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I just read the entire article and all I can say is, "Wow". How can grown adults be THAT immature and cruel? You'd think with all the money these people have, they'd be a little happier and not feel the need the to treat other people like garbage. I hope he takes them to the cleaners, then they won't feel so high and mighty.
American Indian NBC Employee Suing for Harassment
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Faruq "Peter" Wells, an American Indian who worked at NBC studios on Today, The Dr. Oz Show and Late Night With Jimmy Fallon is suing his former employer after enduring abuse after returning from a vacation according to the New York Post.
Wells quit his job when Human Resources Department advised him to ignore the problem, according to court papers. The problem was being tormented about his ethnicity by his colleagues, when they strung an Indian doll on a noose and called it his "long-lost daughter," he claims.
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I guess going into the year 2000 didn't heal or change anything for this so-called best nation on earth, but at least the Indians have evolved. You would think that after 500 years of being forced to learn about Jesus, your lands taken, your language and religion outlawed, your children taken, your icons and imagery slandered and your culture re-invented, you would think NBC would be made up of sophisticated people, instead, they prove who the real savages are. Maybe they are the ones who came from monkeys after all?
The jury may still be out on whether Comcast is dragging its feet on diversity but one thing is certain, Comcast will have to get up to speed quickly. Because it's about to have the preverbiall "shit" storm brewing over the apparent culture of racism that exists at NBC. Believe me it will be hard to run away from the evidence that will be available to Faruq "Peter" Wells who is currently suing NBC for discrimination. The evidence will show that NBC has fostered an ongoing culture of racism despite nearly a dozen discrimination lawsuits filed against it in the last 10 years. It has done little to clean its house aside from paying off the litigants and pretending the incidents never occurred. Their favorite tactic is launching investigations that historically blame the victims or outright find that no fault. In fact, their wil be pictures of nooses that hung in workplaces and swastikas that adorned pipes in NBC's World Headquarters at 30 Rockefeller Plaza, as well as emails from the perpetrators of these so-called jokes, openly admitting their guilt. The last thing NBC wants to happen is that they supplant the Rupert Murdoch mess in the headlines. I am not Faruq "Peter" Wells" attorney, but a journalist who collected the evidence years ago. But the last time a lawsuit was filed, the plaintiffs turned out to be people who betrayed their own cause by accepting the 30 pieces of silver and slinking off into the shadows never to be heard from again. Perhaps this time someone will stand up and fight. By the way the same civil rights leaders who went to bat for Oprah, left the workers who filed their lawsuits ten years ago, swinging in the wind without a peep uttered anywhere. From a comment written by DonClark Williams
I just want to say that I am disgusted, appalled, enaraged, but not at all surprised in the actions of NBC studios. They are just another appendage of the demonic zeitgeist that has stricken this shallow nation of addicts and obsessive compulsives who fuel this farce reality THEY CALL NEWS! Why don't they just admit the truth and that is they are probablly jealous of our proud warrior-professional in Mr. Wells because American culture is the most fantastic fantasy known to civilization and a total farce of reality. The American Dream is just that; a dream (not real). The beauty of this country lies in people like Faruq Wells whom courageously rise to the occasion against such hatred and bigotry. Meanwhile, these gutless individuals pose for facebook pics with hollow laughter because they cant have what we have...dignity, self-respect, and happiness without. That is what happens to a sick society (controlled by psychopaths and narcissists) on the wrong side of humanity. The exec's who refused retribution on the NBC employees who perpetrated against Mr. Wells will have their day in darkness as well as they should. I will continue to spread the word about NBC and block it from being viewed in my home. They are nothing more than reactionaries and false propaganda purveyors anyway. NBC deploys typical divide-counquer strategy used to sow seeds of confusion and thankfully, we have warriors like Faruq who expose the beast for what it really is...evil. Thank you Faruq!


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2011 Application for Renewal of Local Council Charter and 2012 National Service Fee Agreement (No. 513-539) This application is available as a fill-in form and needs to be completed and signed by the council president, council treasurer, and Scout executive with the original going to the Mission Impact Department, S210, by February 1, 2011.
2012 Council and District Growth Plan Workbook (No. 513-943)
A Guide for Volunteers on Good Volunteer-Professional Relationships (No. 14-144)
Suggestions for volunteers on how to develop good working relationships with Scouting professionals.
A Handbook for District Operations (No. 34739)
This manual provides you with details on the roles and responsibilities for each of the operating committees on the district committee and the commissioner staff. It also provides you with an outline for monthly work plans for each committee as you support the operations of your district.
A Plan for Functioning Districts (No. 513-622)
This diagram illustrates the cycle of responsibilities for the district
A Professional Workshop On Good Volunteer-Professional Relationships (No. 14-146)
A workshop designed to help local council staff leaders and regional staff to teach good volunteer relationship skills to local professionals.
Advancement Committee: Policies and Procedures
This book helps council and district advancement committees understand and implement the advancement programs and procedures of the Boy Scouts of America.
Analysis of Unit Progress (34818A)
Use multiple copies of insert No. 34200 with this folder to display information about different subjects. The four progress charts have been designed as examples of the type of simplified records that are necessary to successful achievement of objectives in a district. Workbook
Commissioner Fieldbook for Unit Service (No. 33621)
This is a book for unit commissioners and for those who coach and guide unit commissioners.
Commissioner Helps for Packs, Troops, and Crews (No. 33618)
The main responsibility of a commissioner is to keep Scouting units alive, healthy, happy, and reregistered on time. This booklet helps the new commissioner deal with problems related to the units he or she has been assigned.
Council and District Plan Book (No. 513-002)
Good planning is as indispensable to Scouting as it is to any business or other important undertaking. The Council and District Plan Book helps council and district officers define functions, responsibilities, and objectives.
Council Nominating Committee Worksheet (No. 513-331)
The local council nominating committee has the important responsibility of selecting a slate of council leaders who will be responsible for achieving the council objectives and by so doing increase the effectiveness of Scouting.
District Committee Training Workshop (No. 34160)
This guidebook provides a syllabus to help councils provide basic training for members of the district committee.
District Committee Volunteer Duties Cards (No. 34266)
Download these responsibility cards in PDF format and print them on cardstock to create pocket-sized reference cards for your district committee leadership.
District Key 3 (No. 513-630)
The district Key 3 consists of the district chairman, district commissioner, and district executive. These three crucial positions work together to define and serve the needs of the district.
District Nominating Committee Worksheet (513-332)
A district committee is responsible for increasing the effectiveness of Scouting throughout a district through the achievement of district goals. Thus, the task of the district nominating committee selecting a slate of competent officers and members at large for the next year is an extremely important one.
District Roundtables (No. 14-633B)
This important part of commissioner service is covered in detail in the annual Roundtable Planning Guides that provide complete methods and month-by-month suggestions for each of the monthly roundtables.
District Support Items
A quick-reference list of District support items available online and in hard copy.
Good Volunteer-Professional Relationships: A Strategic Issue for Professionals (513-145)
Suggestions for Scouting professionals on how to develop effective relationships with volunteers.
Leadership Training Committee Guide (No. 34169)
This book is used by the district and council training committees and the council staff. It outlines the council and district responsibilities for leadership training, each area of the Scouting program, and the recognition program and awards that adult leaders can earn.
Membership Committee Guide (No. 33080)
This series of documents provides information and resources relating to building membership at the council, district, and unit levels.
