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The Whiskey Rebellion played an important role in America's history. It was the first Constitutional Crisis, it was the first Government Cover-up. It also helped create the centralized government we have today. This book is the best book on the subject I have ever read.
The Whiskey Rebellion: George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, and the Frontier Rebels Who Challenged America's Newfound Sovereignty, By William Hogland. Scribner, New York, 2006. Contents, Maps, Notes Bibliography, Index, pp. 302.
The Whiskey Rebellion is a crisis that faced a very young American nation. Hogeland does a very good job explaining just how big a crisis the rebellion was and how it helped shape the future America for the next two centuries.
The Whiskey Rebellion was about taxes and Hogeland points out both sides of the tax issue. The new nation needed income to pay taxes and even more importantly the new Federal Government needed to establish the right to collect taxes in its own name and not simply depend upon the generosity of the individual state governments for income. The excise tax on spirits was a test to prove that the government could collect taxes, not only from foreign companies bringing goods into the United States, but also from the citizens of the United States. The other side of the story is that the whiskey tax was considered unfair to the people living on the frontiers of this new nation. The tax was to be paid in specie or bonds issued by the Federal government. Both of these items were scarce to the people living in the west.
The unfairness of this tax also made other problems of the western people seem that much worse. These people were living with threats from Native American tribes, Spanish control of the Mississippi River and English troops in forts that were to be vacated after the treaty ending the American Revolution as outside threats. The problems from within included a lack of money leading to a barter economy, poor transportation and absentee landowners who collected rent from the people actually improving the land who might then sell that same land to someone else and evict the people who put their blood, sweat and tears into the land.
Hogeland sets the stage for this rebellion very skillfully. He starts with Shay's Rebellion in Massachusetts and a revolt by western settlers in North Carolina. Both of these events involved many of the same issues that were later part of the Whiskey Rebellion. He details Hamilton's plans to build a financial policy for the United States that favored the bond holders over the debtors. Policies that would inflame the people of the west because they were mostly part of the later class of people. He then points out that the spirit of revolution was still fresh in the memories of the people and since many of the people living in the west were veterans of the revolutionary armies, they were not the type to roll over without a fight. They saw the tax and other issues as attacks upon their freedoms.
The book is very entertaining and informative. It is not footnoted but Hogeland discusses his sources, chapter by chapter, in his notes at the end of the story. He discusses his source and places them into the different schools of American History writers. The book is well researched and Hogeland does seem to understand the limitations when reading history from different schools of thought. His own school seems to be a bit of a progressive/economic historical school of thought.
This is a very good book to add to a bourbon library. The reader will not gain understanding as to how whiskey is made or what it tastes like, but at the same time the reader will better understand the nature of the industry today. After all, as Hogeland points out, Hamilton's plan to eliminate the small distiller in favor of big business distillers worked, even if it took about 150 years to do so. It took til the 21st century for small distilleries to make an economical comeback.
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WASHINGTON (AP) ? A decade of war will pass quietly at the White House this week.
President Barack Obama plans no public events Friday to mark a moment the nation never really expected: 10 years of war in Afghanistan. Out of sight and off the minds of millions of Americans, the war is the most prolonged conflict this country has been engaged in since Vietnam. Obama has gone so far as to declare it "the longest war in American history."
The lack of attention to the 10-year milestone is driven in part by White House thinking that Obama has already helped lead a national reflection on a decade of costly sacrifice and battle. He did that on the recent anniversary of Sept. 11, 2001, the day when many people feel the war unforgettably began.
Yet Obama's handling of the new war milestone also underscores his interest in sticking to an economic message without distraction. Jobs, not war, matter most right now.
What's more, in military terms, analysts say a 10-year anniversary holds little significance compared with other markers. The main one is the end-of-2014 deadline Obama has set for withdrawal of most U.S. forces, along with the question of whether the United States will be able to leave Afghanistan stable enough politically to prevent a perilous collapse.
It was on Oct. 7, 2001, that the United States and its allies invaded Afghanistan, seeking to end the rule of radical Islamic Taliban and its ability to provide haven to the al-Qaida terrorists who launched the unprecedented terrorist assault on Sept. 11.
At the time, President George W. Bush said to the country, "In the months ahead, our patience will be one of our strengths."
The nation, under Bush and Obama, saw its patience tested much longer than that.
The American role in the war is now on pace to last at least 13 years.
Put together, more than 2 million troops have been sent to Afghanistan and the war in Iraq, which began in 2003, including hundreds of thousands of troops who have served more than one tour. Nearly 4,500 U.S. troops have died in Iraq and about 1,700 in Afghanistan. Tens of thousands more have been wounded.
Obama moved to end the war in Iraq but initially expanded the one in Afghanistan, trying to regain control of the conflict he saw as central to American security.
His focus was clear in June when he announced that, as promised, troops would begin withdrawing in July and that 33,000 troops will be home by next summer. It was time to focus on home, he said.
Still, almost 70,000 troops will remain in a volatile country after that as the United States continues its withdrawal and its shift of security control to Afghan forces through 2014.
"The tone of the whole speech was, 'This war is effectively over and we're gradually shutting it down,'" said Nora Bensahel, a senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security. "Since that is what the White House wants to signal to the country, it doesn't surprise me that the White House isn't spending a lot of attention on the 10th anniversary."
Obama is in an accelerating re-election fight in which Republicans have taken aim at his Afghanistan policy, but foreign policy is vastly overshadowed by economic concerns.
A recent CBS News poll found that nearly 6 in 10 Americans say the United States should not be involved in Afghanistan, a sharp turnaround from as recently as two years ago, when a majority supported the U.S. mission there. Almost 7 in 10 people say the war has gone on longer than they expected.
In terms of the military, 1 in 3 U.S. veterans of the post-9/11 military believes the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan were not worth fighting, according to a Pew Research Center poll released Wednesday.
Obama has spoken on a series of occasions lately about the sacrifice and success of the military in the 9/11 generation, the families who support them and the goals ahead.
"As our mission transitions from combat to support, Afghans will take responsibility for their own security, and the longest war in American history will come to a responsible end," Obama said at an American Legion conference in August. "For our troops and military families who've sacrificed so much, this means relief from an unrelenting decade of operations."
Obama may seek another occasion to thank troops in the coming days, and the White House would not rule out a written statement from him Friday about the war anniversary. The president spoke about American resilience on Sept. 11 after he visited memorials at all three sites where hijacked airliners crashed, in New York City, at the Pentagon and near Shanksville, Pa.
"We, in many respects, mark the beginning of war coming to our shores as 9/11, and everything has flowed from that," Obama's deputy national security adviser, Ben Rhodes, said.
Political and governance instability continue to cast doubt over Afghanistan's progress even as military gains have taken hold. Afghan intelligence officials said Wednesday that they had broken up a plot to assassinate President Hamid Karzai. The 10-year mark of the war raises questions about what it will take for the United States to leave on successful terms.
"If we want to leave behind, when we withdraw, something that doesn't collapse shortly after we go, then Afghanistan is going to have to be different politically than it is now," said Stephen Biddle, a senior fellow for defense policy at the Council on Foreign Relations.
"We've done very well on the military side in the last couple years," he said. "We have not nearly so well on the political side. And we're running out of time."
Associated Press Deputy Director of Polling Jennifer Agiesta contributed to this report.

