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— Ser Jorah, this is unwelcome news. My dragons grow stronger every day. My men are eager to fight. I must return to King's Landing and claim the Iron Throne.
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You hear it all the time: Bookstores are dying, hanging on to cultural relevancy by threads more battered than the spine of a well-worn paperback. But what you don't hear about are the avid, enthusiastic readers keeping those stores alive. Guys like Mike McCall of the Paperback-Book X-Change. This charming shop is yellowed and worn, just like a beloved tome. It's been around for more than 35 years, with McCall at the helm for the past 13 years. Friendly and knowledgeable, he's happy to talk to customers who care about the dying art of the bound and printed word. Like all great used-book shops, there's a fantastic element of chance in what you'll walk out with.
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"I don't know," McCall will admit, "but here is Mona Lisa Overdrive. Let's keep looking, the G's continue on that shelf."
You inquire, "Do you have The Great Gatsby?"
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Caring customers are the life-blood of the X-Change. All selections are half their original sticker price, and readers who bring in books for trade get an additional 50 percent off when it's time for check out. You never know, he might strike a deal with you just because he likes the cut of your jib.


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Name the court in the John M. Huntsman Center, "Rick Majerus Court"
Coach Majerus did an immeasurable amount of good to the University of Utah basketball program. In just 15 seasons, he accrued 323 wins to just 95 loses. He coached the Runnin' Utes to 10 NCAA tournament appearances, including 2 Sweet-16 appearances, an Elite-8 appearance, and a berth to the National Championship game. The stats, however, do not say enough about the man. Coach Rick was a caring person and a roll model for all that had any interaction with him. Hanging a banner in the John M. Huntsman Center is a great tribute, however it is simply not enough. He will forever be immortal in spirit to the University of Utah, its fans, students, and alumni. Let us honor him in the biggest way we can, and name the basketball court that he coached on after him. RIP Coach.
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Name the court in the John M. Huntsman Center, "Rick Majerus Court"
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NFL shifts times for doubleheaders
The NFL announced that kickoff times for Sunday afternoon doubleheader games on CBS and Fox will move from 4:15 to 4:25 p.m.
Five Steelers games will be affected, including Week 2 against the New York Jets at Heinz Field. The other games moved are Sept. 23 at Oakland, Nov. 4 at the New York Giants, Dec. 2 at Baltimore and Dec. 16 at Dallas. The 4:05 p.m. kickoff time for games not on the network with the doubleheader will not change.
The NFL said it analyzed games from the 2009-11 seasons and found that 44 games required part of the audience to be switched to a mandatory kickoff for the second game of the doubleheader. With a 4:25 p.m. kickoff, that would have been reduced to 15 games.
Pitt product Lindsey cut
The Steelers released one undrafted rookie linebacker and signed another. Brandon Lindsey, a former Pitt standout from Aliquippa, was cut to make room for LSU product Ryan Baker.
Baker, 6-foot and 236 pounds, was named second-team all-SEC as a senior. His 64 tackles were the third-most for the Tigers, but his numbers were better as a junior, when he had 87. After the draft, the Florida native was signed by Tampa Bay in April but released shortly after.
Lindsey, a 2007 Aliquippa graduate, was a second-team all-Big East selection in 2010 as a defensive lineman. In 2011, he had 54 tackles — 11 for loss — and 8.5 sacks.


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ARIZARD-L ArchivesArchiver > ARIZARD > 2003-07 > 1059078158
Subject: Re: [ARIZARD-L] Re: Welcome Home - obviously off subject! - Pat
Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2003 16:22:38 EDT
In a message dated 7/24/2003 2:48:10 PM Central Standard Time,
> But, Hawai'i was hard work this time - unloading a 40' container of
> household goods and furnishings. The driver couldn't get all the way up the
> mountain, so landed it about two thirds the way up and that was that. Spent
> two days lugging that crap uphill to the house! LOL
> "Cocktail hour every evening was a must during this stressful time!"
Bernie........maybe it's just as well that "we volunteers" for the
decorating, etc. weren't there! Ha. That lugging must have REALLY been fun.
Of course, cocktails were a necessity after all that!!!!!
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WordPress - PhilKahn - 10-08-2009 10:49 AM
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WordPress - ValorDT - 10-18-2009 11:56 AM
From what I know they should be pretty much compatible. So yeah, it would help if you gave some details.
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Are you using caching plugins? These are usually help. Currently, I'm using W3 Total Cache (link)
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RE: WordPress - Andrew F - 05-18-2010 09:41 AM
Quote:Dreamhost is a php CMS that communicates and stores data on a MYSQL database.
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RE: WordPress - Mariacole - 11-26-2010 04:29 AM
I need 2 set up wordpess through a webhost...
i know i have to download wordpress but whats a good host to go with? and after i set up an account with a host, how difficult is the set up before I can begin building a site? and last but not least, can i still import the free wordpress templates?
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RE: WordPress - SketchyTK - 12-20-2010 01:07 PM
(11-26-2010 07:36 AM)sdayman Wrote: Hmmm...a good host? I know this one. DreamHost.
Okay, the one click worked, but the home page is still the "coming soon" page. How do I change/redirect that to the wordpress site?
RE: WordPress - sdayman - 12-20-2010 03:08 PM
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Where is a three day weekend when you need one?
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Next Weekend in Switzerland. Fri. Aug. 1 is National Holiday.
You're welcome…
How did the talk go, Junkie?
Thank you!
Coming up this weekend. Doesn't make a difference to me, though. Every day is exactly like the one before. I rarely know what day of the week it is.
I have a 3 day weekend coming up at the end of this week. It's BC Day, celebrating our Province.
Carlos Slim (the second richest guy in the world) said that everyone should work 3 days a week, 11-12 hours, and work into their 70s. I think that would suck, quite frankly. I could do a 4 day work week, but I really wouldn't want to work past 60-62.
HeisenHugs to Junkie!!!
Where are the 6 winning lottery numbers when you need them?
I'm glad you're having him do it, I remember hearing a couple of those talks when I was a kid.
Sounds like you're on the grief diet, TV Junkie. Not fun. Keep your chin up!
TV Junkie, I am so sorry! You will be okay, just time.
Thank you, auntliddy!!
What a douche!!!! The blindside!!!!! Piece of shit! Dont worry, we got ur back. Hugs.
I'm mostly worried about my kids. I'm making him come over tonight to tell them. They just think he's the greatest. That's the hardest part!
That really sucks, Junkie. One foot in front of the other. It will be tomorrow before you know it. And it will get better. And yw, cool chickie
Any thank you TTM – I appreciate the positive thoughts.
I wish I could! I can't even keep water down – it feels like someone is just grinding my innards!
I'm sorry, Junkie, all the good vibes your way. Do you have any ice cream? Can you get some?
I got blindsided by my BF of 5 1/2 yrs yesterday – I could have used another day for sure. Dumped unceremoniously. I've been trying to keep it together all day, & not doing a very good job.
Snootches you got my vote!
I'm all for puttin mandatory 4 day work weeks on the ballot. 3 day weekends offer the opportunity to actually have a day off! I hate going to events (snot-nosed kiddie parties, cookouts, baptisms, etc…) when all I want to do is binge-watch whateverthefuck show in my PJs! 3-day weekends would allow for two days of annoying events and one day to actually relax. Vote Snootches for President! I'd never forget the little people.
I can't complain today is my first day back after a week in St. Maarten. I'm having a little work shock though. ..
@califblondy, I also do the 9/80 schedule, but mine never seems to align with Monday holidays–it's still nice because I get three 3-day weekends in a row that way.
