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BLAKELY, Pa. — Cindy G. Grover, of Blakely, Pa., died Friday, April 19, 2013, at Regional Hospital, Scranton, Pa.
She was the wife of Edgar O. Grover, who died Dec. 2, 1997.
Born Aug. 26, 1958, in Cobleskill, she was the daughter of the late Freeman and Doris Zeh Sperbeck.
She had been employed as a nurse's aide for 25 years and was last employed at the Golden Living Center in Scranton.
She was a member of the American Legion, Raymond Henry Post 327 in Olyphant, Pa. Her hobby was making crafts and she had a special talent for arranging artificial floral bouquets.
She is survived by her fiancé, Stephen Kovach of Blakely, Pa.; three sons, Roy Grover and wife Lorraine of Childs, Pa., Dave Grover and wife Melanie of Forest City, Pa., and Kirt Grover and Tanya of Scott Township, Pa.; five sisters, Roxann Stockdale and husband George of Worcester, Mary Alice Shafer and husband William of East Worcester, Debbie Greiner and husband Harry of Oneonta, Terry Davidson and husband John of Cobleskill and Star Poliseno and husband Joseph of Schenevus; two brothers, Jody Sperbeck and wife Michelle of Schenevus and Duane Sperbeck and wife Kathy of Anchorage, Alaska; 12 grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews including a special niece, Minnie Keehle.
She was preceded in death by a sister, Shirley Briss Burton; and a brother, Buddy Sperbeck.
The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Monday from the Parise Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Inc., 89 Farview St., Carbondale, Pa. Interment, Valley View Memorial Park, Montdale, Pa.
To send online condolences to the family and to view her online memorial scrapbook, please visit www.parisefuneralhome.com.

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Stocks trimmed early gains this afternoon soon after President Obama struck a diplomatic tone about solving the fiscal cliff. That investors quickly took flight suggests a marked wariness about any Washington, D.C. promises about the nation's fiscal problems.
Obama reaffirmed his belief that the U.S. should raise taxes on wealthier Americans to help pay for federal programs. But any solution, the president says, would need a mix of spending cuts and revenue increases. Obama then called on Congress to immediately extend the middle class tax cuts that could soon expire.
Significantly, the president stressed that he was willing to work with House Republicans to strike a deal: "I'm not wedded to every detail of my plan. I'm open to compromise."
If politicians don't work out a deal by year's end, the fiscal cliff threatens to trigger a recession in 2013, according to a new report from the Congressional Budget Office.
The Dow Jones industrial average fell into the red shortly after Obama's remarks. The blue chip index lost 0.1% to 12,798.11. The Nasdaq composite rose 0.4% to 2,907.01. And the S&P 500 went up 0.2% to 1,380.18.
Obama's position on raising taxes on wealthy Americans stands in stark opposition to the comments made earlier today by House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio). Boehner reiterated his belief that any tax hikes on the rich would stall small business and other parts of the U.S. economy.
Utilities this afternoon led the market lower. Duke Energy lost 1%. Souther Company gave up 0.3%. Exelon retreated 1.4%.
Meanwhile, technology stocks helped support the Nasdaq's gains. Apple gained 1.7%. Qualcomm gained 1.4%. And Microsoft rose 0.35.
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You get discourage the desire to undertake.
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— Jerry Ann Eaton, 74, passed away in Weatherford Sept. 17, 2013, with her family at her side. Ann was a beloved mother, sister, grandmother and friend to many.
She was born in Ballenger on Sept. 28, 1938, to Oscar and Velera (Fox) Pruser.
Ann retired as a secretary in the Oil & Gas industry, but also worked for many local businesses after her retirement, Baum Carlock Bumgardner being one of them. She was a very strong supporter in all of her organizations she was involved in such as The Catholic Daughters, American Legion and Desk & Derrick.
She is survived by her sons Norman Eaton, Dwain and wife Joy Eaton; sister Kay and her husband Fred Smith; granddaughter Scarlett Eaton and grandson Andy Farr; nephews Brad, Michelle and Thomas Smith of Dallas, and Gauntt, Keren and Halley Smith of Seattle, Wash.; and numerous cousins.
She was preceded in death by husband Riley Dwain Eaton in 1982.
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When the General Assembly reconvenes on Wednesday, Feb. 8, local lawmakers plan to mark the day with more simplicity than spectacle.
"I've nothing planned so far for Opening Day," said state Rep. Fred Camillo, a Republican representing Greenwich in the 151st House District. "I usually bring several friends and family members up, but this year, I have been busy with projects and work in the home district so I need to think about that in the coming days!"
State Sen. Beth Bye, a Democrat representing several municipalities in the 5th Senate District including West Hartford, usually brings her family to hear the State of the State. However, this year she is bringing a 5th-grade student from Morely School.
