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07 March 2012
Cover Boy
Well, who says history doesn't repeat itself? For the second time since the universe was created one of my stories has shown up on the cover of a magazine, specifically the May issue of Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine. I am okay with that, if "okay" means thrilled to tiny bits.
So, let's talk a bit about "Shanks Commences." It is the seventh published adventure of Leopold Longshanks, a mystery writer who finds himself reluctantly involved in true crime. In this case, he is invited to his alma mater to give a commencement speech and gets involved in a murder in the campus library.
And speaking of true crime, there is a little bit more of reality in this story than in most of mine. Not, thank heaven, that I have ever encountered death in the library, but... You see, I am occasionally asked if I base my stuff on real people/things/events and I usually reply, no, it's easier to make stuff up. Which is true, but in this case I did borrow a few details from the real world.
For instance, the Great Hall of the library in my story bears a certain resemblance to the Main Reading Room at the library where I work. Some of the students call it the Harry Potter Room, seeing a resemblace to the Great Hall at Hogwarts School of Wizardry.
The Special Collections Room where my crime takes place is not entirely unlike the Rare Book Room at the university where I used to work. And the library director in my story, Calvin Floyd, shares some elements with the director of the library where I went to college, a heck of a nice guy who was both my boss and adviser. I'm happy he got through the story without being killed or arrested.
You may have noticed that name: Floyd. That's another way reality muddled with my story. When I wrote it I was still blogging at Criminal Brief. I had to think of a whole lot of names for characters and I thought, what the hell. So most of them are named for my fellow CB bloggers. I hope they don't mind making a guest appearance.
And as for you, I hope you enjoy the story.
13 comments:
- Leigh Lundin said...
I'm frustrated no end that my local B&N STILL doesn't have the issue on its shelves. I'm afraid my clerk was an exceptionally dim bulb who informed me that it's not yet May.
I wrote a story which I've shared with Deborah and perhaps John that used CB names… and the solution depended on the names. (heh hem.)
- 07 March, 2012 08:11
- Elizabeth Zelvin said...
Congrats, Rob. It's a very big deal to have the cover story--it's okay to be thrilled. :)
- 07 March, 2012 08:50
- Robert Lopresti said...
"Not yet May." Insert chain store joke here.
Leigh, if you can't get your hands on an issue, let me know. We have ways around these problems.
Liz, thanks much.
- 07 March, 2012 09:38
- David Dean said...
I agree with your students about the Great Hall, Rob. As for being thrilled to bits, you should be, Cover Boy. All of your fellow SleuthSayers are thrilled for you, as well. Great job! I look forward to reading all the Amigos stories.
- 07 March, 2012 10:13
- John Floyd said...
Good work, Rob! The cover looks great, and I thoroughly enjoyed the story.
- 07 March, 2012 11:26
Your name on the cover is always good!
- 07 March, 2012 14:01
Leigh, you may want to do as I did and subscribe to the magazine on Kindle. I could never find it on the news stands where I live, and B&N quit carrying it. It isn't quite the same as having the print version, of course, but it is an alternative.
- 07 March, 2012 14:24
- John Floyd said...
Funny that B&N doesn't have that copy on the shelves yet, Leigh. I haven't checked with ours, but I have seen it at our Books-A-Million. (I'm sure Borders would've had it in stock as well--I still miss that place!)
- 07 March, 2012 15:16
- Louis A. Willis said...
Congratulations, Rob. I agree with Elizabeth, it is a big deal to have your story featured on the cover.
I read your story and the other two stories by fellow SleuthSayers John and RT, and liked all three.
- 07 March, 2012 16:57
- Deborah Elliott-Upton said...
Cover boy...that is so vry cool. But to be one AGAIN is fantastic! Yea, you!!!
- 07 March, 2012 18:12
- Jeff Baker said...
I DID read your story a while back, Rob, and I caught the familiar names! (I slipped and said I hadn't in an earlier post---oops!) Now, I gotta read John's and R.T.'s!
- 07 March, 2012 20:18
- R.T. Lawton said...
Rob, nice finish to the trio of AHMM May issue stories. As a side note, the next time we get together at a conference, remind me to ask where a certain line of dialogue in "Shanks Commences" came from. merely curious.
- 08 March, 2012 13:25
- R.T. Lawton said...
Rob, nice finish to the trio of AHMM May issue stories. As a side note, the next time we get together at a conference, remind me to ask where a certain line of dialogue in "Shanks Commences" came from. merely curious.
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There is something innately messy about summer. The air's more pungent, bodies are stickier, and people seem more willing to make a mess. That must be why some of the world's filthiest festivals bide their time until the warmer months.
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Exclusive Special Issue for the 35th Anniversary of Chinese Panda Gold Coins in 1982. Special Embossing Technique - In order to achieve the ideal spherical shape, the engineers of the Chinese mint developed a special six-piece construction with hammer (top) and anvil (bottom) side by side are connected. The individual coins received a slightly raised, grooved surface, so that the spherical shape is maintained during and after embossing. Due to the high cost of production, only 120 copies could be produced per day. Each coin token was laser engraved with the various panda designs before it was polished and attached to the solid silver ball. Using a hydraulic press, each silver ball was machined from all sides several times to ensure that the design sits firmly on the blank. Each silver ball was inspected by hand to ensure a perfect result. The design of the silver ball contains various designs of Panda gold coins from the last 35 years - from 1982 to 2017. The collage of coin designs is set against a backdrop of bamboo. The design on the upper half of the silver ball contains the Chinese inscription "35th ANNIVERSARY OF THE ISSUE OF CHINESE PANDA GOLD COINS", the number 35, the years 1982 and 2017, and the picture of a panda. The motif is framed by a 3-leaf bamboo design. On the other half of the silver ball is the Temple of Heaven.
