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The week in review
Least surprising firing: Daniel Harmon-Wright, the Culpeper police officer who has been charged with murder in the shooting of unarmed Patricia Cook, 54, in a church parking lot, is dismissed June 19 after police complete an internal affairs review, the Washington Post reports.
Latest Huguely filings: Attorneys for convicted girlfriend-slayer George Huguely file more than 100 pages of documents June 22 supporting earlier motions to set aside his second-degree murder conviction, according to the Progress. His attorneys continue to argue the trial should have been halted for defense lawyer Rhonda Quagliana's stomach flu and dispute Commonweath's Attorney Dave Chapman's claim that she answered her office phone on days she said she was sick. Huguely's team also asserts that seven potential jurors should have been stricken for cause, that the definition given to jurors for "malice" was flawed, and that Chapman failed to inform the defense that Yeardley Love's mother intended to file a civil suit.
Latest guilty plea in National Guard flashlight-theft ring: Raleigh Kenneth Worley, 42, of Gladstone pleads guilty to conspiring to steal government equipment worth more than $1,000. Four other National Guardsmen– John R. Watkins, James T. Creamer, Raleigh L. Anderson, and Michael W. Tutwiler– have pleaded guilty to absconding with weapons-mountable flashlights.
Biggest indictment of a former congressional candidate: A Fluvanna County grand jury indicts Feda Kidd Morton, who ran for the 5th District seat in 2010, for felony election fraud for making false statements on a voter registration form, NBC29 reports June 25.
Biggest embezzler: Sheila Marie Wright, 52, of Lynchburg pleads guilty June 22 to stealing $429,030 from customers of the Bank of the James over nine years by generating fraudulent cashier's checks and using them to liquidate a victim's account. Wright admits to using the money to feed her gambling habit and faces up to 30 years in prison, according to a release.
Biggest reprieve: Former Charlottesville cop Wilbert Davis Brassfield has embezzlement charges temporarily suspended June 22 in Fluvanna because the Commonwealth didn't have all the evidence it wanted, Samantha Koon reports in the Progress. Brassfield is accused of embezzling $10,000 from the Courts of Praise Christian Fellowship in Palmyra, where he served as pastor until 2010, to pay off a delinquent mortgage.
Worst Outer Banks accident: Greg Balsley, 49, son of Statler Brother Phil Balsley, is pulled from the water at Nags Head June 20 and dies at the Outer Banks Hospital, the News Leader reports. Rip currents were reported that morning. Another man swimming with Balsley, Justin Thomas, 21, is expected to make a full recovery.
Worst fall: An 11-month old baby plunging down deck steps and suffering head injuries from landing on a concrete surface June 16 at the 2500-block of Plateau Road leads to an investigation of neglect and child endangerment charges for its mother, Corlandra J. Turner, 20, and for Hope A. Faulkner, 42, the DP reports. The baby is in stable condition.
Worst news for 'Life in Hell' fans: Matt Groening calls it quits on the comic strip he started in 1978 and that launched him to Simpsons fame. The Hook carried the strip until this year.
Best call-in baby delivery: Nelson County dispatchers talk parents through an imminent birth June 11 of an 8 pound, 9-ounce infant, the Nelson County Times reports.
Best appearance of a Hook reporter on Dateline: Courteney Stuart turns up in a two-hour June 22 special on the murder of Justine Swartz Abshire called "Shattered." Since 2006, Stuart has reported extensively on the death of the kindergarten teacher, whose husband Eric Abshire was convicted of her murder in October 2011 and later sentenced to life in prison.
Best appearance of a Hook freelancer in the Olympic trials: Former UVA track star Stephanie Marie Garcia does well enough in a June 25 steeplechase race in Eugene, Oregon, to go to the finals June 29, where the top three finishers will go to the Olympics next month in London.
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I could have gone without seeing this article. It makes me sick and want to puck that someone who holds himself out to be a protector of the weak and innocent (a police officer) has committed such a horrific act. A police officer, who we are told from childhood, is our "friend" - "Officer Helpful," there to protect and serve." Give me a break! Everyone in the community in which he hired bares the burden of Patricia Cook's death.
It's just another example of the validation of my point that those we place into positions of trust and authority are out of touch and have failed miserably at their jobs. Who were the idiots that hired this guy? They're the ones that need to be held accountable, the mayor, the city council, particularly those rocket scientist in HR that are so wrapped up in their own importance and reputed value they are blinded to reality. Well, you have done it this time you have brought shame and disgrace to yourselves, community, State and Nation. Well done chumps.
I say continue using faulty man made devises upon which you rely on so heavily. Continue serving those who placed you in your positions of trust and authority in this manner and watch what happens to you and cohorts. Continue serving in this reckless manner and living in your own little make believe world, you who have developed such "reliable and foreseeing tools," to determine the qualifications of a candidate for authority and trust. You who would screw you neighbor "literally and figuratively," out of wife, home and money. Reflect upon your pitiful souls and ask God for forgiveness. You have failed and failed miserably. The only honorable thing to do is to resigned and let someone who is able to look into the soul a prospective employee and judge accurately the contents of that soul.
I have no doubt that Officer Harmon – Wright will be prosecuted. But it comes too late for Patricia and others who may have been victimized by Officer Harman – Wright, an unconcerned Mayor, Council, and HR department.
I hope Patricia's survivors files a tort against Officer Wright, the Chief of Police ,the City, the City council, and any one else that bares a scintilla of responsibility. The only way to encourage self reflection by these people is thought their pocket books. "God save us from the idiots of this world."

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Prague, Czech Republic
Every corner you turn in Prague is going to be the most beautiful thing you have ever seen. I took this image at Petrin Tower if you want the exact same view; but I wouldn't go too out of your way for the perfect shot of Prague as it is so incredibly picturesque.
Potes, Spain
Top tip: Keep an eye out for when the Orujo festival is and go then. Shots are 20 cents a go and there is live music and generally just an incredible night!
Fes, Morocco
Ask a tour guide to take you to the spot where you're "flying over the Medina" which is all my tour guide told me when he took me here.
This is one of the most beautiful sunsets I've ever witnessed and everything about it just feels kind of magic.
Somewhere in Abruzzo, Italy
Put a week in Abruzzo on your list. Fly into Rome, rent a car and spend the week driving around. You will find Lake's, Mountain's, Cityscapes, Beaches… pretty much everything that you could hope for in the beautiful region.
Barcelona, Spain
You probably recognise this as nearly everyone that has been to Barcelona has taken a similar image. This was taken at Parc Guell; but again, Barcelona is absolutely full of incredible viewpoints.
Naples, Italy
Walk, walk, walk to Castel Sant' Elmo.
Why not make a wee picnic and take that with you to really enjoy the time at the top?
Chicago, USA
MAAAAAATE THIS IS MY FAVOURITE VIEWPOINT EVER. Head to Signature Lounge, grab yourself a drink and then go to the girl's bathroom where this is your view?!
Dublin, Ireland
This actually isn't the most idyllic, is it? But I love it all the same.
Get to the guinness factory and then head on up to the Gravity Bar where you can chill with a pint and take in the Industrially goodness that can be seen from the window.
Lisbon, Portugal
Whilst this was taken at the Viewpoint of our Lady Mt which is the highest point in all of Lisbon; I love how hilly and picturesque the entire City is… (even if it is a bit of a fucker to walk around all day everyday).
Even on a foggy day, the viewpoints are well worth the walk.
London, England
Get your arse to the Skybar at the Double Tree Hilton at London Bridge and grab yourself a coffee… or even something stronger if it tickles your fancy and soak in one of my favourite views of the City.


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Loss hurts Angels in more ways than one
Kendrick hyperextends knee as Halos fall nine games under .500
ANAHEIM -- Over the last eight games, the Angels have scored 48 times, but against left-handed starters, the Angels are hitting just .246 this season.
On Monday night, something had to give and it turned out to be the recent offensive explosion as the Angels fell, 5-2, to the Rangers at Angel Stadium.
The Angels, who have lost back-to-back games, are 10-19 against lefties after Martin Perez allowed two runs on four hits in 6 1/3 innings.
While losing four games in eight days to the Rangers certainly hurts the Angels, the bigger issue may be the status of second baseman Howie Kendrick, who left the game in the fifth inning with a hyperextended left knee and is considered day to day. He will have an MRI on Tuesday.
"He's an important guy to us and to lose him would be big," Angels manager Mike Scioscia said. "We just hope everything is stable in there and he can be day to day."
