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SUNNYVALE -- Leonard Fyock is quick to tell you he's no outlaw -- even when he believes the law is flawed.
"I've lived here in Sunnyvale for more than 40 years and I've never had so much as a parking ticket," the 67-year-old said.
But this week, Sunnyvale joined a small number of cities and states that can lock up gun owners like Fyock unless they give up something from their gun chests -- magazines that hold more than 10 rounds of ammunition.
Sunnyvale's gun-control measure, which 67 percent of voters approved in November, so far has survived a series of legal challenges seeking to keep it from taking effect. As of midnight Thursday, anyone who possessed a magazine that can hold more than 10 rounds was committing a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of up to $1,000, six months in jail or both.
Sunnyvale police say nobody has showed up at the city's Department of Public Safety to turn over their magazines. Owners had the choice of allowing police to destroy the magazines, sell them out of state or to a licensed gun dealer, or move them out of town. Fyock, a plaintiff in the National Rifle Association lawsuit challenging the law, chose the latter.
"I just thought, 'Well, this doesn't look good,'" he said Wednesday, a few hours before the ban took effect. "So my high-capacity magazines are already out of town.''
Fyock said he needs the larger magazines for self-defense and still hopes "somewhere down the line this will get overturned."
State law has banned making, selling, giving and lending magazines that can hold more than 10 rounds since 2000. Those who owned them before then were allowed to keep them, but Sunnyvale's Measure C went a step further by banning possession no matter when they were acquired. Owners had until Thursday to comply.
City spokeswoman Jennifer Garnett dismissed the possibility that many owners are simply ignoring the new ordinance.
"The magazines have a value so it's not surprising at all that people would consider alternatives like selling them versus turning them in to Public Safety," she said, adding it's not too late for people to turn the magazines in if they so choose. "Barring any unusual circumstances, we wouldn't cite people for voluntarily turning in their large capacity magazines to Public Safety even though it is legally possible at this time to cite them."
San Francisco approved a similar ban last year, but San Francisco police Sgt. Eric O'Neal said his department has no system to track whether any magazines have been turned in for destruction under the new ordinance.
Fyock said he knows of other Sunnyvale residents who own such magazines but doesn't know how or whether they've complied with the new law.
"I imagine they'll move them out of town as soon as they can," he said.
Other magazine owners in Sunnyvale won't talk to reporters about the ban even on condition of anonymity because they distrust the media, said one Measure C opponent -- who himself wouldn't speak on the record.
Chuck Michel, the NRA's West Coast counsel representing Fyock and several other plaintiffs in their lawsuit against the city, said most people won't speak out for fear that police will track them down.
A federal judge in San Jose refused Wednesday to grant a preliminary injunction blocking the law from taking effect, finding the plantiffs' case isn't likely to succeed at trial, the ban wouldn't cause them irreparable harm and Sunnyvale has a public interest in enforcing the ban.
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals also refused to stay the law Thursday, so Michel made a last-ditch plea Friday to the U.S. Supreme Court.
The San Francisco law firm of Farella Braun + Martel is representing the city for free to defend Measure C against all challenges. Former Mayor Tony Spitaleri, the driving force behind Measure C, is convinced Sunnyvale will prevail and hopes other cities will follow its lead in "a slow tsunami" of measures to reduce the risk of gun accidents and crime.
Sitting outside a cafe Thursday watching lunchtime crowds throng to restaurants on sun-dappled Murphy Avenue, Spitaleri mused aloud about what someone could do there with a rifle and several 30-round magazines like those that Adam Lanza used to kill 20 children and six educators in December 2012 at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. -- the rampage that inspired him to push Measure C.
He said he would never support any effort to take people's firearms away, but he also doesn't believe anyone needs more than 10 shots in a magazine and that larger ones were meant for war, not civilian life.
"It makes no sense to say you can't purchase it but you can still possess it," he said.
He added that lawmakers in Sacramento and Washington, D.C., don't share "the motivations of the people they represent. ... If you want something done, you do it from the ground up."
Spitaleri acknowledges he has never known how many larger magazines were owned in Sunnyvale and that a would-be shooter could easily bring such a magazine from almost anywhere else.
"It doesn't move the needle -- yet," he said, "but it always starts somewhere."
Josh Richman covers politics. Contact him at 510-208-6428. Follow him at Twitter.com/josh_richman. Read the Political Blotter at IBAbuzz.com/politics.
Besides Sunnyvale, only a handful of other places have banned possession of certain magazines no matter when they were acquired:
Hawaii: 10 rounds (for magazines designed for or capable of use with a pistol)
New Jersey: 15 rounds
New York: 10 rounds
District of Columbia: 10 rounds
Chicago: 10 rounds
San Francisco: 10 rounds
Source: Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence


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Garnet Denbrook, 66, of Brookings, S.D., formerly of Montevideo, died Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012, at Brookings Health Systems. Memorial services were held at 1:30 p.m., Monday, Nov. 19, at Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Montevideo. Burial was at Terrace Lawn Memory Gardens.
In lieu of flowers, memorials are preferred.
Wing-Bain Funeral Home, of Montevideo, was in charge of the funeral arrangements. (Online guest book at www.wingbain.com)
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Silicon Valley Program
Meet the Silicon Valley Program Faculty
Darren FilsonECON 165 CM: Industrial Organization (Fall 2015)
ECON XYZ CM: Innovation Management (Spring 2016)
ECON 198 CM: Independent Study on Innovation Management (Fall 2015, Spring 2016)
ECON 030 CM: Internship (Fall 2015, Spring 2016)
Professor Filson is an associate professor of economics at Claremont McKenna College. In addition to "Industrial Organization," he has taught courses in the application of behavioral game theory, the economics of innovation, managerial economics, mathematical economics, sociological economics, and statistics, among many graduate-level courses in economics, game theory, and the application of these disciplines to life sciences. He has designed a new course for the Silicon Valley Program which will begin in the Spring 2016 semester, Innovation Management. The course number and a synopsis will be available soon.
Since his appointment to the Robert A. Day School faculty, Professor Filson has made a powerful impact on the academic life of both undergraduate and graduate students. An exemplary scholar and Industrial Organization teacher, his entrepreneurial flair will complement the Silicon Valley Program well.
Professor Filson earned his B.A. with double honors in economics and political studies from the University of Saskatchewan, and his Ph.D. in economics from the University of Rochester. A member of the CMC faculty since 2007, he also serves as the director of graduate programs for the Robert A. Day School of Economics and Finance.
Manfred KeilECON 123 CM: Quantitative Data Analysis (Fall 2015, Spring 2016)
Professor Keil has been associate professor of economics at Claremont McKenna College since 1995. He was the Chair of the Faculty of the Department of Economics and The Robert Day School of Economics and Finance from 2006-2009. His expertise is in macroeconomics, comparative economic performance, and statistics/econometrics. Prof. Keil has led an important summer exchange program with Yonsei University, Korea since its inception in 2011, and has developed his SVP course, Quantitative Data Analysis, especially for the students of the Silicon Valley Program. He is a Fellow of the Rose Institute (CMC) and a Research Associate of the Lowe Institute (CMC), where he leads the joint CMC-UCLA Anderson School Forecast for the Inland Empire. His current research involves minimum wages and employment trends, and business cycle analysis.
Professor Keil earned his PhD in economics from the London School of Economics. He earned a Master of Science in econometrics and mathematical economics from LSE, and a Master of Arts in economics at the University of Texas, Austin.
Former Silicon Valley Program Faculty
S. Brock BlombergECON 199 CM: Independent Study and Research (Fall 2014, Spring 2015)
Professor Blomberg is the Robin and Peter Barker Professor at Claremont McKenna College with appointments in the economics department and the politics, philosophy, and economics program. He has taught courses in macroeconomics, microeconomics, international economics, econometrics, statistics and political economy. With research interests grounded in macroeconomics, international economics, political economy and are focused on terrorism, he has written extensively on the economics of terrorism in journals, books, and newspapers. Over the past 14 years, he has published over 30 articles and book chapters in such top economics journals as the American Economic Review, Journal of Monetary Economics, Journal of International Economics, Journal of Public Economics and the Review of Economics and Statistics.
Dr. Blomberg has held appointments on the President's Council of Economic Advisors, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, the International Monetary Fund and World Bank, Harvard University and Wellesley College. He also served in the United States Military for eight years and been the United States representative to the Economic Committee for Asian Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC).