Orientation Guide for Council Officers and Executive Board Members (33161)
As council commissioner, you are truly a Scouter extraordinaire—a model of exceptional Scouting service throughout the council. You lead a large corps of commissioners who will help all units become successful and provide an increasingly better Scouting program for the youth of your council territory. Because of you, your enthusiasm, and your administrative ability, thousands of youth will be touched by Scouting values.
Selecting a Council Commissioner (No. 14-160)
The council commissioner leads this corps of commissioners to help all units become successful and provide an increasingly better Scouting program for the youth of the council.
Selecting District People (No. 34512)
This book is designed to help key district leaders determine the number of people needed to operate an effective district, and then to locate, select, and recruit them.
The Chartered Organization Representative (No. 33118)
The purpose of this pamphlet is to help the chartered organization representative understand your responsibilities.
The Council (No. 33071)
This guidebook explains how the local council functions to carry out the purpose of the BSA, with recommendations for membership, finance, program, and unit service.
The District (No. 33070)
This wide-ranging overview provides information on how the district carries out the operational mission of the council.
District New Unit Chart (No. 522-904)
Records completion dates for each of the 12 steps to organize each unit.
Progress Chart
Progress Chart Insert
Self-Evaluation Guide for Successful District Operation

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COLLECT is the international art fair for contemporary objects, it's housed at the Saatchi Gallery on Kings Road in London for a week every year. I popped in for a quick look but ended up staying a whole afternoon. Don't you love it when that happens?
The building is huge and totally beautiful. When it is the Saatchi Gallery it is completely free to get in (I urge you to go). But as Collect it was about £15 to get in, and of course, totally worth it. Now, don't take this the wrong way but when someone mentions the word craft to me I recoil slightly. Craft? What as in knitting and tea and cake (I know, I know, I'm a terrible person) but look at craft these days! Emma Woffenden's 'I call her Mother' – hardly soft is it. And 'Ghost' by Kim Simonsson – I actually sat on the floor and stared into her spooky little eyes for about ten minutes (no, I can't believe I wasn't asked to leave either). I could seriously get into 'contemporary objects' these days.
Floor after floor of wonders to look at: jewellery, pots, funny little figures and lots lots more.
Love that Collect! I hear there is a jewellery fair on next month, I wouldn't ordinarily go but I think I just might….


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#163775 - 11/27/06 11:01 AM Rattled
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The other day I came across this:
"A study done on people treated for rattlesanke bites revealed that almost 15% of patients claimed theeir attacker was dead. One man shot a snake, cut off the body and waited five minutes after the animal had stopped moving. When he picked up the head, the head lunged and chomped down on his finger. When he grabbed his finger in pain, the head bit him again on the other hand.
The study concluded that a decapitated rattlesnake should be treated like a very short snake."
I compare this to the folk belief that a decapitated snake's head lives until sundown. Cooler temperatures after nightfall would make reptilian action sluggish at best.
I'm amazed that the head could/would still bite that long after decapitation. I know snakes have really simple brains, but wouldn't oxygen deprivation have stopped brain action at that point? How much of a bite is reflex?
#163776 - 11/28/06 07:07 PM Re: Rattled
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I can see how the mouth would close resulting in a bite either through reflex or simple mechanics since it is concievable that the head would not die until lack of oxygen stopped the brain and muscle functioning. (Ever see a chicken when it's head is cut off?) But lunging is the body pushing the head so there would have to be body attached or the chump put his hand in the mouth.
A doctor I worked with did a study showing that 90% of rattlesnake bite victims admitted to our ER fit the same pattern. The victim is male, between 12 and 25, if over 16 he has been drinking and the bite is in the hand. The remaining 10% do not involve trying to catch the bloody thing.
#163777 - 11/28/06 07:34 PM Re: Rattled
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I allus thought it was the body that didn't die until sunset, not the head.
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|In fulfilling the Peace Corps' mandate to share the face of America with their host countries, Peace Corps is making special efforts to see that all of America's richness is reflected in the Volunteer corps. More Americans of color are serving in today's Peace Corps than at any time in recent years. Differences in race, ethnic background, age, religion, and sexual orientation are expected and welcomed among our Volunteers. Part of the Peace Corps' mission is to help dispel any notion that Americans are all of one origin or race and to establish that each of us is as thoroughly American as the other despite our many differences.
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In fulfilling the Peace Corps' mandate to share the face of America with our host countries, we are making special efforts to see that all of America's richness is reflected in the Volunteer corps. More Americans of color are serving in today's Peace Corps than at any time in recent years. Differences in race, ethnic background, age, religion, and sexual orientation are expected and welcomed among our Volunteers. Part of the Peace Corps' mission is to help dispel any notion that Americans are all of one origin or race, and to establish that each of us is as thoroughly American as the other despite our many differences.
Our diversity helps us accomplish that goal. In other ways, however, it poses challenges. In China, as in other Peace Corps host countries, Volunteers' behavior, lifestyles, background, and beliefs will be judged in a cultural context very different from our own. Certain personal perspectives or characteristics considered familiar and commonly accepted in the United States may be quite uncommon, unacceptable, or even repressed in China.
Outside of China's capital, residents of rural communities have had relatively little direct exposure to other cultures, races, religions, and lifestyles. What is advertised as "typical" cultural behavior or norms may also be a narrow and selective interpretation, such as the perception in some countries that all Americans are rich and have blond hair and blue eyes. The people of China are justly known for their generous hospitality to foreigners; however, members of the community in which you will live may display a range of reactions to differences that you present.
To ease the transition and adapt to life in China, you may need to make some temporary, yet fundamental compromises in how you present yourself as an American and as an individual. For example, female trainees and Volunteers may not be able to exercise the independence available to them in the United States; political discussions need to be handled with great care; and some of your personal beliefs may best remain undisclosed. You will need to develop techniques and personal strategies for coping with these and other limitations. The Peace Corps staff will lead diversity and sensitivity discussions during your pre-service training and will be on call to provide support, but the challenge ultimately will be your own.
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- 2 What Might a Volunteer Face?
Overview of Diversity in China
The Peace Corps staff in China recognizes adjustment issues that come with diversity and will endeavor to provide support and guidance. During pre-service training, several sessions will be held to discuss diversity and coping mechanisms. We look forward to having male and female Volunteers from a variety of cultures, backgrounds, religions, ethnic groups, and ages and hope that you will become part of a diverse group of Americans who will take pride in supporting one another and demonstrating the richness of American culture.
What Might a Volunteer Face?
Possible Issues for Female Volunteers
Some female Volunteers in China have experienced "body image" issues relative to the Chinese cultural definition of ideal feminine beauty. Few Western women are small or thin enough to achieve that narrow ideal, which may be frustrating for some Volunteers, as is the possibility that their attractiveness may also be defined by this standard.
Additionally, despite the outward appearance that women are equal to men in China, women still struggle to be considered and treated as true equals in the workplace.
Possible Issues for Volunteers of Color
It is difficult to generalize about how Chinese may perceive Volunteers of color. Americans of Asian descent will have a very different experience than those of African descent, who will have a very different experience than those of Hispanic descent. Still, some Volunteers of color may be evaluated as less professionally competent than white Volunteers and may not be perceived as being North American. Asian Americans may be identified more by their cultural heritage than by their American citizenship. Current or historical Chinese relations with other Asian countries, such as Korea or Japan, may have an impact on how Asian-American Volunteers are perceived. Additionally, Asian Americans may have to deal with people's higher expectations of their language-learning ability or cross-cultural adaptability.
A Volunteer of color may be the only minority trainee or Volunteer in his or her group or may be working and living with individuals with no experience or understanding of their background.
