text: Vitaly Vodyanoy is Named a Real-Life SuperheroDate: 6/27/2011 10:21 am Vitaly Vodyanoy, a professor of physiology and director of the biosensor laboratory, is named a real-life superhero by Edmund Optics, a global organization that supports R&D, electronics, semiconductor, pharmaceutical, biomedical, and military markets. Edmund Optic's real-life super heroes are using optics to foster innovation, drive cutting-edge research, and benefit industry. The "superpower" Vodyanoy possesses enables real-time imaging of living cellular structures. Peering down the tube of his microscope, Vodyanoy, along with collaboration from academia and industry, developed a cutting-edge microscopy technique that features increased resolution and a dual mode fluorescence imaging capability enabling unlabeled techniques for identification of viruses and observation of interactions between labeled and unlabeled nanoparticles with the use of a traditional optical transmission microscope. His invention, the CytoViva Microscope, earned a R&D 100 Award in 2006 and 2007 for its revolutionary contribution to imaging technologies newly introduced to the market. Vodyanoy is playing a key role in development of the emerging unlabeled imaging technology that offers extraordinarily high resolving power at a lower cost; thus enabling a tremendous benefit to public health around the globe with early stage disease detection. His technological advancements allow researchers to observe living cells, without any sample preparation, in fine detail traditionally offered by electro-microscopes. This real-time observation and analysis is allowing further development in advanced sensing techniques in such diverse applications as environmental monitoring, label-free biomedical imaging, trace detection, and pathogen sensing. The high resolution attributes allow for the detection of viruses, which can be approximately 20 nanometers in diameter versus bacteria that can be more than 200 nanometers in diameter. Vodyanoy joined Auburn's College of Veterinary Medicine in 1989. He received his M.S. in Physics from Moscow Physical Engineering Institute and his Ph.D. in biophysics from Agrophysical Research Institute, Leningrad, USSR. He is a former faculty member of the Institute of Semiconductors and A.F. Loffe Physicotechnical Institute, Academy of Sciences, Leningrad, USSR. Vodyanoy has held positions at New York University and the University of California, Irvine, and he is published in numerous academic and scientific publications. He is the 2005 recipient of the Auburn University Creative Research Award and the 2011 recipient of the B.F. Hoerlein Memorial Endowed Faculty Research Award. |


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Universal Credit is a new means-tested benefit for people of working age that the Government hopes will make claiming benefits simpler. It attempts to make sure you will always be better off in work than on benefits.
Universal Credit replaces the following means-tested benefits:
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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) administers all Universal Credit claims.
The programme for introducing Universal Credit
The DWP is introducing Universal Credit slowly. So far it has only trialled new claims for Universal Credit in a select number of areas: Ashton-under-Lyne, Wigan, Warrington, Oldham, Bath, Hammersmith, Harrogate, Inverness, Rugby and Shotton. In these areas, the DWP is only accepting simple claims – claims from newly unemployed claimants with no dependents or disabilities. This means that because of your sight loss it is highly unlikely that the DWP will invite you to claim Universal Credit, even if you live in one of these areas.
In June 2014, twelve more local authority areas in north west England joined the rollout. These were:
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In June, the DWP also began to accept applications from couples, as well as single people, from these same areas.
It is only much later – during 2016 – that the DWP plans to take on new claims across the country and therefore end claims for the existing means-tested benefits.
If you already receive one of the benefits that Universal Credit replaces, it is only from around 2016 that the DWP will begin to move you over to Universal Credit. The DWP aims to move everyone over by the end of 2017, however their plan for doing this has already changed a number of times, so this date could change. We shall update this page if this happens.
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The DWP pays Universal Credit monthly and makes one payment for each household directly into a bank account. If your claim is successful, the DWP will pay you a standard allowance plus any additional elements that apply to you. You should receive your first payment around five weeks after your claim.
The standard allowances from April 2014 are:
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Motherhood continues to throw challenges at me. These past two months have seen me and Thorfinn go dairy free, he has start weaning and his interest and interaction with the world around continues to develop in leaps and bounds. I think my favourite development is laughter (proper giggles that started around five 1/2 months).
We also had a naming ceremony – a lovely afternoon with family and friends where my Dad formally introduced Thorfinn to the family. While Clair and Chris agreed to be Odd Parents (well if the shoe fits … )
We asked everyone to write something for Thorfinn – "a book he should read, a place he should go, a thing he should do, anything at all as long as it comes from you." Which has resulted in a lovely selection of thoughts ideas and doodles.
