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Richard Henderson provides a challenge with his love letter to Song Cycle. Rather than questioning the music-buying public of 1968 or dare doing anything to besmirch the pristine mythos of Van Dyke Parks, Henderson instead divides the whole of Song Cycle into two camps. He spends a great portion of the book leading us down a more conventional path by comparing Parks' solo debut to his comrades, Randy Newman and Ry Cooder. The notion that Parks, despite his penchant for drugs, philosophy, and experimentation, was a part of a more streamlined factory of potential hitmakers is continually reinforced throughout Henderson's prose. Yet it's the idea that Parks created a psychedelic masterpiece that lends the latest 33 1/3 exposé a unique slant.
Despite Henderson's affection toward Song Cycle as outsider art, he keeps the album grounded with continual comparisons to the debuts of Newman and Cooder (Parks was co-producer on both alongside Lenny Waronker), using statistics of sales, advertising, and art direction. He goes so far as to mirror their career trajectories onto Parks, as all three were part of a new Warner Bros. at a time when the music business was in upheaval. But while easy to gloss over, Henderson's attention to detail also gives birth to the fantastical idea that Song Cycle, as well as the debuts of Cooder and Newman, were not just solid examples of songwriting, but masterworks of innovation.
This is where Henderson's novel moves from nostalgic ode to doctoral thesis, arguing that Song Cycle is a dusty relic of true psychedelia. It's a bold argument. Consider what most would classify as the psychedelic sound, and the work of Van Dyke Parks would hardly seem a worthy contender. Yet through the album, Henderson quickly — but powerfully — describes Song Cycle as a far-out chameleon, utilizing tempo and mood changes so abrupt that one cannot help but feel as if they are on a never-ending trip. He explains, convincingly, how Parks disorients with volume and style, relying on bizarre studio tricks and sly distortion to bend sound to his will.
A book so straight in its delivery but so dreamlike in its unconditional love makes the perfect case that psychedelic music is not a sound but an ideology, one that's in fact at the heart of Song Cycle. As a novel bent on describing the minutia of Song Cycle, few 33 1/3 entries come close to matching Henderson's clinical tone. But among his tweed jacket lectures and calculus figures, he also creates a fundamental argument about genre. And by prodding the ad campaigns of Warner Bros. and dissecting the album art, he only furthers the idea that "outsider art" like Song Cycle is necessarily counterculture.


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Ask Mr. Gold: Stranded At (Or Near) LAX? Head To Mariscos Chente
Mr. Gold, with dim sum menu
Anne Fishbein
Dear Mr. Gold:
I am meeting a relative at LAX on a night when the Encounter restaurant is closed. Is there something nearby that you can recommend? It could be for drinks, some decent food, or preferably both.
--Thomas, Los Angeles
Dear Thomas:
Someday soon, we are promised, LAX will be a magical fairyland of cuisine, where the terminals will fairly bristle with the best that Los Angeles dining has to offer, where the enchiladas, pizzas, and exquisite regional cuisine will be as close as the Lot C shuttle. At the moment - not so much. Although the Daily Grill in the Bradley International Terminal is better than the other options.
But Pann's, the last of L.A.'s great '50s coffeeshops, is just a couple of minutes away on La Tijera, and the fried chicken, biscuits, patty melts and such are definitely worth a stop, although you wouldn't call it a beverage paradise. Even less inclined to serve you a drink - they are strictly halal - are Al-Watan and Al-Noor, the wonderful Pakistani restaurants a few minutes south of the airport, although the tandoor-grilled meats may be the very best in the area.
If you do need to get your drink on, there's Paco's Tacos in Westchester, as well as the well-regarded Paul Martin's in El Segundo, which is known for its organic California cooking as well as for its bar. But I might head instead to one of the Mexican restaurants in the unincorporated area called Lennox a bit south of the airport, where the beer flows freely and the tacos, grilled chicken and carne asada are grand. The best of Lennox's many choices at the moment is probably Mariscos Chente - you may know its sister restaurant in Mar Vista - which specializes in killer Mazatlan-style seafood dishes, especially shrimp in all its various and wonderful forms.
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Anthrax fines 'nothing short of craziness' DVM says
Falfurias, Texas-Dr. Michael Vickers changed the law on disposing of diseased food animal carcasses for rural veterinarians in Texas, but his battle with a Texas government agency still presses on.
Vickers was fined $9,000 by the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission for burning carcasses infected with anthrax and other diseases. It is the recommended method of disposal for diseased animals, and Vickers says he calls the fines nothing short of craziness.
He is motivated to fight on. "I am going to take them to the mat on this one," he tells DVM Newsmagazine.
Vickers was the veterinarian who first discovered the Ames strain of anthrax, which was implicated in killing five people last fall due to letter terrorism attacks.
His case made it all the way to the New York Times, which is a long way from Falfurias near Austin; his hospital, however, Las Palmas Veterinary Hospital, is about one mile down the interstate.
Vickers tells DVM Newsmagazine that officials from the state agency were concerned that the smoke from the carcasses being incinerated in an open pit was creating a nuisance. The agency also said that these carcasses were really classified as municipal solid waste and should be disposed of in a landfill.
World Health Organization guidelines call for incineration as the recommended form of disposal for suspected anthrax.
It is a disease that is not new to south Texas. In fact, 20 counties, over the last couple of years, have had anthrax cases in animals.
Vickers adds he has incinerated animals infected with rabies, brucellosis and anthrax, and therefore, simply will not comply due to the threat of disease spread.
"I said 'you people are crazy. I am not going to put these organisms into a dumpster and send them down the road to kill somebody unsuspecting who is handling this garbage.' I am not going to put these organisms in a landfill that could infect and kill somebody generations from now, when that landfill becomes a developed area."
Compelling arguments
His arguments were so compelling, a new law was crafted and implemented to give veterinarians in counties of populations of 10,000 or fewer the ability to dispose of carcasses as they see fit.
Vickers says that the change to the law wouldn't have happened without the help of Johnny B. Rogers of the Texas General Practitioners Association, a veterinary organization of a few hundred rural practitioners. Two state legislators made it happen too, Senator Judith Zaffirini and Rep. Rick Green, Vickers says.
So, what did it cost? Vickers says prosecuting him for a $9,000 fine cost the state an estimated $100,000. Vickers hired a lawyer. Fortunately for him, the lawyer, a friend for many years, also owns 100-head of cattle, 50 dogs and 20 horses. According to Vickers, they have agreed to exchange professional services.
No guff
Vickers isn't taking any guff either about the matter. "They are wrong," he says emphatically. "They are trying to force me to break my veterinarian's oath. They are trying to get me to endanger the lives of human beings and other animals and wildlife populations by this stand. This is much larger than a fine for Mike Vickers. This is an indictment of public health."
Vickers adds, "I am the first one they have ever come after. If I lose this case, I guarantee you, I won't be the last."
Vickers administrative hearing on the fines is set for July. He adds, that the law needs to be changed regardless of the outcome to his case.
