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A couple of weeks ago I found a Patrick McCarey on Ancestry in the "Index to New England Naturalization Petitions, 1791-1906". I was excited, things seemed to fit. It had the address in Naugatuck, CT. They lived in Naugatuck in 1871 when their daughter Mary was born. The location of the court was Waterbury, they lived in Waterbury, neighboring town to Naugatuck, in 1873 when their son James, my great grandfather, was born. But the date of the Naturalization was 26 Mar 1867. Could this be my Patrick McCarry???? The citation for this index is: National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; Index to New England Naturalization Petitions, 1791-1906 (M1299); Microfilm Serial: M1299; Microfilm Roll:24
In the 1870 census, Patrick and his wife Margaret were living in Philadelphia. Their son Hugh had been born 3 months before the census and was born in Pennsylvania. But a year later they were in Naugatuck, CT. And from what I had found up until now, was they had 3 children while living in Connecticut, the 3rd being Patrick born in 1879 and then went to New York, as in the 1880 census. And they had another daughter, Margaret, born in New York in 1881. Then went back to Philadelphia settling in Manayunk and had another son, John, in 1884.
Then a couple of days after finding the Naturalization index I found them in the 1875 New York State Census. They were living in Orange County. So they had left Connecticut and went to New York and then back to Connecticut where Patrick was born in 1879, then back to New York. So maybe it is possible that Patrick lived in Naugatuck and was Naturalized there before going to Philadelphia and marrying Margaret and having Hugh. The citation for this census is: Ancestry.com New York, State Census, 1875(database on-line), cited from Population Census of the state of New York, for 1875, Orange County, town of Montgomery, p. 15, dwelling 108, family 130, the Patrick McCar[r]y Family, Microfilm. New York State Archives, Albany, New York.
So I looked up where the actual Naturalization records for Connecticut were and found it is at NARA -Boston. I called to see about the record and was told to send an email with the information. I heard back that they found the record for Patrick McCarry and yesterday I received the record in an email.They did warn me that there was not much genealogical information in the record but I was hoping that there would be enough to show that it was the right person. Well in reading it over and over again I am still now totally sure that it is for my Patrick McCarry so I will have to keep working on it and see if I can find proof that it is him or not!!! The citation for this record is: New Haven County, Connecticut, city Court held in the City of Waterbury, City Court Naturalization Record Book Vol. 2, pg. 268, Patrick McCarey, 1867, National Archives and Records Administration(NARA)-Boston.
So I will start with what I have and keep on looking!


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World of Warcraft isn't the only game turning five this week, with developer Guerrilla celebrating five years of Killzone all week long at Killzone.com, culminating in a weekend's worth of double XP goodness.
The original Killzone was release on the PlayStation 2 on November 26th, 2004. It wasn't all that great, but it did lay the foundation for Killzone 2 on the PlayStation 3, which was pretty great, so we'll let Guerrilla have its little celebration. It works out well for us anyway, what with a double XP weekend in Killzone 2 running the 27th through the 30th, and reduced prices on Killzone 2 DLC until December 10th. There's even a Killzone 2 retro tournament this weekend, using only the Beach Head and Southern Hills map from the second map pack.
Those of you who earnestly want to celebrate the original game can head over to Killzone.com, where this week there'll be a complete play through of the original game later this week, followed by a detailed comparison of the two titles next week.
Happy birthday, Killzone! We will celebrate this Thursday by eating until we pass out.
Killzone is (almost) Five! – Celebrate with a Double XP Weekend and More [PlayStation Blog]

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"Christianity's place in American life has increasingly been taken over, not by atheism, but by heresy: debased versions of Christian faith that stroke our egos, indulge our follies, and encourage our worst impulses."
At 35. Ross Douthat (DOW-thut), is the youngest New York Times columnist ever. In 'Bad Religion' he gives a historical and cultural account of the decline of institutional Christianity (both Protestant and Catholic) in the United States over the past 50 years. There is plenty of religious fervour in the United States but Douthat suggests it has turned away from traditional Christian orthodoxy and has become its own version–a theology of the 'God within.' Bad religion refers to modern heretical thinking and practice in the church today, with such things as prosperity preachers, self-help gurus, and an over involvement of religion in politics. It is a world where self-help gurus like Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray, Love, tell us that God is not a being to be defined but a reality to be experienced, and prosperity preachers like Joel Osteen offer up a Christianity with an emphasis on the financial possibilities of prayer and positivity that suits an age of abundance.
What I enjoyed most about Douthat's analysis is that he frames an explanation for what I've had a sense of all along–that a mix of Christianity, nationalism, and partisan politics can be unhealthy. The United States is a unique nation in that it doesn't have the historical ties to the Christian church that other places have. That kind of freedom and flexibility, without being rooted in orthodoxy, has allowed for more heresy and has turned into bad religion. No matter where you stand on issues, this is an important book to read.
Although Douthat is a journalist and offers up some articulate and engaging writing, this is a not an easy read because of its incredible scope and insight. I would highly recommend this book to anyone who wants a profound and insightful view into the story of religion in America and what caused and constitutes a 'nation of heretics.' This is not just "back to the basics" stuff. It is a surprising, original, and provocative view that many will enjoy, but won't be for everyone.
Here is a lecture (1 hr) by the author which gives a nice overview of one chapter in the book.


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Here is an important lesson in history and one of the highest read RGW articles, a blast from the past … enjoy!
By Free Bird — Revenge of the Ghost Wolf Reporter for the Central West Virginia Secret Seven Coalition/Hurricane Rina McCoy – Crooked County Crooks Editor/Editor Edison – CalPatty Press Editor
"I can be the nicest guy or your biggest enemy!" "Treat me good, I'll treat you better. Treat me bad, I'll treat you worse."
Supreme Commander of the SS September 21, 2012
The Shit has hit the fan down in Gilmer County is right!! The Supreme Commander of the SS and the representative from the Council of Conservative Citizens from GREEN BO ALABAMA … have been riding around in the back of a LONG WHITE CADILLAC and just missed Chief Deputy Larry Gerwig who was on point, keeping guard while Sally Bozeat and Venita SISTER MORPHINE Cottrill were putting a for sale sign out in front of the home of the murdered WILLARD COTTRILL!! I understand we have photo's of that occasion taken by Ruth Mitchell who watched her significant other murdered before her very eyes, with a Morphine drug cocktail ordered up from the lady doctor down in Glenville , home of the Crooked County Crooks!
Now the SS will be exposing Chief Deputy Gerwig for his criminal participation of guarding murderers while going against the wishes of the court, in addition to perjury committed concerning the TRAVESTY of JUSTICE case, the longest running court case in Gilmer County history that experts have revealed was based on false evidence brought by the Gilmer County Prosecutor Gerald B Hough that Gilmer County and the State of West Virginia backed all the way to the US Supreme Court.