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Professor Robert Cottrol, George Washington University Law School, announces two lectures at GW by the Argentine Legal Historian Juan Carlos Frontera of La Universidad del Salvador in Buenos Aires:
Monday, October 4, 2010. Historical Aspects of the Law of the Indies with special reference to the Vice Royalty of the Rio de la Plata
Tuesday, October 5, 2010. Legal History of the Formation of the Argentine State, Federalism and Separation of Powers in the Argentine Republic
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text: Cloud computing is one of the most-discussed topics among IT professionals today. And not too long into any conversation about the most highly touted cloud models\u2014software as a service (SaaS), infrastructure as a service (IaaS) or platform as a service (PaaS)\u2014the talk often turns to cloud security.\n\nAccording to Milind Govekar, an analyst at Gartner, cloud has rocketed up the list from number 16 to number two in Gartner's annual CIO survey of key technology investments. "Like with anything new, the primary concern is security," he says. In fact, the vast majority of clients who inquire about cloud, he says, would rather create a virtualized data center on their own premises\u2014what some call a private cloud\u2014because they're uncomfortable with the security issues raised by cloud computing and the industry's ability to address them. \n\n[ Read the companion article "Cloud security in the real world: 4 examples." ]\n\n "We are in the early stages of a fascinating journey into a new computing model that, for all its purported advantages, from a security and risk point of view, is a difficult thing to deal with," agrees Jay Heiser, an analyst at Gartner. "The things that make it easy and appealing\u2014like the immediate plug-and-play productivity\u2014also make it impossible to conclusively assess your relative risks." Current certifications, such as SAS 70 and ISO 27001 and 27002, are not sufficient, he says, leading to frustration for both buyers and sellers. \n\nFor this reason, securing cloud computing environments will be a major focus of vendor efforts over the next year, says Jonathan Penn, an analyst at Forrester Research. In the short term, he sees users having to do a lot of the legwork, but over time, "cloud providers themselves will see the opportunity to differentiate themselves by integrating security," he says. Security vendors accustomed to selling directly to the enterprise will find that they need these cloud providers as a way to reach the market, Penn says, and as the market matures, customers will want this stuff baked into the services they're buying. "That will be quite a radical change and a disruption," he adds. \n\nIn the meantime, organizations such as the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) are working to put some shape around the security issues and the ways to address them. The CSA recently released a summary of the strategic and tactical security pain points within a cloud environment, along with recommendations on how to address them. The organization divided the domains into two broad areas: governance and operations. \n\nDomains grouped under governance include: \n\nDomains grouped under operations include: \n\nThe CSA also summarized the top threats of cloud computing, along with the cloud models each threat most pertains to and guidance for remediation. \n\nThe categories of tools that can help address these threats include XML, SOA and application security; encryption tools for data in transit and at rest; smart key management; log management; identity and access management; virtual firewalls and other virtualization-management tools; data-loss prevention; and more. "You're translating the existing security architecture into the cloud, so there are a lot of different tools you'll need, some of which already exist and other cases where you need new technology," Reiser says. \n\nFor instance, malware scanning tools will need to look specifically for emerging malware that targets virtual platforms; identity management systems will need to authenticate not just users but also devices and applications; and security information management (SIM) systems will need to log billions of events and analytics. \n\nForrester also released a list of questions that enterprises should ask to secure their cloud implementation, covering the areas of security and privacy, compliance, and other legal and contractual issues. \n\nCloud layers\n\nExperts also emphasize that the level of exposure and risk for the three cloud models are very different, and the way of addressing security also differs, depending on which layer you're engaging with. "The security requirements are really the same, but as you go from SaaS to PaaS and IaaS, the level of control you have over security changes," says Mike Kavis, founder of Kavis Technology Consulting and CTO at a startup company. "From a logical view, nothing has really changed, but how you physically do it changes dramatically." \n\nSaaS.\n\n As the CSA explains, with SaaS, the provider's applications run on a cloud infrastructure and are accessible through a Web browser. The consumer does not manage or control the network, servers, operating systems, storage or even individual application capabilities. \n\nFor this reason, the SaaS model integrates the most functionality directly into the offering, with the least consumer extensibility, and "security responsibilities are almost entirely up to the vendor," Reiser says. "If the vendor doesn't encrypt data, it's not encrypted. If there isn't activity monitoring, you won't get any." \n\nPaaS.\n\n With PaaS, consumers create applications using programming languages and tools supported by the vendor and then deploy these onto the cloud infrastructure, the CSA explains. As with SaaS, the consumer does not manage or control the infrastructure\u2014the network, servers, operating systems or storage\u2014but does have control over the deployed applications and possibly the application-hosting environment configurations. \n\nThere are fewer customer-ready or built-in security features with PaaS than with SaaS, the CSA says, and those that do exist are less complete, but there is more flexibility to layer on additional security. This means users need to pay attention to application security, as well as security issues surrounding the management APIs, such as authentication, authorization and auditing. \n\nIaaS.\n\n Here, consumers can provision processing, storage, networks and other fundamental computing resources, as well as deploy and run operating systems and applications, according to the CSA. While they don't manage or control the underlying cloud infrastructure, they do have control over operating systems, storage and deployed applications, and possibly limited control of select networking components, such as host firewalls, the CSA says. \n\nWith IaaS, there are few integrated security capabilities beyond protecting the infrastructure itself, but there's enormous extensibility, according to the CSA. This means users need to manage and secure operating systems, applications and content, typically through an API. \n\n[ Also see "How to avoid the stormier implications of the cloud." ]\n\n "A lot of the perimeter security is handled by the vendor, but they're giving you access to virtual machines, so you still have to build the application and provide the infrastructure control," Kavis says. \n\nWith IaaS, virtualization management is a big concern, says Heiser, particularly when it comes to intrusion detection and the integrity of partitioning virtual machines. "You need to mediate separation and make sure they don't interact with each other," he says. \n\nChris Barber, CIO at Wescorp, says he is concerned about multitenancy and hypervisor vulnerabilities. "Since you have multiple users on a single physical box, there may be a security vulnerability that one user could somehow access another user's virtual machine," he says.


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IAAF ready to return to four-year doping bans on the eve of world athletics championships
Athletics is set to reintroduce four-year doping bans even though the move risks alienating the sport from the World Anti-Doping Authority (WADA), officials said on the eve of the world championships.
The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) will vote to set in motion a return to four-year bans for first offenders, following representations from leading former athletes and in the wake of a series of damaging doping cases.
"They will vote tomorrow," Britain's marathon world record holder Paula Radcliffe, long an outspoken critic of doping and now a member of the IAAF's athlete's commission said at a briefing in Moscow.
"Unfortunately, legally, there can't be lifetime bans but this is a step in the right direction."
Doping is the subject on everyone's lips ahead of the August 10-18 championships following a series of high-profile recent positive tests, notably leading sprinters American Tyson Gay and Asafa Powell of Jamaica.
Earlier this week Turkey announced another 31 positive tests, following several earlier in the year, while host nation Russia currently has more than 40 athletes suspended for doping offences.
Current rules restrict the IAAF to handing out two-year bans to first-time offenders, meaning that many athletes can serve their suspensions without missing an Olympic Games.
IAAF general secretary Essar Gabriel confirmed that the organisation was committed to lengthening the ban having been forced to reduce it to two years in 1995.
"When the WADA code was introduced we dropped to two as something of a compromise in order to fit in and to ensure countries would police the problem," he said.
"So for us it's back to the future and hopefully the mandate will be given to the council.
"It's not just about the four-year ban, there are other things in there, particularly to do with entourage - punishing the people behind the doping."
Two-year bans no deterrent, says Fredericks
Former 200 metres world champion Frankie Fredericks, now chairman of the athletes' commission, is another who spent most of his career racing alongside dopers and he said that the message from everyone involved in the sport was that a two-year ban was no deterrent.
"We had to cut from four to two to get Governments on board but we've realised that's not enough in our sport," he said.
"We would like to have life bans but the new compromise is four years."
However, long-standing IAAF council member and former 800 metres Olympian Abby Hoffman warned that extending the range of punishments would not be straightforward.
"A four-year ban is not a slam dunk," the Canadian said.
"When the WADA conference takes place in Johannesburg in November the discussion will involve very serious caveats because of the pressure that comes from other federations who do not want to expose their athletes to unequivocal four-year bans.
"Areas such as "intentionality" will have to be taken into account to levy a four-year ban so I'd say there's a lot to be done between now and November and beyond to ensure we don't have a public relations four-year ban that in reality ends up being considerably less.
"But if other organisations and international sports bodies don't want tougher sanctions then we need to make sure that space is carved out in the anti-doping campaign for athletics to impose the bans that we know our athletes and our members want.
"We need to make that stick, even if it means going down a bit of an independent road."


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LOUET, JEAN-CLAUDE, royal notary and clerk of the admiralty court at Quebec, son of Jean Louet and Catherine Thierry, of the parish of Saint-Maclou (Rouen); b. 1681; buried at Quebec 28 July 1739.
