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2014: An explosion at a coal mine in Soma, Turkey, causes an underground fire that leave 301 people dead before it was fully extinguished on May 15. The fire began during the mine's shift change, meaning there were 787 workers underground at the time of the explosion. The accident is the worst mining accident in the 21st century so far.
2013: Psychologist, TV personality and columnist Joyce Brothers, who pioneered the television advice show and was called the mother of media psychology, dies of respiratory failure at age 85 in Fort Lee, New Jersey.
2012: Bass player, songwriter, record producer and actor Donald "Duck" Dunn, known for his 1960s recordings with Booker T. & the M.G.'s and as a session bassist for Stax Records, dies in his sleep at the age of 70 in Tokyo, Japan. Dunn also played in recording sessions for everyone from Eric Clapton to Bob Dylan and Otis Redding to Stevie Nicks and was a regular member of Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi's Blues Brothers Band, appearing as himself in both "Blues Brothers" movies.
2011: NHL left winger Derek Boogaard, who played six seasons combined for the Minnesota Wild and the New York Rangers, dies in Minneapolis, Minnesota, at age 28 from an accidental drug and alcohol overdose while recovering from a concussion. A posthumous examination of his brain found he had suffered from the degenerative brain condition chronic traumatic encephalopathy. Boogaard, who is seen here in December 2010, was known primarily as a fighter and enforcer throughout his career, making him a fan favorite.
2011: The comedy "Bridesmaids," starring Kristen Wiig as woman who suffers a series of misfortunes after being asked to serve as maid of honor for her best friend, premieres in theaters. The film became a hit, grossing more than $288 million worldwide. The movie, which was also co-written by Wiig, would go on to earn a Golden Globe nomination for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy and Academy Award nominations for Best Supporting Actress for Melissa McCarthy and for Best Original Screenplay.
1995: 32-year-old British mother Alison Hargreaves becomes the first woman to conquer Mount Everest without oxygen or the help of Sherpas.
1994: Johnny Carson appears on "Late Show with David Letterman" in what would prove to be his last television appearance. After emerging from behind the curtain to a standing ovation, Carson requested to sit behind Letterman's desk, did so for a few moments as the audience continued to cheer and applaud, and then left the stage without saying a word to the audience.
1993: The series finale of the primetime soap opera "Knots Landing" airs. The show, a spinoff of "Dallas," had run for 14 seasons.
1992: The two-part series finale of the sitcom "Night Court" airs. The episode was not the last original episode broadcast of the show, though. Another episode, "The 1992 Boat Show," which was originally supposed to be broadcast on May 6, ran on May 31, 1992, and would end up being the 194th and final episode of the series. The show lasted for nine seasons and was a top 30 hit in the ratings from its second to its seventh seasons, peaking at No. 7 in both its fourth and fifth seasons.
1989: Nearly a month into their protests, large groups of students occupying Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China, begin a hunger strike. The student demonstrators would continue to occupy the square in the heart of the country's capital until a military crackdown on June 3-4 resulted in bloodshed. Estimates of those killed in the crackdown range from several hundred to several thousand.
1986: Actress, writer and director Lena Dunham (center), best known as the creator and star of the HBO series "Girls," is born in New York City.
1986: Actor Robert Pattinson, best known for playing vampire Edward Cullen in the "Twilight Saga" movies, is born in London, England. Pattinson has also starred in movies such as "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire," "Remember Me" and "Water for Elephants."
1985: Tipper Gore, the wife of U.S. Sen. Al Gore, announces the formation of the Parents Music Resource Center with three other politically-connected women after listening to the Prince song "Darling Nikki." The group would pressure the RIAA to establish a ratings system for albums and concerts like the one used in the film industry, and also to keep offensive album covers out of view in record stores. They ended up getting "Parental Advisory" warning stickers on albums with offensive lyrics.
1984: "The Fantasticks" becomes the longest-running musical in theater history with its 10,000th performance. The off-Broadway show, which opened on May 3, 1960, would go on for another 7,162 performances before closing on Jan. 13, 2002.
1981: Mehmet Ali A?ca attempts to assassinate Pope John Paul II in St. Peter's Square at Vatican City, shooting him four times. The pope suffered severe blood loss but survived after being rushed to the Agostino Gemelli University Polyclinic to undergo emergency surgery. A?ca was apprehended immediately, and later sentenced to life in prison by an Italian court. In June 2000, he was pardoned by Italian president Carlo Azeglio Ciampi at the pope's request and deported to Turkey, where was imprisoned for a murder and two bank raids he committed in the 1970s. A?ca was released from prison in January 2010, after almost 29 years behind bars in Italy and Turkey. Today the location of the shooting is marked by a stone tablet in St. Peter's Square. Pope John Paul II also survived a second assassination attempt on May 12, 1982, one day shy of the one-year anniversary of the first attempt on his life.
1976: The ninth and final American Basketball Association championship comes to a close with Julius Erving and the New York Nets beating the Denver Nuggets 112-106 to win the series 4-2. After the season, the Nets and Nuggets would join the NBA along with the Indiana Pacers and San Antonio Spurs while the ABA folded.
1975: Musician, songwriter, and bandleader Bob Wills, considered by many as one of the founders of Western swing along with his band the Texas Playboys, dies of pneumonia at the age of 70 in Fort Worth, Texas. He had suffered a stroke in 1973 that had left him comatose until his death. Some of Wills' biggest hits included "Cherokee Maiden," "Spanish Two Step," "Steel Guitar Rag," "San Antonio Rose" and "Faded Love."
1972: Actor Dan Blocker, best known for his role as Eric "Hoss" Cartwright in the western TV series "Bonanza," dies at age 43 of a pulmonary embolism following gallbladder surgery in Los Angeles, California.
1970: The Beatles film "Let It Be" premieres in New York City. The documentary captures the band rehearsing and recording songs for the album "Let It Be" in January 1969. John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr collectively won an Academy Award for Best Original Song Score for the film.
1966: Singer-songwriter and guitarist Darius Rucker, who first found fame in the 1990s as the frontman of rock band Hootie & the Blowfish, is born in Charleston, South Carolina. After releasing a solo R&B album in 2002, he signed to Capitol Records Nashville as a country music artist and released his first country album in 2008. His first single off that album, "Don't Think I Don't Think About It," made him the first black artist to chart a No. 1 on the Hot Country Songs charts since Charley Pride in 1983. He has since recorded the No. 1 country hits "It Won't Be Like This for Long," "Alright," "Come Back Song," "This" and "Wagon Wheel."
1964: Political satirist, comedian, actor and TV host Stephen Colbert, best known as the host of the satirical news show "The Colbert Report" and the late night talk show "Late Show," is born in Washington, D.C. Colbert also appeared in the TV shows "Dana Carvey Show," "Strangers with Candy" and "The Daily Show," the last of which "The Colbert Report" was spun off from.