"Veterinarians are the first people to come into contact with these pathogenic germs, and veterinarians need to be the first people to destroy them."


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Rocklin police and Whitney High School officials "cannot find any substance" to rumors that there will be a shooting on school campus Friday.
The rumors stem from an Instagram account that posted 24 Instagram profiles of several students at the high school. The account was only active for 20 minutes on April 10. The profile description said, "Whitney High School New World Order 5/30/14."
UPDATE: 3 arrests made in connection with Rocklin school threats
High school Principal Debra Hawkins released the following voicemail at 5 p.m. Thursday using the school messaging system to notify parents:
Transcription of voicemail:
"Good evening, this is Debra Hawkins, Principal of Whitney High School.
"In order to keep you informed and control a rumor that recently started, I'm going to share with you the following.
"This morning, a parent called and shared her son heard a rumor about guns and a shooting on campus tomorrow (Friday, May 30, 2014). Administration immediately engaged the help of our SRO, Officer Davis from the Rocklin Police Department.
"One student rumor led to another student who heard a rumor and so on. Eventually, the investigating team came to an Instagram profile created seven weeks ago. The creator of the page only posted for 20 minutes and hasn't posted since.
"The profile description read, quote, "Whitney High School New World Order 5/30/14," end quote. That is all the investigative team found. No evidence of guns or shootings or threats was found on the profile.
"Again, we have no idea who made the profile. Students who spoke to both the administration and the officer stated they followed the profile briefly, out of curiosity. But there has been no activity on the profile since April 10th.
"As to our inquiry about why students didn't report the profile, until today, the answer was, students didn't think much of the profile until they realized tomorrow is the date mentioned. We also came to understand the rumor is more prevalent among our freshman and sophomore students.
"Regardless of the fact that we cannot find any substance to the rumor or identify the creator of the profile, we have involved the Rocklin police and are taking this seriously.
"If you have any factual information that would be of help tracking down anyone who may know anything of substance, please call the school and contact an administrator tomorrow.
"Thank you and have a good evening."
Parent's who received the voicemail expressed concern that it mentioned nothing about extra security on the campus. One student's mother, who did not want to be identified, said she was keeping her daughter home from school.
"Are backpacks going to be checked? Are there going to be security guards there to do some body checks, you know, girls for the girls, guys for the guys?" the mother said. "Don't let anybody on that campus without a check."
UPDATE: 3 arrests made in connection with Rocklin school threats
Her daughter expressed similar concerns and is anxious about two final exams she is scheduled to take.
"You know, what if something does happen tomorrow, you know, you hear stories like that, but that's never personally happened to me. But what if it does? So there's that fear." the student said. "And then there's the grades, like that's really important too. So you have tests tomorrow and you know that they're really important."
The student's mother said a number of parents plan to go to the school Friday to learn more about how the school will handle the situation.


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Discussion in 'Odds & Ends' started by wings56, Dec 7, 2005.
Post any funny joke you would like or anything else that may be funny, links are welcome too.
My town's so small, there's only 1 hooker. And she's a virgin!
Doctor says to his patient, I have bad news and I have worse news. You have AIDS. The patient says, what could be worse than AIDS? Doctor says, you have alzheimer's. The patient says, at least I don't have AIDS.
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A woman goes to her boyfriends' parents' house for Christmas dinner.
This is to be her first time meeting the family and she is very nervous.
They all sit down and begin eating a fine meal.
The woman is beginning to feel a little discomfort, thanks to her nervousness and the broccoli casserole. The gas pains are almost making her eyes water. Left with no other choice, she decides to relieve herself a bit and lets out a dainty fart.
It wasn't loud, but everyone at the table heard the poof. Before she even had a chance to be embarrassed, her boyfriend's father looked over at the dog that had been snoozing under the woman's chair, and said in a rather stern voice, "Skippy!".
The woman thought, "This is great!" and a big smile came across her face. A couple of minutes later, she was beginning to feel the pain again. This time, she didn't even hesitate. She let a much louder and longer rrrriiip.
The father again looked at the dog and yelled, "Dammit Skippy!"
Once again the woman smiled and thought "Yes!" A few minutes later the woman had to let another rip.
This time she didn't even think about it. She let rip a fart that rivaled a train whistle blowing.
Once again, the father looked at the dog with disgust and yelled, " Dammit Skippy, get away from her, before she ****s on you!"
A woman and a man are involved in a car accident on a snowy, cold Monday morning; it's a bad one. Both of their cars are totally demolished but amazingly neither of them is hurt. God works in Mysterious ways.
After they crawl out of their cars, the woman says, "So.... you're a man. That's interesting. I'm a woman. Wow, just look at our cars! There's nothing left, but we're unhurt. This must be a sign from God that we should meet and be friends and live together in peace for the rest of our days".
Flattered, the man replies, "Oh yes, I agree with you completely, this must be a sign from God!"
The woman continues, "And look at this, here's another miracle. My car is completely demolished but this bottle of wine didn't break. Surely God wants us to drink this wine and celebrate our good fortune. "Then she hands the bottle to the man.
The man nods his head in agreement, opens it and drinks half the bottle and then hands it back to the woman. The woman takes the bottle and immediately puts the cap back on, and hands it back to the man.
The man asks, "Aren't you having any?"
The woman replies, "No. I think I'll just wait for the police...."
A cowboy walks into a bar and two steps in, he realizes it's a gay bar. "What the heck," he says to himself, "I really want a drink."
When the gay waiter approaches, he says to the cowboy, "What's the name of your willy?"
The cowboy says, "Look, I'm not into any of that. All I want is a drink."
The gay waiter says, "I'm sorry but I can't serve you until you tell me the name of your willy. Mine for instance is called NIKE, for the slogan 'Just Do It.' That guy down at the end of the bar calls his SNICKERS, because 'It really Satisfies.' "
The cowboy looks dumbfounded, so the bartender tells him he will give him a second to think it over. So the cowboy asks the man sitting to his left who is sipping on a beer, "Hey bud, what's the name of yours?"
The man looks back and says with a smile, "TIMEX."
The thirsty cowboy asks, "Why Timex?"
The fella proudly replies, " 'Cause it takes a lickin' and keeps on tickin!' "
A little shaken, the cowboy turns to two fella's on his right, who happen to be sharing a fruity Margarita and says, "So, what do you guys call yours?"
The first man turns to him and proudly exclaims, "FORD, because "'Quality is Job One" " Then he adds, "Have you driven a Ford lately?"
The guy next to him then says, "I call mine CHEVY.....Like a Rock!" And gives a wink!
Even more shaken, the Cowboy has to think for a moment before he comes up with a name for his manhood. Finally, he turns to the bartender and exclaims, "The name of my willy is SECRET. Now give me a beer."
The bartender begins to pour the cowboy a beer, but with a puzzled look asks, "'Why Secret?"
The cowboy says,
"Because it's "STRONG ENOUGH FOR A MAN, BUT MADE FOR A WOMAN!!"
There was this couple that had been married for 20 years.