Possible Issues for Senior Volunteers
The Chinese people pay great respect to age. As a senior Volunteer, you may not experience some of the issues that younger Volunteers face because of the appreciation for seniors in Chinese culture. However, senior Volunteers may not receive adequate personal support from younger Volunteers and may feel inclined not to participate fully in order to "give the young folks their turn." Additionally, senior Volunteers may be more reluctant to share personal, sexual, or health concerns with other Volunteers. Learning Chinese has historically proved to be extremely difficult for senior Volunteers and so are encouraged to develop an effective individual approach to language learning.
Possible Issues for Gay, Lesbian, or Bisexual Volunteers
Generally speaking, the Chinese culture does not accept or understand homosexuality or bisexuality and can be extremely prejudicial. Gay Volunteers grapple with the question of whether they can confide host country friends, but usually do not. There may or may not be sufficient support for a homosexual or bisexual lifestyle within Peace Corps/China. Gay Volunteers might serve for two years without meeting another gay Volunteer or staff member. Lesbians will have to deal with constant questions about boyfriends, marriage, and sex (as do all women). Most Volunteers are posted in cities that are less open than the large cities along the coast of China. Relationships with homosexual host country nationals can happen, but as with all cross-cultural relationships, they are not likely to be easy. AIDS has only recently become an issue in the local news and is terribly misunderstood as a disease widely contagious among homosexual or bisexual people.
Possible Religious Issues for Volunteers
Although all religions suffered enormous setbacks during the Cultural Revolution, the majority of religious Chinese are Buddhists. There is a Muslim minority, mostly in northwest China, and Sichuan does have a number of Islamic mosques. There are also practicing Christians, and although there are some churches in China most services are in Chinese.
Peace Corps Volunteers in China are free to practice their religion but not to proselytize to the Chinese, as it is against Chinese law and Peace Corps policy. Previous Volunteers have advised active believers to bring their own holy books and religious readings and to be prepared to worship alone. Most members of the Chinese younger generation (under 50) are non-believers, and you should not be surprised if the students tell you that all religions are superstition and they want no part of it. Conversely, do not be surprised if you are assumed to be a Christian, asked curious questions by students regarding the religious significance of major holidays or questions about the Bible.
Possible Issues for Volunteers with Disabilities
As a disabled Volunteer in China, you may face a special set of challenges. In China, as in other parts of the world, some people hold prejudicial attitudes about individuals with disabilities and may discriminate against them. Very little support exists within Chinese culture for anyone with disabilities, and Volunteers with nonvisible disabilities may encounter a lack of understanding, and therefore support, concerning their disability.
Nevertheless, the Peace Corps Office of Medical Services, as part of the medical clearance process, determined that you were physically and emotionally capable, with or without reasonable accommodations, of performing a full tour of Volunteer service in China without unreasonable risk to yourself or interruption of your service. Peace Corps/China staff work with disabled Volunteers to make reasonable accommodations in training, housing, job sites, and other areas to enable them to serve safely and effectively.


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One nation under surveillance
Local lawmakers remain mum on reports of government eavesdropping on American acitizens
By André Coleman 06/12/2013
Since The Guardian and The Washington Post first reported last week on widespread government surveillance of American Internet and telephone accounts, local congressional representatives Adam Schiff and Judy Chu have remained uncharacteristically mum on the controversy.
Neither lawmaker, both Democrats representing portions of Pasadena, provided statements about the revelations leaked to the press by former NSA employee Edward Snowden, 29. And neither personally returned calls made Monday and Tuesday seeking comment from the Pasadena Weekly on what they know about the National Security Agency spying program, code-named PRISM.
However, Congresswoman Barbara Lee, the only member of Congress to vote against the invasions of Afghanistan following the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks and Iraq, decried the spying operation.
"I voted against the PATRIOT Act, the overly broad law that the administration is using to justify this surveillance," the Oakland Democrat told the Weekly Monday. "The right to privacy in this country is nonnegotiable."
Shortly after the Sept. 11 attacks, Schiff, a former federal prosecutor who serves on the House Committee on Appropriations and the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, co-authored the PATRIOT Act, allowing authorities to enter the homes of suspected terrorists without a warrant and detain suspected terrorists indefinitely. The act also provided the government with broad surveillance powers.
Chu, who was elected to represent Pasadena after last year's political redistricting, sits on the House Judiciary Committee. She serves as a member of the Judiciary Committee's Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security Subcommittee.
"We have a system of checks and balances in place to protect our most basic civil liberties," said Lee, also a member of the House Committee on Appropriations. "And while I believe that national security is paramount, we must move forward in a way that does not sacrifice our American values and freedoms."
In the Senate, California Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein said there was never any secret among lawmakers about the government surveillance program. In fact, "As far as I know, this is the exact three-month renewal of what has been in place for the past seven years," Feinstein said, according to a report appearing at Politico.com. "This renewal is carried out by the FISA [Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court] under the business records section of the PATRIOT Act. Therefore, it is lawful. It has been briefed to Congress.
"I know that people are trying to get to us," Feinstein said. "This is the reason why the FBI now has 10,000 people doing intelligence on counterterrorism. This is the reason for the national counterterrorism center that's been set up in the time we've been active. It's to ferret this out before it happens. It's called protecting America."
However, fellow Democratic Sen. Mark Udall of Colorado disagreed. "I think we ought to reopen the PATRIOT Act and put some limits on the amount of data that the National Security Agency is collecting," Udall said on the ABC Sunday news program "This Week." Udall called for a better balance between protecting the country against terrorist attacks and honoring and protecting Americans' constitutional rights, including the Fourth Amendment's protections against unwarranted searches and seizures.
In separate but related developments, Schiff on Tuesday introduced legislation that would end indefinite detentions of Americans by rescinding 2001's Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF). And Lee has introduced a bill that would end CIA assassinations of America's military and political enemies through the use of drones. Both bills, the authors claim, are aimed at ending the nearly 12-year-long War on Terror.
Under Schiff's bill, the president would lose the ability to order the use of military force based on his sole determination of terrorist activities. Enacted shortly after 9/11, AUMF gives the president the power to use "force against those nations, organizations, or persons he determines planned, authorized, committed, or aided the terrorist attacks that occurred on September 11, 2001, or harbored such organizations or persons, in order to prevent any future acts of international terrorism against the United States by such nations, organizations or persons."
Lee's legislation, the Drones Accountability Act, would prohibit the CIA from launching lethal drone strikes and require the disclosure of legal opinions and justifications surrounding the use of drones.
"I'm convinced that if we do not repeal this authorization to use force that I voted against in 2001, we are going to see this state of perpetual war last forever," Lee said earlier this year, referring to AUMF.
Earlier this week, calls for reforming the country's national security state were punctuated by revelations by Snowden, who provided reporter Glenn Greenwald of The Guardian with details about the US surveillance program, which has been collecting records on domestic telephone calls and overseas Internet activity in the global hunt for terrorists.
In addition, The Guardian and The Post reported nine major Internet providers gave government agents access to their servers.
"The government has granted itself power it is not entitled to. There is no public oversight. The result is people like myself have the latitude to go further than they are allowed to," Snowden told The Guardian.
Snowden's claims came after a secret FISA court ruling, published in The Guardian, ordered Verizon Business Network Services to turn over details of phone calls made from April 25 to July 19. The paper also revealed that PRISM is able to extract details of online activities — including audio and video chats, photographs, e-mails, documents and other materials — from computers systems at Microsoft, Google, Apple and other Internet firms.
