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Briar Patch Gifts
Gift shop featuring aromatique, briar root candles, specialty food items, greeting cards and much more.
The Coffee Garden
A unique coffee and tea gift shop with bakery serving fresh made scones, pies and muffins. All within a faithfully restored 1879 Queen Anne Victorian home.
The Shop on the Hill
Antiques fill the entire first floor of Victorian home. This is an old general line antique shop that has been in business for more than 25 years. Glassware, furniture, tools, books, primitives, toys, collectibles and more!
Cherry Creek Cottage
Historic hotel turned into a uniquely charming shopping experience. Treasures found around every corner. Fashions, gifts, home décor, gemstone jewelry.
Yellow Creek Quilt Designs
Gift and quilt shop offering fabric, notions, quilting accessories, and many specialty gift items including wine accessories, wall art, Willow Tree and Williraye Studio. Open: Monday thru Thursday: 11 am - 7 pm; Friday: 11 am - 5 pm; Saturday: 10 am - 5 pm.
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Between Friendz Gifts
Between Friendz Gifts is a store designed to allow shoppers to purchase high quality, handmade items. There are several local craftsman who specialize in handcrafted jewelry, bronze and silver decoration, steam punk jewelry, and original art. We also offer uniquely created purses, scarves and more.
Corner Treasures and Treats
Large selection of gifts and collectibles. We carry a wide variety of name brand items including Willow Tree, Isabel Bloom, Heartwood Creek, Jody Coyote, Quad City Candle Company and much more.
Vanderheyden Furniture
Specialty gifts including lamps and pictures. Full line of fine furniture, bedding & flooring showroom and window treatment design center.
Savvy Scavengers
Overstock & more – unique selection of women's apparel and accessories. Come find our finds.
Interiors Antiques, etc.
We're located in a beautifully restored historic building in downtown Fulton and we specialize in antique furniture and accessories of all kinds.
Glad Rags Resale Boutique
Sensibly priced family fashions featuring the latest trends and popular classics. Tuxedo rental. Dry cleaning drop-off/pick-up service.
J & K Antiques
Unique and unusual antique furniture, clocks and lamps. Refinishing and stripping of antique furniture also available.
Nature's Treasures
Wonderful gifts and birdhouses by local artists. Specializing in organic gardening supplies, fountains, wind chimes, metaphysical crystals. Friendly, helpful service!
The Clothes Bin & Gift Shop
Designer-inspired clothing, jewelry, purses, home décor & so much more. Free yourself from the ordinary! Stop, shop, have fun!
Something Special
Covers a wide variety of your shopping needs from quality sportswear to elegant attire. Gifts, children's books and more can also be found.
The Driftless Area Stillroom
The Driftless Area Stillroom is now located at the SHOPS@GLENVIEW. We offer outstanding domestic and worldwide wine selection of cheeses, meats, foodstuffs and a rotating selection of house made goods, housewares and more. We focus on local, organic, and sustainable purveyors. Join us Sundays for food and drink on the veranda.
CITY:Mount Carroll
The shops @glenview are located on the first floor of the Historic Hotel Glenview where you will find the dabluz boutique, Driftless Area Stillroom and more! Check out our website for a full listing of all the great things our vendors have to offer.
CITY:Mount Carroll
Arnold's Bicycle Repairs and Rentals
Located in downtown Thomson, Illinois near the Thomson Public Causeway and steps from the Great River Bike Trail that extends 62 miles from the Quad Cities to Savanna, Illinois. We specialize in Recumbent Bikes & Trikes so what are you waiting for? Test ride one of our recumbents and capture a view of the mighty Mississippi. We offer sales (new and used); service and repairs (the friendliest customer service around) and special requests - need something unique, customization or special needs – we can do it! We offer bike rentals, too!
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3,000 sq ft main floor of building. Store front. Unique clothing, shoes and accessories. Chocolates including Fannie May, Jelly Belly, and Blackhawk Chocolate Trail.
CITY:Mount Carroll
Common Cents Resale
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The Gilded Cage
Vintage at heart painted cottage furniture, antiques, unique one of a kind pieces.
CITY:Mount Carroll
Signature Woodworking
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River Huis Traders
This restored building is filled with quality antiques, Dutch treasures, handmade soap, model barges, handmade pottery, local photography, and art. Products made in Illinois are showcased. We specialize in Dutch-related items. We also offer Dutch food items such as coffee, tea, licorice, and Queen Wilhelmina mints.
Heirloom Market & Cafe
This rural style cafe will capture your senses. The decor is clearly slated rustic with a cozy and a distinctively pleasant ambience. The cafe is a staple of small town life with a sense of community as it embraces the environment that has been set forth by the Heirloom Market. We feature homemade baked goods and gourmet coffee. The espresso drink with steamed milk or variegated flavoring is designed for a picker upper or as a way to pass your time with a good book or to surf the free wi-fi internet.
A Bushel & A Peck
Venture out into the country and experience an authentic general store. New and used home décor and furnishings, antiques, local food products, honey, fresh eggs.
Susan Shire Antiques
Quality primitives antiques shop on historic Peoria-Galena Trail, located behind our restored 1861 limestone house in beautiful Pleasant Valley.
CITY:Mount Carroll
Savanna Marketplace
Featuring local and Illinois made gifts, foods, and specialties. Enjoy specialty coffees, muffins, desserts and other goodies in their historic building built in 1906 which boasts the original art deco soda fountain from the 30's.
Constantly Stitching N' More
Located on the Lincoln Highway in the old Unionville School, 1,200 bolts of 100% cotton quilting fabric, notions, books, patterns and antiques.
Market Street Commons at the Kraft Building
Market Street Commons is located in the heart of the Mt. Carroll historic district, in the old Kraft Building. The Kraft Building houses the community Welcome Center and Chamber of Commerce, along with shops.
CITY:Mount Carroll
Christmas on the North Side Craft Show
This 11th annual craft show over 25 crafters offering primatives, jewelery, basket weaving, loom weaving, quilted items, florals, wreaths, painting and more.
CITY:Pearl City
Northwest Design
Glass studio nestled in the hills offers a shopping experience. Local glass artists at work using lampwork and fusing techniques.
Ink & Paper
Unique, fun gifts for all ages and occasions. Located in historic downtown Stockton, five blocks south of US Hwy 20.