Hough has been exposed for his criminal actions in the West Virginia Record and Secret Seven Coalition publications, and now we have even more wrongdoing by Hough to expose.
SOON the WV SS has plans to meet with the highest authority of Federal law enforcement in DC to expose more crimes committed by Gilmer County Public Officials.
God damn right, those Crooks from Crooked County that live down by the Crooked River actually assisted with the murder of Willard Cottrill and with the help of Gerald B Hough are actually making a profit on the deal for high ranking members of the SS have been told that the executor of the estate, a little bitch by the name of Michael Murphy has been handing out hundred dollar bills, that included a CASH PAY OFF to Gerald B Hough to help assist in getting around the legal structure of the will of Willard Cottrill which was recently before JUDGE ALSOP and the Gilmer County 14th district Circuit Court.
The Central WV SS already has cooked the GOOSE of Gilmer County Sheriff Metz by publishing the fact he lied to the public about having a GED for 8 years, and then publishing his PROVEN PHONY high school diploma that he purchased for $329.00 from ADDISON a paper mill company that sells fake credentials that ARE NOT ACCREDITED!!
"If you want to keep the good old boys in office then just leave it up to Natalie Tennant. Business without ethics and politics without principle are her specialty!"
The hot ticket on the ballot she has suppressed until the last minute is actually a Constitutional Amendment. It is one that West Virginians have voted down twice before 2 to 1 and hopefully will do so for the third time. The amendment would eliminate the "two-term" limit for sheriffs. It would allow any sheriff to run for unlimited consecutive terms. To amend the constitution of this state it takes a two-thirds majority in each house of the state legislature and then must be ratified by a majority of the voters at general election but Natalie didn't remember until time to print the ballots! No, let's not let the people start to talk this extremely unpopular issue over any longer than absolutely necessary! Shhh, keep still and maybe they won't notice.
Natalie and crew totally supports putting too much power in the hands of elected buddies at the local level to keep the wheels greased and report all under control and that's why term limits are very appropriate in this situation.
Let's face it, West Virginia Sheriff's are not only chief law enforcement officers with little to no qualifications required to get the job but also are the chief tax collectors of the county in which they serve. Too much power in the hands of any one person is an easy path to corruption proven so many times in this state and county by tax theft and padded payrolls. How many times do we have bad experiences before we can admit to ourselves that "absolute power corrupts absolutely?"
Why is it that crime is on the increase, rapes go unprosecuted, the jails are full and the title of high intensity drug trafficking area gets added to our wall of shame and yet the West Virginia Sheriff's Association will not agree to have a constitutional amendment placed on the ballot removing their tax collecting authority? Why don't they let the county commissions appoint a county treasurer? It would make more sense. Certainly it would increase the possibility of passage of no term limits but they just can't stand to have those two powers separated.
For that reason alone we believe Ms. Tennant just conveniently "forgot" to put this issue out to the public and for that reason alone it must fail. The good old boy network that lets a little girl be raped and doesn't have her back needs to spend more time on law enforcement and let someone more qualified handle our money. While we are at it, we might add a few more of those "qualifications" to the list for office of sheriff so we can all feel a little safer and so that those brave young girls won't have to stand alone in a court of law.
Gilmer County, you need to be part of the third defeat of this amendment. If anyone in this state is being denied information it is you. Besides the Secretary of State have you noticed no information coming from your County Clerk or County Commissioners? Those bitches are some DUMB mother fuckers that's for sure! Do you wonder why they don't put the name of any "reports" to be discussed on the agendas? Has anyone seen a levy call in the paper for your tax levies this year? They are in the process of printing the ballot and you guys aren't even given a chance at public comment on what you're supposed to vote on. What's up with that people? Don't get caught sleeping! For sure as the day is long the Crooks from Crooked County that live down by the Crooked River wont be!
And just to remind you how crooked they are, here's a little sad tidbit of information. It's on the GCHS grapevine that the kids are seeing a "message" passed around saying they better get their parents to vote for the excess levy or they won't get a laptop for the new "virtual" classrooms. Surprise kids, they already bought the laptops and they've been received ready to be tested. The bill has been paid but who is going to pay the price for "vote buying" using the children? What low life decided that would be a good way to get it done? More than a little illegal and since ethics have never even been in this county's dictionary, there's not much point in mentioning them. Fellow travelers, you might want to let the parents and care givers know exactly how low the people in charge of their schools will go to get the money. How much good would it do to tell Natalie Tennant? Hope someone finds out!
The SC of the SS has been using long time connections in National Media Coverage from when he worked in MAJOR MARKET MEDIA in California, Arizona, and Ohio, and has been pounding away at all the news networks to expose the phony and controlled press in West Virginia, led by PHIL REALE of Glenville, WV who is a WV PRESS lobbyist for the elite that has a good deal of control of the content expressed by the WV GAZETTE and other Charleston Newspapers, as well as exposing the wrong doing of Dave CORKY Corcoran the PRESIDENT of the PRESS association for publishing one sided propaganda designed to HIDE THE TRUTH from the public. In other words the PRINT PRESS MEDIA in WV has been under elite control since the beginning of time and the public is only informed of matters the ELITE want published, other than that, NO REAL NEWS is published and the truth is hidden.
High ranking members of the Secret Seven Coalition have been having meetings that have been lasting long into the midnight hours and are moving in on the POWER ELITE and the phony and FAKE POLITICIANS, like Walker, Boggs, Manchin, and Earl Ray Tomblin!!
"But, the biggest story to hit the fan was just released by Lawrence Smith and the West Virginia Record, (below)and the Secret Seven Coalition can stick another feather in their cap, because it was the Central WV SS that originally exposed the fact that Gerry Hough and GSC covered up this rape!"
CLARKSBURG – A former Glenville State College student is alleging campus police failed to properly investigate her claim she was raped two years ago following an impromptu party in her dormitory.
The College, and Daniel Bell, chief of its public safety department, are named as co-defendants in a civil rights suit filed by Amanda Smith. In her complaint filed Sept. 17 in U.S. District Court, Smith, 21, of Mineral Wells, says campus police not only failed to conduct the most routine of investigation into her allegation she was sexually assaulted by a fellow student in 2010, but also lost important evidence.
Additionally, Smith alleges hers is not the first time either campus police or GSC officials have showed deliberate indifference toward alleged rape victims.
A not-so-quiet evening
According to her suit, Smith, then a sophomore, after returning to her room in Goodwin Hall from her on-campus job on Sept. 18, 2010, received a text message from Michael McHenry, a fellow student, asking if she wanted to go out for ice cream. About that same time, Jayde Layne, another student, knocked on Smith's door requesting help in the dorm's laundry room.
However, Layne agreed to join Smith and McHenry for ice cream. They were accompanied by Jordan "Opie" Watkins, Erietta Patrianakos, and several "unidentified students."