1961: Actor Gary Cooper, best known for movies such as "High Noon," "City Streets," "Mr. Deeds Goes to Town," "The Pride of the Yankees" and "Sergeant York," dies of prostate cancer at the age of 60 in Los Angeles, California. Cooper received five Academy Award nominations for Best Actor, winning for "High Noon" and "Sergeant York."
1961: Basketball Hall of Fame forward Dennis Rodman, who won five NBA titles with the Detroit Pistons and Chicago Bulls, is born in Trenton, New Jersey. He earned NBA All-Defensive First Team honors seven times and was voted NBA Defensive Player of the Year twice. Rodman, who also played for the San Antonio Spurs, Los Angeles Lakers and Dallas Mavericks, led the NBA in rebounds per game for a record seven consecutive seasons between 1991-92 and 1997-98.
1958: Ben Carlin becomes the first (and only) person to circumnavigate the world by amphibious vehicle, having travelled more than 11,000 miles by sea and 39,000 miles by land during a 10-year journey.
1957: Filmmaker Alan Ball, best known for writing the Oscar-winning movie "American Beauty" and creating the HBO series "Six Feet Under" and "True Blood," is born in Atlanta, Georgia. Ball won an Oscar, a Golden Globe and a Writers Guild Award for "American Beauty" and earned an Emmy and awards from the Directors and Producers guilds for his work on "Six Feet Under."
1954: The original Broadway production of "The Pajama Game" opens. The following year it would win three Tony Awards for Best Musical, Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical, and Best Choreography. The musical would run for a total of 1,063 performances before its original production came to an end on Nov. 24, 1956. This production is noted for starting the career of actress Shirley MacLaine, who served as an understudy for Carol Haney and starred in the musical for several months while Haney recovered from a broken ankle.
1950: Singer-songwriter, musician and record producer Stevie Wonder, best known for hit songs such as "Superstition," "Sir Duke," "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" and "I Just Called to Say I Love You," is born Stevland Hardaway Judkins in Saginaw, Michigan. Signed to Motown's Tamla label at the age of 11, Wonder has since recorded more than 30 U.S. top 10 hits and received 22 Grammys, the most ever awarded to a male solo artist.
1943: German Afrika Korps and Italian troops in North Africa surrender to Allied forces during World War II.
1943: Singer-songwriter Mary Wells, one of Motown's first singing superstars best known for songs such as "My Guy," "You Beat Me to the Punch" and "Two Lovers," is born in Detroit, Michigan. She died of throat cancer at age 49 on July 26, 1992.
1941: Singer-songwriter and guitarist Ritchie Valens, best known for the hit songs "La Bamba," "Come On, Let's Go" and "Donna," is born Richard Steven Valenzuela in Los Angeles, California. Valens had a recording career that lasted all of eight months before dying at age 17 in the same Feb. 3, 1959, plane crash that claimed Buddy Holly and J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson.
1940: Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands flees her country to England after the Nazi invasion. As the Queen constitutionally was part of the government, the country's cabinet decided after heated discussion to follow suit and sailed from the country later in the day to form a government in exile in London.
1939: Actor Harvey Keitel, best known for movies such as "Mean Streets," "Taxi Driver," "Thelma & Louise," "Reservoir Dogs," "Pulp Fiction" and "The Piano," is born in Brooklyn, New York.
1931: Jim Jones, the founder and leader of the Peoples Temple, best known for the 1978 cult murder/suicide of 909 of its members in Jonestown, Guyana, is born in Randolph County, Indiana. Jones died of self-inflicted gunshot wound during the 1978 mass suicide.
1922: Actress, comedienne and singer Bea Arthur (far right), best known for her TV work on the sitcoms "All in the Family," "Maude" and "The Golden Girls," is born Bernice Frankel in New York City. Arthur was a successful stage actress both before and after her television success, winning the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for her performance as Vera Charles in the original cast of "Mame" in 1966. Arthur, who died of cancer at age 86 on April 25, 2009, is seen here in 2004 with her "Golden Girls" co-stars Betty White and Rue McClanahan.
1914: Boxer Joe Louis, considered to be one of the greatest heavyweights of all time, is born in Lafayette, Alabama. Nicknamed the "Brown Bomber," Louis was the World Heavyweight Champion from 1937 to 1949, setting a heavyweight division record in successfully defending his title 25 times. He retired in 1951 with a career record of 66 wins (52 by knockout), three losses and one no contest. He died of cardiac arrest at age 66 on April 12, 1981.
1865: More than a month after Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's surrender, the last land battle of the Civil War ends with a Confederate victory at the Battle of Palmito Ranch on the banks of the Rio Grande in far south Texas Two weeks later, Texan forces surrendered formally on May 26, 1865.
1846: After a series of hostilities between Mexican and American troops along the border, the United States declares war on Mexico, starting the Mexican-American War.
1842: Composer Arthur Sullivan, best known for the 14 comic operas produced in collaboration with the playwright W. S. Gilbert, is born in London, England. The most famous of Gilbert and Sullivan's work includes "H.M.S. Pinafore," "The Pirates of Penzance" and "The Mikado." Sullivan composed 23 operas, 13 major orchestral works, eight choral works and oratorios, two ballets, incidental music to several plays, and numerous hymns and other church pieces, songs, and piano and chamber pieces. The best known of his hymns and songs include "Onward Christian Soldiers" and "The Lost Chord."
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Having watched a couple of NRL games, they play the ball much quicker and it makes for a more open entertaining game. The pace of their game is scary compared to watching SL.
The constant laying on and flopping at the tackle just makes the game slower and less entertaining. It's not like there's a great skill in lying on top of a tackled player.
I dont like lying on either, but a lot of the penalties are for grappling and wrestling. I think a guy hding the ball should have to hold the ball and wish we still had the ball steal rule.
I personally dont much care for extremely fast ptb's as it will be harder for a defending team to get back the ludicrous 10m (where is the skill in running back 10m?). It will also contibute to higher score margins. Id rather have a slower ptb if it means we have a closer game


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I am the happy mother of a 14 month old little girl (Coco). She has been an avid breastfeeder, nursing every 2 hours around the clock up until a few weeks ago. Still, she nurses around 8 times per day. I love it and so does she.
Recently, I found out I was pregnant. Everything I have read says it's perfectly safe to do. However, I have a bicornuate uterus (heart shaped). I had a c-section with my first child because of it. I never had any problems, no preterm labor, no miscarriages.
A doctor I recently saw told me to stop nursing. However, she made no mention that this was because of my uterus. I don't see my regular doctor for a couple of weeks, I'm hoping she has a different opinion about it.
