text: Running a Debian Sarge "perfect" setup with ISPConfig, all seems to be going pretty smoothly, but the statistics seem very odd. There are about 70 domains being served, most of which use mail forwarding, some have mailboxes on the server, and a few use external mail servers. The ones with external mail servers show hundrds of megabytes of mail traffic, despite having the MX records pointing to a different address - there should be almost none recorded. The ones with mailboxes on the server seem to give about the right figures (guessing at the likely traffic). The ones with mail forwarding mostly show little or no mail traffic at all. This is running Courier for the mail. I'm baffled by this! Can anyone suggest what may be wrong, or how to fix it?


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The Myth of a Guilty Nation
This was Albert Jay Nock's first great anti-war book, a cause he backed his entire life as an essential component of a libertarian outlook. The book came out in 1922 and has been in very low circulation ever since.
The narrative has incredible staying power. The burden of the book is to prove American war propaganda to be false. The purpose of the war was not to liberate Europe and the world from German imperialism and threats. Today most everyone knows and understands this, but this was not known in 1922. If there was a conspiracy, it was by the allied powers to broadcast a public message that was completely contradicted by its own diplomatic cables.
Nock's book reminds us of what most everyone has forgotten, namely, that this was sold as a war for freedom and self-determination over imperial ambition. Along with that came some of the most rabid war propaganda ever fabricated until that point in time, all designed to make Germany into a devil nation. Nock's brave book took on that idea and demonstrated that there was fault enough to go around on all sides. All through the 1920s, a Nockian-style retelling of the facts behind the war led to a dramatic shift in public opinion against World War I.
As the introduction by Anders Mikkelsen points out, "Nock makes the reader aware of the great extent to which the allied politicians continually lied to blame Germany and justify the war, or at least told stories with no regard for the truth. No wonder Hitler found British propaganda so inspiring. In fact the story at the time made it sound like Germany was trying to overrun Europe the way Hitler temporarily did a few decades later.
"What makes this book worth reading is not whether this is the best explanation for WWI. It is worth seeing how small groups of state officials engaged in secret actions that led to a catastrophic war, and continually lied throughout the whole process to provide themselves ideological cover."
For lovers of Nock's work, this book is a fantastic addition. For those who have never encountered his writing, this book shows how he came to be such a powerful force in the world of literature and letters in the years between the wars.
Other Books From - Other Books
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TravelHood Small
Availability: In stockThe LensCoat® TravelHood® is a lightweight alternative or replacement to the rigid lens hood that comes with your lens. Its ribbed design allows it to fold nearly flat to easily store in your gear bag or suitcase, making this hood your perfect long lens companion.
Made with lightweight water resistant material, the LensCoat TravelHood deflects stray light to prevent glare and lens flare. The LensCoat TravelHood also helps to protect the lens from scratches and the elements like rain and dust.
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Its overall light weight makes your lens easier to handle in the field, packaging, or during transport.
The LensCoat TravelHood is available in Black, Realtree Max4, Digital Camo, Forest Green Camo, and Realtree AP Snow to match your LensCoat lens cover.
As with all LensCoat products, the TravelHood is proudly made in the USA.
Designed for 300mm f2.8, 200-400mm f4, 400 DO f4, 500mm f4
Weight: 7.2oz


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The documentation set for this product strives to use bias-free language. For the purposes of this documentation set, bias-free is defined as language that does not imply discrimination based on age, disability, gender, racial identity, ethnic identity, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, and intersectionality. Exceptions may be present in the documentation due to language that is hardcoded in the user interfaces of the product software, language used based on RFP documentation, or language that is used by a referenced third-party product. Learn more about how Cisco is using Inclusive Language.
FlexVPN is the new Internet Key Exchange version 2 (IKEv2)-based VPN infrastructure on Cisco IOS® and is meant to be a unified VPN solution. This document describes how to configure the IKEv2 client that is built into Windows 7 in order to connect a Cisco IOS headend with the utilization of a Certificate Authority (CA).
Cisco recommends that you have knowledge of these topics:
The information in this document is based on these hardware and software versions:
The information in this document was created from the devices in a specific lab environment. All of the devices used in this document started with a cleared (default) configuration. If your network is live, make sure that you understand the potential impact of any command.
Refer to Cisco Technical Tips Conventions for information on document conventions.
There are four major steps in configuration of the Windows 7 built-in IKEv2 client in order to connect a Cisco IOS headend with the utilization of a CA:
The CA should allow you to embed the required Extended Key Usage (EKU) in the certificate. For example, on the IKEv2 server, 'Server Auth EKU' is required, while the client certificate needs 'Client Auth EKU.' Local deployments can make use of:
Each of these major steps is explained in detail in the subsequent sections.
This document does not provide detailed steps on how to set up a CA. However, the steps in this section show you how to configure the CA so it can issue certificates for this kind of deployment.
OpenSSL CA is based on the 'config' file. The 'config' file for the OpenSSL server should have:
[ extCSR ]
keyUsage = nonRepudiation, digitalSignature, keyEncipherment, dataEncipherment
extendedKeyUsage = serverAuth, clientAuth
If you use a Cisco IOS CA server, make sure you use the most recent Cisco IOS Software release, which assigns the EKU.
IOS-CA# show run | section crypto pki
crypto pki server IOS-CA
issuer-name cn=IOS-CA.cisco.com,ou=TAC,o=cisco
grant auto
eku server-auth client-auth
The certificate must have the EKU fields set to 'Server Authentication' for Cisco IOS and 'Client Authentication' for the client. Typically, the same CA is used to sign both the client and server certificates. In this case, both 'Server Authentication' and 'Client Authentication' are seen on the server certificate and client certificate respectively, which is acceptable.
If the CA issues the certificates in Public-Key Cryptography Standards (PKCS) #12 format on the IKEv2 server to the clients and the server, and if the certificate revocation list (CRL) is not reachable or available, it must be configured:
crypto pki trustpoint FlexRootCA
revocation-check none
Enter this command in order to import the PKCS#12 certificate:
copy ftp://user:***@OpenSSLServer/p12/ikev2.p12* flash:/
crypto pki import FlexRootCA pkcs12 flash:/ikev2.p12 password <password>
!! Note: ikev2.p12 is a pkcs12 format certificate that has CA Certificate bundled in it.
If a Cisco IOS CA server auto grants certificates, the IKEv2 server must be configured with the CA server URL in order to receive a certificate as shown in this example:
crypto pki trustpoint IKEv2
enrollment url http://<CA_Sever_IP>:80
subject-name cn=ikev2.cisco.com,ou=TAC,o=cisco
revocation-check none
When the trustpoint is configured, you need to:
crypto pki authenticate FlexRootCA
crypto pki enroll FlexRootCA
In order to see if the certificate contains all the required options, use this show command:
ikev2#show crypto pki cert verbose
Name: ikev2.cisco.com
Subject Key Info:
Public Key Algorithm: rsaEncryption
RSA Public Key: (1024 bit)
Signature Algorithm: MD5 with RSA Encryption
Fingerprint MD5: 3FB01AE4 E36DF9D8 47F3C206 05F287C6
Fingerprint SHA1: DEE6C4D1 00CDD2D5 C0976274 203D2E74 2BC49BE8
X509v3 extensions:
X509v3 Key Usage: F0000000
Digital Signature
Non Repudiation
Key Encipherment
Data Encipherment
X509v3 Subject Key ID: CBCE6E9F F508927C E97040FD F49B52D1 D5919D45
X509v3 Authority Key ID: 4B86A079 A5738694 85721D0D 7A75892F 0CDAC723
Authority Info Access:
Extended Key Usage:
Client Auth
Server Auth
Associated Trustpoints: FlexRootCA
Key Label: FlexRootCA
This is an example of IKEv2 configuration:
!! IP Pool for IKEv2 Clients
ip local pool mypool 172.16.0.101 172.16.0.250
!! Certificate MAP to match Remote Certificates, in our case the Windows 7 Clients
crypto pki certificate map win7_map 10
subject-name co ou = tac
!! One of the proposals that Windows 7 Built-In Client Likes
crypto ikev2 proposal win7
encryption aes-cbc-256
integrity sha1
group 2
!! IKEv2 policy to store a proposal
crypto ikev2 policy win7
proposal win7
!! IKEv2 Local Authorization Policy. Split-Tunneling does not work, as was
!! the case in good old l2tp over IPSec.
crypto ikev2 authorization policy win7_author
pool mypool
!! IKEv2 Profile
crypto ikev2 profile win7-rsa
match certificate win7_map
identity local fqdn ikev2.cisco.com
authentication local rsa-sig
authentication remote rsa-sig
pki trustpoint FlexRootCA
aaa authorization group cert list win7 win7_author
virtual-template 1
!! One of the IPSec Transform Sets that Windows 7 likes
crypto ipsec transform-set aes256-sha1 esp-aes 256 esp-sha-hmac
!! IPSec Profile that calls IKEv2 Profile
crypto ipsec profile win7_ikev2
set transform-set aes256-sha1
set ikev2-profile win7-rsa
!! dVTI interface - A termination point for IKEv2 Clients
interface Virtual-Template1 type tunnel
ip unnumbered Loopback0
tunnel mode ipsec ipv4
tunnel protection ipsec profile win7_ikev2
The IP unnumbered of the virtual-template should be anything exceptthe local-address used for the IPsec connection. [If you use a hardware client, you would exchange routing information via IKEv2 configuration node and create a recursive routing issue on the hardware client.]
