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How to discover traces of a compromised system
I was wondering about this scenario. You are hired to do pentest and while doing your pentest, you have to successfully compromise the target system (Windows or Linux). You started to look around for Windows, you run sc or sc query commands, net and etc sommands.
How would you know that the target system(s) had been compromised so that you can turn the pentest into investigation/forensic phase, given that fact that you are a pentester pro. not incident handler or forensic invetigator?
Are there specific skills that you need to have being a pentester in order to find traces of a compromised systems?
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Oh man, that is a great shot! Very cool!
With a camera... of my USPc in 40. I have to give my buddy credit for getting it, though I don't think he could time it that well again for a million bucks.
Thought it was cool.
Oh man, that is a great shot! Very cool!
The slide hadn't started to recoil yet.
Was that a factory round? Or was it a reload?
Great picture!
Also, as I looked at the picture, I noticed you have your watch on your
right arm.
Thanks. It is an interesting shot!
I was using Winchester 165gr shots.
And, yea, I wear my watch on my right wrist but I am right handed. I've always done it that way, not sure why.

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Archibald & Jamelia: Maluji's Master Scheme
Book by: Idgo
Status: Finished
Genre: Science Fiction
Chapter1 (v.1) - Introduction
Before we begin, it is vital you know exactly what the bean is going on in this mad tale of space crafts, vampires and stalkers. The are worlds, worlds far beyond the imagination of any Earth dweller, worlds of strange creatures, crafty characters and exotic flavours of cheese. Even more exotic than Earth's cheese, believe me. There are teams, gangs, nations, empires that unite such worlds. One of these is the Dunderland Empire, in fact this is one of the most remarkable intergalactic empires out there. They invented the space zeppelin, discovered the existance of unicorns and a they managed to defy the laws of physics. Twice.
The capital city is the Great City of Dunderland, which lies in the Western Quadrant of Harlacus and was the first ever space city to be built. It was once an asteroid stuffed with the priceless substance queuerock, but has evolved into a major city which is shielded by a massive dome.It has connections with Terra, Quellin, even a peace treaty with the war-like empire Argos. No wonder it is the capital.
The city is the government of the empire, ruling over everything within the galaxy, from the crystal clouds on Canaryand the broccoli trees on Tropwen, to the factories on Iroxis and the pink hills of Nonotron. Nonotron, the home of Archibald Nugget.
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This past summer, cybercriminals distributed a fake promotion for a $25 iTunes gift card. It asked users to click on a Facebook post and the link that took them to a scam page. The posts appear to be from friends but are actually spam messages distributed through malicious code. Once you click on the link and arrive at the scam page, you are asked to "share" the promotion by clicking on a "like" button that automatically posts to your Wall with the scam. You are then offered a choice of surveys that ask for your personal information. Your information is subsequently passed along to spam lists.
A similar scam recently occurred with Southwest Airlines. The cybercriminals disguised the scam as a Facebook post reading, "I love Southwest." Users were asked to click on the link to claim free tickets. However, once they clicked, they were asked to take various surveys, as well as sign-up for free trials of other products. Like in the case of the fake iTunes promotion, victims were spammed with emails, texts and phone calls and their personal information was compromised.
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Everybody loves a tidy ending. Episodes of Seinfeld, fireworks finales, a sturdy hem at the base of a pant leg — these things give us faith that the designer knew what he was doing.
Andrew Churchman tells me — in a royal-purple font via e-mail — that Slumberland Records ended up offering the perfect, most fitting ending for Pants Yell!, his soft-spoken indie-pop project of the past six years. "I've drawn countless inspiration from their catalogue over the years, and thinking about it now, the fact we're actually on the label may have had something to do with knowing this was a good time to stop the band. Where else could we go?"
The precise path that Pants Yell! have cut through indie pop has always seemed bound for Slumberland — the home of cozy combos like the Softies and Boyracer. It almost seemed fated that their fourth and final album, named Received Pronunciation and set for a release party at ZuZu this Monday, is now a jewel of their roster.
Since Churchman (guitar, lead vocals) met Sterling Bryant (bass, keyboards) at MassArt in 2003 (Casey Keenan joined on drums in 2007), the music they've been making hasn't changed much, and in this case that's a good thing. A Pants Yell! song is more about what they're not doing than what they are — which typically is not a whole lot. Guitars stay sparse and dry, the bass bup-bup-bups along, the drums gently hop from one beat to the next. The formula — jilted chord progressions and shy '70s harmonies tucked under simple melodies — has been assured and effortless from the beginning.
"Everything we do has a very precise imagery and æsthetic that I'm very conscious of," says Churchman. "Even our album art, T-shirts, and fliers, even what clubs and bands we choose to play with."
Not to say that Churchman and company are finicky friends, but the members of their collaborative orbits make a pretty impeccable bunch of strange bedfellows, reaching to the arguably even-more-twee Ponies in the Surf, the sputtering garage mechanics of Reports, and the psych-freaks of Major Stars.
The first time I heard of this outfit was during an interview with the taste-defiant noise-rock band Life Partners, whose trumpet player, Greg Kelley (also of free-improv and Nmperign fame) had just finished recording with Pants Yell! When I finally got to see them live, they shared the stage with the excruciatingly loud Big Bear. I can't blame myself for being surprised at their set.
"It was helpful early on just meeting like-minded music people in the city," says Churchman. "Getting to know the lay of the land. Making friends with bands that you wouldn't be embarrassed to play with."
Now at the end of the line, he seems focused on adding the finishing touches to a modest legacy. "I'm drawn to the mysticism of pop music. Four albums is a good run, and I want to end on a high note. Also, I want to make a little bit of a statement, too — 'This was Pants Yell!' "
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Welcome to Hyperion Records, an independent British classical label devoted to presenting high-quality recordings of music of all styles and from all periods from the twelfth century to the twenty-first.
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I'm going to paint my MSH soon, its going to be the ROTJ version now and no, i've not gone mad and i'm not looking for an easy way out of finishing the helmet, its just that i'm getting the new MSH2, so i plan to make that one the ESB version.
What i want to know is, is the silver on the ROTJ helmet painted on first (before the green)?
It looks to me like the large areas of silver are the helmets base coat that have been masked off before painting the greens on top, then smaller silver marks have been painted on top of the green with a brush. The silver that i think has been painted on top of the green looks a different shade of silver to the large areas too.
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BOISE, Idaho - The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is praising Idaho and Montana for successful management of gray wolves. In its 2011 Annual Report for the Northern Rocky Mountain Wolf Population, the Service now estimates the region's wolf population at 1774 animals and 109 breeding pairs.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Mountain-Prairie Regional Director Steve Guertin said, "these population estimates indicate the credible and professional job Montana and Idaho have done in the first year after they have assumed full management responsibilities." He said the states' management plans will maintain a healthy wolf population at or above the agency's recovery goals.
According to the report, the Rocky Mountain wolf population is biologically recovered and has exceeded recovery goals for ten consecutive years. In addition, the population fully occupies nearly all suitable habitat. The Service delisted wolves in the region (except Wyoming) on May 5, 2011.
The Idaho Fish and Game Department documented 101 wolf packs in the state by the end of 2011. The population at the end of the year was estimated at 746 wolves, down from a high of 856 at the end of 2009.
Idaho Fish and Game Deputy Director Jim Unsworth credits Idaho's hunters and trappers. He stated, "we've made good progress in getting the wolf population under control and into better balance with prey species, such as elk, but we've still got a ways to go."
The Idaho progress report shows 24 documented border packs were counted for Montana, Wyoming and Washington that established territories overlapping the Idaho state boundary and spent some time in Idaho. Of 63 packs known to have reproduced, 40 packs qualified as breeding pairs by the end of the year. The overall net increase in Idaho was only six packs, with four other packs removed during the year.
Biologists confirmed the deaths of 296 wolves in Idaho during 2011. Of known wolf mortalities, hunter and trapper harvest accounted for 200 deaths and agency control and legal landowner take in response to wolf-livestock depredation accounted for 63 deaths. 18 wolf deaths were attributed to other human causes, including illegal take. The cause of 12 mortalities could not be determined and were listed as unknown. Three died of natural causes.
The report also found that 71 cattle, 121 sheep, three horses, six dogs and two domestic bison were confirmed as wolf kills. Another 19 cattle, 26 sheep, one horse and one dog were considered probable wolf kills.