On 15 July 1707, at Quebec, Louet married Anne Morin, widow of René Deneau. On 15 May 1717, an ordinance issued by Bégon* allowed him "in the name and as the husband of Anne Morin, widow of the late René Deneau, to choose a location in the Port-Daniel seigneury where he could engage in inshore fishing."
On the preceding 22 March, after the death of Louis Chambalon, Louet had succeeded him as royal notary. Two years later he became clerk of the admiralty court at Quebec. In fact Louet was the first holder of this office, for Charles Guillimin, who had been appointed in 1717 when the jurisdiction was created, had refused it; it was thus only two years after the admiralty court had been constituted officially that it really began to carry out its functions.
On 16 and 20 April 1734, Louet sat as judge of the provost court of Quebec, "in view," as the register specifies, "of the indisposition of the lieutenant-general and the king's attorney." After being stricken with paralysis, Louet had retired. On 14 April 1738 the minister informed the intendant that he was granting Louet a pension of 400 livres, and that he was entrusting the office of clerk of court to Bricault de Valmur, the secretary of Hocquart*. But the new incumbent died 28 June 1738 at Quebec, and Claude Louet succeeded him on 20 April 1739.
Louet senior was buried 28 July 1739. He had three children; the above-mentioned son, having become enamoured of a young English girl, had addressed three "respectful summonses" to his father, the last two of which, dated 23 and 24 Jan. 1733, begged him to grant permission for the marriage, in order that the girl's honour might be saved. The wedding took place on 16 February following.
AQ, NF, Ord. des int., VI, 272; XXVII, 28; Paroisses, Notre-Dame de Québec; NF, Registres de la Prévôté de Québec, 16, 20 avril 1734. P.-G. Roy, Inv. Ord. int., I, 168f. "Les 'sommations respectueuses' autrefois," APQ Rapport, 1921–22, 60f. L.-G. Verrier, "Les registres de l'amirauté de Québec," APQ Rapport, 1920–21, 106–31. P.-G. Roy, "Les secrétaires des gouverneurs et des intendants de la Nouvelle-France," BRH, XLI (1935), 104. J.-E. Roy, Histoire du notariat, I, 122, 351f.
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Thursday, November 4, 2010
Cotton Candy Kittens
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- Anne BoleynNovember 4, 2010 at 8:08 AM
I love that you said that Mimsey is the naughty-ish one of the two. She looks so darned SERIOUS! Nigel has such crazy appeal that I'm glad Mimsey has the power to get the attention coming her way. They really are something special.ReplyDelete
- TeughcatsNovember 4, 2010 at 8:08 AM
Oh I love love LOVE that last picture. They are adorable, and Laurie you have mad photography skills!ReplyDelete
these two are so cute it kills me! i want them so bad. they're such a perfect little pair!ReplyDelete
My favorite pic is number 4. They look so concerned! But what do kitties have to be concerned about? Not enough love? Oh noes!ReplyDelete
That Mr Nigel gets me every time!ReplyDelete
OMG, these photos are fantastic! As usual, you take wonderful pictures that really capture the essence of these beautiful creatures!! I love photos #2, 5, 6, 8, 9 and the last one. I would buy these photos if they are made into cards.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 4, 2010 at 8:57 AM
tell the folks to get a furminator - they're going to need it!ReplyDelete
christine H
Oh you gorgeous Frosts. You are the end!ReplyDelete
Such floofy little kit kits! I second the furminator idea!ReplyDelete
The Frosts are so amazingly floofy! Laurie, I am in awe of your photography skills -- you really do capture the softness of Mimsey's and Neville's fur with your lens.ReplyDelete
Little Nigel has so much FLOOF! I am excited to see what he looks like when he grows up - will he keep that enormous ruff?ReplyDelete
I love photo #4 - the expression on Mimsey's face as she looks at her brother is so funny.
These little kittens make me want to sing Soft Kitty from Big Bang Theory.ReplyDelete
- scooterNovember 4, 2010 at 11:02 AM
they are so beautiful. i'm so glad that they are going to your parents so that we can watch them grow up!ReplyDelete
Angie, I am sorry for the loss of Mushy. I hope the kittens you are taking care of help ease your pain a little. Also viewing Nigel, may have you thinking about Mushy.ReplyDelete
You made me laugh when you mentioned the Soft Kitty song from Big Bang Theory.
I love kitties!!ReplyDelete
and cotton candy, so this post really made me smile as my own blog is called Cotton Candy and Kittens =)
I am so completely in love with these two.ReplyDelete
I keep returning to this browser tab just to stare at them
Awwwww I love them! I love all the photos, but I think the last one is my favorite. So sweet - 2 fuzzbusters cuddling together, half closed eyes, totally content. :)ReplyDelete
Kotton Kandy Kitties with pink jellybean noses!ReplyDelete
IN some of those pictures, Nigel makes me think of David Bowie in Labyrinth.
You are magical, Laurie. You need an award. Nobody else can capture kittens quite like you do. The 8th photo just keeels me.ReplyDelete
Since they are now your family members, can we please get some cards???? Please??? Pretty fluffy fuzzy cute nose please??? And of the Livelies too??????
- Kate B.November 4, 2010 at 3:41 PM
Just when I think they can't get any more adorable... wow! They are so beautiful and sweet. That closeup of Little Miss Mimsey (photo 9) just kills me - those eyes! These two are like the Finches and the Spooners all blended together. With extra floof!ReplyDelete
OMG! These are some frosty cool Frost kittens!ReplyDelete
Love my own furries, but these two could ALMOST convince me to adopt kittens....Then I see how tired Miss Charlene is after each litter and I reaffirm my desire for grown kitties...I will take my kitten fix vicariously thank you very much!
When I see Mr. Nigel, the only thing I can think of, is Bing Crosby singing "A Marshmellow World" cuz of his extreme floofy marshmellowy coat. Cutie pie Nigel, lucky kitten gets to stay in the family, YEAH!!!!!ReplyDelete
I think Nigel has a Mini-Me...ReplyDelete
This is the most extraordinary series of photos. These two darlings, with their otherworldly floofly beauty, and your selection of the cotton candy cloud backdrop, make this Absolutely Perfect.ReplyDelete
I also LOVE the fact that photo #9 aligns perfectly with precious Drewey's "Inner Crank" pic. :))
I love who ever it was that invented the furminator! God Bless them! I have to big fluffy cats....it's a must!!!!ReplyDelete
These photos are lovely. If I didn't live in FL, I would own these babies. (Lord, 4 fluffy cats....I would have to buy stock in lint brushes)
Awe, I love kitties so much! Cute pictures :).ReplyDelete
Awwww ... just when we think yoo can't out cute us ... yoo do! Gorjuss!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 5, 2010 at 8:18 AM
They are anorable. I love how serious they are. :)ReplyDelete
And I love their floofy little chests, in the 4th pic from the bottom. And Mimsey's sooooft little pawsies in the pic below it. Awwn. And Nigel's sneaky eyes in the last one. Hehe.
- AnonymousNovember 5, 2010 at 11:19 AM
So much floof! I just want to lay on the bed with them and stick my face in the fluff!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 5, 2010 at 12:38 PM
Gorgeous, simply gorgeous! I agree with everything said above, especially about your photography skills. Thanks for all the great pics!ReplyDelete
These are wonderful pictures! Such beautiful cats you've got there! Thanks for sharing!ReplyDelete
My heart is melting looking at these photos, awww it brings it all back when my two furries were kittens, Laurie you have the perfect job, wish I was in your shoes with all that floofieness anc cuteness floating all over the place....ReplyDelete


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I apologize for being out of commission lately. Frankly, I haven't had much to say since pointing out the obvious on Friday, April 12, that hugely important support had been broken and all bets were off. I've found all the subsequent talk about the "8 standard deviation event" (or whatever) that followed mildly ridiculous. I'm not sure how one gets those numbers, but had the ensuing crash been spread out over a few days, far from being a one in a trillion event, it would've been positively expected.
I mean, going back to the Screwtape silver symposium way back in February of last year, on the topic "When to buy silver?", our very own JdA warned that the day would come when
"you can say hello to $22 silver before you can mutter "I think I'd better log into my trading account". That's when you should buy."
