text: Gene, et al. I apology that I did not express myself clearly enough, if I raised a question whether ZAPro is rule free or not. In my experience I do not regard ZAPro as "rule free". Would you like to expand on what "rule free" would mean in regard to ZAPro? What kind of rules can not be set in your knowledge or experience? I am a novice what comes to Internet protocols. Therefore I value the following in ZAPro. The product (GUI + on-line help providing several links to helpful and useful sources of information) helps the user in what most of us seem to consider the most challenging: in promoting USER EDUCATION/AWARENESS. The innovative product interface educates the user gradually (but sometimes by big steps) by guiding the user in everyday usage of the product and providing him/her with the information needed to tailor the software firewall to meet the user's evolving requirements for safe (i.e., less hazardous) connecting to the Internet. It would appear - even though we no doubt fall into two different categories: you as an expert and myself as an amateur - that we strive to focus on things that promote same basics: 1) We both set (custom) rules for what we do not want to take place or want to allow regarding traffic to and from the Internet to and from our system. 2) We both use vulnerability analysis. My approach is modest: I use Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer by Shavlik Technologies on a regular basis (plus additionally explicitly check for latest security updates and Hotfixes using among other things Windows 2000 Professional and Office XP Professional Product Update Web page applications + latest security issues, vulnerability and patch information lists). I have tried to use Microsoft Network Security Hotfix Checker (Hfnetchk.exe) Tool also, but my understanding is that the current version does not support the nationalized versions of W2K Pro. Besides to my understanding the product is at least partially integrated into MBSA. I log all but two things in system, application and security logs and of course analyze that information. 3) As for [N]IDS - I plan to evaluate the product(s) that I have so far found the most interesting from my viewpoint: a) "PureSecure(tm)" and/or b) "PureSecure(tm) Personal Edition for Unix and Windows" both from Demarc Software at http://www.demarc.com/ c) WinPcap driver 2.3 (prerequisite to the above) d) Snort Network IDS Engine Downloads: "PureSecure Personal Edition for Unix and Windows" and "PureSecure Professional Evaluation for Unix and Windows" at http://www.demarc.com/downloads/puresecure/ [Related] Other Software Downloads (Snort Network IDS Engine + Snort Network IDS Engine DB Patch, etc.) at http://www.demarc.com/downloads/other/ 4) I try to educate myself by glancing an eye over useful Web pages (e.g. searchSecurity, TechRepublic, SANS Institute, The Center for Internet Security (CIS), Wilders.org security advisors, Stratvantage Consulting, Gibson Research Corporation, Sam Spade.org, National Cyber Secure Alliance, TechNet and Microsoft's other relevant Web pages). 5) We would also seem to share the same view that keeping up with security is an ongoing process. What is done is unfortunately almost always reactive from the collective viewpoint. Often a breach of security is discovered by exploitation by malicious activity and only then patched. From the individuals' viewpoint patching one's own system before something has happened at the individual users installations it can be interpreted as active (as it should be). Everyone of course judges from one's own perspective. I do not consider any of the input to this issue as wasting bandwidth. It would not leave scale (left) for some real waste of bandwidth if such a thing exists. However, I admire those blessed with the talent of pruning and an excellent sense of humour. Best, Peter ------------------------ -----Original Message----- From: list-admin at dshield.org [mailto:list-admin at dshield.org] On Behalf Of Gene Bradford Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2002 8:56 PM To: list at dshield.org Subject: Re: [Dshield] "Personal Firewalls" are mostly snake-oil? Peter, while i can't agree with everything you say, i respect your opinion and your right to express it. i happen to believe, however, that Zone Alarm is inheritantly flawed for just the reason you mention...rule free. i like to know what's in my FW and what it's attempting to do. thus the rule sets can be very precise and individually tailored to suit the enviornment and not just a generic "cure all" as ZA attempts to be. of course i'm using other tools in addition to ipchains. the point here being that just a FW by itself won't stop the black hats. i also use custom designed vulnerability assessment, intrusion detection and logging tools as well as the latest security updates that have thus far stopped the bad guys in their tracks. but i'm not going to fool myself into believing they'll work forever. someone with enough patience will ultimately succeed. they always do. this is my _hobby_ but to the script kiddies, it's their _life_ so a lot of wasted time is devoted towards these efforts. unfortunately Steve Gibson has come under quite a few attacks from the very beginning of his "public" career. while this isn't the place nor the forum to discuss those attacks nor the reasons behind them, i'd suggest you do a search on "steve gibson" and go to some of the listed sites. while some are the typically rabid "he's no good" rants, some are quite informative and well worth the read. (as born out by a gentleman who was Steve's supervisor on an early job.) ok, i've wasted enough bandwidth for today. thanks for listening. take care....gene On Tuesday 23 July 2002 08:26 pm, Peter Stendahl-Juvonen wrote: > Keith, Jens, John S., Richard, Stephane, Russell, Johannes, Frank, John > H., David, Mrcorp, Michael, Erik, ddrass, Gene, Francesco, Mark, et > al. > > Thank you for the interesting opinions served on and off the subject > via this forum. > > In this e-mail I will > > 1) comment some opinions and ask questions in the hope of getting > constructive answers > 2) present my solution for consideration > 3) provide excerpt of independent research by a third party > 4) list an alternative hardware solution for consideration > 5) try to response the original issue by Keith (the answer being > also all over this email) > > > [1] COMMENT(S) AND QUESTIONS > > To Keith: Thank you for initiating an interesting series of e-mailings > and interesting opinions. Please find my response to you at the very end > of this message. > > To Johannes: [Sure, I would like nothing more than every home user > taking plenty of SANS courses and getting GIAC certified. But I have no > illusions that this will not happen.] > > I suppose the word not is excessive in your last sentence. Perhaps > your subconscious took control when writing that down expressing your > sincere, inner wish. > > You make excellent recommendations contributing to safe computing. I > could not agree more. Please consider adding malicious code detection > and removal tool to the list of requirements. In todays reality it > should be business as usual. By malicious code detection and removal > tool I mean a tool that not only detects and removes malicious code > residing on disk files but also stops malicious code from execution. > > To Frank: [The majority of the software out there prevents users from > attaining that degree of smartness. Why even the people who develop > that software are not smarter than the stuff they are selling. Look at > all the patches and revisions that are silently made available to users > who finally discover that something is not right.] I find this as a > rough generalization. Its a false claim in all respects regarding my > case. > > To Jens: I agree on all but one thing, i.e. [But: Firewalls do NOT > protect from remotely exploitable bugs in your software. So, if you have > (for example) a vulnerable IIS, a remote attacker can still gain access > to your system, and possibly compromise it despite your firewall.] > > On workstations a software firewall will > 1) Prevent remotely exploitable bugs from entering your system - unless > you allow them to do so > 2) Stops remotely exploitable bugs from calling home. > As for IIS, please consider other alternatives, i.e. safer products. > Also bear in mind Defense in Depth. You need several layers of defense > protecting you from different threats but the several layers should > preferably overlap. > > To John H.: [...unfortunately these are largely the same users who have > been conditioned to click [OK] to get the damned distracting dialog box > off the screen without reading and thinking about what it's asking. This > may greatly hamper the effectiveness of personal firewalls on the > Windows platform - they detect unsafe traffic, but the user tells them > to permit the traffic just to get them to shut up.] > > What would your recommendation be instead? > > To Russell: [To answer the original poster (Kevin G?) who inadvertently > kicked up this dust storm, no, Zone Alarm isn't a waste of your time per > se, but it probably isn't what most have been led to believe it is > either. Take a gander at http://grc.com/dos/grcdos.htm towards the end, > where the author discusses behavior of a pair of personal firewalls with > regard to a SubSeven trojan. One FW detects connection attempts and > asks the user if it's ok to accept the connection. Better than nothing, > but once you hit OK like > Joe-no-know user, the bad guy is in. The other FW let it through carte > blanche. The URL is kind of old and may be out of date, but you'll get > the implicit point: the only perspective that matters on a firewall > product is one that is well-thought-out and well-informed.] > > 1) This is an interesting interpretation of Steve Gibsons research and > testimonial. > 2) Do not let malicious code in. If malicious code gets in, detect and > destroy it. > > To: ddrass Another add-on product to consider: VisualZone from > Visualize Software. Its Freeware but recommendable. > [If you're looking for better protection, look for a hardware solution > that offers "stateful packet inspection". A cheap but decent product is > SonicWall. I use the XPRS2. Cheap but good.] > > Whom are you recommending this box that costs 1,795 $ and is replaced by > the current product Sonic WALL PRO 100? > > To Gene: [Now here's where _I_ beg to differ. I'm currently running a > 486 DX2/80 system with 32 megs of RAM and a 2.4 Gig HDD as my > firewall/NAT machine. The OS is Red Hat 6.2 which cost me nothing but > the time to d/l it and burn it to CD. The cost of the machine was > exactly nothing since it was given to me. Total cost thus far: 40 cents > for the CD's. I don't know about you but I sure can't purchase Norton's > Personal Firewall for 40 cents. Nor can I purchase Zone Alarm Pro for > that price. Nor any other piece of commercial firewall software.] > > You can get the best free software firewall, i.e. ZoneAlarm(r) > [standard, non-Pro version] for 40 cents less. You also save in your > electricity bill this way in addition that it is hence greener. > > To Mark: [Well I did a practical test ....... I installed Tiny Personal > Firewall on my girlfriends win2k machine, explained what the options > meant and why you should use em. Now she aint dumb, but after a couple > of days of listening to occasionally outraged howls I checked the > configuration..... essentially it was "allow all from any to any". When > I asked her why, she said "it was just too annoying having to decide > from which machine to which and sometimes you had to allow any and > sometimes not so it was just easier......." > > Until the default installs and actual practices of these products get > smarter they will remain at best, of limited use. > > p.s this aint a windows issue..... I have seen the same phenomena on > unix based firewalls as well.] > > It would be interesting to read why you chose Tiny Personal Firewall > instead of, e.g. ZoneAlarm(r)? > > Please see what Steve Gibson has to say about the subject (also in wider > context further below): > > If you consider yourself more "technically oriented" that you would > enjoy messing around with firewall rules, ports, protocols, etc. (as I > do), TPFW might be the best choice for you. But if you just want > top-grade protection without making a career of it, and if you're > running a single-processor machine, ZoneAlarm's rule-free system is > probably the better choice for you. > > To Francesco: [The debate besides the P.F. should also cover another > aspect I haven't -yet- seen here: > who is willing to include in his laptop's carrying bag the smallest > Cisco/Checkpoint/anyone else's firewall? > Assuming that such PCs may also need to be protected in order to avoid > intrusion and whatever else when they are on the road or at home (but > not behind a FW) what is suggested here to use? Is nothing better than a > P.F.? is any other hardware device available better than a P.F. for a > mobile user? Who's willing to let tens of millions of users let alone > without a P.F. but possibly connecting back to a corporate (or > university) network sometimes?] > > Excellent point. > > For the time being I would suggest relying on a software firewall, e.g. > ZoneAlarm(r) or ZoneAlarm(r) Pro from Zone Labs, Inc. I anticipate that > in the future we will see integrated [optional] hardware firewalls for > both laptops and desktops/mini towers. > > > [2] MY EXPERIENCE AND SOLUTION > > I have not personally had the opportunity to do thorough testing on > Hardware Firewall solutions vs. Personal Software Firewalls. However, > thorough testing of Personal SW Firewalls has been conducted by at least > one competent and independent third party, i.e. by Steve Gibson, Gibson > Research Corporation. I made my personal choice of solution some nine > months ago based on the research performed by the meritorious Steve > Gibson. > > Since the challenge that I faced at that time was to protect a > standalone