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STAR WARS: The Dying of the Light
She was gone. In that one last quiet moment with Anakin, Ahsoka Tano had walked away from it all. The Jedi, her Master, all of her hopes and ambitions. She was free to rewrite her destiny before others could do it for her.
Ahsoka put her best foot forward and walked away. Where will she go now? Her despair was so great she could have fallen to pieces there. Anakin watched in shock as she left. One strand of hair would hold a lifetime of memories. Anakin stood and watched, but he was not the only one to watch. In the distance, Ventress casually watches the events unfold and conclude.....
Anakin let her go. Ahsoka kept on going, further and further from the Temple. She had no money, no possessions, almost no strength to live. Though her walking took her far from her troubles, she realized she couldn't leave the planet except as a stowaway, or a brigand. As her stomach growled, she wondered how long it would take before she would start doing the unthinkable just to survive.
She had walked for hours, yet the temple was such a large building that it remained a major site in the panoramic view of the city behind her. She turned down an alley to escape the crowded streets. To escape the view of that Temple. Coruscant from the air looked so majestic for first time tourists, it becomes quite a disappointment when one reaches the smelly streets and exhaust filled sky ways of constant traffic. The beautiful lights of the night blind the unwary to seedy happenings and squalor of those who do not live like the Jedi, the politicians, or the criminal kings.
Down the alley was a hole in the wall bar, Shadout Mapes' Place. She walked in, tired and dejected. There were a few people in there. Not exactly a hive of scum, they were just more poor dregs of society who came here to either drink to remember or to forget. Ahsoka wondered which kind of drinker she would be if she could afford it.
She sat at a bar stool in a dark corner, just trying to be a fly on the wall. She put her head down and drifted away. Maybe this was all a dream. A bad dream. She would wake up again in the Temple, where everything was back in place. Anakin would be his old snarky self. The Council still full of wisdom, her friend Barriss....still a friend. The attack never happens, the war ends. The universe would be put back into proper order.
She knew it was a false dream to hope for. Hope had finally left. All she had left was herself. What has come to pass cannot be undone, unmade, or reversed. With any luck, she thought in her last waking thoughts, I will just become another cog in the Coruscant machine to be forgotten.
She awoke after a time, maybe thirty minutes later. The nap helped her, though her stomach growled mercilessly. "What now?" she murmured. She had suddenly noticed a large bowl of hot soup in front of her. She sat up from the table. In front of her was Ventress, sipping from her own bowl.
"Fancy meeting YOU here" Ventress greeted. Ahsoka hesitated, looked at the pale former apprentice of the nefarious Count Dooku. She looked down at her bowl. It was calling to her.
"Go on, eat. It's not poison". She grabbed the spoon and tried not to slobber like a gundark. Eating it slow took a lot of discipline.
"Thank you, Assajj" Ahsoka whispered. Ventress couldn't reply. She didn't know how to. She continued to eat.
Ventress tried a new approach to greeting her former enemy "I've been getting used to Coruscant, its locations, the eateries. Places to go, contacts to make. It helps me to survive. This place is not exactly a 4 star resturant, but the food is good, the darkness is warmth, and the patrons don't look twice. In case you ever need a hangout. You could do worse"
They continued eating. It was Ahsoka's turn. "You have good skills to find me here".
Ventress simply shrugged "Amazing how we keep running into each other on a huge city planet. It's like we were destined to always meet"
"I hate that word" Ahsoka frowned "Destiny". She spoke it in a hushed tone, as if it were a four letter word not to be heard by children. "Everyone seems to think it's so important, fulfilling a damn destiny"
"Well, Isn't it?" Ventress was curious now "You Jedi all believe in that stuff. It was your destiny to leave the Jedi, to abandon them as they had abandoned you" Ventress finished her bowl, shaking her head "A bombing attack on the Temple.....*pfft* Only a Jedi would try a stunt like that....and to put you, of all people, on trial. I'll bet Obi-wan thought it was such a twist of destiny. Your own friend, setting you up as a terrorist, and using my blades as weapons against the very people she was supposed to protect..."
Ahsoka was not ready to face horrible truths "Please don't. I can't talk about it. About *her*. I don't know what happened. How it came to this...."
Ventress shrugged again "It just seems more like irony than destiny. I know what it's like to be betrayed, to be abandoned....."
Ahsoka took some comfort in Asajj's familiarity. "How did you deal with it? When you had no one to turn to?"
Asajj looked at her, matter of fact "I'm just numb. I've been numb to everything around me right now. Not sure how I should feel I suppose I should be angry and bitter. Trouble is, I was angry and bitter at the Jedi for so long....that I have nothing left to express after what Dooku did."
"Nothing at all?" Ahsoka looked at her "Your anger and passion were driving forces. Wouldn't you just be angry at Dooku and the Separatists?"
Ventress turned the tables "Shouldn't YOU be angry at the Jedi? You walked away from them, why not walk away from their philosophy?"
Ahsoka looked at her "I can't be mad at them....but I can never trust them again. They destroyed any sense of order and justice I ever had. I guess I'm numb too. It's a horrible feeling."
"And what about *her*? Surely you want revenge?" Ahsoka looked down at the table, more sad than angry.
Ventress signaled the bartender for drinks "Drinking helps. Not too much, though. I didn't survive the war this long without staying alert". Two glasses were placed before them.
Ahsoka tried her beverage. A quick gulped, it burned down her with a warm alcoholic sting. She coughed like a rookie. Ventress smiled a little, though it was a warm smile without malice. "You taken your first step into a bigger world, Ahsoka. One filled with bitterness, despair and disappointment. I've been on this road a long time. The only difference between your betrayal and mine was that I should have expected mine. First rule of being a Sith....is you never trust a Sith."
Ahsoka took a bigger gulp, felt warmer. She stared into space. "This war....this war has destroyed all we set out to do. I suppose it truly destroyed the Jedi and their values, just as Barriss said."
"It seems to have destroyed her as well. Corruption begets corruption, and the road to Hell is paved with *good* intentions." Ventress took a drink.
Ahsoka raised an eyebrow "Don't mock me!".
Ventress replied without too much sympathy "I'm not mocking you. It is simply the nature of chaos. Sooner or later, chaos will destroy any orderliness, just as the chaos of war destroyed your order, and corrupted a wise Jedi to commit murder. It's not the first time wise Jedi have fallen to corruption. Look at Dooku....."
Ahsoka thought upon it and became more upset. "How can we fight against it? How come I never fell to the corruption? How did I escape the war's ugliness?"