After returning to Goodwin Hall between 5:30 and 6 p.m., Smith alleges Layne, and another student, Kala Fisher, asked if she would get McHenry to buy them alcohol. When Smith declined, Fisher and Layne then asked Patrianakos who agreed.
According to the suit, Patrianakos then took the alcohol to Watkins' room, and left to be with her boyfriend. Shortly thereafter, Smith joined other students including Layne in Watkins' room.
About 8:30 p.m., Smith says she left to help her roommate carry groceries to their room on the second floor.
Upon returning to Watkins' room, Smith found additional students present including "unknown black males mixing drinks."
Later around 9 p.m. Smith says Layne, who'd previously been mixing drinks in the bathroom, offered her a plastic cup. After consuming the unspecified contents of half of it, Layne brought her a different cup.
Sometime between then and 10 p.m., the suit maintains Smith appeared she was having a "mild seizure" after becoming nauseous "with alternating bouts of vomiting and urinating, crying and screaming." Sometime thereafter she became unconscious.
According to the suit, someone removed Smith's clothes leaving her in only her bra and panties. Upon discovering her disrobed and unconscious, Layne, Patrianakos and Fisher put Smith in the shower.
Sometime after 10 p.m., Andrew Lewis, Goodwin Hall's resident director, heard Smith screaming, and went to Watkins' room to investigate. After arriving, he was joined by Travis Nesbitt, a student in an adjoining room, in rendering first aid to Smith.
At 10:09 p.m., Lewis called campus police requesting medical assistance for Smith. Twelve minutes later, Officer William Boone called for an ambulance.
An ambulance arrived at an unspecified time to take Smith to Stonewall Jackson Memorial Hospital in Weston. According to the suit, Nesbitt accompanied Smith, and observed her "holding her hands between her legs, stating "'it hurts.'"
Upon arrival at SJMH, Smith was placed in the intensive care unit. An initial examination of Smith discovered "a bodily fluid 'pouring out' of [her] vagina that 'was not supposed to be there together with bruising on [her] thigh and arm."
A toxicology report revealed Smith had a blood alcohol content of .236, and the presence of benzodiazepine in her system. In her suit, Smith avers she was not taking any medication containing benzodiazepine, and only consumed half of the drink Layne gave her.
Because she did not regain full consciousness until sometime the next morning, a sexual assault examination was performed in Smith later that afternoon. The examination revealed, among other things, bruising on Smith's left shin, knee, upper arm and hip.
Also, the examination discovered Smith had "a large amount of mucus/discharge from her vagina that was 'white/yellow' in color in spite of the negative findings of vaginitas and the appearance of bacteria in her vagina opening." Furthermore, a nurse told Smith's mother "'This should not be there,'" when showing her a swab of the substance removed from Smith's vagina.
Evidence lost!
The suit accuses GSC officials, specifically Bell, of "failing to follow protocol routine in sexual assault cases." This includes the "lack of safeguarding and storing of evidence [and] properly securing a crime scene."
According to the suit, campus police failed to collect both the bed sheets in Watkins' room and the clothes he used to dress Smith after she threw-up on herself before they were laundered. Also, the cups used to mix and serve the drinks were destroyed before they could be collected.
Additionally, the suit alleges an investigatory notebook kept by Bell was "accidently placed in a washing machine and destroyed." Furthermore, Bell "showed minimal training" when he accused Smith of "placing the bruises found on her body herself."
According to the suit, the inability of campus police to timely collect evidence was a result of no certified law enforcement officer being on duty at the time Lewis called them for help. The investigation did not begin until Glenville Police Sgt. Casey Jones arrived at a time not specified.
Any investigation into who might have raped Smith was hindered by Layne, Watkins, Patrianakos and Fisher refusing to cooperate with police. According to the suit, they "have refused to identify students in the room and have changed their statements."
Following her alleged attack, Smith says she attempted to complete her classes that semester. However, due to harassment by Layne, Fisher, Watkins, Patrianakos and other students, who are named as co-defendants in the suit, Smith says she found not only attending classes, but also living in Goodwin Hall difficult.
Assurances college administrators made to "implement reasonable accommodations" for her to finish her classes, Smith said, where not kept. After receiving a letter dated Oct. 7, 2010 from the College's provost that she would most likely receive failing grades in her classes, Smith decided to withdraw.
According to her suit, college officials continued to display insensitivity toward her after she withdrew. Bell, Lewis and Jerry Burkhammer II, the dean of student affairs, were all no-shows for a meeting with Smith and her parents when she returned to campus to retrieve some personal belongings from her dorm room.
In the two years since she was attacked, Smith says there have been other sexual assaults take place on campus. Though she does not provide specifics, Smith says due to "a lack of investigatory technique and result" similar to what happened in her case, the other women "are considering filing separate claims against [GSC]."
As a result of her attack, the failure of campus police to properly investigate it and the harassment she received afterwards, Smith alleges she's suffered "severe and permanent psychological damage, emotional distress and decreased educational opportunities." Along with ones for civil rights violations, she makes claims for failure to train, retaliation, assault and battery and intentional infliction of emotional distress.
Smith seeks unspecified damages, interest, court costs and attorneys fees. She is representing herself.
The case is assigned to Judge Irene M. Keeley.
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia case number 12-cv-147
Gerald B Hough you are FUCKED now for your intentional cover up of the RAPE of AMANDA SMITH and others you dumb ass FERPA VIOLATOR ! And now via the vehicle of civil discovery we may have the federal law coming after you!
Send LAWYERS GUNS & MONEY for the SHIT has hit the Fan down in CROOKED COUNTY!!
"A strong hatred for corruption is the best lamp to bear in the hands of the Secret Seven Coalition, as we go over the dark places created by the Church of Ike and their POWER of Darkness cutting away the dead things destroyed by the Crooks from Crooked County that live down by the Crooked River!"
Supreme Commander of the West Virginia SS February 5th 2007 the day the CalPatty Press was born…
What's WRONG with GILMER COUNTY WV?
Crimes Courtesy of CROOKED COUNTY and the GOOD OLD BOY NETWORK? Read all about it in the next edition of Revenge of the Ghost Wolf Friday October 5th!!
|"What's RIGHT with Gilmer County is the Secret Seven Coalition and the GILMER FREE PRESS!!"


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The "System-Check" Virus
The past two days have been absolutely ridiculous. I touched on what happened a little in my last post, but today I figured I'd delve into the details of what happened. It's been an interesting couple days.