personal computer only, I came to the conclusion that a > personal software firewall is the most applicable solution for the > evident points brought up by Steve Gibsons research on the subject. > > So I started with the flagship of free software firewalls, downloaded > and installed Zone Labs, Inc.s ZoneAlarm(r) the free of charge > version of the product for internal use, home computing. Everyone > involved was pleased with the solution. The price performance ratio of > the solution was excellent. > > However, the product was only used for about one month for the following > reasons. I wanted to strengthen the protection as well as increase > control and was prepared to pay for it. Knowing that version three was > about to be announced, and that it would most likely have an impact on > the price of the non-free version of the product, I decided to make my > move in December, 2001 for the 29.95 $ price - two bundled products > offer (ZoneAlarm(r) Pro and another product). Now I use the current > version 3.0.133, and have another 162 days left of product support > service included in original price as well as including possible new > releases. ZAPro 3.0 costs today some 50 $, but can be acquired for less. > > I am happy with this solution. Naturally I do not rely on this software > firewall flagship product solely but follow what was originally > documented as a Defense in Depth method (in the Art of War by Niccolò > Machiavelli, 1494-1527) I would suppose. For evident reasons I wont go > into the details of my all [other] defenses - not even quantifying the > number of them. What can be said though: At the moment I rely on two > other flagship products as well for viral and other malicious code > detection and removal. > > In ZAPro I value the easy-of-use interface, robust three engine design, > stealth mode operation (for both the Internet and the so called Trusted > Network), and component level access control for outgoing traffic (on > *.acm, *.cnv, *.cpl, *.dll, *.drv, *.ftl, *.ocx, *.qtx, level). In my > experience configurability and setup match and even exceed individual > needs and all requirements. (With the exception of dual processor > support that ZAPro lacks.) > > Having glanced an eye over the following again I would still go for the > same solution. When I want to have more than one computer connected to > the Internet I will most likely invest additionally in products like, > e.g. D-Link Express EtherNetwork 4-port Ethernet Broadband Router > [DI-604] or equivalent at that time. > > Acknowledging the fact that we seldom if ever change our opinions, > please find below citations on > Internet Connection Security for Windows Users by Steve Gibson, Gibson > Research Corporation > [http://grc.com/lt/scoreboard.htm], and other quotations of documents / > Web pages referred by him. > > > [3] EXCERPT OF INDEPENDENT RESEARCH BY A THIRD PARTY > > (CITATION) > > Personal Firewall Scoreboard > > The following information has been gathered by the combined effort of > many terrific contributors to the grc.leaktest newsgroup. If you have > experience with other personal software firewalls we hope you will share > your experiences, or if your findings are different from those shown > below, please come over to the grc.leaktest newsgroup and add your > voice! > Security is a constantly moving target and a never ending challenge. > Therefore, the following results are expected to be accurate only for > the first version 1.0 of LeakTest. In other words, the following > firewalls are "Leak-Proof" ONLY relative to their behavior with version > 1.0 of LeakTest. When version 2.0 is created it is likely that these > results will change. > > > LEAK-PROOF (SAFER) PERSONAL FIREWALLS > Firewall Considerations, versions, etc. > McAfee Firewall v 2.15+ Update to get version 2.15 or later > Sygate Personal FW (FREE) v 4.0+ FREE for personal use! > Symantec / Norton v 2.55+ LiveUpdate to get version 2.55 > Tiny Personal FW (FREE) v 2.0.7+ FREE for personal use! > ZoneAlarm (FREE) Never Leaked > ZoneAlarm Pro Never Leaked > > Tiny Personal Firewall A terrific FREE Firewall: For some reason I was > unable to get TPFW to work on my main dual-processor Windows 2000 > workstation. I wanted to use it since it is fully multi-processor > compatible and ZoneAlarm is not. It operated correctly under Windows > 98SE on a test machine, but it didn't like something about my main > dual-processor, dual-NIC, multi-IP, multi-display system. <<grin>> > > If Tiny's firewall works on your system, and if you so consider yourself > more "technically oriented" that you would enjoy messing around with > firewall rules, ports, protocols, etc. (as I do), TPFW might be the best > choice for you. But if you just want top-grade protection without making > a career of it, and if you're running a single-processor machine, > ZoneAlarm's rule-free system is probably the better choice for you. > > You can grab a copy of TPFW from CNET's Downloads site here: > www.downloads.com, where Tiny Software suggests you go to grab your free > copy. If you read the comments being left by people it is clear that > TPFW2 is working very well for the majority of sane posters. It is a > nice and secure firewall. > > > LEAK-PROOF (BUT STRANGE) FIREWALLS > Firewall Considerations, versions, etc. > PC-Viper v 3.1.6+ Doesn't Leak, but seems "unfinished" (see below). > > LEAK-PROOF BUT STRANGE FIREWALL NOTES > > PC-Viper v 3.1.6 In a class by itself: PC Viper has the distinction > of being the first "fixed" firewall which initially failed the version > 1.0 LeakTest. Just so we're clear: PC Viper version 3.1.6 passes all > aspects of the v1.0 LeakTests. Although Source Velocity's current > solution undeniably works, the current implementation has a few quirks > and odd behaviors which bear noting: All application connection > attempts are initially immediately denied rather than being "suspended" > pending the receipt of the user's permission. As with the original > Sygate solution, this may force the user to restart or re-initiate > whatever work the denied connection was attempting to perform. Other > personal firewalls are able to "pend" the application's access request > while the user decides how to reply. > The version 3.1.6 user-interface apparently needs some updating, since > there is no visible provision (that I could find) for viewing the > current set of "Internet enabled" applications. All other > application-blocking firewalls allow the user to see and edit which > applications have been granted and/or denied access. > And speaking of being denied access, the current version apparently > does not record and store the user's application denial responses at > all. This means that every time an application, that you want to deny > Internet access, attempts to access the Internet, you'll be forced to > reply "no" again and again. > > As a result of these implementation quirks, while I certainly want to > acknowledge PC Viper's quick response to the application masquerading > vulnerability, I hope that they intend to flesh out this "patch" into a > full-function solution sporting a complete user-interface. > > At the moment, PC-Viper falls short and I could not bring myself to > group it in with the much more correctly working and "finished feeling" > firewalls above. > > > LEAKY (UNSAFE) PERSONAL FIREWALLS > Firewall Trivial EXPLOITS Masquerade VULNERABLE > AtGuard None Known YES (in same directory) > BlackICE Defender Doesn't block unknown Trojans, Viruses, or Spyware > Conseal Desktop None Known YES (in any directory) > Conseal PC FW No Provision to block Trojans, Viruses, or Spyware > eSafe Desktop YES (stealth) YES (in any directory) > PrivateFirewall 2.0 None Known YES (in same directory) > Lockdown 2000 No Provision to block Trojans, Viruses, or Spyware > > LEAKY (UNSAFE) FIREWALL NOTES > > WRQ has asked me to point out that AtGuard was discontinued in 1999. I > included it here for reference and comparison because so many people are > continuing to use this otherwise excellent firewall. > Aladdin's eSafe Desktop has an extremely worrisome characteristic: A > simple variation in any application's Internet communications approach > renders the firewall completely transparent and allows any malicious > software to pass though this firewall and gain unrestricted access to > the Internet. This can be easily demonstrated by activating LeakTest's > "Stealth" mode. > > Also, when an application is "denied access" there is no provision for > remembering that access should be blocked for that application. The user > will therefore be asked every time the application attempts to use the > Internet. > Masquerade Vulnerability: > Please see the previous page for a discussion and explanation of the > executable file masquerading vulnerability suffered by many current > firewalls. > Accuracy of these Findings: > The information contained in the table and text above is believed to be > accurate and representative of the current release version of all > products discussed. We will entertain any and all factual rebuttals and > will work to maintain this page so that it continues to accurately > reflect the current state of the personal firewall marketplace. > > Hardware Firewalls/NAT Routers [http://grc.com/lt/hardware.htm] > > External firewall and NAT router appliances (like our favorite Linksys > <http://www.linksys.com/products/product.asp?prid=20&grid=5> Broadband > EtherFast Cable/DSL Router) provide excellent "natural protection" from > external intrusion hacking. For systems where a NAT router makes sense > (i.e. multiple machines sharing a single Internet connection) we highly > recommend the use of a good NAT router. We prefer the Linksys due to its > stability, ease of use, and rapidly expanding feature-set in response to > marketplace demands. > > However, no hardware of any sort, running outside of a computer, can > possibly provide comprehensive protection against the very real dangers > from the internal extrusion of your personal and private information. > > The access rights of INDIVIDUAL applications can ONLY > be managed and controlled through the action of some > form of "agent" able to watch from INSIDE the computer. > > The HOT setup . . . > My specific recommendations are, of course, subject to moment-to-moment > change and reconsideration in this highly dynamic Internet security > market. However, today as for the past six months there is no better > and more secure solution than running a single, external, > <http://www.linksys.com/products/product.asp?prid=20&grid=5> Linksys NAT > router providing redundant external intrusion protection coupled > with copies of the FREE ZoneAlarm firewall providing the PC industry's > most comprehensive internal extrusion management. > > > (Note: The money you save by running the free ZoneAlarm firewall > on multiple computers more than pays for a Linksys router!) > > We note that this solution does not offer the additional features of > parental control, advertising, and cookie blocking offered by, for > example, Symantec's NIS product line, but Symantec's solutions are not > free, and they all currently fail to provide comprehensive internal > extrusion protection. > > (END OF STEVE GIBSON QUOTE) > > > [4] ALTERNATIVE HARDWARE SOLUTION FOR CONSIDERATION > > (ANOTHER TWO QUOTES) > > D-Link Express EtherNetwork 4-port Ethernet Broadband Router > Author: Joseph Moran > Review Date: 7/17/2002 > [http://www.practicallynetworked.com/review.asp?pid=470] > > Summary > The D-Link DI-604 packs a lot of features into its diminutive chassis. > It would have a lot going for it even at twice its price, but at less > than $50, it's practically a no-brainer. I doubt you could find a more > complete residential broadband router even if you were willing to spend > more, but really, why should you? > > Unless you need major integrated features that the DI-604 lacks, (like a > print server, modem backup, or wireless LAN) you won't need to look much > further than this D-Link router. > > Recommended by Smitty > [http://www.practicallynetworked.com/opinions/index.asp?pid=470] > on 7/21/2002 > BOTTOM LINE: A lot of features for the price. > REALITY vs. EXPECTATIONS: much better than I expected. > DETAILS: I have been using WinRoute as my router for 2 years now. i > decided to start looking for a full featured router that wasn't too > expensive. I picked this di-604 up at Best Buy for 19.99, unbelievable. > This router has a lot more feature than it should for the price. My only > complaint is the switch is a little slow compared to my Linksys. Had to > turn off the VPN, it was lowering my RWIN to 8192 which was causing very > slow internet access. GREAT PRODUCT! > > (END OF QUOTES) > > > [5] RESPONSE TO KEITH > > Finally To Keith: Congratulations for acquiring the flagship product of > all software firewalls on the market. It gives you significant means to > strengthen the protection of your system. > > However, to improve your overall safety I would recommend at least > another two flagship products. Please consider Symantecs Norton > AntiVirus(tm) 2002 and PestPatrol from PestPatrol, Inc for the > protection against viral and other types of malicious code. > > These three solutions together meet minimum requirements according to my > standard. > > As for O/S and file system my recommendation would be: Microsoft(r) > Windows(r) 2000 Professional and NTFS assuming them to be suitable for > your platform. > > This way you have a reliable, stable, robust operating system and a safe > file system empowering powerful features plus the minimum of defense > systems. > > Best Wishes, > Peter Stendahl-Juvonen > > > The best defense is attack! Attack people with your peace, with your > love, with your silence, with your joy - that's the best defense, and > that is a great service to the humanity too. -Osho Rajneesh _______________________________________________ Dshield mailing list Dshield at dshield.org To change your subscription options (or unsubscribe), see: http://www.dshield.org/mailman/listinfo/list


