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The late 1900s, released children from the work world with labor reforms and social reforms in the United States and around the world . Richard Clevidence being one of these children, experienced these days of early school years similar to many other children, with a sense of hope and wonder about the massive world. No one could have seen this healthy, young man's life change so early for him. In high school, Clevidence became injured while diving at a party and from then on used a wheelchair. Nothing could bring his spirit down though, after attending his beloved Medina High school, Clevidence further studied at Kent State University and went on to receive his masters' degree from Ashland University. Especially in a time when more people were able to go to college, not just the upper class of the United States.
There he shared his passion of teaching and coaching for 25 years with all around him. Having no children himself, he considered all students his children and staff his extended family. His legacy still lives on in the high school today through his memorial scholarship for seniors as well as being a member of the Medina County Sports Hall of Fame. As we can see, the school system has been greatly influenced by Clevidence's accomplishments and determination to thrive in life as he wants all who come after him to spend their life.


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I have had this fridge for just over a year - typical, just out of warranty and all the problems start!!!
The Fridge
The fridge itself is white and very ordinary. A typical budget fridge. It is taller than a lot of fridges and will not fit under a work surface. It has a capacity of 8.83 cu. ft. The door can be set to open to the left or the right ( we have ours to the right). It has a salad drawer at the bottom although it does not hold a lot - if you put a 5kg bag of potatoes in it then nothing else will fit. There are a number of shelves on the door. The bottom one holds bottles and will fit 4 one litre bottles with ease. The other shelves are 3 ordinary ones and an egg shelf (which can be removed). The main fridge has five shelves which are made from blue glass. There is also a light which comes on when the fridge opens and a temperature dial.
The fridge had the following energy details -
Energy Efficiency A
Annual Energy Consumption 204 kWHrs
Number Of Motors 1 Motor
The problems
Right - where do I start, the first would be my own fault in that it is just not big enough for my family (2 adults and 4 kids), I thought it would be when I got it but now realise that a weekly shop is a struggle to squeeze in. This is not the manufacturers fault of course but still a factor if you are thinking of buying it and have a large family.
Next would be the light that should come on when opening - it doesnt and its not the bulb.
The fridge also needs defrosting very regularly (at least once a week) as it has great blocks of ice and frost forming on the back which ofter freezes food that is near it and has to be thrown away. I have tried adjusting the thermostate but have had no luck - it either does not keep the food cold or it freezes it! My third and final problem is that it leaks water, the tray at the bottom is constantly full and often this ends up overflowing onto the kitchen floor.
I would not recommend this fridge, it is a budget fridge with no special features that only lasted a year. Considering it is around £200 I think it is worth paying a little extra. I will certainly be doing this is the near future (in fact I have my eye on one already - a nice silver coloured massive ice dispensing fridge/freezer, I look forward to writing my review on that one when I get it!!!!)
Whilst I love this fridge, and would probably have another (especially since it matches the SR5030 freezer), a month out of guarantee, the thermostat became unreliable; sometimes it's too cold and sometimes not cold enough. Also, it came with a plug that wasn't fitted properly; I managed to rectify this, and wish I could sort the thermostat as easily!
Energy Efficiency / Short name: Swan SR5040

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11/29 Random Question *It's meant to be*
Do you believe everything happens for a reason?
sure.... people makes stupid ass choices and crap happens to them. people make wise choices and live happy lives. as far as random things like cancer and car accidents... some happen because of stupid choices, and some just happen. The key in life is to LEARN from every thing good or bad that happens.
came back to post a bit more.... I think the issue I have with the idea of "its meant to be" is that too many people say it to avoid personal responsibility. I know someone who lost their home... it wasnt "meant to be" it was THEIR fault! And the fact that they immediately started saying "God will provide" bugged the CRAP out of me. Perhaps if they took some personal responsibility for all the stupid choices they made then things wouldnt be the way they are. Some things do just happen.... but more often than not they happen because of choices people made. So using "its meant to be" as your catch all phrase is a comeplete cop out.


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Linux Extremism: Puts a Hurt on Linux and Nothing Else
I have read the esteemed +Martin Gräßlin's post entitled Fanboys in Free Software and completely agree with his point of view. It is quite sad that the true innovators are hated with such vilification. To the point, I share with you today my own experience with Haters.
A few weeks ago, I wrote a piece entitled The Ubuntu FOSS Community: Merely Chumps on the Outside Looking In. Now, mind you, most of my regular readership do take what I write in stride and the comments reflect that. (Image credit: nocookie.net)
To have used the word 'chump' is quite appropriate; here's a definition:
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If a sign of a city's financial might and confidence can be seen in the height and uniqueness of its architecture then London must be entering a truly golden era of stability.
Despite weathering one of the world's worst financial slowdowns, the Square Mile will have six new skyscrapers in the next five years or so. These towering creations will "spire", "twist" and "taper" as they are realised from the sketchpads of some of the world's greatest architects.
They will be called The Leadenhall Building, 20 Fenchurch Street, The Shard, The Pinnacle, Heron Tower and 100 Bishopsgate — solid names reflecting pride and an ambition to reinforce London's status as a world centre.
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text: Seems there are alot of you atheists here. So instead of fighting with you I would like you to list your reasons and arguments for why there is no god. I've argued with you recently, now here's your chance to "educate" us poor intellectually inferior Christians. Explain everything!!! Every reason you have not to believe. Believe it or not I'm actually interested in your thoughts. Outdoor Hub mobile, the outdoor information engine


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The Original 151 Pokémon, As Delicious Pancakes
The most important meal of the day, now with way more nostalgia.
The most important meal of the day, now with way more nostalgia.
Pancakes on a stick have been a thing for a while now. Hell, Jimmy Dean has offered it with sausage. But now, there's a machine that enables you to easily make them at home. Progress!
The world's premiere pancake artist Nathan Shields recreates the iconic creatures of the Star Wars universe in heated batter form. How I hate him.
Tearing into my first bite of Jimmy Dean Pancakes & Sausage on a Stick reminded me of an idea that came to me while I was unemployed. It also reminded me of being unemployed, but that's another story.
They're pancakes - wow! Jim's Pancakes is a blog started by a dad spending his weekend mornings making cool pancakes for his three-year-old daughter. Yesterday morning's theme: Tetris.


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Picture of Pete
This is Pete's wife Toni again. I just wanted to say thank you to all who expressed there concerns over Pete's incident. He is getting better everyday. He will have to grow a beard and mustashe for a while....this will be new for me, I've never see him with either.
I have posted a picture of him on "advocacy and safety" if you are intrested.:love:
(Once again, Pete Clark's family is posting to itself...) ;)
OK, so how many of Pete's 1527 posts are his own?
Maybe, in a small way, we are all of the family of Pete... ;-)
Toni, When Pete has completely healed will you please post another picture of him. If you don't, I'll have that picture of Pete in my head forever. Even many years from now when posting a response from something that Pete wrote, I'll still have that one image in my head of Pete taken two days after the accident.
It was nice to see Pete in an upright postion anyway! Thanks for the picture.
Yeah, a picture of Pete all better would be nice. Good idea A F Baker. How about a picture every week or two so we can see his progress?
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Twitter has been buzzing all morning with news that "Twilight: The Graphic Novel, Volume 1" will be on sale March 16, 2010. Amazon now has a pre-order page for the highly anticipated graphic novel version of Stephenie Meyer's vampire bestseller.
Here's more about the illustrated novel: "Beautifully rendered, this first installment of Twilight: The Graphic Novel is a must-have for any collector's library … About the illustrator: Young Kim graduated from Seoul National University with a degree in painting from the College of Fine Arts. She has worked on numerous animation and cover illustration projects and currently makes her home in Yongin, Korea."
Entertainment Weekly has a page from the graphic novel as well. According to Publishers Weekly, the book will be published by Yen Press, a graphic novel and manga imprint at Hachette Book Group USA.