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Written By: NM State Athletic Dept.
LAS CRUCES, N.M. - The New Mexico State baseball team came back from a 4-1 deficit to defeat San Jose State, 8-5 at Presley Askew Field, Sunday, May 5. The Aggies are now 27-21 this year and 12-9 in Western Athletic Conference play.
Both teams scored a run in the first inning but SJSU scored another in the second and two more in the third to take a 4-1 lead. An RBI single by junior Tanner Rust cut the Spartan lead in half at 4-2 after three innings of play. SJSU tallied another run in the top of the fifth to take a 5-1 lead.
Senior right-hand pitcher Casey Collins entered the game in the fifth inning to slow down the Spartans. He worked 3.0 innings and did not allow a run to cross the plate while striking out two batters. He earned the win on the afternoon and is now 5-4 on the year.
Senior Evan Mott worked the final two innings of the game to tally save No. 3 of the season as he faced nine batters without giving up a run. The two pitchers combined for four K's and two walks while holding SJSU scoreless.
The big offensive inning of the game came in the bottom of the sixth with the Aggies scored six runs on six hits. The inning started with a lead-off walk by junior Michael Paulson, who came into the game for Taylor Noyer at first base. After a Kent Blackstone sacrifice bunt moved Paulson to second, NM Stated hit five consecutive singles with RBI's from Rust, senior Parker Hipp and senior Bobby Lecount.
Rust finished the afternoon going 3-of-5 at the dish with four RBI with right fielder Michael Medina and left fielder Quinnton Mack also posting a multiple-hit day. Mack also marked hit 17 stolen base of the season when he stole second in the top of the first to move into scoring position.
This marks the first time this season that the Aggie are three games above .500 in WAC play and the sweep over SJSU is the second sweep of a WAC team this season and the first sweep of a WAC team at home in 2013.


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After two months of break, we will finally open our gallery for the public. You can visit us from Monday to Friday from 1 pm to 7 pm.
Due to an extraordinary order of the Government of the Czech Republic, which declared quarantine on 16th March, we join other galleries and close the DSC Gallery premises to the general public in order to prevent the spread of the epidemic. We thank you for your understanding and hope that the situation will soon be better.
From 25th January – 29th March 2020 you will see the biggest exhibition of Pasta Oner | Brotherhood of Eternal Love at the Danubiana Meulensteen Art Museum near Bratislava, Slovakia. The author presents over 50 new canvases and monumental sculptures.
SOLD OUT! Four editions of the December issue of Vogue CS, designed by four contemporary artists: Pasta Oner, Jiri Georg Dokoupil, Adam Stech and David Cerny.
The gallery will be closed on Monday 28/10 due to Czech national holiday. We look forward to seeing you on Tuesday 29/10 13: 00- 19:00. We cordially invite you to the opening of the exhibition Alexander Tinei | ROOTS, which will take place 29/10 at 6 pm.
You can download Summer Artlover at this link: https://www.artlovermagazine.cz/data/Art-Lover-leto-2019.pdf
Spring Artlover has just been published, where you find a great interview with the artist Jiří Straka, whose work also decorates the magazine cover. Available at DSC Gallery.
The gallery will be closed this Saturday 17/11 due to Czech national holiday.
Fall issue of Artlover just came out with Jiří Petrbok's artwork on the title page.
Stop by at the gallery to pick up your magazine. You can read the older isssues on www.artlovermagazine.cz.
The gallery will be closed this Friday 28/9 due to Czech national holiday. Gallery will be open again on Saturday 29/9 between 13:00 -19:00.
Gallery will be closed during the national holiday on Thursday 5/7 and Friday 6/7. It will also be closed on Saturday 7/7. Thank you for your understanding.
Summer issue of Artlover magazine is out! In this issue you can (among other things) read great interview with the artist Pasta Oner, or take a look into the studio of Czech artist Martin Krajc, who will exhibit in our gallery in summer!
If you have not yet read the previous magazine issues, they are available in the online version at www.artlovermagazine.cz
Interested in an internship in DSC Gallery? Contact us at email@example.com.
Please note that knowledge of Czech language is a must 🙂
Gallery will be closed during the national holiday both Tuesday 1/5 and 8/5.
Easter is coming, so the gallery be closed on Good Friday 30.3. and Easter Monday 2.4.
On Saturday 31.3. however, we are open as usual from 6 pm to 9 pm.
We wish you a happy Easter!
The first issue of Artlover magazine in 2018 is out!
In this issue you can read great interview with the artist Josef Bolf, curator Petr Vanous or take a look into the studio of the slovak artist Andrej Dúbravský, who is currently exhibiting in our gallery.
If you have not yet read the previous magazine issues, they are available in the online version at www.artlovermagazine.cz
Pasta Oner's Art is Truth exhibition catalogue got nominated as "The most beautiful book of the year" by the National Literature Memorial. Of the 255 books submitted, it was nominated in the category of catalogs. Authors of the book's graphic design are Jan Kloss and Matěj Činčera.
The award ceremony will take place in 19/4 2018 in Hvězda Summer Palace.
Lubomir Typlt is exhibiting in The Vysočina Regional Gallery's. The show called "Corn eaters" is taking place from 25/1 until 8/4 2018.
More info here.
opening times:
23/12: 13-19
24/12- 1/1: gallery is closed
2/1: 13-19
Congratulations! Artist Jakub Janovsky is exhibiting in Prague House in Brussels. The show is called "Room" and is on view until 23/1 2018. More info HERE.
Jakub Matuška aka Masker has created a limited series of screenprints named #ideal #blackorwhiteisalright #life #onpaper #nofilter … etc., which was published and baptized with the author's presence on September 21, 2017. The three Masker's typical scenes creates the triptych-like and they are available in three different color versions. Author's version is only available in 10 pcs, color versions of 15 pcs in one edition. Still on view in the gallery.