He is the former Dean of the Robert A. Day School of Economics & Finance at Claremont McKenna College.
Constance RossumECON 197S CM: Special Topics in Economics--Innovation and Marketing (Fall 2012, Spring 2013)
Professor Rossum is a professor of marketing and management at the University of La Verne's College of Business and Public Management. She has taught at CMC as a visiting professor since 2006 in topics such as management in organizations, leadership in organizations, and marketing across all sectors of the modern economy. In addition to her teaching and research, Professor Rossum leads a consulting firm specializing in marketing-management and research for corporations and not-for-profit organizations nationwide.
Professor Rossum earned her A.B. in Radio TV (Rhetoric & Public Address) from Indiana University, and both her M.A in management and Ph.D. in education and management from the Claremont Graduate University.


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CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Federal prosecutors in New Hampshire are preparing to try three men linked to a notorious Mexican drug cartel on charges of conspiring to distribute 1,000 kilograms of cocaine in a case that spans the globe.
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Q: What is a recovering couple?
A: The word "couple" is inclusive of any two people in a committed relationship without regard to legal status or sexual preference. A recovering couple is any partnership with a desire to remain committed to each other, and to restore and build healthy communication, caring, and greater intimacy.
We are couples who suffer from many different addictions and co-addictions, some identified and some not, some treated and some not. We come from many different levels of brokenness, and we want to build a new relationship based in recovery.
Q: What is Recovering Couples Anonymous?
A: Recovering Couples Anonymous is a 12-Step fellowship founded in the autumn of 1988. Thee are groups throughout the United States as well as worldwide. Although there is no organizational affiliation with Alcoholics Anonymous (A.A.), our 12 Steps, 12 Traditions, and principles are adapted from A.A.
The primary purpose of RCA is to stay committed in loving and intimate relationships and to help other couples achieve freedom from addicted and destructive relationships. By using the tools of the program, we take individual responsibility for the well-being of the relationship, build new intimacy, and find joy with each other.
We do not seek to blame our partner for the disease of our current situation. Both partners bring expectations, family-of-origin messages, abuse experiences, and individual abilities and coping mechanisms (including addictions) to the relationship. Through RCA we begin anew!
Q: What about anonymity and the RCA website?
A: We observe all RCA's principles and Traditions on our website. Since anonymity is "the spiritual foundation of all our Traditions," we practice anonymity on RCA websites at all times. An RCA website is a public medium, which has the potential for reaching the broadest possible audience and, therefore, requires the same safeguards that we use at the level of press, radio and film.
Q. Who runs the business of RCA? What is the World Service Office and the World Service Board?
A: Recovering Couples Anonymous is (forever) non-professional. Each group is autonomous. The Board of Trustees of the World Service Organization (WSO) coordinates the World Service Office service center. The Board is elected on a rotating basis by the Fellowship at the annual International Convention.
The World Service Office serves as a contact point for distributing literature, answering questions, connecting couples with recovery meetings, and providing public information. Together with Group Contact Couples, the Board, the World Service Office and you, we carry the message to other recovering couples.
A: No. RCA is a recovery program based on spiritual principles, but its membership includes people of many faiths, as well as agnostics and atheists.
Q: What do you mean by "Higher Power"?
A: Step Two says: "We came to believe that a power greater than ourselves could restore us to commitment and intimacy." We recognize that, despite our best efforts, we needed help and that probably no human power could restore us to intimacy. Just as in individual recovery programs, each couple defines that power as they understand it together. For some it may be God, or a sunset, or a spiritual experience. There is room for every interpretation.


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by Guest Blogger Serena Piper
Every year in October, or sooner if you like to plan ahead, college students start making Halloween plans. We find out from our friends what they are doing, think about who we want to spend Halloween night with, and most importantly, what our costume will be.
The costume used to be the most important part to me. (How else would I have come up with the idea to be an Aerosmith groupie one year?) However, because I work with kids, I get enough of a Halloween fix at work seeing what their costumes are. Still, it never stops being entertaining to peruse the costume websites to see what is most popular that year.
First, you have Lady Gaga. Lady Gaga is probably the most fun you can have with a costume because the pop star is famous for her head-turning outfits. To make sure others actually recognize who you're supposed to be, grab a wig in a bold color, some glittery eyelashes, and sky high heels. Just don't run out and slap some meat on your body, á la Lady Gaga at the VMA's last year.
Since yet another Pirates of the Caribbean movie has been released, it seems there is no shortage of pirate costumes. For the guys, if you can look as good as Johnny Depp then I've got no problem with yet another pirate, but girls, the slutty pirate costume is just a little bit unoriginal. When you see a hundred other slutty pirates walking the city streets Halloween night, you'll thank me for telling you to try again!
It seems that it wasn't until the Spiderman movies came out that flaunting your crush on a comic book superhero was considered "cool." Well that tradition has carried over and now there is bound to be no shortage of superheroes. From Batman and the Green Lantern, to Spiderman and Wolverine, it might just be that superheroes are the staple for college guys. For women, we get to be slinky and sexy without being slutty.
Whatever you choose to be, have fun with it! The whole point of Halloween is that we get to dress up as something we aren't. So be original and get creative because it's going to be another whole year before we get to do this again.


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Some knitters love to improvise their accessories, crafting needles out of sharpened chop sticks and stitch holders out of old coathangers. Others enjoy collecting every gadget and tool on the market, even if its use is limited to a minor knitterly operation.
If you fall in the latter group, this week I show you a new must-have for your toolkit. It's called the Knit Klip, and it will make your seams a heck of a lot easier.
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Today's indication by BRICS leaders that they will keep working towards a 'BRICS Development Bank' leaves many details still to be settled.
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Receiver DSP for OFDM systems impaired by transmitter and receiver phase noise
Syrjälä, Ville; Valkama, Mikko
Publication type: Konferenssijulkaisu - Conference paper
Issue date: 2011
Citation: Syrjälä, Ville; Valkama, Mikko 2011. Receiver DSP for OFDM Systems Impaired by Transmitter and Receiver Phase Noise . ICC 2011 - 2011 IEEE International Conference on Communications, June 5-9, 2011, Kyoto, Japan Piscataway, NJ, IEEE . 1-6.
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University: Tampereen teknillinen yliopisto - Tampere University of Technology
Faculty: Tieto- ja sähkötekniikan tiedekunta – Faculty of Computing and Electrical Engineering
Department: Tietoliikennetekniikan laitos – Department of Communications Engineering
This paper proposes a time-domain digital signal processing method for estimating and mitigating transmitter and receiver oscillator phase-noise effects in OFDM radio systems on the receiver side of the link. The idea is based on re-constructing time-domain OFDM signal at the receiver from initially detected symbols and using this as a reference in phase noise estimation. The knowledge of heavily low-pass nature of realistic phase noise processes is then utilized in the estimation process to improve the estimation quality. The algorithm can also be used iteratively, inside individual OFDM symbols, to further improve the accuracy of the obtained phase noise estimate. Performance analysis shows that the proposed algorithm outperforms existing state-of-the-art phase noise mitigation techniques, under both additive white Gaussian noise and extended ITU-R Vehicular A multipath channels.
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Indy Crush is looking for dedicated players and families for the upcoming 2013/14 season.
Indy Crush plays an "A" level schedule and several college exposure tournaments. Indy Crush is a Nationally known Organization that is invited to play in invite tourneys only. Are you looking for college exposure for your daughter?
Indy Crush was formed in 2001. Lorenzo Walker is the founder of the organization. Indy Crush has teams at all levels (10U-18U). Indy Crush is based out of Indianapolis, but has players from around the State.
There will be one 10U team. Three 12U teams. Three/Four 14U teams. Two 16U teams. Two 18U teams.
Indy Crush ASA 18U National Champions 2011
Indy Crush NSA 12U National Champions 2013
Tryout Dates: Midwest Sports Complex , Indianapolis
Sunday, August 4 and Sunday, August 11
Please arrive early to warm up
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10U John LaMar
12U Walt Perry 12U Todd Richardson 12U Shelby Wilson/Casey Williamson
14U Bob Herbst 14U Paul Crouse 14U Scott Hutchinson
16U Eric Allstatt 16U Meagan McCurdy
18U Lorenzo Walker 18U Ron Wilson
Go Crush!!
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Can you reply with who the coaches are please? This is relevant and definitely a consideration for which team or program to tryout for. thanks
The Coaches are being named soon. When I get all Coaches names, I will post. I know the 14U will depend on numbers at tryouts. There could be 3 or 4 14U teams. Looking at 10 teams total between all age groups.
