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Dan Tangherlini has drawn praise from some quarters for his reform efforts at the General Services Administration, but the acting administrator faces an uphill battle.
Tangherlini came to GSA from the Treasury Department in April, as GSA was embroiled in a scandal that took down its well-respected administrator, Martha Johnson, and several senior officials in the headquarters and regional offices of GSA's Public Buildings Service. The fiasco centered on a grandiose $822,000 conference for roughly 300 GSA employees held in Las Vegas in 2010.
Tangherlini has moved quickly to get GSA's spending habits under control. He suspended 85 percent of senior executive bonuses through fiscal 2013 and froze hiring at GSA. He's even reviewing the agency's performance awards system and asking whether the bar is set too low for assessing superior employee efforts.
He has also cancelled conferences when they don't meet his strict standard for usefulness and benefit to the agency. He has even brought questionable spending to the attention of the agency's inspector general. A $268,732 awards ceremony in 2010 cost too much, in Tangherlini's opinion. He told the IG to investigate the event, one in a series that has been going on since 2002.
"These events indicate an already recognized pattern of misjudgment, which spans several years and administrations," said Betsaida Alcantara, GSA's communications director. "It must stop, and [that's] why Acting Administrator Tangherlini has instituted several stringent new policies on spending to put an end to this misuse of taxpayer dollars."
Yet it's exactly that perceived pattern that makes Tangherlini's challenge so difficult. Although he deserves credit for disclosing the awards ceremony, that news overshadowed the housecleaning efforts announced just days earlier. Federal Acquisition Service Commissioner Steve Kempf's medical leave, related or not, only added to the sense of turmoil. And the turnover that accompanies the end of any presidential term is still to come.
Pair all that with Tangherlini's acting status — GSA has had a confirmed administrator for just four of the past eight years — and skeptics can be forgiven for wondering whether his changes will have a lasting effect.
Decisions to rein in spending could have an impact, but other efforts to make positive changes and implement new initiatives are less likely to endure, said Bob Woods, who served as commissioner of GSA's Federal Technology Service from 1994 to 1997 and is now president of Topside Consulting Group.
"I don't think you will find many statues in town with the words, 'In honor of Sally or Sal, who stopped executive bonuses at GSA,'" Woods said. "Then again, you don't find many brass plaques for those who served less than a year in the job."
Others are more optimistic. "Tangherlini has considerable support in the administration and on the Hill to make bold moves at GSA," said Larry Allen, president and founder of Allen Federal Business Partners. Dennis Fischer, who was acting GSA administrator for four months at the start of the Clinton administration, also applauded Tangherlini's initiatives and said the acting administrator is not merely an agency caretaker.
And Tangherlini does have a record of bringing order to government operations seen as lacking it, often while operating in a temporary capacity. Before returning to the federal government in 2009, he served as interim general manager of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority and in the District of Columbia's Police Department, Transportation Department and Office of the City Administrator.
For congressional overseers and GSA rank-and-file, however, the question remains: Will that support and experience be enough?
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The agency software inventories required under the draft category management policy will be treasure maps that lead to efficient, effective, streamlined buying and unprecedented savings.
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What's that program you have running that's accessing the internet? You don't know? Find out using a simple command prompt command. It's important to know what your programs are doing at any one time. You should have full control over what does and doesn't use your connection, whether you're at home or running on an O2 UK 3G dongle. This is a simple and effective process that allows for the monitoring of your system. Just follow the instructions and you'll remain well-informed.
Step One: Windows XP
Open up the Run box by pressing the Windows key and R at the same time.
Put in CMD and press OK. The command prompt window will open up:
Step One: Windows Vista/Windows 7
Open the Start menu () and type in CMD:
Right click on it and select Run as Administrator:
Step Two
In your open Command Prompt window, enter the following:
netstat -b 5 > activity.txt
and hit enter. (Note: to paste something into Command Prompt, you'll need to right click and click paste.)
If you forgot to run the prompt as an administrator (like I did in the screenshots above), just redo step one You can tell when it's running as administrator because instead of saying C:\Users\Username it says C:\Windows\system32.
If you've pasted the code right, a blinking cursor will… blink.
After a few minutes, press Ctrl+C. That'll stop the command.
Now type in activity.txt to open the log:
When you press Enter, your default text editor-probably Notepad-will open:
Now, scroll through the lists. You'll see that it's mostly your browser-but some times, there are programs like Google Talk's webcam program installed that call home even when you aren't using them.
Now that you've found any and all culprits that are programs accessing the internet (with and without your knowledge), you can either close them from the Task Manager or even uninstall them.
I've made a short (1 minute) video on doing this.
UPDATE 2: Clarified the Windows XP instructions.
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- DonFG
There are too many free programs that do this.
- blue
One wonders if #19 uses postcards for all his communication. Perhaps the reason to use security is the same reason that they invented envelopes.
Or use Process Hacker and look at the Network Tab.
Or use System Explorer and look under Connections.
Both work and are far easier for the average user. Enjoy.
- alan
Last week 10% or 20% of the sites I went to were not there.
After my post on 23rd I found 70% were there with a following wind after several attempts
There were no 404 error messages – the DNS just failed to resolve names into IP addresses.
I vaguely remembered forthcoming DNS doom, and eventually found
"DNSSEC unlikely to break Internet on May 5" – an article on
Desperation, I unchecked the option to use the DNS provided by my ISP, and went elsewhere – and every site was back with me within a couple of minutes.
That I call A RESULT.
Pity it took me a couple of days to eventually get there.
I am now back, and can advise that THIS is the script to do the job.
I call the script NetStats.BAT
It holds a single line command, which is :-
start "USE Ctrl'C to terminate NETSTAT Logging and close this Window" cmd /c netstat -b 5 ^>activity.txt
You can use Windows Explorer to select that script, and drag/drop a short-cut link to
C:Documents and SettingsAll UsersStart MenuProgramsStartup
That will launch a CMD that rapidly disappears as it launches another CMD which runs netstat.exe and logs into activity.txt in the same folder as the script. This second CMD window reminds you to use Ctrl'C to terminate logging and close the Window. You can minimize the window to the task bar and it will continue logging until you bring it back to focus.
