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On Apr 17, 2007, at 16:46, Abel Braaksma wrote: Hi, > Ian Hendry wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I have implemented FOP on an tomcat 5 servlet. The XML data is >> read from Oracle 10g to a java.lang.String and then mixed with >> XSLT from the file system to produce the PDF. ... Small question out of curiosity: how exactly is the XML produced? I've always wondered. Dumping into a java.lang.String does not seem to me the best way of tackling the issue of generating XML from a database (unless the source files are really nothing but tiny XML fragments)... Never had to do it myself so far, so I don't really know from experience whether there are better options. That said, the big clue is here, I think: >> ... This error repeats until I restart the tomcat server. The >> error in the tomcat log is If I'm correct, the problem is along the lines of: Oracle can only use static methods as entry points to Java classes (unless instances of the Java class are stored in a column in the database table). I therefore suspect that your java.lang.String is also a static. I even think it is a static that is not explicitly cleared, so the second time the procedure runs, the output just gets concatenated to the existing String, which results in FOP being fed invalid XML... But this is just a suspicion. I'd need to see more of the code to be able to say for sure. :/ HTH! Cheers, Andreas --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: email@example.com For additional commands, e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
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gradin123 replied to MattJVD's topic in Canucks TalkI imagine Nilsson will be in net for the Oilers, given it is their 3rd game in 4 nights and a back to back. Not sure what to make of him, he was good against the Stars facing over 50 shots and allowing only 3 goals but he did let in a softie as the game winner. Overall though, the Oilers should be a bit tired tonight.
gradin123 replied to 89mogilny's topic in Around the NHLHis contract is a joke.
gradin123 replied to GrandpaCanuck's topic in Canucks TalkThe Canucks are wasting a roster spot on Prust. We don't need Prust and Dorsett. They are redundant players. I would rather our toughness come from the young guys like Virtanen. Of course, Prust will make this team but he will be a complete bust. He also has shown nothing in the preseason but he gets a free pass.
gradin123 replied to cuporbust's topic in Canucks TalkTwo things from the interview. 1. His girlfriend is upset about this trade and there is no way Prust resigns here after this year because of that. 2. He seems like a funny down to earth guy. Two things people shouldn't forget about him though. 1. He acted like a clown in the playoffs and was upset about his playing time to the point where he skipped the postseason interviews just to get out of dodge. 2. On the ice he is a plugger
gradin123 replied to thejerrycan's topic in Canucks TalkThe Canucks are the Seattle Mariners of the NHL
What the hell are you talking about. Prust is a aging, well past his prime, disgruntled and overpaid bum. That is my point. Prust was a disgrace in the playoffs this year for the Canadiens and even if the Canucks want to trade him at the deadline this year it is unlikely they will get more than the 5th round pick they added to the Kassian trade back for Prust.
LOL. That isn't Kassian who did that. It was Prust. The so called character guy the Canucks just traded for
Did you know he was completely disgruntled at the end of the season because of his reduced role and he didn't even show up for the end of season exit interviews because of that. He also got fined in the playoffs because of his out of line public criticism on referee Brad Watson. Even if a ref sucks publicly calling him out is never a good idea. Just ask Burrows. Is that the example you want to show to young kids?
I wouldn't expect any team to give up much for Kassian right now. But why not showcase him early in the year, show he is healthy and then trade him for something that will help them in the future. Anything would be better than what they got. You are missing my point. The timing of dumping Kassian is all wrong. If the Canucks had traded Kassian last year just prior to his injury they may have got a 2nd round pick for him. Now they essentially got nothing for him and had to throw in a 5th round pick. The trade for Prust is barely better than cutting him or send him to the minors. In either of those secnarios the longterm return would be the same as what they got.
Ok. Even if what you say is true, you got NOTHING for him. Prust is at the end of the road. Even the people in Montreal who liked him acknowledge that.
You can wait until you get something that can help in the future for him. Worst case scenario is his back is screwed and he misses most of the year. Therefore the Canucks get nothing for him. Best case scenario he turns the corner and given he is only 24 it makes him a valuable asset in the future. Perhaps if he turns the corner you even keep him. On Prust, best case scenario, you get a 3rd or 4th round pick for him at the deadline, a 3rd is a stretch by the way. Worst case scenario his shoulders are totally shot and the Canucks get absolutely nothing for him and he retires at the end of the year.
I take issue with the type of change we are seeing and the issue of asset maximization. In regards to asset maximization I think Benning has completely failed so far. Trading Kassian is probably not a bad idea but they got nothing that will help them at all in the future for him. He is coming off a major injury and that would make a lot of teams balk right now. Last year, just prior to his injury he was probably playing his best hockey as a Canuck and was producing with the Sedins. Why not, feature him early in the year by playing him with the Sedins and hope he picks up where he left off prior to his injury issue. Then trade him when you might actually get something like a 2nd round pick for him. Lack was also mishandled. First of all, I believe he shouldn't have been traded at all but this management team clearly had no real faith in him being a true #1 in the NHL. Fair enough maybe they are right on that assessment maybe not but still they hamstrung themselves in terms of his trade parameters. The Canucks made it crystal clear just prior to the draft that they were very eager to get a 2nd or 3rd round pick and Lack would be used as bait. So they basically limited Lack's availability to just the 3 days of the draft. After the draft we saw the Bruins get a future 1st round pick for Jones. Markstrom actually signed to a very reasonable shortterm contract and the Canucks could have easily held onto the 3 goalies for a while at that price. Again, why not wait on trading Lack until a decent offer came along. In the meantime if Miller gets hurt or Markstrom tanks then they can reassess whether to keep Lack longterm or not. Again, the return they got for Lack I believe was absolutely the minimum they could have got.
