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General North was commissioned in 1976 after completing East Carolina University's ROTC program as a distinguished graduate. He has held numerous operational, command and staff positions, and has completed seven overseas tours. His last assignment was the Director for Operations at U.S. Pacific Command. The general has served two tours on the Joint Staff, including executive assistant to the Joint Staff Director, and Director of Politico-Military Affairs for Asia-Pacific where he was responsible for regional planning and policy for the Asia-Pacific, South Asia and Central Asia regions. He also served as Deputy Director of Joint Matters at Headquarters U.S. Air Force.
General North has commanded the 33rd Fighter Squadron at Shaw AFB, S.C.; 35th Operations Group at Misawa Air Base, Japan; 8th Fighter Wing at Kunsan AB, South Korea; and the 18th Wing at Kadena AB, Japan. He is a command pilot with more than 4,100 flying hours, primarily in the F-4, F-15 and F-16. He flew 54 combat missions during operations Desert Storm and Southern Watch.
Education 1976 Bachelor's degree in political science, East Carolina University, N.C. 1982 Squadron Officer School, by correspondence 1984 Master's degree in public administration, Golden Gate University 1986 Master's degree in human resource management, Golden Gate University 1990 Armed Forces Staff College, Norfolk, Va. 1994 Master's degree in national resource strategy, Industrial College of the Armed Forces, National Defense University, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C. 1997 Seminar XXI, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge
Assignments 1. September 1976 - May 1977, student, undergraduate navigator training, Mather AFB, Calif. 2. May 1977 - October 1978, student, Electronic Warfare Officer School, Mather AFB, Calif. 3. January 1978 - June 1978, student, F-4E upgrade training, Homestead AFB, Fla. 4. July 1978 - July 1979, weapons systems officer, 35th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Kunsan AB, South Korea 5. August 1979 - September 1980, F-4G Wild Weasel electronic warfare officer, 561st and 563rd tactical fighter squadrons, George AFB, Calif. 6. September 1980 - September 1981, student, undergraduate pilot training, Reese AFB, Texas 7. September 1981 - September 1982, fighter lead-in training, Holloman AFB, N.M., and F-16 transition, Hill AFB, Utah 8. September 1982 - April 1985, squadron scheduler and squadron weapons officer, 19th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Shaw AFB, S.C. 9. April 1985 - August 1985, student pilot, U.S. Air Force Fighter Weapons School, Nellis AFB, Nev. 10. August 1985 - June 1986, wing weapons officer, 363rd Tactical Fighter Wing, Shaw AFB, S.C. 11. June 1986 - June 1987, F-16 weapons officer and flight commander, 526th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Ramstein AB, West Germany 12. June 1987 - June 1989, aide-de-camp and F-16 instructor pilot to the Commander-in-Chief of U.S. Air Forces in Europe, Ramstein AB, West Germany 13. July 1989 - January 1990, student, Armed Forces Staff College, Norfolk, Va. 14. March 1990 - July 1993, assistant operations officer, 19th Tactical Fighter Squadron; wing Chief of Standardization and Evaluation, and Chief of Wing Weapons and Safety, Operation Desert Storm, 363rd Fighter Wing; and Commander, 33rd Fighter Squadron, Shaw AFB, S.C. 15. August 1993 - June 1994, student, Industrial College of the Armed Forces, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C. 16. July 1994 - August 1996, Commander, 35th Operations Group, Misawa AB, Japan 17. August 1996 - August 1997, Chief, Joint Requirements Division and Deputy Director of Joint Matters, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C. 18. August 1997 - May 1999, executive assistant to the Director, the Joint Staff, Washington, D.C. 19. May 1999 - May 2000, Commander, 8th Fighter Wing, Kunsan AB, South Korea 20. August 2000 - April 2002, Commander, 18th Wing, Kadena AB, Japan 21. April 2002 - June 2004, Deputy Director of Politico-Military Affairs for Asia-Pacific, the Joint Staff, Washington, D.C. 22. July 2004 - January 2006, Director for Operations, U.S. Pacific Command, Camp H.M. Smith, Hawaii 23. February 2006 - present, Commander, 9th Air Force and U.S. Central Command Air Forces, Shaw AFB, S.C.
Flight Information Rating: Command pilot Flight hours: More than 4,100 Aircraft flown: F-4, F-15 and F-16
Major Awards and Decorations Defense Superior Service Medal with two oak leaf clusters Legion of Merit with oak leaf cluster Distinguished Flying Cross with "V" device and oak leaf cluster Meritorious Service Medal with oak leaf cluster Air Medal with four oak leaf clusters Aerial Achievement Medal with two oak leaf clusters Air Force Commendation Medal with two oak leaf clusters Combat Readiness Medal with four oak leaf clusters
Other Achievements 1993 Lance P. Sijan U.S. Air Force Leadership Award
Effective Dates of Promotion Second Lieutenant Sept. 4, 1976 First Lieutenant Sept. 4, 1978 Captain Sept. 4, 1980 Major March 1, 1987 Lieutenant Colonel April 1, 1990 Colonel Feb. 1, 1995 Brigadier General Aug. 1, 2001 Major General June 1, 2005 Lieutenant General Feb. 16, 2006
(Current as of February 2006)

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restful or peaceful in its influence, any more than the
mere expensiveness of the glaringly ugly new monu-
ment or tombstone, that speaks of living prosperity in
its worst aspects, can give rise to that peaceful melan-
choly so much to be desired for the associations that
should dwell about the burning- ground. It is fortunate,
therefore, that fashionable taste for tombstones and
monuments of the more vulgar kind has seemed for some
time to be waning, and it is a growth of the sentiment
that dislikes such things which has induced many persons
to advocate, with success, the park cemetery, where
every effort is made to do away with huge or ornate
tombstones, and particularly the so-called ornamental
fences that are always objectionable, and, if possible, to
induce lot-owners to build their graves level with the
ground, keeping plain tombstones, like those of the colo-
nial period, for record.
There is a gratifying improvement in this respect in
most of the cemeteries of the country, and a particularly
gratifying development of the park idea, whereby large
areas of land are set aside for greensward, trees, and
shrubs, which can be chosen with due respect to the
sober character that should mark all parts of the ceme-
tery. The joyous element of children romping and play-
ing their games should naturally be banished ; but how
pleasant and grateful, in a quiet, comforting way, these
park-like spaces can be made, many can testify after
much walking on sad errands. Indeed, our cemeteries
are becoming, in much the same way as our parks and
home grounds, places of resort where soul and body will
be rested and refreshed.
