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The clink of wooden mugs, the scuffle of feet, and the cheering of men and women alike fill the small tavern like a contagious wave. On one end sit the trolls, whom are a gargantuan people who are only keeping to themselves. Behind the bar are sat the elves, the obvious owners of the tavern. They're a short race, pale in flesh and blonde in hair. They sit smiling and talking amongst themselves and to the dwarfs, a stocky group with large beards and a cap on each of their heads, made of worn cloth. The groups seem to intermingle and live together in perfect harmony and tranquility.
The tavern soon empties out after a long night of drinking and laughing, everyone leaving except the elves, who stay behind to clean up after the rowdy but good-natured crowd. As the trolls stumble from tree to tree in the bitter winter night, talking and laughing, the dwarfs follow behind, snickers on their faces and schemes in their minds. The trolls walk up the mountainside which lays to the left of the path protruding out of the tavern in both left and right, and walk to their caverns which they call home, filled with scattered debris and assorted cloths which they call beds. As they lay on their beds, shadows of small people light the walls along with quiet cackles, the crackle of the fire invites them to the world of sleep, and they soon fall into a sleep which seems to be impenetrable.
The next morning, the trolls wake up to a hideous mess in their cavern, ransacked with footprints on the smooth sand which lies upon the ground. The crisp chill of the winter air escapes out of the outside and into the cavern, which is then companied by screams and dejected wails which echo throughout the forest which lies below the cavern on the mountain where these trolls live. As the biggest one inspects the small footprints, he sniffs, and in his own mind, concludes that it was the dwarfs and to the agreement of all others that live in this particular family. They all climb down the mountain at once, a grimace upon their faces and hate struck upon their hearts (Because as everybody knows, the home is the most important thing to a troll other than mead).
The trolls storm into the same tavern they were in last night, but in a much different manor. The two men of the group go inside, while the others wait outside and sit quietly. The two men walk over to the place where three dwarfs are sitting, and grab their table, full of mead, assorted cakes and roast mutton. They swoop the table from underneath the dwarfs, and at that the tavern went quiet. The bards stop writing and singing, the barkeep stops serving abruptly and the men and women that occupied the tavern stop laughing and talking. The dwarfs attempt to scurry away from the large trolls, but to no avail. The trolls pick them up, the first troll has one in each hand and the second troll holds just one. They leave with the dwarfs just as quickly as they entered, and soon the tavern was back to its usual cliche. The trolls move quickly down the virgin snow which lies in the wood behind the tavern, the thick pine trees and furs used as cover from the passerby on the path. Soon the trolls turn from their usually nonchalant and neutral selves to a brutish creature, beating on the dwarfs with such fury never seen by a man and when they finally throw the dwarfs to the ground when they're done, and the lesson was aught to be learned, the trolls move inside the bustling bar for a drink, and the dwarfs, after a while of course, also moved into the tavern and order the usual mead and cakes.

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"The way we set up the program helps us discover and grow profitable traders that understand how to read and anticipate the market," said Patak. "It's just like in baseball: If it's the first time you experience a 100 mph pitch, you're going to swing and miss. If you're dedicated, work hard, and practice, you'll be able to anticipate the 100 mph pitch and to knock it out of the park."
While futures trading has long been a male-dominated industry, Footlick says that TopstepTrader is actively seeking women to get into the business. She points to the research of John Coates, a senior researcher in neuroscience and finance at the University of Cambridge. Coates maintains that the trading world would be better off with more female traders. His reasoning? Hormones.
"Coates took saliva samples of 250 floor traders (most of them young men) and they showed significant testosterone spikes after a winning trade. These testosterone spikes can actually lead to impaired judgment, risky behavior, and ultimately poor trades. This research — part of a new field called neuroeconomics — attempts to explain how people manage risk and why they often make irrational decisions.
"So, those who previously thought that women may not possess the emotional grit to trade might want to think again," Footlick says. "Trading is non-discriminatory. Anyone can be a good trader. One person is just as capable of winning or losing as the next."
TopstepTrader recruits will work from their own home computers to learn electronic trading techniques. The recruits come from all over the world. "We have a sizeable group of traders in Russia and our 'coach' there is a woman," Footlick says. "Trading has been an old boys' club for far too long.


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Make yourself at home in one of the 60 air-conditioned rooms featuring minibars and DVD players. 32-inch LCD televisions with cable programming provide entertainment, while complimentary wireless Internet access keeps you connected. Private bathrooms with bathtubs or showers feature hair dryers and bathrobes. Conveniences include safes and desks, and housekeeping is provided daily.
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A Winamac teenager was arrested after entering a home without permission.
On Tuesday, Renata Heinsen told police that she received a text message from Samantha Keys stating that she was reportedly planning to go to Heinsen's father's home and take his vehicle. Keys was under Heinsen's care until recently. When Heinsen went to check on the home, she noticed that someone had been in the house.
Police later located Keys at a cabin on 125 East and asked her if she had been in the home. She reportedly stated that she was in the home because she had no money and she needed something to drink. She was told that just because she knew the homeowner didn't give her the right to enter the home when the homeowner was not there. She denied stating that she was going to take a vehicle. The homeowner informed police that she wished to press charges against Keys.
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I knew that the political terms of the lobbying trade had shifted decisively in the Tories' favour when I walked through the conference hotel and bumped into the former Labour cabinet minister, (Lord) Chris Smith – now Chairman of the Environment Agency quango – dishing out business cards like confetti to Tory parliamentary candidates on the verge of victory next May.
