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Islam: A cancer oozing across America
Until September 11, 2001, most Americans didn't give a thought to Islam or Muslims. As the years have passed, the truth about that brutal form of government has become a subject of major discussion in this country. While people continue to refer to Islam as a religion, I do not, which is my absolute right under the First Amendment. My personal opinion is that being a Muslim is nothing more than a being a slave to a violent, barbaric form of government which demands everyone must be a Muslim or join all non believers in death.
By declaring Islam a religion, religious leaders in the Middle East and now here in America, control their believers with the threat of some god named Allah. Allegedly, their "holy" Quran was revealed by a man named Muhammad. Many believe Muhammad was a pedophile. I have devoted a great deal of time reading about Islam and Muslims. Nothing I've read leads me to believe Muhammad wasn't a pedophile, he was. One web site in particular seems to be very fair in allowing Muslims and non-Muslims to post their views on Muhammad. One of the links from that site led me to this one:
Child marriage and divorce in Yemen
"After visiting their home and seeing Arwa and her 15-year-old sister, he opted for the younger child. Abdul Ali says the man promised he would wait for the girl to reach puberty before calling her to his house but then changed his mind and came to live with them. So why did he sell his daughter to a stranger? "He gave me 30,000 rial ($150, £90) and promised another 400,000 ($2,000). I was really in need of money and thought it was a solution for the family," he explains.
"For seven months, Arwa's husband shared the small room where the family eat, play and sleep. When Arwa fought off his advances, she was beaten. The torment only came to an end when her husband and father quarrelled and Abdul Ali gave her permission to seek outside help. At this point in the narrative, she finds her voice again, describing how she went looking for a neighbour who could lend her money for the journey to court where the judge took pity on her and granted her freedom. A medical examination showed that she had been sexually molested but was still technically a virgin….
"A third girl, Reem is still waiting for the court's decision and says her two ambitions are to get a divorce and go to college. Married at 12, she describes the moment when her 30-year-old husband insisted on sex. When she resisted, he choked and bit her and dragged her by the hair, overwhelming her with force."
Americans support such a putrid culture by being raped in taxes:
"Defense relations between Yemen and the United States are improving rapidly, with the resumption of International Military Education and Training assistance and the transfer of military equipment and spare parts. In FY 2009 U.S. Foreign Military Financing (FMF) for Yemen was $2.8 million, International Military Education and Training (IMET) was $1 million, and Non-Proliferation, Anti-Terrorism, Demining and Related Programs (NADR) was $2.5 million. In FY 2009 Yemen also received $19.8 million in Economic Support Funds (ESF), $11.2 million in development assistance, and $67.1 million in Section 1206 funding."
No where in the U.S. Constitution does it authorize the Outlaw Congress to steal the fruits of our labor to send to Yemen for any reason. More unpayable debt on our backs with an empty treasury.
Do read the link in footnote three below. That such a sick idea should even be considered under Islamic law merely reinforces my belief about any moral standards of their so called religion:
"The whole issue just shows how clue less men are," blogger Eman Al Nafjan wrote on her web site. "All this back and forth between sheiks and not one bothers to ask a woman if it's logical, let alone possible to breastfeed a grown man five fulfilling breast milk meals. "Moreover, the thought of a huge hairy face at a woman's breast does not evoke motherly or even brotherly feelings. It could go from the grotesque to the erotic but definitely not maternal." [3]
In Afghanistan where our soldiers are dying to protect poppy fields and a culture that marries children to grown men. This is what American soldiers are dying to protect and defend? A civilization so backward and immoral it makes me sick. While flogging these children for refusing to have sex with dirty old men is illegal, it still goes on because that's what those men believe is their right.
May 30, 2010. Child Brides Escape Marriage, but Not Lashes.
"Forced into a so-called marriage exchange, where each girl was given to an elderly man in the other's family, Khadija and Basgol later complained that their husbands beat them when they tried to resist consummating the unions. Dressed as boys, they escaped and got as far as western Herat Province, where their bus was stopped at a checkpoint and they were arrested. Although Herat has shelters for battered and runaway women and girls, the police instead contacted the former warlord, Fazil Ahad Khan, whom Human Rights Commission workers describe as the self-appointed commander and morals enforcer in his district in Ghor Province, and returned the girls to his custody.
"After a kangaroo trial by Mr. Khan and local religious leaders, according to the commission's report on the episode, the girls were sentenced to 40 lashes each and flogged on Jan. 12. In the video, the mullah, under Mr. Khan's approving eye, administers the punishment with a leather strap, which he appears to wield with as much force as possible, striking each girl in turn on her legs and buttocks with a loud crack each time. Their heavy red winter chadors are pulled over their heads so only their skirts protect them from the blows.
"The spectators are mostly armed men wearing camouflage uniforms, and at least three of them openly videotape the floggings. No women are present. The mullah, whose name is not known, strikes the girls so hard that at one point he appears to have hurt his wrist and hands the strap to another man."
If anyone thinks having American troops remain in that country under an illegal invasion (no formal declaration of war by Congress) is going to change their culture, you're in denial. Let's not forget the increasing number of "honor killings" here in America. Look what we've imported, America.
To be fair, there is an email that went viral of a mass marriage ceremony in Gaza showing tiny, adorable little girls as brides to grown men. It was shocking, but I did some research and believe the photos do not represent the event as so stated on this web site. You can also visit this news story showing another mass wedding several years ago. While we know children are being forced into marriage with adult males in Muslim countries, I believe that was not the case as depicted in the email mentioned. Another email that went viral is titled: Joys of Muslim Women by Nonie Darwish. While Ms. Darwish is an activist, she has publicly stated she did not write it, so please stop sending it to endless mailing lists. If you wish to read her views on being raised a Muslin under Sharia law, you can read her interview here. I highly recommend it.
July 17, 2010. Afghans don't want foreign troops: Poll
"According to the survey released Friday by the International Council on Security and Development (ICOS) think-tank, 68 percent of Afghans say NATO forces do not protect them, as 75 percent believe foreigners disrespect their religion and traditions, Reuters reported. According to the poll, many believe foreign troops are in Afghanistan for their own benefit, to destroy or occupy the country, or to destroy Islam."
That is not a new poll result. Our military have illegally occupied that country for nine years and nothing has changed. I've got a hundred news items on Afghanistan and it's the same quagmire the Soviets found themselves before they finally gave up after eight years.
We should all remember the cartoon incident several years ago when those peace loving Muslims went berserk. A Danish newspaper back in 2005 published satirical cartoons of Muhammad and all hell broke loose around the world.
