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"Elite" is the operative word. This A.T. crew is arguably the most challenging since it addresses trail maintenance issues deep within the most remote backcountry areas of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The crew backpacks in 6–11 miles over terrain with several thousand feet in elevation change to reach their camping and work sites, carrying everything they need for their six-day hitch in the field —from gear, tools, and safety equipment to shelter and sustenance. Pack weight can be as much as 55–65 lbs. and hand-carrying tools may also be required. Experienced backpackers with recent backcountry experience are welcome to apply for this strenuous crew. Volunteers with interest but lacking extensive backcountry experience are encouraged to apply for the Konnarock Trail Crew.
If so, we'd like to hear from you! On a Trail Crew, you can count on getting very dirty and sweaty while doing some of the hardest and most rewarding work of your life!
A full crew session is a week to ten days, depending on the Crew, during which you will be living with your fellow crew members, led by experienced crew leaders, while learning Trail or shelter maintenance. Depending on the project, you may hike several miles every day while carrying a backpack and hefty tools.
The pace is slower, your Crew leaders and co-volunteers are friendly and diverse, but share one important common trait: they all love the Appalachian Trail! Plus, your hard work will last for years to come to be enjoyed by future generations.
The S.W.E.A.T. Crew base camp is located near Gatlinburg, Tennessee. Volunteers are asked to arrive no later than 3 p.m. the day before their session start date for introduction, orientation, volunteer readiness assessment, dinner, and a safety talk. The bunkrooms have bed linens and pillows, but you'll need to bring your towel, washcloth, soap or shampoo. Crew members with an interest in joining more than one session of crew are invited to stay at base camp and are asked to consider it a work-for-stay opportunity.
Volunteers spend six consecutive days and five nights working in remote backcountry locations, far from medical facilities, performing physically demanding manual labor in a variety of intense weather conditions. In addition to trail work activities, volunteers also actively contribute to community chores and always practice Leave No Trace.
Essential Functions Include
Six days in the field start with a long, strenuous hike with considerable elevation change. Field camp and work site locations are variable from session to session, so returning volunteers rarely see the same parts of the Park twice. From the spike camp in the field, volunteers will have long day hikes to reach the project areas where they will trim the trail of annual growth, clean drains or water bars, repair sidehill, and rely on resourceful application of found materials to build steps, water bars, or other erosion control features. On the sixth day, the crew hikes out from the field, cleans gear and tools, and has dinner followed by a recognition ceremony.
Volunteers must be physically and mentally ready for the challenges of crew life.
NOTE:Volunteers who are unable to complete a portion of this fitness assessment may be asked to reconsider their participation on crew.
We supply all necessary tools and training in their use, basic loaner gear, professional Trail Crew leaders, plenty of high-energy food, off-day housing for multi-week volunteers, transportation to and from the Knoxville, TN airport and/or bus station (if required), and transportation to and from the trailhead.
It's not advisable to participate on a Trail Crew to "get fit." In order to help volunteers prepare for a rigorous week of trail work, ATC partnered with a Kinesiology student at Lynchburg College to develop a training program to help volunteers arrive fit for the demands of crew life.
Give us a call at 828-348-1911 or e-mail [email protected] with any questions.


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'Unacceptable Damage'
Hiroshima and Nagasaki: The Physical, Medical, and Social Effects of the Atomic Bombings by the Atomic Bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki
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The hardest of all tasks for the military people who are occupationally obliged to make plans for wars still to come must be to keep a comprehensive up-to-date list of guesses about what the other side might, in one circumstance or another, do. Prudence requires that all sorts of possibilities be kept in mind including, above all, the "worst case." In warfare, in this century, the record has already proved that the worst-case possibility will turn out in the end to be the one that happens, and, often enough, the one that hadn't been planned for. At the outset of World War I, the British didn't have in mind the outright loss of an entire generation of their best youth; nor did any of the Europeans count on such an unhinging of German society as would lead straight to Hitler. When things were being readied for World War II, nobody forecast the destruction of Dresden or Coventry as eventualities to be looked out for and planned against. In Vietnam, defeat at the end was not anywhere on the United States' list of possible outcomes, nor was what happened later in Cambodia and Laos.
We live today in a world densely populated by human beings living in close communication with each other all over the surface of the planet. Viewed from a certain distance the earth has the look of a single society, a community, the swarming of an intensely social species trying to figure out ways to become successfully interdependent. We obviously need, at this stage, to begin the construction of some sort of world civilization. The final worst case for all of us has now become the destruction, by ourselves, of our species.
This will not be a novel event for the planet, if it does occur. The fossil record abounds with sad tales of creatures that must have seemed stunning successes in their heyday, wiped out in one catastrophe after another. The trilobites are everywhere, elegant fossil shells, but nowhere alive. The dinosaurs came, conquered, and then all at once went.
Epidemic disease, meteorite collisions, volcanoes, atmospheric shifts in the levels of carbon dioxide, earthquakes, excessive warming or chilling of the earth's surface are all on the worst-case list for parts of the biosphere, at one time or another, but it is unlikely that these can ever be lethal threats to a species as intelligent and resourceful as ours. We will not be wiped off the face of the earth by hard times, no matter how hard; we are tough and resilient animals, good at hard times. If we are to be done in, we will do it ourselves by warfare with thermonuclear weaponry, and it will happen because the military planners, and the governments who pay close attention to them, are guessing at the wrong worst case. At the moment there are really only two groups, the Soviets and us, but soon there will be others, already lining up.
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Storybook Ending for Derek Jeter
It was his final home game in Yankee Stadium.
Everyone wondered how he would be honoured. Would he be pulled off the field with two outs in the 9th, allowing the fans time to appreciate him? Nah, that's not his style. Derek would have rather ended that inning by turning a double play, or maybe by making his signature jump-spin to throw out a runner one final time.
But Baltimore is gunning for home field advantage in the playoffs and had no intentions of letting up. Two Orioles home runs later and suddenly the game was tied. It took the air out of the crowd, but only momentarily once everyone realized what had just been set up.
One more at bat for The Captain.
The Yankees executed as they almost always do, and with a runner on second in the bottom of the 9th inning, Jeter did what everyone hoped – what everyone expected him to do.
