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Todd Profitt
Todd Proffitt is the President/CEO of Tennessee State Bank and has served as Chairman of the TSB Board of Directors since 1997. Todd grew up in banking as his father; Billy Proffitt was one of the founding charter members in 1972. Todd has a strong work ethic and believes in being committed to the communities that TSB serves.
Alfred Newman
Alfred Newman has served as a TSB Director for over 35 years. Most refer to Mr. Newman fondly as Alf and recall Newmans in Sevierville was one of the best places to eat in town. Mr. Newman later became a successful land developer but never lost sight of his love for customers, community, and family. He continues to also be very active in his church, Alder Branch Baptist.
Mitchell McCarter
Mitchell McCarter is a second generation TSB Director, serving on the Board with his father, Pershing McCarter. Mr. McCarter has been with the board almost 10 years. He is a Sevier County business owner and very active in the Gatlinburg Football program.
Pershing McCarter
Pershing McCarter has served as a TSB Director for over 35 years. Mr. McCarter currently serves as Director Emeritus. Mr. McCarter started McCarter Lumber in Pigeon Forge and other businesses. He is a trustworthy businessman proud of his community and his family. His son Mitch also serves as a TSB Director.
Travis McCroskey
Travis McCroskey has served as a TSB Director for over 10 years and brings his expertise with real estate development. Mr. McCroskey is also a hotel owner and is very active in Sevierville as an elected city council member and Alderman.
Charles R. Frost
Charles R. Frost is a successful businessman who has been a TSB Director for almost 10 years. Mr. Frosts 30-year career has been in lodging, restaurants, and retail. Mr. Frost is an asset to the Board and a loyal member of our community.
Robert A. Tino
Robert A. Tino is a well-known local artist and businessman who is very charitable, helping many organizations in our community. He opened his first gallery in 1984 and joined TSB as a Director almost 10 years ago. Mr. Tino continues to be an asset to the Board.
Andy Proffitt
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Relations between Washington and Beijing are improving and they will need to work together in the face of the global economic slowdown, state media said in a commentary early Thursday.
Both sides had made "concerted efforts" to improve ties in the last 30 years, the Xinhua news agency said in an editorial, together making "important contributions to world peace and development."
"The two countries have made substantial progress in developing a multi-faceted and multi-level constructive partnership," the commentary said.
Relations had not always been smooth since diplomatic ties were officially established in 1979, it noted, urging both sides to "really cherish the current development result of their ties."
That was particularly pressing given the grave economic situation globally, the editorial said, and both sides had a duty to work together to stimulate world growth.
"The two sides should promote their bilateral ties onto a new level, further strengthen high-level exchanges, step up cooperation in various fields, and enhance coordination in macro-economic and financial policies."
The editorial did not comment specifically on what it expected from US president-elect Barack Obama, although it did note the 30th anniversary of ties coincided with the first year of his administration.
However, Obama, at the height of campaigning ahead of the November 4 elections, accused China of manipulating its currency in a letter to the National Council of Textile Organizations.
Obama called for China to change its foreign exchange policies to rely less on exports and more on domestic demand for growth.
The yuan's value has been a sensitive issue between China and the United States, which has accused Beijing of deliberately keeping its currency low to protect the competitiveness of Chinese export prices.
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Singapore won't destroy 2 gay-themed book titles
07/18/2014 5:10amTwo children's books dealing with gay subjects won't be destroyed after all and will be restored to Singapore's public libraries, an official said Friday.
German artist Otto Piene dies, aged 86
07/18/2014 6:31amGerman artist Otto Piene, known for his colorful paintings and gigantic open-air sculptures, has died at age 86.
Lawsuit over Oprah's Colorado property dismissed
07/18/2014 7:11amA lawsuit accusing Oprah Winfrey of blocking access to hiking trails near her property above Telluride, Colorado, has been dismissed.
Man gets probation for trespassing at Swift's home
07/18/2014 7:51amA Massachusetts man has been sentenced to probation after being found guilty of trespassing at singer Taylor Swift's seaside mansion in Rhode Island.
Eviction delayed from 'Real Housewives' mansion
07/18/2014 8:01am"Real Housewives of New Jersey" cast members Melissa and Joe Gorga won't be able to move back into their Montville mansion just yet.
Broadway lights will be dimmed in Stritch's memory
07/18/2014 8:41amBroadway marquees will be dimmed in memory of a Tony- and Emmy-winning actress who epitomized New York and the theater world.
Lady A moving at jetliner's pace in life, studio
07/18/2014 9:20amThe title for Lady Antebellum's forthcoming new album, "747," refers to a hook in the title song about how a commercial jetliner can't go fast enough for a man trying to reclaim his love. It's also a fitting analogy for the country trio's own super-sonic momentum over the last year.
Lawsuit: Tyler Perry interfered with studio plan
07/18/2014 9:23amA Georgia entertainment company is suing Tyler Perry, accusing the filmmaker of unfairly working with government officials to transform a former military base into a studio for Perry's company.
Teen metal band plans book after Sony label deal
07/18/2014 10:11amThe teen metal band Unlocking the Truth, which recently signed a multi-album deal with Sony, plans to release a book next year.
NYC museum gets gift of Lichtenstein sketchbooks
07/18/2014 10:31amThe estate of Roy Lichtenstein has donated 21 of the pop artist's sketchbooks and two of his early drawings to the Morgan Library & Museum.
Trent Reznor contemplates the future, the road
07/18/2014 12:50pmTrent Reznor is in a race with technology, from the way he presents his music to fans on the road to how he approaches his job as chief creative officer at Beats Electronics.
Alexandra Shipp to play R&B singer Aaliyah in film
07/18/2014 12:51pmAlexandra Shipp has very little time to get ready for her new role as the late R&B singer Aaliyah.
QUICKQUOTE: CW's president on Shatner's tweets
07/18/2014 1:12pm"I am thrilled that Captain Kirk tweets. It's always good to have someone who is passionate about your shows," said The CW President Mark Pedowitz of William Shatner's tendency to live-tweet his network's shows.
White House party crasher fails to make ballot
07/18/2014 2:21pmOne-time White House party crasher and former reality television figure Tareq Salahi has failed to submit enough valid signatures to qualify for the ballot as an Independent Green Party candidate for outgoing U.S. House Majority Leader Eric Cantor's seat in Congress.