"I talked with her parents ...it turns out she is very interested in government so I invited Soiban Boyle, and she is very excited," Bye said.
"As for Opening Day, this will be my 14th, but it still remains very exciting and humbling to begin a new year of service to my constituents and state," said state Rep. TR Rowe, a Republican representing Trumbull in the 123rd House District. "I've saved all my opening day tickets and display them proudly in my office, and will have another one to add on the 8th."
"This year will actually be my first "opening day," as I was elected in a special election last February - thus I do not yet have any traditions," said state Rep. James Albis, a Democrat representing East Haven in the 99th House District. "I had not planned on anything special, just continuing to work hard to make sure my bills are ready."
Connecticut's financial problems will likely extend beyond the current biennium's projected deficits, said local lawmakers.
Fred Carstensen, Director for the Connecticut Center for Economic Analysis at UConn said he doesn't think the April 2011 consensus revenue forecast from the Office of Fiscal Analysis and the Office of Policy Management is correct. That forecast says revenue, under the tax structure, should improve 5.1 percent FY 2012-2013.
"That seems highly unlikely as it relies on rapid economic growth of the same magnitude. Growth is unlikely to be more than 2 or 2.5 percent–which can not credibly generate 5.1 percent growth in revenue," Carstensen said. "Moreover, Wall Street is shifting to more salary, less bonus, which means that those living in Connecticut but working in NYC will have less non-wage income on which to pay tax in Connecticut. So I anticipate revenues will be significantly lower than OFA/OPM projections, and that the budget will therefore slide back into deficit–as is now projected for FY 2012. FY 2013 will be significantly worse."
Local lawmakers weighed in on how the state should deal with the economic situation.
State Sen. Toni Boucher, a Republican representing Bethel, New Canaan, Ridgefield, Weston, Westport and Wilton in the 26th Senate District wants the unions to sit back down at the negotiating table. She said though a deal was reached last session, there are ways to get them to renegotiate, starting with asking them to come on good faith.
Carstensen doesn't expect that to happen, but he does expect changes in the budget nonetheless.
"I doubt there would be any renegotiation. It does mean there will be probably be more budget adjustments," Carstensen said. "The unknown is how quickly the major bonded capital projects will kick into the revenue stream. The busway and Bioscience/Jackson labs will both boost tax revenue in the short term."
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He ended up staying and teaching.
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"The kids are there because they're looking for something a little different (than other high schools)," he said.
He's excited about the small, tight-knit staff as well as the students.
With the former Henderson Bay principal moving to Peninsula High School and Tom Leacy serving as principal at Gig Harbor, Tovey joins two other district alumni.
Even more interesting: None of the principals ended up at the school they graduated from. Goodwin is a Gig Harbor grad and Leacy is a Peninsula grad.
"I'm a Peninsula School District alum, and for me to be able to continue to serve in the district is really, really cool for me," Tovey said.
Tovey graduated from Peninsula in 1987. He taught social studies there from 1998 to 2009.
He spent five years at Gig Harbor in the role of assistant principal.
"I love it, I love Gig Harbor ... I just felt like I was ready for the next step," he said.
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---- — In a sign of the times, many veterans' clubs nationwide are seeing a membership drop. The latest to close because of the trend — the Veterans of Foreign Wars post in Cobleskill — will auction off the contents of its building Saturday.
Brian Goodrich, the commander of VFW Post 5088 and a veteran of military action in Somalia, said attendance at recent meetings has dwindled to a peak of just 13 members, down from about 30 when he joined the post seven years ago.
"Some of the older members moved out of the area or died," said Goodrich, a Carlisle resident, noting that many surviving World War II veterans are close to 90 or older.
Keeping up the building housing the post — a former garage on Elm Street — has also become a major expense for the members in recent years, he said.
Meanwhile, attracting veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan has been difficult because many of them are busy beginning their careers and being involved with their young families, Goodrich said.
"I'm one of the youngest members in my post, and I'm 40," he said.
Items that will be auctioned include pool tables, a beer cooler, kitchen equipment, a television and games. The sale is being handled by auctioneer Thomas All of Sharon Springs. The closing will leave Schoharie County with just one veterans hall, one in Middleburgh, Goodrich said.
Tony Moore of Davenport, the president of the Oneonta Veterans Club and past commander of the Davenport VFW post, said recruiting younger members has been a challenge for veterans organizations.
"The younger guys have a lot going on in their lives," he said. "When their children are grown, that's when they have time to join and get involved with organizations."
Moore, an ex-Marine who saw combat action in Vietnam, said most of those who stop in at the Oneonta club are Vietnam veterans or veterans of World War II. He noted the Davenport club's oldest member — Al Daye — recently died at the age of 94.
One exception to the dip in membership has been at the Cooperstown Veterans Club, where Michael Boyson, the commander of the American Legion based at the club, said the organization has been able to expand its auxiliary membership by recruiting the sons and daughters of veterans.
