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Welcome to Trailside Wrestling !
Practices begin on November 10!
Become part of history by joining the first ever wrestling team to represent our school during the 2016-2017 season!
This team is primarily for students who attend Trailside MS. There will be wrestlers with experience on the team, but for the most part, our group will be comprised of brand new wrestlers. So it's a fantastic opportunity to join the "world's oldest sport" and determine if it's an activity you'll want to continue at Stone Bridge HS.
If you missed our special kickoff session in October, that's not a problem. You can still wrestle this season! You can register anytime (see below) or attend the first two practices as a "free trial" before signing up. This includes the first practice on November 10 and a special welcome/orientation for families and wrestlers on Friday, November 11. You may also attend one of the remaining "Introduction to Wrestling" events prior to the start of the season. See list of remaining locations/times.
Practice Information
The team will practice two evenings a week (Tues/Thurs @ 7-8:30 pm) in the Stone Bridge High School wrestling room, beginning on November 10th. The season concludes around the end of February.
Coaching Staff
At the current time, we are planning to hold joint practices with the Farmwell Station Middle School team. This will benefit the wrestlers by providing more workout partners at each weight. Our team will be led by volunteer coaches from Stone Bridge High School and Eastern Loudoun Wrestling Club.
Our team will compete in the new Middle School division of the super popular Dulles Duals. These exciting events are held at Top of the Podium on Saturdays throughout the season. Our new uniforms consist of fight shorts and compression shirts! We will compete as a team and expect most wrestlers to get 10-20 matches over the season. We also hope to participate in one or more meets at local high schools, including Stone Bridge, in conjunction with high school varsity matches.
Wrestlers have the option of competing more frequently during the season. The coaching staff will explain all such opportunities once the season begins.
The required equipment needed for wrestling is a headgear and wrestling shoes. If possible, you'll want to attend TOP's "Get Your Gear" Days on November 8 (11am-1pm and 4-7pm) to purchase your equipment. TOP is a local, 501(c)3 nonprofit and prices are usually lower than big box stores. Further, you receive helpful assistance from people who actually know something about wrestling :-)
Similar to other sports, the club will provide each wrestler with a school compression shirt for competition, but wrestlers will supply their own fight shorts (coaches will provide more information on this).
To register for the Trailside team, you must join a local youth wrestling club. We are proud to affiliate with Eastern Loudoun Wrestling Club that serves the Ashburn and Sterling areas. Click here for more information about ELWC.
To register for the team, sign up for the "Eastern Loudoun Leopards" and select "Trailside MS" team when prompted.
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|Reviews for Hell Hath No Fury
| LateNightAuthor2013 chapter 2 . 12/6/2010
Dude, like, update! Hehe I sounded like Dustin.
| JasonLeeScottFan chapter 2 . 4/17/2010
Why did you stop this? It's so good!
| Whispering Ranger chapter 2 . 4/19/2008
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| My heart beats only for you chapter 2 . 4/24/2007
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| DevilMadeYouCry chapter 2 . 12/19/2006
damn poor Dustin
| Dannie Tomlinson chapter 2 . 5/7/2006
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Will there be any mentions of Hunter/Cam?
| RavynOwl chapter 2 . 12/4/2005
I like this. Please continue.
| Tsukino Akume chapter 2 . 5/23/2005
*Squeals* You finally wrote my Shane/Dustin story! I love it I love it I love it! *Glomps*
Okay, now that the initial reaction has passed... I love Marah's decision to attack Dustin. Very well reasoned, and totally made sense. And the team, particularly Shane's reaction came through loud and clear. Poor Shane! *Sniffles* And Cam and Tori's healing powers were neat. Now I'm curious to know Dustin's point of view on this. Looking forward to more!
| Mary yod chapter 1 . 5/20/2005
| teasun89 chapter 1 . 5/11/2005
how brutal for marah. wow. nice
| MzDany chapter 2 . 5/8/2005
You are just on a roll, Weesta! Three stories and counting...Love them all!
Lothor's remark about sending the younger kelzaks out of the room gave me a nice chuckle :)
And you did a great job in describing how Tori aleviated some of Dustin's pain. Excellent. I very much appreciate your attention to detail in all of your stories like the water flow around the bruising...It's things like that that make a story a real treat to read.
Can't wait to see what happens next. And looking forward to some nice, sappy scenes between Shane and Dustin :)
Greetings from Dany
| cmar chapter 2 . 5/8/2005
Very, very nice! I like the look into Marah's thoughts, and her reaction seems very true to character. Also an interesting way for her to look for revenge. The concern the other rangers feel was shown touchingly, along with Shane's reactions, again very convincing. You've set up an interesting start!
| Hybryd0 chapter 2 . 5/7/2005
Poor Dustin. Poor Shane too, that's just gotta kill him to watch. I kinda wished there were some battle scenes to show how he got so beat up, but that's just because I'm evil and like to actually read about my favorite character getting the snot beat out of him. I like to write it too. Anyway, great job and I hope there's more coming soon.
| Crimson-Ranger chapter 2 . 5/7/2005
*giggles* Poor Marah...Poor Dustin...Poor Shane...*giggles* Dustin has to go pee now! Great Job. _

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This is part 3 in the 3-part series. In part 1, I showed you how I arranged the cameras, the microphone and software settings for the interview. In part 2, I demo'd the recording while showing camera and microphone alignment. In this video, I'll show you the end-product of the raw recording; you'll also see some helpful tips for editing and enhancing your Skype video interview so you can present it to your audience with a little more polish.
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Month: July 2016
Did Politics Have a Hand in the Pigeon Prosecution?
Everyone had at least one brush with Pigeon
By Frank Parlato
The question of whether politics was a motive for New York State Attorney General, Eric Schneiderman's prosecution of political operative and attorney G. Steven Pigeon, 55, has been debated in a few circles.
Last month, Pigeon was charged by Schneiderman with bribing a New York State Supreme Court Justice and extorting a young attorney appointed by that judge to a receivership.
