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Oh, My Blair Witchian Nightmare
Toss in a couple more Halloween's, a few Friday the 13th's, a Nightmare on Elm Street...add a dash of Texas Chainsaw Massacre and blend with just a pinch of Blair Witch Project...and you get a full fledged fear of the dark:O Yes my friends, I am just a wee bit scared of the dark.
Husband likes to get out of The Big City every once in a while. We stay at a house on the beach in Michigan. There are about 40 steep, narrow, concrete stairs through the woods to the beach. During the day...it's just a long walk to the beach...At night, it's my Blair Witchian Nightmare!
It took me three nights to work up the nerve to walk to the bottom of the stairs...but I did it...Doesn't everyone make a horror movie on vacation?;)
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I'm so proud of you!!! This was awesome, you make me laugh ;-)ReplyDelete
I cannot get over how DARK it is. No stars? No moon, nothing! WOAH.
Creepy Boathouse.... Cyn... love you girlie. Your hubby is a brat!!!!!!! ;-)
I know! Husband is a total BRAT!!!ReplyDelete
He got you good.ReplyDelete
That is hilarious! I don't know what, exactly, but you deserve some kind of nomination.ReplyDelete
I know a good divorce lawyer... I am terrified of the dark. I would have never done it..good for youReplyDelete
I would have soiled myself and ended up fetal till morning. O-M-G way to go girl! Your hubby's lucky you didn't freak out and beat the crap out of him. My hubby thinks I'm nuts 'cause if I watch a scary movie or something disturbing he wakes up to fort knox, doors locked, chairs infront of them, etc. lolReplyDelete
Still can't watch 'em!ReplyDelete
OMG! I can't see the video right now from work, but I'll have to check it out later... can I just say how I can't handle scary movies anymore? It was easier to watch those types of movies before I had kids, but now, forget it! I am petrified! I totally believed the Blair Witch Project was true, at first. OMG. Was that not INSANELY scary? And The Ring? And The Grudge? EEK!!!ReplyDelete
OK I am not scared of the dark.. but THAT dark OMG! I am proud of you that you tried to overcome your fear. Thanks to your smartass hubby you will probably NEVER go out again without an armed guard huh.ReplyDelete
Thanks for giving us a laugh at your expense.. I enjoyed it immensely. (cause it was you and not me)
SHIT!!!! I was watching that through my fingers and SCREAMED when your husband did that! JACKASS!! Slap him for me.ReplyDelete
I did not appreciate the scary music, even though I was cracking up over here.
Whew... i think that now I need a glass of wine, too.
Hope the trip's been fun. Hope dear hubby doesn't get pushed into the lake....
I made it to 1:10 and had to turn it off. I couldn't watch anymore :(ReplyDelete
Yes, I'm a chickenshit. That's okay. I totally would have downed the BOTTLE of wine, and taken the camera along so that my murder would have been recorded.
I'm assuming, that since you posted this, you survived. Good. That means I don't have to finish watching :)
Niiiice!!! Michigan...did you pick that on purpose...giggle.. Scary, no thanks!!ReplyDelete
That was hilarious! I was thinking as I was watching.. I wonder if someone's going to jump out at her at the bottom! Haha. Love the music too.ReplyDelete
I can't watch 'em either...set Zip & tizzy and me up with a romantic comedy :)))ReplyDelete
I hate to tell you this, but I laughed out loud that whole time. I am not scared of the dark. Sorry (only a little bit) that I found soooo much humor in that video. Even though I found the ending to be particularly funny, I would have KILLED him. It would have been justifiable. Thanks for the serious laugh. btw, that music is really creepy.ReplyDelete
Oh my god, THAT was great.ReplyDelete
(and very very scary, of course)
We love scaring each other at my house hiding in closets or under beds. Not usually in the dark?? This takes the game to another level.ReplyDelete
Scary! I couldn't do it. You are a brave woman.ReplyDelete
That was so funny! And that is also a helluva long flight of stairs! Well done, and smack your hubby on the back of the head from me!ReplyDelete
...And she's never heard from again.ReplyDelete
That was too funny. Especially once the music kicked in. And the Friday the 13th sound effects. Very awesome.
I think your husband rocks! LOL My husband won't scare me on purpose because he thinks it is mean. I love it!ReplyDelete
Hehehehe, I still think Blair Witch is pretty scary...ReplyDelete
Awesome. :-)ReplyDelete
When I got home today from Bloggy Boot Camp Philly I knew I had to finally watch this video since we couldn't get it to work on the iPhone.ReplyDelete
I think I may have just peed myself a little from laughing so hard.


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BLM authorizes Grand Canyon uranium exploration
The Bureau of Land Management has authorized several new uranium exploration permits near the Grand Canyon despite a congressional resolution last year barring new claims near the national park.
According to documents (pdf) released yesterday by the Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) and the Grand Canyon Trust, BLM on April 27 authorized Quaterra Alaska Inc. to conduct eight uranium mine exploration operations at five separate projects north of Grand Canyon National Park and west of the Kaibab Plateau.
"Our understanding is that exploration can begin immediately," said Taylor McKinnon, director of CBD's public lands program.
Quaterra Alaska is a subsidiary of Vancouver-based Quaterra Resources Inc.
All of the projects are within the 1 million acres of BLM and Forest Service land that the House Natural Resources Committee ordered to be withdrawn from new uranium mining claims in June 2008, according to the groups.
The committee employed its rarely used emergency declaration authority to withdraw the lands, but then-Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne rejected the panel's request, saying the committee did not have a quorum on the vote, which was taken after Republicans walked out in protest, arguing that there was no emergency to prompt the move.
The department also disputed the committee's authority under the 1976 Federal Land Policy and Management Act to issue emergency withdrawals and later issued a new rule that limited its ability to carry out such orders.
Michael Taylor, deputy director of resources at BLM's Arizona state office, disputed the groups' claims that this action authorized new drilling operations.
He explained that the documents reflect the company's shift in reclamation bond funds from one set of exploration sites that the company was no longer interested in exploring to the new set of sites that were not previously bonded. "It was a transfer of bonding money between the notices," Taylor said. "There is no on-the-ground exploration authorized."
Describing the action as a "paper shuffle," Taylor said the company has not given any indication that it plans to explore the newly bonded sites and that the agency has not authorized any new exploration permits. "We haven't done anything out there, anything that would be contrary to what the committee had requested," he said.
But Richard Mayol, director of communications and government affairs for the Grand Canyon Trust, said the transfer still constitutes a new authorization. "The fact they shifted the bonding to these sites means they can begin this exploration drilling," he said.
The trust and CBD, along with the Sierra Club, filed a lawsuit against Interior last fall to force it to comply with the committee's order.
While the case has yet to go to court, McKinnon said the groups were not informed of BLM's authorizations, and that he was unsure how they would affect the lawsuit.
Earlier this year, Rep. Raúl Grijalva (D-Ariz.) reintroduced legislation to bar uranium development near the Grand Canyon, noting that new mining near the park could contaminate regional water systems.
Grijalva had introduced the legislation last year but faced serious opposition from Bush administration officials and Republicans, who said the bill would hurt local economies, prompting the Arizona Democrat to push for the committee's emergency withdrawal.
He said in January that he would work to convince Interior Secretary Ken Salazar to reconsider the temporary withdrawal while he pushes his legislation. Salazar has not spoken publicly about the issue since taking office.
"This is an indication that the BLM needs leadership from the new administration," said CBD's McKinnon. "The Grand Canyon example highlights the need for change."
Click here (pdf) to view the documents.
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Krakow, 12 September 2012. Some 500 particle physicists meeting in Krakow this week have been debating the long-term future of their field at the CERN Council Open Symposium on the European Strategy for Particle Physics. This symposium comes at a turning point for the field, following hot on the heels of the announcement in July by CERN experiments ATLAS and CMS of the discovery of a new particle consistent with the long-sought Higgs boson: a discovery that sets the direction for future particle physics research. Although the LHC results have dominated the headlines, other areas, such as neutrino physics, have also seen important advances over recent years.
The symposium marks the first update of a strategy initially put in place in 2006 with a view to coordinating particle physics research in Europe, as well as Europe's participation in projects hosted in other regions. A CERN Council nominated strategy group will distil input from the symposium into a draft strategy update to be discussed by the CERN Council in March 2013. The final version will then be presented to the Council in Brussels in May 2013, at a meeting timed to coincide with a ministerial-level meeting of the European Competitiveness Council.