A catalog that you will soon be able to find in your favorite bookstore came out along with Masker's show.
The day of 20th October 2017, an exhibition of several Czech artists will take place in Zagreb, Croatia, under the auspices of the Croatian Association of Artists. At the exhibitoin, there will be presented several artist which whom the gallery works with in a longterm realtionship: Josef Bolf, Jiří David, Jiří Černický a Krištof Kintera.
You will find there… what does curator and adviser Christian Dominguez do in Prague; current exhibitions and achievements not only of contemporary Czech artists; interview with Jiří Černický about how one of the most prominent contemporary Czech artists grew up in Ústí, about his traveling and guitar; … and much more.
Available right now in the gallery.
More info on magazine's official website. Previous issues available in PDF.
Come and see our installation at the biggest design and art fair in the Czech Republic. On the map, you will find our stand in Superstudio under the number P.25. But that's not all at all! At Art House Lapidarium, you will find a statue "Niemand" by Viktor Frešo, which was presented also in the DSC Gallery!


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From Pinochet to Saddam Hussein
Persecution and torture at the time of the military dictatorship in Chile and how one comes to terms with their consequences and with ideas of retribution are the central themes of Ariel Dorfman's play "Death and the Maiden". These issues are explored in the play through the story of Mr and Mrs Salas, and a doctor named Miranda. Paulina Salas, the wife, was herself a victim of kidnapping and torture during the dictatorship. After her release, she had returned home to find her boyfriend in the arms of another woman. Their marriage went ahead nevertheless.
Some years later we find Paulina still suffering the trauma of her time in captivity and because of this unable to pursue her medical studies. Husband Gerardo, meanwhile, has become a distinguished lawyer. Returning home from an appointment one day his car gets a flat tyre, leaving him stranded on a country road. A stranger comes to his assistance and the pair get into conversation. Gerardo invites the stranger to come home with him.
They arrive just in time to hear a radio announcement about Gerardo's appointment to a commission of enquiry intended to help the country deal with its past and with the cases of death brought about through torture.
Dictatorship and guilt
The stranger congratulates Gerardo. But as he, Paulina and the stranger (Dr. Miranda) celebrate the news together, Paulina recognizes the visitor as the man she believes to have been responsible for her torture. The doctor, from being an overnight guest, now becomes a hostage. Paulina takes him prisoner and wants to put him on trial. He should get to know what it feels like to be tortured and raped. Gerardo is horrified. Dr Miranda denies that he had anything to do with what happened to Paulina.
Questions of guilt and retribution become imbued with a fierce, urgent intensity as they are played out compellingly between the three characters. Can the perpetrators of such crimes and their victims continue to live alongside one another after a dictatorship has ended? What alternatives are there? Should victims seek revenge, take the law into their own hands, or should they try to find justice through courts and the legal system? Does anyone remain free of guilt in a dictatorship? There are no easy answers to such questions. But it is exactly these sorts of questions which are currently of such burning importance to the people of Iraq.
A sense of optimism
We were delighted to be given the opportunity of performing in northern Iraq. We were not without misgivings, of course – reports coming out of the country are not exactly confidence inspiring. Hardly a week goes by without reports of kidnappings, suicide bombings, civil war and other horrors. Our parents, relatives and friends were worried too, of course. The only one who was able to reassure us was Ihsan Othmann, our Iraqi director.
But the more we found out about the actual situation, the more positive it seemed to be. The area under the authority of the northern Iraq regional government was, we were told, considerably more stable than other parts of the country. Nevertheless, it was only after seeing things for ourselves, after spending a few days in Dohuk, that we began to feel reassured.
We had barely crossed the border before we discovered the warmth of the local welcome. The heartiness, openness and curiosity of the people we encountered throughout our travels moved us very much. The sense of optimism we found in the towns and cities we visited was also very heartening.
Crossing cultural borders
The festival – the real reason for our trip – began on June 29th with the opening of an exhibition. Along with the paintings of one hundred Kurdish artists, four different productions of the play were put on in three languages. There was a performance version by the Austrian artist Ulrike Düregger as well as versions by the Shorashvan company from Dohuk, in Kurdish, by the National Theatre group of Baghdad, who did an Arabic version, and ours, the I.O. Theater Berlin, in German.
The performances took place on three successive evenings and were accessible to a wide cross-section of the public. Each performance was followed by public discussion sessions that proved to be tremendously popular. In particular, it was the various interpretations given to the character of Paulina Salas that brought plenty of lively and animated discussion.
There was such a tremendous response that, after the festival finished, we were invited to give a performance at the Institute of Fine Arts in Sulaimaniyya by the city governor.
We really have come to love this region and its people. The amount of cultural exchange that takes place helps to build much-needed bridges between East and West as well as enriching the lives of everyone involved. So we are really looking forward now to other festivals coming up in Berlin and Erbil (Iraq), in the autumn.
Antje C. Hobucher, Eduardo Fernández-Tenllado
© Antje C. Hobucher, Eduardo Fernández-Tenllado / Qantara.de 2008
Translated from the German by Ron Walker
I.O. Theater Berlin was set up in June 2005 by the Iraqi director Ihsan Othmann and the actress Antje C. Hobucher. The company brings together artist from many different nations and cultures – its full name is "Internationales Offenes Theater Berlin" (International Open Theater Berlin). The performances in Iraq came about via the Berlin Festival "Iraqi Theatre at Home and Away" which took place for the second time in March this year and was organised by Theaterhaus Mitte, the Berlin "Förderband" cultural association and I.O. Theater.