He came up big, one more time.
As the AL East dominant force that often beat up on my hometown Blue Jays, I can honestly say this was the first time I found myself cheering for a Yankee win. Why?
Because baseball, is the easy answer.
Because Jeter played the game the way a true hero was supposed to play it. With passion, with pride, and with integrity. And it's hard not to cheer for someone like that.
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Cosmic Vision 2015-2025 media briefing - 19 April 2005
PR 18-2005. April 2005 is important in two ways for ESA Science. It marks a significant anniversary for Europe's role in space science but it is also a point of departure for the next 15-20 years of exploring the Universe from space.
The anniversary in question is the 15th anniversary of the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope, NASA and ESA's joint initiation of a new generation of space astronomy. But new vistas continue to open up. Even more breathtaking than the past achievements of Hubble are the prospects offered by the ideas put up by the European science community for the next 15-20 years. These form ESA's Cosmic Vision plan.
On 19 April over 150 scientists from all ESA member states will convene at the European Space Research and Technology Centre in Noordwijk, the Netherlands, for a three-day symposium entitled 'Trends in Space Science and Cosmic Vision 2015-2025'. The conference will include a number of invited talks giving an overview of the scientific themes that will form the basis of future ESA missions.
Topics to be addressed now will keep space scientists busy over the next 15-20 years. Amongst them are: the nature of planets beyond our solar system; a possible mission to Jupiter and its moon Europa, or perhaps back to Titan; spotting the first black holes; an interstellar probe powered by a solar sail; and many others. Open questions include the priority ESA should give to near-Earth objects and the threat they pose, or whether and when we should return to a comet after Rosetta.
Members of the media are invited to a press conference at 10.00 CET on 19 April, at ESA's visitor centre at Space Expo in Noordwijk, The Netherlands. The press briefing will provide an overview of the current ideas for new missions, the expected results and their implications for the advancement of science and human knowledge.
09.30 Arrival/Registration/Coffee in the Mars Corner at Space Expo
10.00 Welcome
10.00 Present and future of ESA's Science Programme
Prof. David Southwood (ESA Director of Science)
10.15 Hubble: Fifteen years of discovery
Dr Duccio Macchetto (Head of ESA Space Telescope Division)
10.30 Europe's space science in 15 years' time
Prof. Giovanni Bignami (Chairman of ESA Space Science Advisory Committee)
10.45 Question and answer time
11.00 End
Members of the media interested in attending the briefing or listening to it via telephone should complete the application form and return it as soon as possible by fax as indicated.
Instructions on how to listen in via the telephone line will be given to those that register. The presentation material will be made available to registered participants via the worldwide web shortly before the briefing.
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Cycling the Archipelago Trail
Off Finland's west coast lies one of the country's most beautiful and most unique tourist destinations. Shaped by the Ice Age, the Turku archipelago consists of over 20,000 islands and islets.
The area is naturally popular with sailors, but the numerous islands mean that the area can also be explored by road on the circular Turku Archipelago Trail.
The Archipelago Trail is one of Finland's most popular tourist routes. In the summer season, which runs from May to September, it attracts about 20,000 visitors, by car, by motorbike and by bicycle. Rather than a road, it is perhaps best described as a network, made up of many sections of roads linked by ferry crossings. Besides 160–190 kilometres of road sections, the crossings from one island to the next cover an additional 30–50 kilometres depending on your chosen route.
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Phase 1 Results: Establish the Value of Demand Response. 2006. LBNL-60128 ..
Design of an Open Smart Energy Gateway for Smart Meter Data Management. Department of Energy, 2015. LBNL-182358..
Automated Demand Response Technology Demonstration Project for Small and Medium Commercial Buildings. CEC/LBNL, 2011. LBNL-4982E..
Powerchoice Residential Customer Response to TOU Rates. Research Into Action, 2009. LBNL-3870E..
"Responsive and Intelligent Building Information and Control for Low-Energy and Optimized Grid Integration." ACEEE 2012 Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings, August 12-17, 2012. Pacific Grove, CA, 2012. LBNL-5662E..
Demand Response Research Center - Final Report. 2015. LBNL-1005753..
Automated Critical Peak Pricing Field Tests: 2006 Pilot Program Description and Results. 2007. LBNL-62218..
Costs to Automate Demand Response – Taxonomy and Results from Field Studies and Programs. 2015. LBNL-1003924..
Automated Measurement and Signaling Systems for the Transactional Network. Berkeley: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 2013. LBNL-6611E..
"Design and Operation of an Open, Interoperable Automated Demand Response Infrastructure for Commercial Buildings." Journal of Computing Science and Information Engineering 9.2 (2009). LBNL-2340E..
"Intelligent Building Energy Information and Control Systems for Low-Energy Operations and Optimal Demand Response." IEEE Design and Test of Computers 29.4 (2012) 8-16. LBNL-5894E..
"Linking Continuous Energy Management and Open Automated Demand Response." Grid Interop Forum. Atlanta, GA, 2008. LBNL-1361E..
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Most of personal firewalls allow shortcuts or interface for controlling traffic. It's simple to bypass these firewalls by a multithreaded program and sending keys or by contolling mouse.
This flaw enables that any Trojan or similar programs can easily bypass firewall and act as a server or access to another computer. Also most of these firewalls have a "remember" option so if you bypass firewall and successfully exploit it, firewall will never ask again.
This is a similar threat with shattering attacks, but different method and impact.
Vulnerable Products (Sending Key Method and Mouse Control);
These products are vulnerable to both of "Sending Key Method" and "Mouse Control Method"
Test Platforms;
Fully Patched Windows XP Professional and Windows 2003 Enterprise Edition (May 19, 2004 - 01.01.2005)
ZoneAlarm / ZoneAlarm Pro (www.zonelabs.com) | Fixed
4.5.530.000 - Tested
4.5.538.001 - Tested
5 and newer versions are not vulnerable...