Everytime time they made love the husband always insisted on shutting off the lights.
Well, after 20 years the wife finally decided she would break him of this crazy habit.
So one night in the middle of hot, screaming wild sex, she got up and turned on the lights.
She looked down and saw her husband holding a battery-operated leisure device.....a vibrator! Soft, wonderful and larger than his real one.
She went completely nuts, screaming "YOU IMPOTENT *******!" She screamed at him, "how could you be lying to me all of these years?
You better explain yourself!"
The husband looks her straight in the eyes and says calmly; "I'll explain the toy.....you explain the kids."
Maybe more later.
The Golfer and The Hitman
One morning, a man approached the first tee, only to find another guy approaching from the other side. They began talking and decided to play 9 holes together.
After teeing off, they sat off down the fairway, continuing their chat.
"What do you do?" the first man asked.
"I'm a salesman. What about you?"
"I'm a hitman for the mob," replied the second man.
The hitman noticed that the 1st guy started getting a little nervous and continued. "Yeah. I'm the highest paid guy in the business. I'm the best." He stopped, sat down his bag of clubs, and pulled out a fancy, high powered rifle that was loaded with all types of scopes and sights. He than asked the man where he lived.
Still nervous the man replied, "In a subdivision just west of here."
The hitman placed the gun against his shoulder, faced west, peered into a scope and asked "What color roof ya' got?"
Then he asked "What color siding?"
"You got a silver Toyota?"
"Yeah," replied the first man who was now completely amazed by the accuracy of the hitman's equipment. "That's my wife's car."
"That your red pickup next to it?"
Looking baffled the man asked if he could look through the scope.
Looking through the sights, he said "Hell. That's my buddy Jeff's truck. What the hell is he doing there if I'm..?"
The hitman looked through the scope once more. "Your wife a blond?"
"Your buddy got black hair?"
"Well, I don't know how to tell you, but I think you've got a problem. They're going at it like a couple of teenagers in there." said the hitman.
"Problem??! THEY'VE got the problem! I want you to shoot both of them! Right now!"
The hitman paused and said, "Sure. But it'll cost you. Like I said, I'm the best. I get paid $5,000 per shot."
"I don't care! Just do it! I want you to shoot her right in the head, then shoot him right in the groin!"
The hitman agreed, turned, and took firing position. He carefully stared into the sights, taking careful aim. He then said, "You know what buddy. This is your lucky day. I think I can save you $5,000!"
Three guys were working on a high rise building project: Steve,
Bill and Charlie. Steve falls off and is killed instantly.
As the ambulance takes the body away, Charlie says, "Someone
should go and tell his wife."
Bill says, "OK, I'm pretty good at that sensitive stuff, I'll
do it."
2 hours later, he comes back carrying a 6-pack. Charlie says,
"Where did you get that, Bill?"
"Steve's wife gave it to me."
"That's unbelievable, you told the lady her husband was dead
and she gave you the beer."
Bill says,"Well not exactly. When she answered the door, I
said to her, 'You must be Steve's widow.'"
She said, "'No, I'm not a widow."
And I said, "Wanna bet me a six-pack?"
those are pretty funny keep it up
sometimes I sit and think....and other times...I just sit
Joe took his blind date to the carnival. "What would you like to do
Kim?" asked Joe. "I want to get weighed", she said. They ambled over to
the weight guesser. He guessed 120 pounds. She got on the scale; it
117 and she won a prize.
Next the couple went on the ferris wheel. When the ride was over, Joe
again asked Kim what she would like to do. "I want to get weighed," she
Back to the weight guesser they went. Since they had been there before,
he guessed her correct weight, and Joe won a dollar.
The couple walked around the carnival and again he asked where to next.
want to get weighed," she responded. By this time, Joe figured she was
really weird and took her home early, dropping her off with a
Her roommate, Laura, asked her about the blind date, "How'd it go?" Kim
responded, "Oh, Waura, it was wousy."
A man walks into the reception area of a Psychiatrists office, completely nude, but wrapped from head to toe in plastic wrap. There is a rather tense moment btwn the man and the receptionist. Finally the man says sheepishly "I think I have a problem". To which the receptionist replies: "Well I dont know what the Doc is going to say, but clearly I can see yer nuts"
-Yo mamma so dumb, she says she tripped over a cordless phone.
-What's the diffrence between an animal and a human? One's a human the other is an animal, it's quite obvious.
-What's the difference between a janitor and a NBA superstar? One gets a hell of a lot more money.
- Two blood thirsty vampires meet at night. They make a bet for who
would drink the most blood from a human,and decide to meet again in one hour. A hour has passed and one of the vampire's face is stained with blood. So the other vampire asks : " Wow man! you're a legend! How many necks man?" The other vampire responds :" I didn't get anybody, it was too dark for me,I couldn't see anyhing, so I hit a tree pretty hardly while running".
Your jokes are bad, your avatar sucks, whats NOT wrong with you!!!???
I know, my jokes are so terrible...I apologize for the disaster...now your avatar ain't much better...the blackhawks are a bunch of ***s.
thats hilarious!
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This article, entitled "Holiday-Ready in a Day, the Frugal Way," is presented by Family Dollar.
Tick. Tock. Tick. Tock. You knew it was coming, but waited all year, now the panic has set in. The holidays are here!
The big day is just around the corner. Yet, the kids are deep in last-minute school activities, your job has got you working overtime, the house STILL hasn't been decorated and the gifts…that's a whole 'nother nightmare. But fear not! Lifestyle AND frugal-living expert Leah Ingram is here to get your holiday on track and on time! Leah has the secrets to transforming your home and getting your holiday "must do's" done in a single day!
Leah Ingram is a freelance writer, lifestyle and frugal-living expert based outside Philadelphia, and the author of "Suddenly Frugal: How to Live Happier and Healthier for Less" (Adams Media, 2010). This book includes Leah's unique money-saving advice, including how a family can save $25,000 a year. Her second title in the Suddenly Frugal series is "Toss, Keep, Sell! The Suddenly Frugal Guide to Cleaning Out Clutter and Cashing In" (Adams Media, 2010).
Media-trained while an editor at Woman's Day Special Interest Publications, Leah quickly became the go-to expert for on-air demonstrations of family-related topics, including gift tips, etiquette advice and shopping suggestions. She does monthly frugal segments on "The 10! Show" on NBC 10 in Philadelphia, and she's appeared on "The CBS Evening News with Katie Couric," "Good Morning America," CNBC's "Market Wrap, Business Week TV, ABC News Now and "Good Day New York." among other programs. In addition, she's acted as a spokesperson for many national brands, including Bank of America, T-Mobile and Starbucks. You may have also read her frugal-living advice in publications, such as BusinessWeek, The Christian Science Monitor and The Philadelphia Inquirer.
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Leeto Thale
Leeto Thale
Leeto Thale is a published poet, a spoken word artist and a freelance writer whose writing predominantly covers art and social commentary. He also works as a singer/songwriter and has just had work released through Trebleo, a music label headed by the illustrious Dj Domu, on his Discotech album.