This procedure describes how to configure the Windows 7 built-in client.
The client certificate requires these factors:
Client's PKCS12 Certificate will go into Local Machine Personal Certificate Store
CA Certificate goes into Local Machine Trusted Root Certificate Authorities Store
Use this section to confirm that your configuration works properly.
The Output Interpreter Tool (registered customers only) supports certain show commands. Use the Output Interpreter Tool in order to view an analysis of show command output.
ikev2#show crypto ikev2 session detail
IPv4 Crypto IKEv2 Session
Session-id:4, Status:UP-ACTIVE, IKE count:1, CHILD count:1
Tunnel-id Local Remote fvrf/ivrf Status
1 10.0.3.1/4500 192.168.56.1/4500 none/none READY
Encr: AES-CBC, keysize: 256, Hash: SHA96, DH Grp:2, Auth sign: RSA,
Auth verify: RSA
Life/Active Time: 86400/17 sec
CE id: 1004, Session-id: 4
Status Description: Negotiation done
Local spi: A40828A826160328 Remote spi: C004B7103936B430
Local id: ikev2.cisco.com
Remote id: ou=TAC,o=Cisco,c=BE,cn=Win7
Local req msg id: 0 Remote req msg id: 2
Local next msg id: 0 Remote next msg id: 2
Local req queued: 0 Remote req queued: 2
Local window: 5 Remote window: 1 DPD configured for 0 seconds,
retry 0
NAT-T is not detected
Cisco Trust Security SGT is disabled
ikev2#show crypto ipsec sa peer 192.168.56.1
interface: Virtual-Access1
Crypto map tag: Virtual-Access1-head-0, local addr 10.0.3.1
protected vrf: (none)
local ident (addr/mask/prot/port): (0.0.0.0/0.0.0.0/0/0)
remote ident (addr/mask/prot/port): (172.16.0.104/255.255.255.255/0/0)
current_peer 192.168.56.1 port 4500
PERMIT, flags={origin_is_acl,}
#pkts encaps:5, #pkts encaps:5, #pkts encrypt: 5, #pkts digest: 5
#pkts decaps: 55, #pkts decrypt: 55, #pkts verify: 55
#pkts compressed: 0, #pkts decompressed: 0
#pkts not compressed: 0, #pkts compr. failed: 0
#pkts not decompressed: 0, #pkts decompress failed: 0
#send errors 0, #recv errors 0
local crypto endpt.: 10.0.3.1, remote crypto endpt.: 192.168.56.1
path mtu 1500, ip mtu 1500, ip mtu idb Ethernet0/0
current outbound spi: 0x3C3D299(63165081)
PFS (Y/N): N, DH group: none
inbound esp sas:
spi: 0xE461ED10(3831622928)
transform: esp-256-aes esp-sha-hmac ,
in use settings ={Tunnel, }
conn id: 7, flow_id: SW:7, sibling_flags 80000040, crypto map: Virtual-Access1-head-0
sa timing: remaining key lifetime (k/sec): (4257423/0)
IV size: 16 bytes
replay detection support: Y
Status: ACTIVE(ACTIVE)
inbound ah sas:
inbound pcp sas:
outbound esp sas:
spi: 0x3C3D299(63165081)
transform: esp-256-aes esp-sha-hmac ,
in use settings ={Tunnel, }
conn id: 8, flow_id: SW:8, sibling_flags 80000040, crypto map: Virtual-Access1-head-0
sa timing: remaining key lifetime (k/sec): (4257431/0)
IV size: 16 bytes
replay detection support: Y
Status: ACTIVE(ACTIVE)
outbound ah sas:
outbound pcp sas:
There is currently no specific troubleshooting information available for this configuration.
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I have listed a new property at 328 62ND AVE W in Vancouver.
Luxurious park-side living awaits at the Winona Park Chateau Parkside Residences built by award winning Formwerks Boutique Properties. This stunning residence has views of Winona Park on all three levels. Step inside to an elegant marble mosaic entrance that flows to a bright airy kitchen and living room. Highlighted by contemporary white quartz countertops, shaker cabinetry and high-end appliances this is west-side living at its finest. Three house-size bedrooms each with spa-inspire ensuites and generous closets await on the upper levels of this home. This air-conditioned home comes with storage and one secure parking space but cars are optional in this location as it is 3 blocks to the Canada Line Skytrain and Marine Gateway shopping and amenities. Don't miss this spectacular home!


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Over the years, editions of various county newspapers found their way to the Clay County Archives, including copies of our first newspaper, The Spring (present-day newspaper, Clay Today). Currently, the collection is sporadic so we are always looking for additions. If you have any historical Clay-based newspapers you'd like to donate to us, we are happy to accept them.
The Spring, or the Green Cove Spring, began publishing sometime after the Civil War and is the only important newspaper printed in Clay County (Green Cove Springs) until 1928 when the Clay County Crescent appeared.
Four short exceptions to this include:
- A newspaper established in Sharon by H. E. Bemis (see reference in Webb's directory 1885)
- The Clay County Chronicle (one edition which is known to exist in 1890)
- The Clay County Times (in existence at least from 1900-1902)
- The Mirror, published in Middleburg at least in 1914 (see reference in "The East Florida Annual 1915-1916")
The Crescent billed itself as the official county newspaper. It had the contract for publishing official notices, foreclosures, etc., so, in that respect, it was official. The Breeze began competing with the Crescent in 1944. In 1968, the Breeze was renamed Clay Today and survives until the present time. Clay Today (Breeze) purchased the Crescent in the 1990s and merged operations.
Newspaper Clippings in the Subject Files
Whole Newspapers at the Archives
- The Archives has many original hardcopy issues of Clay County newspapers beginning in 1891. They are arranged by publication and then chronologically. Each archival box is a series and each newspaper is an item in the Whole Newspaper collection.
- For your convenience, the Archives maintains an index to Clay County Articles in the FL Times Union from 1885 through 1901.
- Many issues of Florida papers are available online at the Florida Digital Newspaper Library. These papers have been scanned and the content is fully searchable.
- Accounts related to guests at the Magnolia Springs hotel have been extensively researched and a scrapbook of articles is available at the Archives.
- The Archives has developed an index to American and British papers which mention Florida in colonial times (1756-1819).


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Credit card
A credit card is a small rectangular piece of plastic (similar in size to a playing card) used to buy things that the user probably cannot actually afford. Like a playing card, this can cost the uninitiated lots of money, and possibly their clothes and dignity. Life, indeed, takes Visa. Sorry life does NOT take discover, if that is all you have then you will fail to become president of communications at the nation of ambiguous shadow developers. Until 1974 credit card numbers were issued sequentially. Then someone discovered that you could use someone else's card simply by subtracting or adding to your card number. The first ever credit card was created 4000 years ago by Jordinio the Great and Stephano the not as Great, just damn sexy.
Original purpose[edit]
The original purpose of the credit card was for one smart man to engage in hacking activities globally. Delving deeper into the history of this so-called "tool", the man in question was not into any form of physical activity whatsoever, yet wanted to be a renowned famous criminal . So, he invented this global phenomenon that quickly spread. His name was Creadit Cerda. However, before he could actually start to use it, he died of a stroke. Since then, people have found documents of him hidden throughout worldwide databases and taken his ideas, luring stupid people into their traps and buying off of them.
Built into most modern Credit Cards is a small microchip which is the source of its power. This sends out tiny signals which convince any payment device that the user actually has the money in question.
Where's the catch?[edit]
The downside to all of this is the receipt of the Bill some 6 weeks later which via a complex series of transactions involving such terms as Fixed Balance Transfer, APR and Bailiff has now doubled in size to become an amount the user definitely cannot afford.
Who profits?[edit]
This is then to be paid to the financial institute who gave the luckless user the dreaded (yet magical) plastic card in the first place, usually in installments. This works as follows - say the user has spent $1000 on a new high definition TV. This would be paid off in the following ten installments:
- $150
- $175
- $200
- $250
- $300
- $325
- $400
- $525
- $625
- TV (worth $750)
Where's my house gone?[edit]
At this point the user tends to have no money left so the 10th installment is usually the original item which is now worth far less than originally purchased for.
But it looked so nice & shiny![edit]
Many Credit Cards now have cute animals on them to convince the user that their money is going to good causes such as the eradication of the baby seal and Kitten Huffers Anonymous.


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How can leaders from small businesses to Fortune 500 companies do more to prioritize mental health? There are opportunities for change in culture, leadership, policy, and much more. Here are a few reasons why you should consider prioritizing mental health in your workplace.
Americans consume more opioids than any other country. In 2016, doctors prescribed enough opioids to fill a bottle for every American adult.
It is a widely shared opinion among tech executives that coding is a win-win for companies and for students.
Technology will never be able to replace the importance of the human spirit.
A student-athlete says technology has changed the way he consumes and enjoys sports.
The entire food chain, from farms and ranches to food preparation and delivery, is launching a new technological revolution.
Doug Luciani, a business leader in Michigan, argues that access to quality child care is a crucial element to building and strengthening America's workforce.