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Reubben Binns is a researcher at the Departmen of Computer Science at the University of Oxford and, for a period of five years, is taking part in the SOCIAM project aimed to understand Social Machines, a phenomenon that is revolutionizing the Internet. His domain of research focuses on personal data, it's privacy and in web function in general.
To know more about Reuben Binns and his projects visit his institutional page: http://www.cs.ox.ac.uk/people/reuben.binns/ and his Twitter account: https://twitter.com/RDBinns. Check also is blog where he proceeds to write abouts diverse toppics like data, security and ethics in internet: http://www.reubenbinns.com/blog/

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It's a common question when meeting a group of PCB designers – "What tool do you use?" There then follows a line of conversation of justifying the choice of tool, maybe highlighting the fact that it wasn't your choice then after a short discussion on what you've managed to achieve. After this is the inevitable list of things that every designer does not like about their design tool, the things that have brought them to such frustration that they've been pulling their hair out.
Every PCB designer has something to curse about the PCB design tool that they use. It never, ever runs as smoothly as the designer wants it to all the time. So that begs the question – is the wrong design tool being chosen or does the 'perfect' solution not exist?
Let's get one thing out of the way first – there is no silver bullet in PCB design tools, every single on one of them has their strengths and weaknesses. So the trick (is if the chance arises) to choose the PCB design tool that's going to suit your needs best.
I've been fortunate enough to get some thoughts on this from Jim Patterson, Electronics Group Leader at Evonetix:


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Yes I had an eventful week and I had to write about it.
I finally got this carpenter to finish some work at home and took leave of office for a few days against some opposition from dad of course. The previous evening I went shopping for some books. And this guy at the store, God bless his soul, handed me this book called 'a million little pieces..' by James Frey. Its the 23 year old author's memoirs of being an addict for 10 years and his struggle through rehab. I loved the story because it describes a guy who has hit rock bottom on life, whose body and mind has been destroyed beyond repair, how he looks at life that has no hope hour by hour. And he overcomes the ordeal by enduring. I think its a good lesson in life. There can be some testing times in life and we just have to hold on and let it pass for it will..'this too will pass'.
But before the book could depress me any more, my friend walked in with some lovely stew for me. And the minute she mentioned shopping, I not only hopped into her car but also offered to drive it! And so we had a lovely day just girls shopping. Not that we ever buy much.
But I did buy some stuff when I forced Sunil to discard his sleep on a saturday afternoon to go shopping with me. And while he spent the afternoon grumping thinking it to be a futile excercise and that I am not going to buy anything I surprised him by making some choices!!
And then there was this plan of a dinner get together with friends which materialised at this friends place who had joined us for the first time. Good good fun!
But the best part of all week was some hours I spent in dads office and the smile on his face on seeing me there. Well.. the smile lasted the day coz we were able to accomplish quite a lot of work that day!!
So like they say alls well that ends well...
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Here is the winner of the Copic Markers:
Thank you very much GRAPHICS DIRECT for sponsoring us again.
congrats Rachel x
Congrats Rachel- you lucky :)
Thanks Karen for the chance...
Congrats to the winner.
Congrats Rachel and thanks Karen :*
Dziękuję i pozdrawiam, Agnieszka
Congrats to Rachel and thanks so much again!
Congratulations Rachel, what a prize to win!! Lucky you!! Greetz, Frea
Congratulations Rachel and have fun with your new markers
Congratz to Rachel - you are a lucky girl ;o)
Karen, thank you for the chance to win - hope you'll have a great week.
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karen thanks for this amazing candy
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oh my , she will be sqwealling i know it ! .. congrats Rach !
Oh WOW! it's me!!!!! Thanks so much! :-) Can't quite believe that I won this amazing candy! :-) I've only ever had a few single copics so am thrilled to have a set :-)
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Congrats to Rachel You lucky girl
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heheeeeee what a fab card for your daughter and the show looks brilliant , bet she had a awesome time - and isnt she pretty - just like her mum eh ? look at her big beautiful eyes ! gorgeous !


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One of our favorite authors is Chris Van Allsburg. We learned about him and his books as part of a unit on fantasy. Van Allsburg's books are written in picture book format. He has written around 16 books so far and we have read all of them. Some of his books are Jumanji, Two Bad Ants, The Stranger, The Widow's Broom, Just a Dream, Bad Day at Riverbend, The Wretched Stone, and Mysteries of Harris Burdick.
Van Allsburg's books are fun to read because something strange always happens. Each time we heard or read a book we had to figure out when reality stopped and fantasy began. Sometimes there was also a hidden meaning that we would discover afterwards.
One of our favorite parts about reading his books is that in each one Van Allsburg has hidden his dog Fritz. Ms. Barnett's in 1997 found all but one. Her 1998 class found them all. Both classes agreed that the hardest one to find is in The Wretched Stone. What did you think?
If you have ever wanted to write a fantasy, this book is a great place to start! In the book you'll find single pictures with a large title and a caption underneath. The picture, title, and caption almost force you to come up with a story of what the whole thing is about. Once you have written that story, you can send it to Chris Van Allsburg himself while visiting the Harris Burdick Web Site. You can also read other stories written by children across America.
But what is the mystery of Harris Burdick?
According to the introduction, Harris Burdick dropped these pictures off at a children's book editor and told him that he would come back with the rest of the stories attached to each one. He was never seen again. In the portfolio addition of the book, Van Allsburg continued that mystery by announcing that a second picture had been found for one of the titles. But is the dissapearance of Harris Burdick the real mystery? We didn't think so. For us the mystery is whether Chris Van Allsburg made these drawings himself and told that story to get our imaginations moving.
Bad Day at Riverbend (1995)
The Mysteries of Harris Burdick (1994)
The Sweetest Fig (1993)
The Widow's Broom (1992)
The Wretched Stone (1991)
Just a Dream (1990)
Swan Lake (1989)
Two Bad Ants (1988)
The Z Was Zapped (1987)
The Stranger (1986)
The Polar Express (1985)
The Wreck of the Zephyr (1983)
Ben's Dream
Jumanji (1981)
The Garden of Abdul Gasazi (1979)


