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I read this in one of those collections of essays on current social issues. This was written by Glenn Loury in 2009. It's a complex piece of writing and it's long and dense. Just a heads up.
Here's the passage that I think best sums up his argument.
The most challenging problems of social policy in the modern world are never merely technical. In order properly to decide how we should govern ourselves, we must take up questions of social ethics and human values. What manner of people are we Americans? What vision would we affirm, and what example would we set, before the rest of the world? What kind of society would we bequeath to our children? How shall we live? Inevitably, queries such as these lurk just beneath the surface of the great policy debates of the day. So, those who would enter into public argument about what ails our common life need make no apology for speaking in such terms.
It is precisely in these terms that I wish to discuss a preeminent moral challenge for our time — that imprisonment on a massive scale has become one of the central aspects of our nation's social policy toward the poor, powerfully impairing the lives of some of the most marginal of our fellow citizens, especially the poorly educated black and Hispanic men who reside in large numbers in our great urban centers.
The bare facts of this matter — concerning both the scale of incarceration and its racial disparity — have been much remarked upon of late. Simply put, we have become a nation of jailers and, arguably, racist jailers at that. The past four decades have witnessed a truly historic expansion, and transformation, of penal institutions in the United States — at every level of government, and in all regions of the country. We have, by any measure, become a vastly more punitive society. Measured in constant dollars and taking account of all levels of government, spending on corrections and law enforcement in the United States has more than quadrupled over the last quarter century. As a result, the American prison system has grown into a leviathan unmatched in human history. This development should be deeply troubling to anyone who professes to love liberty.
Here, as in other areas of social policy, the United States is a stark international outlier, sitting at the most rightward end of the political spectrum: We imprison at a far higher rate than the other industrial democracies — higher, indeed, than either Russia or China, and vastly higher than any of the countries of Western Europe. According to the International Centre for Prison Studies in London, there were in 2005 some 9 million prisoners in the world; more than 2 million were being held in the United States. With approximately one twentieth of the world's population, America had nearly one fourth of the world's inmates. At more than 700 per 100,000 residents, the U.S. incarceration rate was far greater than our nearest competitors (the Bahamas, Belarus, and Russia, which each have a rate of about 500 per 100,000.) Other industrial societies, some of them with big crime problems of their own, were less punitive than we by an order of magnitude: the United States incarcerated at 6.2 times the rate of Canada, 7.8 times the rate of France, and 12.3 times the rate of Japan.
The demographic profile of the inmate population has also been much discussed. In this, too, the U.S. is an international outlier. African Americans and Hispanics, who taken together are about one fourth of the population, account for about two thirds of state prison inmates. Roughly one third of state prisoners were locked up for committing violent offenses, with the remainder being property and drug offenders. Nine in ten are male, and most are impoverished. Inmates in state institutions average fewer than eleven years of schooling.
The extent of racial disparity in imprisonment rates exceeds that to be found in any other arena of American social life: at eight to one, the black to white ratio of male incarceration rates dwarfs the two to one ratio of unemployment rates, the three to one non-marital child bearing ratio, the two to one ratio of infant mortality rates and the one to five ratio of net worth. More black male high school dropouts are in prison than belong to unions or are enrolled in any state or federal social welfare programs. The brute fact of the matter is that the primary contact between black American young adult men and their government is via the police and the penal apparatus. Coercion is the most salient feature of their encounters with the state. According to estimates compiled by sociologist Bruce Western, nearly 60% of black male dropouts born between 1965 and 1969 had spent at least one year in prison before reaching the age of 35.
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Yet too many Americans have concluded, in effect, that those languishing at the margins of our society are simply reaping what they have sown. Their suffering is seen as having nothing to do with us — as not being evidence of systemic failures that can be corrected through collective action. Thus, as I noted, we have given up on the ideal of rehabilitating criminals, and have settled for simply warehousing them. Thus we accept — despite much rhetoric to the contrary — that it is virtually impossible effectively to educate the children of the poor. Despite the best efforts of good people and progressive institutions — despite the encouraging signs of moral engagement with these issues that I have seen in my students over the years, and that give me hope — despite these things, it remains the case that, speaking of the country as a whole, there is no broadly based demand for reform, no sense of moral outrage, no anguished self-criticism, no public reflection in the face of this massive, collective failure.
The core of the problem is that the socially marginal are not seen as belonging to the same general public body as the rest of us. It therefore becomes impossible to do just about anything with them. At least implicitly, our political community acts as though some are different from the rest and, because of their culture — because of their bad values, their self-destructive behavior, their malfeasance, their criminality, their lack of responsibility, their unwillingness to engage in hard work — they deserve their fate.
But this is quite wrongheaded. What we Americans fail to recognize — not merely as individuals, I stress, but as a political community — is that these ghetto enclaves and marginal spaces of our cities, which are the source of most prison inmates, are products of our own making: Precisely because we do not want those people near us, we have structured the space in our urban environment so as to keep them away from us. Then, when they fester in their isolation and their marginality, we hypocritically point a finger, saying in effect: "Look at those people. They threaten to the civilized body. They must therefore be expelled, imprisoned, controlled." It is not we who must take social responsibility to reform our institutions but, rather, it is they who need to take personal responsibility for their wrongful acts. It is not we who must set our collective affairs aright, but they who must get their individual acts together. This posture, I suggest, is inconsistent with the attainment of a just distribution of benefits and burdens in society.
This piece stuck out to me as it showcases one of those conversations we're not having. No one wants a solution to poverty and crime that forces us to talk about race and class and re-asses our societal attitudes on personal and social responsibility.
Our politicians know we'd rather just get them out of sight and out of mind. If we just punish them enough, they'll get it and "start demanding paychecks instead of food stamps" as Mr. Gingrich put it. Because poor people don't work hard.
It's obviously more complex than that. Though Loury's solutions are rather abstract. He very briefly mentions education, healthcare and welfare reform. Though again, I think, and Loury mentions this as well, nothing gets done until people start demanding it from their politicians.


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The Soviet invasion of Manchuria or Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation (Russian: Советско-японская война), began on August 9, 1945, with the Soviet invasion of the Japanese puppet state of Manchukuo. The Soviets conquered Mengjiang, as well as northern Korea, southern Sakhalin, and the Kuril Islands. The operation is sometimes called Operation August Storm by English-language writers, after historian David Glantz used this title for a paper on the subject.