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Jack P. Fagan, Naples, FL/formerly of Janesville and Delavan, WI (1919-2014)
October 13, 1919 - June 5, 2014
Jack P. Fagan, age 94, of Naples, FL, and formerly of Janesville, and Delavan, WI, passed away on Thursday, June 5, 2014, at Avow Hospice, Naples, FL, after a short illness. Jack was born in Patch Grove, WI, on Oct. 13, 1919, the son of Lloyd and Letha (Duncan) Fagan, farmers for many years. He graduated from Patch Grove High School and Madison Business College with a degree in Accounting. Jack married Jessie Margaret Voss in Madison, on Nov. 5, 1938. She preceded him in death on Jan. 16, 2014. They celebrated 75 years of marriage last November 2013, and raised six children. While newlyweds, Jack worked for Armour Meat Company in Green Bay, WI, as a meat buyer but always loved automobiles. Having grown up near Bloomington, WI, Jack moved back home. He purchased the old International Harvester Building in Bloomington, and was able to reopen a Ford Dealership on Nov. 6, 1945, with two other men. Automobiles were scarce so with nothing to sell, he figured out how to buy Ford Trucks from a Ford Dealer in Detroit. Jack bought two at a time and sold them to local farmers. Ford Motor Co. offered Jack a chance to move to Delavan, WI. He built a building and had a Grand Opening on St. Patrick's Day, March 17, 1949. The dealership grew and he built a more modern building and opened that in Delavan, in 1966. In 1975, he purchased the former Clifford Motors Ford in Janesville, and sold a lot of Ford cars and trucks. With his sons, Pat and Michael, Jack purchased Art Fenzl Chevrolet and Cadillac and opened it on June 13, 1983. With many years of wonderful customers, Jack retired in 1990, still remaining involved with his sons and loyal employees. The dealership was sold to Jim Fagan and Bob Clapper in 2001, is now known as Fagan Automotive, Inc., and remains at 3601 East Milwaukee Street, Janesville. Jack was involved in many civic organizations in the communities he lived in. He was a member of the Walworth County Board of Supervisors and numerous committees while on the board. Jack was a proud member of the Catholic Knights of Columbus, achieving its highest honor of the Fourth degree. In Janesville, he served and became President of the Janesville Area Chamber of Commerce. Many other local clubs and charities were of interest to him, especially the Lions Club. Jack enjoyed being a member of the Janesville Country Club and was a Pioneer member.
Jack is survived by his five children: Pat (Carol) Fagan of The Villages, FL, Michael (Marilyn) Fagan of Janesville, Mary Jo (Bill) Anderson of Naples, FL, Kelli (David) Westbrook of Little Rock, and Jim (Sigga) Fagan of Milton. Jack and Jessie had two deceased sons, infant son, James (1944); and adult son, Thomas (2011), Naples, FL. Jack and Jessie had many grandchildren: Barbara Fagan, Brian Fagan, Paula (Fagan) Mussey, Sean Fagan, Michael H. Fagan, Ryan Fagan, Casey Fagan, Mackenzie Fagan, Laura Duvekot, David Westbrook, Jr., John Westbrook, Molly (Fagan) Spelman, Dan Fagan; and nine great grandchildren.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m. on Friday, June 13, 2014, at ST. JOHN VIANNEY ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH, 1250 E. Racine St., Janesville, with Msgr. Donn Heiar and Fr. Paul Fagan officiating. Entombment will be in Mt. Olivet Mausoleum. A visitation will be held on Friday from 9:30 until 11 a.m. at the CHURCH. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Roads to Life Tanzania Inc., Attention: Attorney Thomas Shellander, 3035 Osmoundson Rd., Fitchburg, WI 53711 or Agrace HospiceCare, Inc., Janesville, 2901 N. Wright Road, Janesville, WI 53546. SCHNEIDER APFEL SCHNEIDER & SCHNEIDER FUNERAL HOME & CREMATORY is assisting the family. For on-line condolences and registry: www.schneiderfuneraldirectors.com