THE theory of arrangement of seaside places need
not differ materially from that of other home
grounds, except that, as far as possible, the
sea should be made visible from the ^\indows of every
living-room in the house ; and the roads, if it be practi-
cable, should arrive from the land side. The main thing
to be really studied is the preparation of the soil and the
selection of plants that should be used, for not all trees
and shrubs, by any means, \nll thrive in even secluded
places on the shore.
The chief difficulty one usually encounters at the
seashore is the poor, sandy nature of the soil, and
consequently it is generally necessary to bring strong
loam from a considerable distance ; but whatever the
distance, we should bring the soil without fail, for on it
depends the eventual success of all plantations, and it
will be found that a covering of two feet of mold will
not be unnecessarily deep to secure satisfactory results.
Blue-grass seed should be so^^Tl in liberal quantities on
such soil, and plenty of sprinkling applied at once, if the
rainfall should not be abundant. With plenty of water
and a good top-dressing of mold, excellent lawTis can be
secured on dry, sandy beaches. The same rule naturally
extends to the use of strong loam in the holes where the
trees and shrubs are to be planted.
Concerning the choice of trees and shrubs for a seaside
lawn, it will prove better to limit one's self to the few
kinds that are well known as having the vigor to resist
successfully the winds and salt air of the seashore than
to fail altogether in attempting to use too many shrubs
and most evergreens, that generally behave badly in such
regions. A few varieties of pines are exceptions.
Among deciduous trees, there are several that do well
on the seashore, and notable among these we find the
Oriental plane tree, which is vigorous, well furnished
with foliage, and suited to resist the strongest sea-
breezes. In the same class will come the honey locust,
and the picturesque and always valuable wild cherry,
cerasus serotina.
The catalpa has a vigorous habit that suits the sea-
shore, and the gingko, salisburia adiantifolia, is also
hardy and enduring in similar localities, while the
rhus cotinus and R. osbeckii also do well in the salt air,
but two of the most valuable trees of this kind will be
found to be the golden-barked willow and the laurel-
leaved willow. The willows generally are valuable on
the seashore, and the same may be said of the hardy
and picturesque native American thorns, Crataegus crus-
galli, etc.
Some of the best shrubs for the seashore are the pri-
vets, the bush honeysuckles, lonicera fragrantissima,
the different kinds of philadelphus, rhamnus catharticus,
the sea buckthorn, myrica cerifera, the tamarisks, the
elseagnuses, the althaeas, the hydrangeas, and several
viburnums, notably V. prunifolium and V. opulus.
There are many herbaceous plants that will seem
almost indispensable when they are seen doing well in the
neighborhood of the sea, and the honeysuckles and Vir-
ginia creepers we would certainly find that we could
not spare. Some of the best herbaceous plants for the
seashore are the coreopsis lanceolata, the eulalia japon-
ica, the different kinds of sun-flowers, the irises, par-
ticularly iris pseudoacoris, garden phloxes, hollyhocks,
hibiscus calif ornicus and H. moscheutus, and the marsh-
mallow, alva alcsea, asclepias or milk-weeds, statice,
pyrethrum, or chrysanthemum uliginosum, double and
single silphiums, and helenium autumnale. These plants
constitute a collection of trees and shrubs and peren-
nials that do well at the seashore, and though there are
others, there are but a few others that "^ill do nearly as
Before leading this subject, the author will risk the
chance of making himself wearisome by reiterating, in
the most emphatic manner, his advice in regard to the
importance of using abundant quantities of strong, rich
loam on the sandy soil of the seashore, and of applying
large amounts of water when the rainfall is insufficient.
In that way only can successful lawns and plantations be
secured under the stress of sea-breezes and the difficult
conditions of beach territory.
On rocky shores the problem remains much the same
as on sandy shores, because disintegrated rock is apt to
constitute a chief part of the meager soil between the
stones, and although such soil, especially if the region
be more or less wooded, is not likely to be so poor and
unfertile as that of pure sand beaches, yet the bleak
winds and sea-air make the gro^^i:h of trees and shrubs
difficult, except by the use of such \igorous species as
are mentioned in this chapter.
The value of the abundant use of water and additional
rich soil for rocky seashores cannot be overestimated.
It is really wonderful to see how much can be accom-
plished by diligence and skill in lawn-planting on these
apparently barren beaches by careful culture, use of
water and fresh soil, and by planting skilfully just the
right trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants. Unless the
attempt is made too near the sea, or in a specially bleak
place, there is more hope of success here than on most
pure sand beaches.
ALTHOUGH there is a great diversity of size and
appearance between the small city square, or
^ triangle, and the great urban park, the funda-
mental principles governing the designs of each are the
same. The larger and smaller spaces alike demand a
due consideration of the emironment and of the situa-
tion. Failure in either case lies in doing too much, or
too little, and in doing that which is not appropriate and
rational, and thus missing the proper adjustment of the
means to the end.
Yet there are some radical differences between city
squares and large parks. In cities, where the only
places of gathering for the crowds are in open places,
and where the play-ground of children is the street, it
becomes naturally important to reserve abundant open
spaces of gravel or asphalt for seats for grown-up
people, and room for the romping of little ones. If
there should be more than an acre in a city square, there
may be found room for shelter, music and refreshment
stands, and these structures should be designed in the
simplest, most unostentatious manner possible, so that
the square, or small park, may retain its proper andorig-
inal character of a combination of trees, grass, and
flowers, to which all architectural devices should be sub-
ordinated and kept entirely tributary.
While convenience and ease should always receive due
consideration, it must be remembered that what, after
all, constitutes the real square is the grass and shrubs
WALK, (canal street PARK, N. Y.)
and shade trees, and that without these we cannot imag-
ine reasons for a square being improved as a park. It
may be a promenade, a court-yard, or a number of other
things that are pure architecture, or anything one pleases,
but these are surely not parks. That is why we should
always bear in mind that every building constructed in a
square destroys tbe park value of the space it occupies,
and detracts in just so much from the true esthetic and
essential value of the park. Therefore, as I have said be-
fore, let there be but a few and necessary constructions,
and those of the simplest and most rustic character.
The presence of surrounding houses is simply the environ-
ment of the park, and that environment is also, and very
properly, a part of the problem to be accepted and ac-
counted for in the design.
It is evident that one would not expect to find a bit of
tangled woodland glade amid the architectural emiron-
ment of a city square. Neither would one expect
nothing but stone-paved footways, and series of balus-
trades, steps, and columns. The way which would com-
mend itself most readily to sensible people would be the
arrangement, first of all, of considerable level stretches
of smooth, green turf, with groups of shrubs and trees,
so arranged as to display their individual charms effect-
ively, and at the same time managing, in an artful com-
bination, to vaguely suggest some such appropriate and
beautiful effect as that of a copse in a meadow and a
lane in a country home.
