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University of Vermont
Rev. James Marsh (1826 - 1833)
James Marsh was only thirty-two years old when he was elected president of The University of Vermont on October 17, 1826. He was the first native Vermonter to hold this position, having been born in Hartford on July 19, 1794, in a farmhouse built by his grandfather, Joseph Marsh, Vermonts first lieutenant governor.
Originally James Marsh had planned to be a farmer, but when an older brother took over the family farm, he enrolled in nearby Dartmouth College, graduating with highest honors in 1817. Among Marsh's student companions at Dartmouth were two other future presidents of The University of Vermont — John Wheeler and Joseph Torrey, both in the class of 1816 — plus the young UVM physician, Arthur L. Porter 18; the famous lawyer, Rufus Choate 19; and a cousin, George P. Marsh 20, the noted diplomat and environmental conservationist.
Following his graduation from Dartmouth, Marsh studied at the Andover (Massachusetts) Theological Seminary, graduating in 1822. He was ordained in the Congregational ministry in 1824 and married Lucia Wheelock, a niece of Dartmouths former president, John Wheelock. They immediately set out for Virginia where Marsh served as the professor of languages and biblical literature at Hampton-Sidney College for the next two years.
Marsh was a prolific linguist, who mastered Greek, Latin, Hebrew, Italian, French, and German. He was deeply influenced by the works of the German philosopher Immanuel Kant, as well as the English poet and critic Samuel Taylor Coleridge, both of whom had broken away from the doctrine of intellectual empiricism advocated by the English philosopher John Locke. According to the Lockean doctrine, knowledge was valid only if it could be demonstrated through the senses. Kant and Coleridge rejected this sensory approach by arguing that reason is an absolute ideal quality, intuitively known, which transcends experience. Marsh became the leading American proponent of this idealistic philosophy, which later became known as transcendentalism. The transcendentalists rejected orthodox religious dogma. Marsh, like UVMs first president, Daniel Sanders, was a not-so-orthodox, rational Congregationalist who believed in an integrated organic universe based on spiritual freedom. Not content to reduce religion to mere doctrinal dogma, he held that spiritual truth is the product of reasoned activity which must be lived in order to be known.
As soon as he became president, Marsh began to translate his ideas into action. Assisted by two newly appointed faculty members — George W. Benedict, professor of mathematics and natural philosophy, and Joseph Torrey, professor of Latin and Greek — Marsh revised the UVM curriculum through a series of remarkable innovations. He rejected the fragmented lockstep of unrelated studies that prevailed at most colleges and sought to give coherence and organic form to the UVM curriculum by organizing it into four departments — English Literature; Mathematics; Languages; and Political, Moral and Intellectual Philosophy. UVM was the first university in the country to have a Department of English Literature.
The cornerstone of the reforms was the senior-year course in philosophy, designed to promote intellectual rigor and original thinking and to integrate the entire curriculum into a coherent whole. Marsh and his colleagues did not lose sight of practical concerns when they created their new curriculum. The ability to write and speak was placed on a par with other capabilities. The entire curriculum was formulated, according to Marsh, to call forth into conscious and active exercise the powers of the mind, both intellectual and moral.
In 1829 the UVM faculty published a thirty-two-page pamphlet titled Exposition of the System of Instruction and Discipline Pursued in The University of Vermont. This document, which was widely distributed to other colleges and universities, had a major impact on the development of American higher education. During this same year, President Marsh wrote a seminal introductory essay to the first American edition of Coleridges Aids to Reflection, which had a profound influence on Emerson, Thoreau, and others in the Concord school of transcendentalism. Within a few years, Marsh managed to transform the struggling university into one of the most advanced and progressive centers of humanistic educational thought in New England, if not the entire country. Both Amherst and Columbia College awarded him honorary doctor of divinity degrees.
Although Marsh provided innovative intellectual leadership, he was less interested in recruiting students and raising money. The North, South, and Middle College buildings of the Old Mill were completed in 1829, and Pomeroy Hall was built to house the medical college that same year. However, the undergraduate college was struggling in its competition for students with Dartmouth, Williams, Middlebury, and the new Academy at Norwich. Having completed his curricular reforms, Marsh resigned from the presidency in 1833 to return to full-time teaching as professor of intellectual and moral philosophy.
President Marsh's wife, Lucia, who suffered from the nineteenth centurys white plague, tuberculosis, died in 1828, after bearing two sons in four years of marriage. Marsh later married her sister, Laura Wheelock, who died of tuberculosis in 1838, leaving another son. Marsh, who also had a serious tubercular condition, died in Colchester on July 3, 1842, at the age of forty-seven. He was a profound visionary thinker of bold originality who left a rich educational legacy at The University of Vermont.
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Illinois teen accused in stabbing death of sister, 11
- Police say suspect%27s half sister was stabbed and slashed more than 30 times
- Teen reportedly made up story about intruder%2C then confessed
- She faces a first-degree murder charge in juvenile court
A small Illinois town was in shock and mourning Thursday while authorities tried to determine how a sibling argument became so heated that a 14-year-old is accused of stabbing her 11-year-old half sister to death with a kitchen knife.
Police in Mundelein say the suspect stabbed her victim more than 30 times in a rage, later claiming her sister did not appreciate the cooking and other chores the suspect performed around the home they shared with their mother.
"(It's) heartbreaking beyond understanding," Mayor Steve Lentz told the local Daily Herald newspaper.
Mundelein High School Board member Tami Forman told the paper she knows the girls and was shocked by the crime.
"I'm dumbfounded," she said. "They were both such wonderful children."
A juvenile court judge approved a first-degree murder charge Wednesday. Prosecutors said they had not determined whether they would seek to have the case moved to adult court.
Mundelein, a village of about 31,000 people 35 miles northwest of Chicago, is a relatively affluent community. It boasts a median family income of more than $80,000, and the average home price exceeds $400,000. About 90% of Mundelein High grads pursue further education. It's a place not accustomed to horrendous crimes.
But on Tuesday, the suspect called 911 saying there had been a stabbing -- and had blood on her arms when officers arrived at the scene, WLS-TV in Chicago reported. Lake County State's Attorney Michael Nerheim said the girl first claimed she had been awakened by her sister's screams, then had seen a Hispanic man stabbing her and running away.
Police entered the home and found the victim, stabbed to death, and a knife on a bedspread nearby. Prosecutors said when police warned the suspect that DNA testing might tell a different tale, the girl admitted she had killed her sister.
The girls' mother was the only adult living in the home, the Chicago Tribune reported. Assistant State's Attorney Claudia Kasten said the 14-year-old accused the victim of hitting her -- and of failing to appreciate the suspect's efforts to keep the household running.
The suspect said she had cooked dinner several times along with performing other chores, the prosecutor said at Wednesday's hearing. Kasten said the teen, enraged, fetched a kitchen knife.
"A struggle ensued," Kasten said. "She kept stabbing."
Both kids were students at St. John's Lutheran School in nearby Libertyville.
"We are deeply saddened by the loss of one of our children," said Steven Fuoco, a lawyer for the school. "We recognize this is a very difficult time for the family, friends and classmates. We have made arrangements for spiritual and professional assistance for our school family."

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Your present position is >> Home > In-car DVD GPS > VOLKSWAGEN Series > Windows OS DVD GPS >
Volkswagen VW Golf 7 stereo radio Car DVD player GPS navigation camera
Model Number: NAV-V7428
Special For VW Golf 7 2013
Before Install:
1) 8inch TFT LCD with 800 * 480 resolution high definition Resistive touch screen
2) processor MTK3360NCG 800 MHz dual-core.
3) Support 1080 P video format compatible with mkv, avi, mp4, rmvb, wmv, mov, ape, FLAC, etc., ddr / 256MB, supports MAX 32 GB card
4) Integrated GPS-navigation feature with GPS antenna, WinCE 6.0 gps system support 2d / 3d maps
5) Support RDS radio function (RDS only be used in euro countrys)
6) Compatible with dvd / dvd-r / dvd-rw / divx (mpeg4) / vcd / mp3 / cd / cd-r / cd-rw, and others.
7) Built for hands free call, support a2dp, play music directly from your mobile phone via bluetooth music
8) the telephone directory function, load phone number to unit, more easy to make calls on the screen, support calls, missed calls and dialed calls recorder display.
9) USB OR SD slots, you can play music or video via USB flash or sd card.
10) Support for mobile digital TV function, isdb-t, dvb-t, dvb-t2, DVB-T , DVB-T2 , TV box is optional function.
12) Fm / Am support global radio systems, AM (2 * 6 = 12), FM (3 * 6 = 18).
13) AV-IN function, you can connect the second camera, DVR or other video item
14) Support ten virtual disk backup storage USB-device.
15)Menu languages: English, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, German, Arabic, French,Italian, Korean, Japanese, Czech, Polish, Thai, Turkish, Indonesia
16) Different wallpapers for personal setting (select the photo of the built-in background image and a memory card).
17) Support steering function.
18) Support 5.1 RCA audio output, subwoofer output, 10 EQ band
19) include camera in port , rear camera is optional function
20) Built in amplfiier 4*45W


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Hunting Trophy Contest Winner Announced
The votes have been tallied and we have a winner of our Hunting Trophy Contest! Who was the winner and what was the trophy they submitted? Find out here.
Lori Sayers submitted this photo of her son, Tanner, and his first ever rifle kill. He made the shot from 187 yards! For getting the most votes with a total of 162, Lori and Tanner will be the proud new owners of a Viper HS 4-16x scope and a 10×42 Viper HD bino binoculars thanks to Bob Wards the contest sponsor.