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Lil Poopy's Father Cleared of Child Abuse Allegations
It's looks like Lil Poopy's dad is out of the dog house. Officials for the state Department of Children and Families in Brockton, Mass., have cleared the 9-year-old rapper's father, Luis Rivera, of child abuse allegations.
As we previously reported, videos of Lil Poopy (real name Louie Rivera, Jr.) rapping about "coke" and patting models on their butts sparked outrage and launched an investigation into Poopy's home life. It also generated an online conversation about today's rap music and how it influences children.
Cayenne Isaksen, a spokesperson for DFC, told Enterprise News that the state found no evidence of neglect and closed the case. "After a thorough investigation, the Department did not find evidence to support the allegations of abuse or neglect," she said. "The decision followed interviews with members of the family, school officials and medical professionals."
The family's attorney, Joseph Krowski Jr., was overjoyed by the state's decision. "Luis Rivera vindicated. Great father great kid!" he tweeted. "I hope DCF now starts investigating all of those white pageant mothers!"
Krowski also added that the controversy has been great exposure for Lil Poopy, who is scheduled to appear on ABC's news program '20/20′ in a couple of weeks. "There's calls from all over the world coming in constantly so there's a lot to sort through," he said. "I think the family wants to wait until the school year is over, but the media comes with being in the music industry."
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Security Fix Live
Friday, January 30, 2009; 11:00 AM
Security Fix blogger Brian Krebs was online Friday, Jan. 30, at 11 a.m. ET to answer your questions about the latest computer security threats and offer ways to protect your personal information.
The transcript follows.
Brian Krebs: Greetings, dear Security Fix readers! Welcome to Security Fix Live. I'm about to dive right into the questions, but wanted to remind readers to please offer me as much information as possible about your setup, installed security software, browser of choice, and any error messages when asking questions about security or tech problems with your computer or network. With that, ONWARDS!
Four Seasons MO (ex Mt Vernon VA): What's a good source for getting rid of malware that pops up a virus warning (like Adwar.win32.SuperJuan) and popping up new web windows with "cures" named StopZilla, AntiVirus 2009, PremiumAntiVirusScanner, and Registry Defender. I have F-Secure as part of my ISP's program but it hasn't found the virus yet. And a Google search led to results that obviously very old. Thanks.
Brian Krebs: The symptoms you describe strong suggest you have scareware on your system, which tries to frighten you into purchasing bogus security products by warning you about threats that may or may not be on your machine. The problem is that this type of threat now often comes bundled with other nasty stuff, such as DNSChanger, which routes your Internet traffic through servers controlled by cyber crooks. That probably explains why Google searches are acting up as well.
If you run that HijackThis tool mentioned in several posts above, chances are good that in the log file created by a scan with HijackThis will show on line 17 something like:
HKLM\System\CCS\Services\Tcpip\. .\{OE1B5OA6-A27D-45DB-A69D-69B0414E9E21}:
NameServer = 220.127.116.11,184.108.40.206
017 - HKLM\System\CCS\Services\Tcpip\. .\{105291E7-E687-45B4-AA3O-7C99A51ACF36}:
NameServer = 220.127.116.11,22.214.171.124
If you see any addresses that look like that (85.255.x.x.), your system is indeed infected with DNSChanger, and probably a boatload of other really bad stuff.
Two tools, in addition to HijackThis, can help remove these pests for the most part. Both have trial versions that should do the trick. SuperAntispyware, and MalwareBytes' Antimalware.
However **and this is the most important part of my advice** in order to do this properly, you should strongly consider getting some step-by-step help at DSLReports' Security Cleanup forum. BleepingComputer.com also has a very active help forum that should be able to promptly assist you, providing -- again -- that you follow their instructions *before* posting.
Virus City, VA: Hi Brian--Here are my specs: Laptop with Windows XP home, security packet 3, use Firefox, AVG free package plus Microsoft security. Just after your last chat, my computer was infected by Antivirus XP 2009. Just as Rapid City said, it took over my computer. Had I not read the comment, I would not have been as informed about it or how to respond. I downloaded both SuperAntispyware and Malwarebytes and have used them faithfully since. Despite this, there are tracking software and trojans that are persistent such as: Trojan.Vundo, Trojan.Waledac, Adware.Admedia, and Trojan.Agent. They just show up time and again.
Here's my question: The spyware seems to be catching and blocking a LOT more than it use to. Is this because of the virus? Is this because of the increased spyware software? Finally, how or when will I know that I'm completely safe to use my computer without fear? I'm always checking and double-checking before, during and after using the computer because I'm afraid of password downloads, etc. Am I doing enough?
Brian Krebs: See my answer directly above. You have the same problem. I cannot stress enough the importance of having seasoned security professionals walk you though the process of scanning, removing, rescanning, removing, etc., until all signs of the malware are gone. That process, unfortunately, is a bit beyond what I can offer in this chat.
Assuming you heed my advice, and I hope you will, I'd strongly recommend that you read and then act upon one of the advice in one of the following two posts:
The Importance of the Limited User
Windows Users: Drop Your Rights
The first approach will make it so that you will not be able to make most important system changes without being logged in as administrator. This is crucial because much of the malware attacks, drive-by-installs, etc. mainly work only when the user is running Windows as the all-powerful administrator.
The second, drop-my-rights, approach, is less drastic, and merely allows you to drop the system privileges of specific applications that you choose. If you choose this approach, I'd strongly recommend setting up drop-my-rights on any Internet facing applications that you use daily, such as Instant Message software and of course your browser.
Virginia Beach, Va.: Opera Problems
Each time I check for an update of Opera, I get an image file for some stupid company that downloads to my profile, then ends up in my Skin folder. When I reboot, this image replaces my desktop image. This has happened several times in the past few months or since I downloaded Opera. I use ESET as my virus, etc vendor. I am using the latest version of Opera 9.63.
Ever heard of this, recently?
Brian Krebs: I have not. But have you considered uninstalling the browser, and then reinstalling it using a fresh download of Opera? You might also blow away the skins folder if it is for some reason left behind in the Opera program directory under Program Files.
Arlington: Brian, What is your opinion of software that is advertised to clean computer registries? Do you know if System Mechanic or PC Tools Registry Mechanic work? Can using them instead cause problems with the registry? Thanks.
Brian Krebs: I have not used either of these tools, so I can't vouch for them one way or the other. My guess is they work by searching for unused or leftover registry entries, which may or may not improve the operation of your system.
I will say, however, that monkeying with the Windows registry is a dangerous proposition if you don't know what you're doing, as a missing registry entry that the computer searches for upon boot can completely prevent Windows from starting up. I would advise that before messing with the registry at all, you should review Microsoft's advice for how to back up and restore your registry should something go wrong. Alternatively, if you have system backup software, make a complete backup image of your C drive and store that on a removable or secondary drive, making sure you understand how to restore that also.
One tool that's very good -- and usually quite safe -- for removing extraneous registry entries (or at least disabling them) is HiJackThis!, now owned by TrendMicro. Run this free tool, and it will present you with a list of registry items that get called when Windows boots up. There you will see a bunch of entries that are usually safe to uncheck, assuming you understand what they're for (usually a quick google search on the .dll file will tell you which program it belongs to). For instance, removing things like QuickTime and Winamp agent and various browser toolbars are usually safe and may improve performance.
Washington, D.C.: In the ongoing battle between Firefox and IE what are your favorite security plug-ins for FF, and is there anything comparable for IE. I currently use advisory and noscript for FF.
Brian Krebs: I use noscript, adblock plus, mcafee site advisor, and netcraft toolbar, on most of my systems.
Boston, Mass.: Hi,
You spend a lot of time talking about American and Eastern European Internet crooks -- all of which is goodness of course -- but you hardly ever mention the Chinese.
I say this because over 1/2 of the attacks on my servers come from IP addresses in China. The Chinese dictatorship is known to have a large military presence on the Internet and has been reported to be behind intrusions attempts and other badness. And given the heavy monitoring of their people, if the dictatorship deemed such attacks to be undesirable they could easily shut them down, but they don't. Why?
I think the Chinese are not interested in spam or robbing people's bank accounts, but instead are trying to gather intelligence data and also to be in a position to attack and seriously disrupt American infrastructure via the Internet (and any other way they could) should overt hostilities ever break out (which they will if the lessons of history are any guide).
I'd like to hear your comments on the above.
Thanks, Jeff B., Boston
Brian Krebs: This is true, because from my reporting it is not apparent that Chinese hacker groups are interested in stealing credit cards, financial and personal data. At least, not in the way that Russian malware gangs try to hoover it up wherever they can find it.
Chinese malware does tend to be geared toward stealing secrets, intelligence information, and most often -- intellectual property. Targets are mainly companies and governments, and sometimes advocacy groups that don't get along with the Chinese government.
Still, to say that the Chinese aren't involved in the threat from malware and other online attacks traditionally aimed at stealing financial and personal data for money is probably not correct. That's because China is home to a great many compromised computers. Indeed, consult Spamhaus.org's list of compromised machines spotted as sending spam over the past week, and you'll see that China has at least 300,000 systems that are currently being used to relay traffic for cyber criminals.
One explanation for why you don't see Chinese hacking groups going after financial and personal data at the level attributed to E. European gangs is that getting busted in China for doing that can earn you the death penalty. As it happens, most chinese hacker gangs are involved in stealing computer game credentials and other "virtual" goods, which apparently the authorities there haven't put very high on their agenda of things to go after.
LEXINGTON, MASS.: At 10pm on 25 January, my MacG5 had a message in 4 languages: SHUT OFF THIS COMPUTER!! I did so. (Wild superstatic noises were there just before I shut it off.) Later on the message said "panic (cpu O caller Ox000326DC) thread invoke:preemption_level1 latest stack backtrace for CPUO:kernel loadable modules in backtrace (with dependencies)com.symantec.kext.ips internet security (1.1.2f2) WHAT WAS THAT!!?? PLEASE ADVISE. THANKS
Brian Krebs: I'm stumped on this one. Not even a hit from Google on that stop/panic error message. Any readers have advice for Lexington?
Dallas: Hi Brian,
I am having a problem updating my stand-alone Quicktime on a Win XP laptop. When on the website, I select the Quicktime only update. It downloads just fine but on installation REQUIRES an installation of iTunes as well to proceed. I do not need or want iTunes on this machine.
1) Is there some way to just get the stand-alone Quicktime?
2) If not, is there some other program that will easily take its place in Foxfire and to watch family generated .mov files? (Like Foxit Reader does for pdf)
Brian Krebs: Have you tried the installer at this link? It appears to be the stand-alone version for the latest QT update.
Eugene, Ore.: Thanks, Brian, for informative chats.
The Firefox site for add-ons tells us to install add-ons only if we trust the author. How would we know whether to trust or not? Does the site do any malware checking of its own? Has there ever been malware on the site? Why do some add-on writers reserve to the their own personal website the downloading the newest version of their .xpi?
Brian Krebs: Recently, there was a piece of malware that hid inside of Firefox's add-ons folder. There may have been other examples I'm unaware of.
However, you should be fine as long as you're downloading an add-on from Mozilla's add-on site. Those will have been vetted by the Mozilla community and are almost certainly safe.
Some add-on writers do distribute their creations only through their own sites. Not saying those add-ons aren't worth trusting, but I would strongly encourage you to do your homework by researching any third-party add-on (i.e., not available through Mozilla) before installing it. As to why some add-on writers force you to grab updates from their site instead of mozilla, I don't know. But I suspect it may have something to do with compatibility with the latest versions of Firefox.
In the past, it has not been uncommon for an update to the browser itself to cause installed add-ons to stop working. Usually, Mozilla and add-on developers work this out fairly quickly, but one reason may be because the add-on developer is anxious to get the update shipped out as fast as possible. I don't know. Just guessing here, really. I've forwarded this question to a Mozilla employee, and if I receive a response, I'll try to paraphrase it here.
Tampa, Fla.: Does using a limited user account on Windows compromise your ability to use legit websites that aren't infected with malware? In particular, can using a limited user account compromise updating your internet security software (BitDefender, in my case)? And will using a limited user account compromise programs like OpenOffice and MS Office?
I urge my relatives using Windows to use a limited user account for everything other than updating software, such as Windows and Office update, and updating security software. But they are concerned this interfere with other legit websites and programs.
Brian Krebs: I have found that most antivirus and security software today works fine with a limited user account. That said, it isn't uncommon to experience problems updating definitions, etc. after switching an admin account over to a limited user account. In those case, I have found that simply uninstalling the antivirus or security software, then reinstalling it once the limited user account is set up, usually fixes any problems on this front. Hope that helps.
Tampa, Fla.: Lexington may have had a kernel panic. See http:/
"UNIX-style operating systems (such as Mac OS X, Mac OS X Server, AIX, and A/UX) may experience a type of error called a "kernel panic," which may provide information useful for software developers.
"A kernel panic is a type of error that occurs when the core (kernel) of an operating system receives an instruction in an unexpected format, or that it fails to handle properly. A kernel panic may also follow when the operating system is not able to recover from a different type of error. A kernel panic can be caused by damaged or incompatible software or, more rarely, damaged or incompatible hardware."
The whistling noise may indicate a hardware failure.
Brian Krebs: Thanks, Tampa. More advice/information for the Lexington reader with the Mac crash.
Reading, Pa.: Brian:
Finally decommissioning my venerable Micron Millennia (ca. 1998), Pentium II, 266 mhz, after 10 years of faithful service. The machine and monitor will be properly recycled through our County program, but what should I do with the hard drive? Smash it with a hammer, run it through a horseshoe magnet, drown it in the pond?
Brian Krebs: All of the above? :)
Seriously, you probably want to avoid the sledgehammer approach (flying bits of metal shrapnel=no fun). I'd recommend downloading DBAN, and then creating a bootable CDrom with it, and then booting up into that CDRom, and running the DBAN program to overwrite the data on the disk.
Washington, D.C.: Hi Brian -
Thanks for working to keep us safer (or at least providing the illusion). In your recent article about the need to patch other programs (adobe flash, MS Access, Quicktime, Yahoo stuff, etc...) I wondered to what extent it matters how much we use them. For instance, I'm not aware that I ever use Access or Quicktime but I know they are installed on my machine. I don't believe either is loaded on booting up. Do I still need to worry about programs I never use?
Also, if I am running limited user accounts can the bad guys still quietly download malware that becomes active when I log in as administrator? Thanks again.
Brian Krebs: Thanks for your question. Running the system under limited rights is a great way to stop a large number of attacks. Unfortunately, it can't stop them all. Some malware (certain keyloggers, eg.) can run under the current user account regardless of the rights. But since most of these programs try to make system-wide changes as well, limited user accounts can help thwart a great many of today's attacks.
If you look carefully at the list of programs I mentioned in that blog post you're referencing, you'll see that most of those are browser plug-ins. This means that it doesn't matter whether you use the programs/plugins. If they are installed and are outdated -- with known, exploitable security flaws -- then a malicious or hacked site could use them to install software without you doing anything but visiting that site.
As it relates to those specific flaws, as I mentioned in the post, the majority are specific to Internet Explorer. So, in the case of the Winzip ActiveX flaw, for example, if you had that vulnerable plug-in installed for IE, but were browsing a malicious or hacked site with Firefox, the attack would almost certainly fail. However, it may still be possible for alternative browsers to be used as a vector for attacking Windows vulnerabilities, (e.g., the VML overflow exploit mentioned there).
Baltimore, Md.: Brian: I know that Microsoft is running away from Vista ASAP by debuting Windows 7. So I am wondering how much longer the company will keep supplying updates for XP Home. Do you have any idea? Thanks.
Brian Krebs: I believe Microsoft will be supporting XP with patches for at least a couple more years, but perhaps as long as five more years. This link has a bit more information on their timeline, but it's still not all that clear. My sense is that it may depend on how many people adopt Windows 7 and how quickly they move off of XP that ultimately determines how long Microsoft may decide to continue shipping updates for XP.
Columbus, Ohio: It not being the time of the month for "Patch Tuesday," I was surprised to find the MS update shield in my system tray this week. Since I long ago disabled automatic updating, the shield remains there awaiting my enabling clicks. Do I need these updates (Microsoft.NET Framework 3.5 SP1 and update KB951847) to better secure my XP/SP3 home-based system? From what I can tell thus far, these updates are not security-related. Thus my inclination is to wait and see what problems others may encounter from installing them. One more thing: I am about to have a tech wipe my hard drive and reinstall my OS (after nearly 4 years). Is that yet another good reason to wait before installing this week's MS updates?
Brian Krebs: You are being offered that update because you have Microsoft's .NET framework installed, which is required by (and often fetched and installed by) some programs in order to work properly. There is an update that Microsoft shipped on Jan. 27, 2009 that addresses bugfixes, stability updates, and new functionality. I am not aware of security-related issues in this update (you can check for yourself here.
I don't think it matters too much either way. The .NET fix is rather large (250+MB) and may take some time to install. So if you're just going to blow away the current install and start again, why not just wait for the tech to reinstall and see it is offered again when you go to install any needed updates?
Arlington: When I am done using the computer, I leave it in XP's "Standby" mode. My antivirus and antispyware programs apparently do not do anything (like updating) while the computer is in Standby. I assume there is no Internet activity either, although the modem is still hooked up. Is the computer safe from viruses and other attacks while it is in Standby?
Brian Krebs: Standby mode shuts off the computer's Internet connection, so you are correct in that it won't be downloading updates or anything else for that matter, while in standby.
Alex., VA: Looking at the log on my router, I am being attacked (DOS Attacks - Denial of Service).
What does that mean? Since my router has detected it, does that mean it has stopped it? What measures should I take?
Brian Krebs: Most hardware routers (wired and wireless) are set up to simply ignore or drop any incoming data packets that were not initiated by you or a program on your system. For example, on the Linksys WRT-54G, one of the most home-user routers in use, the "Firewall" setting is by default set up to "block anonymous internet requests." You didn't say what kind of router you're using (tsk tsk), but I'd be willing to bet your router is ignoring the attack -- i.e., not accepting the incoming connections --- but still recording the attempts.
McLean, Va.: Any chance that "The Beast" (Obama's ride) will soon have a computer with network connections in the back seat? If the White House, Air Force One, Camp David, every hotel room he visits, and perhaps even Marine One all have computers (so that he always is within arm's reach of a computer), why would he still want a GD wannabe-Blackberry?
Will the West Wing have Macs during the next 2 years?
Brian Krebs: I'm guessing that the President of the United States probably has little difficulty finding answers to anything he wants to know, very quickly -- sort of like his own personal Google. But can you begrudge anyone in this day and age wanting to be able to keep in touch with loved ones, friends, etc easily?
Interesting question, anyway. I have no idea about a conventional computer in Marine One, the Beast, etc. Probably not. Ditto for Macs replacing Windows in the West Wing, at least anytime soon -- that is, if a letter to the editor that The Post printed last week is accurate.
Dummer New Hampshire: It's my understanding that the security breach at Heartland Payment Systems involved unencrypted data being sent over Heartland's internal network. A few questions: (1) Given the sophistication of today's crackers, why would a company NOT encrypt the data on their internal network? (2) On what kind of a device inside the company's internal network would the sniffer likely have been placed? Desktops? Servers? Both? (3) What risk is there to an individual card holder if he or she has a card that was on the Heartland list? On a final note, I do my best to run a secure computer. I patch my machines the day a patch is released. I always stay up to date, both at the OS level and the application level with fixes. I do not download from untrusted sources, etc. I expect companies to take even more vigorous measures. Heartland obviously did not.
Brian Krebs: My answer to question #2 is purely speculative.
To 1) the answer seems to be that the payment card industry (PCI) requirements don't require it. This is what likely happened also with the Hannaford Bros. breach. It may be that companies short-sightedly do not want to incur extra costs that may be involved with encrypting all of their traffic -- or at least the most important stuff -- flowing over their internal networks. However, those who don't and then suffer a breach, probably will wish they had.
Don't take my word for it: Heartland's CEO last week issued a press release calling on the entire payment industry to adopt end-to-end encryption, and in the same breath the release admits that Heartland itself hasn't yet met this lofty goal.
2) It could be anywhere in the payment processing system, really. There are probably a large number of places where sniffer malware would have worked. This could include third-party administrators at other companies that submit payment card data to the company for processing, or Heartland's internal network itself.
3) the risk to consumers is next to nil. under federal law, consumers can not be held liable for more than $50 in charges attributed to credit card fraud, and most banks will waive that as well.
Annandale, Va.: A friend of mine is running an old Toshiba laptop with Home XP, Service Pack 3, Free AVG, SnoopFree, and ZoneAlarm. He must use his USB port to connect wirelessly. However, he cannot detect his home router and can only see a neighbors unsecured LinkSys router. Is it possible that his USB 1.0 connection is the cause of this? Thanks.
Brian Krebs: It is most likely because the card is old and does not support the type of wireless network that his router is broadcasting. E.g., some cards work on with 802.11b routers, while some work with both B and G version routers. Check the USB wireless card (google the model number) to see if it supports the signal put out by your router. You may be able to get the existing equipment to play nice just by changing a setting on the router. Good luck.
Brian Krebs: I am out of time for today, folks. A big thanks to everyone who submitted questions, and my apologies to any questions I did not have time to answer. Please join us again in a couple of weeks for our next Security Fix Live. Until then, consider making it a habit to drop by the Security Fix blog each day, and/or subscribe to our RSS feed?
Be safe out there, people!
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The domestic freight car market picture just became a bit clearer with today's announcement that The Greenbrier Companies and GE Capital subsidiary General Electric Railcar Services Corp. (GER) have settled their drawn-out, often bitter and public contract dispute over the manufacture of some 12,000 railcars. The two companies have modified their original contract from 2007, essentially halving the number of railcars Greenbrier will build for GE Rail, and extending delivery times by about two years, subject to certain conditions.
Greenbrier noted that the original contract called for "the manufacture 11,900 new tank cars and hopper cars for GER over an eight-year period, of which the final 8,500 units would be delivered subject to Greenbrier's fulfillment of certain contractual conditions."
"As scheduled," said Greenbrier, "deliveries to GER commenced in December 2008 and to date approximately 600 railcars have been delivered and accepted under the original contract."
The modified contract reduces the quantities by up to 6,000 railcars, with the first 3,800 tank cars and hopper cars to be built by July 2013. The purchase price is subject to adjustments for changes in material costs. "The blended purchase price on these 3,800 units represents a price increase from the original contract, and delivery of these units has been extended by 27 months from the original contract," said Greenbrier. "The remaining 2,200 tank and hopper cars are subject to fulfillment of certain contractual conditions by both parties at their sole discretion and would occur over the next five-year period. In addition, Greenbrier has retained the right of first refusal, subject to certain qualifications, to manufacture all new railcar builds for GER through December 2018."
Greenbrier said the new contract contains benefits for both parties: Greenbrier will become a Preferred Railcar Maintenance Provider for GER's railcar fleet and will perform railcar maintenance and refurbishment work for GER under a new five-year agreement, with a minimum contract value of approximately $25 million. Under this contract, Greenbrier will, in the first calendar quarter of 2010, begin to reduce 485 doublestack intermodal platforms from 48 feet in length to 40 feet at its Gunderson facility in Portland, Ore. In certain situations, Greenbrier has also obtained a right of first refusal, subject to certain qualifications, to perform railcar refurbishment and program work through March 7, 2015.
Greenbrier said its total firm new railcar manufacturing backlog as of Nov. 30 is 4,900 units valued at approximately $430 million. This figure excludes the contingent production of 2,200 units for GER.
Based on current production plans, 2,000 units in backlog are scheduled for delivery in Greenbrier's fiscal year ending Aug. 31, 2010. Greenbrier delivered 350 new railcars during its first fiscal quarter ended Nov. 30, 2009.
"While the modified terms of the contract do not materially change our previously stated business outlook for the 2010 fiscal year, they resolve significant uncertainty within our manufacturing segment and improve the outlook and visibility of our refurbishment and parts segment," said Greenbrier President and CEO William A. Furman. "With the contract modification, we estimate Greenbrier currently possesses about 40% of total new railcar industry backlog in North America. Given the current environment, we believe this outcome is not only favorable to Greenbrier, but also to the overall new railcar supply industry in North America."