The official way to terminate is via use of Ctrl'C when focus is on its Window. Simply / accidentally closing the window by clicking the tiny X in the top right corner also seems to work for me –
but timing is everything.
I am filled with dread by the thought of killing the netstat.exe process whilst it is halfway through appending the next line of text to Activity.txt. This could corrupt / muddle the last few records in Activity.txt. It may well cause more Lost Clusters.
I remember Windows 98 refused to shutdown until I pulled the plug, and every morning it would blame me for not shutting down "PROPERLY", and would tell me how many disc clusters I had lost ! !
Windows XP does not APPEAR to fall apart so badly, until you run CHKDSK ! !
Conclusion – Use Ctrl'C – anything else can injure your computer's health
- Sputnik
Thank you Locutus for this information !
Now I will be able to know if "ET wants to phone home" ! :-)
Don't forget the shortcut to start CMD as Admin
- JohnD
@Locutus: @alan: @all – Thanks for the comments and advice. I particularly like the term "startup chaos" that alan used as this is the period that I am concerned about. I am not worried about the time after the software firewall kicks in, (I am currently using Online Armor but have used Comodo and Look & Stop in the recent past), but that period of seconds when the router lite shows a connection and the OS software gets started up and my protection programs are running. A lot can happen in these seconds in computer time. I key in on svchost because it will usually have unlimited access to the internet and so Many things use it for various purposes. Ports 80 and 8080 are another open avenue. I very seldom use IE, but CCleaner always finds cookies and such from IE, most I understand as programs like SuperAntiSpyware will use IE subliminally to do update checks but there is also usually a IE cookie for john@msn that I don't particularly like to see. I suppose the only true way to do this type of monitoring would be a hardware packet sniffer between the router and the computer, but that would be a little bit over the top for a home PC. This is a good topic, as we move so many of aspects of our personal lives onto the computer, such as financials, I would really like to know who is taking a "peek" at my PC and why.
An apt headline from a Computerworld article today:
"MSRT has scrubbed mutating Alureon rootkit from more than 360,000 Windows-based PCs since May 11"
- OldElmerFudd
@RobCr: I ran across this a couple of years ago. I don't use it often – only five machines in my network – but it has quite a bit going for it. I use the free version (bottom of the page), and don't recall a "pop-up" feature. Maybe the Pro version will do all you want. Take a look; it might work for you.
- alan
Comodo Security is free and does what you want, and then some.
I use it for all my security needs.
I swear by it.
My son used to swear at it, because every time he ran a new application that wanted the Internet it would pause the connection until the user decided to Block or Permit. It also had a check box to remember (or not) this decision for any further attempt.
It is more docile now with WhiteLists
They have an active user forum at
- tejas
@RobCr: This may not be what you want, and unfortunately, it's not free, but I use BWMeter http://www.desksoft.com/BWMeter.htm
It has a very simple firewall that asks for permission when something wants internet access, and doesn't bug you about again, unless you remove that program from the Forbid/Allow lists.
- RobCr
I have been through the 53 comments on that link I posted. Not much Joy there.
What I would like (and perhaps Josh ?), is a nice simple program, which monitors your outgoing Internet traffic, and pops up, when there is out going traffic.
And so that we are not overwhelmed with a plethora of detail, there be two options –
– Hide all safe traffic (Stuff the Developer knows is usual)
– When some traffic appears, it can be told – 'Never show that one again'
Surely, someone has developed that ?
- chinaguy
Glad to help Locutus. Goodness knows I get enough help from you guys. Nice to be able to give a little back.
- Doru
Click on Zum download and next.Download will have program and license.Instal program .After that,click right on license and make to open only with Jv 16(exe) who is install in Program files….Next open the program and go to:Help>Licence information>Install new license and select file:license.Next close and close the program.Open again and will be registered.If you don't know how to download go to:Techno360.
- Doru
- Josh
Some listed items are as mysterious as the hundreds of CLSID/892598319…. entries that appear in registry cleaners. Without knowledge/research/time/courage, it could be more dangerous to tinker with it than leaving the listed items intact. Will be so good if people could write programs that not only report these things, but also, at least, point you in the right direction to find out what the entries mean. Without that, it's too daunting for John Does like me. Thank you to those who added some insight with their comments!
- RobCr
I am a bit tied up at the moment.
Someone running one of my Data Base programs, has switched to Windows 7 (New PC), and is trying to use that instead of a server. So I am experimenting, and debugging.
I took time out, to have a quick check of the NirSoft web site, in case he had a GUI program for monitoring the internet.
My browse of his site did not appear to have exactly what we want.
However I came across this web page, where someone was seeking a program (see who is calling home).
The author mentions use of a NirSoft program, and another program.
Also there are 53 comments, that I have not read yet.
Perhaps someone may care to study the page in more detail, and also check if one of the 53 comments, points us to something simple, and effective.
Some of the progs are ones that start automatically on startup.
To stop those you can run msconfig (Win98, XP and Vista) choose the Startup tab, then look down the list of which items are checked to load on startup. If you are unsure then look them up online.
If there is something you don't want to load on startup then uncheck it, click the apply button, then ok. (make sure it is something ok to not load!)
Now restart your computer and they will no longer load on startup.
@alan: Keep me updated! Sounds like a great startup routine.
- alan
Nothing happened in first two minutes after I logged in –
except my start-up script did not continue with its activities until netstat received the Ctrl'C to terminate.
I am now creating a seperate script to simultaneously launch at from the startup folder. This will hold the single line
netstat -b 5 > activity.txt.
- OldElmerFudd
@Locutus: Just to add, I use Online Armor Pro on all my machines. I have to give permission for applications I install to call out. Processes like svchost.exe haven't shown up in any of my activity reports.