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DreamFactory supports server-side scripting to quickly and easily customize almost all of the platform's REST API endpoints to include business logic on the server, such as field validation, workflow triggers, runtime calculations, and more. Developers can easily attach scripts to any existing API endpoint, for both pre- and post-processing of the request and response. You can also write your own custom REST APIs with server-side script services. Starting with release 2.3.0, scripts can even be queued for later processing.
- 1 Supported Scripting Languages
- 2 Where Scripts Can Be Used
- 3 Resources Available To A Script
- 4 Stopping Script Execution
Supported Scripting Languages
DreamFactory scripting supports several modern scripting languages. To get a list of which ones are installed and setup on a particular instance use the following API.
{ "resource": [ { "name": "nodejs", "label": "Node.js", "description": "Server-side JavaScript handler using the Node.js engine.", "sandboxed": false }, { "name": "php", "label": "PHP", "description": "Script handler using native PHP.", "sandboxed": false }, { "name": "python", "label": "Python", "description": "Script handler using native Python.", "sandboxed": false }, { "name": "v8js", "label": "V8js", "description": "Server-side JavaScript handler using the V8js engine.", "sandboxed": true } ] }
Note: The sandbox setting means that the script execution is bound by memory and time and is not allowed access to other operating system functionalities outside of PHP's context. This is currently only the case for V8Js. Therefore, be aware that DreamFactory cannot control what is done inside scripts using non-sandboxed languages on a server.
The following are typically supported on most installs:
Where Scripts Can Be Used
Server-side scripts can currently be used in two areas of a DreamFactory instance: system events triggered by API calls and customized script services.
Resources Available To A Script
When a script is executed, DreamFactory passes in two very useful resources that allow each script to access many parts of the system including system states, configuration, and even a means to call other services or external APIs. They are the event resource and the platform resource.
Note: The term "resource" is used generically here, based on the scripting language used, the resource could either be an object (i.e. V8js or Node.js) or an array (i.e. PHP).
The Event Resource
The event resource contains the structured data about the event triggered (Event Scripting) or from the API service call (Script Services). As seen below, this includes things like the request and response information available to this "event".
Note: Determined by the type of event triggering the script, parts of this event resource are writable. Modifications to this resource while executing the script do not result in a change to that resource (i.e. request or response) in further internal handling of the API call, unless the event script is configured with the allow_event_modification setting to true, or it is the response on a script service. Prior to 2.1.2, the allow_event_modification was accomplished by setting a content_changed element in the request or response object to true.
The event resource has the following properties:
|A resource representing the inbound REST API call, i.e. the HTTP request.
|A resource representing the response to an inbound REST API call, i.e. the HTTP response.
|Any additional resource names typically represented as a replaceable part of the path, i.e. "table name" on a db/_table/{table_name} call.
Event Request
The "request" resource contains all the components of the original HTTP request. This resource is always available, and is writable during pre-process event scripting.
|The API version used for the request (i.e. 2.0).
|The HTTP method of the request (i.e. GET, POST, PUT).
|An object/array of query string parameters received with the request, indexed by the parameter name.
|An object/array of HTTP headers from the request, indexed by the lowercase header name.
|The body of the request in raw string format.
|The format type (i.e. "application/json") of the raw content of the request.
|The body (POST body) of the request, i.e. the content, converted to an internally usable object/array if possible.
Any allowed changes to this data will overwrite existing data in the request, before further listeners are called and/or the request is handled by the called service.
Event Response
The response resource contains the data being sent back to the client from the request.
Note: This resource is only available/relevant on post-process event and script service scripts.
|The HTTP status code of the response (i.e. 200, 404, 500, etc).
|An object/array of HTTP headers for the response back to the client.
|The body of the request as an object if the content_type is not set, or in raw string format.
|The content type (i.e. json) of the raw content of the request.
Just like request, any allowed changes to response will overwrite existing data in the response, before it is sent back to the caller.
The Platform Resource
This platform resource may be used to access configuration and system states, as well as, the REST API of your instance via inline calls. This makes internal requests to other services directly without requiring an HTTP call.
The platform resource has the following properties:
|An array/object that allows access to the instance's REST API.
|An array/object consisting of the current configuration of the instance.
|An array/object consisting of the current session information.
Platform API
The api resource contains methods for instance API access. This object contains a method for each type of REST verb.
|GET a resource
|POST a resource
|PUT a resource
|PATCH a resource
|DELETE a resource
They all accept the same arguments:
method( "service[/resource_path]"[, payload[, curl_options]] );
- method - Required. The method/verb listed above.
- service - Required. The service name (as used in API calls) or external URI.
- resource_path - Optional depending on your call. Resources of the service called.
- payload - Optional, but must contain a valid object for the language of the script.
- curl_options - Optional for external calls only.
Calling internally only requires the relative URL without the /api/v2/ portion:
// Retrieve all records from the 'Contacts' table in the 'db' database service platform.api.get( "db/_table/Contacts" );
You may also pass absolute URLs to these methods to retrieve external resources:
platform.api.get( "http://www.google.com" );
platform.api.post( "https://www.example.com/api/something_cool", {"cool":"very"} );
Adding HTTP headers, query parameters, or cURL options to api calls
You can specify any combination of headers and query parameters when calling platform.api functions. This is supported by all script types using the 'options' argument.
options = { 'headers': { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' }, 'parameters': { 'api_key': 'my_api_key' }, }; result = platform.api.post("http://example.com/my_api", JSON.stringify({"name":"test"}), options);
For V8js and PHP scripts, which use cURL to make calls to external URLs, you can also specify any number of cURL options: Calls to internal URLs do not use cURL, so cURL options have no effect there.
options = { 'headers': { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' }, 'CURLOPT_USERNAME' : '[email protected]' 'CURLOPT_PASSWORD' : 'password123' };
cURL options can include HTTP headers using CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, but it's recommended to use options.headers to send headers as shown above.