The Angels, already missing Albert Pujols, are nine games under .500 and fighting to stay relevant in the playoff chase.
Kendrick, who is hitting .301 with 11 homers and 47 RBIs, injured his knee on a two-run triple from Elvis Andrus that gave the Rangers a 3-1 lead. Batting with two on and two out, Andrus blooped a ball into shallow right field that, if caught, would have ended the inning and kept the score tied at 1. Kendrick, who has not been on the disabled list since May 2011, appeared to have made an over-the-shoulder catch for a split second but collided with Collin Cowgill and the ball squirted free.
"It's hard to see guys play their heart out and get hurt like that," Angels starter Jerome Williams said. "Howie made that play and he got hurt. Unfortunately, he dropped the ball falling down, but that's all I can ask him to do. He plays hard, plays all out, it's unfortunate."
Kendrick remained on the ground, clutching his knee in pain but was ultimately able to walk off -- with the assistance of two trainers.
"Hopefully it'll only be a couple days," Kendrick said. "First time I've ever really hyperextended my knee. It's something that I wouldn't want to happen, but me and Cowgill were both trying to make a play on the ball. I didn't really see him at all. Next thing I know we're running into each other. I guess the good thing is that he slid because if we're both standing up, trying to make that play, it could've been a lot worse."
While Perez was effective in his second straight start against the Angels, the same cannot be said about Williams.
In his last outing, Williams limited the Rangers to one run as he pitched into the eighth inning.
"I thought Jerome was a little bit more erratic tonight than maybe we saw in Texas last week," Scioscia said. "Ball-strike ratio was not good. He battled, made some pitches to keep us in the game, but overall I don't think he commanded the counts like he can."
On Monday, Williams lasted just 5 1/3 innings and gave up five runs on six hits.
"He was tough with his sinker," Rangers right fielder David Murphy said. "He's got really good stuff. He did a great job last time, this time we did a great job of taking advantage of some pitches."
The Angels got the scoring started in the first inning when Mike Trout, who has reached base in 36 straight games, singled. The 21-year old stole second, moved to third and scored on Mark Trumbo's RBI double.
But they missed late opportunities, leaving the bases loaded in both the seventh and eighth innings.
"There's probably five at-bats where we hit the ball really hard with runners in scoring position and have nothing to show for it," Scioscia said.


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by Ryan Turner
Who is T.D. Jakes?
Bishop Thomas Dexter "T.D." Jakes (born in 1957) is a popular black preacher and evangelist who is the main pastor of The Potter's House church in Dallas, Texas (founded in 1996), with a congregation of over thirty thousand members. He comes from a United Pentecostal, or Oneness Pentecostal, background. He has written over 30 books with many on the New York Times bestsellers list. He has been in numerous TV interviews and has been featured in Time, Forbes, and Essence magazines, the Washington Post, USA Today, CNN, Fox News, and more. He also hosts conferences and events, such as Women Thou Art Loosed and ManPower & MegaFest, which thousands of people have attended. He has a weekly television broadcast called "The Potter's House" which is televised on the Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN) and various other networks. Among his many honors, T. D. Jakes was also ranked by The Church Report as being among "The 50 Most Influential Christians in America."1
Good things about T.D. Jakes
Interestingly, his church has been involved in numerous community outreach events both locally and internationally. Locally, to name just a few of his church's contributions, the Potter's House reaches out to AIDS victims through education and assistance and also has a large outreach to prison inmates. Internationally, The Potter's House launched "Faith for Africa" which is a program to reach out to the physical and spiritual needs of people near Nairobi, Kenya. Again, this is just a small picture of the positive impact that Jakes has made through his church.
Problems with T.D. Jakes
Denial of the Trinity
Jakes unfortunately adopts an incorrect view of the nature of God.2 At The Potter House's website, under their statement of faith regarding God, they state, "There is one God, Creator of all things, infinitely perfect, and eternally existing in three manifestations: Father, Son and Holy Spirit."3
The keywords here are "three manifestations." If Jakes believed in the Trinity, he should use words like "simultaneous," "coeternal," or "coequal" when referring to the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit's relationship to one another. T. D. Jakes view on the nature of God is known as modalism. Modalism is a heresy that teaches the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit do not simultaneously exist as distinct persons (see Modalism). Rather, God at some times and places is the Father, at sometimes the Son, and other times the Holy Spirit.
CARM defines the Trinity as follows: "There is one God in whom there are three eternal, simultaneous persons--the Father, the Son (Jesus Christ), and the Holy Spirit. All three are the one God, coeternal, coequal, etc., yet there is only one God, not three, and not one person who took three modes or forms." CARM's statement of faith is correct. T. D. Jakes statement is incorrect.4
Even as a result of various criticisms, Jakes will not affirm the orthodox position on the Trinity. Instead, he skirts the issue and continues using the "manifestation" terminology.5 In one interview on a Los Angeles radio station, he even implicitly denies the Trinity and advocates a Oneness Theology view of God: http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2000/februaryweb-only/13.0b.html.
Why the Trinity is Important
The modalist view of T.D. Jakes is a very serious Biblical error for a number of reasons.
First, the Trinitarian view of God is the correct Biblical view of God, which Jakes rejects (see "The Trinity" and the "Christian Doctrine" section under "The Trinity" heading).
Second, with the modalistic view of God, we are left with many errors regarding the incarnation of Christ. When Jesus is praying in the Garden of Gethsemane to the Father, some Oneness theologians argue that Jesus' flesh is praying to His divine self. If this is the case, then Jesus' divine self has not been truly incarnated. The incarnation is not a true incarnation if God is sometimes the Father, sometimes the Son, and then sometimes the Holy Spirit. When Jesus was incarnated on the earth, He was fully divine the entire time. His divine self did not leave His human nature to go govern the universe, etc.
Third, according to Scripture Jesus was eternally the Son (Heb. 13:8; John 1:1). According to Oneness Theology, the being that is incarnating is not the eternal Son but the eternal Father.
Fourth, for the sacrifice of God the Son (Jesus) on the cross to have any significance, He must atone for sinners before God the Father. If Jesus is dying to reconcile people to Himself, it is incompatible with the Biblical view where Jesus dies as a substitute to satisfy the wrath of God the Father (1 Pet. 2:24; 3:18; cf. Rom. 5:9; Eph. 2:3-5; 1 Thess. 1:10; 5:9).
While one does not have to positively affirm the Trinity to be saved, if one denies it, he or she is in serious biblical error and should not be teaching on major television networks like TBN. Furthermore, it is true that the doctrine of the Trinity is not fully comprehensible by humans, but it is problematic when people like Jakes deny this orthodox teaching of Scripture even after numerous warnings and specific clarification.
Water Baptism, Speaking in Tongues, and Salvation
On The Potter House's website, there is a statement of faith. Unfortunately, like many ministries, the statement of faith is vague in a number of key theological areas. For one, it is unclear whether Jakes agrees with his Oneness Pentecostal heritage which believes that baptism and speaking in tongues are necessary for salvation (see the Baptism section for a refutation). Regarding salvation The Potter's House site states, "The shed blood of Jesus Christ and His resurrection provide the only ground for justification and salvation for all who believe, and only such as receive Jesus Christ by faith are born of the Holy Spirit and thus become children of God."6
The vagueness continues in their statement about man, "Man was created in the image of God but fell into sin and is therefore lost, and only through regeneration by the Holy Spirit can salvation and spiritual life be obtained."7 The statement of faith apparently indicates that water baptism and speaking in tongues are not necessary for salvation, but there is no clear statement one way or the other.
The statement of faith states regarding baptism, "Water baptism by immersion soon after accepting Christ as personal Savior, is a testimony of death to sin and resurrection to a new life."8 What does this "testimony of death to sin" mean? Is baptism a symbol, or is it a means to salvation? It would be helpful if Jakes would clarify his position on baptism and speaking in tongues since he comes from Oneness Pentecostal roots.
In the statement of faith, there is no statement of the church's view on speaking in tongues. While it is within Biblical orthodoxy to believe that tongues are operable today, it is heretical to teach that they are necessary for salvation (see: Is speaking in tongues a necessary sign of salvation?).
Women Pastors
While most of the pastors at The Potter's House are males, The Potter's House ordains women pastors.9 I am not sure exactly to what extent Jakes allows women pastors to teach and preach to men in a senior pastor position, but his ministry explicitly supports women ministering as senior pastors,10 which is against Biblical teaching (for a Biblical explanation, please see: Should Women Be Pastors and Elders?).
Summary of T.D. Jakes and The Potter's House
- The Bible is the inspired, inerrant Word of God.
