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Why is Herodotus considered the father of history?
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Herodotus is considered the father of history because he is the first person to write what we would consider a real history. In addition, he is the person who wrote the first recorded instance of the word "history."
Before Herodotus, stories about things that had happened tended to be mythical (like the Iliad) or tended to be just exaggerated stories meant to flatter kings by saying how wonderful they were. By contrast, Herodotus tried to write a history that was truer and more objective. He used his own observations and the testimony of others to write his histories.
Thus, he was the first that we know of to attempt an actual systematic analysis, based on facts, of past events.
Herodotus is known as the father of history because he was the first historian to collect and systematically document events and create an account. He compiled these accounts into his single major work known as The Histories. This document contains records of politics, cultural traditions, and the geographical landscape of areas including Northern Africa, Greece, and Western Asia.
He relied on his personal observations and inquiries from natives to develop the records. This had an impact on the validity of the accounts but the work set a precedent for subsequent historical works, since it was the first in Western literature. He was motivated to capture the history of ancient times and to ensure that events were not forgotten. His motivations are well-captured in the beginning of The Histories where he states, "This is the showing-forth of the inquiry of Herodotus of Halicarnassus, so that neither what has come to be from man in time might become faded."


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Date: Fri Jan 14 2000 - 13:33:20 PST
Hi Gilles, Geoff!
Thanks for your help! Problem solved.
I had a typo in the parsedoc.pl (an ´A´ instead of an ´a´). My try to
debug that with an additional output caused another bug! Oh well...
The idea with the diff was excellent and led me on the right trail.
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Hi there,
i have a big problem with XOrg.
After i installed the nvidia drivers "NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-275.09.07" for 64bit systems, i cant start xorg.
When i type in "startx" there appears an error message from xorg "no screens found"
Before i installed the driver, "startx" executed properly, but the display resolution wasn't correct.
I hope someone can help me.
My System:
Asus X53SV-SX218V
Nvidia 540M
Hello guys,
after installing the nvidia driver "NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-275.09.07" i can't start xorg.
when i'm typing "startx" a error message appears "screens not found"
I use Backtrack 5 with KDE 64bit on a Asus X53SV-SX218V (Nvidia 540M and Intel HD Graphic)
I hope someone can help me
I have the same problem with the resolution and after installing the nvidia drivers, startx didn't worked...
Edit: maybe https://github.com/MrMEEE/bumblebee helps.
I will try it today
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There's a new U.S. network sitcom starting tonight, a seemingly slight show about a couple of guys – real men's-men types – who dress up as women in order to land jobs.
The show is Work It (ABC, CITY-TV, 8:30 p.m.) and it is simultaneously hokey and crudely funny. It might last six weeks. It might last six years. But in the way that television shows will casually and lavishly illuminate the culture, this silly show arrives on the perfect day.
Tonight also begins the great American political drama that unfolds every four years. Chapter one of this edition of the drama begins with the Iowa caucuses.
CNN is calling its coverage "American Choice 2012: Iowa Caucuses" and it runs from 7 p.m. to midnight, but really the coverage will last all day long. Fox News calls its special newscast "America's Election HQ: Iowa Caucuses" and airs it from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m., but it too will be dwelling on Iowa all day.
An intriguing portion of the U.S. culture will come into focus by tonight. The Republican race, which has been going on for many months, thanks to countless TV debates, has seemed anarchic. Leading candidates and their positions have soared in popularity and then evaporated in a harum-scarum way. Far as I can tell, television is at the core of everything. It seems the key Iowa race has three main components for the candidates: meet-and-greets with voters, TV appearances and TV ads.
The TV ads – which are easily found online – are fascinating. Rick Santorum, who has suddenly emerged as a leading candidate, has been running TV spots that look like promos for the NBC series Parenthood. One has the impression the guy has about 14 kids and spends all his time throwing around a football with them when he's not busy gazing at the sky awaiting the word of God. And if you want a clue about the recent collapse in support for Newt Gingrich, check out a negative ad run by the campaign of Ron Paul, which roasts Gingrich for "serial hypocrisy." A recent report by CNN estimated that five anti-Gingrich ads from other candidates and their supporters have been running every day in the last few weeks in Iowa.
The context of the Iowa caucuses is mind-boggling. Look at the year just ended – the Occupy movement, the eurozone's near-collapse, the Arab Spring, the U.S. economy solidly stalled, the ranting about the 1 per cent and the 99 per cent. What meat there is for politicians and pundits who want Barack Obama defeated. What material for rocking TV coverage of the race for the Republican nomination and then the big battle in the fall.
And yet, watching the Republican race unfold, leading up to the Iowa vote today, it all seems bizarrely disconnected from reality. Arguments between candidates have focused on issues meant only to rally deeply conservative voters. The issues seem to be abortion, same-sex marriage, gun rights, immigration law, devotion to church and biblical interpretation of everything from health care to divorce.
Work It presents a rather different United States. Here's ABC's synopsis: "Looking for a job in today's economy can be a real drag. Take Lee Standish (Ben Koldyke), one-time breadwinner and current unemployment statistic. After being laid off, Lee will do anything it takes to support his family – even if it means putting on a skirt and heels."
At the moment, Work It is stirring some debate about whether it might be offensive to the transgender community. In the peculiar way that the U.S. media culture works, this point of view on a TV show is the dominant one. It's all about somebody being offended and the opportunity to attack the Hollywood entertainment industry for being insensitive.
