempts to forcefully make him a king after the desires of the crowds (see Jn 6:15). Then he had to respond to the accusations and questions about his kingdom. When asked by Pilate, "Are you the king of the Jews?" Jesus replied cryptically: "You say so" (Lk 23:3). He then offered a reasonable point: "My kingship is not of this world; if my kingship were of this world, my servants would fight…" (Jn 18:36).
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Deadly Poison is everything to an assassination rogue. It makes up between 35-40% of our single-target DPS. Our mastery bonus, Potent Poisons, increases our poison damage and causes mastery rating to be our best stat by far. Our primary finisher, Envenom, is designed specifically to increase the amount of Deadly Poison procs we see. Mutilate, Dispatch, and assassination's other abilities are all minor players compared to Deadly Poison.
Deadly Poison is also the key to assassination's AoE performance, as it makes up over 50% of our overall damage. All of our AoE decisions have to be seen through the lens of maximizing Deadly Poison's damage. Fan of Knives is the key to applying Deadly Poison to several targets at once. When there are more than two targets around, we replace Mutilate and Dispatch with Fan of Knives as our main combo point builder and work from there.


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NASD to Send Only One Written Notice Before Deducting Delinquent Arbitration Fees From CRD Account
Effective November 1, 1999, the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (NASD®) will deduct delinquent arbitration fees from funds maintained in a member's Central Registration Depository (CRDSM) account 60 calendar days after the date on a single invoice informing the member that the arbitration fees are due. If the member is represented by outside counsel which is the counsel of record, the single invoice will only be sent to the outside counsel. Members previously were sent two invoices. The new practice of providing one invoice will streamline operations at the NASD and save staff resources, yet still give members 60 calendar days in which to remit the fees before they are deducted from the firm's CRD account.
Questions regarding this Notice may be directed to Dorothy Popp, Director of Operations, Office of Dispute Resolution, NASD Regulation, Inc., (NASD RegulationSM) at (212) 858-3950, or Louise Corso, Assistant General Counsel, Office of General Counsel, NASD Regulation, at (202) 728-6939.


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Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination are omnipotent. The slogan press on has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race. No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.


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Hey, reader.
If you bristle ever so slightly at the presumed familiarity of that salutation, you're almost surely over 40, and you likely grew up well north of the Mason-Dixon line.
If you say "hey" back, the demographic possibilities are a lot broader. Everyone from anywhere who was born after 1980 seems to have adopted this onetime Southern regionalism, as have over-40s who work in a business that uses "trending" as a verb and requires them to stay forever young.
I get "hey" emails and in-the-hallway greetings from students who've never been as far south as Philadelphia, who hail from India and Austria, from the Northeast and the Midwest and Canada. If you doubt "hey's" ubiquity, I refer you to anchors and reporters on any nightly TV news show, to the fictional guardians of our national security on "Homeland" and to your local barista, who is as good a barometer of spoken-word trends as anyone, given the volume of greetings he or she fields each day.


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These games teach valuable skills and have a high fun and educational rating.
Your child develops mental math skills by quickly typing the correct sum before time runs out.
Your child enhances his or her addition skills by solving math problems on a fun animated calculator machine.
Your child develops addition skills by clicking pieces in the puzzle that add up to the given sum.
Your child develops two digit addition skills by adding to create numbers and ultimately reveal an animal friend.
Your child learns about relationship of time to events and word problems by playing this game.
Your child learns about fraction and decimal equivalency by calculating simple equations with a calculator.
Your child develops basic math skills by choosing numbers from the puzzle that make an equation correct.
Your child develops an understanding of mathematics by adding three digit numbers before time runs out.
Your child improves subtraction skills by being show a number of apples and answering the total number.
Your child improves addition skills by being show a number of apples and answering the total number.