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- With the starters already announced, it's time to reveal our reserves for the 2018 NBA All-Star Game. The Crossover names 14 additional players worthy of a trip to Los Angeles next month.
After naming the 2018 All-Star starting lineups on Thursday, the NBA is set to announce the All-Star reserves on Tuesday. While the starters were named by a combined vote among fans, players and media members, the seven reserves from the East and West will be selected by coaches in each conference. Coaches must select two backcourt players, three frontcourt players and two position-less wildcards from each conference.
Last week, The Crossover revealed its official starter selections, which were as follows:
• East: Victor Oladipo (Pacers), Kyrie Irving (Celtics), LeBron James (Cavaliers), Giannis Antetokounmpo (Bucks), Joel Embiid (Sixers)
• West: James Harden (Rockets), Stephen Curry (Warriors), Kevin Durant (Warriors), Anthony Davis (Pelicans), Draymond Green (Warriors)
Note that, in the actual vote, Toronto's DeMar Derozan was selected in place of Oladipo and New Orleans's DeMarcus Cousins was named in place of Green.
The following is The Crossover's preferred selections for the 14 total reserves, intended as a complement to the previous starter picks.
East Backcourt Reserves: DeMar DeRozan (Raptors) and Bradley Beal (Wizards)
DeRozan (25 PPG, 4.2 RPG, 5 APG), the third choice among East guards on this ballot behind Oladipo and Irving, was officially selected as a starter last week. After years of shunning critics who suggested he modernize his offensive game by decreasing his reliance on ball-pounding and tough twos, Toronto's leading scorer has made strides on both fronts, posting career-highs in True Shooting % and assist rate. Although he remains a minus defender, DeRozan's work as a steady offensive weapon for a top-five attack has been central to Toronto's status among the East's top teams. In past years, Kyle Lowry was the Raptors' "must-have" All-Star representative and DeRozan was relegated to the fringe/snub group. This year, those roles have reversed.
There isn't much to celebrate in the nation's capital at the moment, as the Wizards trudge through uninspired stretches and continue to drop games to lesser opponents. Despite that ominous haze, Beal (23.8 PPG, 4.3 RPG, 3.7 APG) has done enough to earn his first career All-Star nod in a thin East backcourt crop. He's been healthier and more efficient than John Wall, his Wizards teammate, and Washington's net rating is 9.4 points when Beal is on the court compared to when he's off. Ideally, three-pointers would represent a larger slice of Beal's shooting diet, but he's made steady improvement in his shot selection as he's aged and is averaging a career-high 5.1 free throw attempts per game. His defensive utility is higher than most of the East's other second-tier backcourt candidates—given that he can credibly guard both spots—but he picks his spots on that end more often than one would like.
East Frontcourt Reserves: Al Horford (Celtics), Kristaps Porzingis (Knicks) and Kevin Love (Cavaliers)
Horford (13.3 PPG, 7.7 RPG, 5.3 APG) was a strong starter candidate thanks to the Celtics' team success, his central role on Boston's league-leading defense, and his high level of offensive involvement. While not equipped to be a truly high-volume scorer, Horford's distribution and mobility have helped create necessary space and motion for a young Celtics rotation short of creators. On the other end, his IQ, diligence and ability to switch make him especially valuable as spread lineups proliferate. That two-way impact easily earns him a reserve nod.
Porzingis's recent decline in scoring and efficiency have taken the shine off of New York's hot start, dropping him from a possible All-Star starter to a solid reserve. At 22, Porzingis (22.3 PPG, 6.7 RPG, 2.3 BPG) has the makings of a top 2018 Most Improved Player candidate and a perennial All-Star in the future. He's settled nicely into life as an alpha scorer, and he's leading the league in blocks thanks to his otherworldly length. Although he's not quite as central to his team's success as Philadelphia's Joel Embiid, Porzingis's presence on the court improves New York's net rating 6 points compared to when he sits. One can nitpick his shot selection, his limited interest in facilitating for others, and New York's status as a lottery team, but Porzingis's scoring skills and positive defensive contributions are worthy of a trip to LA.
These aren't exactly the best of times for Love. Months of complaints over his defensive struggles as a center have now given way to reports that he was subjected to internal locker-room skepticism over his recent illness during a loss to the Thunder. Cleveland has been far less consistent than desired, but Love (18.6 PPG, 9.4 RPG) was LeBron James's key sidekick in the months between Kyrie Irving's departure and Isaiah Thomas's return to the court. Love takes and makes more threes than many elite guards—40% on more than five attempts per game—and his gravity on the perimeter is a critical element of Cleveland's top-five offense. As shaky as the Cavaliers have been in October and January, Love deserves a good chunk of the credit for their sustained success in November and December. As a top-three seed in the East, Cleveland has a strong case to land two All-Stars.
East Wildcards: Kyle Lowry (Raptors) and Andre Drummond (Pistons)
Don't get too hung up on the fact that many of Lowry's major indicators—scoring, usage, FG%, FTA—are down considerably this season. The damage isn't nearly as bad as his dipped stats suggest. Less has been more for Lowry (17 PPG, 6 RPG, 6.7 APG), whose minutes have been more carefully managed after multiple late-season breakdowns in years past. Lowry continues to rank among the top points in Real Plus Minus, and his willingness to decrease his touch time (from 6.9 MPG last season to 5.4 MPG this season) has helped Toronto diversity its attack and make better use of its deep roster. Smart sacrifices like that should be rewarded, not penalized, even if they come with a side of concern that the 31-year-old Lowry's most prolific and dominant days are behind him.
The fight for the East's last All-Star spot is a pretty blah battle. Wall wins on name recognition and pedigree, but he's missed more than 10 games and has seen his shooting efficiency drop considerably from last season. Philadelphia rookie Ben Simmons brings the intrigue, but his total lack of shooting has caught up to him in recent weeks and the Sixers probably haven't played well enough to warrant two All-Stars. Milwaukee's Khris Middleton is in a similar boat as Simmons: he's a skilled, complete complementary player who has been overshadowed by a far more talented teammate and whose team is stuck in the East's clogged middle. Kemba Walker, meanwhile, hasn't quite duplicated his 2017 All-Star numbers, leaving the Hornets well out of the playoff picture and headed for a potential garage sale at the trade deadline.
That leaves Miami's Goran Dragic and Drummond, two very different players on teams that are headed two very different directions. Individually, Dragic (17.3 PPG, 4.2 RPG, 4.9 APG) has been very good but not quite great. The Slovenian guard has been a key driver for the deep Heat's surprising status as the East's No. 4 seed, but hardly a one-man machine. Meanwhile, Drummond (14.3 PPG, 15 RPG, 1.2 BPG) was one of this year's early darlings, thanks to his dramatically-improved free-throw shooting and Detroit's strong start. But the Pistons have fallen off hard in recent weeks due to numerous injury issues.
Still, Drummond remains the league's leading rebounder and he has helped keep the Pistons among the league's top 10 defenses. At 24, he sometimes still feels like an underperformer: he should shoot a higher percentage, he should have a better repertoire of offensive moves, he should be a more imposing shot-blocker, and he should more regularly punish small ball looks with 20/20 explosions. All of that acknowledged, Drummond has managed to triple his assist rate, thereby adding a dimension to his offensive utility and helping compensate for Detroit's perimeter injury issues. Those gains are enough for him to edge Dragic by a hair on this ballot.
Should any of the East's top 12 encounter health issues, this ballot would nominate Dragic as the top injury replacement.
West Backcourt Reserves: Jimmy Butler (Timberwolves) and Russell Westbrook (Thunder)
In a more just world, Butler (21.7 PPG, 5.4 RPG, 5 APG) would have been eligible for the West's frontcourt and selected as a starter in place of Cousins. Alas, he's a no-brainer reserve after powering the NBA's most dramatic year-over-year turnaround in Minnesota. As was the case for years in Chicago, the best measure of Butler's value is how terribly his team plays whenever he goes to the bench. This year, Minnesota's net rating is +8.4 with him and -7.4 without him, and he ranks third league-wide in Real Plus Minus. Butler's ability to oscillate his offensive role has created sufficient space for Karl-Anthony Towns and Andrew Wiggins, and his off-season arrival has helped the young and shallow Timberwolves climb out of the NBA's bottom tier when it comes to defensive efficiency.
Ninety-nine percent of guards throughout NBA history would kill to have Westbrook's season, even though he was mired in an early slump and still possesses scoring and efficiency numbers that are well off his 2017 MVP campaign. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to realize that a player nearly averaging a triple-double (24.8 PPG, 9.7 RPG, 10.1 APG) easily qualifies as an All-Star, even if the quality of his minutes hasn't matched up to Stephen Curry and James Harden, his fellow West guards. It hasn't been pretty, but the Thunder are in the West's No. 5 seed with a shot at surpassing Minnesota and San Antonio down the stretch. While Westbrook's questionable feel for balancing the offensive weapons around him contributed to Oklahoma City's rocky start, his force of will and persistence has lifted them out of disaster.
West Frontcourt Reserves: LaMarcus Aldridge (Spurs), Karl-Anthony Towns (Timberwolves) and DeMarcus Cousins (Pelicans)
Aldridge (22.3 PPG, 8.7 RPG, 1.9 APG) had a compelling case as an All-Star starter: San Antonio has spent much of the season in the No. 3 seed, he stepped up his offensive role in Kawhi Leonard's absence, and he's a complete player logging big minutes for one of the NBA's top defenses. On this ballot, he landed among the reserves for two reasons: 1) San Antonio's offense has merely been mediocre with him as a lead option, and 2) San Antonio's defensive success has been based on collective effort and discipline rather than Aldridge's singular brilliance. Although the 32-year-old big man was left off last year's All-Star team after a run of five straight appearances, his career-high 23.4 PER and his team's steadiness without Leonard should get him back in the club this season.
Even though his offensive role has been sliced by Jimmy Butler's arrival, Karl-Anthony Towns (20.2 PPG, 12 RPG, 2.3 APG) should earn his first career All-Star nod in his third season. The former No. 1 pick oozes talent: he's hitting 40+% of his threes on nearly four attempts per game, he's threatening to one day become a 50/40/90 shooter as a 7-footer, and he is getting more proficient at recognizing and exploiting mismatches. Like Lowry in Toronto, Towns's team-oriented sacrifices in terms of shots and touches should draw praise rather than skepticism. Of course, his defense is another story—causing him to lag behind some of fellow unicorns—but it's trended up in recent months, and Minnesota's defensive rating is better with him on the court than without him.
Aside from Westbrook, DeMarcus Cousins (25.2 PPG, 12.6 RPG, 5.1 APG, 1.6 SPG, 1.6 BPG) puts up the league's most outrageous stat lines. Yes, there are some qualifiers needed: Cousins takes a lot off the table with his turnovers, foul problems, inconsistent defensive effort, and occasional ejections. While his critics harp on his over-reliance on the three-pointer, Cousins' passable perimeter shooting, comfort roaming the arc, and ability to attack defenders one-on-one off the dribble are key elements of the Pelicans' No. 6 offense. This ballot's preference was to name Davis as the Pelicans' sole All-Star starter, but the actual vote—somewhat surprisingly—placed Cousins in the starting five too.
Regardless, he's a clear reserve pick, superior to the next tier of big men candidates like the Nuggets' Nikola Jokic and the Clippers' DeAndre Jordan. Jokic's Nuggets have suffered from identity issues all season, and their offense has slipped from 2016-17 despite the Serbian center's play-making ability. Jordan has been steady in the wake of Chris Paul's departure and another injury to Blake Griffin, but Lou Williams' electric scoring and unexpected contributions from a host of lesser-known players have also been key to keeping LA afloat. Cousins simply does more than Jokic and Jordan, and the No. 6 seed Pelicans have benefited directly from those contributions in the standings.
West Wildcards: Klay Thompson (Warriors) and Paul George (Thunder)
The West's final two spots come down to four very worthy candidates: Thompson, George, Portland's Damian Lillard and LA's Williams. All four are averaging 20+ points. All four suit up for teams at or above .500. And all four have unique stories: Thompson is the fourth-best player on an all-time juggernaut, George is an alpha-turned-beta in OKC, Lillard is a perennially-snubbed super scorer leading the unspectacular Blazers, and Williams is a career sixth man enjoying the time of his life at age-31 for the injury-ravaged Clippers. Any voters casting their ballots based on narrative would have their hands full.
Here, the preference was for two-way play. While Thompson (20.6 PPG, 4 RPG, 2.5 APG) has the smallest offensive role of the four, his shooting (45.3% on 7.4 attempts) is as deadly as ever. What's more, he's missed just one game all season, logging big minutes and taking tough defensive assignments for a top-five defense. With Thompson on the court, Golden State's defensive rating improves by 5.5 points. By comparison, Portland's defense is worse with Lillard on the court than when he's on the bench, and Williams is one of the NBA's purest all-offense, no-defense gunners. If any team is worthy of landing four All-Stars, it's the Warriors, who have set the standard in the West for four straight years now.
George, like Thompson, is a quality complementary scorer who makes his team significantly better on defense. It took more than a month for George to find his groove in Oklahoma City, but his stellar three-point shooting (43% on more than seven attempts) and willingness to cede the reins to Westbrook have both been crucial to the Thunder's improved offense of late. It's also hard to deny George the final spot given that he's delivered Defensive Player of the Year-like contributions this year, leading the league in steals and deflections for a top-five defense.
Lillard's case is held back by injury issues: He has missed seven games, more than Thompson, George and Williams combined. He's bit by the regression bug too. Portland's offense is merely average this season—a noticeable drop from 2016-17—and Lillard's individual accomplishments are slightly off last year as well. Williams has been sensational as both a scorer and a distributing playmaker this season, but LA's status on the playoff bubble, the one-way nature of his game, and the presence of so many other qualified candidates on winning teams keeps him off.
Should any of the West's top 12 wind up as injury scratches, this ballot has Lillard as the next man up.


