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In 1989 at 5:04 PM on October 17th a magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck the San Francisco Bay area. At the time I was stationed in Alameda, California, which is located between Oakland and San Francisco on the east side of the bay. I, along with my wife who was pregnant at the time with our daughter, and our two boys were at home We were living in base housing on the second floor of an older wooden framed apartment style housing unit.
I had just gotten home from work and had turned on the television to watch the bay area World Series (between the San Francisco Giants and the Oakland A's). I heard the window start to vibrate and rattle. Just as I took a breath to yell at the boys for playing too roughly, the floor started to move. It was the first earthquake I had ever experienced but I knew instantly what was going on. My heart was gripped with fear. My wife Mylene, was in the kitchen starting supper. I attempted to get to her as I heard dishes and furniture crashing to the floor.
Only seconds had passed but it seemed like hours. I took a step toward the doorway to the kitchen but when I put my foot down the floor was no longer there and I fell. The floor was moving in waves up and down. I could see Mylene standing in the doorway to the kitchen but I could not make it to her.
They said later that the whole earthquake lasted only 20 seconds, but you could not prove that by any of us. It seemed as if the house shook for at least 15 or 20 minutes. When it was over we were all terrified. We worried that the house would collapse, or that a gas line might have broken and a fire could start. We worried that another quake would strike any moment. We were very lucky, no one in the family had been injured. In the next two weeks we had hundreds of 'after shocks' which would instantly bring back the terror of the original quake.
I have also been through two hurricanes on the east coast of the U.S. and one typhoon in the Pacific Ocean. I stood on the weather deck of an aircraft carrier and watched 30 to 50 foot waves roll towards us. You could feel the raw power of the ocean.
I told those stories to illustrate that I have been afraid and felt the power of the natural world. Have you ever been afraid? Maybe it was a violent thunder storm, or a flood, or an earthquake, or a tornado, but whatever it was I am sure you too have had that feeling of helplessness and fear.
If you are a Christian, then you believe that God created us and everything in the natural world that we see and feel. So it would hold true that you believe that God created these natural phenomena also. What I want you to think about is this: Can God create anything which is greater or more powerful then He is?
Of course not, God cannot create something that is more powerful then He is Himself. Do you think that any of God's creation could with the knowledge God gave us, create anything more powerful then God? Again, of course not.
What we have just said is that there will never be an earthquake; tornado, hurricane, typhoon, or nuclear weapon which is more powerful than God is. These things all strike fear in the hearts of human beings. We know that any or all of these could snuff out our lives at a moments notice if we are in the wrong place at the wrong time.
We give them all respect. We show them respect by preparing for the possibility that one of them might strike us. We attempt to be prepared. If we know that a hurricane or tornado is headed towards our home, we flee or take shelter. We look at anyone who does not attempt to take shelter or take precautions as foolish.
I have been concerned lately that people have lost respect and awe for God. We can clinically say that we believe that He is more powerful than anything we have ever experienced, or can imagine, yet we treat Him like just another person we know. How often do we think before we start blurting out our prayer requests? It is God Almighty that we are addressing.
Our fear of the Lord should not be a fear based in not knowing what He might do. We do not have to worry that He will decide to harm us. Yet our fear should be based on how awesome He is and the attributes that He possesses. (Psalms 33:8-9 NIV) Let all the earth fear the LORD; let all the people of the world revere him. {9} For he spoke, and it came to be; he commanded, and it stood firm.
To fear the Lord is to respect Him and revere Him, to in a small way understand His position compared to ours. We depend on Him for the very air that we breathe. No we do not have to fear that He will suddenly take that air away from us, but that makes us no less dependant on Him. (Psalms 34:9 NIV) Fear the LORD, you his saints, for those who fear him lack nothing.
(Proverbs 8:12-13 NIV) "I, wisdom, dwell together with prudence; I possess knowledge and discretion. {13} To fear the LORD is to hate evil; I hate pride and arrogance, evil behavior and perverse speech."
While I was a Deputy Sheriff there were times, like everyone else, when I would have a problem with a business. It might be a late notice for a bill I had already paid, or some other minor problem. I would call them on the phone and, just like I am sure it has some times happened to you, I would be treated less like someone who is important to their business and more like a distraction from their business. I would often tell them I was busy and would be back in touch later. I would wait until it was time to go to work and put on my uniform and drive down to their business and speak to them in person. I never used my position to get my own way, however, just the fact that they saw that I was a Police Officer, would get me personalized attention. What had changed? I was the same person to whom they were rude just an hour before over the telephone, but now they were very polite and willing to help me.
It was because they realized the position I held and were somewhat in awe and fear of that position. Being a Police Officer, it was my job to support and protect them, not to harass them. If they had picked up the phone and called the Sheriff and told him I was rude to them I would have been immediately under investigation. But none of that mattered, what mattered was that they realized the authority and power that my position carried.
One more example; while I was in the military I was stationed on the USS Carl Vinson which is a nuclear aircraft carrier. When at sea the Captain of a ship has enormous power and authority. He may have to answer for what he does when he gets back to port, but while at sea he is in total control. I can remember many times when people would speak disrespectfully about the "Old Man." They always thought they could run the ship better then he could and they longed for the opportunity to tell him what they thought. Yet anytime the Captain took time out of his schedule to just walk around the ship the word would quickly pass throughout the ship and everyone would hurry to make their work place clean and acceptable. I watched as these same individuals who longed for the chance to tell the "Old Man" how to run the ship, would shake when he walked into the room. You could sense the power in the position the Captain held, even the Officers who were good at lording their authority over everyone else would act nervous around the Captain.
Is our opinion of God so much lower then that of Police Officers or other people in authority that we will give them respect and yet not give that same amount of respect to God Almighty? Oh, we claim that we respect God, we claim that He understands us and our shortcomings. We claim that God does not care about the outward things. We make lots of excuses for our lack of respect. We pat ourselves on the back and tell each other how much God loves us, as if that makes it okay to not treat Him as the Creator of the Universe.
If you and your family were invited to the White House, would you sit in the Oval Office with your kids and allow them to stick their gum under the chair seat when they are tired of chewing it? Would you allow them to run around the halls of the White House while you listened to the President? Would you allow them to put their feet up on the seat in front of them? If you were served coffee would you just drop your napkin on the floor and leave your cup under your seat when you left? Here's a tough one, if you or one of your older children smokes, would you light up a cigarette as soon as you were out the front door and when finished flick the filter into the parking lot?
Who is the President that you should respect his residence when these same things take place weekly in what we proudly claim to be God's house? Who deserves more respect? Has God ever lied to you about His relationships? Has He ever been accused of lying to a grand jury? Do you need to clarify what the meaning of is, is to understand His written word?