So as is now becoming a feature here are the things I have learned since I last posted:
1. Bourbon cream biscuits are dairy free (as are Party Rings, Oreos and Jammy Dodgers).
2. Any activity now takes twice as long – except your shower/dressing that has to take less time.
3. I am really excited at only being woken at 6am – less so if woken at 1am, 4am…
4. There is also something very exciting about having the evening again now Thorfinn is off to bed about 8pm. If only we could get it as a regular thing!
5. Fisher Price Little People can indeed be cleaned in dishwasher but you need to pierce the base of them with a barbeque scewer to get all that pesky water out.
6. Sometimes only a mummy hug will do.
7. Five months seems to be the point where babies become properly interactive fun and the possibilities for crafty fun expand.
8. Real food = real poo
9. I am enjoying beginning to wear non-breast feeding friendly clothes again (six months will be enough for me plus with Thorfinn's dairy intolerance I really miss cheese).
10. You cannot have too many bibs – food and drool mean constant changing.


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How to Trace Your Family Tree
Our step-by-step guide to uncovering your ancestors
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Census records were taken every 10 years starting in 1790, and on the rolls you\'ll find information such as the names of all of the members of a household, occupations and parents\' birthplaces. Check out the 1880 census records for free on FamilySearch.org, the website of the Family History Library, which is based in Salt Lake City and run by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Also on the site, birth and death records will help confirm names, dates and locations.


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The Best Children's Books of the Year, 2010-2013
One of the most comprehensive annotated book lists for children, aged infant through 16. The Committee reviews over 6,000 titles annually for accuracy and literary quality and considers their emotional impact on children. The best 600 books published each year, both fiction and nonfiction, are listed with annotations, according to age and category.
Below are the past editions that are currently available online. The 2010 edition contains titles published in 2009, 2011 contains titles published in 2010, 2012 contains titles published in 2011, and 2013 contains titles published in 2012. Reference copies of editions published in print before 2010 may be found in the Bank Street College Library.


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'Armchair Astronaut' Discovers Mars Anomaly
Using the map program Google Mars, David Martines, a self-described "armchair astronaut," discovered an anomalous structure on the Red Planet he's dubbed "Bio Station Alpha." Check out his video footage here. One expert however believes it's a "linear streak artifact produced by a cosmic ray."


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i need some advice, i made a mistake
ok, here is what happen in a short version.
my husband and i have been having alot of problems and struggling the last few years. he has made alot of comments about my weight (i was really thin when we got married 7 years ago) i am not chuby, just bigger than i was. he has made it so obvious that his kids and my kids have told him to stop it. over a month ago, he sat me down and said: you know, you need to get your weight under control." well, this really distroyed me...i work out as much as i can and i am trying, but i have felt unsexy and ugly for the last 2 years of our marriage. he also spends alot of time (weekends) going away with his friends.
so, i was signing a single friend up with a dating site on the internet and she made a comment.."why don't you send your picture out there and see what happens" well...i knew that was inappropriate, but i thought it harmless and it would be nice to see what strangers thought of my physical appearance...well, i got alot of "you are so sexy" , you are so beatuful" comments...then i started chating on line...just goofing around..using my friends email....i thought this alot safer than going out to a bar..i don't want to cheat, but i was so down on myself and disgusted because of what my husband had said to me. well, he was never a trusting soul..and put a babysitter type software on our server and saw everything i said and all the pics that were sent.
i told him the truth about everything...he new what bothered me, i have told him over and over, but now...he just wants to hold it over my head....
by the way, this was helping my ego and my husband and i were getting along much better because i felt better about myself...even though the means were inappropriate.
any advice would be nice
I think you were fishing for compliments because your husband is a class A jerk. Doing it on a dating website was stupid (what if someone either of you knew saw it?), but I'm sure you know that. But I am also wondering why he is putting babysitter software on your computer without telling you. I think you and your husband need counseling. Why is he going away every weekend?
If your husband hadnt made you feel so ugly and unsexy you wouldnt of needed to look to see if other men found you attractive.he really is a heartless jerk.I think he is so untrusting because he cant be trusted himself .Id bet my life on that he has one night stands everytime he goes away.Icertainly wouldnt put up with my partner goin away most weekends.You need to put your foot down .
I too wonder why in the first place your husband had that software installed on the computer.
Why is he going away on weekends.
I don't know. It seems to me your husband is finding faults with you because he may be at fault and not being honest with you.
Go girl. My mom always said if a woman looks elsewhere, it's because she is not happy at home. Deep down in your heart i think you know your husband is not right here and you did what you did because you are a human being and if hubby has the nerves to sit you down and tell you you have to get your weight under control » when in fact you say you are doing things to become healthier, well..... why don't you ask him to sit down and tell him he better get his head back into control and stop being so selfish. And whatever you do about your weight, don't do it for HIM. Do it for you!