I suggested mischievously to Lord Smith that he was there to lobby his own case to remain in post should the Tories win the election. He winced but courteously offered his Agency's services, as I introduced him to Nigel Adams – destined to win the Yorkshire seat of Selby from Labour next year. Labour cabinet ministers may not have given up yet on their party's chances but ex-Labour cabinet ministers certainly appear to have decided that it will be the Tories who will be buttering their bread next year.
This is as much a businessmen's convention as it is a Tory conference, with journalists and lobbyists seeming to outnumber the representatives. The mood is not triumphant but serious – and even a bit dull. Any champagne around is consumed furtively and the usual round of after-hours partying is subdued.
Party managers have clearly told candidates to be disciplined, sober and to refrain from talking – too much – to lobbyists and journalists. One candidate – facing a Labour majority of 15 votes in Kent – got so nervous when I told him that he was as good as elected, he felt obliged to go through the Tory mantra about complacency that he has obviously rehearsed in front of party managers.
But there is a reason for the nervousness that was succinctly underlined at a fringe meeting by Jeremy Hunt, the shadow cabinet culture spokesman, when he recognised that the Tories are not yet in the position of New Labour at their pre-election conference in 1996. Observing Labour's overwhelming poll ratings in the run-up to the subsequent landslide six months later, he suggested that voters had decided long before polling day that it was a case of "Tory – no thanks; Labour – yes please." This time he suggested voters have arrived at the "Labour – no thanks" stage. They are, he continued, now only in a "Tory – yes but ..." frame of mind.
So why the "but"? Thus far the polling evidence still suggests that a vote for the Tories is as more an anti-Labour vote rather than a positive Tory vote. Mr Hunt's explanation, not entirely convincing, is that politicians were universally more trusted in 1997, and that Labour's subsequent breaches of trust with voters have infected the totality of the body politic.
Some observers, however, suggest the voters' "but" still centres on the image of the Cameroons as a bunch of public school rich toffs, expecting large inheritances. Labour will go heavily negative by suggesting that the Tory leadership have little personal idea of what life is like for the average voter managing a limited budget and facing real reductions in their standard of living as the consequences of addressing the budget deficit bear down on their real incomes. Yet this weeks' Populus poll indicates that Mr Cameron is more popular than his party.
Mr Cameron's background as an Old Etonian is unlikely, on its own, to stop him being Prime Minister, but it will undoubtedly become a factor during the campaign – however much he relies on the 2005 line, "it's not where you come from; it's where your going to that's important" when he was facing the "toff" accusations during his leadership bid. My own reservations, as a former secondary modern school boy, led me to support David Davis, the boy from the council estate, during that contest. Yet when Labour made the issue of class a central issue in their disastrous Crewe and Nantwich by-election campaign against the successful Tory candidate, Edward Timpson, former Labour voters were not dissuaded from switching to the Tories.
According to this week's latest Populus poll, only 28 per cent of voters think that the Tory party has changed under Mr Cameron yet the same poll concluded that the "Cameron brand" is stronger among voters' perceptions than the Conservative Party. Resolving this conundrum is further complicated by a contradictory perception that only 43 per cent thought the Tories were "for ordinary people – not just the well off". Lib Dems scored 66 per cent and Labour 48 per cent.
George Osborne also appears to evoke similar voter impulses as a consequence of his own "toff" background. The charge that, as Chancellor, he will be making cuts to middle and lower class living standards while not experiencing, personally, the pain to which they will be subjected is also a potential elephant trap. Expect, also, Labour to make louder noises that the Osborne pledge on inheritance tax is a classic sign of a toff giving priority to his rich friends.
Yet there is little evidence that the humble backgrounds of Edward Heath, Margaret Thatcher or John Major proved to be particular assets during their own bids for office. Mr Major made much of the "journey from Coldharbour Lane to Downing Street" but it hardly resonated with the public – notwithstanding strenuous efforts by his circle to sell this image. Frankly, the stories of family hardship – the failure of his father's garden gnome business – often ran the risk of reinforcing the satirists' image of him as a figure of ridicule.
Labour would, therefore, be ill-advised to revert to an old style class war campaign against the Cameroons. The working class continues to shrink and, in straitened times, the aspirational middle class puts more of the blame squarely at the door Gordon Brown's profligacy than at rich City banking friends of the Tories.
In fact, many of the parliamentary candidates in the most marginal Labour-held constituencies are decidedly lower middle class. Any voter in Selby, when confronted by Mr Adams on the doorstep, will certainly not be thinking "toff" when confronted with his forthright working- class regional accent. His mother was a school cleaner and home help while his father was a school caretaker. One way and another, between Mr Cameron and Mr Adams, the Tory party does seem capable of representing all aspects of modern Britain.Reuse content


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- Check the PYO board in the Farm Shop for picking conditions, locations, and amounts available per share.
- Try to avoid rainy days (as water helps spread plant yuk (technical term!!).
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After two last gasp draws against FC Dallas and Real Salt Lake, and a disheartening road defeat to Houston, the Philadelphia Union were in need of three points from their weekend clash with Western Conference bottom-feeders Chivas USA.