I am having major anxiety about having to wean my sweet Coco. Neither her nor I are ready to give up nursing.
Has anyone heard anything about breastfeeding while pregnant with a bicornuate uterus? I'd appreciate any info.


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Students from the Clovis High School Freshman Academy and Marshall and Yucca middle schools dominated selections on the Southeastern New Mexico Music Educators Junior High All-District Honor Band.
The band, named last week, had 64 of its 95 available seats filled by Clovis students. Also, Clovis students claimed nine of the 14 first chair positions.
The band will travel to Lovington for rehearsals with a guest conductor and a Dec. 10 concert.
Clovis conductors are Travis Pruitt (CHSFA), Keith Sacane (Yucca) and Ty Frederick (Marshall).


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You may have asked yourself: "Who created records?" "Why were they created?" "What do they contain?" From birth to death, your ancestors created a paper trail of events and happenings. In this episode, Jesse and Tom will show you the many different kinds of records you can search for and where those records are kept. You will learn how to recognize and locate important information in records, what kind of information is contained in different kinds of records, and where to search for specific types of records.


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WINOOSKI Ardis Irene Ward of Winooski died in Fletcher Allen Health Care after suffering a heart attack on Monday, Feb. 25, 2013.
Born in Hartland on Jan. 22, 1925, to Watson D. Davis and Grace E. Colby, she attended Woodstock High School, Class of 43. Shortly after school, she married John F. Bowley Sr., a union which lasted 23 years and produced five children, John F., Thomas G., Susan D., Sheila I. and Shelly J. Bowley.
During her time in Hartland, she taught at 4H, co-founded the Hartland Riding Club with Connie Tessier and was its first president, sang in the North Hartland Methodist Church Choir, tended a large flower garden, and decorated her and others homes with her oil paintings. Though she could be described as a homemaker, her real calling was to inspire others with her joy for living and indomitable spirit in the face of a persistent struggle with multiple sclerosis.
Her second marriage to James A. Ward in 1971 gave her five stepchildren, Greg, Rodney, Gigi, Roger and James II, whom she loved as her own. After her children had grown, life brought her to Franklin, N.H., White River Junction, Vt., Somerville, Fla., and finally to Winooski.
She is survived by her loving husband of 42 years; 10 children; 27 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; and a wide community of friends and relatives, whom she touched during her 88-year-long dance with life.
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>So, Busy B has apparantly learned all of the joys of scotch tape. ALL of the joys. (Mind you, there's good reason my nickname was the Tape Monster as a child, among other nicknames…) We are, needless to say, going through tape at an alarming rate lately.
I just discovered if you sign up here you will receive $7.00 in coupons Scotch®. (Scotch® =tape= less money *I* spend on Busy's tape adventures. See?) Now, just a note- the coupons may not show up in your email for you for up to 48 hours. I know, I know. Instant gratification is good. But not everything happens instantly!
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Save $1.00 when you buy a roll of scotch double sided tape (Double sided. Double fun).
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A stunning novel by master storyteller Philip Reeve.
Fever Crumb is a girl who has been adopted and raised by Dr. Crumb, a member of the Order of Engineers, where she serves as apprentice. Soon though, she must say good-bye to Dr. Crumb — nearly the only person she's ever known — to assist archaeologist Kit Solent on a top-secret project. As her work begins, Fever is plagued by memories that are not her own, and Kit seems to have a particular interest in finding out what they are. Fever has also been singled out by city dwellers, who declare that she is part Scriven. The Scriveners, not human, ruled the city some years ago but were hunted down and killed in a victorious uprising by the people. If there are any remaining Scriven, they are to be eliminated.
All Fever knows is what she's been told: that she is an orphan. Is Fever a Scriven? Whose memories does she hold? Haunting, arresting, and astonishingly original, Fever Crumb will delight and surprise readers at every fast-paced, breathless turn.
* "Reeve"s captivating flights of imagination play as vital a role in the story as his endearing heroine, hissworthy villains, and nifty array of supporting characters. Reeve has crafted a swiftly paced story worthy of standing alone, both in terms of where Fever"s adventure may lead her next as well as the connections to the Hungry City Chronicles" — Booklist, starred review
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- Interest Level
- Grades 7 - 9
- Grade Level Equivalent
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- Lexile Measure
- 70
- Guided Reading
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Forty-thousand people packed Ala Moana Beach Park on Monday night to remember loved ones at the 15th Annual Lantern Floating Hawaii.
Just after sunset, light starting rising from the sea. A sign of love, peace and unity for many.
"It's a great occasion," said Pijush Chaudhuri, a visitor from New York. "It's a very valuable occasion. It will make people get together from all cost, greed and everything and united on the sea shore to pray to god for all welfare."
More than 5,000 lanterns danced upon the ocean, each one, a memorial.
"To my parents, to my wife's parents and to all our relatives who are not with us now," Chaudhuri said.
"For my brother and my grandparents," said Anna Latham, a visitor from Alaska. "So I just thought it would be nice to do something in remembrance of him."
People from all over the world, of all ethnic and religious backgrounds, participated in a Buddhist tradition practiced throughout Japan to pay respect to ancestors.
"I dedicated it to my grandfather who recently died, said Antonio Sanchez-Lancha, who arrived from Spain just 24 hours before the ceremony. "I wanted to remember him."
Honolulu resident Veronica Valdez, who came to honor her father, said, "I think of him almost everyday and I just miss him and I felt like this was my chance to talk to him again."
Click here to see more pictures from the Lantern Floating Hawaii event.
The Shinnyo-en Buddhist order of Hawaii puts on this event each Memorial Day at Ala Moana Beach Park, not only to remember those lost, but to pray for a harmonious future.


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Larry Chiles talks about being hit by a bullet Thursday when a man fired 100 shots into his neighborhood.
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Going to school probably isn't how most kids like to spend their summer vacation, but some area students are spending their time in an outdoor classroom.
Students from the La Crosse School District were on top of Miller bluff Wednesday helping to preserve the local prairie.
As part of a community service project, students spent the day cutting down invasive species threatening to take over that area.
And the project was more than just a field trip, the students were also learning about the outdoors. "To provide students an opportunity, one to get community service hours in, two to kind of disconnect from their electronics and reconnect to nature and learn about their natural landscape," said Kathy Frise with MVC.
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Imagine Going To The Cinema Everyday With Lush Popcorn Lip Scrub
When I was in university we did a group project which surveyed the factors people take into consideration when deciding on a cinema. Location, price, variety of movies, comfort of seats were among the common and quickly churned options.