Schiff said the AUMF gives the president the power to wage an endless war. Members of the Bush and Obama administrations have claimed drone strikes and wiretaps are legal under the AUMF and the PATRIOT Act.
The Obama administration has come under fire over the past month for several alleged abuses of power, including wiretapping scandals involving a FOX News reporter and The Associated Press. Several right-wing groups are also claiming they have been unjustly audited by the Internal Revenue Service.
"When Congress passed the AUMF shortly after 9/11, we did not intend to authorize a war without end," said Patrick Boland, Schiff's communications director. "The cessation of our combat mission in Afghanistan next year is a logical end point for an authorization that now provides a poor description of the groups which threaten us, and an increasingly precarious legal rationale for going after them. As the president observed recently, if we don't define the nature of the threat we face, it will define us."
Since the AUMF was passed, the US has invaded Afghanistan and Iraq. The AUMF has also been used to justify strikes against al Qaeda operatives in other countries, according to Schiff, as well as the continued detention of accused terrorists at the Guantanamo Bay military prison in Cuba.
Schiff's legislation would sunset the AUMF beginning in 2015, coinciding with the final group of American troops returning home from Afghanistan. Obama has said he supports repealing AUMF. In a speech presented at the National Defense University in May, Obama called on Congress to replace AUMF.
"I look forward to engaging Congress and the American people in efforts to refine, and ultimately repeal the AUMF's mandate," Obama said. "And I will not sign laws designed to expand this mandate further. Our systematic effort to dismantle terrorist organizations must continue. But this war, like all wars, must end."
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Why no raws for Winter Sonata Anime yet?
Why no raws for Winter Sonata Anime yet?
Winter Sonata Trailer
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As I reported previously, Winter Sonata is a new anime based on a popular Korean drama to be released in 2009. The official website published some nice music recently. Read the rest of this entry ?
Since winter is my favorite season, I enjoy sonatas, and the plot features dramatic romance, this anime is a must to check out for me🙂 It is based on one of the four part Korean drama Endless Love. Anime News Network does not have much information about the anime yet, so I'll write based on the official website and the description of the live-action drama. Read the rest of this entry ?


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start fine-tuning this ruleset and begin to test its behavior by using
the built-in logging facilities available to
As my ruleset now stands, I'll enjoy my Internet connection until my DHCP lease runs out. At that point, everything will stop as I haven't created any rules that will allow me to receive a new DHCP lease. To know which rules will accomplish this, it is helpful to have a basic understanding of how DHCP works.
DHCP uses UDP packets, meaning I can't rely on my dynamic rules and the state table; instead, I will have to explicitly allow UDP packets between my machine and my provider's DHCP server. DHCP also uses two port numbers: My DHCP client uses port 68 and my provider's DHCP server uses port 67.
To see how the DHCP process actually works, let's take a look at my current DHCP lease:
more /var/db/dhclient.leases
lease {
interface "ed0";
fixed-address 220.127.116.11;
option subnet-mask 255.255.252.0;
option time-offset -18000;
option routers 22.214.171.124;
option domain-name-servers 188.8.131.52,126.96.36.199,126.96.36.199;
option host-name "my_hostname";
option domain-name "my_domainname";
option broadcast-address 255.255.255.255;
option dhcp-lease-time 604800;
option dhcp-message-type 5;
option dhcp-server-identifier 188.8.131.52;
renew 2 2001/5/15 13:12:11;
rebind 5 2001/5/18 04:12:11;
expire 6 2001/5/19 01:12:11;
Note that the DHCP server has provided an IP address, subnet mask, default gateway address, the IP addresses of three DNS servers, my hostname, and the IP address of the DHCP server that provided this lease. Since a DHCP lease is indeed a "lease," meaning I can't keep this information indefinitely, the last three lines deal with how my DHCP client will renew this lease information.
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The "renew" line tells my DHCP client when it should go out and try to
renew its lease. Note that this time is well before the actual
expiration date listed on the "expire" line. On 2001/5/15 at 13:12:11, my
computer will attempt to send out UDP packets to port 67 on the DHCP
184.108.40.206, so I should add a rule that will allow these packets to
go out. Assuming the DHCP server receives my packets, it should respond
that it is willing to renew my lease, and will send this information in
UDP packets to port 68 on my computer. Accordingly, I'll also want to add
a rule so that
ipfw will allow in the response packets.
If I don't add these rules to my
ipfw ruleset, or if for some reason the
DHCP server does not respond to my renewal request, the "rebind" line will
kick in on 2001/5/18 at 04:12:11. At this point my DHCP client is starting
to get a bit worried about its upcoming lease expiration and will send out
some more UDP packets destined for port 67. However, this time they will
not be addressed to a particular DHCP server, but will instead be sent
to the broadcast address of
255.255.255.255 in the hope that any DHCP
server will respond.
If no DHCP server responds, my lease will expire on 2001/5/19 at
01:12:11, meaning my DCHP client is no longer sure that it is allowed to
continue to use its lease information. At this point, several things may
occur. The client will still try to contact a DHCP server, so will
continue to send out broadcasts to UDP port 67. It will also try
pinging the default gateway address to see if its IP address is still
valid, meaning it will be sending out ICMP type 8 code 0 packets and
hoping to receive back ICMP type 0 code 0 packets. If worst comes to worst,
and my client actually ends up with an invalid IP address, any responses
that come back from a DHCP server will have to be received as broadcasts,
that is, be addressed to port 68 on
Now, knowing all this, what should I add to my ruleset? Before I add
anything, I should first double-check what rules I currently have
as order is starting to become increasingly important. The more rules I
add to my ruleset, the greater the possibility that an earlier rule will
override my new rule. Also, the trick to a good ruleset is to only allow
the traffic you wish using as few rules as possible. Your firewall may
still work if you add too many rules, but you will end up putting an
unnecessary burden on
ipfw as it has to read more rules before it finds
the one that applies to a packet, and you will also create more confusion
for yourself when you can't figure out which of your many rules is
preventing the behavior you expect.
I'll become the superuser and issue the
ipfw show command to check my
current rules:
ipfw show
00100 0 0 allow ip from any to any via lo0
00200 0 0 deny ip from any to 127.0.0.0/8
00300 0 0 check-state
00301 0 0 deny tcp from any to any in established
00302 0 0 allow tcp from any to any keep-state setup
00400 0 0 allow udp from 126.96.36.199 53 to any in recv ed0
00401 0 0 allow udp from 220.127.116.11 53 to any in recv ed0
00402 0 0 allow udp from 126.96.36.199 53 to any in recv ed0
00403 0 0 allow udp from any to any out
65535 0 0 deny ip from any to any
Because I need to allow UDP packets, I'll want to specify the DHCP port
numbers and the IP address of my DHCP server. As the superuser, I'll
consider adding the following lines to my
/etc/ipfw.rules file:
#allow DHCP
add 00500 allow udp from any 68 to 18.104.22.168 67 out via ed0
add 00501 allow udp from 188.8.131.52 67 to any 68 in via ed0
These should be the bare minimum rules that will allow my DHCP client to
renew its lease with the DHCP server
188.8.131.52. Whether more rules will
be required will vary according to the dependability of that DHCP server. If the
DHCP server always responds to my renewal requests, I won't have to resort
to sending out UDP broadcasts, pinging my default gateway, or receiving
UDP broadcasts. If my DHCP server is not so dependable, I might have to
also add the following rules:
add 00502 allow udp from any 68 to 255.255.255.255 67 out via ed0
add 00503 allow udp from any 67 to 255.255.255.255 68 in via ed0
I won't immediately add rules 00502 and 00503, though, as up to this point, my DHCP server has been quite dependable. I have made a mental note to myself to remember to keep these rules in mind, just in case my provider ever has problems with this DHCP server or actually changes the IP address of my DHCP server.