Following Pigeon's arraignment, where he pleaded innocent to all nine counts alleged against him, a reporter asked Pigeon's attorney, Paul Cambria, if he thought politics played a role in the prosecution.
Dyster's New Train Station Open House Event Will Feature Toy Trains But Not The Real Ones – Yet!
Despite the fact that no contract exists between Amtrak or any other entity to actually use the facility, city officials are ready to show off the new $44 million Niagara Falls International Railway and Intermodal Transportation Center to the public.
A "sneak preview" of the new train station will be held from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday at its Whirlpool Street location in the city's North End.
Hosted by Niagara Falls Mayor Paul Dyster and acting City Planner Tom DeSantis – who led the charge to develop the new train station – the general public is invited for a "free self-guided tour" of the new, albeit empty, building.
Crime, Poverty, Fiscal Distress Here Direct Result Of Cuomo's Policies, Broken Promises
By Jim Hufnagel
On January 6, 2015, halfway through an interview with actress Nicole Kidman, NBC late-night host Jimmy Fallon casually dropped a bomb on the city of Niagara Falls, NY.
The conversation turned on an appearance the week before by Kidman's husband, country singer Keith Urban, at a New Years Eve concert on the other side of the border in Canada, attended by tens of thousands.
The playground of the region, its hotels, casinos, restaurants and night life framed by the most famous natural attraction in the world, Niagara Falls, Ontario is widely regarded as a tourism success story, effectively capitalizing on the millions of tourists who visit every year.
Cambria Seeks Info on Plea Deals in Pigeon Case
Political operative and former Erie County Democratic Chairman Steve Pigeon faces nine felony counts in a state prosecution involving former State Supreme Court Justice John Michalek who has already pleaded guilty to two felony counts, including taking bribe, and who is expected to be a key witness against Pigeon if the case goes to trial.
But Pigeon and his lawyer, prominent defense attorney Paul Cambria, seem prepared to vigorously fight the charges brought by the attorney general's special grand jury, claiming Pigeon did nothing wrong in his dealings with Michalek.
Did Touma Lie By Omission when telling Time Warner about tax hikes?
By Members of Stop the Reassessment Committee
Time Warner News was in the neighborhoods yesterday taking photos of stop the reassessment signs and interviewing residents.
The link to the Time Warner video is http://www.twcnews.com/nys/buffalo/ news/2016/07/26/niagara-falls-propertyreassessment-.html
A reporter interviewed Council Chairman Andrew Touma, and again, he deceived the people. He said that if an assessment increased by $10,000 that taxes would only increase $180.00 per year.
Not true, the taxes would increase $465.40 per year.
Dyster, Touma Continue To Deceive Taxpayers On Reassessments & Ignore The Will Of The People
By the Committee to Stop the Reassessments & Continuous Tax Increases
As mentioned in a previous article, Mayor Paul Dyster, with the support of Council Chairman Andrew Touma, deceived the taxpayers by waiting five days after the mayoral election to tell us he was planning to do a citywide reassessment.
We were told this will raise assessments from between 17 and 40 percent!
An attempt to deceive us by trying to convince us that this is not a tax increase is so great that even Chairman Touma cannot keep his own versions straight and keeps contradicting himself.
Black Squirrel Home and Garden Walk, Park Place Porch Fest, and Neighborhoods Taking Charge
Councilman Kenny Tompkins
Last Saturday, July 23, my wife Terry and I had the pleasure of experiencing two of Niagara Falls' newest events: The Black Squirrel Home and Garden Walk and the Park Place Porch Fest.
It was refreshing to participate in both.
On 12th Street and Memorial Parkway – the Black Squirrel and Garden Walk- we encountered spectacular lush gardens, none of which showed signs of this summer's unending dry spell. Each one gained praise from Terry, who is has an amazing green thumb of her own.
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I'm really miffed at my lawyer. Over a year ago, I fell off of a ladder after it slipped while I was repairing my neighbor's roof. I was trying to do someone a favor, but the ladder he provided didn't stay in place. Anyway, I got a lawyer, and at first he seemed happy to have me. He talked about suing my neighbor's insurance company, the store he bought the ladder from, and the company that made the ladder. That was then. Now, I call to check on the progress of the case, and I rarely hear anything. He doesn't return my calls, and when I get a call back, it's usually his assistant. What can I do to get his attention? Sincerely,
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Last week, the Town Board in Wheatfield decided to defend the town's local ban on biosolids use on farms. Biosolids are treated and tested wastewater solids that are excellent soil amendments.
In June, Wheatfield was notified by the Department of Agriculture and Markets (NYSDAM) that the Town Biosolids Law runs contrary to the state's "right-to-farm" law, which is intended to protect farms from arbitrary restrictions. In their response (available at the Wheatfield website), the Town Board claims that NYSDAM "largely ignored the mounting scientific evidence concerning the inadequacy of the federal and state governments' outdated biosolids regulations and completely failed to address the scientific evidence of the unfavorable local soil conditions within the town." They claim that unregulated pollutants in biosolids (e.g. trace chemicals from products used in homes every day) create risk.
Corps of Engineers to use herbicide to kill hydrilla in Erie Canal
In an attempt to eradicate the invasive aquatic plant hydrilla in the Erie Canal, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District, will be treating the canal from the Delaware Bridge in the cities of Tonawanda and North Tonawanda, to West Canal Marina in the Town of Pendleton, approximately 5-miles upstream – with an application of endothall (Aquathol K) an aquatic herbicid.
After application, swimming is prohibited for one day. The concentration of endothall in treated areas will not be toxic to dogs, cats, or livestock exposed to the herbicide. There are no restrictions on catching and eating fish.
Portage Road Repaving Presents Danger of Radioactive Contamination: US Surveys Show high concentration of radioactive material likely under the road
By Lou Ricciuti and Frank Parlato
Niagara Falls – A section of Portage Road – between Ferry and Niagara – is scheduled for road work this summer and is expected to start any day.
