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text: I came back from the south landfill reservoir just now, excited to be the first to report a Cattle Egret and then I read Jeff's post. Oh well, at least some others got to enjoy the sighting as well. It was still poking around the west end of that reservoir at 12:45, when Chris Benson and I were there. The east landfill reservoir had a wide assortment of waterfowl too with at least 14 different kinds of ducks along with 8 Horned Grebes, 9 White Pelicans, 5 Cormorant and hundreds of Coot. see Bob's website for location: http://birding-minnesota.com/BOC-NW.htm#Landfill Paul Pedersen On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 11:42 AM, jeffbirds <jeffbirds at charter.net> wrote: > Chuck Krulas, John Hockema, Bob Ekblad, and I found a Cattle Egret at the > south landfill reservoir in Rochester this morning. Other first of the year > birds for me were Barn Swallow and Savannah Sparrow. We also saw a big group > of Bonaparte's Gulls fly over, about 10 Horned Grebe's on the reservoir, and > a flyover Greater Yellowlegs. > > Jeff Stephenson > Rochester, Mn, Olmsted County > Phone: 507 289 7635 > Cell: 507 254 8194 > > _______________________________________________ > mnbird mailing list > mnbird at lists.mnbird.net > http://lists.mnbird.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mnbird > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://moumn.org/pipermail/mou-net_moumn.org/attachments/20080417/30892cd6/attachment.html


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Saturn's most prominent feature, its dazzling ring system, takes center stage in this stunning natural color mosaic which reveals the color and diversity present in this wonder of the solar system. Gaps, gravitational resonances and wave patterns are all present, and the delicate color variations across the system are clearly visible.
This mosaic of six images covers a distance of approximately 62,000 km along the ring plane, from a radius of 74,565 km to 136,780 km (46,333 to 84,991 miles) from the planet's center.
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Look at the cities he worked for and that should answer that question.
I didn't even have to read the article. When I saw Markham, Harvey, and Robbins in bold, I could imagine what it entailed.
Right when I was thinking "Phoenix isn't involved in this", I saw where he's an assitant fire chief. How come with all those towns, the police chiefs, fire chiefs, mayors, and administration all hold several important jobs in several towns?
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Too bad Ford Heights lost it's PD, this jagaloon could be the chief.Don't break your arm patting yourself on the back.
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Where is the guy here that always jumps in to defend Harvey and say how great it is?For the cops out there: You are an adult. If you want to write someone, write them. If you don't want to write someone, then don't write them.
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I would never work in any of those underminded forces. It's set up for failure, too many corrupt drug dealing officers/thugs. They are on the news every month. Botched DNA collections, busted by DEA, disbanded FHPD, etc.... It's simply stupid to hire a convict on parole, give him a badge, gun, and give him police powers for years!!! If you ask me law suits should show up for all of the prior arrests he made, tickets issued, the whole 9 yards. Stay away from those dumping grounds of the southern pds!!! Career suicide I tells ya!!! You're better volunteering for Illinois Police Reserves...LOL
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Oh yeah.....Parole comes and checks his employer....RPD, good standing, next 101 cases. LOL!!!
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Is this the same K-9 officer who was fired from MARKHAM a while back because I have never known Robbins to have a dog....correct me if i'm wrong.
Like was said, Harvey, Markham, Phoenix, Robbins. What else is new? Guess he's a no-go for Dixmoor since this hit the papers.
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Just did a little research, Charles Smith is the same K-9 officer from MARKHAM that was fired because his FOLD card was revoked and Robbins does not have a canine! Also why does Markham have a officer who pleaded guilty and sent to prison for abusing his police powers still employed by the Markham Police Dept? Maybe he got it expunged lol but it gets even better....This Markham officer Kenneth Muldrow aka "MOJO" was also featured on the tv show "SPEEDERS" which airs on TRU TV.
(If you pause it at 8 seconds you can clearly see his name tag)
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Markham police suspend officer over invalid FOID card
A Markham police officer has been suspended for not having a valid state firearm owner's identification card, a law enforcement source said Tuesday.
The state revoked his FOID card because he was convicted of misdemeanor domestic battery in 1997 in Virginia, the source said. Markham requires its officers to have the card, which allows them to possess a handgun.
The Chicago Sun-Times previously reported that Robbins Officer Charles Smith was charged Sept. 1 with illegal possession of a firearm by a felon. Smith, who was convicted of mail fraud in 1998, had two handguns even though his felony conviction barred him from getting a FOID card, Cook County prosecutors said.
The Markham officer disclosed his conviction on his application before he was hired about four months ago. At the time, he possessed a valid FOID card, but the state later revoked it after discovering his conviction, a source said.
Under state law, no one can possess an Illinois FOID card if they've been convicted of domestic battery in another jurisdiction in 1997 or later.
The state didn't inform Markham of the revocation. Instead, the police department independently discovered the problem while doing a routine check to see if its officers' FOID cards and driver's licenses were valid, the source said, adding, "this is a wake-up call for every department."
The Markham officer, who is not being identified because he has not been charged with a crime, could be fired if he's unable to persuade the state to restore his card. He and Markham's police chief couldn't be reached for comment.
BY FRANK MAIN Sun-Times Media September 14, 2011 8:21PM
Markham has had it's share of scandals over the years. They had a code enforcement guy that was arrested on a sex charge with a summer intern that they tried to push through the academy, but the State wouldn't take him, had an ex CPD gal that was "cozy" with a Police-Fire Commissioner, and promised Sgt. for her "troubles, this thing that's posted, they have an "interchangeable relationship" with Harvey. Ex-Harvey guys / bosses end up there and visa versa. Very political town. Markham, Harvey, and Phoenix are like the "Unholy Triangle," with Cal Pk. coming in a close 4th.
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Investigation of part-time Country Club Hills cops reveals questionable backgrounds
Suspended driver's licenses, theft convictions, lengthy traffic records, charges of driving stolen cars and possessing unregistered guns.
That may be expected from some of the riff-raff Country Club Hills police officers introduce to handcuffs. A SouthtownStar review of the city's 11 part-time police officers hired last year, however, shows some have had similar issues with the law.
One Markham man is claiming an officer, who is also a relative, in 2006 convinced him and his wife to give a $75,000 loan to Police Chief Regina Evans, who organized the program and hired the officers.
Many of the officers' job applications did not list their brushes with the law, the newspaper analysis found. They also bypassed the city's police and fire commission which tests, interviews and investigates all police officer and firefighter candidates.
Instead, former city inspector general and Regina Evans' husband, Ronald Evans, initialed documents saying he investigated some of their backgrounds — long after they were selected and trained, according to police documents. Payroll records show the officers, who carry guns and drive city cars, have made about $336,000 since June 2010.
Now, the city is paying Lansing consulting firm REM Management to review the program. Seven days after Evans went on sick leave in August, the city hired the firm for $8,540 to determine whether the background checks were actually conducted, among other things, according to a contract the SouthtownStar obtained. The report is due back next month.