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Today the Orange Empire Kennel Club held their first of two shows this weekend. Japanese judge Chie Ejima had seven of the best to chose her BIS from. They were the Black Cocker Spaniel, GCH CH Lomapoint 18k You Da Man, the Afghan Hound, GCH Ch Thaon's Mowgli, the Doberman Pinscher, GCH CH Caryloa's Antigua, the Cairn Terrier, GCH CH Hampton Court's Ashley, the Affenpinscher, GCH CH Tamarin's Top Banana, the Standard Poodle, GCH CH Brighton Lakeridge Encore, and the Bouvier des Flandres, CH Tiwa Josh De La Salsa.
Her Best was the 21 month old Doberman bitch, Ana. It's her first BIS We bet there will be many more. Congratulations to breeder Caryn Cooper, owners Naomi Barksdale & Malcolm Barksdale, and handler Andy Linton.


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Post No. 301.
I was sure you would be coming back for more…
I know who these ordinary people are.
With this picture and Fran's help we have finally solved a mystery.
This is Alice Alexandre with her husband Albert Choinière, and her sister Amelia Alexandre with her boyfriend Ernest Sorel.
Amelia would marry Ernest a year later in 1915. This picture was scanned last year by Robin. We did not know who they were then.
I have another picture to show you.
Sylvia Bleau, Agnes Alexandre's daughter, Louis Combe, her husband, her little daughter Sylvia, and… someone identified as aunt Mary.
Here the caption says Mary Alexander, but it's Amelia again with her husband Ernest Sorel. She does not look a bit like the real Mary Alexander seen here with her sister Agnes Alexandre in 1922…
Agnes is with her three grandchildren, Louis Jr., Lawrence, and Sylvia Marie.
In 1922 little did these people know that Agnes would died in 1927.
You already have read the obituary Fran sent me last week didn't you?
Now every piece of the puzzle falls into place thanks to Fran who is now a full-fledged member of the A-Team.


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Former Presidential Aide Murdered, Dumped in Landfill
The body of John Wheeler, a Vietnam veteran and presidential aide to Ronald Reagan and both Bushes, "was found dead in a landfill a few miles from his New Castle, Delaware home this weekend." Police have ruled it a homicide.
Wheeler had been working as a defense consultant, and, among other past duties, had served as chair of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund. He was last seen on an Amtrak train on Tuesday, and his body was discovered Friday night. From Wilmington's News Journal:
Newark police have had a crime scene unit at Wheeler's home at 108 West Third St. in Old New Castle all day today, with crime-scene tape roping off the prominent three-story brick home with black shutters.
Friends and neighbors were shocked to learn Wheeler had been murdered.
"This is just not the kind of guy who gets murdered," said Bayard Marin, a Wilmington attorney who represented Wheeler. "This is not the kind of guy you find in a landfill."
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[Image via AP/Newark, Del. Police Department]


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I participated in a very special episode of #transchat (on twitter) a few weeks ago. The topic of this very special episode? Trans POC Experiences & Priorities. From what I understand, a few trans chatters had noticed that there was a distinct lack of PoC involvement in this bi-weekly event.
While I'm not sure that this occurred to them… but this lack of engagement is extra strange since it takes place on Twitter. A majority of the participants are in the USA. This is important because, according to these stats, 19% of Latin@ internet users and 25% of Black internet users are using Twitter. Compared with 9% of white people. Very, very interesting, no? Given this very significant ratio of PoC Twitter users versus white users, you'd think that #transchat would not be a predominantly white space.
Not so much. And so. At the point I entered people were wondering where all the PoC were and if anyone had invited us. I only stumbled onto the conversation by accident myself, since a few people I follow were participating and tweeting about it. So. From what I gather a few TPoC were contacted but not much more outreach than that occurred.
The topic, noted above, was too broad. The topic was changed to (until the conversation was hopelessly derailed by privilege denying white people) the barriers for TPoC involvement with #transchat. Here are some of the comments I made bundled into a handy how-to list for engaging PoC. I think this advice can be generalized beyond just the trans community.
1. Engage us where we are. Why is it that I always see these white communities expecting PoC to come to them? Why are are we always, always expected to engage white people in their spaces and according to their agendas?
Because if you think that we aren't doing anything for our communities you would be wrong. Very wrong. So wrong in fact that you should really, really rethink your approach to activism or life. Whatever.
2. Do not, I repeat, do not simply expect that a few tweets, callouts, press releases, whatever, will encourage us to come to you. Because one thing that many, many activist groups/communities appear to forget is that we don't actually need targeted advertisement.
If you think that any of us PoC are unaware of what white people are doing (activists or not) you are failing to understand that one of the key white privileges is visibility. We know what you are doing. We know what is going down and what is happening. If we are not showing up, it is more likely that we have made a decision not to participate, rather than being unaware that an amazing opportunity to educate white people is awaiting us.
As I said during #transchat: you may not see us, but we see you.
3. Treat us like human beings. We aren't your personal tutors, we aren't your token, we aren't scary, and we aren't monsters.
One person kept asking me: "How do I approach PoC? How do I stand in solidarity with you?" My only answer was: treat us like we are human. How hard is this? You want to engage PoC? Try approaching and saying, 'Hi!'. This isn't complex mathematics or particle physics.
We are human beings. Treat us as such and you'll get far. And asking for some sort of programmatic way to approach all PoC is a failure to recognize our individuality and our humanity. There can be no magic formula. We are individuals.
Some might mistrust you. Some might trust you. Some might wish to educate. Some might not. Some might hate you. Some might love you. Some might be friendly. Some might be cold.
The list goes on. But you will never know which reaction you'll get until you take the plunge. Until you check your privilege and approach with humility and an ear prepared to listen, you will never know us, see us, or build a community with us.


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Recently I've discovered a few wonderful things. And they are:
Um…HOW DID I NOT KNOW ABOUT THIS??? There are no words. Well there are words, and they appear in the picture above. They say, "Need a break? You have been watching for more than 3 hours."
Well, then.
In my defense, I have no defense. I just love football way too much.
If you're looking for me between now and September, you know where I'll be.
2. New Old Soap
I ran out of bathroom soap. Which is only half true, because I have plenty of other soaps that would have no problem making themselves useful in the bathroom. What I really ran out of was eucalyptus mint foaming soap…and I really prefer foaming soap in the bathroom and scrubbing soap for the kitchen
because I'm just one big freak. I was just going to use my back-up kitchen soap in the bathroom…but had a stroke of genius instead! I pumped some of the lemon scrubbing soap into what little remained of the eucalyptus soap, added some water, and gave it a good shake. And lo and behold, I now have lemon eucalyptus mint foaming soap that I like even better than the original! (In no small part because I feel like this is a great discovery for all of womankind. Really…just think of the possibilities!!!)
3. Fresh Greens
For the record, don't believe me when I say that something changed my life. Because it happens often. And while true, it usually doesn't carry the weight of what most people define as life-changing.
But really…fresh greens changed my life this weekend. And you can take that one to the bank. Or to the farmer's market, where I purchased said greens.
PEOPLE. OH MY WORD!!! I didn't think that I could love salad more than I already do. But buying fresh spinach and arugula changed everything. It was like going from Sunny D to fresh squeezed orange juice. So crisp! So fresh! So flavorful!!!
I then proceeded to make six salads. For myself. For the whole week. I'm not even kidding.
Sometimes, when I'm in the kitchen, I'll pluck a few leaves of spinach from the bunch just to snack on because they're that good.
Oh my word. Totally life changing.
4. Homemade Sound System
That insert on the chute of the food processor? Perfect for holding an iPhone playing Pandora and amplifying the sound x 100. I had many a kitchen jam session this weekend.
Clearly, because there was so much to celebrate!
Two thumbs way up for unexpected goodness all around.


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What you're looking at is the drawing for the world's longest and heaviest float, currently under construction in preparation for its debut at the Rose Bowl Parade. When complete it'll host the world's fastest skateboarding dog riding on a surfboard. No, you're not on drugs.
Dick Van Patten's Natural Balance Pet Foods float is set to smash all sorts of records when it rolls around Southern California on January 2, 2011. First, at 116-feet-long it'll be the longest parade float in history. If that's not enough of an enticement, it'll also be the world's heaviest at approximately 100,000 pounds.
The hairy cherry on top will be Tillman, the fastest skateboarding dog (watch him here). But he won't be on a skateboard. He'll be on a surfboarding riding the 65-foot wave running across the float.
Ford is also co-sponsoring the float, because if you're going to haul a surfing dog you're going to need a 6.8-liter V10 engine from a Ford F650 truck and its 362 horsepower and 457 lb.-ft. of torque.
The exclusive video shows the giant V10 rig they've built to haul the humongous float. This is also maybe the most American thing I've ever seen in my life.


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[TRANS] Came back from the premiere of "Jackal Is Coming"^^ Although Jaejungie had went through a lot while filming the drama in parallel together with the movie, it is a fun and enjoyable movie!!! Please show a lot of love for Jackal Is Coming!!! All the actors and actresses had also worked hard!! Seunghyun. Jaejung. Yihan. Sehong. ^^
[TRANS] Came back from Jackal-rie~~We also got together!♥+_+ Jackal was to~~tally fun
[TRANS] Jackal Is Coming ㅡ We came too !! kekekeke Left bursting out laughing ㅡ November 15th is the premiere release of Jackal Is Coming!!!! Best wishes for it to hit the jackpot!!!! Anyhow I'm helpless with these three no mannered guys.. ㅠㅠ
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Maine inmates, woman charged in alleged plot to smuggle drugs into prisons
WARREN, Maine (AP) � The Maine Department of Corrections says two inmates and the mother of one of them are facing charges in an alleged plot to smuggle prescription drugs into three prisons.
Officials say Karen Lane of Orono was charged with drug trafficking for allegedly selling her suboxone, used to treat opiate addiction, to inmates and mailing the drugs to inmates' family members and friends so they could smuggle them into the prisons.
Associate Commissioner Jody Breton said the plot involved the Maine State Prison in Warren, the Maine Correctional Center in Windham and the Charleston Correctional Facility in Charleston.
Two inmates, Christopher Hyson at the Maine Correctional Center and Adam Shawley at the Maine State Prison, were charged for their alleged roles in the scheme. Hyson is Lane's son.