Fish and Game Wildlife Bureau Chief Jeff Gould says it's critical the state continue to receive adequate federal funding for meeting Endangered Species Act requirements during the post de-listing period. Gould said, "meeting federal obligations for documenting wolf abundance and distribution during the five year post de-listing period is expensive and labor intensive."


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America is suffering from a government shutdown hangover. Making it even worse, there wasn't even a party preceding the pain. And there's no immediate relief in sight.
You can see it in the latest temperature-taking of consumers and voters.
The Conference Board's Consumer Confidence Index dropped sharply in the wake of the 16-day partial government shutdown. The Index now stands at 71.2, down from 80.2 in September. (A level around 100 is considered normal.) Since then, there's fresh evidence that the political infighting is reflecting badly on the entire Washington, D.C., political establishment.
An NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll conducted from Oct. 25-28 found President Barack Obama's approval rating has dropped to an all-time low. Only 42 percent of Americans polled approve of the president's performance. At the same time, there have been a number of other polls being released showing most Americans blaming the GOP for the shutdown. While Americans appear to be disgusted with the whole bunch, they appear to still be getting out of bed in the morning and going to work, keeping up the pace of their spending. So far.
Link to the economy
Often, the political process in Washington is seen as largely irrelevant to Americans' pocketbook issues. But this time seems worse, says economist Joel Naroff with Naroff Economic Advisors. "The problem as I put it is that what goes on in Washington doesn't stay in Washington. It's one thing that the chaos is political. It is another thing that the political chaos has economic consequences," says Naroff. That's what makes this stalemate different, he says.
So, we know that attitudes have been affected by the political logjam. We have not seen evidence that behavior, such as spending or hiring, has taken a dramatic wrong turn.
Heading into the shutdown, the Labor Department's household survey of employment, used to calculate the unemployment rate, shows only an average of 81,000 jobs have been created over the past three months. The delayed October jobs report is due Nov. 8.
With a set of budget-related deadlines looming through early February, political leaders have a series of opportunities to either fail or succeed.
The upside?
On the other hand, the stock market seems to continue to register new highs on a daily basis, due in part to the continued commitment by the Federal Reserve for asset purchases. Also, the Institute for Supply Management's manufacturing index ticked up very slightly in October. The report from the purchasing managers' trade group noted "mixed responses on whether the government shutdown and potential default have had any effect on October's results."
Briefing.com chief economist Jeffrey Rosen says "uncertainty is a hot topic right now." But he's not seeing anything to suggest the economy is tanking when looking at new unemployment claims. "The lack of a large increase initial claims data during the October shutdown suggests that the private sector, in the aggregate, will not be negatively impacted by much if another government shutdown occurs. Not enough people were temporarily laid off to affect savings rates," says Rosen.
Deadlines loom
Congressional and Senate budget conferees are facing a mid-December deadline, while the government is funded only through Jan. 15 and the debt ceiling is extended to Feb. 7. "The longer this goes on, the political problems become real problems," Naroff says.
"It's a hangover and you've got no aspirin," says Naroff.
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Gently exhale, deepen the abdominals and slowly lift one foot off the floor. Keep the knee bent at 90-degrees. DO NOT straighten the knee. Continue moving until the thigh reaches or comes close to a position where it aligns vertically to the floor. DO NOT go beyond this position. Hold this position for 5 - 10 seconds. With control, slowly return your leg to the floor, completing 2 - 4 repetitions and repeating with the opposite leg.
The goal of this exercise is to control the position of your low back and pelvis during leg movements. Movement of the thigh past vertical will flatten your back, thus changing the position of your low back. If necessary, place one hand or a rolled up towel under the small of your back to monitor any change in the position of your low back during the movement.
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Follow her for awesome #ootd inspo! This British beauty is way more than a model—she has her own YouTube cooking show, "Well Dunn With Jourdan Dunn." And her feed is a fashion-lover's dream! Jourdan's outfits of the day are beyond cool, and full of #shoesdaytuesday inspiration—her boots, sandals, and sneakers are out of control.
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The family of a young Levin father stabbed to death on Friday night say the past four days have been like 'living in a nightmare'.
Michael Les Valentine was found at his property 7km north of Levin about 8.30pm on Friday. A post-mortem conducted on Sunday determined Mr Valentine had died from a single stab wound to the chest.
Two men arrested in connection with his death appeared in the Palmerston North District Court today.
In a statement released this afternoon, Mr Valentine's family said his death had left a "huge void" in their lives and they were still coming to terms with his death.
"Michael was the type of guy who could always make you smile when you were down, and he had your back no matter what. His loyalty and love for his family and friends was immense.
"We love and miss him very much."
They have thanked the public for their "messages of strength, love, and support".
Mihaylo Stoyan Militch, 31, from Levin, appeared in court today charged with murdering Mr Valentine. He is also charged with assaulting Mr Valentine using a sharpening steel as a weapon.
Michael Paul Zimmerman, 29, a Levin factory-hand, also faces a charge of assault with a weapon.
Lawyer Simon Hewson, who represents Militch, also appeared as duty solicitor for Zimmerman. He advised Judge David Smith that bail would not be sought.
Both men were remanded in custody with Militch due to appear in the Levin District Court on February 13. Zimmerman was also remanded to the Levin District Court but is due to reappear on Thursday.
"I'm anticipating some disclosure between now and that date that would allow me to assess the strength of that case and perhaps a bail application,'' he said in regards to Militch.
Mr Hewson said he has advised Zimmerman to have a lawyer present at his next appearance.
Supporters for both the victim and Militch stood outside court. Neither men spoke during their appearance.
Mr Valentine's funeral will be held in Levin on Wednesday.
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Welcome to the Quilting Board!
Didn't mean to post it twice!
Here are my 5!!! In no particular order at the moment. I'm calling it "Kitties for all seasons"
Shamrock Kitty
Kitty Love
Fall Kitty
Halloween Kitty
Winter Kitty
Outside of a book, a dog is a man's best friend.
Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read -- Groucho Marx
Those are too cute! I love the kitties. Miss Snowman is adorable also. I've got to stop procrastinating and make the time to get my blocks finished this week.
I love your kitties! That is a wonderful theme for you to do!! I just got a catalog with a lot of snowpeople and I am going to use some of them in my blocks. It's just a magazine that sells all kinds of stuff. (Collections)
I already have one or two snowmen in mind for yours, Charlottemarie! One of them is an Arizona snowman! I won't say more, want it to be a surprise when you see the finished block!
Outside of a book, a dog is a man's best friend.
Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read -- Groucho Marx
I love your kitties...I don't have any patterns soit will be fun looking and I love snowmen..this is going to be such a fun swap.
"Make new friends but keep the old, one is silver and the other gold" - Friends on this Quilting Board are treasures indeed!
Oh my goodness! Great job ladies. Now, to get my butt in motion! Still not past my "thinking" stage. Been so busy, but cannot wait to get started on it. Love to see all the pictures, I am inspired!! Now if I didn't have to work..........
Onalee Rose
"There comes a time in your life, when you walk away from all the drama and people who create it. You surround yourself with people who make you laugh. Forget the bad, and focus on the good. Love the people who treat you right, pray for the ones who don't. Life is too short to be anything but happy. Falling down is a part of life, getting back up is living."
I can't wait to see that Arizona Snowman! I found another cute one on the internet so I am going to do him tomorrow. I really have to get in gear. I am real excited about this swap. Can't wait to get going, all of our themes are good!
I'm just about ready to mail out my blocks! Still need to come up with a label design and write my instruction letter. And I'm mailing to..... gosh, forgot already!! Help!!! I need an address!!
Outside of a book, a dog is a man's best friend.
Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read -- Groucho Marx
MizMelly, I think you mail to me. I've been thinking about your kitties and I have figured out holidays/celebrations to go with fabric that I've got in my stash. I'll pm you my address. Wishing everyone a happy thanksgiving, hope you make some good memories this holiday.


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A Nintendo favorite has returned to the gaming universe, and the updated version is even better than the original. It's a tough task to improve upon one of the best video games of all time, as reviewers called it 13 years ago. But the developers behind The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D ($39.99) have done just that.
The new version is made specifically for the glasses-free Nintendo 3DS. The game offers stunning 3-D graphics and new motion-control features (for example: you can move the Nintendo 3DS to aim your slingshot at an enemy for more accuracy), while still preserving the classic storyline.