Ald. Vincent Lockett (2nd) is promising changes if any wrongdoing is found.
"If there is some foul play with this, everyone ... involved should go immediately," Lockett said. "You just don't want bad people running around with guns."
Mayor Dwight Welch, who hired Evans in 2009, said she did not run the city's part-time police program "up the flag pole with fire and police commissioners." The commissioners are supposed to interview and investigate police and fire applicants.
Instead, Welch said, Evans picked the part-time police officers, had them trained and brought them on the force.
Ed Noyes, the head of the police and fire commission, said it's unlikely the officers would have made it past his commission.
"We were mad because we have high standards," he said. "This is not the way to go about it. Somehow it all went through. They got their credentials from their schools and went to work."
Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police training committee chairman Ray Cordell said histories containing theft convictions and suspect driving records would typically "raise a red flag," during typical police officer background checks.
"It definitely does not sound good," Cordell said.
Welch, a former cop, said he's never seen anything like it.
"A normal police department, and your talking to a cop's cop, would never accept this," Welch said. "This is an embarrassment."
The SouthtownStar's review of court and driving records shows many of Country Club Hills part-time officers have marks on their records. Here is what the review found:
Part-time officer Keland E. Bassette, 39, of Chicago, was convicted in 1993 of misdemeanor theft, given six months court supervision and fined $90, according to court records. Bassette admitted stealing two vehicle security systems from UPS.
In 1999, he was charged with felony possession and receipt of a stolen vehicle, court records show. The charges were dropped the next month when the witness didn't show up.
Court records also show Bassette has been ticketed 29 times since 1989 for various traffic offenses, and 17 were dropped or dismissed.
On Bassette's job application, he said he was never convicted, never appeared in court and never questioned by police. He admitted to being arrested for "disturbing peace." He could not be reached for comment.
Part-time officer Frank L. Menzies, 44, of Country Club Hills, was charged in October 1990 with carrying an unregistered gun. The charge was dropped the same month.
Menzies also has been convicted eight times for various misdemeanor traffic violations including blowing stop signs, making illegal turns, speeding, and improper passing. Menzies has paid $1,336 in tickets and court fees.
Menzies said in his application that his license has been suspended for an "application processing discrepancy." But he said he was never required to pay a fine of more than $25 and only lists one traffic citation. He doesn't mention the gun charge.
"You don't know me from Adam, but you called me on my personal phone to put me on blast with this," Menzies said. "I did everything I was supposed to do, and I've served my town the best I know how."
According to driving records, part-time officer Malachi Baker, 40, of Chicago, had his driver's license suspended from December 2004 through February 2005 after getting three traffic tickets in 12 months. Records show Baker was ticketed in July 2004 for speeding and failure to yield to an emergency vehicle. He was ticketed again for speeding two days later.
Baker's license also was suspended from February through August 2007 for another three speeding tickets, records show. Unless he pays off all of his Chicago parking tickets by Dec. 8, Baker's license may be suspended a third time, records show.
On his application, Baker said his license was suspended once because he had to pay for an accident and at the time didn't have a job.
"I don't have anything that's keeping me from being a police officer," Baker said.
Sean Girard Charles, 32, of Somonauk, Ill., pleaded guilty to retail theft in February 2001, according to his job application. He said he stole from Wal-Mart, was put on 24 months of probation and fined $2,300.
He also said he was ticketed for speeding in 2003 and in 2005. Driving records show he was convicted of speeding in July 2008.
According to a memo from city attorney John Murphy, Charles said during his polygraph test that he has smoked marijuana 100 times. He then said he had smoked marijuana more than 500 times.
Charles said during the test that he last smoked pot on Feb. 10, 2010, six months before he applied for the job. He claimed smoking marijuana helps him sleep.
According to the memo, Jason Edwards, 30, of Chicago, said during his polygraph test he has committed several minor thefts over the years. Edwards did not return a call seeking comment.
Officer Ashley Renee Simon, 31, of Steger, had her driver's license suspended in 2008 due to speeding tickets, records show. That suspension was extended due to a subsequent speeding ticket.
On her application, Simon said her license was suspended for a short time for an "unpaid traffic ticket." Simon started as a part-time officer in June 2010 and became full-time that December. She said she didn't know anything about a suspended license and declined further comment.
Guiveda Francois, 26, of Chicago, said on her application that her license was suspended once after she crashed her vehicle and didn't have insurance. Francois did not return calls seeking comment.
Another officer is caught up in a dispute with a cousin over money that was loaned to Evans, the police chief.
Markham resident Lance Stewart claimed part-time officer Tiffany Burrell, 39, of Chicago, convinced him and his wife to loan $75,000 to Evans in 2006. Burrell is his Stewart's wife's cousin.
Stewart claims Burrell told him the money was for a 30-day loan to help her open a pizzeria at the New Regal Theater, a building Evans owned and later defaulted on. Stewart, however, said they transferred the money to an account number Burrell gave them that turned out to be Evans'. Burrell didn't respond to multiple messages.
Stewart said Burrell so far has repaid about $40,000.
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UPDATE: Country Club Hills demotes part-time cops!
One day after Country Club Hills officials received a report that said 10 part-time police officers hired last year aren't qualified to do police work, the city council voted Thursday night to make eight of them community service officers instead.
One officer recently was fired and another resigned, Mayor Dwight Welch said.
The officers are to turn in their guns and badges, effective immediately. They will remain part-time employees and will be paid the same as they were as police officers.
"The council felt it was fair because they have families and didn't create the program," Welch said.
One of the officers, Derrick Singleton, is the husband of Ald. Cynthia Singleton (1st Ward), who was the only alderman to vote against the measure.
As community service officers, the employees will have to go through background, polygraph and physical fitness tests, a process that could take six to eight weeks, Welch said. They also will have to be approved and interviewed by the city's police and fire commission, which wasn't the case when they were hired as police officers.
They will be on duty as community service officers in the interim.
Welch, who was the city's public safety director when the hirings took place, said it wouldn't have been fair to fire the officers.
"You don't knee-jerk in the government or the private sector," he said. "You knee-jerk, and you've got problems."
The report, by Lansing consulting firm REM Management, said the part-time officers do not understand their roles and don't know whether they are prepared to perform police work.
It said background investigations of the officers were incomplete, the officers are not properly trained, and that three of the officers said their favorite part of the job is "the fact they can now carry a firearm."
"The Country Club Hills part-time officer program, as it exists, is a failure due to the lack of proper management by the (former) chief of police," the report said.
The report recommended that the city council end the part-time police program. Welch said after Thursday's meeting the city will look into hiring REM to develop a new part-time police program and review the entire police department.
The report was issued about two weeks after the SouthtownStar revealed that many of the part-time officers have questionable backgrounds. They have been arrested for everything from theft to driving a stolen car.
Many of the officers' job applications did not list their brushes with the law, the SouthtownStar analysis found. They also bypassed the city's police and fire commission, which tests, interviews and investigates all full-time police officer and firefighter candidates.