His latest performance at WOMAD has certainly earned him a place among the crop of poets and spoken artists, who have embraced the idea of incorporating poetry into popular culture, while preserving that essential element of treating poetry as a tool of enlightenment.
Leeto is currently the resident poet at the Arc Gallery, and he is using this platform to cultivate the synergy between art and poetry, while allowing artists to share with each other their source of inspiration. He has been part of 'Conversations', a project now in its second year, where dance, poetry, music and visuals are brought together, to explore and demonstrate the sensibility that is possible when artists fully open their work to each other – and inspiring mix of entertainment and development.
Leeto regularly features at the African Writers Evening, held bi-monthly at the Poetry Cafe, both as a poet and a fiction writer. Stemming from his intercontinental experience; the wittiness and the warmth of his stage presence, this poet has enjoyed numerous invitations to compere and host events. 'Components'- a monthly multi-media cultural event which includes fashion, spoken word, music and traditional 'foods – is among his success stories as a host'. Polka Theatre, a children's theatre company has invited him to work with them in the area of story telling, focusing on South African stories.
A "renaissance man', as described by writer/poet Nii Ayikwei parkes, Leeto Thale is working on completing his debut novel and a music album.


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Exclusive: Red Hot Chili Pepper's 'Brendan's Death Song' video premiere
FL is very excited to premiere the brand new clip for Brendan's Death Song, the fifth single from Red Hot Chili Pepper's latest album.
Taken from I'm With You, the song is about Brendan Mullen , founder of infamous LA punk rock club The Masque. A long time friend of the band Mullen is attributed with giving RHCP a start in the industry after hearing their demo tape in 1983.
Mullen was working with Anthony Kiedis' father Blackie Dammett on the Red Hot Chili Pepper's biography , Red Hot Chili Peppers: An Oral/Visual History when he died unexpectedly of a stroke in 2009. This sudden loss inspired the band to pen this ode to their friend which Keidis has described as "more of a celebration than a bummer."
The video was directed by Marc Klasfeld and was shot in New Orleans.


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This scene almost made me laugh when it was unfolding in front of me.
There were people feeding the birds bread - large flocks of gulls,
geese, ducks , and swans were on the ground, in the water and in the
air. In the middle of this circus were two birdwatchers with high
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ssh security and key auth ??
i have a server that has ssh key-only login with a passphrase on the key. password login is set to "no" as well as root login.
i was checking my auth.log to see if this discouraged any bots but was confused as to the difference between the way the bots are now logged. there seems to be 2 different responses to the connection attempts by the bots. first i have a whole series of lines like the following:
Jul 18 09:42:09 UbuntuSrvr12LTS sshd[4746]: Received disconnect from 184.108.40.206: 11: Bye Bye [preauth]
Jul 18 15:18:02 UbuntuSrvr12LTS sshd[5206]: Received disconnect from 220.127.116.11: 11: Bye Bye [preauth]
is the one that say's "possible break in attempt" somehow different and should i take any other measures?
After trying to connect the sshd service is doing a reverse lookup, most likely DNS, to ensure the IP address is the same as the FQDN. when the FQDN and IP address do not match then it states that there may be a possible break-in attempt.
Also check this link (I think it explains better with the example):
i said i had root login and password auth off in my original post.
i actually have fail2ban as well, but i have not set it up yet. while i appreciate the response neither of you answered my whole question. the main question is why for like 300 lines does it do the reverse lookup and report it as a possible breakin and then later it only reports it as a disconnect and does no reverse lookup.
I looked into this a while back because of the same messages I found in my logs. I'm still a bit confused about it, but as I understand it, possibly incorrectly, sshd does a reverse DNS check to get the host name, and then does a forward check to see if the host DNS name points to the incoming IP. If they don't match, you get the "POSSIBLE BREAK-IN ATTEMPT!" message.
I believe this check is really only important if you are using host-based authentication. You are not, so you shouldn't care if a cracker's IP address and resolved host name don't match. There aer a lot of IP addresses that don't have valid reverse pointers anyway.
Take a look at the UseDNS parameter. It defaults to Yes. If you set it to No, it should eliminate the DNS check and the possible break-in message.
I welcome being corrected by an expert if I'm mistaken about this.
BTW, in your example, you have IP address 126.96.36.199 for the first message and 188.8.131.52 for the second. You don't know that a reverse lookup wasn't done in the second case. But if you check the second one yourself, you'll see there is no reverse pointer, and thus no way to get a host name to do the forward comparison.
thanks Z038. that makes sense. i didn't think it was anything to worry about either since i am using key authentication but was a little worried the "attack" footprint was perhaps different triggering the reverse lookup and "possible break in attempt" message. this is why i went to key authentication in the first place. i was getting bombarded with login attempts to the point that when the server was under high usage a DOS would occur, and even crashed at one point. i know fail2ban ultimately should be added as well, but will implementing fail2ban free up more resources on this server, or is the fact it is key only, and it doesn't have to process the password logins, enough to avoid the side effect of a DOS.
BTW -- i'm not saying this is a DOS attack. it is just a side effect because i am pushing this server already with 10-30 student VM's running on it, and can't afford to expend resources to ssh bots.
Fail2ban will detect repeated attempts from the same IP during a specified interval of time and ban it. That effectively limits the number of attempts from each IP hitting your port, so I consider that a benefit. It reduces the sshd overhead of having to respond to connection attempts.
You tell Fail2ban the number of retries (maxretry) within an interval (findtime) that triggers a ban, and how long to ban the IP (bantime). It's easy to configure. Make a copy of jail.conf called jail.local. Set your default bantime, findtime, and maxtretry in the DEFAULT section. Then enable any of the following jails you want Fail2ban to use. Override your defaults in each jail as needed.
The defaults set in Fail2ban, as distributed, are pretty lax. They only ban an IP for a very short time. The default for ssh is to ban an IP for 5 minutes if there are 5 failed attempts over a span of 5 minutes. That might be appropriate for a site like yours where you have a bunch students logging in to your server regularly. If they have fat fingers, they won't get locked out for too long and will soon get to try again.
I use much less forgiving settings, since my server is only for myself and my family to use. I permanently ban any IP that generates three failed attempts within a three hour period, unless the connection attempt comes from my own network.
Here is the default section and ssh-iptables section in my jail.local:
i did understand what fail2ban does, but i guess i thought with key auth sshd wasn't doing all that much if someone doesn't have the key. i know sshd definitely has less to do if someone has a wrong key as opposed to in a password system with a wrong password. for example PAM doesn't need to get involved. i just don't know how much less resources it uses. one shortcoming of fail2ban i think is that there is no blacklist. i do realize i can blacklist manually via direct iptables entry but i wish fail2ban would add that entry after a certain ip gets a temp ban 3 times. in other words after say 3 temporary bans the ban is permanent. then if it is legit the student can email me and i would remove their permanent ban. the reason i think that would be better is i have noticed the bots attacking me are rotating ip's so when one gets banned another kicks right in and the banned one will just rotate back in the next day or so. so basically i am always being attacked even with fail2ban the only difference is the ip address rotates more frequently. it would take too much effort to figure out and manually add their entire pool of ip's to iptables manually.