The Portage Road work – which is listed as part of Mayor Paul Dyster's "in-house street paving & other roadway re-construction costs" in his proposed 2016 capital spending plan is budgeted for $650,000.
It may cost more than that depending on the type of work the city winds up doing on the road and what they unearth.


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HEALTHY financesWhen I was 10, my grandmother told me about homes in our southwest side neighborhood that were—at one point—selling for just $10,000. Each time she told me that story, she added that she was mad at herself for not having enough money in the bank to take advantage of those low home prices, but that she had been saving since that day. If it ever happened again, she would be ready.
I was so fascinated to hear that homes could sell for so little that I asked my dad to show me what those homes looked like. They were identical to my own. As we drove past the houses that day, I made a promise to myself: Like my grandmother, I would save and be ready when opportunity knocked.
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Chances are your child has heard about the subprime mortgage crisis but doesn't understand what's going on. Chances are you don't understand either.
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This national crisis provides us with a real life example for driving home some important money lessons.
Saving for a rainy day. If those 2 million families that face the devastating loss of their home had savings to fall back on, perhaps they might not have missed a mortgage payment—a mistake that could disqualify them for the bailout Washington is offering.
Live within your means. Explain to your kids that means you spend less than you bring home in your paycheck. Then tell them that living beyond your means for prolonged periods means you accumulate insurmountable debt and hurt your credit score—the ticket to the less-than-desirable subprime world.
Learn to delay gratification. Many of these now troubled homeowners were forced into the subprime mortgage market because of their own inability to control buying impulses. Learning to delay gratification by saving for those things you covet—whether it's a European vacation or the down payment for a house—is key to avoiding the carnage of overwhelming debt.
Know what you're promising. Use the subprime crisis to teach your child how important it is to read and understand the fine print before signing a contract. Whether it's a mortgage document, class assignment or allowance contract, not understanding the details can have serious ramifications.
Tell your children that millions of people signed a loan deal they either neglected to read or did not understand. Explain how those same people now may lose their homes. Tell them never to agree to do anything if they don't completely understand what they have agreed to. If someone is pushing them to agree, tell them to push away from the contract and give themselves 24 hours to reflect. Encourage them to seek out advice during that cooling off period, either from a family member or friend they trust. After all of that, if they still don't understand, walk away. No matter how good the deal sounds.
A good way to introduce your child to signed contracts is through a written allowance contract, signed by both parent and child. It is the first step toward giving them hands-on experience with the power of their signature and how to take personal responsibility for that signature.
Share your mistakes. If this is happening to you, explain how it happened and how you are going to fix it. Don't miss a payment. Get help now and give your children the best lesson of all: the knowledge that it is possible to survive a money mistake.
Looking for help?
If you have a subprime loan that is due to reset beyond your means, call your service provider now. Your service provider is the company you send your mortgage check to each month. Next, call Hope Now, at (888) 995-HOPE (4673). Mortgage counselors are on call 24 hours a day and advice is available in multiple languages. Visit the FHA online at www.fha.gov.
Susan Beacham is the founder and CEO of Money Savvy Generation, a financial education company that provides innovative products and services to help parents and educators teach children the basic skills of personal finance, www.MoneySavvyGeneration.com. E-mail her at [email protected].
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A family of crooks united to swindle a sportswear chain out of thousands of pounds worth of stock. Sports Soccer supervisor Marc Tickner, 19, seemed one of the firm's most conscientious members of staff and received rapid promotion after starting there four years ago.
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But Tickner, of Ruskin Avenue, Forest Hall, who worked at the Eldon Square branch of Sport Soccer in Newcastle, abused the management's trust by siphoning off clothes and football boots.
His 5am forays to open up the delivery room and take first pick of consignments as they arrived led to a charge of conspiracy to defraud Soccer Sports of thousands of pounds.
And he roped in his brother Matthew, 17, and sister Zoe, 21 - both students who had been working as casual sales assistants at the store.
As these exclusive photographs from CCTV footage reveal, the Tickners kept it in the family, with mum Christine, 43, and dad Robert, 44, acting as "mules" to claim cash refunds and credit notes from Sports Soccers across the North East.
All five Tickners, of the same address in Forest Hall, were sentenced at Newcastle Crown Court yesterday for their part in the scam.
Today the Chronicle lifts the lid on the racket, which was foiled by the company's security system and vigilant other staff.
David Crapper, Sports Soccer regional manager, said after the case: "At the time Marc was earning up to #20,000 with bonuses, and was still only 18.
"His potential was spotted and he was soon promoted for his commitment and good service."
Mr Crapper said Marc travelled throughout the country to help open new stores and help older stores not performing well and dealt with security issues.
"In March 2001 he was made a supervisor and worked on various departments in the Eldon Square and MetroCentre branches," he said.
"Marc enjoyed a high level of trust and was given a set of keys to the Eldon Square branch."
Tickner's duties involved opening up and running a team of up to 15 staff who processed deliveries and replenished stock.
But instead of tagging the goods for the stockroom, he and his siblings began sidelining a haul of property.
At Newcastle Crown Court Marc, Matthew and Zoe Tickner admitted the conspiracy to defraud Sports Soccer.
At theCourt yesterday Marc and Matthew were both given a 100-hour community punishment order for their part in the scam.
Zoe, who was training to become a primary school teacher at Sunderland University and working three to five days a week on the tills, was sentenced to 40 hours.
All the Tickner siblings had worked hard and become valued and trusted members of staff.
Their haul included top-brand shirts, tops, and pairs of Adidas Predator football boots worth #100.
Their parents claimed they had not realised the sportswear was stolen and thought the children were bringing home end-of-line stock or goods purchased under the staff discount scheme.
Robert Tickner, who suffers from a skin condition and has to wear shorts and open-toed sandals, and his wife, who walks with the aid of a stick, were both given 12-month conditional discharges.
Christine admitted two counts of obtaining property by deception and Robert three.