Eshelman Pottery
My pottery is simple, elegant, functional red stoneware utilizing glazed and unglazed surfaces for a visual and tactile contrast.
Flower Fan-a-see
Full service florist with lots more. Stuffed animals, candles, angels, home decor, photo frames, plants, balloons, and custom designs.
CITY:Mount Carroll
Massbach Ridge Winery
Sample award-winning, estate-grown wine while enjoying the breathtaking Jo Daviess County hills. Open daily, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., year round.
Frank Fritz Finds
Located in the Pulford Opera House Antique Mall, Frank Fritz Finds showcases some of the unusual and unique collectibles and antiques offered for sale by Frank Fritz, co-star of American Pickers on the History Channel.
Long's Garden
Tour the walk-through gardens and browse the nursery selling 170 different ornamental grasses, trees and shrubs.
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What tools are available to assess the security of a web application?
Please provide a small description of what the tool does.
Update: More specifically, I'm looking for tools that assume no access to the source code (black box).
What tools are available to assess the security of a web application? Please provide a small description of what the tool does. Update: More specifically, I'm looking for tools that assume no access to the source code (black box). |
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there's a large number of apps that can be used in web application assessments. One thing to consider is what kind of tool you're looking for. Some of them are better used alongside a manual test, where others are more designed for non-security specialist IT staff as more "black box" scanning tools. On top of that there's a huge range of scripts and point tools that can be used to assess specific areas of web application security. Some of my favorites Burp suite - http://www.portswigger.net . Free and commercial tool. Excellent adjunct to manual testing and has a good scanner capability as well. Of professional web application testers I know, most use this. W3af - http://sourceforge.net/projects/w3af/ - Open source scanning tool, seems to be developing quite a bit at the moment, primarily focuses on the automated scanning side of things, is still requires quite a bit of knowledge to use effectively. On the pure scanning side there's a number of commercial tools available. Netsparker - http://www.mavitunasecurity.com/netsparker/ IBM AppScan - http://www-01.ibm.com/software/awdtools/appscan/ HP WebInspect - https://h10078.www1.hp.com/cda/hpms/display/main/hpms_content.jsp?zn=bto&cp=1-11-201-200^9570_4000_100__ Cenzic Hailstorm - http://www.cenzic.com/products/cenzic-hailstormPro/ Acunetix WVS - http://www.acunetix.com/vulnerability-scanner/ NTObjectives NTOSpider - http://www.ntobjectives.com/ntospider |
My preferred tool bag to do a black box web app pen. test is currently:
The above tools require some familiarity to wield at full power and are best used in a semi-automated way (e.g. choose a specific web form you want to test, setup "attack" runs, then review the results and pinpoint vulnerabilities or points to test more) Fully automated scanners to catch low hanging fruit and to get breadth in test coverage:
Maybe AppScan or WebInpsect if I have access to a license (these tools are expensive) |
It's difficult to keep this list up-to-date. In my opinion -- this is a BAD QUESTION. The correct question should be "What techniques are available to asses the security of a web application, how are they commonly implemented, and how do you keep up on the latest improvements to both the techniques and their implementations?" For example, better tools are already available since these answers were put forward: Hatkit, WATOBO, Arachni's web interface, et al. The primary problem with commercial tools is their lack of ability to innovate and improve. At this point -- almost all commercial products in the web application security space have been stunted by patent wars and loss of individual and social capital. When was the last time you saw a COMMUNITY around an app scanner, app firewall, or security-focused static analysis PRODUCT/SERVICE? The correct answer, yes, is "NEVER". The battle is for free (and/or open-source) tools to try to innovate past the 2004 barrier put forward by these idiotic and non-forward-looking no-talent-clowns that staffed the app scanner, app firewall, and security-focused static analysis companies that are mostly now defunct. Literally, as seen in the 1.4beta of Burp Suite Professional, the ONLY PERSON innovating in this market is PortSwigger. Cigital innovates, but they have priced themselves out of the consumer and researcher markets. |
I enjoyed SkipFish |
And theres also OWASP Zed Attack Proxy: https://www.owasp.org/index.php/OWASP_Zed_Attack_Proxy_Project To quote from the home page: "The Zed Attack Proxy (ZAP) is an easy to use integrated penetration testing tool for finding vulnerabilities in web applications. It is designed to be used by people with a wide range of security experience and as such is ideal for developers and functional testers who are new to penetration testing. ZAP provides automated scanners as well as a set of tools that allow you to find security vulnerabilities manually." Its a fork of Paros and is free, open source and being actively maintained. Psiinon (ZAP project lead) |
Why don't you give Arachni a try. It's written in ruby and it seems to be very promising. |
The OWASP organization is a not-for-profit worldwide charitable organization focused on improving the security of application software and has some nice tools to help detect vulnerabilities and protect applications. |
The Web Application Security Consortium webpage listed below contains a number of different tools for different roles. http://projects.webappsec.org/w/page/13246988/Web-Application-Security-Scanner-List Some of the tools that I use on a regular basis are: AppScan and WebInspect: automated analysis tools, powerful for automating certain types of checks but lack deep inspection capabilities. Used in manual mode contain some interesting features, but in my experience the user interface gets in the way of the functionality. Zed Attack Proxy: an intercepting proxy which is fork and update of the badly out of date Paros Proxy. Fairly powerful for manual testing, and contains some automated testing features. Skipfish: an interesting, high-speed web application scanner; it lacks the depth of feature set of commercial application scanners, but never claims to have them. It doesn't support advanced scanning features such as application authentication, but has a powerful fuzzing capability for certain types of defects. |
Nessus really bad for web application fuzzing. The open source world can offer Wapiti, Skipfish and w3af(kind of broken). Acunetix is a good commercial product at a reasonable price. NTOSpider is one of the web application fuzzing tools, but it costs $10,000+ and your first born. Sitewatch has a free service thats worth checking out. |
There's also OWASP WebScarab and Paros. However, this page contains a list that should have what you want. |
Since no one has mentioned it, insecure.orgs's sectools.org list is a great starting point for application resources in general, especially for who are relatively new to being actively involved in network-related IT security. If you haven't checked it out, I would absolutely recommend looking over their Top 100 list to familiarize yourself with some of the tools (especially attack tools) that are out there. Bearing in mind the caveats already mentioned (and others assumed), here's the page for their Top 10 Web Vulnerability Scanners . |
Packet Storm has an extensive archive of scanners: |
You probably want to look into Burp Suite as well. They have a free and paid version but the paid version is relatively inexpensive. |
Whilst quite old(outdated?) Wapiti is another free choice: http://wapiti.sourceforge.net/ |
you have to combine multiple tools together to get a good results and also you have to molest the website on your on (manual tests) and the manual method is better because non of the commercial tools understand the business logic so i suggest the following tools : for automated tools i think acuentix , netsparker ,burp suite ,google's websecurify are good to go with and you can test your web app with more of them . for the manual method you have to study OWASP top 10 to know about common web application vulnerabilities and after that you should start to test the website . the following tools will help you a lot in doing manual tests : Paros Proxy to edit HTTP Request/Response. fiddler allows you to inspect traffic,set breakpoints, and "fiddle" with incoming or outgoing data. Firefox extensions (Tamper Data , web developer) : to edit HTTP Request/Response to see how you server react. Google this tools and you will see a lot of tutorials out there on how to use them |

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On November 12 at 7:30 pm, in Aquinas 216, we will have guest speaker, Steven J. Brams from New York University Department of Politics.