How does trading a younger player and a draft pick for an older player at a higher cap hit signify re-build? I am not a Zack Kassian fan but this trade is useless for the Canucks. Prust is just like Dorsett and he will only play here for one year or less.
What does that mean? We basically got nothing for him. Prust is a Dorsett type player and he is one year from UFA. No way he stays here after this year. So the Canucks basically traded Kassian for a one year rental who comes at higher cap price. Absolutely makes no sense to me and I have never even been a Kassian fan.
gradin123 replied to NHL'er's topic in Trades, Rumours, SigningsThe Canucks seem to want to stay mediocre. Therefore, I believe that they traded Bieksa for space to sign Cody Franson to a overpriced contract. Won't help the franchise longterm but thats why I think they will do. Not much of what they do makes sense these days.


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I haven't noticed one so I'll make one. I played a few hours in the beta and here are some things that stuck out to me. 1) The graphics look REALLY good, the backgrounds and stages look amazing for a final product let alone a beta. this leads me to my next point. 2) Characters can be hard to track espically when two or three people are using the same person. Also, it seems like the stage is too distracting occainsly. The characters should be about 1.5 times larger. 3)No character is super overpowered. If you are good at this game you wont get beat by a n00b or troll using a cheap character. 4)There is a lack of instruction, the only info you get is how to attack and use supers.5) very little lag and bugs were few and far between. 6) The game is just plain fun. PaRappa's level is underpowered but its funny and makes me want to play PaRappa the Rapper. Superbot gets the theme and vibe right for each character. Give kudos if you agree and discuss what you think of the beta.
PS- this is my personal complaint: the beta can't be played on SD tvs, I hope and pray this doesn't carry over to the final product because tha would sorely limit the amount of time I could play.
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Editors' note, 2:30 p.m. ET 12/04/14: After further reporting, we have updated the sections "How Did This Hack Occur?" and "Was Data Destroyed or Just Stolen?" with new information about the nature of the attack and malware used in it.
Who knew that Sony's top brass, a line-up of mostly white male executives, earn $1 million and more a year? Or that the company spent half a million this year in severance costs to terminate employees? Now we all do, since about 40 gigabytes of sensitive company data from computers belonging to Sony Pictures Entertainment were stolen and posted online.
As so often happens with breach stories, the more time that passes the more we learn about the nature of the hack, the data that was stolen and, sometimes, even the identity of the culprits behind it. A week into the Sony hack, however, there is a lot of rampant speculation but few solid facts. Here's a look at what we do and don't know about what's turning out to be the biggest hack of the year—and who knows, maybe of all time.
Who Did It?
Most of the headlines around the Sony hack haven't been about what was stolen but rather who's behind it. A group calling itself GOP, or Guardians of Peace, has taken responsibility. But who they are is unclear. The media seized on a comment made to one reporter by an anonymous source that North Korea might be behind the hack. The motive? Retaliation for Sony's yet-to-be-released film The Interview, a Seth Rogen and James Franco comedy about an ill-conceived CIA plot to kill North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.
If that sounds outlandish, that's because it likely is. The focus on North Korea is weak and easily undercut by the facts. Nation-state attacks don't usually announce themselves with a showy image of a blazing skeleton posted to infected machines or use a catchy nom-de-hack like Guardians of Peace to identify themselves. Nation-state attackers also generally don't chastise their victims for having poor security, as purported members of Guardians of Peace have done in media interviews.
Nor do such attacks result in posts of stolen data to Pastebin—the unofficial cloud repository of hackers everywhere—where sensitive company files purportedly belonging to Sony were leaked this week.
We've been here before with nation-state attributions. Anonymous sources told Bloomberg earlier this year that investigators were looking at the Russian government as the possible culprit behind a hack of JP Morgan Chase. The possible motive in that case was retaliation for sanctions against the Kremlin over military actions against Ukraine. Bloomberg eventually walked back from the story to admit that cybercriminals were more likely the culprits. And in 2012, U.S. officials blamed Iran for an attack called Shamoon that erased data on thousands of computers at Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia's national oil company. No proof was offered to back the claim, but glitches in the malware used for the attack showed it was less likely a sophisticated nation-state attack than a hacktivist assault against the oil conglomerate's policies.
The likely culprits behind the Sony breach are hacktivists—or disgruntled insiders—angry at the company's unspecified policies. One media interview with a person identified as a member of Guardians of Peace hinted that a sympathetic insider or insiders aided them in their operation and that they were seeking "equality." The exact nature of their complaints about Sony are unclear, though the attackers accused Sony of greedy and "criminal" business practices in interviews, without elaborating.