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Reader's comments:
I think it's a terrific insight into art making and life. I particularly enjoy the back and forth between artist and muse; sometimes liquid, sometimes tense, sometimes humorous and constantly engaging. JH
I did love it.... however I think there is something voyeuristic in my response. Didn't quite know what I was getting myseIf into, it was a bit like being a fly on the wall listening in to a conversation, a provocative and tantalising conversation, at times going from the sublime to the hilarious to the down right wacky (read 'discussions about COOL').
I do have to say that you both write honestly and with ease. It was a pleasure to read. LW


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Late in December of 2011, HD Moore received a curious email from "Arthur (Wesley) Kenzie" notifying him that Kenzie had "important information to discuss with you regarding an email vulnerability that I have discovered affecting your organization." The mail was sent to HD at his personal domain "digitaloffense.net", where he is the only person receiving mail. Kenzie goes on to say that more information about the vulnerability can be found on his web site under the category "Black Hole" email vulnerability.
In short, Kenzie's "black hole email vulnerability" is simply the act of creating a domain that is very similar to a target domain, and accepting email sent to any address at that domain. For those of you who have been in the security industry for more than a year, you probably know this practice as Typosquatting. Wikipedia defines this as "a form of cybersquatting, and possibly brandjacking which relies on mistakes such as typographical errors made by Internet users when inputting a website address into a web browser. Should a user accidentally enter an incorrect website address, they may be led to an alternative website owned by a cybersquatter." Rather than a "vulnerability in HD's organization" as Kenzie framed it, this is a well-known occurrence on the Internet that happens to be routinely exploited by unsavory characters.
After HD replied to Kenzie, the real motivation behind the mail came out quickly. For the low price of $295.00, along with a "negotiated or mediated non-improvident fee in consideration of my expertise in bringing this vulnerability to [his] attention and in ensuring that no malevolent entity is able to exploit it for their own purposes", HD could get the domain Kenzie registered as his own. To encourage HD to accept this incredible deal, Kenzie mentions that he has already intercepted six emails that were meant for HD.
When HD didn't jump at this incredibly generous offer, Kenzie mailed back days later asking if HD would object to him posting something about "[HD's] vulnerability" to his blog. This second form of motivation, essentially "pay me or I will try to embarrass you", also did not work, and HD opted once again not to buy the domain. In a pathetic attempt to justify his actions, Kenzie explained his actions as having a goal to "increase awareness".
Arthur 'Wesley' Kenzie's actions appear to be a textbook case of extortion.
Creating a domain that is similar to an existing one, but changing a letter that is commonly mistyped, is called Typosquatting (one form of Cybersquatting). Such domains are so prevalent that some security companies discover hundreds or thousands at a time. One recent study claims that "80% of mistyped URLs lead to typosquatting sites".
The act of typosquatting goes back over a decade. One of the more notable instances was HTMAIL.com, a common typo for Microsoft's HOTMAIL.com. HTMAIL.com was registered on April 30, 1997, making it almost 14 years old. Microsoft's own site was similarly typosquatted, when someone registered MIRCOSOFT.com in 1999. An article on digg.com covers the 10 Most Audacious Typosquatting Cases Ever.
The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) is an organization that handles domain name disputes based on copyright or trademarks. As far back as July 15, 2000, WIPO was arbitrating such disputes. In 2005, Google was awarded the rights to several typosquatted domains registered and set up with the intent to infect visitors with malware.
For Kenzie to claim that he "discovered this vulnerability" is absurd. Anyone that has been on the Internet for a few years should be familiar with this practice. Further, as a researcher, Kenzie opted not to do the first thing in the research process; search to determine if the "vulnerability" has been discovered already. The most embarrassing part of all this, is that Kenzie firmly demonstrates he doesn't fully understand the issue, or how the fundamentals of email work. In his first blog post on the "blackhole email vulnerability" he claims:
Prior to my registering the mis-spelled domain names, those emails would effectively be garbage that just disappeared without any indication to the sender or recipient.
Anyone who has sent a mail to a non-working or non-existent email address has seen this statement is wrong. Email servers have had functionality that returns the message to the sender in the case it couldn't be delivered for decades. Unless the sender filtered such bounce messages, they would be aware that the mail was not delivered. Perhaps Kenzie is just that new to email and the Internet, and has not run into this before, which does beg the question of his qualifications to provide any technical services.
Kenzie's practice of registering domains with similar names to existing company domains, intercepting email intended for the company, and offering to sell the domain back to the company after hyping this "vulnerability" appears to violate several Canadian laws (where he currently lives). The following represents my opinion and interpretation of the law as a layman, as I am not a lawyer.
One aspect of many criminal charges is the matter of intent. For example, intentionally striking and killing someone with your car results in a much more severe penalty (e.g., murder) than if it is an accident or due to negligence (e.g., vehicular homicide). In this case, Kenzie makes his intent very clear. From the emails sent to HD and other companies, a few of Kenzie's comments are noteworthy:
"... it would be irresponsible of me not to give serious consideration to any reasonable offer you might be prepared to make for it."
"Alternatively, I would immediately agree to transfer the domain to your organization for a one-time nominal price of $295 provided that you would also agree in principle to paying me a negotiated or mediated non-improvident fee in consideration of my expertise in bringing this vulnerability to your attention and in ensuring that no malevolent entity is able to exploit it for their own purposes."
"Also, would you object to my posting something on my blog about your vulnerability? Or would you like to have the opportunity to comment before I publish something about your vulnerability?"
Kenzie is registering a domain, intercepting mail, and using that as leverage to motivate a person or company to pay 35 times the price he paid for the domain. When the company doesn't show interest in purchasing the domain, Kenzie goes on to say that he will write a blog about it which threatens negative publicity.
Further, consider that what Kenzie calls "research" is closer to an unethical business model. He did not set up a few domains in order to write a paper detailing the vulnerability. According to DomainTools, Kenzie has registered 311 domains historically and actively maintains 134 of them at the time of this article [Update: List of domains registered to 'Wesley Kenzie' as of 2-2-12]. Kenzie registers his domains through GoDaddy, which offers a discount for bulk domain registration. Currently, registering 134 domains would cost $8.29 each, meaning Kenzie has spent at least $1,102.57 registering his current active domains, and another $2,578.19 for previous domains. Based on his asking price of $295, he would have made $39,235 for active domains (not counting securikai.com) and $91,745 for historical domains totalling $131,275; and that doesn't account for his "negotiated or mediated non-improvident fee".
This makes it clear that Kenzie's intent is not research as he claims, but profit.
When a person unlawfully obtains money from a person or institution through coercion, they are committing extortion. Coercion is defined as "forcing another party to behave in an involuntary manner by use of threats or intimidation or some other form of pressure or force." When Kenzie sends an email asking for an unreasonable amount of money for a similar domain name, saying that he intercepted private correspondence intended for the person, and threatens to write a negative blog if they don't pay, he is guilty of extortion.
As a resident of Canada, Kenzie's actions are illegal under Criminal Code (R.S.C., 1985) section C-46, subsection 346:
346. (1) Every one commits extortion who, without reasonable justification or excuse and
with intent to obtain anything, by threats, accusations, menaces or violence induces or
attempts to induce any person, whether or not he is the person threatened, accused or menaced
or to whom violence is shown, to do anything or cause anything to be done.
The act of cybersquatting is illegal in the United States under the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act (ACPA). Kenzie lives in Vancouver, British Columbia, outside of the U.S., and seemingly out of the jurisdiction of this law. In reality, Kenzie faces two different aspects of the law, both applicable to him in Canada.
According to Zvulony & CO, a law firm based in Toronto, Canada, if a company approached by Kenzie were to sue, they would have to prove that the Kenzie registered domain name is "confusingly similar" to their trade-mark. For some of the companies he has tried to extort, this would be easy to do in theory. Not only is the typosquatted domain confusingly similar, Kenzie demonstrates that he receives mail at the domain intended for the company. Kenzie practically makes the case for the companies he is going after.
In addition to the Canadian courts likely siding with his victims, Kenzie also has to deal with the U.S. ACPA. Zvulony & CO write that "a Canadian registrant can be sued under [the ACPA]". Kenzie's actions fall squarely within the scope of the ACPA, and his actions could have legal repercussions.
Under Canadian law, Kenzie would also be responsible for 'unfair competition'. Per the Trade-marks Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. T-13):
7. No person shallZvulony & CO go on to write:
(b) direct public attention to his wares, services or business in such a way as to
cause or be likely to cause confusion in Canada, at the time he commenced so to
direct attention to them, between his wares, services or business and the wares,
services or business of another;
(e) do any other act or adopt any other business practice contrary to honest industrial
or commercial usage in Canada.
If you do not have a registered trade-mark, you must sue the offending registrant for the common-law tort of passing-off. The allegation in a passing-off case is that the registrant is providing unfair competition by making it seem like his or her business is associated with yours. You would be required to prove that the registrant has caused actual or potential harm to your business by infringing your trade-mark and misleading the public.
Again, since Kenzie is intercepting email intended for the victim company and using it to leverage them into paying an exorbitant price for the typosquatted domain, he is essentially proving the damages for the victim company.
Under Canadian law, Kenzie would likely be guilty of 'interception of communication'. Per the Canadian Criminal Code (R.S.C., 1985, c. C-46):
184. (1) Every one who, by means of any electro-magnetic, acoustic, mechanical or other device,
wilfully intercepts a private communication is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment
for a term not exceeding five years.
Note that the law specifies "wilfully intercepts a private communication", something Kenzie admits to in his emails to the victim company.
Through a reliable source, I have been told that Kenzie has recently started increasing the pressure on companies he targets by invoking the threat of data breach laws and mandatory disclosure. The exact contents of the mails he sends has not been confirmed, but they have been described in some detail. Apparently, Kenzie has engaged a law firm or is using the name of one as a threat and saying that should any sensitive mails reach his typosquatted domains, that the company may be liable under United States breach laws (which vary by state).
Kenzie's argument goes something like this: if a third-party emails sensitive information that falls under these laws (e.g., names, addresses, Social Security Numbers), and that information ends up in Kenzie's email due to him registering the domain and blackholing all email destined to it, then it constitutes a data breach that the company is liable for. This is certainly an interesting argument, and one that has not been tested in any court I imagine. There are two aspects to this that Kenzie has apparently failed to consider though.
First, the sender of the email would be liable for the disclosed data, not the recipient. If Kenzie is typosquatting "BigCompany", and "Contractor" sends the sensitive information to Kenzie, then the contractor is liable. While notification of such a breach may be sent out from BigCompany, their culpability in the disclosure is simply not there. It would behoove them to investigate, notify, and consider switching to a contractor that was more prudent in the handling of data.
Second, and more importantly, Kenzie has not considered his own liability in the disclosure. If he had not registered the domain and configured it to accept mail destined to any address, the disclosure would not have happened. "Contractor" would have emailed the sensitive information, and their own mail server would have been unable to resolve the misspelled domain. This would in turn cause their own mail server to return the mail to the sender saying "unknown domain" essentially. The sensitive information would not have left their computers to begin with. All of this ties back into Kenzie's actions breaking laws regarding wilfully intercepting private communication, cybersquatting, and unfair competition.
Regardless of the legal implications and my interpretation of the law, there are a few simple truths regarding Arthur 'Wesley' Kenzie. The first, and most important, is that Kenzie's actions are unethical. Registering hundreds of domains and intercepting email in an attempt to motivate companies to pay him outrageous fees is not the action of an ethical security consultant.
In addition, Kenzie's technical prowess is certainly questionable. Not only did he neglect to research the "blackhole email vulnerability", he has demonstrated that he doesn't fully understand the basics of the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) and the clients/servers that implement it. Failing to understand the basic concepts make it difficult to believe he has any mastery of the more advanced concepts that make up network security.
Perhaps the most surprising aspect to Kenzie's actions, is that he is a contributor and advocate of TOR, self-described as "free software and an open network that helps you defend against a form of network surveillance that threatens personal freedom and privacy". Resorting to extortion to make money while claiming his actions are done to "raise awareness of security issues" is an insult to the individuals who actually raise security awareness through legitimate security research.
If your company has received email from Kenzie regarding this "vulnerability" or an offer to buy one of his domains, I encourage you to publish the mails and help expose his unethical business practices. As always, you can also mail Kenzie at firstname.lastname@example.com and give him a piece of your mind.