The good old UPC barcode has been around for nearly a half century, but savvy consumers are pushing hard for advancements in the way we track supply chains and deliver product information. The ubiquity of web-connected mobile devices with high-quality cameras enables mobile app developers to leverage the barcode in fresh ways. They can now provide consumers with digital food transparency, creating profound effects on the food industry.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation will explore the future of food at its FOOD FORWARD event on July 19.


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Hackers who went undetected for eight months gained wholesale access to medical records and other personal data of the 1.8 million Premera Blue Cross health plan members in Washington State and Alaska as well as anyone who did business with the company.
Premera says in a posting that it has called in the FBI to help investigate the incident and is relying on Mandiant to help figure out how the attackers got in and to clean up its network.
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Between May 5, 2014 and Jan. 29, 2015 attackers were inside the Premera network and had access to names, dates of birth, addresses, telephone numbers, email addresses, Social Security numbers, member identification number, medical claims information and financial information, the company says.
Premera says it doesn't know whether the data was removed from the network and has no proof that it has been used inappropriately.
Records accessed include those of individual members as well as affiliated healthcare providers, businesses who provided coverage for their employees and groups Premera does business with. The breach affects Premera and its affiliates Premera Blue Cross, Premera Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alaska, and affiliate brands Vivacity and Connexion Insurance Solutions. It also affects any Blue Cross members from outside the area who sought treatment from these entities.
The company says it doesn't store customer credit card information so none was compromised.
A breach at insurance giant Anthem exposed data about 78.8 million customers but no health records or financial information as in the Premera case.
Premera customers can sign up for two years of free credit monitoring and identity protection services from Experian, according to a company posting.
The company didn't say how the attackers broke in or how the breach was discovered.
Based in Mountainlake Terrace, Washington, the company's 2013 revenues were $7.59 billion.


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NORWAY / Troms / Senja Island / Senja Island / The weather on the Arctic ocean facing Senja Island is quite unpredictable and unstable. There is a lot of snowfall, storms, high winds and very low temperatures during the hard winter. Here, climber Klemen Premrl climbs the "Arctic ocean" icefall just above the sea in such really unpleasant weather.
© Urban Golob / Anzenberger
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School is out permanently for the cast and crew of Glory Daze. The one-hour TBS series has been cancelled following one season of 10 episodes, according to Variety.
The series takes place in the 1986 and revolves around a group of friends on an Indiana college campus. Glory Daze stars Kelly Blatz, Callard Harris, Matt Bush, Drew Seeley, Hartley Sawyer, Julianna Guill, and Tim Meadows.
It was one of the few original comedies on the network but apparently didn't measure up. Back in November, the first episode attracted a 1.0 rating in the 18-49 demographic and 1.828 million total viewers. The ratings declined after that, hitting a low of a 0.4 rating and 0.941 million.
The series finale of Glory Daze, titled "Some Like It Hot Tub," aired on January 18th and registered a 0.6 in the demo and 1.053 million.
What do you think? Are you sorry to hear that the show's been cancelled and won't be back for season two?
Image courtesy TBS.


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Great Business Environment
Estonia scores consistently high as business-friendly environment. It ranks #21 globally in the World Bank's Ease of Doing Business Index thanks to its business friendly policy-making and low levels of red tape, and #3 in terms of countries with small populations. More importantly, within this index it ranks as the seventh best global location for "trading across borders".
Business environment is supported by a simple, unique and stable flat-rate tax system, which encourages long-term value creation. There is no tax on retained profits, no withholding tax on interest or dividends, and there are numerous double taxation treaties, facilitating efficient flows and long-term planning.


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Chelsea dealt shocking home defeat by Swansea
Michael Laudrup's Swansea, playing in their first major semifinal for 49 years, weathered an early storm from the European champions before scoring against the run of play in the 39th minute.
Branislav Ivanovic blundered after receiving a pass from goalkeeper Ross Turnbull and Jonathan De Guzman robbed the Chelsea defender on the edge of the box before setting up Michu for a curling left-foot finish.
It was the Spaniard's 16th goal of the season in all competitions and substitute Graham delivered a sucker-punch second goal near the end.
"Winning an away game against the European champions is obviously very special," Laudrup told Sky Sports.
"We knew it would be a very difficult game, we had to defend a lot more than we are used to. They had a lot more possession than we had."
Chelsea, who also lost 1-0 at home to Premier League bottom club Queens Park Rangers last Wednesday, started well against Swansea but paid a heavy price for poor finishing.
Juan Mata and Ramires shot weakly when well placed while Gary Cahill headed narrowly over from a corner.
Swansea then struck completely against the run of play through Michu before Ivanovic tried to make amends for his error when his rasping 20-meter (65-foot) shot was saved acrobatically by Gerhard Tremmel.
The home fans became agitated in the second half as four-time League Cup winners Chelsea struggled to create clear-cut openings, calling for substitutes Frank Lampard and Demba Ba to come on.
Lampard replaced Ramires in the 70th minute and new signing Ba went on for a completely ineffective Fernando Torres 11 minutes later.
Swansea then delivered a second goal in stoppage time when substitute Graham latched on to a short Ivanovic back pass and rounded Turnbull before sliding the ball into an empty net.
Ba, bought from Newcastle United last week, had the ball in the net in the closing stages but it was chalked off.
"We had chances, the team had chances and we have to take our chances," Chelsea's interim manager Rafael Benitez said.
"It's a Cup competition and we can score goals, if we score a goal everything will change," he added in reference to the second leg.
Swansea captain Ashley Williams, named man of the match for a towering display in defence, said: "The second goal gives us little bit of a cushion but we know they are going to come at us with everything at our place.
"I said to the guys before that this was the game of our lives. We are halfway there .?.?. and if we do get to the final at Wembley it will be massive for everyone." Reuters


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What is the first thing that comes to your mind when you hear of a prison? Dark and dull walls surrounded by lots of fencing, a large gate and armed watch towers, dusty playgrounds and all this at one of the isolated corners of the city. Inside, around a 6 by 8 feet room guarded by the solid or barred doors with some furniture and fixings on walls and floor. That's a usual sight you would notice at prisons round the world that house the most inhumane masses who have been sentenced for imprisonment for their disrespectful and unlawful conduct in the society. However, surprisingly a few lucky criminals also get to taste the prison life with a flavor of luxury and believe or not, that even could be equivalent to living in a five star hotel.
There are a number of prisons in the world that offer the most luxuries and comfortable life to its inmates. Luxury here translates as living in a bright, spacious room with a comfortable bedding, a TV, may be a refrigerator, a study or a library in the building, a gym to stay fit, game courts to spend their leisure time and other such tidbits that a normal prison inmate can only dream of. Now that is definitely a place where our dearest Lindsay Lohan and her likes with lofty pockets, wouldn't mind putting up. So let us take a look at the top five luxurious prisons and their lavish cells where prisoners wouldn't mind their sentence extended for a longer time.
5. Santa Ana Jail, Calif
The city jail is inhibited by the not so offensive criminals who can afford to pay $75 to $127 a day to stay in clean and better surroundings, far superior to ones found in central jails. Also referred to as a five-star Hilton, the jail that offers 10 to 30 beds in most of its programs, allows the occupants(in some cases though) to bring their laptops or iPods into their rooms that are good enough and comfortable. Fine ambience with kind and civilized fellow natives , the small cells in Santa Ana Jail are worth their fee.
4. Otago Corrections Facility, South Otago
An underfloor heating, flatscreen televisions, a library, a gymnasium and plenty of other facilities for recreation, the Otago Corrections Facility offers convict a VIP treatment. The 335-bed prison that also gets a "Milton Hilton" badge is a $218 million facility that has been built to rehabilitate prisoners by presenting a very pleasing and comfortable stay for the inhabitants.
3. Halden Prison, Norway
Offering larger than life experience for the prisoners, the Halden Prison packs a bunch of amenities for its inmates that include the sound studio, jogging trails and a freestanding two-bedroom house where they can even host their families during overnight visits. TVs, minifridges in the spacious and well lighted rooms, modest library, wraparound sofas and birch-colored coffee tables in living rooms and so on, its like a small well established town within concrete walls . The prison that has a capacity of 252 inmates also focuses upon rehabilitation of the hard core criminals to turn them into well behaved humans of society.
2. Austrian Five Star Prison
Located in city of Leoben in Austria, the Leoben Justice Centre is one of the world's best looking prison that houses complex of courts, offices of Judges, and ofcorse a prison. Also a gym, well furnished and clean cell with a personal TV and lots of other high class amenities would tempt even the common people to commit a crime.(Count me in the list.)
1. Al Capone's cell, Philadelphia
Yes that might leave you readers a little bewildered for keeping it on the first position. But this one is my favorite as it dates back to 1929 when Al Capone , the king of Chicago's underworld was held captive at Eastern State Penitentiary. While the paintless walls have another story to tell, the decor of the room reveals the luxurious life that the crime master lived during his eight years of imprisonment.