It all started two nights ago. I downloaded a handful of Photoshop brushes and a few fonts that day. So I brought em over to my writing/art laptop and started unzipping. Unbeknownst to be, one of them was gonna turn my computer into a virus playground. My old hard drive broke. I had the laptop for years, and then it just started freezing for no apparent reason. No viruses, no nothing, just freezing. So after a mess of time-consuming hardware checks, I learned the hard drive was basically just kaput. I got a hold of an uncle of mine who's a wiz when it comes to computers, bought and sent him a new hard drive, had him load it up with programs through the company he works for, and bam. The replacement hard drive saved me.
Problem is, the computer was never online. I never bothered to update the antivirus or anything, so when I unzipped this "brush" that I got from a third party site (that looked completely legitimate and had no red flags), all hell broke loose. Everything froze, including my heart. I probably swore; I don't remember. The icons on my screen disappeared, a Windows "System Check" box popped up and started scanning My Computer, the HDD, the RAM, and the registry. Wait, scanning My Computer and the HDD? Aren't those the same thing? And why is the system check still running with my custom color barf theme I created? Why is there a little "System Check" shortcut next to the start menu? Why is it is discolored and odd looking?
Who cares! My computer's exploding! I ignored all the fishy signs and paid full attention to this scan. It only took about five minutes. Wait, what? Five minutes to scan the HDD? I've done that before. It took two hours. Four errors in My Computer, four in the HDD, three in the RAM, four in the registry. "The C: drive is unreadable." No! I pressed the "Repair" button and sat
patiently unpatiently. Hey!—it's fixing the problems now! Oh wait, it can't fix the C: drive. Awesome. I try not to cry.
The entire encounter was lots of fun. By the time I got to the end of it, the window tells me that if I want to fix all the errors, I have to pay for the full version. Pardon my Caprican, but what the frak? I have to pay to fix my computer? That ain't right. I shut everything down and got extremely depressed, but that doesn't mean I gave up. I'm not a computer expert, but I know my stuff. I started the boot diagnosis and… waited. The entire process takes almost two hours, so I laid down and tried to sleep, unsuccessfully. When I trudged back into the living room, expecting the worst, a pleasant sight met my eyes.
"Nothing's wrong with your computer, bro."
Okay, the screen didn't say that, but it should have. You have no idea what a relief seeing that message was. All was not lost! Still, my computer was crawling with viruses. Things were bleak, but my hard drive was safe. Turning the computer back on (and wading through this dang "System Check" nonsense) I was able to find my files. They weren't gone. The virus hijacked the start menu, as well as the desktop. My Computer and My Documents got moved to the "All Programs" tab. Tricky, but only to someone freaking out and blinded by thoughts of "MY COMPUTER IS BROKEN". Everything was still there, to my incredible relief.
I went to bed at around 4am, finding solace in the fact that the virus was more a trick than a destructive force. Here I was thinking I got hit by some horrible virus that blew my hard drive to hell, like Magistr or CIH. The next morning I set out to find out what I was up against. It only took a single Google search to find my problem. The "System-Check Virus", I found it was generally called. It's not your typical virus, it's called a "rogue", or "rogueware", and it's a part of virus family called FakeHDD. Basically it's a big illusion to trick you into giving out your credit card number. Remember the entire "buy the full version" prompt? You get it. Mostly people get hit by it when they get conned into those "free virus check" sites, but that certainly wasn't how I got hit. I quickly found a step by step guide on getting rid of it and got to work. (Go bleepingcomputer.com!)
The process was pretty complicated. The first step was to turn on the computer in safe mode; easy enough. I downloaded all the necessary programs and threw them on a thumbdrive, like a warrior with his armor and weaponry coming toe to toe with the mighty dragon. The first step was to run a program called RKill, which basically kills all the processes that the virus runs to stop you from doing… anything really. Realize that it crippled my actions on the computer so badly that I couldn't right click, move things, or even press crtl-alt-delete! It took multiple tries to run RKill, and I was forced to change the name of the program to "iExplore.exe" for the virus to let it through. That's right, this virus protected itself in a big way. Try to run a program to fight the virus? The virus shuts it down. This was only the beginning of my battle.
Finally, after countless tries, RKill ran. It shut down a slew of processes and my desktop icons came flooding back. So far so good. The next step was to run a program called TDSSKiller. The aim of this program was to find and destroy a piece of the virus called a "rootkit". Not only was this rootkit the culprit for killing my anti-virus and blocking out my virus killer programs, it also royally screws over your internet. If your computer is infected by a rootkit, your Google searches will give you crazy results, and you'll often be redirected to ads and all sorts of nasty stuff. I think it's commonly called the Google redirect virus, but either way, I had more problems than just that.
The rootkit proved to be a very difficult foe. Like diamond-hard dragon's scales, no matter what I tried, my blows were deflected. TDSSKiller—no matter what I renamed it—was immediately shut down by this nasty bug. Why? The dolts over at Kaspersky Labs decided to put a nice big "Kaspersky Labs made this!" inside the properties of the program. So when I tried to open it, the rootkit saw the inner workings and source of the program and shut it down cold. I was screwed.
The solution was to download another program called Verpatch that I could use to change those inner properties of the TDSSKiller. Problem is, Mr. Rootkit stopped that program in its tracks too. Formidable opponent, right? I found a link to a version of TDSSKiller without Kaspersky Labs' idiot name all over it, but to my great anger and frustration, the link was dead. I set down my sword and decided to move on to the next step.
It was time to ditch the sword and pull out the bazooka.
Malwarebytes is an awesome program. Not only did it break right through the virus's defenses and run the setup and updates without a hitch, it also found eleven different viruses in the system. Yeah, eleven. I was back in business, and stomping out the bugs left and right. Problem was, the rootkit was still in business, protecting itself from the program that could root it out and kill it: the TDSSKiller.
I redoubled my search for the version of the program that would slip through its defenses, and I found what I was looking for. Kaspersky redeemed themselves, they had made an alternate version without their brand name all over it. If you're screwed like I was, go HERE for the right version of TDSSKiller (you do have to register to the forums to download it). You can thank me later. I didn't even have to rename the program from "TDSSKiller" and it started up like a charm. There are many breeds of this virus that I had; it looks like the one I had was nasty indeed, smarter than most versions. It wasn't even looking at the name of the program—only its inner workings. Sneaky, huh?
The TDSSKiller fired up and found it. Buh-bye rootkit. I was glowing. I bested the beast. I ran Malwarebytes again and it found another handful of viruses. The rootkit was hiding them? I don't know, but I was glad that thing was toast. I decided to turn the computer on without safe mode before running Malwarebytes two more times (yes, I was paranoid). You can only imagine my joy when the results came up with a big fat zero both scans. I was virus free. The final step was to run a little program called "Unhide.exe", since the virus goes into your system files and checks "hidden" on all of them. A weak trick, but still.
And that's my tale. Probably not very exciting, but I thought I would share, and hopefully help out anybody who's run into similar problems. If you're going through a FakeHDD virus hit and are stuck, feel free to get a hold of me. I might not be able to help, because each situation is different, but who knows?