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The first one is my card for CPS Sketch 155...such an awesome sketch this week! It is also for Gina K Designs blog hop this month....which also had a color challenge attached to it. You had to pick two of the colors she listed, and I chose equivalents to innocent pink and ocean mist. And last but not least, I am also entering it into the Moxie Fab "Olypmics of Stamping". This card could be used for a few different themes....baby, wedding, birthday....but I am entering it in the Thinking Of You category this time around!
Ink: Clearsnap (pigment: dusty plum, aqua)
Ribbon: Renaissance By Design
Twine: Darice Inc.
Button: Doodlebug Designs
Felt: Provo Craft
Jewels: Doodlebug Designs & Zva Creative
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Archive for December, 2007
Body Surfing – a story of family relationships
Body Surfing: A Novel, by Anita Shreve, is being released in paperback January 15, 2008, and I had the opportunity to receive the hardcover from the publisher for review.
Anita Shreve writes bestselling novels with intricate storylines that don't come with a pat ending. If you are looking for a romance novel or chick-lit ending, this may not be the right book for you. However, if you are looking for a beautifully written story that keeps you on your toes for each of the 291 pages, this is a great one to pick up! There are surprises around every corner, and the characters come alive as the story continues.
The story arc in Body Surfing takes place on the shore of New Hampshire – near Portsmouth, and less than an hour from where we live. We live near a beach, and I can easily visualize the sand, waves, and beach houses farther north. Anita Shreve does a beautiful job writing descriptive passages of the characters and their surroundings, and keeps you interested in the passages. The feel of the sand and the pull of the waves pulls you into the story just like the undertow.
Sydney, Body Surfing's main character, is a young woman who has been divorced and widowed by age 29. Aside from that identity, she is also a typical New England liberal, with a Jewish father and Unitarian Universalist mother. Sydney was floundering, trying to find her footing after her husband's death, and agreed to live with the Edwards family for the summer, tutoring their daughter Julie for the SATs. Julie's mother thinks she will get into top schools, and considers my alma mater a safety school. (hmph) Sydney tutors Julie, but is also looking for her hidden talents, as it is clear from an unbiased eye that she is not gifted academically.
While it would be easy to show Julie as simply "slow", Shreve draws her out as a naive but yet multifaceted teenager, who wants love, friends, and acceptance. She wants to please her parents, but is torn between that want and the need for independence. Julie's mother is very much a New England monied matriarch – Sydney is not someone with whom she would normally associate, so she tries to ignore her. Julie's father, however, is a sensitive soul who acknowledges his daughter's limitations, and connects with Sydney as they spend peaceful times in his rose garden.
Julie's two brothers are closer to Sydney's age – Ben and Jeff. They are busy with work for the first part of the summer, but when they do visit, there's definite attraction between both brothers and Sydney. Can she change positions within the family from "employee" to "girlfriend"? Who will accept her, and who will stay at arm's length? How will this shift in position change the relationships between family members? These are all questions whose answers are slowly revealed by Shreve in Body Surfing, and (as in real life) change through time and experiences.
As the story progresses, we are involved in the inevitable relationship, but there are constant twists and turns that I doubt any reader would suspect! The questions raised by Body Surfing are those that can both rock your emotional foundation, and try to discern what can make you feel secure. To whom do you turn when things aren't going well, and who can you trust when there is a problem?
After reading Body Surfing, I originally wished for a pat ending, but then realized that the unexpected ending was much more thought-provoking and interesting. I highly recommend this novel for anyone with a love of the beach, family relationships, or simply a love of good writing. Anita Shreve has definitely written a wonderful novel – I suggest picking it up when you can!


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A LOT has happened. Like: I surprised my family and went to Texas, I started gaining my "winter coat", I laughed til I cried (mainly with Steph), I said goodbye to crappy friends and their non-stop drama, I ripped off my eyelash extensions (resulted in stubs) but they are growing back :), I slipped and almost broke my ankle on the Rexburg ice, I failed e v e r y single math test I took, I drank one plus Horkley's a day, I realized what a good friend is, I got mystic tanned (soo classic), I realized that some people never change, I decided that nobody's idea of me means more than God's, I realized that when Conan O'Brian stops his show my life will be imcomplete, BUT most importantly, I fell in love with Jonathan Stoddard.
Another thing I learned is that life isn't
to be perfect,
but it can be pretty close. I'm grateful for a Heavenly Father who blesses me ten-fold when I try my best to follow Him. I have learned that life works out just the way it's supposed to.
Thank goodness.
I hope everyone's holiday season is full of family, friends, and the realization that life is a blessing. Don't take it for granted. Live life the way YOU want to live it; that is the only true key to happiness.
That and fudge. :)


