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Drumwright honored by Henricus
By Patty Kruszewski, Citizen Managing Editor 09/27/12
George T. Drumwright, Jr. may have retired from his position as deputy county manager for Henrico.
But on Sept. 14, Drumwright's friends at Henricus Historical Park let him know emphatically that he will not be allowed to retire from his role as a Henricus Foundation board member and long-time volunteer.
At a reception honoring Drumwright and celebrating the opening of 2012 Publick Days, friends, family, colleagues and fellow members of the Henricus Foundation Board of Trustees gathered to dedicate the Drumwright Education Fund, a component of the Henricus Annual Fund that will enable the Foundation to expand interactive history program offerings for students.
Drumwright's colleagues also presented him with gifts and mementos, and spoke at length about his 25 years of contributions to the park.
Henricus Executive Director Charles Lewis Grant pointed out that when Drumwright first became involved, the park was just a place "covered in vines."
Today, Henricus boasts a dozen re-created colonial structures, including a hospital, parsonage, tobacco barn and planter's house.
"But it's not just about the buildings," emphasized John Siddall, chairman of the Henricus Foundation. "It's about the 25,000 schoolchildren that come through here every year."
And the Drumwright Education Fund, added Grant, will help students from the most disadvantaged schools gain access to park programs.
"If they can't get here," said Grant, "we go to them."
Jurisdictional cooperation
Siddall, who led off his remarks by telling Drumwright, "The first thing I want to say is you are not retiring from here," also praised Drumwright's role in supporting the partnership between Chesterfield and Henrico counties that has helped made the park so successful.
Through a fluke of history, said Siddall, both counties own land in Henricus -- even though today's park lies south of the James River in what is technically Chesterfield.
During the Civil War, Union troops began digging a new channel near the James so they could bypass Confederate fortifications that blocked approaches to Richmond. The new channel, completed after the war, left a part of Henrico across the river — surrounded by water.
"Because of this, we benefit," said Siddall, "and not only because we have this beautiful bluff. We also benefit from a great partnership between Chesterfield and Henrico; we get the support of both counties."
Ken Perry, former chairman of the board, noted that Drumwright had first visited the site in 1977. "I visited this site in 1985," said Perry, "and we both saw the same things: a bunch of trees and a beautiful river view."
He and Drumwright worked together on the board for 15 years, said Perry, during which the jurisdictional cooperation was "marvelous."
'He knew every inch'
Dorothy Jaeckle, vice chairman of the board, recalled that when first elected to the Chesterfield County Board of Supervisors, she was taken aback by the number of boards on which she was expected to serve, and overwhelmed by the steep learning curve required to learn about the various organizations.
Appointed to the Henricus board because the park was in her district, Jaeckle said that joining a board with Drumwright only magnified her feelings of inadequacy.
"George was the one," she said, "who took the sickle and cleared the way in [to the historical area]. He knew every last inch of this place." But her feelings of inadequacy were soon eased, said Jaeckle, because Drumwright was so clearly passionate about the park, and made it clear that he wanted only to share his knowledge of it with others.
Chesterfield County Manager Jay Stegmaier, noting that Henricus was recently named the best park in Central Virginia by readers of Richmond.com, credited Drumwright with being one of the key players that helped the park succeed.
"You've become an icon for Central Virginia," Stegmaier told Drumwright, jokingly inviting him to use a sword to carve his initials in a tree on the site. "[Henricus] is a treasure for Chesterfield and Henrico County, and it's rapidly becoming a treasure for the entire country."
"And," added Stegmaier, echoing the previous speakers, "we're not going to let you totally retire."
A radiant light
In thanking his colleagues for gifts that included colonial-era replicas of a hat and a lantern, Drumwright cited "huge support" from the community as his inspiration, and noted that like the lantern, Henricus had blossomed from a tiny spark of a concept into a radiant light.
Only days before, said Drumwright, students visiting the park from Lucille Brown Middle School had been using a newly re-created platform overlooking the bluff to calculate the trajectory of cannon fire needed to bridge the river – demonstrating just one of the unique hands-on lessons that the park provides to schoolchildren.
Upon being presented with a sword, Drumwright reminisced about his first job in Norfolk, during which he occasionally perched on the rails of a replica ship and played the role of pirate.
"We used to break these swords once a week," he said, "fighting each other."
Everything a miracle
As the celebration moved into the dinner-and-music phase – featuring favorite Drumwright band Steve Bassett and Friends – incoming Henrico County Manager John Vithoulkas read a letter from Tuckahoe Supervisor and fellow Henricus board member Pat O'Bannon, who could not be present at the celebration.
Addressing Drumwright, O'Bannon wrote, "Before Google, George, we had you to ask for answers. Now we can ask Google, but it's not nearly as good."
Thanking Drumwright for serving as a mentor, O'Bannon went on to quote Albert Einstein, who once said, "There are two ways to live: you can live as if nothing is a miracle, and you can live as if everything is a miracle."
"George," wrote O'Bannon,"lives his life as if everything is a miracle."
Echoing O'Bannon's sentiment, Vithoulkas recalled visiting the undeveloped, overgrown future site of Henricus decades ago, when he worked under Stegmaier as a budget analyst.
"It wasn't nearly what we've got here now," said Vithoulkas.
"George, you've done a phenomenal job."
For details about Henricus and the Drumwright Education Fund, visit http://henricus.org.
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Simulation Models
Physical principles for simulations
- We confirm the movement of rocket on 2D plots in simulation.
- We assumed that movement of biomolecular rocket is affected by following four forces and dynamics in simulation.
1. Driving forces from Bubble detachment
1.1. Calculation for Speed
- Bubbles detachment helps Biomolecular Rocket go straightforward.
- The Biomolecular Rocket is accelerated by a single bubble detachment every Δtd seconds .
- Bubbles detachments occur when fixed time Δtd passed.
- We defined radius changes of bubbles with time as following formula.
- Δtd is defined as the time which is required bubbles to reach its detachment radius Rd.
- We defined velocity vi produced by single detachment and Δtd as following formula.
1.2. Directional Calculation
- Where bubbles generation occured is determined randomly on the hemisphere surface with catalytic engine.
2. Fluid resistance
- Fluid resistance decreases speed of the Biomolecular Rocket.
- Fluid resistance depends on the velocity of the Biomolecular Rocket and viscosity of solution.