Kerio (www.kerio.com)
4.0.14 - Tested
All Versions
Agnitium Outpost Firewall (www.agnitium.com)
2.1.303.4009 (314) - Tested
2.5.369.4608 (369) - Tested
All Versions
Kaspersky Anti-Hacker (www.kaspersky.com)
18.104.22.168 - Tested
All Versions
Look 'n' Stop (www.looknstop.com)
2.04p2 - Tested
All Versions
Symantec's Norton Personal Firewall (www.norton.com)
2004 - Tested
All Versions
Vulnerable Products (Mouse Control);
These products are only vulnerable to "Mouse Control Method", because they don't accept shortcuts but still vulnerable to "Mouse Control" attacks.
Panda Platinum Internet Securiy
8.03 (tested)
All Versions
Omniquad Personal Firewall
1.1 (tested)
All Versions
Proof of Concept;
2 Proof of Concepts attached to advisory (also some other POCs for some firewalls)
First POC (bypassSendKey.vbs) written in VBScript (.vbs), This POC include required samples for ZoneAlarm, Kerio, Agnitium, Kaspersky Anti-Hacker, Look 'n' Stop and Symantec's Norton Personal Firewall. This script is executing an instance of itself for multithreading and send shortcuts to firewall while first instance trying to connect internet. I didn't write an auto determine firewall function (but it's so easy), so you need to set it by yourself.
Second (bypassMouseControl.txt) simulates an example of bypassing Zone Alarm Firewall by with mouse control, code in VB.NET. Program is not using a real multithread because some firewalls interrupt executing of program directly. So program is executing another instance of itself with an argument.
Both of them add themselves to secure app list of firewalls and then bypass active firewall.
Also I attached testFirewall.vbs for testing your firewall for application control.
All firewalls should ask password for all kind of "Allow" actions. In fact passwords can be fooled because of its nature but it is the best user friendly / secure solution for protection.
As a user of these firewalls, if your firewall supports to "deny all default" option, enable it, so your firewall deny all connections by default. After that you may can manually select programs for allow them.
Final Words;
This is a methodology for bypassing interacted firewalls so it's possible that this advisory affects other firewalls in market. Also it's possible that future firewalls will be affected too. I think for now this is a serious problem for firewalls, until they imply password/random human need text method for "Allow/Deny" actions.
Discovered: 03.05.2004
Vendors Informed: 28.08.2004
Published: 03.01.2005
Vendors Status;
Special thanks to ZoneLabs Team.
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Hams come in a wide variety of forms, from fresh to cured to cured-and-smoked.
Ham is pork that comes from the hind leg of a hog and pork shoulder picnic hams come from the front leg of a hog.
Now there is even turkey ham that is made from the thigh meat of turkey.
Which should you choose for your holiday meal?
Michigan State University Extension offers the following information on the many kinds of ham.
� Hams are either ready-to-eat or not.
Both vacuum-packaged, fully-cooked and canned hams can be eaten cold straight from their packages or cans. However, if you want to reheat these fully-cooked hams, set the oven no lower than 325 degrees and heat to an internal temperature of 140 degrees.
� Spiral-cut cooked hams are also safe to eat cold. The unique slicing method, invented in 1957, reduces carving problems.
These hams are best served cold because heating sliced whole or half hams can dry out the meat and cause the glaze to melt and run off the meat. If reheating is desired, hams that were packaged in processing plants under USDA inspection must be heated to 140 degrees.
To reheat a spiral-sliced ham in a conventional oven, cover the entire ham or portion with heavy aluminum foil and heat at 325 degrees for about 10 minutes per pound. Individual slices may also be warmed in a skillet or microwave.
� Cook-before-eating hams must reach 160 degrees to be safely cooked before serving.
Cook in an oven set no lower than 325 degrees. Hams can also be safely cooked in a microwave oven, other countertop appliances and on the stove top.
� Country hams can be soaked four to 12 hours or longer in water in the refrigerator to reduce the salt content before cooking. Then they can be cooked by boiling or baking them. Follow the manufacturer�s cooking instructions.
� Canned hams come in either shelf-stable or refrigerated.
Shelf-stable hams are generally not over 3 pounds and can be stored on the shelf for up to two years at room temperature. Refrigerated hams may be stored in the refrigerator for up to six to nine months.
� Cook-before-eating hams need just what they say � to be cooked before eating. They are not completely cooked and should be cooked to 160 degrees.
� Country hams are uncooked, cured, dried, smoked or unsmoked meat products made from a single piece of meat from the hind leg of a hog or from a single piece of meat from a pork shoulder. Smithfield and country hams are not fully cooked but are dry-cured to be safe stored at room temperature.
They should be cooked before eating according to manufacturer�s directions. A Smithfield ham must be processed in the city of Smithfield, Va.
� Fresh ham is the uncured leg of pork. Since the meat is not cured or smoked, it tastes like a fresh pork loin roast or pork chops.
Fresh ham will bear the term "fresh" as part of the product name and is an indication that the product is not cured.
Whether you are having ham for the holidays or any time of the year, you can enjoy it to the fullest when you use a food thermometer to check for doneness. You will not only know it is safe but it will not be dry from overcooking it.
Jeannie Nichols is a food safety educator for Michigan State University Extension. She can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com or 439-9301.
Ham for the holidays and all year long
Hams come in a wide variety of forms, from fresh to cured to cured-and-smoked.


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CRESTVIEW � Several assisted living facilities this weekend are recognizing their maternal residents.
CRESTVIEW � Several assisted living facilities this weekend are recognizing their maternal residents.
Crestview Rehab will serve cake and punch for residents and family members at 3 p.m. Saturday. The event will also feature live music and singing.
"We decided to have it on Saturday this year because that is when most people come to visit their family," activities director Susan Brannon said. "We did our Mother's Day event last year on Sunday and we didn't have much of a turnout."
Brannon attributed the low Sunday turnout to families taking loved ones out for lunch.
Shoal Creek Rehabilitation Center residents will celebrate Mother's Day with a tea party including fruit and cookies.
"We are going for a more elegant event this year," activities director Amanda Owens said, adding that there will be musical accompaniment.
"It's going to be a light jazz afternoon," said Rodney Brown, a Crestview saxophonist.
This will be Brown's first time performing at Shoal Creek. Brown said he has enjoyed playing at other long-term care facilities.
"The residents always seem to be very appreciative," he said.
Silvercrest Manor will have a Mother's Day tea party at 2 p.m. Sunday.
Carrington Manor has no specific events planned for Mother's Day, but the facility invites families to visit their loved ones, or take them out to eat.