Source : Wacky Owl


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Read the full story here Web Link posted Tuesday, July 16, 2013, 5:23 PM
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Father of driver in cyclist death arrested
Original post made on Jul 16, 2013
Read the full story here Web Link posted Tuesday, July 16, 2013, 5:23 PM
Comments (49)
a resident of Pleasanton Valley
on Jul 16, 2013 at 6:24 pm
So the apple doesn't fall far from the tree. Great role model.
a resident of Livermore
on Jul 16, 2013 at 7:03 pm
a resident of Birdland
on Jul 16, 2013 at 7:34 pm
I looked up the arrest and it does mention he was charged with drugs, I can't wait to see what else comes out about this family.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Jul 16, 2013 at 8:24 pm
Marie, How do you look up an arrest? Is there a website?
a resident of Birdland
on Jul 16, 2013 at 9:11 pm
Resident, google "local crime news Pleasanton" and you can see everyone who has been arrested this month, Aaron Hall is listed there
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Jul 16, 2013 at 9:19 pm
Interesting that the Pleasanton Police Dept. Blotter that states "Reports updated daily" and "Welcome to the Pleasanton Police Department's Daily Report Log" at Web Link
has the last incident logged on 2/23/2013. Has Pleasanton been "incident free" since 2/23 of this year, or has all logging stopped?
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Jul 16, 2013 at 9:53 pm
Hall, Aaron - (M/E) Age: 43 Map It
Pleasanton , CA 94588-4412 Verified Address
Reported: 07/11/2013 by Crime Reporter: 7246
Crime Report #: 9121153
Source: Alameda SD
F HS11377(A Possession of Controlled Substance
Bail Amount: 00265000
Residing in Crime Beat Zone: Tri-Valley
a resident of Downtown
on Jul 17, 2013 at 12:25 am
For anyone who thinks that Cody Hall deserves a break or has suffered the least little bit of remorse . . . . . think again.
(Comment partially removed by Pleasanton Weekly Online staff) What a role model his daddy is. A convicted felon (does anyone know the felony charge?) who buys the little brat a total a 3 cars to wreck, one of which takes out an innocent person.
Please contact the district attorney (Nancy O'Malley) to recommend that the most serious possible charges be leveled at Cody. No other innocent people deserve to suffer at the hands of this disfunctional family.
a resident of Castlewood
on Jul 17, 2013 at 1:53 am
a resident of Birdland
on Jul 17, 2013 at 5:18 am
Aaron Hall graduated from Foothill in 1987: Web Link
Who out there knows this guy? Doesn't sound like a great father.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Jul 17, 2013 at 7:12 am
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a resident of Highland Oaks
on Jul 17, 2013 at 8:12 am
@ Libertus - you are an internet troll - four fathers???
a resident of Ponderosa
on Jul 17, 2013 at 8:20 am
Libertus- I'm not an Obama fan, but your comments are quite a stretch. Save your fight for someone who is NOT a parolee with an illegal stash of firearms.
a resident of Oak Hill
on Jul 17, 2013 at 8:30 am
We're learning a lot more about the driver and his family. I remember this post from a previous thread on this topic:
Posted by Shocked, a resident of another community, on Jun 12, 2013 at 10:04 pm
It amazes me how lightly people on this forum make and pass judgements on something they know nothing about. No one here has DIRECT knowledge of what happened. You don't know this teenager. You do not know his family. They are loving parents and good, working class people, born and raised in this town long before it became the wealthy, white-washed version of little house on the prarie it is today.
I hope as people and as parents you never have to face what they are about to. Because judging from the attitudes posted here, it will be difficult for them to raise and nurture their other children when his name does eventually come out.
It is an absolute tradgedy what happened and every thought and prayer goes out to the family of the victim. But publicly crucifying this kid and his parents is going to solve what, exactly? Traumatize two families? Vindicate the woman who was killed?
They say it takes a community to raise a child. Act like that, a community. Support the family who lost a loved one and support a child who is going to need it in the months and weeks to come. At the end of the day, his failure is a testement to all of us, not just him and his parents.
And until we find out exactly what happened...please let's keep the speculations, judgements, and political debates to a minimum.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Jul 17, 2013 at 8:33 am
At least the guns were in a gun safe.
a resident of Birdland
on Jul 17, 2013 at 8:39 am
Wow...lynch mob mentality. Why don't you all band together and march to their house with torches and pitchforks people? Must make you all feel so good to feel like you can look down on someone and bash them with rocks, so to speak. Hopefully I do not know any of you 'anonymous' people. Your hatred runs way too deep.
a resident of Country Fair
on Jul 17, 2013 at 8:54 am
Ben...in the days of pitch forks and torches, at least the people holding them had to show themselves...here they get to throw stones anonymously. All the stone throwers are sure to have a clear conscience and a clear slate that puts them in a place to pass judgement. These people are very ugly humans...I feel sorry for them as they wallow in shallowness.
I have no opinion other than it appears that a felon has been arrested for having weapons that he shouldn't which is good. Everything else here is just a bunch of vultures feeding on a tragedy. This is all to familiar on this site...it shows a really ugly side of "Pleasant"on
a resident of Castlewood
on Jul 17, 2013 at 9:03 am
Ben, please. If we listened to you weeping hearts, we'd all be prancing in the daisies and singing kum-bay-ya. This man is a two-time felon with a pair of illegal assault rifles. What do you think he intended to use them for, aerating his lawn? So some people are saying he deserves to go to jail, and the law seems to agree. (Comment partially removed by Pleasanton Weekly Online staff)
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Jul 17, 2013 at 9:18 am
and let us not forget the drug charges he was arrested for too...
29800(A(1: Felon w/firearm
30605(A: possession of assault weapon
30305(A(1: person prohibited from owning/possessing firearm in possesion of ammunition
F HS11377(A: Possession of Methamphetamine
a resident of Las Positas
on Jul 17, 2013 at 9:18 am
Will: Couldn't have been said better and I couldn't agree more. The anonymous lynch mobs are regulars on this site, as well as others.
a resident of Oak Hill
on Jul 17, 2013 at 9:48 am
Will wrote: "Ben...in the days of pitch forks and torches, at least the people holding them had to show themselves...here they get to throw stones anonymously. All the stone throwers are sure to have a clear conscience and a clear slate that puts them in a place to pass judgement."
Yeah, Will, I have to admit that I have a pretty clear conscience: I have never driven down Foothill road at 85 mph. I have never tweeted about going down Foothill road at 85 mph. I have never tweeted a boast about speeding down the freeway and putting the innocent lives of others on the road - including women and children - at risk. I have never been arrested for felony drug possession. I have never put the lives and welfare of my neighbors and community at risk by possessing illegal assault weapons. How about you?
a resident of Birdland
on Jul 17, 2013 at 9:57 am
Bright Corners of Town, I have no weeping heart. Commit a crime, do your time. Did you comprehend the post? No mention at all of feeling sorry for him. It's about people passing their high almighty judgment against someone else. Will stated it correctly, "Everything else here is just a bunch of vultures feeding on a tragedy."
a resident of Pleasanton Valley
on Jul 17, 2013 at 10:00 am
mooseturd is a registered user.
Reply to Huh: The City Police Blotter has been dead since Feb. It took two requests before I got a response. They are too busy. Send your request to reactivate it through the city website. It's a valuable service. There is a non-government site that lists arrests of Ptown residents but the city site used to list arrests by Ptown officers.
a resident of Oak Hill
on Jul 17, 2013 at 10:09 am
Ben Johansen: "Bright Corners of Town, I have no weeping heart. Commit a crime, do your time. Did you comprehend the post? No mention at all of feeling sorry for him. It's about people passing their high almighty judgment against someone else."
Ben, here's a tip for you: If you don't want people passing judgement on your actions, don't publicize your exploits on public social media sites.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Jul 17, 2013 at 10:14 am
This is sounding more like a which hunt. Anyone who drives down Foothill can see how a bicyclist can get hit and killed rather easily and unintentionally. I think this heartbreak is getting out of control and there is so much nastiness here.
Talk about throwing stones when you live in glass houses. Time to stop and take a look around at yourselves and realize if you make a mistake in your life, these same people will be ready with pitchforks and rope. Is that the society you want? Stop this hate band wagon.
a resident of Kottinger Ranch
on Jul 17, 2013 at 10:16 am
Well said, Sam! Curious why we are suppose to remain sympathetic for a family who seems to believe the law does not pertain to them. What about the innocent life that was lost and her family?
According to the news report in the Tri-Valley Herald, "Cody Hall was the only one home when officers arrived at the residence... and while searching the house they found a large gun safe in the garage, to which Cody Hall said he did not have the combination. After officers were unable to get anybody to come home and open the safe, they forced their way in and found two illegal assault rifles and thousands of rounds of ammunition. Further investigation revealed that the gun safe belonged to Cody Hall's father, 43-year-old Aaron Hall, a twice-convicted felon who is prohibited from having any firearms in his possession."
So Aaron knew what he was doing was illegal and being the great father he is... he left his son alone in the house to deal with all of this?
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Jul 17, 2013 at 10:49 am
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a resident of Birdland
on Jul 17, 2013 at 11:26 am
Does it seem a little strange that the father did not think, my son has run a lady down and they might press criminal charges against him, so maybe I should get the guns and drugs out of our house before they come and search our home??
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Jul 17, 2013 at 11:31 am
@Jake. So do you routinely drive 85 mph in a 40 mph zone? Cody did. Also, the cyclists have the same right to the road as the cars. Your last sentence about the NANNY state is interesting, all things considered equal, both cyclist and car had the right to the roadway, the Hersevort's were in a marked bike lane, whose rights were taken away? Diane lost her life to a punk ass kid who should not have even been behind the wheel of a car (or tricycle for that matter), enabled by his parents and the judge who threw out previous speeding tickets. Maybe Cody and his father can share a jail cell together....
a resident of Ruby Hill
on Jul 17, 2013 at 11:37 am
Okay you all need to take in consideration of the woman who died because of this and what her family is going through not some dumb teenager that doesn't know how to drive!