- Resistance is defined as
- Therefore, acceleration of the Biomolecular Rocket is
3. Translational Brownian displacement
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- Translational displacement by Brownian movement is described as
4. Rotatory Brownian changes
- Rotatory Brownian movement decreases the directional controllability of Biomolecular Rocket.
- Movement of Biomolecular Rocket is also much influenced by Rotatory Brownian Movement
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He tapped on her bedroom door. After months of pursuit, Penelope had invited John to her bed. He took it as a sign that she was finally over her disappearing ex.
John turned the knob after her husky come in. Her diaphanous sheet covered just enough to give a hint of propriety; bare arms and legs glowed ephemeral in the flickering candlelight. Dark spots pooled on the bed, suggesting blood, but Penelope's inviting smile along with the rose-scented air erased his momentary unease. Lust propelled him forward. Rose petals fluttered to the floor.
"I've wait—," John cleared the huskiness from his voice, "I've waited so long for this, for you."
"Me too," Penelope whispered. Her voice sounded calm, but candlelight bounced off the perspiration sheen on her forehead. He kissed her forehead, combed his fingers through the thick cords of her hair. He marveled at her translucent skin, her fluttering eyelashes, her shallow breaths.
He glided his hand across the sheet, felt her nipples harden under the silky fabric. She unbuttoned his shirt, traced the line of hair to his navel. Like a seam, she whispered. He slid the sheet, revealing the swell of her breasts, his eyes hungry for what his fingers already tasted. She pulled the sheet until the hem touched her collar bone, intensifying his need. He wanted to rip the fabric shrouding her body, touch his skin to her skin, but her lip quivered, her body trembled.
John leaned closer, about to say it's okay if you want to wait, but all he heard was his own grunt. She wrapped her arms around his neck, pulled him closer, teased him by brushing her lips against his. The sheet chafed against his chest, but her tongue distracted him. She licked a trail to his earlobe.
"Tell me how much you love me." Her breathy words heated his ear canal. He felt her pulse in her temple. "Tell me."
"I love you so much—"
"How much?"
"I love you more than life itself. I love you with every fiber of my being."
"Do you mean it? Really, truly mean it? I need you."
"Yes I mean it. I'm all yours."
She shifted, flipped them so he was under her, his back against the bed. She straddled him, her thighs vice-grips against his hips. Penelope leaned close. The sheet molded against voluptuous form, defying gravity. "Thank you," she said, studying his eyes. The force of her gaze mesmerized him. Lethargy seeped into his body. She shook her head.
Her hair snapped the air, a thousand whips cracking before each lashed at John, securing his ankles, his wrists, his whole body immobile. The ties that bind he thought, then felt an insane urge to giggle.
"I can see them! Each and every fiber of your being. I need them, you know." She straightened, extending her hands in front of him. Each fingernail ended in a sharp point. With her index finger, she tapped at the soft dip in his collar bone. He gasped at the sudden puncture-pain, screamed from the sensation—the tugging of a tube out of the base of his throat.
"Got one!" She held a long iridescent string. She deftly looped it from her hand to her elbow, until she held a long coil, which she laid carefully on the bed. "This is the fabric of my life."
Penelope then touched her sheet. The thin covering slithered off her chest, revealing—nothing. Instead of breasts, a stomach, and hips John saw a shimmer, opaque air between the legs squeezing his body and the shoulders hovering. She touched the end of the coiled fiber to the top of her thigh, to where her non-existent crotch somehow rested on John's pubic bone. John screamed.
She traced around both his nipples, let her fingernails glide down the center of his chest, slicing the hair-seam down his stomach to his navel. John's screams echoed in his mind as Penelope tugged, her fingers racing to weave the fibers she extracted from his body into her body. Pale skin emerged, filling the blank space.
"Almost done. One last fiber and I'll be ready for his return." John slurred your ex? but felt his mind unravel. As sensation ceased, Penelope stood, radiant and whole.
29 comments:
- Carrie said...
Wow, this was immense in such a small space. Great idea here!
- October 7, 2010 at 11:23 PM
- ~Tim said...
Interesting take on the phrase. Very creepy.
- October 8, 2010 at 12:17 AM
- Sulci Collective said...
we've all had sex like this haven't we?
Very skillfully written, even though I guessed where this was heading from the title, I was still thoroughly enthralled. As wrapped up in it as your poor sap was unwrapping.
marc nash
- October 8, 2010 at 3:03 AM
- Sam said...
Very classy! There was an intensity and power in this piece that I really enjoyed.
- October 8, 2010 at 3:58 AM
- Linda said...
Well! Steamy and seamy ride. You mix horror and erotica so, so well, my dear. Peace...
- October 8, 2010 at 4:28 AM
- Timothy P. Remp said...
Very powerful piece, the horror and sensual moments really drew me in. I did notice the hook in the first paragraph and the foreshadowing 'marks' on the bed.
- October 8, 2010 at 7:30 AM
- Mike Robertson said...
Lordy Peg, you're scary when you want to be, aren't you. What a concept - one I have never read before. Amazing work.
- October 8, 2010 at 7:52 AM
- Jay Thurston said...
Great build up of passion and intimacy. Creepy ending. Evilly playful, that Penelope.
- October 8, 2010 at 8:16 AM
- Laura Eno said...
Wicked! What a turn you take with this. Very descriptive.
- October 8, 2010 at 8:40 AM
- ThomG said...
Wickedly delicious, creepy and just plain good.
- October 8, 2010 at 9:39 AM
- quin browne said...
Effing amazing. It made me go, "OHHHHH!!!" in a good way.
- October 8, 2010 at 10:06 AM
- Valerie said...
Yikes. Now I want to know who she's ready for. How many fibers make a man...?
- October 8, 2010 at 11:13 AM
- Mark Kerstetter said...
Well, it was probably just my love of assonance: 'old soul' sounds better than 'old being'. But you got me to thinking about the 'old tired' part, and it might have also come from my love of Baudelaire, whose "Live on, damned soul!" is impossible to forget. There's a dark supernatural aspect to his "Flowers of Evil" - evil black cats, poisoned flowers, bad wine and vampires. It's weird to think that you tapped into that. It's great to see you create your own monster - creative mind at work! I feel deeply complimented just to have been an accidental bystander to your imagination.
- October 8, 2010 at 4:29 PM
- Deanna Schrayer said...
I must second Linda's comment - you have a knack for blending erotica with horror. Very well written Peg.
- October 8, 2010 at 5:01 PM
- G.P. Ching said...