There was absolutely no justification for the violence unleashed by Muslims around the world over a few cartoons. However, it should demonstrate to anyone with their eyes wide open that Islam is not a religion (if you even believe it's a religion) of peace, but one of authoritarian control over sheep who do what they're told or else; defending Muhammad using violence is normal for Muslims. It's been that way with their "religion" for well over one thousand years. According to Islam, if you do not believe the toxic teachings of the Quran, you must die in the name of Allah. If you think I'm kidding, then take a good look at these pictures. They are not photo shopped. Those photos show exactly how much hatred is spewed by Muslims because hate is what their pseudo religion teaches. Every time I hear or read about "moderate" Muslims, I want to gag. There is no moderate if you're a Muslim. It's Allah's way or the highway.
If you haven't read the book, Londonistan by Melanie Phillips, I strongly suggest you do so because she pulls no punches in proving to anyone who can read how dangerous and destructive Muslims have been to Britain. Her book is a warning to the whole world about Islam and she has been right on point.
It is now and always has been the goal of Muslims to force everyone on this globe to convert to their putrid form of government using religion as the controlling mechanism. No? How about right out of the mouth of a Muslim leader in the United Kingdom?
"You can't say that Islam is a religion of peace," Choudary told CBN News. "Because Islam does not mean peace. Islam means submission. So the Muslim is one who submits. There is a place for violence in Islam. There is a place for jihad in Islam." Choudary is the leader of Islam4UK, a group recently banned in Britain under the country's counter-terrorism laws. He wants Islamic Sharia law to rule the United Kingdom and is working to make that dream a reality. While Islamic radicals in the United States usually prefer to speak in more moderate tones while in public, masking their true agenda, Choudary has no such inhibitions. He has praised the 9/11 hijackers and has called for the execution of Pope Benedict. He also stirred controversy recently when video emerged of him converting a 10-year-old British boy to Islam."
One of the best short works on the history of Islam is by Dr. Peter Hammond. I had the pleasure of having dinner with Dr. Hammond in Washington, DC., several years ago along with my dear friend, Gen. Ben Partin. Dr. Hammond knows this issue like few others and his book, Slavery, Terrorism and & Islam, is a must read. Dr. Hammond points out and history clearly backs up his statement:
"What few Westerners understand is that Muslim leaders who call for the overthrow of governments and the establishment of an Islamic superstate controlling all aspects of life, for every person on earth, are not necessarily extremists on the fringe of Islam. Jihad, the subjugation and forcible conversion of all people to Islam and world domination are, in fact, central tenants of Islam. Jihad is the sixth pillar of Islam."
As Dr. Hammond gives permission to copy reasonable text from his thoroughly researched book, here are a few pages just to give you an idea; click here.
Muslims and their clerical leaders will not stop until they achieve their goals and it will be done with violence here in the United States as has been the case around the world for centuries. Dr. Hammond's book is pricey on Amazon, but you can order directly from their web site. Please note the cost is R 58, which is the Rand, their currency. Here is a conversion chart; if you have questions you can email them. It is worth the effort.
If you think Dr. Hammond is some sort of bigot, you would be badly mistaken. Go look at this 2:07 second video of what has happened in Sweden now that the Muslim population has grown to 1/4th of the population. If you think this isn't coming to this country, you're in denial. The same cancer is oozing across America and a growing threat.
Islam has no place in America in my opinion, which I am entitled to even though you might disagree. Their culture is barbaric and they are trying to shove it down our throats. There is a web site that has horrific pictures of female mutilation of their private parts. I warn you the pictures are ugly. I painstakingly went through the links. One link is to a web site run by a woman who is trying to stop the abuse of women and children under Islam. Unfortunately, she promotes democracy, but perhaps down the line she will learn that form of government is not desired by those who love freedom and liberty. Here is one excerpt:
"A man can marry a girl younger than nine years of age, even if the girl is still a baby being breastfed. A man, however is prohibited from having intercourse with a girl younger than nine, other sexual act such as foreplay, rubbing, kissing and sodomy is allowed. A man having intercourse with a girl younger than nine years of age has not committed a crime, but only an infraction, if the girl is not permanently damaged. If the girl, however, is permanently damaged, the man must provide for her all her life. But this girl will not count as one of the man's four permanent wives. He also is not permitted to marry the girl's sister."
Think cutting young Muslim females only happens in the Middle East? Think again because it's still happening here in the U.S.
And, you wonder why I find their "religion" so repugnant?
I highly encourage you to read this interview, by a Danish Psychologist: 'Integration of Muslims in Western Societies is Not Possible' from this past April. Muslims will not integrate into Western society because it isn't compatible with Islam. They should be stopped from coming to this country until such time that as Dr. Nicolai Sennels says, it can be proven integration is possible. That would be never.
As for the media hype that Islam is the "fastest growing religion in the world," prove it. From my research, thankfully, Muslims are leaving that totalitarian "religion" in large numbers and converting to Christianity:
What do you think the reason is for Muslims leaving their religion in droves?
When Muslims convert: "But far less attention has been paid to voyages in the opposite direction, that is, outward from Islam. In fact, thousands of Muslims in the West embrace Christianity each year, and the courage they must muster to do so is of an entirely different order from the bravado of someone protesting against supposedly pervasive social prejudice. These converts stand accused, rather, of apostasy, a transgression against Islam whose consequences, even in the sheltering confines of the West, are always serious–and sometimes deadly.
"In the Islamic world, there is a broad consensus, both popular and scholarly, that apostates deserve to be killed. A rich theological and intellectual tradition, stretching as far back as Muhammad and his companions, supports this position. Though official proceedings against those who reject Islam are fairly rare–in part, no doubt, because most keep their conversion a closely held secret–apostasy is punishable by death in Afghanistan, Comoros, Iran, Mauritania, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, and Yemen.1 It is also illegal in Jordan, Kuwait, Malaysia, the Maldives, Oman, and Qatar."
Muslims Leaving Islam in Droves
What kind of religion forces you to be a believer or face death? Not Christianity. Not Judaism. Only Islam.
Next is my series is about Sharia law and why Muslims are a very real threat to the security of this republic.
[1] Muhammad, Aisha, Islam and Child Brides
[2] Was Muhammad a Pedophile?
[3] Saudi Clerics Advocate Adult Breast-Feeding
Other links:
Saudi Girl, 12, Wins Divorce From 80-Year-Old Husband
Child marriage still an issue in Saudi Arabia
Muslim child brides on rise in Canada
Imam charged with sex offences
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This bilingual blog - 'आन्याची फाटकी पासोडी' in Marathi- is largely a celebration of visual and/or comic ...तुकाराम: "ढेकणासी बाज गड,उतरचढ केवढी" (Tukaram: For a bedbug a bed is like a castle. so much climbing up and down!)... George Santayana: " Everything in nature is lyrical in its ideal essence, tragic in its fate, and comic in its existence"...William Hazlitt: "Pictures are scattered like stray gifts through the world; and while they remain, earth has yet a little gilding."