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|Bonita Hightower (Guido), Robert Burton's first student, at Makaha, February 1973.
Photo by Drew Kampion.
[ed. - Bonita Hightower (Guido) and Robert Burton met at a party before New Years Day 1970, and thus began The Fellowship of Friends. See: "Early History of The Fellowship of Friends, as told by Student #1".]
"Amanda Raphaelson" wrote on the Fellowship of Friends Discussion blog, July 28, 2014:
Hi All,
I received information from Thomas Hightower, Friday, that my mother, Bonita Hightower (Guido) had passed away on Thursday, July 24th of natural causes. She had been ill for many years. A small memorial service will be held in Denmark on Wed. afternoon, local time, and her ashes will be spread at sea. The In Memorandum section on the Greater Fellowship site will have more information soon.
"Tempus Fugit" wrote on the Fellowship of Friends Discussion blog, August 2, 2014:
Bonita G. – A Brief Remembrance
I noticed there has not been much comment on the death of Bonita G., perhaps because most of you never knew her. When I joined the FOF in the early 1970's there were something over 100 and something less than 150 members, so I got to know a fair number of them personally, including Bonita and her husband David.
Obviously she later remarried, but I know nothing of that. In fact, much is lost to time. I don't recall how long I knew her or where our paths parted. I think she left a long time before I did. She was identified as the "first student" but details of her meeting with Burton were not public conversation, and I knew only she met him at a party.
My direct memories of Bonita are few but I can see her clearly as I write this post.
I remember Bonita as someone very special and very intense. She was a large woman. Her facial features were broad and she had long black hair. The most striking aspect of her appearance were her eyes, dark and deep. (Others who knew her better may correct me, but this is how she looks in my mind.)
I don't recall conversations with Bonita so much as encounters! Her presence was powerful and serious. There was an air of mystery about her, and possession of secret knowledge. I liked her but she was also intimidating. Partly that was her status in the group, but it was also the feeling that when I spoke to her she was actually seeing me, actually there with me.
Thus when I was near her she pushed me to be in the present with her and be present to myself. And wasn't that our goal?
"Tempus Fugit" added:
Well, well. I just re-discovered about this Fellowship of Friends wiki page where Bonita posted her own story in 1997.
Here's the link. [ed. - Link no longer active.]
[ed. - While directing the Hawaii center, Bonita asked for, and received, permission from Robert Burton to take a two-year leave of absence from the Fellowship.
It is reported that she left Hawaii on December 26, 1973, accompanied by her spouse Hallstein Farestveit, who had also briefly been a member of the Fellowship. They flew to Oslo, Norway.
According to a source, Donald MacDonald was there to take over the Hawaii center and, while they were still in the air, he received word from Robert Burton that Bonita was no longer in the Fellowship. Robert said she was a "bad seed."
Bonita and Hallstein would eventually found The Linbu Society. The following reflection on The Linbu Society is reprinted from the Greater Fellowship website, with the permission of its author "Bjorn from Norway." He states that since writing the article, his assessment of Linbu has grown more critical.]
"Bjorn from Norway" wrote on the Greater Fellowship, June 30, 2011:
Hi everybody
Maybe you have no idea what "the Linbu Society" is, but you'll learn that pretty soon. And there will surely be some topics to discuss related to what I write here, even if you don't know this particular school/group.
The Linbu Society, or its precursor JOULA, was started by Mr. Hallstein Farestveit (HF) and Ms. Bonita Hightower (BH) some time around 1975 in Sweden. BH had been the first student in Robert Burton's FOF in California, and had later formed, or became leader of, a FOF center in Hawaii. It is unclear to me exactly for how long HF was a student in the FOF, but I know he resided in La Habra, California, in 1971 and 1972. And then some time around ... 1973 .... he also went to Hawaii, and was there working/studying together with BH. As far as I know - they were lovers.
Then, around 1975 they started a new Gurdjieff/Ouspensky center in Sweden. Or a few of them. And they were no longer students in FOF or connected with FOF in any way. As far as I know. At that time BH and HF were both teachers there in Sweden. Equals, so to speak. But later BH left and HF became (only) teacher. Around 1977, if I remember correctly, the Linbu Society - a foundation/charity - was founded. And this was so to speak the official name for what students called the Linbu School.
H. Linbu was the pseudonym taken by HF prior to writing his only book (so far): "The Theory of Conscious Light." Published in 1977 and very hard to get. A German edition was published in 2000.
I was a student in this school for about 8 years. 1989-1996. I "belonged" to the Småland center in the south of Sweden. It should be said that there were such centers in several countries: Norway, Denmark, Germany, Italy and Poland, in addition to Sweden. At the time there were two major centers in Sweden: the one I belonged to, and another just north of Gothenburg.
In regard to my 8-year experience I shall not go in to all the little details - just focus on what I feel are the most important points. Here they are:
1. It was an incredibly rich time. I mean - rich in experiences and rich in learning.
2. I am certain I did learn a lot - and that the Fourth Way is not just something in somebody's imagination. These things we learn about in the Fourth Way teaching are quite real. I mean, the teaching as it was presented in "In Search of the Miraculous." Not Burton eating muesli (with sprinkled gold dust on top) together with the 43 other enlightened ones. Always provided, of course, that we are able to understand these things at all. That's not to be taken for granted. Or maybe rather: that we are willing to make the efforts in order to verify what's in this teaching personally.
3. I have heard/read all the stories about Burton. But when it comes to Mr. HF, the teacher in the Linbu Society, I don't think I can paint the same picture. Never did I see him mistreat anybody or behave in ways I would call immoral. Sure, he could scream and yell and "make a big circus", but he was never aggressive. And I never heard any story about him taking sexual advantage of the female students, and so on and so on. (HF isn't homosexual. Unlike Burton.) In fact, I still see him as a "role model" in many ways, when I recall the way he used to behave in various situations. That said, I think I still should mention that HF drank quite a lot of alcohol. I never saw him not in control of himself - but intoxicated? Yes.
But at the same time: I don't know how it was in the beginning, but when I arrived in Sweden in 1989 the teacher (HF) had started the policy, so to speak, of only working with the "center directors" i.e. leaders of the groups of students. He often mingled with the rest of us too, but more often than not he just worked with the group leaders. Or was by himself - or with whoever was his girlfriend/partner at the time.
A very usual, and arguably very sensible, way of doing things. You work in the hierarchy - and delegate tasks to those below you - who in turn delegate the work further to those below them. And so on. I don't really have a problem with that. But ... and there's a but: even if the teacher might be man no. 7.5 (with flashing lights and a platinum diploma), the group leaders, who may be frustrated women with emotional instabilities, these group leaders (regardless of gender, really. We males can be wacky too) might cause all kinds of hell. Maybe just on a whim. Or the guys/girls just below these group leaders in the chain-of-command. And/or there's all kinds of idiotic and violent misunderstandings and conflicts that just manifest out of the void and cause all kinds of hubub.
This was why I left that school, really. My "center director", a middle-aged woman with an unusual potential for cruelty and intrigue of 1001 kinds, was simply "hacking me to death." In such a group environment there's also the sad tendency that the less powerful ones automatically begin to imitate/take the side of the more powerful one, and so help this one with any hacking-to-death that needs to be done. So ... on a day-to-day basis I met all this resistance. No matter how small and petty a matter was - the others, as a rule females (for some definite reason females were given more power than males in this school. Excepting the teacher, that is.), would begin "the hacking." And it never ended. In the end I just saw it as a matter of survival and decided to get the hell away from there. Before I either hurt myself, or hurt somebody else.
Anyway ... and it's a strange thing....: I felt, and I still feel, that it was exactly the right time for me to leave. Regardless of "all the circus/madness." As there was so much waiting for me "outside." I became a student when I was only 18, and so I had very little life experience. Back in "life" and "doomed forever" (a bit of humor there) at 25 I did definitely begin my "catching up" with so many things I still hadn't learned in my life.
At the same time ... another unusual thing: I was one of the very few, I reckon, who left this school/group without giving the school/leaders/teacher/teaching any negativity. I sent no angry letters and made no accusations about "causing trauma", "exploiting innocent young people" or anything like that. And, unlike a great many others who were students in this school, I did not steal any money or property as I left. You see - many students did this. As they left. But I could never have done such a thing. In my mind such a thing is very wrong.
I did however write some letters. To the teacher. Not many - all in all maybe 5 or 6 over the years. Sometimes I enclosed some small gift. My letters were only positive and I presented no criticism. But then - just the other day I receive a big envelope, posted by this "evil center director", whether by the teacher's order or not, containing 3 of my letters, one of them unopened + one beautiful rolled-up Chinese picture I had sent the teacher 5 or 6 years ago. No comments inside. No letter.
And I thought this was very harsh. Isn't even an "hello" in order? Or: if one does not like someone's letters - why not just throw them away/burn them? Why this need to return the letters? It's very extreme. But yeah - I get the message: "please be so kind and f**k off!" I just can't see what the big problem is. What's the point of having some school that hardly anybody has ever heard of due to this school keeping such an extremely low profile? What's the matter if someone sends a friendly letter, a greeting? Why divide everybody into students (= have a shred of hope) / ex-students (= dead forever and contagious)?
I don't really get it. Back in the 1920's, 1930's, 1940's and 1950's it was OK for people to talk together. To visit each other, write letters, and so on. I'm talking about "Fourth Way people." Collin and Nicoll were friends - not enemies. There was some circulation of students between the teachers/groups at the time, and a high degree of openness about what was going on, what was being studied and done and so on.
But now ... everything's terribly fragmented. FOF, who are led by a super-faggy money-crazed megalomaniac psychopath, declare everybody else "dead." And they're seemingly not very interested in the Fourth Way, anyway. Making money and keeping up appearances seems to be all. Or almost all.
The Linbu Society has ... 60(?) ... active members? Or maybe it's 30? And you can't find them. Unless you really, really know where to look and are 100% committed to following the order, as is said.
The Gurdjieff Foundation seems an old fossil. A kind of museum.
William Patterson has some thing going on, but I'm not really sure what it is. Doesn't really look like the Fourth Way. I think he means well, however. I don't think he's a bad person.
And then there are some "enneagram groups" who study God-knows-what, but it doesn't have anything to do with the Fourth Way. I know, I've looked in those books and seen some ...scary... videoclips.
So ... what's to become of the Fourth Way?
I'm really not sure. But personally I do have an ambition: I would like to start a group myself. In not too long time. And I want to produce a book dealing with the body types and the enneagram - as I feel I have something to contribute in that area/those areas. Wait and see. I'll start doing something soon.
Anyway - it's a discussion and it'd be good to discuss these things a bit. This little piece is just to "get started."
Bjørn (aka "Bob Belsen")
|Hallstein Faresveit
Articles in Swedish:
http://www.skanskan.se/article/20140619/OSBY/140619423/-/kan-vara-en-av-sveriges-farligaste [ed. - Dead link]
Articles in French:
Linbu is dangerous (!) (9 pages)