Before I save my changes, I'll compare rules 00500 and 00501 to the rest of my ruleset to ensure there aren't any conflicts or overlaps. I immediately notice an overlap between rules 00403 and 00500:
add 00403 allow udp from any to any out
add 00500 allow udp from any 68 to 126.96.36.199 67 out via ed0
Since rule 00403 already allows "any" UDP packet to go out of my computer, the more specific rule of only sending out UDP packets from port 68 will never be read. At this point, I need to make a choice between creating a minimum number of rules or using a maximum amount of paranoia and responsibility.
I originally added rule 00403 when I created the rules to allow DNS resolution. (See last week's article.) If I decide to remove rule 00403, I'll have to replace it with three more rules that will allow UDP packets to be sent out to the three DNS servers. Also, if I ever need to access any other type of server that requires me to send it a UDP packet, I'll have to create an extra rule to do so. This will result in adding extra rules, and thus extra overhead, to my ipfw ruleset, instead of using one all-encompassing rule.
This goes against the philosophy of using a minimum amount of rules, but I also need to look at the implications of keeping that one all-encompassing rule. There's no security risk to me if I send out UDP packets, as long as I restrict whom I'm willing to accept UDP packets from. For example, rule 00403 allows me to send out any UDP packet, but rules 00400, 00401, 00402, and 00501 ensure I'll only accept UDP packets from my provider's three DNS servers and one DHCP server. This seems to be an acceptable policy for my standalone FreeBSD computer.
However, I would have to rethink this policy if I ever put any clients behind my FreeBSD firewall. For example, Microsoft clients send out an inordinate amount of UDP packets to advertise their shared resources. It would be both irresponsible of me and a security risk to allow those packets to leave my network by being allowed out through my firewall. In this case, I would have to use the overhead of extra rules to ensure that I was only sending out necessary UDP packets and I would have to remove the rule that allows any UDP packet to leave my firewall.
For now, I'll keep rule 00403 as I'm currently only protecting this standalone FreeBSD computer. I might as well delete rule 00500 as it will never be read. My change to this file now looks like this:
#allow DHCP
add 00501 allow udp from 188.8.131.52 67 to any 68 in via ed0
I'll save my change and test it using
killall init. Once I've logged
back in, I'll become the superuser and see what happened:
ipfw show
00100 0 0 allow ip from any to any via lo0
00200 0 0 deny ip from any to 127.0.0.0/8
00300 0 0 check-state
00301 0 0 deny tcp from any to any in established
00302 0 0 allow tcp from any to any keep-state setup
00400 8 1322 allow udp from 220.127.116.11 53 to any in recv ed0
00401 0 0 allow udp from 188.8.131.52 53 to any in recv ed0
00402 0 0 allow udp from 184.108.40.206 53 to any in recv ed0
00403 8 469 allow udp from any to any out
00501 4 1592 allow udp from 126.96.36.199 67 to any 68 in recv ed0
65535 29 8591 deny ip from any to any
It looks like I received eight UDP packets from the DNS server
184.108.40.206 and
four UDP packets from the DHCP server
188.8.131.52. Now I'll take a look at my
DHCP lease:
more /var/db/dhclient.leases<snip to just show bottom 3 lines>
renew 3 2001/5/16 07:46:25; rebind 5 2001/5/18 08:50:46; expire 6 2001/5/19 01:12:14;
When I issued the
killall init command, I also successfully contacted
the DHCP server and renewed my lease, so it looks my DHCP rule is
Now, let's take a look at allowing some ICMP, as my ruleset is currently denying all ICMP packets. If you remember from Examining ICMP Packets, denying all ICMP is a bad thing as it will break Path-MTU Discovery and will prevent Source Quench messages. You'll also remember that ICMP uses both "types" and "codes" to specify the actual ICMP message.
When creating an
ipfw rule that refers to ICMP, you can only specify the ICMP "type," not the associated "code." I'll become the superuser and add
the following lines to my
/etc/ipfw.rules file:
#allow some icmp types (codes not supported)
###########allow path-mtu in both directions
add 00600 allow icmp from any to any icmptypes 3
###########allow source quench in and out
add 00601 allow icmp from any to any icmptypes 4
While I'm at it, I should consider whether I want to be able to
hosts outside of my network, or run the
traceroute command. Because I want
to be able to do both and receive responses, but I don't want anyone
on the Internet to try to ping or "traceroute" me, I'll add these rules:
###########allow me to ping out and receive response back
add 00602 allow icmp from any to any icmptypes 8 out
add 00603 allow icmp from any to any icmptypes 0 in
###########allow me to run traceroute
add 00604 allow icmp from any to any icmptypes 11 in
Remember that ICMP type 8 is an echo request and ICMP type 0 is an echo reply. Since I've only allowed echo requests out and echo replies in, I can ping out but no one can ping me.
When I run
traceroute, I send out UDP packets that I've already allowed using rule 00403. However, if I want to receive any responses back, I have
to accept back in ICMP type 11 packets.
That looks pretty good so I'll save my changes and reset my
ipfw counters using the
ipfw zero command. I'll then do a
killall init and once I've logged back in I'll try to do a
ping and a
ping www.freebsd.org
PING freefall.freebsd.org (188.8.131.52): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 220.127.116.11: icmp_seq=0 ttl=239 time=85.250 ms
64 bytes from 188.8.131.52: icmp_seq=1 ttl=239 time=88.338 ms
64 bytes from 22.214.171.124: icmp_seq=2 ttl=239 time=83.757 ms
--- freefall.freebsd.org ping statistics ---
3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 83.757/85.782/88.338/1.908 ms
traceroute www.freebsd.org
traceroute to freefall.freebsd.org (126.96.36.199), 30 hops max, 40 byte packets
1 10.69.4.1 (10.69.4.1) 8.678 ms 8.739 ms 10.055 ms
2 d226-12-1.home.cgocable.net (22.214.171.124) 9.800 ms 10.642 ms 7.876 ms
3 cgowave-0-158.cgocable.net (184.108.40.206) 25.910 ms 15.288 ms 13.693 ms
4 cgowave-busy-core.cgocable.net (188.8.131.52) 26.982 ms 16.521 ms 12.376 ms
5 cgowave-0-202.cgocable.net (22.214.171.124) 14.372 ms 14.224 ms 13.728 ms
6 22.214.171.124 (18.104.22.168) 14.112 ms 13.544 ms 42.612 ms
7 c1-pos8-0.bflony1.home.net (220.127.116.11) 15.093 ms 22.387 ms 18.530 ms
8 c1-pos1-0.hrfrct1.home.net (18.104.22.168) 25.953 ms 26.703 ms 26.514 ms
9 c1-pos3-0.nycmny1.home.net (188.8.131.52) 26.279 ms 29.810 ms 38.940 ms
10 * ibr02-p1-0.jrcy01.exodus.net (22.214.171.124) 32.121 ms 38.211 ms
11 bbr02-g5-0.jrcy01.exodus.net (188.8.131.52) 34.239 ms 34.815 ms 37.106 ms
12 bbr01-p2-0.okbr01.exodus.net (18.104.22.168) 37.643 ms 36.883 ms 36.201 ms
13 184.108.40.206 (220.127.116.11) 37.624 ms 39.455 ms 40.243 ms
14 bbr01-p0-0.snva03.exodus.net (220.127.116.11) 81.494 ms 82.421 ms 83.230 ms
15 22.214.171.124 (18.104.22.168) 79.431 ms 80.981 ms 115.289 ms
16 bbr02-p4-0.sntc05.exodus.net (22.214.171.124) 81.993 ms 99.964 ms 82.169 ms
17 dcr01-g6-0.sntc05.exodus.net (22.214.171.124) 81.324 ms 81.603 ms 80.146 ms
18 g2-1.bas1-m.sc5.yahoo.com (126.96.36.199) 81.867 ms 100.628 ms 94.995 ms
19 freefall.freebsd.org (188.8.131.52) 104.100 ms 95.821 ms 85.909 ms
So far, so good. I'll now become the superuser and doublecheck which rules were used:
ipfw show
00100 0 0 allow ip from any to any via lo0
00200 0 0 deny ip from any to 127.0.0.0/8
00300 0 0 check-state
00301 0 0 deny tcp from any to any in established
00302 0 0 allow tcp from any to any keep-state setup
00400 29 5847 allow udp from 184.108.40.206 53 to any in recv ed0
00401 2 163 allow udp from 22.214.171.124 53 to any in recv ed0
00402 3 397 allow udp from 188.8.131.52 53 to any in recv ed0
00403 93 4712 allow udp from any to any out
00501 0 0 allow udp from 18.104.22.168 67 to any 68 in recv ed0
00600 3 168 allow icmp from any to any icmptype 3
00601 0 0 allow icmp from any to any icmptype 4
00602 3 252 allow icmp from any to any out icmptype 8
00603 3 252 allow icmp from any to any in icmptype 0
00604 53 2968 allow icmp from any to any in icmptype 11
65535 29 8591 deny ip from any to any
You can see those three echo request packets (rule 00602) and the three echo reply
packets (rule 00603) used by the
ping utility. You can also see that it
took 53 ICMP type 11 packets to respond to the
traceroute (rule 00604). It also looks like rule 00600 allowed three ICMP type 3 packets. However, I can't
tell "why" I received those three Destination Unreachable messages as I
wasn't able to specify an associated "code" in my rule.