Dealt with a rogue before? Comment about it! Viruses today are worse and worse. I'm just glad I came out on top this time.
Related articles
- System Check Virus Removal Guide (bleepingcomputer.com)
- A Step by Step Guide To Removing The Google Redirect Virus From Your Computer (makeuseof.com)


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Sickle Cell Disease
What Is Sickle Cell Disease?
Sickle cell disease is a blood disorder that's inherited — meaning it's passed down from parents to their children. Babies are born with sickle cell disease when they inherit two abnormal genes (one from each parent). These genes cause the body's red blood cells to change shape.
Normal red blood cells are shaped like discs or donuts with the centers partly scooped out. They are soft and flexible so they can easily move through very small blood vessels and deliver oxygen throughout a person's body.
Sickle cells are stiffer. Instead of being disc shaped, they're curved like crescent moons, or an old farm tool known as a sickle. That's where the disease gets its name.
Sickle cell disease affects a protein in red blood cells called hemoglobin (pronounced: HEE-muh-glow-bin). Hemoglobin helps to carry oxygen throughout the body. Red blood cells with normal hemoglobin move easily through the bloodstream because of their rounded shape and greater flexibility. Normal hemoglobin is called hemoglobin A (HbA for short).
People with sickle cell disease have a kind of hemoglobin called hemoglobin S, or HbS. HbS molecules tend to clump together. This makes red blood cells sticky, stiff, and more fragile. HbS also causes cells to form into a curved, sickle shape.
Red blood cells containing HbS can go back and forth between being shaped normally and being sickle shaped until they eventually become sickle shaped permanently.
What Happens in the Blood?
Instead of moving through the bloodstream easily, sickle cells can clog blood vessels. When blood can't get where it's needed, the body's tissues and organs don't have the oxygen they need to stay healthy.
Normal red blood cells last about 4 months in the bloodstream. But fragile sickle cells break down after only about 10 to 20 days. This usually causes . Anemia is what happens when the body's number of red blood cells (or amount of hemoglobin) falls below normal. People who are anemic often feel weak, tire more easily, and may appear "run down."
People with sickle cell disease might have other problems because their blood isn't moving through the body as well as it should. For example:
- a higher chance of getting infections
- a higher chance of having a stroke
- a condition called acute chest syndrome, which is caused by inflammation, infection, or blood vessels in the lungs that are blocked by sickled cells.
How Do People Get It?
Sickle cell disease is not , so you can't catch it from someone else or pass it to another person like a cold or an infection.
People with sickle cell disease have it because they inherited two sickle cell genes, one from each parent.
A person who inherits the sickle cell gene from only one parent will not develop the disease, but will have something called . People with sickle cell trait often don't have any signs of the disease, but they can pass the sickle cell gene on to their own children.
People with sickle cell trait may never know that they carry the gene. That's why doctors recommended that anyone who's not sure if they carry the sickle cell gene get tested to find out for sure. Doctors use a special blood test called a hemoglobin electrophoresis (pronounced: eh-lek-tro-fuh-REE-sis) to look for sickle hemoglobin in a person's blood.
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) recommends that all newborns be screened for sickle cell disease. Testing at birth is now required in every U.S. state. This helps infants with sickle cell disease get the care and treatment they need right away.
What Signs and Problems Can People Have?
Most teens with sickle cell disease have some degree of anemia or a lower amount of hemoglobin in their blood than people who do not have the disease. They may get tired more easily, look pale, or have a fast pulse.
People with sickle cell anemia may develop jaundice (pronounced: JON-dis). This happens because more fragile sickle-shaped red blood cells break down faster. Jaundice can cause a person's skin and whites of the eyes to develop a yellowish tint.
It's also common for people with sickle cell disease to have trouble fighting infections.
Teens with sickle cell disease may grow more slowly and reach puberty later than other people.
People with sickle cell anemia might have times where they feel severe pain in their chest, stomach, arms, legs, or other parts of the body. This happens because sickle cells block blood flow through the small blood vessels in those areas.
Periods of pain are commonly referred to as pain crises. How severe these crises are, how long they last, and how often they happen depends on the person. Some people may have one sickle cell pain crisis a year. Others will have crises more often. Pain crises can be brief or last hours, days, or even weeks. Sometimes pain can be severe enough to require treatment in the hospital.
When people with sickle cell disease get acute chest syndrome, they may have severe chest and abdominal pain, fever, cough, and trouble breathing.
When sickle-shaped cells block blood vessels in the brain, it puts people at risk of having a stroke. Signs of a stroke include headache, seizures, weakness of the arms and legs, speech problems, a droop on one side of the face, and loss of consciousness.
Other possible problems that sickle-shaped cells can cause include , bone or joint damage, gallstones, kidney damage, painful long-lasting erections in males (called priapism), eye damage, and delayed growth.
It is possible for some people to be ill enough to die from the disease, though that doesn't usually happen to young people.
What Will Doctors Do?
Doctors might prescribe a few different kinds of treatments to help with the problems sickle cell disease can cause:
- Folic acid is a vitamin that helps the body produce new red blood cells.
- Pain medicines can help relieve the pain of sickle cell crises.
- Penicillin or other antibiotics can help prevent infections, though doctors usually stop giving penicillin to kids who have sickle cell disease after the age of 5.
- Water and drinking lots of fluids can help prevent pain crises; so can avoiding extreme cold or heat.
Some sickle cell crises can be managed at home with pain medicines, rest, and extra fluids. But if a crisis is very intense, a teen may need to go to the hospital for intravenous (IV) fluids and stronger pain medicines.
People with sickle cell anemia occasionally need to get transfusions of healthy red blood cells to help carry oxygen to the tissues of their bodies more effectively and treat complications. A few may need transfusions regularly.
The drug hydroxyurea, when taken every day, helps reduce painful crises and episodes of acute chest syndrome for people with sickle cell disease.
Right now, the only cure for sickle cell disease is stem cell transplant, but it's a complex and risky procedure. Scientists are studying gene therapy as a treatment for sickle cell anemia. One day, it's hoped that doctors can stop the disease by changing or replacing the abnormal gene that causes it.
What Can You Do to Stay Well?
People with sickle cell disease can do most of the stuff everyone else does if they take the right steps. To stay as healthy as possible:
- Eat a balanced, healthy diet.
- Take medicines, including folic acid supplements, exactly as your doctor tells you.
- Drink plenty of fluids to prevent dehydration.
- Avoid extreme cold or heat.
- Exercise regularly, but in moderation. Exercise is important for staying healthy, but overdoing it can trigger a crisis in some people, particularly if they become dehydrated, overheated, or exhausted.
- Get plenty of rest.