'Supernatural' stars still energized at season 10
07/18/2014 3:10pm"Supernatural" stars Jensen Ackles and Jared Padalecki say the TV series they started nine years ago remains just as fun today as it did at the beginning.
CNN reassigns reporter after 'scum' tweet
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Exec producer of 'The Flash' teases new series
07/18/2014 4:31pmGeoff Johns, executive producer of "The Flash," says the upcoming CW series is probably the most faithful DC Comics adaptation ever.
'Ninja Warrior' competitor wants to inspire others
07/18/2014 7:40pmA YouTube video that shows Kacy Catanzaro, a 5-foot, 100-pound gymnast, breezing through an obstacle course where others twice her size often fail has garnered more than 6 million views since she competed in the "American Ninja Warriors" TV show.
'Homeland' has eye on 4th year after Emmy snub
07/18/2014 8:10pmSeeing "Homeland" lose out on an Emmy best-drama nomination after two consecutive nods was painful, series co-creator Alex Gansa said.
Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows
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Lawyer: Unclear where Casey Kasem's body is
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My midwife introduced me to blue cohosh during my first pregnancy. Traditionally, blue cohosh was used by Native Americans to induce labor. They would drink the tea for several weeks before childbirth to make the birth process swift and easy. North American doctors in the Electic or Physiomedical herbal tradition used blue cohosh to counter restlessness and pain during pregnancy and to reduce labor pains.[2] When used in conjunction with black cohosh, this herb tends to increase mild uterine contractions similar to Braxton-Hicks contractions, strengthening the uterine muscles in preparation for birth. However, due to the increased contractions, it should not be used until the ninth month of pregnancy.
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State Rep. Daylin Leach (D-District 149), a 47-year-old who has served in the General Assembly for six years, insisted that he's running for the seat being vacated by state Sen. Connie Williams (D-District 17) to reinvigorate the Democratic minority in the chamber and help get stalled health-care and environmental legislation into law.
Leach stated that, up till now, the state Senate is where good ideas have gone to die — and he plans to change that.
But his opponent, 34-year-old Lance Rogers, elected to the Lower Merion Township board of commissioners as an Independent, has charged that Leach is part of the problem of stagnation in Harrisburg. The University of Pennsylvania graduate, who has practiced law at two Center City firms, was recruited by the state Republican party, initially to run against Williams, before she announced her decision not to seek re-election.
Republicans now outnumber Democrats 29 to 21 in the Senate. Democrats, though, hold a razor-thin, one-vote majority in the House. Leach said that, within several elections, it's not impossible that the Democrats could win control of the Senate.
Rogers has run an aggressive — some would say a downright negative — campaign against Leach through press releases, mailings and even commercials.
"He's been there for six years, and a lot of the problems we face now have arisen on his watch," said Rogers. "We are just trying to get the truth out there and letting people understand what's at stake in this election."
In a separate interview, Leach — a member of Main Line Reform Temple-Beth Elohim in Wynnewood — fired back that Rogers' entire campaign rests on the notion that "Daylin is a bad guy. [Rogers] has had not one idea on the environment or on health care."
Among the shots Rogers has taken at his opponent is criticism leveled at Leach for not publicly calling on state Rep. Bill DeWeese (D-District 50) to step down as Democratic Majority leader, as other Democratic lawmakers have done. Last year, following an investigation by state Attorney General Tom Corbett, 12 people connected to the Democratic caucus were indicted in connection with $1.9 million in state funds that were allegedly improperly given to legislative aides as rewards for performing campaign-related work.
DeWeese was not indicted, although as the head of the Democratic caucus, his political reputation has suffered damage.
Leach said that, indeed, he has called for DeWeese to resign, he just didn't do it at a press conference or by issuing a release, but instead did so in private.
Despite the bitter back-and-forth, the two have offered substantive ideas about what they would like to see happen in Harrisburg.
Leach, also an attorney, said his major legislative priorities include getting health coverage for the vast number of uninsured Pennsylvanians.
"We have to make Pennsylvania a destination state for the production and the research, and the manufacturing of green technologies," said Leach. "We need to be what Napa Valley is to wine and Silicon Valley is to computer chips for green technology."
He acknowledged that the current financial crisis might make many of these goals even more difficult to obtain.
A supporter of legislation aimed to divest state funds from companies that do business in Iran and Sudan, Leach said that, if elected, he would work to move the bill through the Senate, where it has stalled since passing the House earlier this year.
Rogers takes a different approach to the divestment issue. Rather than legislate which countries should be the targeted, Rogers suggested the creation of a new review board that would make recommendations on which companies should be excluded from state pension fund holdings due to their ties with terrorist-sponsoring nations.
Rogers noted that he voted for Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell in 2006, and that he supports much of Rendell's proposed "Access to Basic Care" plan, which would provide health coverage for many of Pennsylvania's uninsured.
Rogers said the state needs to create public-private partnerships to reinvest in infrastructure, such as highways and bridges, which in many parts of the state have fallen into disrepair.
"I'm the only bipartisan reformer in this race," he said; he touted his idea to offer free parking incentives to volunteer firefighters in Lower Merion as a way to avoid hiring professionals and also avoid raising taxes.
Rogers claimed that he was "somebody who can work with both sides of the aisle and somebody who is committed to shaking things up and making change."


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A new study released by The Chronicle of Philanthropy seems to suggest that the most religious states (especially in the South) are also the most charitable:
[Donors in Southern states, for instance, give roughly 5.2 percent of their discretionary income to charity — both to religious and to secular groups — compared with donors in the Northeast, who give 4.0 percent.]
But take a look at that wording: "Both to religious and to secular groups"… In other words, church counts as charity? Money you give to fatten your megachurch pastor's wallet and proselytize to people counts as charity? Doesn't that skew the results?
Well, let's see what happens when you exclude donations given to churches and religious groups. When you do that, the least religious states (in the Northeast) take the lead:
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NIMBY – not in my back yard – sensitivities have, for the moment, derailed the President's plan to close Gitmo. The Republicans, led by Sen. Lindsay Graham who claims to support closing the extra-legal detention facility, beat the White House to the punch framing the issue, appealing to people's understandable sense of fear of terrorists. Admittedly, there is not much beyond fear for the GOP to campaign on, but this fear casts an unusually harsh light on our prison system.