"Particle physics has always been a long-term, internationally coordinated endeavour," said Chair of the strategy group, Tatsuya Nakada, a Professor at the Swiss institute, EPFL in Lausanne. "With the increasing size and complexity of our experimental facilities, this is more true now than ever, and a clear European strategy, integrated into the broader global picture, is essential."
"The timing of the May 2013 meeting is important," added President of the CERN Council, Michel Spiro. "Europe's competitiveness depends critically on the strength of its science base, and particle physics not only forms part of that base, but also nourishes other areas of scientific endeavour."
Topics under discussion at Krakow ranged from considerations of potential facilities to succeed the Large Hadron Collider, which is scheduled to run well beyond 2020, to the complementarity between accelerator-based research and cosmic ray studies, and future facilities for neutrino science. Although the LHC is at the beginning of its research programme, the long lead-times for the development of high-energy frontier research facilities, as well for some precision experiments, requires preliminary work to begin early in order to maintain continuity.
"The European strategy for particle physics is a sign of the global nature of particle physics," said CERN Director General Rolf Heuer. "It ensures that Europe's resources are deployed in an optimal and responsible way, and integrated into a global vision for our field."
A regular exchange of information among the three regions, the Americas, Asia and Europe takes place through the global body ICFA, the International Committee for Future Accelerators. ICFA recently produced a document describing global opportunities for particle physics, Beacons of Discovery. The updated European strategy to be presented in Brussels in May 2013 will embody Europe's contribution to this global approach to the exploration of the fundamental nature of matter.
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As the Bullpen Turns: Rosenberg is next
UPDATE (9:41 a.m.): Indeed, it's B.J. Rosenberg who gets the call. He'll wear No. 53 and is available beginning Saturday.
BALTIMORE — Raul Valdes has the unfortunate distinction of being lefthanded. Typically, that will prolong a pitcher's career, but in this case, it earned Valdes a ticket to Allentown despite a 2.13 ERA in 12 2/3 innings for the Phillies.
"We want to bring up a righty and see if we can get some balance in our bullpen," Charlie Manuel said after a 9-6 victory over the Orioles. "That was hard because Valdes, I felt like he did a super job for us. He could be back. He pitched good enough. It wasn't because we didn't like the way he pitched."
It's just Chad Qualls and Michael Schwimer have been so bad that another righthanded arm is required.
The Phillies are looking outside the organization for bullpen help, but they will dip into the minors again Saturday for a new face. One possibility is B.J. Rosenberg, a 26-year-old righty who is throwing quite well for the IronPigs.
He began the season at double-A Reading. In 11 games and 20 2/3 innings at triple A, he has a 1.74 ERA with 26 strikeouts and six walks.
The Phillies have two righties on the 40-man roster — Phillippe Aumont and J.C. Ramirez. They, too, are possibilities. So is Brian Sanches, who spent some time with the Phillies earlier this season. But both Aumont and Sanches pitched Friday for Lehigh Valley. Ramirez was just recently promoted to triple A and isn't on the radar.
Plus, the Phillies outrighted Pete Orr off the 40-man roster after Friday's game to leave 39 active players. That suggests the righthanded reliever will come from outside the 40-man roster.
In addition to Rosenberg, Tyson Brummett has decent numbers at triple A after starting in Reading. But Phillies officials have long viewed Rosenberg as a potential arm because he throws strikes.
With a dearth of options at the major-league level, he may finally have his chance.
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Give Rand Paul credit—he decided to kick it old school on the Senate floor and filibuster in person rather than simply filing a procedural motion.
The result was the kind of spectacle we only see in Frank Capra films and Strom Thurmond lowlight reels: a U.S. senator on a one-man speaking marathon designed to bring national attention to an issue he believes is of critical importance to the country and the Constitution. In this case, it's the Obama administration's reluctance to say it would not rule out drone strikes against U.S. citizens on U.S. soil. That's why Paul decided to filibuster the president's nominee to be CIA director, explaining: "I don't rise to oppose John Brennan's nomination simply for the person. I rise today for the principle."
Things got off to a surreal start around 11:50 Wednesday morning when, a few minutes into his filibuster, Paul asked: "Has America the Beautiful become Alice's Wonderland?" and then imagined the queen screaming "Release the drones!" This is a scenario Lewis Carroll never contemplated.
Instead of resorting to cheap filibuster tricks like reading the dictionary or a phonebook, Paul delivered a real speech—albeit Castro-esque in length—discussing the constitutional principles at stake more or less off the top of his head for nearly 13 hours.
Paul warned of the inherent absence of due process that comes with drone strikes, memorably saying: "Your notification is the buzz of the propellers on the drone as it flies overhead in the seconds before you're killed." Paul also took aim at the practical implications of a perpetual war on terror: "When people say, 'Oh, the battlefield's come to America' and 'The battlefield's everywhere,' 'The war is limitless in time and scope,' be worried, because your rights will not exist if you call America a battlefield for all time."
At times, Paul wandered into hyperbolic fantasies and indulged in dystopian nightmares to make his point, such as imagining whether a caravan of Americans traveling from a Constitution Party conference to a Libertarian Party conference might be targeted for assassination by drone strike like New Mexican–born Anwar al-Awlaki. "That Americans could be killed in a café in San Francisco or in a restaurant in Houston or at their home in Bowling Green, Kentucky, is an abomination," he thundered. "It is something that should not and cannot be tolerated in our country." It is also something that is not remotely contemplated.
But with this filibuster, Paul brought more attention to the issue of civil liberties than a hundred op-ed pieces penned over the past decade, giving rise to an unexpectedly broad coalition of constitutionalists and libertarians ranging from right to left, with Oregon Democrat Ron Wyden joining his filibuster on the floor along with Republican Senate colleagues including Marco Rubio, Mike Lee, and Saxby Chambliss. That was an expansion of what The Daily Beast's Eli Lake dubbed "the checks-and-balances caucus" in a must-read piece from two weeks ago.
Let's be honest: the fault lines have changed in this fight, because George W. Bush is no longer president and 9/11 is more than a decade in the past. With President Obama in the White House, Republicans have rediscovered a concern with the overreach of executive power that almost none but Ron Paul, the senator's father, expressed when their party was in power. On the flip side, Democrats are far more sanguine about their president's use of lethal power to kill al Qaeda leaders without resorting to conventional boots-on-the-ground war. But Rand Paul has found support in liberal civil libertarians who—agree or disagree with them—have remained admirably consistent in their objections, regardless of which party is in the White House.
To buttress his argument, Paul weaved in the work of journalists ranging from The Washington Post's Eugene Robinson, Wired's Noah Shachtman, The Guardian's Glenn Greenwald, The Atlantic's Conor Friedersdorf, and The Daily Beast's Bruce Riedel. Paul name-checked everyone from Hayek to Hitler, warning that "in a democracy you could somehow elect someone who is very evil … when a democracy gets it wrong, you want the law to be in place."
Paul's criticism of Obama largely sidestepped hyperpartisan personal attacks. Though the senator raised the slippery-slope specter of martial law more than once, his primary complaint was the president's shift on civil liberties in what was once officially called the war on terror. "Barack Obama of 2007 would be right down here with me arguing against this drone strike program if he were in the Senate," he argued.
This is undoubtedly true. But alongside the question of executive power in this brave new world is the question of executive responsibility, namely the president's constitutional oath to protect and defend the United States of America. As Yale Law professor and Daily Beast contributor Stephen Carter argued in his book The Violence of Peace: America's Wars in the Age of Obama: "On matters of national security, at least, the Oval Office evidently changes the outlook of its occupant far more than the occupant changes the outlook of the Oval Office."
Paul concedes that John Brennan will ultimately be confirmed CIA director, just as he reluctantly concedes that he eventually received the assurance from the administration he was looking for: "I have hounded and hounded and hounded, and finally yesterday I get a response from Mr. Brennan, who wishes to be the CIA chief, and he finally says, 'I will obey the law.' Well, hooray. Good for him. It took a month to get him to admit that he will obey the law." Sarcasm aside, it is a reasonable point. Nightmare scenarios exist—9/11 or Pearl Harbor, for example—but the administration at least made a communications mistake in clouding the issue with ambiguity that ignores common sense. New technologies require different laws and procedures. At the very least they require clarification.
But in our time of hyperpartisan political kabuki, Paul deserves respect for advancing a serious, principled, substantive debate. This is what filibusters are supposed to be—and one of the lessons learned might be the necessity of real filibuster reform that requires senators to take the floor rather than hiding behind the passing of paper. In addition, it has provided a happy reminder that the word filibuster itself is a Dutch word for "pirate"—fitting because there is something renegade about the capturing of the Senate floor in such a solitary stand. I'd like to think this issue would resonate with the same widespread principled passion if a Republican were president, but given our recent history, I am not convinced that would be the case.