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Kernel Korner - The Hidden Treasures of iptables
Linux's iptables allows powerful firewalls to be implemented at a minute fraction of the cost of many commercial offerings. Basic iptables firewalls are packet filters, which means they inspect the network communications flowing through them a packet at a time and make choices about how those packets are handled. Simple configurations can be used to drop certain packets and accept others. The choice about which policy to apply to a particular packet commonly is made on the basis of the IP address and port number to which it has been sent and the direction in which it is traveling. iptables also can use state information to make more-informed choices based on the state of the connection to which the packet relates. This is known as connection tracking.
A simple and highly effective firewall configuration blocks inbound TCP/IP connection packets and UDP exchanges initiated from the public Internet while allowing outbound ones over translated addresses. This gives users free access to the outside world while protecting them from unwelcome intrusions. Such configurations are a bit simplistic and may need additional filters to be truly useful, but the basic concept is straightforward.
iptables has a lot more to offer than these simple packet-filtering criteria. Some of the extras are fairly well known and even may make their way into some off-the-shelf Linux distributions, but some lesser-known features are worthy of investigation. These are the hidden treasures I intend to point you toward in this article. It would take a book to describe all the possible features and options associated with them, so all I do here is flag their existence and put you on the path of exploration.
Netfilter has two groups of components, the kernel and user-mode pieces. The user-mode group consists of the iptables and related utilities, libraries, manual pages and scripts. The kernel components are patches to existing kernel sources and a number of extra modules.
Applying patches to a system as large and complex as the Linux kernel can be a daunting task to the uninitiated, and the road is littered with traps and potential blind turns. A bad or incompatible patch readily can produce a kernel that doesn't compile, or worse, doesn't boot. The Netfilter team has sought to resolve these difficulties by providing us with a robot guide, POM, or Patch-o-matic. POM is a collection of patches and a script for applying them to your kernel, and it's a joy even for a relative novice to use.
The kernel patches included with POM are classified into a number of groups according to their history and quality. Some of them are base patches needed in every iptables/Netfilter installation. Others are optional or experimental extras that provide interesting features, some of which I describe in this article. These are the promised hidden treasures, what the POM documentation describes as "Maybe broken, Maybe cool extensions."
Running POM is simple; download the latest Patch-o-matic tarball from the directory /pub/patch-o-matic on ftp.netfilter.org, restore it on your system and run the following command while logged in as root. Make sure to give the correct kernel source directory name as the value of the KERNEL_DIR parameter:
KERNEL_DIR=/usr/src/linux-2.4 ./runme extra
The string module probably is the most widely used extra from the POM trove. It allows packets to be matched against strings occurring anywhere in their data payload. This module has all sorts of uses but needs to be applied carefully so as not to be overzealous. One possible use is to block the downloading of ELF executables from the Web. We can set up a filter that identifies Web return traffic by looking for TCP/IP packets coming from the Internet-facing interface with a source port of 80. If we know that an ELF file starts with hex character 7f followed by the letters ELF (which it does), we can use the string match to search for this sequence. Non-ASCII characters can be embedded in the string by using the pipe symbol to enclose them, so we use |7F|ELF. Assuming that the Internet-facing network interface is eth0, the command is:
iptables -A FORWARD -i eth0 -p tcp --sport 80 \ -m string --string '|7F|ELF' -j DROP
The syntax for embedding hex characters into the string was introduced in iptables 1.2.8. If you are using an earlier version, you need to resort to trickery. For example:
--string "`dd if=/bin/ls bs=4 count=1 2>/dev/null`"
great information, thanks alot.
Xtables-addons is the successor to patch-o-matic(-ng)
Xtables-addons is the successor to patch-o-matic(-ng). Likewise, it contains extensions that were not accepted in the main iptables package.
Xtables-addons is different from patch-o-matic in that you do not have to patch or recompile either kernel or Xtables(iptables).
Wonderful ! thank you for this great post ! it really shows the power of iptables ! and this is juste a sample :)
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A lot of wrestling fans were a bit confused on Monday Night Raw this week when it was revealed that Paul Heyman and Antonio Cesaro are no longer together. The reason for the abrupt split is because WWE wants Heyman to be associated only with Brock Lesnar, who is rumored to be returning as soon as the night after WWE Battleground 2014. The former UFC champion is rumored to be on the receiving end of a huge push in the coming months.
July 15, 2014
With his career in MMA coming to a close soon, Rashad Evans wants to make the jump from UFC to WWE. Rumors are floating around right now that he has already contacted WWE to gauge their interest in signing him. Vince McMahon is not a huge fan of MMA, but he does know that UFC fighters have name value. Triple H is reportedly said to be interested in bringing Evans on board.