BTW i don't need lax rules because the students are not logging in to the server via it's sshd. they are logging in to their own VM's running on the server so vboxheadless is listening on those non standard ports not the host/servers sshd. for example if their VM is password auth they can still login to their VM with a password even though the host/server is key only and passwords set to "no". fail2ban doesn't effect them because they are not attempting an ssh connection to the server just a TCP connection on a high number port and the bots are only attacking port 22 on the host so i need no rules for those high # ports. i can be super strict with fail2ban because i am basically the only one with remote access to the server. the students as i said are logging on to VM's running on it not the server itself. how it works is vboxheadless listens on the server's port 70001 for student1's VM and forwards any requests on that port to student1 VM's port 22 so the students VM's sshd does it's own auth. vboxheadless is also listening on port 70002 for student2's VM and forwards those requests to it's port 22. and so on.
You can also implement custom features by adding your own scripts to the actionstart and actionban actions in the appropriate config file in the action.d directory. I always ban an IP with a permanent bantime of -1 in the jail.local file, but as I said, that is only permanent until fail2ban is restarted. I wanted a permanent ban that would survive a restart of fail2ban. Credit where it is due, I modified the script I found here: http://www.looke.ch/wp/list-based-pe...-with-fail2ban to make it do what I wanted. See the bold sections below. This is my iptables.local file in the action.d directory.
The actionban script adds an IP to the ip.blacklist file only if it doesn't already exist. That is to keep me from getting duplicate entries in my blacklist. The actionstart script reads the ip.blacklist file whenever fail2ban is started and adds an iptables rule to ban every IP in the list.
hey thanks allot z038. i did a similar scrirpt before but it was not as clear or simple as this one. i also was unaware of the recidive jails negative ban time thing . i think i am going to impliment fail2ban this way, and give this script a shot for persistence.
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Creates a crushing gravitational vortex around enemies.
Aero (エアロ, Earo?) is the basic Wind-elemental spell. Unlike Fire, Blizzard, and Thunder, it does not always appear, and has been Blue, Black, and White magic.
Final Fantasy IIEdit
In the original NES version of the game, the Scourge spell was called Aero. However, it did not act like the common Aero spell, and was later renamed in later releases.
Final Fantasy IIIEdit
Aero is a level 2 White Magic spell that can be bought in Tozus for 700 gil, while one can be found on Dragon's Peak. It can be used by the White Mage, Red Mage, Devout, and Sage Jobs. It is also used by Princess Sara and Prince Alus when they join the party as guests.
This makes it one of the only directly offensive White Magic spells, alongside Aeroga, Tornado, and Holy. It has a base power of 45 and inflicts Wind and Ice-elemental damage to one or all enemies. The weapons Wyvern Claws, Wind Spear, and Air Knife can cast Aero when used as items in battle.
Final Fantasy VEdit
Aero is a Blue Magic ability for the Blue Mage Job, learned from Moldwynd, Gigas, Magissa, Mykale, Azulmagia, and Defeater. It causes minor Wind-elemental damage on one or all enemies, and costs 4 MP to cast.
Final Fantasy VIEdit
Aero is one of Strago's Lores, learned from Dark Force, Deathgaze, Demon, Marchosias, Sprinter, Storm Dragon, Tyrannosaur, Vasegiatta, and Gilgamesh. It deals Wind-elemental damage to all enemies, has a spell power of 125, hit rate of 150, and costs 41 MP to cast.
Before Crisis -Final Fantasy VII-Edit
Aero, and its upgrades, Aerora and Aeroga, are all Elemental Magic Materia. They all deal Wind-elemental damage.
Final Fantasy VII G-BikeEdit
Final Fantasy VIIIEdit
Wind magic damage/one enemy
Aero can be drawn from and junctioned to stats. Casting Aero in battle increases compatibility with Pandemona by 0.6 and with Quezacotl by 0.2, but lowers compatibility with Brothers by 0.2. When Magic Booster is used in the 2013 PC re-release, the player's inventory gains 100 Aero spells, among other basic spells.
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Level 1-100: Abyss Worm, Death Claw, Fujin, Paratrooper
Level 20-100: Thrustaevis
|Draw points
|D-District Prison outside by a ruined tank, Centra Ruins, Monterosa Plateau
|T Mag-RF: Shear Feather x1 = Aero x20
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Final Fantasy IX Edit
Aero can be utilized by the enemies Griffin and Zuu. It deals minor Wind-elemental damage, and cost 7 MP for the enemy to use. It can't be reflected and works with Return Magic.
Final Fantasy XIEdit
Final Fantasy XI SpellAero
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Aero is a tier 1 Black Magic spell used by Black Mages, Scholars, Geomancers, Red Mages, and Dark Knights. When cast, the spell inflicts Wind-elemental damage to a single enemy. The spell can be purchased from any of the three starter cities.
There are six levels of the standard Aero spell, two types of Aerora spells, three types of Aeroga spells, and two types of Tornado.
Final Fantasy XIIEdit
Aero is a Black Magick spell, its license being Black Magick 2 that costs 25 License Points. It causes small Wind-elemental damage to all enemies in range. It can be bought in Rabanastre, from Dyce once the Garuda has been defeated, and Eruyt Village for 1200 gil.
In the Zodiac versions, Aero is a Black Magick 4 License that costs 30 LP. Two classes can use it: Black Mage and Red Battlemage.
The Esper Chaos has a upgraded version called Aeroja, which causes Confuse and heavy Wind-elemental damage.
Final Fantasy XII: Revenant WingsEdit
Aero is the name of the Yarhi Sylph's normal attack. Despite its name, it doesn't deal Wind-elemental damage, but only deal ranged non-elemental damage to one foe. Its appearance is like a shearing wind.
Final Fantasy XIIIEdit
Deal wind damage to target and temporarily stun it.
Aero is an ability for the Ravager role, and takes up 1 ATB when the spell is cast. Not only does it inflict Wind-elemental damage but it can also stun the enemy for a short time. All of the party members learn it at different Crystarium levels. Aerora and Aeroga can also be learned and require 3 and 5 ATB to cast, respectively, all characters can use learn and use this spell.
Final Fantasy XIII-2Edit
Aero, while still being a Ravager ability, has been moved from a 'support' type of attack to a regular element in comparison to its use in the previous game as it lost its trait of stunning a target.
Aero is available to Noel at level 9, Serah at level 12, Albino Lobo at level 21, Apotamkin from the start, Blue Chocobo from the start, Buccaboo Ace at level 19, Cloudburst from the start, Debris at level 5, Flanbanero at level 62, Koboldroid Yin from the start, Lightning from the start, Pink Lily from the start, Pleuston at level 22, Valfodr at level 15, and Vespid from the start.
Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIIIEdit
Deals wind-attribute magic damage to target.