Instead, former city inspector general and police chief Regina Evans' husband, Ronald Evans, initialed documents saying he investigated some of their backgrounds — long after they were selected and trained, according to police documents.
Payroll records show the officers, who carry guns and drive city cars, have made about $336,000 since June 2010.
According to the report, Evans, who went on sick leave in August, did not respond to REM Management. She created the program and controlled all aspects of the hiring process with little or no help from anyone else.
Welch said he was not involved in the hiring process, but records show he, Evans and city treasurer Michael Gleason signed a document for a federal grant that covered the hiring of three of the officers.
The report states that there was no record regarding the job description, selection, testing and interviewing of the officers.
Documentation of the polygraph tests for five of the 10 part-time officers was missing, the report states. No application records were provided for three officers.
Part-time officer Sean Girard Charles, 32, of Somonauk, had been fired from his prior three jobs and this was never investigated, the report stated. It says that the admission of drug use by several officers in their polygraph tests is "troubling."
Most of the officers have not been provided with training for "pursuit driving, use of force, and juvenile training," among other city or department policies, the report says. Their lack of training could put the city in legal jeopardy, the report said.
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Top cop of Country Club Hills resigns amid controversies
The embattled police chief of Country Club Hills is resigning after a series of controversies, including an attorney general suit to recover nearly $1 million in job-training grants.
Country Club Hills Mayor Dwight Welch said the south suburb's lawyers are working on paperwork to make the resignation of Chief Regina Evans official this week. The former Chicago police lieutenant was hired in 2009 and has been on disability leave since August.
The Tribune reported last month that the Illinois attorney general is suing a nonprofit run by Evans that secured a $1.25 million job-training grant to help restore a historic theater on Chicago's South Side.
The lawsuit accuses We Are Our Brothers Keeper of using the grant money to rent space from the theater — which Evans also owned — for $12,000 a month, violating a conflict-of-interest rule.
The nonprofit also spent money on items not covered by the grant and didn't turn over adequate financial and program records, the suit says. Evans paid back part of the grant, but the state is seeking the rest: nearly $1 million.
It was the latest in a trail of lawsuits, foreclosures and bankruptcies for Evans and her husband. Ronald Evans was the inspector general of Country Club Hills until the position was eliminated this past summer amid political upheaval on the council.
Regina Evans, 48, has also recently come under fire for management of a part-time police force in the suburb.
Welch said Evans gave no reason for her resignation. He said the city's former chief, William Brown, will take her place.
"(Evans) did a wonderful job on the street," Welch said. "I wish her luck."
Evans couldn't be reached for comment Monday night. Her husband previously told the Tribune she was "very ill."
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Ex-Country Club Hills cop charged with money laundering linked to Regal Theater rehab
Regina Evans retired from the Chicago Police Department with a vision to resuscitate a grand old Chicago theater.
She would train kids, women and minorities to work there, they would learn trades and she would help them get GEDs, using a $1.25 million state grant in February 2009 for her nonprofit, We Are Our Brother's Keeper.
The historic and endangered New Regal Theater, a landmark South Side stage graced by the likes of Nat "King" Cole, Cab Calloway, Ella Fitzgerald and Stevie Wonder when it was called the Avalon, would rise again.
Only now, Evans, 49, is indicted on federal fraud charges.
Prosecutors said Friday in the federal courthouse in Springfield that the former Country Club Hills Police chief used almost half of the grant for the mortgage on the Regal building and payments to her friends, family, associates and for herself between February 2009 and June 2010.
The indictment alleged Evans used $275,000 of the grant to make payments on a delinquent mortgage she had for the Regal, which was facing foreclosure in Cook County Circuit Court at the time the job-training money was made available.
The indictment also accused her of diverting $135,000 of the grant to her personal bank account and using it "for cash withdrawals and personal and other expenses, including the repayment of additional indebtedness."
Evans, who spent 22 years with the Chicago Police Department before retiring in 2007 as a lieutenant, channeled an additional $50,000 in grant funds to her "family members, friends and associates," the indictment alleged.
It did not specify who allegedly received the money.
A spokeswoman for U.S. Attorney James A. Lewis, the top federal prosecutor in Illinois' central district, declined to comment on the indictment.
Within months of getting the grant, and already plagued with financial problems, Evans was hired as police chief in Country Club Hills, the first African-American woman to head a south suburban department.
Her husband would follow her, also hired by Mayor Dwight Welch, as inspector general to investigate complaints against the police department headed by his wife. They earned more than $200,000 together, courtesy of taxpayers in the city of 16,000.
But the theater faltered.
So did Evans' other businesses, including another entertainment venue in Dolton and a limo company that subcontracted with Country Club Hills. And the theater building, 1641 E. 79th St., was sold at auction in September to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. after going into foreclosure.
Attorney General Lisa Madigan sued We Are Our Brother's Keeper in July 2011. Sun-Times Media and the SouthtownStar reported extensively that month about the Evans' financial and legal troubles, including personal and corporate bankruptcy. The papers' investigation also revealed problems with part-time police officers Evans hired using a federal grant.
In August, Ronald Evans' job was eliminated, and Regina Evans went on medical leave. In October, she was fired as chief. In November, the Evanses' bankruptcy case was closed. A U.S. trustee determined they had no assets.
Evans has pleaded not guilty to the charges *— one count of mail fraud and two counts of money laundering — part of a sealed grand jury indictment made public Friday. She was released on a $10,000 bond.
Her lawyer, Larry Beaumont, said she did not misspend state dollars.
"I expect the evidence will show we used the money for exactly what we intended to use the money for, which was to create opportunities for disadvantaged youth in the community in connection with this theater," he said.
"We certainly disagree with the allegations as set forth in the indictment. We think when all the evidence settles, the record will be clear," Beaumont said.
Welch said: "I feel very sorry for her and her family. She did a good job for us while she was here and it's unfortunate it happened. Does a criminal charge in America equate to being guilty? I'm not going to sit there and say anything negative about her. She did a good job while she was here and I wish her the best of luck."


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TECHT Paintball has just released their new EZ View Clear / Smoke Feeder Housing for Tippmann Cyclone Feeds. It includes the housing and bottom plate (no internals) so you can see if you have paint left and diagnose feeder problems with just a glance. More info on the housing product page. They should be shipping out to us on Friday and here by Tuesday ready to ship to you!
TechT Paintball Zero Kick Hammer SE – X7, A5, Model 98, 98 Custom, 98 C Pro, 98 Platinum, Alpha Black
As we all know Tippmannmarkers have a long maintained reputation for reliability and performance, but sometimes at the cost of slightly more kick. This problem is solved with TechT's introduction of the Zero Kick Hammer SE with striker extension.
Being that the hammer is much lighter and quicker than the stock hammer it reduces the markers mechanical dwell greatly while giving you a faster trigger pull and drastically reduced kick. This all equates to less time your opponent has to react which in turn leads to more wins for you.
Don't miss out on this fantastic and worthy upgrade.