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Project 365- Week One {2013}
Are you guys used to writing 2013 yet? I, salve for sure, viagra dosage am not. Where did this past year go? I have had a great year! Here are some highlights:
– Went to Maine for vacation with my family
– Did a bunch of amazing photo sessions including shooting my first weddings
– Started college
– Celebrated another great Christmas
And lots more!
For Christmas this year I got the new iPod touch, which I'm super excited about because I can now take my own Instagram photos all the time (before I had to borrow my dad's iPhone). I have decided to do a Project 365 with Instagram photos- I think it will be an awesome way to document my year and I'm really excited about it!
For my Project 365, I am using Instagram to take the photo and am using an app called Collect to keep track of all the photos. The Collect app is great because it will send you a reminder to take your photo, you have a calendar of the month and you put the photo in each day (which looks cool) and you can add a description that details whatever you did that day. Super fun! I'm not doing a themed Project 365, I'm just taking a photo that describes part of the day. Here are my photos from this week, and follow me at amiliaphotography :)
1.1.13- Sleeping Fenway
1.2.13- Family Photo Shoot
1.4.13- Photo Session with my Sister
1.6.13- Sisters
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SeniorNet (www.SeniorNet.org) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. It is the nation's premier and most respected nonprofit organization specializing in computer and internet education for adults 55 and over and those in need.
SeniorNet's mission is to provide older adults eduction on computer technologies, enhancing their lives and enabling them to share their knowledge and wisdom. In addition to providing education to older adults, SeniorNet furnishes computer skill/education to veterans, the underserved, disabled, and those with impairments.
Since 1986, SeniorNet has empowered more than two milliion people by providing encouragement, lifelong learning opportunities, and new worlds to explore via the internet.
SeniorNet provides an extensive curriculum of over 130 courses, delivered by thousands of volunteer instructors and mentors at SeniorNet Computer Learning Centers via a proven 'seniors teaching seniors' methodology, and by utilizing an intergenreational approach whereby high school and college students teach the latest technology. At SeniorNet Computer Learning Centers, members can take classes at all experience levels and learn new computer skills like Computer Fundamentals, Internet and Email, Digital Photography, Buying and Selling on eBay, Avoiding Scams, How to Secure Your Computer, how to use the latest technology gadgets like the iPad, Smart Watches, iPhone, FitBit, etc., selecting and downloading applications, and more, all in a friendly, low-pressure environment. SeniorNet Computer Learning Centers are operated by professional volunteers across the nation with a standardized curriculum provide by SeniorNet headquarters.
SeniorNet, based in Fort Myers, Florida, has approximately 6,000 members, is staffed by 3,000 volunteers - and has more than 30 Learning Centers in the United States, including Indian Reservations and underserved areas. SeniorNet also has international affiliations in Nepal, Korea, China, Russia, New Zealand, and Sweden.
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Eight-and-a-half hours into the Dubai 24 Hours endurance race, United Autosports mechanics had a question about their Audi R8 GT3 LMS racecar. Lucky for them, a very well-connected Audi engineer was reading.
"Does anyone know where the location is for the starter relay and main relay on a R8? Is it in the front BSG or fusebox?" the team posted on Facebook via Audi Sport's FB page. As it turns out, engineer Markus Ferlora, of Audi's high-performance division quattro GmbH, saw the question, and left a detailed answer:
It's right rear; the last two big Relais are for the starter. The first two big Relais are the main Relais for the Engine.
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Most of the known risk factors for ADHD are out of your control. For these factors there are no current guidelines for reducing your (or your child's) risk of ADHD. As our understanding of ADHD grows, your doctor may have more information regarding steps for reducing your risk. Some factors associated with the development of ADHD in children can be controlled. This includes limiting TV or screen time in young children and avoiding alcohol and smoking during pregnancy.
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Piotr necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 103 diseños de 35 diseñadores freelance.
We have just started a webstore in Poland which sells fresh diary, charcuterie and other food (like honey, jams, etc.) delivered directly to customer's home.
For you to get the feeling of what is being sold :
Food is produced by small producers using traditional methods and receipes without use of additions, presevatives etc. The key characteristics of the products and service are following :
- it has exceptional taste, freshness and quality which you'll never find in a retail chain
- it is not mass produced and does not use any preservatives, additions etc.
- it is food from fresh production delivered immidietly to the customer in proper conditions ("cold chain"). It was produced on Monday and you eat it on Tuesday
- large city population
- mostly 30-50 years old
- families and singles
- low middle class to low upper class willing to spend a little more (but not excessivly) for taste, quality and freshness.
- sometimes reminding what they ate at their grandparents house in the countryside 20 years ago.
- treating this food as everyday pleasure and not luxury to show off
- recurrent shoppers (typicaly once a week)
- new customers coming mostly from referral by friends, neighbours, co-workers (know a little bit what to expect)
I have a new design of the store which I am very happy about (see attached files) but I am not happy from the logo. The task is simple design the new logo for this design.
You'll find attached the jpegs of the new design to which you'll need to create the logo.
The shop content (products etc.) you can find on e-frykasy.pl - it is in polish but self explanatory. Please remember the current web page IS NOT the target design.
The brand is "e-frykasy.pl" but the core part of the name is "frykasy" so you can play around with erchitecture of the logo with prefixes and suffixes. This is not a requirement but a degree of freedom for your design.
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PCManFM is a free file manager application and the standard file manager of LXDE.
- 1 Installation
- 2 Desktop management
- 3 Daemon mode
- 4 Autostarting
- 5 Additional features and functionality
- 6 Tips and tricks
- 7 Troubleshooting
- 7.1 Open With dialog window empty
- 7.2 No "Applications"
- 7.3 No icons
- 7.4 No "Previous/Next Folder" functionality with mouse buttons
- 7.5 --desktop parameter not working or crashing X-server
- 7.6 Terminal emulator advanced configuration not saved
- 7.7 Make PCManFM remember your preferred Sort Files settings
- 7.8 "Not authorized" error when attempting to mount drive
- 7.9 Operation not supported
- 7.10 Passwords are forgotten on system restart
Install the pcmanfm package, pcmanfm-gtk3 for the GTK3 version or pcmanfm-gitAUR for the development version.
