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Back on board the main boat I had breakfast then spent a couple hours sorting the photos and getting caught up on my journal. The second dive was at Madivaru ("Manta Place"). But once again we didn't see any manta r
In the afternoon we did our third dive at Maamigili Beyru we were looking for whale sharks but didn't find any - last time the divemaster was there he saw three... There actually wasn't much to see - relative to the other dives I've done in the Maldives. There was a lot of current and it kept on change directions so it was a lot of work. That plus the somewhat poorer visibility made the dive my least favorite so far - though honestly it still wasn't bad.
At diner there were tons of flowers on all the tables - nice but strange. It turned out to be one of the Austrian guys' birthday and the crew went all out, at least decorations wise. Most of the Austrians were up very late drinking - I think there are going to be some unhappy folks tomorrow...


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Sealed documents detail allegations against former Nevada County Sheriff's deputy
February 6, 2018
Nevada County prosecutors say former Nevada County Sheriff's Deputy Mark Hollitz will face no charges in connection with accusations he had an inappropriate relationship with a confidential informant, a decision made public almost a year after the district attorney revealed the allegations.
District Attorney Cliff Newell said an investigation of Hollitz, who resigned in February 2017, proved inconclusive.
Newell said prosecutors didn't believe they had enough legally admissible evidence, or corroboration and cooperation from confidential informants, to convince a jury that a crime had been committed.
"I believe them to the degree that we won't use Hollitz to testify (in cases Hollitz had a role investigating)," Newell said of the informants.
Hollitz declined to comment this week.
Newell's office in March 2017 accused Hollitz of having an "undisclosed, inappropriate relationship" with an informant, using that informant in an attempt to "set up" another informant who refused to work with Hollitz, and of improperly destroying Sheriff's Office records.
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The allegations led Newell to review 250 to 300 cases connected to Hollitz, who once served on the county's Narcotics Task Force. Out of those, he examined the specifics of 78 cases, he said.
If Hollitz played an essential part in the case, it was dismissed, Newell added.
The district attorney also reviewed search warrants attached to any case Hollitz touched. His review led to the dismissal of 13 cases, eight of them felonies, he added.
"At this point, as far as this office is concerned, we're done with Hollitz, unless something else was to come to light," Newell said.
Newell's office in March 2017 released a statement about Hollitz. According to that release, Hollitz left the Sheriff's Office the month before. A sheriff's official then contacted Newell's office that March about allegations of misconduct against Hollitz.
"The misconduct was such that we cannot be confident in the integrity of his investigations," the release states.
Sealed documents obtained by The Union reveal previously undisclosed details about the investigation into Hollitz.
According to those documents, sheriff's Capt. Shannan Moon — who's running for Nevada County sheriff — in early March 2017 contacted Newell's office about a possible sexual relationship Hollitz had with an informant. Investigator Colin Nelson and Chief Investigator Randall Billingsley then spoke with the woman at the Nevada County Jail who raised the accusations.
Both women — the one who revealed the alleged sexual relationship and the one who had it — have served as confidential informants. Their names have been withheld.
The woman who revealed the allegations said she'd worked as an informant and knew Hollitz, who in April 2014 asked if she'd help him "set up" someone in a marijuana sting. The woman knew the target's husband, a deputy, and called him about the sting. That led to trouble for Hollitz and damaged her professional relationship with him, the documents state.
According to the records, the woman who disclosed the alleged sexual relationship believed Hollitz started an investigation into her. In 2016, the woman who had the sexual relationship told the other woman that she had helped Hollitz set her up and that they were having a sexual relationship, the documents state.
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Authorities spoke with the second woman on March 9, 2017, two days after interviewing the first.
Contacted via Facebook and email, that woman declined comment to The Union.
The woman told authorities in an interview at the District Attorney's Office that she'd previously lied to Moon, saying that she had no sexual relationship with Hollitz.
"She told Dep. Hollitz about the interview with Capt. Moon," the document states. "He responded by telling her that if it ever went to court, he would say they were just friends and he hoped (she) would say the same as well. She then went on to say that at the time of the Capt. Moon interview, she wasn't ready to talk about it, but then Dep. Hollitz stopped talking to her."
According to the second woman's interview, Hollitz around September 2015 no longer served on the Narcotics Task Force. She began meeting him in different spots — The Grange off La Barr Meadows Road, a Squirrel Creek church and a hospital — where they'd talk before or after his work shifts. Hollitz's job wasn't discussed.
"She said they did not, but added that he mentioned there was stuff going on at NSCO that he could not discuss," the document states. "(She) said she figured it was what was going on with Dep. (Jason) Mackey."
Hollitz and Mackey had overlapping service time on the Narcotics Task Force. During that time, Hollitz made accusations about Mackey's integrity in several cases.
At some point during their conversations Hollitz began making sexual comments, and the relationship became physical, the interview states.
The relationship involved about six sex acts over a year, documents state. When questioned, the woman said Hollitz never threatened her or used his position as a deputy to take advantage of her, calling the sexual contact consensual.
"She said that she thought that if she knew a cop, it might help get her out of trouble," the interview states.
The woman said she'd previously gotten out of a ticket for driving without her license on her, though it occurred before her physical relationship with Hollitz, the interview states.
Once Hollitz stopped talking to her, the woman said she needed to tell someone about the relationship. In December 2016 she told the woman first interviewed, who later disclosed the relationship, according to the record.
Two months later Hollitz quit his job, authorities said.
Jason Mackey
Hollitz's time with the Narcotics Task Force overlapped with Deputy Jason Mackey's tenure. Hollitz said he saw Mackey falsify information three different times.
Defense attorneys for over a year have attacked Mackey's search warrants in criminal cases.
Deputies serve on the task force for two to four years. Mackey has since rotated out. Hollitz's allegations played no role in the rotation, Undersheriff Joe Salivar said.
"We had a staffing change," he added. "We had a couple folks out for various reasons."
In June 2015 former Assistant District Attorney Glenn Jennings, who this week announced his candidacy for Nevada County district attorney, interviewed Hollitz and others about the allegations against Mackey.
In that interview Hollitz alleged that he found inaccuracies while proofreading two different search warrants Mackey wrote, in November 2014 and May 2015, respectively. In March 2015 Hollitz found an inaccuracy in a report penned by Mackey, documents state.
Afterward Hollitz wrote a letter to his superior requesting a transfer from the Narcotics Task Force, citing the allegations against Mackey.
Sheriff's Sgt. Guy Selleck in an interview said he had no first-hand knowledge of integrity issues with Mackey, except for one in which Mackey asked for a case's dismissal because of inaccuracies in an affidavit. Selleck added that he knew of Hollitz's accusations against Mackey and didn't trust the latter, reports state.