They travelled all over the North East in their Ford Focus car to pick up bundles of stolen Sports Soccer gear.
There they would exchange the goods, getting refunds, exchanges or credit notes.
But unknown to them, the firm was already investigating the stock discrepancies.
As well as being caught on camera, the fraudsters frequently signed exchange receipts with false names and addresses.
On December 2, 2002, Robert Tickner went to the Eldon Square branch and caused suspicion when he obtained a cash refund.
He had returned a "faulty" pair of Adidas predator football boots. But checks were made as staff purchases are logged in a book and only allowed on Thursdays to keep control of purchasing.
When the book was checked, it was revealed neither Matther, Marc nor Zoe had bought the boots.
A store spokesman said: "When any customer returns any item to the store, they must fill in a printed receipt with their name, address and signature.
"Robert Tickner used a name different from his own.
"On the same afternoon, Marc's mother went to the MetroCentre branch and bought another pair of Adidas Predator football boots using two credit notes that had been issued previously.
"Robert Tickner later also entered the MetroCentre store and returned seven items of stock and obtained a credit note to the value of #128.
"A member of staff who served him told her supervisor that he regularly came into the store and returned large quantities of goods and took credit notes, but she had never noticed him buying anything."
A print-out of his picture was sent to other stores and evidence of the scam was collated using cameras and a high-tec till logging system.
Newcastle city centre detectives were called in by the company to view the evidence.
Marc, Matthew and Zoe were all arrested at the store while processing a delivery on December 11 last year.
Their parents were later arrested and a search was made of the family home.
More stolen goods and a large number of unspent credit notes were recovered.
Using stock item codes and individual credit note codes, a total of 23 separate cases were found of goods being stolen from deliveries at Eldon Square and being returned at other stores.
Around #3,000 worth of stock was stolen from a delivery batch on November 9 last year, and further evidence suggested that amounts had been taken from previous deliveries stretching back nearly a year.
Sentencing the Tickners, Judge Guy Whitburn called it a sophisticated scam.
He said: "All five of you are thoroughly dishonest. This was a skilled abuse of trust."
Sport Soccer store manager Ian Moody said: "Everyone who knew Marc throughout the company was shocked by the news of the incident and there is still great disappointment as to why someone who, with previous good character and who had a promising career, would do such a thing."
Det Con Ged Mitchell of the Newcastle city centre area command said after the case: "The Tickners had the respect of their bosses and were in a position of trust.
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I had two VM, they showed up in the inventory of Spiceworks. I deleted the VM's and used their machine names again for new physical machines.
The new machines showed up in the inventory only with the info (serial no., etc.) of the VM's. So i deleted them from in inventory of Spiceworks. But now the are not comming back in the inventory anymore. I can see that Spiceworks scans the machine, because it can resolve the ip at the tab of DNS errors. How can i make them appear in my inventory?
Kind regards, Marcello
Aug 3, 2011 at 7:03 UTC
Hmmm....so the test passed, it's not in exclusions list, you setup a single scan entry for device and still does not show up.
On latest version of SpiceWorks? Lower left corner, hover over pepper. If not, lets update first.
If you are, then lets try restarting SpiceWorks and try the single scan entry again.
If that all fails then we will open the logs.
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Aug 3, 2011 at 6:21 UTC
Did you try doing a search for the device in the search bar by IP and by name to see if it is dropping it into another group?
If you still can't find it, try adding a new scan entry for the single device and run the scan, see if it gets it then. If it still doesn't then we can look into the log files for errors.
Aug 3, 2011 at 6:34 UTC
Hi Jay,
IP number doesn't appear in the search bar and i tried a manual scan for thos two ip numbers. The only place i can find them is in the tab DNS errors, but not in the inventory list.
Aug 3, 2011 at 6:37 UTC
Have a look inside Settings -> Network Scan
and make sure that the device is not listed inside "scan exclusions"
Aug 3, 2011 at 6:42 UTC
Checked that also, the exclusion scanlist is empty.
Aug 3, 2011 at 6:52 UTC
Lets test the Autho then again these devices.
Go to your scan settings and follow this guide.
When the test box comes up, just enter the IP of one of these devices, then in the drop down choose the account, see if it passes or fails.
Aug 3, 2011 at 6:57 UTC
Test passed.
Aug 3, 2011 at 7:03 UTC
Hmmm....so the test passed, it's not in exclusions list, you setup a single scan entry for device and still does not show up.
On latest version of SpiceWorks? Lower left corner, hover over pepper. If not, lets update first.
If you are, then lets try restarting SpiceWorks and try the single scan entry again.
If that all fails then we will open the logs.
Aug 3, 2011 at 7:26 UTC
Hi Jay,
I have the latest version, i restarted Spiceworks, did the single scan again. Still no luck. I can see the machine in the DNS error tab that the machine can be resolved.
Which logs do you need to see?
Aug 3, 2011 at 7:43 UTC
It would be the finder logs, and I would prefer to setup a single scan and then run it, it will make searching the logs much easier, then we can just look at finder_cust#.log (and finder_cust#_#.log): in the C:\Program Files\Spiceworks\log folder
Here is more detail on what each log is. If you can't find anything useful, let me know.
Aug 3, 2011 at 8:15 UTC
Hi Jay,
Here a part of finder_child.log, there is no finder_cust.log.
I changed the IP no. to x.x.x.x and the pcname to pcname
:httpuser=>nil, :item=>"x.x.x.x", :key=>"6", :snmpuser=>nil, :sshuser=>nil, :telnetuser=>nil, :use_custom_schedule=>true, :wmiuser=>"svc-sccm"}]
I[15:03:06.63 c2de40] milestone: expanding network list item: x.x.x.x (1 address - x.x.x.x), phase: resolving devices, percent: 3, expire: false
I[15:03:06.75 c2de40] finished looking at item x.x.x.x (1 address - x.x.x.x)
I[15:03:06.97 c2de40] ThreadPoolEx entering dns_map:wait_for_all (max_wait: 3600 secs) complete/total=1/1
I[15:03:06.97 c2de40] ThreadPoolEx leaving dns_map:wait_for_all
I[15:03:10.13 718000] attempting to find Windows computer: "pcname" ip: x.x.x.x nbname: "pcname"...