As the young elf hero, Link, players will embark on a quest to help Princess Zelda save the land of Hyrule from the evil Ganon. Along the way, there will be puzzles to solve, artifacts to collect and villains to fight. First-time players will be able to receive "hint movies" that will help guide them through difficult puzzles. Meanwhile, more experienced players who complete the main quest will be able to access a second, more challenging Master Quest.


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The apartment features 3 double bedrooms, the master bedroom has a large flat-screen TV. Guests can prepare meals in the fully equipped kitchen, which includes a coffee machine. The bathroom has a walk-in shower.
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East Broadway Subway Station is a 5-minute walk from the apartment. Times Square, and other world famous sights centred around Midtown Manhattan, can be reached in just 20 minutes using public transport.
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Great place and Mike was really nice! The appartment itself was very clean and I really liked that there were 2 seperate double beds. We had to share the bathroom and kitchen with 3 others, but this never caused any problems, since we could sign in for the bathroom each morning. The appartment is also almost next to a subway station, so you can easily travel all through Manhattan. Only downside of it that there was one window, but this could not be opened... Overall a great place for a good prize!
I Was in New York for one Week and I Was in this apartment. It's small badroom but really clean, very well equipped the kitchen, and really clean the restroom. Near to te subway, THE restorants too.
The room was really warm in comparison to the heavy cold weather outside. The bathroom and the kitchen was pretty clean. The neighborhood was safe and beautifull.
However our room was very very small and uncomfortable, it was never cleaned up and the towels were the same during the whole days of our stay. What is more, no only we never saw the owners of the appartment but also John (with whom we only spoke via viber/whats app) was not helpfull with some problems that we had.
My teenage daughter and I rented a room in january 2015. It was during wintertime so it was cold outside. The heater in the house works perfectly but it was a little bit too warm for us compared to the outside temperature. Opening the only openable window in the living room, or sleeping with the airconditioning on, helped a bit to reduce the heat.
The room is located at an ideal, central place in Lower Manhattan. The beds were fantastic to sleep on. Mike is a very friendly and hospitable man who gave us the feeling that his house was our house.
The apartment is comfortable and cozy, even when all the rooms are full there's no any problem with the use of the bathroom and kitchen. Apartment was cleaned everyday, all the peoples in the apartments follow the rules, that's make easier and convenient the stay. The location is awesome, there is a bunch of great restaurants nearby and there are 3 different train routes available just 3 blocks of distances. there's also a bunch of places nearby to buy NY city souvenirs, ATM's in every corner and the neighborhood is very safe. John is very kind and always try to help you with your stay. Definitely I would stay again for the next visits to NY, 100% recommended.
NYC is always fantastic, the apartment was however not. It was either freezing cold or very warm. It wasn't possible to adjust the heat. 2 out of 6 days there was no hot water at all. No hot water = no shower! Several of the wals was not painted and the sofa was compleatly warren out. Full of holes. The entertains and stears is very dirty and the backyard is best described as slum, with thousands of smoked cigarettes laying among other waste. The worst was however all the bird droppings on old air-conditions hanging from the windows in the backyard . We are talking of years without cleaning. 40 ~ 60 cm high "mountains" of bird droppings. And then on top of that the apartment is approx. 50 meters from Manhattan brigde, with a train passing every 2 minutes, 24/7. You can not belive the noise! Manhattan John (Mike) is a nice guy, but this apartment should newer have been rented out to tourists.
John is a very accommodating host. It is difficult toilet him, understandably, as he is like other New Yorkers, a very busy man.
However, he has a system in place that works. I stayed in this flat for 10 days while looking for jobs, and had many neighbours coming and going without any problems.
The location is a 10/10. Cleanliness 9/10 decor 8/10.. Overall a great bargain for your money.
3 problems I had:
1- Never send mail, wish I knew, but it's really difficult to retrieve mail.
2- Too many people using the shower in the morning. Wake up early. (4-8 ppl)
3-Maintanance needed to be done on the bathroom, but john changed the date for that till after check out.
Overall, I'd stay there again, it was a good experience.
The apartment is equipped the necessary kitchen utensils and new floor covering / interior paint is consistent with renovation, appearance inside clean and tidy. The mattresses must be very old and you hear the springs every time you move in bed. Not used to living in the city the the frequent trains travelling less than a block away on the bridge made sleeping even more difficult. TV reception is poor with an indoor aerial only. Pipes the run from floor to ceiling rattle at times (warm at times ?noise when heating turned on also associated with hissing sound in kitchen). Only one key very difficult with 5 people. Takes a long time to get hot water through the pipes for washing up / shower. (Do not know if any laundry facilities nearby). Need to be fit to carry suitcases up 3 steep flights of stairs.
Good location, nice room, sharing bathroom. Some days I have to wait for the bathroom. John and Lucy was very helpful and good hosters.
Apartment was in a very handy location. Well presented with everything that you need. Beds aren't the best, but are adequate.
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Here is one of my blocks...I am so distracted by the Olympics tonite I can't think or type straight....so much going on...
Welcome to the Quilting Board!
Here is one of my blocks...I am so distracted by the Olympics tonite I can't think or type straight....so much going on...
Our power went out on Friday night, and no TV in my room again until yesterday...life went on and I got my blocks done. Loved North Carolina, used a mirror image:
Next door neighbors, an ode to route 66 where we married, lived in Missouri, New Mexico and Texas and had good neighbors.....enjoy.
Great blocks Anne & QNS. Why is my block different? I followed the pattern given but mine has a square in the middle instead of the arrows all the way across. Hmmm.
Anne, I'm hooked on baseball the way you're hooked on the olympics. Especially with the Pirates in contention for the first time in years!
Imagine all the people living life in peace...(John Lennon 1940-1980)
Jan I like the way your block turned out with the square in the middle. Here are mine. I tried to use regular templates but didn't calculate right and had to remove some of the geese to make it work. Where there's a will there's a way without starting all over.
I love all the blocks !!!What a difference fabric makes.... Not too many potholders this trip around....I did make some from the FWS Sampler...they are sitting in a drawer in the Calabash house...I looked and looked at North Carolina and it finally dawned on me that the center area of the pping was different from the photo in the book....I made mine like yours Jan...I think the block is balanced with the square in the middle...Now to finish sewing the sections...H.
Here is my second block for this week..H.
QNSue...I love the stories that you have with your blocks and they are so colorful too.
Honchey...you're leading the charge this week. Good job on your blocks too. Only a few more days to be distracted by the Olympics too. Haven't they been fun and inspiring?
Pretty block, Anne--I can see by your fabric choices how caught up you are in the Olympics! I looked at the pp pattern and it is different than the book or template pattern.
Imagine all the people living life in peace...(John Lennon 1940-1980)
Oh my such beautiful blocks! I truly love everybodies blocks. Lookin' at 'em I realize that I like the FG blocks both ways, yet better w/ the block in the middle.
My initials are BB, so dublb is double B.
Everyone's blocks this week are great! I like both versions.


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In art school, Phil Hansen developed an unruly tremor in his hand that kept him from creating the pointillist drawings he loved. Hansen was devastated, floating without a sense of purpose. Until a neurologist made a simple suggestion: embrace this limitation ... and transcend it.
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A measure of how drunk one needs to be before having sex with a person. Also used to define how attractive said person is. Usually used in a bar or club by males. The higher the number of jugs, the more drunk one needs to become, hence the less attractive the person is.
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The Killing - Season 2 Episodes
The Killing - Season 2
In season two of AMC's chilling and addictive crime series The Killing, the investigation into Rosie Larsen's murder continues. Homicide detective Sarah Linden thought the case was closed. Then, one phone call changed everything. The prime suspect, councilman Darren Richmond, may be innocent; her partner, detective Holder, may be corrupt; and for the grief-stricken Larsen family there may be worse revelations yet to come. The hunt for Rosie's killer isn't over.
In the aftermath of the shooting at City Hall and Linden's discovery that the photo leading to Councilman Darren Richmond's arrest was forged, Sarah returns to Seattle to investigate a possible cover up and wonders if she can trust her partner.
"My Lucky Day"
An ominous discovery is made at the Larsen house while Sarah travels to Tacoma to learn Councilman Richmond's dark secret. Meanwhile, Richmond is forced to come to grips with the fallout from the attack at City Hall.
Holder falls from grace while Sarah tracks down Rosie's backpack. Richmond confronts the truth about his situation and Stan gets in deeper with the mob while Mitch resurfaces.