God does love us or He would not have sent His Son to die for our sins, but don't ever let that cause you to believe that He does not demand our obedience and our respect.
We should have a deep seated fear of God. Not that He will harm us or quit loving us, but a fear and respect that comes from knowing the authority and power which are His. We should reexamine our attitudes toward God and our view of who God is.
Some of what I have described would change if we feared God and were in awe of Him like we should be, but there is another reason why our attitudes should change towards Him. (Matthew 22:35-40 NIV) One of them, an expert in the law, tested him with this question: {36} "Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?" {37} Jesus replied: "'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.' {38} This is the first and greatest commandment. {39} And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' {40} All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments." If we truly love God with all our heart and with all our soul and with all our mind, we will quit treating Him like a second class citizen and start treating Him like He is who He is.
Here are a couple more passages which address how we are to fear the Lord our God: (Maybe we should take them to heart.) (Deuteronomy 6:1-2 NIV) These are the commands, decrees and laws the LORD your God directed me to teach you to observe in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess, {2} so that you, your children and their children after them may fear the LORD your God as long as you live by keeping all his decrees and commands that I give you, and so that you may enjoy long life.
(Deuteronomy 6:24-25 NIV) The LORD commanded us to obey all these decrees and to fear the LORD our God, so that we might always prosper and be kept alive, as is the case today. {25} And if we are careful to obey all this law before the LORD our God, as he has commanded us, that will be our righteousness."
(Deuteronomy 31:12-13 NIV) Assemble the people--men, women and children, and the aliens living in your towns--so they can listen and learn to fear the LORD your God and follow carefully all the words of this law. {13} Their children, who do not know this law, must hear it and learn to fear the LORD your God as long as you live in the land you are crossing the Jordan to possess."
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When it comes to shopping I would rather be in the stores looking for clothes, handbags, cosmetics, and other things for me. That is the type of shopping I like to do. I do not enjoy shopping for everyday items like shampoo, soap, food, toiletries, and other necessities. Going up and down the aisles of a crowded store looking for items on my shopping list is a real bore. That is why I am glad that Walmart has made shopping online for everyday products so easy. I am happy to be participating in their Beauty Your Family Trusts campaign that is showcasing my favorite Procter & Gamble beauty products.
All I had to do is make a list of things that we need around the house. Items like shampoo & conditioner, hair color, deodorants, soaps, and body wash. After taking an inventory of items that we have I was able to establish a list of things that we were running low on or out of completely. I then took this list to my computer desk and opened up my browser and typed in: BeautyYourFamilyTrusts.com. That link brought me right to the Walmart site location of P & G hair care and beauty products. I needed shampoo and conditioner for my daughter so I purchased Pantene Pro-V Sheer Volume Shampoo and Herbal Essences Blowout Smooth Conditioner. My son and husband both needed deodorant (I'm not saying they stink) so I put two sticks Old Spice Fresh High Endurance Deodarant/AntiPerspirant into the shopping cart. I was looking for a new body wash with moisturizer to keep my skin hydrated during these dry winter months. I choose Olay Ultra-Moisture body wash and added that to the cart.
It was as simple as adding items to my cart, paying for them and they were shipped to my house later in the week. How easy is that? I didn't have to get into the car, waste gas, deal with traffic and stress for ones. I also didn't have to deal with walking around a crowded store and the long checkout lines. All liquid products that I received had the protective seal to prevent from spilling and to double secure they were placed in a separate ziploc plastic bags.
This entire shopping experience took me all of 15 minutes and free shipping on $50 purchase. Compared to the couple of hours that a typical in-store shopping experience takes this was fantastic! I was able to free up my time to do other things or just to be able to relax a little bit longer. This was a win-win situation all around. I got more time for my family and myself and some great beauty products were delivered right to my front door!
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Thursday, January 14, 2016
Do Not Waste Your Vote On Bernie Sanders
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You are so right my friend. Great article, I sent it to everyone.ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you very much!Delete
I've been thinking this also. The republicans are going to drill into people's head about "all the "free stuff" Sanders wants to give away, so why even do anything?? Bernie's got you!" Why should anybody get a job?ReplyDeleteReplies
After Republicans are done dropping about a billion dollars in negative ads, they'll make Bernie into the second coming of Karl Marx.Delete
The only sure-fire way to lose, that I know of, is not to try. As a lawyer you probably get used to the taste of crap but I think I'll just keep trying for that sweet taste of victory.ReplyDeleteReplies
I guess we have different definitions of "victory." If you truly believe that a 74 year old socialist from Vermont can win a general election in America in 2016, god bless. I guess I'm more of a realist and also someone who understands, having worked in politics, that results matter. The same people who took your attitude in 2000 helped "elect" GW Bush - he appointed a Chief Justice who is likely to serve for another 20-25 years along with an Associate Justice who will probably serve for 30. Oh yeah, he also drained our Treasury and left thousands of dead in the Middle East. But hey, you do you.Delete
scarylawyerguy, I tend to agree with you. He has killed his chances of winning the general election by proclaiming in the past that he is a Socialist and now a Democratic Socialist. He is not a Socialist nor has he ever been one. Referring to himself as a Democratic Socialist is idiotic. The opposition is having a field day and will continue to do so.Delete
Even if one believes he has a chance, it would still be irresponsible to take that chance. As you pointed out, this election is far too important; the appointments to the Supreme Court should be the number one reason in deciding ones vote.
scarylawyerguy, I tend to agree with you. He has killed his chances of winning the general election by proclaiming in the past that he is a Socialist and now a Democratic Socialist. He is not a Socialist nor has he ever been one. Referring to himself as a Democratic Socialist is idiotic. The opposition is having a field day and will continue to do so.Delete
Even if one believes he has a chance, it would still be irresponsible to take that chance. As you pointed out, this election is far too important; the appointments to the Supreme Court should be the number one reason in deciding ones vote.
And were you awake during the run up to the 2008 elections, when common knowledge predicted the country wasn't ready for a black president?ReplyDelete
We need a president who will represent ALL of America, not just the donor class. A vote for Bernie is a vote for the people. Hillary is first and foremost a corporatist. That's a stripe that's not ever going away.Replies
I was awake in 2008, but your suggestion that Bernie = Barack is off the mark. Bernie has a decades-long record of admitted "socialist" views that the Republicans will use to eviscerate him. Obama also benefitted from W's deep unpopularity, a Wall St crash that happened 2 months before the election and McCain's selection of Sarah Palin.Delete
If you truly believe Hillary is a corporate tool, I suggest you go back and research her long history of advocacy for issues like health care, women's rights, and middle east peace. She was well ahead of her time and has taken Republican blows for 20 years and is still standing. Do you really think Bernie will be able to withstand their blows?