Similarly, in a cryptic note posted by Guardians of Peace on hacked Sony machines, the attackers indicated that Sony had failed to meet their demands, but didn't indicate the nature of those demands. "We've already warned you, and this is just the beginning. We continue till our request be met."
One of the purported hackers with the group told CSO Online that they are "an international organization including famous figures in the politics and society from several nations such as United States, United Kingdom and France. We are not under direction of any state."
The person said the Seth Rogen film was not the motive for the hack but that the film is problematic nonetheless in that it exemplifies Sony's greed. "This shows how dangerous film The Interview is," the person told the publication. "The Interview is very dangerous enough to cause a massive hack attack. Sony Pictures produced the film harming the regional peace and security and violating human rights for money. The news with The Interview fully acquaints us with the crimes of Sony Pictures. Like this, their activity is contrary to our philosophy. We struggle to fight against such greed of Sony Pictures."
How Long Had Sony Been Breached Before Discovery?
It's unclear when the hack began. One interview with someone claiming to be with Guardians for Peace said they had been siphoning data from Sony for a year. Last Monday, Sony workers became aware of the breach after an image of a red skull suddenly appeared on screens company-wide with a warning that Sony's secrets were about to be spilled. Sony's Twitter accounts were also seized by the hackers, who posted an image of Sony CEO Michael Lynton in hell.
News of the hack first went public when someone purporting to be a former Sony employee posted a note on Reddit, along with an image of the skull, saying current employees at the company had told him their email systems were down and they had been told to go home because the company's networks had been hacked. Sony administrators reportedly shut down much of its worldwide network and disabled VPN connections and Wi-Fi access in an effort to control the intrusion.
How Did the Hack Occur?
This is still unclear. Most hacks like this begin with a phishing attack, which involve sending emails to employees to get them to click on malicious attachments or visit web sites where malware is surreptitiously downloaded to their machines. Hackers also get into systems through vulnerabilities in a company's web site that can give them access to backend databases. Once on an infected system in a company's network, hackers can map the network and steal administrator passwords to gain access to other protected systems on the network and hunt down sensitive data to steal.
New documents released by the attackers yesterday show the exact nature of the sensitive information they obtained to help them map and navigate Sony's internal networks. Among the more than 11,000 newly-released files are hundreds of employee usernames and passwords as well as RSA SecurID tokens and certificates belonging to Sony—which are used to authenticate users and systems at the company—and information detailing how to access staging and production database servers, including a master asset list mapping the location of the company's databases and servers around the world. The documents also include a list of routers, switches, and load balancers and the usernames and passwords that administrators used to manage them.
All of this vividly underscores why Sony had to shut down its entire infrastructure after discovering the hack in order to re-architect and secure it.
What Was Stolen?
The hackers claim to have stolen a huge trove of sensitive data from Sony, possibly as large as 100 terabytes of data, which they are slowly releasing in batches. Judging from data the hackers have leaked online so far this includes, in addition to usernames, passwords and sensitive information about its network architecture, a host of documents exposing personal information about employees. The leaked documents include a list of employee salaries and bonuses; Social Security numbers and birth dates; HR employee performance reviews, criminal background checks and termination records; correspondence about employee medical conditions; passport and visa information for Hollywood stars and crew who worked on Sony films; and internal email spools.
All of these leaks are embarrassing to Sony and harmful and embarrassing to employees. But more importantly for Sony's bottom line, the stolen data also includes the script for an unreleased pilot by Vince Gilligan, the creator of Breaking Bad as well as full copies of several Sony films, most of which have not been released in theaters yet. These include copies of the upcoming films Annie, Still Alice and Mr. Turner. Notably, no copy of the Seth Rogen flick has been part of the leaks so far.
Was Data Destroyed or Just Stolen?
Initial reports have focused only on the data stolen from Sony. But news of an FBI flash alert released to companies this week suggests that the attack on Sony might have included malware designed to destroy data on its systems.
The five-page FBI alert doesn't mention Sony, but anonymous sources told Reuters that it appears to refer to malware used in the Sony hack. "This correlates with information … that many of us in the security industry have been tracking," one of the sources said. "It looks exactly like information from the Sony attack."
The alert warns about malware capable of wiping data from systems in such an effective way as to make the data unrecoverable.
"The FBI is providing the following information with HIGH confidence," the note reads, according to one person who received it and described it to WIRED. "Destructive malware used by unknown computer network exploitation (CNE) operators has been identified. This malware has the capability to overwrite a victim host's master boot record (MBR) and all data files. The overwriting of the data files will make it extremely difficult and costly, if not impossible, to recover the data using standard forensic methods."
The FBI memo lists the names of the malware's payload files—usbdrv3_32bit.sys and usbdrv3_64bit.sys.
WIRED spoke with a number of people about the hack and have confirmed that at least one of these payloads was found on Sony systems.
So far there have been no news reports indicating that data on the Sony machines was destroyed or that master boot records were overwritten. A Sony spokeswoman only indicated to Reuters that the company has "restored a number of important services."