In such a worthwhile debate, one downside is the feeding of militia anxieties about the rise of a tyrannical government. It would be naive not to assume that at least some of the senators who clustered on the floor were looking to score political points and get some reflected glory with TV face time. But Paul's stand was educational even if some of his colleagues saw it as high-rating political entertainment. These emerging technologies are deserving of serious civic debate, as long as they are grounded in reality and a fair degree of good will from our government. To his credit, Paul largely debated within these wise lines: "I really don't think he'll drop a Hellfire missile on a café in Houston like I'm talking about," he said of Obama, "but it really bothers me he won't say that he won't."


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Board member Todd Davies will be at OSCON/OSCamp in Portland from Tuesday afternoon July 23 through Thursday July 25, 2007With several new initiatives underway, including a Google Summer of Code funded project ("Who Voted?") and a couple of large conferences in the works for next year, Todd would be interested in informal discussions of the org, past, present, and future during the window he is in Portland. If you are interested, please e-mail him at davies (at) csli.stanford.edu
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#11309 closed defect (fixed)
VirtualBox lingers in memory as the existing VBoxSVC process just exited
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This is not particular to 4.2.6. Host: Windows 7 SP1 x64
Starting VirtualBox.exe as the existing VBoxSVC process is just exiting (normal termination a few seconds after the previous VirtualBox instance exited), the new VirtualBox process does nothing. It just lingers in memory. The issue can be reproduced if you correctly time your launch of the VirtualBox program, paying attention to the existing VBoxSVC process, taking into account how long ago the previous VirtualBox instance exited.
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comment:1 by , 11 years ago
VB 4.2.8 has the same problem.
comment:2 by , 9 years ago
It's the same problem with VB 4.3.11 rev93259. The VirtualBox process actually returns an error, after some time:
Callee RC: CO_E_SERVER_EXEC_FAILURE (0x80080005)
To rephrase the issue: when launching VirtualBox, just when the VirtualBox COM service (VBoxSVC) is about to close (normal termination, after the previous, last instance of VirtualBox, was closed), the new VirtualBox process fails to syncronize with the existing (about to be closed) VBoxSVC process. In the end, it fails with the above error.
comment:3 by , 9 years ago
Could you test this build? This build contains fixes which hopefully fix your problem.
comment:4 by , 9 years ago
I will test it, but it's difficult to reproduce the issue at will, because I can't control the timing. A small note: the setup you provided, manages to crash one of the msiexec process that are launched during the installation process. It crashes every time I install, using that setup. I've never seen such an event, until now.
comment:5 by , 9 years ago
I think it's fine now. At least, during the critical time interval, I now see two VBoxSVC processes, the exiting one and the newly launched service. The old service terminates, while the VM is successfully started. Before this, I think I've never seen two VBoxSVC processes, running at the same time.
comment:6 by , 9 years ago
Thanks for the feedback! I now have another test build which should also fix the installation problems you have, just in case you still have problems with installing this build.
comment:7 by , 9 years ago
The 4.3.11-93549 setup also triggers a crash in a msiexec process. It doesn't crash if I allow the installation of the Bridged Networking drivers. The crash occurs in the module described by this MSI log file:
Invoking remote custom action. DLL: C:\windows\Installer\MSIA9F5.tmp, Entrypoint: InstallNetFlt
The older test build, 4.3.11-93259, doesn't have this problem.
comment:8 by , 9 years ago
mhanor, we think that we also fixed this crash. Could you download + install this package and test again? Thank you!
comment:9 by , 9 years ago
Indeed, it's ok now.
comment:10 by , 9 years ago
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Thanks again for the feedback! Fix is part of VBox 4.3.12.
comment:11 by , 9 years ago
Sorry to reopen this ticket but I have the same crash installing 4.3.12-93733 (official download version).
comment:12 by , 9 years ago
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by , 9 years ago
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comment:13 by , 9 years ago
Please open a new ticket. You also need to give details about your OS and if you customized the VirtualBox installation. You might want to redownload the setup and try to reinstall it.
comment:14 by , 9 years ago
You could be right, maybe I should of opened a new ticket. That's why I said "sorry" in the first place. But why haven't you followed your own advice by opening a new ticket when you noticed the same problem? Oh, wait, this is YOUR ticket and they were YOUR time and energy to waste opening a new ticket; but, obviously, you have no problem asking others to do the same thing you didn't.
Just so you know, I posted here ONLY because you posted about this problem too.
comment:15 by , 9 years ago
I wasn't criticizing you. The original issue was different, indeed, but I considered important to mention the crash with the test build. And I wasn't going to open a ticket for something that's not a final build.
comment:16 by , 9 years ago
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JENNA FRYER, AP Auto Racing Writer
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — NASCAR's national series tracks announced Thursday that they are asking fans to refrain from displaying the Confederate flag at races following the deadly attack at a South Carolina church two weeks ago.
The facilities vowed to have the most "welcoming environments in all of sports and entertainment."
The statement was signed by International Speedway Corp. and Speedway Motorsports Inc. — which own most of the tracks in the Sprint Cup Series, stretching from Florida to New York to California — as well as 30 specific tracks. It also includes independent tracks such as Tony Stewart's Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio, Pocono Raceway and Canadian Tire Motorsport Park.
"We are asking our fans and partners to join us in a renewed effort to create an all-inclusive, even more welcoming atmosphere for all who attend our events," the statement read. "This will include the request to refrain from displaying the Confederate flag at our facilities and NASCAR events."
The move follows NASCAR's statement last week reiterating that the flag is banned from official use at its events. And it comes ahead of Sunday's race at Daytona International Speedway — the first in the South since the mid-June attack that left nine black churchgoers dead in Charleston. The suspect had embraced Confederate symbols, including the battle flag.
Daytona is planning to hold a voluntary exchange program this weekend in which fans can swap any flag of their choice for an American flag.
"We want to be inclusive to everyone, and the last thing you want is for anyone to come to a sporting event and really not enjoy that experience because of symbols that really represent things we're not proud of," track President Joie Chitwood said. "Going forward, we'll really have to look at where that other flag goes, because it doesn't have a place in our sport and we've got to take a thoughtful process on how we get to that place."
ISC, a sister company of NASCAR, owns 13 facilities that signed the statement. SMI, the Bruton Smith-owned rival to ISC, had its eight properties listed as supporting NASCAR. Indianapolis Motor Speedway was among the independents taking part.
Drivers including Dale Earnhardt Jr. have been outspoken against the flag. NASCAR Chairman Brian France last week called the flag a symbol he finds offensive and said he wants to be as aggressive as possible in barring it from sanctioned events.
France said he was unsure what steps track promoters can legally take to prohibit the flag and acknowledged that enforcing a ban would be challenging when it comes to tens of thousands of fans on the sprawling properties. France stressed that the flag, while part of NASCAR's roots as a series for old bootleggers, is not indicative of what the sport represents and he had hinted that the series was working with the industry on options.
"Obviously, we have our roots in the South, there are events in the South, it's part of our history like it is for the country," France told The Associated Press. "But it needs to be just that, part of our history. It isn't part of our future."
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There's a lot of mythology that surrounds the Founding Fathers, the Revolutionary War, and the adoption of the Constitution. The Constitution was not the first governing document of the fledgling United States. The Articles of Confederation, ratified by the Continental Congress in 1781, united the 13 Colonies into 13 States in the United States of America.
Butthe Articles of Confederation were weak and gave too much power to the States and too little to the Federal Government. George Washington called the Articles of Confederation, "little more than a shadow without substance."
Alexander Hamilton is credited with being the force behind the Constitution. Hamilton was a Federalist, who believed in a strong central government. The Constitution replaced the Articles of Confederation in 1789.
The Constitution breaks the Federal Government into three branches: Executive (President), Legislative (Congress), and Judicial (Courts). Each branch has control over a portion of power, but each one also oversees the powers of the others. These are often referred to as the "checks and balance" of the Constitution.
The purpose of this division of power was to prevent any one person, such as a King or dictator, or a group, such as a church or an army, from taking control of the government. So the control of all three branches should never be taken over by one political party, one religion, or one media mogul.
The Bill of Rights, which consists of the first 10 Amendments added to the Constitution in 1791, provides more protections from the Government enforcing a state religion or limiting free speech or access to news and information.
Dr. Joel Andrews, in an article on "American Jews" in the Sons of the American Revolution (SAR) Magazine, describes the Revolutionary War in part based on his own family's history.