G C Lichtenberg: "It is as if our languages were confounded: when we want a thought, they bring us a word; when we ask for a word, they give us a dash; and when we expect a dash, there comes a piece of bawdy."
W H Auden: "But in my arms till break of day / Let the living creature lie. / Mortal, guilty, but to me/ The entirely beautiful."
Will Self: "To attempt to write seriously is always, I feel, to fail – the disjunction between my beautifully sonorous, accurate and painfully affecting mental content, and the leaden, halting sentences on the page always seems a dreadful falling short. It is this failure – a ceaseless threnody keening through the writing mind – that dominates my working life, just as an overweening sense of not having loved with enough depth or recklessness or tenderness dominates my personal one."
John Gray: "Unlike Schopenhauer, who lamented the human lot, Leopardi believed that the best response to life is laughter. What fascinated Schopenhauer, along with many later writers, was Leopardi's insistence that illusion is necessary to human happiness."
Art Spiegelman: "You know words in a way are hitting you on the left side of your brain, music and visual arts hit on the right side of the brain, so the idea is to pummel you, to send you from left brain to right brain and back until you're as unbalanced as I am."
विलास सारंग: "संदर्भ कुठलेही असोत, संस्कृत, इंग्रजी, बुद्धिवादी, तांत्रिक, इतिहासाचे, खगोलशास्त्राचे, आधुनिक पदार्थविज्ञानाचे, शिवकालीन व पेशवाईतील बखरीचे, अगणित ज्ञानक्षेत्रांचे, अशा वैविध्यपूर्ण ज्ञानावर लेखन- विशेषत: कवितालेखन- उभं राहत."
Sunday, October 10, 2010
Was Lord Krishna's Panchjanya a Matchless Cone (Conus cedonulli)?
I was always fascinated by reading of conch shells that were blown in the battles described in Mahabharata. They seemed to be an important weapon like a mount or a bow.
Thankfully, in real life, I heard them only in temples and a couple of homes.
When did they travel from slaughter-grounds to sanctum-sanctorums?
Are they mentioned in the ancient literature describing battles from outside India?
Each conch had a distinct sound. Like Louis Armstrong's horn sounds different from that of Miles Davis.
"...Krishna blew His conch, Paanchajanya;
Arjuna blew his conch, Devadatta;
And Bheema, the doer of formidable deeds,
Blew (his) big conch, Paundra.
The son of Kunti, King Yudhishthira,
Blew (his conch) Anantavijaya,
While Nakula and Sahadeva
Blew Sughosha and Manipushpaka conches, respectively..."
If you read Marathi, read a page from Vinoba Bhave's विनोबा भावे lyrical Geetai गीताई:
(double click on the picture to get a larger view)
[btw- As on January 2009, Geetai has sold 38,57,000 copies!]
Interestingly, I have never come across conches in battlefields of Ramayana. I wonder why.
Alas, there are no pictures of conch shells from those days.
CORNELIA DEAN has written a wonderful essay on seashells for The New York Times July 12 2010.
courtesy: "The Book of Shells" by M. G. Harasewych and Fabio Moretzsohn
Matchless Cone (Conus cedonulli) was one of the rarest shells in the 18th century. In 1796 a specimen brought more than six times as much as a painting by Vermeer that was sold at the same auction. It is still considered rare to uncommon, and it is prized by collectors for its beautiful pattern. With the advent of scuba diving, it is now found more often. All cone shells are venomous and should be handled with care when alive. The venom of C. cedonulli is not fatal to humans, but its sting may still be painful.

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This post announces an update to Graded Browser Support. The GBS page on the YUI site always has the most current information. This post includes a list of primary changes, the updated chart of browsers that receive A-grade support, and our GBS forecast.
This GBS update adds A-grade support for IE8 on XP and Vista. A-grade support is discontinued for Firefox 3 on Win 2000 and Mac 10.4, keeping the A-grade testing surface at 15 platforms.
Initiated A-grade support for IE 8, Win Vista
Discontinued A-grade support for Firefox 3, Win 2000
Discontinued A-grade support for Firefox 3, Mac 10.4
Incremented supported version of Opera to 9.6
|Win 2000
|Win XP
|Win Vista
|Mac 10.4.
|Mac 10.5.
|Firefox 3.0.
|Firefox 2.0.
|Opera 9.6
|Safari 3.2
The dagger symbol (as in "Firefox 3.") indicates that the most-current non-beta version at that branch level receives support. Put another way, means "the most recent" instead of "all."
In addition to the effective-immediately changes, we're forecasting the discontinuation of A-grade support for Firefox 2 in the GBS update toward the end of June 2009.
Sad thing that you totally ignore Linux…
It's also kind of odd that you continue to ignore Google Chrome. Since Chrome has a higher market share than Opera on Windows, it's pretty clearly "Identified, capable, modern, and common." And it's no longer a beta product. Further, because it has a unique js engine it needs to be tested separately from Safari.
Is this ego? Yahoo and Google are competitors, so ignore Google's browser? (In that case, why support IE?)
I think I agree with parts of both comments above.
Firefox 3 on Linux should be tested, although I'm sure this will be an easy and fast test to run since probably nothing will have to done to specifically support this configuration.
Google Chrome on Windows XP and Windows Vista should be tested if Opera is being tested. I'd personally be more worried about supporting users with Google Chrome than Opera because a lot of people use Google services and they have plenty of marketing opportunities to push Chrome.
I don't see anything about it on the main GBS page, but I wonder if the fact that Chrome's been stable/1.0 for only a month or so has something to do with it? Prior to that it was still in beta, and since the Firefox, Opera and Safari notes all say they're only for "non-beta" versions…
Thanks for the comments Nate, its good to know that YUI is tested on so many browsers.
In fact, the testing that Yahoo performs on YUI is one of the main reasons why I use it.
First, I'd like to say that your (and Yahoo's) efforts are greatly appreciated. However, your reply to the concerns about Linux and Chrome basically amounted to a long-winded, rambling non-answer.
Nobody asked about X-Grade support, nobody asked what A-Grade means in terms of Yahoo's internal QA costs and mechanics, and nobody asked about the justification for ignoring those other more obscure browsers.
Specifically, the real issue at stake is the reason why the relatively common Linux and Chrome, the latter of which is proven to be more popular than other platforms on your A-Grade list, have thus far been excluded from said list. In other words, what exactly are the secret criteria that cause Opera to gain more importance than Chrome (or Firefox on Linux) despite fewer people using it?
That is a very valid response to David's comment. Some don't quite understand that "popular" is a relative term. In this case it is relative to the website in question (i.e. "yahoo.com"). However, you lost me when you said "Our data." Would you mind publishing some of that data with a brief explanation of how you collected it? Most of us could use that same procedure for our own websites to determine where to allocate our QA resources!