"Ogi Jun"
Sarah and Holder identify the mystery man with the tattoo while Jamie attempts to enlist Gwen's help and Stan learns his past may have come back to haunt him.
"Ghosts of the Past"
Sarah gets a mysterious message from Rosie Larsen that may identify the killer while Mitch befriends a runaway girl and Richmond questions his political future.
Sarah focuses in on a Larsen family secret, Stan faces his past sins, Mitch shelters a runaway girl, and Richmond has a surprise visitor.
The investigation returns to the casino. Tension erupts at the Larsen house. Stan meets Richmond face to face for the first time to make an uneasy alliance.
"Off The Reservation"
When Holder goes missing, Linden is desperate to find him. Stan takes matters into his own hands. Richmond returns to City Hall.
"Sayonara Hiawatha"
Richmond attempts to help the investigation. Sarah tracks down Rosie's key. Stan realizes his son is in trouble. Mitch reaches her destination.
"72 Hours"
Sarah teeters on the edge. Stan attempts to make amends. Richmond receives an unexpected boost in the mayoral race.
After returning to the casino, Sarah and Holder find themselves on the run. Stan and Richmond must make life-altering decisions that will decide their fates.
"Donnie or Marie"
Linden and Holder have the killer within reach. The Richmond campaign prepares for Election Day. The Larsen family attempts to regain a sense of normalcy.
"What I Know"
Sarah and Holder close the case. Richmond sets out on a bold new path. The Larsen family gains closure from an unsuspected source.


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Brian Hayes
The method of least squares is a familiar and trusted implement in the toolkit of statistics, learned by generations of students in all the sciences. It is the usual procedure for fitting a line or a curve to a set of data points that may be subject to errors of measurement. The invention of the method is usually ascribed to Carl Friedrich Gauss, the superstar of German mathematics in the first half of the 19th century, but the French mathematician Adrien-Marie Legendre had a rival claim to priority. Several others also contributed to the development of the technique, most notably Pierre Simon de Laplace, who was Legendre's senior colleague in the French Academy. All of these names are still immediately recognized today; they are to be found inscribed on marble busts in the main rotunda of the mathematics hall of fame.
But the method of least squares was also invented by another mathematician of the same era, whose fame is more narrowly circumscribed. This lesser-known inventor was Robert Adrain, who published an account of the method—and also of the closely related bell-shaped curve we now know as the normal or Gaussian distribution—at roughly the same time as Gauss's own publication. Yet Gauss and Legendre and Laplace knew nothing of Adrain or his writings. The reason is that Adrain lived and worked and published in an out-of-the-way corner of the world, cut off from communication with the main centers of learning. He spent his career teaching at small institutions with names such as Columbia and Rutgers. He was a citizen of a developing country: the United States of America.
Adrain's story is already well known to historians of mathematics, and I have nothing new to add to the factual record. But the story is worth telling again, if only for what it has to say about the practice of science on the margins. One obvious fact is that it can be very hard to get noticed when you are standing on the farther shore of the ocean, no matter how vigorously you wave your arms. Another truth, even more bitter, is that it's also very hard in those circumstances to do anything worth noticing. And yet there is a more cheerful outlook, at least for those who can afford to be patient: The world turns, and eventually the farther shore may become the center.
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Yesterday GeekMom Judy pointed out an article on Yahoo News about the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) issuing a formal statement denying the existence of mermaids. Because it came out of NOAA, it was routed in my direction for commentary. It appears that NOAA had to issue the statement as a reaction to the public's reaction to a Discovery Channel documentary about mermaids that ran during Monsters Week.
Read the Yahoo News article here, and the original NOAA statement here.
The original NOAA statement is using a picture of one of the Norfolk, Virginia "Mermaids on Parade" works of art. The city commissioned artists, mostly through corporate sponsorship, to decorate mermaids. This brought back memories of my own 2007 tour of Norfolk's mermaids with our oldest son.
…and then this post, which was going to start out about the legend of the mermaid, took a left turn and is now about art…
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Fla. Gov. and Cabinet to review plans for Citizens
Published: Tuesday, March 19, 2013 at 9:33 a.m.
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida Gov. Rick Scott and members of the Cabinet are being asked to approve a plan to hand over some duties of the state's largest insurer to private vendors.
Citizens Property Insurance CEO Barry Gilway will give a presentation Tuesday about ongoing plans to outsource work done by the state-created company. A 2011 law required Citizens to study whether or not customer service work could be handled by hired companies instead of relying on employees.
Citizens, which currently has 1.3 million policyholders across the state, is considering increasing the use of call centers run by vendors as part of that effort.
Scott and the Cabinet are also scheduled to hear a report on automatic federal spending cuts that took effect in March.
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"The show has enriched and, in some cases, helped save lives. I look forward to the opportunity to continue working on a project that has so much significance to so many." - David Hasselhoff, talking about Baywatch.
"I get to go to lots of overseas places, like Canada." - Britney Spears
"I don't want to ever, ever do something in life that isn't fun. Ever." - Jennifer Love Hewitt
"I think that the film Clueless was very deep. I think it was deep in the way that it was very light. I think lightness has to come from a very deep place if it's true lightness." - Alicia Silverstone
"I always listen to 'NSYNC's Tearin' Up My Heart. It reminds me to wear a bra." - Britney Spears
"I cried over beauty, I cried over pain, and the other time I cried because I felt nothing. I can't help it. I'm just a cliché of myself." - Keanu Reeves
"I can walk into a room and if a man doesn't look at me, he's probably gay."
- Kathleen Turner
"When my friends and family are around me I feel like they're safe . . . When my friends have left me - I've just seen everything collapse. They're not safe without me." - Lindsay Lohan
"All of a sudden you're like the Bin Laden of America. Osama Bin Laden is the only one who knows what I'm going through." - R. Kelly
"I don't really remember the names of the clubs we went to." - Shaquille O'Neal, when asked if he visited the Parthenon during a trip to Greece.
"I find these sorts of polls hindering to my career. I'm an actress, not a sex object, and should be treated as such." - Scarlett Johansson, annoyed at being voted world's most beautiful woman.
"I like most of the places I've been to, but I've never really wanted to go to Japan, simply because I don't like eating fish, and I know that's very popular out there in Africa." - Britney Spears
"I've learned not to put things in my mouth that are bad for me." - Monica Lewinsky on Larry King Life, discussing weight loss
"Lets get one thing straight. Crack is cheap. I make too much money to ever smoke crack. Lets get THAT straight. Crack is whack." - Whitney Houston
"I'd rather be dead than singing Satisfaction when I'm forty-five." - Mick Jagger
"To me, it's not rocket surgery. It's very simple to put together. And as far as hurt feelings and water under the dam, like what's-her-name says to what's-her-name at the end of the movie 'Chicago' -- 'So what? It's showbiz!' So I definitely see it happening." - David Lee Roth
"Twenty-three is old. It's almost twenty-five, which is, like, almost mid-twenties." - Jessica Simpson
"Why would they do that? Wouldn't they think it was kind of painful? - Anna Nicole Smith on suicide bombers
"I think I am my mom. We're so similar, she even looks like me." - Lindsay Lohan
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I don't have the equipment to do box joints so saw the ad for EcoBee Box corner braces in one of the bee mags.
Thought this might be a good way to make a simple box with just a couple of cuts.
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Dear Mr Dempsey,
The 2 x 50g treatment is good for a single brood or for a double brood. If you use more than two brood boxes then a further dose is often needed. The 25g treatment is useful for treating small colonies (nucs or small wintering colonies). At daytime temperatures, as you report of 103F I would try 2 x 25g or maybe 3 x 25g (See the attached list of FAQs and answers on Apiguard).
No need to restrict the entrance but make sure the bees have enough space to actually get at the gel. Best way we have found is to put an empty super on top of the brood box(es).
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This past week, with Bostonians' attention focused on the presidential-primary drama north of the Massachusetts border, an opening salvo in the 2009 mayoral race may have been delivered. It came from an unlikely source: Maureen Feeney, city councilor from Dorchester.
Unanimously re-elected to the council presidency, Feeney used her acceptance speech on January 7 to take an unusually broad look at Boston's priorities. Some in City Hall described it as a "State of the City" speech — and, as such, a challenge of sorts to Mayor Tom Menino's annual assessment, delivered this past Tuesday.