"In the years preceding the Revolution the majority of American Jews were Whigs, supporting independence from England. . . . However, as was true with the Colonial population in general, there were a few Jewish Loyalists (or Tories), who maintained their allegiance to England's King George III. Several families, like my own, the Franks of New York and Philadelphia, were unfortunately, split between patriots and Tories."
Dr. Andrews is a resident of Concord, Massachusetts and conducts walking tours of Concord and Lexington. He wrote a neat little book about Revolutionary Boston, Concord and Lexington.
I contacted Dr. Andrews three years ago when I was researching the possibility that Revolutionary War hero, Benjamin Nones might be an ancestor of mine. Andrews is a descendant of Revolutionary War heroes Benjamin Nones and Haym Salomon, the man who probably saved the early United States from becoming a dictatorship.
In 1781 the Continental Congress was deep in debt and could not pay the soldiers fighting the War. Haym Salomon traded "bills of exchange from France, Holland, and Spain to raise hard currency for both French and American troops. . . In this role he became indispensable to the new Superintendent of Finance for the Continental Congress, Robert Morris" (Andrews, 2009).
Thomas Jefferson, in his posthumously published "Notes on the State of Virginia," confirms the bail out of the Continental Congress in 1781, which came within six votes of forming a Dictatorship. Here's an excerpt of Jefferson's recollections.
"In December, 1776, our circumstances being much distressed, it was proposed in the House of Delegates to create a dictator, invested with every power legislative, executive, and judiciary, civil and military, of life and of death, over our persons and over our properties; and in June, 1781, * again under calamity, the same proposition was repeated, and wanted a few votes only of being passed. (Jefferson, 1853, p. 136)
"* The delegates were then sitting at Staunton, and had voted that 40 of their number should make a house. There were between 40 and 50 present when the motion for the dictator was made, and it was rejected by a majority of 6 only" (Ibid).
The Constitution wasn't an easy document to produce, and it isn't always an easy document to interpret, but we are lucky to have one with so much thought and history behind it. So celebrate Constitution Day with a toast to the heroes of our past and preserve what they really fought for and not the mythologies that surround it.


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In just a matter of months CM Punk has gone from undervalued and underrated to the one of the most popular wrestlers in WWE, currently holding the top title belt in the promotion. Thanks in part to his appeal to older fans and his respect for wrestling's past, he's at the top of his game these days. It seems the rest of sports entertainment has finally caught on to what hardcore fans have known for years: CM Punk is the best in the world.
Like most of the roster, Punk appears in WWE 12, the newest wrestling game from THQ and the successor to the SmackDown franchise, though thanks to contract disputes earlier in the year Punk almost didn't make it. He got in just under the wire, and the devs were even able to incorporate his new entrance theme "Cult of Personality." We sat down with the champion as he enjoyed his breakfast, he remarked about how impressed he was at the game makers' ability to keep up with all the additions to expanding number of tattoos.
We began reflecting on the year that's been and asking Punk how he thinks he can make next year even better. "Well it just depends on what I do at WrestleMania. It has to be something high profile at this point, but obviously the main event is set. So once again I miss out on what should be my rightful spot in Mania. But I'm a big Chicago Cubs fan, so I'm used to saying 'there's always next year.'"
He's referring to the heavily hyped WrestleMania 28 main event of John Cena vs The Rock. We mentioned that WrestleMania III had a similarly huge main event with Hulk Hogan vs Andre the Giant, but real wrestling fans know that the Randy Savage/Ricky Steamboat match stole the show and is still seen by many as the greatest match of all time. So who could Punk see having a Savage/Steamboat equivalent?
"Well, if I have to be realistic about it I'm not really sure. A lot of people think Jericho would make a great match." He was referring to the internet hype around the possible return of Chris Jericho to WWE, though talks seem to be stalling between the two. (One recent rumor even speculates Jericho is annoyed at being left out of WWE 12). "It's just about making it actually happen," said Punk.
Speaking of Macho Man, lately Punk has added a Savage-style elbow drop to his move set, complete with pointing to the skies. We first witnessed the move at SummerSlam this year, which was not long after Savage's unfortunate passing. When asked why he started doing the move, Punk said it was simply meant as a way of showing respect to legends of the industry. "If some kid in the audience sees that and wants to find out who Randy Savage is because of that, that's great."
Getting the shop talk out of the way, we started on to the reason we were there: WWE 12. Punk said he'd been playing it some on his newly acquired tour bus. He noted the bus had a 360 so he could play games against fellow performers, saying that beating Kofi Kingston had become so easy at this point it was a little sad. He'd enjoyed what he'd played so far, though he did take issue with Randy Orton being the cover athlete. When asked if he had any suggestions for improvements for next year's cover, he mentioned that 13 always was his lucky number.
As for the rest of his gaming habits, he's not really into portable gaming despite all the time he spends flying and on the road. Until purchasing the tour bus and 360, his most recent gaming addiction was a surprising one. "I have a Wii at home that I mainly play Punch-Out!! on," continuing by bringing up a childhood obsession with Excite Bike, particularly the track creator.
His main reason for grabbing a 360 seemed to be for another of the year's biggest games. "I got it so I can play Mortal Kombat against the guys, but I really only purchased it because you could download Freddy Krueger." Punk's a huge horror film buff, with Halloween's being his favorite of the genre. A fan of John Carpenter in general, and was amused by our pitch that he would be great in Roddy Piper's part in a of non-existent remake They Live.
As our interview wound down, we moved on to another love of CM Punk's: comic books. Those that follow him on Twitter or have seen his "It's Clobberin' Time!" entrance know he's a big comic reader, though lately he's changed his style. Currently reading Vertigo's crime series 100 Bullets, he said, "I'm mostly reading collections these days. They travel better on the road than single issues anyway, and I just like getting the story all at once." It's prevented him from reading the newest DC books, as he compared reading single issues these days to watching the first ten minutes of a movie then waiting a month for the next ten.
Above: See? We totally met him
After that question our time with CM Punk was sadly over, but we were happy to have a even a small chunk of time with the wrestler. Though some day he may lose the WWE championship title he currently holds, as long as we're playing WWE 12, he'll always be number 1.


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Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Truck customization
Disclaimer: Any appearance of real brands appearing on these work-in-progress screenshots is only tentative, we are still negotiating with the European truck manufacturers trying to get their approval to portray their fully branded vehicles in our game.
104 comments:
- AnonymousOctober 4, 2011 at 1:48 PM
- AnonymousOctober 4, 2011 at 1:53 PM
- AnonymousOctober 4, 2011 at 1:54 PM
How the f*ck are we gonna wait several months for this?? I'm so eager to play. Looks fantastic.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 4, 2011 at 1:54 PM
Really good, Changing Steering Wheel to UK Version, Changing chassis for 4x2, 6x4. REALLY GOOD!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 4, 2011 at 2:00 PM
WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I COULDReplyDelete
- SeanL90October 4, 2011 at 2:06 PM
amazin scs cant wait for it to come outReplyDelete
Tuning details are great!ReplyDelete
Dutch Portal
Very good news. Please put optional spoilers for cab and tanks :) and real tank capacityReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 4, 2011 at 2:22 PM
het word de max's is nu hopen dat het 12.1.2012 is voor ets2.ReplyDelete
Thank you very much for this glimpse on gameplay! The tuning screen seems clean, tidy and straightforward, while tuning itself seems to provide a plethora of options. Can't wait to try it out!ReplyDelete
Keep up the good work!
OMG! Ta very good, graphics, images. Even with only two images have to see quite a lot of changes on the trucks. And finally in all editions of Truck Simulator, this finally came with the trucks with the 6x2 and 6x4 tractors. And practically, almost all of the changes to the truck, those photos are already driving me crazy, I hope of launch this game at least in the first half of 2012! And good luck in negotiations with manufacturers of trucks.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 4, 2011 at 2:44 PM
thats so great, I like it, thats a lot of customization. WOW, I´m speechless at this moment, and of course I cant believe it, a dam will be come true. cant wait for the release of ets2ReplyDelete
Really, really interesting! I'm just anxious to buy it! This new tunning feature seems to expand so much more the gameplay as we will have several functions to choose and combine in the trucks. Really apreciated!ReplyDelete
Best Regards!
What about 8x4 trucks?ReplyDelete
I fxxxxxx can't wait when the fxxx is it out to buy or downloadReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 4, 2011 at 3:12 PM
I hope that we can change or chose the registration plates for the tractors. because the rest is fantastic!!!! 1000 points for you SCSReplyDelete
PS: What about international stickers?
- AnonymousOctober 4, 2011 at 3:20 PM
GOOD JOB invite to polish blog- eurotrucksimulator2.plReplyDelete
Zdravím všechny Čechy-Polish fans:)
Very very VERY nice work!ReplyDelete
I am looking forward to the game.