Thank you for the info posted from all. I really only want to know one thing: which non-microsoft browser is best supported by yahoo using a linux distro like open-suse or ubuntu? I really would like to get away from the expensive Microsoft product OS, its just too expensive anymore for me to operate MS. I have 5 PC's and just the OS alone will rob my bank account. Please support the two main linux distros listed above.
I'm shocked to see that FF3 on Win2k and Mac 10.4 would come down before IE6 on Win2k/XP. I know you're all probably very aware of iedeathmarch.org but we're almost two versions down the road. Please help influence people to move off that browser by moving it off the A-grade list if a current version of FF is to be removed.
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RING v. ZF LEMFORDER CORPORATION
Filing 18
ORDER granting without prejudice 14 Plaintiff's Motion to Voluntarily Dismiss. By JUDGE JOHN A. WOODCOCK, JR. (MFS)
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF MAINE ERIC RING, Plaintiff, v. ZF LEMFORDER CORP., Defendant. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) CV-09-83-B-W ORDER ON PLAINTIFF'S MOTION TO VOLUNTARILY DISMISS On June 4, 2009, Eric Ring moved to voluntarily dismiss the pending personal injury complaint pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(a)(2), since in the opinion of his newly hired attorney, the case is not ripe for resolution. Pl.'s Mot. for Voluntary Dismissal Pursuant to Fed. Rule 41 (Docket # 14). ZF Lemforder Corporation (Lemforder) counterintuitively objects to Mr. Ring's dismissing his lawsuit. ZF Lemforder Corp.'s Opp'n to Pl.'s Mot. for Voluntary Dismissal Pursuant to Rule 41 (Docket # 15). Lemforder points out that while it has expended considerable time, effort, and money defending the case, Mr. Ring has been woefully dilatory. Id. at 2-3. According to Lemforder, Mr. Ring has utterly failed to comply with the Court's Scheduling Order, and Lemforder contends that he should not be permitted to dismiss the case to avoid the repercussions of his own lethargy. Id. Lemforder suggests a range of punishments from denying Mr. Ring's motion, to granting it with prejudice, to awarding attorney fees and costs. Id. at 4-6. The Court is not convinced it should punish Mr. Ring for dismissing his case against Lemforder. A dismissal is its own reward; the case is over--at least for the time being. For a personal injury case to be voluntarily dismissed within a few months of filing with minimal written discovery, without a dispositive motion, and without extensive depositions should be for Lemforder a consummation devoutly to be wished. Further, the work Lemforder has done on the case has not gone to waste. If Mr. Ring reinitiates the matter, Lemforder, as it acknowledges, will be able to resurrect its work product; if he never reinitiates the case, Lemforder has exited permanently and gracefully. Whether to dismiss an action without prejudice is committed to the discretion of the Court. Doe v. Urohealth Sys. Inc., 216 F.3d 157, 160 (1st Cir. 2000); Alamance Indus., Inc. v. Filene's, 291 F.2d 142, 146 (1st Cir. 1961); Holbrook v. Andersen Corp., 130 F.R.D. 516, 519 (D. Me. 1990). In Holbrook, the Court listed applicable factors in ruling on a Rule 41(a)(2) motion: 1) the defendant's effort and expense of preparation for trial; 2) excessive delay; 3) lack of diligence on the part of the plaintiff in prosecuting the action; 4) insufficient explanation for the need to take a dismissal; and, 5) the fact that the motion is made at a critical juncture in the ongoing processing of the case. Holbrook, 130 F.R.D. at 519; Doe, 216 F.3d at 160 (adding as a factor whether a motion for summary judgment has been filed). The Holbrook Court denied the plaintiffs' motion for voluntary dismissal, but the circumstances were egregious. The plaintiffs filed the motion after discovery had been completed and within ten days of a final pretrial conference; the plaintiffs sought dismissal to pursue an action in state court by impleading a non-diverse party, which was at that point in involuntary bankruptcy; the proposed non-diverse party was the retailer of a product and any liability imposed on the retailer would likely be passed on to the defendant manufacturer; the plaintiffs had engaged in excessive delay and a lack of diligence in prosecuting their action; the defendant had expended in excess of $50,000 to $60,000 in attorney fees in the federal action; 2 and, the Court found that the defendant would be required to duplicate its efforts in a new state action. Holbrook, 130 F.R.D. at 519-22. Unlike Holbrook, in this case, "no depositions have been taken, only limited discovery has occurred, and the case has not been scheduled for trial."1 Young v. Johnson & Johnson Corp., Civil Action No. 05-2393, 2005 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 26232, at *12 (E.D. Pa. Nov. 2, 2005). The Plaintiff's motion here is a garden variety voluntary dismissal, no different from countless other lawsuits, which are voluntarily dismissed for a variety of reasons. The usual remedy for a dismissal is the imposition of costs in favor of the prevailing party, and to the extent there are cognizable costs, Lemforder is free to seek them in accordance with Local Rule 54.3. D. Me. Loc. R. 54.3. The Court GRANTS the Plaintiff's Motion for Voluntary Dismissal Pursuant to Federal Rule 41(a)(2) without prejudice (Docket # 14). SO ORDERED. /s/ John A. Woodcock, Jr. JOHN A. WOODCOCK, JR. CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE Dated this 24th day of June, 2009 1 Here, the Scheduling Order set an anticipated trial date of December 1, 2009. Scheduling Order at 3 (Docket # 9). The Plaintiff's motion was filed on June 4, 2009. By then, some of the Scheduling Order deadlines had passed, but the deadline for completion of discovery is not scheduled to lapse until August 18, 2009, and the deadline for the filing of dispositive motions will not do so until September 8, 2009. Further, the Scheduling Order's anticipated trial date is subject to revision depending upon whether the discovery deadline is extended, dispositive motions are filed, or other contingencies. By contrast, in Holbrook, on January 23, 1990, the Court mailed counsel a jury trial list, and it appears the case was vulnerable for trial on May 14, 1990, Holbrook, 130 F.R.D. at 518. Plaintiffs waited nearly two months and filed their motion for voluntary dismissal on March 19, 1990, within ten days of the final pretrial conference, and under the shadow of a looming trial. Id. at 517-19. 3


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AK Steel Corporation said that it plans to request a rehearing of a decision by the European Union (EU) to impose a provisional duty on some of its stainless cold-rolled imports.
AK Steel said it had fully complied with the EU's investigation of imports by U.S. producers of certain grades of stainless cold-rolled steel products. The company said that it does not believe AK Steel's imports of these products to Europe violate anti-dumping laws.
The steels are used in numerous applications, including heat exchangers, tubing, and automotive exhaust applications, the company stated, adding that less than 3 percent of its total annual shipments are exported and only a portion of those exports would be subject to these provisional European Union duties.
