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After an outbreak of user-generated porn on Twitter's new video-sharing app Vine, there's been a big debate about how such content should be managed by Apple, which explicitly prohibits porn in apps for iPhone and iPad.
But much of it misses the point.
The story here isn't the porn on Vine or other apps with user-generated content. The story isn't that Safari can look up porn too. (It's an old joke that if Apple hates porn, it should ban its own Web browser). The story is the disconnect in Apple's written policy on pornographic content and the way it enforces that policy.
A few examples:
Apple's App Store guidelines are very clear about pornography in apps:
Apps containing pornographic material, defined by Webster's Dictionary as "explicit descriptions or displays of sexual organs or activities intended to stimulate erotic rather than aesthetic or emotional feelings", will be rejected
Apps that contain user generated content that is frequently pornographic (ex "Chat Roulette" Apps) will be rejected
But how Apple enforces those guidelines isn't so clear.
Some apps, such as Web browsers like Google Chrome, offer a warning before downloading that says the app could have "mature/suggestive content." Other apps like Twitter and Tumblr, where you can easily find porn, do not have a such a warning.
Apple has a history of removing other apps that make it easy to find pornographic user-generated content.
For example, it removed Viddy, a video-sharing app that's very similar to Vine, last year because there was a bunch of porn in the app. It removed photo-sharing app 500px last week because the app had a lot of nude photos. Viddy eventually returned to the App Store after making some adjustments. 500px's COO Evgeny Tchebotarev told us a new version of the app was submitted to Apple on Friday with new filters that help weed out nude photos.
Vine clearly has a lot of "user generated content that is frequently pornographic," yet the app is still available for download in the App Store. It was featured as an "Editor's Pick" at the top of the iPhone version of the App Store, but it disappeared from that spot this afternoon. Apple won't comment on the issue, so we can't tell if this is related to the porn controversy or not.
So now for the big question: Why is Vine getting preferential treatment and remaining in the App Store, even though it's clearly violating Apple's anti-porn guidelines?
Again, Apple declined to comment for this story or anything else related to the matter. Twitter did not respond to repeated requests for comment.
So we're left to speculate.
Here's what we do know.
We know Twitter and Apple have a very close relationship. Twitter is built into Apple's iOS operating system for iPhones and iPads. It's also built into the latest version of Mac OS X, the operating system for Apple laptops and desktops.
Twitter appears to be getting preferential treatment in the App Store when it comes to pushing out new updates to Vine. There have already been three versions of Vine since it launched last week, a rare occurrence for a brand new app.
We know Vine has a reporting feature that you can use to flag inappropriate content to Twitter. Twitter said in a statement yesterday that it will remove flagged videos that show pornographic content and other lewd material.
Finally, we know Vine began blocking searches today for hashtags that commonly feature pornographic content including "#sex," "#porn," and "#boobs."
All of that could work in Twitter's favor and shield Vine from being yanked by Apple.
Why does it matter?
Apple's App Store is big deal. Over the years it's spawned millionaires and enriched billionaires. It's created video game empires. And a lot of those apps, most notably Instagram, which Facebook bought for roughly $1 billion, rely on user-generated content. It's very easy for pornographic images to sneak onto such apps.
Without a clear description on how Apple enforces its anti-porn policy, startups are left guessing. There's a lot at stake.
So what's the answer?
Tchebotarev has a good take on the issue. In an email, he said there are plenty of apps in the App Store that are still available for download and provide easy access to pornographic content. The best solution is to have a consistent reviewing and monitoring process for apps.
"I believe that as long as there's a consistency and transparency in how apps are reviewed, it would make it a lot easier for developers and users alike," Tchebotarev said.
Another, and much more likely scenario, comes from iMore's Rene Ritchie who says Apple could add a ratings system or warning for apps like Vine that have a lot of user-generated content.
"I say slap the same mature content warning on social sharing that they slap on full blown web access," Ritchie wrote. "It's scary, and it's not ideal, but it's pragmatic given the system as it stands."
Sounds good to us.


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Every one of the 31,000 green-coloured seat bottoms fold up.When Ebbets Field is completed in the next month or two, Williams will begin work on a replica of the Polo Grounds.
Each of the 1,000 lights illuminate brightly.
It's so realistic you half expect the toilets to flush. ...
A year ago, Mark Williams, owner and head designer of Imagine That Laser Art Products, was commissioned to build a 1/48th scale replica of [Brooklyn's Ebbets Field] ... The ballpark measures 16 by 12 feet in diameter and stands over two feet high. ...
Like mom's apple pie, every aspect of the project was assembled from scratch. Each one of the railings was hand soldered. The screens attached to the railings are all hand tied.
The replica comes complete with hot dog stand, ticket windows, even some pigeon poop running down the side walls and a bird's nest tucked in under the roof.
"It's fully operational," Williams said. "We designed all the parts, did all the researching ourselves through the internet and photographs. Everything is very accurate and because it's made of wood, it lends itself to an older texture and it looks like it's real." ...
Still to be added before completion is the diamond, the roads around the stadium, and the ballplayers. Williams will utilize a 3D printer to make replicas of former Dodgers, so that likenesses of Duke Snider, Gil Hodges and Jackie Robinson may once again patrol Ebbets Field.
July 14, 2012
Ebbets Field: A Model Stadium
The Windsor Star:
by allan at 7:13 AM
5 comments:
- laura k said...
- July 14, 2012 at 7:18 AM
- Amy said...
Where is it? Will it be on display somewhere?
- July 14, 2012 at 3:02 PM
- allan said...
Not likely. He was hired to build it by an anonymous person in California.
- July 14, 2012 at 3:36 PM
Freakin' amazing.
- July 14, 2012 at 7:33 PM
- Neil said...
Mr Williams has the seats color WRONG!! The seats were Dodger Blue! and he did not make them from scratch either like "Apple Pie".
- October 30, 2012 at 8:35 PM
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Which way for Belmont Bridge?
What should be done with the Belmont Bridge? Since 1962, it has served as a massive gateway to downtown. But in its 50th year, city officials and engineers are scratching their heads over whether to tear it down and replace, tear it down and configure downtown, or– as some have suggested– just repair the thing.
|Wasted gateway: How the City (mis)treats the Belmont BridgePublished on Apr 19th, 2012 Related stories: • Belmont vortex: Vision vs. reality in Belmont Bridge debate • Have you used the Belmont Bridge lately? • 7,000 new cars: CSX stocks up for tripled coal...read more
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Student Athletes Who Suffer Concussions Struggle in Class
Doctors and teachers are increasingly worrying about student athletes whose most worrisome concussion symptom is an inability to think straight in class. Lee Hotz and Brenda Eagan Brown join Lunch Break. Photo: Getty Images.
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Numenera Stream-of-Consciousness Quasi-Review
by, 12-28-2013 at 11:10 AM (6676 Views)
So far I've read the Player's Guide and skipped through the core book. I'm not sure whether I like Numenera or not.
The central mechanics are pretty cool:
- The system requires only three dice: a d20, a d6, and a d100. (OK, a d100 is two dice unless one is brave/stupid enough to use a Zocchihedron.)
- Every challenge -- from combat to a steep climb to a seduction -- has a Rating from 0 to 10. 0 is trivial, an automatic success; 10 is nigh-impossible. To beat a challenge, players must roll Rating x 3 on a d20. Note that a challenge rating higher than 6 will automatically fail.
- Players can lower the challenge rating by applying skills, using equipment, activating special powers, or exerting Effort, which is a finite resource. Each level of skill (one or two) or point of Effort lowers the challenge rating one point. If the challenge rating is 0, players succeed automatically. A few items or abilities add +1 or +2 to the die roll; every +3 is equivalent to lowering the challenge rating.
- A natural 19 produces a special success (if it's a success) and a 20 even more so. (17 and 18 also have special effects in combat.) A 1 means the GM can introduce an extra complication.
- Notably, only players roll the d20. When an NPC attacks, players make a defense roll against the NPC's attack Rating. For simplicity, most NPCs and monsters have a single Rating for attack, defense, and other abilities.