Qt variants are available with pcmanfm-qt and pcmanfm-qt-gitAUR.
gvfs is recommended for trash support, mounting with udisks and remote filesystems.
Desktop management
The command to allow PCManFM to set wallpapers and enable the use of desktop icons is:
pcmanfm --desktop
The native desktop menu of the window manager will be replaced with that provided by PCManFM. However, it can easily be restored from the PCManFM menu itself by selecting
Desktop preferences and then enabling the
Right click shows WM menu option in the
Desktop tab.
Desktop preferences
If using the native desktop menu provided by a window manager, enter the following command to set or amend desktop preferences at any time:
$ pcmanfm --desktop-pref
It is worthwhile to consider adding this command to a keybind and/or the native desktop menu for easy access.
Creating new icons
User content such as text files, documents, images and so forth can be dragged and dropped directly onto the desktop. To create shortcuts for applications it will be necessary to copy their
.desktop files to the
~/Desktop directory itself. Do not drag and drop the files there as they will be moved completely. The syntax of the command to do so is:
cp /usr/share/applications/<name of application>.desktop ~/Desktop
For example - where installed - to create a desktop shortcut for lxterminal, the following command would be used:
cp /usr/share/applications/lxterminal.desktop ~/Desktop
For those who used the XDG user directories program to create their
$HOME directories no further configuration will be required.
Daemon mode
To run PCManFM in the background (to for example automatically mount removable media), use:
pcmanfm -d
Should automount fail, see udisks.
How PCManFM may be autostarted as a daemon process or to manage the desktop for a standalone window manager will depend on the window manager itself. For example, to enable management of the desktop for Openbox, the following command would be added to the
~/.config/openbox/autostart file:
pcmanfm --desktop &
Review the relevant wiki article and/or official home page for a particular installed or intended window manager. Should a window manager not provide an autostart file, PCManFM may be alternatively autostarted by editing one or both of the following files:
- xinitrc: When using the SLiM display manager or Startx command
- xprofile: When using a display manager such as LXDM or LightDM
Additional features and functionality
Less experienced users should be aware that a file manager alone - especially when installed in a standalone Window manager such as Openbox - will not provide the features and functionality users of full desktop environments such as Xfce and KDE will be accustomed to. Review the file manager functionality article for further information.
Tips and tricks
Get thumbnails for other file types
PCManFM supports image thumbnails out of the box. However, in order to view thumbnails of other file types, PCManFM uses the information provided in the files located at
/usr/share/thumbnailers. The packages which provide a thumbnailer usually add the corresponding .thumbnail file at
/usr/share/thumbnailers. For example, in order to get thumbnails for OpenDocument files, you may install libgsf from the official repositories. For video files' thumbnails, the package ffmpegthumbnailer is required. For PDF files, you may install evince from the official repositories, which provides
evince-thumbnailer and the corresponding file at
/usr/share/thumbnailers. However, if you prefer not to install
evince, you can also replicate the functionality of
evince-thumbnailer using imagemagick's
convert command. This is accomplished by creating a new file with the .thumbnailer extension (e.g.:
imagemagick-pdf.thumbnailer) at
/usr/share/thumbnailers with the following content:
[Thumbnailer Entry] TryExec=convert Exec=convert %i[0] -background "#FFFFFF" -flatten -thumbnail %s %o MimeType=application/pdf;application/x-pdf;image/pdf;
convert only generates a thumbnail of the first page. This is a
convert-specific syntax and has nothing to do with the syntax of the thumbnailers' files.
Following this example, you can specify custom thumbnailers by creating your own .thumbnail files. Keep in mind that
%i refers to the input file (the file which will have its thumbnail made),
%o to the output file (the thumbnail image) and
%s to the size of the thumbnail. These parameters will be automatically substituted with the corresponding data and passed to the thumbnailer program by PCManFM.
Set the terminal emulator
You can configure what terminal emulator PCManFM should use for Tools > Open Current Folder in Terminal under Edit > Preferences > Advanced.
Integrate an archiver
You can choose the integrated archiver under Edit > Preferences > Advanced. PCManFM supports file-roller, xarchiver (or xarchiver-gtk2), engrampa, ark and squeeze-gitAUR.
Templates are accessible under Create New...
PCManFM adds the files in
~/Templates as Create New... context menu items on startup.
Like some other file managers (e.g. Nautilus) PCManFM will load previews of all images in a folder. To not abuse the HDD, keep the number of images in a folder to a hundred.
Open With dialog window empty
If you do not see any applications to choose from in the open with dialog, then you can try removing gnome-menus and instead install lxmenu-data. Furthermore, export the following variables:
export XDG_MENU_PREFIX=lxde- export XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=LXDE
No "Applications"
You can try this method: Delete all files in the
$HOME/.cache/menus directory, and run PCManFM again.
PCManFM requires the environment variable XDG_MENU_PREFIX to be set. The value of the variable should match the beginning of a file present in the
/etc/xdg/menus/ directory. E.g. you can set the value in your
.xinitrc file with the line:
export XDG_MENU_PREFIX="lxde-"
See these threads for more information: [1], and especially this post from the Linux Mint forums: [2]
No icons
If you are using a window manager instead of a desktop environment and you have no icons for folders and files, specify a GTK icon theme.
If you have e.g. oxygen-icons installed, edit
~/.gtkrc-2.0 or
/etc/gtk-2.0/gtkrc and add the following line:
gtk-icon-theme-name = "oxygen"
Else, use an different one (gnome, hicolor, and locolor do not work). To list all installed icon themes:
$ ls ~/.icons/ /usr/share/icons/
If none of them is suitable, install one. To list all installable icon packages:
$ pacman -Ss icon-theme
A method to fix this is with Xbindkeys.
Install xbindkeys, xvkbdAUR and edit
~/.xbindkeysrc to contain the following:
# Sample .xbindkeysrc for a G9x mouse. "/usr/bin/xvkbd -text '\[Alt_L]\[Left]'" b:8 "/usr/bin/xvkbd -text '\[Alt_L]\[Right]'" b:9
Actual button codes can be obtained with package xorg-xev.
xbindkeys &
to your
~/.xinitrc to execute xbindkeys on log-in.