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Mandelbaum to Give Rogge Lecture Tonightby Karen Handley • September 11, 2007 Share:
One of America's leading authorities on international affairs, Michael Mandelbaum, will present the 2007 Benjamin A. Rogge Memorial Lecture at Wabash College. Mandelbaum's lecture, "Democracy's Good Name: The Rise and Risks of the World's Most Popular Form of Government," will be presented at 8 p.m. Friday, September 28, in Baxter Hall, room 101.
In addition to his evening lecture, Mandelbaum will lead an open forum discussion on "Democracy's Good Name: The Rise and Risks of the World's Most Popular Form of Government" at 4:15 p.m. in Baxter Hall, room 114.
Mandelbaum is the Christian A. Herter Professor and Director of the American Foreign Policy Program at Johns Hopkins University. Mandelbaum received a Ph.D. in political science from Harvard University and has been on the faculty of Harvard University, Columbia University, and the U.S. Naval Academy. The author of 10 books and editor of 12 more, his latest book, Democracy's Good Name: The Rise and the Risks of the World's?Most Popular Form of Government, was released in September 2007. The book investigates the reasons for democracy's exponential rise in the last century and critically examines democracy's potential in the Middle East, Russia, and China
Mandelbaum writes a regular column for Newsday. His analyses of global challenges are informed by his experience with the U.S. government. He served in the Office of the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, working on national security issues. For 22 years he has served as Associate Director of the Aspen Institute Congressional Project, working with leaders of Congress and exposing them to the latest thinking on American foreign policy. He has contributed op-ed pieces to The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, and The Los Angeles Times. From 1986 - 2004, he was a Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, where he also ran the Project on East-West Relations. The World Affairs Councils of America named him one of the most influential people in American foreign policy.
Mandelbaum's lecture and open forum are free and open to the public. This annual event honors the late Wabash College professor of economics, Benjamin Rogge. Mandelbaum will have a book signing in Rogge Lounge following his evening lecture.


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Two teams full of confidence sitting pretty at the top end of the Premier League table pit their wits against each other this afternoon in what should be a cracker. Arsenal are in first and Liverpool are in third, so both teams have a lot to play for.
Arsenal will be without their solid defensive midfielder Mathieu Flamini, who is sidelined with a groin injury, as well as young talent Serge Gnabry who has an ankle injury which ruled him out of the Gunners 2-0 against Chelsea in the midweek. A win for Arsenal would prize them a gap at the top of the League by at least two points.
However, it won't be simple for Arsenal. Liverpool have been playing the best football they have ever played under Brendan Rodgers of late, with strike partners Daniel Sturridge and Luis Suarez in top form. As well as this, the Reds will have playmaker Philippe Coutinho back after six weeks out with injury. Liverpool will leapfrog Arsenal in the table if they win this evening.
Four out of the last six matches at the Emirates have ended in a draw and both teams would surely take a point if they were offered it beforehand. The Gunners have picked up 22 points of of an available 24 and Liverpool have picked up 20.
You can see there being a lot of goals at the Emirates Stadium as both teams have not struggled to find the net this season. Mesut Ozil has made a big impact since joining Arsenal in the summer, but Luis Suarez is like a new signing for Liverpool after he returned from his 10-match ban for biting Chelsea defender Branislav Ivanovic.
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The 45th-ranked ETSU women's golf team increased its advantage on the team leaderboard during Tuesday's second round of action in the Atlantic Sun Conference Championships at the Ridges Golf and Country Club. Having led by 17 strokes after Monday's first round, the Buccaneers now lead by 28 strokes over defending champion Campbell heading into Wednesday's third and final round.
"I'm very, very proud of the girls," said ETSU head coach Stefanie Shelton, whose team will be looking to capture the program's first-ever conference title and NCAA berth. "All spring this was indicative of how we played with everyone coming together. To break 300 twice on this course is impressive, and to do it on back-to-back days is even better. We're going to go into tomorrow with the same approach we've had the last two days, and we're not going to even think about winning the tournament until we step off the course tomorrow."