The topic is "Game Theory and the Humanities: Bridging Two Worlds," which is from his book: http://www.amazon.com/Game-Theory-Humanities-Bridging-Worlds/dp/0262015226
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Beautiful cynicism, this. Love it, KAL.
The Arabs were weak they got defeated in 1948. Europeans are having the most fun out of this. They threw their Jews out and no one (america, Australia, Canada and other lands conquered by Europeans) accepted Jews. They came to Palestine and created a Jewish nation. Palestinian's problem was they were weak , less educated and relied too much on others. They got defeated and no one came for their help. They need to change strategy. Clinging to the same strategy wont help. Try something new. Try non-violence. Try progress. Try education. In time you will have scientist, engineers and managers and leaders who can get you out of dump.
New technology, new tactics, new battleground, new realities.
What do you do when you come across two big, powerful guys knocking seven bells out of each other, severely damaging themselves in the process and causing the surrounding area to be reduced almost to rubble?
1...Find the whole thing most entertaining and just stand around waiting to see which one wins out?
2...Move on by and feel quite relieved that it's all got nothing to do with you?
3...Intervene by calling on both parties to cease and desist, telling them that there must be better ways to resolve their differences?
4...Throw a bucket of cold water over the struggling pair and then point a large hosepipe in their general direction, indicating that you're quite prepared to comprehensively drench whosoever starts the fight up again.
New technology, new tactics, new battleground, new realities.
@ john4law
Stop with your cut and paste!
Empty!! If you want to be a good Anti-Israel operative, you will have to do a LOT better than that!! Aren't you overjoyed the JEWS (civilians) are getting terrified and rocketed! Only Israel would be demanded to accept such a situation for its civilian population as normal. IF Palestinian DIGNITY means Jewish elimination then let the gigantic Islamic World PROVIDE THEM A HOMELAND far from Israel!The Arabs have dumped two million of their hated Jews on Israel alone. Egypt ethically cleansed three hundred thousand Jews and shipped them to Israel. If Israel is a good Jewish dumping ground for Arabs , then they can take in the Palestinians who won't coexist with Israel! The official policy of the now ruling Muslim Brotherhood is Death to Israel and its loyal Hamas Gaza branch is merely implementing what the Brotherhood bosses have decreed. Any Palestinian civilian casualties are the result of war crime human shield tactics by Hamas which reflects the Life is Cheap Philosophy and the Ends Justify the Means mindset you appear to admire!
I think this cartoon completely misses the point of the entire conflict. Other Israeli-Palestine issues aside, if Hamas stopped militants in Gaza from firing rockets into Israel, Israel would not engage in military operations against Hamas in Gaza. As has been demonstrated on numerous occasions since Israel's unilateral withdrawal from the Gaza strip in 2005, though, even when Israel doesn't retaliate against "militants" in Gaza, they still fire rockets into Israeli cities and towns. No nation on the planet would sit idly by while an external group fired rockets into its civilian centers, and this moral equivalence of Israeli self-defense against Hamas' and other militant's ceaseless assault is baseless, uninsightful, and unhelpful in understanding the conflict/pushing for an actual resolution to Palestine/Israeli hostilities.
Yes it assumes that Israel is as illegitimate and despicable as HAMAS and the whole State of Israel is JUST ANOTHER MIDDLE EAST TERROR GROUP!!! Would the politically correct Economist ever dare say that about any Arab State??? Israel is just a PROBLEM AND A MISTAKE TO BE CORRECTED in the mind of the Editors of the Economist
and most of the Elites of Europe. Not THAT much has changed since 1945 in Europe regarding dehumanizing views of Jews!
I don't think the cartoonist is trying to characterize Israel as illegitimate. I think the point is that violence begets violence.
Johnny Johnny... your comments are so immature... accusing European elite of being antisemite is a misplaced judgement... For my part I agree with KAL, both Israel and Hamas are guilty of maintaining violence in the region.
Let's be honest, do you guys really believe that there is one victime (Israel) and one mob (Hamas) in the region? If so I'm sorry to let you know you're missing the big picture!
Making a moral equivalence between a terror group which has the goal of destroying a whole society and people out of pure racist and religious bigotry and an established State protecting its civilians from pure murder is moral equivalency excusing making for crime and terrorism and convinces me that you are NOT a source of wisdom or moral guidance for ANYTHING!! Please peddle your sophistries elsewhere.
The death of civilians on both sides is the real tragedy of this conflict, which the cartoon fails to illustrate. Furthermore, while trying to portray both sides as equally responsible, KAL neglects the fact that Hamas fires missiles at Israeli cities while Israel targets Hamas militants.
Israel is JUST ANOTHER TERROR GROUP according to the politically correct Economist and its Editors!
S3ssqCqjBw... yes and Hamas "use" civilians as human shield... we all know the story. Can you please remind me how many civilians died in this conflict? How many of them were palestinians and how many were Israelis?
Please don't get me wrong, one civilian loss is already a tragedy, but the data are neutral: both Israel and Hamas killed civilians - on purpose.
Hardly accurate. Hamas is nothing but a cult with a death wish. This almost makes the sides look equally strong.
Construction companies must be very happy in these countries.
