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|Name: monit-doc
|Distribution: openSUSE 12.2
|Version: 5.4
|Vendor: openSUSE
|Release: 2.1.3
|Build date: Mon Jul 16 13:13:55 2012
|Group: System/Monitoring
|Build host: build24
|Size: 186870
|Source RPM: monit-5.4-2.1.3.src.rpm
|Packager: http://bugs.opensuse.org
|Url: http://mmonit.com/monit/download/
|Summary: Service Manager and Monitor System (Documentation and Examples)
Monit is a utility for managing and monitoring processes, files, directories, and devices on a Unix system. Monit conducts automatic maintenance and repair and can execute meaningful causal actions in error situations. For example, monit can start a process if it does not run, restart a process if it does not respond, and stop a process if it uses too many resources. You can use monit to monitor files, directories, and devices for changes, such as time stamp changes, checksum changes, or size changes. You can even use monit to monitor remote hosts: monit can ping a remote host and check port connections. This package only contains the documentation and examples. You must also install the package monit to actually use monit.
* Fri May 18 2012 firstname.lastname@example.com - update to 5.4: * New process uptime test added. * The monit hostname will fallback to plain machine's hostname if the lookup for FQDN hostname didn't found matching entry. * The CPU usage for multi-threaded processes on multi-core machine was reported incorrectly in the case that the process used more CPU resources then equivalent to one core. * The content match test now sends one event per cycle and pattern. * The /proc/ files content match test was skipped, as the file size on the procfs is 0, so monit supposed that there is no content to read. * Allow reading status and perform Monit actions when using client SSL certificate. * When the process is starting/stopping, do the process state check more effectively to not stress the low power devices with aggresive polling. * Make the process start/stop wait resistant to large time changes. * Compilation: If PAM is enabled but the PAM headers or library are not found by the configure script, it will report error. - BuildRequire pam-devel. * Tue Mar 06 2012 firstname.lastname@example.com - license update: AGPL-3.0 My mistake - there is no entry for AGPL-3.0+ on spdx.org/licenses. The only available one is AGPL-3.0 (without the plus) * Wed Feb 29 2012 firstname.lastname@example.com - license update: AGPL-3.0+ monit is AGPL-3.0 _not_ GPL-3.0 * Wed Jan 25 2012 firstname.lastname@example.com - fix bnc#743289 by adding monit-dirs.patch to set the PIDDIR accordingly to what is preset in the monitrc configuration (and in the spec file), as well as to fix the default event directory * Wed Dec 21 2011 email@example.com - update to 5.3.2: * fix bug #34801: the file content match test did reset of the read position in the case that the unmonitor or stop action was done. When the file monitoring was enabled again, the content match test was applied to the content which was tested already. * log error details in the case that the name resolving failed * fix the system cpu usage statistics when pattern based process check is used and the service is restarted * Debian Bug#652715: "include files not found" warning: do not display the warning if the include directory is empty - create /var/run/monit in the init script on start (if needed), as /var/run is on a volatile filesystem (tmpfs) since 12.1 * Tue Dec 13 2011 email@example.com - fix license to be in spdx.org format * Wed Nov 30 2011 email@example.com - fixes to init script and configuration file for state file - fix installation routine on >= 12.1: directories under /var/run are now created at installation time, as /var/run is on tmpfs on >= 12.1 - minor packaging improvements, including the use of the pristine upstream tarball instead of a recompressed one (better traceability) * Fri Nov 04 2011 email@example.com - add some better defaults: * set mailserver to localhost * set alert recipient to root@localhost * enable event queue in /var/run/monit/events * move id and state files to /var/run/monit/ * Tue Oct 25 2011 firstname.lastname@example.com - update to 5.3.1: * log the particular connection attempt failure in debug mode when the retry is enabled * Monit can deliver events and status to independent M/Monit instances if multiple mmonit URLs are set * fixed: the ICMP echo (ping) test may report false positive error if the machine where Monit is running has heavy ICMP traffic generated by other applications * fixed: the file content match test will be performed even on the existing content when Monit starts; the last position is saved to the statefile, so monit won't generate alert after restart; note that when you start the monit 5.3.1 the first time, it can do actions for content match which was handled by previous monit version already as the previous monit versions didn't saved the position * make the monitoring state persistent for manual mode services * display the memory usage total % in the status overview; the memory usage in kB displayed the total already, so the percentage didn't match * fix the HTML overview page alignment in the Internet Explorer * fix sporadic SSL routines:func(169):reason(161) errors * if MySQL protocol test failed, report the correct MySQL error code - changes from 5.3.0: * new 'check program' statement added: allows to check the exit status of an external program or script from Monit * added crontab style support for individual services; you can now specify when an individual service should run its checks (or not run) * connection retry option added: allows to retry a network connection in the same testing cycle before reporting an error * detailed protocol connection errors are now included in alerts * the HTML overview page displays the CPU and memory total now (including children), so real service related usage is displayed also for services which spawn worker processes, such as Apache or Spamassassin * HTML view improvements * fix MySQL protocol test: MySQL 5.5.12 returns new error code in the case of authentication failure * the stacktrace logging on error is disabled in -v (verbose) mode as it was too verbose for common service debugging tasks, it can be enabled using -vv option * improve how fast Monit check if a program was started or stopped * fix the monitoring state presentation during service restart which temporarily displayed "Not monitored", whereas the monitoring was enabled * the "data collected" is updated only if the check was not skipped * Tue Mar 29 2011 firstname.lastname@example.com - update to 5.2.5: * fix process match check - when the monitored process failed and was restarted by Monit, Monit didn't recognized it is running after the restart and reported start failure (similar on stop) * fix Debian #617259: symbolic links in the filesystem check doesn't work * fix Debian bug #614984: smtp protocol test issues both EHLO and HELO * fix bug #32583: multiple SIP OPTIONS messages use the same header data * try harder to get FQDN hostname for the host where monit is running; the hostname in the $HOST variable which is used in the mail sender may thus change * support symbolic link to monit configuration file * fix crash when monit daemon start delay option was used and monit was signalized to stop before the start delay passed * Mon Mar 21 2011 email@example.com - licenses package is about to die * Tue Feb 22 2011 firstname.lastname@example.com - update to 5.2.4: * added the "procmatch" CLI command which allows for easy testing of pattern for process match check * set the default log file mask to 0640 (originally it was 0664) * reduced monit memory footprint by ca. 10%. * fix memory usage monitoring in OpenVZ VPS 2.6.32 virtual hosts * if the protocol test failed, show the request in the event * randomize the mail message id to prevent duplicates in the case, that the same hostname is used on multiple hosts running monit and messages are generated in the same second in parallel * Thu Sep 23 2010 email@example.com - fixed typo in init script, "description" -> "Description" - added missing dependency on $remote_fs in init script - dropped monit-no_strip.patch, as upstream doesn't forcibly strip symbols any more - /var/run/monit is now created at runtime, in order to work properly if /var/run is on tmpfs - documentation split out into -doc subpackage - update to 5.2: + new features: * added support for monitoring processes without pidfile using pattern matching * added support for swap monitoring * allow to override the default action when service doesn't exist * Monit automatically registers credentials with M/Monit now, so it's not necessary to set it manually in M/Monit anymore * added memcache protocol test * added openssl FIPS to Monit httpd * the 'check system' can now use start/stop program statements too * added the option to set the "Reply-To" mail header in mail-format * display backtrace on error if debug mode is enabled (requires backtrace support in libc) + bugfixes: * show real process uptime - formerly the presented uptime was based on create and modify timestamp of process' pidfile which provides invalid uptime if the pidfile is replaced and process keeps running with original PID * when user triggered action for some service (such as stop) and before that action completed user triggered another action for the same service (such as start), the second action has been ignored. Monit will not accept new action and return temporary error until the previous action completed * if process resource usage gathering failed, retry next cycle as the error can be temporary * fixed sporadic failures when SSL was used * ICMP echo test (ping): - fixed sporadic false positive/negative - removed limit of 20 pings per cycle * DNS test: - accept NS root request refusal as correct response because server reacts on request - accept authority answer as alternative to record * RADIUS test fix * M/Monit heartbeat is fully independent of testing cycle now to prevent false positive when service test blocks * fixed SMTP STARTTLS protocol, required for servers that adhere strictly to RFC 3207 4.2 * service name: - allow the service name to start with "/" - fixed handling of the service names which contain "/" in the name in Monit web interface * when 'check system' is not defined, monit adds it automatically using hostname for service name * remove extra NL characters from message when resource succeeded event is sent * fixed display of cpu user/system/wait usage which temporarily displayed -1.0% between two monitoring cycles while cpu monitoring was initializing * fixed display of port response time as -1 if 'monit status' was called in the middle of service test * fixed display of service initializing state after monit start or reload * fixed MONIT_DESCRIPTION environment variable * Tue Aug 10 2010 firstname.lastname@example.com - Remove merged superfluous hz patch. * Tue Aug 10 2010 firstname.lastname@example.com - Add Should-Start $syslog $time $named to the init script; (bnc#553082). * Tue Feb 23 2010 firstname.lastname@example.com - update to 5.1.1: * several more protocol tests and bugfixes were added * Tue Nov 03 2009 firstname.lastname@example.com - updated patches to apply with fuzz=0 * Wed Sep 30 2009 firstname.lastname@example.com - update to 5.0.3 * Thu Apr 16 2009 firstname.lastname@example.com - update to 5.0
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Dr. Ambroise-Auguste Liebeault (1823-1904) is the founder of the famous Nancy School and the father of modern hypnotherapy.
The Nancy school held that hypnosis was a normal phenomenon induced by suggestion, in contrast to old schools of thought, which considered hypnotic trances as manifestations of magnetism, hysteria or psycho-physiological phenomenon.
Ambroise-Auguste Liebeault was born in Favieres, a small town in the Lorraine region of France, on September 16, 1823. He completed his medical degree in 1850 at the age of 26. He then established a practice in the village of Pont-Saint-Vincent, near the town of Nancy, France.His first book, Induced Sleep and Analogous States considered mostly from the Viewpoint of the Action of the Mind on the Body was published in 1866.
Later his institution would be converted to the Nancy School with the collaboration of Dr. Hippolyte Bernheim, a renowned professor at the Medical School in Nancy. Dr. Liebeault was heavily influenced by Abbé Faria, and, in turn, Sigmund Freud and Émile Coué came to the Nancy School to be influenced by Liebeault.
He died on February 18, 1904 at the age of 80.
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text: phil mellor - Unregistered March 01, 2013 1:19 PM Well done Josh for getting a seat in Euro F3. Met you and your dad Damon in the padoc at Brands Hatch. As a spectator i was impressed that your dad sighned my program and stood to have a chat' I hope that you will follow in his footsteps when you are as famous as him. YOU WILL BE. Good luck. 1 agree 1 disagree