The Bucs garnered their solid team standing thanks to consistent rounds from top to bottom in their lineup. ETSU's best scores on the day came from seniors Natalia Giraldo (Cali, Colombia) and Maria Ringdahl (Farjestaden, Sweden), who both posted 1-over 73s, while sophomore Sinead O'Sullivan (Galway, Ireland) finished at 2-over 74. Giraldo, Ringdahl and O'Sullivan are currently second, fourth and fifth on the individual leaderboard, respectively.
Meanwhile, during Monday's first round sophomore Laura Jansone (
Wednesday's third and final round will begin at approximately 8 a.m. Fans unable to attend the championship can get up-to-date results and live stats by clicking on Golfstat.com, or visiting ETSUBucs.com for a complete round recap following the day's action.


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White Sox gauging young talent in offseason plan
CHICAGO -- With the two-year contract extension with Jake Peavy and by picking up the .5 million contractual option for Gavin Floyd, people were immediately thinking the White Sox would move a starting pitcher during this offseason.
After all, they have six quality hurlers as part of the rotation, a desire to upgrade at third base and the need to strengthen their catching position behind Tyler Flowers, if A.J. Pierzynski departs via free agency. The White Sox rotation seemed to be the best way to improve the club in more ways than one.
But the real question should be how much the White Sox trust their young players in the present as much as the future. For example, if Floyd is traded, then it would be Dylan Axelrod, Andre Rienzo, Simon Castro, Nestor Molina or Charlie Leesman who would step up a notch in the rotation pecking order.
None of them aside from Axelrod have any big league experience, despite being considered to have Major League capabilities. Of course, the employment of 10 rookie hurlers in 2012 didn't exactly hurt the White Sox 85-victory cause.
Maybe one year of Floyd won't be enough to pry loose a difference-making third baseman from another team. To hypothetically acquire a player such as San Diego's Chase Headley, who is not on the market, the Padres would have to be figuratively knocked over.
That overwhelming offer could include a third team to supplement the White Sox talent, an idea mentioned by general manager Rick Hahn to reporters at last week's GM Meetings in California. It also could include someone like Rienzo, the right-hander on the rise who has drawn interest from more than just the White Sox with a strong showing in the Arizona Fall League.
It's up to the other Major League teams to decide if the White Sox have the unproven talent of the future to enhance deals. It's up to Hahn and his staff to decide if enough talent exists in a much maligned system to move a frontline prospect or frontline player or two.
Ken Williams, who was promoted to executive vice president on Oct. 26, and Hahn did a great job in 2012 of adding key pieces such as Kevin Youkilis and Brett Myers while only giving up utility infielder Eduardo Escobar out of their three-year plan. Creativity figures to be the watchword again during the present offseason with a projected payroll near 00 million, similar to last season's, already featuring 0.25 million committed to nine signed players.
Floyd, who turns 29 in January, should hold great interest on the open market. He's durable, having made 30 starts and thrown at least 185 innings in four of the past five seasons, and finishing with 29 starts and 168 innings pitched last year despite two separate stints on the disabled list due to right elbow issues.
Even in its depth, though, the White Sox rotation has a few issues to be ironed out. John Danks continues to make solid progress in his rehab from season-ending arthroscopic shoulder surgery on Aug. 6, but while the southpaw plans to be ready for the start of Spring Training, the White Sox aren't totally sure what they will get from their 2012 Opening Day starter post surgery.
Chris Sale has the makings of an ace and pitched as such for much of 2012, while Jose Quintana and Hector Santiago were both pleasant rookie surprises. The White Sox also fell short during the final few weeks, in part, because their young pitchers were pushed to an innings level where they had never been before.
"A fair amount of it was our young guys, our pitchers in particular, who were pushed beyond wherever they had historically gone," Hahn said. "Having all those guys back and strong we think will help take us to the next stop. Young bullpen guys are now acclimated to a pennant race, and that will play a big role in making us better."
Hahn also knows that pitching wins championships, which played out again during the Giants' run to the 2012 World Series title. That pitching, even in its best laid-out form, usually requires more than the season-opening 12.