I work 9/80 work schedule so every other week is a three day weekend and when a Monday holiday falls right, it's a four day werkend. Yay.
Late May and early September every year.
It's only a sick day away
At the beginning of September or one sick day away, take your pick.
We need someone to suss this out, @auntliddy! Not me, of course, because…well, everyone knows I don't make guesses! 🙂
Next week in Canada! Monday is a holiday, woot!
It ended 24 hr ago..
Hmmm. Where's the big blind of the day?


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April 7, 1806, near the mouth of the Multnomah River, Oregon.
A large quail with a long straight head plume. Brown above, with gray head, neck, and breast; chestnut throat; chestnut flanks with bold white bars. Female similar, but duller. Length: 10.5-11.5 in (27-29 cm).
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December 10, 2007
Another Madman Gets Away With Murder
The aptly named "insanity defense" has produced yet another outrage against justice in Maine, where 25-year-old Derek Finn-Wilhelmsen, who murdered cabdriver Nunzi Mancini but was found not guilty by reason of our legal system's insanity in 2002, will already be permitted to leave the state hospital without supervision.
Finn-Wilhelmsen shot Nunzi Mancini seven times. But it's okay, because he's crazy.
He also intended to kill his girlfriend and her baby. You can be sure he won't try to kill her again though, because he is barred from going near her.
Maybe we should just bar everyone in mental hospitals from committing any crimes. Then we could set them all loose.
On a tip from David.
Posted by Van Helsing at December 10, 2007 3:24 PM
A dissertation on the most nauseatingly liberal moonbat bumper stickers seen:
Posted by: BUUUUURRRRNING HOT at December 10, 2007 5:56 PM
Above via http://www.redplanetcartoons.com/index.php/2007/12/10/nbc-strikes-again/ where you will also find how NBC's Gaian moonbat nominated the great world mother as Person of the Year.
Posted by: BUUUUURRRRNING HOT at December 10, 2007 5:58 PM
The Dems were supporting the oh-so-much-worse-than-911-attacks-and-beheadings waterboarding back in 2002, including Miss Pelousy.
But of course, they all flipped their flops when it was revealed that mild discomfort was being applied to their Dhimmasters and coould result in a safer nation.
Posted by: BUUUUURRRRNING HOT at December 10, 2007 6:02 PM
>He also intended to kill his girlfriend and her baby.>
It is well known that the authorities don't notify such endangered citizens when the animals are going to be released, even if they PROMASS to do so.
The old "vigilance commities" are looking better all the time.
Posted by: KHarn at December 10, 2007 6:56 PM
Yes, those restraining orders are so helpful. I know of someone who was "restrained" from seeing his wife and kids, but that didn't stop him from attacking her, beating her and breaking her arm.
Posted by: Pam at December 11, 2007 5:40 AM
Posted by: Naomi Wolf at December 11, 2007 6:46 AM


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June 2001
Deferral of Blood Donors Potentially Exposed to the Agent of Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (vCJD)
Spongiform Encephalopathies Advisory Committee (TSEAC)
June 28, 2001
Issue: FDA asks the TSEAC for advice to help decide if deferral of additional blood and plasma donor potentially exposed to the agent of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) can be safely implemented to reduce further the theoretical risk of transmitting vCJD by blood, blood components and plasma derivatives while maintaining adequate national and regional supplies.
other forms of CJD, in vCJD the abnormal protease-resistant prion protein
accumulates to substantial levels in lymphoid tissues.
This finding raised concern that the relatively reassuring
epidemiological evidence suggesting that blood was unlikely to be an important
vector for classic forms of CJD might not be predictive for vCJD--a disease with
which we still have only limited experience.
date, no epidemiological evidence suggests that vCJD has been transmitted by
blood, blood components or plasma derivatives.
However, animal models suggest that this may be possible (Taylor, 2000;
Houston et al., 2000), and studies of the infectivity of blood from
persons with vCJD, while negative so far, are limited (Brown P, personal
communication, 2001; Baron H,
presented at IBC Annual Biological Safety and Production conference, Vienna VA,
April 2, 2001). Although several
interesting new techniques have been proposed (Miele et al, 2001;
Saborio et al, 2001 among others), there is no validated test to screen
blood donors (Prusiner, 2001; Roos,
1999, concurrent with its issuance of guidance on donor deferral for risk of
vCJD, the FDA was charged by the Surgeon General of the United States to revisit
the issue of blood safety regarding possible transmission of CJD and vCJD as
frequently as needed, but at least every six months.
Uncertainty concerning the potential infectivity of human blood during
the long asymptomatic incubation period of vCJD prompted CBER's current
policy, first announced in August and in final form in November 1999.
That policy recommended precautionary deferral of donors resident or
traveling in the United Kingdom (UK) for any cumulative period of six months or
more from the presumed start of the BSE epidemic in 1980 to the full
implementation (by the end of 1996) of a series of measures to prevent human
exposure to BSE-contaminated beef by protecting the food chain; those measures
included—in addition to a ban on feeding ruminant materials to other
ruminants, BSE surveillance and herd culling—an "age-based slaughter
scheme" requiring that all cattle used for meat products be slaughtered within
30 months after birth, careful removal of "specified risk materials"
from carcasses, and prohibition of mechanically recovered meat.
Taken together, those measures should have substantially reduced
potential contamination of products intended for human consumption.
FDA policy of November 1999 was intended to defer those donors with the greatest
possible exposure to the BSE agent. FDA
estimated that this deferral would remove almost 87% of the vCJD risk due to UK
exposure (risk expressed as the total number of days that donors were
potentially exposed to the BSE agent in the UK) and would result in a projected
loss of 2.2% of the US blood supply.
January 2001 the TSEAC reviewed information showing increasing numbers of BSE
cases and the recognition of vCJD in France (three cases) and Ireland (one case
in a former UK resident). TSEAC
advised that the FDA recommend deferring--in addition to donors who had been in
the UK for at least six months--anyone who had traveled or lived for ten years
or more in France, based on evidence that during some years of concern, a
substantial part of the French Beef supply had been imported from the UK.
(The number of vCJD cases in France through 2000 was approximately 5% of
those in a population of similar size in the UK, and a rough estimate suggested
that UK beef might have comprised about 5% of French consumption before import
restrictions were imposed.) The
TSEAC also advised deferring donors who had traveled or lived for ten years or
more in Portugal or the Republic of Ireland from 1980 to the present, because
those countries had many cases of BSE in native cattle and may have had
ineffective protection of human food against BSE risk.
The TSEAC further recommended deferrals for those US military personnel
and dependents who had been exposed to UK beef on European bases from 1980
through 1996 for an unspecified period of time longer than six months.
The FDA acknowledges
TSEAC concerns expressed in January 2001, agreeing that risk of transmission of
vCJD is theoretical and that the potential loss of blood donors from increased
deferrals is substantial. The FDA
also understands the reluctance of the TSEAC to lump together in one deferral
policy all 30 countries that, in addition to UK, are on the current USDA BSE
list (USDA, 1998). However, the FDA
has not been convinced that existing information is adequate to justify
recommending a stratified risk-based policy for deferral of donors potentially
exposed to the BSE agent in France, Ireland and Portugal while accepting the
risk of exposure in other continental European countries.
vast majority of BSE cases--more than 180,000--have been diagnosed in the UK;
Britain reported 1352 cases for the year 2000 and 177 through the end of
April of this year (UK MAFF, 2001). Although
Ireland and Portugal indeed had the next highest numbers--613 and 568 cases to
date according to recent OIE figures (June 2001)--BSE cases in Switzerland were
also substantial (382), exceeding the number reported from France (296).