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Boro hires code enforcement officer, waits for vacant seat to be accepted
June 28, 2011
The swearing-in of the borough's new code enforcement officer led off the June 20 Mount Oliver council meeting.
Charles Knaus, who did similar work for the city, is the new hire. The position opened after Tom Plietz left for a similar position in Collier in March.
Councilman John Smith and Mayor Jeff Repasky were absent.
Billie Michener, whose seat was vacated by council last month for missing meetings, and who was then appointed back into the seat in a June 13 special meeting, sat in the audience.
She has repeatedly said she submitted a doctor's excuse for missing the meetings. Supporters at meetings have claimed other council members missed more successive meetings than did Mrs. Michener, without consequence.
She was not present at the special meeting appointing her onto council as she was on vacation. She has to formally accept the appointment to be seated back on council.
In the borough, Mrs. Michener was the leading vote getter, garnering 162 votes in the May primary election for borough council.
Mrs. Michener said after the June 20 meeting she was not informed by council she was appointed to her former seat. Council also made no reference to her appointment during the meeting.
After the swearing-in of Mr. Knaus, certificates of appreciation were awarded to: Rosemary Geyer, Bernie Pawloski, and Edward Woes-sner.
For Ms. Geyer, it was for beautifying the borough; for Ms. Pawloski, it was for her "neverending" devotion and persistence to borough clean up; and for Mr. Woessner, it was for his 103rd birthday on June 9.
Mr. Woessner has lived in the borough since 1938.
The engineer's report followed. While the public hearing periods previously lead off meetings, council voted last month to move it to the end after the solicitor's report.
Council President James Cassidy said at the time it was because many of the questions residents ask are answered during the course of a meeting.
Engineer Kurt Todd announced a workshop with council to discuss borough engineering projects will be held on June 28 at 6 p.m. in chambers. The public is invited.
The third annual "Cruisin' on the Hilltop," featuring car cruise, sidewalks sales, live band, flea market, moon bounce, and more, will be held from noon to 6 p.m. on Aug. 6. The location is Brownsville Road from Arlington to the clock tower, or the 100 to 300 blocks.
It is sponsored by the Hilltop Economic Development Corporation (HEDC).
Entries for the car cruise and sidewalk sale businesses must register with Mrs. Michener at 412-381-0420, or firstname.lastname@example.com.
Mr. Todd also said the borough received a $9,395 grant from the Snee Reinhardt Foundation to upgrade its police computers.
In other news, soil testing in Ormsby Park revealed arsenic contamination is confined to the playground itself, and there is no surface contamination in the grass areas. The highest reading is 36.6, which is below contamination danger for workers.
The report attributes the arsenic to the playground equipment. Although the equipment has been removed, the park is closed until further notice.
The soil evaluation was requested by KaBOOM!, a national program for installing new playground equipment. The park is high on KaBOOM!'s list once the soil is replaced.
Mrs. Michener asked if the playground site could be roped off, and the park opened for youngsters to play.
Mr. Cassidy said he first wants a report on whether it is safe to play there.
Councilman George Farneth said he wants to learn the effect of the contamination on adults versus children.
In the public safety report, Councilman Patrick Malloy said 868 calls were answered, and maintenance costs on the vehicles totaled $233.86. The vehicles logged 7,111 miles. There were 17 drug arrests and six DUI arrests.
Mr. Malloy reported that of the 31 nuisance properties in the borough, only four are Section 8 properties.
In the public works report, Dennis Obeldobel said summer help will assist with the painting of white and yellow lines, and in cutting grass. Council then voted to hire three summer workers.
In the computer/risk management report, Mr. Farneth said the borough is looking into grants for acquiring a building to convert into a new municipal center.
A possibility is the First National Bank building on Brownsville Rd., which could be converted into a police department or administrative offices.
"No money will be spent until it's brought to the public's attention," said Mr. Farneth.
The current municipal building is more than 100 years old, and a former fire station. It has major structural deficiencies. However, there is no money in the budget to bring it up to code.
Fire escapes are needed, and there is a potential carbon dioxide issue with the police vehicles in the basement.
In the solicitor's report, council voted to advertise its seeking of a $575,000 loan from PennVest, the Pa. Infrastructure Investment Authority.
Solicitor James Perich said the funds would complete sewer repairs mandated by a federal consent decree of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
Council also authorized preparation of a resolution to take back, from the HEDC, two properties on Hays and Penn avenues – one condemned and the other a vacant lot. The borough will hold the properties until development opportunities arise for the HEDC.
The HEDC requested the borough take back the properties because the organization is charged real estate taxes for them, and the borough is not.
In the public comment period, a resident questioned the mayor's absence from monthly meetings. He has not attended any this year. Another attendee asked if the borough is paying absentee council members and the mayor.
Mr. Cassidy said the borough code does not require the mayor to attend council meetings. He said the mayor is working the evening shift and is unable to attend meetings.
Councilwoman Christine Brendel said the mayor continues to answer calls and deal with problems.
The next resident complained, as he has repeatedly, about garbage set outside in front of a Stamm Ave. apartment building.
Mr. Cassidy said if the building owner does not have a contract with Waste Management to pick up the garbage, the owner will be sent a letter, and then cited.
The resident also asked why the police department is being criticized when it is the best it's ever been.
In the next hearing, a resident said he received a bid from a contractor for $2,300 to put in a new retaining wall at his Williams St. home. He said the borough's insurance company approved $2,500 for the wall.
The street has been deteriorating such that it pushed the curb into the corner of his house, knocking down the wall. The problem has been on-going for three years.
But council said while a new curb was put in, and part of the street rebuilt, there was no agreement for a new retaining wall.
Mr. Todd will go to the site and try to work out a solution.
Next, Mr. Obeldobel complained about his neighbor piling broken branches from a storm on the neighbor's driveway, and covering them with blue tarps.
Mr. Cassidy said if the branches are not from borough trees, public works will not be sent to remove them.
Ordinance Officer Steve Wilharm will check if the pile of debris is a violation.
Mr. Obeldobel also said that in May he put up a two-foot high fence. Shortly after, a borough employee cutting borough grass inadvertently ripped the fence, damaging about 20-feet.
Mr. Obeldobel said he would like the entire fence replaced.
At meeting's end, Mr. Cassidy said speed traps will be set up this summer around parks, playgrounds, and residential areas to nab speeders as children will be outdoors in those areas.
The next council meeting will be on July 18.


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Diclofenac Sodium Solution In Metered-Dose Pump With Applicator (Solution Appl.)
COMMON BRAND(S): Pennsaid
GENERIC NAME(S): Diclofenac Sodium
Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (including diclofenac) may rarely increase the risk for a heart attack or stroke. This effect can happen at any time while using this drug but is more likely if you use it for a long time. The risk may be greater in older adults or if you have heart disease or increased risk for heart disease (for example, due to smoking, family history of heart disease, or conditions such as high blood pressure or diabetes). Do not use this drug right before or after heart bypass surgery (CABG).
Also, this drug may rarely cause serious (rarely fatal) bleeding from the stomach or intestines. This effect can occur without warning symptoms at any time while using this drug. Older adults may be at higher risk for this effect. (See also Precautions and Drug Interactions sections.)
Stop using diclofenac and get medical help right away if you notice any of the following rare but very serious side effects: black/bloody stools, persistent stomach/abdominal pain, vomit that looks like coffee grounds, chest/jaw/left arm pain, shortness of breath, unusual sweating, weakness on one side of the body, sudden vision changes, slurred speech.
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This medication is used to treat arthritis of the knee(s). It reduces pain and swelling, and helps improve your ability to move and flex the joint. Diclofenac is known as a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID).
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Read the Medication Guide and, if available, the Patient Information Leaflet provided by your pharmacist before you start using diclofenac and each time you get a refill. If you have any questions, ask your doctor or pharmacist.
Before using the pump for the first time, remove the cap and prime the pump as directed by the manufacturer.
Apply this medication to clean, dry skin as directed by your doctor, usually 2 times a day to the affected knee(s). Press down firmly on the pump head 2 times and place the medication on the palm of your hand. Apply the medication evenly around the front, back, and sides of the knee. Repeat for the other knee if directed to do so by your doctor. Let the medication dry for several minutes. Do not wear clothing over it until the treated knee is completely dry. Also, do not apply sunscreen, insect repellant, lotion, or other topical products on your knee until it is completely dry.
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Use this medication regularly to get the most benefit from it. Do not use more, apply it more often, or use it for a longer time than prescribed.
Tell your doctor if your condition does not improve or if it worsens.
Side Effects
See also Warning section.
Skin irritation such as dryness, flaking, redness, or itching may occur. If any of these effects persist or worsen, tell your doctor or pharmacist promptly.
Remember that your doctor has prescribed this medication because he or she has judged that the benefit to you is greater than the risk of side effects. Many people using this medication do not have serious side effects.
This medication may raise your blood pressure. Check your blood pressure regularly and tell your doctor if the results are high.
Tell your doctor right away if you have any serious side effects, including: signs of kidney problems (such as change in the amount of urine), symptoms of heart failure (such as swelling ankles/feet, unusual tiredness, unusual/sudden weight gain).
This drug may rarely cause serious (possibly fatal) liver disease. Get medical help right away if you have any symptoms of liver damage, including: dark urine, persistent nausea/vomiting/loss of appetite, stomach/abdominal pain, yellowing eyes/skin.
A very serious allergic reaction to this drug is rare. However, get medical help right away if you notice any symptoms of a serious allergic reaction, including: rash, itching/swelling (especially of the face/tongue/throat), severe dizziness, trouble breathing.
This is not a complete list of possible side effects. If you notice other effects not listed above, contact your doctor or pharmacist.
In the US -
Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may report side effects to FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088 or at www.fda.gov/medwatch.
In Canada - Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may report side effects to Health Canada at 1-866-234-2345.
Before using this medication, tell your doctor or pharmacist if you are allergic to it; or to aspirin or other NSAIDs (such as ibuprofen, naproxen, celecoxib); or if you have any other allergies. This product may contain inactive ingredients, which can cause allergic reactions or other problems. Talk to your pharmacist for more details.
Before using this medication, tell your doctor or pharmacist your medical history, especially of: asthma (including a history of worsening breathing with runny/stuffy nose after taking aspirin or other NSAIDs), blood disorders (such as anemia, bleeding/clotting problems), growths in the nose (nasal polyps), heart disease (such as previous heart attack), high blood pressure, liver disease, stomach/intestinal problems (such as bleeding, ulcers), stroke.
Kidney problems can sometimes occur with the use of NSAID medications, including diclofenac. Problems are more likely to occur if you are dehydrated, have heart failure or kidney disease, are an older adult, or if you take certain medications (see also Drug Interactions section). Drink plenty of fluids as directed by your doctor to prevent dehydration and tell your doctor right away if you have a change in the amount of urine.
Before having surgery, tell your doctor or dentist about all the products you use (including prescription drugs, nonprescription drugs, and herbal products).
This medication may cause stomach bleeding. Daily use of alcohol and tobacco, especially when combined with this medicine, may increase your risk for stomach bleeding. Limit alcohol and stop smoking. Consult your doctor or pharmacist for more information.
This medication may make you more sensitive to the sun. Limit your time in the sun. Avoid tanning booths and sunlamps. Use sunscreen and wear protective clothing when outdoors. Tell your doctor right away if you get sunburned or have skin blisters/redness.
Older adults may be at greater risk for stomach/intestinal bleeding, kidney problems, heart attack, and stroke while using this drug.
Before using this medication, women of childbearing age should talk with their doctor(s) about the benefits and risks (such as miscarriage, trouble getting pregnant). Tell your doctor if you are pregnant or if you plan to become pregnant. During pregnancy, this medication should be used only when clearly needed. It is not recommended for use during the first and last trimesters of pregnancy due to possible harm to the unborn baby and interference with normal labor/delivery.
It is unknown if this form of diclofenac passes into breast milk. Although there have been no reports of harm to nursing infants, consult your doctor before breast-feeding.
Drug interactions may change how your medications work or increase your risk for serious side effects. This document does not contain all possible drug interactions. Keep a list of all the products you use (including prescription/nonprescription drugs and herbal products) and share it with your doctor and pharmacist. Do not start, stop, or change the dosage of any medicines without your doctor's approval.
Some products that may interact with this drug include: aliskiren, ACE inhibitors (such as captopril, lisinopril), angiotensin II receptor blockers (such as losartan, valsartan), cidofovir, corticosteroids (such as prednisone), lithium, methotrexate, "water pills" (diuretics such as furosemide).
This medication may increase the risk of bleeding when used with other drugs that also may cause bleeding. Examples include anti-platelet drugs such as clopidogrel, "blood thinners" such as dabigatran/enoxaparin/warfarin, among others.
Check all prescription and nonprescription medicine labels carefully since many medications contain pain relievers/fever reducers (aspirin, NSAIDs such as ibuprofen, ketorolac, or naproxen). These drugs are similar to diclofenac and may increase your risk of side effects if taken together. However, if your doctor has directed you to take low-dose aspirin to prevent heart attack or stroke (usually at dosages of 81-325 milligrams a day), you should continue taking the aspirin unless your doctor instructs you otherwise. Ask your doctor or pharmacist for more details.
This medicine may be harmful if swallowed. If someone has overdosed and has serious symptoms such as passing out or trouble breathing, call 911. Otherwise, call a poison control center right away. US residents can call their local poison control center at 1-800-222-1222. Canada residents can call a provincial poison control center. Symptoms of overdose may include: severe stomach pain, vomit that looks like coffee grounds.
Do not share this medication with others.
Laboratory and/or medical tests (such as blood pressure, complete blood count, kidney/liver function tests) should be performed periodically to check for side effects. Consult your doctor for more details.
Non-drug treatment for arthritis that is approved by your doctor (such as weight loss if needed, strengthening and conditioning exercises) may help improve your flexibility and joint function. Consult your doctor for specific instructions.
Missed Dose
If you miss a dose, use it as soon as you remember. If it is near the time of the next dose, skip the missed dose. Use your next dose at the regular time. Do not double the dose to catch up.
Store at room temperature away from light and moisture. Do not store in the bathroom. Keep all medications away from children and pets.
Do not flush medications down the toilet or pour them into a drain unless instructed to do so. Properly discard this product when it is expired or no longer needed. Consult your pharmacist or local waste disposal company.Information last revised April 2020. Copyright(c) 2020 First Databank, Inc.
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This year, MK did not do any posting about CNY at all. T asked why not celebrate it? Really, no mood to celebrate CNY "alone" at all over here. Yes, food I can prepare but all other CNY factors, both human and non human factors, will be missing. Lazy me?
Well, nothing about CNY to share with you guys but a pasta-salad recipe I prepared for Y3K Recipes last year. This is a really outdated post, perhaps some of you may have already read about it. Yes, in Y3K Recipes issue no. 66 I shared 4 salad recipes, including Soba-Vegies Salad with syoyu-sesame dressing posted on my blog. Those are similar to salad sold in supermarkets and convenient stores in Japan. Think of side dish, light lunch, or party food? Think of this.
Ingredients (4 servings):
- 80 g short pasta (eg. penne, fusilli)
- 1/4 onion, slice thinly
- 1/4 kyuri, slice thinly
- 4-6 crab sticks, cut into chunks
- 4 medium size prawn, peel and boil
- 2-hard boiled eggs, cunt into halves or wedges
- Some furikake (optional)
- 3-4 tbsp Japanese mayonnaise
- 1 hard-boiled egg, mashed
- salt to taste
- Cook pasta according to the direction on the packaging, drain well and allow to cooling down.
- Meanwhile, combine all ingredients for dressing in a bowl and mix well.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine pasta and dressing, stir to mix. Then add in onion and kyuri, mix well. Keep in the refrigerator until chilled.
- Divide and transfer pasta salad onto 4 serving bowls, arrange crab stick, prawn and egg over the top. Sprinkle furikake over the top and serve immediately.