Aero is dropped by Dryads. It deals wind damage to an opponent. It has ATB cost of 15, initial attack of x0.40, stagger power of C and stagger time of E.
It is a locked ability in Utsusemi (LV 2) garb.
It can also be used by Angel of Valhalla at bond level 2.
Legacy Final Fantasy XIVEdit
Aero appeared as an ability in the original Final Fantasy XIV. At the initial release, Aero was a spell learned by Conjurers at rank 1. The ability inflicted wind-elemental damage to all enemies within an area of effect.
After patch 1.20, the Conjurer class still retained the ability to use Aero and was learned at level 4. The ability now dealt wind-elemental damage to a single enemy and had a chance to inflict the Bleed status. In addition, Aero also functioned as the Combo action for Aerora. Aero could be assigned to any Disciple of War or Disciple of Magic class.
Final Fantasy XIVEdit
Aero is a Conjurer ability available at level 4. The ability deals wind-elemental damage with a potency of 50 to a single enemy and deals damage over time with a potency of 30 for a period of 18 seconds. Once the player learns the Aero Mastery trait at level 46, Aero will automatically upgrade to Aero II.
From the game's initial relaunch through the entirety of the Heavensward expansion, Aero could be used as a cross class spell by all Disciple of Magic classes, Astrologians, and Scholars. Before the implementation of the Aero Mastery trait, Aero and Aero II were separate abilities and both gave separate damage over time effects. After the release of the Stormblood expansion, the cross class system was replaced with the cross role system and Aero became a Conjurer and White Mage exclusive ability.
Some enemies such as Wind Sprites can still use the original direct damage version of Aero as a regular attack.
Final Fantasy Tactics AdvanceEdit
Creates damaging whorl of wind.
Bishops and Sages can cast Aero for the cost of 12 MP. It can be learned for 200 AP from the Judge Staff for Bishops, and for 200 AP from the Battle Mace for Sages. It has a Magic Power of 34, a range of 3 with a vertical reach of 2, and is stealable through the ability Steal: Ability. It cannot be reflected, but can be countered by Return Magic, and can have MP absorbed from with Absorb MP.
Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the RiftEdit
Bishops and Sages have the ability to cast Aero at the cost of 14 MP. It is learned for 200 AP by both classes, but learned through the Energy Mace for Sages and through the Judicer's Staff for Bishops.
Final Fantasy Tactics SEdit
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a DarklordEdit
Final Fantasy Mystic QuestEdit
Benjamin and Kaeli can both use the Black Magic spell Aero, which deals Wind-elemental damage to a single or multiple enemies. It can be repelled. Aero can be found in the Focus Tower behind the door to the Windia region. If Phoebe is on Auto, she can randomly cast Aero despite not having the book for it thanks to a bug.
Final Fantasy Legend IIIEdit
Aero appears as a White Magic spell in the game, it deals Tornado elemental damage to a single target. It cost 12 MP to use, and it can be bought for 700 GP in Lae (Past) and Muu (Past).
Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of LightEdit
Aero is a low level Black Magic spell. The spell costs 2 AP to cast and it has a spell power of 5. Aero can only be used if the Aero Tome item is in the player's inventory. The spell can be bought for 500 gil in Guera and in Horne after the defeat of Satan. Krinjh is automatically equipped with this spell when he joins the party.
A variation called Strong Aero can be used when two Psyched Up characters cast Aero during the same turn.
Bravely DefaultEdit
Aero is a level 2 White Magic. It inflicts minor wind damage. Group-casting is allowed. It costs 5 MP.
Bravely Second: End LayerEdit
Final Fantasy DimensionsEdit
Final Fantasy Legends IIEdit
Dissidia Final FantasyEdit
Let me see you suffer!
Gabranth has Aero as a Bravery attack in EX Mode. It conjures a large tornado that slowly travels forward and initiates a chase sequence if it hits. Gabranth is able to use it both in the air and on the ground, and it costs 20 CP to equip and 140 AP to master.
Shantotto's Spirit Magic: Air casts Aero while her Bravery is below 3,000. It conjures a small vortex of wind that draws in opponents.
Aero is also an ability that can be chosen in Onion Knight's Sage EX Burst, but it does nothing when selected.
Dissidia 012 Final FantasyEdit
The upper limit for Shantotto casting Aero with Spirit Magic: Air is now 2000 Bravery.
Dissidia Final Fantasy (2015)Edit
Dissidia Final Fantasy Opera OmniaEdit
Theatrhythm Final Fantasy Curtain CallEdit
Theatrhythm Final Fantasy All-Star CarnivalEdit
Pictlogica Final FantasyEdit
Final Fantasy Airborne BrigadeEdit
Aero is an Intelligence-based ability in Final Fantasy Airborne Brigade, and comes in two varieties, one with a rarity of Normal and one with a rarity of Normal Plus. The normal version has a base Attack of 120, a base Defense of 120, a maximum level of 20, and a Cost of 2. The Normal Plus version has, at base, an attack of 410, a defense of 430, a maximum level of 40, and a Cost of 7. Both are elementally aligned with Air, and both have fast leveling rates.
Final Fantasy Record KeeperEdit
Final Fantasy ExplorersEdit
Whip up a small gale and launch it straight ahead.
Final Fantasy World Wide WordsEdit
Final Fantasy Brave ExviusEdit
Mobius Final FantasyEdit
World of Final FantasyEdit
Chocobo no Fushigi na DungeonEdit
Chocobo's Dungeon 2Edit
Non-Final Fantasy guest appearancesEdit
Kingdom HeartsEdit
Aero is a spell in Kingdom Hearts, Chain of Memories, 358/2 Days, Birth By Sleep and Re:coded.
Aero is a Greek prefix relating to air and flight. Common usages in modern times include the words "aeroplane" and "aerospace."


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Dear PowerDNS friends,
I'm deeply saddened to have to report that Jorn Ekkelenkamp passed away yesterday, at the tender age of 26. He died battling Leukemia. Jorn was also known as Sjeemz on the #powerdns irc channel.
At ISP Services (later known as Hubris) Jorn was perhaps the very first large scale user of PowerDNS, in addition to authoring the first PowerDNS web management solution, PowerAdmin.
His belief in PowerDNS, and his subsequent deployment, paved the path for much of what we have achieved over the years. PowerAdmin also helped people use and migrate to PowerDNS. In addition, he frequently suggested, tested or even funded new PowerDNS features.
Jorn will be missed very much. He was truly a PowerDNS man from the very first hour.
His girlfriend and family were aware of Jorn's contributions to the open source world and the Internet. If PowerAdmin has made your life or work better, or if you've benefited from his other contributions to the PowerDNS community, please drop me a message, and I'll relay to his family, who will appreciate hearing about what Jorn meant for other people.
In addition, there will be church service Saturday morning - I can relay the details if you want to attend.
I wish his family and everyone who knew Jorn lots of strength in dealing with this tremendous loss.