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Daniel 3:27
27And the satraps, the prefects, the governors, and the king's counselors gathered together and saw that the fire had not had any power over the bodies of those men. The hair of their heads was not singed, their cloaks were not harmed, and no smell of fire had come upon them.
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Syrian leadership terms former VP as "traitor, US Israeli agent, defector and deserter"
The National Leadership of the ruling Ba'ath party decided on Sunday to expel Former Vice President Abdulhalim Khaddam, considering him as a "traitor" to the party and Syria and saying he has deviated from the "party principles, values and struggle traditions."
In a statement to the leadership commenting on Khaddam's recent interview to the Arab satellite channel al-Arabiya, the national leadership depicted him as the "joiner to the chorus of those hostile to Syria," pointing out that he is tied by that to the U.S. - Israeli scheme to hit Syria's steadfastness.
"At this time, Abdul Halim Khaddam went out via Al-Arabiya channel to join the anti-Syria chorus which found in him their aspired goal to recruit him in order to use his services to their hostile schemes to his homeland and Syria's proud people. Kahddam embodied by that his flagrant and clear joining to the U.S. Israeli scheme that aims at striking Syria's steadfastness and foiling its pan-Arab role as well preventing hostile schemes of hegemony and serving the Israeli interests that are to impose control on the region," the statement said, according to SANA.
The statement added Kahddam has chosen to unveil his true face regarding his party and his homeland Syria when he found himself outside the authority and responsibility in the party and the state. Kahddam has left Syria several months ago and has been staying in Paris.
"This comes after he has become a hinder and an obstructer to the reform and modernization process. This is what his practices in the party and power have shown at the 10th regional congress of the party that were condemned and rejected by the conference," the statement noted.
It added that he had chosen to take a treason step by which he made false accusations and sayings against Syria to make a "paid cheap service" to those who recruited him and to their forces to accuse Syria of Lebanon's ex-premier Rafic Hariri killing.
The statement said this was but a desperate bid from Khaddam to salvage the two reports of Detlev Mehils and gave them a boost as to escalate pressures on Syria by making a false and fabricated testimony against his country and its proud Arab people "who are quitted from this defector and deserter."
The statement stressed that Kahddam has uncovered falseness and opportunism of his belonging to the Ba'ath after he made use of it over four decades. It shouldered him responsibility for the big side of accumulated faults in Lebanon due to his behavior and stances that often were personal faults and deviations that he is now trying to deny.
"Kahddam has betrayed his homeland and nation and his fabrications and false accusations came as a clear and flagrant denial to national and pan-Arab values consolidated in life of the Syrian Arab people who reject and deny those and their null claims as well what they constitute of mines in the country body," it added.
The statement noted the Syrian people's anger and denunciation of Khaddam's false accusations of keening on democracy and eradicating poverty saying the people know well that he is one of the main symbol of corruption.
The national Ba'ath leadership said the party would remain faithful to its principals and aims as it will be committed to Syria's national principals and will constitute a defender of Syria's rights and pan-Arab interests.
"Renegades and degraded persons will not pose an obstacle on the struggle road to continue the party process as to reach at its aims. History, nation and people will not be merciful with those who soled out the trust," it concluded.