At the Yalta Conference, the Soviet Union had agreed to Allied pleas to terminate its neutrality pact with Japan and enter World War II's Pacific Theater within three months after the end of the war in Europe. This offensive should not be confused with the Soviet-Japanese Border War that ended in Japan's defeat in 1939.
The invasion began at dawn on August 9, 1945, precisely three months after the German surrender on May 8 (May 9, 0:43 Moscow time). This fell between the atomic bombings of Hiroshima on August 6 and Nagasaki on August 9. However, it is clear that news of the attacks on the two cities played no role in the timing of the Soviet attack. Although Soviet leader Joseph Stalin had not been told much detail of the Western Allies' atomic bomb program by Allied governments, he was nonetheless well aware of its existence and purpose by means of Soviet intelligence sources.
The Soviet Union formally declared war on the Empire of Japan on August 8, 1945 four months after the Soviets denounced the Soviet–Japanese Neutrality Pact signed in 1941.
The operation was subdivided into smaller operational and tactical parts:
The Transbaikal Front would form the western half of the Soviet pincer movement, attacking across the Inner Mongolian desert and over the Greater Khingan mountains. These forces would secure Mukden (present day Shenyang), and meet troops of the 1st Far East Front at the Changchun area in south central Manchuria and in doing so finish the double envelopment.
Amassing over one thousand tanks and self-propelled guns, the 6th Guards Tank Army would serve as armored spearhead leading the Front's advance and would have to capture objectives 350 kms (217 miles) inside Manchuria by the fifth day of the invasion.
The 36th Army would also attack from the west but would have as objective to meet forces of the 2nd Far East Front at Harbin and Tsitsihar.
The 1st Far East Front would form the eastern half of the pincer movement, attack which would involve the 1st Red Banner Army, the 5th Army and the 10th Mechanized Corps striking towards Mudanjiang (or Mutanchiang). Once that city was captured, this force would advance towards the cities of Jilin (or Kirin), Changchun and Harbin. Its final objective would be to link up with forces of the Transbaikal Front at Changchun and Jilin (or Kirin) thus closing the double envelopment movement.
As a secondary objective, the 1st Far East Front had to prevent Japanese forces from escaping to Korea and then invade the Korean peninsula up to the 38th parallel, establishing in the process what would later become North Korea. The secondary objective would be carried out by the 25th Army. Meanwhile, the 35th Army was tasked with capturing the cities of Boli (or Poli), Linkou and Mishan.
The 2nd Far East Front was in a supporting attack role. Its objective would be the cities of Harbin and Tsitsihar and to prevent an orderly withdrawal to the south of the Japanese forces.
Once troops from the 1st Far East Front and Transbaikal Front captured the city of Changchun, they would attack the Liaotung Peninsula and seize Port Arthur (present day Lüshun).
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Each Front had "front units" attached directly to the Front instead of an army . The forces totaled at least eighty divisions with 1.5 million men, over five thousand tanks and self propelled guns (including 3,700 T-34s), over 28,000 artillery pieces and 4,300 aircraft (including 3,700 first line combat aircraft). Approximately one-third of its strength was in combat support and services. Its naval forces contained 12 major surface combatants, 78 submarines, numerous amphibious craft, and the Amur river flotilla, consisting of gunboats and numerous small craft. The Soviet plan incorporated all the experience in maneuver warfare that the Soviets had acquired fighting the Germans.
Each Area Army (Homen Gun, the equivalent of a Western "army") had headquarters units and units attached directly to the Area Army, in addition to the field armies (the equivalent of a Western corps). In addition to the Japanese, there was the forty thousand strong Manchukuo Defense Force, composed of eight under-strength, poorly-equipped, poorly-trained Manchukuoan divisions. Korea, which would have been the next target for the Far East Command, was garrisoned by the Seventeenth Area Army.
The Kwantung Army had over six hundred thousand men in twenty-five divisions (including two tank divisions) and six Independent Mixed Brigades. These contained over 1,215 armored vehicles (mostly armored cars and light tanks), 6,700 artillery pieces (mostly light), and 1,800 aircraft (mostly trainers and obsolete types; they only had 50 first line aircraft). The Imperial Japanese Navy contributed nothing to the defense of Manchuria, the occupation of which it had always opposed on strategic grounds.
On economic grounds, Manchuria was worth defending since it had the bulk of usable industry and raw materials outside of Japan and still under Japanese control in 1945. However, the Japanese forces were far below authorized strength, and most of their heavy military equipment and best military units had been transferred to the Pacific front over previous three years. As of 1945, the Japanese army in Manchuria contained a large number of raw recruits. As a result, the Kwantung Army had essentially been reduced to a light infantry counter-insurgency force with limited mobility and experience. In the event, Japanese forces were no match for the mechanized Red Army, with its vastly superior tanks, artillery, officers, experience and tactics.
Compounding the problem, the Japanese military made several major mistakes.
New plans made by the Japanese in the Summer of 1945 called for the borders to be held lightly and delaying actions fought while the main force would hold the southeastern corner in strength (so defending Korea from attack). However, the new plans were not implemented by the time the Soviets launched their attack.
The operation was carried out as a classic double pincer movement over an area the size of Western Europe. In the western pincer, the Red Army advanced over the deserts and mountains from Mongolia, far from their resupply railways. This confounded the Japanese military analysis of Soviet logistics, and the defenders were caught by surprise in unfortified positions. The Japanese commander was missing for the first eighteen hours of conflict, and communication was lost with forward units very early on. At the same time, Soviet airborne units were used to seize airfields and city centers in advance of the land forces, and to ferry fuel to those units that had outrun their supply lines.
After a week of fighting, during which Soviet forces were already penetrating deep into Manchukuo, Japan's Emperor Hirohito read the Gyokuon-hōsō on August 15, 1945 and declared a ceasefire in the region the next day. The Soviets continued their largely unopposed advance, reaching Mukden, Changchun and Qiqihar by August 20. At the same time, Mengjiang was invaded by the Red Army and their Mongol allies, quickly taking Guihua. The Emperor of Manchukuo (and former Emperor of China), Puyi, was captured by the Soviet Red Army.