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PowerDNS & PowerAdmin contributor Jorn Ekkelenkamp has passed away
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New development bringing Meijer and housing to Acme
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A new Meijer store is the centerpiece of a commercial and residential development in Acme Township, but that's just the beginning. With the push of a shovel and the turning of dirt, ground was broken Tuesday for the Grand Traverse Town Center on M-72.
â??This entire 180 acre site has to be developed; the roads put in, the water, the sewer and all the infrastructure,â?? said Jay Zollinger, Acme Township Supervisor.
Site work will take about one year, and by next fall Meijer will start building its 196,000 square foot store that will anchor the project.
â??When Meijer comes in there will probably be at least two to three hundred employees at the Meijer store alone for that location. There will be other opportunities here for other businesses and people in this location and that will bring additional employment to the area, so itâ??s just a great boost.â??
Along with those businesses, there are plans for other stores, restaurants and even places to live.
â??We have a thousand residential units approved to be built on this property, so itâ??s a mixed use,â?? said Steve Smith from the Grand Traverse Town Center.
Zollinger says it could take between five and ten years to fully develop the property.
The Grand Traverse Town Center will also be the future home of the historic Hoxie House and will be moved by the Acme Heritage Society.


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Turning off your TV may help you live longer, study suggests
Maybe our TVs, like our cigarette packages, need health-warning labels.
On the heels of a Harvard study that linked TV watching with an increased risk of diabetes, heart disease and premature death comes a new Australian study that quantifies the premature-death risk in even blunter terms:
Each hour we adults spend in front of a television shortens our life expectancy by an average of about 22 minutes, the study found.
Since the average American adult spends 35.5 hours a week watching TV, that means we're shaving almost 13 hours from our lives each week.
OK. OK. The study did not find that TV viewing actually caused a decrease in life expectancy. It found only an association between the two. Still, these findings add to a growing body of research that suggests being sedentary (sitting too much) is a major risk factor for a shortened life span.
In fact, the current study found that TV viewing may be as detrimental to your life expectancy as some well-known risk factors, such as smoking and not exercising.
The study's details
For this study, which appeared online Tuesday in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, researchers from the University of Queensland used published data from the large (11,000 participants) and ongoing Australian Diabetes, Obesity and Lifestyle Study (AusDiab). That data had previously revealed an association between TV viewing (participants had been surveyed about their TV habits) and an increased risk of premature death from all causes — even after adjusting for such things as smoking, exercise habits, diet, high blood pressure and cholesterol levels.
According to the data, Australian adults aged 25 and older watched 9.8 billion hours of television in 2008. Using Australian mortality figures from that same year, the authors of Tuesday's study estimated the extent to which TV viewing reduced life expectancy.
They calculated that individuals who spend a lifetime average of six hours per day watching TV can expect to live 4.8 years less than those who watch no TV.
To put it another way: Every single hour of TV viewed after the age of 25 reduces the viewer's life expectancy by 21.8 minutes.
If no one watched TV, according to the mathematical modeling used in the study, the 2008 life expectancy at birth would have been 1.8 years longer for Australian men and 1.5 years longer for Australian women.
It's unlikely these findings are unique to Aussies. "While we used Australian data," write the study's authors, "the effects in other industrialized and developing countries are likely to be comparable, given the typically large amounts of time spent watching TV and similarities in disease patterns."
Comparing the risk
The negative impact on health associated with TV viewing in this study is similar to that of other well-known lifestyle factors. As the authors of this study point out, other risk models have estimated that each cigarette smoked reduces an individual's life expectancy an average of 11 minutes, and that lifelong smoking is associated with a loss of life after age 50 of 4.3 years for men and 4.1 years for women — the equivalent of 6.0 and 6.4 daily hours of TV watching.
Other research has shown that low physical activity after age 50 reduces life expectancy by about 1.4 years compared with moderate physical activity and about 3.6 years compared with high physical activity — the equivalent of watching 2.1 and 5.4 hours, respectively, of TV a day.
"TV viewing time may have adverse health consequences that rival those of lack of physical activity, obesity and smoking," conclude the study's authors. "… A public health case could be made that adults [as well as children] need to limit the time spent watching TV."
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The "math" on this gets curiouser and curiouser. Just yesterday there was something about how fifteen minutes of "exercise" a day does wonders and just last week geneitic factors were the largest factor in longivity.
My ather smoke a pack of day of Pall Mall straight since WWII. He died a month short of age 85. Had he lead a "healthy" life would he have become the world's oldest person?
I'll concede that smoking is bad for you and exercise is good for you but this sound like "junkscience" research. Heavy TV viewing in the US has been the norm since the mid 1950's.
The "lost lifetime" might have more to do with class and income rather than TV viewing itself.
Basically, if you have money you do not have time. I'd bet you would find that TV causes more "lost lifetime" to those who do not have "cable". The key reason being lower demographics of broadcast only because they can't afford cable.
It's just a guess, but I'll be surprised if this story leads the evening news on WCCO.
One quibble: while there are surely health clubs with giant flat-screen TVs to entertain the patrons while they put in their hour on the stationary bike or the treadmill, or whatever, it seems more likely that the statement leading the last paragraph ("TV viewing time may have adverse health consequences that rival those of lack of physical activity…") ranks as among the more redundant of the year, since TV viewing, at least in most people's homes, generally equates to a "…lack of physical activity…"
In general, and without some definitive evidence that television is emitting some sort of "death ray," the culprit here seems to be the lack of physical activity, not just the fact that television is being watched. People who spend hours in front of a computer screen every day are equally sedentary, and probably are having the same sort of negative effect on their health and lifespan.
Take this far enough, and it suggests that we should all abandon civilization and return to our hunter-gatherer roots, where we'll all live well into our active 90s before being recycled, as it were, by a resurgent mountain lion population.
In the early 1970's I took psychology courses. They expected the nest big market to be "leisure counseling". They envision that people who presumably had the money to pay for this leisure counseling.
I tried tell them that people with money wouldn't have spare time. A very neurotic psych grad student who was co-teachingthe course told me "I don't see how you can possibly know anything about human behavior if you do not have a psychology degree!
Leisure counseling never took off. Again demographics/money is probably the greatest determiner of TV viewing time.
As I pointed out in my post,this study only shows an association between TV viewing and early death, which means, of course, that other not-yet identified factors could explain the results. (Observational studies are notoriously unreliable.) The data this study is based on was adjusted, however, for a variety of risk factors, including not exercising. By the way, don't confuse sedentary behavior (sitting a lot) with not exercising. Recent research suggests they are separate risk factors for disease. In other words, sitting eight hours at a desk may harm your health even if you run 5 miles every evening.
One thing I didn't mention in my post is that the confidence intervals in this study's
findings were very wide. That raises concerns about the validity of the findings. The authors acknowledge this, but point to two comparable studies (one Scottish, one English)that had similar results to theirs. One found a 7% increase in mortality risk per daily hour of TV viewing; the other found a 4% increased risk.
If cigarettes need graphic warning labels, so does everything ... http://placeitonluckydan.com/2011/08/cigarette-warning-labels-for-all/
Five days out of the week I
Five days out of the week I sit in school for about seven hours; about an hour for each class.I spend 2 minutes between each class walking to the next one. So does that mean that students like myself who are in school, are loosing life-span due to sitting still in a desk for 6 hours and 46 minutes a day?