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Tucked between a modern apartment building and a Shriner's temple, folded away behind branch and bramble, it quietly sits.
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Pet Adoption Event At Free People Atlanta!
We have one store event this weekend, and it's a good one! Join Free People Atlanta for a pet adoption party in partnership with Atlanta Pet Rescue, and meet your new best friend! The event is on Saturday from 1pm – 4pm. For more info and to RSVP visit their Facebook page.
Atlanta Opening Event Style!
From what I hear the opening event for our Atlanta store was a ton of fun! And from the looks of it, quite stylish as well :) I love seeing all these ladies rocking Free People!
The vivaldi voile and lace slip is such a great layering piece.
A favorite from May – the cantina wrap maxi skirt.
Love the extreme vintage flares! I'm wearing mine today :)
Pretty maxi dress from our February catalog.
The lovely gypsy lace dress.
Another vivaldi voile and lace slip, worn under the adorable reversible faux fur vest!
Looks like a great event! Thanks so much to everyone who came out :)
Free People Atlanta Opening!
The day has finally come! I know a lot of you have been anxiously awaiting the opening of an Atlanta store (I feel like every time I post about a new store opening, I get people asking for an Atlanta store!)…the doors officially open tomorrow morning, but there will be a special preview event taking place tonight at 6pm! Stop by and say hello if you're in the area :)
Let's meet the lovely ladies who will be managing this store!
What is your favorite thing to do in your spare time? Vintage Shopping. I spend my weekends planning out what estate sales or vintage spots to check out!
How long have you lived in Atlanta? 2 days!
What is your favorite movie? The Rocky series.
What is your favorite item in your closet? My father's fur coat, I have had it since he passed away.
What is your favorite thing to do in Atlanta? Walk through Piedmont Park.
Where is your favorite place to eat out? I have so many but sushi at Mijori in Oakland, Ca, chicken tacos at Tacubaya in Berkeley, Ca and grits from Flying Biscuit in Atlanta are some of my favorites!
What is your favorite vintage find? My Burberry leather clutch, I found it in a thrift bin for $2 bucks.
What is your favorite Free People purchase? I recently bought the Scoot Inn Oversized Pullover in black and love it. It is super comfy and can be worn over most things in my closet.
Where is your favorite vacation spot? Barcelona, Spain! I went there to visit my best friend and had a blast.
Who is your celebrity style inspiration? Emma Roberts, we both have a similar edgy style.
Where are you from? Chattanooga, TN
Who is your favorite band? Needtobreathe. Southern Rock & Roll!
What is your favorite thing about Atlanta? The Starlight drive-in, it is the perfect date night. And the Braves!
What is your favorite food? A chili dog from Turner Field.
Beautiful girls! Welcome to the free people family :)