- The d6 is used occasionally to generate random numbers: points healed, duration of an effect, etc.
- The GM rolls a d100 to generate random events, only if he wants to.
- Players gain XP for discovery and other story actions, or for letting the GM complicate their lives (a la FATE). They can spend XP to cancel a complication, re-roll the die, gain a specific or temporary advantage, and of course improve their characters.
That's it for the basics. But how does a character gain skills, acquire powers, or exert Effort? What are the limits of each? What are "numenera"? That's where the bulk of the system comes in, and it somewhat resembles a D&D class and level system. Essentially one chooses a "type" -- glaive (enhanced fighter), nano (techno-wizard), or jack (rogues or glaive/nano hybrids) -- plus two other elements that bring extra skills, options, powers, and limitations. Characters also have three ability pools -- Might, Speed, and Intellect -- with base values and free points depending on one's type. Characters use up points from an appropriate pool to use fighting moves (glaives), esoteries (nanos), or tricks (jacks), or to expend Effort up to the limits of one's Tier. Gaining a Tier opens up new skills, moves/esoteries/tricks, and other abilities. "Numenera" are essentially scavenged magi-tech items: artifacts, one-use cyphers (up to a maximum determined by type and Tier), or useless but interesting oddities.
The "central mechanics" are the selling point for me, while the Types, Tiers, Pools, Moves, Esoteries, Tricks, and so forth leave me cold. It's like running hack-and-slash games in FATE, or writing a COBOL emulator in LISP, or house-ruling Go. Some gamers may like or need that extra layer of rules, powers, and toys. I, however, gravitate toward the "indie" philosophy of small, focused rule sets and "old school" styles where imaginative solutions trump lists of pre-defined abilities. (They're not so incompatible.) If Monte Cook had stopped with the bullet-pointed list above, I'd be more than happy ... but then he wouldn't be able to sell a 400+ page book of rules and art, much less a multimedia franchise.


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Irrigation 101
Avoid cut-off or rigid nipple connections. Swing-pipe assemblies should be a minimum of 6 inches long to provide flexibility and a maximum of 18 inches long to avoid high velocities and friction losses. The swing pipe is a support device, not piping for the irrigation system installation.
Install zone valves in a valve box of ample size. This lets you service the valve without having to remove the valve box. You should install a valve box on a crushed stone base to help the box drain and to support the box. The valve box should be set to proper grade. When possible, set valve boxes in a landscaped area where they can be hidden in mulch.
The electric valve needs to have two wires connected to it to operate. The control or power wire is an independent wire installed from the controller to the valve. The other wire is a common wire that is installed from the controller to all the valves. The common and control wires should be different colors to tell them apart. For new installations, common wire is usually white. For renovation projects, yellow is a good common-wire color. Splice and connect wires using waterproof connectors to ensure long life and to prevent corrosion or shorting out of the connection due to moisture.
Install wire connectors in the valve box with the valve and color code the wire. Small wires such as multi-strand #18 AWG have individual colored wires for each valve. On larger systems using #14 AWG wire, the common wire should be one color, turf areas another, landscaped areas a third and extra wires a fourth. This makes troubleshooting and repair easier.
Positioning controllers
Place controllers in a location convenient for the operator and near 120-volt electrical power. Install the controller so that the display is at eye level. Putting the controller in a convenient location-a garage or the entrance to a house-makes it easier to schedule changes based on weather and seasons. Inconveniently placed controllers encourage a "set it and forget it" attitude.
Controllers installed outside should have internal transformers. Install outdoor controllers in weatherproof enclosures. The controller manufacturer or a third-party vendor can provide enclosures. Any above-ground wire leading to the controllers should be installed in conduit. Power supplies for outdoor controllers should use GFI breakers. Program the controllers for proper operation of the system, and keep in mind the different precipitation rates of the various sprinklers.
The installing contractor needs to train the owner to properly operate the irrigation system and controller. In most cases, lack of training results in over-watering. Proper training should include a discussion on controller operation, precipitation rates, maintenance requirements and how to shut off the water in an emergency.
A properly designed and installed irrigation system will result in a water-efficient system that will last for many years. Selecting appropriate equipment and following industry standards are important aspects of every irrigation system design and installation. There needs to be only one weak link for the irrigation system to break down. Planning is a must, and you must follow through with your design intent during equipment selection and installation.
Brian E. Vinchesi is a design engineer with Irrigation Consulting, Inc., in Pepperell, Mass., and Huntersville, N.C. He is the president of the American Society of Irrigation Consultants anda past member of the Irrigation Association Certification Board and Board of Directors.
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[UPDATED 10-18-2009 – Numerous old typos fixed, several new typos added, syntaxes corrected, updates made for newer versions of stuff, better instructions, cooler errors, and even a little more attention to detail paid.]
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This article is a revision of this post. It has been adapted for use on Kubuntu 8.04. I got a lot of info from this link here. Another excellent resource is here (PDF). As always, YMMV. This is a long and involved post – be prepared to take an afternoon, and to work on that degree from Google. But when you are done, you will have a powerful transparent-proxy-content-filter-porn-stomper. No charge.
1. Download the following (there may be newer versions, but definitely need db-2.7.7):
- db-2.7.7.tar.gz (http://download.oracle.com/berkeley-db/db-2.7.7.tar.gz)
- squid-2.6.STABLE5-20061110.tar.bz2 (http://www.squid-cache.org/)
- dansguardian-188.8.131.52.tar.gz (http://dansguardian.org/)
- squidGuard-1.2.0.tar.gz (http://www.squidguard.org/)
- A mail server – I use postfix (installed from Kubuntu repositories).
I checked these versions against the repositories, and except for the db-2.7.7, these are still fairly current. The version of iptables I am using is 1.3.8. For this, I prefer installing from tarballs, even though this means they will not get updates. The main advantages I see to this approach are that you can more directly control where they go in the file system (making them easier to troubleshoot and remove), and updates to packages might cause feature/config file breakage, whereas these ensure a static environment. Unfortunately, I cannot upload the actual tarballs for use, so either find these versions in an archive, or brace yourself for an adventure in configuration differences.
2. Unpack the downloaded files:
tar xvfz db-2.7.7.tar.gz
tar xvfj squid-2.6.STABLE5-20061110.tar.bz2
tar xvfz dansguardian-184.108.40.206.tar.gz
tar xvfz squidGuard-1.2.0.tar.gz
3. Check that you don't already have squid, squidGuard, or dansguardian already installed, and that you have iptables installed. Adept Manager is an easy way to find out. Check that you do not already have a squid group and user. If you do not, then pick a group ID between 1 and 999 to use for the squid group:
more /etc/group | grep -i squid<is there a squid group?>
more /etc/passwd | grep -i squid<is there a squid user?>
more /etc/login.defs | grep -i UID_MIN<what is the lowest user ID? anything below this is a system account, and will not get a home directory by default, which is a good thing – so pick something lower than UID_MIN>
more /etc/group | grep <number below UID_MIN><is the group ID you picked already in use? If so, keep picking one until you find a number not in use.>
4. As root (sudo -s), make user and group. The "
groupadd -r squid" command is out – this would have made a system account. The new command syntax is shown below instead.
groupadd -g <number you picked> squid
useradd -u <number you picked> -g squid -d /var/spool/squid -s /bin/false -r squid
5. When making firewall rules (below), I kept getting the error "iptables: No chain/target/match by that name" until I discovered that I did not have the ipt_owner.ko module available to be loaded (on my current version of 22.214.171.124, it is called "xt_owner"). Issue an "
updatedb" command, followed by "
locate _owner.ko" to see if you have it for your kernel version. If you have it, see if it is loaded – "
lsmod | grep -i _owner". I ended up compiling a new kernel from 188.8.131.52 to 18.104.22.168 (to get some other features I wanted, not just for the module), and ensuring the owner module was built ("
make oldconfig" and "
make menuconfig" steps of this post, under the networking section). Once I had that module, I was good to go with matching packets by owner.