- OldElmerFudd
@Locutus: I take the activity text file and and highlight part of an unfamiliar line, such as: "TCP xxxxxx-a9f6040:2619 220.127.116.11-static.reverse.softlayer.com:http ESTABLISHED 636″ (x's replace identifier)
A little digging with a whois search took me through enough twists to find that Dropbox uses Softlayer's servers. Google was a simple whois lookup using the nuq04s01-in-f191.1e100.net section of the line.
@Doru: Well this is also good for seeing if that new program you're trying out "AntiSoft GetRiddaBadware" is phoning home.
- Doru
In general are:browsers,antivirus and programs who use your webcam like:Skype,messenger.Also Google Talk .But all this programs are open when you open computer.I think that this is normal.If you afraid for example that Skype will record your camera,without your approval,rotate your webcam on the wall when you not use it and you solve the problem.Google Talk-what can do against my persson?I'm not a terrorist,i'm not a thief or burglar ,anarchist or criminal.So i don't care.
- jumbi
very good article!
a nice firewall would easily help doing that, but great when you need to check that without installing other software.
- chinaguy
An update: I ran the command from the run box and it did result in what happened to Emrys. The command prompt showed up, showed a whole bunch of stuff that nobody could possibly read because of the short duration it was open and then shut down almost instantaneously. If that is what happened to you Emrys, it seems to be from your description above, then just be sure you run the command prompt and then paste in the instructions Locutus gave rather than pasting them into the run box. That is the only way this will work.
- chinaguy
@Emrys: I think your problem Emrys was that you did not paste the command into the command prompt but into the run box instead. Be sure you follow the instructions above to the letter including typing cmd into the run box and hitting enter. Do not paste the command: netstat -b 5 > activity.txt into the run box as that will result in the command running and then the command prompt promptly exiting after it has run. I have made the same mistake before. There was no mistake in the instructions but they need to be followed to the letter. If it doesn't work after you try this post back and we, probably others who are better with computers than me, will help you.
@Locutus: You did not make a mistake. The instructions were correct but Emrys just missed a step in the instructions. I have made the same mistake before. Very easy to do. When command prompt runs and then shuts down without letting you see what is going on it is usually because the command to be run was put into the run box not the command prompt. I will try it on the xp machine but am pretty sure that you made no errors.
@OldElmerFudd: Nice! Say, how do you trace those back?
@Marco: Where does it say that they are going (the "foreign address" column")?
- Marco
I checked just for fun and found Chrome and Avast and that's ok but I also found O&O Clever Cache files (ooccctrl.exe and ooccag.exe) that seem to be phoning quite often, I don't know where? Why would a memory & cache optimization software need to access the Network so often????
- alan
I already have a script which runs at start-up following my password.
It can also be accessed via
Start / All Programs / Startup / Mystart.BAT
I used that access route and right click to edit the script and add the magic bit.
Please try "Netstat /?"
That describes many options, and suggests to me that if svchost should be identified as a culprit, then Netstat will also show what asked svchost to do that.
Finally, nothing will go out during the boot process if you are not connected to the internet – e.g. if you have dial-up modem which does not issue the password till you log in. If however you have an "always on" broadband connection there could be a few dangerous seconds.
I do not worry about my dangerous seconds because I am confident that Comoodo will block svchost unless it is working for an approved executable.
At 19:52:19 "C:pagefile.sys" had a modified time-stamp as XP came out of BIOS
At 19:52:32 the event log shows I submitted my password for log-on.
I admit 13 seconds is an unlucky number, but I will keep my fingers crossed ! !
I think if something bad happened in that 13 seconds I would be more concerned that a Rootkit had seized control.
This seems to be the most popular article I have ever seen.
I started this after seeing post 6 – now it is post 11 and advancing.
- ha14
Hi, Thanks for this review I read similar article on
I used it to find it worms were connection to internet and sending infos without my knowledge.
- haakon
Great article- and thanks a lot!!!
"Gil": I do not know if this freebie is still there to have.
I DID use the CMD and found lots of "connections" I did not recognize.
THEN I remebered I had the Anvir app and use THAT instead.
More or less detailed descriptions of what the "connecting" apps was and more. Also very easy to disable or remove them.
I have more often than not removed …."too much" :-)
The Anvir IS a great help when you dont know what to do
- OldElmerFudd
This is a nice CLI tool that I started using with Windows XP. It's a good idea to let the command prompt run for a couple of minutes to get all the information properly. Usually, the text document you create will contain the usual suspects (bg), your browser, AV, email client, whatever web-based apps – Dropbox, for instance – you have open. There's likely to be a group of listings that look less familiar. In those instances where you're not sure what something is, copy and paste into a browser search to find out. On this box, nuq04s01-in-f191.1e100.net is Google.com. 126.96.36.199-static.reverse.softlayer.com is Dropbox's server, and so on.
@Gil: There are ways-easy ways-but due to having to leave in about 30 seconds, can't share them right now. Maybe when I get back?
Also, "To summarize, you are allowed to reprint dotTech.org owned content if the content is used for a noncommercial purpose and you provide attribution to dotTech.org in a clear and proper manner; for more detailed information please check out CreativeCommons.org."
- Gil
I'm running XP and didn't have that problem, but the instructions may have been fixed. This is nice to know Locutus and you mentioned to end the task or uninstall the program. I don't want to have end the task every time I boot up my computer and I don't want to uninstall the program. Is there someplace to stop the program from starting up (it's not listed in my startup folders).
Also, what's the policy for sharing articles like this with other groups. What I'd do is explain a little of what the article is about and provide a direct link to the page. That way, dotTech, authors, etc get their due credit.
- alan
No mistaken typo – it worked for me.
A very informative article
I am 100% sure I do not need this myself because Comodo blocks any outgoing data which I have not initiated. But 101% is even better so I have pasted into my login start-up the command
netstat -b 5 > activity.txt
Tomorrow we will see if anything naughty phones home during the start-up chaos.