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Data nodes and management servers regularly and on specific
occasions report on various log events that occur in the
cluster. These log events are written to the cluster log.
Optionally an MGM API client may listen to these events using
the method
ndb_mgm_listen_event(). Each
log event belongs to a category
ndb_mgm_event_category) and has
a severity
associated with it. Each log event also has a level (0-15)
associated with it.
Which log events that come out is controlled with
This is an example showing how to listen to events related to backup:
int filter[] = { 15, NDB_MGM_EVENT_CATEGORY_BACKUP, 0 };
int fd = ndb_mgm_listen_event(handle, filter);


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India's Airlines Slash Fares
Airlines in India are settling into a fare slashing party in a bid to attract customers during a quiet season for travel.
Jet Airways popped the cork Tuesday by offering two million seats on various routes for 2,250 rupees ($42) to 3,800 rupees ($70), including taxes. IndiGo, SpiceJet, Go Airlines and Air India have followed suit.
Cheaper fares aren't universally welcomed in India. The country's aviation ministry is setting up a panel to look into what it calls an arbitrary pricing range. "You can't have prices between 5,000 and 25,000 on the same route," Aviation Minister Ajit Singh told India Real Time recently.
A one-way ticket from Delhi to Mumbai on Air India in March costs about 3,200 rupees, down from close to 6,000 rupees last week. IndiGo and GoAir are offering one-way tickets on the same route for 3,240 rupees, down from 5,000 rupees before the discounts.
"I would say fares have been cut by up to 50%," said Sharat Dhall, president of travel website Yatra.com. He added that air ticket sales at Yatra have increased by about five times from last week.
In January, to mark the new year, SpiceJet dabbled with heavily discounted fares. It offered one million seats at a flat 2,013 rupees for travel between Feb. 11 and April 30. The routes included Delhi-Mumbai and Delhi-Bangalore, where fares typically cost at least 6,000 rupees. SpiceJet sold 700,000 tickets in the three days the offer was valid, more than double the number it would usually sell over such a period, its chief executive said later.
Other airlines followed, but soon stopped their offers after the regulator warned them against drastically cutting fares.
Now there is a renewed push for discounts. Prices have even been slashed on usually expensive last-minute tickets, said an industry executive.
"Last minute, desperate bookings are where an airline earns the highest. When Jet announces cheap seats for the 19th on the 19th, it loses a huge chunk of potential revenue," the executive said.
The low fares may help airlines fill seats, but they will impact margins at a time when fuel costs and interest rates are high.
After a tough few years, India's airlines are on the verge of recovery, with most posting quarterly net profits in the October-December quarter. Air India said it expects to post an operating profit this fiscal year through March.
Follow India Real Time on Twitter @indiarealtime.


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The slope of a roof, sidewalk, or other surface. The Americans with Disabilities Act has specific requirements for the pitch of access ramps leading to building entrances.
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With pay frozen or cut during the long economic downturn, school staffers around the area welcome a raise simply to make ends meet
With five kids — and two of them are attached with college tuition bills — John Russo isn't planning on extravagant purchases now that the teacher is expecting a $1,875 raise.
Nothing super sexy. Just pay the bills.
"Would it be nice to go on a vacation? Absolutely," said Russo, a seventh-grade civics teacher and basketball coach at Brookside Middle School. "I just don't think that's realistic at this point in time."
Russo is one of thousands of employees in Sarasota County schools receiving across-the-board raises for the first time in five years.
Last month, the school district and the Sarasota Classified/Teachers Association reached an agreement that gives a 3.25 percent raise to teachers, aides, bus drivers and other staff. The next step is for the School Board and union members to vote on the new contracts in October.
In neighboring Manatee County, a new contract that extends to 2016 restores some teacher pay either frozen or cut in recent years.
Several Sarasota County school employees said the proposed salary increases are well-deserved after what they called years of frustrating pay freezes. The district is among the top performing in the state and staff are being asked to do more work, such as conduct more tests, which means the raises are warranted, they said.
"I'm like everybody else," Russo said. "The longer you work at a job, you feel as though when you're stuck at that same pay level and everything is going up around you, it becomes discouraging."
Russo, 47, has taught at the middle school for 17 years, and it's an age group Russo said he loves. He gets excited teaching the seventh-graders about elections and their rights and responsibilities as citizens.
"This is my firm belief. People don't go into education for the money," he said. "They go into education because they love what they do.
"Sometimes that can be a detriment. You are so dedicated to what you're doing, you're not going to let money influence you. But just like everybody else, would I like to be compensated by what I think is a fair wage? Absolutely," said Russo, adding he does believe he is getting that.
Some of the buzz Brint Jopson has overhead in recent months is from burned-out teachers who say they cannot afford to stay in the profession anymore.
True, Sarasota County teachers are among the highest paid in the state, but this is not a cheap place to live, he said.
A 3.25 percent salary increase could not come at a sweeter time, said Jopson, an aide at Oak Park School who is expected to get paid $577 extra each year.
"It's a sense of great appreciation, immense relief and huge gratitude," Jopson said.
Riverview teacher Jon Wilder said he planned to use his $1,383 raise to help with grocery bills and other expenses.
"When you break it down on a monthly basis, it is not a huge amount," Wilder said.
But, any money is greatly "welcomed, of course" especially at a time when the district closed a school this year and axed other budget items, Wilder said.
Wilder had previously worked a part-time job at a grocery store and tutored after school to supplement his teacher's salary.
For Jopson, the raise will also go toward groceries, gasoline and other bills to make it easier to get through the end of the month, he said.
"This is not a huge difference," Jopson said, but the higher pay will boost morale and make staff feel more appreciated, a step in the right direction.
Just the recognition, he said, "makes people feel a lot better of the situation."
If the Sarasota County School Board and the union members approve the new 2013-14 contracts later this month, the raises will take effect July 1 retroactively.
With the new raises, a first-year teacher who has a bachelor's degree will get a $1,267 boost. That teacher's salary had previously been $38,997 annually and will increase to $40,264.
For a veteran teacher, say with 10 years of experience, the raise is $1,404, bumping the annual salary from $43,197 to $44,601.
The average Sarasota teacher's pay is $54,066, which translates to about $1,757 in extra pay.
For other district employees, the average bus driver will receive a $665 bonus. Bus drivers typically receive $20,452 annually, which means their pay will jump to $21,11.
The typical custodian was paid $28,709 annually, so the raise will net in $933 and bring in $29,642 annually.
Gov. Rick Scott's proposal was originally pitched as giving $2,500 to Florida teachers, although that target number decreased as more employees were added to the mix. The state allocated $6.3 million for Sarasota schools — much of it collected from local property tax dollars — and the district put in another $1.5 million so the raises could be spread evenly among all employees. Charter schools will get $1 million of that money to divvy up how they choose to staff.
Russo said he did not mind getting less than $2,500 in order to share with others, including assistant principals, secretaries and registrars and cafeteria workers.
"Everybody is helping. Everybody deserves that," he said. "It is a team."
After the contracts are approved, the school board must also decide whether to grant the same 3.25 percent raises to administrators and district officials who are not represented in the union.
"There's been no decision whether they'll receive the same amount," said Al Weidner, the deputy chief financial officer. "Normally they do, but right now that hasn't actually been agreed upon."