Then I said 'popcorn'. And everyone looked at me like I just answered 'elephant' to what the smallest animal in the world is.
HAHAHA!! What!! I love my popcorn and how much I enjoy the movie is partially dependent on the quality of popcorn I put into my mouth. Some make it too sweet, some make too bland, some make it too crunchy, some are too lao hong.
I like my popcorn sweet most of the time, but not too sweet. Butter proportion is important too. I like the combination of Garrett Popcorn's Chicago Mix – a combination of caramel and cheesecorn, however the crunchiness and freshness disappear within half an hour. Such short-lived excellence.
The topic of discussion isn't popcorn though, we're talking about this fun-tasting lip exfoliating scrub from Lush. It's my first ever product from the brand too.
I was really excited when Lush first landed on our shores but when I came within 3 metres of the store at Wisma Atria, the pungent smell immediately consumed me. From then on I would walk the other side of the basement level just to avoid the overpowering smells (to me) or aromas (maybe to you) emitting from the store.
But then one day I had enough of my lips peeling so often that I researched on exfoliating lip scrubs and somehow saw reviews on Lush Lip Scrubs.
One thing led to another and I found myself holding my breath and walking into Lush. Holds breath: *hurrgh!* >.<"


text: Representative Peggy Wilson, pictured with aide Sheila Finkenbinder, answers a question about her House Bill 216 during Wednesday's House Finance Committee meeting. Wilson, the House Majority Whip, sponsored the bill to speed up the process the state uses to write regulations after the legislature passes new laws, and to tell regulators to write in plain, easy-to-understand language. The committee passed out a substitute version of the bill to the Rules Committee. Read more about Wilson's bill at http://housemajority.org/spon.php?id=27hb216-229.


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Linux Security Cookbook
Editor's note: Our previous set of recipes from Linux Security Cookbook covered two intermediate-level Linux security solutions. This week we offer recipes that fall into an advanced category. Learn how to use PAM to restrict authentication on Linux systems and how to use SMTP to accept connections from arbitrary clients securely.
Author's note: PAM (Pluggable Authentication Modules) is a flexible infrastructure for controlling authentication on Linux systems. In this recipe, taken from Chapter 4, "Authentication Techniques and Infrastructures," we show you how to restrict authentication to a given set of users by creating an access control list.
You would like to apply an access control list (ACL) to an existing service that does not
explicitly support ACLs (e.g.,
imapd, etc.).
Use the
listfilePAM module.
First, make sure the server in question uses PAM for authentication, and find out which PAM service name it uses. This may be in the server documentation, or it may be clear from examining the server itself and perusing the contents of /etc/pam.d. For example, suppose you're dealing with the IMAP mail server. First notice that there is a file called /etc/pam.d/imap. Further, the result of:
# locate imapd
shows that the IMAP server is in /usr/sbin/imapd, and:
# ldd /usr/sbin/imapd
libpam.so.0 => /lib/libpam.so.0 (0x40027000)
shows that the server is dynamically linked against the PAM library (libpam.so), also suggesting that it uses PAM. In fact, the Red Hat 8.0 IMAP server uses PAM via that service name and control file ("imap").
Continuing with this example, create an ACL file for the IMAP service, let's say /etc/imapd.acl, and make sure it is not world-writable:
# chmod o-w /etc/imapd.acl
Edit this file, and place in it the usernames of those accounts authorized to use the IMAP server, one name per line. Then, add the following to /etc/pam.d/imap:
account required /lib/security/pam_listfile.so file=/etc/imapd.acl \
item=user sense=allow onerr=fail
With this configuration, only those users listed in the ACL file will be allowed access to the IMAP service. If the ACL file is missing, PAM will deny access for all accounts.
The PAM "listfile" module is actually even
more flexible than we've indicated. Entries in your ACL file can be not only
usernames (
item=user), but also:
Terminal lines (
Remote host (
Remote user (
Group membership (
Login shell (
sense keyword determines how the
ACL file is interpreted.
sense=allow means that access
will be allowed only if the configured
item is in the
file, and denied otherwise.
sense=deny means the
opposite: access will be denied only if the item is in the file, and allowed
onerr keyword indicates what to do if some unexpected error occurs during PAM processing of
the listfile module - for instance, if the ACL file does not exist. The values are
succeed and
fail is a more conservative option from a security standpoint, but can also lock you out of your system because of a configuration mistake!
Another keyword,
], limits the restriction in
question to apply only to particular users or groups. This is intended for use with the
rhost, and
shell items. For example, using
item=rhost and
apply=@foo would restrict access to connections from hosts listed in the ACL file, and furthermore only to local accounts in the
foo group.
To debug problems with PAM modules, look for PAM-specific error messages in /var/log/messages and /var/log/secure. (If you don't see the expected messages, check your system logger configuration. [Recipe 9.28])
Note that not all module parameters have defaults. Specifically, the
item, and
sense parameters must be supplied; if not, the module will fail with an error message like:
Dec 2 15:49:21 localhost login: PAM-listfile: Unknown sense or sense not specified
You generally do not need to restart servers using PAM: they usually re-initialize the PAM library for every authentication and reread your changed files. However, there might be exceptions.
There is no standard correspondence between a server's name
and its associated PAM service. For instance, logins via Telnet are actually
mediated by /bin/login, and thus use the
login service. The SSH server
sshd uses
the same-named PAM service (
sshd), whereas the IMAP server
imapd uses the
imap (with no "d") PAM
service. And many services in turn depend on other services, notably
See /usr/share/doc/pam-*/txts/README.pam_listfile for a list of parameters to tweak.
Author's note: A good mail server is configured to accept SMTP mail from only a predetermined set of clients: say, all hosts within your Intranet. However, in this recipe, selected from Chapter 8, "Protecting Email," we show you how to configure your mail server to accept connections from arbitrary clients, without creating a dreaded open relay to be abused by spammers.
You want your SMTP server to relay mail from arbitrary places, without creating an open relay.
Use SMTP authentication. To set up the server:
Find this line in /etc/mail/sendmail.mc:
DAEMON_OPTIONS(`Port=smtp,Addr=127.0.0.1, Name=MTA')
and change it to:
DAEMON_OPTIONS(`Port=smtp, Name=MTA')
The default setting restricts
sendmail to accepting
connections only from the same host, for security; now it will accept
connections from elsewhere.