--desktop parameter not working or crashing X-server
Make sure you have ownership and write permissions on
Setting the wallpaper either by using the
--desktop-pref parameter or editing
~/.config/pcmanfm/default/pcmanfm.config solves the problem.
Terminal emulator advanced configuration not saved
Make sure you have rights on libfm configuration file:
$ chmod -R 755 ~/.config/libfm $ chmod 644 ~/.config/libfm/libfm.conf
Make PCManFM remember your preferred Sort Files settings
You can use View > Sort Files to change the order in which PCManFM lists the files, but PCManFM won't remember that the next time you start it. To make it remember, go to Edit > Preferences and close. That will write your current sort_type and sort_by values into
Make this polkit rule in
polkit.addRule(function(action, subject) { if ((action.id == "org.freedesktop.udisks2.filesystem-mount-system" && subject.local && subject.active && subject.isInGroup("storage"))) { return polkit.Result.YES; } });
And add your user to storage group:
# usermod -aG storage username
Operation not supported
See the General troubleshooting article on Session permissions.
Passwords are forgotten on system restart
Install a keyring application like GNOME/Keyring, KDE Wallet or lxqt_walletAUR for network shares or an SSH agent if appropriate.


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Jans' post of:
I would be very interested in reading of this individual's
intergration work in Ireland. I too am interested in what is happening
to Prue.
At this point , what Prue has advocated is to allow the membership
to debate this policy idea. I think it is very democratic of him and
shows leadership. It also makes me realize that some on the executive
are concerned that it might well get wide support and thus the
prevention of allowing this to come to the floor for debate in the last
4 conventions. That's very sad for a political party to prides itself
on grassroots democracy.
is a good place to start a new thread, as the exploring of why would the executive block it coming to the convention floor for debate is needed, IMV.


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Summary and Keywords
The United States' construction and operation of the Panama Canal began as an idea and developed into a reality after prolonged diplomatic machinations to acquire the rights to build the waterway. Once the canal was excavated, a century-long struggle ensued to hold it in the face of Panamanian nationalism. Washington used considerable negotiation and finally gunboat diplomacy to achieve its acquisition of the Canal. The construction of the channel proved a titanic effort with large regional, global, and cultural ramifications. The importance of the Canal as a geostrategic and economic asset was magnified during the two world wars. But rising Panamanian frustration over the U.S. creation of a state-within-a-state via the Canal Zone, one with a discriminatory racial structure, fomented a local movement to wrest control of the Canal from the Americans. The explosion of the 1964 anti-American uprising drove this process forward toward the 1977 Carter-Torrijos treaties that established a blueprint for eventual U.S. retreat and transfer of the channel to Panama at the century's end. But before that historic handover, the Noriega crisis and the 1989 U.S. invasion nearly upended the projected transition of U.S. retreat from the management and control of the Canal.
Early historians emphasized high politics, economics, and military considerations in the U.S. acquisition of the Canal. They concentrated on high-status actors, economic indices, and major political contingencies in establishing the U.S. colonial order on the isthmus. Panamanian scholars brought a legalistic and nationalist critique, stressing that Washington did not create Panama and that local voices in the historical debate have largely been ignored in the grand narrative of the Canal as a great act of progressive civilization. More recent U.S. scholarship has focused on American imperialism in Panama, on the role of race, culture, labor, and gender as major factors that shaped the U.S. presence, the structure of the Canal Zone, as well as Panamanian resistance to its occupation. The role of historical memory, of globalization, representation, and how the Canal fits into notions of U.S. empire have also figured more prominently in recent scholarly examination of this relationship. Contemporary research on the Panama Canal has been supported by numerous archives in the United States and Panama, as well as a variety of newspapers, magazines, novels, and films.
Keywords: Panama Canal, Theodore Roosevelt, Jimmy Carter, Omar Torrijos, Manuel Antonio Noriega, Torrijos-Carter Treaties
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Clinical Trials
A Study of DAPD Alone Versus DAPD Plus MMF for Treatment of HIV Infection
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
Information provided by (Responsible Party)
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
First received: May 29, 2002
Last updated: May 17, 2012
Last Verified: May 2012
History of Changes
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety, efficacy, and side effects of
beta-D-2,6-diaminopurine dioxolane (DAPD) compared to DAPD plus mycophenolate mofetil (MMF)
when these drugs are added to the anti-HIV treatment regimens of people infected with HIV.
Some studies have shown that DAPD and MMF can help fight HIV. However, neither DAPD nor MMF has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration for treating HIV infection. This study will help doctors decide if DAPD and MMF are good drugs for treating HIV.
HIV Infections
Drug : Mycophenolate mofetil
Drug : Amdoxovir
Phase 2
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Double
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|A Phase I/II Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Pilot Study of Beta-D-2,6-diaminopurine Dioxolane (DAPD) Versus DAPD Plus Mycophenolate Mofetil (MMF) in Treatment-Experienced Subjects
Further study details as provided by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID):
|Study Completion Date:
|April 2006
Detailed Description:
The antiretroviral potency of DAPD varies among antiretroviral-experienced patients. In vitro
studies indicate that the potency of DAPD can be markedly increased by the addition of MMF.
Preliminary data indicate that MMF is well tolerated in patients with advanced HIV-1 disease.
However, there is currently no clinical data on the activity of DAPD combined with MMF. This
study will be the first to evaluate the addition of DAPD and MMF to a patient's current
antiretroviral therapy.
At study entry, patients will be randomly assigned to one of two blinded treatment arms. Arm A receives DAPD plus MMF placebo in addition to their current regimen, while Arm B receives DAPD plus MMF in addition to their current regimen. All patients remain on their current antiretroviral regimen through Week 2. After Week 2, patients who virologically respond are encouraged to remain on blinded study treatment through Week 24. Patients who do not virologically respond are unblinded.
After unblinding, patients who were not receiving MMF may add it to their antiretroviral regimen. Response to the addition of open-label MMF is assessed after 2 weeks. Resistance to antiretroviral agents, including DAPD, will be assessed following any virologic failure occurring after Week 2. All patients have the option of optimizing their background antiretroviral regimen at Week 2, based on the results of a pre-entry resistance assay; enfuvirtide will be made available for background therapy optimization through Week 48.