On August 18, several amphibious landings had been conducted ahead of the land advance: three in northern Korea, one in Sakhalin, and one in the Kuril Islands. This meant that, in Korea at least, there would already be Soviet soldiers waiting for the troops coming overland. In Sakhalin and the Kurils, it meant a sudden and undeniable establishment of Soviet sovereignty.
The land advance was stopped a good distance short of the Yalu River, the beginning of the Korean peninsula, when even the aerial supply lines became unavailable. The forces already in Korea were able to establish a bit of control in the peninsula's north, but the ambition to take the entire peninsula was cut short when American forces landed at Incheon on September 8, six days after the signing of the Japanese Instrument of Surrender.
Hokkaidō was never invaded as planned.
Japan's decision to surrender was made before the scale of the Soviet attack on Manchuria, Sakhalin, and the Kurils was known, but had the war continued, the Soviets had plans to invade Hokkaidō well before the other Allied invasion of Kyushu.
Tsuyoshi Hasegawa's research has led him to conclude that the atomic bombings were not the principal reason for capitulation. Instead, he contends, it was the swift and devastating Soviet victories on the mainland in the week following Joseph Stalin's August 8 declaration of war that forced the Japanese message of surrender on August 15, 1945. His claim, however, has been criticized because it ignores the fact that the Imperial Headquarters in Tokyo knew that a full-scale invasion had begun but were unaware of how badly the fighting in Manchuria was going.
Manchuria, cleansed of any potential military resistance by Soviet forces, provided the main base of operations for Mao Zedong's forces, who proved victorious in the following four years of civil war in China. In fact, military success in Manchuria prevented the Soviet Union from receiving bases in China — promised by the Western Allies — because all land gained was turned over to the People's Republic of China after they gained power. Before leaving Manchuria, however, Soviet forces dismantled its considerable industry and relocated it to restore industry in war-torn Soviet territory.
As agreed at Yalta, the Soviet Union had intervened in the war with Japan within three months of the German surrender, and they were therefore entitled to the territories of Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands and also to preeminent interests over Port Arthur and Dairen, with its strategic rail connections. The territories on the Asian mainland were transferred to the full control of the People's Republic of China in 1955, and the other possessions are still administered by the Soviet Union's successor state, Russia. Though the north of the Korean peninsula was under Soviet control, the logistic machine driving the invasion forces had given out before the entire peninsula could be seized. With the American landing at Incheon — some time before the Red Army could have remobilized and secured the entire nation — Korea was effectively divided. This was a precursor to the Korean War five years later.


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Given the economic realities of this year, many firms have found themselves unable to offer their employees material increases with respect to either salary or benefits. So how do you let colleagues know they are valued when you don't have cash? It's simple — use Credit.
When I say "use credit," I don't mean to suggest that you give your colleagues IOUs. Rather, you should find many and varied means of letting them (and others) know how much you value them. In fact, studies have shown that cash is sometimes the least effective way of motivating others to perform. So look at this year as a wonderful opportunity to learn more effective methods to manage your team. Here are some tips:
- Be unstinting in your praise for work well done by members of your team. I know they are getting a paycheck to do a good job, but that paycheck provides few of the psychic rewards most people crave.
- When you are commended for work done by your team, be sure to let your superiors know who on your team shouldered the laboring oar. (If you are the insecure type who hogs the credit in an effort to shore up your personal position within the organization, let me tell you a secret about this. When you highlight the excellence of individuals on your team you actually remind others of your good judgment in hiring and managing great people. The fact that you look generous as well doesn't hurt one bit either.)
- When anyone outside your team does a terrific job, thank them. Better still send a note to their supervisors letting them know (and copy the employee so they know as well).
- Be straightforward and sincere. Most of us sense a con when we hear it. Credit works in lieu of cash only when the emotion and intent behind the praise is genuine.
- Saying "thx" rarely is sufficient. If the work done is deserving of praise, then surely it merits more effort from you than is required to write "thx" in an offhand, reflexive manner. (The only possible exception to this is when you are facing the 140 character limit in Twitter!)
Above all, I'd recommend that you read Charles Green's fantastic post, Pin the Credit on Someone Else, and adopt that as your modus operandi going forward. This will be a challenge for the insecure manager, but it will make a world of difference in the way members of the team view their work and their manager.
In this season of gratitude and generosity, try being grateful and generous at work. It's a gift that keeps on giving.
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LegalTech 2009 is over and we're exhausted. There's something absolutely draining about all those inputs, all those people talking at you, and all those little plastic toys. It's enough to make even extroverts like me run screaming from the conference hotel.
It will, undoubtedly, take us a few days to process what we saw and what we learned. We have the quick notes we tweeted from the various sessions to remind us, but we don't yet know if they will prove to be invaluable or completely ephemeral. In addition, some hardier souls (like David Hobbie and Kelly Talcott) have already published their blogs on various sessions. I'm in awe of their ability to synthesize information so quickly and grateful that we have the benefit of their views.
For me there is something about the learning process that requires a period of quiet reflection in order to consolidate the disparate bits of information I've picked up. And when I've been drinking from an information firehose as I was at LegalTech, it takes even longer. Starting tomorrow, I'm going to indulge in a little quiet reflection and when I emerge, I hope I'll have something sensible to say about what I learned at LegalTech.
Before I hibernate, I would like to thank the good folks on the LegalTech Advisory Board and at Incisive Media for organizing a conference rich in possibilities and opportunities. I was glad to have a chance to participate both as a speaker and a blogger. Best of all, LegalTech provided a wonderful lab for demonstrating how we interact with and learn from each other. The multi-layered interchanges that bounced between the conference rooms, the Twittersphere, the Blogosphere and the hallways made for a very rich learning environment. Thank you to everyone in New York and online who made this possible.
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Just over one year ago, I dipped my toes in the blogging water and was delighted to discover that the temperature was fine. In fact, swimming in this pool during the last year has been a ton of fun. And, along the way I've learned a great deal — about knowledge management and about life. Most of all, I've been taught time and time again how wonderfully generous bloggers can be.