TECHT Tippmann Gun Tag Upgrades Now Available
The TECHT Tippmann Gun tags is an easy way to upgrade your Tippmann paintball gun. Well maybe it's not an upgrade as much as an accessory. We have the gun tags in 5 different slogans as seen above.
- Assault TECHT Gun Tag
- Snipers Get More Head TECHT Gun Tag
- Recon TECHT Gun Tag
- Marine Corps TECHT Gun Tag
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These are all silver with black lettering and logos. They'll fit on a Tippmann A5 or a Tippmann X7 paintball gun. Wouldn't you like your gun to be a little more custom?
New Products at TippmannParts.com
The Roc Stock is another great product from KillJoy Industries. This stock has the ability to be offset to the right or left side, allowing for greater mask clearance. Since it is able to be quickly adjusted with one hand, you can quickly set up one of the 36 possible configurations on the fly. Made of high grade machined Aluminum, the Roc Stock is made to last. The Roc Stock is currently available for the Tippmann A5 and X7.
The Zero Kick ACT Hammer from TechT is an upgraded hammer for any Tippmann ACT gun. Because of its 58% weight reduction from the stock hammer, the Zero Kick ACT Hammer gives you much less reciprocating mass inside the gun. This means the gun kicks less and cycles faster, which will help to improve your accuracy and your rate of fire.
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IVT – Integrated Valve Technology CO2 Tanks are the newest innovation from JT USA. The IVT CO2 tank features an internal magnetic float which represents your liquid CO2 fill level on the indicator strip. This allows you to know when you are running low so you don't ever have to lose another game because you are out of gas. Also, the valve is located internally in the neck of the tank so even if you screw off the top of the tank, there is no chance of the tank shooting off and injuring anyone. These tanks will be a hot item at TippmannParts.com and are available in 9oz, 12oz, 20oz, and 24oz.
TechT Zero Kick Hammer Installation Guide Update
The newest version of the TechT Zero Kick Hammer for Tippmann Paintball Guns comes packaged with a new hammer drive spring. If you did not receive this drive spring and you think your marker needs it, please contact TechT. They will send you the drive spring for free. If you did not receive one, there is no need to freak out immediately. You may not need it. TechT found that some users' markers needed a stiffer spring in order to get up to 300FPS. Most markers didn't, but some did, so they started to include it with the hammer.
With that said, below are the instructions on how to install the hammer. Again, I would first set it up with your stock hammer drive spring. If you can not achieve high enough velocity or your cyclone is not cycling you will then need to swap out your stock spring for the stiffer one from TechT.
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Miss Misery
by Elliott Smith
De Wilde, who was a fan of Smith's and also did photo shoots with him, gathers her photos, scraps of lyrics, comments and conversations with Smith's friends and contemporaries, and compiles them into what Amazon calls "a stunning example of how a tribute book should be made." Pair that with an introduction by Beck, and you've got yourself a winner.
The 33 1/3 series is well-known to most in the indie music community. The idea is to take classic indie albums, or albums influential to indie artists, and examine them closely for how they came to be made, what influenced them, and how they touched the author's life. Smith's XO gets that treatment in this book. Matt LeMay is a staff member of Pitchfork.com.
A pretty brief biography of the artist. If you take a look at the reviews you'll see it received mixed reactions, but it's worth checking out if you're a big Smith fan.


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compact 1
1Closely and neatly packed together; dense: a compact cluster of houses
More example sentences
- Rugosa roses make up a dense, compact hedge at the end of the garden without distracting from the sea view.
- We snuggled together around the fire we had built, all together in a compact ball around the small flames.
- Therefore, the shell wall is not compact or dense and is, in fact, poorly defined.
dense, close-packed, tightly packed;
thick, tight, firm
1.1Having all the necessary components or features neatly fitted into a small space: a compact car
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- It had to be compact enough to fit in the tight shelf space reserved for impulse buys at the supermarket.
- Be assured, this latest XJ is compact enough to fit into a normal-size garage, and can easily cope with the tight spaces of multi-storey car parks.
- The device would fit all sizes of pram or buggy, including three-wheelers, and was compact enough to fit into the overhead lockers on aeroplanes.
small, little, petite, miniature, mini, small-scale, space-saving
informal teeny, teeny-weeny
little-bitty, itty-bitty;
Scottish wee
1.2(Of a person or animal) small, solid, and well-proportioned.
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- The compact cat made one short, inconceivably fast motion, and the overbearing ferret jerked backward then collapsed to the pavement in a limp heap.
- The modern bouvier de Flandres is a powerful but compact dog.
- Overall the sheltie is a compact dog with a moderately long head, the tiniest of ears and an expression of wisdom and kindness.
1.3(Of speech or writing) concise in expression: a compact summary of the play
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- His writing is compact, there is description and dialogue here, but nothing extraneous to the plot, or plots, of which there are many.
- Those who wish to read an overview of cancer of the lung will find this concise and compact book very useful.
- Soon, we have witnessed a compact summary of the scientist's obsessive quest to develop a genetically modified human being.
informal snappy
formal compendious
2 [predicative] (compact of) archaic Composed or made up of: towns compact of wooden houses
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- Canada is a compact of some very different people who have all managed to remain united through their common loyalty to the Crown of Canada.
verb[with object]
1Exert force on (something) to make it more dense; compress: the soil may be compacted by iron oxide (as adjective compacted) compacted paper waste
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- The more dense and compacted the snow is the easier it will be to perform slides.
- I was forced to compact a six-shelf collection of boxes for my impending move and my collection would take up a lot less weight and room if this was implemented sooner.
- Gasoline or diesel engines drive an eccentric weight at a high speed to develop compaction force and vibrations that compact granular soils.
compress, condense, pack down, press down, tamp (down), flatten
informal smoosh
1.1 [no object] (Of a substance) become compressed: the snow hardened and compacted
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- Some of the most dominating physical features I've ever encountered, a glacier is a vast mass of ice formed from the accumulation of snow that compacts faster than it melts and sublimates.
- His throat burned for oxygen and he felt his ribs compressing, compacting, and ready to break.
- This process causes the snow to compact as it slowly diminishes creating a solid crust base and surface.
1.2 archaic Form (something) by pressing its component parts firmly together.
Example sentences
- Carried to its extreme, this hypothesis suggests that at one time all the matter of the universe was compacted together.
- If the anti-universe was compacted together, how can we be on the surface of anything?
1.3Express in fewer words; condense: the ideas are compacted into two sentences
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- In the way that des Esseintes imagines literature as being compacted into a single chiseled phrase, Huysmans sees the mother as being condensed into the perfection of a prayer that invokes and replaces her.
- Listening to this astonishing 6-track set is like listening to the entire history of music compacted into short sweet segments.
- Great music for lazy drives and porch sunsets, like a summer evening compacted into handy CD form.
1A small flat case containing face powder, a mirror, and a powder puff.
Example sentences
- Looking once more in her compact's mirror, she got out of the limo and ran up to hug him.