The design of a city square should also, invariably,
take into consideration the practical features that will be
required to protect the greensward and shrubs, and afford
convenient accommodations for promenades and play-
ing grounds. Boundary fences, if not fences along the
paths, are absolute necessities on squares in crowded
districts, and where only their presence will preserv'e,
for any considerable time, the beauty of the park. This
is averred ^vith full realization of the efficiency of the
police under a good government. When we accept the
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fence, however, we need not necessarily include its hard
disagreeable lines, because they may often be shroude(
with vines like honeysuckles or Virginia creepers.
So much space is needed in a small city square for th(
convenience and enjoyment of the public, that we will find
ourselves limited more than we would like to be, when
we are seeking to make the park as beautiful and pict-
uresque as it is in the power of trees, shrubs, and vines
to make it. Hence the reason why the allotment for
amusement should be kept as much as possible together
in one spot with only grass directly around, and the
shrubs and flowers fenced in on the boundaries, or on
one side, so that they may escape the inevitable destruc-
tion that is sure to come when in too close proximity
to large crowds of young and old people. A convenient
outlet for the high spirits of young folks may be secured
in conveniently arranged play-grounds, where there shall
be no attempt to create , a genuine park, but simply a
play-ground with the tree and shrub element almost en-
tirely left out. It is possible, with proper care-takers,
to arrange sand-pits for the amusement of little ones in
ordinary city squares, but for play-grounds for half-
gro^\Tl boys an isolated area devoted entirely to the one
purpose of games is naturally set apart.
To village squares the danger of destruction attend-
ant on the presence of crowds does not apply with the
same force, although it may be doubted whether even
there trees, shrubs, and grass would not be benefited by
the protection of a fence of some kind. However, sim-
plicity and openness are attributes that, in a village
square, or green, cannot be dispensed with. A piece of
greenswani, with a few spreading umbrageous trees, will
make an ideal village green, if the trees are set far
enough apart, fifty feet or more, to give them plenty of
chance to properly develop. When the village green
needs protection of some sort, a very low stone wall, cov-
ered with vines, will make an attractive boundary, or a
wire fence may be used, and covered in the same
The ornamentation of village greens with classic foun-
tains, statues, and memorial shafts is, we may be allowed
to say, with all due respect to the benevolent and patriotic
motives that frequently inspire their erection, to be gen-
erally deprecated. While one would not exactly select
a pool or stream for the artificial ornamentation of a
more or less formal village green, yet it may readilj
come to exist naturally in a square, in which case £
fountain basin would be in order, provided no elaborate-
looking designs in marble or bronze are used, but il
fountains must be used, much rather should one emploj
the beautiful single spray of crystalline water, or s
cluster of sprays like those to be seen in the contrivance
known as the geyser fountain.
With the improvement of village greens should go the
proper shade and adornment of the highway bordering it.
It is best, as I have stated, that shade trees should be
set out at intervals of fifty feet, and the dwelling-houses
should be set back as far from the road as circumstances
will permit, so as to further extend the openness of the
On a village green, paths should be few in number,
open space or spaces should be left for seats and the
gathering of people, and, above all things, plenty of shade
should be fostered. Straight walks are admissible, il
not often advisable, only they should not make acute
angles with each other, to the destruction of beauty and
vegetation, but where a long curve can be given to a
path, without appreciably detracting from its directness,
it is better to employ it, and its effect is sure to be most
On a village green, rock-work seems specially out of
place, although if a great natural boulder is found
within its confines, it would be well to keep it, but a heap
of stones we need view only as rubbish that should be
carted away.
THERE are, we are forced to remember, many
meeting places in life where the accidents of
travel, or the natural delays of miscalculated
time, oblige people to linger in a frame of mind that is
almost preternaturally disposed to complain of surround-
ings that appear doubly uninteresting, for the reason
that their contemplation is forced and compulsory ; and
it is highly probable that the precision, promptitude, and
rapidity of action generally associated with a railroad
will account somewhat for the special sense of boredom
with which a long wait at a railroad station is generally
In view of this natural condition of the waiting public
at railroad stations, it is no wonder that the minds of
railroad managers have been turned for a long time
toward the development of the convenience and attract-
iveness of all railway stopping-places, for the contem-
plation of a weedy, cinder-strewn yard, and a gullied
bank with a freight-car or two standing on the rails, does
certainly not conduce to cheerfulness of soul or resig-
nation to enforced delay.
Recognizing that money expended in such improve-
ments will be always profitable, many, if not most rail-
roads, have expended increasingly large sums of money,
year after year, in building handsome stations, with con-
venient roads of approach, and more or less satisfactory
plant decoration; but, unfortunately here, as in other
cases of park and garden undertakings, the excellence
and artistic value of the plant-work seems to lag sadly
behind that of the architecture. The best architects in
the country have long been accustomed to put forth,
under the spur of competition, their best efforts to de-
sign the most convenient and beautiful station buildings,
while, on the other hand, \^1th very few exceptions, the
decoration of the grounds around railroad stations, if
attended to at all, has been left to be developed by skill
that cannot be said to be either artistic or comprehen-
sive in its scope.
There have been, without doubt, notable improvements
in this respect accomplished during the last few years,
an excellent illustration of which may be seen on the
Boston and Albany road, but it still remains, unfortu-
nately, the practice on most roads to set out a few
coleuses, geraniums, and cannas, and there feel that the
necessity of the occasion stops ; whereas it must become
evident to those who will give due consideration to the
subject that in the scheme of such improvements the
geranium type of plant should usually take a small, and
never a dominant, part. Indeed, it would seem natural,
when we come to consider it, to arrange station grounds
in the same comprehensive way that we would our small
parks or private grounds, for all would concede that home
comforts and attractions would prove specially agreeable
and solacing, both inside and outside the station.
In following out, therefore, this idea, we would have,
above all, in such grounds, permanent plantations of trees
and shrubs, properly arranged with regard to a park-like
effect. There might be bits of color introduced by the
use of bedding, but the dominant and permanent idea
would be arboreal, and fitted for enjoyment all the year
round. It is a little strange that a wider view of the
subject has not been more generally entertained, and
designs worked out for stations that will include all the
possible beauties of the park and lawn, whether trees and
shrubs, evergreen and deciduous, or herbaceous, and bed-
ding-plants. Plant for plant, it will be found that the
average cost of these different kinds of material does not
seriously differ; that is, many of the best shrubs and
trees can be bought as cheaply as cannas and geraniums,
and the trees and shrubs need no replacing year after
year, as the cannas and geraniums do. This would evi-
dently reduce the cost of the maintenance of station
grounds greatly, as compared with the expense of an ex-
clusive system, carried out yearly, of decoration with
only bedding-plants.