I'd like to take a moment in my (extended) first anniversary celebration to thank some marvelous folks who have supported my blogging and Twitter efforts by their timely encouragement, stimulating comments, helpful linking and good advice about social media and life:
- Anna Ivey
- Daniel Pritchett
- David Gurteen
- Dennis Kennedy (Blawggies and Microblog Posts)
- Doug Cornelius
- Jack Vinson
- James Mullan (Knowledge Connections and The Running Librarian)
- John Tropea
- Jordan Furlong
- Joy London
- Kevin O'Keefe
- Lee Bryant
- Louis Grey
- Luis Suarez
- Marc Solomon
- Mark Gould
- Mick Leyden
- Mike Fruchter
- Nina Platt
- Patrick Lambe
- Penny Edwards
- Samuel Driessen
- Stan Garfield
- Stephanie Kimbro
- Steve Matthews (CLawBies and Vancouver Law Librarian)
- Tom Mighell
- Wendy Reynolds
Over the course of this year, I've learned from each of these people and have come to appreciate deeply their expertise and kindness. They've gone above and beyond the call duty in extending a helping hand to me. To each of them I offer my sincere thanks.
And, I would be remiss if I failed to acknowledge the many wonderful folks who have taken the time to read my posts and leave comments or send me an e-mail. Every time you do this, you remind me that the real fun in this exercise is the conversation we have and the learning that results. Your input has been priceless and I truly appreciate it.
Now, on to another year of blogging and conversation.
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Growing up in Canada, we were the "beneficiaries" of Canadian Content, a government policy designed to ensure we had enough exposure to homegrown culture that we didn't succumb to the allure of those cultural hegemonists south of the 49th parallel. When I first moved south of the 49th, it was hard to find overtly Canadian content (although media watchers will know that there are a surprisingly large number of Canadians active in US media.) Today, however, we have access to lots of great Canadian content — not because of government regulation, but because of the excellence of the content and the open nature of the internet.
To celebrate that excellence, our blogging colleagues in Canada have instituted the Canadian Law Blog Awards, or CLawBies. The creator of the CLawBies, Steve Matthews (the terrific Vancouver Law Librarian and founder of Stem Legal), has implemented an innovative nomination process this year with the goal of fostering "some audience sharing & link-based infrastructure between members of the Canadian law blog community."
In deciding which blogs I would nominate, I was interested to discover that in every case I read these blogs because they are consistently good rather than because they are Canadian. (The fact that they are Canadian is a bonus as far as I'm concerned.) Here are the Canadian blogs I've enjoyed in the past year:
Connie Crosby — I read Connie's blog regularly and follow her on Twitter. Her background in law libraries and social networking gives her insight into those knowledge management issues that keep me occupied. Above all, how can you not pay attention to a great "Info Diva"?
Law21 — Jordan Furlong's blog is a must-read for anyone thinking hard about intelligent ways to practice law. And, even if you're not, he's such a good writer that I'd recommend you read him anyhow!
Slaw — This is a category-busting blog: a community effort that covers a wide range of legal and cultural topics. There's always something of interest and, due to the number of contributors, there is always something new.
Finally, I do want to thank Steve Matthews personally. He has been a terrific supporter of legal blogging on either side of the 49th parallel. Steve's efforts to promote individual bloggers and legal blogging generally are marked with the kind of personal generosity that makes the blawgosphere such a rewarding place for those of us interested in good conversation and community. Thanks, Steve!
Our family has a strict rule (guaranteed to drive children crazy): first send the thank you note and then enjoy the gift. In this case, however, the gift arrived electronically and put an immediate smile on my face. In fact, I've been enjoying Dennis Kennedy's gift for hours and this note of thanks is a little tardy.
And what was the gift? Dennis Kennedy was kind enough to include Above and Beyond KM on his 2008 list of notable blogs, also known as Dennis Kennedy's 2008 Law-related Blogging Awards (The Blawggies). I was surprised and delighted to find myself in the company of some terrific bloggers. I invite you to spend a little time with the blawgs and blawggers Dennis called out for recognition. The list covers a wide range of law-related subjects and provides lots of thought-provoking reading.
All of this starts with Dennis, one of the pioneers of legal blogging. I was reading his writing before I even realized what a blog was. He has set a high standard not only for great content and longevity in this business but, most of all, for generosity.
So, thank you Dennis Kennedy!
With best wishes for the Holidays,
And, because I couldn't resist, here's an excerpt from my post on April 15 in which I quote Dennis Kennedy:
In the inimitable words of Dennis Kennedy: "I have no doubt that Tom Mighell has mentioned many more new legal blogs than the number of blogs that have links back to his blog. He's a saint – I'm not quite that saintly." Dennis makes this observation in the course of a post entitled "What are the Most Common Mistakes a New Legal Blogger Makes," in which he reminds bloggers who are lucky enough to be mentioned by a more established blogger that they should not be delinquent in thanking the experienced blogger.
It's good to have a day to remember the good in life. And, it's even better when that day is a public holiday. As usual, we'll be spending the day at the home of some dear friends who happen to be phenomenal cooks and generous hosts. In addition, they have a talent for gathering a congenial group around their table. As a result, we have a great deal to look forward to and be thankful for today.
Before heading downtown to eat, drink and make merry, I wanted to take a moment to thank all of the wonderful folks who read this blog from time to time. For those of you who have left comments or sent me e-mails about my posts — I give you my heartiest thanks. A big reason for this blog was that I wanted to be part of the larger conversation that's going on about knowledge management, social media, law firms and life. Your comments help move that conversation forward in very interesting and rewarding directions. For those of you who have told me you read my blog, but haven't yet left a comment, please accept my thanks and my invitation to you to join the conversation. Jump right in — the water is fine.
Have a great Thanksgiving!
Yesterday a colleague asked me to help him locate a particular sort of precedent that was not all that common. When I asked him about his time frame, his reply was "the usual." (Based on prior experience, I knew that the best translation for that was "yesterday.") After quickly reorganizing my schedule, I turned to his request only to discover that what he needed wasn't easy to find. Consequently, I had to hunt for some reasonably similar agreements that could provide sufficient drafting guidance to help him create the required document efficiently. After some focused effort, I was able to send him a few options in relatively short order.
Today I received the following e-mail from him: "This was really incredibly helpful! Thanks again for the quick turn around."
With those two brief sentences, he made a huge positive impact on my day.