The television show "Prison Break" notwithstanding, when was the last time you heard of an actual prison break at a maximum security prison in the United States? Yet, every time state or federal authorities need to build a new prison, the NIMBY sensibility returns. I have never understood it. If someone did break out of prison, I suspect the last thing they would do is hang out in the immediate vicinity.
Be that as it may, both houses of Congress have refused to authorize funds for closing Gitmo lest the detainees end up at a federal facility in their home district. Of course, the crass political choice would be for the President to designate a federal facility in Oklahoma which was the state in which he polled the worst last November, losing by a whopping 66 to 34 percent. Or Wyoming, ideally somewhere close to Dick Cheney's ranch, a state Obama lost by 65 to 33 percent.
President Obama continues to enjoy stratospheric poll numbers. The RealClearPolitics polling average shows him with a 61.2 percent approval rating. That should provide some cover for Congress. Yet, despite the strong backing of progressive advocacy groups, only six senators backed Obama yesterday. Alas, our democracy does not always yield wise results, but it almost always yields results that will help incumbents in their next election.
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Sanyo PLV-Z2000 Home Theater Projector Review
Check out how the Sanyo PLV-Z2000 fared in our comparison report.
Click to read the head-to-head Sanyo PLV-Z2000 vs. Mitsubishi HC4900 projector comparison.
Click to read the head-to-head Sanyo PLV-Z2000 vs. Panasonic PT-AE2000U projector comparison.
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For the first look at the upcoming Sanyo PLV-Z3000, check out our blog. Scheduled to ship in December 2008.
As is traditional for Sanyo home theater projectors, the PLV-Z2000 is not particularly bright. Also traditional is Sanyo's very good value proposition. With the Z2000 having just started shipping, it holds the honor of lowest priced 1080p projector on the market. The $2495 MSRP is $200 below #2, the Optoma HD80, but Sanyo has launched it with a choice of a $300 cash rebate, or one of their GPS systems (your choice).
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Most significantly, however, is that Sanyo has built a tremendously film-like, natural looking projector for such a low price. Most likely, if someone has a new projector that can rival it, it is the new Panasonic PT-AE2000U, which also just shipping at this time. The older Panaonic PT-AE1000U I also considered very film-like when reviewed a year ago, but I think the Z2000 is even better. It should be interesting to see this new Sanyo projector slug it out with PT-AE2000U.
Purists on a tight budget, and those who don't demand extremly large screen sizes (over 106″) should flock to the Sanyo. Watching it on a wide range of movies, both hi-def – Blu-ray or HD-DVD – and standard DVD's (given their weakenesses) is a pleasure. Some projectors are "hard" looking, some never get skin tones down right, some have other flaws. The Sanyo doesn't suffer from any of those in it's best mode, Pure Cinema.
Sanyo PLV-Z2000 and the Competition
I'll just offer a quick run through here, mostly of things said in previous pages. After the beginning of the year, which means after reviewing 3-4 more new 1080p projectors, I'll have a full comparison article for your reading pleasure.
Sanyo PLV-Z2000 and the Optoma HD80
The HD80 has been the lowest priced projector until this Sanyo. The HD80 can definitely offer more lumens in best mode. The H80's 561 measured lumens, after grayscale calibration is its least bright and best mode, yet blows away the Sanyo's 363 lumens in Pure Cinema. Even The Sanyo's Brilliant Cinema wasn't any brighter, at 571 lumens. In brightest modes, too, it was no contest, with 601 lumens from the Sanyo being outdone by 1006 lumens for the Optoma in TV mode.
But, that's only brightness. And, while I really found the Optoma to be good overall after sorely needed grayscale calibration (definitely not a projector you want to watch "out of the box", without work), I still favor the Sanyo!
The image above of Jame Bond (Casino Royale, Blu-ray) looked great. Click for a larger version cropped to get you a very close look at his face.
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Hunger for Dictatorship
War to export democracy may wreck our own.
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The Iraq war has brought out a "hunger for dictatorship" in the Right that could signal the end of American democracy. — Editor of American Conservative
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Income investors face a challenging environment in the quest for yield. Valuations for traditional domestic dividend paying sectors (Consumer Staples, Pharma, Utilities, Telecom) seem stretched after nice runs over the past 12 to 18 months. I think now is a good time to look overseas for solid dividend payers with reasonable valuations. Europe seems like a good area to look for dividend stocks with solid cash flow and valuations given the negative sentiment currently hovering over the continent. Eni (NYSE:E) is a major integrated oil company that has cheap valuations, some important new energy finds and yields 5% to boot. It is worth consideration at these price levels.
Recent positives for Eni:
- It is making good progress with its huge field in Zubair, Iraq. It has raised production to 270,000 B/D and is targeting 1.2mm B/D at full production.
- The company just announced solid results from its well in the North Sea. The company believes the find has 30mm to 40mm barrels of recoverable oil equivalent.
- It just made its first important oil discovery in its fields off Ghana.
- It also recently had a significant gas find in Pakistan.
- Consensus earnings estimates for FY2012 and FY2013 have risen nicely over the last month.
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- The median analyst price target on E is $52 a share.
- The stock has a very reasonable five year projected PEG (1.35) for a 5% yielder. It also sells for just 7% over book value.
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George MacDonald & C. S. Lewis on Rights, Duties, Heaven
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In January of 1939 C. S. Lewis wrote to a friend that he had just finished one of George MacDonald's later novels, What's Mine's Mine, first published in 1886, and called it the fourth greatest book he had ever read. Lewis asserted in several places in his writings that MacDonald was his literary master, and after reading this comment, I was struck with the similarity of the title to what I believed to be the theme of Lewis's The Great Divorce, written just five years after he read MacDonald's novel: giving up all of one's rights and thereby saying to God, "Thy will be done," as the only way to obtain Heaven.
The word "rights" appears at least twenty-five times in The Great Divorce and at least fifty times in What's Mine's Mine. Could there be a link between these two works?
There are several striking resemblances. For example, in both books it is through dreams that the main characters learn spiritual truths. In both, the characters must learn that becoming like Christ is painful. And in both, some characters show that pride, intellect, physical beauty, gossip, and even motherly love can and often do usurp God's place in our lives. And, as readers of The Great Divorce will remember, the most important words in that book are given by George MacDonald. Here I will concentrate on one similarity between these two books: their view of individual or personal rights and their effect on our relation to God.