Keep up the marvelous work SCS! :-)
Yes nice work. Hope that all will be good.ReplyDelete
Regards from your Mods&More TrucksimCom
- Mihai POctober 4, 2011 at 4:04 PM
When we start to drive? :DReplyDelete
Very very very nice people!!ReplyDelete
I can't wait to play it!
Good work!
- AnonymousOctober 4, 2011 at 4:19 PM
I cant wait to have ets2,too. Im waiting every day whenn it come out.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 4, 2011 at 4:32 PM
AMAZING !!! Just 26days :PReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 4, 2011 at 4:35 PM
Zapowiada się ciekawie, czekamy na premierę :DReplyDelete
What can I say? It's awesomeeee!!!ReplyDelete
I can't waitttt.
Keep up the good job.
From Spain.
Beyond my expectation SCS, thank you very much.ReplyDelete
As said above , option to personalise number plates would be most welcome :)
- AnonymousOctober 4, 2011 at 4:59 PM
WOOOW!!!! Awesome!!!ReplyDelete
- driver22October 4, 2011 at 5:15 PM
WOW! I will buy it :)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 4, 2011 at 5:28 PM
POUR QUAND EST PRÉVUE LA SORTIE DU JEUReplyDelete
Yeah personalioze number plates would be great or if we could put one plate behind our window with our name :)ReplyDelete
- Pete The MadDadOctober 4, 2011 at 5:35 PM
Awesome. I cannot wait for this to come out. I totally own everything on UK Truck Sim and am ready for the new challenge of conquering the new Europe game (when it finally goes on sale). Any chance of a due date yet?ReplyDelete
- TurkeyTruckTeamOctober 4, 2011 at 5:36 PM
Nice SCS.ReplyDelete
Good Work :)
- AnonymousOctober 4, 2011 at 5:49 PM
OMG sooooooo nice *.*ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 4, 2011 at 5:52 PM
- AnonymousOctober 4, 2011 at 6:10 PM
Looks very nice so far, love the option to switch between left and right hand drive. How about another chassis configuration, 6x2 with rear lift axle and 8x4 for the big boys?ReplyDelete
Looking forward to future updates.
- AnonymousOctober 4, 2011 at 6:11 PM
run in linux????ReplyDelete
- BustruckersteveOctober 4, 2011 at 6:13 PM
Just one point and question, why is the 6x2 more expensive than the 6x4? in reality the 6x4 double drive is more expensive than 6x2's. unless your are doing heavy haulage and on site work you don't need a 6x4 unitReplyDelete
OMG its day by day it's getting better and betterReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 4, 2011 at 6:35 PM
It must have 8x4 chassis. Sry for my english if it's wrog.ReplyDelete
Truck Chassis: 4x2 | 6x2 | 6x2-4 | 8x4
Perfektní práce, tento screen mě konečně přesvědčil, že tuning už nebude jen motor na úroveň 2 atp.ReplyDelete
Ale nakonec mě, jakožto map makerovi bude stačit ke štěstí pořádný editor nabitý modely, různými prefaby atd.
Nicméně jeden hodně promakaný prefab jsem už viděl na screenech mostů.
Takže držím palce a těším se, až se budu moci ponořit na hodiny do editoru v ETS 2 a své výtvory pak ukazovat ostatním. Nicméně jak tak koukám, vyrovnat se kvalitám originální mapy již nebude tak lehké.
Worthy to wait! Beautiful work! Thank you.ReplyDelete
When you are tunning your truck, the background could be some garage or somethingReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 4, 2011 at 7:07 PM
This is awesome! Let us just hope that they fix the steering wheel problems that they always have had. And manual gearbox (G25, G27) support!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 4, 2011 at 7:14 PM
WOW its going to be hard to wait but it will be well worth it!!! Awesome job SCS looks fantastic!ReplyDelete
this is something so awesome and so amazing! Cant wait for this to release!ReplyDelete
Splendid work. Can't wait till release.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 4, 2011 at 7:45 PM
will have ets2ReplyDelete
Oh, lovely! Splendid, SCS! Maybe try to hibernate until the release date, hmm... (c;ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 4, 2011 at 8:21 PM
I think you should allow us to completely customize intererior, that would be awesome.ReplyDelete
- darlykappa(gabriel)October 4, 2011 at 8:37 PM
That's hot!!! Can't wait to run this game :D , Btw , for ETS II will be a translation project like T&T? :D i will be more than happy to praticipate again! :DReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 4, 2011 at 8:47 PM
very good! What is the release date?ReplyDelete
Awesome scs... Awesome....ReplyDelete
what to say....
Sorry on my bad English
- NORWAY-TRUCKEROctober 4, 2011 at 11:23 PM
WHERE'S THE BOGGIE?????.......It has PUSHER :O BUT NO BOGGIE??? PLEASE (for gods sake) PUT BOGGIE IN IT......(REVERSE Pusher if you dont know ;) )ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 5, 2011 at 12:45 AM
I'm Speechless its amazing. its like a modern Pttm same options but better!ReplyDelete
This is amazing.ReplyDelete
I'm watching Gran Turismo 5 and Gran Turismo 5 Prologue trailars. I can to compare Euro Truck Simulator 2 with a Gran Turismo. Are two great games with different focus, but really very realistic, give pride of your respective producers, SCS Software and Sony Computer Entertainment.
I like cars like nobody. I think few can imagine how. Trade my bride for a ride in a Ferrari California, a Porsche 911 Turbo or a Lamborghini Gallardo LP570-4.
So, you, from SCS, Sony, Microsoft, EA, and others, realize my dreams, since it can't possibly walk in my dreamed Porsche.
I have much to thank you, I know they're doing their job, but leave the world better.
Thank you very much.
Gean from Belo Horizonte.
- AnonymousOctober 5, 2011 at 2:45 AM
Great job!!!ReplyDelete
but in the second image the pink part looks like 2d.
sorry for my english
This is very good game
- AnonymousOctober 5, 2011 at 6:51 AM
This is freaking awesome!!! Thank you SCS <3ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 5, 2011 at 7:26 AM
amazing customization, cant get enough :)ReplyDelete
Whats about tandems?ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 5, 2011 at 8:18 AM
thats so cool, now we can customize our own truck, like everybody want. His own colors, style and interior. Fantastic SCSReplyDelete
Front wheel looks so small in this wheel arch :(ReplyDelete
that was the best in my country there are scania iveco actros man 6x2 of if it is 4x2 we add to be 6x4 eg axor and scania actrosReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 5, 2011 at 3:30 PM
You need to add tire changing oil change (seris truck) to the game..... good luck from MKReplyDelete
What man can say about this?ReplyDelete
Just continue SCS making great stuff. ;)
- AnonymousOctober 5, 2011 at 5:10 PM
very good work scsReplyDelete
Can you also choose a licence plate from different country's?ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 5, 2011 at 6:23 PM
USED-TRUCK MARKET Please!ReplyDelete
Thanks :D
- AnonymousOctober 5, 2011 at 7:14 PM
oh yes, that is a good idea with the licence plates. different countries and different licence plates. every country has his own plate, and the playeer can choose his plate.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 5, 2011 at 7:36 PM
here is an overview.
- AnonymousOctober 5, 2011 at 8:12 PM
thump up scsReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 5, 2011 at 8:29 PM
can you include oval stickers for every country to stick them on the truck or on the trailer??ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 6, 2011 at 12:03 AM
very good work, scsReplyDelete
i like the new truck customization
keep up the good work
can't wait to see more :-)
You need to add tire changing oil change (seris truck) to the game..... good luck from MKReplyDelete
I agree with this idea
i would like u to put axor trucks in the game and interior. this will be a good idea and add sound change for scania and all the other trucks and put or make trailer buying and when you buy a trailer u can us it .not like German truck simulator u take there trailers and when u finish it goes away....ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 6, 2011 at 10:39 AM
I would like to havw original registration for the trucks and for the trailers,too. Please put real plates into game.ReplyDelete
If companies like Mercedes and Renault do not give a license i must die because this is so real and this Mercedes Actros is the best....ReplyDelete
Sorry on my bad English
- AnonymousOctober 6, 2011 at 4:10 PM
Teda, musim uznat, že ETS 2 bude obrovský krok kupředu :) Drřim palceReplyDelete
Are there also going to be Iveco's?ReplyDelete
Because I didn't see them yet.