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Jul 17, 2013 at 12:11 pm
Lets hope that he can soon visit his son ... in the prison yard!
a resident of Birdland
on Jul 17, 2013 at 12:38 pm
Sam, Apollo, et al...Since I never mentioned being "sympathetic" at all, and you both twist the whole meaning of my post to your hateful, dog pile on, I'm better than them point of view, I'll leave with the knowledge that you two are part of "a bunch of vultures feeding on a tragedy." Enjoy your hateful, almighty, gossipy life, looking down on others in spite of yourself.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Jul 17, 2013 at 12:39 pm
@Libertus...do you know your history? or the Constitution? or the laws? The police were serving a lawful search warrant on the dwelling where Cody resides. Mmmmm...Gun safe in garage that Cody has access to.. "Cody is this your gun safe?" "No, it is my father's gun safe". Mmmmm....father is a twice convicted felon....Mmmmm...the law says he cannot own guns, but he has a gun safe, "Mr. Hall please come open your gun safe for us"...no response from Mr. Hall. Mmmmm....let's open it and see what we find....Mmmmmm...illegal assault weapons and ammo...Mmmmmm....Mr. Hall you are under arrest.
I don't know about you. But I only have one father, not FOUR.
These laws were in affect long before Obama became president. So get off your Obama is to blame for everything horse. The blame here falls on Aaron and Cody Hall.
a resident of Oak Hill
on Jul 17, 2013 at 1:06 pm
Ben Johansen wrote: "Sam, Apollo, et al...Since I never mentioned being "sympathetic" at all, and you both twist the whole meaning of my post to your hateful, dog pile on, I'm better than them point of view, I'll leave with the knowledge that you two are part of "a bunch of vultures feeding on a tragedy."
Ben, if you've been following the developments in this story at all, it should be apparent to you that this was a tragedy waiting to happen. If Diana Hersevoort hadn't been riding her bike and gotten hit on that day, it was only a matter of time until some other unfortunate person crossed paths with this out-of-control driver who liked to boast of going 85 mph down Foothill drive and even faster on the freeways. In fact my wife and daughter frequently travel down that road by car in order to get from our house to I-680 so, yes, I take it a bit personally when some nut boasts of recklessly driving down Foothill Road at 85 mph.
Your feeble attempt to paint this story as just some unfortunate tragic accident that could have happened to anyone is laughable in view of the FACTS that have been made public thus far. At first, everyone did think that this was just an unfortunate accident, and if you look back at the original PW story you'll see that commenters were initially expressing sympathy for both parties involved in the accident. It was only after further information was made public about the driver's public social media posts and tweets that the "pitchforks" came out - and deservedly so.
a resident of Birdland
on Jul 17, 2013 at 1:06 pm
Lets think about this~Aaron Hall has done 2 things that have caused him to be a 2 time felon, he again does not follow the rules of being a felon and has both guns, ammo and drugs in his home and we wonder why the son Cody is not a rule follower??
a resident of Castlewood Heights
on Jul 17, 2013 at 1:18 pm
This is sad for everyone involved. I do wonder why police would do a search warrant? Is this normal for a car accident? I think they used this case to search this house.
a resident of Castlewood
on Jul 17, 2013 at 2:02 pm
Speeding is a serious problem in this city. During my nightly run, I see at least 3 to 4 cars speeding down Valley at more than 50 MPH in a 35 MPH zone. I think PPD needs to step up their traffic enforcement and issue more citations. That way we can get the repeat offenders off the streets.
a resident of Downtown
on Jul 17, 2013 at 2:18 pm
I have no cares at all about why the PD executed the search on that house. Three cheers for them for doing it, whatever the reason.
If you are a convicted felon you should have no rights at all to EVER refuse a search. Best thing that could happen to this world is to lock up the entire family and throw away the key. Daddy is a convicted felon, a druggy, an idiot -- no surprise how the son turned out.
As for the "piling on" charged by some posters . . . just exactly how many crimes does one family need to commit before law abiding people have the right to determine them to be a bunch of creeps? Should we turn the other cheek until something like, say, murder is committed? Well some of us consider Cody's driving record to be nothing less than practice for the murder that he did commit. And mommy and daddy just kept on facilitating it with a new car to replace all of the wrecked ones. I just don't see one single redeeming thing about anyone in that family. Put me on that jury, please.
a resident of Oak Hill
on Jul 17, 2013 at 8:35 pm
Here's some information about the prior felony convictions of Aaron Hall from the Contra Costa Times:
"While he would not speak to the nature of Aaron Hall's past felony convictions, Reimer said they were charged in 1993 and adjudicated in 1994, the year Cody Hall was born."
"Court documents indicate those convictions were for assault with a deadly weapon and firing at an inhabited dwelling."
"Court documents also indicate that Aaron Hall had recently tried to purchase another firearm but had been turned down due to his criminal convictions."
(Web Link
Now I make it clear that I'm not being judgmental or anything by posting this. After all, who among us hasn't at some time or another assaulted someone with a deadly weapon or fired a gun at an inhabited building? I'm certain that this man's neighbors on Echo Court are extremely upset with the police for unfairly taking away this poor man's illegal assault weapons. I know that if I lived on Echo Court I wouldn't give even one second's thought to the idea of putting up armored steel plating around my 6-year old daughter's bedroom simply because my neighbor was an ex-felon who was convicted of firing a gun at an inhabited building and had illegal assault weapons as well as thousands of rounds of ammunition in his possession.
a resident of Foothill High School
on Jul 18, 2013 at 8:39 am
Well said Sam and Cyclist too!
a resident of Golden Eagle
on Jul 19, 2013 at 1:29 am
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a resident of Stoneridge Park
on Jul 19, 2013 at 9:26 am
Someone said Cody passed the car in front of him on the RIGHT at the blind turn. Does anyone know if this is true?
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Jul 19, 2013 at 9:58 am
@Tiger. That is what we heard as well. Tire marks indicate this as well. I hope PPD/DA investigation is thorough and completed soon. The extreme recklessness of his actions should hopefully equate to a long prison term. Maybe he can room with his father.
a resident of Birdland
on Jul 19, 2013 at 11:35 am
Smiley Face ....if your serious in wanting more PPD attention to speeding...please contact the City Manager and request more Police Officers. I am not sure you are aware the PPD has been short staffed (based on current population levels) and needs more cops. The Traffic Unit has also been cut. This will only get worse with all the new housing already planned to be built in Pleasanton.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Jul 23, 2013 at 7:48 pm
So the father is now in custody for breaking the law. I guess what I want to know is why did this kid have a license to drive a vehicle if he already wrecked two and had speeding tickets? Hello??? And another question I would love to sit down and ask his father... Did you think you were helping your son when you bought him another car after he wrecked the first one? Did you ever think to yourself... Gee maybe my son is a little too irresponsible to be behind the wheel of a car after he wrecked the second one. Did you ever demand to see what your kid was posting on his social media sites? Did you ever pay attention to the kind of spoiled entitled silver spoon in mouth kids your kid was hanging out with and say,,, Maybe I had better pay a little more attention to my kid, maybe I had better be a father instead of trying to be his best Friend!!! I guess not, Obviously you are not wired to think that way and sadly ... Now a woman's live is ended,a man is left without his wife, life partner. A daughter is left without her mother and grandchildren will never know the love that only a grandmother can give. Your son will forever be haunted by what he has done, and if you cannot buy his way out .. Which I hope and pray you cannot... HE will pay a steep price for his irresponsible and selfish destructive actions. Hopefully he will learn a lesson, hopefully his young and reckless friends will think twice when behind the wheel from no on. Hopefully everyone will learn from this but one thing that will never happen,,, That woman will never ever be able to live what should have been the rest of a beautiful life. Condolences to her family and prayers to the rest. May you all learn a valuable lesson what ever it is may you all learn it and be wiser for it!
a resident of Val Vista
on Jul 26, 2013 at 9:38 am
Possessing guns and ammo.. Twice convicted felon.. Son crashed 3 cars.. Son Known to be a rash driver in the neighborhood, neighbors feel embarrassed staying on that court n remain anti social... What worries neighbors is access of such scums to schools that are not secure enuf....they have guns and thousands of rounds of ammunition!! Whhaattt!!' never know if any is Under influence what they wud be upto! Pleasanton residents pl voice it out that we dont need such people here!Hope the court and the law take right steps. Father and son shud be jailed undoubtedly!!
a resident of Foxborough Estates
on Jul 27, 2013 at 8:53 am
Over here in Foxwood Estates we are less concerned with the degradation of civility than we are with the extrapolatioms of the commenting public in regrds to this transgression of traffic mores.
In the even that the NSA has been involved as a lever to wrest our rightful ownership of weapons and automobiles, we have a right to know.
Who is protecting the Bill of Rights in Pleasanton?
a resident of Livermore
on Aug 10, 2013 at 4:33 pm
I am and I mean it! No monkey business with C at the helm!
a resident of Foothill Farms
on Aug 14, 2013 at 2:00 pm
Aaron was a complete pothead idiot in high school. It comes to no shock at all that he turned out to be a drug addled moron in and out of trouble with the law and it is even less of a surprise that his spawn ended up just as stupid.