Grass Valley Officer Evan Butler in an interview also said he had no first-hand knowledge of inaccuracies or misstatements by Mackey, though he had doubts about Mackey after hearing Hollitz's accusations, according to the report.
An internal investigation into Mackey revealed no wrongdoing, authorities have said. The District Attorney's Office continues to prosecute cases in which Mackey was part of the investigation.
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By BRETT MARSHALL
No. 1 � Scott City Beavers (Class 3A, Mid State Activities Association): No question about this pick to kick off the 2009 season. The Beavers finished 10-2 a year ago, lost a heartbreaker 20-17 quarterfinal playoff decision to Garden Plain, and now return for redemption.
"It's not gone," head coach Glenn O'Neil said of the bitter taste that loss to Garden Plain left with his team and staff. "It was a frustrating loss but I think this year's seniors see it as motivating to make it to the next stage. There's not a day that goes by that somebody � player or coach � that doesn't mention that loss so we plan to use it as a positive motivator."
That would be getting past the quarterfinals, the place where their season stopped each of the past three years.
"We've been on the doorstep for three years running and we want to quit knocking and get the door opened and go as far as possible," O'Neil said. "This group has worked so hard that it is difficult for me to imagine them not having success this year."
That opportunity got a little setback when starting quarterback Dillon Stucky tore his anterior cruciate ligament and will be sidelined for at least three to four weeks as he attempts to rehabilitate it in hopes of being able to play the last half of the season. If he can't go then, he'll undergo surgery and miss the entire season.
"It just really affects our depth at quarterback," O'Neil said of Stucky's injury. "You just always feel bad for the player when it happens, especially when they are seniors."
Junior Ron Baker will take over starting quarterback duties, a position that he has played much of his football career dating back to junior high.
"We have a lot of confidence in Ron to do the job we need," O'Neil said. "On many other teams he would have been starting at quarterback."
No. 2 � Hugoton Eagles (Class 4A, Hi-Plains League): Coach Clint Merritt's rebuilding project has been completed and now it's time to see if they can put the finishing touches on his master plan.
Three years ago he was hired, and using mainly freshmen and sophomores for two seasons, the Eagles suffered through a 3-15 record in his first two years. Last year, though, they went 6-3 and went into a final quarter with a chance to beat Holcomb and also had opportunities to take a giant lead against Ulysses in the opening period but couldn't capitalize on turnovers.
"This is what we've been building toward for the past three years and now we're here," Merritt said. "We've got a great group of seniors who know how to lead and I think that's one of their greatest strengths as a group."
No. 3 � Garden City Buffaloes (Class 6A, Western Athletic Conference): Will coach Mike Smith's decision to revamp his offensive scheme to the popular spread formation pay dividends? An early season matchup with always-tough Ulysses kicks off the Buffs' season. From there, it just gets more difficult with the Western Athletic Conference opponents on the schedule. Paced by junior quarterback Cody Bernbeck and a solid group of linemen, the switch to a more open offense will certainly create opportunities for players to showcase their individual skills within the framework of the team.
No. 4 � Sublette Larks (Class 2A, Hi-Plains League): If the Larks remain healthy, and pull together a talented group of players, this season could well be one of their best in recent years. Coach Steve Simpson has speedster Mason Hibbard in the backfield but the Larks have no fewer than 16 returning starters, eight on each side of the ball. How well that season may turn out will be determined in the opening two weeks when they play at 3A Southwestern Heights and have a home game with 3A Holcomb.
No. 5 � Ulysses Tigers (Class 4A, Mid State Activities Association): Coach Jason Kenny rarely has suffered through even a mediocre season, much like the 5-5 record the Tigers posted in 2008. Brighter days are likely for the Tigers and their offense will be keyed by senior quarterback Bryce Moral. The Tigers, though, have a brutal schedule with the opener at Garden City being the biggest of the early season slate.


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A Chicago native, violinist/violist Lena Vidulich is an adventurous and multi-faceted performer based in New York City. Noted for her bold sound, she is able to move fluidly between the worlds of orchestral music, rock, jazz, improvisation, musical theater, and new music. Lena has a particular interest in alternate tuning systems, theatricality and physicality in performance, and multiphonic techniques. A committed advocate of new music, Lena has worked with composers including Zosha Di Castri, Nina C. Young, Reiko Füting, and Esa-Pekka Salonen, among others. Lena is a member of earspace, a Raleigh-based ensemble creating multi-sensory performances; violist of Quartet121, a string quartet dedicated to the performance of new works; and is co-artistic director of Amalgama, a New York septet dedicated to the synthesis of improvisation and contemporary classical music.
Lena has been a member of the Spoleto Festival USA Orchestra and the Lucerne Festival Academy. She has also participated in festivals such as Bang on a Can, the Meadowmount School of Music, the Orford Festival Academy, and the Northwestern Summer Violin Institute. As an orchestral musician, she is a substitute member of Symphony in C, was an associate member of the Civic Orchestra of Chicago, and has performed in many ensembles, including the Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra, the Chicago Composers Orchestra, and the Orchestre des Universités de Paris. Lena also performs in musical theater, including Single Rider (Off-Broadway), the New York Music Festival run and demo recordings of Generation Me, and the concert debut of MCubed at the Craterian Theater (Medford, OR). She has worked with such esteemed conductors as Riccardo Muti, Heinz Holliger, Alan Pierson, Jeffrey Milarsky, and Matthias Pintscher, and has performed in concerts across the U.S. and internationally in venues such as the Elbphilharmonie (Hamburg), National Sawdust (New York), and Orchestra Hall (Chicago). Lena has played in solo and chamber master classes for Grigory Kalinovsky, JACK Quartet, Fred Sherry, Paul Kantor, Cyrus Forough, Mauricio Fuks, William Van der Sloot, Blair Milton, Vadim Gluzman, and the Pacifica Quartet.
Lena holds a Bachelor of Music in violin performance with a minor in French from Northwestern University, where she studied violin with Gerardo Ribeiro and chamber music with the Dover Quartet, Desirée Ruhstrat, and Mathias Tacke. She graduated summa cum laude from the Bienen School as a recipient of the Undergraduate Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement. Her education also included studies with Alexis Galpérine at the Conservatoire national supérieur de musique de Paris and Université de Paris 8 – Vincennes-St Denis. Lena is the string instructor for Reaching for the Arts and is also an active practitioner of the Alexander Technique. Lena recently received her master's degree in contemporary violin performance at the Manhattan School of Music, where she was a recipient of the President's Award in the studio of Curtis Macomber.


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The theme for the Christmas Contest was "Tacky Christmas Nails" and after Googling some images of tacky Christmas sweaters, this is the design I came up with. And yes, if you are wondering, those are humping deer, and yes there is an actual Christmas sweater with those on it :P (see here).