It seems to the author that an important reason why
we do not find better systems established everywhere in
the improvement of station grounds is because there is
generally a lack of method in formulating the designs
that are to be used. If a station is to be built, an
architect always prepares a plan for it, but in the case
of the grounds, this is usually done by any one, and
consequently a haphazard and more or less inharmonious
result is pretty sure to follow.
It is certain that if a plan of walks, roads, turns for
carriages, and open bits of lawn, with plantations of trees,
shrubs, and flowers, were always prepared beforehand,
greater beauty of park-like effect would result, and dur-
ing a considerable period of years, on account of the
lack of necessity for changes in a well-thought-out de-
sign, there would be much less, instead of greater,
Let us turn, in further consideration of the subject, to
the acconipan}ing plan of a station on one of the main
railroad lines of the country, and see how some of the
details of the work should be carried out. It \dll be
readily seen that the stopping-place in question is one of
considerable importance, and should, therefore, furnish
abundant open graveled space for the rapid gathering
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and leaving of carriages and other vehicles. In the
center, in front of the station door, however, there has
been designed, in order to relieve the general bareness
of the open graveled space, an oval or oblong lawn of
eighty feet in diameter, in which a fountain basin is
located of unassuming character, ha\ing no sculpturesque
accessories, but simply an abundant spray of water. In
this basin a few water-lilies are to be gro^^Ti, and around
•its outer edge a small grouping of brilliant-looking
bedding-plants, acalyphas, geraniums, and alternantheras,
is arranged in varied and well-contrasted masses. This
is intended to be the only bit of brilliant leaf-color made
by bedding-plants to be found on the place, and as it
adjoins the formal lines of the fountain basin, it is in
entirely good taste, and, from its limited size, compara-
tively inexpensive. On the other hand, it is, perhaps,
the least important feature of the place, and would be
missed less on account of its ephemeral character than
either the grass, the trees, and shrubs, or the water of
the fountain. On each side of the station, and border-
ing the railroad, considerable areas of green lawn ex-
tend for about one hundred feet either way, giving space
for an abundant display of grass, the most inviting object
the eye can rest on at a railroad stopping-place.
On the borders of the lawn are disposed, in irregular
groups, with a few trees intermingled, various hardy
and vigorous deciduous shrubs, that afford attractive
leaves and beautiful flowers at various seasons of the
year, according to the habits of the different kinds, which
include dogwoods, viburnums, spiraea opulifolia, S. thun-
bergii, philadelphuses, privet ibota,^ forsythias, berber-
ries, bush honeysuckles, and the Japan rose, rosa rugosa.
The deciduous trees consist of such kinds as elms, lin-
dens, maples, tulips, American ashes, and Oriental plane
trees, and are planted fifty feet apart, so as to give them
a park-like effect. In this way a varied effect of bark,
branches, and foliage is obtained throughout nearly the
whole year.
The wTiter desires to point out that one feature which
usually accompanies the railroad station, and that does
not happen to exist in the plan we have been considering,
is the steep slope or bank that is frequently made by a
railroad cut in the front or back of the station. Such
a place affords a most excellent opportunity to plant out
a woody-looking growth, in every way natural, of run-
ning vines like honeysuckles, roses, etc., and low shrubs
with interesting foliage. On some banks larger shrubs
like dogwoods, and small trees like birches, may be used
with excellent effect, and make a most favorable exhibi-
tion of their charms, which could hardly find, in connec-
tion with low shrubs and vines, a more fortunate position.
Another happy accessory of such places would be
found in the many hardy herbaceous flowering plants:
lilies of the valley, violets, phloxes, irises, etc., that
could be planted effectively in the immediate neighbor-
hood of the shrubberies, and in this way colonies of
hardy, permanent flowers could be established, the
bloom of which would afford delight to lingering pas-
sengers during nearly all seasons of the year.
There need be scarcely any limit to the variety of
chances to use trees properly without injuring the shrubs
associated \vith them, and without producing too much
shade to be agreeable for the occupants of the station.
For the purpose of improving the station grounds, a few
specimens of white pines and other evergreens may be
used, but it is not wise to undertake to employ many
evergreens, in view of the fact that they are specially
liable to injury by storms and insects and variation of
temperature, from the effects of which they are slow to
recover. Two or three paths are arranged to wind about
these park-like areas, and at their junctions, or ends, it
is intended that seats shall be placed to permit the pas-
senger to further relieve his hours of enforced leisure.
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Why we won
Conservatives have begun the drumbeat to blame anything but themselves for losing the Presidential election and seats in the Senate and the House. According to them, Americans are ignorant (Sen, Ron Johnson (R-Wisc.), Democrats suppressed the vote (Karl Rove), liberal bought the election (Free Beacon – ignoring the $715 mill in Republican outside attack ads), the 47% voted for Obama because they want stuff (Ron Paul, Fox) and other excuses – anything but that the American people rejected their ideas.
So, what now. The President needs to assert his authority and his mandate, which he seems to be doing. Today he said he wanted to extend the middle class tax cuts now. He needs to call the Republicans' bluff on the budget. He should lay out a fair plan that balances tax increases on the wealthy and closing of corporate loopholes and reductions in programs and defense spending and stick to it. If the Republicans want to damage the economy, let them do it and make sure they get the blame.
He should also push back against the scare tactics the Republicans are using. There is no fiscal cliff. Failure of the Congress to reach a budget deal in the Lame duck session will not tank the economy immediately. It will take weeks to make the cuts and months before they are felt. This is not to minimize the impact, but it will be slow and can be reversed by the next Congress before serious damage is done.
He has to put a stop to government by hostage taking and economic blackmail and now is the time to do it. He got the mandate, now use it.
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Contact an Alaskan Region Airspace Specialist
Federal Regulation Title 14 Part 77 establishes standards and notification requirements for objects affecting navigable airspace. This notification serves as the basis for:
Notification allows FAA to identify potential aeronautical hazards in advance thus preventing or minimizing the adverse impacts to the safe and efficient use of navigable airspace
77.13 - Any person/organization who intends to sponsor any of the following construction or alterations must notify the Administrator of FAA
Persons failing to comply with the provisions of FAR Part 77 are subject to Civil Penalty under Section 902 of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958, as amended and pursuant to 49 U.S.C. Section 46301(a).
Proposals that are subject to the above must file whether the proposed modification is located on or off of airport property. Evaluations for on-airport proposals are administered by the FAA Airports Division with coordinated assistance from Flight Procedures, Airway Facilities and Air Traffic Divisions.
Evaluations of off-Airport proposals are administered by the FAA Air Traffic Division.
Airports that have received federal funds are obligated by grant assurance to identify and mitigate hazards to navigable airspace at their airport.
Construction or alteration of objects on or around airports can have an adverse impact to operations at your airport:
It is prudent for owners to protect the airspace around their airport to prevent loss of existing approaches or other negative impacts affecting utilization of their airport.