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Institute for African American Research awards research grants
The Institute for African American Research (IAAR) has awarded research grants to three faculty members and three doctoral students.
IAAR was established in 2008 to support research that enhances the scholarly study and public understanding of race and black life in South Carolina, the Southeast and beyond.
This is the institute's second round of research grant awards.
The IAAR awards research grants twice annually -- $1,500 for faculty and $1,000 for graduate students.
The award recipients and their projects:
- Dr. Jerry Mitchell, associate professor of geography and director of the Center of Excellence for Geographic Education; Lisa Randle, a doctoral student in anthropology. Project: "Carolina Lowcountry and Atlantic World Connections: Teaching about South Carolina Rice Plantations." As part of the project, the pair will create and produce posters for use in K-12 classrooms that will feature maps, images and historical information.
- Dr. Wilfried Karmaus, professor, department of epidemiology and biostatistics, Arnold School of Public Health; Alycia Albergottie, department of epidemiology and biostatistics. Project: "Increased stress and specific stress factors among pregnant African American women." Karmaus and Albergottie will study the levels of hormones cortisol, estradiol and progesterone and the genes involved in endocrine regulation during pregnancy.
- Dr. Saundra Glover, associate professor, director of the Institute of Partnerships to Eliminate Health Disparities, Arnold School of Public Health; Larrell Wilkinson, doctoral student and director of the university's Drug and Alcohol Programs. Project: "Black Students Scope: Stress Coping & Obstruction Prevention & Education." They pair will study the mental health needs of African-American students and the support structures needed at universities and colleges to meet those needs.
- Athena King, a doctoral student in political science, College of Arts and Sciences. Project: "Political policies that have produced or maintained racial or ethnic stratification in the United States." King's study will explore the history of relationships among whites, African Americans and Hispanics in Western region of the United States.
- Florencia Cornet, a doctoral student in comparative literature, College of Arts and Sciences. Project: "Modern Colonial Female Subjects: A Comparative Analysis of the U.S. Afro-Latina and the Curasolena Case." Cornet will explore national political change and its impact on women in the Curacao and New York Afro-Latina diaspora.
- Debeshi Maitra, a doctoral student in the department of health services, policy and management, Arnold School of Public Health. Project: "Examining the Influences of School Reproductive Health Services on Trajectories of STI Diagnosis among Black and White Females Making the Transition to Adulthood." Maitra will study the statistical disparities between racial and ethnic groups of adolescents at risk of sexually transmitted infection (STI) and whether differing types of reproductive health services provided by schools contribute to those disparities.
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PIO notes: Steady Lamb leads Osprey
Washington native putting up strong numbers in pro debut
By Greg Rachac / Special to MLB.com | August 23, 2012 9:21 AM ET
"We lived five minutes from campus," Lamb said. "I always had the purple and gold on."
Lamb parlayed his love for the Huskies -- and baseball -- into a productive three-year career at UW, where he posted a .326 batting average and was a three-time honorable mention All-Pac-12 selection and a 2010 freshman All-American. A solid line-drive hitter, the third baseman led the team in doubles, RBIs and on-base percentage this past season.
It led to Lamb being selected in the sixth round of the 2012 Draft by the Arizona Diamondbacks. He was assigned to Missoula in the Rookie-level Pioneer League, where he's continued to build on his burgeoning talent.
"I feel like I've performed reasonably well as far as hitting and defense," Lamb said. "The biggest change from college is the mental and physical grind. I heard people say that coming in, but it's something you have to experience for yourself.
"It's pretty tough to come out and play every day and still have the same focus. It's hard on the body, especially playing a full college season and then coming right to Missoula. But I wouldn't have it any other way."
Lamb has been nothing if not consistent this season. In 55 games through Aug. 21, Lamb held a .311 batting average with six home runs, 45 RBIs and 37 runs scored. His 18 doubles were second-most in the league and his 28 extra-base hits ranked fifth.
Defensively, Lamb has been one of the best in the league. His .959 fielding percentage (seven errors in 171 total chances) led all third basemen.
"As far as offense, I've always been good at using the whole field," Lamb explained. "I've been working a lot with our hitting coach [J.R. House] because in college I was so used to working the opposite field. Then I got to Missoula and they wanted me to pull the ball more. So I've been working on using the whole field, using gaps ... all that stuff.
"I've been working a bunch on my defense. The range has gone down a little bit [due to a minor leg injury], but my arm is my best attribute. I try to be a leader out there on the field."
Lamb played 162 career games at Washington. Aside from hitting .326, Lamb had 197 hits, 10 homers, 88 RBIs, 85 runs and 39 doubles. Not a bad stat line for the exact duration of a full Major League season.
But Lamb acknowledges that if he is to advance to play for the Osprey's parent club in Arizona one day, he'll have to improve in various facets of the game.
"I think I can do a lot better than that," he said. "In college I wasn't as mentally strong as I am now. I could start off a game 0-for-2 and I'd think, 'This game's over. I can't have a good game today.' That was kind of my mentality. Now it's completely changed. Staying positive has really helped me."
Missoula is currently in a tight race with Billings for the Pioneer League's North Division title. Missoula sat three games back of Billings for the division lead with 15 games remaining in the regular season. The winner will earn a postseason berth.
Missoula and Billings play six more times, including what figures to be a crucial two-game set at the end of the year.
"We just have to focus on one game at a time because these teams aren't just going to give it to us," Lamb said. "Everybody's trying to win baseball games. We're not worrying about the standings as far as what Billings is doing because we're going to get our shot at them."
Stretching it out: There have been some lengthy hitting streaks in the Pioneer League this season, but Grand Junction outfielder David Dahl topped them all. Dahl put together a 27-game streak that was snapped last week, falling just five games shy of the league record set by Billings' Chris Valaika in 2006.
Playing long ball: With 15 homers, Grand Junction slugger Julian Yan is poised to win the league's home run crown. Yan has hit 11 homers in his last 21 games to surge to the league lead. Orem's Wade Hinkle and Billings' Robert Maddox rank second with 11 each.
Come one, come all: The league is again seeing great attendance numbers. Entering Aug. 22 a total of 571,002 fans had visited Pioneer League ballparks. Six of the league's eight teams -- Ogden, Billings, Grand Junction, Idaho Falls, Missoula and Orem -- were averaging better than 2,300 fans per game.
Greg Rachac is a contributor to MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues or its clubs.View More


text: The Glenwood Drugstore is a drug store located in the Red Light District of Portland Island, Liberty City in both Grand Theft Auto III and Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories. The store is directly north and next door to the GTA III Portland Safehouse. In both games, however, the store is inaccessible and plays no role in the storylines whatsoever.