But Jaime Blasco, director of labs at the security firm AlienVault, examined samples of the malware and told WIRED it was designed to systematically search out specific servers at Sony and destroy data on them.
Blasco obtained four samples of the malware, including one that was used in the Sony hack and was uploaded to the VirusTotal web site. His team found the other samples using the "indicators of compromise," aka IOC, mentioned in the FBI alert. IOC are the familiar signatures of an attack that help security researchers discover infections on customer systems, such as the IP address malware uses to communicate with command-and-control servers.
According to Blasco, the sample uploaded to VirusTotal contains a hard-coded list that names 50 internal Sony computer systems based in the U.S. and the UK that the malware was attacking, as well as log-in credentials it used to access them. The server names indicate the attackers had extensive knowledge of the company's architecture, gleaned from the documents and other intelligence they siphoned. The other malware samples don't contain references to Sony's networks but do contain the same IP addresses the Sony hackers used for their command-and-control servers. Blasco notes that the file used in the Sony hack was compiled on November 22. Other files he examined were compiled on November 24 and back in July.
The sample with the Sony computer names in it was designed to systematically connect to each server on the list. "It contains a user name and password and a list of internal systems and it connects to each of them and wipes the hard drives [and deletes the master boot record]," says Blasco.
Notably, to do the wiping, the attackers used a driver from a commercially-available product designed to be used by system administrators for legitimate maintenance of systems. The product is called RawDisk and is made by Eldos. The driver is a kernel-mode driver used to securely delete data from hard drives or for forensic purposes to access memory.
The same product was used in similarly destructive attacks in Saudi Arabia and South Korea. The 2012 Shamoon attack against Saudi Aramco wiped data from about 30,000 computers. A group calling itself the Cutting Sword of Justice took credit for the hack. "This is a warning to the tyrants of this country and other countries that support such criminal disasters with injustice and oppression," they wrote in a Pastebin post. "We invite all anti-tyranny hacker groups all over the world to join this movement. We want them to support this movement by designing and performing such operations, if they are against tyranny and oppression."
Then last year, a similar attack struck computers at banks and media companies in South Korea. The attack used a logic bomb, set to go off at a specific time, that wiped computers in a coordinated fashion. The attack wiped the hard drives and master boot record of at least three banks and two media companies simultaneously, reportedly putting some ATMs out of operation and preventing South Koreans from withdrawing cash from them. South Korea initially blamed China for the attack, but later retracted that allegation.
Blasco says there's no evidence that the same attackers behind the Sony breach were responsible for the attacks in Saudi Arabia or South Korea.
"Probably it's not the same attackers but just [a group that] replicated what other attackers did in the past," he says.
All four of the files Blasco examined appear to have been compiled on a machine that was using the Korean language—which is one of the reasons people have pointed a finger at North Korea as the culprit behind the Sony attack. Essentially this refers to what's called the encoding language on a computer—computer users can set the encoding language on their system to the language they speak so content renders in their language. The fact that the encoding language on the computer used to compile the malicious files appears to be Korean, however, is not a true indication of its source since an attacker can set the language to anything he wants and, as Blasco points out, can even manipulate information about the encoded language after a file is compiled.
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BBC Merlin: A Heart Of Gold Chapter Seven
The white light appeared again and faded to reveal a rocky surface before him. He seemed to be in a gloomy cave with very little light to speak of. A shear drop below and a steep climb in front. Suddenly he realized that he was hanging off the side of a cliff. He could only see Arthur's arms that were clad in chain mail and far longer than they had been in the previous memory. This must have been a more recent experience.
Suddenly he was shouting.
"Who are you!" Arthur's voice yelled in its normal pitch which confirmed this was when Arthur was the age he was currently.
Merlin wondered whom he was shouting at.
Arthur's arms shifted a bit on the rock that he was desperately hanging on for dear life.
Suddenly a blue light burst out from somewhere. Merlin was sure it was behind him. A strange orb of swirling blue light was flying up behind him.
"Come on then! Finnish me off!" Arthur was shouting again.
The sphere continued to float up and around Arthur, washing him in light.
Arthur shifted his arms again and he heaved himself onto the ledge. He grabbed his sword and backed against the wall, eyeing the strange light.
The orb floated slowly up, wanting him to follow it for some reason but Arthur wasn't heeding to its help because he had seen a small cluster of yellow flowers above and to his left.
He sheathed his sword and began to climb up the wall of the cave, using every hand and foothold he could see in the blue light. He edged slowly across the higher ledge he had reached and swung his arm up to get the flowers that were sitting pretty, just out of reach.
Arthur strained himself to reach the flowers that were so close yet so far and just managed to clasp a finger over one of them. He tucked the little flower into his belt and pulled off his gloves to continue climbing the rest of the wall.
Suddenly there was an array of small red lights below that looked only too much like eyes. There were hundreds of giant spiders scuttling up the rock face, obviously hell bent on doing something horrid to hurt Arthur. Most likely eat him or throw him off the cliff.
Arthur climbed (quiet literally) for his life up the wall as fast as he could in the confounded armour that restricted his movements awfully.
Swinging an arm up for another handhold Arthur stole a glance back behind him at the on coming spiders. They were closing in; probably licking their lips (if they had any) at the prospect of a tasty prince for eats.