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The Mines Rovers Football Club are currently contesting their 116th home and away competition.
Formed in 1898, the club has a mighty tradition and colourful history, and is one of Australia's oldest football clubs.
Results Saturday 2nd April- Round 1
Mines 14.14- 98 to Railways 4.12- 36
Goals- Keiron Giblett 4, Sam La Porta 2, Marty Walley 2, Tom James 1, Connor McCreed 1, Luke Nugent 1, Jake Pennington 1, Jason Boyd 1, Jayden Donaldson 1
Best: Keiron Giblett, Cale Delbridge, Jake Pennington, Marty Walley, Sam Turner
Mines 9.11- 65 to Railways 7.9- 51
Goals: Ben Stein 2, Ashley Taylor, Lachlan Gaukro… [more]
Annual General Meeting
Annual General Meeting to be held Sunday 20th December 2015 at MRFC Clubrooms, 11am
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|Round 1
|Saturday 2nd April
|Mines vs Railways*
|Round 2
|Sunday 10th April
|Kambalda vs Mines
|Round 3
|Saturday 16th April
|Kalgoorlie vs Mines*
|Round 4
|Saturday 23rd April
|Mines Bye
|Round 5
|Sunday 1st May
|Mines v Boulder
|Round 6
Mothers Day Round
|Sunday 8th May
|Railways vs Mines
|Round 7
|Saturday 14th May
|Mines vs Kambalda*
|General Bye
|Saturday 21st May
|Inter-Regional Game
|Round 8
|Sunday 29th May
|Mines vs Kalgoorlie
|Round 9
|Saturday 4th June
|Mines Bye
|Round 10
Talk to a Mate Round
|Saturday 11th June
|Boulder vs Mines
|Saturday & Sunday
18th & 19th June 2016
|Great Southern Carnival
|Round 11
|Sunday 26th June
|Kambalda vs Mines
|Round 12
NAIDOC Round
|Saturday 2nd July
|Mines vs Railways
|Round 13
|Sunday 10th July
|Kalgoorlie vs Mines
|Round 14
|Saturday 16th July
|Mines Bye
|Round 15
Volunteer Recognition Round
|Sunday 24th July
|Mines vs Boulder
|Round 16
|Sunday 31st July
|Railways vs Mines
|Round 17
|Saturday 6th August
|Mines vs Kambalda
|Round 18
|Sunday 14th August
|Mines vs Kalgoorlie
|Round 19
|Saturday 20th August
|Mines Bye
|Round 20
|Saturday 27th August
|Boulder vs Mines
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|New Testament Hyper-concordance: "Young"
|The young man said to him, "All these I have observed; what do I still lack?"
|When the young man heard this he went away sorrowful; for he had great possessions.
|And a young man followed him, with nothing but a linen cloth about his body; and they seized him,
|And entering the tomb, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, dressed in a white robe; and they were amazed.
|and to offer a sacrifice according to what is said in the law of the Lord, "a pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons."
|And he came and touched the bier, and the bearers stood still. And he said, "Young man, I say to you, arise."
|And Jesus found a young ass and sat upon it; as it is written,
|Truly, truly, I say to you, when you were young, you girded yourself and walked where you would; but when you are old, you will stretch out your hands, and another will gird you and carry you where you do not wish to go."
|`And in the last days it shall be, God declares, that I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams;
|The young men rose and wrapped him up and carried him out and buried him.
|Immediately she fell down at his feet and died. When the young men came in they found her dead, and they carried her out and buried her beside her husband.
|Then they cast him out of the city and stoned him; and the witnesses laid down their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul.
|And a young man named Eutychus was sitting in the window. He sank into a deep sleep as Paul talked still longer; and being overcome by sleep, he fell down from the third story and was taken up dead.
|And Paul called one of the centurions and said, "Take this young man to the tribune; for he has something to tell him."
|So he took him and brought him to the tribune and said, "Paul the prisoner called me and asked me to bring this young man to you, as he has something to say to you."
|So the tribune dismissed the young man, charging him, "Tell no one that you have informed me of this."
|and so train the young women to love their husbands and children,
|I am writing to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I am writing to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one. I write to you, children, because you know the Father.
|I write to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God abides in you, and you have overcome the evil one.


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A tornado watch is up for most of the tri-state region as severe weather bears down on the area.
The watch is up for New York City, Orange, Rockland and Sullivan counties in New York.
The watch is up in Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Hunterdon, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris, Ocean, Passaic, Somerset, Sussex, and Warren counties in New Jersey.
Two weather systems will combine over the East Coast and set up for a widespread severe thunderstorm event. A cold front combined with an upper level jet streak will lead to a set up that is favorable for thunderstorm development with damaging winds, locally heavy rainfall and possible tornadoes, MyFoxNY.com reported.
The National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center says lightning, hail and wind gusts up to 70 mph are possible.
Wing gusts ripped a facade from a tattoo shop on the Wildwood boardwalk Tuesday.
WMGM-TV reports falling debris also damaged the boardwalk.
Meanwhile, The Record newspaper reports the top of an old oak tree landed on the roof of a home in Ridgewood.
A coastal flood advisory is in effect from 1 p.m. until 6 p.m. along the Delaware River.
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The American Shore and Beach Preservation Association (ASBPA) announced today that the Town of North Topsail Beach is a winner of its 2014 Best Restored Beach Award.
NORTH TOPSAIL BEACH � The American Shore and Beach Preservation Association (ASBPA) announced today that the Town of North Topsail Beach is a winner of its 2014 Best Restored Beach Award.
�ASBPA created the Best Restored Beach award in 2001 as a way of highlighting the value of America�s restored beaches,� said Harry Simmons, mayor of Caswell Beach, N.C., and ASBPA president. �As Americans flock to our coastline during the upcoming beach season, most don�t even realize they may be enjoying a restored beach.�
The New River Inlet Channel Realignment and Beach Restoration Project, completed in January 2013, was the first phase of North Topsail Beach�s five phase plan which will restore all 11.1 miles of the Town�s shoreline. The Town funded 100% of the permitting and design as well as initial construction of phase one, receiving no matching funds from federal, state, or county governments. Construction was financed through the Town�s existing beach fund and the rest from special obligation bonds. Despite not having outside funds, the Town saw the construction of the first phase as an absolute necessity. Mayor Daniel Tuman stated the importance of implementing the project to the Town:
�Curbing the loss of our beach is critical to our future. Wide sandy beaches are our best asset. Not only do they afford our residents and visitors with recreation and access to the ocean, they also protect our properties from storm damage. Economically, they attract visitors from all over the country and globe. They spend money here and help our local and state economy.�
North Topsail Beach is an example for communities that struggle with small-town politics, environmental opposition, and the financial means to undertake a major capital project to show that, even when the odds are against you, persistence and ingenuity can result in a successful shoreline management program.
For the last 40 years, beach restoration has been the preferred method of shore protection in coastal communities on the east, west and Gulf coasts. Beach restoration is the process of placing beach-quality sand on dwindling beaches to reverse or offset the effects of erosion.
The three main reasons for restoration are:
Coastal communities have restored more than 370 beaches in the United States, including such iconic beaches as Jones Beach in New York, Ocean City in Maryland, Virginia Beach, Miami Beach, Galveston Island in Texas and Waikiki Beach in Hawaii.
During times of economic hardship, the beach can be an even more desirable vacation destination than other domestic and foreign alternatives, offering families and visitors an accessible and affordable getaway.
To enter the Best Restored Beach competition, coastal communities like North Topsail Beach nominated their projects for consideration, and an independent panel of coastal managers and scientists selected the winners. Judging was based on three criteria: the economic and ecological benefits the beach brings to its community; the short- and long-term success of the restoration project; and the challenges each community overcame during the course of the project.
A complete list of award-winning beaches, and more information about beach restoration and ASBPA, is available online at www.asbpa.org.


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Harsh reality for Teresa Giudice and Joe Giudice. As expected, the Real Housewives of New Jersey stars pleaded guilty to several mortgage and bankruptcy fraud charges on Tuesday, March 4th.
The Giudices were reportedly both composed during their court appearance while pleading guilty to several counts of bankruptcy fraud, conspiracy to commit mail fraud and wire fraud, and failing to pay taxes. They are scheduled to be sentence on July 8. Joe, an Italian citizen, could face deportation.
Here is Gary Craig with Teresa at Mohegan Sun.