- There were lipstick holders, compacts and mirrors discreetly designed to go inside.
- Veréd Cosmetiqué's bronzing powder is encased in a beautiful silver compact with a mirror and separate compartment for the brush applicator.
2Something that is a small and conveniently shaped example of its kind, in particular.
Example sentences
- If you have a good printer or photo studio, you will hardly be able to tell them from work by a conventional compact.
- Trumpf will display the VectorMark compact, a valuable tool for various industrial and commercial marking tasks.
- Used as a family snapshot camera it's on a par with early colour compacts, using cheap colour film and cheap laboratory processing.
2.1 short for compact car.
3 Metallurgy A mass of powdered metal compacted together in preparation for sintering.
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- Most titanium metal powders currently available in commercial quantities do not have sufficient purity to produce ductile metal compacts.
- Example sentences
- And it occurred to me that maybe my neck was shrinking too, and that was beginning that compaction.
- Not only that, there is the question of how to deal with the compaction of material in order to ensure a long lifespan of the project itself.
- Then interlocking cobble blocks are laid and pressed using a German machine that ensures proper compaction.
- Example sentences
- There is also an interview from 1999 at the back of the book and notes for each of the sixteen selections, all compactly presented in a 472-page book.
- Again, plenty of flavour, and presented very attractively - compactly and neatly in the centre of a huge plate, looking rather like the food page in an upmarket Sunday supplement.
- He says what's needed is 'effective density,' where people live compactly in relative proximity to the places where they work.
- Example sentences
- And what do this brevity and compactness achieve?
- Welles liked the brevity and compactness, the swiftness and shock of a good short story.
- I am exhausted, but that ground is in better shape than it has been for years, judging by the compactness of the soil when I started.
compactor (also compacter) noun
- Example sentences
- These loans are used to purchase equipment such as dumpers, excavators, motor graders, compactors, pavers, cranes, dozers and several more depending on the requirements of the project.
- Shut down all the trash compactors on the detention level.
- To avoid this, we are planning to make use of closed compactors.
Late Middle English: from Latin compact- 'closely put together, joined', from the verb compingere, from com- 'together' + pangere 'fasten'.
Words that rhyme with compactabreact, abstract, act, attract, bract, contract, counteract, diffract, enact, exact, extract, fact, humpbacked, impact, interact, matter-of-fact, pact, protract, redact, refract, retroact, subcontract, subtract, tact, tract, transact, unbacked, underact, untracked
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Syllabification: com·pact
Definition of compact in:
compact 2
A formal agreement or contract between two or more parties.
Example sentences
- All the Liberal Party candidates refused to sign the compact.
- In fact, a 'one license limit' is a condition of participation among states that are parties to the compact.
- An interstate compact is an agreement between two or more states that allows this practice model.
verb[with object]
Make or enter into (a formal agreement) with another party or parties: the Democratic Party compacted an alliance with dissident groups
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Apr 15: In three phase III clinical trials comparing its effect on Psoriasis Area Severity Index (PASI) against treatment with etanercept or placebo. These trials are expected to be completed by 2019 [7].
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Sep 14:Sun Pharma will acquire worldwide rights to tildrakizumab for use in all human indications from Merck in exchange for an upfront payment of U.S. $80 million. Merck will continue all clinical development and regulatory activities, which will be funded by Sun Pharma. Upon product approval, Sun Pharma will be responsible for regulatory activities, including subsequent submissions, pharmacovigilance, post approval studies, manufacturing and commercialisation of the approved product [3].
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Nov 12: PIII programme starts Dec 12 [1].
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Feb 15: PIII studies (NCT01722331 and NCT01729754) are ongoing but no longer recruiting pts [4].
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NCT01936688 is a 28-week, PIII, randomized, active comparator (etenercept) and placebo-controlled study to evaluate the efficacy and safety/tolerability of subcutaneous MK-3222 (100 or 200mg), followed by an optional long-term safety extension study (a further 192 weeks), in 1050 subjects with moderate-to-severe chronic plaque psoriasis (Protocol No. MK-3222-012). The primary outcome is PASI-75 and a PGA score of clear or minimal with ≥2 grade reduction at week 12. The study starts Sep 13 and is due to complete Oct 19 (primary outcome data collection Jul 2014 [2].
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Nov 12: NCT01729754 is a 52-week, PIII, randomized, active comparator and placebo-controlled study of tildrakizumab, followed by an optional long-term safety extension study, in 1,050 subjects with moderate-to-severe chronic plaque psoriasis. The study is in 3 parts: in part 1 (Week 0 to 12) there are 4 arms: tildrakizumab 200mg or 100mg, etanercept placebo or etanercept 50mg; in part 2 (Week 12 to 28), patients originally on etanercept placebo will be re-randomised to tildrakizumab every 12 weeks and those on etanercept 50mg will continue; in part 3 (Week 28 to 52), subjects on tildrakizumab will be re-randomised to tildrakizumab 100 or 200mg, or treatment discontinued, depending on PASI response. Those on etanercept without a PASI 75 response will transfer to tildrakizumab. Eligible participants who enroll in the extension study will have an additional treatment period of up to 192 weeks and followed for an additional 20 weeks. They will receive tildrakizumab100mg or 200mg (whichever they were on in part 3) every 12 weeks up to study Week 244 according. The primary outcomes are: PASI 75 response and PGA score of clear or minimal with ≥2 grade reduction from baseline, both at 12 weeks; and number of patients having AEs or discontinuing therapy because of AEs up to weeks 12 and 244. The study starts Jan 13 and is due to complete Jul 19 (primary data collection Jun 15) [1].
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Nov 12: NCT01722331 is a 64-week, PIII, randomized, placebo-controlled of subcutaneous tildrakizumab, followed by an optional long-term safety extension study, in 885 subjects with moderate-to-severe chronic plaque psoriasis (Protocol No. MK-3222-010). The primary outcomes are: the proportion of patients achieving a PASI 75 score and a Physician´s Global Assessment (PGA) score of clear or minimal with ≥2 grade reduction from baseline, both at 12 weeks; and number of patients having AEs or discontinuing therapy because of AEs to day 246. MK-3222 will be given at 1 dose of 100mg or 200mg at weeks 0 and 4 then every 12 weeks. Inclusion criteria include: candidate for phototherapy or systemic therapy; and for the extension study subjects must have completed Part 3 of the base study and achieved ≥PASI-50 response. The study starts Dec 12 and is due to complete Mar 19 [1].
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Preparations for eczema and psoriasis (13.05)
monoclonal antibody, interleukin-23 (IL-23) inhibitor
Prevalence is thought to vary among ethnic groups, with a higher prevalence among Scandinavian populations. Approximately 2% of Europeans have psoriasis: plaque psoriasis is the most common type, representing 90% of cases
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chronic plaque, moderate-to-severe
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After upgrading to WordPress 2.6, I've decided to take advantage of the feature to relocate the wp-config.php file to the directory above WordPress. Unfortunately, it seems that Super Cache uses a method from pre-2.6 WordPress to locate the wp-config.php file, and can't find the wp-config.php file.