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If you are responsible for maintaining an internet-connected mail-server, then you have, no doubt, come to hate spam and the waste of resources which comes with it. When I first decided to lock down my own mail-server, I found many resources that helped in dealing with these unwanted messages. Each of them contained a trick or two, however very few of them were presented in the context of running a real server, and none of them demonstrated an entire filtering framework. In the end I created my own set of rules from the bits and pieces I found, and months of experimentation and fine-tuning resulted in the system detailed in this article.
This article will show you how to configure a Postfix mail-server in order to reject the wide majority of unwanted incoming "junk email", whether they contain unsolicited commercial email (UCE), viruses, or worms. Although my examples are specific to Postfix, the concepts are generic and can be applied to any system that can be configured at this level of detail.
For a real world example, I'll use my server's configuration details:
|Public address
|Postfix configuration path
This configuration was written with two primary rules in mind:
- Safety is important above all else. That is, I would much rather incorrectly allow an unwanted message through my system than reject a legitimate message.
- The system had to scale well. A perfect system that uses all of my server's processing power at moderate workloads is not useful.
It's easy to experiment with Postfix, and it can be customized to your level of comfort
To these ends, several checks—that may have reduced the number of "false negatives" (messages that should have been rejected but were not) at the cost of increasing the number of "false positives" (legitimate messages that were incorrectly rejected)—were avoided. The more resource-intensive tests were moved toward the end of the configuration. This way, the quick checks at the beginning eliminated the majority of UCE so that the longer tests had a relatively small amount of traffic to examine.
HELO restrictions
When a client system connects to a mail-server, it's required to identity itself using the
SMTP HELO command. Many viruses and spammers skip this step altogether, either by sending impossibly invalid information, or lying and saying that they are one of your own trusted systems—in the hopes that they will be granted undeserved access. The first step in the filtering pipeline, then, is to reject connections from clients that are severely mis-configured or that are deliberately attempting to circumvent your security. Given their simplicity, these tests are far more effective than might be imagined, and they were implemented in my
main.cf file with this settings block:
1 smtpd_delay_reject = yes 2 smtpd_helo_required = yes 3 smtpd_helo_restrictions = 4 permit_mynetworks, 5 check_helo_access hash:/usr/local/etc/postfix/helo_access, 6 reject_non_fqdn_hostname, 7 reject_invalid_hostname, 8 permit
Given their simplicity, these tests are far more effective than might be imagined
Line 1 is a fix for certain broken (but popular) clients, and is required in able to use
HELO filtering at all. The second line rejects mail from any system that fails to identify itself. Line 4 tells Postfix to accept connections from any machines on my local network. The next line references an external hash table that contains a set of black- and whitelisted entries; mine looks like this:
woozle.honeypot.net OK honeypot.net REJECT You are not me. Shoo! 220.127.116.11 REJECT You are not me. Shoo!
The first line in the table explicitly allows connections from my laptop so that I can send mail when connected through an external network. At this point Postfix has already been told to accept connections from all of my local machines and my short list of remote machines, so any other computer in the world that identifies itself as one of my systems is lying. Since I'm not particularly interested in mail from deceptive systems, those connections were flatly rejected.
Lines 6 through 8 complete this stage by rejecting connections from hosts that identify themselves in blatantly incorrect ways, such as "MAILSERVER" and "[email protected]!aol.com".
Some administrators also use the
reject_unknown_hostname option to ignore servers whose hostnames can't be resolved, but in my experience this causes too many false positives from legitimate systems with transient DNS problems or other harmless issues.
You can test the effect of these rules, without activating them on a live system, by using the
warn_if_reject option to cause Postfix to send debugging information to your maillog without actually processing them. For example, line 6 could be replaced with:
warn_if_reject, reject_non_fqdn_hostname,
This way the results can be observed without the risk of inadvertently getting false positives.
Sender restrictions
The next step is to reject invalid senders with these options:
9 smtpd_sender_restrictions = 10 permit_sasl_authenticated, 11 permit_mynetworks, 12 reject_non_fqdn_sender, 13 reject_unknown_sender_domain, 14 permit
If the sender's email address is malformed or provably nonexistent, then there's no reason to accept mail from them
Lines 10 and 11 allow clients that have authenticated with a username and password or Kerberos ticket, or who are hosts on my local network, to continue onward. Lines 12 and 13 work similarly lines 6 and 7 in the "HELO restrictions" section; if the sender's email address is malformed or provably nonexistent, then there's no reason to accept mail from them. The next line allows every other message to move on to the next phase of filtering.
Recipient restrictions and expensive tests
By this time, it's clear that the client machine isn't completely mis-configured and that the sender stands a reasonable chance of being legitimate. The final step is to see that the client has permission to send to the given recipient and to apply the remaining "expensive" tests to the small number of messages that have made it this far. Here's how I do it:
15 smtpd_recipient_restrictions = 16 reject_unauth_pipelining, 17 reject_non_fqdn_recipient, 18 reject_unknown_recipient_domain, 19 permit_mynetworks, 20 permit_sasl_authenticated, 21 reject_unauth_destination, 22 check_sender_access hash:/usr/local/etc/postfix/sender_access, 23 check_recipient_access hash:/usr/local/etc/postfix/recipient_access, 24 check_helo_access hash:/usr/local/etc/postfix/secondary_mx_access, 25 reject_rbl_client relays.ordb.org, 26 reject_rbl_client list.dsbl.org, 27 reject_rbl_client sbl-xbl.spamhaus.org, 28 check_policy_service unix:private/spfpolicy 29 check_policy_service inet:127.0.0.1:10023 30 permit
Many spammers send a series of commands without waiting for authorization, in order to deliver their messages as quickly as possible. Line 16 rejects messages from those attempting to do this.
Line 21 is critically important; without this line, the server would be an open relay!
Options like lines 17 and 18 are probably becoming familiar now, and they work in this case by rejecting mail targeted at domains that don't exist (or can't exist). Just as in the "Sender restrictions" section, lines 19 and 20 allow local or authenticated users to proceed—which here means that their messages will not go through any more checks. Line 21 is critically important because it tells Postfix not to accept messages with recipients at domains not hosted locally or that we serve as a backup mail server for; without this line, the server would be an open relay!
The next line defines an access file named sender_access that can be used as a black- or whitelist. I use this to list my consulting clients' mail-servers so that none of the remaining tests can inadvertently drop important requests from them. I added line 23, which creates a similar blacklist called recipient_access for recipient addresses, as an emergency response to a "joe job". Once in 2003, a spammer forged an email address from my domain onto several million UCE messages and I was getting deluged with bounce messages to [email protected] I was able to reject these by adding an entry like:
[email protected] REJECT This is a forged account.
Although the event was annoying, this allowed my server to continue normal operation until the storm had passed.
Line 24 is the last of the "inexpensive" checks. It compares the name that the remote system sent earlier via the
HELO command to the list of my secondary mail servers and permits mail filtered through those systems to be delivered without further testing. This is the weak link in my filtering system, because if a spammer were clever enough to claim that they were one of my backup servers then my mail server would cheerfully deliver any message sent to it. In practice, though, I've never seen a spammer that crafty and this line could be removed without side effects should the need arise.
Lines 25 through 27 are somewhat more controversial than most of my techniques, in that they consult external DNS blackhole lists in order to selectively reject messages based on the IP address of the sender. Each of these lists have been chosen because of their good reputation and very conservative policies toward adding new entries, but you should evaluate each list for yourself before using their databases to drop messages.
SPF and greylisting
Lines 28 and 29 add Sender Policy Framework (SPF) and greylisting filtering respectively. SPF works by attempting to look up a DNS record, that domains can publish, which gives the list of addresses allowed to send email for that domain. For example, webtv.net's SPF record is currently "v=spf1 ip4:188.8.131.52/19 -all", which means that a message claiming to be from [email protected] sent from the IP address 220.127.116.11 is forged and can be safely rejected.