- Avoid alcohol, drugs, and smoking, which can make sickle cell disease and its symptoms worse. Some people with sickle cell disease are prone to lung problems, so smoking is particularly risky.
- Avoid places where there isn't a lot of oxygen. (For example, it's not a good idea to go hiking at high altitudes or spend lots of time swimming underwater.)
- Prevent serious infections by contacting your doctor as soon as illness symptoms start. Be sure to get any immunizations (such as pneumonia and flu vaccines) that the doctor recommends, and always call your doctor if you have a high fever (over 101°F/38°C).
- Learn as much as you can about the disease and see your doctor regularly to help prevent complications.
People with sickle cell disease may need to put some limits on their lives. But with the help of doctors, friends, and family, they can manage the condition and live their lives to the fullest.


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Sometimes it feels really sorry to see the tactics of a select group of folks in the name of using Social media as a Conversation Medium ! By-and-large this is applicable to Twitter baring the first couple of points.
The Problem
- Email spam: They continue to send you bulk promotional emails, although you never opted-in for their newsletter. On the name of customization, they start the email with your name prefix and believe they are not spamming your email box. To your surprise, you are not allowed to copy & reproduce their email although they didn't take your permission at the first place.
- Blog Spameeters: They start a one-dimensional blog to blatantly promote the poor client's new product offerings.
- RTing & RTing: They create multiple accounts on twitter, send tweet from one id and then re-tweet from others. End-result = The user ends up thinking that there is a great conversation going on.
- Follow mania: They follow all the celebrities and all those who have more than 1000 followers in a hope to attract some eyeballs.
- Twomit dosage: While it is the lifeline of many, they continue to talk about the color of their underwear on twitter. Eating food, walking dog, brushing their teeth. It's a moral obligation.They all know twitter has a threshold when it comes to maximum requests at an instance and maximum no. of tweets. However, they never refrain to curse twitter every time it suffers from an outage. Continue reading


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Mark-to-fantasy wasn't enough to save Citi from losing $3 billion, and this morning we learn that it wasn't enough to keep Bank of America from losing $2.2 billion! The power behind our politics is becoming more and more clear and there are two companies that are seemingly a little too protected, those being JPM and GS. And now we know why Ken Lewis is on his way out and why he would concede to leaving with no pay for 2009. They all deserve prison as far as I'm concerned.
And those earnings, combined with a 45% decrease in profits at GE to go along with sales that missed forecasts, show that the financial crisis, again despite the reintroduction of mark-to-fantasy, is not over – as I've been pointing out time and again.
Equity futures are down sharply:
TIC data comes out this morning but too late to make it into this report, I'll do a write up on it once it comes out. Industrial Production and Consumer Sentiment come out right before the bell and shortly after, so we'll have to report on those in the daily thread.
The bearish divergences are growing. Yesterday we developed a new one in that the number of stocks over their 5 day average diverged downwards against prices. More signs of a top approaching everyday, you can see the momentum falling out of the market as the swings become larger.
The 1,107 pivot has not been breached, and prices have now fallen back beneath the 1,090 pivot and that makes 1,061 support.
McHugh's wave count is progressing, but we are NOT complete yet. The rise this week was likely wave 1 up of the final 5 waves. This morning's action, therefore, is likely part of wave 2. That means that we still have 3, 4, and 5 of 5 up to go… or it truncates on further bad news which is always a possibility.
The daily candles from yesterday did not look pretty. Large, heavy hammers on the Industrials and the S&P. The NDX did not make a new high and made a second daily hammer showing the strength of the 61.8% Fib that it's up against:
The Transports, very interestingly, failed to get over the prior candle and failed to make a new intraday high – leaving the picture for DOW Theory cloudy:
The XLF also issued a warning with a red hammer, like the NDX, though, it too is "inside" but needs to be watched to see subsequent action. The XLF is down hard in the futures:
Hey, besides Mark-to-Fantasy, there's never been any real reason for any of this six month rally…
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From the very outset, our main field of activity has been classical music, particularly works for large orchestra, but also solo performers, chamber music and choral works. What they all have in common is that they are always recorded on location in natural spaces. The LIVING CONCERT SERIES embodies in a particular way the basic thinking behind the ACOUSENCE "labelphilosophy". The audio media of this series are as a rule recorded under live conditions. The natural spontaneity of the concert situation, combined with our well-honed recording techniques, which can communicate those minutest of nuances that are so fundamentally important particularly for the atmosphere and emotional impact, provide you with your own very special "concert experience".
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Translation of an article of the Mexican newspaper : La Jornada
Please read the full Spanish report on the following webpage
More than 6 million citizens participated in the simulation organized by the Federal District as a preventive measure against a possible earthquake measuring 8.1 degrees on the Richter scale, which would have generated a lot of damage in Mexico City.
At 11 am the alarm went off which allowed the evacuation of buildings.
The activities were supervised by the head of the Federal District out of the Old City Hall. Strategic objectives of the trial is to protect the lives of citizens.
To achieve this goal, effective preparation is necessary to evacuate all buildings or take shelter in safe areas, with emphasis on the school population, hospital facilities and places with a very high concentration of people, like the Metro Public Transport System that moves half a million passengers around that time.
Six empowerment groups are specializing in different areas in emergency cases + 1,500 brigades will go to suburbs where their presence will be required.
Security personnel and police began evacuating hundreds of passengers from trains, subway platforms etc.
Some people were frightened because they did not know that it was a simulation.
The security officers indicated where the exits could be found to avoid injuries from pushing, falling etc. After several minutes, people were evacuated without any incident.
Despite the setbacks, the passengers expressed their willingness to follow the preventive measures. "I wish there were two or three simulations a year to be prepared for a major earthquake and to prevent accidents such as occurred 25 years ago" said a train passenger.
Banks unfortunately refused to participate in the drill.
Government buildings were evacuated, in the same way that public and private companies vacated their offices. On streets and avenues people were out of buildings, some in a hurry and others with calm.
The average time taken for evacuation in case of an earthquake of that magnitude exceeded 60 seconds.
In Benito Juárez it took one minute 49 seconds to evacuate 2,100 people. 150 businesses participated in the exercice.
In the Delta Park Mall an explosion was simulated and the square was cleared completely. Emergency and security personnel were also present.


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We think of car companies as leaders in style and design, but more often than not these manufacturers are conservative, bland appliance makers with logos to match. And even some of the cool auto firms have ultra-boring signage.
The "Mark of Excellence" has been around since 1966, right around the time GM was deciding to let their most innovative design in ages, the Corvair, rot on the vine.
Suggested By: KeatonP, Photo Credit: GM
9.) Toyota
From it's oval-like-everyone-else badge (which includes all the letters of the company name) to the painfully staid font, Japan's GM is as bad as its American counterpart.
It's a shame, since they have so may sweet logos in their history, particularly this old gem.