I couldn't see clearly of the three people running for cover, wasn't the one with big ears had a 'four more years' button and a nobel laurel in tatters?
nice job, Kev -- DR of the Crimson -- and pretty much the same drawing as your Petraeus cartoon next week
I suggest a new line for Palestinians: "Israel, we love you. Actually, we love you so much that we want to become Israeli and West Bank to be part of Israel".
I bet the Israeli far right will campaign for an independent Palestine in no time then...
Why is the damage presented as equal in this image? Pro-Israeli bias? The damage should be in favour of Irael 10-1. It's like the Dallas Cowboys kicking the ass of some ill-equipped junior squad team.
Both sides are equally unable to end violence unilaterally. Only a compromise - Palestinians recognizing Israel, Israel stopping settlements and blockades - will do. The picture above is an excellent illustration of why this is not happening.
Is the Dallas team outnumbered 40-1?
Also, any loss means their permanent demise
KAL certainly exhibits quite a bit of (dark) humour. In the end, does it even matter who shoot first? I feel bad for the other folks on the ground...
Syria Civil War is a Proxy War between Iran and the Gulf Arab States.
Iraq is a Proxy War between Iran, America and the local indigenous Arabs.
Lebanon is a Proxy War between Iran backed Syrian Intelligence and the local Arabs.
Palestine is a Proxy War between Iran backed Hizbollah and the Israelis. The rockets and explosives are all Made in Iran.
The Good News is the Iranian economy is imploding.
And the Iranian ability to wage proxy war is severely curtailed.
And soon the havoc they sow abroad will come home to Tehran.
Syria, Hamas, and Lebanese terror will fall, only after regime change in Iran.
The Iranians are fueling the killings in Syria, the bombings in Lebanon and the rockets in Gaza.
Shia actively oppose Sunni, Druze, Turks, Jews, Christians, Europe, America and The West. It fights with subterfuge and proxy war.
And now they want nukes.
Simple solution to Mideast Peace is regime change in Iran.
For now that is the key to everything.
...Not invading Gaza. Or invading Baghdad. Or a no fly zone in Damascus. Those are the symptoms.
The disease is in Tehran.
A great admirer of KAL's, this time I am deeply disappointed. The cartoon is a very simplistic view of the "Arab-Israeli" conflict as the West likes to call it. It is simply a colonial war where an occupying force, Israel, has been occupying Arab land for 40 years, oppressing the Palestinians, refusing to grant them independence (even though the UN decision that created Israel also created a Palestinian state, but only one exists as of today). And all of this has been made possible by the active support and complicity of the US and Europe, and the cowardness, incompetence and disunity of Arab countries.
One has to admire and cheer Hamas. Suffering from embargo,sanctions, refusal by the West to recognize it (although it won free elections), brutal Israeli attacks, it still manages to fight back the most powerful army in the Middle East, which is aided and abetted and equipped by the world's most powerful army.
Wow, guys, you really rock. We are with you. Continue fighting. America didn't get its independence by waiting nicely for the British to depart: they fought. The Algerians didn't ask the French to nicely leave: they fought hard during 8 years before they won. The Vietnamese didn't see the back of the American army until they made them suffer unsustainable losses. This is the only way you can get the Israelis to depart: fight until they realize that 6 million Jews cannot survive for long surrounded by 300 million hostile Arabs and they will have to come to a settlement.
Sorry Ahmed, civilized people are not going to side with or cheer people who attack non combatants and particurlarly children as a policy. While any killing is regretable, war is killing and destruction. The difference is in choosing targets. Opposition leaders are one thing. School children are another. Likewise fighting for freedom or to remove a foreign invader is one thing. Genocide is another. Like it or not, Jews origionated in the area they now inhabit. They are not invaders. I realize many wrongs have been done by both sides but did they origionate with Jews attacking Arabs or the other way around?
The comic captures the "complexity" of "continue fighting" quite accurately.
ahem.. ahmed your mindset multiplied by a couple of millions is the source of problems in the region. Always playing victims until it is no longer convenient.
Like all bombing during ww2 or vietnam war to break the ennemy's will ? I'm sorry, but a war is a war. When you are losing, when you are fighting with ak47 against a modern army, when you can't even leave your place.. You'll do whatever you can, even killing civilians, to win.
War is dirty.. Terrorism is only a war, a dysemetrical one, so the weak army don't use conventionnal weapons. Polish, French and even German resistants during ww2 were terrorist. American independance were terrorism.
It's a word used by the strong to discredit its ennemies. Propaganda, like so much thing.
There is much more George Washington than Gandhi in this world.
"Like it or not, Jews origionated in the area they now inhabit."
If it was so easy, frontiers would not exist.
Agree with you: Arabs should stp playing the victims, stand up and fight back, asserting themselves until NO ONE would ever dare again trample on them, the way Israelis/Americans/Europeans are doing/have done
Did you check the figures? Many more Palestinian children and women died than Israeli ones in this fight, so by your own reasoning Palestinians are more civilized than Israelis.
Jews are not invaders? They originate in the region? How come most were either born or their parents/grandparents were born in Europe . One example: the very president of Israel, Shimon Peres, was born in Poland. So, explain to me why does someone born in Poland to parents and grandparents and forefathers themselves born in Europe have a right to live in what is now Israel whereas those Arabs who have been there for generations now live in exile? Of course Israelis are invaders. We all know History. But it's not the Palestinians' faults that Europeans committed the Holocaust. Why should Arabs pay for Europe's, and especially Germany's, crimes? Since most Jews lived in Germany/Poland/Byelorussia, that's where a Jewish state should have been carved for them.
Anybody whose land is taken by force by an invader has the right to fight back until he gets his rights restored: Algerians, the Irish, Vietnam etc. did so, and so will Palestinians. They may not have military MIGHT with them but they have RIGHT, and soon that with their demographic MIGHT will help them win.
Poor Jews, I really feel sorry for them. After all they have suffered in history they are not going to be in peace soon either. Ironic how they are treating Muslims (and some Christians, too, let's remember that many Palestinians are Christian), whereas Muslims during Ottoman and other imperial systems were much nicer to them than Europeans from Spain in the 15th century to Germany in the 20th.
Yes, it is ironic that Israelis are doing to Palestinians exactly what Europeans did to them. Humans seem never to learn.