- The Bible is the final authority on issues of doctrine.
- Jesus is God.
- Jesus rose bodily from the grave.
- Jesus was born of the Virgin Mary.
- There will be a personal, imminent, pre-millennial return of Christ.
- There will be a bodily resurrection of the dead.
- Believers will go to everlasting conscious bliss, but unbelievers to everlasting conscious torment.
- Denies the Trinity.
- Allows ordination of women as pastors.
- Baptizes in the name of the Lord Jesus rather than in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
- No statement whether water baptism is necessary for salvation or not.
- No statement whether speaking in tongues is necessary for salvation or not.
- 1. The following sources were consulted for the "Who is T.D. Jakes?" and "Good things about T.D. Jakes" sections: (1) http://www.tdjakes.com/site/PageServer?pagename=ms1_splash (2)http://www.thepottershouse.org/v2/ (3) http://www.tdjakes.com/site/PageServer?pagename=about_biography (4) http://www.tdjakes.com/site/PageServer?pagename=about_recognition (5) http://www.tdjakes.com/site/PageServer?pagename=tdje_books (6) http://www.thepottershouse.org/_downloads/TDJ%20Timeline%200507.pdf.
- 2. As of January 28th, 2012, I was aware of this interview with T.D. Jakes where he apparently affirms the Trinity. See: http://blog.christianitytoday.com/ctliveblog/archives/2012/01/td_jakes_embrac.html. It appears that Jakes has been rejected by the Oneness Pentecostal community for his allegedly heretical views on the Trinity (since, after all, Oneness Pentecostals deny the Trinity). However, Jakes still uses the "manifestation" terminology in reference to the three Persons in the Trinity. It appears that Jakes does not flatly deny the Trinity, in this latest article, but he is not necessarily affirming it...yet. We should pray for Jakes as he admitted that he is rethinking his viewpoint on the nature of God.
- 3. All references to the Statement of Faith come from the listed url: http://www.thepottershouse.org/Local/About-Us/Belief-Statement.aspx
- 4. I am not saying that Jakes must adopt the exact phraseology that CARM does, but his wording of "manifestations" and his various responses to questions indicate that He rejects the Trinity.
- 5. http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2000/february7/5.58.html.
- 6. http://www.thepottershouse.org/v2/content/view/18/32/.
- 7. Ibid.
- 8. Ibid.
- 9. (1) http://www.thepottershouse.org/v2/content/view/16/30/ and (2) Ordination of woman in 2002: http://www.thepottershouse.org/v2/content/view/109/30/.
- 10. http://www.thepottershouse.org/v2/content/view/85/107/ contains a clear statement of support of women pastors,


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Defense money floods into San Diego
The Pentagon may be cutting its budget, but it continues to send huge contracts to the San Diego area, where the top 10 defense companies collectively pulled in more than $6 billion last year.
Here are some of the latest defense contracts awarded in our region:
*Northrop Grumman has been awarded $114.2 million for development work on three Block 30 Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). The work is being done on behalf of the Air Force, which like the Navy has used the vehicles for long-range, high-altitude surveillance, reconnaissance and intelligence gathering.
*Northrop received $17.5 million for support services for a different type of UAV -- the autonomous helicopter MQ-8B, which also is known as the Fire Scout. Like the Global Hawk, the MQ-8B is meant to help provide the armed forces with "situational awareness." The new contract calls, in part, for examining the suitability of operating the Fire Scout from littoral combat ships.
*General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, whose local operation won $2.4 billion in contracts last year, has been awarded $86.5 million for logistical work on a third type of UAV, the Gray Eagle. The work will be done on behalf of the Army. The Gray Eagle is an unarmed vehicle that represents an upgrade of the company's better-known aircraft, the Predator drone.
*Elswhere, BAE Systems San Diego Ship Repair has secured about $20 million to perform additional maintenance and upgrades on the amphibious warship Green Bay, which is currently at the company's yard in Barrio Logan. BAE also is working on the amphibious warship Rushmore and the destroyers Milius, Benfold and Russell.


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Study: Cost Not Only Open Source Driver
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Price isn't the driver of the decision to use open source software, according to a report by Evans Data.
The Santa Cruz, Calif.-based IT market research firm released Open Source Vision on Wednesday, a qualitative report focused on the business of open source software (OSS).
While the lower cost of OSS is an important factor, it isn't the deciding factor, said Evans Data COO John Andrews. The survey said cost was in the top five decision criteria across small businesses to enterprises.
"Everyone in the industry is conditioned to pay for value," he said. "People see different value points in the open source model, i.e., they don't mind paying for service and support. They don't really want to pay for software."
Stacey Quandt, principal of the IT analysis firm Quandt Analytics, agreed. "Many users gravitate toward [open source] or consider it because of the perception of lower cost," she said. "But, when someone chooses open source software, they're choosing it based on technical requirements."
Besides, Quandt added, "software costs are a small percentage of an overall IT budget. The largest part of the IT budget is usually staffing, not software."
Quandt agreed that the market perception has changed. "People are using not just the operating system," she said. "Customers are looking at application servers like Jboss or Gluecode. It's definitely moving up the stack.
Andrews said that for a large segment of the companies Evans talked to, OSS technologies and tools have matured, and issues of stability or performance have been resolved.
John Koenig, principal of Riseforth, a consulting service for software vendors, said many software developers and end users are attracted to a different kind of free. "They have the ability to do what they want with it: Put it anywhere you want, change it if you want -- and sell it if you want, in a lot of cases," he said.
Among software developers, Evans Data has found a rising trend toward including open source modules. While 38.1 percent said they used OSS modules in their applications in Spring of 2001, in the most recent survey, 56.2 percent said they had.
Andrews said enterprise adoption of OSS is accelerating. "Over the past year, we've seen a higher adoption curve than we've seen in past reporting periods," he said. In large part, he believes, that's due to the fact that some enterprises have standardized on open source products.


text: Resilience THEMESRESILIENT LIVELIHOODSRESILIENCE Tearfund defines resilience for both people and communities as the ability to 'cope with shocks or stresses without crisis and to recover quickly'. This ability is built on six pillars, as shown in the diagram below: Coping without crisis 1. Adaptive capacity describes the ability of people and communities to make changes in their lives and livelihoods. 2. Resilient livelihoods describes income and food sources that are secure, risk diversified and flexible. Secure, in this context, describes predictability of return. 3. Sustainable natural resource management describes the use and care of natural resources that results in their long-term flourishing for the good of all. 4. Disaster risk management (DRM) includes Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and disaster preparedness where the emphasis is on reducing and managing known risks. 5. Health and relationships describes the physical, mental and social wellbeing of people and communities that enables active engagement. 6. Hope describes the personal belief that despite current problems things will improve; that in the long run good will win out and justice will prevail (eg. Isaiah 40:31; Jeremiah 29:11; 1 Corinthians 15). This is often based on a faith worldview that there is more than can be seen. Building Resilience Fundamentally, resilience building is a call to increase our focus on risk management rather than disaster management. For example, putting more effort into reducing vulnerability to and the impact of a disaster before it takes place rather than into responding to the needs of those impacted by shocks and stresses after the event. These are intrinsic to truly sustainable development. The focus then is not so much on getting people and communities back to where they were – vulnerable to whatever the shock or stress was – but helping them reduce their vulnerability. In this way they are less likely to suffer the same level of impact for a similar shock or stress. Designing a resilience-building programme The top two distinctive things to keep in mind when designing a resilience-building programme are integration and uncertainty. Integration: resilience programming should not focus on just one category of shock or stress (such as natural disasters, high food prices, climate change or conflict). Rather, we need to design a holistic response that addresses the most significant shocks and stresses together. Uncertainty: resilience programming needs to help people prepare for unpredictable and unknown risks – not just the risks we can predict based on what's happened in the past. Also, some aspects of general sustainable development good practice are especially important for resilience programming. These include: A focus on strengthening/building community institutions. By institutions, we mean both community organisations (for example, leadership councils, churches and farmer groups) and the 'rules of the game' that they work by (for example, how leaders are chosen and how resources are shared). Strong institutions are required for joint decision-making and action, management of common resources, and experimentation and learning – all vital activities for resilience. A thorough understanding of all the livelihood strategies available in an area – that is, how people use their available assets to obtain food, income and other necessities. Resilient people have diverse, flexible and ecologically sustainable livelihood strategies. resources on resilience Integration (PDF 67 KB) This document gives practical examples of holistic and integrated approaches to resilience programming. Uncertainty (PDF 59 KB) This document gives practical example of how to 'plan' for uncertainty in our programming. The Characteristics of a Disaster Resilient Community (PDF 2.4 MB) Based on the community-based disaster risk reduction work of many NGOs, this publication describes 168 characteristics of a community that is resilient to natural hazards. Towards Resilience, Emergency Capacity Building Project (PDF 2.3 MB) A guide to Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change adaptation. What has Disaster Risk Management got to do with resilience? There is a strong connection between resilience and disaster risk reduction and preparedness. Disaster Risk Management (DRM) puts the emphasis on reducing and managing known risks. It describes efforts by government, civil society, the private sector and wider international community to reduce the impact of shocks and stresses, recognising that each have a role as part of a system. National governments have primary responsibility to reduce both exposure and vulnerability of their citizens to shocks and stresses. However, international and local organisations can play a part in influencing and assisting governments to help the most vulnerable as well as aiding individuals and communities in identifying, assessing and managing what they consider to be the most important risks. Find out more Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share by Email Print Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share by Email Print


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Abubakar Shekau: The face of terror: A ruthless leader with twisted ideology
By Saheed Ahmed
He is the face of terror. A ruthless leader with a twisted ideology. And
the sadistic architect of a campaign of mayhem and misery.