Suggested By: niklaf, Photo Credit: Toyota
8.) Hyundai
It's a Honda logo, italicized.
Suggested By: Arch Duke Maxyenko, Photo Credit: Raphael Orlove
7.) Scion
It looks like a middle school doodle, and not even in a good way.
Suggested By: 55Buick, Photo Credit: Luke Lienau
6.) Shelby Super Cars
Even companies that make interesting cars sometimes wuss out when making a logo. It looks like SSC ran out of room when they made this one.
Suggested By: Crossdrilled, Photo Credit: Shelby Super Cars
5.) Smart
As you may note, Smart does not have a 'C' in its name. The 'C' stands for compact, which stands for compact. The Smart actually stands for 'Swatch Mercedes Art,' because Swatch helped design the first Smart model, the City Coupé.
The yellow arrow stands for forward thinking, or some other 1990s trendy bullshit.
Suggested By: Nibbles, Photo Credit: Smart
4.) Geely
You'd think that the company that makes the second-coolest car in China (the Geely Panda) would have something more interesting than this means-nothing logo. Then again, they did try and have an interesting logo once, and then it was quite possibly a ripoff of Toyota.
Suggested By: Diesel, Photo Credit: Geely
BYD is another Chinese carmaker and also a manufacturer of cellphone batteries. They're an interesting company, making some of the most blatant knockoffs in the Chinese auto industry, and also some of the most groundbreaking electric cars in their market. And yet their logo could not be more bland if it tried.
Suggested By: SennaMP4, Photo Credit: BYD
2.) Daewoo
It's a jock strap. Can't unsee.
Suggested By: JSWilson64_g, Photo Credit:
1.) Kia
The blandest of the bland. Hyper bland. Wallpaper paste in car logo form. The elevator music of the car logo world. It is the absolute distillation of dumbed-down design.
Suggested By: willkinton247, Photo Credit: Kia
Welcome back to Answers of the Day - our daily Jalopnik feature where we take the best ten responses from the previous day's Question of the Day and shine it up to show off. It's by you and for you, the Jalopnik readers. Enjoy!
Top Photo Credit: Toyota


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Super Flexible File Synchronizer Pro v5.17a build 121
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Super Flexible File Synchronizer Pro v5.17a build 121 | 11.38 MB
ack up your data and synchronize PCs, servers, notebooks, and online storage space. You can set up as many different jobs as you need and run them manually or using the scheduler. The software comes with support for FTP, SSH, HTTP, WebDAV, and Amazon S3. You can use ZIP compression and data encryption. On Windows NT/2000 or higher, the scheduler can run as a service - without users having to log on. There are powerful synchronization modes, including Standard Copying, Exact Mirror, and SmartTracking.
* Synchronizes or Backs Up Files and complete folder structures in different locations, such as a PC, laptop, or online storage. There are no limits in terms of file sizes, the number of files, or filename lengths. The program fully supports Unicode characters so that it can copy filenames in all languages.
* Each sync job is saved as a profile so that you only need to specify the settings once. You can run multiple profiles with a single click. You can also run profiles from the command line. Profiles can be created using a wizard, or in advanced mode.
* Includes a scheduler. Schedule the synchronization of your data on a backup hard disk at a convenient time each day, or as frequently as you wish. You can also schedule profiles to run upon shutdown or log-off. On Windows NT/2000 or higher, the scheduler can run as a service - without users having to log on.
* Internet Support. Supports various Internet protocols, including FTP, FTPS, SFTP/SSH, WebDAV, SSL, HTTP, and Amazon S3 web storage.
* Compression and Encryption Support. Easily zip your files and encrypt them with strong 256-bit encryption. To unzip and decrypt, simply make a copy of your profile and copy in the opposite direction.
* Detects Moved Files. If you reorganized your folders by moving files to different locations, Super Flexible File Synchronizer will detect this and quickly perform the same moves, for example, on your laptop. No extraneous copying!
* SmartTracking. This feature keeps a database of all files so that it can detect file deletions and conflicts. You will find the SmartTracking checkbox on the Modes tab sheet (in Advanced Mode). A separate dialog will appear with related settings.
* Unattended Mode In this mode, no questions are asked while the profile is run. You can specify beforehand which kinds of files may be overwritten.
* Exact Mirror Mode. If desired, you can create an exact mirror of your data, even if this means that some files are deleted or replaced with older files.
* Copy Locked Files. If some files cannot be copied due to other software accessing these files, Volume Shadowing can be used on Windows XP or later to copy the files. If files can't be copied, the synchronizer will continue copying the remaining files, and then retry all those files that were locked, until all files have been copied successfully. A limit for the time spent on retries can be specified.
* Versioning: this feature enables you to keep multiple older versions of each file in the backup. There are several naming schemes available. See also Versioning / Filename Mangling.
* Partial File Updating (or delta copying): this feature copies only the changed portions of files in order to speed up the synchronization. See the Partial File Updating documentation
* Database-safe mode: This mode requires exclusive access to the files to be copied. If exclusive access is not possible, Volume Shadowing is used, or the program will wait until the exclusive access becomes possible.
* Can Use Recycle Bin for older versions of files that are overwritten, as well as for deleted files. This is a fairly unique feature because most programs will permanently replace older versions of a file. Using Super Flexible File Synchronizer, you will have a chance of retrieving overwritten files if you select the appropriate options.
* File Masks & Filters. Numerous ways to select/deselect files and folders are available.
* Daylight Savings Time / Time Zones. Since exact hour time differences can be ignored if the file size matches, you won't have any more problems if the file systems of two computers are off by one hour, or even several hours. Whenever possible, UTC (world time) is used to compare the timestamps of files.
* Easy Resuming On Disk Full. You simply make more space and ask the software to continue copying. It can pause right in the middle of a file until additional space is freed.
* Obsolete File Folders. If you occasionally move obsolete files to a specially designated folder, this usually causes trouble with traditional file synchronizers. They will copy the obsolete files back from your laptop right into the folders where you moved them out of. No longer! If you use the Select Folders and Files option, you can specify folders for obsolete files using the right mouse button. These folders are then taken into account for moving files into them, but not for copying files out. Thus, the synchronizer does the same moving of obsolete files on your laptop that you previously did on the PC, but it does not waste any time copying all obsolete files between the two machines.
New Features In Version 5
Differential Versioning Backup
You can now combine Partial File Updating with Versioning, Zipping and Encryption and use it with any backup storage location, including FTP and other Internet Protocols.
Checkboxes to choose:
- tab sheet Special: "Partial File Updating" (without Remote Service)
- tab sheet Zipping: "Zip Each File Individually"
The option "Filename Encoding" on the Versioning tab sheet is automatically active in this use case.
The Zip file sizes can now be limited too so that large files can be split (only in conjunction with Partial File Updating). The transfer can be stopped any time and zip parts already uploaded won't be lost.