Many in and around city politics anticipated that Menino would, as he often does, downplay the city's troubles and cherry-pick positive data — such as a decline in the homicide rate — in his speech. Feeney made clear that such optimism would be inappropriate. "We need to make our neighborhoods safer," she said. The status quo on schools, sustainable development, and property taxes is also unacceptable, she added.
Not just the content, but the tenor and wording of the speech left many thinking that Feeney is contemplating a mayoral campaign. She spoke at length, for instance, about her significance as a woman at the head of the Council — only the second in history — and her place among other women recently elected to high office in the state.
Phrases such as "leaving the torch that was passed to be kept aglow" sounded a little more like campaign rhetoric than typical chamber language for Feeney.
But most jarring, to some, was Feeney's call for a "City Forum," at which community leaders from all over Boston would discuss ways to promote greater civic engagement, a positively Deval-esque proposal that seemed to suggest a failing on the part of Menino.
And indeed, Menino immediately blasted the idea.
In doing so, the mayor took a harmless proposal that few would have noticed, and turned it into a potential symbol of his stubborn insularity. Menino objected that the gathering "would raise attendees' expectations of city government, which might fail to deliver on them," in the words of the Boston Globe.
As one councilor sarcastically told the Phoenix: "How dare she get citizens' hopes up about the city?"
Another city councilor points out that, in light of the miserable turnout for this past November's city election, the mayor should welcome any strategies for civic engagement. "With a 13 percent turnout, you've got to do something."
One City Hall insider suggests that Menino has put himself into a bad position. Feeney seems likely to pull off the event, perhaps in April. The venue? To the surprise of many, consummate go-along-to-get-along Jim Rooney, head of the Massachusetts Convention Center Authority, has risked Menino's wrath by offering free use of the new convention center, and sources say that philanthropists and nonprofit foundations stand ready to contribute any needed funding. "I don't think we're expecting the city to expend a lot of money," says Justin Holmes, Feeney's chief of staff.
That will leave Menino either petulantly standing outside, or joining the forum and endorsing Feeney's idea, says the City Hall worker.
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People said Tebow was the future of the NFL? I missed that, he had a few staunch defenders and the media loved him but he was mainly viewed as a QB with a terrible arm and played like it.
Cam or #1 "Superman" was extremely overhyped by the media and finished 6-10 last year. Carolina improved upon their record this year. I suppose he's so good in fantasy football and Madden that some people tend to overlook his flaws.
RGIII was named captain and then the team went on to with 7 straight games ALL of which were "must wins" to get into the playoffs. I get the hype with RGIII but not the others. You can't really knock a guy who accomplished what he did as a rookie. With that said if I was GM I'd draft Luck, I see him having a longer less injury prone career. I'm a huge fan of mobile QBs because of durability issues.
Luck is more of a pocket passer than Griffin is but he's no statue... he scrambles every game. I'm a Luck fan and I was on the "Suck for Luck" wagon last year but we surprisingly went on to win a Superbowl.
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Dandelions need to be killed to the root, or they will grow right back in the lawn.
The annual weed that causes perennial problems
This annual weed thrives where lawns are weakest
A bothersome weed that can grow to be 6 feet tall
Fighting this weed takes persistence - and luck
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On Saturday, Hollywood's biggest stars came out in full force as Nickelodeon rolled out the orange carpet for the 2012 Kids' Choice Awards (KCAs), in Los Angeles, California. The awards show is famous for presenting winners with orange blimps in place of gold trophies, and of course, for drenching guests with green slime. Fans decide which stars go home with a coveted blimp by voting for their favorites online. A record-breaking 220 million votes were cast this year in 20 categories.
Ten-time KCA winner Will Smith kept the crowd entertained as this year's host. The Men In Black 3star opened the 25th annual show with an extra special entrance. He arrived at the arena by blimp, and then was lowered to the stage from the ceiling. As Smith performed the song "Can U Handle This," neon-green goop splashed onto an unsuspecting audience below. "Nobody is safe from the slime!" Smith declared. He promised more slimings before the night's end.
And the Blimp Goes to…
The winners were announced in unique ways. The band Big Time Rush learned they'd won for Favorite Music Group when giant photos of their heads popped up in the audience. A sword swallower revealed Twilight star Kristen Stewart as the top choice for Favorite Movie Actress. And the cast of Victorious charged the stage after presenter Zac Efron revealed the winner for Favorite TV Show on his shirt.
First Lady Michelle Obama presented this year's Big Help Award to country music star Taylor Swift for her commitment to giving back. Obama is a past recipient of the prize. "It is my great privilege to present the award to someone who has rocketed to the top of the music industry, but still keeps her feet on the ground," the First Lady said. Swift thanked her fans and took time to recognize other young do-gooders. "I see you out there making a difference, and I am so proud of you," she said.
Other big winners included Selena Gomez, who won for Favorite TV Actress and Favorite Female Singer; Adam Sandler, the pick for Favorite Movie Actor; and Katy Perry, who won for Favorite Voice In an Animated Movie for The Smurfs. "The only reason why I'm still here today—and remember this—is because I've never grown up!" Perry told the audience. The singer was presented with the award after performing her hit single, "Part of Me."
British pop sensations One Direction also took to the stage. Celebrities and kids alike danced in the aisles as the boys belted out an energetic performance of their song, "What Makes You Beautiful." The band will make a special guest appearance on the April 7 episode of iCarly.
Partners in Slime
Host Will Smith guaranteed record amounts of slime this year, and he kept his word. Halle Berry was the night's first sliming victim. KCA presenter Chris Colfer, of Glee, and Favorite Buttkicker winner Taylor Lautner also got doused with green gunk.
But the biggest sliming is always saved for last. That honor went to Justin Bieber this year. The pop superstar made a surprise appearance late in the show to accept the blimp for Favorite Male Artist. Smith held on tightly to Bieber as bucket loads of slime spewed out across the stage, soaking them both. It was a grand gooey finale to close out the big show.
Don't worry if you missed the festivities the first time around. A half-hour special, KCA: One More Slime!, featuring highlights and bonus footage from the show, will air April 3 on Nickelodeon. For a complete list of KCA winners, visit nick.com/kids-choice-awards.


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Original post made by ElectionWatcher, Menlo Park: Sharon Heights, on Nov 8, 2006
The incumbent slate had a party a few doors down on San Mateo Drive, but it was off limits to the press.
At a gathering at around 10 p.m. at the Menlo Park City Council chambers, all the candidates -- except the two incumbents -- showed up to be interviewed for an election night broadcast by Cable Channel 27.
Non-inclusive to the bitter end!
Enjoy your retirement - we certainly will!
Comments (24)
a resident of Menlo Park: The Willows
on Nov 8, 2006 at 8:51 am
Give it a rest. Its over and time will tell whether the correct choices were made. The negativity effects us all.
a resident of Menlo Park: Sharon Heights
on Nov 8, 2006 at 10:45 am
Sounds like you were never on the short end of the incumbents stick these past 4 years, DownInMP. Maybe if you were, you'd understand.
But don't worry - the correct choices WERE emphatically made this election. And because of that, it's now the dawn of new, better era for MP.
a resident of Menlo Park: The Willows
on Nov 8, 2006 at 11:28 am
Woo Hoo! Finally, the Schmidt bike tunnel will get built, the Willows will get traffic circles and speed humps on every street and no new developement will happen citywide. Happy Days Indeed!
a resident of Menlo Park: Linfield Oaks
on Nov 8, 2006 at 12:05 pm
I agree with ElectionWatcher -- the off-limits party and no-show at the council chambers speaks volumes about Duboc and Winkler. I just wish Vince Bressler had beaten Boyle.
a resident of Menlo Park: Allied Arts/Stanford Park
on Nov 8, 2006 at 12:47 pm
Vince Bressler was the most impressive candidate in many ways as well as the only truly independent person running for council. But if you look at the results, it appears that the biggest influence on the vote was the Almanac endorsement--how else to explain that Boyle got so many votes when the centerpiece of his campaign, Measure J (which the Almanac opposed) went down to defeat?
Anyone who watched the cable broadcast last night in which Boyle called residents stupid ("they didn't know what they were doing when they signed the referendum petition") and said that developers who've invested millions in a project should have the right to go ahead and build it can see that we may have a very difficult four years ahead of us. At least he's only one vote. For now.
a resident of Menlo Park: The Willows
on Nov 8, 2006 at 3:21 pm
Richard Cline was also legitimately independent, having declared his candidacy long, long ago.