What surprises me, is even with the ample supply of white trash, he found someone dumb enough to spread her legs and breed with him.
Anyone backing this LOSER is likely an old high school weed buddy hoping their closet case supply doesnt get cut off.
They both deserve a long long long stay in prison. They are trash....the kind Pleasanton tries SO HARD to not admit to...
Where's your Copenhagen can and knock off cowboy hat now Aaron?
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Has Village Voice Media no shame?
The answer seems to be no. They know they are helping sex traffickers sell kidnapped girls, and they don't care. But a coalition of clergy and a group of U.S. senators are banking on the fact that their advertisers have the moral core VVM lacks.
After all, do American Apparel, Best Buy, Disney, H&M, IKEA, REI, T-Mobile and so many more mainstream companies want to be associated with sex slavery? Unless they pull their ads from Village Voice Media's properties, which serve nearly 400 markets, they are complicit in the buying and selling of kidnapped women and girls.
Perhaps they claim to be ignorant of VVM's classifieds website Backpage.com, where sex slaves are peddled. But after today they can never say they didn't know. Groundswell—the social-action initiative of Auburn Seminary—is announcing today a campaign to educate Village Voice Media's top 50 advertisers about the sex ads for minors on Backpage.com
This comes on the heels of a similar effort launched earlier this week by four U.S. Senators—Mark Kirk (R-IL), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Marco Rubio (R-FL), and John Cornyn (R-TX)—in which they contacted 40 advertisers of Village Voice Media to inform them of the human-rights abuses Backpage.com helps to facilitate.
Nicole Barrett, a Kirk spokesperson, told me the senators' effort is already having an impact. According to Barrett, six companies—AT&T, MillerCoors, Crown Imports LLC, Live Nation, Children's Wish Foundation, and Relativity Media—"have indicated they will discontinue their advertisements with Village Voice Media in response to the senators' letters."
That's a start. Hopefully other advertisers will follow suit.
In their letter, the senators pointed to information provided from law enforcement about girls sold on Backpage.com including the conviction of a pimp who "forced a 14-year-old Atlanta girl into prostitution and posting her services on Backpage.com. [The pimp] kept the girl in line through beatings, threatening her with a knife, and on one occasion, shocking her with a taser in front of another underage girl he had placed in prostitution. [He] even forced the girl to engage in prostitution while she was pregnant with his child."
The truth is, this story isn't even that remarkable in that it is so common and typical of the stories we hear about the girls who are peddled on Backpage.com.
The senators wrote of a Minnesota man, Akmal S. Karon, "charged with eight counts of child prostitution for pimping two underage girls and keeping them in line using rape and extreme violence. One girl, who first began working as a prostitute for Karon at 15, told police that Karon raped her, punched her in the face, repeatedly kicked her, burned her hand with a cigar, and once hit her in the head with a Snapple bottle when she did not earn enough money. Karon picked up the other girl outside her home just a few days before her 14th birthday. He raped and beat her the following day at a motel, and then held her captive for over a week, forcing her to work for him as a prostitute. Karon advertised both girls on Backpage.com."
Horrifying, right? Not to Village Voice Media. Law enforcement has shared the same information with them, and it appears to make no difference so long as they keep making money off Backpage.com. Attorneys general from 48 states have asked VVM to take down the adult-services ads, pointing to "the company's facilitation of the sexual exploitation of children," and VVM was unmoved.
A VVM spokesperson declined to comment on the boycott.
In a statement, the president of Auburn Theological Seminar, the Rev. Dr. Henderson said, "Businesses advertising in Village Voice Media publications must be informed of the controversy surrounding the sex ads of minors on Backpage.com. Once these companies become aware of all the facts, we are confident they will join us in encouraging Village Voice Media to take the morally right step and shut down the Adult section of Backpage.com."
Anti-trafficking advocates are now speaking VVM's language: dollars and cents. If enough advertisers leave VVM it may no longer be in their interest to make money off the backs of sex slaves. Sad that is what it takes with them, but advocates should not give up until these ads are eradicated.


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Speaker Pro Tempore Rep. Patricia Haddad, D-Somerset, said on Monday that she is confident her colleagues in the House will support a vote to override Gov. Deval Patrick's veto of a $5.1 million item to keep 45 beds at Taunton State Hospital.
Patrick signed the fiscal 2013 budget on Sunday, and he remains committed to closing the 169-bed facility in Taunton in favor of moving acute care patients to a new hospital in Worcester along with another in Tewksbury. He vetoed a $5.1 million budget line item included by the Legislature to keep 45 beds open in Taunton State, while an independent study is to be conducted on the state's mental health system.
The override would require a two-thirds majority vote in the House, before the Senate has an opportunity to vote on the override.
"I made calls yesterday the minute I heard of the veto," said Haddad, who serves as Speaker Pro Tempore. "Today (Monday) I sent in personal letters. Now, I'm organizing the rest of the southeastern Massachusetts delegation and anyone else in the House who wants to sign the request for the override. This isn't just about Taunton. It's about fairness to the entire southeastern Massachusetts area. We are not asking for more than anything that's available in any other section of the state."
Those who support keeping Taunton State open say that mental health services in the state are already strained with a lack of available acute care beds across Massachusetts, forcing hospitals to discharge patients going through mental health crises. But Patrick continues to stand by a mental health care system with an increased reliance on community-based services, with the budget Patrick signed providing an additional $10 million for community-based services.
"I know this is a hard decision for many people I care about and I am moved by the support for the hospital, but mental health experts and advocates support this decision and are as committed as we are to moving away from institutionalized settings toward an environment that emphasizes community support for patients," Patrick said.
Advocates for keeping Taunton State open believe it's important to have a major mental health facility in every region of the state, but Patrick disagrees.
Patrick, however, did not veto a $100,000 request for an independent study of the mental health system in the state. The study request came as part of the opposition to Taunton State closing.
Haddad said she believes the vote on the override will take place next week at the earliest, after the House deals with amendments to the budget sent back by Patrick.
"I expect it to pass," Haddad said.


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The predictions were dire: Black people would burn and loot America's cities if George Zimmerman was found not guilty. White people everywhere would be attacked in revenge for the killing of Trayvon Martin.
Judging from water-cooler conversations, social media and viral emails, many people took these warnings seriously — yet they proved to be largely wrong.
Community leaders and scholars say the overwhelmingly peaceful response to the Zimmerman verdict reflects increased opportunities for African-Americans, the powerful image of a black president voicing frustration with the verdict, and the modern ability to create change through activism and social media rather than a brick.
"There was the assumption that black people, Latino people, inner-city people are inherently violent, and that's the farthest thing from the truth," says Kevin Powell, whose BK Nation advocacy group helped organize peaceful marches involving thousands of people in New York City.
"They need to stop racially stereotyping people," Powell says. "It's the same thing George Zimmerman was engaging in. To automatically assume an explosion from the Zimmerman verdict — I don't think they understand black people."
The talk of violence originated long before the verdict with some conservative commentators, who said riots should be blamed on liberals who distorted facts to make Zimmerman look guilty.
"Media's dishonest motives in Trayvon Martin case could end in riots," read one headline on Glenn Beck's website.
Speculation intensified when news broke that Florida police were preparing for possible unrest. Pundits highlighted dozens of tweets from average citizens threatening violence if Zimmerman was acquitted. Reminders circulated about a handful of "this is for Trayvon" assaults by black people when the case first gained national notice.
"I fully expect organized race rioting to begin in every major city to dwarf the Rodney King and the Martin Luther King riots," wrote former police officer Paul Huebl. "If you live in a large city be prepared to evacuate or put up a fight to win. You will need firearms, fire suppression equipment along with lots of food and water."
In the week after the verdict, amid peaceful protests involving tens of thousands of people across the country, there was some violence.
In Oakland, protesters broke windows, vandalized a police car and started street fires. In Los Angeles, people splintered off two peaceful protests to smash windows, set fires, attack pedestrians, and assault police with rocks and bottles. About 50 teenagers took the subway to Hollywood to rob pedestrians; 12 were arrested.
Individual attacks were reported in Mississippi, Milwaukee and Baltimore, where black people were accused of assaulting two white people and a Hispanic in Martin's name.
Overall, the response to the Zimmerman verdict was nothing like the massive 1992 Los Angeles uprising that killed 53 people, injured more than 2,000 and caused $1 billion in damage after police officers were acquitted in the Rodney King beating. And there was no comparison with the 1960s riots that struck cities across the country in response to oppression of African-Americans and the assassination of Martin Luther King.
The '60s riots sprang from a sense of deep frustration that progress was being thwarted, says Max Krochmal, a history professor at Texas Christian University.
"They saw the limits to what they could achieve," Krochmal says.
President Barack Obama, who spoke emotionally after the verdict about the frustrations many African-Americans felt over the verdict, is a reminder that limits have been lifted.
"In the '60s, there was just a lot of anger with the way things were. There was a hopelessness. When King was killed, that was the worst. It was like killing the hope," says the Rev. Herbert Daughtry, 82, who leads The House of the Lord Church in New York.
"Maybe the anger is not there like it was before," says Daughtry, who organized several peaceful rallies after the verdict.
He added that Obama's statement helped keep things calm. The president told people that "I feel pain, I've been through the same thing, I'm not distant to the pain you feel," Daughtry says. "I've got a man in the White House who knows that pain."