Platform Config
The config object contains configuration settings for the instance.
| Configuration settings specific to DreamFactory.
( [version] => "2.1.0" [api_version] => "2.0" [always_wrap_resources] => true [resources_wrapper] => "resource" [storage_path] => "my/install/path/storage" ... )
Platform Session
The session resource contains information and states about the current session for the event.
|DreamFactory API key.
|Session token, i.e. JWT.
| User information derived from the supplied session token, i.e. JWT.
( [id] => 6 [display_name] => First Last [first_name] => First [last_name] => Last [email] => [email protected] [is_sys_admin] => 1 [last_login_date] => 2016-02-19 14:05:25 )
|App information derived from the supplied API key.
|Available lookups for the session.
Stopping Script Execution
Just like in normal code execution, execution of a script is stopped prematurely by two means, throwing an exception, or returning.
// Stop execution if verbs other than GET are used in Custom Scripting Service if (event.request.method !== "GET") { throw "Only HTTP GET is allowed on this endpoint."; // will result in a 500 back to client with the given message. } // Stop execution and return a specific status code if (event.resource !== "test") { event.response.status_code = 400; event.response.content = {"error": "Invalid resource requested."}; return; } // defaults to 200 status code event.response.content = {"test": "value"};


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Information lockdown by Secret Service and city officials
Paul Joseph Watson
Monday, April 30, 2012
City and federal authorities have reacted bizarrely to the revelation that the Red Cross has been ordered to prepare for the possible evacuation of Chicago during next month's NATO summit by refusing to acknowledge that the directive came from them.
As we reported last week, Red Cross volunteers in the Milwaukee area were sent an email instructing them that, "The American Red Cross in southeastern Wisconsin has been asked to place a number of shelters on standby in the event of evacuation of Chicago."
According to a chapter Red Cross spokesperson, "Our direction has come from the City of Chicago and the Secret Service."
However, according to a CBS 2 report, the Secret Service has refused to even acknowledge the issue and "Chicago officials say the plan didn't come from them."
Chicago area tenants were also informed by management agencies that they should get ready to leave their homes in preparation for major rioting.
Despite the fact that the plan for evacuating citizens has stoked paranoia and confusion amongst residents, information about the procedure has seemingly been placed on lockdown.
Chicago NATO host committee officials also responded to reports that heavily armed security teams would be making themselves visible in federal buildings from this week onwards with ignorance, claiming they were "completely in the dark."
It appears highly probable that many of the policing methods and emergency planning provisions are so over the top that authorities are loathe to disclose details for fear of a backlash before the event.
- A d v e r t i s e m e n t
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This reminds us of the previous administration's continuity of government plans for the aftermath of a catastrophic event that were deemed so secret that even Congressman Peter DeFazio, who sat on the Homeland Security Committee with clearance to see classified material, was barred from viewing the details.
"Maybe the people who think there's a conspiracy out there are right," DeFazio said at the time, which is precisely the reaction the refusal to acknowledge the Chicago evacuation plan will also generate.
The effect that all this has is to create the perception that the mere act of exercising First Amendment rights is somehow dirty and criminal, and that it needs to be countered by the state using clandestine means with plans that are more suited to responding to debilitating terrorist attacks than public demonstrations.
Indeed, preparations to shut down roads and limit the size of trucks passing through certain highways mirrors "a procedure originally designed for use in an all-out emergency like a bioterrorism attack."
The NATO summit represents a massive photo opportunity for the government to showcase how America is now a militarized police state, sending the message that any attempt to protest the new world order will be met by an army of gun-wielding goons, invasive surveillance technologies and pain-inducing torture tools.
Paul Joseph Watson is the editor and writer for Prison Planet.com. He is the author of Order Out Of Chaos. Watson is also a regular fill-in host for The Alex Jones Show and Infowars Nightly News.
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In 1994, when Russia invaded the breakaway region of Chechnya, Yuri Kozyrev, then a freelance photographer, captured some of the most iconic images of the ensuing war. It was too dangerous at the time to live in the Chechen capital of Grozny, which faced heavy Russian bombardment. So he and a group of other reporters (including Marie Colvin, who was killed this year while covering the siege of the Syrian city of Homs) took up residence at a kindergarten called Solnyshka (Sunshine), in the nearby town of Khasavyurt. Lying on the border between Chechnya and the neighboring Russian republic of Dagestan, this town of 130,000 suffered relatively little damage during the war, so journalists, as well as some of the Chechen rebels, used it as a place to rest and resupply before heading back into the war zone.
(For daily coverage of the 2012 Games, visit TIME's Olympics blog)
In June, Kozyrev returned to Khasavyurt to photograph how the town—and its conflict—have evolved. Although heavy fighting ended with the Russian conquest of Chechnya in 2000, the war left behind an Islamist insurgency that Russia still struggles to quell. On an almost daily basis, rebels inspired by a radical sect of Sunni Islam called Salafism continue to clash with security forces in the region, costing hundreds of lives every year. In Khasavyurt, the Russian effort to counter their influence still scars the unpaved streets. In most neighborhoods, gutted homes mark the sites of "special operations,"the commando raids that use heavy artillery to flush out suspected insurgents. But the town has also been shaped by the central element of Russian soft power in the region: the development of wrestling schools. Much like soccer in the favelas of Sao Paolo and basketball in Harlem, wrestling in Khasavyurt is meant to serve as an inoculation against violence, or at least a distraction from it, by offering the local boys an outlet for their frustrations that does not involve "going to the woods," the Russian slang for joining the insurgency.