Make menuconfig (need ncurses libraries installed: libncurses5-dev and libncursesw5-dev; helpful to have ncurses-term packages installed):
"Networking Support —>
Networking Options —>
Network Packet Filtering Framework (Netfilter) —>
Core Netfilter Configuration —>"
- (M) Netfilter connection tracking support (NF_CONNTRACK)
- (M) Transparent proxying support (EXPERIMENTAL) (NETFILTER_TPROXY)
- (M) "TPROXY" target support (EXPERIMENTAL) (NETFILTER_XT_TARGET_TPROXY)
- (M) "owner" match support (NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_OWNER)
REMEMBER: If you upgrade your kernel to a new version and use a proprietary video driver (ATI or NVIDIA), set your xorg.conf driver to "vesa" BEFORE you reboot. Reboot on the new kernel, log into the console (so as not to start any window manager or x session), and upgrade your video driver (update xorg.conf to reflect the new driver). Then either reboot, or just start your window manager normally.
6. Make BerkelyDB – must be 2.x version, not newer, not older:
cd db-2.7.7/dist/
make install
7. Make squid v.2-6 (NOTE – To have SSL, I needed to install the libcurl4-openSSL-dev package. Otherwise, "
make" generated this error: "../include/md5.h:14:2: error: #error Cannot find OpenSSL headers" ):
cd squid-2.6.STABLE5-20061110/
./configure --enable-icmp --enable-delay-pools --enable-useragent-log --enable-referer-log --enable-kill-parent-hack --enable-cachemgr-hostname=hostname --enable-arp-acl --enable-htcp --enable-ssl --enable-forw-via-db --enable-cache-digests --enable-default-err-language=English --enable-err-languages=English --enable-linux-netfilter --disable-ident-lookups --disable-internal-dns
make install
It is located in /usr/local/squid/.
8. Make squidGuard v.1.2:
cd squidGuard-1.2.0/
make install
Default install is in /usr/local/bin/.
9. Make dansguardian v.2.9.8:
cd dansguardian-126.96.36.199/
mkdir /usr/local/dansguardian
./configure --prefix=/usr/local/dansguardian --with-proxyuser=squid --with-proxygroup=squid --enable-email=yes
./configure --prefix=/usr/local/dansguardian --with-proxyuser=squid --with-proxygroup=squid --enable-email=yes --enable-pcre=yes(this last option is CPU intensive; turn on in dansguardianf1.conf)
make install
It is located in
If you get an error during the configure part like this: "
configure: error: pcre-config not found!", install the libpcre++-dev package.
When using GCC 4.3, I got errors of "
error: 'strncpy' was not declared in this scope". The fix was found on GCC 4.3 Release Series – Porting to the New Tools. Basically, for each such error, go to the file referenced under the src folder and add the line
#include (cstring) (replace parentheses with angle brackets).
10. Make and configure squid directories:
mkdir /usr/local/squid/var/cache
chown -R squid:squid /usr/local/squid/var
chmod 0770 /usr/local/squid/var/cache
chmod 0770 /usr/local/squid/var/logs
11. Make and configure squidGuard directories (see getlists.sh for reference):
mkdir /usr/local/squidGuard
mkdir /usr/local/squidGuard/log
chown -R squid:squid /usr/local/squidGuard/log
chmod 0770 /usr/local/squidGuard/log
mkdir /var/log/squidguard
touch /var/log/squidguard/squidGuard.log
touch /var/log/squidguard/ads.log
touch /var/log/squidguard/stopped.log
chown -R squid.squid /var/log/squidguard
mkdir /var/lib/squidguard
mkdir /var/lib/squidguard/db
mkdir /var/lib/squidguard/db/blacklists
mkdir /var/lib/squidguard/db/blacklists/ok
mkdir /var/lib/squidguard/db/blacklists/porn
mkdir /var/lib/squidguard/db/blacklists/adult
mkdir /var/lib/squidguard/db/blacklists/ads
chown -R squid:squid /var/lib/squidguard
12. Configure dansguardian directories:
chown -R squid:squid /usr/local/dansguardian/var/log
touch /var/lib/squidguard/db/blacklists/porn/domains_diff.local
touch /var/lib/squidguard/db/blacklists/porn/urls_diff.local
13. Edit and copy squid configs from respective source directories:
cp squid.conf /usr/local/squid/etc/squid.conf
- sample squid.conf settings:
- http_port 127.0.0.1:3128 transparent
- icp_port 0
- htcp_port 0
- redirect_program /usr/local/bin/squidGuard
- cache_effective_user squid
- cache_effective_group squid
- acl all src 0.0.0.0/0.0.0.0
- acl manager proto cache_object
- acl localhost src 127.0.0.1/255.255.255.255
- acl to_localhost dst 127.0.0.0/8
- acl allowed_hosts src 192.168.12.0/255.255.255.0
- acl SSL_ports port 443
- acl Safe_ports port 80 21 443 # http ftp https
- ##acl Safe_ports port 21 # ftp
- ##acl Safe_ports port 443 # https
- ##acl Safe_ports port 1025-65535 # unregistered ports
- acl CONNECT method CONNECT
- acl NUMCONN maxconn 5
- acl ACLTIME time SMTWHFA 7:00-21:00
- deny_info ERR_ACCESS_DENIED_TIME ACLTIME
- #http_access allow manager localhost
- #http_access deny manager
- http_access deny manager all
- http_access deny !Safe_ports
- http_access deny CONNECT !SSL_ports
- http_access allow localhost ACLTIME
- http_access deny NUMCONN localhost
- #http_access allow allowed_hosts
- http_access deny to_localhost
- http_access deny all
- http_reply_access allow all
- #icp_access allow allowed_hosts
- #icp_access allow all
- icp_access deny all
- visible_hostname localhost
Edit squid.conf and set up time based access, to prevent late night surfing (add the following lines):
acl ACLTIME time SMTWHFA 7:00-21:00 (add to the ACL section)
http_access allow localhost ACLTIME (add to the http_access section)
14. Edit and copy squidGuard configs from respective source directories:
cp squidGuard.conf /usr/local/squidGuard/squidGuard.conf
- change ip gateway address in squidGuard.conf
15. Edit and copy dansguardian configs from respective source directories:
cp dansguardia*.conf /usr/local/dansguardian/etc/dansguardian/
- sample dansguardian.conf settings:
- filterip = 127.0.0.1
- filterport = 8080
- proxyip = 127.0.0.1
- proxyport = 3128
- accessdeniedaddress = 'http://YOURSERVER.YOURDOMAIN/cgi-bin/dansguardian.pl
- mailer = '/usr/sbin/sendmail -t'
- sample dansguardianf1.conf settings:
- groupmode = 1
- copy getlists.sh (it is posted as a PDF – copy the text to a shell script) to
[UPDATED 10-18-2009 with more current blacklist sites]
16. Make the firewall rules (iptables commands may appear wrapped in two lines):
iptables -t nat -A OUTPUT -s 127.0.0.1 -d 127.0.0.1 -p tcp --dport 3128 -j ACCEPT(without this rule, dansguardian may fail with the error: "Error connecting to parent proxy")
iptables -t nat -A OUTPUT -p tcp --dport 80 -m owner --uid-owner squid -j ACCEPT
iptables -t nat -A OUTPUT -p tcp --dport 3128 -m owner --uid-owner squid -j ACCEPT
iptables -t nat -A OUTPUT -p tcp --dport 80 -m owner --uid-owner exemptuser -j ACCEPT (change exemptuser)
iptables -t nat -A OUTPUT -p tcp --dport 80 -j REDIRECT --to-ports 8080
iptables -t nat -A OUTPUT -p tcp --dport 3128 -j REDIRECT --to-ports 8080
It is a good idea to do this part *after* compiling and installing, as these rules will get in the way if you need to install a package (like libcurl4-openSSL-dev). If this happens, Adept Manager will abruptly crash (leaving you to find and remove the lock files), and
apt-get install will fail with a connection refused error. Just rerun the rules above, but replace the -A with a -D to delete them. Get your packages, install your software, and reapply the firewall rules.