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ViewNX 2 2.10.2
All-in-one utility for image processing and video editing
With ViewNX 2's help, you'll be able to import and organize your pictures and videos, resize, crop and straighten pictures, control the brightness level, process RAW files and edit movies, ll form within a user-oriented interface.
What is more, ViewNX 2 also integrates Nikon's image storage and sharing website, Nikon Image Space, formerly known as My Picturetown. Consequently, you can upload your favorite pictures and share them with your friends and followers.
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As follows, you can crop, straighten, remove the red-eye effect, correct lateral color aberration and other imperfections that hide important details. The top toolbar offers you access to three different workspaces that enables you to browse your photo and video library, to view the location where you took the pictures and to edit them using the above mentioned editing tools.
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2011-08-15 | STNM005 | Second To None Music
Reggae artist Parly B joins the 'Second To None Music' family for this massive remix release. Vital Techniques are on the first remix of 'Breadline', bringing a 140 jungle vibe which has been tearing up dancefloors! Standard Procedure bring the second, keeping it dubwize with this sub low skanker 'Murderation'. With a load of DJ support you need these tracks in your bag!
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Fla. regulators may inspect all records of Viatical provider
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A federal judge in Florida has affirmed the state Office of Insurance Regulation's right to inspect all the business records of viatical settlement provider Coventry First LLC. The decision applies to all 14 viatical settlement providers licensed in Florida, the state OIR said.
U.S. District Court Judge Stephan P. Mickle in Tallahassee ruled Coventry First is a viatical settlement provider licensed in Florida so it's subject to state law as it relates to allowing state regulator review of its business records, according to the OIR. The OIR doesn't have jurisdiction over some transactions involving consumers outside of Florida but it can examine all of Coventry First's business records, the state regulator said of the judge's ruling.
Alan Buerger, chief executive officer and co-founder of Coventry First, based near Philadelphia, told BestWire the company will appeal. "This ruling would mean that every state insurance department could examine all business done nationally by property and casualty insurers, life insurers and life settlement providers," said Buerger. Coventry First, which sued the OIR, also is one of the biggest life settlement providers in the United States.
Coventry First argued that although it is licensed in Florida, it didn't qualify as a viatical settlement provider under Florida law for purposes of review of its out-of-state transactions, according to the OIR. It also argued McCarty acted illegally by seeking review of its business records.
The ruling "validates the office?s authority to safeguard Florida consumers by assuring that companies engaged in the viatical settlement industry are not evading Florida law or engaging in practices that would render them ineligible to do business in this state,? said Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty in a statement.
Generally, a viatical settlement is an agreement in which the owner of a life insurance policy who has a catastrophic or life-threatening illness assigns the policy's ownership or death benefits to a viatical settlement provider in exchange for a discount of face amount of the policy. The provider, as the policy's owner, pays the premiums for the policy and when the original policyholder dies, the provider cashes in the policy for its full amount (BestWire, Oct. 19, 2001).
"The history of this industry has been problematic," McCarty said.
Consumer protection laws in Florida relating to viatical settlement agreements require various disclosures, which include disclosing that these transactions have tax consequences; are subject to creditors; and, that entering into an agreement can impact eligibility for Medicaid or other government benefits, the OIR said.
The OIR sought to review Coventry First's business records from Jan. 1, 2005 through Dec. 31, 2007 so it could verify, among other things, that ownership of life insurance policies wasn't changed to avoid state law and that Coventry had an anti-fraud plan in place.
From 2004 through 2007, Coventry First bought 2,142 policies from viators, or policyowners, in all states in which it does business, totaling $710.9 million, with the policies having a face value of $4.4 billion, the OIR said.
The life settlement market, meanwhile, is an outgrowth of the viatical settlement market.
A life settlement is an insurance policy sold by its owner ? typically the insured or a trust ? for an amount greater than the surrender value of the policy but lower than the face amount of the policy, according to A.M. Best. The buyer of the life settlement becomes the new owner and beneficiary of the life insurance policy, is responsible for making future premium payments and collects the death benefits when the insured dies (BestWire, Feb. 22. 2005).
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The average annual temperature in (Herradura (la)) is (16,90) °C, which is (-3,93)
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I have emails still in my Inbox dating from over a year ago. Why do I keep them? Especially when I have such limited space. I know why I keep all of DT's - because she's my Alex and I adore her and want to be able to read over everything she has said for the past year. :-) But I have emails from people I don't even see and hardly talk to anymore. Except on those rare occassions where we all make an effort and get together. Which happens about once every four to six months. I suppose I keep these emails because it reminds me of them. So at least I can go "I should give him a call... Or perhaps I should email her..." and not entirely forget about them. It's also so I remember what we used to have. Memories are important things to me. I keep everything. I date everything. Photo's especially. Place, date, who's in the photo, what's it about. Everything. I have all my personal photo's seperated into categories, then into the different years. The majority of them are from highschool. I have hardly any of college. I really should get more. I need some. For the documentation and history of it all. I also keep letters. Dating back literally years ago. Ones from my cousin in Newcastle when we were twelve or so, short messages from Nanna Monice which came with unique and different gifts, postcards sent by Dad from Rwanda and Cambodia - not only mine but Adam and Nick's as well. Mum and I were in my room the other night just sitting and talking on my room. She was fascinated by the amount of things I have in there. She would ask me what something was and I could reply with how, who or where I got it from. *L* My room is made of memories. The purple fan above my bed I've had since I was around six - Dad bought it back from Cambodia. Same with the beautiful, but now slightly broken jewellry box. The crystal hanging off my window I got given by Yasmin for a birthday, as with the saggo charm I have tied to a leather band around my wrist. Also on that leather band is a chinese (?) coin that Jerome gave me while we were 'dating'. I still have the piece of metal that held a rose quartz Adrian gave me for my fourteenth birthday, as well as the ribbon I used as a necklace for it. I also have all of the Christmas cards and letters send by Vher's on my wall - and I have fun pointing out each one and telling people about the person who sent it when they ask. I also have the dream-catcher that DT made me hanging above my bed suspened by a piece of ribbon attached to my purple mozzie net. There are also purple sparkly stars hanging off the same net, tied there by Amanda and Laura when they decorated my room for my seventeenth birthday. My chest of drawers and bedside table I will remember as having still been drunk when I went shopping the day after Matt's Party and The Car Incidient for them with Mumsy. I could keep on going - nearly everything has some significance and emotional attachment to me that is in that room. It's terrific being able to remember - the good and the bad. It's all important. Anyhow - I think that's why I keep those emails. They have an important significance to me. When I feel that it's time I'm sure that I'll delete them, but at the moment I still need them to be there.