We've actually covered a fair bit of ground in this article, so let's wait until next when we look at logging and do some further testing on the firewall's behavior.
Dru Lavigne is a network and systems administrator, IT instructor, author and international speaker. She has over a decade of experience administering and teaching Netware, Microsoft, Cisco, Checkpoint, SCO, Solaris, Linux, and BSD systems. A prolific author, she pens the popular FreeBSD Basics column for O'Reilly and is author of BSD Hacks and The Best of FreeBSD Basics.
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I have a 5 week old (two weeks early) who is a good nurser besides drinking quite a few air bubbles. He generally goes 2 to 3 hours between feedings in the day and 3 to 4 during the night.
He is usually fussy around the evening before he crashes for the night. The last couple of nights he has been a lot fussier for a lot longer. He can usually be consoled with a pacifier or running water while being bounced. He won't want to comfort nurse if he is full. He usually gets more mad with gas going up rather than going down, but his burps can be stubborn if they aren't right after a feeding. This has gone on for two to three hours the last two days before he gives up. Can a baby develop colic this late!?
Aside- I did realize the first rough night I had a lot of beef and dairy that day. The next day I had half as much dairy. I will scale dairy way back today and see if tonight is a little better.
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The settlement, originally filed with the PUC in January, called for Hawaii Electric Light Company to withdraw its 2013 rate case.
As part of the settlement, Hawaiian Electric Company, Maui Electric Company and Hawaii Electric Light Company also agreed to write off $40 million in costs for two major projects: the 110-megawatt biofuel generating station at Campbell Industrial Park and the companies' new customer information system.
This write-off has already been reflected in the utilities' financial results for 2012.
In addition, Hawaiian Electric agreed to delay the filing of its next rate case, which was originally scheduled for this year under the current regulatory schedule for periodically evaluating electric rates.
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Kass: The Earnings Snow Job
NEW YORK ( Real Money ) -- Similar to this past weekend's brutal blizzard, the interpretation of fourth-quarter 2012 U.S. corporate profits and the expectations for prosperity in 2013 is another big snow job. The current disconnect between stock prices and the slowing pace of earnings growth is reminiscent of the second half of 2007. The difference between then and now is 2007's emerging weakness was centered in the financial sector. By contrast, in late 2012 and expected in early 2013, the profit weakness is more broad-based.
Today, despite analysts and strategists unrealistic optimism, participants' confidence in the markets is elevated, as investors have cared little about slowing growth. Reality will prevail, however, as ultimately corporate profits are the mother's milk (hat tip to Sir Larry Kudlow) of the markets.
At the start of the earnings season, the consensus forecast for fourth-quarter 2012 S&P 500 profits was about $25.50 a share -- now, with over 80% of the companies reporting, $23.50 a share looks more likely. As Alhambra Partners opines, "missing fourth quarter 2012 by 20% is not a rounding error."
A disappointing picture for S&P earnings lies at the core of my ursine market views . In the fullness of time, it will not likely be ignored.
I continue to see an earnings cliff ahead .
Consensus, top-down and bottom-up 2013 forecasts for the S&P 500 are at $108 a share, $107 a share and $112 a share, respectively, up from about $102 a share expected in 2012.
My projection is for $100 a share or less for S&P profits -- well below 2013 consensus and under the anticipated actual 2012 earnings.
I was recently asked by Melissa Lee on "Fast Money," whether the S&P is cheaper today than it was when it made a high in 2007. In that appearance, I explained that markets discount the future, not the past -- and Zero Hedge illustrates my point that stocks today are more expensive today compared to 2007.
In this excellent post , Alhambra Partners demonstrates:
- the loss of corporate profit and sales momentum;
It is my expectation that consensus projections for domestic economic growth will decline further in the months ahead, led by weakness in the consumer sector. This will further pressure corporate profits.
Already supportive of my thesis is the recent flattening of the yield curve, a lower absolute yield on the 10-year U.S. note (down by 12 basis points in last few weeks) and an apparent rollover in credit risk metrics.
It remains my view that the 2013 real GDP in the U.S. will be (at best) +1.5% -- the CBO has just issued a forecast of +1.4% -- and that there are accumulating downside risks to economic growth in the form of the fiscal drag of policy (given that the half-life of the previous uber expansionary monetary policy of delivering zero interest rates is contracting).


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I don't want to be that girl wearing sky-high heels to the family BBQ because I was trying to be over-the-top cute. So, these gladiators are spot-on for a dress-up or dress-down afternoon. Comfortable and cute always scores points.
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Just In Case5 of 12
Inevitably, the time will come when I must do my business (if you know what I mean), and I've got to be prepared for the communal bathroom. With this secret weapon, I'll be carefree and no one else will have to know. Whew! Crisis averted.
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Flats with Flair6 of 12
A rule of thumb for packing: three pairs of shoes only. One should definitely be a flat peep-toe shoe like this one which works with dresses and jeans. Plus they pack easily, which is a bonus, and prevents that big luggage problem.
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Beach Tote7 of 12
Just in case we take the Jitney up to the Hamptons (for a party or two), this carry-all will be the perfect beach bag and picnic tote for some sun and sand. Towels, sunscreen and my summer reading (32 Candles by Ernessa T. Carter) can all fit comfortably along with the digital cam.