Although the game was played in terrible weather conditions and saw Chivas take an early lead, the Union were able to rally for a vital 3-1 win and three big points. On the backs of their recent results, manager John Hackworth said that Friday's win over Chivas "changed a lot" for the squad.
"In our previous three games, we felt like we had dropped some points," Hackworth said. "That's why Chivas was so important to us. It was great for the guys to battle back the way they did, regardless of what happened and the reasons why. In the end, I thought we were going to get that (win), and full credit to the players for handling that."
The win keeps the Union in fourth place in the Eastern Conference of MLS on 30 points, one point behind both the Montreal Impact and New York Red Bulls and one point ahead of the Houston Dynamo. In addition to maintaining their position in the standings, the win was also a boost ahead of the Union's upcoming match with Western Conference contenders Portland on Saturday.
With the win snapping their recent winless run, and with it coming amidst difficult circumstances with the weather, Hackworth says it does not change the importance of their match with Portland. However, it has eased the pressure on the Union ahead of the match and has put "smiles" on the faces of the players in training.
"It puts guys in a better frame of mind," Hackworth said. "The guys are a little more relaxed and a little more confident."
Here are some more notes from the Union's weekly press conference:
Last week saw former Union captain and fan favorite Danny Califf retire from professional soccer after a playing career that stretched 14 years. The 33-year old defender retired as a member of Toronto FC after making just four appearances this season.
Califf spent two full seasons in Philadelphia, playing with the team from their inaugural season in 2010 all the way through his trade to Chivas USA in May 2012. With the Union lacking central defenders this season, there had been talk that Califf would return to Philadelphia in a trade. However, Hackworth says that nothing every materialized despite some negotiations.
"We talked to Toronto earlier in the year about trading for Danny," Hackworth said, mentioning that it was not a simple process. "But in the last six weeks, there hasn't been any discussion because we had no idea that he was going to retire."
Califf made 65 appearances as a member of the Union, scoring one goal and being named the first captain in club history. In addition to the Union, Chivas, and Toronto, he also played club soccer with the Los Angeles Galaxy and San Jose Earthquakes of MLS, and Aalborg BK and FC Midtjylland, both of Denmark. He also made 23 appearances for the United States national team, scoring one goal.
- Jack McInerney is set to return to the club on Thursday after being replaced on the USMNT Gold Cup roster, giving the Union a huge boost against a tough Portland Timbers opponent this Saturday.
- The Union's entire squad–minus McInerney and Trinidad & Tobago call-up Keon Daniel–is back in training and healthy, though Hackworth reported that Michael Lahoud is still not 100% recovered from his ongoing hernia injury.
- Hackworth confirmed that he is suspended for one match following his ejection in the Chivas USA match. A Union spokesperson confirmed today that assistant Rob Vartughian will be head coach for the Union's match with Portland.
What do you think of these notes? Is the Union's form where it needs to be ahead of the big match with Portland? Would Danny Califf have been a boost to the Union defense? Do you see McInerney hitting the ground running now that he's back with the Union?
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Kevin Smith
Having McInerney back will be huge. Kids got some skill
Esteban de la Sexface
The question is which McInerney will return: the one who was ruthlessly finishing chances for the first few months or the one who blew a couple of chances each game for the past few weeks?
Don't count out a return of Danny to the Union organization in some role. They love him there (as they should).
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The only way Califf comes back to the Union in any capacity is if Sakiewicz swallows his pride* and/or leaves the organization altogether.
Hackworth saying that nothing materialized despite some negotiations means that the trade to being Califf back to Philly, with Frei in tow, was scuttled by Sakiewicz at the 11th hour. Same happened with trading to bring Harvey back from Vancouver before his recent run of form increased his stock. It was hard enough for the CEO to take a mulligan and re-sign Le Toux; he couldn't bring himself to do that for other former-players as there'd be too much egg on his face.
That kind of stubborn pride is so frustrating and ridiculous to me. The organization already looked stupid after getting rid of great players for no reason and knowing that they could come back aside from the front office stubbornly refusing to bring them back makes them look even more idiotic. It is hard to imagine who they are putting on the show for. They know they made a poor choice, the players knows it, the fans know it; not rectifying it makes them look way worse
Esteban de la Sexface
Very intriguing rumors indeed. Are you the Union's Edward Snowden?
If so, be careful. I wouldn't want you to have to go into exile and hide in the Philly airport. Though there is a Chickie & Pete's there, so it wouldn't be that bad, I suppose.
I disagree. Califf and Hack are tight. I can see him scouting or as an assistant role.
I disagree. Califf and Hack are tight. I can see him scouting or as some sort of @ssistant role.
I'm still waiting for the Union to start winning the games above their weight class. Not dropping points is a good start, and a draw is always better than a loss, but in order for this team to make any real noise in the playoff they need to start beating the boys above them. I know that sounds kinda obvious, but it's hard for me to really get excited about this team because I don't think they have the personnel to be anything more than mid table right now. There are about three positions that don't have the right person yet.


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Small, cheap drones are proving increasingly popular for both hobbyists and technology companies alike, but while the technology itself is ready to fly, controlling the airspace – and avoiding crashes – is a trickier proposition.
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The Chancellor said that the Budget, the last before the expected May election, would include initiatives to speed up planning laws, tackle underinvestment in transport, encourage greater regional pay flexibility and make the UK's competition regime the most open in the world.