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FOUR bridges in Barnt Green will have to be rebuilt if the proposed electrification of the main line railway running through the village goes ahead.
At a meeting held in December, Network Rail discussed diversions for bridge 109 at Linthurst Newtown, bridge 110 at Greens Occupation, bridge 111 at Rocky Lane and Hewell Lane, and bridge 111a, which is the footbridge at Barnt Green Station.
Closure of the Linthurst Newton over bridge, means a lengthy diversion for traffic because of height, width and weight restrictions on surrounding roads and traffic will have to use Saint Catherine's Road, Linthurst Road, Fiery Hill Road and Hewell Lane. The new bridge is likely to one lane wide, and higher, which means there may need to be some way of ensuring on-coming traffic is more visible.
The Greens Occupation bridge provides access to farmland and a private residence only, but it does provide a public right of way, so a temporary bridge may be installed while the original bridge is rebuilt.
The Rocky Lane/Hewell Lane bridge, which is close to the centre of Barnt Green, would have to be closed for approximately six months from May/June 2015.
A spokesman for Barnt Green Parish Council, said: "The appearance of the bridge will be unaltered, but because the considerable overnight and weekend work will generate noise, light and dust issues, the parish council has recommended that, at key points during the work, Network Rail offer residents who are seriously inconvenienced temporary hotel accommodation.
"A public engagement campaign will also take place and a detailed programme of works will also be made available nearer the time."
The diversion will lead traffic via Fiery Hill Road back to Hewell Road, and pedestrian access to the station will be maintained throughout the work.
Although a new footbridge will be constructed at Barnt Green Station, the old bridge will remain in place until the new bridge is operational, with the possibility of granting access to platform four for trains to Redditch, still being debated.
Barnt Green Parish Council has raised the issues of lifts being provided at the station, and the subject is due to be raised by Worcestershire County Council with the Department for Transport.
Electrification of the line would enable an increase to three trains per hour running between Redditch, Bromsgrove and Birmingham New Street, and work on the line is planned from 2014 to 2019 with the electrification work possibly being carried out during the early part of this period.


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I doubt that anyone wants to waste bandwidth watching the chief's lips move
while the theme song from from Hill Street Blues plays. So I'm sparing
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Check out information in our recruitment information, but also dig into our description of LPD's community-based policing philosophy. Get into our annual reports, and read about our organizational structure, the "year in review", and the highlights from each of our community police teams.
Looking for some ideas for a class project or research?
Check out our historic crime and arrest data. Download a .pdf of our most current annual report, and find detailed statistics about crime and workload information. Cut and paste data from one of our on-line data sources into a spreadsheet, and do some analysis of your own.
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Car buff?
We've got a great history of LPD motor vehicles, back to 1930, with scores of marvelous photographs. My favorite patrol car was the 1972 Plymouth Fury (440 four barrel), but my favorite photo is the 1980 Chevrolet Malibu.
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Keep a close eye on recently-reported stolen property. Use "find" on this page from your browser's menu and put in the first few letters of a brand name (try Rem, for example.)
Want to know more about LPD?
Take a virtual tour of headquarters, find out more about our history, check out our facebook posts, or twitter feed.
These are just a few of the many things you can do at our Internet home, but there's much more. Take some time and click into our nooks and crannies. We value citizen input, participation, and partnership, and we hope you feel free to make your visit a two-way street.
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Federal Website USA.gov Gets Makeover
May 8, 2007
Contact: Viki Reath, (202) 501-1231
Washington, DC – By using a crisp, updated federal website, with improved search features, American taxpayers will find official government information and services much easier to find, U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) officials said today, as they announced USA.gov's first makeover.
"Our goal is to have the most informative, easy to use site available for the American people," said GSA Administrator Lurita Doan. "With the importance of the Internet growing daily, and the public's desire to get information quickly and painlessly, the redesign shows that we are listening and responding to this demand."
USA.gov is the official Web portal for the U.S. government. The redesign is the first, since GSA launched USA.gov in January 2007.
The new look reduces clutter on each page, allows users to adjust font sizes and improves search capabilities. A toggle enables users to switch between English and Spanish, when available. Another upgrade offers instant messaging.
"The bar keeps rising, and I'm very proud of our ability to be nimble and respond accordingly," said Martha Dorris, GSA's Deputy Associate Administrator for Citizen Services, Office of Citizen Services and Communications (OCSC). "Our goal is to provide accurate, timely and consistent government information and services to the public. This makeover is another step toward that purpose."
GSA's OCSC manages USA.gov, an E-Gov initiative that is part of President Bush's 2002 extensive plan to help integrate the federal government's efforts to provide more efficient and cost-effective services to citizens and businesses, by making their government information and services easily accessible online. OCSC also manages GobiernoUSA.gov.
Founded in 1949, GSA serves as a centralized procurement and property management agency for the federal government. GSA manages more than one-fourth of the government's total procurement dollars and influences the management of $500 billion in federal assets, including 8,300 government-owned or leased buildings and 205,000 vehicles. GSA helps preserve our past and define our future, as a steward of more than 420 historic properties, and as manager of USA.gov, the official portal to federal government information and services. GSA's mission to provide superior workplaces, expert technology solutions, acquisition services, purchasing and E-Gov travel solutions and management policies, at best value, allows federal agencies to focus on their core missions.
Did You Know? USA.gov received more than 84 million visits during the past year.