Numbers of BSE cases in cattle born in Germany and Spain to date seem
more modest--75 and 46--but it is troubling that all those cases were found
within the past year. Furthermore, the recent finding of BSE in the Czech Republic
casts some doubt on the ability of available risk assessments to provide
reliable estimates of potential human exposure to BSE agent in various
countries; the Czech Republic is a country to which the EC Scientific Steering
Committee (July 2000) had previously assigned a low probability of BSE.
(The USDA [1998], on which FDA has relied to determine countries with a
significant risk of BSE, placed the Czech Republic—with the rest of Europe
west of the Former Soviet Union—on its BSE list at the end of 1997.)
On this basis, it is difficult for the FDA to be confident that a bright
line can be drawn distinguishing the risk of human exposure to the BSE agent in
France, Ireland and Portugal from risk elsewhere in Europe.
American Red Cross (ARC), which collects approximately half the US blood supply,
has most recently proposed
a precautionary deferral policy considerably more aggressive than that offered
by TSEAC. The policy of the ARC is
to defer donors who lived or traveled for any aggregate period of three months
or more in the UK from 1980 to the present or for six months or more in any
other European country from 1980 to the present.
ARC has announced that it intends to implement the new deferrals
throughout its system in mid-September 2001.
Concluding that the probable donor loss that might result was not
justified in light of current BSE-related risk, TSEAC rejected a similar ARC
proposal (deferring donors who spent ³12
months in Europe from 1980 to present) at its January 2001 meeting.
In light of the fact that ARC collects nearly half the US blood supply,
non-ARC collectors may face legal and public relations pressures to institute
deferral policies similar to that of the ARC.
However, other major blood programs have publicly expressed doubts that
they will be able to meet projected needs for blood if they attempt to follow
the proposed ARC policy.
FDA continues to believe that, until the results of research permit development
of policies based on reliable scientific data, it is prudent to reduce the use
of donors potentially exposed to the BSE agent as much as feasible.
However, the USA must also maintain an adequate supply of safe blood and
blood products, the lack of which would cause immediate harm to the population.
Estimation of Absolute
factors influence the likelihood of transfusion transmission of vCJD by blood
and its components. Those include
the following:
Likelihood that donors have been infected by dietary or other exposures
BSE-contaminated ruminant
Overall prevalence of the asymptomatic carrier state in the exposed
The length of the pre-clinical incubation period (mean value and range)
Presence of the vCJD agent in blood of infected blood donors (during
various stages of incubation) at levels sufficient to
transmit disease by allogeneic transfusion
Susceptibility of the recipient population to infection
studies of TSE infection in sheep and rodent models support the concept that the
vCJD agent may be transmissible by allogeneic transfusion. However, no data exist regarding the natural history of the
infection in the human host. For
that reason, it is currently impossible to estimate with any confidence the
number of vCJD infections potentially transmitted by transfusion or to model how
intervention strategies would affect the risk.
of Risk Reduction and Donor Loss Based on Cumulative Travel and Residence in BSE
April 1999, a collaborative survey of donor travel was conducted among 12 blood
centers. This survey was primarily
targeted to collection of blood donor travel and residence data for the UK.
Limited information about overall travel to other European BSE countries
was also collected, but country-specific intervals could only be extrapolated
using numerous assumptions. With those assumptions stated, the existing data
have been applied to models that assign various risk ratios relative to the UK
for BSE exposures in different European countries and for exposures on US
military bases in Europe. These
models have been useful to estimate the
additive and cumulative reductions in vCJD risk as well as the donor losses
expected to result from various deferral policies. In the absence of
additional data, estimates derived from this model are dependent upon an
assumption of linearity—that exposures to the BSE agent are stochastic and so
are directly related to time spent in a country where beef products are
contaminated with the BSE agent.
Impact of Additional Blood Donor Deferrals on Blood Supply:
US supply.
Maintaining adequate blood supplies across the US (the benefit) is a
prime consideration for any proposed deferral option taken to reduce the
theoretical risk of transmitting vCJD. While
the estimated 2.2% donor loss from the initial ³6-month
UK donor deferral, implemented in early 2000, was generally well tolerated
across the country, the US blood supply has never experienced a one-time donor
loss of more than 3.0%. (Such a
loss occurred over a period of two years after donor screening for antibodies to
hepatitis B virus core was introduced in 1986.
The ARC estimated that it may have lost 6% of its donors—or 3% of all
US donors nationwide—after it replaced ear lobe hematocrit testing with
fingerstick testing last year.) Objective
measures to assess adequacy of the US blood supply are currently very limited,
however blood collection and utilization data gathered by the National Blood
Data Resource Center indicate that whole blood collections increased 10.1%
between 1997 and 1999 (at a time of extensive donor recruitment in the news
media). Blood use has also
increased by approximately 4.5% each year.
Such data do not provide information about local availability, which is
affected unevenly by differences in demand, donor demographics and other
York area blood supply.
"Euroblood" comprises approximately 25% of supply in the
greater metropolitan area of New York City, which imports about 145,000 units
from Europe each year. None of this
blood would be available after any pan-European deferral.
In addition, the New York Blood Center anticipates an approximate 10%
loss of donors in the NYC area who are frequent travelers, bringing the
predicted total loss there to 35% or 190,000 units each year.
To date, no assured alternate sources of supply for the New York area
adequate to replace those losses have been identified.
and former US Department of Defense (DoD) personnel and dependents stationed on
European bases since 1980.
Up to 4.5 million DoD service
personnel and dependents were exposed to UK beef supplied to US bases in Europe
between 1980 and 1990 (all bases) and from 1990 through 1996 (on bases South of
the Alps). Based upon DoD
estimates, the maximum exposure of DoD staff and dependents to UK beef during
this time might have been equivalent to 35% of the exposure of UK residents.
Based upon National Center for Health Statistics data about blood donations
among the US population, such individuals are likely to provide approximately
3.0% of the current US blood supply. Deferral of donors who spent six months or
more cumulative on a European DoD base from 1980 through the end of 1996
would cost an estimated 2.2% of US donors.
If screening questions can be designed to eliminate from deferral those
donors who were on bases North of the Alps after 1990, then the overall loss
would be reduced to 1.8% of US donors.
internal blood supply.
DoD currently uses for transfusion 105,000 fully qualified collections
per year. Under a six-month deferral policy, the predicted loss of acceptable
donors is approximately 21 to 24% (from 21,725 to 25,515 donors).
Using major media (newspaper) recruitment campaigns, DoD has already
taken steps to increase donations by the active duty troops about 3% overall. DoD has stated that it is desirable to have a unified BSE
policy and that DoD is prepared to adopt a policy compatible with the ARC
proposal if necessary.
Note that proportions of current active duty troops with potential exposure to
BSE agent in Europe are less than the historical figures used to estimate impact
on the civilian supply due to major reductions in size of the European DoD bases
over the past ten years.
Policy Recommendations and Additional Deferral Options:
CBER concurs with the TSEAC that an extension of the current policy to
defer donors potentially exposed to the BSE agent in the UK is needed.
This policy must address the additional theoretical risk of exposures to
BSE in continental European countries as well as prior exposure of US military
personnel and their dependents to UK beef at European bases.
FDA also shares TSEAC's concern about the adverse effects that might
result from anticipated losses to the US blood supply and is equally committed
to maintaining adequate supplies of safe blood and blood products.