There is a bunch of the same old crap here. But another lackey for the status quo is not the progress many people want after suffering 35 years of accelerating corporate control. If the system allows B.S. a chance ( it's a big if ), he will win the general and some change will begin. A new skin tone or a new gender is not necessarily any change at all but a principled person might be. Smells like Scaredlawyer has a stake in the current shitty system.ReplyDeleteReplies
How will that "change" occur without a Democratic Congress? Seriously, how will that happen? I guess you forgot that Obama had huge majorities in 2009-10 and still struggled to get the ACA through (and stripped out the "public option" to ensure its passage). Your deluding yourself if you think that some tidal wave of voter outrage is going to put in a circa 1933 amount of liberals to enact anything. When things go to shit, the Rs would swamp us in 2018 off years.Delete
If you think the "status quo" is what Bill Clinton and Barack Obama represent, you're obviously not a Democrat. All wages rose when Clinton was president because he actually invested in the middle class. Obama has pulled the country out of the depths of the recession. Bernie has been a back bencher not doing jack squat for 20+ years in Congress.
*You're deluding (typo)Delete
McGovern lost to Richard Nixon. You know, the guy whose VP had to resign because of a scandal he was involved in before he was VP. The guy whose Attorney General went to jail. The guy whose close advisors went to jail. The guy who had to resign the Presidency because of the stuff his campaign did to throw the election in which he beat George McGovern.ReplyDelete
You say you "have no recollection of Watergate" but then try to base an argument on a claim about an election in which Richard Nixon's crimes figure large. Yeah, McGovern lost. He lost to one of the most devious characters ever to inhabit the White House. He lost because people ignored his warning about Nixon. He lost because Democrats like Jimmy Carter who were rock-ribbed supporters of the Vietnam War undermined him and called him terms like "peacenik." They're the ones who set the stage for Reagan, Bush, and more Bush.Replies
I guess I would argue that if McGovern lost to such a mendacious figure, it must mean he was a really weak candidate. You missed the point of the post entirely. The *country* is not where you (or McGovern) were/are when it comes to who they want in a President.Delete
McGovern was a decent guy, a WWII vet, and he was so easily caricatured as a "acid, amnesty, and abortion" candidate. That is my point - the Republicans would do the same to Sanders and in the balance, eliminate all of the progress Democrats have made under the last 2 Presidents.
if you want to risk having an R in the White House when (potentially) both Breyer and Ginsburg step down and Kennedy too, and have 3 40 or 50something "strict constructionists" added to the conservative majority on the Supreme Court, you're a fool.
You don't know your history very well.Delete
Nixon wasn't out to defeat McGovern. He was out to defeat anyone who would challenge him. He ran dirty tricks campaigns throughout the 1972 Democratic primary campaign in order to weaken every potential candidate, not just McGovern. Whoever won the nomination would have been up against a criminal enterprise that wasn't just Nixon and a few cronies. The basis of the impeachment proceedings against him was that he was using the machinery of the FBI, IRS, and other governmental agencies to maintain himself in the White House.
And about that "acid, amnesty, and abortion" line: It was publicized by Robert Novak. In his last book, Novak revealed who he'd gotten it from. It was Democratic Missouri Sen. Thomas Eagleton, the guy who (after he and other pro-war Dems shivved McGovern during the primaries) clutched on to the VP nomination after his electroshock treatments were revealed.
The idea that there's more dirt to throw against Sanders than Clinton is pretty laughable. Clinton's been having dirt thrown her way for more than two decades on the national stage. She's done remarkably well in its face, but if you think that's going to stop during the next nine months, I think you're the fool.
Thanks for the history lesson. It is well known that Nixon and his operatives played dirty tricks against the Democrats in hopes they *would* nominate McGovern. Mission Accomplished.Delete
If you're hoping to re-litigate the 1972 campaign in an effort to prove the Republicans would not be able to tar Bernie Sanders with the same brush, have at it. I guess you were not around when George HW Bush slimed Mike Dukakis, Reagan shredded Mondale, or W (along with a complicit media) turned earnest technocrat Al Gore into a lying, beta male.
In fact, little has been written about Sanders and the media is just now digging into his past support of things like nationalizing utilities and the oil industry. If you do not think those statements will be used against him, along with his current support for higher taxes (even if they are in the service of an admittedly good idea) I'm sure you were one of those who did pull the lever for Ralph Nader and then walked away from responsibility for Bush's election in 2000.
Finally, what exactly has Bernie Sanders ever done in Congress? What evidence is there that he could run a huge government bureaucracy? How exactly will he get anything passed in light of his belief in the need for a political revolution? You do realize there is a co-equal branch of government that will basically snuff out anything he proposes, right?
- AnonymousJanuary 15, 2016 at 8:03 PM
"but older voters should appreciate the risk of entrusting our party's nomination to someone who is not even a Democrat"ReplyDelete
thank you, this cannot be stressed enough. Sanders opportunistically "became" a Democrat, because he knew his socialist bit wouldn't play in the rest of the country. yes, all politicians are opportunistic, but that doesn't mean, by definition, they should be rewarded for it.
look at who's attending the "Bernie Rallies", and you'll notice it's a pretty pale, nearly transparent group, with the occasional spot of color offsetting it. Sen. Sanders has spent his entire political life appealing to a demographic that's 99.99% caucasion, and hasn't displayed any public ability to appeal to minorities, because he's never had to. Ms. Clinton will run over him in primaries where the electorate is more diversified, because she and her husband have been doing it for over 30 years. minorities/women like and will support Ms. Clinton. they will vote for her in numbers/%'s that will dwarf all the candidates, D & R, combined. now isn't the time to be figuring out how to appeal to a critical demographic, if you don't have it by now, it's too late. neither Sen. Sanders (and all the R candidates) has it, and this will be his/their undoing.Replies
Thanks for your comment. I think the fact that Sanders was not, until recently (if at all?) actually registered as a Democrat is telling.Delete
Excellent article and responses to comments, too!ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks. For what it's worth, it's not that I don't believe in some (not all) of Sanders's positions, but the risk of nominating him is enormous. The same bubble that we accuse right wingers of living in is seeping into the belief system of lefties who kid themselves into thinking Sanders's message would not be crushed by the Republican spin machine.Delete
- AnonymousJanuary 20, 2016 at 10:21 PM
Excellent. Wish the Berniacs could understand that politics is the art of the possible.ReplyDelete
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with the Democrats losing ground for the past 20 years or so, taking a big hit in the mid year cycles especially in recent years, you suggest more of the "careful" use of more of the same? perhaps Dems are losing ground by triangulation and going "central" a central that is more often than not really as central as some would like to believe, but right...perhaps you are right, but we know that in Canada, and elsewhere, there has been a move back to more progressive or left policies, perhaps in baby steps--but important steps all the same, I'd hazard...Brad VauterReplyDeleteReplies
Here's part of why I have a major problem with Sanders. Where has he been for the last 25 years? Has he been trying to elect Democrats? Going to the proverbial rubber chicken dinners to collect campaign cash so down ballot Democrats won? No. He's a one man band while the Clintons (and now the Obamas) have been working to get Democrats elected to push forward the very policies you want.Delete
I appreciate what Bernie has done to highlight certain issues, but the reality is that the complaints you express, about low mid-term turn out or gerrymandered CDs all stem from Democrats not coming out to vote and nothing Bernie has pitched will change that. The idea that there is some nascent political revolution brewing if only the right leader stepped forward is simply not borne out by the results of the primaries thus far, where Hillary has a 3:2 advantage in total votes (and delegates).