A quick test now. I see tons of stuff over a 2 minute period, but as expected it is all classified as either
ESTABLISHED PID 2616 [Firefox] – which is still running, or
TIME_WAIT PID 0 with no name, but Windows Task manager calls it System Idle Process.
Nothing naughty in two minutes on my system.
- JohnD
Worked great for me on Win 7 and I copied and pasted your commands :)
I have this umm, concern that applications are using the svchost process (Process Explorer will delve into svchost processesI know, but not historically to my knowledge) to communicate out, bypassing my software firewall. This netstat command would be nice to have run at startup to see all of the communiques that go on during the boot process. I wonder how that could be accomplished?
Good job.
@Emrys: That sounds more like a mistake I made in typing the instructions. Hang on, let me boot my XP box.
- Emrys
I'm on XP. I followed the directions and I saw a bunch of stuff come up and the window closed. W the Frack? Is there something going on here?

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By Latina Staff | 08/20/2012 - 15:28
Indie film lovers were in for a treat as the New York International Latino Film Festival (NYILFF) presented over 30 features last week. The event, sponsored by HBO, ended yesterday with a ceremony honoring the best films in the categories including, "Best Short" and "Best International Feature." The prizes varied and included up to $5,000 in cash. Not a bad way to end the festival!
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Best Short: Pescadora
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By Amaris Castillo | 08/25/2011 - 10:45
The 12th Annual New York International Latino Film Festival (NYILFF) just wrapped up and we learned so much about our vibrant Latin culture from the entertaining and diverse movies that were screened from all over the U.S. and Latin America. From animated Cuban lovers united by music to Pitbull sharing his fondest childhood memory, there was something for everyone.
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By Grace Bastidas | 07/27/2009 - 11:23
The New York International Latino Film Festival kicks off today and the schedule is brimming with movies about (and starring) some of our favorite musicians. Here's what I'm looking forward to checking out:
Calle 13: Sin Mapa (July 29) follows the Puerto Rican reggaetoneros as they travel across South America exploring indigenous music and culture with only a cameraman in tow. I can't wait to see if anyone recognizes the guys as they make their way through Macchu Picchu and other sacred sites.
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MCCAYSVILLE, Ga. (AP) -- A northern Georgia doctor running off-the-books adoptions in the 1950s and '60s placed infants with out-of-state parents who were listed on records as the children's real parents. Now some of those adoptees are doing fresh DNA testing in hopes of identifying biological relatives.
There's unsettled debate about whether Dr. Thomas Hicks sold black-market babies, charitably facilitated adoptions for desperate parents or perhaps did both at his clinic in rural McCaysville.
A company will conduct free DNA swabs Saturday at a motel in nearby Ducktown, Tennessee. Some adoptees are giving samples and hope potential relatives participate, too.
Melinda Elkins Dawson, an adoptee from northeast Ohio, says time for potential reunions is running out because some adoptees are in their 60s and their parents may not be around much longer.
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The dryers rarely completely dry a load of laundry. They are small machines and can only hold about 3/4 of the load a regular washer/dryer can handle. These are mixed loads, so it isn't a bunch of towels or jeans. Yes, I made sure the lint trap was clean.
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It is common for a machine to deduct money from the card but not start a load. If you put the card back in, it deducts it a second time and then starts. I thought I was mistaken the first time. Then I started being diligent about watching the values, and it has happened 5 or 6 times. (At $1.25-1.50/load, this is ~$7.50)
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So, I'm only out a little over $20. But I've also wasted a bunch of time, and time has value too.
The machine that adds cash value to cards also ate $3 once, but at least the company sent me a refund check for that. I tried to call them tonight, but they are closed.
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Quick Dinners: Tips on Cooking Fish from Melissa Clark
These tips come from an interview with Melissa Clark on The Splendid Table a few weeks ago. Clark was full of great advice and enthusiastic support for fish-wary folks like me, but what has really stuck with me was her advice on actually cooking the fish.
She says that oven-roasting is the way to go, anywhere between 400°F and 450°F. If you roast the fish on an ungreased baking sheet, the bottom skin will stick to the sheet and make the whole job of peeling it away to serve much easier.
And here was the clincher for me: Clark says that the fish is done as soon as you can smell it. So easy! To double check, you just need to slip the tip of a paring knife into the fish somewhere along its backbone. If you feel any resistance, give the fish a few more minutes. If the knife slides in easily and you can wiggle it a little, the fish is done.
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Okay, for many this is not "news". It's been a topic on Facebook for a couple weeks. But I meant to release it slowly and get feedback, but listeners let the cat out of the bag quickly, so I feel kinda bad that the last folks to whom I'm revealing this information are my followers on Frost Cave. Honestly, it's a confusing question what my "crossover" audience is. In other words, which fans subscribed on Frost Cave, but also on various Facebook "Chris Heimerdinger" club pages. So I felt it was time to bring some of my most faithful fans in on this so-called "secret".
I've always wanted to do a radio show of some type. Podcasting offers a unique opportunity to exercise my gift of gab and also express those views closest to my heart, especially regarding the most sacred views I have on the Restored Gospel of Jesus Christ. This Podcast is a combination of my own lectures on original topics I consider particularly fascinating and entertaining, as well as interviews with a wide range of LDS personalities in areas like writing, filmmaking, music, science, scholarship and maybe even politics! In other words, the stuff that excites me the most.
Our latest Podcast is an in-depth interview with T.C. Christensen, the director and screenwriter of "17 Miracles," "Ephraim's Rescue" and "The Cokeville Miracle" (and a long, surprising list of other LDS-themed films!). I think listeners will enjoy it. Because I've also directed a feature film, I think I could ask questions that only another filmmaker would ask. Check it out at: T.C. Christensen Interview
Other podcasts deal with my thoughts and philosophies about on a wide range of stuff, always standing up--dramatically!--for LDS values and doctrines, while simply celebrating the Gospel with the kinds of subjects and questions I think we talked about more enthusiastically 20 years ago. I fear as a Church we're in a bit of a "state of siege", fearing all the political pressures of not-conformance with the world's standards.