Ventress wiped her mouth with a napkin "You were a lucky one. I suspect Anakin is the answer to that. I've seen how Jedi are. So restricted, so uptight. Anakin gave you room to breath, to live. He treated you like an equal, a person. Most of them, like Mace Windu....they live like robots. That's one of the reasons I hated them so much. Sooner or later, holding back one's passions causes one to snap. I guess Barriss wasn't as strong as everyone thought. War takes its toll, and breakdowns happen. You survived that dest-...sorry, you survived falling into that trap. The trap of creating Jedi order in a galaxy full of unrepentant chaos."
"Maybe I'm a fallen Jedi too" She sighed "I'll never be as great as Anakin or Obi-wan. What's more, I don't want to...."
Ventress was quick to correct her "If you were a fallen Jedi, you wouldn't be sitting here getting drunk. You walked away, you didn't fall. If you did....you'd become like me" Now Ventress sighed and felt despair "I have committed atrocities beyond scope and decency. I have destroyed whole worlds.....Why am I not on trial right now? Why doesn't Anakin hunt me down like an animal? Why does Obi-wan continue to think I am so damn redeemable?"
Ahsoka looked at her. Ventress finished her drink. It must have been a stronger drink than what the former Sith could handle. She was starting to warm up to Ahsoka and spill all her inner feelings through a bit of jolly inebriation "You know, Obi-wan's the only one who ever thought about reaching out to me.....trying to bring me into the light" Ventress started laughing a hopeless laugh. Ahsoka listened seriously "Dooku just saw me as a tool for his own glory, Anakin saw me as a trophy.....most Jedi just wanted to have me jailed and hung. Can't blame 'em. but Obi-wan....he always had this twinkle in his eye when we fought....like he knew the punchline to the greatest joke in the galaxy.....and he wanted to tell his stupid jokes rather than fight....I suppose if I weren't so angry all the time....I would have....wanted to listen...."
Ventress got teary eyed. Ahsoka noticed how weary she was. Ventress held back, but her eyes watered. "Look at all of us now....." Ventress started getting belligerent "LOOK AT WHERE DESTINY PUT US TODAY!" Patrons turned at her outburst, but looked away. Just another day, another sad sack at Shadout Mapes' place. Ventress looked at Ahsoka like she was the last good friend who would listen "We all got screwed, Ahsoka. You, me, Anakin, that idiot joker Kenobi....Bartender, I want a refill!"
Ahsoka put her hand on Ventress' shoulder, feeling awkward at trying to comfort her. "Maybe you've had enough."
"No...no I haven't" Ventress took the refuill and took another swig. She was getting schnockered against her own advice "Look at what Destiny did! I hate that Bitch, Destiny! You know...."
Ahsoka leaned in to listen. Ventress was fully buzzed "Even as you walk away, you will be remembered as one of the greatest Jedi.....Me? I'm living like a womp rat....next to Dooku, I'll be remembered as one of the war's favorite punching bags. Anakin will be the poster boy for the Supreme Chancellor's agenda, And the Jedi Council get to look like a bunch of criminals. The war will break us all sooner or later, just like your friend. I suppose it doesn't matter. Destiny has one more page to write for us all, and it doesn't look like a happy ending, Ahsoka. Destiny has left me with nothing...just as it has left you with nothing. I just wish.....maybe....maybe Obi-wan could just tell me one of his stupid jokes.....before the knife of Fate turns one final time."
"No" Ahsoka responded. She pushed away her drink. It would solve nothing, and Ahsoka could see the road she might go down if she gave in like Ventress. "No, you are not controlled by Destiny! You are NOT a punching bag!"
Ventress looked at her. They were both at a crossroads in their hearts, Ahsoka could sense it. "We make our own destiny, we have a chance to walk our own path before the final page is written in history. Asajj...." Ahsoka pushed Ventress' drink away and grabbed her hand. Ventress was startled by the ex-Jedi's aggressive behavior "Maybe it WAS Destiny that brought us here today, not to destroy us, but to open a new door. The war cannot affect us anymore. The Jedi, the Sith. They cannot hurt us anymore!!"
"I'm starting to either really like you or be scared by you. What the hell happened to the squeaky clean little 'Snips?"
Ahsoka stood up, re-energized by their talk "Snips is gone, but what I am now....well, is the right person I need to be. Now, I'm going to help you be the person YOU need to be!"
"And just who am I supposed to be?" Ventress started to sober up, started thinking and getting a little scared at Ahsoka's energy.
Ahsoka leaned in to her "What you were in the past is gone. The hard, vengeful Sith killer Ventress is gone. Now....you can be what ever you want. You're here, alive, and you can either keep drinking and waiting for Destiny to write the story for you, or you can step up and become greater than the sum of your past! Do you have a ship?"
"I know where I can get one in an emergency. It ain't much to look at, but it's got what it takes. Why?" Ventress started to feel Ahsoka's excitement rub off, shaking off the drink that would have stopped her in her tracks.
Ahsoka found a new purpose "We are going to get out of here. The war is already destroying the hearts and minds of people here. We can escape."
Ventress started thinking "And go where?".
Ahsoka just smiled "Let's go. Let's go before we drink ourselves into becoming what we hate the most." They exit the bar.
In moments, they are on high landing pad atop one of the ports. Ventress pulls strings to gain access to a large Bounty Hunter ship. "I'm still making payments on this bucket, but it's pretty smooth" Ventress smiles proudly. On the side, in big letters, it was named "Sophonisba".
"It's a pretty name." Ahsoka smiled.
Ventress looked at her with a parental expression "More than just a name. Sophonisba was a legendary Princess of a more punic age in the Republic. Princess Sophnisba was on the losing side of a great war, long ago. Rather than surrender and be paraded as an animal in the capital....she...she took destiny in her own hands. She controlled her own Fate by drinking poison rather than being a prisoner of someone else's agenda. Hmm....now THAT'S ironic...."
Ahsoka grinned "It was a Destiny we are shaping now".
Ventress became concerned "And how do you know we are still in control of our own destiny? What makes you think you are not just being steered again? What makes you think we can win against this? Who can stop Fate from destroying us like it has destroyed the Sith and the Jedi?"
"Faith, my young padawan!" She gently patted Asajj's face in reassurance "Have faith!" Ahsoka gently grabs skeptical Ventress' hands tightly "Do not go gentle into that good night. Old age should burn and rave at close of day. Rage, RAGE against the dying of the light!"
"You're quite the poet" Ventress cocked her head in surprise.
Ahsoka smiled "It means....we don't take shit from nobody!"
Ventress felt warm with her touch, and felt renewed strength "Where shall we go....my friend?"
Ahsoka's eyes looked towards the temple, not in sadness, not burning revenge, but with a new fire. A decision that would suprise even her. "We're going back for Barriss!"