All modifications, whether permanent or temporary, are subject to the notice requirement outlined above. Airport owners and operators should assure that all such improvements are properly evaluated by the FAA prior to commencement of the work. Listed below are some typical examples of permanent and temporary alterations. These lists shall not be construed as all inclusive of such alterations that require notification.
Examples of Permanent Construction or Alterations
- Antennas
- Buildings/Structures
- Elevated Signs
- Fences
- Light Fixtures
- NAVAID Facilities (Including FAA)
- NWS Facilities
- Power & Cable Lines
- Radio
- Roadways
- Storage Tanks
- Towers
- Batch Plants Cranes
Examples of Temporary Construction of Alterations
- Construction Equipment
- Drilling Rigs
- Haul Routes
- Staging Areas
- Stock Piles
- Temporary Lights
§ 77.17 - Individuals/Organizations proposing construction or alterations must submit
FAA form 7460-1 (PDF), Notice of Proposed Construction or Alteration including pertinent information about the alteration and appropriate attachments showing the type and location of the alteration. Information needed for the FAA review includes the following:Advisory Circular 70/7460-2k states that notification is to be submitted 30 days prior construction. Given the time required to conduct an aeronautical study, we recommend a 60-day notification to accommodate the review process and issue our determination letter.
On-airport proposals within the FAA Alaskan Region should be sent to the following address:
FAA Airports Division
Attn: Gayle Wagner
222 W. 7th Ave #14
Anchorage, AK 99513
For off-airport proposals, the sponsor may mail the completed 7460-1 form to the following address:
Express Processing Center
Federal Aviation Administration
Southwest Regional Office
Air Traffic Airspace Branch, ASW-520
2601 Meacham Boulevard
Fort Worth, TX 76137-0520.
Proposals for non-Federal facilities (e.g. AWOS) within the FAA Alaskan Region shall be sent to:
Ray Anderson, AAL-472
222 W. 7th Ave #14
Anchorage, AK 99513
Once FAA has completed an aeronautical study, a determination is made regarding the impact to air navigation. One of three responses is typically issued:
Please note that if at any time during the aeronautical study, the proposed alteration is determined to be a hazard, the study is halted with no further consideration and an objectionable determination is issued.
Page Last Modified: 09/03/10 18:26 EDT
This page can be viewed online at: http://www.faa.gov/airports/alaskan/engineering/?template=Part_77


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Exhibition images and videos of talks by MacArthur "Genius Grant" recipient, community activist and urban farmer Will Allen and storyteller Doug Elliott are online here.
Essay by curator Jo-Ann Conklin
A Natural Order presents an intriguing and seductive view of life off-the-grid. For viewers of a certain age (such as myself), it rings with remembrances of the 1960s, of hippie communes, free love, rebellion against the establishment, and a youthful joy of life. Today the focus has changed from unjust wars to unsustainable life practices, yet the youthful ability to visualize a better way and to act upon the vision persists.
Viewing the development of Lucas Foglia's series over the past few years, I have been struck by the intense beauty of many images. These notable and iconic photos—such as Acorn with Possum Stew or Jasmine, Hannah and Cecilia Swimming, to name just two—influence a reading of the series as a contemporary pastoral, an idealized vision of humans in harmony with nature. Foglia's intentions are, however, more nuanced. He acknowledges a desire to be enticing, to use beauty to draw us in, in hopes of opening our eyes to the benefits of sustainable living. And, along the way he grounds the series with images that speak to social issues: the divide between his subjects and mainstream society, the paternal hierarchy that is still in force amongst some of his subjects. All of this, Foglia combines into his "narrative interpretation" of life off-grid.
More than a mere observer, Foglia shares his subjects' commitment to self-sustainability. His concern for the human connection to the land dates back to his childhood and has informed his photographic practice to date.
"I grew up with my extended family on a small farm in the suburbs of New York City. While malls and supermarkets developed around us, we heated our house with wood, farmed and canned our food, and bartered the plants we grew for everything from shoes to dental work." Lucas Foglia
As an undergraduate at Brown University, Foglia photographed at the Southside Community Land Trust, an organization that converts vacant lots into productive food gardens and market farms in low-income neighborhoods. Even at that early age, all of the factors were in place for his future photographic inquiries: his chosen subject, his considerable eye for color and composition, and perhaps most important, his ability to connect with his subjects via a fervent curiosity and an inherent and profound openness.
In two subsequent series, Foglia searched out people who have retained or reinstated their connection to the land as source of food, shelter, and sustenance. Frontcountry, his current work-in-progress, explores life in mining boom towns and in ranching and farming communities across the western United States. A Natural Order, (2006–2010), focuses on those who have left cities and suburbs to live off-the-grid in the southeastern United States. Beginning in the summer of 2006, Foglia met, stayed with, photographed, and recorded conversations with people at established "rewilding" communities such as Wildroots Earthskills Homestead, at Christian communities such as Russell Creek Community, and with smaller independent groups. His subjects have embraced a self-sufficient lifestyle for varied reasons: religious, environmental or political; liberal or libertarian. They all strive for self-sufficiency and sustainability, but none are totally isolated from the outside. As Foglia tells us, "Many have websites that they update using laptop computers and cell phones that they charge on car batteries or solar panels."
Throughout the series, Foglia demonstrates a telling lack of concern for journalistic narrative. Images from differing communities are intermingled in a manner that would not be used if his intentions were strictly documentary. Particularly telling is his use of the voices of his subjects. Although he keeps copious recordings of candid conversations and interviews, he chooses to use these quotes sparingly—almost atmospherically—and without direct association to images of the person speaking. When he does include quotes, they are enticingly specific, answering the questions that are forming in viewers' minds. Why have these people chosen to live off-grid? How do they manage it? Or, as in the following, giving us a glimpse into a living that seems both adventurous and exotic.
"Probably 20 percent of my food comes out of the swamp. Counting the meat, I get probably 80 percent of the wild meat out of the swamp. Beaver, otter, deer, raccoon, fish. Whatever I bump into. I've eaten owl." Colbert (Georgia)
Foglia begins his narrative with Cora in a Realtree Camouflage Dress. A particularly literal images, it sends an immediate message of difference: a young women in a modest dress and head covering stands in opposition to brightly colored, modern clothing displayed in a store window. The fact that her "plain dress" is made from camouflage-printed fabric is somewhat perplexing. We recognize plain dress in dark colors and unprinted fabrics as religiously conservative. Camouflage reads either as functional for hunting or as fashionable in urban wear adopted from military surplus. As I learned, Realtree, the trademark creator and marketer of camo patterns, sells everything from bikinis and cellphone cases to traditional hunting wear. Cora's homemade dress may be evidence of a sub-culture that is unknown to this writer, or of a young girl's striving for fashion within the confines of her community, or both.