And yet, very little is known about Abubakar Shekau, the leader of Boko
He operates in the shadows, leaving his underlings to orchestrate his
repulsive mandates. He resurfaces every once in a while in videotaped
messages to mock the impotence of the Nigerian military. And he uses his
faith to recruit the impressionable and the disenfranchised to his cause.
He is a religious scholar Shekau was born in Shekau village that
borders Niger. He studied under a cleric and then attended Borno State
College of Legal and Islamic Studies for higher studies on
Islam. That's why he's also known as 'Darul Tawheed,' which
translates to an expert in monotheism, or the oneness of Allah.
Place of birth: Yobe State
He's a polyglot
He speaks several languages fluently: Hausa, Fulani, Kanuri and Arabic.
But English isn't one of them. After all, he heads a group that rejects
all things Western.
He's elusive Even his age is unknown — estimates range between 38
and 49. The U.S. State Department has Shekau's year of birth listed
as 1965, 1969 and 1975.
He's a loner Analysts describe Shekau as a loner and a master of
disguise. He does not speak directly with members, opting to communicate
through a few select confidants.
He uses many aliases: Abu Bakr Skikwa, Imam Abu Bakr Shiku and Abu
Muhammad Abu Bakr Bin Muhammad Al Shakwi Al Muslimi Bishku among them.
He was an unruly No. 2
Boko Haram was founded by Mohammed Yusuf, a charismatic, well-educated
cleric who drove a Mercedes as part of his push for a pure Islamic state
in Nigeria. He wasn't too effective as a leader and had a hard time
keeping his second-in-command in check. Shekau was more radical and had
grander designs.
… And merciless as No. 1
Mohammed Yusuf was killed in a security crackdown in 2009, along with
about 700 of his followers. That left Shekau in charge. He vowed to strike
back, and his group has spared no one: government workers, police
officers, journalists, villagers, students and churchgoers. Human Rights
Watch estimates that in the past five years, more than 3,000 people have
been killed.
He's come back from the dead The Nigerian military has touted
Shekau's death several times, only to retract its claim after he appeared
alive and vibrant in propaganda videos. They almost got him in
September 2012 when they raided his home, where he had snuck in for his
six-day-old baby's naming ceremony, according to the International Crisis
Group. He managed to get away with a gunshot wound to the leg; his wife
and three children were taken by the military.
He uses Islam to recruit and radicalize The northeast, where Boko
Haram has been most active, is economically depressed and among the least
educated regions in Nigeria. Shekau has done a good job of convincing
residents that the powers in Abuja are corrupt and a better system of
government would be a strict enforcement of Islamic Sharia law across
Nigeria. And his promise, coupled with a weapon and a license to plunder,
has been enticing to hundreds of young men.
… and the government's response isn't helping The central
government's heavy-handed and frequently untargeted anti-terrorism
campaign has just helped create more members to sustain Boko Haram. The
country's own Human Rights Commission last year accused the military of
arbitrary killings, torture and rape in its campaign against the group.
This makes for fertile territory for Boko Haram. He's exporting his
brand of terror There's no firm evidence as yet that Boko Haram has
ambitions beyond Nigeria. But its campaign of terror has spilled into
remote parts of Cameroon and it appears to have informal links with
militant Islamist groups in Mali and Niger.
He's made good on his brutal threat It was in May 2013 that Shekau
first announced in a video that Boko Haram would start kidnapping girls.
The kidnappings, he said, were retaliation for Nigerian security forces
nabbing the wives and children of group members. The most horrifying
instance was last month's abduction of 276 girls from a girl's
school. "I abducted your girls," he taunted with a chilling smile in
a new video that surfaced this week. "There is a market for selling
humans. Allah says I should sell. He commands me to sell."
There's a $7 million bounty on his head Shekau has been on the radar
of U.S. officials since he came to power in 2009. Last June, the United
States put a bounty on him, offering a reward of up to $7 million for
information leading to his location.
… But that's yet to yield results Here's why, says CNN's Chief
International Correspondent Christiane Amanpour: "(African warlord) Joseph
Kony's had a bounty for years and years. Even with the 'Stop Kony' video
that went viral, nothing has happened to get Joseph Kony — even though
it's about the only thing in Africa that the United States has committed
some forces and some intelligence to.
"Osama bin Laden was not given up because of the $25 million bounty. And
who knows whether this will be the case."
*Ahmed is a CNN analyst


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How much NASCAR is too much NASCAR? Get ready to find out with a Nice Price or Crack Pipe contender that'll let you argue with the judge that you weren't tailgating, you were drafting.
This Dale Earnhardt Jr replica-racer exemplifies the love and dedication of a NASCAR fan for the sport. The all-caps, bold-red listing maniacally describes an expensive, time-consuming and painstaking obeisance paid to Dale Jr by this current, super speedway-obsessed owner. The decals, boom tube exhaust, diamond-cut rims and Rusty Wallace signature exemplify an individual consumed by his idolization for both driver and sport. But is this truly an exact replica of Junebug's mighty number 8? Let's make a comparison with the real deal, shall we?
Okay, now as you will see, the backend of the real car is actually much shorter than that of the replica. Also, the homage doesn't seem to have quite so many pieces that are detatched from the main body.
Here we see an even greater disparity between progenitor and replica- it looks like the seller got the nose all wrong on this Monte Carlo.
Regardless of authenticity, this car will get you some looks, and the seller claims it to have been photographed a thousand times. He doesn't say that's because he likes to blow through red-light cameras, but it'd be best to check for outstanding warrants before hitting that Buy It Now button, just in case.
Underneath all the NASCAR, there lies a real car- a 2004 Chevrolet Monte Carlo. It's motivated by the supercharged 3.8 V6 giving it 240 bhp and marking it with the historied cognomen of SS. Along with the pressurized pushrodder, the SS-kitted Monte Carlo features special lower-body cladding and a rear-deck spoiler, plus some trim changes. Other than that, it's pure baroque styling, and a good thing about the decals on this one is that they somewhat hide the lovely lady humps of the Monte's fender line, itself a tribute to the car's '70s forbears.
Along with all the awesomeness of the car itself, the seller is including the factory tires and cat-back, as well as a couple more of the yellow-letter eagles, and even more decals just in case you feel the urge to redecorate your double-wide in a matching motif.
So, do you dig Dale Jr as much as this seller, and think $15,000 is a sweet deal for a tribute Full Monte? Or for that price, does it NASCAR the hell out of you?
You decide!