Greylists are pure gold when it comes to rejecting junk email. Whenever a client attempts to send mail to a particular recipient, the greylist server will attempt to find that client's address and the recipient's address in its database. If there is no such entry then one will be created, and Postfix will use a standard SMTP error message to tell the client that the recipient's mailbox is temporarily unavailable and to try again later. It will then continue to reject similar attempts until the timestamp is of a certain age (mine is set to five minutes). The theory behind this is that almost no special-purpose spam sending software will actually attempt to re-send the message, but almost every legitimate mail server in existence will gladly comply and send the queued message a short time later. This simple addition cut my incoming junk email load by over 99% at the small cost of having to wait an extra five minutes to receive email for the first time from a new contact. It has worked flawlessly with the many mailing lists that my clients and I subscribe to and has not caused any collateral problems that I am aware of. If you take nothing else from this article, let it be that greylisting is a Good Thing and your customers will love you for using it.
If you take nothing else from this article, let it be that greylisting is a _Good Thing_ and your customers will love you for using it
I use the smtpd-policy.pl script that ships with Postfix to handle SPF, and Postgrey as an add-on greylisting policy server. They're defined in my master.cf file as:
spfpolicy unix— n n — — spawn user=nobody argv=/usr/bin/perl /usr/local/libexec/postfix/smtpd-policy.pl greypolicy unix— n n — — spawn user=nobody argv=/usr/bin/perl /usr/local/libexec/postfix/greylist.pl
Content filtering
The messages remaining at this point are very likely to be legitimate, although all that Postfix has actually done so far is enforce SMTP rules and reject known spammers. Their final hurdle on the way from their senders to my users' mailboxes is to pass through a spam filter and an antivirus program. The easiest way to do this with Postfix is to install AMaViS, SpamAssasin, and ClamAV and then configure Postfix to send messages to AMaViS (which acts as a wrapper around the other two) before delivering them, and line 31 does exactly that:
31 content_filter = smtp-amavis:127.0.0.1:10024
SpamAssassin is fantastic at identifying spam correctly. Its "hit rate" while used in this system will be much lower than if it were receiving an unfiltered stream, as most of the easy targets have already been removed. I recommend setting AMaViS to reject only the messages with the highest spam scores; I arbitrarily picked a score of 10.0 on my systems. Then, tag the rest with headers that your users can use to sort mail into junk folders.
ClamAV has proven itself to be an effective and trustworthy antivirus filter, and I now discard any message that it identifies as having a viral payload.
Unfortunately, the configuration of these systems is more complicated than I could hope to cover in this article, as it depends heavily on the setup of the rest of your email system. The good news is that literally less than 1% of junk email makes it this far into my system, and I've actually gone for several days without realizing that SpamAssassin or ClamAV hadn't been restarted after an upgrade. Still, these extra filters are very good at catching those last few messages that make it through the cracks.
Other possibilities
If you want more aggressive filtering and can accept the increased risk of false positives, consider some of the other less-conservative blackhole lists such as the ones run by SPEWS or the various lists of blocks of dynamic IP addresses. You may also consider using the reject_unknown_hostname option mentioned in the "HELO restrictions" section, but you can expect a small, measurable increase in false positives.
The ruleset described above should be sufficient on its own to eliminate the vast majority of junk email, so your time would probably be better spent implementing and adjusting it before testing other measures.
None of the techniques I use are particularly difficult to implement, but I faced quite a challenge in assembling them into a coherent system from the scraps I found laying about in various web pages and mailing lists.
It can be difficult to find a good compromise between safety and effectiveness, but I believe I've found a solid combination that should work in almost any situation.
The most important thing I learned from the process was that it's easy to experiment with Postfix, and it can be customized to your level of comfort. When used in my configuration, the most effective filters are:
- Greylisting
- DNS blackhole lists
- HELO enforcement
Greylisting has proven to be an excellent filter and I've deployed it successfully on several networks with nothing but positive feedback from their owners. Even the basic HELO filtering, though, can visibly decrease spam loads and should be completely safe. It can be difficult to find a good compromise between safety and effectiveness, but I believe I've found a solid combination that should work in almost any situation. Don't be afraid to test these ideas on your own and make them a part of your own anti-spam system!
Postfix Configuration—UCE Controls
Greylisting.org—a great weapon against spammers
Postgrey—Postfix Greylisting Policy Server
The Apache SpamAssassin Project
15 smtpd_recipient_restrictions =
16 reject_unauth_pipelining,
From: http://www.postfix.org/postconf.5.html
Note: reject_unauth_pipelining is not useful outside smtpd_data_restrictions when 1) the client uses ESMTP (EHLO instead of HELO) and 2) with "smtpd_delay_reject = yes" (the default). The use of reject_unauth_pipelining in the other restriction contexts is therefore not recommended.
In combination with Outlook the "reject_non_fqdn_hostname" in the helo restrictions will prevent your mail from the local network to be sent, even with "permit_mynetworks" enabled.
I have not found a workaround for this problem, but to disable the fqdn requirement.
Re: reject_non_fqdn_hostname
I had the same problem with Outlook -- I believe it uses a substring of the machine name for the HELO command. Since we don't have too many Outlook clients, it was pretty easy to add the individual machines to my helo_access file. I grabbed the HELO identification from the Outlook error message that popped up when a user tried to send a message (this is also available in the log file). Then I put an entry in helo_access as follows:
machine_name OK
I got the solution to my problem. Somebody pointed out that my main.cf was not correctly configured. permit_mynetworks was not working because I set mynetworks = 10.0.0.0/32 instead of 10.0.0.0/8.
Have a look here this thread.
helo_access for Outlook clients
Hi have tried the helo_access file as well. But, I simply have not been able to get Outlook to work.
Is there a specific place one puts the helo_access lookup within main.cf?
Thanks in advance.
Outlook the "reject_non_fqdn_hostname"
FYI, it works if you use "SMTP authentication" which is probably a good idea anyway.
workaround for outlook
a better workaround: dont use outlook (=
right. i am not using mail
right. i am not using mail clients and don't have to download to my PC a crapload of sp.am
Should remove line 25:
reject_rbl_client relays.ordb.org,
ordb.org no longer provides any services.
You end up with a bunch of messages similar to this in your mail logs:
warning: x.x.x.x.relays.ordb.org: RBL lookup error: Host or domain name not found. Name service error for name=x.x.x.x.relays.ordb.org type=A: Host not found, try again
It was announced a little while ago that ordb.org was no longer going
to be maintained and it is now no longer available. That is why you
are seeing the errors.
It you are using ordb.org as an RBL, remove it.
RBLs in general
Are the other two (RBLs) any decent at all?
from my experience (most recently with www.tqmcube.com) is that RBLs blacklist a whole lot of legitmate e-mail servers and thus cause WAY too many false positives.
so far the HELO,valid sender domain and greylisting is working wonders. I have dropped spam making it through the e-mail server by 80-90%. my bayesian filter (I use spamprobe) takes care of the rest, and since I put those additions into my e-mail server *knocks on wood* I haven't gotten any spam into my inbox. yeah!
and my end users of mailing list run are ecstatic as well.
but RBLs, the mission statements sound good, but in practice, I don't see them actually living up to them.
The greylist configuration in smtpd_recipient_restrictions is missing
No, it's not. The following
No, it's not. The following line runs postgray.
check_policy_service inet:127.0.0.1:10023
I have a great alternative
Some of this stuff is really interesting, but a bit beyond me at some points. I do have a great service that takes care of alot of this stuff. It's a company out of LA and they did wonders for my Mailing.
So, what is it?
Postfix Client Problem
I'm a system engineer at WirelessIP. My current mailserver is using Postfix. Recently i face with my client complaint about sending slow with large attachment from client side to my server. So Do u have any idea to solve this ? or to make it faster than usual.
Thanks and Good luck
Best Regards,
Email:[email protected]
problem in spaming control
dear sir
i configured /etc/postfix/main.cf
smptd_delay_reject = yes
smtpd_helo_required = yes
smtpd_helo_restrictions =
but after saving
postfix server stop all mail
when i check mailq
mailq: fatal: /etc/postfix/main.cf, line 646: missing '=' after attribute name: "permit__mynetworks,"
please help me
Thanks ;) Simpler setups with low and zero latency are also coming. I have it in Word, but it just needs to be made web-ready. (And I have some very busy days ahead of me.)
This page is so full of rich
This page is so full of rich information.
Thanks a lot to everyone for solving my problems!


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Great work!
I just updated to the 1.03 version of PMS and it seems to work nicely.
I tested the movie Pirates of the Caribbean 1 and everything looked nice (i used the setting lossless, crazy bitrate) no troubles at all. It was first at the credits of the movie i noticed problems, when the list of stunt poeple that was in the movie showed up it started stuttering alot. the info on the ps3 stated upwards 270Mbps which i know is typical if the cpu load is to high or the bandwith is limited or wireless. I have Wired 100mbps and the cpu load never exceeded 50%, the buffer was full and in taskmanager it stated that i never was above 90mbps. In PMS the peak bitrate is stated to be 76546 kb/s.