Completely creative and chilling to the bone. Taking every fiber of his being...somehow I don't think that's what he intended. Great story, well written.
- October 8, 2010 at 5:45 PM
- afullnessinbrevity said...
An intense sensuality that gets turned on its head into a creepy horror. Great stuff.
Adam B @revhappiness
- October 8, 2010 at 6:43 PM
- John Wiswell said...
I went through all that? I can believe me saying it's okay if you want to wait, but sheesh. My blackouts are getting worse. Not that I disbelieve it. Especially once it comes to me suffering for some girl's ex, no, it seems entirely plausible.
- October 8, 2010 at 10:22 PM
- Alan W. Davidson said...
That was the perfect merge of sensuality and horror. The description of the fibres being removed was fantastic. Great work, Peggy.
- October 9, 2010 at 4:52 AM
- Steve Green said...
A very skilful blend of horror and erotica, very well written, and immensely gripping.
- October 9, 2010 at 9:54 AM
- Eric J. Krause said...
That was certainly creepy. Great description of the horror taking place. Excellent story!
- October 9, 2010 at 2:09 PM
- L'Aussie said...
Monstrously good, Peg. Great descriptions. I was sucked in so to speak..:)
- October 9, 2010 at 11:17 PM
- placebythefire said...
Ooh creepy. Very disturbing.
- October 10, 2010 at 5:32 AM
- A. S. Boudreau said...
quite the horror... and yet erotic as well... and no way could I quit reading!
- October 10, 2010 at 6:17 PM
- Crystal said...
I don't think I can add anything that hasn't already been said.
- October 10, 2010 at 6:43 PM
- Bukowski's Basement said...
Hot, sexy and creepy all at once...
- October 10, 2010 at 9:27 PM
- Rachel Blackbirdsong said...
I like this with every fiber of my being. Sexy, scary...the perfect combination.
- October 11, 2010 at 1:33 AM
- mazzz in Leeds said...
I'm glad other people found it sexy too (the unravelling I mean, rather than the foreplay!) was a bit worried it would just be me. She's one cool maneater. I wonder how the return of the one she awaits will pan out
- October 12, 2010 at 11:37 AM
- Rebecca Emin said...
Amazing blending of erotica and horror. I'm not sure I should have read this one last before I try and sleep! So creepy.
- October 14, 2010 at 3:22 PM
- Paul D. Brazill said...
Hot stuff! Very well told and more than a little spooky.
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Over the past two years, I've had the honor of working with parents and practitioners who minister to children and adults with disabilities. Time and time again, main themes emerge as potential roadblocks to working with those who require something a little different than your average presentation of the faith. Three themes follow, along with some wisdom I've gained along the way
Creating a Welcoming Environment
One common roadblock is a congregation or a class that doesn't fully welcome an individual with special needs. Sadly, individuals or families may sometimes be turned away from attending services or classes or receiving sacraments. Here are a few tips that might help change minds and hearts so all of God's children are welcomed in community:
- Invite experts in the field of disability to speak to your audience about the importance of welcoming those with special needs. Invite speakers to emphasize that an individual with special needs does indeed have a spiritual life and should be invited to participate.
- Help others use "people first†language in which words place the person before the disability, such as she has autism versus she is autistic. A simple Internet search can provide many positive examples.
- Adapt spaces and seating arrangements so everyone can feel included.
- Provide adaptive faith-related materials, such as The Adaptive First Eucharist Preparation Kit or The Adaptive Reconciliation Kit by Loyola Press.
Teaching to Strengths
Teaching individuals with disabilities requires us to look at each person uniquely, to identify his or her strengths, and to differentiate our approach. Try these ideas to help teach to a person's strengths:
- Talk with family members. Find out what works and what doesn't in school and social settings. What motivates this person? What calms him or her? What causes anxiety or discomfort? What assistive materials might help this person?
- Watch for feedback, facial, physical, or verbal. Being a careful observer can help you assess a person's level of comfort or understanding.
- Modify and adapt your approach. For example, if a person has a physical disability, consider presenting ideas visually or verbally. If a person has difficulty maintaining attention, make the learning hands-on and active.
Recognizing Signs of a Disability
Take some time to learn about the disabilities of those you serve. Pay attention to characteristics that might be misinterpreted as irreverence or inappropriate behavior. Chances are, these behaviors are signs of a disability. These characteristics are often signs of a disability that should be received with tolerance and compassion:
- involuntary movements such as tics, tremors, or vocalizations
- lack of eye contact
- inability to give a verbal response or a confusion in providing a gestural response (such as shaking head no when the individual means yes)
- difficulty swallowing
- holding ears, pacing, or other gesture that signals sensory issues
So let's remove the roadblocks and work together to help those with special needs experience the richness of a relationship with Jesus and with those who share their faith. We all have different abilities. We are all needed. We are all valued.
Joellyn Cicciarelli is a national workshop presenter and the director of curricula development at Loyola Press, who oversaw and helped develop the Adaptive First Eucharist Preparation Kit and the Adaptive Reconciliation Kit.


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The City of Minneapolis says federal stimulus dollars accounted for nearly 206 full-time-equivalent positions according to federal formulas.
The city says stimulus dollars actually put 609 people to work in the city. This weekend is the deadline for cities and other agencies across the country to make their first reports on stimulus spending to the federal government.
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Gorzelanny to Henderson: Be patient after surgery
MILWAUKEE -- Nearly nine months removed from a so-called "clean-up" procedure on his pitching shoulder, Brewers left-hander Tom Gorzelanny would offer simple advice to the teammate -- former closer Jim Henderson -- who underwent the same surgery this week.
"It's all about showing patience," said Gorzelanny, who had his surgery in early December and is still working through some after-effects. "It's about putting in the time and the work to get back. It's definitely a test of your patience."
The Brewers expect Henderson's rehab to span four months, generally the same timeline offered to Gorzelany when he underwent surgery last December. The lefty hoped to be ready for Opening Day, but wound up not making his season debut until June 15.
Entering Wednesday, Gorzelanny had made only 15 Brewers appearances this season. He had a 0.68 ERA and only twice pitched back-to-back days. The arm feels strong, but Gorzelanny still experiences more soreness than usual after an outing.
"It's not like you have surgery, do your rehab, come back when you're supposed to and everything is perfect," he said. "You still have to deal with some feelings and pain you're going to get post-surgery. That goes for a lot of guys who have surgery.
"Everyone says the year you come back from surgery is going to be tough, and then when you get the long offseason, the next year is going to be better."