So, the trick is to improve the perceived roster weak spots without weakening the pitching depth anywhere in the organization.
"Since I've been here, we've never gone a full year with 12 or 13 pitchers," Danks said. "We usually need to dip into the Triple-A team, and we have guys fully capable of stepping in. It's a luxury to have.
"I feel really good about where we are as a staff, with a deep bullpen and rotation. I've got to believe Rick and Kenny feel the same way. They can turn the focus on other areas of need. It's a good feeling going in with deep pitching and a chance to compete."
Pitching has been the focus of the early Hot Stove talk, but as CSN Chicago reported from the GM Meetings, four opposing executives believe Gordon Beckham, Dayan Viciedo and/or Alejandro De Aza also might be available. The trio would be considered part of the White Sox young core, but the team also has fast-moving potential replacements in infielder Carlos Sanchez and outfielders Courtney Hawkins, Trayce Thompson, Keenyn Walker and Jared Mitchell.
All five probably wouldn't be ready to break camp with the White Sox, so it's a delicate situation Hahn has to navigate. The White Sox always have viewed top prospects as a way to help the team on the field or help the team get better as part of a trade. Much like last season, both scenarios figure to play out in '13.


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Number 377, July 23, 2006
"There is a movement afoot"
We Need to Talk
Special to The Libertarian Enterprise
When people notice that the government is trampling all over their rights, they don't like it much. They protest. They make calls and write letters. Horror of horrors, they show up in their representatives' offices or speak up at public meetings and demand explanations and relief. Sometimes, they even vote en mass and craft change as a result. When people notice that the government is trampling all over their rights, they jump up and down until it stopsor at least until they're offered some kind of mitigation (all too often mere sops, but the point is still valid).
Sometimes, though, the abridgement of freedom is far more subtle (actually, perhaps "insidious" would be a better word when we consider the probable end results of such subtle abridgements). Those are the times when only parts of rights are curbed or taken, and when the government has a reason for it that enough people are willing to buy that the abridgements stick. We can hold up the infringements of the Fourth Amendment in connection with the "war on terror," for example.
But worst of all are those times when freedoms are lost either through hypocricy or because a majority wants things one way or another, and damn the rights of the minority who disagree! In these cases, people seem to forget that "equal treatment under the law" means just that, and that individual rights refer to the rights of, well, individuals, not majorities. In their general confusion about the notions of democracies, they think majority rule is the way civilized societies make decisions, forgetting (conveniently) that the Founding Fathers worried about the "tyranny of the majority" and crafted protections from it with their enumeration of "unalienable rights."
Rarely has the latter case been more evident than recent inroads made into the protections of the First Amendment. Historically a relatively popular amendment even among politicians, it has become more and more the subject of curbs here and exceptions there. Sadly, almost all of the damages have been incurred with at the least the cooperation of the general public, and sometimes with the active demands of the population driving it even harder and faster. And hypocricy only serves to make it easier for those in authority to selectively pick and choose who will suffer and who will not.
Perhaps the biggest headlines concerning free speech issues have been generated by a proposed constitutional amendment to prohibit flag desecration. While many Americans jumped on the amendment bandwagon out of their own perceived patriotism, most either didn't know or didn't care that the amendment wouldn't prohibit flag burning per se, but would instead permit the Senate to pick and choose what consitutes desecration and what does not. That, of course, opens up a bottomless can of worms that could lead even to the prohibition of flags on clothing or in artwork should Senators decide something of that nature is disrespectful.
Even the most incendiary (you'll pardon the pun) of flag "desscrations"that of actually burning a flaghas long been considered both offensive and a clearcut case of political speech. The Supreme Court has made several related rulings, the upshot of which is that flag burning may be disrespectful, but it's also protected under the First Amendment. That doesn't, of course, stop lawmakers from repeatedly trying to make such political speech illegal. Fortunately for truly free political speech, this latest amendment attempt failed as did predecessors. Unfortunately, the vote has been getting closer every year, and this year, it failed by a single vote.