I promised myself to never say "I love you" to a person except if I was sure. I can say it to friends and family - because it's alright in that context, but never to a person that I'm attracted to. Why? Because it gives the wrong impressions totally and it doesn't really mean anything. When I say it - I want to mean it. That's why I refuse to use it so willy-nilly as some do.I have never gone against that thing (I could call it a rule - but that sounds so restircting) of mine...Except for on Saturday night.More stuff happened in that car then I remembered - or I do remember in flashes. I think I mainly remembered the ear-nibbling and neck biting because I was doing that constantly to him. Hrmm... I was wondering what my hands were doing during that time - and today I found out. I also found out how I ended sprawled on the seat - something which I did wonder about yesterday. That's sounds very misleading. Ok - as I've said in my GL that didn't happen. Mainly because Joe stopped me. I was putting my hands into his pockets and that's when he was saying stuff like "But Alyce, we're friends...etc, etc, etc". He stopped that pretty quickly by just making me hold his hands. Hrmm... Apparently we sat like that for about ten minutes then Jake came and tried to make Amanda hop into the car. But I wouldn't let the door be opened so Joe had to lean across me to do it for Jake and I went "So you like it like that hrmm..." to him. That's when he pretty much jumped out of the car. Gee - it feels good to write it down. I only found out about this incident this afternoon. Actually when Matt asked me what I remembered from sitting there with Joe in the car and I just said ear and neck nibbling and he went "You should talk to Joe". It was actually by luck that I meet them at Gloria Jeans - which turned out really good because I was dying of curiosity by then! Joe and I walked on ahead and he told me everything that I did. I hope he's alright with it though... I really don't know. I can't tell. I'm terrible at stuff like this. I even turned to spending nearly an hour outside at the basketball hoop with Jack Johnson playing to try and figure it out. Too bad it didn't work. All this wouldn't really worry me because usually I would just laugh it off. But since I am attracted to Joe it makes it all the more "what the feck do I do now?" thing. Then again we haven't actually talked-talked about it. Maybe we'll do that tomorrow or something, and I can find out how he feels about it all.The main thing about this really choppy and probably incomprehensive entry is:While I feel sorry for putting Joe in that position, I don't regret one thing of what I said or did. I think he was shocked when I said I didn't regret or wasn't ashamed of anything I did - only about not remembering it. Hrmm... Oh well. Just have to see what happens like usual.
Once again I'm having trouble with a maths assignment. Won't I ever get one where I can do it all by myself? *sigh* So far - no.Mum thinks that I should ask Adrian to help me. He doesn't go to my school and he does do AME math on two lines and got the top grades for last semester in it out of Year Eleven. 99.5 and 99.4! But then if I ask for help I'll feel bad. Like I'm using him or something. Because he doesn't really have any trouble with any of his other subjects - except maybe getting me to proof read an essay or something englishly or religioiusly. And even then - ....*sigh* I really need help. And my friends at my school are all really competetive. Not to mention moral. And I don't won't to seem stupid to them - whereas Adrian knows that math isn't my greatest subject, especially assignments in it. Mum thinks that he won't mind. I don't think that he would. He wouldn't have minded last year. But it's been half a year since then, and honestly I have no clue. Should I? On top of that - it's his birthday tomorrow. And that's when I'll have to ring and ask for help, since I'm now working all weekend (I was only meant to be on Saturday, but Aiden came down with galangila fever (sp?) so now I have to work Sunday as well), and it's due in on Monday. I don't know what to do. I really don't. Could something happen between us if he helps. It's always been a sort of dream of mine to be like study buddies with him. Gee that sounds lame. And I know I gave up the oportunity of having a relationship with him - but now we're both older (and hopefully wiser) than what we were in 2000 - 2001. It's been three years this September. *moan* Undecided. Will sleep on it, and see if Matt will help me during our free periods. If he can't/won't/isn't there/don't get through everything then I shall ring him. I was going to ring him anyway - because it's his birthday and to have a chat, maybe I could just slip in it - sneaky like - but then since he knows me (and I'm not that sneaky around people I know) he would just guess, or I'd state it outright bluntly.Let's just see what tomorrow brings, Hmm....
Pop's sick. He needs a blood transfusion. I'm thinking of going up there for a visit. This week would be ideal since I haven't been roastered on work and won't need swap any shifts - unfortunetly Mum has to be at work, so I'd be going up by myself somehow (bus or train) and I'll have to be back before Saturday. Before Friday night even. I've never thought about losing any of my family. It's always been a worry in the back of my mind. Especially with Dad. Doing peacekeeping and stuff, army, and now UN. I've always felt for Mumsy. Though now -- things are happening, and I don't want them to. Oh... I could be childish and cry and stamp my feet and lament over how I don't want any of this to happen, but I'm not going to. They're not to sure what's wrong with Pop. All that we know so far, is that his red blood cells are decreasing while his white (I presume) are staying the same. Mum used the termonology "the red blood cells are eating eachother" when telling me. She says that it could be lukemia (sp?). Then, everybody is worried about Nan because of her memory. And it is getting worse. Like I could have a conversation with her and we talk about Nick at the beginning of the conversation, then only about fifteen, twenty minutes later, she asking me again. Even Adam picked up on it all when he rang last week. I want to go up and visit -- but I don't know if I'll be strong enough to do it. I want to help. Somehow. I've always wanted to write a family history of sorts. Like I started researching my family history ages ago, but then school (even though it was only highschool) at the time became to busy, and I kept on putting it off. I want to record everything. They're lives. Memories. Family history. I don't want to lose them. I really don't.
I got told some pretty distressing news last night from Mumsy Dearest. I'm not sure as to whether to write it down here. I know that not many nearly none actually read - or for that fact know about it. I suppose that I will write it, since I need to put it down somewhere, and putting it on paper isn't the same. I know. I tried last night after I heard the news.Mum told Nicholas and myself last night that Pop went for some tests with the doctor, and he hasn't gotten the results yet, but the doctor thinks that they might be bad. Bad, as in cancer bad. Of course - the results aren't back so we don't actually know anything definent yet - and for the love of all the gods I hope that it's not going to be so. Pop's always been there in my life. We've never lived in the same town as any of relatives, but we always go up to Newcastle to visit them. I love listening to Pop talk about his youth and adventures. Just about randomness thats happened. Interesting little facts. I remember the year all of us went up there for Christmas. *L* I was about five and caught the chickenpox then straight afterwards got the German Measles. Hee... I also remember the huge earthquake that happened. I had a fascination with drawing the front of my Nan and Pop's house at one stage. I used to try to draw every single detail, then colour it in. *g* The sudden news that something may be wrong (hopefully not), has caused me to think more philosophically then usual. Pop's Catholic. I was divided last night by a decision to pray to his God or to my Gods. I choose mine. But in honour for his (the rest of my mother's side of the family) I'm now wearing my gold cross. I wasn't sure whether to put it on this morning. I've always had strong viewpoints that go against the Catholic church and felt that I'd be betraying my beliefs by doing so.But I did it. I placed on the gold cross that I wore during all of my Catholic religious sacraments. Come to think of it - Nan and Pop were there for the majority of them. All of them maybe. I always tell myself that I'm going to wear it unless specifically asked to by Mum - yet I put it on, and went to school with it on. Though, to stop at least some of my guilt over it, I also placed a symbol of my own beliefs around my wrist. In a way - I was representing both sides of me today. The past - the future.It may sound so stupid to you all that I was having a moral dilemna over wearing a cross - but for me, it signifys the length of what I would go to not to lose my Pop. It is my way of praying. One day I'll write in here what I believe, and go into great detail. But to understand that you would have to know me. Like properly know me. And at this moment - nobody does. Not in RL or Vh. Dear Gods I hope that Pop doesn't have cancer. I don't think that Mum or Nan could cope without him now. I really don't.