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The Black Crow Inn was located outside of Lokhan, about a mile south from the city gate. It was a ramshackle building, abandoned for ages, until couple of years ago, the Grey Cloaks established their headquarters there. It was a short way off the main road, offering a perfect gathering place for the brigands.
The yard seemed empty. The once tidy and clean gravel had been partially replaced by the intrusive shrubs and dissolved by the rain. The building had been empty for a long time, and it showed with the windows largely shattered and the plaster of the walls worn and cracked.
A thin drizzle fell upon the yard, painting the grey afternoon with depressing mist as Drevin observed the inn behind the dripping spruces. His dark, keen eyes scoured the building and the front yard to spot all the guards, but no matter how hard he looked, there seemed to be no more than one sitting on the large porch that had partially rotten away and collapsed from the other end. He was sitting there quietly, but by any means not too observant, as his main interest seemed to be his pipe. They obviously did not expect any problems, and why would they? What Drevin was about to do was plain insanity. Attacking the brigand headquarters in the middle of the day would definitely not cross the mind of an average thug, but to find out any concrete information, he had to rely on insanity.
The brigand guard continued to blow out puffy clouds of smoke as he enjoyed his tobacco, which had become a true rarity in the North. The southern farmers had increasing difficulties to produce enough for the entire continent, which made it incredibly expensive. The same phenomenon had occurred with all grain as the Eclipse reduced the amount of harvest, providing barely enough for the local communities. This bastard smoking a pipe in times like these spoke of very good connections to the South, or an alliance with a highly influential order like the Purple Lotus.
Taking a short sprint across the yard, Drevin reached the wall unnoticed and kneeled amidst the bare rasberry bushes growing at the end of the building. They would not protect him in case someone actually bothered to come check that end, but as it seemed, these fellows were not overly worried about intruders. Most of the men were sent to look for Drevin from the town, which was the most logical place for him to dwell, even after the incident at the Burning Candle Inn. They knew it would take some preparations if he wanted to leave, otherwise it did not make a big difference if he slit his wrists on the spot, except for saving the assassins some time and effort. The wilderness was extremely dangerous these days, much more than one man could handle without proper precautions.
A quick glance around the corner gave Drevin a good idea of the guard's position. A glittering silvery blade appeared in his hand, the perfectly balanced throwing knife. There was no room for error because even the shortest cry, or a slightly louder thud caused by the body or the chair, would alarm the men inside.
With one smooth swing, Drevin sent the knife on its way. Flying through the air, the blade sparkled dimly in the grey daylight before sinking into the brigand's neck, silencing him effectively. As an unexpected side effect, a series of strong spasms jerked the body, almost enough to push the chair over. But as a small miracle, the chair remained upright as the short death struggle neared the end. Nobody came out from the door, and after a few minutes of waiting, Drevin was certain he was safe to go.
The next step would be tricky as he had no clue what was against him on the other side of the door. Another detail that worried him was the fact that he knew nothing about this Elmor Emberling, the leader of these brigands. How good was he? Words from the past echoed in his mind: always evaluate your opponent before exposing yourself and engaging in battle. This advice was given to him by the Hooded One herself at the end of his joining ritual. It had been a special moment right after he had received the mark of the order, a tattoo of a small lotus flower upon his heart, which was supposed to always remind him about his origin. The thought of digging that infuriating mark out of his skin had crossed his mind for more than once during the last year, but Belith had always talked him out of it, explaining that small matters like that did not diminish his value in her eyes. She had loved him unconditionally, accepting his dark past as a part of him. It had been far beyond what Drevin could have hoped for. But no matter how much he hated Grimnir and the Purple Lotus, the advice she had given had always been golden.
Without wasting any time, he pulled the knife out of the dead man's neck. A momentary burst of blood gushed from the wound as the sharp plug was suddenly removed. Glancing around quickly to make sure there were no unwanted eyes seeing his entry, he sneaked toward the front door.
He was pleasantly surprised to find the door unlocked and well oiled, opening silently without the slightest creak. Progressing through a short entryway, he approached another doorway leading into the main hall. This inn was a little different compared to the Burning Candle, as the main room was divided into two smaller rooms and separated by a thin wall that seemed like it was added there later. The further end of the hall was also a couple of steps higher than the other, which indicated that those who spent a night at the inn had their separate space to enjoy their meals and beverages, away from the regular townsfolk customers. An elder man, who looked somewhat like the keeper of the place, was standing behind a rough, wooden counter with a large mug in his hand; apart from him, only one man was sitting in the main room, sipping his cheap mead by the blurred window. A thin, savage smile appeared on Drevin's lips as his cold eyes targeted the unsuspecting reaver.
The man attempted to stand up, crying wildly while reaching for his sword, but Drevin was faster. The two daunting poignards stroke swiftly like a pair of serpents, piercing the leather tunic and digging deep into his chest before he was able to perform a single attack. The brigand's cry turned into husky growl as his lungs filled rapidly with blood. The dying man dropped back on the chair, which broke into pieces under his weight, sending him on the floor, wriggling helplessly.
"It's him! He's here!" The innkeeper yelled sharply almost instantly as he saw the stranger coming from the doorway, but if that did not work, the noise of the breaking furniture surely alarmed the men next door, and Drevin was fully aware of it.