Just to rebut the other myths, its convenient for those on the "pro-business" side to suggest that no growth happens during so-called residentialist councils. In fact more commercial development took place in Menlo Park between 1996 and 2002, during pro-neighborhood majorities, both in dollars invested and applications submitted, than at any time before or since, under any majority. During those six years only two (2) commercial projects were denied. That hardly smacks of any kind of excess.
Only the most dedicated revisionist could forget the boom.
What is truer, is not that pro-neighborhood councils prevent all growth, but that pro-business councils prevent no growth. Rubberstamp councils have a long, documented history of voting "yes" to staff recommendations for project approvals without driving harder bargains for the community. Staff usually does a pretty good job, but they are not paid to horse trade, they are paid to expedite approvals and write staff reports.
Typically rubberstampers position themselves as residentialists ("we're the real residentialists,' Winkler declared in 2000), and position residentialists as obstructionists.
a resident of Menlo Park: Allied Arts/Stanford Park
on Nov 8, 2006 at 4:06 pm
Horse, by "independent" I meant not promoted by the unions on the one side or the developers on the other. All three challengers ran independent campaigns.
I'm sure I am not the only person who is tired of hearing "residentialist!" hissed as if it were an evil epithet. Are we residents really such awful people for wanting to live in safe, reasonably peaceful neighborhooods with minimal traffic,parks, and good schools? Under the current council, some of us have felt constantly beleaguered by constant incursions on our homes and neighborhoods, but if we object to development--especially development that violates the general plan and makes little financial or structural sense for Menlo Park--we're labeled as NIMBYs.
On the other hand, I am taking an immediately liking to "rubberstamp council" and much prefer that to "pro-business" as a description of what we've seen since 2002. Add "lazy" to "rubberstampers" and you have a succinct explanation for the reason El Camino is a wasteland, our industrial park is underperforming, and our residents voted out the incumbents.
a resident of Menlo Park: The Willows
on Nov 8, 2006 at 5:43 pm
I'll be the first one to admit that $22,000 of union money spent in the campaign is loud.
On other hand just because the union spent that much money on the campaign and endorsed candidates, doesn't mean anything about the candidates and their relationship to the unions.
The union's hit pieces are bona fide "independent expenditures", and to my knowledge none of the endorsed candidates accepted money from them. The "independent" part of "independent expenditure" has a real, legal meaning, as opposed to "coordinated" where the unions and campaigns would be talking to each other and cooperative.
ON the other hand, I strongly suspect that the other PACS such as Menlo Park Matters, and Menlo Park on Track, are coordindated with the respective campaigns, even if they don't admit it, and even if they file their reports incorrectly. The one Palo Alto Daily article about the fake democratic mailers made basically proved that Menlo Park Matters was in direct contact with Boyle, Winkler, and Duboc. ON its face that contact is sufficient to call them "coordinated."
The unions really did manage a much higher level of compartmentalization between their activities and the campaigns they supported by having no contact outside of the endorsement interviews.
The union is a legitimate 3rd party, that can spend as much money as it wants, support whoever it wants, for whatever reasons, and endorse whoever it wants, just like you and I can. That doesn't mean the candidates have a relationship with them.
Of course, in this case, the unions did have endorsement meetings with candidates that candidates volunteered to attend, and I'm sure that if the candidates did not seek union endorsements and did not want union endorsements, that it would be unlikely that the unions would have endorsed them. But I'm not sure the relationship is much deeper than that.
In the "old" days, it was typical for the "rubberstamp" councils to get union endorsements, and actually take union money, about $750 from some union like the steamfitters and pipefitters. They got those endorsements and that money, because the building trades council of the union has a lot of clout, and rubberstampers, who support essentially unreviewed development were thought to be good for building trades.
Up until Kelly Fergusson's election in 2004, it was rare to the point of being unheard of that the pro-neighborhood candidates were even able to get union endorsements.
In 2002, it was Duboc, Winkler, and Jellins that got the union endorsements. I suspect union animosity in this election more reflected its disappointement with the slate and the slates' own animosity toward the union than it reflected a true love of either Cline or Robinson. And I suspect that unions would have been as financially involved this election even if none of the pro-neighborhood candidates sought their endorsement. The union would simply have printed negative literature without the positive endorsementes of candidates.
The devil that they knew was much worse than the devil that they didnt know.
a resident of another community
on Nov 8, 2006 at 6:22 pm
I think The Alamanac endorsement helped, but I don't think it was the biggest influence in the election. The union sent three mailers received by most voters supporting Cline and Robinson and opposing Duboc and Winkler. The candidates supported by the union came in first and second, and the candidates opposed by the union finished last. It seems to me the big winner in the election was the union. I happen to agree with most of what the union was saying, so I won't think too unkindly of them for their role. Besides, it was obscene to see how much money developers were pouring into the race for the other side, so the union at least made it a fair fight.
Has anyone tallied how much was spent on this little race? Between the union, developers, candidates, and Menlo Park Matters, I'm figuring around $10 per voter. Just give me the $10 and you can have my vote!
a resident of another community
on Nov 8, 2006 at 6:49 pm
I think the incumbents made several mistakes, but perhaps the biggest one was picking so many fights right before the election -- Bayfront Park, the Menlo Children's Center, etc. I would have thought they would tone it down during an election year and try to seem a little more statesmanlike, but they just went nuts. It was amazing to watch them implode like that. I winced every time I read one of Winkler's e-mails. Ouch, Mickie, are you really sure you want to say these things? It was fascinating to read, the way looking at an accident on the freeway is fascinating.
a resident of Menlo Park: The Willows
on Nov 8, 2006 at 6:54 pm
It was more like $12/vote. The slate reported $77k and Menlo Park Matters reported $18k. That was before late, large filings from Bohannon ($6k) and others ($9k). They got about 9000 votes.
I think I heard last night the figure in all national elections was $8.6/vote.
a resident of Menlo Park: The Willows
on Nov 9, 2006 at 11:52 am
As of today for 2006:
MPM Received:
$11079.00 monetary contributions
$6000.00 non monetary contribution
MPM Spent:
$6570.00 voter guides and slate mailers
We are NOT a "candidate controlled committee", we are a city "general
purpose committee". We have openly reported all of our actions to date. We sent our mailers after telling the DWB campaigns that we were going to do so. We will continue to work for candidates and measures that we believe to be in the best interest of Menlo Park. We have nothing to hide and invite you to go through our disclosures with the FPPC. We would hope the same can be said by all entities involved in this election and look forward to seeing what was actually spent by both sides.
a resident of Menlo Park: Sharon Heights
on Nov 9, 2006 at 12:58 pm
Perhaps you'd like to be a little more forthcoming about that $6000 non-monetary contribution that you received - namely from a firm billing itself as a "national Republican political consulting firm"? Pretty over-the-top for a local election, wouldn't you say?
a resident of Menlo Park: The Willows
on Nov 9, 2006 at 1:12 pm
Election Watcher:
The $6000.00 non-monetary contribution was from a Mr. Bob Wickers of Portola Valley. He personally, without affiliation to anyone that I am aware of did a citywide survey that consisted of polling 300 likely voters of Menlo Park. Again, this is clearly reported by us in our FPPC filings. How is this over the top? I am going to bet that all the union people dropping off literature at everyone's doorsteps for the other side are not even going to report their services as "in-kind" non monetary contributions as required by law.
a resident of Menlo Park: Sharon Heights
on Nov 9, 2006 at 2:33 pm
C'mon now, are you REALLY trying to say that Bob Wickers called up 300 residents on his own dime. Give me a break.
It was reported right in The Almanac:
Web Link
The largest non-monetary contribution was provided to Menlo Park Matters, a residents' group that supports the "majority" candidates of Boyle, Duboc and Winkler. The group has received $10,330 in contributions — $6,000 of which represents the value of polling services donated by the San Francisco-based firm, Dresner, Wickers and Associates LLC. The firm polled Menlo Park voters by telephone in September.
And here's Dresner, Wickers and Associates website where it bills itself as "a national Republican political consulting firm."
Web Link
a resident of another community
on Nov 9, 2006 at 5:06 pm
I don't think Menlo Park Matters was a particularly effective influence on this election. I don't have much regard for those paid slate mailers, and the one MPM sent hurt Boyle, Duboc, and Winkler with the negative press it generated. The vendors who produce tbose slate mailers are mercenaries, selling space to the highest bidder. They have no idea who any of the candidates are and they don't care.