Every year, Moscow pumps roughly a million dollars into Khasavyurt's five wrestling academies, which have produced an impressive crop of champions. In the past four Olympic cycles, freestyle wrestlers from Khasavyurt have brought home a total of eight gold medals, along with at least 12 world championship titles and countless trophies in national and European tournaments. At the Olympic Games in London, at least two wrestlers from Khasavyurt will compete to affirm the town's nickname—The Foundry of Champions—which is scrawled on green signs near the central bazaar, showing the legendary Buvaysar Saytiev in the middle of a grapple.
During his visit in June, Kozyrev's photography focused on Saytiev and his younger brother Adam, who have won four Olympic gold medals in freestyle wrestling between them. For more than a decade, the Saytiev brothers, who are ethnic Chechens, have served as somewhat reluctant poster boys for the notion of pacification through sport. Their wrestling schools have inspired thousands of young men from Khasavyurt to channel their strength into wrestling rather than rebellion, and Kozyrev spent much of his time photographing them train for the London Olympics. But away from the gyms, members of the Khasavyurt wrestling community revealed that the idea of sport as an antidote to extremism is not quite working out as planned. Some of the town's leading athletes have started "going to the woods" in recent years, and an alarming number of them have been killed as insurgents during shootouts with police. No longer a haven from conflict, the wrestling schools of Khasavyurt, whose students are often as young as 8, have become recruiting ground for Islamists. As Kozyrev concluded after his visit: "This is a town that remains at war."
Read more about the Chechen wrestlers of Khasavyurt on TIME.com
Simon Shuster is TIME's Moscow reporter.
Yuri Kozyrev is a contract photographer for TIME and was named the 2011 Photographer of the Year in the Pictures of the Year International competition.


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tire (one) out(redirected from tiring him out)
tire (one) out
To exhaust, fatigue, or deplete the energy of one. That long meeting really tired me out. Our new puppy has so much energy that I have to take him for a run each day to tire him out.
tired out
Exceptionally exhausted or fatigued. All that running around has the kids pretty tired out, so we might have a relaxed afternoon inside. I'm pretty tired out after all that travel, but it's good to finally be home.
tire someone out
to exhaust someone. The extra work tired him out a lot. Too much work will tire out the horses.
tire out
to become exhausted. I tire out easily. When I had the flu, I found that I tired out easily.
tired out
Also, tired to death. Exhausted, as in She looked tired out after that trip, or He came home tired to death. The first term dates from the second half of the 1500s; the second, a hyperbole, was first recorded in 1740. Also see sick and tired; to death.
tire out
To deplete the strength or energy of someone or something; fatigue someone or something: Traveling always tires me out. The long ride tired out the horses.


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I was wondering what happened to my recent posts - the gremlins at it again.
Today we had a major issues with the database and we lost ALL posts going back to June 4th.
The issues has been resolved and the site is back up and running.
Sorry for the inconvenience. We are working on making the site better all the time and sometimes things happen. This was one of those times.
"Courage is being scared to death - and saddling up anyway." - The Duke
I was wondering what happened to my recent posts - the gremlins at it again.
Oh well, with all good things come some not so good.......
Sorry you had to struggle with a database bug!
Is there any chance you have a more current database back up that June 4th that you could restore and get back the last week of lost data?? There is an incredible lot of info lost.
Is that why I keep getting the message that I do not have enough post to view certain items in the library? I used to be able to view in the library, send pm's, etc. now it says to contact and administrator.
probably so .... once you get back above 20 posts you should be able to do whatever you want.
Hate takes LESS energy & thought... Dont be so Lazy.
Building or Bitching? which are you here to do?
YES, i work for TEC Tactical. 02/07 SOT
This is one of the reasons that I love/hate the boards.....
"If God had not intended for us to eat animals, how come He made them out of meat?" - Sarah Palin
New Member of the Busted Box Club
Why do you play this game with the post?---Caoline


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Brian Cashman feels so good about the Yankees' offseason, he decided to rapel down a building.
Brian Cashman feels so good about the Yankees' offseason, he decided to rapel down a building.
After spending the previous few days retaining veteran starting pitchers Andy Pettitte and Hiroki Kuroda as well as closer Mariano Rivera, New York's general manager made some practice jumps down the side of Stamford's Landmark Building on Friday. The workout was in advance of a charity event Sunday.
But the talk afterward was on pitching, and Cashman is confident the Yankees are already offseason winners. Pettitte and Kuroda were given one-year deals that will cost the Yankees approximately $27 million. Rivera is expected to return on a one-year deal worth $10 million that could be announced next week.
"I think Pettitte is a big thing," Cashman said. "Kuroda was a big thing. I think we're having a successful early campaign to our winter because we've able to retain some high-end, high-caliber starting pitching and if you look at the marketplace, I'm not sure if anyone is doing better than us right now."
The Yankees won the American League East last season — and defeated Baltimore in the ALDS — but were swept by Detroit in the ALCS.
"I think that we're doing really well early in the process," he said. "I'm real happy about how our winter program is currently going."
Cashman is also formulating a plan for upcoming Winter Meetings in Nashville, and that trip will begin after he officially ropes down the 22-story building on Sunday night. This year, for the benefit, he will be joined by former Red Sox manager Bobby Valentine, a Stamford native.
Cashman will fly to Nashville on Monday. Among his priorities there will be testing the waters for a new catcher after Russell Martin signed a two-year deal with the Pittsburgh Pirates on Thursday, as well as filling an expected vacancy in right field as Nick Swisher is likely to head elsewhere.
Martin was offered a three-year, $20 million deal by Cashman in spring training and did not accept it. He received a $17 million contract from Pittsburgh after the Yankees did not make him an offseason offer.
"I like Russell Martin," Cashman said. "I'm a big Russell Martin fan. But ultimately we have a lot of holes to fill and we have to be very careful how we spend our money. The market for Russell was aggressive as it should have been and again our focus has been our pitching.