Gorzelanny has confidence that will be the case for him. He is a free agent after this season.
"It seems like these days, it takes a lot longer for us relievers [to sign], so I'm just going to sit back and be patient," said Gorzelanny, who made $5.7 million over his two-year deal with the Brewers. "My focus now is to finish up strong and show that I'm healthy."
Henderson, meanwhile, has one more Brewers season remaining before he is eligible for arbitration.
"He's doing [surgery] at a better time than I did it," Gorzelanny said. "He's got a lot more time to recover from it. ... And you know he's going to work hard as he can at his rehab. He's very dedicated. I'm not worried about him at all."
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SAN FRANCISCO -- Perhaps the only sour note on an otherwise brilliant Sunday afternoon at AT&T Park for the Giants was the performance of Tim Lincecum.
The righty made his first appearance since his move to the bullpen in the eighth inning of the Giants' 15-5 victory against the Brewers. He gave up a solo home run to Ryan Braun in the eighth and was charged with two more runs in the ninth. He also hit Martin Maldonado with a pitch.
His final stat line? Two innings, three runs (two earned) on three hits. The rust was to be expected, manager Bruce Bochy said.
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Technocracy's Endgame: Global Smart Grid Technology [digital meters] Patrick M. Wood, Erstine Radio
Technocracy's Endgame: Global Smart Grid Technology – Patrick M. Wood, Erstine Overnight Radio Show – The development and implementation of Smart Grid technology in the US — reinventing the electrical grid with Wifi-enabled digital power meters — is proceeding at breakneck speed. Although Smart Grid is the result of years of government planning, the recent kickoff was made possible through massive "green" grants that were quietly included in President Obama's economic stimulus package starting in 2009.. On February 17th, 2009 President Obama signed The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. In that package .5 billion was allotted to the Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability (OE) to modernize and secure the nation's electricity grid. The largest portion of that amount, .375 billion, was allocated to the Smart Grid Investment Grant Program. In addition to the United States, Smart Grid is being implemented in both Canada and Mexico. Planners are working on standards that will integrate all of North America into a single, unified Smart Grid system. www.augustforecast.com (full article) "The dark horse of the New World Order is not Communism Socialism or Fascism. It is Technocracy." – Patrick Wood


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The 111th Precinct held its council meeting recently in Bayside, updating residents on recent crime stats, answering questions from the community and honoring two officers as Cops of the Month.
For their work thwarting a robbery pattern consisting of 13 thefts, Patrick Hughes and Evan Ostrofsky were honored by Commanding Officer Ronald Leyson and Precinct Council Vice President John Bisbano as the September Cops of the Month.
Leyson announced the Precinct has seen an 8 percent decrease in crime over the past year, which is among the best in the city. Robbery and rape are the only crimes that have seen an increase since 2010. Over the last 28-day period, crime is down almost one-third in the precinct.
To help combat small electronic robbery – especially in and around area high schools – the 111th Precinct has undertaken a six-week initiative visiting schools and educating students.
Community Affairs officers have been handing out two flyers. One gives tips on how to avoid becoming a victim of small electronic theft, and the second informs kids of the penalties involved with these thefts, which is a felony and can carry up to seven years in jail.
Also announced at the meeting was the Precinct's coat drive and canned food drive which begins on November 15. Any lightly used coats or non-perishable foods can be dropped off at the precinct and will be distributed to those who need it most.


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Sara Winter has been an aide for children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) at home and at school, including her own 11-year-old nephew, for over a decade.
A professional dancer, Winter had sustained a knee injury and was recovering from surgery shortly after her nephew was diagnosed. He needed a therapist, and working with him "was mostly a practical decision at first, but what happened was that I got to be with [my nephew] every day and see him navigate his life."
Winter, who worked as her nephew's educational assistant while he was a student at the Toronto Heschel School, said another perk to working with him was being able to experience a Jewish education, second-hand.
"I didn't attend day school… It was a gift to be able to explore Judaism through the kids I was in class with, and a very meaningful experience," she said.
Winter added that although her efforts were meant to help her nephew, she also benefited from and was inspired by his strength.
"I had no idea how much one little boy would change the way I looked at everything," said the 38-year-old Winnipeg native.
After a skirmish one day at recess that left her nephew upset, Winter encouraged him to type a note to his parents on her Blackberry to convey his feelings.
"I was completely astounded by the level of sophistication he was showing by expressing himself in this way. I realized in that moment that I had been underestimating him, and if I was underestimating him, who else in his immediate community was, and what opportunities was he missing out on as a result?"
As diverse as the challenges are that can accompany a diagnosis of ASD, Winter said she thinks the biggest challenge is that "these kids are often misunderstood because they communicate differently. Many environments are not conducive to receiving the information they're putting out."
It was then that Winter, who has been trained in the use of several therapies, realized there should be software for kids with autism "that isn't therapy and isn't gaming, but something in between. Something that took [her nephew's] communication style and sensory processing into consideration and made it safe for him to communicate not only with parents and peers, but with himself."
She spoke to her family and "in a leap of faith," decided to create Squag – an innovative social platform designed specifically for tweens and teens (ages eight to 18) with autism.
The service, which includes a desktop application and a website, offers these children a safe and comfortable online space where they can practise their communication skills and gain self-confidence.
Winter said Squag was designed to build "organic relationships" driven by the kids and supported by their parents. As a social, recreational and creative outlet for these children, Squag gives users a chance to self-reflect before reaching out to their peers.
"We built this platform based on our loved one," Winter said. Squag was one of her nephew's first words (his word for "square" back in the early days of his diagnosis and treatment therapy).
"The word reminds us how far he's come and how far we know he'll go."
Once a parent registers and is approved to be part of the Squag community, their first task is to set up their child's Squagpad, Winter said.
"They curate content and post positive messages for their son or daughter to see when they arrive in their room. The Squagpad is a beautiful private space, with no file sharing of any kind."
When the users arrive in their Squagpad, they are surrounded by all of their favourite things. They can watch videos, browse photos and write in their journal. They can scroll over their room, see notes from their parents and brainstorm their own ideas to share with their peers, Winter said.
Still in its early stages, Squagpad is now in a testing phase before its wider launch this spring. Through a matching system monitored by parents, users are offered a small sample of Squaggers to connect with. If the other user accepts, their Squagpads pop up together and the original thoughts they've created about themselves become available to spark conversation.