"What?!" Ventress' jaw dropped "Even after all that's happened!?"
Ahsoka took a deep breath "She is in a dark place now, almost as dark and oppressive as the Jedi. If we leave her now....she will become the next Darth Maul, She'll become what you were. Destiny will destroy what is left. I can feel her from here and there is good still within her. But she is teetering on a tightrope between justice and madness. The Jedi cannot and will not help her. I have a plan."
"You'd better!" They board the ship. Ventress checks her supplies, weapons, and power. They sit in the cockpit and plot a breakout. Their combined knowledge and skills would be enough to make it work. "She must mean a lot to you, doesn't she?" Ventress started the lift off.
Ahsoka looked on as the ship faced the temple. Wise Ventress' Heart knows dark is right, because her words had forked no lightning. We will not go gentle into that good night.
The ship blasted towards the Temple.
Inside the temple, in a dark prison cell, fallen Jedi Barriss Offee awaited her destiny, to be stripped from the order, expelled or executed. She had no emotion left, only a numb feeling. Her meditation was of little comfort. She was alone, and despised.
Anakin entered the cell with a tray of food. He put it before her without saying a word. Because there were no words left to be said. She could feel a temper boiling up in him, disgusted to be in the same room. He snapped a little "Have you no regrets? No remorse for your actions?! How could you DO this to us? To HER?"
Barriss closed her eyes and looked down. No explanation would be good enough. Not for him, not for the news networks that had plastered her face all over the planet, and across the galaxy. Her destiny as a cold, psychopath in public opinion seemed to be settled. "What answer can I give, Skywalker? That I was trying to.....to do the right thing...."
Anakin just shook his head "You're scheduled for execution, Barriss. They simply have to go through the formality of passing sentence in court" He left her with one last dagger of a thought "Your treachery made Ahsoka leave. At the very least, she does not have to be here to see what a monster you've become!". The coldness of the temple was all around her as he closed the door. She closed her eyes and sighed. She bit her lip for control. The war had taken its ultimate toll on her, mentally and spiritually. In the last days, she had become one more casualty
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A ship passed by, she could hear the engines roar. They were very close. The door opened again. Another robed figure stepped through. Barriss waited for another barrage of threats and taunts. The figure lifted her hood up. It was Ahsoka Tano.
Barriss' eyes went wide. She was frozen in apprehension, failing to hear a noise rev up outside the temple wall. She waited to hear Ahsoka's rant, but Ahsoka went into a dive at her "GET DOWN!!" They both hit the floor. An explosion rocked the cell as a hole was blown open. An alarm sounded.
Ahsoka pulled a shocked Barriss up. "You've come for revenge.....I am ready." Barriss seemed to accept her fate all too quickly.
Ahsoka didn't have time for dramatics "Would you shut up and get going? We're on a rescue mission!"
Ahsoka pulled her to the hole. Ventress ship hovered nearby, a hatch open and ready. Ventress grinned "You make it look so easy, Ahsoka!" Ahsoka helped the confused Barriss into the hatch.
Anakin and Obi-wan reached the cell door and watched her in shock. She looked back at them for a moment, thinking about them both. Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay.
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING, AHSOKA!??" Anakin's surprise and anger startles even Kenobi. His old Snips was now an even bolder figure than before. She looked at him, without judgement or remorse, but with resolve "I am rage. A rage against the dying of the light!"
Ahsoka hopped on board and Ventress pulled the ship away. Obi-wan reached the hole and almost smiled in pleasant surprise when he saw Asajj at the helm. Obi-wan suddenly realized why.
Ventress and Obi-wan locked eyes for long seconds as Anakin ran like a maniac to the fighter bays to pursue, staring at each other as Ahsoka and Barriss settled in and closed the hatch. Asajj could sense his elation, He sensed a renewed spirit in her, a positive one, and both suddenly knew why.
Brave Asajj and Obi-wan, near death, who see with blinding sight. Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay, Both would Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
"You have brightened my day, Ventress, but taking a prisoner away will put a damper on our usual good cheer, if you have any good cheer to spare. If you don't surrender, I'll have to give chase to bring you back" He smirked, with that twinkle in his eye "Though, I'd rather enjoy the chase!"
Ventress smiled with a hint of mirth. "We're game for a rematch, Kenobi! I'll show you good cheer if you can catch me. Loser buys the winner lunch at Dex's diner!" She blasts away and kicks the Sophonisba into the high atmosphere.
Obi-wan watches. He is interrupted by a frantic Anakin "Master, what's happening!? Why aren't you going after her?"
Obi-wan casually holds up his communicator "It's only good sportsmanship to give them a head start. I'll be up in a moment." He started humming. The gloom of the Temple and its oppressive spiritual weight melted away. He felt his young adventurous self return as he made his way to his ship. One more good chase through the galaxy was in his heart.
Ventress' ship blasted through the last of the planet's layers, and prepped past fleets of ships to make one more sail into history.
Ahsoka and Ventress coordinated an escape route "What's next in this plan of yours?"
Ahsoka drew up a mapped path "We can start hear" Ventress looked at her in suprise. They are interrupted by gunfire as Republic gunships pursue them up into the reaches of the atmosphere.
Ventress smiles "Your clone troopers are getting sloppy. Took 'em almost ten minutes to get here!"
Ahsoka felt the ship rattling with blasts in the hull "Can we make it to our destination, Asajj?" Ventress punched in the coordinates "Almost theeeere".
Ahsoka opened a hailing frequency ahead. On the other end, Lux appeared in a nice shade of blue
"Ahsoka!! It's good to see you!!" Ahsoka smiled as he smiled at her. She could sense his warmth from even such a distance.
"I'd like to book a table for 4 at your best resturant! You got room for some vagabonds, Lux?" Another blast rocked the ship, and Lux knew that her situation was serious.
"We'll be waiting, Ahsoka! Be safe. I miss you...." She reaches out to touch screen, to touch Lux's image
"I can't wait to be there. There's so much to do and say before...."
"Before what?" He asked curiously.
"Strap your olive green and orange butts in! We're gonna have a bumpy ride in 25 seconds!" Ventress shouted
The ship rocked again.
"Lux....I will see you soon." He blushed and reached out to her. Wild Lux who caught and sang Ahsoka's heart in flight, And learned too late, he grieved with his eyes to say 'Do not go gentle into that good night.' His blue image felt real for a moment before he switched off.
Ahsoka turned to Barriss. She sat and kept her eyes closed, unsure of her Destiny now. "Hey" she called out gently. Seconds were counting down to hyperspace, but she didn't care. There was one more Heart to bring to the light.