Swallowing, Arthur speeded up and eventually came to the top of the rock, the spiders practically biting his heels. He hauled himself hurriedly over the edge and scrambled up. Suddenly a huge spider leapt over the edge and jumped onto his back. Arthur drew out his sword and slashed at the creature behind him who was trying to take a bite out of him. The arachnid fell to the floor hissing in pain at the blow Arthur had struck to it.
Arthur propelled himself forward before the spider's friends could get him and rocketed out of an archway that had moonlight shinning through it. He stumbled out and looked back at the cave to see if any of the creatures had followed him out and when he saw none had he took to his heels and raced away.
Suddenly everything went white and once again Merlin found himself back in the cloud place. He stood up (he always seemed to land on his backside) and rubbed the back of his neck where the spider had ripped at Arthur's skin when it had jumped onto his back. Surprisingly there was no break in the skin. It had felt so real at the time. That must have been when Arthur had gone to the forests of Balor to get the Morteous flower to save Merlin from the poisoned chalice. Merlin had had no idea Arthur had done so much for him (he had after all been unconscious) and he suddenly felt a new respect and gratitude for the prince.
This was all very well but it still wasn't the right memory.
Merlin had a sudden vision of being in this weird place for years, sorting endlessly through Arthur's memories and worse, the prince never being returned to flesh and blood. He couldn't let that happen.
Not only was Arthur the future king but also his friend, best friend even. In fact Merlin would go so far as to say that Arthur was like a brother to him.
This in mind Merlin picked out another cloud. He did not pick this one randomly however. He let his magic do the thinking for him.
He suddenly felt drawn towards one particular cloud that was hiding behind a few others like a frightened child that would take shelter behind its mother's legs. It didn't seem to won't to move though. It just floated slowly in a vague circle.
Merlin edged towards it. The other clouds drifted away from him (like I said before, they were like opposing magnets.) As he slowly came up on it, it went from side to side like a cornered chicken that could not decide whether to go left or right.
Merlin felt rather foolish that he was "stalking" a cloud but most things around this place were pretty weird so he didn't let it bother him.
The cloud suddenly turned ugly (quite literally.) It had been dark before but now it was jet black. It suddenly let loose a lightning bolt and a roar of thunder.
Merlin halted in his tracks. This was really odd (everything that had happened lately was.) It was like the cloud was alive and could think for itself. At the present it was angry.
Never the less Merlin ignored the lightning bolts that were become threateningly bigger and leapt at the cloud.


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Srinagar, Sep 28 (UNI) Despite the almost 18-year-old violence in Kashmir, the younger generation in the trouble-torn state has kept its hopes high for the peace in the valley as the students overwhemingly came up in support of the Mahatma Gandhi's philosophy of non-violence.
The debate on 'Gandhian philosophy and its relevance in the 21st century' has evoked tremendous response in schools and colleges, with over 50,000 students participating in different tiers of the competition across Jammu and Kashmir.
Interestingly, Muslim students have fared well with six of the total eight school category finalists and six out of the 11 college level finalists of the debate that started on September 1. Girl students constitute 50 per cent of the finalists in the school category.
The concluding round of the debate is scheduled for October 2, which would be telecast live by Doordarshan in Srinagar.
''The overwhelming response is an indication of popularity of the Gandhian philosophy, especially his doctrine of non-violence, among the younger generation'', says Chief Minister on whose idea the state-wide debate on the topic was being organised.
He even proposed the highest award money for the winners of the final round.
The debate was being held simultaneously for school and college students with prize money of Rs one lakh as First Prize, Rs 50,000 as 2nd Prize and two 3rd Prizes of Rs 25,000 in both the categories.
The enthusiasm shown by the students throughout the state, particularly in Kashmir, has overjoyed the officials of higher and school education departments.
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Jackson County's lawsuit against Duke Energy to seize the Dillsboro Dam and surrounding river shore through eminent domain has been kicked up to federal court.
Jackson County filed the condemnation lawsuit in state court in August, but Duke attorneys argued that federal law is in play and therefore the case belongs in federal court. While state law allows for the condemnation of land by a county to create parks and recreation facilities, Duke claims that the Federal Power Law governing utilities preempts state statutes.
The case could ultimately come down to the interpretation of both state and federal laws.
Meanwhile, the county was seeking a restraining order against Duke to keep the utility from demolishing, altering or removing any part of the dam or nearby powerhouse while waiting for the condemnation suit to be heard. Jackson County wants to transform the dam and surrounding shoreline of the Tuckasegee into a river park and promenade, replete with walking paths, benches, fishing areas and river access. The dam and powerhouse are intended as focal points and therefore must be protected through a preliminary injunction, Jackson pleaded.
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Silent suicide
Poem by: darkism
Status: Finished
Genre: Mystery and Crime
When Im lonely, the silence becomes my freind,
when Im lonely, the reason starts to fade,
of all the things that I have sad,
to you and to me,
the triger pull, is my key.