Go girl. Seize the day!
Yep! He's pointing the finger at you and three fingers are pointing back at him. I think he is trying to keep you on the defensive so you don't focus on what he is doing.
P.S.Is he going bald? Have any love handles? Bad breath?Snoring? Stinky feet? Tell him about it every time he brings up your "weight"..
It was deliberately cruel and hurtful of him to bring up your weight -- *particularly* if you're at a healthy weight and/or trying to lose weight. He knew he was being hurtful, but chose to do it anyway - don't kid yourself about that. If even his kids told him to stop it -- then you know he was over-the-top with his comments.
And his tracking of your computer activity is also a problem. Not to excuse your chatting (though believe me, I can understand completely why you were motivated to do it) but for him to put spy software on your computer points to a suspicious mind, and probably also to a guilty conscience, a controlling personality, or most likely, both.
I totally agree with the recommendation for counseling. And if he won't go, go alone. This man is deliberately hurting and belittling you, and you have a lot to figure out:
- Why he's doing it.
- If he can or will change.
- If you can or want to put up with it.
- And if so, how you can defend yourself; and
- If not, what to do about it.
My first husband was diagnosed with Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD) and his behavior was much like you describe your husband's to be. Don't know if the shoe fits or not, but it's a question to consider...
Your husband sounds like a class A a-hole. But, I have to scold you for what you've done too. No married person should be chatting on a single site with guys no matter how bad their spouse makes them feel. This is the type of thing that can lead to an internet type of affair. It sounds like you were using the guys for emotionally intimacy which you are not getting from your husband which could be construed as an emotional affair of sorts. You can't down play you your part in this mess. Seriously, if he had been doing the same thing, would/could you even believe him? I would think your husband may have some serious doubts about your story. You broke the marriage trust...so he's entitled not to let it drop so easily, IMHO. Two wrongs don't make a right.
Anyway, back to the problem at hand of a marriage that makes you seek out comfort online. Is the weight thing the only thing he seems to have a problem with or critizes you about? Some guys just really have a problem with over weight women. Not that it's right, but it's a fact of life.
If he is condescending and controlling in other aspects of life, I'd too worry about him having NPD. I'm not sure the babysitting computer program thing can account for that much if you have kids. He may have seriously been using it for them and found your stuff.
A word to the wise about counseling with a spouse with Narcisstic Personality Disorder. It will probably drive you crazy and may get you nowhere but frustrated fast. I don't want to advise against counseling without knowing what your husband's problems are but if he's got NPD and the counselor doesn't specialize in it, seriously you are in for a bad ride. Problem is, counseling and such require honesty and compromise but with a Narc. you will get lies and he will be given even more control with the compromises you will be asked to make. If he''s got NPD, you need to take more control, not give any more. He will twist around what you say and "abuse" you even during the sessions. Sadly, many counselors won't catch it and conclude many of the marraige problems are you fault because he will be better at complaining about them and you will have been so emotionally beat up, that you will feel insecure and just accept that much is your fault. It's a bad situation to be in.
Look up "verbally abusive relationships". Remember no one is perfect and everyone can say a mean thing, be controlling or call someone a name from time to time. But it may give you something to consider. Most real abusers will abuse across the board in almost every aspect of your life. It won't just be about your weight or controlling where you eat for dinner or putting spy wear on. See if your husband seems to fit the bill across the board.
If your husband has NPD it is something he needs to see a therapist or doctor about by himself to work on before marriage counseling is even considered. You will not be able to work on your marriage until he understands and is willing to work on his personal problem first. Just be careful with counseling.
sweeby, just wondering, did you try counsling with your Ex. If you did, how did it go for you?
my husband put the spy ware on to monitor our kids...which is fine...but he told me he had been watching for for 3 weeks...and yes, shame on me for even going there...it was just a joke to me seriously and made me feel better about my looks . yes it was so very stupid, i admit and i feel really bad about this, but at the same time i have alot of anger about him spying on me. i really don't care that he found out..i'm not hiding anything...i am fine with that...really i am...but the spying thing really gets to me. he is gone alot of weekends with his guy friends for different activities...video game get togather, he went and helped with his police friends for some fundraiser...but you know...they drink and go out to dinner. i really don't have alot of problem with this if we saw each other more often, but we don't. I feel really bad for my part in this...i have never been unfaithful to him..ever.
Josey - Do you think he'd agree to go with you for counseling? Because I think it could really help -- and you two have got some issues to work through.