The issue is phony, utter nonsense and a distraction. Work It is a broad comedy, more in the British TV style than the American tradition. What matters is that it presents a contrarian narrative to what has emerged in the build-up to the Iowa caucuses. Two beefy guys who once had jobs at a Pontiac dealership dress as women to land jobs selling pharmaceuticals. It's jobs and work that matter. The characters are desperate to find work, any kind of work. Under the crude comedy, there's desperation.
"It's the economy, stupid" was the phrase that emerged from Bill Clinton's winning 1992 presidential campaign against George H. W. Bush. For all of Bush's perceived strengths, the Clinton campaign knew that it was the recession economy that really worried voters. And now, while the Republican candidates continue to natter about preposterous concerns and TV pundits engage in intense debate about evangelical voters, it looks like 1992 all over again.
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Tenants include a Priceline Pharmacy, Liquorland bottle shop, Subway and a medical centre.
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The complex includes 221 car spaces and is on the main gateway into Rockhampton, about six kilometres north of the city's CBD.
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Coles has bought the Alderley Village Shopping Centre in north-western Brisbane for $12 million.
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The sale price represents an initial yield of 10 per cent, and annual rental income is more than $200,000.
The property was sold at auction. Adrian Pascoe and Graeme Russell from Ray White handled the listing on behalf of the Department of Human Services.
Newly formed investment firm Taren Point Pty Ltd has picked up a $7.4 million multi-unit industrial complex at Taren Point, in southern Sydney.
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An owner-occupier has bought an office and warehouse in Sydney's inner west for $1.08 million.
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There are few greater challenges, in covering, observing and discussing the NFL than to resist overreacting to one game. There are few greater obstacles to that effort than the ESPN.com weekly Power Rankings. Never more volatile than in Week 2 of the regular season, they have nonetheless arrived, and this is how our division's teams rank this week:
7. New York Giants (Last week: 3). Just one loss, yes, but this is a Super Bowl champion that obviously came in with more questions about it than most. With many still wondering whether to believe last year's 9-7 regular season or the 4-0 postseason record, an ugly home loss to a division rival in the middle of the rankings was enough to make the champs this week's biggest fallers. Mike Sando and John Clayton moved them all the way down to No. 12. Ashley Fox and I rank them the highest, at No. 5. I had them at No. 2 last week, and I believed I had good reasons for that, so I wasn't going to let one game throw all of those good reasons out the window. The teams that passed them in my rankings -- San Francisco, New England and Houston -- all played very well both last year and in Week 1. I thought about putting Baltimore ahead of them, too, but held off. Maybe I'm being too careful, but if last year didn't teach us all -- and me in particular -- that the Giants deserved some benefit of the doubt, then we'll never learn anything.
10. Dallas Cowboys (14). A move into the top 10 for the team that knocked off the Giants, and 10th is exactly where I personally had the Cowboys this week after ranking them 15th to start the season. My own rankings still have them ahead of the Broncos, who outrank them in the overall poll, and one spot behind the Eagles, who do not. I don't deny that they looked better than the Eagles (and, of course, the Giants) in Week 1, but again, I really believe it's important not to overreact to a Week 1 performance but rather to incorporate it into the body of evidence with which we were already working. A four-spot jump seems very fair for Dallas off of its excellent opener. Should the Cowboys continue to look that good, I have little doubt that they will continue to move up.
12. Philadelphia Eagles (7). I'm looking up and down this list trying to find a team that fell five spots after actually winning its opening game. Can't find one. That tells you a lot about the way the Eagles looked in their ugly squeaker of a comeback victory in Cleveland on Sunday. The worst part about that game for Michael Vick and the Eagles was that it puffed on the glowing embers of many of the same old 2011 doubts, so that if you were hesitant about ranking the Eagles high because they disappointed you last year, it was easy to knock them down a few pegs. I dropped them from No. 3 to No. 9, so a six-spot drop for me in spite of their victory, but I think it's justified since the initial ranking was based on a belief that those 2011 Eagles would get better. Evidence that they might not, even one game's worth, was in this case cause for a correction. Sando has the Eagles 13th and Ashley has them 14th while Clayton put them No. 8. Wide variety of opinion on the Eagles, who have a chance to earn some faith back if they can look good against Baltimore on Sunday at home.
15. Washington Redskins (24). Congratulations to Robert Griffin III and the Redskins, who made the biggest jump of any team in this week's rankings. If you go down to the Superdome and win that impressively -- especially behind a rookie quarterback -- you deserve a big bump. I moved them from 19th to 13th in my own rankings, and as you can see I was highest on them among our voters even before the season started. Other than Griffin, a few things looked better about the Redskins than many had the right to expect -- most notably the play of the secondary against the Saints' passing offense. Looking at the teams right behind them on the list, it's hard to make the case that they don't belong right where they are this week.


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This is an example of exactly why people new to pen testing are warned:
You should NEVER try to break things outside of your own LAN, or preferably, a lab environment.
While playing around with ettercap, my connection was interrupted and my browser was redirected to this page. My ISP seemed to be able to detect the activity.
I have tried spoofing mac address, changing my host, clearing cookies, using lynx browser, etc. No matter what, I still get redirected to this page. I am able to remain connected and ping, but browser traffic is blocked and redirected.
any ideas on how I could get around this besides calling AT&T?