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For me to say a rookie should be in the game, to me it should only be rookies like Gooden, Fernando, Pujols, guys where there is no question. If you have to debate it, then he doesn't belong.
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700000 or so people voted for Derek Jeter.
Dan Uggla made the ASG last year whilst just barely making it over the Mendoza line. Scott Rolen made it in 2011.
So yeah, it's an exhibition game, no matter what Bud wants it to be, and I can't get too up in arms if a kid who has been the best player over the last 6 weeks is included on the team, even if he hasn't been on the team all 3 months.
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A Dodger is hitting .413/.455/.728 in 30 games on the season and should be in the All-Star game? Weird, I haven't heard much of a push for Hanley Ramirez making the All-Star team.
I have waffled on this one a couple of times. I say yes now. I want to see him on that stage.
Rounding third and heading for home...
No. 127 plate appearances in a career are too few to make the all star team IMO.
"Hey...Dad. Wanna Have A Catch?" Kevin Costner in "Field Of Dreams."
"Hey...Dad. Wanna Have A Catch?" Kevin Costner in "Field Of Dreams."
Puig with five straight k's....
He is gong to be pounded away and out of the zone until he shows he can lay off of it. So far in his career, he hasn't been able to, but pitchers haven't been throwing there much. The adjustment is coming and soon it will be in his court as to whether he can adjust back.
I strongly disagree with most of you. I'd take Puig's 1/3 of the first half along with a minor league free agent OF of my choice for the other 2/3 of the first half and take my chances.
Puig is the best baseball player on the planet right now, and in the long run, he will give Trout and Harper a run for their money.
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Nine Shiite guerrillas were killed and some local residents were wounded during Israel Defense Force and South Lebanon Army (SLA) searches of Shiite Moslem villages in south Lebanon over the weekend. An undisclosed number of villagers were detained for further questioning.
As the searches of the villages east of Tyre continued, 10 attacks against IDF and SLA units were reported, including two attacks against SLA units this morning, but there were no casualties.
In the village of Dir Arabiye, 10 men tried to escape during the search. Eight of them were killed by IDF fire and two were wounded and captured. Rocket-propelled grenades (RPG) and antitank missiles were reportedly found in the village, as well as two cars containing explosives, which were blown up by IDF sappers. A number of villagers were detained for further questioning.
In Burj Rahal, the scene of searches and arrests last week, one guerrilla was killed and several buildings were demolished by the IDF. Searches were also conducted in Kefar Tura, where arms were found.
The weekend attacks on IDF and SLA units included RPGs and light arms fire in the villages of Bidyas, Hasbaya el-Ein and Hamus. The body of an unidentified man was found beside a roadside bomb near Bidyas.
In today's attacks, fire from a speeding car was directed at an SLA roadblock in Tyre, and automatic fire was directed at an SLA patrol near Hasbaya.
In weekend Israel Radio interviews former Chief of Staff Rafael Eitan and Col. (Res.) Meir Pail, a leftwing military historian and former Knesset member, both of whom are at opposite ends of the political spectrum and almost invariably disagree on any issue, were in rare agreement on the need to maintain the morality of the IDF.
They were commenting on soldiers' statements on radio and television reports that the IDF should take tougher action, even against women and children, to protect themselves "as this is the only language the Lebanese know." The soldiers complained that guerrillas and terrorists in Lebanon frequently use women and children as screens to protect themselves from IDF units. They said the SLA shot at women and children, and "maybe in Lebanon we have to do as the Lebanese do."
Pail said that revenge was a natural response when soldiers were killed and injured, "but we should use our brains, not our instincts." He said that Soviet and Syrian tactics against rebels and opponents, aside from their moral reprehensibility, are simply inefficient and don't get results.
Eitan agreed that destroying villages does not solve the problem. He noted that in the past, he ordered home IDF planes which were on attack missions when they did not have a military target and wanted to hit "anything."
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Deputy Premier and Foreign Minister Yitzhak Shamir told reporters during a visit to wounded soldiers in Rambam Hospital in Haifa that the steps taken by the IDF in Lebanon to prevent attacks on its units were justified. "We must do everything we can to stop the attacks, or at least to reduce them to a minimum" he said. He added that the IDF, under the present conditions of withdrawal, was being forced to defend itself with all means at its disposal.
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Woodbury football: Royals' upset bid of Cretin-Derham Hall falls short
Following a second-half letdown in a 35-23 loss to Cretin-Derham Hall, the Woodbury Royals left the field with hopes on a new season coming up.
"We're a dangerous team if we play together," Royals senior running back Stefan Swenson said.
The Royals played well together in the first half with three touchdown drives and a 20-14 lead going into final three minutes of the half. CDH Raiders junior quarterback Maxwell Johnson put his team back on top with a 12-yard TD pass play for a 21-20 lead, but the Royals responded as senior kicker Ryan Garbe kicked a 27-yard field to end the half, 23-21.
"We made some real big plays on third down early in the game, but we had a little more trouble in the second half," Royals coach Andrew Hill said.
The second half came unkindly for the Royals as they went scoreless in the half. Penalties, turnovers and close calls sunk their upset bid.
"I feel like they just started to pick up our offense," Swenson said. "The stuff that was working in the first half just wasn't working in the second half."
On the other hand, the Royals defense had come up big early in the second half with forcing the Raiders into a three-and-out on the opening drive. On the following Raiders drive, the Royals came up with a big fumble recovery near midfield.
"It was exhilarating," Swenson said.
After the Royals failed to capitalize on the turnover, the Raiders made them pay on their next possession when Johnson put the Raiders up to stay on a seven-yard TD pass in the fourth quarter.
"They found a crack and splitted it," Hill said.
Brian Norlander of the Royals had made a big open field tackle on a 40-yard pass play earlier in that drive, but the Raiders still managed to march the ball the rest of the way for a score afterward.
"It was disappointing to have them score," Swenson said.
Turnovers then plagued the Royals as Mundahl threw two interceptions, including one inside the Raiders 5-yard line. Again, the Raiders capitalized with senior running back Blake Banham scampering 23 yards for the TD.
The Royals did had their opportunities, and they showed the ability at times to make the most of them. Mundahl connected on two TD passes in the first half that kept the Royals on pace with the Raiders. He found senior wide receiver Ben Rizzard for seven yards on their first score for the 7-7 tie. Mundahl then connected with senior receiver Nick Yan on a 38-yard TD to pull the team within a point, 14-13.
The Royals scored again on a big play less than a minute later on a 47-yard run by senior running back John Mcniff. Senior kicker Ryan Garbe capped the half on the final second with the 27-yard field goal.
"I think we played well both halves," Hill said. "We just didn't finish drives with points in the second half."
The Royals dropped to 2-6 overall and in the Suburban East Conference. They will learn of their first Section 4 6A Tournament opponent later in the week.
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