The polishes I used for this design were China Glaze, Red Satin, O.P.I., Black Onyx and Hot Fun in the Summer-Lime. All of the details/designs were done using acrylic paints and a small detail brush.
There were 3 different categories for this contest: Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced. I entered mine into the Intermediate category, and below is the picture of the prizes :) I was so excited when I received them this morning that I could not wait to open the box (even though I had alot of errands to run lol). I will be doing swatches of each polish over the next few days so stay on the look out for a post within the next week.
18 polishes, 10 orange wood sticks, a stud wheel, elf cosmetic brush and an eos lip balm.
This is the cute note Gianna wrote me along with the adorable mini stocking :)
From left to right: Midnight Mystery (my favorite!), Red-y or Not, Bubble Gum Pink and Pot of Gold.
Sea Escape, Purple Dream, Mambo Mauve, Jazzy Berry and Nude.
Jawbreaker (Love the name! :P) and Sunset (which is a color changing polish).
Electric Pink
Haze of Love
Endless Blue (I have had my eye on this one!)
Wicker Park
This one doesn't have a name (at least not on this bottle) but the number is HLE18 3226.
As you can see I will be having alot of fun over the next few days! :P Not only with these polishes but also with the new Stamping Plates I received for Christmas. I will post lost of pictures here on my blog and possibly a few reviews on my new YouTube Channel.
I want to give a BIG Thank You to +Nailstorming for hosting this contest and sending me so many amazing prizes!! Also if you haven't voted yet please check out this post to vote for my Holly design in the China Glaze Holiday Contest. Voting ends tomorrow (Dec. 31st) and I would really appreciate your vote! I hope you all have a wonderful New Years! See you Next Year!! :P


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Some 20 years ago America was passing through a phase of three sitting, dancing marathons, flag pole sitting, etc. People would drive for miles to see somone who had been sitting in a tree for 20 or 30 dyas. Department stores would hire professional flag pole sitters to put on an exhibition to attract customers. Any activity which featured endurance seemed to hve a peculiar fascination for the public at that time.
Many readers of this column probably remember the visit of Stuntman Ted Richardson to Warsaw 21 years ago this week. At 2 p.m. on Tuesday afternoon, Nov. 17, 1931, Warsaw Mayor Lewis J. Bibler chained Captain Richardson to the steering wheel of a Willys Six at Munson's garage. The captain then began a grueling 102 hour endurance drive. The car never stopped during the period and Richardson never slept.
On Tuesday night he visited Leesburg and Milford. On Wednesday he visited Mentone and Burket. Refueling was always made on the run near Kenny Kincaid's filling station at the corner of Center and High streets. Volunteer riders rode with the stuntman nearly all the time.
Richardson, who was also a parachute jumper, had made 47 similar endurance drives before that time. He was a clever showman, arranging his stunt so that it would gain the greatest amount of attention. At the end of the 100th hour an ambulance began to follow the car. The end of the 102nd hour was timed to come at 8 p.m. Saturday evening when many people would be on the streets of Warsaw. At that time he was put to bed at Munson's garage where he was attended by Dr. J. R. Baum.
In the 102 hours he traveled 879.6 miles and consumed 59.4 gallons of gasoline.
Warsaw Times-Union Sat. Nov. 22, 1952


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Chief, Division of Food, Drug and Cannabis Safety
Company: California Dept of Public Health
Location: Sacramento, CA
Date Posted: February 2, 2018
Application Deadline: February 23, 2018
Employment Type: Full time
Salary: $9,625 - $13,652 per month
Chief, Division of Food, Drug and Cannabis Safety
About the Position
The Chief of the Division of Food, Drug and Cannabis Safety is responsible for the development, implementation, coordination, evaluation, and management of programs that comprise the Food and Drug Branch, the Manufactured Cannabis Safety Branch and the Food and Drug Laboratory Branch. Some responsibilities of these programs to protect the public, workers, and the environment include:
- addressing the safety of foods, drugs and medical devices manufactured or processed in California, including accurate labeling and fraud prevention,
- participating in foodborne illness investigations and taking needed regulatory actions during outbreaks,
- overseeing cannabis manufacturing, including the regulations, inspection, enforcement and assistance for the industry,
- conducting enforcement activities to reduce underage tobacco sales, and
- providing laboratory support for food, drug and cannabis safety programs within CDPH and other state agencies.
The Division Chief is the Department's primary spokesperson in a variety of local, state, and national forums dealing with issues that affect food, drug, medical device and cannabis safety. The Division Chief is also a State liaison for California's 62 local Environmental Health Directors.
In addition to evaluating each candidate's relative ability, as demonstrated by quality and breadth of experience, the following factors will provide the basis for competitively evaluating each candidate:
- Experience formulating policy and strategies to develop, implement, and improve programs related to environmental health in California in an effort to promote good health and address conditions hazardous to health and/or emerging public health challenges.
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Aw what a lovely time you all had emily. I used to love visiting the aquarium as a child it was one of my favourite things to do. I really would like to take the children these summer holidays if we can. XxxReplyDelete
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Hope u all had a lovely time we went last year and Blake loved seeing all the fishes and other sea creatures.ReplyDelete
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Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Gaming's Citizen Kane Found!
I closed my games as art article with what I thought were the prerequisites for gaming's Citizen Kane. But Jim Sterling of Destructoid has revealed that we've had our Citizen Kane for a long time. It's a terrible game, but I admit that "rise from your grave" correlates nicely with "rosebud."
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For a long time, the only top-level domains available to private individuals and companies were .com, .net and .org. A "land rush" to grab up these valuable domains led to pretty much every term that would directly relate to your product or service being taken either by speculators or by one of the largest companies in that particular industry before the end of the 1990s. Unless these entities forget to renew their annual registration and you are right there waiting to pounce on it, there's no way to obtain valuable domain names like "insurance.com" or "internet.com" without shelling out millions of dollars — if they're even available for sale.
So most businesses have typically settled for a .com that is some permutation of their name. Which, for practical purposes, is usually just fine in terms of visibility and attracting search traffic. This isn't without casting a longing eye at some of those valuable search-friendly top-level domains that are out of reach, however. ICANN, the organization responsible for doling out and managing all these domain names, certainly hasn't let this desire slip by their notice. To that end, in recent years they have been gradually approving new top-level domains that replace the traditional .com addresses with an industry-relevant term; things like .audio, .cooking and .dating, just to name a few examples out of the over 1,000 varieties that are presently available.