If there's one thing that bothers me the most it would have to be when Mum gets angry at Nick and starts stomping round the house getting all angry. Then she starts complaining to me when blantly I don't care. But it's not like I can actually say that to her, right? Because then she'll probably get stropy with me and birth kittens about it. Gah... I love Mum and everything, but times like this - she just gets way to overbearing. Yeah, sure Nick shouldn't have left the house in a mess, been drinking beer all day, while shagging a girl he meet a month ago. Ok - the shagging part *shrug* who could care less. She seems like a nice girl. Drinking beer all day long after being out all night - Maybe he should have given it a rest, slept off what he drank last night - not called in sick for work and actually gone to Uni. *sigh* It's time's like this I wish I had somewhere else outside the house that I could retreat to. Gah... I've holed myself up in the computer room. And am not going out till I desperately need food, drink, or to sleep. Or I get really really bored. But I doubt that since I've decided to actually do some much needed school work for media. Which will be fun. I feel like talking to someone about nothing and everything.
I don't like it when my friends are sad. It makes me sad. And want to cry for their pain. I want to reach over to them and give them a hug. I want to say something but I don't know what to say. I'm not a good friend.


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"Everywhere you look, there is history," listing agent Joan DaCorta Fumento of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage said about the 3,500-square-foot home on 2.3 acres, which is listed on the Huntington real estate market. "The property is magnificent, rolling in some places, it goes up a little bit, making it very private."
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Simmons First National Corp. of Pine Bluff said Thursday that first-quarter net income rose 25 percent to $6.4 million or 37 cents per share.
"Obviously, we are pleased with our first quarter earnings performance," J. Thomas May, chairman and CEO, said in a news release.
"We benefited significantly from continued pristine asset quality which has resulted in a reduction in our provision for loan losses, and our on-going efficiency initiatives that resulted in a decrease in our non-interest expense," he said.
The company (Nasdaq: SFNC), which held its annual shareholders meeting on Tuesday, said total assets reached $3.3 billion at March 31, up 1.6 percent from March 31, 2011. Total deposits reached $2.7 billion, up 2 percent.
"While we continue our efforts to manage our high levels of liquidity, which is a challenge for the entire banking industry in this low rate environment, we remain focused on creating core deposit growth," May said. "We are very pleased with our ratio of non-time deposits as a percent of total deposits, which is a very favorable 68 percent."
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Michigan First CU Sues Bank Over Trademark Infringement (Misc News: May 18, 2010)
Lathrup Village-based Michigan First Credit Union has filed a trademark infringement lawsuit against First Michigan Bank, which recently acquired a failed bank with branches in direct competition with the credit union. On April 30, state regualtors closed CF Bancorp, based in Port Huron, which operated 19 Michigan branches, selling the bank's deposits to First Michigan Bank.
According to the complaint, the credit union uses many service marks with the words "Michigan First." These include 'Michigan First Credit Union" for credit union services, "Michigan First Credit Union Moneyworks,' for internet banking services, "Michigan First Wealth Management Group" for financial planning and estate planning services, and www.michiganfirst.com.
Due to this "extensive use and promotion of the Michigan First marks, these marks have come to be associated in the public mind with credit union, banking and other financial services offered and sold by Michigan First," the credit union said in its complaint.
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Voice of Elmo on leave from Sesame Street after he was accused of having 'sexual relationship with underage boy'
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They renamed those dolls. They're called "Tickle me Homo". If you have kids, don't let them watch "Sodomy Street".Noteworthy Comment +19
There is a 96% chance that he voted for Obama.Noteworthy Comment +21
Today's Sesame Street is brought to you by the letter 'P' for pedophile.
Isn't it ironic that this show, that was supposed to be so brilliantly ground-breaking in educating kids, fell victim to the oldest trick in the pedophile's bag of tricks.
i.e. luring the kids with puppets.
This perv should be 'tickled' with the lash.Noteworthy Comment +20
That's why Johnny has two daddies.+4
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Sesame Street has drifted significantly in the last 30 years. Elmo was the opening salvo. Instead of using muppets to introduce and explain complex ideas such as during the death of Mr. Hooper, or how to deal with anger; Elmo was a complete antithesis as he spoke baby-talk and in the third person. It was an injection of complete infantile garbage…and if you add the demonstrably creepy "Mr. Noodle" sections of recent years…let's just say this isn't a surprise.Noteworthy Comment +11
There's a reason Elmo has a fist up his ass.+2
Also, recall that homosexuals represent 3-4% of the population but comprise 33% of child molesters.+8
The Left doesn't care if this man is a molestor, to them he is only "obeying his DNA", and evil simply does not exist to them. (Regrettably there are those on the right who are of the same opinion.)+4
but, Brian in BC, they made shitloads of money. isn't that all you capitalists reeeealy care about??
oh hey, was the Count there to count off how many inches were involved and for how many minutes?+1
It's the new "Testicle Me Elmo!" doll.+7
Why, I outta… kick the shit out of you, Elmo.+1
Don't let my kids watch Sesame Street. Too lefty. Rush said we dare not say anything about this because the lefties will be up in arms to protect this man's right to love.+3
@Brian, "Mr. Noodle"??? WTF?+1
When asked to comment on this Clash character,
Lucifer is quoted as saying, "He represents the Royal Trinity: Black, Leftist & Gay. Thus, I predict he'll skate."
Wayland Flowers & Madame were overheard at breakfast this morning discussing teaming up with Elmo and Ebony in the future.+6
By the way, folks…
Elmo's voice is actually Kevin Clash's natural voice.
Buffalo Bob says, "To me, that would have been a tip-off of his leanings."Noteworthy Comment +10
If he puts a dress on, he'll be allowed to use the women's locker room at any local college!+2
I guess that explains why Elmo is such a natty dresser…0
The original Mr. Noodle died of AIDS and was a flaming queen. Remember, the character from the Green Mile–the little guy with the mouse who got fried becuase of the smarmy guard didn't like him, well, he was the original Mr Noodles. I used to get really annoyed watching him because he was quite flamboyant as that character, but of course it was all in the good fun of entertaining the children, when in all actuality, he was just being himself.