17. Save and apply the firewall settings permanently (visit Iptables HowTo – Community Ubuntu Documentation for details):
sudo sh -c "iptables-save > /etc/iptables.rules"
sudo nano /etc/network/interfaces
pre-up iptables-restore < /etc/iptables.rules
post-down iptables-save -c > /etc/iptables.rules
18. Start or restart services as needed:
/usr/local/squid/sbin/squid -z(first-time config)
/usr/local/squid/sbin/squid -N -d 1 -D(test squid, kill when working fine)
/usr/local/squid/sbin/squid(this also runs squidGuard from "/usr/local/bin/squidGuard")
/usr/local/bin/getlists.sh(you may have to kill this – it hangs after displaying the line "adult/usage")
/usr/local/squid/sbin/squid -k reconfigure
/usr/local/dansguardian/sbin/dansguardian -Q
The squid test revealed that I was missing a custom file: "errorTryLoadText: '/usr/local/squid/etc/errors/ERR_ACCESS_DENIED_TIME': (2) No such file or directory". So, I copied it from "/usr/local/squid/etc/errors/English/ERR_ACCESS_DENIED", and "edited" it in vi for a little access-denied humor. Never miss a chance to have a spot of fun! After that, squid worked fine.
Dansguardian kept failing with "Error connecting to parent proxy", until I edited iptables with "
iptables -t nat -I OUTPUT 1 -s 127.0.0.1 -d 127.0.0.1 -p tcp --dport 3128 -j ACCEPT"
(to place it as the first output rule on the nat table). Then DG worked fine.
The script hung and had to be killed. I confirmed everything was finished by checking the last file date-time-stamp against the date-time-stamp it displays right after it is run. So if the DTS displayed was "20090214185211", and the DTS returned with "ls -l /var/lib/squidguard/db/blacklists/porn/stats/20090214185211_stats" was more recent, say "2009-02-14 18:53", then you can be sure it is finished. Or you can just use "lsof" and look for the getlists.sh process. That is probably smarter.
The script hung because a.) I could not download from the Norway site and b.) "squidguard -C all" from the getlists.sh script was not finding files and went into emergency mode, apparently a place it can hide and whimper silently. Forever. I ran instead "squidguard -d -C all" and discovered it was failing to find certain files, which I just created or copied into existence. This quieted squidguard down and let it finish. Almost – I also commented out the "not_ok" ACL block in the squidguard.conf file, since I am not using it. Details are on this article concerning the updated blacklist script "getlists.sh": SquidGuard Blacklists…
19. Set up a mailer for notifications (here is a link for assistance):
- using postfix, point it to your mailserver.isp.domain
- postfix needs
- dansguardian.conf calls it with '
sendmail -t' command
- for non-authenticated use, do not set 'by user = on' in dansgaurdianf1.conf
20. Post-install testing and tweaking:
- Test with browser as different users – should be transparent proxy surfing now, works with lynx as well ("
su - <username>, lynx, G, http://www.playboy.com" should get either Playboy for an approved user or the dansguardian access denied page for a restricted user.)
- Check if your system emails you violations.
- Be sure to update your startup files (/etc/init.d/ or your rc.local) to ensure everything starts when the computer is booted.
- When you are ready, reboot, and check again with lynx as different users.
I have been working on this all day. I have not yet gotten email to work, and am not sure I need to – maybe I'll just check the logs instead. So, hope this helps, and good luck.
Time for a beer.
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Trade News
Guildford, UK, 26 September 2010 – Providing the lift for the balloons in this year's Gordon Bennett Coupe Aéronautique is hydrogen from BOC, the country's largest producer of industrial gases. The company brought this lighter-than-air gas from across the country to fill all the participating balloons in time for the launch from Bristol on the evening of 25 September.
Each of the 20 participating balloons needs around 1,000 m3 of hydrogen to inflate them. Whereas in hot-air ballooning, the air inside the balloon is heated to provide lift, in this competition it is the hydrogen itself that helps the balloons to rise. The winner will be the team that flies furthest in their balloon.
This is the first time this competition, first staged in 1906, has been held in Britain. It was the idea of American newspaper owner James Gordon Bennett. The winners are allowed to host the event two years later. David Hempleman-Adams and Jonathan Mason won it for Britain in 2008 and they have brought the competition to their home city of Bristol. This year's race has competitors from 10 different countries and the entry list is the largest ever.
BOC has links to the city going back over 75 years and when the company was contacted about the race, it was natural for BOC to help.
As the UK's largest industrial gas company BOC was the obvious choice to provide this large quantity of hydrogen for the launch. "We routinely produce hydrogen for a range of industrial processes," explained Steve Thompson, BOC's Business Manager - Gases. "Our specialist vehicle fleet brought the gas from our plants around the country in good time to ensure that everything was ready for the start of the competition. A team of BOC engineers was at the launch site to transfer the hydrogen into the balloons."
World-renowned balloonist Don Cameron, Chairman of the Gordon Bennett 2010 Organising Committee and founder of Cameron Balloons, noted that this year's event was a real 'first' for Bristol. "The UK has never before hosted this event. Bringing together competitors from across the world as well as sponsors has been an exhilarating but strenuous project. Being able to call upon the technical expertise of specialists like BOC has made the task of bringing this spectacular race to Bristol that much easier."
Notes to editors:
An image to accompany this press release is available from BOC. Please contact Simon Napper. Email: email@example.com. Tel: +44 7500 815166.
Gordon Bennett 2010
The Gordon Bennett race is the oldest aeronautical event in the world and will be starting this year in Bristol. The competition is for old-fashioned gas balloons which will take off on Saturday 25th September and fly for three or four days, perhaps going as far as Finland or Turkey. The greatest distance is the winner. After the race, the teams will drive thousands of miles back to Bristol where the medals and prizes will be presented by His Royal Highness, the Duke of Edinburgh. www.gordonbennett2010.com
Cameron Balloons Ltd
Cameron Balloons Ltd are the world's largest manufacturer of hot-air balloons. The company make almost every conceivable type of lighter-than-air craft as well as fabric structures, inflatable buildings, exhibition stands, giant product displays, specialised protective packaging and aerial camera platforms. They have developed a new balloon for this race giving greater control of the hydrogen gas used to provide lift to the balloon. Cameron Balloons even manufacture medical products used in the moving and handling of patients. www.cameronballoons.co.uk
BOC is a member of The Linde Group. An industrial, medical and special gases provider, the company supplies compressed and bulk gases, chemicals and equipment. For more than a century the company's gases and expertise have contributed to advances in many areas of everyday life, and industries including steelmaking, refining, chemical processing, environmental protection, wastewater treatment, welding and cutting, food processing and distribution, glass production, electronics and health care. For more information visit: www.BOConline.co.uk
The Linde Group
The Linde Group is a world leading gases and engineering company with almost 48,000 employees working in more than 100 countries worldwide. In the 2009 financial year it achieved sales of EUR 11.2 billion. The strategy of The Linde Group is geared towards sustainable earnings-based growth and focuses on the expansion of its international business with forward-looking products and services. Linde acts responsibly towards its shareholders, business partners, employees, society and the environment – in every one of its business areas, regions and locations across the globe. Linde is committed to technologies and products that unite the goals of customer value and sustainable development. For more information, see The Linde Group online at www.linde.com
For further information about this release please contact: Simon Napper, BOC Communications, on +44 7500 815166. Email email@example.com


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Baking to me was always something I did reluctantly. I'm a cook. Cooks and bakers are distinctly different creatures. Cooks are the jazz musicians, bakers and pastry chefs are the classical pianists. I never had much confidence when flour, eggs and a 350 degree oven were involved. Until, that is, I began to study the proportions of the fundamental ingredients in order to arrive at baseline ratios for basic flour-liquid-fat-egg preparations and I saw how interrelated these preparations are, that there was scarcely a difference between a pound cake, a sponge cake, a pancake, a muffin and a crepe, that a biscuit dough was simply a pie dough with more liquid and rolled thicker, that an angel food cake (above) was simply meringue with flour folded in. Here was my "eureka" moment. (If you have Ratio I describe it on page 55, the moment when it all became clear and, through batter ratios, I learned not to fear death.)