The youth of today are the ones most savvy to Podcasting, and it's that generation whose passions I hope most to ignite. Finally, this is a chance to express, in my own unique way, the eternal gratitude I feel that God somehow helped me to find this Church, and then, after I did my part (reading the Book of Mormon and deeply wanting God's knowledge), bearing spiritual witness to me of its truthfulness. It's purity. And the perfection of it's message. That doesn't mean we don't all make occasional blunders as human beings. But the Gospel itself is perfect and it's this organization that will inevitably save the world. Certainly every knee shall bow and every tongue confess that Jesus is the Christ, but also that the Lord's priesthood was indeed restored under Joseph Smith and His kingdom will roll forth like the "stone cut from the mountain without hands" until it fills the whole earth.
Yes, I'm still working daily on Tennis Shoes Volume 13: Thorns of Glory, but the Podcast will steadily become the "hub" of all things Chris Heimerdinger and Tennis Shoes. I'll continue to post here on FrostCave.blogspot.com. But I invite all Frost "Cavers" to also join www.foreverLDS.com. That site is still under construction in some ways. Donations, no matter how small, are sincerely appreciated. You can access ForeverLDS through iTunes and Stitcher and other RSS feeds. Soon ForeverLDS will feature writing classes as well as a webstore for autographed books, and many other features. But the Podcasts are where it's at right now!
I hope you'll subscribe on iTunes or just visit the site every Tues (or Wed if I fall behind). We plan to provide a brand new episode every week. I truly believe this podcast is filling a niche that no other LDS podcast currently fills. Hear it for yourself!
God bless you this holiday season and as always,
Stay close to the Lord,
Chris Heimerdinger
Wednesday, December 16, 2015
Announcing My New Podcast: ForeverLDS.com
Posted by Chris Heimerdinger at 11:56 PM 0 comments
Sunday, November 15, 2015
ForeverLDS Podcast Near Launch
Hi Readers, Fans, and Fellow Saints,
The podcast is coming. It's coming. It's coming. A week? Not much longer. www.foreverLDS.com. I'm very excited. Original. Mind-expanding. And I hope the timing is dead on. We'll release it in portions, starting with the general podcast that anyone can listen to. It's possible that we'll also set up the Professional Storytelling Podcast from the get-go. I was thinking about $35 for that class. Too much? Too little? As we add more "lessons" the value naturally goes up, as folks recognize the uniqueness of the approach. Maybe then we'll think about raising it. But I'd like to give a break to early birds, so to speak. Maybe this would be the first year's cost, and then renewal would only be $2 bucks a year or something. Please give me your feedback. Of course, nobody will know the true value until they hear the first "general" podcast or two. My approach is very direct. The world is changing too fast to mince words. The Gospel is the cure. But it's also just exceptionally FUN to be a member of this Church. For those who forgot that, or never heard it put quite that way before, I hope you quickly "get" what I'm talking about.
Stay close to the Lord,
Chris Heimerdinger
The podcast is coming. It's coming. It's coming. A week? Not much longer. www.foreverLDS.com. I'm very excited. Original. Mind-expanding. And I hope the timing is dead on. We'll release it in portions, starting with the general podcast that anyone can listen to. It's possible that we'll also set up the Professional Storytelling Podcast from the get-go. I was thinking about $35 for that class. Too much? Too little? As we add more "lessons" the value naturally goes up, as folks recognize the uniqueness of the approach. Maybe then we'll think about raising it. But I'd like to give a break to early birds, so to speak. Maybe this would be the first year's cost, and then renewal would only be $2 bucks a year or something. Please give me your feedback. Of course, nobody will know the true value until they hear the first "general" podcast or two. My approach is very direct. The world is changing too fast to mince words. The Gospel is the cure. But it's also just exceptionally FUN to be a member of this Church. For those who forgot that, or never heard it put quite that way before, I hope you quickly "get" what I'm talking about.
Stay close to the Lord,
Chris Heimerdinger
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Saturday, October 31, 2015
NEW Tennis Shoes Preview for Halloween!!
Greetings Tennis Shoes fans!
For Halloween I thought I'd give readers a taste of a small section of a chapter from the latest Tennis Shoes novel, Thorns of Glory. Yup, this is a scene from the battle at Cumorah. Be reminded that this is a rough draft. I'll make many changes myself before the publisher even gets their mits on it. It's also a bit violent. I warned my readers in the last chapter note of Book 11: Sorcerers and Seers that my efforts to describe this event realistically would demand parental guidance. Just know that every time I sit down to write I ask and re-ask myself where to draw the line and when too much is too much. My judgment is not always perfect, but I still think it's important to constantly and prayerfully ask. Feedback is also appreciated!
I wanted to remind fans who wish to purchase any books or audios from me directly that I'll include with every order a free copy of the book or DVD of Passage to Zarahemla, the book A Return to Christmas, or the book Muckwhip's Guide to Capturing the Latter-day Soul--all personally signed to whomever the buyer requests. I'll strive to beat any competitors. Call me at 801-870-2070. If I don't answer, send a text. I'll call back. Visa or MC happily accepted.
Last point: We are looking VERY forward to launching our new podcast, foreverLDS.com. This will be both a podcast AND a blogsite. We hope it will quickly become the new "hub" of all things Tennis Shoes and Heimerdinger. Look to late November/early December.
Stay close to the Lord,
Chris Heimerdinger
This Tennis Shoes preview is told from the point of view of Brock McConnell (SaKerra McConnell's 14-year-old brother):
I cried his name again, louder. "Gigiddonihah! Commander Gid! Commander Gid!"