July 10, 2014
The rumors of John Cena winning the WWE title at Money in the Bank 2014 just got hotter now that the company has accidentally revealed a poster for Summerslam 2014, which features what looks like a main event match between Cena and Brock Lesnar. There has been speculations over the last couple of months that when the former UFC champion makes his return to WWE, he would be thrown into a title program.
June 25, 2014
After announcing his retirement from UFC, Chael Sonnen posted a quote on his Twitter account that stated, "Bad times don't last, but bad guys do." The comment caught the attention of Scott Hall, who proceeded to criticize Sonnen for stealing the line that he made while being inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame. This appears to be a misunderstanding as Sonnen is a big fan of wrestling and has used several quotes over the years.
June 22, 2014
While the former UFC champion continues to campaign publicly for a return to the company, WWE has continued to ignore Ken Shamrock. The MMA legend revealed during a recent interview that he has again attempted to make contact with people backstage and again they have refused to speak with him. Shamrock appears to be growing frustrated with the situation, as he is now telling people that WWE is falling.
May 18, 2014
Even though he is now a WWE star again, Brock Lesnar still keeps up with the world of MMA. The former UFC Heavyweight Champion recently contacted Dana White to ask the company president for a favor. Lesnar needed help convincing close friend Pat Berry to retire because his health was being jeopardized. White did not feel that he had enough sway to make Berry quit the sport.
May 12, 2014
It looks like Batista has just increased his value in WWE a little bit more, as the former world heavyweight champion has now been cast in the upcoming Kickboxer remake, a movie that originally starred Jean Claude Van Damme during the 1980s. Joining Batista in the film will be UFC superstar Georges St Pierre. While the movie is not as big as Guardians of the Galaxy, it does have a cult following, which should bring more mainstream exposure for Batista.
May 12, 2014
Steve Austin recently did a podcast interview with Paul Heyman, and the two of them discussed the possibility of Austin returning for another match with WWE. Austin stated that he would entertain the idea if he were allowed to wrestle Brock Lesnar, as he feels that the former UFC Heavyweight Champion can give him the match quality that he wants.
April 19, 2014
The plans being penciled in backstage for Summerslam 2014 is for Brock Lesnar to make his return and challenge Daniel Bryan for the WWE championship. Rumors going around right now is that Lesnar will be taking time off until about a month before the pay per view. The former UFC champion would then return and state that his next challenge in WWE is to go after the world title.
April 18, 2014
There are those backstage in WWE that feel that the booking for Brock Lesnar and Undertaker was not done properly over the last few weeks, as the former UFC champion has not been made to look like much of a threat to end the streak at Wrestlemania 30. Vince McMahon had to be convinced to allow Lesnar to look strong against Undertaker on Monday Night Raw this week.
April 3, 2014
Since he only works a limited amount of dates per year for the company, WWE is very selective when it comes to choosing who Brock Lesnar works with. Management has kept him only involved with main event performers. Sheamus has publicly stated that he would like to be one of the guys to work against the former UFC champion next.
April 2, 2014
"I don't know if anybody will ever accomplish what he's accomplished in the heavyweight division in that short amount of time. Had it not been for the unfortunate issue he had to deal with his stomach, who knows what could have happened if he continued to train, and continued to hone in on his skills. What he did was epic and historic." - Rock discusses what Brock Lesnar did in UFC
April 2, 2014
A picture of Dana White and the Rock watching the UFC fights that took place over the weekend i Brazil. White joked on Twitter that he was watching the even with his puny friend. Rock is playfully looking intense.
March 25, 2014
An interesting incident took place recently during a Chael Sonnen interview. The always colorful UFC star was asked about his good friend CM Punk leaving WWE. He informed people to ask Triple H and Stephanie McMahon about the situation. Sonnen then flashed a piece of paper to the camera. It contained the personal phone numbers for Stephanie.
March 14, 2014
During a recent interview, Ken Shamrock was asked to compare Vince McMahon and Dana White. The MMA legend stated that it was easier to work for the WWE CEO than it was to work with the UFC president. McMahon and White are both known for being quite eccentric. The belief is that Shamrock chose McMahon because he wants back in with the company.
March 13, 2014
During a recent interview, Ken Shamrock was asked about the backstage heat between he and Triple H, and the former UFC champion stated that HHH did not want him back in WWE because he had to put over Shamrock several times in the past. Shamrock noted that HHH has a history of being upset when asked by management to put others over.
March 13, 2014
During a recent interview, Ken Shamrock was asked about CM Punk walking away from WWE, and the former UFC champion was quick to bash the Straight Edge Superstar. Shamrock called Punk a spoiled brat for leaving the company simply because he was not getting his way. He also stated that Punk would not have a chance in UFC.