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Us girls had a lot of fun going to antique malls - poor Kevin was just dragged along but he did managed to find a few treasures for his self. This is one of the booths inside the mall. It is very easy to get lost in there. After a while I had to go up front and just sit down and wait for the others to catch up with me.
Here is my daughter with some of her treasures she found at a booth that had everything marked down to seventy five percent off. She will sell most of the items on her Etsy shop - Fluffy Flowers Vintage. We were tired but very happy with the things we found.
This is Kevin's mother with some beautiful blue and white cloth that she found. She is collecting blue and white dishes and the cloth fit right into her theme. Now she just has to figure out what to make with it.
This is me in front of one of the bigger antique malls we went to. If the airlines hadn't changed checked baggage to just one bag I would have come home with more. I left with a thirty three pound bag and returned with a forty pound bag.
The weather were I lived said it was cold in Georgia so I went prepared with sweats and warm clothes but the weather was mostly very mild and we were in short sleeve shirts. I came home to a hot house and had to turn my A/C on for a while. It is off now as it is cooling off - suppose to be in the fifties in the morning. We will have more cold weather soon.


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Michelle Y. Cortes, PhD
Dr. Michelle Y. Cortes is a Postdoctoral Fellow who joined the PET Radiopharmaceutical Science Section (PRSS), Molecular Imaging Branch (MIB) in October, 2013. She received her BSc in Chemistry (with honors) in 2002 at the University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez. She earned a MS in Chemistry from the University of Puerto Rico with the guidance of Dr. Robert Rios. Her work involved the synthesis of peripheral benzodiazepine receptor-platinum ligands as possible therapeutic drugs for ovarian, breast, prostate and colon cancer. In 2011, she obtained her PhD in organic chemistry at the University of South Florida. Her graduate work centered on the development and evaluation of sigma receptor ligands as potential post-ischemic stroke therapeutics under the guidance of Dr. J. C. Antilla and Dr. J. Cuevas. Dr. Cortes's current research will focus on developing novel imaging agents for neuroinflammation.


text: The 1 ADVANTAGE PHARMACY, LLC company was registered on October 11, 2000, in WA. Current status of the organization Inactive and type Profit. The registering agent is DAVID E DUSKIN located at the address 130 E FAIRHAVEN AVE PO BOX 316, BURLINGTON, WA, 982330316. Get the credit report on the 1 ADVANTAGE PHARMACY, LLC. Governing persons are: CHARLES S REED; JOSEPH SILVEIRA JR. Credt score.


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Germany calls situation of migrants in Libya "catastrophic"
(Vatican Radio) Germany's government says the human rights situation in Libya is "catastrophic" with migrants trying to reach Europe bearing the brunt of abuse in the North African nation. The concern over Libya comes ahead of an upcoming summit of European Union leaders.
Listen to the report by Stefan Bos:
Internal German Foreign Ministry memos, leaked to German and international media, say detention camps for refugees in Libya are terrible. One memo describes how migrants fleeing war and poverty face torture and even execution at the camps.
The ministry says "Europe mustn't look away but try to make the living