I[15:03:10.53 718000] Found Windows computer: "pcname" uid: CZC7362J7C ip: x.x.x.x type: Desktop
I[15:03:10.54 718000] server has no record of old alias CZC7362J7C - recovering and proceeding with new entry.
I[15:03:10.54 718000] Classifier-0: completed classifying "pcname", ip x.x.x.x
I[15:03:10.54 718000] Classifier-0: finished.
I[15:03:10.55 c2de40] ThreadPoolEx entering find:wait_for_all (max_wait: 120 secs) complete/total=1/1
I[15:03:10.55 c2de40] ThreadPoolEx leaving find:wait_for_all
I[15:03:10.55 c2de40] Device 'shallow scan' completed in 0m4s (0 devices => Inf s/device)
I[15:03:10.55 c2de40] DNS Map:
error: 0
resolves_to: "pcname"
reverse: x.x.x.x
start: x.x.x.x
It looks like it is going to make a new entry, but i don't see it. Further in the log i notice this line.
I[15:03:34.37 c2de40] "pcname"(5398-8607-9184-3062-3093-0230-54) Desktop/Computer ip: "x.x.x.y(OLD_VM MAC adress) port: 135
The same pc only with the old VM information, the one that i deleted from Spiceworks. Does it means there is some double entry in the database?
Aug 3, 2011 at 8:17 UTC
It would appear so. If you search on the old name in the search bar do you find anything listed?
Aug 3, 2011 at 8:30 UTC
Nothing if i search on the machine name, new ip address and the old ip address.
I search on the alias i found in the log file, then i found older info on the same machine, it is an older entry for the machine. I tried a rescan but nothing changed. can i delete the machine and try again?
Aug 3, 2011 at 8:32 UTC
Absolutely you can.
Looks like it hung onto something when you first tried, maybe it was in the middle of a scan therefore it just kept it in there.
Let me know
Aug 3, 2011 at 8:53 UTC
That solved the problem, after deleting the older machine he found the new one after the rescan.
Did the same for the second machine, did a manual scan on the ip address, looked in finder_child.log and used the old alias the find him in Spiceworks and the deleted that machine. Again a manual scan on the ip address and the machine appears.
Thanks a lot for your help!
Aug 3, 2011 at 9:09 UTC
Glad it worked.
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Grilled Japanese Eggplant With an Asian Vinaigrette
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High in fiber and low in calories, grilled eggplant makes a great addition to your main meal. COOK'S TIP: For an alternative serving suggestion, marinate the eggplant overnight in the vinaigrette described below, grill until lightly brown, and serve on crusty rolls topped with Montrachet goat cheese slices - DELICIOUS!
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We really enjoyed this recipe and paired it with potstickers to fill out our meal. It was a great way to use the Japanese eggplants from our garden. My mom, who is SUPER picky about ethnic food even raved about it!! Despite the large list of ingredients, it was very easy and fast to make... we actually had it finished long before the potstickers were ready. We couldn't find tahini/sesame paste at our local store, so we used an online recommendation to mix 2 tsp peanut butter and 1/4 tsp sesame oil as a sub. The cabbage actually suprised me by how tasting it turned out being topped by the eggplant and dressing... usually I don't like raw cabbage. My only complaint was that the eggplant skin remained a little tough... might have more to do with our gardening abilities than the recipe though haha. We will definitely be using this recipe again, thanks for posting it!
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- 4 japenese eggplants
- 1 teaspoon Chinese five spice powder
- 1⁄2 teaspoon onion powder
- 1 teaspoon garlic salt
- 1⁄4 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 3 cups finely sliced Chinese cabbage
- 1⁄2 cup of fresh mint, coarsely chopped
- 1⁄2 cup feta cheese, crumbled
- toasted sesame seeds, for garnish
- 1⁄3 cup orange juice
- 3 tablespoons rice vinegar
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce
- 2 teaspoons sesame paste
- 1⁄2 garlic clove, finely minced
- 1 teaspoon gingerroot, finely minced
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 1 dash kosher salt
- 1 medium shallot, coarsely chopped
- 3 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 3 tablespoons dark sesame oil
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- Wash eggplants and pat dry with paper towels, set aside.
- In a small mixing bowl combine the Chinese 5-spice powder, onion powder, garlic salt, and black pepper. Set aside.
- Slice the eggplants in half lengthwise, brush with olive oil and rub the mixed spices on both sides.
- Grill over low heat for about 5 minutes on each side, or until tender.
- Arrange cabbage on serving plates and top with grilled eggplant; drizzle with the asian vinaigrette.
- Top with the fresh mint, feta, and sprinkle with toasted sesame seeds.
- Asian Vinaigrette:.
- In a blender or food processor, combine all the ingredients except the vegetable and sesame oils. With the blender/processor running, slowly pour in the vegetalbe oil followed by the sesame oil. Process for 10 to 15 seconds longer. Refrigerate until ready to serve. (If necessary, whisk before serving.).
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Melt 2 tablespoons butter in heavy medium saucepan over medium-low heat. Add onion; sauté until very tender but not brown, about 15 minutes. Increase heat to medium. Add rice and stir 1 minute. Add 1 1/2 cups warm broth. Boil gently until broth is absorbed, stirring frequently. Add another 1 cup broth; stir until broth is absorbed. Add remaining 2 1/2 cups broth, 1/2 cup at a time, allowing broth to be absorbed before adding more and stirring frequently until rice is tender and mixture is creamy, about 25 minutes. Stir in 2 tablespoons butter and 1 cup grated cheese. Season with salt and pepper. Transfer to bowl. Sprinkle with parsley and shaved Parmesan.