Pulling his weapons free from the corpse, Drevin leaped over the chairs and tables, landing by the door leading to the upper room. In less than two seconds, the door was kicked open and three more brigands rushed in. But before the innkeeper had a chance to warn them about the lurking danger behind the door, the first man already had a deep, bleeding stab wound on his back and a partially damaged spine. Crawling painfully on the floor, he was unable to rise again.
The second brigand knew what was coming and dodged to the right, avoiding Drevin's poignards, but the third one was not so lucky. He could not see what was happening in the lower room from behind his comrade, and so he ran straight into Drevin, who was waiting with a grim smile on his face. Parrying the hasty strike easily with one blade, he pushed the other through the man's stomach, all the way until the guard prevented it from going any deeper. It seemed as if the brigand's eyes bulged an inch as he realized what had happened. Completely paralyzed and unable to even scream, he leaned against Drevin as if trying to knock him down with the sheer weight of his body. Quickly realizing his bad posture, the assassin yanked his weapon free with one furious draw and stepped aside. The man fell down with a long groan, holding his punctured stomach with both hands. Drevin turned to face the last man, who had just enough time to get fully prepared.
"Come on then, you dog! Let's finish this right now!" The brigand yelled out his challenge. Drevin smiled deviously, approaching the man with his bloody poignards swinging slowly in front of him, hungry for more. The brigand was acting bravely, but the actual purpose of his challenge was to bolster his own courage more than anything else. His hands were shivering, and the nervous stare of an wild animal was apparent in his dilated eyes.
Drevin parried the clumsy strikes of the poor fighter very easily. He danced around effortlessly, dealing a hit or two every now and then causing multiple bleeding lacerations on the man's arms and chest, driving the incompetent man deeper into panic as it became obvious that he had absolutely no chance in this fight. After playing for a little while, Drevin decided to conclude the ridiculous jest of a battle. This man, like the other brigands before him, was nowhere near his level of expertise.
Bluffing the brigand by making a clumsy attack straight toward him, Drevin noted how he began to parry his strike, and would have been well successful if it had been nothing but a cheap diversion, which would have never worked with a skilled opponent. With this rascal, however, it was a bullseye, just as he had surmised. While still moving, Drevin bowed down, leaped past the brigand smoothly like a jackal, then he turned and stabbed the man in the back. It all happened as one smooth, continuous maneuver that ended with a lethal blow, leaving the man stumbling forward confusedly as a sudden weakness took over his body. The long blade of the poignard had pierced his heart, resulting in massive internal bleeding that killed him almost instantly.
"Stay right where you are!" Drevin hissed loudly as he noticed the innkeeper trying to sneak out. He had been watching the brutal play, too horrified to move. By the time he finally got his feet working again, it was already too late.
The innkeeper froze still, staring at Drevin like a deer waiting for the last shot. He had never witnessed the kind of slaughter before. This mysterious figure had appeared out of nowhere and butchered everyone inside in a blink of an eye, and now it seemed like it was his turn. Terrified beyond comprehension, the innkeeper watched as Drevin walked back to the man who had been stabbed in the stomach, still moaning and writhing on the floor. Grabbing his hair tightly, Drevin pulled his head as far back as he could, then he slid his poignard under the man's throat and made a deep cut from ear to ear. His body jerked involuntarily a few times before freezing still, a crimson puddle began to spread underneath his head.
The innkeeper swallowed hard. He was sweating heavily, feeling like he could pass out any moment as the assassin turned to him after finishing his job with the suffering reaver.
"Now, my friend, we will have a little chat," Drevin whispered as he grabbed the shivering innkeeper by his tunic and dragged him to one of the chairs where he tied him up with a rope he had found lying around behind the counter.
* * *
The innkeeper sat quietly on the wooden chair, gazing nervously at the cloaked assassin who had walked around the counter to fetch himself a mug of mead. Clueless about the future, he had a troubling hunch that it was not going to be anything too pleasant.
After making sure the innkeeper would not escape, Drevin searched the entire building to make sure there were no surprises ahead, then he returned to the main room.
"Now, tell me, who exactly are you? You don't look like a brigand by any means." While talking, he dragged another chair in front of the old man for himself to sit.
The innkeeper swallowed again, trying to calm down enough to speak properly. "I am— the innkeeper of the Black Crow Inn. Well, I was until business went bad and I had to close it down. Ned is my name, Old Ned they used to call me."
"So, you are the actual owner of this house?" Drevin insisted to make sure he understood.
"Yes, I was— I am. I've been living upstairs in one of the rooms, but then one day Elmor came to me and asked if I would be interested to rent the place for him and his men. Needless to say I was, I wanted to see this place thrive again, but of course that's not exactly what happened. In any case though, I had a steady source of income again."
The innkeeper's tale sounded sad, but Drevin had no time for any sentimental chatter. Without the slightest change in his facial expression, the assassin proceeded to the next question.
"This Elmor Emberling, he was not here?" Drevin asked, nodding his head lightly toward the dead bodies lying on the floor.
"No, he was not," the old man confirmed nervously, predicting where this conversation was heading to.
"Can you tell me where he is?"
The innkeeper sighed deeply. "I can't do that, I can't—," his voice disappeared, and Drevin realized what was the problem. This man saw Elmor as some kind of a savior for him and his business, which would make him extremely loyal. He would have to break that bond, and he did not have the time to do it delicately.
"I'm going to ask you one more time before I'll start breaking you, one limb at a time," he said so calmly that it did made the man to open his mouth partially, as if he was about to tell, but then he shook his head quietly. It was admirable bravery from the old man, but instead of giving him any credit, Drevin rolled his eyes, annoyed by this stubborn gesture.