Cementing legacies and policies is about the daisy chain of going from one President to the other. You only need to see how quickly W undid the solid fiscal situation given to him by President Clinton to understand that.
My sentiments exactly.Delete
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Today, we are going to learn about how to setup SSL on your Tomcat so that you can access your application on HTTPS instead of HTTP and provide a secure interface to your clients. But before going into that, lets understand the basic difference between HTTP & HTTPS.
Introduction to HTTPS
HTTPS (HyperText Transfer Protocol Secure) combines HTTP protocol with SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) or TLS (Transport Layer Security) and offers a secure channel to browse the web so that you can trust the connection to send sensitive information like payment transactions details or your bank account details. The difference between the two clearly shows in the address bar where you can see "https://" instead of "http://". Also HTTPS uses port 443 as the default port, whereas HTTP uses port 80 as the default port for communication.
Using HTTPS, the two-way communication that occurs between your web browser and the host server is now secure and encrypted. This means that the data being sent is encrypted by one side, transmitted, then decrypted by the other side before processing.
When a web browser initially attempts to contact a web server over a secure connection, it is presented with a "certificate" (set of credentials), as a proof of the site is who what it claims to be. These certificates are signed (digitally verified) by certain authorities like VeriSign and typically purchased by the web server. Remember that you need to buy a certificate for each port on which you want a secure connection. For this blog entry, we will sign our own certificate and make other changes to Tomcat configuration so that it starts accepting connection on port 443 using HTTPS protocol.
But before we begin setting up SSL on Tomcat, its very important to iterate that this is valid only if you are using Tomcat as a stand-alone web server, the other possibility being Microsoft IIS or Apache Server serving as the main interface to the outside world and Tomcat is serving as the JSP/Servlet Container at the backend, communicating with one of these servers. In that case, you have to make SSL configuration changes in IIS or Apache, while Tomcat will continue to work normally sending cleartext responses (no encryption at Tomcat level).
Creating a Certificate
Fortunately, Java provides us with a utility (keytool) which can be used to create a self-signed certificate. This is not validated by any authority, hence not suitable for production use. But it can certainly be used for development purposes. So, lets create a certificate from scratch for our application:
Type in the following command and enter details(credentials) about your organization that users of your site/application would see in the certificate given to them when they use it. The default password for Tomcat is "changeit" (all in lower-case). It would be asked when you type the following command to generate your self signed certificate:
>> keytool –genkey –alias –tomcat –keyalg RSA
Note, you must enter the password (as told above) and then all the credentials as shown below:
After doing this correctly, a .keystore file will be generated in your home folder (in the home folder of the user who did this). This is the certificate your tomcat would use and present to any user who visit the secure site.
Configuring Tomcat
Now, we make changes in Tomcat configuration to reflect this change. Tomcat uses 2 different implementations for SSL: Apache Portable Runtime (APR) implementation and JSSE Connector implementation, provided by default with JRE (Java Runtime). Most of the users (like me) do not have APR installed by default, so following steps are valid for JSSE implementation
We now open server.xml present in $CATALINA_HOME/conf. An example <Connector> element for SSL is included by default in most server.xml that comes with Tomcat. It looks something like this:
All you have to do is to uncomment this connector and add to it the location of your certificate (.keystore) that we generated and the password we used to generate it. So finally the entry for the connector looks like:
Also, make sure that the Non-SSL Connector (the default one) which accepts connection on 8080, should have a redirectPort attribute set to 8443 or to the port that you specified for SSL Connection in the connector above. The entry looks like:
That's all you need to do to make sure that Tomcat starts accepting secure connections on 8443 and redirects users who attempt to access a secure page with http to https. For more details regarding each attribute of the connector, you can refer Java HTTP Connector configuration reference.
Go ahead, try it out and feel the magic that Tomcat provides you. :-) Please post any bugs, queries and corrections as comments.


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Monday, March 11, 2013
Essential to keep toilet floor clean
45 comments:
- Eric and Flynn said...
We don't know how your mum would manage without you to give her instructions how to clean properly.
- March 11, 2013 at 4:57 AM
- Katie Isabella said...
Mr Puddy you are invaluable aide to your mommy and daddy. I wish you come here and snuggle with me on the chair and show me how to stop, drop and roll.
- March 11, 2013 at 5:12 AM
- Pattyskypants said...
Uh huh! So THAT's what I'm doing wrong! xxoo Patty
- March 11, 2013 at 5:16 AM
- CATachresis said...
Drop and roll, drop and roll! Goddit Mr Poot :)
- March 11, 2013 at 5:28 AM
- Fireblossom said...
You should give classes, Mr. Puddy!
- March 11, 2013 at 5:32 AM
- The Kitties of Purring Pines said...
Oh Mr. Puddy, your purrents would be lost without you! You'll have to inspect again when everything's put back together. Have a good week!
- March 11, 2013 at 5:33 AM
- Daisy said...
But then, who cleans your fur off?!?
- March 11, 2013 at 5:35 AM
- Sparkle the Designer Cat said...
Humans ALWAYS need to be shown the right way to do things.
- March 11, 2013 at 5:41 AM
- Grrreta said...
Mr. Puddy, you are so funny! Your mom is very lucky to have you to help her learn to clean the floor properly.
Ambrose, Clarence, Teddi, Baskin, and Abner
- March 11, 2013 at 6:04 AM
- Marg said...
That sounds like a terrific technique to getting things clean. Well done Mr. Puddy. We are practicing as we speak. Have a great week.
- March 11, 2013 at 6:31 AM
- Brian said...
You sure are talented Mr. Puddy!!! I think my Dad would do Stop, Roll and Moan!
- March 11, 2013 at 6:42 AM
- Father Tom said...
Puddy, you are the cleverest kitty ever! I never thought the drop, flop and roll could ever accomplish anything..or is it stop, drop and roll or flop, mop and roll..I'm confused.