Carla - I could see how a therapist who didn't know much about NPD could be fooled by a narcissist, and if that were the case, then I could see how counseling might be very frustrating. Narcs can be very persuasive and convincing, but they also disintegrate pretty quickly when confronted with 'proof' that they were wrong about something. It's reasonable for a therapist to suggest both parties compromise -- but she should then realize pretty quickly if one party's idea of a compromise is always "We'll compromise and do it my way." IMO, any therapist worth her salt should be able to spot NPD tendencies after a few sessions if the other spouse is willing to stand up for herself in the therapy session and tell things from her perspective.
And that is just how it played out in my case. In my case, therapy saved my sanity by validating my own beliefs that had been so badly shaken by ten years of marriage to a narc. My situation was a little different from Josey's in that I was the one with the laundry list of complaints. I thought it was only one or two real issues, and didn't realize just how long my 'list' was until we actually got into therapy and I started talking. (Ranting?) Fortunately for me, the therapist we worked with taught us early on to use "I feel" statements with specific examples -- so when incident after incident started tumbling out (each more ridiculous than the next), her diagnosis was pretty easy.
But we're getting off track -- Back to Josey's issue --
Josey - Is your real question how to get your marriage back on track and get him to trust you again? Or do you agree that there are deeper issues that need to be explored?
sweeby, I'm glad it worked for you personally. Sounds like you probably had better self-esteem than most battered wives. I still think counseling on your own would have been a better choice. The problem I see is that a typical marriage counselor can't really diagnosis NPD and what does she do if she does suspect it?
It's like going into counseling with a spouse who has undiagnosised Bipolar disorder. It generally will just frustrate you. The disorder needs to be diagnosed and dealt with separately first and not by a marriage counselor, IMHO. So, I take counseling made you open your eyes and see things as they were, but it didn't really help him, your relationship together or the marriage.
If the poster does suspect verbal abuse or NPD, here's a book By Patricia Evans on the subject that may be useful. It's generally the main book/bible out there on the subject. Patricia's not too big into couples marriage couseling either. So, just be careful if you do try it. Or, consider going by yourself. Let's just say, sweeby has more faith in marriage counselors than I do - If it does backfire, you can be really messed up.
"Sounds like you probably had better self-esteem than most battered wives. I still think counseling on your own would have been a better choice."
Better self-esteem?! I can see why you'd think it now. But trust me, then things were very, very different... I've been 'out' for 15 years, and have done a lot of healing since then.
And I have to respectfully disagree about counselling on my own. From my experience, THAT would have been what frustrated me and drove me over the edge, because none of what a counsellor would have suggested would have worked at all. I could have changed this, that and the other thing, but he would never have reacted to MY changes because he was entirely driven by his own needs. Really, it was only by having her see him that she could actually see how he acted and how he operated.
Now just to clarify -- After a few sessions that Ex and I both attended, the counsellor did split us up for a few sessions and sent Ex to work individually with her partner. That's when he was diagnosed.
Your point about "Was counselling good for the marriage?" is a good one. In fact, Ex blames counselling for ending our marriage -- and to a degree, he's right about that. As long as everything was 'my fault' and 'I was lucky to be married to him' - then the marriage didn't end. But once I realized I wasn't always wrong and that he actually was defective (and yes, that's how I think of it now -- sorry if it isn't PC) - THEN I had the reason I needed to end the marriage.
He claims he was checking on the children...but he didn't let you know?
This guy's a manipulator, & he's likely seeing another woman.
Normal men don't leave their wives at home every week-end;
his group of pals may be doing some things together, but not every week-end.
Get checked for STDs, including AIDS, right away, & practice safe sex if you have to have sex with him.
my X used to tell me a lot about my weight after my baby was born. I was skinny, I mean not just "not fat" but plain skinny. I look at my pics now of that time, how dare someone even say anything about my weight then. he made me feel like crap and I was nursing a baby. i of course am not married to him anymore and it was like 20 years ago, but I still remember it and it still hurts as i think of it. i don't let anyone to say anything about my weight anymore.
maybe going on dating sites is stupid but it sure not stupid to look for someone else if your husband is a moron. leave him and go look for a decent person. and i bet you he is the one who cheats.
"i admit and i feel really bad about this,"
Yes you did the wrong thing. But don't forget that your DH is doing wrong things.
Preferring to spend his time with friends, rather than his family. That's not right, is it ?
I am concerned that you, Jonesy, are carrying all the guilt in this relationship, perhaps even blaming yourself for the way things are. Your husband is doing that now, he has "ammunition" to use against you, to hold over you. He knows you feel bad about what you did, as a decent person would, but don't carry guilt for HIS misdemeanors.