They really ought to start that standing up and fighting back part with their own dictators and other assorted demented, self-appointed oppressors from among their own ranks. Once they do that, the rest will come naturally. As long as their own trample on them, and they keep slaughtering each other in orders of magnitude larger numbers than all those "evil ones" mentioned put together, they are merely whistling in the wind - which they have been doing rather consistently for quite a while now. No, صديق (friend), you are still blaming others for your own shortcomings. Stop blaming others for your problems. They are all self-inflicted. Once you understand that, you will be on your way to great things - but not before that...
Completely agree with you. Nobody has let down Arabs more than their own corrupt, illegitimate and incompetent leaders. This being said, George W in the US does not strike me as the epitome of great leadership either, won't you agree, sadighi al aziz?
"Like it or not, Jews origionated in the area they now inhabit. They are not invaders."
99% of the Jews in Israel originated from outside Historical Palestine: Poland, Russia, Germany, Morocco, Iran... none of them would have been able to name one single ancestor of theirs born in that particular territory. They were as foreign as could be and had no right to colonize a territory where they were not born. They were indeed invaders.
"I realize many wrongs have been done by both sides but did they origionate with Jews attacking Arabs or the other way around?"
It originated with Jews colonizing Arab land. Natives never take colonialism very kindly. Go figure.
Anybody claiming that G.W. Bush was a great leader should have his/her head examined...
That includes the more than 50% of American voters who voted to RE-elect him. What on earth were they thinking about?
" What on earth were they thinking about?"
That question is applicable to the overwhelming majority of humanity at any give moment in history. And history itself is the proof of that statement...
My reference was ancestrial. I realize you are probbly not farmiliar with the Tora or the Bible but they are an historical account of the Jewish people and center on the areas in question today. There have been population shifts by most identifiable groups since then but that seems to be the Jewish starting point. I am not saying that gives them perfect rights but it does make calling them invaders erronious. And the land does seem to be more productive under their care than it was before they became the dominate force. Using birth place of individuals making claims today is a bit tricky for you. How many of the so called Palistinians were born within the borders of today's Israel? By the way, I don't understand why coexistance is so impossible for the Palistinians. A lot of Arabs live in Israel today. I live in an area of America inhabited by Apache, Navajo, Mexican, Asian, African and many varieties of European ancestry people. For the most part we get along well and have friendships across all lines. If we can do it so easily why is it impossible for Middle Easterners?
No right to colonize an area where they were not born...
Really, Then most Palistinians are wrong too as most of them today were not born in the current Israel. I don't think your point or mine is valid. I live over a thousand miles from my birthplace and there are no problems caused by the fact. Tell me, why can't the two peoples coexist on the same land. We in America, at least where I have lived, have many more and more varied ethinic groups than the middle east and for the most part get along well. Not perfectly but close enough.
Hey most Semitic Jews and Arabs got along just fine. The trouble started when European stock moved in. In fact, when they first showed up they treated Semitic Jews like cattle.
So basically, Hitler won because most European Jewery self deported. Jews in the rest of the Middle East fled to Israel because of the backlash from Israel's creation.
Let's just say the creation of Israel was mostly for the convenience of European racism.
It doesn't matter who you are targeting. What matters is who you end up killing. And Israel has killed many, many civilians: http://www.ifamericansknew.org/stats/deaths.html
I love you Garaboncias, you say it so well.
Tens of millions of Americans are Black tracing their origins to Africa. Just because they are unhappy about how they have been treated in the US (slavery, denial of civil rights etc.) does this give them a right to suddenly move to Africa, displace the locals and say, "hey,our ancestors came from here, so we are back home,move away"?
As to your question why coexistence is impossible for the Palestinians, well, try yourself to coexist with another group who comes from abroad, grabs your land, set up their own country, expels hundreds of thousands of your folks, continue to expand their lands over yours, demolish your house, create more settlements, and when you revolt they send overpowering military might to kill you in the thousands? Yes, I'd love to see you coexist with such a group.
Of course the Israelis would love such co existence where they are the masters and the Palestinians are the slaves. For some odd reason which escapes me, the Palestinians don't feel particularly excited about such an arrangement.
(although it won free elections)
So, when are the next free elections?
(although it won free elections)
So, when are the next free elections?
Liman wrote:"although it won free elections"
So, when are the next free elections?
As I said before, I am sure both sides can point to wrongs committed by the other. As to the issue of Black Americans going to Africa, That happened during the Monroe administration. They founded the country of Liberia. It is still in existance today and at peace with it's neighbors, at least as much as any such condition exists in that part of the world. In a democracy, changes can come peacfully. At America's founding only White property owning males could vote. It was only 120 years ago that my state, Wyoming, granted it's women full citizenship including the right to vote. It was the first to do so. I don't mean arabs would recieve full citizenship initally but if it took a hundred years it would be faster than the current standoff.
I am also sure that there were wrongs committed by Jews against sweet Nazis. Are you kidding me? We are talking here about the real world. Shall I repeat what I said? It's a war of independence just like your own country. Did you Americans wait nicely for the British to go or did you fight back?
Very good question. America's good friend, Palestinian President Abbas' term expired in 2009 and so far he has remained in power without asking the people what they thought about it. And the West, the great champions of democracy, don't mind that at all. As for Hamas, who won parliamentary elections, they were never allowed to form a government because the democracy-loving West encouraged Abbas to kick them out. That's why they went and took over Gaza.
I wish there could be an election right now, but since America is not going to respect the will of the people then what is the point?
Very good question. America's good friend, Palestinian President Abbas' term expired in 2009 and so far he has remained in power without asking the people what they thought about it. And the West, the great champions of democracy, don't mind that at all. As for Hamas, who won parliamentary elections, they were never allowed to form a government because the democracy-loving West encouraged Abbas to kick them out. That's why they went and took over Gaza.
I wish there could be an election right now, but since America is not going to respect the will of the people then what is the point?
I don't know where you got your version of history to make the comparisons you do but you are wrong to equate the Hamas-Israel dispute to the American revolution. There is literaly no similarity. Without going into a lengthy explanation lets just consider one difference. If the Jews refuse to leave after loosing what would the Muslims do? Respect their right to live where they chose and peacfully coexist? Or would they commit genocide? I cannot answer that question with any authority. Perhaps you can. If you will be honest I think the difference between the two conflicts will become obvious.