Though just about everyone anticipated The Great Internet Land Rush #2 when these domains became available, surprisingly this didn't really happen. Established companies have been hesitant to move out from their established territory, and also have had concerns about having to register a wide array of domain names to protect their brand. This means that there is still plenty of room for even small companies and individual entrepreneurs willing to stake out a claim in these new spaces. But is it worth the investment?
One major factor to consider with your desired industry or product term is whether ICANN has placed restrictions on who is allowed to register for it. The majority of these new domain names are first-come first-served with no special requirements to register. Some do require you to demonstrate that you are a credentialed or established member of that industry, however, and also require that content at that domain stays relevant to that term. For example, the .aero name is only available to established companies in the aerospace industry. Likewise, a company must verify to ICANN that it is has a legitimate presence in the architecture industry to get a .archi domain. Content restrictions are also present in some cases. One example is the .lgbt domain, which can be pulled from an owner if the content at the domain is determined to be abusive, threatening or disparaging to the LGBT community.
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Defensive Back Waiting For Clemson Offer
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Rodriguez Johnson
Defensive back, J.L. Mann High School
5'10", 170 lbs.
Bench presses 275 lbs.
SCVarsity.com #19 Player in South Carolina
As a junior, Rodriguez Johnson had six interceptions (one
of which he returned for a touchdown), had 300 yards receiving with nine
touchdowns, and returned two punts for touchdowns. He is currently being
recruited by Clemson, Kentucky, South Carolina, South Carolina State,
Virginia, and North Carolina. Has received offers from South Carolina,
Kentucky, and South Carolina State.
"I would love to go to Clemson, but since they haven't made an offer yet,
I would say that I am leaning towards Kentucky," Johnson said. "When I
visited Clemson, I really liked the people and the atmosphere. I was able
to build relationships with people like (freshman) Sergio Gilliam."
"Another factor will be what position a program wants to use me at. I
like playing defense, but I am very versatitle, so you can put me on offense
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Clemson would have to offer, then I would stay in
state. My friends Tramaine Billie and Sergio Gilliam
both are at Clemson. I competed against both of them
in track and we became friends that way. I beat Sergio
multiple times in the 100 and the 200, but Tramaine
beat me in the 100 and I beat him in the 200.
Have you taken the SAT or the ACT?
No, I plan to take them at the earliest time so I
can get that out of the way. I would probably have
more offers from schools if I had the scores. I think
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What position would you like to play in college?
I really could not say that I have a favorite, but
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Do you want to be a two-sport collegiate athlete?
Yes, I want to run track in college-I love track.
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playing for?
LSU, they have a good track program and I really
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Built: 2000
Floor space: approx. 133 m²
Plot: approx. 603 m²
Rooms: 3
Bathrooms: 2
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In one of the most sought after residential areas in El Vergel on a large 603m2 corner plot you can find this villa that was build in 2000. The plot is fully fenced with a lovely south-facing pool and Mediterranean plants with automatic irrigation system. Furthermore you can find a covered pergola with a BBQ area and a parking space for 2 cars next to more storage space. Over a covered terrace overlooking pool and garden, you get into the actual living area, fully equipped with air conditioning, central heating and a cozy fireplace. Inside a living/ dining room, an open kitchen with a separate pantry and a guest toilet complete the lower living area. An indoor staircase takes you upstairs where you can find two more bedrooms with respective bathrooms en-suite. In addition to a terrace from one of the bedrooms, there is a further terrace is located at the rear of the house with beautiful views of the surroundings. A villa to relax and also ready to use during all seasons.
The property is located in a beautiful location, just 800 meters from the sea. Everything you need for daily life is in the direct surroundings. Both Els Poblets and El Vergel provide a good infrastructure. In an hour drive you can reach the two major cities of Alicante and Valencia, each with its own airport.
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Dengeki Bunko confirmed the rumors Sunday by saying that A Certain Magical Index Season 3 is in fact, in the works. The anime will premiere in 2018 as part of the launch of "A Certain Project 2018."
Atsushi Abe (Toma Kamijo) and Yuka Iguchi (Index) have confirmed their return for this third season.
A Certain Magical Index was originally published as a light novel by Kazuma Kamachi, with art by Kiyotaka Haimura, in 2004. The series received it's first anime adaptation in 2008, with the second season coming later in 2010. The original source material was completed around the time season two of the anime aired.
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|Our Local Remembrance Day - photos taken by me
I was very proud of our Master T today when he joined his fellow cadet members to honour those who have served and fallen. I think it is so important to teach our children about the sacrifices made by generations before us. Such knowledge allows them to have pride and respect for this great country and the spirit in which its history is built on.
|(L) The Wall of remembrance Australian War Memorial (c) Noosa/Tewantin Cenotaph ( R ) Poppies of Flanders Field
I found the following poem when Miss R asked me why everyone wears poppies on remembrance day. The words are so simply put and enabled her to wear her poppy with understanding and reverence.
A Poem of Remembrance
Why are they selling poppies, mummy?
Selling poppies in town today.
The poppies child, are flowers of love,
for the men who marched away.
But why have they chosen poppies mummy?
Why not a beautiful rose?
Because my child men fought and died
in the fields where the poppies grow.
But why are the poppies so red, mummy?
Why are the poppies so red?
Red is the colour of blood, my child.
The blood that our soldiers shed
The heart of the poppy is black, mummy
Why does it have to be black?
Black my child is the symbol of grief,
for the men who never came back.
But why mummy are you crying so?
Your tears are bringing you pain.
My tears are my fears for you my child,
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This all started with seeing a flyer in a shop window in Bangalow. I went along to a free workshop, talked with the team, then followed ACE Lismore on Facebook. Just when I became unemployed I saw a post for Certificate III in Aged Care.
This meant I would be going back to study after a break of 25 years, I questioned whether I could do it. I really shouldn't have worried. Since my Certificate III I've added my qualification in training & assessment to the mix. This gave me a different perspective and advanced skills in understanding the many different ways in which people learn, live and communicate. I use these every-day in my support role.
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My getting started story is simple; I was browsing subjects relating to Early Childhood and clicked on the ACE website. From there I was offered a Scholarship and here I am today with my Certificate III completed. To anyone out there I would say go to ACE and get out of your comfort zone. This is a place you will want to be.
I'm looking forward to a big and bright future. The next step is a Diploma in Early Childhood and then on to University.
I'm new to the local area, busy getting to know the community and finding my way around. I saw the ACE College in town, picked up a course guide from the stand out the front and decided to go in and get started.
I have a Degree in Computer Science and was looking to broaden my skill set to increase my employability outlook here in Lismore. To anyone thinking of signing up for a course I encourage you to try. I check all the new course guides as they come out to see what is new and happening next. The accessibility of the College and the friendly, caring, professional trainers made all the difference for me.