So much of what we do in law firm knowledge management seems buried in the infrastructure. As long as the knowledge management system works, people often forget to thank us. Add to that the fact that the lawyer population is great at issue-spotting and quite confident in its ability to do your job better than you do, and you have a situation in which it can at times be a little disheartening to be a knowledge manager. Given this context, my colleague's expression of thanks was doubly appreciated.
This is a small slice of my life, but others have had similar experiences. Seth Godin writes in his blog about the potential power of "honest recognition" for work well done as opposed to "mumbled thanks." Even mighty Microsoft has a guide to gratitude entitled The Power of Saying Thank You. Add to that the following snippets from a Fortune article, "Why saying `Thank you' is more than just good manners, reporting on a study of 200,000 managers and employees over a 10-year period that found that:
People will work harder and more enthusiastically for an appreciative boss, and companies that praise topnotch performance are more profitable than those that don't.
It seems saying "thank you" is even more important in retaining people than paying them more money – and a pat on the back is free.
At the end of the day, remembering to say thank you helps make your organization a much more rewarding place in which to work. And, given the number of hours we spend at the office, who wouldn't support that?
April 15 is the day we count our blessings and then give a cut to Uncle Sam. While the offering to Uncle Sam may be grudging, it is with absolute sincerity that I'd like to thank the folks who have helped launch my new blog.
First and foremost, Joy London, whose recommendation in excited utterances led to a remarkable spike in my readership. Thank you, Joy, for the graciousness and generosity of your recommendation. And thank you for the private encouragement you've given me as I start down this blogging path. You blazed a trail for the rest of us a long time ago and I'm grateful for your expertise and advice.
In the inimitable words of Dennis Kennedy: "I have no doubt that Tom Mighell has mentioned many more new legal blogs than the number of blogs that have links back to his blog. He's a saint – I'm not quite that saintly." Dennis makes this observation in the course of a post entitled "What are the Most Common Mistakes a New Legal Blogger Makes," in which he reminds bloggers who are lucky enough to be mentioned by a more established blogger that they should not be delinquent in thanking the experienced blogger. So, without further adieu,
Dear Tom Mighell and Kevin O'Keefe:
Thank you, Tom Mighell, for mentioning my neophyte efforts on your blog, Mighell's Blawg of the Day. And thank you, Kevin O'Keefe, for picking up that citation and giving it more airtime on Real Lawyers Have Blogs. I very much appreciate the boost and look forward to joining in the growing conversation among blawggers that both of you clearly are trying to foster.


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Check out this sneak peek clip of "Kroll Show's" Season 2 finale, titled "Blisteritos Presents Dad Academy Graduation Congraduritos Red Carpet Viewing Party."
In the clip, the Lizzes, played by star Nick Kroll and recurring guest Jenny Slate, learn that Blisteritos is causing "volcano head" and that 400 people are dead, so it's up to PubLizity to help turn the PR around. They decide a star-studded red carpet event is the way to go. Seth Rogen guest stars as Trav, the CEO of Blisteritos.
Also in the Season 2 finale: C-Czar graduates from Dad Academy and Rich Dicks throw a party. The episode airs Tuesday (March 25) at 10:30 p.m. ET/PT on Comedy Central. The show has also been renewed for a third season, but no premiere date has been announced.
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Concerned with the moral compass of the force, the first two aspects were, as themselves part of the fabric of the force, manifested by the conduct and emotions of living creatures who were. The facet aligned with compassion, the light side of the force was, selflessness, self-knowledge and enlightenment, healing, mercy and benevolence, while the dark side of the force was, fear, covetousness, anger, aggression, jealousy and malevolence. .
Young Jedi, where this is good, always evil, there is. And to answer your question , indeed god, yes the force is. Very bright Jedi master, George Lucas is. Yes, hmmm.
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KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- The Afghan president's office says a judicial panel has ruled that administrative detention runs counter to the country's laws, potentially thwarting a U.S. plan to hand over Afghan detainees that American officials believe should continue to be held without recourse to a trial.
The president's office says in a statement issued Monday that the detention of Afghan citizens without a court trial "has not been foreseen in Afghan laws."
The United States has agreed to hand over all Afghan detainees captured in the country to the national government, but has also argued that it cannot risk the release of some high value detainees to the notoriously corrupt Afghan court system. Even though the deadline for the handover has passed, the Americans are still holding more than 600 Afghans.
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) A group campaigning to oust three Iowa Supreme Court justices who ruled to legalize gay marriage is being bankrolled by a conservative Mississippi-based group, and opponents said Wednesday the campaign's organizers are trying to mask it as a local campaign.
Bob Vander Plaats, who leads the group Iowa For Freedom, dismissed the criticism, saying the group is abiding by the law.
"What we're doing is we're running an effective campaign according to the letter of the law," Vander Plaats said.
Connie Ryan Terrell, executive director of the Interfaith Alliance of Iowa, said at a news conference Wednesday the campaign maybe legal, but she questioned whether "it is moral." She noted Iowa for Freedom is financed entirely by the American Family Association, a conservative group that believes Muslims should not serve in the military and that gays and lesbians should not hold public office. Campaign disclosure records show AFA's political action arm, known as AFA Action Inc., has given about $100,000 to Iowa for Freedom.
"It is gravely concerning to us that a hate-mongering group such as the AFA is the single funder of an effort to insert its narrow political agenda into Iowa with the sole purpose of disrupting our fair and impartial courts," said Terrell.
A total of nearly $320,000 has been spent on the campaign to oust the justices. Besides money spent by AFA, the National Organization for Marriage has spent $235,000 on television ads.
Documents filed with the Iowa Ethics and Campaign Disclosure Board underscore the relationship between Vander Plaats' group and AFA.
"AFA intends to make independent expenditures that expressly advocate a 'no' vote on judicial retention for specific Iowa Supreme Court justices," the group said in the filing. "AFA's campaign will be known as 'Iowa for Freedom.'"
The Iowa Supreme Court last year unanimously struck down a state law defining marriage as being between one man and one woman. Critics of the decision failed in an attempt to push the Legislature to set up a statewide election to overturn that decision.
Following that failed effort, gay marriage opponents targeted the three justices Michael Streit, David Baker and Chief Justice Marcia Ternus who are on the ballot this year. Judges in Iowa are not elected, but face retention elections every eight years, which usually get almost no attention.