You do not share my "version" of history as you call it because, like the US government, you support Israel. Proof of that is that you call it, the "Hamas-Israel dispute." Only a naive observer would make such a simplistic analysis. The conflict is between the imported Jews (from Europe and other North African/Middle Eastern countries) and the local Arabs who have been living in what has been known since Roman times as Palestine. And those local Arabs, by the way, include both Muslims and Christians (have you listened to what the Vatican says about how Christians are oppressed by Israelis?)
It used to be the PLO that fought for the Palestinians until they got emasculated by the Oslo Accords and the establishment of the Palestinian Authority whose only power is managing traffic signs and collecting garbage. Now, it is Hamas which is at the forefront of the fight. Tomorrow it will be another group, or groups. But one thing is sure: the fight will NEVER stop until Palestinians' rights are restored.
So, it is very similar to the American Revolution. Actually even more so, because American colonists who wanted to sever ties with the British Crown were themselves imports having stolen the land from the natives. That is the true analogy. It is the American Indians who should have risen up and driven to the sea both British forces and British-born Americans.
Now, since you are an American, I understand why you side with the Israelis. They are doing to the Palestinians exactly what Americans have done to Indians (and later to Blacks.) It takes a criminal to understand another one, I guess.
And then you dare talk of genocide, after the one that your own country has perpetrated on Indians and slavery-era Blacks. What cheek. What hypocrisy. Shouldn't you be ashamed of yourself? And atone for your country's crimes?
Standard tactic in debates over politics. When caught unprepared by a question you dare not answer honestly accuse others of any thing you can think of and feign outrage that the question was asked. Statements by Hamas reported today define the situation. It is Isreal's fault they are attacking the civilian population with rockets fired from what appear to be private homes. The reason? Israel won't give them everything they demand. Sounds like true statesmen.
I say again, You do not know anything about American history.
So you are going to deny that America was built on:
1. Land stolen from native owners
2. Free labor by African slaves.
Just answer if these two statements are false or true according to you.
Sorry, Ahmed. As a previous blogger posted, Hamas could disarm and the violence would end. Israel could disarm and Israel would end. Hamas has clearly adopted the extreme position calling for the destruction of Israel. They are now reaping what was sewed. Israel is there to stay. Hamas needs to take a lesson from another radical terror organization, the IRA. They politicize, moderate their stance, and achieve a measure of legitimacy. They should cease all attacks and pursue the political avenues open to them. There will be no sympathy for their cause while rockets fly in both directions.
That would depend. Is stolen the same thing as conquered? Regardless, the native population was treated terribly as were the slaves. We as a nation self corrected. I would gladly stack America against any country in terms of where they are now compared to historical atrocities committed during its development.
Like I said, your knowledge of American history is sadly deficient. While our treatment of the native population was nothing to be proud of, your claim of stealing is incorrect. There was no concept of ownership of land per se in any indian culture in what is now the United States. They had fluctuating areas they inhabited but no stable claim to defined areas. It was pretty much a matter of you keep what you can defend. Many of them were in a constant state of war with their neighbors. Under those rules we just came and joined a game already in progress. It may have not been right but it was not stealing. Slavery is an abomination. It harms both the slave and the master. It is, however not free. The reason slavery was abolished in the North before the Revolutionary war was it was not economicly viable. If not for the Civil War, slavery would have ended a few decades later as mechanization advanced. To my knowledge the only places slavery is in existance today are backward areas with little contact with the modern world. Regurlar Muslim paridises.
Good, keep rewriting History to further your political aims. You aren't the first one to do so, nor the last one. But it won't change reality on the ground:
1. Occupied people will keep on fighting to get independence
2. In the case that concerns us, the Middle East, 6 million Jews canNOT survive indefinitely while surrounded by 300 million hostile Arabs.
I would beg to differ as to your claim that America has "self corrected" its atrocities to Indians and Blacks. Indians are parked in reservations and as for Blacks they fare lower than whites on every socioeconomic indicator (and a Black man in the White House has changed zilch.)
I didn't realize you worked for the State Department as your post is straight from something their spokesman would say. Let us look at each of your points
"Israel is there to stay": hum, how can you be so sure? Do you have a crystal ball and see into the future? The mighty Soviet Union which scared the US shitless for so long, disappeared in less time it took to say "poof." So what makes you think that 6 million Israelis can survive indefinitely when surrounded by 300 million hostile Arabs?
"They should cease all attacks and pursue the political avenues open to them" Nothing wrong with this approach, which I too would prefer. Except that it has been tried since 1992 by the PLO (which incidentally was also considered a terrorist organization until it became buddies with the West) and 2O years later what did they get?: a puppet Palestinian Authority whose powers are limited to fixing traffic signs and collecting garbage. Hamas is right to observe that political negotiations are leading nowhere since they were always a smokescreen by Israelis to hang on to the Occupied Territories. Independence will only be achieved by fighting back.
"They politicize, moderate their stance, and achieve a measure of legitimacy" Just as the only legitimacy that Obama needs is the one derived from American voters, Hamas only needs the legitimacy that was bestowed on it in 2006 by the Palestinians who voted freely for them. Or do you understand legitimacy as only being a lackey of Israel/America and following their orders?
"Hamas could disarm and the violence would end." So, American revolutionaries made a big mistake and should have asked the British nicely to leave? Do you think that without the 8-year war Algerians would have gotten their independence? And remember that the Vietnamese, a rag tag of poorly armed peasants, managed to kick out America, the most powerful military machine the world has ever known. So, why should the Palestinians do it differently?
The Palistinians are more akin to American indians than your examples. A tribal society still in the stone age, now by choice rather than development as the Indians were. Faced with a modern civilization they have no chance. And, by the way, there are more Indians living in open saciety than on reservations. I have, through a rather long life, had a number of Indian friends and custody of one, a Blackfoot, friend of my son's when he needed a home. None of them feel oppressed. I do not feel like an oppressor. By the way I want to thank you for sepressing your opinions so freely. You have done more tho enhance the Israeali polition than ten politicians. When we see how unreasoning and hateful your people are we know who is right.
You call me ignorant of America although I lived there FOUR years, and have been spending much time there for the past 20 years. Then how can we call you who have spent ZERO time with the Palestinians? An ignorant's ignorant? Clearly you are, otherwise you wouldn't call this very sophisticated society as living in the Stone Age. But then I understand your attitude: if you want to justify Israel's crimes (and America's as an accomplice) you have to demonize and minimize the other party.