I wanted new challenges and decided to make a transition into family day care after 25 years of holding a degree in Primary School Education and working in a range of children services.
Starting my own business is really exciting. The ACE College is just across the road which is very convenient, as a busy working mum time is important. After visiting ACE in Lismore and meeting everyone, I decided this was meant to be! They are so beautiful and flexible.
I can remember my first day in class, when I stepped into the room the atmosphere was immediately friendly. I would love to encourage others to step-out, explore their dreams and passions. Life is full of adventures waiting to be explored.
I've actually completed a few ACE courses, but first found out about this qualification through a flyer in the mail box! Really it was a no decision, decision. I'd had a good experience in the past, the teachers are so helpful and the location is really convenient for me. So I enrolled.
The truly outstanding support the trainer gave to everyone in the class and on an individual level really exceeded my expectation. She is a star, always had time to answer questions and we could email her in between classes if we needed support.
I have full time employment in the industry, I'm really happy using my skills to help provide quality service and care to the residents I work with. Thanks ACE!
My background is in finance, but I decided on a complete career turnaround. The College in Lismore gave me the perfect opportunity to upgrade, improve my skills and gain my Certificate III. I knew from the first day that I was going to get the training I needed. The trainer was fantastic, she made perfect sense.
This new career path means I can contribute something valuable to the community I live in. The care sector is definitely a growth field. Within four weeks I secured as much work as I needed. I'm part way through my Certificate IV in Aged Care and will be looking to combine my Degree in Music into my work in the Care sector as I go forward.
I had always worked within accounting areas of business. I took the leap, left my employment, a risky decision being a mother of one at the time. Gaining my double diploma in Community services coordination and Community services work has enabled me to secure a permanent part time position within the community aged care sector as a Coordinator. I love my work.
I now have opportunities for continued education whilst supporting the elderly to stay living in their homes longer, enjoying quality of life and supporting a wonderful group of care workers.
If you see something you feel you would like to do, go and talk to the staff at ACE, they offer amazing support for you to achieve your goals. Nothing should hold you back.
I was looking for something to do after the birth of my daughter and wanting to expand my skill set to better my work options. Now I'm co-running my own business (wood fired pizza) and learning all the things that come with that.
But I'm always checking out the ACE brochures to see what I may be interested in next. You have to take opportunities as they come to you. I found training here flexible, affordable and accessible. The course was a great first step back into the world for me.
My motivation to start training has changed me and my life for the better. I never thought that I would or could be a nurse. Now I have a new career path and the start of a whole new chapter in my life.
Even if you don't want a career change, learning and mastering a new skill is very empowering. You get to meet great people both in the class and out. Everyone has had a different life journey and we all have something important to contribute.
After completing my ACE training I felt very confident and decided to undertake further study. I have just finished an 18 month online course to become an EEN or Division 2 nurse.
Share your skills with others and make a difference, now wouldn't that be something!
That ACE continues to attract and retain quality trainers (the reason I enrolled) says a lot about the organisation, its people and commitment to our community. I have no hesitation in recommending ACE to anyone.
Completing this qualification was a requirement of my employment, but it has meant so much more. For me ACE has been supportive at every step, they are part of the community, have been here for a long time and understand the local area.
I heard fantastic reviews about the quality trainers and I could access fee support – I enrolled and never looked back.


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Heather M. Hodges : biography
Heather M. Hodges is a career United States foreign service officer. She has been the United States Ambassador to Moldova and the United States Ambassador to Ecuador.
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Hodges is a native of Cleveland, Ohio, USA. She has a B.A. in Spanish from the College of St. Catherine, St. Paul, Minnesota, and an M.A. from New York University. She lived and worked in Madrid, Spain, throughout the 1970s.
Hodges joined the Foreign Service in 1980 and was assigned to Caracas, Venezuela. Following Caracas, she served in Guatemala and later in Washington as Peru Desk Officer. In 1987, Ms. Hodges received a Pearson Fellowship to work in the U.S. Congress, where she was counsel to the Senate Subcommittee on Immigration and Refugee Affairs. In January 1989, she became Consul General at the U.S. Consulate in Bilbao, Spain. In 1991, she returned to the U.S. to serve as Deputy Director of the Office of Cuban Affairs.
In 1993, Hodges was assigned to Managua, Nicaragua, as Deputy Chief of Mission. From August 1996 to June 1997, Hodges participated in the Department of State's Senior Seminar, a leadership program for select members of the Foreign Service. She served as the Deputy Chief of Mission in Lima, Peru, from July 1997 to May 2000 and was also Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Madrid, Spain, from June 2000 to July 2003.
She served as U.S. Ambassador to Moldova from September 2003 to May 2006. She was then appointed Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Office of the Director General.
She was sworn in as the U.S. Ambassador to Ecuador on July 15, 2008, arrived in Ecuador in early August, and presented her credentials to President Rafael Correa on October 2, 2008.
On April 4, 2011, the Spanish newspaper El Pais reported that Ms. Hodges had expressed concern over Ecuador's National Police being corrupt via a cable dated July 10, 2009, which was exposed by Wikileaks., El Pais, April 4, 2011. She warned that their National Police Commander, Jaime Aquilino Hurtado, might be involved in illegal activity. According to the New York Times, this involved "his possible involvement in schemes to extort bribes from a taxi union, steal public funds and ease trafficking of undocumented Chinese immigrants." She also recommended the United States revoke Hurtado's visa. It was also noted that President Rafael Correa may have known about Hurtado., NY Times, April 5, 2011. On April 5, 2011, Ecuador expelled Ms. Hodges from the country after she failed to give the Ecuadorian government a satisfactory explanation of accusations made public in the Wikileaks diplomatic cables., BBC News, April 5, 2011, accessed April 5, 2011.
- The Government of Spain awarded Hodges the Spanish decoration of "Isabel la Catolica – Encomienda de Numero" for her contributions to Spain – United States relations.
- The Government of Moldova presented her with the Award of Honor in 2006.
- She was awarded a Presidential Meritorious Service Award in the U.S. in 2006.
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Without a doubt, exercise provides enormous benefits whether you are expecting or not. But, in pregnant women, it is even encouraged because it not only helps the mother, but also the unborn baby. It should be noted though that expectant mothers who have pre-existing medical conditions are not advised to participate in exercises.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2008 Physical Activity Guidelines) recommends that healthy women should engage in moderate aerobic exercises during and after pregnancy for 2.5 hours spread over the course of a week. Doing so will help improve cardiovascular functioning, reduce stress and lower the risks of preeclampsia and gestational diabetes.
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The infamous Kariba heat is already starting to rear its ugly, sweaty head and consequently it's been a tad slow again this week - but with another unbelievable finding.