This is an example of exactly why people new to pen testing are warned:
You should NEVER try to break things outside of your own LAN, or preferably, a lab environment.
Stop the TSA now! Boycott the airlines.
A third party security audit is the IT equivalent of a colonoscopy. It's long, intrusive, very uncomfortable, and when it's done, you'll have seen things you really didn't want to see, and you'll never forget that you've had one.
I suggest you go read up on the Terms of Service you agreed to when subscribing so that you can be ready for them to tell you that your service has been discontinued.
Personally I find 11b of the Ts & Cs interesting:
So they can suspend your account and force you to pay until some future date when they decide to cancel your account. SLAM!b. AT&T Cancellation for Violation of the Agreement. We may immediately suspend, restrict, or cancel the Services and this Agreement, should you violate any of the terms of this Agreement. If the Services are suspended, restricted, or cancelled under this Section (11.b.), any fees and charges will accrue through the date that AT&T fully processes the suspension, restriction, or cancellation.
I didn't have a detailed look at all the docs but you totally violated this part of the AUP:
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AT&T respects freedom of expression and believes it is a foundation of our free society to express differing points of view. AT&T will not terminate, disconnect or suspend service because of the views you or we express on public policy matters, political issues or political campaigns. AT&T is committed at all times, however, to complying with the laws and regulations governing use of the Internet and e-mail transmissions and to preserving for all of its Customers the ability to use AT&T's network and the Internet without interference or harassment from other users. AT&T prohibits use of its IP Services in any way that is unlawful, interferes with use of AT&T's network or the Internet, interferes in any way with the usage or enjoyment of services received by others, infringes intellectual property rights, results in the publication of threatening or offensive material, constitutes Spam/E-mail/Usenet abuse, or presents security or privacy risks. Customer will not resell or provide Service(s) to unauthorized third parties, whether as part of a commercial enterprise or otherwise.
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I'm a compulsive post editor, you might wanna wait until my post has been online for 5-10 mins before quoting it as it will likely change.
I know I seem harsh in some of my replies. SORRY! But if you're doing something illegal or posting something that seems to be obvious BS I'm going to call you on it.
ROTFL!!!! I hope all the little wanna be hax0rs are reading this and now realize that large ISP's are not joking when it comes to un-authorized activity.
One has to wonder who's internet connection he was using to post this thread.
A third party security audit is the IT equivalent of a colonoscopy. It's long, intrusive, very uncomfortable, and when it's done, you'll have seen things you really didn't want to see, and you'll never forget that you've had one.
That being said, how do you obtain rights to do penetration testing across the WAN? Is it as simple as calling your ISP and paying a seperate fee or purchasing a special service? Or, Do you just have to read all the TOS on all available ISP's in your area to find one that doesn't restrict such testing?
At home, I have Hughes Net, a sat "high speed" internet provider. I was downloading SP3 one evening when I first had the service, then in the morning, I decided to check email, I got a web page, telling me my service was suspended. I wasn't doing anything illegal. So I called, turns out I violated the TOS by trying to download a larger file than 200MB
I can't say that I'm not part of the "you reap what you sew" crowd, but since I run my private network on AT&T's services I'm curious about what actually triggered the lockdown. How can the IDS pick up on passive packet sniffing? You must have been doing something a bit more aggressive, no?


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Capital goods stocks finished flat on Wednesday on Wall Street.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average stayed level, the Nasdaq increased 0.1% and the S&P 500 stayed the same.
Some of the biggest gainers among capital goods stocks include:
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- Alliant Techsystems Inc (ATK): ATK stock is up 0.9% today.
- Exelis Inc. Common Stock New Wh (XLS): XLS stock is up 0.7% today.
- Spirit Aerosystems Holdings (SPR): SPR stock is up 0.7% today.
- Dxp Enterprises (DXPE): DXPE stock is up 0.6% today.
- Embraer-Empresa Brasileira De Aeronautica (ERJ): ERJ stock is up 0.6% today.
- Fluor Corp (FLR): FLR stock is up 0.6% today.
- Harsco Corp (HSC): HSC stock is up 0.6% today.
- Orbital Sciences Corp (ORB): ORB stock is up 0.6% today.
- Lockheed Martin Corp (LMT): LMT stock is up 0.5% today.
Some of the biggest losers among capital goods stocks include:
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- Lennar Corp (LEN): LEN stock is down 1.2% today.
- Barnes Group (B): B stock is down 1.1% today.
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IVF, used by about 27,000 couples a year in Britain, is used by couples who are unable to have children naturally.
Sperm provided by the man and eggs by the woman are mixed in a laboratory to produce an embryo, which in turn is implanted into the woman's womb.
The new results suggest that doctors implanted the correct embryo into the right patient, but that they used the wrong sperm to fertilise the egg.
Experts suggested that if any legal dispute arose between the two couples over who should be considered the twins' parents, then the biological mother would have a strong case.
But in an initial response to the court statement, one expert suggested the biological father might be given some rights to visit the children as they grow up.
Commenting after the mix-up was originally revealed, a British Medical Association spokeswoman called the case "a tragedy for all involved".
"For the courts this will be a nightmare to decide what to do," she added."
The outcome of the genetic tests was revealed in a statement from judge Elizabeth Butler-Sloss, president of the High Court's Family Division, who has the task of sorting out the tangled legal issues.