Make sure this line in /etc/mail/sendmail.mc appears uncommented (i.e., it is not preceded by the comment symbol
If you have changed /etc/mail/sendmail.mc, rebuild
sendmail configuration file and restart
Rebuild the configuration:
# m4 /etc/mail/sendmail.mc > /etc/sendmail.cf
# /etc/init.d/sendmail restart
Establish an account for SMTP authentication, say, with username mailman:
# /usr/sbin/saslpasswd -c mailman
Password: ********
Again (for verification): ********
Your mail server should now be ready to do SMTP authentication. To set up the email client:
Configure your mail client to use SMTP authentication for outbound email,
using either the
DIGEST-MD5 (preferred) or
CRAM-MD5 authentication
Your client might also have an option nearby for a "secure connection" using SSL. Do not turn it on; that is a separate feature.
Try sending a test message via relay: address it to a domain considered non-local to your server. Instead of replying with a "relay denied" error (which you should have gotten previous to this setup), you should be prompted for a username and password. Use the mailman account you established previously. The mail message should get sent.
An SMTP server accepts Internet email. There are two kinds of email messages it may receive:
Local mail: Intended to be delivered to a local user on that host. This mail usually arrives from other mail servers.
Non-local mail: Intended to be forwarded to another host for delivery. This mail usually comes from email programs, such as Pine and Ximian Evolution, configured to use your SMTP server to send mail.
A mail server that forwards non-local mail is called a relay. Normally, you'll want your SMTP server to accept local mail from anywhere, but restrict who may use your server as a relay for non-local mail. If you don't restrict it, your SMTP server is called an open relay. Open relays invite trouble: spammers seek them out as convenient drop-off points; your machine could be co-opted to send unwanted email to thousands of people. Say goodbye to your good Internet karma... and you will shortly find your mail server blacklisted by spam-control services, and hence useless. In fact, you might come home one day to find your ISP has shut down your Net access, due to complaints of mail abuse! You really don't want an open relay.
ISP mail servers normally accept relay mail only from addresses on their network, restricting them to use by their customers. This makes good business sense, but is inconvenient for mobile users who connect to various ISPs for Net access at different times. It's a pain to keep switching email program settings to use the different required relays (or even to find out what they are).
Our recipe demonstrates how to set up your SMTP server to get around this inconvenience, by requiring authentication before relaying mail. Thus, a single SMTP server can accept non-local mail no matter where the client is connected, while still avoiding an open relay. One caveat: the email clients must support SMTP authentication, as do Evolution, Pine, the Mail program of Macintosh OS X, and others.
Our recipe depends on two lines in /etc/mail/sendmail.mc. The first, once you disable it,
sendmail to accept mail from other
hosts; by default, it only listens on the network loopback interface and accepts
mail only from local processes. The second line, once enabled, tells
sendmail which authentication mechanisms to
accept as trusted: that is, if a client authenticates using one of these
methods, it will be allowed to relay mail.
When you send your test message, if your mail client claims the server does not support SMTP authentication, try this on the server:
# sendmail -O LogLevel=14 -bs -Am
EHLO foo
# tail /var/log/maillog
and look for any enlightening error messages.
This configuration by itself does not secure the entire SMTP session, which
is still a plaintext TCP connection. So don't use simple password
authentication, as your passwords can then be stolen by network eavesdropping.
By default,
sendmail accepts only the
DIGEST-MD5 and
authentication methods, which do not send the password in plaintext.
It is also possible to configure
sendmail to use SSL to protect the entire SMTP session. If you understand
the security properties and limitations of the authentication mechanisms
mentioned above, and consider them inadequate for your application, this might
be a necessary step to take. However, don't do it out of some notion to
"protect" the content of your email. Unless you have a
closed system, your email will be further relayed across other networks on the
way to its destination, so securing this one hop is of little value. For more
security, use an end-to-end approach, encrypting messages with GnuPG, PGP, or
S/MIME (see Recipe 8.1 through Recipe 8.8).
Learn more about SMTP authentication at ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc2554.txt, and
sendmail's particular implementation at http://www.sendmail.org/~ca/email/auth.html.
The SASL RFC is at ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc2222.txt.
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#117106 - 12/04/03 04:19 PM Data vs Lore?
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In another thread, Dr. Bill used the word lore (which, here in Zild is phonetically indistinguishable from "law"), and it got me thinking about the android "twins" in Star Trek:TNG. One, without emotion, basically a walking CPU, was called Data, his brother, with emotions, unstable and psychotic, was called Lore. I would be interested in hearing views on the relationship between these words. In your opnion, are they, as their use in ST:TNG suggests, antonymic? Is one or the other really worthy of being used, at least implicitly, as a pejorative?_________________________
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#117107 - 12/04/03 04:24 PM Re: Data vs Lore?
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I think of data as things given, numbers or facts. Lore is received wisdom, often mythical.
#117108 - 12/04/03 04:30 PM Re: Data vs Lore?
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I think it was definitely a slam at "lore" and emotionally based life systems, and more-so, a holding up of data as "knowledge" or "science" being the way that the future should take. (I'm not saying that I dis-agree... though I might be...) Data was a very likable character, while Lore was less so. However, it was Data's quest to become more "human", that was so critical to his story lines. as was true for Spock...
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#117109 - 12/04/03 05:20 PM Re: Data vs Lore?
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I was interested learn that "lore" is cognate with German "lehren" to teach, and now that I think of it probably to "learn". So lore is what your grandparents tell you they have learned, and data are bits information given you help you solve new problems.
#117110 - 12/04/03 06:18 PM Re: Data vs Lore?
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I would say that lore is Truth unencumbered by fact and data is Fact unencumbered by truth.
#117111 - 12/04/03 09:53 PM Re: Data vs Lore?
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#117112 - 12/05/03 06:42 AM Re: Data vs Lore?
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"Lore" reminds me of the thread a while back concerning connotation vs denotation, as it has acquired a connotation of ancient wisdom or at least ancient tales. The Mabinogion, for example, contains Welsh lore.
#117113 - 12/05/03 08:34 AM Re: Data vs Lore?
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Hi, Alex . What's the Mabinogion, please?
I admit that it had not occurred to me to consider these two characters' names as being oppositional to one another. Here's what Gurunet has about each:
da·ta (dā'tə, dăt'ə, dä'tə)
pl.n. (used with a sing. or pl. verb)
1. Factual information, especially information organized for analysis or used to reason or make decisions.
2. Computer Science. Numerical or other information represented in a form suitable for processing by computer.
3. Values derived from scientific experiments.
4. Plural of datum (sense 1).
[Latin, pl. of datum. See datum.]