- March 11, 2013 at 7:02 AM
- Cory said...
Mr. Puddy, you are so smart! I asked my mom about stop, drop and roll and she thought it had to do with something else. Leave it to a cat to understand the real meaning of life.
- March 11, 2013 at 7:24 AM
- Old Kitty said...
Mr Puddy!!! We hope mum is taking down NOTES!! cos we are!! Yay! LOL!! Take care
- March 11, 2013 at 7:40 AM
- Buster said...
Yes!!! That right, Puddy! You do great cleaning job! Hope your Mom remember instructions now...if not you might have to show her again how to do it! tee hee hee
Your Pal,
- March 11, 2013 at 8:03 AM
- Katnip Lounge said...
Puddy, did your Mom use bleach? Because I LOVE the smell of cleaning products with bleach--it's better than catnip!
~Sweet Pea xx
- March 11, 2013 at 8:54 AM
- Oui Oui said...
Mr Puddy! We hope you didn't mop up water with your beautiful furs! Its ok if your mom uses her furs to clean up the water, but don't you do it. We like your illustration for your mom. Could you make some for our mom? She needs all the help she can get!
- March 11, 2013 at 9:54 AM
- Mark's Mews (Ayla, Iza, and Marley) said...
WE wanna see pictures on the Mom drop and roll in the toilet leaks! MOL!
- March 11, 2013 at 10:10 AM
- The Cat Guy said...
looks good Puddy, now some pics of the humans doing the roll? thanks.
- March 11, 2013 at 10:16 AM
- The Furries of Whisppy said...
MOL! We hope your Mom didn't give you a bath after that stop-drop-roll routine. Hahaha.
- March 11, 2013 at 12:02 PM
- The Chair Speaks said...
Ahhh, now we know that's the proper way to clean the toilet floor! Purrs!
- March 11, 2013 at 12:25 PM
- Ellen in Oregon said...
Mr. Puddy, I had no idea that moonlighted as a technical advisor. I wish that you had a job writing all the instruction manuals for all things in the World, because your visual & verbal instructions were very clear and easy to follow, unlike the directions that I try to follow when I need to fix something in the house. Good Job!!
- March 11, 2013 at 12:34 PM
- iLoveSilverMeow said...
haha~ i loved it... that was a great post!
We just have to teach those human everything, i mean seriously what do they know.
- March 11, 2013 at 1:01 PM
- Layla Morgan Wilde ( Cat Wisdom 101) said...
Nice cool floor feels good on the furs, eh, Mr. Puddy.?
- March 11, 2013 at 1:02 PM
- Poppy Q said...
Mmmmm I bet you smelt real nice Mr Puddy. Thank goodness for pussycat cleaners.
Julie and Poppy Q
- March 11, 2013 at 2:58 PM
Mr. Puddy,your simply amazing and brave! I'm sure your mom was so blessed to have a good furry friend like you because your good at cleaning your bathroom. Lol!
Cat Supplies
- March 11, 2013 at 3:18 PM
- Keisha said...
U are very helpful. :)
- March 11, 2013 at 4:50 PM
- Karen and Gerard said...
Good job, Puddy! Nice of you to share a demonstration along with the instructions for the humans.
- March 11, 2013 at 4:56 PM
- Cindy said...
Gross! But it works!
- March 11, 2013 at 7:29 PM
- D Ma said...
um as much as i respect your supervisory knowledge mr. puddy i'm not sure i'm going to use the stop drop and roll technique of toilet floor cleaning.
- March 11, 2013 at 8:09 PM
- kelley said...
Puddy all the rolling around to clean the floor...you must be skinny and off your diet by now!
- March 11, 2013 at 8:42 PM
- Hannah and Lucy said...
Our Mum has obviously always done our toilet in a slap dash fashion - we will make her read your expert advice Mr. Puddy.
Luv Hannah and Lucy xx xx
- March 11, 2013 at 9:05 PM
- Madi and Mom said...
MOL Puddy
I hear humans are trainable but it takes years and years or repeated lessons!!
Great post.
hugs madi your BFFF
- March 11, 2013 at 9:44 PM
- Tom, Tama-Chan, Sei-Chan, Bibi-Chan, Gen-Chan, Vidock, Violette said...
But.... didn't you get all wet, Puddy?????
The Chans
- March 11, 2013 at 10:32 PM
- Crafting Queen said...
Not sure about that advice, will have to think about it! :)
- March 11, 2013 at 11:20 PM
- The Whiskeratti said...
It's very, very impawtant to keep a sharp paw and eye on hoomins when they do stuff.
- March 11, 2013 at 11:36 PM
- Marilia said...
Hahahah! Puddy, I see these photos on your Facebook! MOL!
- March 12, 2013 at 1:26 AM
- Cat Chat With Caren And Cody said...
ewwwwwwww Puddy!! You were rollin' in pee!!
- March 12, 2013 at 1:45 AM
- meowmeowmans said...
Mr. Puddy, you are so smart, and helpful! What would your Mommy do without You? :)
- March 12, 2013 at 2:29 AM
- katsrus said...
Thanks for telling me how to do a better job cleaning the bathroom floor. Heh,heh.
Sue B
- March 12, 2013 at 2:37 AM
- Mariodacat said...
It sure is good that you gave M some instructions on this important subject Puddy - she's been doing it all wrong for so many years.
- March 12, 2013 at 3:54 AM
- Fisher and Staff said...
What will you think of next?! This is hysterical.
- March 12, 2013 at 4:08 AM
- CCL Wendy said...
Why buy toilet paPURR when you've got your very own reusable TOILET ROLL?
- March 12, 2013 at 4:55 AM
- LP said...
Puddy! You are truly brilliant! We bet your Mama will save so much on cleaning supplies because of your Stop, Drop and Roll techniques!Brilliant! You really are :)
the critters in the cottage xo
- March 12, 2013 at 6:21 AM
- The Cat From Hell said...
Dearest Mr Puddy,
Me has been telling my Mommy that for 13 years, but she still does not! Thanks for the pictures, maybe she will gets it now!
- March 12, 2013 at 11:12 AM


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"With the waning importance of the estate tax, planning for chronic illness is an area where estate planners can do a lot of good for many people."
—Martin M. Shenkman, CPA, MBA, JD, PFS, AEP
Chronic illness may be the forest that gets overlooked amidst the trees. It is all around us, affecting about one out of every two American adults. Yet, incredibly, it is often invisible to practitioners and ignored during the estate and financial planning process.
How should financial planning be modified to address chronic illness? Here we examine basic strategies and talk to Martin M. Shenkman, CPA, MBA, JD, PFS, AEP, who has developed resources to assist professionals facing these challenges.