He moved behind the innkeeper and sat on another chair with a long, fed up sigh, then he took one of the tied hands to his own and bended it back as far as it agreed to go. Old Ned moaned in pain, but it was nothing compared to what was coming. Holding his pinky finger firmly in his hand, Drevin twisted it, turning the entire finger around in its joint, dislocating and breaking it with a disgusting little snap. A high-pitched scream departed from the innkeeper's lips as an unbearable pain shot through his hand and arm like an arrow.
"Where is he?" Drevin asked again coldly, awaiting patiently for the answer, but all he heard was some uncontrollable moaning and sobbing. Drevin sighed quietly to himself, reluctant to do what he had started. This man really just wanted to run his inn - apparently at any cost.
Moving on to the ring finger, he repeated the same action, crushing the joint with a creepy crunch. Another loud, bloodcurdling scream unravelled from the old man's mouth.
"Where?" Drevin hissed to the man's ear like a serpent preparing for a lethal bite.
"Please, no more," the man cried. "I will tell you, in the name of all forgotten Immortals, I will tell you."
Drevin changed his position quickly, sitting in front of the man again, gazing at him with his dark eyes. Secretly, he was relieved and happy to see that the old man was willing to speak so soon, but there was nothing in the world that could make him reveal these feelings to his victim.
"Speak," he ordered without a single gesture to free his prisoner before he had told him everything.
The innkeeper grimaced at the shredding, throbbing pain of his mutilated fingers, but somehow he managed to focus enough, and after breathing heavily for couple of times, he spoke.
"A few years ago, Elmor began to talk about building a new headquarters for his little hobby. Very excited about the plan, he was talking about constructing a whole new wing to the sewer network of the town. Not because they needed it, but simply because he was able to. The Grey Cloaks may seem like a dreadful order, but they are mostly sons of the local nobles mixed together with the offspring of some of the wealthiest merchant families in the area, wishing to entertain themselves in these hard times by running this semi-official secret society. Elmor was very excited when he found out that the Purple Lotus was in town, seeking someone a lot of people knew around here because of your distinctive look compared to us Hurons."
Drevin muttered something to himself, but then he turned his eyes back to the man. "Continue," he urged eagerly, wanting to hear the rest.
"I tried to warn him about the Purple Lotus," the innkeeper sobbed with a broken voice, "but he would not listen to me." He closed his eyes and shook his head faintly. "They are real murderers and assassins, those folks from the South, and poor Elmor has gotten in the middle of a game that is far too dangerous for him or any of his friends to play. But they didn't care. Only thought in Elmor's head was how much more credibility such an alliance would bring for them."
"You're saying that all the Grey Cloaks are nothing but dandies of nobility pretending to run a secret order?" Drevin asked, for he had hard time to believe this, but still, it made perfect sense to why all these thugs appeared to be so clumsy and unskilled in combat.
"That is the truth, I swear," the innkeeper whispered, shuddering from pain and fatigue.
"And you think that Elmor is hiding in the sewers?"
"That would be my first guess, but please— I cannot be sure. They— they don't tell me these things." The innkeeper sniffled quietly as he tried to cope with the radiating, stinging pain from his crushed fingers.
Silently the assassin stood up, revealing one of his poignards. The steel glittered faintly in the light of a single candelabrum hanging from the ceiling as Drevin approached the tortured man. A glimpse of fear flashed in the man's dilated eyes as he was certain that the assassin would slit his throat, like he had done with the other brigand who was now lying on the floor with his face in a puddle of drying blood. But instead of feeling the blade upon his throat, he felt it sawing the rope around his wrists, and in a matter of a few seconds, he was free. Carefully moving his injured hand to make sure it would not hurt more than it already did, he watched as the strange, olive-skinned, shadowy man glanced around once more before he walked out the door, leaving the old innkeeper alone with five dead bodies.
The light drizzle outside had turned into heavy, freezing rain that felt like small needles landing on his bare skin as he stepped into the woods. He pulled the cloak's hood as far as he could in order to prevent the rain from hitting his face. Because of the dark green cloak, the forest covered him completely, making him nearly invisible as he headed toward the town. He needed to find the entrance to the sewer system built underneath the city, and somewhere in there he should find Elmor Emberling. Despite everything that had been revealed by Old Ned, Drevin was still going to kill the leader of the Grey Cloaks, for only then the broad network of spies working for Terrigan Argos could be silenced and torn apart.