Try to assess the situation objectively, a counsellor would be able to do this with you. Sometimes we are so bogged down with what goes on in our marriage, its really hard to see what is right and what is wrong.
i knew he had the spy ware on for the kids. and yes he has done alot of inappropriate things according to me, like we were at the lake one year with his kids and he was just guaking at women to were his own daughter was embarrased for me...but he thinks he wasn't and he said that he is not gay and he will look...i don't mind him looking, it was the guaking...and then early on in our marraige he looked at alot of porn on his computer which bothered me...i finally stoped looking on his computer..so i really don't know what he does anymore...right now he is acting like nothing happened...which is fine i guess...but the minute i bring something negative up...i am blasted about what i did...
I wouldnt feel guilty in the slightest,in fact I would carry on talking to your new friends,who were making you feel good about yourself.If your husband can look,then so can you,hes a cheeky so and so .stop beating yourself up about it.hes in the wrong.
All I can say is that if I found out that my husband had posted his photos and a profile on an internet dating site, it would be a very, very big deal to me. It would be an even bigger deal if I knew that he was corresponding with other women and (once I found out) told me that he only did it for a "joke" and because it made him feel good to know that other women found him attractive. And then tried to put it on me by saying that it was my fault because things I said or did made him feel unloved. To me, that kind of thing is the start of infidelity. Even if I found out during a time when he hadn't physically cheated, I would see it as him starting down that road. I would have a hard time even starting to put it behind me unless I felt that he fully realized the seriousness of what he'd done and would never, ever do something like that again. If he was still voicing the excuses you've written here, I would think that he still doesn't get it.
If you have other problems in your marriage-- and it sounds like you do--I think that this was more than just an inappropriate way to deal with them. This seems more like creating a new problem to add to all of the others. If you do try to work things out, my guess is that this internet flirting thing is going to be one more issue you guys have to address.
amyfidler, all we can have here is one side of the story. I have no ways of finding OP's husband and ask his opinion on the issue. lol all we can do is to reply on one side of the story. the way she described her marriage is is plain awful. so instead of cheating she should just move on. this marriage sounds like marriage from hell. my opinion: based on one side of the story.
"but the minute i bring something negative up...i am blasted about what i did..." This is terrible. You have every right to bring up things that are bothering you.
Perhaps you could word your concerns differently. Do you make "I" statements ? Like "I am concerned...." or "I feel upset....." By voicing your concerns in this way, you are not speaking in a way that could cause your husband to feel blamed. Even though, he does sound like a person who would always be on the defensive.
All the best
So if the only two options were cheat or leave, then I can see how leave would be the best advice -
But those weren't the options given. Seldom (except in cases of physical abuse) is the only best option leaving without understanding more.
And I don't see how this marriage, from these posts here, is a living hell. She feels unsexy, she says it's because of his comments, and says he's gone a lot.
I don't see enough here to say it's a living hell nor do I see grounds for divorce. The fact that he's jealous and controlling right now is normal for any spouse who has been betrayed. It's not pleasant, but it's expected.
OP i'd recommend you read a book that talks about emotional affairs - "After the Affair" will help you understand your part in this struggle -
Anyone dissatisfied on any level with their marriage, who then discovers the lure of an extramarital relationship (sexual or otherwise) will find their marriage to be 10x more miserable than they would otherwise.
Let me give a little background. My husband looks a porn and received emails from these sites. He has gawked at women to the embarrasing point, and i caught a women asking him for a date on his voicemail...and when we were engaged...he cheated on me with his x-wife...ok...we had a rocky start and it bleeds over...we had a point in our marriage where we gave everthing we had up to be with each other. we have a strong connection and have been through hell and back...probably more than people married 20 years...as for right now. we had a long talk...and he realized what he has done wrong...and how he might loose me if he keeps up doing what he is doing....right now, we are getting along and we do love each other. I just can not stand the disrespect he has given me through out our marraige..but, I am a trooper and so is he....we will see


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The thing about kids. If you have something specific you want them to do, they have to see you do it too.
I love the song, "Live Like That," from Sidewalk Prophets about leaving behind a legacy of love for your children and grandchildren to continue. The lyrics say,
I want to live like that
And give it all I have
So that everything I say and do
Points to You
I was struck with what that legacy is when I heard U.S. hurdler Lashinda Demus talk about her legacy as a mother, yesterday after winning her heat in the Olympics and advancing to the finals, with her twin 5 year old boys cheering her on in the stands.
She said, "It's great, I just kind of run because I don't want to let them down. Even if they don't know now right now, they'll know in the future. I'm running for the legacy of my family."
What's the legacy you want to leave?
Thought provoking headline over the weekend:
The best thing about Michael Phelps phenomenal career? You can do it, too.
I don't know about you, but I don't expect to be able to win 22 medals, but it does make you wonder what you could work towards, if you just worked towards a goal.
They said, "It's tempting to think of Phelps as superhuman or a freak of nature. But his secret to success is available to all of us: hard work & relentless dedication."