In contrast to this and other literal, informational works are photographs of an iconic and evocative nature that bring to mind the pastoral. An idealized depiction of country life, the pastoral in literature dates back to the Greeks, interestingly demonstrating that even at that early point in history humans felt that an ideal state in nature (The Golden Age) had been lost. Literature on the pastoral is extensive and concise definitions difficult to find. Sometimes discussed as a landscape genre, the pastoral is at other times defined as a mode. Victoria Bringing in the Goats, Tennessee nicely fulfills the genre of the pastoral. We are presented with a sweeping landscape and the requisite flock and shepherd (Victoria), the "pastoralist" from which the term derives. Other aspects of the pastoral that are pertinent to Foglia's series include the concept of the bounties of nature—of nature served up for mankind rather than worked from the ground—and a belief in nature as a cure for urban problems. Created for an urban audience, pastorals askew the depiction of labor, focusing instead on leisure or idles. Having grown up on a farm, Foglia is aware of the work involved in living off the land. Yet, he only occasionally presents us with people at work. A young man clearing a field with a scythe, reveal the only arduous labor within the series. An older man plows a field, employing a hand plow behind a truck rather than a horse. The message here is not so much one of hard work, but rather of the combination of old and modern technology. Women go fishing or gather berries, collecting that which nature has provided. And in Woodcutting, Russell Creek Community, Tennessee, while the title indicates their activity, the two young men are depicted at a moment of rest. Not concerned with work at all, the focus of this image is found in the brotherly hand on the shoulder of the younger sibling, an action of protection and kinship.
Images of children are among the most bucolic. Quiet moments between parents and children are caught in Creek, Kevin's Land, Virginia (in which a mother watches as a naked child plays in a densely forested creek) and Patrick and Anakeesta swimming, Tennessee (depicting a child climbing onto the chest of a nude man floating in a lake). And, what could be more demonstrative of nature's bounties than drinking milk straight from a goat's teat? An performance suggested by the subjects, Andrew and Taurin Drinking Raw Goat's Milk, is a complex composition of arms and goat and boy, rendered in harmonic tones of blonde.
As beautifully composed, but to vastly different ends, is Valarie and the Shadow, Tennessee. Valerie, who is perhaps 11 years old, stands in the background, her body and face placed carefully, half in light and half in shadow, while the shadow of a male figure looms in the foreground. Foglia has created a striking and foreboding image of coming-of-age. Valerie emerges into womanhood, but it is an adulthood that will be overshadowed by men. The image may refer to the patriarchal nature of the community, however, given the state of our society, it is almost impossible to read the image without sexual overtones.
Rebecca with Squirrel Loincloth, North Carolina portrays Rebecca in her "fancy," dress, worn on special occasions, alongside her husband and child. Ostensibly a family portrait, the image is rife with patriarchal symbolism. If the man were in a loincloth and the child naked, Foglia would have a back-to-earth scenario of Edenic bliss and equality. The reality is, however, more complicated. In documenting Rebecca's regalia, he has created a bifurcated image—"primitive" on the right, civilized at left—that speaks to the pull between the two lifestyles and their shared and continuing sexism.
In A Natural Order, Foglia has taken on a timely topic and explicated it through images of exceptional artistry. We are presented with aspects of life off-grid that seem exotic in contrast to urban culture—from bark-covered huts in which inhabits sleep on fur-covered straw and read National Geographic by gaslight, to roadkill stew and bathtubs full of venison. We are shown strong bodies (James Aiming, North Carolina) and death (Bear, Poisoned by Neighbors, Virginia, which seems more man than bear).
But Foglia saves his singularly most striking image for the closing. Illuminated by a shaft of morning light worthy of any old master, a man sleeps in an enclosure on the ground. A rose-colored blanket and dark turquoise cap glow against the neutral tones and texture of his smooth skin and a nubby wool sweater. In the shadows we discover a gas lamp, eating utensils, and a concave mirror that reflects a small patch of turquoise cap. It is difficult to imagine a more satisfying image of a hermit in his cave, or David in his Wigwam.


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Presented a guest lecture at Lee University for the PR Writing for Organizational Media class.
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Presented a presentation on Pinterest for the February meeting of the Social Media Alliance of Chattanooga.
Social Media Fundamentals | April 2010
Presented an overview of social media to nonprofits partnering with the USDA SNAP program.
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Adrienne co-presented a USDA webinar for the SNAP program on blogger relations.
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Adrienne spoke at a Young Professionals Association of Chattanooga luncheon on developing your own personal brand and protecting your online reputation.


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Self catering in Cornwall
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Welcome to our essential guide to self catering in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly packed full of over 400 places to stay. All the self catering establishments listed on our website have been graded or inspected by the AA, Visit England or a recognised inspection scheme and our guide will help you research everything from what's nearby and what facilities are available so you can plan the perfect visit to Cornwall. Whatever your taste and budget you will find what you're looking for on this website.
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Stunning family home, sleeps 12 plus cot. Relaxing, views of sea and countryside. Full central heating & wood burner. Large garden. Ample parking. Beaches/Trevose golf club a short walk away.
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Eight ways to play in social media without corporate channelsBy Petra Neiger, Director of Communications, Siemens Medical SolutionsRead more postsSPECIAL REPORTB2B marketers take on new demands with mix of anxiety, excitementPEOPLESegal reflects on how B2B marketing has changedAWARDSEmerson's Button Bell, BBDO, GE win top BtoB's Best honorsADVERTISINGReal-time bidding pushes display advertising to double-digit growthMEDIA BUSINESSABM forum focuses on changing workplacePrevious issues can be found in the BtoB archiveFEATURESGUIDESRESOURCESMEDIA BUSINESSABOUT US |
Vancouver, British ColumbiaSocial media management company HootSuite Media has introduced HootSuite Conversations, an enterprise social tool for internal team collaboration.
HootSuite Conversations is built on top of the HootSuite social management application, allowing social managers to make suggestions about social postings before they are published and discuss response strategies to social feedback, according to a posting on the company's blog. Conversations is available to free, Pro and Enterprise HootSuite customers.
The enterprise social environment is seeing a lot of activity. Last month both Salesforce.com Inc. and Jive Software announced enhancements to their respective marketing collaboration platforms, Chatter and Jive for Marketing Teams.


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At the entrance of ''Committed to the Image,'' a new photography exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum of Art, a makeshift altar of roses, lilies and tulips appeared yesterday. They were in memory of Mfon Essien, a Nigerian-born photographer whose naked self-portraits taken after she had a mastectomy are among 188 photographs by black photographers in the exhibition. Ms. Essien, 35, died of cancer on Tuesday.