Granted, she's hated silver ever since I brewed her some homemade "Silvershlager" and turned her blue, but I don't think she was predicting an 8 std deviation event.
[As an aside, looking back, I see that my contribution to the symposium was an exhortation to buy silver. And, in fact, those who took my advice would've made a 10% profit over the following 2 weeks. I also distinctly recall telling my readers to sell at precisely that point, but only in my subscription letter.]
Anyway, speaking of "standard deviations," back on Dec 31, I half-seriously expressed my 2013 prediction for silver in those terms. I felt at that time that a yearly close at the conservative blue trend line would've constituted a 3 standard deviation event.


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This trip will elevate your wine experience as you are greeted by spectacular views at Bluemont Vineyard, nestled on the eastern slope of the Blue Ridge Mountains overlooking Loudoun Valley, and then on to 8 Chains North Winery, where winemaker Ben Renshaw showcases his handcrafted wines using Loudoun County grapes.
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Depart: 10:00 AM, East Falls Church Metro Station (Washington Boulevard side, to the left as you exit the station, on the north side of Rt. 66)
Depart: 10:45 AM, Reston Town Center, 12001 Market St.
Stop: 11:15 AM, First Winery
Stop: 1:30 PM, Second Winery
Arrive: 3:30 PM, Reston Town Center, 12001 Market St.
Arrive: 4:00 PM, East Falls Church Metro
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Throw Marc Fisher's Washington Post column atop the pile of columns from all over declaring that bloggers won't replace newspapers. Careful that it doesn't topple on you. I wish there were a pile of equal size making that argument about bloggers and papers, but I can't find it. It's a red herring in a barrel. But rather than one more time trying to shoot down another attempt to shoot down this nonexistent premise, let's look at Fisher's real challenge – how will state government be covered – and see whether there aren't new answers, with or without bloggers. He writes:
In one hour in the Virginia House the other day, I watched debates on raising the cost of vanity license plates (the No's won), letting employers pay workers with debit cards rather than paychecks (Yeses won), and making it a felony to hang a noose on someone's property (approved). Hardly earth-shattering issues, but each has an impact on people's lives. Yet none got any press; a couple of years ago, they would have.
OK, start here: I'd recommend that Fisher should have headed across town to the Sunlight Foundation's Transparency Camp. I think transparency as a default for governments at every level is the first answer: every piece of legislation online and every debate and committee meeting recorded and shared. That alone won't yield reporting but it would enable journalists and citizens anywhere in a state to monitor bills and topics and share what's notable.
Then the services of one or more reporters or bloggers should be shared by every publication in the state. A capitol bureau is hardly a differentiating feature for a paper. We're headed this way with, for example, the consortia of Ohio and New York/New Jersey papers now sharing their content statewide. So imagine if a journalist's coverage appeared in every paper and on every site of news organizations in the state with a share of revenue for advertising on it to the reporter. That might – just might – cover the cost. We'll see. At the Norg unconference in Philadelphia three years ago, thee was discussion about this structure with a blogger who was covering Harrisburg.
Next, local reporters and bloggers can do a better job covering the activities of their representatives. I'd like to start by seeing the voting record of my state reps; it'd be easy to set up RSS feeds for every district that local bloggers could include and discuss.
Covering legislatures is the easier part of this. Covering executive-branch bureacrats is harder but I think that coverage will shift from the geographically based – that is, by people in the state capital – over to topically based – that is, a local green reporter or blog watching the state's environmental actions.
I don't have a buttoned-up plan to replace the coverage of newspaper statehouse bureaus. But it's already true that they are shrinking and so rather than just complaining about that – and pointing out for the Nth time that bloggers won't replace their headcount – we need to look at how the functions of covering state government can be fulfilled in new ways.


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AMK Cleaning Services, LLC, Ashley Kosharek
Ashley Kosharek launched AMK Cleaning Services as a way to make money as a single parent. What started as a means of making extra cash soon blossomed into a successful enterprise. AMK Cleaning now offers a variety of services for residential, office, commercial, and construction spaces. The company also specializes in green, eco-friendly cleaning techniques.
In just four years, Kosharek has built up her staff from one employee to 45. AMK Cleaning Services now serves about 400 clients annually (including 150-200 regular clients). The company has earned numerous accolades, including being named New Business of the Year by the Western Dairyland Women's Business Center.
Kosharek was connected with her SCORE mentor, John Hepfler, after learning about SCORE at a Women's Business Conference in Eau Claire, Wis. "I've gotten a lot of key advice from John in business and also personal life advice," says Kosharek.
When asked what advice she would give to entrepreneurs, Kosharek says, "To be a sponge and be open to advise from those who have gone through the path of running their own businesses." She also compares starting a company to raising a child. "Just like a toddler you crawl, fall, pick yourself up, walk, fall, pick yourself up, then run," she says.


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Lisa, the first wife of an author who died suddenly and brutally, ends up by chance in the city that her husband fled two years earlier. Not knowing anyone who can help her, she contacts her ex-husband's second wife. The situation involves a police officer on the verge of retirement, who investigates the "hidden past" of a mafioso family. (Source)
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As promised on my earlier post, which you can read HERE, I am sharing my photo collages. This time round, I have created two, one for each week of the "festival".In this post I am sharing the collage for week 1.
Every day from 4th November I will talk about one of the photographs.
Week 1 ~ 4th - 10th November 2013
The ramblings & obsessions of a fisherman's wife! ~ a potpourri of history, genealogy and books. Also some general ramblings if they take my fancy!
Thursday, 31 October 2013
Remembrance Day Photo Collage - Part One
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The superior VBG quality, in combination with increased bolt/bushing supporting surfaces, extends the long service life and offers more carefree ownership. The reliable design minimises unexpected downtime and costly delays. The modular design, with interchangeable mechanisms, allows any repairs to be performed swiftly with few installation steps, which saves workshop time and ensures safety.
Tip: If you supplement with VBG MechMatic, lubrication and cleaning are performed completely automatically. This saves time and trouble for the driver and reduces service and maintenance costs.


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This button appears on Aliexpress or Gearbest order detail page under tracking number
- Pros:
Just press it and get results here.
How do I track my order on Aliexpress or Gearbest?
1. "After the supplier ships your order, a tracking number will appear. You can track your order on shipping company's website with the tracking number provided.
Log in my Alibaba and see the tracking details in transactions." - The default option.
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Need to open another page.
2. Some sites provide order tracking services.
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Need to open another page and copy-paste tracking code.
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General Entomology
EEB 4250 - General Entomology
Fall 2012
Day/Time: Tuesday+Thursday 12:30-3:30
Place: Storrs campus, Torrey Life Sciences Room 313
Credits: 4
Instructor: David Wagner
- Life Sciences Rm 471
- 860-486-2139 and 860-942-1796 (cell)
- Office hours: 10 MWF and as available
- Life Sciences Rm 473
- 518-573-3091 (cell)
- Office hours: as available (email for appointment)
- Borror, DJ and RE White, 1970. Peterson Field Guide to Insects: America North of Mexico.
- Gullan, P. J. and P. S. Cranston. 2010. The Insects: An Outline of Entomology. Fourth Ed. Blackwell Science, Oxford, England.
The lectures provide a broad introduction to insect diversity, phylogeny, structure and function, behavior, ecology, and conservation. The laboratory stresses sight identification and natural history of 120 common insect families. The collection requirement connects the lecture and laboratory by linking lecture topics, and especially insect behavior and ecology, to Connecticut's extraordinary insect fauna.
Course Procedures and Policies
Academic Integrity:
Plagiarism and cheating are violations of the student conduct code, and may be punished by failure in the course or, in severe cases, dismissal from the University. For more information, see Appendix A of the Student Conduct Code.
If you have a disability for which you may be requesting an accommodation, you should contact a course instructor and the Center for Students with Disabilities (Wilbur Cross Building, Room 201) within the first two weeks of the semester.
Syllabus and Course Materials
Course Flickr page: UConnGenEnt2012
- Please add your photos to an existing set for class trips, or create your own set
- Add your name or initials to the description of each photo you upload
- Feel free to comment using the main account or your own flickr account
Lab Facebook page: Lab Facebook page
Lab information
You may work on your collection in the lab outside of class time at these times:
- Mondays and Fridays after 10am
- Tuesdays and Thursdays before or after class
Collection Materials
Bonus Assignments
Collection Guidelines
Collection Grading 2012.doc
Collection Tips
1) Ensure your name is clearly written on all boxes.