Makes you think about what you would choose to be relentlessly dedicated to.
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"The Jewish People needs us," one of the notices declares, presenting army service as a mitzvah, or a religious commandment. Another notice simply has a picture of servicemen and a quote from the Mishna, which says that in times of a religiously sanctioned war, "everybody goes, even a groom from under his wedding canopy." The only contact information is a mobile phone number, which the activists answer without revealing their identities.
The aim of Haredim for Jewish Unity is to pressure leading rabbis to come out in favor of army service and to start breaking the taboo on Haredim even considering service. Yehuda and his comrades hope to increase Haredi recruitment and even to make it a significant trend.
Their goals may seem ambitious, but they say that they are far more realistic than the mainstream politicians who live in their own dream world, believing they can bring about the change through legislation.
"The law is nothing unless there's an agreement," Yehuda said confidently. "Rabbis will escort [draft refusers] to prisons. One hundred percent, no question about it, they'll be heroes."
It is 1 a.m. by the time the activists reach their first neighborhood of the night, the Haredi stronghold of Zichron Moshe in central Jerusalem. They identify a pashkevil wall, stop the car and affix the posters. There is nobody around, so the posters may stay up until early morning before they are torn down, as they always are. But like wall messages on Facebook, a few hours is all it takes to have a strong impact. After the group's last postering exchange in the winter, some eight people took the ultimate step of enlisting after getting in touch with the group, Yehuda reports.
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One of the most famous laptop maker from Japan, Toshiba expand the Satellite C50 budget friendly laptop line up with Toshiba Satellite C55-A5300. Yeah, this is not a high end multimedia and office laptop, but if the price is your big concern, the Satellite C55-A5300 15.6 inch laptop is has a great value and still gives decent performance for daily office and light multimedia multitasks.
Priced under $300 with 1 year limited warranty, Toshiba Satellite C55-A5300 laptop is an entry level laptop that based on the Ivy Bridge platform and designed for a budget conscious costumers that need a reliable machine but did not want to breaking the bank. The Intel Celeron 1037U ULV (Ultra Low Voltage) dual core processor which has a clock rates at 1.8GHZ and combined with Intel HD Graphics as graphics engine, this model still gives the power and graphics performance you will need for documents works, spreadsheets and watch HD video, along with PowerPoint presentations and casual modern games.
Like common inexpensive sub-$300 laptop, Toshiba C55-A5300 15.6 inch laptop also comes with a plastic material for casing and Trax Horizon finish design. The "Satin Black" laptop has a small Toshiba logo on the corner of the lid, along with Satellite logo on the corner of bezel. Like the previous model, the C55-A5300 also has a standard Satellite black keyboard and a full numeric keypad, offers fast and secure typing experience, especially on the desk. In term of size, the 5.4 lbs laptop has dimension in 9.5 x 15 x 1.4 inches, just like the and other Satellite C50 laptop series. For the battery, the 6-cell Lithium Ion battery that bundled on this machine can produces more than 4 hours of battery life for light office tasks.
Yeah, this is not a multimedia laptop and did not support for playing 3D modern games. But the 15.6 inch High Definition widescreen display with LED-backlit and combined with Toshiba's TruBrite technology still provides fairly bright, clear and crisp color for casual games or 720p video playback. It supports a 1366 x 768 native resolution and equipped with a 500GB of Serial ATA Hard Disk Drive. Comes with a spinning speed of 5400 rpm, the disk drive offers plenty of storage space, more than enough to store all your multimedia and document files.
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It's Freaky Friday, and we're due to talk about true crime. Bizarre crimes fascinate the public. Books get written about them. Documentaries are made. Movies sensationalize the details and give the involved parties beauty makeovers.
Today, we're going to talk about the 1993 murder of Bobby Kent. It has had the full Hollywood treatment for a reason. The crime was brutal. The murderers weren't much more than kids. The reason they did it was oddly believable…though not necessarily justifiable.
Bobby Kent was twenty years old in 1993. He lived in Hollywood, Florida. Bobby was athletic and charming. His parents were successful and had plans to help Bobby achieve success once he graduated college.
It all ended for him one hot Florida night. Seven kids bludgeoned and stabbed Bobby Kent to death July 15, 1993. They dumped his body in the swamp.
The kicker? Bobby Kent was not murdered by strangers. He was murdered by kids he knew. One of them was his childhood best friend. Another was an ex-girlfriend.
The murderers became known as the Broward County Seven. Because so many people were involved, here's the cast list for the Broward County Seven:
- Martin "Marty" Puccio — Bobby Kent's best friend since childhood. Lisa Connelly's boyfriend.