text: RUSH: Jerry in Cape Coral, Florida. Great to have you on the program, sir. Thank you for waiting. CALLER: Hey, thanks, Rush. Mega dittos from a decades long listener and a recently retired fed employee. I've got a different take on things. I know there's a lot of Trump supporters right now running around dismayed at Comey's announcement today. But I look at it like this. We get callers just like the one you had before from the loony left, and then these unhinged persons running around masquerading as mainstream media, and they've been throwing out all these theories, unsubstantiated theories about some nefarious activities between Trump and the Russians during the campaign. Now, had Comey not said anything about an investigation, these theories would have gone on for the remaining 1,400 days of Trump's first term. My thought here is sooner rather than later, because we know anybody whose researched this and looked at it without blinders on knows there is no evidence, not a zip, zilch showing any kind of collusion between Trump's campaign or Trump and the Russians. Now, sooner I think rather than later, Comey's gonna come out and he's going to say that the investigation's over and there is no evidence. What he did was throw a rope to these crazies out there, and they're desperately holding on to it. When he comes out and says that, it's gonna put an end to it. Had he not, like you said, they could have run with this forever. But I think what's gonna come out of this, 'cause look at it. Even today, Mitch McConnell sitting in on the Judge Gorsuch hearing, sent out a tweet saying that in his meeting with Comey, at the end of it, Comey told him they are not looking at President Trump over this. RUSH: Wait a minute, hold it, was that McConnell or was that Charles Grassley? CALLER: I'm sorry. That was Grassley. RUSH: Grassley. CALLER: I saw that earlier when I -- RUSH: Wait a minute. Let's not zing past that pap Grassley tweeted between noon and 12:30 today Eastern time, after hearing Comey, he said, "I wish Comey would tell the committee what he told me about POTUS and the Russians," meaning that Grassley said that Comey told him that Trump was not part of the investigation. CALLER: Exactly. RUSH: There's some inference here, because Grassley's tweet did not say that Comey had told him Trump was not being investigated. His tweet was simply "I wish Comey would tell the committee what he told me about POTUS and Russian investigation." So we are free to infer there that Grassley was suggested Comey told him that Trump's not part of this and he wished Comey would have said that today. CALLER: And I think what's gonna happen is, at the end of this investigation, there is going to be information given out about how the information regarding Flynn and any other calls, how that came about and maybe even who leaked this information and for what purpose. So I think in the meantime, this is great, let the whacks out there run with this. But I think in the end, since up to this point there's been no evidence, none whatsoever, and I don't think anything is going to come up from now until -- RUSH: Okay, let me ask you a question, two questions. Do you think that Comey was being strategic today for the reasons you've just outlined? CALLER: Yeah, he was hedging it a little bit there because he's gotta say that there is an investigation. He's giving them -- they can take with that and infer from it what they will, and we all know what the left and the media will infer from that. But I think he's keeping it close because, again, they talked about the leaks, the leaks being an important thing and something he would like to see -- RUSH: Let me be specific. Do you think Comey did what he did today to suck the Democrats into a trick? 'Cause that's basically what you're suggesting is going on. CALLER: I don't know that he did it for that sole purpose, but if that's what happens on it, that falls on the Democrats for looking at it in that light. RUSH: Well, look, what you say sounds hopeful, sounds intriguing, sounds good. Here's my problem with it. I don't see an end to this. You seem convinced that Comey's gonna someday announce the investigation's and over and that when he does that, he's going to officially confirm no evidence, we haven't found anything, and that everybody's gonna have egg on their face. What if that doesn't happen for two years? What if we go into the 2018 midterms with this investigation open, and you add two years of innuendo to today that there was collusion and this investigation is so serious and it must be so massive, it's going on for two years, there must be so much to learn. I can write a bunch of narratives about a two-year investigation that nail Trump without any evidence. The longer this goes on, the worse it is, if you ask me. But you think it's got a positive end. But for whom? We're never gonna convince these left-wing, rabid lunatics, no matter what Comey says, no matter what -- if Obama were to come out and say "Sorry, nothing there," they're not gonna believe it, they're gonna think the game is rigged 'cause their expectations have been built up so high. They already think Trump's guilty and it's just a matter of time before he's impeached. So the people that are at stake here are Trump voters and people that voted for Trump that didn't particularly like him but really didn't like Hillary, the longer this goes the taint and the stain stays and maybe even grows. So how long do you think it's gonna be before Comey comes out and says, "End of the investigation, nothing here"? CALLER: Well, I would think that that's going to take place within the next few months. If this has been going on since July, I don't anticipate that it's... Because it's a finite set of time. Up until the election is what we're looking at. So there's only so much information in that time frame. So I think they're going to -- if they haven't already -- accumulate that information, and now they're sifting through it and verifying it. I don't think there's going to be anything new that will come out of it that they will find. But I think in the meantime, if Trump keeps moving forward with his agenda, let the rabid left continue to go on about this, as the economy continues to hum and improves. If we get health care squared away, the immigration situation squared away, some of our trade deals squared away, along with the tax reform coming up this spring, I think that is going to be a bigger point than people still holding onto this. RUSH: Okay. I appreciate it. I would love to ask you more here on your thoughts. I gotta go. I'm up against it here on time. But, Jerry, thanks for the call. About the Trump agenda and some of the other things you just mentioned, I do have some points to add but I gotta do it when we get back. BREAK TRANSCRIPT RUSH: Our last caller was a Trump optimist and I found it fascinating, and I wish I had time to comment on it. I'm gonna save it for tomorrow. But I do want to point out, Trump... According to Gallup, Trump's approval rating is an all-time new low of 37% right now. 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(In answer to the news regarding Alawite- Sunni conflict):
Some ignorant people, some people who are deprived of love and compassion, and those who are led by some ignorant people go cold all over when they hear the words "Shia, Alawite, Wahabi, Jaffarite or Baktashi. They simply believe they need to be killed. They have such a wicked, reprehensible and sinful approach towards people who are Allah's pure people, those who say, "La ilaha ill-Allah Muhammadan Rasulullah." An Alawite is a person full of love of man. He loves people, animals, a man of fervent love. A policy of enlightening them should be pursued with them.
We open the Torah; it has changed a lot. Everyone has written whatever occurred to his mind. I compiled the non-distorted parts in the Torah. Now I am working on the Gospel. But when one reads the Qur'an, every word is true. Close your eyes and open the Qur'an. Every part is true.
Our brothers should not feel panic when they become seriously sick. All of us will go to Allah, to a place where all Prophets reside.
Allah sends prophets to people so as to make them feel closer to Allah. He sent the Prophet Jesus (as), Hazrat Mahdi (as). Khidr (as) is currently on duty. You say, "We would like to hold his hand." This will also happen out in the open. You will hold Hazrat Mahdi's (as) hand. You will hold the Prophet Jesus' (as) hand. Islam will dominate the world; this is a substantial incident. It will be a period when love, friendship, science and arts will dominate the world. When Islam prevails, a man will go to Pakistan, and think to himself "This must be another place; I must be on a Norwegian street." People will mostly be surprised at the speed [works are completed]. There is a hadith saying, "Hazrat Mahdi (as) will accomplish a task made in 20 years in only one year."
Hypocrites are enemies of women. When we go down to the most ancient times in history, [we see that] they had either burned women or murdered them. They are inadequate and sick people. They either beat women to the death, or murder them. They feel insecurity towards women. They hate them. They, for instance, take the baby girls and bury them. They feel astonished at those who feel love for women. Satan is able to analyze their mindset and understand them, thus he figures out a system for them. For instance fascism. Fascism is just the design of satan. Those who made up fascism put satan on the table, they say, what does satan desire, "Blood, superstition, violence…For instance the superstitions of Hitler have no ends; the same holds true for Mussolini and Franco.
"Satan desires fascism." They say, "Will satan be satisfied with this? Its opposite needs to exist too. So what is available? Communism. "
What is communism? Again there is blood, pride and arrogance. They have a crazy determination, crazy stubbornness. Satan drives them crazy. There is a satanic pride. This also lies at the root of their aggression. Look at communist women, they are very unhappy. They are not beautiful; they are generally ugly. They are poorly groomed, shabby. This is how fascist women are too. They look like criminals. They are mannish and very repulsive. They have a repulsive appearance peculiar to themselves; they have some kind of senseless flesh. If you look at people around Hitler, Mussolini or Franco, you can immediately have an idea. And they are greatly obsessed with details. They claim that they are superior and morally superior. They claim to have moral perfection although they are the most immoral people in the world. For instance Hitler claims that he is the man of best morality in the world. And notice that they are all enemies of women and perverts. Hitler is a pervert, Franco, Mussolini, Lenin, Stalin, they are all perverts. When you know satan well, you can easily identify these people. This also holds true for hypocrites. They are the most immoral people of the world but they claim that they are people with purest morality. Fascists and communists make insane excuses, and give lunatic explanations when they are humiliated. They put forward nutty explanations. And they try to defend themselves with counter-accusations.
What hurts hypocrites most is Hazrat Mahdi (as). People say, "We can not see Hazrat Mahdi (as)." We cannot see either. But hypocrites know. Go and ask any hypocrite; he will subconsciously know Hazrat Mahdi (as). There isn't a hypocrite in the world who does not know Hazrat Mahdi (as). Satan inspires it in him. A believer has the conviction by heart and supports him as much as his conscience permits.
One gaze of the Prophet Jesus (as) is enough. One look in the profundity of his eyes is enough. That person becomes a person of pure faith in a moment; he attains full peace in his heart out of having a full acknowledgement of Allah but only if he looks with the foresight of a believer, with love of Allah.
When they meet those who have faith, they say, 'We have faith.' But then when they go apart with their satan, they say, 'We are really with you. We were only mocking.' (Surat al-Baqara, 14)
Hypocrites tell everyone that they are Muslims. With a guilty conscience, they try to make others feel that they are Muslims.
' But then when they go apart with their satan: " We talk about religion, about the Qur'an when we are with them but this is not our purpose," they say. To whom are they speaking? They tell it to the satan in their hearts. Hypocrites are always mad. They say, "We are together with the followers of satan. We criticize them, we slander them and our purpose is their well-being. We do not criticize them because we see a deficiency in them but only because we want to mess with them."
When they are told, 'Do not cause corruption on the earth,' they say, 'We are only putting things right.' No indeed! They are the corrupters, but they are not aware of it. (Surat al-Baqara, 11-12)
Hypocrites are told, "Do not cause corruption. Rather than embracing unbelievers, let us spread the religion in order to make Islam become dominant."
Hypocrites, unbelievers have trillions of mistakes. What mistakes do Muslims have? Half a centimeter. So why do you willingly dive into infamy? You run away from half a centimeter of mistake of Muslims; your own fabrication. There is beauty that a blind eye cannot see, because you look with the eyes of satan, so you see it otherwise and you go into a deep mess.
Among them are there some who say, 'Give me permission to stay. Do not put temptation in my way.' Have they not fallen into that very temptation? Hell hems in the unbelievers. (Surat at-Tawba, 49)
Allah gives examples from hypocrites. They [hypocrites] say [to Muslims], "Let me go; you stir up corruption here." They say, "It is ok that you practice
99.99 percent of the Qur'an but what is that remaining little part?, We are leaving you." You ask, "Where are you going?" They say, "Into the scum of swine. Since cross-eyed hypocrites are not able to see the beauty and truth in believers, they dive into a half-ton of mess because of a so-called half centimeter deficiency they find in believers. How does this happen? This happens because you are immoral, because you are unwise. For a half-centimeter of deficiency which you can not see, you go into millions of tons of mess; right into the eye of tribulation, mess, and disgrace. That is what Allah says. Allah does not say that they came close by or touched it. What Allah says is that they have fallen right into it.
But you can tell this to a hypocrite as much as you want; he never understands. For instance Hitler never understood.
Do those who take the unbelievers as protectors, rather than the believers, hope to find power and strength with them? Power and strength belong entirely to Allah. (Surat an-Nisa, 139)
Allah asks hypocrites if they seek power and strength in that mess! Hypocrites need the following elements: money, support of press and arrogance.
He knows THE EYES' DECEIT AND WHAT PEOPLE'S BREASTS CONCEAL. (Surah Ghafir, 19)
That malice in their eyes can be seen if one looks at them attentively. By the leave of Allah, it is seen in their eyes. Saints can understand it. They have a satanic, almost perfect rationale but they are unwise. They continuously hatch plots. For that reason those who look at them with a weak or average rationale may sometimes listen to them. But they have no wisdom whatsoever because Allah says, "you listen to their conversations."
In the Qur'an Allah describes the paradise with the words: "In them are maidens with eyes for them [their spouses] alone." Chastity of a woman is very attractive beauty. It makes an enormous impact on human soul. The value of woman increases with her chastity. It is very very important to attach importance to a woman, to respect her.
Hypocrite women detest their hypocrite spouses as if they detest mess. But they [hypocrite women] stoop for their [hypocrite husbands'] money and food as if milking filthy milk of a swine. Throughout their lives they live in that filthy system.
A Muslim woman has honor. She definitely seeks a devout spouse who will appreciate her value, respect her. Otherwise her body does not accept it; she feels as if she has fallen in acid.
Our Prophet (saas) took our mother Maria to wife. The followers of our Prophet (saas) married Jews. They say to a 7 year-old Jewish boy, "You are cursed." Those who are cursed are cursed because of their crimes. What has that boy done to be cursed? Why should a boy be cursed due to his father or grandfather? Some Christians also harbor such weird beliefs; Jesus (as) suffers due to everyone's sins, he undertakes the sins of allthe world. They say, he forgives everyone's sins by shedding blood.
They [some Christians] secure the project. Hatred is needed in order to shed blood like flood. They try to represent the religion as if it is in favor of bloodshed. They claim that Christians, Jews, Alawites, Shias, Jaffarites are cursed. Some of them do this because of ignorance, other out of hypocrisy and some of them out of madness.
According to their mindset there is no one left in this world. 95 percent of the world is already over. They need to be cut. If you are so keen for cutting people, we can take you into the cuisine of a hotel and you can cut vegetables throughout the day. This is a great threat.
I tell this very sincerely; we are a very quality nation. First, all my brothers should be very meticulous for Turkey's unity and collectivity. Second, we should preserve our sincere customs very well. Bediuzzaman conveys his sincere conviction. There is a deception about Hazrat Mahdi (as). There is an unseen deception about Hazrat Mahdi (as). They deceive people saying that he will come centuries later or never come at all. Their sole purpose is to prevent the establishment of the Unity of Islam and the Great Turkey. A nation that does not grow, a nation without an ideal absolutely breaks apart. Since they have comprehended this, they try to take our belief in Hazrat Mahdi's (as) appearance and Jesus' (as) descent from us. That is the desire of some people in the EU. They say, "We do not make you a member without dividing Turkey, breaking Turkey apart." And when Turkey is divided, they will come up and say, "You are already divided and you have not shown your unity. We never take such a nation." Can they do this? Never. I will make these engineers of the EU take their words back. They will say, "Excuse us. We have made a mistake. With the Turkish-Islamic Union we will reign all over the region Insha'Allah. There is no need to cover it Insha'Allah.
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And when the hypocrites and those with sickness in their hearts said, 'These people have been deluded by their religion.' But those who put their trust in Allah will find Allah to be Almighty, All-Wise. (Surat al-Anfal, 49)
A hypocrite subconsciously knows that he is a hypocrite but consciously he conducts himself as if he does not know himself. He, even, claims that he is very honorable, that he corrects people. But they are super swindlers and imposters. Hypocrites hatch perfect plots based on rationale.
Say: 'Whether you give readily or reluctantly, it will not be accepted from you. You are people who are deviators.' NOTHING PREVENTS WHAT THEY GIVE FROM BEING ACCEPTED FROM THEM BUT THE FACT THAT THEY HAVE REJECTED ALLAH AND HIS MESSENGER, AND THEY ONLY COME TO PRAYER LETHARGICALLY AND THAT THEY ONLY GIVE RELUCTANTLY. (Surat at-Tawba, 53-54)
Hypocrites give away but Allah does not accept them. These hypocrites give their money and possessions but unwillingly. They feel distress throughout their lives as if they are hurt badly or as a villager whose donkey has been stolen. Because they do not give away to earn Allah's good pleasure, they consider it as a money lost in gambling.
(Allah forbid) They consider themselves to be superior to Allah. They do not accept a leader for themselves. This offends hypocrites vey much. Allah says, "You will prostrate." This offends hypocrites. Because giving away makes them feel suffering. Hypocrites run away from Muslims.
A hypocrite hardly performs his prayers but he does it as if he likes it very much. A hypocrite does not perform his prayer when he is alone.
Or did those with sickness in their hearts imagine that Allah would not expose their malevolence? (Surah Muhammad, 29)
Hypocrites harbor an unbelievable grudge. They want to express them in various ways but their perfidious souls, their perverted spirit do not let them. They have arrogance. They hide their grudge because they need to show themselves to others as if they are obedient. Hypocrites harbor the hatred of satan.
But do not obey any vile swearer of oaths, any backbiter, slandermonger, impeder of good, evil aggressor, gross, coarse and furthermore, despicable. (Surat al-Qalam, 10-13)
Hypocrites swear continuously. They are mean. They continuously criticize Muslims. They do not think about their own satanic behavior. They constantly defame Muslims. As a requisite of their meanness, they provide intelligence; they constantly carry information against Muslims. They assume they do it secretly. They try to prevent Islam's dominance. They try to prevent Hazrat Mahdi's (as) appearance. They try to prevent Hazrat Mahdi's (as) coming.
They are aggressive. They are prone to murder. We observe this in Hitler, Mussolini and the hypocrites of our Prophet (saas). They are mean, and perverted. They are reluctant against the basic commandments of the Qur'an and they are overbearing.
(Some sections of) the EU demands irreligious devoutness, Islam without the Qur'an. They say, "Believe in Allah's existence but leave religion." But we will assure that you all have faith. We will teach you love, compassion and mercy. We will show the real devoutness. Meanwhile, we will not let you divide Turkey.
Why are you concerned with what atheists say? They are created to say them. If they did not exist, Hazrat Mahdi (as) does not come. The Prophet Jesus (as) does not come. Atheists are essential. Without atheists and hypocrites how will believers be put on trial? Can there be a trial without questions? There will be hypocrite, Pharaoh and Nimrod. There should be Pharaoh so that the Prophet Moses (as) can exist. There should be Nimrud so that Prophet Ibrahim (as) can exist. If there is an antichrist, he will have many followers, he will have a crew. Their rubbish are fundamental elements of the trial. Allah makes it easy to repel the system of the antichrist, hypocrites and to demolish Darwinism.
Has Allah made it hard to demolish the system of the antichrist, Darwinism and hypocrites? Muslims will pound them with science, and that is it. Struggling against them is pleasing.
Because science is an enemy of atheism they have lost their rationale. They say, "In the scientific sense, the Darwinism is demolished, it is OK. But we still do not want to believe." That is all; then their place is hell. Then they will come from where they come. They have come here to introduce themselves, and they will go where they belong.