March 13, 2014
A minor legal fuss has made its way to the desk of Vince McMahon this week, as Frank Shamrock, the former UFC star who is also the brother of Ken Shamrock, is suing WWE because he feels that they took his trademarked design and created shirts for Sheamus. The WWE legal department is expected to handle things pretty soon.
February 28, 2014
CM Punk was not the only former WWE star that attended the UFC event in Las Vegas over the weekend. Steve Austin was there as well. He has been frequently spotted at MMA shows, especially back when Brock Lesnar was still fighting. No word yet on whether or not Punk and Austin got together for a discussion that night.
February 24, 2014
While he has largely avoided the public since leaving WWE, it appears that UFC is too much of a draw for CM Punk. The former world heavyweight champion attended the MMA show in Las Vegas this weekend, where he watched it at ringside with UFC president Dana White. Punk was also spotted with Eve Torres and her husband afterwards.
February 23, 2014
A video from Monday Night Raw of El Torito celebrating Cinco de Mayo with Diego and Fernando before being attacked by Hornswoggle, Heath Slater, Jinder Mahal and Drew McIntyre.
May 6, 2014
During the Extreme Rules 2014 kickoff match, El Torito defeated Hornswoggle. He picked up the pin fall victory after jumping off the top rope and driving Hornswoggle through the table. Miniature tables and ladders were utilized during the WeeLC match. Diego, Fernando, Heath Slater, Jinder Mahal and Drew McIntyre were all involved in the match.
May 4, 2014
In an action filled Wrestlemania 30 kickoff match, Jimmy Uso and Jey Uso retained the WWE tag team championship by defeating Diego, Fernando, Curtis Axel, Ryback, Jack Swagger and Antonio Cesaro in a fatal four way elimination tag team bout. Afterwards, Cesaro did a face turn after Swagger attempted to attack him for being pinned.
April 6, 2014
Rumor has it that there are several people backstage in WWE that are disappointed with how Antonio Cesaro is being utilized at Wrestlemania 30. Instead of being given a big singles match on the pay per view, he is working a kickoff match with Jack Swagger. It also features Jimmy Usu, Jey Uso, Fernando, Diego, Ryback and Curtis Axel.
April 4, 2014
Initially, the belief was that the tag team championships were going to be given some spotlight by WWE at their biggest pay per view of the year, but it has now been announced that Ryback, Curtis Axel, Fernando, Diego, Antonio Cesaro, Jack Swagger, Jimmy Uso and Jey Uso are being moved to the Wrestlemania 30 kickoff match spot.
April 1, 2014
When Carlos Colon was announced as an inductee into the WWE hall of fame at Wrestlemania 30, some were under the belief that Diego and Fernando would be receiving a little push in order to promote the induction. However, it is much too late to do that, so management might simply put the two of them into the Andre the Giant memorial battle royal match instead.
March 19, 2014
While nothing has been made official yet in regards to who will be inducting Carlos Colon, Carlito has revealed that he will be definitely be at Wrestlemania 30 to watch his father being inducted into the hall of fame that weekend. The belief is that WWE will have the former US champion, Diego and Fernando all inducting Colon in the segment.
March 18, 2014
Since the company is expected to have Carlito, Diego and Fernando all inducting Carlos Colon into the hall of fame at Wrestlemania 30, there are talks that WWE could try to convince the former United States Heavyweight Champion to make his return as an in ring performer. The Los Matadores gimmick has not exactly drawn in the fans, so the trio could be paired together.
March 17, 2014
Even though he did not leave the company on the best of terms, Carlito is said to be returning to WWE at Wrestlemania 30 to induct his father Carlos Colon into the hall of fame. The belief is that his brother Diego and his cousin Fernando will also be a part of the induction ceremony as well. The induction announcement for Colon will be made during Smackdown this Friday.
March 13, 2014
Since management wanted to test out the developmental wrestlers to see if they were ready to be called up to the main roster, the Ascension, a tag team consisting of Conor OBrian and Rick Victor, were given a match against Diego and Fernando at the big live event in New York City this weekend. WWE even paired Vickie Guerrero up with them. Unfortunately, though, the crowd was silent and indifferent towards the duo, thus hurting their chances of being promoted.
March 9, 2014
Many within WWE have already chalked up the El Torito gimmick as a bust. Management were hoping that he could help elevate Diego and Fernando, but the audience has simply not connected with the trio. Torito will be kept around, though, as his contract is reasonably priced and kids at live events seem to enjoy his presence.
February 19, 2014
It looks like Antonio Cesaro might be in the doghouse with WWE, as the former ROH star was recently booked in a surprising loss during a singles match against Fernando, a performer that is rarely featured on Monday Night Raw or Smackdown.
January 13, 2014
Los Matadores defeated Jack Swagger and Antonio Cesaro at Hell in a Cell after the masked duo hit their tag team finisher on Swagger.