- Lisa Connelly DOB — Marty's girlfriend. Claimed Bobby was physically abusive to Marty. He was also verbally abusive to Connelly, making references to her weight.
- Ali Willis — Lisa's best friend. Bobby's ex-girlfriend.
- Donny Semenec — Ali's boyfriend at the time of the murder. Supposedly got involved in the murder because Bobby raped Ali.
- Derek Kaufman — Self-proclaimed mafia hitman. Didn't know anybody in the group prior to the murder.
- Derek Dzvirko — Lisa Connelly's cousin. He participated in the murder at Lisa's request.
- Heather Swallers — A friend of Ali Willis who got caught up in the murder.
These seven people armed themselves with a lead pipe, two knives, and a baseball bat. They lured Bobby to a remote lake near Weston. Bobby believed he might have sex with Ali Willis, an ex-girlfriend.
The Broward Seven had different plans for Bobby Kent. Donny Semenec stabbed Bobby in the neck with a knife. Bobby begged Marty, his friend, to help him.
Marty stabbed Bobby in the stomach and slit his throat twice. Derek Kaufman hit Bobby in the head with a baseball bat, which was the final blow. Derek Dzvirko helped dump the body.
Heather Swallers was Ali Willis's friend. She didn't know much about Bobby Kent, Marty Puccio, or Lisa Connelly prior to a few days before the murder. When the murder started, she ran and hid in Ali Willis's car.
Their motive? Bobby was a bully.
Was Bobby a bully? Mr. and Mrs. Puccio–Marty's parents–claimed their son often came home bruised and bleeding after being with Bobby. There were also claims that Bobby used steroids, which can cause physical aggression.
One of the prosecutors at the murder trial compared Bobby Kent to the fictional character Eddie Haskell. In front of parents, Bobby put forth one persona. In front of other kids, it was a whole different story.
Another theory is that Bobby and Marty were involved in gang activity and that the Bobby's murder was gang related. This website goes into more detail on that theory.
Gang activity or no, Bobby Kent and Marty Puccio were definitely up to some odd stuff…including making homosexual porn movies. They convinced a local man named Harry Suiter to perform in their production, which was called Rough Boys. Due to the content, none of the local porn shops were interested.
[The content of Rough Boys consisted of Mr. Suiter dancing naked and playing with a dildo.]
The following is the most commonly believed theory about the murder.
Marty's girlfriend, Lisa Connelly, was pregnant with Marty's child. She didn't like how much time the father of her unborn child spent with his good buddy Bobby Kent. She talked her best friend Ali Willis (AKA Alice Slay) into going out with Bobby. Ali claimed Kent was abusive to her and cut off the relationship.
At this point, Lisa Connelly instigated discussions about getting rid of Bobby Kent permanently. On July 13, 1993, Ali Willis brought her boyfriend Donny Semenec and her friend Heather Swallers to talk with Lisa about killing Bobby.
Lisa contacted Derek Kaufman and asked him to get her a gun. He was unable to get a gun that fast, so the plan with the lead pipe, the knives, and the baseball bat formed.
The night of the murder, the Broward County Seven met in the alley behind Marty's home. Marty wore a black trench coat over a white T-shirt and black jeans. He had a red bandana tied Ninja-style around his head.
On July 15, 1993, in the wee hours of the morning, the plan was carried out. Bobby was murdered, and Broward County Seven was born.
- Marty Puccio was convicted of first degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder. He was sentenced to the death penalty. In 1997, through appeals, his sentence was lowered to life in prison.
- Lisa Connelly was convicted of second degree murder and conspiracy. She was sentenced to life and five years imprisonment. This sentence was appealed and reduced to twenty-two years. She was released on parole in 2004.
- Ali Willis (AKA Alice Slay) was convicted of second degree murder and conspiracy. She was sentenced to forty years in prison. Her sentence was appealed and reduced to seventeen years in prison. She was released in 2001 and is on community supervision for forty years.
- Donny Semenec was convicted of second degree murder and conspiracy. He was sentenced to life and fifteen years imprisonment.
- Derek Kaufman was convicted of first degree murder and conspiracy. He was sentenced to life and thirty years imprisonment.
- Derek Dzvirko testified in exchange for a plea bargain. He was convicted of second degree murder and conspiracy. Dzvirko was sentenced to eleven years imprisonment. He was released in 1999.
- Heather Swallers testified in exchange for a reduced sentence. She was convicted of second degree murder and conspiracy. Ms. Swallers was sentenced to seven years imprisonment. She was released in 1998.
It didn't take long for the entertainment industry to embrace the story. Jim Schutze wrote a book about Bobby's murder in 1998.