Estate Tax Is Passé
Ivan Pavlov demonstrated classical conditioning by ringing a bell when feeding dogs and then documenting that the dogs would salivate at the mere ringing of a bell. Modern estate planners now exhibit such a Pavlovian response at the mere mention of the Federal estate tax, focusing undue attention on what has become a political scrimmage.
Headline: "Will Congress tweak the $5 million estate tax exemption?" Can you force yourself to not read this article? An estate planner can become fixated on such news, even if his or her professional practice doesn't have a single client with a taxable estate and never will. Less than 1% of estates have any exposure to Federal estate tax.
While approximately 20 states have decoupled from the Federal estate tax, the tax rates pale in comparison to what the combined Federal and State tax used to be. In many estates, obtaining a stepped-up basis outweighs the State estate tax savings. So estate tax planning is no longer the elephant in the estate planning room.
By contrast, nearly a third of the clientele for every estate planning professional has some form of chronic illness, and those clients have financial plans that could benefit from specialized adjustments.
Astonishing Statistics
According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC), chronic diseases are the leading cause of death and disability in the United States. The statistics that back up this conclusion are staggering:
- In 2005, 133 million Americans – almost 1 out of every 2 adults – had at least one chronic illness. By 2020, about 157 million Americans will be afflicted by chronic illnesses.
- Each year, 7 out of 10 deaths among Americans are from chronic diseases. Heart disease, cancer, and stroke account for more than 50% of all deaths each year.
- About one-fourth of people with chronic conditions have one or more daily activity limitations.
- Arthritis is the most common cause of disability, with nearly 19 million Americans reporting activity limitations.
- Diabetes continues to be the leading cause of kidney failure, nontraumatic lower-extremity amputations, and blindness among adults ages 20 to 74.
- More than 88% of Americans over 65 years of age have at least one chronic health condition (as of 1998).
- There are an estimated 400,000 Americans with multiple sclerosis, a disease that can become progressively worse.
- An estimated 5 million Americans may have Alzheimer's disease in various stages, from preclinical diagnosis, a middle stage with mild cognitive impairment, to a final stage of Alzheimer's dementia. With current population trends, that number could double.
- An estimated 25 million Americans are living with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
Hidden in Plain Sight
Notwithstanding the vast number of people suffering from chronic illnesses, society has taken very little notice. As a result, a National Invisible Chronic Illness Awareness Week is held every year in September. This is actually a worldwide effort to raise awareness of how many people are living with an invisible chronic illness in our midst.
A number of diseases are in the "invisible illness" category because those who are ill don't necessarily exhibit external signs. These illnesses include multiple sclerosis (MS), fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, interstitial cystitis, diabetes, heart disease, chronic pain, cancer, eating disorders, mental illness, and depression.
As discussed below, there are also misconceptions about how the chronically ill should appear. We may associate chronic illness with an elderly person in a wheelchair, when many people who are ill are not only young or middle aged but show no outward sign of any illness.
A Life-Changing Diagnosis
After experiencing chronic illness in his own family in 2006, estate planning attorney Martin M. Shenkman was surprised to find that information and resources about financial and estate planning for the chronically ill was very limited.
Since his wife's diagnosis, Shenkman has created a website filled with resources. He's written books and articles, generated PowerPoint presentations, and traveled all over the United States to educate professionals and inspire them to help others with chronic illnesses.
Many accolades have resulted. In 2012 alone, Shenkman was named the Pro Bono Financial Planner of the year by Financial Planning Magazine, received the 2012 Sidney Kess Award for Excellence in Continuing Education from the AICPA, and was inducted into the NAEPC Estate Planning Hall of Fame.
However, Shenkman has remained consistently on purpose, turning out dozens of helpful resources, giving more than 50 speeches over the past five years, and spending months on the road, traveling to meetings and events.
Despite this incredible whirlwind of activity, Shenkman was extremely gracious about making himself available to discuss planning for chronic illness with us for this issue.
A Conversation with Martin M. Shenkman,
Q: Your pro bono efforts regarding chronic illness have resulted in a number of road tours. Where did your travels take you this year?
A: My wife's condition makes it difficult to fly, so we always travel by RV and spend about two months per year on the road. This year, we lectured in North Carolina, Michigan, Ohio, Illinois, and South Dakota.
Q: What types of groups do you speak to?
A: It varies from professionals to the chronically ill. I gave three presentations in North Carolina for the Bar Association, two on post-ATRA planning and one on chronic illness planning, as well as a presentation for a disabilities rights counsel in the town of Cary. The AICPA taped a series of videos for their website in Durham, and I gave a consumer presentation on planning for chronic illness in Marion. This year, I also spoke to the Michigan Association of CPAs on both planning for chronic illness and current topics. Then, in Chicago, I filmed a series of videos for insurance consultants on Post-ATRA planning, as well as for the MS Society about planning steps that apply when someone is diagnosed with a chronic illness. In South Dakota, there was a presentation on chronic illness and another session on ATRA planning for the local NAEPC chapter in Sioux Falls. And finally, in Huron, there were four consumer sessions with people who are affected by chronic illness.
Q: Why has planning for the chronically ill been largely overlooked?
A: There is significant focus in our country on acute, in contrast to chronic, illness. As one simple indication, the international symbol of disability is a stick figure in a wheelchair. This image is terribly misleading because, in reality, only 7% of those with a disability use any kind of walking aid. So a lot of practitioners are under the misconception that if the client doesn't exhibit significant signs of disability, then they must be "okay." Most symptoms are invisible. Chronic fatigue is not visible. Chronic pain is not visible. Mild cognitive issues are not visible. Overall, 96% of chronic illnesses have invisible symptoms.
Q: You mentioned that your talks try to combat various myths and misconceptions. What are some of the other major ones that you address in your talks to professionals?
A: First of all, chronic disease affects more than just the elderly and is not just about Medicaid planning. It affects a whole range of ages, and 60% of the chronically ill are between the ages of 18 and 64. We have to combat the myths. In general, Alzheimer's is a disease of the elderly, but there are those who are diagnosed with the disease in their 50s. And MS is typically diagnosed in the mid-30s, but not always. COPD is typically diagnosed in someone's 40s. So if you are planning investments and the estate of someone with a chronic disease, the planning must be different for a client in their 70s than for someone in their 40s, who may have a longer life expectancy.
Q: Should investment planning for the chronically ill be conservative, based on a short life expectancy?
A: Not necessarily. For example, someone young who has MS or young onset Parkinson's disease may need to have a more aggressive approach to investing and also cut spending dramatically so that savings can be built up. This client may well have a long life expectancy but a shortened work expectancy (although Michael J. Fox is doing a laudable job breaking down some of those work expectancy barriers).