2) Please keep your vials in an easy-to-access container.
3) You must hand in a printed spreadsheet (found on the course website) along with your collection. Your name must be on it. The written families should be in the same order as the specimens in your boxes.
4) Don't forget about the ecological labels. Think about them carefully, this is an easy way to make mistakes if you rush.
5) Put the labels in the right order on the pin. Locality label on top, then species label (if needed), then ecological label (if needed), then family label (if it's the first in the row). Labels should be in line with the specimen and take up as little space as possible and still be legible. They should all be facing the same direction.
6) Organization of orders/families within the box is unimportant, as long as it is clear. Try to condense to as few boxes as possible.
7) Remember that the curation guidelines are to ensure that your specimens are "museum ready" - they might be your longest legacy on earth. Think about how beautifully well organized Dave's collection is upstairs, and the main collection next door. Look at your specimens and ask if they are ready to be seamlessly integrated into a museum collection.
8) Don't fret too much about a bad specimen (missing legs, etc) if it's the only one you have. Damaged specimens are still valuable if properly labeled.
9) Moderate trading is encouraged.
10) Some specimens will be taken and added to the main collection (you should take this as a compliment, I had several of my specimens taken). If you have a favorite specimen you are particularly attached to, like something you raised as a pet, leave a note on your spreadsheet.
|August 28
|Course overview
| Wagner Lab visit
Collections Facility
Intro to collections
| G+C Chapter 1
B+W pgs 4-29
|August 30
| Importance of insects
Introduction to insect diversity
| Insect walk
Collecting methods
Lab 2
| G+C Chapter 2
The Joy of Formication
|Sept 4
| Insect body I: external anatomy
External anatomy I
|Quiz 1: Insect Collecting
| Overview of Insect Orders
Pinning demonstration
Lab 3
|Sept 6
| Insect body II: external anatomy
External anatomy II
| External Grasshopper Anatomy
Lab 4
|G+C Chapter 3
|Sept 7-9
|Great Mountain Forest Trip
|Sept 11
| Insect body III: external anatomy
External anatomy III
|Quiz 2: Insect Orders
| Internal anatomy dissection
Lab 5
| Virtual Cockroach
Ant losing wings
|Sept 13
| Internal anatomy I
Internal anatomy I
| Aquatic insects
Aquatic field trip
Lab 6
|Sept 18
| Internal anatomy II
Geologic history I
Anatomy and Geologic History
|Quiz 3: Insect Anatomy
| Non-insect arthropods
Early hexapods: Entognatha, Apterygota, Ephemeroptera, Odonata
Lab 7
| G+C Chapter 7
G+C Chapter 6
|Sept 20
| Geologic history II
Higher classification of insects
Geologic history II
Insect phylogeny
| Blattodea, Mantodea, Phasmatodea, Orthoptera
Walk to W lot
Lab 8
|G+C Chapter 8 (section 8.2, the rest is optional)
|Sept 25
| Development and life histories
Development and life histories
| Quiz 4: Primitive insect orders+
Aquatic insects
| Dermaptera, Plecoptera, Embioptera, Pscoptera
Lab 9
|Reading part 1
Reading part 2
Maternal earwig
Bark lice
|Sept 27
| Growth and development
Growth and development
|Collection check #1
| Phthiraptera, Thysanoptera, Hemiptera (aquatic)
Lab 10
Painted lady
|Oct 2
| Hemiptera II (Heteroptera)
Lab 11
| Bed bugs
Stink bugs
|Oct 4
| Nervous system and sensory organs II
Nervous System
| Hemiptera III (Aucheno- and Sternorrhyncha, Fulgoroidea)
Lab 12
| C+G chapter 4
Insect Lives, Chapter 8 (Metamorphosis)
Regulatin' genes
|Oct 9
| Nervous System II
Nervous System II
| Open lab
Bug jeopardy
Bug Jeopardy file
| G+C chapter 4
Judson chapter 6
Judson chapter 7
Penis fencing
|Oct 11
| Nervous System continued
Nervous System continued
|Quiz 5: Hemimetabola
| Megaloptera, Neuroptera
Lab 14
| G+C Chapter 12
Eisner, Love Potions
Mantids mating
|Oct 16
| Behavior
| Strepsiptera, Coleoptera I
Lab 15
|Oct 18
| Social insects
Social insects
| Coleoptera II
Special Lab Topic: Plant secondary compounds & insect herbivory
Greenhouse tour
Lab 16
| G+C Chapter 11
OPTIONAL Nowak et al. (2010)
|Oct 23
| Phytophagous insects
Insects and Plants 1
| Coleoptera III
Lab 17
|For Love of Insects
Insect Lives
|Oct 25
| Insects and plants
Herbivory and plant defense
Insects and Plants II
| Coleoptera review
Special Lab Topic
Halloween Insects
|Oct 30
|Hurricane Sandy had other ideas.
|Nov 1
|Quiz 6: Megaloptera, Neuroptera, Strepsiptera, and Coleoptera
| Trichoptera, Lepidoptera I&II
Lab 19
|Nov 6
|Guest Lecture - Forensic Entomology
|Nov 8
| Insect and plants continued
Insects and Plants III
|Collection Check #2
| Mecoptera, Siphonaptera, Diptera I
Lab 21
|G+C Chapter 14
|Nov 13
|Chemical ecology of insects (Scott Smedley)
| Diptera continued
Lab 22
|Nov 15
| Insect Defenses
Insect Defenses
| Bug Banquet
Bug Jeopardy
| Janzen reading
G+C Chapter 13
|Nov 27
| Entomophagous Insects
Entomophagous Insects
| Hymenoptera I
Lab 24
|Nov 29
| Medical Entomology
Medical Entomology
|Quiz 7: Mecopteroidea
|Hymenoptera II
|G+C Chapter 15
Caterpillar Eyespots
The Ant and the Acacia Tree
Why Did God Make Flies?
|Dec 4
| Medical Entomology
Medical Entomology
Insect Ecology and Pest Management
Insect Ecology and Pest Management
|Open lab
|G+C Chapter 16
|Dec 6
|Insect conservation
|Open lab
|Dec 14
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Debian Security Advisory
DSA-2538-1 moin -- privilege escalation
- Date Reported:
- 05 Sep 2012
- Affected Packages:
- moin
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2012-4404.
- More information:
It was discovered that Moin, a Python clone of WikiWiki, incorrectly evaluates ACLs when virtual groups are involved. This may allow certain users to have additional permissions (privilege escalation) or lack expected permissions.
For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 1.9.3-1+squeeze2.
For the testing distribution (wheezy), this problem will be fixed soon.
For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 1.9.4-8.
We recommend that you upgrade your moin packages.


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Welcome to AfterStep applets distribution home site.
- AfterStep applet list
- AfterStep applet download
- AfterStep mailing lists archives
- Sounds download
- X11 and Xlib manuals download
You will find here: some news and articles below on this page; the applet download directory contains all of the applets for all the versions I could get my hands on; you can look through the list of applets.
The e-mail archives of both AfterStep Development mailing list and AfterStep User mailing list are kept at this site since 1998. You can go to the archive page to see the indexes and do the searches.
There is a couple of other things: a list of links to various AfterStep and applets related sites, the documentation on X Windows, mirror of the AfterStep FAQ and sound files to use for events in AfterStep.
2007/04/12 asmem 1.12
The last version of asmem applet did not really fix anything, sorry about that. We missed a return type for the function. Now that has been fixed (and a couple of small other things) with the help from Michael Krelin and everything should work fine, finally.
2007/04/09 asmail 2.1 and asmem 1.11
The applet asmail has been updated. All versions before this (2.1) have a serious bug in error handling where printing an error message potentially leads to incorrect error handling. This has been fixed by a patch kindly provided by Rainer Weikusat.
The asmem applet has been updated with the help of a patch from Michael Krelin to handle large amounts of memory and swap space under Linux. The new version is 1.11.
2007/02/27 asmail 2.0 introduces SSL support!