Briefly put, The Great Divorce uses the idea of the Refrigerium, offered by the Church Father Prudentius: the speculation that the damned are given holidays or excursions. The souls in Hell—described as a dreary, rainy, depressed gray town—have a choice either to go back to earth to play tricks on "poor daft women ye call mediums" (and most do indeed choose earth as their destination) or to take a bus to what we might call Heaven's depot or outpost—which is not deep Heaven itself, however.
Lewis was, by the way, careful in the preface to the book to beg readers to remember that the story is "a fantasy" and the picture of Heaven and Hell "solely an imaginative supposal" that did not say anything about the details of the next life. As the book's guide tells the narrator: "Do not fash yourself with such questions. Ye cannot fully understand the relations of choice and Time till you are beyond both. And ye were not brought here to study such curiosities. What concerns you is the nature of the choice itself."
The Ghosts' Choice
The soul who chooses to come to Heaven's depot is met by the "Bright Spirit" of someone he or she had known on earth, someone whose abode is deep Heaven, one who is "in" love, one who lives in the presence of God. Sent as Godbearers to the damned, these Bright Spirits confront the ghosts with the choice to keep their pet sin and return to Hell or to reject it and stay in Heaven. In contrast to the insubstantial ghosts who find it extremely painful to walk on Heaven's soft grass, the Bright Spirits shake the very earth upon which they walk.
One such meeting occurs between a "Big Ghost" and a Bright Spirit named Len. Len had worked in the Big Ghost's factory and murdered a fellow employee named Jack. He has now been sent from deep Heaven to assist the Big Ghost on his journey to joy, if the ghost will only accept such aid.
Throughout the conversation, the Big Ghost keeps repeating the word rights. After all, he declares, he was a good man: "I always done my best and I never done nothing wrong. And what I don't see is why I should be put below a bloody murderer like you, Len." He declares that he deserves to be in a better place than the gray town, for he was a decent man, one who never took any charity and always worked for what he got.
Over and over the ghost demands his rights, constantly refusing Len's plea that he accept what he calls "the Bleeding Charity." The Big Ghost ends the conversation shouting, "I came here to get my rights, see? Not to go sniveling along on charity tied onto your apron strings. If they're too fine to have me without you, I'll go home." And he does.
The Red Lizard
Similarly we observe the meeting of the ghost of an Anglican bishop with a former college classmate, a Bright Spirit named Dick. Like the Big Ghost, the Episcopal Ghost demands his rights—in this case, the right to intellectual freedom. By conversation's end, the Episcopal Ghost decides he cannot stay in Heaven, for he must go back to the gray city and present a paper at a meeting of a theological society on what would have been Christ's "mature views" if he had lived a long life.
We also observe the meeting of the ghost of Robert's wife with the Bright Spirit of a friend named Hilda. The ghost demands to see Robert, for she misses him greatly. She has a right to see him, after all: She always did her duty toward her husband. She made him make the correct social contacts, she made him industrious, she made him exercise, she made him. . . . She demands her right to finish what she started, and when refused access to her husband on her terms, abruptly leaves Heaven.
But one ghost stands out from the rest: a ghost with a creature on his shoulder, a red lizard that keeps whispering into his ear. A Bright Spirit appears, asking the ghost if he would like him to quiet the lizard. The ghost answers, "Of course I would." But the Spirit, now called an angel, asks to kill the lizard. The ghost is shocked. Kill him? No! Silence him, yes, but not kill him. For the ghost has become used to this lizard. As the angel comes closer to the ghost, the ghost shouts, "Get back! You're burning me. How can I tell you to kill it? You'd kill me if you did."
The angel answers, "I never said it wouldn't hurt you. I said it wouldn't kill you." The lizard reminds the ghost that the angel could in fact kill it. But who, then, the lizard asks, would whisper sweet dreams in the ghost's ear? Tormented by the lizard (who we later learn represents lust), the ghost screams to the angel to kill the creature.
When it dies, the lizard changes into a silvery white stallion and carries into deep Heaven the transformed ghost, who is now a solid man. Unlike the other ghosts, this ghost chooses to give up his "rights," to give up that which pleases him, and by so doing, enters deep Heaven.
Lewis's Teacher
In chapter 9, about halfway through the book, the unnamed narrator meets a teacher named George MacDonald, who explains to him the purpose of each ghost's journey. The narrator asks the man with the Scottish accent if the ghosts could stay in Heaven, and then inquires about those "poor ghosts who never get into the omnibus at all." The teacher answers:
All of us are thus presented with a choice: to abandon to Christ all our so-called rights and obtain Heaven in the process, or to keep our rights or any such right and thereby choose ourselves and earn our spot in Hell.
It is a lesson MacDonald himself offered in What's Mine's Mine. The novel tells the story of two families or houses, one old and one new. The Peregrine Palmers are newcomers to the Scottish highlands, having recently purchased choice property high up in northern Scotland. Mr. Peregrine Palmer, whose name means "pilgrim pilgrim," has taken residence in a newly built house with his wife, his two daughters—Christina and Mercy—and his two sons, who are for the most part absent from the tale.
Unbeknown to the Palmers, they are living on land once owned by the Macruadh clan, now greatly diminished in wealth and property, but not pride of lineage. Alister Macruadh is now the leader of the clan and therefore the protector of his people. His younger brother, Ian, is the intellectual one and he whose heart is most directed toward finding and knowing God.
The Palmers believe themselves to be superior to these low-class, uneducated, dirt-poor Scots. The Palmers love their Mammon, their money, and their social status. The Macruadhs, on the other hand, are the aristocracy of this region of the Scottish highlands. They, and in particular Alister, the chief, are the ones to whom members of the clan come for advice, comfort, and protection. What they lack in material wealth they have abundantly in wisdom, understanding, and grace.
Through a series of rather predictable events, the two Palmer sisters fall in love with the two Macruadh brothers, Christina with Ian and Mercy with Alister. Christina's love, however, is merely superficial, for she wants men to pay homage to her but then, having enjoyed the conquest, casts them aside.