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Earth Care Odor Removal Bag
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6 Cans CB-80 Fly Knock down Aerosol Spray
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Over time grease and food waste accumulates on the floor, in cracks and crevices, in the grout, in drains, and under equipment. This waste soon decays, becomes odorous, and starts attracting fruit flies, roaches, and other pests.
Lord of the Fruit Flies Bio Cleaner™ and Lord of the Fruit Flies Bio Drainl™ contain microorganisms that quickly and safely degrade kitchen grease and other organic wastes. These microorganisms actually eat the grease - not simply "break it up" like standard cleaning products.
Standard cleaning products (including so-called "degreasers") do not remove grease buildup. Significant grease buildup will "doom" even the best pest service
Lord of the Fruit Flies Bio Drain™ and Lord of the Fruit Flies Bio Mop™ were designed for the restaurant industry. Using these two products, we have success in 98% of the establishments treated.
When my fruits and vegetables get delivered, I notice that there are flies on the products, what should I do?
When the Fruits and Vegetables are brought into your restaurant, the first thing you should do is take them out of there packing and place them in your own bins. Then put them into your refrigerator for a few hours. The cold will kill the flies and this will help your establishment from further problems
I am using the bio drain and bio cleaner and see that it helped but I still see fruit flies, what should I do?
Chances are that you have additional breeding grounds. The drains are the number one place that fruit flies breed but they also are in crevices, in cracks in floor boards cracks in tiles as well as baseboards and under refrigerators and ice bins. It is suggested that you use the Lord of the Fruit Flies Foaming system and use it on all of those places. You will then see your problem diminish
How long do I need to use the foaming system? Do I use it on all my drains?
For the best results we suggest that you use the bio drain foaming system as directed. You will need to foam all floor drains. You will also need to foam all sink drains in which any food, beer, wine, liquor or sugar is disposed.
All of the drains mentioned will need to be foamed every day for 7 straight days and then twice a week during peak season, (depends are where you are located but usually from February through October). On off peak times, the foaming system should used once every two weeks.
We suggest that you don't be complacent.. Keeping your drains free of bacteria is a healthy act to keep your establishment clean and smelling fresh all year long.
Can I use bleach on my drains while using your products?
Can't I use bleach instead of your products?
Bleach will kill the microbes in the system and you will be "pouring your money down the drain".
We suggest that you do not keep bleach in any areas that you are using bio drain and bio cleaner.
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Fortress Investment Group was established in 1998 by a team of colleagues that is Randal Nardone, Wes Edens, and Rob Kauffman who decided to work jointly. It is a firm with Investment management as its primary role or legal duty, and it is located in New York City. When it was listed on the Stock Exchange market of New York City, it became the first significant private equity company to be traded publicly in the United States of America. Also, it was approximated that Fortress managed alternative assets that valued about $70.2 billion.
The founders of Fortress Investment Group came along with their experience from the previous firms that they worked for, such as; Wes Eden previously was a partner of BlackRock Financial Investment, Rob Kauffman was a well-informed businessman as well as the managing director of UBS while at UBS also Randal Nardone performed as its managing director. Via incorporating these varied experiences, it rapidly developed into real estate investments, credit securities, and hedge funds investment which was under the control of Michael Novogratz and who was Goldman Sachs' former partner.
From 1999 to 2006, Fortress Investment Group experienced exponential growth in its private equity finances to the extent of the funds netting 39.7 percent. Due to its notable expansion and excellent reputation in the financial sector, it was recognized and awarded in several occasions like; Institutional investor named it to be the year's Hedge Fund Manager while HFMWeek named it to be the year's best Management Firm in 2014. In the same period, it employed Jeff Feig who previously served as Global Foreign Exchange Head when he was at Citigroup. In Fortress he served as co-CIO of its Macro Fund and worked for hand in hand with Novogratz.
2006 was the year when it purchased a Canadian Intrawest ski resort that was believed to be the Largest North America's resort and sold it in 2016. Before the end of 2006, RailAmerica Inc cleared the rumors trending about Fortress Investment Group intention to buy it, and by February 2007, the transaction was over. However, it, later on, sold it through the original public offering. Aircastle Ltd, RailAmerica, Inc., and Brookdale Senior Living Inc. are some of Fortress portfolio companies that it has taken public. It featured in Birmingham Business Journal that was dated October 2014, and it confirmed that Fortress had bought Inverness Corners which was a retail center.


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Not just for nerds – MIT Sloan Essay Analysis
So you have a perfect score on your SAT, you enjoy going to circuitry conferences in your spare time and you met your significant other in the library—MIT is clearly the place for you, right? Undergrad, perhaps, but not exactly for business school. One look at MIT Sloan's 2013-2014 essay questions and you'll see the school is looking to get into your mind to find the next great dynamic leaders. Be sure to lay out your stories in advance to determine the most impactful and inspiring stories across your professional, community and personal experiences. You only have two essays, so make the most of it. Grab your computer and let's get on the train to MIT!
Essay 1: The mission of the MIT Sloan School of Management is to develop principled, innovative leaders who improve the world and generate ideas that advance management practice. Discuss how you will contribute toward advancing the mission based on examples of past work and activities. (500 words or fewer, limited to one page)
This is a pretty classic essay for a University built on a technical foundation like MIT. They are essentially looking for your projections on impact based on historical data. They want you to not only tell them what you are going to do to make an impact as a business leader, but prove to them that you are likely to achieve it based on historical evidence. Sounds easy, right? The devil is in the details.
Admit Advantage: Start with your MBA brand. What 3-5 key character traits (i.e. innovation, do you bring to the table based on historical examples at work, in the community and in your personal life. Tie those character traits into what you actually want to do with your life going forward to demonstrate the tie from what you've done to what you want to do.
Admit Advantage: This is not just about what you're going to do at work. The question is broad enough where you can also talk about what you're going to do in the community and school with regard to being a principled and innovative leader.
Essay 2: Describe a time when you pushed yourself beyond your comfort zone. (500 words or fewer, limited to one page)
Two of the most basic principles of leadership are courage and intellectual curiosity and that is what Sloan is trying to tease out of you here. Leaders are not afraid to break ranks if they are passionate about going in a certain direction. We suggest that you provide three critical components in this essay: 1) background of the situation, 2) why you chose to step out of your comfort zone and 3) what you may have learned from the experience. This is a great opportunity for you to exhibit leadership and influence skills, especially if you were able to encourage others to follow you down an unconventional path.
Admit Advantage: This essay can take several distinct themes (there are others): 1) Going above and beyond the call of duty (exceeding expectations), 2) Going against the grain because you feel it was important (passion), 3) Redefining scope (creative thinking / innovation); or 4) immersing yourself in something that is unfamiliar to you (new culture, work environment, etc). This essay question is relatively broad, so make sure to lay out the other essay before determining what topic/theme you are going to choose for this one. This essay should inspire the admissions committee to want to learn more about you.
Admit Advantage: Star essays will seek to find stories that exhibit innovation or perhaps a global component as these are key pillars of the Sloan MBA experience. Don't make something up if you don't have it, but if you are considering several potential topics keep those topics in mind.
Admit Advantage: Outcome is important in this essay. Make sure to spend time on the setup of the story and what actually happened, but spend meaningful time on what you learned from the experience and how it may have changed the way you do things.
Leaders for Global Operations (LGO) Essays
Essay 1: Why do you wish to pursue the LGO Program? What are the goals that you hope to accomplish both as a student and as a graduate of the program? Be sure to include a description of your post-LGO career plans. (250 words or fewer, limited to one page)
Fairly straightforward: yLGO; ST/LT goals.
Admit Advantage: Be very specific about why you want to be part of the LGO program. What, specifically, draws you to this program and why do you think this program is a good fit for you in your career goals. It should be a no-brainer that your career goals and the LGO program go hand-in-hand.
Admit Advantage: We suggest you visit MIT and stop by to find out more about the LGO program. It is a very specialized and selective program and they want to see that you care enough to spend time with the LGO community to find out what it's all about. Clearly not everyone will be able to visit, but if you can make it, we suggest you do.
Additional Essay 2: Why do you wish to pursue the engineering field and specialty area you have selected? (250 words or fewer, limited to one page)
There are seven specialized LGO engineering programs as of this writing date: Aeronautics and Astronautics, Biological Engineering, Chemical Engineering (a personal favorite), Civil and Environmental Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Engineering Systems Division, and Mechanical Engineering. If you've done your homework on the previous LGO question, this should be a no-brainer.
Admit Advantage: If you are changing careers or altering your career path slightly, you need to give a good reason why this particular career path is a good fit for you. Don't hesitate to talk about your passion for this specialty area and particular classes or professors that draw you to this specialty. You can also complement the previous essay by giving a bit more detail around how this particular specialty will help you in your career.
Optional Question
The Admissions Committee invites you to share anything else you would like us to know about you, in any format
This could be an essay, short video, power point or any other format. This essay usually formulates in one of two ways: 1) a weakness essay or 2) an area of strength/perseverance that you couldn't fit in one of the other essays. If you have a gaping hole (i.e. GPA, GMAT, long layoff, etc.), here is your opportunity to address it. If you have a special talent or circumstance, go for it! Keep in mind that this specifically asks for content that could not be addressed in the rest of the application.
Admit Advantage: Don't be afraid to talk about a positive characteristic that you couldn't fit elsewhere. If you've done the work upfront and identified what you want to say, you should know what you didn't get the opportunity to highlight in the previous essays. Do it here.
Admit Advantage: Keep focused. Don't talk about 4-5 different points that you want to bring up about yourself. 1 maybe 2 ideas here should be the norm to get the point across.
Admit Advantage: Don't abuse the lack of word limit / length guidelines. Keep in mind this is an optional question, so keep videos, power points, essays or any other format should be something the admissions committee can evaluate in 5-10 minutes.


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DIVE Co-Curricular
Explore human-centered design projects with a variety of co-curricular campus organizations, such as the Office of Active Citizenship and Service (OACS). With a focus on solving challenges in Nashville or on campus, this is the perfect opportunity for undergraduate students wishing to experience human-centered design without adding to their course schedules.
Local OACS DIVE Closing Celebration
Join OACS in celebration in 206 Alumni Hall on April 19th from 6:00-8:00pm as we celebrate another semester of DIVE projects! Come meet the students in the Lived Experience of Refugees cohort and their non-profit partners, who together have applied the process of human-centered design to address challenges identified by the community.
The celebration will begin with opening remarks, followed by an introduction of the human-centered design projects from the students and their non-profit partners. Guests will have the opportunity to ask questions about the Local OACS DIVE programs and get to know our local community leaders making a difference in Nashville. Light refreshments will be provided.
Thank you for your support of Local OACS DIVE – we look forward to celebrating with you!
Students can RSVP on AnchorLink.
Co-Curricular Projects Facts
- Undergraduate students will complete a DIVE Boot Camp either before or during their co-curricular project.
- Depending on the available projects, undergraduate students may have the opportunity to partner with a variety of campus offices, including the Office of Active Citizenship and Service (OACS), the Wond'ry, the Curb Center, and the Jean and Alexander Heard Library.
- Students will work in multidisciplinary project teams over the course of a semester to solve real-world challenges. For example, projects facilitated by the Office of Active Citizenship and Service (OACS) might include themes similar to the ones below:
- The refugee experience in Nashville;
- Glass recycling;
- Progression of juveniles through the justice system;
- Food deserts; and
- Access to equitable education.
- At the end of the academic year, students will participate in a showcase to present their work.
- To learn more about participating in a DIVE co-curricular project, please email email@example.com.
Local OACS DIVE Cohorts
Students may participate in co-curricular projects by joining Local OACS DIVE Cohorts with the Office of Active Citizenship and Service beginning in fall 2017.
- Local OACS DIVE Cohorts will be formed about the themes of affordable housing, the experience of displaced persons living in Nashville, and food waste.
- Local OACS DIVE Cohorts will provide students with a unique opportunity to work together with local non-profit organizations and the Nashville Mayor's office to address community-identified challenges in innovative ways using the processes of human-centered design.
- Throughout the semester-long experience, Local OACS DIVE Cohorts will include a theme-focused seminar series, service with a non-profit organization addressing the cohort theme, and hands-on experience applying human-centered design to address community-identified news.
- Applicants accepted to a Local OACS DIVE Cohort will join a specific theme-based cohort. Selection will be based on a review of applicant theme interest, major, and skills to strengthen cohort diversity and the learning experience.
- Limited funding is available to support student transportation to and from service sites and for the development of human-centered design prototypes.
- To learn more about the Local OACS DIVE Cohorts, please email Meagan Smith at email@example.com.
- Applications for Local OACS DIVE Cohorts are currently under consideration.
Student Learning Outcomes
Comprehend human-centered design principles
- describe these steps
- recognize them when presented with examples of design processes
- distinguish between human-centered design and other approaches to design
Apply human-centered design principles to formulate a plan, gain deeper understanding, and to develop an initial solution to problems
- develop plans to solve a design problem and break it down into logical steps
- interview constituents
- brainstorm ideas and develop an initial solution to the problems
Apply higher level human-centered design principles to prototype, test, and implement solutions to problems
- generate a prototype
- test a prototype
- refine a solution based on prototyping, testing, and client feedback