On the 17th, and still having not seen much of the Eastern Pride during the winter months, I headed to the Mukazdapela River area following a report of two lions sighted there by a guide from Rhino Safari Camp. I was welcomed by a wonderful visual of Jenje Boys member M109, 'Madoda', and Eastern Pride lioness F105, 'Sanyati'. The two were enjoying a cool breeze skimming off the mouth waters of the river between sporadic bouts of mating. This continued late into the night and throughout the 18th.
By the 19th I headed by back East to locate the Kanjedza Pride lionesses and Jenje Boys male 'Toulouse' who was still residing with this small pride. Following telemetry signal for lioness 'Ivory', and coordinates from 'Toulouse's' satellite GPS collar, I headed up the False Kanjedza River with professional guide George Van Wyk, towards a spot where a recently poached elephant was located by National Parks scouts; I presumed the lions were enjoying the spoils. I still had not seen any further evidence of the two cubs belonging to 'Ivory', and given the frequency of 'Toulouse's' presence with the female, I was beginning to accept it was likely they were gone.
The False Kanjedza River is a hidden beauty. Meandering through mopane scrub, elephant footprints are flooded with cool, crisp spring water under fallen logs and toppled rocks. We soon picked up lion spoor and began to close in on our coordinate. Climbing a small embankment, our bare feet silent in the warm morning sand, suddenly an enormous gold head appeared on our path. It was 'Toulouse', apparently heading down for a morning drink. He paused in his tracks and stared at us for a good five seconds, perhaps still half asleep and unable to understand what these two bipedal beings were. It eventually clicked and the large male ran off with a grunt. We slowly continued up the embankment and soon spotted the large grey and silent mass some 25m away amongst the long, dry grass. We approached slowly when George paused and pointed. A lioness was feeding and at her feet were two squabbling cubs! I punched the air with excitement then quickly doubled over to avoid her spotting my unusual shape in the bush. I moved back to try obtain a better visual all the while George was keeping a close eye on her. She did not spot us for some time, but as George retreated to my position the doting mother launched into full maternal defence mode. The cubs unfortunately headed slightly towards us once 'Ivory's' snarls began, making the situation more intense. The lioness circled away from us and softly called to her litter. George and I stood our ground having taken further steps back to increase the distance between us and the lions. Finally the cubs re-joined their mother and I had hoped this would calm the salivating lioness. We lost visual and began to make our way back when a sound that would strike fear into any man's heart crashed through the morning air. Like the crack of a whip 'Ivory' snapped her jaws at us and growled as she lunged towards us. It was time to leave!
This finding has had me very excited and very perplexed (after my heart resumed its normal pace and position in my chest). I could somewhat safely presume that 'Toulouse', the still fairly new male to the pride, was in the vicinity of 'Ivory's' cubs and had not killed them in an act of infanticide, as expected by incoming males. So there are a few theories as to why all is well:
- 'Toulouse' is in fact the father. It is possible that the Jenje Boys coalition were loitering around the Kanjedza Pride territory whilst 'Shepherd' was elsewhere and the large male possibly found a wandering 'Ivory' whilst on heat sometime in March;
- 'Toulouse' has been fooled into believing the cubs are his thanks 'Ivory's' "hospitality" during the succession of mating bouts since May;
- Or 'Toulouse' is simply a nice guy! This is hardly the most scientific explanation, with little reference to the ontogeny of lion behaviour. However, there is some basis in the individual nature of lions and some are simply more accepting and better-natured than others;
- Or the cubs are fantastic at avoiding the 200kg lion and are keeping well out of harm's way.
The only way of hoping to shed light on which theory was most plausible was observing the male with the cubs. Fortunately, I was able to return to the carcass later on the 19th with three National Parks scouts and place camera traps above the carcass and at the nearest water point where spoor suggested the lions were frequenting.
After five days I retrieved the cameras on the morning of the 24th after noting the lions had left the area. We did however bump into 'Toulouse' moving off to the Kanjedza River apparently on the look-out for someone. The camera by the carcass was set to record video and the other camera captured stills by the water point. The footage is outstanding. From the videos it appears the cubs were avoiding the male and were not seen in any shots alongside him. Were they keeping vigilant with the help of their ferocious mother? I then reviewed the stills from the water point and have found a sequence of images showing the male interacting with the cubs. He appears to be standing over one causing the cub some distress before running off, yet the male does not chase nor appear aggressive. Mother 'Ivory' then appears and leads the cubs back to the male and all sit together in peace. The cubs then resume playing a mere few feet from 'Toulouse'.
'Toulouse' towers over the cub
'Ivory's' presence calms the cubs around 'Toulouse'
The wonky angle of the photos come courtesy of the cubs' rearrangement of the camera trap
Based on these stills I believe the cubs have been accepted by the male – for now - for whatever reason. There are some significant wounds on 'Ivory's' rump which still gives me an inclination that all is not right just yet socially with the new male and this aggression could eventually be inflicted on the two little females.
As wonderful as this news is I have still be concerned over the whereabouts and well-being of the pride's large sub-adult M102, 'Madiba'. I picked up what I thought was his spoor by the Nyamuni River and wondered if he was aware of the elephant carcass. The last video on the camera proved me to be right with a great shot of the young male gazing at the camera. There are many other videos of 'Madiba' stealing a few bites from the elephant before running off out of sight from 'Toulouse' - a risky game, and this is perhaps who 'Toulouse' was looking for that morning, but for the time-being he appears to be doing well.


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After massive gains, doomsday prophets dubbed the crypto market a bubble wrought by speculative hype. The pessimists are absolutely correct. Everyone in the space acknowledges the impending calamity, yet no one wants to admit that their chosen coin might fall away, float off like wayward vapor. The issue stems from the reason people purchase cryptocurrency. No one takes a genuine interest in proposed blockchain solutions or technological innovations; these developments exist as window dressing, mere signs a coin's price may go up. Too often no one intends to actually use the technology. They just eye the market ticker as the value of their stockpile increases.
In December of 2017 none of this mattered. Newcomers perused some articles published by their chosen ICO, glanced at a Reddit page, and then watched investments skyrocket. You bought coins and made money. All the while you thought of yourself as an adept tradesman, profits sure to grow directed by your masterful hands. But now, the market-wide supernova, where coins arbitrarily shoot up 300%, is over. Enthusiasm wanes underfoot of a vengeful bear.
So what's next? Bitcoin will be forced to innovate, gain adopters who actually want to use it, or it will crumble under the weight of avarice. The idea that the first and biggest crypto cannot fade to irrelevance is the oldest naivete; Rome fell, and the Titanic bit the bubbles. If unaddressed, ships with holes in the hull eventually sink. It just takes a while. The general market can never thrive tethered to the ever-changing health of Bitcoin.