She said: "In this case a couple, Mr and Mrs A, attended a clinic for fertility treatment and twin children were born.
"Mr and Mrs A were alerted by the appearance of the twins to the possibility of an error in the fertility treatment.
"Genetic testing has established Mrs A is their biological mother, but that Mr A is not their biological father."
Butler-Sloss added that health authorities had identified a man, "Mr B", who it is thought may have provided the sperm to Mrs A.
The judge added: "This is an acutely sensitive time in an extremely difficult situation for all the individuals concerned."
Referring to reporting restrictions imposed in the case, she said: "The court has a duty to protect (the couples') private lives and prevent them becoming the victims of intrusive and distressing publicity in a situation they did nothing to bring upon themselves."
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NASA's Spirit spacecraft made its third trajectory correction maneuver on Friday, Nov. 14, fine tuning its flight path toward Mars with an engine-firing operation planned into the seven-month trip.
The trajectory adjustment was designed to alter Spirit's velocity by 0.6 meters per second (1.3 miles per hour), moving the arrival point by 770 kilometers (478 miles) and arrival time by 16.5 minutes closer to the planned target location and time, said Louis D'Amario, the project's navigation team chief. To accomplish that adjustment, the flight team commanded Spirit to fire its engines for 132 seconds in the direction of the spacecraft's rotation axis and for short pulses totaling 27 seconds in a direction roughly perpendicular to the rotation axis.
Spirit has three more scheduled dates for additional trajectory corrections before reaching Mars less than seven weeks from now. The spacecraft is carrying the first of two Mars Exploration Rovers equipped to examine the geology around their landing sites for evidence about past environmental conditions.
Both Spirit and its twin, Opportunity, have rebooted their computers in the past two weeks. Mission controllers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., sent commands for that procedure on each spacecraft to correct possible corruption of computer memory registers by radiation from powerful solar flares in late October and early November. The flares were among the most intense ever recorded.
"We had no evidence of memory problems, but we considered it prudent to reboot both spacecraft to assure memory integrity, using the sleep-wake cycle that we plan to do each night after the rovers are on the surface of Mars," said JPL's Peter Theisinger, project manager for the Mars Exploration Rover Project.
High-energy protons ejected by the stormy Sun appeared on Oct. 28 as bursts of bright spots in star-tracking instruments used by both Spirit and Opportunity to sense the spacecrafts' orientation. The instruments interpreted the proton hits as stars, so the bursts overwhelmed their ability to recognize star patterns and determine spacecraft attitude. Both spacecraft temporarily switched to a backup method of attitude sensing, using the Sun. They resumed use of the star trackers last week.
Spirit's target is arrival at Mars' Gusev Crater at 04:35 Jan. 4, 2004, Universal Time (8:35 p.m. Jan. 3, Pacific Standard Time and 11:35 p.m. Jan. 3, Eastern Standard Time). These are "Earth received times," meaning they reflect the delay necessary for a speed-of-light signal from Mars to reach Earth; on Mars, the landing will have happened nearly 10 minutes earlier.
Three weeks later, at 05:05 Jan. 25, Universal Time, Opportunity will arrive at a level plain called Meridiani Planum on the opposite side of Mars from Gusev. Each rover will examine its landing area for geological evidence about the history of water there, key information for assessing whether the site ever could have been hospitable to life.
As of 6 a.m. PST on Nov. 19, Spirit had traveled 396.5 million kilometers (246.4 million miles) since its June 10 launch, with 91.5 million kilometers (56.2 million miles) to go before reaching Mars. Opportunity, launched on July 7, had traveled 326 million kilometers (202 million miles) and has 130 million kilometers (81 million miles) yet to go.
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Election for March 9 as Debono defeats Budget
Malta will go to the polls on March 9, Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi announced last night after backbencher Franco Debono helped bring down the Government by voting against the Budget.
Dr Gonzi said he would be meeting the President this morning to ask him to officially dissolve Parliament on January 7, a move to ensure voting documents will not be distributed during the Christmas season.
"We knew what would happen. There were no surprises tonight. We were ready for this," Dr Gonzi told a news conference shortly after the vote.
The fateful vote came after Dr Gonzi gave a two-hour speech in Parliament where he outlined the Government's economic successes and warned that Labour's populism would bring the country to a halt.
"It would be much better for the country to head to the polls with a Budget approved. I hope common sense and the national interest prevails," Dr Gonzi said before the vote.
But Dr Debono reacted fiercely, especially to Dr Gonzi's claim that he was right to prioritise the country's needs over his party's internal instability.
"I hereby lay down the first stone of modern democracy, where no one is above the law. It is a privilege and honour to stop the oligarchy and vote against this Budget," Dr Debono said in an aggressive speech where he repeatedly ignored the Speaker's calls to conclude.
Dr Debono said he was voting against the Budget for a number of reasons, namely Transport Minister Austin Gatt's refusal to resign. He also criticised the national broadcaster, The Times, Finance Minister Tonio Fenech and several others who he said formed part of a "web of evil".
Dr Gonzi refrained from criticising Dr Debono during his speech and again during the press conference.
"Franco Debono is a closed chapter. He is irrelevant," said Dr Gonzi, a comment that went viral on social media.
Asked whether he planned to take a break, Dr Gonzi promptly replied: "My best is yet to come. Let's go for it."
In a separate press conference, Opposition leader Joseph Muscat said the Government had imploded and collapsed, just as he had predicted would happen months ago.