USAGE NOTE The word data is the plural of Latin datum, something given, but it is not always treated as a plural noun in English. The plural usage is still common, as this headline from the New York Times attests: Data Are Elusive on the Homeless. Sometimes scientists think of data as plural, as in These data do not support the conclusions. But more often scientists and researchers think of data as a singular mass entity like information, and most people now follow this in general usage. Sixty percent of the Usage Panel accepts the use of data with a singular verb and pronoun in the sentence Once the data is in, we can begin to analyze it. A still larger number, 77 percent, accepts the sentence We have very little data on the efficacy of such programs, where the quantifier very little, which is not used with similar plural nouns such as facts and results, implies that data here is indeed singular.
lore1 (lôr, lōr)
1. Accumulated facts, traditions, or beliefs about a particular subject. See synonyms at knowledge.
2. Knowledge acquired through education or experience.
3. Archaic. Material taught or learned.
[Middle English, from Old English lār.]
lore2 (lôr, lōr)
The space between the eye and the base of the bill of a bird or between the eye and nostril of a snake.
[Latin lōrum, thong.]
This def. of lore would seem to give as much credibility as data. The concept of lore as accumulated knowledge would have been particularly apt, for a machine that was designed to contain everything about all known cultures. The term folklore has come to carry the almost-automatic baggage of disbelief; but I don't think that applies to Lore.
#117114 - 12/05/03 10:28 AM Re: Data vs Lore?
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The Mabinogion is a work containing medieval Welsh stories. There are four particular stories that are the core of it, but they are generally grouped with several other Welsh stories such a few Arthurian tales. There are several translations (some with variant spellings of the title) available; my copy is the most "user-friendly" translation by Patrick K. Ford (see http://makeashorterlink.com/?R2A052AB6).
As an aside, Fleetwood mac fans may be interested to note that "Rhiannon" is the name of one of the characters in these stories, a woman falsely accused of murdering her son.
#117115 - 12/05/03 11:23 AM Re: Data vs Lore?
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Here is a URL to an online collection of Welsh tales:
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About the Atlas
- Overview
- Measures of food access
- Additional indicators of food access
- Data availability and updates
- Component layers for mapping tool
- Changes in methods between 2006 and 2010
- How is the Food Access Research Atlas related to the Food Environment Atlas?
- Recommended citation
Limited access to supermarkets, supercenters, grocery stores, or other sources of healthy and affordable food may make it harder for some Americans to eat a healthy diet. Expanding the availability of nutritious and affordable food by developing and equipping grocery stores, small retailers, corner markets and farmers' markets in communities with limited access is an important part of the First Lady's Let's Move! initiative.
There are many ways to define which areas are considered "food deserts" and many ways to measure food store access for individuals and for neighborhoods. Most measures and definitions take into account at least some of the following indicators of access:
- Accessibility to sources of healthy food, as measured by distance to a store or by the number of stores in an area.
- Individual-level resources that may affect accessibility, such as family income or vehicle availability.
- Neighborhood-level indicators of resources, such as the average income of the neighborhood and the availability of public transportation.
In the Food Access Research Atlas, several options are available to describe food access along these dimensions.
ERS's Food Access Research Atlas was built using Environmental Systems Research Inc. (ESRI) ArcGIS Server technology. The background topographic and satellite maps, as well as the address locator service, were also provided by ESRI.
Measures of food access
The original version of the Food Desert Locator implemented a single measure of food deserts—low-income areas where a significant number or share of residents is far from a supermarket, where "far" is more than 1 mile in urban areas and more than 10 miles in rural areas.
In the new Food Access Research Atlas, food access indicators for census tracts using ½-mile and 1-mile demarcations to the nearest supermarket for urban areas, 10-mile and 20-mile demarcations to the nearest supermarket for rural areas, and vehicle availability for all tracts are estimated and mapped. Users of the Atlas can view census tracts by food access indicators using these different measures, including the original food desert measure, to see how the map changes as the distance demarcation or inclusion of vehicle access changes.
Additional indicators of food access
The vast majority of people in the United States use motor vehicles to shop for groceries, so vehicle availability is a key indicator of supermarket access. Users can now view whether a census tract has a significant number of housing units that are far from supermarkets and do not have vehicles.
Some census tracts that contain college campuses and other large institutions technically meet the low-access and low-income conditions, but are likely to provide dining services where residents eat on a regular basis. To provide more context for these areas, users can view an indicator that measures whether a census tract has a high share of people living in "group quarters".
Data availability and updates
Estimates in the Atlas are based on a 2010 list of supermarkets, the 2010 Decennial Census, and the 2006-10 American Community Survey. The updated application now includes estimates for Alaska and Hawaii, which were not available in the original version. In addition, data for all U.S. census tracts are viewable and available for download (previously only data for food-desert census tracts were available).
Component layers for mapping tool
To be considered a food desert under the original definition or the additional food access measures, a census tract must be both low income and low access. Users can now view maps that show these two components separately—for example, users can view census tracts that have high numbers or shares of people with low supermarket access, but are not low income.
Changes in methods between 2006 and 2010
Methods used to estimate low-income and low-access census tracts in 2010 are largely the same as methods used in previous estimates. There are however, two notable differences.
First, the 2010 analysis used ½-km-square grids to estimate distances from supermarkets, whereas the previous analysis used 1-km-square grids. The ½-km-square grids are likely to give better estimates of distance to supermarkets; however, this could mean that the estimated distance to stores for some grids changes, even though no change occurred in the location of the nearest store or in the income or location of the population. It is expected that the greater precision of the ½-km-square grids will have a small net impact on estimates of distance to the nearest store.
Second, a new method for designating whether a census tract is urban or rural was used. In the previous analysis, census tracts were designated as urban if the geographic centroid of the tract was in an urban area or urban cluster according to U.S. Census Bureau definitions. All other tracts were considered rural. The 1-mile demarcation was used to indicate low access for tracts with a centroid in an urban area, and the 10-mile demarcation was used for tracts with a centroid in rural areas. This meant that, for parts of some tracts containing both urban and rural sections, a 1-mile marker was used to assess low supermarket access if the geographic centroid of the tract was urban, even though part of the tract was rural (and vice versa—if the centroid was in the rural part of the tract, the 10-mile marker was used).
For the 2010 analysis, the population-weighted centroid was used to designate a census tract as urban or rural. This should improve estimates of low-access tracts in areas with rural and urban overlap because it more accurately applies the urban 1-mile marker to urban areas and the 10-mile marker to rural areas. However, this change likely results in changes in the low-income and low-access status of some census tracts.
For additional information, see Documentation.
How is the Food Access Research Atlas related to the Food Environment Atlas?
The Food Access Research Atlas maps and provides selected food access indicators for census tracts. The Food Environment Atlas provides a wider set of statistics on food choices, health and well-being, and community characteristics. While the Food Access Research Atlas provides information at the census-tract level, the smallest geographic level of data in the Food Environment Atlas is the county. The Food Environment Atlas also has an advanced query tool that allows users to identify and map counties sharing the same degree of multiple indicators.
Recommended citation
Economic Research Service (ERS), U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Food Access Research Atlas, http://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/food-access-research-atlas.aspx.