"Squagging is always one on one, based on matching criteria set up by the user's parents. Users have an opportunity to reach out to their peers based on common interests and shared experiences. Squag offers kids on the autism spectrum a safe corner of the web, where they can self-reflect, break down the big idea of friendship and build confidence to take with them where ever they go."
Winter said one of the reasons she thinks kids with autism are often misunderstood is that they have trouble adjusting emotionally in their home or school environment.
"When kids are regulated, and out of fright/flight mode, they are available to learn and therefore connect. That's what we're out to do. To give them a place that's safe in every way, offering a little bit of extra time to respond and create original ideas."
Almost 300 families from 12 different countries are now testing Squag, Winter said.
Many of the children have given feedback on how the features work, and she is paying close attention to their input.
"The goal is to give them an opportunity to ask for what they need and want to see down the road. Some of the older teens do not like all the parent involvement, which is something to consider for this specific group of users only."
She said the children "really want to connect with other Squaggers. They want to be able to talk about their unique interests that aren't necessarily validated in their daily lives."
Creating a Squagpad can be done through a free trial offer, but there is a monthly fee of $7.99 to maintain the account. For more information, please go to www.squag.com.
Winter said she plans to donate 10 per cent of Squag's proceeds to special needs organizations.
As one of the first Certified B corporations in Canada – those that use business to solve social and environmental problems – Squag meets higher standards of social and environmental performance, transparency and accountability, Winter said.


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Long before computers, smart phones and television, the radio was the center of family entertainment and information.
Now those classic old radios are being collected and restored by members of the Southern California Antique Radio Society. On Saturday, the club came together in Orange for its annual auction, at the Grand Street Center of The First Presbyterian Church.
"You will see radios you will never see," said club president Jim Ryan.
Up for sale are all types of vintage radios, including consoles, table sets, cathedrals and tombstones, as well as novelty and rare radios made from materials such as plastic, wood, Bakelite and Catalin.
Barry Dagestino, a member from Anaheim, has been collecting radios for more than 30 years and claims to have in excess of 2,500.
"Dagestino has the largest collection in Southern California," Ryan said.
A small tabletop radio made of the polymer Catlin sold for $3,000 to Jim Fisher, a member from Burbank.
The event is open to members. Those interested in joining can find more information about membership and upcoming events at www.antiqueradios.org.


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A Greenbrae attorney involved in what court officials called a bogus predatory lending lawsuit scheme and foreclosure rescue scam faces disbarment after a decision by a State Bar Court hearing judge this week.
Sharon L. Lapin, 57, attorney of record in 130 predatory lending lawsuits from August 2009 to November 2010, was charged with 26 counts of professional misconduct and found guilty of most. None of the victims listed in the decision were from Marin County.
Lapin claimed innocence and said she would appeal.
"I never engaged in a scheme to defraud clients," Lapin said Friday as she scrambled to tie up loose ends before losing her license to practice law at midnight.
She was excoriated in a judgment Wednesday after being found "culpable of multiple counts of professional misconduct, including moral turpitude, aiding the unauthorized practice of law, sharing fees with a nonlawyer, participating in a nonlegal lawyer referral service, failure to perform legal services with competence, failure to maintain only legal or just actions and failure to avoid representing adverse interests," the State Bar said in a report by spokeswoman Laura Ernde.
Lapin worked as a contract attorney for an organization that operated under names including US Loan Auditors LLC, US Loan Auditors Inc., My US Legal Services and US Legal Services. She received $177,000 from August 2009 through November 2010 without having to provide legal services, officials said.
"She has no remorse and does not accept responsibility for her actions," Judge Lucy Armendariz said in the decision. "She continued to make excuses and rationalized her fraud. When asked if there was any value that clients received, respondent testified that they were able to stay in their homes that much longer. She insisted, despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary, that she was entitled to the monies as reimbursement for costs. Yet she could not explain how costs could exceed $34,000 per month. She kept no time records of her alleged hourly services to justify her $350 hourly fee."
The court found that homeowners would pay 1 percent of their mortgage value to a foreclosure "rescue" organization for a "forensic loan audit" that was then used to persuade them they had a good case against lenders — even though the audits merely provided routine boilerplate information. Many legal filings were then handled by organization staffers who were not lawyers.
"As a result, (homeowners) lost thousands of dollars and, in some cases, their homes," the State Bar said.
Robin Brune, a state attorney, argued Lapin used "the secret agent defense — she is claiming that she knew nothing about the fraud. But a lawyer is not a secret agent. She is bound by ethical duties of absolute transparency and fiduciary duty; her duty of competence and communication. The attorney can't be oblivious to the mission."
Judge Armendariz ordered Lapin's license pulled as of Saturday pending disbarment, which becomes effective when approved by the state Supreme Court.
Lapin said she was a dupe in the program. "I never intended to harm any of my clients," she said. "I became a victim as did the clients. ... It was the mortgage companies ... not me."
Lapin's Los Angeles lawyer, Richard Lubetzky, said evidence supporting her contentions was ignored by the court.
"I just read the opinion. ... My impression is this is a case that was decided before it was started," he said, calling Lapin an unwitting victim who had nothing to do with a scam that fleeced troubled homeowners. When she learned that that sales representatives advised her clients to stop paying their mortgages, she told them to pay up, he said.
"She was not a participant in this scheme to defraud," he asserted.
Ernde said that since February 2009, the State Bar's Office of Chief Trial Counsel has received thousands of complaints against attorneys regarding loan modification fraud. More than 100 attorneys have been disciplined, including 22 who have been disbarred.
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After hiking two miles over rough terrain Wednesday morning, a law enforcement team found 10,000 marijuana plants deep inside Henry Coe State Park near Gilroy -- one of the largest hauls in recent years.
The Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office Marijuana Eradication team, accompanied by its SWAT team and state Fish and Wildlife wardens, discovered the pot plants growing in a canyon in the southeastern part of the park.
The sheriff's office anticipated a garden of about 6,000 plants, according to Sgt. John Spagnola, who heads the team. Officers also seized two .22-caliber pellet rifles with high-powered scopes from the garden, which was most likely operated by a Mexican cartel, according to Sheriff Laurie Smith.
"These are hugely dangerous operations," said Smith, who monitored the eradication effort from a command post within the park. "It's one of the most dangerous things that we do. We haven't found a grow ever that didn't have evidence of firearms."