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So It Begins: Turkey Warns Greece Against Oil Exploration In The Aegean, Turkish experts accuse Greece of illegally snatching 16 islands
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It is somewhat surprising that very little effort is being undertaken to understand the position of the Turks who rightly view a Greek, Cypres & Israeli EEZ as forming an economic blockade of Turkey and given that their largest city Istambul is also the economic nerve center of Turkey (Greek + Cypres EEZ would mean no more international waters from which maritime traffic can access Turkish waters) their aggressive nature towards Greece is understandable. Yet instead all we hear about Turkey from Greece (who is also in trouble with the EU for lying through their teeth)is "Turkey did this & Turkey did that" & now as the Turkish economy improves and expands all we hear about from Greece, Iran & Israel is "OMG look look Turkey is trying to rebuild the Ottoman empire, they built rubber boats!!!" when in reality the Turks have no clue about how to end the Kurdish insurgency so forget about rebuilding an empire of conquest lmfao.
For those who want to see the Greek mindset and how they view the rest of us with disdain and contempt go visit Defencenet.gr where Greeks feeling comfortable in the security of talking in their language think that they are perfectly safe (from discovery) to insult, call names and dream of dismembering all their neighbor nations (well they kinda like Bulgaria and openly suck up to the Ruskies) but everyone else including the USA they utterly hate lolololol European first class citizens they are not!
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The position of Turkey is understandable, it's against their interests such a thing to happen, but it's against intl. law too, dunno how more simple than this it can get for some of you to understand this tbh. Aggressiveness is against intl. law too but we kinda used to that too. No one is telling Turkey what do with their rights in Bosporus or the Black Sea, this is about the resources which Turkey as big country and big regional player completely lacks and desperately needs, so lets focus on the real reasons of this please. As for Greece-EU trouble, i think you got it wrong a bit, IMF and the markets that are now completely govern this place will use Greece to get back to Turkey for the way they been kicked out of the country 10 years back.
Defencenet is not a credible website for the Greeks that know a thing or two mate, it's a complete joke and it certainly doesn't accurately portray the mindset of the average Greek, i read Turkish websites with weird comments daily too but this doesn't mean that i'm forming my opinion for the Turkish populace by the flaming comments i read and believe me i read a lot of weird things too, chickenhawks exist in all places and countries but they certainly don't represent a whole nation. I can reassure you that no one in the right mindset wants war here in Greece and from chats i have with itk Turks i know that the majority of them doesn't want war either, intelligent persons from both countries know that this is a setup. Greek vs Turkish anti-USA and anti-jewish sentiments are not comparable btw. Dunno what to tell you about the EU first class citizens part tbh, can't see the relevance of this in the conversation.
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The House unanimously passed Senate Bill 5715, which makes it a class C felony to commit tax fraud using automated sales suppression software, commonly known as "zappers." The Senate earlier unanimously passed the bill, which now goes to Governor Jay Inslee for his signature.
Under the legislation, persons convicted of selling, installing, or designing zappers will be subject to an additional mandatory fine that is the greater of $10,000 or the amount of tax that the retailer didn't pay.
It also gives the Department of Revenue the authority to revoke the business licenses of any business found using such devices and not reinstate a business unless it agrees to five years of electronic monitoring.
Zapper use has spread across the country and Canada. It alters cash transactions from electronic cash registers and point of sale systems so that the reduced sales can't be tracked later using traditional audit methods. Businesses found to be using zapper software typically have been restaurants and other small businesses that are predominantly paid in cash. They collect sales tax from customers but keep it rather than remitting it to the state as required by law.
Revenue Director Carol K. Nelson said this legislation raises the stakes for businesses that keep sales tax they collect from customers and understate their gross income so they pay less business and occupation tax.
"Customers have the right to expect the sales tax they pay to be returned to them in the form of state and local services such as schools and law enforcement," Nelson said.
Rep. Ed Orcutt, who was prime sponsor of a House version of the zapper legislation, said the zappers simply have no legitimate use.
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A version that does not contain Java is also available for use on systems that need a different version of Java. Customers can download Moab Access Portal at: http://www.clusterresources.com/downloads/map The Moab Access Portal is also available for evaluators to download at: http://www.clusterresources.com/eval ******************************************************** ClusterBuilder.org Expands: Introduces Clustering Encyclopedia Cluster Resources, Inc. and LinuxHPC.org announced the release of ClusterBuilder.org version 1.3 (http://www.clusterbuilder.org), featuring the new Clustering Encyclopedia – a specialized reference source of high-performance computing (HPC) technologies and products. 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The Obamas' first dance as President and First Lady in 2009. Their first dance was to Beyonce singing "At Last"
 SAUL LOEB / 2009 AFP President Obama's grandmother, Sarah Obama, in Kenya, shows a picture of the Obamas at their wedding - October 3, 1992.
Photo: TONY KARUMBA / 2004 AFP President Obama and Michelle have been featured on many magazine covers - the February 2009 issue of Ebony celebrates their love. Keeping the family together at the holidays and all year round.
Photo: Mark Wilson/Getty Images They even vote together!
Photo: EMMANUEL DUNAND / 2008 AFP At the 2013 Inaugural Ball - looking just as happy as in 2009. This time around their first dance was to Jennifer Hudson singing "Let's Stay Together"
Photo: Chip Somodevilla / 2013 Getty Images Fundraising together for another 4 years.
Photo: SAUL LOEB / 2012 AFP Out on the campaign trail in 2008.
 Photo: EMMANUEL DUNAND / 2008 AFP The president-elect and Mrs. Obama celebratory kiss for winning the vote on November 4, 2008 in chicago, illinois.
Photo: Scott Olson / 2008 Getty Images A moment of silence for the 12th Anniversary of the 9/11 attacks september 11, 2013.
Photo: Alex Wong / 2013 Getty Images In North Carolina on the road to winning the Democratic Primary.
 EMMANUEL DUNAND / 2008 AFP They say couples who dance well together have great chemistry...
Photo: SAUL LOEB / 2009 AFP
 Photo: MICHAEL KAPPELER / 2009 AFP Arriving at the Nobel Peace Prize Banquet in Oslo, Norway - December 10, 2009.
 Photo: LISE ASERUD / 2009 AFP  At the groundbreaking ceremony for the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, DC, February 2012.
 Photo: SAUL LOEB / 2012 AFP Attending the 36th NAACP Image Awards as Senator Obama in 2005.
Photo: Frederick M. Brown / 2005 Getty Images See, they even do normal couples stuff - like eat hot dogs and watch basketball together!
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Photo: Stan Honda/Getty Images Waiting to meet and greet with Britain's Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh.
 Photo: JEWEL SAMAD / 2011 AFP Drinking Guiness and tracing back the family tree during a visit to Moneygall village. Pres. Barack Obama's great-great-great grandfather Falmouth Kearney hailed from rural County Offaly, Ireland.
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Robert Stone
Daily Forecast for July 26th 2017
Robert Stone is a Director.
He was born on Saturday August 21st 1937, in Brooklyn, NY, USA,.
Intelligence and depth make July 26th 2017 a good day for learning for Robert Stone, and his tact and wisdom help to diffuse recent trouble in relationship.
Robert's open mind today may inadvertently cause shifting of priorities, so he must not commit to long-term plans.
Stone should not be surprised if he will be praised for his humanitarian display today.
While studying the color and flavor of the day, it is a good practice to keep in mind the greater meaning of July and the master plan of 2017 in Robert's life.
You and Robert
About Robert's Numerological Forecast & Personal Day Cycle
Just as Robert Stone evolves through a nine-year cycle and experiences the nine-month cycle, he is also subjected to nine-day cycles, even though their impact is subtle compared to the Personal Year and even Personal Month cycles. The Personal Day cycles proceed according to the same pattern - 1 through 9 - that the Personal Year and Personal Month cycles do. The numbers within the daily cycles have a similar impact on Robert to the yearly and monthly cycles - though less pronounced.
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text: Given my Dutch and Scottish ancestry, my frugal ways should come as no surprise. Whenever I buy a genealogy book or CD that doesn't cost me an arm and a leg, I feel good. If I end up using the item a lot and really get my money's worth, I feel supremely satisfied.