As the exhibition opened to the public, the flowers and the haunting life-size image of Ms. Essien wearing nothing but white high heels and a scar where her left breast once had been went almost unnoticed.
Instead, visitors asked to see ''Yo Mama's Last Supper,'' a color portrait depicting a nude female Christ figure at the Last Supper, and were directed by volunteers to the small back room where it hung.
''Yo Mama's Last Supper'' has Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani squaring off against the Brooklyn Museum of Art, just as he did in 1999 when he tried unsuccessfully to shut down the ''Sensation'' exhibition that included a painting of the Virgin Mary decorated with elephant dung.


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Good nutrition helps fight infection and maintain overall good health. In many people with cystic fibrosis, thick mucus blocks the pancreatic duct, preventing digestive enzymes from reaching the stomach and small intestine. Many people with CF have difficulty digesting food and absorbing nutrients. They need to follow a nutrition regimen that may include:
Pancreatic enzyme supplements, taken with all meals and snacks, help digest and absorb nutrients. Without pancreatic enzymes, people with CF may experience abdominal pain, flatulence and frequent, bulky stools.
Enzymes may also be required to help treat pancreatitis.
Enzymes – Adults
Enzymes – Children
People with cystic fibrosis do not absorb nutrients well. They also require extra effort to breathe and use more energy while coughing and fighting infections. As a result, people with CF need a special high fat, protein and calorie diet.
Several vitamins dissolve readily in fat molecules. Since people with CF do not absorb fat well, they can be deficient in vitamins A, D, E and K. To prevent this deficiency, people with CF take vitamin supplements, sometimes in very high doses.
Vitamins and CF
CF and Vitamin D
Even with a special diet and pancreatic enzymes, some people with CF fail to gain weight and may require a feeding tube. The tube delivers a high-calorie formula directly to the stomach. Tubes may pass through the nose to the stomach (nasogastric tube or NG-tube) or go directly to the stomach through the abdominal wall (gastrotomy tube or G-tube).
Nutrition information sheets published by the Cystic Fibrosis Dieticians across Canada:
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There are a number of things you can do to begin to prepare for your move. We've prepared these hints to help you prepare for packing day. You might want to print this list and use it as a check-off sheet.
Since the cost of your move is determined by the quantity of goods moved, discard items you no longer want or need. Have a garage sale, or donate unwanted belongings to charity. Remember that you can take a tax deduction for donations. Why pay to move items that you will not need at your new home?
Gather or arrange for transfer of important records: Doctor's records & prescriptions, School Records, Insurance Records, Postal change of address forms, Banking Records & Charge Accounts.
Review your Homeowner's Insurance Policy to see if your household goods are covered during your move. If not, talk with your mover about insurance options.
Have appliances prepared for relocation. Gas dryers, for example, need special servicing.
The following are items that a mover cannot legally move. You should dispose of: Paints, Aerosols Flammables, and Ammunition.
Drain water from garden hoses, and fuel from small engines, such as mowers, and have propane tanks purged.
Be sure that freezers and refrigerators are thoroughly defrosted, cleaned, and dried. Mold can grow very rapidly in a damp, dark, refrigerator.
Before the movers arrive, set aside items that you will need immediately at your new home. These items can be loaded last, and unloaded first. For example, you may need access to: Cleaning Supplies, Vacuum Cleaner, Toiletries, Coffee pot, Snacks, Paper Plates & a few Utensils, Small Tools & Hardware, etc.
Plan where you want furnishings and items to be placed in your new home. Take measurements of furnishings before they are on the truck, so that you can determine where they should be placed in your new home before the movers arrive to deliver your goods.
Be sure to identify and set aside items that you do not want the movers to pack, or that the movers will not be responsible for. These types of items would include: Prescription Medications, Plane Tickets, or Travel Maps, Special Children's Toys, Jewelry and Valuables, Remote Controls for TVs, VCRs and Stereos.
Prior to loading your goods on the truck, the mover will tag each item in your home with an identifying number, and take an inventory of your goods. Accompany the mover through the house as they prepare the inventory. Point out items that have particular value or require special handling.
Make sure the movers have loaded all of your belongings. Before the van leaves your old home, walk through the entire house, including storage areas, and check to be sure that nothing was missed.
If you are paying the mover directly for your move, prepare to have a certified check, cash or money order available at the time of delivery. Federal law requires that you pay for your move prior to delivery.
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This tour is arranged for those who would like to see the ancient history, archeological sites and cultural life of the local locations. Duration of the touris about 4 or 5 hours.
On this tour we visit two major places of Kusadasi. First, we visit the ancient city of Ephesus which was an commercial and cultural city of the Roman Empire during 2nd centry A.D. Walking on the marble streets of Ephesus following the footprints of St.John, we see the upper agora, odeon, temple of Hadrian, library of Celsus which is the third largest library of the Roman Empire, the great theatre and many other Greek and Roman monuments around.
On the way, we see the Temple of Artemis which is one of the Seven Wonders of the ancient world and just next to it see the Church of St.John. After taking pictures, we continue our scenic drive through olive and fig trees and arrive at on a mountain top village Sirince. Once settled by Greeks and later by Turks and today it is the village of both cultures still living together In Sirince you can taste local food and wine and enjoy the colorful Nomadic and local handycrafts.
At the end, return to the port of Kusadasi.
* Prices for tours that start from Kusadasi Port


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Apple Admits Its Macs Have a Malware Problem
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Flashback botnet is no fun for the infected
Apple has finally owned up to the fact that many of its users' machines have been
afflicted by crippling malware
. And it promises that it's working on a fix. But experts wonder if the company is simply acting in a reactionary fashion or is ready to finally get serious about protecting its users.
I. Trojans are Increasingly a Problem for Mac Users
In the 1990s, hackers enjoyed a virtual wild west of unpatched exploitable software. But as the new decade rolled around companies like Microsoft Corp. (
) stepped up their security. As a result it's become harder for malware to install on Windows computers without some sort of user action. Hackers have circumvented this by creating programs that trick the user into approving the installation via exploiting trust (hijacked sites, systems) or user ignorance (clicking spam email links). The approach has become tremendously successful and today Trojan-type malware are responsible for a large percentage of the Windows botnets.
Apple, Inc. (
) long avoided such woes, thanks to its small market share and specialized OS code, which precluded stock PC malware from running on a Mac. But the company's base security model is in theory no more secure, and -- perhaps driven by
rising market share
-- of late the company has grappled with
serious trojan issues
Macs are increasingly the target of Trojans. Malware writers love Apple's
sluggish pace of patching. [Image Source: Venitism]
The latest fire facing the Mac community is "Flashback", also knows as "Flashfake". This Trojan has evolved over multiple variants to its current form, which masquerades as an install Java applet on hijacked websites. Customers who approve it unwittingly run a piece of code that exploits a flaw in Oracle Corp.'s (
) Java platform in order to remove OS X's limited anti-malware capabilities and install back-door control programs.