I know you would not understand,
the path, on who I choose so tenderly,
and now Im leaving this world,
with this message that you have read,
the trigger pull is coming,
and there is no denying that,
but promise me one thing,
dont ask me to stop,
if you dont know my pain from the very start,
dont ask me to quit,
if I... , only see the fear,
surrounded, by a threat,
the trigger pull is coming,
and there is no stop to that,
goodbye my world,
the bullet is awaiting me,
and so does you,
in this life,
when you will be,
next to me.
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this poem is not reall, i dont have temptation killing myself, I just did this poem , beacuse of the dark theme behind it :)
but its true that this story exist in the real world, somewhere outhere.
This story poem ,is dedicated all the people, whos strugling in life, and all the people, not awear of this sirius problem!!
yeah i do understand, it is a issue that needs real concern, or action, to take place, so i know where you coming from,
I love reading stories about suicide, is that weird? :P
Wow !!!!!! that's what i call 'brilliant writing',your ability as a writer has always struck me as being unique.You simply oose class with every word you write this is no different.I have been reading quite a lot of your posts here on booksie and have always been impressed.Keep up your great work and i'm open to more read requests when it reaches this high standard.Warm hugs from Eileen.
Brilliantly written- very soulful! I know what you mean; it's hard to write about stuff like this without everyone calling you a messed up emo -_-
'Tis good. You misspelled 'trigger'. I'm not a fan of dark messaging and such, but i won't deny 'tis good. Now, my own request; could you read mine own poems? I'd appreciate anything you have to say.
Wow! Wow! Wow! That last couple lines were just....wow! This is really good!
This is good. Your English is pretty good here. The emotions can be felt, and are honest feeling as if you didn't have to really try hard, which is real good if you aren't having these feelings. Keep writing and your English and flow of poems will get better. Good job.
This is beautiful! I can relate to it so easily which I guess isnt really good :( Could you please read my latest three poems as I am sure you would like them! I love this poem by the way!
This was really good. I liked it, great job! :D
You misspelled trigger and friend, you put 'triger' and 'freind'. You also forgot apostrophes on 'don't' you put 'dont'.
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Eddie brings more than 20 years of experience to NPD as a telecom analyst and market watcher across Europe and the U.S. He is frequently consulted by major telecom providers, content and device vendors, and the press.
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The round began well enough, with Alex managing to keep Kofi at a safe distance while using good foot and head movement to avoid taking significant damage. But around the halfway point Kofi tricked Alex into moving the wrong way and suddenly his back was to the ropes again. When Alex tried to push off to gain some distance his arms were a hair too slow in returning to their protective position and Kofi took advantage with a stiff hook to his injured ribs.
"That hurt him," Doc said softly while I swore under my breath. The wince had come and gone so quickly I might have missed it if I hadn't been looking for it. I didn't think the crowd noticed it as there was no change in their noise level but I knew Kofi realized he'd landed one where it counted.
"Don't leave your head unprotected!" I yelled but Alex was already holding his left hand slightly lower in order to shield his ribs as he danced away after a hard counterpunch to Kofi's body. The Killer plodded after him with a grim smile, a shark detecting blood in the water. "Keep your damn hands up!"
I expected Kofi to rush for a quick finish but he showed he was capable of patience. He threw a few more combos at Alex's head until he found another opening to land a hard shot to the ribs. This one almost doubled Alex over to the side and he was lucky to avoid the follow up straight that was levelled at his head. The crowd began to understand that the prey was injured and began howling for their hunter to finish the chase.
"He can't take too many more of those," Doc told me, his lips pressed tightly together. I noticed for the first time that he was holding the white towel in his right hand.
"Give him some more time - he'll figure this out," I replied, turning back to the action. It's only round two. He can do this. Come on, Alex.
For the next minute Alex successfully kept Kofi at bay, although he didn't manage to land any offence of his own either. Someone in the crowd behind me screamed something about him 'running scared' but I didn't care and I hoped he didn't hear it. If we could get the fight to the later rounds then we'd open Alex up. Until then the plan was to avoid, avoid, avoid.
"Ten seconds to go," Doc said as he leaned down to pick up the stool and the front end of a sigh of relief began to work its way free from my lungs. As the round came to a close Alex was once again trapped in a corner, taking punch after punch, the sound of the crowd almost drowning out the sound of leather meeting flesh over and over. The bell rang, the ref stepped in to save him, and I was back inside before Alex was halfway across the ring.
"Get some ice on the ribs," I told Doc as I stood between Alex and the opposing corner. They didn't need that kind of visual encouragement. "How are you doing? Does it hurt to breathe?"
"It is fine," Alex replied with a scowl.
"Well it won't be for much longer if you keep letting him land those punches," I snapped back at him. "Keep moving, keep protecting yourself, get your shots in when you can but don't force anything. Focus on the body as much as possible. We'll get through this round and then we'll switch things up a bit, start getting more aggressive, alright?"
Alex nodded and shoved his mouth guard back into place as Doc moved the ice from his ribs to the back of his neck. I let him have a quick sip from his water bottle and then it was time for me to be gone again.
"You really think he can survive another round of that?" Doc asked as the referee called for the bell to start round three.
"Not much choice," I said with a shrug. "Kofi isn't tired enough to change strategy yet – he's still got too much power in those punches. Hopefully another round of chasing after Alex will do the trick."