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I also spent my young adult years watching the Food Network and PBS cooking shows. To be honest, I really don't have a single favorite chef, but I know that the style of cooking I like best is "real" cooking-- things that remind me of family potlucks. If the recipe could be in a country cookbook or the local church fundraising cookbook, then I'm probably going to like it.
For me, Paula Deen is the chef that represents this real, down-home cooking. Also, I never trust a thin cook-- and with a bit of meat on her bones, you know that her cooking is good!
Paula is also an amazing business woman. Most of you have seen the bit of "controversy" around her diabetes diagnosis. She has made a huge change to her cooking style lately, however the down-home feel hasn't changed. Also, her boys have their own "Not my Moma's Meals" spin-off where they take her taste and make it healthier. I'm really happy to see the Deen Dynasty moving in that direction.... however... these Sand Tarts are definitely not diet friendly. They are so full of butter that Julia Child would be proud.
Seeing as it's the holiday season, I thought that these Sand Tarts would be a perfect way to feature a recipe from a Celebrity Chef. I didn't make any alterations to Paula's recipe-- it's perfect the way it is--they're so buttery and light that they literally melt in your mouth. I make numerous batches of these each holiday. Despite being Jewish, I look forward to "Christmas cookie season" just so I can eat these cookies. Don't tell my Rabbi, okay?
To find the recipe for these amazing cookies, I'd encourage you to check out Paula's website directly.
Her "Grandma Paul's Sand Tarts" can be found by clicking HERE.
When you're done looking at her recipe, make sure you stop back here to check out all the other fabulous celebrity chef inspired posts. The #SundaySupper crew has really gotten fired up this week-- there are some great recipes and some even better stories of "chef inspiration".
Starters or Snacks :
Martin at ENOFYLZ Wine Blog - Oyster and Brie Soup and Wine Pairings for Celebrity Chef #SundaySupper
Linda at The Urban Mrs. - Inspired by Bobby Flay, Lobster Chowder with Roasted Corn Salsa
Erin from Dinners, Dishes and Desserts - Rachael Ray's Cinnamon Popcorn
Cindy over at Cindy's Recipes and Writings - Jamie Oliver's Bread and Tomato Soup
Jeff at The Catholic Foodie - Drop Biscuits – Breakfast with Chef John Besh
Renee over at Kudos Kitchen By Renee - Giada De Laurentiis' Garlic Toasts With Red Pepper Aioli
The Main Dish:
Sheila at Cooking Underwriter – Paula Deen's Chicken in a Crock Pot w/ Sauerkraut and Apples
Laura over at Small Wallet Big Appetite – Martin Yan's Beef Chow Fun
Sarah over at Crispy Bits & Burnt Ends - Michael Symon's Lola burger with crab tater tots
Susan at The Girl in the Little Red Kitchen - Ina Garten's Baked Shrimp Scampi
Tammi at Momma's Meals – Lee Drummond's Sloppy Joe's
Lane over at Supper for a Steal - Bobby Flay's Rosemary Bricked Chicken
Tara from Noshing with the Nolands - Michael Symon's Pork and Apple Scallopini
Shannon at Country Girl in the Village – Simple Red Sauce over Rigatoni. Inspired by, Debi Mazar and Gabriele Corcos
Kris over at In the Kitchen with Audrey and Maurene - Rachael Ray's Muffin Tin Meatloaf
Nicole from The Daily Dish Recipes - Paula Deen's Slow Cooker Pulled Pickled Pork Sandwiches
Becca from It's Yummilicious - Ina Garten's Grown Up Bacon Mac & Cheese
Alice at Hip Foodie Mom - Sunday Pot Roast with Risotto Cakes from Kelsey Nixon
Jen over at Juanita's Cocina - The Neely's White Turkey Chili
Brianne from Cupcakes & Kale Chips - Crockpot Beef Pot Roast with Mushrooms inspired by Giada DeLaurentiis
Isabel at Family Foodie - Polenta with Garlicky Shrimp inspired by Chef Todd English
Wendy from The Weekend Gourmet - Shrimp Penne in Pesto Cream Sauce, From Emeril Lagasse
Bobbi over at Bobbi's Kozy Kitchen - Cheesy Poblano Chicken
Patti at Comfy Cuisine - Tyler Florence's Chicken Francese
Roxanne over at The Roxx Box - Jambalaya Pasta with Penne, Chicken, Shrimp and Andouille
Sue from Sue's Nutrition Buzz – Rachael Ray's Spicy Corn Chowdah Mac 'n' Cheese
Jamie at Mama Mommy Mom - Penne with Asparagus, Smoked Gouda and Prosciutto. Adapted from, Giada De Laurentiis'
Tora over at Tora's Real Food – Pork and beans with Alton Brown's pickled pork
Elisabeth over at The Hand That Rocks The Ladle - Emeril's New Orleans Style Red Beans & Rice
Amazing Sides:
Megan from I Run For Wine - Curtis Stone's Acorn Squash Roasted with Thyme
Sandi over at Midlife Road Trip - Gabriele Corcos's Gnocchi di Patate
Shelby at Diabetic Foodie - Orange Pecan Black Rice, adapted from Ina Garten
Katie from She likes Ruffles, He likes Truffles - Chef Fabio Viviani's Spinach and Artichoke Risotto
Sweet Endings:
Renee over at Magnolia Days – Brownie Tart
Conni at The Foodie Army Wife - Inspired by Ree Drummond – Scrumptious Apple Coffee Cake
Paula over at Vintage Kitchen Notes - Bill Granger´s Cherry Tart
Pam from The Meltaways – Savannah Sheet Cake
Katy over at Happy Baking Days - Mary Berry's Treacle Tart
Jaime over at Mom's Test Kitchen - Southern Tea Cakes
Amy over at Kimchi MOM - Crack Pie, I Can't Quit You
Melanie at From Fast Food to Fresh Food – Sand Tarts
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Martin at ENOFYLZ Wine Blog