Then I felt like an idiot. Gid was fighting three men at once. My shouts could've distracted him; gotten him killed. Instead of yammering like a banshee, I reached behind my shoulder and grabbed my sword. I armed myself without lowering the banner an inch; I felt weirdly proud of that. Nephites were still flocking to me—flocking to the battle standard—scrambling over dead bodies to take on all comers who threatened me or my wooden sculpture of a Scorpion on a pole.
Gid drove the enemy backwards. He was the "point" of the Nephite spear, so to speak; he personally led the effort to halt the Lamanite advance. I glanced at my black blade. I was probably the biggest dufus on this entire hill for arming myself with a weapon I didn't know how to use. I didn't think about that. As I ponder it now, I fell into a trance of sorts. It was as if I'd been doused with courage, like sizzling, liquid metal. Or mettle. I felt a surge of bravery I never knew was inside me.
Instead of screaming at Gid, I followed him. I charged behind him as he cut down all takers who stood in his way. More Scorpion soldiers stood side-by-side with him, many locking shields together in a kind of wall, defending their commander and each other. It wasn't so easy keeping up. Other Scorpions fought to keep pace with Gid, just like me. They followed the banner; followed their general. I felt important. Essential. What a thing! Men were using me as their guide. I was unbreakable. Nothing could hurt me. Nothing could slow me down.
I was right behind Gid; I could have clipped him in the helmet with top of my pole. He still hadn't seen me, and I wasn't about to break his concentration. He was like this mechanized Ninja. Something beautiful struck me about his motions. Something terrifying. It was martial arts, dancing, and death-by-precision. No movement was wasted. Gid chopped an enemy's sword in half—that is, he broke the blade and severed the man's right arm in a brutal swipe. His victim howled raggedly, but he wasn't dead. He just fell back into the sea of faces.
Gid maneuvered his axe into a backhanded swing, slicing a gaping wound in a Lamanite's back, near the base of his spine. Again, the man wasn't dead. Gid didn't care if an opponent lived or died. He seemed to prefer incapacitation. Not out of mercy, just 'cause it was quicker. He chose the swiftest way to make sure that challengers never fought again. The man Gid had slashed in the back knelt before me. He looked up, on the verge, I think, of collapsing sideways so fate could handle the rest. Instead, I decided his fate. I stabbed the point of my obsidian sword in his chest. I don't know why. I just lunged. No forethought. The tip penetrated his flesh below the collarbone. Most Lamanites wore no armor or padding. Just a colorful tunic—orange and blue and white. Soon the cloth got red as it absorbed blood from the wound I'd given him.
Something snapped in me. Not like a snap of fingers; more like the pop of a hundred panes of glass, echoing from every room, above, below, and around. Sound and sight rushed in all at once, like wind and glass and whipping into me, crashing, echoing.
The man fell over. He was dead. His eyes sat open. The pupils lifeless.
I'd killed him. Me! Brock McConnell! I'd ended the life of a breathing, thinking human being—a guy with twenty-five years of memories. Happy memories, evil memories, all memories. It's not like I'd done killed him alone. Gid's injury was probably fatal. My stab had served no real purpose. It was unnecessary. And yet . . . I'd done it. I'd ended a man's life. The thought hammered behind my eyes. I'd done him a favor, right? He'd have surely bled to death, writhed in the sweltering heat. He might've suffered for hours, maybe days. I'd ended his misery. So why did the guilt coil inside me? Why did it feel like a fist in my stomach, squeezing my guts from the inside?
My last meal retched out of me, covering the dead man's tunic. I turned away and barfed again. I slipped and landed on another body—a Nephite this time. The body jerked and twitched. I'd landed on his chest; pushing his last breathe from his lungs. The twitching stopped. It felt as if I'd killed a second man—a comrade-in-arms! No. It wasn't me. I had nothing to do with it. But the timing . . . I felt revolted. I lurched away from the dead man's chest and slipped again. Why couldn't I keep my footing? I glanced around. The ground was covered with gore. Littered with . . . with . . . It was all over my hands. My weapon. The Scorpion banner was stained too.
The air was sick and sour—rotten milk. Rotten something. I blanked out. At least that's the best way I can describe it. There was no particular reason for me to go unconscious. I just don't remember the next few minutes. The sky, the fires, the blood, the bodies—every color smeared like a chalk drawing with water streaming over it. I turned my face into the rising sun, letting the brightness burn holes into my eyes.
The sting must've become too painful. I must've finally pinched 'em shut, but I don't recall. My next real thought was someone dragging at my hands—at my banner pole. Someone was trying to steal it! Steal my Scorpion standard! Something about this snapped me to alertness.
It was a Lamanite. No, not a Lamanite. A Lightning Warrior. One of those elite soldiers from Teotihuacan. He was fully armored. Small, shriveled skulls hung on his shoulders. The heads had either been shrunk or . . . I didn't wanna think about another explanation, like the age of the victims. Tattoos swirled and writhed across every part of his flesh—even his knuckles, stamped with crabs and snakes and stalks of corn, like pictures from an astrology chart. The whites of his eyes stood out against his tattooed face. They look like moons. His pupils looked like blots of black ink. He wore no expression, as if he had no soul. Yet I saw determination. He wanted my banner. He wanted that Scorpion sculpture as much as he'd ever wanted anything in his life. He wanted it as a token of victory.
When I resisted and didn't release the pole, he drew back his lips. I couldn't tell if it was in anger or humor, but his teeth flashed brighter than his eyes. His sword was enormous. The blade was as white as his teeth except for a slick of red along the edge. It was like an ice sword from a fantasy painting—probably a book cover I'd seen once. I couldn't even say what kinda stone it was. Marble? Flint? It was flecked with tiny spots, like vanilla bean ice cream.