The more white text (on black background) the more problems it seems to have, since my computer is somewhat ok i suspect this beeing a symptom of something else.
I now tested a few other movie titles:
Pineapple express had trouble when the movei still was showing and the credits just started before the screen went black, and when the songlist aatt the end of the credits (alot of text) then it studdered again.
Also noticed some sync problems at the end of the movie (used the go to command) and let it buffer up max but not even pausing and playing solved the out of sync problems.
The credits of Matrix worked fine it had a green color to the text and the text was not massive.
The movie THe duchess no syncproblems when got to function was used to go to the end of the movie, but the credits did studder when alot of white text rolled by.
operating system is Vista ultimate
wired connection all the way 100Mbps
subtitles dissabled
i think the version on ps3 is 2.53
I used the standard mencoder on all movies


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Kirkus Reviews says that award-winning author Shirley Rousseau Murphy has "raised the stakes of the feline sleuth genre." In Cat Playing Cupid, Murphy's fourteenth delightfully sophisticated whodunit to feature Joe Grey and his furry friends Dulcie and Kit, the feline P.I. is on a mission to stop a crime spree that endangers love on Valentine's Day. The winner of seven straight Muse Medallions from the national Cat Writers Association, Murphy's Joe Grey novels are the "cat's meow"—as doggone good as Rita Mae Brown's "Sneaky Pie," Carole Nelson Douglas's "Midnight Louie," and Lilian Jackson Braun's The Cat Who...books.
Love—and murder—are in the air . . .
It took Joe Grey's human, Clyde Damen, nearly forever to pop the question to his girlfriend, Ryan Flannery, and what more romantic time to tie the knot than on Valentine's Day? But dark secrets from the past soon threaten to destroy everyone's happiness.
First, a body discovered many miles away reopens a ten-year-old cold case involving a man who disappeared days before his own wedding. Then another body is found closer to home on the grounds of a ruined estate, deserted save for a band of unusual feral cats.
Though the police investigate, only Joe Grey suspects that the crimes are related. And when he barely escapes alive from a deadly chase, Joe and his friends, Dulcie and Kit, know they'll need to use their powers of feline perception to bring justice to the small town of Molena Point . . . and save Valentine's Day!
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In Their Own Words – Expectations
This "In Their Own Words" essay is written by Erin Perry. Her son was diagnosed in March of this year. You can read more about Erin and her family at their website Autism Village.
Life is full of expectations. From the minute we all enter the world, we are expected to do things like walk, talk, go to school, have a first kiss, graduate, get a job, have a family – the list goes on and on. So entrenched are these expectations that we live our lives by them, become upset or disappointed when we don't meet our own (or more likely when other people don't meet ours) , and we judge others according to them. Expectations are a powerful tool – but when you have a child with autism, in an instant every expectation you once had, is ripped away leaving you feeling raw, vulnerable, and frankly, scared.
I have always been a very driven person. I expect a lot of myself, and I expect a lot of others. So when I found out I was pregnant, I built up in my head what my life would be like with a child. I imagined taking family vacations and watching my son play sports. I thought about the late night conversations we would have when he came home too late for curfew. I expected that it would all be typical, normal, and even (dare I say) easy.
With Brayden's diagnosis, I have learned there is only one thing to expect – the unexpected. The first adjustment I had to make was letting go of those later in life dreams, for now. No more thinking about college and grandkids – my son lives in the moment, and I had to learn how to alter the way I thought to only include the immediate future. Instead of looking forward to college, we work with every breath to hopefully get Brayden to kindergarten, and maybe even in a mainstream classroom, but that is about as far in the future we go.
On the other side, when we heard the final diagnosis of autism, certain expectations also go along with it. It's the long list of things your child may not and will not ever do. But that's the funny thing about autism – just when you expect your child to never do something, he will blow away that expectation. My child has a frequent habit of doing just that. For me, I believe it's his own little way of saying, "See, mommy, I can do it – keep pushing, keep going."
Today at Brayden's new developmental preschool, he sat in a classroom full of seven or eight of his peers, and when the teacher sang "Old McDonald had a…" and stopped, waiting for one child to shout out an animal so the song could continue – my son screamed out, "A COW!" For those unfamiliar with my son, he very rarely says anything without a prompt by an adult to do so. What most people would expect a child of 2 1/2 to do naturally and easily…turned out to be the best unexpected surprise of my day – and another little moment that whispered in my ear, "Keep going, Mommy."
When Brayden was diagnosed, we expected many things that never came true. We expected to have a better support system, we expected insurance would cover therapy, we expected that people would be accepting of our son. But when our support system crumbled, insurance wouldn't pay, and people started judging our son and us – other, more positive things, have filled the damaged parts of us. We never expected the support and kindness of so many strangers. We never expected so many people to reach out to us the way they have – and fill our lives with hope again. And we never expected people to be willing to give up time, money, thoughts, and prayers – all for our little boy.
So while we now are learning to let go of expectations – it is these positive unexpected things – that make me still have faith in the world (as cliche as that sounds), and push me to keep going for Brayden every day.
"In Their Own Words" is a series within the Autism Speaks blog which shares the voices of people who have autism, as well as their loved ones. If you have a story you wish to share about your personal experience with autism, please send it to firstname.lastname@example.com. Autism Speaks reserves the right to edit contributions for space, style and content. Because of the volume of submissions, not all can be published on the site.
July 28, 2010 at 10:57 am
Great post!!! I agree and have had similar thoughts :) Best of luck to you and your family, here's to learning to expect the unexpected!!!!
July 28, 2010 at 12:06 pm
So very true. I get remarks from others about what my granddaughter probably won't ever be able to do and at this point they slide off. I know the things she CAN do, and that she's not interested in doing some "typical" things. I also know how hard she has worked and how far she has come, and that no one can really know what the future holds. She too, lives in the now. And while we do have to consider the future, it is only in the now that we can actually do anything to help her.
July 28, 2010 at 12:23 pm
WOW! That's about all I can say as I feel like you just took my life and put it on paper. My son just turned 4 last week and was diagnosed over a year ago. Thank you for your words of honesty, as well as words of encouragement about those precious moments like your son had with saying "a cow" with no prompts!
July 28, 2010 at 3:24 pm
Thank you to Autism Speaks for posting my blog. I continue to be amazed at the love and support that exists in our community! I cannot express my gratitude in words.
@laurie – Best of luck to you as well!
@Shelia – the sky really is the limit, isn't it? No one knows what the future holds – I like to think we will continue to help our children write their future until they can do it for themselves. I believe they all have amazing stories to tell and futures to pursue!
@Melissa – I am so glad you identify! Autism can be so lonely sometimes…I find that acknowledging the little things, and connecting with other parents help me through! – Thank you all for your kind words!
July 28, 2010 at 6:02 pm
Low expectations never benefit anyone, especially a child on the spectrum. My son has achieved every milestone they told us he would never reach when he was diagnosed at age 3 (he's 9 now). I have come to realize that my son does things his own way, in his own time. And I am so perfectly ok with that – ending up proud and amazed by every milestone, no matter how small. Because to a child with autism, those small steps (a word, a gesture, a connection) are leaps. And my heart leaps with them.
July 28, 2010 at 8:04 pm
When people ask me what do I see my daughter doing after high school, I always tell them that I have no idea. I have no idea how far she will go. If you would have told me 10 years ago she would be doing the things she is doing now (coming home and letting herself in the house, happily folding laundry, being totally responsible for her own self care, making pancakes from start to end, cleaning up and everything)I would have said, "No way." She has become the most delightful young woman. She amazes me everyday. She has changed me completely.
July 29, 2010 at 12:01 am
Erin – I am so proud of you and your family and especially Brayden. Your love and perseverence are paying off
July 31, 2010 at 11:09 pm
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SAN FRANCISCO -- Giants first baseman Brandon Belt made his major league debut in Los Angeles in 2011, but it wasn't until this February that he fully understood the magnitude of the Giants-Dodgers rivalry.
After making a seemingly innocuous comment at FanFest about teams not being able to "buy chemistry," Belt felt the full digital brunt of a Dodgers fan base hopeful that you can buy championships.
"It was pretty bad," Belt said, laughing. "I had to get off Twitter for a while."