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Does Everyone Go to Heaven?
For more information on the material in this session, read the preface and chapter 1 of the book Erasing Hell: What God Said about Eternity, and the Things We Made Up.
Heaven and hell are familiar terms for Christians and non-Christians alike, especially if you live in an English-speaking country. The words appear in movies, in television shows, on the radio. Sometimes they are used as swear words (especially hell), spouted off flippantly upon hearing a piece of bad news. We use them as empty modifiers in everyday speech. Instead of saying "no," we say "heavens no" just to get our point across. Needless to say, the words heaven and hell have lost their biblical richness through overuse. All the more need to understand precisely what we mean when we talk about heaven—and hell.
This workbook is a study of hell. And before we get started, it's important to realize the seriousness of the subject. We are not studying a natural catastrophe, a violent war, a fatal disease, or any other so-called "hells on earth." This life brings much tragedy and suffering—but nothing we experience in this life compares to the heart-wrenching misery that will accompany the place we are studying in this book. This study is a sober one. You will find no jokes or cute stories to make the doctrine of hell more palatable. But this is a study that will change your life forever. You don't have to meditate on the reality of hell for very long before you begin to live differently in light of it.
Before we go deeper, I want to ask three questions up front. And I really want you to be honest with your answers.
1. Without looking at the Bible, list all the characteristics about hell that you can. For example, you can describe what it is like, or who will go there, or where it is located. If you don't know much of what the Bible says about hell, just describe what you have heard about it.
2. Now, in light of your previous answer, describe what this view says about God. If hell is the way you've portrayed it, then what does your perspective teach us about God?
3. Lastly—and be honest here—what are the hardest things for you to believe about hell? These may include logical problems or emotional difficulties that you have when you think about hell. What makes it difficult for you to believe that God would send people to hell?
Hell is not an easy doctrine to swallow. If you listed quite a few things in question 3, that's okay. I have a long list myself! This is why I begin Erasing Hell with the line: "If you are excited to read this book, you have issues." It's true. Hell is not something we must delight in and love to talk about. After all, even God said that He does not delight in the death of the wicked (Ezek. 33:11).
But if hell is real—if the Bible says that there is a real place of punishment for those who don't love Jesus—then we must take God at His word. We must embrace what God has said about Himself and His plan of justice, even when it is difficult to believe. This is what our study here is all about. Yes, it's a book about hell. But even more, it's a book about God. So before going any further, take a brief moment and ask God to answer the following prayers:
Heavenly Father ...
Help me to embrace You more firmly and cherish You more fervently by understanding Your Word more.
Prevent my emotions or mere human logic from clouding my view of hell.
Open up my heart to Your ways and Your character. Give me eyes to see and ears to hear, so that Your ways become my own.
Kindle afresh in my heart and mind a higher view of who You are. And may my life be radically transformed by a fresh encounter with You through this study.
Next, we need to talk about the possibility of an after-death conversion. I suspect that you may have wondered about this. Every Christian believes that God accepts sinners who repent and turn to Christ in this life. This is a cardinal truth. But does this invitation extend beyond death? Will unbelievers have a chance to "get saved" after they die? This question is an important one, because if there are second chances after death, then the reality of hell is not nearly as important. Plus, there are a growing number of Christians who believe that God's invitation to follow Jesus extends beyond the grave.
But what does the Bible say? This will be a question that permeates this workbook. Regardless of what we think or what we've always been taught, what does the Bible actually say about the matter? Does the Bible hold out hope that God will give unbelievers a second chance to believe in Jesus after death?
Chapter 1 of Erasing Hell discusses a few passages that seem to say God will save everyone in the end. One of the difficulties in interpreting these passages is the meaning of the word all. For instance, 1 Corinthians 15:22 says, "In Christ shall all be made alive." By itself, this verse could mean that everyone will end up being saved, but the context doesn't support this interpretation. Paul was clearly thinking about the resurrection of believers ("those who belong to Christ" in 15:23). Basically, 15:22–23 says that all who belong to Christ will be made alive at His coming.
4. Do you find it persuasive that "all" in this case doesn't mean "every single person who ever lived"? Explain. (You may want to have a look at pages 26–33 of Erasing Hell, along with 1 Cor. 15:20–26; Phil. 2:9–11; Rev. 21:24–25.) Another difficult passage is 1 Timothy 2:4, which says that God "wants all people to be saved" (ISV). If God "wants" all people to be saved, then this raises the question: Does God get what He wants? But Scripture talks about two different kinds "wills" of God, His "wanting" something to happen: the moral will of God and the decreed will of God.
5. Explain the difference between God's moral will and His decreed will. It may help to go back and read how these are distinguished in the life of Samson (page 32 of Erasing Hell).
Studying the Bible can be hard work! Some passages are easy to understand, while others demand much more time and reflection, or even some time in Greek dictionaries. But when we're studying, we need to make sure that our goal is not to win an argument or just to have good doctrine. Our end goal of all Bible study is to love God and love people more—even when we are sorting out difficult doctrines, like the moral and decreed will of God!
With that in mind, let's bring this back to the practical level. In Erasing Hell, I argue that the word all often means "all types" of people. So in 1 Timothy 2, Paul reminds Timothy that God even wants pedophile maniacs like Caesar Nero ("kings and all who are in high positions"—1 Tim. 2:2) to repent and come to Jesus. God is in the business of loving and saving sinners—especially the really bad ones!
6. Is there anyone in your life who you feel is beyond the reaches of God's grace? You may not verbally admit this, but deep down you feel that there is no chance this person will come to Jesus. Write down the name of this person (or people) below, and pray for him or her.
7. What are some things you could do to show this person (or these people) that God loves him or her?
The church is a multiethnic, multiage, multiclass body of redeemed sinners. God loves this diversity because God loves all types of people. This seems to be the main point of passages like 1 Timothy 2:4 and 2 Peter 3:9.
8. Is there anyone in your life (Christian or not) whom you have not loved the way God loves? This may be a person of a different ethnicity, language, social class, or age.