Barriss looked up up at her "Don't die for me. I left you to be destroyed. I have failed you. There's nothing left of what I once was." she whispered.
Ahsoka took her hands next "I sensed the good that was still in you. Letting you fall into darkness would be a greater crime. You are worth saving before Destiny writes the final note on your life."
Barriss looked at her confused "You can't fight Destiny, the Living will of the Force. It has led us all to-"
"-It has led us to here and now, and the future is still far off. I said it, and I still mean it. We can find our way to the light, and I'll take your pain when we do. And you, my Barriss, there on that sad height, Curse, bless me now with your fierce tears, I pray. Do not go gentle into that good night. Rage, rage against the dying of the light!"
Ventress laughed excitedly at Ahsoka's poetic comments "RAGE against the dying of the light, Barriss!! That means....we don't take shit from NOBODY!"
Ahsoka drew her close and held her tight. Barriss saw the light in Ahsoka's face for her, a bright joy hinted across the horizons of her eyes. She could almost feel the corruption leave her heart. Her face started to scrunch up, eyes drew up a little more wet and a little smile in her as Ahsoka leaned their heads together in the most magical Jedi power that could be shared: Forgiveness.
Just past them, Ventress gave out a "Yeehaw!" cheer as the hyperspace kicked in and the stars surrounded them. Ahsoka and Barriss' silhouettes got even closer as the ship blasted off to new adventure, defying the very galaxy that would condemn them.
What would become of them? Fate knew in the future, but for now.....They would open their own path. Wild and free.


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For the last week or so your trusty Grain Edit crew have been in the sunny city of Portland, Oregon. This city is great — the weather is perfect, the people are nice, and the design is spectacular.
A few of the highlights so far include the 12 hour drive up, hanging out with some amazing designers, Portland's vast food cart cuisine, waffle sandwiches, vintage video games, and much more.
This Sunday we'll be making the long trek back to the Bay Area. Be on the lookout for lots of fun goodies from our week long trip here.
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Mmmmm those waffle sandwiches are the best!
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jodi |
don't forget the beer!
sylvia |
Which designers/studios did you meet with in PLand??
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Zack |
A whole lotta awesome ones! It was a really awesome trip!
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Hope you enjoyed our little big city.
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We miss you guys already. Wish we could have met up with you at Ground Kontrol. Next time.
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Thanks again Michael for taking time out of your day to meet with us!
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make sure to eat at the brunch box, it is the best burger in town and one of the best carts around
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Did my first trip ever 9/23 -10/2. WOW! Fell in love with Portland and the surrounding area(s). Will be going back soon and many times thereafter. Long live Noble Rot and Grilled Cheese Grille!
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Msg#: 4418615 posted
3:05 am on Feb 17, 2012
(gmt 0)
I'd already hijacked Bill's 6.0 thread and did not wish to do so further.
In another thread, and recently, there was a notation about either a mobile device or handhelds using the FF Ver 3. Could not recall the topic for reference.
My sites have always seem to attract diverse browsers, UA's and other diverse criteria, although on smaller traffic scales than most.
Today this ATT user entered on a refer:
"Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-US; rv:18.104.22.168) Gecko/20110420 Firefox/3.6.17 ( .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET4.0C) MindQuizSearchToolbar/1.2 FBSMTWB"
grabbing the page and all images.
85-minutes later from the same IP; PAGE ONLY
"Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:126.96.36.199) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)"
Note the change in both the UA and FF version.
Note; also the trailing extra space (in both visits) in the NET section.
I suppose its possible considering the area (a major metro) that these two are different users on the same IP, however the coincidence is too much to disregard.
Any thoughts?
Msg#: 4418615 posted
12:11 pm on Feb 17, 2012
(gmt 0)
Very sure this will not be useful to you, but I tell you my experience about it. Some time ago I was in a dilemma like this, and I realized that the time I spent on this issue with User Agent old version was just too much.
A reader of my content can not imagine how much work I have to do to make my content available to them
And sure there are people with old computers (or cell phone) that they would like to reach my content, but my math is returning some numbers to explain that the time spent is not justified
I am of those who think I do not want to be popular, I do not want a log file with 10,000 visits in one day. Instead I want 3 hits; they came, read, and left.
For you to know, FF does not enter, if not version 9 and 10
Msg#: 4418615 posted
1:20 pm on Feb 17, 2012
(gmt 0)
IMO it's a bot spoofing the UA.
Just the fact they are calling themselves Firefox/3* is likely an indication of a Linux machine. Windows users will not use that build.
@adrian20 - if you block Firefox/3* you are blocking thousands of Linux users, office workers and other valid users.
Msg#: 4418615 posted
2:17 pm on Feb 17, 2012
(gmt 0)
The Linux reference was the one that I was unable to recall.
Msg#: 4418615 posted
2:23 pm on Feb 17, 2012
(gmt 0)
keyplyr, Thanks for the warning, I use Linux on all my machines, if the version of the distribution that is used is current. Then there is no reason for walking the internet with FF/3.
In my tests for 3 distributions, are between FF/9 and FF/10.
On the other hand, a user of Windows, you're right, I can understand that they do not update the version of the programs they use, and also less likely they walk with User Agent, as you've pointed out which.
For this reason, in my conclusion, a Linux user is more dangerous, because it knows what it does.
The other day I was in FexEX, with some diligence, meanwhile try to see my little blog from there, and I could not see this, how terrible that people who run this website, I said.
FexEX then used FF/3. Even that, I have not changed my setup because I think that people who come to read my little blog pay per minute as in FexEX, is out of their mind.
I do not want anyone reading my contents under pressure from the credit card machine. And also, someone reading my content, when their lunch, or when their boss turns to the other office.
However, I repeat what I said, very sure that my comment will not be useful.
But before I go. keyplyr, thanks for your first line, I could not reach that conclusion, although there is a short gap between request.
Msg#: 4418615 posted
2:34 pm on Feb 17, 2012
(gmt 0)
I do not want anyone reading my contents under pressure from the credit card machine. And also, someone reading my content, when their lunch, or when their boss turns to the other office.
This diversity is what has always made this forum so interesting.
Each of us has our own specific goals and MUST determine what is beneficial or detrimental to our own website (s).
There's NO one-shoe fits all.
Msg#: 4418615 posted
3:38 pm on Feb 17, 2012
(gmt 0)
Yes, I've learned a lot reading the forum.
I want to give an example that happened an hour ago. Someone looking for information on a topic where my little blog is very popular. This reader arrive with a reference that I have it blocked, is one of those add-on that stick in your toolbar.