Throughout the course of the flag burning debate, we were told time and again that not only would an amendment abridge free speech, but that it was also unnecessary. Opponents of the amendment pointed out that flag burning was actually a rare occurrence. But then, as if to prove every point made by those who wanted the amendment to pass, a group of people in California thought it would be amusing to celebrate the victory for free speech by burning flags for no other reason than that they still could. (No, it's not illegal and it shouldn't be. But it was still tasteless and a deliberate goad to those who would take the right away no matter what the provocation for the expression that will doubtless do more to inspire those who would curb speech than otherwise.)
Meanwhile, same sex marriage continues to be a big deal in many states. Only days ago, rulings in both New York and Georgia determined that it was okay for states to bar same-sex marriage. Homosexual activists vow to continue their fight; conservatives say that justice has been done. The problem as I see it is that the homosexuals are fighting for their perceived rights based on the idea of equal treatment under the law; religious conservatives, on the other hand, are fighting to prevent same-sex marriage based on morality and, as some say, the family itself.
A few brave souls in Washington DC have ventured to suggest that a proposed federal marriage amendment should be dropped in favor of letting the states make their own decisions. In theory, this position favors the Tenth Amendment. In reality, it hands off a political hot potato to somebody else. Meanwhile, even those who think it's okay for states to decide (the vast majority of states that have decided have decided that marriage should be solely between a man and a woman) are worried about whether or not states would have to recognize decisions made in other states.
What nobody is talking about is the First Amendment implications of same-sex marriage. If you do even a little research, you'll find that most churches won't marry same-sex couples. You'll also find that some will. Various religions have varying positions on homosexual relationships based on however it is they interpret their own holy writ. That's what they're supposed to do, and that's what the First Amendment suggests the government ought not interfere with. So by prohibiting gay marriage, some states are actively interfering with the freedom of some churches to make their own determinations as to just how they wish to administer the sacrament of marriage. In my mind, that's a dangerous precedent that the vast majority of Americans are conveniently ignoring. And it's one they'll continue to ignore until it comes back to bite themand if history is any indicator at all, it will.
Whatever you think about homosexuality, you might want to reconsider saying anything about it, at least if you choose to say so in a group of like-minded protesters. A request made under the Freedom of Information Act has revealed that the Department of Defense has actively engaged in surveillance of groups who have protested the military's Don't Ask Don't Tell policies. And whatever you do, don't protest the war in Iraq! Demonstrators who did that have been subject to surveillance by the Department of Homeland Securty and by the California National Guard at the very least.
In fact, despite guarantees of assembly and the right to petition the government (in other words, to protest government policies), there have been a slew of cases where protests and protesters were monitored by government entities. The Electronic Privacy Information Center has posted a list on their web site that's chilling at best. Discovery of these actions and the subsequent outcry has engendered at least a few new policies, but the new rules have fallen under criticism as well.
Nowhere, however, has the right to assembly and to protest been more egregiously violated than directly in the case of politics itself. All of us recall the horrific site of "free speech zones" in Boston near the site of the Democratic National Convention in 2004. Called reminiscent of concentration camps by critics, it was tempting to believe they were exaggerating until the fences topped with razor wire were actually photographed for us all to see. Arrests made in New York during the Republican National Convention garnered strong protests when more than a thousand were arrested but only a handful were charged, with some alleging that the arrests were a matter of convenience for politicians and police rather than any legitimate wrongdoing on the part of demonstrators.
Such political bias and discrimination based on politics didn't stop when the election was over. Numerous groups have complained that they are pushed away from sites where President Bush is appearing because, they claim, supporters don't want the president to see their message. The ACLU is suing in connection with one of those instances after allegations surfaced that only anti-Bush protestors were removed by the order of the Secret Service while pro-Bush supporters were permitted to stay in the area.