God extends the offer of salvation to all types of people—but the offer is only available in this life. There is nothing in the Bible that suggests that unbelievers will have a chance to accept Jesus after they die. In fact, Luke 13:22–30 says clearly that a time will come when the door of salvation will be closed and people will have no more opportunities to turn to Jesus.
Go back and read through this passage. Read it slowly. Meditate on it. Jesus doesn't tell this parable to prove that people will go to hell, but to challenge His followers to live different lives. Rather than arguing that the door will be closed, we need to live differently while that door is open!
9. Even though Luke 13:22–30 never mentions the word hell, Jesus uses a phrase in this passage that He uses elsewhere when describing hell. This phrase is weeping and gnashing of teeth. What do you think it means?
10. What do you think Jesus means when He says, "I do not know where you come from" (Luke 13:25)?
11. Jesus told His parables not only to challenge our intellects but to grip our emotions. As you read through Luke 13:22–30, what emotions does this story raise in you? Does it make you fearful? Sad? Scared?
Luke 13:22–30 is a tough parable to meditate on. I often picture friends and family who don't know Christ, on the outside knocking, begging for Jesus to let them in. Again, God gave us this parable to change the way we think, feel, and act throughout our daily routine. So pray that God would use the reality of hell to transform the way you live—that He would use this study to help shape your life and thinking so that it looks more like Christ.
Write some reflections on ... Does Everyone Go to Heaven?CHAPTER 2
Has Hell Changed? Or Have We?
For more information on the material in this session, read chapter 2 of the book Erasing Hell: What God Said about Eternity, and the Things We Made Up.
We live in an image-saturated culture. Pictures are everywhere. They're on billboards, on magazines; they fill our TV screens and cover our walls. Most societies (especially America) are inundated with images. And images often reflect what we want to see. They reflect who we are. So when we create images of Jesus—in paintings, in children's books, or in movies—we often portray Him in our own image. In America, Jesus is often portrayed as good looking, fit, and white. He has long flowing hair, an impeccable complexion, and a thin bone structure. His appearance is based on what we want Him to look like and not the way He actually would have appeared.
We do the same with Jesus' words. We often interpret Jesus' words in light of what we want Him to say, not in light of what He actually said. It's so easy for us to read Jesus' words in light of our own culture rather than His. This is especially true with what He says about hell. In chapter 2 of Erasing Hell, I examine the first-century world of Jesus. This is a very important discussion because it helps us understand Jesus in light of His own culture and context. Jesus used words, imagery, and parables that were familiar to the first-century Jews, the people He was addressing. So to understand what He said about hell, it's important to put ourselves in the sandals of the first-century Jews. We want to understand Jesus the way His original audience would have understood Him, and not how we want to understand Him. We must read Jesus in His own context.
1. Does it matter to you that Jesus was a first-century Jew and probably wasn't a light-skinned guy with long flowing hair? Explain.
2. Jesus didn't necessarily agree with His contemporaries about hell, but let's start there. How would you describe the view of hell depicted in this well-known writing from Jesus' day?
[T]he chambers shall give up the souls which have been committed to them. And the Most High shall be revealed upon the seat of judgment ... recompense shall follow ... unrighteous deeds shall not sleep. Then the pit of torment shall appear ... and the furnace of Gehenna shall be disclosed. (first century AD)
3. If most of Jesus' audience believed hell was a place of punishment for the wicked, and Jesus thought they were wrong, how would you expect Him to address that? Why?
4. When Jesus' contemporaries talked about hell, they mainly used imagery of fire, darkness, and lamenting. What do you think these images are meant to convey about hell?
5. From what you know of Jesus, how would you expect Him to respond when Jewish teachers used such imagery?
6. Jews in Jesus' day thought hell would involve either annihilation or never-ending punishment. What is annihilation? How is it different from never-ending torment of conscious people?
7. Does it matter to you how long the suffering in hell lasts—whether it's a quick destruction or a never-ending torment? Explain.
We've looked at three main things first-century Jews believed about hell:
Hell is a place of punishment after judgment.
Hell is described in imagery of fire and darkness, where people lament.
Hell is a place of annihilation or never-ending punishment.
Now, you may have heard the theory that hell (Greek: gehenna) originally referred to a garbage dump outside Jerusalem. I personally grew up thinking this, and I still hear it in sermons and read about it in books. But after studying the meaning of the Greek word gehenna, I was surprised to find out that it was not a garbage dump. In fact, as I explain in chapter 2 of Erasing Hell, this theory arose in the Middle Ages (around AD 1200) and probably was not what Jesus had in mind when He spoke of hell.
8. If you have a copy of the book handy, explain why it is unlikely that "hell" (gehenna) referred to a garbage dump.
9. On page 61 in the book, I explain how the Hinnon Valley (from which we get the word gehenna) became associated with hell. How did this valley become known as a place of punishment?
10. How would thinking of hell as just a garbage dump be different from thinking of it as a place of punishment, fire, darkness, and lament?
11. What questions has this discussion raised in your mind?
The church today doesn't often talk about God's wrath and judgment. These concepts are not very attractive, and yet first-century Jews didn't shrink back from preaching about God's judgment of people in hell. And, as we will see, Jesus was a first-century Jew, and He also wasn't reluctant to talk about hell and judgment.
12. Are you comfortable talking about hell with an unbeliever? Why, or why not?
13. What are some ways in which hell can be talked about wrongly?
14. What are some ways to talk about hell to an unbeliever that still manifest Christian love?
Understanding the historical background of the New Testament is important for correct interpretation. But it's easy to get caught up in the facts of history and miss the point of the text: to transform us into Christ-likeness. As we move into the New Testament for the next three sessions, I want to emphasize again that hell is not just a doctrine to be discussed and debated. The very reality of hell is designed to shape us into Christ-likeness. Before you begin the next session, pray that God would help you understand and embrace what the Bible says about hell. And also, pray that God would form you into the image of Christ as a result of learning what Jesus and the apostles said about hell.