The user attempted several times but was blocked, then went to Bing and get to the page that wanted to read. A single page that he wanted to read, read and left.
But if I let in this add-on, then send requests without the user of the machine authorized it, or collect information to send it where it should not send it.
I have been able to identify something like this, with this antivirus Trend. Two people, two different machines do request every 11 minutes one, and the other every 21 minutes. The request is for a RSS I eliminated from last year.
Thankfully, this problem is nearly eliminated.
Right here in the forum, I caught something on the subject of the anti-virus collecting information without user authorization.
For some reason I am bound to repair computers, many times I've heard complaints from users that do not let them see a web page, and I'm not talking about mine small Blog.
In the past I've mentioned this, the Internet increasingly is adjusting to our real life.
Although we are neighbors, we just say good morning or good evening.
Msg#: 4418615 posted
10:49 pm on Feb 17, 2012
(gmt 0)
A few days ago I began logging all of FF from 3 to 9. A lot of 9 still coming in. I'll check the other versions in a week or so.
After reading the OP I decided to block FF/3.0* - I don't think that has been legit for a long time.
I also checked my "security logs" for windows firefox/3.6 and found several legit accesses, so windows users are still using FF/3.6.
Since there was a major security hole in the latest version of FF/10.0.1 (updated today to 10.0.2) there are a lot of potential victims out there, a large number of whom probably contribute to the botnets that hit our sites.
Msg#: 4418615 posted
1:29 am on Feb 18, 2012
(gmt 0)
After reading the OP I decided to block FF/3.0* - I don't think that has been legit for a long time.
Wrong, FF/3.0* is used by thousands and thousands of Ubantu/Linux users. These are real people that buy things! FF/3.0* is the up-to-date for these OS.
Msg#: 4418615 posted
9:36 pm on Feb 18, 2012
(gmt 0)
No, it's not. 3.6 is used by (out-of-date-but-still-running) linux (it's the one I was running up until a few months ago). If they are still running 3.0 then they have not updated linux/ubuntu itself for well over a year so are a danger anyway.
I have a couple of dozen entries for 3.0 in my "suspicious" log this month and most are windows with the occasional Mac. There are a lot more in my "server-farm" log (all rejected on other grounds) including some Jaunty as well as windows.
Msg#: 4418615 posted
10:49 pm on Feb 18, 2012
(gmt 0)
Most linux/ubantu/jaunty users will hang on to the last stable build for at least a year or so. That's just the way that community is. Just a few months ago I surveyed (via the linux newsletter mailing list) and this was the overwhelming response.
I too had tried blocking /3* for a couple weeks across several sites and found I was stopping a huge amount of legit users when I physically followed up on every 403.
Yes there are always malevolent hits coming in with the FF/3.0* UA, but, as you said, I block them with other rules.
Msg#: 4418615 posted
8:02 pm on Feb 19, 2012
(gmt 0)
You mean you never allow the update manager to patch the OS?
One thing I like about linux and ubuntu in particular is that the OS is patched almost as soon as a bug is found, as against MS who patch (usually) once a month. Firefox fell behind badly on ubuntu updates last year but even so it held to 3.6 not an earlier version until about V6 or V7. My copy of FF here is now 10.0.2. Still on Lucid, by the way.
Blocking 3* means blocking 3.6 as well as 3.0. I'm blocking 3.0* - actually, Firefox/3\.[0-57-9]
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Oral history
Sesquicentennial oral history project
Marking the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the University of Massachusetts, the Department of Special Collections and University Archives (SCUA) is conducting an oral history project to capture the many voices and diverse experiences that make up our campus community. The anniversary presents an opportunity to reflect on the real achievements — and real challenges — of public higher education over the past century and a half, and a chance to consider where we would like to be in the future.
Over the course of eighteen months, the staff of SCUA and our associates will conduct one hundred and fifty interviews with an array of administrators, faculty, students, alumni, and university employees, as well as selected members of the local community. As they are completed, the interviews will be made available to the public through this website and Credo, SCUA's digital repository.
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Massachusetts Federation of Business and Professional Women
Massachusetts Federation of Business and Professional Women Records, 1925-1992.
Call no.: MS 394
First called for in 1918 as a result of the need for a coordinated women's effort during World War I, the National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs was not officially formed until just after the armistice was signed in 1919. The new organization did not die with the end of the war, however, as first expected. Instead the group determined that the need for a national business women's organization was of equal or greater importance during a time of peace. Today Massachusetts state affiliates continue to improve the lives of working women through action on issues such as economic empowerment, women's health, family and medical leave, and pay equity.
The records of the Massachusetts Federation of Business and Professional Women consist chiefly of correspondence and minutes of meetings, which together chronicle the various issues the state club has worked on for more than sixty years. In addition to materials that document the efforts of the state affiliate there are also records for local chapters in Massachusetts (Hampshire County and Upper Cape Cod centered in Falmouth) which include annual reports and newsletters. Publications issued by the parent organization, BPW/USA, connect the national agenda with topics of importance to the state and local chapters.
- Businesswomen--Massachusetts
- Women--Massachusetts
- Women--Societies and clubs--History
- Business and Professional Women/USA
- Massachusetts Federation of Business and Professional Women
New Approaches to History
New Approaches to History Collection, 1967-1985.
Call no.: MS 182
The collection documents the creation and content of a course entitled New Approaches to History, which relied almost exclusively on the use of primary sources in teaching undergraduates history at UMass.
The collection includes the course proposal, correspondence, syllabi, course assignments, and resources for three units: Salem witchcraft, Shay's Rebellion, and Lizzie Borden.
- History--Study and teaching
- University of Massachusetts Amherst. Department of History
Valley Women's History Collaborative
Valley Women's History Collaborative Records, 1971-2008.
Call no.: MS 531
During the early phases of second wave feminism (1968-1978), the Pioneer Valley served as a center for lesbian and feminist activity in western Massachusetts, and was home to over 400 hundred, often ad hoc, groups, such as the Abortion and Birth Control (ABC) Committee, ISIS Women's Center, the Mudpie Childcare Cooperative, and the Springfield Women's Center.
The records of the Valley Women's History Collaborative document the activities of these groups as well as the efforts of the founders of the Women Studies program and department at UMass Amherst to preserve this history. Of particular value are the many oral histories conducted by the collaborative that record the history of women's activism in the Pioneer Valley, especially as it relates to reproductive rights.
- Abortion--Massachusetts--Pioneer Valley--History--20th century
- Birth control--Massachusetts--Pioneer Valley--History--20th century
- Feminism--Massachusetts--Pioneer Valley--History
- Feminists--Massachusetts--Pioneer Valley--Political activity--History
- Mary Vazquez Women's Softball League
- Women--Massachusetts--Pioneer Valley--Political activity--History
- Valley Women's History Collaborative
Types of material
- Oral histories
Abbe, Edward H.