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The release was scheduled for April 15, but since all the components are ready ahead of schedule it is being released now. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - OpenBSD 6.3 RELEASED ------------------------------------------------- Apr 15, 2018. We are pleased to announce the official release of OpenBSD 6.3. This is our 44th release. We remain proud of OpenBSD's record of more than twenty years with only two remote holes in the default install. As in our previous releases, 6.3 provides significant improvements, including new features, in nearly all areas of the system: - Improved hardware support, including: o SMP support on OpenBSD/arm64 platforms. o VFP and NEON support on OpenBSD/armv7 platforms. o New acrtc(4) driver for X-Powers AC100 audio codec and Real Time Clock. o New axppmic(4) driver for X-Powers AXP Power Management ICs. o New bcmrng(4) driver for Broadcom BCM2835/BCM2836/BCM2837 random number generator. o New bcmtemp(4) driver for Broadcom BCM2835/BCM2836/BCM2837 temperature monitor. o New bgw(4) driver for Bosch motion sensor. o New bwfm(4) driver for Broadcom and Cypress FullMAC 802.11 devices (still experimental and not compiled into the kernel by default). o New efi(4) driver for EFI runtime services. o New imxanatop(4) driver for i.MX6 integrated regulator. o New rkpcie(4) driver for Rockchip RK3399 Host/PCIe bridge. o New sxirsb(4) driver for Allwinner Reduced Serial Bus controller. o New sxitemp(4) driver for Allwinner temperature monitor. o New sxits(4) driver for temperature sensor on Allwinner A10/A20 touchpad controller. o New sxitwi(4) driver for two-wire bus found on several Allwinner SoCs. o New sypwr(4) driver for the Silergy SY8106A regulator. o Support for Rockchip RK3328 SoCs has been added to the dwge(4), rkgrf(4), rkclock(4) and rkpinctrl(4) drivers. o Support for Rockchip RK3288/RK3328 SoCs has been added to the rktemp(4) driver. o Support for Allwinner A10/A20, A23/A33, A80 and R40/V40 SoCs has been added to the sxiccmu(4) driver. o Support for Allwinner A33, GR8 and R40/V40 SoCs has been added to the sxipio(4) driver. o Support for SAS3.5 MegaRAIDs has been added to the mfii(4) driver. o Support for Intel Cannon Lake and Ice Lake integrated Ethernet has been added to the em(4) driver. o cnmac(4) ports are now assigned to different CPU cores for distributed interrupt processing. o The pms(4) driver now detects and handles reset announcements. o On amd64 Intel CPU microcode is loaded on boot and installed/updated by fw_update(1). o Support the sun4v hypervisor interrupt cookie API, adding support for SPARC T7-1/2/4 machines. o Hibernate support has been added for SD/MMC storage attached to sdhc(4) controllers. o clang(1) is now used as the system compiler on armv7, and it is also provided on sparc64. - vmm(4)/ vmd(8) improvements: o Add CD-ROM/DVD ISO support to vmd(8) via vioscsi(4). o vmd(8) no longer creates an underlying bridge interface for virtual switches defined in vm.conf(5). o vmd(8) receives switch information (rdomain, etc) from underlying switch interface in conjunction of settings in vm.conf(5). o Time Stamp Counter (TSC) support in guest VMs. o Support ukvm/Solo5 unikernels in vmm(4). o Handle valid (but uncommon) instruction encodings better. o Better PAE paging support for 32-bit Linux guest VMs. o vmd(8) now allows up to four network interfaces in each VM. o Add paused migration and snapshotting support to vmm(4) for AMD SVM/RVI hosts. o BREAK commands sent over a pty(4) are now understood by vmd(8). o Many fixes to vmctl(8) and vmd(8) error handling. - IEEE 802.11 wireless stack improvements: o The iwm(4) and iwn(4) drivers will automatically roam between access points which share an ESSID. Forcing a particular AP's MAC address with ifconfig's bssid command disables roaming. o Automatically clear configured WEP/WPA keys when a new network ESSID is configured. o Removed the ability for userland to read configured WEP/WPA keys back from the kernel. o The iwm(4) driver can now connect to networks with a hidden SSID. o USB devices supported by the athn(4) driver now use an open source firmware, and hostap mode now works with these devices. - Generic network stack improvements: o The network stack no longer runs with the KERNEL_LOCK() when IPsec is enabled. o Processing of incoming TCP/UDP packets is now done without KERNEL_LOCK(). o The socket splicing task runs without KERNEL_LOCK(). o Cleanup and removal of code in sys/netinet6 since autoconfiguration runs in userland now. o bridge(4) members can now be prevented to talk to each others with the new protected option. o The pf divert-packet feature has been simplified. The IP_DIVERTFL socket option has been removed from divert(4). o Various corner cases of pf divert-to and divert-reply are more consistent now. o Enforce in pf(4) that all neighbor discovery packets have 255 in their IPv6 header hop limit field. o New set syncookies option in pf.conf(5). o Support for GRE over IPv6. o New egre(4) driver for Ethernet over GRE tunnels. o Support for the optional GRE key header and GRE key entropy in gre(4) and egre(4). o New nvgre(4) driver for Network Virtualization using Generic Routing Encapsulation. o Support for configuring the Don't Fragment flag packets encapsulated by tunnel interfaces. - Installer improvements: o if install.site or upgrade.site fails, notify the user and error out after storing rand.seed. o allow CIDR notation when entering IPv4 and IPv6 addresses. o repair selection of a HTTP mirror from the list of mirrors. o allow '-' in usernames. o ask a question at the end of the install/upgrade process so carriage return causes the appropriate action, e.g. reboot. o display the mode (install or upgrade) shell prompts as long as no hostname is known. o correctly detect which interface has the default route and if it was configured via DHCP. o ensure sets can be read from the prefetch area. o ensure URL redirection is effective for entire install/upgrade. o add the HTTP proxy used when fetching sets to rc.firsttime, where fw_update and syspatch can find and use it. o add logic to support RFC 7217 with SLAAC. o ensure that IPv6 is configured for dynamically created network interfaces like vlan(4). o create correct hostname when both domain-name and domain-search options are provided in the DHCP lease. - Routing daemons and other userland network improvements: o bgpctl(8) has a new ssv option which outputs rib entries as a single semicolon-separated like for selection before output. o slaacd(8) generates random but stable IPv6 stateless autoconfiguration addresses according to RFC 7217. These are enabled per default in accordance with RFC 8064. o slaacd(8) follows RFC 4862 by removing an artificial limitation on /64 sized prefixes using RFC 7217 (random but stable) and RFC 4941 (privacy) style stateless autoconfiguration addresses. o ospfd(8) can now set the metric for a route depending on the status of an interface. o ifconfig(8) has a new staticarp option to make interfaces reply to ARP requests only. o ipsecctl(8) can now collapse flow outputs having the same source or destination. o The -n option in netstart(8) no longer messes with the default route. It is now documented as well. - Security improvements: o Use even more trap-sleds on various architectures. o More use of .rodata for constant variables in assembly source. o Stop using x86 "repz ret" in dusty corners of the tree. o Introduce "execpromises" in pledge(2). o The elfrdsetroot utility used to build ramdisks and the rebound(8) monitoring process now use pledge(2). o Prepare for the introduction of MAP_STACK to mmap(2) after 6.3. o Push a small piece of KARL-linked kernel text into the random number generator as entropy at startup. o Put a small random gap at the top of thread stacks, so that attackers have yet another calculation to perform for their ROP work. o Mitigation for Meltdown vulnerability for Intel brand amd64 CPUs. o OpenBSD/arm64 now uses kernel page table isolation to mitigate Spectre variant 3 (Meltdown) attacks. o OpenBSD/armv7 and OpenBSD/arm64 now flush the Branch Target Buffer (BTB) on processors that do speculative execution to mitigate Spectre variant 2 attacks. o pool_get(9) perturbs the order of items on newly allocated pages, making the kernel heap layout harder to predict. o The fktrace(2) system call was deleted. - dhclient(8) improvements: o Parsing dhclient.conf(5) no longer leaks SSID strings, strings that are too long for the parsing buffer or repeated string options and commands. o Storing leases in dhclient.conf(5) is no longer supported. o 'DENY' is no longer valid in dhclient.conf(5). o dhclient.conf(5) and dhclient.leases(5) parsing error messages have been simplified and clarified, with improved behaviour in the presence of unexpected semicolons. o More care is taken to only use configuration information that was successfully parsed. o '-n' has been added, which causes dhclient(8) to exit after parsing dhclient.conf(5). o Default routes in options classless-static-routes (121) and classless-ms-static-routes (249) are now correctly represented in dhclient.leases(5) files. o Overwrite the file specified with '-L' rather than appending to it. o Leases in dhclient.leases(5) now contain an 'epoch' attribute recording the time the lease was accepted, which is used to calculate correct renewal, rebinding