Since 2006, the sheriff's office has been involved in four officer-involved shootings during the eradication of marijuana gardens on public lands. In 2005, there was a deadly shootout between marijuana growers and law enforcement in the hills above Los Gatos. One of the men guarding the garden was shot and killed, and a state fish and wildlife warden was shot in the leg.
At a site last year near Uvas Canyon County Park, deputies seized an AK-47, a 9-mm Glock, body armor and bags of ammunition, Spagnola said. The armed men guarding the marijuana had also set up camp in a "military" fashion, allowing them to fire upon anyone making their way into the garden.
The sheriff's office sent in its SWAT team Wednesday because they believe the marijuana plants were being guarded by armed men.
The marijuana garden was first located by the sheriff's office in early June, the same site of an illegal growing operation last summer. Later in the month, someone stumbled across a pond located on a ridge above the garden with irrigation piping running down the mountain. As the person looked in the canyon through binoculars, he heard the sound of a rifle being fired, perhaps in his direction, Spagnola said.
The people operating the garden were stealing water from the pond, located on private property next to the park, to irrigate the massive garden.
Mark Michilizzi, a warden with the state Department of Fish and Wildlife, said the average marijuana plant consumes about five gallons of water per day, and often times the growers dump fertilizers and pesticides straight into the water source. Illegal growers also pollute and dam creeks and streams to water the marijuana plants.
"A lot of people don't realize the extent of the environmental damage that occurs as a result of these marijuana grows, everything from illegal pesticides to fertilizers to large amounts of garbage," Michilizzi said. "It's a very serious problem."
Wednesday's effort was part of the annual fight against large marijuana growing operations that pop up every spring and summer in remote areas of Santa Clara County.
In the past two years, the eradications teams cut down more than 261,000 marijuana plants, arrested 51 people on a variety of drug, weapons and environmental charges, and seized about two dozen weapons, including assault rifles.
So far this year the sheriff's office has made 19 arrests, Smith said. As of last week, the state Department of Fish and Wildlife had eradicated approximately 150,000 marijuana plants, Michilizzi said.
"The illegal cultivation of marijuana on public lands is something that happens all over California," Michilizzi said.
The armed men who guard the marijuana gardens are often brought in from Los Angeles, Bakersfield, Modesto and Merced, Spagnola said. The sheriff's office took fingerprints at a site last summer and came up with a suspect out of Los Angeles.
"A lot of them are field workers," Spagnola said. "They get paid more money to harvest marijuana than almonds. They are paid more by the cartel."
The California Highway Patrol also assisted in Wednesday's operation, sending one of its helicopters to help haul the marijuana out of the park. The command post was located about seven miles off Highway 152 just past Casa de Fruta on the outskirts of Santa Clara County. From there, the marijuana garden was a few more miles inside the park.
"The people we are catching are not the people that are profiting," Smith said. "We'd like to find the people that are profiting. Then we're hoping we don't come back next year."
Contact Mark Gomez at 408-920-5869. Follow him at Twitter.com/MarkMgomez.


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MIAMI - On this date, what came to be known as the "Friday the 13th" avalanche killed 16 people on this date in 1899 in Alva, Utah. The avalanche also trapped 13 people for 12 hours before being rescued. Meanwhile, that day was also the coldest morning on record for the Gulf Coast. Tallahassee recorded -2 degrees to set a record low for the state of Florida.
HIGHEST TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F).........................88 Orlando, Fla.
HIGHEST HEAT INDEX (DEGREES F)..........................90 West Palm Beach, Fla.
LOWEST TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F)..........................-11 Gunnison, Colo.
LOWEST WIND CHILL (DEGREES F)...........................-49 Point Lay, Alaska
HIGHEST WIND GUST (MPH).................................70 Mt. Washington, N.H.
HIGHEST PRECIPITATION (INCHES)..........................2.29 Savannah Hunter, Ga.
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Ahhh, it's September. College Football, the NFL is starting for real and a nip of fall is in the air as the temperatures cool at night and the humidity drops. It's just about the time for the road weary cyclists to turn his thoughts to…wait for it…wait for it…CYCLOCROSS!
What?! Wait a minute friend. You've been at this stuff for a full year. Remember? You finished your season last year in mid September. You took a few weeks to just enjoy riding a bike without your power meter and heart rate monitor. Maybe you did a couple of club century rides, making sure to stop for the strawberry rhubarb pie and apple fritters along the route. You played a couple of rounds of golf on some gorgeous autumn afternoons because everyone knows the best time to golf is after Labor Day when the masses are off the course and you can zip around in cart or walk a round by yourself and never see another soul on the course but for an occasional worker from the greens keeping crew.
Then, November came and with it, you began to build your fitness for the upcoming season. You worked out on the trainer, lifted weights, took some hard spin classes and put in some hellish long weekends on the trainer to get up to 15 hours a week on the bike. When the weather warmed enough to venture outside, you made the most of it, logging 4-6 hours of road time because you didn't know when the next time would come that the weather would allow you to ride outside.
Then March came and so did the racing season and you've done more than 50 races. It's been a good year but you're starting to show signs of fatigue. The power meter is showing lower numbers each effort. Your legs never really seem to clear the lactic acid during races and your attacks just aren't crisp any more. It's time to take a break.
But, all you can think about is cyclocross. Hey, give yourself a rest. Remember your winning formula from last year. Leisurely bike rides, golf, toss that power meter to the curb and stop pushing…just for a bit.
Most of those hard core 'cross racers didn't put in serious road seasons. Sure there are the rare few who are able to move right from the road to the mud and kick butt every step of the way but remember – they're the exception, not the rule and besides – most of the time, those guys weren't really on top form until July. They plan it that way. They're resting too but just doing it later than you are. If you're a dedicated road racer going hard from February to October, you can't jump directly into another racing season and expect to be effective. You need to recover. Here's how.
- Keep yourself out of Zone 4 and 5 when you ride. Keep things conversational. It's important to not allow yourself to completely lose fitness but if you continue pushing, you'll pay for it with fatigue in April. Not good.
- Absolutely take a day off – especially when the weather is beautiful. Take a walk in the woods with your dog, play some golf, go kayaking, fishing—anything but riding a bike. It will do wonders for your mental recovery too.
- If you can stand it – do some running. Use some different muscle groups
- Take a yoga class that emphasizes stretching and core strength
- Go to the gym and work on your depleted upper body. Save the weight lifting with your legs for later. Cyclists need to have some shoulder, back and core muscles too.
- Take up a hobby like cooking or baking. Challenge yourself to see how many Bob's Red Mill grains and flours you can use.