He chastised Dr Gonzi for clinging to power and presenting a Budget when had long known this would happen.
"He has divided his party and destroyed the Government," Dr Muscat said, accusing the Prime Minister of choosing Dr Gatt over the country's stability.
St George's Square was cordoned off and no incidents were reported outside Parliament as a few score of supporters cheered their political leaders.
When news of the vote emerged, a number of Labour carcades were heard around the island, while shortly afterwards the PN announced a rally for tomorrow.
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Mon Dec 17, 2012, 08:05 PM
ProudToBeBlueInRhody (16,399 posts)
A friend of mine was arrested on child molestation charges
I'm not going to tiptoe around it. The guy was a friend at one time. Not an acquaintance or a co-worker. I hadn't seen him in several years, though.
He was a youth coach and an umpire and referee. He also worked in the school system.
I'm not going to tiptoe around this fact either. We all knew. Everyone in his town (I didn't live there, just worked there) knew. People who liked and didn't like the guy because they thought he was a molester knew, at the very least, that there was something up with the guy. Deep down, it was hiding in plain sight. Even my boss told me he had been approached by the local police and questioned about him on an informal basis. Mind you, this was five or six years ago. He wasn't arrested until last week. If you go to the comments section of the local newspaper's website, there are literally dozens of people commenting and all saying the same thing. They knew, everyone knew.
The guy always had these boys tagging around with him. All about eight to fifteen years old. He'd introduce them as his godson, or a son of a friend (always a woman) of his. I got the impression they were all kids without a father who was around, because a lot of the back stories he'd give implied the kid's mother was working and he playing big brother or babysitting them. One time a bunch of us went to a ballgame, and he brought along one of them (along with his own biological son). It creeps me out just thinking about it now.
The last time I saw him was at the mall about seven years ago. He had a kid, a boy, a teenager (not his son), with him. He actually made a joke, directed at me to the boy, saying "Watch out, this guy used to be a priest". Because ha ha....priests molest kids who look up to them. It was at that moment, I decided I was going to avoid this guy.
I've tried so hard to limit my judgement of men who hang around kids through youth sports, boy scouts, religious groups without their own kids around and heavily involved. But this shattered it. I can't be unbiased anymore or give "the benefit of the doubt".
I'm not going anywhere with this....just had to vent.
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Mon Dec 17, 2012, 10:34 PM
Major Nikon (25,424 posts)
1. A former co-worker is in prison right now for it
I don't have all the details, but from what I know it was particularly egregious. He molested his granddaughter at a minimum and perhaps others.
Many years ago he and I applied for the same job which he got. The selecting manager was a religious nut as was this guy which is why he got the job. He was completely incompetent in the position, but he proselyted at work quite a bit which is why the manager liked him. Interestingly the manager in question was forced to retire early a few years later due to fraud and essentially stealing from the company. So one was a crook and the other was a pedophile. Both were religious nuts.
Response to ProudToBeBlueInRhody (Original post)
Tue Dec 18, 2012, 01:09 AM
lumberjack_jeff (33,224 posts)
2. I'm glad they caught the guy.
And I'm sorry for the guilt you have about your suspicions.
... but if your main takeaway from the lesson is a "bias" against men who work with kids, I'm not sure it's justified, and in fact may be contributing to the problem. Decent men choose to not teach because of this stereotype. The only men discouraged from working with kids by the stereotype are the non-predators. The stereotype has the effect of driving the wheat to chaff ratio down.
A father in the home is a strong protective factor for kids. It is unfortunate that his victims apparently lacked that benefit.
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Tue Dec 18, 2012, 12:46 PM
ProudToBeBlueInRhody (16,399 posts)
3. Again, I'm just venting
I have no doubt that many of these kids were from absentee father households. I know this guy himself never talked about his own biological father, but I got the idea he was out of the picture at an early age and not to be discussed, at least around his mother.
Response to ProudToBeBlueInRhody (Original post)
Tue Dec 18, 2012, 01:12 PM
LeftofObama (4,187 posts)
4. As upsetting as this obviously is
I would wait to get all of the facts. Anyone can accuse anyone of anything, but that doesn't make it true. I've seen good people ruined by this sort of gossip and innuendo. What is his side of the story?
Response to LeftofObama (Reply #4)
Tue Dec 18, 2012, 01:30 PM
ProudToBeBlueInRhody (16,399 posts)
5. I have no idea what his side is
What I do know is I trust my instincts here. Something was not right, which was why I ultimately decided to not have any further contact with this person. I've heard some very disturbing things told by him to others that I trust. If, in fact, he is not a child molester, he has a Michael Jackson/Jerry Sandusky size cognitive dissonance about what is appropriate behavior with young children and teens.
I also know now that he apparently had dozens of complaints lodged against him over 30 years. Clearly, the police did not rush to judgement on the latest allegations as the investigation has been ongoing for six months apparently.
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Tue Dec 18, 2012, 02:38 PM
opiate69 (10,104 posts)
6. An old friend of mine is in prison for murdering his estranged girlfriend...
I had posted an OP about it back on DU2.. got into it with the douchenozzle OMC... It should be in my journal over there still.. Kind of amazing the different emotions something like this can elicit, almost a grieving for the loss of the person you thought you knew.