The affected machines are turned into bots, which the attackers can use to spew spam or commit other foul acts. Kaspersky Labs' Igor Soumenkov
in an interview that at its peak, Flashback had infected 600,000 machines, including roughly 300,000 in the U.S. Approximately 98 percent of those machines were Macs.
II. Is Apple to Blame?
Apple has been under heavy fire from the security community. First, it was the company's lackadaisical approach to patching that gave Flashback the opportunity to take hold.
The majority of infections occurred after Oracle had already patched the Java vulnerability. The code would thus have failed under most Windows machines. However, Apple insists on
redistributing all third-party updates
via its own repackaging scheme. And under this system it often delivers updates at a sluggish rate, often months behind their release to the more open, more used Windows platform. As a result it's often
far behind on security patches
of third-party platforms -- something malicious hackers are increasingly realizes means open season on Macs.
Over 600,000 Mac users were infected, thanks to Apple's sluggish patching.
[Image Source: Macenstein]
Apple is quick to respond by
attacking third-party platforms
like Adobe Systems Inc.'s (
) Flash, which it
no longer installs on Macs
, in part for being too "insecure".
At the same time Apple practices a
policy of blatant hostility towards security professionals
who are trying to help it.
But a promising sign is that Apple, after delivering patches to close the Java flaws exploited by Flashback, has released a Knowledge Base post warning users that Macs are indeed afflicted by this piece of malware.
This is one of the first times the company has officially acknowledged malware issues. A
previous Trojan -- MacDefender
--was estimated to have infected as many as one in twenty Macs at its peak. While Apple
quietly battled it
with patches and tools, the company instructed technicians in a leaked memo
to lie to customers
and not inform them of infections.
III. OS X is at a Crossroads in Terms of Security
The new issues put the company's image in an awkward position, given that Apple has long promoted OS X as a platform that is largely
immune to the kinds of malware
that have long afflicted Windows machines. Of course some OS X users are savvy enough to realize the reality -- no platform, certainly no consumer platform, is ever fully secure. However, many less tech-savvy Mac users do truly believe that their machines are immune to malware. The disillusionment when they learn the truth may be a blow to Apple.
The company is preparing a tool that will detect and remove various known variants of Flashback. In the meantime its patching seems to be working -- infections have dropped to 270,000 machines, according to Symantec Corp. (
While it's clear that Flashback will be beaten back by the Cupertino company, the compelling question is whether Apple's unusual public admission to having malware is a prelude to adopting a more proactive approach: patching faster, or possibly even allowing third party patches. For now, customers can only judge the company's security stance by its track record -- a track record that speaks to a generally negligent sluggish pace of prevention interspersed with reactionary spurts of action.
Apple is at a crossroads as to whether to decide to become more responsible about security, or allow its customers to be abused. [Image Source: Letters to Jen]
Today hackers appear to be finding Macs the easiest platform to hack.
Apple computers were hacked the quickest
at recent "hack-to-own" style competitions.
With Microsoft adopting a more proactive approach and with hackers increasingly attracted to Apple's affluent customer base, if Apple sticks to its reactionary approach, customers may soon find their Macs going from being the most secure platform, to being the least secure. OS X is at a critical crossroads -- the next move is Apple's to make.
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RE: duh
"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics." Mark twain, quoting Benjamin Disraeli.
Replace 'statistics' with your 'facts', and that about sums it up.
You see, you could use REAL facts, like Solandri does, and not be hated so much. But you prefer to be despised. So, I suggest that it is you, not Motoman that needs to see some kind of professional about some sort of trauma that someone experienced as a small child... Perhaps your mother wouldn't breast feed you?
You see, the 'facts' are: Apple DOES have a better security model than windows, natively, provided that a knowledgable 'nix user is behind the wheel. Which, as Motoman pointed out is not normally the case.
Apple has in the past outright lied about various malware 'deficiencies'. Or, any deficiencies in any of its products, actually... And that has been a top-down approach, mind you, made infamous by 'You are holding it wrong'.
Apple is notoriously slow patching issues. Too many examples to list, really.
Of late, it seems that Apple has finally realized that it is really an eight hundred pound gorilla, and everyone else is not, so now it is Apple's turn to kick sand in everyone's face that it doesn't like.
So, Tony, please. Go find a professional, get your issues sorted. I'd suggest, in my professional capacity, that you seek a nice, bosomy lass (if you are inclined that way, that is) and suck away to your heart's content. Then perhaps we'll have some peace and quiet around here.
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Sadistic Love
Your sweet voice
lead me into your
embrace of darkness
a place that I can
no longer resist
a cage of eternity
Pain inflicted
in both of my
Body and Soul
everything went
out of control
the pain taste sweet
the temptation devours
the passion heat up
The crying
sound of delights
make you want to go on
I can no longer resist you
In control of the situation
You come closer
The pain begins
scars and blood
remain as symbol
of my sadistic love
I had fallen in love with
this beautiful yet cruel
angel of the night…
55 Responses to "Sadistic Love"
I could feel every word. Great poem!
Love and pain do seem to go hand in hand.
btw I am glad to see you back after being ill.
Pamela -
A very beautiful post.. sometimes we choose to get hurt too because the soothing balm that follows hurt it gives more comfort and joy..more pleasure..
You have to be cruel to be kind, in the right measure- your verse has reminded me of an old Shakin' Stevens tune. A brilliant piece, the line that riveted into my mind was "the pain taste sweet" for it surely does…
As John Cougar said – make it hurt so good, very kinky!
Very nice ending Riika. i have never experienced a sweet pain yet, but i believe that it may exist. great poem!
truly caught in the web !!
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There's always pain where there's love, that's for sure. Nice piece of writing.
Love can be painful indeed.
Your poem is strong….yet painful. Sometimes one IS drawn to the wrong thing, but one can learn from these experiences.
'The pain taste sweet'….
A very powerful, bitter sweet story written and felt.Eileen
Love can be bittersweet….this is beautifully written!
Love the "cage of eternity"…….the pain and the promise of love both well expressed.
Your angel of the night knows just how to mix beauty and pain to lure you in…temptation can be irresistable, sometimes. Beautiful poem…
You sadist you Riika lol. I actually found the poem quite beautiful and had to turn on my speakers at work just to hear what music ran along with it. Love your work thank you for sharing.
Uhmm…very "sexy-painful" (this word exist??). The sweetness and the "cruelty" bitterly united about love. Good work. (^_^)


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