He hefted it back. My breath sorta stuck in my lungs, half in and half out. I saw what was coming. I saw it all in my mind's-eye. I knew the exact level and speed of that oncoming strike. I saw my own death. That vanilla-specked blade was gonna whip into my neck, chop through my adam's apple. Then he'd yank it back toward himself, slicing off my head as cleanly as Uncle Drew slaying a chicken for Sunday dinner. I saw it all happen before it happened--before the blow could even arrive. I also imagined how my head would hit the ground and roll in the gore, and my eyes would look back at my own headless torso as the Lightning Warrior pried my dead fingers from the pole with the Scorpion banner. Then he'd leave me there, alone and forgotten among hundreds of others dead and dying bodies on that bloody battlefield. My eyesight would fade to black, the circle getting smaller and smaller, like in an old movie.
But that's not what happened. Something else happened.
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Abk-soft.com avangate.com Do NOT DEAL HERE NO SERVICE COULD BE A RUSSIAN SOFTWARE SCAM Internet
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Prices for higher quality tools of this type are $50-$250. They are geared towards professional needs. This wrench does just as good of a job for someone wanting to not have to pay upwards of $30 to replace a watch battery. Time will tell of it endurance but it appears to be made well. Also the bits included cover various watch back variations and it adjusts to remove 55mm watch case backs. Some of the expensive ones do not.
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Works great on a Fossil watch.
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I have a nice fossil watch that I could not unscrew the back to change the battery. This tool was more than up to the task. This tool will pay for its self in savings as I change a lot of watch batteries for family and friends.
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Works great and not a flimsy tool!
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Worked like a champ!
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Opened a very sealed Seiko Kinetic watch back with no problems. Great tool to have around the workshop.
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Worked perfectly to remove a watch back
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used it on a swiss army watch-worked great came off without a hitch if u have that kind of watch, dont touch the 2 side adjustments, just lower the bottom one
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I have a Harley clock on my hog that uses a really tiny battery that has to be replaced every once in a while. The last few times, the jeweler didn't have this particular battery in stock and I had to leave it with them. When I found HF had not only the batteries as well as the tool, I went for it and am very satisfied now that I did. The tool is complete with the right pins I needed and very easy to use. The only other thing I needed was a pair of tweezers, which I already had, to grasp the tiny batteries to remove and install them. But guess what, they have tweezers at HF too. Good Job HF.
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I had paid $20 two years ago at the mall to have a 5 year battery installed, it died after 2 years. They would not replace it and wanted $20 again to replace the battery. I remember seeing this watch case opener at HF so I went to try one. I opened the package put the pins in and opened the watch and replace the battery in less time than I was at the watch repair shop all for about $8.00 tool and battery . Works great, it has paid for itself 2 times already. Great tool!
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AJ Madison Inc.1416 38th St., Brooklyn, NY. 11218 Internet United States of America
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I phoned to notify them of the damage, and offered to email photos. I was given an address to forward the damage photos, and after doing so, I waited for a reply. None came after two days. I called again, and after a lenghtly time on hold, I was informed that the serial number of the damaged appliance was needed. I chose to photograph the label containing the serial number, and emailed that to them. I received no reply.
I phoned again, and after a lenghtly time on hold, I spoke to a representative who asked me how I wanted to be compensated. I chose one of the offered options, and was told I would recieve an email outlining what was discussed in the telephone call. I did in fact receive an email concerning the offered compensation, however it set forth the same options again, that was previously discussed on the phone. [continued below]....
Obviously this was a test of perseverance, and I wasn't interested in participating.
I ultimately had the appliance repaired locally, and got on with business.
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...Complete Scam...Nearly 3 months ago I sent in my sunglasses to be repaired and paid for the return shipping as well (their rules). Never heard back. I called several times and spoke with the same Witch customer service person most times (Corina-horrible wife of the horrible owner, Tony Russo). She usually hung up on me and almost always went out of her way to be rude. Serina, the daughter, was the most pleasant but clearly the product of T and C.
Finally, once calling, I was able to get past Broom Hilda and get to the manager, Tony. What a Joy he was!! Complete rude idiot! He hung up on me too and sent me this email: Ahahaahha my wife and my kids. Sorry cant do ahahhaah
This outfit is completely disconnected with trying to fulfill orders. They just take the money and run every time. ...Complete Scam...Believe me when I tell you that I was never an irate customer deserving such rude behavior. Just inquiring on my order. Someone needs to stop them before judgment day does!
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Everdry Waterproofing of Michiana Elder Abuse and Exploitation - Salesman convinced 93-year-old that her home was about to collapse, and only everdry could save it! South Bend, Indiana
*Consumer Comment: Everdry err umm Neverdry scams
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My Grandmother owns her home, which is a modest sturdy single-story home with a full (dry) basement. This salesman told Grandma he was an "architect". (I later checked, he has never been licensed as an architect in any of the 50 states.) This man convinced my Grandmother that her "beams were dry-rotting" and her "walls could fall in" at any moment. He convinced her that the problem was so urgent that she needed to sign his contract to let them get to work immediately! He wanted a $500.00 deposit, however Grandma did not have $500. She told him that she only had $50, so HE TOOK IT. She would have to take out a LOAN to pay the contract fees.
After the contract was signed, the salesman told Grandma that his "crew of Mexicans" would be at her home the day after Christmas to start the job. He went on to say that "the company has to hire Mexicans because no Americans are willing to do this kind of work, but don't worry - they're all legal I promise".
About a month later, Grandma was still troubled by what the salesman had said about her house. She contacted family members who came and inspected the house. There is nothing wrong. The house has more than sufficient drainage systems in place already. The salesman's line was all LIES.
We then contacted Everdry. The company is willing to cancel the contract - however they demand payment of a 28% cancellation fee! That is over $5,200.00 for doing NOTHING.
WHAT A RACKET! The salesman goes to the home of elderly americans, then FRIGHTENS THEM into agreeing to a contract with exhorbitant fees so they make a KILLING on work that is not even necessary! In the event that someone cancels - they STILL make a HEFTY SUM off of the cancellation fees.