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I am the third generation of a pioneer ranching family which has enjoyed the blessings of calling the Eastern Sierra our home, one of the most beautiful and unique regions on Earth. I am honored to serve the people of District 3 which includes the Mono Basin, the June Lake Loop and the western portion of Mammoth Lakes. District 3 represents the gateway to Yosemite National Park.
My family always believed in sustainable land and resource management practices and was able to build a successful business that catered to the vibrant local tourist industry. All citizens of Mono County are faced with a similar balancing act: the responsibility to protect and enhance our exquisite environment while at the same time providing appealing amenities that draw the tourists who create 80% of the revenue generated in this county. To accomplish this goal, which at times pits our business interests against our environmental responsibilities, we need a local government that acts in partnership with a strong and successful small business community. We need supervisors who are supportive and responsive, while still taking care to protect the very resources that make all of us successful.
We are a hard working community. It is against this backdrop that I have committed to improving the human environment in Mono County. This is where effective communication between county departments and the citizenry can alleviate the suffering of some and improve the lives of all. We require a county communication standard based on transparency and a helpful attitude; where the citizens are considered customers of the county, just as we must treat the tourists who make it possible to live here. In this way, I want to bring county government back to the people. To make this change, I intend once again to hold recurring town hall meetings throughout the district. I will also strengthen the Board sub-committees and RPACs. This initiative, in conjunction with town hall meetings, will establish effective communication as a priority.
In our current economic climate, constituents have high expectations for local government. With your help, I intend to review the efficacy of County government. Discretionary spending should be carefully prioritized to insure that we get the "best bang for our buck". The key to being an effective supervisor is to know "how the Money flows". My past experience on this Board combined with 32 years of running fiscally responsible businesses will assure my ability to act as a guardian of the public interest. The process I will utilize is the following. First, I will evaluate every issue that comes before me using 3 criteria: what my constituents want, what the law says we can do, and what the tenets of my personal philosophy tell me. Second, ALL environmental decisions I render will be based on the best science available, not science by consensus. And third, I will be available to listen to ALL of the constituents of District 3.
Over the years, I have been asked many times why I did not make politics my lifetime career after previously serving 3 terms on the MCBOS. The answer is simple. I don't believe career politicians can understand the needs of their constituents without a deep experience in the private sector. Our forefathers understood this and envisioned a government "by the people", the very people who could come from and return to private life. After 15 years of working my own business exclusively, I am pleased to return to public life and bring that perspective back to the board. Non-partisan local government is where great things can be accomplished for the people.
Thank you for taking the time to visit the Mono County website.
- Elementary – Mammoth, Bishop and Baldwin Hills, California 1954 – 1962
- High School – Bishop Union High School Graduate 1966
College - University of Nevada - Reno 1971
-Bachelor of Science – Agriculture/Wildlife Management
Internship – Nevada Department of Wildlife Hatchery System
Humboldt State University 1972
-Lifetime California Standard Secondary Teaching Credential
Biological Sciences and Business Administration
University of Tulsa 1978
-Master of Arts – Athletic Administration
Internship – Assistant to Commissioner, NCAA Missouri Valley Conference
University of Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma 1972
-Graduate Assistant Basketball Coach
Memorial High School, Tulsa, Oklahoma (student teacher) 1973
-Biological Science & Physical Education
Bishop Union High School, Bishop, California 1974
-Biological Science, Physical Education, JV Basketball & Football Coach
Mammoth High School, Mammoth Lakes, California 1975
-Biological Science, Math, Typing, Business Machines & Varsity Basketball Coach
University of Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma 1975 – 1979
-Assistant Basketball Coach
-Adjunct Instructor of Physical Education
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United States Forest Service, Mammoth Ranger District 1967 – 1969
-Construction and Maintenance Crew & Wilderness Ranger
Bureau of Land Management 1995 – 1999
-Central California Resource Advisory Council
Appointed by US Secretary of the Interior Bruce Babbitt
State -
California Energy Commission 1986 - 1988
-Local Jurisdiction Advisory Committee
Appointed by Governor George Deukmejian
Lahontan Regional Water Quality Control Board 1991 – 1995
-President 1994
Appointed by Governor Pete Wilson
County -
Mono County, California:
- District Two Supervisor 1983 – 1989 Chairman - 1987
- District Three Supervisor 1993 – 1997 Chairman - 1995
- MC Collaborative Planning Team, Initial Chairman 1995 – 1996
County Supervisors Association of California (CSAC) 1984 – 1988
-Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee
Regional Council of Rural Counties (RCRC) MC Delegate 1984 - 1988
-President, 1988
- District Three Supervisor 2013 – Present
- Ron Reagan Insurance Agency, Bishop, California – Owner/Agent 1979 – 1981
Alpers Owens River Ranch, Mammoth Lakes, California 1979 - 2008
-Managing General Partner – Resort, Property and Livestock Management
Alpers Trout Hatchery, Mammoth Lakes, California 1981 – 2008
-Owner – Trophy Trout production and distribution
Alpers Trout LLC, Mammoth Lakes, California 2003 - Present
-Owner, US Trademark #2,774,326 for Alpers Trout, Registered 10/21/2003
Inland Aquaculture Group LLC, Lee Vining, California 2006 - 2011
-Managing General Partner – Aquaculture development, production and service
Hot Creek Hatchery Foundation, Inc. 501(c)3, Mammoth Lakes, California - President 2004 - 2009
-Established to assist operation of CDFG Hot Creek Hatchery
Conway Ranch Foundation 501(c)3, Lee Vining, California - President 2006 – 2011
-Established to provide educational, interpretive and recreational opportunities on the historic Conway Ranch
Worked with agencies, elected officials, off-road groups, wilderness advocates and national organizations to preserve over 40,000 acres of pristine headwaters in the West Walker River and Owens River watersheds. These lands have received permanent protection as additions to the Hoover Wilderness and the newly created Upper Owens River Wilderness. As part of this effort, over 7,000 acres of Forest lands were made available for off-road recreation. 1985 – 2009
Received the Wilderness Society's California Environmental Hero Award 2005
Invited to the White House to attend the Omnibus Public Lands Act Bill signing ceremony held in the East Room on March 30, 2009
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– Peter Glass
I practiced w/ the Sharpie for a week, at night after work, while watching evening t.v. This past Saturday, I went on a bi-monthly trip to a different beer brewery in Colorado with one of my home brewing buddies. After he had consumed a few pints, and me not far behind, I decided to do the trick. He freaked when he turned over the card! Now hyper, he demands I do it again. I do. (..I am very nervous and even expose the gimmick, but he never sees it!) Now he demands I predict a persons name from his past. I produce the two initials to the name and he goes wild! He thinks I am channeling and demands I tell him how I did it! I say its just a trick, I can't be psychic and will not reveal the secret. He insists I try it on the waitress. So I do and, of course, WALLAH! I am not a working magician (I am a laborer in a honey bottling plant) and I did this stunt fairly well lubed! I wish all tricks were this easy!