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Rafael Balboa lives and works in Mexico City. His film production is characterized by a strong focus on abstract films. Since recently, he is working mainly with found footage to create short experimental films, as well as installations that explore the idea of "expanded cinema". Rafael Balboa works on both individual and collective projects.
Rafael Balboa es un cineasta radicado en la ciudad de méxico, su producción se centra en el cine abstracto, pero recientemente el ha estado trabajando principalmente con película encontrada. Balboa también explora la idea del "cine expandido" tanto como en instalaciones en lo individual como en presentaciones en vivo en lo colectivo.
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One thing that I discovered in my films is that they always reveal themselves as living entities with their own aesthetics. When the work is experimental, it is possible that you fail or that you get somewhere you didn't intent at first. In either case, I try to achieve something that is difficult to describe with words - as Robert Motherwell said: " Sometimes it´s experimentation, but sometimes it's a revelation...". Maybe one part of the revelation is that cinema as art is more powerful than anything else.


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Harris Jayaraj excited about his song for Karunanidhi
The song to be presented at the mega felicitation function organised by the entire Tamil film industry which features top artistes including Rajnikanth, Kamal Haasan, Sarath Kumar and host of others appearing on stage and singing it. Harris is extremely happy and thrilled to have composed tunes for a song that heaps laurels on Chief Minister. The lyrics of the song has been attached for your kind reference.


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FILE In this July 30, 2012, file photo, New York Yankees' Ichiro Suzuki hits a solo home run during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Baltimore Orioles at Yankee Stadium in New York. Suzuki and the Yankees are closing in on a contract that would guarantee the outfielder between $12 million and $13 million. A person familiar with the negotiations, speaking on condition of anonymity because talks were ongoing, said Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012, the agreement likely would be for a two-year deal. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)


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In this Jan. 4, 2013, photo, House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, walks to a strategy session with GOP members, on Capitol Hill in Washington at the start of the first full day of business for the new 113th Congress. Republicans in Congress who took the politically risky step of voting this week to raise taxes now find themselves trying to fend off potential primary challenges next year from angry conservatives. These lawmakers wasted little time in attempting to deliver an explanation that would be acceptable to the tea party and the GOP's right flank, and, perhaps, insulate themselves from a re-election battle against a fellow Republican. They've started defending the vote as one that preserves tax cuts for most Americans, while promising to fight for spending cuts in upcoming legislative debates over raising the nation's borrowing limit. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)


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Keith Goetzman, arts, craft, biking, bike culture, bike saddles, leathercraft, Bike Hugger, Kara Ginther
I don't know whether to ride on Kara Ginther's custom bike saddles or display them in a gallery—and fittingly, her designs have been put to both uses. By meticulously hand-tooling Brooks leather saddles, the choice of discerning bikers from slouching hipsters to tweed-clad dandies, Ginther rides that fine line between art, craft, and style. Here are some of my favorite works from her Flickr stream.
A trio of strikingly different designs:
A nautical-themed commission in which "I had a lot of fun playing with waves and water," notes Ginther:
A paisley-style design for Ahren Rogers, owner of Banjo Cycles in Madison, Wisconsin:
This holiday pattern was "inspired by Scandinavian sweaters and toasty nights by the fire," according to Ginther:
This fancy folk-style saddle "was commissioned to be a display piece," notes Ginther. "I wouldn't usually put this much color on a saddle that was to be seriously ridden."
A fleur-de-lis and other floral designs dress up a herringbone pattern in this striking black saddle:
Finally, here's where the magic happens. This is Ginther in her studio in Madison:
(Thanks, Bike Hugger.)
Source: Kara Ginther
Images copyright Kara Ginther, courtesy of the artist.
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A Hamilton County mother accused of starving her children as punishment was sentenced Thursday.
Felicia Griffin previously pleaded guilty to one charge of child endangering after her 14-year-old daughter was caught stealing food from a Walmart.
The girl told authorities that she was rarely fed and was beaten with a belt.
On Thursday, Griffin was sentenced to three years in prison, minus 18 days served. She could have received an 8-year sentence.
Griffin's older daughter spoke in support of her mother, then screamed "Mommy!" repeatedly as Griffin was led from the room. Both her and the victim are in foster care.
The victim told the court she wants nothing to do with her mother ever again.


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by niqkita
December 6th, 2011
The new wishlists are here!!!
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that just made me hungry!
December 6th, 2011 at 10:57 pm
December 7th, 2011 at 12:25 am
yes!!!! excuse me while i completely fill mine.
December 7th, 2011 at 10:23 am
Hooray! ♥
Cool beans. This will save me a lot of time now that I don't have to search for the same socks all the time.
Merry Christmas to me indeed! This is amazing! Thank you!
One thing I wish was different (not to talk smack about them, I'm super excited they are here) is that you can't add things that aren't in stock. I know you can sign up to be notified when socks come back in stock but it would be nice to still have it in my wishlist until then. Maybe you could sign up to be notified when any of the out of stock socks in your wishlist come back into stock, and then you wouldn't have to sign up for a bunch of ones individually. I don't know if that would be too much trouble, but I think it would be nice.
December 7th, 2011 at 10:25 pm
Don't worry Lesley, we've already got that on the to do list for next update, it was a simple oversight =)
December 8th, 2011 at 10:20 am
It seems like the Purchased column isn't working yet, as even adding various items from one of my orders, it still says 0.
Also would be nice to support multiple wishlists that you can title.
December 9th, 2011 at 10:24 am
Alex: it totally worked in our testings and for me personally… which OS & browser are you using?
and the multiple wishlists is just one of the many features being added in the not-so-far-away future =)
December 9th, 2011 at 10:29 am
"purchased" doesn't work based on past orders, but whether or not your new wishlist item has been purchased since added. this is so that friends and family can see if someone has already purchased the item off the wishlist for you and not double up. If you wanted 2 of the same item and somebody already bought 1, then your friend would be able to see they can still get another one to fulfil your wish 🙂
December 9th, 2011 at 12:41 pm
Love that you added this! Makes it super easy to remember all the gorgeous socks I want to purchase 🙂
December 9th, 2011 at 12:42 pm
Oh this just made me so happy. Now I can make that list of the ones I want and order them when I get paid! Now that I finally registered too… I can see all of the wonderful ones I have already purchased so I know which ones to get more of too! Your site just keeps getting better each time I return! 🙂
December 10th, 2011 at 8:34 pm
::squee:: i have wanted a wishlist for forever!! you guys just made my whole year, oh man.
December 28th, 2011 at 10:24 am
I have literally been waiting for this moment for years.
I've been waiting for this for years – YAAAY!
me too! I'm so glad we have them and that they are so lovely to look at… mmm, socks! soo many socks.
Thank you so much for the wishlist – it's fantastic and was well worth the wait!!!
One feature I would really like to see would be the ability to rate and review items you've ordered.