2001 was a big year for the Bobby Kent story. A & E made a documentary called Payback for a Bully. The inimitable Larry Clark made a feature film about the crime called Bully. It starred Brad Renfo, Nick Stahl, Bijou Philips, and Rachel Miner.
Update 3/11/12
Not long after I wrote this post, the real Ali Willis replied with this:
You are all way off on the truth. Dont believe whatever you read. Ali
I like to make these blogs as informative and truthful as I am able. Thus, I emailed Ali–who was very nice. Much of her dispute dealt with the movie–and probably the book, too, as they are very similar. Hence, the placement of this update.
Ali said that the drug use portrayed in the movie was exaggerated. There was never a glovebox full of LSD in her car. The night of the murder, nobody was intoxicated.
The Hollywood version of Ali Willis was a promiscuous young woman. Ali says that was not the case at all. She was married to her first child's father–he was not a one night stand–and they were divorced at the time of the murder.
Ali said she and Lisa Connelly most certainly did not meet Marty and Bobby at a deli and then go do drugs and have sex with them. Marty and Lisa had been dating for about a year when Lisa introduced Ali to Bobby.
Ali has moved on with her life and has been married to the same man for the past ten years. They have three children. She seems to be doing very well. I thank her for sharing her experiences with me.
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Remote Window Managers
Lots of times it's extremely frustrating or time consuming to run an xterm on a remote host just to fork your programs from that remote machine. Why not just run your window manager there even though you're not on its console? The window manager is just another X application, after all, isn't it?
Fire off your local X server
xinit /usr/bin/xterm -- :1 &
yields a vanilla X session with merely an xterm running - no window manager. Now you need to add permissions to this window session for the remote host. You can tunnel the connection through SSH if your network is insecure but there's a distinct performance hit. If your network is secure, you can just "xhost +remotehost" and spray directly to your X server:
Tunneled SSH:
ssh -fY remotehost /usr/bin/wmaker
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ssh -f remotehost /usr/bin/wmaker -display localmachine:1
The first option, if your remote SSH server supports it, will use a locally defined DISPLAY that then gets tunneled to your local side over SSH. The second option allows remotehost to send X data directly to your local display, then runs WindowMaker there but displaying it locally. Now all your desktop actions are done on the remote machine, not locally.
Our special thanks to Bill from Washington state for this tech tip.
"Extremely frustrating"?
It seems like a lot of work - are you guys running Windows on desktop machines?
This is what I do - I find it works a charm; but then I run Linux on my desktop:
Open a local xterm or similar. Log on to the remote machine with 'ssh -X user@remote'. The '-X' means that X programs on the remote machine are displayed on your local desktop. No need for 'export DISPLAY' or 'xhost +'. You have to set up the configuration files on you local as well as remote machine, though (they are in /etc/ssh).
Couldn't make it run.
Its a pity that it does not work for me because I am needing desperately such a kind of feature for my system. I Installed wmaker in the remote host, but it didn't work. It says:
/usr/bin/wmaker fatal error: could not open display "CompUBUNTU:1"
where "compUBUNTU" is the name of my local machine which, by the way, runs a UBUNTU Hardy distro, while the remote host is running Fedora 8. It shouldn't be a network issue because the two computers are connected to the same LAN with no particular filters or firewalls between them.
Any suggestion?
And if you dislike Window Maker?
Will this tech tip still work with a window manager that doesn't have a "-display" option, such as xmonad?
Sometimes the delete key serves best.
Used to do this
I used to do this, holy moley, 18 years ago. We had a lab full of Mac II's running Apple's A/UX. The machines struggled to run much besides the X server. Since I was already running most everything else remotely, one day I fired up TWM remotely and it worked reasonably well. So I hacked up my .xinitc so that when I started X on one of the A/UX boxes, it ran TWM and everything else from our 10 processor Sequent box.
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DNSMasq, the Pint-Sized Super Dæmon! | Feb 24, 2015 |
Localhost DNS Cache | Feb 23, 2015 |
Days Between Dates: the Counting | Feb 19, 2015 |
- March 2015 Issue of Linux Journal: System Administration
- High-Availability Storage with HA-LVM
- DNSMasq, the Pint-Sized Super Dæmon!
- Localhost DNS Cache
- Real-Time Rogue Wireless Access Point Detection with the Raspberry Pi
- Days Between Dates: the Counting
- You're the Boss with UBOS
- The Usability of GNOME
- Multitenant Sites
- Linux for Astronomers


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Wonderful work, Nayoun. I hope someday to visit Toronto, but I'll be disappointed if it's not like this. I suppose that's hardly fair of me.
Thank you so much, Geoffrey!!:) I am sure you will love Toronto! Now I live in Korea but sometimes I really miss that place!
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