The applet asmail has been updated. The new version is 2.0. This version has been prepared by Martin Kaiser who implemented the SSL support into asmail. Now you can finally use IMAP over SSL for your e-mail checking! Thank you, Martin!
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Dear Judy:
Welcome! We are so pleased you decided to join our School Leadership 2.0 community. As you start to explore the site, we feel confident that you will see its many benefits. A good starting point might be the short video tutorials which you can find on the pull down menu on the "home" page. Each highlights a special section of the community and provides clear instruction on how to participate.
We are very eager to hear your comments and suggestions for improvements and enhancements. School Leadership 2.0 will grow and flourish with the ideas of the members.
Again, we are so pleased you have joined. Now feel free to explore and contribute!
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Eddie Bauer First Ascent MicroTherm Down Hooded Jacket
This lightweight compressible down jacket outperforms and replaces the need for other transitional base layers. It has been one of the most beneficial additions to my gear arsenal in years.
- Light weight
- Compressible
- Thermal versatility
- Lightweight material is not very durable
I am just shy of 6 foot and when I originally bought this jacket I was 190 lb and now I am 175 lb yet the jacket still fits correctly. The jacket has elastic cuffs around the wrist and hood that help secure the jacket without over constricting.
In the spirit of minimalism the jacket doesn't have any adjustable section or pit vents. In place of pit vents there are small portions of fleece to give breathability. The jacket is also made of an ultralight nylon that, although great at keeping it light and compressible, does expose the jacket's only con of not being overly durable. My jacket has worn in the lower back but it is nothing that a little tenacious tape hasn't corrected. I say that to say this; I have a few friends with this same jacket that are of a smaller frame and not nearly as big of a dumb animal like I am and they have NOT had any issues with fabric durability.
The nylon is slightly water resistant and can withstand a light drizzle for an 30-45 min but substantially less in harder rains (comparable to other nylon jackets). The jacket has very high thermal versatility, meaning that I have used this jacket in 50°F down to the single digits comfortably.
I took the jacket out last January for cold weekend trip that got down to 9°F with pretty steady winds of 20-30 mph. Through the weekend I never wore more than 1 light base layer, 1 midweight base layer, the Microtherm jacket, and a rain shell to cut the wind. I stayed plenty warm, though not toasty, through the whole weekend (I was testing the jacket for my own curiosity).
I then took it out in -15°F and it was great to snowshoe/climb in and as a layer for my heavier down coat while at camp. It got somewhat damp during activity but it was quick to dry out. I even brought this jacket to the Everglades last March, where I only needed it once or twice when it got into the upper fifties and breezy, but it is just too lightweight to not use in every situation.
This thermal versatility has allowed me to eliminate my need to bring any kind of fleece on any kind of trip; at 10 oz and since it can be packed into its pocket it is the ideal jacket to replace a fleece. There are 3 pockets which are perfectly functional (2 on for the hands and one outer chest).
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TAURUS (April 20-May 20)
It's a great time to get breast implants, a penis enlargement, a nose enhancement (if your nose is too tiny), or surgery to elongate your tongue. Anything you could do to yourself in order to stick out further and make a bigger impression would be in harmonious alignment with the astrological omens. April Fool! Everything I just said was a dirty lie. Here are the facts: It's high time to work creatively and appreciatively with what nature has given you, not try to force it to accommodate some soulless desire.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20)
Between now and April 16, you really should try to party every night. You should experiment with at least 100 different altered states of consciousness, and talk to at least 500 fascinating people, and explode with at least 800 fits of laughter, and change your mind at least 1000 times. You need massive stimulation, Gemini. You need record-breaking levels of variety and mood swings. Be everywhere! Do everything! April Fool! While it's true that this might be one of those times that the visionary poet William Blake was referring to when he said, "The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom," please take care you don't end up slobbering face-down in the gutter without any pants on halfway along the road of excess. Remember the goal: to actually reach the palace of wisdom.
CANCER (June 21-July 22)
You have cosmic permission to brag like a coked-up pimp. You have poetic license to swagger and show off like a rock star who has sold his soul for $30 million. You have my blessing if you'd like to act as if everyone in the world should be more like you. April Fool! I was exaggerating a little. It's true that you have every right to seize more authority and feel more confident and spread your influence farther and wider. But the best way to do that is to explore the mysteries of humble courage and ply the art of magical truth-telling and supercharge your willpower with a big dose of smart love.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)
What is your most far-fetched desire? I dare you to pursue it. What is the craving that would take you to the frontier of your understanding about yourself? I urge you to indulge it. Which of your primal wishes intimidates you as much as it enthralls you? I beg you to embrace it. April Fool! I don't really think you should try to carry out your most extreme fantasies. Maybe in a few weeks, but not now. I do hope, however, that you spend some time this week getting to know them better.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
If you develop symptoms like a dry mouth, twitching eyebrows, sweaty palms, or goose bumps in places you don't usually get them, you may be suffering from a malady called anatidaephobia, which is the fear that you are being watched by a duck. So please, Virgo, try to avoid places where ducks congregate. April Fool! I lied. The truth is, you will not contract an exotic affliction like anatidaephobia any time soon. You may, however, notice yourself experiencing waves of seemingly irrational elation; you may frequently feel like something oddly good is about to happen. Why? Because according to my analysis of the omens, you are more likely than usual to be watched by secret admirers, future helpers, interesting strangers, and your guardian angel.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)
If you're a straight man, this would be a good time to ask Halle Berry on a date. If you're a straight woman, you'll have a better-than-usual chance to get Jake Gyllenhaal to go out with you. If you're a gay man, you might want to try your luck with Adam Lambert, and if you're a lesbian, I encourage you to propose a rendezvous with Portia de Rossi. April Fool! I lied. It's never a good time to try to hook up with unavailable dream girls or dream guys. I will say this, though: You now have extraordinary power to turn yourself into a better partner, ally, and lover. And that suggests it's well within your means to cultivate a more exciting kind of intimacy.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)
"Dear Rob: I just walked in on my boyfriend of over a year in bed with another woman. My mind is beyond blown; it's a splay of sparks in a drenched sky, a fireworks display in a downpour. Any advice on moving forward? Shocked Scorpio." Dear Shocked: I'll tell you what I'd like to tell all Scorpios right now: Start plotting your wicked revenge. April Fool! The truth is, revenge would be a dumb waste of your precious time. Any surprises that come your way in the coming days are basically disguised gifts from life to get you back on course. Use their motivational energy wisely and gratefully.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)
It's an ideal time for you to explore the intimate wonders of ecosexuality. Nature's libidinous pleasures are calling to you. How about trying some erotic experiments with trees and waterfalls? Or skinny-dipping in wetlands and doing skyclad seduction dances for the clouds? Or making out with oyster mushrooms right where they grow up out of a fallen log? April Fool! It's true that this is a good time to expand your sexual repertoire and seek out new sensations of intimate bliss, but it's quite possible to accomplish that by confining your erotic communion to human beings.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
The astrological omens are practically screaming for you to go out and buy a luxurious new home in your ideal neighborhood. Preferably it should have every feature you've ever dreamed about, whether that's a cinema-scale theater room or a spa with a sauna and hot tub. If you have to go deep into debt to make this happen, that's fine. April Fool! I lied, sort of. It is an excellent time for you to upgrade your domestic scene, either by making comfortable and attractive changes in the decor of your current home or by enhancing your relationships with your family and roommates. But there's no need to make crazy expenditures that will cripple you financially. In fact, cheap is probably better. That's what the astrological omens are really suggesting.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)
It's absolutely critical for you to be consistent and uniform right now. You must be pure, homogeneous and regular. Don't you dare dabble with anything that's even vaguely miscellaneous. April Fool! Everything I just said was a lie. In astrological fact, the best way to thrive is by being a cross between a mishmash and a medley … by being part hodgepodge and part amalgamation. Your strongest impact will come from blending the most diverse influences. The best elixir will result from mixing several different potions.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20)
I hope you take full advantage of this unusual moment in your astrological cycle, Pisces. According to my interpretation of the cosmic signs, it's prime time to unleash an ocean of tears. And not just the kind of moisture that wells up out of sadness, either. I hope you will give even more time to crying because of unreasonable joy, sobbing due to cathartic epiphanies, weeping out of compassion for the suffering of others, and blubbering activated by visions of the interconnectedness of all life. Let it flow! April Fool! I slightly overstated the possibilities. Yes, it will be a wonderful time to feel profound states of emotion and surrender to the tears they induce. But you need to get a few things done, too, so don't risk drowning.