Belt and the rest of the Giants will get their first live taste of a rejuvenated Dodgers fan base Monday, when the two longtime rivals open their seasons at Dodger Stadium, which has undergone nearly as much renovation in the past year as the roster. Since purchasing the franchise for over $2 billion last March, the new ownership group in Los Angeles has operated without a budget. First baseman Adrian Gonzalez, left fielder Carl Crawford, right-hander Josh Beckett and shortstop Hanley Ramirez were obtained in blockbuster trades, and former Cy Young Award winner Zack Greinke ($147 million), Cuban outfielder Yasiel Puig ($42 million) and South Korean left-hander Hyun-Jin Ryu ($36 million) were signed in the offseason.
The result is a roster that many have picked to overtake the Giants, a fact that hasn't been lost in a clubhouse that is defending a title for the second time in three seasons.
When asked about the Dodgers earlier this spring, manager Bruce Bochy called them "the favorites" in the division.
"That's what I'm hearing," he said, smiling. "It really doesn't matter. That's on paper."
On paper, the Giants look nearly identical to the championship club, with 21 members of the World Series roster making this year's opening day roster. Instead of battling the Dodgers in the free agent market, the Giants opted to bring back key contributors Angel Pagan, Marco Scutaro and Jeremy Affeldt, and they've also spent great resources on long-term deals for cornerstones Buster Posey, Matt Cain and Madison Bumgarner in the past year.
"They obviously got better," Giants starting pitcher Ryan Vogelsong said of the Dodgers. "But there are a lot of ways to improve your team in the offseason. I feel like they did it their way and we did it our way by keeping the same guys we had.
"I think it's going to be a great season, us going head to head with them."
Vogelsong is as aware of the rivalry as any Giant, having turned down the Dodgers before his breakthrough 2011 season. While everyone in the clubhouse is aware of the Los Angeles remodel, Vogelsong said there's little conversation about now being considered an underdog.
The pecking order remains the same down South, too.
"The people that watch know we're going to have a good club, but it's hard to bypass the Giants in any way, shape or form when they've won two out of three and have their whole club back," Dodgers manager Don Mattingly said. "You always kind of stack them at the top. That's who you've got to measure yourself with."
By any measure, the 19 games between the rivals should be some of the most heated in years. Both clubs have deep rotations and experienced bullpens, and while the Dodgers have the potential to have the league's best lineup, the Giants will have the edge defensively and in the management department.
Although Dodgers star Matt Kemp responded harshly to Belt's comments, both Mattingly and general manager Ned Colletti said they are big on chemistry and believe the Dodgers will have little trouble coming together after a year of headline-grabbing moves.
"What we've been able to do obviously is dramatic," said Colletti, a former Giants assistant G.M. "We're a lot better than we were a year ago at this time. Unless you're going to be rebuilding -- and we're never going to be rebuilding -- it's counted on to get to October. And once you get to October, anything can happen."
In that respect, the Giants and Dodgers, while built differently, have the same ultimate mindset. First, however, they have to get through each other.
"It's probably going to be the toughest year in a while as far as the rivalry goes," Belt said. "But it's definitely going to be fun."
For more on the Giants, see Alex Pavlovic's Giants Extra blog at blogs.mercurynews.com/Giants. Follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/AlexPavlovic.


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- "The histories that we always thought were legends. The stories of how we came to be. The first is the story of the spirit warriors."
Astral projection was the original ability of the Quileute tribe, before the time of shape-shifters.
History Edit
The Quileute tribe settled in La Push and became efficient fishermen and shipbuilders. As time passed, other people coveted their land and moved against them for it. The tribe was small and could not defend themselves, so they took their ships and left the land. At sea, Kaheleha used the magic in their blood to defend it. He was the first Spirit Chief in Quileute history. He and all the men left the ships in spirit only, leaving their bodies behind under the care of the women. Though they could not physically hurt the enemy, the warriors had other ways. They blew fierce winds into enemy camps; they could make great screaming in the wind and could manipulate animals to do their bidding. Animals were the only ones that could see them and help. The invading tribe had packs of thick-furred dogs to pull their sleds in the north, and which were set against them. Bats were brought out of the cliff caverns. As a result, the dogs and bats won and the survivors of the invaders scattered thinking the harbor cursed. The Quileutes released the dogs, who ran wild, and returned to their bodies victorious.
Uses Edit
The astral projection ability of the Quileute tribe allowed them to leave their body in spirit form, and they were referred to as Spirit Warriors. In spirit form, they cannot physically touch things, but are able to manipulate wind and animals. In this form, possession is also possible. When in Spirit form, the minds of the individuals are connected similar to a shape-shifters.
Limitations Edit
Being in Spirit form for too long is taxing on the body, which means making long journey in Spirit form difficult, if not impossible. In the case of Taha Aki, who was deprived of his body, and the case of Utlapa, who took Taha Aki's body, possession is possible. Taha Aki was able to possess a wolf, figuring even a wolf's body was better than none at all.
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Definition of reconcile in English:
verb[with object]
1Restore friendly relations between: the king and the archbishop were publicly reconciled she wanted to be reconciled with her father
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- The only good thing to have come from it all was that she was now reconciled with her husband after one of the holidays.
- Re-Connect, a council-run service, assists youngsters in danger of becoming homeless as well as those in temporary accommodation hoping to be reconciled with their families.
- He said the pensioner, who suffers from diabetes, high blood pressure and arthritis, had now accepted the affair was over, had been reconciled with his wife and any future offending was unlikely.
1.1Settle (a quarrel): advice on how to reconcile the conflict
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- Can that inherent conflict be reconciled successfully?
- But, this time, he was unable to reconcile internecine squabbles.
- But it would appear that even death has failed to reconcile the feud between her and her son, Richard, who was noticeably absent from his mother's funeral last Saturday.
reunite, bring (back) together (again), restore friendly relations between, restore harmony between, make peace between, resolve differences between, bring to terms;
pacify, appease, placate, propitiate, mollify
rare conciliate
settle, resolve, patch up, sort out, smooth over, iron out, put to rights, mend, remedy, heal, cure, rectify
1.2Make or show to be compatible: the agreement had to be reconciled with the city's new international relations policy
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- Spencer produced his most challenging work in the struggle to reconcile this religious vision with the reality of the world around him.
- Educators at all levels need to reconcile rigor and creativity, and to treat them as compatible, coexisting dimensions of intelligence.
- Compatibilist philosophies seek to reconcile free will and determinism in a modern time.
make compatible, harmonize, square, make harmonious, synthesize, make congruent, cause to be in agreement, cause to sit happily/easily with;
adjust, balance, attune
rare syncretize
1.3 (reconcile someone to) Make someone accept (a disagreeable or unwelcome thing): he was reconciled to leaving
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- Not very confident of India accepting accession, he was reconciled to a state of permanent political exile in India.
- Representatives of the licensed trade, previously regarded as the most implacable opponents of the ban, indicated that they were reconciled to its eventual implementation.
- It transcends transience and therefore reconciles us to the most fundamental condition of our existence.
accept, come to accept, resign oneself to, come to terms with, learn to live with, get used to, make the best of, submit to, accommodate oneself to, adjust oneself to, become accustomed to, acclimatize oneself to;
grin and bear it
informal like it or lump it
2Make (one account) consistent with another, especially by allowing for transactions begun but not yet completed: it is not necessary to reconcile the cost accounts to the financial accounts
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- After a trader completes a deal, the back-office staff confirm the trades by phone and also reconcile cash accounts at the end of each day.
- It is horrible practice to have the teller made responsible for reconciling the accounts, how can one check on one's own work?
- The large differences under these two items came to the fore while reconciling the accounts during the last quarter of the year 2001-02, he adds.
- Example sentences
- If the employer and works council fail to agree on a reconcilement of interests, they may call on the Director of the Land Employment Office to mediate.
- The population of highly educated women is increasing but there are many problems with regard to the reconcilement of family and professional life.
reconciler noun
- Example sentences
- The most successful modern reconciler of faith and the imperatives of modern life, King Hussein of Jordan, lamentably died not long ago.
- Levada has a reputation as a subtle reconciler who seeks to bring dissidents into line by patient reasoning rather than punishment.
- For the most part, Prime Ministers have been political reconcilers, representing and responding to the different interests in the party, and being prepared to sacrifice policy goals in the interest of party unity.