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The rug is a Pinterest inspired "shag rug" I made out of fabric pieces... DH (dear husband) cut all the strips and I fed them through the "non slip rug holes" lol.
I love the way it turned out! (Although its folded up bc it's 1/3 done) haha... I've already spent 20+ hours on this bad boy, it probably won't be finished before little man gets here..
Anyway - SHOW ME YOUR PROJECTS!!


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AT&T 4G LTE Available in Portsmouth
As Part of AT&T's Project VIP Investment, Customers to Benefit From Nation's Fastest and Most Reliable 4G LTE Network on the Latest Devices
Portsmouth, Ohio, September 25, 2013
AT&T* has turned on the nation's fastest and most reliable 4G LTE network** in Portsmouth, bringing customers the latest generation of wireless network technology. Watch here to see several of the benefits AT&T 4G LTE provides, including:
- Faster speeds. LTE technology is capable of delivering mobile Internet speeds up to 10 times faster than 3G***. Customers can stream, download, upload and game faster than ever before.
- Reliability. AT&T not only has the nation's fastest 4G LTE network, but now also has the most reliable 4G LTE network. According to independent third-party data, AT&T has the highest success rate for delivering mobile content across nationwide 4G LTE networks.
- Cool new devices. AT&T offers several LTE-compatible devices, including new AT&T 4G LTE smartphones and tablets.
- Faster response time. LTE technology offers lower latency, or the processing time it takes to move data through a network, such as how long it takes to start downloading a webpage or file once you've sent the request. Lower latency helps to improve services like mobile gaming, two-way video calling and telemedicine.
- More efficient use of spectrum. Wireless spectrum is a finite resource, and LTE uses spectrum more efficiently than other technologies, creating more space to carry data traffic and services and to deliver a better network experience.
"I'm proud to say that Portsmouth is among the communities enjoying this cutting-edge technology," said State Senator Joe Uecker. "AT&T's investment is an example of the company's overall commitment to this area, and builds on our reputation as a strong region for business investment. This investment is good news for my constituents because advancement in mobile technologies is a critical economic driver for businesses and consumers to remain competitive and to foster further economic growth."
"Fast and reliable mobile data is key to our growing economy," said State Representative Terry Johnson. "The launch of this service in the Portsmouth area is going to help the entrepreneurs, small businesses and hardworking citizens who are striving everyday as we continue to turn Southern Ohio around and enable it to prosper again."
"In an information-driven economy, the ability to have access to the latest communications technology is critical," said Portsmouth Mayor David Malone. "Investments like this assure that businesses of all sizes can compete effectively in a global economy. I would like to thank AT&T for this investment in our community."
AT&T's 4G Network
This launch is part of AT&T's Project Velocity IP (VIP), a three-year investment plan announced last fall to expand and enhance its IP broadband networks. Through this investment, AT&T is supporting its customers' growing desire for high-speed Internet access and new mobile, app and cloud-based services. As part of Project VIP, AT&T plans to add more than 10,000 macro cell sites nationwide by year-end 2015, as well as deploy more than 40,000 small cells and add more than 1,000 Distributed Antenna Systems to increase the density of its wireless network.
AT&T's innovation and investment has resulted in a nationwide 4G network with ultra-fast speeds and a consistent user experience. The great performance of AT&T's fastest and most reliable 4G LTE network continues to be validated by independent third-party testing:
- Our 4G LTE service was recognized as having faster average download and upload speeds than any of our competitors in PCWorld/TechHive's most recent 20-market speed tests — the second consecutive year that AT&T has ranked first overall. PCWorld/TechHive also ranked AT&T's as the fastest combination of 3G and 4G services in the 20 cities it tested.****
- And AT&T was named America's fastest 4G LTE network in PC Magazine's 2013 Fastest Mobile Networks 30-market study — and also swept the top rankings in all six U.S. regions from coast to coast: Northeast, Southeast, North-Central, South-Central, Northwest and Southwest.*****
Even as AT&T continues to expand its 4G LTE coverage, customers can get 4G speeds outside of 4G LTE areas on our 4G HSPA+ network, unlike some competitors, where smartphone customers may fall back to slower 3G technologies when outside of LTE coverage.
"We continue to see demand for mobile Internet skyrocket, and our 4G LTE network in Portsmouth responds to what customers want from their mobile experience — more, faster, reliably, on the best devices," said AT&T External Affairs Director Mark Romito. "We'll continue to invest and transform our infrastructure in response to the demands of the Ohio marketplace."
AT&T's focus to deliver the best possible mobile Internet experience goes beyond 4G to embrace additional connection technologies. AT&T operates the nation's largest Wi-Fi network****** including more than 32,000 AT&T Wi-Fi Hot Spots at popular restaurants, hotels, bookstores and retailers, and provides access to more than 402,000 hotspots globally through roaming agreements. Most AT&T smartphone customers get access to our entire national Wi-Fi network at no additional cost, and Wi-Fi usage doesn't count against customers' monthly wireless data plans.
AT&T also is a leading developer of Distributed Antenna Systems, which utilize multiple small antennas to maximize coverage and speed within stadiums, convention centers, office buildings, hotels and other areas where traditional coverage methods are challenging.
Over the past five years, AT&T invested nearly $98 billion into its wireless and wireline networks across the country. Since 2008, AT&T has invested more capital into the U.S. economy than any other public company. In a July 2012 report, the Progressive Policy Institute ranked AT&T No. 1 on its list of U.S. "Investment Heroes."
Additional Information
Related News Releases
- AT&T's Fastest 4G LTE Network Now Also Nation's Most Reliable
- AT&T Named America's Fastest 4G LTE Network by PC Magazine
- AT&T to Invest $14 Billion to Significantly Expand Wireless and Wireline Broadband Networks, Support Future IP Data Growth and New Services
- AT&T 4G LTE Takes Top Spot in 2013 PCWorld/TechHive Speed Tests
- AT&T 4G LTE Coming to Portsmouth This Year


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hi all,
first the good part: yesterday i installed backtrack on my usb stick. booted it, played around using firefox and irc, looked really nice and was very fast.
now the bad part: after i rebooted from bt and tried booting windows xp pro sp2, it didnt work. everytime windows tries to boot, it reboots (cold reboot). i tried windows repair (fixboot, fixmbr, bootcfg /rebuild) all without luck. any idea what could be wrong? the only read/write process on my hdd in bt was bkhive/samdump2 and output piped to my other usb device.
im appreciate for ANY idea


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More than Massage
Scotia Police say they busted up a prostitution case at the Mohawk Foot Spa on Mohawk Avenue and have arrested two women from New York City.
The women – Feng Zhao, 49, and Li Fang, 50 – are from Flushing, Queens and are each charged with Prostitution (misdemeanor) and Unauthorized Practice of a Profession for providing massages without a license under the state Education law (felony). They were arraigned in Village Court and sent to the Schenectady County Jail on $10,000 bail each.
"Being a small community, we almost always find out about criminal activity," said Police Chief Pete Frisoni in a statement. "When we do, we target those involved using all available resources, including assistance from our local, state and federal law enforcement partners."