In any event, I'm hoping once the heat dies down from the election, the new council will give serious consideration to campaign contribution limits. Menlo Park is a small town. For $100,000 or awhatever was spent, why not make a downpayment on a house, buy two new cars, or send your kid to college for a few years. Candidates shouldn't be receiving such large contributions from anyone, developers or unions.
a resident of another community
on Nov 10, 2006 at 12:30 am
Interesting snippet from today's Merc:
In a stunning rebuke of the policies and style of two Menlo Park incumbents, voters kicked Lee Duboc and Mickie Winkler out of office in favor of newcomers Heyward Robinson, Rich Cline and John Boyle.
Duboc and Winkler finished in last and second-to-last place after enjoying -- and some would say abusing -- the advantages of power the last four years. Along with Nicholas Jellins, they made up a majority voting bloc that leaned pro-business and pro-development.
Top vote-getter Robinson said Duboc and Winkler made the decision to cast the race as union vs. non-union. The strategy seemingly backfired.
``Mickie and Lee decided to take them on and pick a fight,'' Robinson said.
Indeed, on Wednesday, Duboc blamed the unions that supported Robinson and Cline for the loss.
``We had about 14 hit pieces against Mickie and me,'' she said. ``I think negative campaigning works.''
Duboc added that she had learned a lesson: ``You don't mess with the unions.''
The Jellins-Winkler-Duboc group also saw one of its favored projects, playing fields at Bayfront Park, defeated in an advisory vote. Measure K, a utility users tax measure intended to boost the city's budget, failed as well.
Boyle ran on a slate with Duboc and Winkler. On Wednesday, he said he was ready to ``build a healthy new relationship'' on the council, where three of five members will be new to the dais.
Political campaigns focus on differences, Boyle said, ``but in government, you focus on common ground.''
a resident of another community
on Nov 10, 2006 at 12:43 am
Did anyone notice the GOP doorhanger included Mickie Winkler on its list of supported candidates? Mickie wasn't endorsed by the Republican Party (she can't be -- she's a Democrat), but her slate-mates were. Was that a typo or does the Republican Party know something we don't? If she's a Republican, I wish she'd just come out of the closet with it. It's not a disease, and it seems silly to pretend otherwise.
If she registered as a Democratic to gain some political advantage, I'd say that was yet another political miscalculation on her part. I was finding plenty of Republicans who supported Heyward and Rich, two Democrats! Partisan affiliation seemed to have little to do with how voters thought about this race.
a resident of Menlo Park: Sharon Heights
on Nov 10, 2006 at 9:49 am
Ah, the final "spin" from Lee and Mickie: The union is solely to blame for their losing.
Given that you two managed to get a mere 6000 votes between you (as incumbents, no less, and spending some $100k on your re-election) while newcomers Robinson and Cline got about 9000 votes between them(or 50% MORE than you did) and that your "ticket-to-re-election" (Measure J) went similarly down in flames with 62% voting "no" (and I don't quite remember a "hit piece" coming from the union on Measure J), your defeat is due to MUCH MORE than the union - I suggest you re-read this earlier post from Political Animal:
"I think the incumbents made several mistakes, but perhaps the biggest one was picking so many fights right before the election -- Bayfront Park, the Menlo Children's Center, etc. I would have thought they would tone it down during an election year and try to seem a little more statesmanlike, but they just went nuts. It was amazing to watch them implode like that. I winced every time I read one of Winkler's e-mails. Ouch, Mickie, are you really sure you want to say these things? It was fascinating to read, the way looking at an accident on the freeway is fascinating."
a resident of another community
on Nov 10, 2006 at 11:15 am
Is the complaint from supporters of the incumbents that the union made this a fair fight? If the incumbents hadn't take big contributions from developers and realtors, they'd be in a position to cry foul when the big, bad union steps in on the other side. By my estimation, the incumbents and Menlo Park Matters spent around $100,000. The challengers and the union spent around $75,000. Even if the union failed to report $25,000 of in-kind activity, which they have absolutely no interest in doing from a legal or political point of view, it would only be a tie on spending.
Sorry to disappoint you. The incumbents only got to outspend the challengers by a 4 to 3 ratio, not 2 to one like you were hoping.
a resident of Menlo Park: South of Seminary/Vintage Oaks
on Nov 10, 2006 at 10:37 pm
I'm still a little baffled about the relationship between Menlo Park Matters and the so-called "incumbent slate."
On 11/9/06, MPM wrote:
>"We are NOT a "candidate controlled committee", we are a city "general purpose committee".
But the campaign website for the "incumbent slate", in the section that solicits donations, specifically solicits checks payable to MPM:
"Donations to the campaign can be made to any (or all!) of the following:
"John Boyle for City Council"
"Re-elect Lee Duboc"
"Re-elect Mickie Winkler"
"Menlo Park Matters""
Web Link
That doesn't look separate to me. To what extent, if any, is this regulated?
a resident of Menlo Park: Downtown
on Nov 11, 2006 at 10:32 am
First some background: Information about California PAC, donors to (state offices) and other on-line data is here: Web Link
Source for filing information and rules is the Fair Political Practices Commisssion. They have a website.
There are different kinds of committees, two of which are "candidate controlled" and "general purpose." MPM is a general purpose committee. It was formed as the successor of a "candidate controlled committee" named "The Menlo Park Neighborhood Association", controlled by Duboc, Winkler, and Jellins in 2002. Web Link
Committees are either "independent" or "coordinated." Both statuses are legal; however, coordinated committees must report differently than independent committees. Independent really means, no contact whatsoever --none-- between committee principals, which seems unlikely for BD&W given their instructions to donate to MPM, and given an article in the Daily (the one about the Democratic slate mailers) in which Dick Poe of MPM openly admits talking to each of BD&W. In characteristic fashion, D&W couldnt remember talking to Dick Poe, to the best of their Nixonian recollections, but Boyle did admit it.
If A, a general purpose PAC, is "coordinated" with B, a candidate controlled PAC, then most donations to A must be reported as "in-kind" contributions to B. This was not done. Essentially, if these PACs are "coordinated" then a donation to one is a donation of sorts to the other, and the filing laws required that type of disclosure.
In particular, a $6000 political poll had been conducted for and was donated "in-kind" to MPM. It is simply unimagineable to me that MPM didnt share the results of that poll with BD&W. Also, MPM reported the poll as an "in-kind" contribution from a San Francisco entity, meaning that someone conducted the poll and donated it. Since its hard to imagine some SF entity loved BD&W enough to and was smart enough to conduct a poll all on their own, its likely that they were a front for the real donor, who actually paid for the poll, meaning someone was able to make a $6000 contribution to BD&W and remain anonymous. If so, *that* is illegal. One can give big, but one must report it in filings.
And a bit of history for MNPA:
Oddly, in 2002, MPNA did *not* introduce itself as a "candidate controlled" committee, but rather as a group of "disgruntled neighbors" headed up by Sharon Heights resident Reg Rice and Linfield resident Michael Meyers who was a candidate in 2002 but withdrew to support Duboc, Winkler, and Jellins. This group was responsible for the infamous "blockhead" mailings. The blockhead mailings criticized many acts and positions of the prior council , many of which Nicholas Jellins had himself supported. But because the MNPA abstracted the identity of both its authors and hid Jellins historical voting records, it was made to seem as if Jellins was an incumbent opposing many positions that he himself had taken as an incumbent.
a resident of Menlo Park: Linfield Oaks
on Nov 11, 2006 at 11:12 am
"He personally, without affiliation to anyone that I am aware ..."
Hmmm, "to my awareness ..." is not the same as ".. it is not true that..." but nice try. I'll stop investigating on your word, yesiree.
Wickers polling firm is a political consultant, not a telemarketing company. I doubt Wicker made the calls himself, so the calling was sub'd to a telemarketing firm-- this is normal-- and I doubt the telemarketing company donated their caller's times. Someone probably paid money for this.
Wickers probably needed to include an amount for his own consulting services in additional to the telemarketing bill, and maybe should file a schedule G so we have an exploding detail record about his claimed expenditures, including any cash he may have paid to a telemarketing firm to conduct the calls.
After that there are two remaining issues.
MPM needs to confirm with Wickers that no third parties re-imbursed him or his subcontractors, and you need to affirm that no part of the poll was shared with any of the candidates, because if it was then they need to declare it as an in-kind donation as well.