In this regard, the FDA is already cooperating with the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention and other agencies in the Department of Health
and Human Services to develop strategies for more effective monitoring of the US
blood supply and for improved recruitment and retention of blood and plasma
donors. (In the past, use of
intensive campaigns to increase donor recruitment and retention as well as
economic incentives attracting blood to regions with insufficient local
supplies, while at least temporarily successful, have entailed substantially
increased costs.) The FDA has also
long encouraged adoption of clinical guidelines for appropriate use of
transfusions both to reduce the occurrence of preventable transfusion-associated
adverse events and to conserve blood. The
potential of such strategies to increase and conserve supplies of blood over
prolonged periods of time is not known.
The FDA asks the TSEAC to consider, taking account of new information
about BSE and vCJD, three options for extending the current policy intended to
reduce the risk of transmitting vCJD by blood and blood products.
FDA has conducted an extensive assessment of the theoretical BSE risk
reduction and estimated donor losses associated with three donor deferral
scenarios described here; they are
summarized and compared with current policy using a "risk-weighted exposure"
model in the attached appendix including a table comparing the three options.
The FDA would also entertain proposals for other donor deferral options
consistent with its overall efforts to reduce the theoretical risk of
blood-borne transmission of vCJD while maintaining adequate national and
regional supplies of human blood and blood products.
We anticipate that, based in part on TSEAC's advice, the FDA will issue
for comment a proposed revision of its Guidance for Industry and that
implementation will be requested within six months after issuance of a final
revised Guidance. In addition, FDA
will encourage well-designed and well-monitored pilot programs to explore the
feasibility of various deferral options that exceed FDA policy.
#1 (policy consistent with advice offered by TSEAC in January 2001)
donors traveling or resident for any cumulative period of ten years or more in
France, Portugal, or the Republic of Ireland from 1980
to the present.
Defer donors
traveling or resident for any cumulative period of six months or more in UK
(This would be unchanged from current FDA policy.)
Defer donors
resident for any cumulative period of six months or more on
a European DoD base
from 1980-1996 (or 1980-1990 if all exposure after 1990
was on DoD bases North of the Alps).
Impact: 2.2% donor loss; 44% reduction of current risk; 82% reduction of
total risk.
If ARC implements its announced policy and some other blood programs follow,
then both donor loss and reductions in risk would be greater than these
Limits donor loss
overall: Euroblood and DoD blood
supply would be only marginally affected.
Deferral is based
upon actual observations and is directly linked to observed BSE exposures in
France, Portugal, and the Republic of Ireland.
Separate DoD
questions would allow distinction between exposures on Northern and Southern
European DoD bases.
Policy was previously
recommended by TSEAC.
Limitation of UK
deferral to the years 1980-96 establishes precedent recognizing the protective
value of effective food controls.
Policy is based on
observations that may be biased against deferring for exposure in European
countries with BSE where surveillance has been inadequate.
Policy allows
continued importing of Euroblood, which (assuming a 1.5% risk compared to UK)
carries a substantial level of theoretical risk of exposure.
(Most Euroblood donors have lived in Europe since the beginning of the
BSE epidemic.)
Targeting of deferral
policy at specific countries creates a "moving target" probably requiring
rapid introduction of new deferrals as the epidemic involves new countries. The
ability to define risk for individual countries will depend upon BSE and vCJD
data of variable reliability reported by the country involved.
The policy is based
on surveillance and ignores the
fact that BSE is probably under-reported and may already be present elsewhere in
The option would
result in non-uniform national blood donor suitability policies if ARC proceeds
to implement its proposed policy as planned.
Donor screening
questions would be moderately more complex than at present.
There is no
protection against the possibility that the BSE agent has further adapted to
humans who were infected by prior transfusions from donors exposed in UK
Reduction of European
risk is minimal, and most risk reduction gained by the proposed policy would
result from DoD-related deferrals.
#2 (policy proposed by the American Red Cross)
donors for cumulative travel or residence in Europe for any period of six months
or more from 1980 through the present or in
the UK for three months or more from 1980 to the present.
donors who received a transfusion in the UK at any time from 1980 through the
plans to implement the new deferral policy throughout their system in September
Impact: 7.8 to
9.1% donor loss; 76% reduction of current risk;
92% reduction of total risk.
Donor questions would
be straightforward; DoD theoretical risk would be captured without the need for
any separate questions.
There would be a
single national donor suitability policy, presuming that ARC proceeds with its
The policy provides
the most aggressive deferral of non-DoD donors who were in continental Europe
and consequently the most proactive should non-UK Europe prove to be a major
contributor to overall risk of human exposure to BSE.
The policy provides
limited protection against human passage of vCJD from blood of persons who
received a prior transfusion.
The policy is
comparatively inefficient if the risk of human exposure to the BSE agent in
continental Europe is ~1.5% of the risk in the UK as current observations
The impact of the
predicted unprecedented 8 to 9% donor loss is unknown and probably severe,
especially in the New York City metropolitan area and in other urban areas on
both East and West Coasts where donors travel disproportionately more.
The policy appears to
recognize no protective effect on the human food chain by those measures that
have been recommended for implementation by all countries having BSE in cattle.
#3 (FDA proposal)
donors for cumulative travel or residence of five years or more in any European
country except UK from 1980 to the present
donors who spent any cumulative period of three months or more in UK from 1980
through the end of 1996.
donors who spent more than six months on
a European DoD base from 1980 through the end of 1996 (or
1980 through 1990 if all exposure after 1990 was on DoD bases North of the Alps)
any recipient of a blood transfusion in UK from 1980 to the present.
deferrals within six months of final FDA Guidance.
Impact: 4.6 to
5.3% donor loss; 72% reduction of
current risk; 91% reduction of
total risk
(Note: If
ARC implements its announced policy and some other blood programs follow, then
donor loss would be greater and reductions in risk would be slightly greater
than these estimates.)
Deferral is based on
current observational BSE data.
The option allows
blood establishments to institute stricter policies cautiously and with the
possibility of relaxing suitability criteria if needed to maintain blood
supplies adequate to meet local needs.
Impact on blood
availability is unknown but estimated to be controllable by instituting both a
national recruitment campaign and a system to monitor adequate blood supply.
The policy attempts
to be proactive by assigning the current ratio of risk for BSE exposure
throughout continental Europe countries as 5% of that in the UK, which is
thought to represent a worst case. (Deferral
is recommended for cumulative five-year residence in continental Europe, a
period that is 20 times the period of three months recommended for deferral of
donors resident in UK.)
Deferral criteria
will less prone to frequent revisions than if criteria are recommended for
individual countries based on current estimates of BSE.
The policy offers
limited protection against the possibility of increased adaptation of the BSE
agent to humans by previous human-to-human passage via prior transfusion.
The option will
result in a non-uniform national policy if ARC proceeds with current plans.
Donor screening
questions will become more complex than they are now.
The short-term and
long-term effects of the predicted substantial donor losses (from 4% to 6%) on
national and regional supplies are unknown.
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Questions for the TSEAC
Do TSEAC members concur with the FDA proposal (Option #3) to defer
additional blood and plasma donors based on potential exposure to the agent of
If not, do TSEAC members advise the FDA to recommend the blood and plasma
donor deferral policy recently proposed by the American Red Cross (Option #2)?
If not, do TSEAC members advise the FDA to recommend the blood and plasma
donor deferral policy proposed by the TSEAC on 18 January 2001 (Option #1)?
If not, do TSEAC members advise FDA to recommend some other revised
policy to reduce further the risk of blood-borne transmission of vCJD while
maintaining adequate regional and national supplies of blood and blood products?