Soon investors will turn to utility-tokens for their market independence and incentivized use-cases. These currencies differ from other coins; utility-tokens are not bound by fickle hype. Users will buy them not for their speculative value but to actually use the token. The problem arose when no one wanted to exchange goods and services for cryptocurrencies. Speculation, the fickle mistress, cannot exist as the sole source of demand. Downward volatility shook the faith, and it will not return for a long while, if ever. Market movements will not affect well-crafted utility tokens because they generate value through use rather than storage. Meaning their design incentivizes users to exploit the token's functionality instead of exchanging the currency on the open market.
For instance, let's say my utility-token allows you to crowdfund an indie developer's video game idea (more on this later). Instead of selling my cryptocurrency, I re-invest my tokens into a crowdfunding portal on the blockchain in order to sponsor the in-development game. When the hypothetical game gets fully funded and is later monetized, the finished creation pays me lifelong dividends corresponding to my earlier investment. Now I've generated more from using the token than I would have from selling it. Currency of this nature promises to persist unhampered by the movement of Bitcoin. Properly engineered utility-tokens will exist within internal economies. Supply and demand can then be handcrafted to benefit all members of the token's ecosystem. These cryptocurrencies will not be subject to the overarching market, only the value of the services they offer.
Unfortunately, creating benefits based internal economies does not appear on the average ICO's to-do list. Most companies rarely concern themselves with more than empty promises, saying the word "decentralization" and gulping down your money. Game Loot Network has developed a gaming distribution platform, soon realizing that our proposed features required the blockchain and cryptocurrency.
To develop our marketing strategy, we surveyed the ICO landscape. We quickly noted the fluff that everyone observes, ideas without any product behind them blissfully generating millions of dollars. The conmen behind these companies suckled money from money-eyed hopefuls like mosquitos at the vein. Everyone promised vague tech revolutions, but it seemed clear that nothing existed behind the facade. Yet these companies overflowed with cash, so how could we appeal to a space that preferred hollow buzz to authentic utility? The answer seemed obvious once it came. Forget the rules, abandon the ICO script, and leave the get-rich-quick crowd to their schemes. The community we build cannot consist of folks waiting to sell from the sidelines. True disruption requires a utile product and real engagement, or it's just hype masquerading as revolution.
Our platform is transformative. It enables indie game developers and rewards gamers like nothing else yet created, and our LOOT utility-token functions exactly as I said utility-tokens should. And there's more than a roadmap. Call us crazy, but we were bold enough to create an actual product. We will forever alter the gaming industry. But it's possible that Game Loot Network has nothing to offer you. We don't want speculators. The time has come to take gaming back from the corporations and give it to the users. For that, you need revolutionaries.


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Wednesday, December 07, 2005
Saddam III
Look I know I said that for the judges to A.) be outrageously nice to Saddam and B.) let him get away with nonsense in court was a good thing ultimately, but this is too much.
Saddam refused to go to court today....and was not forced to do so.
This is ridiculous. Haul his chapped behind into the courtroom in chains. No one in the world would presume to believe he didn't have to go to his own criminal trial. It is wrong to give this former blood-drunk tyrant what amounts to unparalleled consideration.
I'm freaking out now. The most valuable benefit of this trial is that Saddam's victims get to confront him and he has to sit there and answer for his crimes.
The Seattle Times had the novel idea of an article on Iraqi bloggers posting on the Saddam trial. I wonder where they got that idea? They don't mention us, however, but I'm glad we could help them out.
Ali at Free Iraqi believes, as I do, that the best and most important aspect of Saddam's trial is the opportunity of normal everyday Iraqis to face their tormentors and speak the truth:
There I saw an average Iraqi, who has no power or wealth, a man whom Saddam used to sign the execution order of hundreds like him without even knowing the name of one of them, standing boldly and exposing this monster's horrible crimes. He was not afraid and returned Saddam's words with stronger ones. I must admit that I saw this man as a hero...
[Saddam and Barzan] were very polite with the judge all the time (Barzan was even begging for mercy on one session) but as soon as they saw a simple Iraqi citizen with no power (or so they think) they regained that arrogant look and assumed the faces of the rulers again! How coward and how stupid at the same time! But it was more than great (and surprisingly shocking) to hear the words of that simple man from Dujail saying to Barzan, "Shut up!". That was worth the two hours in front of the TV.
One of the great butchers of the contemporary world is on trial among the people he tortured and killed. This trial marks the first time Arabs have been able to try one of these criminal leaders.
But he is contemptuous of some in the talking-class who trivialize the trial as mere "drama".
[The Washington Post's Eugene Robinson] mocks the proceedings, which he compares to Michael Jackson's trial among others. Why would a writer of his stature make fun of a trial of a brutal leader who conservative estimates say killed 800,000 people? Some estimates say he killed 1 million people. Clearly those people mean nothing to Robinson, whose appears to be more interested in sounding cool than he is in justice for innocent civilians. But why would he care about the Iraqi people? [...] His column is sadly rather typical of the mind-set of those who argue that the United States should abandon Iraq to the terrorists. If the Iraqis are presented as less human than the Americans, it's okay to abandon them. Right?
Abu Khaleel from Iraqi Letters, however, specifically refers to the trial as "theatrics". He calls the prosecution's performance "visibly shabby and professionally sub-standard," while merely calling the defense "clumsy". However, Abu is a maverick regarding the flow of the trial and the judge's temperament:
I began to have more respect for the judge's tolerance and handling of transactions within the court, though he still lacked the required authority and firmness to control proceedings. The atmosphere nevertheless looked more like a tribal arbitration sitting than a formal court. That judge would make a good tribal sheikh. Some people didn't like that. I felt it gave the whole thing an "Iraqi" flavor!
Sooni puts Ramsey Clark on trial:
Saddam is not a regular prisoner because if we ignored the details of what he have done the fact remain that through his acts and during his reign we and our neighbors lost about 2 millions of our people!I'm sure that Ramsey is fully aware of what I'm talking about and he knows well that the man hands are full of blood and from every type so why would Ramsey defend him?
And this trial will be like a stain you won't be able to erase from your history. One day we will remember, and we will tell our children about the Americans who liberated Iraq and your name won't be among them.
And that's exactly what he deserves, Sooni.
I'll link without comment to a silly old woman who sneers at the significance of Saddam's trial from her exclusive neighborhood in Jordan.
No translation of the transcript of the trial has currently been published. I pieced these together from the following sources:
The Washington Post, ABCNews, CNN, Chicago Tribune, Al Bawaba, Al Jazeerah.net, Reuters, Toronto Star, Military.com, Thomas Crosbie Media, LA Times, Forbes
Ahmed Hassan Mohammed (December 5th, Monday, First witness), who was 15 at the time of the atrocity. He allowed his face to be shown on camera, even though Zarqawi and other of Saddam's Orphans have threatened the lives of anyone who testifies in the case.