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The strong Democratic support seems to bear out the sense that President Obama won most of what he wanted from the deal, while Republicans accepted tax-rate increases and new spending without winning any spending cuts in return.
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Do you see a point at which you're going to throw the whole weight of the presidency behind this, like you did on health care or financial reform?
Yes. Not only can I foresee it, but I am committed to making sure that we get an energy policy that makes sense for the country and that helps us grow at the same time as it deals with climate change in a serious way. I am just as committed to getting immigration reform done.
I've been here two years, guys. And one of the things that I just try to remember is that if we have accomplished 70 percent of what we committed to in the campaign, historic legislation, and we've got 30 percent of it undone — well, that's what the next two years is for, or maybe the next six.
Understandably, everybody has a great sense of urgency about these issues. But one of the things that I constantly want to counsel my friends is to keep the long view in mind. On social issues, something like "don't ask, don't tell." Here, I've got the Secretary of Defense and the Joint Chiefs of Staff both committed to changing the policy. That's a big deal.
You get credit for that.
Now, I am also the commander in chief of an armed forces that is in the midst of one war and wrapping up another one. So I don't think it's too much to ask, to say "Let's do this in an orderly way" — to ensure, by the way, that gays and lesbians who are serving honorably in our armed forces aren't subject to harassment and bullying and a whole bunch of other stuff once we implement the policy. I use that as an example because on each of these areas, even those where we did not get some grand legislative victory, we have made progress. We have moved in the right direction.
When people start being concerned about, "You haven't closed Guantánamo yet," I say, listen, that's something I wanted to get done by now, and I haven't gotten done because of recalcitrance from the other side. Frankly, it's an easy issue to demagogue. But what I have been able to do is to ban torture. I have been able to make sure that our intelligence agencies and our military operate under a core set of principles and rules that are true to our traditions of due process. People will say, "I don't know — you've got your Justice Department out there that's still using the state-secrets doctrine to defend against some of these previous actions." Well, I gave very specific instructions to the Department of Justice. What I've said is that we are not going to use a shroud of secrecy to excuse illegal behavior on our part. On the other hand, there are occasions where I've got to protect operatives in the field, their sources and their methods, because if those were revealed in open court, they could be subject to very great danger. There are going to be circumstances in which, yes, I can't have every operation that we're engaged in to deal with a very real terrorist threat published in Rolling Stone.
These things don't happen overnight. But we're moving in the right direction, and that's what people have to keep in mind.
What has surprised you the most about these first two years in office? What advice would you give your successor about the first two years?
Over the past two years, what I probably anticipated but you don't fully appreciate until you're in the job, is something I said earlier, which is if a problem is easy, it doesn't hit my desk. If there's an obvious solution, it never arrives here — somebody else has solved it a long time ago. The issues that cross my desk are hard and complicated, and oftentimes involve the clash not of right and wrong, but of two rights. And you're having to balance and reconcile against competing values that are equally legitimate.
What I'm very proud of is that we have, as an administration, kept our moral compass, even as we've worked through these very difficult issues. Doesn't mean we haven't made mistakes, but I think we've moved the country in a profoundly better direction just in the past two years.
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It would be so cool, if LP do tour DVD and it runs on cinemas, but even cooler would be that if it comes to Finland. We live little bit behind that swamp and we always miss everything... -.-*
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Huge ratings for Driver, 'Dancing With the Stars' finale
Green Bay Packer Donald Driver's victory Tuesday on "Dancing With the Stars" averaged a rating of 28.4 on local ABC affiliate WISN-TV (Channel 12). The ratings per quarter-hour were steady through the night. They began with a 27.1 and ended with a 31.
The combined rating for all three other local network affiliates was about an 11.
A local rating point is the equivalent of 9,100 television homes.
By comparison, WITI-TV (Channel 6) earned a 59.7 rating in 2011 when the Packers defeated the Pittsburgh Steelers in the Super Bowl.
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Today is the first day of the Olympia, and I am packing up and heading out--but not to prejudging. Instead, I am heading to the airport for my sister-in-law's wedding. I am so happy to celebrate this weekend with family, but it's a really a strange feeling to not be a part of the Olympia festivities. I will miss seeing my fitness family, hanging with my buddies and chatting with so many of you.
To all the athletes competing...I wish you lots and lots of luck. I hope that each of you step on stage feeling your absolute best, shining with confidence and overflowing with happiness. Remember to take it all in. Be in the moment. And, don't take a minute of it for granted. I will be cheering for you from the Bahamas!
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Enough! It's Time to Enforce the Standards for Assurance on Governance, Risk Management, and Internal Controls
A new report from Booz & Co., Bringing Back Best Practices in Risk Management: Banks' Three Lines of Defense, considers the financial crisis, expresses strong opinions, and makes a number of key points (emphasis added).
- "The real culprits were bad governance, bad incentive systems, and astonishingly poor risk management at some major banks."