And can you also hire people again in this game?ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 6, 2011 at 7:53 PM
can we choose special lights, like light bulbs and plate with name in front of window??ReplyDelete
- Jos WayneOctober 7, 2011 at 8:44 AM
Wow, amazing!!!ReplyDelete
I really waiting this game but I think that I have to change my PC first to run such magnificent graphics... :P
Keep the good work SCS
- AnonymousOctober 7, 2011 at 9:11 AM
When the game comes out ........ you said it would be in September. Now is Оctober, when ......... ? In what year will this event, because my horse has died of waiting ....? :D :D :D ;)8-)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 7, 2011 at 10:39 AM
SCS should have Codemaster's EGO Engine for ETS series. :)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 7, 2011 at 10:42 AM
I WANT SCANIA R730 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 7, 2011 at 7:19 PM
Hoping to see it on my desktop before Christmas :)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 7, 2011 at 7:34 PM
I'm buying itReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 7, 2011 at 7:49 PM
When will we see a new update ?ReplyDelete
SCS TeamReplyDelete
Great job...good lock
- AnonymousOctober 8, 2011 at 11:34 AM
"Anonymous said...ReplyDelete
Hoping to see it on my desktop before Christmas :)"
Do not hope so to be soon :D :D :D
You are making me wanting to get the game even more! ps when does it come out in the uk and how much is it in gbp?ReplyDelete
NICE!! :D But you guys must fix so you can "mod" the interior with mini scarfs, curtains and "small table" (don´t know what it is i English) in the front at the front window! And other stuff like drifferent colours in the cabin :)ReplyDelete
Greetings from Sweden!
- DavicinOctober 11, 2011 at 5:39 PM
Me encantaa! Muy bien hecho. Enhorabuena!ReplyDelete
What difference will make when we upgrade from 4x2 to 6x4 ? Is there will be any differences besides how truck look? It would be great if changes will be not only in appearance but in technical side of a truck to.ReplyDelete
J "CoSm1c gAmer" L
- AnonymousOctober 14, 2011 at 5:07 PM
The truck world of Gran Turismo.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 15, 2011 at 5:27 PM
What is about Drawbar Trailers? ( I hope its right in English) In Germany wie call it Hängerzug or Gliederzug.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 15, 2011 at 11:01 PM
It´s called rigidsReplyDelete
great post I got it interesting.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 10, 2011 at 8:27 PM
the best! visit my site in ETS2, here's the link: http://mafiaets2.blogspot.com/ReplyDelete
just my suggestion for the perfect gameReplyDelete
-in truck configurator chasis
-car transporter mod
-truck whit own not removable 'trailer'
hello from croatia
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Let's discuss Flexible Authentication Secure Tunneling (FAST).
This new feature implemented in the Windows Server 2012 KDC, provides protection against password-based dictionary attacks. FAST is an extra level of security above password lockout policies and works at the Kerberos authentication level.
What is FAST and Kerberos Armoring?
Sometimes referred to as one in the same, FAST provides offline dictionary attack prevention, that work around Kerberos errors being spoofed. If the Kerberos authentication sequence fails, authentication falls back to NTLM authentication, a less secure method.
FAST is defined by RFC 6113 and RFC 4851, to prevent spoofing Kerberos errors. FAST is also referred to as Kerberos Armoring. FAST provides a secured and protected channel to provide a protected channel between a domain-joined client and DC and involves the LSA (Local Security Authority), the Netlogon Service, and the KDC. FAST protects Kerberos pre-authentication data for the "AS_REQ" by using the LSK (randomly generated logon session key) from the TGT (Ticket Granting Ticket during the Kerberos authentication sequence) as a shared secret to fully encrypt Kerberos messages and sign all possible Kerberos errors. The shared secret provides an additional "salt" in the Kerberos authentication process. This results in increased processing time, but it does not change the Kerberos service ticket size. The shared secret provides DCs the ability to return Kerberos authentication errors, which in turn, protects against spoofing, man-in-the middle, and other attacks.
FAST and Windows Server 2008
Although Windows Server 2012 and newer domain controllers are required to support this feature, there are no requirements for the domain or forest functional levels to be at Windows Server 2012. Therefore, you can have Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2 domain controllers, with forest functional level on Windows Server 2008.
The only exception is if you are implementing claims across a forest trust.
FAST requirements
- Functional levels must be at least Windows Server 2008.
- For full support, Domain and Forest Functional Levels must be at Windows Server 2012, which means that all domain controllers must be at least Windows Server 2012.
- The Active Directory Domain must support Claims Based Access Control (CBAC) and Kerberos Armoring policy for all Windows Server 2012 domain controllers.
- CBAC is an authorization method granting or denying access based on an arbitrary authorization decision algorithm using data in claims.
Additional Reading on CBAC:
Authorization in Claims-Aware Web Applications and Services
The domain can be configured either to require Kerberos armoring, or use it upon request. This allows backward support for legacy clients.This can be enabled by using two Group Policy settings:
- "Support CBAC and Kerberos armoring"
- "All DCs can support CBAC and Require Kerberos Armoring"
Additional Reading
What's New in Kerberos Authentication?
The Flexible Authentication via Secure Tunneling Extensible Authentication Protocol Method (EAP-FAST)
A Generalized Framework for Kerberos Pre-Authentication
Stay tuned. This is part of a release of previously unreleased documentation.
Ace Fekay
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Ref: Early detection public COPD Spirometry, World Spirometry Day and World COPD Day
I called our health district yesterday and spoke with Cris Craig, Kitsap County Health District Public Information Officer. She couldn't answer my question about the health department offering free spirometry to the public. She did say in a cheerful voice she would call in about three weeks with a response. THAT is good news and she didn't ask what COPD was – even better.. A hopeful sign and may mean that Spirometry will be offered and made available to the public. I believe in miracles.
Professor William MacNee and the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh Scotland, UK website has superb graphics – the best explanation of COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease) I've seen in one place. His 'The Latest Trends in COPD Research' graphically shows why early detection Spirometry is important.
For many of us COPD is an ongoing magnet for other disease, including some really difficult stuff. COPD and lung disease can be the beginning of a long list of personal medical challenges expanding the patient's medical disease library. Whatever needs to happen to avoid COPD in your life get tested for early detection and do whatever is needed to get it done.
My son, Al and I were visiting family in Northern Norway in1997. I didn't know then my 40 year smoking habit was almost over. And so was I. I was beginning to feel sick. The day after this picture was taken, I had to see a Norwegian doctor. She examined me and prescribed medications for Pleurisy and Chronic Bronchitis. The medication worked, the pain receded and we were back on schedule. Within a couple weeks after this picture was taken and five days after returning home, I was in the hospital.
Life as I'd known it was over.
COPD is a friendly disease. For me, once Emphysema (COPD) got settled in my lungs and got comfortable, she began to invite her Other Stuff Disease buddies for a sleep over. Trouble is, they stayed over and didn't go home. They joined COPD trying to play Havoc with my health and life.
Following COPD was an open lung biopsy and Sarcoidosis – Sleep Apnea – RLS – Psoriasis – Venous Stasis Dermatitis – Cellulitis – High Blood Pressure – Lymphedema – and bone-on-bone Arthritis, left hip followed – to name a few.
Early detection Spirometry can stop COPD early – before it's too late. Ask your doctor.
This is where it gets tricky. Health care is a huge problem. COPD generally takes twenty years developing before a person mentions symptoms to the doctor and by then about fifty percent of the lungs are destroyed….leading the patient to a long slow smother and the taxpayer choking form the cost.
Offering free Spirometry testing for early COPD detection gives the individual warning. If the problem is not genetic, it can be turned around. Telling isn't enough – SHOW people what COPD can do to them and their families. Let them meet willing patients who can show and tell… a real reality show.
Exercise works and muscle utilizes oxygen better than flab. We can breathe better and move easier. Exercise and understanding COPD gives us a quality of life back – to be the best we can be. The recumbent trike takes us places we couldn't easily go without one – fun stuff, building muscle at the same time. We must keep moving … ask your doctor.
I did not qualify for lung reduction surgery or I would have opted to get it ..not enough good lung and I heard rave reviews from patients who had had one. One COPDer told me the lung reduction surgery restored his life back to 'normal' and lasted about five years before time and COPD danced ahead. Ask your doctor about it.
Pursed lip breathing training is a must for COPDers – it keeps us out of the panic mode and out of the hospital. It has for me…and I tested it with my oximeter.Talk to your doctor about pulmonary rehab. It is never too late to get better through our own efforts…what does your doctor say?
Photo taken by the photographer who traveled with the Trek. This photo shows me on my recumbent trike flying the COPD/EFFORTS safety flag and pedaling over Deception Pass with the American Lung Association of Washington's three day bike ride – the Trek Tri Island.