Mercy and Alister, however, are of common mind. And through Alister's tutelage and as a direct result of his spiritual awakening, Mercy comes to an understanding both of herself and of God. Her father, however, has no such epiphany. Hating the Macruadh clan, he forbids Mercy to marry Alister, but she does anyway. He eventually casts her from his home, and lives a life filled with hate and isolation.
To Be & To Obey
In What's Mine's Mine, each major character must make a choice: to live for self and one's "rights" or to live for God and others, giving up his rights to his own prideful, selfish ways. Not only is the word "rights" repeated at least fifty times throughout the text, it is used by every major character.
For example, the boys' mother Isobel must (like Michael's mother, another of the ghosts in The Great Divorce) choose whether to love God first or her son. At one point, Isobel says to Ian, "What concerns you is more interesting to me than anything else in the whole world." To which Ian responds, "Not more than God, mother?" At that point in her life, "God was to her an awe, not a ceaseless, growing delight." Eventually, however, she does learn, through heartache, pain, and love, that she must love God first, and her children second.
Like his mother, Ian must also choose to discover or to reject God. He finally discovers that he must "obey God in the smallest things" in order to find him. When he chooses obedience in the smallest things, like not shooting animals for sport, he is then able to say to his mother, "When will men understand that it is neither thought nor talk, neither sorrow for sin nor love of holiness that is required of them, but obedience! To be and to obey are one." Like Sarah Smith, "one of the great ones" in The Great Divorce, Ian is "in" love with God, and tells his mother, "I don't believe about him, mother, I believe in him. He is my life."
In essence, Ian chooses to abandon his rights to God, as does the man with the red lizard on his shoulder. Before leaving his beloved Scotland to emigrate to Canada, Ian can finally say, "I owe my self nothing. What has my self ever done for me, but lead me wrong? What but it has come between me and my duty—between me and my very Father in heaven—between me and my fellow man. . . . [We] have no rights." He has learned that all "hangs in the will of God" and he has experienced "a positive, an active rest" while living and working in this world.
In Lewis's personal copy of MacDonald's What's Mine's Mine (held in the Wade Collection at Wheaton College), Lewis had underlined several passages. Next to these lines in Lewis's copy of What's Mine's Mine, Lewis wrote the two Greek words energeia and akinesia. I interpret the first as an energy or some power at work and the second as not being able to move, a lack of motion. Lewis means that Ian is thus able to experience an energy, a power at work within him while he is at rest. It is God transforming Ian, not Ian himself. By abandoning all his rights to his life, Ian is now being changed by God himself.
Alister's Choice
Alister must make the same choice as Ian and the others. He loves the land, but his "love of the material world, of the soil of his ancestral acres . . . is not yet one with the meaning and will of God." He knows and partially understands his struggle. He understands that "those who are trying to be good are more continuously troubled than the indifferent," and he realizes that "the love of possessing as property, must, unchecked, come in time to annihilate in a man the inheritance of the meek."
What he must learn, he eventually hears from the mouth of his brother: "God only can be ours perfectly; nothing called property can be ours at all." And through a series of blows, many of which come by the hand of Peregrine Palmer, many members of the Macruadh clan lose their property and come to Alister for help. In turn, he must sell his land to help his clan and, finally, must emigrate to Canada. Upon selling his land—his pride, his right—he has learned that "In God alone can trust repose."
By giving up his land, by giving up "his false deity," he has also learned that he has no rights before God. As he says, "Let God take from us what he will; himself he can only give." The narrator then notes that "Joyful [Alister] went down the hill" and left the land, a man who owned nothing but finally realized that "God was, and all was well."
Like the two Macruadh brothers, the two Palmer sisters are on their own journeys of choosing self or choosing God and others. Like Robert's wife in The Great Divorce, Christina lives for herself. The narrator notes that "few have learned that one is of no value except to God and other people. Miss Palmer worshiped herself and therefore would fain be worshiped." For her, the glory of life was the subjugation of men.
She and she alone stands at the center of her world, "for her world was a very small one, and in its temple stood her image." In choosing self, she fails to learn that "she was a nobody—that if the world were peopled with creatures like her, it would be no more worth sustaining than were it a world of sand, of which no man could build even a hut."
As the novel opens, Mercy is an "unawakened soul" who, by observing, listening to, and copying the actions of her Godbearer, Alister, awakens to God's dreams and desires for her. Like Sarah Smith in The Great Divorce, she learns that the power of human love is next to the power of God's love. By learning to love Alister and his God, "this plain, ordinary-looking young woman with fine eyes, began to put on the robes of beauty."
But it is Mr. Peregrine Palmer who (like Ikey, another ghost in The Great Divorce) lives for commodities, for money, what MacDonald dubs Mammon. Mr. Palmer believes his wealth—in this instance being his land—buys him his rights. His lands, his rights, are, he asserts, his and his alone. When asked to give a small parcel of his property to one of the oldest members of the Macruadh clan, he yells, "What's mine's mine, as I mean every man jack of you to know—chief and beggar." In demanding to keep his rights, he successfully alienates his children and lives out his final days in loneliness, cut off from those who love him.
Absolute Abandonment
To say to God, "Thy will be done," or have God say to you, "Thy will be done," is the theme and challenge of both MacDonald's and Lewis's stories. To say to God, "Thy will be done" means self-abandonment. As Ian notes in What's Mine's Mine, "I am sometimes almost terrified at the scope of the demands made upon me, at the perfection of the self-abandonment required of me; yet outside of such absoluteness can be no salvation."
Indeed, when confronted with choosing to love the world in the form of land or Mammon or choosing to love God above all else, Ian, like the man with the lizard on his shoulder in The Great Divorce, chooses God. He says:
Like all the characters in The Great Divorce and What's Mine's Mine, we too must make a choice. We all have a lizard on our shoulders. And in the privacy of our inner worlds, we enjoy this lizard. We think we cannot get along without our lizards. We have come to believe that we need them to make our lives tolerable.
And when God comes to us asking to destroy them, we feel his heat, his love, and we experience real, not imagined, pain. Such pain is impossible to ignore. Either we will give God permission to destroy the lizard or not. Either we can claim our right of independence or give up ourselves and our lizards and claim our dependency on God. Only in claiming our dependency, note Lewis and MacDonald, can we find real joy and finally, like Sarah Smith in The Great Divorce, be "in love" itself.