Please specify.
Please comment on steps that should be taken to monitor and ensure
adequate national and regional supplies of blood, blood components and plasma
derivatives if additional donors are deferred based on possible exposures to BSE
Issue 1 Summary: Appendix
June 28, 2001
of Blood Donors Potentially Exposed to the Agent of vCJD:
risk reduction and donor loss estimates
based upon a FDA/CDC-proposed
Risk-weighted exposure day model**
Reduction of
Total Riska
Current Riskb
Donor lossc
7.8 - 9.1%
9.7 - 8.4
4.6 - 5.3%
15.7 - 13.6
Total risk is defined as total estimated BSE risk burden to the US blood supply
prior to any intervention. (See model explanation below.)
Current risk is defined as total estimated BSE risk minus the component of UK
risk removed by the November 1999 deferral for ³6
months travel/residence
in UK.
c Donor
loss is the additive loss for a modified deferral policy (i.e. not including the
previous 2.2% donor loss). Projected
loss includes Euroblood loss (1.2%) for all proposed pan-European deferrals
is defined as % current risk reduction / % donor loss
January 2001 TSEAC-recommended
deferral for >10 yr
France or Portugal or Republic of Ireland 1980-present; >6 mo time
spent on DoD European base 1980-1996
plans to implement deferral for all donors who have spent >3
mo in UK 1980-present and/or 6 mo in Europe 1980-present
proposes deferral for >6 mo
time spent on DoD European base 1980-1996; >3 mo.
travel/residence in the UK 1980-1996; >5
yr travel/residence in Europe 1980-present, and deferral for any transfusion in
the UK 1980-present
Notes: FDA/CDC proposed risk model:
= 1.0; France = 0.05; Other Europe = 0.015; DoD
= 0.35
The UK has experienced the greatest impact from both BSE and vCJD and is the
reference value for other geographic exposures. There were an estimated 998,064 person-years (P-Y) exposure
to the current US blood supply, based on travel/residence patterns measured by
the 1999 blood donor travel survey. A total of
868,316 P-Y (87%) were removed by the 1999 >6
mo UK travel/residence deferral.
A 5% risk of BSE is estimated for France (compared to UK) based upon reports of
extensive shipments of UK beef to France during the years 1980-1996 and the
recognition of two known (and one probable) vCJD cases. (35,580 P-Y)
UK beef shipments to other parts of Europe are less well documented, and BSE
exposures for other European countries are estimated primarily by observed BSE
in indigenous herds. Switzerland
has experienced high rates of BSE, and surveillance in Switzerland has been
intensive. The herd size-adjusted
BSE rate in Switzerland is 1.5% that of the UK.
As a worst-case scenario, all European countries other than France have
been assigned a 1.5% risk level. (19,155 P-Y European travel/residence estimated
from 1999 donor travel survey + 45,150 P-Y estimated for annual
imports of Euroblood).
Department of Defense European-base risk (35%) is estimated from DoD-supplied
data regarding UK beef shipped to European bases (North of Alps1980-1990; South
of Alps 1980-1996 yielding Total: 172,625 P-Y)


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The burly batsman, who retired from the shorter version of the game after a disastrous World Cup campaign, openly batted for the former captain to coach the side for the fourth term.
Miandad, who was removed acrimoniously on all occasions, has already said he was open to coaching the team if the PCB offered him the job although he did not apply for the advertised post.
Criticising the role of media after the World Cup debacle, Inzamam said, ''It is the basic role of media to show the reality. I was shocked by the accusations made against me after the World Cup loss.
''I was really hurt.'' He also dismissed the view held by many that he was a dictator.
''I was blamed for being very lenient during my whole captaincy career but the World Cup probe committee turned me into a dictator.
That could only be accepted if players had complained that I acted like one. This is nothing new in Pakistan cricket.
''When the team loses, all the blame is put on others, and I was ready for that because it happened in the past,'' Inzamam said, referring to Pakistan's equally dismal 2003 World Cup.
He said his power as captain came simply because he was a successful captain and whenever he wanted certain player, he convinced selectors to get that player but not through dictatorship.
''Being a captain it was my duty to take keen interest in the selection of the outfit,'' he said.
Replying to a question regarding favoritism in the team, he said spinner Mushtaq Ahmad was selected as a bowling coach because he felt the team needed a motivator.
''If you have a close look at the squads of other international teams, you will realize that those teams are fully equipped with at least 11 to 12 such persons who play their individual role in the performance of the teams. While Pakistan work with only 5 or 6 persons like them. It makes the difference in the spirit of any team competing at the world level.''
He also played down the row with fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar, saying ''Shoaib is a great player. He has a natural talent to destroy any team in the world but injuries are harmful factor in his career.
''I always wanted him in my team but unfortunately injuries never allowed him to be a permanent part of the team. He has still got the potential to play for at least another three years.''
Referring to former captain Imran Khan's opinion that he (Inzy) was not an aggressive captain, he said evryone has their own style of functioning which depend on their psyche.
''I have never been aggressive until I am irritated with something. It is my style to lead as a skipper. I have a great respect for Imran but I handle things according to my way,''he said.
Concerned about the state of domestic cricket in Pakistan, he said, ''The problem is that our batsmen are not used to playing over good surfaces. When Pakistan play abroad, the bowlers perform well but the batsmen fail. For this sake we must prepare standard turfs at the local level.''


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Release Notes: This release offers multiple CIOS ILS API enhancements, including group management support and new image storage logic, as well as a new CIOS ILS/Edu API group sync feature.
Untangle is a Linux-based network gateway with pluggable modules for network applications like spam blocking, Web filtering, anti-virus, anti-spyware, intrusion prevention, VPN, SSL VPN, firewall, and more.
Release Notes: This release contains many platform and application improvements. Major features include new UI widgets (leveraging extjs 4.1.1) and full tunnel VPN. It also has infrastructural changes to simplify settings and improve performance.
TCExam is Web-based assessment software for generating and managing online tests and exams. It simplifies the exam cycle, including generation, execution, evaluation, presentation, and archiving.
Release Notes: This version include some improvements for alternate authentication systems.
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Release Notes: This version includes a fix for EAN barcodes.
Mylene is a command line MPEG audio player. It can play plain and system embedded MPEG audio streams and works for Linux OSS and ALSA emulated OSS and Mac OS X. The player can be used interactively by telling it to establish a UNIX or INET server on which commands can be received. It features sophisticated song selection filters, the ability to interpret programs written in a C-like programming language and user formatted text output among others. The seek-h262 MPEG decoder is required for audio and system MPEG decoding.
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The WiKID Strong Authentication System is a highly scalable, secure, self-hosted two-factor authentication system. It is simple to implement and maintain, allows users to be validated automatically, requires no hardware tokens, has a simple API for application support (via Ruby, PHP, Java, COM, Python, etc.), supports multiple domains, and supports replication for fault tolerance and scalability. It also supports mutual /host and transaction authentication, wireless tokens only domains, locked tokens (to your PC), anti-keystroke logger keypad PIN entry, etc.
Release Notes: wikid-utilities is now required for jsvc. Updated to Tomcat 7. Support for non-root user (wikid). Sorting by Type and Last Activity on user page resulting in a blank page has been fixed. Duplicate calls to close on DB connections have been fixed. Numerous minor bugfixes and UI improvements.
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Release Notes: "AUTH PLAIN".