Sodomy Street has been a cesspool of indoctrination for decades–but it's how the left get our children.
Ten bucks say Big Bird wears fish nets and pasties under that costume.Noteworthy Comment +10
We, my kindergarten classmates and I, were among the first kids that got to watch the show in 1969. The pie guy falling down the stairs usually cracked us up.
Keep this in mind: If you want to find a child molester then go where there are children involved.+6
Liberal. Works with kids. Child molester.
Check. Check. Check.
Hmmm, I don't see Catholic Priest on that checklist so, according to the enemedia, these charges must be false.+3
Typical day in a gay neighborhood.
Sesame Street was created by pot-smoking hippie perverts, now the Sewer Street operators are bold, proud and pedophile.
At least back in the day there was an attempt at education. Today, Sewer Street is really warped and should not be watched by children.
They will probably replace Elmo's handler -sorry about the pun, but does it matter, given who runs the show? I think not.+3
And just who funds this abomination??+1
Next Season on Sesame Street –
"Elmo Helps Youngsters Learn To Apply ChapStick® To Their Butt Holes"+1
Yeah, he was making a Rainbow Connection alright.+1
You see, this is what TOLERANCE gets you. A bunch of F@GS and then the PEDOPHILES!0
Once again we have to get the news from the foreign press because at least 4 liberal icons are exposed: Sesame Street, Blacks, gays, child molesters.+1


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Some of my colleagues from Symantec and I attended Black Hat in Las Vegas this past week. Wednesday was the first day of talks and there were some very interesting topics discussed. For me, the highlights were the following talks:
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• "Using Guided Missiles in Drive-Bys: Automatic browser fingerprinting and exploitation with Metasploit," by Egypt
• "Attacking Interoperability," by Mark Dowd, Ryan Smith, and David Dewey
The papers for these presentations are available on the Black Hat website, but I did manage to talk to most of the presenters and get their views on various topics. In this post I'll talk about the "Using Guided Missiles in Drive-Bys" and follow up with info on the other talks in later posts.
In his presentation "Using Guided Missiles in Drive-Bys," James Lee (a.k.a. "Egypt") outlined a new way of detecting what browser a visitor to a website is using without relying on the User Agent string, which can be easily forged. He has added this functionality to the Metasploit framework and he has also added code to allow the most appropriate exploit to be chosen for that browser version, as well as adding code to use the most stable exploits first and least stable exploits last.
Of course, detecting a visitor's browser version is not a new idea and most Web exploit packs already contain this functionality to some degree. James mentioned Mpack, Firepack, Neosploit, and Luckysploit as examples of packs that already detect the visitor's browser version—some more crudely than others. One of the most comprehensive detection algorithms I have seen used is in the Traffic Directing System "Kallisto TDS" shown below. Kallisto relies solely on the User Agent however, which as already mentioned can be easily changed (there are plug-ins available for various browsers to change your User Agent). So, although Kallisto's code shown below is very comprehensive, the solution that James presented takes this idea one step further.
James' code uses features of the DOM that are only available in certain browsers; for example, he showed that the window.opera object is only available in the Opera browser. Not only that but a call to window.opera.version() will return the browser version and a call to window.opera.buildNumber() returns even more specific information. Using techniques such as these for each browser and OS he is able to identify the software used by visitors to a website more accurately than solely relying on the User Agent string.
This is a nice feature to have in the MetaSploit framework, but I am certain that the creators of Web exploit packs will be sure to pick up this code and use it to their own advantage also. In fact, James mentioned to me that he has already seen exploits used outside of MetaSploit that had literally copied and pasted previous code he had developed for MetaSploit into the malicious Web page, which is not a good sign unfortunately. For further details about the techniques used check out James' paper on the BlackHat website.
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Contributor: Andrew Shinn
Facebook's problems on its first day of trading had many brokers concerned about their ability to borrow shares on Wednesday to settle short sales. Therefore, on Tuesday, as some institutional investors received shares early in the allocation process, brokers borrowed 26 million Facebook shares at a costly 40% annual interest rate. However, on Wednesday, a flood of lendable shares sent borrowing costs for Facebook shares down 80%. Another 28 million FB shares were borrowed at these lower rates on Wednesday. On Thursday, brokers borrowed another 10 million shares but returned 9 million, for a net additional 1 million shares borrowed.
When options trading begins in Facebook shares next week on the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE), market makers will need to borrow and short Facebook shares in order to hedge the options that they write. If the supply of lendable Facebook shares was tight and borrowing costs were high, options would be priced more richly and market makers would have a bit harder time facilitating a market because it would be more difficult to find borrowable shares. The CBOE usually waits longer after an IPO to begin trading options, and given the problems at NASDAQ on Friday, one would think that the CBOE would be extra cautious. An improvement in the ability to borrow shares in the securities lending market should ease some of those concerns.
Shorting a high P/E stock such as Facebook, despite the recent correction in its share price, is still dangerous because long investors are purchasing shares to participate in future growth, which is currently indeterminate. It's hard to imagine it now based on the problematic first week of trading, but a piece of unexpected good news could cause investors to jump back in and send Facebook shares shooting upward. Short sellers must also be cognizant of macro-level developments, particularly at the central bank level, that may encourage savers to rotate more money into risky assets such as Facebook stock. On the other hand, a deflationary environment could set up a high P/E stock such as Facebook for a swift fall.
Further in the future, when indexes begin to include FB, there will be support from index tracking funds. But S&P requires that "initial public offerings should be seasoned for 6 to 12 months before being considered for addition to an index." Russell and Wilshire may add FB sooner than that, but it's difficult to quantify the impact of index inclusion, especially when paired with bearish events that will take place in the future, such as the end of the lockup period when the overhang of stock is dumped onto the market.
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This week, the Live Writer team released the first release candidate for Live Writer 2009. The latest version has continue to build on the betas from the fall and is just a really nice blogging tool. The update has a new look and bunch of new stuff you can read about other places, but I wanted to write about the new server-side tagging feature that is available for the BlogEngine.NET bloggers using 18.104.22.168 and beyond.
When using the newest Live Writer and a fairly current build of BlogEngine.NET you will get a new Tags entry box right next to the categories drop down. While BlogEngine.NET users have always been able to enter tags in Live Writer using the Keywords box, the new box does a lookup as you type so you can see the tags you've already entered and select them from a list. Our complete tag list button is still available for viewing all your tags, but this new list is pretty handy.
I really like the way the Live Writer team is pushing the API and allowing developers to enhance the Live Writer experience. If the cool stuff Live Writer allows your favorite blog software to do isn't enough, there are 100s of plug ins that add even more functionality. I look forward to seeing what new functionality they offer us next.


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