You guys do a great job describing your products, but it would be nice to see how they rate on a larger scale. You could possibly use something like a 5 star system on quality, size and style along with the option to write a review – I've seen it on other websites I use and found it to be a nice feature.
Anyway, no matter what, you guys are awesome – thanks again!!!
Thank you =) yes, we will be adding customer reviews soon. Additional images and color search will be added even sooner… I can't wait!


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Over the last two nights, Gawker operative Stephen Kosloff braved the Gen Art film festival and related events. He brings you back this, the harrowing true account (and photographs) of what he saw.
Wii is the new booze. Nick (left) and Trevor got all up into virtual tennis at the after-party for Lymelife at The Park Wednesday night. They were a little shy after I told them I was covering the party for Black Inches, but I was able to glean that Trevor is an event manager at NYU, and Nick works for Sixty USA, makers of casual European sportswear for over 50 species.
Derick Martini directed Lymelife, and through the miracle of digital representation, he is herein reproduced while imbibing at The Park. And this just in: the Japanese word for arm-pit is "wakinoshita" (wah-kee-NO-shta).
Behold: the producer of Lymelife, Jonathan Cornick at the after-party, with his friend Laurie. Jonathan may be the force behind Frau Alec Baldwin's star turn in "Lymelife." They had a production company together at one point, you see.
Michael Brown, the creative director of Lot 71, consults with a well-haired woman at the Lymelife after-party Wednesday. I didn't exactly ask, but, to my knowledge neither of them had any blow, and if they did, they might not have shared with Gawker. Sad : (
Gigantic director Matt Aselton hob-nobs before ducking into his screening Thursday night. Unfortunately his star John Goodman was a no-show, waaaaaaaaah.
Ole Schell, left, who co-directed the documentary Picture Me, fraternizes with two lasses at the after-party for Gigantic. Picture Me is a documentary about models, including but not limited to his co-director Sara Ziff, his girlfriend at the time. It will be screened on April 6, but that puppy is sold out.
"Her name was Kaki, she was a show girl, with yellow" ... Oh you know that tune. Kaki Stergiou is Gen Art's event coordinator, and she coordinated the shit out of this film festival. She was gracious enough to pose next to a pole made for stripping at the after-party for Gigantic at 1OAK Thursday night.
At the after-party for Gigantic, we begin with David Bates (aka Davidjunior.com), the Gen Art video wizard. On the right is Kimberly Freeman who is a video apprentice, and in the middle is Aryn Cole, who had an interesting role as an extra in one (1) scene in Gigantic. The scene is certainly one of the weirdest hand-job scenes you will ever see on the big screen. She said it was an awkward scene to shoot. There were a few men and a few women involved. Compounding the awkwardness was that it was so awkward that the actors could not discuss how awkward it was. "The men were sweating," she said. MOURN NOT FOR HER INJURED CHASTITY! Aryn did not actually touch a dorkus, of course, but instead manipulated a styrofoam man-unit.
Paul Dano stars in Gigantic, and for the sadists among you, yes, he does get the crap beaten out of him yet again on-screen. No milk-shake action in this one though.
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Vulnerabilities in OpenSSL
Three security issues have been identified in the Open Source implementation of the SSL/TLS protocol, OpenSSL. The vulnerabilities allow targeted attacks.
Developer Andy Polyakov discovered a vulnerability (CVE-2007-4995) in OpenSSL that attackers can exploit for denial of service attacks. The bug, of which details have not been disclosed, affects the DTLS implementation. A successful attack would allow a hacker to execute arbitrary code. The vulnerability only affects systems that use DTLS. All 0.9.8 versions up to but not including 0.9.8f are affected, as are 0.9.7 through 0.9.7m.
A second vulnerability has been identified and published under CVE-2007-5135. An off-by-one error in the "SSL_get_shared_ciphers()" function provokes an overflow with a currently unknown effect. The feature is typically used for logging and debugging purposes.
A third vulnerability, which was identified awhile back (CVE-2007-3108), affects the incorrect implementation of Montgomery multiplication in the "crypto/bn/bn_mont.c" function. The bug could give local users the ability to launch side channel attacks and thus capture RSA private keys.
Users are advised to update to the current 0.9.8f version to close the first vulnerability, and to rebuild any packages that use DTLS. If this is not available as an option, the OpenSSl developers suggest disabling DTLS. Damage caused by the second vulnerability can be prevented by not using the affected feature. Updated packages that close all three security holes are available for Red Hat.
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I hope this question is appropriate for this group. A piece of
equipment in the department I work in (Beckman scintillation
counter) was connected to a VT320 terminal, which died. The
connection was a serial connection - 19200 bps, 8 data bits,
no parity, 1 stop bit.
A new VT320 is beyond the budget of the group that owns the
scintillation counter, so they asked me if I can hook it up
to an old PC. I did that by loading DOS 5.0 on an old 386,
and using MS-Kermit 3.15 as a terminal emulator. The kermit
initialization file contains the following commands:
set port com1
set speed 19200
set flow none
set carrier off
set term type vt320
I can communicate just fine with the instrument via Kermit, and
the data it sends back does draw on the screen.
However, before new data is displayed on the screen, the screen
isn't "blanked", rather new stuff is written on top of old stuff.
What parameters can I alter in Kermit so that the screen is
redrawn properly.
Thanks so much!
P.S. I had the same problem when I tried Kermit95 running on
Windows 2000 PC.
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The fight against bin Laden changed the way the US government fights in other ways too. One odd similarity between bin Laden and the US government, and perhaps one reason that they suited each other as adversaries, was a tendency to see emotional political issues as engineering challenges. A desire to get the US out of the Middle East led bin Laden to his carefully orchestrated destruction of the World Trade Center. Similarly, difficulties in safely reaching distant enemies led the US military to develop unmanned fighter planes.
As with the 9/11 attacks, the drone is an ingenious technical solution that may succeed in its immediate goals and yet have negative consequences in the long run.


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By Capt. Spencer GarrisonApril 30, 2013
BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan (March 28, 2013) -- Medics rush between multiple patients, evaluating, treating, and preparing them for evacuation.
"Shrapnel to the lower extremity. Vital signs are stable right now. I put on a tourniquet and dressed up the wound," a medic reports.
"Is she breathing?" asks another.
"Rapid breathing, but she was screaming at me in pain."
For these medics from Headquarters and Headquarters Company (HHC), 555th Engineer Brigade, Joint Task Force Triple Nickel, it was an intense, fast-paced, chaotic day in eastern Afghanistan.
But it was also just a training exercise -- fake blood, fake wounds, fake screams.
The scenario: a simulated mass casualty incident (MASCAL) just outside the brigade's headquarters, which is the command element for the U.S. Theater Engineer Brigade.
Medics and other soldiers of HHC, 555th Eng. Bde., from Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., conducted the MASCAL exercise here at Bagram Airfield, March 24, to better prepare the unit in case of a real emergency on base.