Response to ProudToBeBlueInRhody (Original post)
Tue Dec 18, 2012, 03:10 PM
Warren DeMontague (78,826 posts)
7. Sounds like there was some reason to be suspicious of this guy for a while.
I dont think people get tagged with "i think hes a child abuser" out of the blue, for no reason too much. If anything, i think things can get ignored, covered up, or "that nice man" (or woman) gets the benefit of the doubt for too long- look at Sandusky.
Like Jeff said, glad they caught him and presumably he wont be able to harm anyone else.


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Don't be embarrassed. It's happened to all of us at one time or another. To both amateurs and professionals alike.
You're at a friend's wedding or kids' birthday party and have your trusted camera in hand. You channel your inner paparazzi and slide in to capture the perfect moment. You snap the picture, instantly get caught up in the excitement of nabbing THE shot and happily drift away in your mind as you bask in the sunshine your new found photography prowess. You even pause a moment to soak up the accolades of your new virtual fan club.
Then 'Wham!' It hits you like five tons of bricks and knocks you back to reality. You stop and begin to tremble. Your thoughts retreat to the deep dark place nobody speaks of. No, not the Twilight Zone. The Ugly Photo Zone.
You know what I'm talking about. It's the place where the majority of your photos end up. The shots that are out of focus, over-exposed, dimly lit, too close or too far away. And then there's my personal favorite (of which I'm guilty of), the partial thumb covering the lens photo.
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The overall effect softens hard edges, evens out the light and dark areas and, to even my surprise, sometimes gives a photo an almost ethereal glow.
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In the land of "there's an app for that", photo filter apps are available on most (if not all) smartphone platforms.
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Adding another photo on top of your original one can give it a vintage look or even turn it a bit grungy. Either way, you've just turned drab into fab.
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Did you know that cutting off the top of someone's head can help fix a photo? It's done every single day in print ads, billboards, commercials and even motion pictures.
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Some photos just look better with a hand drawn effect. Some call it cartooning, others call it illustrating. In either case, it's fun to see the results.
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Wonderful ship - great fun time!: Carnival Magic Cruise Review by luvabreak
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Wonderful ship - great fun time!
Destination: Europe - Western Mediterranean
Embarkation: Barcelona
We had travelled on the Disney Magic 3 years earlier with 2 young children so we were interested to see how the Carnival compared to Disney.
Firstly, you cannot compare the 2 ships - its like comparing an apple to an orange. Disney is family orientated, with no casino and Disney themed activities, movies and on-board entertainment. Carnival has a casino on board (which we didn't visit as we are not gamblers), and a variety of entertainment to suit different tastes.
The Carnival Magic was definitely a winner for us. Our room was 1312 on level 1, mid ship. It More had an ocean view but no balcony - why pay for a balcony when you can meet wonderful people on the upper decks! We chose the lower deck so that we would have to walk up many levels to reach the food and pool decks (no lift for us). This way we hoped that we wouldn't put on too much weight. Unfortunately, this theory didn't work as the Italians sure know how to cook and on all our shore excursions we ate 5 full courses! Of course you must try a tartufo in Rome, a gelato in Venice and a cannoli in Messina!!
The ship, being brand new, was very clean and beautiful. The staff work tirelessly day and night to make the ship sparkle. Our cabin was big enough for 2 and would have even slept 4 comfortably with a pull out. There were 2 bathrooms, one with toilet and sink, the other with a sink and shower/bath. the bed was king size and very comfortable. The only criticism is that the ship only has 1 type of pillow. My husband is asthmatic and needs a rubber pillow but they only had feather/down ones. He put a towel inside the pillow case and this made the pillow a bit firmer, so he was happy.
Our cabin housekeeping team were amazing. We had Ernesto and his team. The cabin was spotless after breakfast each day and at night they turned down our blankets and left a program of the next days' activities and a towel creation on the bed (with 2 mint/chocolates too).
Our main dining room was the Northern Lights. Initially we chose the 6pm seating but after having a couple of shore excursions returning around 7/7:30pm we asked to be moved to the 8:15pm seating instead. We thoroughly enjoyed our servers Martin, Chonthica & Erik. Very efficient, friendly and great fun! Our drink waiter was Zenobia - she was wonderful. She knew our order each day - service with a beautiful smile!! We met a wonderful group of Americans who were seated beside us at the late dinner seating. They were ordering 2 or 3 appetizers, then a main then dessert and coffee; so we started ordering this way too! Bad move - I now have to lose 5kg to get back to my pre-cruise weight!! Delicious food - no complaints.
We ate most breakfasts in the Market place on the Lido Deck (level 10). A great variety to suit all tastes, from omelettes, to cereals, fresh fruit, cold cuts, cheeses, fruit compote, hot & cold selections. Out by the pool they had french toast, waffles and more! When we had very early shore excursions, we got room service - a small selection of continental items.
Lunches we also ate either in the Market place on the Lido deck (buffet) or out by the pool (salad, pizza, sandwiches, burgers, mexican). Again, a huge selection of delicious foods to suits all tastes. Not fine dining by any means but what do you want from a buffet - good, clean and hearty food. We also found another place to eat salads and soups, inside on the casino level- Plaza Bites.
We ate at both of the specialty restaurants on board. The steakhouse was exceptional - a true fine dining experience. There was a small additional charge for eating here but it was well worth it. We also tried the Italian restaurant - Cucina Del Capitano. This was not so enjoyable and we actually preferred the Lido deck to this restaurant.