BTW, Dick, since you already told the press that you talked to each of the candidates about the slate mailer, it becomes hard to believe you did not talk to them about the results of the poll.
And by the way, I for one, still appreciate that this year, "your side" did the best it could to actually report polling services received. In past elections, 1998 and then again in 2002, professional polling also took place without any financial disclosures. Perhaps its just a coincidence that now that Nicholas is no longer involved, the previously laundered campaing money is getting reported, and, oddly, Democratic consultants, McGovern (Godbe Research) are being replaced with Republican consultants.
a resident of Menlo Park: The Willows
on Nov 11, 2006 at 12:28 pm
Volunteer efforts are not "in-kind" and are not required to be valued monetarily or reported. No matter how many times it gets repeated, a non-fact never becomes a fact.
According to filing data I have, MPM received $4430 in period 1, $6000 in-kind in period 1, and $7749 in period 2.
$4430 + 6000 + 7749 = $18k which is what I reported in my post above.
While there is evidence that MPM (and probably Menlo Park on Track) were "coordinated" and (thus, candidates) should have reported differently, there is no evidence that the Union mis-reported.
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It hasn't been pretty—often, it's been quite ugly—but after racking up three more primary wins in Wisconsin, Maryland, and Washington, DC, on Tuesday, Mitt Romney has almost guaranteed that he will become the first Mormon presidential nominee from a major party. Now the dozens of evangelical pastors across the country who have criticized the former Massachusetts governor's Mormon faith are faced with an awkward (if not painful) choice: Stand their ground against a faith they believe is a "cult"—or cast their lot with the lesser of two evils.
The Mormon issue has been dogging Romney since he began his first presidential race five years ago. According to a Gallup poll, 18 percent of Republicans say they wouldn't vote for a Mormon for president—and it's not a coincidence that throughout the 2012 contest, Romney's success has been inversely proportional to the percentage of evangelicals voting in a given state. (There's even a website, Evangelicals for Mitt, devoted to answering the question, "How Can I Vote For a Mormon?")
But anti-Mormon opposition to Romney has never been uniform, which is why there's no reason to assume it will all vanish before November. This religious-based antipathy falls into several distinct categories. There are conservative Christian pastors who would prefer a candidate who embraces their worldview entirely but will swallow their misgivings if necessary to support ABO (Anyone But Obama). There are black ministers who would sooner stay home than support someone who belongs to a "racist religion." And there are the die-hard anti-Mormons, folks who believe a Mormon president would doom a new generation of Americans to hell.
In other words, it's complicated.
Rick Scarborough, a Baptist minister from Texas, falls squarely in the ABO category. Scarborough, the author of such tracts as Liberalism Kills Kids and Mixing Church and State, coined the term "Christocrat" to describe his political views. He is not a man who feels the need to keep his beliefs under wraps—which is why, in December, Scarborough explained in a radio interview that nominating Romney would take the GOP to "a place I don't want to go." He continued: "There are some aspects of the doctrines of Mormonism that are so outside the realm of normal theological boundaries that I think it will be a real issue if he got the nomination."
Like Robert Jeffress, the Dallas pastor who urged conservative attendees of the Values Voters Summit last October to vote for a "committed follower of Christ," Scarborough's issue with Mormonism is doctrinal in nature—if he thought Mormonism were a legitimate creed, he would be a Mormon. After supporting Santorum (who is Catholic) during the GOP primary, he's now resigned to his fate as a likely Mormon backer. "I think Mormonism is still an issue that makes a lot of evangelicals swallow very hard," he says. "The only thing that makes them swallow harder is the thought of Barack Obama being president four more years."
That isn't to say he's totally sold on Romney, a man he calls "all things to all men." "If he does [win], I will support him, I will encourage others of like mind to do the same," he says. "But we all struggle with Mormonism, which, religiously, we have some real issues with."
Bill Keller, a Florida-based internet evangelist who sends his devotional out each morning to some 2.4 million subscribers, is not as ecumenical. Keller became the godfather of sorts for the evangelicals against Romney movement in 2007, when he wrote that a vote for Mitt was "a vote for Satan." That's a hard position to reverse.
By his own admission, Keller's "not real popular within…the professional Christian world" and leaves no room for compromise and detente when it comes to politics. (Scarborough, on the other hand, is quick to point out the efficacy of a Mormon-Evangelical alliance on issues like gay marriage and abortion.) Romney, Keller contends, thinks of himself as a Mormon Chosen One whose presence in the Oval Office would lend credence to the message of bicycle missionaries. That, in turn, means more souls ending up in hell.
"If it's Romney and Obama, as far as I'm concerned, Satan's flipping a two-headed coin and his head's on both sides," Keller says. There's no such thing as lesser of two evils. "I hear that from Christians all the time: Well you know we'll just take the lesser of two evils and hold our nose and vote for the Mormon. And I just try to remind people: The lesser of two evils is still evil."
Keller's not advocating staying home and he's not making an endorsement—but he is open to a third-party candidate. "I know some people say, well, that's throwing your vote away," he says, "but at the end of the day we still have to look at our conscience and be able to sleep at night."
Then there's O'Neal Dozier, a black Republican pastor from Fort Lauderdale—and a Santorum supporter—who convened a press conference in January to announce his opposition to the Mormon front-runner. He hasn't softened his stance over the ensuing three months and is promising to take his fight all the way to November if he has to.
"A nomination of Mitt Romney will destroy the racial divide in this country even more than it has already been done by Obama," Dozier says. "It will destroy the racial divide. Why? Here's the reason why: Mitt Romney's faith is a racist faith. The Mormon faith is a racist faith. The mere fact of his nomination would substantiate and validate in the minds of black people that the Republican Party is racist."
A well-connected Florida GOPer who cut radio ads for George W. Bush in 2004, Dozier doesn't want to see his party set back any more with black voters. That's why even though he abhors what Obama has done in his first three years in the White House, he's content to sit it out come November—and tell his followers to do the same. "This is a race here where if [Romney] becomes the nominee, Obama can get [himself] a bottle of wine and a good cigar and lean back and just mellow out," Dozier says. "He has it all sewed up. I would not support Obama. I'll stay at home."
Regarding the Mormon's church history of racism, Romney has said that when he heard about the church's decision to allow blacks to become priests* in 1978, he pulled over to the side of the road and cried. Dozier's response: Why wasn't he speaking up before that? Nothing short of an open disavowal of Mormonism from Romney would bring Dozier on board.
So how much does any of this matter? Scarborough is quick to note that in the states where evangelicals might be predisposed to shun a Mormon at the polls, Obama doesn't have much of a chance. Tennessee is not part of the Democrat's path to 270. And according to Gallup, liberals are actually more likely to hold Romney's faith against him—a full 27 percent say they would never vote for an LDS member. The larger threat to Romney may have less to do with an overt critique of Mormonism than with the same sentiment that haunted John McCain in 2008—lack of enthusiasm.
"I have people who have told me they'll vote third party or libertarian," says Gary Cass, president of the Christian Anti-Defamation Commission. Cass put out in a statement in January calling on Romney to "renounce the historic Mormon hostility to Christianity," lest evangelicals conclude he really does view them as a band of heretics.
"The only way I can justify" voting for Romney in November, Cass says, "is right now in my own mind is it's a vote against Obama, it's not a vote for Romney." (Cass still plans to vote against Romney in the California primary.) "I'm active nationally, I'm active locally, and I don't see anybody passionate about Romney," he adds.
Then he corrects himself: "Except I have a handful of Mormon friends. They're thrilled."
*Correction: This article originally stated that the Mormon church did not allow blacks into the church until 1978. That was the year African-Americans were allowed to become priests.


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Originally Posted by deknow
I think Michael Palmer just needs to TALK LOUDER so people will understand better
It is not complicated or confusing. Looks like you are trying to make it that way though. I do not think talking louder is the problem, if in fact there is one.
Originally Posted by Stonefly7
I am working on the third arm, queen production, which is not as hard as folks make it.
Kind regards
Queen production is easy. Genetics (that is the way it is spelled) are a different story. Producing good quality and consistent queens is an art.
Originally Posted by mythomane
It is not complicated or confusing. Looks like you are trying to make it that way though.
It isn't complicated or confusing.
If you represent it as "making things up in the spring" it would be entirely innaccurate.
If you represent it only as overwimtering nucs it is true....but missing the important details that makes the system efficient.
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