Patients who are still receiving DAPD alone or DAPD plus MMF at Week 48 and who are still responding virologically may choose to continue the study drug(s) and be followed for up to an additional 48 weeks. Throughout the study, HIV-1 RNA levels, CD4 cell counts, and study drug levels will be monitored regularly. Eye exams will be done at several study visits. Only DAPD, MMF, and MMF placebo will be supplied by this study; patients must obtain the rest of their treatment regimen through their doctor. Patients who discontinue treatment before the end of study will need to come in for a follow-up visit 4 weeks after discontinuation and may need to attend future follow-up visits at 8-week intervals, as determined by the investigator.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria for Step 1:
- HIV infected
- Triple-class antiretroviral treatment, as determined by the site investigator and as defined by all of the following: a) exposure to 2 or more nucleotide reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs) for at least 3 months each; b) exposure to 2 or more non-boosted protease inhibitors (PIs) for at least 3 months each, or exposure to a dual PI regimen for at least 3 months; and c) exposure to at least 1 non-nucleotide reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NNRTI) for at least 3 months.
- CD4 cell count of at least 50 cells/mm3 within 45 days prior to study entry
- Viral load of 2000 copies/ml or more within 45 days prior to study entry
- On current antiretroviral treatment regimen for at least 30 days prior to study entry. If current treatment includes abacavir, abacavir must be discontinued at least 30 days prior to study entry.
- Willing to use acceptable methods of contraception
- Pregnant or breastfeeding
- Allergy or sensitivity to the study drugs and their formulations
- Diabetes mellitus
- Cataracts or any measurable loss of vision due to lens opacity
- Best-corrected visual acuity worse than 20/200
- Certain drugs or vaccines within 30 days prior to study entry
- History of any of the following: kidney disease; serious illness within 14 days prior to study entry; end organ cytomegalovirus infection; Kaposi's sarcoma; cataracts; active herpetic infection or peptic ulcer disease within 12 months; or malabsorption, severe chronic diarrhea, or inability to eat 1 or more meals a day because of chronic nausea, emesis, or abdominal/mouth and throat discomfort
- Current alcohol or drug abuse that would interfere with adherence to study
Exclusion Criteria for Step 1:
Contacts and LocationsChoosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision.Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the Contacts provided below.For general information, see Learn About Clinical Studies.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00038272
Locations Show More
|United States, California
|UCLA CARE Center CRS
|Los Angeles, California, United States, 90095-1793
|Stanford CRS
|Palo Alto, California, United States, 943055107
|UC Davis Medical Center
|Sacramento, California, United States, 95814
|Univ. of California Davis Med. Ctr., ACTU
|Sacramento, California, United States, 95814
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Fairy Houses can take many forms and can be created in many different places. Find a quiet place away from roads or busy pathways. The base of a tree or the side of a rock could be just right. Close to the ground is usually best. Sometimes you may find a special place in the low branches of a tree or bush.
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11 August 2011
- H&M blouse
- thrifted silk skirt
- vintage hat
- 70s Thom McAn WoodWorks sandals
- vintage woven tote
Today we woke up to what felt like could have been the first day of fall. We quickly opened up all the windows in the house to enjoy some fresh air after weeks of living in the air conditioning. Even though it quickly warmed up outside I knew it would be the perfect day to finally wear this fall-hued silk skirt. It sat in my shop for ages and no one snatched it up so I decided to keep it for myself after I saw a similar one in Secret Squirrel's new Botanica collection. I'm sure it's going to be a favorite this fall.
8 comments:
- sweet harvest moon said...
Love this skirt! It's a very pretty fall color
- August 11, 2011
- dahhlayne said...
I am loving that dusty rose color. Definitely looks like a promising favorite piece this season. :)
- August 11, 2011
- Cel said...
It was really quite cool here today too, guess it's a weather trend. I really dig those sandals.
- August 11, 2011
- fawn said...
I'm looking forward to fall and the promise of smashing through the orange leaves...
Have I thanked you (and Tom) lately for all the lovely photos? They're refreshing amid all the instagram/hipstmatic smatterings.
- August 11, 2011
- Caitlin Rose said...
oh here too! I wore a orange fedora today : ) it was awesome.
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- Kathleen said...
Great outfit !
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- islabell said...
i love these colors. What an amazing find that silk maxi was.
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- Ahka Vintage said...
The skirt and hat are a lovely combination!
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I would have to look into morel kits.....You may be able to find the "inoculant" to add to a bed.
My are wild and seem to grow around dead elms......?
But although you may find them is roughly the same area...not always in the same spot.
It's one of those things...."Where are they growing...this year?"
Building a bed is an interesting idea.
Let use know how that works for you.....
In the past I have used the spread compost, old potting soil...from house plants that are depleted and repotted.......and wood stove ashes....
Don't use too many ashes as my soil is mostly a clay loam and tend to be alkaline..as are ashes......
Dark anything does really helps to clear off the snow and warm the soil.
Used to place black garbage bags of leaves...on the pea patch......and the area I planned for lettuce and radishes.
Seemed to help as well.
I don't think we really had deep frost this year...just a lot of mud in the till part of the garden...
Even the lawn took a beating with the dogs.
Spread chopped straw, with grass seed and then some sand over that.....helps keep the dogs feet less muddy...(and feeds the birds...LOL)


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What price victory? The war with the Republic of Haven has resumed... disastrously for the Star Kingdom of Manticore. Admiral Lady Dame Honor Harrington, Steadholder and Duchess Harrington, the single victorious Allied commander of the opening phase of the new war, has been recalled from the Sidemore System to command Eighth Fleet. Everyone knows Eighth Fleet is the Alliance's primary offensive command, which makes it the natural assignment for the woman the media calls "the Salamander." But what most of the public DOESN'T know is that not only are the Star Kingdom and its Allies badly outnumbered by the Republic's new fleet, but that the odds are going to get steadily worse.
Eighth Fleet's job is to somehow prevent those odds from crushing the Alliance before the Star Kingdom can regain its strategic balance. It's a job which won't be done cheaply. Honor Harrington must meet her formidable responsibilities with inferior forces even as she copes with tumultuous changes in her personal and public life. The alternative to victory is total defeat, yet this time the COST of victory will be agonizingly high.