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Everdry err umm Neverdry scams
AUTHOR: Mark - (USA)
SUBMITTED: Friday, February 15, 2013POSTED: Friday, February 15, 2013
Everdry, that BBB rating stuff is absolute crrrap. You knotheads have had plenty of homeowner complaints. How about the 'Edwards' job where you morons were breaking up the basement floor and the basement wall collapsed,lol...real professional! And you overcharged,as usual.
You PAY the Better Business Bureau Butheads to keep compalints OFF your stupid BBB record. Many companies,especially in this-business do this,complete bs,scam,false and misleading information...oh yes!
Homeowners out there, sheesh, you peeps really need to stay CLEAR of any Interior System companies, i'm not kidding. Everdry of Fort Wayne, this Everdry/Michiana and all the others use false,misleading info and talk people into lots of unnecessary JUNK....any day Everdry in any courtroom baby!!! Bring it. That goes out to the BBB as well!
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Elder Abuse and Exploitation Allegations are untrue
AUTHOR: Everdry of Michiana - (United States of America)
SUBMITTED: Thursday, February 14, 2013POSTED: Thursday, February 14, 2013
First, the appointment was set with the homeowner by one of EverDrys canvassing team on a Saturday. The inspection appointment was set for the following Wednesday. EverDry called the day prior to confirm the appointment was still convenient for the homeowner and for her daughter and son-in-law, who live with the homeowner. The inspection appointment was confirmed on Tuesday for a Wednesday appointment, not set, confirmed and performed on all the same day as the complaint alleges.
Secondly, the author of the complaint was not present for the inspection, analysis and discussion. However, the complaint is written as if EverDrys representative met only with the elderly grandmother, who is the homeowner. It omits the fact that the homeowner, her daughter and son-in-law, who all live in the home, were present for the analysis and discussion, and the ladys son-in-law accompanied our representative during the entire 27 point inspection. The title of the complaint alleges elder abuse and exploitation, which is simply not true. EverDry consistently requests that homeowners have more than one family member present at the inspection so any questions that arise may be answered at the time of inspection.
The inspection results were presented clearly, without sales tactics or fabrications. The presentation included photo documentation of the findings using photos which the son-in-law witnessed being taken. The construction knowledge and experience of EverDrys inspectors provides exceptional qualification for analyzing residential foundations and the effects of water, pressure and moisture damage. That is precisely what was done in this case.
A hydrometer (moisture meter), surface lift tests and EMT environmental mold tests were all part of the tools used during the inspection of the grandmothers, her daughter and son-in-laws home. Hydrostatic pressure fractures were found in the slab floor, resulting in water seepage in the middle of the finished basement, where the daughter and son-in-law live. The water/moisture content within the concrete block cavities was so high that seepage had occurred where the wall, footing and slab floor meet.
The humidity and moisture levels were so high that dry rot fungus had developed on the joists and sub-floor. Additionally, the wood paneling on the walls of the finished section of the basement had both dry rot and mold spreading due to moisture. All of these issues are documented in the photographs taken during the inspection process.
The block walls also experienced the effects of soil saturation and frost heave pressure. Long, horizontal cracks/fractures have developed in the mortar joints and showed signs of increasing. These are the precursors to fractures that evolve into buckled block walls. There was no existing waterproofing on the exterior walls and no existing water prevention system (i.e. drain tile) to prevent both the surface water and the ground water from surrounding the walls and floor slab.
After presenting all of the information, the homeowner, her daughter and son-in-law made the decision to contract with EverDry for our full-service waterproofing. There were no high-pressure tactics the decision was based entirely on the results of the 1.5 hour inspection and analysis. Because of the size of the house, the total of the work was over $18,000.
However, this price includes:
A) Excavation, drain tile, sealing/tarring and regrading of the entire exterior
B) Demolition, digging, drain tile, pumps, equipment and concrete for the entire interior
C) An air-exchange ventilation system for air quality against mold and fungus
D) A true lifetime warranty that guarantees complete satisfaction and prevention of any further damages which is transferrable to anyone that owns the property
Lastly, EverDry is proud of our commitment as an Equal Opportunity Employer. We have extremely low turnover of our production crew all of which are salaried employees because they are treated with respect. The comment made in the complaint about our crews is absurd and used as a way to draw attention away from the real issue
A thorough and qualified inspection was performed with the elderly homeowner and her family. The results were documented, verified through testing, and presented in a formal, professional discussion. After evaluating the information, the homeowner and her family chose to enter into an agreement with EverDry for services. As per any contractual agreement, a deposit was required and, in this case, a waiver was given to accept a smaller amount as a courtesy to the family.
The installation was set for six weeks after the inspection. The installation date was confirmed with the homeowners daughter, again, who also lives in the home, five days after the contract was signed. EverDry proceeded with the allocation of materials, the process of obtaining all necessary building permits had begun and EverDry had the project locked into our production schedule, with space, materials and time reserved specifically for this family.
It was nearly a month after the contract was signed that EverDry received a cancellation call from the author of the complaint who misrepresented herself as a lawyer, not the homeowner who was the signatory of the contract. Contract law states the person who signs a contract is the only one who can cancel that contract. Also, the three-day right of rescission period, given to all our customers in case they change their minds about the work, had long since passed. The author of the complaint, also the grandchild, was claiming elder abuse and exploitation as a way to renege on the contractual obligation.
The 28% cancelation fee that was charged, and that is explained in the original contract, is similar to a re-stocking fee used by retailers. As a production company, EverDry had dedicated the time in our production schedule to this family, and planned for it, both in terms of legal permit requirements, allocation of materials and reserving the crew for the set dates. Backing out of an agreement and forcing a change in the companys production schedule is not an easy thing to absorb for a company with multiple crews and a broad geographical territory.
EverDry has not earned and maintained our Better Business Bureau A+ rating by taking advantage of our customers. We have a great reputation and thousands of happy customers. Our goal and mission is to provide the highest professional products and services through helping people with water and moisture-related problems and damages.
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