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Flawless Face8 of 12
Hopping on a plane and changing climates can wreak havoc on the skin. And a pimple would surely ruin my important weekend, so I'm getting proactive with an anti-oxidant facial oil, high in vitamin E, omega 3 and 6 fatty acids, that conditions and protects the skin from environmental damage.
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Hint of Sass9 of 12
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Casual Outing10 of 12
With a crew of young nieces and nephews, I can't be all prissy with fussy clothes, but I'm not abandoning my style for a game of tag. These Grecian-inspired shorts are perfect for going from a game of dominoes to a round of Red Light, Green Light. Tag you're it!
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Splash of Color11 of 12
A must-pack is a free-flowing dress that can work day-to-night. Plus, I dont have to iron this so it's not high-maintenance, because neither am I. And I have a feeling the BF will love the jersey feel of the frock. Guess who's feeling frisky?
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Now, Create Your Own12 of 12
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Keen-eyed student spots O. Winston Link negativesThursday, December 14th, 2006
Students who work in Special Collections are extremely important to the work we do — sine qua non, you might say. They help us in a myriad of ways; one of them is the conservation of Haverford's historical photographs. This year, Kaitlin Franks, a sophomore, is working on this project. We were discussing the placement in the collection of a positive print from the 1950s depicting a person by the skating shed at the Duck Pond, apparently talking to visitors. On the back was the familiar stamp of the well-known photographer O. Winston Link who was on Haverford's campus in the 1950s, taking a number of pictures. Later, when Kaitlin started working on a group of negatives, she found the same image and many more and quickly realized the connection. It was a treasure trove of OWL images.


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Wildoak Living March 4 at 9am: Chana Wilson and Judy Fjell
Tune in to WILDOAK LIVING, the radio program
about living sustainably and building community
in Mendocino County and beyond.
Listen live every other Monday at 9am Pacific Time
on KZYX and on the web at www.kzyx.org
Listen anytime to podcasts and find more information
about topics and guests at www.wildoakliving.org
On Monday March 4 @ 9:00 AM, I have two guests:
1. I talk with Chana Wilson, a psychotherapist, author, and former radio host.
Her memoir, Riding Fury Home, tells the story of the powerful, complicated bond
between her mother and herself: from her childhood in the 50s with a suicidal mother,
to discovering in adulthood that her mother had been a closeted lesbian
given psychiatric treatment to "cure her," to their shared exhilaration
when they both come out in the women's and gay liberation movements.
2. I talk with one-of-a-kind singer-song writer Judy Fjell,
who is coming to Ukiah for a concert on March 17.
Many of the more than 150 songs she has written and recorded
on 16 albums on her own label during her 40 year career
convey a strong message for compassion and justice -
for the planet and for the human race.
Judy Fjell is the founding director of the Ukiah Inland Valley Women's Choir
and of Women Making Music Retreats (since 1991)
and works in musical lay ministry for Unitarian-Universalist congregations.
She also teaches song games for three days in March to teachers and students
at Brookside Elementary School in Willits, CA, an event supported for many years
by the PTO and Boosters of Brookside School.
More info about my guests and the program topic:
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I was blithely walking my dog right past Giorgio a couple of weeks ago while thinking about dining someplace entirely different — which is something I did most every day. I'm not saying I disliked Giorgio, I was just sorta used to ignoring the place since it terminated its fine Sunday brunch service and after one too many visits when I came away thinking it was lacking in identity.
Sure, it was kind of Italian and, yeah, it was smack-dab in my neighborhood, but my memories of Giorgio were … um, what? You see my problem? Semi-vague recollections of unnecessarily heavy and undistinguished food had left me with no compelling reasons to regularly dine there.
That changed the day I previously referenced when, after watching a waitress hang a proclamation on Giorgio's window announcing its participation in Farm to Plate Week, I hitched my dog to a patio table and sauntered inside on a reconnaissance mission. Informed Giorgio now routinely shopped at the Clintonville Farmers Market, generally offered seasonal ingredients and had just released a new menu, I realized I needed to get up to speed with this accommodating, Tuscan-esque and suddenly more interesting restaurant. Considering I'd soon enjoy relaxed, personable service, alluringly reasonable prices for lean and salt-restrained dishes popping with fresh veggies and herbs, I made the right decision.
Giorgio's wine list ain't awful. There's a 25 for $25 section with functional "best buy" types like a Nero d'Avola from Cusumano, Masi's Campofiorin Ripasso and Fireland's (of Ohio) fine pinot grigio. Since I spotted a go-to prosecco in cute "Bambino" form (a Riondo split, $8), I targeted that delightful sip and recommend you do, too.
Up first was a locally sourced Spinach Salad ($8) that scored high with that classic prosciutto and cantaloupe combo — the standout Ohio fruit was beautiful, juicy, pale yellow. Goat cheese and a thickish, semi-sweet peppery dressing were able accomplices.
Zucchini Fritti ($7) were a heaving pile of crackly, not too heavy or overly greasy sage-sprinkled veggie fries and a terrific value. Even better was a pretty Margherita Flatbread ($9), with golden Ohio heirloom tomatoes, a lotta fresh basil, blobs of melted fresh mozzarella and a crispy, paperthin 12-inch pizza crust.
Entree-wise, the new Tonno Fresco ($17) is my kind of light eating. A huge pan-seared yellowfin tuna steak was crusted with herbes de Provence and placed on a king-size bed of rustically chopped — and wonderful — sweetly roasted vegetables (eggplant, more heirlooms and zucchini). A simple butter sauce finished off the thoughtful presentation.
Another hearty yet healthy solid value was the Pork Ribeye Farm to Plate special (no longer available but worth a mention). A juicy, tender and shareably massive slab of lean, perfectly pink-in-the-middle meat was scented with rosemary, draped with hunks of sauteed local squash and placed atop good mashers not reliant on buckets of dairy. The only downside: the pork wasn't attractively seared.
That wasn't a problem with the killer Fileto Manzo ($21), an all-star filet mignon with spinach, OK (likely not homemade) gnocchi, pink peppercorns and one-two knockout punches of sauces — creamy gorgonzola and 'shroomy demi-glace. It wasn't as virtuously lean as other selections and was a bit of a mess to eat, but it delivered a joyous jolt to the pancia that has me walking past Giorgio lately thinking about returning later that evening.


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Yep. Seen it on FB but someone more talented than me will have to post it on here.
NRL launch new logo and confirm no new expansion
Started by Odsal Outlaw, Oct 29 2012 08:42 AM
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Posted 30 October 2012 - 09:13 AM
Posted 30 October 2012 - 09:36 AM
Gyngall's comments have been taken way out of context I think. He said that the morning after a sleepless 24hr negotiation session where the ARL basically held him over a barrel...
Apparently the head of Channel 9 said during the TV contract talks that he felt that more games would add nothing to the contract. You could argue, that as he wouldn't want to pay any more than he has done, he would say that.
Also, many of the NRL clubs are still pleading poverty. The Titans has well publicised problems this year, which isnt fully resolved, and the Tigers are apparently in some problems as well. The ARLC wants to 'shore up' the existing clubs first.
At least they've got a nice new logo...
The ARL have made a massive commitment to restructure the game at all levels and they need to know the lay of the land before they doing something big like add new clubs. Two seasons will pass in the blink of an eye.


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My sister had started her completely FF baby on solids at 4 months. I am surprised by this and I am not moaning cos it's her baby and she can do what's she likes.
Is there any benefits for a formula fed baby to start solids at 6 mths? I thought the formula fed would also benefit from starting solids at 6 mths as well as the breast fed?