Excelsior JET is a Java VM enhanced with an Ahead-Of-Time (AOT) compiler and deployment toolkit. It is certified Java Compatible on Windows and Linux on Intel x86 hardware. The 64-bit version is in the works. Excelsior JET Optimizer transforms your classes and JARs into high-performance binary executables. Excelsior JET Runtime includes a licensed Sun implementation of the Java API and Excelsior's proprietary JVM, which is responsible for Java memory management, threading, synchronization, security, and JIT compilation of classes that could not be precompiled. The Excelsior JET Installation Toolkit makes it possible to prepare your optimized application for deployment to end-user systems.
Release Notes: Bugfixes. Support for Java SE 6u34, Equinox OSGi 3.8, and Eclipse RCP 4.2.
MSS Code Factory is a rule-based expert system for translating application models to source code.
Release Notes: The manufactured CFDbTest 2.0 code runs all its test cases cleanly and as expected. The core evaluation of Min/Max constraints and the application of initialization values was completely reworked for this release and now supports the full set of atomic data types (TZ types are incomplete). In short, the code works.
OpenXava is a framework to develop AJAX JavaEE/J2EE applications rapidly and easily. It allows you to define applications only with POJOs, JPA, and Java 5 annotations. It is feature rich and flexible. It generates JSR-168 portlet applications (Liferay, WebSphere Portal, Jetspeed, etc.).
Release Notes: Focus order only includes editors. Actions, links, tabs, etc. are excluded. SimpleHTMLReportAction extends SimpleTemplaterAction to be able to use SimpleTemplater in email messages. Documentation for @Tree is improved. Focus is not set in the first load of detail only modules. Navigating among objects with references with inheritance no longer produces a system error. New in a model with a reference with inheritance does not reset the reference view to the base model. Searching from a reference with inheritance did not always show all the objects of the hierarchy. There are many more bugfixes.
WOTS is a logfile monitoring utility written in Perl. It's based on swatch but is brand new. It can be configured to watch multiple logfiles and to generate actions based on (perl regex) patterns matched in those files. Logfile rotations and variable logfile names are all possible. The actions can be printing the message, executing an external command, and others.
Release Notes: The integrated Perl implementation of send_nsca works with nagios 3, accompanied by 2 new config parameters: 'nscapassword' and 'nscaport'. Samhain logfiles can generate alerts to their respective client servers in Nagios, and be limited to only one alert per polling period, preventing an overflow of passive NSCA messages to a Nagios host when e.g. updates have been done.
Aspose.Diagram is a class library for working with MS Visio files. It is a pure .NET alternative for MS Visio Object Model. It enables developers to work with VSD and VDX files on ASP.NET Web applications, Web services, and desktop applications. It makes use of the advanced functionality of Visio's services to manipulate Visio documents on a server. A developer can open files and manipulate the elements of the diagram, from lines and fills to more complex elements, and then export to native Visio formats or XML.
Release Notes: Starting from this version, printing of diagrams is fully supported. You can easily print all or specified pages of a document with just a few lines of code. A handy Document.Print method provides overloads, which allow you to print a document using various different options with just one line of code. You can choose to print using the default settings, print to a specific printer by name, and even set printing options such as printing only a specific page range.
Kwatee Agile Deployment is a lightweight automated server software deployment tool targeted at Independent Software Vendors and Cloud Service Providers. Designed for the flexible needs of agile teams, Kwatee installs or updates PHP sites, Java Web apps, Windows services, n-tier applications, etc. in your local network or in the cloud and on virtually any operating system. It shortens software update delivery projects by an order of magnitude but also benefits developers, testers, and technical support in their daily activities.
Release Notes: A long file name issue in the agent was fixed, and result codes in the RESTful API were improved.
4MLinux is a miniature Linux distribution focusing on four capabilities: maintenance (by using it as a system rescue live CD), multimedia (for example, for playing video DVDs), miniserver (using the inetd daemon), and mystery (meaning console games).
Release Notes: This is an updated version of 4MLinux 3.3 Game Edition, using 4MLinux 4.0 as the core system. The 4MLinux collection includes, among other things, the following items: classic "shoot'em up" games (Abuse, Doom, Heretic, Quake), Lincity (construction and management simulation game), Michael Speck's LGames (using SDL libraries), and DOSBox 0.74 with some Freeware DOS games. ec64 (a Commodore C64 emulator) is also available.
ZXTune is a set of portable cross-platform applications (GUI/CLI) intended to play chiptunes. It features advanced ripping possibilities that let you search for music in big data sets. Supported ZX Spectrum chiptunes formats include AY, AS0/ASC, FTC, GTR, PSC, PSG, PSM, PT1, PT2, PT3, SQT, ST1, ST3, STC, STP, TXT, TurboSound, VTX, YM, CHI, DMM, DST, PDT, SQD, STR, TF0/TFE, TFC, TFD, and COP. The Commodore64 SID format is supported. Supported PC chiptunes formats include 669, AMF, DMF, FAR, FNK, GDM, IMF, IT, LIQ, PSM, MDL, MTM, PTM, RTM, S3M, STIM, STM, STX, ULT, XM. Supported Amiga chiptune formats include DBM, EMOD, MOD, MTN, IMS, MED, OKT, PT36, SFX. Supported Atari chiptune formats include DTM, GTK, TCB. The Acorn chiptune format DTT is supported. Supported compressed formats include CHARPRES, CC3, CC4, CC4PLUS, DSQ, ESV, GAM, GAMPLUS, HRUM, HRUST1, HRUST2, LZH1, LZH2, LZS, MSP, PACK2, PCD61, PCD62, TLZ, TLZP, TRUSH. Supported archived/container formats include FDI, HOBETA, HRIP, LHA, RAW, SCL, TD0, TRD, ZXZIP, ZIP, RAR, SNA128, and Z80.
Release Notes: Internationalization and localization is now supported, and a Russian translation was included. ARM platform support was added. '[Extension]' fields are now supported in templates. A crash in the ALSA backend if no devices are found was fixed. Saving and loading of playlists containing non-ASCII symbols was fixed. Global options are now used while converting to sound formats. A crash in zxtune123 was fixed.
ZABBIX is an enterprise-class distributed monitoring solution designed to monitor and track performance and availability of network servers, devices, and other IT resources. It supports distributed and Web-based monitoring, auto-discovery, real-time monitoring, SLA assurance, trending, and more.
Release Notes: This release candidate introduces flicker free screens, miscellaneous front-end improvements, and other enhancements and bugfixes.
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Release Notes: Reported issues were fixed.
QtitanMultimedia is a powerful library that will enrich your Qt applications with a wide range of multimedia features. The library completely integrates with Qt Designer and allows you to add Flash, Silverlight, and Adobe reader functionality to your apps the same way you add fields, tables, and other regular controls.
Release Notes: This release fixed an issue regarding Adobe Flash Player security in the movie's load mechanism.
QtitanDataGrid provides a complete set of wide range of unique features that cannot be implemented using default Qt components and methods. It is a pure grid for business application in Qt. It enables you to load various types of data from different sources into a fast, flexible, and functional editable grid supporting sorting, grouping, reporting, creation of banded columns, drag'n'drop for buttons, and plenty of other handy functions. This data grid helps novice and experienced Qt developers with Delphi and C++ backgrounds to use the same comprehensive advanced editable grid capabilities that they've grown accustomed to in corresponding IDEs and that are not part of the standard Qt library.
Release Notes: This release fixes bugs in the rendering engine under Windows XP/Windows Classic Theme, an error in the multi-select mode, and other known issues.
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Release Notes: Terminal geometry setting was fixed. Scroll was added in the tab bar. A new tabPos option was added for the tab bar position (useful for wide screens). The build system was fixed for systems with several GTK+, Vte, or Lua libraries.