It was the first time I had been away overnight from my house in seven years – since Harrison Hospital in 1997. A slow trike rider, it is thanks to the wonderful volunteers who hop scotched me and my trike ahead of the other 200 plus bike riders time after time that enabled me to pedal 50 miles of the 137 mile trip. I felt free again.
Key motivators were the Shortness of Breath Study at the University of Washington Medical Center that I was lucky enough to qualify for and my online support group, EFFORTS. Proof to me that educating COPD patients work.
Stroke patient, Mary Griffith and her butterfly and gold star fingernails caught my eye the other day – more about Mary and husband, Doug later)
Kitsap County Health District … Will you be the first county health district in the nation to see the fiscal benefit of early detection Spirometry to protect citizens of ALL ethnic background.
The Kitsap County taxpayer and COPD future could rest in your hands.
Thank you Professor William MacNee for a great COPD informational website and allowing me to use it here.
http://www.efanet.org/activities/documents/WMcNeeLatestTrendsinCOPDResearch. pdf
More later… Sharon O'Hara
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Binds when picked up
Use: Teaches you how to summon this companion.
Idles about. Leaves behind a green puff of cloud when walking.
Vocalizations (on-click)
Grinder is a drop from the rare elite mob Karr the Darkener. This NPC can be found can be found in the Terrace of Gurthan in the Dread Wastes.
During combat he will shadowbolt players and cast a debuff on the player with the highest agro. This debuff will spawn a circular void under the player that will persist for some time. To avoid taking damage from this ability, simply move out of each void zone and avoid spreading out each void pool too far. Karr can be interrupted and stunned.
Well, went to have a look to see if Karr was there and just as i got there he spawned so flew down, killed him and boom i got Grinder, first try. Thanks to everyone who put the info on.
Dropped for me on my first very kill of Karr, while doing Pandaren Spirit Tamer dailies - coming from Flowing and heading to Burning. What luck!
I killed Karr 10 times and I got my Grinder
This was the pet that made me get into battling, and I got him accidentally, first try, by kililng rares. With his sandstorm ability I was able to start leveling pets through lower level areas much easier and start beating the trainers with only a handful of pets at my disposal.
Does heavy damage against mechanical and good against many other types, and is my go-to against the tonk at darkmoon faire until I have something better. If you can handle the rares in panda land, grab this one.
I just got this guy this morning! :D I also got the aqua strider yesturday. that was lucky I know. But now it doesn't hurt so much that I didn't get hatespark.... just a little, very little.
I have two of these guys, would love to trade for another rare type pet. Hit me up and we can discuss.
Killed Karr 31 times before I got this pet :/
But yay, finally got it tonight :)
no option to add this guy to my collection on this site
He looks very nice, but he is horribly weak for outdoors leveling. Considering most battle pets out in the world are critter/beast/aquatic, (atleast in early levels, 15 and below) his hits are either weak or he is taking extra amounts of damage. No self-heals and a Stone Rush that damages himself regardless if he hits or not.
I'm going to try out some more Pet Battle-finder with him to see how he handles other types of pets, aswell as continue to level him until 25 to see if he improves the more abilities he gets.
Got this guy today, with 5th or 6th kill.
Worthy to note, imo: every time I took out both Karr and Nalash within a few minutes of each other (seems to both spawn at same time), they dropped the same gear item. When I looted my Grinder, in General Chat I discovered another Horde-y had just looted the Strider from Nalash. Both also dropped the same Plate healing chest.
For those looking for this, it seems the rare spawn he drops from has a respawn timer of 50-90 minutes. I've had him be up when I come check slightly before 1 hour, and sometimes I've had to wait 30-40 additional minutes.
Just hope you have better luck than I do. Currently at ~50 kills and counting. O.O
I have an extra Grinder if anyone wants to Trade me it for a Aqua Strider.
Just send me a ingame mail, or reply here
Im on Misha <Horde>
Karr doesn't drop an elixir, thats the other rare that spawns near there Krol the Blade. Those attempting to solo, make sure to clear to trash, he has 4 gaurdians around him among other things, which can be pulled easily away and killed without agroing him despite their close proximity.
Got this guy today. I wasn't aware Karr dropped it as he actually dropped an Elixir for my guild mate and I when we first killed him. Pleasant surprise!


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STOCKHOLM — Here's a look at the achievements being honored by this year's Nobel Prizes, the $1.2 million awards handed out since 1901 by committees in Stockholm and Oslo:
The chemistry prize was given to three U.S.-based scientists for developing computer models that analyze and predict complex chemical reactions, which is useful for tasks like creating medicines. The approach combines classical physics and quantum physics. The winners are Martin Karplus of the University of Strasbourg, France, and Harvard University; Michael Levitt of the Stanford University School of Medicine, and Arieh Warshel of the University of Southern California in Los Angeles.
The physics prize was awarded for a theory about how subatomic particles that are the building blocks of matter get their mass. The theory made headlines last year when it was confirmed by the discovery of the Higgs particle, which originates from an invisible field that gives particles mass. This theoretical understanding is a central part of the so-called Standard Model, which describes the physics of how the world is constructed. The prize was shared by two men who proposed the theory independently of each other in 1964: Peter Higgs of Britain and Francois Englert of Belgium.
The medicine prize, the first of the 2013 awards to be announced, honored breakthroughs in understanding how key substances are moved around within a cell. That process happens through vesicles, tiny bubbles that deliver their cargo within a cell to the right place at the right time. Disturbances in the delivery system can lead to neurological diseases, diabetes or immunological disorders. The prize was shared by Americans James E. Rothman of Yale and Randy W. Schekman of the University of California, Berkeley; and German-American Dr. Thomas C. Sudhof, of the Stanford University School of Medicine at Stanford University.
The Swedish Academy will reveal its choice for the 2013 Nobel literature award on Thursday and a Norwegian committee will announce the Nobel Peace Prize winner or winners on Friday. This year's Nobel season ends with the economics award on Monday.
Japan's Murakami favorite for Nobel prize
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Fire service scrambling for recruits
By ANDY KIRKALDY
FERRISBURGH — Addison County fire service veterans see the banners outside of the Ferrisburgh Fire Department's Route 7 station as signs of the times.
Those recruiting banners read: "Volunteers Wanted, It's easier than you think" and "Seeking Volunteers, You CAN Do It!"
Ferrisburgh Fire Chief Bill Wager said until recent years his volunteer department has had about 30 firefighters. Now, with recruiting failing to keep pace with retirements and resignations, his ranks have dwindled to 19.
It's getting to the point, Wager said, where Ferrisburgh's tactics at fires may be changed: Federal safety rules reasonably require, for example, that two firefighters remain outside a burning structure for every two who enter it.
"I think we're going to be faced with being much more creative with staffing and how we engage the fire, what tactics we're using … whether we make an attack on the fire or take a defensive posture to protect other structures," he said.
His department also calls other volunteer departments for mutual aid for significant fires, and now must cast a wider net asking for help: Many other towns also have fewer volunteers available to respond.
"Usually we called one or two departments to get enough staffing, but now we call four or five departments," Wager said.
While they have some ideas on how to create incentives for new recruits and many departments' numbers remain healthy, fire service leaders say the problem is widespread in the county, state and nation.
Addison County Firefighters Association President and Vergennes Fire Department Deputy Chief Jim Breur said numbers are down in many communities, and that many towns are also dealing with aging rosters.
"I would say most departments are struggling to maintain people they have and have new people come in. As some of us get older, we do our best, but a lot of it is heavy, hard work," Breur said.
Former county association president Dean Gilmore, a 33-year veteran of the New Haven department who is working on legislative solutions with statewide fire service organizations, summed up the worries of officials at many area fire departments.
"When the tone goes off, you never know how many are going to show up," Gilmore said. "You never know if you're going to have enough people."
Fire service leaders trace recruitment problems to the changing times, to the struggling economy and to the growing demands of the profession. Several local department heads recalled the same thing: When they first signed on in the 1970s, they had to take 45 hours of training to become a "Firefighter 1," the basic level required to be active in the field.
Now, said Addison Fire Chief Chris Mulliss, that basic requirement has almost quadrupled.
"The training for Firefighter 1 is over 160 hours now," Mulliss said. "It's all necessary, but it's hard for people nowadays to donate that much time."
Vergennes Deputy Chief Jim Larrow said a Firefighter 1 course typically lasts every Thursday night from September through April, plus another four or five full weekends at the fire training center in Pittsford.
Breur said once a new firefighter finishes that training a recruit must then practice teamwork with new colleagues before he or she is ready for the field.