In late August, the Iowa for Freedom sought a clarification from campaign finance regulators about disclosing donors, noting AFA would be the only financial supporter of the group. In an advisory opinion, regulators said contributions to AFA don't have to be disclosed unless the giver offers specific requests for how the money should be used.
Vander Plaats dismissed complaints about Iowa for Freedom's financial link to AFA.
"They can't defend what the justices are doing so they're attacking something else," he said.
David Lane, a spokesman for AFA Action Inc., said the group has a heavy presence in Iowa and has every right to get involved in a campaign in the state.
"AFA has a 2.5 million member Internet constituency, and 26,500 of those are Iowans," said Lane.
The three justices on the ballot have not formed committees to campaign for retention, but records show some of their backers have spent money on their behalf. With backers spending about $32,000, their efforts are dwarfed by the critics.
"Iowa's judicial system is under assault," said Matt Mardis LeCroy, a Des Moines minister at Wednesday's news conference opposing the effort to oust the justices. "Iowa for Freedom is not from Iowa and it is not for freedom."
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Luanda — The chairwoman of the African Union (AU) Commission, Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, ended Friday afternoon a few-hour visit to Angola during which she analysed with the local head of State, José Eduardo dos Santos, the current situation prevailing in Africa.
The African diplomat arrived Friday morning in the country's capital.
Speaking to the press at the end of the audience, Nkosazana Zuma said that she came to Luanda to consult with president José Eduardo dos Santos, exchange ideas and hear his opinion on the state of the AU and the the role Angola can play in the African continent.
According to the continental organisation's leader, the meeting focused on the need to analyse the current state of the AU and what can be done by the Foreign Affairs ministers of the member countries.
He said the Angolan heads of State pledged to make a deeper analysis of the current situation of the continent, on the occasion of the elebration of the 50th anniversary of the African Union, on 25 May.
Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma said that the analysis of the challenges in the continent should start from the countries themselves and then from the regional economic organisations, having mentioned stability and security as two essential factors to the development of Africa and vice-versa.
The meeting between the Angolan head of State and the African Union Commission leader happened ahead of the African Union Summit, set for nuary 21-22 in Addis ababa, Ethiopia.
On the other hand, the current acting leader of the African Union, the head of State of Benin, Tomás Boni Yayi visited the country on January 14, while the South African president Jacob Zuma paid a visit to Angola on January 16.
The two leaders analysed with president José Eduardo dos Santos the current situation prevailing in Africa, particularly in Mali, CAR, DR Congo, Zimbabwe, Madagascar, South Sudan and Somalia.


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It wasn't so much of a press event as it was a pre-recorded briefing on what Konami is excited about in 2011. A few games were shown, such as NeverDead, Pro Evolution Soccer 2011, Silent Hill Downpour, MGS Snake Eater for the 3DS, and a teaser for the next Contra at the very end.
Anyone hoping to see Hideo Kojima reveal what his next game is going to be are going to be disappointed, however, as the cagey designer revealed only tidbits of what he was working on including a new "lifestyle" regarding save games.
The briefing started off with a look at the 3DS version of Metal Gear Solid: Snake Eater, the PS2 classic that explored the origins of Solid Snake. For the handheld, players will be able to use the motion sensor to help keep Snake's balance and even utilize photos taken as camouflage.
Next up was the 3rd person action game, NeverDead, with a MegaDeth scored video to show off some of its action. The Japanese and European developed title will have players star as Bryce, a heroic demon hunter that challenges the demon king 500 years ago but loses with his wife getting murdered in the process. Cursed with immortality by his enemy, Bryce can be blown apart but never die as you try to get him back together should that happen. One shot revealed a rolling head on the floor, probably manipulated by the player, trying to get back to the rest of its body.
Some information was revealed on a new Silent Hill film in production and a small tease for Silent Hill Downpour, the next game in the series, but little else other than that it was coming.
Later, Mark MacDonald of 8-4 visited Hideo Kojima at his studio. "Transfarring" was shown off, a save transfer mechanism that would allow players on the PS3 use the same save for the same game (such as the upcoming Peace Walker) with the portable version, and vice versa so that you don't miss a beat. Kojima hopes to extend this capability to the PS2/PS3 level, and eventually to the PS3 and NGP.
Kojima didn't show off a new game so much as he did the new engine that will be running it. Called the "Fox Engine", it will be used in Kojima's projects going forward as a multiplatform engine. Development for it started shortly after MGS4 and a jungle scene was displayed as a test environment, though it has nothing to do with the next game whatever it might be.
Lastly, it was revealed that MGS Peace Walker, Sons of Liberty, and Snake Eater are going to be together in an HD collection in November this year for the PS3 and the Xbox 360. Later in 2012, that will be followed by both Zone of the Enders titles. Far from being tweaked graphically, they'll also sport new interfaces and a few more tweaks to keep them from feeling like a simple port dumped onto a disc.
As the briefing ended, a gout of flame filled the screen soon forming into a burning "C" with words hinting at the return of a classic series – Contra. As for what Konami has planned, your guess is as good as mine.


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The Panthers won their fourth straight game and scored the last six points to break a late tie and beat Margaretta, 50-44, on Friday night.
OVERVIEW: Denarius Harris' pullup jumper with 55 seconds left put the Panthers up for good 46-44, and Ethan Sennish made 4 of 6 free throws to close it out.
Points were hard to come by for both teams, which meant games like this come down to foul shooting. The Panthers got to the free-throw line more than the Bears, finishing 18 of 28. Even though Margaretta had more field goals (17 to 14), the Bears made 7 of 11 at the foul line.
BEST PLAYER: Alex Opfer was the one player on the floor who played up to his numbers. The Sandusky Bay Conference's leading scorer at 17.8 coming into the game, Opfer scored 13 of his 18 in the first half.
KEY STAT: While the foul shooting obviously contributed to the bottom line, the fact that neither team made more than four field goals in any quarter made the free throws much more important. In the third quarter, the teams combined to go 6 of 32 from the floor for 14 points.
Either team could have won the game in the third. Instead, Harris won it for SMCC in the fourth.