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Giffords' husband buys assault weapon to make point
- Senate Judiciary Committee considers three gun measures Tuesday%2C including assault weapons ban
- Gabrielle Giffords and Mark Kelly are outspoken gun-control advocates
- Mark Kelly says he%27ll make other gun purchases and write about those experiences
WASHINGTON — Retired astronaut Mark Kelly, husband of former congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, recently purchased an assault weapon to make a point about the ease of background checks for gun owners.
In an interview with CNN on Monday, Kelly said his experience highlights the availability of such weapons. "It is a pretty easy thing to do," he said about buying the military-style firearm.
Kelly announced Friday on his Facebook page that he bought an AR-15, one of the 157 military-style weapons that would be banned under a bill pending before the Senate Judiciary Committee. The panel is set to consider three gun bills Tuesday, including the proposed assault weapons ban authored by Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif.
He told CNN that he wanted "firsthand knowledge" of gun issues. Kelly said he plans to buy a weapon at a gun show and to sell a weapon and will write about those experiences as well.
"Even to buy an assault weapon, the background check only takes a few minutes," Kelly said on Facebook. "Scary to think of people buying guns like these without a background check at a gun show or the Internet. We really need to close the gun show and private seller loophole."
Kelly, a retired Navy captain, and Giffords are both gun owners who have been outspoken about the need for new gun-control measures. Americans for Responsible Solutions, their super PAC, has been running ads featuring Giffords that tout the proposed assault weapons ban and universal background checks.
Kelly said on his Facebook page and in the TV interview that he plans to give the AR-15 to the Tucson Police Department when he receives the weapon. He said he will keep a .45-caliber handgun he purchased at the same time.
Giffords was shot in the head in January 2011 in a Tucson rampage that left six people dead. President Obama and others have pushed for new gun legislation in the wake of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, Conn., in December that left 20 students and six of their educators dead.


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Danny Gokey Launches Marathon to Benefit the Homeless
'American Idol' alum Danny Gokey is kicking off his first Annual Run for Compassion, a group running the Nashville Marathon to benefit homeless families in Nashville. This run falls under umbrella of Gokey's organization Sophia's Heart Foundation, which he founded after his first wife Sophia died during surgery for congenital heart disease in 2008. Sophia passed just four weeks after the country star auditioned for 'American Idol.'
Run for Compassion will take place Saturday, April 28 at 7 AM CT and will feature a kickoff event hosted by Gokey himself. That event will be held the night before the race from 6:30 - 8:30PM ET at Compassion Nashville.
Sophia's Heart Foundation exists to develop the legacy of Sophia, who died when she was just 27, and to meet the spiritual, emotional and mental needs of children ages 0 to 18 through a music and arts program. During her life, Sophia encouraged her husband to become a contestant on 'American Idol' and pursue his dream, and now he's committed to carrying out the dream she wasn't able to see to fruition.
After all the pain he underwent with the loss of his young bride, Gokey remarried Jan. 29 to Leyicet Peralta. In a recent video of their wedding, the couple shared some of their special wedding-day moments with their fans.
Speaking to his new wife in the video, Gokey opened up, saying, "I hope throughout our marriage, not only through words but through actions, I can express how much you mean to me." We can only assume he made this promise to Sophia as well, and now he's going above and beyond to carry it out. It's hard to find a love story more beautiful than that.


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Wi-fi networks are expected to handle the majority of mobile data traffic by 2017, according to a report by Juniper on mobile data offload.
Data traffic generated by mobile handsets and tablets will reach 90,000 petabytes by 2017. This is equivalent to about 42 quadrillion tweets or seven billion Blu-ray movies.
Although unfathomable amounts of mobile data traffic is expected to be generated by mobile handsets and tablets by 2017, only 40 percent of the data will go over cellular networks.
Growth in data traffic is attributed to the advent of network technologies such as 3G and 4G driving the mobile network operators to monetise this activity by introducing a range of data-centric services allied to data and content bundles.
But traffic growth has continued to outpace revenue growth leading to congested and deteriorating networks. This problem can be solved by scaling, optimising and offloading.
Easing pressure on operators' networks
Scaling can ease pressure on operators' networks as it involves building out more towers and base stations or upgrading the network using next generation networks.
The other method to stop network from deterioration is optimisation, which helps in flow control. However, optimisation requires intensive packet inspection and correlation, by isolating the heavy data users.
Offloading helps in moving mobile data traffic from one network to another by leveraging complementary network technologies for the delivery of data via cellular networks.
Wi-fi and small cells are the two main network technologies used for mobile data offloading.
Looking forward, mobile network operators will integrate wi-fi and femtocells as one single unit to solve this capacity problem.
See also:
Social messaging can be monetized, says Ovum
Boston blasts show two sides of social media
Google search manipulation starves some websites of traffic
The chilling effect of Apple's App Store censorship


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Getting Personal: Candidates made their cases -- many turning to personal stories -- during the final weekend before the primary. [LA Times]
Squabble Among Assembly Dems: It's over business-backed legislation that could make it easier to challenge regulations. [Sacramento Bee]
This Isn't Pac-Man: A look at California's law that bars violent game sales to children and the issues that will be considered by the U.S. Supreme Court. [Press-Enterprise]
November Meg: Calbuzz considers some of the possible differences between "June Meg" and "November Meg." [Calbuzz]
What's in a Domain Name: Forward thinking web squatters are looking to sell names like governormegwhitman.com or megwhitmangovernor.com. [California Watch]


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"So, Lone Star, now you see that evil always will triumph, because good is dumb." -- Dark Helmet, Spaceballs
Let's say you're a good government type who is frustrated with how California's inexperienced legislators are unable to balance budgets and protect funding for schools and public services. Let's say you thought that California's 14-year term limits on state legislators was a big reason for that amateurism. What would you do? You'd probably offer a proposal to raise the limit to 20 or more years. Or you'd seek to get rid of the limits all together.
But not California's community of would-be political reformers. Their new initiative to "roll back" term limits, a measure that appears headed to the November ballot, blows up the 14-year term limits by.... drum roll, here... setting a new term limit restriction of 12 years in the legislature.
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If only this were an aberration. Instead, it's just the latest example of the defeatism and disordered thinking of the state's good government community of foundations, progressive unions and business pragamatists.
In election cycle after election cycle, these reformers pursue the same strategy: they rail against the broken governing system in California, pool their resources, and then bet heavily on some minor reform that is unlikely to do much of anything to alter political reality. And when voters turn down even this modest initiative, they try again -- with the same modest initiative.
The term limits initiative -- which would replace the current limits of 6 years service in the Assembly and 8 years in the senate with a 12-year limit for total service to the legislature -- is just one example of this failed strategy. Voters defeated a nearly identical proposal in February 2008. But the sponsors are trying again, even though it's less than clear that such a modest change would produce what reformers want: a legislature with more experienced and thus more effective lawmakers who don't have to worry so often about finding the next office.
Prop 14, the June ballot measure that proposes to change primary rules, is another example. The goal is noble: to create a more open primary that would lead to the election of more moderates who are inclined to compromise. But a similar measure was defeated by voters in 2004. And there's little evidence in the the two states that use this kind of primary system -- Washington state and Louisiana -- that a modest change in primary rules produces more moderate legislators.
These quixotic reform campaigns have consumed years and tens of millions of dollars, and still California's problems remain. Why do reformers do it? If you ask them, they cite polls that show great public skepticism about any reform, which they see as a reason to be cautious. That's wrong-headed. It's precisely because modest reforms such as the term limits initiative are so difficult to pass that it makes sense to pursue broader, more profound changes that can alter political reality. Put simply: when defeat is likely, why not try what actually works?
What might that be? When it comes to term limits, it'd be far better to ask voters to get rid of them than to spend more money on an initiative like the one headed to the November ballot. And when it comes to reshaping the composition of the legislature, real reform would reshape the legislature -- by making it bigger, by eliminating one of the two houses (the two-house legislative system is a legacy of our British colonial masters and serves mainly to give lobbyists more dark corners in which to kill legislation), and by replacing single-member legislative districts with multi-member districts that reflect the regions of California.
I'll be providing more details on these ideas in future posts.