"After that, I've got a lot of different holes to fill. We need to be careful how we allocate our remaining funds to make sure that we can fill all the holes."
The moves may not be splashy — free-agent outfielder Josh Hamilton, for instance — but Cashman believes that doesn't preclude the Yankees from making a significant move. Cashman could not name players due to the collective bargaining agreement but said that the catching vacancy could be filled internally, though he might seek an offensive upgrade. He also indicated that finding a right fielder is more of a priority than signing or acquiring a catcher.
"We're capable of doing a lot of different things," Cashman said. "We are not out of the multiyear market. We are not out of thinking big, looking at something big. But despite everything that we have, if you look at our numbers, we can still make certain things work."
The Yankees haven't been major players in free agency since 2008. They had the contracts of pitcher Mike Mussina, outfielder Bobby Abreu and first baseman Jason Giambi come off their payroll then, and that enabled them to use millions on starters CC Sabathia, A.J. Burnett and first baseman Mark Teixeira.
"That was perfect timing for us to be aggressive and we can make a lot of things fit," Cashman said. "That scenario still exists despite the limitations, 189 if you want to call it limitations. Even if we did the $189 (million), we still have the highest payroll in baseball and so if you follow the math and look how things can unfold and come off the board and stuff like that, you can see how things can fit.
"We will be aggressive when we want to be, under the right circumstances. But it's in our best interests to stay as flexible as possible given a lot of reasons and that's obviously a big one."
Shortstop Derek Jeter will enter the final year of a three-year contract that was finalized before Cashman's first appearance at this event in December 2010. He is recovering from a broken left ankle suffered in Game 1 of the ALCS, and Cashman said the healing process is going well.
Even still, Jeter cannot work out until January.
"He had a checkup a few weeks ago in North Carolina and everything is going really well," Cashman said. "He's going to be ready for us by Opening Day. He'll be a restricted player early in camp but all indications are very strong for a healthy recovery."


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If you had to describe your life in one word, what would it be?
What is your favorite television network?
How many cities have you lived in?
What is your favorite kind of food?
What are some of your interests outside of your sport?
What do you do on your off days?
Do you have a favorite NFL team?
Independiente Santa Fe (Soccer team in Colombia)
What is the best trip you've ever been on?
USA, Miami
Who is your favorite professional tennis player?
Guillermo Coria
Who do you look up to?
My dad
What's the best meal you've ever had?
Lunch with my Grandma
If you could go on a vacation to anywhere, where would you go?
What's the best gift you've ever given?
A cell phone
What's the best gift you've ever received?
Tennis Racquets
What is your favorite movie of all time?
Harry Potter
Aside from food, water and shelter, what one thing could you not go a day without?
My wallet
What's your dream job?
Working in Rolls Royce
In everyday life, what is your pet peeve?
What do you love most about TSU?
The friendly environment
Why did you choose to attend TSU?
Because it is an excellent school
What do you like about Nashville?
Beautiful city
What goals do you want to accomplish while at TSU?
Play in the NCAA National Championship and get my degree


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(The Root) — In the last few weeks before the U.S. presidential election, it seemed as if every time I opened my mouth, a South African stranger initiated a version of the same conversation: "Do you really think," a woman said to me as I browsed through vintage couture at her Johannesburg shop, "that that idiot is going to win?"
And here I thought Americans were the ones who are supposed to be loudmouthed and opinionated. There is really no way to answer this question and come out unscathed. So I just fell back on the dumb-American stereotype. "I'm sorry; which idiot?" was my usual reply.
These days, South Africans are sometimes considered left of left. The Communist Party holds seats in Parliament. It's no secret here that people love Barack Obama — and that seems to include South Africans of all backgrounds. City Press editor Ferial Haffajee even gave the U.S. president the highest praise one can possibly give in this country when she described Obama as "a bit like a Mandela for the 21st century."
During such discussions, I have mostly managed to politely extricate myself with journalistic impartiality intact — and before my interrogator has the chance to give me grief about being from Texas. What I can't figure out for the life of me is why people care about the election.
Over coffee the other day, a friend harangued me for half an hour about Mitt Romney's stance on abortion, and his belief that a Romney victory would be catastrophic for women's rights. Why, I wondered, would a 50-year-old man living in South Africa care about my future reproductive rights?
Romney and Obama, I noted, mentioned Africa the same number of times in their final debate: It was once each. Romney mentioned South Africa specifically — but in reference to apartheid. U.S. policy toward sub-Saharan Africa hasn't substantially changed in a decade. And, I remind my African friends, there are plenty of domestic issues to tackle.
Plus, Obama didn't mention Africa at all in his victory speech — unless you count the passing reference to "people in distant nations … risking their lives right now just for a chance to argue about the issues."
Foreign Ministry spokesman Clayson Monyela was one of the many prominent South Africans tweeting madly on election night. That was quite a commitment, since it was election morning for South Africa. After the victory speech — during which he tweeted simply, "Damn! What a guy!" — I asked Monyela why people here care and why Obama is their man. He started with the obvious: "For Africans in general, not just for South Africans, there will always be this affinity towards him. He's seen as one of them."
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But, he said, the affinity extends beyond the man himself. "In South Africa's context, even during the fight against apartheid, there were three friendly Democrats who were in leading positions who contributed and were actively part of the struggle," Monyela told The Root.
I'm used to being an American abroad, but this positive reception is new to me. I've lived overseas since 2005, and my first port of call was Iraq, where people had no trouble telling me what they thought of our country and our president. When I lived in Germany, people sneered at the mere mention of George W. Bush's name. And when I lived in Ethiopia, a young lawyer friend once suggested that Americans overthrow Bush. As in, stage an actual coup d'état.