Doc, knowing there was little to be gained from any further discussion, didn't bother to reply. I was extremely grateful for that because I was already doubting the decision enough on my own.
As the round unfolded my worries began to diminish; Alex hardly stood still for two seconds and still landed several potent punches to Kofi's body. The Killer was beginning to breathe through his mouth a little, a sure sign he was feeling the effects of the body work and the constant motion. He missed a few punches in a row quite badly and began to look frustrated. Speed was outsmarting Strength and it was a beautiful thing to watch.
But then Speed became too enamoured with his own success and convinced himself that he could best Strength at his own game.
"One minute to go."
"What the hell is he doing?"
"It would appear that he's trying to take Kofi's head off with his fist," Doc replied dryly. "However I think the opposite is about to happen instead."
Alex had planted himself firmly in the center of the ring and was letting his hands fly. The focus was initially on the body but then he went headhunting and that inevitably left him open to what happened next. Kofi tucked his head to the side to avoid an undisciplined straight right, leaving Alex completely off balance. Before he could right himself, Kofi countered with a powerful right uppercut that landed flush on his chin and then hammered home a sharp left hook to the body.
"Thirty seconds."
Kofi backed Alex against the ropes with two more clean shots and then he went for his knockout punch again. The shoulder dipped, Alex reacted as he had in the first round, and then the right hook was unleashed with the same hateful intentions as it had been the first time around.
Except this time it landed.


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Situated in Carmel, this hotel is within a 10-minute walk of Carmel Chamber of Commerce and Carmel Beach. Pebble Beach Golf Links is 2.6 mi (4.3 km) away.
This hotel features a library, a lobby fireplace, and free breakfast. Free WiFi in public areas and free self parking are also provided.
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Guests can enjoy a complimentary breakfast. Wireless Internet access is complimentary. This Carmel hotel also offers a library and a fireplace in the lobby. Complimentary self parking is available on site.
- Free WiFi
- Front desk (limited hours)
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Fireplace in lobby
- Library
- Total number of rooms - 17
- Number of floors - 2
- Free breakfast
- Free self parking
Family Friendly Amenities
- Family Hotel
- Free Wi-Fi
- Refrigerator
- Cribs/infant beds (complimentary)
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- Access via exterior corridors
- Pillowtop mattress
- Free weekday newspaper
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- Free local calls
- Hair dryer
- Iron/ironing board
- Refrigerator
- Room service
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Guests are offered a complimentary continental breakfast.
Room service is available.
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Check-in time ends at 9 PM
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
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Check-out time is 11 AM
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Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
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Psalm 83 a Poetic Paraphrase
Psalm 83 a Poetic Paraphrase
By Arley Steinhour 051411
Oh, Father God, keep silent not,
There are those who war on us would make;
let us hear your voice speak hot,
Lest they come, to kill us for your sake.
For those who hate you, are out of control,
These haters boldly lift angry head;
Wise planning against your chosen people,
A Coop group, intent to make us dead.
'We come to kill the nation,' they bellicoesly call,
Israel no longer be a word, in earthly memory;
To this end they all agree, the focus for one and all,
Hating us, remembered, we no longer be.
Edom, Moab, Ishmael, Hagar, and Gegal,
Ammon, Philistia, Amalek, and Tyre too;
Up comes Assur, to join the crowd, etal,
Now the support of Lot's children, what a stew.
Do to them as Midian, Sisera, Jabin, also as Kishona,
Destroyed at En-dor, dust, and waste they became, with haste;
As their chiefs, Oreb, and Zeeb; rulers, Zebah, and Zalmunna,
Of that hateful army, you turned into earth-worm paste.
They would take your resting-place, your Mount. oh God,
Oh God, on high, make them like rolling dust, dry stem never born;
As wood is eaten by the flame, or beaten by iron rod,
So blow your hot wind, they destroyed be, your Storm-torn.
Make us strong to overcome, as you greatly trouble them,
Let them all be put to shame, absolute their destruction;
In such a way that men say, 'Only Yahweh, God HaShem,
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A full, fun day in Paris
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I paid a few Euros to duck inside the Grande Gallerie de l'�volution, ...
... and the respectful peaceful silence even thought there were hundreds of people there. It was an "oh mon dieu" moment. I could go on and on. Le Tour Eiffel, Notre Dame, the Louvre, the Seine, so many beautiful places and so much history. So that's how you do Paris in a day ( or three ). Today we are walking to some markets to have brunch then heading off later this afternoon to catch our flight to ...
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Cute apt with original maths-inspired artwork well suits to couples and budget travelers. Parking place and two bicycles available to borrow free of charge. You can reach the very center within 15 min of walk. The apt is located on busy road.
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This modern apartment (30m2) has nicely styled double bedroom, separated fully equipped kitchen and small bathroom. Bedroom easily fits 2 people and fold out sofa can be used if you do not wish to share the same bed or there are more than 2 of you.
Apt. is situated in higher ground floor, dozen steps up from from street level. Fresh bedding/towels are a matter of course and small breakfast is included.