I conclude with a prayer voiced by Ian, who abandoned all his rights to Christ, choosing God above all else:
Ian concludes by looking to Christ as our model:
Charles E. Bressler is a professor of English at Houghton College and has written several books, including Literary Criticism: Introduction to Theory and Practice (Pearson Education) and a forthcoming book entitled Of Welcome and Wonder, on the literary and spiritual influences of George MacDonald and G. K. Chesterton on C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien, and other Oxford Christians.
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Fresh off yet another successful, critically acclaimed cross country summer touring season of "Sandy Hackett's Rat Pack Show," (www.SandysRatPack.com) Hackett Miller announce the exciting debut from its newly formed multi-media division, the Hackett Miller Network.
A new weekly podcast, produced by Lisa Dawn Miller and hosted by comedian Sandy Hackett, "10 in 60" has a unique format in which the show asks its listeners to submit 10 questions and/or topics of interest via multiple social media platforms. Questions and topics are chosen by the producer and brought up randomly for response by Hackett and his guests during the 60-minute guest interview. The show is light and funny and involves a lot of audience participation via all the social networking communities.
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CULLOWHEE Five Western Carolina University faculty members are in the running for Western's top teaching honor, the Chancellor's Distinguished Teaching Award, which will be presented during the spring General Faculty Meeting and Awards Convocation on Friday, April 22.
Established in 1976, the award is the highest honor given by Western in recognition of superior teaching. Winners are chosen through a two-stage process that includes nominations by students and faculty members, and a review of portfolios and classroom teaching videos by an awards committee composed of students and faculty. The recipient will receive a $1,000 honorarium and engraved plaque.
Nominees are listed, along with educational background and an excerpt from their teaching philosophies:
- Millicent Abel, professor of psychology, who began teaching at Western in 1992. Abel, a Sylva resident, earned a bachelor's degree in psychology and mathematics at Indiana University Southeast in 1979, and master's and doctoral degrees in experimental psychology at the University of Louisville in 1982 and 1988, respectively.
My primary teaching goal is to instill a love of learning for its own sake, Abel wrote. If I can effectively impart the intrinsic motivation and excitement for learning, all else will follow."
Therefore, two of my major responsibilities as a teacher are motivating students in the learning process and modeling the learning process as a lifelong commitment. In addition, a primary objective of instruction is not only to teach issues and concepts, but also critical thinking by encouraging students to analyze and process the issues and concepts.
- Laura Cruz, assistant professor of history, who joined Western's faculty in 2002. A resident of Canton, Cruz earned a bachelor's degree in history and political science at Virginia Commonwealth University in 1990, a master's degree in history at Purdue University in 1994, and a doctoral degree in history at the University of California at Berkeley in 2001.
Perhaps the most fundamental belief of my teaching philosophy is that every student has something to offer and every student is, in his or her own way, interesting and worth getting to know, Cruz wrote.
Through exercises such as role-playing, I try to accommodate and show appreciation for different talents and personalities in the classroom. The open environment provides students opportunities to make contributions tailored to their interests and abilities.
- Don Livingston, professor of political science and public affairs, who began teaching at Western in 1984. A Dillsboro resident, Livingston earned a bachelor's degree in government and international studies at the University of South Carolina in 1972, a master's degree in international relations and comparative politics at the University of South Carolina in 1974, and a doctoral degree in American government, public administration, public law and international relations at the University of Mississippi in 1984.
Effective teaching, in my opinion, requires an earnest effort on the part of the instructor to establish and nurture a personal mentoring relationship with students, Livingston wrote. This is why I think that it is so important that an instructor take the time to learn all the names of his students and new advisees at the beginning of each semester."
I cannot honestly tell you that I have a teaching philosophy. I can only tell you that I truly believe that I have a gift, and that nothing gives me more pleasure and satisfaction that sharing that gift with those who enroll in my classes.
- James Murphy, assistant professor of economics, who previously taught at Western from 1998 to 2000, and rejoined the faculty in 2001. Murphy, a resident of Cullowhee, earned a bachelor's degree in history at Emory University in 1986, a master's degree in business administration, business economics and international management at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in 1988, a master's degree in finance at Cornell University in 1989, a master's degree in economics at Georgia State University in 1996, and a doctoral degree in economics at Georgia State University in 2000.
Providing students with a useful toolkit to interpret their economic surroundings is my primary goal, Murphy wrote. To achieve this objective, students often must creatively apply fundamental principles or relationships to new questions. To equip them to meet this challenge, my teaching methods emphasize active learning, collaboration, conceptual rigor and developing a rapport with students."
I try to bring a sense of curiosity and enthusiasm to the classroom. Students are encouraged to ask questions and interact, both with me and their peers, to develop an understanding of their economic surroundings.
- Will Peebles, professor of music, who joined Western's faculty in 1992. A Cullowhee resident, Peebles earned a bachelor's degree in social work in 1979, a master's degree in social work in 1980, a master's degree in applied music in 1982, and a doctoral degree in applied music in 1994 all from Michigan State University.
My goal is to teach my students to teach themselves, Peebles wrote. I do this by being honest about my own process of education, whether I am learning to perform a new piece of music or following up a lead on one of the many topics of which I am still ignorant."
I do this by encouraging students to consider their own process of education, which may be different from mine, but which must be brought to consciousness in order to be enhanced. I do this by using whatever level of technology may be appropriate to the task.


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'NO VISITORS' I thumb the roller to
and leans against the door.
Comfortable in my horseblanket
I prop on the costly bed & dream of my wife,
my first wife,
and my second wife & my son.
Insulting, they put guardrails up,
as if it were a crib!
I growl at the head nurse; we compose on one.
I have been operating from nothing,
like a dog after its tail
more slowly, losing altitude.
Nitid. They are shooting me full of sings.
I give no rules. Write as short as you can,
in order, of what matters.
I think of my beloved poet
Issa & his father who
sat down on the grass and took leave of each other.
Poet: John Berryman
Poem: 54.
Dream Song 54: 'NO VISITORS' I thumb the roller to
Volume: 77 Dream Songs
Year: Published/Written in 1964
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Keep getting a pop up reading
Assert in LSP
Abort Retry Ignore
Any idea how to solve this. Tried all up dates cannot get rid.
Keep getting a pop up reading
Assert in LSP
Abort Retry Ignore
Any idea how to solve this. Tried all up dates cannot get rid.