It was the only time I have lost my cool over politics, and the hot little speech I delivered would have made my high school history teacher proud. "Say what you want about the man," I said righteously, "but have some respect for the system."
I honestly cannot imagine having this level of vim for any other nation's politics, and I've covered a number of foreign elections. With apologies to my British friends, I never much cared whether David or Ed Miliband was chosen to head the Labour Party.
In fact, I wouldn't dare offer an opinion, lest I be accused of being an imperialist. I've strenuously maintained a level of studied disinterest in all things political. (And so did South African President Jacob Zuma. He was careful before the U.S. election to avoid picking a winner, but as soon as the results were announced, he promptly sent Obama a congratulatory note, Monyela said.)
But I have always been touched by the level of interest — from experts and ordinary people alike. Shortly after Obama's speech, I spoke to one such "ordinary" South African. James Satekge makes recycled furniture out of old railroad ties from his tiny, cramped workshop in a downtrodden part of Johannesburg.
Satekge immediately launched into a concise and elegant analysis. He quickly outlined what he said were his two key issues — the U.S. economy and climate change — and called on Obama to urgently address both. These two issues, he said, directly affect him.
"A lot of my customers, they are coming from the U.S., from Britain, from all over the world," he told The Root. "If they do well, they buy my furniture. If they don't do well, they don't buy. If they do well, we will do well also."
I was surprised and utterly charmed. And here I have to admit the one occasion when I have shamelessly exploited American politics. I found myself on Election Day 2008 traveling as a reporter across the border from Rwanda into the Democratic Republic of the Congo. I was hoping to cross without hassle. "Madame," said the Congolese border agent, "est-ce que vous-êtes journaliste?" ("Are you a journalist?")
So much for no hassle. "Oui," I said with a sigh.
But before I was directed to a small waiting room, I overheard a name on the radio. "Do you know," I said, "that I am American? And that today is Election Day?"
"Le jour de Barack Obama!" he said: the day of Barack Obama. "Well, well," I said, "we don't know the results yet."
He glared at me. "Do you really think," he said, "that that idiot [John McCain] is going to win?" A day later, as I was crossing the front line between the government soldiers and rebels, the rebels stopped us. I tried to charm them with my limited French. Turns out they didn't speak any. (Congo has long accused neighboring Anglophone Rwanda of supporting rebels in eastern Congo.) The two young men, named Peter and Andrew, were reluctant to let us pass.
At which point I said, "By the way, have you heard? Barack Obama won!"
Andrew, the rebel captain who, by the smell of him, had been in the bush for weeks, and whose young face was lined with dirt and war, cracked a rare smile. "Really?" he said, handing me a cigarette and a skewer of charred meat. "Congratulations!"
Anita Powell is a Johannesburg-based journalist who has covered Africa for five years and Iraq and Afghanistan previously. Follow her on Twitter.
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I've had the great pleasure of presenting this social media topic (or online community communication is perhaps a better term): Look who's talking about you. I was first invited to give this presentation by Jodi Torres (Thanks Jodi!) of CU Tech group for her organization's Spring Consortium in Boston. I also presented this information to the Northeast Harland's User Group in Portsmouth NH (Thanks Andrea!), and will give a webinar on it for EverythingCU.com this Thursday, June 17, as well.
This information is based on my own online experiences, and also draws heavily on groundbreaking work done by William Azaroff way back in the dark ages of social media (approx 2006-07 AD). Way back then, blogging was still the primary connection media, meaning Facebook and Twitter had not yet exploded in popularity. I've also drawn on the experience of various PR professionals in how to handle critiques (and worse) of your organization online or offline.
Here is a list of resources for further exploration on the topic, as well as links to first-hand information I covered in the presentation:
WILLIAM AZAROFF, Monitoring your brand health
WILLIAM AZAROFF, Responding to bloggers
DREW McLELLAN, 6 Steps to take if your company is criticized in a blog post
JOHN SOAT, Reputations at risk
MORRISS PARTEE, Motrin gives itself a migraine
CHRIS LOCKE et al, The Cluetrain Manifesto
RYAN UNDERWOOD, Tell us what you really think
LESLEY LAMBERT, BofA is on Twitter for the win
STEFAN BETZOLD, SM Monitoring Tools-an overview
DAN SCHAWBEL, Top 10 reputation tracking tools
DARREN BAREFOOT, I wanted to love Vancity, but now I loathe them
JEFFRY PILCHER, Fighting axe grinders and their online vendettas


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Can you say more than that? In modern Greek, what distinctions are made between ι, η, υ, ει, οι, and υι? You mention proper training and regional differences?Nikolaos Adamou wrote:... My current studies using garageband show that there is much larger variation then even the modern Greeks think of and the voice, when properly trained, or when it comes from villages and it is not the Athenian standardized, has all its old beautify.
Not all ι, η, υ, ει, οι, υι, sound the same,
ᾗ is different from ᾖ but is not hῇ.
In such a way, that on one line you can see the text, and on a parallel line you can see the sound, and you can hear it as well.
How is ᾗ different from ᾖ, without being pronunced like hῇ?
Are there recordings that would illustrate your points? Feel free to upload them as attachments in this thread if you want.


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- Meetings cannot be harnessed for renewable energy - no matter how many time-wasters you have sat through.
- Software rarely goofs up for the janitor - it's always the big cheeses like a VP or CEO.
- A boss's inability to say no in a meeting guarantees a project is, at least, extended by 175%.
- Always seek user input, but realize the user often has issues determine what they need.
- The thought that IT people cannot communicate is greatly exaggerated.
- The boss's fourteen year old kid will always get the web design work before you.
What nuggets of wisdom have you come across, rules to live by, axioms you see proven true when working in IT?