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Precise receives upgrade order from Dept. of State
09 September, 2008
category: Biometrics, Corporate, Digital ID, Government
The U.S. Department of State has ordered an upgrade from Precise Biometrics, a fingerprint authentication technology developer, to its match-on-card system. The upgrade, costing $620,000, consists of adding Windows Vista support to the existing infrastructure as well as on-site support and integration services provided by Precise.
The Precise Match-On-Card system enables the fingerprint data of a user to be stored and matched on a smart card ID so the biometric information is stored only on the card and not in a database at all.
Both the Department of State and Precise are seeing great benefits from their business agreement as the Department of State is reportedly saving millions each year in reduced password administration costs and Precise is seeing increased interest in their product both in other U.S. government agencies and foreign governments. The Department of State is currently issuing match-on-card to more users each month and hopes to have over 60,000 users within a few years.


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Roberts named recipient of Fuller Award honoring her achievements for the black community
Penn Law professor Dorothy E. Roberts has been named the recipient of the 2015 Solomon Carter Fuller Award by the American Psychiatric Foundation. The award honors a black citizen who has pioneered in an area which has significantly benefited the quality of life for black people.
Roberts is an acclaimed scholar of race, gender, and the law. She joined the University of Pennsylvania as the 14th Penn Integrates Knowledge Professor with a joint appointment in the Law School and the Departments of Africana Studies and Sociology. She is also the George A. Weiss University Professor of Law and Sociology and the Raymond Pace and Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander Professor of Civil Rights.
"Professor Roberts is one of the nation's leading scholars on the intersection of race, gender, and the law," said Wendell Pritchett, Interim Dean of the Law School and Presidential Professor. "At a time when discussions and dialogues about race are critical to our society, her work is vital to understanding and combating racial injustice."
Most recently, Roberts's book Fatal Invention: How Science, Politics, and Big Business Re-Create Race in the Twenty-First Century explored the resurgence of race as a biological category in science, medicine, and biotechnology, and the implications for health inequities and social policy.
Her other books include Killing the Black Body: Race, Reproduction, and the Meaning of Liberty; Shattered Bonds: The Color of Child Welfare; Frug's Women and the Law; and Sex, Power, and Taboo: Gender and HIV in the Caribbean and Beyond.
"I'm very honored to receive the Fuller Award," said Roberts. "There's much that still needs to be done to end racial injustice in America, and I hope this recognition by the American Psychiatric Association shows the potential for scholars from different disciplines to work together to contribute to that struggle.
Roberts will deliver the Fuller Award lecture on May 18 at the American Psychiatric Association's Annual Meeting in Toronto, Canada.
The Fuller Award is named for Dr. Solomon Carter Fuller, the nation's first black psychiatrist. Born in Liberia in 1872, Fuller graduated from Boston University Medical School and worked as a pathologist at the Westborough State Hospital for the Insane. In 1919, he began teaching pathology at Boston University Medical School, and he worked there for next 34 years. Fuller died in his Boston home in 1953.


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Viral Stunning Pic: Eagle Tries to Snatch Young Boy During Bird Show
Teens Used 'Pokémon GO' App to Lure Victims and Rob Them at Gunpoint
Man Says He Got Caught Cheating Through Pokémon Go
Uber Pauses App and Asks Riders to 'Reflect on Gun Violence'
A heart-stopping photo shows the moment an eagle tried to swoop in and snatch a young boy in Australia.
The amazing shot captured the wedge-tailed eagle at Alice Springs Desert Park in Northern Territory of Australia.
The eagle was reportedly supposed to fly over to a perch during a birds of prey show, but went for the boy's head instead.
"At a nature park in Alice Springs we decided to go to a bird show the young boy in the green kept pulling his zipper up and down. For some reason the wedge-tailed eagle did not like it and instead of flying over to the log he is meant to for a photo opportunity he flew straight at the young boy and attacked him," a woman who witnessed the incident wrote on Instagram.
The rest of the show was called off. Officials at the park confirmed the incident, saying the eagle has now been removed from future shows.
The child received treatment for superficial cuts, as his hoodie appeared to protect him somewhat from the eagle.
The wedge-tailed eagle is also known as as an "eaglehawk" and is said to be the largest bird of prey in Australia.
REVEALED: 'Bill' Clinton's Outlandish Demands for Speaking Engagements
People Line Roads, Overpasses to Salute Fallen Dallas Officer
Judge Jeanine Slams Obama for Creating a Racial Divide With His Rhetoric


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From: MARK DRAYCOTT
Langney Road
When David Dimbleby has some time he should come into Eastbourne town centre ansd check out the numbers of people waiting for a meal at the Salvation Army and the number of people using the foodbanks.
I'm sure he is a nice bloke but when I hear that some art gallery I've never heard of - let alone visted is upset at only having £400,000 from the council it makes me laugh - if I didn't, I would cry.
Let me tell anyone in any doubt, there are hundreds of people in this town, probably thousands, with nothing.
Spend the money on help for the vulnerable.


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- Fly into Sacramento International Airport (SMF). Airfare and transportation from SMF to the hotel is not included. We would be happy to help you with travel arrangement suggestions.
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- Enjoy extraordinary days together at Lehman Barn working on meaningful projects, beautiful meals, soul restoring lessons with like minded women, and all the things that will help you to embrace your spark!
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John Schipper
Attorney at Law
John has been practicing law for over 12 years. He has clerked with federal and state agencies as well as private law firms. He has been in private practice since becoming a member of the state bar of Michigan. His practice is in the Detroit Metro area (Troy), but he is able to provide varying levels of service to clients throughout the U.S.
Practice Areas
- Benefits & Compensation
- Contractor Agreement
- Contractor Termination
- Employee Handbook
- Employee Termination
- Employment Agreement
- Employment Policies & Procedures
- Labor Litigation
- Non-Compete Agreement
- Non-Disclosure Agreement (Employment)
- Severance Agreement
- Worker's Compensation Claims
- Other Labor & Employment Matter
- Breach of Contract
- Cease & Desist Letter
- Demand Letter
- Settlement Agreement
- Case Law Research
- Memo
- Other Legal Research & Writing Matter
Client Reviews
"I have used John on numerous occasions over the past 10 years and am very happy with the services provided. He was always well-prepared and professional. I call him first with any legal matter. He won every case."
"I contacted, consulted with, then hired John to review my severance agreeme and related compensation terms. He provided a thorough analysis and was extremely responsive."
Work History
Disability & Benefits Assoc of MI
Managing Attorney
Jul 2015 - Present
Solo practitioner with focus on representing claimants and businesses in all phases of the following practice areas
o ERISA and Non-ERISA disability and benefits claims
o workers compensation
o social security disability
o wage & hour, and commission disputes
Schwartz & Asociates
Oct 2005 - Jul 2015
• Counsel employers on all aspects of employment & labor relations
• Draft and assist employers in review and implementation of employment related documents, agreements, handbooks, policies and procedures
• Research and write legal pleadings and papers regarding labor and employment and commercial litigation matters
• Conduct all stages of litigation, including discovery, depositions and motions


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Harriet Shaw Weaver was a political activist and a magazine editor. She was a patron of Irish writer James Joyce. She was educated privately by a governess, initially in Cheshire and later in Hampstead. Her parents denied her wish to go to university. She decided to become a social worker. After attending a course on the economic basis of social relations at the London School of Economics she became involved in women's suffrage and joined the Women's Social and Political Union.
she began subscribing to The Freewoman: A Weekly Feminist Review, a radical periodical. The following year its proprietors withdrew their support from it and Weaver stepped in to save it from financial ruin. In 1913 it was renamed The New Freewoman. Later that year at the suggestion of the magazine's literary editor, the name was changed again to The Egoist. During the following years Weaver made more financial donations to the periodical, becoming more involved with its organisation and also becoming its editor. she joined the Communist Party in 1938. She was active in this organisation, taking part in demonstrations and selling copies of the Daily Worker.


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Beijing Experimental Zone for the Development of New Techno-logical Industries – China's Silicon Valley – formally began business on August 5, 1988.
Covering an area of 100 square kilometres, the Experimental Zone centres at Zhongguancun in the Haidian District, which is known for its computer and electronics street. The main purpose of this experimental zone is to promote the integration of science and technology with economy and give a boost to the development of China's new technological industries.
Approved by the State Council, this is the first technological industries experimental area set up in China. The zone is expected to attract investment and scientific personnel. The scientists are to establish new, high-tech enterprises in the area and build Zhongguancun in-to an open, outward looking technological industries development zone that is influential in the world.
The central authorities have adopted a guideline to support and guide the experimental zone and grant it preferential policies equivalent to, in some respects, even greater than those for the coastal special economic zones.