In fact, I became kind of obsessed with them and, always fascinated by visual displays of quantitative information, began making graphs and charts. I love the current cover of Ratio for it's circular take on what I had only envisioned squarely—and its mandala-like design elegantly described my newfound appreciation for the unity of the dough-batter continuum.
But the circle doesn't allow room for notes on some finesse elements for these preparations, such as mixing method, how much salt, what kind of leavening, possible variations.
So I returned to the grid for it's utility. Donna became fascinated as well, and, in response to strong interest last week from commenters here, she spent several days photoshopping my hand-drawn grid and notes. And we are now excited to be able to offer here. I see it as practical art. I just like to look at it. It is not a poster but a photograph, an 11-by-14-inch chart on glossy photographic paper and due to what we expect to be a low print run, a little pricey. We need to charge $20 even to cover postage, sleeves, envelopes, sales tax, and paypal's cut. I think it's worth it as something to hang in the kitchen or post on an inside cupboard door. But: for those who are strapped right now, as I know so many are, we will eventually offer a PDF if you simply want the info and are fine with a copy from of your printer.
Orders are now closed, thanks for your interest, PDF will be up soon!
For all those who expressed interest, though, here it is. This is such a spontaneous act, I don't even have a page for it on my site, so here are the instructions: go to paypal, click "send money" and send $20 to email@example.com. The concluding paypal page of the order will ask you if you want to include a message on the email i'll get: write "chart please!" and any signing instructions if that's something you would like. I'm gratified by the interest many people have shown and very pleased and proud to offer it. This is what it looks like:
Now, time to go make more quickbreads!


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Mark Heirbrandt of Washington Township has been selected to fill the vacant Hamilton County Commissioners seat. A caucus was held this morning with Republican Precinct Committeemen voting on his replacement. Those that filed for the seat included Steve Holt, Rick McKinney, John Allee, Parvin Gilliam, Dan Reike and Zach Zeurcher.
Mark Heirbrandt of Washington Township selected to fill Hamilton County Commissioner seat0


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Coming to Los Angeles, on Friday, May 31st 2013 from 5 pm – 10 pm Shecky's Girls Night Out!! It will be a consumer experience event inviting women to empower themselves, socialize and celebrate all things pleasurable. Join us, and discover unique designers, sip delectable drinks, and enjoy pampering and goodie bags. Current and past brand partners include: Smirnoff, Veet, Sweet n Low, Maybelline, La Croix, America Laser, Neutrogena, Ford Fusion, Rosa Regale, L'Oreal and Conair.
Shecky's Girl's Night Out was started in December of 2001 as a launch party for their book, "The Girl's Guide to New York Nightlife". Shecky's was based in Tribeca when the 9/11 attacks occurred and had just received the shipment of their books. Facing possible bankruptcy they decided to try and bring their new book to life by creating the live version. The book was based on shopping, cocktails, goodies, services and discovering new things in NYC. The event was an instant overwhelming success at which point it became a permanent event based on this subject. Since December 2001, Shecky's Girl's Night Out has become a staple in major cities around the country having served well over 1 million girl's in 12 markets with each event consisting of 1500 + girl's per night with approximately 46 event nights per year!
Housed under one roof, Shecky's Girl's Night Out is the ultimate night of getting together with your friends to discover the following:
· Dating/flirting seminars
· Emerging and established fashion and accessory designers
· Experience beauty services (hair, makeup and skincare)
· Complimentary cocktails
· Gift bag boasting samples for at-home experiences
Tickets can be purchased here. It will be held at California Market Center, 110 East Ninth St (at Main) (Penthouse), Downtown Los Angeles, 90079


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Samsung SCH-A870 / Siren
Info Photos News Forum 100+ Reviews
Average Ratings
i HATE this phone!! poor camera no ringtones cant set sound as ringtone bluetooth works horrible sometime hard to text...overall poor phone TWO THUMBS DOOOWWWNN
Rugged phone
I know I am late to the game with a review for this phone. But as they say better late then never.
I have the MetroPCS version of this phone. And while the service sucks in some areas, like signal at times (which I blame on the carrier and not the phone). I have to say this phone is quite rugged. Rugged on the levels of what you would expect from a ruggedized Nextel (like he i530 or i325). After I got this phone my 6 year old Daughter (at the time) had a temper tantrum and slammed the phone on the ground separating the flip from the phone and blowing the key pad from the rest of the case. Most phones would be dead and gone. I put it back together (after grounding her for the rest of the day and taking her favorite toy away) and turned in on. Viola! it turned on, everything worked and no feature didn't work. Then last week my phone took a dump into the toilet, I fished it out quickly and removed the battery (very important to minimize battery damage) opened it up. let it dry out in a bowl of rice (the rice absorbs any water) for 24 hours (got a few weird looks from my wife and kids) and put the battery in and it turned on. While I am NO fan of MetroPCS, This has phone has most certainly strengthen my belief that Samsung makes very good, sturdy, durable phones. With those 2 things happening I am going to be looking at Samsung more and more for phone options.
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Great Beginner Phone
I have had this phone for almost 2 years now and it has held up amazingly! There are plenty of extra features to keep you occupied. This phone would be great for a first time user who doesn't need to use more complicated feature like internet or video (doesn't have video).
Loud ring tones that also vibrate
Can put wallpaper on the front and main screens (including photos)
Camera quality is good (I usually don't use the flash)
Reception is great, calls are always crystal clear
Texts can be set to scroll on the front screen so you don't need to open the phone to see what somebody said.
Very durable, has been dropped many times and still works great.
Good battery life, this phone has never died on me (probably would if used consistently for 4-5 days without charge)
Slim and Light perfect fit in a pocket
The camera noise cannot be turned off, so it is hard to take pictures in quiet places
Side buttons can sometimes get pressed in my pocket, the only thing that it will do is take pictures in my pocket (however it makes the loud shutter noise)
Keys are not raised which takes a little getting used to but once you do it really isn't a problem.
Great phone, would definitely recommend
samsung siren
I bought this phone through crickett and only kept it for 3 days.The signal was very week and the ones I talked to all said they could only hear about every third word.When they would talk to me I could only hear about every 4th or 5th words.I contacted crickett about it and the techs said they have a big problem with this phone.I canceled my service after 3 days and still have the phone.Paid about $139.00 for it and is the biggest piece of crap I have ever owned.I would like to go back to crickett but not until they get better phones.The Pros are looks good...and that's allCons everything
Great little phone for Verizon Wireless
- Sleek design
- Crisp, clear screens
- Decent camera (for a cell phone)
- Great speaker phone
- Nice loud ringer
- Good reception
- Long battery life
- Simple and easy to use
- No video capabilities
- No external memory
(I already knew what I was getting when I purchased the phone so I can't really complain, they are just a couple of extras that would be nice to have)
All in all a great phone that does what a phone is suppose to do. Would definitely recommend :)
Great Phone
I bought this phone as an update to my old LG3200 for Metro PCS. Old reliable had to go. Upon receiving it, I thought it had a pleasant appearance and sturdy construction. Setup was fairly easy and the manual was easy to follow. Setting up the Blue-Tooth was even a breeze for this phone. Only problem I had was with the outer display adjustment, but when I asked another user, that too was easy. Camera was good too. Others complain about blurry, but if you hold the thing still, it takes a great picture. Great games available.
Pros: Blue-tooth, Real-Tones, Camera, Comprehensive Voice Command system (works well with headset), Loud Speaker-phone, awesome text/picture messaging system, and great reception, even in a bad area.
Cons: Not any major things: Setting up the outer display and glossy finish is prone to, and shows scratches easily.
In short, get a case, and treat it well! Great Phone!
One word...reliable
After my previous phone, the siren is a breath of fresh air. It asks me to list cons, but the so called cons this phone have are few and small. I didn't buy this phone to snap pictures, I bought it to make crisp clear phone calls and in that regard it does deliver very well. Everything else it offers is icing on the cake.
I've had this phone for about 3 or 4 months now and its ok...like there is nothing wrong with it but its kinda boring.