1.Reset IE and check plugins ->Internet Explorer - Reset
2.Delete browsing history: Tools > Delete Browsing History > Delete All
3. Try reset winsock:
run cmd.exe with administrative previlliges and type
netsh winsock reset
It could be also caused by some malwares...
Thanks for that it seems to have worked
This worked for me:
First, find a website where this occurs. Note the website URL. After completing the fix below, go back to that website in order to check that this is no longer a problem.
Go to - Internet Explorer: Tools: Manage Add-ons.
Click on Shockwave Flash Object (Adobe Systems Incorporated)
Click the Disable Button
Click OK
Restart Internet Explorer, go to the copied URL and see if this fixed the problem.
This did solve the problem but now I do not have access to the website where it kept popping up..I use it on a daily basis and the only way I can gain access is to enable these settings again..Any suggestions?..Thank you
i tried everything. This finally worked:
From Programs: do the following
uninstall Adobe Flash
uninstall Adobe shockwave Flash
uninstall GOOGLE DESKTOP (this is VERY IMPORTANT to remove)
run a registry cleaner on your computer (you can download free ones)
after you have done the above:
download Adobe shockwave flash only (make sure its the latest version)
after you have done all of the above. go to the website you usually visit that causes the error problem to come up and see if it happens again. IT WORKED LIKE A CHARM and i can play my games without that aggravating message and best of all, no freezing up and crashing explorer.
Best of luck
I do not use Vista, as I am an XP Professional SP3 OS user with IE 8 for my browser. I had been getting the Assert in LSP message at TVPC.COM when receiving streaming video. The above procedure for resolution of this irritating problem works extremely well on XP as well as Vista.
Uninstall Adobe Flash
Uninstall Adobe Shockwave Flash
Uninstall GOOGLE DESKTOP (indicated it was extremely important, and haven't reinstalled to determine if a new installation will still yield problem resolution)
I rebooted the CPU and then I ran Registry Mechanic and also cleaned functions available in the "Privacy" tab.
I then downloaded the most current version of Adobe Shockwave.
As advertised above, it worked like a CHARM!


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Original Mike's seems to get more attention for its almost-weekly hot-rod-and-hog shows than its food, but that's okay—the cars beat the grub any day. If you don't want to deal with the crowds or the brutal sun shining off chrome and asphalt, a better spot to watch the classic cars and motorcycles is at this intersection, across the street from the Interstate 5 South onramp and just south of its offramp. It's here where the Original Mike's participants must pass, and the scene—hundreds of cars, Harleys and biker babes, louder than the John Wayne Airport runway—sometimes takes a full five minutes to disperse. Best part about this spot? It's just into the shade from trees standing on the nearby credit-union parking lot.
Founded in 1986, the Someone Cares Soup Kitchen serves meals to more than 300 people, seven days a week. The Costa Mesa-based nonprofit's mission is to feed a daily nutritious meal to the homeless, the unemployed, the working poor, the mentally challenged, the physically challenged, senior citizens and, most important of all, children. 'Cause it's all about the children. They were among those Someone Cares founder Merle Hatleberg noticed were coming to the door for food when she ran an Orange County seniors' program. Those needy folks did not qualify for meals under that program, so Hatleberg would slip them some food when no one was looking. She went on to pool her meager funds to buy a large pot for the first soup she served to the needy on June 15, 1986. Much has changed since then: 30 people were served that first pot of soup, and Someone Cares moved from local churches to a community center in Costa Mesa to, finally, a former Chinese restaurant owned by the parents of the founders of the Wahoo's Fish Taco chain. And there's now a staff, plus more than 150 active volunteers. Unfortunately, the need has grown as well.
If you're one of those people who thinks every month should have its own Oktoberfest, then fret not because there is room for your beer-swilling self over at the Phoenix Club, home to the largest outdoor festhalle in the country. Every May 1, the club opens its doors to the public for a daylong celebration of all things Germanic: sauerkraut, sausage, polka music, maypole dancing—sorry, fellas, not that kind of pole dancing, but rather the medieval-era one involving a tall pole, lots of ribbons and walking in circles—and beer. Lots of beer, and it goes for about half of the ridiculously overpriced Oktoberfest brews they sell at Huntington Beach's Old World Village. Long tables provide plenty of room underneath propeller-size fans hanging from the ceiling of the tent, while a never-ending parade of dancers in folk costumes struts its stuff in front of the white-haired polka band onstage. There's even a lady who stands in the middle of the floor with an unnaturally happy smile and cracks a whip just inches from your face. Achtung, baby!
How could a public radio station be better than KPCC? Okay, we know what you're going to say: by not playing public-radio programming. But that's wrong; KPPC's lineup is consistently fascinating and varied enough that it's worth tuning into at most times of the day. The personalities are who make it, from the nebbishy-but-bold Larry Mantle to the affably anti-jargon Kai Ryssdahl (whose nationally syndicated Marketplace is recorded in the same building as KPCC). But forget everyone else: The rock of the station is afternoon-news anchor Alex Cohen, who manages to be adorable yet authoritative while occasionally poking fun at the national programming or dropping references to her own passion for roller derby. Even KPCC's pledge drives are sometimes entertaining—not that we'd miss those if they were gone.
If you ever listen to classical music on the radio, chances are you've heard the host who sounds how a classical-music host would sound if he were a character on The Simpsons. Get beyond the funny voice, and you quickly realize that KUSC's Jim Svejda is probably the most knowledgeable (and opinionated) radio host in the country when it comes to classical music. His Sunday-evening show The Record Shelf has been around for decades and never fails to break new ground on old music, exposing listeners to both obscure works by well-known artists (okay, Gustav Mahler's Resurrection Symphony isn't that obscure, but you won't find it on most classical stations) and underappreciated gems by also-rans, such as Bohuslav Martinu's Piano Quartet No. 1, which opens Svejda's show. He rules the airwaves weeknights from 7 to 10 p.m., artfully letting the tinkling piano of his theme music fade away before he mellifluously transitions into the night's programming. If Charles Bukowski were alive, he'd purposefully delay his day's work of drinking and writing to take full advantage of Svejda's show.