- Make sure you're getting plenty of sleep at night. The HGH your body produces during deep sleep is invaluable to helping you recover after a long season
- Go ahead and enjoy some 'cross racing. Why not? Most people see it as a mental break from the road season. It's okay to have the occasional push, hard effort and have people ring cow bells in your ears. Knock yourself out, but if you do a full 'cross season, remember to take your recovery and rest period into the late winter before you start building for the road season.
Remember, even when you're well trained and race fit and the efforts you make in races seem – well, effortless – you're putting a lot of stress on your body and unless you give yourself a chance to recover both physically and mentally after a long season you'll never really be able to reach peak performance next season.


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TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) -- The minimum wage in Ohio will increase by 15 cents to $7.85 an hour starting Jan. 1.
The Ohio Department of Commerce announced the hike Friday and says for employees who receive tips, the new minimum will increase to $3.85.
According to The (Toledo) Blade (bit.ly/VXyCjl), the new minimum wage rates will apply to employees of businesses with annual gross receipts of more than $288,000.
The 2012 rates apply to business with gross receipts of $283,000 annually.
Information from: The Blade, http://www.toledoblade.com/


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CLEARLAKE OAKS -- Authorities Friday released the name of the Middletown man killed on Highway 20 the evening before.
The victim was Robert Allen Harris, 59, Lake County Sheriff's Lt. Steve Brooks said.
Harris reportedly crashed the 1992 Ford van he was driving after trying to pass another vehicle on a blind curve near Beryl Way in Clearlake Oaks about 5:50 p.m. Thursday. He lost control of the van and slid sideways into a tree, California Highway Patrol Sgt. Dave Stark stated.
The only occupant, Harris was not wearing a seat belt. His unsafe speed and decision to pass were also factors in the fatal wreck, according to Stark.
Harris was the third person killed on a Lake County highway in January.
Jeremy Walsh is a staff reporter for Lake County Publishing. Reach him at 263-5636, ext. 37 or firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow him on Twitter, @JeremyDWalsh.


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A GROUP of travellers, which set up camp on the village green in the centre of Culcheth, have been moved on.
But Culcheth resident Jim Fox has denied that this is the case as two caravans have returned to the site.
He said: "From what I can see they have left a mess behind. There are still two caravans there.
"I heard there were some problems last night with people making threats."
The council carried out a site visit this morning following reports from concerned residents after the travellers descended on to the land.
Police also attended the site yesterday evening, Wednesday.
It is believed around 20 caravans had parked up on the land.
In a joint statement, Helen Jones Warrington North MP, Clr Chris Vobe and Clr Matt Smith (Culcheth, Glazebury and Croft - LAB) said: "It is disgraceful that these people can get on to the village green and confront residents.
"Everyone, whatever lifestyle they choose, should obey the law."
It is understood that the majority of the group moved on from Culcheth at around 11am this morning after taking up residence on the land yesterday evening.


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Bill of Complaint:
Ezekiel Kidd,
Rachel Frederick,
Elizabeth Kidd, William Kidd,
Elizabeth Kidd, his wife
Benjamin McCleary
Harriet McCleary
John Kidd
Edward Anderson
Rebecca Anderson
Samuel Dinsmore
Charlotte Dinsmore
Joshua Kidd
Margaret Kidd
David Kidd
Sarah Kidd
Ezekiel Frederick
Charity Frederick
Percelia Frederick
Nelson Frederick
Nancy Frederick
Jane Frederick
Sarah Kidd
George George
Isaac McCleary
Mary Kidd
Be it remembered that heretofore, to wit, on the 7th day of December Anno Domini eighteen hundred and forty nine came Ezekiel Kidd, Rachel Frederick, Elizabeth Kidd, William Kidd, Elizabeth Kidd his wife, Benjamin McCleary, Harriet McCleary, John Kidd, Edward Anderson, Rebecca Anderson, Samuel Dinsmore, Charlotte Dinsmore into Baltimore County court, here, sitting as a court of Equity, by James Malcom, Esquire, their solicitor, and exhibited in said court, their bill of complaint, in form following , to wit,
Bill of Complaint-
To the Honorable, the Judges of Baltimore County court sitting in Equity. Humbly complaining showith unto your Honors, your orator, Ezekiel Kidd of the state of Pennsylvania, Rachel Frederick, Elizabeth Kidd, William Kidd and Jane Elizabeth Kidd, his wife, Benjamin McCleary, Harriet McCleary, his wife, John Kidd, Edward Anderson, and Rebecca Anderson, his wife, Samuel Dinsmore and Charlotte Dinsmore, his wife, all of Baltimore County and state of Maryland; that heretofore a certain John Kidd, late of said county deceased, was in his lifetime seized and possessed of certain real estate lying and being in said county and elsewhere, in the state of Maryland part of which was known, and called by the name of Hardister's Chance, containing about three hundred acres, more or less; And being so seized and possessed thereof, departed this life, intestate, in or about the year, 1823, leaving his six children, Joshua Kidd, Moses Kidd, Ezekiel Kidd, David Kidd, Latthew Kidd, and Sarah Kidd, his heirs at law.
That Joshua Kidd has married Margaret Coombs, and that the said Joshua and Margaret have sold their interest in the said estate, to John Kidd.
That Moses Kidd was married to Elizabeth Porsier and has since departed this life, intestate, leaving said Elizabeth, his widow, alive and eight children, William Kidd, Lydia Kidd, Harriet Kidd, John Kidd, Rachel Kidd, Rachel Kidd??, Rebecca Kidd, Charlotte Kidd, and Mary Kidd, an infant, under the age of twenty one years his heirs at law.
That William Kidd married Elizabeth Jane Skipper.
That Lydia Kidd was married to James George, and has since departed this life intestate, leaving George George, an infant, under the age of twenty one years, his heirs at law.
That Harriet Kidd is married to Benjamin McCleary.
That Rachel Kidd was married to William McCleary and has since departed this life intestate, leaving one child named Isaac McCleary, an infant, under the age of twenty one years her heirs at law.
That Rebecca Kidd is married to Edward Anderson.
That Charlotte Kidd is married to Samuel Dinsmore.
That David Kidd is married to Sarah Armstrong.
That Latthew Kidd was married to George Frederick and has since departed this life intestate, leaving Ezekiel Frederick, Percelia Frederick and John Frederick, her heirs at law.