Guest access
This apt is rented as entire place, bathroom, kitchen, bedroom is there during your stay just for you.
Interaction with guests
Individual check in will be arranged with every guest. Upon arrival you will be picked up and taken to the apt. from nearest bus stop or other suitable place of choice, than shown all of the apt and given the keys.
From this point all of the apt is just yours but you can any time easily contact me by phone or messages.
The neighborhood
Very simple and quick access to the very center. Nice restaurant offering old Bratislavian food a minute away, few other restaurants also in vicinity. Two streets away there is a building complex offering rock and alternative music scene and other art performances/exhibitions.
Direct trolleybus to Koliba where you can walk in nature and have nice lunch or dinner in TV tower Kamzik looking seeing Hungary and Austria.
Getting around
You can get to the very centre in 15 min by foot (1.2 km) but there is also a trolleybus line getting you there in 5 min. City public transport hub is round the corner for the ones wishing to see not only central parts of Bratislava. Only few km north starts a small mountain range with awesome hiking tours.
Main train station is just few minute walk away and there is free parking space for you in front of the apartment. When coming by boat, coach or plane, it will take you 15-30 min to get to the apartment with direct public transport.
Other things to note
Other amenities include tourist map upon arrival, a 10 page guide/manual for Bratislava and the apartment, traditional Slovakian biscuits and fruit, milk and orange juice, tea, coffee and cereals for breakfast, mobile phone with Slovakian SIM card, public transport tickets, printer, high speed WIFI, washing machine, iron, and other
Smoking is allowed only in the garden, strictly forbidden inside the apt.
No excessive noise to disturb neighbours and waste separation is encouraged.
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Topic: Ow! (01/07/10)
TITLE: Sacrifice Hurts
By Robert Beames
I admit when I first saw the advertisement for the debut of the reality series called the "The Biggest Loser," I assumed it was another creative way Hollywood had concocted, to provide yet another avenue which allowed us look down upon others, and to laugh at them. I thought the public would be voting for they one they felt looked the most "like a geek", acted the most idiotically, or had a glaring character flaw they couldn't stand. These shows are so wildly popular now as they feed our sinful natures by encouraging us to put others down.
As you probably know, it turned out that this was a contest regarding who could take off the most weight. The one who could lose the most pounds, took home the most dough, so to speak. And now these types of contests seem to have infiltrated our daily culture. Yet, the apostle Paul had an entirely different kind of motivation and an altogether opposite kind of "losing" in mind when he addressed the church at Philippi from his prison cell, most likely in Rome. Paul spoke of himself as being the biggest loser, not for what he had lost physically, in the name of Christ, but much more for what he had lost spiritually, for the sake of Christ.
"But whatever was to my profit I now consider loss for the sake of Christ. What is more, I consider everything a loss compared to the surpassing greatness of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ—the righteousness that comes from God and is by faith." (Philippians 3:7-9)
In the verses immediately preceding these, Paul states the things that he used to consider to his credit. He could have easily boasted in his religious zeal, pedigree, education, titles, or affluent circles of association. But he doesn't. Rather, he acknowledges here, that everything he had previously done in the name of righteousness, as well as, everything he previously was, for the sake of the law, he considers as undesirable as the scraps thrown out to the dogs to eat. Paul uses this strong word only once in his writings (the NIV translates "rubbish" above), and it clearly indicates a strong feeling of disgust, perhaps even as one would consider "dung", or "manure".
Paul does not consider his own righteousness, which comes from the law, just a little less valuable than the righteousness which comes from God. No, it is of no worth, even disgusting to him! He was in good company when he said this, for a prophet named Isaiah used similar language many years earlier calling our best efforts, "filthy rags". (Is 64:6)
He even goes further to include, not just his past efforts, but everything he is, or has, or will accomplish. He considers these to his discredit now, compared to knowing Jesus. It surpasses greatness to know Christ personally! For everyone who wants to become great, knowing Jesus goes much further than this. It exceedingly goes beyond becoming great. Christ gives us the righteousness we could not begin to attain through our faith in Him. When we put our faith in him alone, this perfect, holiness, shining like the sun, is ours! Our imperfect efforts no longer need to support us.
But this is difficult for us, isn't it? We all want to think that the sacrifices we make each day, the sin we resist, and the efforts we put forth mean something to someone, at least to God, right? How can we consider them as disgusting as manure?
Well, it puts our efforts into perspective, doesn't it? We have the choice of standing proud on the tops of our dung heaps every day in full view of everyone to see, (and to smell). Or, we can get off from our "piles" of works, which are really mounds of manure, compared to what Christ offers us every day, as we put our faith in the sufficiency of his work on our behalf, and in the faultless righteousness which is now to our credit!
Sacrifice hurts us, and refines us, but it doesn't add anything to the perfection we already have in Christ. Only the sacrifice of Jesus did us any good. It did all the good we need.
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"There is political turmoil tonight on the Citadel. Specters have discovered proof that the Turian Hierarchy is behind a recent string of pirate attacks on Salarian, Asari, and Human colonies and ships. The Citadel Council is moving to take action against the Turians for this transgression. The Hierarchy claims that they are being blamed unfairly for these attacks. They say that---"
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