Bugzero is a Web-based change management and issue tracking system used in a distributed team environment to track software bugs, hardware defects, test cases, or any other issues. It can also be used equally well as a helpdesk customer support, trouble ticketing, or email management system to collect and manage customer feedbacks, incidents, requests, and issues. It is easy to use, but still flexible and adaptive, and can be configured to fit to your organization's unique business process and workflow.
Release Notes: The issue ID number is now guaranteed to be consecutive and continuous. A potential NPE exception after initializing user groups from an empty database was fixed. JSPF files are now better handled.
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Release Notes: This release adds minor fixes for ck_ring and ck_fifo_spsc for RMO, drastic improvements to the ck_epoch implementation and programming interface, and documentation for ck_bag and the new ck_epoch interface in the form of manual pages.
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Release Notes: This release fixes the exist(URL) method on URLs throwing SecurityExceptions in Applet security contexts, fixes the NestableURLConnection class not working with URLs using the HTTP or HTTPS protocol, and adds a method in the FileUtilities class to know whether Files access is restricted by the current security context.
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Release Notes: This release adds many new features.
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Personal I think other forums are the same. On this blog there are how-tos on router setup and hack , and some exploit writing, but thats about it. It needs more areas apart from local lan type stuff.
I am saddened to see a fundamental change in the forum:
- Activity falling off (perhaps not helped by the ongoing log-on bugs)
- A preponderance of totally basic Linux (not backtrack) questions
- Lack of follow-up posts
- Few posts by senior/experienced members, virtually none by mods/devs (probably a result of the above)
Have all the good people left for their own blogs? Twitter? Even worse, Facebook?
Is this a web-wide trend, the way of the future? Or can/should anything be done?
I don't mean to offend anyone (and some may feel it's not my place to make such comments); just hoping to stimulate some discussion and ideas.
Personal I think other forums are the same. On this blog there are how-tos on router setup and hack , and some exploit writing, but thats about it. It needs more areas apart from local lan type stuff.
Yes, it is. Like you said, there used to be some really good posts here, now it's mostly just basic linux questions.
Of course, if you really wanted to have some fun, go to Wal-Mart late at night and ask the greeter if they could help you find trashbags, roll of carpet, rope, quicklime, clorox and a shovel. See if they give you any strange looks. --Streaker69
I remember a very active time during BT4R2 period, and then with BT5, it seems like it started agonizing. The heavy problems the forum had for a while sure didn't help I think.
Even though the forum might be dying, I think there are still quality posts out there to find.
As for the mods/devs, they surely have better things to do for an actual salary. Being a mod elsewhere, I can understand what it represents in terms of work and time spent doing this, for free, and most of the time about not really interesting stuff...
Running both KDE and GNOME BT5 flawlessly. Thank you !
With all the basic linux questions and lack of self-motivation from users (Most ask questions first before even thinking of trying google) I'm starting to wonder why I'm still here...
I like this forum really much, because there is little to none LQ posts. But the bugs with the login is seriously annoying.
This forum is real, but there isn't that much activity. If you look at SkidForums (HackForums), in the WiFi section, there is always LQ posts and fights.
BackTrack forum will always be my favorite, now and in the future!
I would agree to the above posts in general.
> Activity here is definitely at an all-time low.
> The forum log-in bug is annoying as hell, not helping the forum activity.
> Other Pentest forums seem to also be low on activity with regards to INFOSEC related posts.
One of the things I always liked about this forum was that the quality of response was good
if the quality of the query was good.
Now both seem to have taken a bit of a tumble.
But whatever the case, the knowledge base here on the forums is nothing short of awesome
which is why it will never die for me
Slackware was a good technical barrier to scare most newbies that nowadays are confusing this forum with LinuxQuestions.
OTOH Backtrack is popular(#33 on Distrowatch, more popular than RedHat ) and much more people outside INFOSEC is using it now.
I don't think it was a bad decision to base it off of Ubuntu, quite the opposite, it helps keeping Backtrack up to date.
What I would like to see, is a separation/delimiter/barrier between Backtrack support forum and INFOSEC.
That could be just a separate forum section for Bactrack support, where all those "startx ->blank screen, update ->broke my system" should belong.
Or it could be some 30-50 questions quiz about linux in general + WEP/WPA cracking and only those members which passed can post in the sections for Pentesting.
Maybe there should be some CTF challenges with team members recruited from the forum. Also the team's reports should be openly discussed on the forum too. These could bring some new blood to the forums and raise the quality of the posts.
What do you think?
Last edited by erhardm; 08-28-2012 at 08:50 PM.
Great minds have purposes, others have wishes
I like the idea of having to pass a test to be able to post in a more advanced section. I'd be in on that.


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If we could reverse things here in respect to what the outcome would be, would there have been an arrest?
Would the black shooter be in jail as an alleged killer of an innocent white teenager?
I think we all know what the answer to this reversal of racial roles would have been. Zimmerman would be in jail awaiting trial on charges of premeditated murder. He would be seen as just another black man with a gun in the wrong place at the wrong time. This "Stand Your Ground Law" that Florida has and the "I felt threatened" defense would be completely forgotten and the shooter would be in cuffs without any second thoughts or thorough investigation.
Am I being racially biased? I don't think so since I'm white and even I can see what is really happening here.


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Mr P D Edwards
Peter Denzil Edwards passed away peacefully on May 24th at Withybush Hospital he was in his 90th year.
Denzil, by which he was mostly known was very proud of his background and family. He was born into a farming family at New Inn, Rosebush, the family later moving to Linden Hall in Rosebush village, this area always had a special place in his heart. He was the last surviving member of the family of six children.
In 1961 Denzil moved to Haverfordwest and worked at RNAD Trecwn where he was awarded the Imperial Service Medal for long service. Upon his retirement he was able to devote more time to his many varied interests and hobbies. In his earlier years he loved foreign travel and travelled far and wide. He was a keen and experienced gardener taking the greatest pride in his greenhouse and floral displays. When his health was better he enjoyed walking every day and was a well-known figure. Denzil was also a member of St David's Church Prendergast. Reading and researching the family tree and the local history of Rosebush and Maenchlochog area was a great passion of his. His wealth of knowledge was respected and sought after by various people and organisations to contribute to books, TV and radio programmes.
His greatest love was writing poetry of which some had been published, a fact of which made him very proud. A favourite poignant poem, which he had written was read at his funeral service.
Denzils health had deteriorated tremendously in the last few years. He bore his illnesses with great dignity and never complained. He was always so appreciative of help and kindnesses shown towards him by family, friends, neighbours and carers over the last few years. He was a quiet and private person and a true gentleman. His passing is a great loss to his family, friends and neighbours who will always remember him with great love and affection.
The funeral service was held at St Davids Church, Prendergast on June 1st followed by internment at Prendergast Cemetery. The Rev. Nicolas Cale officiated assisted by Rev. Geoffrey Eynon, a relative of the deceased who carried out a reading in Welsh and also the eulogy.
The principle mourners are Lynette and Bob Fowler (niece and husband); Paulina and David Woolgrove (niece and husband); Branwen Edwards (niece); Shelley and Ian Wollacott (great niece and husband).
There were family flowers only with donations if desired to Paul Sartori Foundation, 31 Haven Road, Haverfordwest.
The funeral arrangements were carried out by Tom Newing and Sons, Milford Haven.