- "We contend that at a small number of banks, a focus on basics actually prevented many losses. In particular, they benefited from a strong risk culture combined with a sharp focus on three effective lines of defense: top management and the front office, the risk management function, and audit. These lines of defense, staffed with capable individuals imbued with a strong sense of risk awareness, are at the heart of effective risk management."
- "In many respects, losses stemmed from a failure of one of the core functions of banks: risk management. By this, we do not mean simply the risk management function. Rather, we are speaking of risk management in a holistic sense."
- "The more serious gaps within companies are related not to technology and models but to the role of individual people and general decision-making processes. Good tools and processes provide the basis for a solid risk manage¬ment framework, but the human aspects of decision-making must not be underestimated. For a number of institutions, the strong drive for profit in the seemingly benign pre-crisis environment led to veiled but intense pressures on risk departments to approve increasingly risky transactions. In turn, these assaults on the institu¬tional risk culture have weakened the stature and prominence of the risk discipline."
- "The risk culture of an organization stems from its leadership. If the board is to understand, define, and actively manage its organization's risk appetite, it needs a core of executive directors with solid business and risk expertise. The board must be able to appreciate the risks being run. In practice, this means board members must not only be informed but also understand the risk–return drivers inherent in major product innovations and concentrations."
- 1st line of defense: top management. Responsibilities include, per Booz:
- Promote a strong risk culture and sustainable risk-return thinking.
- Portfolio optimization on the macro and micro level.
- Promote a strong culture of adhering to limits and managing risk exposure.
- Ongoing monitoring of positions and inherent risks.
- 2nd line of defense: risk management function responsibilities include:
- Combination of watchdog and trusted advisor; police limits with "teeth."
- Understand how the business makes money — and actively challenge initiatives if appropriate.
- Top talent with business experience engaging with front office as equals.
- Risk management separate from risk control.
- Overarching "risk oversight unit" across all risk types.
- Intraday availability for data and positions; comprehensive report at T+1 6 a.m.
"Alongside a farsighted and responsible front office, banks need an effective, respected risk management function. Risk managers need to go beyond the traditional role of "limit cop": Not only do they need to understand and challenge the front office; they also need to develop a deep understanding of concentrations, correlations, and early warnings. Finance must develop a more critical understanding of the underlying risk-return drivers of profitability."
- 3rd line of defense: audit. Booz describes its responsibilities as including:
- Good understanding of capital markets, the business type, and risk management.
- Top talent within audit — to challenge the front office and risk management function.
- Independent oversight function — with enforcement ability (e.g., immediate fulfillment of findings).
- Ability to link business and risk with process and IT know-how.
The third line of defense — audit — has arguably failed in its role of providing independent and objective assurance of the effectiveness of the first two lines of defense.
Internal auditing's role in governance, well expressed by the definition of internal auditing in the Standards, is to provide assurance on governance, risk management, and related internal controls. There is a growing sense, among auditors and the community at large, that internal auditing failures to provide independent assurance — in the form of assessments and opinions, not just audits with a list of findings — contributed to the recent crisis. Booz's comments on internal audit failure are based on the absence of internal audit pressure to identify governance and risk management weaknesses and act as a change agent to inform the board and ensure the deficiencies are corrected.
Do you agree, and what will it take to move the practice of the profession of internal auditing from performing audits of controls to providing assurance of governance processes, risk management, and related controls? I offer the following suggestions for comment:
- Any internal audit department that does not periodically assess the organization's governance processes (using a risk-based approach) is not performing internal auditing consistent with the Standards and must fail its quality assurance review. The Quality Committee of The IIA should provide this guidance immediately.
- Any internal audit department that does not periodically assess the organization's risk management processes (using a risk-based approach) is not performing internal auditing consistent with the Standards and must fail its quality assurance review. The Quality Committee of The IIA should provide this guidance immediately.
- Any internal auditing department that does not have a charter that requires formal assurance (in the form of an opinion provided to the board or committee of the board) on the organization's governance, risk management, and related internal control processes should be considered to have an inadequate charter. This should be reported in the quality assurance review, with the organization required to correct the deficiency within 12 months. The Quality Committee of The IIA should provide this guidance immediately.
- Any internal audit department that is not independent of management in the development of the audit plan (including changes made to reflect changes in risks) or in the provision of appropriate and necessary audit resources is not considered independent from inappropriate management influence and must fail its quality assurance review. An acceptable compensating control is if the board (or committee of the board) has full knowledge of the situation and formally approves limitations in the audit plan or in the provision of resources. The Quality Committee of The IIA should provide this guidance immediately.
- The IIA should develop a change management program to help member internal audit functions move from a controls focus to a program consistent with the definition of internal auditing, including providing formal assurance of governance, risk management, and related internal control processes.