and expiry times. o No longer nag about underscores in names violating RFC 952. o Unconditionally send host-name information when requesting a lease, eliminating the need for dhclient.conf(5) in the default installation. o Be quiet by default. '-q' has been removed and '-v' added to enable verbose logging. o Decline duplicate offers for the requested address. o Unconditionally go into the background after link-timeout seconds. o Significantly reduce logging when being quiet, but make '-v' log all debug information without needing to compile a custom executable. o Ignore 'interface' statements in dhclient.leases(5) and assume all leases in the file are for the interface being configured. o Display the source of the lease bound to the interface. o 'ignore', 'request' and 'require' declarations in dhclient.conf(5) now add the specified options to the relevant list rather than replacing the list. o Eliminate a startup race that could result in dhclient(8) exiting without configuring the interface. - Assorted improvements: o Code reorganization and other improvements to malloc(3) and friends to make them more efficient. o When performing suspend or hibernate operations, ensure all filesystems are properly synchronized and marked clean, or if they cannot be put into perfectly clean state on disk (due to open+unlinked files) then mark them dirty, so that a failed resume/unhibernate is guaranteed to perform fsck(8). o acme-client(1) autodetects the agreement URL and follows 30x HTTP redirects. o Added __cxa_thread_atexit() to support modern C++ tool chains. o Added EVFILT_DEVICE support to kqueue(2) for monitoring changes to drm(4) devices. o ldexp(3) now handles the sign of denormal numbers correctly on mips64. o New sincos(3) functions in libm. o fdisk(8) now ensures the validity of MBR partition offsets entered while editing. o fdisk(8) now ensures that default values lie within the valid range. o less(1) now splits only the environment variable LESS on '$'. o less(1) no longer creates a spurious file when encountering '$' in the initial command. o softraid(4) now validates the number of chunks when assembling a volume, ensuring the on-disk and in-memory metadata are in sync. o disklabel(8) now always offers to edit an FFS partition's fragment size before offering to edit the blocksize. o disklabel(8) now allows editing the cylinders/group (cpg) attribute whenever the partition blocksize can be edited. o disklabel(8) now detects ^D and invalid input during (R)esize commands. o disklabel(8) now detects underflows and overflows when -/+ operators are used. o disklabel(8) now avoids an off-by-one when calculating the number of cylinders in a free chunk. o disklabel(8) now validates the requested partition size against the size of the largest free chunk instead of the total free space. o Support for dumping USB transfers via bpf(4). o tcpdump(8) can now understand dumps of USB transfers in the USBPcap format. o The default prompts of csh(1), ksh(1) and sh(1) now include the hostname. o Memory allocation in ksh(1) was switched from calloc(3) back to malloc(3), making it easier to recognize uninitialized memory. As a result, a history-related bug in emacs editing mode was discovered and fixed. o New script(1) -c option to run a command instead of a shell. o New grep(1) -m option to limit the number of matches. o New uniq(1) -i option for case-insensitive comparison. o The printf(3) format string is no longer validated when looking for % formats. Based on a commit by android and following most other operating systems. o Improved error checking in vfwprintf(3). o Many base programs have been audited and fixed for stale file descriptors, including cron(8), ftp(1), mandoc(1), openssl(1), ssh(1) and sshd(8). o Various bug fixes and improvements in jot(1): - Arbitrary length limits for the arguments for the -b, -s, -w options were removed. - The %F format specifier is now supported and a bug in the %D format was fixed. - Better code coverage in regression tests. - Several buffer overruns were fixed. o The patch(1) utility now copes better with git diffs that create or delete files. o pkg_add(1) now has improved support for HTTP(S) redirectors such as cdn.openbsd.org. o ftp(1) and pkg_add(1) now support HTTPS session resumption for improved speed. o mandoc(1) -T ps output file size reduced by more than 50%. o syslogd(8) logs if there were warnings during startup. o syslogd(8) stopped logging to files in a full filesystem. Now it writes a warning and continues after space has been made available. o vmt(4) now allows cloning and taking disk-only snapshots of running guests. - OpenSMTPD 6.0.4 o Add spf walk option to smtpctl(8). o Assorted cleanups and improvements. o Numerous manual page fixes and improvements. - OpenSSH 7.7 o New/changed features: - All: Add experimental support for PQC XMSS keys (Extended Hash- Based Signatures) based on the algorithm described in https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-irtf-cfrg-xmss-hash-based-s ignatures-12 The XMSS signature code is experimental and not compiled in by default. - sshd(8): Add a "rdomain" criteria for the sshd_config Match keyword to allow conditional configuration that depends on which routing domain a connection was received on (currently supported on OpenBSD and Linux). - sshd_config(5): Add an optional rdomain qualifier to the ListenAddress directive to allow listening on different routing domains. This is supported only on OpenBSD and Linux at present. - sshd_config(5): Add RDomain directive to allow the authenticated session to be placed in an explicit routing domain. This is only supported on OpenBSD at present. - sshd(8): Add "expiry-time" option for authorized_keys files to allow for expiring keys. - ssh(1): Add a BindInterface option to allow binding the outgoing connection to an interface's address (basically a more usable BindAddress). - ssh(1): Expose device allocated for tun/tap forwarding via a new %T expansion for LocalCommand. This allows LocalCommand to be used to prepare the interface. - sshd(8): Expose the device allocated for tun/tap forwarding via a new SSH_TUNNEL environment variable. This allows automatic setup of the interface and surrounding network configuration automatically on the server. - ssh(1)/scp(1)/sftp(1): Add URI support to ssh, sftp and scp, e.g. ssh://user@host or sftp://user@host/path. Additional connection parameters described in draft-ietf-secsh-scp-sftp-ssh-uri-04 are not implemented since the ssh fingerprint format in the draft uses the deprecated MD5 hash with no way to specify the any other algorithm. - ssh-keygen(1): Allow certificate validity intervals that specify only a start or stop time (instead of both or neither). - sftp(1): Allow "cd" and "lcd" commands with no explicit path argument. lcd will change to the local user's home directory as usual. cd will change to the starting directory for session (because the protocol offers no way to obtain the remote user's home directory). bz#2760 - sshd(8): When doing a config test with sshd -T, only require the attributes that are actually used in Match criteria rather than (an incomplete list of) all criteria. o The following significant bugs have been fixed in this release: - ssh(1)/sshd(8): More strictly check signature types during key exchange against what was negotiated. Prevents downgrade of RSA signatures made with SHA-256/512 to SHA-1. - sshd(8): Fix support for client that advertise a protocol version of "1.99" (indicating that they are prepared to accept both SSHv1 and SSHv2). This was broken in OpenSSH 7.6 during the removal of SSHv1 support. bz#2810 - ssh(1): Warn when the agent returns a ssh-rsa (SHA1) signature when a rsa-sha2-256/512 signature was requested. This condition is possible when an old or non-OpenSSH agent is in use. bz#2799 - ssh-agent(1): Fix regression introduce in 7.6 that caused ssh-agent to fatally exit if presented an invalid signature request message. - sshd_config(5): Accept yes/no flag options case-insensitively, as has been the case in ssh_config(5) for a long time. bz#2664 - ssh(1): Improve error reporting for failures during connection. Under some circumstances misleading errors were being shows. bz#2814 - ssh-keyscan(1): Add -D option to allow printing of results directly in SSHFP format. bz#2821 - regress tests: fix PuTTY interop test broken in last release's SSHv1 removal. bz#2823 - ssh(1): Compatibility fix for some servers that erroneously drop the connection when the IUTF8 (RFC8160) option is sent. - scp(1): Disable RemoteCommand and RequestTTY in the ssh session started by scp (sftp was already doing this.) - ssh-keygen(1): Refuse to create a certificate with an unusable number of principals. - ssh-keygen(1): Fatally exit if ssh-keygen is unable to write all the public key during key generation. Previously it would silently ignore errors writing the comment and terminating newline. - ssh(1): Do not modify hostname arguments that are addresses by automatically forcing them to lower-case. Instead canonicalise them to resolve ambiguities (e.g. ::0001 => ::1) before they are matched against known_hosts. bz#2763 - ssh(1): Don't accept junk after "yes" or "no" responses to hostkey prompts. bz#2803 - sftp(1): Have sftp print a warning about shell cleanliness when decoding the first packet fails, which is usually caused by shells polluting stdout of non-interactive startups. bz#2800 - ssh(1)/sshd(8): Switch timers in packet code from using wall-clock time to monotonic time, allowing the packet layer to better function over a clock step and avoiding possible integer overflows during steps. - Numerous manual page fixes and improvements. - LibreSSL 2.7.2 o Added support for many OpenSSL 1.0.2 and 1.1 APIs, based on observations of real-world usage in applications. These are implemented in parallel with existing OpenSSL 1.0.1 APIs - visibility changes have not been made to existing structs, allowing code written for older OpenSSL APIs to continue working. o Extensive corrections, improvements, and additions to the API documentation, including new public APIs from OpenSSL that had no pre-existing documentation. o Added support for automatic library initialization in libcrypto, libssl, and libtls. Support for pthread_once or a compatible equivalent is now required of the target operating system. As a side-effect, minimum Windows support is Vista or higher. o Converted more packet handling methods to CBB, which improves resiliency when generating TLS messages. o Completed TLS extension handling rewrite, improving consistency of checks for malformed and duplicate extensions. o Rewrote ASN1_TYPE_{get,set}_octetstring() using templated ASN.1. This removes the last remaining use of the old M_ASN1_* macros (asn1_mac.h) from API that needs to continue to exist. o Added support for client-side session resumption in libtls. A libtls client can specify a session file descriptor (a regular file with appropriate ownership and permissions) and libtls will manage reading and writing of session data across TLS handshakes. o Improved support for strict alignment on ARMv7 architectures, conditionally enabling assembly in those cases. o Fixed a memory leak in libtls when reusing a tls_config. o Merged more DTLS support into the regular TLS code path, removing duplicated code. - Ports and packages: o Pre-built packages are available for the following architectures on the day of release: - aarch64 (arm64): 7790 - alpha: 1 - amd64: 9912 - i386: 9361 - mips64: 8149 - sh: 1 o Packages for the following architectures will be made available as their builds complete: - arm - hppa - mips64el - powerpc - sparc64 o dpb(1) and normal ports(7) can now enjoy the same privilege separated model by setting PORTS_PRIVSEP=Yes - Some highlights: o AFL 2.52b o Mutt 1.9.4 and NeoMutt 20180223 o Cmake 3.10.2 o Node.js 8.9.4 o Chromium 65.0.3325.181 o Ocaml 4.03.0 o Emacs 21.4 and 25.3 o OpenLDAP 2.3.43 and 2.4.45 o GCC 4.9.4 o PHP 5.6.34 and 7.0.28 o GHC 8.2.2 o Postfix 3.3.0 and 3.4-20180203 o Gimp 2.8.22 o PostgreSQL 10.3 o GNOME 3.26.2 o Python 2.7.14 and 3.6.4 o Go 1.10 o R 3.4.4 o Groff 1.22.3 o Ruby 2.3.6, 2.4.3 and 2.5.0 o JDK 8u144 o Rust 1.24.0 o KDE 3.5.10 and 4.14.3 (plus o Sendmail 220.127.116.11 KDE4 core updates) o SQLite 3.22.0 o LLVM/Clang 5.0.1 o Sudo 1.8.22 o LibreOffice 126.96.36.199 o Tcl/Tk 8.5.19 and 8.6.8 o Lua 5.1.5, 5.2.4, and 5.3.4 o TeX Live 2017 o MariaDB 10.0.34 o Vim 8.0.1589 o Mozilla Firefox 52.7.2esr and o Xfce 4.12 59.0.1 o Mozilla Thunderbird 52.6.0 - As usual, steady improvements in manual pages and other documentation. - The system includes the following major components from outside suppliers: o Xenocara (based on X.Org 7.7 with xserver 1.19.6 + patches, freetype 2.8.1, fontconfig 2.12.4, Mesa 13.0.6, xterm 330, xkeyboard-config 2.20 and more) o LLVM/Clang 5.0.1 (+ patches) o GCC 4.2.1 (+ patches) and 3.3.6 (+ patches) o Perl 5.24.3 (+ patches) o NSD 4.1.20 o Unbound 1.6.8 o Ncurses 5.7 o Binutils 2.17 (+ patches) o Gdb 6.3 (+ patches) o Awk Aug 10, 2011 version o Expat 2.2.5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - SECURITY AND ERRATA -------------------------------------------------- We provide patches for known security threats and other important issues discovered after each release. 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This is a list of what you will see: BOOTIA32.EFI* bsd* floppy63.fs pxeboot* BOOTX64.EFI* bsd.mp* game63.tgz xbase63.tgz BUILDINFO bsd.rd* index.txt xfont63.tgz INSTALL.amd64 cd63.iso install63.fs xserv63.tgz SHA256 cdboot* install63.iso xshare63.tgz SHA256.sig cdbr* man63.tgz base63.tgz comp63.tgz miniroot63.fs If you are new to OpenBSD, fetch _at least_ the file INSTALL.amd64 and install63.iso. The install63.iso file (roughly 346MB in size) is a one-step ISO-format install CD image which contains the various *.tgz files so you do not need to fetch them separately. If you prefer to use a USB flash drive, fetch install63.fs and follow the instructions in INSTALL.amd64. 5) If you are an expert, follow the instructions in the file called README; otherwise, use the more complete instructions in the file called INSTALL.amd64. 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Two releases in a row without a song :-(
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That being said, we now get syspatches for both(!) supported releases. At least on amd64 and i386. Not too shabby. And at the end of the day that is worth far more than some paraphernalia or accompanying song, as cute as it may have been.
Great work from the OpenBSD team - & still supporting i386, which a lot of Linux distros are dropping.
Linux since 1999, & also a BSD user.
Thanks to the developers for another amazing release!
I'm loving the advances in vmm(4), booting systemd under OpenBSD is fun
Linux is for people who hate Windows. BSD is for people who love UNIX.
Ah, iwm can use hidden SSID. Will be installing tonight I think. At work, I have an old Thinkpad, that needs acpi disabled. It turns out (I guess this is new, or my mind is more gone than I thought) that it's no longer boot -k which gives me unknown option, but boot -c, as in config. Maybe they had some bad spellers before.
Quite possible. Short term is the first to go. The second thing is....Darn, just heard it a few minutes ago <rimshot>
Checking on an older install, I see that boot -k actually did work in 6.2 I think a friend just mentioned it at the time and I'd been using it. Regardless, it's now an invalid option.
My Internet provider give me ipv4 and no ipv6 unless i go to optic fiber. Can I still use ipv4 in 6.3?
this patch, it was this year's annual April Fool's joke by the OpenBSD Project.
Oh ok
Upgraded this morning and 6.3 is working like a charm. Except I can no longer input Chinese in LibreOffice. Guess what I shall be working on for the next little while.
I don't know what you've been using for input, but for Japanese, 6.3 brings fcitx-anthy. I've found that fcitx is much better for me than ibus ever was, especially in OpenBSD, though it was causing me troubles in other systems as well. One thing I found is that I did need to install fcitx-gtk3 for firefox and LibreOffice to work properly.
I have been using UIM until now. Ibus is my favourite, but when I started using OpenBSD Ibus did not have much for Chinese, so I switched to UIM. In all the years I have been using Open and LibreOffice, this is the first time input methods have given me any grief. I might need to look at that fcitx. Or use my computer for punching practice.
I upgraded yesterday, first time for OpenBSD, no issues and was very quick
I found this to be the by far easiest upgrade I have ever done, that compares against a couple of BSDs and a couple of Linuxes. Congratulation to the team for a solid product.
Don't punch the computer, it can't defend itself--meh, actually it can, broken glass, plastic, and metal. There are, I believe, several good pages on using fcitx in Chinese, (which I can't read). I find the easiest way to configure it is to start X, start fcitx, then stop X. At this point, it will have created a $HOME/.config/fcitx/profile file. In that file you look for your input method, (in my case, anthy) and change the False after it to True, then restart X. There is a GUI config tool but I'm not sure if OpenBSD includes it. I never looked because I was already used to the manual method I'd mentioned, and found it easier.
I've never used UIM, so I'm not familiar with it.
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James Cohan Gallery has announced that it now represents Brooklyn-based artist Spencer Finch. Mr. Finch works in a variety of mediums, including painting, sculpture and drawing.
He was the subject of MASS MoCA's 2007 exhibition, "What Time Is It On the Sun?" His recent works include Painting Air, a site-specific installation at the RISD Museum that includes a Monet-inspired mural that is distorted by 100 panels of suspended glass, and, at the Art Institute of Chicago, Lunar, which uses energy from the sun to eventually produce the glow of a full moon. He currently has a permanent installation on the High Line called The River That Flows Both Ways, which uses 700 individual panes of glass to represent a 700-minute trip down the Hudson River.
His first exhibition with the gallery will be in May 2013.


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Today, the Dems and their leaders stood on the Capitol Steps to demonstrate the personal impact of shutting down the government and the pain felt by Federal Employees who have missed a paycheck. Congressmen held up poster sized pics of people that…., well, they looked like me. So, I started thinking about the impact of illegal immigration and how it has affected my family, those around me, the town I love.
It hurts.