I am waiting to buy a MOTO Q, so I'm stuck with this phone for another 2 or 3 days but then in GONE!
the phone itself has a good look to it, meaning i like the design, but lacks alot of anything! The camera is very bad..its not horrible but it takes blurry pictures, and the screen in very small, but it good in color..I wish the phone had an MP3 player, but it does have MP3 ringtones which sound very well and the speakers aren't half bad.
I would recommend this phone to someone if it was there first phone(someone who is a teenager)..i definitely would NOT recommend it to a business person..but i think that thats obvious haha
Very Satisfied
I got this phone after returning a Motorola KRZR to my local Verizon store. I went through two of the KRZR handsets before finally deciding that I should get something that just makes calls. What I got was the Samsung A870. I have owned it for a month and I am very pleased.
The A870 was a huge improvement over the KRZR. The most obvious improvement is the Verizon UI. Although it is still the standard-issue UI that is used on almost all of their phones, it has zero lag time (unlike the slow KRZR).
Camera quality is a downgrade, but it has a convenient auto-flash feature and it doesn't use much battery life. Taking and sending pictures works quickly, and the quality is decent. One negative about the multimedia features: this phone does not support video. This isn't a huge loss, but it might come as a surprise the first time someone tries to send you a video message.
Call quality is excellent and I haven't dropped a single call yet. This phone supports AMPS -- one of few handsets which still support analog service -- so I always have service (I live between two urban and rural communities in east Alabama). Calls sound clear in all conditions, and call volume can go very loud. Speakerphone works well, although I haven't used it much.
Battery life is superb -- compared to the two KRZR handsets I used. With the KRZR, I had to charge the phone *at least* once a day. With the A870, I can typically go 3-4 days on a single charge.
-Outstanding battery life
-Verizon UI has no lag time
-Excellent call quality
-Supports analog service
-Supports ring+vibrate together
-Does not support video or video messaging
-Ringtones are silly and probably embarrassing if you're a businessman/woman
Bad Decision
I've always had LGs, and I was debating over this phone, another LG, or the Razr. I was talked out of the Razr by everyone with Verizon. It seems anyone who has a Razr with Cingular is far more happy. Anyway, this phone is a bust. I thought I didn't need a great camera phone until I started taking pictures. Some are too blurry. Some are too blue. Some are too red---and I didn't touch the settings. I don't need amazing pictures, but I'd like to be able to see the image!
-Size is great
-Buttons are nicely positioned
-Camera is AWFUL
-Speaker isn't that great
-As with all Samsungs, you have to hold down one of the buttons on the outside to see the front display = annoying and time consuming
-When I call my voice-mail, it starts with my saved messages. I realized it's because the phone is delayed. When I call people, they tell me they said "Hello" a few times before I heard them.
-The black face gets dirty really easily
Back to LG's for me, or maybe I'll be tempted to go for the Razr. No matter what, this phone is getting shipped back tomorrow!


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Something I said during the peak of Labour and Tory blind, destructive opposition to minimum pricing back in November 2010
Moridura Blog - Friday, 12 November 2010
I have been aware of the existence of the Hippocratic Oath for most of my life, have probably glibly referred to it on occasion, but until last night, I have never actually read it or understood its exact place in modern medicine.
Events in the Scottish Parliament this week led me to find out a bit more about it, and I now realise that most of what I believed was based on various misconceptions.
1. I believed that it had existed in an unchanged form since Hippocrates – the father of modern medicine - first set it down several hundred years before the birth of Christ. It hasn't, and in fact Hippocrates may have had little to do with it …
2. I believed that every medical practitioner was obliged to take the Hippocratic oath. They are not, at least not in recent years …
In fact, the wording of the original Oath, in translation, astonished me. I had hoped to find something in it that would help me to understand what influence, if any, it might have on medical doctors who get involved in politics – say, Dr. Liam Fox, for example. (You may be able to think of others.)
Would anything in the Oath, in its original form or in the more modern principles favoured by the BMA, that try to hold on to some of the essential sense and principles of the original act as any guide to the ethical and moral behaviour of a doctor involved in the pragmatic and often dirty business of politics?
How, for example, could Liam Fox interpret his responsibilities under the oath when acting as a Defence Minister, commissioning weapons of death and mass destruction, and sending young men and women to kill other human beings, and perhaps to be killed or maimed themselves?
Would he take the ethical position that, since he was not practising medicine in this role, the oath was irrelevant? After all, doctors are not like priests, claiming to draw their authority from their god – they are high-level professionals, with high ethical standards, but ordinary mortals nonetheless.
No answer there – the question is beyond my philosophical and analytical abilities.
But how about, say for example, a doctor/politician who in his or her role is obliged to bring medical knowledge specifically to bear on decisions affecting the health of the population? A thorny question also, but perhaps more amenable to Hippocratic analysis, but certainly not hypocritical consideration.
Doctors, like scientists, often reach different conclusions faced with the same facts, the same evidence: doctors debate, discuss, in fact in recent months, I've heard them doing it many times at the end of my beds in St. John's and the RIE, and at the beds of other critically ill patients. It struck me as a vital dialogue - not always between equals, because the medical profession is hierarchical in the extreme - but one where every view is invited, heard and weighed.
Back to the Hippocratic Oath …
I'll take the classic version rather than the original, which frankly sounds more than a little odd to a modern ear. (It's also a little odd in the classic version.)
It's hard to seize on anything relevant to a modern topic such as, say, dealing with the enormous harm to the health, wellbeing, safety and economic strength of an entire nation because of abuse of a legal and freely available dangerous drug – alcohol.
"I will apply dietic measures for the benefit of the sick according to my ability and judgment; I will keep them from harm and injustice."
I couldn't find dietic in my Oxford dictionary, so I presume it means dietetic – relating to diet, i.e. the nature of food and drink ingested.
Alcohol, misused, clearly does harm, and undoubtedly causes injustice, in its supply to people who are by age, immaturity or predisposition to addiction and excess vulnerable to this drug, and to others, who are harmed by violence, by disturbance in public places, in the home, by the overstretching of the caring and public order services, by economic factors – the list is a long one.
Keeping them all from harm and injustice due to alcohol abuse seems to me an appropriate interpretation of the Hippocratic Oath.
"I will neither give a deadly drug to anybody if asked for it, nor will I make suggestion to this effect."
A difficult one to interpret in the context of a licensed drug and a licensed trade, especially when that drug forms a central part of the economy of my country. One might reasonably expect a doctor to recognise that the drug is only deadly under certain circumstances, and consumed in moderation may actually be beneficial, but to look long and hard at it becoming available too cheaply and too easily to vulnerable groups especially the young and immature.
But where there is a widespread consensus, in the society of which that doctor is a part, by virtually all doctors, the professional association that represents doctors, by the police force of that society, by the established Church of that society, by health workers, addiction workers, careworkers in that country, one might reasonably expect that a doctor/politician would tend to follow that consensus, a consensus of his or her peers and virtually every authoritative voice.
Of course, one must allow for the fact the majority are not always right; that lone voices, driven by burning personal conviction, must follow their consciences, and speak out against the majority if necessary. Such men and women have rendered invaluable service to their profession and to society at great personal cost on occasion.
It would of course be unthinkable that anyone would be influenced significantly or even totally by purely political considerations in going against that consensus, would it not? Let's hope it never happens …
Well, I am not a doctor, but I owe my life to the medical profession in Scotland, not once, but several times over the last year, and I experienced their dedication, professionalism and deep humanity at first hand. I also saw how the abuse of alcohol in Scottish society overstretched them, consumed an inappropriate amount of scarce resources, and exposed them personally to violence and intimidation.
So in that respect at least, I feel that I have a right – and a duty - to speak.


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It's been quite a while since we've seen a new 17-inch laptop from Dell's XPS range, which is home to the company's multimedia machines.
Dell hasn't been twiddling its thumbs, however, and this laptop boasts fantastic design, power (for the money) and a huge range of multimedia features.
Intel's Core i5 2410M processor provides comprehensive performance for all, but the most avid multimedia users.
You'll easily be able to multi-task resource-intensive applications, such as music and movie editing software, while everyday applications, such as your web browser and word processing program, run with real fluidity.