– jordy
Very good product for good tricks. Also, the sharpies who you get as a bonus are perfect for poeple who dont live in the USA while it is easy to replace the ink now. I am very happy, a trick with many possibilities and with awsome reactions :-)
– Norm Vogel
I'm an "occasional" magician who just likes to pull something out of his pocket and astound people. I don't have hours & hours to practice sleights, etc. When i got this great product, i watched the video, and after 10 mins, was able to astound my Wife and others! It's great, because i usuallly carry a Sharpie marker with me (many people DO), and it can be taken out of your pocket at any time, and amaze people! No setup or reset; you start and end clean. People will be calling you another "Criss Angel"! I wish i could find more tricks this good!
– robert baltera
Wow. Super trick that you can master in ten minutes. Also found that if you ask a person to name any number between 1 and 99, they will often pick 99. Before starting the demonstration I place a piece of paper with 99 on it somewhere out of my reach, just in case they pick this favored number. If they do pick 99, bingo, it even elavates the trick beyond explanation, leaving everyone totally baffeled. If they don't pick 99 then you complete the trick as instructed which still amazes everyone. Practicing in the mirror a couple of times and they can not see any hand movement.
– John Knowles
Very old idea with a new wrapping. This is a classic mentalist trick and very well made. Using a Sharpie pen is really a good idea since they are so common now a days. It takes some practice to really make this one work well, but then the options are endless. A must have for any mentalist or mentalist in training.
– Ryan Bathe
This is an excellent mentalist's tool! It has endless possibilities and works great! I guarantee that this will positively contribute to any magcian's act. On the CD provided, there is even instructions to refill the sharpie with more ink, so you won't have to keep buying more gimmicks! Its an all around great deal and a gem of a trick.
– d pangan
The idea is genius! However, the pen didn't work well when my hand was moist. I designed a similar contraption using a bandaid and got better results. Overall, excellent trick.
– James Capozza
This is a great trick that can be done anytime and anywhere! I consider myself a novice and was surprised at how simple and effective this trick is. Within minutes of reading the pamphlet and watching the video, I was able to perform this trick with confidence. The looks of astonishment and wonder that you receive after performing this is well worth it! A Must Have!
– Charles Borrelli
This is a wonderful effect, and relatively easy to use. I need not repeat you need to practice this a bit before trying it out.. However, I work with a bunch of IT professionals and Engineers (a cynical bunch) and they were completely fooled.
– Ronald Arceo
This is the ONE thing that needs to be purchased next to Corinda's 13 Steps if you are a working modern mentalist. This is one of the best purchases I've made. What's better that a built in Swami in thing that you're already using. Definatly get this because it'll make you the talk of the party, no, the talk of the TOWN!
– Eric Lopez
Super Sharpie is an easy to use, highly effective prop for any mentalist act, perfect for beginners and experts alike, Highly recommended
– Will Young
My reveiw is not of a product, but of the great efforts and service provided by Aaron Smith. He went out of his way to make sure that i got my product in time for an upcoming show. He also gave me more product than what i had ordered to help ease any tensions that may have existed. I recommend this business to any new customers. Thank you Aaron! Sincerely, Will Young
– George Hoeppner, Rochester
The "Super Sharpie " is OUTSTANDING. At first I thought the one I received was defective. However, I took a paper clip to rough the "fuzz" that holds the ink and the pen worked PERFECTLY.
– Dennis Clark, MD
Like all of Magic Smith's products, Super Sharpie is a high-quality practical item I am proud to have in my weekend shows. I recieved it the next day after placing my order from The Magic Depot.
– Terry Thompson
Super Sharpie is the best mentalism device in magic carefully disguised as a common Sharpie marker. I will fool you with this!
– Eugene Mann
This is a very good trick to have in your repertoire. It is easy to carry and ready at a moment's notice. You do need to take the time out to learn the proper presentation to make it effective. It is NOT difficult to master. Definitely work on your patter. There are endless possibilities with this effect. Get this one!!
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Assignment: Education-Cursive Handwriting
Second and third graders at Lawrence Lawson Elementary School in Sparta are learning how to write in cursive.
"I feel it's an important skill," said Elizabeth Path, two/three multi-age teacher at Lawrence-Lawson Elementary. "It's one that they love to learn. They're excited to learn it. They come to school and if I ask them what do you want to learn this year cursive is always one of the first things they tell me."
But with preparations for state assessment tests becoming a larger part of the classroom curriculum and the added push to teach our kids 21st century skills, some educators across the nation and locally are starting to wonder if cursive handwriting is still necessary.
"Our reading, language arts committee has already met to discuss cursive," said Path. "It's been a topic of discussion for the past couple of years. They have not made a formal decision yet. There's some talk of we'll keep it in and there's talk that we might get rid of it."
Cursive is still widely taught in the U.S. public and private elementary schools, according to a 2007 nationwide study on handwriting instruction by Vanderbilt University. However, even though it's taught many kids aren't required to use it on a regular basis.
"Once we learned it, we never really followed through on it," said Sparta High School senior Danny Huber. "I guess we like learned how to do it and we just kind of put it away."
"I would use printing because that's what I always use," said Sparta High School junior Morgan Freeman, "and after I learned it I stopped using cursive handwriting."
And according to this Sparta High School English teacher, these students are not alone when it comes to their preference for printing.
"I just happened to assign an essay yesterday where the students wrote paragraphs for me while I was gone," said Sparta High School English teacher Maureen Young, "and one student out of 72 chose to use cursive in communicating with me." Lisa: Everybody else printed? "Everybody else printed."
Interestingly enough, even though it isn't being used by most students or required by some teachers both groups feel it still should be taught.
"I don't know when or how we can stop it because they're going to continue to see it for years," said Young. "How could they read the declaration of independence?"
"I think they should still learn it because they do need to sign their name in cursive for maybe an application or something like that," said Freeman.
And for this second and third grade teacher, even if teaching cursive wasn't something she was required to do in the years to come she says she'd still find a way to teach it.
"It won't be taught in any other grade," said Path. "So, if I don't teach it they're not going to get it."
And that could make reading the English language foreign to American students. �@
The director of instructional service in the Sparta School District says that his school district still does see the need to teach cursive handwriting.
Currently, the La Crosse, Onalaska and Holmen School Districts are also teaching cursive, and they have no plans to stop teaching this handwriting skill