Hateful? Why? Just because Palestinians want to live freely in their own land without having to obey orders from invaders? Then American revolutionaries were hateful, Indians who fought against British rule were hateful, the Vietnamese who fought against American presence were hateful, the Algerians who fought against France's 150-year long occupation were hateful (note that even after such a long presence the French had to leave - Israel has only been around for 60 years!) Majority Black South Africans who fought the Apartheid system (similar to what Israel is now enforcing against the Palestinians) were also hateful. Man, seems that according to you everybody in the world who demands their rights are hateful. Well, if that's your definition, so be it.
Also note, talking about South Africa, that the Apartheid system was supported by the US for a long time, the US government even considered Nelson Mandela a terrorist for advocating violence to free his people. And yet, we all know how they changed their minds in the end. Because YOU CANNOT STOP A PEOPLE WHEN IT FIGHTS FOR ITS FREEDOM
One last thing: why do you say "your people"? I am not Palestinian, or even Middle Eastern. I just support Palestinians' rights against Israel, the way I supported Black South Africans against minority whites (also imported like most Israeli Jews), or Indians wanting their independence against the British, or Algerians against the French, or Vietnamese against the Americans.
INdians are hardly parked on reservations. They are free to live anywhere they choose. It is hard to say that the US has not improved the conditions for black Americans. You yourself pointed out that President Obama is black, and I will add that he carried the electoral and popular vote in the country. The wealthiest man in the world is Mexican, but many black Americans have achieved wealth and status. How do Middle East nations treat their minorities? Do the Saudis still import workers from less developed nations? How do ethnic Indians fare in Pakistan. How do Christians do in Iran, Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia, Egypt to name a few? I'll take America with her warts any day.
Well the American colonists did not make a policy decision that England must cease to exist. They just made a decision to remove them from the American continent. One was achievable, one was not. Israel is here to stay. They are entreatied to many nations, they are well armed, and have demonstrated their ability to effectively defend themselves against the 300 million angry Arabs around them. That said, Jordan is not having issues with them, Iraq is not claiming any issues, Pakistan is not threatening them. The UAE seems indifferent. Kuwait is not calling for their destruction. Syria is incapable of engaging at present. Egypt is trying to broker a peace despite being controlled by the Muslim Brotherhood. I would say the only real committed enemies that Israel faces are Hamas and Iran. Given that Hamas has long been an Iranian funded puppet there is really only 1 enemy, which is a pariah state with no real ally in the world. Thus, Israel will continue to exist.
As far as your claim that the PLO (a confirmed terror organizatioin that pioneered airplane hijacking) had engaged in a prolonged cease fire, this is not true. Hamas has committed attacks regularly against Israel. Glad to see that you didn't dispute what would happen to Israel if they disarmed. Can Hamas moderate its position regarding Israel's right to exist? Given that Israel has not stated that Palestinians must be exterminated, I would think that would be the first real step to peace. Hamas is the only entity in a position to really attempt peace.
Chris, there are so many untruths, false assertions and disingenuous statements in your comment that I feel obliged to point them out and set the record straight.
1. "the American colonists did not make a policy decision that England must cease to exist." Well, they made the decision that the 13 British colonies will cease to exist and as such they did. How is that different from making Israel cease to exist as a racist state dominated by a minority group, made up mostly of imports? Physically nothing will change, the land will still be there, and the monuments, and most people. It's just that from the moment of liberation onwards the new country (whatever its name) will be ruled, as in any democracy, by its majority, which happens to be people whose fathers and forefathers have been living in that area for centuries. Or do you have a problem with "one man, one vote"?
2. "Israel is here to stay. They are entreatied to many nations, they are well armed". Well, the soviet Union was even more entreatied and better armed by far and yet it disappeared.
3. "their ability to effectively defend themselves against the 300 million angry Arabs around them." Nobody can dispute this point AS OF TODAY. But I know that you are intelligent enough to know that nothing remains static. Arabs are growing faster, even in Israel proper + Occupied Territories + exiles the Palestinians are already a majority. And once they stabilize their political systems, Arabs are bound to grow economically which in turn will translate into military power (compare China's military muscle.) Once that happens, how can a tiny Israeli island survive in an Arab sea? No matter how you look at it, the future is anything but bright for Israel, and they have only themselves to blame. A former French Prime Minister, Dominique de Villepin, said it so right: "The creation of the state of Israel was a mistake."
4. You mention the other Arab states which seem content to coexist with Israel. This is an erroneous reading of the situation. Most have no diplomatic relations with Israel and do not recognize it. Only Jordan and Egypt, two satellite states of the US, accepted to kowtow to Israel and do America's bidding because, among other things, their military were unable to defeat Israel, they receive money from the US to accept the status quo and since they were headed until recently (and still are in the case of Jordan) by undemocratic regimes, they never listened to their peoples. And if you know ANYTHING about Arabs it is that 99.9% of 300 million Arabs do not accept the Apartheid state of Israel where their brethren are enslaved and will NEVER accept it. We are already seeing this with Egypt that now has a democratically elected government, with a Hamas-friendly government which will soon give the Palestinians more support and shame other Arab governments into doing more. The beginning of the end Israel is neigh.
5. "the PLO (a confirmed terror organizatioin that pioneered airplane hijacking) had engaged in a prolonged cease fire, this is not true. Hamas has committed attacks regularly against Israel" Here you are simply misinformed. Hamas is NOT part of the PLO, which explains why it is at odds with the ineffective and weak regime of subservient "President" Abbas. And, please, don't be such a hypocrite and refer to the PLO's terrorist past. Weren't Jewish organizations engaging in terror attacks against the British to obtain their independent state? With some later Israeli prime ministers even convicted of being terrorists? So why this double standard? Why are Jews entitled to terror attacks in order to get their independent state, but Palestinians aren't? Remember that the US also branded Nelson Mandela as a terrorist, and the ANC as a terrorist organization, and would have nothing to do with either. And now he is regarded as a saint.
6. "Can Hamas moderate its position regarding Israel's right to exist?" If you are talking of Israel's right to exist as a racist state, where a Jewish minority oppresses a Palestinian majority, well I wonder why Hamas, and most Palestinians, have a problem about being "moderates." Would you have advised Holocaust Jews to be "moderate" in their grievances against Nazi Germany? And recommended they come to a settlement? (maybe by sending only 50% to gas chambers?)