A powerful Nvidia Optimus GeForce GTX 555M graphics card means that those looking to play the latest games and edit their home movies in high definition, will find plenty of power here.
Battery life: 422 minutes
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Ok so here is mine and another women who sells corals online experience with Rarereef.com . A few weeks ago they received an order of Asian Zoanthid colonies and were posting pics and getting everyone hyped up on these enormous colonies of Emeralds on Fire/ LA Lakers/FruitLoops etc. Then they offered to the public a one time opportunity to pre order these asian colonies at 10/$430 25/$875 up&up&up so on and so on. Well I said ok I'll talk to the guy and see what the deal is. So I talked with Russel Goddard and he was totally selling it and I was buying it. Well it's all good right? Not quite so I pay for the stuff and wait about a week and a half no communication on their part of any sort. Out of the blue I get a FB message from a lady who runs a website as well asking me if I had received my order yet and I tell her no and that I hadn't heard from them about any order coming in yet. She said that they told her their pump went out and they lost most of their livestock and that she'll be getting refunded. At this point I told her I was now worried so I contacted Russel on FB and he told me that F&W (Fish & Wildlife) took most of their order so they would send me half of the order and refund me the other half. With raised eyebrows I said ok. Well I didn't hear anything from them for a couple days and then all of a sudden last Saturday after they received the shipment they had this huge fire sale online FB/website. Nothing special no asian zoas. Meanwhile this lady and I are talking back and forth wondering what the heck is going on with our order. The same night they have the fire sale which is on a Saturday after they got their shipment on Thursday and we were suppose to receive our orders Friday I get a notice at 8:45 p.m. Saturday night that the full amount has been refunded to my account. I talk with the women and told her that I received my money back and she then receives hers back this last Tuesday. All of a sudden they have Asian zoanthid colony frags and all these nice rare corals for sale on their website just premium stuff right after they refund our money after the common coral fire sale on Saturday. We both believe these guys took our money up front and bought their order and then paid us back as if it were a loan and now they are making money off of fraging these colonies. When confronted about it these guys said these corals were from their personal stock which from what I was told they only have one troft that holds their corals as soon as they get them in. There are no frag tanks nothing to house their personal stock. Does it make a difference? I think not!
Horrible customer service and relations. I wouldn't recommend these guys to my worst enemy. Stay away from these guys they are Jokers! Scam artist none the less and if you plan on going to CoralCon I would think again because these guys host it and take presale on their booths. I hope I don't have to say i told you so.
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That's really sad to hear. I too got caught up in the hype in early 2013.....some nice stuff showed up as expected, but there were a few switcharoos and some nasty hitch hikers came. Glad you both got your money back, but that whole hustle is just ugly.
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I dont remember which forums I was browsing, but saw a couple users similar reviews of these people. I also can confirm seeing these posted sales of the asian zoa, as well as ricordea and a few others. Im sorry to hear of your poor experiance with this company, and very glad to hear your recieved your money back. I had considered placing a small order through them and seeing how it went, but this post just assured I will make no such attempt.
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Many farmers had C corporations with very low basis land in them. As discussed in several posts, corporations with land face a double tax that in many cases can exceed 65% of the value of the land sold by the time the money from the sale is distributed to its shareholders.
One of the options to mitigate this tax is to convert the corporation to an S corporation and wait 10 years to avoid the Built-In-Gains (BIG) tax. The BIG tax is assessed if you sell any appreciated assets with-in 10 years of converting. This tax is based upon the highest corporate rate (currently 35%).
For S corporation returns beginning in 2009 and 2010, Congress changed the law from 10 years to 7 years. They then changed it to 5 years for returns beginning in 2011 with the tax law passed at the end of 2010.
The new law just passed last week extends this 5 year period to returns beginning in 2012 and 2013. Therefore, if you are an S corporation with BIG and have been an S corporation for at least 5 years at the beginning of your year, then you will not owe the BIG tax even if you sell those appreciated assets. The 10 year rule will apply beginning in 2014 (unless they change it again), so if your S corporation has been in existence less than 7 years at the beginning of 2011, you should sell any appreciated assets during 2011-2013 (assuming you plan on selling them), otherwise, you may be subject to the BIG tax in 2014.
One negative aspect of the new law is that if you sell appreciated assets subject to BIG on an installment sale, then all of the gain is reported as BIG income in the year of sale, not as the payments are collected. This could subject more gain to the BIG tax than in prior years.
One positive aspect is that if you carry forward your BIG income to future years due to the taxable income limitations and the BIG period has expired, you will now owe any BIG tax on the expired amount.
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DOVER — Dover's Bridget Lynch has been named Great Northeast Athletic Conference player of the year after putting together a terrific offensive season for the Lasell College women's soccer team.
The sophomore forward leads the league in points with 51 and goals with 23, and was tied for 11th in assists with five.
Lynch scored at least one goal in 13 of 19 matches, including eight multi-goal performances. She registered 15 points during one three-match stretch.
Her 23 goals not only lead the GNAC, but also rank sixth nationally heading into the NCAA tournament.
Twin sister Kayla Lynch joined Bridget on the GNAC first team. Kayla Lynch is second on the team in scoring with 13 goals and four assists.
Former Farmington High School standout Maria Kuehl was named first team all-Commonwealth Coast Conference. A junior setter on the University of New England volleyball team, Kuehl leads the league with 9.3 assists per set and recently recorded her 2,000th career assist. She also leads UNE in service aces and ranks second in digs and third in blocks. Kuehl was named to the second team last season and received honorable mention as a freshman.
Rollinsford's Lauren Carroll, a junior on the Little East Conference field hockey team, was named second team all-Little East Conference. A three-year veteran and first-year starter, is second on the team in scoring with 10 goals, six assists and 26 points. Carroll had 10 goals and six assists in her first two years combined. A solid player at both ends of the field, the Somersworth High School graduate had a hat trick in a win over Westfield State in September.
Madbury's Leah Janelle, a sophomore on the University of New England volleyball team, received honorable mention by the Commonwealth Coast Conference.
Despite missing the first six matches of the season with an injury, Janelle ranks third on the team in kills per set, aces and digs per set. She was named CCC player of the week for the period ending Sept. 23 with 15 kills, three aces and 12 digs in a win over Endicott.
Former Portsmouth High School standout Bri Keenan will be the starting goalkeeper for the 10th-ranked Tufts University women's soccer team when it faces William Smith College today in the second round of the Division III NCAA tournament.
Keenan has been the starting keeper since the second match of season and played an integral role in Tufts' 14-game win streak. Allowing less than a goal a game, Keenan ranks among the top three goalies in the NESCAC and the top 10 nationally in D-III. The Jumbos blanked Castleton State, 8-0, in their opening-round game.
Andrew Marshall of Kittery, Maine, and St. Thomas Aquinas High School swam a leg of the 200-meter freestyle relay as the Saint Michael's College men's swimming and diving team defeated Colby-Sawyer in its season opener.
Dover's Amber Long, a freshman on the Keene State College women's swim team, won the 200-meter butterfly in a recent meet against Boston College,
Farmington's Hannah Olstad picked up her 1,000th career kill Nov. 2 for the Husson University volleyball team in a playoff loss to Maine Maritime Academy.
Lee's Kara Pavlidis, a junior on the Keene State College women's soccer team, was named to the Little East Conference all-academic team.
Rye's Rosa Drummond, a member of the Smith College volleyball team, was named to the NEWMAC all-academic team.
Rochester's Emily Foss is a junior on the Saint Michael's College women's ice hockey team.
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JASPER, Tenn. - City administrators have decided to apply for a federal grant so they can improve and extend some existing sidewalks throughout the downtown area.
If approved, the plan drastically would upgrade the sidewalks along the west side of Betsy Pack Drive from Second Avenue to Seventh Street and then continuing along Seventh Street to the Jasper Town Hall Annex, officials said.
Another sidewalk would be built to connect Jasper Park with Jasper Elementary School, officials said.