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Judicial Placements
Based upon their academic records, writing samples, faculty references, and personal interviews, selected students have the opportunity to work in a judge's chambers, gaining experience in legal research and writing.
Recent judicial placements include:
- United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma
- Oklahoma Supreme Court
- Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals
- Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals
- Oklahoma County Oklahoma District Court
- United States District Court for the District of Nevada
- United States District Court for the District of North Dakota
- Texas Court of Civil Appeals
- Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of Texas
- Bankruptcy Court, Western District of Oklahoma
- Dallas County Texas Family District Court
- Cleveland County Oklahoma District Court
Student comments:
"My judicial externship with Judge Cauthron in the Western District of Oklahoma was the most valuable experience I had during law school. Not only did I develop a relationship with a federal judge, but I also learned more practical information than in any traditional law school class and discovered that I wanted to pursue a federal clerkship after graduation. All students at OU Law should take advantage of the wonderful opportunities offered by the externship program."
"This week was an interesting week because I really began to learn about what the judicial process was really about. I watched countless sentencing hearings, one trial and a few scheduling conferences. I never realized how much ownership a judge must take both in his actions and in his decision making. In one hearing, for example, the judge had to make a decision about imprisonment in ten minutes. I learned that judges not only take into account what the lawyers present them, but also their own background, experience, policy and other statutory factors. I learned that, as lawyers, we should be aware of those factors and study our judges, the law and the policy, and present those materials both to our client and the judge to ensure a favorable outcome."
"I learned that circuit splits are a tough thing to write about. Presently, I am working on an order in which the case and its facts are an issue of first impression in the circuit. What makes it more difficult is that the circuits are evenly divided and have credible arguments weighing on their side. What makes it even more difficult is that the judge feels differently about the issue than I do. However, what I admire most about my judge is that he is willing to sincerely consider my own view points and arguments. In fact, he gave me the opportunity to pull cases that I felt were compelling to attempt to persuade him. For the first time, work doesn't seem like work to me. The magnitude of the research that I am doing is actually applicable to someone's life. It has become personal, and by that I mean incredibly enjoyable. I think gray issues are what truly make the law so interesting."
"My participation in the OU Legal Clinic Externship program was invaluable and one of the best choices I made during my time at OU Law. I was given the pleasure of working with U.S. District Court Chief Judge Robin Cauthron. During my externship I was provided a 'view from the bench' that I can say has greatly added to my understanding of my role in this profession. In addition, I've gained a great friendship and a valuable contact."


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GSA Courts Feds with Innovative Telework Promotion
January 29, 2007
Contact: Diane Merriett (202) 501-1231
Washington, DC – Federal managers, supervisors and senior executives have only a few months to sample the benefits of telework from any of the 14 U.S. General Services Administration-sponsored centers in the D.C. metro area at no cost to their agencies, GSA announced today.
"Here's a no-risk, no-cost offer to federal managers to try-out teleworking," said Kevin Messner, Associate Administrator for the Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs and Acting Associate Administrator for the Office of Governmentwide Policy. "GSA is pleased to offer federal agencies this unique opportunity to equip and educate their managers for teleworking and managing teleworkers."
GSA's offer, good only until Sept. 30, 2007, is a first for the agency and responds to several findings regarding federal manager perceptions of telework recently published in "Face-to-Face with Management Reality," a study conducted by the Telework Exchange in partnership with the Federal Managers Association. Some key findings of the study included:
Managers express more favorable attitudes – a view long held by GSA – as they become involved in telework.
75 percent of managers who telework have a favorable view of telework.
When asked what will encourage management support of telework – the No. 1 response was "encourage managers to telework."
GSA's offer provides additional benefits to potential users. GSA collected data during fall/winter 2005 on the transportation and environmental impact of working at a GSA-sponsored Telework Center. From data collected, GSA found that the use of its 14 telework centers saved commuters from traveling nearly 2.8 million miles, which, in turn, saved almost 115 thousand gallons of fuel, and avoided 2.3 million pounds of emissions.
"GSA's mission is to provide facility and workplace solutions for federal agencies and employees," said David L. Winstead, Commissioner for GSA's Public Buildings Service. "At the same time, we provide teleworking options which support the productivity of federal workers and address the challenges of congestion in urban markets across the United States."
Only first-time users of a telework center are eligible to participate. Interested participants should first visit GSA's Telework Web site on www.gsa.gov and then contact the Telework Center Director of their choice prior to registering.
Founded in 1949, GSA serves as a centralized procurement and property management agency for the federal government. GSA manages more than one-fourth of the government's total procurement dollars and influences the management of $500 billion in federal assets, including 8,300 government-owned or leased buildings and 170,000 vehicles. GSA helps preserve our past and define our future, acting as a steward of more than 420 historic properties, and as manager of USA.gov, the official portal to federal government information and services. GSA's mission to provide superior workplaces, expert technology solutions, acquisition services, purchasing and e-travel solutions and management policies, at best value, allows federal agencies to focus on their core missions.
Did you know? The overall number of teleworkers in the federal government was reported to be 140,694 in 2005, which represents 19% of the telework-eligible workforce, and 7.7% of the total workforce.


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GE Capital cuts off lending to gun shops
(Jason Howerton) General Electric, Co. has been quietly informing gun shop owners that the company will no longer be providing lending services to them, the Wall Street Journal reports. GE Capital is apparently reconsidering its relationship to firearms companies following the Sandy Hook shooting.
Earlier this month, Glenn Duncan, owner of Duncan's Outdoor Store in Bay City, Mich., claims he received a letter from GE Capital Retail Bank announcing its "difficult decision" to stop providing financial services to his business. Other gun shops have received similar notices, the Journal notes.
More from WSJ.com:
GE is at least the second big financial firm to retreat from the gun business following the school shootings, which claimed the lives of 20 first-graders and six adults in December.
Days after the killings, private-equity firm Cerberus Capital Management LP said it would try to sell the gun company it owns—Freedom Group Inc.— which makes brands including Remington, Bushmaster, Marlin and H&R.
GE is based in Fairfield, Conn., and many of the GE's employees live around Newtown, and several have children in the Sandy Hook elementary school, where the shootings took place. Peter Lanza, the father of Sandy Hook gunman Adam Lanza, is an executive at GE Capital. GE Chief Executive Jeff Immelt held a town hall meeting with affected employees after the shooting, and the board has been updated on efforts to help staff, a person familiar with the matter said.
A spokeswoman for Wells Fargo & Co. said bank officials decided to exit gun financing nearly a decade ago. Bank of America Corp., which got out of the business in 2008, didn't respond to requests for comment. A spokeswoman for Citigroup Inc. said the bank doesn't finance loans for firearms.
GE Capital spokesman Russell Wilkerson said the company's policy changes are the result of "industry changes, new legislation and tragical events."


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Royals invite Brandon Sisk to Spring Training
KANSAS CITY, MO (February 2, 2012) - The Kansas City Royals announced today that the club has invited left-handed pitcher Brandon Sisk to Major League Spring Training in Surprise, Ariz. Sisk becomes the 17th non-roster player to receive an invitation. The Royals have now invited eight pitchers, three catchers, three infielders and three outfielders.
Sisk, 26, opened 2011 at Double-A Northwest Arkansas, making 16 relief appearances. The Elkhart, Texas, resident was then promoted to Omaha (AAA) where he went 4-2 with two saves and a 1.41 ERA in 25 outings, all in relief. Signed from the Independent Bay Area Toros on July 8, 2008, Sisk was also a part of Major League camp in 2011.
Pitchers and catchers will report to Surprise on Monday, February 20. Workouts for pitchers begin the following afternoon, Tuesday, February 21. The remainder of the squad will report on Friday, February 24 and begin workouts for the 2012 campaign on Saturday afternoon, February 25.