Company and brigade leaders observed as the team carried out critical lifesaving procedures in response to an incident involving seven simulated casualties with various levels of injury.
These first responders had their work cut out for them.
With a life-and-death sense of urgency, they had to retrieve and prepare medical equipment, receive and assess the wounded personnel, begin essential life-saving care, categorize and position the patients by order of urgency (immediate, urgent, delayed, and expectant), continually track and report casualty status, then prepare them for evacuation to higher-level care, starting with the most critical yet treatable wounds.
"It felt overwhelming," said Spc. Joshua Adams, company medic and triage officer responsible for leading the medical response on the ground. "There's so much going on at once, you've got to slow down and process everything that's happening," he added.
That's no small task in a situation that demands an immediate, decisive, and correct response to various medical emergencies unfolding all at once in real time, especially while enemy threats may still linger close by.
This was the first time Adams, a Louisville, Ky., native, has served as the triage officer, responsible for casualty tracking, overseeing treatment, preparing the patients for evacuation to higher-level care, and maintaining overall command and control of the team of medics and combat lifesavers.
"It was good to work with all the medics and see how they react to the stresses of being in a MASCAL," Adams noted.
A Soldier with sights set on promotion to Sergeant, Spc. Adams also considered this a valuable opportunity to develop his leadership skills in a challenging yet important way.
For all the soldiers involved, the value and realism of the training were apparent.
Added stresses were mixed into the scenario, pushing the medics and Soldiers beyond their comfort zone.
Staying "in character," Spc. English Mclemore played a delirious and belligerent casualty, lying on the ground with a bloodstained uniform, arms flailing and resisting help as she yelled nonsensical things like "Barbeque DFAC!"
Meanwhile, some of the first-responders became casualties themselves -- a deliberate but previously unannounced part of the commander's training plan -- in order to maximize learning and develop an adaptive, resilient mindset within the unit.
"It's important in this instance that we did it in a way so the soldiers weren't ready for it," said Capt. Matthew Pride, HHC commander, from Staten Island, New York, "including having some of the casualties being the combat life savers that we identified to respond to the event. So that was a big surprise and is something that rings true to real life."
Overseeing the exercise was Maj. Khalid Jaboori of Ft. Wayne, Ind., JTF Triple Nickel's brigade surgeon. He helped ensure the training was realistic, unpredictable, and all-around effective.
"Obviously there's that initial shock when you see a patient for the first time," Jaboori explained. "Once we get settled in and the training kicks in, it goes into automatic mode."
For Pvt. 1st Class Alicia Baum, a company medic from Fresno, Calif., this was her first MASCAL training exercise while deployed.
"It was a good chance to see how things were organized and really get a chance to see how it's going to go down in a real situation," Baum said.
Leaders were quick to note, however, these exercises will be ongoing, as the company continues to hone its training and readiness for real emergencies.
"It's important for all our soldiers to rehearse their battle drills and stay proficient in all their tasks," said Pride. "Because you're in a combat zone, training doesn't cease. You always rehearse-rehearse-rehearse, and that's a critical function of being battle ready."
The medics are already looking at how they can improve and continue to build on the training.
"I think this gives us a real good standpoint for where we're at in training … and what we need to focus on," said Staff Sgt. Maria Morales of Turlock, Calif., senior medic and medical section non-commissioned officer-in-charge for JTF Triple Nickel.
"We always can work on better communication," said Baum -- in an assessment shared by Adams.
"The biggest thing that could help is communication," Adams said. "I could talk more with the medics and have them closer to me, so I can better control how they're treating patients and keep better accountability of casualties."
Maj. Jaboori looks forward to applying these lessons learned, continuing the training, and ensuring his team is fully ready whenever called upon.
"I know there's a lot of things to work on still," said Jaboori, "but this is why we do training, so we can train, see what our deficiencies are, and correct those, before there's a real event in which they need to use their skills."
"Hopefully this is a good learning tool for these medics and the company," he added, "and eventually we'll correct these deficiencies so we'll be 100 percent ready to go if we ever need to."
JTF Triple Nickel, headquartered by the 555th Eng. Bde., serves as the U.S. Theater Engineer Brigade in Afghanistan, with about 5,000 engineer soldiers, sailors and airmen operating across the country. For more information, visit www.Facebook.com/JointTaskForceTripleNickel.


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I hereby introduce: California Pie. It's a lighter, more delicious version of a Shepard's Pie.
Deliciousness, destroyed.
California Pie
yield: one 9-inch pie
crust for 9-inch pie (recipe follows)
1/3 pound shredded turkey (either deli or leftover roast turkey)
1/2 bag frozen mixed vegetables
2 small tomatoes
2 cups shredded Swiss cheese
Method: Press crust into pie plate. Layer shredded turkey on top of crust. Add a layer of frozen veggies. Sprinkle 1/2 cup of Swiss cheese on top of veggies. Cut tomatoes into slices; layer slices on top of vegetables, letting slices overlap. Sprinkle additional Swiss cheese on top of tomatoes. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes. Raise temperature to 400 degrees and finish baking for 10 minutes. The crust will be light in color, but it should be finished. Let cool, serve and eat!
You can use any crust you'd like for this pie, but I really recommend this one. It's moist, and salty, which plays wonderfully with the pie!
Oil Pastry
From Betty Crocker: Bridal Edition cookbook
1 1/3 cups all purpose, unbleached flour
1/2 plus 1/8 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup vegetable or canola oil
2 tablespoons cold water
Mix flour, salt, and oil until flour is moistened. Sprinkle with cold water, 1 tablespoon at a time, tossing with fork until all water is absorbed. (You may need a little less than 2 tablespoons - I did!) Gather pastry into a ball. Press into pie plate.
ps. Since katie asked - the name comes from a dish my hubs tried at City Market (like a local Panera). This pie is my best approximation of that dish.


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News12 at six o'clock/ Jan. 29. 2014
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW) -- Every good cook knows salt makes things taste better. Did you know it can help you drive better?
The winter freeze effects are clear with a Red Mustang going no where fast, a trailer missing it's tractor and a car being towed away on Berckman's road after losing control.
"It's not that bad really," Nina' Reeves from Seattle said.
Winters are colder there and it taught her what to do when the roads freeze.
"I wouldn't advise people to drive period. The roads are kind of bad, if you don't know how to handle it the roads can be pretty scary," she said.
"If you're below temperature, you are still going to have problems," said Engineer Abie Ladson.
Ladson had ten trucks on the road, scraping, dropping salt and sand since 9 Tuesday night.
Trails of sand on Windsor Spring and Tobacco road kept drivers moving.
"They're out in motor graders and wherever they have ice at they're hitting those spots," Ladson said.
They weren't the only one's out surveying the area. We ran into school officials doing a condition assessment near Glen Hills High School.
They took pictures of the roads and schools before deciding to close it for the second day in a row.
"It's so weak down here. I can't believe they closed everything down here but it's cool," she said.
If you live in Augusta-Richmond County and see any weather related problems call 706-821-1080 and someone will assist you.