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This has been a long but interesting journey into the past since I started searching for my roots in July 2007.
Many people have found theirs since with the help of this blog about genealogy.
This is post No. 258.
March 26, 1900
My great-great-grandfather Stanislas Lagacé was born on February 16, 1816 in St-Louis-de-Kamouraska.
On March 26, 1900 Stanislas went for his last journey and got reunited with his ancestors.
Stanislas was 84. The death certificate says mitral insufisency (mitral insufficiency).
He was living at 22 Conlon Street in Bristol, Connecticut. He was probably a boarder in that house.
I don't have a picture of my great-great-grandfather Stanislas Lagacé, but I know some pictures would have been taken since I had a lot of pictures sent to me by Lagasses living in the United States.
Maybe someday someone will find some more pictures and send them to me.
I took this next picture last September when I visited my third cousin Joe who lives near Bristol, Connecticut.
22 Conlon Street, Bristol, Connecticut
Joe took me on a tour of St. Thomas cemetery. Stanislas is most probably buried at St. Thomas cemetery where his two grandchildren Anthony and Dennis III are buried.
Anthony Lagasse
Dennis Lagassey III
We never found Stanislas Lagacé's headstone.
Stanislas Lagassé was a French-Canadian, the son of Antoine Mignier dit Lagacé another French-Canadian.
The story about Antoine Mignier dit Lagacé is interesting and sad at the same time. All of Antoine's brothers and sisters died at a very early age except one: his sister Angèle.
Antoine Mignier dit Lagacé was born on September 22, 1797 and baptized under condition meaning he could have died anytime soon after his birth.
He is the one who has perpetuated this branch of Lagacés that have descendants all over the United States with his two sons Stanislas, born in 1816, and Pierre who was born in 1825.
Stanislas Lagacé would married Onésime Cadieux in 1840.
Together they had 11 children.
Pierre would marry Marcelline David in 1850.
Together they had 12 children.
What happened to Angèle, Antoine's sister ?
Angèle Mignier dit Lagacé married Joseph Chouinard in 1818. I found 11 of the couple's children.
Strangely enough I have not looked that much on that side of my family. Probably because no one has contacted me to talk about it.
It is always an interesting journey when you write to me.
To learn how this blog about genealogy all started, click here to read Post No. 1.


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Tampa Bay Lightning
It's a little over 3 hours until the puck drops on the 2006-2007 season. Looking around the internet, including this site, it seems the Lightning fan base has divided into two camps. One camp seems to believe the acquisition of Marc Denis will propel the Lightning back into the stratosphere of the Eastern Conference elite. The other camp seems far more pessimistic and tends to believe what much of the national hockey media is spouting about the Lightning falling from playoff contention this season. Both sides seem pretty dug in with their beliefs and both sides have shared a good amount vitriol with their counterparts on the other side. Both sides need to slow down. I don't know. You don't either. I suspect this is the nature of the beast in the new NHL where teams will be remaking at least 1/4 of their roster every offseason due to the relaxed free agency rules and the salary cap. It's impossible to tell how this year's version of the Tampa Bay Lightning will perform, and anyone who tells you they know one way or the other is dilluding themself. Team chemistry is a mysterious thing and, I would argue, not even John Tortorella has a complete idea when, if or how this team will gel with its new additions. With that in mind, here are some of the questions that will begin to be answered tonight in Atlanta: 1.) [b]Will the big three step up and will the power play improve?[/b] There's been a lot of talk about how the Lightning will replace Fredrik Modin's goal scoring and, for a very vocal portion of the Lightning fan base, Dimitry Afanasenkov is being set up as the sacrificial lamb should the team's scoring lines falter. In my view, it's time for Lightning fans to come to understand that Afanasenkov represents the type of player the Lightning will be plugging in annually around their three highly played scoring line stars, the generic semi-skilled winger who is probably good for around 15 goals and 40 points and makes less than $1M a season. A player who, at times, shows some more upside and, at others, is madeningly inconsistent. Some of these players in the future will be our young prospects like [url=marek-kvapil]Marek Kvapil[/url] who may turn out to be 20, 25 and maybe even 30 goal scorers but it's probably foolhardy to expect to replace Modin's production with Afanasenkov alone. The key will not be Afanasenkov's production. Instead, it will be that the big three: Vincent Lecavalier, Brad Richards and Martin St. Louis must step up their production. As Lightning fans have been constantly reminded, these three players now make over $20M combined, and 2006-2007 is the year they must live up to their pay grade. All three need to be at or near the Top-25 in the league in scoring this year for the team to be successful. From a goal scoring standpoint, that means that Vincent Lecavalier needs to have his first 40 goal season this year. Martin St. Louis needs to score at least 35 goals this season and probably needs to challenge for 40 in his own right. And, Brad Richards, who has never scored more than 26 goals in a season in his career, has to establish himself as a 30 goal scorer this season. Anything less from these three and the Lightning could be in trouble. For the big three to get those numbers, the power play simply must improve. Through the preseason, the Lightning had one of the top-five power plays in the league so at least on this point there is something to point to optimistically. On the other hand, the team is still using the same perimeter oriented tactics they used last season to such poor results, so whether or not the team stays hot with the extra man remains to be seen. 2.) [b]Was Ryan Craig's incredible rookie production for real?[/b] There was a lot of buzz early in training camp about the [url=ryan-craig]Ryan Craig[/url]/Andreas Karlsson/Nikita Alexeev line after a couple of very strong scrimmage outings. Some are predicting breakout years for Alexeev and Karlsson, but it seems to me the line will live and die with Ryan Craig's production. Craig scored 15 goals in 48 games last season, which prorates to 26 goals in an 82 game season. The Lightning simply cannot afford for Craig to have any kind of sophomore slump. The former Brandon Wheat King is being counted on to step into most of the roles former captain Dave Andreychuk had with the team prior to his retirement. That means the Lightning desperately need Craig's power play presence in front of the net and a good 20-25 goals off his stick as well as solid penalty killing. If he can do that, the so-called "third scoring line" may be in good shape, even despite what I personally believe are two players in Alexeev and Karlsson who have extremely pedestrian, if not subpar, scoring upside. 3.) [b]Will the 4th line play more than 8 minutes a night?[/b] In the Lightning's cup season John Tortorella trusted enough in his 4th line to give them roughly a dozen minutes a night, but last season the 4th line was lucky to get more than four to eight minutes a night. That, in my view, contributed to overuse of the scoring lines that may have worn out the team's top offensive players once they got into the playoffs against Ottawa. In the preseason, John Tortorella remained extremely sparing with the minutes he gave to 4th liners like Tim Taylor and [url=nick-tarnasky]Nick Tarnasky[/url]? The 4th line must, in my opinion, step up and earn Tortorella's trust by proving they can provide a solid forecheck and a dependable defensive presence on the backcheck to take some of the ice time burden off the top lines. 4.) [b]How will the defense gel?[/b] Other than the need for the big three to step up, this might be the biggest question that needs to be answered. The team let go of Pavel Kubina and Darryl Sydor this offseason both of whom, like them or hate them, played considerable minutes for the team last year. Together, they comprised the team's second pairing a year ago. The Lightning brought in a proven minutes eater in Filip Kuba but he alone cannot make up for the loss of an entire pairing. The team has to count on younger defensemen like Cory Sarich or Doug Janik to step up along with Kuba to plug the hole while also hoping Luke Richardson has enough left in the tank to provide veteran leadership to the entire defensive corps. With so many moving parts and so many youthful defensemen like [url=paul-ranger]Paul Ranger[/url] (the team simply cannot afford for Ranger to have a sophomore slump on the top pair with Dan Boyle) and Janik, the situation on the blueline is incredibly fluid and may not be fully resolved until the trading deadline this season. 5. [b]How much better is the team's goaltending?[/b] I don't think there's any doubt Marc Denis is capable of winning 30 games for the Lightning. The question may be whether he's capable stealing games when the Lightning aren't at their best and what his learning curve will be on a potential Lightning playoff run. Moreover, the team has a huge question mark in backup goaltender [url=johan-holmqvist]Johan Holmqvist[/url] who has been far from steady in the preseason. Holmqvist couldn't make it in the NHL on his first try in North America and it remains to be seen how much he really improved playing back home in Sweden. As a whole, Denis/Holmqvist is a much steadier and dependable tandem than Grahame/Burke was, but that is based almost completely on Denis' reputation as a workhorse. If Denis gets hurt, the Lightning may be in huge trouble. Altogether those are five critical points which none of us know the answers to. That's why I'm eager to see what this year's Lightning look like starting tonight and you should be too.
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Back in September, the Photoshop team provided advanced notice that Photoshop CS6 (13.0) will be the last major version of Photoshop to support Windows XP.
In addition, all subsequent Photoshop feature updates specifically for Creative Cloud members will also require 512 MB of vRAM in order to use the 3D features found in Photoshop CS6 Extended.
Please note: The system requirements for Photoshop CS6 Extended have always indicated that you need 512 MB of vRAM, but this wasn't a hard enforcement.
Users who do not have 512 MB of vRAM will see the following dialog if they try to access a 3D feature in future Photoshop updates for Creative Cloud:
We hope that by providing this information early it will help you understand our current decisions around operating system support and where we we're headed with future releases of Photoshop. We encourage all customers who are currently using the 3D features in Photoshop CS6 Extended to begin upgrading their video card/hardware now so they can fully take advantage of future Photoshop innovations as soon as they are available.
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