In Marty Smith's capable hands, Orange Coast magazine continues to improve over the days when the publication was largely content-free. Smith loves a good story and has been sharing them with his readers. Sure, there are all the "best" lists (like, uh, this one), but nowadays, those are leavened with interesting profiles and local crime mysteries. The story of James W. Whitehouse, the husband of Susan Atkins, the convicted murderer from Charles Manson's gang, was one for the history books.


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Tarentum mother cleared of trying to conceal death of baby
A Tarentum woman is not guilty of concealing the death of her 5-week-old son, an Allegheny County judge ruled Thursday.
Attorney William Difenderfer said Judge Anthony M. Mariani agreed with his argument that the charge was intended for people who hide babies in Dumpsters, not his client, Nicole Dull, 32.
The Allegheny County District Attorney's Office did not comment on the judge's ruling.
The newborn's father, James Victor, 52, of West Deer pleaded guilty to concealing his son's death and received a year of probation last January.
Victor and Dull found the baby dead in his crib last Aug. 15, according to a criminal complaint filed by Allegheny County police.
The baby died of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, according to the Allegheny County Medical Examiner's Office. After his death, the couple drove with the baby's corpse to an Avalon hotel where they tried to commit suicide. They were distraught and fearful they would be blamed for his death.
The couple then drove to a Butler County hotel, where police found them and their son's body — by then dead for three days. He was tucked in an infant carrier.
Allegheny County police originally charged the couple with abuse of a corpse, concealing the death of a child and criminal conspiracy. The abuse and conspiracy charges later were withdrawn.


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whosdiary's recommendation
The Canon EOS 5D Mark II features 21.1-megapixel full frame CMOS sensor 1080p video mode, , DIGIC 4 imaging processor, ISO range of 100-6400, 15-point Autofocus sensor, 3-inch LCD with Live View, and more
TerryBain's recommendation
A 21 megapixel SLR from Canon with true HD movie abilities (that you can interrupt for a few stills and have it pick up where you left off)? You have to get up pretty early in the morning to want this more than I do. Really bizarrely desire and want and love right exactly now.
My Collections:
biv's recommendation
The top choice for professional quality without going to the top-level Canon EOS 1 series (with better weather sealing and higher frame rate). Top-notch quality images at 21MP and HD video. Taking video using a Canon tilt-shift lens or super-fast 50mm 1:1.2 is insane and very, very gratifying. The new 3" LCD is very generous too. I wish I could shoot video through the viewfinder alone (and not have to use live view) and set ISO manually while in video mode, but these are minor gripes. I love this!
chumpboy's recommendation
I'm a semi-professional photographer and this is one of my main cameras. It's a great camera in the field under rough/rainy conditions. The image quality is also stunning. It's pretty clear that Canon is focusing on the 5D line being it's full-frame/high mega-pixel count professional camera with the 1D line going to sub-full-frame sensors. The main trade off that I've experienced is that with the better capture full-frame sensor means though that your burst frame-rate ends up being lower. But that's only been a limitation for me when doing sports photography, and even then it's still OK.


text: I am trialing a remote control with my Starkey WII's. I like the idea. But the problem I am having is even though it is set for both right and left units sometimes only one unit recieves the change and the aids get out of sink. They don't communicate between each other and I end up with 2 different programs running or 2 different volumes. Is this a common problem or is there an adjustment my audi can do to fix it?


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When: Sun., Feb. 17, 5 p.m. 2013
The Dublin-based Wolfe Tones might have not get the same recognition as, say the Chieftains, but they're a notable Irish group that dates back to 1963. Named after a leader of the Irish Rebellion of 1798, the group recently issued Child of Destiny, a CD/DVD featuring orchestral arrangements of Wolfe Tones favs such as "Uncle Nobby's Steamboat" and traditional tunes like "Who Fears to Speak of '98." They won't have an orchestra for this gig — they now tour as a trio — but don't hold that against them. The guys have just announced they'll stop touring in 2014 after they celebrate their 50th anniversary so it's good to see them now while you can. (Jeff Niesel)
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Expect no more freezes for a while
Published: Sunday, February 17, 2013 at 7:42 p.m.
Last Modified: Sunday, February 17, 2013 at 7:42 p.m.
"No more freezes on the horizon," National Weather Service meteorologist Jason Hess said on Sunday.
Hess said Sunday night's freeze will be the last anticipated in the near future, as temperatures warm up this week.
Some morning frost is expected early today. Sunny skies are expected with highs in the low 60s. Tonight will be partly cloudy, with lows dipping down to 40 degrees.
A slight chance of showers is expected Tuesday, with a 20 percent chance predicted during the day. Temperatures will range from a high in the mid-70s to a low in the low 50s. A 30 percent chance of showers is predicted for Tuesday night.
Wednesday will be mostly sunny with temperatures ranging from the high 60s to the low 40s. Temperatures will warm up Thursday, forecasters predict. A high of 74 degrees is expected and a low around 56.
Friday and Saturday will be partly sunny with a 20 percent chance of showers. Temperatures will range from the low 80s to the high 50s.
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Le Lundi 5 Décembre 2005 16:15, Joe Rodiguez Jr. a écrit :
> In the interest of security and using monowall, what type of
> firewall topologies are folks implementing with Monowall. Please
> keep in mind that this question is asked from the standpoint other
> than the straight out of box WAN->LAN->OPT (DMZ) configuration?
> I would be interested in documenting for the group more complex
> designs that include routing firewalls and VLAN approaches.
See my message "SDSL/MPLS cross-site link"... I'm setting up this for
a client with commercial office in Paris and production building in
south of France.
Both sites have ADSL (PPPoE w/ fixed IPs) for Internet trafic and road
warriors VPN connections (ATM PPTP, but would like to switch to
Offices are (will be ;P ) linked through a SDSL 1/1 Mbps MPLS VPN
mainly dedicated to cross-site ERP and VoIP trafic.
Production building also hosts a DMZ for the mail server.
Finally, both sites have WLAN zones for meeting rooms and visitors.
wan (ADSL,PPPoE) wan (ADSL,PPPoE)
wlan | |
\ | |
m0n0 -------------------m0n0---wlan
/ | |
/ | |
dmz lan lan
PS: Will soon have a more detailed, nicer schema done in Dia (or
Inkscape now that it has connectors ! :D )... will be pleased to
share it, just tell.
S'arrêter complètement un jour de la semaine permet de s'interroger
sur ce que l'on fait le reste du temps.
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