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|[jira] Commented: (DERBY-2109) System privileges
|Wed, 27 Feb 2008 20:41:56 GMT
[ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DERBY-2109?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=12573059#action_12573059 ] Martin Zaun commented on DERBY-2109: ------------------------------------ I'm sorry to say that I overlooked one line of debug code in SecurityUtil that made it into DERBY-2109-10. (I'd forgotten tagged that line as usual.) Unfortunately, the line is significant since the published code checks for a "dummy" permission I'd put in there for doAs() v. doAsPrivileged() debugging purposes: + //AccessController.checkPermission(perm); + AccessController.checkPermission(new java.util.PropertyPermission("user.dir", "read")); I'm right now running junit-all (1 error) and will publish another patch update right after. > Daniel John Debrunner wrote: > > Bottomline: When evaluating permissions, the (Sun) Java Security Runtime uses the principal names as found literally in the policy file and not as returned by SystemPrincipal.getName() (where we could return normalized names). > It's hard to see how that is the case, since the policy file is read in and converted to a Policy object containing permissions and for Derby's SystemPermission the class must be o.a.d.security.SystemPermission. It's correct that we're using our SystemPermission classes only -- but the issue is in the realm of Subject/Principal checking by the Java Security Runtime when matching the Subject instantiated by our code against the Principal declaration in the policy file. This check is not entirely carried out by means of getName()/equals()/hashCode() on our SystemPrincipal class, in which case we could have had the name comparisons always done on the normalized names. Instead, the Java Security Runtime uses the literal Principal name as declared in the policy file and denies permission when it can't find an exact match in our Subject's SystemPrincipal list. > - figuring out the principal names in the policy files - I'd be interested to see the implementation of SystemPrincipal you used to try and implement the required functionality The SystemPrincipal class in DERBY-2109-09 attempted to encapsulate Authorization Identifiers and "normalized" the principal name right within the constructor, so that getName()/equals()/hashCode() would operate on (normalized) auth ids. As commented I also looked into SystemPrincipal implementing com.sun.security.auth.PrincipalComparator by adding an implies(Subject) method returning true when a the Subject's principal list contains a normalized name matching this principal's normalized name. With a few more tricks I got it working -- but that was just for insight, since PrincipalComparator is a non-standard interface. > - related to the previous one is having more time to understand this: > + // An alternative approach of normalizing all names within > + // SystemPrincipal has issues; see comments there. > + principals.add(new SystemPrincipal(user)); > + principals.add(new SystemPrincipal(getAuthorizationId(user))); Adding the normalized identifier ensures that a non-delimited principal "FRED" matches users "fred", "Fred", "FRED" ... Let me know if you think the code needs more comments. > Could you confirm the format for names in the policy file in the patch? Does it match the description here: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DERBY-2109?focusedCommentId=12561537#action_12561537 > - does it support delimited identifiers of the form "\"email@example.com\""? yes > - is the only issue that non-delimited identifiers "fred" do not resolve correctly? They resolve incompletely: non-delimited identifies "fred" only matches "fred", while "FRED" matches "fred", "Fred", "FRED" ... Here's what I've verified. A policy file with belows grants results in the following System Privileges behaviour for users: grant principal org.apache.derby.authentication.SystemPrincipal "MARTIN" { ... } checks for users: martin -- granted marTin -- granted MARTIN -- granted "marTin" -- denied, missing permission (delimited identifier, different from marTin) grant principal org.apache.derby.authentication.SystemPrincipal "edWard" { ... } checks for users: edWard -- granted edward -- denied, missing permission grant principal org.apache.derby.authentication.SystemPrincipal "\"firstname.lastname@example.com\"" { ... } checks for users: "email@example.com" -- granted "firstname.lastname@example.com" -- denied, missing permission firstname.lastname@example.com -- denied, illegally formed name as complained by IdUtil.getUserAuthorizationId() because it's a non-delimited identifier having special characters However, in the last case the exception is not nicely presented to the client and needs improvement (I'd expected this case not to pass authentication, but we have to cover for it, especially since we now can have authorization checks without prior authentication). > From a security point of view does this have the potential to allow one user to piggy back on the permissions of another user? Not really. Under the rules for Identifiers for authentication and authorization, the non-delimited identifiers "fred", "Fred", "FRED" all represent the same person. So, if user "fred" can piggy-back on a principal grant to "FRED" -- that's the requested feature that took some effort to implement :) In contrast, user "marTin" cannot piggy-back on a principal grant for "\"martin\"". > - ensuring the new security objects that are serializable have serialization ids to ensure compatibility across releases I'm not aware anymore why SystemPrincipal implements Serializable, so, perhaps, I should research and add a comment. I'm not sure there's a good reason for this class to be serializable (to the contrary, often information about user names etc should not be serialized), but if there is, I agree, a serialization id should be there (with the class being so simple, we probably won't need readObject() and writeObject()). Our Permission classes are not serializable, so, I don't think we have other security objects to think about. While NetworkServerControlImpl also does not implement Serializable, I wonder if the userArg, passewordArg, and bootpasswordArg fields should be declared transient as good pactice/precaution. > - making the new security objects final Yes, will do for SystemPrincipal, DatabasePermission and SystemPermission. Martin > System privileges > ----------------- > > Key: DERBY-2109 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DERBY-2109 > Project: Derby > Issue Type: New Feature > Components: Security > Affects Versions: 10.3.1.4 > Reporter: Rick Hillegas > Assignee: Martin Zaun > Attachments: DERBY-2109-02.diff, DERBY-2109-02.stat, derby-2109-03-javadoc-see-tags.diff, DERBY-2109-04.diff, DERBY-2109-04.stat, DERBY-2109-05and06.diff, DERBY-2109-05and06.stat, DERBY-2109-07.diff, DERBY-2109-07.stat, DERBY-2109-08.diff, DERBY-2109-08.stat, DERBY-2109-08_addendum.diff, DERBY-2109-08_addendum.stat, DERBY-2109-09.diff, DERBY-2109-09.stat, DERBY-2109-10.diff, DERBY-2109-10.stat, SystemPrivilegesBehaviour.html, systemPrivs.html, systemPrivs.html, systemPrivs.html, systemPrivs.html > > > Add mechanisms for controlling system-level privileges in Derby. See the related email discussion at http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.apache.db.derby.devel/33151. > The 10.2 GRANT/REVOKE work was a big step forward in making Derby more secure in a client/server configuration. I'd like to plug more client/server security holes in 10.3. In particular, I'd like to focus on authorization issues which the ANSI spec doesn't address. > Here are the important issues which came out of the email discussion. > Missing privileges that are above the level of a single database: > - Create Database > - Shutdown all databases > - Shutdown System > Missing privileges specific to a particular database: > - Shutdown that Database > - Encrypt that database > - Upgrade database > - Create (in that Database) Java Plugins (currently Functions/Procedures, but someday Aggregates and VTIs) > Note that 10.2 gave us GRANT/REVOKE control over the following database-specific issues, via granting execute privilege to system procedures: > Jar Handling > Backup Routines > Admin Routines > Import/Export > Property Handling > Check Table > In addition, since 10.0, the privilege of connecting to a database has been controlled by two properties (derby.database.fullAccessUsers and derby.database.defaultConnectionMode) as described in the security section of the Developer's Guide (see http://db.apache.org/derby/docs/10.2/devguide/cdevcsecure865818.html). -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - You can reply to this email to add a comment to the issue online.