On Tuesday, the Jasper Board of Mayor and Alderman voted unanimously to apply for the Transportation Alternatives Grant through the U.S. Department of Transportation.
Chad Reese, a regional planner with the Southeast Tennessee Development District, said some of the existing sidewalk has been "broken up" by tree roots, and the town does not have adequate curb ramps along the route.
The project would cost an estimated $100,000, he said, and it would include installing almost 20 curb ramps to comply with Americans with Disabilities Act requirements.
"It's just a good area to do this because there are areas that need to be replaced," he said. "We're hoping that this will connect the Jasper Public Library to the school system, the Marion County Health Department, and the Town Hall Annex."
The new 5-foot-wide sidewalk would create a "safe route to schools," Mayor Paul Evans said.
He said the sidewalk from the park to the elementary school was in the original plans for the park's walking track, but it was taken out because of the hefty expense.
"Now is a good time to put it back in," he said.
Reese said the grant will be competitive, so there is no guarantee Jasper will get it.
The grant includes 80 percent funding for the proposed project with a 20 percent "hard cash match" from the city, he said.
If the city gets the grant and the cost is $100,000, Evans said, the entire project can be completed with Jasper paying $20,000 for it.


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Thomas Sowell is the one and only. His forthcoming pamphlet "Trickle Down" Theory and "Tax Cuts For the Rich" is a timely look at an evergreen issue. A PDF of the pamphlet is posted here. Peter Robinson takes the publication of the pamphlet as an occasion to invite Sowell to return for an interview.
I recommend sticking with this 40-minute interview all the way through to the end. In the first ten minutes or so you get Sowell annotating selected excerpts of the convention speeches of Michelle Obama, Bill Clinton and Barack Obama. At 31:00, our own John Hinderaker makes a cameo appearance on the subject of the hour. Sowell concurs with Hinderaker. At the conclusion of the interview Sowell provides parting advice to young people who want to make a contribution to the survival of the republic (spoiler warning): help vote Obama out of office!
Peter introduced one of Sowell's several appearances on Uncommon Knowledge with a clip of William Buckley's introduction of Sowell on Firing Line 30 years ago. In the clip Buckley saluted Sowell for being "a scholar who has devoted his labors to looking behind the cliches of abjection." The same thought applies to this interview. We are pleased to present this installment of Uncommon Knowledge in its entirety. Please check it out.


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What the U.S. dollar is today stands UNDEFINED except for a minuscule statement on the dollar bill that says "This note is legal tender for all debts, public and private". It doesn't say this note is legal tender for $1 in debt or $100 in debt (or in gold or even in seashells); it says for ALL debts only. So if tomorrow the U.S. Congress presented a $1 bill to the Chinese who hold about 2 trillions in U.S. obligations or debt, the Congress would not be reneging on the promise written on the dollar bill. Preposterous! But as I said above, the Congress is violating the very Constitution it is supposed to uphold; thus, for breaking the very laws that are the basis of American sovereignty, both Democrats and Republicans are traitors. They must be arrested and tried if the law of the land means anything.
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Behind The Scenes With The Big Gay Ice Cream Truck, After Hours
Signs of spring are beginning to show—perhaps most welcome among them, the Mister Softee trucks roaming the streets. And at Serious Eats, our favorite of those is the The Big Gay Ice Cream truck. I caught up with BGICT frontman Doug Quint in his usual Union Square spot when he brought his truck out for one preview day last week. Even more interesting? I tagged along as he shut down the truck for the evening.
At around 6:15pm he put up the "closed" sign, and we got on our way up to the truck's new depot in Hunts Point—Doug's old truck depot had moved everything up to a new location in the Bronx, and finding it proved to be difficult. (Navigating unfamiliar bridge approaches after dark is not an enviable task.)
Running a truck—any truck—requires a lot work and a lot hours that customers usually don't see. Here's a brief look at where the trucks sleep.
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Fragmentary Blue is a one-shot focused on Harry, which takes place after the end of the second war.
A Certain Slant of Light is a chaptered fic about Regulus Black's stuggle to destroy a horcrux and redeem himself.
1983. In a world where Voldemort has won the First War, where hope has fled from an Earth moaning under the Dark Lord's iron hand, marriages are broken and others are arranged in order to preserve the sacred purity of blood. James Potter loses his wife; now they have to find another for him.


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Interracial couple in Louisiana denied marriage license
Oh, America! You silly thing with your not-racism.NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (CNN) -- Civil rights advocates in eastern Louisiana are calling for a justice of the peace of Tangipahoa Parish to resign after he refused to issue a marriage license to an interracial couple.
Terence McKay claims a justice of the peace refused to give him and his white girlfriend a marriage license.
Terence McKay claims a justice of the peace refused to give him and his white girlfriend a marriage license.
"He's an elected public official and one of his duties is to marry people. He doesn't have the right to say he doesn't believe in it," Patricia Morris, president of the NAACP branch of Tangipahoa Parish, located near the Mississippi line, said Thursday.
"If he doesn't do what his position calls for him to do, he should resign from that position."
The demands for Keith Bardwell, justice of the peace for Tangipahoa Parish's 8th Ward, to step down came after he wouldn't issue a marriage license to Beth Humphrey, 30, and her boyfriend, Terence McKay, 32, both of Hammond.
"I was just really shocked, because he's an elected official," Humphrey said.
Bardwell didn't immediately return calls from CNN on Thursday.
However, Bardwell told Hammond's Daily Star newspaper that he was concerned for the children who might be born of the relationship and that, in his experience, most interracial marriages don't last.
"I'm not a racist," Bardwell told the newspaper. "I do ceremonies for black couples right here in my house. My main concern is for the children."
Bardwell, stressing that he couldn't personally endorse the marriage, said his wife referred the couple to another justice of the peace.
The bride says the case boils down to discrimination.
Humphrey told CNN that she called Bardwell on October 6 to ask about getting a marriage license, and was asked by his wife whether it would be an interracial marriage. Humphrey said she was told that Bardwell does not sign off on interracial marriages.
She said the couple -- who received their marriage license October 9 from another justice of the peace in the same parish -- have reached out to an attorney to determine their next step.
"We would like him to resign," she said. "He doesn't believe he's being racist, but it is racist."
Morris told CNN that her NAACP chapter has forwarded the case to the state and national levels of the civil rights group.
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Nissan NZ are scratching their heads as to the problem. Have spent $700 so far and am back to square one. They have just replaced the part each time, and it has bent again after only operating it a few times. We are frustrated and would like to know if anyone else has had a similar problem?
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I'm having an audio problem in my 2007 Solara, and I'm wondering if it might be the same as the one described here. While driving, with the top either up or down, the audio will cut off completely for 1-2 seconds, then come back. The audio is not just getting softer, it's completely gone. It seems to happen randomly, but I have noticed that raising or lowering the top will cause the audio to cut off, and then it happens much more frequently for a period of time. Could a bad courtesy switch be causing this?
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Hey guys, I've uploaded another wintery Live Wallpaper! Check it out: http://bit.ly/tQLUbr
Watch a beautiful scenic view of a wintery backyard/forest as snow gently drifts down, a snowman waves, and Santa makes periodic visits dropping presents on the ground below! The donation version sports three amazing backgrounds to choose from, allowing you to fully customize this whimsical addition to your Live Wallpaper collections.
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Green Bean Salad with Bacon and Walnuts
Fresh green beans are plentiful year round and they're delicious in this warm salad. Serve it as part of an all-salad summer menu, but hang on to the recipe to serve as a side dish during the holidays. It's a great vegetable accompaniment to Thanksgiving turkey or Christmas prime rib.
In a large pot of boiling salted water, blanch the green beans for 4 minutes, or until they are just crisp-tender. Drain the beans, transfer to a bowl of ice water to stop the cooking. Drain well.
Cook the bacon in a large skillet until crispy. Transfer the bacon to a plate lined with paper towels. Sauté the chopped shallot in the bacon drippings. Whisk in the mustard, lemon juice and brown sugar. Season with the salt and pepper. Toss with the green beans. Place on a serving platter and sprinkle with the bacon and walnuts.
Makes 10 servings.