Edward H. Abbe Papers, 1828-2004.
Call no.: MS 736
Born in Syracuse, N.Y., in 1915 and raised largely in Hampton, Va., Edward Abbe seemed destined to be an engineer. The great nephew of Elihu Thomson, an inventor and founding partner in General Electric, and grandson of Edward Folger Peck, an early employee of a precursor of that firm, Abbe came from a family with a deep involvement in electrification and the development of street railways. After prepping at the Rectory and Kent Schools, Abbe studied engineering at the Sheffield School at Yale, and after graduation in 1938, accepted a position with GE. For 36 years, he worked in the Industrial Control Division in New York and Virginia, spending summers at the family home on Martha's Vineyard. After retirement in 1975, he and his wife Gladys traveled frequently, cruising both the Atlantic and Pacific.
Ranging from an extensive correspondence from his high school and college days to materials relating to his family's involvement in engineering, the Abbe collection offers an in depth perspective on an educated family. An avid traveler and inveterate keeper, Ed Abbe gathered a diverse assemblage of letters, diaries, and memorabilia relating to the history of the Abbe, Peck, Booth, Gifford, and Boardman families. The collection is particularly rich in visual materials, including albums and photographs, depicting homes, travel, and family life over nearly a century.
- Abbe family
- Boardman family
- Booth family
- Electrical engineers
- General Electric
- Gifford family
- Kent School--Students
- Peck family
- Rectory School--Students
- Yale University--Students
- Abbe, Edward H
- Abbe, Gladys Howard
- Abbe, William Parker
- Peck, Edward F
- Peck, Mary Booth
Types of material
- Diaries
- Letters (Correspondence)
- Photographs
Allen, Frances and Mary
Frances and Mary Allen Collection of Deerfield Photographs, 1900-1910.
Call no.: PH 001
Influenced by the arts and crafts movement, Frances and Mary Allen began taking photographs of their native Deerfield, Mass., in the mid-1880s. Displaying a finely honed pictorialist aesthetic, the sisters specialized in views of Deerfield and surrounding towns, posed genre scenes of life in colonial times, and the local scenery, earning a reputation as among the best women photographers of the period.
The Allen sisters photograph album contains ten gelatin developing out prints of street scenes in Deerfield, ca.1900-1910. Among these are two shots of the house they inherited from their aunt Kate in 1895, which thereafter became their home and studio.
- Deerfield (Mass.)--Photographs
- Women photographers--Massachusetts
- Allen, Frances
- Allen, Mary E. (Mary Electa), 1858-1941
Types of material
- Photographs
Anglin family
Anglin Family Papers, 1874-1955 (Bulk: 1914-1926).
Call no.: MS 699
Born in Cork, Ireland to a prosperous family, the Anglin siblings began immigrating to Canada and the United States in 1903. The first to relocate to Canada, brothers Will and Sydney pursued vastly different careers, one as a Presbyterian minister and the other as a salesman at a Toronto slaughterhouse. George and Crawford both served in the military during World War I, the former in the British Infantry as a medical officer and the latter in the 4th University Overseas Company first in France and later in Belgium where he died saving the life of a wounded soldier. Gladys Anglin trained as a nurse, but worked in a Canadian department store and at the Railway Office before suffering a mental breakdown and entering the Ontario Hospital as a patient. Ethel remained in Ireland the longest where she taught Domestic Economics at a technical school. The only Anglin to immigrate to the United States and the only female sibling to marry, Ida and husband David Jackson settled in Monson, Massachusetts where they raised four daughters.
The Anglin siblings were part of a close knit family who stayed in contact despite their geographic separation through their correspondence. Siblings wrote and exchanged lengthy letters that document not only family news, but also news of local and national significance. Topics addressed in their letters include World War I, the Irish revolution, medicine, religious ministry, and domestic issues from the ability of a single woman to support herself through work to child rearing.
- Anglin family--Correspondence
- Ireland--Emigration and immigration--History
- Ireland--History--War of Independence, 1919-1921
- Irish--Canada--History
- Irish--United States--History
- World War, 1914-1918
Association for Gravestone Studies
Association for Gravestone Studies Collection
Association for Gravestone Studies Book Collection, 1812-2005.
Call no.: RB 004
Founded in 1977, the Association for Gravestone Studies (AGS) is an international organization dedicated to furthering the study and preservation of gravestones. Based in Greenfield, Mass., the Association promotes the study of gravestones from historical and artistic perspectives. To raise public awareness about the significance of historic gravemarkers and the issues surrounding their preservation, the AGS sponsors conferences and workshops, publishes both a quarterly newsletter and annual journal, Markers, and has built an archive of collections documenting gravestones and the memorial industry.
The AGS Books Collection contains scarce, out of print, and rare printed works on cemeteries and graveyards, epitaphs and inscriptions, and gravemarkers, with an emphasis on North America. The AGS Books Collection also includes the AGS publication, Markers. The collection is divided into three series: Series 1 (Monographs and Offprints), Series 2 (Theses and Dissertations), and Series 3 (Markers).
- Cemeteries
- Epitaphs
- Sepulchral monuments
- Association for Gravestone Studies
Campbell, Sadie
Sadie Campbell Papers, 1812-2002.
Call no.: MS 439
A housewife, mother and active community member, Sadie Campbell was born in 1881 and lived at 1 Depot Street in Cheshire, Massachusetts for most of her life until she died in 1971. Sadie was closely tied to the Cheshire community where she had a large circle of friends and acquaintances, and was active in a a number of organizations, such as: the Cheshire Ladies Reading Club, the Merry Wives of Cheshire Shakespeare Club, and the Cheshire Cash Tearoom.
The collection documents three generations of a western Massachusetts family. The variety and nature of the materials in this collection offer a good view into the local and social history of western Massachusetts through the lives of Sadie Campbell and her family.
- Cheshire (Mass.)--History
- Cheshire Cash Tearoom
- Family--Massachusetts--History--19th century
- Family--Massachusetts--History--20th century
- Housekeeping--Massachusetts--Cheshire
- Housewives--Massachusetts--Cheshire
- Massachusetts--Social life and customs--19th century
- Merry Wives of Cheshire Shakespeare Club
- Small business--Massachusetts
- Tyrell, Augustus
- Williams Manufacturing Company
- Women--Societies and clubs--History--19th century
- Campbell, Sadie
Types of material
- Account books
- Invitations
- Letters (Correspondence)
- Pamphlets
- Photographs
- Recipes
Chamberlin, Judi, 1944-2010
Judi Chamberlin Papers, ca.1970-2010.