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- Makes 36 servings (1 cupcake each)
1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Line muffin tins with paper liners.
2. With an electric mixer, beat together 1 1/2 cups butter and sugar until very light and fluffy, about 5 minutes. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add red food coloring and 2 teaspoons vanilla; beat well. Scrape down sides of bowl.
3. Whisk together flour, cocoa and salt. Alternately add buttermilk and cocoa mixture to red batter in three parts, beginning with buttermilk and ending with dry ingredients. Scrape down bowl.
4. In a small bowl, stir together vinegar and baking soda. Add to batter and mix well. Scrape down bowl.
5. Divide batter among the prepared muffin cups. Bake for 20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center of a cupcake comes out clean. Cool in the tins for 10 minutes. Remove from tins and cool completely on a wire rack.
6. For frosting, beat together cream cheese and remaining 1/4 cup butter until light and fluffy. Beat in remaining 1 teaspoon vanilla. Slowly add powdered sugar and beat until smooth. Frost cooled cupcakes.


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Beautiful job. Nice colors.
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Not that it would matter to the jump-to-anything-bad-that-happens-is-a-rightwing-conspiracy, but it's a fact. Clay County is solid Republican, via Wiki:
The county has been solidly Republican for decades. In the last 16 years the only Republican to receive less than 60% was Bob Dole, who still won the county by nearly 25%. In 2008 John McCain received 77.5% of the vote.But another fact is that he wasn't killed because he was a census worker.
The hanging of Bill Sparkman according to two sources within the KBI, Sparkman stumbled onto a meth lab and was killed because "that's what they do with you when you're in the wrong place.
Big Creek, where Sparkman was killed, is on the Kentucky State Police's list for meth labs, and in fact the address of the lab, 5693 S. Hwy 66 in Big Creek, isn't far from where he was found.
In fact Clay County is infested with with an abundance of meth labs and marijuana fields, and it's amazing that the Census Bureau would not have warned Sparkman of the dangers of the area.
We'll know once the investigation is complete, but right now it appears that Spearman was killed by drug dealers. If anyone has questions to answer, it should be why the Census Bureau sends it's workers into such areas without warning.


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Ace - What have I done?
After Dia stormed out, the rest of the day progressed normally. We whiled our way through the afternoon, and then ate dinner, Cordelia sitting in Dia's normal seat.
It was only after Cordelia had left that we began to get a little worried. King, Joker and I set off in search of Dia. We looked high and low, but we could not find her anywhere. In the end, we took to stopping passers by and asking them if they had seen her.
From most we got respectable, "no sir"'s. Until we stopped the referee of the Hide and Seek games as he was leaving for the night.
"You didn't happen to see young Dia, my adopted daughter, earlier, did you?" King asked politely. The referee blanched. Immediately, I knew something was wrong.
"You did, didn't you?" I said, stepping closer to the man.
"Well, er, um, yes, I er, did. But, erm.. I would have thought.. Oh never mind... You'll find out sooner or later.." He stammered, and then tried to hurry on his way. Joker grabbed his arm, stopping him.
"What happened when you saw her?" I asked slowly. "We need to know." I stared at him.
"Well.. Ok. I'll tell you, but you ain't gonna like it." The referee said slowly.
"Well, it were about two this afternoon. She comes into the stadium, just as a game is starting, and yells: 'I'm PLAYING' or summat like that. Anyway, so she gets admitted, and then, I sees her hide behind a tree, I don't know what got into her. Well, then... Then she got caught. And it weren't like when most people disappear, with a little blip and a white light. A big flash of green light came, and.. and this deafening noise, like.. like a scream. And then.. then she was gone."
I gulped. She had wanted to be found. She had wanted to loose, even though she knew she would die. Tears ran down my cheeks. She was dead, and it was all my fault...


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Blood is life and it is leaking
A.B. Dibble
Bleeding is only natural to me,
Its a way of life,
the way i lead,
whether it be tears,
or blood,
i cry,
Even though the sun shines down on me,
She trickles from my veins,
He drops from my eyes,
in a puddle so bitterly,
I am triage.
I am bandaged.