Write some reflections on ... Has Hell Changed? Or Have We?CHAPTER 3
What Jesus Actually Said about Hell
For more information on the material in this session, read chapter 3 of the book Erasing Hell: What God Said about Eternity, and the Things We Made Up.
Studying the Bible can be hard work. But we need to make sure that it doesn't become a mere academic exercise. God gave us the Bible—and all the truths in it, including hell—in order to shape us into Christ-likeness. In session 1, I encouraged you to acquire a more passionate heart for the lost through this study. You probably know several people, some of whom are very close to you, who are on their way to hell. And this should stir up more zeal in you to reach out to them, to love and serve them more, and to continue to pray for them and tell them about Jesus.
I hope fervent evangelism will be an outcome of this study. I also pray that God would instill in you a healthy sense of fear. Not that we should be scared of God. After all, we are covered by the blood of Christ! But the Bible still demands that we have a deep-seated reverential awe of our King. Isaiah put it like this: "But this is the one to whom I will look: he who is humble and contrite in spirit and trembles at my word" (Isa. 66:2). As you continue to study the doctrine of hell, pray that God would humble you in the process. Understand that the only reason why you are not headed there—if you are a genuine believer—is God's grace. Therefore, tremble as you read the words of Jesus that we will discuss in this session. He is the all-sovereign King of Creation. And He has spoken so that we might tremble.
Chapters 2 and 3 of Erasing Hell are closely related. I tried to situate Jesus in His own historical and cultural context. After surveying the Jewish view of hell, I said at the beginning of chapter 3, "If Jesus rejected the widespread Jewish belief in hell—then He would certainly need to be clear about this" (page 73). This is an important point to understand.
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As marijuana eradications go, it was pretty weak. An armful of spindly plants, some overheated deputies and a far higher 'slog to weed' ration than I found logical... But truthfully, it was a buzz just being there. That's because it was 1992 and I'd yet to overdose on the thrill of the hunt. It wasn't my first pot-pull (please - no jokes!), but it was an early one and my field training was far from complete. When I noticed Photog Elder Woody Spencer pointing his camera at the the media pack, I looked forward to seeing what magic he'd craft from it. I just didn't know that nearly two decades would pass before I got a peek...
Seems Woody sold The Suits on a story about news crews themselves. His weekly features, Woody's World, were brilliant and I learned something from them every Friday evening. Still, I was a little surprised his bosses let him turn his camera on his office mates. But by doing so, they commissioned a rolling thesis on my biggest mentors, starting with this guy: Paul Dunn. Part good ole boy, part car salesman, ALL photog, Paul didn't teach me how to use a camera. He taught me how to take it to interesting places. I could write books on our many adventures, but for now, know this: TV News became a less interesting place the day he left the business.
But even swashbucklers have better halves. In Paul's case, it was his then girlfriend/now wife: Carolyn Kusbit. A forthright young woman from Pennsylvania, Carolyn was the kind of person my Father might call a Yankee. Watching her assimilate into the not so deep South was always a kick - until she started kicking ass and taking names. As a local reporter she was exacting, relentless and annoyingly committed to the truth. Our many, many crime scene conversations were the very basis for my humble blog and yellow tape billowing in the breeze still brings her cackle to mind. In Woody's piece, she comes off as Holly Hunter's character in 'Broadcast News'. That's no act - but it was a limited appearance. A full blown educator now, she was recently spotted defending her dissertation. You go, Dr. Dunn!
As talented as we deeply believed ourselves to be, nobody held a candle to this cat: Andy Cordan. A whirling dervish of lenses and machismo, Andy perfected the cop-car ride-a-long well before Bertram Van Munster pioneered COPS. Though I never could quite fully emulate his chutzpah, his balls-out approach to news-gathering left deep, deep imprints on my neophyte psyche.I still have a fond memory of Andy shoving a lens into a freshly shackled bank robber's face and 'suggesting' he show more emotion. Unlike Paul, Carolyn or even Woody, Andy Cordan is still at it, pounding the means streets of Nashville. If you see him down there, say 'Hi' for me. Then get the hell out of his way.
But enough of my rambling; just watch Woody's piece below. If memory serves me correct, it never aired, as Woody's bosses decided it was too 'self-serving'. (Pfft! What must they think of reality show contestants cluttering up newscasts now?) Thus I had to wait nearly 20 years to see just what my elder was up to. I should have known it would feature me floundering...
Thursday, April 22, 2010
Scenes from a Pot-Pull
2 comments:
- turdpolisher said...
that's some righteous storytelling, especially for '92. love the 3/4 gear and the wired mics. how'd we ever get anything done with that stuff?
- Getawaymoments said...
Ikegami 730 and Ikegami 735 ouch.
great story, makes my back hurt looking at those old cameras. ahhhh my life at the mercy of a fourteen pin cable.
those were the days
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Just a pic of our riverbank
People have been wanting to know what our place looks like. Well, the left side of the riverbank is ours. This pick was taken from the bridge that goes over the river and serves as a kind of edge to our property, even though it actually goes a little further. Laura took this picture on the day of the vigil right before we got started. You can read about the vigil in the next entry dated 10/16/05.
The other two are pics taken by Laura's mother of the snow we had last December, right before Christmas. The first one is taken from the side of her house ad shows the corner of it, while the other is still taken for her place, but looks up the driveway towards our place. In perusing more of the pics on this photo page, you will see more of our place in the background areas. I know there were some when Paul Shapiro (then working for COK) came to interview me on the riverbank as well as some taken last Halloween.
Yes, I know we have gotten behind in getting all of this updated, but there had been a bit going on, and I took my whole day off on my birthday, the 13th. After Laura checked the emails for anything vitally important, I got to play video games for the rest of the day and stayed up all night doing so. Nice, relaxing birthday, where all I had to do that day was to take care of all of the animals here, which doesn't really take that long at all.
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