7. "Hamas has long been an Iranian funded puppet" Well, Israel would NEVER have survived a SINGLE day if it were for the constant funding, diplomatic backing and military from the US. And the the reason the US helps them is because in the corrupt political system that is America's everything is up for sale, votes and policies, so the Jewish lobby finances American politicians' campaigns in exchange for support for Israel. But here again things are slowly changing. As Arabs become more powerful, they will start to flex their financial, trade, military might and the US government will change its Middle Eastern policy accordingly.
Here's a better idea: http://socialgoals.blogspot.com/2012/11/peace-in-middle-east.html
The Israeli-Palestine Conflict risks distraction from the much larger Shia-Sunni Muslim War being waged in proxy in Syria, Lebanon and Iraq.
...And soon to escalate to Iran.
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The greatest fear is the wars end in a few hours after a nuclear exchange.
"Religious wars are different than Ideological wars
=> instead of decades, they can last several centuries."
Whereas geopolitical wars last millenia; the Germans v the French v the English v the Scots v the Irish
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I dont get it first they try to alienate community now they want community to fund their projects. What in devils name is going on in Canonical?
Phoronix: Ubuntu Edge Is Up To $9 Million USD In Funding
There's been a slight boost in the crowd-funded Ubuntu Edge smart-phone / converged device project with now being up to $9.175 million dollars in funding...
I dont get it first they try to alienate community now they want community to fund their projects. What in devils name is going on in Canonical?
Mark already said he wasn't going to put any of his/Canonical money to fill the gap, so most likely this isn't going to happen.
- if he would pledge the rest I am not sure how people would feel about it, on one side it would show people he is 100% behind the project, on the other side it would show mobile carriers there is to little interest from the masses/real world .unless Mark Shuttleworth has some more tricks in his bag or ends up pledging the remainder of the funds himself
- probably, but how big will the backlash be when it fails, showing there is no intrest for this phone from the masses/real world ?, but at least they're enjoying the added mainstream media attention.
if they won't make it I don't think they can spin this in any positive way towards mobile carriers or the masses. Maybe they wanted it to fail to have an excuses to bin the project and that's why they set the high 30mil bar ? dunno
I hope phone manufacturers are watching and hearing about Ubuntu Edge.
So even if it fails, the other companies listen to the demands.
I hope phone manufacturers maybe consider a phone with Ubuntu, or dual-boot phone with Android and Ubuntu, or Android and Chrome OS. I hope manufacturers make so you can dock the phone to the computer and use keyboard, mouse, and external display.
Imagine Bluetooth keyboard and Bluetooth mouse with wireless Wi-Di/WHDI/Miracast display.
Or a docking station to plug-in USB keyboard and USB mouse and HDMI/DVI/DisplayPort monitor.
I just can't say clear enough how hard I want this stupid initiative from Canonical to fail. It has one, and only one, purpose, to stagnate FLOSS.


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I am a self-admitted addict when it comes to cycling glasses. Radarlocks have been my favorite style, for several reasons. The fit is perfect, they are the lightest weight (and most well-balanced), the frameless (mostly) and single-lens design provides the best field of view, and they fog less than other glasses I own. These being XL models provide an even greater field of view, protection from wind and debris, and never "leak" light. The tradeoff is that I feel like a total spaceman wearing them, even more so than the standard Radarlocks.
The straight stem is billed as being more "helmet friendly" than the standard stems, but I have never had a problem with any of my Oakleys fitting with my helmets, and honestly do not notice much of a difference.
I had previous XL Straight Stem experience with my Photochromic models, and love those, so I went for these, mostly for the VR28 lens, which is a great trail lens, second only to the VR28 Black Iridium lens in my opinion. I suspected that the Black Iridium lens would be too dark for my taste; I tend to prefer lenses in the 15-18% range, and they are a 10% lens.
The good: Everything above. The VR28 is a great lens tint and really helps with identifying terrain (I am a mountain biker).
The bad: The Black Iridiums are pretty dark, although I have used them on sunny days and on rides where I knew there would be a considerable stretch on the road.
These did not make my starting rotation, which right now is my Troy Lee Racing Jackets with the VR28 Black Iridium lenses in, my Custom Racing Jackets with my Jade Iridium lenses, and rounding out the starting rotation are my aforementioned photochromic Radarlocks in XL straight stem.
I am still very happy with these, and recommend them highly. I bought in winter; I may be more impressed with the Black Iridiums next summer.
Outstanding visibility.
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
- Fit: True to size
I'm a road cyclist. I rode a few different pairs of Oaks before I landed on these.
The main point of difference on the XLs is the height of the lens. These are tall enough that when you're in the drops, the top of the frames don't block your field of vision. This was not true of the standard Radarlock lenses.
I also rode a few months with the Radarlock XL photochromic lenses. I found that they didn't get dark enough for my taste in bright sunlight.


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Orange County Model A Pancake Breakfasts
Written by Tim Bernsau on April 15, 2011 A's in the OCStreet Rodder roving correspondent Gary Robinson was at the car show and pancake breakfast, put on by the Orange County Model A Ford Club. It's our understanding that the March 27 show was celebrating it's 50th anniversay in 2011, and has always been held in Hart Park in the City of Orange. Hundreds of Model A's, from restored to hot rodded, showed up to celebrate. As you can see by these photos, the party is not exclusively for Model A's, and draws a number of cars from the "and the rest" category. The pancake breakfast and a special raffle are added bonuses to this event.
We know Gary would've been there even if there were no pancakes, and we appreciate his gallery of photos from the day.
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Most of Friday's NHIAA tourney events still on
The Division I boys' basketball game pitting Bedford at top-seeded Trinity of Manchester - schools located less than seven miles from each other - was rescheduled for 4 p.m. Saturday. The other three quarterfinals remain scheduled for Friday at 7 p.m., however, as does the Division II girls' final between Lebanon and Portsmouth at Southern New Hampshire University.
Tonight's three boys' quarterfinals include seventh-seeded Bishop Guertin of Nashua at No. 2 Manchester Central, No. 4 Nashua South at No. 12 Dover and No. 11 Exeter at No. 3 Spaulding of Rochester.
Bedford is seeded eighth but is one of the hottest teams in the state, having won seven straight games and 10 of its last 11, including a 60-42 victory over Winnacunnet of Hampton in the first round of the tournament.


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Music industry paid legislation to have the internet censored, because Lil Wayne can only afford 3 Maybachs.
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