For many, social media has been a constructive outlet for that pain.
"I definitely think that social media has helped to defuse anything that happens out on the streets," Powell says. "Because people are able to use their voices. They can be heard."
"Imagine if there was no Twitter and Facebook and this verdict came down," he says. "Where would people go?"
"People are using social media to vent," Powell continues. "That's where all the energy is being placed. It's easy — people can click a button and say exactly what they want — like boycott Florida."
John Baick, a history professor at Western New England University, says the Zimmerman trial is another skirmish in the battles over the direction of American culture.
"Use of the word 'riot' is talking about race without talking about race," Baick says. "It's like, look at 'them.'"
"The word riot says so much about fears, about assumptions," he says. "It's deep in our culture that we are afraid of 'them.'"
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Ghost of a chance
We Live in Water
Jess Walter
192 pages, softcover: $14.99.
Harper Perennial, 2013.
In 13 sharp, witty stories, Spokane's Jess Walter captures the gritty, quirky and heartbreaking lives of a variety of Pacific Northwesterners. Walter convincingly inhabits each character he creates, from a hungry meth addict wheeling an enormous TV toward a hoped-for pawnshop payout to a blue-collar dad trying to figure out which of his kids is stealing from the jar of pocket change that holds the family's vacation fund.
Much like his previous books, We Live in Water is alive with junkies, gamblers, scammers, drunks, down-and-outers and white-collar criminals, all of them too complex and endearing for the reader to easily judge or dismiss.
Many of these stories delve deeply into the relationships between fathers and sons, particularly "Anything Helps," which gets its name from the phrase that Bit, its homeless protagonist, inks on a cardboard sign. With $20 from a Mercedes driver, he buys a Harry Potter book for his son, whose fundamentalist foster family has banned it as sacrilegious. You find yourself yearning for Bit to straighten out his life, against all odds, and win his son back.
Hope is the common element in these stories. Walter excels at keeping alive the ghost of a chance that these people will somehow reform themselves and avert disaster.
The writer investigates the complex mingling of love and loathing, respect and disdain he feels for Spokane in the final story, "Statistical Abstract For My Hometown, Spokane, Washington," a series of 50 observations that begin simply with the town's population and blossom into vignettes about the city the narrator has wanted to leave since he was 13. But, Walter writes, "I'm still here." Spokane appears as a complicated place, home to drug abuse and chronic bicycle theft, where "more adult men per capita (ride) children's BMX bikes than in any other city in the world," but at the same time as a town that's free of pretension, where decent people help one another when necessary.
There is a huge difference between the kind of snarky, mean-spirited wit that distances itself from what it's mocking and the rich, full-hearted humor that rejoices in the source of its own laughter. It's the latter that Walter achieves in We Live In Water, and it's why he earns more fans with every book he writes.


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BOSTON -- Vancouver defenseman Kevin Bieksa was asked after Wednesday's loss if the Canucks are thinking too much about where Tim Thomas is setting up to challenge shots rather than simply beat him by sending waves of bodies to the crease?
He took his answer in a telling direction.
"I think we're giving him too much respect to tell you the truth," Bieksa said. "I don't know why, but we just have to start testing him more because he's leaky and pucks go through him. You've seen it all playoffs long. It's too easy for him now."
The Canucks will try to tell you that Thomas is not in their heads and that they're not thinking too much about him. But, if Bieksa believes that he and his teammates are giving Thomas too much respect, doesn't that mean they are losing the mental game against Boston's star goalie?
The stats suggest they are.
Thomas made 37 saves for a 4-0 victory in Game 4. He made 40 saves in an 8-1 win in Game 3. He has allowed only five goals against 145 shots in the Stanley Cup Final. That's good for a .966 save percentage and 1.26 goals-against average.
Boston pulled even in the series with Wednesday's win, but they've outscored the Canucks, 14-5.
"Not at all," Daniel Sedin said when he was asked if Thomas is in the Canucks' heads. "There are a few games left. There is nothing like that going on. We have to find a way to solve him. He's not in our heads, but we have to find a way to solve him."
Ok, then why did Daniel Sedin bring up Thomas in almost every single one of his answers following Game 4?
"We made a few mistakes and it cost us obviously, but we created a lot of chances and Thomas right now is playing well," Daniel said when he was asked specifically about mistakes the Canucks made deep in their defensive zone, which is almost 200 feet from Thomas.
"We played a little bit better, but we have to find a way to solve Thomas," he said when asked about the failing power play, which went 0-for-14 in Boston and is 1-for-22 in the Final.
"I thought we had a really good first period and had a lot of chances, but Thomas is standing on his head and he's winning games for them right now," Daniel said when after being asked about what went wrong Wednesday.
So Thomas' non-traditional style is making it doubly difficult on the Canucks, but they still seem to be spending an inordinate amount of time before, during and after games focusing on the goalie's positioning and aggressiveness. It's a practice that may be misguided.
Thomas bodychecked Henrik Sedin in Game 3, prompting the Canucks to talk to the NHL about the goalie initiating contact outside of his blue paint and Thomas feeling he should be allowed to return to the crease unimpeded.
Wednesday night, Thomas got in a hard slash to the back of Alex Burrows' leg after the Canucks' winger sent Thomas' stick pinwheeling out of his hands. Burrows came back with a cross check and the two of them got into a quick scrap.
Burrows was called for cross checking. Thomas came away unscathed. No one knows if the League is going to receive another query.
"He plays his own style and he's playing it well right now," is about all Vigneault would say when he was asked about Thomas' play and behavior after Game 4.
So how do the Canucks rock Thomas off his game? Bieksa said they have to get to the net, which isn't easy against Thomas because of how far out the Bruins goalie plays.
"You can keep him in the paint," Bieksa said matter-of-factly. "If you're standing in front of him and he wants to come out and challenge, he's got to go around you. You need to establish position."
If they can get there and keep Thomas back, the Canucks believe they will gain the upper hand.
"I think he gives up a lot of rebounds, but right now we're not getting to those rebounds," Henrik Sedin said. "If you get to those rebounds like we saw Tampa did and Philly for that matter and Montreal, you're going to get those goals. Right now we're not getting to the rebounds."
Bieksa thinks he knows why. It's a respect thing, and the Canucks are giving too much of it to Thomas.
"His numbers are great, but he has also in the past, for whatever reason, given up quite a few goals on certain occasions," Vigneault said. "He hasn't done that yet. We're maybe responsible for that. We haven't done a good job of getting to the net, getting the screens. We're going to talk about that and see if we can fix it."
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Stiller Endowed Guest Professor, Cooperrider Center for Appreciative Inquiry; Champlain College
Ron Fry is a Professor in the Department of Organizational Behavior at the Weatherhead School of Management, Case Western Reserve University. He holds a BS in Engineering at the University of California at Los Angeles (1969), and an SM in Management from the Alfred P. Sloan School of Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1971) where he also received a PhD in Organizational Psychology (1978).
A co-creator of Appreciative Inquiry, Fry has conducted research and consulted with industrial, service and public sector organizations in the areas of human resource development and organizational change for more than twenty-five years. His work with such organizations as Ford, General Electric, Northern Telecom, Mittal Steel, and the Greater Houston Mental Health Association has focused on projects related to employee involvement, participatory management systems, fundamental cultural change, team building and executive development, and strategic planning.
Fry joined the faculty of the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University in 1978 and was tenured in 1984. Fry directed the redesign and launch of the new Masters Program in Positive Organizational Development and Change, after having directed the Executive MBA Program for fifteen years. Both programs have consistently earned high national and international rankings in their respective areas.
Fry is widely published in the areas of Organizational Development, Appreciative Inquiry, Team Building, Change Management, Executive Development and the role and functions of the CEO. He continues to both apply and study the applications of AI in the field. His books include Appreciative Inquiry: A Positive Approach to Building Cooperative Capacity, with Frank Barrett and Appreciative Team Building (with Diana Whitney, Amanda Trosten-Bloom, and Jay Cherney). He also co-edited Appreciative Inquiry and Organizational Transformation: Reports from the Field (Quorum, 2001).
He has developed and conducted a Certificate Program in Appreciative Leadership and Organizational Capacity Building for over 150 leaders of voluntary social change organizations in more than 30 countries. With David Cooperrider, he co-directs the Case Weatherhead Certificate Program in Appreciative Inquiry in Positive Business and Society Change. He is Editor and Chief of the Case Center for Business as Agent of World Benefit's global inquiry and directs the Center's Institute for Advances in Appreciative Inquiry. He currently oversees AI applications in a variety of systems including World Vision, Lubrizol, Roadway Express, and the US Navy.
Fry has served as a visiting faculty to Canterbury University in Christchurch, New Zealand, Katholieke University in Leuven, Belgium and to the Administrative Staff College of India. He has been honored with the University Award for Outstanding Teacher in the Professional Schools and the Weatherhead School's Lifetime Service Award.
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DVD. After their prize-winning movie about Fred, the Cinenomads made 'a cinepoem about nomadic life' with Fred providing an integral sound track, which also won a stack of prizes. [Much of this soundtrack appears on Fred's CD of the same name]. It's a fascinating film and for those who only know the soundtrack adds dense layers of data. Their nomads are not simply Saharan tribes but the 'Cirque O', on it's 2 year tour 'creating a furor everywhere', and poet Robert Lax. It looks at the idea of present time. There are also two bonus shorts, one of Cirque O tightrope performer Johann le Guillerm (18 min) with soundtrack by Chris Cutler and Fred Frith from the Prague and Washington CD, and one a homage to poet Robert Lax. (24 min). 2 hours of intense sight and sound. Origin, Germany.