UP NEXT: Margaretta (4-5 4-3 SBC) is at Bellevue on Saturday; St. Mary CC (5-5, 3-4) has the week off before playing Perkin Fridays. The last time the teams played, the Pirates pulled out a 54-52 win.
Said SMCC coach Lyle Falknor of the game, "I just hope we have the same opportunity we had the first time. I know they're a much better team than the first time. But I think we're a little better too, so we'll see how it all plays out."


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LOL @ "The bewilderment of the Christmas season." I never got this. Why do people complain so much about how hard and expensive Christmas is? You don't have to actually participate if it bothers you so much, holidays are supposed to be fun. Can you imagine? "With all of the stress that comes with labor day…" That sounds ridiculous, and to me, all the complaining about Christmas sounds just as bizarre and weird. If it's paining or straining you, cut it out! Stop it. Don't do things that you dislike, lol. Not that complicated.


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Aaron Spelling, the biggest big-shot in the history of television, was born in Dallas to poor immigrant parents on Apr. 22, 1923.
I stay in trouble. Honestly. Even when I try to be good. Even when I'm perfectly innocent, I find myself in trouble.


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Yes, all secondary roads pretty much following the Thornapple. I used to live in Hastings, worked in Middleville and went to GR for dinner and shopping often.
I have never been one to ride in a group either but think it might be fun to meet up with some fellow PCs to talk shop and check out each others bikes.
I am contemplating trimming my windshield down. To do or not to do this has been like a splinter in my mind since I got this bike. I currently look through at least 4-6 and I cannot help but wonder how that affected our ride yesterday. We seen several other bikes out riding and it didnt look like they were struggling with the wind near as much as we were.
What is the seat height on your DR650? I am vertically challenged and like my seats in the 31 and under size.
The DR650/ DRZ400 is on my short list to consider. The KLR is way too tall for me. I tried a BMW f650gs and it fit well but the price is more than I wanted to go. I would love a Tiger 800XC but It looks too tall and of course still way too much.
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Ken Rutherford is Professor of Political Science and the Director of the Center for International Stabilization and Recovery (CISR) since February 2010. In his capacity as CISR Director he is conducting or participating in post-conflict missions and projects in Burundi, Colombia, Iraq, Jordan, Laos, Lebanon, Palestine, Rwanda, Switzerland, Uganda, Vietnam and Yemen. He is co-founder of the Landmine Survivors Network, and is a renowned leader in the Nobel Peace Prize-winning coalition that spearheaded the 1997 Mine Ban Treaty and the global movement that led to the 2008 Cluster Munitions Ban Treaty. He has worked for the Peace Corps (Mauritania), UN High Commissioner for Refugees (Senegal), International Rescue Committee (Kenya and Somalia) and as a Fulbright Professor (Jordan). Rutherford is the author of Disarming States: The International Movement to Ban Landmines (Praeger, 2011) and Humanitarianism Under Fire: The US and UN Intervention in Somalia (Kumarian Press, 2008), and co-editor of Reframing the Agenda: The Impact of NGO and Middle Power Cooperation in International Security Policy (Greenwood Press, 2003) and Landmines and Human Security: The International Movement to Ban Landmines (State University of New York Press, 2004, paperback 2006). He has testified before Congress and published articles in numerous academic and policy journals, including World Politics, Journal of International Politics, Journal of International Law and Policy and The Review of Disability Studies. He was a Professor of Public Affairs and an Associate Professor in Political Science at Missouri State University prior to joining the JMU faculty in February 2010. Rutherford holds a B.A. and M.B.A. from the University of Colorado (1985, 1992 respectively), and Ph.D. from Georgetown University (2000).
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McDaniel is one of the 15 Division III schools with a new head coach as former Green Terror wrestler Davey Blake takes the helm for 2007-2008. He inherits a team with returning All-American Drew Winfield and several promising newcomers including state champions Grego Vernon and Brock Glotfelty. McDaniel's tough schedule this year includes trips to the Navy Classic, North/South Duals, and the Virginia Duals.
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Years at School: 1st Season
2006-2007 Dual Meet Record: 4-10
2007 NCAA Place: 32nd
2007 National Qualifying Tournament Place: 4th Centennial
Returning NCAA Qualifiers and All-Americans: All-American Drew Winfield (174)
Total Number of Returning Starters: 8
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Smiles Saturday returned to the faces of victims of the recent flood disaster in Taraba State as the state government commenced distribution of relief materials to the affected communities.
The materials, ranging from food items, building materials, beddings, cooking utensils, fishing materials as well as farm implements and other home appliances were procured with the N400million released to the state by the Federal Government as palliative to the victims.
The distribution of the relief materials, which was flagged off at Lau in Lau Local Government Area was conducted by the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA).
Secretary of the SEMA, Mr. James Inuwa Abama, who represented the Executive Secretary, Mr. Novelda Dan Abu, told newsmen that over 76 people were affected by the flood in eight Local Government Areas of the state, adding that most of the victims were rendered homeless while several others lost their farmlands and crops to the disaster.
Chairman of the Committee set up by the state government to handle the utilization of the funds released by the Federal Government and Commissioner for Agriculture in the state, Deacon Anthony Jellason, and other members of the committee including the state Commissioner of Information, Mr. Emmanuel Bello, as well as the Chairman of the state Planning Commission, Elder D.D. Elisha monitored the distribution of the materials.
Addressing pressmen at Kunini in Lau Local Government Area, Deacon Anthony Jellason, enjoined the victims not to see the relief materials as compensation for the loss they've have suffered but rather as a palliative measure aimed at cushioning the effect of the flood on them.


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of a reality check for this particular group of Academy boys as in their
first competitive game they came up against a very physical and determined AFC
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went 1-0 up after just 3 minutes with the Woking centre backs caught square and
flat footed, in fact AFC could easily have been 3-0 up before the Woking lads
realised the game had started.
the second quarter Woking got more into the game as Anson Cousins went
close and Dan Thorogood brought a good save out of the AFC keeper.
Half time: AFC Wimbledon 1 Woking
started slowly again in the second half as an AFC shot crashed off the Woking
crossbar, Woking substitutions ensued with Ollie Palmer coming on for Dan
Thorogood and Lewis Parish for Danilo Cadete.
were still in the ascendancy and with 21 minutes of the second period gone
further uncertainty in the Woking area gifted AFC their second goal.