Perhaps nothing so divides groups of Americans, though, as matters that involve religion. Faith is typically deeply felt and isn't really subject to debate for most people. That's why the government, under the First Amendment, is supposed to remain neutral, and that's why Americans are supposed to be able to worship as they see fit. Unfortunately, the freedom of religion is becoming more and more interpreted by some as the freedom to agree with them or to keep quiet until they're done worshipping.
The military is having its own widespread issues with religion, at least where chaplains are concerned. In one highly publicized case, a US Navy Chaplain complained bitterly and then went on a hunger strike after he said he was told he couldn't pray the way he wanted to. In reality, the Navy had told him he could do as he pleased for worship services or in his private life, but that when he was called upon to lead in larger groups where soldiers were a variety of faiths, he needed to show a little more respect for others who might not agree with him. He eventually started eating again and declared victory, apparently after policies were further clarified to him.
That same military chaplain was castigated again, however, when he conducted a Christian funeral service for a Christian soldier. In his sermon, he talked about Jesus and how a faith in Him was necessary for heaven. Whatever you personally think about that, I think it's perfectly fair to say that the Chaplain believes it and so did the soldier he was burying. And yet some attendees complained, and the Navy disciplined him as a result. When the chaplain complained, investigators decided his complaints were without merit.
That decision is a direct contradiction of what the Navy earlier claimed to be its policies, and I don't blame the chaplain if he's confused at this point because I surely am! As near as I can tell, anything is pretty much okay as long as nobody complains. Forgive me if I not only find that a shaky basis for a policy, but a direct contradiction to the right to worship freely.
I have little doubt, however, that the chaplain would agree with the majority on one thing, and that's the 29 foot tall cross that stands on Mount Soledad in San Diego. The cross, which is part of a veteran's memorial, has been the subject of a 17-year legal battle. Media reports indicate that an atheist complained that the cross implied government endorsement of Christianity, and after years of litigation, the cross was scheduled to be taken down. At the last minute, however, a Supreme Court Justice intervened and said the cross can stay where it is until the city's appeals run their course.
The real issue here, of course, is less that a cross is erected in the middle of the memorial, but that no other religious symbol is included. If arguments in favor of the cross hold as they have in other similar cases, the religious folks will say that the majority of soldiers are Christian, and so that's okay. The fact, however, is that this is a case of unalienable rights where the individual outweighs the majority. If other symbols were included, that might be different. But they're not, and so there is a clear favoritism shown to Christianity by the cross.
Don't ask, though, that the cross stay up and be joined by other symbols. Those who can't understand why some might find the cross offensive apparently don't know about the story of an heroic Nevada soldier who died fighting for freedom. This young man was awarded a bronze star. Unfortunately, his name won't be listed on a memorial in his home town. If he were a Christian, his name would be there with a little cross next to it. If he were a Jew, he could have a Star of David by his name. In fact, he could be a Muslim or even an atheist and have a government approved symbol to honor his faith along with his sacrifice. Unfortunately, this young man was Wiccan, and the government has refused to permit that religion a symbol. So much for any pretense that the government doesn't favor one religionor severalabove others!
There is a reason the First Amendment prohibits the government from interfering in speech or religion. It's because so many people think and believe so many different things that it couldn't possibly favor one idea or faith over another without actively discriminating against everybody who didn't subscribe to the same. And when the government tries to give its favor, it's only reasonable that we should be able to complain openly and gather together peacably to demand redress.
Today, however, it seems that certain ideas are favored or disfavored by the government, and our ability to speak is dependent on which side of that divide our speech represents. Certain religious mores are given better treatment than others. Even the press is under active attack by the government for reporting on and criticizing government policies or programs.
The erosion of the First Amendment has already gone much further than many would like to admit. To put a stop to it and to ensure we restore what we can, we must be on guard against the censorship of unpopular sentiments today if we intend to be able to have our own say tomorrow. If you want the cross to stay on Mount Soledad, be sure you speak up in favor of Wiccan soldiers. If you want your church to continue its refusal to recognize gay marriage without interference from the government, you'd best fight for the rights those churches that celebrate it. If you want the flag to continue to be a symbol of freedom, then you need to swallow your disgust when some would use it badly to express an idea of their own.