Call no.: MS 768
A pioneer in the psychiatric survivors' movement, Judi Chamberlin spent four decades as an activist for the civil rights of mental patients. After several voluntary hospitalizations for depression as a young woman, Chamberlin was involuntarily committed for the only time in 1971, having been diagnosed with schizophrenia. Her experiences in the mental health system galvanized her to take action on patients' rights, and after attending a meeting of the newly formed Mental Patients' Liberation Project in New York, she helped found the Mental Patients' Liberation Front in Cambridge, Mass. Explicitly modeled on civil rights organizations of the time, she became a tireless advocate for the patient's perspective and for choice in treatment. Her book, On Our Own: Patient Controlled Alternatives to the Mental Health System (1978), is considered a key text in the intellectual development of the movement. Working internationally, she became an important figure in several other organizations, including the Center for Psychiatric Rehabilition at Boston University, the Ruby Rogers Advocacy Center, the National Disability Rights Network, and the National Empowerment Center. In recognition of her advocacy, she was awarded the Distinguished Service Award by the President's Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities in 1992, the David J. Vail National Advocacy Award, and the 1995 Pike Prize, which honors those who have given outstanding service to people with disabilities. Chamberlin died of pulmonary disease at home in Arlington, Mass., in January 2010.
An important record of the development of the psychiatric survivors' movement from its earliest days, the Chamberlin Papers include rich correspondence between Chamberlin, fellow activists, survivors, and medical professionals; records of her work with the MPLF and other rights organizations, conferences and meetings, and her efforts to build the movement internationally.
- Antipsychiatry
- Ex-mental patients
- People with disabilities--Civil rights
- People with disabilities--Legal status, laws, etc.
- Mental Patients Liberation Front
- Mental Patients Liberation Project
- National Empowerment Center
Types of material
- Videotapes


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How much horsepower does your Corvette have? 300? 400? 500 or more? That's cute. Check out this insane white C6 ZR1 which is being billed at the world's most powerful ZR1. At 1,385hp with nitrous we're not going to argue with that claim. The modded LS9 still throws down 1,075hp even without the spray.
The driver of a C6 Corvette Convertible wasn't injured after an accident left him on the side of the road in Houston early Friday.
The good news about this Corvette garage fire is that no one was injured and firefighters managed to save the rest of the house from going up in flames, too.
The bad news is that the C6 'Vette is apparently going to need some serious restoration after being "heavily involved" in the garage fire, according to Senior Captain Charles Martin of the Houston (Texas) Fire Department.
Well, at least the headlights still work!
That's probably little consolation for the driver of this C5 Corvette, who lost control and rammed his car into a traffic light post at the intersection of Paramount and Olsen boulevards in Amarillo, Texas.
Some things definitely get better with age.
Just ask John McIlvoy and Joe Beatty, who have owned the same two Corvettes for a total of 100 years and 500,000 miles between them!
Ironically, they both grew up in Ohio, where they bought their Corvettes in the 1960s, and both are now members of the Northwest Houston Vette-Rods club.
This yellow C4 Corvette crashed Sunday evening into the middle of a home at Richmond Street and Ridgedale Avenue on the north side of Odessa, Texas.
Editor's update:
Our friend in Texas who originally provided us the video and photos has now requested that they be removed and we have done so. We apologize to our readers.
– Keith Cornett, CorvetteBlogger.com
Last night we learned about a strange incident at the Texas State Fair where a participant at the Chevy Ride and Drive event crashed into two Corvette Stingrays with the back of 2014 Impala. We now have some more details from someone that was at the event and saw the crash first hand and told us that isn't entirely accurate.
We're debuting a new tag tonight called "SAVE THE STINGRAYS". We think it's only proper given the fact that learned tonight about another two or three C7 Corvettes that were taken out in a case of Bow-tie on Bow-tie violence in Texas.
According to Jalopnik, things got interesting at the Chevy Ride and Drive event on Wednesday afternoon at the Texas State Fair after an unidentified driver in the 2014 Impala hit two or three 2014 Corvette Stingrays, damaging at least two of the C7s as well as the Impala.
Apparently, not everyone gets as excited about getting a new Stingray as we do.
A guy tells us in this Youtube video that he's going to surprise his girlfriend with a new black on black on black 2014 Corvette Stingray that has just arrived at Peters Chevrolet in Longview, Texas and is being checked out by the crew there to make sure all the nuts and bolts are right on the car.
Dana Mecum's favorite car has to be the Chevrolet Corvette, especially if solely based on the number of outstanding high dollar cars that were hammered down during the last four days of his third Dallas auction.
It was clearly evident that Corvettes carried the four-day auction and were the car of choice for collectors where a new record price was paid for a Corvette ($3.2M, a 1967 L88, fully documented former NHRA record holder and the only '67 L88 to retain its original body panels).
Of the 172 Corvettes that crossed the block 106 were sold, a 61% sell through rate, for a combined hammer price of $9.106M. Though some buyers were able to grab some excellent bargains during the first two days of the sale, the last two days saw spirited bidding and prices well above average. Almost twenty Corvettes were hammered down above $100K. It seemed as though most restored second generation cars were selling between $100K to $150K and if the car had any rare options it was selling close to or above $200K.


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text: On 7/19/07, Randy McMurchy <randy at linuxfromscratch.org> wrote: > Dan Nicholson wrote these words on 07/19/07 19:21 CST: > > > I believe it's not necessary, but helpful. hicolor-icon-theme installs > > a theme index file at /usr/share/icons/hicolor/index.theme. > > How would you suggest, and on what package do we list it as a dependency > in the GNOME instructions? This is what I'm driving at. If it's good for > GNOME, then we need to identify that. Choices: It's sort of tough to handle these global runtime dependencies. > 1. Place a note in the gnome-icon-theme instructions telling about > hicolor. This would actually be wrong since gnome-icon-theme does the same thing as hicolor, but in icons/gnome (and it actually has a bunch of icons in addition to the index.theme file). So, they're separate themes and installing the hicolor theme is a separate issue than the gnome theme. > 2. Make an entry in the GNOME TOC so that folks will see it as something > they should do (see desktop-file-utils). I think this would be best. The first app I see that installs an icon in hicolor (thus updating the cache) is gnome-panel. Oh, I see why you don't get errors. Most apps probably run gtk-update-icon-cache with the -t arg, which makes it not bomb if index.theme doesn't exist. Here's the snippet from gnome-panel: gtk_update_icon_cache = gtk-update-icon-cache -f -t $(datadir)/icons/hicolor install-data-hook: @-if test -z "$(DESTDIR)"; then \ echo "Updating Gtk icon cache."; \ $(gtk_update_icon_cache); \ else \ echo "*** Icon cache not updated. After install, run this:"; \ echo "*** $(gtk_update_icon_cache)"; \ fi That's a side issue, though. I think it would be best to put it in the TOC before the apps start being installed. Probably in the same spot as desktop-file-utils would be fine. -- Dan


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This is what the new Robocity Leaders (we had elections in April this year!) mailed to me:
Dear Rayner D. Allen,
We have looked up Robocity contents all over DeviantART to see how our presence was faring on the artist network, and we were very pleased with the work you did along these six years. You put Robocity in a good light with your Deviations and Journal entries, so I hope you will be happy to accept our invitation to make your account as the official Robocity presence on DeviantART and the nomination of Assistant for the quinquennial 2014-2019.