Mrs Christina Hyde (known as Chris)
Milford Haven
The death occurred of Mrs Christine Hyde (known as Chris) of Conway Drive, Steynton, Milford Haven on May 7th at Withybush Hospital. He was 67.
Originally from Blyth, Northumberland, she worked in a soft drinks factory in Blyth until 1960 after leaving school. In 1964 she married Peter in Cambridge in 1964. From 1972 until 1986 she was a home help for Cambridgeshire County Council. Between 1986 and 2000 she worked with Peter when he started his own gas service business, as his accountant and secretary when they retired and moved to Milford Haven.
Her interests included exploring Pembrokeshire and the surrounding areas, gardening and bingo at the Royal British Legion Club, the catholic church bingo and the pill social club.
The principal mourners and family left to mourn were Peter Hyde (husband, who has since passed away); Dawn Cannon and Joanne Meyers (daughters); Shelley, Faye and Hayley Cannon (granddaughters); Damon (grandson) Jean, Agnes, Elsie, Margaret, Dorothy and June (sisters); Lynne (sister-in-law), plus other relatives and friends too numerous to name.
The service was held at St Cewydd and St Peters Church, Steynton and was followed by cremation at Parc Gwyn Crematoirum. It was officiated by Rev Derek Davies and the bearers were Michael Hyde and Alan Lawford (brothers-in-law) and Gerald Harteveld and Paul Russell (friends).
Donations in lieu of flowers are for The Paul Sartori Foundation, 31 Haven Road, Haverfordwest.
The funeral arrangements were carried out by Ton Newing and Sons, Milford Haven.
Mr William George Prout
Mr William George Prout of Pleasant Valley, Stepaside passed away on May 29th at Withybush Hospital. He was 82.
He had lived in Sardis, Saundersfoot, PleasantValley and worked as a builder all his life, mostly with Badham and Johns Builders.
Before retirement he was working with Davies and son Plumbers, Saundersfoot.
He completed his national service and continued in the Territorial Army.
His interests included gardening and he showed vegetables at the local shows and was a member of Kilgetty Gardening Club and Pembroke Dock Chrysanthemum Society.
He played football for Kilgetty AFC and was later their chairman.
He was predeceased by Margaret Ellis.
The family left to mourn and principal mourners are Sandra Swarski and Sally Prout (daughters); Trevor Swarski (son-in-law); Claire and Richard Morgan (grandchildren); Joshua Morgan (great grandson); Mollie and Bert Lewis (sister and brother-in-law); Margaret Evans (sister); Kaye Evans (niece); Tom Ellis (brother-in-law); Brenda Prout (sister-in-law), plus numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.
Unable to attend were Joshua Morgan (great grandson); Brenda Prout (sister-in-law); Tracey Patel (niece in USA) and Susan Milroy (niece in Jersey).
The service was held at Sardis Congregational Chapel and was officiated by Rev Hywel Brown.
The bearers were David Griffiths, Norman James, Bobby Bevan and Barry Lewis.
Donations in lieu of flowers for Cancer Research (local branch) may be sent to E C Thomas and Son, Funeral Directors, Archways Green Plains, Stepaside, Narberth who also carried out the funeral arrangements.
Mrs Pamela Joyce Raymond
The death occurred on May 9th of Mrs Pamela Joyce Raymond, of Cold Blow, Narberth. She passed away at Withybush Hospital at the age of 60.
As a native of Narberth she completed her nursing training in Llanelli Hospital, then went on to become a senior doctors receptionist in Narberth Health Centre.
Her interests included her family, socialising and holiday abroad.
The family left to mourn and principal mourners are Trevor Raymond (husband); Amanda and Hugh Davies (daughter and son-in-law); Andrea Lindsey Raymond (son and daughter-in-law); Terses and Neil Jones (daughter and son-in-law); Joyce Cole (mother); Raymond and Angela Cole (brother and sister-in-law); Janet Griffiths (sister); Peter and Jackie Cole (brother and sister-in-law); Steven, Sam, Dylan, Elen, Kirsty, William and Jessica (grandchildren).
The service was held at St Andrews Church, Narberth followed by internment at Templeton Chapel and was officiated by Rev Peter Lewis.
The bearers were Malcolm Raymond, Michael Raymond, Daniel Griffiths and Austin Price.
Donations in lieu of flowers will be donated to Ward 10, Withybush Hospital and Narberth Health Centre c/o E C Thomas and Son, Funeral Directors, Archways, Green Plains, Stepaside, who also carried out the funeral arrangements.
Mr David John Hughes
Calgary, Canada(formerly of Milford Haven)
Mr David John Hughes peacefully on April 3rd surrounded by his loving family in Canada.
He was born and brought up in Milford Haven and was always proud of his Welsh heritage.
He is survived by his wife Jane, four daughters and their husbands Karen, Gail, Pauline and Joanna and grandchildren, Mark, Julie, Samantha and Brittany, along with numerous family and friends.
Messages may be forwarded for the family through www.mcinnisandholloway.com in living memory of David, a tree was planted at Fish Creek Provincial Park.
Mr Richard John Phillips (John)
Milford Haven
Mr Richard John Phillips (John) passed away at his home in Vaynor Road, Milford Haven on June 4th at the age of 56.
John was the son of the late Ivor and Ivy Phillips and lived in Nolton until the age of eight, attending Camrose South School, before moving to Hubberston, Milford Haven.
He had worked as a storeman at RNSD Llangenech and RNAW Milford Haven. Early in his working life and then he had various jobs in and around Milford Haven although he hadn't worked for many years due to ill health.
John had many interests and hobbies. He possessed an amazing amount of general knowledge and loved all quizes regularly taking part in the Milford Haven Quiz League. He enjoyed snooker, darts and the odd flutter on the horses. He was an avid science fiction fan and also enjoyed heavy metal music.
He was one of life's amiable, gentle people and he will be sorely missed by his family and many friends.
The family left to mourn and principal mourners are Maureen and Ken Jenkins and Margaret and Graham Jones (sisters and brothers-in-law)); Janet and Mike Hopwood (niece and husband); Dr Christopher Jones and Dr Andrew Jones (nephews); Sarah and Sian Davies (great nieces); Robert Phillips (cousin) and numerous life-long friends especially Alwyn,Vincent, Kenny and Stephen, also Matthew, Daniel, Oliver, Amy and Toby (great nephews and nieces).
Unable to attend Dr Vicky Jones, Dr Wendy Jones, Mrs Maida Phillips (aunt).
The service was held at Parc Gwyn and was officiated by Paul Davies. The bearers were Alwyn Phillips, Vincent Feneck, Kenny Lewis and Stephen Phillips.
The eulogy was given by Dr Andrew Jones (nephew).
There were family flowers only and the funeral arrangements were carried out by Tom Newing and Sons Ltd, Milford Haven.
Mrs Mary Ann Morgan (Nan)
Nan Morgan of Spring Gardens passed away at Withybush Hospital on May 7th aged 87 years.
She was a loving wife of the late Gwyn Morgan, mother and grandmother.
She leaves to mourn Gwyneth (daughter); Shirley and David (daugher and son-in-law); Gareth and Penny (son and daughter-in-law); Perry (son); grandchildren and great grandchildren.
The bearers were Michael Richards, Christopher Gale, Kenny Morgan and Stuart Morgan (grandsons).
The funeral took place at the Chapel of Rest, Fishguard and was conducted by Rev Geoffrey Eynon, followed by interment at Letterston Cemetery.
There were family flowers only, with donations in lieu for Coronary Care, Withybush Hospital.
The funeral arrangements and donations were arranged by Paul Jenkins and Sons Funeral Directors.


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