The ship has a couple of pools, one of which is adults only. The serenity deck was lovely for adults to relax. At this time of year there weren't many children on board so even spending time near the main pool was pleasant and relaxing. The water slides looked amazing although we didn't get a chance to try them out. We did try the suspended rope track. I only managed to walk 1/10th of the way around as I was too scared of the height and of course looking out at the ocean didn't help my vertigo!
The evening shows were a fun way to end the night. There wasn't a show in the main showtime theatre every night, but I went to see all the ones they did have. We saw a funny comedian, a crazy magician, an amazing female soprano, a talented musician and a male singer (who reminded us of Jon Lovitz in the wedding singer).
We didn't go to the piano bar or the night club. We did play bingo a few times which was fun.
I booked all our shore excursions in advance before the cruise. The tour guides were excellent, all spoke at least a little english and were very knowledgeable. I would highly recommend taking the shore excursions as they are well organised and always ensure you make it back to the ship in time for departure. One couple actually missed the ship in Venice and had to spend a small fortune making their own way to the next port!
Internet is terrible on board the ship. They don't guarantee you good reception so don't expect to get any. It's quite pricey too.
I would definitely book another Carnival cruise. Less
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We ate lunch in the old city at one of the restaurants that served the biggest platters of seafood for a very reasonable price. Staff here also speak english.
We ate a traditional, 5 course, Italian lunch then headed to Pisa. Very dirty city, Pisa, but once you get to where the monuments are, it is clean and beautiful. Too many souvenir shops all selling the same rubbish. We climbed Pisa. Very interesting how you really feel the pull of gravity on one side of the building as you climb up a very narrow staircase to the top. Lovely view from the top (but too high for me)!
We visited Princess Grace & Prince Rainier's burial plots; very scenic walks overlooking amazing harbours and scenery.
We then walked all the way to the other side of the city to the Hotel de Paris and the Casino Monte Carlo. the inside of the Casino foyer is beautiful; - they were charging 10EURO to go into the gaming room but we didn't go in.
We had a coffee at the cafe outside the Casino and enjoyed the view.
Sorrento, lovely bustling little place with lots of shops and cafes. We had lunch here with the tour.
Pompeii is huge. Didn't realise how big it actually was until we set foot inside. It blew us away. We were very aware of the fact that many lives were lost in this place, it is a very well preserved burial ground. Tourists should respect this and not litter (we did see some cigarette butts and bottles). You can see Mt Vesuvius very clearly and can only imagine the terror they people of Pompeii felt watching the lava flowing down towards them. Incredible - must see.
Vatican is incredibly huge and beautiful. Sistine chapel very lovely but hot and stuffy in there with all the tourists. They say no cameras but everyone was taking photos. Just ensure you don't get seen by the guards as we saw one tourist get dragged out by the camera.
Another one of our fellow tourists had their purse stolen from her backpack sometime during the Rome tour. Take care of your personal belongings.
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Lovely walk up a shady track. On the open top in summer there were bilberries galore. Eagles circling. Easy family walk in good weather but start early enough not to rush. The unmetalled road at the bottom has two tracks turning right from it. Don't take the obvious lower one. The higher one is just round the corner (it's actually a cross roads ie smaller path crossing forest road). Once near the top the route is self evident. On the way back down head for a gate in a fence.
Amazing hike with great views, beautiful beach and Girolata village is wonderful !!
This is an easy relaxing trail along a beautiful river south east of France. I use to do it once or twice a year, when the weather is not good enough to go in the near Jura or Alpin mountains, and it is only 40mn from Lyon. We can see a few fishermen, cyclists, runners, and family hikers. There are places to stop for a lunch for instance at Chavanay, on the south part of the loop, or upon departure from Les Roches de Condrieu, or Condrieu. No need to mention also the famous wines: Condrieu and Côtes Roties from this area!
Another route starting from Bougue. A path that connects Bougue and Laglorieuse, first by the east and back by the west, between forest and fields. The hiker will borrow a small portion of the greenway between Mont-de-Marsan and Gabarret. Topo-Guide: Rando Guide n°10 (Marsan) édité par le CG40
From the village of Banos located on a hillside overlooking the Gabas, the hiker crosses corn fields by a sunken path that leads through a forest with various species. Then the route joins Montaut and its viewpoint over the Adour valley and Gabas valley. The return to Banos goes north, takes the old railway of Chalosse, and ends with a climb to the initial promontory. Topo-Guide: Rando Guide n°2 (Chalosse) édité par le CG40
Located on the northern edge of the Upper Chalosse and at the confluence of the Gabas creek and the Adour river, the small village of Toulouzette is the launching point of this hike in the riparian and wetland zone formed by the Adour river. A pond where one can observe mallards, little egrets; then an oxbow lake, then the Adour river. Hikers will then head south and cross the cultivated plateau between the Adour river and the Gabas creek. After crossing the Gabas, the route follows the green path of Chalosse on the hillside of Montaut before joining Toulouzette. Topo-Guide: Rando Guide n°4 (Haute Chalosse) édité par le CG40
A new route starting from the Tilleuls square in Saint-Justin. This very nice trail begins at the edge of a vineyard producing the famous Armagnac brandy, produce of the distillation of white wines. Then the hiker will walk along a small pond that may freeze in winter. After the cross of sauveté, bordering the territories of the clergy, the Church of Douzevielle and its apse of the XI century appears between the pines. Some airials, and the track goes back to the village along the Douze river in the forest.