Go to RealAstrology.com for Rob Brezsny's expanded weekly audio horoscopes and daily text-message horoscopes. Audio horoscopes also available by phone at 877-873-4888 or 900-950-7700.


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A Coastal Classification Map describing local geomorphic features is the first step toward determining the hazard vulnerability of an area. The Coastal Classification Maps of the National Assessment of Coastal Change Project present ground conditions such as beach width, dune elevations, overwash potential, and density of development. In order to complete a hazard vulnerability assessment, that information must be integrated with other information, such as prior storm impacts and beach stability. The Coastal Classification Maps provide much of the basic information for such an assessment and represent a critical component of a storm-impact forecasting capability.
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In the 1976 Daytona 500, Richard Petty was leading on the last lap when passed by David Pearson in his Wood Brothers Racing 1976 Mercury Montego. Petty tried to clear Pearson coming off the final corner. The two collided and spun into the infield as they approached the finish line. Petty's car stalled, but Pearson picked up the clutch, revved the engine and was able to hobble across the finish line to win the Daytona 500.
Many fans consider this finish to be the greatest in the history of NASCAR. So it makes sense that the winning car — a 1976 Mercury Montego — would be "recreated" for a special cause.
On Jan. 21, 2011, the Darrell Gwynn Foundation auctioned a 1976 Mercury Montego tribute car built by Gateway Classic Mustang and made a wheelchair donation live on Speed Channel from the Barrett-Jackson Auction in Scottsdale, Ariz.
Champion drag racer and foundation founder Darrell Gwynn attended the auctioning of the tribute car along with Leonard Wood of Wood Brothers Racing.
Brothers Lonny and Jason Childress started Gateway Classic Mustang in 1999 with their minds set on creating vintage-inspired cars that you can and want to actually drive.
"They may look vintage, but don't be fooled," said Lonny. "Our Mustangs leave the shop driving like current rides."
Located 75 miles southwest of St. Louis, Gateway Classic Mustang is a leading builder of classic Mustangs and does everything in-house except for building engines and transmissions. Gateway Classic Mustang even developed a suspension product (under the name Gateway Performance Suspension) and sells it, among other Mustang aftermarket products, out of their shop and online at www.gatewayclassicmustang.com and www.gatewayperformancesuspension.com.
Their team of five employees does partial and complete restorations, including fabrication, sheet metal replacement, paint and body and mechanical work on Mustangs (years 1965–2011).
Prior to starting the business, the brothers had successful careers in racing; Lonny drove the monster truck Bigfoot and Jason competitively drove Grave Digger on the show circuit. Now Lonny focuses his attention to detail on fabrication and painting. Jason assists in the shop as needed and manages office operations and business opportunities.
The pair has worked on numerous notable projects including a GCM-R '67 Mustang for Sammy Hagar in 2006 and 2007. This was the first Dynacorn body ever completed and put out on the streets.
Following the build, they joined Hagar on tour (how cool is that), where they were introduced to Michael Anthony, the former bassist for Van Halen who currently plays for the rock supergroup Chickenfoot. Gateway Classic Mustang was then asked to build a '69 GT-500 Shelby convertible for Anthony. Both builds were captured by Hot Rod Television and aired on Speed Channel in 2007 and 2008, respectively.
But the fun didn't stop there. Happen to have an extra $135,000 burning a hole in your pocket? A Bullitt remake can be yours! A limited number of serialized Steve McQueen Signature Mustangs will be built to order and sold by Gateway Classic Mustang.
In 2009, the Childress brothers and their staff completed a car for actor/racer Chad McQueen, son of the late Steve McQueen who starred in "Bullitt", a 1968 American film best remembered for its car chase scene through the streets of San Francisco. The car, driven by McQueen, was a Highland Green 1968 Ford Mustang GT 390 CID Fastback. The build garnered media attention including a feature on DIY Celebrity Rides in 2009 and another special featured by Hot Rod Television on Speed Channel in 2010.
Their latest project — the 1976 Mercury Montego tribute car — was built in four short months and donated to the foundation free of charge, including labor. The street legal tribute car features a Ford Racing 521 CID engine, Keisler 5-speed transmission, and Sherwin-Williams Barrett-Jackson Collector Color Series paint job.
As part of the build process, Gateway Classic Mustang stripped the car down and then cut it apart using a Spectrum® 375 X-TREME™ plasma cutter. The build also required sheet metal replacement and a roll cage install. For this job, they turned to the Millermatic® 140 with Auto-Set™ MIG welder and also used a Syncrowave® 350 LX TIG welder while building a deck lid spoiler and all of the exhaust.
Gateway Classic Mustang relies exclusively on Miller for its welding and cutting needs. Miller product managers have worked collaboratively with Lonny and Jason over the last six years to share product knowledge, resources and unique opportunities, as the company executes world-class projects for its clients.
In fact, it was Gateway Classic Mustang that informed Miller product manager Steve Hidden of the opportunity to get involved in the Darrell Gwynn Foundation/Barrett-Jackson Auction. Hot Rods to Hell in Anderson, Calif. needed a new welder for manufacturing their suspension systems and were willing to trade one of their NASCAR style truck arm suspensions for a welder. Miller enthusiastically signed on to support the project by donating a Millermatic® 350P to finish the job.
"When Jason and Lonny contacted me about the Darrell Gwynn Foundation build I knew right away that Miller needed to get involved," said Miller Product Manager Steve Hidden who attended the recent Jan. 21 Barrett-Jackson Auction. "The project car turned out great and the auction was quite a unique experience. Miller Electric was honored to be a part of the project and donation."
In addition to Gateway Classic Mustang building the car and Miller's equipment donation, other project sponsors included Barrett-Jackson, Ford Racing, JEGS, Reliable Transportation, Wood Brothers Racing, Hot Rod TV, 3M, American Autowire, Autotailors, Autotronic Controls, Baer Inc., Be Cool, BF Goodrich, Blue Oval Parts, Classic 2 Current, Cragar, Daerborn Classics, Denco Powder Coating, Dynamic Control, Holley, Hot Rods to Hell, Ididit, Billet Badges, John's Industries, Keisler Automotive, Optima Batteries, Pilkington Classics, QuickTime Inc., Redi-Kleen Stripping, Scat Enterprises, Sherwin Williams and Sprint.
At auction, the car was purchased by Foundation supporter Tom Day for $90,000, who then donated the car back to the foundation. Auction proceeds totaled $490,000 (another car was also auctioned off), which will benefit the Darrell Gwynn Foundation's many programs that provide awareness, prevention, support and ultimately a cure for paralysis.
The foundation was started by Darrell Gwynn in 2002. He was at the height of his professional drag racing career when in 1990, on a test run in England, a freak accident left him paralyzed with a devastating spinal cord injury.
The car will be auctioned again at the Palm Beach, Fla., Barrett-Jackson Auction in April 2011. Proceeds will again go to support Darrell's mission.
Visit www.darrellgwynnfoundation.org for more information including paralysis prevention and statistics, upcoming events and ways to support the foundation.
The tribute build was captured by Hot Rod Television and is scheduled to air in April 2011 on Speed Channel.
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Eva Barroso, 54, Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, a former manager of a credit union was sentenced to serve 27 months for each count of bank fraud and tax evasion for fabricating at least three false loans in the name of nominee entities and individuals without the knowledge and authorization of the purported borrower
The defendant was sentenced to serve 27 months in federal prison by U.S. District Judge Chief Judge Gregory K Frizzell for one count each of bank fraud and tax evasion. At the time of the scheme,
Barroso worked as a commercial services manager for Oklahoma Central Credit Union (OCCU) where her duties included marketing and servicing commercial loans. The Court entered a criminal forfeiture money judgment against the defendant in the amount of $238,177.42 representing proceeds obtained as a result of his bank fraud scheme. Barroso was also ordered to make restitution in the amount of $238,177.42 to OCCU and $57,360.50 to the Internal Revenue Service.