Your individual rights are quite frankly dependent on the individual rights of others. To think otherwiseto pretend that what the majority wants is what everyone should getmeans that we're already well on our way to losing completely the freedoms our forefathers considered so important that they included them in the very First Amendment.
Flag-burning in speech: Overview
Flag Burning and the LawHistory of U.S. Laws Against Flag Desecration
Flag-burning amendment fails by a vote
Same-sex marriage rulings will 'echo' across U.S.
Department of Defense admits to wider surveillance of Don't Ask, Don't Tell groups
Homeland Security Opens Reports Over Surveillance Claims
California National Guard Suspected of Spying on CodePink and Raging Grannies
Protestor Privacy and Free Expression Rights
ACLU Sues Over Security for Bush Protest
Military Wrestles With Disharmony Among Chaplains
Fasting Chaplain Declares Victory
Navy chaplain's complaint ruled 'without merit'
Calif. high court OKs teens' suit against religious school
Supreme Court Intervenes In 17-Year-Old Cross Battle
Fallen Soldier Gets a Bronze Star but No Pagan Star
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Beginning July 1, 2012, the Department of Driver Services (DDS) will begin printing "LIMITED-TERM' on Georgia driver's licenses (DL) and identification cards (ID) issued to customers who are not United States citizens but who have presented documentation proving that they are lawfully present in the United States. These customers will include lawful permanent residents, students studying from abroad who establish residency in Georgia, individuals working temporarily in Georgia and the dependents of such individuals. The DL's and ID cards issued to these customers will be valid for the period of each customer's approved length of stay in the country up to a maximum of five (5) years.
Although marked as "LIMITED-TERM," these cards grant the same privileges as regular Georgia driver's licenses, permits and ID cards. In addition to having their lawful status in the U.S. verified, Non-Citizen drivers must meet all other requirements to be licensed to drive in Georgia and all Non-Citizen customers must provide documents to prove identity, residency and registration with the Social Security Administration.
The "LIMITED-TERM" cards will have the same security features and appearance as other Georgia DL/ID cards. The only difference between "LIMITED-TERM" cards and the cards issued to United States citizens will be the inclusion of the words "LIMITED-TERM". The LIMITED-TERM cards should be accepted for activities, such as banking, car rental and shopping, which require a DL or ID just like other Georgia cards.
A Georgia DL/ID is not proof of lawful status in the U.S. so it is important to note that an expired LIMITED-TERM card does not mean the person is in the country illegally.
The marking of Limited Term is one of many enhancements being introduced with DDS' Secure ID program. For more information about Secure ID, please visit https://online.dds.ga.gov/secureid/.


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The following examples assume that your web server is already set up, and you are going to create a new application at http://localhost/gitorial/.
Using your console, change to the empty directory
gitorial and run
git init. This will create the bare structure for a new git repository.
Next, we will create a submodule for the
system directory. Go to http://github.com/kohana/core and copy the "Clone URL":
Now use the URL to create the submodule for
git submodule add git://github.com/kohana/core.git system
This will create a link to the current development version of the next stable release. The development version should almost always be safe to use, have the same API as the current stable download with bugfixes applied.
Now add whatever submodules you need. For example, if you need the Database module:
git submodule add git://github.com/kohana/database.git modules/database
After submodules are added, they must be initialized:
git submodule init
Now that the submodules are added, you can commit them:
git commit -m 'Added initial submodules'
Next, create the application directory structure. This is the bare minimum required:
mkdir -p application/classes/{Controller,Model}
mkdir -p application/{config,views}
mkdir -m 0777 -p application/{cache,logs}
If you run
find application you should see this:
We don't want git to track log or cache files, so add a
.gitignore file to each of the directories. This will ignore all non-hidden files:
echo '[^.]*' > application/{logs,cache}/.gitignore
Git ignores empty directories, so adding a
.gitignore file also makes sure that git will track the directory, but not the files within it.