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CD Review: Scott Walker, Bish Bosch
AS anyone who bought Walker's more recent offerings will know, he's in an unrecognisably different place since the Walker Brothers' heyday and Bish Bosch continues in that same take-it-or-leave-it vein.
It is admirably uncompromising and intense with countless moments of inventive beauty.
On the other hand, in its howl-at-the-moon randomness, it sounds like a spoof of the archetypal avant garde record, likely to get short shrift from all but the most open-minded listeners.
Verdict: 3/5


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As someone who obsessively gravitates towards the sniper rifle in shooters, Sniper Elite V2 was right up my alley. I hadn't heard of the series prior to checking out the demo, but after a few gruesomely satisfying head shots I was sold.
Sniper Elite V2 (Xbox 360) by 505 Games released 5/1/12
Price Paid: $15.00 (Picked up Black Friday 2012 at Best Buy)
Recommended Buy Price: $20 – $25 (or wait for the Silver Star Edition for $30)
Time Played: 19 Hours according to Raptr.com http://raptr.com/tengaport
Difficulty: Sniper Elite
Achievements: 30/41
Glitches / Crashes: None
Will I Buy A Sequel: Probably
Will I Buy DLC: No – but I may grab the Silver Star Edition at some point.
Sniper Elite V2 puts you behind the scope of Karl Fairburne, a special operative from the Office of Strategic Services. Your mission, track down & eliminate the Nazi scientists behind the V-2 ballistic missile.
With a sniper rifle as your primary means to an end, you set out across a war-torn Berlin in pursuit of your targets. Sniper Elite V2 is all about staying out of site, finding your vantage point, lining up your shot and the pulling the trigger. If done right, and your shot connects the game treats you to Sniper Elite V2's biggest hook a violently graphic kill cam. Just see below:
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The campaign takes you through 10 chapters (plus a prologue) where you lone wolf your way against hordes of enemies. The AI isn't the smartest of the bunch, but they have the sense to eventually rally and flank you if you give up your position. The game equips you with a few gadgets such as land mines and trip wires to help cover your back as well as a machine gun and side arm for when the shit hits the fan. Still, it's best to remain out of sight and pick your enemies off at a distance.
When playing on Sniper Elite difficulty (which I HIGHLY recommend) the game isn't as easy as choosing your target and pulling the trigger. Sniper Elite difficulty forces you to factor distance and wind speed/direction considerations into your shot. You'll need a steady hand along with some intuition to have any hope of dropping targets 200m.
I found myself getting a good handle on the distance, but often had trouble gauging the wind from the visual clues (or lack thereof) . No biggie, if I missed my first shot I could usually correct on the second as long as I didn't spook my target too much. Cadet & Marksman difficulties do not hold to same challenge, so plan your play through accordingly.
One more thing you'll need to factor into your shots regardless of difficulty is the sound your rifle makes when fired. This isn't some Tom Clancy: Ghost Recon deal here. Your WWII era firearms make big bangs when the triggers are pulled so waiting until you have noise masking your shot is another element you'll need to take into consideration.
Staying hidden, lining up your shot, accounting for distance & wind and then waiting for the right moment make Sniper Elite V2 more methodical & tense than your average, run & gun shooter. When you execute a perfect shot from across the map though, and see your handiwork unfold in the game's graphic kill cam it's an extremely gratifying experience.
The graphical prowess of Sniper Elite V2 probably isn't going to rock your world and it can feel clunky at times but the sniping is so satisfying that those deficiencies hardly impacted my enjoyment at all. I ran into a few frustrating sections, but was able to power through my keeping my cool and steadying my aim.
After completing the campaign I started eyeing up the DLC options because I wasn't quite ready to hang up my rifle just yet. Going to hold off though for now and maybe revisit the game when the upcoming Silver Star Edition is released.
There is a Zombie infested Sniper Elite campaign coming to PCs which I really hope finds it's way to consoles as I am eager for more of the franchise.
If you enjoy sniping and are looking for a great budget title to get in a few kills, you'd be wise to take aim at Sniper Elite V2. Two thumbs up.


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There is no point in saying DeMar DeRozan is the next 'this' or the next 'that,' any more than this Toronto Raptors season was meant to be judged at any point other than at its conclusion.
But let's just say this: in a city whose hockey team has turned the phrase "first-round draft pick" into an expletive deleted (or, at least, expletive traded to Boston) the progress of DeRozan, last year's first-round pick, is notable. That he has been able to refine his game - to do a better job of handling the ball in tight quarters, make nice wide runs down the wing and increasingly find his mid-range jumper - while becoming enough of a factor that he has separated himself statistically from the bulk of the sophomore pack, is all to the good.
DeRozan is for the Raptors in many ways what Luke Schenn is to the Maple Leafs: the guy you'd like to think will really be something when the team can make it count.
What does it say that DeRozan's sophomore season compares favourably with numbers put up by other athletic wing players in recent seasons? Just that it appears all the positive character traits that his coach and general manager and teammates say he possesses - Raptors television analyst Jack Armstrong calls him a gym rat - are translating into improvement. It's nice that DeRozan hits the practice court at night to work on his shooting with assistant Eric Hughes; better yet that it's making a difference.
"DeMar should continue to improve almost by default based on his extensive on-court experience," said Raptors general manager Bryan Colangelo, referring to DeRozan's average of almost 33 minutes a game. "He is clearly getting more savvy about when and how to score."
Of course DeRozan's defence needs work. And there will still be nights such as Wednesday's: a start in which he writes himself large all over the game - eight points in eight minutes, including a reverse jam and brazenly returning the favour of a Joe Johnson blow-by with one of his own on the ensuing possession - only to get lost after spending the first five minutes of the second quarter on the bench. Not much he could do about the phantom foul he was assessed on Jamal Crawford that sent the Atlanta Hawks player to the line for three: Crawford flops. He sold the play. Crawford is a big-time player and he put the Hawks on his back down the stretch.
DeRozan nodded in the affirmative when it was suggested there will come a time where he will demand the ball in games such as Wednesday's, won 104-101 by Atlanta.
"Leandro [Barbosa]stepped up for us, though, so all I wanted to do was focus on defence," DeRozan said. "Yeah, that time will come. But right now, a game like this one, I'm just trying to play to the flow of the game and do what I can."
When these teams last met in Toronto, the Raptors were booed off the court. That was hardly fair, since even when the Raptors are healthy the Hawks are a nightmare for them - just as they are for many other teams. That was Nov. 28 and the Raptors were just beginning to come to grips with the fact they wouldn't have Reggie Evans's demonic rebounding and were torched with a 3-for-17 third quarter in which the Hawks outscored the Raptors 25-11 on the way to a 96-78 win.
That did not happen Wednesday. With sixth-man Barbosa scoring 26 points - he looks and sometimes walks like an old soul, but my goodness he can bring a crowd to its feet - the Raptors had an Andrea Bargnani three-pointer for the tie. He missed.
DeRozan's line was modest: nine points, five boards and two assists. In time, there is no way his head coach will do what Jay Triano did: no way he'll play 12 good minutes and then sit on the bench for five. There will be nights when it will be on him to deliver, when it will make sense to look at the standings before a game - when DeRozan will come back into a game and assert his will. Of that, we can now be reasonably certain.