My sister had gone completely the opposite way of me in raising her baby as oppose to me raising my babies. Sometimes I think she's doing it on purpose and she had got all the old biddies on her side that's for sure! Weird.


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A veteran of two "Indiana Jones" films as well as heralded roles in such projects as "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy, "Shogun" and the TV series "Sliders," actor John Rhys-Davies is highly regarded for several different things he brings to his roles, including his undeniable charisma, his jovial demeanor and not the least of which, his commanding voice.
Yet, after more than 40 years in the business, it's the latter gift that some filmmakers still don't apparently know how to put to proper use -- not that Rhys-Davies seems to mind.
"One of the things I'll be doing soon -- if they can raise the money for it -- will be the role of a deaf-mute," Rhys-Davies told me with a hearty laugh in a recent interview. "Well, at least I won't have to learn any lines for that one."
Of course, director Steven Spielberg and producer George Lucas put all of Rhys-Davies' skills to terrific use in "Raiders of the Lost Ark" and "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade," two of the four films that make up the new boxed set "Indiana Jones: The Complete Adventures." Also consisting of "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom" and "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull," the set marks the debut of the first three films in the quadrilogy on Blu-ray.
New in stores Tuesday, the Blu-ray set (Paramount Home Entertainment) also includes a fifth disc of bonus features, including a four-part documentary about all the films, several production featurettes and two new exclusive documentaries about "Raiders."
In his Indy film appearances Rhys-Davies plays Sallah, Indy's (Harrison Ford) faithful friend and colleague who assists the adventurous archeologist in his quest to track down the Ark of the Covenant in "Raiders" and the Holy Grail in "The Last Crusade."
Reflecting on his initial involvement in Raiders, Rhys-Davies said there was very little dialogue to put his booming voice to work, much less Ford's or Karen Allen, who stars as Indy's feisty love interest Marion Ravenwood.
"There wasn't much dialogue in it. It was made up of scene descriptions and action descriptions, and a story being told by images as much as words," Rhys-Davies recalled.
Of course, you would never know the bare bones structure of the script by looking at the film today, and that's why the bonus content of the boxed set is so fascinating, the veteran actor said.
"When I looked at the behind-the-scenes features on the new Blu-ray and DVD, what struck me was the extraordinary way Harrison was very deliberately styling, creating and defining this great, iconic character," Rhys-Davies said. "The debt the film owes is to Harrison's conception and manipulation of the material to create the character is extraordinary."
That's not to say Lucas and Spielberg weren't integral to the success of the film series, Rhys-Davies added. The actor still has an enormous amount of respect for the determination Lucas and Spielberg had to get films made the proper way.
"There's a synthesis between George and Steven. They're the young Turks' rebuttal to all those blasted people in studios who don't know how to make films and who make sure that other people don't get what they need to make them," Rhys-Davies said, laughing.
Rhys-Davies, who later, of course, went on to play the fearless dwarf, Gimli, in "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy, said he appreciated how Lucas and Spielberg gave him a lot of extra creative freedom to help shape Sallah in "Raiders."
"They gave me quite a lot of wiggle room in 'Raiders,' but in 'The Last Crusade' things were quite settled. You knew who Indy was, you knew who Sallah was, and then they made an important addition to the family with Indy's father (Sean Connery). When you add the great material genius of Connery, there isn't a lot of wiggle room left for the rest of us," Rhys-Davies said, laughing. "But that's not our job. Our job is to enrich the borders of the central canvas. And we do so to a greater or lesser extent."
While the chance of a fifth Indiana Jones film has yet to be determined, the actor, 72, was able to confirm, at least, that he could have been in 2008's "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom Skull" in a limited role, but declined the opportunity. It would have been, he said, in the wedding scene that concluded the film.
"I was actually in Hungary at the time of filming, and they did offer to send somebody over and do a bit of blue-screen with me coming in, sitting down and clapping," Rhys-Davies recalled. "To be honest with you, I thought there was just more to the character. (To do the scene) would have been a little bit of a cheat on the character."
Rhys-Davies said he would welcome the return of Sallah for a fifth film, but admits that he's simply at the mercy of the storytellers when it comes to the character's return.
"The truth of the matter is, he's a character borne of a location, and if the location isn't covered in the story, then he's surplus to the requirements of it (and he would not return)," Rhys-Davies said. "The problem for the producers is, he's a very loved character. He's very attractive to an audience, so there must be at least a temptation to bring him back for a new generation. To counter that, maybe times have changed, and perhaps a character like Sallah is no longer theatrically viable."


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Romance writer to be guest at Manchester libraryFebruary 19,2013Romance writer to visit library
MANCHESTER — Bestselling romance novelist Anne Stuart will share her thoughts on writing romance novels at 2 p.m. on Feb. 24 at the Mark Skinner Library.
Stuart is a romance writer with more than 35 years experience and a winner of the Romance Writers of America's Lifetime Achievement Award.
Her first novel was "Barrett's Hill," a gothic romance published by Ballantine in 1974 when she had just turned 25. Since then Stuart has written more gothics, regencies, romantic suspense, romantic adventure, series romance, suspense, historical romance, paranormal and mainstream contemporary romance for publishers such as Doubleday, Harlequin, Silhouette, Avon, Zebra, St. Martins Press, Berkley, Dell, Pocket Books and Fawcett.
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Marshall woman arrested for child's death, neglect
2-year-old dies, 4-year-old recovers
A Marshall woman has been arrested on suspicion of child neglect causing death and child neglect resulting in bodily harm after an investigation into the death of a 2-year-old girl, according to the Dane County Sheriff's Office.
Deputies said Connie M. Hartmann, 35, was arrested early Thursday morning after a domestic incident at her home at 1128 Berlin Road in Medina Township.
Investigators said a 2-year-old girl and 4-year-old boy were transported to local hospitals May 6 after they were discovered inside a vehicle and smelled strongly of gasoline.
The girl was found unconscious and the boy was conscious but ill, according to investigators.
The girl was pronounced dead at a St. Mary's emergency room in Sun Prairie and the boy recovered several days at University of Wisconsin Hospital before being released to foster care, where he remains.
Hartmann was arrested based on autopsy results and statements made by Hartmann and others' living in the Berlin Road home, according to investigators.
Detectives said they had planned on arresting Hartmann at 3:30 a.m. Thursday, but she was arrested in the domestic incident before they arrived.
Hartmann was arrested on suspicion of battery and disorderly conduct for the domestic incident.
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More than a coincidence?December 29,2012
More than a coincidence?
Is it just pure coincidence that Hurricane Sandy and Sandy Hook Elementary School both involved people being killed in America, or is there something more sinister about it? The name Sandy is what alarms me. Was this awful scene in Connecticut the work of a madman who stopped taking his anti-psychotic meds and had access to guns, or something more evil? He was taking meds for a time.
Right after the Hurricane Sandy Relief Concert the shootings in Connecticut happened. It may be mere speculation, but maybe someone should check it out. Terrorists are getting more clever these days and dont always take credit for what they have done. Yes, gun control is needed. As Wyatt Earp used to post at the town limits: Check your guns with the sheriff or go to jail.
Sure, it was Dodge City in 1880, but so what? Things are just as violent now as back then. Gun nuts need to turn their guns in to the sheriff for safekeeping, and we dont need them running around with M-16 assault rifles or other automatic weapons. This isnt Vietnam. Maybe they need a deer rifle, but check it in with Marshal Earp or get thrown in the slammer. We all need to be more careful and watch out for possible terrorist situations and gun nuts.
Peace, brother.
Tom King
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