According to court documents, from July 2, 2009 to March 19, 2012, as part of the scheme, Barroso fabricated at least three false loans in the name of nominee entities and individuals without the knowledge and authorization of the purported borrower. Barroso admitted that she made various material false representations in obtaining these loans. She used the proceeds of these loans for her own personal benefit, including making ATM withdrawals at various casinos. To further the scheme, Barroso used some of the money to make payments on prior loans.
In addition, during the 2010 calendar year, Barroso willfully evaded a large part of income tax by failing to report to the Internal Revenue Service a total of $152,098.13 which was the money she fraudulently obtained from the scheme.
U.S. Attorney Danny C. Williams Sr. for the Northern District of Oklahoma and Special Agent in Charge R. Damon Rowe of the Dallas field office for the Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation.
The case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation and was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Jeffrey Gallant and Catherine Depew on behalf of the United States.


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You didn't think we'd keep you in the dark for too long did you? Come on people, you should know your pals at BGR a little better than that by now. It has only been two days since we showed you the first live pics of Samsung's sexy 5 megapixel touchscreen all dressed up in Verizon threads, but you clearly weren't going to be satisfied until we gave you some more details. Ok, no problem – you know our ninjas don't sleep… Those of you who really can't wait to get your mitts on this puppy will have early online and telesales orders fulfilled on November 26th. For the rest of you who want to check the Omnia out in person before shelling out some cash for it, December 8th is the official in-store date. Woo! As far as pricing goes, you're looking at a respectable $249.99 after the $70 mail-in rebate. Sure we would have loved to break that $200 mark for the release price but hey, early adopter tax is nothing new to us right? So there you have it, VZW peeps. If touchscreen is your game and the Storm isn't exactly your cup of tea, the Samsung Omnia might be just what the doctor ordered.
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The new Kinect is kind of awesome. Just by the numbers, it's a huge upgrade. You can see (most of) the full walkthrough we saw just a bit ago here at Microsoft's Redmond campus in the video above. Parts are jaw-dropping.
The demo is of a live action Kinect unit, which will be included with the new Xbox One. Right from the start, you can see the improved depth sensor. It's three times as sensitive, and can pick out bits as small as your t-shirt wrinkling or adjusting on your chest. The 60-degree-larger field of view helps here as well (up to six people can be on screen at once), and it has a deeper field of (accurate view, too).
And oh man, the IR sensing. It's seeing in a pitch black room! That is, like, totally absurd. And should be cool for using the Kinect at night, or for horror games, where you don't want to play in a well-lit room. Or just, you know, watching any movie ever.
The new 1080p cameras are a wide field of view, which we saw in greater detail during the Skype demo with four chat partners, and looks great, but no one's too concerned about that.
The truly impressive stuff, though, comes from the brains of the Kinect. Its improved skeleton mapping is crazy accurate, and can track your individual hand motions and shoulder shrugs. The muscle tracker is also borderline ridiculous. It can tell what parts of your body have pressure on them. It knows where you're putting your weight as you lean side to side, and how much power goes into each motion, by tracking speed. It knows if you lob a slow fake punch, and it knows if you slice a fast uppercut through the air, and shows you with popping white circles around your fists or feet or head. Orientation tracking is cool as well, and will apply more to how your character moves around in games.
The heart rate monitor, which reads your heart rate just by freaking LOOKING AT YOU, seems pretty accurate, but we obviously weren't able to test against an actual heart monitor. Still, do you see this, guys, seriously this is a thing that will be in living rooms. It's very cool.
The face recognition recognizes you, personally, and can tell if you're "engaged" or not engaged, meaning if you say "Xbox pause" while not looking at the TV, it won't listen to you. This seems like something you'd maybe want to turn off, but it's still impressive it can read your expression and know if you're happy, sad, or bored.
Kinect 2 doesn't just see you, though; it can hear you too. In fact, it can hear your voice, specifically, through whatever ambient game and/or movie noise that's going on around you. Want to give a command in the middle of a particularly loud concert video or melee? You don't have to shout for Kinect 2 to listen and comply.
Calling this feature set impressive is an undersell. It's breakthrough technology on many levels, with applications far beyond watching content or playing games. It's the future, and we all get to see it today.


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Justice Frederick G. Schmidt was born around the year 1886 and raised in Greenwich, Connecticut. He began his political career in Westchester County as the Village Clerk in Port Chester. Beginning in 1928, he served as Village Corporation Counsel. Schmidt then served as the elected Town Supervisor for Rye, New York from 1929 until 1940.
He took the bench in 1943, when he won election as a Westchester County judge. In 1945, Schmidt was elevated to the State Supreme Court, where he served until his designation to the Appellate Division, Second Department in 1951. Following his retirement from the bench four years later, he served as a court referee until 1961 and was a senior partner at the firm of Bleakley, Platt, Schmidt and Fritz.
Schmidt was a trustee of the YMCA in Port Chester and served on the advisory board of the Bank of New York, County Trust Region.
He had three daughters. He died on April 22, 1977 at the age of 91.
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API (Automated Processes Incorporated) was formed by engineers who strived for nothing more than the highest quality professional audio gear. The pivotal era of the late '60s was the bedrock for exciting new developments in audio. API, led by Saul Walker, made moves that forever changed the course of the music industry. In the '70s, API made analog equipment ahead of its time by introducing large format consoles using sophisticated circuitry and fader automation features. These were just a few contributions that became the first steps towards establishing API as a major forerunner in professional audio. As time passed, API consoles found permanent homes in large commercial studios as well as state universities offering audio production programs. From large multi-channel recording consoles to the discrete circuitry of numerous analog modules, API remains dedicated to professionals who demand the best.
The API Vision was designed to handle simultaneous stereo/surround mixing and features the same quality craftsmanship featured on other API Legacy Series consoles, the first of which was installed at Green Street Studios in 1989. The Vision continues the legacy with added panning, bussing, and monitoring features intended for 5.1 surround mixing landscapes. Each input channel features dual 100mm moving faders, additional dynamics/EQ processing, and accommodates 5 channel surround panning for the dedicated 5.1 mix bus. The Vision has plenty of provisions for additional signal routing through a variety of 200 series modules (215L Sweep Filter, 205L Direct Input, 225L Compressor, etc.), not to mention full patchbay facilities.
The 2448 recording console follows suit with its vintage ancestor, the API 2488 that brought warmth to just about every record recorded in LA in the '70s. This affordable, fully analog console brings true inline workflow in a 24-channel format with plenty of room to grow. The automation system is taken from the same system used on the classic API Vision for the smoothest automation performance possible. The added 529C Stereo Bus Compressor is great for mix glue or added punch and offers twp alternate styles of compression (New or Old) to choose between different compression characteristics. Additionally, there's space for eight VPR Alliance 500 series modules. Like its successor, the 2448 console is another timeless analog console from API.
Based on the incredible success of the original 1608, API proudly announced the 1608-II in 2018. Following the introduction of the 1608 in 2008, API delivered over 600 consoles and expanders to discerning audio professionals throughout the world. Equipped with an updated feature set and debuting their new cross-platform Final Touch automation system, the 1608-II continues API's rich legacy of crafting the world's highest-quality analog recording consoles. Final Touch empowers musicians, engineers, and producers with power and flexibility only found on the most sophisticated automated consoles.The 1608-II provides the powerful reliability and incredible API sound that has characterized their products for nearly 50 years.
The 500 and 200 series modules from API offer an incredible range of signal processing possibilities from every flavor of compression and EQ. Many of the modules in these series are reissues of API originals from long ago; however, there are also new models in production. Standard 500 series compressor modules, like the API 525 Compressor, can add any amount of depth, punch, or glue a signal needs. The mic preamps from API are second to none, especially the latest A2D Mic Pre. Fully-featured and hand-assembled, the A2D is highly musical and rich, characteristic of all API gear. Most importantly, many of these modules stay true to the original circuit layouts designed by founder Saul Walker, so you can rest easy knowing the original API sound is still alive and thriving.
If you want to get your hands on a genuine API console or if you have questions about any of the API analog gear, Vintage King has you covered.
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