The defendants' response:
"Witness B", a 50 year-old woman at the time (December 6th Tuesday)


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Timothy Lambert, sales and marketing manager at property investment consultancy Ducalian, says professional landlords are finding homes priced 20 to 30 per cent below market value.
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He added that some distressed properties are "too good to be true"and offer opportunities for long-term investment options.
Mr Lambert's comments were backed up by those made last week by Ian Potter, operations manager for the Association of Residential Lettings Agents, who said buy-to-let remains a "solid investment"for private landlords willing to commit to it for the long term.
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[ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DERBY-5539?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=13214031#comment-13214031 ] Knut Anders Hatlen commented on DERBY-5539: ------------------------------------------- > Without the patch, 10000 unsuccessful attempts to connect to a > database using a non-existing user name took 40 seconds in my > environment, whereas 10000 unsuccessful connection attempts with an > existing user name took 9 seconds. Oops. I was too quick when I wrote the above comment. It was the other way around. It was faster with non-existing users than with existing users. But the main point is still that the time it took to refuse a connection was different for existing and non-existing users before the patch, and it takes (approximately) the same time for existing and non-existing users when the patch is applied. > Harden password hashing in the builtin authentication service > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: DERBY-5539 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DERBY-5539 > Project: Derby > Issue Type: Improvement > Components: Services > Affects Versions: 10.9.0.0 > Reporter: Knut Anders Hatlen > Assignee: Knut Anders Hatlen > Attachments: d5539-1a.diff, d5539-1b.diff, d5539-2a.diff > > > The Open Web Application Security Project has some suggestions on how to make it harder for an attacker to crack hashed passwords: https://www.owasp.org/index.php/Hashing_Java > The builtin authentication service doesn't follow all the suggestions. In particular, it doesn't add a random salt, and it only performs the hash operation once. > I propose that we add two new properties that makes it possible to configure builtin to use a random salt and run multiple iterations of the hash operation: > - derby.authentication.builtin.saltLength - the length of the random salt to add (in bytes) > - derby.authentication.builtin.iterations - the number of times to perform the hash operation > I'd also suggest that we set the defaults so that random salt and multiple iterations are used by default. The OWASP page mentions 64 bits of salt (8 bytes) and a minimum of 1000 iterations. I consulted a security expert who thought that these recommendations sounded OK, but he believed the recommended salt length was likely to be revised and suggested 16 bytes instead. The only price we pay by going from 8 to 16 bytes, is that we'll need to store 8 bytes extra per user in the database, so I don't see any reason not to set the default for derby.authentication.builtin.saltLength as high as 16. Setting the default for derby.authentication.builtin.iterations to 1000 will make authentication of a user somewhat slower (which is the point, really), but experiments on my machine suggest that running our default hash function (SHA-256) 1000 times takes around 1 ms. Since authentication only happens when establishing a new connection to the database, that would be a negligible cost, I think. > If saltLength is set to 0 and iterations is set to 1, the hashing will be done in the exact same way as in previous versions. > Both of the properties should only be respected when the data dictionary version is 10.9 or higher, so that users in soft-upgraded databases can still log in after a downgrade. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. If you think it was sent incorrectly, please contact your JIRA administrators: https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ContactAdministrators!default.jspa For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira
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You need to know that magnets are cool.
Without magnets much of our modern world wouldn't work – computers, TVs, speakers, microphones, medicine, compasses (of course), toys, electric guitars, cash machines…and, maybe most importantly, sticking stuff to your fridge.See, I told you…magnets ARE cool.
The things about magnets is that they can't help but be attracted to things. They just work that way. They can lose that ability, but as soon as you put them near to a magnet again, they become magnetised. Or, with electromagnets, as soon as you turn the power on…boom, they work again.
In many ways we're a lot like that – drawn to each other, drawn to the world, drawn to other things. Just by our very nature – drawn to community, to people that we are like (or want to be like).
Sometimes these things that we are drawn to are great and life giving and make us better versions of ourselves. Sometimes, though, we are drawn to things that make us less, maybe make us hurt and make us, well, worse.
Let me tell you, I often find it hard to win my inner battles. Being honest, I fight and lose frequently. In the book of Romans, Paul puts it like this:
"For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do."
The things that I know are right, good and will make me better I don't do – things like serving others, praying constantly, reading my bible regularly, seeking my healing, doing my work to the best of my ability, helping my neighbour, standing up for justice…the list goes on.
Instead, no, I do the things I do not want to do – I hurt people, I get impatient and angry, I am self seeking, I ignore the plight of my neighbours (near and far), I focus on me me me, I eat too much, I don't pray.
Then there is the problem, that some of the things I want to do are things that I shouldn't do. They are things that might be fun in the moment, but ultimately don't make me a better person, don't bring me to life, don't make me freer; instead the sell me as a "slave to sin" (Paul again)…I do things that I think are great, but deep inside they are destroying me in some way. I do things that I am allowed to do (culture tells us that we should be allowed to do whatever we want) that trap and enslave me. I sell myself to sin, but real life is found in losing myself to God.
I long for freedom. I long for life in the fullest. That is what following Jesus is about: not about rules and regulations, but about admitting that we do stuff that hurts God (and us), saying sorry for that and choosing to try and live different. It's about accepting Jesus as Lord and with that comes all this great stuff He wants to give us – life, adventure and freedom in the fullest sense possible.
We're all magnets; we're all drawn to things. So, the question is, what kind of magnet are you and will you be, what are you drawn to? For me, I want to be a magnet that is drawn to good, life giving and holy things: I want to aim towards Jesus, be drawn relentlessly towards Him, towards life, towards hope.
And be someone who draws others along for the ride.
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Helson-Gough Library Dedication
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Alex is a main character in Totally Spies!, along with her best friends and fellow spies Clover and Sam. She is Naive and innocent, Alex excels at sports and athletics.
The Incredible Bulk (S3E09)Edit
Alex falls in love with a bodybuilder named Raymond. However, during a bodybuilder competition, Raymond bulks up and goes berserk shortly after he ate something called "Bulky Bars", an energy bar that increases muscle mass and rage made by a washed-up bodybuilder with the intent of feeding other BBs with the stuff until they explode. During the final fight, Alex takes a couple in hopes of being more evenly matched with the other raging bodybuilders while the girls fight them off in the Bad Guy's lair. After the fight, Alex slims down, but the bars' effect doesn't completely wear off. She becomes enraged when Raymond dumps her due to him not liking women "more ripped than him" and she bulges out a bit more!