- A senior member of IIA staff and a respected volunteer practitioner should be charged with oversight of the change management program.
- The IIA should establish an office to assist CAEs who believe their organization does not provide appropriate support for an independent and objective internal audit department that operates consistent with The IIA's Standards, including the regular assessment of governance, risk management, and related internal controls. This office should also consider and take appropriate actions, which may include a formal investigation, where a CAE or other internal auditor (whether a member of The IIA or not) alleges inappropriate management interference with internal audit activities.
- The IIA should expand its advocacy and stakeholder training efforts to influence a broader understanding by both stakeholders and practitioners of the role of internal auditing in providing assurance of governance, risk management, and related internal controls.
- The IIA should perform investigations of suspected internal audit failures and provide reports to those organization's boards and discipline members where appropriate.
- The IIA's quality assurance program and the results of completed reviews should be subject to an independent annual audit.
Posted on Jun 19, 2009 by Norman Marks
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Piwik Analytics Seeks Crowdfunding for New Features
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- Jan 21, 2013 - MONTREAL, Canada -- The start of 2013, is beginning with a fresh look for Piwik.org. Thanks to the team at
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has been completely redesigned from top to bottom. According to Adrian Speyer, marketing lead at Piwik, "The new design makes it easier for new users to discover more about Piwik and much clearer for users to find what they are looking for." The new design was 6 months in the making, but Piwik is not finished in their redesign project. "We also have plans to revamp the forum in the near future as well. We are quite excited by some of the other surprises we have in store for 2013."
One of the early surprises for 2013, was Piwik
launching a crowdfunding initiative
. "This is also a big change for Piwik." According to Mr. Speyer, "In the past, Piwik had relied on donations from it's users, but it was never active in soliciting in donations. In 2013, we are not going to be shy in asking for help from our community to keep bringing a great product. These pledges enable us to develop features much quicker than we normally could with currently limited resources. Piwik is and always be free, but the money people donate to Piwik helps investing in a better product. This is actually why we started the crowdfunding initiative". In late December, Piwik started a crowdfunding initiative: the first feature out of the gate, was the flash free SVG maps of Visitors who view your website. The map
reports in real time the visits by Country, Cities and Regions
. 144 donators from 16 countries donated $4,400. This project made its funding goal with a week to spare! The current feature seeking funding is a Custom Segments editor, suited for data analysts. "We recognize that some users are only comfortable in the Piwik user interface, so in 2013, one of our goals is to make some powerful features accessible from within the interface. In this case, Custom segments or filters were available by creating a special url or via Piwik API. If we reach the funding goal, we will implement a solution that will simple to use yet allowing complicated use cases." explained Mr . Speyer. "Our goal to achieve funding for this is 6,000€ by Feb 14th."
Asked about the reason Piwik started a crowd-funding initiative, Mr. Speyer noted "Piwik market share is a great reward to us. There are more than 464,000 websites using Piwik in 150 countries, and usage is still growing! Piwik is a preferred choice because people want to have control over their data, but they also need a powerful analytics platform. In order to bring them more features they want, faster, we need their financial support to accelerate their requests and needs. We also thought crowdfunding was a great way to democratize all the feature requests. So we select certain wanted features that might just be outside our timeline/budget and can achieve them quicker by getting additional resources. We have a very active and involved community as is shown by their interest and shared passion in supporting us in our crowdfunding efforts."
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When you are a child, anything your parents do is considered normal.
I remember my great uncle, a native from New Madrid, MO, placing what looked like the biggest hot dog I had ever seen on the grill.
Even my father was taken back by what he had saw.
"Uncle, what is that?" my dad asked.
"Boy, that there is a pig tail!" my uncle said.
After a tail had cooled off, my dad and I had shared one. The end was as crispy as a pig nose or snoot, and the other end was as flavorful and juicy as a rib. I was no stranger to a snoot or ribs, so the fusion was pure swine heaven.
From that day forward, my father grilled pig tails at every barbecue. At every occasion, he tries to lure a new victim into eating a tail. Also, with the word "tail" comes a list of innuendos.
From then on I have ventured out by grilling fish, seafood and vegetables. I found out that some vegetables can be grilled to go into a nice pasta, and now I look forward to it whenever possible.
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First Horizon falls under the $10 mark
Memphis-based First Horizon closed at $9.91 today, an event that is noteworthy for a couple of reasons.
For one thing, the company's First Tennessee bank is the dominant player within the Volunteer State -- with a deposit market share of nearly 20 percent as of last June -- and is also the largest bank headquartered in Tennessee.
While the $10 threshold is arbitrary, it shows just how hard the current slowdown is hitting the lender. According to Morningstar, First Horizon shares are now trading at more than 75 percent below their 52-week high.
In addition, it's been less than a month since the company sold 69 million shares at $10 each. At the time, the stock was going for $11 a share.


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