Please, help us help Robocity grow and thrive!
Thanks from the bottom of our hearts.
- Talla Netteri
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THQ is at it again on Amazon, this week offering a bundle of 19 game downloads for $25, including Darksiders 1 and 2, Metro 2033, Red Faction Armageddon and Guerrilla, Saints Row 2 and The Third, and four Warhammer 40,000 games. This THQ Mega Pack normally runs $50, putting it at half off now through January 26. Buying the games individually would run into the hundreds of dollars.
Last week Amazon hosted the Tantalizing THQ Medley, which was six games for $12. The THQ Mega Pack includes all if the games in the Tantalizing bundle except for S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl. It's like a message from on high – buy some THQ games already.
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1. Company of Heroes - Tales of Valor [Download]
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4. Darksiders [Download]
5. Homefront [Download]
6. MX vs ATV Reflex [Download]
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11. Saints Row 2 [Download]
12. Saints Row: The Third [Download]
13. Supreme Commander [Download]
14. Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance [Download
15. Titan Quest Gold [Download]
16. Warhammer 40,000 Dawn of War II - Gold Edition [Download]
17. Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine [Download]
18. Warhammer 40k: Dawn of War Gold [Download]
19. Warhammer 40k: Dawn of War II Retribution [Download]
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That's just a hint of the marvels on display. Accompanied by majestic orchestral scores by George Fenton, every episode is packed with images so beautiful or so forcefully impressive (and so perfectly photographed by the BBC's tenacious high-definition camera crews) that you'll be rendered speechless by the splendor of it all. You'll see a seal struggling to out-maneuver a Great White Shark; swimming macaques in the Ganges delta; massive flocks of snow geese numbering in the hundreds of thousands; an awesome night-vision sequence of lions attacking an elephant; the Colugo (or "flying lemur"--not really a lemur!) of the Philippines; a hunting alliance of fish and snakes on Indonesia's magnificent coral reef; the bioluminescent "vampire squid" of the deep oceans... these are just a few of countless highlights, masterfully filmed from every conceivable angle, with frequent use of super-slow-motion and amazing motion-controlled time-lapse cinematography, and narrated by Attenborough with his trademark combination of observational wit and informative authority. The result is a hugely entertaining series that doesn't flinch from the predatory realities of nature (death is a constant presence, without being off-putting). At a time when the multiple threats of global warming should be obvious to all, let's give Sir David the last word, from the closing of Planet Earth's final episode: "We can now destroy or we can cherish--the choice is ours." --Jeff Shannon
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One Name, Two Fates
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Add a CommentThis book really should be a "must read" for all schools teaching "social studies" or any topic related to culture, history and an ethnographical example modern (black) man in urban settings. As well, it should also be on the "must lead" list for anyone who wants to better understand how our culture, history and society is evolving today. I disagree with KatAMP in that I think this book is brilliantly written in a very simple, straightforward way that directs high impact "education" to virtually anyone who wants to learn about what "is very well-known and does indeed bring many relevant and intersting points..." We can't all be academics, postulating complex "points or arguments, hypotheses or research". This is NOT just a cautionary tale for only young black boys and men should read - it should be a story we all read, if ....if we want to start changing the course of own cultural history, this is one simple, direct, impactful way to start.
A fascinating tale about two young men and of how their futures diverged. The author suggests how and why that might be, although even to him it is a puzzle. A good book for young men to read so that they might have insight into how a small choice can determine their future.
Even though it is classified as an adult book, this title is great for teens to read. It is a true story of how the choices we make in our life affects how it will turn out.
This book, for all that it is very well-known and does indeed bring up many relevant and interesting pointe, is not extremely well-written; it would be better to look elsewhere for more difficult academic reading, but as far as story goes, it's a great book.
A sobering look at the interplay of family, race, and poverty in the lives of two young black men. Wes Moore the author is a successful businessman, former army officer and a Rhodes Scholar; his doppleganger, a man about the same age with the same name is serving a life sentence for murdering a police officer. How could two boys, both raised in urban poverty by single mothers turn out so differently? The two Wes Moores spent hours interviewing each other over several years, and while the author provides no easy answers, certain key differences become apparent. Wes Moore the author had a dead father, but a mother who came from a stable high achieving family that appreciated the value of education and discipline. Wes Moore the criminal had an equally dedicated mother, but he and his brother had different fathers, few examples of stable families, and both fathered illegitimate children when still teens.
Very compelling, clearly told story that illuminates much of the urban Black male experience through comparing perspectives of the two guys. It reads quickly, like magazine journalism, so is well-suited to the general public as opposed to scholars.
The ending was a bit abrupt and I wanted more analysis of prison life and its effectiveness (or lack thereof). But it's a very moving story as it stands.


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Kids and Technology: Can We Ever Really Keep Up?
There is still one realm where we are ahead of our kids, and that's in "life skills," which are sorely needed--believe it or not--in digital spaces. These life skills include things like kindness, respect, and thoughtfulness, and they're considered skills because in the old days, we actually learned them by observing the behavior of the adults around us.


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Leading Scientists Gather to Discuss Developments in Research, Prevention and Treatment of Emerging Global Viruses
WHO: The American Society Of Tropical Medicine And Hygiene (ASTMH)
WHAT: The Latest Findings Regarding the Prevention, Treatment and Containment of Emerging and Global Infectious Diseases
WHEN: November 12-16, 2006
WHERE: ASTMH 55th Annual Meeting at the Atlanta Marriott Marquis, Atlanta, Ga.
BACKGROUND: More than 2,000 leading researchers and scientists in the area of infectious and emerging disease are expected to attend the 55th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene to discuss science and issues related to the prevention and treatment of global health threats. Topics and speakers scheduled for the Atlanta meeting this year include:
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