While none of us like to see Federal employees used as pawns, it's time for someone to speak up for Americans, the millions of us who deal with the loopholes in our immigration policies and illegal immigration, day after day, week after week, decade after decade, only to hear another politician promise a solution. Well, we finally do have a politician willing to make a stand, President Trump. Isn't it odd his desire to fulfill this promise to the people, to resolve our problem of illegal immigration, is met with such……. "resistance"?
Dems are worried about federal employees missing a paycheck.
Let's look at how illegal immigration, and loose immigration policies have impacted my life, my family, my community.
Higher Education:
I have a son in college. He's a senior in Mechanical Engineering.
60%+ of the class is Asian foreign nationals, who surprisingly, cheat on exams, so much so, that professors damn near strip search them before test taking.
You're worried about missing a paycheck?
K-12 Schools:
My home is in an historic district, lovely neighborhood. I live next door to the school.
School has gone from Level 5 (best) to level 3.
Property taxes, up 528% in 20yrs.
Caught a Somali refugee beating my dog, OVER my fence.
Our town used to be so safe I left the back door open and the keys in the car.
You're worried about a paycheck?
My in-laws started a small Catholic church in our town in '71. The organ is dedicated to memory of my father-in-law.
Children's program = 27 illegals + 1 American child.
The illegal families will not contribute to the church, because they don't have bank accounts………., because they are illegally here.
My church is gone. Although you believe I have no compassion for those less fortunate, because only Dems care about anyone missing a paycheck.
I'm on the Board for our little hospital. For 20 yrs, we fought to keep it open.
We just closed our emergency room.
I'm a CPA. The cost of illegals is too much to bare.
Our closest emergency room is now 23 minutes away, instead of 4 minutes. Losing an emergency room will hurt all residents of the county, long term, and devalues the property value of every home in town.
Yet, you're worried about missing a single paycheck?
I live in a town w/population of 8K, outside major metro, about 35 minutes away.
In 20 yrs, we lost two major manufacturing facilities.
One employed 1800, which went to Malaysia, another employed 467, went to Mexico. Because of bad trade policies, the people I care about, in the town I love, have missed paychecks for years. You're worried about a single paycheck but have the gall to call me immoral?
Small Biz:
We did own a prosperous construction company.
We were a bonded company one of only 8 in the state, with a great reputation.
I personally know 150+ American born highly-skilled tradesmen, who are out of work, who consider themselves lucky if their wives have a job. They've been replaced by foreign workers, legal and illegal. Proud men, capable and talented men, who built the state. You want my empathy for a single paycheck?
After 4K dead Americans, 60K sexual assaults, 70K dead from drugs, 23% of our prison population, and hundreds of thousands of other crimes, our politicians refuse to protect the American people. Why do we have such incompetent Congressmen?
Yet, Dems complain about Federal employees missing a single paycheck.
Well….., at least they are not complaining from the beach in Puerto Rico.
The President gave Congress 6 months to work on immigration, back in October of 2017. The Republican base was aghast when President Trump offered a compromise of Border Wall/No Visa Lottery/Limit Chain Migration/Extreme Vetting in exchange for 1.8 million DACA adults.
Yet, that was the Schumer Shutdown, which was LAST JANUARY, how quickly the media forgets.
A year later, still, Congress has failed to do their job.
Meanwhile, thousands of illegals, well funded, well organized, are marching to our country with the intention of entering illegally. There's no respect for our laws. It's a planned incursion into our country.
Yet, we're racist.
We're immoral for wanting protection and a safe country for our children.
We're foolish, stupid, Nazis.
We're cruel, harsh, not sympathetic.
At least that's what our Dem leaders say, from behind their own walls.


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Artwork description:
Acrylic impressionist landscape painting on canvas.
Signed and ready to hang.
Please note: I sign my paintings on the back, but I also can sign them on the front at request, also this artwork is painted on all four side edges and does not require framing and ready to hang with a hook fitted on the back.
Certificate of authenticity signed and dated.
Materials used:
#a bird #a cross #impressionist art #contemporary painting #contemporary landscape painting #church dome
"Praying"Miniature Size 15x15x1cm (2017)
Acrylic painting by Reda Ishak
- Acrylic painting on Canvas
- One of a kind artwork
- Size: 5.91 x 5.91 x 0.39 in / 5.91 x 5.91 in (actual image size)
- Ready to hang
- Signed on the back
- Style: Impressionistic
- Subject: Landscapes, sea and sky
This artwork is sold by Reda Ishak from United Kingdom


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Are these the perfect tree decorations for green geeks? Possibly. Made from recycled CDs and circuit boards, they are heinously expensive (around $6 for a circuit-board dangler, $9 for the CD version. Or you can get a set of three for $16 or $21 respectively. Or you can not bother.
G/O Media may get a commission
What do people who buy stuff like this put on the top of the tree, I wonder? [Nigel's Eco Store via Gadgets News]


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I'm used to fly with Turkish Airlines when I've to go to Turkey.
Every trip starts from here for me. The service on board is perfect, you can ask whatever you want and a kind hostess or steward will come to help you. Nowadays the airline companies are getting worse, trying to save money and penalizing the service on board, but Thy is responding with courtesy and quality. And this is important mostly for frequent flyers, that will choose again this company rather than low cost companies. I often meet lots of white-collar workers on these flights, and not just tourists.
Talking about the food… Even if italians are famous to be like spoiled children about food, I've to say that I really like Thy turkish meals. Each time I fly with Thy (Türk Hava Yolları) I find something so tasty that the next time I'd like to find it again… especially the chocolate mousse is fantastic! This time I decided to take with me the menu, so I can illustrate what I mean: good meals, great presentation (next time I promise to take pictures also) and everything is clean and tidy.
The service on board is really is up to the situation. Once you are on board you'll hear a pleasant turkish music that brings you to your seat, and some kind crew members giving you newspapers. You'll find your copy of the Skyline Magazine, a very good magazine including interesting articles about Turkey and columns on several aspects of turkish life, history, tourism, and I discovered a lot of curious things about Turkey here. Sometimes you may find also a bookmark. These are stupid things, ok, but I can't help noticing them. Everybody loves to feel at home, coddled and waited on hand and foot without paying an excessive amount of money, don't you think? 😉 So, what else can I say… enjoy your Turkish Airlines flight you too!
This is the first part of my last trip to Istanbul last December, and I must say that the beginning augur well. Oh, I must also say that I'm not working for Turkish Airlines, or you may think that I'm just advertising! 😛
Turkish Airlines http://www.turkishairlines.com/
Skylife Magazine http://www.thy.com/en-INT/corporate/skylife/index.aspx


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The Allen Tate Greer office is located on Wade Hampton Boulevard, in the heart of Greer's shopping corridor. The 4,000-square-foot office accommodates up to 38 Realtors® and staff, including onsite mortgage and insurance representatives. It features an open floor plan, private offices, conference space, video displays and high-speed wireless technology. We provide customers with a full array of services including mortgage, insurance, title, home warranty and home services.
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One of South Carolina's fastest growing cities, Greer sits in the heart of the state's bustling Upstate region. Located in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, the city offers beautiful natural scenery and views of mountains and lakes. To the north of the city, residents can find outdoor recreation at Lake Robinson and Lake Cunningham.
Greer is centrally located to several major cities including Charlotte, about one hour and 40 minutes away, and Atlanta, which can be reached within a three-hour drive. Charleston is within a four-hour drive. The Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport is less than 10 miles away.
The Inland Port at Greer provides transportation and logistics support to the area's manufacturers, which includes BMW's only U.S. plant. The automaker also offers a driving school, museum and plant tours that are open to the public.
Greer's Central Business District, known locally as Greer Station, offers 12 city blocks of retail, dining, entertainment and other services. More than 40 buildings in the district are on the National Historic Register. Amenities include the Greer Cultural Arts Council, which offers classes and stage performances through the Greer Children's Theatre.


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2011 ISSA Tournament Schedule Announced
MANASSAS, VIRGINIA - The International Senior Softball Association (ISSA) is pleased to announce the addition of several new senior tournaments for the 2011 Season. Discussions are currently underway with several more new and exciting host cities as the ISSA expands their playing opportunities for the Masters and Senior players. The confirmed schedule of 2011 tournaments at this time include:
April 15-17 April's Finest, N. Charleston, SC
April 29-May 1 Master's Senior Tournament, Augusta, GA
June 10-12 ISF Senior World Cup, Salem, VA
July 29-31 Mountaineer Classic, Morgantown, WV
August 12-14 ISSA World Championships, Manassas, VA
October 7-9 ISSA Winter Nationals, Virginia Beach, VA