Q: How can professionals incorporate planning for chronic illness in working with clients?
A: Every estate planning interview should have an inquiry into health issues. Professionals should not assume that everyone is healthy or that people with illnesses will volunteer that information. Many clients will not readily disclose their health challenges. It is okay for professionals to ask questions. We can't really protect clients or help them optimally without understanding their real circumstances. Most clients will be grateful that someone is trying to help them.
Q: Do you recommend planning with the affected party and a spouse, or should other family members be included in a meeting with the financial planning team?
A: It depends on the circumstances and whether cognition is affected, or if there are difficulties communicating. Bringing a family member or friend to help out or even take notes might be helpful. We try to provide an agenda and a follow-up list of steps.
Q: What misconceptions do the chronically ill have?
A: Clients don't understand how much planners can help. For example, someone diagnosed with a significant disease may get scared and cancel his or her life insurance in order to conserve cash. This can be an obvious mistake. In some cases, clients should instead convert their policies from term to whole life while they still can. Someone facing a shorter working career as a result of chronic illness might need to invest more aggressively, not less. This is counterintuitive, but assets need to be built up quickly while the client is still working.
Q: Are there more resources for the chronically ill than when you first got involved seven years ago?
A: There are always a lot of materials on special needs and Medicaid, but resources are woefully inadequate beyond that. There are now at least 50 articles and books that I've written over that time period, and that's why I've developed chronicillnessplanning.org. The website was originally for professionals, but then I added material for consumers. Also, laweasy.com has resources. I am about to undertake a major new book, tentatively to be co-published by the American Academy of Neurology and the American Bar Association, on planning for neurologic conditions, which should add a wealth of new resources. Any royalties will be donated to the American Brain Foundation to fund a consumer version of the book.
Q: Does your website require registration or a fee?
A: No. People were initially suspicious of this and asked, "Why are you giving all this away, and why are you speaking for free?" I wanted to make information available. My current goal is to add more information on other diseases every year to cover the most common chronic illnesses that affect people.
Q: How should one approach planning for chronic illness?
A: For health challenges, you need to understand how they affect each client. There are widely different examples. Someone with bipolar disorder may have no physical disability, but, because of potential mental health issues, the person should not be trustee of his or her own trust. Yet planning and drafting can be undertaken in a manner to empower the client, not further disempower him or her. For example, using a fully funded revocable living trust with an institutional trustee might make sense for the client. Nonetheless, the trust could mandate that the institution maintain a smaller dollar account outside the name and tax ID number of the trust so that the client can have a credit card, debit card, and check-writing ability like anyone else. As the balance is reduced, the institutional trustee can replenish it. If a problem develops, the size of the account can limit the harm done. Empowerment and protection are key goals. Conversely, someone with MS may have no cognitive limitations and can be a trustee.
Q: Are there particular techniques that are useful for chronic illnesses?
A: Every technique—powers of attorney, living trusts—all can be tweaked for the specific disease issues. For example, many documents include disability clauses that are impractical, especially if the client is already disabled. Review and modify them to fit the client's circumstances. Many chronic diseases, such as Crohn's, colitis, COPD, MS, and epilepsy, for example, can be marked by sudden unpredictable attacks. The disability clause in most living trusts would remove the grantor/trustee for disability. This can be impractical because, when the attack resolves, the client has to be reappointed as a fiduciary. Consider instead providing for the grantor alone that disability will not be triggered for purposes of removing him or her as a trustee or co-trustee for 30 days. That might avoid the on/off appointment/removal of short-term attacks. There are a myriad of ways to "tweak" documents like this to better tailor them to a client's particular disease challenges.
Strategies for the Chronically Ill
- A Budget: Establishing a budget with good records can keep a client's savings program on track and provide a clear system that will be understood when a family member or other agent assists in the future.
- POA and Proxy Forms: It is common sense to sign forms while the client is still able to make good decisions. Both short-term as well as prolonged disability should be planned for. For example, most powers are silent as to the compensation of the agent. If a chronic disease may result in the agent handling the client's finances for a decade or longer, providing for compensation really warrants consideration.
- Corroborate Mental and Physical Capacity: Having a letter from a physician, neurologist, and/or psychiatrist that describes the client's current and likely future status, both as to mental capacity and physical challenges, if applicable, can be crucial to making optimal planning decisions.
- Limited POAs: Assistance isn't always an "all or nothing" proposition. A power of attorney can provide for someone to assist with a limited role, such as just paying bills from one particular account.
- Long-Term Agents: Someone who is facing a long-term disability may need agents for health care and financial matters for a long period of time. With this in mind, documents should provide for multiple backup agents, possible compensation for agents, and perhaps some method for the replacement of agents over time.
- Simplify Finances: For someone whose cognitive functions will diminish in the foreseeable future and who may require assistance, it makes sense to have fewer bank accounts, brokerage accounts, and credit cards. Keeping things simple can make it possible for the client to remain involved longer and with less stress.
- Customize the Living Will: The generalized sentiment that extraordinary methods not be utilized should be modified based on the client's specific medical conditions. A particular client with chronic breathing difficulties, for example, should modify "standard" clauses that may prohibit the client from using the very breathing apparatus he or she is using when signing the documents! What some documents treat as "heroic" are ordinary and essential for someone living with chronic disease. Many clients want experimental medical treatments and to donate organs or tissues to help find a future cure for their diseases. This should be specifically addressed.
- Will Provisions: People with chronic diseases may want to make charitable bequests to the organizations that helped them.
Martin M. Shenkman, CPA, MBA, JD, PFS, AEP (Distinguished) is an attorney in Paramus, New Jersey. In addition to the materials on laweasy.com, an archive of useful newsletters can be found at shenkmanlaw.com. He is also a speaker for a few teleconferences with The Ultimate Estate Planner, Inc. For Marty's full biography and a list of his educational programs for The Utlimate Estate Planner, Inc., click here.


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- Four-star St. Paul's offensive lineman Josh Casher committed to Alabama on Tuesday, Saints' head coach Steve Mask confirmed late Tuesday night.
Mask said Casher talked to Alabama head coach Nick Saban at some point Tuesday.
"The situation has been a drain on Josh," Mask told AL.com in a phone interview. "People have been asking him constantly about it. He felt like enough was enough. He had an opportunity to go to Alabama so he went ahead and committed."
The official announcement is expected to be made at 9 a.m. Wednesday via the St. Paul's football office. There will be no commitment ceremony.
The 6-foot-1, 300-pound Casher originally committed to Auburn but de-committed in July. His teammate, linebacker Tre Williams, is an Auburn commit.
Casher has played tackle for the 7-2 Saints this year but is expected to move to center in college. He is Alabama's seventh offensive line commitment and the second center. J.C. Hassenauer of Woodbury, Minn., also has committed.