Start from the church of Bergonce. The walker sinks into the forest world of the Landes forest. Mainly pine wood (maritime pine); the cultivated forest also offers other species: common or tauzin oak, acacia, hazelnut ...
Topo-Guide: Rando Guide n°13 (Petites landes de Roquefort) édité par le CG40
The Cante coucut circuit starts from the main arcaded square of the village. The hiker crosses a countryside rimmed with alders, oaks and chestnut trees. Here the soil is enriched by sediments left by the Adour river.
Start from the church of Bergonce. The walker sinks into the forest world of the Landes forest. Mainly pine wood (maritime pine); the cultivated forest also offers other species: common or tauzin oak, acacia, hazelnut ...
A Sunday walk in the Petites Landes starting from the town of Geloux, the eponymous river crossing it, rightside tributary of the Midouze. Located in the land of Marsan, the loop provides a tour of airials, a typical landscape of the Landes de Gascogne.
Topo-Guide: Rando Guide n°10 (Marsan) édité par le CG40
A countryside hike through woods and fields south of Laglorieuse in the pays de Marsan. The hiker may spot a hunting tower camouflaged in the forest.
Another route starting from Notre-Dame de Lussole (or Saint George de Lussole), typical church of Gabardan country. This tour through the pine forest will give the opportunity to observe "maisons landaises" (traditional houses) with their porch roof and wood oven. A section of the route stretches along the old railway line between Bourriot and Gabarret. Hikers can combine this loop with the visit of the sources of Mouncaut or another loop starting from the town of Bergonce.
The loop is located on the municipality of Coudures in Chalosse. The country road leads the hiker to the crossing of the Bas creek, stream flowing into the Gabas river (tributary of the Adour). The route runs along ridges and sometimes allows open views on a rural landscape of cultivated fields, fallow meadows and groves. Then, the hike runs along the hill reservoir of Estela and ends its route by the washhouse and the fountain of Brameloup.
The hiker starts from the old Bourriot train station and gets into a forest environment punctuated by farms with a traditional architecture specific to the Landes massif. The loop connects with the Bergonce village and then heads eastward toward the station. During the mushroom season, the watchful walker may be able to come away with ceps in his bag.


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Jorhat, March 31: KMSS president Akhil Gogoi was released from Central Jail Jorhat this evening after the court of Titabar sub-divisional judicial magistrate (SDJM) granted him bail in the afternoon against a surety of Rs 10,000.
Yesterday, the same court had remanded Gogoi in judicial custody till April 11 by reserving the order on his bail petition for today, as police could not submit the case diary to the court.
A large number of supporters greeted Akhil, shouting slogans against the government.
Akhil came down heavily on the Tarun Gogoi-led government for "conspiring" to suppress his voice against "largescale corruption and atrocities" of the government.
Thanking the people and lawyers for their overwhelming support after he was put behind bars for almost a month, Akhil appealed to the people to hand out a big defeat to the Congress in the polls.
He accused Tarun Gogoi of acting under the Centre's instructions by lodging false cases to keep him in jail during the election, fearing a huge defeat. He said the government was planning to arrest him again in some old police cases lodged in Lakhimpur and Golaghat districts.
Akhil was granted bail by Gauhati High court in nine police cases and by the additional chief judicial magistrate (Kamrup) in two other police cases on Friday.
The Titabar sub-divisional judicial magistrate, Abhijeet Kumar Baruah, while granting bail, observed that there was a "long gap" between the date of occurrence of the incident (February 3) and the date of arrest, March 25. It "creates reasonable doubt regarding the intention of the investigating agency (police) to detain the accused," he added.
The order said considering the medical report, which stated that the accused was suffering from illness, and after perusal of the case diary, "the court is of the opinion that progress into the investigation of the case now does not demand any further detention of the accused".
He was yesterday flown in here from Guwahati Central Jail, according to medical advice of the Gauhati Medical College and Hospital where he had a check-up on Friday.
He was arrested in a case (No. 17/14) registered against him at Titabar police station on February 3 — the day hundreds of KMSS activists and Akhil staged a demonstration in front of the office of Titabar sub-divisional officer (civil) against alleged financial anomalies.
As the protest turned violent, the police caned the protesters and detained Akhil and KMSS joint secretary Vedanta Laskar on the office campus of the Titabar sub-divisional officer (civil) for nearly four hours.
The peasant leader has been booked under Sections 147 (rioting), 148 (rioting, armed with deadly weapon or with anything) 149 (offence committed by any member of an unlawful assembly), 353 (assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty), 332 (voluntarily causing hurt to deter public servant from his duty) of the IPC.
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Earlier in the day, hundreds of KMSS activists and supporters took out a procession here shouting slogans against the government in support of various demands like new and laws, a CBI probe into Rs 10-crore Titabar water supply scheme and Akhil's release.
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Robert L. Berry elected chairman of the board of Greater Community Bank
David J. Lance, President and CEO of Greater Community Bank, formerly known as Greater Rome Bank, Rome, Georgia, announced the election of Robert L. (Bob) Berry, as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Greater Community Bank on May 15, 2014. He succeeds former Chairman Tom Caldwell, who recently completed his term. Mr. Berry was a founding Director of Greater Rome Bank, serving since February 1996.
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