That John Frederick was married to Rachel Cullins and since has departed this life, intestate, leaving three children, Nelson Frederick, Nancy Frederick, and James Frederick, infants, under the age of twenty one years, his heirs at law and his widow, the said Rachel alive.
That Ezekiel Frederick is married to Charity Freeland.
And that the said Moses Kidd, in his lifetime, purchased all the interest and estate of the said David in and to his father's estate, and which has been conveyed, by the said David, to the said Moses, in his lifetime, by a deed duly acknowledged and recorded among the Land Records of Baltimore County court.
And your orators further charge that the said real estate is susceptible of partition among the parties aforesaid; and if it cannot be divided between them, with advantage to all parties, then, that your orators, will be entitled to have the same sold, and the proceeds distributed amongst the parties in proportion to their respective interests.
To the end therefore that the said Joshua Kidd, and Margaret Kidd, his wife, David Kidd, and Sarah, his wife, Ezekiel Frederick and Charity, his wife, Percelia Frederick, Nelson Frederick, Nancy Frederick and Jane Frederick, Sarah Kidd, George George, Isaac McCleary, and Mary Kidd may answer the promises, and that a decree may be passed for a partition of the aforesaid real estate, amongst the parties aforesaid, or in case a partition thereof, cannot be effected , then that the same may be sold under the direction of this court, and the proceeds thereof distributed amongst the said parties in proportion to their respective interests, and that your orators may have such other and further relief as their case may require . May it please your honors to grant unto your orators, the writ of subpoena, against, the said Joshua Kidd, Margaret Kidd, David Kidd and Sarah Kidd, Ezekiel Frederick, and Charity Frederick, Percelia Frederick, Nelson Frederick, Nancy Frederick, Jane Frederick, Sarah Kidd, George George, Isaac McCleary, and Mary Kidd of said county commanding them to appear, in this court, at some certain day to be therein named, to answer the promises and abide by and perform such decree as may be passed therein and as in duty ??.
J. Malcomb -Compls. Solicitor
Thereupon issued subpoena, as prayed , in form following, to wit.
The state of Maryland to Joshua Kidd, Margaret Kidd, David Kidd, Sarah Kidd, Ezekiel Frederick,Charity Frederick, Percelia Frederick, Nelson Frederick, Nancy Frederick, Jane Frederick, Sarah Kidd, George George, Isaac McCleary and Mary Kidd, of Baltimore County, Greeting:
We command and enjoin you , that all excuses set aside, you be in your person before the Judges of Baltimore County court, at the courthouse in said county , on the first day of January next, to answer, the Complaint of Ezekiel Kidd, Rachael Frederick, Elizabeth Kidd, William Kidd, Jane Elizabeth Kidd, Benjamin McCleary, Harriet McCleary, John Kidd, Edward Anderson, Rebecca Anderson, Samuel Dinsmore and Charlotte Dinsmore, against you in the said court exhibited, hereof, fail not as you will answer the contrary at your peril.
Witness the honorable William Frick, chief judge of our said court, the first day of December, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and forty nine.
Issued the 7th day of December, eighteen forty nine. A.W. Bradford, Clerk
At which said first day of January Anno Domini eighteen hundred and fifty being the return day of the foregoing subpoena, the sheriff of Baltimore County, to whom the same was delivered to be served, made return thereof to the court here ? endorsed, to wit, summoned as above, Mary Kidd, N. E. J. H. Hynes, Sheriff. But before the day of the return of the said subpoena, to wit, on the 28th day of December, Anno Domini, eighteen hundred and forty nine, the said Joshua Kidd and Margaret Kidd, his wife, David Kidd, Sarah Kidd, his wife, Ezekiel Frederick, and Charity Frederick, his wife, Percelia Frederick, and Sarah Kidd appeared in court, hereby William H. Cole, Esquire, their solicitor and filed said cause, their answer, to the Bill of Complaint aforesaid, in form following to wit. Answer:
Kid and others vs. Kidd and others
In Baltimore county court in Equity.
The answer of Joshua Kidd and Margaret Kidd his wife, David Kidd and Sarah Kidd his wife, Ezekiel Frederick and Charity Frederick his wife, Percelia Frederick and Sara Kidd to the bill Complaint of Kidd and others against them in equity exhibited these defendants admit the several matters and things charged in the Complainants bill to be true, and submit to such decree in the promises, as may be right and as ?
William H. Cole Defts. Sol.
?? To which answer, is the following acceptance, to wit.
Acceptance. This answer is accepted without oath. J. Malcom Complts. Sol. And afterwards, to wit, on the twenty ninth day of December in the year last aforesaid, the complainants aforesaid, by their solicitor, aforesaid, filed in said cause, the following order to wit
The transcript of this chancery case on the estate of John Kidd was provided by Kay L Hunt, richjhunt at comcast.net


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According to the folks over at The Next Web, a recent prank played on a group of iOS developers seems to have revealed a limitation in how Apple handles data sent through its iMessage service, which in some cases can crash the app if the incoming message is too long or contains overly complex characters.
Popular developers such as ih8sn0w and Grant Paul were among those targeted by a specific type of denial of service (DoS) attack that overwhelmed their Messages inboxes with a load of automatically-generated transmissions. The two developers believe the messages that were sent to them via the Messages app on OS X with a simple AppleScript affecting the barrage that prompts a victim to constantly clear notifications and text. According to Paul:
Whats happening is a simple flood: Apple doesnt seem to limit how fast messages can be sent, so the attacker is able to send thousands of messages very quickly.
The real issue that arises with the attack is with the long and/or complex messages that are received. Depending on what is sent, Messages on iOS can crash because it cant process and display the massive amount of data correctly. According to the developers, the app will force itself to close and wont re-open because it cant properly render the text. As of right now, there isnt any surefire solution to remedy the crashed Messages app.
The publication suggests "playing around with sending a regular message, then locking the phone and activating the message notification until youre able to time it right to delete the message thread thats causing the problem. One thing to note is that if the attacker gets a hold of a users iMessage handle, the only option may be to disable the account temporarily. If a users phone number is compromised, iMessage as a whole may have to be turned off.
The identity of the attack behind the attacks remains unknown at the moment but the messages appear to have originated from a Twitter account used to sell UDIDs and provisioning profiles. Disposable email accounts were being used to send the spam, making it difficult to simply block the culprit as they can simply open another and continue to bombard you with messages.
Apple hasnt responded to the issue just yet but were hoping they will soon.
Source: The Next Web via AppleInsider