- Example sentences
- 'We are bigger than them,' he said to roars of approval, echoing the reconciliatory policies of Mandela, South Africa's first black president.
- I've tried all the reconciliatory approaches I can, to no effect.
- We therefore hope that the State House meeting will be a reconciliatory one, to iron out differences.
Late Middle English: from Old French reconcilier or Latin reconciliare, from Latin re- 'back' (also expressing intensive force) + conciliare 'bring together'.
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What is PayPal
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The Woodruff Cemetery in Watertown Township has been in use for more than 200 years, and it's about to get a lot bigger.
A neighboring property owner is donating about three-quarters of an acre of land to the township to expand the cemetery, said township Trustee Gene Morris. More than 125 people have been interred there since the early 1800s.
"It's about, oh, probably three-fourths (full)," Morris said. "And then in the future, if they need the space, they'll have it."
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With a row of crumbling grave markers in the foreground, Washington County Engineer Bob Badger, left, Watertown Township Trustee Gene Morris, center, and Deputy Engineer Roger Wright discuss the expansion of Watertown Cemetery thanks to a donation of land from a nearby farm.
Marvin Hanger, who owns the adjacent farm, said the land he's donating is a bit too steep and doesn't offer much of a turning radius for equipment, so he thought he'd give it to the cemetery. The only cost to the township from adding the land will be the expense of regular maintenance, Morris said.
The existing cemetery covers about half an acre, according to Washington County Deputy Engineer Roger Wright. The engineer's office is working to survey the cemetery to establish its precise dimensions, since it's only ever been described in an exemption to a deed.
"We really don't have a deed for that," Wright said. "The cemetery's always just been there."
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A number of the markers in the cemetery have succumbed to age and the elements, but among those that were legible when a reading was conducted in 1999, the earliest burial was on Feb. 26, 1807, when Abner and Catharine Woodruff laid their 1-month-old daughter, Malina, to rest.
According to Williams' "History of Washington County," Abner Woodruff arrived in Watertown Township in 1798 at a settlement called Sandusfield, named for the Massachusetts town from which many of the settlers came. He soon moved to the southern part of the township. Both Abner and Catharine Woodruff and other children of theirs are buried in the cemetery that bears the family name.
It's also the final resting place for at least five Civil War veterans, including Clark Woodruff, who died in 1955. A Revolutionary War veteran named Duty Green, who served with Abner Woodruff as an overseer of the poor in Wesley Township, is buried there as well. There were also two World War II veterans buried there as of 1999.
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About Woodruff Cemetery
- Alternate name: Green Cemetery.
- Location: Ohio 339, near milepost 12 in Watertown Township.
- First burial: Circa 1807.
- Most recent burial: July 2012.
- Total interments: More than 125.
- Size: About half an acre; another three-quarters of an acre is being donated by a neighboring farm.
Source: Times research.
Morris said there are still occasional burials in the Woodruff cemetery, the most recent coming in July. The township oversees a total of seven cemeteries, with two other active ones. Morris estimated they have a burial once every five years or so.
Although the people who are laid to rest at the Woodruff Cemetery generally have a family connection, Morris said it is open to anybody.


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Heart Disease Health Center
Pericardial Effusion
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Diagnosis of Pericardial Effusion
Because pericardial effusions often cause no symptoms, they are frequently discovered after routine tests are abnormal. Various tests can suggest the possibility of a pericardial effusion:
Physical examination : A doctor may occasionally hear abnormal sounds over the heart that suggest pericarditis. However, doctors cannot reliably detect pericardial effusions by examination.
Electrocardiogram (ECG): Electrodes placed over the chest produce a tracing of the heart's electrical activity. Certain patterns on ECG can suggest a pericardial effusion or pericarditis is present.
Chest X-ray film: The heart's silhouette on a chest X-ray film may be enlarged, suggesting a pericardial effusion could be present.
If a pericardial effusion is suspected, the best test to make the diagnosis is an echocardiogram (ultrasound of the heart). The excess fluid around the heart is usually seen easily on an echocardiogram, confirming the diagnosis of pericardial effusion.
Once a pericardial effusion is identified, a doctor assesses its size and severity. In most cases, the pericardial effusion is small and causes no serious problems. In contrast, large pericardial effusions can compress the heart and impair its ability to pump blood. This condition, called cardiac tamponade, is a potentially life-threatening result of a pericardial effusion.
To try to identify the cause of a pericardial effusion, a doctor may recommend taking a sample of the pericardial fluid. In this procedure, called pericardiocentesis, a doctor inserts a needle through the chest and into the pericardial effusion, and withdraws pericardial fluid.
Treatment of Pericardial Effusion
The treatment of a pericardial effusion depends on its severity and its cause. Small pericardial effusions without symptoms and due to known causes (for example, kidney failure) require no special treatment.
For pericardial effusions due to pericarditis, treating the pericarditis also treats the pericardial effusion. Treatments for pericardial effusions due to pericarditis include:
- Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) such as Motrin, Aleve, and Indocin
- Corticosteroids, such as prednisone and Solu-Medrol
- Colchicine
If severe infection or heart impairment (cardiac tamponade) is present, the pericardial effusion must be drained urgently. Drainage of pericardial effusions is done in two ways:
Pericardiocentesis: A doctor inserts a needle through the chest into the pericardial effusion. A catheter is advanced into the fluid, and the pericardial effusion is suctioned out.


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No longer adventurously web serving
By jmccabe on Jan 22, 2009
I have been working with, on, and around Web Server (known variously in that time as Netscape Enterprise Server, Netscape FastTrack Server, iPlanet Web Server, Sun ONE Web Server, Sun Java System Web Server, and now Sun Open Web Server) and Proxy Server since June of 1997. In that time I have known many fantastic people. Far too many of them to name them here, but fantastic people all.
I am saddened and apprehensive that today, Jan 22, that time is (evidently) at an end. I have been caught in Sun's most recent Reduction In Force (RIF).
Anyone that I have worked with that cares to reach me can do so via LinkedIn. My contact information is kept current there.
Thank you Netscape, AOL, iPlanet and Sun for allowing me to work on great products with great people. I am saddened to see this chapter of my life closed, but I am privileged to have been a part of this for the last twelve years.


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This thread is meant to discuss possible Christmas event stuff. Feel free to post any ideas and hopefully it will be read by developers. I am also hoping that playmage will respond and let us know what, if anything, we have to look forward to for possible event and, also, for future updates and mechanic changes. Some of the TW community is thinking that this game is becoming stagnant, and tho i still am addicted to timers and pillars and such, many top players will be leaving soon for greener pastures, if they haven't already, so i consider this thread a good opportunity for playmage to reinstill a little faith in it's players. :)
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How to Add Weather Stripping to Windows
Collect your materials: A measuring tape, a utility knife, and rolls of adhesive-backed weather stripping.
Adhesive-backed weather stripping is inexpensive and lasts one to three years.
Using soap and water, thoroughly clean the area where you'll install the weather-stripping and let it dry completely.


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OAKLAND -- Mark Jackson is at it again with the bold predictions, and Klay Thompson is the subject.
"He's a top-five (shooting) guard in this league," Jackson says, "and I'm being respectful."
Read: The Warriors coach believes Thompson is in the top of that small company but doesn't want to disrespect the bigger names. Sounds crazy, right? Thompson in the elite class with All-Stars Kobe Bryant, Dwyane Wade, James Harden and Joe Johnson. But judging by the data, and by the eye test, Jackson doesn't seem off base.
Thompson, who leads the league in 3-pointers made, has been the Warriors' most explosive and consistent player. He ranks in the top 20 in scoring (20.9) and field-goal percentage (.552), and only three other players -- LeBron James, Blake Griffin and Brook Lopez -- can make that claim. When Thompson is on the court, the Warriors produce 130.8 points every 100 possessions. That's higher offensive production than James, Chris Paul, Kevin Durant and Kevin Love.
Thompson no longer is just a spot-up shooter but arguably the Warriors' most potent weapon. He has developed a few go-to moves, including the one-foot fadeaway. He's more adept at getting to the basket and is finishing at a rate (73.9 percent) that's eliminated the term #klayups.
His teammates say it is a sign of maturity.
"He's playing smarter this year," Stephen Curry said. "He's taking good shots and working through the offense. When he does that, he's great. We know how great of a shooter he is. He's underrated with his playmaking. ... It's fun to watch, and I feel like its going to be around all year."