"On top of that you have to work with your department," Breur said. "With the busy lives people have right now, a lot of people are saying, 'No way.'"
The new hours of training are not just tacked-on bureaucracy, the experts said. Larrow said more hazardous materials are being allowed along state and federal highways, and that new construction techniques must be understood before fires can be attacked.
Gilmore said even new cars are getting trickier — side air bags may protect occupants, but post-crash deployment could injure rescue workers, while hybrid-electric cars pose shock hazards.
"We've gone from the dangers to us of the air bags to the high voltage in cars," Gilmore said. "It creates more dangers for us. That means more training."
Meanwhile, as the economy slumps, Wager is working two jobs as well as working up to 15 hours a week to keep his department running. He said people are finding it more difficult to fit volunteering into their schedule.
"The other issue is economic times are harder. People are working overtime and two jobs," he said.
Larrow said he has heard the same from other departments and firefighters, especially as the cost of living rises and jobs grow scarcer.
"It's just such a time-consuming job, and the way the economy is now people are working hard," Larrow said.
Another member of Wager's department stepped down because he has three children busy with sports and other pursuits.
"It's hard to juggle extra activities with family," Wager said.
Times are also simply different. Wager pointed to the history of Ferrisburgh, once dotted with thriving farms. Historically when an emergency arose, chores could often wait while neighbors were helped. Now, he said, Ferrisburgh is increasingly a bedroom community from which residents commute to Chittenden County. It's often difficult to find firefighters during the day, not an unusual problem in Addison County.
"We used to be able to muster a pretty good response during the day because of the people who worked in the town," Wager said. "There are a couple people who work in town, but that's the exception to the rule."
Steps are being taken to address the shortage, which leaders agree could eventually strike even the departments that now boast healthy rosters.
"For years and years, the Bristol fire department had a waiting list," Gilmore said. "And they no longer have a waiting list."
Gilmore is among the state professionals working with their national counterparts and Congressional leaders on two bills that would help fire departments and their members. Gilmore is the chairman of the Vermont Firefighters Association's government affairs committee and a member of the Vermont Fire Chiefs Association's legislative committee.
One bill, sponsored by Sen. Robert Casey Jr. (D-Penn.), has been introduced in the U.S. Senate. It would call on the federal government to reimburse local fire departments and rescue services for 75 percent of their fuel use, including gasoline and building heating costs.
Gilmore said the bill, if passed, would lessen the time fire and rescue volunteers would have to spend fund-raising, and said that departments are becoming increasingly hesitant to respond to calls they perceive as unnecessary.
"I've heard people say if they are toned out for something minor like a lift assist … they wouldn't respond," Gilmore said. "Because when they get there they aren't needed, and they burned that fuel for nothing … And we can't afford to have that."
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) will introduce the second bill to the U.S. Senate next month. It would allow local communities to offer pension and insurance benefits to local fire and rescue volunteers, as the towns saw fit, Gilmore said, and require federal reimbursement. That bill would also offer a standard income tax deduction for "active, participating" first responders.
Gilmore said those financial carrots might induce some residents to volunteer.
"In order to recruit today, you need to offer them something in return," Gilmore said. "The younger generation is having to spend more time at work to make ends meet."
Statewide laws are also possible. Larrow is a member of the Vermont Coalition of Fire, EMS and Rescue Services. That group met recently to discuss recruitment and retention issues and will explore Vermont legislative options this winter.
"That's going to be our top priority this year in Montpelier," he said.
Larrow also said that the departments can do more to reach out to volunteers who maybe can't fight fires, but can perform other needed tasks, like accounting, grant-writing, engine maintenance and administrative work.
"You hardly ever see a white-collar worker in our fire department. We're all blue-collar workers," he said. "We would love to have people like that (professionals) in our department."
Larrow said the Vergennes department might consider extending membership on some basis to residents who have not completed firefighting training.
"Maybe we don't need to (insist on training). Maybe there will be firefighters and the people to keep the administration going and keep the trucks on the road," he said.
Of course, maybe more banners may make a difference, too. Wager said one potential recruit stopped in this past Wednesday.
"I'm thrilled someone made note of the sign," he said, "and I'd like to find five or six more who would like to do the same."


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Why was the sale of the Washington Post such a media event when struggling businesses are sold every day? Attention was paid because of the special nature of the business—a corporation owned and controlled by a very public family who had put their stamp on it and upheld their values, over four generations. While the paper remained profitable, the decline of the industry made it increasingly difficult for the family, some of whose livelihood depended on the distribution, to uphold their values profitably in the product itself—a world-class daily paper.
Over four generations, the family leadership of the Washington Post embodied social responsibility even before it was fashionable. The Graham family is not an isolated instance of the special nature of a family as long-term stewards of a large and successful business. All over the world—from candy, food and beverages, to cars, to agriculture, a majority of the world's wealth is under the active control of a family of owners, who want to align a set of family core values about people , profits and community, with the demands of a profitable, professional, adaptive business.
As anyone in a family knows, a family with several generations is anything but unified about anything. The proverb "shirtsleeves to shirtsleeves" conveys the wisdom that when a family creates wealth, the next generations are very likely to use it up and not replenish it. So when a Graham, Ford, Rockefeller, Smucker or Cargill family manages to grow its wealth and express its values over generations, it is something to take note of.
Family ownership (or control in the case of public companies) is fundamentally different from an impersonal business where the owners have no personal connection, because the personal connections can either be a source of added positive value, or a source of conflict if the family intrudes negatively on the business (think excessive spending, little innovation or incompetent family employees). In the case of the Washington Post-type family enterprises, we see a special benefit from values-based family ownership that enables them to manage threats and challenges. Though the family has sold its flagship business, the family, unusually, will remain in key leadership positions, and they will also continue to manage their family wealth and other investments with an eye on their values.
Over the past two years, I have worked with a team of researchers to study the nature of successful family businesses that have lasted over at least two generational transitions—approaching 100 years as a shared family activity. These families defy the shirtsleeves prophecy and sustain their commitment and develop new leadership in each generation. How do they do this? We first surveyed 200 such families, and then talked to the next generation family leader from 38 of them, to learn in depth how they organized themselves to meet the challenges they faced from outside and within.
We call them Generative Families, because they have not dissipated the family wealth, but rather used the wealth as a creative force to allow them to grow, develop, innovate and share the benefits of their wealth widely across several generations. This study presents their stories—in their own words—about how they approached each transition (the whole study Good Fortune: Building a Hundred Year Family Enterprise, can be accessed in the link below, and found on the web sites dennisjaffe.com, wisecounselresearch.com, and familywealthadvisor.com).
Our key finding is that multi-generational survival is not primarily a financial matter. Many families create great wealth. What our families have done is a second, less public achievement: a conscious decision to commit themselves to creating a great family. They avoid dissolution because they build shared values, commitment, and organization. They also allow family members, or even branches, leave the family enterprise if they wish. They become, as Jay Hughes and others have noted, a "family of affinity" rather than of blood.
By coming together and deciding to create a great family, the family engages each other in a range of activities that help define and nurture both the business and the family. Each generation cannot just passively be consumers of what they inherit, they must actively manage and define what they want from their family wealth, and act as active managers of what they have. For each new generation, this means that they have to learn to act as a collaborative team, that they have to educate themselves about what is needed, and they have to find the energy and commitment to respond to the challenges facing their one, or often many, family enterprises.
Each new generation must look at their legacy of values and success, and decide how to move forward. Sometimes, as with the Graham family, they have to decide to sell their legacy asset. They also have to decide that they want to remain partners with one or several assets that they manage together, or to separate into individual families. Each of the successful families had to reaffirm their commitment, and then establish policies, practices and regular engagement as a family, each generation. If they decide to continue, they have to agree to work together on a variety of stewardship activities as a family, in areas like philanthropy, developing next generation family leadership, and oversight of the professionalization and diversification of their family enterprises. These are not easy or simple tasks, and as more family members enter the family each generation, the complexity increases.
In addition to attending to "the business of the family", the successful enterprises are able to sustain the positive benefits of family ownership—long-term commitment, patient capital, clearly defined values, ability to take action and adapt—while developing an increasingly professional business that is independent of the family. Non-family leaders need to be developed, family employees need to be held to account, and the board needs to appoint independent board members who are able to make sure that the family values and involvement does not interfere with the effectiveness of the business.
Our research presents the challenges facing each generation of a family enterprise, including the portraits of 18 of the families we interviewed. While only a few families realize the success of our 100 year old generative families, non-family corporations and first generation businesses who want to see the next generation maintain family ownership, can learn from this study and these practices.
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