Be sure to keep all zip files on the destination as they may all be needed to reassemble the file upon restore. Any older version can be restored by choosing the desired target date in the Restore Wizard, or by right-clicking the file in the Sync Preview and choosing the desired version. The option "Keep multiple files" is implied and does not need to be checked. It cannot be used to limit the number of older versions. All older versions must be kept on the backup.
A method to limit the number of older files that need to be kept on the backup storage is currently being developed and suggestions on the best strategy are welcome.
Block-level copying is applied to files which are at least 400,000 bytes in size. The granularity of the differential backup is determined dynamically for each file, based on its size. The smallest block size used will be 2048 bytes.
Each partial backup includes an MD5 checksum for each file, so that restored files can be verified to be 100% correct. You can see this in the file MD5.TXT that the partial zips contain.
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Kristallnacht was a pentup result of Nazi antisemitic policies, but Hitler and Goering had to wait for the right opportunity to strike at the Jewish people without causing ill-sentiment among the citizenry. On October 27, 1938, over 17,000 Jews of Polish ancestry who lived in Germany were deported back to Poland. Once the Jews reached the German-Polish border, the Polish government denied them entry. These Jews, who were German citizens, ended up in no-man's land with few possessions and no food. One family, the Grynszpans, were stuck in this situation and appealed to their son in Paris. Herschel Grynszpan received a devastating letter from his sister explaining the family's circumstances and begging for help. Herschel responded irrationally, and on November 6, 1938 he went to the German embassy in Paris where he shot and killed Ernst vom Rath, the Secretary of Legation. Herschel proclaimed he killed vom Rath in the name of 12,000 persecuted Jews.
When the message of Ernst vom Rath's death reached Hitler and his advisors, Goebbels saw this incident as a chance to incite the German people against the Jews. Hitler and Goebbels agreed to coordinate a plan for the SA storm troopers, also known as brown shirts, to enact vengeance on the Jews for this crime. Instructions were given to the German police and fire departments to not interfere with the demonstrations. So, on the night of November 9, 1938 the storm troopers and German citizens burned and destroyed Jewish synagogues, businesses, and homes. While synagogues burned, fire fighters stood by and watched, only intervening if "Aryan" buildings were put in jeopardy. Kristallnacht changed the face of Nazis policy towards the Jewish population and illustrated to the world the true nature of Nazi ideology. While the Nazis blamed Herschel Grynszpan for inciting the night of violence, the true cause of Kristallnacht was the hate and prejudice of the Nazi regime.
Source: http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/triumph/tr-knacht.htm


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(CNN) — A sunny day at California's famed Venice Beach took a dark turn Sunday when one person died and a dozen others were injured after a rare lightning strike.
A man in his mid-20's died at at the hospital after being transported from Venice Beach, said John Kades of the Los Angeles Coroner's office.
It's too early to determine whether he died as a result of "a lightning strike, drowning, or being trampled by the crowd," according to Kades.
Related: Lightning Frequency across the U.S.
The lightning hit the water and the beach at 2:51 p.m. (5:51 p.m. ET), according to spokeswoman Katherine Main of the Los Angeles Fire Department.
At least 13 patients — all of whom were either in or near the water — were assessed on the scene. Of those, seven adults and one teenager were transported to local hospitals.
One patient had to be pulled from the water, but it was not immediately clear if it was the man who later died.
Another patient transported to the hospital was listed in serious condition Sunday afternoon, while the remaining six were listed as fair.
The National Weather Service in Los Angeles tweeted at around the time of the strike that "cloud to ground lightning" had been reported in nearby Marina Del Rey and at the Los Angeles International Airport. "Stay indoors if you hear thunder until it passes," the Weather Service tweeted.
Witnesses tweeted they saw a huge bolt of lightning strike the area, with one Twitter user describing an explosion that blew off nearby roof tiles.
Venice Beach, located south of Santa Monica in Los Angeles, is world famous for the carnival-like atmosphere along its boardwalk.
In another incident in Southern California, a man was hit by lightning near a golf course in Catalina Island, according to Los Angeles Sheriff Sgt. Robert Berardi.
The man was taken to a local hospital, treated and later released.
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Susan L. Hickey
Alton | Friday, April 12 2013
Susan L. Hickey, 57, passed away at 10:55 am, Friday, April 12, 2013 at her residence with her family by her side.
She was born in Hannibal, MO on December 17, 1955, the daughter of the late Robert and Kaye (Carder) Stewart.
She married Mike Hickey on May 11, 1985 in Hannibal, MO. He survives.
Susan was a member of St. Ambrose Catholic Church in Godfrey and worked for the Alton School District with the Support Staff. She was an avid cardinals Baseball fan and worked as a Cardinal Club Server, she also enjoyed Cooking.
In addition to her husband; she is survived by a son; Michael Hickey Jr. of Godfrey, IL and a daughter and her spouse; Kathryn A. and Jake Lloyd of Godfrey, IL, a sister and her spouse; Deborah and Bob Hedrick of Hannibal, MO, a brother; Allen Stewart of Hannibal, MO, and a half brother; Les Robertson of Hannibal, MO, and several nieces, nephews and cousins.
She was preceded in death by her parents and a sister; Jill Bellovich.
Memorial visitation will be from 4 to 8 pm, Wednesday, April 17, 2013 at the Elias, Kallal & Schaaf Funeral Home in Godfrey.
A Memorial Mass will be held at 10:30 am Thursday, April 18, 2013 at St. Ambrose Catholic Church in Godfrey with Father Steve Pohlman celebrant.
Memorials may be directed to the American Cancer Society.
Online condolences and guest book may be found at www.eliaskallalandschaaf.com
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I should mention that page2, page3 ... have retained some pagerank.
It's weird. :?
It may just be a temporary reranking glitch with google, but does anyone know what happened to the gotop100 topsites' page rank. It seems quite a few sites aren't getting ranked or have lost all their previous rank, even larger ones with loads of sites and external links.
On the Google page rank tool bar they're coming back with No PageRank information.
I should mention that page2, page3 ... have retained some pagerank.
It's weird. :?
Are you going to http://subdomain.gotop100.com/index.php or http://subdomain.gotop100.com/ ?
I still see pagerank on most of the sites, but google does appear to be in the middle of another update so it could fluctuate quite a bit.
I tried a few with the index.php and then tried the straight domain. I just noticed it a few days ago and it hadn't corrected. It may take a few days to get straightened out.
Interesting... I haven't seen any of the top lists I run decrease in PR. In fact I have noticed a bunch that didn't have PR before now have it.
To continue to beat this dead horse...
It all seems to be back to normal. I assume it was a rerank hiccup. It might have been something to do with my browser's PageRank bar.
All's well that ends ranked :lol:
Thanks for the response Dave.