Woking began to play with some purpose and just two minutes later a swift
interchange of passes involving four or five players led to Lewis Parish
delivering a fabulous cross from wide left, Ollie Palmer made a clever run into
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AFC 2 Woking 1
It was non-stop
action now as AFC won a free kick on the Woking box, it was not a great strike
but somehow a relatively soft shot found its way through the Woking wall and
into the net.
AFC 3 Woking 1
minutes later and Alex Lumley went on a mesmerising run into the AFC box, he
passed the ball square to Lewis parish whose cross seem to rebound
off a number of players back into Lumley's path and he prodded the ball
AFC 3 Woking 2
With 28 minutes
- Elliott Firth came on for Michael Carey.
Woking pressed for an equaliser, Anson Cousins should have scored with a header
whilst Ollie Palmershot just over the crossbar, but it was AFC who took
advantage of the now open game to score their fourth with some 10 minutes
AFC 4 Woking 2
did not give up and in the final minutes Anson Cousins forced the AFC keeper
into making an outstanding save as the ball headed for the top right hand
Full time: AFC Wimbledon 4 Woking 2
AFC looked the sharper of the two sides for most of this gamethe Woking
lads will be disappointed both in the manner that they conceded the goals and
the opportunities squandered.
Although there
were individual flashes of promising play from most of the Woking
players there was one whose performance over the 90 minutes stood out from
the rest.
For his
gutsy and high quality performance the Man of the match Award goes to:
MOM: Anson Cousins
Squad: Patrick Kinsella,Robbie
Drewitt, Conor Geoghegan, Gavin Miller, Alex Lumley, Danilo Cadete, Michael
Boateng, Charlie Turnball, Anson Cousins, Michael Carey, Dan Thorogood.
Subs used:Lewis Parish, Ollie
Palmer, Elliott Firth.
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MONTREAL - JUNE 26: Phoenix Coyotes General Manager Don Maloney speaks at the podium during the first round of the 2009 NHL Entry Draft at the Bell Centre on June 26, 2009 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)
GLENDALE, Ariz. Heres what we already know about the Coyotes 48-game schedule.: One-third of their games (16) will be played in back-to-back sets. The season will end about three weeks later than last season, and there arent many minor-league players in training camp because the coaching staff and general manager Don Maloney dont have time to evaluate up-and-coming talent or alter the roster with the season starting Saturday. The Coyotes must have their systems installed and their game plan ready when they travel to face the Dallas Stars. Youre going to hear a lot about how you have to have a great start, but I look at it as you have to have a great start, a great middle and a great finish, coach Dave Tippett said. Youve got to be ready to play when the puck drops next Saturday, but youre going to have to play well all the way through because I think its going to come down to a point or two at the end, and that consistency might be the difference in being on the right side of th...
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1793 S-4, B-5 Chain Cent, AU501793 Chain 1C Periods AU50 NGC. S-4, B-5, R.3. Die State III. The periods on the obverse after the date and LIBERTY identify this die marriage, which is less often encountered in better grades than the "Leaning R" Sheldon-3. The L and B are too low, the LI nearly touch, and the R is a corrected B. Moderate wear on Liberty's ear and the nearby curls define the grade, while the peripheral details and low relief hair are splendidly detailed. All legends are bold, including UNITED STATES OF AMERICA which in much lower circulated grades vanishes due to the lack of a prominently raised rim. In this die state two die cracks meet near the rim behind the lower curls, and several of the letters of LIBERTY are connected by a die crack through their bases.
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Critical vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange Calendar and Adobe's Macromedia Flash Player in Windows can lead to a remote execution of code on a user's system, according to Microsoft's security bulletins.
The software giant also issued a "moderate" update for flaws in Windows, according to the software giant's bulletin. A malicious attacker could launch a denial-of-service attack by sending a specially crafted network message through the system to exploit the flaw.
The critical Microsoft Exchange flaws affect Microsoft Exchange Server 2000 with Post-Service Pack (SP) 3, Microsoft Exchange 2000 Enterprise Server, and Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 with SP 1 or SP 2.
"An attacker could exploit the vulnerability by constructing a specially crafted message that could potentially allow remote code execution when an Exchange Server processes an e-mail with certain...properties," according to Microsoft's bulletin.Security firm Symantec said the Microsoft Exchange flaw is the most serious of the three.
"Because the majority of Exchange servers are configured to receive e-mails from anonymous users, this vulnerability has the potential to manifest itself in the form of a worm if machines are not properly patched," Oliver Friedrichs, Symantec Security Response director, said in a statement.
Microsoft also issued a Windows update for what it described as critical flaws in Adobe's Macromedia Flash Player 5 and 6. An attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities in the Flash Player by constructing a malicious Flash animation file. Users visiting a Web site containing the specially crafted file may find their computer system taken over.
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today was my first day with linux (suse 9) and after some looking about, i wanted to install the latest driver for my geforce 2 ti.... although it was not easy for a beginner, i finally managed, but now the gui won't start again... i found out that xfree86 doesn't load... when i try to load it manually, it says that it failed to initialize nvidia kernel module... if i try to start that thing manually, the system can't find that module either (all the time, i'm on that blue screen with white font, i think it is called grub).
what's wrong? what do i have to do? if nothing else works, uninstalling the new driver and accepting that i have no 3d-functions would be ok....
Some of us need to modprobe nvidia before starting X, so try that. Also try the nv or vesa drivers because they are easier to get going than nVidia's - that would give you a starting point.
thanks for your idea, i will try that.
i did modprobe nvidia, it says that it can't find a module called nvidia.
Try running 'find /lib/modules -name nvidia\*' (without quotes)
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noun \ˈō-vəl\
: something that has the shape of an egg
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: an oval figure or object
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: having the shape of an egg : shaped like a circle that is longer than it is wide
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: having the shape of an egg; also : broadly elliptical
— oval·i·ty \ō-ˈva-lə-tē\ noun
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Origin of OVAL
Medieval Latin ovalis, from Late Latin, of an egg, from Latin ovum
First Known Use: 1577
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- elliptical (or elliptic), ovate, ovoid (also ovoidal)
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noun \ˈō-vəl\
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: something having the shape of an egg or ellipse <The racetrack is an oval.>
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