A Note from Author David Weber
There's been some confusion—not to say, um, energetic debate, readers and fans being readers and fans—about the correct pronunciation of "Manticoran." The truth, alas, is that a stitch was dropped. An error occurred. A mistake was made… and it wasn't Audible's fault. It was mine. Before Audible recorded the very first Honor Harrington book, narrator Allyson Johnson and I not only corresponded by e-mail but actually spoke to one another by phone. She wanted to make absolutely certain she had the correct pronunciations for names, places, star nations, etc., and I tried to make certain all of her questions were answered. And so they were. Unfortunately, at some point in the process, I replied to one of her e-mails by telling her that "Man-ti-core-ahn" was pronounced "Man-tik-er-ahn." Exactly how this happened is more than I can say at this point, except to blushingly disclose that the original e-mail remains intact, confirming to all the world that it was, indeed, my fault. I can ascribe it only to a temporary mental hiccup on my part and crave your forgiveness. If, however, you must blame someone for the mix-up, that someone should be me and not Audible, who have done everything they could to get it right.
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- Sijia Huang
- 20-05-12
To Avid Harrington Readers...
If, like me, you have enjoyed the series tremendously; if, like me, you have enjoyed the depth of the background stories in which surrounds even the minor characters; and if, like me, you wouldn't mind adding a few more books to the series if it will give you a greater depth and a fuller experience into the Honorverse; then I have some good news for you.
Before you start At All Costs, there are two other spinoff series you should be aware of. Each of these series consists of two books: Crown of Slaves and Torch of Freedom; and The Shadow of Saganami and Storm from the Shadows. While these two series do not deal directly with Honor Harrington, they do explain a lot of the back stories you will encounter in the primary series. And, to be honest, it is a bit refreshing to focus on someone besides the honorable Countess Harrington for a while.
The chronological order of the books is as follows: Crown of Slaves -> The Shadow of Saganami -> At All Costs -> Storm from the Shadows -> Torch of Freedom -> Mission of Honor -> A Rising Thunder.
It isn't a big deal with Crown of Slaves and The Shadow of Saganami, because both are somewhat separate from the main storyline of At All Costs, so the order isn't extremely crucial. But you will want to listen to Storm from the Shadows, Torch of Freedom, and Mission of Honor in that order, as there are some major revelations you will want to learn about in order.
I hope this will help you as you make your way through the series. Good listening.
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- Kenneth
- 14-01-13
Honor seems like a part of my family!
I absolutely love these Honor Harrington novels. I've spent my morning and evening drives for the past 9 months listening through the series. Weber has a way of creating characters you love to hate along with the ones you love to love. And when the bad guys finally get their due "rewards" ... it is SO sweet! I'm on book 11 so I look forward to the next several months as I finish the series. I highly recommend you join the Honor Harrington family!
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- Tamara
- 01-02-12
Good series -
Would you listen to At All Costs again? Why?
I love Honor and her world. This whole series is really a good listen. Weber tends to get a little bogged down in the technical details but the action is well worth the wait, he really knows how to write the drama into it and bring the reader into the scene.
Have you listened to any of Allyson Johnson's other performances before? How does this one compare?
I've listened to the entire series and this reader is a superior performer!!
Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
I cry pretty regularly and get absorbed into the characters mindsets.
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- Jean
- 20-08-11
At All Cost
Allyson Johnson is Honor Harrington would not want anyone else narrating this series. This is a great series and this book has lots of battle scenes and action. Honor becomes a wife and mother in this book and this only adds to the depth of her character. The one lesson that comes though in this story is the importance of sitting down and talking to opposing side. Put aside hate, fear and distrust and listen, it can not hurt and maybe it would save a lot of lives. The story of the Phoenix Honor read the children was a great image at the end. Great story can not wait to start the next book. I do hope that Audible will provide all the upcoming books and the side honor verse books as well. I can not get enough of this series.
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- Eric
- 29-05-11
At All Costs
My review is not simply regarding this book but others in the series, Honor Harrington is really a very great character and once again I must say I enjoy how this character grows through the series. How she starts as a commander and becomes so much more, and how she is unsure of herself somewhat and overcomes that as wel as how her life touches others in her life. I also really like the characters around her, and how they help her become strong. One thing I must say this hold thing about the narrator is so unfair, Ms. Johnson voice works so well for this series please everyone give this a rest.
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- Jason Lotito
- 02-04-10
Great series
A short review.
I had a wonderful time listening to the entire series. It was a wonderful listen, and was very pleased. Allyson Johnson did a wonderful job with the voice. So much so that I could rely on the voices to keep track of busy scenes. The tone and feeling were there.
All together, a great series and narrated very well.
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- Professor
- 22-10-12
Honor Harrington Universe Book 18
"To be near the goal while the enemy is still far from it,
to wait at ease while the enemy is toiling and struggling,
to be well-fed while the enemy is famished: —
this is the art of husbanding one's strength." Sun Tzu " The Art of War"
"Only a fool will try to put himself on the enemies sword"
Musashi Miyamoto " Book of 5 Rings"
"This is the way the "True War" supposed to be fought"
Carl von Clausewitz "On War"
I wanted to write a quote by Niccolò Machiavelli but it sounded too much like a spoiler.
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- William Teasdale
- 21-04-17
I'm a big Honor Harrington fan, but this book was a disappointment. The ending was even worse. At this point Honor might as well show up on a peg acorn point her finger at battle squadron of 300 of the wall and say die Haven and have them all blow up. then point her finger at the next battle squadron and say surrender foul Heavenites, for I can destroy you from across the galaxy...
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- Richard
- 03-05-10
Another great book in the series, great narrator.
If you like Honor (and I do) you'll like this. Allyson Johnson brings a much appreciated consistency to this series. I agree with Jason's review that her distinctive characterizations helps to keep track of the action when things get busy. Enjoyable and recommended to fans of the genre and/or the series.
4 people found this helpful
- Paul B
- 20-02-20
a read that moves at STL (Slower than life)
Tis is the first book in the series I didn't like. it was not as refined and streamlined as previous entries. When at it best it is amazing. When at it's worse it is like listening to someone use sign language.


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