Now we need the
index.php and
bootstrap.php files:
wget https://github.com/kohana/kohana/raw/3.3/master/index.php --no-check-certificate
wget https://github.com/kohana/kohana/raw/3.3/master/application/bootstrap.php --no-check-certificate -O application/bootstrap.php
Commit these changes too:
git add application
git commit -m 'Added initial directory structure'
That's all there is to it. You now have an application that is using Git for versioning.
To add a new submodule complete the following steps:
run the following code - git submodule add repository path for each new submodule e.g.:
git submodule add git://github.com/shadowhand/sprig.git modules/sprig
then init and update the submodules:
git submodule init
git submodule update
At some point you will probably also want to upgrade your submodules. To update all of your submodules to the latest
HEAD version:
git submodule foreach 'git checkout 3.3/master && git pull origin 3.3/master'
To update a single submodule, for example,
cd system
git checkout 3.3/master
git pull origin 3.3/master
cd ..
git add system
git commit -m 'Updated system to latest version'
If you want to update a single submodule to a specific commit:
cd modules/database
git pull origin 3.3/master
git checkout fbfdea919028b951c23c3d99d2bc1f5bbeda0c0b
cd ../..
git add database
git commit -m 'Updated database module'
Note that you can also check out the commit at a tagged official release point, for example:
git checkout v3.3.0
Simply run
git tag without arguments to get a list of all tags.
To remove a submodule that is no longer needed complete the following steps:
open .gitmodules and remove the reference to the to submodule It will look something like this:
[submodule "modules/auth"]
path = modules/auth
url = git://github.com/kohana/auth.git
open .git/config and remove the reference to the to submodule\
[submodule "modules/auth"]
url = git://github.com/kohana/auth.git
run git rm --cached path/to/submodule, e.g.
git rm --cached modules/auth
Note: Do not put a trailing slash at the end of path. If you put a trailing slash at the end of the command, it will fail.
During the development of a project, the source of a submodule may change for any reason (you've created your own fork, the server URL changed, the repository name or path changed, etc...) and you'll have to update those changes. To do so, you'll need to perform the following steps:
edit the .gitmodules file, and change the URL for the submodules which changed.
in your source tree's root run:
git submodule sync
git init to update the project's repository configuration with the new URLs:
git submodule init
And it's done, now you can continue pushing and pulling your submodules with no problems.
Source: http://jtrancas.wordpress.com/2011/02/06/git-submodule-location/


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E-Meetings and the Environment
It's Blog Action Day!I had written previously about the opportunities to reduce air travel by substituting virtual meetings for physical meetings, however reading through the excellent work already being done for Blog Action day has really got me motivated to make a change today.I'd like to make a bargain with you……http://blogs.webex.com/webex_interactions/2007/10/cost-benefits-o.htmlFor the remainder of the year, don't fly. Neither will I. Instead, we will use the amazing array of tools at our disposal, from Telepresence to WebEx to avatar-mediated communications, to approximate the magic of physical proximity.What's the bargain? I promise to pay $1000 out of my own pocket per airline trip that I take between now and the end of the year. Where does that $1000 go?The Nature Conservancy. So the result is a win-win, either I fund the Nature Conservancy to look into solutions for combating rising emissions, or I reduce my share of airline-related emissions. I don't drive to work or else I'd suggest the same for cars. If you are game, then publicly promise to do the same.There are a number of us in the virtual world space that travel from virtual world event to virtual world event to speak and do business, and the question always arises 'why cant we do this virtually?'. Well, if 30 or more speakers were looking at $1000 fines each for flying, I bet you'd see a really big virtual world event conducted in the virtual world. Feel free to track me on Dopplr to confirm I am keeping my side of the bargain. How do I reach you again?Postscript: Excellent post by Michael in our WebEx team here.
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