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Just how big was it to come out and cut down Hamden in game-one of the season?
The dimensions of Darien boys hockey's 2-1 win on Wednesday at DIR can best be measured in time — lots and lots of it.
"I mean, as a freshman we never beat them, as a sophomore, never beat them, as a junior never beat them," said Brendan Hathaway, who scored the opener early. "So it feels good to beat them my senior year."
Darien won it on Tommy Watters go-to-the-net effort on the power play in the third.
"That's a nice little feat to get that one under our belt," second-year Wave coach Chris Gerwig said.
It's more like a feat for the ages to get what could be the best season in a Wave ice-age under way. But, just what duration of ages precisely has it been since Darien did last beat Hamden?
More stunning than a number, this win takes on the flavor of lore — nobody can remember quite when the last time was.
"That's a good question," Gerwig said. "I've been hearing all kinds of things. So for me to say, unfortunately I can't."
That's from the first coach, who could — beat Hamden — and suffice it to say, for just a very long time.
Hathaway flicked the puck in, and from the goal line on the right side, with what looked a little like a sleight of hand trick, only 31 seconds into the new season for a 1-0 lead.
There was nothing slight about the result. Already, the writing was on the rink wall in letters everyone could read: the Wave had come to play.
"It was great to have that spark," said Hathaway. "I just whacked the puck out of the air, got a good bounce and it went into the net."
Trent Bergin had the assist.
But if Darien had come to play, Hamden, a perennial state title contender, was not about to go home.
The Green Dragons (0-1) scored on the rush off a blast from the right circle to knot it up with 5:26 left in the first period.
Only that was as far as Wave senior first-year starting goalie Michael Collins (20 saves) would let the visitors go.
He made an early second period stop on a shot one-timed from right out in front to keep the game even. It appeared to be his toughest, on a night, when Darien cleared rebounds like wind sweeping debris from the street.
"My defense was great," said Collins. "Everybody backchecked."
Darien put 23 shots on goal.
Collins, strong in this one in taking over for an All-State goalie of two years in Max Rothston (DHS 2012), didn't have any opening night jitters for long.
"I was a little nervous at first, but once we got that 1-0 lead I settled in," he said. "And I think the team really came together."
"It's still a feeling out process," Gerwig said of his three-goalie rich bench. "It's just one of those things where we are going to take one game at a time. It's not like I'm going to plan a schedule for them."
Darien's best goalie all-time, perhaps, Alex Kremer, who moved on to Taft after starting with the Wave in the last decade, and then tended goal at BC, is back on board as goalie coach.
"He was a phenomenal outstanding goalie," said Gerwig. "He really knows how to break down a goalie's performance and see what strengths and weaknesses are."
Collins is strong on his angles and stingy down low, in Kremer fashion.
"Now we seem to be leaning with Michael," Gerwig said. "But obviously a win of that caliber in your first real big start as a goalie for the program, it's nice. It's satisfying to everybody — to him — for the team to say, 'hey, we've got a guy who can step in and get us a W.' Which he did.
"I thought he really made some big saves when we needed it."
Darien killed a penalty early in the third.
And the Wave had its chance with the extra man with just less then 10 minutes to go.
That's when Watters struck.
Watters went to the net and took a feed from Owen Koorbusch on the left side, scoring into a gaping net with 9:30 to play in the third period. The goalie favored Koorbusch like he was No. 5's own shadow, leaving the middle of the net a place for breezes, and the puck.
"I just got lucky going through the neutral zone," said Watters, a junior. "Owen gave it back, and I buried it."
It looked like it could go 3-1 when Dana Wensberg made a nice solo effort to the net, stickhandling his way past three defenders, cutting in from the left side, but was stopped with about three minutes to go.
The scoring may not be overwhelming this season, or in time, it just might: the senior line of Hathaway, Bergin and Jack Knowlton could prove to be one murderers row of goal-getting.
The one-time checking though — early checking if you're the other team — both up and back — but especially up — is what right out-of-the-gate makes the Wave a most dangerous D1 team to meet.
Darien's four-game season-starting home stand vs. quality foes continues with a visit from West Haven on Saturday.


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Teenager Lucy Poole says she's not the shy young thing she was when she entered last year's search for a flower queen.
The 18-year-old from Weston has been on an apprenticeship at the Cley Hall Hotel in Spalding since the summer last year.
Lucy, of High Road, said: "I didn't make it to the final last year but was chosen to be a butterfly.
"People wouldn't recognise me this year because I was so shy then. Working front of house has changed all that - I'll give anyone a run for their money now."
The search for the 2013 – and last ever – flower queen has started and Lucy is the first hopeful.
She said: "I'd love to be flower queen. Who wouldn't want to wear a pretty dress?"
You could be part of history by being the last person ever to be crowned Spalding Flower Queen and take your place atop a magnificent floral float as the parade winds its way through the town's streets for the final time on Saturday, May 4.
To enter you need to be aged 17 or over, live in South Holland and fill in the coupon on this page.
Preliminary interviews will be at Tulip Radio on Thursday, March 7, and five finalists will be invited to a reception at Ayscoughfee Hall on March 15, where the winner will be crowned.
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Our Rice for Cambodia team has completed distributing rice to families in need of food. There is whole section on our website dedicated to sharing what was happening with our team in Cambodia. You can see photos, listen to some audio clips, and read some blogs written by Lee Michaels, President of Musicianaries.
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Today's Best Thing Ever has to be Stuck on Earth, an app for travellers who haven't left home yet.
The app uses the vast Flickr database of geotagged photos and plots them on a map. Tap on where you want to go in the world, and let the app dig out photos of it for you.
Although there's a lot of Flickr in this app, it's not an official Flickr product. Rather, it was put together by Flickr user Trey Ratcliff.
You want a demo video? You got it:
And yes, the app really does welcome you like that. You can turn off the voice if you like.
Stuck on Earth is a great app for anyone who likes travel, photography, or both. Or even just Flickr. It's free, it's beautiful, and it's already helped me look up some possible summer holiday destinations for me and my family, and I've only had it an hour or so. Go grab.
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In a special closed session meeting March 24 the Cameron Park Community Services District Board of Directors voted 3-2 against extending General Manager Fred Smith's contract for another year and to release him from duties immediately.
Smith was notified of the board's decision the next day, a little more than six weeks shy of his first year as general manager.
"It was a contract provision that we had to notify him by March 25 whether we would be extending his contract or not," said Board President Scott McNeil.
On the first motion to extend Smith's contract Directors McNeil, Alan Clarke and Greg Stanton voted no, while Directors Shiva Frentzen and Richard Green voted for an extension.
"All of the board directors individually reviewed Mr. Smith's performance, using the same format and questions," said Frentzen. "I found Mr. Smith to be above satisfactory."
A second motion to remove Smith effective March 25 and place him on paid leave until his contract expires May 10 passed, with McNeil, Clarke and Stanton voting for the motion and Frentzen and Green voting against.
Frentzen said she was chairman of the Revenue Enhancing Advisory Group for the CSD for a year in 2009."The objective of the group was to come up with ideas to make (the) CSD self-sufficient and self-sustaining. None of the recommendations we made to the board and staff were implemented until Mr. Smith was hired. He implemented all the recommendations and made many of his own. In my opinion, he has done a great job for our community."
McNeil said the board had not yet decided whether to appoint an interim general manager or hire a new GM.
"There will be no gaps in service," said McNeil. "The CSD needs a general manager and this is the highest priority of the board. We want to find the best possible replacement."
The Cameron Park CSD hired Smith last May after being without a general manager for more than 18 months. Park Superintendent Paul Ryan and accounting clerk Livia Amadon had acted as co-general managers of the district after General Manager Tammy Mefford was placed on administrative leave at the end of 2008. Mefford sued for wrongful termination and alleged sexual harassment by two of the board directors at the time, Alan Clarke and Dave Johnson.
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Wow, what did he do to get let go? I have only heard good things Mr. Smith had done for Cameron Park CSD after not having a G/M for 18 months after the last mess with Tammy Mefford.Reply


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Ed and Peggy Flemister still have each other, and that's all that really matters.
In their 69 years of marriage, the Flemisters' love has never wavered.
"Peggy and I are so fortunate that we still have each other," Ed says.
They appreciate that even more in light of leaving their Northwest Dallas home of more than 40 years for a retirement community, dealing with health issues and losing friends.
Ed and Peggy have been inseparable since January 1944. Peggy was studying advertising at the University of Missouri when her duties as sorority social chairwoman put her in Ed's path. She was planning to invite the enlisted men staying at the fraternity house next door to an event. Ed was in Columbia, Mo., for a few months for officer training school with the Army Air Corps.
He looked out the window and saw Peggy.
"She was such a cute thing," he says. "I had to mosey out to meet her."
Peggy was easy to talk to, and the pair discovered they were both Dallasites. They hit it off and were soon planning an April wedding before Ed shipped out. Even though Peggy was just a month shy of graduating, she says she knew her future was with Ed.
"Being young has something to do with it," says Peggy, 89. "And during a war, I think that has an effect on how you think and feel. And, of course, he was very easy to look at."
Despite having known each other for only a short while before tying the knot, Peggy says there was never any doubt they were meant for each other.
"We had a commitment that we believed in," she says. "You're going to have hard times no matter where you are in life. You have to gut it out and work it out. That's life."
After they wed, they moved to San Marcos while Ed was stationed at Kelly Field in San Antonio. From there, they went to Virginia, but headed back to Texas when Peggy learned she was pregnant. By then, the war was winding down. Ed was discharged Nov. 20, 1945. When Peggy wasn't taking care of their growing family — Judy, Jim, Jay, Jane and John — she helped Ed at Flemister's Delicatessen on Northwest Highway.
"It was fun. I miss it, but I don't think he does," she says. "He had all the hard stuff: the paperwork, the salaries, the hiring, the firing, the ordering."
Peggy says those busy times were a blessing. When they weren't going to their children's events, they made time for their own friends.
"We danced together, played poker together and just ran around together. In those days, big bands were the thing," he says.
In 1984, Ed closed the deli and retired. He and Peggy have stayed busy with Valley View Christian Church and their seven grandchildren.
Recently, Ed was proud to walk his granddaughter down the aisle. He and Peggy now have three great-grandchildren, too.
These days, Ed is taking care of Peggy after a recent fall and some back problems, but he doesn't mind.
"She's easy to love," says Ed, 93. "She's been a wonderful wife for all these many years. I'm so thankful to have her."
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