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Moms of Children With Pre-existing Conditions Speak Out: A MomsVote Blog Carnival
What do mom voters care about? Well, lots of things. But if you have a loved one with a pre-existing condition, health care security is always high on the list of concerns.
(Photo on right: Prior to the Affordable Care Act, Gracie was uninsurable and/or faced a lifetime limit on health care because she was born premature.) For years, parents have made professional, personal and even medical decisions based on one primary goal: keeping stable health insurance. And for good reason.
Before the Affordable Care Act, insurance companies could legally deny coverage to children (and adults) based on pre-existing conditions, provide insurance coverage but not pay for medical care related to pre-existing conditions or even drop coverage when you needed it most. It's no surprise that health care security is driving moms to the ballot box.
(Photo on right: Tracy Heiman's 9-year-old son could have been dropped from health care coverage or denied insurance as an adult because he had cancer.) The new consumer protections against pre-existing condition denials will affect million of families. According to a survey by Families USA, approximately 57 million Americans under 65 -- 22.4% -- have a pre-existing condition that, absent health reform, could lead to a denial of coverage by an insurance company. Additionally, nearly 5 million children under the age of 18 have a pre-existing condition that could lead to a denial of coverage.
The stories below shared by MomsRising members highlight the real impact of health reform on American children and families. For these parents, health care coverage is not a campaign talking point but an issue of serious consequence and concern.
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AnnMarie Duchon, Massachusetts, "I Am Voting for the Affordable Care Act, My Daughter's Health and Economic Future"
"Gracie is healthy and thriving today and thanks to the Affordable Care Act, Gracie's rough beginning won't mean a lifetime of limited access to health care. Under the new health care provisions, insurance companies can no longer limit coverage when a patient has reached their 'lifetime cap' of coverage or deny coverage based on 'pre-existing' conditions."
Michelle Cunningham, Texas, "I Am Voting To Keep My Son Healthy"
"Prior to the Affordable Care Act, I was told by every insurance broker who I spoke with that no insurance company would sell us coverage for our son because of his pre-existing condition. He was considered 'uninsurable' until he had been off treatment for at least 5 years."
Tracy Muñoz, Virginia, "I Am Voting Because Health Care Coverage Is Important"
"My 24-year-old son attends graduate school full-time and works part-time. If he didn't have health coverage, my son would have to drop out of school and face poor job prospects in our present economy, impacting his career earning potential and capacity to support his family in the future."
Kari Anne Roy, Texas, "I Am Voting for Our Family's Financial Stability"
"Isaac has to fight to breathe; he should not also have to fight to get the medical treatment he needs. As a mom, there is nothing more valuable to me than my child's future and, for this reason, I will have my family's healthcare security in mind as I vote this November."
Donna Crane, Arizona, "I Am Voting for the ACA Because It Saves Lives"
"With pre-existing high blood pressure and pancreatitis, when my son tried to get an individual health insurance policy, he was given insurance quotes of $1,200-$1,600 a month, which was completely unaffordable with only unemployment insurance income."
Teri Kepner, Maryland, "I Am Voting to Protect My Son's Health, His Professional Goals"
"Today, because of the Affordable Care Act, Cody is back on our family plan and getting the lower-cost treatment he needs to stay out of the emergency room and stay healthy. He's attending graduate school and pursuing his professional goals. Securing Cody's healthy future is my top reason for voting this November."
Elaine Cornett, Virginia, "I Am Voting For a Healthy Future For My Daughter"
"At diabetes support group gatherings, I've talked to countless parents who have had difficulty getting and keeping their child insured in the past. Several of the people I've talked to at these gatherings have moved or changed jobs, only to find that the subsequent change in their insurance plan means their child is no longer covered for Type 1 Diabetes care."
Tracy Heiman, Colorado, "I Am Voting For the Health Care Security of My Son Who Has Cancer"
"With the passing of the Affordable Care Act, I don't have to worry that my son will not have to face an annual or lifetime limit for his care. I never have to worry that our insurance company will drop us when we need insurance the most. And I know that when my son grows up, he will not be denied coverage because he had the misfortune to have cancer as a child."
Lisa Doyle, Minnesota, "I Am Voting For My Daughter's Health, Her Future Financial Security"
"In early 2011 – just weeks after Julie would have been uninsured without the Affordable Care Act – she received a pacemaker to treat third-degree heart block which could result in sudden cardiac arrest. The day after the pacemaker was inserted, she looked and me and said, "Mom, look at my fingernails! They are pink!" It had been a long time since blood had reached her extremities."
Christine Farley, Maryland, "I Am Voting For My Son's Health, His Future"
"Young adults with cystic fibrosis are often denied insurance coverage and also face barriers in their careers as they make work and life choices that are dictated by a limited set of health care options. That's not the future I want for my son."
Emily Townsend, Maryland, "I Am Voting For My Daughter's Health Care Security"
"Medicaid is the main source of care for millions of people with disabilities like my daughter. She and others like her are deserving of a long and dignified life. This November, I'm voting for my daughter's healthcare security."
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In this sprawling television miniseries, originally aired in May 1983 on NBC, a race of seemingly human-like aliens arrive en masse on Earth. These "Visitors" promise cooperation and friendship -- then launch a clandestine takeover of the planet by accusing the entire scientific and medical community of conspiring to destroy them, then finally "benevolently" seizing power. Inspired by Sinclair Lewis' It Can't Happen Here, a 1935 account of a fictional fascist takeover of America, V uses a huge ensemble cast and an elliptical method of storytelling to trace the contact between humans and the Visitors, from the arrival of 50 giant flying saucers in low Earth orbit to the first major victory of the underground resistance that opposes the aliens. Major characters include Mike Donovan (Marc Singer), a television cameraman who leverages his experience filming in various war-torn locales to help expose the Visitors' true nature; news anchor Kristine Walsh (Jenny Sullivan), his sometime girlfriend, who allows her ambitions to cloud her journalistic judgment and becomes a pawn of the alien invasion; Juliet Parrish (Faye Grant), a young biochemist who finds herself thrust into the role of resistance leader; Abraham Bernstein (Leonardo Cimino), the patriarch of a Jewish family divided between the lessons of the Holocaust and the need to survive; Elias Taylor (Michael Wright), a petty thief who joins the resistance after the Visitors kill his doctor brother, Ben (Richard Lawson); and Robin Maxwell (Blair Tefkin), the surly eldest daughter of a scientist (Michael Durrell) who finds his family the target of harassment and intimidation. The Visitors, who assume common human first names as their monikers, include supreme leader John (Richard Herd); sultry science and security officer Diana (Jane Badler); hunky Brian (Peter Nelson); and gentle Willie (Robert Englund). V was written and directed by Kenneth Johnson, who initially envisioned the project as a less fanciful story of fascist aggression; when his pitch to NBC seemed to be faltering, Johnson allegedly added the alien angle extemporaneously, securing himself a green light and NBC a sweeps-week hit. The success of V spawned a second miniseries, V: The Final Battle, and a weekly TV series that lasted 19 episodes from 1984 to 1985. Johnson ended his association with the world of V halfway through production on the second miniseries, but his work on the Alien Nation TV spin-off years later would resurrect many of the themes of V. Actor Singer was already known to sci-fi fans as star of The Beastmaster, while Englund would go on to portray Freddy Krueger in countless Nightmare on Elm Street films.
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A wonderful 19 th century mansion
The outside itself is worth coming to the place : a large and beautiful mansion house, XIX century style, built by the architect Henri Parent.
The Jacquemart-André museum was named after its owners : Edouard André (1833-1894) and Nélie Jacquemart (1841-1912). It's was the couple 's private home.
a grand and gorgeous 19th residence.and a wonderful collection of Italian art.
The Museum display the art they collected during their lives. Thus, they devoted a considerable fortune to buying works of art especially in Italy where they use to go frequently.
Though it's in France and it gathers mainly Italian art, I felt during all my visit a type of British touch in the air… Strange.
an exquisite place to have a break, a meal or a 5 o'clock tea
I had a very nice break in the café which is located inside the museum. Such an exquisite place…! I loved it as much as the welcoming and the food. It's not a restaurant run by a great chef, but the food is really nice. If you are vegetarian, you'll surely be pleased too. And a great choice of delicious pastries.
I enjoyed being in such a beautiful and luxurious as intimate and relaxing place.
My advice :
- You'll surely enjoy this place. And don't miss the Café/restaurant which is really worth it. It's gorgeous.
- If you come when the weather's fine, experience the terrace of the Café.
- If you plan to go the "Printemps" department store (either for shopping or for the view over Paris from the rooftop), you can plan the 2 visits on the same day : the Museum Jacquemart André is about 20 minutes on foot from Le Printemps department store (on the same Boulevard Haussmann).
- Museum : 7/7
- L – V : 11.45 am – 17.30 pm (L : 7pm) Sat.and Sunday : 11 am to 3 pm
- 158 bd Haussmann – Paris 8 Metro stops : St Augustin; Miromesnil; St Philippe du Roule
- (Le Printemps department store : 64, boulevard Haussmann – Paris 9)
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