Thompson is avoiding the bad shots that contributed to his shooting 42.2 percent from the field last season. Improved defense has fueled the Warriors' transition game, which is where Thompson does plenty of damage. Curry said he makes sure to look for Thompson on fast breaks.
Even in the half-court set, Thompson has gotten better at picking his spots. It helps that he has an advocate. Swingman Andre Iguodala implores Thompson to remain patient and promises to feed him.
"We have a lot of options," Iguodala said. "Guys can get it going, and you might find yourself without a touch for a few minutes. ... You can get into press mode where you're forcing shots when you don't know when your next touch is going to come. But I'm letting him know, 'Stay patient because I'm going to find you.' I'm going to make sure he eats."
While Thompson's offensive production has been key, it's not solely why Jackson is dubbing him an elite shooting guard. Thompson also has the difficult task of defending the opponent's best guard.
Thompson has become a viable man-to-man defender, with the versatility to defend all three perimeter positions. His assignment usually is to harass star point guards. You could argue, as Jackson does, that no player at his position is contributing on both ends like Thompson.
"He's a better player," Jackson said. "He's a better defender, better pick-and-roll basketball player, a better decision maker and overall just a better player -- no question about that. ... (What he does on) both sides of the court puts him in a different class."
For more on the Warriors, go to Marcus Thompson's blog at www.ibabuzz.com/warriors. Follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/gswscribe.
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Bill Hill, creator of Cleartype:
The 3rd Generation iPad has a display resolution of 264ppi. And still retains a ten-hour battery life (9 hours with wireless on). Make no mistake. That much resolution is stunning. To see it on a mainstream device like the iPad – rather than a $13,000 exotic monitor – is truly amazing, and something I've been waiting more than a decade to see. … It will set a bar for future resolution that every other manufacturer of devices and PCs will have to jump.
I remember thinking, when I was buying a laptop last year, that the most common laptop resolution of 1366×768 sucked. I'm glad the iPad 3's display is likely to give laptop manufacturers something to look forward to.
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Senior Andrew Maingot is in his fourth season playing tennis for the Islanders. During his freshman year, Andrew redshirted for the season. In his sophomore year, Maingot played doubles with teammate Nathan Robinson in the final three Southland matches of the year, helping the team win a third-straight league title, and picked up a win in doubles against No. 58 Iowa alongside Robinson. He also won at No. 4 singles against Centenary for his only singles win of the year. Maingot teamed with Robert Raguz to beat Texas – Pan American 8-5 at No. 3 doubles during his junior season, avenging the only team loss from a year before.
Now in Andrew's senior year with the Islanders, he played both doubles and singles against No. 56 New Mexico State and will play tonigh at TCU. Read what Maingot had to say to GoIslanders.com.
Q: What made you get interested in tennis?
A: Since my dad is a director of a Country Club, I have just been around it all my life
Q: Who's your favorite professional tennis player?
A: Guillermo Coria
Q: What are your plans after graduation?
A: Get a job in business and do marketing
Q: What's the best part about playing doubles?
A: Having a partner to talk to and work with as a team
Q: Do you prefer singles are doubles?
A: Doubles
Q: What sport teams do you like?
A: Chelsea's soccer team in England, Dallas Cowboys, Rangers and Celtics
Q: What's been your favorite memory with the tennis team?
A: Winning conference my sophomore year, with all the penalties we had and winning without our best guy, we had to work even harder
Q: What does game day look like? Do you have any superstitions?
A: Listen to music before and get comfortable
Q: What is something most people don't know about you?
A: The pride of having the best style on the team
Q: What are your goals for the season?
A: Winning conference, as long as the team is doing good I'm happy
Q: To get pumped up for the game, what music do you listen to?
A: Dubstep
A: The Competition
Restaurant: Thai Cottage
Vacation spot: Anywhere in the Caribbean's or Cozumel, Mexico
Song: Still Hood by Z-RO


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The case against a man accused of exposing himself to women in Hyde Park and Oakley has been dismissed, at least for now.
Darnell Dukes was arrested in January and admitted exposing himself to joggers.
He was charged with six counts of indecent exposure for incidents that happened in 2011.
But on Monday, the charges were dismissed by Judge Tyrone Yates because the case had failed to go to trial quickly enough.
In a response to a filing by Dukes' attorney, Yates said that Dukes has already spent more time in jail than the 30 days he faced if convicted.
Dukes has not yet been charged in connection with more recent incidents. It's not yet known what prosecutors plan to do next.


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I always have this problem. Me and my dad go to the park with all this older guys. I want to play aggressive against them but the beat the crap out of me to the point where I get scared to play? I really need help! Any tips on how to be play aggressive? Oh, and I'm only 6ft., 15 years old.
Also, does anyone have tips for protecting the ball when dribbling? What happens to me is i drive past them, and no matter what I do, the seem to reach around me and pop the ball out of me hand. It pisses me off so much..
First off, let me address your last question: When you drive past a defender off the dribble, a good technique to develop is quickly crossing over to the other hand, this avoids the reach around poke that is so frustrating, another thing to do is position your body (your back) in a way that it protects the ball.
When getting pressured, a great way to protect the ball is using the 'escape dribble' and or positioning your body in a way that it deflects their hands.
Playing with older players is a great way to develop great in-game experience vs stronger players - it really does prepare you well. But its also important to have the right skills and strategy to compete vs them.
Say for instance, they push you with their elbow off a down screen your coming off of: next time, get lower than the defender and place your inside arm on top of their outside arm, you now have position over them. Its so important when playing against stronger players to gain position to leverage yourself to gain a competitive advantage, it really comes down to out smarting them.
Actually, shoot me an email: email@example.com and I can continue to detail this for you and provide you some great techniques and drills that you can utilize.
Founder of the worlds first ever online basketball camp, 3-Point Academy
Our home website; Innovative Athletes
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Well if you want to stop people stealing the ball off you when you drive (or at any point when you have it) then the absolute most important thing to remember is guard body ball. keep your body between the defender and the ball at all times. Then within that keep the ball moving as you drive, don't just yank it into your chest because that'll probably cause a jump ball. It doesn't matter how you move the ball when driving as long as it's unpredictable and the ball stays close to your body. let the ball get too far away from you inside the key and it's gone.
Brett makes a great point here...guard-body-ball.
Actually here is a video that can provide you some help on that: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxLoplFvwDI
Let me know if this helps.
Founder of the worlds first ever online basketball camp, 3-Point Academy
Our home website; Innovative Athletes
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Make sure you have a solid lean when dribbling towards the basket . When you dribble standing up you are sure to get plucked. Also make sure you keep your head and eyes up and keep your body between you and defender. If defender matadors you, know that that only way he can make a play on the ball is reach around from behind. So be prepared to switch hands or make a good basketball play.
Also, stay aggressive and don't let them get in your head. Remain confident in your game and abilities! Play lock down D to gain respect on the blacktop and foul if you have to.
Keep bouncing!
Rememeber it may suck playing against guys who are older, bigger and stronger than you, but it is only going to make you better down the road. Also dont be scared, playing in thiese pick up games is a perfect opportunity to try new things, or work on taking it to the goal. Be confident, dont worry what any of the older guys think of you. I'd say if you can run with these guys now when your only 15, they all know you will be better than them when you are their age.
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Instagram says it continues to see daily user growth despite a flap over its terms of service that prompted threats by some users to drop the service.
The Facebook-owned social network was responding to a New York Post report that said the popular photo sharing app had lost a quarter of its daily users as a result of Instagram's controversial move to change its terms of service.
The change would have allowed the social network to let companies pay to place users' photos in advertisements that would run within the Instagram app. Instagram withdrew the change after protests from Instagram users, but some users still vowed to drop the service.
The New York Post, citing information from AppData, a metrics website, said that despite the reversal, Instagram lost 4 million daily users. That led Facebook's stock to fall nearly 3% within opening minutes of Friday trading.
But Instagram says the data provided by AppData are simply not true.
"This data is inaccurate," an Instagram spokeswoman told The Times. "We continue to see strong and steady growth in both registered and active users of Instagram."
Instagram may have a point, considering there may be a few holes in AppData's information.
For starters, the peak of the Instagram revolt came on Dec. 18 when the photo sharing app withdrew its controversial terms of service. But AppData's figures showed Instagram gained users the next day.
AppData's figures show the big drop in users actually happening days later, on Christmas Day.
Also, AppData's figures only account for users who log into Instagram using their Facebook account. That doesn't account for users who log in using just their email addresses.