"I think he'll be an excellent player for them," Mask said. "With Josh's commitment to the classroom, the weight room and his craft, they are getting a great player. I think he is the best lineman in the state and maybe in the southeast."
Casher is No. 8 on AL.com's A-List of top seniors in the state. He is the third Saint already committed this year behind Williams and linebacker Zavier Carmichael (Duke).
St. Paul's finishes the regular season at Old Shell Road rival UMS-Wright on Friday. The Saints will host Demopolis in the first round of the Class 5A playoffs next week.


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Two burglars were caught after a landlady watched them on CCTV as they stole charity boxes and alcohol from the bar of her pub.
A court heard Paul Everitt and Barry Laws carried out the raid at the Old Mill, Horbury, Wakefield, in the early hours of September 10 this year.
The pair forced a door to get inside the premises at around 3.15am after the manager had locked up and gone upstairs.
An alarm was activated as the men took bottles of spirits from behind the bar. The landlady was advised to stay upstairs when she dialled 999 after seeing them on a CCTV system.
Police officers arrived at the premises a short time later and found Everitt and Laws hiding inside the bar area. They were found in possession of screwdrivers, pliers and scissors.
Everitt, 39, of Old Crown Road, Lupset, and Laws, 34, of Henderson Avenue, Normanton, pleaded guilty to burglary.
The court heard both men have lengthy previous convictions for burglary and other offences of dishonesty. Everitt was the subject of a suspended prison sentence at the time of the break-in.
He was jailed for 18 months, while Laws was jailed for 16.
Robert Galley, prosecuting, said the offence had made the landlady fearful of being able to do her job in the future.
Howard Shaw, mitigating, said the pair had pleaded guilty at an early stage. Mr Shaw said they had planned to sell the alcohol in order to raise money to buy drugs.
Judge Neil Clark described the theft of the charity boxes as "unforgivable".
He added: "This is a serious offence of its type. There were two of you acting together and you were equipped to do this.
"It is clear from what she has said that [the victim] has suffered and has been nervous and worried as a result of this."


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Just when it seems like the legal battle between film financiers David Molner and David Bergstein can't get any nastier, these two mortal enemies find fresh ways to up the ante on outrage.
In a motion filed Monday in Los Angeles Bankruptcy Court, attorneys for Molner's Screen Capital International and Aramid Entertainment are asking for Judge Barry Russell to recuse himself from a case involving tens of millions of dollars in debts and allegations of financial fraud. The legal back-and-forth between the two men has dragged on since five Bergstein-controlled film financing entities were forced into involuntary bankruptcy in 2010.
Also read: Judge Warns Bergstein & Tutor: Start Cooperating!
In the filings, Molner's legal team argues that Russell has lost the ability to appear neutral in the proceedings after a report surfaced of recorded conversations in which Bergstein alleged that the judge was seeing a prostitute.
In a 2012 taped conversation with former business associate Parmjit "Paul" Parmar, Bergstein said he planned to capitalize on the information, but didn't want it to "look like extortion," according to an August story in the Hollywood Reporter.
"Each time that this particular tape and its contents are mentioned, it has an impact on the public perception of the process of justice," the filing reads. "No reasonable person, with full knowledge of all the facts, could expect that any judge could remain impartial and able to rule in a case where his professional and personal life have been so blatantly impugned by a litigant appearing before him."
Also read: Big, Bad Bergstein: 'I Don't Care for the Movie Business'
Bergstein hit back at the motion in an interview with TheWrap, saying the taped conversations were edited and that he had admitted in a subsequent taped conversation with Parmar that the information about Judge Russell was false. He said he purposely misled Parmar to test his loyalty.
"I made it up," Bergstein said. "I wanted to see if he was running back to Molner. I didn't think I was being taped, and I expected Molner would bring it up in court and he would look like a fool."
Russell did not respond to requests for comment, but Molner slammed Bergstein's depiction of the event surrounding the taping.
"Is that a serious comment?" Molner said. "He got caught on tape talking about his extortion plans, but now he wants us all to believe it was part of some secret agent double mission? Maybe next we'll find out he was under special orders from Abu Nazir."
The taped comments are explosive but Russell, who has been bankruptcy court judge for nearly 40 years, has a good reputation and has won awards from the Los Angeles County Bar Association and the American Bar Association for his work.
After siding with Molner and other creditors in their attempt to recover assets throughout much of the legal proceedings, the motion argues that Judge Russell began abruptly reversing himself last June and finding in favor of Bergstein.
Attorneys for Molner argue, "… it is the timing, and the fact of this Court's reinterpretation, as well as the diametrically opposed conclusions the Court reached on the same issue, that are significant. In fact, the change of position only complicates the quandary created by Bergstein's statements and threats to act."
Bergstein counters that Molner has filed dozens of claims against him, his family and his associates as part of a death by a thousand paper cuts legal strategy and says that there is no evidence he engaged in financial fraud. He said that the more than a dozen complaints that have to date been adjudicated have been dismissed.
"Molner's entire strategy is delay and delay and delay," Bergstein said. "He can't win anything because there's nothing there."
Judge Russell will rule on the motion to recuse. If he opts to remain on the case, attorneys for Molner can appeal his decision to federal district court.


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PAUL Rowley says he is not short of options in the pack ahead of Leigh's trip to Doncaster on Sunday.
Fuifui Moimoi will miss the game as he attends his nephew's funeral and second rower Tommy Goulden is still suspended.
Leigh are also missing the injured Martin Aspinwall and Matt Sarsfield while new signing Gareth Hock is banned until Easter Monday.
But Centurions coach Rowley said he was pleased with the performance of former St Helens and Salford forward Andrew Dixon who made his senior debut against London last Sunday.
"Andrew gives us a lot of energy and enthusiasm and he fitted in well," he said.
"We've also got Tom Spencer and Jamie Acton bouncing around in training desperate to play."
Spencer is yet to play in the first team this year after an operation during the close-season but has come through two reserves games unscathed.


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Kianja Strobert
Visiting Lecturer on Visual and Environmental Studies, Spring 2017
Kianja Strobert received her BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2004 and then earned her MFA from the Yale School of Art in 2006. She has exhibited her work in galleries and museums throughout the U.S. including Tilton Gallery and Zach Feuer Gallery in New York, The Santa Monica Museum of Art in Los Angeles, The Contemporary Arts Museum in Houston, and Vox Populi Gallery in Philadelphia. Most recently, in 2014, The Studio Museum Harlem mounted a major solo exhibition titled, Of this Day in Time.
Image: Kianja Strobert, Walking in and out of green pastures, 2014. Courtesy the artist and Tilton Gallery, New York.